Deep in a forest an old man was chopping wood for his campfire. With every
blow of the axe his own bones would creak and stress. "Damn splinters, oh
I'm not as young as I used to be. I remember when I could split a whole
tree in half with one swing, dang naggot!"
The old man leaned against a rotting tree stump and wiped his brow. "Its so hot today, I wish there was a little breeze or something." And with a heavy sigh the old man picked up his axe and readied himself to chop down another small tree for firewood. With a grunt he winded up his first shot.
Just as he was bringing down the axe, Ash blew past overhead like a bullet shot out of a gun. The back draft he created blew dirt and leaves everywhere. The old man was thrust back, loosing his grip on the axe. In the confusion a tree could be heard snapping in two and falling right next to the old man. As the dust subsided he inspected his surroundings and saw the large sapling turned over on its side. His gaze then turned to the axe lodged into its trunk. A huge smile crept onto his face. Excited he slowly jumped up and danced about. "Yes! I still got it!!" He continued his painful jig oblivious to what had just flew by. But soon the world would know.
End Game Part 2 - Blitzkrieg
"The Chosen One has really lost it!"
"Can you feel that power!?"
"What if he destroys the planet?!"
"Come off it! The Chosen One still is in control of himself, he wouldn't hurt the people he is meant to protect!"
"I could never see the Chosen One getting this powerful, the first never came close" "Perhaps this is good"
"Huh?"
"Don't forget that the evil is also getting stronger, Ash may very well be able to vanquish it."
".I'm beginning to doubt that creating the Chosen one was a big mistake."
"My God, what are you saying?!"
"You know as good as I do that the process in creating the Chosen One also spawned the Evil!"
"I know that, and watch what your saying..we are Gods you idiot."
***
"WHERE ARE THEY!!!" Ash was still circling the forest giving off a bright blue trail of energy. His very eyes were sheer white with rage as he searched for the Team Rocket Compound. He could not do this alone. Ash looked down to the pokeballs surrounding his waist. With two hands he gathered them all and flung them to a nearby clearing. In a sequence of blinding lights the legendary Pokemon made their first debut at being released all at once.
The birds all stretched their wings as the two dogs sniffed the air. Ash suddenly launched himself to the ground and landed like a meteor, creating a rather large crater. In doing so he scared Articuno who was standing just meters away. It recoiled in fear of Ash's sudden change and sought comfort from Lugia who was very surprised as well.
"Ash! What happened to you!"
Ash fumbled with the fully extended sword in his hands as the energy continued to whip around him like smoke from a freshly lit cigarette. "The took Misty from me." He spoke with a serious gruff sound to his voice. "We must go and rescue her."
The legendary Pokemon became very unsettled at the news. Suicune turned her head up to Ho-oh. "Who is this Misty the Master speaks of?"
Ho-oh swatted at Suicune. "He's means the Prophet!"
Raikou looked quite confused. "Kasumi is in Danger?"
Lugia chimed in. "Her name is Misty now."
"SILENCE!!!!" Ash screamed.
Again the legendaries all recoiled from his outburst. "I'm going to her back no matter what, but I can't do this alone..I need your help. I've tapped into a power I could never have once dreamed off. But I'm only one man.will you help me. Will you help Misty?"
The Legendary Pokemon fell silent. They looked up to Lugia as the 'Head' Pokemon for an answer.
"Ash, I warned you what would happen if you lost your temper. But you need not ask of us for help. We would follow you to the end of the earth, even for Misty."
Ash slowly nodded to Lugia. "Lets do it."
Immediately Ash began drawing a plan into the ground. He would have the Dogs search the forest grounds and have the birds circle the air in a counterclockwise pattern. If one was to find the compound they were to release an attack into the air to single their location and all the others would converge on the same position. He calculated how much time it would take 5 birds and 2 dogs to scour an area with a 10 mile-radius.
"Alright, remember to wait for the others before attacking. Lets go." Ash and the birds immediately flew up into the air ready to disperse in their chosen directions.
