Chapter 18
A Better World
Harleen's Apratment
It was morning and Harleen was just waking up from her sleep. She sat up and stretched her arms out. She looked next to her and saw that side of the bed was empty. The reason she was looking was because Ash stayed over during the night. Ever since they cleared things up and said what they want in the future. They have spent more nights together. They both were getting to the point where they both want to move in together. Harleen caught a pleasant scent with her nose. She took a big sniff. She smelt bacon, eggs, hash browns. Before she could smell anymore, the door opened and Ash walked in with a tray of food. Now Ash saw Harleen was awake.
"Morning. I thought I'd surprise you with breakfast in bed." Ash said. This was a nice way to start the morning. Harleen couldn't be Ash did this for her.
"Sweetie, that's so nice of you." Harleen said. Ash laid the tray on her lap. Harleen started eating while Ash got back into the bed. "This is amazing. The seasoning really brings the flavour out."
"You can thank Brock for that. He taught me more about cooking between work and studying." Ash said. He then took a bit of bacon off of Harleens plate.
"Hey, you shouldn't steal my food." Harleen said joking.
"The chef needs to taste the food." Ash responded and Harleen nearly laughed out loud. "You got anything planned for today?" Harleen had something big planned but couldn't tell Ash since it would ruin the surprise.
"Me and the girls are just going through the details for the charity event." Harleen said. That was a cover up and the girls knew about this as well and knew what to say if Ash asks about any plans. "What about you?"
"Well, Flash and Diana want to try their hands at Pokemon battling which should be fun." Ash said. Harleen was also interested in this.
"Let me know when you do that. I really want to watch that." Harleen said. Ash smiled as she showed some interest in battles.
"Of course I will." Ash said. Then Ash said something that's been on his mind. "Harleen, would you like to join the Justice League?" Harleen nearly choked on her food when she heard this. Ash quickly rubbed her back as support as she catches her breath. Harleen then looked at Ash.
"Ash, what made you ask that?" Harleen asked. She never thought that anyone, let alone Ash would ask her something like that.
"Well you helped the league out on missions lately and your used to this sort of life." Ash said. It was nice of him to say but Harleen felt different.
"But I'm Harley Quinn. The psychotic ex girlfriend jester that dated the Joker. I don't think the league would let me join. And the public would never accept me." Harleen said. Ash understood where she was coming from but wanted to reassure her.
"Harleen. Batman asked me to ask you." Ash said. Harleen looked shocked. "He's seen you changed and thinks that you would be a good fit for the team. And as for the public. Everyone deserves a chance of redemption. It maybe hard at first but it will get better." Harleen took everything that he said and thought about it.
"It sounds tempting. Can I have some time to think about it? Just to make sure I feel like it's a place where I feel belonged." Harleen said. Ash was a bit disappointed that she didn't want to join straight away. But she did give good reasons and understood his concern.
"Of course. Take all the time you need." Ash said. Harleen smiled and grabbed his hand.
"Thanks sweetie." Harleen said. She then gave Ash a quick peck on the lips. "So when do we need to go up to the watchtower?" Ash quickly looked at the time.
"Not for another couple of hours. So we got some time to kill." Ash said as he laid his head on the pillow. Harleen had a cheeky grin on her face.
"Is that so?" Harleen asked. She put the tray of food on the floor, beside the bed. She then looked at Ash. "I got a idea what we can do." Ash looked at her. What did she have planned?
"What's that?" Ash asked. Harleen grabbed the covers and pulled it over her and Ash. "I like your idea."
Max and Bonnie's School
Max and Bonnie were walking down the hallway of the school. They finished the last of their lessons and were making their way outside. When they first started school, they liked it. But as the time went on, they started to hate it.
"I'm glad today is over with." Max said. Bonnie sort of had the same feelings.
"Yeah, this is only part of the day that I enjoy." Bonnie said. Max and Bonnie were walking a bit fast. Like they didn't want to be in the building for long.
"If I remember, May and Cle..." Max stopped talking when a group of kids poured a soft drink over him. Making him wet and sticky. The kids were laughing but Max and Bonnie looked angry. "What was that for?"
"Because you're stupid. I mean, who doesn't know when the Second World War was?" The leader of the group asked. Another member of the group stepped forward.
"Yeah, how can you be a nerd and dumb at the same time?" The other kid asked. Bonnie had enough with them.
"That's enough. It's the end of the day so leave us alone." Bonnie said. The leader looked at her and took the gum he was chewing from his mouth. He started walking towards Bonnie.
"Oh yeah. I forgot about you." The leader said. He stuck the gum in Bonnies. This mortified her. "Have a good day with your boyfriend." He looked back at the gang. "Let's head out." Him and the gang walked away from Max and Bonnie.
"WE'RE NOT DATING!!" They said in unison. Max and Bonnie got outside and to their horror, May and Clemont were outside waiting for them. They knew there was no hiding it so they decided to get it over with. When May and Clemont saw what had happened to Max and Bonnie, they wanted answers now.
"Max, what happened?" May asked as she saw Max was soaking wet. Clemont also wanted answers.
"And how did that gum get in your hair Bonnie?" Clemont asked. Max and Bonnie didn't look their siblings in the eye. They didn't want them to worry about them.
"It was an accident." Bonnie said. Max only nodded. The older siblings were about to interrogate further but they were about to find out what's going on.
"See you Monday losers." The leader said as him and the gang rode by on their bikes. May and Clemont looked at them. Did they do this? They then looked back at Max and Bonnie.
"Did they do this to you both?" May asked. The young siblings didn't want to talk about it. Max just looked up and just want to forget about today.
"Can we just go now? I just want to start the weekend." Max said. The older siblings thought it was a good idea not to push it.
"Sure, let's find a quiet spot and teleport up to the watchtower." Clemont said. Max and Bonnie walked on ahead and May and Clemont walked slightly behind them. They had to help them out. They want to make sure that they enjoy school. But it be difficult with those bullies around.
Watchtower
May, Max, Clemont and Bonnie arrive in the teleportation room and Max and Bonnie tried to get away from them quickly.
"Stop right there." May said. Max and Bonnie stopped in their tracks and saw May and Clemont approaching them.
"Ok, who were those kids back at school?" Clemont asked. Max and Bonnie really didn't want to talk about anything to do with the bullies. So they decided to pretend they don't know what they are talking about.
"What kids?" Max asked. May and Clemont didn't like that they thought that they were idiots.
"Don't play dumb Max. You know exactly who we are talking about." May said. Max still wanted to avoid the questions. But Bonnie just wanted to get this over with.
"The leader calls himself Jones." Bonnie said. Max looked at her in disbelief.
"What about the other kids with him?" Clemont asked.
"Me and Max really don't know their names. But they haven't done anything to us. It's only Jones that does anything." Bonnie said. Max knew that was partly true.
"Except for his right hand man, David. The most he does is say mean comments about us." Max said. Not looking at the older siblings.
"Have you told your teacher..." May was cut off when Max shot his head up.
"What do you think we did in the first place? Every time we tell the teachers, they wave it off like it's no big deal." Max almost shouted that out. May and Clemont looked at each other with concern.
"They don't sound like good teachers at all." May said.
"It maybe worth seeing the head teacher on Monday." Clemont said. Max and Bonnie absolutely did not want them to do that.
"No." "You can't." They both said. May and Clemont looked back at them.
"I'm sorry but it seems like it's the only option." Clemont said.
