Disclaimer: Do I really have to say I don't own pokémon?
The boy and his pokémon ran though the trees of the forest at full speed. They jumped over logs and roots, dodged around rocks and trees, and ducked branches. They headed to their goal with no hesitation, trying to beat the storm that was coming.
Pokémon Oak styled Vision 08: Supporting Me
Ash stood looking at the tree that shared his name. (Well this is a good as place as any. I should be safe here,) Ash thought. He stared a moment longer, then began to rummage in his pack to find the tent he had inside it. He struggled for a moment to plant the tent in the ground. As he was trying to get the second peg in, a hand reached out a held the canvas steady in the rising wind.
"Hi, Ash," Gary cheerfully greeted. Umbreon and Pikachu held the third peg down as Ash stared at Gary forgetting the peg he had half way into the ground. Smoochum was sitting on Ash's bag. "Don't just stand there! There's a storm coming and this thing has to be standing," Gary said. Ash nodded and with the other boy's help and the help of the pokémon they managed to get the tent set up and secured. And they did it just in time too, as soon as Ash, Smoochum, Gary, Pikachu and Umbreon ducked inside the storm hit the clearing full force. The wind and rain tore at the tent and the occupants feared for their safety, but it held the weather at bay. Ash, now that he was secure, asked Gary the questions he had when he first say him.
"How did you escape? Did the others save you?" He asked him.
Gary wordlessly turned and rummaged thought the backpack he had. He pulled out a poké belt with six pokéballs on it. "Here's your pokémon, and as to how I escaped, our pokémon spring me and I met the others. We came for you but there were so many guards by the time we reached the top floor you were gone. What happened to you?" Gary questioned.
Ash checked to make sure all his pokémon where there, his hands pausing for a moment on Pidgeotto's pokéball. "I was some where I never want to go again, and they tried to make me do awful things. I really don't want to talk about it," Ash said his eyes pleading with Gary to drop the subject.
"What every you say Ash," Gary said to Ash as the other boy released his pikachu and pidgeotto. The all of them sat in companionable silence. Suddenly something hit the flap of the tent.
*What was that? * Electra asked. Her question was answered as Holly poked her wet head in the tent. He green eyes now where lit up by the electric lantern in the middle of the tent.
"Hello! Do mind if I take shelter from the storm?" She asked smiling.
"I guess…" Gary said looking at Ash and the pokémon.
"Sure," Ash said looking at her curiously.
*Why not? * Electra said walking over to Pikachu.
*I see no reason not to, * Umbreon sated.
*Nether do I, * Pidgeotto said.
*Hi, * Smoochum shouted.
*I'm ok with that, * Pikachu said nervously looking at Electra who was slowly getting closer and closer to him.
"Great!" Said the soggy girl as she ducked into the tent. She stayed near the flap so she would not tract water in. "I have something that I have to tell you both!" she said suddenly becoming very edgy. "This is the best time to tell you this because no one will interrupt us."
Umbreon looked very closely at her, then exclaimed, *Wait I was right. You aren't what you appear to be are you? *
"I figured you would be the first to discover that once you evolved. But now let me show the rest of you…" She said. Her body became transparent and seemed to implode on itself with a flash of green-red light. What was hovering in place of Holly was a pokémon. Her rounded feet, legs and lower body up to her chest were colored red. Her arms, chest and face were a light pink and she three fingers on each hand. She had black rings around her green eyes. The tips of her two pink antennas were red as well as the back of onion shaped head. She had two shimming fairy wings and was hovering with a smile smirk. "Let me truly introduce myself. I am the strongest of the time crossers, the sinning celebi, Holly. And I need to tell you why I have meddling in your lives."
"Wait, if you're a pokémon, how did you pass yourself off as human?" Gary asked confused.
[I sent a mental projection into others minds. And I used telekinesis to manipulate objects with my so-called hands. So I was never human to begin with,] she sent into there minds. [Now let me show you something…] The world suddenly vanished and the four pokémon and two humans found themselves falling to the ground a hundred feet below them.
