Disclaimers:

VERY SHORT disclaimer! I don't own Pokémon. I don't own Formula One!! I've never met all them drivers. I swear to Dale Earnhardt and Ayrton Senna!!

Mario's Notes:

Here it is! The final chapter of Ash Ketchum: Formula One Driver. Will Ash ever find out about where that cell phone tower is? Can Lorelei help him and Duplica out? And why is Giancarlo Fisichella in with Team Rocket?

Ash Ketchum: Formula One Driver
Chapter 36: The Axis of Evil

"If the F1 guys ever go after Team Rocket without me, they better not come back to Europe anytime soon because I'm going to kick all their asses!! I wanna fight and kill too!!!"

A quote made by Jos Verstappen, Formula One's most unluckiest driver in history. (Ronin Vertigo is closing in Jos' title.)

"Okay, where is that brat? I want to beat his ass for having Flavio kick me out of my Renault seat in '04!!" A pissed off Fernando Alonso said as he waited impatiently for the kid who kicked him out of Renault last year. Fernando was the #1 man at Renault, but Flavio Briatore kicked him off the team for Ash. Since then, Alonso has become a test driver for the French team and refuses to even speak to Briatore for what happened. Right now, Fernando is currently driving a Nissan Skyline in the All Japan GT Championship to keep him occupied. With Alonso was Renault's Jarno Trulli, European Minardi's Mark Webber and Ash's rival from Williams BMW, Ralf Schumacher. The 4 drivers were sitting on the pit wall looking down the pit lane for any sight of Ash Ketchum, star Toyota driver.

"Fernando, shut up. Ash'll be here. Ralfie called him and said that the 4 of us want to have a small 15-lap bragging rights race here." Jarno Trulli said,

"We don't have our F1 cars here. And Fernando's stuck driving that Nissan Skyline in the All Japan GT Championship, which is no match for our cars." Mark Webber said. He was sitting on top of the pit wall with the others.

"I know that, Croc Boy. Once Ash gets here, all dressed up in his Toyota racing suit and heads for his car, we spring the surprise! Jarno will start the surprise with you following him, then me and Ralf last." Alonso said,

"This plan of mine will work. It's 100% Ralf approved." Ralf Schumacher said, letting his ego take over once again.

"If this plan is 100% Ralf approved, it's going to fail like all the others." Jarno Trulli said, rolling his eyes at the thought of Ralf's "plan" once again failing.

"Shut up, Jarno. Here's Ketchum. Like I said he would." Alonso said annoyed as he pointed to down the pit lane at the lone figure walking towards them. Sure enough, Ash Ketchum appeared, wearing his racing suit and carrying his helmet, fire mask and gloves. Ready to go to war with his F1 car. He didn't have Pikachu or Meowth with him, which made the 4 of them smile evilly for some odd reason.

"Tell me, Ketchum. Is that rat with you?" Ralf asked,

"If you're talking about Pikachu, Ralfie. She's not here. And neither is the rest of my Pokémon." Ash answered,

"Good." All four guys said evilly. This scared Ash a bit. He noticed that the 4 drivers weren't wearing their racing suits. Instead, they were all wearing their street clothes. Suddenly, the 4 guys reached into their pants pockets and took out... POKÉ BALLS?!!!

"Poké Balls?!! HOW?!!" Ash yelled out in pure surprise as the four drivers enlarged their Poké Balls,

"Poké Ball, GO!!!" Jarno yelled out as he tossed the Poké Ball into the air. The Ball opened and a mean looking Pidgeot appeared and landed on the pit wall.

"Come out, come out!!!" Webber said as he let loose his Pokémon from its Poké Ball. Mark's choice of Pokémon? A really powered up and pissed off Raichu.

"I've waited to get you forever, Ketchum!! This is for stealing my livelihood!!!" Fernando Alonso yelled out as he tossed his Poké Ball into the air. His Pokémon was a Mightyena with teeth that are sharper than those Ginsu knifes thingies and likes meat.

