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The first in a couple of parts. This is a prequel to the all time great 'Ash to Ash, Dust to Dust' series by The_Gar'En (fic is both on Fanime (below) and on ff.net). Hope you enjoy it.
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The Psychic Menace ~ Part 1 ~ Genesis
"Seadra!" shouted a Pokemon as it was recalled to it's Pokeball. A nearby Psyduck, Starmie, Stayu, and Seaking were also recalled.
"Come on, Ash," said a feminine voice, waking Ash from his cozy spot he had found on the grass. That last of his dream he saw was his opponent recalling his Arcanine. The judge was about to announce the winner, when he was awoken.
"I won! " shouted Ash before he could stop himself. When his eyes adjusted to the light, he could see a few people staring at him on a park bench labeled "Property of Viridian Park and Recreational Services" in small letters. He looked around, and saw Misty, his female companion, staring at him.
"Ash! You've been asleep for the past hour and a half! Don't you ever get tired of getting tired?" she asked, obviously annoyed. "Your Wartortle is still somewhere in the lake. You better recall it, 'cause the tournament starts in 20 minutes," she said as she started walking to a hot dog vender to get her and Ash some chow.
"Tracey said that he had something he wanted to check out, and he'd meet us at the tourney," she said as soon as Ash walked over. No sooner had he seen the hot dog than had it been shoved in his mouth and seemingly swallowed whole.
"I'm surprised you're so hungry, for all that work you never do," she stated, as she bought some PokeChow for their Pokemon. It was pricey, but their Pokemon needed the food if they wanted to win.
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"Where can I find the booth for 'New World, Inc.'?" A young man about 17 or 18 asked a woman at an information booth. He had just gotten through the line after a 5-minute wait. His original question was supposed to be "Where are the bathrooms?" but he'd heard an announcement that he thought was to good to miss.
"Down that passage, take the second left and keep on going until you see the hot tubs display. Take a right, and you should find it easily enough," she said without blinking. Tracey thanked her, and started down the passageway. Along with the now annual privately-held Pokemon Tournament in Viridian, the investors also set up booths and invited other private business do so as well. For a small fee.
Tracey finally came to the booth he'd been searching for. He saw tat the line was longer, maybe a 5-10 minute wait, so he grabbed 2 of the 5 brochures on the side, and got in line. As the line progressed, he read both pamphlets twice, while trying to avoid getting run over by people trying to get past the line. By the time he got up to the counter, he had only one question: "Where do I sign up?"
He was directed to a chair, where he spent 20 minutes filling out a test, a survey, and regular information forms, including liability forms. When he finished, he realized he was late for the Tournament, and ran off, bumping and shoving anything that got in his way.
He remembered to stop by the bathrooms before he entered the stadium, though.
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Where is Tracey? Ash thought as he watched the battle from the competitor's stand. He had signed up a little late, hindered by a sprained ankle of his electric mouse companion, Pikachu. He was set to battle someone- he didn't know whom; all the beginner battle rivals were chosen randomly- soon. He'd been training with Tracey's Scyther ever since he heard of this tournament, and he'd gotten pretty good. Tracey said he would lend Ash his Scyther, in exchange for a little of the prize money. Ash was almost too happy to say yes.
Tracey came running into the stadium, almost passing Ash and Misty, 10 minutes later.
"Took you long enough," said Misty. "What were you doing?" She looked down at her egg Pokemon, Togepi, and gave it a small piece of Popcorn. Pikachu was happily munching on a corndog, stopping every few minutes to lather the whole thing in ketchup, and suck the ketchup off. When it got down to the stick, it got more ketchup and used the stick as a spoon. Ash took away the ketchup, promising it back later, fearful that Pikachu would be to full to battle.
"I signed up for this really great 'Development' Team of this new company called 'New World, Inc'," Tracey said as he started to pull out a brochure. "It's all about..." Tracey was cut off by a horn, signaling the end of the current match, and the 5 minutes for the next trainers to prepare. Ash looked up on the line-up board, and saw that he was next.
"See ya soon!" Ash called as he ran off, "Wish me luck!"
Misty and Tracey stared at Ash for a minute as he ran off.
