Chapter 2 – Hell on Earth

Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu appeared next to the Pokémon Center in Fuchsia City. "Blissey, return!" Ash declared, letting the recall beam de- materialize Blissey and suck her back into the Pokéball. The street was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. The whole city seemed deserted. "Ash, everyone's probably gone into the Pokémon Center bomb shelter. They were built in the 20th century because of increasing fear of nuclear war." Brock stated. "We aren't going to find anybody around here." Ash nodded and the started to walk through the abandoned streets of Fuchsia City. Cars were stopped dead in the middle of the road, keys still in them. Bicycles lay on their side with the wind spinning their wheels. Doors were left ajar, lights were left on in homes. Once Team Rocket had started to attack it seemed everybody just stopped what he or she were doing and ran to hide. The few left were looters. "Lets stop at the General Store first. We may need some stuff." Ash said walking into the dimly lit store. There was no clerk present so Ash took the items he needed and left the money on the counter. Before he left took a glance at the TV to see a picture of Celadon City almost completely leveled. 'Team Rocket must have used H- Bombs…Holy shit…' Ash thought. What he left the store with was 50 feet of rope, 3 sleeping bags, 5 lighters, a Swiss army knife, some canned food, 40 potions, 30 super potions, 20 hyper potions, 10 max potions, 5 X-Speeds, 5 X-Defense, 5 X-Attack, 5 X-Special, 5 Scope Lenses, 5 Full Restores, 3 Max Revives, 5 Burn Heals, 5 Ice Heals, 5 Paralyze Heals, 5 Antidotes, 5 Awakenings, 10 Revives, 5 Guard Specials, 5 X-Accuracy, 5 Dire Hit, 10 Elixirs, 10 Ethers, 5 Max Elixirs, 5 Max Ethers, 10 Max Repels, and some TM Powders. His backpack was full to the max and he called Misty and Brock over so they could share some of the stuff with him and he didn't have to carry every last bit of it. "You guys know about the rule allowing you to only carry 6 Pokémon, right? Do you think it counts anymore?" Ash inquired. They all looked at each other and grinned. Ash pulled up his Pokédex and started entering in all the Pokémon that he had at Prof. Oak's lab. Almost immediately, more Pokéballs appeared on his belt. Misty borrowed his Pokédex and transported the Pokémon from her gym over to her belt and so did Brock. Ash had left a lot of the Tauros at Prof. Oak's because he decided they might be helpful to his mom, Prof. Oak, and Tracey. Having everything set, they started towards the base. Pikachu was doing a lot better and was now following behind the group searching for anything that might be trouble. *Ash! Someone's following us! They're in that alleyway!* Pikachu cried, his ears twitching. Ash looked rather surprised but took a Pokéball from his belt and threw it into the air. "Go Deathwing!" Ash shouted, "Use a Smokescreen to force whoever is in their out!" The large Charizard nodded and was about to do so when they heard a scream from the alleyway. "NO! Please don't! I'll come out!" a voice called from the alleyway. With that, a kid exited the alleyway holding a red mountain bike. She looked to be about 7 and her eyes were puffy from crying. "It's just a kid…" Ash whispered, horrified at what a smokescreen could to do a kid that age. "What's your name?"

"Allison. But everybody always calls me Ally. My parents and I live in Celadon City, but when there were explosions and they sent me down to Fuchsia along Cycling Road. They said they'd meet me here later, but they never showed up!"

Ash grimaced remembering the broken buildings and scattered survivors from the picture at the General Store.

"Listen Ally, we'll do our best to help you find your parents if you come with us. After we do some things, we'll head up Cycling Road, okay?"

"THANK YOU MR. KETCHUM!"

Ally ran up to Ash hugging him tightly. Ash smiled and stated, "I didn't know you recognized me." "I did, I just was to busy worrying over my parents to say anything." Ally replied. Brock moved over to Ash and whispered into his ear, "Ash, I thought Celadon was nearly leveled." "Ixnay on Eladoncay!" Ash hissed at Brock.

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Giovanni deRocketti stood in front of 1500 rockets. "This is it men. We have the world in our grasp. Nothing can stop us I tell you, NOTHING! Go after the other capitals of the nations and crush any and all resistance you encounter! Today is our day to shine! Kill the weak and any strong men or women and children bring to me. We need more workers and they should all be helpful. I fear that many of you will die against the U.S. army, but I have no doubt in my mind that you will die fighting for our cause and helping to achieve our dream. The U.S. has sent a massive counter strike against us in retaliation and wiped out 10 of our best fleets and some of our militaristic vehicles. But they aren't the only ones to watch out for. The World Pokémon League has sent out the Elite Seven with weapons and their own Pokémon. Watch out for them and other renegade trainers. Failure is not an option, do you understand me!?" Giovanni declared. "Sir, yes, sir!" the soldiers shouted in response.

"GO!!"

The soldiers saluted their leader and marched out of the room with head held high. "I have the world in my grasp…we shall conquer!" Giovanni roared to no one.

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Sabrina vonDamien watched from the clouds as Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu, and Ally walked towards the Fuchsia military base. "Mewtwo has told me not to interfere with this… Be careful, oh Chosen One." She whispered. A flash of blue psychic energy surrounded her, and she was gone.

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On some deserted island a figure sat in a newly built castle. There was a flash of light and Sabrina appeared there. "Mewtwo, why do you stop me! They need our help!" Sabrina cried. Her eyes glowed full of blue, her psychic aura expanding with her anger. "Because young one, your feelings for the Chosen One will get in the way. We will help when we need to. But we must prepare ourselves. Giovanni has taken over Silph Co. and now possesses the Masterball technology. May God have mercy on all our souls for if the Chosen One fails, we are all doomed.

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Our heroes had just arrived at the military base to find 20 civilians armed with assault rifles standing outside of it. "Halt!" the guy who was obviously the leader yelled. All 20 of them aimed their rifles at the group. "Easy guys, we're here to help. We escaped Goldenrod City. My name is Ash Ketchum." Ash declared with his hands up. The guy laughed and replied, "Yea, and I'm Santa Claus!"

"Fine, I'll prove it. Pikachu, Thunder Ball."

Pikachu nodded and started gathering electricity. He held out his hands and a giant ball of electricity formed in front of him. "CHU!" Pikachu screamed as he released into the sky. The ball up about 100 feet before it stopped and exploded with a brilliant flash making it look something like a super nova. "Holy flying fuck, you are Ash Ketchum!" the leader gasped. "Come inside we'll need your help." Just as the leader said that, another civilian came running up, out of breath. "Thousands of Team Rocket members are over that hill…" the guy said collapsing from exhaustion. "Get him inside!" another man yelled. "Tell Janine about this! Get these three people some weapons and get that little girl into the basement!" The civilians nodded and everyone ran inside.

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"It has begun…" Sabrina whispered.