Chapter 29
This Little Piggy
Watchtower/Laboratory
It has been a few months since the Justice League expanded its roaster to let other heroes join. It had been a rough at first but now everything seems to have settled down now. Heroes are now finding themselves going on regular missions and are often paired up with the same heroes. Ash has nearly had a mission with every hero that is now a part of the Justice League. Not only did they work well with each other but some of them also worked well with the Pokémon too. With this, Ash has now included the Pokémon in training exercise even more. Because of this, missions have been safer and been finished a lot more sooner. But noticed something that could make things a lot more easier. Most of the time, Ash had been able to incapacitate someone with using his aura whip. When he first noticed this, he approached Clemont, Sophocles, Professor Oak, Gary and Team Rocket about coming up with a device that could act like his aura whip and capture villains. It has been a while since then. Ash was in lab, waiting by the side. Professor Oak had called him in saying he had something to show him. Professor Oak was digging through the cardboards, trying to find something. Ash then looked to his side and saw a mannequin standing his front of a blank wall. What was it there?
"Here it is." Professor Oak said. Ash looked back at him and saw he was holding a device in his hands.
"What's that?" Ash asked.
"Do you remember when you said about making a machine that can mimic your aura whip?" Professor Oak asked. Ash nodded. "It's taken a while but we have made it." He handed Ash the device. Ash examined the device and it looked like a metallic glove with a few dials.
"How does it work?" Ash asked.
"Put it on and I'll explain how to use it." Professor Oak said. Ash did as told and put on the glove. As soon as he put on the glove, lights turned on, indicating that it was active. "The device automatically comes on as soon as it detects the electrical signals from the body of the user. And as you can see, the dials adjusts the settings of the device. Here, try it out." Professor Oak rotated Ash so his body was facing the mannequin and Professor Oak raised Ash's arm so it was aiming at the mannequin. "Ok now, clench your hand into a fist." Ash made a fist and a electric bolo came out the top of the glove. It hit the mannequin and knocked it down on the ground. Professor Oak looked ecstatic. "Yes, it worked." Professor Oak ran over and picked the mannequin back up. Ash just looked at Professor Oak when he said that.
"You mean you haven't tested this yet?" Ash asked.
"We have tested it but most of the times, the bolo would dissolve itself before it reached the target." Professor Oak said. Ash had to admit, he was impressed with the new capture device.
"This really great Professor. So this will take down anyone?" Ash asked.
"No. At the moment, it's set to take down the smaller villains. For the bigger ones, you need to adjust this dial." Professor Oak said as he grabbed one of the dials and turned it a little to the next setting. The Professor stepped away and Ash aimed the glove at the mannequin again. He fired the device and the bolo was brighter this time. When the bolo hit, it sliced the mannequin in half. Ash and the Professor looked on in horror as changing the setting on the glove could kill someone. "I think some more work needs to be done."
"Good call Professor. Here let me give the glove back to you." Ash said as he tried to get the glove off. Professor Oak saw this.
"Careful, you might set it off. Let me help you." Professor Oak said. Oak grabbed one part of the glove and started to slide it off of Ash's arm. The doors to the lab suddenly opened and Poison Ivy entered the room.
"I thought you were here." Ivy said. The sudden appearance surprised both Ash and Oak. Out of instinct, Ash clenched his fist and shot a bolo towards Ivy. Luckily, Ivy saw this and dodged the incoming bolo. "Hey, be careful." Ash couldn't believe he almost killed Ivy.
"Ivy, I am so sorry. I didn't mean to do that, I just can't get this thing off." Ash said as him and Professor Oak continued to struggled to get the glove off. Eventually, they were able to get the device off.
"Ok, two things are going to happen. One, this device will be my number one priority since it has high potential." Professor Oak said. "And two, I am going to start locking that door when testing is being conducted." He then walked over to his workbench and placed the device on top of it. Ivy then walked in further into the lab.
"Ok, now that's over." Ivy said. She walked up in front of Ash. "Batman and Diana have intel that a break in is going to happen and they want us down there as back up." Ash thought this was strange request from Batman, especially for a robbery.
"Really? It's not like Batman to ask for back up." Ash said. Ivy shrugged her arms.
"What can I say? He wants back up and he wants me and you to be it." Ivy said as she started to walk out. Ash closely followed. "Do you need to pick up your pokemon?"
"I think I'll leave them here. It's a simple stake out, what could go wrong?" Ash asked. Ash and Ivy left the lab and the doors shut behind them.
