Chapter 12
The Savage Times
Space
Ash, Pikachu, Lucario, Mewtwo and the league members were in the javelin, coming back from a mission. Green Lantern was dragging the javelin back to the watchtower. The watchtower was in there sight.
"We'll be back in 5 minutes." John said to the passengers in the javelin.
"John, are you sure you don't want Mewtwo to take over?" Ash asked.
"It's fine Ash. I can recharge the ring when I'm back." John said.
"Ok, just let us know if you change your mind." Ash said, closing the line. "How long have we been gone?"
"2 days." Superman said.
"And that means I got about 18 hours worth of sleep waiting for me." Flash jokes.
"I think we all deserve a rest. I'm sure we can ask our associates to cover for a while?" Hawkgirl said.
"Associates?" Ash asked.
"Watchtower to javelin 1. Come in." Batman said over the line.
"Javelin 1 to watchtower, copy." Superman said.
"How did everything go?" Batman asked.
"Everything's fine. We managed to delay the reaction for a few years." Diana said.
"Hopefully by that time we would of made up something to stop it altogether." Martian said.
"Noted. I'll be expecting you in a few minute." Batman said. "Is Ash still there?" Everyone looked at Ash.
"Yeah I'm here Batman." Ash said.
"Hi sweetie." The voice of Harleen came on. "I missed you."
"Hi Harleen. I've missed you too." Ash said.
"How did everything go?" Harleen asked.
"Let me have some rest first, then I'll tell you everything." Ash said.
"Are you having trouble sleeping again honey?" Harleen asked.
"No, no ones had any sleep yet since we left." Ash said.
"You haven't slept for 2 days?" Harleen asked.
"Yeah." Ash said.
"Ok, it's a shame I can't spend time with you straight away but you do need your rest. At least I got my picture of you." Harleen said. This confused Ash.
"What picture?" Ash asked.
"You know, that picture from our pretend date." Harleen said. Ash remembers now. It was a picture of the two looking extremely close during their dinner.
"Oh yes, I remember now." Ash said.
"We still need to go on a real date." Harleen joked.
"Very soon. Harleen were very close to the watchtower now. I'll speak to you soon. Bye." Ash said.
"Bye sweetie." Harleen said. Blowing a kiss at him. The line was closed.
"Ok guys we're about to dock." Superman said. John was about to land in the watchtower. Then there was a blinding light. When everyone regained their vision. They saw the watchtower was gone. Diana immediately opened the line.
"Batman? Batman come in." Diana said.
"Where's it gone?" Lucario asked.
"Something must of happened." Mewtwo said.
"John do you think you can get us to earth?" Superman asked.
"Only one way to find out." John said heading towards earth.
Street
Green Lantern landed the javelin on the roof of a building. Everyone got out of the javelin and John landed on the ground.
"How much more power does your ring?" Shayera asked.
"Not much. So I need to use it for emergencies now." John said.
"Guys you might want to look at this." Superman said. Everyone came to the edge of the roof. They saw the city below and it was covered with flags. Nazi flags.
"Let's investigate." Flash said. Racing down the building. The heroes flew down and Mewtwo used psychic to float Ash, Pikachu and Lucario down. They reached the bottom and saw a man on the flags.
"Vandal Savage." Superman said.
"Who?" Ash asked.
"Hey you, where are your papers?" They looked and saw two security guard coming up to them.
"We don't know what you mean?" Martian said.
"Don't play dumb with me." Guard 1 said. The other guard saw Ash and starts to panic.
"It's him, he's the top 3 most wanted." The other guard said. Aiming a gun at him. The other guard did the same. Mewtwo used his psychic to disarm the men. "Call it in." The guards started running away.
"What was that about?" Ash asked.
"Over here." A voice was heard. Everyone turned round and it was Batman but in futuristic armour instead of a bat costume.
"Batman?" Martian asked.
"Follow me." Batman said. Running down an alleyway. The others saw other security guards coming in. And with people around, they want avoid any crossfire if possible.
"Let's go." Superman said. Flying towards the alley. Everyone followed. They went through the alley with the guards still on their backs. The league found Batman standing over a opened man hole.
