Infiltrating the base

The Cipher man had lead the four to a building beside the bridge. They had entered a place with reception desk. The guy took out a small box witch contained a Poke Ball.

"Here is your Shadow Pokemon," the man said. "Compliments of Miror B. himself."

Ash took the Poke Ball and let it out. Out of the Poke Ball came a Yanma. The pokemon looked around with a dangerous look in its eyes. Rui stared at it and the aura around it. Wes looked at her and she nodded to him knowing what was on his mind.

"Meet your Shadow Pokemon," the man introduced. "This is Yanma,"

"Hello," Ash greeted. "Nice to meet you Yanma," the pokemon did not respond.

"You may as well be talking to a brick wall kid," the guy said. "Shadow Pokemon are nothing more then fighting machines. It will not respond to any vocal command except battle attacks."

As the man said this, Jessie and James were followed by Billy and Meowth. "That Cubone was nuts," Meowth said.

"But we got out of there," Billy said.

They stopped and saw them. They did small screams of surprise. "What are they doing here?" James asked.

"This kid is the current winner of the Colosseum." The man replied.

"You idiot," Jessie insulted. "Those four are the twerps on the black list."

"What?" he asked.

"Hello Team Rocket," Wes greeted. "I believe we have some unfinished snagging we have to do."

"You twerps," Jessie said. "He may have lead you in, but we are booting you out, go Ariados." The spider Shadow Pokemon came out.

"You too Mawile," James called. The Shadow Pokemon came out and munched on James's head. "Not me, attack them." James yelled trying to pull the pokemon off.

"Ariados, Shadow Rush." Jessie commanded. The pokemon charged at them.

"Go Furret," Terry commanded her Shadow Pokemon. "Furret, Shadow Rush," the two pokemon came charging towards each other. They crashed and were knocked back. Yet the two were able to get back up.

"Mawile, use Shadow Rush," The steel pokemon did the same charging at the trainers.

"Pikachu, use…" Ash started, but was interrupted when an impatient Yanma charged toward them Mawile. It collided and Mawile was sent back to James. The two crashed to a wall at the other side. "Yanma," Ash said. "I wasn't going to use you." Yanma still attacked Ariados. Ariados was crashed into Jessie.

"That is one ticked off bug," Meowth said.

"Wobbuffet," Wobbuffet popped out.

Yanma used one more Shadow Rush attack. That attack sent all of Team Rocket crashing out of the building, and into the canyon.

"This stinks," Jessie said. "We are beat again. Well, at least we still have our pokemon."

"Like that's good," James said with Mawile biting his head again.

"Team Rocket's falling down again," They all said, and Wobbuffet called out. There was a twinkle in the darkness of the canyon.

Billy, Meowth and the guy looked at the bug pokemon and ran off.

"I hope Jessie and James are alright," Billy said.

"Don't worry," Meowth said. "Those two are fine. They do things like that more times then you know."

Yanma was going out of control. It was flying around looking like it was ready for more fighting. "It's in Hyper Mode," Rui yelled. "Ash, call its name,"

"Right," he agreed. "Yanma," the pokemon started to calm down. "I think it's better now."

"That's good," Terry said.

They heard somebody walk in. They turned and saw Duking with his kids behind him. "I heard the commotion," he said. "What is happening?"

"Miror B is what's happening," Wes said. "He is distributing Shadow Pokemon to Colosseum winners, and you helped him."

"Shadow Pokemon?" Duking asked. "Are they the fierce pokemon that even attacks humans?" He saw Yanma "Is that one of them?"

"Yeah," Ash said.

"So that was what he was really doing," Duking said.

"You mean you didn't know?" Terry asked.

"No," he replied.

"That bad man took daddy's Plusle," Marcia said. "In return of Plusle's safety, Miror B wants to control how things are done in the Colosseum."

"That creep," Rui said angrily. "I knew he was bad, but taking a pokemon hostage?"

"No body should mess with a pokemon," Wes said. "Especially another trainer's pokemon."

"Don't worry Duking," Terry said. "We'll get Plusle back."

"You will?" he asked.

"Sure we will," Rui said.

"We won't let those creeps do anything to it," Ash assured.

"Thank you," Duking thanked. "I'd go with you, but with Plusle in their clutches, I'm powerless."

"It's OK," Ash said. "You guys go get the police; we'll take care of Miror B."

"Be careful," Duking said. As he and his children left the building.

Billy and Meowth were at the top of the building where security was. "Intruders," Billy yelled.

"Sound the alarm," Meowth yelled.

The security person sounded the alarm. "Intruders, intruders," The alarm was yelled.

