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"I see Even gave you your social skills back. Seems fair as you would be pointless without them"
Misty and Ash looked at the sound of a deep voice. Out stepped a man with a tall strong man with dark hair. His facial expression conveyed one of sternness. Immediately Ash recognised the man as 'Nick'. Over the years Nick had grown stronger and more agile; he looked as if he had gone on a strict military course to become more adept. The sudden meeting between him and Nick caused his memories to bubble up and alter all that he thought he knew. Ash wondered how many more instances he would have this odd feeling; this sudden rush of memories. He looked over to the orange haired girl next to him.
He hoped that the block keeping him from remembering her would go. He felt this strong sense attracting him to her. He would do anything to know who she was. Misty turned her head to see the boy staring at her. She blushed lightly and looked away from the gaze. 'Does he? No I can't be sure…for now' Misty thought. The duo turned their attention back on the Team Rocket member.
"What are you doing here you snake Nick?" Misty spat.
"Before dealing with another nuisance that has revealed itself I felt it appropriate to deal with this problem first of all" Nick stated bluntly.
Before Ash and Misty could respond, Nick chose his Umbreon, who leapt of out the shadows. The dark Pokémon readied itself as the gold rings on its body glowed brightly with power. Ash reached for his Pokeball, however his actions were interrupted by an electric mouse leaping off his shoulders. The little mouse Pokémon smiled and waved at its owner. Ash felt a warm tingling feeling inside as he stared into the loving eyes of his Pokémon. Pikachu turned to face the Umbreon. 'Looks like Nick's Pokémon has evolved from being an Eevee' he thought. Ash's only clue that it was the same Eevee was the strong dark aura emanating from it. 'Why can I only remember memories about my enemies and none of my loved ones? It's just cruel' thought Ash sadly.
"Umbreon use shadow ball"
The command shook Ash back into focus only to left at a loss of what to do. "Pikachu dodge it" Ash shouted quickly.
The electric mouse leapt to one side as the ball of darkness collided with then wall. The impact tore the wall causing a hole. There were no fragments from the wall, as if the attack had eaten or absorbed part of the wall. Ash looked with horror at the damage caused by the shadow ball. He could feel that this feeling in the pit of his stomach that this Pokémon was going to get hurt for him. 'I could help it easily somehow, but I have no idea what attacks it has' Ash thought hopelessly. Ash felt a hand touch his shoulder. He looked to the right and saw the orange haired girl smiling at him.
"Ash Pikachu's moves are: thunderbolt, iron tail, volt tackle and thunder." Misty said reassuringly with a smile.
Ash smiled and ordered his first attack. "Pikachu use volt tackle".
"Umbreon use quick attack".
Ash had chosen the attack on the basis of which attack sounded the strongest and he was certainly not disappointed. The little Pokémon ran at full pelt at the dark Pokémon. Ash was taken back when he saw Pikachu suddenly burst into life with a thousand volts flowing out of its body. Umbreon bravely charged at the living voltage head on. The two collided with such power that they were both thrown back. The yellow Pokémon flew back but managed to recover and landed safely on its feet.
The same could not be said for its opponent who flew back to its owner, its body scraping along the ground as it did. The dark Pokémon weakly stood to its feet to face its foe. As it took a step closer to prepare itself, a sudden course of static electricity rushed through its body causing it to fall to the ground. The gold ringed Pokémon lay there motionless. Nick shrugged off the expectant pain from loss of aura. He returned took his Pokémon and placed it next to him. He reached for his next Pokeball. The ball was thrown out resulting in a sudden burst of light.
"Here we are" the captain said smiling.
Dawn smiled sweetly and gave her thanks; Paul on the other hand merely muttered thanks and walked past to the steps of the tower. The captain smiled at the duo as they made their way to the tower. He felt a vibration in his pocket and pulled out his phone. The old man saw a voice message left by Misty. The former passengers of the ship heard the noise, stopped and turned around to face him. Dawn looked nervously at Paul who was clearly unhappy.
"Who was that?" Paul asked sternly.
The captain was a bit taken back by Paul strictness with him, regardless of that he still answered him. "That was a girl who I gave a lift to saying that I shouldn't wait for them as they are going to be stuck in there for a while." The old man then thought for a while before saying: "Call me over protective, but I think I should get some help for them. You two best come with me in case that tower is dangerous."
The wizened man made his way to his undamaged ship to prepare it. 'I can't allow any interferences for my plan to work, in case the police suddenly crash the tower down" Paul thought determinedly. He looked over to Dawn who was scared about what Paul could do. Paul moved his gaze from the blue haired girl to the old man. Before he could move closer he was stopped by a pair of arms wrapping around his arm. He looked over to the source.
"Please don't hurt him".