Pidgeotto tried to grab Electra but he couldn't fly or slow down his plummet in any way. *I can't stop! * The bird pokémon said panicked. Smoochum attempted to grab on to Gary with similar results.
[Don't panic. What you are about to see and hear is just one of many futures. Unfortunately most of them aren't much better then this and a great deal of the rest are worse. No one hear can see, touch or hear you. So don't worry. ] Holly sent.
The people mindless built new dwellings, their pokémon just as mindlessly supporting them. The all had but one will and one mind, that of the master. And that master stood on the top of a dark tower. A cloak concealed his form. He looked down on the minds that were linked to him.
*What does this have to do with us? * Pikachu asked.
[Wait and see,] Holly sent. Some how they knew the figure that smiled a bitter smile. He turned to walk in to the top tower of the room and the others followed him in through a wall. They watched the figure walked to throne and sat brooding. He looked up only when a black pokémon with gold rings walked in.
*Wait is that me? * Umbreon asked looking closely at the new comer. *It is! *
*Gary, the last free minds have been captured. The soon will be assimilated. By tomorrow all of them will part of your mind. Only you and I will have some measure of free thought, * Future Umbreon said.
"I know. But I am happy that you came to tell me that. That means I have no more need for this shape," Said the robed figure. Grey light diffused from under the cloak. As it fell of the shape, the others view changed to the outside again.
[In this reality, and in the ones you isn't killed, Gary you rule the world. The pain of loss and loneliness convinces you that everyone will be happier if there are no walls to separate their minds from others. Those who cannot be assimilated are killed. Umbreon is spared this fate only because her dark type and her closeness to you. But this always proves to be a mistake as the huge amount of psychic energy that soaks the atmosphere causes the mother of all storms. Ninety-nine to ninety percent of all life is wiped out. And if you are killed when you are the chosen, the lack of your stabilizing force causes the storm to form anyway, and without you help all life is wiped out,] Holly sends as scenes of death and destruction pass by there eyes.
Gary can't say anything as he stared in shock. "How does he get such power?" Ash asked horrified by the destruction.
[The pure one has the power to defeat the power of the dark, and quiet evil. One who has hope, love, faith, friendship, kindness, and compassion can stop the storm; but Gary is not the only one who could do such. Ash you too can be the chosen one,] Holly sent as the scenes stopped and changed showing Ash and his friends. [You too gave in to your inner darkness. Your empathy and compassion left you open to the pain and evil that exists in this world. Losing you kindness and memories of love, you give in to despair. You remove everyone's free will and emotions, leaving all pokémon and humans mindless slaves. In your zeal to remove all pain and sadness, you also remove all pleasure and happiness in life. And like Gary you killed all that stood in your way. But unlike Gary, who seals off all emotion, you let yours drive you to greater acts of evil culminating with killing Misty, always in some painful and underhanded matter. Anyway ninety percent of all futures end with the storms that rip across the planet ripping the surface to pieces, either caused by both of your actions or lack of them. There was a ten percent chance that one of you would beat your inner demons by yourself and lessen the storm, but every single time you died. The mental and physical strain was too much for you. There was only a less then one percent chance that you both survived and storm was stopped. But it was so unlikely chance that it would likely never happen naturally,] Holly sent.
The others saw Holly as she flew though the upper stories of a flooded building. They noticed that it was the Sliph Co. building that was half submerged and partially toppled over. The halls were filled with death, both human and pokémon. Disgusted the time traveling fairy pokémon flew out and landed on the roof of the building and looked at the sunset over the huge inland sea with a thoughtful expression.
