All the police officers were looking for the organization that had made so much trouble in the peaceful Kanto Region, but the police will never find the organization's headquarters. For the organization's boss has done something like no other: Team Rocket's boss had hidden and waiting for the right opportunity to attack.

Team Rocket's boss had been hiding deep inside a forest. None of the people who lived in Kanto ventured near that part of the forest. Rumors said it haunted, but of course it was a false rumor that Giovanni had spread throughout the entire Region.

Like all the other evil organizations, Team Rocket wants to take over the world with powerful Pokémon. But Giovanni had a new strategy. He didn't use Pokémon for his "take over the world plan." No, he used a boy.

This boy wasn't older than fourteen years old. His hair was tousled and black as the night. His eyes were like light brown chocolate, and on his cheeks he had small lightning bolt birthmarks. This boy's name was Ash. Ash Ketchum.

Giovanni had, for some strange reason, raised this boy like his own nephew. Nobody knew what Team Rocket's boss had planned for the fourteen year old boy... But one thing they knew for sure: Giovanni had big plans for the boy.

Ash had lived in the same room for years, and he barely got to leave it. Why did he leave the room? All he needed was already here! He had a bedthat was hard as a stone, a toilet that was pretty clean, a sink,and a shower. When he needed food, someone brought it to him. Ash could sit alone in his room for days- No, weeks on end, but had always a big smile. He thought everyone else lived this same way. If he only knew how wrong he had been all these years...

The Truth Hurts
All Is Not As It Seems
Ca.1 Present Times

The great Giovanni sat in a large room. One might think was a dining room for the king and queen. He looked at the most important leaders of their evil associations. All were at this important meeting, even those who didn't live in this Region. At the table sat the leaders of Team Galactic, Team Aqua, Team Magma and himself. All the criminal leaders had come except for Team Plasma's leader. He lived all the way in Unova, so he didn't come to the meeting.

"So Giovanni, what was so important that you had to disrupt our... Business?" asked a man with red hair. He was the leader of Team Magma.

"Yes, we were so close to catching the powerful Kyogre!" cried the leader of Team Aqua as he glared at his "enemy".

"It was nothing compared to what I did before this meeting! I caught almost Dialga and Palkia. I was so close to getting my perfect world!" whined the blue-haired leader of Sinnoh's evil organization.

Giovanni sat there with his eyes closed. To think that adult men could sound like small children! And criminal leaders at that! He opened his eyes and slammed his hands on the table to get everyone's attention. He succeeded and all the other leaders stopped at each other and looked at Team Rocket's boss.

"I didn't call you here to yell at each other. I think we should combine our organizations to have a greater chance of succeeding in our goals." Giovanni explained coldly. His voice sounded like that of the devil.

"I'd rather beat myself up then team up with Team Aqua! Never in my life!" Exclaimed the Groudon-loving Maxie. Archie stood up and stared at Team Magma's leader.

"If you think I want to work with you, you can go die in a hole! I would rather die than work with you!" Team Magma and Team Aqua could agree on something after all! Unfortunately, they both agreed they couldn't work together.

Giovanni sighed and concluded that Team Magma and Team Aqua were lost causes. He then cast his eyes upon Cyrus.

"Want to join my plan to take over the world?" Giovanni asked, but Cyrus just shook his head as a no. Giovanni growled. Would he have to do it all alone?

"My destiny isn't to take over the world. My destiny is to create a perfect world," Cyrus explained as he and the other leaders headed to the door. Now there was only one organization that he could trust.

Ash lay alone in his bed and looked up at the ceiling. Up on the ceiling, Ash had glued some stickers there. He had set up those Pokémon stickers when he was younger than he was now.

"Why can't uncle Giovannilet me leave my room? I've been here for years... Have I done something wrong? Does he hate me? I never get the chance to ask because never enters my room," Ash thought sadly. He had thought about this for years. Then he heard someone put a key in the keyhole to enter the room. Ash sat up with the best posture he could manage. If it was his uncle that wanted to see him, he wanted to look the best possible. Into the room came a man wearing a black uniform with a big red "R" on his chest. Ash sighed and looked sadly at the man.