"You have five minutes!! MOVE OU." Lugia interrupted him. "oh.THERE IT IS!!"
Ash squinted to the north and sure enough was the tell tail signs of camp fires and also standing in the center was a team rocket flag. It was more then three miles away and it took less then three seconds to find it. Screw the plan.
As Ash stared at the flag flapping in the wind the energy in him doubled. He slowly raised his hand as all the legendaries prepared for the attack. It had been thousands of years since the Dogs had gotten any action and were ready to fight for their master. Ash knew that there would be lots of opposition but he would stop at nothing until Misty was safe.
Ash dropped his hand to his side and released a huge battle cry as the legendaries charged forward.
"BLITZKRIEG!!!" ***
A group of Team Rocket agents were huddled over a steaming pot of soup. It was nearly lunch time and all the food that was available was soup and bread. Since Giovanni insisted on bringing so many weapons and equipment they had to sacrifice the amount of food to bring.
"Put more bark in it, it'll make it taste better." An agent said well stirring the clear broth.
A young man broke another piece of bark off a larger chunk he ripped off a tree and tossed it in the pot. "But, the whole thing tastes like bark, if it were up to you the whole soup would be nothing but bark."
Across the compound an agent was checking the weapons. All types of hi tech laser guns, pulsar, EMP's, Rocket Launcher and sub-machine guns. For the life of him, the agent could not figure out why they needed so much weaponry.
Another agent lit a cigarette as he looked out over the horizon. No one could see his eyes go wide as the cigarette burn to the filter as he gasped in heavily. He tried to warn everyone but instead was hit with a hacking fit as he coughed out all the smoke.
He ran up to the others huddled around the bark soup and started slapping backs as he still coughed up smoke.
"What the hell is it?"
"Hack.We.are..cough..HACK under..COUGH!"
"Just say it already!"
Suddenly an explosion rocked the compound as an unmanned vehicle was launched into the air surrounded by fire. The agent sighed. ".Attack"
Sirens began to blare in the morning air as everyone was scrambling to their posts. Some weren't even fully dressed as they ran from their barracks wondering where the attack was coming from. It was pandemonium at the compound as agents began to fire widely into the air. It was then that they caught the first glimpse of their attacker.
Crackles of lighting filled the compound as Zapdos and Raikou stormed the front gates. The team rocket agents fled in the opposite direction but quickly slipped on a patch of ice that Articuno had created as it flew by over head the baffled solders.
At his time Giovanni had been rustled out of his slumber by explosions and by screaming. He raced to his window and gasped as he saw the Legendary Pokemon attacking his entire base. Moltres was setting fires outside the base walls, sealing them in. Articuno was freezing everything in site as Lugia and Ho-oh circled in the air shooting off powerful blasts. The Pokemon were aiming at all the weapon instillations and power generators. The were being very tactful, no Pokemon could think of such strategies. Someone had to be telling them what to do.
Just then two heavily armed guards burst into the room. "Sir we have to get you to safety!!" They both grabbed Giovanni arms, but he ripped them from the guards grip.
"Are you crazy! This is our moment of victory. Just tell the general to begin the plans. Capture all the legendaries, make sure none of them escape. This is the moment I have been waiting for!"
"But sir!" The Agent pleaded "There is something else out there!"
Giovanni narrowed his brow. "Something else?"
"yes sir, I already have reports from the others that something has been flying about slicing our guns in half! Thomas told me that he saw an faint outline of a 'something' then a flash of silver and his missile launcher was severed right down the middle! I didn't think Pokemon could do that!"
The building was struck by another blast as the three men struggled to keep their balance. Giovanni ran over to the intercom resting on his desk and mashed the buttons. "If there is anybody not fighting get them out there!!!"
He then glanced over to the two guards that had barged in. "What are you two waiting for!? Go tell them to start the plan!!
The two inept guards ran out of the room as the shrill cries of the Legendaries still filled the air. Just then another explosion rocked the building and sent Giovanni reeling onto his back. He painfully got up and rushed to the window. The western side of the building was on fire. Outside, almost everything was destroyed. His men were running around like ants evading a microscope. It was a pitiful site.
