Chapter 3
The Enemy Below
Things have been hectic ever since Ash became famous overnight. The video that was captured in the cafe caught the entire event, when the android entered the cafe. News stations and talk shows have been contacting multiple league members to get a one on one interview with Ash. Ash and the other league members thought it would be a good idea for good outside if was absolutely essential. He's been such a hot topic in media, some of the shows named a segment 'where's cafe boy'. Ash is in the training room, ready for another training session with Lucario. But he was surprised to see Charizard and Wonder Woman in the room. And she had sword with her, when did see have a sword?
"Okay Ash, today we will be working on defence." Lucario said.
"Lucario before we start, what happens to the limiter once I learn how to control my aura?" Ash said. Lucario forgot to tell him what would to the limiter eventually.
"As you gain more control of your power. The limiter will wear off slowly. Eventually it will be gone completely. But at that point you will know how to use your aura properly."
"That's awesome." Ash said.
"But remember I can always put the limiter back if you ever start using it recklessly." Lucario stated. Ash now knew once he got his full power back it can easily be reduced again. "Now with me being a Pokemon I am limited with my aura use. With me knowing other attacks. But with you, your aura use are endless. Some are easy to control and others are complicated. And even with easier moves, they still need work to make them stronger."
"Okay, what do we start first?" Ash asked.
"Create a barrier around yourself. Like the one I'm producing now." Said Lucario and blueish transparent shape formed around Lucario.
Ash concentrated and a less visible barrier formed around Ash. Lucario touched the barrier.
"Looks good but looks doesn't mean it's effective. If the barrier is strong enough, it can protect you from most things. Also you'll be able to breathe when it's impossible to breathe like underwater or a thick smoke cloud. NOW!!!!" Lucario said looking at Charizard. Charizard started using smokescreen and pointed it towards Ash.
Ash kept his barrier up and it was holding, keeping the smoke out and be able to breathe normal. Then some smoke started seeping through the barrier it reached Ashes face. Ash started coughing and the barrier went down.
"That's enough charizard." Lucario said. Charizard stopped the move. "You lasted 20 seconds which is good but still needs work. Also your concentration needs work too. The barrier can soften the hardest punches but not block it, so it will still hurt. You need to learn how to keep the barrier when that happens." Ash was starting if it was because of the limiter that his barrier only lasted 20 seconds. "Now I want you to try to form a shield."
Ash was wondering how he would do that. He started trying to focus his aura into one of his arms. He felt it going into his right arm. His right arm was glowing blue. Then with much difficulty he spreaded the aura into a circle blue shape. Covering most of his body just exposing his legs.
"That's good Ash. I'm impressed I didn't need to tell you how to do it. Now this is the stronger defence tactic, because the aura is in one area instead of all over." Ash now understood that his aura will be its most powerful if it was concentrated at certain parts of his body. "Diana if you please." Diana stepped forward, drawing her sword.
"Wait a minute. I just learnt this. Are you sure this is a good idea?" Ash asked.
"Only one way to find out." Lucario smirked. Ash didn't if he was being serious.
"Don't worry Ash. I'm well trained in swordsmanship. I'll stop the sword before it touches you body. Do you trust me?" Diana said. Ash was about to reply before Diana swing her sword down. Ash held the shield up and it stopped the sword halfway. "Impressive."
"Impressive indeed." Lucario said turning around. "They'll be alternating every 3 minutes. You'll stay in here for an hour before you leave. And if you do well enough they'll mix things up a bit." Lucario began to leave the room.
"You're not staying?" Ash asked.
"You need to learn about self improvement and that means I shouldn't be around during training all the time. Look out for that flamethrower." Lucario left the room.
Ash put up the aura shield again. In time to block the flamethrower. The shield started to crack and embers went through the shield, burning Ashes skin. It ended and the shield was put down. Ash looked at Charizard and Diana.
"This will be interesting." Ash simply said.
Watchtower/Observation Deck
Ash finished his training and made massive improvements. He held up well against Charizard and Diana. They did made it difficult for him. At one point, they did a double team move. Where Diana was riding on Charizards back and used her lasso to capture Ash. And Charizard used flamethrower while Ash was tied. Ash put up his barrier to protect himself. He was impressed with the teamwork that was shown. He wondered if the leagues members would be opened to training with the Pokemon. Making the whole team more effective. Superman came into the room, hanging up his phone call.
"Just a heads up Ash. If you're thinking about going somewhere. Be careful, that's the tenth call I got from channel 8. Asking me to get you to do a interview." Superman.
"I also heard back from hawkgirl and Flash." Martian said. Stepping away from the controls.
