Hey, guys! I'm back again with another chapter! Anyway, let's get straight into continuing the story!
Ash and Serena rushed forwards, Pikachu and Sylveon prepared to fight Team Flare.
Wulfric saw them, not wasting a second, he shouted at Ash and Serena. "Go to Geosenge town!" He ordered, confusing Ash and Serena. "They're planning to do something insane in Geosenge!"
Ash and Serena nodded, taking a moment to look at the grunts. Ash ordered Pikachu to use Thunderbolt on the Pokèmon that Wulfric was battling.
The attack made contact and severely weakened the attacker's Pokèmon, allowing Wulfric to quickly finish them off before tackling the grunts to the ground while he waited for the police to arrive.
Without wasting another moment, Ash released Talonflame and climbed on, helping Serena to sit down before he ordered his Pokèmon to fly them to Geosenge town.
Talonflame complied, taking off in a matter of seconds, leaving Snowbelle city as the police showed up and arrested the grunts while Wulfric informed them about what was happening.
As they flew away, Ash and Serena could see some of the cities close-by suddenly shut down, every light turning off before police rose into the sky on their Pokèmon, ready to fight any attackers.
"We should get to Geosenge fast," Ash told Talonflame. "Or there's a chance that we won't be able to enter the town."
Talonflame nodded before speeding up, soaring over the trees and pathways below before they could see Lumiose City. However, of course, there was no light emitting from the city.
"It's weird to see the region like this," Serena said quietly, burying her head into Ash's back. "It's scary and cold."
"At least it's not dark, too," Ash reminded her, to which she nodded. "If it were, we wouldn't be able to see anything."
They passed over Lumiose, able to see Geosenge in the distance, or what was Geosenge. Every house was the same as they were, but in the centre of the town, something which looked like a giant gun pointed out of the ground.
"What are they doing?" Ash asked, making Serena look up and see what had happened.
"I never thought they would go this far," Serena whispered, unable to believe her eyes. "This is too extreme."
They landed outside of Geosenge. Ash thanked Talonflame before returning his Pokèmon to its Pokèball.
Ash and Serena ran into the town and pushed their way through the crowds until they stood before the odd shape.
The hole it was coming out of was much bigger than it needed to be, allowing anyone to peer over the edge. Ash, of course, did so, leaning over the edge to see what was below.
There was what looked like a laboratory, but Ash couldn't see a person down there.
"Come on," Ash said to Serena, sighing before he jumped over the gap and grabbed onto the gun, making a few people in the crowd cover their eyes while others gasped.
"Okay," Serena said, wasting no time in jumping over, landing next to Ash, much to the horror of everyone around.
The two of them started to slowly descend, making their way towards the laboratory, hoping that no-one was ready to fight them.
Ash and Serena finally reached the bottom of the hole, dropping into the laboratory to see that it was empty.
"What now?" Serena asked, to which Ash looked at the giant gun and walked over to it, hoping to find something that would pull it back into the ground. Ash noticed a lever on the wall which he used, happy to see that it did as Ash wished, retracting the gun into the floor.
As the gun started descending, an alarm sounded, alerting anyone else in the building. Along with that, rocks and dirt dropped from the hole, starting to fill the room.
"We should go," Ash told Serena, grabbing her hand before they ran out of the laboratory and into a hallway.
Serena slammed the door shut before they heard a loud crash and Serena felt something heavy hit the door.
"Either the gun fell over, or that was a big rock," Serena said, cautiously letting go of the door, happy when it didn't fall over.
"We should go further," Ash told Serena, starting to get irritated by the alarm.
Serena nodded as a response before they started to run down the hallway, taking random turns as they ran before they collided with a large group of Team Flare grunts.
"There they are!" One of them shouted, urging the rest of them to release their Pokèmon.
Ash and Serena looked at the twelve grunts and the twelve Pokèmon that stood in front of them, a little worried as to whether they were going to win or not.
"Go, Greninja!" Ash shouted, releasing the ninja-like frog.
Greninja landed on the floor next to Ash, perplexed to the number of enemies in front of them.
Serena released her Sylveon, who, like Greninja, didn't expect to see so many enemies.
"Are you going to try and take us on?" One of the grunts asked, amused. "Or will you run away?"
"What do you think?" Ash asked them, smirking a little.
Ash and Serena looked at the collection of Pokèmon. There were two Houndoom, three Raticate, one Gyarados, three Pyroar and three Duskull.
