_X_ TIME SKIP

'Thoughts'

"Telepathy"


(A.N.: I know it's been a long time since this story was updated and I apologize for that. Other stories, real life, things happen and I haven't been able to update this story, but here's the new chapter for the story. I also will make this story a priority to get it done, enjoy the chapter.) As Misty helped the Kanto Resistance out with taking on the Comet Empire forces in Kanto, Ash and John were on the Fortree City making their way to Kalos. That was when a Soldier approached them and said, "Commanders, we have just entered Kalos Waters, we should be within sight distance of the mainland shortly." Ash nodded his head and saluted the soldier and said, "Thank you soldier, that will be all." The Soldier saluted Ash and John, who saluted back, and walked back. John then said, "The next stop in liberating the Regions." Ash nodded his head and said, "Yeah, and the next stop for our Vengeance." But John shook his head and said, "No Ash, it's your vengeance. We're only helping you because we care about you, we believe in you. You know I'd follow you to the ends of the earth to help clear your name, old friend."

Ash smiled at John as he remembered all the fun times he shared with his brother in arms. Ash then said, "I know my friend, but it's just as much your vengeance as it is mine. The traitors called me a murderer and you by associating yourselves to me are guilty by association." John looked forward as he said, "I know, but we all know the charges are bogus anyway." Ash nodded his head again as he looked out at the Ocean and said, "Yeah, once we liberate the Regions and gather all the Traitors up, we can charge them with crimes against Humanity and Pokémon with the Pyroar Virus." Now John was the one who nodded his head before he said, "You think we should inform the others about Paul?"

"Maybe, I don't know yet. I trust Paul with my life, but if the others know Paul's not a traitor, then their reactions when they find out will be fake and his cover would be blown. I'm not risking his mission by telling the others, we all have our secrets that we keep." Ash said to his closest friend and Advisor. John nodded his head again and said, "Understandable, but the Ultimate decision to tell them belongs to you Ash, and I will support your choice no matter what." Ash smiled as he and John walked back into the Carrier's interior to go over the attack plan. A little while later, the Alliance Fleet was within sight of Kalos. Ash ordered all the Battleships in the Fleet to form a blockade and begin pounding the area where the Alliance Troops would land. Admiral Washington also had Alliance Jets strafe the Fortifications with machine gun fire and fired Missiles at gun emplacements. Soon the landing forces took off for the beaches.

With John, his landing craft landed near Ambrette Town, they encountered little resistance as the Jets and the Bombardment took care of most of the defenders, those who survived were either shot, or they surrendered. John then ordered the 12th Infantry division of the Alpha Region Army to go and secure Route 9 and the Cave that's there. John then said, "Everyone else, with me, let's go give the boys attacking Cyllage City some help!" The Alliance soldiers nodded their heads and with the Armor rolling onto the beaches, they all made their way to Cyllage City to assist Max and the Alliance Forces with him. Meanwhile, Max and the men with him were under heavy Machine Gun fire. There were Emplacements that the Naval Bombardment and Jet strikes missed and they were hampering Max's forces advancement as they shot several Alliance Soldiers and destroyed several Landing craft. Soon Bullets were coming up from Route 8 as John led the reinforcements up along Route 8 and forced the Comet Empire forces to retreat up Route 10 or through the Connecting Cave before they blew the Entrance, sealing it off. John met up with Max and asked what his Casualties were and Max said, "20 dead, five Landing Craft sunk, and several Wounded, you?"

"Not as bad. 4 dead, 10 wounded, and no Landing Craft lost." John said with a look of sadness on his face. Soon Max and John heard Ash's voice come over the Radio and said, "John, Max, do you guys copy?" Grabbing his Radio, John said, "We copy Ash, my forces met up with Max's forces at Cyllage City. We forced the Comet Empire forces to retreat along route 10 and through the Connecting Cave, but they blew the Entrance at the City. We're already having the Ground, Fighting, and Rock type Pokémon clear the way so we can attack Lumiose City from two Directions." Then Ash said, "Alright, I want Max to stay in the City, John you head up along Route 10 and force the Comet Empire to retreat back to Lumiose. I've already contacted the Local Resistance cell and they're starting their attacks on the Airfields and Admiral Washington is ordering Attack Helicopters to provide support."

