Today was the day. Gathered at the tarmac of the Mele Mele airport stood Ash, his slave harem, and his army of imperial soldiers, 5000 strong. With the War Thunder airship, Skyla's plane, and a deep supply of gear and Pokémon, all the preparations were ready.
"Listen up everyone!" Ash said to the crowd, using Hyper Voice for the whole army to hear. "I'll be leading the charge with a vanguard squad from Team Rose! Sabrina, alongside several of her sisters who will pour their energy into her, will teleport you all to Mt. Coronet! The objective to to capture and secure the whole mountain, and more importantly, the door to Spear Pillar!"
"Yes Sir!" The legion of sex slaves and soldiers responded, standing ready and geared up.
"Let's go!!" Ash cheered, his slave squadron of Cynthia, Misty, Iris, Malva, Diantha, and Lei assembling besides him.
Using his own powers of Teleportation, Ash warped his vanguard to the coordinates. Now at the foot of the mountain, Ash gave commands.
"Cynthia, you and Iris use your Pokémon and yourselves to scout out the mountain! Malva, you and Diantha will escort Lei, Misty and I to the entrance to Spear Pillar. After that, you will guard the entrance!"
"Yes Master!" They all said in unison.
Activating their Essentia suits, the Team Rose slaves' used the gear's grappling hooks to fly around the trees surrounding the mountain, following their Master who flew with his powers at a decent pace. Using the earpieces attached to their Pokémon, Cynthia and Iris communicated and coordinated with their Pokémon.
"No enemies on the West side of Coronet!" Cynthia said to her Master.
"Same goes for East side!" Iris replied.
"Good, but don't lower your guard!" Ash warned them. "Our enemy could ambush at any moment."
Reaching the point where he remembered the Spear Pillar entrance was from ten years prior, Ash and his company arrived to find the door still sealed.
"Good, the enemy hasn't entered." Ash said, relieved.
"So, how do we get in?" Lei asked her brother, examining the almost alien-like stonework for the doorway.
"The door to Spear Pillar required a special key when Team Galactic broke in." Ash explained, pulling his Stones of Power out of his combat uniform. "But cross referencing the tomes Annabel and Mia brought me, that was not the only key.
Letting the three Artifacts float before him, Ash released them, their path of flight leading to the door. Forming a pattern in the doorway, the stone work dissipated, the entrance revealing the dark void of oblivion Ash was familiar with from his last time in the hallowed ground. Before he took another step, Ash noticed a series of steps, formed from a transparent, golden glow lead upwards.
"This is unlike last time." Ash replied before turning to Malva and Diantha. "These stairs must lead me to where I can repair the Life Stone. Stand guard and make sure nobody besides your slave sisters gets in."
"Yes, Lord!" The two sex toys obeyed, calling out all of their Pokémon.
"I'll leave you these five as backup." Ash said, throwing out his Charizard, Infernape, Sceptile, Lucario, and Greninja.
Before departing, Ash Mega Evolved his Lucario as well as syncing with Greninja. Using his Water Type to act as his eyes on the outside, Ash entered the black sanctum, with Misty and Lei besides him. The walk up the stairs felt like it went on forever sensing he surely would have been higher than the peak of the mountain by now, Ash reached a conclusion.
"This is...another dimension." He said,
Upon his revelation, as if in response to his comment, the space around him and his slaves glowed with the light of stars, nebulas, and galaxies. Realizing that this is where he and Arceus had convened to speak to each other, Ash knew he was in the right spot. As the golden steps of light finally ended, Ash and he crew saw a forest of stone pillars, seemingly floating in the void, yet as if fixed to a floor.
"A-are you sure this is safe to cross?" Misty asked nervously, afraid if she stepped out the stairs, she'd fall into the endless void of space.
Without hesitating, Ash stepped into the void, his feet making solid contact with nothing, his footsteps leaving ripples in the weave of the infinite. Realizing just how confident their Master was, Lei and Misty jogged to catch up to him as the entered the rows of columns. In the center of this forest of ancient stonework stood an alter, with three sets of slots that would perfectly fit the Stones of Power. On the alter lay and inscription that appeared illegible.
"It's in a language none of the texts describe." Lei responded, baffled by what looked like gibberish.
