Chapter 21: The Power of Truth.
Alright some of my readers have asked me to have some action, the last chapter I sort of had to get out of the way, now there should be no holds barred now, time for a fight.
"So have we secured the device that will allow us to control pokemon?" a man with green hair asked the scientist who was working with the other plasma grunts, he picked up the device and showed to the man, "excellent, now is the time to use this device on the legendary Kami Trio," he smirked grimly while looking up to the skies and started to laugh, 'once this device is operational I will use this device to capture Kyurem,'the man thought with laughter.
"Master Ghetsis, what of your son, Concordia and Anthea?" Colress asked with a concerned expression.
Ghetsis looked down and smiled at his employee, "N can show up, in fact I am counting on it," Ghetsis replied with a calmer dispostition, "we need to use this device on Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus, we will use this to draw out Kyurem which is the ultimate objective," Ghetsis remarked with a maniacal laugh as he pointed towards the large device that stood in front of him. The Plasma leader turned around and walked out to the deck of his ship, he walked to the front of the ship and looked around to see the clouds moving across the sky, very soon this world will belong to me, but first I will burn every town and city to the ground in my search for the DNA Splicers,'Ghetsis thought while picturing his next target, Colress walked up to the deck and slowly approached the leader confidently, "what is Colress?" Ghetsis asked while placing her left arm behind his back.
"Sir, what about the trainer with the Light Stone?" the scientist asked with concern.
"Well either Zekrom or Reshiram, will be fine with me, just as long as I can combine the powers of either of them with Kyurem," The Plasma leader stated, staring into the distance.
"Very well sir, the Shadow Triad is preparing to start their mission," Colress saluted to his superior. The scientist turned around and started to walk back to his post, 'very soon, we will realise the potential of all pokemon,' Colress thought calmly, he continued to walk through the halls of the first floor of the ship before being approached by an elderly man wearing mostly black, "ah master Zinzolin, why are you walking around on your own?" the scientist asked quietly.
The elderly man walked up to the scientist and smirked at him, "you have done well in since our defeat three years ago young Colress," the sage told the man proudly.
"I am not worthy of any praise, I am just following the orders of my superiors are handing to me, plus you have allowed me to build my research over the last few years due to the funding you have supplied," Colress replied with great pride, the scientist nodded his head and walked back to the lab to finish off the last of his research, "once the Shadow Triad get a hold of the legendary Kami, our next goal is to attack Oplucid City," Colress stated calmly.
"No, we need the boundary pokemon Kyurem to show our power to the world, Master Ghetsis is interested in not only taking over Unova but the whole world in the process, so we will need an army of legendary pokemon at our disposal," Zinzolin explained quietly.
After the short conversation, the two went their separate ways to complete their tasks, 'this could get really interesting,' Colress wondered to himself while thinking about the plans that have been unfolding over a short period of time, "I wonder what else my experiments will show me," Colress thought out loud to himself .
Meanwhile in Undella Town Ash and Dawn were preparing to leave, "hurry up Ash, we need to get to the next gym as soon as possible!" Dawn yelled out to Ash, she placed her hands on her hips and tapped her left foot on the ground, after a ten minute wait Ash had finally emerged from the villa with a bag full of food, "about time Ash, I was wondering whether you had forgotten that you had two gyms to beat," Dawn said irritably.
"Sorry about that Dawn, I was um….."Ash started before being interrupted by Dawn.
"No excuses Ash, I know you were ringing every one of our friends telling them about my eighteenth birthday and how significant it will be," Dawn guess with a cheeky grin before turning around, "I talked to my mom last night, she was really happy about the news as well," Dawn explained with pride, she walked towards the road while Ash looked down at the two pokemon next to him, "hurry up Pikachu and Piplup," Dawn called over to the starter pokemon with great excitement.
"Hey aren't you forgetting someone?" Ash complained with his arms crossed.
"I have already told you to hurry up once to do it again would be a little pointless," Dawn replied with a cheeky grin. Ash ran up to Dawn to continue their journey, following the road towards the next city, Ash pulled out a map to see where they were heading next, "so where is our next stop?" Dawn asked as she turned her attention to the map.
