Ch. 8 War, What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing!
"Hey Ash," Tracey was saying to himself back at Ash's house. He was trying to make up a story for Ash to explain why Ashley was gone again. But before he could practice more, Ash came up. "Uh, say there's this king who had a bad daughter, and she disobeyed everyone and disappeared again. What would the king do to the off duty guards?"
"Ashley is gone again?" Ash growled, getting it.
"Ash!" Brock ran over. "Outsiders are on the attack, heading this way. It's war!"
"Brock, find Ashley! Tracey, Todd, warn everyone!" Ash commanded. "Move!" Ash ran off as Tracey and Todd looked at each other confused and afraid. All through Pallet, a heavy storm began and the townsfolk began to go inside when they saw Jessy leading her brood through the land. Ash had rounded everyone together, family, friends and Pokemon. They all had to fight. Jessy laughed as she stood on a tall rock when both teams finally met in the vast opening in the grassier, non-residential areas of Pallet. Ash stepped in front of his team and seemed to say, look at me Jessy I have a better team.
"It's over Ash, I've dreamed of nothing else for years!" Jessy growled.
"Then she really needs a life." Tracey whispered to Todd, everyone got ready.
"This is your last chance to go home!" Ash warned as Pikachu jumped on him.
"I am home." Jessy grinned. "Attack!" Both sides gave their battle cry and began to move out. Ash lead his team while Jessy just watched from the rock and let Gary lead. Both teams neared and began to run at each other. Ash growled as he lead the crash into battle. The people and Pokemon met in a flock of furry and fought bitterly. From across a canyon, Ashley and George could see this. They were shocked and appalled. They looked at each other with gasping faces and ran to try and get closer, hoping they weren't too late. Ash and Meowth struggled with each other in hand to paw combat while Misty leaped over Pikachu who was chasing a scared Wobbuffet. Gary jumped on a rock behind her. Misty sensed something and gasped, turning around to see him staring down at her.
"Where's your little girl Misty?" Gary teased.
"Gary!" Misty growled, Gary roared and attacked her. Leaping off the rock he gave her a take down in the gut and she fell easily due to Gary's strength. She tried to attacked back, but didn't do much of a good job. It was like an attack from Mr. Burns.
"Oh no, this is bad, what do we do?" Todd asked.
"The only thing we can do, when the going gets tough, the tough gets going." Tracey said and with that battle cry, they duo ran into the dust. Victrebell appeared and gave a mighty scream. "Like I said, let's get going!" They both fled in fear. Soon they were trapped by a cliff and Victrebell had gotten reinforcements. Todd cowered as Tracey tried to think of something. He saw Todd's camera and got an idea. He laughed as he snatched it from around Todd's neck. He grinned as he aimed it at the Pokemon. "Don't anybody move, this guns loaded and I'll let you have it!" They ran off in fear. "Look's can be deceiving." Tracey handed the camera back to relieved Todd.
"Yes, we've got them now!" Jessy grinned and saw Ash being mauled by Arbok and Weezing. "Ash, you're mind." Jessy laughed to herself, leaping from the rock, she walked over. She pushed and shoved her way through the fights until she reached Ash and hit him down. The fighting began to grow quite as everyone turned to them. They all began to form a big circle the bosses were fighting. Jessy began to pace around as Ash got up, growling. They began to circle each other. Jessy laughed as she raised a fist, Ash did the same, but before they could attack, Ashley and George leaped between them.
"Ashley?" Ash gasped as she frowned at him. "Stand aside."
"George!" Jessy yelled as he leered back. "Move."
"You won't hurt Ashley or anyone else here, not while I am." George replied.
"Dad, this has to stop." Ashley pleaded.
"But, they," Ash started after he caught his breath.