"'O, Emissary of Aura, Chosen One of Prophecy. If thou wish to commune with the Creator of All, place upon this Shrine the three Gems of Willpower, Spirit, and Knowledge. Through this ritual, thou shall bring power back unto these precious boons through the energies of the Universe. Once thy Stones are repaired, they will bequeath themselves back unto their Origin, bringing our Creator back from the brink.'" Ash said, almost in a trace as he translated the inscription effortlessly.
"How did you know what it said..?" Misty asked, impressed but also concerned.
"How did I know..?" Ash asked under his breath.
Shaking it off, Ash noticed the Stones of Power floating before him, as if asking for his permission to enter the ritual. Walking up the the alter, Ash placed his Stones of Power in the order he acquired them, placing the Life Stone in last. Stepping back from the alter, the void around his and his slaves shuttered. All of the sudden, from above, to the sides, and even below their feet, condensed beams of light and energy formed, coagulating into what looked like veins. As the vessels attached to the Stones, power began to pour in.
"Cynthia, we found it! It looks like it will take some time until this ritual finishes what it needs! How are we looking out there?" Ash called over his earpiece, only to get static.
Realizing he was getting any reception, Ash's used his bond with Greninja to communicate with the slaves at the entrance.
"Ko!" Greninja croaked, responding to his trainer's command, turning to ask Diantha to relay instruction.
"Of course, my Lord!" Diantha said, using her abilities in Aura to understand Greninja. "Cynthia, do you come-"
Diantha's voice stopped, noticing tears in space time opening up on the western side of the mountain.
"Cynthia, the enemy! The enemy is here! Get out of there!" Diantha cried out over the radio channel.
"I wish I could." Cynthia replied. "But I'm already surrounded.
As Cynthia channeled her aura, her Master's enemies began approaching in waves. Now fully encircling her in the forest further down the mountain, the former Sinnoh champ gasped as several gigantic wormholes opened, revealing the bodies of several Legendary Pokémon, all under the influence of Team Rocket.
"Garchomp, Kommo-o, Glaceon!" Cynthia cried out, calling upon her other two Pokémon while her ace arrived and fell into formation.
As the Forces of Nature bared down on her, Cynthia commanded her Pokémon.
"Garchomp, Scale Shot! Kommo-o, Stone Edge! Glaceon, Ice Beam!" The blonde cried out, her Pokémon launching their attacks.
While Cynthia found herself preoccupied with the Forces of Nature, several Team Rocket grunts and more Legendary Pokémon walked past her.
"Master, there's so many of them! We'll be overwhelmed before we can complete the ritual for sure!" She called over the comms, only hearing Malva.
"Master is in a place where his communicator can't work, his Greninja heard it, though." The former Elite Four replied, holding her earpiece up to Greninja's ear. "You got that, Master?"
"Yes, I see them..!" Ash said to himself, seeing through Greninja's eyes to see a horrible sight.
The Legendary Pokémon, Groudon, it's massive figure climbing up the mountain, spreading fire with every step. Seeing the behemoth getting far too close for comfort, Ash resolved himself.
"It will still be a while before Sabrina can Teleport the others en masse. Greninja, you and the others will have to fight in my stead. I believe you all." Ash said through the link he had with his Pokémon.
"Ko!" Greninja croaked, waving for Charizard, Sceptile and Lucario. As all four Pokémon nodded, they jumped down the mountain, ready to engage the advancing threat.
Standing further back, Sceptile began to charge its Solarbeam, sunlight gathering in the seed bulbs on his back. Seeing a blind spot, Infernape dug into the earth beneath Groudon's feet, unseating his footing. Using this window of vulnerability, Charizard took Lucario up into the air, dropping the Mega Evolved Pokémon on the monster's head. As Lucario hammered away at Groudon's faceplate with Close Combat, Infernape joined into by Mach Punching Groudon's buried leg, hoping to cripple it.
However, Groudon's natural armor proved far too thick for either Pokémon to do damage. As Groudon attempted to swipe Lucario off its face, Charizard intervened, unleashing a torrent of Dragon Breath in hopes the draconian fires could immobilize it further. This proved fruitless, as the Legendary Pokémon finally got its foot out of the ground, turning its body to strike Infernape with its spiked tail. Sending Infernape flying, Charizard broke off from its attack to catch Infernape, which was what the possessed Legendary hoped for.
