Chapter 5
War World
Training room
Ash has never been happier since he came to this world. He spent most of his time around the girls ever since he found them. He knew how dangerous this world could be and they missed the greatest threat the league had faced yet. Ash introduced the girls to the league members properly. And the league gave them special permission to enter the watchtower at anytime, as long as they went to safe points if ever there was an emergency. And they were strictly forbidden from touching the control panels and entering the teleportation room. The league were serious about these rules and said if they broke one of them, they will not hesitate to restrict their access to the watchtower. Ash was in the training room with Lucario. Since Ash fought Hades, Lucario has stepped up the training for Ash. He knew Ash would probably face enemies more dangerous then Hades if possible. Also Lucario was impressed. Even though Ash lost, he showed great restraint using his aura. Ash and Lucario we're finishing up the hand to hand combat part of the training. Lucario was about to teach him more aura attacks.
"Are ready Ash? One of the two attacks can be dangerous to the user." Lucario warned.
"I need to be ready for anything that comes up, so the sooner I can learn these the better." Ash said.
"Very well, we'll start with a safe one. Bring up your aura sword." Ash produced his sword and held the handle with a firm grip. "Good, now reduce the energy you are putting in the sword." Ash was confused at the request but focused on the task. The blade started to go limp and the length of the aura extended. "Well done Ash, you have made an aura whip." Lucario said. Ash flicked the whip and a forceful gust of air hit the wall, making a dent. Ash was pleased with himself and practiced some more. He misjudged one of the flicks of the whips and was heading to him. The whip went through him, harm free.
"What happened? Why didn't that hurt me?" Ash asked.
"Your own aura can't hurt you, well most of them won't. So you can be as wild as you can when wielding various weapons. The good thing about the whip is that you can sustain it for a long time. But it's a weapon can't do a great deal of damage and will often be used as an object of distraction." Lucario said. Ash felt he had enough practice with the whip and dissolved it.
"Okay, what's the other move you wanted me to know?" Ash asked.
"Before I tell you this, I must warn you. This is a move that can harm you if not used correctly. Do you want to continue?" Ash nodded. "Very well, this attack is called destruct aura. The end result is a massive explosion. Be you try this. Listen to the instruction first. First you must produce two aura spheres, combine them together, compress the energy into the very centre of the ball. Once you have done that, you have 3 seconds to throw it before it explodes. If you don't then the explosion will incapacitate you, but you'll survive. Are you ready?" Lucario asked. Ash was nervous now. This move he just heard is a powerful and could be helpful in the future. But if he made a small mistake. It will make big consequences. Ash nodded. "Then begin."
Ash formed the aura spheres and pushed them together. He focused the energy into the centre and made it as small as possible. It was ready and Ash was about to throw it. But the door in front of him opened. Misty just came in.
"Hey, are you done in here yet?" Misty asked. Ash and Lucario panicked.
"Quick Ash, throw it up." Lucario said. Ash wasted no time and threw it to the ceiling. Suddenly it exploded causing everyone to hit the floors. It passed and everyone got up. Lucario at Ash.
"I thought you said they knew." Lucario said.
"I did. Misty I said not to enter when training is in session." Ash said.
"I'm sorry but you have been in here a while and me and the others were getting worried about you." Misty said with a blush.
"I guess we haven been training longer then usual. Sessions over for today." Lucario said.
"Okay thank you for today Lucario." Ash said. Both of them made the way out the room and walked down the hallway. Misty followed.
"So what are your plans for today?" Misty asked.
"Well I got to head to the cafe any minute to pick up some friends." Ash said.
"Has the league you that permission then?" Lucario asked.
"Yeah, they're coming up here today. They said they wanted to meet the team and they seem trustworthy." Ash said.
"Who are you bringing?" Misty was curious.
"Barbra, Kate and Harleen." Ash said. Misty and the rest of the girls saw the news footage that was captured at the cafe and wasn't happy about the last girl coming up.
"You have to bring her up?" Misty asked, annoyed.
"Yes, why does it sound like you don't like her?" Ash asked.
"I'm just asking, I thought after that moment she would be too popular to do anything." Misty said.
"No she likes to stay out of the spotlight." Ash said. They made it to the observation deck. Hawkgirl and the other girls were there talking until they saw the incoming party.
"Ash, Lucario how was training?" Hawkgirl asked.
"Intense but helpful." Ash said.
"He will make a great hero soon." Lucario said. Ash grabbed a receiver from the control panel.
"See you guys in a bit." Ash said. Leaving.
"Where are you going?" May asked.
"Kate's cafe." Ash said as he left the room.
"Why is he going there?" Iris asked.
"Maybe he's hungry." Dawn said.
"No, he's picking up three girls. One of them is that Harleen girl." As soon as that name was said, the girls started to complain. Hawkgirl found their reaction amusing.
Kate's Cafe
Kate and Harleen were at one of the corner tables at the cafe. The was overflowing with people. For the first time Kate had to hire help. She left her brother in charge for the day.
"I never thought the cafe would have this many people in it." Kate said.
