Setting:
One year later, outside of Crystal City
Ash, Pikachu, May, Max, and Brock are seen walking down the road.
<Narrator:
Today, our heroes have decided to stop at the famous Crystal City. Little do
they know, but more than just a city awaits them up ahead. >
Brock is looking through his guidebook as they walk down the road.
<Brock:
It says here that Crystal City is famous for being one of the few Pokémon City
Reserves. >
<Ash:
Pokémon City Preserves? >
<Max:
A Pokémon City Preserve is a city that allows wild Pokémon to roam freely
within its boundaries without the fear of capture. >
<May:
So its like a Pokémon preserve, except its in a city? >
<Max:
Yup. >
<Ash:
Darn, now I can’t catch any city Pokémon there. >
As they walk down the road, Jessie, James, and Meowth appear in their Meowth balloon.
<Jessie:
Prepare for trouble! >
<James:
Make it double! >
<Ash
and Co.: Team Rocket! >
<Jessie:
To protect the world from devastation! >
<James:
To unite all peoples within our nation! >
<Jessie: To denounce the
evils of truth and love! >
<James: To extend our reach
to the stars above! >
<Jessie: Jessie! >
<James: James! >
<Jessie: Team Rocket blast
off at the speed of light! >
<James: Surrender now or
prepare to fight! >
<Meowth:
Meowth! That's right! >
Meowth pulls out a device and uses it to scoop up Pikachu.
<Ash:
Hey! Give Pikachu back! >
<Meowth:
In your dream twerp! >
Ash prepares to battle, pulling out a Pokéball. Before he can release his Pokémon, however, another Pikachu hops out of nowhere.
<Second
Pikachu: Pi Pikachu! Pika! >
<Jessie:
Oh, look, another pipsqueak. The twerps are so helpless their employing wild
Pokémon to help them. >
<James:
Meowth, what did it say? >
<Meowth:
It said, ‘Leave my friends alone! Go away!’ >
<Jessie:
A punk Pikachu, huh? Go, Seviper! >
Jessie sends out her Seviper and it does battle with the Pikachu. As they battle, Ash and Co. watch in amazement.
<Ash:
Hey, doesn’t that Pikachu look familiar? >
<Brock:
Yeah, I feel as if I know it from somewhere. >
<May:
Not me, I’ve never seen it before. >
<Max:
Me neither. >
Ash and Co. turn their attention back to the battle. The Pikachu has successfully knocked out Seviper, though not without injury.
<Jessie:
Grr. Seviper, return. >
Seviper disappears into its Pokéball. The Pikachu shocks the device holding Pikachu, causing it to explode. Ash’s Pikachu is thrown clear, but the explosion carries Team Rocket away.
<Team
Rocket: Looks like Team Rocket’s blasting off again! >
As Team Rocket blasts off, Ash rushes forward to retrieve his Pikachu. Brock hurries over to the other Pikachu, which has just collapsed from exhaustion.
<Brock:
Hey, Ash. This Pikachu is badly hurt. We should get it to a Pokémon Center.
>
Ash, May, and Max hurry over to look. The Pikachu looks like it just ran a marathon in 100-degree weather. Max picks it up and wraps it in a cloth. Ash and Co. then hurry off towards the Crystal City Pokémon Center.
Part 4 will be coming soon, along with a surprising revelation!