Chapter 15
Only A Dream
Watchtower
Ash was in the watchtowers gym. For the last few missions he was apart of, Ashes aura limiter kicked in and cut out his aura and nearly got himself killed. This has really got Ash thinking about what to improve on. Even though Ash has been keeping up with his aura training, there was only so much he can do in a day. He knew that he couldn't always rely on his aura, even when he does have control over it. He talked with few of heroes and they all said pretty much the same thing. He should work on his strength in general. Ash knew this was a good idea. If he did this then he would have a fighting chance over some of the enemies he may face. It was early in the morning that he started to workout. He worked out his arms and legs. He was half way through doing his chest workouts. He was doing bench presses and he was on his last set.
"8...9...10." Ash put the barbell back on its stand. He sat and grabbed a towel. Admittly, he never worked out before. He didn't realise how hard it was going to be. But he had to do it.
"I think this is the first time I've seen you in here." Ash looked at the door and saw Superman standing there. With Superman's strength, why was he in here?
"What are you doing here? I thought you wouldn't need to workout." Ash said.
"I have to keep in shape in case I lose my super strength." Superman said. When did that happen?
"You? Lose your strength? Just like John, my power has a limit before it needs to charge back up. I've never once see you not using your power." Ash said. He did have a point. Like with the other heroes, they have constant access to their powers. But him, John and Batman can only do so much.
"Believe it or not but there have been times where I lost my strength. Like you, I used to depend on my powers for everything. It's only after I lost them I realised that there's certain situations where you need to think outside the box." Superman. Ash didn't say anything, just talking in all the information. "How are you and the other two doing now?"
"I'm still not on talking terms with Mewtwo or Lucario." Ash said. When did this happen?
"Why did this happen all of a sudden?" Superman asked.
"I asked them how I got here, but they refused to answer me. I'm willing to forgive them at anytime. But I do want to know how I got here though." Ash said. After he asked them and they refused. Ash kept on asking them and it always annoyed him how they kept on avoiding the subject.
"I hope you three do make up soon. None of you have been the same after that falling out." Superman said. He went over to the dumbbell rack and lifted heavy weights. "Oh yeah, Lois has been asking about you."
"Really? What has she been doing?" Ash asked. With everything being hectic, he rarely gets time to watch tv.
"Doing really well. 'Pokemon Watch has become really popular. There's been talks with major tv station. About seeing if 'Pokemon Watch.' Can become an actually tv show." Superman's Said. Tv show? That's big.
"Really? Would Lois be hosting it?" Ash asked.
"She was asked but she likes journalism too much." Superman said.
"I don't think I like the idea with anyone else hosting it if she doesn't do it." Ash said. He thought the whole segment started with her. It should be her hosting the show.
"Like I said there's only been talks at the moment. So it might not happen." Superman said.
"Ok, right I better get back to my workouts. I'm nearly done for the day." Ash said. He got up from the bench and went over to the mat. Ash put his hands to the ground and started doing push ups. Superman turned back to what he was doing and started doing hammer curls with the dumbbells.
In the watchtowers hallway. Harleen, Barbra and Kate were walking down together. Ever since Kate found out Barbra was Batgirl she had so many questions for her. Harleen told Kate that she knew about Barbra for a little while. And both Harleen and Kate were happy for Barbra being a part of the Justice League. Kate was working full time up on the watchtower now. She worked in the canteen as a barista. She left her brother in charge of the cafe, but she does still own the cafe. She also gave special cards to everyone on watchtower that allows them unlimited purchases in the cafe. But right now they were on the topic of Harleen taking her relationship with Ash to the next level.
"So are you going to ask him today?" Barbra asked.
"Yeah, as soon as I see him." Harleen said. Ask what?
"What are you two talking about?" Kate asked.
"Harleen going to ask Ash to sleep over her place tonight." Barbra said.
"Are you sure that your both ready for that?" Kate asked Harleen.
"Oh yeah, I mean we already shared a bed and slept together so it shouldn't be a big deal." Harleen said. Harleen thought that their relationship has been going on so well that they would of been further along by now. But she wasn't going to rush things. She's never had a boyfriend as nice as Ash so she wanted him to take his time. Also that's she hasn't told him about her being Harley Quinn. In case it scares him off.
"Well, were about to find out now." Barbra said. They looked in front of them and saw Ash walking towards them with Bonnie and Max in tow.
"School is very different then the ones from our old world." Bonnie said.
"Yeah, but I'd prefer travelling then staying in school." Max said. Him and Bonnie were finding it difficult to adjust to school life. They have made some new friends but they tend to stick together when it was their free time.
"I know Max but remember, we're not in the Pokemon world anymore. There's no customs we have to get used to here." Ash said. At this point Ash saw the three girls. "Hi you three, hope you are doing good."