[I felt that the prophecy of the Dark Mew could be stopped. If the pure one remained pure, probably with some help, then this dismal future would never happen. But for our kind it is forbidden to change anything in the time stream. If I did anything, I would be severely punished. But there was a loop whole. I could ask you to change your own future. I contacted Ash in a dream, and he agreed to allow me to suspend his duties as chosen. I now had the free rein to come to this time and change the future. I did a few minor adjustments to both your journeys, but left all of the decisions up to you. I never forced either one of you to do anything, and just trusted that you would make the right choices. And now comes the last choice. Right now your energies our equal. Both of you can become the chosen one, and both of you can become the dark one. So you must choose who will accept destiny and who will leave here a very good trainer. But you must decide before the storm ends, for the others know I am here and will find me soon after it ends,] she sent as the occupants of the tent found themselves in there again.
They sat in silence, each contemplating the visions of the future. Gary spoke first. "Wait, if Ash gave it up, why does he still have the potential?" Gary asked.
"The fact is I couldn't take it completely from him with out your consent as well. In the futures that you are the chosen one, Ash is already dead by some cause or another. I needed you both in the same place at the same time and both of you informed," Holly answered. "Right now you both need a small bump by yours truly to send the process to completion."
"And what if we both refuse?" Ash said still horrified from the visions.
"Then I will take some of the power from each of you. The roads you both took didn't give you the experience to do it, and my drain will stop it from happening. Of course I will have to try to stop the great storm myself, and I promise you that it will mean my death, but no one should have to risk the pain that you too could experience and or cause. Besides, I knew that was going to happen anyway just by talking to you two," Holly answered.
They were quiet for a minute then Gary spoke. "So someone has to be there," Gary mused out loud. "But you said that what you should us were possibilities? That none of them could happen?" Gary asked.
"Yes, that is true. Just by telling you this none of what you saw may happen. Or I may of just ensured it," Holly said floating to the middle of the tent with her head down.
"Couldn't someone else do it other than us?" Ash asked.
"No, other then you, Gary, another, and myself can wield that amount of psychic energy. And I am already tired from my own long journey through time. The other is no one you would want to trust such a responsibility too. He is very…bitter and in any case would not be able to do the task with a pure heart," Holly said. "And no humans except you two have the potential for that power and the time to reach it."
"Could you give us some time?" Ash asked her. She nodded. Ash and Gary went to a corner of the tent while Holly talked to the other pokémon. The other pokémon quietly attempted to cheered up the normally happy grass/psychic type from her sad mood. Meanwhile Ash and Gary quietly conferred.
"Ash, someone has to do prevent this from happing. If Holly is right, and I don't doubt she is, nether of us may be strong enough. So suggest this, we both do it. That way, we can each counter balance the other," Gary said.
"But what about…" Ash began but Gary interrupted him.
"No buts. I am going to do this thing. I am the great Gary Oak and Ash Ketchum, in order to be my rival you had to be equal to me at least. I never make mistakes and choosing you for a rival wasn't one. So I know if I become this so-called dark one you can stop me. And vice versa," Gary said with his trademark smirk.
"I just don't know if I'm strong enough," Ash whispered.
"I heard what you have done. You have helped so many pokémon and people on your journey. You escaped from Team Rocket. You helped me stop them in Sliph Co. Heck, you've been a head of me in this whole journey. So I know that you are strong enough to be my rival and strong enough for this," Gary said. (I'm the one who should worry if I'm strong enough,) Gary thought.
"Gary," Ash said looking at the other boy in surprise. "Ok. If you can do it, so can I. After all were rivals right? At least equal in strength; and if I can make this work, so can you, and vise versa," He whispered slowly getting lower until he shouted, "Let's do it!" He exclaimed his old spirit returning back to him.
The two walked over to Holly who was staring at the two of them in surprise at Ash's out burst. "Do what?" She asked them.
"We both want to become the chosen one," Gary said smirking at Holly.
"But it's the chosen one, the pure one, not two," She said confused.
"And that's the problem. The world is too much for one person to protect alone. So we are going to guard each other from the world," Ash said smiling Electra and Pidgeotto smiled too, feeling that Ash had some how loss a lot of the sadness in his heart.
