Hey guys! Sorry I took so long getting out Part Two of Chapter 49! Had a minor case of writer's block, well several minor cases of writer's block. Anyway, its here now and now you can see why I split it into two parts. Enjoy!

Chapter 49 (Part Two)

End Of The Line

Jason struggled to his feet after being knocked down by the Team Rocket Grunt. Luxio and Charizard jumped protectively in front of him. His chest was still in pain. His two Pokémon glared at the World Champion and his crowd in the stadium had been pacified, as Team Rocket grunts littered the stands, with Pokémon at their side, keeping the innocent bystanders from leaving.

"We have a battle to finish." The World Champion said simply.

"What would be the point?" Jason replied. "Win or lose, the outcome would be the same…I know you won't keep your word."

"Oh what? You assume because I'm evil that I'm untrustworthy?" The World Champion's face showing mock hurt. "I may be evil, but I don't lie to my family and you're family Jason."

Jason expression changed to one of uncertainty.

"Beside…." The Champion continued. "You would doom all these people." He point along the crowd. "And your friend over there." He motioned towards Everlynn.

Jason looked over at Everlynn, whose face was covered in an expression of fear as she still struggled with her bindings.

"Come on Jason. Where is that indomitable spirit that got you this far? You know, the Jason that would be like his mom and protect everyone and stand up to the bad guys?" The Champion said that last part a bit mockingly.

Jason flinched a bit. He remembered that last part. When he was younger, he use to always tell his mother that he wanted to be a great champion just like her, protecting the helpless and standing up to the villains of the world when no one else would. The way his uncle had said that got under his skin, but he wouldn't give him the satisfaction of justifying with a response.

"Fine. Fine." The World Champion replied after a few seconds of silence. "I see you still don't trust me. How about this? How about I give you proof that I'll keep my word? For example, what if I set your friend free of her bindings? How about that?"

He looked serious enough. Jason contemplated the offer. Everlynn would be free of her bindings, but she would still be trapped here just like everyone else.

"Well?" The Champion said impatiently.

"Let her go already, so we can finish the battle." Jason demanded.

Walter waved two fingers at Everlynn, signifying the two Rocket Grunts next to her to untie her. The two grunts fumbled with the chains, unlocking her feet first and then her arms, setting her free. Everlynn quickly ran over to where Jason was. She wrapped her arms around him and tightly as she could.

"You okay?" He asked her with genuine concern. "They didn't do anything to hurt you did they?"

"I'm fine." She said, her voice sounding like a mix of sadness and fear. "They took my Pokémon and my stuff…."

"We'll get them back." He said. "I promise…." Pausing for a moment, they pulled away. "You'll have to tell me what happened after we're out of this mess."

She nodded at him as they both turned to face the World Champion.

"Alright, your friend is free as promised." The Champion said.

Without missing a beat, Jason's Charizard rushed towards the other Charizard.

Alice jolted wide awake and sat up quickly, her head throbbing in tremendous pain. Her vision still slightly blurred to where she could only make out the shape of her surroundings. Very slowly her vision cleared to reveal the destruction around her. The Core Room that she was in was completely caved in. There was a hole in the roof of the room, revealing the cavern that the Airship tried to ascend out of. The floor of the room was covered it the rubble of the roof. Moltres was still trapped in its cage, but Moltres looked as if it was fainted from the crash. Alice had also lost sight of the Team Rocket Grunt and her Totodile.

"Totodile!" She suddenly remembered.

For the first time since waking, Alice tried to move her arms. She was met with a sharp pain that shot throughout her left arm resulting in her crying out in pain and clutching her arm. It was broken.

"Owwww….." She cried. "Oh no! My arm!"

Using her right arm to hold her left arm against her body, Alice struggled to her feet, but managed to make it to her feet. She also noticed that she had lost her hat during the fall and her long red hair was moving freely now, covering her face and generally being a nuisance while she searched for her Pokémon. Her left sleeve had been completely torn off; there were other tears along her outfit though.

"Totodile!" She called out as she searched the room, being careful not to trip and cause further pain to herself. "Totodile."

She looked around, using her feet to try and remove some of the rubble.

"Toto…dile…." She heard a Pokémon cry.

"Totodile! Where are you!?" She called out.

"Dile…." She heard the Pokémon call out again. It sounded like it was in pain.

"Totodile?" She called out once again.

Alice heard movement to the side. Totodile slowly crawled out from underneath a metal slab, and then stumbled to the ground, fainted.

"Totodile!" Alice cried and quickly moved over to the fainted Pokémon.

She bent down to pick up the Pokémon in her arms, but remembered her broken arm at the last second and thought against it. She reached around to her left side and retrieved Totodile's Pokeball.

"Sorry buddy." She said regrettably. "But you'll be safer in your Pokeball."

She aimed the Pokeball at her Pokémon as the water starter was called back to its Pokeball. She then put the Pokeball up and moved towards Moltres' cage. She picked up a tiny piece of rubble and tossed it towards Moltres' cage and sure enough the cage was electrified.

"Oh course." She sighed. "First the ship crashed, then my arm breaks, and now this….."

Alice felt a tight grip on her left which sent ripples of pain through her arm, causing her to cry out in pain. She looked to see who was doing that and was met with a fist to the face. Alice recoiled in pain, temporarily using her good arm to cover the spot on her face where she was punched. Alice got a good look at her attacker, a female Team Rocket member stood not too far from her, in a fighting stance. This Team Rocket member had long black hair and was wearing a black dress that had a slit on the side revealing her legs or it would if it wasn't torn at the bottom and only went down to her lower thighs. There were also other tears along the side of the dress, revealing parts of her undergarments. Alice glared at her attacker, who she could only guess was a Team Rocket Executive, despite her arm being in pain. Her attacker was a few years older than Alice. Alice raised her one good hand in a defensive position. The Team Rocket grunt paced around Alice, looking at her with a slight crazed look in her dark green eyes. Alice turned and kept her eyes on her, worried that she would lunge at her at any moment. The Executive looked as if she lunged forward. Alice, never having been in a fight herself, was caught off guard and back up instinctively, tripping and falling on her behind. Alice had been tricked though as the female Executive stood with her hands on her hip, a slight taunting giggle escaping her lips.

"Hey! That's not funny!" Alice said, her voice full of annoyance.

As Alice was struggling to her feet, a swift kick was delivered to her injured arm. Alice cried out in pain and fell to her knees.

"Ahhhh! Owwww!" Alice moaned

"You done already?" The Executive said with a slight smirk. "I'm seriously disappointed."

Ignoring her, Alice tried desperately to get to her feet. As she was getting up, she was slapped across the face. Alice was stunned to say the least as her cheek turned a bright red. Alice covered her cheek with her good hand. The Executive laughed at Alice's pain, enjoying the pain she was causing.

"This is almost too much fun." The Executive laughed again, turning her back to Alice.

Big mistake. Alice managed to quickly get up to her feet and swiftly kicked the Executive between her legs. The Executive was more of in shock than in pain. She quickly turned back to Alice, her face a mixture of shock, confusion, anger, and insanity. Alice looked at her for a second, fear and panic settling into her. Out of desperation, she tried to kick the Executive again, but this time her foot was caught by the Executive. Alice, hopping on one leg, tried to get free of the Executive's grasp. The Executive leaned to the side, bringing up her leg and brought a swift kick to Alice's hurt arm again. Alice almost screamed in pain this time. She was still being held up by the Executive, another swift movement and Alice was on her back. A leg was placed on her chest, pinning her down and the heel of the boots that the Executive was wearing began to dig into her. Alice placed her right hand on the boot in an attempt to lift up the leg enough to slide out from under it, but Alice just couldn't muster the strength.

"I love it when they squirm." A smirked crossed the Executive's face.

The leg was moved down the Alice's stomach, still pinning her down. The Executive bent down and grabbed a hand full of Alice's hair and pulled her up until they were face to face. Alice cried out a bit more from the hair pulling. The Executive brought back her hand and slapped Alice again, harder this time.

"You're quite a nuisance." The Executive said as she frowned. "You cause hiccups in our plans."

Another slap, which was met with a cry of pain from Alice.

"Boss isn't going to be happy that one of the Airships was destroyed. I'll get fired from Team Rocket!"

Another slap delivered to Alice and her cheek reddened upon impact.

"I'll be out of the job! And have no way of making money!"

Another slap. The combined pain that Alice was under, due to the slapping, hair pulling, and heel digging into her skin, was almost unbearable. Alice was letting out constant cries of pain, getting louder with each additional slap.

