Mewtwo Returns: Difference between revisions

Mewtwo, his heart having been softened by the selfless example of the human named [[Ash Ketchum]] back in his birth land in the eastern [[Kanto]] region, has now traveled to the western region of [[Johto]] in search of a locale that is unreachable by the prying eyes and harsh judgements of humans for the sake of his band of cloned Pokémon, whose welfare Mewtwo is entirely concerned about. He eventually finds the perfect hideaway: a huge mountain named [[Mount Quena|Mt. Quena]], surrounded by steep cliffs that are practically impossible to scale, but in its top is a forest and a freshwater lake that makes for a near-utopia for all the {{t|Bug}} Pokémon living there. This is a perfect fit for Mewtwo’s band, so thus they settle in the top of Mt. Quena and begin a new, safe life, with Mewtwo watching over as their guardian, as he feels they cannot belong in the world as they were not born in it (Interestingly enough, he seems particularly close to the [[Pikachutwo|Pikachu]] and {{p|Meowth}} clones, spending most of his private time with them, possibly reflecting how important their templates were in his change of heart).

But {{an|Giovanni}} has never forgotten about Mewtwo’s betrayal, and has been concocting a military plan of assault upon wherever Mewtwo has settled to take the Pokémon back for himself. He at last locates Mewtwo in his new mountain retreat and begins his operation to assault and capture Mewtwo and bend his will to Giovanni’s. The Team Rocket combat unit heads towards Mt. Quena.

Ash, {{an|Misty}}, {{an|Brock}}, {{AP|Pikachu}} and {{TP|Misty|Togepi}}, on their Pokémon journey as always, are now passing through the area around Mt. Quena, Purity Canyon, which is known as [[Johto]]'s greatest natural wonder. Complications with the weather and the bus service force them to stay though at a cabin at the foot of the mountain, where they meet the Pokémon naturalist [[Luna Carson]], medical researcher [[Cullen Calix]] and a spunky girl, [[Domino]] from the Pokémon Institute. But there’s a break-in and attempted thievery of Pikachu by the classic antics of the Team Rocket trio Jessie, James, and Meowth, and soon a series of turbulent events involving a scuffle on a hot air balloon, leads everyone into the airspace of Mt. Quena.

There everyone sees the approaching Combat Unit, and Domino, revealing herself in league with Team Rocket Organization as elite Agent 009 (or, as she calls herself, The Black Tulip, due to her use of explosive black tulips as weapons), pops their balloon and sends everyone else plummeting onto the mountain while she returns to Giovanni to report on Mewtwo’s status. While Ash and the other humans make a canoe to travel to the island at the center of Mt. Quena's lake, Pikachu and Team Rocket end up confronting the clones, [[Pikachutwo|Pikachu's clone]] rallying the other clones to fight back. While Jessie and James are locked away in a cave, Pikachu and Meowth fight alongside the clones as Giovanni’s operation to capture Mewtwo begins in earnest, with Ash and his friends and enemies caught up in the core of it. Although Mewtwo manages to free the clones that the initial attack manages to capture in Poké Balls, Giovanni eventually succeeds in capturing Mewtwo. Mewtwo responds that he'd rather die soon than serve Giovanni, but Giovanni then countered with the threat that the other Pokémon clones would be utilized in their experiments and would certainly perish if Mewtwo didn’t comply, attacking and injuring Pikachu and his clone to prove his willingness to go through with his threat. With Ash and the Pokémon clones in custody, Giovanni’s operation is successful, and he immediately capitalizes by ordering the construction of a new Team Rocket base on the mountain, while Mewtwo is attacked by two machines designed to drain his power and will, leaving him nothing more than Giovanni's puppet.

The characters and all other cloned Pokémon that attempted to protect Mewtwo are then locked away in a prison cell- during which Ash is reunited with Pikachu- along with the cloned Rhyhorn and Nidoqueen, who were attempting to protect their offspring. However, Giovanni’s greed for new Team Rocket bases becomes his worst mistake; without warning, a swarm of furious Bug Pokémon (which Meowth realized were coming thanks to the words of the other Pokémon) from the mountain sabotages the Team Rocket base that is polluting the freshwater lake, and the ensuing chaos allows Ash and everyone with him to escape and scatter.  

Ash rushes over to Mewtwo, believing that this is the first time he's seen Mewtwo, and he, Brock and the Pikachu try to free Mewtwo from the machines that are suppressing his mind and body, partly as thanks for Mewtwo protecting Pikachu earlier. However, Mewtwo is weak from using what was left of his power and strength to destroy the machines that held him, putting his life force in jeopardy, but Ash carries Mewtwo away from Giovanni’s battle while Brock, Misty and the other clones, along with the {{type|Bug}} Pokémon keep Team Rocket occupied.