"5, 4, 3, 2, 1..." they chanted, then saw Ash run back to grab Pikachu and Tracey's Scyther. He ran off again, at what seemed double the speed.
"Now, what was that about a development team?" asked Misty, giving Togepi another piece of popcorn.
"I think I'll wait until Ash gets done. I want to announce it as a group," Tracey replied, and instantly started to reminisce as to how they became a group once again……
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Tracey was walking along, his Marril by his side. He was wondering if it ever evolved, and if he would ever see it. They walked along Bike Lane, which was recently opened to people on foot. There was now a small 'lane' that was only for those without a bike. They could go onto the bikers' path- though there were signs all over advising otherwise- though the vise-versa was not true.
They came to a small rest area with some trees, so Tracey called out his Scyther to let it rest, as well as his Venonat, which was close to evolving. He also called out his Growlithe, which he had caught the week before. He took out some personalized food, for both him and his Pokemon, which Brock made for him when Tracey last visited him. Just as he started drifting off for a little nap, he heard a familiar voice.
"Pikachu! Pikachu, come back here!" the voice said. Tracey walked over to the area, surprised to see Ash and Misty. He recalled his Pokemon, and walked over to Ash, and tapped him lightly. The surprised Ash jumped a little.
"Hey! Who is that!" he shouted, turning around to face the enemy. His anger turned to surprised to happiness when he saw a past friend. "Tracey! Long time no see! How are you?"
Misty, hearing Tracey's name, walked over. As soon as she left, she noticed Togepi was gone. "Hey! Where's Togepi?!" she asked frantically, and started searching all over.
"I think Pikachu went to find it. Hey!" said Ash as he remembered his lost Pokemon. "Pikachu, where are you?" he said half-heartedly, knowing Pikachu would come back eventually. As if on queue, Pikachu appeared, rolling Togepi on it's side. Togepi was having a fun time, being pushed in that way.
"There you are!" said Ash, as Pikachu ran over to Ash. Ash bent down to pet it, and was met with a small thunder shock, a way some Pikachus show affection. Ash rubbed his arm a bit, not seeming worried. His body had built up a resistance to electricity from Pikachu. "So, what are you doing here, Tracey?"
"I'm heading over to Fusha. I got a very rare chance to draw a picture of Koga in action, and not many have. He said I could do it if I came within 4 days. That was 2 days ago. I wish I had a bike," Tracey said, as they started walking.
"Well, I could lend you my bike, but a certain SOMEONE hasn't paid me for the one he broke yet," Misty said, giving Ash an evil eye.
"Hey, I said I'm sorry!" Ash said for the millionth time. He stopped, and turned to Tracey. "We were going that way ourselves. I wanted to check out the Safari zone to see if I could get a Kangaskhan. You wanna join us for a while?"
Tracey said yes. And they went on to Fusha.
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The horn went off again, waking Tracey from his day-dream. He looked around, a little surprised by the horn. His head finally turned to the scoreboard, which showed that Ash had won.
"Go Ash!" Tracey shouted, a little late. Misty had gathered Togepi, and was walking to greet and congratulate Ash. Tracey gathered the pamphlets, which had fallen at his feet, and rushed over to see them.
"That was close, but I'm glad you won," Misty said as she shook Ash's hand.
Ash smiled. "Yeah, well it seems they had a late contributor, and they have award money for winning a battle, depending on your level. Of course, they give a little more to the loser," Ash said, holding up some green bills. "This is enough to pay for my entrance fee, and just enough for dinner at a restaurant. My treat!" Ash said as he walked off, Misty and Tracey in behind them.
Ash stopped, and went back to gather Pikachu who was happily slurping his leftover ketchup, oblivious that its master had left. When called, it grabbed the small cup in its mouth, and ran after its master.
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"So, what was that team-thingy you were talking about?" Ash said as they walked to the hotel, where they had room reserved for them because they were in the Tournament. Unfortunately, they only got one room. Fortunately, it had to rooms in it.
