Freedom of the Phoenix - Part 2

The hover plane approached the Whirl Islands. It slowed and stopped be Blue Rock Isle and faced the sea. Four Rockets climbed out and stood on top. They all threw a Pokéball. A Jolteon, a Raichu, a Magnaton and an Amphoros stood before their trainers.

"Thunder attack!" The Rockets said in unison.

The electric Pokémon powered up and shot for powerful Thunder attacks at the sea.

The sea seemed to light up with electricity, and water Pokémon could be seen swiming around, trying to escape the electric shocks.

When the Thunder attacks stopped, a great shadow appeared under the water. It remained motionless for a moment and then there was a large rush of water erupting from the sea.

When the water fell back int the sea, Lugia, another Legandary Bird Pokémon, flew infront of the Rockets.

Just like with Moltres, Articuno and Zapdos, a Captureball shot forward towards Lugia.

Lugia shot an Aeroblast at the approaching Pokéball.

It struck the Captureball but it was unaffected. It just slowed for a moment and then shot forward again.

Lugia flew up, trying to dodge the Captureball, but the Captureball hit it's large tail and it was sucked in.

The Captureball flew back to the plane and one of the Rockets grabbed it. The four Rockets returned their Pokémon and got back into the plane.

As soon as the last Rocket got in, the plane took off.

Down below, on a rock near the coast, Silver, a baby Lugia, called out for it's captured parent.

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"So, why did you trust the Pokémon Master? And why did you believe his predictions?" Ash sat on a rock talking to the giant legandary bird.

"Because he was our friend. He understood us, which is something we thought no human could do, and he tried to protect us, just like you and Pikachu do for eachother. If Pikachu told you something you'd believe him wouldn't you?" Ho-oh sat with it's wings folded.

"I see. So he was sort of like a trainer to you?" Ash continued.

"Well, I guess you could put it that way" Ho-oh shrugged.

Ash sighed and looked out at the caves entrance. "Wonder were Misty and Brock are"

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Misty yawned and rubbed her eyes as she woke. She looked over at Brock, who was still sleeping and then over to were Ash was. But he wasn't there. She sat bolt upright. Pikachu was still there, but Ash's bag wasn't. She got up and walked over to Brock. "Hey, Brock?"

Brock moaned and looked up at her, "What? I was having such a nice dream"

Misty rolled her eyes. "Anyway, have you seen Ash? His bag is gone"

Brock yawned and sat up. "Maybe he went for a walk"

"Has Ash ever gotton out of bed before us before?" Misty crossed her arms.

Brock thought for a moment, "Good point. But why don't we ask Pikachu?"

"Good idea" Misty walked over to Pikachu. She knelt down beside him. "Pikachu?" She got no responce. "Hey, Pikachu, wake up" Still no responce. "Pikachu!"

"Pika!" Pikachu jumped up and fell back down on his stomach. He shook his head and sat up. He rubbed his eyes. "Pika...?" [What...?]

"Have you seen Ash?" Misty asked.

"Pikapi...?" [Ash...?] He yawned. Then he answered. "Pi cha, pika pikachu pika pi picha pi pikachu" [Oh ya, he went up the mountain a few hours ago] He pointed up at the mountain.

Misty sighed. "Well he could have told us" She picked up her bag and the sleeping Togepi. She packed away her sleeping bag and waited till Brock was ready.

Brock packed away his stuff and Ash's sleeping bag that he had left behind. He pulled on his bag and walk over to Misty, Togepi and Pikachu.

Pikachu jumped onto Brock's shoulder and yawned again.

When they were all ready they headed up the mountain at a much longer yet safer way to the way Ash had gone.

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A Team Rocket member walked into the ruins of Alph. He took out a small device that looked like a Pokédex, but the screen showed a small blue dot and a red dot labled 'Rocket'. The Rocket walked in the direction of the blue dot and the red dot moved also. After a while, the red dot stood only a few feet away from the blue. The Rocket looked up and saw a big blue dog lay infront of him. It was Suicune.

Suicune was sleeping soundly, and didn't see the Captureball that the Rocket had thrown come towards it. It opened its eyes just in time to see the Captureball hit its shoulder.

The Captureball sucked Suicune in and floated back to the Rocket, who took it and left the Ruins.

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Misty and Brock had been walking for hours and were finnally near the top. Pikachu had fallen asleep again as well as Togepi. They stopped near the top and sat down to rest. After a few minutes they headed up again.

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Ash had been quiet for a while, trying to take in all that had happened in the past few hours.

Suddenly, Ho-oh's eyes flashed and it stood up.

Ash looked up at it nerviously, "Wh-what's wrong?"

"Intruders" Ho-oh spread its wings and flew out towards the exit.

Ash was blown back by the giant birds wings and had hit his head off a rock. He sat up and groaned, rubbing his head.

Ho-oh stayed in the shadows of the cave and instintly saw the intruders.

Misty, Brock and Pikachu were just after arriving at the top. They sighed and looked around them, their back to the cave.

Ho-oh growled and spread it's wings. It flapped them and as it left the shadows it shrieked loudly. It flew up high above them.

Misty and Brock spun around to see Ho-oh towering high above them. They froze with fright as flames began to appear in its mouth as it powered up for a flame thrower.

Ho-oh raised it's head and released a flamethrower.

"Ho-oh stop!"

Ash ran out of the cave and ran infront of the Misty, Brock and Pikachu, right in the path of the flamethrower. He clenched his fists and put his arms up infront of his face as the flames shot towards him.

"Pikapi!" [Ash!]

"Ash!" Misty and Brock called as they saw Ash get engulfed by the flamethrower.

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To Be Continued

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Heehee, well, thats me next chappy up, faster than I expected. Onlt took me a few hours. Not bad. Well, maybe the others will be up soon too. See ya in the next chapter,
Bay Bay!
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