"Then I won't be able to afford the things I need like food, a place to live, and cute little outfits for my Pokémon!"

Another slap. Another cry of pain.

"Then I'll be poor and have to live on the streets all because of you! I DON'T WANT TO LIVE ON THE STREETS!"

This time is wasn't a slap; no it was a punch right across Alice's face. Alice's hair was released and she fell to the floor. The Executive removed her leg from on top of Alice's stomach. She back up a bit from Alice, rubbing her knuckle from the impact of the punch. There was slight sobbing coming from Alice; she was in so much pain. The taste of blood began to fill her mouth. The Executive went up closer to Alice; she could see the tears forming in her eyes.

"Pathetic!" The Executive spat as she kicked Alice again in her broken arm.

Cries of pain mixed in with the sobbing. Alice rolled over onto her stomach, covering her face. She was in so much pain; it felt as if she couldn't move. She laid there, defeated and broken.

"This was a stupid waste of time." The Executive said. "So weak! I should just end you right now."

The Executive reached for a Pokeball on her waist and called out a Nidoqueen. The large Pokémon appeared, eager to crush Alice. Alice's sobbing grew quieter, but could still be heard.

"Nido!" The giant light blue Pokémon bellowed loudly.

"Any last words?" The Executive asked Alice. "You know, before my Pokémon crushes the life out of you."

Alice's sobbing grew fainter, then louder for a moment.

"Big baby…" The Executive sighed. "Alright th-"

Alice's sobbing grew louder, loud enough to distract the Executive. The sobbing suddenly turned into quiet laughter. The Executive was caught off guard.

"Wh-Whats so funny?" The Executive asked.

Alice slowly used her good arm to push herself off the ground, blood falling onto the ground from her mouth. She still laughed lightly as she was up to her knees.

"You think this is something?" Alice said slightly laughing. "I've been through worst…" She looked up to the slightly shocked Executive. Alice still had tears in her eyes and was bleeding from her mouth and nose, but her lips formed an amused smirk. "I died once…..and I'm sure as hell not going to again anytime soon." She held up an Ultra Ball.

With a click on the button on the center of the Ultra Ball, it opened and there was a bright flash. The flash subsided and a large tortoise like Pokémon appeared next to Alice. Its body was lava red, it had white claws, piercing red eyes, metal bangles on its legs, an iron mask encased its face as well as having metal claws. The Pokémon let out a roar as it appeared.

"And my friend here is going to make sure that doesn't happen again." Alice smirked, wiping some blood from her face.

The Executive looked on it surprise at the Heatran that stood in front of her.

"S-So what you have a bigger Pokémon!" The Executive said full of anger. "My Nidoqueen still has the advantage!"

Alice was up to her feet, the Ultra Ball was put away. She was still in a good amount of pain, but was good at feigning being okay.

"You really want to test that?" Alice asked the Executive. "I have a legendary Pokémon at my side, advantage or not, your Nidoqueen wouldn't stand a chance."

"Just shut up!" The Executive shouted, just as her Nidoqueen ran towards the Heatran and tackled it and pushed it back against as wall, despite Heatran being a good foot taller than it.

Alice turned and looked at the two Pokémon battling. She was suddenly grabbed by the shoulder and forcefully turned around. As Alice was turned around she delivered a good solid punch to the Executive's face. The Executive stumbled back a bit, clenching her nose.

"You bi-" She was punched again, before she could finish.

"Akira! Akira!" Blitz shook his trainer, trying desperately to get his trainer back into reality.

"I couldn't save her, Blitz! It's all my fault! I killed her! I killed Kelly!" Akira cried, tears streaming down her face. "Kelly's dead! She's dead!"

The constant wailing of the Alarm was worrying Blitz.

"Akira! It wasn't your fault." Blitz touched her shoulder.

"B-But she's dead….She's gone." She looked up to her Pokémon.

"Be that as it may….We can't let her have died in vain. We still have to stop this Airship and we have to free Moltres. If we don't Johto will be in ruin."

Akira didn't reply or do anything, but her crying had turned into quiet sobbing. Suddenly the doors opened and several Team Rocket grunts ran in. Surrounding the young girl and her Pokémon. Blitz took a protective stance in front of Akira. Akira looked up at the grunts with tear stained eyes. There were about three grunts, two were male and one was female. They all looked familiar to Akira and Blitz. They all smirked at her. One of the male grunts had short teal colored hair, the other male grunt was taller than the others and he had purple hair, and the female had long dark brown hair.

"Heh. Look who it is." The grunt with teal colored hair said to the others.

"It's her." The woman said. "Who would have thought she'd be here."

"And her Riolu evolved into a Lucario." The tall man said.

Akira and Blitz were confused. Akira was no longer sobbing. She wiped away the remaining tears and looked up at the Grunts with a confused expression. Blitz was equally confused.

"Awww, she looks like she doesn't remember." The woman said.

"I feel offended now." The man with teal colored hair replied, slightly frowning. "How could she."

"What are you three talking about?" Akira finally asked.

"There is only one thing left to do." The tall man said and smirked. "…Introductions!"

"Jazz!" the young woman said, tossing off her Team Rocket cap.

"Jet!" The man with teal colored hair said, doing the same with his cap.

"And I'm Jace!" The tall man said. "….And together we make!"

"Team Infinity!" All three of them said simultaneously, while they did a weird pose.

Akira looked up at the three of them with a shocked expression. It had been forever since she'd seen these three.

"Wh-What are you three doing here?" Akira asked cautiously.

The three members of Team Infinity stopped doing the poses.

"Well don't think we've gone soft or anything." Jet spoke.

"But we're here to fight Team Rocket." Jazz replied.

"Because if they take over the region then there will be nothing left for use to do." Jace finished.

"R-Really? How'd you end up here?" Akira questioned.

"Well you see, after our little encounter on the coast…." Jazz started.

"We were stranded on the island for a few weeks. We ran out of food and other supplies. Things were looking back." Jet continued.

"Then we were rescued by a cruise ship that was passing by and taken back to Vermillion City." Jace finished.

"Then we ran out of money." Jet started again. "We needed money to make new plans to steal Pokémon, so we did what we do best and started stealing."

"Things didn't go to well." Jazz frowned. "We were caught by Officer Jenny and spent a few weeks in jail. During that time we rethought our lives."

"So you guys are good now?" Akira asked.

"No! As if!" Jace replied. "We were contacted by an International Police Agent and promised a clean record if we helped with the Team Rocket problem."

"Yeah! So we joined Team Rocket just to sabotage their operations!" Jet said. "Just like you and your group of friends were doing!"

"So what you're doing could be counted as a sort of community service." Akira added.

"Yeah, I guess." Jace shrugged.

"So as much as I hate to say it…." Jazz started. "In a situation like this, I say we put the past behind us and let bygones be bygones. After all, the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

"Are you purposing a team up?" Akira asked.

"Why not." Jet said. "You look like you could use all the help you could get…sorry about your friend…."

Akira frowned and looked down at the floor.

"She's not dead." Jazz said.

Akira looked up. "How do you know?"

"We were up on the bridge when they were firing." Jace spoke. "It wasn't a direct hit. More than likely she got knocked back by the force of the explosion. She could be alive….for now."

"So if you want to help your friend," Jet started. "We need to take care of business here and fast."

"So what do you say?" Jazz asked.

Akira looked over at Blitz, who looked back at her with a confused expression. He shrugged.

"Why not." Akira looked back at Team Infinity. "We'll team up…..for now at least."

"That's what we like to hear." Jazz smiled.

"So I assume you three have a plan." Akira said, getting right to the point.

"We always have a plan!" Jace said proudly. "…..They may not always work, but we always do have a plan!"

"Great." Blitz sighed. "Do share."

"Alright then! Listen up!"

"Charizard! Flamethrower!" Jason called out to his Pokémon, who was several feet above him in the air.

His Charizard released a huge stream of fire from its mouth, aiming it at the other Charizard that was above it. The other Charizard blocked the Flamethrower attack with its wings and then seemed undamaged as the attack dissipated. Jason's Charizard, not being one to back down, charged towards the other Charizard. Both Pokémon collided and struggled against each other. The Pokémon battled in the air, constantly throwing blows and using a variety of attacks. The Champion's Charizard seemed just a bit faster. Jason's Charizard attempted to strike with its tail. The attack was not only blocked by the other Charizard, but it did the same maneuver. Jason's Charizard was struck back and stunned.

"Charizard end it with Dragon Claw." Boss said.