"You're about to be my bitch, Ketchum!!! I shall get my revenge for Michael!!!" Ralf's choice of Pokémon scared Ash. His was the most pissed off, angry, crossed, powerful, ugliest and most deadly Pokémon he has ever laid eyes on. A harmless looking, mild mannered Feebas with sharp ass teeth that would make that shark from Jaws jealous. Cyanide acid was dripping off of the teeth for an extra death sentence. All four Pokémon and drivers were ready to give Ash a BIG beating!!

"WHAT THE HELL?!!!!!" Ash yelled out in surprise. Where did Ralf Schumacher, Mark Webber, Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso get Pokémon?!! Isn't he, Keith, Allan McNish, Eddie Irvine and Michael Schumacher the only drivers to have 2 or more Pokémon in their possession? Suddenly, the Pokémon, along with Alonso, Webber, Trulli and Ralfie boy leapt at Ash, all wanting to beat the shit out of him!!!

"WAAAAAA!!!!" Ash yelled out as he was...

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"HUH?!!!" Ash suddenly jolted straight up out of his bed. He was sweating heavily and was coming down from his hysteria attack. It took him a minute to calm down and another minute for him to realize that he was in his house, inside his room and sleeping in his old bed. Actually, he was sleeping in the bottom bunk of his twin bunk bed. When he woke up suddenly from the nightmare, he nearly hit his head on the top bunk above him.

It was just a nightmare... but, it was so real. Man, I got to stop drinking that goddamn Mountain Dew before I go to bed. Ash thought to himself as he laid back down on the bed. Usually when Ash would be home, he would be sleeping in the top bed and let Pikachu sleep down in the bottom. This time, he let his new girlfriend, Duplica have the top bed. She was sleeping peacefully and didn't get startled by Ash's sudden jolt.

"I bet when the guys come here from testing and find Duplica with me, I'm going to get razzed so badly. I can just hear them going, "Ketchum's got a girlfriend." And they'll say it over and over again." Ash said to himself. When the two returned to Ash's house and he told Mom that he and Duplica were together, Delia couldn't be any happier that her little boy is growing up to be a man and finally has a girlfriend. Of course, Ash called Brock and Suzie about what happened. Brock told Meowth and Pikachu about Ash and Duplica hooking up. Meowth couldn't believe it, but Pikachu was overjoyed. As for Ralph Firman, really didn't give a damn, because he didn't get along with Ash during the 2004 season. The reason was because the two of them had a few shunts in some races that led to Firman punching Ash after the Italian Grand Prix. Ash's McLaren cut off Firman's Jordan Ford at the Variante Goodyear midway through the race and Firman retaliated by punting Ash's car off the track hard. Later, Firman ran into the McLaren garage and slugged Ash before he was fended off by David Coulthard. Firman has never liked Ash since, actually becoming friendly with Ralf Schumacher before he decided to stay in Japan to ward off any future attacks on F1.

I wonder what Michael and David are going to say when I return to the track with Duplica? I know Vertigo, Keith and a few others are going to get on my case. I'll try going back to sleep. Hopefully, Ralfie boy won't show up. Ash thought to himself as he fluffed up his pillow, laid down and went back to sleep.

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After having breakfast at Mrs. Ketchum's house, Ash decided to see, at her house in Celadon City. Since Lorelei does still have connections with the Pokémon League, despite actually liking Ferrari's Keith Terrell, she might have overheard something important. This time, Ash didn't mind having Duplica come along this time. If he was going to have her in his life, he might as well get used to having someone other than Pikachu and Meowth with him 24/7.

"So, Ashy boy. Where are we off to this time?" Duplica asked as she and Ash hopped into Ash's Skyline and sped out of Pallet,

"We're off to visit Lorelei in Celadon City." Ash answered,

"The Mistress of Ice?!! Doesn't she like that American that races against you in F1, Ash?" Duplica asked,

"You mean Keith?" Ash answered,

"Yeah. That's it. Why are we going to see her?" Duplica asked again,

"Lorelei is still with the Pokémon League, even though she quit being one of the Elite Four. If Lance has been making plans for me, I bet she'll know about it." Ash answered,