Street
It was night and the street was filled with people walking, talking and laughing. Up on one of the roofs, Batman and Diana were looking down on them, looking for any suspicious activity. Batman was looking through binoculars while Diana was waiting on the side.
"How long have we been up here for?" Diana said, bored out of her mind.
"5 hours." Batman plainly said.
"Did you intel say when the break in is suppose to happen?" Diana asked.
"Some point tonight. I didn't get a precise timeframe." Batman said. Diana sighed and looked down at the street and saw a couple walking arm in arm with each other.
"Why don't we spend time together outside the league. We might enjoy it and might lead to somewhere special." Diana said. Trying to get Batman to agree.
"I don't have time for that sort of thing. When I'm not doing League work, I'm doing my own work in Gotham. If you want to help out with that th..." Batman didn't finish as Diana crushed a statue with her hand out of annoyance. On another roof, Ash was looking at them with another pair of binoculars and saw the whole thing.
"What did you do Batman?" Ash asked. Ash put the binoculars down and Ivy walked up beside him.
"What happened?" Ivy asked.
"Wonder Woman tried to get closer with Batman and it looked like he rejected her." Ash said. Ivy knows what he is talking about.
"I known that guy for a long time now. If it's nothing to do with his detective work, he won't to talk about anything." Ivy said. She then redirected the topic. "Talking about knowing someone, tell me more about you. We never actually talked to each other in depth before." Ash thought about this and she was telling the truth. Anytime they were together, it was always during a emergency. Then any other time, they were on separate missions.
"Ok, what did you want to know?" Ash asked. Ivy had to think of a question."
"What was the bravest thing you have ever done?" Ivy asked. Going into the deep end straight away.
"When I saved my mum from Entei." Ash said.
"Entei? One of The Pokémon you use? That Entei?" Ivy asked.
"Yeah. Back then, he was created by other Pokemon that are known as Unown. Me and Charizard fought a fierce battle against Entei and in the end, he was able to break the hold of the Unown. But giving up his life in the process." Ash said. Ivy was shocked and confused at the same time.
"What? But how is he here now?" Ivy asked.
"Honestly, I have no idea. I'm only thankful that they show up when I needed them." Ash said. He really meant it too. The Pokémon show up at the times Ash was in a bit of trouble.
"Okay, that's your bravest moment. How about the most memorable moment?" Ivy asked. Ash thought of the perfect memory.
"It be the time when I met Celebi. Back then he was known as the voice of the forest and that was also the day I met a younger Professor Oak." Ash laughed as he said that.
"Are you serious?" Ivy started to giggle.
"Yeah. Celebi is able to travel through time and at that point, he happened to be with Sam." Ash said.
"Sam?" Ivy asked getting confused.
"Samuel Oak. That's the Professor's name." Ash said. He then reached into his pocket, pulled out his pokedex and pulled up a picture. "Here's a picture of the day." Ivy looked at the picture and saw a younger Ash and Oak that's the same age. She also saw Celebi in the picture. Then she noticed the large forest in the background. She was mesmerised by it.
"Look at those tree. They look so healthy." Ivy said.
"Believe or not but my world actually had a healthy balance of cities and nature. 80 percent of the forests were protected and were not allowed to be cut down." Ash said, looking through the binoculars again. Ivy then thought about living in a world like that.
"Your world sounds so much better then this place." Ivy said. Ash then became alert.
"Batman and Wonder Woman are on the move." Ash said. Ivy came over, took the binoculars and looked through them. He was right. Batman and Wonder Woman were scaling down the building at a fast rate. Ivy handed the binoculars back to Ash.
"I guess that's our cue then." Ivy said. She grabbed Ash and dragged him along as she jumped off the building. She then made grass come out the ground and compact them to make a soft cushion. They landed on it and their feet made contact with the ground.
"A warning next time?" Ash asked. Ivy had a thinking look on her face.
"I'll think about it." Ivy replied. They turned the corner and joined the other heroes and saw they were face to face with a purple hair woman. Diana knew who she was.
"Circe? What are you doing here? You were banished to the underworld." Diana said. Circe had a smirk on here face.
"I was Diana but after a few centuries, I got bored and escaped here." Circe said. Ivy had one thing on her mind.
"Centries old? What's her skincare routine?" Ivy asked.
"Look it was nice catching up but I do need to go." Circe said. The heroes had to jump into action.
"No you're not." Diana said. Batman pulled out a batarang and threw it at Circe. Circe was quick and used her magic to stop the object.