The Charizard's claws became covered in a sickly green aura as it shot forward and slashed right at Jason's Charizard. The attack struck it in the chest, sending Jason's Charizard back to the ground. Dirt was kicked up upon impact. Jason and Everlynn had to shield their eyes. Looking back, Jason discovered that his Charizard had fainted from the impact. The crowd let out a sharp gasp.

"No Charizard!" Jason called out as he ran out onto the field to check up on his Pokémon, Everlynn followed right behind him.

They both knelt down next to the Fire dragon Pokémon. Charizard was out cold. Boss' Charizard landed right next to its trainer, looking as it if was smirking at Jason and Luxio.

"Jason…."Everlynn spoke. "Charizard is done."

Jason let out a sigh of frustration and called Charizard back to his Pokeball.

"Charizard went through some tough battles; you could really expect it to stand up to mine. Even if it was at a hundred percent it wouldn't have even stood a chance." Boss smirked.

"Grrrr." Jason growled at him. "I'll show you a hundred percent."

Jason started stomping towards him, but Everlynn moved in front of him and tried to hold him back.

"Jason! Stop." She begged him. "Please."

"No let me at him!" Jason demanded. "Let me at him!"

"Jason! Calm down!" Everlynn cried, as she tried her hardest to hold him back. "You'll do something you'll regret."

Luxio grabbed the back of Jason's pant leg in her mouth and tried to hold him back.

"Let me go you two!" Jason demanded. "Let me go!"

Jason struggled with the two of them, surprised that they were holding him back. Everlynn was feeling herself being slowly pushed back. So to stop her friend, she took a desperate measure. She put her arms around his neck, pulled him down to her level, and kissed him. The crowd let out a gasp of surprise from her actions. Jason was completely caught by surprise, any feelings of anger he felt were instantly gone. Everlynn closed her eyes and she completely let herself get lost in the kiss. Jason eyes went wide at the passion filled kiss. He was at a crossroads; does he embrace the kiss and return it? Or does he push her away? Before he could decide either, Everlynn pulled away, blushing at what she had just done.

"E-Everlynn?" Jason asked confused.

"Don't think that meant anything." She said, still looking away from him. "I just did that to get you to calm down, before you hurt yourself."

There was clapping coming not too far from them. The two of them looked to see Boss clapping.

"Way to go Jason." He said. "You've only been engaged a few days and now you've already cheated on your future wife. Good Job."

"Shut up already." Jason said.

Jason turned and walked back a few paces, Everlynn and Luxio followed. He then turned and faced Boss.

"There is still a battle to finish." Jason replied. "I may be down to one Pokémon, but just like you I saved my best for last." Jason looked at Luxio. "Alright girl, now's your chance! You're all that's left."

Luxio nodded and ran out onto the battlefield, having a stare down with Charizard. Luxio was giving up a lot of size against Charizard, but that never stopped her before.

"Akira, I don't trust them…." Blitz said.

"If those guys were lying about being pardoned, then I believe they were telling the truth." Akira replied.

The plan had been to split up. Team Infinity was going to try and take over the Airship's bridge, then attempt to land the thing all while Akira was to free Moltres.

"My only real concern is do they know how to fly this thing." Akira admitted. "…..and if Kelly is still alive…." She said, frowning again.

"I'm sure she is." Blitz replied.

~Intruders eliminated.~ A voice rang throughout the ship. ~Everyone return to your post.~"

Akira sighed, Team Infinity was good on their word and everything was going according to plan.

"Anything?" Akira looked over at Blitz, who was testing the resistance of the cage's defenses.

"Nothing." Blitz shook his head, after his last Aura Sphere failed. "What about you?"

"Nope." Akira replied as she looked over the wiring to the cage's power supply.

Suddenly an alarm started sounding.

~Intruders on the bridge! We have intruders on th-~ Whoever was speaking of the communications system, sounded like they had been knocked out and then fell to the floor. The system then shut off.

"Well, I hope they're okay…." Akira admitted.

"You actually care for these guys?" Blitz asked confused.

"Well, I mean no one deserves to die." Akira replied.

"What about these Team Rocket guys? They've killed countless people."

"Well….I mean….." Akira fell silent. "…..That will make us no better than them if we killed…." Akira said almost at a whisper.

There was silence between the two of them. Then suddenly a voice rung out over the communications system. It was a familiar voice.

"Hey! Girl with the Lucario!" It was Jace's voice. "We got to the controls. It's your turn."

"Alright." Akira nodded to her Pokémon. "You ready Blitz?"

"Of course!" Her Pokémon smirked.

Blitz stuck out his arms and formed two Aura Spheres in the palm of his hands. He combined them together to form one huge Aura Sphere and then launched it towards the cage. The attack was absorbed, just like all the other attacks. They both sighed and silence befell the two of them.

"I have an idea!" Akira suddenly shouted out. "The shielding around the cage is absorbing your attacks, right? What if you just keep launching attacks and overload the system?"

Blitz gave her a skeptical.

"But what if it doesn't work like that?"

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?" She replied. "Better than anything else we thought of."

The Lucario sighed, and then nodded reassuringly. Concentrating, he formed two Aura Spheres and then launched them forward. Just like before the shield absorbed then. This time however, Blitz just kept launching attack after attack, in hopes that Akira's plan worked. Akira stood by her Pokémon, cheering him on. Neither of them noticed the shadowy figure that was slowly sneaking up on Akira, that is until a slender arm wrapped around Akira's neck.

Alice and the Executive were wrestling around on the ground, punching, scratching and pulling each other's hair. The Executive had pinned Alice down to the ground, pushing down extra hard on Alice's broken arm, causing her to wince in pain. Alice, showing off her flexibility, bent her legs and slid them between her and the Executive. Alice un bent her knees enough to kick the Executive off of her. Landing roughly on the floor, the Executive paused for a moment. Alice was already up to her feet.

"How about you? Do you give up yet?" Alice asked the Executive.

The Executive looked up and glared at Alice. She slowly got to her feet, wiping away some of the blood from her nosebleed.

"I'm not even close to being done!" She shouted, running towards Alice and tackling her to the ground.

Alice's hair was being pulled and she was being scratched across the face. Alice quickly poked the Executive in her eye, causing her to be momentarily distraught. Alice slid out from underneath the Executive, jumped to her feet, and, using her good hand, then grabbed a hand full of her hair and started pulling. The Executive cried out in pain and brought her hands to her head in an attempt to free her hair from Alice's grip. Alice pulled as hard as she could, causing the Executive to scream in pain. Alice pulled until she was suddenly thrown back, nearly losing her balance. After she recovered, Alice looked down in her hands and noticed strands of black hair still in her grasp. She looked over at the Executive, who was still riling in pain. Alice then noticed the bald spot on the Executive's head. Alice herself winced in pain.

"Look what you did!?" The Executive cried when she reached up and felt her hair. "You…You pulled out my hair! My beautiful hair!" Tears started streaming down her face.

Alice actually felt a little bad.

"Sorry about the hair, but you did almost beat me to death." Alice reminded her. "You brought this on yourself."

The Executive slowly got to her feet, still covering her face and crying. She slowly walked forward a bit, nearing Alice. Alice had momentarily let her guard down. In the blink of an eye, the Executive delivered and quick and decisive kick to the side of Alice's head. Alice's vision blurred as the kick connected to her head. She was dazed and confused. She stumbled a bit. The Executive ran up behind her and wrapped her arm around Alice's head, adding to the pain. Alice struggled against the Executive. The two stumbled around as Alice tried desperately to get free. Alice was scratching at the Executive with her one good arm. The two were stumbling around in a circle, moving faster and faster. Alice then dropped to the ground purposely, using the last of her strength and momentum to toss the Executive over her….and right into the electrified cage that confided Zapdos. Alice sat up and could only watch on as the Executive was shocked continuously. Her cries rang around the cavern as thousands of volts were sent through her body. Alice turned away, unable to stand the sight. The Executive dropped to the ground and the cage ran out of energy to keep the shield up. Alice looked over at the Pokémon, Nidoqueen had fainted and Heatran had won just like Alice had said. Alice looked back at the Executive. She was knocked unconscious and Alice wondered if she was even still alive, she thought back to a talk she had had with Akira. Akira was always saying that nobody deserved to die, even someone as bad as Team Rocket. Alice agreed with her.

Alice slowly rose to her feet, holding her broken arm with her good arm. Heatran moved over to Alice, the Pokémon looked at her with an almost concerned look.

