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"Guys?" I blinked surprised. Funny, I usually get tons of help on this kind of stuff…
"We… I don't know Marina…." Carol sighed nervously, trying to voice everyone's feelings. My gaze flickered over to my friends, who seemed nervous.
"Guys, you're always onboard with this kind of stuff, what's the matter?" I asked them.
"The…teachers." Misty whispered urgently. I straightened. The teachers were behind me, and I could feel the tense aura emitting from them.
"Ah…yes…The teachers." I all but growled, turning towards them. Brock and Joy looked nervous, their judgment easily overpowered. "Surely, you'll agree to stop this nonsense produced by team rocket, right? So-" I spun back to the crowd, but was interrupted.
"No." Of course Hun would answer. The air seemed to tense as I turned my head over my shoulder to glare at him.
"You do know I have the power to take you down in one blow, correct." I threatened lowly.
"Marina," Lance warned lowly, but I ignored it.
"Certainly." I nodded, before turning back to the crowd. "But I was recently informed that your one team member short." I could feel him smirk. Stopping in my tracks, I turned back to him with a smile.
"Someone must have wronged you, then."
"Marina, we are running out of time." Lance warned again.
"I know, give me a second." I sighed, turning back to Hun.
"I will not let you take the entire student body for something like this! Students could get hurt!"
"Oh, no worries, Rocket grunts are usually very weak, even failing students could destroy them within seconds." I could feel many teachers flinch at my harsh statement. Good, it was meant to hurt their pride.
"No." Hun growled. I turned back to the students.
"Are you really going to let them decide what you do? You have a right to stick up for the world! Why don't you?" I asked them, throwing my hands out. Many students seemed to step up in agreement, when of course-
"Any student that goes with her is getting expelled." Hun's harsh tone rang out. Immediately, those rebelling students backed up. I sent a glare at Hun, before sighing.
"Fine. I guess we're on our own Lance. Given, it'll take a minute more, but I'm sure we can make up for lost time." Suddenly, Ash stood, joining my side.
"Ash?" May asked uncertainly.
"Well, I guess I'll have to go with you then," Ash sighed, closing his eyes and scratching the back of his head lazily, "Can't let you have all the fun." He smiled, opening an eye. I laughed shortly, playfully punching him in the arm.
"Atta boy!" I cheered. Suddenly, Misty joined us.
"And I can't let you guys get yourselves in trouble." She grumbled crossing her arms. We froze, thinking she was going to make us stop what we were trying to do. "I guess I have to come to." She smiled suddenly. Ash and I laughed, giving Misty a short hug. We turned to look hopefully at the rest of our friends. Kaleb and Cheryl tried to step up, but Gucci and Aaron held them back. The hope in my eyes withered away quickly as time passed, and I sighed once again.
"Alright, let's go guys." They nodded and we ran back into the store.
"Ash, Misty, do not go with them-"
SLAM!
He was interrupted when the door shut behind us. We raced down the stairs, were we were met with three grunts and their Pokémon.
"Pikachu." Ash only stated. Pikachu nodded and knocked out all of them with a thunderbolt. So, it went on like that, Misty with Todo, Ash with Pikachu and Lou, I with Ace, and Lance with his dragonite. It actually went by rather quickly after we disabled the alarm system. We came across locked doors quickly, needing a password to get in.
"What would team rocket use as their password?" Misty asked out loud as we stared at the lock.
"Wait a minute…I think I have an idea…" I trailed, walking up to the keyboard.
"Password: 'Giovanni is the greatest' accepted. Door unlocked." The system replied robotically, before the door opened by itself. We came across a Murkrow in a cage in the corner, and someone sitting in a chair, his back to us.
"Show yourself." Ash shouted. The man turned around. He had purple hair and the same purple goatee, with weary eyes, sitting completely calm. "Who are you?" Ash asked now.
"I am team rocket leader, Giovanni." The man responded. Misty frowned.
"No you're not, you look nothing like him." The other man gasped dramatically.
"Oh? And I thought I did a good job mimicking him! Oh well, I'll just take you down to feel better! My name is Petrel, and I'm a Rocket Executive!" He grinned and got out his Zubat, Koffing, and Raticate. Lance sat back and watched us take down Petrel easily.
"Pikachu Thunderbolt!"
"Todo Water gun!"
