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ReignZ Presents… 10 Minutes Chapter 47

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'Ash, I got a plan to knock out one of them. Be ready to knock out the other.' John telepathically spoke. As Ash replied that he understand, John yelled. "Feraligator, fire Ice beam into the air once you get directly under Togekiss!" Feraligator skated with increased speed thanks to the Dragon dance, and was able to get under Togekiss swiftly before firing Ice Beam up into the air. Misty wouldn't have it. "Evade!" Togekiss did a midair barrel roll and narrowly avoided the super effective move.

But unfortunately, that had only been a distraction for John's true plan and move. "Now Feraligator! Jump up and use Aqua Tail!" Feraligator leapt up, tail once more infused with Water. John cried triumphantly. "NOW!" Misty's eyes widened and shot up to the sky where Feraligator had leapt up. She saw the ice beam that Feraligator had fired moments earlier flying back. Feraligator did a midair flip, Aqua tail flying head over heels. The entire crowd gasped in shock when the Ice beam collided with the aqua tail, freezing it instantly.

Both Misty and Togekiss was frozen in shock and surprise. Feraligator roared as it swung its tail down on Togekiss' head, and like a laser, it was sent flying to the ground in a blur. The combination of Ice Beam and Aqua tail shocked the entire crowd, then were also in a deep silence. Brock recovered from his stupor first, not even waiting to see if Togekiss was knocked out. "Crobat, use…" He was cut off when Ash sprung the trap.

"Me first into Thunderpunch!" Brock mentally cursed as he forgot all about Alpha. In a flash, Lucario was in front of Crobat, fist already glowing yellow and crackling with electricity. Lucario had a smirk written all over its face, and Crobat's eyes widened in terror as Lucario wound up its arm and sent one, beautiful punch to the face of the bat. It flew straight into the wall behind Brock, and he whirled around to see the condition of his Pokémon.

After one moment, the referee cried. "Togekiss and Crobat are unable to continue, the winners are Lucario and Feraligator!"

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Infernape's eyes suddenly became mad and dancing with power. It stood up, slightly hunched over, before looking up with eyes that were maniacal enough to give Brock and Misty nightmares for weeks. A sinister smile appeared on its lips before it suddenly it roared. "INNNNFERRRRNAPPPPEEE!" The fire on its head quadrupled in size, and the fire emitting from its arms doubled as well.

Ash smirked brightly. "Blaze."

The crowd gasped at the raw power of Infernape, and Misty and Brock were now just realizing they were walking even further into the trap, and further poking the bear. They were so mesmerized by the pure power of Infernape that they didn't even react to when Ash roared. "FINISH THEM BOTH INFERNAPE! USE MAGMA STRIKE!" The entire crowd watched as Infernape leapt up into the sky, did a front flip, and then, raised both its fists behind its head, and knees bent backwards in a 90 degree angle.

Infernape channeled it's most powerful fire type move it could into an earthquake, and just before it smashed into the ground, it smashed both its fists into the battlefield below. The result… was chaos. Lava spurted from the ground, and rapidly rumbled towards their shocked opponents. With every piece of battlefield it claimed, the lava trail grew wider in width, taller in height, and faster in speed. (AN: Think of this attack as an absurdly powerful, Lava Earth Power – Fire and Ground Type attack)

Everyone watched in terror as the attack consumed both Onyx and Starmie, and then, in a blinding flash of light, the entire battlefield exploded. The explosion was so loud, so bright, so powerful, and so devastating that the shields that protected trainers and spectators alike broke after a moment of trying to contain the power. Ash and John put every ounce of aura strength they had into planting their feet into the ground, determined to hang on.

Misty was thrown backwards up against the shield that protected the audience, until that too broke and she was sent hurtling into the stands. Brock was hit by a large rock and was knocked out by the explosion. The entire spectacle could be seen all throughout Cerulean, and power went out nearby for blocks and blocks.

Three minutes had passed since the move had been used, and the referee, who miraculously appeared uninjured other than a small bit of blood on his lower lip, stood up and could only gawk at the battlefield below. There was now a crater a good thirty feet deep, along with four Pokémon. Onyx was currently next to some excess lava, looking crispy and completely knocked out. Starmie was lodged into some of the hot magma at the very bottom of the crater. And, standing right next to it, was a completely unharmed Delveon and a panting Infernape.

"Onyx and Starmie are unable to battle, Delveon and Infernape win! And therefore, the winners of the matchup and those advancing to the semifinals are… ALPHA AND OMEGA!"