"A small town called Lacunosa Town," Ash pointed on the map. Ash quickly placed his hand on his head stopped on the spot and closed his eyes, 'what is it Reshiram?'
'Ash, I am sensing a serious danger coming, you might need your best pokemon soon,' Reshiram told Ash as sternly as possible.
"Ash, are you alright, we can stop here if you want," Dawn said with concern for Ash.
Ash shook his head and walked a head of the bluenette, "no I am fine, Reshiram was telling me that there is something wrong, we better hurry to see what it is," Ash replied to Dawn's concern. The trainer walked ahead leaving Dawn standing on the spot looking at the two pokemon concerned for Ash, "hurry up Dawn; we don't have all day," Ash called over to his future wife. Ash walked further up the route and thought about what Reshiram was saying to him, 'Reshiram, what do you think it is?'
'I sense a storm approaching, you will need my power to stop it, but I also sense something far worse to come,' Reshiram explained with a concerned tone.
Ash looked ahead to see ominous dark clouds hovering over a patch of sky and not moving, he walked slowly to allow Dawn to catch up with the two partner pokemon, suddenly Meloetta appeared between Ash and Dawn with a fearful expression, "what's the matter Meloetta?" Ash asked the legendary pokemon, before it collapsed to the ground in pain; Ash quickly knelt to the ground to pick the small pokemon up.
"Ash, I have a bad feeling, Team Plasma might be causing trouble," Dawn decreed while watching the small pokemon writhing in pain.
"I think it has something to do with those clouds, they aren't moving like normal clouds should," Ash replied while looking up at the storm clouds until he spotted a powerful bolt of lightning, "we better hurry," Ash quickly got up and ran towards the powerful storm, 'this could be the storm that Reshram was telling about,' Ash wondered while rushing towards the location of the storm.
"Ash, what about Meloetta?" Dawn asked while running next to Ash.
Ash and Dawn continued to run while their respective partner pokemon keeping up, "I don't know why Meloetta is hurting, but I bet we will find out soon," Ash replied before being knocked to the ground by a powerful gust of wind, Ash looked up to see where the wind was coming from, he covered her eyes to prevent the build-up of dust from hitting his eyes.
Dawn also covered her eyes while trying to talk to Ash, but the strength of the wind was preventing her from saying something, the wind died down as fast as it set in, "that was weird Ash," Dawn commented with concern.
Ash got to his feet and looked around to see large trees collapsed to the ground and, "yeah know what you mean Dawn," Ash replied while looking around to everything behind them remaining relatively undamaged, "and weirder yet, there is that," Ash pointed over to trees behind him.
'That could be the work of Tornadus, the legendary pokemon of wind in the Unova Region, so that could mean that Thundurus isn't too far away, which could then mean that someone is after Landorus,' Reshiram's voice echoed in Ash's mind.
"If this is the power of those pokemon you're talking about Reshiram, then what about the town ahead?" Ash asked the pokemon with great concern.
Dawn looked back to Ash with a worried manner, "Ash who are you talking to?" Dawn asked the trainer next to her.
"I am talking to Reshiram," Ash replied while Dawn looked at him in a puzzled expression.
'It means that someone has attacked the town to lure the three out,' Reshiram told Ash leaving the trainer concerned about the prospect of having a fight with those people.
Ash and Dawn continued to walk towards the town, Ash helping Dawn climb over the fallen trees and the pokemon remaining next to the trainers, Meloetta remained unconscious this time in Dawn's arms, "what are we going to do with Meloetta?" Dawn questioned Ash while looking at the small pokemon with a worried look in her eyes. The couple continued to walk through the route wanting to hurry in case the winds picked up.
Ash looked over his shoulder to find that Meloetta was still not well, "I don't know Dawn, we will find our answers soon," Ash replied trying to keep calm. Ash and Dawn looked up to the dark clouds, it was almost like night in the middle of the day, "I have never seen clouds so dark," Ash commented with great concern. After recommencing their walk towards the town a powerful gust of wind pushed the trainers back, Ash looked up while trying to shield his eyes from the powerful wind, he spotted a green bird with a purple tail and a large blue serpent like pokemon with a black tail, "I have never seen those pokemon before," Ash stated while noticing the two pokemon glaring at one another.