"Boys with your toys." Circe said. She threw away the batarang and shot magic at batman. The magic struck him and pushed him into trash cans. Ash conjured up an aura whip and threw it at Circe. The whip wrapped around her. She looked at the whip and then looked at Ash. "This is new. Your power affects my magic." To everyone's surprise, the aura whip started to turn purple. "But you do learn some tricks in the underworld." The purple reached to Ash and was electrocuting him.
"AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Ash screamed. The whip suddenly exploded and Ash was sent flying against a wall. Ivy took her turn.
"Right, that's it." Ivy said. She threw her hands forward and two massive vines came out of the ground. The vines were sent to Circe. She had a not bothered look on her face. She flicked her finger and the vines changed their directions. Ivy was too shocked with the sudden change to dodge in time. The vines hit Ivy and got knocked out cold. Diana charged in and locked grips with Circe. They were equal in strength.
"You know, I never forgave your mother for sending me to that dump." Circe said as she pushed Diana back. Ash just got back up but then got knocked down as Diana collided with him. Circe walked up to them both. "So consider this payback for what your mother did." Circe hand glowed and a blinding light obscured everyone's vision.
Watchtower
"What happened?" Kate asked. She was with Barbra in The Pokémon room as they were feeding The Pokémon. "Ok, we'll do our best." Kate ended the call and put the phone in her pocket.
"Who was that?" Barbra asked.
"Ivy. Apparently, something happened and we need to keep Harleen distracted for a while." Kate said. This confused the girls. What happened?
"So how are we suppose to do that?" Barbra asked. As she was saying that, someone entered The Pokémon room.
"Do what?" The girls looked at the voice and saw Harleen standing there. The girls were thinking of an excuse to make up. Then Barbra came up with something.
"We were going to make it a surprise but we thought it be nice to take you out and go wedding dress shopping." Barbra said. Hoping she's buy the story.
"That's a great idea. Let's go now." Harleen said as she ran towards the girls, grabbed their wrists and dragged them out the room. The girls were thankful that she brought it and was wondering what was happening with Ivy and that lot.
Magic Theatre
"Thank you and good night." A girl in a magician costume said. There was a round of applause as she went off the stage. She opened a door and went into the room. She closed the door, turned round and had a little scare as Batman suddenly appeared.
"Batman. You scared me. What are you doing here?" The girl asked. Batman started to walk to the door. He opened it and walked out.
"Follow me Zatanna." Batman said. Zatanna was hesitant at first before she started to follow Batman. Batman led Zatanna outside where Ivy was standing next to the Batmobile.
"You took your time." Ivy said.
"You were waiting for less then 5 minutes." Batman said.
"Ok I was suspicious when Batman was in my dressing room. But seeing you Ivy, something must be up." Zatanna said.
"Glad I could clear things up." Ivy said. Batman went to one of the Batmobile doors.
"Zatanna, we need your help because of this." Batman said as he opened the door. On one of the seats was a pig with braclets and a little yellow mouse. Zatanna saw the new additions and had an idea of what was going on.
"Let's head inside." Zatanna said. Zatanna led the heroes to another room where she tried to use a spell to reverse the process of the magic. After multiple attempts, nothing changed and the animals were still animals. Zatanna stopped the magic. "I give up. The sort of spell that was used is way too advance."
"Well, the crow did say she was a few centuries old." Ivy said. Zatanna then wanted some questions answered.
"So I'm guessing the pig is Wonder Woman. But who is the yellow mouse?" Zatanna asked.
"That's Ash." Batman said. Zatanna wasn't expecting that answer.
"This is Ash Ketchum? The one with the Pokemon? Is this a Pokemon?" Zatanna asked. Closely inspecting the mouse.
"I think he is myslef." Ivy said. "He looks like one of his Pokemon, Pikachu. But this one looks smaller, like a baby Pikachu." Zatanna picked up the small mouse and started petting him, which he really enjoyed.
"So how many people knows about this right now?" Zatanna asked.
"Only we know. There's two more that vaguely knows what has happened because I asked them to keep Harley Quinn distracted." Ivy said.
"She doesn't know what's happened to Ash?" Zatanna asked.
"If she found out, she would kill me. I'm hoping to fix this before she figures out what's happening. It won't take her long to start connecting the dots." Ivy said. Zatanna then looked over at Batman.
"So why have..." Zatanna stopped talking when she saw Batman petting the pig. She then figured out what was going on. "Oh, I see."
