Chapter Four: Secrets Revealed
author note: From this point on things may be a little confusing, considering the doppelganger characters . From now on I will refer to the second Ash, Misty, Brock, and TR with a 2 after their names, so the readers can tell them apart. The characters from the world where Domino and Giovanni attacked Kurt's lab will continue to be referred to by their regular names)
Ash2 and his friends stand there staring at the mysterious site that had suddenly appeared before them with looks of complete bewilderment. Everything had been pretty normal up until about 5 minutes ago. Ash2, Brock2, and Misty2 left the Pokemon center early and made good time getting back to Azalea town. They even managed to avoid running into Team Rocket, although at one point they got the feeling that someone was following them. They reached Azalea town about 30 minutes before sundown and were very surprised to find that Ash2's mom had come along with Tracey and Professor Oak. The kids checked in with the scientists and observed the strange glowing light phenomenon of the GS ball, then Ash2 and Misty2 decided to go hang out in the big clearing behind Kurt's lab and watch the sunset. Unfortunately for them, Brock2 decided he wanted to come along too, and their romantic aspirations were completely ruined. After a while Oak, Delia, and Tracey came out to call the kids back inside for dinner. They were just about to head back to the lab when the strangeness began. The clearing was enveloped in a bright multi-colored light that flashed and moved as if it were alive. Strange shapes began to come in and out of focus inside the light, but Ash2 and his friends were unable to make them out. The light grew even brighter, nearly blinding, before suddenly winking out, revealing one of the strangest things Ash2 and his friends had ever seen. Sitting in the once empty clearing was a huge black Jet and crowded around its base, faces filled with an equal amount of confusion, were 7 human figures and 4 Pokemon. A man in a bright orange business suit with flat hair and a blonde girl wearing a black Team Rocket uniform, with a very angry looking Jigglypuff clinging to one of her ponytails, now stood in the center of the field. Standing behind them were Jessie, James and Meowth. But the most surprising thing of all was that standing in the front of the new group, as if reflections in a mirror, were another Ash, Misty, and Brock. Finally the silence is broken.
Jessie: (eyes as big as her head) Um…what's going on here? Why are there TWO team twerps?
James: (just as surprised) I don't know. (pinches himself, nothing happens) I guess it's not a dream.
Meowth: Maybe that weird light from the GS Ball scrambled our brains or something. This is like some weird Bizarro world.
Delia: This is very…odd
Oak: You can definitely say that again. That mysterious light seemed similar to the one that's coming from the GS ball.
Ash: (freaking out) WH….who are you and why do you look like me and my friends!!!!
Ash2: (angry) What!? That's what I should ask you. You just appeared out of thin air with no explanation. (glares) You must be shape shifting aliens (everyone falls over) You've come to replace us with pawns in order to take over the world!!
Ash: No way, you're the Aliens!
Misty/Misty2: Why me???? (look up at each other in surprise)
Misty2: I always heard the story that if you meet your doppelganger it means you will soon die
Ash/Ash2: WHAT!?!?!?! (each grabs their respective Misty) Don't say things like that!
Misty/Misty2: Calm down Ash, sheesh!
Brock/Brock2: Lets think about this logically (both look at eachother in surprise)
Brock: (smiles) You go first
Brock2: O…ok. (clears his throat) Maybe this is a case of parallel worlds!
Ash/Ash2: Parallel what's? I don't understand (both Misty's sigh)
Brock2: Parallel worlds. Different Dimensions. Maybe that weird light we saw was some sort of dimensional gateway that brought them to our world. At least that's the most plausible explanation I can think of for why a bunch of doppelgangers just appeared out of thin air in a flash of light.
Brock: That's just what I was going to say. Maybe the GS ball has some sort of power hidden within it that activated and dragged us through some dimensional portal into some other universe.
Tracey: This is so cool! It's like something out of a sci-fi movie.
Delia: I don't really get it (everyone sweat-drops)
Pikachu2: (jumps down and approaches Pikachu) This is so weird
Pikachu: (laughing) Tell me about it
Togepi/Togepi2: Mommy has a twin!
Oak: This is all very fascinating. I bet the whole scientific community will love to hear this.
Misty: But if we really are in another dimension, how do we get back to our own?
Ash2: (suddenly noticing TR) WAAAAH! What are you guys doing here? You're not getting Pikachu.
Brock: Don't worry, this Team Rocket is from our world, and they aren't interested in stealing anymore.
James: (giving a thumbs up) That's right, were newly reformed
Jessie: Yeah, but you better watch what you say, Bizarro twerp, or we might have to get nasty again.
Ash2: Hey! Who are you calling Bizarro?
The two twerp teams and TR continue to converse with eachother and with Oak, Delia, and Tracey, while Giovanni and Domino look on
Domino: (big sweat drop) Do you get the feeling that we are being ignored?
Giovanni: These are my arch enemies, the ones who have the ability to foil my plans?? (hangs his head low) I'm the laughing stock of villains everywhere.
Jigglypuff: (hanging from Domino's hair) Jiggly?
Oak: (suddenly realizes something) Wait a minute! Did you say the GS Ball brought you here?
Team twerp one and TR suddenly stop talking. Slowly question sinks in and they finally remember why they are there in the first place. "THE GS BALL!!!" they all cry at the same time as they turn to face Giovanni and Domino, who laugh evily at them.
Giovanni: (holding the GS Ball up like a trophy) Glad you finally remembered us. I'm surprised you came up with the parallel world theory so quickly. Actually you're not far from the truth, but that doesn't matter now. All we need to do now is take the second GS Ball and we will be ready to complete our plans.
Ash: Give us back the GS Ball.
Domino: (laughs) Not a chance, and if you think wining about it is going to get your anywhere then your wrong. If you want it then take it by force. We dare you to.
Ash: With pleasure. (looks at the others as he reaches for his Pokeballs) Are you ready guys (Brock and Misty nod)
Jessie: There's only room for one primadonna here and it's not her. Lets get em!