"How are they doing?" Ash asked.
"They're still busy with the evacuation. The Chinese media have been asking questions regarding." Martian replies.
"That's the seventh country now." Ash said.
"And the questions that keep on coming are is Ash apart of the Justice League? And are those creatures that he controls?" Superman said. Ash doesn't like that they say he's controlling them. John and Diana came into the room.
"We have a problem. Turn on the tv." John said. Martian turned the screen on and the news was on.
"Earlier today, the uss defiant lost all communication with the naval base. It is unclear if the crew are still alive, and we were not able to get a statement from the naval base as well." The news anchor said.
"We just got a call from the same naval base. They want us to retrieve the crew and the submarine." John said.
"Should be no problem. Might take about 5 minutes." Superman said.
"Okay then we should go." Diana said.
"And now for another segment of where's cafe boy." The anchorman said.
"We'll go after this." Superman said. Everyone was watching the screen.
"David managed to get a interview with the owner of Kate's cafe and the customers that were involved on the day. We go live to them now." The anchorman said. The screen cuts to outside Kate's cafe and everyone that was involved was on the screen and it was obvious that other news companies were present as well.
"Thank you Will. I'm here with the owner herself here. Can you tell us what your experience was on the day?" David asked.
"It was a calm, normal day. Until that robot showed up. At that A... I mean that guy told everyone to get under the table and he'd got the robot outside." Kate said. David caught that stutter.
"You hesitated there. Do you know the boys name?" David asked.
"I do know his name but I'm not going to reveal it. It's not my place to say." Kate said.
"Okay and I understand you have something to say to the boy." David said.
"Yes I do." Kate said. Now she's looking into the camera. "If you're watching. Please come back to the cafe. Everyone wants to personally thank you and your creatures for your heroics. And it be really nice to see you again." Kate looked away from the camera and had a light blush on her face.
"I think she likes you." Diana said the Ash. Then Harleen came on the tv and grabbed the microphone from David.
"Hi sweetie, please come by. I really want to see you again. You're the only hero I need."
"That one really likes you." John said. Ash didn't know what to do. Martian turned off the screen.
"I think you should go Ash." Martian said.
"But what about the submarine?" Ash asked.
"It's a quick pickup job. Nothing serious." Superman said. "Also part of a heroes job is checking up on people." Ash really didn't want to go because the cameras. But he didn't want to look ungrateful at the same time.
"Okay I'll go down there, but if something comes up contact me." Ash said.
"Sure thing." John said.
Kate's cafe
Everyone was in the cafe waiting and the news media were outside. Kate has banned any cameras entering the building. She wanted Ash to feel relax and safe if he came.
"You think he saw the news?" Harleen asked.
"It's hard for him not to see anything about him." Kate replied. Suddenly there was a blinding light. Everyone covered their eyes. When the light died down, Ash appeared with Pikachu on his shoulders and Mewtwo and Lucario by his side.
"Miss me already?"
"Ash thank you for coming back." Kate came running into a hug with him. Ash was not expecting that. She let go and the door was heard being opened.
"SIR! SIR! SIR!" All the news people were trying get in at the same time. Kate stepped towards them.
"NO NO NO! I have told all of you, you are all banned while he's here." She shouted.
"It's okay Kate, I can handle this." Ash said. Kate turned towards him, confused. Ash looked at Mewtwo. "Can you put a barrier up to stop them coming in?"
"It will be done." Mewtwo said. The news people started being pushed out the door. Once outside, the door shut and a screen was put in front of it. "They will not be able to enter while we're here." The news cameras were pressed against the window to get anything useful.
"That's my hero again." Harleen said, coming in front of Ash. "Here's your reward." Harleen grabbed Ash and pulled him in for a kiss. His mind went into shock and had no idea what to do. Ash thought if he didn't do anything he would seem ungrateful. So he started kissing her back. Kate's face was absolutely red. She wanted to rip Ash away from Harleen. The news cameras caught this moment and unknown to everyone, it was live.
Airport
A group of friends was watching the moment on tv and everyone had different reactions.
"What does she think she doing?" One girl angrily asks.
"That should be me." Another girl said.
"What did you say?"
"Why does Ash get all the luck?" One guy says while crying
Kate's cafe
Ash let the rest of his pokemon that he had on him. The kids were playing with Lycanroc. Krookodile was showing off in front of the older kids. Mewtwo were levitating some of the people, who were laughing. Lucario was demonstrating his range of moves in front of on lookers. Ash, Kate and Harleen are sat at a table with Pikachu on it. Pikachu was living the dream since Kate brought him 3 bottles of ketchup over. The cameras were still at the windows.