"We're just friends." Batman said. Zatanna walked up to Batman.
"No, we're just friends. But it's clear that there is something different between you two." Zatanna said. Ivy then remembered what happened earlier.
"Yet, he rejected her advances on a rooftop." Ivy said. She looked over and saw both Batman and Zatanna looking at her. "It's true."
"What's our next move?" Batman asked.
"It might be a long shot but I do know someone that knows more advance spells. They might be able to reverse the spell." Zatanna said. Ivy went over to Zatanna, picked up Ash and cradled him.
"We better head there now. I don't know how long Harley will stay occupied for." Ivy said as she walked out the room. Batman picked up Diana and followed Ivy with Zatanna following close behind.
Wedding Dress Store
Harleen, Kate and Barbra entered the store a couple of hours ago. When they entered, some of the shop workers recognised Harleen. They went up to her and said their thanks for saving the world. They then asked if her and Ash were getting married since she was in the store. She lied to them by saying that they were on a day out and thought it be fun to try on dresses. The workers accepted the story and showed them to the nicest dresses they have in the store. The girls were looking in depth at the dresses. They picked out a few dresses that Harleen wanted to try on. The dresses Harleen put on so far did look good, but Harleen knew they wasn't the dress for her. Harleen was currently putting on the next dress while Barbra and Kate were waiting around the corner. Barbra was on the phone to Batman.
"What do you mean there was a complication? What's going on anyway?" Barbra asked. Kate leaned towards the phone trying to hear in the conversation. "Whatever it is, get it done soon. Harleen is starting to suspect something is going on." Barbra cut the call. "I don't know what's going on but it must be bad if he's not even telling me."
"It's definitely got something to do with Ash if we got to keep Harleen occupied." Kate said.
"She won't stay distracted for long though." Barbra said. Kate then had a thought.
"Do you ever find it strange that you are friends with Harley Quinn since you were enemies before?" Kate asked.
"At first, I couldn't believe we were friends without even who we were. But now, I'm happy that we are in each others lives. We have so much in common and knowing we got each others backs just gives me an easy feeling." Barbra said.
"Ok, here I come." The girls looked round and were stunned with what they saw. It was Harleen in a unique dress. The end of the dress was only above the ground. It danced to the around her legs with every step she made. It slightly hugged around her body, showing off her figure. The tail of the dress dragged along the floor with ease. The girls couldn't take their eyes off her for one moment. Harleen stood in front of the mirror and covered her mouth with her hands. She couldn't how she looked in it. "Ok, am I crazy? Because I am in love with this dress."
"Are you kidding? It looks fantastic on you." Barbra said.
"Yeah. If Ash was here right now, he would marry you now." Kate said. This reminded Harleen of something.
"Talking about him, I haven't talked to him yet today. I better phone to see how him and Ivy are doing." Harleen said, reaching for her phone. Kate and Barbra started to panic.
"Don't do that." Kate said. Harleen stopped and looked at them.
"Why?" Harleen asked. Barbra was quick with the answer.
"You video call him right?" Barbra asked. Harleen nodded. "You're still wearing the dress. You can't let him see you in that. It's bad luck."
"You're right, it is bad luck. Let me change quickly. I think we have a winner with this dress." Harleen said. She turned and went round the corner, back to the dressing room.
"That was close." Kate said.
"Yeah, we can't let her know that there might be something wrong with Ash." Barbra said. Unknown to them. Harleen was waiting around the corner and heard everything.
Mystic Shop
Batman, Ivy and the others arrived at a ancient looking building in the middle of the city. They walked through the door and they saw a man tending to some of his stock. He heard the door open. He turns around and saw the new arrivals. He instantly recognises one of the heroes.
"Ah, Zantanna. I see you have come back to the store. How can I help you today?" The shopkeeper asked. Zatanna stepped forward.
"We were wondering if you could do a undo spell?" Zatanna asked. At this point, Batman brought Wonder Pig forward and Ivy brought Pichu forward. The shopkeeper immediately approached the creatures.
"Fascinating. There's a strong magical signature surrounding these creatures. Do you know who cast the spell on them?" The shopkeeper asked.
"Her name is Circe." Ivy said. The shopkeeper shot up.
"CIRCE!!??" The shopkeeper shouted. "This isn't good if she's involved. She normally puts extra buts in her spells to make them more complicated."
"Can you undo the spell?" Batman asked.