Meowth: You got that right! (bears his claws) Show no mercy!
James: Lets show the boss how we feel about being manipulated.
Ash2: We'll help too, right guys?
Brock2: Yeah, definitely!
Misty2: Any enemy of another me is…an enemy of mine! (everyone sweat drops) lets do it!
Giovanni: (laughing) This should be interesting.
The kids ready their Pokeballs while Giovanni simply stares on and smiles a sinisterly confidant smile, but before anything can go down a huge explosion goes off on one side of the clearing and the place if filled with smoke.
Ash: What the heck is going on?
Misty2: Uh-oh, I think I know what's coming. This is trouble we don't need right now.
Female Voice: Prepare for Trouble, and that means you!
Male Voice: And make it double, we want Pikachu!!
The smoke clears to reveal the forms of Jessie, James, and Meowth
Jessie2: To protect the world from devastation
James2: To unite all people within our nation
Jessie2: To denounce the evils of truth and love
James2: To extend our reach to the stars above
Jessie!!!!
James!!!!!
Jessie2: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
James2: Surrender now or prepare to fight, fight, fight
Meowth2: Meowth, that's right
pop Wobbuffet/Wobbuffet2: WOOOOOOBUFFET!!!! (That's right)
Jessie/Jessie2: HEY! Get back in your Pokeball!! (calls them back)
Giovanni: (smacks himself) Why was I cursed with stupid minions in both worlds!?
James2: (eyes bugging out) Meowth, are you seeing what I'm seeing?
Meowth2: (surprised) I think I am. Two team twerps.
James2: Not just that!! (points at J and J) Us too!
Jessie2: (a little freaked) Why are their a bunch of doppelgangers here? Why are their more than one of us!?
James2: (crying) I don't want to die!!! (hugs Jessie2)
Jessie2: (smacks James2) Stop it! You know that's just an old wives tale. We aren't going to die.
Jessie: (sighs) Great, now we have to deal with ourselves as well.
Meowth: Two Jessie's existing in the same time and space. This could be interesting…and scary
Jessie: (glares at Meowth) What do you mean by that?
Jessie2: (noticing Giovanni) Hey, isn't that the boss? What the heck is he doing here?
James: Your right (waves to him) Hey boss, fancy meeting you here
Giovanni: (looking at the ground) I don't know them, I don't know them.
Jessie2: (kissing butt) We would be very honored if you watched us capture that pesky Pikachu right before your eyes.
Meowth2: Just leave it to us Boss. You'll finally have that Pikachu in your possession today.
Giovanni: (totally angry) Yeah right, like you stupid morons could do anything right. I should have gotten you out of my hair a long time ago but oh well, better late than never.
Giovanni pulls a black orb from his pocket and points it at Team Rocket2. The front of the sphere opens and a large blue beam issues from within. TR2 dives out of the way just as the beam strikes the ground where they were standing, causing a hug explosion and leaving a large crater behind. TR2 regroups with the others and turns to face Giovanni and Domino.
Jessie2: HEY! What's the big deal!?
James2: Yeah, we're on your side.
Jessie: (puts her hand on the other Jessie's shoulder) Welcome to our life. We found out his true mission a long time ago.
Jessie2: (a little creeped out) Who are you, and why do you look like me!?
Jessie: I'll try to explain this as simply as I can, since I'm kind of coming to terms with it too. You see it appears that we are from an alternate dimension and we were somehow brought here by that GS Ball (points at the ball Giovanni is holding)
Jessie2: (eyes narrow) That makes absolutely zero sense
Jessie: (irritated) Well it's the best explanation we've got so you better just deal with it. We don't have time for this now!!
Meowth2: (whispering to James2) She acts exactly like our Jessie. It's scary
James2: (nods) I agree
Jessie2/Jessie: WHAT ARE YOU SAYING ABOUT ME!?!?!? (whacks them over the head)
Meowth2: (spirals in his eyes) So….what were you saying about the boss earlier?
James: Well you see, the only reason he was having us follow the twerp and his friends around was because the boss was actually planning on killing the twerps
Jessie: Yeah and when we found out, he sent Butch and Cassidy to take care of us too.
Giovanni: (laughs harshly) You have NO idea what my true mission is, and I don't plan to ever let you find out.
James2: Is what they say true Boss?
Giovanni: (laughs evilly again) Do you think I'd ever explain my actions to such lowly Team Rocket members as you? You're a disgrace to this organization. It's too bad you roaches couldn't have stayed dead like you should have. That train accident we set up in this world was perfectly executed. But then HE had to go and interfere.
Misty2 and Jessie2 suddenly gasp at hearing what Giovanni said. The memories flash through their heads at a blurring pace, and both of them suddenly feel ill. The two of them look up at each other and a shocked expression passes between them.
Misty2: (holding her head) No…no!! That was just a dream. A dream!!! (looking at Jessie2 with a pleading look) Wasn't it?
Ash2: Misty, what's wrong? What is he talking about?
Giovanni: This conversation is growing dull and I think its time I ended things. Farewell pests, this time be so kind as to remain dead!
Another blue laser beam shoots out of the ball and heads towards the group, at a speed too fast to allow anyone time to react. All they can do is brace themselves as the beam comes closer and closer. Suddenly…
Male Voice: Dragonite, Get down their and block that beam!
Everyone looks up to see a large Dragonite zoom down from the sky and catch the laser beam in its claws. The Dragonite redirects the beam to fly harmlessly into the sky, and then looks down at Giovanni with contempt. "Good job Dragonite" calls a voice from behind them, causing the group to turn around and confront the new arrival. A tall man wearing a dark black Japanese formal suit and a black cape walks out of the woods and approaches the group. His flaming red hair is styled in Vegeta-like spikes. Everyone is so stunned by his appearance that they fail to notice Delia's reaction to the man's arrival.
Delia: (surprised and freaked) No...It can't be! He's…still alive??
Mysterious Man: Leave right now Giovanni, or you'll have to face me.
