Chapter Ten
(I've just found out that there is going to be yet another generation of new Pokémon, and I do not intend to include any of them….frankly, remembering 493 of them is too much as it is.)
Ash stared at Misty's body, not hearing any of the conversations going on around him. He was thinking, planning his revenge against his own father. He would kill him for this, for murdering his closest friend. He and Misty had been through a lot together, maybe that was why she…
"Ash," Jenny said, tapping him on the shoulder.
He snapped out of his own little world and turned to face her.
"I'm sorry, but this is a crime scene," she said. "I am going to have to ask you to leave."
Ash nodded slowly and took a few steps backward, still staring at Misty, before turning around and leaving. Officer Jenny shook her head sadly as Ash left, and turned back to look at Misty's body.
Sure Misty had been a little short tempered, and a pain in the arse at times, but Jenny didn't think that anyone would actually murder her. They had spotted a small puddle of blood on the edge of the pool, indicating that she had been standing on the edge of the pool with the sword in her for at least a minute, before being pushed into the pool and drowning.
Brad had been following Ho-Oh's trail ever since Ash had seen it on his first day as a trainer. Aside from Arceus, Dialga, Palkia and Giratina, who all live in alternate dimensions, Ho-Oh was one of the hardest Legendaries to locate. Few had seen, and those who have sometimes mistook it for another Pokémon.
Ho-Oh had stopped to rest on a few occasions, but whenever he made attempts to come into contact with it, it would fly away, as if knowing that he was coming. It was a small world, but Ho-Oh could fly non-stop for weeks. Brad had a satellite following it constantly; he was finally going to corner it once and for all.
Rayquaza was on an intercept coarse with it, he was finally going to get it under his control. Giovanni, Maxie, Archie, and Cyrus had been dropped off at their headquarters and told to have their respective teams capture as many of the Legendary Pokémon as possible from their regions.
Brad smiled as he saw Ho-Oh in the distance from the helicopter (A.N. From now on, he'll always be wearing the helmet mentioned in Ch. 6); Rayquaza was a few miles ahead of it, and closing the gap fast. Ho-Oh spotted Rayquaza in the distance, but didn't falter; most Legendaries just left each other alone. When they were but a few metres apart, Rayquaza fired a Hyper Beam at Ho-Oh, catching it off-guard. The attack hit Ho-Oh right in the back, and sent it plummeting to the ground.
Ho-Oh straightened out just in time and turned to face Rayquaza. Ho-Oh was generally a peaceful Pokémon, but it didn't like to be attacked, and was ferocious whenever it did battle. Ho-Oh sent a powerful Fire Blast at Rayquaza, the attack moved extremely fast, and Rayquaza didn't dodge it in time. Rayquaza was sent flying backward, just missing the helicopter that Brad was in. He watched as Rayquaza shook its head and turned back to Ho-Oh, only to see that Ho-Oh wasn't there.
Brad pulled out his laptop and looked at the satellite feed that would show him where Ho-Oh was now. But the satellite had lost it. The words 'unable to locate' flashed on the screen. Brad slammed it shut angrily and looked out the window at Rayquaza. Rayquaza was flying in circles before stopping and heading back to the mansion.
"Oh well, another time another place Ho-Oh," Brad said. "Take us back to the mansion."
The helicopter turned around and proceeded back to the island.
Archie was busy trying to get Groudon; he was using a lot of Team Aqua's water Pokémon to weaken it enough to transport it back to the mansion. Eventually, after 20 minutes of Water Pulses, Hydro Pumps, Icicle Spears and Ice Beams, and numerous Pokémon fainting, Groudon fell.
"Sir," A grunt said to Archie. "Do we go after Kyogre?"
"No," Archie replied. "Kyogre is lost to the sea. We'll never find it again."
"What about Jirachi, or the Regis?"
"Jirachi has been hidden, and the Regis have all been captured by Brandon, one of the Frontier Brains."
"So we go after him?"
Maxie was busy chasing after the two Deoxys, and he was using a hell of a lot of any Pokémon at his disposal. He knew how powerful even one of the Deoxys was, and wasn't about to take any chances. Finally, one of them took 20 simultaneous Hyper Beams to the back and hit the ground unconscious. The other one was forced to continue flying away and Maxie put the Deoxys into a large container.
"What about the other one?" one of the grunts asked.
"Let it be, it'll take too long to get it," Maxie answered.
"What about Latios and Latias?"
"Do you know where they are?"
"No."
"Neither do I."
They placed the container into a truck and drove off.
Giovanni had had the most luck in obtaining Legendaries. He managed to knock out Moltres, Zapdos, Articuno and Lugia with the help from Lawrence III. Lawrence III was heading to the mansion with the birds and Giovanni and Hunter were heading towards Mewtwo's last known location.
"What about the original, Mew?" Hunter asked.
"If you know where to find her, by all means, go get her," Giovanni replied coldly.
Their helicopter touched down on the island, and the two of them hopped out. Mewtwo was watching from on top of a tree, and immediately recognised Giovanni. Mewtwo's eyes glowed purple as he jumped down from the tree. A small crater appeared in the ground as he landed, and he fired a Shadow Ball at the two. Hunter released his Houndoom, who fired a Flamethrower at the Shadow Ball, dissipating it.
A large rock hit Mewtwo in the back of the head and he fell unconscious. Giovanni smiled and looked up, and saw his Machamp standing on top of a small hill smiling. He had released it on the way here and had it swim the rest of the way. He returned it to its Pokeball and they threw Mewtwo roughly into a container that was being held an inch off the ground by another helicopter. That helicopter took off, and Giovanni and Hunter got back in to theirs and followed it.
Cyrus and Team Galactic weren't so lucky. They had only managed to capture Darkrai. Brad returned a few minutes after Giovanni and Hunter and looked at the captured Darkrai.
"Is this all you could get?" Brad asked Cyrus.
"As I'm sure you're well aware," Cyrus said, "a great majority of the legendaries from my region have ways to avoid being detected, let alone found and secured. Not to mention that a few of them live in other dimensions."
What Cyrus said was fact. Arceus, Dialga, Palkia and Giratina all live in other dimensions. Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf had simply vanished since they stopped Cyrus's plan. Manaphy was currently in the untraceable Sea Temple. Regigigas was already captured. Cresselia was rarely ever seen by human eyes. Heatran hadn't been seen for hundreds of years, and Shaymin only appeared at the blooming of the Gracidea flower, and hid themselves quite well.
"Oh well, these will do," Brad said. "Come, we have some business to attend to."