PokeWing Z: Dimension Rifters, the Movie: Chapter 11

A special Dimension Rifters movie by Dustin Dixon, Caleb McGlone, and Rob Volzke


"Shit…SHIT!" Ash shouted stopping dead in his tracks.

"What is it?"

"He got my future self…that's it…game over…" Ash said, hanging his head, but perking up a second after hearing the voice. It had not belonged to Jazz, but rather a familiar voice coming from Ash's wrist communicator…

"Enma!" Ash shouted in surprise. "Where the HELL have you been?!"

"I could ask you the same question, young man! Do you know just HOW MUCH I've racked up my long distance by simply talking to you as long as I have?! It doesn't really cover calls TO THE FUTURE all that well, Ash! Anyway, what's going on, where's everybody else, and why is the sky all I can see right now?!"

"It's a LONG, LONG story. Short version is this…I fucked up the future and we're all going to DIE."

"Who says that?" Enma said, sounding confident this time. "I just contacted Clockwork, and he filled me in on most of it. He should be joining you any second." As if on cue, Clockwork teleported in through one of his portals, in baby form.

"Ash, I can't even begin to imagine what you're doing flying AWAY from Bloomsberg." he said, shifting to adult form.

"We need your help." Jazz spoke up. "Shadow Wayne is alive, he took over Dan Phantom's body, and now he's overshadowed the Time Anomaly!"

"Shadow Wayne…? Wayne's demon?!" Enma shouted in disbelief. "He's ALIVE?!"

"This is grim…" Clockwork furrowed his brow. "I assume you need me to send you back to the past?"

"That's the idea." Jazz said. "Send us back to my parents' lab and give us enough time to find the Ghost Gauntlets!"

"Then I'll come back, rip that demon out and send him to hell once and for all!" Ash said, his look determined.

"We'd best hurry." Enma chimed in. "I'm picking up a powerful energy source coming this way, and FAST!"

"How'd you do that…?" Ash asked, his left eyebrow raising.

"Bought a future tracking device."

"I…what…how the HELL do you get one of those?!"

"Spirit World Shopping Network. Good thing Ratty was flipping through the channels for once."

"DAMN STRAIGHT, 'FOO!" came Ratty's voice.

"I…just…open the portal, Clockwork." Ash sighed.

"Right. There's something else I'm going to do while you're off gathering those gauntlets." Clockwork said. "Hurry back, I don't know how long this will work…"

"Whatever you're doing, do it fast." Enma instructed, and with that, Ash and Jazz flew into the newly-opened portal, landing in the basement of FentonWorks. The two were glad to see Danny, who looked relieved to see them as well.

"Hey, where the hell have you two been?!" Danny asked. "Riku said he and Wayne were gonna go look for you guys. We thought you'd been kidnapped by Vlad or something!"

"LIL' BUSY RIGHT NOW." Ash said, glancing around frantically as he set Jazz down. "Danny, where are the Ghost Gauntlets?!"

"Well that's a nice how do ya d—"

"LISTEN! If we don't find those things in, let's say, less than five minutes, WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE HORRIBLY!" Ash stressed importantly.

"Whoa…chill out. They're in the drawer under the table with all the beakers. What's going on?!"

Ash raced over to the table and yanked open the drawer, slipping the Ghost Gauntlets on quickly.

"Long story short, Wayne's demon isn't dead. I'll tell you the rest after saving the future!"

"Saving the future…?!"

"Come on, let's go!" Ash shouted, scooping Jazz into his arms once more and flying back into the portal.

"What…the…HELL?! Why doesn't anybody tell me anything?!" Danny threw his arms up in exasperation as the portal closed.


A bright light penetrated the eyes of the man who had just awoken... dazed, he stretched his arms and legs. Was he alive? Was he dead? he had a strong feeling it was the former as he realized he was still in pain from the temporal displacement he had suffered mere moments ago.

"Son of a…that HURT, god damn it…" Older Ash muttered, than quickly made himself aware of his surroundings. "…How am I still here, and how do I remember what happened?!"

"It's because your past self hasn't been temporally displaced. As long as he remembers these events, so will you." Clockwork explained, as he loomed over the man. "As for how you're still here…"

"You saved me…remind me to thank you when everything gets resolved. Now where is that damned shadow…?!"

"RIGHT HERE." the demon said as he ominously descended upon the two.

"Make sure Ash gets back here ASAP." Older Ash said, looking over at Clockwork.

"Easily taken care of." Clockwork responded, and suddenly a portal appeared in the sky, through which Ash and Jazz soared.