"Yeah we're doing good." Kate said.
"But I think Harleen has something she wants to ask you." Barbra said. Harleen gave her a dirty look. She was going to ask Ash in private but now Barbra has put her on the spot.
"What is it Harleen?" Ash asked. Looking at Harleen. "Is everything ok?"
"Yeah everything's fine sweetie. It's just I've been thinking that our relationship has been going pretty well." Harleen said.
"I'm glad to hear it. I don't know if I was doing anything wrong." Ash said. Harleen was going to pop the question.
"Ash I was wondering if you wanted to stay over my place tonight?" Harleen asked. Ash just stood there, in shock of what he just heard. Did she just ask that? "You know what. Don't worry, we can sor...
"I'd love to." Ash said. Harleen stopped in her tracks.
"Did you just say yes?" Harleen asked.
"Yeah, I've actually been trying to talk to Batman for you to sleep of where I'm staying, but I haven't had a chance to see him about it." Ash said. Harleen didn't know he was trying to do the same thing.
"That's great. Did you want to come round tonight?" Harleen asked.
"Sure. What time did you want me round there?" Ash asked.
"How about 7pm after your league work is done?" Harleen asked. It was still in the morning, so she had plenty of time to clean her apartment.
"How about 7:15pm? So I can pick us up some take out." Ash said.
"Deal." Harleen said. She couldn't believe it. Ash would be staying with her tonight.
"Ash and Harleen sitting in a tree." Max started but Bonnie quickly cut him off.
"I'm just going to take him away." Bonnie said. Dragging Max out of the hallway. The onlookers were completely embarrassed about the whole thing. Ash turned to the girls again. "I better get to the observation deck. Martian's training Tracey to use the control panel so there's someone up here all the time." Ash just walked down the hallway. Harleen turned to the girls.
"Ladies I need your help please." Harleen said. Running to a different part of a hallway. Kate and Barbra closely followed. They didn't know it yet but they were Harleens clean up crew for the day.
Ash reached the observation deck and saw Tracey learning the controls of the control with Martian teaching him.
"And press this button to bring up the bio of this person." Martian said, pointing at a button. Tracey presses and a whole list of information came up. Ash came up to them.
"I see everything's going well." Ash said. Both Tracey and Martian turned round and saw Ash.
"Oh hi Ash." Tracey said.
"Tracey has been learning fast, it shouldn't be long until I'm able to leave him unsupervised." Martian said.
"That's great Tracey." Ash said. The alarms went off suddenly. Tracey turned to Martian.
"Is that the emergency alert?" Tracey asked. He has learnt a lot of procedures, but still had to check with Martian about what to do.
"Yes." Martian said. Tracey turned to the control panel and hit a few buttons. A map came up and a detail of the emergency.
"There's a breakout at Stryker's Island Penitentiary. Five convicts have escaped." Tracey said. Ash heard about that prison. It's suppose to hold some of the dangerous criminals. Who escaped?
"Whose on the run?" Ash asked.
"Solomon Grundy, Copperhead, Luminus, Firefly and Volcana." Tracey said. "Apart from Firefly and Volcana, everyone's gone in separate directions."
"Those prisoners can cause a lot of trouble if they're on the run for too long." Martian said. He then turned to Ash. "Meet Batman and John at the teleportation room. You also might want to take Pikachu for this. You'll be the search party for Firefly and Volcana." Ash nodded and ran out of the room.
Street
It was nighttime in a alleyway and there was fire all around. Obviously a fierce battle has happened. Or is it still happening? Pikachu landed on the ground and used a thunderbolt on someone. Pikachu quickly stopped and jumped out of the way as a stream of fire was about to it. A orange haired woman with fire in her hands was chasing after Pikachu. This was Volcana. A aura sphere came towards her but she dodged the sphere in time. She looked over and saw Ash charging in.
"Hey need some help here." Volcana said to her companion, Firefly. Who was fighting Batman and Green Lantern.
"I'm kinda busy over here." Firefly said. Spraying fire at Green Lantern, trying to keep his distance. Ash reached Volcana and tried to land a aura punch on her. She leaned back so the hit would miss. She then threw a fireball at Ash, which he jumped over. Pikachu tried to use iron tail, but Volcana saw him coming and hit him with a fireball. Pikachu was down.
"PIKACHU!" Ash shouted. He then tried to kick her but she flew out of the way. Ash then threw an aura sphere. It missed her. He tried again. Same result. He tried again. Something was wrong. Nothing came out. The limiter kicked in, he can't access his power. Volcana noticed this.