"I'm okay." She replied to the Pokémon. "Thanks, for saving me." She leaned against the Pokémon, half hugging it with her good arm.

She called the Heatran back to its Ultra Ball as she pulled away. She slowly limped to the cage, pain still littering her body. She found the lock to the cage had disengaged itself after it had been overloaded; she was easily able to pull the cage door open. Zapdos was still fainted. Alice reached into her pocket and pulled out a Max Revive. After giving it to Zapdos, the Pokémon slowly opened its eyes. Alice backed away a bit, as if to show that she wasn't a threat to the Pokémon. Zapdos immediately started to freak out once it remembered where it was. It started to let out loud cries that sounded a lot like static and bolts of electricity started to crackle along its wings.

"Zapdos! Please calm down." Alice pleaded with the Pokémon. "You're safe now."

Zapdos seeming to calm for a second, remembering the girl that tried to free it from its prison, only to be attacked from behind by the people dressed in black. Zapdos, still weary that it might be tricked, slowly stepped out of the cage stretching its wings as it did. Alice stared in awe at the legendary Pokémon that was in front of her. Alice didn't move, as she thought any movement would startle the Pokémon. Zapdos flapped its wings a bit, as if it was getting ready to fly. Zapdos moved closer to Alice. She tensed up as the Electric Bird neared her. The Pokémon held out its wing. Alice took a second to understand what it wanted, Alice extended out her hand, carefully grapping ahold of its wing and they shook 'hands'. The door to the room was forced open, a few moments later Matt stepped in with Dyre. Dyre looked to be injured, as Matt was helping Dyre walk and Dyre had one of his hands pressed against his side. Matt looked no worse for wear, a few minor burns along his face and head.

"Matt!" Alice cried as she ran over to him and Dyre.

"Alice, you okay?" Matt asked full of concern.

"Yeah I am." She replied. "But what about you?" She looked at him with equal concern.

"A few burns. I'm fine." He reassured her. "Dyre here got the short end of the stick."

"Yeah, well I'm lucky to be alive." Dyre replied. "I was on the bridge when this bucket of bolts crashed. I'm glad I only have a few broken bones." He paused. "What about you, Alice?"

She motioned to her arm. "Broke my arm during the crash." She said. "I'm okay though."

Matt and Dyre then noticed the Zapdos in the room. Zapdos was cautiously watching the new arrivals.

"You freed Zapdos." Dyre pointed out.

"Yeah." Alice added. "I wasn't going to leave it here."

"No. No. I agree." Dyre replied.

"It should get out of here before the police arrive." Matt said.

"Right." Alice nodded.

Alice went over to Zapdos.

"Zapdos." She said. The Pokémon looked at her. "You should go before more people arrive."

Zapdos nodded.

"But before you do." She continued. "Can you make us a path out of here?"

The Pokémon gave her a look that said 'Of course'. Zapdos fired a bolt of lightning towards the far wall, causing a small explosion. After the dirt and smoke cleared, there was a hole in the wall that lead to cavern.

"Thank you…." Alice turned back, but the Zapdos had already flown off.

"Let's get out of here." Matt and Dyre started heading for the improvised exit.

Alice quickly went over to them and helped Dyre. The three of them slowly made it out into the cavern.

"You'll have to tell me what happened." Matt said to Alice. "You look pretty beaten up."

"It's a long story." She replied. "…..Thanks for the Heatran and Max Revive."

"Any time."

The three of them made it out of the cavern, only to be met to the sound of guns being readied.

"Freeze!" The blue haired officer yelled out to them.

The entire Cerulean Police force had been sent to investigate a series of explosion coming from the mountain range. And now Alice, Matt, and Dyre were surrounded by the Police while they were still in their Rocket uniforms.

"Great…." Alice sighed. "As if this could get any worse."

"Hands where we can see them!" Officer Jenny shouted out as she moved closer to them.

Alice raised her right hand, but not her broken left hand. Dyre, barely able to stand on his own, raised up both his hands, despite the pain he was in. Matt however reached into his pocket and pulled out a small black case.

"This has to be the sloppiest operation I've ever seen!" Matt called out.

Everyone, including Alice and Dyre gave him weird and surprised looks. Matt opened up the small wallet like case to reveal an International Police badge.

"International Agent Matt Dillion." Matt said as he held up the badge.

Officer Jenny, who had had her handcuffs out, quickly put them away and saluted him. The other officers quickly saluted as well.

"Sorry sir, didn't know they sent anybody." She replied, in a serious tone.

"It's alright." Matt said. "Just get me and my friends some medical attention and get your men into that cavern."

"You heard the man!" Officer Jenny ordered. "Get them some medical care! The rest of you get in that cavern!"

Officers rushed into the cavern as Matt, Alice, and Dyre were lead away.

Akira struggled with her attacker. Her attacker was a female Team Rocket Grunt, but Akira was still overpowered.

"Akira!" Blitz cried out as he stopped launching the attacks, to go help his friend.

"No!" Akira called back. "Keep doing what you're doing. I can handle myself."

Blitz struggled with himself, but ultimately went back to focusing on bringing down the shield around Moltres' cage. Akira and the Grunt struggled around a bit. No punches were thrown; Akira was just being pushed and thrown around. Akira was pushed against as wall and was being choked as a pair of hands wrapped around her tiny throat. Akira quickly reacted, by stepping as hard as she could on her attacker's foot. The Grunt let out a cry of pain and released Akira. Akira quickly moved away from the Grunt. She headed to a door that lead to an exterior balcony on the Airship. The Grunt was hot on her trail. Akira ran for a service ladder that lead up. She attempted to climb it, but was stopped and yanked down by the Grunt and thrown against the railing. Akira struggled with looking down. The grunt grabbed some of Akira hair and forced her against the metal railing. Akira struggled, the hardest she ever had in her entire life, as the female Grunt tried to push her over the railings.

"S-Stop!" Akira cried out as she felt her chest get pushed up against the railing.

The Grunt said nothing, just continued to try and push Akira to her death. I one lightning fast movement, the Airship quickly and violent shifted to the side, causing Akira to get thrown around the railing, but the Team Rocket Grunt had been thrown over the railing. Akira slid over and grabbed ahold of the Grunts arm to keep her from falling to her death.

"D-Don't worry!" Akira called out. "I got you.

Akira struggled to keep the Grunt from falling.

"Please don't let me go!" The Grunt spoke for the first time. Her eyes were wide with fear. "P-Please!" She begged.

"I-I won't!" Akira reassured her.

Akira's grip was slipping, so she used both her hands. She was able to hold her up, but pulling her up would be another story. The Airship continued to sporadically move about, making it harder on the two. Akira was slowly losing her grip.

"I got you." Akira said. "I'll pull you up."

"I-I'm sorry for what I did to you." The grunt said. "I was just doing what I was told."

Akira's grip loosened.

"I obviously joined the wrong group." The Grunt continued. "I just needed the money. And now look where that's gotten me."

"It's okay." Akira said. "You'll be fine."

"No I won't." The Grunt said. "I don't think you have enough strength left to pull me up."

"I'll get you up, don't worry." Akira replied.

Her grip loosened even more.

"I truly am sorry." The grunt replied.

"Don't worry about it." Akira said. "All is forgiven."

Just as Akira said that, she lost her grip and could only watch as the Team Rocket Grunt fell to her death. Akira looked away just as she hit the ground and slowly crawled back into the Airship, the door shutting behind her. She laid on the ground for a few moments, before struggling to her feet. She couldn't believe what happened. She had tried to save the Grunt, but had failed. Another person that had died because of her.

"Akira!" Akira!" Blitz called out. "It's working! You're plan is working!"

Akira was snapped back into reality. She ran over to her Pokémon, just as he launched another volley of Aura Spheres, causing the shielding to dissipate for a second, and then come back momentarily.

"Blitz, keep it up." Akira placed a hand on his shoulder.

He looked up at her and then nodded, focusing again. Blitz placed the palm of his paws together, and then slowly pulled them apart. A mass of energy formed between them, Blitz then pushed his paws out. A beam was fired from the mass of energy, knocking into the cage. Part of the cage was blasted away as the shielding died down. Moltres awoke from the commotion. Akira and Blitz backed away a bit, nervous at how Moltres would react to them. Moltres slowly stepped out of the cage, cautiously watching the two. Blitz's eyes were closed as he seemed to be focusing. Moltres slowly approached Akira. Akira tensed up, even more nervous now. Moltres stopped a few paces away from Akira and knelt down to allow Akira to get on its back.