"Ace, shadow ball!" Petrel's team was knocked out quickly. Like I said, team rocket is… something's wrong. Team rocket isn't usually this weak… is there a different person in command?
"Well, I may have lost, but you need MY voice to unlock that door right there and see our master plan." Petrel laughed and ran out. We were just about to go after him, when-
"Wait!" The Murkrow exclaimed quickly.
Exclaimed in Petrel's voice.
We turned back to him.
"You can talk?" Misty asked.
"More importantly in Petrel's voice." Lance pointed out. The Murkrow nodded.
"Do you know the password?" Ash asked.
"Yes, I know the password." He replied easily. This kind of reminded me of Aaron's talent… shaking off the feeling of disappointment, I turned to Murkrow.
"Will you help us?" I asked quietly. He stared at me for about a minute, before nodding. I smiled at him and let him out of his cage. He immediately flew over to the door before saying: Plan Z For the Win! You know, I honestly think they let a teenager make these passwords. We entered and started looking around. That noise, whatever it was, became stronger in this room, and I instinctively clamped my hands over my ears. "Can you stop that noise in here?" I growled lowly. Murkrow nodded and flew over to a red button, pressing it with his talons. I sighed in relief as the noise stopped, letting myself relax. The four of us roamed around, looking at the information and things on display in the room. There were a couple of things that gave away their plan, but most of it was given to us by a file someone forgot to close. There was a picture of a strange tablet on the screen, and Misty and Ash gasped.
"What? What is it?" I asked, eyeing the tablet.
"This is the prophecy from the orange islands…" Ash trailed in shock.
"Orange Islands…sounds familiar, do tell please." I sigh as I tried to remember.
"Destroy not the harmony of fire, ice or lightning.
Lest these titans wreck destruction upon the world in which they clash
Though the water great guardian shall rise to quell the fighting
Alone its song will fail, and thus the world will turn to ash." Misty recited slowly. I blinked.
"Oh, so it's the prophecy about Lugia, Moltres (THANKS POSITIVE ENERGY! Now I can spell right!), Zapdos, and Articuno. Also you. You are definitely the Ash in there," I explained, pointing at Ash subconsciously as my eyes traveled across the tablet's picture. "But… there has to be more to it. I mean, that doesn't sound long, and yet the tablet is huge, full of this ancient writing."
"You're right." Misty trailed, staring back at the picture.
"I know the language." Lance spoke up suddenly. We all looked over at him, waiting patiently. He strode up to the large screen, before pausing.
"Well?" I asked quietly.
"Destroy not the harmony of fire, ice or lightning.
Lest these titans wreck destruction upon the world in which they clash
Though the water great guardian shall rise to quell the fighting
Alone its song will fail, and thus the world will turn to ash."
"Yes, we know that part Lance, we were wondering if there was anything else." I sighed. He continued, slightly irked.
"Events repeat and we find these three,
Trying to save the world from evil as we see.
They must return to the islands of the chosen one's past,
Or else the world will fall, and the darkness will last." He read quietly. We tensed. That seems rather… odd.
"Why would team rocket have that?" Ash asked in thought. Everyone shook their heads.
"What's this?" Misty asked, pulling out a map of johto. I froze. The orange islands and the bell tower, where ho-oh was supposed to reside, were circled. So was the Radio tower in Goldenrod City. That's a little unsettling. Even more unsettling was how my brain started piecing the information together quickly.
"Their planning to air that… frequency on the air." I stated lowly, shaking in anger. They want to hurt all Pokémon out there? What's the point, to make them go Rabid on their trainers? Gyarados didn't even come near lance, so I don't think any one's Pokémon will stick around after that sound is played…. Maybe that's it, then. Or, what if… "What if they change the frequency a little bit?" I asked the others loudly. "Like, instead of hurting the Pokémon, they make it different… like..." But what?
"Like controlling them?" Ash asked. We froze.
"That's their plan… isn't it?" Misty asked shakily.
"We can only assume." Lance sighed, shaking his head. Clapping thundered behind us.