"Ash, Gary, you two are one of a kind," Holly said laughing. "Alright, I'll do it. Both of you sit down and touch your foreheads together." They both complied, Ash taking off his hat. Holly floated over and placed a paw on each of there heads. A red green aura surrounded her. The storm outside seemed to intensify as rain and lighting flew from the sky. Darkness covered the land as the storm peaked in intensity. Somehow it seemed that the darkness was trying to take what it believed it should have. But the light that was now Holly spread over both Ash and Gary who started to glow blue as the psychic energy race though them. Holly fall back after a few moments, exhausted. Ash and Gary started into each other eyes and each other souls. The psychic link formed with a faint crash of thunder as the storm broke.
Ash and Gary became of aware again they looked around then focused on the sleeping Holly. Ash picked up the sleeping pokémon and tucked her in some blankets.
*Now what will you do? * Pikachu asked Gary.
"Simple, We're going to Viridian City, and confront Giovanni," Gary said.
"And this time where going to fight with everything we've got," Ash said. "So get some rest," he stated as he watched the now quiet rain.
Morning found Gary, Ash, Electra and Pikachu watching Holly as the two groups were going separate ways. Smoochum was still asleep in Gary's bag. Electra had one last question.
*Hey I just thought of something, you sometimes didn't show us what Ash or Gary looked like in the future or how they got the power to do that much damage. Why? * She asked.
"Simple," The time crosser spoke smiling. "No one should know to much of their own future. I showed all I could safely show you. There is one last thing that you might want to do. Take the number five-path south out of this forest. You might find some allies," She suggested as she started to fly away. "See you and Godspeed!" She said as she zipped off.
"Well let's go," Gary said hiking south. Ash looked after Holly, and mumbled, "I hope you stay well Holly," as he turned to follow, his pikachu mirroring his feelings.
Next Vision:
Ash and Gary go for there last badges and meet their fates head on.
And they both get closer to the change.
And the vision fades to destiny.
(The song title is from a song from Sonic Adventure 2, it seemed to fit!)
The boy and his pokémon ran though the trees of the forest at full speed. They jumped over logs and roots, dodged around rocks and trees, and ducked branches. They headed to their goal with no hesitation, trying to beat the storm that was coming.
Pokémon Oak styled Vision 08: Supporting Me
Ash stood looking at the tree that shared his name. (Well this is a good as place as any. I should be safe here,) Ash thought. He stared a moment longer, then began to rummage in his pack to find the tent he had inside it. He struggled for a moment to plant the tent in the ground. As he was trying to get the second peg in, a hand reached out a held the canvas steady in the rising wind.
"Hi, Ash," Gary cheerfully greeted. Umbreon and Pikachu held the third peg down as Ash stared at Gary forgetting the peg he had half way into the ground. Smoochum was sitting on Ash's bag. "Don't just stand there! There's a storm coming and this thing has to be standing," Gary said. Ash nodded and with the other boy's help and the help of the pokémon they managed to get the tent set up and secured. And they did it just in time too, as soon as Ash, Smoochum, Gary, Pikachu and Umbreon ducked inside the storm hit the clearing full force. The wind and rain tore at the tent and the occupants feared for their safety, but it held the weather at bay. Ash, now that he was secure, asked Gary the questions he had when he first say him.
"How did you escape? Did the others save you?" He asked him.
Gary wordlessly turned and rummaged thought the backpack he had. He pulled out a poké belt with six pokéballs on it. "Here's your pokémon, and as to how I escaped, our pokémon spring me and I met the others. We came for you but there were so many guards by the time we reached the top floor you were gone. What happened to you?" Gary questioned.
Ash checked to make sure all his pokémon where there, his hands pausing for a moment on Pidgeotto's pokéball. "I was some where I never want to go again, and they tried to make me do awful things. I really don't want to talk about it," Ash said his eyes pleading with Gary to drop the subject.