"Akira!" Blitz suddenly said. "Moltres wants us to get on its back so we can fly out of here."

"Alright." She nodded. "But what about the others?"

Suddenly, another alarm started wailing throughout the Airship.

~Uhhhh, this is your Captain speaking!~ Jet said over the communications. ~There is a slight problem, something got pushed that wasn't suppose to and now we are going down. Highly recommend you abandon ship!~

The Airship slowly started to lose altitude.

"This can't be good." Akira said.

"Akira!" Blitz said. "Let's go!" He motioned towards Moltres.

"But….what about Team Infinity?"

~Uhhhh, Girl with Lucario! I mean Akira, or whatever you name is! Don't worry about us, you just get on out of here, we'll find our own way!~ It was Jace.

"Well, if they insist." Akira started running towards the Moltres.

Blitz hopped onto its back, but Akira paused momentarily, afraid to get burned. Moltres looked back at Akira and gave her a reassuring look. Akira took a deep breath and got on, sitting in front of Blitz. Moltres took off, flew around the room and used Flamethrower to make an exit for them. They flew out of the falling Airship, soaring through the air. Moltres stopped, to let the others look back at the falling Airship.

"Do you see the others?" Akira asked Blitz.

"There!" He pointed to a spot near the trees.

Suddenly a group of three people appeared with an Alakazam at their side, right where Blitz had pointed.

"Moltres, there." Akira pointed towards the others.

Moltres nodded and flew them down to the others. The Members of Team Infinity became surprised and slightly intimidated when Moltres landed and Akira and Blitz jumped off.

"So you kept your end of the deal." Akira said. "So did I."

"Not bad." Jazz admitted. "Now if only Jet didn't crash land the Airship."

"Hey! At least I got us out of there." Jet replied. "Not like none of us are dead or anything."

Akira paused for a moment, suddenly remembering someone. "Kelly!" She cried out in realization.

She looked around for her friend.

"Over there!" Blitz said and took off running.

"Wait Blitz!" Akira and Moltres were following him.

Even Team Infinity ran after them. Blitz found Pikachu, next to Kelly, who was unconscious. Pikachu looked towards the sound of the footsteps cautiously, but relaxed when he saw Blitz and Akira.

"Pika! Pika!" Pikachu ran up to Akira and jumped in her arms.

"Pikachu!" Akira said happily. "I'm glad you're okay."

"Pika! Pika! Pi! Pikachu!" Pikachu cried, pointing to Kelly.

Pikachu jumped out of Akira's arms and ran over to its Trainer. Akira and Blitz went over to Kelly. Akira knelt down next to her.

"Akira…" Blitz said. "She doesn't look good. We need to get her to hospital now or she might not make it."

"I know Blitz, but I'm afraid that if I move her I might kill her." She replied.

"Maybe we could….." Blitz paused for a second, he looked towards the sky.

"What is it, Blitz?"

Several dozen Helicopters came flying over the trees.

"Oh no." Akira said. "I really hope that's not Team Rocket."

"Luxio use Quick Attack!" Jason ordered.

Luxio started moving forward, running as fast as her four legs could, and she jumped towards Charizard. Charizard used its wing to knock Luxio to the side. Luxio hit the dirt, did a flip and landed on her feet.

"Luxio use Thunder Bolt!"

Luxio fired off a yellow bolt of lightning towards Charizard. Charizard blocked the attack with a Flamethrower, causing both attacks to be cancelled out.

"Charizard Fire Spin."

Charizard spat out a series of flames that started to circle around Luxio, closing in on her.

"Luxio use Discharge."

"Luxio!" Luxio cried out as a dome shaped blast of electrical energy was released, canceling out the Fire Spin.

"Not bad. Not bad." Boss said.

"Luxio use Spark!"

Luxio's boy became covered in electricity as Luxio started charging towards Charizard. Charizard quickly spun around and used Iron Tail, knocking Luxio into the barricade on the side.

"Luxio!" Jason called out.

Luxio recovered quickly, springing to her feet and charging at Charizard once again

"Charizard Dragon Rage."

Charizard fired an orb of dark orange energy right at the charging Luxio.

"Luxio use Iron Tail!"

Luxio's tail became covered in thick steel as Luxio spun around and smacked the Dragon Rage back at Charizard, who was hit by its own attack.

"Wow. Nice." Boss complimented.

"Luxio use Volt Tackle!"

Luxio's body was covered in Electricity once again and she started rushing towards Charizard, this time moving quickly and intensely. Bounding towards it like a missile.

"Charizard use Blast Burn."

Charizard's strongest attack was used, a powerful blast of fire engulfed Luxio, causing a massive explosion. Most had to shield their eyes. Once the Explosion died down, Luxio was on the ground, but slowly struggling to her feet.

"Jason." Everlynn said. "Luxio can't take much more of this. Do something!"

"I don't know what to do!" Jason replied to her. "I've tried everything."

"Well this has been fun Jason." Boss said, acting like he had already won. "Your Pokémon has fought valiantly, but ultimately it wasn't enough." Boss paused, and then reached into his Jacket, pulling out the pistol that Anya had given him earlier.

The crowd let out a frighten gasped as Boss aimed the pistol at Jason. Everlynn moved closer to Jason, as if she could protect him by just doing that. Luxio looked on, barely able to stand.

"What?" Jason glared. "You aren't man enough to finish the battle fairly?"

Boss said nothing. A serious expression was all over his face.

"Of course, I want the battle to finish fairly." Boss replied. "I was just thinking a little demotivation was in order."

Boss moved his aim from Jason to Everlynn and pulled the trigger. Jason turned to Everlynn as fast as he could. Just in time to see the bullet hit her right in the chest and to see her start to fall to the ground.

"Everlynn!" He cried as he managed to catch her and set her gently on the ground.

The crowd let out frightened and angry mutterings. Boss tossed the pistol away, seeing no further use for it. Luxio stared on in complete and utter shock.

"Everlynn!" Brian and Maria cried out.

The two of them started to struggle against their Team Rocket captives, some of the other members of the crowd started to as well. The small uprising was quelled once several warning shots were fired into the air.

Jason had gently laid Everlynn on the ground. Everlynn eyes went wide as her body finally registered that she had been shot. She grabbed a hold of Jason's hand and looked up at him.

"J-Jason!" She tried to speak.

"Whoa. Calm down." Jason replied. "Conserve your energy. You'll be fine."

"N-No I won't. I was just shot Jason."

"That's why you need to rest….."

"Jason….I'm not going to make it…."

Their eyes met and Jason could see the seriousness and the tears in her eyes. Blood had started to soak her shirt.

"No no no no no no." Jason shook his head, as tears started forming in his eyes. "You- You'll be fine. I promise."

"Liar." She replied while managing a weak smile. "You and I both know the truth…..I'm sorry Jason for all that I've done to you and Kelly…."

"No." Jason shook his head. "I'm sorry for what I've done to you. Saying I loved you and then cheating on you. I'm sorry for what happen in Celadon. I wish things could've been different."

"As do I…..despite what I said, I never stopped caring for you." She said.

"Neither have I. Which is why…." He paused for a second and then whispered. "I love you."

Everlynn had been caught off guard.

"I…..I…." Everlynn never got to finish as she slowly closed her eyes.

"Everlynn?" Jason looked shocked. "Everlynn!?" Jason shook her a bit. Still no reply.

"Everlynn…no." Tears started to fall on his cheeks as he pressed his head against hers.

"Oh…no…." Maria said sadly as she started sobbing quietly. "S-She's dead…."

"N-No….this can't be happening….damn it….." Brain slammed his fist on the rail angrily.

Luxio couldn't believe it. Everlynn was gone and Jason was devastated. Instead of being overcome with sadness, Luxio felt anger fill. Anger at the pain that was being caused by Team Rocket and their leader. She looked back over at Boss and his Charizard, even more rage filled her. Luxio let out a cry as she felt a powerful burst of energy awaken from within her. She started to glow a bright white. Luxio grew longer and taller, as some of her fur seem to grow and spike out. Once the bright white glowing disappeared, a Luxray stood in Luxio's place. Luxray's black fur had grown and became spikier. Its mane had grown more up and there was a strip of black fur going down the center of its face, right between its eyes as well as now covering most of its upper body all the way down the front and sides on her front legs. Three golden rings were now visible on the back of Luxray's front legs. Luxray's eyes were now red with gold irises. The black patch of fur on her back had grown a bit more and was now spiking out around the start of her tail, but her hind legs were no longer covered in fur. Her tail had thinned a little and grown slightly longer, it now had a gold four-pointed star shape on the tip. Members of the crowd gasped at the turn of events. Boss looked surprised and intrigued by the new revelations. Luxray barred it fangs at Charizard and rushed towards it. The battle had started again.