"It's called 'New World, Inc.'" Tracey said holding out a pamphlet. "I wanted to pick up another brochure about the creator of the company, but I forgot to, and the booths are closed now. I'll get it tomorrow"
"Apparently, this new guy really wants to help out the world. The company specializes in genetic engineering, throwing in a variety of other small sciences. Their main goal is to try to cure dieses and make new medicines to prolong age, enhance psychic abilities, and other stuff like that. Some of the things they want to do seem sorta weird, like transferring mental power, but I don't really see what could be wrong with it." Tracey continued about it until they reached the hotel. Once there, they checked in, and unpacked their stuff. Tracey and Ash got the living room part of their hotel room, while Misty got the bedroom. After they unpacked, they went swimming, except Ash.
He stayed behind to hook up to the built in Internet access with his iDex, and downloaded the results from today's rounds. He got the iDex when he traded in his PokeDex to Prof. Elm. It has more capabilities than the PokeDex, and new Pokémon tracking devices, as well.
He saw he was pitted against a well-known fire trainer. After doing some trading or Pokemon from Prof. Oaks house, he had Pikachu, Wartortle, Goldeen, Kingler, Shellder, and recently evolved Beedrill. He had thought about using Tracey's Scyther again, but remembered that grass and bug Pokemon don't fare well against fire. He didn't think Marril would be very helpful.
After swimming, they had some snacks through room service, courtesy of the tournament investors as well, and watched TV. Ash turned in early, so Tracey went to watch TV with Misty for a while.
"So. You seem pretty excited about joining that team," Misty said, feeding Togepi some popcorn. Togepi had seemed to develop not only a taste, but a pleasure for Popcorn. Tracey nodded in acknowledgement, eyes fixed on the news replaying battles from the day. "So when do you leave?"
"I'm not sure yet," replied Tracey, grabbing a handful of popcorn. "They said I should be at GenTech Labs, a division of New World, Inc., within a month and a half. If I can't hitch a ride, I'll have to leave a day or 2 after this tournament is over to get there on time. You guys can come if you want. I could probably use some company."
"Yeah, maybe," she said, and yawned. "I'm gonna hit the sac," she said as Tracey got up and walked toward the door connecting their rooms.
"Goodnight," said Tracey, remembering to call his Marril who sat and watched TV adoringly. It sighed and followed its master. Once in, Marril found a nice space on the chair next to Pikachu, careful not to get to close to the electric rat for fear of being shocked. Ash was already sound asleep on the pull out bed/couch, and Tracey changed, showered, and joined him. Tracey's last thoughts were of all the wonderful things he could do to help the world, and those thoughts followed him into his dreams.
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The alarm clock rang, awaking Ash suddenly. His first thought was to throw a Pokéball at a Fearow, but he realized that he wasn't in the forest, he was sitting up in his bed. He looked around, shaking off sleep, and then looked at his clock. He had an hour to get to his match. He went and knocked on Misty's door to wake her up, then took a quick shower and change of clothes. Tracey was up with the sound of the shower, and ordered room service after Ash got out and Misty came in their part of the room.
After everyone had done their morning routines and had breakfast, which made Pikachu especially happy because he got hash-browns and ketchup, they locked their door and headed to the stadium.
They arrived 10 minutes early, so Ash and his fighting companion had some sparring. With using 1 Pokémon each, Ash got a quick defeat over her Flareon by using Guillotine with his Kingler, and was lucky that it hit it's mark. The horn went off, startling Pikachu who was watching a lava lamp (there were many of them scattered around. No one knew why), and Ash gathered Pikachu and followed his rival to the field. There, the instructor gave the rules, and whistled to begin the match.
Ash first called out Seaking, thinking that Flareon would not be his rival's first choice. To his surprise, she called out her Flareon. He used 3 Hydro Pumps, and KO'ed her Flareon in 3 minutes. He kept Seaking out, as she called, to Ash's utter horror and amazement, an Elekid. Elekid KO'ed his Seaking with one Thunder, and he paused to think about who to call out. His first thought was Pikachu, but instead called out Beedrill. Elekid had a hard time hitting Beedrill, since Ash had used some potion or other that Brock gave him to raise its accuracy. Beedrill got off a 2 good Poison Stings, and finished it off with a Horn Drill. Both combatants recalled their Pokémon. Ash called out Kingler, while his opponent called out a Charizard. Ash was stunned for a moment, remembering his own Charizard, but quickly regained his thoughts and attacked. Again, Ash was lucky with a one hit KO with Guillotine, ending the match. He won, and went over to shake hands. He suddenly recognized his opponent as Daemon, the one who had left his Charmander out, which Ash got. Ash's lips curled into a frown, then a mad smile, and he saw Daemon smile.