"Well, looks like someone's just lost their edge." She said. Landing on the ground and started walking towards him. Ash ran towards her and went to hit her. She was quick to hit him with a fireball. Ash went flying back and hit against a wall. Ash slid down so he was sitting against the wall. Before Ash could get up, Volcana sat on top of Ash. "You're quite the energetic one. I think I can still have some fun with you." She then ripped the front of his shirt off, revealing his body. "My, my. You really are one of a kind." She held his hands with one hand. She lowered her head and started to lick his body from bottom to top.
"That's enough now." Ash said. He didn't like he is in this situation, he felt like he was cheating on Harleen. Volcana lifted her head and looked at him.
"Trust me, when this is over. You'll be wanting more. And I can go on all night." Volcana said. She smashed her lips into Ashes and pushed her tounge into his mouth. Ash was trying his best to keep himself still. But it was very difficult for him. Volcana was sliding her hand down his body, then she got down to his trousers. She moved her head away. "Looks like it's my lucky nigh..." She didn't get to finish as her and Ash were electrocuted. The voltage ran through their bodies for 5 seconds before it died down. Volcana went over on her side, out cold. Ash looked over to the attacker. Pikachu just saved him. Pikachu ran up to him.
"Pika?" Pikachu asked.
"Thanks buddy." Ash said.
"It's a good job he attacked when he did." Ash looked and saw Batman and John approaching him with Firefly in a green sphere
"Yeah, I don't know what she was about to do." Ash said. Even though he has a girlfriend, he still had a lot to learn. Ash stood up from ground.
"She was going to do some stuff that is meant to stay in the bedroom." John said. He used his ring to pick up Volcana and secure her. Bedroom? That's right.
"Ah! What time is it?" Ash asked. Starting to panic. John looked at his watch.
"Nearly 7." John said.
"I still got some time. Come on Pikachu." Ash said. Pikachu ran up his body and sat on his shoulder. Ash looked at Batman. "Tell Alfred not to worry about me in the morning." Ash was getting his receiver ready.
"Why's that?" Batman asked. Ash looked at the heroes.
"I'm staying over Harleens tonight." Ash said. Pressing his receiver and disappearing in front of them. The heroes just looked on.
"Looks like he will do some bedroom things tonight." John joked. Walking away with the escapees. Batman just continued looking at the spot. Staying over Harleens? Batman then yawned.
"I should try to get some sleep." Batman said.
Harleens Apartment
Harleens place was all clean now, thanks to the help of Kate and Barbra. She was checking everything over before Ash arrives. She was getting really nervous. She wanted everything to be perfect. She had to be quick since Ash is suppose to be here at any moment.
"I've checked the bedroom, the bathroom, kitchen and the living room. So everything should be good now." Harleen told herself. Just then there was a knock on her down. He was here. Harleen quickly got to the front down and opened it. It was Ash, standing there with a new shirt and a bag full of food.
"Hi, sorry I'm late. It took ages to find the prison breakers." Ash said. Feeling a bit guilty that he was late.
"I don't mind that. I'm just glad you made it." Harleen said. She then looked down at the bag. "What surprise have you got in there." Ash lifted up the bag.
"Chinese takeaway." Ash said. Harleen has the biggest smile.
"What are you waiting for? Come in." Harleen said. Moving aside and letting Ash in. Ash walked in to the apartment and looked around. It was a good sized place. And it had plenty of room to move around.
"You got a nice place here." Ash said. Ash went into the kitchen and put the Chinese food on the side. "Where are your plates? I can start dishing up." Harleen got into the kitchen.
"Sweetie, you don't have to do that. You're my guest. Let me handle that." Harleen said. But Ash wanted to help out.
"How about we dish up the food together?" Ash asked. That worked with Harleen.
"Deal." Harleen said. Harleen got two dinner plates out and put them on the side. Ash and Harleen then started dividing up the food. The food was all ready and they picked up their plates.
"I hope you like the food that I picked out." Ash said. As they were walking their way into the living room.
"You got my favourite in here. Sweet and Sour chicken balls. I'm very glad with the food, babe." Harleen said. She sat down on the sofa and Ash followed. "I actually rented us a film for the night." Ash was interested about tonight's entertainment.
"What did you get?" Ash asked. Harleen turned on the tv and started the film.
"Robin Hood: Men In Tights. It's suppose to be a really funny film." Harleen said.
"Perfect." Ash said. They started eating and watching the film. They finished their meal within 10 minutes and put their plates down. They continued to watch the film. Harleen was leaning against Ash. Loving every moment of it. They both found the movie really fun to watch. When the film finished, Harleen yawned. Ash saw this. "Looks like someone's ready for bed."
"No, I was just getting more air in my body." Harleen joked. Ash chuckled at the joke.
