Chapter 27: Fallrock Valley
Ash, Alice and Delia arrive at the Fallrock Valley, there they see Keira and a boy in front of a crying kid, they are trying to comfort her. Keira notices them and says, "Ash, Alice! Over here!"
Ash and the group arrive and Ash asks, "What happened?"
The girl cries, "Please! Please help me find those thieves!"
The other boy says, "I'll do the best I can! I promise!" Then he turns to the group, but much to Ash's surprise is that the boy looks like Ash.
"Talk later, we really need your help." The boy says. "This little girl here says that people in dark uniforms stole her Pokemon and took off into a cave!"
Alice says, "This is terrible! We need to get her Pokemon back!"
"The girl tugs Ash's pants and says, "Please! I miss them so much! I am scared..."
"They went into that cave, we should team up and find those thieves and get the Pokemon back!" Keira says.
Once they get into the cave, Ash asks, "So who are you and why do you look like me?"
The boy says, "What?" He turns to Delia. "Mother? You didn't mention me to my brother? How could you?"
Delia says, "I thought it is better if you meet together. Ash, he is your adoptive brother, Mark. It is because of my powers that I made you guys blood related."
"What? I have a younger brother as well?" Ash gasps as well as Alice. Keira is also surprised at the news as well, since she only knows that the boy named Mark.
"Yeah. In fact, I was adopted back in the Hoenn Region. When my former family tries to kill me for being a loser, but thanks to Mother's interference, she saved me and adopted me as her son." Mark says.
"I see..." Ash says. Then they see some Team Lunar Grunts inside the cave. Ash takes out Elecritter while Mark sends out a Pokemon that they haven't seen it before.
"Is that a Bulker?" Alice asks.
"Yeah, it was my first Pokemon here in the Rikoto Region." Mark says as they battle. In the progress, Elecritter evolves into a bigger Pokemon and its speed successfully defeat the enemies.
Weashock: The Weasel Pokemon: Electric Type. Evolved from Elecritter at LV:21. Weashock are more capable at controlling their electricity. They have sharp minds, and use electricity to stimulate themselves for faster reflexes.
Inside the cave, Ash sees that two Pokemon have come, and they use Rock Tomb and Rock Blast to defeat the grunts. Ash asks, "Are you here to save us? Why?"
Just then, Eclipo says, "You were my friend, and it is vital for friends to help each other."
"Wait, Boldore? Is that you?" Ash gasps as Eclipo floats around him and nods. "Wow...it sure is you...so this Pokemon is your partner?"
Eclipo says, "Yes, he has been helping me with this environment. I can't believe I found you here again..."
Ash smiles and says, "Me too, do you want to rejoin my team?"
"Of course, and my friend also wants to join as well." Eclipo says, then Ash captures the two Pokemon.
Skrabble: The Scarab Pokemon: Bug and Rock Type. Skrabble scavenges gemstones of various colors and shapes from caves. The larger and more polished one's gemstone is, the more respect it hold among peers.
Eclipo: The Eclipse Pokemon: Psychic and Rock Type. Eclipo are born from asteroids that enters the atmosphere during an eclipse. Legends tell of their close relationship to Solaran and Lunaro.
"Solaran and Lunaro? What is that?" Ash asks Delia.
"They are the Legendary Pokemon in this region." Delia says. "It is better to keep it a secret."
Ash nods as they continue to battle. On the way, they find some pieces of Moon Stone and Sun Stone in the fainted Lunar Grunts, Ash says, "I think I may be able to use these."
He gives them to Moonkey and Eclipo, and they evolve as well.
Lunape: The Ape Pokemon: Psychic Type. Evolved from Moonkey with a Moon Stone. Lunape are mischievious ones, often using their psychic powers to play tricks on others. Their antics especially worsens on full moon.
Eclipser: The Eclipse Pokemon: Psychic and Rock Type. Evolved from Eclipo with a Sun or a Moon Stone. Eclipser use solar and lunar energy to power their attacks. They are able to control light and darkness in a spectacular fashion.
Both Pokemon use their Psychic attacks to take down some more grunts, until they finally reach the bottom floor where they see two grunts talking to a man that seems to be the commander.
"Commander Marcus! I got the Pokemon for you!" The male grunt says.
"It is a gift for you." The female grunt says.
The man just stares at them and asks, "And where did you get that Pokemon from?""
"I stole it from a little girl outside! It was easy pickin'!" The male grunt says.
Marcus is just getting furious and he says, "What! We're not here to steal Pokemon from little girls you fool! We're here to find the Chaos Crystal!"
"But..." The female grunt says as the two are surprised.
Marcus slaps his forehead and says, "Why do I even bother with you grunts...Let's go back, it's not here...I have to inform Leader Derek..." But then they see Ash and his group arrive.
"Commander, we have company! These kids are tryin' to mess up our plans!" The female grunt says as she recognizes Ash and Alice.
"Hmm...and who are you?" Marcus says. "If it isn't the queen herself and the two princes. Along with two females I see."