"Well... isn't Lance pissed at her for liking Keith?" Duplica asked,

"He is. But he knows that Lorelei's Ice Pokémon could beat his Dragon Pokémon with one hit." Ash answered again,

"Because Ice is very effective against Dragon Pokémon." Duplica said,

"You got it. Besides, if Lance ever did anything to her, he would have to deal with a very pissed off Keith. And he's at his most dangerous when he's pissed off." Ash added. It took the two nearly 2 hours for them to arrive at Lorelei's Celadon City mansion. Once there, the Mistress of Ice was home and was shocked to see Ash in Celadon and quickly invited Duplica and him into her very luxurious home. The years she spent as a member of the Elite Four made her very rich and she bought this very big mansion 2 years ago. The house itself was big. There were a lot of statues of her favorite Pokémon placed at different places in the house. Near the rear of the big mansion, sat a big training pool where her Water and Ice Pokémon practice and improve their already powerful skills. Her whole house just yells out expensive. Upon entering Lorelei's home, the Mistress of Ice showed Duplica and Ash to her big living room where the three of them sat down to talk. Ash noticed that Lorelei must have gotten that big screen to watch the F1 races on Speed Channel. It made its home right behind the sofa where Ash and Duplica are sitting on.

"Well, Ash. I'm surprised that you're here in Kanto. Didn't you have something to do with your F1 team?" Lorelei asked,

"Well... it's a long story." Ash answered. The young Toyota driver then started telling Lorelei the events that led him back to Japan. And it was a lot that took place in a few short days. The events with Lance, the setup by him and Gary, Ralph Firman coming to his rescue, getting Brock out of there, ditching the Toyota for a Nissan and trying to find the cell phone tower. Ash even told Lorelei how Duplica and he got together and Lorelei was happy for the young F1 driver. After Ash told her the story, Lorelei figured out that he wasn't here for a social visit.

"So, I guess you're not here to socialize." Lorelei said,

"You're right. I need some information from you. Has Lance been talking about Silph Co. a lot? Something about building a giant cell phone tower?" Ash asked,

"Well, Karen accidentally told me that Lance and Silph Co. were in discussions about making a radio tower somewhere on top of one of the skyscrapers in Celadon City. Lance just told everybody that this tower that Silph Co. was making the tower to get better and more clearer PokéRadio broadcasts from Johto and have the tower as a receiver to get all of those TV shows from Hoenn to be shown here. But... there was one thing that irked me. Lance kept on mentioning you and your cell phone." Lorelei answered,

"I remember Jacques Villeneuve say to me, "If you're going to have an antenna block a cell phone, place it on the tallest building in the city." Should have know that, Ash." Ash said to himself as he mentally called himself a moron for forgetting that little tidbit the former Canadian F1 World Champion told him in 2002. On the other hand, Lorelei was thinking about something else. Or someone.

"So, Ash. How's Keith been up to?" Lorelei asked,

"Well, Lorelei. I haven't really seen him at all. The last time I saw Keith was at the test in France and he was bitching about the fact that Ferrari is debuting their new 2006 car at the next race and he was going to drive it. He hated it. He wanted his old F2005. I've never seen a person that pissed about a car in my life. During those FIA tests, Keith usually keeps to himself, hangs around with Riley, Ronin and François or talks about the car with the Ferrari team. He rarely does anything else." Ash answered,

"He hasn't?" Lorelei sounded a little but disappointed that Keith wasn't thinking about her during the test. Ash picked up on this.

"When Keith gets behind the wheel of that F1 car, his mind just goes right to trying to milk out the maximum performance of the car. He forgets about everything else until he gets out of that car. So, don't feel bad if he didn't thought about you. All drivers are like that. So, I really don't think he said anything about you. If he did, Eddie Irvine and Tomas Scheckter would start hassling him." Ash added,

"Hassling him?" Lorelei asked. She was thinking that the two drivers Ash mentioned were making fun of Keith.