Jason failed to notice that his Luxio had now evolved into a Luxray. He was too focused on his friend that had died in his arms. Sorrow and pain filled him, making it hard for him to fight back the approaching tears. Then he felt a great pain fill his head, causing him to hold his head in pain.

"Owww….Ah!" Jason let out a groan as the pain worsen, seeming to feel like having multiple migraines.

The pain only doubled. It felt as if Jason's brain was imploding on itself and turning into jelly. Jason shut his eyes tightly as the pain became near unbearable. Then a switch went off in his head and as quickly as the pain came….it was gone. Mere moments later, Jason was hit with a wealth of knowledge and information he didn't even know he knew. Like he had suddenly learned several lifetimes worth of battling knowledge in just seconds. He felt different….smarter, more capable….more determined. He opened his eyes. He couldn't see it, but his eyes turned from a dark brown to a darker shade of red. He was still looking down at Everlynn, still holding her hands in his. He gently placed her hands across her chest and then slowly stood up, looking back onto the battlefield. Luxray was now engaged in battle with Boss's Charizard. Luxray had jumped up onto Charizard and bit into its neck using Thunder Fang and jumped off before the dragon had a chance to retaliate. Charizard, who was momentarily stunned, shook off the attack like it was almost unaffected. Charizard fired off a Flamethrower attack; Luxray easily dodged to the side and then launched a Thunder Bolt attack. Charizard used Steel Wing to cover its wings in a thick sheet of metal. Its new metal wings were moved protectively in front of it, the Thunder Bolt attack was reflected harmlessly into the ground.

"Luxray use Volt Tackle." Jason called out.

Luxray's muscles tensed as small bolts of electricity started to bounce all over her body. She took off in a run, the power and speed started to increase as the amount of electricity enveloping her increased as well.

"Now Luxray!" Jason called out again as Luxray neared Charizard.

Luxray crouched down and slid underneath Charizard. Luxray then unleashed a Discharge attack. A blast of electricity was released from Luxray. The attack engulfed Charizard and the force knocked it into the air. Luxray moved forward again, letting Charizard hit the ground and then turned around. She ran back towards the dragon Pokémon, and slammed into it using Sparks. Luxray was strong enough to push Charizard along and slam it into the barricade. Luxray backed off after the attack, thinking the Charizard had enough. Charizard stood up and dusted itself off, just like before.

"Nice." Boss nodded, impressed. "Impressive. Now if only your attacks could actually do something. Charizard use Blast Burn."

"Luxray use Charge." Jason ordered.

Luxray started focusing, gathering all her electrical energy. Charizard released a massive fireball that was headed right for Luxray.

"Luxray now use Thunder."

Storm clouds started to appear over the stadium. A massive lightning bolt shot down from the clouds, hitting Luxray. She channeled the attack and then launched it towards the Blast Burn attacks. The two attacks collided and cancelled each other out. The two Pokémon appeared no worse for the wear.

"Not bad." Boss replied, clapping and smiling. "Not too bad at all. You have sure impressed me. Too bad it's been all for not."

Jason's expression seemed almost emotionless, like he was thinking out something.

"What's wrong?" Boss asked. "No witty comebacks this time?"

Jason was too busy going over the countless strategies that were brewing in his head to justify him with a response. Boss became slightly aggravated, but chose to hide it behind his overconfident smirk.

"You're speechless." He said. "You already out of tricks?"

"Hey Walter!" Somebody shouted angrily.

A plastic cup full of ice was thrown, intended to hit Boss, however the aim was off and the cup smacked into Boss's Charizard. The Dragon looked to the crowd and started glaring. The crowd was starting to get unruly. They started throwing their concession stand items at Team Rocket members, Boss' Charizard, and Boss himself. Jason watched on, worried at what would come next. Somebody jumped over the barricade; he was quickly tackled by a Rocket Grunt. However, more people just started jumping over the barricade, intended on fighting back against their captors. It was hard to tell what happened next once the lead started flying and chaos befell the stadium.

The helicopters that had appeared weren't Team Rocket, but a small International Police force. Akira had never been so relieved in her life. Kelly was taken to the Olivine Memorial Hospital. Akira and the members of Team Infinity had been questioned about the events that had transpired. Team Infinity had been acquitted of all their crimes and given a clean slate. Akira was also free to go; she even got a new Pokémon after Moltres refused to leave her side. Akira gladly welcomed the new addition to her team with open arms. After several failed attempts at convincing Akira to join Team Infinity, the three members of Team Infinity said their final goodbyes. Promising Akira that they would no longer do any harm, they said they had planned to head to the Kalos Region for a new start. That had been almost an hour ago. Akira now sat in the waiting room with Blitz and Pikachu, waiting to hear on Kelly's condition. However another pressing matter was at hand, she and a group of other people were watching the live feed on what was going on at the Indigo League. She turned away, disgusted once the guns started firing.

"I-I can't believe they did that!" One man said, his voice full of anger.

"Those Rocket bastards!" Another man said, outraged. "What are the authorities doing about this!?"

Akira looked back at the Television; she could barely stand what she was seeing.

"Oh…Jason, Brian, Maria, Linore…..please be okay….."

Brian, Maria, and Linore looked on in horror as several dozen people laid dead or dying on the side of the field. Linore had enough. Quickly turning towards the Grunt nearest to her, she punched him in the face. The grunt was knocked out in one clean hit. Fraxure had tackled the other grunt around them, knocking him out. Then all of them took cover in the stands, just as bullets were sent flying towards them. As Linore lay prone, she was fumbling for something in her coat pocket.

Luxray reacted. She fired off several small lightning bolts, striking each of the guns held by the Team Rocket Grunts. Each Grunt was disarmed and their weapons were made useless. Several of the Grunts' Pokémon turned towards Luxray, ready to attack the lone Pokémon, but Boss ordered them to stand down and get the crowd under control. The entire Rocket's Pokémon turned their attention to members of the crowd.

Once the guns were destroyed by Luxray, Linore, Brian, and Maria took into upon themselves to safely evacuate the remaining crowd members. While Brian and Fraxure distracted the Rocket Grunts, Linore and Maria focused on evacuating the crowd members. Soon everyone had been set free.

Jason looked at the several dozen people that laid in the bloody mess of bodies.

"They all died fighting for their freedom." He thought. "I watched them die and there wasn't a damn thing I could do about it…..Just like Everlynn…."

He clenched a fist as he felt rage and determination fill him. His red eyes seem to burn bright with intensity.

"I won't let their deaths be in vain!" He said out loud. "I'll defeat you!" He pointed at Boss.

"Here it is!" Linore said as she pulled the item she had been searching for out of her pocket.

It was a large ring like object that seemed like it would fit around someone's wrist. The ring was black with a silver design on one of the sides. There was a red gen embedded in the middle of the design.

"Espeon! Umbreon! Cover me!" She called out to her Pokémon.

Linore quickly got to her feet and started running down the stands. Her Umbreon ran at her side, knocking away any Pokémon that got near her, while Espeon was protecting her from any distanced attacks. Linore reached the barricade.

"Jason!" She called out. "Here!"

She brought her arm back and tossed the ring towards him.

Jason turned, seeing the ring in midair. He reached out caught it. He knew almost exactly what it did.

"How is a bracelet going to help you? We appear to be at a stalemate. However my Charizard seems to have better endurance then your Luxray." Boss said in a slightly taunting tone.

"You really do think you're the baddest man on the planet, don't you?" Jason said to Boss, but he still looked down at the Ring in his hands. "I don't know what made you think that, but really you're nothing more than a bully." Jason held the ring in one had.

"What do you know" Boss laughed. "You've been stuck in that hick town for the last several years of your life."

"So it may seem." Jason was still looking over the ring. "We'll here is something you should of known…..All your strategies, all your attacks, all your skills….they're nothing compared to me." Jason looked up. His eyes met Boss. Boss frowned when he saw the seriousness in Jason's eyes. "Now let me show you just what I mean." With that Jason slipped on the ring around his left hand's wrist.

