Ash woke up the next morning in Pallet Town, knowing what he had to do. Just before he left, he got his Charizard and Pidgeot back from Professor Oak, the 2 were recovering from injuries suffered during Ash's last battle. He left a note for Brock to just stay at Ash's house until he came back, and then he left for the Virdian Gym.
       Ash entered the Gym ten minutes before the noon deadline. The only questions he could ask were that where is Misty, and who would do this. His intial thought was Team Rocket, but he expected to see Jesse and James. What he got was Givonni, the leader of Team Rocket. Ash asked, "Where's Misty?" He said, that look to your left. He did, all he saw was Misty tied to something. The light came on and sure enough, there was a rocket behind her.
       Givonni gave the rules of the match, "3 0n 3 pokemon battle", and then he said something as shocking as it would if it happened. "20 minute time-limit, then the rocket fuse will send her into outer space forever." Misty tried to get out of her bonds as soon as he said that. Then the bell rang to start the match.

Watch for Part 4 on Friday.