Ash Ketchum: Formula One Driver
Disclaimer:
Don't own Pokémon or Formula One. I own Keith Terrell, though. I created him.
Writer's Notes:
I'm back at work and I have Chapter 9 all ready for your viewing pleasure.
Keith couldn't get any sleep after Ash, Brock and himself stole back Ash's Toyota Supra. The American got to work repairing the dented up car, which woke everybody in the Ketchum residence. Delia Ketchum woke up and found her son and Pikachu watching some of his past races of 2005 on DVD. After talking about Brock dreaming about girls, Ash went back outside and saw Keith singing to a Kylie Minogue CD. Ash started laughing and made a big deal about it and Keith told Ash to fix the car himself. At Team Rocket HQ, Giovanni heard of Keith Terrell's missed assassination and Meowth's defection to Ash Ketchum. Lunchtime arrived and Keith took this time to visit Celadon City Park and to have lunch and relax with his Pokémon. Butch and Cassidy from Team Rocket were hiding somewhere, spying on Keith Terrell. Also in the park was Lorelei, a former member of the Elite Four. Keith saw her and went into heavy shy mode as Suicine egged him to talk to her. After arguing, Lorelei saw Suicine and had to see the legendary dog Pokémon for herself.
Ash Ketchum: Formula One Driver
Created by Mario Alvarado
Chapter 9: Misty + Butch and Cassidy = Big Trouble
"I noticed that you caught Suicune, one of the legendary dogs. You must be a great trainer." Lorelei said as she kneeled down and petted Suicune, who was praying that Keith wouldn't crack under the pressure.
Whew. Looks like she's interested in Suicune than me. Maybe I can talk to her without telling her that I drive Formula One. Well, here goes nothing. Keith thought as Suicune nudged its nose next to Lorelei's face, which made her laugh a little.
"Your Suicune is very nice to people. You've must have had this Pokémon for a long time." Lorelei said as she got back up,
"Um... yes. Actually I... found Suicune wandering around the place I work back... in 2004." Keith said as he tried to calm himself down,
"2004? Wow, you two must have had a lot of adventures during that time." Lorelei said,
"Yeah, we sure have." Keith said as he and Suicune exchanged a quick glance,
"Oh. I didn't know you have two evolved Eevees with you as well." Lorelei said as she petted both Flareon and Jolteon,
"Yeah. I found them just 3 months after I got Suicune. But, they were like that when I found them." Keith said,
"Were they abandoned?" She asked,
"Yeah. Both of them were hungry and injured. So, I took them back to my place and I took care of them. Since I thought that were no longer wanted by their trainers, so I took them." Keith answered,
"Oh, that's so sweet of you. You must like Pokémon a lot." Lorelei said,
"Um... yes I do." Keith said. Butch and Cassidy were still in their hiding place watching Lorelei still petting Suicune.
"You know what, Cassidy. That woman is a former member of the Elite Four, and those guys have powerful Pokémon. Hell, even the American has some powerful Pokémon as well." Butch said,
"So, you want to take her out and steal their Pokémon as well?" Cassidy asked,
"Yeah. The American has Suicune. That will give us a giant bonus from the boss. He has been wanting Suicune forever!" Butch said,
"Enough talk, let's get him!!!" Cassidy said,
"Say, I never got your name." Keith said as he felt his shyness now going away,
"How rude of me. My name is Lorelei. Who are you if I may ask?" Lorelei asked,
"Terrell. Keith Terrell. I'm an American racing in Formula One for Ferrari." Keith answered, but then slapped his hands over his mouth. He accidentally said he was in Formula One. Suicune heard this and started nudging Keith.
"Suicune!!!" The dog Pokémon barked angrily,
"Hey!! I know that!! I said I didn't want to talk to her, because I get started and I say that I race for Ferrari!!! You know that better than anybody!!!" Keith shot back,
"Suicune!" Suicune barked with a look of pure evil in its eyes,
"Don't get me started." Keith said sternly. The other Pokémon watched from a short distance and Lorelei was a bit shocked.
