I don't own any of these characters nor did I create them they belong to Nintendo, Gamefreak 4kids and anyone I don't know about I am using them with out permission and am not making any money off of this so please don't sue me kay. I also don't own star trek or the term trekkie or the line of advice Scotty gave that's probably butchered from my lack of a clear memory of that episode.

If you read the prologue then you know this is a rewrite of an older fic. If by any chance you ever read the original Version you'll find things different this time around. You can find out more at the Authors Notes After Each chapter of the fic.

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Pokemon: Like Father Like Son

Chapter One: Revelations

Lance set in his office and scowled as he read the name that had caught his attention again. "Betty could you get me the information on a trainer who competed in the league?" He asked of his personal assistant via the intercom.

"Sir you know your not allowed to look at any files before your match with the trainers." She said calmly wondering why her boss was asking her for something he knew was very much against the rules.

"He's already been eliminated I don't have to face him I just need to see his file." He said calmly. "As far as I know once they have been eliminated from competition that the rules don't apply right?"

She thought about it and realized he was right. "Yes sir if you'll give me his name I'll pull up his records provided he has been eliminated." She wondered why her boss was taking an interest in a trainer who didn't make it to the Elite Four Challenge.

"His name is Ash Ketchum I need as much information as you can get on him." He said the name as calmly as he could images of a strikingly beautiful woman with red hair. If Betty heard anything in his voice she didn't acknowledge it.

"Okay boss but it'll take me an hour or so to clear everything with the officials I don't want you getting in trouble on account of me not following proper procedure." She heard his annoyed groan.

"Fine I'll go out for a walk I'll be back in one hour and I expect you'll have the information waiting for me." He knew he shouldn't be impatient it was probably just a coincidence but he still wanted to know.

Betty watched her boss leave locking his office and giving her a brief nod as she chirped an affirmative that she's have it when he got back. 'It will only take me thirty minutes.' she thought with a smile but one listen her teachers had drilled into her was double the time when you give them an estimate it makes you look like a miracle worker. 'It's odd that I didn't know my teacher was a Trekkie till I heard that line on an episode.'

Lance shook his head as he glanced outside at the arena where the finals were being held. "Think there will be any that will make it to you this year?" a soft voice said behind him. He turned to glance at the mousy brown haired woman who smiled at him as light glared off her glasses hiding her eyes.

"No I don't." Lance said turning to look out the window again. "And I'm kind of glad I'm not much in the mood to battle anyone."

Lorelie placed a hand lightly on his shoulder and frowned he was unusually tense. "What's the matter Lance?" She asked calmly remember how awkward she had felt when she first joined the Elite four she was still nervous around Bruno and Agatha but not Lance.

"It's nothing or at least I hope it's nothing." He said calmly and then shrugging her hand off his shoulder he began to walk away. "I'll see you later I need to be alone for awhile." Lorelie watched him go with a concerned look plastered on her face.

He arrived a few minutes early but as always Better handed him the file before he even asked. "Hold all my calls please." He said and when she nodded he headed into his office locking the door behind him.

He set down in the mostly bare office having never been one to collect much personal stuff. "Well Lets see if I'm right." He opened the file and nearly dropped it when he saw the mothers name next to an empty blank where the father's name should be. "Okay that doesn't mean he's mine just because he's the right age." He told himself weakly but even as he said it he knew it was a lie. A quick mental calculation told him the boy had been born only 8 months after he left.

Delia was waiting for a call from Ash she and the professor having arrived back from the Pokemon league ahead of the others to plan a celebretory party for her son. She took a sip of her tea and began to hum when the phone rang and she happily answered it. Delia froze as someone she never expected to hear from again appeared. "Lance." she gasped and spilt the tea she had been drinking on the floor.

"Hello Delia just one question Is the boy mine?" He asked calmly watching with mild concern as Delia has to sit down to keep from falling over. "Well?" he asked trying to keep the impatience out of his voice.