"Come on, i say it has been a long day for both of us." Ash said. Standing up. It's true. With Ash spending the whole day looking for the prisoners, and Harleen spent the day tidying her place. None of them had gotten no rest. Harleen held her arms out to Ash.
"Can you carry me please?" Harleen asked. She wanted to be a little playful. And Ash was willing to play along. He put one arm under her legs and another one behind her back, then he lifted her up like Harleen was a bride. "Robin Hood, when did you get here?"
"Maid Marian, you shot an arrow into little Johns chest." Ash joked. They both laughed and Ash carried her into the bedroom. Ash placed her onto the bed.
"I better get changed in the bathroom quickly." Harleen said. She got up from the bed and went into the bathroom. "Ash, are you changing into anything?" Ash forgot to bring a change of clothes.
"I sort of forget my night clothes." Ash said embarrassingly.
"Just sleep in your underwear then. I don't mind." Harleen said. Ash was shocked by this.
"Are you sure?" Ash asked. Harleen came out of the bathroom with a oversized t shirt on.
"Of course not. We're going to that stage at some point, so it be best to get used to the feeling." Harleen said. Getting under the covers and getting into bed.
"Ok." Ash said. He took off his shirt.
"You're too sexy for your shirt." Harleen sang jokingly. Ash liked that she thought of that quickly. Ash then removed his shoes and put them to one side. Ash then undone his trousers and pulled them down. He folded them neatly and put them next to the shoes. Ash then got onto the bed. Harleen wanted to know why he didn't get under the covers.
"Ash, why are you laying on top of the covers?" Harleen asked.
"I thought it would be forward of me if I went under." Ash explained.
"Sweetie, don't be silly. Join me under here." Harleen said. Ash rotated his body and put the covers on top of him. Ash then turned around so he was looking at Harleen. "Feel better?"
"Yeah." Ash simply said. Her warm and comfy bed was taking over him. "I'll see you in the morning, goodnight." Harleen quickly gave Ash a kiss before he closed his eyes.
"Goodnight sweetie." Harleen said. She then closed her eyes. They're both asleep. 2 hours later, Ash was sleeping on his back and Harleen had her head on his chest. Breathing in harmony with each other.
Ashes Dream
Ash was in a Pokemon stadium. Pikachu was on the battlefield with a exhausted vapereon. Ash looked across the field and saw a masked figure. It must of be his opponent. And it looks like Ash was about to win. He just needed to land one final blow.
"Pikachu, use electro ball." Ash said. A ball of electricity showed up on pikachus tail. Pikachu jumped up and threw the ball at Vapereon. The ball exploded when it made contact. There was a dust cloud, obstructing the view of the fight. When the cloud cleared, Vapereon was down on the ground with swirls in its eyes. The league referee lifted a flag.
"Vapereon is no longer able to battle. The winner of the master cup is Ash Ketchum." The referee said. The whole arena cheered. Ash couldn't believe it, he actually became Pokemon master now. Ash couldn't contain his excitement.
"We did it, Pikachu." Ash said. Pikachu came running up to Ash and jumped up on him. Ash caught him and hugged Pikachu. The masked opponent approached Ash. "Great battle, hope we can do it again." The masked opponent moved his hand up to remove his mask, to which it revealed a green face. Green face? Wait a minute.
"Sorry to disturb you Ash." The green one said. Ash still didn't know what was going on.
"Martian? What are you doing in my world?" Ash asked. He doesn't know he is in a dream.
"Ash, you are dreaming. Look." Martian said. Ash looked around and saw the audience were gone. The referee was gone. Vapereon was gone. Also Pikachu too. It was true, it was too good to be true.
"Why are you here Martian?" Ash asked. It must of been really bad if Martian had to invade his dream.
"It's the league, someone has them trapped in their own dreams." Martian said. What? How is that possible?
"Whose doing this?" Ash asked.
"John Dee, Batman is looking for him in the real world now." Martian said. But if they're in dreams. Then surely nothing bad could happen.
"If they're dreaming then they can't get hurt right? Can't they just wake up if something bad happens?" Ash asked. He was in for a shock.
"John Dee just killed his ex through her dreams. So they are in danger." Martian said. He's already killed someone. He needed to do something.
"We need to help them." Ash said.
"Glad to hear it." Martian said. He opened a bright door. "We best head for superman first." Ash nodded in agreement and they both went through the door.
Superman's Dream
Ash and Martian came out the door and arrived at a broken and burning room. Ash couldn't believe the destruction. And in front of them was Superman. But he was oversized and slouching, he looked like a monster. Superman saw them.
"Stay away from me, I have no control over my powers." Superman said. Ash had to convince him this was a dream.
"Superman calm down, none of this is real. You are just dreaming." Ash said. This was no easy task.