"So ya recognize me, huh?" he asked in his British accent. "I found another Charmander, and this one was strong. I woulda like'ta see yours, Ash. Or are you that bad of a Trainer?"
"Oh, Charmander evolved alright, all the way to Charizard. I let it go to search the world," Ash said, and started walking away.
"I'm sure," said Daemon, "you probably let it go 'cause you couldn't control it." Ash snapped his fingers, and Pikachu stopped and gave Daemon a small jolt. Daemon shut up, and went to off to collect his money, as Ash did.
"Good job, Ash," Tracey said as he and Misty went to greet him. "Who was your opponent? You seem to know him."
"Daemon," Ash said as if saying a curse. Misty eyes filled with hatred, while Tracey's filled with puzzlement. "Who's Daemon?"
"Daemon is the one who left Ash's Charmander for dead. But Ash helped it, and it evolved into Charizard," Misty said before Ash could open his mouth. Tracey announced that he would be right back, and went to the New World, Inc. booth to get his arrival date and more information.
It was easy to find this time. He looked on the wall, and say a shiny sphere that looked like a globe of Earth painted in Silver and Gold, representing water and land, respectively. He got his information, and 2 more brochures, one about the founder. He read the other one on his way back, and as he began the one about the owner, he almost tripped over himself. He caught up with his friends outside the Stadium.
"You'll never guess who the founder is!" Tracey shouted as he ran up.
"I give up, who?" Ash said, never one for a game of Twenty Questions.
"Mewtwo!" Tracey said, and handed over the brochure.
"Mewtwo?!" Ash and Misty said at the same time. They looked over the brochure twice, and stared at Tracey.
"You're still going?!" Ash said, and Tracey nodded. "Why?! Mewtwo is pure evil! How could you go after learning this?!" Ash yelled with anger in his voice.
"I believe Mewtwo has had a change of heart!" Tracey said, snatching the brochure out of Ash's hand. "And I'm going, whether you like it or not!"
"Well I guess your going alone, then! I won't go and follow Mewtwo! How about you Misty?"
Misty was surprised y the question, and thought for a minute. "I… I won't follow Mewtwo either!" she said with less enthusiasm than Ash.
"Well," Tracey said, 'I guess I'm the only one who wants to help the world!"
"Yeah right!" Ash retorted, "How can you help the world and follow Mewtwo at the same time?!"
"I told you, Mewtwo's changed! Why don't you believe that?!" Ash said.
"Because I have a brain!" Ash said, and with that, all of Tracey's anger boiled over, and he attacked and punched Ash. Ash came up with a bruised eye, and was only too happy to return the favor. He gave a good shot at Tracey shin, and heard Tracey's teeth smack together. Tracey spit out a tooth and some blood, and they were on each other, rolling around in the grass. Pikachu tried to shock them to stop them, but it didn't work. Misty was wondering is she should break it up, or let them be boys.
A crowd gathered, and it took a few minutes for Officer Jenny to notice. She ran up and through the crowd, and tried to pull the two apart. Misty decided to help her, and left Togepi with Pikachu. They had to hold ash and Tracey back, Jenny holding Tracey, and Misty holding Ash. Ash settled down a knot after he realized that it was Misty who was holding him.
"What's wrong with you two?!" Misty shouted, right in Ash's ear. This made Ash squirm and fall to the ground. He rubbed his butt, and got up. He was relaxed, the fighting mood past, but not the anger. Tracey calmed down after a few minutes, and called his Marril.
"Well, I don't care what you think. I'll walk there, and you can't stop me!" Tracey said, and they promptly headed off toward GenTech Labs.
"Good riddance to bad rubbish," Ash said. He called Pikachu, and the little group, now two less, walked toward the motel.
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So? Ya like it? One of my better fics. The next part will deal with Richie and Todd, possibly Gary. Of course, Tracey, Ash, and the rest of them show up, as well.
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