This guy is in Formula One? And he's from America?! I have heard reports on the news that this guy is targeted by Team Rocket for assassination, because he is from that country. I could get rid of him right now, but I would be just like Team Rocket. On the other hand, he is cute. And kind of funny. Lorelei thought as Keith and Suicune were now in a stare down. This was the perfect time for Butch and Cassidy to make their appearance and take out Keith Terrell.
"Keith Terrell!! You time is up!!" Butch yelled out. This snapped both Keith and Suicune out of their trances.
"What?!! Fuck!! It's Team Rocket!!" Keith said with pure hatred in his voice,
"You won't get away this time!" Cassidy said,
"Oh, no. This looks like 2003 all over again." Lorelei said to herself. She felt something tug at her skirt. She looked down and saw Keith's Marowak pointing towards the people who were getting away from the scene. Butch and Cassidy got ready to do their version of the Team Rocket motto.
"Prepare for trouble."
"And Make it double."
"To infect the world with devastation."
"To blight all peoples within every nation."
"To denounce the goodness of truth and love."
"To extend our wrath to the stars above."
"Cassidy!"
"Butch!"
"We're Team Rocket, circling the earth day and night."
"Surrender to us now or you will surely lose the fight."
Once Butch and Cassidy finished their motto, Keith reached in his back pocket and pulled out one of his favorite weapons, a switchblade. Marowak tried to convince Lorelei that is was too dangerous for her to stay, but it was no use.
"I'm not going anywhere. I want to fight Team Rocket also. And I promise that I won't kill your friend." Lorelei said and Marowak just gave up and went back to the others.
"So, Terrell. Just give up and our boss will go easy on you." Butch said, but Keith wasn't having any of it.
"Bring it on." Keith said.
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Back in Pallet, Ash and Brock were continuing work on Ash's Supra. They had less than 4 days to get the thing in perfect condition, or the team will beat the crap out of Ash for damaging the car.
"I got the bumper put back on." Ash said as he crawled out from under the car,
"Yeah. Let me get this door aligned." Brock said as he tighten the bolts on the driver's side door,
"Here. I'll hold the door." Ash said as he got up and held the door in place,
"Ok. Move it up and right just a little." Brock said. After a few tries, the door was perfectly aligned to the rest of the car.
"Man, what a way to spend my few days off before I go back to F1." Ash said as he sat down besides the car,
"At least you have something good to do with your life. I mostly forgot all of our journeys we had before you disappeared in 2001." Brock said,
"So, what have you been up to? You know what I've been doing." Ash asked,
"Well. After you left for F1, Misty and I went our separate ways. I went back to Pewter City to be with my dad and my younger siblings." Brock answered,
"So, that's what you've been up to lately." Ash said,
"Hey, Ash. Tell me, have you got a girlfriend yet?" Brock asked,
"Not really. I'm one of those drivers that don't want a relationship to interfere with my racing. But I tell you, a lot of girls are trying to get me because I have a lot of money, I'm good looking and I race in F1." Ash said,
"Speaking of money, how much do you have?" Brock asked,
"Well, the FIA has told me not to disclose my earnings to anybody. But... because you're my friend... I have made over $12 Million Dollars from racing and merchandising rights." Ash answered,
"You have $12 Million bucks?!!" Brock yelled out,
"So what? Michael Schumacher has well over $400 Million big ones from racing with Ferrari." Ash said,
"YOU KNOW A GUY THAT HAS $400 MILLION BUCKS?!!!! I HATE YOU!!! I WISH I WAS YOU!!" Brock said as he grabbed Ash and started shaking him like mad,
"Let me go, damn you!!" Ash said. Pikachu saw this and thought that Brock was trying to kill Ash, so the mouse Pokémon jumped in the air and used Thunderbolt on the Pokémon Breeder. Brock fell to the ground well done and smoking.
"Pikachu... I didn't mean it." Brock groaned in pain,
"Pikachu. He wasn't trying to kill me!!!" Ash said. Pikachu all of a sudden became embarrassed and went back into the house. After a few minutes, Brock finally comes to.