"In here." Batman said. The league didn't hesitate to dive down into the sewers. Ash got Pikachu, Lucario and Mewtwo to dive down first. Ash looked behind him and heard the guards approaching. "Come on hurry up." Ash looked back round and jumped down the sewer. Batman finally jumped in himself. When he was under, he dragged the cover over the hole. The guards came down the alley and saw they were gone. All the heroes regrouped below. "This way." Batman started leading them somewhere. The league didn't know where he was taking them but they needed answer."
Resistance hideout
Ash, the league and the alternate Batman arrived at a secret base. Multiple people are doing various tasks. The big screens on the walls had pictures of different locations. Ash was just wondering what was happening and what did those guards mean most wanted.
"It's him, it's Ash Ketchum." A man said. Everyone stopped and looked at Ash.
"It is him."
"I don't believe it."
"I thought he was dead." Wait. Dead?
"Ok what's going on here? Why is there flags of Vandal Savage all over the place?" John asked.
"He's the ruler of the world. He runs everything in a dictatorship. And anything he doesn't like, he disposes of." Batman said.
"This isn't right. Where we come from Savage is in political power at all." Superman said.
"Then our theory was right. Times been altered." Batman said. "We've heard reports of a possible time machine hidden in a nearby lab." Batman said. Ash still wants to know why the guards recognised him.
"I'm sorry but if this is a different time then why do you and everyone know me?" Ash asked.
"Because you were the only person that was close at stopping Savage. And this was during the invasion. The aircraft you both were in crashed in the sea. Savage continued his invasion but there was no sign of you though. Then when we saw your wanted picture up a few days ago, we thought you might of survived that crash too and it looks like it's true." Batman said.
"But why does he want me?" Ash asked.
"To kill you, because he's scared of you." Batman said. He wanted to kill Ash. Why? He never met him before.
"When did Ash face against him?" Diana asked.
"1945." Batman said.
"World war 2." John said.
"Savage won the war for Germany. He gave them tanks called the Axis Power. Ash caught him at the only time he was out in the open. After their face off, Savage was impossible to at that point." Batman said.
"Axis Power? I don't remember that from history." Flash said.
"Then it's simple we need to stop Vandal Savage before he rises to power." Ash said.
"How?" Shayera asked.
"Well we got two options. 1, we go back in time using the time machine that was mentioned. Or 2, We use Celebi to head back in time." Ash said. Pulling out a pokeball. The League was confused.
"Celebi can time travel?" Superman asked.
"Yeah didn't i tell you?" Ash asked.
"No." Flash said.
"Sorry my bad. So what's it to be?" Ash asked. The league took a second to think.
"It's better to get done as soon as possible. So I'm voting Celebi." Shayera said.
"Easy way or hard way? I'll take easy." Flash said.
"I think we're all in agreement." Martian said.
"Good. Let's go then." Superman said.
"Wait." John said. The heroes looked at him. John looked at Batman. "Where did Ashes showdown take place?"
"Berlin." Batman said.
"Oh." Ash said.
"Is there a problem?" Superman asked.
"Not really. It's just Celebi's only able to move through time, not space." Ash said. He then turned to Mewtwo. "Mewtwo, do you think you'd be able to get us to Berlin when we get there?"
"Yes." Mewtwo replied.
"Ok. Come out Celebi." Ash said. Throwing the pokeball. Celebi came out. Everyone in the room were in awe. "Did you want to come with us?" Asking Batman.
"If your mission fails, I need to continue the resistance against Savage." Batman said. Ash nodded.
"Ok Celebi, take us to 1945." Ash said. Celebi started glowing and the light reached the heroes. Then the light died down and they were gone.
Metropolis/1945
Ash and the other heroes arrived in the past. It was daylight and they were in the middle of the city. But no one was out. It was a literal ghost town. Has the war gotten that bad now? They couldn't think about long. They had to keep moving.
"Thanks Celebi, return." Ash said. Celebi returned in the ball.
"I don't like this one bit." Superman said.
"Savage must be at the point where he could launch a mass invasion at any moment." John said.
"We better get to Berlin then." Martian said.
"Mewtwo." Ash said. Mewtwo nodded his head and made everyone vanished.
Berlin
They arrived in Berlin and and it was a different scene. Building were heavily damaged. Debris everywhere. Explosions heard in the distance. They didn't know it had gotten this bad. They need to be careful if they are to get out of here.