"I've never seen anyone enjoy ketchup that much." Kate said.
"He's always been like that. But he's a nightmare if you try to take it away from him." Ash said.
"The fluff ball isn't capable of that." Harleen said.
"It's true. Actually when we first met, he didn't like me and wouldn't listen to anything I say." Ash explained.
"How did you change that?" Kate asked.
"I just showed him I don't wish to control him, and he can make his own decisions." Ash said.
"So its based on trust." Kate said.
"Exactly." Ash said.
"So change of subject, how many girls have you kissed before?" Harleen asked. Ash had to think for a while.
"3 times, twice on the cheek and once on the lips." Ash answered.
"Who was the other kisser then?" Harleen wanted to know.
"It was one of my friends. We were at the airport and she was about to board a plane. Until she just ran and kissed me. But I don't really count that since I was 12." Ash said.
"Oh, so you saying this was your first proper kiss?" Harleen asked. Wrapping her arms around his neck. Ash went bright red. Kate knew where this was going and wanted to change it.
"Ash, where did get these creatures?" Kate asked. Harleen had an annoyed look on her face and unwrapped her arms.
"I had to explore a lot." Ash said.
"Where exactly did you find them and what are they called?" Kate asked.
"They're called Pokemon. And I'm afraid that you won't find them anywhere on the world." Ash said. Kate and Harleen raised their eyebrows.
"What do you mean by that?" Both of them asked.
At that point Ashes watchtower receiver was going off, indicating someone was trying to talk to him.
"Excuse me ladies, really need to take this." Ash said. He got up from the table and walked to a quiet part of the cafe. He activated the receiver. "Hello?"
"Ash, a situation has just came up. All available league are to meet immediately." The voice of Batman said.
"Understood, I'll get my Pokemon now." Ash said.
"Ok but that means no more enjoying girls company today." Batman said. Ending the transmission call. How did Batman know what he was doing? But Ash had no time to ponder and had to get back.
"Ok everyone time to go." Ash said to his pokemon. Ash returned Lycanroc and Krookodile. Lucario and Mewtwo came up beside Ash and Pikachu climbed up on Ash. Kate and Harleen got up from the table.
"You're leaving?" Kate asked.
"Are you sure you can't stay for a while?" Harleen also asked.
"I'm afraid so. A emergency came up." Ash said.
"Well, you're welcome back here at anytime. And everything's free of charge for you." Kate said.
"I'm here most days, make sure to say hi when you see me sweetie." Harleen said.
Ash took a moment before he grabbed two napkins, then grabbed a pen and started writing on them. Afterwards he handed them to Kate and Harleen.
"That's my phone number. Call if there is a emergency and I'll be with you as soon as I can. Ok I really need to go now. Mewtwo." Ash looked at Mewtwo. He knew what to do. Mewtwo lifted his hand and they disappeared.
Watchtower
Ash was walking along the hallway. He let the Pokemon relax in the Pokemon room while they got time. Ash really did like going down to that cafe. And hopefully have a chance to go back again. He felt his phone vibrate. Did the girls text him already? He took out his phone and saw there was 2 messages. The first one was from Flash.
Dude, you need to tell me your tricks. Good lip action.
How did Flash know what happened? He couldn't call him since he's still on assignment. He looked at the last message. It was from hawkgirl.
You're kissing girls now? I think it's about time we had the talk.
Ash laughed a little from the message but still how did everyone know. He put his phone away and entered the conference room and he saw Batman, Superman, Martian, Diana and John sat at the table.
"Good to see you're back Ash." Superman said.
"What's this about? Did something happened during the retrieval?" Ash asked. Ash knew this must be serious if the league was meeting like this.
"There was a complication." Diana said.
"We found the submarine, but an army from the ancient city of Atlantis. And they making it difficult to retrieve the sub." Superman said.
"So the sub and crew are still down there?" Ash asked, worried.
"We reached a compromise. We were allowed to retrieve the crew. But the actual sub had to stay where it was." Superman. John had a look of disgust.
"I still think we should of taken the sub too. It's too dangerous outside of military hands." John said.
"You got the crew out, that should be your main priority in the first place." Ash said.
"Ash, that submarine had nuclear weapons in it." John said.
"What are nuclear weapons?" Ash asked.
"Nuclear weapons are most dangerous weapons that been built by mankind. It can wipe out half the population of a large country and cause mass murder." John said. Ash was shocked at that information.
"Why would they do that? There are always other ways." Ash exclaimed.