"They know we're here," Wes said. "Let's get some pokemon out. Makuhite, Espeon, Umbreon, go." The pokemon were let out.

"Go Chu, you too Doduo," Terry called. Doduo and Chu was let out.

"Let's go Cubone," Ash yelled letting Cubone out. "Let's go everyone,"

They all ran down a large hallway. They were stopped by a bunch of people. "You aren't going any further one said. They each let out a pokemon. A Bunch of Magnamite, Duskull, Koffing, Barboach, Houndour, and Tailow were let out.

"Look at all of them," Ash said.

"Were you expecting a Mexican fiesta?" Wes asked sarcastically.

"No," Ash said. "But if it was, we're the uninvited guests,"

"More like the piñatas by the way those pokemon are looking at us." Wes said. "Rui, are any of them Shadow Pokemon?"

Rui looked at them. No aura was seen on any of them. "No," Rui said. "But be careful. They still look tough."

"You got it," Ash said. "Cubone, use…" Yanma once again attacked instead. It attacked any pokemon that was in its way. "It did it again." The pokemon was once again looking itching to battle. Makuhita and Furret joined in.

"Makuhita wait," Wes commanded.

"Hold it Furret," Terry yelled.

All three of them were attacking pokemon left to right. They started to get a menacing look in their eyes as well.

"They're all going back to hyper mode again," Rui said.

"Should we call their names?" Terry asked.

"No," Wes said. "Let them take care of those trainers first."

They did so. Yanma used great speed and dodged every attack that came at it. It also launched a number of Shadow Rush attacks. Makuhita and Furret launched all the Shadow Rush attacks they could handle. Eventually, the pokemon were all done. The three looked at each other. They started to growl at each other ready to attack.

"OK," Wes said. "Now, Makuhita!"

"Furret," Terry yelled.

"Yanma," Ash yelled.

The pokemon started to calm down.

"That was close," Ash said. The trainers called the pokemon back.

"We got to use that Hyper Mode wisely." Wes said.

"You got that right," Ash said. "But for now, let's go."

They ran along with their pokemon following. Every floor they go, there was more trainers. They battle valiantly, and fought bravely every pokemon they came up against.

"There's no end to them," Wes complained.

"Maybe, but we can't back out now." Ash said. "Thunder Bolt Pikachu," Pikachu let out a stream of electricity shocking all the enemies.

"Confusion Espeon," Espeon let out a rainbow of Psychic energy. They moved up the stairs of the building, battling with all their might.

They had eventually reached the top of the building. At the top of the building, they looked around amazed there was nobody there to stop them.

"It seems so quiet," Ash said.

"That's what worries me," Terry said.

"Guys," Rui pointed out at the nearby small room. "Look in here."

They peeked through a window. There, they saw a Cipher female member, Billy, and Meowth looking angrily at a tied up person.

"So," the woman said. "You thought you could interfere with our plans?"

"You bet I did," Silva said. "I found out you were distributing those fierce pokemon at the Colosseum."

"And you thought you could stop us?" she asked. "Please, you're more pathetic then Duking."

This made Silva angry. "He is not pathetic,"

"Really," she asked. "I beg to differ. When Miror B. held is little Plusle hostage, he was power less."

"What?" Silva asked surprised. "So that's why Duking was letting all this stuff happen."

"Correct," The woman said. "Billy, Meowth, do me a favor and tell Miror B. about our security breech."

"Yes ma'am," Billy said. The two left out a door at the side.

"Now," She said. "You are going no where until our plans are complete."

Ash could not listen any more and barged in. "Let him go," he yelled. The woman turned around.

"Are you the intruders?" She asked.

"And if we are," Wes asked.

"Well, well," she said. "Looks like I'm getting a bonus. You are the kids on the Cipher Black List. If I beat you, there is a big juicy bonus for me."

"Bring it," Wes said.

"You're out numbered any way," Ash said.

"Am I?" she asked. She snapped her fingers. Four people snuck up behind them and snatched Terry away.

"Hey, let go," Terry demanded.

"Terry," Ash yelled.

"Go after her," Wes said. "I'll be behind you shortly."

"Sure," Ash said. He ran after the people carrying Terry off into a cave.

"You and me," Wes yelled. "Espeon, Umbreon, go get her." Espeon and Umbreon came out of their Poke balls.

"This will be easy," The woman said. "Remoraid, Mantine, I choose you."

A manta ray pokemon and a fish pokemon came out of the balls. "Shadow Pokemon," Rui said.

"Which one?" Wes asked.

"Both of them," She said.

Back in the cave, Ash was following the people that carried Terry off. They eventually stopped at the center of the cave.

"Give Terry back," Ash demanded.