He brought up his left arm to show off the ring with the gen pointed out, then in one quick motion, pressed his right index and middle finger on the gem activating it. The gem started glowing a light red and gave off a red light. Then suddenly a light red energy appeared around Luxray and enveloped her in a dome of the energy. Then in a blink of an eye, the dome shatter and the red energy slowly began to disappear. Luxray appeared as the left over red energy disappeared, however she looked different. She was now taller and the blue fur that covered her body was now all a golden yellow. Her eyes were now black, but still had golden irises. The mane of black fur on her head was now longer and spiked up a bit more. The black fur on her back was now spiked back more. The four sided star on the tip of her tail was now a lightning bolt shaped, it was mostly a golden yellow with a thin line of black fur outlining it. Small black bolts of electricity were bouncing all over her body. The new fiercer version of Luxray stood proudly as all spectators including Linore stared in shock.

"H-How!? Luxray doesn't have another evolution!" Boss lost his cool. "This is impossible! Somehow you cheated!"

"Luxray didn't evolve." Jason replied, his voice cool and calm. "She just ascended to a more powerful version of herself. Allow me to introduce Mega Luxray and she's the one who is going to defeat you."

"M-Mega Luxray...?" Boss asked confused. "…Grrrrr! She's still no match for my Charizard!"

Boss' Charizard started flapping its wings and flew up a bit. It started charging towards Luxray.

"Luxray Thunder Bolt." Jason ordered.

Without so much as a twitch of fur, Luxray fired off a massive bolt of black electricity, striking Charizard and knocking it back into the ground. Charizard slowly got to its feet; it was grimacing in pain from the last attack.

"Luxray use Dragon Claw and Dragon Tail."

Luxray's hands and tail became cloaked in a dark green aura as she rushed forward. Charizard was still unable to move, it had been paralyzed. A quick swipe with her right paw, then a quick swipe with her left paw, then she turned around and smacked her tail across Charizard's face. Charizard was knocked back, momentarily off balanced.

"Luxray use Crunch."

Luxray jumped onto Charizard and bit into its shoulder. Charizard cried out in pain.

"Charizard use Seismic Toss!"

Charizard wrapped its arms around Luxray in a bear hug and flew up quickly.

"Big mistake." Jason commented. "Luxray use Thunder."

Luxray unleashed a full powered burst of electricity, shocking Charizard and causing them to drop to the ground. Charizard hit the ground with a thud, but Luxray landed swiftly on her feet. Charizard slowly managed to get to its feet.

"Charizard use Blast Burn!"

Charizard fired off another massive fireball towards Luxray. The Fireball was at least the size of Luxray. The attack hit her, causing a small explosion and Luxray just walked through the smoke, not even acknowledging that she was hit.

"WHAT!? IMPOSSIBLE!?" Walter looked on in shock.

His Charizard was as equally shocked.

"Luxray Dark Pulse."

Luxray's feet started to glow with dark energy. She jumped up and then slammed her feet down on the ground. A wave of dark energy shot out once she made impact with the ground, the attack was heading straight for Charizard. Charizard mustered up the strength and flew high up. Luxray jumped up onto the railing on the barricade and, in one leap, jumped up to the top of the stadium, almost matching Charizard's height. Blue fire formed in Luxray's mouth. She opened her mouth up wide and fired a huge blue fireball. The Fireball was headed straight for Charizard, who, at the last second, narrowly avoid the attack. Charizard turned back to Luxray; however the fireball exploded and sent a barrage of blue meteors at Charizard. Several crashed into the Pokémon's back, exploding on impact. Charizard finally couldn't take anymore and fell back to the ground. It hit the ground, Luxray jumped down and landed close to Jason. Charizard was still moving, struggling to get to its feet.

"Luxray, Volt Tackle."

Luxray started sprinting forwards, black as night electric bolts bouncing all over her body and then expanding until most of her body was covered. She slammed into the Charizard, zapping it, and then easily tossed up the dragon into the sky.

"Luxray, time to finish this. Use Bolt Strike."

Luxray became engulfed in an orb of dark electricity, then shot up, a fast moving orb, slamming into Charizard and then exploded followed by a bright light. Everyone in the stadium had to look away in order to avoid going blind. Once the light cleared away Charizard could be seem laying on the ground, not moving. Luxray hit the ground, landing on her feet a few seconds later. Charizard was unable to continue battling, it had fainted. Boss couldn't believe it, his star Pokémon had fainted. He was bursting with anger and was about to let it out, but he calmed and just called his Pokémon back. Once Charizard was called back, Luxray started to glow a bright white. The red energy from earlier left her body and returned to the ring. Once the glowing dissipated, Luxray was back to normal. Before anyone could say anything, Boss started clapping. Jason looked up surprised. Boss then pointed to the stands. Jason looked in the direction he was pointing. He could see Brian and Maria. Maria was being pinned down by one of the Rocket's Pokémon, an Arcanine. Brian was being held captive by one of the Rocket Grunts, who had a knife pressed against Brian's throat. Linore, however, was still free and she jumped over the barricade and ran over to Jason. Her two Pokémon running to her side. Luxray moved over to Jason's side.

"That was a good showing." Boss smirked. "Surprised me with that neat little parlor trick. You'll have to show me how you did that one day, too bad you won't be around much longer."

"So you're going back on your word?" Jason said. "Totally called it."

"Yeah, I'm a bad guy. One little hiccup in my plan isn't going to just make me give up. As of now Team Rocket is back." He said.

Footsteps could be heard echoing through the entrance from Boss's side of the stadium. Seconds later Team Rocket grunts ran into the stadium from that entrance, they took positions near Anya, near Everlynn's body and on each corner of the battlefield; Edward marched onto the field and approached Boss. Edward seemed a bit annoyed by the mess.

"So, you told them?" He said so only the leader of Team Rocket could hear

"Yes, yes I told them, why?"

"Did you tell them all of it?" Edward looked at his student

Thomas glared at his teacher, giving Edward a look that read 'now's not the time/. Edward grinned and put an arm on his friend's shoulder.

"Why don't tell Jason what happened to Rose when he was a child? Your sister."

Jason looked at them, his curiosity peaked. "What are you talking about?"

Edward nodded at him "Good to finally really meet you Jason, I was actually a fan of your mother's career, very talented young woman, a shame she was cut down so early in her life, leaving behind a husband, two sons and a daughter. A shame she died of…oh what was it an illness correct?"

"Illness? But she died during childbirth?"

"What if I told you that wasn't the case and it was an illness she gained that took her life, but her illness wasn't a simple virus, what if I told you it was chemically engineered by people who knew of you? Of your family? And what if I told you the man who gave the order to the virus is in this arena?"

Jason took a minute and thought it over, and then he turned to Edward and Boss, the former World Champion of whom had a look of anger and rage. Then he turned to Edward, this was Maria's father after all, he might have.

"Oh don't look at me; I had nothing to do with this." Edward reaffirmed "The orchestrator is none other then Team Rocket's fearless leader….whom I have something to tell."

Edward drew the gun from his belt and took aim at Anya, who froze in place as Boss backed away.

"Edward, don't you…"

"Tell him how you killed your sister! Tell him how you killed her out of jealousy! Rage and fear! Fear that she would be the one to take you down!" Edward demanded "And as for Anya, I'm afraid, my use for her is none existent anymore."

With a snap of his finger's Anya's body began to sway as she held her hands to the side of her head.

"You see, there is going to be a slight change in management, there's a new face for our little organization, I'm going to bring Team Rocket back to its former glory."

"You can't! You're not in control anymore!" Boss bellowed

"Oh didn't you get the memo?" Edward sneered "You're fired."

With that he clicked the release on the pistol, the bullet soared through the air and made impact on Anya's forehead, she fell to the ground with a thump. Boss' eyes went wide and glared at Edward.

"I'm leaving; you will never see me again." Edward walked off the field and turned to Jason "Don't worry, with me in control, Kanto is yours and whatever's left of Thomas' group won't be able to destroy all of Kanto and Johto."

With that, Edward walked off the field, the Team Rocket grunts walked out right behind him with several of the other grunts following. The Grunt that had Brian by the throat released him, called back his Arcanine and followed the rest of his comrades out of the arena.

"B-Brian!" Maria coughed. "My father! He's getting away!"

"On it!" Brian called out as he, Fraxure, and Maria ran out of the arena after them.

Boss was now looking at Anya's now lifeless body; he fell to his knees in disbelief. Far off police sirens could be heard getting closer and closer, until several Police officers had stormed the stadium, taking the remainder of Team Rocket captive. Several other International Police agents showed up including an older man, who was wearing a tan trench coat with a brown suit underneath. He had black hair and brown eyes. The man, with two other International Police agents following him, approached Boss.