"It's because they are afraid. In case there's a enemy out there that needs that sort of firepower." Martian said.
"But because of this, men of lost their ability to fight properly". Diana said.
"But as it stands, the sub will stay where it is, but keep a close eye on it." Superman said.
"I managed to get some information. The government knew about the existence of Atlantis for a while now. The name of the leader was unknown to them, so they gave him the code name: Aquaman. But now we know his name is Arthur Curry and the location of Atlantis." Batman finished explaining.
"I did talk to him. To reach peace with the rest of the world." Superman said.
"Do you think he'll do that?" Diana asked.
"Our main focus should be to make sure that sub is left untouched until a agreement is reached." Batman said.
"I agree, that will be our next objective. To reach an agreement." Superman said. Ash didn't know if that was the end of the meeting.
"Are we finished or is there something else we need to talk about?" Ash asked. Superman looked at Ash.
"Yes one more thing we need to discuss." Superman said. He grabbed a remote from the table. Pointed at the screen and it came on. Ashes face went pale. Now everything made sense. It was a split screen. One image of him kissing Harleen and another is him handing his number to Kate and Harleen. "Care to tell us the story." Everyone leaned in wanting to hear this. Ash sank into his seat.
Pokemon room
Ash was living in a nightmare. The league had many questions and teasing him a lot about what happened at the cafe. Ash received a text from Kate saying theres been many fans entering the cafe, asking about him. Some of them even asked for his number. Ash sighed a relief when he read that Kate hand his number to anyone. He was surprised when he didn't get a text from Harleen. She was probably being smart and staying off the radar. Ash put his phone away and looked at his pokemon. They were all here. Every Pokemon he officially caught and kept or released were here. It took him most of the day to get reacquainted with everyone. Some of the pokeballs that snapped open were empty though. Mewtwo explained to him that the Pokemon for those pokeballs haven't made it to this world yet. But will be here eventually. Ash turned to see the tv. It was still him on the news. Everyone was trying to find out who he was. He was honestly getting sick of it. While this keeps on popping up, people will recognise him on the street and he would be crowded in with questions. Suddenly the breaking news logo came up. Will the anchorman appeared.
"We just got word that the king of Atlantis has barged his way into the world conference meeting. We go live there now." It cuts to a big hall with a shirtless blonde man standing in the middle of the room.
"What is he doing?" Ash asked. He then saw Superman enter the room, talking to Aquaman. "Is Superman by himself? It might be a good idea to go there just in case." Ash looked around and thought about taking a Pokemon with him. Then he thought they have been working so hard lately, they deserve a break with nothing to serious happening. He then walked out of the room, heading to the teleporter.
Outside the world conference building
Ash blended in with the crowd. He kept his head low, making sure he wasn't recognised. There so many cameras. If he got cornered the only way he could get out would be the teleport function on the receiver. Aquaman and Superman suddenly came out. Cameras were flashing rapidly.
"You can't just do that Arthur, there's procedures you have to follow." Superman said.
"I came to talk peace and reach a agreement. But if you won't stop polluting my ocean, then there is nothing else to talk about." Aquaman said.
"An agreement can be reached but you need to follow the worlds laws as well." Superman said.
"I said what I needed to say, were done here." Aquaman turned round and started walking away. Superman followed.
Out of the corner of his eye, Ash saw an incoming bazooka heading towards the 2 heroes. They haven't noticed it. He had to do something or the heroes and the civilians would get hurt. He summoned aura into his feet and jumped towards the bazooka. At this moment, everyone saw Ash in the air and also the bazooka coming in. Everyone started to panic. When Ash got in front of the missile, he summoned his aura shield and readied himself.
BOOM!!!
The missile exploded upon impact of the shield. The shield did protect Ash but the force knocked him into the ground hard. It made a crater. Superman and Aquaman came towards him to check on him. Ash put up his barrier at the last minute to soften the blow from the ground. Superman helped him up. Aquaman came face to face with him.
"Thank y..." Arthur didn't get a chance to finish. Everyone came flooding in towards Ash. Wanting to thank him. Asking him questions. Superman talked to Ash and Arthur.
"Get back to the watchtower now. I'll see you there any minute." Superman said. Arthur didn't get to vote since Ash activated his receiver and teleported him and Arthur away. "Ok everyone please move along. All the has fun ended now. Everything is under control."
"Hello there Superman." A woman said.
"Lois Lane, what can I help you with?" Superman asked
"I think you know what the questions are." Lois said preparing her notepad.
Watchtower
Everyone met Ash and Arthur outside the teleporters, they saw the whole thing on the news. They made their way to the main hall. Aquaman finally spoke to Ash.