John acknowledged Ash and placed his Radio down before shaking Max's hand and said, "Hold the fort." Max rolled his eyes before he said, "Good luck John." Nodding his head, John walked away and shouted, "All soldiers who came with me to assist Commander Max are to come with me to take Route 10 and force the Comet Empire to Lumiose City, MOVE OUT!" The Alliance forces followed their Orders and followed John to take out the Comet Empire forces and force them to give up the Western Border of Kalos. As the day went on, the Alliance forces were able to take all of the Western Border, while suffering minimal Casualties. Soon Ash Landed on the beaches where the Alliance Forward Command Base was set up and where Max and John were waiting for him.

"Ash, we've just finished securing the Western Border." John said to the leader of the Alliance forces. Ash nodded his head and said, "Okay, have we made contact with Professor Sycamore and the local Resistance forces of Kalos?" and John said, "We sent a Messenger to their main base, waiting for their response." As if on cue, Professor Sycamore arrived on a Garchomp with the Messenger that was sent. Gettin off the Garchomp, Professor Sycamore walked up to the three and shook their hands as he said, "It's good to see you all here."

"Good to see you again Professor, is the resistance ready to attack the air fields?." Ash asked. Professor Sycamore nodded his head and said, "We are, once we take down the airfields, Lumiose City can be secured." Ash nodded his head and said, "Good to hear that, I always wanted to come back to Kalos, didn't think it was like this." John placed a hand on his shoulder and said to Ash, "I know Ash, Tracey will answer for his crimes, they all will."

"I know, and we'll make sure of that," Ash said to John telepathically. Ash then asked Professor Sycamore, "How is Grace, Meyer?" and professor Sycamore told him, "They're doing fine, their son admires you greatly." Ash smiled and he said, "Good to hear that." Then John said, "Well, we need to finish liberating Kalos." Ash and Professor Sycamore agreed and began to move towards Lumiose City. but first they needed to take Coumarine City, only Shalour City stood in their way. After making sure the flow of troops was coming in steadily and making their own paths to Lumiose City, Ash led the Assault to secure the rest of the beaches to begin the siege of Lumiose City.

In Lumiose City, Serena and Clemont prepared to fight the Alliance forces as Tracy called them and said, "The beaches have Fallen, remember the plan." That was when Serena said, "We know boss. But why can't we launch the planes now while they're on the beaches?" That was when Tracy said, "More Alliance bodies on land, the more casualties there'll be." Suddenly there were explosions heard as a Comet Empire soldier ran up to them and said, "Commanders! The Airfields! All the Bomber fighters were destroyed." Tracy, Serena, and Clemont were speechless.

"Without those fighter bombers, we can't force the Alliance back to the beaches," said Serena in a distraught tone. Then Tracy said, "Most likely the resistance did it." That was when Clemont brought up, "But who told them, the only people who knew the plan were you, us sub commanders, and General Falkner." Tracy growled and said, "Well someone told them and I want to know who!" Clemont told Tracy that he'll find out and walked away. That was when Serena looked at Tracy and said, "If you ask me, it's Clemont." That was when Tracy said, "If you think so, keep an eye on him, then report back to me." Serena nodded her head and walked off, Tracy completely oblivious that she was a spy and defector to the resistance.

Back with Ash, he, John, and Max managed to route the remaining Comet Empire forces to Lumiose City. Ash sighed in relief as John got a count of the wounded. John then walked up to Ash and said, "30 dead, 45 wounded." Nodding his head, Ash looked at the Map and said, "and the airfields?" Max told Ash that the Resistance forces took care of them. Ash then said, "Good, now we need to gather our forces at Cyllage City and Coumarine City then head down Routes 7 and 13 to attack Lumiose City." John and Max nod their heads and prepare for the attack on Lumiose City.

