Chapter 2
In Blackest Night
Watchtower
It has a week since the alien invasion was stopped and Ash became a Justice League trainee. The world is nearly back to normal after the invasion, and in such a quick time too. In that time, The heroes have officially announced to the world that they have joined forces. They didn't include Ash in the roster since he was still learning under them. The league only had a few emergencies, and they were mostly fires. Every time Ash went along with them on a mission, he had to help the police with keeping the crowd back. And every time he helped, the people would laugh at him, thinking he was just a bystander trying to be a hero. Ash was already having a hard time with everything he just learnt happened back in his universe. There were days when he wanted to stay in the watchtower and wait for a miracle to happen.
Ash is currently in one of the training rooms with Lucario, practicing hand to hand combat. Ash had light bruises on his body. He did manage to land some hits on Lucario but it was clear Lucario was in control of this fight. Lucario threw Ash to the ground and Ash had enough.
"That's it. I'm done for the day." Ash said, getting up from the floor
"You were able to last longer then I thought, you did well." Lucario praises Ash. Ash didn't believe him.
"You're only saying that because you had a good time beating me down." Ash replied.
"This was your first session. Of course I would be better with combat. How many times have you been in a fight without using a Pokemon?" Lucario asked. Lucario knew the law back in the old world. No fist fights at any time. And Ash knew this as well, so in response he started walking to the door. Lucario jumped in front of him to stop him.
"You said trainings over, please get out the way." Ash said. But Lucario had to do one more thing.
"Kneel down." Lucario demanded.
"What?"
"Kneel."
Ash tried to push his way through Lucario, but Lucario wasn't letting him go easy. Lucario swung his leg behind Ashes knee, causing him to go on one knee. Before Ash could do anything. Lucario put his paw on his forehead and starts pouring aura into Ash. They were stuck like that for 5 seconds before breaking apart. Ash felt different.
"What did you do?" Ash asked.
"I put a limiter on your power." Lucario replied.
"What do you mean?" Ash wanted to know what exactly happened
"Your still able to use your powers but you can only use a margin of it now. I already told you without the gloves. You need to learn to control it. And after the stunt you pulled last time you are no where near ready for it's full power." Lucario said. Making sure the words reached Ash. But before Ash could reply, Lucario continued. "But because of the position we're in, you need access to your power. So whenever you reached a percentage of your power output. The limiter will kick in and cancel out your aura. This way you won't be at risk to yourself." Ash was silent, he didn't know if Lucario was really trying to help him or enjoyed punishing him. Before he could ask, Lucario said "we are done here. Be back first thing tomorrow." With that Lucario turned and left the room. Ash stayed there for a few minutes before leaving himself.
Watchtower Hallway
Ash was sitting against the wall. He never felt so low in his life. He was the laughing stock to the public, the leagues crowd support and Lucario's punching bag. Back in his world, he would be the one saving the world. But now there were other people doing that instead of him now. He even wondered if he should just leave the team and try have a ordinary life in this world. He took out his pokegear and looked at the old pictures he had on there. His adventures through kanto, Johto and the other regions all on there. But he was mostly focused on the people in the photos. His friends. Friends that he'll most probably will never see again. Then he came across one picture. It was a picture of his mum. He had to put the device away quickly before he got upset again. During that time, someone had been watching him.
"Mind if I join you?" Ash looked up and saw it was Hawkgirl. Hawkgirl has put in the most effort to make sure Ash felt at home here. Ash did appreciate her efforts but sometimes it wasnt enough. Ash gestured her to sit down, which she did. "You're missing home aren't you?"
"How did you know?" Ash said jokingly
"You were looking at those pictures for quite a while." Hawkgirl replied. Ash blushed at this point. He wanted to keep his personal life secret a little longer.
"Please don't tell anyone. I want to keep my other life to myself for a little longer." Ash pleaded.
"Of course, it's only natural that you would be missing everyone. Your friends, family, girlfriend." Hawkgirl listed. Ash went red.
"I don't have a girlfriend." Ash quickly replied. Wanting to stop this subject.
"How did that happen? You're youthful, energetic, handsome. Was there no one you liked?" Hawkgirl questioned. Truth is Ash had been noticing girls for some time now. But has been afraid to do anything in case he got the wrong reaction.
"I've always been so focus to be a Pokemon master that I never see other things." Ash was slowly opening up. "That's the excuse I make up. But in actuality, i was scared. I'd been friends with them for so long that I would hate for us to stop talking because I screwed up." Before Hawkgirl could say something. Flash popped up round the corner.
"If it's ladies your having trouble with, I'm the man to help you bud." Flash said. Ash knew what was going on and got up, leaving.