Present…

Ash muttered quietly. "We should be out celebrating… care to remind me why we're not? It's not every day you make it to the semifinals of a legendary tournament you know…" Elesa swatted Ash behind his head. "Ow!" He said, a little annoyed. Elesa glared at him. "Daniel said he had something very important to talk about. So, the little Victory party we have planned is likely going to have to wait."

Ash was about to retort when John cut in. "Ashy-boy…" Ash cut him off. "That name is for Gary's use only." John ignored him and continued. "I agree with Elesa when I say we should just wait a little while so we can hear what ol' danny boy has to say."

Cynthia was curious. "He's been busy studying that information we got from Clemont's place for days, he said he's been trying to make some calls and gather some information, but I seriously don't know what he's found. I hope it's huge."

Ash stifled a chuckle. Cynthia turned to Ash and had a look on her face that practically screamed, 'Are you twelve?' and Ash wiped the grin off his face nearly instantly. Jasmine, who was currently nuzzled deep in John's ribs, said. "Hasn't Keeghan been helping him as well?" Gary spoke. "Yeah, he's been helping Daniel for a couple days, trying to figure something out about Clemont's bank records, they were trying to find out what specifically Clemont didn't want anyone knowing about."

Skyla interrupted. "Do you think they managed to uncover anything?"

John shrugged. "Only one way to find out; wait and see."

"Andddd wait no more, here we are!" Everyone turned as Keeghan and Daniel walked into the room, carrying a computer. Ash sounded a little more impatient than he intended to be, "So what's the deal?" Keeghan had a grin on his face. "Don't worry buddy!" He put a hand on Ash's shoulder. "I know you're looking forward to celebrating a little…"

Ash muttered. "Damn straight…" Keeghan continued. "Buuuutttt this is something that everyone should hear. Trust me, it's… well… out of this world." Everyone exchanged glances and then Gary spoke. "Alright then let's hear what you both have found!"

Daniel spoke. "Alright, there are two matter's we are here to discuss. However, the first matter is strictly about me, and Keeghan here doesn't even know about it yet." At this statement, Keeghan turned to his friend in shock. "R-really?" Daniel nodded and then took a seat in a chair across from everyone. He began quietly. "It is finally time you all know… the real reason I am against Team Rocket and codenamed Savior in the LOS."

Gary's eyes widened. "Daniel, we trust you 100%, you don't have to—" He was cut off by Daniel. "No Gary, as much as I appreciate it, I believe it is time everyone knew what I believe to be the truth, and after many days of hard research and scanning through all of Clemont's files I have finally gotten the closure I believe I needed in order to make this statement." He cleared his throat and spoke shakily.

"I believe Giovanni is not the leader of Team Rocket." Everyone let out a collective gasp of surprise. Ash immediately turned to look at John, who too looked beyond surprised. Gary questioned. "Hold up, what makes you think that? Haven't you seen him recently? If you've been feeding information to the LOS as Savior for years now, how would that motive drive you if Giovanni was still leader?"

Daniel bit his lip and hesitated. "Truth be told… I have not seen my father in over 15 years." Everyone let out another gasp of shock. "W-what? Are you serious?" Ash exclaimed. Daniel nodded solemnly. "At first, he would go on these "business trips" with some rather shady people… I didn't think too much of it at first because I was so much younger back then, and a bit clueless… but then…"

He hesitated. "One day, my dad was supposed to come back for a huge meeting, and then, all I saw were people panicking, running around and screaming. I had no idea what was going on, but then, admins calmed everyone down and told everyone that Giovanni had been forced into permanent hiding, but would still voice call with them every so often to give them their orders. Nobody suspected a thing, because at the time, there was a group called the KSO, the Kalos Special Ops were hot on Giovanni's trail, and it had not been really surprising to hear that Rocket management was protecting its leader."

Daniel got up and began pacing slowly. "But then… the months began passing. Months turned into years… and by this time, KSO was long off Giovanni's scent… but… he never came back." He paused for a moment, and let tears fall from his face. He sobbed softly as Gary whispered softly. "That means Giovanni isn't just gone as the leader from Rocket… he's dead."

John couldn't believe this. All this time, since he had met Ash, Giovanni had not even been their enemy, because he was dead? Something was still missing. "Hold up." Everyone looked at the attractive male. He narrowed his eyes. "Something isn't adding up, if Giovanni is dead, was he killed while in hiding? If he wasn't, then how come the people of Rocket didn't revolt? Surely they would be beyond angry at the sight of their boss being murdered by other terrorist organizations, mercenaries, the Pokémon governments…"

"No." Everyone stared at Daniel, sadness written all over the face of Daniel. "That… my friend… is a very important question I could not seem to answer for the longest time. For many, many years, while my theory of my father being killed still haunted my mind, I knew there was something missing."

