Chapter 9

Discovering

"Well Pikachu, what are we suppose to do now?" Ash asked after being baffled from the letter he had received of his father.

"Pi chu kachu pikachu kachu Pikapi" Pikachu suggested.

"That's a good idea buddy, come on let's find the kitchen, then we can eat!" Ash said walking towards one of the four doors, downstairs. The first door Ash walked in was what seemed like a lounge. It was big and open and very plain, with dark coloured walls, with matching carpet. The sofa was almost black in colour with a flat screen TV that hung up on the wall opposite.

Just by standing in the house you could tell it was very clean and organised, for just one man living here. It almost looked liked he never even used the place, let alone lived in it. Ash and Pikachu walked out of the lounge and noticed the door that said 'KEEP OUT' on it. Ash looked down at Pikachu who was looking at the mysterious door.

"We shouldn't really go in, should we?" Ash asked.

"Pi kachu pikachu chuu, pi kachu pi kachu chu pikachu pi kachu chu" Pikachu replied.

"Yea your right, plus, Dad isn't back until tomorrow. Come on Pikachu let's go!" Ash said marching towards the door, with Pikachu following. When Ash reached the door he turned the door knob to the right, pushing it slightly. It opened with ease and Ash and his Pokémon walked through the mahogany door.

"Well this is interesting, to tell someone to keep out." Ash said looking around the room. Ash could tell it must have been his Dad's study of some sort.

"Ok Pikachu, start looking around. Let's see if we can find something interesting" Ash said moving towards the bookshelf. The study, like the living room, had dark walls and carpet. The desk was a mahogany colour, like the doors, with a black laptop on top.

"Pikachu you check over there, I will check the desk." Ash said commanding Pikachu. Ash went over and sat on the black computer chair, facing the laptop. He looked at the photos on the desk. They weren't that interesting, just one of his father when he was younger, opening his store in Johto, the other one was of his Dad again, a lot younger than the last one. He looked about ten and was holding a Cyndaquil in his arms.

"That must have been his starter Pokémon when he first started out on his journey." Ash whispered to himself.

"Pikapi?" Pikachu asked, thinking Ash was talking to him.

"It's nothing Pikachu, just talking to myself" Ash replied, smiling at Pikachu. Pikachu just carried on sleuthing through the room.

Ash looked at the black laptop and turned it on. When it booted up it said password needed.

"What would he use?" Ash thought to himself. Ash opened up the desk draw and started to rummage through it, hoping to find the password written on a piece of paper of some sort. He couldn't find anything.

"We will just have to guess" Ash said aloud. He started to think of what his Dad might use as a password. He didn't know much about his Dad, except that his name was Shane, he did start his own Pokémon journey and he owned a hardware store.

"Maybe that's it" Ash said. He took another look at the photo of his Dad opening his store, he looked at the name, it said;

'Shanes Hardware'

"Very creative" Ash said and began typing the word hardware in to the computer. Nothing happened. He tried words that revolved around hardware, still nothing. Ash put his head on his hand and began thinking once more looking around the room. Pikachu was climbing on the bookshelf, looking through the gaps of the books.

"He's got a lot of books, hasn't Pikachu?" Ash said.

"Pi" Pikachu replied. Ash glanced down at the other photo of his Dad and his Cyndaquil. Ash sat up straight, tapping his middle finger on the table. He picked up the photo of his Dad and his Pokémon, turned it over and took of the back. He held the still glossy photo in his hand and turned it over. On the back it said;

'Shane and Pyro, beginning of his journey '

Ash began typing;

'p-y-r-o' in to the computer. He was in.

"Well that was easy" he said in a sarcastic voice. Pikachu jumped of the book shelf and jumped up on to the desk and started looking at the computer screen. Ash moved the mouse around, clicking folders and icons.

"There's got to be something on here" he said. He went onto his Dad photos. One picture stood out to him, it was a group of people wearing a big letter 'R' on the front of their uniform. He moved his face closer to the computer screen, taking a better look at the people all bunched together.

"Mom? Dad?" Ash said being astonished. "Oh my god, they were in Team Rocket?" Ash was really surprised. Not the fact they were in this evil organisation, but because they didn't tell him. Ash thought, what was in the past, stays in the past. You know, that forgive and forget mubo jumbo. Ash was really shocked in the discovery he had found. He didn't want to think about it anymore and certainly didn't want to bring it up with his father, but his Mom?

*Ding Dong, Ding Dong*

Ash jumped as he heard the door bell ring.

"Who the hell is that?" Ash announced. He quickly turned off the computer and put the photo back in its frame, making sure everything was back in its original place. Ash stood up, picking up Pikachu at the same time and ran quickly towards the door, shutting it behind him. He reached the front door, putting Pikachu on his shoulder and opened it slightly.

"Hello?" Ash asked.


What do you think of Ash's discovery? Was it a good chapter? Please review! And who is at the front door?