"Thomas Walter." He said. "You are under arrest under the charges of several accounts of homicide as well as hundreds accounts of thievery."

Thomas said nothing, just sat there. The two other International Police agents got Thomas to his feet, handcuffed him, and then took him away. The man in the trench coat approached Jason and Linore, both looked relieve that the situation was all over.

"Linore. Good job like always." The man said. "I see that you really did take all my lessons to heart."

"Yes sir." She nodded. "Thank you. Although I couldn't have done it alone."

The man looked over at Jason.

"Ah. Mr. Malone. I'm a big fan." The man shook Jason had. "My name is of no importance, but you can just call me Looker. Thank you for all your help in dealing with the villainous Team Rocket. We've known about their resurrection for several years now, but all we could do was wait for them to show themselves. Thank you for handling the situation as well as you did and don't you worry, we'll handle the situation from here." Look nodded. "Linore you can have the next month off." He turned and walked off.

"Thank you sir." Linore called after him.

Jason had turned back to Everlynn. He went over to her and knelt down. Luxray walked over to him.

"Jason." He suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder.

He looked up and saw Linore.

"I won today, but victory was bitter sweet…."

Jason, don't get mad." Linore said. "But Everlynn isn't dead."

"W-What? How?" He looked up at her confused.

"It's a long story." She said. "Just…just trust me when I say she's only asleep. The bullet she was shot with wasn't really a bullet. Here let me show you."

Linore's Espeon approached Everlynn. Espeon closed her eyes and focused, Everlynn was surrounded by a healing pink aura. A few seconds passed and the healing aura disappeared. A few moments later and Everlynn eyes slowly opened up and she slowly sat up.

"Why do I feel like I've had a bad dream?" She said as she held her head. "And why does my head hurt?

Jason suddenly moved forward and hugged Everlynn tightly. Everlynn winced in pain for a moment, but then smiled a returned the hug. A few moments later, Jason pulled away.

"But how?" He exclaimed. "I saw you get shot! You died I my arms!"

Jason looked back between Linore and Everlynn. Both girls were smiling.

"We'll I tell you one day, but for now I say….." Linore was interrupted by her cell phone ringing. She reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone.

"Hello?" She answered. "Oh hey Akira! How'd it go?" She smiled. "Yeah. Alright good job. Wait…what happened?" She frowned. "Really? Oh no….Alright Alright, I'll tell him and get him there as fast as I can. Bye." She hung up.

"What's up?" Jason asked as he helped Everlynn to her feet.

"That was Akira. She and Kelly were successful. They destroyed the Airship, but…." She paused for a moment. "Kelly was badly injured. She in the ICU at the Olivine Memorial Hospital. Jason you need to get there now. My Espeon can teleport you there.

Jason frowned for a second.

"Alright, Alright." He said. "Come on Luxray." He turned to run over to Linore's Espeon, but stopped. "What about….?" He looked over at Everlynn.

"Jason don't worry." Everlynn said. "I'll be fine. But go! Hurry! Kelly needs you!"

"Alright Everlynn." Jason said. "Thanks." He nodded and ran over to Espeon.

They teleport away, mere moments later.

Jason and Luxray appeared just outside of Olivine Memorial. It was around Midnight and he rushed in, Luxray following right behind him. He ran into the waiting room. The waiting room was empty save for Akira, Blitz, and Pikachu.

"Akira!" He called out.

She quickly sat up and looked in his direction.

"Jason!" She replied back, running over to him.

They quickly hugged, as they pulled away Pikachu jumped up onto his shoulder.

"Hey buddy!" He smiled at the electric mouse, and then turned to Akira. "So how is she doing?"

Akira frowned for a second. "I don't know…..they're still operating." She looked to the double doors on the far side of the room.

"How long have you been waiting?"

"A few hours." She shrugged. "I don't know. I lost track of time, while watching what was going on at Indigo Stadium. At least Everlynn's okay."

"Yeah." Jason tried to smile, but couldn't. "I'm going to wait here with you."

The two of them sat down in the waiting room. Luxray and Blitz sat on the floor together, while Pikachu sat on Jason's lap. So the group waited.

About two hours later….

Nothing. Nothing at all. Jason had been up for more than twelve hours, but he told himself he wasn't going to go to sleep until he knew how Kelly was doing. Akira and the Pokémon on the other hand were asleep. Jason stood up and tapped Akira on the shoulder. After a few moments, she lazily woke up.

"Wha?" she asked.

"Akira…." Jason said. "Can you do me a favor?"

"S-Sure…." She yawned.

"Can you take Luxray and my other Pokémon to the Pokémon Center?" He said, holding five Pokeballs in his hands. "They need healing after that tough battle."

"Y-Yeah…." She said, standing up and yawning. "Blitz, Luxray, come on let's go to the Pokémon Center."

The two Pokémon slowly woke up, yawning as they did. Akira started to walk out of the hospital with the Pokémon sleepily following her.

"Hey Akira!" Jason called out. "While you're there, get a room and go to sleep for the night." He said. "If I get updated on Kelly's condition I'll send Pikachu to get you."

"Alright." She nodded as she headed out.

Jason sat back down in his seat. Pikachu was asleep in the chair next to him. Jason had a feeling he would be waiting a bit longer. Then, just minutes later a doctor walked out into the waiting room.

"Are you with Miss Connors?" He asked.

"Yes." Jason nodded.

The doctor motioned for Jason to follow him as he turned back to the double doors. Jason quickly woke up Pikachu. Jason followed the doctor with Pikachu riding on his shoulder. The doctor was leading them through the hospital.

"Alright." The doctor started. "We've stabilized her condition and her injures weren't as bad as originally thought. She has a few minor burns on the side of her face and a few moderate burns along her body. She has a few broken ribs and well as a broken leg….." the doctor paused and looked a Jason, frowning. "That was the good news."

"What's the bad news?" Jason dared to ask.

The doctor started walking again, Jason followed him again.

"She suffered some serious head trauma." The doctor started again. "She is in a coma right now." The doctor stopped in from of a door. "I don't know how long she will be in the coma; it could be days, weeks, months….years….."

Jason gulped, fighting back the tears.

"Then, if she does wake up there is the chance she could be suffering amnesia." The doctor said. "I'm sorry Mr. Malone, I know today has been a horrible day and I wish I could bring you good news…."

"Can I see her?" He asked.

"Yes. She is in here." The doctor opened the door.

Jason walked in and the door was closed behind him. The room was filled with silence except for the beep of the heart monitor. Jason approached the bed in the room. Kelly was laying in the bed with wires and tubes attached to her. She had a few bandages across her face and her right leg was in a cast. Jason pulled a chair up next to the left side of the bed and sat down, taking Kelly's hand in his. Pikachu jumped off of his should and lay down against Kelly. Jason didn't say anything, he just held her hand and finally let the tears fall.

8am….

Jason had stayed up all night, silently praying that Kelly would awake any moment, but she didn't. Pikachu had fallen asleep against Kelly. Unable to sleep, Jason turned on the television that was in the room. The TV was set to the news; there was a young woman who must have been a new news reporter. She seemed to be reporting on what transpired yesterday.

"So to the events of what happened at Indigo Stadium yesterday…." She said. "The stadium itself is going to be turned into a memorial for all the people that lost their lives in the Rocket Attack….All our prayers go out to the loved ones of all the deceased….." She paused for a second. "In other news, The Pokémon League committees and the governments from all seven of the regions have come together early this morning to discuss the fate of the World Championship. Debates are still going on, but from what we know is that they are still undecided. Some state that Thomas Walter forfeited the title of World Champion the moment he announced his allegiance with Team Rocket, due to that the battle between him and Challenger Jason Malone, became an unofficial battle, so Jason is unable to be crowned World Champion and that a current Champion from one of the regions should be crowned World Champion. On the other hand, some are saying that while Walter may have forfeited the title, Jason Malone should still be crowned the new World Champion, as he did defeat Walter in battle, proving that he is capable of being World Champion. Debates are still going on and we will let you know what is decided as soon as we find out."

Jason turned off the TV and sighed. He had been up for more than twenty four hours. Still holding Kelly's hand, Jason laid his head on the bed, closed his eyes and finally tried to get some sleep. It wasn't easy, but he finally did.

Well there you have it! A lot of stuff went on in this chapter. Sorry if some one was confused at all that went on.

Thanks to Grand Master Darkstorm for writing a small section of this chapter and thanks to PokemonTrainer77 for making the OP creation known as Mega Luxray!

One more chapter left! Stay tuned for we are almost done!