"Thank you for saving me out there. I might not be alive now if you weren't there." Aquaman said. John had a question for Ash.
"Why were you there anyway?" John asked.
"I saw Superman on the news with Aquaman and I thought I'd be there in case he needed help." Ash said.
"Aquaman?" Arthur asked.
"It's the government code name for you." Martian answered.
"I hate that name." Arthur said.
"We didn't pick it." Ash said. Superman entered the room.
"What took you so long?" Diana asked.
"Lois Lane was in the crowd." Superman said.
"What did you tell her?" Batman asked. He knew Lois Lane was his weak point so anything she wanted to know he would tell her.
"I didn't say anything." Superman started. "But I did say, Ash would call her to set up a potential interview." Ash looked in shock at Superman.
"Why would you do that?" Ash asked. Superman held his hands up.
"I'm sorry but maybe this is a good thing, just do this one interview and get everyone off your back." Superman said.
"Wow you really are weak for her." John said. Ash thought that wasn't a bad idea. He wouldn't have so many news outlets on his tail all the time then. Arthur had enough of this.
"Ok if we're done. I want to get back to Atlantis." Aquaman said. But Batman stopped him.
"Wait, it might not be a good idea." Arthur turned to Batman. "We don't know who the assassin is. And if he's working alone of with someone else."
"I can look after myself." Arthur said.
"At least stay until we find out who it was. We don't know how far they'll go just to follow you." Ash said. This was a possibility. If the killer did follow Arthur back to Atlantis. He'd put everyone in danger.
"Fine. But I'm not expecting to stay for long. Find the killer and find him fast." Aquaman demanded. Ash already had the answer.
"Don't worry I already got a plan to lure him out. But it needs Martian's shape shifting ability and and some of my Pokemon." Ash said. Aquaman didn't understand that last part.
"Poke what?"
Ash led Aquaman to the Pokemon room and he was astounded. He's never seen creatures like these. He was really into the water area. He saw a blue water dinosaur, Blue turtle, blue crocodile, weasel, otter, big blue frog, giant tadpole, big crab, lobster. They didn't have time to meet each other. They were in a rush.
"So which of these Pokemon did you have in mind?" Arthur asked.
"I only need two." Ash simply said. Grabbing two pokeballs from the wall.
Outside the UN
Aquaman, Superman and Wonder Woman exited the building and walking towards the street. There is a gunman on one of the rooftops. He was looking into the scope of a sniper rifle. It was loaded. He aimed at Aquaman and he squeezed the trigger. The bullet went flying and straight through Aquaman. But it didn't damage him at all. All the heroes were looking at him now. Aquaman shape shift into Martian and the three heroes flew towards the roof.
"So it's been you all along Deadshot." Superman said.
"Hey a guys got to have a hobby." Deadshot said.
"And we know you only do this when money is involved. So who paid you?" Diana asked.
"Catch me to find out." Deadshot said. He threw some pellets at the heroes. Once close enough, they produced a thick screen of smoke. It took a while for the smoke to clear. When it did, he was gone. Underneath the street Deadshot was walking in the sewer to find a safe place.
He was safe. Or so he thought. In the mucky water bubbles floated to the top. They popped and scared Deadshot. He turned around. "Hello is anyone there?" No response. He walked again but a little faster. Some more bubbles popped. He turned again. Still no one. He was jogging at this point. He heard massive pop. "Ok I know you're there. Come on out now." Deadshot demanded. Sludge started to rise from the water. It developed eyes and a mouth.
"MUKKKKK!!!!!" It said.
"What the hell are you?" Deadshot shot his handgun at it. The bullets just dissolved into it. Deadshot just ran for it at this point. And Muk was hot on his tail. Deadshot threw some more smoke pellets at it. Thick smoke out and Deadshot grabbed a ladder to the surface. When he looked back he was in shock. Muk was inhaling the smoke until it was all gone. "That looked so disturbing." And he started climbing the ladder with Muk still following.
He reached the surface and about to make a run for it again.
"Whirlwind now."
Deadshot felt a strong gust of wind pushing against him. His feet left the ground and he was flying through the air. Until superman caught him.
"Nice plan Ash. It worked well." Superman praised Ash.
"Thanks but I think Muk did most of the work. You can come up now Muk." Ash said while on the back of Pidgeot. Batman was also on Pidgeot. Muk came up from the sewers and everyone landed on the ground along with Diana and Martian.
"Ok enough games. Who put you up to this?" Superman demanded.