"Ash, please we just want to help." Hawkgirl said. Ash turned to face them.
"As I told you and the others, I'm not ready to talk. I just want to go for a walk and be alone." Ash said. He turned again and walked away again. Hawkgirl wanted to go after him but Flash stopped her. She never wanted to upset him. What can she do now?
Ash was walking towards the teleporters and was a minute away from them. Then Mewtwo suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Are you sure what you are doing is a good idea?" Mewtwo asked.
"I don't care I just want to go." Ash said. But he found himself stopped moving. Mewtwo used psychic to keep him in place.
"I'd highly recommend you take someone with you. You haven't been here long enough to know how everything works here." Mewtwo requested. But Ash wasn't changing his mind.
"I'm going out to get away from everyone. It only be worse if I got escorted round." Ash said. Mewtwo sighed and let him go from his grasp. And transported Pikachu. Ashes belt and bag in the same room.
"At least take these in case something comes up." Mewtwo said. Pikachu ran to Ashes shoulder and Ash scratches under Pikachus chin.
"Ok fine." Ash put on his belt and slid his bag on his back. With that Mewtwo disappears.
"If you're looking for somewhere quiet to explore, you should come with me." Ash looked up and saw Green Lantern but in normal clothes.
"This better not be another trick. I've had enough today." Ash said.
"No and I'm sorry about that by the way. I'm off duty so I'm going back home. It's a small city, peaceful, quiet, easy to navigate. Sounds like something you need right now." John Stewart explained. To Ash this sounded perfect and at least there was someone he knew near by if something happens.
"Ok, but I want to do my own thing once we get there." Ash said. John could tell he was mad so he didn't push it.
"Fair enough."
Detroit
Ash and John appeared on a street corner. It indeed looked peaceful. Even though it was a city, everyone was friendly and minding their own busy. This was what Ash needed.
"Thank you John, well I'll see you back at the watchtower." Ash said. But before Ash could leave, John had one more thing to say.
"Ash." Ash turned around. "You know everyone are just trying to help you out, right?" John asked. Ash did know and felt bad by the way he's acted and nodded in response. "Ash, sometimes it pays to talk to someone. Because when you don't it makes them feel like they failed. When you feel bad, someone else feels bad. And when you feel good, the other person feels good. Just remember this doesn't only affect you." Ash was stunned by that statement. He couldn't look at him in the eye. He felt like he's been making the wrong choices since he arrived in this world. "You still have your receiver?" Ash nodded. "Remember to use that when your ready to head back and if you are in danger, any available league members will come right to you." With that, John walked to leave. Ash looked at him for a while before walking the opposite way.
Unknown street
Ash walked a good 30 mins around the city. And he enjoyed every moment of it. The building were tall. The kids were playing games on the street, adults talking to other adults and the grass in the nearby park were so fresh and green. This reminded him of the times he would explore back home. He looked around and saw a building that caught his interest. It was a little cafe, it was called Kate's. It looked like the building was vintage, as in even though it's new and up to date it looked like it's been open for a few decades. Ash had some money on him. He thought why not, it be nice to have a little treat. He started to walk towards the cafe.
Kate's Cafe
Ash entered the building. Inside there were only a few customers and a lone worker. It was nice and quiet. The perfect place for him to be.
"What do you say Pikachu, you hungry?" Ash asked. Pikachu gave a big smile.
"Pika."
"Okay, let's sit down somewhere and see what's on the menu." Ash said. Ash and Pikachu went to one of the many empty booths. Pikachu jumped off of Ashes shoulder and on the table. Pikachu grabbed a bottle of ketchup and starts drinking it. "Looks like your sorted for lunch." Ash happily said. He opens the menu and starts looking through it.
"Aww. What a cutie." Ash and Pikachu looked up and saw a blonde woman looking at them. Ash and Pikachu looked at each other before looking back at her.
"Are you talking about Pikachu?" Ash said pointing at his pokemon.
"He's a little cute fluff ball." She said. Petting Pikachu on his head, which he enjoyed. "But you." Looking at Ash. "Your more like a sweetie." She said leaning towards him. This caused him to blush a little.
"Thank you. That's nice of you to say." Ash said. Looking back at the menu. Not knowing what to say next. But she kept the conversation going.
"Are you okay hun? You seem like you got something on you mind." She asked. Ash put down the menu to reassure her.
"I'm fine, thank you miss". Ash said.
"Actually I'm a Doctor. I help people with problems as a career." She explained.
"Wow that's actually really amazing. But really I'm good." Ash replied. She was not giving up.
"Come on, you can trust me. I'm a doctor." She said. Rubbing Ashes arm. Even though it felt good, he felt uncomfortable at the same time. The cafe worker approaches.
