I seriously would like to thank you all! I am so grateful of what your reviews, your follows and faves have done. This story was one I didn't expect to go anywhere due to the love for the XY family but now, I am not sorry I ever came up with this idea. 10,500 views and 10 chapters later, I am still astonished by the support I'm being given. I'd also like to thank raincoloredpetals for their constructive criticism with a spelling error I had been making for months now. I thank you so much for that and have changed it immediately. You guys are the best which is why I ploughed through my writer's block (Thanks to my new Story idea I'm planning) and made this for you!

Now, review answers:

Dragonsrule18: Thank you so much and yes, you have, this is the second time you've mentioned loving my version of Pikachu and trust me when I say, I love him too, at least writing him. He makes me smile.

Dragonic Warlord the Ace: Thank you so much, but it's you guys who deserve the praise. Uh huh, not long before the first one.

thor94: Thanks, I worried about the battle scene. Pikachu more than Mawile, but still, they are tall grassers, aren't they?

MellieCrescent: Am I really? Wow, just glad I got that right! Oh, wow, I made you cry tears of laughter. Pikachu is comedic gold, he's worth laughing over.

Raze Olympus: For the first one, you'll have to wait and see but no Charizard, sorry, I think Fennekin has the fire type down to pact.

Floreal: I'm glad my battles are interesting and thanks! I should be thanking you guys in all reality.

raincoloredpetals: Thanks for that, I'm glad you liked both chapters 9 and 10. Hmm, with the league thing, you're really just going to have to see but since the next two regions in the series don't have leagues and Alain isn't entering the league... who knows. ;)

InfernalFox: Thank you but as you so eloquently put it "when shit hits the fan" it will really hit a large fan. Your cackling will be well deserved. Plus Pikachu is still fighting and training, he won't get fat soon.

Speaking of Pikachu, the little rodent made three references last chapter when he was called out onto the field. One was to a popular multiplayer game character (who is also confirmed lesbian) and two were to humorous M-rated movies. Get all three correct and you win... a online cookie? Sorry, I don't have anything but the satisfaction you are pop culture relevant.

Anyway, with that over with, thanks for reading and hope you enjoy (Especially with the secret anime episode I snuck in. The timeline is crazy but I will explain with the next update)


The Story of X and Y

Route 10, more commonly known as the Menhir Trail, was an enigma to most who passed through it. The abundance of upright stones with engraved patterns on them was cause for concern, even if they were thousands of years old. Both of the Pokémon who were outside their Poké Balls could feel the energy radiating off of them and Ash, being Leia's surrogate parent, knew when the little one was terrified as she would nuzzle her body into his jacket for warmth and comfort.

"Okay, anything that makes my Pokémon scared – especially Leia – nerves me, what is wrong with these stones?" Ash asked, not being from Kalos being a pain to him right at that moment.

"It's to do with our history as a region," Alain answered mysteriously, causing his companions to raise their eyebrows at how he was sounding. "Of course, I wouldn't expect you to know… being from Kanto and all."

"I have no idea either!" Mairin pipped up, causing Alain to sigh at her due to her lack of historical knowledge that all kids knew thanks to school nowadays.

"Seriously, Mairin? Alright, I'll tell you the legend behind these stones and the three legendary Pokémon that come with them." He pinched the bridge of his nose to release the pain in his head. Mairin was too naïve for her own good.

"It started three thousand years ago. Kalos was ruled by a fair and wise king called AZ who, along with his beloved Floette, lived close to where we are now. Everything was fine until a war broke out between Kalos and a neighbouring region…"

"Which region?"

"I dunno, just some war between regions, Mairin. Just shut up and let me finish!"

"Bloody hell, grouchy much?"

"Pikachu! Sorry Alain, please continue."

"Thanks, anyway, the king was forced to give his Floette to the army to fight for his kingdom and, as such, prayed for her safe return every night. He never got his wish. His beloved Pokémon was returned to him in a box with her wilted, torn flower resting atop of it."

"How awful! He must have been devastated!"

"He was Ash, he was, so much so he sought to bring his Pokémon back to life by building a machine to do so. It worked and Floette was revived. But, the king didn't end there. By now his hatred had blinded him so much that he was out for vengeance, he turned his machine of life into a weapon of destruction and fired it on the region. The king ended the war, but at the cost of many Pokémon lives."

"Holy shit, you were ruled by a brethren murderer! I will ask our pal Arceus to smite him with Celebi in the past, right Ash?"