"That's just our way of playing around. You know how veteran firefighters usually haze the young guys? They just love to give each other hard times most of the time during the FIA tests." Ash answered,

"Well, then. That's different, I guess. Well, back to what Lance said... the only thing I have been able to find out is that he and Silph must have gotten your cell phone frequency and built that to block your cell phone from calling out of Kanto to your friends." Lorelei added,

"That's what I'm thinking. Team Rocket might be planning something big. Bernie said that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway F1 paddock was trashed badly, causing Bernie to postpone the F1 race in America and moving up the Japanese GP to this coming weekend." Ash said,

"Can Team Rocket actually do that?" Duplica asked Ash. Suddenly, Ash's cell phone started going off. The ID showed that it was Ralph Firman calling him. So, Ash answered the phone and set the phone to let Duplica and Lorelei hear.

"What's up, Firman? Where are you?" Ash asked,

"I'm with your look alike buddy with the Subaru WRX and we're in the heart of Celadon City." Firman answered,

"You're in Celadon City with Richie? What's up?" Ash asked,

"The cell phone tower that's blocking your phone is there, Ash. Richie eavesdropped on a few Jennys, saying that they got some really evilly powerful guys guarding the roof and a special tower. Then, he tried to get to the roof, but discovered a lot of cops armed to the teeth. Trying to get up there and total it won't be easy. There are very armed guards all over the place. Trying to get access to the thing is... what was that saying that Keith says..." Firman thought for a second before Lorelei answered,

"Trying to get access to the tower is like trying to break into Fort Knox." Lorelei answered,

"HEY!! I was going to say that! How did you know?" Firman asked annoyed,

"I heard Keith say that as he described a fan's attempt to get into the driver's lounge at one of your tracks." Lorelei answered,

"Oh, yeah. A fan can't get in the lounge, even if Bernie Ecclestone wanted one to. Michael would throw them out. Anyway, we're down in Celadon City and I'm going to the park to figure out what to do next. Richie's going off after the call to dig up some more dirt on how to get up there." Ralph added,

"Can you call Brock and Suzie and tell them to meet up with you in the park? Duplica and I are in the rich part of the city and we'll meet you there." Ash said,

"Actually, I called Slate and his woman to come down here before I called you. So, I think they'll be here, along with your Pokémon." Firman said,

"Okay. We'll see you at the Celadon City Park. Just stay put." Ash said and he ended the call,

"Sorry we couldn't stay longer, Lorelei." Duplica said,

"Oh, that's all right. It's time fort me to train my new Pokémon I caught in Hoenn a few months ago." Lorelei said,

"Before we go Lorelei, I want you to have this." Ash said as he reached into his back pocket and took out a business card from Formula One Management, which Bernie Ecclestone runs all of F1 with. On it were the names of the drivers, the team owners and their cell phone numbers in case of emergency.

"What's this?" Lorelei asked as she looked at the names and numbers on the small card Ash gave her. She then noticed the little F1 logo on the back. Then, she noticed Keith's name with the Ferrari team and his cell phone number.

"If I know Bernie, the FIA test will have wrapped up by now and the teams will be getting ready to come to Japan. I bet the drivers will jet straight to Japan to find me, since I haven't called in yet. I have a bad feeling that Lance and or Team Rocket might try something on you or me. If you're ever in trouble, call Keith on his cell phone. He has it with him 24/7 and knowing him, he and Suicune will come running." Ash answered,

"Well... thanks. I think I will keep this handy. Be careful, Ash." Lorelei said ad she waved goodbye to Ash and Duplica ad the two teenagers exited Lorelei's mansion and headed for Ash's Nissan Skyline. Next stop, the Celadon City Park.

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Inside one of Team Rocket's main conference rooms, Giovanni was sitting down at one of the big conference tables that have TV monitors that allow TV conferences. However, he was busy talking to two men who lead rival organizations that are more dangerous than Team Rocket in its current state. If the two did team up, they could destroy Team Rocket. The two rival organizations are Team Magma and Team Aqua of the Hoenn region. They are both ecologically minded teams who want to take over the world and use either the oceans or land for their own devious plans. Team Magma's plot is to increase the planet's landmass, making more land habitats for people and Pokémon, while Team Aqua's goal is to raise the sea levels, creating more water habitats for Pokémon on the planet. Both groups want to change the planet, but they will actually destroy it. The Magma and Aqua guys are just as evil as Team Rocket, maybe more!!

