It was a gorgeous day on Akala Island in the Alola region. Ash was doing an island trial with Mallow, the trial captain of the Lush Jungle. This would be his last island trial. He did well in the other 3 but this one would be the toughest of all.

For the most part it was going smooth. Ash seemed like he had no trouble conquering the challenges. However, he was about to embark on the most difficult challenge running through the jungle obstacle course. Mallow told Ash "Are you up for this?"

Ash told Mallow "You bet I am. I'm ready to take on anything in my path." He looked at the course thinking in his mind how to approach it. He knew it would be difficult so he took a deep breath and then he started. The first couple of obstacles didn't seem to faze him as he went through them with ease.

Ash went through the first half with hardly any issues. Now came the hard part. The obstacles would be tougher. He reached the checkpoint at halfway so he could catch his breath. Mallow contacted him at the checkpoint to see how he was doing. Ash told her he was fine and needed to catch his breath. Then Ash started the second half of the obstacle course.

He got through the first obstacle with no problem. However the second obstacle gave him a little trouble. He got through it however. The third obstacle was just as difficult as the last one but Ash got through with only a little trouble. The next obstacle gave Ash more trouble. He fell at one part but continued on and finished it. Now it was on to the penultimate obstacle. He would have to hop through a set of rocks. Each rock would be spread out unequally meaning their distances would not be the same from one to another. He was doing well until the last rock. He landed awkwardly on his right leg and then screamed out loudly.

Mallow was able to hear him so she ran quickly to see what was up. When she arrived, she was shocked. Mallow helped Ash up. She told him "Looks like you suffered a nasty injury. You better stop before you aggravate the injury."

Ash then grunted "I can't give up till the end. I JUST CAN'T!" He started to groan in more pain. Mallow was really concerned for Ash. However Ash decided he was going to finish the island trial despite his leg being injured.

He completed the final obstacle which was swinging from rope to rope. He did well despite his leg being hurt but when he finished it he landed on his bad right leg and this time hurt his ankle really bad. He cried in so much pain that Mallow had to call the helicopter to bring him to the hospital in Hau'oli City.

Ash continued to cry in pain but Mallow told him "Hang in there, buddy. The medical chopper is on its way. It's going to get you to the hospital."

10 minutes later the helicopter arrived. The paramedics helped Ash on to the stretcher. One of them noticed how messed up Ash's right leg was. She told Mallow "I think your friend broke his right leg pretty badly. We won't know until we take x-rays at the hospital."

Mallow asked "Can I come with you? I really am concerned about Ash so I thought I could keep him company." The paramedics agreed to let Mallow fly with them.

Once Ash was settled in the helicopter, they left for Hau'oli City to take Ash to the hospital. They arrived about 15 minutes later. When they arrived, the paramedics took Ash into the x-ray room to see how bad his injuries were.

Mallow decided to sit in the waiting room. She was reading a cookbook to come up with some new recipes for her diner. She also called Ash's other friend Lana. Lana came quickly and then she wanted to know what happened.

Mallow told Lana "When Ash was doing my island trial he injured his right leg pretty bad. He did finish it which I'm proud of but he also hurt his ankle on the final obstacle. Let's hope the injuries aren't that serious.

Lana gasped "OH MY GOD! HE MUST BE IN SO MUCH PAIN!" She then calmed down and said to Mallow "Listen, I'm going to email his friend Serena. I want her to come down because she would help Ash get better." Lana then started her email to Serena.

Meanwhile at the Motopolis race circuit on the outskirts of Fallarbor Town in Hoenn Serena had just finished her driving class for the day. She learned how to drift a car. She had a lot of fun. She originally went to Hoenn for contests but after watching one she didn't like it so she decided to try something else. May, an old friend of Ash told her about a driving academy in Fallarbor Town. Serena watched a race there and loved it.