"Shut up, I'm listening."

"Anyway, the Ultimate Weapon was being powered by a tree with the power of life within its branches and a cocoon raging with the power of destruction. As the lives of many were lost, the power of life seeped through the king and his Pokémon, granting them eternal life. Floette, so saddened by the fact its life had brought the death of so many Pokémon that where now stone with an unusual energy flowing from them, disappeared from the king who was said to roam the world for eternity searching for his partner."

"That's so sad!"

"But it doesn't end there. The tree and the cocoon were both the dormant forms of Kalos' legendary Pokémon. Xerneas, the Pokémon of life and a fairy type, and Yveltal, Pokémon of death, chaos and destruction with a dark and flying typing. Both, when reforming, would draw energy from the stones, and cause chaos when fighting each other. However, Zygarde, a being of balance often appeared to quell the fighting, defeating both legendries when Kalos was in danger. Rumour has it that Zygarde always appears somewhere in the world where a disaster will be to calm the chaos and protect from destruction but there have been no modern sources confirming this."

"Wow, you know so much about it, Alain!" Mairin grinned at him as he had come to an abrupt conclusion.

"Being a researcher does that," he rolled his eyes but smiled down at his friend. "Alright, let's see if we can traverse to Geosenge Town before nightfall. I heard they have a nice hotel there."

"Yeah! Come on, let's go!" The girl noticed that Ash was still facing the stones, his head bowed as he muttered something. "What's up?"

"Just… paying my respects." He gave the stones, the graves of ancient Pokémon, once last glance before running after his friends, not able to shake off the horrid feeling that racked his body when around the stones. Just what truly happened three thousand years ago?

~0~o~0~

A loud scream had alerted Ash to the sky as he was sure a cream blur with a hint of gold had zoomed on past over their heads. He gave a nerved glance at Pikachu, who was grinning evilly. "Did you hear/see what I did?"

"Oh yes, yes I did!" The electric type cackled from his shoulder perch. "And I loved it! That little cat bastard deserves it!"

"Pikachu, what did I say about saying things around Leia?!" He shouted at his starter, making sure the baby's ears were covered – or the area that her ears may have been – so she didn't hear the language. If he could save one of his team members from becoming a swearer then Ash could live happily.

"That I am free to say whatever I like?" Pikachu batted his eyelids together with a look that screamed butter couldn't melt in his mouth. Ash, however, knew rightly that this wasn't the case and frowned.

"No, that definitely wasn't it." he sighed and reaffirmed his grip on Leia, who was fidgeting slightly as it was uncomfortable on her body. His ears perked up suddenly at a faint rustling sound that was coming from the left and the right of their group. Pikachu heard it too and jumped down from his trainer's shoulder snarling at whatever was coming near them. Alain and Mairin noticed their defensive positions and immediately realised something was up, trusting both Pikachu's sensitive hearing and Ash's Sensor abilities.

"Is something coming towards us?" Alain asked sternly, hand already reaching down to his pocket so he could grab Charizard's Poké Ball at an instant if needed to.

"From both sides," Ash answered instantly, looking down at his starter who nodded back before he continued to snarl at the now moving bushes either side of the path. "You take the left, I'll take the right. Mairin, help us both out if needed, okay?"

"Right!" She nodded, glaring at each side as she quickly whipped her head between them.

The rustling continued to get louder, footsteps joined the mix of sounds that the two beings with sensitive hearing could hear. A few moments later, two people emerged from either side of the overgrowth with their arms hanging low, swinging from side to side loosely as they stumbled like zombies. Their eyes were glazed over, mouths agape which is how – coupled with the flying, screaming Meowth from earlier – was how Ash knew something wasn't right with Jessie and James. He wasn't the only one who recognised them either. Mairin gasped at the sight of them and grabbed onto Alain's arm, trying to force him to send out his Pokémon.

"They're the same duo from Lumiose City! They steal Pokémon and tried to kidnap the professor!" Mairin practically yelled in his ear, ignoring the sudden growling from her older friend as she finished her sentence. "What do you want?! We're busy here!"

Neither Jessie or James answered, their Pokémon – which Ash's Pokédex revealed to be Inkay and Pumpkaboo – floated over with the same glazed look. It was almost as if they had been hypnotised but that couldn't have been right, idiots were said to have been hard to hypnotise. Nothing happened for a moment as the two sides entered a silent stalemate, waiting for the other to do something until a cold, harsh laugh cut through the air to them.