The leader of Team Magma is a man named Maxie and Team Aqua's leader is Archie. Both of them are real bad asses and are totally obsessed with the land or ocean. Today however, the two rivals are teaming up with Team Rocket to take out a common enemy. The drivers and teams of the FIA Formula One World Championship.

Last year, The Pokémon League kidnapped Ash and David Coulthard and the others had to rescue them. There, Team Rocket attacked them with full force to get their revenge for the 2003 F1 blitzkrieg. Boy, the Rockets were in for a shock. The F1 guys worked out and trained in fighting to become fighting machines and they once again beat the Rockets and the Pokémon League to rescue Ash and David. The reason Team Magma and Team Aqua have a beef with the F1 guys was that Keith Terrell killed 7 members of each team. He didn't even know why they were trying to kill him. Keith just thought that they wanted him dead because he was an American. He didn't know about the war between F1 and Team Rocket and the Pokémon League.

"What do we get out of this, Giovanni? It better be good, that's all I have to say." Maxie of team Magma said. This guy looked like to be a scientist because of that black professor's jacket he wears. He also has the Team Magma logo on it also. Behind Maxie are a male and female Team Magma members. They were both wearing red hoods over their heads and are wearing state of the art heat vision goggles. The female was wearing shorts while the guy next to her was wearing full-length pants and the two were also wearing a short-sleeved red shirts with the Team Magma logo on it.

"That goes double for me too." Archie of Team Aqua added. This guy is dressed like a pirate and the blue bandana on his heads has the Team Aqua logo on it. There were also a male and female Aqua members behind Archie. They were both wearing the bandana with the Team Aqua logo on it and blue pants, but the female had her striped black and white shirt cut to show off her midsection.

"Team Aqua can have both U.S. coastline cities, lake and river cities and the islands that are associated with America. Team Magma can have all of the cities that are not surrounded by bodies of water. The only things I want to get my hands on are Washington D.C., the Pentagon and all of the military resources that the country has. When I get my hands on those weapons they have, the world will fall under Team Rocket!! And when it does, your two teams can go ahead and take whatever areas you want." Giovanni said,

"All of the coastline cities of America... that to me is a very fair trade. You got a deal." Archie said as he agreed to the deal,

"To control all of the rolling landscapes of America is just want Team Magma is all about. I must agree with my rival, this has been a very fair trade. You have gotten a deal." Maxie said, just thinking about all of the land that can all of the Pokémon could live in inside the U.S. Giovanni grinned, knowing that everything is going according to plan. It was now time to get down to business.

"Excellent!!! Now, Maxie. I want your Magma assassins to fly to the Magny-Cours Formula One circuit in France. An informant in the FIA has told us that the following teams, Ferrari, Toyota, Renault, European Minardi and Sauber Petronas are conducting a test by the FIA." Giovanni said as he pounced up a few buttons to make a few pictures of the said F1 teams on Maxie's screen,

"You want my elite and deadly members of Team Magma to attack 5 teams that are not based in England? What gives? My not attack Williams and McLaren? They are two of the big three." The Team Magma leader asked,

"The reason? It's those damn Ferrari bastards and their American driver that I'm worried about. The Ferrari team is not only the best team in racing, but their team members fight like there is no tomorrow! Besides, Ferrari has the most power in F1. Take them out and I'm sure the rest of the teams will cover." Giovanni answered,

"And I suppose that when my counterpart here takes care of Ferrari and the news of their defeat reach the other teams, they will lose the will to fight." Archie said,

"That's right. The 6 British teams, Williams, McLaren, Arrows, Jaguar, BAR and Jordan are at the Silverstone circuit. Those guys fight just as fierce as Ferrari, but they don't have this guy." Giovanni added as he pressed a button and a picture of Keith Terrell appeared for both leaders to see. "Keith Terrell of Ferrari is a fierce fighter and incredibly lucky. My Rockets have tried many times to eliminate him, but he always gets away. Plus, he has Suicune in his possession." Giovanni added,