Giovanni: Well well well Lance, taking time off from your busy Pokemon League schedule to come and play hero? Don't bother. You won't stop me. Go back to your pathetic competitions.
Lance: Fighting people like you IS part of my job as a Pokemon G-Man.
Giovanni: (snickers) Don't bother with your excuses. I know why your really here and I can tell you already that your wasting time. He can't beat us.
Lance: (smiling) Maybe not at this moment, but he will soon. I have confidence in him. (Becomes serious again) Now get out of here Giovanni, or I'll make you leave. (pulls five pokeballs off his belt) All your Pokemon have fainted. Do you think you can take on my full team of Dragon Pokemon with just that little toy of yours? I'd like to see you try.
Giovanni: (a little less confidant) I think it's time for us to make a…strategic retreat. Come Domino
Domino: (saluting) Yes sir. (turns to the kids and glares at them) We'll be back to get you and the second GS ball, count on it! (glares at Jigglypuff) And you!! Get off my hair!!
Domino swings her head violently from side to side and successfully dislodges Jigglypuff, who flys through the air and lands in Mrs. Ketchum's arms. Giovanni and Domino rush back onto their jet and take off immediately, flying off towards the horizon. Lance calls his Dragonite back into its pokeball as he turns to face the group.
Ash: (runs up to great him) Thanks for saving us…uh what was your name again? (everyone falls over, Lance sweat drops)
Misty: (glares at Ash) Can't you remember anything!?
Ash: Yes. I remember lots of things.
Misty: (sarcastically) Like what?
Before the two of them can get into a fight, Brock pushes his way between them.
Brock: I think we should focuse on more important things at the moment, like what to do about Team Rocket.
Lance: Yes he is right. We should head indoors quickly.
Jessie: Wait just a minute. Who are you, and why are you here?
Tracey: (surprised) What kind of question is that? EVERYONE knows who he is!
Jessie: Well obviously I don't so there better be some introductions coming
Ash2: (sarcastically) Typical Team Rocket
Jessie/Jessie2: What was that, twerp!?!?!?!?!
Ash2: (super scared) Nothing…nothing at all (hides behind Misty)
Jessie2: Yeah, it better be nothing you little worm
Jessie: Just because I'm friends with the twerps of my dimension doesn't mean I have to be friends with you, so watch you step.
Ash2: (cowering) Yes Ma'ms.
Oak: (sweat drop) Weren't we about to go inside?
Lance: Yes, Team Rocket won't stay back for long. I'll explain everything once we're inside. There is a lot you must know before the battle begins.
The group turns and begins to head back to Kurt's lab. Delia lags slightly behind, still holding Jigglypuff in her arms, which allows Lance to gently pull her away from the group.
Lance: Delia, I'm surprised to see you here.
Delia: (sad) And I'm surprised to see you alive at all.
Lance: (brushing her face) Delia…You look…more beautiful than ever.
Delia: (suddenly angry) Why, why did you leave! Do you know how hard it's been for me, or for him? Do you?
Lance: Delia, I'm sorry. I promise I'll explain everything.
Delia: (still angry) You better. (starts to cry) I didn't think I'd ever see you again. I was so worried. I…
Delia embraces Lance and crys into his chest, and slowly Lance raises his arms and holds her as well. Jigglypuff wiggles out from in-between them and follows the others and after a few moments Delia and Lance follow.
several minutes later The large group sits impatiently in Kurt's living room, waiting on edge for Lance's explanation. The feeling of suspense is tangible in the air. Both Pikachus and Togepi's lay curled up asleep in their respective trainer's laps. Professor Oak walks into the room from the kitchen.
Oak: Kurt just called Officer Jenny and she said she'd be over here as soon as possible. I think we better keep the GS ball close for now. (places the pokeball on the table in the middle of the room)
Brock: Maybe one of us should hold onto it?
Lance: That might be a good idea. (looks from one person to the other) Misty, why don't you keep it in your backpack for now?
Misty: Ok, I don't mind. (grabs the ball and stuffs it in her pack)
Oak: Now that that's out of the way, we come to the big question. What is this all about Lance? I think its time we heard your explanation.
Lance: (nods to the professor) You are quite right professor. (clears his throat and turns to the group) For those of you who don't know, I'm Wataru, leader of the Indigo League Elite 4 and last year's winner of the Johto League Silver Conference. Everybody just calls me Lance. I'm also a member of the Pokemon G-Men, an elite police force of Pokemon trainers that monitor organizations like Team Rocket. I've been watching the movements of your groups and of Team Rocket within this world.
James2: Can you explain exactly what the boss is up to? We're still a bit confused.
Misty: Yeah, what's so special about the GS Balls? Why does he need them?
Lance: You see, the GS Balls are two halves of a key. Hundreds of years ago they were created to seal away a great evil force. Now Giovanni plans to use the balls to break the seal and unleash the evil. If he succeeds the entire universe could be destroyed
Ash2: Why would he want to destroy the universe?
Meowth: Because he had a bad hair day?
Meowth2: Because he's bored?
James: Who knows why, it's all too insane to rationalize. Whatever the reason may be its still bad news for us.
Brock2: (turns to Misty2) Misty, something Giovanni said upset you…didn't it?
Misty2 nervously looks down at her feet and then nods slowly
Ash2: (placing his hand on her shoulder) Can you tell us?
Misty2: Yeah, I guess. I thought the whole thing was a dream, just some horrible nightmare I had. But lately I've been thinking about it a lot, and then what Giovanni said…!
Ash2: It's ok Misty, just come out and tell us.
Misty2: (hugging Ash2) Back during my birthday, you and I had a fight and you decided to leave. But that night there was a horrible train crash at the station and you were killed with a whole bunch of other people. I was really freaked out because I didn't ever get to tell you how I felt about you. But then a really weird thing happened. The Mirror you gave me for my birthday glowed and this weird voice told me that it would grant my wish to see you again. And then I found myself back on the day of my birthday. I…thought it was a dream, just my subconscious trying to encourage me to confess to you or something. But…(begins to cry)
Jessie2: I…I thought it was a dream too (everyone looks at Jessie with surprise)
Misty2: You…you remember?