"I know it feels a bit cramped here now." Harleen said. "I wonder what the tour will be like."
"Knowing Ash, I'm always expecting surprises." Kate said. Someone over heard them and approached them.
"Hi, did you say Ash?" A girl asked. Kate and Harleen looked at each other before looking back at the girl.
"Why do you want to know?" Harleen asked.
"I'm suppose to meet him here today. Hi I'm Barbra." Barbra said.
"Oh you're the other one Ash is taking. Hi I'm Kate and this is Harleen." Kate said.
"How ya doing? Please join us." Harleen said.
"Actually stay standing." A boy said behind Barbra, making her jump. It was Ash and he was holding in a laugh.
"That wasn't funny Ash." Barbra said. Containing her own giggle. Harleen and Kate got up from the table.
"Ash, never knew you had a joker hidden in you." Harleen said.
"Hey look, it's cafe boy." A loud voice said. This caught everyone's attention. A lot of them got their phones out and some of them tried to approach Ash.
"Now maybe a good time to start that tour." Kate said.
"I agree." Ash said. Pushed a button on the receiver and they disappeared.
Watchtower
They appeared on top of the teleportation pads. They looked around and was awestruck by the features of the space station. Ash stepped off the pad and stood in front of everyone.
"Hello everyone. My names Ash and I will be your tour guide today." Ash said. The girls giggled at his antics.
"At last we get a good looking tour guide." Harleen said.
"Please keep your comments until after the tour." Ash joked.
"Sure sweetie." Harleen replied.
"Ok, if you follow me. We can start the tour." Ash said as he led the girls out of the room. He showed them every room they walk past, including the canteen and the recovery rooms. They made it to the observation deck where another group of people were waiting. "And we have the observation deck. Where we keep an eye on everything that happens on earth or beyond the stars." They looked with amazement. Then someone came up to the tour.
"Hey Ash so glad you're back." Dawn said. Misty, May, Iris and Hawkgirl saw them and followed.
"Hey Dawn. Yeah got back 20 minutes ago. We're quarter of a way done with the tour." Ash said. Hawkgirl came up to Kate and Harleen.
"It's great to see you two again. Thank you for helping Ash out when he needed it." Hawkgirl said. Offering a hand. Kate took the hand and then Harleen.
"It was no problem, Ash protected us from those things. It was the least we can do. I'm Kate by the way." Kate said.
"I'm Barbra. I'm a big fan of Ash and glad I got the opportunity to know him to this extent." Barbra said waving.
"I'm Harleen, and I'd do anything for my sweetie." Harleen said, taking his arm in hers and putting her head on his shoulder and looking at him. Ash was blushing. Everyone except Hawkgirl had pure jealousy written on their faces. May came up and took Ashes other arm.
"We'd all do anything for Ash. I'm May by the way." May said. Trying to be sincere.
"I'm Misty, nice to meet you all." Misty said.
"Iris, the name." Iris said.
"And you all know me as Dawn." Dawn said.
"I think you're enjoying the tour too much Ash." A voice said. Everyone looked up and saw Superman, Green Lantern and Martian landing into the ground. The tourist were star struck.
"Best day ever." Harleen said.
"Hope you girls have been enjoying the tour." Green Lantern said.
"Yes Ash is a great tour guide." Kate said.
"Clearly." Martian said. Looking at Ash and the two girls. They both eventually let go of Ash giving him some air.
"Ash, Lois called again. She really wants that interview with you." Superman said. Lois has tried calling Ash multiple times but no answer. Ash has been meaning to call but things kept on coming up.
"I've been meaning to call her back. Are you sure this interview is a good idea?" Ash asked.
"It's a good way to get a lot of the media away from you, also she said there's a good chance that the interview could go on live television." Superman said. The girls were impressed with this information.
"I think you should do it Ash. And it's a chance for everyone seeing something else then cafe boy." Barbra said. That reminded Ash of something.
"That reminds me. Batman said that you had a hero name in mind for me. What is it?" Ash asked.
"That's a surprise." Martian said.
"PIKAPI!" Pikachu came running in the room and crawled up Ashes body and sat in his usual space.
"Hey Pikachu, glad you could join us." Ash said.
"Hey fluff ball." Harleen said. Picking him up, cradling him like a baby and scratching his belly. Pikachu enjoyed the attention.
"Hey Pikachu, I got a surprise for you." Kate said. Pulling out a bottle of ketchup. Pikachu grabbed it and Ash took it away.
"You can have it later when we have lunch." Ash said. Pikachu nodded. Happy he didn't have to wait long for it.
"How do you two know Pikachu?" Iris asked.
"Ash brought him to the cafe a couple of times. Along with Lucario, Mewtwo, Krookodile and Lycanroc." Kate said.
"That ones my favourite. He so cuddly." Harleen said.
"Hi Pikachu. I'm Barbra it's nice to meet you." Barbra said. Pikachu waved back. "He's so cute. Have you got anymore Pikachus, I love to have one."
"I'm afraid he's one of a kind. Like the other Pokemon I have." Ash said.