"I killed everyone I loved, all because I lost control of my growing powers." Superman said. He was in distress.
"Superman, you can control your powers." Martian said.
"Yeah and the superman I know would never hurt anyone he knows, even if your powers are out of control." Ash said. Superman thought they were lying and had enough of it. His eyes glowed red. They knew what was coming.
"Move." Ash said. They both jumped to the side. In time to avoid the lasers. Ash recovered and saw what was happening. Superman's body was glowing red. He was about to explode. Ash ran to Superman and got face to face with him. "Superman, you are the worlds greatest protector, not its destroyer. This is a dream. Think about when you wake up. Your friends and family will still be waiting for you when you wake up. Think about them. They are the reason you will always have control of your power." The words seem to got through to Superman. The red light died down and Superman was returning to his normal size. Superman opened his eyes and he looked at his hands and body. He turned to Ash.
"Thank you Ash." Superman said. Ash smiled. Martian joined them. "What is going on anyway?"
"Someone is messing with our dreams and everyone else is in trouble. We need to move quick." Martian said. Opening another door. Martian entered first with Ash and Superman following closely behind.
Johns Dream
Ash and Superman came out of the door. They saw they were on a street at nighttime with signs that had different languages on them. Then they saw John, but he was transparent. Why was he like that?
"John, what's going on?" Superman asked.
"AHHH!!!" Before he could get a answer, they heard a scream nearby. They looked and saw Martian getting attacked by someone. They were covered in blue with a worn out cape. Ash charged in and tackled the person off of Martian. They both landed on the ground. Ash quickly got up and turned the attacker over. What he saw next really scared him. It was a skull with eyes. Ash immediately retreated and Martian and Superman got by Ashes side. The skull got back to his feet.
"What's wrong, did my appearance frightened you?" The skull asked menacingly.
"Who are you?" Superman asked.
"You can call me Doctor Destiny." The skull said.
"Why are you doing this?" Ash asked. He didn't get a reply. Destiny got extend his hand and knocked Ash down to the ground. Superman and Martian went to fight Destiny but found he was a tough opponent. Ash just got back up and just saw John enter into a giant Lantern.
"JOHN!" Ash shouted. Ash thought that Destiny had just killed John. He turned around and saw Destiny knocking Superman down and blocking one of Martians attacks. Ash wanted to stop him as soon as possible. Ash tried to create a aura whip. But nothing happened. Aura sphere? Nothing. Any aura? Nope. Ash couldn't use any aura in his sleep at all. What was he going to do? He heard cracking noise. He looked behind him and saw the lantern was starting to break. The Lantern broke apart and John was floating at the centre of it. He was no longer transparent. He was whole. John flew over and fired energy from his ring to hit Destiny. Destiny got knocked over and hit a wall. John quickly used his ring to enclose Destiny into a sphere.
"This isn't over." Destiny said. He then melted into the floor. What just happened?
"Where did he go?" John asked. Powering down his ring. The others joined him.
"He moved on to someone else's dream. We need to keep moving." Martian said. Opening up another door. Ash and the others quickly went in to save another of their teammates.
Flashes Dream
Ash and the others entered into the next dream and saw everything was grey. The sky, the street, even the people. They were all grey and not moving. They are frozen in time.
"Guys, you're here." They saw Flash running up to them.
"Flash, what's going... on?" Ashes speech started to slow down. Flashes dream was starting to affect them now.
"You got to help me. What am I suppose to do?" Flash asked. He was really panicking now.
"Close... your... eyes... an..." Martian didn't finish as him and the others were now frozen.
"And what?" Flash asked. He didn't get a reply. His dream has completely taken over them. What was he trying to say? Close his eyes and what? Flash decided to do what he said and figure the next part. Flash closed his eyes and started controlling his breathing. Doctor Destiny appeared next time him.
"What do you think you're doing? There's nothing you can do to stop this. It's because of you that they are frozen like this. Maybe you..." Flash drown out his voice and cleared his mind. He felt he was in control, aware. He felt that he was at peace. Flash opened his eyes and saw everyone moving and the world was in colour now. Ash and the heroes approached him.
"How are you feeling now Flash?" John asked. Flash smiled.
"At peace." Flash said.
"But I'm filled with rage." They heard Destiny's voice but nowhere to be seen. All of a sudden, they saw Doctor Destiny turning into a giant. They were in trouble. "You all are becoming a nuisance now." He lifted his foot up and tried to step on them. Everyone moved out of the way in time. Ash dived into a alleyway. With him not able to gain access to his power at the moment, he can't do anything. Superman flew up and tried to punch Destiny but he swatted him away. Flash started wrapping electrical wire around Destinies foot, ready to trip him up. John used his ring to restrain Destiny but Destiny easily broke out. Destiny then fired energy at Green Lantern, knocking him out of the sky. Martian then turned himself into a giant. Doctor Destiny saw this.