Jessie2: Every detail. James died in that accident too.
James2: I remember you telling me about that. I told you it was just some crazy dream you had. That was the night I sang you that Karaoke song, "I'll be the one".
Meowth2: I don't remember any of this stuff. No one told me.
Lance: I assure you that it was no dream. Giovanni ordered the Team Rocket operatives Butch and Cassidy to set up an accident in order to eliminate their target, and unfortunately it was a completely successful. Ash was killed. However, no evidence of this action remains in this dimension.
Brock2: Wait a minute. If Ash was killed then how did we get to where we are now? And weren't Meowth and I there too? (Misty2 and Jessie2 nod) So then why don't we remember what happened?
Brock: (thinks for a bit) If what Misty says is true, then it sounds like whatever power was in that mirror caused some sort of time travel phenomena that sent Jessie and Misty back and allowed them to prevent the events from ever taking place, so logically they would be the only ones to remember.
Ash2: But where would power like that come from? And why can Giovanni still remember what happened?
Lance: Only this world was affected by the time distortion. Giovanni was protected in the other dimension.
Tracey: Didn't Giovanni say something like "He interfered"? Could that have something to do with it?
Brock: Maybe, but how could time travel power like that be attributed to an individual?? It's all very puzzling
Misty: (mumbling to herself) I'll be the one…I'll be the one…
Suddenly it hits her. That day in the Karaoke bar, after the battle with Butch and Cassidy, something had happened. She had been drawn their, and as she stood their contemplating her relationship, she had heard something.
Misty: (jumping up and grabbing James2 by the collar) Where did you do that Karaoke thing?
James2: (freaked out) At a Karaoke café in downtown Cerulean City, near the park. Why?
Misty sits back down hard on the couch between Ash and Brock, with a strange expression on her face.
Misty: (speaking slowly) About a month ago, we were all in Cerulean City and I ran to that bar to get away from Ash. I felt like I was drawn there somehow. While I was there I felt some really strange vibes, and I thought I heard something, like a ghostly background voice. It was singing…that song. Now that I think about it…it sounded like you James.
Meowth: Things just keep getting weirder and weirder.
James2: How could you have heard me singing when we were originally in two separate dimensions?
Lance: I can answer that easily. (looks at Misty) Over the past few months the two dimensions have begun to de-stabilize and draw closer together. At certain points the dimensions drew so close together that you were able to sense the feelings and words of your alternate selves. I'm sure the feeling of being drawn to the café was caused by an attraction to the strong emotions your alternate selves gave off. Has this happened any other times?
Misty: There was the night before that, when I was drawn to the balcony at the Cerulean Gym. That night I didn't just hear and feel something, I actually saw ghostly shapes, standing on the balcony and conversing. And I heard someone singing some song about unrequited love or something. The singer sounded…like me
Misty2: Um…How did the song go? Do you remember?
Misty: (thinks for a second) I want to tell you what I'm feeling, but I don't know how to start, I want to tell you but now I'm afraid…something like that. (Misty2 and Jessie2 gasps) What??
Misty2: The night before the whole train crash thing, I talked with Ash on the balcony, and then I sang that song. I don't know where I learned it, but it seemed appropriate to my situation. It was also on that balcony that I confessed my feelings to Ash.
Jessie2: You won't believe this, but…I sang that song too, the night before the crash!
Oak: All these coincidences are starting to seem a little fishy.
Delia: (looking at Misty2) Misty, have you had any strange feelings like your counterpart has?
Misty2: (thinks for a moment) A couple of days ago, I woke up from a weird dream, about our group and Team Rocket battling against Butch and Cassidy, and it ended in a Karaoke bar, with the song "I do cherish you" playing in the background. (Ash, Misty, and Brock gasp)
Ash: That's exactly what happened to us after we battled Butch and Cassidy. I chased Misty to a Karaoke bar, and someone played that song!!
Lance: Has anything else weird happened to any of you over the last few months? (everyone begins to think)
James: (snaps his fingers) I remember something. It was when Butch and Cassidy attacked us after we found out about the boss's plan. Cassidy tried to shoot Jessie and I suddenly felt like I was infused with some sort of electrical power. It was like everything around me was moving in slow motion. I was able to push Jessie out of the way of the bullets.
Jessie: I remember that! To me it looked like you moved in a blur. I couldn't believe it
James: That wasn't all either. Later on, after the gas in the apartment exploded, I woke up just in time to stop Cassidy from shooting at Jessie again. Somehow I was able to throw Victreebell's pokeball with enough accuracy to hit Cassidy's hand and make her drop the gun. The weird thing is that when I threw the ball it felt almost the same as when everything moved in slow motion. It was almost as if someone was behind me, pushing my arm forward and giving it more force.
Misty: And during our group battle with Butch and Cassidy Ash went completely Sabrina on us and blasted the two of them with some weird blue psychic beam or something.
Misty2: Really? Cool. (glances sideways at Ash2) Why don't you ever blast anyone like that?
Ash2: (sweatdrops) What kind of question is that?
Jessie: Yes, what indeed? (glares at Lance) None of this is going anywhere. It doesn't make any sense. WHY are there two dimensions in the first place?? Can you tell us that?
Brock: Yeah, and what exactly is the evil that is sealed by the GS Balls.
Ash: And what does all this have to do with me!?!? Why does Giovanni want to kill me?
Oak: Now now, don't you guys think you should slow down, Lance can't answer everyone at the same time.
Lance: No professor it's Ok. (closes his eyes) I could answer those questions, but I think there is someone who is much more qualified at the moment.
Jessie: Oh yeah, and who is that?
Suddenly both Ashs begin to glow and the room around the group begins to shift and change. Delia, Oak, Tracey, and Lance vanish along with Professor Kurt's lab, replaced by a vast dark expanse. The floor changes from solid ground to crystal clear water, although the group finds they can still stand on it. Suddenly a bright glowing light appears between the two Ashs. It slowly grows larger and floats into the air. Ripples gently sweep across the water in an outward pattern, centered right below the light.