"I can try but it won't be easy. Your best shot would be to find Circe and get her to remove the spell herself. Now, undoing this spell won't be cheap" The shopkeeper said. Zatanna stepped forward pulled an a ancient coin out of her pocket.
"Yeah, yeah. I know what you are looking for." Zatanna said as she flipped the coin to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper caught the coin and examined it. After a moment, he was satisfied with the payment.
"Ok, put the creatures in the centre of the room." The shopkeeper said. Batman put Wonder Pig on the ground while Ivy put Pichu on top of the pig. Both heroes stepped back afterwards. "When I start, everyone must stay where they are. The slightest movement could cause the spell to fail." The shopkeeper closed his eyes and put his hands together. Seconds later, he opened his eyes and they were glowing. He slowly raised his hands and a barrier surrounded the creatures. This startled Pichu and the pig. For the while, it looked like it was working. But then, the magic started flickering. "Oh no." There was an sudden explosion and the barrier came down. The explosion spooked Wonder Pig making her running out the door, taking Pichu with her.
"Diana, Ash, wait." Ivy said as she ran out the door. Batman followed. Zatanna ran up to the shopkeeper and took back her coin before leaving the store. Ivy stopped when she was outside and looked round, trying to find Wonder Pig and Pichu. Batman and Zatanna joined her.
"This is bad." Ivy said. "We lost them."
Wedding Dress Store
"What do you mean keep her distracted?" Kate asked. Harleen had finished trying on dresses and was currently paying for the dress she had on earlier. "What is going on already?"
"What are they saying?" Barbra asked. Kate covered the phone.
"They're still keeping us in the dark." Kate said. She then went back to the phone. "Look, we are running out of ideas of keeping Harleen distracted. And I think that she is star..." Kate felt the phone coming out of her hand and saw who took it. It was Harleen. She looked at the caller ID and saw it was Ivy.
"Ivy, what is going on?" Harleen asked. She didn't receive a reply as the phone suddenly got cut off. Harleen then looked at her two friends. "Well, what's going on?" Kate and Barbra just looked at each other. How were they going to handle this?
Park
Wonder Pig continued running after the scare at the shop. Pichu was hanging for life as she was going so fast. Pichu slowly crawled his way to the front and got the pigs attention.
"Pi Pichu Pichu Chu." Pichu said. Wonder Pig noticed Pichu and came to a stop. Pichu stroked her head, trying to calm her down. He felt the pigs body relax after a while. Pichu jumped off and landed on the ground. Pichu looked round and he doesn't recognise the area at all. Right now, both of them were lost. Pichu then had an idea. He climbed up a nearby tree and looked at his surroundings. He still didn't recognise anything. If he doesn't figure out something soon, then him and Wonder Pig would be in big trouble.
"Look at that Pig. Lets get it." Pichu heard someone say. Next thing he saw was Wonder Pig running away from a group of men. Pichu couldn't do anything since they were so far away now. What was he going to do now?
In another part of the park, Batman, Ivy and Zatanna were waiting by a park bench.
"What are we waiting for?" Zatanna asked.
"Were waiting for backup. We're going to talk to someone at the entrance of Tartarus who might know the whereabouts of Circe." Batman said.
"Ok so who are we waiting for?" Zatanna asked. All of a sudden, a half naked man with leopard shorts and mask appeared on the bench.
"Your prayers have been answered sweet cheeks." The man said. Batman recognised him.
"Thank you for coming B'wana Man." Batman said.
"It's not a problem bats. I am the only one you called?" B'wana Man asked. Then more heroes showed up. Red Tornado, Crimson Avenger and Elongated Man.
"No." Batman said.
"We came as soon as we could." Everyone looked round and saw Misty, Brock, Kiawe and Serena joining them. Batman was not expecting them.
"Who called you here?" Batman asked.
"I did." Ivy said. Before Batman could say anything, Ivy continued. "Because they be better at recognising Ash as he is right now since they got experience in that sort of area." Batman then understood where she was coming from. But everyone else was lost.
"Ok, what is going on?" Kiawe asked. Batman thought he'd clear everything up.
"Somethings happened to Wonder Woman and Ash. Right now, they look like a pig and a little yellow mouse. Me, Ivy and Zatanna might have a lead on how to get them back to normal. But it means we have to go somewhere else. So while we're away, keep a eye out for them." Batman said.
"On it." Crimson Avenger said. As the heroes went off to look for the animals. Ivy turned to Ash's friends.
"Are you ok looking for them?" Ivy asked. Brock gave a thumbs up.