"Suicune of The North Wind?!!! How can some scrawny American landlubber catch one of the Legendary Dogs?!!" Archie yelled out in shock,

"That in itself still puzzles me. Also, I learned that this man has Mewtwo in his possession. He is the man who rescued Ash Ketchum from death 4 years ago." Giovanni said as he showed the two bosses a recent picture of Michael Schumacher, just taken during the first day of the FIA test." Giovanni said as he showed the two bad guys a recent photo of Michael Schumacher,

"Isn't that Michael Schumacher? But... he's been laid up since Ketchum nearly killed him." Maxie said,

"That's true, but Mewtwo was caught by this German with one of my Master Balls!! Besides getting Mewtwo back, I have a personal score to settle with him. That dirty German nearly beat me to death last year." Giovanni said,

"From what your team members kept saying about these guys, they are a tough lot." Archie added,

"There are tough when all of them are in a group. But, I believe in the old divide and conquer technique." Giovanni said. Before either Archie or Maxie could say anything, one of Giovanni's Rockets quietly entered the conference room. He looked like he had big news concerning about the attack on F1 with Magma and Aqua.

"Boss!! I'm sorry for barging in on your meeting, but our spy in the FIA just told us that all the 11 teams and drivers were ordered to meet up in New York City before coming to Japan!!" The Rocket grunt said,

"New York City? Which spy gave us that information?" Giovanni asked,

"McLaren Mercedes driver Giancarlo Fisichella. He's currently on hold and he wants to talk to you at once." The Rocket grunt answered,

"What? A Formula One driver helping us?" Both Maxie and Archie said in surprise. They underestimated Giovanni's influence. He got an F1 driver to betray his fellow comrades.

"Let me speak with Fisichella, then." Giovanni said and the Rocket grunt got hold of one of Giovanni's special cell phones and handed it to him. Giovanni quickly answered the phone and Giancarlo Fisichella's voice quickly came on.

"You will owe me, Giovanni. Ecclestone still doesn't now that Ralf, Ron Dennis and I are in on helping you get rid of F1. When this is over, I want my promise fulfilled!" Giancarlo Fisichella said harshly,

"Don't worry, Giancarlo. I plan on fulfilling your request to spare your life so you can go back home to Italy. But, if you wish... I can make you one of my top Lieutenants here in Team Rocket. You could start up a European branch." Giovanni offered,

"Yeah, right. I just want to see my little girl grow up. I'm not dying because of Michael Schumacher bringing that little shit Ketchum into F1. I want him, Schumacher, Coulthard, Terrell and all of them dead! And I want their families dead too!!!" Fisichella added,

"You want your own teammate dead? What kind of an F1 driver are you?" Maxie asked, still shocked to hear what Fisichella just said.

"I wanted to race with Ferrari for all my life, but I was robbed of that. Now, I want to see all of F1 suffer under Team Rocket's reign. Then, I will have my vengeance!!!" Giancarlo said evilly. Giovanni knew Fisichella was deadly serious and he could have the Italian tell Maxie and Archie how to find the drivers in New York City.

"Now, Giancarlo. You know the whole insides of Bernie Ecclestone's plan. So, where are they going to stay and how can Team Magma and Team Aqua find them?" Giovanni asked,

"With pleasure. Those Americans won't question them if they are members of an Earth protection administration. All they have to do is..." Giancarlo Fisichella told all three men about where the drivers will be staying, how long and how to escape New York City without detection. All three men smiled evilly after hearing all that Fisichella had to tell them. It was money in the bank.

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Meanwhile in Holland, one former F1 driver finally got wind of what Bernie Ecclestone was up to. This driver used to race in F1 last year with Arrows. Now, he's out of a ride and looking to beat up some rockets. He was with the F1 drivers last year and now that the drivers are in New York City, he was going to join then, whether they like it or not. Maybe, he could get a ride for 2006 while he's at it.

"How dare Bernie go off to Japan without me?!! I want to get back at those Rockets worse than anybody out there!" The Dutchman said as he finished packing his suitcase and exited the house he lived in. He checked his passport and American Airlines ticket, bound for New York City. The man got into a car and drove off for the airport. One thing was on his mind.