Ash2: (realization donning) This is just like the dream I had earlier!!!
"Indeed…"
Everybody jumps as the huge voice reverberates through the room. They all turn, looking for the source of the voice, before realizing that it came from the ball of light.
Ash: What the heck is going on!?
"You have finally found each other, Contacts. The crossover is complete. Now all that is left is the final battle."
Misty: Final Battle!? What are you talking about? Who or what are you, and where are we?
Brock: Are you the one Lance was referring to?
"Yes. I am sorry that I could not reveal myself to you sooner, but the time was not right. I am the one who grants wishes, the one who controls time and space. I am the Wave Existence"
Suddenly Misty2 and Jessie2 gasp at the same time as they suddenly make a huge connection.
Misty2: (beyond shocked) No…No…it can't be. It's YOU!!
Jessie2: (the same) The voice in the Mirror!!
flashback Suddenly the room if filled with a warm blue glow that awakens Misty. She glances at the clock and sees that it has only been an hour since she fell asleep. But soon her concern for the clock is forgotten as she notices that the warm blue glow is coming from the mirror.
Misty: Jessie, wake up. Something weird is happening.
Jessie: (yawning loudly) This better be importan........(notices the mirror) what's it doing?
Misty: I don't know (gets out of bed) But I'm going to find out.
Jessie nods, and both girls slowly approach the mirror and gaze into the glowing glass. The glass ripples like water and their reflections are replaced with scenes of Ash and James.
Misty: What is it doing?
Jessie: And why is it showing us Ash and James?
Mysterious voice: Your love for these two boys is very strong.
Misty/Jessie: Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, what was that?????????
Voice: I am the voice of the one who grants wishes. I have looked deep within your hearts and have seen the love you both possess for the ones you lost. Your love's power has awakened me and now I will grant to you what you both desire most.
Jessie: The voice. It's coming from the mirror.
Misty: What's happening?
The glow from the mirror increases and fills the entire room with its light. Soon the room is so bright that Misty and Jessie can barely see. A low humming sound can be heard coming from the mirror. As the brightness increases so does the sound and pretty soon the two girls can hear nothing but the sound filling their heads.
FLASH! end flashback
Misty: (still in shock) You were the one who spoke that night. The one who sent us back
"Yes. I was forced to use a great deal of my power to repair the timeline that was tampered with, for I could not allow a contact to die, when his purpose had not been realized yet. It was also I who altered events in the second time-line to protect the ones known as Team Rocket."
James: So, that power I felt. The power that allowed me to save Jessie, was yours?
Ash: Then were you also the one who helped us against Butch and Cassidy? The power everyone says I used to defeat them, was it yours as well?
"No, I barely had enough power to change what I did. I barely even have enough to communicate with you now. That power was your own, Contact. You have begun to awaken. Soon you and your friends will have to finish him off, and I won't be able to help you."
Brock2: This doesn't make any sense! Why does Ash have these powers? What's going on!?
James2: Yeah, and why is our boss involved in all this?
"The time has come for you to know everything, for the time when you will have to act draws near."
Suddenly the vast emptiness and water vanishes and the group finds itself floating in a field of stars and planets. Suddenly a dark glowing mass appears in front of them and engulfs two nearby planets.
"This is Zohar. He is an evil entity, my opposite in every way. He thrives on destruction and chaos. He believes the only purpose of life is for it to end, and is dedicated to destroying everything in his path. For many centuries he remained unchallenged. Then one day, I discovered him"
Suddenly a bright cosmic light appears and races towards the dark mass that is Zohar. Zohar shoots towards the light and they collide in a huge super-nova explosion. The two lights begin to whirl and dance through space, sending off blasts of light and energy at eachother.
"Our battle waged across the galaxy. We were both evenly matched and neither one of us was able to gain the upper hand against the other. But as time went on, we both began to tire and our fight lead us to the space above a beautiful blue planet, advanced in technology"
The holographic project switches to show the earth, floating serenely in space. Zohar and the Wave Existence hover above it and charge at eachother again. The explosion caused flashes with an amazing light, and the entire area around the earth suddenly begins to shift and glow with a rainbow of colors, like an aura borealis.
"The two of us delivered our final blows over that planet. The forces of our attacks were so powerful that they ripped a hole in the area's time stream, and two separate time lines were created."
Meowth2: So that's why there are two dimensions and two of each of us?
"Yes, it was the conclusion of our battle that created the two worlds you live in. Each world has the same people but follows slightly different variations of events."
Jessie: I guess that explains why we broke away from Team Rocket while our counterparts are still working for them.
James: Haven't I seen this plot before, in some cheesy movie trilogy or something?
Meowth: Hey, this is no time to be talking about movies!
Double POP WOBBBBUFFET!!! That's right!
Meowth: I was wondering when that was going to happen. We haven't seen you in awhile.
Wobbuffet/Wobbuffet2: That's right!
Jessie: Get back in your ball, you're not invited to this discussion. (calls Wobbuffet back)
Jessie2: I guess your counterpart is just as annoying as you are, now get back in your ball, I didn't call you! (calls Wobbuffet back)
Brock2: Hey, maybe we should all stop goofing around and let Mr. glowing light ball finish his story?
Both Jessies laugh nervously and turn back with the others to continue listening to the wave existence. In the hologram, the glowing forms of Zohar and the Existence slowly fall to earth.
"In the after math of our fierce battle the two of us fell to earth, all of our power nearly exhausted. The place we landed became the only place where the two timelines intersect. I knew that I could not allow Zohar to escape and recover his energy, so I quickly made my move. Using almost all of my remaining energy, I created two keys and used their power to seal Zohar away. I then sent one key to each of the two timelines. The two keys I created are referred to by you…as the GS Balls."
Brock: So the evil that Lance told us was sealed by the balls is this ancient entity, Zohar?