"Ash. Why did Pikachu shock me?" Brock asked,
"Well, since everybody has been trying to kill me, Pikachu is becoming more protective of me. Don't get mad at him." Ash said,
"Oh." Brock said as he sat up and dusted himself off,
"Speaking of girlfriends, Brock. Do you have a girl yet?" Ash asked. This hit Brock pretty hard for some odd reason.
"I've decided not to. It's not worth it anymore." Brock said sadly,
"Huh? What happened?" Ash asked,
"Um... I dated this girl who lived in Saffron City just 3 months after you left for F1. She was a nice person, but 5 months into the relationship, I found out that she was cheating on me with someone else. Before she even told me, I left Saffron and returned home for a while. I never saw here again." Brock said,
"Ouch. Sorry to hear that, Brock. Lucky for you, you got out of there just in time." Ash said,
"It gets worse. One year after you left, I was at Olivine City where I met another girl. She was very caring and was a Pokémon breeder as well. The relationship was great and it lasted for over a year and a half. Then, she dumped me for another guy. She didn't give me a straight answer. Before the day where she wanted me to meet her new boyfriend, I left for Pewter City. I made a vow to myself that I will never fall in love until I am damn good and ready. I'm more weary of dating after all this has happened." Brock said,
"You're a strong person, Brock. I'm sorry that happened to you." Ash said,
"Don't worry, Ash. I'm well over it. Come on. Let's finish the work on your Supra." Brock said and the two friends went back to finishing the repair work on the Japanese sports car.
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Back in Celadon City, Butch and Keith started exchanging punches to get the fight started. After a few seconds, Butch was on the ground with a broken nose. Cassidy sneaked up on Keith and placed him in a submission hold. Keith started to overpower her and used his back to slam her to the ground.
"This guy fights pretty good. Even if he's outnumbered, he still doesn't give up." Lorelei said as she watched Keith start kicking Cassidy in the stomach,
"You not killing me!! I'll kill you first!!" Keith yelled out as Cassidy managed to get away from the American and regroup,
"That American is out to kill us also!! He's crazy." Cassidy said as she held her midsection,
"That makes this fight even more better." Butch said,
"Hey, Jackass! Stop talking and start fighting!!" Keith yelled at the two,
"What's the hurry? We usually like to kill our guys real fast!!" Cassidy yelled back,
"So do I, but you guys are Team Rocket and you want to take over my country. So, I'll kill you nice and slow." Keith said,
"You evil bastard!! We'll kill you!!" Butch yelled,
"Well, do it man!!! I ain't got all day, you know!!!" Keith yelled out. Butch took the initiative and went after Keith with a giant knife and slashed Keith right through his clothes pretty bad. Blood was already starting to ooze through the fresh cuts on his chest. "You're going to pay for that, son of a bitch." Keith said in a very evil voice,
"Yeah, right. I would pay $2000 bucks to see you break my right arm." Butch gloated,
"Ok. Kiss your money and your arm... GOODBYE!!!" Keith yelled out as he charged at Butch. He grabbed hold of his right arm and with all of his strength, broke Butch's arm like it was a twig. Butch screamed out in pain ad his right arm was just flopping around by the skin.
Amazing. This Keith Terrell guy is not only cute, he can break people's arms with ease. His focus is not lost due to any injury he may suffer. Lorelei thought to herself as Cassidy tried to attack Keith from behind, but he just did a sidestep and tossed her to the ground.
"Cassidy!! Shoot him!! Shoot the bastard!!!" Butch yelled out as he held his broken arm,
"You know, let's see if he can battle with Pokémon. I bet he don't know how to use his Pokémon." Cassidy said,
"You'll be sorry once again." Keith said as his Pokémon joined him. "I know how to battle using Pokémon." Keith yelled out as Suicune growled angrily at the Rockets,
"Let's go!!" Cassidy said as she threw out a Poké Ball and out came Raticate. Butch took out a Poké Ball and tossed it into the battle. Out came a fierce looking Arcanine.
