How different would the journey to Hoenn have been if Misty had not returned to Cerulean City to become the new Gym Leader, and instead carried on travelling with Ash? In this variation of events, Misty goes along with her friends to Littleroot Town...
Ash was all ready to dive in to rescue Misty, but he was stopped by a call from Brock:
"Hey, look at Gyarados!"
Desperately, Ash looked down and saw that Gyarados was ramming its head frantically against the bars again and again with tremendous effort, apparently trying to get to the sinking Misty.
"Uh, what's it doing?" asked Jessie nervously, as the Gyarados continued to bash against the cage bars.
"It's just showing off," suggested James unconvincingly.
But then, with a roar, Gyarados summoned all its strength as it bashed against the bars, and smashed the entire cage apart! As the bars collapsed onto the bottom, they caused a cloud of bubbles and dust to form, obscuring the whole scene.
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"Uh-oh!" exclaimed Meowth in disbelief. "It's loose!"
Ash frantically tried to see what was happening through the bubbles, looking this way and that to see if Misty was all right.
"Brock, can you see Misty?" he asked fearfully.
Brock pointed urgently with his finger. "There she is!"
Before anyone could say anymore, Gyarados suddenly shot out of the water and high into the air! As Ash and his friends watched in amazement, they were relieved to see that Gyarados was carrying a dazed Misty right on the crest of its huge head.
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"Gyarados... I can't believe it... You just saved me!" Misty managed to say with a stunned expression.
As Gyarados landed back into the pool, it sent a cascade of water flying right into Team Rocket, soaking them completely.
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