Giovanni quickly ducked as Moltres came swooping overtop of him. The majestic bird spit forth a funnel of fire that destroyed a few portapottys and a barracks. They were losing this battle, but not for much longer.
***
Misty was huddled tightly in the corner of her makeshift cell. Many deep cuts still bled and her skin began to bruise. The tears never stopped flowing since she left the torture room. She let out a yelp as she felt everything shake around her. "What..is going on out there?"
Just then she saw a herd of troops running by shouting "Attack! What! By who?! Legendary birds!" As the footsteps of the frightened agents faded on the concrete floor Misty looked up and for the first time in days, smiled.
"He..came for me..please hurry."
***
The battle still raged outside as the agents finally understood what was happening began to fight back in full force. Even the dogs were having difficulty evading all the gun fire and missiles. It was time to regroup and work together. All of the legendaries collected on the west side of the compound. All the agents ran to the front of the metallic base and took their positions.
There was a brief pause as the soldiers collected themselves and steadied their nerves. The gunfire stopped as they looked at their foes. The legendary pokemon were immense and largely intimidating. But right below them stood a figure. It was to far away to tell who it was.
One of the agents looked over to his commanding officer. "Is that one of ours over there sir?!"
The lieutenant whipped out a pair of binoculars and searched the disarray and rubble of the base until his sights laid upon the mysterious figure in the battle field. It was a child..no a teenager. Only he looked rather odd, he was carrying something. He strained hard to see details of the little boy. "That's odd, he's carrying a huge sword.or perhaps it's a walking stick..I can't really tell...he should get away from those birds if he knew what was good for him!"
A agent slid down next to the lieutenant. "Should we go get him?"
"It seems that the boy must have been hiking in the woods and got pulled into the fight. He looks like he's in shock. He ain't moving..take him as a hostage."
A herd of agents move stealthy toward the 'boy'. They were mere feet away from him when they saw that it was not a walking stick he was carrying. The agents stopped in their tracks and called out to him. "Hey kid! Come on, those legendary pokemon look like there going to start attacking any second. Let's go!!"
The boy sneered. "They won't attack unless I tell them to."
It took a while for the words to sink in. The agents looked at each other then someone blurted out. "Oh CRAP!! Run away!!!!! Run AWAY!! That kid controls them!!!! RUN!!!"
He didn't have to tell them twice. The soldiers kicked up the dirt and sprinted toward the safety of the base. One of the agents looked behind him to see the young boy glowing a dark blue. The kid slowly brought up his hand, and with his palm facing outwards screamed.
The agents also screamed, in terror, as they saw the boy shoot a huge blue ball of energy towards them. It detonated inches away from their feet as it blew a circular swath of mud in the ground. The agents scrambled into their bunkers gasping for air. The lieutenant grabbed one by the scruff of his shirt and shook him violently. "What the hell was that!!"
"That ain't no freaking kid out there!!! Attack !! Fire!! Throw whatever we got at him!!!
***
Ash inspected his hand and saw many deep burns and charred flesh. But with his accelerated healing, his hand turned back to normal within seconds. He glanced up to see the agents opening fire once again. Looks like his little stunt gave him away.
As the bullets whizzed by he ducked behind what was once a truck and thought. The birds flew above circling the sky while Raikou and Suicune ducked behind wreckage waiting for their next orders.
Ash knew that misty was inside that building. They couldn't attack it for risking Misty getting hurt. Ash would have to enter the building, find Misty, get her out, then destroy the base. Yes that was the only way. He was sure that the birds could handle things out here.
Ash brought up two fingers to his forehead and concentrated. He would have to talk them telepathically, which was incredibly hard to do since he really hasn't tried it many times.
"Hello? Lugia?" "No this is Ho-oh."
"Whoops, whatever I'll work on the telepathic thing later. Ho-oh, tell everyone to attack everything but the big compound! Misty is in there and I need time to get her out!
"You got it!"