Dawn spotted three men dressed in black ahead of them watching the battle eagerly, "over there, I see those three men watching the battle," Dawn stated quietly.
"Ah good, things are going well, soon Landorus will show himself," one of the men said darkly, while watching the two pokemon fighting.
"Yes even the legendary Meloetta will be captured soon," the man on the right said as he watched the two pokemon crashing into each other.
The two pokemon flew back and readied to attack the other with their most powerful attacks, a powerful twister appeared destroying parts of the small town while a blast of lightning appeared near Ash and Dawn, in a quick reaction Ash picked Dawn up and jumped back, "thanks Ash," Dawn thankfully replied while being placed on the ground. They looked around as the weather started to get worse making it impossible to even stand.
Ash struggled to stay standing as the wind intensified, "we can't get any closer," Ash complained while still trying to hold his footing from the severe winds that were buffeting them from every direction, Ash tried to walk slowly but was being pushed back, "oh man, those winds are strong," Ash commented while shielding his face.
Meloetta opened its eyes and tried to attack the two pokemon, but only ended up doing nothing to the fighting pokemon, one of the men turned to see Ash and Dawn struggling to hold their ground with Meloetta in Dawn's arms, "ah, so you arrived, just like Master Ghetsis'prediction," the shady man in the centre said with a smirk.
"What are you doing?!" Ash snapped in rage, his fists clenched and his partner pokemon ready to attack.
"Ah so you are seeing the legendary Kami Trio in the Therian Formes," the plasma trio stated in unison.
"I only see two of them!" Dawn yelled out while the small pokemon in her arms woke up and got ready to attack, "Meloetta, you're alright," Dawn said but still remained concerned with the small pokemon.
"You see two, because the third one isn't here yet, he usually arrives when the fighting between Tornadus and Thundurus gets to a critical level, right now the battle has only just gotten warmed up," the plasma member on the left explained to the duo standing in front of them.
"Who the hell are you?" Ash asked in anger.
"We are Team Plasma's Shadow Triad, the most elite unit in Team Plasma," the man in the middle introduced themselves to Ash and Dawn. The centre Shadow Triad turned around to see the battle unfold between the two legendary pokemon, "our goal is to capture these three pokemon, in order to help us capture the next target," he stated while looking over her shoulder, "keep them busy," he ordered the other two members of the Shadow Triad as he approached the fighting pokemon on his own.
"Bisharp, appear from the Shadows," the man on the right called out for a red, black and white pokemon with a blade on its head.
"Absol, time to battle," the other shadow Triad member called out for the a mostly white quadruped pokemon with a black blade on its head.
Ash and Dawn pulled out their pokeballs ready to face the duo in a tag battle, "Fraxure, I choose you," Ash called for his partner pokemon with confidence.
"Vanillish, spotlight," Dawn called for her ice type pokemon.
The two pokemon from Ash and Dawn got ready to face the two dark type pokemon in the battle, "Fraxure attack Bisharp with Dragon Claw," Ash ordered his pokemon with great confidence.
"Vanillish, use Ice Beam on Absol," Dawn ordered her pokemon to attack as well.
"Absol, reply with Razor Wind," the opponent instructed his pokemon.
"BIsharp, attack with Night Slash," the other opponent ordered his dark type pokemon with supreme confidence.
The dragon and the steel type ran towards one another with claws glowing white and black for the respective pokemon while the attacks of Vanillish and Absol collided in the middle of the battle causing a blizzard in the middle of the battlefield knocking the two pokemon attacking one another back from each other, "oh man those two are good," Ash complimented the opposing trainers with great frustration.
"Ash, look over towards Meloetta," Dawn pointed towards the smaller pokemon in the sky.
Ash looked up to see the small pokemon trying her best to fight the much larger pokemon, "Dawn, you need to capture Meloetta, I will do what I can to keep these guys busy," Ash whispered to a shocked coordinator. Ash walked in front of Dawn while pulling out another of his pokeballs, "go, I will be fine," Ash told the bluenette while getting ready to face the Shadow Triad with another of his pokemon, "Lucario, I choose you," Ash called for his second pokemon in the battle, his aura pokemon got ready to face the dark type pokemon with his team mate.
