Ash woke up on a hard surface. Wondering where he was, he sat up. Slowly, the events that had happened to get him wherever he was came back to him. He'd been kidnapped and… he'd learned how to see with aura.
Knowing he had nothing better to do, the boy tried to repeat what he'd done just before he was knocked out. It took some time, but, finally, he began to see some blurs coming towards him.
"Awake, boy?" A voice that he recognized as the leader from his capture said. "Good. We have some questions for you."
Ash was silent, not caring what they wanted from him.
"First off, we would simply like your name." The leader continued. When Ash didn't answer, he added. "You'd better answer, or you're going to regret it."
Ash still didn't answer, earning himself a slap across the face. The leader grabbed him by the cuff of the shirt and slapped him again.
"It was a simple question! All you need to tell us is your name, you defiant little brat!" The leader screamed at him, punching him in the nose.
"Ash." Ash whispered.
"What's that, boy?" The leader hissed.
"Ash. My name is Ash." Ash repeated.
"Good boy. Now you are going to tell us what you were working on with Riley." The leader said. "We know you were working on your aura, but what was your goal?"
Ash thought fast. "I want to become an Aura Guardian, like Sir Aaron."
"You think a little blind boy like you, who can't even prevent his own capture, could possibly become an Aura Guardian?" The leader teased. "What a fool you are."
"Riley believes in me." Ash said. "I don't need you to believe in me too."
The leader slammed him against the wall. "We'll have to spend some time working on your self-confidence, little Ash. It is way too high." He then threw the boy onto the floor. "We'll be back with a few mechanisms to help you out."
Ash gulped, knowing that the leader didn't mean that in a good way. He sat up after hearing the door to what was obviously a cell slam shut.
He decided to work on his sight again and got to work. It wasn't long before he could see the leader's form coming back with two others. One of the others walked to his side and snapped some sort of collar around his neck.
"Disobey again and that collar will cause a whole lot of pain on your end." The leader told him. "Now where were we? Ah yes. We want you to tell us everything you know about legendary pokemon. We'd like to capture a few."
"Like I would tell you!" Ash spat. "I would never tell a criminal what I know about… AHHH!" The collar had come to life, administering an electric shock much more powerful than his Pikachu's. Ash started breathing hard.
"Speak." The leader said. "Unless you want me to press the button again."
"Okay okay!" Ash cried. "I know that almost nobody's ever seen a legendary pokemon and that there are many, like Palgia, Dialga, Giratina, Ho-oh, Latias, Latios, Zaptos, Articuno, Moltres, Entei, Raikou, Suicune, Celebi… the list goes on and on."
"And do you know where any of those pokemon are?" The leader asked.
"No." Ash said quickly, earning himself another electric shock. "Ahh! I don't! I really don't!"
By the time the questioning about various things was over, Ash had received about fifteen more electric shocks and was struggling to stay awake.
"That's enough for now, little Ash." The leader finally said. "Enjoy your sleep."
One last electric shock was administered and Ash collapsed, unconscious.