Ash brought his hand down and looked up to see the birds getting into attack formation. He motioned for the legendary dogs to meet him by the flaming truck. With their incredible speed it only took less then a second.
"Okay guys I need some cover while I go in. I need you to draw their fire."
Raikou leaned forward. "May we eat them?" He said licking his lips.
"No you can't eat them! Keep them alive! I want the base destroyed except the compound!"
Raikou lowered his head. "Oh.okay."
Ash gripped his sword tighter. "Alright ready? Let's go" He leapt onto Raikou's back and both dogs took off toward the base. They were in a blaze of gunfire, Ash looked over to Suicune. "Sucicune, use Mist!"
The legendary dog nodded and the large crest on its head began to glow. Within seconds a thick fog blanketed the area. Raikou leapt high into the air jumping right over the agents who continued to fire blindly in front of them.
Ash had made it to the front entrance and threw open the doors. Before running in he looked back at Raikou. "Now remember, don't eat anybody!
***
"FIRE THE DAMN ROCKETS!!" The soldiers scuttled in different directions trying their best to line up a shot. One after the other the rockets were fired while more were being carried into the battlefield by agents who were also trying their best to avoid ice blasts and electric attacks from the circling birds above them. One of the rockets held true and hit its mark hitting Moltres directly in the chest. The legendary bird winced and faltered in the air. But it quickly regained its stamina and let out a tremendous burst of flames that drove many Team Rocket Agents running out of their foxholes, which promptly caught on fire.
The legendary dogs managed to reach the trenches and began wreaking havoc. Agents began spilling onto the ground or getting stepped on and pushed into the muddy floor. Cries of alarm and pain rang throughout the still foggy battlefield. Alas more rockets had found their targets and Articuno and Raikou both fell victim to the power of human weaponry. Raikou struggled to get up by lay only meters from a SIM rocket launcher. The vile machine slowly turned its armaments towards the fallen pokemon. Raikou shut its eyes waiting for the inevitable pain soon to follow. Instead it heard a loud explosion and looked up to see that Articuno had fallen on the turret after taking another blow to the wings.
This angered Lugia and thus unleashed an Aero-Attack across the entire field. It ripped open a massive gash in the earth and Agents jumped into the jagged holes to actually seek cover. Lugia had done them a favor.
For the legendaries no matter how much of their elemental attacks they fired upon the humans there always seemed to be more and more leaking on the battlefield. Where in the world were all these soldiers coming from? Even though the grounds were scattered with unconscious bodies there always seemed someone new who showed up to take the befallen allies position.
Lugia rose high into the air and gasped as he saw a large string of soldiers moving steadily out of the forest and into the fray. The forest was thick with trees and overgrown plant life. Lugia could not see clearly but it may be that there was a hidden camp or barracks hiding more agents. As the stream of gun clad warriors continued to spill out it seemed as though team rocket and an inexhaustible supply.
"Ash..Hurry!"
***
The Chosen One ran down these endless corridors that led him to dead ends or locked doors. Even though from the air the building looked small, inside was a whole different story. The floor, the walls and ceiling were all metal portions welded furiously together. The metallic halls were deathly empty, he had not run into agents or stairs or many doors at all. Ash let out a string of curse words as he continued his search.
"Damn, were is she? Why can't I hone onto her signal? Unless its very weak? Oh-no! She must be in terrible pain!"
Just the mere thought of this caused Ash to unleash another powerful blast of energy all around him. The steel walls melted and buckled from the pressure of his power. Ash stopped and thought a moment. If he could not find a way down, he would have to make one!
Ash quickly placed his sword in its scabbard and brought both free hands to touch the ground. He was about to blast it to hell but an image of Misty being right underneath him being killed by his energy blast stopped him short in his tracks. He would have to use force instead. Taking in a deep breath Ash drew back his hand and made a tight fist. With a yell he brought it down and struck the hard metal surface. With his incredible strength he was able to make a small hole in the floor but he shattered his hand in the process. Ash writhed on the floor in pain until the healing process mended his broken fingers. After checking to make sure his hand was back to normal Ash put to hands on either side of the newly formed hole and tried to bend the metal in order to produce a large opening. He reached way down and pried the floor open like a can of sardines. Happy with his work he jumped into the basement but did not realize how far the floor was. A loud clatter could be heard emanating throughout the compound. Ash swore at himself for not just flying down the hole instead of plummeting onto hard concrete.