"Are they here? Can we see them, please?" Barbra asked, jumping up and down.
"Lucky for you the next stop is the Pokemon room." Ash said. Pikachu jumped back on Ashes shoulder.
"Come on, lead the way sweetie." Harleen said, taking his arm again. The other two followed.
"Hang on Ash, we're coming too." Misty said. The girls left with them, leaving heroes by themselves.
Everyone stood in front of a door.
"Ladies, it is my honour to show you, the rest of the team." Ash said as he opened the door. He walked in with everyone following. The tourist were speechless. They saw different kinds of Pokemon, big and small. Walking, flying, swimming. The whole experience was mind altering.
"Okay how hasn't Pokemon been discovered if there's this many?" Kate asked.
"It's because their not from this world." Dawn said. This confused them.
"What do you mean by that?" Barbra asked.
"You haven't told them?" Dawn asked Ash. All eyes were on him.
"I come from a different universe. Where Pokemon thrive. And Misty, Iris, Dawn and May are from there too." Ash confessed. The tourist couldn't believe what they heard.
"You are so hot right now." Harleen said. Everyone looked at her. Ash thought it was time to introduce everyone.
"Hey everyone, I got some friends I want you to meet." Ash said. The Pokemon heard him and came racing over. The big Pokemon were behind the small Pokemon so everyone was visible. Pikachu got down to the ground and joined the rest. Lucario and Mewtwo came forward.
"Kate, Harleen it is nice to see you again." Lucario said.
"It's good to see you are in good health." Mewtwo said.
"It's good to see you two again." Kate said. A Pokemon with a leaf on its head came towards Ash and nuzzled him.
"Bayleef, it's good to see you too." Ash said. Everyone watched with interest. Harleen saw two Pokemon she recognised.
"Krookodile good to see you again." Harleen said giving him a hug. Then looked at Lycanroc. "There you are. Give me some cuddle time." She said hugging Lycanroc. He rubbed up against her in affection. Mew floated down looking at Harleen. She noticed this. "Hello who are you?" Mew rubbed against face in response, which she enjoyed.
"Her names Mew." Ash said. A tv came down from the ceiling, indicating someone was trying to contact Ash. All the people and Pokemon turned to the screen. Green Lantern appeared.
"Ash, we detected a stray asteroid. It's heading for a nearby moon. Superman wants you and Martian to join him and blow it up." Green Lantern said.
"Should be no problem. Can I bring Mewtwo to help out?" Ash asked.
"Sure. Their getting ready now so head over to the hanger." Green Lantern said. Cutting off the feed.
"The hanger?" Barbra asked.
"It's where we keep the javelins. I'm afraid I have to leave the tour for a while. Lucario do you mind taking over?" Ash asked.
"I can do that." Lucario said.
"Thank you. Go around and get to know everyone better. And if you got any questions, ask anyone from my universe." Ash said. Leaving the room with Mewtwo following.
Outer space
Ash, Mewtwo, Superman and Martian were almost done planting the explosives. Ash was using his barrier so he can breathe in space. Mewtwo was using psychic to keep Ash floating away while planting the explosives.
"Okay Hawkgirl were nearly done, eta 2 minutes." Superman said. Hawkgirl was watching them from a feed back at the watchtower on the control panel.
"Copy that Superman. Let me know when you're about to detonate." Hawkgirl said. Green Lantern came up.
"How are they doing?" John asked.
"It's going according to plan. There shouldn't be any hiccups." Hawkgirl said.
"Wow he's actually in space." Hawkgirl and Green Lantern turned round and saw the girl group coming towards them. Lucario was in front of them.
"I'm sorry. I did tell them to stay in the Pokemon room." Lucario said.
"It's fine Lucario, the fireworks are about to go off any minute so you came at the right time." John said.
"Ash sure does have a exciting life." Kate said.
"The stuff Ash did before seems really tame now." Iris said. The space crew were listening what was going on.
"Sounds like everyone's enjoying the show." Martian said.
"If we were a show, we'd be a crazy reality show, getting into fights all the time." Superman joked. They laughed at the statement.
"Okay I think that's all of them. You got anymore Mewtwo?" Ash asked.
"All done here." Mewtwo replied.
"Then it's show time, everyone get back." Superman said. They were heading back near the javelin.
"Shouldn't they be inside that thing?" May asked.
"It's just a small explosion and their at a safe distance from it." Hawkgirl said. This calmed the girls down a bit.
"Ok detonation in 3, 2, 1." Superman pressed the button and a large blast broke the asteroid apart. But the blast was bigger then expected. Lot bigger. It was going to hit them. The feed from the javelin went static.
"What happened?" Hawkgirl was panicking. Her and John went crazy on the panel trying get any information.
"Where are they?" Barbra asked.
"We're trying to find out." John said.
"Get the feed back." Misty yelled.
"Oh no, how could I missed that? That asteroid was filled with hydrogen pockets." Hawkgirl said.
"What do you mean by that?" Dawn asked crying.
