Ok guys here is the next chapter, I hope you guys like it!!!!

Chapter 4: Arrival on Shamouti Island

The gang all began to prepare for their voyage to Shamouti Island where they suspected Ash to be located. They however had a bump in their plans as Brendan was having trouble collecting the Pokemon that would take them to the island.

"Come on Brendan, what's taking so long?" May whined as she looked completely bored, slumping down on the couch in Oak's lab.

"Stop whining May!" Max told his sister as she glared at him.

"I will once Brendan gets those Pokemon here!" May retorted back at Max just sighed not wanting to start an argument with his sister.

"Come on, why won't you pick up?" Brendan asked as he tapped his finger on the table while he tried to get a hold of someone. Then once again as it did many times before a picture of a Grimer appeared on the screen as above the Grimer said the line was disconnected. "Oh come on!"

"Who are you trying to call anyway?" Misty asked as she walked up behind him. Brendan sighed as he called the number again. 'Strange, I feel like I recognize that phone number.' Misty thought, but shrugged it off.

"I'm trying to call the man who has some of my Pokemon that we are going to need. But for some reason that lazy oaf won't pick up." Brendan explained as he was now getting furious.

"Here let me try." Dawn offered as Brendan gave her the phone.

"Be my guest." Dawn nodded as she listed to the phone ring, before she heard the answering machine pick up.

Sorry, but I'm either not here or just too lazy to pick up. So if you're either a pretty girl or just one of the trainer's that left their Pokémon here, please leave a message after the tone. If you not either then LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!

Dawn jumped in surprise at the sudden outburst at the end, but calmed as she was about to leave a message. "Hi whoever this person is, but if your there please pick up. It's a matter of life and death and we really need some of the Pokemon that Brendan left with you. So please answer the machine." Dawn said sweetly, but the phone did not pick up. Dawn pouted as she then tried a different message. "Ok look we need your help, a trainer named Ash Ketchum disappeared and we believe that he is on Shamouti Island. We need Brendan's Pokemon to get there, so please answer."

Everyone looked at Dawn and frowned when the other line of the phone did not pick up. Dawn frowned deeply as she was about to hang up the phone. However, before she hung up everyone began to hear a voice as Dawn immediately put the phone back into her ear. "Hello?"

"He…ll……o?" She heard the voice through the static as the phone tried to locate the signal. When it finally did, everyone watched as the image of a man who looked like he was in his middle 40's appeared on the screen. Misty and Brock suddenly recognized the man as they immediately charged toward the screen surprising mostly everyone in the room, especially Dawn as she tried not to drop the phone.

"Tom, is that you?" Both of them asked.

"Misty, Brock is that you?" The man asked as he took a good glance at the two. The man had black hair that was similar to Ash's but darker. He had brown eyes and was wearing a white tee as it looked like he just got out of bed. He biceps muscles were seen as they all guessed he worked out, but were even surprised to see his face not filled with wrinkles like some 40 year olds. He wore sweatpants and a necklace hanging around his neck with what looked like a golden feather attached to the feather. However the one thing that surprised everyone the most was that the man had a cane in his hand as they guessed he must have been crippled.

"Yes it's us; it's so great to see you again! I new I recognized that phone number!" Misty exclaimed.

"So you forgot my phone number, huh?" Tom told her as he gave her a questionable eyebrow.

"I-It's not like we forgot about you." Misty tried to clarify herself.

"I was joking Misty, I mean I usually forget the phone numbers of half the trainers that leave their Pokemon here." Tom told her as he began to laugh getting sweat drops from both Misty and Brock. However they soon joined in with Tom as they began to laugh. "Ok, it wasn't that funny!" Tom shouted causing both Brock and Misty to straighten up in fear of his tone.

"R-Right!" They both said as everyone else just looked at them confused.

"Umm, who is that?" Max asked curious as was everyone else.

"Oh right, you guys never met." Misty said as she turned to look at them. "That's Ash's father!" Everyone in the room gasped as they stared wide eyed at the man they found out to be Ash's father.

"Hiya!" He told them as he smiled and waved his hand at them.

"No way, so this is Ash's father!?" Max shouted as he suddenly appeared in front of the screen.

"Yep and from what I've heard you must be Max, Norman's son." Max looked at him with in amazement that he knew him.

"Amazing how did you know!?!?" Max asked as he bounced up and down.

"Because he's a stalker. He's been stalking Ash and us ever since our journeys in Kanto and Jhoto. He then followed us to Hoenn and then Sinnoh." Brock told Max as he suddenly lost all his happiness.

"I'm not a stalker!" Tom shouted back blushing slightly.

"Yeah right!?" Misty and Brock said in unison.

"What's wrong with looking out for your son?" Tom said as he hugged his knees to his chest as he went to the corner as it went to depressed mode.

Everyone sweat dropped as they looked on while some of them gave him nervous chuckles. Then they watched as Tom stood up and began walking back to the screen, but this time he had a serious face. "Alright talk, what do you guys need me for?" Tom asked as he helped his right leg onto his desk and then placed his other leg on top of it as he began to relax. "Oh and make it quick, One Piece starts in about 5 minutes."