"My memories little bit foggy." Deadshot said. Then he looked at Diana. "But if you do something for me. Things might start to clear up."
"Come with me." Batman said. Dragging Deadshot away from the group. When all of the sudden.
"Ok I'll talk."
"I think he likes you." Ash said to Wonder Woman. She looked at him in a way saying which one. Batman and Deadshot came back.
"Look I've never directly talked to my employer. He always used a middle man." Deadshot said. That information was somewhat helpful.
"Anything else you can tell us?" Ash asked. Deadshot finally looked at him.
"You're that new up and coming hero. The one at the cafe. It looks like the rumours are true, the league does have a secret member." Deadshot said. There's rumours going about already?
"Answer him already." Batman demanded.
"They paid with gold coins." Deadshot said. Bringing out one of them. Batman closely examined it. It look like gold from a pirate ship. A sunken pirate ship. He's connected the pieces now.
"We're done. Take him away." Batman said. Superman grabbed Deadshot again. But before they left.
"Yo, kid." Deadshot looked at Ash. "I also heard rumours that the underworld is interested in. And some of them are very dangerous people. So if I were you kid I'd be careful." With that. Superman flew Deadshot to prison. That didn't sit well for Ash. He is in serious danger if everyone is after him now. Martians receiver went off. He answered and Green Lantern was on the other side.
"Martian, get everyone back here now. Arthur went back to Atlantis." Ash heard this and panicked.
"What, no he's heading into danger." Ash said.
"Teleporting back now." Martian said. And everyone vanished.
Throne room/Atlantis
A man was sitting in the throne with a trident in his hand. An army assembled in front of him. A red hair woman entered the room, looking distort.
"Orm, have you heard anything back from your brother yet?" The red hair woman asked.
"Hello Mera, it's been a while since we've seen each other." Orm tried to distract her.
"Don't avoid the subject. Tell me now." Mera demanded.
"Yes I've heard back from him. He came back to the city a while ago. Then I had him sent away again. He's currently being chained up near a volcanic floor along with your child." Orm admitted.
"Why would you do that?" Mera asked. Shocked at what she heard.
"Because he was too weak to take any real action against the surface world. So I had to put matters into my own hands. I didn't want to do anything with my nephew, but he next in line if anything happened to Arthur. But the good thing is." Two soldiers grabbed Mera by each arm. "You can still be queen, by my side." Orm leaned in.
"We'll take that as a confession." A voice was heard. Orm turned around and it was Ash, Superman, Diana and Green Lantern.
"Who are you?" Orm asked.
"Justice." John said. Firing a green energy beam at Orm. He blocked it with the trident. The soldiers in the room charged in. Wonder Woman used her lasso, caught one of the guards swung him through the room. Superman was throwing the guards in every direction. But suddenly a magical energy hit Superman. Bringing him to his knees. Orms next target was John. John used the ring to knock down a few guards. When the same magic hit John and brought him down. Diana was also hit with the energy causing her to faint. Orm then aimed at Ash. Ash punched another guard then looked at Orm. Orm fired and Ash put his barrier. The magic hit and it bounced off, hitting some of the guards. Ash played it cool, but it did hurt a lot.
"Impressive. You are a worthy fighter." Orm said.
"My turn." Ash said. He fired a aura beam from his hands. Orm blocked the attack with his trident, but he was skidding backwards by the force of the attack. Soon the limiter kicked in and cancelled the power. Ash looked at his hands in shock. Then at Orm.
"Not bad." Orm said. Firing again. This time striking Ash, fainting. "Take them."
Dungeon
The league members started waking up. They were chained up. Hanging from the wall. They looked round and noticed Ash wasn't with them.
"ASH!" John shouted. The other two looked in his direction and saw Ash on the other side of the room. He wasn't chained up but he was in a tank. Orm came into the room.
"Hope you had a nice sleep. It's the last one you'd be getting for a while." Orm said.
"Get us down from here now." Superman said.
"But then you'll miss the show." Orm said. Standing near Ashes tank.
"What show?" Diana asked.
"I would like to see the show myself. I need to see my brother. I'll just start things off." Orm pushed a button on the tank and water started flooding in.
"No you can't do this." Superman said.
"Like I said, I need to go now. Bye." Orm left the room. The heroes were straining. Trying to break the chains.
"Ash you need to wake up." John said. Still asleep.
"Ash get up now." Diana said. Ash finally woke and was alert. He stood up, the water were already up to his ankles.
"Guys, what happening?" Ash asked.