"We're here." Lucario said.
"Pikachu stay close." Ash said.
"Pika."
"We're do we go from here." As soon as Flash said that, a big wheel tank crashed through one of the buildings. Everyone dodged out of the way in time. Superman tried to stop the tank but was having major difficulty.
"Ash." Ash looked at Lucario. "Use aura detonate." Ash nodded and combined two aura spheres. He condensed the power and threw it at the tank. The sphere exploded upon impact and piece of the tank came off. The tank started tipping sideways. Mewtwo used its psychic to lift the tank up.
"Mewtwo, what are you doing?" Ash asked.
"Sending Savage a message." Mewtwo said. He threw the tank into the distance. Everyone gathered round the piece of tank that fell off. Flash knelt down and examined it.
"The technology is way too advanced for this time period." Flash said.
"So Savage did time travel." Shayera said.
"More important question is where are the tanks being produced? We will be in trouble if more are being made." John said.
"That should be our first objective, take out the production factories." Superman said.
"Not all of us. That's only one of many things we need to do here. I'll go and take out the factories." Diana said.
"Take someone with you. It sounds like a two person job at least." Lucario said.
"I'll go with you." Martian said.
"Ok be careful." Superman said. Both heroes nodded and flew off.
"What do we do now?" Flash asked.
"There's explosions in the distance. That means people are getting hurt. We should help them get out if they're unable to." Ash said.
"Sounds like a plan." Shayera said.
"Let's get moving then." Flash said. Racing towards the battle. Ash pulled out a pokeball.
"Come on out." Ash said. The ball popped out Pidgeot. Ash climbed on its back.
"Ash, be careful out there. Just remember what Batman said before we got here." Superman said before flying off. Ash and Savage had a showdown and supposedly died during the battle. He's hoping he can change the outcome. But if he did, would it change anything in the future? Would he still know anyone in the new timeline?
"Come on we need to go." Shayera said. Ash nodded and Pidgeot took off. John and Shayera followed. Mewtwo made Lucario float and they followed.
3 hours later
This part of Berlin was a lot worse then before. Buildings have nearly been levelled. Cars, houses, nearly everything was on flying. Debris was constantly flying everywhere. And many bodies were on the ground motionless. The soldiers in the middle of the battle were trying to get away but they were injured. Savages army was clearly winning. 3 foot soldiers cornered one soldier. He had no way of defending himself. The Savage army aimed their guns. The lone soldier closed his eyes. BANG! Why didn't he feel anything? Do you die before you feel pain? He opened his eyes and saw he was above the ground. He looked up and saw a giant bird and a boy with a mouse on his shoulder.
"Don't worry, we're getting you to safety now." Ash said.
"Pikachu." Pikachu said. They landed in the clearing of a nearby forest. Ash got off of Pidgeot and walked up to the soldier.
"Head in the forest. There's others waiting for you there." Ash said.
"Thank you." The soldier said. Limping towards the forest. Superman and Flash met up with Ash. Then Shayera arrived with another wounded soldier.
"Head in there, now, hurry." Shayera said. The soldier went in.
"How are we doing?" Flash asked.
"We got a handful of them out, but there's still many more in that chaos." Superman said. Ash noticed someone missing.
"Where's John?" Ash asked. Shayera hung her head down.
"I had to leave him behind." Everyone looked at her.
"What do you mean?" Superman asked.
"He had that soldier with him, but his ring ran out of power." Shayera said.
"So you just left him there?" Flash angrily asked.
"He told me to leave him there." Shayera said.
"You know Shayera we're a team. That means we don't leave anyone behind. And I thought you knew that." Flash said. Walking off.
"Where are you going?" Ash asked.
"Going to find John." Flash said before racing off. Mewtwo and Lucario arrived.
"We got a big problem." Lucario said.
"What sort of problem?" Ash asked. Mewtwo pointed at the sky. There were a whole squadron of planes in the sky.
"Bomber planes." Superman said.
"We need to take them out before they attack." Shayera said taking off. Superman followed. Ash got on Pidgeot and looked at Lucario.
"Lucario find cover and wait for us." Ash said. Lucario nodded and ran off. "Ready Mewtwo?"
