A/N: Thanks to Drakon for the name Sierra as Misty in Tekkaman form
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Just about everyone in the room aside from Ash seemed to lose their composure at that comment. But with his helmet still on, no one could tell if he was frowning or not
"Officer Jenny, is your, mother?" Erika was shocked to say the least
Jenny decided rather than go into a long and boring story she gave them a succinct and short version
"In short, both Mr. Waterflower and I got totally smashed at a function and ended up in a broom closet" she said, the flat tone of her voice betraying the shame she actually had felt at the time
"Okay…" was all Brock could manage at this startling revelation
"Am I to assume that Gary suggested we go to Cerulean City so he could attempt to make Misty look bad?" Ash asked
Misty nodded; that sounded like the speed of it
"Then where did that needle dick, Wave, come into this?" Ash enquired
Misty took a deep breath
"Well, Wave wanted me to marry him; it was more a convenience thing than anything else. It would gain him favour from my 'father' for taking in a bastard child" Misty said, tears touching her eyes
Jenny was about to burst into tears also: this was a secret she'd hidden from all of her relatives and for a short time even her Misty herself. Jenny's eyes widened as she felt a hand grip hers for support: it was Misty. Ash quickly deducted that the pair needed time alone
"Okay; Brock, Erika and Lily. Lunch is on me, let's go" he said
The other occupants of the room soon realised what he was talking about and hastily filed out of the room, Ash last of all. He stopped and stared right at Misty, then he removed his helmet and smiled at her
"You two sort out, what ya need to sort out. We will be here if you need us" he said
"I know" Misty answered and smiled back at him
Ash put his helmet back on and followed his friends; he decided to store his lance away: he was causing enough trouble as it was with out walking around with that lance over his shoulder. Ash trudged out and headed down in the elevator, his hulking figure causing some discomfort in the lift but he was oblivious to almost everything around him at the moment
[Be strong, you shall heal in time] he thought as the doors closed, cutting off his view of Misty
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Gary was in the private hanger on Wave's country estate: inside it he was training himself in the basic use of his newest acquisition: the Vanguard-X. It was a marvel of modern technology: special weapons consisting of enhanced laser weapons, machine guns with explosive tipped bullets and the most advanced synchronised pilot to user movement system on the planet
"This is excellent, Wave. Commendable work on acquiring it" Gary said as he aimed the guns and gave them a test fire
The lasers although never really going in a straight line were usually less than a centimetre off their original target. The machine guns although noisier were more accurate because they were fixed after adjustments to the aim were made
"Yes, this will do nicely" Gary muttered to himself and climbed out of the cockpit and went over to the nervous looking Wave
"You like it?" Wave asked
"Yes, this is a more recent model isn't it?" Gary enquired
"Yes. This is the new urban combat unit, that's why it has machine guns and lasers rather than cannons and missiles" he explained
Gary's grin became wider as Wave explained some of the finer points in the technology used in the suits construction and features: including the ability to fly for short periods of time. Gary found that part useless because he knew Ash could use his suit to fly for long periods of time, so he would have to be very subtle in his attacks; use the lasers and aim for joints and bends in his armour.
"Well, I shall field test it tomorrow" Gary announced and summoned his Tailow
"Come on you, let's get back to Cerulean" he said
The flying Pokemon obeyed his master and took off towards the city. Gary smirked in triumph; his plan was going to work: he was going to bump off that freak that Misty seemed so in love with and then she would have no choice but to go to him. As for Wave who was also lusting after her, Gary would take care of him in due course.
[Its all coming together] he thought as the Tailow landed in Cerulean Square
He recalled his Pokemon and strutted into the Pokemon Centre feeling all very pleased with himself and demanded his Pokemon be healed. Gary then wished to know where Misty was. Nurse Joy took a small delight in telling Gary that Misty was in Pewter City Hospital. He looked at her funny
"Why?" he asked
"Didn't you hear: she was shot by one of the stolen Vanguard units, and this amazing being saved her" Nurse Joy explained
"You want to run that by me again please?" he asked
"He was so furious when she was shot that he totally annihilated them, how he did I don't know, but I was told that if you looked into his eyes: you saw pure fury" Joy said the last part with the airiness a story teller had at the end of a moral story
"I don't believe this" Gary was dumbstruck
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Back at the hospital; Misty and Jenny were discussing their situation. Misty was still feeling confused because Jenny had let her father keep her at his house; she'd spent so many nights at Jenny's home asking her if she could be her mother instead of Mrs. Waterflower. And until now she had never thought to ask why.
"Every time you asked that question, I wanted to scream and tell you I was your mother. But your father held more clout than I did, not a lawyer in the city would help me" Jenny explained
"But you're a police officer, why wouldn't they help you?" Misty asked
"How would it seem to a court; I got drunk at a party, had unprotected sex with someone, and it was with the mayor" she offered
"Still, why didn't you tell me when I was older?" Misty asked
"I was going to tell you when you turned 18, but your father had sent you on your Pokemon journey" Jenny explained
Misty couldn't believe it: in a drunken rant at her 21st birthday family party, Mr. Waterflower had told Misty that Jenny was her mother; the guilty look that had been on the officer's face when he said that had been all the proof she needed to confirm the information. It had taken a years silence for them to work out their differences about the subject and now they were friends, but only now did she truly feel like Jenny was her mother.