"And by the looks of it, this has been going on for a while. And if that's the case then we are going to get involved." May said. Bonnie gave up. It looked like nothing was going to change their minds. But Max had enough.
"STAY OUT OF MY BUSINESS! YOU'RE NOT MUM!" Max shouted. He then ran out the room. As he left, Ash and Harleen were walking down the hallway and they saw Max.
"Hey Max, how wa..." Ash stopped when Max ran past him.
"Max wait." Bonnie said as she chased Max down. Ash and Harleen were wondering what was going on. They then saw May and Clemont walking towards them.
"What's going on?" Ash asked. May and Clemont reached them with unhappy looks.
"Max and Bonnie are having a bit of a problem with bullies." Clemont said.
"And they got a bit upset when we said about seeing one of the teachers on Monday." May said. Ash and Harleen had shocked looks on their faces.
"That's terrible. I remember my old school bullies. They were horrible." Harleen said. Ash thought there might be a way that everyone can win.
"Why don't I just talk to Superman or Batman about getting a school transfer for them? I'm sure they won't mind doing it." Ash said. May and Clemont thought this was definitely an option. But not an option for now.
"That's kind of you Ash but it might send the wrong message." May said.
"If we done that to them, then we'd be sending the wrong message. We want to show them that they need to confront their problems, not run away or tolerate it." Clemont said. Ash respected their decision. Then Harleen thought of a way to help out.
"Why don't I talk to Bonnie? She might open up to me." Harleen said. Then Ash thought of a similar idea.
"Yeah and I can talk to Max. He might be a bit more comfortable around me." Ash said. May and Clemont thought that might not be the right thing to do.
"I think it be best to let them cool down for a while." May said.
"I think after they bathed themselves they'd be in a better mood." Clemont said. Clemont might of had the right idea. But he really didn't want to talk about what had happened any further. Neither did May. "What are you guys doing?"
"We're heading to the Pokemon room. Flash and Diana are about to have a Pokemon battle." Ash said. This peaked Clemont's and May's interest.
"That sounds like fun to watch." May said. Harleen then jumped in trying to help with the current situation.
"You two should come and watch. It take your mind off of what happened now and it'd give them two a chance to compose themselves." Harleen said. The two thought it was an interesting idea. But they wanted to be there for their siblings when they are ready to talk.
"Thanks for the offer. But I think I'd just stick near Max and just wait until he wants to talk." May said. Clemont has the same idea.
"Yeah, I was going to do the same for Bonnie too." Clemont said. Ash and Harleen understood and supported their decisions.
"Ok. Well, you know where we are if you need us." Ash said. Both May and Clemont nodded their heads as to say thanks. Then they walked past Ash and Harleen and headed towards Max and Bonnie's direction. Ash and Harleen looked at them for a while before continuing to the Pokemon room for the Pokemon battle.
Pokemon Room
The room was packed with people and Pokemon, everyone was there. Except May, Max, Clemont, Bonnie and Martian. Diana and Flash were standing on opposite sides of the field with their chosen Pokemon. Everyone was very excited since this was the first time they are trying this.
"Batman, did you want to place another wager?" Superman asked. Batman looked at Superman with a questionable look.
"What did you have in mind?" Batman asked. Superman gave a smirk.
"Loser has to be the winners assistant for a week." Superman said as he held his hand to shake. Batman looked at it before grabbing it.
"Deal." Batman said. Shaking Superman's hand. Professor was looking at the beginners choice and made a comment.
"Well one of them have a clear advantage. But at some points, that doesn't matter." Professor Oak said. Harleen was almost jumping out of her seat.
"I'm so excited. Were you like this when you watched battles?" Harleen asked Ash. Ash was always happy when Harleen got this excited about something.
"Yeah, it's one of those things that everyone is able to do and that's the exciting thing about it." Ash said. He then looked at Brock, who was acting as a referee. "Brock if everything's good, let's begin." Brock officially starts the match.
"This is a match between Flash who is using Totodile. And Diana who is using Gible. This match will be over once one of the sides Pokemon is unable to battle. Both sides ready? Begin." Brock said. Flash was quick with giving a command.
"Totodile, attack." Flash said. Diana heard this and told Gible her command.
"Gible, you attack too." Diana said. Both Pokemon looked at the heroes with confused looks. The trainers and Pokemon burst out laughing when they said that. The battling heroes looked at Ash.
"Dude your Pokemon are broken." Flash said. This made the laughing even more louder.
"Why aren't they fighting?" Diana asked. Gary composed himself long enough to give a explanation.
"Because they know multiple attacks. You need to call out a certain attack." Gary said. Ash then calmed down and reminded them of something.
"Didn't you read those notes I gave you before the match?" Ash said? As soon as they heard this, they reached for the notes and quickly read it. Flash again went first.
"Use tail whip." Flash said. Totodile moved his tail side to side. Flash pumped his fist in the air.
"Yes I did it." Flash said. He then looked at Ash. "How much damage did that do?" Flash asked. Ash was trying his best to stifle a laugh.
"That didn't do any damage. That's a stats based move." Ash said. Flash started to panic and looked at the notes again. But Diana called out a move.
"Gible, dig." Diana said. Gible jumped in the air then dove down into the ground. When Flash saw this he thought Gible was a coward.
"HA! Your Pokemon ran away." Flash said. How wrong he was. Soon after, Gible came out of the ground and hit Totodile. Flash soon stopped laughing. "Hey, you cheated. Right Totodile use water gun." Totodile gathered water in his mouth and fired it at Gible. It hit Gible and it got pushed back a bit. Gible looked like he sustained a bit of damage.
"But it's just water? Why does it look like it hurt?" Diana asked. Ash was quick to answer her question.
"It's to do with type advantage. Totodile's a water type and Gible's part ground type. Ground type Pokemon are weak against water based attacks." Ash said. Just then, Flash have his next command.
"Use bite." Flash said. Totodile went charging in. But Diana gave a quick glance at her notes and made a command.
"Use draco meteor." Diana said. Energy started gathering in his mouth. Totodile saw this and started retreating. He went past Flash and hid behind his legs.
"What are you doing? It's ju..." Gible finishes gathering energy and shot it up into the air. Flash just watched. Totodile was afraid of this? When the orb reached high enough, it exploded into multiple projectiles. And they were heading for Flash and Totodile. "AHHHHHHHH." Flash screamed. He quickly grabbed Totodile and ran all over the field. The meteors narrowly missed them. Flash eventually stopped running and looked at the area. Half the field was destroyed. While still holding Totodile, he asked. "Why didn't Ash use that when the aliens invaded?" Suddenly everyone's receivers went off. Ash picked his one up.
"Is something wrong?" Ash asked. Martian was in the other side.
"A vortex has suddenly appeared in one of the training rooms. I need some help to investigate." Martian said as he hung up the line. The heroes got themselves ready to go.
"We better stop here then." Diana said. Flash rapidly nodded his head.
"Sure we can do that." Flash said as he place Totodile back down on the ground. Ash got up from the seat.
"We better get going." Ash said. He was about to leave until Shayera and John stopped him.
"You best stay here. We need someone to stay behind in case something happens." John said. Shayera then looked at Batgirl.
"You better stay here as well." Shayera said. Batgirl looked at them.
"Yeah that's no problem." Batgirl said. Ash was trying to make up for a reason for himself to come. But the league weren't budging.
"Ash it's final. You and Batgirl are staying here in case any emergencies come up." Shayera said. Harleen stepped forward and took Ash's arm.
"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on Ash." Harleen said. The heroes knew when it came to Ash, Harleen wanted to keep him as safe as possible.