A woman covered by a dark cloak, with a hood that covered the upper part of her face, floated above them with a Malamar – Once again the dex had gone off without being asked to – using psychic on her so she could do so. Alain secretly switched Poké Balls in his pocket, grasping Bisharp's ball so that he could get the part steel type out easily. Psychic type moves did nothing against Bisharp due to its dark typing and most of the Pokémon's moves wouldn't be very effective due to Malamar being part dark as well.

"Who are you?" The eldest trainer growled up at the woman, who ignored him and turned her head to face Ash and Pikachu.

"So that's the powerful Pikachu my slaves were talking about," as she spoke Jessie and James groaned like the perfect, mind controlled servants they were, acknowledging their master had noticed their presence. "And an Auditory Sensor… he is adorable isn't he, Malamar?"

"Quite Madame X," Malamar nodded, his own eyes narrowing maliciously. "A perfect little pet!"

"You aren't having them!" Mairin had, by then, released her hold on Alain and was now clutching Ash's arm to prove her point. "They're ours, you hear and no creepy psychic type is gonna stop that!"

"We aren't yours, you dim-witted child!" Pikachu spat at the very thought of it. "It's illegal to deal humans now! Plus, Ash is MY trainer so butt out of it you little… SHIT!" A Shadow Ball had interrupted Pikachu mid-rant, but a quick backflip had averted him from getting hit. Now he was really angry. "What was that for you…" At that point, the electric type was saying every word under the sun towards Malamar, shocking the male deeply whilst also making Ash blush at the stream of rude words his starter was throwing towards their attackers. However, he really didn't think "Barbra Streisand" was technically a swear word.

"Malamar, servants, get me that boy and his Pikachu, NOW!" Madame X ordered swiftly. As her cronies advanced, Leia jumped out of Ash's arms when Alain released Bisharp. She glared up at them with a furious rage.

"Leave my meema alone!" She fired a Pin Missile towards the Malamar who scoffed and sent it, and her, flying with a Psychic. Leia hit a tree and fainted on the spot due to the force of the impact, sliding down the trunk to the bottom where she came to rest.

"Leia!" Ash cried out and tried to run towards the baby Pokémon, not knowing that his shout had drawn all attention away from their attackers. His sprint towards Leia was suddenly stopped by the feeling of being lifted off of the ground, limbs unable to move minus the facial features. An unnatural blue glow betrayed the move to be another Psychic, something that was being used on Pikachu as well. His ascent was stopped by a force trying to stop him, more specifically his two friends who were holding onto his foot like there was no tomorrow. "Alain, if you let go I swear I'll kick your butt into next week!"

"I wasn't planning on letting go anyway!" The seventeen-year-old shouted back, straining against Malamar's attack. Madame X huffed and sent glares down to her slaves, who instantly reacted as if they had read her mind.

"Pumpkaboo, Shadow Ball…"

"Inkay, Psybeam…"

"Bisharp, Protect!" It was too late, the attacks hit the two trainers which caused them to let go and – like Pikachu – the fourteen-year-old Kantonese trainer was pulled up to Madame X's side in the air. She smiled as she stroked the boy's cheek, ignoring his grimace.

"We're done here!" Madame X announced as Malamar used Psychic once more to pick up the servants. They started to float away as Mairin and Alain were regaining control of their bodies after flying to the ground. The screams for help from their two friends were painful to hear but there was nothing they could do at that moment. Once they had fully regained control, they were gone and there was no way to track them precisely. Immediately, Alain realised his Charizard and told the fire type what he needed to be searching for.

As Charizard took off, the two Kalosians ran in the same direction as Madame X and her Malamar on foot. Whatever they were planning wasn't good and they had a friend to rescue.

~0~o~0~

Ash didn't know what time he'd lost consciousness but it had to be a long time before they had reached any kind of a building which is why he was so confused when he woke up. Pikachu was still snoring away by his side as he noted the warehouse feel of the room, minus the large throne like structure made of broken mechanical items. Some rays of sunlight beamed down through the high windows but other than that, the room was totally dark.

He pushed himself into a sitting position and immediately began searching for an exit. Like hell he was going to be some Arceus dammed pet to a psychotic madwoman with a creepy ass Pokémon just because he was one of the special 7,000 snowflakes that could understand it. Plus psychic types could easily project their thoughts, as such through Hypnosis, but then again that Malamar could be just as insane as his mistress.