Suddenly, the behemoth of a Pokémon released a earth rumbling roar, the very earth began glowing a hot red in the whole area. All at once, Several Precipice Blades emerged from the ground, the red hot plates of rock forming a thorny barrier around itself, hitting Infernape and Charizard directly, knocking the two into a forest further down the mountain. Still atop the beast's head, Lucario pressed its paw against a point where it's armor began to chip.
Letting out a battle cry, Lucario focused its energy into a Steel Beam blast, the directed lazed of energy doing the trick. Reeling from the sudden pain in its skull, Groudon shook viscously, the sudden flailing throwing the Mega Evolved Pokémon off. As Lucario fell down right before Groudon, the Pokémon opened its mouth, a harsh blue and black fireball forming its mouth. Aiming for where Lucario was to fall, the Legendary Super Ancient Pokémon, controlled through shadow corruption used the vile power Riley forced upon it to incinerate Lucario.
As the fireball hit the ground, it erupted into a vortex of flame. When the smoke cleared however, Lucario was nowhere to be seen.
"Agh!" Ash gasped in pain, holding his left arm in agony.
"Master!" Misty called, approaching her kneeling usurper. "All you alright?!"
"Just saved him in the nick of time." Ash grunted, still wincing in pain. "Good job Greninja!"
"Ko..!" Greninja replied to his trainer, the Pokémon's body singed from just barely pulling Lucario out of the fire before it impacted.
As trainer and Pokémon alike felt each other's pain, Ash formed a plan in his mind.
"I really don't want to be seen as callous here, but we may need to kill Groudon!" He said aloud.
"Kill Groudon?!" Lei gasped. "Are you sure?!"
"We have several more Legendary Pokémon to deal with, a few hundred grunts with Pokémon of their own climbing the mountain, and we still don't know where Riley could be." Ash rationalized, thinking back to something Arceus told him when Riley killed Ho-Oh right before his eyes. "Arceus said when he was revived, he could bring back those who perished anyways. We have to do it! Holding back will only risk our destruction!"
Knowing their Master was correct, not only because his word was law but because it made logical sense as well given the details, Lei and Misty shook their heads, resolved to follow their Master's plan.
"Greninja, do it!" Ash grunted, still wrought with the guilt of needed to take a life.
"Ko..!" Greninja grunted, summoning a legion of clones using Double Team.
Looking to Sceptile, now fully charged, the duo sprang into action. The Grass type blitzed Groudon, holding the concentrated energy of the Solarbeam until the right moment. Feigning to attack head on, Sceptile used its agility to jump away as Groudon threw up another layer of Precipice Blades. Unleashing it's move, Sceptile fired its Solarbeam across the second layer of Precipice Blades, cutting through the plates like a knife through butter.
Giving his ally the chance to strike, Sceptile jumped back, looking up as Greninja now was in the air, taking his Water Shuriken into his hands. Fusing his clones into his Shuriken, Greninja formed his super sized Water Shuriken, the violently rotating water making the liquid burn a hot orange color. Throwing the massive weapon at the last layer of Blades, it broke through almost effortlessly, the spinning blades making contact with Groudon's softer, more exposed neck region.
With violent spinning blades of compact water imbedded into the behemoth's throat, the shadow Pokémon let out a howl of pain, it's burning rage caused from the cruel experiments forced upon it by Riley and Team Rocket now calming as it closed its eyes. As Groudon lay still on the mountainside, Ash and Greninja collapsed to their knees together, looking distantly as if ina trance.
"It...was the only way to make it a quick victory..." Ash muttered, trying to reassure himself his action was just. "Huh..?"
Ash gasped, noticing a phenomenon he never noticed with the other Legendary Pokémon he'd fought recently. The body of Groudon was dissipating into a black smoke, as if it's body crumbled away to dust. Seeing the silhouette of a man in the center of that ashen cloud, Greninja stood up before the figure jumped dozens of feet into the air. Plummeting like a meteor, the figure smashed into Sceptile, sending the Grass type crashing into the cliff of the mountain.
As the dust around the impact cleared, Ash's remorse soon turned to anger. Before him stood none other than Riley, his body mutilated and transformed almost beyond recognition. Readying for battle, Greninja drew a pair of knives.
"Hello, Ash." Riley spoke as he held Sceptile's unconscious body by the throat, his corrupted modifications even making his very voice that of an foul demon. "Let's settle this, once and for all."