"What every you say Ash," Gary said to Ash as the other boy released his pikachu and pidgeotto. The all of them sat in companionable silence. Suddenly something hit the flap of the tent.
*What was that? * Electra asked. Her question was answered as Holly poked her wet head in the tent. He green eyes now where lit up by the electric lantern in the middle of the tent.
"Hello! Do mind if I take shelter from the storm?" She asked smiling.
"I guess…" Gary said looking at Ash and the pokémon.
"Sure," Ash said looking at her curiously.
*Why not? * Electra said walking over to Pikachu.
*I see no reason not to, * Umbreon sated.
*Nether do I, * Pidgeotto said.
*Hi, * Smoochum shouted.
*I'm ok with that, * Pikachu said nervously looking at Electra who was slowly getting closer and closer to him.
"Great!" Said the soggy girl as she ducked into the tent. She stayed near the flap so she would not tract water in. "I have something that I have to tell you both!" she said suddenly becoming very edgy. "This is the best time to tell you this because no one will interrupt us."
Umbreon looked very closely at her, then exclaimed, *Wait I was right. You aren't what you appear to be are you? *
"I figured you would be the first to discover that once you evolved. But now let me show the rest of you…" She said. Her body became transparent and seemed to implode on itself with a flash of green-red light. What was hovering in place of Holly was a pokémon. Her rounded feet, legs and lower body up to her chest were colored red. Her arms, chest and face were a light pink and she three fingers on each hand. She had black rings around her green eyes. The tips of her two pink antennas were red as well as the back of onion shaped head. She had two shimming fairy wings and was hovering with a smile smirk. "Let me truly introduce myself. I am the strongest of the time crossers, the sinning celebi, Holly. And I need to tell you why I have meddling in your lives."
"Wait, if you're a pokémon, how did you pass yourself off as human?" Gary asked confused.
[I sent a mental projection into others minds. And I used telekinesis to manipulate objects with my so-called hands. So I was never human to begin with,] she sent into there minds. [Now let me show you something…] The world suddenly vanished and the four pokémon and two humans found themselves falling to the ground a hundred feet below them.
Pidgeotto tried to grab Electra but he couldn't fly or slow down his plummet in any way. *I can't stop! * The bird pokémon said panicked. Smoochum attempted to grab on to Gary with similar results.
[Don't panic. What you are about to see and hear is just one of many futures. Unfortunately most of them aren't much better then this and a great deal of the rest are worse. No one hear can see, touch or hear you. So don't worry. ] Holly sent.
The people mindless built new dwellings, their pokémon just as mindlessly supporting them. The all had but one will and one mind, that of the master. And that master stood on the top of a dark tower. A cloak concealed his form. He looked down on the minds that were linked to him.
*What does this have to do with us? * Pikachu asked.
[Wait and see,] Holly sent. Some how they knew the figure that smiled a bitter smile. He turned to walk in to the top tower of the room and the others followed him in through a wall. They watched the figure walked to throne and sat brooding. He looked up only when a black pokémon with gold rings walked in.
*Wait is that me? * Umbreon asked looking closely at the new comer. *It is! *
*Gary, the last free minds have been captured. The soon will be assimilated. By tomorrow all of them will part of your mind. Only you and I will have some measure of free thought, * Future Umbreon said.
"I know. But I am happy that you came to tell me that. That means I have no more need for this shape," Said the robed figure. Grey light diffused from under the cloak. As it fell of the shape, the others view changed to the outside again.
[In this reality, and in the ones you isn't killed, Gary you rule the world. The pain of loss and loneliness convinces you that everyone will be happier if there are no walls to separate their minds from others. Those who cannot be assimilated are killed. Umbreon is spared this fate only because her dark type and her closeness to you. But this always proves to be a mistake as the huge amount of psychic energy that soaks the atmosphere causes the mother of all storms. Ninety-nine to ninety percent of all life is wiped out. And if you are killed when you are the chosen, the lack of your stabilizing force causes the storm to form anyway, and without you help all life is wiped out,] Holly sends as scenes of death and destruction pass by there eyes.