Misty: You still haven't told us what Ash has to do with this. Why does he have those strange powers? What are we supposed to do about all this?
"I knew that no matter what Zohar would someday find a way to revive himself and escape, so I was forced to create a fail safe. Before I sealed myself away to rest, I used one last bit of power to create that fail safe."
The scene shifts back to space, and shows a large space-ship hovering over the planet. Zohar and the existence's final attacks replay and the ship is caught in the time distorting explosion, causing great damage to its engines. As it falls to earth, it wavers and soon splits along with the time-lines, becoming two ships, existing in separate dimensions.
"That day the human colony vessel know as the Eldridge was orbiting over the planet. It was caught in the blast of our battle and separated into the two timelines as it fell to earth. Both spaceships fell on the place where Zohar and I landed. There was only one survivor. A young ten year old boy"
The scene shifts to the ruined wreckage of the ship. Slowly, a small boy crawls from the mangled ruins and begins to track across the scorched crater. The boy is very skinny with black spiky hair and hazel eyes. Everyone recognizes him immediately.
Ash: (eyes widen) That's…That's me!!!!
Ash2: How is that possible!?
"The young survivors of the crash from both timelines wandered away from the wreckage in a daze and soon came upon us. Their eyes fell upon me and in that moment I chose them to be my contacts. I infused each of them with as much of my power as they could hold, but I knew it was not enough, so I took one final step. I searched their memory and found one that they held above all others. It was a memory of a girl, about their age, who was like a sister to them, a girl who died early of a tragic disease just as their friendship was beginning. A girl with a fiery personality to match her fiery red hair. Using that template, I created two compliment beings and filled them with my power."
Both Misty's gasp in shock and stare hard at eachother.
"I infused these humans with my power and sent them into the two timelines. Although their bodies would age and die like any living creature, the power I infused into them would never give out, in fact, it would continue to be reborn until its task was complete. I hoped that one day the contacts I had created would work together and use the power I gave them to destroy Zohar permanently."
Misty: Your…talking about us, right??
Ash2: We're the ones who are supposed to destroy Zohar? The contacts are Misty and I, and the other Ash and Misty?
"Yes, the power to defeat Zohar has been reborn in you and the time to finally use it is coming closer. Maybe the cycle will finally be broken forever. For the last few centuries the power has been reborn several times and each time the contacts came closer and closer to defeating Zohar, but they always failed, for Zohar anticipated my move. Before I sealed him away, he created a minion of his own, someone who could work to find the keys and revive him, while stopping my contacts at the same time."
Jessie: Wait a minute. Don't tell me.
"Giovanni, the one you know as the leader of Team Rocket, is Zohar's servant, created for the specific purpose of reviving his dark master. Unlike the contacts, Giovanni is immortal and he has been causing trouble ever since that battle. He killed the 4 contacts I created almost immediately, and began his search for the keys. Over the centuries I have been forced to watch him hunt down and kill one group of contacts after another. He would have won again this time, if not for the energy I had stored up over my long rest, which allowed me to repair the timeline. Up until now he was never able to locate the keys, but his luck has finally changed.
Jessie2: So how do we beat him?
Ash: And how do we defeat Zohar?
"For the time being you must keep the Keys out of Giovanni's hands, but eventually you will have to go to the place where it all began, the place where Angels Lose Their Way, the crash site of the Eldridge. There you will break the seal and face Zohar in battle. If you use the power I gave you long ago, you will win.
Misty2: And if we don't win?
Suddenly the project around them slowly begins to fade away and Kurt's lab begins to reappear. The Wave Existence's voice rang out one more time, slowly losing its intensity as the illusion fades away.
"My power is growing weak, and soon I will be unable to maintain contact with you. Young Ash of both worlds, there is one more thing that you must discover before the time for the battle will come, one more secret, and for you two it may be the biggest revelation of all. I wish you luck, contacts. If you fail, then the universe may very well be destroyed. But you won't fail Contacts, I believe in you"
The illusion fades away completely and the group finds itself back in Kurt's living room.
Brock2: (looking around) We're back.
Tracey: Um…you went somewhere?
Brock: Yeah, we were suspended in some strange dimension that was like a 360 degree projector, and this weird disembodied voice, that called itself the Wave Existence, talked to us
Meowth: It explained everything that's going on, although I'm still not sure I get it.
Suddenly both Pikachus run out of the kitchen and jumps into their trainers arms. The Togepis waddles in after them and seeing Misty, immediately run to her
Pikachu/Pikachu2: Ash!, your ok!!
Ash: Yeah, Pikachu I'm fine. Why do you look so worried?
Pikachu2:When we woke up everyone was acting really weird
Ash2: Well we're ok now, don't worry
Togepi: (nearly crying) I was so scared. I thought you were going away
Misty: (picks the egg up and starts rocking it) Oh Togepi, its all right. I'm right here.
Misty2: (picks up her own) What happened to make them so freaked out? Tracey, what happened to us?
Jessie: Yeah, didn't we disappear?
Oak: No, you didn't. A few minutes ago all of you just stood up and started staring off into space, like you were in some sort of trance.
Delia: At first we were really worried and tried to snap you out but then Lance assured us that you were all right. Pikachu and Togepi woke up around then and really freaked out.
Lance: I told them that the Existence was just communicating with you, but they were still a little nervous. Anyway, I expect he was able to clear up your questions better than I did.
Oak: Please tell us everything that you heard and saw. I am very curious.
The kids sit back down and relay all the events that had just been revealed to them. As they wrap up their story Delia gets up and fixes everyone a tray of snacks, even though no one is really hungry. She returns to the room with the tray just as Brock2 finishes the last part of the story.
Brock2: …And that brings us back to where we are now
Pikachu: So that's what was happening! I can't believe this. My trainer is going to decide the fate of the universe!!
Ash: Hey, your acting like that's a good thing!
Ash2: Yeah, I definitely don't want to be fighting any intergalactic evil entities any time in the future.
Pikachu2: But you were chosen for this mission by an emissary of good. It's your destiny to save the world!!