"Thank you Harleen." John said. The heroes turned round and walked out of the room. Brock approached Ash.
"I'll take Totodile and Gible to the recovery room so they can rest." Brock said. Ash nodded.
"Thank you Brock." Ash said. Brock took the Pokemon out the room. Batgirl approached Ash.
"So, what you want me to do first?" Batgirl ask. Ash looked confused.
"Why are you asking me?" Ash asked. He really didn't know what was going on.
"Since you're the longest member of the Justice League, that puts you in charge since everyone is busy." Batgirl said. Ash finally understood why she asked him now.
"Ok." Ash said. Then he took a moment to think. "Check the towers systems with Sophocles then check for any emergencies reports." Ash said. Batgirl then had a question.
"What happened to Clemont?" Batgirl asked. Ash was very brief with his answer.
"He busy running a personal errand." Ash said. Batgirl just accepted the answer since the errand might be important.
"Ok." Batgirl said. She then looked at Sophocles. "Come on, we better get to work."
"Right." Sophocles said. They both headed out. Ash then looked at everyone else.
"You all should get back to your tasks as well." Ash said. Everyone nodded and left the room. Which left Ash and Harleen in the room.
"And what did you want me to do?" Harleen asked. Ash looked at Harleen and had a idea.
"Why don't you just shadow me? It might give you a clearer answer about joining the league." Ash said. Harleen thought that it was a good idea. As long as there are not too many boring jobs then she would seriously consider it.
"Sounds good to me." Harleen said. Ash and Harleen went out of the room. Starting their tasks.
Hallway
Ash and Harleen were walking along the hallway. They have checked up on most of the stations everyone have been assigned to. Everyone have been trained up enough to be left alone to do their jobs properly. There's just a few more places they need to check. As they were walking along, they saw some of the Pokemon outside of the watchtower, flying in space. They were enjoying themselves and watching for any danger that might come towards the watchtower. Up ahead of Ash and Harleen, they saw May standing outside a room. Ash and Harleen approached her to see if Max still wasn't talking.
"Hey May. Is everything okay?" Ash asked. May looked up and saw the two of them. May looked like she was defeated.
"No, Max won't come out and still won't talk to me about what happened." May said. Ash and Harleen felt sorry for her and wanted to help.
"May, are you sure that you don't want me to talk to him? I might have a bit more of a chance to finding out what happened." Ash said. May really didn't want to bother anyone else with this. It was her brother, she felt it was her responsibility to sort it.
"No thank you. I need to find a way to help him myself." May said. But then Harleen gave a sensible theory.
"May I hate to say this, but I think Ash should speak to Ash. Max will most probably speak to Ash since he isn't related to Ash. Everyone do find it difficult speaking about these sort of things within their family." Harleen said. May understood what she said and it made a lot of sense. But still, she did still want to help her brother. "How about this? If Max says Ash can go in the room, will you let Ash talk to him?" May tried everything she could herself but to no avail.
"Sure. I've ran out of options myself." May said. Ash walked up to the door. Then Harleen asked another question.
"How's Clemont doing with Bonnie?" Harleen asked. May was quick to answer.
"He's having the same problem. She's locked herself in the room." May said. Harleen looked at Ash.
"I think I should head to her room to help her." Harleen said as she walked past Ash.
"Good luck." Ash said before Harleen disappeared. Ash then looked at the door and knocked it. "Max, it's Ash. Do you mind if we talk?" There was no response for a while. Until they heard footsteps and the door being unlocked. The doors opened. Ash looked at May. "Everything will be fine." Ash opened the door and went inside. Ash closed the door behind him. He looked at Max. He saw him laying on the bed and watching a news segment. Ash walked over and sat on the end of the bed. He then looked at Max. "So, you want to talk about today?" No response. "It will help." Still no response. "If you talk to me then I can probably convince May not to go into your school Monday." This got Max's interest. He sat up and scooted down the end of the bed so he was next to Ash. "Ok so what happened?"
"A classmate named Jones poured soft drink over me and put gum in Bonnies hair." Max said. This already shocked Ash.
"And is it just him? May said there was a group of them." Ash said. Max forgot to say about the other guy.
"No, there's another boy called David. The only thing he does is say hurtful things." Max said. Ash didn't understand. Him and Bonnie were enjoying school for a while. So what change?
"Did something happen to start all this?" Ash asked. Max knew exactly how this started.
"There were some questions I got wrong which were common knowledge." Max said. Well people get things wrong at some points but still no excuse for bullying. "And because Bonnie was around me for most of the day, they started picking on her as well. At one point, it got so bad I said if they didn't stop, that I'd get you to teach them a lesson." Max looked down at this point. Ash now knew why it led to this.
"Max, I know you were only standing up for yourself and Bonnie but that is still no excuse for any threats." Ash said. Max looked at Ash.
"I know I shouldn't have, but I didn't know what else to do." Max said. Ash just thought about what he could do to help Max. He only came up with one solution.
"I think the only thing left to do is for May to see a teacher." Ash said. Max protested this idea.
"No I want to keep her out of this." Max said. Ash did have a alternative. But afterwards Max would need to pick one of them.
"It's either May goes into the school or I will go into the school to talk to the teachers." Ash said. Max looked up.
"Really? Then that would prove that I actually know you then." Max said. Max wasn't getting the point.
"I'm not going to be there to prove anything. What I will do is to get the teachers to do their jobs or get you and Bonnie transferred to another school." Ash said. Max knew he was right. It really shouldn't matter that he knew Ash. All that should is that he should be getting a good school experience. "I will try my best to make everything go back to the way it was before the whole bullying started." Max nodded and looked back at the tv. On there it looked like the Justice League were fighting against a giant grey creature. They were having a difficult time and Superman was currently going one on one with it. Weren't they working on something else? And why didn't they call Ash?
"I wonder why they didn't call you?" Max asked. Ash wondered what he was talking about. He then looked at the tv and saw the live feed. He was confused as well.
"Did they finish with that vortex?" Ash asked. He then stood up from the bed. "Better head down to help." Ash was about to walk out the room. But Max stopped him.
"Ash. I think it's over." Max said. Ash came back and saw Superman giving the creature a lobotomy. What was he doing? That wasn't his style.
"Somethings not right here." Ash said. He then saw Lois Lane on the tv approaching Superman and soon after she left. "I think I know who to talk to." Ash was heading out again. Before he left, he looked back at Max. "I need to go round and tell everyone to be on guard and possibly evacuate the watchtower." Ash then left the room. Max quickly got off the bed and left the room too.
Daily Planet
Lois was sitting in the dark, typing a story on her computer. She was so focused on her work, she didn't bother turning on the light since it was night. Her mind was somewhere else. It was what superman did. That was not the Superman she knew. The one she knew would never steep that low, no matter how hard it was. Were the Justice League using this approach now? If so, then how far would they go? Something pulled her out of her thoughts when she heard footsteps behind her. Now she wished she turned on the lights. She got out of her seat and looked around her.
"Hello? Whose there?" Lois asked. There was no response. She was panicking. "Tell me whose there or I'll get Superman." The lights turned on and she saw Ash with Pikachu on his shoulder standing by the light switch.
"But something tells me that you know somethings off with him at the moment." Ash said. He walked over to Lois but she backed away.
"Are you like them?" Lois asked. Afraid to know the answer.
"No, but that's why I'm here. To find out what's going on." Ash said. Lois felted eased at this point with Ash knowing something's wrong as well. "You knew something was wrong when you went up to interview Superman."