"Stop this now John. You can still get out of this." Martian tried to reason.
"The names Doctor Destiny and none of you are leaving until you are DEAD!" Destiny said. He went to punch Martian but he blocked the attack and returned a punch to him. Destiny got knocked down, thanks to Flashes handy work and crushed a building. Martian continued his attack before Destiny got back up. Destiny knew he was in trouble so he did something to make him stop.
"Hello, please get me out of here." Everyone heard Shayera's voice and a door opened in the sky. Martian reverted back to his normal size and flew up to the door. But he couldn't get through. Superman and John joined them.
"What's wrong?" Superman asked.
"I can't get through, Destiny is now able to block me." Martian said. How were they going to get to her now? John moved in front of the door.
"Out of the way." John said. He fired the ring at the door but nothing happened. Ash was mad now Destiny brought Shayera into this. He hated to think what was happening to her. Ash looked over at Destiny, who was still on the floor. Ash ran over to him. He reached him and climbed on top of him. He got in his face.
"Let her go now." Ash demanded. Flash heard Ash and saw where he was.
"Ash, get away now." Flash said. Destiny had an evil smirk on his skull face.
"Sure I'll let her go, if you can find her."
Shayera's Dream
Ash suddenly found himself in the middle of a forest and all alone. Destiny must of transported him here. But without Martian here, he was trapped.
"HELP!!!!!" Ash heard a scream in a distance. He turned to that direction.
"SHAYERA!!" Ash shouted. He started running. He was running for 5 minutes. Continually shouting out Shayera's name. "Shayera, where are you?"
"Ash!" Shayera said. She was close.
"Shayera, keep talking." Ash said. Getting closer.
"I'm here Ash, please get me out." Shayera said. He has reached her. But nowhere to be seen. She was underground. Ash had to be quick.
"Shayera, I'm coming." Ash said as he started digging. He crawled with his hands in the dirt. Using all of his strength to get her out. It took him 30 minutes to reach a coffin. "Shayera I'm here." Ash opened the coffin and Shayera was there.
"Ash." Shayera said. Ash quickly grabbed her and got her out. Once they were above ground, Ash laid on the grass.
"That was exhausting. I thought that was impossible in a dream." Ash said. Sitting back up. Shayera quickly embraced him and cried on his shoulder.
"Thank you Ash, I don't know how I can ever repay you." Shayera said. Ash looked at her wings and saw they had something keeping them together.
"What happened to your wings?" Ash asked. Shayera moved away from his shoulder.
"That skull did this, but it doesn't hurt." Shayera said.
"I must say I am impressed with how you found her so quickly." They heard Destiny's voice. They both quickly stood up and looked to the sky.
"I have found her, let her go now." Ash said. Wanting to make sure she's safe.
"A deal is a deal. I'll let return to the real world now." Destiny said. Shayera looked at herself and saw she was disappearing.
"No wait, Ash." Shayera said before she vanished.
"What about the others?" Ash asked. If possible he wanted everyone to get out.
"They're back in the real world as well. I let them live just so they can receive my message." Destiny said. What was he talking about?
"What message?" Ash asked. Suddenly, the leaves on the trees were dying and falling off and the sky turned blood red.
"You." Destiny said. A hand came out of the ground and grabbed Ashes leg. Ash looked down and saw Destiny coming from the ground. He got out of his grip. He looked round and saw multiple Destinys coming from the ground. Ash was outmatched. He quickly ran into the forest to buy him some time.
Harleens Apartment
Harleen was starting to wake up because she felt movement. She had to see what was going on. She opened her eyes and lifted her head off of Ashes chest. She saw Ash tossing and turning. He was having a nightmare. She thought it be best to wake him up.
"Ash, wake up. You're having a bad dream." Harleen said. Shaking him to wake up. He wasn't waking up. Maybe a heavy sleeper. "Ash." She shook him harder. Still nothing. She was panicking now. "ASH!" She hit him on the chest. Still asleep. Something was wrong. She reached over to her phone and dialled a number. It was ringing. "Come on, pick up." Someone answered. "Shayera, it's Ash. Somethings wrong. He won't wake up."
Ashes Nightmare
Ash was hiding behind a tree. He seemed to have lost Destiny for a moment. What was he going to do. He was in a world where he had no control over. And where Destiny can pop up from anywhere that he wants.
"Well, wouldn't your mother be disappointed." That voice. Ash looked round. Gorilla Grodd was there looking at him. "And I thought you'd put up more of a fight." Grodd started charging towards Ash. Ash ran away as quick as he could.