"You'll have to battle us first." One of the people said. The four took out a Poke Ball each.

Terry was tied up behind them. "Ya'll better untie me now." She yelled bitterly at the people.

"Don't worry Terry," Ash reassured. "I'll get you out. Yanma, Pikachu, go," Pikachu jumped to the battle, and Yanma was let out of its Poke Ball.

Each trainer let out a pokemon. The Pokemon were a Dunsparce, a Swablu, a Meditite, and a Qwilfish.

"They look tough," Ash said. "But I have a Shadow Pokemon helping me."

"Well I hate to disappoint you kid, one of the four people said. "But these are Shadow Pokemon too."

"What?" Ash asked.

"As I said." The man said. Now, let's get them." The four pokemon charged at Pikachu and Yanma with Shadow Rush.

Back at the battle at the top of the building, Wes and his Pokemon were in a fierce pokemon battle with two Shadow Pokemon against him."

"Espeon," Wes commanded. "Confusion, Umbreon, Umbreon, use Faint Attack." Both attacks were direct hits. Mantine and Remoraid were knocked to a wall. "Got them," Wes said.

"You'd like to think that would you?" she asked. "Use Bubble Beam," The two pokemon got up and shot a stream of bubbles. They were direct hits. Espeon and Umbreon suffered a lot of damage. "Now, use Shadow Rush," The two Pokemon Charged.

"Espeon," Wes commanded. "Reflect." It put out a barrier negating the attacks.

"Bubble Beam," the woman commanded. The two Pokemon let out a stream of Bubbles. That did some more damage to the two brothers.

"No," Wes said. "Reflect only works for Physical attacks. I got to think of something, quickly." Mantine and Remoraid were prepared to attack again.

"Bubble Beam," the woman commanded.

Wes at that moment remembered. "Umbreon, Torment," Umbreon caused a black wave come out of his body. The pokemon stopped their attacks.

"What?" the woman asked.

"A lovely attack," Wes said. "It stops you from using an attack, in addition you can't use it twice in a row, which means Bubble Beam can't be used, and the only attack you can use is a Shadow Rush, a physical attack which cant get by my reflect"

"You brat," She said.

"Now," Wes commanded. "Use Psy Beam and Faint Attack." The two Pokemon attacked. Mantine and Remoraid took the attacks.

"Shadow Rush," the woman commanded. "It may fail this time, but next time, I'll use Bubble Beam,"

"There won't be a next time." Wes said. "Confuse Ray Umbreon," Umbreon let out a beam of dark light that confused the two Shadow Pokemon. They were completely confused with swirls in their eyes.

"No," She said.

"Yes," Wes disagreed. "Finish them off, Espeon, Helping Hand, Umbreon, Hidden Power."

Espeon caused some light to hit Umbreon. That powered him up and Umbreon blasted an orb of white light to attack them. Both Remoraid and Mantine were down.

Wes charged up the Snag Machine. He charged and threw two Poke Balls. "Snag Balls, go." The two pokemon went in the Poke Balls. After some moving and flashing, it stopped. "Mantine, Remoraid… you've been snagged,"

"No," the woman yelled. "You will pay for this," she yelled running off.

Rui ran over to Silva. "Are you OK?" she asked worried.

"Yeah," he replied. "Who are you?" he asked.

"I'm Rui, and this is Wes," she said. "We're here to stop Miror B, and get Duking's Plusle back."

"You are," he asked.

"Yeah," Wes said. "You better get out of here, leave Miror B. to us."

"Sure," he said. "And be careful. Miror B. will do anything to get what he wants."

"No need to worry about us," Wes assured. "We'll teach that clown a thing or two."

Back at Ash's battle, he was pretty much getting beat. Pikachu and Yanma were both tired out."

"Come on Pikachu," Ash said. "Yanma you too." Pikachu got up despite taking all the beatings, Yanma flew in to do more attacks. "Yanma, wait," Ash commanded.

"Shadow Rush," a trainer said having his Qwilfish attack Yanma.

Yanma was sent crashing. "Please Yanma," Ash said. "You have to listen to me," Yanma got up ignoring every word his trainer has to say. But when it rose, it fell back down to the ground.

"Pathetic Shadow Pokemon," One person said. "It's not worth beating up. It should not be even called a fighting machine since it is so weak."

"Stop it," Ash yelled. "It is because of Cipher it is like this. How can you have no regret for any Pokemon?"

"Weak Pokemon have no place on the earth," another person said. They all commanded a Shadow Rush. The four pokemon charged toward Yanma. Yanma could only lie there, unable to move.