"Why do you even ask?" Mewtwo replied. Pidgeot and Mewtwo took off. They were in the sky and the planes were in front of them.
"Mewtwo, use shadow ball." Mewtwo threw a shadow ball at the planes. Clipping two planes. One was spiralling downwards, and the other clipped another plane making them lose control. "Pikachu thunderbolt go." Pikachu jumped up and hit multiple planes. Most of them malfunctioned while others exploded. "Pidgeot use hurricane." Pidgeot used its wings to create a large gust of wind. The planes were out of control, some of them crashed into each other. Superman and Shayera came over to Ash.
"It that's all of them." Superman said.
"No it's not." Shayera said. Pointing at a few planes flying away.
"We can't let them get away. Pidgeo..." Ash stopped when saw five planes attacking the fleeing planes. One by one, they went down. "Who are they?" The planes flew by them and Ash saw the planes had a black hawk on the side of them. The planes landed in a nearby field.
"Let's find out." Superman said. Flying down. Shayera, Pidgeot and Mewtwo followed. They landed down on the ground and Lucario came running to them.
"You're back." Lucario said.
"Yes it was a success." Ash said. Ash pulled out a pokeball. "Thanks Pidgeot return." Pidgeot went back in the ball. The pilots of the planes approached them.
"Thanks for the assistance, you really helped us." One of the pilots said.
"You're welcome. Mr..." Superman was looking for a name.
"Blackhawk. And we call ourselves the Blackhawks." Blackhawk said. "We're a multinational pilot squad."
"I'm quite impressed." Shayera said.
"We can say the same. Especially with those animals we saw." Blackhawk said looking at Ash. "What's your name?"
"Ash Ketchum." Ash said.
"Ash, we liked the way how you kept your cool while under pressure. We got something planned, and we could really use all of your help." Blackhawk said.
"What sort of plan?" Ash asked.
"The sort that can end the world." Blackhawk said.
"What's the plan then?" Superman asked.
"We can't talk here. Follow us. We ha..." BANG!!! A shot was heard. Everyone looked around. "Is everyone okay?" No they weren't. Ash fell to the ground and Pikachu jumped off his shoulder.
"ASH!" Shayera screamed. She was quickly checking Ash. Lucario and Mewtwo were quickly scanning the area. They found someone.
"There." They both said at the same time. They threw a aura/shadow sphere. The attacks merged and hit the target. A foot soldier was in mid air. Pikachu quickly unleashed a thunder attack on him. The soldier landed. He was out cold. Shayera easily spotted where the bullet hit. Near the centre of his chest. There was a clean exit but he wasn't rapidly healing.
"What's going on? Why aren't you healing?" Shayera asked with tears in her eyes.
"I don't have enough aura to heal this sort of damage." Ash said. Painfully.
"We need to do something." Superman said.
"You can treat him at Blackhawk island. It's our base." Black said.
"How long will it take to get there?" Lucario asked.
"2 hours." Blackhawk said.
"It'll be too late." Shayera said. She then looked at Mewtwo. "Mewtwo get us there." Mewtwo instantly made himself, Ash, Shayera, Pikachu and Lucario disappear. The pilots looked stunned.
"Where did they go?"
"Blackhawk island. Come on let's go." Superman said. Flying off. The pilots got back in their planes and took off.
Blackhawk island
The air was tense in the room. Ash was laying in the bed. Shayera was sitting next to him. Pikachu was on Shayera's lap. Lucario and Mewtwo stood next to the door. When they arrived on the island, Ash passed out. Shayera had to work quick to save him. There was one point where they nearly lost Ash. Shayera did manage to stabilise everything. But Ash hasn't woken up yet. Then Ash started to stir. Ash opened his eyes.
"Uh, what happened?" Ash said. Trying to sit up. "Ahhh."
"Ash be careful." Shayera said. Getting up helping Ash. Pikachu jumped on Ashes bed. "How are you feeling?"
"For someone that get shot, glad to be alive." Ash said. He looked down and saw he was heavily bandaged. It must of been really bad.
"As am I. I would hate to tell Harleen what happened to you." Shayera joked. She then noticed Ashes expression, he looks sad. "What's wrong? Do you miss her?"
"Of course I miss her. But I think I've been a bad boyfriend." Ash said. Shayera was surprised to hear this.