"Take care Ash," Dawn told Ash with determination, she ran up a head with her ice type pokemon, she, looked up to see the small pokemon falling from the sky, she pulled out her pokeball and threw it at the injured pokemon, the pokeball entrapped the legendary pokemon before falling to the ground, the pokeball wobbled from side to side while Dawn continued to run up to it, she picked the pokeball up with one hand before falling backwards after a sudden gust of wind knocked her backwards, she tried to get up but fell back down again, she grasped her ankle and winced in pain, 'oh great, I just sprained my ankle,' Dawn thought while another jolt of pain coursed through her body.
As the battle between the four pokemon raged on Ash noticed Dawn was on the ground struggling to get to her feet only to fall back down again, "Dawn!" Ash called over to the bluenette, he tried to run over to her but was stopped by one of the Shadow Triad, "get out of my way!" the trainer demanded with anger.
"Not until the third one shows up," he replied with a nasty smirk.
Ash tried to push himself pass the Shadow Triad but was pushed to the ground while his pokemon continued to fight the dark type pokemon, "move it!" Ash demanded after getting to his feet, he glared at the plasma elite while the powerful attacks exploded behind him, the trainer looked back to see his pokemon taking the upper hand in the battle against the dark type pokemon, it was then that his dragon type pokemon started to glow a pure white, it grew taller and an saxe like formation appeared from its mouth, after the glowing stopped, there stood a large yellow and grey pokemon with red claws and sides to the axe like tusks, "what is that pokemon?" Ash asked quietly before the large pokemon let out a powerful roar.
Dawn looked back to see Ash's new pokemon who was ready to attack the dark type pokemon, "amazing, Ash's Fraxure evolved," Dawn complimented with a smile.
Dawn looked up to see the two pokemon racing towards each other not turning away in fear with wind and lightning crashing around the battlefield, "watch little girl, the third one is about to arrive," the man in front of the bluenette declared with a glint in his eyes, he prepared the pokeballs, he started to laugh at the situation maniacally before a loud roar was heard coming from above the two fighting pokemon.
"What was that?" Dawn asked while placing her hands on a tree stump to help herself up. She looked up to see an orange quadruped pokemon with a brown tail descending from the clouds, "the third one," Dawn gasped in shock, she looked back to see Ash defeating the other plasma elites with his pokemon, they soon retreated to where their leader was, Dawn tried to walk but soon fell to the ground, "great I still cannot walk properly," Dawn whispered to herself while her small blue pokemon looked at his trainer with concern.
Ash ran over to Dawn to check on her injury, "are you alright?" Ash asked with a concerned tone.
Dawn shook her head and looked down at her ankle, "Ash I think I sprained my ankle," Dawn retorted while taking off her boot to check on her injury.
"Oh man, that is swollen," Ash commented while looking at the swollen ankle of the blue haired coordinator. Ash looked up to see the three pokemon fighting while trying to figure out a way to stop the Shadow Triad.
Ash looked over to Dawn with concern for her safety, "go Ash, I will be fine, you need to stop the Shadow Triad," Dawn commented with a smile while lightly pushing the trainer towards the fight.
Ash looked back and smiled at his fiancée, "alright Lucario, help Dawn go somewhere safe," Ash instructed his aura pokemon. While Dawn was going somewhere safe with the help of the fighting pokemon Ash rushed towards the battlefield, he looked around to see a massive tornado heading his way, "oh no!" Ash yelled out in horror as the massive funnel of wind headed his way.
'Enough,' a powerful voice called out in frustration, Ash felt his bag open up and the Light Stone shooting out of his bag, a wave of flames pulsated from the stone preventing the twister from getting any closer to the trainer, it grew larger until it started to take shape.
"Quick we need to capture the three pokemon," the leader of the Shadow Triad told his partners in crime, they each threw their pokeballs but it was blown away by the three pokemon, "not good, if we cannot capture them, then our mission will be a failure," The leader stated while looking over his shoulder to see the dragon pokemon almost ready to fully appear.