"Oh this is so screwed up; now I wish I'd never gone on that journey" Misty lamented
"Don't say that; if you hadn't gone on that journey; you would never have met Ash, would you?" Jenny gently prodded
Misty was going to reply when she felt a weight in her left hand. Scrunching her brow, Misty looked down to see what the object was: when she saw what it was, she nearly cried out. In her hand was a crystal: the shape was that of a 5 sided, doubled ended pyramid in cobalt. She held it in front of her and Jenny; both had a fascinated look on their faces.
"It's a, a…" Jenny couldn't finish
"…Teknocrystal, it's a Teknocrystal" Misty wasn't sure whether she should be excited or scared
"Ash was right, you did gain his powers" Jenny said with a smile
"Yeah, I did didn't, I" Misty replied and ran her thumb over the surface of crystal; smooth and flawless
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Ash and the others were still down in the cafeteria eating their lunch (or picking at it) waiting for an all clear from Misty or Jenny so that they could go and see their friend again. Lacking anything else to do, Erika leaned over and asked Ash a question.
"Ash, where do you come from?" she asked
"What?" he was a caught off guard
"Where were you born, who were your parents?" Erika elaborated on what she wanted to know
"I, I can't remember, I honestly can't remember a damned thing about who I am or where I come from" he answered
"Is there anything you have that could help ID you?" Brock put in
"Like what?" Ash replied
"Mobile phone, credit or bank card, Pokedex" he suggested
"No, I had no wallet or anything like that when Nurse Joy found me, only this tattered backpack with my name, Ash, stitched in it. My Pokedex is damaged so I can't use it" Ash explained
"How badly is the Pokedex damaged?" Lily asked
"Pretty badly, I think it was crushed and the hard drive was damaged" Ash said and produced said item
[Hmm, short of a bullet in the discs, hard rives are pretty difficult to kill. A data recovery expert could get something out of it] Lily looked over the object with her technologically skilled eye
"Ash, I think in the right hands, we can recover some data from the Pokedex hard drive" Lily said and gingerly picked up the device
"Really?" Ash stood up now, an excited look on his face
"Yeah, the police would be the best bet" she said
"I know a copper around here that owes yours truly a favour, I'll get him to check it out" Brock said and took the Pokedex from Lily
"Excellent, well I'll see about that now" Brock got up and left the hospital
There was a brief pause of excitement for Ash; finally he would get some answers about who he was.
"Well, this is-" Erika was cut off by a loud news bulletin blaring from the radios and televisions
"We interrupt normal viewing with this special report: another Vanguard armoured unit has appeared in Cerulean City; this time the operator has taken hostages and is demanded to fight the super being who appeared and defeated the last group of Vanguard earlier this morning" the news report said
"If that son of a bitch wants me, he's got me" Ash said and ran out of the hospital, transforming as he went
Seconds later, Jenny came running down the stairs to the main entrance: having heard the report she knew Ash was gone by now. She approached them and told them all to come upstairs: Misty has something to show them. With little else to do, the small group headed up to see their friend. Upon arrival, Misty showed them the crystal and smiled
"Well, Ash was right, I did get his powers" she said with a chuckle
"Oh cool" Brock tried to touch the crystal
"I wouldn't do that if I were you" Misty warned
"Okay" Brock knew Misty let him get away with murder, so if she told him not to do something, there was a good reason
"Well, what are you going to do?" Lily asked
"About what?" Misty asked back
"The situation in Cerulean" she explained
"Nothing, Ash doesn't need my help: you've seen how powerful he is" Misty said
"With great power comes great responsibility, Misty" Erika said
"Thank you 'Uncle Ben', but I'd be in his way cos I don't know what to do" she also pointed out that she was still injured
Misty was then hit by inspiration and checked her bullet wound: as she thought; it was gone, totally gone. She decided to stand up and test her self to see if wasn't just a trick of the eyes. Misty was able to bend down, bend back; and anything that normally a bullet wound in the abdomen would prohibit.
"Wow, this thing has some huge benefits" Misty smirked and turned to her friends
"I'll help him: Ash was alone in the world, he will be so no longer" she said
"TEK SETTA" the words came to Misty as if natural
Misty was shrouded in blue light as her first transformation began. The overall colour was olive green. Each arm had a small blade on the forearm with black elbows and gauntlets. The black shoulder pauldrons were smaller than Ash's: they were like a square bent diagonally across the shoulder area. The legs were smooth with black on the ankle and kneecaps. The helmet triangular in shape with a pair of blue eyes in the 'V' shaped visor. Two fin like protrusions swept back on the helmet. As her weapon, befitting a lover of the ocean was a long Trident, as the legends say Poseidon and his armies fought with.