"Yeah, Ash should be easy to spot since he's a Pikachu." Brock said. Ivy had to make something clear.
"He's not a Pikachu. He actually looks like a smaller version of Pikachu." Ivy said.
"He maybe a Pichu then." Serena said.
"Come on, we are wasting time standing here. Let's split up and find them." Misty said as she ran off. Everyone followed. Batman turns to Zatanna.
"Lets head to Tartaus." Batman said.
"I can open a portal there, but it take 10 minutes to make one." Zatanna said. She started casting the spell and a faint doorframe started to appear. Ivy had an idea.
"While that's being made up, I'll have one last look for the two." Ivy said. Batman turned to Ivy.
"Okay but if you are not before the portal is open, we'll be leaving without." Batman said. Ivy nodded and understood that time was against them now. She ran past Batman and went down one of the pathways.
Pichu had been up in the tree for nearly an hour and was starting to get tired. He was slowly shutting his eyes and going into dreamland.
"Ash!!" Pichu heard someone calling but thought it was his head. "Diana, Ash." The voice was louder now but still thought it was his head. "Ash, Diana, where are you?" Pichu opened his eyes looked down to the ground. He saw someone he recognised. Ivy. His face lit up in relieve.
"Pichu Pi." Pichu said. Ivy looked up and saw Pichu waving at her.
"Ash." Ivy said. Pichu started to climb down the tree. When Pichu got to the ground, he ran straight to Ivy. He jumped up and Ivy caught him in her arms. "You have no idea how glad I am that I found you." Pichu put his cheek on Ivy's face and rubbed it, affectionately. "That tickles." Ivy then cradled Pichu in her arms and started walking back to Batman and Zatanna. "It's a good job I found you. I have no idea what Harleen would do to me if she thought I lost you."
Watchtower
"Keeping secrets from me, that's a bad idea." Harley said to herself. After she found out that something might have happened to Ash, she started interrogating Kate and Barbra about what they know. They only told her that they wanted to distracted her until everything gets fixed. When Harley figured out that was all the information that she was going to get, she decided to start making a move herself. She immediately went to the Watchtower to get her hero attire and to pick up her weapons. When she was ready, she made her way to The Pokémon room. "If anything has happened to Ash, there is going to be hell to pay."
Amphitheater
In the theater, Circe was performing on stage with a musical band behind her. The place was packed, the people in the club were enjoying the music. She was on the last note of the song. Then the music suddenly stopped and the crowd was cheering for the performance.
"Thank you, thank you. I'm really glad you enjoyed the song and don't worry, there's plenty of more where that came from." Circe said. Or so she thought. In the middle of the room, a portal suddenly appeared. The sudden appearance of the portal scared away the crowd. Batman, Ivy, Zatanna and Pichu came through the portal and was facing Circe. "Well, this is a surprise. I didn't expect to see you at all. I made sure to cover my tracks. How did you find me anyway?"
"We paid a little visit to your friend, Medusa. She was very helpful." Zatanna said.
"Although, I think Ash is going to have nightmares." Ivy said. She looked at her shoulder and saw Pichu was visible shaken. He had been in that state ever since he saw Medusa.
"Well I do applaud your efforts for finding me." Circe said. Batman stepped forward.
"Enough of the pleasantries, undo your spell now." Batman said. Circe put on a thinking face.
"Spell? What Spell?" Circe asked.
"Oh no, she's pretending to not know what's going on." Zatanna said. Batman was getting angry.
"Stop delaying it. Undo it now." Batman said. Circe didn't like his attitude and decided to do something about it.
"I'll tell you what. If you survive this, then I might consider it." Circe said as she raised her hands. Out of nowhere, the musical band that were in the background slowly transformed into a variety of animals. The heroes backed up and surveyed the situation. The transformations were complete and the animals were getting ready to pounce. "Get them." The animals suddenly charged forward. The heroes split up and went to different parts of the room. Batman was face to face with a bear. The bear charged forward and Batman jumped backwards and landed on a table. The bear charged again. Batman jumped straight up and barely missed the bears attack. While in midair, Batman pulled out a net gun and aimed it at the bear. He fired the gun and the net pinned the bear to the tabletop, trapping it. Batman landed back on the ground, only to be met with a snake that was starting to constrict him. Zatanna was having difficulties with a vulture that kept on swooping in and trying to bite her. Zatanna managed to dodge all of the attacks but was getting trapped by the surrounding tables. She couldn't move anymore and the vulture was circling round, getting ready to strike. Zatanna was looking round to try to find something to use against the bird. She could see nothing but tables. Then it clicked in her head. The vulture was diving in for another attack, but quickly stopped and moved out of the way of a flying table. Zatanna was now using her magic to levitate the tables and using them to attack the bird. The vulture was trying it's best to dodge the tables but they kept on changing directions and towards the vulture again. After the vulture dodged another table, it didn't see one coming in the opposite direction. The table hit the bird and the bird was falling to the ground. The vulture crashed landed and was struggling to get back up. Zatanna thought of a way to keep the bird down. Zatanna used the floating tables and piled them on top of the bird. The vulture wasn't getting up now.