"Very good, you four. But I'm afraid you won't be able to spread this news, because we won't let you." A feminine voice rang out as we spun around. We came face to face with a woman that looked almost identical to Mars, but older. "My name is Arianna, and I am an executive at team Rocket! It's time for you all to go down!" She shouted. A rocket grunt ran to her side in assistance. They both sent out an Arbok, Murkrow, Gloom, Drowzee, and Grimer. Perfect, we all had just enough Pokémon to take them down, of course Ash had more fun, because he got to fight two of them, but, you know, whatcha gonna do, you know? I took the courtesy of fighting the Arbok with Ace, and needless to say, their whole team was out cold in a matter of minutes. She growled, retreating into an elevator with the other grunt. We smirked, but quickly realized we needed to get to Goldenrod. Now. And by the looks of it, if we don't, some of the most powerful Pokémon will be taken over by team rocket.
And we can't let that happen, now can we?
Racing back up the stairs, we ran outside the now deserted shop to see the school still there, waiting in silence. I blinked at them, confused.
"Why are you still here?" I asked, almost growling. The rest of our friends turned to us, shocked, and ran over.
"Oh, you're alright!" May gasped, tackling us into hugs. I almost shoved her off, almost. Hun stormed over to the three of us.
"You three are in big trouble-"
"Yes, that's very nice Hun, but we're very busy." I interrupted, waving him away, annoyed. He growled.
"Do you want to be expelled?" I blinked at him again.
"I thought you already expelled us?" Misty asked suspiciously.
"I'm deciding to give you three another chance, you were trying to help after all." He sighed, running a hand through his hair.
"Great! Than you would let us go to Goldenrod!" Ash smiled, although Misty and I both knew it was fake. Hun froze.
"What would you be doing in Goldenrod?" Hun suddenly asked, frowning.
"Just visiting an old friend, we completely tore up Team Rocket in there and we want to know what he thinks will happen next." I replied quickly. Hun sighed once more.
"Tomorrow. We can go as a field trip, Happy?" He growled. We smiled back, determination set in our eyes while hatred burned in his.
That was the start of an internal war.
Lance left quickly after that, claiming he had duties to complete. Nodding once, Hun turned around, leading everyone back to the school, seeing as the fieldtrip was… ruined, I guess. No one talked as we trudged back in silence. We arrived at school in about an hour, going to our fifth period class, and in my case would be Drama. We walked in, and the lighting was already dim, creating an eerie mood.
"Today students, we will be telling scary stories and experiences!" James exclaimed excitedly. He instructed everyone to sit in a circle on stage. We did as told and sat down on the floor, like children. James told us an experience he had as a kid with his trusty growlithe. Lily went next, saying something about breaking a nail. Riley said something about being bullied, and more children went after them, telling some frightening tales.
"Well, my scariest story was the day before I left out on my journey with Marina, Misty, and Joy. My father… tried to kill Marina and I that day, and We ran for what felt like forever. I really thought we weren't going to make it…" Kaleb trailed. I put a hand on his shoulder while Aaron growled about the attempt at our lives part.
"Well, my scariest story involves Eterna forest. I lost Gucci and Aaron suddenly, and I was all alone. Thankfully, Kaleb, Misty, Joy, and Marina showed up and helped me get back to them. Of course, I was scared because it was getting dark and I heard of Team Galactic in the area… I guess it was all just Paranoia…" Cheryl trailed after Kaleb.
"My scariest moment was back in Hoenn, first getting chased by Deoxys. I didn't really know how to react at the time, so we all just kept running. Our hearts were beating at a hundred miles per hour, and we were starting to get slower. Like Kaleb, I thought that was it." Gucci explained. I remember, slightly, that Gucci was with us when Deoxys attacked once.
"Sorry." I mumbled regretfully. That was my fault. And it's one of her scariest memories.
"My scariest moment was at orange Islands." Ash started. "To hear that I was the one who was going to save the world? That scared me out of my mind. I almost drowned too… If it wasn't for Misty, I would've." Ash explained dazed. Misty smiled, but we could tell it was a worried smile. She remembered as well, I guess.
"My scariest was that too…" Misty trailed, "And at the haunted mansion a couple years back. We thought you died…" She trailed sadly. This is really a sad mood, not scary. A couple more people went, and it was Aaron's turn.
"My moment was first going back home on that stupid day." He started softly. "My mother was already…gone… and my father went berserk. It was just…bad." Aaron sighed, shaking his head. I sent him a worried look, trying to comfort him with a hand on his shoulder, but he shook it off quickly. See as I was next, I decided to be blunt.
"The scariest day I have ever experienced was when I fell into coma." People turned to me, shocked.
"How did that happen?" Carol asked, curiosity in her eyes. I shook my head.