"The hydrogen expanded the intial blast radius. They were no where near a safe distance." Hawkgirl said.
"We don't care about that. I just want to know where my sweetheart is." Harleen said. She was holding onto Kate for comfort.
"Ok got the feed back." John said. The video came back on and they looked in horror. Four bodies floating through space with debris around them. Ashes barrier was still up.
"NO ASH!" Harleen cried, she couldn't look.
"Is he?" Iris couldn't finish that sentence.
"They're still alive. Let's get them now." John said to Hawkgirl. Before anything else. A light covered the four bodies and started dragging them upwards. They were gone.
"Where are they?" Misty asked.
"Someone's taking them, let's go now." John said. He left the room. Hawkgirl looked at Lucario.
"You're in charge til we get back. Try to contact the other league members." Hawkgirl said.
"What about them?" Lucario pointed around the girls.
"Take them back to earth, we can't have any distractions." Hawkgirl as she left the room.
"Okay, you heard her let's go." Lucario said but no one was moving.
"We're not going anywhere, not while they're in danger." Barbra said.
"I'll go once I know Ash is back here." Iris said.
"I never got a chance to go on a date with him." Harleen said. She shouldn't have said that.
"I've known him longer then you. I should date him first." Dawn said.
"I've known him the longest." Misty said. All the girls were arguing at this point. Lucario was getting annoyed. His friends were in danger and they were talking about missed opportunities. He's had enough.
"ENOUGH!!!!!" Everyone stopped and looked at him. "Okay you are intent in staying. Then I got two conditions. One you'll either stay here or the canteen. And two stop arguing. You can do that once they're back." Lucario said. Everyone calmed down and found a place to sit. Lucario turned to the controls and started writing to the other league members.
Dungeon
Ash started to wake up. He was on the cold, hard floor. He sat up and looked round. He saw his friends, but he saw other aliens as well. They were all keeping to themselves and keeping their heads down. It's like a prison in here. Ash decided to wake the others up.
"Hey wake up, come on." Ash said. Mewtwo, Superman and Martian woke up and they all stood up.
"Where are we?" Mewtwo asked.
"I don't know but I got a bad feeling." Superman said. One of the prisoners approached them
"You're on war world. And you're the newest gladiators." The prisoner said.
"What do you mean by gladiators?" Ash asked.
"The ruler of this planet will pick two random contenders and make them fight to the death." The prisoner said. They didn't like the sound of the rules.
"Who is this ruler?" Superman asked.
"Mongul" the prisoner replied. Before anything else was said, Martian went down on one knee.
"Martian are you ok?" Mewtwo asked.
"I feel weaker. It most be the atmosphere. I'm more vulnerable now." Martian said.
"Ok we need to get you out of here now." Ash said helping him up.
"I can punch through this wall and get us all out." Superman said.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, this whole area is lined with a force field. If you try anything you get zapped." The prisoner said.
"Ok we need another way out then." Ash said. Mewtwo came up with an idea.
"Martian, are you still able to phase?" Mewtwo asked.
"Maybe." Martian said.
"If it's a possibility then you need to go now. Because someone's coming." Superman said. The doors opened and two security robots came in. Martian waited a moment before leaving through the wall unharmed.
"You, kyrptoian. You will come with us now." One of them said. Superman thought it be best to go along. So he left the room.
"Where's he going?" Ash asked.
"The arena, he's up next. You can watch it here." The prisoner said. Ash looked through the grates with Mewtwo and saw a battle going on."
"Do you think you can use teleport?" Ash asked.
"Definitely." Mewtwo said.
"If Superman needs help we go." Ash said. Mewtwo nodded.
Martian floated above and saw this could turn serious. He was on a advanced world. He knew he could send a message here and pretty sure someone was on the watchtower. He flew away to do what needs to be done.
Watchtower
Lucario was waiting by the control panel. He heard back from the other members. They said they were too busy with their current situations. But as soon as they were done, they'd be up there straight away. The girls really didn't talk to each other to begin with. But after a while they found out that they have some things in common, like Misty's and Harleen's love for giant mallets. Every once in a while one of them would go up to Lucario to see if they heard anything else. Be he would just say Hawkgirl and Green Lantern we're still trying to find a trial. Lucario was talking to the said two now.
"Anything to report back?" Lucario asked.
"It was difficult to find the trial they left. But we managed to flag down a passing ship who said they might know something." Hawkgirl said.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Lucario asked.
"We're kinda out of options. GL's ring is running low as it is and we're going to need that energy if it turns ugly." Hawkgirl said.
"Ok keep in contact." Lucario said. Cutting off the line. May and Barbra came walking up.
"Still no news yet?" May asked.
"I'm afraid not." Lucario said.
"It might take ages to hear back anything. I mean this is space we're talking about." Barbra said.
"Yeah, it's a dangerous and marvellous place at the same time. But even though it does seem impossible to hear something back. There's still a chan..." Lucario was interrupted when a alert came on the screen. Someone's messaged the watchtower. Lucario brought up the message. "It's from Martian." Lucario said. May instantly ran back to everyone to get them.