As the day progressed, the Regions Alliance unloaded their armies onto Kalos and prepared to take control of the routes to Lumiose City. John was then contacted by a resistance soldier and handed him a note. Reading the note, John rushed it to Ash and said, "We just got this note from the resistance." Taking the note from John, Ash read the note aloud and the note said, "Tracy has no clue, but I am a defector to the resistance when I heard that Alola was liberated. I see now that what I did was a mistake and I am sorry for not realizing that soon, Serena, Spy for the Kalos Resistance."

"She's a Spy now?" Max said with no respect for her. Ash looked at the note and said, "She certainly has some explaining to do." but John said, "Hell no she doesn't. She's lying Ash, she has to be. She wanted you all to herself during the Betrayal, she insulted your wife. She is a Mightyena in Wooloo's clothing!" But Ash looked at John and said, "You might think that John. But this note… senses Legit." John tore the note away and said, "Yeah right! Ash, she's playing you! As one of your most trusted advisors, I ADVISE you to ignore the note."

"Your advice has been taken into account John." Ash said as he took the note back. Ash then said, "Until we can trust the Truth of these Notes, we will regard them with doubt." Everyone who was there nodded their heads and went to get ready, except for John. John walked up to Ash and said, "Look man, you know how I feel about the traitors. But if that note has Legitimacy then I will trust Serena. But if she's tricking the resistance and us, then I will put a bullet between her eye sockets." Ash Nodded his head and allowed John to leave as he looked at a Map of Kalos.

"So what do you think Ash?" Bonnie asked Telepathically. Ash told her, "You can read my mind, what do you think?" and Bonnie said, "I know you're having trouble trusting her, same here. And as for my brother, I want to be the one who kills him" Ash knew how she hated her brother for what he did to him back then. Ash and everyone else wanted him dead too. Soon the push into Lumiose City was to begin and Ash was worried the plan might fail. First place they needed to take before Lumiose was Camphrier Town.

"The Town is home to a secret supply house for the Kalos Resistance and the Empire has built tough defenses to keep us from taking it." John told Ash. But Ash said, "the Resistance will strike before we begin the attack, ready the tanks." John nodded his head and called the Alpha Region's 5th Artillery division to fire down the road. A few seconds later, artillery shells were exploding in the town to disrupt the Defenses of the Comet Empire. Ash watched the shells hit key areas and even the M1A2 Abrams with the Comet Empire flag on it took a direct hit from such a shell. After a few rounds were fired, Ash ordered the Artillery to stop and the infantry to advance.

In the town, Comet Empire forces were recovering when Alliance Forces marched in with John and Max ordering them to surrender. Most did, but others tried fighting back, and ended up being killed. With the help from the resistance, Camphrier Town was liberated. John reported to Ash that a few soldiers were wounded while one was killed. Ash then said, "Copy that John, we're on our way in." John walked over to the Prisoners and looked around as the leader of the Local Resistance Cell walked up to him and said, "About time we were on the offensive." John nodded his head and said, "Good, fall in with the Kalos Army of the Interior." The leader nodded his head and walked off as a Comet Empire captain said, "You won't win this war, the Alliance will fail."

John scoffed before grabbing her by the Collar and said, "See, that is where you are wrong. The Alliance will win, it is your PATHETIC EMPIRE, that will lose. The Alliance is strong and will never surrender." After dropping the Comet Empire Captain, John walked off to see Ash and his advisors waiting for him. John told Ash, "The Comet Empire forces are zealots. They think they can still win." Ash chuckled and said, "Of course they think that. Let them think that, until the end."