"Sierra, Tekkaman Sierra" Misty said and gave a twirl of her trident; then she leapt out of the open window and towards Cerulean
"Wow, that is definitely cool" Brock said
"Come on, while she's doing that we can find that cop who owes you a favour" Erica said and pushed Brock downstairs
"Okay, think they'll be alright?" Jenny asked
"Oh definitely" Brock answered
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Ash stood in the street; this newer Vanguard unit was better than the last ones. This one was armed with close range weapons like beam lasers and some other stuff. Getting close was easy: but getting him without hurting the children he carried in his cargo hold was the tricky part.
"Dishonourable coward! Return the children to safety and fight me like a man!" Ash bellowed
"Like hell I will freak job" Gary said and fired a laser volley at him
[I can defeat him no worries but with those kids on him they may get hurt; I can't risk that] Ash thought
"You see Ash, I want Misty, so you can't have her so I have to kill you" Gary had clearly flipped his lid
Gary was so busy ranting that he didn't notice a green streak go past his aft section. Ash saw and knew instantly it was Misty but he wisely kept his mouth shut and let her get on with what she was doing. Misty was hovering above Gary as he ranted. Gary saw something out of the corner of one eye but his reflexes were no match for the newly empowered Misty. With a mighty cry and swing of her weapon, Misty severed the cockpit of the Vanguard from its main body.
"I always knew you did things below board Gary, but this is low even for you" Misty hissed and walked around him so Gary could see what she was now
"He, he turned you into a freak!" Gary wailed, obviously broken
"No Gary, I've become higher than human, than Pokemon. Ash and I are like Angels, fallen from heaven among humans" she said, as if reading from some pre-done script
"Should we destroy him?" Ash asked
"No, let the police handle him; they should be here in a few minutes" Misty looked at Gary: he was a pitiful wreck now
The whirring of sirens heralded the arrival of law enforcement officials and an Army jeep with a man who appeared to be a general stepped out. While the police rounded up Gary and the children he'd kidnapped as his hostages, the military man approached Misty and Ash with a fascinated look on his face. He gave them a long and appraising look.
"Hey buddy, take a picture, it'll last longer" Ash said, squeezing the handle of his spear
"I'm here to thank you for getting that idiot out of our combat unit. All we need to find out now is how he got it" the general said
"I have a fair idea: speak to a man named Wave Hillman, he lives in that big mansion over there" Misty grinned beneath her helmet and pointed to Wave's house
"Thank you" the General then ordered several MP's up the mansion to apprehend Wave
Misty turned to Ash and her left eye lit up: this was a sort of smile and Ash returned the gesture. He finally got a chance to see Misty properly in her armour; it suited her well and although less dense than his, afforded her excellent protection and speed as well. He chuckled at the sight of her weapon; that he should have expected: a water lover given the weapon of the legendary warriors of the deep. With a nod to the sky they both took off back to Pewter City.
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Upon their return to Pewter, Misty and Ash reverted out of their armour in a clearing and walked towards the hospital; Jenny was still waiting outside for them to return. Jenny waved to them and got out her phone and called Brock and Erica back.
"I saw on the news; a very swift and well done job Misty" Jenny said
"Yeah, it was. Now where's Brock and his little love dove?" Misty asked
"At the police station calling in a favour: their getting a pal of Brock's to do a data recovery on Ash's Pokedex hard drive" Jenny explained
"Oh, how did it go?" Ash asked apprehensively
"They have all the information he could get off the drive and should arrive here soon" Jenny replied
Brock and Erica showed up with a few pages of documentation in Brock's hand. He smiled and handed the documents over to Ash. He took them and sat down on the ledge of the fountain and began to read:
------Begin document------
Name: Ash Satoshi Ketchem
Sex: Male
Date of birth: 12 – 5 – 1981
Blood Type: AB+
Address: 8 Park St, Pallet Town
Registered with PLA: 13 – 6 – 1991
Starting Pokemon: Treeko
Issuer of Pokemon and Pokedex: Professor Samuel Oak
Known family: Blake Ketchem (father, deceased), Delia Ketchum (mother, currently living at listed address)
Other information: Honour student in English and languages at Pallet High School, black belt 3rd Dan Okinawa-ryu Karate and holder of honour awards.
-----End Document----
The rest of the information was just pictures and Pokemon statistics from the Pokedex but he had the core information that he wanted in his hand, the rest was just hit and miss luck. With a grin he got up and looked at his friends.
"I'm from Pallet town, my full name is Ash Satoshi Ketchem and my mother's name is Delia, my dead father's name is Blake" Ash said
"Wait, Pallet town did you say?" Jenny asked
"Yeah; why?" Ash was curious about that question
"Ash, Pallet town is in an area called 'No Man's Land', there was a massive quake in that area, and not many people go there as it is populated and run by gangs, given the age of that info I'd say your mother is also dead" Jenny said