"No," Ash yelled. He ran over to Yanma, picked it up, and ran out of the away before he was hit. "Stop it," Ash said. "Cipher is not giving you strong Pokemon at all. They are giving you ill pokemon. They close the pokemon's heart. They can't feel any emotions, and have no regret for their actions."

"Just like a Pokemon should be," another person said.

"You're wrong," Ash said. "Pokemon are our friends. They have emotions. But Cipher closed those emotions up. Well I won't let it happen. I won't let the future happen. I am going to help Wes and Rui save the Shadow Pokemon."

Yanma looked up at Ash. It was like its eyes were opened for the first time. It felt like Ash, it did not want to fight. Ash looked down. He saw the look in Yanma's eyes, and he understood. "Yanma," Ash said. "Let's do this, together. All of us." Pikachu was electrified for an attack. Yanma began to fly again.

"How touching," another person said. "To bad it's not going to last," the four trainers commanded Shadow Rush.

"Pikachu," Ash commanded. "On Yanma's back." Pikachu hopped on Yanma. Yanma flew at high speed. It missed the Swablu, and the Dunsparce. The Meditite and the Qwilfish were also dodged. "Yanma, use Super Sonic,"

"What?" the four trainers asked.

Yanma let out a wave of sound that confused its enemies. The pokemon tripped all over themselves. "Now Pikachu, Thunder,"

"Piikaaachuuuuuuuu!" Pikachu let out a stream of thunder. It struck the four pokemon down hard.

Meditite, Qwilfish, Dunsparce, and Swablu were down for the count. But not for long, they got back up after a few seconds.

"No good kid," one person said. "It will take a lot more then that to stop them," They commanded another Shadow Rush.

"Reflect," somebody yelled. Espeon jumped in front of Yanma and Pikachu and put up a barrier. The attacks were negated.

Wes and Rui ran to join the battle. "Need some help?" Wes asked.

"As a matter of fact I could," Ash said.

"Umbreon, Faint Attack, Espeon, use Psy Beam," Wes commanded.

"Yanma, Shadow Rush, Pikachu, Iron Tail," Ash commanded. The pokemon launched and attack on each pokemon.

"Pikachu, use one more Thunder," Ash commanded.

"Helping Hand Espeon," Wes commanded. Espeon let out a beam of light that increased Pikachu's power.

"Piikaaachuuuuuuuuu!" Pikachu called firing a stream of thunder more powerful then the last thanks to Helping Hand.

The Pokemon fell back with swirls in their eyes. Wes charged up the machine. "Snag Balls, go." The four pokemon were put into the Snag Balls. After numerous shaking and flashing, they all stopped. "Qwilfish, Meditite, Dunsparce, and Swablu… you've been snagged."

The four men began to panic. They turned quietly starting to run, but were stopped by Terry. "How did you get out?" one person asked.

"During the battle, Rui untied me when ya'll weren't lookin," she said. She then smile and began too crack her knuckles.

From out side of the building, Silva met up with Duking.

"Duking," Silva said. "I'm sorry,"

"It's OK," Duking assured. "I am the one who has to apologize. I should have known they were doing something wrong in the Colosseum."

"By the way," Silva said. "I heard about Plusle,"

"I just hope it's OK," Duking said. "I hope they are all OK,"

They heard four sounds. "What was that?" Silva asked.

"Sounded like a bunch of little girls screaming." Duking said.

Back in the cave, Terry happily walked down the cave. Ash, Wes, and Rui followed behind her scared.

"Maybe we should use her in battles," Wes said. "We'll give our pokemon a vacation,"

"Those guys may have been bad," Ash said. "But I hope their joints get popped back in place."

"Me too," Rui said.

They eventually came to a big golden door. On the door was a sign that said "Room of Miror B."

"Here we go," Ash said. They opened the door.

There in the center of a room was Miror B. dancing with four Ludicolo.

"Cut the music," Miror B. said. The music stopped. "Well, well, what do we have here? Four darling children found my little hide away."

"Miror B." Wes said. "Give back Plusle now,"

"You didn't say please," Miror B. said.

"That's because I didn't ask for it," Wes replied. "I'm telling you to give it back,"

"Rude young one aren't you," Miror B. asked. "But I can't allow you to take it. If you do that, I will have nothing black male Duking with."

"That's the plan," Ash said.

"Well then," Miror B. said. "You'll have to get another plan. Ludicolo,"

The four pokemon lined up next to each other. "All four of them?" Rui asked.

"Looks like one for each of us," Ash said.

"I don't want one," Rui panicked.

"No matter," Wes said. "I'll take two on,"

"Then let's battle my darlings" Miror B. said. "Start the music."

To be continued…

Next chapter, is fighting Miror B.

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