Ash recalled his Pokemon to their Pokeballs and followed the group that had started moving in the opposite direction that Aerodactyl disappeared too.
"Ash look out!" Gary yelled.
Ash ducked, grabbing Pikachu and holding him protectively.
A giant orange and brown Pokemon appeared out of nowhere and attacked, sending a Rock Storm flying over the young trainer's head.
"Dewgong use Surf!" Misty called, summoning her Dewgong which had only evolved recently.
"Dew!"
A wave crashed over the RegiRock, a Hoenn native.
"Regi..." RegirRock stated angrily.
"Starmie, Golduck, help out!"
"Gold!"
"Hya!'
"Everyone use your water gun!"
RegiRock fled the battle.
"That was a close one. Thanks guys." Misty said, returning her Pokemon to their Pokeballs.
"We need to stay on alert in here. One wrong move and we could all become an ancient Pokemon's dinner." Professor Oak told them.
"But I've never heard of that bigger thing."
"RegiRock." Ash informed him, "He's from the Hoenn region, but I don't know what he's doing here in Kanto."
"It's probably best to assume that no Pokemon is off-limits here. No matter how rare, old, or unique." Professor Oak proclaimed.
"We better get moving." Ash said, walking off in another direction.
"So which powerful Pokemon did your friend see Professor Oak?" Misty asked.
Professor Oak was examining the walls as they walked, "He was not sure... it was unique he told me. But I am hoping to at least catch sight of it."
'Do not venture farther."
Ash looked around, where did that voice come from?
"What's wrong Ash?" Gary questioned.
"Didn't you hear that?"
Gary and the others shook their heads.
"Maybe you're just hearing things Ash." Misty offered.
"Or maybe he's not," Gary disagreed. "It could be a psychic Pokemon."
"It's possible both ways." Professor Oak decided, "It has long since been assumed that Mew possessed telepathic and psychic powers that rival even the most powerful psychic Pokemon of our day."
Ash and Misty exchanged nervous looks. Their encounters with Mewtwo and Lugia made them anxious about any Pokemon that could communicate human-like. When those kinds of Pokemon revealed themselves... it typically meant the world was about to face apocalypse.
'Do not venture deeper.'
Startled that he heard the voice again, Ash tried to think as loudly as he could,
'Why? What's going on?'
The voice did not answer.
The group continued their adventure.
They ran into a few smaller Pokemon, like Kabuto, but none of the trainers dared to try and catch these Pokemon. They were just too creepy.
The flock of Crobat came out of nowhere, attacking the group with air cutters and supersonic attacks that made everyone too messed up to react.
Everyone except Pikachu.
"PIKACHU!" Pikachu unleashed a powerful Thunder attack that shocked the cave in every direction, neutralizing every Crobat, and the members of the group. "Pika...?"
"Great... job... Pika... chu." Ash said, getting back up slowly.
"What's with those Crobat?" Misty asked, looking around in a dazed fashion.
"Infernape, come out." Ash said, hoping that the flame on his head would help light up the darker parts of the tunnel.
Professor Oak examined the small hole in the cave wall that the Crobat escaped through.
"Can you assist me Infernape?" Professor Oak asked, moving so that Infernape could offer some light to the situation. "Hmm."
"What do you see Professor?" Ash wondered.
"Not much, but I've noticed several of these holes around the cavern walls. If I had to guess, these are abnormal tunnels rock-Pokemon like Diglett dug to provide easy escape for the wild Pokemon that live here in case trainers choose to venture this far into the cave."
"They're that scared of trainers?"
Professor Oak nodded, "Pokemon that are abused by trainers past often loathe humans in general, other Pokemon just have a natural distaste for Pokemon who obey humans. They think of the other Pokemon as slaves."
"That makes sense." Misty reasoned.
After hours of wandering they had no idea where they were, or how to get out.
"Infernape." Infernape moaned, tired from the several battles it had already been in in the past couple hours.
"You deserve some rest." Ash told him, "Thanks buddy. Return. Charizard, come on out."
"Char!" Charizard roared in challenge of all Pokemon nearby.
"Let's keep moving." Professor Oak said.
"RegiIce!" Suddenly, Gary was frozen solid.
"Gary!" Ash exclaimed, "Flamethrower Charizard!"
The second Ice Beam and the flamethrower collided and shook the cave.
"Pikachu Volt Tackle!"
"Pika pika pika!"
Pikachu collided with RegiIce and sent it flying back.
"Fire Blast!" Charizard unleashed his full power on RegiIce who rolled over, unable to battle.
Ash grabbed an Ultra Ball quickly and threw it.
The Ultra Ball crashed into a powerful Hyper Beam and exploded.
He could see that RegiSteel had come to its friend aid and was now dragging RegiIce to safety.
"Hey!" Ash yelled, running after the two Regis.
"Ash!" Misty cried, running after him, leaving Professor Oak with his frozen grandson.
"Charizard." Professor Oak said, releasing his fire Pokemon once again. "Get Gary out of this chunk of ice."
"Char!" Charizard roared, slowly melting Gary Oak.
...
Ash ran with Pikachu just in front of him. Misty tried to keep up, but Ash was much faster thanks to his long journeys.