"Superman would never do something like that. I seen him fight bad guys so many times that I know that something is wrong." Lois said. Something must have happened. "Ash, did anything happened today?" Ash knew there was one thing that must of caused it.
"A vortex opened up on the watchtower. So some sort of energy could of altered their brain chemistry." Ash said. It was possible. But Lois came up with something different.
"Or it could of led to a different world." Lois said. Then she thought how silly that sounded. "No it can't be that."
"It is possible though. That's how I got here." Ash said. What did he just say? Lois looked at him.
"What?" Lois asked. Ash just looked at her.
"I'm from another world." Ash said. Ash just saw her giving him no response at all. He probably didn't mention it to her before. "Don't tell me Superman didn't tell you after all this time." Lois then found her voice.
"You're from another world? Why didn't you say another when I interviewed you?" Lois asked. Ash wanted to get back on track with what was happening.
"I think we got to focus on what's happening now for the time being." Ash said. Lois calmed down a bit but then realised something.
"Wait a minute. If you're from another world. Then that means that they could of crossed into another world and that could also mean." Lois was about to continue but Ash caught on.
"Another version of them could of crossed over. Ones that's not afraid to hurt anyone." Ash said. Starting to panic. Ash looked at Pikachu. "We got to go Pikachu."
"Pikachu." Pikachu said. Ash started to walk out of the room. Lois was wondering what was happening.
"Ash what's wrong?" Lois asked. Ash didn't stop walking but looked at her over his shoulder.
"My friends are on the watchtower. And they're in danger." Ash said as he walked out the room. He pulled out the receiver and contacted Harleen. "Harleen are you there?"
"Yeah I'm here." Harleen said.
"Has Max been to see you yet?" Ash asked.
"Yeah he's told everyone now." Harleen said. That was good but Ash was dreading the next answer.
"Is superman and everyone on the watchtower?" Ash asked. Harleen nearly got back straight away.
"Yeah, they'be been keeping a close eye on all of us." Harleen said. Ash then thought of something else.
"They're not hearing this, are they?" Ash asked.
"No, they haven't got receivers. We can talk freely on here." Harleen said. This was good since it make the next part easier.
"Harleen, contact everyone and tell them to head to the Pokemon room. Do a mass return and get Mewtwo to get you all out of there. The Justice League in there are not from this world." Ash said. Harleen heard the urgency in his voice.
"I'll do it right now." Harleen said. Ash gave one last instruction.
"Once you're all off. Meet me at Kate's cafe. Be careful." Ash said. He then hanged the receiver up.
Watchtower
Harleen was quick with connecting with the other receivers.
"Everyone, just got word from Ash. Head to the Pokemon room for evacuation. The Justice League are not friendlies. I repeat, not friendlies." Harleen said. She then put her receiver away and made her way to the Pokemon room. It didn't take her long since she was already near the room. She entered the room waiting for the other. With everyone else, they were in 3 groups. And what they didn't know is that they are about to have a run in with the League.
With group one. Dawn, Cilan, Clemont, Bonnie, Tracey and Mallow. They were in the canteen and just heard the order. Tracey stood up.
"Ok everyone, you heard her. Let's go." Tracey said. Everyone wasted no time. They stopped what they were doing and started heading towards the Pokemon room. Tracey looked towards Dawn. "Dawn come up here quickly." Dawn quickly joined Tracey at the front of the group.
"What's up?" Dawn asked. Tracey wanted to make sure they had a way to defend themselves.
"Have you got Mamoswine on you?" Tracey asked. Dawn pulled out a pokeball.
"Yeah." Dawn said.
"Good, keep it in your hand. We might need to fight our way through." Tracey said. As they continued their way towards the room, they were being very cautious around every corner. They wanted to avoid them if possible. They'd have a tough time if they got into a fight with them. Cilan scald the wall and check round the corner. The coast was clear. Cilan signalled the other to proceed. Halfway down the hallway, they saw Hawkgirl appeared. She quickly saw them and approached them.
"Where are you all going?" Hawkgirl asked. They needed to say something quick to keep moving.
"Our shift has finished and we're just heading back home." Mallow said. To everyone, that sounded like the best excuse that they could come up with. But Hawkgirl has other news for them.
"Sorry but new rules. Everyone must stay on the watchtower now." Hawkgirl said. But that's imprisonment.
"You can't hold us against our will." Bonnie said.
"Yeah, were not required to stay here all the time." Clemont said. Hawkgirl was getting tired with them now.
"This isn't up for discussion. Return to your stations now." Hawkgirl said. Readying her mace. Everyone saw this.
"I don't think she's going to let us past." Cilan said. Tracey and Dawn got their pokeballs ready.
"Then we need to fight our way pass. Go Scyther." Tracey said. Throwing his pokeball in the air. The ball snapped open and a green mantis with two blades appeared.
"Mamoswine, help us out." Dawn said. She threw her ball in the air and a large brown woolly mammoth with a snout appeared. "Use take down." Mamoswine charged at Hawkgirl. Hawkgirl flew through the air and swung her mace at Mamoswine. She hit Mamoswine in the face. Hawkgirl did get pushed back but Mamoswine was dazed from the hit. Tracey saw the Pokemon needs some time to compose itself.
"Scyther, cut go." Tracey said. Scyther quickly went towards Hawkgirl with its blades ready. Hawkgirl saw the Pokemon. Scyther swiped with its blade. Hawkgirl managed to move out of the way but she did get a deep cut oh her arm. She started using her mace to defend herself. Scyther has been attacking rapidly. But it eventually got tired and stopped. Hawkgirl saw the opening and took it. She hit Scyther with her mace. Scyther was knocked back and hit Mamoswine. They both sustained damage and were knocked out. Both trainers quickly recalled the pokemon.
"Return." They said. Both Pokemon went back in their pokeballs. Hawkgirl looked angry.
"Since you are against us. I don't need to hold back." Hawkgirl said as she flew towards them. They had nowhere to go. They were just bracing themselves for the worst. They saw her getting closer. Before Hawkgirl reached them, a golden ring appeared and another room came up within that ring. It was the kitchen. Hawkgirl tried to stop, but she flew through it and crashed into the cupboards. Hoopa quickly flew out of the ring and made the ring disappear.
"That was fun." Hoopa said. How did Hoopa know they were in trouble?
"Hoopa, thank you. How did you know what was happening?" Cilan asked. Hoopa made the answer quick since he needed to get them out of there.
"Harleen told us. We're getting you all out now." Hoopa said. Hoopa then opened another ring and a street appeared in it. "Quickly go through now." No one was questioning it. They ran through the portal. Hoopa went through and closed the ring. They were safe.
With May, Max, Iris, Serena, Kiawe, Lana, Batgirl and Kate. They were at the observation deck. They were waiting to hear back from Ash. But now they heard Harleen gave the order so they need to move now. May looked at Max.
"Stay close, okay?" May asked. Max only nodded. Batgirl took charge of the group.
"Okay everyone. The Pokemon room is about 2 minutes away from here. If we run we can half that time." Batgirl said. Kate stood next to Batgirl.
"I'd say we run now." Kate said. Everyone else agreed on that option. Batgirl turned round, ready to take off.
"Let's go." Batgirl said. Running for safety with everyone right behind her. They were making good time but they need to quicken their pace.
"We should be close now." Lana said. Kiawe looked at her, to reassure her.
"We'll be there soon enough." Kiawe said. Serena looked at them with a determined look.