"Them, us." Ashley cut off. "Look at them, what differences do you see?" Ash and everyone looked around. "Nothing can force them to be bad, everyone starts out good but you have a choice. A trainer once told me, we are one. I didn't understand then, but now I do." Ash looked up as the sun broke through the storm and it died down. He smiled and hugged Ashley. Gary's face began to soften but Meowth just kept on growling.
"Gary, now attack!" Jessy ordered, catching him by surprise.
"No honey!" Gary frowned and looked at his son who gulped, not knowing what to expect. "George is right, this is enough." He walked over and stood by them. The Pokemon gasped, even Meowth. What was he doing? Ash and George grinned at him.
"You're even weaker than I thought!" Jessy yelled, Gary tensed and was confused. "But if you won't fight, you'll just die as well." All the Pokemon gasped, she would kill her own husband and son? "What? Where are you going?" Jessy gasped as all the Pokemon began to whisper and move beside Ash's team, all but Meowth that is.
"Let it go Jessy." Ash replied as he and the trainers stood before the Pokemon.
"I'll never let it go!" Jessy yelled, Ash groaned from pain and at Jessy's anger.
"This is for Team Rocket!" Meowth growled, only he and Jessy were left to fight for that name now. Jessy nodded and lunged for Ash, but Ashley saw. She growled and hit her aside, causing both herself and Jessy to roll down the canyon wall.
"Ashley!" George and Ash cried and ran over to the edge.
"Hang on!" Ash began to leap down the cliff, climbing as rapidly as he could.
"Ah!" Jessy cried as they rolled down and she rolled off a ledge but managed to grab on. Ashley rolled down after her but stopped on the ledge and looked over.
"Jessy, give me your hand, I want to help you!" Ashley reached out as Jessy began to slip more. She just aimed a punch and Ashley backed up. That made her loose her grip and she fell into the rapids below. Ashley gasped as Jessy screamed and was gone. George sighed it was all over now. Jessy, James, all of Team Rocket was history.
"Ashley?" Ash whispered as he came up behind her, forgetting all his pain.
"I'm sorry dad." Ashley turned and he helped her up. "I tried."
"Hey Ash," Tracey was saying to himself back at Ash's house. He was trying to make up a story for Ash to explain why Ashley was gone again. But before he could practice more, Ash came up. "Uh, say there's this king who had a bad daughter, and she disobeyed everyone and disappeared again. What would the king do to the off duty guards?"
"Ashley is gone again?" Ash growled, getting it.
"Ash!" Brock ran over. "Outsiders are on the attack, heading this way. It's war!"
"Brock, find Ashley! Tracey, Todd, warn everyone!" Ash commanded. "Move!" Ash ran off as Tracey and Todd looked at each other confused and afraid. All through Pallet, a heavy storm began and the townsfolk began to go inside when they saw Jessy leading her brood through the land. Ash had rounded everyone together, family, friends and Pokemon. They all had to fight. Jessy laughed as she stood on a tall rock when both teams finally met in the vast opening in the grassier, non-residential areas of Pallet. Ash stepped in front of his team and seemed to say, look at me Jessy I have a better team.
"It's over Ash, I've dreamed of nothing else for years!" Jessy growled.
"Then she really needs a life." Tracey whispered to Todd, everyone got ready.
"This is your last chance to go home!" Ash warned as Pikachu jumped on him.
"I am home." Jessy grinned. "Attack!" Both sides gave their battle cry and began to move out. Ash lead his team while Jessy just watched from the rock and let Gary lead. Both teams neared and began to run at each other. Ash growled as he lead the crash into battle. The people and Pokemon met in a flock of furry and fought bitterly. From across a canyon, Ashley and George could see this. They were shocked and appalled. They looked at each other with gasping faces and ran to try and get closer, hoping they weren't too late. Ash and Meowth struggled with each other in hand to paw combat while Misty leaped over Pikachu who was chasing a scared Wobbuffet. Gary jumped on a rock behind her. Misty sensed something and gasped, turning around to see him staring down at her.
"Where's your little girl Misty?" Gary teased.