"Guys, let's show them how Scuderia Ferrari fights their enemies!!!" Keith yelled out. Both Butch and Cassidy just laughed as their Pokémon started the battle with double Tackle attacks. Suicune and Scizor countered with two Cut attacks. Raticate and Arcanine retaliated with Raticate using Hyper Fang on Suicune and Arcanine using Flamethrower in Scizor. The Bug/Steel Pokémon was almost defeated because Scizor is really weak to fire.
"Aha!! Arcanine, finish off that Scizor!!!" Butch ordered,
"Scizor, get your bug ass up and use Hi Jump Kick on that Raticate!! Suicune, use Waterfall on the dog!!!" Keith ordered to both his Pokémon. Scizor got back on its feet and used a devastating Hi Jump Kick on the rat Pokémon, while Suicune leaped in the air and shot out a giant blast of water from its mouth, knocking out Arcanine.
"What? How do you know our Pokémon's type weaknesses?" Cassidy asked in surprise,
"Hey. I do more than drive a Ferrari at 200 MPH for a living." Keith said, still ignoring the cut on his chest.
"Well, then. I bet you don't have a Pokémon that can stand up with... THIS!!!" Butch yelled out as he recalled Arcanine and took out the Dark/Ice Pokémon, Sneasel.
"Ooh. You're right. I don't have anything that I can... hold it. I think I do." Keith said and Flareon entered the battle. "I think Ash said that a Sneasel is weak to Fire attacks. And Flareon is a Fire Pokémon." Keith said and Flareon didn't wait for Keith to order a move, so the Fire Pokémon just used Flamethrower. But, Team Rocket's Sneasel dodged the flame attack and charged at Flareon. The fire Pokémon saw this, but was too late to make a move and Sneasel got in a good Ice Punch.
"Ha. Our Sneasel is much faster and more powerful than your weak Flareon. We bred that Pokémon ourselves to become the most powerful Dark Pokémon ever." Cassidy gloated,
"Oh, really. Well, Let's see is your Sneasel can do this. Flareon, Blast Furnace!!!" Keith yelled out and Flareon shot out a very hot and powerful Fire attack that is not heard of before.
"Blast Furnace? That move has been made illegal since 2002. How can he make his Flareon learn that move?" Lorelei asked herself as Blast Furnace knocked Sneasel off its feet and became well done.
"Guess you didn't see that one coming." Keith said as Butch recalled Sneasel.
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It was past 4 P.M. in Pallet and the usual quiet was drowned out by the roar of a powerful turbo engine, which was accompanied by the cheering of two guys.
"It's fixed!! My Supra is finally fixed!!!" Ash yelled out in excitement. He then got back in the car and revved the engine loudly. "Listen to that engine growl. It's now running at full power." Ash said as he turned off the engine.
"Yeah. About time. Now what do we do?" Brock asked as he looked around the yard. It was scattered with all the broken parts of the Supra, as well as the tools and other stuff.
"Clean this mess up. Mom will get mad at us for leaving this mess here when I leave." Ash said as he started picking up the tools. Up the road from the Ketchum house, one angry redhead named Misty was walking to the Ketchums with one thing in her mind, revenge on Ash Ketchum. And she wasn't alone because Misty's older sisters Daisy, Lily and Violet, were with her.
"Misty. Listen, he's in F1 and you don't like, want to do what Team Rocket did to those guys, like 3 years ago." Daisy, the oldest said as she tried to get Misty to change her mind,
"Daisy, you cannot change my mind. I'm going to tear Ash limb from limb." Misty said as she kept her eye on Ash's house,
"You, like kill him and those F1 guys will come here and, like kill you. I don't want that to, like happen again." Violet added,
"Oh, it won't happen. I bet those F1 drivers won't even come back here. They know we'll kill then this time." Misty said,
"Misty. Stop this nonsense. Ash did the right thing by, like ordering Pikachu to, like shock you when you and Gary started that mob after him." Lily said, but Misty just ignored her. Their talking actually got the attention of Ash and Brock. They both looked up and saw Misty heading this way.