"So what's left of the gang is all here…" Shadow Wayne mused. "And I see you have yourself a pair of Ghost Gauntlets…you honestly think I'll give you a chance to use them?!" he shouted, as Ash set Jazz down once more.

"I don't think you have a say in the matter, demon." Older Ash spat at the abomination that loomed over all of them.

"What he said!" Ash backed up his future self with a fierce determination to right the wrongs that had happened in this timeline over the past seven years.

"Fools…you STILL don't get it, do you?!" the demon screeched. "I'm GOD. You CAN'T defeat me!"

"Let's just TEST that theory, then!" Older Ash shouted, firing a Spirit Gun Double immediately, allowing Ash to charge the demon from underneath.

"For the last time…" the demon said, blocking the shots easily and grabbing Ash by the tips of the Ghost Gauntlets. "…You can't win. Just give up before you make complete ASSES of yourselves and lose the future anyway."

"I won't give up…" Ash said angrily, blue energy surrounding him. "…Not even when things are looking impossible!" he finished by doing a Spirit Kick to the demon, surprising him and sending him flying backwards and loosening his grip on the Kamoa teenager. He followed with a quick Spirit Gun, which, while deflected, gave Ash the time he needed to stab the hybrid in the chest with the Ghost Gauntlets.

"Urk…!" the demon gasped.

"So much for being a god…" Ash smirked.

"Idiot…" the demon laughed at Ash, before sending him flying back into the elevator door with a very loud thud. Jazz raced over to check on him, which was apparently what the demon was waiting for, as he grinned wickedly in response. Time seemed to stop as he fired an ectoplasmic energy bolt, and it struck its mark straight and true, as the bolt pierced Jazz through the heart. Ash regained his bearing in enough time to stare on in absolute terror as the girl he loved fell to the ground, an expression of horror frozen on her face. Unmoving. Unfeeling. Dead.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!" he screamed, running over to Jazz, as the very place they were standing on started to become transparent.

"JAZZ! JAZZ, GET UP!" he shouted, as tears came to his eyes. He felt for a pulse, though he knew it was futile. Jazz was dead. "No…Jazz, no…! Come back! You can't be…you can't be DEAD!" he said, as the tears began to run freely down his face. He felt like the world had come to an end, and sure enough, around them everything was fading.

"NOW I've won." the demon laughed. "The best part? You'll die with this future, while I live on for et—"

"Shut up…" Ash trailed off, as it began to rain heavily, seeming to wash away all of the surroundings as they faded away. "SHUT UP! Talking all of this crap about being a god…you killed her…you killed my…"

"Your what? Girlfriend? Don't you remember? You already have one! Well, not for long…but—"

"I SAID SHUT UP!" Ash shouted. "You're no god. Gods are kind, loving, compassionate…you are NONE of these things."

"I suppose you're going to stand up and kill me now that the Time Anomaly has ceased to exist?" the demon smirked. "You have MAYBE a minute before everything fades, including yourself. Can you REALLY kill me? You'll ruin the future!" Shadow Wayne jeered.

"None of that matters now…" Ash stood up slowly, letting Jazz's body drop back to the fading ground. "The future's already ruined. I don't give a fuck what happens…" he trailed off again, as a golden aura began to flow from him, slowing down time, then completely stopping it.

"What the hell…?!"

"Ash, your powers…!" Even Clockwork looked surprised.

"I don't care anymore…what good were they, Clockwork?! What good were they?!" he shouted, breaking into a sob as he turned to face Clockwork. "I wish…I wish I could just…turn back time!" In that instant, something not even Clockwork could have ever predicted had begun to happen. Ash didn't realize what was going on until he saw the rain start to flow upward, back into the sky.

"Time…time is…" he said, in absolute awe, as he sniffled. "Time is turning…back?! Clockwork, what's…?" he stopped himself when he realized that even Clockwork had been frozen. He watched as time seemed to rewind, just like a VHS or a DVD. He saw himself fly forward to where he was standing now, to before he got thrown back by the beam. Amazingly, everything had become solid again. "Time is…fixing itself!" Ash looked positively flabbergasted. Suddenly, time stopped rewinding. Ash took note, however, that time had not resumed. He looked down at the Ghost Gauntlets in his hand, and over at the demon. He heard its words from the day before once again. "That's not what heroes do!"