He stood up and walked to the window, glancing out at the city below for a moment before turning back to the group. "I believe Giovanni was betrayed." Everyone gasped in shock. Cynthia whispered in disbelief. "You think someone… inside Rocket… killed their own boss whilst he was in hiding? Does this man have a death wish?"

Daniel shook his head. "Not a man, but a woman." Everyone stared at him in confusion. He raised his hand in front of him and said. "Let me explain. I did not have a mother growing up at a young age, nor did I ever remember my father having women over for more than occasional sex and hookups." He shook his head sourly. "That is… until one day." He sat down again. "I remember her like it was yesterday… she was linking arms with Giovanni, and I remember thinking she was just another person I would never see again. But then… I saw her again the next day. And the next, and the next, and the next." He sighed. "But… the two were as close as could be, and I never even got to see her face."

He paused and then got a little choked up. "G-guess Dad didn't think he should introduce his own son to the woman that he would eventually get engaged to." Gary cut in. "Wait, Giovanni got engaged again?" Daniel nodded. "Actually, that was when the "trips" began happening. They would leave on trips longer, and longer, and longer. Eventually they spent more time away than actually at Rocket base."

Daniel put his head in his hands as he spoke. "Then came the day that Giovanni had been forced into hiding. After the blinding panic, everything settled back in. For months, nobody saw Giovanni, but talked with him over the phone. Nobody saw him, yet nobody suspected a thing. A year passed, and then, things began to change."

John cocked his head. "How so?" Daniel paused carefully. "One day, Giovanni suddenly spoke and said that something had happened amongst his admins and that he would need to get to the bottom of it… at least, that's what the rumor was. The next day… everyone got a shock of a lifetime, could you imagine when Giovanni decreed that every single one of his admins back at Rocket base were to be executed for treason?"

Skyla let out an "eep!" of shock, Elesa's jaw dropped a little, and everyone else had similar reactions. John asked incredulously. "You're… you're telling me that Giovanni suspected his own, hand-picked admins to be working against him?! Were they actually killed?" Daniel nodded his head solemnly. "All of them were beheaded. It was horrifying really, a day I'll never forget, the screams that echo in my ears, pleading and begging for someone to believe them, but nobody did, and nobody does to this day."

He paused before continuing. "Then, the following day, Giovanni sent one man his hideaway, and told all the remaining Rocket rank that he was to be the only admin, and that he would be the commander for when decisions that would require "elite" input, when he could not be around. Anyone want to take a gamble on his name?" Everyone stared at him in anxiousness before Daniel spoke his name.

"Paluchi Citron." Everyone gasped. Jasmine said. "As in, a relative of Clemont Citron?!" Daniel nodded and spoke. "Head on. Well, after Paluchi took over, little by little, we got less and less contact with Giovanni through voice call, until we never received any. Paluchi had done a rather impressive job in Giovanni's absence, so nobody doubted him when he said that Giovanni was suffering from an illness of sorts but was still sending messages directly to him, so… we believed him."

John suddenly said. "Hold it Daniel, what does this have to do with the killer being a female?" Daniel replied. "When Giovanni went into hiding, he took some of his best grunts, the ones that stayed close to him at all times, and of course, the woman he had been spending countless hours with each and every day as well. I was unsure for so long if Giovanni… my dad… was truly dead, but, when you all recorded the video of Clemont greeting the woman in the hologram as "Mistress" I recognized her voice, and, I recognized the level of status in Rocket. Mistress is only a word to be used by a direct leader of Rocket, and, I heard her speak on more than one occasion when my father had her nearby… I know her voice anywhere. It is undoubtedly her."

Ash turned and oddly, he saw Gary turning whiter and whiter as the story went on. He was actually very perplexed by his friend, it was almost as though he knew something that he wasn't letting everyone else in on. Gary was muttering under his breath about something that Ash couldn't make out because Daniel had continued to speak.

"But… that is the reasoning behind why I am now against Rocket. Although before I was not… per say… with them… now I certainly have reason to support them, and have not for a long time. When I saw what they did to people… what they did to Pokémon… I just couldn't bare it anymore. I reached out to the LOS and they responded. The rest is history."

Everyone took in every last ounce of information for a moment before Keeghan, who had stayed quiet nearly the entire time, summarized. "So, in short, the reason you're siding with the LOS is because you believe the current leader of Rocket killed your father. Behind all those reasons, Giovanni was meeting with this woman, the same woman you believe is currently the leader of Rocket. She hired out all the grunts at the safe house, promising them higher spots and promotions if she pulled strings from the shadows and they did nothing to stop her. Although everyone still follows Giovanni, nearly every member of Rocket doesn't know their leader is dead. Is that it?"