"We got to round a few more corners then we'll be there." Serena said. As the group round that corner. They stopped in their tracks. Standing in the way was green lantern.
"You are all to return to your rooms at once." Green Lantern said. They knew this Green Lantern was no pushover so they need to do something. May and Iris threw their pokeballs in the air.
"Blaziken/Dragonite, come on out." May and Iris said. The pokeballs snapped open and out came a red bird like creature and a dragon. "Flamethrower." Both the Pokemon spat out streams of fire and it was heading for Green Lantern. Green Lantern brought up a green shield and blocked the fire. He then pushed the shield through the fire and pushed through the Pokemon. They were badly hurt. May and Iris aimed their pokeballs. "Return." The Pokemon went back to the pokeballs. Green Lantern didn't look happy.
"I'll send those things into space after I'm done with you." Green Lantern said. He was going to go that far to get rid of them. Kate felt an impulse. She grabbed one of Batgirls batarangs.
"Leave us alone." Kate said as she threw the batarang. It was heading towards Green Lantern's head. Green Lantern moved his head so the batarang impaled the wall behind him. He looked at Kate.
"Capital Punishment." Green Lantern said as he aimed his ring at Kate. Kate shut her eyes as Batgirl and Kiawe stepped in front of her. Green Lantern was about to fire until his shadow on the floor wrapped around his arms. "What the?" The shadow moved and scaled up the wall. The shadow then came off the wall and changed shape. It was Darkrai. Green Lantern was freaked out. "AHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Green Lantern was then engulfed in a void and fell asleep. But it looked like he was having a nightmare. Darkrai laid him down on the floor then looked at everyone else.
"Cool." Max said. Then another Pokemon approached.
"Good work Darkrai." The newly arrived Jirachi said. Darkrai nodded and Jirachi looked at the group. "Harleen told us what's happening. We need to leave now." Jirachi said. His feelers started glowing and he teleported everyone out of there. They are also safe.
With the last group. Misty, Brock, Lillie, Sophocles, Gary and Professor Oak. They were in the main laboratory. They have just gotten the message. Professor Oak got everyone's attention.
"Let's think of this as a fire drill and leave in a orderly fashion." Professor Oak said. Everyone stopped what they were doing and was about to leave. But Sophocles had to do something.
"Wait, let me grab something." Sophocles said. He quickly went over to the wall and opened it and pulled out a big gun. Everyone was freaked out by this.
"Why have you got that?" Lillie asked. Sophocles shrugged his shoulders like it was no big deal.
"It's in case we run into Superman. Batman helped me build this. It was suppose to do something to him." Sophocles said. What does it do to Superman? Misty moves towards the door.
"Ok can we go now?" Misty said. She opened the door and immediately stopped. She started to back away as Superman hovered into the room.
"You're about to go? That's a shame. I was hoping for some fun." Superman said. Brick grabbed Misty by her arm and pulled her behind him. Professor Oak was going to try to talk his way out.
"Superman, you caught us at a ba..." Professor Oak was stopped when Superman put his finger up. He then pointed at his ear.
"Super hearing. I heard everything. Including the evacuation order." Superman said. Everyone was panicking now. "So there's two things that are going to happen. You're either with us." Superman then flew at Lillie and lifted her up in the air by her neck. "Or against us."
"LILLIE!" Gary shouted. Sophocles aimed the weapon. But Lillie was in the way. He didn't want to hurt her. A bright light came up, Mew and Mewtwo appeared. Mewtwo's eyes glowed blue and took control of Superman's body. Superman let go of Lillie and she was falling. Lillie's body glowed blue and Mew was next to her as she floated down.
"Thanks Mew." Lillie said. Mew happily cried. Superman looked at Mewtwo.
"You maybe strong. But your mind is weak." Mewtwo said. Since Lillie was safe, Sophocles thought he'd get payback for her.
"Hey Superman." Sophocles said. Superman looked at him. "Eat this." He pulled the trigger on the gun and a red beam came out. It hit Superman, but it wasn't doing anything. It wasn't hurting him. Sophocles stopped and looked at the weapon. "Is this thing broken?" Mewtwo already knew something was different about Superman.
"It's not broken. It worked." Mewtwo said. His eyes returned to normal and Superman fell to the ground. He looked weak. "The gun dampened his powers." Superman started getting up.
"Damn red sun radiation." Superman said. So he was just basically a normal person. Brock and Misty looked at each other and grins on their faces. They looked back at Superman with pokeballs in hand. They threw the pokeballs in the air.
"Gyrados/Steelix go." They both said. The balls snapped opened and two serpents appeared on either side of Superman. "Tackle." This was going to hurt. Both attacks met in the middle at the same time. And Superman felt the full force of it. The Pokemon pulled back and Superman fell to the ground. He was out. The trainers quickly recalled their Pokemon. "Return." The Pokemon went back in their pokeballs. Even though Superman was down, he be awake soon enough.
"Nice work guys, but we need to go." Gary said. Mewtwo stopped him from going anywhere.
"That's why me and Mew are here. Everyone else is off. So we better move too." Mewtwo said. His and Mew's eyes glowed blue and everyone was turned into a bright light and the light disappeared. Everyone is safe now. But now, they have another problem. How to take down the evil Justice League?
Kate's Cafe
Ash was in the cafe with Pikachu on the table. Even though it was still early in the evening for the cafe to be shut, Ash got Kate's brother to close early for a emergency. The close sign was up on the door and the blinds were pulled over on the windows. Nobody can see inside the cafe. Ash was tapping his foot on the floor repeatedly. He still hasn't got any word if everyone got out or not. It's been nearly two hours since he last spoke to Harleen and he was starting to worry. If they hurt her or any of his friends, they were going to pay. The door opened and Ash looked at it. Harleen, Kate and Barbra walked in. Ash got up and ran to them with joy.
"You made it." Ash said. He reached Harleen and gave her a hug. They were there for 10 seconds. Ash broke the hug and went to hug Kate. Then he went to hug Barbra. "Are you all okay? Did everyone make it off?" Ash was starting ask random questions at this point.
"Sweetie, calm down. Everyone got out safely." Harleen said. Ash relaxed after hearing this. Harleen then lifted up Ash's bag and held it in front of him. "They're all here." Ash took the bag.
"Thanks babe." Ash said. Ash then gestured for the girls to sit down at a table. The four of them sat down. "So you didn't have any run ins with them while escaping?" The girls looked at each other like if they were saying, should we tell him? Ash saw this. "You did."
"Yes we did, but thanks to your Pokemon, we got out of there unscathed." Barbra said. I think she forgot about one incident.
"Except Lillie." Kate said. Ash heard this and wanted to know what happened.
"What happened to her?" Ash asked. Kate was cursing herself for saying anything but he needed to know.
"Superman grabbed her by the throat and suspended her in the air." Kate said. He did what? Ash felt anger boil in him at this point. He clenched his fists. Harleen saw his tense action and put a hand on his arm. Ash looked at her and saw she had a face saying she's okay. Ash took a deep breath and relaxed his body.
"How is Lillie now?" Ash asked. Harleen was quick to answer.
"She fine. Everyone's fine. Aquaman let them take shelter in Atlantis. I got to say, it's kinda cool how you got close connection to the king of a lost city." Harleen said. After the incident at the arctic circle, Ash and Aquaman kept in close contact with each other. Even got to the point where they ask each other for favours. Ash was glad everyone was safe for now. But he had no time to rest. Barbra asked the question everyone was wondering.