Ash2: Hey, there's no law that says I have to like my destiny.
Oak: So is that all the Wave Existence said to you?
Misty: There was one last thing it said, at the very end.
Jessie2: Yeah, it said the twerps here (points to Ash and Ash2) still have something left to discover, and that it would be pretty big.
Ash: Yeah, but I can't imagine that anything could be more surprising than what has already happened.
Ash2: Ditto here. I don't think I'll ever be surprised by anything again, not after this
Misty: Yeah it's not everyday that you're told your going to save the universe.
The group continues to talk and fails to notice the quick look of doubt that crosses between Delia and Lance.
Brock: Shouldn't we be figuring out how to find this crash site place?
Lance: (snapping back to attention) Oh…I can take you there. I know where it is.
James: How is it that you know so much about all this?
Meowth: Come to think of it, that's a really good question. It is kind of suspicious.
Lance: (stutters and acts nervous) Well…I am a high ranking G-man, my job is to stop criminal activity caused by organizations like Team Rocket. I've been investigating Giovanni for a long time and I was able to obtain secret documents that detailed all of his plans. That's when the Wave Existence contacted me. He filled in the gaps of the story and asked me to help you guys, to protect you until you were ready for the real fight.
Before Lance can continue further, Jigglypuff drops from the ceiling and lands on top of the snack tray.
Jigglypuff: JIIIIIIGLY!!! Jiggly!
Team Twerp/TR: AAAAAAAAH, it's Jigglypuff (they jump behind the couch)
pop Wobbuffet!!!!
Jessie/Jessie2: Get back in your ball!!! (both Wobbuffet are called back)
Oak: Oh my! A Jigglypuff, how intriguing. (reaches out towards it)
Tracey: (dramatic) No Professor!!! I'll save you.
Tracey throws himself across the room and shoves Oak out of the way, and behind the second couch
Oak: Ow, Tracey what are you doing?
Tracey: Thank goodness you safe Professor. I couldn't bear to see it hurt you. (hugs Oak tightly)
Oak: Tracey, what's gotten into you? Get off me. (starts turning blue) Tracey….your squeezing…too hard!
Ash2: What's going on?
Misty2: You don't want to know, Ash
James2: And people think I'm gay? Ha!
James: Here we go again.
Misty: (sweat drop) I guess the Tracey of this world is just like the last one. Great, that's nice.
Delia: I'm confused (everyone falls over)
Jigglypuff: (glares around the room) JIGGLY!! PUFF PUFF!
Meowth: Jigglypuff says it's not going to sing, it wants to help.
Misty: Help? Why does it want to help?
Meowth2: It said it was listening in and heard everything. It said it can't sit still while the universe is in such peril. (begins to cry) Oh, what bravery it's showing.
Jessie: (suspicious) And it said all that with just "Jiggly!! Puff Puff"?
Ash: (scared) Um…If it wants to help, why is it glaring at us?
Jigglypuff: Jig Jig puff Jigglypuff puff.
Meowth: It says if we don't come out and treat it nicely, it's going to hurt us.
Jigglypuff: Jiggly!!! (hops onto the sofa and looks down at them)
Everyone: AAAAAAAAH!!!!!! (runs to the other side of the room and sits down on the sofa)
James: (big sweat drop) We're out of hiding now Jigglypuff. We'll sit right here and be good.
Jessie: (sweat drop) Yeah, so please don't kill us.
Jigglypuff hops back onto the snack tray and everyone cringes, until the little balloon Pokemon smiles at them. Everyone breaths a sigh of relief.
Delia: I guess I'll go clean up in the kitchen while you kids figure everything out.
Lance: I'll help you.
Delia: Why thank you Lance, I'd appreciate that.
While the rest of the group converses and tries to figure out what to do with Jigglypuff Delia and Lance enter the kitchen and begin cleaning up. They work in silence for a while, until Lance suddenly comes up behind Delia and gently puts his arms around her.
Lance: It really is nice to see you and Ash again. I missed you a lot.
Delia: (reaches up and holds his hand) I know, I'm glad to see you to, glad your safe. (turns around to face him) So I guess this is why you left? You knew all along, about all this?
Lance: Yeah I did. I left because I thought maybe if I trained and became strong I could defeat that man myself, and spare Ash the pain of having to fight. If I could have found the keys and kept them safe, where Giovanni could never find them, then those kids would have been spared this fight.
Delia: I see…(looks away) Did you know that Ash doesn't know who you are, really. I never told him. You left so suddenly, without any word, that I thought you had abandoned us. I thought it would be easier if I never told him about you, so I just said you were off on a pokemon journey and I didn't know when you would be back.
Delia begins to cry softly. Lance gently turns her head back towards him and gazes into her eyes. Neither of them hears the sound of the door opening, or notices that they are being watched. After a few moments Lance gently wipes the tears from Delia's eyes and gives her a quick kiss on the lips.
Lance: (looking deep in her eyes) Delia, you'll never know how sorry I am. I thought that leaving would keep you and Ash safe, but I guess I was wrong.
Delia: (smiles) You got that right
Lance: Maybe after this battle is over, if we all survive, we can start over, and try to be a real family. What do you think?
Delia: I think that would be nice. (starts to lean in to kiss him again)
Ash2: (disgusted sarcastic tone) Yeah right
Delia and Lance turn and are shocked to see Ash2 standing at the door to the kitchen, a look of anger stretched across his face.
Ash2: So (glares at his mom) when were you planning on telling me?
Delia: Ash I…..
Lance: (interrupting) I'm sorry Ash, I was going to tell you as soon as I could. I didn't want to break it to you the wrong way.
Ash2: (laughs sarcastically) Well, it looks like you did anyway, now…(glares at him, takes a step forward) Get away from my mom!
Delia: ASH!
Lance: (puts his hand up) No Delia, it's alright. He has a right to be angry.
Ash2: You bet I do!. (steps forward again and glares at Lance) I don't care what your stupid excuse is!! You….you left us alone. You abandoned us!!