Brendan walked up the screen and moved Max from the seat as he sat down and looked at Tom. "Alright Tom listen, I need you to transfer me my Flygon, Pidgeot, Staraptor and my Fearow here to Professor Oak's laboratory pronto." Brendan demanded as he waited for Tom's response.

"Mind me asking why?" Tom asked curious why he needed all those Pokemon.

"It's to find your son." Brendan told him, but got no response from Tom. "We believe he is located at Shamouti Island and for some reason a Lugia is involved with this whole thing."

"What makes you say a Lugia is involved?" Tom asked as he watched Brendan motion someone to give him something.

"This is why. This Silver Feather belongs to a Lugia and both Misty and Tracey believe that the only Lugia that would need Ash would be the one near Shamouti Island." Brendan explained as he showed Tom the feather.

Tom just sighed as he closed his eyes and then looked back at Brendan, as well as the group all around him. "Let me give you some advice." He began as they leaned in closer. "Whatever Ash is doing with Lugia seems to be only his problem, so you guys shouldn't meddle." Dawn's eyes widened as she pushed her way to the front of the screen.

"How could you say that!? Who knows what is happening to Ash right now!?" Dawn yelled at him as he wasn't fazed by her sudden out burst.

"It's not like Ash is getting tortured by anyone. He is probably fine, so you don't have to worry." Tom explained as he removed his feet from the desk, using his hands to bring down the leg that hurt him. "Fine I won't stop you, just remember that I warned you. I will send those Pokemon right now, so just wait for them." Brendan nodded. "Now if you'll excuse me, One Piece will begin in about a minute and I can't forget to watch my favorite show." He told them as he was about to disconnect, but was stopped when Max suddenly asked him a question.

"Hey can you tell me why you have a cane?" Max suddenly asked as May hit him on the head.

"MAX!! Apologize to Mr. Ketchum this instance!" May shouted.

"What, I was curious!" Max yelled back.

"I'll spare the long details. I injured my leg saving Ash from a herd of Tauros's when he was young. Happy now, well I'll be going now." Tom told him as he disconnected the phone call as the screen turned blank.

"Wow, so that's how." Max whispered by suddenly felt a shiver run down his spine from the glare he got from May.

"Max, that was very rude!" She scolded as Max put his hands up to protest.

The two began to bicker as Brendan stood up from the seat and began walking over to the Pokemon Transfer System (PTS) as he waited for the arrival of his flying Pokemon. Dawn just stared at the blank screen and thought back to what she said of Ash's father not caring about him. She felt horrible when she yelled at him for that and was felt really horrible when he told them that he became crippled after risking his own life to save a young Ash.

Misty noticed her sadness as she walked up to the young coordinator and put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "Don't sweat about it." Misty told her as Dawn nodded before they turned their attention to Brendan who finally received the Pokemon they were going to use to get to Shamouti Island.

Brendan went immediately outside and released his old friends from their Pokeballs as they all were glad to see their trainer. "It's so great to see you guys again!" Brendan told them as he smiled.

"Flygon (It's great to see you again Brendan!)"

The other Pokemon agreed with Flygon as they all were happy as chirping birds to be reunited. May watched the scene from the door as she smiled on how great Brendan acted with his Pokemon. "Hey May, what are you doing?" May suddenly jumped in surprise as she looked down toward Max and put her hands up and waved them in nervousness.

"Oh nothing Max!" She replied with a nervous smile.

"Oh I see, you were checking out Bre-" Max began, but stopped him by placing her hand in front of his mouth. Brendan turned around after hearing voices and saw Max and May at the door.

"Hey, you guys alright?" Brendan asked as May looked at him and quickly removed her hand from max's mouth and placed one behind her head.

"Nothing Brendan, nothing at all. I'm just going to call the others." May said with a slight blush on her face as she ran back inside. Max just smirked as he know had some info on his sister, while Brendan just looked at the brunette confused on what just happened.

May walked back to the room where the others were as she began to collect her thoughts. 'What's this feeling I'm getting?' She thought, but shrugged it off as she arrived to see the others packing their belongings. "Hey guys, it's time to go." She announced as everyone gave her a nod as Tracey came into the room all packed with Professor Oak behind him.

"Well, I wish you guys all good luck and I hope you find Ash." Professor Oak told them as they nodded approvingly.

"Thanks Professor!" They all replied as they began to walk out, but before they did the television that was on suddenly had a big bright red info that said 'Breaking News'. Oak went toward the television and tuned the volume up as Dawn and the others stayed behind to listen on what the news was, and boy was it not pretty.

"Breaking News! There have been reports of two Pokemon going on a rampage in both the Kanto and Jhoto region." Everyone gasped as they continued listening. "The police have identified them as a Charizard and a Squirtle." The anchorwomen announced as clips from the rampaging Charizard and Squirtle appeared on the screen destroying towns in their paths. Everyone was in shock as they recognized the two Pokemon to be Ash's. However before they waited for more of the news to be reported, several cries were heard out in the back.