"Come on Pikachu, wake up!" Ash began shaking his starter at the shoulders harshly, only just managing to wake him from his deep slumber.

"What the hell?!" Pikachu complained, glaring at his trainer with as much fury as he could. "I was having a great dream!"

"Yeah, and we've been kidnapped so we need to get out now!" The human scolded the Pokémon harshly. "I don't want to stick around any longer!" Pikachu realised what Ash was going on about and nodded as a shiver ran up his spine.

"Me neither, did you hear her? HER pet?! Everyone knows you are MY trainer and that's how it will stay!" Ash sensibly ignored Pikachu's indignant rant as he picked up his partner, got up off of the ground and ran towards the only entrance to the room, a set of doors with steps leading up to them. "And that Malamar can shove it up his ass if he thinks we're going to let him make us zombies!" Just as the boy was about to pull the handle, the doors flung open, revealing Madame X and Malamar behind them. "Well, fuck."

"You were saying?" Malamar followed their victims as they backed away from them, not noticing the Team Rocket members coming up from behind. Jessie, with rubber gloves on, grabbed Pikachu whilst James held Ash's arms in an iron grasp, not even letting go as the trainer struggled and began to kick him.

"Malamar, if you will." The psychic type's stomach began to glow, sending drowsy waves of power to the captives. After staring into the light for a few seconds, their movements slowed down to a creeping stop. Their eyes began to glaze over and, soon enough, they were limp in the Rocket members' grasp. Madame X commanded her minions to let her new trophies go, and they did so without hesitation.

"For you, my mistress…" Malamar bowed slightly, raising his head as Madame X passed him with an evil grin on his face. The woman stroked her new pet's head with a smile, proud that her work – her plans – were succeeding.

"Thank you," she replied to her faithful Pokémon. "A rare jewel indeed. The two of you would look beautiful perched up high with me, I've always wanted a Sensor… so rare and so precious…" Madame X began laughing, Malamar joining in along with her. Nothing could stop their plan now.

~0~o~0~

Alain was pissed off, really pissed off, so pissed off in fact that no one but Leia would go anywhere near him. As soon as they had revived the hatchling, she had begun crying for her missing meema. Leia had never been away from Ash before and it was showing. Since she had seen him second, she had taken to crying in Alain's hold as both himself and Mairin searched for any sign of Ash and Pikachu.

Both trainers had been angry at themselves for letting that woman steal away their friends like that, they were angry at themselves for letting go because they had been hit by two measly Pokémon attacks. It hurt them to think about what was happening to the two at that very moment. The most obvious thing was being hypnotised by the Malamar but they hoped that they had managed to escape before it came to that. It would be horrible seeing Ash and Pikachu like those two Team Rocket members were.

They continued moving with Leia having finally stopped crying for a moment, only to stop walking when the sound of talking entered their line of hearing.

"Are you sure this is the right way?"

"Positive! If we're gonna stop dat evil lady and her Malamar, we're gonna hafta stick together, 'kay twerps?"

"I dunno… I don't trust that Meowth, Calem."

"Me neither! He's a part of Team Rocket!"

"Bonnie, calm down. Yelling isn't going to get Dedenne back any faster."

"But that evil lady took MY Dedenne! She's probably hypnotised already! We have to save her!"

As they turned a corner at a natural crossroads, they came face to face with – for Mairin anyway – a familiar group of trainers and a certain Pokémon that belonged to the group of Rocket members currently under Madame X's control.

"It's you!" The girl Mairin remembered to be called Bonnie spoke first, evading Mairin's personal space. "You're that girl from Lumiose!"

"That's me…" Mairin chuckled nervously, rubbing her hair through her large hat.

"Hey, where's your friend?" Bonnie continued, looking around for the boy in blue with the red hat and a Pikachu. "I thought the Budew was his."

"Meema!" Leia burst into tears once again at the mention of her surrogate parent. "I swear I will beat that mean lady and her Malamar for taking him!"

"Wait, hold up…" Meowth stared at the Budew in Alain's arms with a shocked expression. "Malamar got da twerp too?!"

"What's going on?" Serena asked, totally confused as to the events that were transpiring in front of her. Alain took two of his fingers, placed them in his mouth and whistled, loud and clear making everyone look at him. "That's better. Now, let's get everything straight before anything else. So, you four plus Meowth, what happened to you?"