"Ok Harleen that's enough. Let the boy have some space." The worker said. The woman now named Harleen let go of Ashes arm.
"I'm just joking around. I'll be over there. Bye sweetie." She said. Winking at Ash and walking to another booth.
"Don't worry about her. She's all talk. Absolutely harmless." The worker said.
"Thank you. I have not been having the best day." Ash said.
"We all have those days. I'm sure you'll find something to cheer you up." The worker said.
"Yeah my problems are a little more complicated." Ash explained. The worker wanted to help.
"Do you mind if I join you?" The workers asked. Ash accepted and gestured at the seat opposite him. "I don't know what's got you so down. But somewhere in the world someone is having the worst day of their lives." Ash became interested. "Someone might of lost their job, lost their child or got heartbroken. And even those only seem like bad days to them. But at the end of the day, even if it doesn't seem like it you always got someone to talk to." The worker finished saying. Now that Ash heard that. He's got a whole new look on his situation.
"Thank you. That actually helped a lot. You got good wisdom, ms." Ash thanked
"Please call me Kate." She said.
"I'm Ash Ketchum. Wait, Kate? As in this cafe? Do you own this cafe?" Ash asked. He thought it was highly unlikely since she was in her early 20s.
"Yeah, my grandparents first owned this cafe when they saved up enough money. My parents had no interest in run a cafe. But when I was younger used to help out a lot here. So it was only natural for them to pass it along to me." Kate said. Ash was impressed.
"Wow that's really cool. You're doing a great job. This place is really well kept." Ash complimented
"Thank you I try my best." She said. Now getting back up from the seat. "Talking about work, I better get back to my job. Is there anything you like to start with?" Ash was about to talk, when
SMASH!!!!
A red android smashes the glass door and enters the building. It starts scanning the room. It stops and says
"John Stewart you are to surrender and come with us." The robot said.
Ash wanted to know what they wanted with him. Before doing anything, he caught Kate's attention.
"Kate. Get under the table." Ash said.
"What?" Kate asked.
"I got a idea but you need to be safe first." Ash said.
Kate didn't know what he was planning but she needed to keep her customers safe, if Ash got a way to get that thing out then she was willing to try anything. She knelt down and crawled under the table. As she got under, Ash got up.
"Stay here." Ash said. "You too Pikachu." Pikachu wanted to object but followed directions and went under the table. Ash walked towards the robot.
"Ash, where you going? Get back here." Kate pleaded.
Ash reached to robot and said "What do you want with John Stewart?"
The android looked at him and walked over. It stopped and got in his face.
"You are not John Stewart." The Android said.
"You didn't answer my question. What do you want with him?" Ash asked. The robot started to become hostile.
"By the way you speak, you are affiliated with John Stewart." The robot produces a electrified baton. "You will take us to him immediately."
"Not until you tell what I want to know!" Ash demanded.
"Come with us now." The robot said. Grabbing Ashes arm. The robot started dragging Ash towards the door.
"Ash, no" "pikapi." Kate and Pikachu called from under the table. Pikachu started running towards Ash.
Ash didn't like getting man handle, especially in front of everyone. He need to do something to get out of his grasp. He made a fist and infused with aura. "Let go of me!" Ash shouted. Punching the robot in the face. It caused the robot to let go and get knocked back a little bit but still on its feet.
What Ash didn't except was the recoil pain from that punch. "Ahh!! I don't get it. It didn't hurt when I hit Superman." Ash said. Then he remembered what happened earlier. "Lucario reduced my power. How could I forget that." Ash didn't notice that the robot was approaching and when it was close enough, it prodded Ash with the baton, electrocuting him. "AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
"Ash!" Kate shouted.
"Pick on someone your own size." Harleen joined in
Ash recovered from the attack. He was coming up with a plan of attack. Without access to his full power, he had to be clever about this. He saw Pikachu in front of him. And then suddenly he got an idea. He doesn't know if it will work. But he had to get this robot away from everyone. Without a second thought. He jumped up and swung his foot across the robots face, causing it to stumble. Ash immediately jumped up on the counter top and started compressing his aura.
"Pikachu iron tail now." Pikachu ran up to the robot and hit it across the robots face. Stumbling back in front of Ash.
"Let's take this outside." Ash said. At that point he let out a wave of aura. Knocking the android through the window and back out on the street.
"Kick it's butt sweetie." Harleen praises Ash. Ash immediately followed the robot outside.
Ash went outside with Pikachu on his shoulder. The android started to get up from the landing. As it got up 10 more androids showed up. Ash knew he wouldn't be able to handle this with just him and Pikachu. He needed help to even the odds. He grabbed the receiver from his pocket and contacted the watchtower. But in the meantime he had to do something to even the odds. He was thinking that their strong, their durable, their batons could do serious damage. The batons. With the batons being electrified, he has got two Pokemon that help. He grabbed two pokeballs and threw them in the air.