"What's the plan Ash?" Barbra asked. During all the time he was waiting in the cafe, he was trying to think of a plan. If he went one on one with them, he was sure he could beat them. But with all of them together, he'd have no chance. He was thinking about sending some of the legendaries against them, but he really didn't want any of them getting hurt. He did have one plan that could take some time, but no one would get hurt.
"I'm going to use a portal to go to another earth and get the Justice League back." Ash said. This was a very ambitious plan. But there was a complication.
"How are you getting there?" Kate asked. At this point, Ash hit a snag.
"I have no idea." Ash said. The girls had deadpanned reaction.
"Only you can skip a step Ash." Kate said. At this point Ash's receiver was going off. He took it out of his pocket and answered it.
"Hello?" Ash said. Expecting it to be one of his friends.
"Hey buddy, you miss us?" The voice of the Flash was heard. They couldn't believe it, he was back.
"Flash, you're back. What about everyone else?" Ash asked. He wanted to know everyone was back.
"Yeah buddy, we're all here. And with the lack of activity on the watchtower, I'd say you and your friends met the Justice Lords." Flash said. At least Ash knows what to call them now.
"Yeah, and I'm really looking for some payback. What is it they want here?" Ash asked. The League exactly what they're looking for. Or who they're looking for.
"They're going after Lex Luthor. They're afraid the same thing will happen on this earth what happened on their earth." Flash said. What happened then?
"What did Luthor do?" Ash asked. There was no response for a while. Until Flash finally spoke back.
"Let's just focus on how to take down the Lords. And we got a plan." Flash said. At the point Ash's bag started glowing and everyone saw this. This meant only one thing.
"New arrivals." Harleen said. Ash opened his bag and saw three glowing pokeballs. Who were they. Ash took out the pokeballs and opened them. In front of them were 3 extremely strong Pokemon. The sort of Pokemon he needed. Ash spoke into the receiver.
"Flash, do you mind if I handle this one?"
Maximum Security Prison
It was night and the prison yard was dead silent. For once, everything was peaceful. Until now. The Justice Lords were hovering over the prison and slowly descended on to the yard.
"Are you sure Luthor's here?" Lord Superman asked. Lord Wonder Woman knew this was the right place with all the high tech equipment.
"I'm sure. Let's get this over with." Lord Wonder Woman said. She was walking towards the heavy doors. Lord Martian watched her but then saw something. There were a lot of wires everywhere. And they were connected to the main voltage boxes on the walls. He remembered this set up and started to panic.
"WAIT!" Lord Martian shouted. But it was too late. The floor lit up like a Christmas tree and the Lords were in pain. They were being shocked for almost a minute. But then, a streak arrived and turned off all the power. Ending the torture. The Lords looked over and saw it was their orange suit friend. Lord Flash.
"Honestly, I run around the world three times to find those people that escaped. And I find you lot falling for the same trap we did to them." Lord Flash said. Everyone slowly got up and rubbed their head.
"That was dirty. Who did that?" Lord Hawkgirl asked. The confrontation has begun.
"It was me." The Lords looked up and saw Ash standing on the roof of the prison. And next to him was Harleen in her Harley Quinn attire. "You're going to pay for what you put my friends through."
"We weren't going to hurt them. We just needed them out of the way." Lord Green Lantern said. Both Ash and Harley knew this wasn't true.
"You didn't hurt them but you were looking for an excuse. Didn't you Superman?" Harley asked. Lord Superman just smirked. Showing no remorse for what he did to Lillie.
"Yeah, we needed to keep ourselves entertained while we looked for Luthor." Lord Superman said. That's why they attacked his friends? Because they were bored? Ash clenched his teeth together. "But with the two of you here, we can have some fun while we dispose of Luthor."
"Count again." A voice was heard. The Justice League showed up on the roof, standing next to Ash and Harley. The Lords were surprised at seeing the League since they were suppose to be trapped on their world.
"Do you think that's going to do anything. We took down the League before, we'll do it again." Lord Flash said. But they were in for a surprise.
"We're sitting this one out. You made this quite personal for Ash so him and his friends will be dealing with you." Batman said. Ash and his friends? The Lords didn't know what was going on. Then they heard growling. The Lords looked at the building behind them and saw Entei, Raikou and Suicune on it. They did not look happy. They jumped down on the ground and surrounded them.
"You will pay for your actions." Entei said. The Lords just looked at the beasts, not thinking they'd be much of a threat.
"You think these oversized dogs can be a match for us?" Lord Wonder Woman asked. Unknowing to them, there were more coming.
"That's not all of them." Diana said. Suddenly the wind picked up and clouds were forming over the prison. The Lords saw this and got a bad feeling.
"Something tells me those clouds were forced." Lord Hawkgirl said. Lighting came out of the sky and struck the ground. The Lords covered their eyes from the bright light. When the light subdued, they looked back. And they saw three Pokemon, floating in place. They looked similar but had different colour variations. And only their top half was showing out of the clouds they were on. Ash's new Pokemon. Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus.
"Scared now?" Superman asked. The Lords didn't say anything. They just looked at the Pokemon, wondering what they were capable of. It was 6 vs 6, evenly matched. Ash waited to see if the Lords had anything else to say. But they didn't say anything.
"Get them." Ash said. Entei let out a mighty roar, it was time to battle. Entei went straight for Lord Superman, tackling him to the otherside of the yard. The rest of the Lords and Pokemon spread out. Lord Hawkgirl went after Tornadus. She was about to hit it with her mace. Tornadus saw her coming and acted quickly. Tornadus thrusted his arm towards her and a strong gust of wind hit Lord Hawkgirl. She tried her best to fight the wind but it was too strong and she lost control. She hit the far end prison wall hard. She nearly went through it. She was dazed but recovered in time to see air cutters heading towards her. She dodged the attack and the cutters did more damage to the wall. She flew at Tornadus again, faster. She was about to hit Tornadus but the Pokemon used hammer arm to defend against the mace. Tornadus used the same arm to push Lord Hawkgirl back. Tornadus then gave chase. Raikou was facing Lord Wonder Woman. Raikou fired a thunderbolt at her, but she deflected the attack with her bracelet. Raikou quickly changed his tactic and used quick attack on her. Raikou hit her and she was holding him in place.
"Is that all you got? I thought you'd be much more of a chanllenge." Lord Wonder Woman said as she pushed Raikou away. Raikou skidded along the ground and came to a stop. Not a chanllenge? Did she call Raikou weak? Raikou got mad at this point. Enormous clouds formed over Lord Wonder Woman. She looked up. "Another light show?" Thinking this wasn't going to hurt. Was she wrong. The lighting bolt came down from the sky and struck her. She was screaming out in pain. "AHHHHH!!!!!!" Thundurus was facing Lord Green Lantern. Lord Green Lantern fired his ring energy at Thundurus and it in a box. Lord Green Lantern had a cocky smirk on his face.
"Try to get out of this." Lord Green Lantern said. Thundurus just looked round the box. Was this suppose to stop him? Thundurus held his hand out and let out a dark pulse. The box was rapidly cracking and soon broke. This shocked Lord Green Lantern at how easy Thundurus got out. "What was that?" Thundurus was charging towards Lord Green Lantern while using spark. Thundurus knocked Lord Green Lantern back and electrocuted him. Suicune fired a aurora beam at Lord Martian, but the beam went right through him and hit the wall behind him. Lord Martian started to fly towards Suicune. Now that Suicune saw what he can do, he was changing things up. Mist started coming off of Suicune's body and soon deeply covered the immediate area. Lord Martian stopped when his vision got sereverly reduced. Suddenly, a ice beam was fired from behind Lord Martian and froze his leg.