"What's it say?" Barbra asked.
"He said they were taking prisoners but he managed to escape. The others weren't so lucky." Lucario said. May came back with the other girls.
"Where are they now?" Dawn asked.
"He said they on a planet called war world. The planet is potentially dangerous and do a mass return." Lucario said.
"Mass return?" Kate asked.
"It's when all of Ashes Pokemon is needed. So it must be serious." Lucario said.
"When are we going?" Harleen asked.
"All of you are not going. I'm getting Mew to teleport you back to earth first before I head there." Lucario stated. Again the girls weren't taking no for an answer.
"I'm not going to earth knowing Ash is in trouble, either you let me come with or you'll have a fight on your hands." Misty said taking out a pokeball. Lucario looked defeated. He knew it would take time he didn't have to change their minds. He looked at the others.
"I take it you all feel the same." Lucario said. The girls nodded. "Fine, but you have to do everything I say, disobey me at anytime then I'll have Mew send you back to earth without hesitation." The nodded in understanding. "I'll be back in two minute." Lucario left, retreiving the Pokemon.
War world
Ash saw Superman enter the arena, he was going to fight against a grey alien that calls himself Draaga. Ash, Mewtwo and the other prisoner were watching the event with interest.
"We don't have to do this, there is always other ways." Superman said.
"There is not, now shut up and fight." Draaga said. Punching Superman. Superman recovered and gave him a punch in return. Soon they were in an all out brawl.
"Looks like they are equal in strength." Mewtwo stated.
"Yes which is worrying." Ash said. Martian was in the stands with the audience. He kept a low profile in case someone knew he escaped captivity. Martian saw cloaked figures approaching him. He got up ready to run. But he was panicking for nothing.
"Calm down its just me." The figure removed his hood and revealed to be Lucario.
"I'm glad you got my message." Martian said. Him and Lucario sat down along with the other hooded figures. "Who are they?"
"Who do you think?" Lucario replied. They removed their hoods and revealed to be the girls.
"What are they do here? I told you this planet is dangerous." Martian said.
"We came here to get everyone back." May said.
"Did you bring all the pokeballs?" Martian asked.
"Yes." Lucario said. Revealing Ashes bag. "And I feel some energy coming out of that bag, so there will be a new arrival soon." Lucario said. The girls looked at him. What new arrival?
"Let's hope its sooner rather then later." Martian said. He then noticed a missing party. "Where's Pikachu?"
"He's with Axew in my hair." Iris said. Pikachu and a small dragon Pokemon popped their heads out.
"Pika." "Axew."
"We thought it might be a good idea to keep him out of sight for the time being." Kate said.
"A wise decision." Martian said. They then noticed the robot security entering the arena. Superman was standing and Draaga was down. A voice boomed over the arena.
"NOW! FINISH HIM!" The voice said.
"I will not." Superman replied.
"Please kill me, give me an honourable death." Draaga pleaded.
"No, everyone can see I won. Why go that far?" Superman said.
"IF YOU WONT KILL HIM, THEN YOU'LL BOTH DIE!" The voice said. One of the robots fired a laser at Superman. Serverly injuring him. He went down and the robots were closing in. Ash and Mewtwo had seen enough.
"You ready?" Ash asked.
"Let's do it." Mewtwo said. Teleporting them both into the arena. Everyone was surprised at the sudden appearance.
"Where did Ash come from?" Misty asked. But Ash and Mewtwo were already in action.
"Mewtwo, psychic. Bunch them all together." Ash said. Mewtwo was using his energy to crush all the machines together. Causing sparks to fly. Ash produced to aura spheres and put them together, held it in place for a second before throwing it towards the robots. When it made contact an explosion occurred destroying all the robots. There was silence. Until the whole arena roared approval.
"You go Ash." Dawn said. Ash looked up at the top of the stands where he saw a window. He knew the one in charge was watching the whole thing.
"Mongul. I know you are up there. I demand an audience with you." Ash said. A second wave of robot entered the arena. Ash and Mewtwo got ready to fight, until.
"LET ASH FIGHT! LET ASH FIGHT!" Harleen shouted loudly. The other girls joined in, along with Lucario and Martian. Soon the whole stadium was chanting it. And a voice was heard.
"BRING HIM TO MY OFFICE! TAKE THE OTHER THREE TO THE DUNGEON!" The voice said. The robots were approaching them. Ash quickly turned to Mewtwo.
"You know who that voice was right?" Ash asked.
"Yes they're here. Martian and I have been communicating with each other when he escaped. I'll let you know anything else when you get back." Mewtwo said. The robot reached them and started to escort them to their locations. The girls wanted to do something now.
"This is probably our chance to rescue them and run." Barbra said. Lucario and Martian went against that idea.
"That's to dangerous to do, if the security saw you, you'd have no chance of winning that fight." Lucario said.
"Also if we take them now, then the other people here will be in danger of Mongul's wrath. The best option is to find a way to shut this down all together." Martian said. They hate to admit it. They would feel bad if someone got seriously hurt because they just saved their friends. They decided to hold back and see what happens.