"Sylveon!" Serena started, deciding to make the first move. "Use Bite on one of the Duskulls!"
Sylveon ran forwards, opening her mouth before clamping her jaw shut on one of the Duskulls heads, dealing a decent amount of damage.
"Greninja, use Extrasensory on the three Raticates!" Ash exclaimed, deciding that he would focus on the weaker Pokèmon to quickly reduce the amount he and Serena were facing.
Greninja obliged, placing both hands on his temples before picking the three Pokèmon up and off the floor, throwing them into a wall which made the three of them faint.
"Nice one, Ash!" Serena exclaimed, smiling at her boyfriend. "Sylveon! Use Swift on Gyarados!"
Sylveon released Duskull before creating multiple shuriken-like stars and throwing them at Gyarados.
Gyarados attempted to dodge them but ultimately failed as they surrounded him, slicing multiple parts of its body.
"You!" One of the grunts shouted, addressing the three Pyroar. "Use Flamethrower on Sylveon!" He shouted, realising that the battle wouldn't be as easy as they had hoped it would be.
"Intercept it with Water Pulse!" Ash shouted, watching Greninja conjure the water and send a vortex of the liquid towards the attacks.
The water made contact with the fire, neither Greninja nor the three Pyroar halting their attacks.
"Keep going, Greninja!" Ash slowly shouted, feeling his stomach clench and his arms ache. He couldn't tell what was happening. To him, it was almost as if he was feeling the struggle that Greninja felt.
Ash clenched his fists tightly, squeezing, watching the three fire-type Pokémon slowly overpower Greninja. "Come on!" He shouted, feeling a little bit of pain in his legs and back.
Serena watched the scene, confused as to what was happening. Ash seemed to be in pain when Greninja was struggling. Almost as if they were the same entity.
Greninja gave it a few more pushes before he felt a sudden burst of power, giving him the strength to completely engulf the fire in water, drenching the three Pyroar as both he and Ash screamed in pain.
Suddenly, Greninja was engulfed in a tower of spinning water, not emerging but still able to attack.
Ash fell backwards, laying on his back, Serena seriously worried about him as she continued to battle, protecting both her boyfriend and Greninja.
"Use Bite on the same Duskull as before!" Serena commanded, watching Sylveon comply and rush over to the Duskull, biting it hard, making it faint. "Are you okay, Ash?" Serena called, to which Ash nodded.
"I'm fine," he said slowly, panting a little as he stood up. "Water Pulse on the Pyroar again!" He commanded Greninja, who, in a matter of seconds, engulfed the three Pyroar and the two Houndoom in water, letting them emerge a second later having fainted.
Ash and Serena looked at each other in shock, unable to believe that Greninja had succeeded so quickly.
"Swift on Gyarados!" Serena shouted, to which Sylveon did so, making the Water-Flying type faint.
"Use Smack Down on a Duskull!" Ash commanded, to which Greninja did so, hitting the Duskull with a rock, making it a little disoriented.
"Finish that one with Bite!" Serena shouted, to which Sylveon attacked the same Duskull, biting it and making it faint.
"Now, use Water Pulse!" Ash shouted, watching Greninja send a powerful burst of water towards the final Duskull, making it faint when the attack collided.
The grunts looked at each other, unsure what to do before running past Ash and Serena, taking a few random turns in an attempt to escape them, scared for their lives.
Ash fell backwards. "What happened?" He asked Serena, who shrugged.
"I don't know," she replied, seeing that the water surrounding Greninja had disappeared.
Serena pulled Ash up and onto his feet, sighing a little as she realised that they were going to have to deal with more insane battles.
"Are you okay?" Serena asked him, to which Ash nodded, smiling at her before giving her a quick peck on the lips.
"I'm happy," he said. "Greninja is much stronger when he's like that," Ash said, making Serena nod.
"If you two can do that again, this will be easier for us," Serena stated, happy with the discovery.
"What's the plan?" Ash asked her, to which she shrugged as a response.
"I don't know what we can do," Serena responded, placing a hand on her hip. "I don't know if we should try to leave and get help or if we should stay here and try to find out what they're doing."
"I'm sure that the police will be here soon, anyway," Ash said, to which Serena agreed, realising that the police wouldn't overlook this situation.
"So," Serena started. "We should keep going?" She asked.
Ash nodded before he returned Greninja to his Pokéball. "We should," he said before he and Serena continued to make their way through Team Flare's base.
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