"No." Lord Martian said. Then another beam froze his other leg. Then his arm. While this was happening, Flash asked Martian a question.
"Why isn't he phasing through the ice?" Flash asked. Martian knew why the lord version of himself can't do that.
"My cells need to be normal temperature for my powers to work. So if a part of my body is frozen, it can not phase." Martian explained. As he finished explaining, Suicune finished his job and completely frozen Lord Martian. Lord Flash was just looking up at Landorus. Sure, he can fly, but he wasn't as fast as him.
"Catch me slowpoke." Lord Flash said. As he started doing zig zags around on the ground. Landorus just rolled his eyes. Landorus uses earth power and the ground beneath Lord Flash broke apart, causing him to trip. He fell face first to the ground. He rolled over and looked at the Pokemon again. "Come on! You fly and you control the ground. How's that fair?" Landorus wasn't in the mood for any of his remarks. Landorus raises both of his arms in the air. The ground began to shake. Lord Flash was finding it hard to keep his balance. "Stop it. You're going to bring this whole place down." Landorus threw his arms down and a white streak appeared on the ground. It was heading towards Lord Flash. He managed to move out of the way. The streak hit the prison wall and brought the part of the prison down. Lord Flash saw the destruction and looked back at Landorus. Landorus gave him a stare, saying you will not win. Lord Flash gulped. Superman saw this was taking too long and causing too much damage. He had an idea but was probably going to regret it later. He turned around and started to fly somewhere. But it didn't go unnoticed.
"Where are you going?" John asked. Superman looked at him.
"Finishing this." Superman said. He then flew away. Entei was breathing fire on Lord Superman. Lord Superman was using his arms to block the attack but it was still hurting him. Lord Superman looked all around him. And all he saw was his team was losing. They were to help this planet. But yet because of a boy. Wait, the boy. Lord Superman looked up and saw Ash. Lord Superman eyes glowed red. It was his fault. Lord Superman flew out of the flames so fast, Entei didn't see him go. No one actually saw him go. Where was he?
"Up here." Everyone looked at the sky and saw Lord Superman, holding Ash by the throat.
"ASH!" Harley shouted.
"Stop your assault or I'll snap his neck." Lord Superman said. The League and Pokemon looked at him. Was he bluffing? They didn't know this Superman so he was unpredictable at this point. For the safety of Ash the Pokemon back off. Shayera was angry that he had to use this sort of tactic.
"Threaten his life? Have you no shame?" Shayera asked. Lord Superman didn't acknowledge her. He just floated there with a smile on his face. Ash was feeling nothing but anger. He was looking at the guy that scared Lillie. Who has threatened to kill him. Ash made a fist and aura started flaring up.
"Hey." Ash said. Lord Superman looked at him. Ash's eyes turned bright blue. "This is for Lillie." Ash gave Lord Superman a massive punch across the face. It knocked Lord Superman back and he let go of Ash. But because of the aura limiter it came at a price. "AAAHHHHHH!!!!!!" Ash held his arm. He broke it and he was falling to the ground. Harley looked on watching him fall. But she knew what to do."
"Entei." Harley said. Entei leapt up and landed in front of Harley. As Harley was mounting Entei, the rest of the Pokemon went back into battle. Harley was on Entei's back. "Let's go." Entei jumped again and was heading towards Ash. They were getting nearer and nearer to Ash. Harley was within reach and caught Ash. Entei started going down towards the ground. Entei landed. Harley quickly got off and got Ash off as well. Harley put Ash up against the wall. She then turned back to Entei. "Thank you Entei." Entei bowed roll her.
"You are welcome, Miss Quinn." Entei said. Lord Superman got up from the ground and looked at the three. His eyes glowed red.
"This ends now." Lord Superman said. Before he could attack, a beam struck him. He fell to the ground. He felt drained, like something had happened to his body. He tried to float off the ground. He can't. Laser eye? Nothing. Super strength? He punched the ground. No cracks. His powers were gone. He turned round and saw it was Lex Luthor. Superman was standing next to Lex while Lex used a weapon on the rest of his teammates. Lord Superman tried to get up but a foot kept him down. It was Batman.
"Stay down." Batman said. Lex used the weapon on the last Justice Lord. Their powers were gone. Superman came up to Luthor.
"That's enough Luthor. Hand the weapon here now." Superman said holding out his hand. Luthor looked around and saw the destruction. If only the Justice League fought then he could probably finished them off as well. But he wasn't going to press his luck. He looked at Superman and gave him the gun.
"A deal's a deal I suppose. I'll see you around." Luthor said as he left. Superman just looked at him. Harley looked at Ash's arm and saw it was heavily discoloured. And Ash was in a great deal of pain. Ash need a arm sling to support his Arm. Harley quickly ripped a sleeve of her costume and wrapped it around Ash's arm and neck.
"How's that?" Harley asked. It was noticable Ash wasn't in a great deal of pain now. He smiled at her.
"Better. Thank you. You're the best." Ash said. Harley smiled at the compliment.
"Sweetie, I'm just doing what a girlfriend should do." Harley said. Ash knew she had done so much for him, so he thought he do something she normally does.
"Then I better act like a boyfriend." Ash said. Harley just looked confused at what he said. Diana walked up to Superman as he destroyed the weapon
"Why did you let Luthor go?" Diana asked. At this point the rest of the League gathered. Superman wasn't proud of this but it was the only way.
"Me and Luthor reached a deal. He would help us with the Justice Lords and in return, he got a pardon." Superman said. Everyone didn't like what they heard.
"Are you crazy? Why would you do that?" Flash asked. Superman looked at him, owning up to what he did.
"I did it because it was the only way to finish the fight. If I didn't, the whole prison would of came down." Superman said. He wasn't wrong. A percentage of the prison was destroyed, probably a weeks worth of repair needed. Ash and Harley joined the group and everyone looked at them. More likely, what was on their faces. Ash had black and white makeup across his face and Harley's make up was smudged.
"Ash, we are having the talk when we get back." Shayera said. Ash and Harley tried to act dumb, pretending to not know what they were talking about.
"What do you mean?" Ash asked. At that point. A helicopter appeared with a news crew on it. Lois Lane was hanging out the door. Wait, how long was that copter there for? They didn't see, oh no.
Watchtower
Everyone was in the observation deck, watching the latest segment of 'Pokemon Watch.' It was showing the fight that happened earlier on with the Justice Lords. With the Justice Lords defeated, they were arrested and taken away. But Lord Superman gave a warning before he left, saying that letting Luthor go would be their biggest mistake. Ash picked up his friends from Atlantis and he also thanked Aquaman for his help. Ash's arm was in a proper sling now, thanks to Brock. But Harleen's quick thinking did prevent his arm from anymore injury. Lois Lane appeared on the tv after the fight footage finished.
"As you just saw, the fake Justice League were beaten by the real Justice League. I think we can rest a bit more easier now that our heroes are back home. But still some questions remain." Lois said. A picture of the Justice League, Ash and Harley appeared next to Lois. "Is Harley Quinn a part of the Justice League?" Then another picture appeared. It was Ash and Harley kissing after Harley fixed Ash's arm. "And has Harley dumped the Joker and started a romance with Ash Ketchum? Only time will tell." Ash turned off the tv as he knew that the news was about to go to another story. Ash turned to Harleen.