"What makes you say that?" Shayera asked.
"It's when she said that she had that picture of me. I never thought about doing anything like that. What happens if I'm away for more then 2 days? Maybe a week? A month? I've got nothing to remind me of her. I don't ever want to forget her." Ash said. Avoiding eye contact.
"Ash your still new to this. You're still learning all of these things. But I can tell you that it's good that you feel that way for her. It means that she is something special to you. When we get back, how about you do something for her to show how much you care for her." Shayera said. Ash didn't know why, but she always knew what to say.
"Thanks Shayera, I'll do it. You've helped me so much since I got here." Ash said.
"And I'm always here to help you. This sorts of remind of that time when you called me mum in that fake Pokemon world." Shayera said.
"Oh yeah, I hope you don't mind I said that then." Ash said. Shayera bent over and gave Ash a hug.
"I'm happy that you see me as a mum." Shayera said. Ash was relieved and hugged Shayera back. The door to the room opened. They broke the hug and saw Blackhawk enter the room.
"How are you doing Ash?" Blackhawk asked.
"Better then before." Ash said.
"Tell you what, you took that bullet better then I could." Blackhawk said.
"Thanks. What was it you were about to tell us before I got shot?" Ash asked.
"There's a plan that's already in motion. We got word that Savage is about to launch a big invasion tonight." Blackhawk said.
"Is there a way we can stop it?" Ash said.
"Yes. They've got a whole hidden airfield of aircrafts, waiting to be deployed alon gun with their tanks and foot soldiers. But if we can take out those aircrafts, we can win this war from the sky. We're also getting help from other independent militia with this plan." Blackhawk said.
"Count me in." Shayera said.
"An..." Ash started to say.
"You're staying here." Shayera said.
"Wh.." Ash was again interrupted.
"Ash you're injured. There's no way I'm letting go out there." Shayera said.
"This is a big battle about to happen Ash. We really can't afford any complications." Blackhawk said.
"Bu..." Ash again interrupted.
"Ash you are staying here." Lucario said.
"They will be fine without Ash." Mewtwo said. Ash gave up.
"Fine." Ash said sinking into the bed.
"If you're coming, we need to go now." Blackhawk said leaving the room. Shayera turned to Ash.
"I'm sorry Ash." Shayera said. She left the room and closed the door. Ash looked at the door then turned away.
1 hour later
Ash was just laying in bed. He didn't talk to any of the Pokemon in the room. He didn't like he was injured. So he couldn't help. But he wanted to help. He wanted to restore the timeline. He wanted to see Harleen and his friends again. There must be something he could do. What would he do if he was still in the Pokemon world? Wait a minute. His home world. Whenever someone, something or the whole world is in trouble, he would take action no matter his condition. So why should he start now. Ash got up from the bed and put on his shirt. The Pokemon saw this.
"Pika?" Pikachu asked.
"What are you doing?" Lucario asked.
"I'm going to help." Ash said.
"No you're not, you need to rest." Mewtwo said.
"We need to help fix the timeline." Ash said.
"Everyone our the..." Lucario started.
"Yes, everyone out there are doing their best. But there's only a small fraction of them. I want to get back and see my friends. I want to see the world I started to call home. I want to see Harleen. And none of that will happen if I don't help. So if you're not going to help. Get out of the way." Ash said. Making his way to the door. Pikachu jumped on his shoulder. Ash looked at him. "Pikachu?"
"Pikapi." Pikachu said with a thumbs up.
"If you're that determined. I'll join as well." Lucario said. Ash turned round at the Pokemon.
"Me too, but we won't be enough." Mewtwo said. He had a point.
"No." Ash said. He then looked at his bag full of pokeballs. "We're going to need everyone." Ashes bag started to glow.
Savage secret base.
Superman, Shayera and the Blackhawks were flying towards the target. It's in a very densed forest. But there was an opening up ahead.
"There it is up ahead. They're moving in 1 hour. Let's do this quick." Blackhawk said.
"Got it." Superman said.
"It be better if we had help." Shayera said.
"Will the Justice League do." They heard a voice in their head.
"Martian, great to hear from you." Superman said.
"I telepathically linked all of us. I'm still with Diana." Martian said.