"Your uncle wants to talk to you." Did he just say... Ash couldn't believe his ears, his busy uncle actually wanted to talk to him! Ash jumped up from the bed and smiled at the man, who rolled his eyes and grabbed Ash's arm. The man pulled Ash through the corridors. He didn't have to pull very much since Ash went voluntarily. They stopped in front of a door that Ash hadn't seen in many years: the door that would lead him to his uncle.

"Stay here, I'll speak with your… Uncle and say you are here," the man said as he walked into the room. Ash stayed outside the door and waited to enter.

Then Ash heard suddenly something. It didn't sound like a human or like a machine... What could it be? The more Ash thought about it, the more he wanted to find out what it was! Eventually, the curious boy couldn't resist the temptation to solve this mystery! Ash ran after the sound which lead him to the steps heading to the basement. His uncle had said more than a hundred times that he was to never go down there, but Ash couldn't stop now. He was so close to solving the mystery! His uncle would to thank him because he found out what the mysterious sound was.

Ash walked down the stairs slowly. He was worried that some of the guards would catch him. After a few steps, he began to walk down faster. He felt happy. He had dared to do something new! His uncle would be so proud of him!

Ash opened a door and went into the room. When he closed the door, all of the dust flew off of it, revealing a sign that read "PROHIBITED." Ash lit the lamp and saw lots of sheets. Some were covering something. What did his uncle conceal under all these sheets? Ash walked up to one of the sheets and pulled it away from the hidden object. Ash stared in shock at what had been hidden under the sheet. It was a cage filled with pokemon. Some were even seriously injured. Ash walked over to another sheet, pulling it off. Every single one was the same result.

Pokémon.

Pokémon!

Pokémon!

Did his uncle know about this? How could he do so in such cases? He had a Pokémon he loved. Ash looked in all the cages and saw that all Pokémon who were in the cages had given up. Ash then heard the same voice as before! He looked through all cages and saw a yellow mouse with a lightning bolt-shaped tail. Ash smiled at the little mouse. It hadn't given up yet. Ash walked over to the cage the mouse was in. When the yellow mouse saw him, sparks flew from his red cheeks.

"Hey! I'm not going to hurt you! I just want to help," Ash explained nervously. He didn't want to admit it, but he was worried that the yellow mouse would shock him. Ash began to try to break the padlock, but he wasn't strong enough. The mouse looked at the boy who was trying to save him.

"Pika?" it whispered doubtfully. He didn't know if this boy was with the wicked men who had kidnapped him from his home.

"I'm Ash, what's your name?"

"Pi.. Pikachu.."

"So your name is Pikachu?"

"Pika," replied Pikachu with a hesitant nod. He thought that the boy seemed okay, but he didn't dare take the chance.

After a while, Ash managed to liberate the weakened Pikachu from the cage. Pikachu walked slowly out of the cage and went up to his rescuer. He smiled at the boy, and the boy smiled back.

"Come on, we must help the others!" Ash said as he ran to another cage. Pikachu nodded and ran after the excited boy.

-oOo-

"Sir!" saluted the man who had been tasked to retrieve his nephew, but Giovanni couldn't see Ash somewhere.

"Where is my nephew?" Giovanni demanded strictly. The man swallowed his saliva in fear. How could he tell him that the boy had disappeared?

"Ehm.. I told him to wait for me outside the door, but when I came back, I couldn't find him anywhere. I'm sorry Sir that I have failed yo-" He didn't finish his miserable excuse before a loud warning alarm howled across Team Rocket's headquarters. Giovanni knew what the alarm meant. Someone had freed all the Pokémon. He clicked a button, and a few seconds later his most trusted Team Rocket agents entered the room.

"Sir, you called?" inquired the blonde woman. She showed great respect to her boss by kneeling in front of him.

"Did something that happen? This alarm has never gone off before," said the green haired man who was kneeling next to his female partner.

"Go to the cargo hold and bring me the traitor. Do you understood?" clarified Giovanni. He really hated traitors.. It is always so messy and bloody..

"Sir!" Cried the woman and the man, who quickly ran out of the room. Giovanni nodded and sat on his king-like chair, petting his faithful and single Pokémon friend behind the ear.