"Woah!" Ash yelled, sliding to a stop at the edge of a ginormous hole.
Misty skidded to a stop next to him.
"I guess you never got over your reckless streak."
Ash was already looking down, trying to figure out what was down below.
"Growlithe, I choose you!"
The puppy Pokemon emerged and lit up the hole with a powerful flamethrower.
"It just goes on forever." Misty stated.
"Hmm." Ash looked around, trying to figure out where RegiIce had gone.
"Return." Ash said, much to the pup's chagrin.
"Pika!" Pikachu called out, pointing up.
"What is it buddy?"
Ash looked up and saw Registeel standing at the end of a ledge.
"Look out!" Ash screamed, trying to tackle Misty out of the way of the Hyper Beam.
The entire ledge exploded, sending Ash, Misty, and Pikachu tumbling into the pit.
They fell forever, or so it seemed to Misty. Having grabbed onto her right before the blast hit, Ash was close to her as they fell. So she grabbed Charizard's ball and threw it.
She grabbed Pikachu and landed in Charizard's arms, holding onto Ash by his wrist with her one free arm.
She groaned in effort until Charizard landed safely on a ledge.
"Thanks Charizard."
"Char!"
Misty checked Ash's pulse, relieved that he was merely unconscious. But she was certain that he was seriously hurt, he's need medical help as soon as they got out.
She looked up and realized that she couldn't hope to remember how far they'd fallen or which ledge they fell from.
"This isn't good."
"Char-i-zard."
Misty nodded and got Ash onto Charizard's back and then slid on herself.
"Come on Pikachu." Pikachu hopped up onto Misty's shoulders, eyeing Ash. "He's going to be fine, Pikachu." 'You hear that Ash? You gotta be fine...' Misty thought to herself as Charizard took to the air.
"Rawr!"
"Pull back!" Misty screamed.
The Ice Beam missed Charizard by inches...
"Pika! Chu!" Pikachu's Thunder Shock blasted the source of the ice attack, a small blue Vaporeon.
"Come on. You can do it, Charizard!" Misty encouraged as the fire Pokemon dodged attacks from a small group that was forming by the same ledge Vaporeon had attacked from.
"Pika!"
"Char!"
The Fire Blast and Thunder Bolt stopped further attacks, allowing Charizard to get out of range.
"That's it right there!" Misty pointed out, releasing Golduck. "Use Psychic to move those boulders!"
"Gold!" Golduck agreed, focusing and sending the rocks tumbling towards the bottom of the bottomless pit.
Charizard landed and breathed fire to show the attackers who was boss, despite the fact they'd lost them at least five minutes ago.
"You can come back for a while Charizard." Misty said, offering up the Pokeball.
Charizard responded with a flamethrower.
"Now I know how Ash used to feel."
She shook off the pain of the burns and returned Golduck to his Pokeball.
"We have to get out of here. We need to find Gary and Professor Oak." Misty led the way to where Gary and Professor Oak used to be. "Where could they have gone?"
"Pika." Pikachu said, its ears perking up.
"What is it Pikachu?"
Pikachu got into a defensive position and started gathering electricity.
"Char!" Charizard roared to warn the intruder.
"Politoed, help us out!" Misty said, throwing her Pokemon's Pokeball.
A strange roar convinced Misty that the way they'd come was not optimal.
"This way it is. Deeper into the maze we go..." Misty stated, not energetic about the idea.
As the small group walked with a still-unconscious Ash on Charizard's back, Misty tried to think of a way to find the Professor other than wandering aimlessly.
"ROAR!"
"What's that?"
"Pika?"
The Pokemon attacked like lightning, striking Charizard, Politoed, and Pikachu before anyone could react.
"Wait!" Misty screamed right before the Pokemon pounced.
...
Gary woke up first.
The strange yellow dog-like Pokemon came out of nowhere, striking like lightning and disappearing like smoke. But this wasn't the cave he'd been thawed in... was it?
No. He was certain that the strange electric type had brought them elsewhere... but where?
He opened his eyes wider and looked around and saw that Misty and Ash were there too. Guess that saves them the trouble of going to look for them.
"Grandpa..." Gary moaned, getting up slowly and crawling to his grandfather. When he touched his hand to him, he was shocked, "Ow."
Gary looked at the center of the room and saw a small table, almost like an operating table.
"Roar!"
Gary spun around and noticed that the yellow dog-like Pokemon had Ash's Pikachu and Charizard, and a Politoed in tow.
"Rai!" The Pokemon hissed.
Gary reached for Umbreon, recognizing the thunderbolts on the giant beast's body as a ninety-nine percent possibility that this was an electric type.
"RAWR!" An echo in the cavern made him freeze. Behind him was the mighty Pokemon, Entei. "This is not a battle you wish to partake trainer."
"Why did you bring us here?"
"We sent Raikou to find the trainer from Pallet."
"I'm a trainer from Pallet Town."
"Not you." A humanoid appeared, "We are looking for Ash."
"Why do you want him? What Pokemon are you?"
"I am Mewtwo. I need his help if the world is to survive."
Yeah, a little over-dramatic. But for what I've got cooked up, it works. Sorry for the long break between chapters, but life gets in the way. For those of you who are wondering, it is the same Entei, brought to life once again by the Unown.
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