Hey guys, InfernalFox here!
I said I would update "Next Week" didn't I? Technically, it already IS next week!
Besides, a guy answered the question correctly. I kept my word. Right now i'm really stuck writing a huge fight in chapter 6. Mega *******
Hahahahahahaha. You thought I would spoil the surprise? I WON'T! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
K, for the people who are worried for the OC, trust me, this story is centered around Ash.
Also, for the people who keep getting confused at what the characters are talking about that happened in the year between the start of this fic and the Kalos League, once i'm done with this fic, maybe I will write a Prequel. MAYBE. Depends of how much support this story gets. Maybe even a sequel, but i'm are getting ahead of myself.
And now… to the story
Ash was wandering aimlessly through the hallways, without a specific destination in mind, when he felt a small shock in his wrist.
Ash looked at his wrist, where his modified Blood Red Key Stone was. That special Key Stone had been modified to act as a basic communicator ( It would give him a small shock if he was being summoned to the mission room), Mega Evolution Energy collector, and a way of keeping him and the pokemon he Mega Evolved under control when he was far away from the base.
Ash shrugged, and directed himself to the Mission Room, that had been named that because every time someone entered it, they ended up doing a mission. Every. Single. Time. Because of that, most people avoided it, but that was mostly the low ranked Grunts.
Ash entered the room, and was instantly greeted by half-asleep, annoyed Nat. Her red eyes showed that she was not amused. Ash simply decided to ignore her for the moment, since an angry Nat is a dangerous Nat, and he really wanted to know what whoever was summoning them wanted.
The room was a fancy one, with cream coloured sofas, and some high tech TVs, and with a nice window that showed the desolation outside.
Then he concentrated on his teammates.
Clemont had somehow managed to convince Xerosic to let him wear his old clothes, but that was mostly it when it came to signs that the old Clemont was there. While, when Ash had been hit with the Mega Evolution beam, he had obtained an insatiable urge to battle, Clemont had obtained an insatiable urge to invent. Something that Xerosic was happy about.
His inventions didn't explode anymore, and his Aipom Arm had a larger reach now. He still wore his glasses, and you could see the blood red eyes through those crystals that indicated he was being controlled by the Mega Evolution energy.
Even now, he was sitting in a sofa, with random pieces of tech occupying the rest of the sofa, and he was tinkering with something in his hand, muttering things like "I need to calibrate it a little bit more" and "Hmm, it needs a smaller generator"
Then there was that torturer in a chair. Essentia was simply waiting for the person who had called them, not even twitching or squirming on her seat. Sometimes Ash wondered if there was truly a person underneath the suit, or if it was all 100% machine.
He knew there were blue eyes in her face, but they were always closed, like she was sleeping. Ash found it a little bit unnerving. He could still remember when she was the Leader, and ordered him and Greninja around.
And there was Nat, who was currently trying to squeeze five more minutes of snoozing in a sofa.
While Ash was the Fighter, Nat was the Destroyer. They wanted someone defeated or some government overthrown? They sent in Ash. They wanted to level up a small town? They sent in Nat.
While she wasn't the best Pokemon Trainer ( At least in their little group), she could deal some serious damage, and enjoyed making unnecessary damage to the battlefield. She also was good at collecting information with those Psychic Powers of hers (They weren't very strong).
She had dark brown hair, and was wearing some Team Flare uniform.
Ash sat down in one of the fancy chairs (they looked like miniature thrones, what did they want to boost their ego or something?)
When a hologram appeared in the middle of the room, showing Lysandre. An alarm sounded as well for a few seconds, instantly waking up Nat.
"I have a mission for you " was Lysandre's first words. Ash rolled his eyes, what, no 'good morning' or anything?
Hologram-Lysandre turned around for a second, and four more holograms opened, two in each side. They showed Hoenn, with Flare's troops taking over the region and all that.
"Team Flare has been making progress in taking over Hoenn, but reports from our spies say that Champion Steven is going to aid defeat Team Flare troops that are working on taking over Petalburg City. Essentia, #3 and Nat will be helping the Troops. Ash, I want you to defeat any threats that attack our troops. You have to get there by tomorrow. That is your mission" and Lysandre disappeared, leaving with the holograms.
Ash snorted. If any of them had a Pokemon that could fly, they would go flying, but since they didn't, they would have to take a helicopter, which would arrive in three hours or so.
Kalos, ruins of Lumiose city
Clemont and Essentia had decided to wait for the helicopter in the Landing Pad outside, while Nat and Ash had decided to go "exploring" the ruins of Lumiose City.
Ash wandered in direction of what he thought was the remains of a Pokemon Center. After a while, he found it.
The roof had completely collapsed, and the corrupted plants of Zygarde that were all over the city were surrounding the entrance. Ash created a small Aura Sphere ( After the Riots Incident, he had the Aura Basics down. Kind of) and threw it at the roots blocking the door. The Aura Sphere cut through the plant like it was butter.