Watchtower
Ash was in the medical room. He was lying on a bed with a heart rate monitor attached to him. Harleen was sat next to him, holding his hand. The league members who were in the dreams were in the room and told Harleen what was happening.
"Martian, can you get in?" John asked. Martian has been trying to use his telepathic powers to get back into the dream.
"I'm trying but Destiny gotten a lot more powerful now that he only has Ash." Martian said.
"Try harder." Shayera demanded. Stroking Ashes head trying to calm him.
"Has Batman found this John guy yet?" Flash asked.
"He should be at his location now. Hopefully he can stop this soon." Superman said. Harleen heard all of this but never taking her eyes off of Ash.
"Ash please, come back to me." Harleen said.
Ashes Nightmare
Ash continued to run. He couldn't see Grodd behind him but he wasn't stopping in case Grodd was still chasing him. Ash was doing everything he can to stay out of harms way. Ash found a clearing. He decided to stop and catch his breath. CLICK. Ash heard a gun loading. He turned to the noise and saw someone he hated so much. Giovanni. He was pointing the gun at Ash. Ash was frozen in place.
"What's wrong, not a big fan of clowns?" As Giovanni said this, he slowly turned into the Joker. Ashes eyes went wide and started to run again. Joker fired a few rounds that nearly hit Ash. Ash waived through the trees. He need to try to think of something to get out of here. He suddenly bumped into something. He saw an armoured suit in front of him. He looked up and saw Luthor in front of him.
"End of the line twerp." Luthor said. Needles came out of the fingers of his gloves and stabbed them into Ashes arm.
"AHHHHHH!!!!!!" Ash yelled in pain. Luthor stretched Ashes arms out to the side and lifted him off the ground. There was nothing Ash can do. Doctor Destiny appeared.
"I'm afraid our time together has come to an end." Destiny said.
"What are you going to do?" Ash asked. Hating to find out what was going to happen.
"It's not what I'm going to do. It's Lex that's going to be doing it. When he starts draining your blood, you will suffer a cardiac arrest. And when your blood has been completely drained, your heart will stop. You will be dead soon after." Destiny explained. Ash was facing certain death now. He's got to get out of this.
"No come on, there must be another way." Ash said. Destiny pretended to think.
"Maybe. I'll think about it while this happens." As Destiny said this, the blood started leaving Ashes body.
"AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Watchtower
Ashes heart rate had massively increased and all the alerts were going off. The heroes were scrambling all over the place. Harleen didn't know what's happening.
"What's going on?" Harleen asked worryingly.
"He's having a heart attack." Flash said. Harleen couldn't believe it. She grabbed Ash by the shoulders and started shaking him.
"Ash wake up now. You need to win this." Harleen pleaded. Superman decided to take charge.
"Right, John you stay in here with me. Everyone else needs to get out." Superman said. Shayera grabbed Harleen by the shoulder and started dragging her out.
"Come on, they need the room." Shayera said. Harleen tried to resist.
"No. I'm staying here with Ash. ASH!" Harleen shouted as she was dragged out the room. The other heroes left and John locked the door so no one could get in. They were looking through the window to see what was going on. Harleen was crying on Shayera shoulders.
"Ash will come back to us." Shayera said.
Ashes Nightmare
The draining was nearly done. Ash could feel himself getting weaker. This was it. He was going to die for real this time.
"Any last words?" Destiny asked. Feeling proud that he was going to kill one of the Justice League. Ash looked at him in the eyes.
"You might have won. But it's a shame that you only killed a kid." Ash said. Thinking he had the last laugh. He then felt a sharp pain running through his body. His body then went limp. It was done.
Watchtower
Ash was flat lining and everyone was panicking.
"ASH!!" Harleen shouted. Banging on the window. Superman looked at John.
"Get the defibrillator now." Superman said. John grabbed the paddles next to the bed and started charging them. John pressed the paddles against Ashes body. They were ready.
"Clear." John said. Shocking Ash. Superman checked his pulse.
"Nothing, charged again." Superman said as he started cpr on Ash. John charged the paddles again and pressed it on Ashes body.
"Clear." John said. Superman moved out of the way as Ash was shocked. Superman checked again.
"One more time. Come on Ash." Superman said. John set it to maximum now. And pressed the paddles on him.
"CLEAR!" John shouted. Electricity went through Ash. Superman checked.
"... he's gone." Superman said sadly. John hing his head low and dropped the paddles to the floor. Everyone outside the room were crying their eyes. Harleen couldn't believe what has happened. They saw Superman and John unlocking the door and leaving the room. They couldn't look anyone in the eyes. They have failed. Shayera approached Harleen.