Dawn stared into Paul's eyes and found no ounce of agreement in him. It was this that made Dawn almost plead to him "Just please promise me you won't kill him".
Dawn felt her grip on him waken as she felt some emotion in his eyes. "Fine, but you go up to the tower now" Paul said forcefully.
Dawn nervously took Paul's word and left to climb the stairs. Paul began to freely course the burning aura around his body. He took one step closer to the old man, and then another. 'She's nothing but a hindrance' thought Paul bitterly. He charged his aura in his hand and grabbed the back of the old man's head. The captain let out a groan as he felt his energy being sapped away. The man slumped to the ground unconscious, but still alive. 'Bloody girl' thought Paul as he turned around to make his way to the tower.
The light revealed a Raichu. The bulky Pokémon chuckled at its foe who was an evolutionary level beneath it. Pikachu readied itself for the first attack command.
"Pikachu use volt tackle" Ash said with growing confidence.
"Predictable. Raichu use surf" Nick muttered.
Pikachu started to run at its opponent. While doing so it charged electricity to course through its body. The speeding bullet gain much ground on its evolved form, yet while this was happening, Raichu was planning something of its own. The electric mouse rose on a large deep blue wave. It sent the wave crashing into the little rocket knocking it as if it were a rag doll. The excess water from the wave fuelled the electricity causing Pikachu to almost malfunction. The yellow Pokémon ski along the water and collided with the rock wall in front of it. The electricity on its body reacted violently with the water causing an unbearable amount of pain to the mouse Pokémon. Pikachu writhed on the ground as its body stung from the static energy.
Ash didn't know why but he suddenly felt a powerful connection to the injured Pokémon. This strong sudden bond blocked any pain he would have experienced from the loss of aura. He raced over and picked the Pokémon up and took it back to where he was. The yellow Pokémon looked up weakly at its master and smiled softly. Ash stroked the little Pokémon's head as it lay soundly in his arms. Ash looked up to Nick and shot him a vicious glare. The black haired boy grabbed a random Pokeball and threw it out. The ball opened to reveal a Sceptile. The grass Pokémon nodded to its owner and looked over to its opponent. The grass Pokémon did not judge its foe to be much of a match, based on the speed to weight difference. Sceptile readied its arm blades ready for the first strike.
"Ash Sceptile can use leaf blade, x-scissor, detect and agility" Misty said reassuringly.
Ash looked over to Misty and smiled thanks at her. Nick looked over to Misty and gave her a disapproving look. 'He is only staying in the fight because his 'crutch' is telling him all the answers' Nick thought.
"Sceptile use agility" Ash shouted.
"Raichu use thunder" Nick ordered.
Raichu sparked its cheeks and released a powerful surge of electricity from its body at its target. Sceptile smirked, and merely shot to another direction causing the attack to miss. Raichu put more power into the lightning attack. The extra power allowed the thunder to strafe around the area; chasing after the grass Pokémon. Ash watched on as the Pokémon that he owned, shot around the area avoiding the attack. 'Wow I must have done well if I was able to raise a Pokémon this strong' thought Ash with pride.
"Sceptile counter with leaf blade" Ash said.
The grass Pokémon leapt at the rock wall and pushed off with its strong feet. Raichu's attack caught up with its foe. As the grass Pokémon hit the wall it performed a corkscrew movement in the air to dodge the thunder. Ash's Pokémon used the momentum from the corkscrew to collide the blade on its arm with Raichu. The sharp leaf blade released a power so great that it threw the plump electric Pokémon off its feet and away. Nick watched on as his Pokémon crashed to the ground. He blocked out the pain and returned his Pokémon back to its capsule. Nick looked on in disgust at the orange haired girl. 'She's a problem that must be dealt with'.
Paul tugged the handle on the door. He felt it give way as it slowly opened for the duo. Dawn stared at Paul with fear, though she still had that little bit of hope when he kept his promise to her. 'That poor man. I suppose he will, be ok in a while. I hope…' Dawn thought. Paul grunted as he finally pulled the door wide open. He looked over at the blue haired girl who was twiddling her fingers.
"Come on" muttered Paul.
Dawn perked up and skipped into the tower with Paul. As they made their way into the pitch black room, the large double doors closed behind them. Paul didn't even react, he knew that would happen. Besides he didn't have any reason to leave…Dawn looked in fear as the darkness shrouded over them. The duo felt the darkness creep ever so closer to them. It felt like some hand was going to grab and pull them into the deepest darkness. The purple haired boy hardly reacted to the sense of danger. He brushed off any emotion and reached for his Pokeball.