"And we got Steve Trevor here too. We're at the east side of the complex." Diana said.
"Don't forget about me." Another voice came up.
"John." Shayera said.
"That's right. And made some new friends, the easy company." John said.
"Hey what about me?"
"Fine, Flash is with me too." John said.
"Shayera, I'm sorry do..." Flash started.
"It's fine Flash. We just need to focus now." Shayera said. She looked at the planes. "Everyone's in place."
"Ok. Let's d..." Blackhawk stopped. They were too late. The aircrafts were in the air, the big wheel tanks were rolling and the foot soldiers were marching. "It's too late." The biggest aircraft was in front. The command centre.
"You really thought your sneak attack would work?" A voice was heard. They knew who it was.
"Savage." John said.
"You're too late anyway. I have enough fire power to level a whole country. You have no chance." Savage said in the command ship. He was grinning while he watched his army advance. This was it. He was going to win the war. Nothing could stop him. He then saw what looked like a fireball in the sky. Suddenly it exploded, lighting up the night sky. This caught everyone's attention. They looked at where it came from. It was something to behold. All of Ashes Pokemon were there, with Pikachu and Lucario at the front. Mewtwo started floating to the sky. He was looking at the aircrafts. Moltres, Articuno, Zapdos, Ho-oh and Lugia joined him in the sky. Vandal thought this was nothing. "This isn't enough to stop me."
"But they will." Mewtwo said. Suddenly 3 ripped in the sky appeared. Vandal lost his smirk. A giant blue creature came out of one of the rips. Dialga. A white and pink creature came out the other one. Palkia. The another one came out of the last one. Giratina. The rips closed. Then two golden rings open up. A humanoid flew through it. Deoxys. And then a large green dragon came through the last one. Rayquaza. And Ash was on top of Rayquaza. Everyone saw him.
"It's Ash." Diana said.
"He's injured, he shouldn't be here." Shayera said.
"He's injured?" Flash asked. One soldier from the easy company spoke.
"What's going on?"
"I'll tell you what's going on. Ash Ketchum won this war." John said.
"Mewtwo have we got psychic link with each other?" Ash asked.
"Yes Ash." Mewtwo said.
"What about ground team."
"We can hear you Ash." Lucario said.
"Pika." Pikachu said.
"Remember everyone. Watch each other's back. Let's save the world." Ash said. With that, war began. The Pokemon started charging in. Mewtwo used psychic to crash the planes into each other. Zapdos used thunder and made multiple planes explode. Moltres used flamethrower and melted a lot of planes engines. Lugia used twister and many planes were caught in the cycle. Ho-oh released sacred fire and engulfed a large portion of aircrafts. Articuno used blizzard and froze a lot of planes. The planes crashed in the ground or the big wheel tanks. On the ground, the Pokemon were fighting firecely. Charizard was flying over the foot soldiers while holding Boldore. Charizard was burning soldiers and Boldore was using rock blast on random targets. Jirachi was teleporting Greninja to multiple soldiers for quick cut attacks. The big wheels tanks were advancing, but most of them suddenly fell into a ditch. Krookodile came up from the ground and attacked the foot soldiers. Squirtle withdrew into its shell and Bulbasaur warped its vines around it. Bulbasaur threw the shell, hitting a lot of soldiers. The 30 Taruos just charged right through a big portion of the army. Snorlax and Regigigas were holding a tank back, they then tipped it on its side. Mew saw a lot of soldiers in front of it. Mew hit the ground and caused a earthquake. Injuring a lot of people. The beast trio tearing apart the big tanks one by one. Butterfree was using stun spore and Pidgeot was using whirlwind to quickly hit the soldiers with the spores. Muk used sludge bomb which exploded in front of the enemies. Lapras used ice beam from a distance, freezing enemies. Quilava, Bayleef and Totodile were attacking the soldiers that were surrounding them. Kingler and Corphish used bubblebeam to knock the soldiers away. Sceptile and Infernape were back to back using leaf blade/Mach punch on the soldiers. Swellow, Staraptor, Unfezant and Talonflame were diving from the sky knocking soldiers one by one. The regi trio attacked a large part of the army, taking them out in one hit. Heracross used mega horn to throw a lot of soldiers in the sky. Donphan used roll out, crashing through the