Later in the day, John and Ash snuck into Lumiose City and met up with Professor Sycamore and the leaders of the Kalos Resistance Cell; diantha, Professor Sycamore's former assistants, an Officer Jenny, and Lysandre. They all discussed the upcoming plan to take Lumiose City and the team areas in the city. The City Center was a priority. Professor Sycamore then said, "Meyer is working for us in the Lumiose City Gym as a Janitor and Grace is watching the wild Pokémon that we saved." Ash nodded his head and said, "Good, get the strong one ready Professor, Lumiose will be liberated." Professor Sycamore nodded his head and had his Garchomp ready.

The next day, the alliance and Resistance forces got ready along Routes 13 and 5. Ash looked at John and Professor Sycamore and said, "Send the message." John nodded as Professor Sycamore had his comms officer send the message he said to Bonnie, "Bonnie, attack." Bonnie smiled and had the Artillery open fire on the defenses on route 13 while the Resistance forces jumped the Comet Empire forces on route 5. In his gym, Clemont was shocked to hear the explosions at route 13 before Serena ran up to him and said, "The alliance is here!" Clemont then said, "Blast it we're not ready for…" he was stopped when he heard a gun get loaded.

Looking up, Clemont saw Serena pointing her gun at him and she said, "I know you weren't." Clemont backed up and said, "Serena, my love… What are you doing?" That was when Meyer walked in and said, "Hey Serena, looks like we got the bastard." Serena nodded her head and handed Meyer his son while she said, "knock him out Meyer. I want to make it look like I'm trying to stop you." That was when Clemont realized the woman that he loved was now a traitor and was about to speak when Meyer knocked him out.

"Thanks for the help Serena, your mom would be happy that you're on the right side now." Meyer said to his stepdaughter. Serena smiled and said, "Thank you Meyer, and sorry about this." she rubbed her belly and Meyer said, "it's ok, you weren't informed until afterwards. Now shoot at me." Serena nodded her head and let Meyer run a bit before opening up at him and Clemont. Sighing, Serena picked up Celmont's radio and said, "All Comet Empire Forces, Resistance forces have captured Commander Castor Gemini. Pull back to the secondary defenses now!"

With Ash, he saw Meyer run out of the gym with Clemont on his shoulder and he called for their forces to push into the city. Alliance forces pushed into Lumiose City and Alliance fighter craft dropped bombs on main Comet Empire defensive postions. Electric Pokemon used thunderbolt on shocking Imperial Soldiers while Electrodes were dropped and they used Explosion to take out Comet Empire emplacements. After a good push, the Comet Empire Forces, and Serena, were forced to retreat while some got captured and the Alliance Flag was flown from Lumiose tower. The people cheered at the liberation of their homes.

When Clemont woke up, he saw he was in a cage with Ash and John looking at him. Clemont growled and said, "RELEASE ME AT ONCE! AND LET ME GET MY HANDS ON THAT BITCH FOR BETRAYING EMPEROR TRACY!" Ash smiled and said, "Then she is on our side." Meyer walked in and said, "Yeah, she helped me capture my son." That was when Gary came in and said, "Just got word from the resistance cells in the other regions. This victory was able to help them get more recruits."

Ash smiled as he then looked out at the Kalos Region, the Liberation of the Main Regions was well underway with no setbacks so far. As days went by, the Comet Empire forces in Kalos tried to retake Lumiose City along all three of the remaining Routes they had under control, but all attacks were repelled by the alliance as they slowly made the routes Alliance controlled. That was when Ash was told that Couriway Town rose up, but the Comet Empire put down the revolters. Paul was then sent a message that told him it was time for him to kill Ash. Paul then walked to Ash and showed him the message. Ash sighed and said, "You ready for this?"

"We have to do this." Was all Paul said before pulling out his pistol. Ash nodded his head and said, "we'll send you a message so you can keep in contact, good luck Paul." Paul nodded his head and shot at Ash, the shot was heard and Gary ran in, seeing Ash and Paul struggle for the gun. Ash punched Paul in his face, making him stumble backwards. Ash then said, "TRAITOR!" Paul ran out and hopped into a jeep, flooring it to get out of Lumiose City. John saw him drive past and sent Serena a Mental Message, Paul's undercover days have begun.