The gang ran outside and managed to see several of Ash's Pokemon holding back what looked like Ash's Bulbasaur.

"Sceptile (Don't let go!)" Sceptile ordered the others as they agreed and held onto the rampaging Bulbasaur as it slowly moved toward the exit of the corral.

"Oh no, we got to help!" Brock shouted as they nodded and ran toward the Bulbasaur and helped the Pokemon by trying to calm Bulbasaur down. However nothing worked as Bulbasaur began using vine whip and attacked everyone around him.

"Bulbasaur calm down!" Tracey yelled out through the pain he received from Bulbasaur's vine whip attack.

"Quick Tracey get his Pokeball!" Oak shouted as he grabbed a hold of Bulbasaur's bulb.

"Right!" Tracey shouted as he moved away and took out Bulbasaur's Pokeball. "Return Bulbasaur!" Tracey shouted as the Pokeball shot a red beam to changed Bulbasaur into energy and returned him back into the Pokeball.

Everyone sighed in relief as they tried to catch their breath and then Brendan and Max ran toward them to see if they were okay. "Are you guys ok?!" Max shouted as everyone nodded.

"What happened?" Brendan asked.

"For some reason, Ash's Bulbasaur began to go on a rampage in the corral and tried to escape!" Misty told them as their eyes widened.

"And not only that, but Ash's Charizard and Squirtle also are going on a rampage." May added shocking Brendan and Max more.

"But the real question is, what could make those three go on some sort of rampage?" Brock wondered as everyone couldn't answer.

"All we know is that we need to find Ash!" Dawn said as they agreed.

"But, what about Ash's Charizard and Squirtle?" Brendan asked.

"If I'm correct, they ware probably heading toward where Ash is." Oak explained as they listened. "So wherever Bulbasaur and Ash's other Pokemon head to, that must be where Ash is. Plus we might meet them their." Oak concluded as they agreed with his reasoning.

"Then we better head over to Shamouti Island pronto!" Brock said as they nodded and stood up.

"Alright then, we should probably split up into teams and take use my flying Pokemon to get there." Brendan told them as they nodded as the gang split up into groups. Tracey and Misty both grabbed a hold of Fearow's wings as Fearow rose to the sky. Dawn and May hopped onto Staraptor's back and held on tight as Staraptor rose to the sky and followed Fearow. Brendan helped Max onto Flygon as Brendan then sat behind him and ordered Flygon to rise and it did following the others. Brock was the last one as he got on Pidgeot's back and followed the other's as they headed toward their next destination, Shamouti Island.

Meanwhile….

"Hahahahahahahaha, man Luffy is just so funny." Tom laughed as he watched his favorite show up until it suddenly said 'To Be Continued'. "What it's over, man now I have to wait till next week!" Tom whined as he pouted at the television. "Oh well." He turned off the television and laid his head back on his couch as he stared up at the ceiling.

Tom's facial expression quickly changed as he had a frown on his face. 'So, it looks like it's time. I just hope Ash can do it.' Tom thought as he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

"So, it seems their heading toward Shamouti Island now." The flying Pokemon told the raven haired trainer.

"Will he be able to keep the secret?" The teen asked.

"Only if he doesn't see a girl cry, then yes he would be able to." The Pokemon told him.

"I see." The teen responded, but in his head he thought differently. 'It looks like he will spill the beans after all.' The teen sighed as he went back to his training alongside his best friend.

Shamouti Island…..

After a long flight on the bird Pokemon, the gang was able to arrive safely on the Shamouti Island. Brendan called his Pokemon back as Misty and Tracey began to remember the good old days. Max was fascinated by the island as he looked out in the distance to see three islands all residing in front of Shamouti. Dawn was also amazed at the beautiful pink and red flowers that bloomed around some sort of ritual circle as she took a sniff of the flowers. May and Brock looked around the old monuments and were amazed, until May found something that intrigued her.

"I wonder what this is." May wondered as she looked up to see some sort of tablet with writing on it, but was not able to depict it.

"That's the stone that explains the Legend of the Chosen One." May jumped back in surprise at the sudden voice as she turned around to see a Slowking standing right behind her giving May a smile.

"It's a talking S-Slowking…." May stuttered as she was shocked.

"Slowking, it's so great to see you again!!!" Slowking turned around and saw Misty and Tracey who he remembered.

"Misty, Tracey it's great to see you again." Slowking greeted as he shook hands with both. "So what brings you here?" Slowking asked, but was startled by a fascinated Dawn and Max.

"Wow, it's a talking Slowking!" They both said as the examined the pink Pokemon, as Slowking sweat dropped.

"Come Max, Dawn." Brock said as they looked back at the breeder and whined as they walked away from Slowking.

Slowking sighed in relief before looking back towards them. "So, what can I help you with?"

To Be Continued…

Sorry to leave you guys hanging like that, but don't you just love cliff hangers. =)