enemies. Noctowl used hypnosis to put the enemies to sleep. Buizel used aqua jet and Glalie used ice beam to freeze the aqua jet, bashing through the soldiers. Oshawott, Pignite and Snivy used their elemental attacks together on the soldiers. Gible used draco meteor to hit the soldiers and tanks. Torkoal and Torterra stood next to each other and used flamethrower and leaf storm on the enemies. Scraggy used high jump kick on the enemies. Leavanny used string shot to tie everyone up. Gliscor used vice grip on them. Palpitoad hit the enemies with mid shot. Hawlucha used flying cross body press, crushing the opponents. Noivern used supersonic to mess with everyone's heads. Hoopa opened up multiple rings, letting the tanks fall into them. Celebi used frenzy plant to whip the opponents. Lycanroc used rock throw, damaging the tanks. Rowlet used razor leaf on the enemies it was flying over. Melmetal used flash cannon and blasted a hole in the tanks. Incineroar used fire blast and burnt a lot of people. Primeape was thrashing everyone about. Goodra used ice beam to make the tanks lose balance. Naganadel used dragon pulse on the enemies. Lucario was bashing enemies with its bone rush and Pikachu was hitting everyone with its iron tail. John, Flash and easy company saw that they were winning.
"Let's help out boys." John said charging in. Flash raced in and the company followed and. Superman and Shayera dived in while the Blackhawks flew into the aerial battle. Diana and Martian joined in the battle and Steve Trevor shot any strays. Vandal saw all this, then he looked at Ash.
"Everyone leave now. I'm about to have company." Savage said. Everyone left the room.
"Ok Rayquaza get me to that ship." Ash said. Rayquaza started flying towards the ship. On their way through. Dialga used roar of time to take down planes. Palkia used Spacial Rend to cut through the planes. Giratina used Ominous winds to damage the planes. Deoxys used psycho boost to knock down the planes. Rayquaza was in front of the ship and used hyper beam to break the window. Ash jumped off of Rayquaza and landed in the ship. "Good work Rayquaza." Rayquaza roared and went back into battle. Ash turned round and saw the one who caused all this. "So you're the one whose leading this army?"
"That's right Ash Ketchum." Savage said. Ash had a shocked look. How did he know his name? "Yes I know everything about you. I know every move you do. Every noise you make. And your past failures. Like this failure that's about to happen."
"How do you know all this?" Ash asked.
"My future self told me." Savage said.
"Future self?" Ash asked.
"Didn't you know? I'm immortal." Savage said. Ash was in trouble now. How can he stop an immortal. "And the one thing my future self said was to kill you straight away." He pulled out a gun and fired at him. Ash moved but the bullet still grazed his head. Ash quickly took cover. "I heard what happened. How one bullet to the chest took you down. Imagine multiple bullets to the chest. Or one bullet to the head."
"Why are you trying so hard to kill me?" Ash said. Starting to condense his aura.
"Because somehow, you nearly kill me. You nearly killed an immortal and I can't have that." Savage said. Ash nearly killed Savage? How?
"I don't know how I did that, but I just need to stop you." Ash said. Standing up and throwing his aura. Savage dodged the aura and it exploded behind him.
"Missed me." Savage said.
"I wasn't aiming for you." Ash said. Savage looked behind him and saw the control panel destroyed. The aircraft was heading for the ocean. Everyone outside saw this.
"Ash is still in there." Shayera said.
"Go, we'll cover you." Superman said. Hawkgirl flew towards it. Lugia followed her. Savage was still staring at the controls. Ash brought up a aura whip and flung it Savage. He caught the whip without looking. Ash was stunned. Savage looked at Ash.
"I can still win." Savage said. He pulled the whip and Ash was flying towards him. Savage knocked him into the ground. Ash was trying to get up but Vandal presses his foot on top of him. He pointed the gun at Ashes head. "Last words?"
"Yeah, watch your back." Ash said. Savage looked behind and Ash hit him with a aura beam. It knocked him over and he lost his gun. Savage struggled to get up. When he got to his knees, Ash gave him multiple aura punches. Then Ash ties him up in his aura whip.
"I still got enough energy to kill you." Savage said.
"I better take some of that energy away." Ash said. The whip glowed brighter. He was draining his aura.