Team Rocket. Hell hath no fury against me. You better look out and once I get there to New York and I find you Bernie, I'll make sure you never, ever forget about Jos Verstappen. It's my time.

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Back in Celadon City, Ash and Duplica arrived at the Park and sure enough, Ralf Firman was there. Minutes later, Brock and Suzie arrived and they were accompanied by Pikachu and Meowth. Once the gang was there, Firman began to explain to everybody about the cell phone jamming device, which is mounted on top of Celadon City's tallest building.

"And you say that the roof is heavily guarded?" Suzie asked. Firman only nodded yes.

"It would be crazy to even let Pikachu up there. It would spell suicide for anybody." Brock added,

[If I did, I wished I had the United States Marines with me.] Pikachu said,

"You're right about that, Pikachu." Meowth agreed,

"Anyway, Richie is still trying to dig up some dirt. Before you and Duplica got here, the guys guarding the tower also have tranquilizer darts that will knock out a Flying Pokémon if they were try to fly up there." Firman added,

"These guys thought of everything. They just don't want me calling out to Bernie with my phone." Ash said,

"Well, why not steal one of Team Rocket's phones?" Duplica asked,

"There is no way that Team Rocket will appear out of nowhere with a cell phone for Ash to steal." Suzie said and Brock agreed with her. Suddenly, she would be right.

"You're wrong!! Hyper Beam!!!" A male's voice yelled out from nowhere. Next, a Hyper Beam attack came out of nowhere and exploded near the gang. The blast sent Ash, Duplica, Brock, Suzie, Ralph, Meowth and Pikachu flying in all directions and landing just as hard. The dust cleared away, showing that 5 members of Team Rocket there in front of them, with a powerful Ursaring behind them.

"Well, Suzie. You're wrong about that!!" Duplica said as she and the others got up off the ground. The all saw the 5 members of Team Rocket standing there, looking for a fight.

"Man, what our luck!! We not only find that Firman guy, but he's with Ash Ketchum!!!" The young Rocket said. He was the leader of the group. Ash didn't know who it was, but Ralph knew who it was. It was Mondo, the young member of Team Rocket. He was with 4 other Rocket members.

"Oh, how nice. You have been trying to find me for some time, Mondo. I'm flattered." Firman said sarcastically,

"Oh, shut up. I'll kill you and Ketchum at the same time. Let's beat them, all up, boys!!!!" Mondo yelled out and the 5 Rockets went right after Ash, Firman, Brock and Duplica. They didn't think that Suzie was any threat so the 5th Rocket went after Meowth. Pikachu went up against Ursaring and the two Pokémon started to battle. The people and Pokémon fought like street brawlers, trying to knock out their opponent first. Mondo tried to punch Firman in the stomach, but The former F1 driver grabbed hold of the younger kid and threw him right at his Honda NSX, which caused front hood of the mid engine sports car to open slightly. Brock was getting beat by one Rocket, while Ash was kicking the crap out of another. Duplica bashed the nuts of the Rocket fighting her and Pikachu Thunderbolted the Ursaring. The 5th Rocket was trying to slash Meowth with a knife, but the fast cat Pokémon slashed back with his claws. All Suzie could do is stand near Firman's car and watch. Then, she caught a glimpse something from the back of her eye.

"Huh? What's this?" Suzie asked herself as she reached into Ralph Firman's NSX and took out the M-16 machine gun with the M-203 grenade launcher on it. When she turned to see what the battle was up to, she saw that the Rockets had the advantage and had Ash and the others trapped against the trees of the park.

"We got them now, guys!! It's all over for you Ketchum and Firman!!" Mondo said as he cracked his knuckles in anticipation of a grand beating. They all forgot about Suzie and it looks like it was her turn to save Ash and the others, and save her boyfriend, Brock.

"Let's see how this works. I saw them load this on some TV show I saw with Zane last week..." Suzie said as he grabbed hold of the M-16 that Firman stole from an Officer Jenny a few days ago. She opened up the grenade compartment and showed a 40mm grenade round into it. The popping sound of the grenade being put in distracted the Rocket and Ash's team.

