Chapter Eleven

Ash and the others were back at Oaks lab. Ash was staring out the hole that used be one Oak's walls, Dawn was sitting next to him, glancing at him occasionally, she had never seen him like this. May and Max were sitting together silently, Delia had gone home to get some food for them, and Oak was currently on the phone. Brock and Gary were pacing the room, also silent. No-one knew what to say, Misty had been murdered, and as far as Oak knew, only he, Delia and the police knew who had committed the atrocious deed. None of them knew that Ash had overheard Oak.

After a few minutes, Oak returned to the room and looked around at the group of kids, and Brock (A.N. Let's face it, Brock isn't a kid.). Oak sighed and looked out through were his wall used to be.

"There have been reports of some activity from around the world," he said, causing everyone to look up at him. "Essentially, a large amount of Legendary Pokémon are being captured."
"By who?" Ash asked.
"Team Rocket in Kanto and Johto, Team Galactic in Sinnoh and Team Magma and Aqua in Hoenn. I think they're up to something, something big. You see, they weren't wearing their usual uniforms. Ash...Your father is collecting Legendaries, and I think I know where he's heading next."
"Where?"
"When he was here before, he took something from me. A flute."
"What would he want a flute for?" Gary asked.
"It's not an ordinary flute. It's known as the Azure Flute. It is said that if you play the flute while at Spear Pillar, it can summon Arceus, the God of all Pokémon."
"We can't stay here, we have to stop him," Dawn said.
"Indeed. But you lot must stay here. It's too dangerous, far more dangerous that anything you've ever gone through in the past. Just stay here and be safe. I'm going to meet with the other professors, and we're going to have a word with Brad."

Oak left the building and left the others watching him. Oak was being a lot more serious than usual. In fact, none of them remembered ever seeing Oak this serious before. Ash merely looked back out the hole in wall and was thinking about what he wanted to do when he caught up with his father.

"Where are you going?" Dawn asked Ash as he stood up suddenly.
"I'm going to face my father," he replied.

He released Staraptor from its Pokeball and jumped on its back. Staraptor took off into the skies, leaving the others to stare at its slowly disappearing figure. Delia stepped through the doorway, smiling and holding a tray of sandwiches and salads. Her smile faltered when she saw that Ash wasn't there.

"He's gone after Brad hasn't he?" she asked.

The others merely nodded and Delia sighed and sat down. 'I'm worried for you Ash,' Delia thought. 'We have no idea what your father is capable of. And I'm afraid that we're soon going to find out.' Dawn looked over at Delia. She could tell that she was worried, they all were. But they were going to stay here like Oak had asked. If anyone could handle this, it was Oak. He may not be a trainer, but he still had some powerful Pokémon.

Brad and the others were in the black helicopter and flying over the ocean that separated Kanto from Sinnoh. After a few more minutes, they passed over a beach, and they were in Sinnoh. The helicopter landed about halfway up the mountain on a flat surface that had a cave nearby.

"Let's go," Brad said, exiting the helicopter.

They entered the cave, and Brad felt the flute begin to vibrate softly in his hand. A few wild Pokémon were watching them as they walked through the cave to a large solid metal door (A.N. As seen in The Battle Final of Legend). Brad held the flute up to it, and the door proceeded to open. When the door was fully open, the glowing staircase appeared. The group walked down the stairs until they reached Spear Pillar.

"I presume that you remember this place Cyrus?" Brad asked.
"Of course," Cyrus replied.
"I'm a little curious," Giovanni said. "I was told that you had actually entered the universe that you created. How did you get back?"
"I don't know myself. I remember entering through the portal, and suffocating as it closed behind me and then suddenly, I awoke at my mansion."

Brad passed the flute onto John, who raised it to his lips, and began to play. (A.N. Ahhh, the suspense of knowing what's coming next.) At first, nothing happened, then all-of-a-sudden, the entire room began to shake. After a few seconds, the shaking stopped, and something happened that none of them expected. A blue portal appeared to the left of them, and a roar was heard from within. A pink one appeared to their left, and a large Pokémon could just be seen inside it. There was a small spark from in front of them, and a larger black portal appeared, they could feel the wind being sucked inside of it.

A large blue four legged Pokémon emerged from the blue portal. A humanoid white and pink Pokémon appeared from the pink one. And finally, a large black serpent-like Pokémon flew out of the black portal, but it immediately transformed into a six legged creature with wings.

All three Pokémon roared in fury and the room began to shake again.

"Unexpected, but not unwanted," Brad said, a look of mild surprise on his face.

Mewtwo, Rayquaza, Articuno, Moltres, Zapdos, Darkrai, Deoxys and Lugia all flew into the room and began to attack the Dialga, Palkia and Giratina. None of the three were expecting the attack, and were all hit by surprise, unable to dodge the continuation of attacks. They hit the floor, and Brad walked up to all of them. Mewtwo's eyes glowed purple, and three large collars flew in through the entrance. They placed themselves around the necks of the three weakened Pokémon, and instantly, they were under Brad's control.

"Mewtwo, Deoxys, heal them," Brad said.

Mewtwo's and Deoxys hands glowed green, as did the bodies of Dialga, Palkia and Giratina. After a few seconds, they were fully healed, and floated into the air.