"We'll give you time to say goodbye." Shayera said as the heroes left to give her some privacy. Harleen walked into the room. She was crying her eyes out. She couldn't muster any words. This couldn't be happening. She laid down beside Ash and was crying onto his limp body.
"No Ash, please you can't die on me. I need you. I don't want to face live without you." Harleen said. She felt bad that she never said what she has felt for him ever since their first date. "I love you."
In the Pokemon room. Two pokeballs were glowing.
Ashes Nightmare
Ash was still alive but his life was slowly fading now. He couldn't move his body at all.
"It's a shame it had to come to this." Destiny said. "You never had a chance to enjoy adulthood. And for that you have my condolences. But I do not regret what I did one bit." Destiny said. Ashes vision slowly started getting darker. It was his time. He saw a white light. Well actually Destiny and Luthor also saw the light. And next to the light was a pool of darkness. Ash lifted his head to see what was going on.
"What's going on?" Destiny asked. He thought he had control over this dream. From the sky a Pokemon descended to the ground and floated above it. Cresselia. Next a dark Pokemon raised out of the darkness. Darkrai. "What the hell are you?" Darkrai lifted his arm and there was a pool of darkness underneath Luthor. Luthor fell into the pool, letting go of Ash. A beam of light caught Ash before he hit the ground. Ash started rising to the sky along with Cresselia. Destiny saw this. "Think you can get away that easy?" Destiny was ready to extend his arm to catch Ash. But he just caught his own shadow moving. What? Then Darkrai came out of his shadow. Looking at him in the face. Darkrai readied a dark void and threw it at Destiny. He was trapped in the void. "AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" Destiny was being ripped apart. He was gone.
Watchtower
Harleen was still crying. It had been 5 minutes since he was gone and it was only getting worse. This couldn't be real. She must be imagining things. She felt Ash softly stroking her head. Wait a minute. She felt? She looked and saw Ashes hand was moving. Can it be? She looked up and saw Ash looking at her.
"Feel better?" Ash weakly asked. It was a miracle.
"ASH!" Harleen said. Kissing quickly. She pulled her back. "You're back... don't scare me like that... I thought I lost you." She kissed him in between those words. And gave him a long kiss at the end of it. Ash loved this feeling. He was glad he was alive and he loved that Harleen was the first he saw.
"OH MY GOD!" They parted lips and looked at the doorway. It was Flash. "You're alive, I got to tell everyone. Stay there." Flash raced towards the heroes. Did he have to say that? Ash looked at Harleen.
"Thank you." Ash said.
"What for?" Harleen didn't know what he was talking about.
"If it wasn't for you. They probably wouldn't know I was in trouble. I can't thank you enough." Ash said.
"Anytime sweetie." Harleen said giving a teary smile.
"Its a shame it had to happen the first night we spent together." Ash said. Feeling guilty.
"We can make it up next week, when you stay over again." Harleen said. Ash smiled and took Harleens hand.
"ASH!" They heard a voice coming into the room and it was Shayera. She quickly gave Ash a tight hug. Not wanting to let him go. "Don't ever leave us again." The other heroes entered into the room glad Ash was alive.
3 hours later. Ash was in a wheelchair rolling down a hallway. The heroes wanted him to stay off his feet for a while so he can recover. Harleen gave him some space so she can call everyone to tell them the situation. Ash stopped and looked ahead. It was Lucario and Mewtwo. Ash was no longer mad at them. He nearly died. If anything ever did happen to him, he wanted to leave everything on a good note. He wheeled towards the Pokemon and stopped in front of them.
"So you know what happened?" Ash asked. They both nodded.
"Martian told us." Lucario said. There was silence.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been mad at you two. You have helped me so much since we arrived here. I know you do everything for a reason and I should trust you." Ash said.
"Thank you Ash, and we're sorry we caused you distress. We thought if you didn't know then it would keep you focused." Mewtwo said.
"But we talked and we think you deserve to know the truth. On how you got here." Lucario said. Was he going to find out? Now?
"So how did we get here?" Ash asked. And Mewtwo just said one name.
"Arceus."
And that's it for this chapter. I hope you have enjoyed this chapter. Ash had faced his toughest opponent and Harley had made a big revelation with her feelings.You may have noticed that a chapter or two on this story and the first two chapters of My New Life Academia we're short and quickly uploaded. I had a weeks worth of time on my hands and thought it was a good idea to get as much out as possible. I was wrong and I am sorry. I promise from now on that any chapters I write for both stories, I will take my time to write them. To make sure they are best chapters I can write.
I'll be writing the new chapter of My New Life Academia before I write the new chapter for this story.
Thank you for all the support you all have shown for both stories.
Will everything become complicated when Harleen gets directly involved in a situation and will she have reveal her greatest secret to help out. You need to wait for 'Maid of Honor' to be out.