Her instructor told her how well she drifted in her car, a Nissan Skyline GT-R. He told the honey-blonde girl "That was an awesome drift. I've never seen a drift done so beautfily in a 4WD car, especially in a GT-R."

Serena told the instructor "Well I watched a video on my MacBook of Keiichi Tsuchiya drifting an R32. I watched it at least 10 times taking notes to see how I should do it."

The instructor chuckled and told Serena "There's a reason why he's called the Drift King. He can take any car and drift beautifully in it. I'm glad you enjoyed the academy. I entered you into a race in 2 weeks. You will be driving that GT-R you drove today."

Serena thanked the instructor and then headed to her hotel suite where she had been staying. Before she left, she went into the changing room to take off her fire suit and took a shower because she was all sweaty. Then she got into her purple Mizuno T-Shirt and her favorite purple Mizuno shorts. She put on her pink sneakers then took a taxi to the hotel.

When she got to her room, she turned on her MacBook computer. She was going to check her email. When she checked her email, she saw an email that got her attention. It was from Lana. She had some bad news about Ash.

The email said "Serena, my name is Lana. I'm a classmate of Ash's at the Alola Academy. Listen he's in pretty bad shape. He injured his leg pretty badly. We don't know what his injuries are but my friend Mallow who was doing an island trial with Ash told me it looked pretty bad. I'm going to get you to Alola. Where are you right now? If you want, you can video chat with me. Use my email address to contact me."

Serena gasped because she was shocked to hear Ash was in the hospital. She decided to video chat with Lana. Then her Braixen came in and wanted to know what was going on. Serena told her "Ash is in the hospital. He hurt his leg pretty bad."

Braixen said "OH MY! I hope it's not serious."

Serena logged on to the video chat site and then got in contact with Lana.

Meanwhile at the hospital, a surgeon came out to talk with Mallow and Lana. He told them "Your friend's right leg is badly broken. What I mean is he broke his right tibia bone in half. He also tore a tendon in his right ankle as well. We're about to start operating on him."

Lana said "OH MY GOD! HE HAS TO BE IN A WORLD OF PAIN RIGHT NOW!"

Pikachu started crying heavily. Mallow then tried to calm Pikachu down but he couldn't stop crying.

The surgeon said "That's pretty true. We're shooting anesthesia into him now."

Lana then opened her video chat app and noticed Serena wanted to talk to her. Serena said "Hi there. I'm Serena Moreau. You must be Ash's friend in Alola."

Lana told Serena "Hello Serena. Listen I just got some bad news. Me and Mallow just found out Ash broke his right leg really bad. Also he tore a tendon in his ankle."

Serena gasped. She felt awful because she couldn't believe how badly injured Ash was. She wanted to know how Ash was injured and Lana told Serena "He was doing an island trial with Mallow on Akala Island. She told me he landed awkwardly on a rock and heard him scream. Ash told Mallow he heard something snap. He finished the trial but Mallow had to call the air ambulance to get him to the hospital."

Pikachu continued crying which got Serena's attention. Serena said "Is that Pikachu I hear crying in the background?" Lana told her it was Pikachu and went on to say "He's pretty sad about Ash getting injured badly. I guess he can't stand seeing him in so much pain. Listen where in Hoenn are you right now?"

Serena told Lana "I am in Fallarbor Town. Do you want me to come to Alola?"

Lana said "That would be great. I will get you on a flight to Hau'oli City. You probably have to go to Petalburg City to catch the plane. There's a flight leaving at 11:00 PM tonight. I will get you on that flight."

Serena said "Okay then. It's only 6 PM so I have a couple of hours to pack up my bag. I will call a taxi to get me to the Petalburg Airport. See you soon." She ended the conversation and started to pack her bag with clothes and toiletries. AT 9:30 PM she called a taxi to pick her up at the hotel to take her to the airport. She got their at 10 PM. She had her bag checked and then find the terminal where her flight would be. She would be flying on Air Alola flight 787. She would be flying on a small plane.