"Help us out." Ash said. Out came a red crocodile with sunglasses and a orange wolf with rocks in his mane. "Krookodile, Lycanroc. Get ready to fight and be careful."
Both the Pokemon replied. One of the robots approached the Pokemon and poked them with the baton. But nothing happened. All of the androids were confused and stunned in place. Krookodile lifted up one of his claws and wagged his finger at them. Then his teeth started glowing with a devilish smirk on his face.
Watchtower
Lucario was meditating in the observation deck and Mewtwo was nearby looking at the earth through the window. Martian walked up beside Mewtwo to look at the planet as well.
"In interesting that we're in the same position. We're both far away from home. And now we have to learn how to call this planet home." Martian said.
"Yes and some are taking the circumstances well." Mewtwo looked at Lucario. Then back at earth. "And others, not so much." Mewtwo said.
"Before I tried to read Ashes mind but your barrier was protecting it. Now that it's down, would I be able to look inside now?" Martian asked.
"Yes but I'd strongly think again about it. If you do, I'll erase your mind." Mewtwo replied. Martian smirked finding the challenge exciting
Suddenly the alarms go off and the computer lit up saying emergency. Martian to the controls to see the situation with Mewtwo and Lucario following closely behind. Flash and Hawkgirl entered the room. "Whats going on?" Flash asked.
"Someone set off their distress beacon." Martian said.
"Where's the location?" Hawkgirl asked.
"Kate's cafe, Detroit."
"John went back there to rest. Did he set it off?" Flash asked.
"It might be Ash." Lucario said. Everyone looked at him. "I overheard John offering to take Ash where he was going."
"Is anyone else available?" Hawkgirl asked.
"John knows about the situation and is on his way. I sent a telepathic message to Superman. He's finishing up a sea rescue." Martian said.
"Batman is currently stopping someone named scarecrow and his fear toxin. And Wonder Woman is stopping a bank robbery." Mewtwo continued.
"Let's get to the teleport we need to go now." Hawkgirl started moving.
"Stay there. I can teleport us now." Mewtwo said. Everyone stopped and looked at him. He turned to Lucario. "Ready for a battle?" Mewtwo asked.
"Always." Suddenly the room was covered with a white light.
Outside Kate's cafe
The battle has been fierce. Lycanroc is using stone edge on multiple robots to keep them in place. One robot came to the side of Lycanroc and punched him in the face. Lycanroc showed it's teeth, bit the robots arm and brought it to the ground whilst the other robots approached him. Krookodile slammed a android on the ground. One robot came up behind it and grabbed him. Krookodile struggled to get out. Another robot walked towards him ready to attack. Krookodile broke out of the grasp and used crunch across the approaching robots neck causing it to fall. Pikachu use volt attack on one android then bounced up and used thunderbolt on the rest of them. One robot grabbed Pikachu and threw him against the wall. Pikachu recovered, readied a iron tail and gone charging in. Ash had a bruised and slightly bloody face. His limiter kicked in and can't access his aura. Ash punched one of the robots in the face. Knocking it back. Ash blocked a punch and low sweeped the robot to trip him. Before Ash could get back up, one of the droids stomped its foot on Ashes back. "AHHHHH!!!!!!" Then the droid moved his foot over his head.
"You will not comply, then you will be executed." The droid said. Ash closed his eyes, ready for his final moments.
"Get away from him." The droid looked up and saw hawkgirl coming in fast and hit it across its face with her mace.
Ash saw he had some more backup now. Mewtwo joined Lycanroc and started using shadow ball on the robots causing them to skid backwards. Lucario used force palm to clear the robots off of Krookodile and blocked any baton attacks with bone rush. Flash has been running round tripping up the robots to slow them down. Hawkgirl saw she got sometime now so she grabbed Ash and flew him over on the outside wall of Kate's cafe and leaned him against it.
"You be ok now." Hawkgirl said
"Thank you." Ash weakly said. It pained her seeing him like this.
"Don't speak Ash, you done so well. Stay here and rest." Hawkgirl said. She looked at everyone inside the cafe. "Look after him." And she flew back into battle. Kate turned to Harleen.
"Help me get him inside." Kate said. Her and Harleen quickly ran outside and dragged Ash back inside the cafe. Everyone couldn't be more thankful to him for defending them. Right now they need make sure Ash wasn't in serious danger. Kate lifted his shirt and gawked in horror. His body was heavily bruised and had multiple cuts, some of them deep. "Someone get the first aid kit."