Daniel shrugged. "More or less. The only thing I cannot wrap my head around is how she was able to mimic Giovanni's voice over the phone for so long without arousing suspicion." Keeghan cut in. "Speaking of suspicion… that brings us to our second piece of news." Everyone was watching keeghan as he spoke calmly.

"As it turns out… I was able to figure out what type of item Clemont was attempting to get." Keeghan opened up the computer that he had with and after typing on it for a moment or two. He spoke and waved his hand into the air to project what he was seeing on the computer. It appeared to be a list of transactions from an offshore bank account.

"There's a good amount of money missing here from this account." He said. Cynthia spoke. "How… how much exactly?" Keeghan spoke. "Over half a billion dollars." Everyone gasped yet another time before John spoke with complete confusion. "W-what could they possibly have spent so much money on?"

Ash interrupted as said. "Plus, why on earth are they so hellbent on winning this tournament then? The winner only receives a million dollars! Well that and…" Everyone looked at Ash who whispered in shock. "The Victoria Region! Are they…" Elesa said, shock laced into her voice. "They're going to drain the Victoria Region of every resource… that's going to pay for all these expenses…"

Ash was still bewildered. "But what on earth costs that much?" Keeghan said. "Well, I had to track all the payments which took a pretty long time, but I've managed to account for everything for the most part. But… what I just don't know is if I messed anything up… because I may have missed something."

Gary spoke for the first time in a long time. "And if you didn't?"

Keeghan took a deep breath, and then the hologram switched to a machine that nobody had seen before in their lives. It was giant, with a long antenna at the top of it. (AN: Imagine the machine as you will based on what it does.) Keeghan sighed and spoke. "This here is what Clemont spent a good portion of the money on. I've tracked everything, and it seems as though he indeed was making this for Rocket."

Elesa politely wondered aloud. "But… did he not seem agitated by the fact that he needed the money? Why was he forced to pay for it?"

John suddenly sat up a little more. "Unless the person he was buying it for couldn't be seen with all that money missing and would arouse immediate suspicion…" Ash looked at his friend. "Like who?" John paused, thinking quickly and as clearly as he could before he sat back down and muttered. "Suppose that's something else we'll have to look into then."

Keeghan then tapped the hologram again and it began circling the machine slowly as Keeghan spoke. "Clemont is a tech nerd, which may give another reason to why this device was bought by Clemont."

Gary stared at Keeghan. "You think he assembled this?"

Keeghan shrugged at his leader. "It makes perfect sense; regardless of the money, who else is more skilled than him when it comes to technology? My theory is also that whoever Clemont is making this machine for, Rocket or not, they suspected that nobody would find it odd whatsoever if Clemont took money out."

Keeghan explained. "I was browsing through Clemont's less recent bank files, and it seemed as though it wasn't all that uncommon for him to take out a lot of money. The only difference is that those numbers were in the low millions… this is a drastic increase, which is why Clemont was probably worried."

Suddenly, realization dawned on John's face. Something… as if by magic, clicked into place. A piece of the puzzle may have been solved! John turned to everyone and spoke excitedly. "I just realized something!" Everyone listened and John spoke. "When Cynthia and Jasmine visited Clemont a while ago, Clemont said that he didn't feel safe allowing them to reverse the effects of those security camera's! He said the technology was so recent that he couldn't allow anyone else to view it until it became public knowledge."

Ash now understood where John was going with this. "You think Clemont was working on this project while Cynthia and Jasmine were there and was scared that if they kept pressing for details, they'd find out about what he was building for Rocket? But… that means…"

Ash whirled to John in shock. "You don't think… he purposely told Cynthia and Jasmine about Serena to derail us from getting closer to their master plan?"

Cynthia murmured. "Giving him all the rest of the time he needed to finish building the machine…"

Jasmine softly continued. "While we were fed up with Serena… he knew that it would lead us on a wild chase and without any evidence we couldn't do a damn thing! But… he doesn't know Ash and John survived… so he didn't know that we would actually make that connection in the first place! So his intention was probably to purely mess with our minds and derail us from their real plan! Guess we got a little lucky when he gave away a key member of Rocket, the only thing it did was connect him and Serena."

Daniel suddenly spoke. "And if you didn't make the connection… that would mean you wouldn't give up until you saw everything through the cameras. As a precaution… knowing Rocket protocol, he would've had to move the device somehow without anyone catching on to his actions."

John sighed. "Which means no marked Prism Tower trucks; they would probably keep logs of everything so that's out of the picture."