"Fuck. Not again. Misty's back." Ash said,
"That is bad. She wants to kill you more than everybody here. And to think, she used to be great friends with you." Brock said,
"Shut up. I don't want to hear anything about Misty. I wish I had my guns with me." Ash said,
"What? Where are they?" Brock asked,
"I let Keith have them in case he gets into a situation." Ash answered,
"ASH KETCHUM!!! COME OUT NOW BEFORE I FIND YOU AND KILL YOU MYSELF!!!" Misty yelled out. Ash decided to push her buttons for a while and he appeared from behind the car.
"Oh, that's no problem for me. I had a German guy try to kill me many times and I'm still alive, so you're no problem!!!" Ash yelled out,
"Don't test me, Ash. You know what happens when you piss me off!!" Misty yelled out, now sprinting towards Ash's Toyota. Pikachu came out of the house with Delia and Mr. Mime and saw Misty heading his way.
"I got my own mallet this time, Misty. And it's made for lots of pain!!" Ash said as he reached into the car and pulled out one of his favorite weapons, the retraceable baton. Ash stood up, and saw Misty standing there with mallet in hand. Misty took one giant swing and Ash held the baton to try to protect himself, but Pikachu stepped in and gave one hell of a thunderbolt on Misty. Ash took the opportunity to give Misty something painful to remember him by and swung the baton at Misty's knee, and you could hear a sickening crack. Misty screamed out and fell to the ground, holding her knee.
"Oh... my god. Ash is, like some sort of mad man." Daisy said as they all looked at Misty on the ground. Ash raised his baton to them.
"Do any of you want to taste my baton? Don't hate me because I'm in Formula One." Ash said,
"Like, we don't hate you, Ash. We're like, 3 of your biggest fans." Lily said, trying not to get Ash to kill them.
"You're joking, right? I thought Misty would try to turn you against me, like everybody here in Kanto." Ash said,
"We're not, like joking. I guess we like you because you're, like doing something that nobody here ever thought of, like doing." Daisy said,
"And can we have, like your autograph?" Violet asked, holding out an autograph book. Daisy and Lily did the same thing. Ash and Brock were surprised at the fact that Misty's sisters wanted Ash's autograph and not kill him.
"This is one weird day." Brock said,
"What are you doing?!! Kill him, not get his autograph?!!" Misty yelled out to her sisters,
"Misty, like shut up. Ash is, like a celebrity to us." Violet said,
"That's because he's friends with Michael Schumacher." Brock added,
"Um... he is, like a driver also?" Daisy asked. Ash and Brock could not believe that they don't know Michael Schumacher at all.
"Daisy, Michael Schumacher is, like the God of Formula One. Ash was, like the guy who ended his career." Violet said,
"Yeah. I'm surprised that, like Michael didn't kill Ash, let alone be his bud." Lily added,
"So, do you ladies, like want my autograph?" Ash asked,
"Like, yeah!" Daisy, Lily and Violet said at once and handed Ash their autograph books for Ash to sign,
"Hey!! What are you doing?!! Kill Ash!! Kill him!!! Kill him now!!!" Misty yelled out,
"Misty, shut up. It's not, like every day that a famous guy comes through Kanto, like every now and then." Violet said.
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Back in Celadon City, Butch and Cassidy were turning the tide against Keith and his Pokémon. The wound that Keith forgot about was now beginning to rack his whole body of pain, cutting his concentration.
Ow. I can't keep this up. I shouldn't have forgot that cut I have. Keith thought,
"Keith. Are you all right?" Lorelei asked with a lot of concern I her voice, as she ran to Keith's side.
"I'm not letting Team Rocket kill me and take over my country. The American people will not be defeated!" Keith yelled out,
"We got him Butch. Let's finish the job." Cassidy said. The only Pokémon who was still ready to fight was Pidgeot. Unfortunately, the bird Pokémon is not used to fighting, but Pidgeot still stood its ground to protect its trainer.
"Only one chance." Keith groaned in pain as he reached into his back pocket and took out an U.S. Military flash bomb and set the timer to detonate when Keith wants to. Lorelei saw this and thought he was going to kill himself.
"KEITH!! Don't do it!!!" She cried out as Keith took out a button detonator.