"No…" he said to himself, with a determined look on his face as he slowly walked forward and reached for the hybrid. "THIS is what heroes do!" he repeated what his future self had said in response to the very statement that had echoed in his head. "I can do these things…I'm the only one who can!" Ash said, reaching up and stabbing the hybrid in the chest once again, this time succeeding in ripping out the evil demon. As he ripped it out, time finally resumed, with the Ash that HAD been thrown back previously fading out as time resumed. He tossed the seemingly-unconscious shadow to the ground with a very loud thud. Jazz, now alive once more let out a cheer.

"HE DID IT!" she yelled enthusiastically.

"Ash…you…" Clockwork was wide-eyed. "You interfered…"

"How do you know about that?"

"Just because I was frozen doesn't mean I can't sense what's going on. You actually CHANGED HISTORY…without my help!"

"He did?" Older Ash looked confused. "You INTERFERED with the past?!"

"Yeah…" Ash said. "And saved you and this world in the process."

"How…?! I tried to do that countless times myself, with no success…!"

"I don't know…I just…wanted to keep her from dying." he said, motioning over to Jazz.

"This is incredible…" Older Ash said, his eyes wide.

"I don't quite get what's going on…but…" Jazz trailed off, and then screamed in terror as Shadow Wayne leapt up and put Ash in a headlock.

"I told you…I AM GOD, BOY! NOW BE A GOOD LITTLE KAMOA SCUMBAG AND DIE!" he shouted, as he attempted to break Ash's neck. Ash struggled about for a few seconds, scowling, before surprising the demon with an elbow to the face, which caused him to let go. In that time, as the rain started to fall again, Older Ash charged in slow motion toward Shadow Wayne. As he reached him, he let loose with a furious assault of left and right hooks, dazing the demon completely. He jumped back and motioned over to Clockwork.

"Now! SEND HIM BACK NOW!" he roared. Clockwork nodded, and a portal formed overhead, dragging Shadow Wayne into it, screaming at the top of his lungs. Before the portal closed, he could be heard shouting "YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST OF ME! WE'LL MEET AGAIN, KAMOA SCUM! I SWEAR IT!"

And with that, the portal closed, finally ending the battle…

"…I'll take care of him once and for all in my time." Ash said to himself, as Jazz ran up and practically threw herself into his arms. He hugged her for all he was worth, smiling warmly.

"You did it, Ash! You saved us!"

"I couldn't have done it without a little help from my esteemed future colleague. Uh…Ash?" he called out for his future self. Older Ash walked up to him after a minute, holding a familiar weapon.

"Is that…the Soul Sword?"

"I figured you might need an extra blade in the past... I won't need it anymore."

"But…don't you need it?"

"Not anymore." Older Ash closed his eyes. "It's time to close this case…forever." he said.

"What do you mean, forever?"

"When I wake up the Time Anomaly…er, when I wake up Jazz…this future will cease to be, now that things have drastically changed from the way they were in MY time."

"What will…happen to you?" Ash's eyes widened.

"The same thing that will happen to this future…I'll cease to be, replaced with another version of us who hasn't committed such horrible atrocities."

"…I'll miss you." Ash admitted.

"You'll miss a murderer?"

"Whatever happened in the past is just that... when it mattered, you stood up and fought for humanity one final time, Ash Ketchum." Ash smiled, holding out his hand for a shake, which Older Ash took after a minute of shared silence between the four still standing there.

"I haven't yet…it's time to do that now…" he trailed off, looking over at the unconscious Time Anomaly. As the rain poured down, he slowly walked toward the spirit of Jazz, as he saw the spirits of his fallen friends smiling at him as he walked forward. To his surprise, he heard Ash and Jazz gasp, realizing that the spirits really were there, and not just in his head. He closed his eyes and scooped up the spirit of Jazz, jumping down into the hole created by Shadow Wayne. Ash scooped Jazz into his arms and jumped down after him.

As Older Ash came into view again, he had already set Jazz's spirit down within her body. He then looked back at Ash.

"I'll fade physically, but I'll always be with you…as a reminder of how NOT to do things."

"…" Ash said nothing, looking over at the future Jazz, who started to cough.

"It's time…Jazz, I…" Older Ash trailed off. "I was an idiot. For the past seven years, I didn't know how you felt for me. I wallowed in my own self-pity and ultimately destroyed your town when I thought I'd lost you…I can't even begin to apologize enough…nothing I can say will EVER take that back, but I've needed to get something off of my chest for seven years…"

"Ooh…" Jazz hugged Ash close as she watched his future self kneel in front of her future self's hospital bed and kiss her right on the lips.

"I…I love you!" he said, and suddenly the room flashed in a bright light, enveloping all who were present…