"AHHHHHH!!!!!" Savage screamed. It was hurting him. How? Wait. Is this how Ash nearly kills him? Savage looked at the window and saw they were less then a minute away from the ocean. "You got a choice now. Let me go and live or stay here and die." Ash looked behind him and saw what he meant. If he left, he would be back. If he stayed. He'd never see anyone anyone again. He thought about it. Then looked into Savages eyes.
"As long as you lose, everyone wins." Ash said. The plane was filling with water. The plane crashed into the ocean.
"ASH!!!!!!" Shayera shouted. No. He couldn't be. Lugia dived into the ocean. Everyone else watched from the shoreline. They won but did everyone make it out.
"Come on Ash." Superman said.
"Please Hera." Diana said. Nothing.
"The kid was a hero." Steve said.
"He stopped the war and we don't know his name." One of the easy company members said.
"His names Ash Ketchum." Flash said. Hanging his head. Suddenly Lugia burst through the water.
"Guys we did it." Everyone saw Ash on the back of Lugia.
"Alright." John said. Everyone cheered and roared. Lugia landed on the shore and Ash hopped off. Everyone gathered round.
"Good to see you made it out Ash." Superman said.
"Thanks." Ash said. Shayera landed and immediately gave Ash a hug.
"Don't you ever scare me like that again. I don't want to lose a son." Shayera crying on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry mum." Ash said.
"Thank you so much Ash." Steve said.
"Yeah you just saved the world." An company member said.
"No, we all did." Ash said. The Blackhawks plane flew by. Blackhawk flashed a thumbs up and Ash returned the thumbs up.
Space/present time
The javelin appeared and the watchtower was in front of them. Mewtwo was outside dragging the javelin. Superman had to do a test.
"Javelin 1 to watchtower come in." Superman said.
"Watchtower here whats wrong?" Barman's voice came on. Everyone signed in relieve.
"Nothing Batman. We just lost contact. We're about to board." Superman cut the line. "We did it."
"Yes my bed is waiting for me." Flash said. Ash got up and pulled out his receiver.
"What you doing Ash?" Diana asked.
"Taking my mums advice." Ash said before disappearing. Shayera smiled.
Watchtower
Ash was waiting in his quarters. Everyone was resting after today. They had other heroes to help out while they rest. His door opened and Harleen came in.
"I missed you so much sweetie." Harleen said. Giving him a quick kiss and hugging him. Ash winced in pain. Harleen noticed this. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine. Can you sit down with me on the bed." Ash said. Harleen joined him. "I think I've been a bad boyfriend."
"Ash you havent be..." Harleen began.
"Let me finish. I could of done more with you. Even if it's the smallest thing. So I hope this is a start." Ash said. Pulling out a pocket watch.
"A pocket watch?" Harleen asked.
"I've recently been through something and it inspired me. I went to see a wise old man and said is perfect solution." Ash said. He opened the pocket watch and there was a picture of him and Harleen kissing. "It's the picture Sophocles took. The day we officially became a couple. Its so whenever I'm away for a long period of time. I can look at this and remember how much you mean to me. You are what brings me home." Harleen just looked at Ash. Then she leaned in and kissed him deeply. They separated.
"You are the best boyfriend ever." Harleen said. Something caught her eye. Bandages under his shirt. "Ash what happened?" Pointing at the bandage.
"I got shot." Ash said.
"Shot?" Harleen asked.
"Yeah, I promise I will tell you everything but I still need to sleep." Ash said.
"Ok, did you want me to stay while you fall asleep?" Harleen asked.
"You are the best girlfriend." Ash said. They both laid on the bed, looking at each other. They stared at each other with smiles on their faces. They could stay like this for hours.
"You'll be here in my heart, always." Harleen sang the last part of Ashes lullaby. Ash leaned in and they both kissed. They stayed like this until they fell asleep.
The war is over. The chapter is finished. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Ash and Savage will meet again, but how will they react to each other?
Thank you for all of the support you have shown for this story. Also I might bump up the writing time for the new story. I won't give the official title yet. But let's just say Ash maybe studying with a certain class-1A soon.
But Ash might face his biggest challenge yet when he faces two of Superman's strongest rivals in 'Twilight.'