Keeghan interrupted. "I'll definitely try and seep through old security footage to see if I can find them, but you all should really hear what exactly this thing is. Because… well… this device…" He gestured to it once again before biting his lip and saying quietly.

"It's a transmitter." Everyone stared at him in bewilderment. "A…A-a transmitter?" Gary spluttered. Keeghan nodded. "Why would Rocket spend millions upon millions of dollars on a transmitter of all things? What's so important about it?"

Keeghan paused and then spoke. "This is no ordinary transmitter. This.. this is a deep range transmitter. These are not supposed to even exist. These devices are used to sending long ranged messages… across worlds."

John's eyebrows furrowed. "They're using this transmitter to contact their bases faster across the regions." He looked slightly shocked. He had been expecting something far more major. "Is… is that it Keeghan?" Keeghan sighed and shook his head. "No… you misunderstood what I said. I said… "Across Worlds"… not world."

For a long moment, everyone was silent. Nobody spoke, nobody could think properly. Skyla took a deep breath, and asked the feared question. "Keeghan, if you haven't made a mistake about what this device is, and what it does… what is Rocket going to use this device for. Keeghan was silent for a moment before answering grimly. "If I got it right… this device will allow Rocket to communicate with each and every planet, searching for allies, reinforcements before we can finish them off."

John's voice was barely above a whisper. "You're telling me… that Rocket is trying to summon reinforcements that are not of this world?" Keeghan bit his lip and said. "To be frankly honest… they could summon forces not of this universe. Who knows who they will establish a communication with… and… who knows if they've already done so with someone already."

Ash's eyes were closed, and he was in a deep thought process. He couldn't believe Rocket was going this far just to take control of the Pokémon world. His aura flared angrily, he couldn't let this happen, he had to stop them, no matter the cost! And then, in one fluid burst, Ash's aura flared a royal blue so bright everyone had to cover their eyes to prevent the light from blinding them.

Ash felt the flaring die down and he looked around in bewilderment. He sat there for a moment, contemplating what just happened. He stared at John, who too had a shocked look on his face. Then, he opened his mouth to speak, but before he could, the door to their apartment burst open, and a familiar looking man was standing there. However, it was Ash who found his voice first.

"Mr. Heredin?"

The man spoke calmly and collected. "Which one of you is Ash Ketchum? We need to talk."

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Meanwhile… Somewhere in the universe…

"M-master?" A feeble voice asked. Then, an instant later, the man's life was ended. The hooded figure snarled and muttered. "Pathetic." Many people in dark robes rushed to the aid of the fallen men but before they could aid him, the hooded figure spoke.

"Do not touch him." Everyone froze at the sudden command and did not move an inch closer to the fallen man. A little of the hooded figure's face was visible. The person's skin was a grayish-white, making the most pale of skin imaginable. A smirk appeared on the face of the hooded figure.

"For all those who oppose or question me…" He gestured to the fallen man. "… this is the price you shall pay." The people in the dark robes, men and women alike, bowed and said one by one, "Yes my Lord."

The hooded figure sat down at his throne chair, and was approached by a scrawny looking man who looked as though he could be easily swatted aside by anyone. He stuttered. "M-m-my l-l-lord…"

The hooded man's eyes darkened. "Oh… my perfect servant." He said sarcastically. The little man said quietly. "M-my lord… I bring news." The hooded figure stood up again and hissed in a deadly whisper. "Then it better be good news… or else it may become bad news… for you."

The little man made a small "eep" noise, and then cried. "N-n-no my lord! I-I bring baring good news!" The hooded figure's sinister smirk became visible once again. "And?" The little man cried. "M-my lord! Your experts indeed have found a way to find reinforcements of the exterritorial type! They just need time to gather information!, and then s-some to create your vision my lord!"

The hooded figure looked at the man. Pathetic Creature…. He couldn't help but think. However, he spoke one word.

"Excellent."

AN: Wow that was a lot of explaining to do. Did Clemont on purposely let Serena's name slip to deter Cynthia and Jasmine from unknowingly stumbling into one of the greatest Rocket secrets they have? Has Rocket already made contact with another planet, or will they shortly? Who will Ash's and John's next opponents be in the finals, and what will they do about the looming exterritorial threat that's roaring towards them? Finally, what does Commander Heredin want with Ash, and how did he find him, for that matter, how does he even know he's alive?

Next chapter will explain some of these questions. This chapter turned out to be a lot longer than I thought it would be, but so be it. This explains a lot of stuff, Daniel believes his father is already dead by the hands of his lover… but Gary seems to know something that the other's don't. What is it? How important is this information, or is it straight nonsense? Well… Keep reading to find out.

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