The Pokeball burst out a bright light revealing a large Electivire. The electric Pokémon smirked and created a light screen to illuminate the area. The trio saw a dark figure standing alone in the darkness. He reached into his pockets to send out a Pokeball. Unlike other Pokeballs this one did not burst out light, but rather it spewed out darkness. Paul saw whatever left the capsule merge with the darkness. Paul looked over to his Electric Pokémon who; anticipating the battle was charging an electric current around its body. Paul raised his hand to connote to Electivire to stop creating a light screen. The Pokémon willingly agreed and stopped the barrier.
Paul stood in with his feet firmly planted in the ground and released a powerful dark orange aura. The burning energy left his body and illuminated the battle arena in one fell swoop. The aura ran around the tall yellow Pokémon immediately boosting its power. Dawn too felt the warmth of the aura as it coursed around her. She felt the temptation and lust of power caress her body. Paul saw a man in a black robe with the hood raised over his head, but of more importance was the Pokémon that he was to face. It was a large Gengar. Before he could judge anything more about the ghost Pokémon an attack was issued.
"Gengar use dark pulse" the man uttered.
The large purple Pokémon released several dark orbs from its body. Electivire with the new found power was able to dodge the attacks, though it seemed this was not the aim of the attack. The dark orbs pelted the area. The darkness from the attack melted into the ground and walls causing the light to be suffocated away. Paul knew that his aura could not illuminate the room again because of dark pulse keeping it dark. Paul had no choice but to fight on his opponent's terms. Something he thoroughly despised. It made him feel weak.
"Go Glaceon" Nick said.
The ball cracked open to reveal an ice Pokémon with ears and a tail as sharp as the very cold wind itself. The beautiful ice Pokémon stared at its opponents. Misty saw that this Pokémon was different from the one he used in the battle against Ash last time. Misty wondered why he would suddenly introduce a new Pokémon.
"Glaceon blizzard" Nick ordered.
Before Ash could respond with a command the ice Pokémon opened its mouth and released a powerful icy wind that quickly grew into a blizzard. It worked its way to Sceptile in no time and grasped it in a death lock. Any command from Ash would have been in vain; the blizzard attacked too quickly for his Pokémon to have done anything. In no time Ash's Pokémon slumped to the ground from the attack. It was made quicker from the fact that ice type moves are strong against grass Pokémon. When his Pokémon fainted, Ash felt a strong pain stab him in his heart. Normally Ash would be able to handle it after being used it to from so many battles of losing aura, but he had forgotten how strong the pain was.
"What, what is happening to me?" Ash asked painfully.
Misty raced over to Ash and helped him stable himself. She rubbed his back in comfort and whispered softly into his ears.
"It's ok Ash. When you battle with your Pokémon, your body has reached the point where it naturally uses aura to power your Pokémon. You see to give you a fighting chance against Team Rocket you must use your aura to be on level with them as they too use their aura. When you lose Pokémon you lose aura and experience pain from a loss of being. Now come on Ash you know you can beat him"
Ash looked over to the orange haired girl who smiled at him reassuringly. Ash felt an odd tingle inside him replace the pain. Despite the fact that she was only explaining a complex idea of why he was in pain he felt as if she was doing something more than that. It felt as if she was reaching out to him, but why would she? This was a question that perplexed him, that and what his relationship was with her when he had his memories. Ash stood up and returned his fainted grass Pokémon to its Pokeball. Ash reached for his final Pokeball and sent it out. The capsule opened to reveal a large, tubby Pokémon. 'Wow. He is my Pokémon?' thought Ash in awe. His awe at the Pokémon's impressive towering physique ended when the normal Pokémon comically yawned loudly and fell on its back.
"Ash, his name is Snorlax. He can-"
"Glaceon use blizzard" Nick ordered.
Before Misty could finish her sentence she was interrupted by Nick and his Pokémon's attack. The ice Pokémon released a chilling wind around the area to separate the two friends. Ash called out Misty's name, but it was in vain. The force of the blizzard was trapping them from seeing or hearing each other. Ash looked around and couldn't see a thing, aside from a large shadow. Ash was able to deduce, that the shadow was his lazy Pokémon. The fact that the Pokémon was lying peacefully made Ash think that the attack was not even hurting Snorlax.
'Wait, is the blizzard even hitting Snorlax? Is he using the attack to stop Misty from helping me? Why would he do that? Eventually he will have to stop, besides it's not like the attack will do anything permanent to help win the bat…Oh no' thought Ash with dread. The black haired boy ran through the blizzard. He felt the ice pierce him, but he kept going through. He outstretched his hands to find any sense of Misty in the blizzard. He didn't find her till he bumped into her. It was then that the blizzard ended and he saw her…frozen solid.
Right sooooo sorry about this but philosophy is a demanding course, anyway I have given up something that broke my concentration a lot for Lent so I should be able to focus more on this :D. Anyway please rate and review. Oh and thanks to Thehitmen, Pokemaster101 and memmek10k for their kind reviews. Sorry if I missed anyone out.