"I guess everyone knows now." Ash said. Harleen just smiled at what he said.
"It was bound to happen at some point." Harleen said. It was at this point that the Justice League turned to Harleen.
"There's something else that everyone might need to know." Superman said. Ash and Harleen looked at them. Ash knew what was coming up, but Harleen forgot what Ash mentioned earlier on. "How would you like to be a part of the Justice League?" Harleen was shocked that the Man Of Steel himself was asking this.
"Are you being serious?" Harleen asked. Still not believing what was happening.
"We are, Ash told us how much you helped during our absence and how it was your idea to use the Pokemon to get everyone away." John said. Harleen liked the idea of turning over a new leaf in the public's eye. But she knew it wouldn't be easy.
"I don't know. A lot of people are not going to accept because of me being Joker's ex." Harleen said. The Justice League knew where she was coming from.
"Harleen. Remember, when I was stopping you and the Joker, police would also be chasing me." Batman said. Thinking of when he first started out. "Everyone starts somewhere and that's the best place to build yourself up." Harleen looked at Ash, needing his opinion.
"What do you think?" Harleen asked. Ash looked at her, deep in her eyes.
"This is your decision. Whatever you decide, I'll stand by you all the time." Ash said. Harleen looked down and closed her eyes. She had a good thought about it. On one hand, she can become a hero and have a chance of redemption. Or she can stay out of the light and just be with Ash in secret. But she knew if Ash was ever in danger again, she wanted to be there to save him. She looked at the League with determined eyes.
"I'll do it." Harleen said. Everyone in the room gave Harleen a round of applause. Professor Oak walked up to Ash and Harleen.
"That's great news. I'd say this calls for a celebration." Professor Oak said. At the thought of a party, Flash ran to the other side of the room which led to the canteen.
"Hurry up. After what we been through, I'm starving." Flash said as he left the room. Everyone was following his lead but Ash had something on his mind. So he got Shayera's attention.
"Hey Shayera?" Ash asked. Shayera looked at Ash. "When Flash contacted me when you got back, he mentioned the Luthor did something on the Lords earth. What was it?" Shayera didn't expect him to ask that. She looked away from him. This got Ash concerned. When the Justice League found out what happened on the other earth, they felt dread.
"Please don't ask me. I can't bear to think about that thought." Shayera said. She never acted this way. Obviously something shook her up pretty bad. Ash decided to let it go for now. Harleen also saw the whole interaction. What was going on? She then saw May and Clemont. Then she remembered about Max and Bonnie. She approached the two.
"Hey guys?" Harleen asked. May and Clemont looked at Harleen. "Do you mind if me and Ash drop off Max and Bonnie at school on Monday?" Both of them looked confused at this request.
"Why do you want to do that?" May asked. Harleen gave them a reassuring smile.
"I know how to stop this bully problem." Harleen said.
Max and Bonnie's School
It was morning and school was about to start. Everyone was hanging outside of school. And there was a group waiting for Max and Bonnie with bad intention in mind. It was Jones and the gang. Jones was holding a bucket of red paint. Jones thought this was going to be a funny prank. But the others weren't so sure.
"Jones, why are you doing this again? Can't you wait to the end of the day?" One of the gang members asked. Jones just shrugged his shoulders.
"I had a bad weekend so have to find some way to cheer myself up." Jones said. Not looking bothered about what he was planning to do. He looked at his watch and saw it was nearly time for school to start. "Where are they?" Suddenly, there was a roar. Everyone looked up and saw something they weren't expecting. It was a green dragon heading towards the school. The dragon landed in front of the school and everyone saw people were on its back. It was Ash, Harleen, Max and Bonnie.
"Nice work Rayquaza." Ash said. Rayquaza acknowledges the praise. Max and Bonnie saw Jones and his gang. They were dead silent and pale faced.
"Hi Jones, something got your tongue?" Max asked. Enjoying this moment.
"We told you we knew Ash Ketchum." Bonnie said. Now Ash and Harleen knew who was picking on them, they wanted to make a point.
"So you're the ones whose been giving Max and Bonnie a hard time. Well you can drop that paint because it stops now." Ash said. Now Harleen was going to come in with the finisher.
"And if you don't, Rayquaza might have found his next meal." Harleen said. Rayquaza put his head right in front of Jones and the gang. They could hear Rayquaza growl. Suddenly, Rayquaza let out a massive roar right in front of them. It was so powerful, the roar were blowing their hair backwards. The roar stopped and Rayquaza closed his mouth and looked at them again. Jones was so scared, he didn't realise that he dropped the paint on the ground. Jones and the gang let out a high pitch scream and ran into the school. Ash and the others were laughing their heads off.
"You have no idea how long we have waited to do that." Max said as he and the others got off of Rayquaza.
"I'm glad we can help." Harleen said. Ash nodded to what she said.
"You two better head inside now. We still need to talk with your teachers." Ash said. But Max and Bonnie knows that the teachers won't take notice.
"Why? They won't listen to you." Bonnie said. Ash gave a smirk to them.
"They will listen once I introduce them to Charizard." Ash said. Max and Bonnie just imagine what that was going to be like.
"Okay, have fun." Max said as he ran into school.
"Thanks for the lift." Bonnie said as she followed Max. Ash and Harleen waved at them. Ash then turned to Rayquaza.
"Will you be okay out here while we sort something out?" Ash asked. Rayquaza nodded. With that Ash and Harleen walked towards the school. As they walked they heard other students make comments.
"That's Ash Ketchum."
"And is that Harley Quinn?"
"Max and Bonnie are so cool." Harleen saw all the kids and a thought came into her head. She looked at Ash.
"You know, you'll make a great dad one day." Harleen said. Ash looked at her. He wasn't expecting that. He also never pictured himself as a dad. But he knew this was a possibility for the future. Ash wrapped his arm around Harleens waist and brought her in close.
"And you will be the perfect mum." Ash said. For Harleen, Ash knew what to say at the right time. She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Now let's take care of Max and Bonnie." Harleen said. Ash and Harleen reached the entrance and went in the school.
Press Room
There were hundreds of news reporters looking at the man on the stage. Lex Luthor.
"After what had happened with the Justice Lords. I am happy to say that me and Superman are on good terms and the Justice League can count on me for any emergencies." Luthor said. None of that was true but he was trying to win over the media outlets. One reporter held up his hand.
"Luthor. What are your plans now since you've been given a second chance?" The reporter asked. From what Luthor found out, he knew what he wanted to do.
"Well, I always had an interest for politics." Luthor said with a smirk.
Abandoned Warehouse
The room was dark and the only light in the room was the coming from the tv. It was on repeat of a segment of Pokemon Watch. It was stuck on one moment where Ash and Harleen kissed. And the man watching wasn't looking pleased. What made it worse is that, it was the Joker.
"No one touches my things."
And that finishes another chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. Sorry it took a bit longer but I never expected this chapter to be this long.
Max and Bonnie's bullying problem has been sorted. Ash has gained some new friends and Harleen is now part of the Justice League. What else is to come?
After I'm done writing the next chapter of My New Life Academia, I'll be back here working on the next one.
Quick note. One of the upcoming chapters was suppose to be based on a Christmas episode. But since it's not around that time, I'll changing the storyline for that chapter. It be after the Star Crossed chapters. (It's a two parter). And it be based on one of the most famous Batman storylines.
But next time. What's worse then going against a brain washes Justice League? How about brain washed Pokemon. A lot of crazy things are happening in 'Eclipsed.'