"She's going to kill us all!!!!" Mondo yelled out as he let go of his grip on Ash. He, Brock, Firman, Meowth and Pikachu scrambled for dear life. Before Meowth ducked for cover with Ash and the others, he used his quick speed to snatch a cell phone from one of the Rockets without them knowing it.

"Then... I just pull this trigger on the launcher?" Suzie asked herself as she pulled the trigger on the launcher. It doesn't take much pressure to fire out the grenade round from the M-16 and the explosive projectile popped out of the gun and fled right at the Rockets. Then, the thing blew up big time and the 5 Rockets and their Pokémon were suddenly blasting off into the air!!!!

"DAMMIT!!!! We got blasted off by a breeder with a machine gun!!!" Mondo yelled out as he and his now defeated Rockets were sailing through the sky. Moments later, everybody surrounded Suzie, who was still toting the machine gun in her hands. They couldn't believe that Suzie the great breeder, actually sent Team Rocket blasting off again!! Actually, Brock couldn't believe it.

"Wow. It does work." Suzie managed to say as she looked at the powerful gun that she just used to blast the Rockets away to Hell. To say she's more than shocked is an understatement.

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The quick battle was now over. Ash looked at the Rockets go blasting off again, but during his fight, the Rocket he was fighting against accidentally said that Team Rocket already sent all of their forces to attack the F1 drivers and Teams in Europe. This scared Ash greatly, but he can't call and warn Bernie.

"That Rocket I was fighting with told me that Team Rocket has sent all of their forces to Europe to attack the F1 guys." Ash said. This shocked the hell out of Firman and Meowth.

"WHAT?!!! And we can't call out to Bernie!! Those guys are going to be caught with their pants around their ankles!!" Firman said,

"Ash, didn't Brock say to me that F1 drivers don't fight well if they are attacked by surprise?" Suzie asked, remembering what Brock told her about the F1 drivers and teams weak spots.

"Yeah. It's one of our weak spots. And since Silph Co. developed this jamming device to block out my cell phone, I can't call Bernie or the others to warn them!! They might be in Europe right now!!" Ash panicked,

"Which means we're fucked!! Team Rocket outsmarted us this time." Firman said. Duplica couldn't even say a word to reassure her boyfriend, Ash. Brock and Suzie were worried as were Meowth and Pikachu. But, there is a ray of hope.

"Hey, Ash. Do you think that you can call Bernie with this Team Rocket cell phone I snagged?" Meowth asked as he showed Ash the cell phone,

[What? Where did you get that cell phone, Meowth?] Pikachu asked,

"I snagged it from them right before Suzie blasted them all to Hell." Meowth answered as Ash took the cell phone from the cat Pokémon. "The call will go through to Bernie, but Team Rocket's cell phones are tapped and they will know that you've called out to warn Bernie and the others, Ash." Meowth said,

"Maybe so, but we got no choice. I got to warn Bernie now. Team Rocket's coming for them in full force." Ash said. He looked at everybody and started dialing Bernie Ecclestone's main cell phone number. While unknown to Ash, Team Rocket is already sending Team Magma and Team Aqua to New York City and the F1 guys, along with Bernie, are already there. All the hopes rested on Ash's plan working. He needed to call and warn Bernie and the others... now! Ash was done dialing and the cell phone was ringing.

"Please, dear god. Make this work." Suzie said as she closed her eyes and looked away. Brock looked down at Suzie and held her tighter to him as she rested her head on his chest, letting her know that everything will be all right as long as they never left each other's side.

I hope this does work. If not, Firman and I might be the only drivers left to stop Team Rocket. Please let this work. Ash thought as the phone continued ringing. Duplica came near him and she wrapped her arms around Ash while he held her around her waist to keep his girlfriend close to him. Time seemed to stand still for Ash, Duplica, Pikachu, Meowth, Brock, Suzie and Ralph Firman as they waited for an answer on the other side.

The End?

This is the end of Ash Ketchum: Formula One Driver. But, is it really the end?!!!

Series Started: March 10, 2002
Series Finished: January 13, 2004

Mario Alvarado
1/13/2004