Lance: Ash, I only left because I thought I could protect you and your mother by…
Ash2: SHUT UP!!!! (both Lance and Delia jump back) My mom always told me about you, how you were such a great guy, smart and good looking and all that, and she told me you were just on some Pokemon journey, that you might be back any time. But….(starts to cry, looks at his mom then back at Lance) I guess I always knew deep down that she was lying, even if I never admitted it. I saw her crying sometimes at night, when I was young. I didn't know why she was sad, but now I do. (grits his teeth and glares at Lance some more)
Lance: Ash, I told your mother already so now I'll tell you. I'm sorry for leaving. It was a mistake, I admit it. I….
Ash2: Save it, I don't want to hear. You've got some nerve. You walk out of our lives, leaving my mom behind to worry about you, and then you just waltz back in and act like our big protector, the noble guy who sacrificed to save his family!
Ash2 takes a swing at Lance's head, but Lance catches his fist before it can connect.
Ash2: I'll NEVER forgive you for making my mom cry!
Ash2 wrenches his hand out of Lance's and storms out of the kitchen. Delia and Lance hesitate for a moment before they follow him, back down the hall to Kurt's living room. Back in the living room, the other Ash and the rest of the group are still conversing and trying to figure out what to do with Jigglypuff when the door bursts open and Ash2 storms in, startling everyone. Lance enters the room and quickly catches up to Ash2
Lance: (grabbing Ash's wrist) Son, wait!
Ash2: (enraged) DON'T CALL ME THAT!
Misty2: (running to Ash2's side) Ash, what's wrong?
Ash2 ignores Misty2 at takes another swing at Lance, surprising everyone. Misty2 immediately grabs Ash's arms and holds him back.
Misty2: Ash get a grip, what's wrong with you?
Oak: Young man, I think you better calm down right now, before you end up hurting yourself. (looks at Lance) What's this all about?
Jessie: (whispering to James) It looks like the alternate world twerp lost it
James: (nods) I guess all the stress from tonight's events caused him to crack
Ash2: Everyone BUTT OUT! This is none of your business.
Misty: We just want to help you Ash, if you've got a problem with something you should talk it out.
Misty2: Yeah Ash, chill out and tell us what happened.
Ash: Yeah, I'm sure whatever it is can be worked out somehow, so don't freak.
Ash2: (still totally out of control) I said this doesn't concern you so SHUT UP! (everyone gasps) Misty, let me go NOW!!!!!
Ash2 violently twists out of Misty2's grip and his arm crashes hard into the side of her face. For a second it seems like the scene moves in slow motion. Misty2 reels back from the force of the blow and falls against the wall. Her hand goes up to her face as she looks at Ash with hurt in her eyes.
Misty2: Ash…I…I…you….
Tears begin to run down Misty2's face as she turns away from Ash2 and looks down at the ground. Everyone looks at Ash2 in stunned silence. The anger and hatred slowly drains from Ash2, replaced with deep remorse and regret as he realizes what he just did, and his conflict with Lance takes a back seat. Tears well up in Ash2's eyes as well, and he looks down at the ground dejectedly. After a few moments he steps towards Misty2 and puts his hand on her shoulder.
Ash2: (speaking gently, voice cracking) Misty….I'm sorry. It was an accident, I didn't mean to…
Suddenly the sound of a police siren can be heard outside. Everyone turns and looks out the window just in time to see Officer Jenny pull up in her cop car.
Tracey: Well it's about time!
Brock/Brock2: (eyes turn into hearts) OFFICER JENNY, MY LOVE!!!! (presses up against the window and drools, everyone sweat drops)
Misty: Great, now we're going to have to deal with twice the hormones.
Jessie2: They are never going to be able to keep a girlfriend if they can't get over acting like that.
Meowth: It's kind of pathetic
Meowth2: You said it
Jigglypuff: Jiggly!
Oak: Well I guess since she's finally here we should let her in and debrief her on the situation. (gives Ash2, Misty2 and Lance a stern look) But don't think we're finished with you three. I want this problem resolved in a civilized manner, is that clear.
Ash2: (sweat drop) Yes sir.
Everyone turns and is about to head towards the door when something streaks through the air and strikes Officer Jenny's car causing it to explode, sending her flying and blowing out the front window of Kurt's lab. Everyone ducks for cover as the glass and broken wood rains down. As the dust settles everyone turns and looks out the gaping hole where Kurt's window used to be. Kurt charges out of his back lab, having heard the explosion.
Kurt: What happened? (notices the window) MY window!!!
Lance: Kurt, go upstairs and protect your granddaughter. We'll handle this.
Misty: (runs over to him) I think this is a little too dangerous for my Togepi, so could I ask you to watch it for me please?
Kurt: Sure thing young lady (takes Togepi from Misty)
Misty2: (runs over as well) Could you please watch mine too? (plops Togepi in Kurt's arms) Sorry, but Mommy has to go do some dangerous stuff now, so you be nice and listen to Kurt ok?
Togepi2: Ok, Mommy
Togepi: Be Safe, ok Mommy?
Misty: I'll try to be! (runs back to the rest of the group)
Kurt takes the two Pokemon and heads upstairs, while everyone else quickly climbs through the window to investigate what happened outside. Both Brocks's immediately run to Officer Jenny, who is lying about ten feet from the car.
Brock: (holding Jenny up) Officer Jenny, hold on!
Brock2: (checks her pulse) Still alive, she must have just been knocked out by the explosion. (begins to cry waterfall tears) Thank goodness!
Ash: What could have caused this?
Lance: I think I know what. Everyone get behind me. (pulls out a pokeball)
Lance stands out in front and scans the trees, but it's too dark to see anything. Both Misty and Misty2 quickly place their Togepi in their backpacks for safe keeping. Suddenly the voice of Domino rings out through the woods, amplified by some sort of loud speaker.
Domino's voice: That was just a warning shot. If you don't hand over the GS ball, the next rocket will hit someone, and not just something