Ash entered the destroyed building and wondered "What happened to the Pokemon that were here during the Invasion? ", when he saw a Team Flare logo painted in the wall
"Team Flare must have raided the Pokemon Center " He concluded. He decided to search for any leftover Pokemon or see if he could catch any new ones. He still didn't have a full Team of 6, and even if he did, he could carry as many Pokemon as he wanted. Xerosic had created a mini-PC in his holo-caster. So he could switch teams any time. But he didn't need it, as he didn't have more than 6 Pokemon. He hoped he could catch or obtain a new Pokemon before or during his mission.
He checked the shelves in the room that was in the back of the reception table, where the Nurse Joy normally was.
Nothing. He checked the storage shelves too, only to come empty handed. Realizing he had been gone a while, he decided to leave it, when he accidentally knocked down a shelve, and something fell and hit his head.
A flash of light, a beam, and suddenly a Pokemon appeared in front of him. Ash recognized it as a Dragalde, one he saw someone use in the Pokemon League.
"Dra? Galde?" The Pokemon looked around, probably looking for his Trainer long gone. Ash felt a pang of pity at the sight.
"Hey buddy" He said to Dragalde sadly "your Trainer isn't here"
Dragalde looked at him lost. Ash cursed internally, and wished again he could know how to communicate with Pokemon with Aura. But he didn't. So he was stuck guessing.
"Your Trainer left you here, it looks like" Ash guessed Dragalde's Trainer had forgotten about him in the confusion of the battle, and had decided not to come back. That infuriated Ash, how can someone do that?! Then he remembered Pikachu and felt guilty. He had done the same, but he was forced, he told himself. It wasn't the same. But that didn't reduce the growing ball of guilt on his heart.
He made a decision. He wouldn't abandon Dragalde, he would find him a good Trainer. Because he wasn't a good one.
"You can come with me if you want" Ash tried to explain "I'll find you a nice trainer"
Dragalde looked uncertain at him, before nodding slowly. Ash sighed in relief. Now all he needed was to find Dragalde a good Trainer.
"Don't worry Dragalde, I'll find a Trainer that will take good care of-"
He was interrupted as Dragalde shook his head and pointed at him. Ash understood immediately
"You want to stay with me?" He asked, frowning "I don't recommend that, I'm not exactly the best Trainer to take care of you"
Dragalde still remained determined as he said a decisive "Dra! Galde!" and pointed at his pokeball, and then Ash
Ash sighed in defeat "Ok, your choice" And picked up the pokeball and returned Dragalde. Dragalde said a happy "Dra!" and disappeared into the pokeball.
"Guess I caught a Dragalde" said Ash. His eyes widened at realizing that a long time had passed.
"I have to go!" He thought hurriedly and left the Pokemon Center, in direction of where the helicopter was supposed to land.
Kalos, ruins of Lumiose City, Landing Pad
"I'm here!" He yelled to his waiting teammates over the noise of the landing helicopter.
Essentia simply ignored him and entered the helicopter. Clemont gave a nod of acknowledgement, and followed her. Nat simply grinned and said to him:
" Late as usual, aren't you Ashy?"
Ash rolled his eyes "don't call me that" he said, annoyed.
"Guess what I got!" She said, like a kid in a candy shop.
"I got something too" he tried to justify his tardiness.
"Say hi to my new Pokemon! " she took out a pokeball, and in a flash of light, appeared a young male Meowstic.
Ash smirked, taking up the unspoken challenge, and took out Dragalde. Both Pokemon stared at each other.
"I won" he said smugly.
"No fair!" she made a pout " Eren was supposed to be cooler than anything you could catch! " And with the pout still on her face, she entered the helicopter.
Making a mental note of giving a nickname to Dragalde later, Ash followed her
Aaand…. done!
K, now to reviews!
Reviews:
PinkHeart-KH: That is the objective. You of all people should know that confusion is hilarious, as you write KH fics, you know how much power confusing people has. I make no sense, I know. I'm trying to confuse you. Lol, bad pun, I know. And to answer your second question I kinda love mind controlling my characters. Ash is like Sora in Rxcusant RP right now. Kinda like himself, only that he is being forced to be in the opposite side.
MagicWarriorDragon: Yeah, we need more Aus like this. I have found 2, and i'm getting inspiration from them, plus a Google Doc that Nightshock5 gave me…
J-Wolf7: Correct! And the red Key Stone idea came from the Megalith. I think I can think of an excuse for it later…. or a cool backstory. Or something like that.
Okay, a question related to this fic!
I may add a new character to Ash's group (Of course, he is gonna be altered by the Red Beam Of Doom), and here are some hints of who he is. He is the son of a important evil person, who is in charge of something big. He stole his starter pokemon.
Trust me, this one is gonna be hard. Many people will give me a wrong anwser…. Good Luck. If someone guesses it right before the end of the week, i'll update. Either that or if I get a lot of support.
InfernalFox OUT!