Reborn
Chapter 1: On the Run
The Sun was shining, the bird pokemon were singing, and the clouds floated lazily across the sky. To everyone in this small part of the world, it was a beautiful day. Except for one person. Or, specifically, one Pokemon.
The sound of gunfire and explosions shattered the tranquility, causing all the bird Pokemon in the area to take flight. A single red and white pokemon skimmed low over the grass, the ground being torn up behind her as bullets missed their mark. She pulled a sharp bank to the left as a missile impaled itself into the ground next to her, sending up a shower of dirt. Despite the fact that the missiles and bullets they were shooting at her were supposed to be non-lethal, the knowledge didn't comfort her any. She cast a quick glance at her cargo that she had tucked tightly against her chest to make sure it wasn't damaged anymore than it already was, and back to the helicopters chasing her. Another missile shot toward her, the warhead popping open just before impact to reveal a net opening to catch her, but she slowed slightly at the last second, the missile and the net shooting over her head. At this point, she had decided she had had enough, and flipped over onto her back, now flying inverted. She had been running long enough, time to attack. She fired off a Mist Ball at one of her pursuers, striking the cockpit glass. While cracked, the glass did hold, just like she knew it would, but it did leave the pilots blinded for a moment, which she used to swoop around to the side of the craft and rip a metal panel off the side and use Dragonbreath on the internal wiring. The craft sputtered and began losing altitude, before crashing into the ground in a small explosion. Normally, being the caring and compassionate pokemon she was, she would have checked to see if the occupants had survived, but at this point, she had been stretched thin. These people had attacked her home, hurt her friends, and were now chasing after her. Caring and compassion had been thrown out the window. She flew toward the second chopper, but it swerved out of the way, not wanting to join its friend on the ground. Now no longer outnumbered, the heli hesitated in attacking her again, and after a bit feinting and attempted attacks, basically ended up staring each other down, 'mon vs machine. If she was at full strength she could have ended this fight easily hours ago, but after days of fleeing from bullets, missiles, and other pokemon, she was near exhaustion. She needed to get to Pallet Town immediately.
They continued to watch each other, before she finally made her move. She rushed forward, seemingly to attack, and the heli responded with a hail of bullets, pulling backwards, but instead she turned invisible and went vertical, shooting up into the sky. She didn't have time to look back to see if the helicopter was following her as she tore through clouds, scattering flocks of bird pokemon. She could see her destination there, just on the horizon, but she knew she didn't have enough energy to make it, the edges of her vision beginning to darken. She picked a small clearing and flew towards it, hitting the ground with a thud. With a shaking hand she pulled the Soul Dew out from under her, checking to see if it was alright and undamaged. The small orb felt like warm, smooth glass to the touch, and inside blue and green colors swirled, but, its normal smooth surface had large cracks covering part of one hemisphere, and the normal blue-green interior was tainted with purple. A small wild Nidoran poked her, drawing her attention to it.
[Please… get this to… Ash Ketchum in… Pallet Town.] Latias managed to say between pained breaths. [He'll... know what to do with it…]
Her sight had been condensed into a single point, but she still was able to see the Nidoran nod its head and move out of her vision. Latias closed her eyes. Finally, she could get some rest.
"Pika! Pika pika!" Pikachu ran up to Ash, waving his arms franticly.
"What is it Pikachu?" Ash asked, kneeling down to get closer to his Pokemon. The yellow mouse pointed towards the woods behind Oak's lab.
"Something in the woods?" His electric partner nodded franticly and dashed back the way he came, trusting his trainer would follow.
"H-Hey! Pikachu, come back!"
Chapter rewritten on 10/16/2016