Office
Ash was pushed through some doors. He stumbled before looking round the room. It was highly furnished. Money that was being used on one alien. A muscular yellow alien appeared around the corner of the room.
"You made quite the entrance today." The alien said.
"I take it your Mongul." Ash said.
"And your just a simple human that somehow took down a lot of my robots. And the audience loved it. Please take a seat, I want to talk business." Mongul said. Sitting down. Ash sat down.
"What do you want to talk about?" Ash asked.
"Your friend is the problem. He went against my word and spared a life that was meant for death." Mongul said. Ash could only see this going a few ways. "If you don't want anything happening to your friend, then try to convince him to go along with the rules." Mongul said.
"I'm sorry nothing is going to change his mind." Ash said.
"And what about you? Do you have the same ideas?" Mongul asked.
"I'm afraid so." Ash said looking at Mongul straight in the eye.
"You remember Draaga? that other fighter in the arena. There was a reason he fought. It wasn't because of pride or anything like that, he fought to save his home planet." Mongul said, pointing at the massive weapon. Ash looked at it in horror. He had a weapon that could destroy a planet. "Last time, are you and the kryptoian going to play along?" Mongul asked. Ash didn't know if that weapon was live. He needed to give the right answer or a civilised planet will be destroyed because of him. He then had a idea that might work.
"I got a counter offer." Ash said. Mongul leaned forward wanting to hear this. "You fight me and the others in front of everyone. Show how powerful you really are so no one ever defies you again." Ash finished. Mongul liked the sound of it but had some doubts from the plan.
"I'd admit that does sound tempting, but what if you somehow win? People will see me defeated and could potentially start an uprising." Mongul said. Ash was losing him. He had to say something that would seal the deal.
"We'll throw the match." Ash said. This caught Mongul interest.
"You will do that?" Mongul asked.
"If it meant saving someone, yes. Imagine it. Mongul, the ruler. Defeats Ash Ketchum, god among heroes. Superman, last son of krypton and Mewtwo, the last known clone." Ash sold to Mongul. Mongul was excited from this pitch and stood up.
"As long as you three throw the match, the planet will be untouched. The robots will escort you back to the dungeon." Mongul said as the security bots came in. Ash got the match but he needed to get Mongul away from here if he had a chance to disable that weapon.
"One more thing." Ash said. Mongul's listening. "This fight will be too big for that stadium. This needs to be done in the open." Ash said. Mongul didn't see a problem.
"I can set up cameras for the day so everyone can watch it on their screens. If that's everything, then go." Mongul said walking towards the window. Ash followed the robots back to the dungeon where Superman and Mewtwo were waiting for him.
"What happened up there?" Superman asked.
"Mewtwo, are you still in contact with Martian?" Ash asked.
"Yes why?" Mewtwo asked.
"We're going to need their help."
The next day/ open plains
Ash, Superman and Mewtwo were spread out on the field facing Mongul. Ashes plan was in action. He had Mewtwo message Martian last night, told them about the weapon in the office and while they were fighting Mongul, to go in and disable it. The girls asked what they could do. Ash told them to keep within the crowd and stay out of trouble. The girls protested but Ash made it clear that what was going to happen was really dangerous. Also if something they planned led to chaos on the street, the girls had to be there with Pokemon to calm everything down. The girls eventually agreed. Lucario told them if Ashes bag starts glowing, open it and take out the glowing pokeballs. They were confused with the information but kept it in mind. The girls were in the crowd. Watching the tv closely. Iris held Ashes bag closely to her chest. Pikachu was on Barbra's shoulder watching with a worried look on his face. Lucario and Martian were sneaking past the robot, who were heavily guarding the arena. They managed to get to the door to the main building and were making their way upstairs. Mongul looked at his opponents and said.
"It's a shame it's not a real fight. It would be interesting to see what would actually happen." Mongul said.
"If you want we can change the terms." Ash said. Bad move.
"That's funny, so for being a smart mouth, I'll start with you." Mongul said. Coming in at high speed. Mongul tackled Ash and slammed him against a boulder. He punched him in the gut. Mongul went to hit again but was stopped by psychic energy. He looked at Mewtwo.
"Our turn." Mewtwo said. Flicking his hand up and sending Mongul flying. Mewtwo produced a shadow ball and turned to Superman. "Punched this into him." He threw the ball and Superman chased it. He caught up with it and added force with its impact when it hit Mongul. It exploded and a thick smoke covered that area. Mewtwo was waiting to see Mongul falling, instead he saw Superman being flung out of the smoke and heading towards him. Superman collided with Mewtwo and were skidding on the ground. Mongul landed on the ground and approached the bodies.
"Nice combo attack. Too bad that's the only one I will see today." Mongul said. Mongul were about to punch the bodies on the floor, until a aura whip caught his fist. He looked at it and saw the source. It was Ash.
"Remember me." Ash said. His fist was flaring aura. He started charging in along with Mongul with his fist ready. Ash dodged the punch and and landed a haymaker on Mongul's face. Causing him to stumble.