"Yes, he is." Delia said finally. "How did you find out about him?" She asked hoping he hadn't said anything to Ash. She watched his face as an emotion that was clearly anger passed over it.

"I saw his name and decided to see if he was kin to you." Lance lied pretending he hadn't actually been afraid the boy was his son. "Then I noticed he was your son and the age and his birthday looked to be right."

Delia nodded and then asked the question she feared she'd have to ask one day. "So what now are you going to come meet your son or pretend like nothing ever happened?" She watched him and sighed 'He always was unreadable when he was deep in thought.' She quickly lost her train of thought when he began to speak.

"I don't know I'll be there in a few days as soon as I can leave here don't say anything to him till I decide rather to just go ahead and meet him or..." Lance trailed off letting his silence speak for itself.

Delia nodded "I won't." with that she curtly hung up the phone. She began to clean up the spilt tea when the phone rang again. She answer it and quickly pasted on a happy mask when it turned out to be her son.

Lance sighed and hefted his bag as he approached the house. He was about to turn back when he saw out of the corner of his eye the boy and two others. 'Interesting Hairstyle.' He thought glancing at the girl both she and the spiky haired boy looked familiar. "Hello is Delia here?" He asked shaking them out of some argument.

"Yeah she's inside." Ash said turning and then he froze he knew he was staring slack jawed and open mouthed but he couldn't believe it. "Your Lance of the Elite four." He said in shock and then ran over and began begging him for an autograph.

Misty sighed as she watched Ash and Brock fawning over the guy like he was some great hero. "Ash Brock get real if he was really a famous member of the elite four why would he be here?"

"To See me, Hello Lance." Delia said calmly from the door. "Come inside all of you." With that she headed inside and asked Mr. Mimie to fix some tea for her and Lance.

Lance followed Delia in with the redhead staring at him in shock and the two boys continuing to talk about how much they idolized him. 'Now I remember why I stopped going to conventions.'

Delia took one look at them all and said "Ash take your friends up to your room and stay there till I come get you Lance and I need to talk privately about some things." Ash didn't object and just grabbed Misty and Brock and headed up the stairs with them.

"What's the deal Ash I thought You mom would have to force you out?" Misty asked surprised that Ash headed upstairs without protest.

"Mom's worried about something or she would have known to send us outside." Ash smiled "She forgot about the vent in my closet that you can hear any conversation downstairs from."

"So Lance are you going to tell him." Delia asked calmly she was trying to read him and once again cursed the fact he seemed completely closed off. "Are you even going to answer me are you going to tell Ash that he's your son."

Ash Misty and Brock exchanged shocked looks and immediately put their heads back down near the vent to continue listening. Despite how cramped it was they were all straining to listen.

Lance shrugged "I don't even know why I came here it's not like I want a kid." Delia frowned at that. "Maybe it would be better if I just left." He began to turn when he felt her hand fall on his shoulder she turned him to face her and slapped him. "What was that for?" he said rubbing the sore spot on his face.

"Your staying and facing Ash." She said darkly. "I'm not going to lie to him about why you were here so be a man and face your son." She said darkly the anger at him for leaving had come back in recent days even her new friend Mr. Mimie hadn't lightened her mood.

Lance stared at her in shock he was trying to think of something so say when he heard the girl upstairs yell for Ash to stop. He turned to see the boy run past him and out the front door clutching his pikachu to his chest. He wasn't surprised when the Red haired girl with the weirdo hair style shot past him as well.

Brock came down and glanced at the open door. "Ash was listening threw a vent." He offered to the confused looking adults. "He didn't take what he heard well." Delia was out the door as soon as he said that followed by the Mr. Mimie. Brock glanced nervously at Lance but found the older man to be unreadable.

To Be continued.

Authors Notes:

1. Note one thin from the original will not be carried over and that's Richie as Ash's half brother I've decided I don't care for that.

2. I've also changed things considerably in how Lance found out about Ash. In the original he heard Ash giving his name in this one he found out threw the sign up information.