"So you know us." Mark says. "We're here to get that Pokemon that one of your grunts stole from the little girl outside."
"Commander, that trainer is the one we met in Dullfern Forest." He points at Ash and Alice. "They were trying to get the Earth Stone!"
"Is that right? Well, I have no time for this, take care of them!"
Mark says, "Brother, Alice, you go battle the commander, Mom, Keira and I face these grunts."
"Sure." Ash says as he and Alice leave the grunts to them. Marcus sees that how the two grunts lose badly to the three, he says, "Useless...and how do you grunts plan on living in our world, where the strong will prosper if you lose to ignorant little kids and the Queen..."
He then uses two Pokemon that they haven't seen before, a Dracubat and a Gravole. "Ash, you handle Gravole, it is Rock Type. And Dracubat is Flying Type, leave it to me."
"Okay." They send out Crystiwing and Sandster. Sandster tries to hug Ash, but Ash says, "We can do it later, defeat that Gravole first."
Sandster nods as it uses Earthquake, but it misses. "What? It has Levitate..."
Alice says, "Don't worry, it is also a Ghost Type, try using Dark Type moves." Alice says.
"Okay." And in the end, Sandster defeats the Pokemon with a Dark Matter and Alice also defeats the Dracubat.
"Interesting..." Marcus holds his chin as he recalls the Pokemon. But then he turns furious. "Grrr...You just might survive in our world...Give them that Pokemon back, they wanted it, they came and took it, that's how the world will be in due time, most well get use to it now. It seems our time here is pointless, the Chaos Crystal isn't here, even if it was once, it's not the case anymore...We need to do more research if we want to find it. You stay out of our business, if you know what's good for you, you will."
Then they leave with the Pokeball left behind. Mark asks, "Should we chase them, mother?"
"We should give the Pokemon back to the little girl first." Delia says.
"What on earth..." Keira says after picking the Pokeball. "Those guys are weird, what are they talking about? A world of chaos? Hmm..."
"Maybe it is somehow related to Lunaro?" Alice says.
"Anyway, let's get that Pokemon back to that little girl. She is going to be so relieved!" Keira says.
"But where did Ash go?" Delia asks, they can only see that a hand appears from the sand. "Help me...please..."
"Brother!" Mark and Pikachu hold Ash from the Monstune, which was his Sandster. Alice says, "Wait, it evolved?"
Ash takes a breath and sighs, "Yeah."
Monstune: The Quicksand Pokemon: Ground and Dark Type. Evolved from Sandster learning Quicksand. Monstune create pits of quicksand to trap Pokémon and people. There are often signs warning of their habitats, but sometimes those sink into their pitfalls as well.
"No wonder, it learns how to use Quicksand..." Ash groans as Monstune is trying to hug him again, but Ash quickly recalls him.
Once they are outside the cave, they find the little girl and Ash gives the Pokeball back to the girl. "Thank you so much!" The girl happily takes the Pokeball. "I can't believe you got it back! When I saw those thieves running out of the cave, I knew you had beaten them! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Please take this! I found it while I was waiting for you to come back!"
Ash takes the balls and he says, "What did you know, they are Friend Balls. Thank you so much."
Keira says, "Well, it was no problem as well! It was actually kinda fun and exciting to battle with you guys. You sure are strong, Ash, Alice."
"Thank you, again! Now I can leave this place! I hope I don't run into them again." The girls says as she leaves.
Delia says, "But I wonder what does Team Lunar up to..."
"By the way, is it true that you two fight them back in the Dullfern Forest? The Earth Temple?" Mark asks.
"Yeah, they stole the Earth Stone...but we manage to have Terradon with us." Ash says.
"Weird...I wonder what Prof. Pinewood would have to say about this! He might know! I'll head on to Orshore Town to call him at the Pokemon Center and tell him!" Keira says.
"Orshore Town is the next town we reach after traveling through the Fallrock Valley, right?" Alice asks.
"Yeah. I'll see you later." Keira says as she leaves, and then Delia asks, "So Mark, do you want to come with us?"
"Sure, I will like to hear everything about my brother." Mark says.
"Mother, please don't tease me too much, okay?" Ash says as they laugh.
With Mark in the team, they have been training a lot in the Fallrock Valley, Ash is training Jumple with its jumps, but it accidentally hits a floating Pokemon who looks like atoms that consists into Molecules. So they have a battle and eventually Jumple evolves and finishes with the High Jump Kick. Ash also captures the Pokemon.
Atomix: The Atom Pokemon: Electric and Steel Type. Atomix possess a body structure that heavily resembles atoms; researches are being commited on whether this is simply a coincident or something else.
Casspring: The Bouncing Pokemon: Bug and Flying Type. Evolved from Jumple at LV:22. Casspring's legs act like springs, rendering them capable of jumping very high. It is often for people to be startled when they land from the sky out of nowhere.
"I wonder how high it can jump-" Before Ash can say, Casspring hugs Ash and jumps really high into the sky. Alice and Pikachu look up and Alice asks, "Is he going to be okay?"
Pikachu sighs, "Who knows? It is not the first time..."