One of the customers ran to get it. Harleen saw something interesting. One of Ashes bruises seemed to be disappearing. "Look." She said. Everyone looked at Ash and saw he was rapidly healing himself.
Back outside the Manhunters we're having the upper hand again. Some of them managed to hit flash with the baton causing him to slow down. Hawkgirl was using her mace to defend herself against a robots baton, putting all her strength into it. Lycanroc jumped from one robot to another, kicking them in the process. But he was getting exhausted. So was Krookodile as he was wrestling with one of the robots. Two robots struck Mewtwo with their batons, shocking Mewtwo. Mewtwo was yelling in pain but gathered enough psychic energy separate them. Lucario had been using aura sphere against the robots and did some damage to them. One robot manage to grab Lucario and slam him on the ground. Pikachu had ran out of electricity and was running around to give him time to recharge. Pikachu got trapped in a corner with two robots blocking his path. They raised their feet ready to stomp down on Pikachu. They were about to put their feet down until something knock them into each other. Pikachu saw it was Superman.
"Good job Pikachu." Superman said. Moving along to the next fight. Pikachu was recharged and got back into battle.
Hawkgirl got knocked down and Flash was thrown right next to her. One of the robots came up to them and adjusted its baton.
"Setting set to maximum. End result, execution." He said while slowly extending the baton. Before the baton could touch them. A aura sphere hit the droid and it flew about 5 feet before hitting the ground. The droid got up and saw who threw it along with the league members. It was Ash and it looked like he had completely recovered now.
"Stay away from them." Ash said. Starting charging in towards it and with a aura sphere in his hands. But before he could hit the close range aura sphere.
"STOP!" Green Lantern arrived and everyone saw him slowly descending. He landed in front of one of the Manhunters.
"You are John Stewart." The robot asked.
"Yes I am." John replied.
"Hand over your ring." Everyone was shocked that he willingly took off his ring and gave it to them. "Your trail on Ajuris 5 will start as soon as we arrive."
"I understand." With that the Manhunters and Green Lantern transported away.
Superman looked round to see how bad the damage was. When he saw the cafe, he saw someone was recording on their phone. This is bad. No one knew Ash existed but if this gets out everyone will be after him. "Ash, you need to get out of here now." He said to him.
"What about you guys?" Ash asked. He didn't know what got superman so panicked.
"We'll be right behind. But you need to get back to the watchtower now." Superman said. With that Ash started running with the Pokemon following closely behind. Then Mewtwo suddenly teleported them out of there.
Watchtower
Ash was waiting by the teleporters. He sent all of the Pokemon to the recovery rooms. They didn't want to go but insisted they go, he also said he will call them if something comes up. The heroes came back.
"What happened down there?" Ash asked. He wanted to know why he had to leave and what happened to John.
"Someone was recording you." Superman said.
"That's it?" Ash asked.
"We dont know how much was filmed. We couldn't find the person that was recording. But if that video reaches news outlets then people will know what you are capable of. You will have a giant target on your back". Superman said. Ash realised that this actually could be serious. With the reduced aura energy. He'd only be able to defend himself for so long.
"We'll worry about that later. Right now, we need to go to Ajuris 5 and find John." Hawkgirl said. Typing in the coordinates.
"It was a bit weird how he gave himself up." Flash said.
"We can go ask him ourselves." Ash said. But superman stopped him.
"You are staying here with Martian." Superman stated.
"What?" Ash asked.
"It is extremely dangerous on other planets. We need you to be here as backup." Superman said while he got on the teleporter. Flash and hawkgirl joined him. They were about to teleport.
"Backup." Ash angrily said. He suddenly ran to the teleporter and disappeared with them.
Ajuris 5/Courtroom
Ash and the others appeared in the middle of the trial, shocking everyone. Superman wasn't happy.
"What do you think you are doing?" Superman asked. He saw the look on Ashes and could tell he was about to burst.
"You told me I was backup. Do you know what it's like not being able to help, when I am capable of helping? No you don't, because I bet you never been called backup before." Ash said. Superman realised how it might of sounded and wanted to clear things up. But Ash continued. "Everyone sees me as a joke, a Justice League wannabe. Every time I'm on crowd control, people point and laugh at me. It is not nice being called the underhand sidekick. So not next time you call me backup, then you are calling me worthless." With that Ash went up in the stands and found a big block of empty seats.
Superman, Flash and Hawkgirl watched Ash and began thinking why all of the sudden he brought this up. Completely forgetting they were in the middle of the courtroom.
"If you are staying, please find seats so we may continue." The alien judge told them. Realising this Superman and Flash went on the other side of the room to give Ash some space. Hawkgirl was going to follow. But then she remembered how she let Ash get away earlier and he got badly hurt. She went to Ashes side of the room and sat next to him. She grabbed his hand for comfort but he did not respond at all.