"I'm just happy it wasn't the Roadrunner. Better not say that out loud in case Circe hears it." Zatanna said to herself. Ivy and Pichu were backed against a wall as a lion was slowly approaching them.
"Of course the cat goes after the mouse." Ivy said. She could tell the lion was about to pounce. Pichu quickly jumped off of Ivy's shoulder and landed on a nearby table.
"Pichu." Pichu said. The lion looked at Pichu, Pichu stuck it's tongue out and made a fart noise towards the lion. The lion roared and gave chase towards Pichu. Pichu then immediately ran away from the lion.
"Ash, no." Ivy said. Pichu was hopping table to table as the lion was destroying the tables that was in its way. Pichu managed to make it to the bar and hide behind some bottles of the drink shelves. Pichu looked round as it saw a paw coming towards him. Pichu moved out of the way as the paw smashed the bottles. Pichu jumped over the paw and ran along the shelf. As Pichu was running, the lion's paws kept smashing through the bottles, trying to get Pichu. Pichu was nearly at the end of the shelf when the lions paw finally caught up with Pichu and hit him off the shelf. Pichu landed on the floor and was dazed. Pichu's senses came back in time to see the lion's face in Pichu's face. Pichu backed up until it hit a wall. He was trapped. Before the lion attacked, a chair came out of nowhere and was hit across the lion's head. Both creatures looked over and they saw Ivy standing there, holding parts of the chair. "Oops." The lion changed it's target and walked towards Ivy. Ivy started to back up and was holding the chair parts in front of her to defend herself. Pichu knew he had to do something or the lion was going to hurt Ivy. But what can he do? With the emotion inside him, he felt his cheeks heat up. Maybe, just maybe. Pichu amplified the emotion and he felt his cheeks about to explode.
"PICHUUUUU!!!!!!!" Pichu shouted as he let out a thunderbolt. The attack hit the lion. The lion was unable to move during the attack. After 5 seconds, the thunderbolt died down and the lion slumped down to the ground. Ivy breathed a sigh a relief.
"That was close. I owe you one Ash." Ivy said. She didn't get a reply. "Ash?" She looked over and saw Pichu passed out on the ground. "Ash, what happened?" Out of nowhere, a tiger appeared behind Pichu and had it's jaws heading towards Pichu. Ivy looked on in horror. "ASH!!!!!!"
Clunk
The tiger stopped and slumped down to the ground. Pichu was coming round as he was being picked up by someone. Pichu rolled over and saw who saved him. His vision cleared and saw Harley in front of him.
"Ash?" Harley asked. Pichu's face lit up.
"PICHU!!" Pichu shot up and rubbed his face against Harley's face. Harley enjoyed the moment. Then she turned round and looked at everyone.
"Right, somebody better explain to me why Ash is a Pichu." Harley said with a forceful voice. Ivy cut to the chase with it.
"Short version, that woman there, Circe, transformed Ash into that." Ivy said as she pointed at Pichu. "And Diana into a pig. We need her to reverse the spell but she not making it easy." Harley looked at the different animals and thought of a way to end this.
"I got this. Hoopa." Harley said. Golden rings appeared underneath the animals and disappeared. Other golden rings appeared behind Circe and the animals fell out. With the animals out of the way, the heroes regrouped and Hoopa suddenly appeared.
"Good job Hoopa." Harley said.
"Thanks." Hoopa said.
"Do you think this is over? You're still out numbered." Circe said as the animals lined up again. Hoopa then flew forward.
"Are we about to have a fight? How fun." Hoopa said as two rings floated beside him. He then started to grow bigger and bigger. His arms moved into different positions and two more grew out of his body and one out of his chest. All five arms detached from the body and started floating around Hoopa. He grew legs and placed them on the floor. He then grew a tail. His changed shape and the hair on his head grew bigger. His transformation was complete. Everyone was in complete shock with this new form.