After saving Ash from the bouncing Casspring, they continue forward. On the way, they can see a lot of Pokemon that looks like Bulker hiding from their sight. Alice asks, "What's going on?"
"Don't worry, they are Weakid." Mark says, "They usually hide before starting a battle."
Delia notices a man in front of them and she smiles, "Well if it isn't Rocco?"
The man known as Rocco sees them and he says, "Delia, what a surprise. Good to see you again. You see this place is really awesome."
Mark asks, "Mother, who is he?"
"Oh, Ash, Alice, Mark. Meet Rocco, he was my traveling companion back in the Johto Region with Red, he is also one of my Elite 4 member."
"Really? An Elite 4 member?" Ash is surprised.
"Yeah, it is finally nice to meet you, Ash. Delia and Red told a lot about you." Rocco says. "You see, I love coming here during my time off! It's a good place to train my Rock-type Pokemon. It's also a good place to see Pokemon in the wild."
Delia says, "You know, you said the same thing back when we are in Mt. Silver. But Ash, if you win the league, you will have a higher chance to face him, and maybe you can battle at the same time."
"Sure. I can't wait." Ash says.
Rocco says, "So you are accompany them on a journey? Delia?"
"Yeah, Ash is really similar to how Red would do. In fact, I could see both me and Red inside Ash and Alice. Which is why I want to make sure they don't do anything wrong."
Ash says, "Mother, are you thinking that I am just a baby?"
"You are always my baby." Delia says back as the others laugh, but then they hear an explosion and Alice asks, "What's that?"
"Well, it happens again...you see." Rocco says. "There is one Weakid that is extraordinary, he always trying to pick on those Dynaballs in the wild. I don't know what problem it has."
Mark says, "That really sounds unnatural."
As they go there, they see a lot of fainted Dynaballs and a Weakid who is already weak and it keeps using Tackle on the rest an the rest uses Explosion.
"Well, that is really strange... it reminds me of Scraggy...wait, could he be?" Ash gasps.
"What? Scraggy?" Mark asks.
Ash then decides to try it out by sending out Paracaw, as Paracaw gets close to the Pokemon, the Weakid tries to tackle it again, the Paracaw says, "Calm Down, Scraggy."
Weakid widens his eyes, "How did you know..." But then he recognizes the voice, "Unfezant? Is that you?"
"Yeah, it is me." Paracaw says, "Ash is here, we are here to find you."
"Papa is here?" Weakid gasps as he turn around and sees him."It's papa..."
"So it really is Scraggy, but does it call you papa?" Alice asks.
"I hatched it from an egg, that's why." Ash says, but then they see a group of Dynaball try to explode, Paracaw evolves in order to save him. But that that is not enough as another Dynaball is going to use Explosion.
"Pokeball!" Ash throws the Pokeball on that last Dynaball before it explodes. And it is captured. Ash also rushes to the two Pokemon. "Are you alright?"
"We are fine..." The new evolved Pokemon says. Ash then scans the Pokemon and offers Weakid back to the team.
Dynaball: The Exploding Pokemon: Fire and Steel Type. When a Dynaball's emotion rises, it explodes all of a sudden. It's rare for trainers to possess one without getting covered in dust at least once.
Paraful: The Macaw Pokemon: Normal and Flying Type. Evolved from Paracaw at LV:23. Known for their haughtiness, Paraful would disobey their trainers ever so often, but in truly tough battles they willingly listen to orders.
"I am not that rebellious..." Paraful whines.
"Well, you weren't a Paraful before." Ash says.
Weakid: The Weakling Pokemon: Fighting Type. While frail physically, Weakid have a heightened sense of danger, and often make their escape before any predator even notice them.
Weakid says, "So Papa, is this new Mama?"
Ash and Alice blushes and Pikachu decides to help answering. "Yes, they are dating, but it is too soon to become a new mama, but you can call her if you want." Then the Weakid nods.
Rocco says, "I understand why they looked like Red and you now..."
Delia says, "They are some more moments like this, we should see."
And then they see a deer Pokemon that looks like a Deering, Ash uses Pixwie to battle and captures it. And Pixwee evolves after the battle.
Deerbie: The Deer Pokemon: Fire and Normal Type. Deerbie favors crashing through any and all obstacles, leaving broken pieces of trees and even rocks behind. Cities are oftenly on the lookout for a herd of them.
Pixilily: The Forest Fairy Pokemon: Bug and Fairy Type. Evolved from Pixwie at LV:23. A tale in Rikoto is that if you catch a Pixilily, they'll grant you a wish. This is derived from records of grateful Pixilily who gather berries and objects for their trainers.
After they reach the exit, Delia asks, "So Rocco, are you going to keep training here?"
"Yeah, since I am really looking forward to battle Ash, and I also got the news you give me, so I really need to train some more." Rocco says.
Then they bid farewell to the Elite 4 member and they head to Route 5.
Now in this chapter, Ash has has reunited with Scraggy, and they also have a new partner Mark and meet the new commander Marcus. I hope you like this chapter.