The blonde woman and her anxious partner entered the elevator. When they walked out of the elevator, they saw the one sight they never thought they would see. The two Team Rocket agents saw their boss's nephew, but not only that. The boy had freed all their Pokémon!

"Cassidy..-" the man began. Cassidy silenced him and smiled.

"We are lucky Butch. We'll be able to harm the boy, but the boss won't get mad at us!" Butch nodded. He really hated that spoiled boy.

"We won't be able to hurt him. We need to bring the boy to the boss." Cassidy sighed. She hated it when her male partner was right.

"Fine, we'll take him and catch all the Pokémon again." Cassidy picked up a red white Pokéball and threw it gently in front of her. A red light came out of the Pokéball and a Ariados appeared.

"Pretend to be injured, and when the little boy tries to help you, use Spider Web on him. If any of the other Pokémon trying to help the boy stand in your way, crush them." Ariados nodded and walked away. It lay on the ground and pretended to be unconscious.

"Hey, look Pikachu! Another injured pokémon! We must help it!" Ariados smiled. This would be too easy. Ash ran up to the "injured" Pokémon and put a reassuring hand on the spider's head. It was then that Ariados used Spider Web against Ash, but the yellow mouse had been on his guard and took the attack. He now had cobwebs all over his yellow body.

"Pikachu!" yelled a shocked Ash. He tried to reach his bound new friend, but someone grabbed Ash's arm. Ash looked at who held him and saw Cassidy. Ugh.

"Let me go! Pikachu needs help!" Ash shouted as he tried to escape from the evil woman's claws. Cassidy grabbed the struggling boy's other arm and forced it behind his back.

"Lemme go!" Ash cried. Cassidy listened to the boy's whining, getting irritated.

"Ariados, aim Spider Web at the boy's mouth so I don't have to hear his screams!" Ariados nodded and used the attack on the boy's mouth. Ash screamed through his "gag" but could barely be heard. Pikachu tried to stand up to help Ash but the web made it so he couldn't move or use any of his electric attacks.

"Butch, throw me a rope so I can tie the boy's hands behind his back." As soon as Ash heard that, he started to fight. He looked at Pikachu with a glance, begging him for help, but Pikachu was defenseless. Butch walked up to Cassidy holding a rope, and Cassidy held Ash's hands close together so that Butch could bind them. Ash screamed and struggled to become free, but when his hands were bound, Ash gave up. Cassidy and Butch noticed that the boy had stopped fighting.

"Don't be worry, we'll take you to your uncle and he'll take care of you.," Cassidy whispered in Ash's ear. He really hated her.

"Pikapi.." Butch and Cassidy turned their eyes to the yellow mouse who had tried to save his human friend.

"Ariados, take care of all the runway Pokémon. Especially that rat," Cassidy ordered as she held the black-haired boy. Ariados nodded. The door to the elevator closed, and Ash couldn't see what would happen to his first friend.

"Mmwp.." Cassidy smiled when she heard that the bound boy tried to say something. She forced the boy's head in her direction and crouched so that she was eye to eye with the boy.

"You will never see that rat again. We'll let him suffer a bit longer because he almost stopped us from catching you." Ash shook his head as small tears slid down at his cheeks. He didn't want Pikachu to get hurt. The elevator doors opened, and Cassidy and Butch led Ash to the same door he had been standing in front of earlier that day. Butch clicked on a button that was on the side of the door.

"Sir we have the traitor." As soon as the doors opened, Butch and Cassidy forced the bound boy into his own uncle's office.

The room was dark and the only thing they could hear was Giovanni's Cat Pokémon purring with pleasure. If they looked closely, they could see their boss sitting in front of them.

"Botch and Cassidy, you can leave. But you little creep… You should stay. I'll take care of you," Giovanni said in a dangerous voice. He was holding a gun. Cassidy and Butch who didn't want to make their already angry boss madder left Ash in front of his uncle, running out the door. Ash couldn't believe it. He had always believed that his uncle was a good businessman but he was a… a... a murderer. Giovanni walked up to the terrified boy, aiming the gun at the his head. Ash screamed into his gag and let his tears flow.

BannanGodis: Thanks so much awolflover2! Thanks!