"Pikachu, stop them with Thunderbolt," Ash instructed his pokemon, the small electric pokemon unleashed a powerful bolt of electricity at the three members of Team Plasma, they jumped out of the way to prevent from being hit by the electric attack, "there is no way I am going to let you get those three pokemon and there is no way I am going to let you succeed!" Ash yelled out in anger, the small electric pokemon jumped back to the front of the trainer ready to receive another command from his trainer.
"You're a fool boy, we have the advantage, we have learned all about you since you reached Unova, we know how strong you are as a trainer," the Plasma on the right told the trainer with an arrogant smirk.
"That's right and even training your girlfriend to face the swords of Justice with two other people, it seems like there are a lot of forces opposing us, but it matters now," the man on the left explained calmly.
"Why doesn't it matter?" Ash asked furiously while the plasma trio.
"Because our real targets are Oplucid City and Kyurem," the leader retorted as the three pokemon fell to the ground.
"Oh no you don't," Ash dictated as he started to run towards the three pokemon, as he got closer a powerful red and yellow beam crashing in front of the trainer, Ash jumped out of the way to avoid the powerful attack, "crap a Hyper Beam," Ash hissed in annoyance, he landed with Pikachu next to him.
The Shadow Triad walked up to the three injured pokemon with their pokeballs in hand, but before they could capture the pokemon a devastating ball of flames crashed next to the kami trio, "great the dragon has arrived," the Shadow Triad leader complained while looking over his shoulder to see the three legendary pokemon getting up slowly, "I will keep them busy, you two will capture the three pokemon," the leader told the other two members of The Shadow Triad calmly, he grabbed a pokeball and walked up to face Ash in battle, "you really think that you can defeat us,?" the leader asked the trainer confidently as he prepared to call out his pokemon.
"What is the main objective? Tell me!" Ash demanded angrily.
The Shadow Triad called out a yellow and orange pokemon with a red comb, "you seriously want to know?" the Shadow Triad member asked the trainer while remaining calm. Suddenly another powerful ball of flames came crashing towards the ground causing a massive shockwave, the powerful dragon let out a powerful roar while one of the legendary pokemon got trapped inside a pokeball, "ah one down," he said with a smirk.
"Let it go!" Ash demanded while running up to the pokeball but he was tackled to the ground by Scrafty, "Garchomp, use Dragon Claw," Ash called for a large blue pokemon, he appeared and slashed down on the fighting type pokemon, Ash got to his feet to see the last two of the pokemon getting trapped inside a pokeball.
The leader leapt in front of the trainer again to prevent him from getting closer to the capturing devices, "I cannot let you get closer to our objectives," the plasma elite told Ash before pushing him back towards a tree stump, but before the trainer was about to be injured the dragon pushed the plasma leader aside, "how can I forget? You have a new ally," the Shadow Triad leader asked himself while shaking his head in shame.
"The mission is a success," the plasma elite told the leader with a proud tone.
Ash grabbed his ribs and collapsed to the ground, "even with the help of Reshiram, I was still unable to save the legendary pokemon," Ash punched the ground in anger.
Before the shadow Triad could leave a powerful dark beam of energy crashed down in front of the dark trainers, "you abuse the power of legendary pokemon, you two aren't worthy trainers," said a man with long blue hair wearing mostly top with blue jeans, "get up Ash, now is the time for you to capture you legendary pokemon," the man told Ash with a proud smile.
"Tobias, what are you doing here?" Ash asked the powerful trainer while spotting Darkrai hovering next to him.
"Never mind that, we have something we need to accomplish first, I have heard a lot about Team Plasma," Tobias told Ash while keeping his focus on the Shadow Triad.
The Plasma elite looked around and smirked at the two trainers getting ready to face them in battle, "you are the strongest trainers in the region, yet we have completed our mission to capture the legendary Kami, right now we will be taking our leave," the leader explained before throwing a smoke bomb onto the ground, a veil of smoke appeared in the area where the elites were standing .
"You will not escape!" Ash yelled out in anger.