"We found Meowth under a tree," Clemont, the one member that both Alain and Mairin had met before, explained carefully. "We managed to revive him and he told us about this Madame X lady and her Malamar who had controlled Jessie and James with Hypnosis. We were about to head off when the Malamar appeared and used Psychic on my sister's Dedenne, taking it away… so, that's our story." He pushed up his glasses as his friends leaned in. "And yours?"

"Not too different except instead of meeting Meowth we were jumped on by his Rocket friends, Madame X and Malamar!" Mairin butted in first, speaking before Alain could get a word in edgeways. "They attacked us and made off with Ash and Pikachu!"

"But why?" Calem tilted his head slightly, hands placed on his hips in an emotionless gesture.

"Are you an idiot or what?!" Meowth jumped up to scratch the boy on the face, something both Mairin and Alain hid a smirk from. "Da twerp is an Auditory Sensor, one in 7,000 and not all of those 7,000 can understand da Pokémon Language! It's probably cause I got out and we were talking bout him and dat Pikachu of his when Madame X attacked. Plus, Pikachu is a powerhouse!"

"Not to mention the biggest swearer this side of Orre," Alain added, remembering how often their friend would reprehend his starter for gobbing off. "Look, you guys want to rescue her Dedenne, Meowth wants his teammates back and we want to save our two friends. I think it would be easier if we go together and at no point, EVER, split up."

"Not even…"

"NEVER!" The roaring yell made everyone freeze in their tracks, especially the idiot – Calem – who had started to suggest going down the horror movie trope line. "If you want to be hypnotised then so be it but, all those who want to rescue their partners/fellow Rocketeers/trainer and starter should listen or else." It was at this point that Charizard had appeared from the north, pointing and exclaiming something which Meowth instantly translated.

"He's saying dat the mad lady went inta a facility just up ahead." The normal type looked up at the trainers who were all grinning at each other like madmen themselves.

"Great, lets storm the place and wreck it until we get our friends back."

~0~o~0~

The facility was run down, dusty and filled with cobwebs with long corridors that went on for long stretches. As per Alain's words, they didn't split apart and rightly so as min controlled Pokémon awaited them at every turn. Those Pokémon ranged from first evolutions that were common to the area such as Houndour, Eevee and Hawlucha – even though that didn't have a second evolution – to Noivern, Exploud and Gogoat. How Madame X had found these Pokémon were unknown to the group but all of them were grateful for Alain's team who were all strong enough to take them on. However, neither Malamar nor Madame X had shown up yet which was worrying within itself, an ambush was eminent and the trainers were ready for it… sort of.

They entered a large space with high windows and a mechanical tower that acted like a throne, meaning they were in the heart of the lair of the crazy abductress who had taken their friends from them. Apart from the slight light, the entire room was dark and they couldn't see half a metre in front of them that was, until the lights came up with a familiar cackle.

"I thought you'd come after me," Madame X tilted her head whilst smirking atop her throne with both hypnotised electric types taking residence on her shoulder and lap. Jessie and James appeared at the only exit with Inkay and Pumpkaboo alongside. "After all, sacrificial Mareep always follow their masters to their untimely doom."

"Why are you doing this?!" Calem yelled at her with fury, his hands shaking in their clenched hold.

"Give me back Dedenne!" Bonnie added, tears forming at the corners of her eyes as she couldn't help her partner.

"Mal mala Malamar mar marla ma!" The psychic type appeared next to its mistress, staring down at the humans and their Pokémon – plus Meowth – over the top of its beak.

"What did it say Meowth?" Serena inquired but, before the normal type Team Rocket member could reply, another monotone voice answered for them.

"Silly humans, demanding won't work on the great Malamar…" Alain and Mairin gasped as their friend stepped forwards out of the remaining dark areas, Leia aghast at her meema's unusual emotionlessness. The glazed eyes told them all they needed to know.

"Now then, what should I do with you? Oh yes!" Madame X gloated over the two's despair in her usual manner of literally smirking at their deflated selves. "Malamar, use Hypnosis, we need them all for our plans."

"Yes, Madame X!" He floated forwards, the markings on his belly glowing until Leia began growling angrily, the sunlight hitting her tiny body, powering her up in ways that only the sun could to grass types. She pushed herself out of Alain's hold and shouted at the taller, more imposing opponent.

"Stop it! Stop it now! Leave my meema alone you big meanie!" She tried to draw her height up to prove her point that she would rough him up if she needed to. No one dared to mess with a hatchling's meema, especially when anger was one of the key boosters in power that helped evolution.