"Don't worry Ash, we'll get you out." Superman said. Still trying to break free. The water was already above his stomach. He was banging the glass trying to break it. Soon it will be unbreathable. Ash was swimming up to get the last bit of air. He couldn't see no way out. He looked at the league.
"Guys." The heroes looked at Ash. "Thank you, and I'm sorry." With that he was completely submerged.
"ASH HANG IN THERE!!!!" Diana said.
"DON'T GIVE UP IN THERE!!!!!" John said.
"YOU'RE NOT DONE YET SO KEEP FIGHTING!!!!!!" Superman said. They were trying to keep Ash conscious, while still trying to break the chains. Ashes last bit of air was about to leave. This was it. He was going to be back home again. See his friends, see his mum. That was it. Water started entering into Ash. He took one last look at his new friends and everything went black.
Throne room.
He saw a light far away. It was coming closer. He felt air being breathed into him. He felt something coming up through his throat. He coughed out water. He was awake. He was alive. Diana was right above him. She gave him mouth to mouth. He sat up.
"What happened?" Ash asked.
"Mera came in and broke all of us free. She got you out first." Superman said.
Ash turned to Mera. "Thank you." She nodded. Diana suddenly hugged Ash.
"I'm glad your still with us." Diana said. Ash returned the hug.
"Thank you for bringing me back. But we need to help Arthur." Ash said, getting up.
"There's no need." Said a voice. Ash and the others looked at the doorway. It was Arthur and the baby. Mera was delighted but she saw Arthur's left hand. It was missing.
"Arthur what happened?" Mera asked. Grabbing the baby.
"Orm happened. This will not go unpunished." Arthur said.
"You can count us in as well." John said. Just then his receiver went off. He activated it.
"John. Get everyone back now. The ice caps at the arctic circle are melting rapidly." Batman said. Arthur knew what was happening.
"Orm using the thermal nuclear reactor. It was to be last resort if ever we went to war with the surface." Arthur said.
"And he's melting the ice. It take him a few hours to cause a total flood at this rate." Batman said.
"Batman, get Martian to do a mass return in the Pokemon room and get everything ready. We're on our way." Ash said.
"He's doing it now." Batman cut the line.
"I'm coming with you. This is my brother causing this. I need to put it right." Arthur said.
"Normally I would argue, but we do need all the help and we're short on time." Superman said. "Get ready." Then they vanished.
Arctic circle
There was a mass army, marching round. Mainly guarding the way to the reactor. Orm was inside and Brak, Orm's general was outside with the army. Ash, Pikachu, Lucario, Mewtwo and the heroes appeared near the doorway, alerting the army.
"Let's go." Ash said. Everyone except Ash, Pikachu and Arthur ran into battle. Ash produced 3 pokeballs. "Come on out." Throwing them in the air. The blue water dinosaur, giant tadpole and a giant head of ice came out. "Lapras, Glalie. Race round the area and refreeze everything as best you can." Lapras sped down the ocean using ice beam and Glalie went high up also using ice beam. "Pikachu, go with Palpitoad. Every time he uses water gun. Use thunderbolt on it." Pikachu understood and jumped on Palpitoad. They raced into battle.
Ash and Arthur looked at the scene. Mewtwo was using psychic to throw the falling ice caps towards the army. Glalie and Lapras was going as fast as they can freezing everything. Diana kicked a soldier into the path of Pikachu's and Palpitoad's electric water gun. John used the ring to punch down onto the weak ice floor. Sending a lot of soldiers flying. Lucario and Batman were double teaming. Lucario was using bone rush. Fighting with it like a bo staff, and from time to time give to Batman. And when that happened Lucario would use close combat. Martian was just there with a lot of soldiers charging in. All of a sudden Superman phased through Martian taking out the soldiers. Ash could tell everything was under control.
"Let's head inside and end this." Ash said. Arthur nodded and headed inside.
Inside they saw a big machine. Arthur knee this was the reactor. And Orm was standing in the way of it.
"You both survived, true warriors indeed." Orm said.
"Brother, turn off the machine now." Arthur said.
"I'll tell you what, you defeat me in battle and everything goes off." Orm said.
"Deal." Arthur said. But Orm stopped him.
"Not with you, with him." Orm said. Pointing at Ash.
"This does not concern him." Arthur said. But Orm was not budging.
"You can use him as a champion to fight in your place. Also I want it to be a fair fight. I'd have an advantage I fought you." Arthur looked at his missing hand, in place of it was a hook. He had to cut off his hand to save him and his baby son. Before Arthur could say anything, Ash said.
"I'll do it." Taking off his bag from his back. Ash stepped forward and readied himself.