"Gary!" Misty growled, Gary roared and attacked her. Leaping off the rock he gave her a take down in the gut and she fell easily due to Gary's strength. She tried to attacked back, but didn't do much of a good job. It was like an attack from Mr. Burns.
"Oh no, this is bad, what do we do?" Todd asked.
"The only thing we can do, when the going gets tough, the tough gets going." Tracey said and with that battle cry, they duo ran into the dust. Victrebell appeared and gave a mighty scream. "Like I said, let's get going!" They both fled in fear. Soon they were trapped by a cliff and Victrebell had gotten reinforcements. Todd cowered as Tracey tried to think of something. He saw Todd's camera and got an idea. He laughed as he snatched it from around Todd's neck. He grinned as he aimed it at the Pokemon. "Don't anybody move, this guns loaded and I'll let you have it!" They ran off in fear. "Look's can be deceiving." Tracey handed the camera back to relieved Todd.
"Yes, we've got them now!" Jessy grinned and saw Ash being mauled by Arbok and Weezing. "Ash, you're mind." Jessy laughed to herself, leaping from the rock, she walked over. She pushed and shoved her way through the fights until she reached Ash and hit him down. The fighting began to grow quite as everyone turned to them. They all began to form a big circle the bosses were fighting. Jessy began to pace around as Ash got up, growling. They began to circle each other. Jessy laughed as she raised a fist, Ash did the same, but before they could attack, Ashley and George leaped between them.
"Ashley?" Ash gasped as she frowned at him. "Stand aside."
"George!" Jessy yelled as he leered back. "Move."
"You won't hurt Ashley or anyone else here, not while I am." George replied.
"Dad, this has to stop." Ashley pleaded.
"But, they," Ash started after he caught his breath.
"Them, us." Ashley cut off. "Look at them, what differences do you see?" Ash and everyone looked around. "Nothing can force them to be bad, everyone starts out good but you have a choice. A trainer once told me, we are one. I didn't understand then, but now I do." Ash looked up as the sun broke through the storm and it died down. He smiled and hugged Ashley. Gary's face began to soften but Meowth just kept on growling.
"Gary, now attack!" Jessy ordered, catching him by surprise.
"No honey!" Gary frowned and looked at his son who gulped, not knowing what to expect. "George is right, this is enough." He walked over and stood by them. The Pokemon gasped, even Meowth. What was he doing? Ash and George grinned at him.
"You're even weaker than I thought!" Jessy yelled, Gary tensed and was confused. "But if you won't fight, you'll just die as well." All the Pokemon gasped, she would kill her own husband and son? "What? Where are you going?" Jessy gasped as all the Pokemon began to whisper and move beside Ash's team, all but Meowth that is.
"Let it go Jessy." Ash replied as he and the trainers stood before the Pokemon.
"I'll never let it go!" Jessy yelled, Ash groaned from pain and at Jessy's anger.
"This is for Team Rocket!" Meowth growled, only he and Jessy were left to fight for that name now. Jessy nodded and lunged for Ash, but Ashley saw. She growled and hit her aside, causing both herself and Jessy to roll down the canyon wall.
"Ashley!" George and Ash cried and ran over to the edge.
"Hang on!" Ash began to leap down the cliff, climbing as rapidly as he could.
"Ah!" Jessy cried as they rolled down and she rolled off a ledge but managed to grab on. Ashley rolled down after her but stopped on the ledge and looked over.
"Jessy, give me your hand, I want to help you!" Ashley reached out as Jessy began to slip more. She just aimed a punch and Ashley backed up. That made her loose her grip and she fell into the rapids below. Ashley gasped as Jessy screamed and was gone. George sighed it was all over now. Jessy, James, all of Team Rocket was history.
"Ashley?" Ash whispered as he came up behind her, forgetting all his pain.
"I'm sorry dad." Ashley turned and he helped her up. "I tried."