"What are you going to do, little twerp?!" Malamar burst into rounds of hideous cackles that only a few could understand and those who could react to it flinched. "Go crying to said meema? He's under MY control and will remain a nice trophy for any world leader."

"Don't you DARE talk about meema that way! I… I WILL BEAT YOU IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO, FOR MEEMA!" It had been a bit of a while coming but with the help of the sunlight, Leia was bathed in the glow of evolution. Arms with flowers – black and purple – sprouted from her sides and a head with spikes melded itself from the circular body the Budew, now a Roselia, once had. Leia, in all her evolved glory, had a much fiercer glare and added power to boost such a glare. She pushed her arms forwards and a barrage of Pin Missiles flew at Malamar's stomach, causing it to flop to the ground with the glow dissipating.

All victims of the Hypnosis attack screamed in pain, clutching their heads as they collapsed to the ground. Pikachu and Dedenne tumbled harmlessly to the floor, with Bonnie and Clemont catching them before they landed. Meowth rushed over to his fellow Rocketeers whilst Alain, Mairin and Leia made a beeline for Ash. As the boy was pushing himself up, his eyes – now their normal bright amber – latched onto his grass type with pride brimming in them.

"Leia…" He grabbed her into a close hug, grin beaming like the sun itself had on his hatchling. "I'm so proud of you. Thank you for saving us."

"Meema…" She hugged him harder than ever, now that she had arms, whilst bursting into tears of joy. "I was so worried about you! I missed you so much! Meema!"

"It's okay, Leia. I'm fine now, and so is everyone else." By now, Pikachu had sworn at Clemont to let him down so he could make his way over to his posse. He looked Leia up and down, grinning.

"Way to go short stuff, I knew you had it in ya…" Pikachu turned to the downed figure of Madame X, snarling loudly. The woman had toppled from her chair up high after Malamar had fallen foul to Leia's Pin Missile screeching as loudly as the rest of the victims. "Alright bitch, you have three seconds to explain your… whoa, I did not see that coming" As he spoke, the woman had stood up, cloak falling off of her shoulders to the ground revealing her true identity as one of the Jenny family, an officer of the law. Obviously, no one else had expected it either.

"Officer, what's going on?" Alain was trying to keep a calm head whilst helping Ash up to his feet. Jessie and James had jumped up into the air after Meowth had clawed their faces which, in turn, allowed Inkay and Pumpkaboo to rise from their downed positions with Bonnie cradling her sleeping Dedenne.

"I… I don't know…" Officer Jenny rubbed her head as she tried to remember. "I, I think I was called to investigate a disturbance at this site and then I saw a bright light and…" Her attention rested on Malamar. "YOU! You hypnotised me!"

"Wait, does that mean the true mastermind behind all of this was Malamar?!" Mairin nearly screamed at the realisation out of the shock of it. "How can that be?! Pokémon aren't evil."

"Some are, depending on their trainers," Calem's eyes landed on Team Rocket as he spoke. "Or try to be evil and fail miserably."

"HEY!" The trio growled at him with fury evident on their faces. "We are evil, twerp!"

"Whatever, tell yourselves that." Bonnie rolled her eyes before snuggling her Pokémon again, glad to have Dedenne back, safe and sound.

Malamar was using this chance to escape, heading back towards the entrance as the group realised this and chased after him. They made it back outside, causing Malamar to turn around and speak for a bit. It glared down at those who could understand it before disappearing into the air just as Ash and Meowth yelled to get down with the institute blowing up behind them moments later. The wild Pokémon Malamar had used helped form a cover for the group of humans and – thanks to a team effort – managed to survive the blast with no injuries whatso ever.

When the winds from it had died down, all parties turned to where Malamar had been. Not trusting Meowth, Alain turned to Ash for a translation for what had just transpired.

"He said, 'My boss will be pleased with my findings, the research lost to the confines of that building, humanity will fall to our superior might and soon the world will begin a new age of Malamar control. That I promise all of you today, a future you may not live to watch if you aren't careful. That bomb I placed should be going off right about… now." The fourteen-year-old looked up at his older friend with worry, clutching the newly evolved Leia tightly. "Do you seriously think that Pokémon is one of many trying to take over the Earth?"

"If what it had just done had anything to say about it," Alain looked up at the sunny sky that betrayed the tension of what had just transpired. "Then yeah, I seriously do think so."


Next time: A mirror, a new world and a personality shift.