"I do commend you. So you will have a quick death." Orm said. Firing from his trident. Ash threw an aura sphere and the energies met. The aura sphere was overwhelming and hit the trident. Knocking back to the entrance of a ice bridge. Ash charged in while he was recovering. Arthur went to the control panel to stop the machine. Batman and Green Lantern joined Arthur.
"How long would it take for you to shut it down?" Batman asked.
"2 minutes."
"Do you think you can do it faster?" John said. Orm saw them.
"No." Orm fired energy at the control panel, destroying it. Ash grabbed the trident. Trying to take it away. Orms foot went over the edge and both him and Ash landed on the ice bridge below. Batman came up with an idea.
"Can your ring protect me from radiation?" Batman asked John.
"Yeah why?" John asked. Batman took off a cover from the machine.
"Do it." John covered Batman in a green energy. Batman crawled in the machine. Starting to deactivate it manually.
Ash was using his aura shield to protect himself from the energy from the trident. He saw a large icicle above Orm. He angled the shield so the blast cause the icicle to fall. Orm jumped out of the way. He let go of the trident and it got stuck on the icy floor. When Orm got up, Ash used a aura punch across the the face and a spinning kick in the midsection. Knocking him back. When Ash was approaching, Orm got something ready. He got up. Ash was about to hit him again, but he felt something sharp enter him. Ash looked down. It was a knife, he'd just been stabbed. He fell onto his back and started crawling away from him. Orm slowly followed.
Arthur saw something glow in the corner of his eye. It was Ashes bag. John saw this too.
"Arthur, open the bag and grab the glowing ball." Arthur went over and opened it. He was confused because he saw 3 glowing balls.
"Which one? There's 3 of them." Arthur said.
"All of them, Ash needs them." John exclaimed. Arthur took them and threw them towards the doorway. They snapped opened.
"It's been fun warrior but this battle has been decided." Orm said. About the grab the trident to finish the job. All of the sudden, Orm was hit by a mixture of fire, thunder and ice. He was knocked over hanging by the ledge.
Ash was wondering where that came from. Until he looked up and saw the 3 legendary birds. Moltres, Zapdos and Articuno. Ash just gets happier and happier with these surprises. "Thanks guys." The birds happily replied.
Ash struggled to get up and go over to where Orm was hanging. Batman finally manage to deactivate the reactor. Him, John and Arthur were watching the scene.
"Please help me up. I will admit defeat." Orm pleaded.
Ash looked at Arthur and he nodded. Ash looked back down to Orm and took out the trident. "I believe this belongs to my friend." Orm looked at him in horror. "Do it." Moltres and Zapdos used their moves on Orm. He yelled in pain and let go of the edge leading down into a abyss. Articuno used ice beam straight down into the abyss. The abyss was filled with ice in seconds. The other heroes on in shock at the power of these Pokemon. Ash just stared at the result.
Throne room/Atlantis
Once back at Atlantis. Arthur ordered betrayal soldiers to be sent to the dungeon for life. And for the reactor to be dismantled.
"I want to thank you for all you have done." Arthur said. To Ash and the heroes.
"We were doing what was right." Superman said.
"Still you have shown me that peace can be reached with the surface." Arthur said.
"That would make the world a little more better." Diana said.
"Also know that you have me as an ally now. You are welcomed here anytime." Arthur said.
"You'd be welcome on the watchtower." Ash said.
"Thank you, I'm sure my wife and child would be interested in seeing your Pokemon." Arthur said. Pointing at Mera and his baby. "Please stay for a meal to celebrate this friendship. You may rest in the spare rooms." Ash and the others thanked him and walked towards the rooms.
"I wonder if there's anymore undiscovered places left to find." Ash wondered. Diana gladly replied.
"Well, I came from an island that is only made up with women."
"Really, what's it called?" Ash asked.
"Themyscira."
Themyscira
A woman was on the throne with other ladies guarding her. She looking at four girl in front of her.
"We don't normally do this, but it was obvious you didn't come here intentionally. So a boat will be ready for you tomorrow." The Queen said.
"Thank you, your highness." The four girls said.
"We wish you luck on your journey. Misty, May, Dawn and Iris." The Queen said.
"Thank you, were sure we can find our friend." May said. Taking out her ribbon case and looking inside. The only ribbon in there was a half one. The other girls looked at it and reminded them of the boy they really liked. The moment was ruined when a voice came in.
"No ones going anyway darlings." A purple mist covered the room.
Wait a minute! Misty, May, Dawn and Iris are also here!
Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It is so much fun writing these stuff for you guys.
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I hope you are looking to chapter 4 'Paradise Lost'