Gary can't say anything as he stared in shock. "How does he get such power?" Ash asked horrified by the destruction.
[The pure one has the power to defeat the power of the dark, and quiet evil. One who has hope, love, faith, friendship, kindness, and compassion can stop the storm; but Gary is not the only one who could do such. Ash you too can be the chosen one,] Holly sent as the scenes stopped and changed showing Ash and his friends. [You too gave in to your inner darkness. Your empathy and compassion left you open to the pain and evil that exists in this world. Losing you kindness and memories of love, you give in to despair. You remove everyone's free will and emotions, leaving all pokémon and humans mindless slaves. In your zeal to remove all pain and sadness, you also remove all pleasure and happiness in life. And like Gary you killed all that stood in your way. But unlike Gary, who seals off all emotion, you let yours drive you to greater acts of evil culminating with killing Misty, always in some painful and underhanded matter. Anyway ninety percent of all futures end with the storms that rip across the planet ripping the surface to pieces, either caused by both of your actions or lack of them. There was a ten percent chance that one of you would beat your inner demons by yourself and lessen the storm, but every single time you died. The mental and physical strain was too much for you. There was only a less then one percent chance that you both survived and storm was stopped. But it was so unlikely chance that it would likely never happen naturally,] Holly sent.
The others saw Holly as she flew though the upper stories of a flooded building. They noticed that it was the Sliph Co. building that was half submerged and partially toppled over. The halls were filled with death, both human and pokémon. Disgusted the time traveling fairy pokémon flew out and landed on the roof of the building and looked at the sunset over the huge inland sea with a thoughtful expression.
[I felt that the prophecy of the Dark Mew could be stopped. If the pure one remained pure, probably with some help, then this dismal future would never happen. But for our kind it is forbidden to change anything in the time stream. If I did anything, I would be severely punished. But there was a loop whole. I could ask you to change your own future. I contacted Ash in a dream, and he agreed to allow me to suspend his duties as chosen. I now had the free rein to come to this time and change the future. I did a few minor adjustments to both your journeys, but left all of the decisions up to you. I never forced either one of you to do anything, and just trusted that you would make the right choices. And now comes the last choice. Right now your energies our equal. Both of you can become the chosen one, and both of you can become the dark one. So you must choose who will accept destiny and who will leave here a very good trainer. But you must decide before the storm ends, for the others know I am here and will find me soon after it ends,] she sent as the occupants of the tent found themselves in there again.
They sat in silence, each contemplating the visions of the future. Gary spoke first. "Wait, if Ash gave it up, why does he still have the potential?" Gary asked.
"The fact is I couldn't take it completely from him with out your consent as well. In the futures that you are the chosen one, Ash is already dead by some cause or another. I needed you both in the same place at the same time and both of you informed," Holly answered. "Right now you both need a small bump by yours truly to send the process to completion."
"And what if we both refuse?" Ash said still horrified from the visions.
"Then I will take some of the power from each of you. The roads you both took didn't give you the experience to do it, and my drain will stop it from happening. Of course I will have to try to stop the great storm myself, and I promise you that it will mean my death, but no one should have to risk the pain that you too could experience and or cause. Besides, I knew that was going to happen anyway just by talking to you two," Holly answered.
They were quiet for a minute then Gary spoke. "So someone has to be there," Gary mused out loud. "But you said that what you should us were possibilities? That none of them could happen?" Gary asked.
"Yes, that is true. Just by telling you this none of what you saw may happen. Or I may of just ensured it," Holly said floating to the middle of the tent with her head down.
"Couldn't someone else do it other than us?" Ash asked.
"No, other then you, Gary, another, and myself can wield that amount of psychic energy. And I am already tired from my own long journey through time. The other is no one you would want to trust such a responsibility too. He is very…bitter and in any case would not be able to do the task with a pure heart," Holly said. "And no humans except you two have the potential for that power and the time to reach it."