"Are you ready to continue Mr Stewart?" The judge asked. John was looking at Ash. He knew what that feeling is like and wanted to help but couldn't at the moment.
"Yes your honour."
John was charged for destroying the sister planet, Ajuris 4. A witness came forward claiming what he saw. But his profession raised a few questions. His names Kanjar-Ro and he was a space pirate. Court finally came to a break and everyone left. Ash and Hawkgirl got up and started making their way down. But Ash stopped when he saw Superman with John. He couldn't speak to him at the moment. He turned around and walked out of the room.
Courthouse lounge
Ash was sat down at one of the tables. He was contemplating rather to have anything to eat or drink. He didn't know since he was on another planet and might not like it. Hawkgirl entered the room and approached Ash
"Hey, Ash I thought you might like to know that everyone's back inside." Hawkgirl said. She didn't get a response. "Superman's not there. He called Martian and they're checking out a nearby moon to try and help the case." Still nothing. "If you want to come back in, I'll be in the same seat." She turned to leave but stopped when.
"Back in my world there were no heroes." Hawkgirl turned to him. Shocked that he was actually opening up now. "My world would be in danger every few months. We had the police and rangers but they could only do so much. I risked my life so many times to save the world and save my loved ones." Hawkgirl sat down across from Ash. Listening closely. "I've been doing it since I was 10. I know I'm new here but I can't just sit back and do nothing when there is something I can help with. And that question you asked earlier, about me not having a girlfriend. It's because I don't want them to be that close to me in case something happens." Ash said. Finally letting some truth out.
"Ash you are a remarkable young man, and in the future you will make a great hero. Superman is just worried about you. That's why he wanted you to stay in the watchtower. Still I think he could of used a better phrase then backup." Hawkgirl said. Trying to lighten the mood.
"I did overreact didn't I?" Ash said, embarrassed.
"It's been a hard week for you so it's understandable. But Superman does want to talk to you later on." Hawkgirl said.
"I do owe him an apology." Ash said.
"You both owe each other a apology, silly." Hawkgirl said.
"You said Superman is off world. What is Flash doing then?" Ash asked.
"He pretending to be a lawyer and defending John. It's really funny. Come on let's go watch the clown together." Hawkgirl said standing up and looking at Ash.
Ash stood up and smiled, walking back to the courtroom when.
"John is dead for sure."
Ash overheard someone talking badly about John. He looked over and saw there were other Green Lanterns. Ash didn't like what they were saying about John. He walked over to them.
"Shut your mouth. Someone's live is on the line in there." Ash said pointing at the courtroom.
"Hey, your that guy that had the big outburst. We were all laughing at you." All the Green Lanterns were laughing. The Head, The half beast, the pig and the centipede.
"Don't you dare talk to him like that. If you say one more word, I'll take you all down right now." Hawkgirl said stepping in.
"Calm down, we were only making a joke. There's no need to act like a spoiled woman about it." The head Lantern said. Next thing he knew. He felt a punch across his face. He tumbled back towards the floor. Him and the other Lanterns saw it was Ash that threw the punch and his aura was glaring up.
"Don't talk about her like that." Ash angrily said. The half beast charged towards Ash. Ash grabbed his shoulder and stomach and toss him to the other side of the room. The centipede was next and Ash was ready. Ash jab him 2 times before delivering a haymaker. The head got back up and activated his ring. He shot a green energy beam at Ash. But Ash dodged and fired his aura beam at the head. Knocking him out. Ash turned to the pig and approached.
"Do you have a problem with me?" Ash asked. His fist glowing. The pig smirked and stood up.
"I liked how you stood your ground. The names Kilowog. I know John is a good man and wouldn't do anything like that." Kilowog said.
"The names Ash. Look, John needs all the help he's got. So if you really believe John is innocent, then do something." Ash said walking back to the courtroom. Hawkgirl quickly followed, impressed with how Ash handled himself.
Courtroom
Ash and Hawkgirl found their previous seats and watched the rest of the session. There were moments when they were laughing with Flash trying to be a lawyer. To their surprise, Kilowog made a statement defending John. Although it didn't get too far. The judge was about to make a verdict until.
SMASH!!!!!
Someone came through the window. It was Kanjar-Ro. Superman and Martian came through and landed on the floor.
"Everyone, Ajuris 4 is still alive. Look outside." Superman said. Everyone looked and shocked to see that the planet was there.
"How is this possible?" The judge asked.
"Kanjar-Ro might know something about it." Martian said. Kanjar-Ro got up and started to run for the door. Ash got up from the seat, running towards him, grabbed a pokeball and threw it.