The girls didn't know how to feel watching this. They were amazed Ash knew how to fight but worried that he might get seriously hurt in this fight.
"He needs to do something quick." Misty said.
"Like what? He's already doing everything he can stall him." Dawn said.
"Come on sweetie, win this so I can give a victory kiss." Harleen said. The girls looked at her.
"Can you be serious." May said. Her cheeks flaring up along with the girls.
"I know I can be a joker at some point but I am being serious." Harleen said. Barbra thought something seemed familiar.
"Have we met before Harleen? The thing you said sounded familiar." Barbra said. Harleen was panicking since she might get tatted out.
"I don't think so." She said quickly, not looking at Barbra. But Barbra was keeping an eye on her.
"What are you doing here?" The girls looked up and saw Hawkgirl and Green Lantern flying towards them.
"Where were you? The last we heard you were hitchhiking." Kate said.
"The driver used a knock out gas and dumped us on a fly tipping planet." Green Lantern said.
"But then we met Draaga and he led us here." Hawkgirl said.
"Draaga? How did he get there?" Iris asked.
"The prisoners snunk him on a transportation that led to the same planet." Green Lantern said. Then he thought of something. "How did you get here?"
"Martian escaped and sent us a message to the watchtower. Lucario's with him now." Misty said.
"Where are they now?" Hawkgirl asked.
"There." Barbra pointed at the building they're in. "They're disabling a weapon so Ash, Mewtwo and Superman can win the fight there." They looked at the screen and saw Ash and Mewtwo threw their aura sphere/shadow ball. They merged mid flight and hit Mongul.
"Oh that had to hurt." Harleen said. Just then Ashes bag started glowing and everyone looked at it.
"Open it quick." Hawkgirl said. Iris put the bag on the ground and opened it. She saw three glowing pokeballs. She took them out.
"I wonder whose inside them." Iris said.
"Throw them already." Dawn said. Iris threw the three balls in the air and they popped open. They didn't see what they were as they went straight towards the battle.
"I guess they know where they're going." Misty said.
"Right, you stay here. We're going to help Lucario and Martian." Green Lantern said.
"Ok but be careful." Kate said. Hawkgirl and Green Lantern flew towards the arena.
Superman fired his eye lasers at Mongul. He ducked the attack and charged at him. Mewtwo used his psychic to redirect the laser and hit Mongul on his side. Mongul was heading towards Ash and Ash fires a aura beam at him. Mongul was getting pressed together with the attacks. Superman stopped his attack and gave Mewtwo a thumbs up.
"There you are." Superman looked behind him and Draaga tackled him to the ground. Great now they had to deal with a deranged gladiator. Mongul used this distraction to pick up a boulder and threw it at Mewtwo. Ash jumped in front of Mewtwo and brought up a aura shield to protect them both.
"Help Superman. I can hold Mongul off for a while." Ash said charging at Mongul. Mewtwo hesitated before helping Superman.
Lucario and Martian took down the last of the robots in the building without rising any alarms. They reached the weapon.
"How long will it take to disable it?" Lucario asked.
"Maybe a few minutes without company." Martian said. Just then alarms went off. "How do they know we're here?"
"I don't know." Lucario said. He then heard noises outside and looked out the window. He saw Hawkgirl and John fighting the robots. "It's John and Hawkgirl. They need help."
"Go, I'll be fine here." Martian encouraged. Lucario nodded and backed up from the window. He then went straight through the window and fired aura spheres at robots near the league members. When he landed, he held up his paw and used force palm on a few of them. He then made up a bone rush.
"Glad you could join the party." John said. "Where's Martian?"
"He's up there disabling the machine, needs a few minutes to do it." Lucario said.
"Let's give it to him then." Hawkgirl said. Hitting a robot with her mace.
"You got the wrong idea. We're trying to help you." Superman as he struggles to control Draaga. Mewtwo was helping by using psychic on him but somehow Draaga was breaking through that force.
"You lie, you are working with him." Draaga said. Mewtwo floated to reason with him.
"We are not, we're trying to save your planet." Mewtwo said. Draaga stopped. Superman and Mewtwo let go of their grips.
"How?" Draaga asked.
"We have a friend destroying the weapon right now. But in the mean time we have to keep him distracted." Superman pointed at Mongul. Mongul had Ash pressed against a boulder, chocking him. Superman stepped forward but Mewtwo held his arm out. "What are you doing?"
"They arrived."
"How does it feel protecting all those people,knowing they never knew you did this?" Mongul asked with an evil grin.
"Heroes get remembered more then rulers." Ash managed to let out.
"We'll see about that." Mongul said, pulling his back. Then a growl was heard. They both looked up and saw a brown dog with a metallic mask snarling at Mongul.
"I'd back up if I were you." Ash said. The dog jumped down and Mongul backed up. The dog was stalking towards Mongul.
"What is that?" Draaga asked.