"I'm not killing myself. Just blinding my... ENEMIES!!!" Keith yelled as he tossed the bomb. Pidgeot and the rest of Keith's Pokémon turned and ran for the Ferrari 550 Maranello.
"He's going to kill us all!!!" Butch yelled out,
"Lorelei, cover your eyes and run to my Ferrari." Keith said to her and he pressed the button. The flash bomb exploded, blinding Team Rocket and anybody in the area with a blinding white light. Keith and Lorelei ran to the Ferrari and he recalled all of his Pokémon.
"What was that?!!!" Lorelei asked as she got into Keith's Ferrari,
"A United States Military issue flash bomb. It blinds the enemies so you can escape, as long as you don't look at the flash yourself. The President can't send me a bodyguard, but the Military do send me plenty of firearms and assortments to protect myself with. I just hope I can stay alive to get back to Pallet." Keith said as he started the Ferrari and sped off and out of the park. After a few more minutes, Butch and Cassidy regained their vision, only to see Keith and his Pokémon long gone.
"Huh? Where is that American?!!" Cassidy asked as she looked around,
"A United States flash bomb!! That guy has the Military supporting him!! Dammit!!! We lost again!!" Butch yelled in frustration. All of a sudden, he fell to the ground in pain, due to his broken arm. Cassidy all of a sudden became concerned and kneeled down to see if her teammate was all right.
"Butch. Are you all right?" Cassidy asked concerned,
"No. Damn arm hurts! I'm going to kill that son of a bitch!" Butch said. All Cassidy could do was head back to Team Rocket HQ and let the doctors patch up Butch's arm. As for Keith and Lorelei, they were already in Vermilion City because Keith wanted to get away from them. And he sure did. Right when the Ferrari was about to get on the interstate for Pewter City, Keith finally slowed down and stopped. He looked at his wound for a second and decided not to do anything. The only thing he cared about was to make sure no blood got onto the leather upholstery.
"Last time I let myself get cut up. The Ferrari guys will kill me." Keith said,
"Did we just do 200 miles an hour through Vermilion City?" Lorelei asked in pure amazement,
"Yes we did. I'm surprised that you've never went that fast before. I do it all the time in my Ferrari F1 car." Keith said,
"Actually, this is my first time riding in a Ferrari." Lorelei said as she was admiring Keith's Ferrari,
"You're kidding!! You look like a rich person. You must own one or at least ridden in one by now!" Keith said,
"You think so?" Lorelei asked. All of a sudden, Keith's face blushed heavily.
"Well... um, yeah. I guess..." Keith said with his face in total blush mode,
"You know, Keith. Even though you're in F1, I like you. Especially when your face become all blushed like that." Lorelei said, making Keith blush even more,
"Uhh... r-r-really? I was sent here by Michael Schumacher to keep an eye on Ash and now look what's happened. What luck I have." Keith said. There was silence in the car, as the two didn't know what to say next. "So... where do you live. I can take you back to your place." Keith said as his shyness was coming back,
"I'm going where you're going." Lorelei said,
"What? I'm going back to Pallet. I got to see Ash Ketchum and make a plan to get the hell out of here. Ash and I have to go to Belgium for the Grand Prix there." Keith said as he started the V12 Ferrari engine and drove to Pallet,
"Well, I have all the time in the world. Besides, I want to see you go 200 miles an hour again." Lorelei said,
"Hold on." Keith said. He floored the gas and the Ferrari took off like a rocket, pushing both occupants into their seats as Keith and Lorelei sped to Pallet Town.
To Be Continued...
Chapter 9 of Ash Ketchum: Formula One Driver is done!! Well, well. It seems like Lorelei actually likes Keith Terrell. And Team Rocket is still planning to kill the American, but Keith stuck back by breaking Butch's arm. Misty still wants to Ash, but her sisters Daisy, Lily and Violet don't share her opinion. They actually are Ash's biggest fans. What else will happen?
As always, please read and review. Any reviews you readers give me will make my happy. If you have any questions, comments or even... flames!!! My e-mail is Hornet19us@Yahoo.com
Got to start chapter 10. Be back soon!!
Mario Alvarado
6/24/2002