After the smoke cleared Ash and Tobias noticed that the trio had disappeared from the area, "great, they have the legendary pokemon now," Tobias hissed in resentment, he looked over to Ash who was still holding onto his left side and walking around to find Dawn with his Lucario, "I am going on ahead, we need to find a way of stopping Team Plasma," Tobia told the trainer his plan before leaving the area with his Darkrai.
"Come on Reshiram, we need to help Dawn out," Ash told his legendary pokemon.
'Alright, after we find Dawn, we need to have a battle, I want to test your resolve,' Reshiram replied to Ash's request.
Dawn hobbled out of a cave and looked around to see the skies clearing up, "seems like Ash succeeded in saving the three pokemon," Dawn said while getting help by one of Ash's pokemon, she looked around to see the destruction of the area, the soaking ground around her and true scale of the battle around her, "wow that was nasty," Dawn stated while looking up to see a large white pokemon with a turbofan like tail approaching her, she watched in fear as the pokemon got closer to her. Before turning around she noticed Ash sitting on the back of the large pokemon, "it can't be Ash is here," Dawn said with a relieved smile, she looked at the expression on the trainer's face and wondered what was going on.
After the legendary pokemon landed in front of Dawn, Ash leapt off the pokemon and approached Dawn, his expression saddened by what seemed like defeat at the hands of Team Plasma, "I lost the battle, they captured Tornadus, Landorus and Thundurus," Ash clenched his fist in anger leaving Dawn in shock at what she had heard, "they escaped with the legendary pokemon, even while I had a bit of help from Tobias," Ash said while looking at the ground reeling at the defeat that he had suffered at the hands of Team Plasma.
Dawn limped up to Ash and placed her left hand on his cheek, "we will save them Ash," Dawn promised the raven haired trainer with a smile.
A large blue pokemon appeared in front of the duo standing next to the vast white pokemon, 'it's almost time, we will be battling soon,' the large pokemon told the female with a smile.
Ash placed his arm around to help her keep balance, "but I am injured at the moment, I need time to recover," Dawn told the legendary pokemon with a concerned look on her face, she pointed down to her foot which showed signs of bruising, "I can barely walk," she commented with a sigh while watching Ash recalling his pokemon from the battle.
'We can't delay any longer than we already have, we need to make sure you're strong enough to face Kyurem,' the iron will pokemon told the coordinator while looking over to the vast white pokemon.
'That's right, now is the time to battle us,' Reshiram replied to the other legendries challenge to battle.
Ash and Dawn looked at one another concerned for what was going on, the two legendary pokemon stood in front of them, "Dawn, we're a team, we will battle side by side if we have to," Ash told the coordinator while gulping. "Alright we have one condition," Ash looked up to the two legendary pokemon with a determined expression.
"Our battle will be a tag battle, our specialty," Dawn replied to Ash's confident challenge.
The two legendary pokemon looked at each other and nodded, 'very well, but at the end of the battle you must capture us,' Cobalion instructed the two trainers leaving them in shock at the declaration, 'you may only use three pokemon each in this battle, good luck to both of you,' Cobalion finished before heading to its end of the battlefield with the vast white pokemon.
"Ash, I still don't think I can stand, my ankle still hurts pretty badly, but I will still battle on," Dawn declared her willingness to battle with the legendary pokemon.
Ash, looked over to Dawn and smiled at her, "if you feel like you cannot battle anymore, then say so I will finish the battle on my own," Ash whispered. "Garchomp I choose you," Ash called out for his first pokemon in the battle against the two legendary pokemon.
Dawn grabbed her pokeball while staying balanced next Ash, she winced in pain as she threw out her pokeball to face the battle with Ash at her side, "Lopunny, spotlight."
The two trainers stared at the intimidating pokemon, ready to face the new challenge, "to stop Team Plasma, we will do what is needed," Ash and Dawn declared in unison while standing side by side on the road ruined by the previous battle.
Next chapter we will have the battle against the legendary pokemon. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, changed things up a little for you guys, and don't worry the romance side of things will be watered down until the next saga (I hope)
Will Ash and Dawn win the battle against the legendary pokemon in the chosen battle? Or will they face another defeat? And will they capture the legendary pokemon that will help them save Unova?
Next time chapter 22: The Sword of Truth and Justice