"Entei." Mewtwo said. Mongul heard another growl behind his left side and saw a yellow sabertooth tiger. "Raikou." Then another growl on his other side and saw a blue dog. "And Suicune." He was trapped. Martian finished with the weapon and sent the message to Mewtwo. "Ash he's done it. The weapons down."
Ash looked at Mongul. "It's not your day today." Ash said. Mongul charged at Ash. But Entei used flame charge to knock him back. Raikou used thunder on him and Suicune followed it up with hydro pump. Doubling the pain. Entei joined in and used fire blast. Mongul was in agony. The attacks stopped and he fell to the ground. Ash walked up to him.
"Go ahead, do it. Finish me off." Mongul angrily said.
"Someone else deserves that more." Ash said. Mongul looked up and saw Draaga in front of him.
"Your reign of terror is over." Draaga said, punching him and knocking him out. Everyone back at the city were celebrating for the fall of Mongul. Lucario, Martian, Hawkgirl and Green Lantern joined the girls.
"Looks like they did it." Lucario said.
"Really wished I had a camera." Harleen joked.
"Got you covered." Kate said, pulling out a phone. "I'll send you all a copy." Hawkgirl looked at the screen and it was a close up shot of Ash.
"I couldn't be any prouder of him." She said.
Watchtower
Everyone was in the canteen getting refreshments. Superman convinced Draaga to stay on war world and make it a better place. Ash was petting his new arrivals who were happily accepting it.
"You guys did so great today." Ash said.
"Thank you, I look forward for future battles by your side." Entei said. Everyone was shocked. But Ash had a smile.
"You're the Entei that battled Charizard." Ash said.
"Yes I am." Entei said.
"Ash, you know this Pokemon?" May asked.
"Long story." He replied. Celebi flew in and saw Suicune. He flew around him and Suicune happily barked.
"Looks like they remember each other." Misty said.
"It's good to have you on the team you guys. And I look forward to get to know you better Raikou." Ash said. Raikou rubbed his face against Ashes as a response. Superman and Green Lantern came over to the group with some news.
"Kate, Harleen, Barbra. Do you mind standing up quickly?" Superman asked. They got up and stood in front of the heroes.
"What you did today was very reckless, you disobeyed an order multiple times during the ordeal and put yourself in unnecessary danger. That goes for you girls as well." Green Lantern said pointing at the rest of them. They hung their heads in shame. "But the care and determination you shown for saving Ash is remarkable." The girls looked back up.
"So we made a decision and you'll be given full access to the watchtower." Superman said. Handing a receiver to each of the girls. "You can come to the watchtower at anytime, as long as a league member is here. Also there are some rules that you need to follow but I'm sure your new friends can cover that." Superman looked over at the other girls who smiled at the news.
"Thank you, I'll make sure to message someone before coming here." Barbra said.
"Sorry Kate but it looks like I'll be spending less time at the cafe." Harleen said.
"Same goes for me, my brother will be taking a lot more shifts now. It's a good thing, he needs to get out the house." Kate said. Lucario and Mewtwo came towards Ash.
"Ash you can not train shirtless during sessions." Lucario teased. The girls heard him.
"No I will not use my powers to spy on the girls." Mewtwo also teased. Ash blushed and looked at the girls. They laughed at his reaction. He turned back to the pranksters.
"Next time I'm only taking Entei with me. You're not the only talking pokemon anymore." Ash said. Lucario and Mewtwo didn't care, they were laughing too much.
Kate's cafe
Ash, Kate, Harleen and Barbra appeared in the middle of the cafe. Spooking everyone in there. Pikachu was on Ashes shoulder. He wanted to know his friends got back safely.
"Sorry, I guess it wasn't the experience you were expecting." Ash said, embarrassed.
"Ash, were just glad your safe after what happened today." Kate said.
"Yeah and happy to know that if something happens you'll be there to protect everyone." Barbra said. Her and Kate went to Ash and gave him a peck on each of his cheeks. Ash blushed.
"And here's your reward for beating that Simpsons guy." Harleen said. Planting a kiss on his lips. Ash enjoyed the moment. The other girls were a bit jealous they didn't go that far with him. Ash and Harleen separated.
"Those will make great front page cover." Everyone looked at a woman who were a couple of tables down. She stood up.
"Who are you?" Ash asked.
"Lois Lane, and I think we've been long overdue for that talk."
Abandoned warehouse
A woman in a jester outfit entered the building.
"Harley where have you been?" A purple suit clown asked.
"I've been keeping an eye on that boy, Mr. J." Harley replied.
"Anything new to tell me?" He asked. Harley was about to grab the receiver to the watchtower but stopped herself.
"Only just another space travel story." She replied.
"He's always on the move. No matter. Soon he'll be on the floor with a bloody grin on him." He said. Laughing at what he said.
And war world has come to a close. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I had a lot of fun writing this.
3 more legendaries have joined the team now and plenty more to come. And more people are yet to be found by Ash. Every character in this story will play a vital part in Ashes role in this world.
Thank you everyone for your support for this story. A lot has happened and the story has only begun.
I hope all of you are looking forward to the next chapter, as things get hairy in 'The Brave and The Bold.'