"Yeah, she's obviously lying! No one just randomly falls into a coma!" Lily accused. My head rolled on my neck towards her, sending her a bored look. "If you really were in a coma, then you would be able to tell us what happened!" She yelled now. Unfortunately, many people agreed with her.
"It's hard to talk about." I almost growled.
"Which means you're lying." Lily smiled smugly. I glared at her, feeling something flash in my eyes. Closing my eyes quickly, I sighed, trying to calm myself down.
"Alright, fine you win." I growled now.
"See, I knew you were lying!" I completely ignored Lily.
"It was supposed to be a normal day, just playing hide and seek with my friends in the woods. Unfortunately, I took a wrong turn, leading me deeper into the woods, somewhere we were forbidden to go. I met Deoxys, and a while later, Aaron came to join us." I started, jerking my head slowly in Aaron's direction. "That's when we were attacked by Giovanni and Cyrus. Not only being beaten up by Giovanni, but also watching my best friend get hurt at the hands of some evil guy. What was somewhat worse was when they forced Deoxys, a new friend, to use a hyper beam on us. He didn't want to, but they had his friend, what was he going to do? Anyway, before they could permanently end us, RayRay, Rai and Entei ran in, saving us momentarily. The healing process had begun, and Aaron was healed completely by Entei, later taken by a panicked father. They had to leave me because I wasn't done healing. See, this healing process is very difficult. If I was even moved slightly, I would be severely damaged. Unfortunately, Giovanni used Earthquake, moving me, and that's when I fell into a com-" I stopped, freezing. It's not like I couldn't say it, it's just… something was preventing me from stopping. Ace jumped in my lap quickly, and I understood why.
I was taken back to that very same forest, right after Rai ran after Deoxys. I sat up, blinking at RayRay.
"Oh, hey RayRay! What's up?" I asked, stretching."You know, that really hurt." I pointed out, stretching some more. RayRay blinked in awe.
"How could you withstand something like that?" He asked, completely in disbelief. I stared up innocently at him, before a sound made us both direct our gazes to the edge of the clearing. There stood the shadowy figure I instantly recognized.
"Daddy?" I called, almost desperately, while scrambling to my feet. He stood there, frozen. "Daddy!" I yelled happily, out of longing, running to him, hugging him and not letting go. He was shocked out of his frozen state, hugging me back so tightly, it made me wonder why.
"You're alive." He gasped suddenly, "You're alive!" He exclaimed, picking me up and spinning me around. I laughed, still happy to even see him. Well, his shadow, not him.
"Well, now I feel stupid. Of course she would live, she's your daughter." RayRay grumbled. "Alright, now that everything is settled here, I've got to get going!" He exclaimed suddenly, taking off into the air. Suddenly, there was more rumbling at the edge of the clearing, and another figure popped out, this one small and recognizable as well.
"Daddy?" Ash asked confused, stepping into the light. Dad put me down and held his arms out.
"Come here, Ash." He commanded light, you could hear the smile in his voice. Ash smiled, racing over to Dad and tackled him into a hug. I waited patiently for them to finish, before he pulled me into a group hug with Ash. We giggled, hugging dad with all our might. Suddenly, yet another figure emerged from the bushes opposite of us. It was a young girl, with red hair pulled into a side ponytail.
"Where am I?" She asked, turning in every direction, confused.
"Misty." Dad suddenly called to the little girl. She turned, surprised. Misty? What is she doing here, of all places? In my memories...?
"Mr. Ketchum!" She exclaimed, running over towards all of us. She stopped when she spotted Ash and I. "Who are you two?"
"Misty, these are my children, Ash and Marina." Dad explained, pushing us forward to go meet Misty.
"Hello! My names Misty!" She exclaimed, shaking both of our hands at the same time. Then, something weird happened. I can't really explain it…but… lightning sparked from me, water and ice appeared before Misty, and a white light formed in front of Ash. We blinked in surprise, releasing our hands, which made these things disappear. Dad stood quietly behind us, observing.
"I thought so…" He sighed, nodding his head once. Suddenly, the air became tense. Dad pushed us all behind him while he had his arms spread out protectively. A dark figure appeared before us. I couldn't tell what it was… But it's color... black and purple, maybe?
"What do you want, Mew Three?" Dad growled.
Mew
…
Three?
Ooo, more excitement! I'm working on the next chapter, as we read, so I promise to get it out as soon as possible! See ya soon!
~Kioku7