"Incineroar stop him." A red giant cat came out the ball. Grabbed Kanjar-Ro and pushed him against the wall. Ash walked up to him. "You better start talking or my friend will start practing his arm." Incineroar grinned at the statement and Kanjar-Ro gulped.
"Someone paid me to stage the whole thing. To buy them some time." Kanjar-Ro said. Ash knew he could get me out of him.
"Who paid you?" Ash asked.
"I can't say. They'll hurt my family." Kanjar-Ro said. Ash wasn't buying it.
"You're not going to fool me that easy. Tell me who paid or you will know what a fire pit looks like." Ash said. Incineroar started to produce embers from its mouth. Kanjar-Ro became scared to death.
"The Manhunters, they wanted the guardians away from Oa so they can gain control of the central battery." Kanjar-Ro said.
"Let him go." Ash said. Incineroar let go of Kanjar-Ro and he ran out of the building. Flash then came forward.
"I think this calls for a mistrial." Flash said. The judge took a while before saying.
"This case is dismissed." While he banged the gavel.
Watchtower
All of Ashes Pokemon have recovered and are waiting for him to come back. Mewtwo notified them that he is in no serious danger. Which calmed them a lot. They saw the teleporter being activated and all of the league members returned. Ash approached the Pokemon in a hurry.
"Are you guys all healed up?" Ash asked. The Pokemon nodded. "Good get ready for another round with the Manhunters." The Pokemon have determined looks on their faces as they are being returned. Superman approached Ash.
"Ash." Superman said. But Ash interrupted him.
"No I'm not going to stay here. This is too big we all need to go." Ash said.
"Ash, I'm sorry for what I said before. Hawkgirl told me your story. It's obvious you have accomplish a lot at a young age. Also you made the right decision on calling in the league when the Manhunters appeared. You more then able to handle yourself." Superman said. Ash appreciates what he said. Now it was his turn.
"Thanks, and I'm sorry about the outburst. I did take it the wrong way. It's just been a hectic week." Ash explained.
"It's alright. Now get ready." Superman said. Mewtwo and Lucario came up next to Ash. And Pikachu got up on Ashes shoulder, sparks flying from its cheeks.
"Ready." Ash said taking out 4 pokeballs. "Mewtwo do you think you can teleport everyone to Oa?"
"Done." Mewtwo said. He lifted his hand and everyone disappeared.
Oa
Many of the Lanterns have fallen only a few remain standing and fighting. There were over hundreds of Manhunters and they were gaining towards the central battery. A few did manage to get into the building with the central battery in. Before anymore could get in. There was a bright light, blinding everyone. When everyone regained their vision, they saw Ash and the other league members standing in the way of the door. Ash threw his pokeballs in the air. Krookodile, Lycanroc, Incineroar and a pig monkey Pokemon, Primeape came out. Lucario and Mewtwo readied and Pikachu ran to the ground to join everyone.
"Go crazy." Ash simply said
With that, Incineroar used fire blast and fired it at the robots. Taken out 20 of them, then went charging in. Primeape gone on a rampage and barrelled into them knocking many off the side. Krookodile used dragon claw on the robots, one by one. And Lycanroc used stone edge to keep the robots away from the other Pokemon. Lucario jumped and landed in the middle of the army and used force palm with both on his hands. Separating the army in half. Mewtwo flew up and produced 2 shadow balls. One shadow ball hit one part of the bridge, stopping any Manhunters going any further. And the other shadow ball hit the other part of the bridge. Under half of the army has fallen into the abyss. Mewtwo turn around to help Lucario. Pikachu jumped and used electro ball and fired it at the army, causing a massive explosion. Superman and Hawkgirl went flying in hitting any robot in sight. Martian phased through some robots before unphasing himself and ripping the robot in half and punching the next one. Flash was running in between the robots, causing them to lose balance. Ash and John saw everything was under control and proceeded into the building.
Central Battery
3 of the Manhunters reached the central battery. The leader approached the battery.
"STOP!!!" The robots turned around and saw Green Lantern and Ash coming towards them. John took out one of the robots. And Ash used a close range aura sphere on the other one.
"It is too late. Our mission we be fulfilled soon". The leader said.
"Do you know what will happen if you jump in there?" John asked.
"I am well aware. The battery will overload and it will cancel out your rings power. Green Lanterns are not needed anymore, not when the Manhunters will reign supreme." The leader jumped into the battery and the battery started going critical.
"OH NO!!!" John shouted. "I need to drain that energy." John went over and used his ring to drain the energy, but Ash could see he was struggling.