"What just happened?" Ivy asked.
"I don't know, should we be scared or impressed?" Zatanna asked.
"I think that's the Unbound form of Hoopa." Harley said. Circe snapped out of her thoughts and looked at her animals.
"What are you waiting for, get I..." Circe was cut off by Batman.
"Wait." Batman said as he got in between the two factions. Catching everyone's attention. "What do I need to do to get Diana back." This caught Circe's interest.
"So you're willing to make a trade with me?" Circe asked.
"Yes. If this is the only way." Batman said. Circe then placed a hand on her chin, trying to think. 10 minutes later, Batman was on stage, in front of a audience, singing Am I Blue? In the back of the room, the girls were crying over the singing.
"This is a different side to Batman." Ivy said.
"Yes, this is something you would never expect from him." Circe said. Zatanna then looked at Circe.
"Is this good enough for you?" Zatanna asked. Circe nodded.
"A deal is a deal." Circe said as she raised her hand. Magic appeared then disappeared. "There, Diana should be back to normal by now." Circe then looked at Harley and Pichu. "I better turn you back as well." Circe was about to undo the spell but Harley stopped her.
"Actually, is there a way Ash could stay like this for a while longer?" Harley asked. Circe thought this was a strange request but had an idea.
"I could do a spell that keeps him like that for the next 24 hours before he transforms back." Circe said.
"I'd be happy with that. What about you Ash?" Harley asked, looking down at Pichu in her arms.
"Pichu Pi Pi Chu Pi." Pichu said. The bounded form of Hoopa flew in front of the girls.
"He said as long as he can stay in your arms. He's happy." Hoopa said. Harley squeezed Pichu tighter.
"Sweetie, you're such a cutie." Harley said.
Watchtower
Pichu, Harley, Ivy and Batman was walking with Diana along the hallway. As soon as they got word that Diana was human again and she was back on the watchtower, the heroes went up immediately. Diana told them how she was nearly turned into meat products after she was separated from Ash.
"So, Circe has disappeared then." Diana asked.
"Yes. After she reversed the spell, she transported her theater somewhere else. We might not see her again." Batman said. "What are you doing now?" Batman asked. Diana looked at him with interest.
"Nothing, why?" Diana asked.
"I heard that the Riddler has been giving the Gotham Police Department a run for there money. I was hoping that you ca..."
"WILL YOU JUST ASK HER OUT ALREADY!!!" Harley shouted. Everyone stopped and looked at her. "It's obvious you like each other and just using these missions as a excuse to spend time with each other. You nearly lost her Bruce and you got lucky today. But if something happened and you didn't do anything about it, you'll regret it for the rest of your life." Everyone just stood in silence. No one knew what was going to happen next. Diana knew nothing was going to come from this.
"Thank you for trying Harley but I d..."
"Next Friday." Everyone looked at Batman. Batman looked at Diana. "We're both free next Friday. Did you want to grab dinner then?" Diana couldn't believe what she heard. Bruce just asked her on a date.
"That sounds perfect." Diana said. Ivy pushed Diana towards Bruce and then she lightly pushed both of them away.
"We'll let you two discuss the details." Ivy said. Both Bruce and Diana looked at the two girls and gave a thank you nod to them. They then looked forward and walked away together. "Finally. He's turned human and asked a woman out."
"Yeah, it's been long overdue." Harley said as she and Ivy started walking again. "Where's Zatanna? She left after everything was done."
"She said she needed some rest as she's got a show tomorrow. We should actually go to it, see what it's like." Ivy said. Harley liked that idea.
"Yeah it sounds like fun." Harley said. "Did you actually want to spend the night round our place? With Ash like this, it's the perfect moment to get up to stuff." Ivy want to know what she was thinking.
"What kind of stuff?" Ivy asked.
"You know, give Pichu a bath, watch films, putting Pichu into girly outfits." Harley said. Pichu looked up at her.
"Pichu?" Pichu asked. Hoping she was joking. Ivy had a smile on her face.
"You know what? That does sound like fun." Ivy said. At Pichu was trying to get away but Harley had a good hold on him.
"You're not going anywhere sweetie." Harley teased.
"PICHUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!"
And that's the end of that chapter. I hope you have enjoyed it.
Like always, I'll be working on My New Life Academia before coming back on this story
But next time. There's one Supergirl, now there's two. Wait a minute. What's happening here. Find out what happens in 'Fearful Symmetry'