"Could you give us some time?" Ash asked her. She nodded. Ash and Gary went to a corner of the tent while Holly talked to the other pokémon. The other pokémon quietly attempted to cheered up the normally happy grass/psychic type from her sad mood. Meanwhile Ash and Gary quietly conferred.
"Ash, someone has to do prevent this from happing. If Holly is right, and I don't doubt she is, nether of us may be strong enough. So suggest this, we both do it. That way, we can each counter balance the other," Gary said.
"But what about…" Ash began but Gary interrupted him.
"No buts. I am going to do this thing. I am the great Gary Oak and Ash Ketchum, in order to be my rival you had to be equal to me at least. I never make mistakes and choosing you for a rival wasn't one. So I know if I become this so-called dark one you can stop me. And vice versa," Gary said with his trademark smirk.
"I just don't know if I'm strong enough," Ash whispered.
"I heard what you have done. You have helped so many pokémon and people on your journey. You escaped from Team Rocket. You helped me stop them in Sliph Co. Heck, you've been a head of me in this whole journey. So I know that you are strong enough to be my rival and strong enough for this," Gary said. (I'm the one who should worry if I'm strong enough,) Gary thought.
"Gary," Ash said looking at the other boy in surprise. "Ok. If you can do it, so can I. After all were rivals right? At least equal in strength; and if I can make this work, so can you, and vise versa," He whispered slowly getting lower until he shouted, "Let's do it!" He exclaimed his old spirit returning back to him.
The two walked over to Holly who was staring at the two of them in surprise at Ash's out burst. "Do what?" She asked them.
"We both want to become the chosen one," Gary said smirking at Holly.
"But it's the chosen one, the pure one, not two," She said confused.
"And that's the problem. The world is too much for one person to protect alone. So we are going to guard each other from the world," Ash said smiling Electra and Pidgeotto smiled too, feeling that Ash had some how loss a lot of the sadness in his heart.
"Ash, Gary, you two are one of a kind," Holly said laughing. "Alright, I'll do it. Both of you sit down and touch your foreheads together." They both complied, Ash taking off his hat. Holly floated over and placed a paw on each of there heads. A red green aura surrounded her. The storm outside seemed to intensify as rain and lighting flew from the sky. Darkness covered the land as the storm peaked in intensity. Somehow it seemed that the darkness was trying to take what it believed it should have. But the light that was now Holly spread over both Ash and Gary who started to glow blue as the psychic energy race though them. Holly fall back after a few moments, exhausted. Ash and Gary started into each other eyes and each other souls. The psychic link formed with a faint crash of thunder as the storm broke.
Ash and Gary became of aware again they looked around then focused on the sleeping Holly. Ash picked up the sleeping pokémon and tucked her in some blankets.
*Now what will you do? * Pikachu asked Gary.
"Simple, We're going to Viridian City, and confront Giovanni," Gary said.
"And this time where going to fight with everything we've got," Ash said. "So get some rest," he stated as he watched the now quiet rain.
Morning found Gary, Ash, Electra and Pikachu watching Holly as the two groups were going separate ways. Smoochum was still asleep in Gary's bag. Electra had one last question.
*Hey I just thought of something, you sometimes didn't show us what Ash or Gary looked like in the future or how they got the power to do that much damage. Why? * She asked.
"Simple," The time crosser spoke smiling. "No one should know to much of their own future. I showed all I could safely show you. There is one last thing that you might want to do. Take the number five-path south out of this forest. You might find some allies," She suggested as she started to fly away. "See you and Godspeed!" She said as she zipped off.
"Well let's go," Gary said hiking south. Ash looked after Holly, and mumbled, "I hope you stay well Holly," as he turned to follow, his pikachu mirroring his feelings.
Next Vision:
Ash and Gary go for there last badges and meet their fates head on.
And they both get closer to the change.
And the vision fades to destiny.
(The song title is from a song from Sonic Adventure 2, it seemed to fit!)