"I need to help." Ash said. He took of his bag thinking there might be a Pokemon that could help. When he saw it, it was glowing. When he opened the bag, 2 pokeballs were glowing. Ash picked them up, not knowing who was inside them. He was hoping it was pokemon who can help right now. Threw the pokeballs in the air. They snapped open. And out came a green fairy and a floating pink cat.
"New, Celebi." Ash was stunned.
"Mew." Mew cried happily
"Cel." Celebi joined in.
Ash gained a smirk on his face. "This is perfect. You two, we can enjoy this reunion later. But I need you two to go in the middle of the battery and use heal pulse." Ash said. Pointing at the battery.
Mew and Celebi wasted no time and headed towards the battery. Once they were in the centre they activated their power. To Ashes and Johns surprise the battery energy started to decrease at a steady rate. After a minute, the battery calmed down and Mew and Celebi used psychic to lift up the robot. They landed him in front of Ash and John
"The Manhunters will never up. We will always find a way to bring balance to the universe." The leader said. John sighed.
"Then I guess have no choice. The guardians were meant to disable you years ago. I best do it myself." John said readying his ring. The ring emitted a EMP. Permanently disabling the robot. The robot fell on the floor. "Now the leader has been deactivated, the other should've off too."
"That's good, you two done so well." Ash said to Mew and Celebi. Celebi happily cried and Mew rubbed her face on Ashes face. "Anyway we better get back and see how everyone is doing." Ash said but John stopped.
"Ash, with you being called backup. There was a time when I was a reserve Lantern." John said. This shocked Ash. How did he become more active. "There was another Lantern that would primarily protect earth. And I had this power that I could do nothing with. As time went on they got me to go on more missions. Just like me, your time will come Ash."
"Thank you, this has been really helpful." Ash said. He was really looking forward for what was next. They went out to meet the others.
Watchtower
Everyone was in the canteen. Sharing drinks and celebrating their first victory as a team. The Pokemon were enjoying eating their food. Mew flew over to Mewtwo.
"Mew."
"It's good to see you too old friend." Mewtwo said. Flash had a question.
"How does those two know each other?" Flash asked.
"I don't know. Mew probably knows Mewtwo as being her clone." Ash said.
"Mewtwos a clone?" Superman asked
"Yes, but that does not defy me." Mewtwo replied.
"Ash you were such a big help today. We have a surprise for you and your Pokemon." Hawkgirl said.
"What surprise?" Ash asked. This got the Pokemon's attention.
"Come with us." Hawkgirl said. Got up and holding out her hand. Superman, John, Flash and Martian got up. Ash took her hand and followed, along with the Pokemon.
They came to a room, a room they never seen before. Ash was wondering what was going on.
"Head on inside dude." Flash prompted. Ash and the Pokemon went through the door. It was a large room with multi terrain grounds.
"What is this place." Ash asked.
"This is the Pokemon room." Martian said.
"It's where you can let all your Pokemon and let them enjoy themselves in between missions." John said.
"This so cool." Ash exclaimed.
"PIKA!" Pikachu also agreed.
"You place you pokeballs here while the Pokemon are out." Hawkgirl said showing the wall with sqaures cut into them. "and if there's an emergency that requires all of your Pokemon, it's got a mass return function so it returns everyone at once."
"Also there's a large tv in here so we can communicate with you while you're in here and see current affairs." Flash said turning on the tv on the news channel. Ash was overwhelmed.
"Thank you you been so nice to me when I got here. I don't how I can repay you." Ash said. Almost about to cry.
"Make sure to keep doing your best, future hero." Superman said winking at him.
"Deal." Ash said. Ash grabbed his bag and opened it. "Ok everyone come on..."
"Who is the cafe boy?"
Ash stopped and looked at the tv along with the other heroes. It was a news report about Ash and his fight with the Manhunters.
"Everyone now knows you exist now, and that might not be a good thing." Superman said. This was about to be the best and worst thing to happen to Ash.
Unknown street
A group of friends were outside watching the news through the window.
"It's Ash!"
Restaurant
Another group of people were watching the news. Shocked at seeing Ash.
"Wait, Ash has powers?" One of them asked.
Another restaurant
Another group of friends ran outside.
"Thank you for everything we need to find our friend" one of them said. Then they ran off.
Lexcorp
A bald man was watching the same report.
"What sort of power does he possess."
Abandoned warehouse
A man in a purple suit and a woman in a jester outfit watched the news too.
"There's my sweetie, mr j." The woman said.
"He looks like a serious character. I'm sure I can put a smile on his face. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!" The man laughed evilly.
And that's chapter 2 done I hope you have enjoyed it.
Major characters are coming into play now. How will they affect the story?
Also thank you for the reviews from the first chapter. I never expected to get feedback so soon. But again thank you.
And right now I am working on chapter 3 'The Enemy Below'