Ash leapt up from the cold floor and surveyed his surroundings. Immediately he heard voices coming from the next room. They were male voices and then a female voice could be heard in the mixture of panicked conversation. Ash could not tell if it was Misty or not. Slowly he inched his way along the dark hallways trying to listen to what they were saying."
"Sir we have to get you to safety!"
"I am not leaving! We are almost at the hour of victory!"
"Sir we don't of the resources, we must abandon and rethink our strategy."
"We are so close! Capture the legendaries, stop making excuses!"
Ash leaned in closer to hear the heated argument.
"But sir we don't have the man power and the technology to capture them. We already have tried to secure Articuno but the others foiled our attempts. Its futile! We must get you to safety!"
The man to whom the agent was talking to erupted with anger and from what Ash could hear punched the man.
"Don't you see! I am the Chosen One! I will not lose!"
Now that made Ash narrow his eyes. "Another Chosen One? What?" Ash thought to himself. Another voice stepped in and Ash concluded it was female. "Sir, we may have lost the battle but we could still win the war! All we have to do is gather the documents, retrieve the girl from her cell and escape to the WarBird. We could still win this sir!"
At the mention of a girl in her cell, Ash felt his anger rise again. But waited a few more moments to determine what their plans were.
"Sigh, alright, you and you come with me to get the documents, and Sergant Yuki here will get the girl. Make sure you use the shackles and handcuffs, and also make sure that there is no evidence of this place when we leave."
Ash could hear feet moving away from his position. He finally looked around the corner to see the girl who had just finished talking to whoever that thought he was the Chosen One. Most befuddling. But that was the furthest from his mind as he slowly approached the Agent who's back was facing the opposite direction.
"Well, time to get the girl, poor thing. Its kinda sad.wha? AHH!" The young women screamed when she felt a freezing cold blade touch her throat. She went to retrieve her gun from her holster but when her assailant dug the blade deeper into her jugular she got the hint and let her weapon drop to the floor. Trembling, she strained her neck upward trying to keep the sword away from her as much as possible. A voice behind her acknowledged the assailants presence. "Where is the girl?"
The agent dare not look around to see the mans face and kept staring into the hall, scared of what might happen. She decided to play dumb. "I don't know what you mean, What girl?"
Ash's temper flared from this display and whispered in her ear. "If you won't tell me, I'll read you mind and find out myself. But I warn you, I'm just learning how to do it and it might be really, really painful."
The agent swallowed, her throat just micrometers from the cold blade. "I don't believe you!"
"You leave me no choice." With ash's free hand, he brought to fingers to her temple. Immediately the woman began to scream as Ash probed her mind. Ash brought down his sword and concentrated on reading her troubled mind. The things he saw only made his stomach wretch. He was unlocking memories he did not care to see, he only wanted to know were Misty was. Suddenly the visual entered his brain. Misty was laying in her cell, and from the agents mind he retrieved the directions.
As the young women continued to scream in pain ash released her. The agent fainted and slumped onto the wall then collapsed to the floor. Ash bent down and placed a hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry, your just an innocent aren't you? Tricked into joining Team Rocket just to raise money for your mothers operation...those were things I didn't want to know, but I am aware of the troubles you all face. One day instead of fighting you, I hope we may all work together to create a better world."
He left the unconscious woman and fled down the halls to finally free Misty from her torment. Using the agents memories he was able to travel down the halls as if he had been down here before. And with a final turn into a room, there she was. Ash could feel his heart swell as he looked upon Misty huddled in the corner of her cell.
At that time Misty looked up to see Ash standing still in the room. It was hard for her to realize that it was indeed Ash. But when the feeling finally sank in, it hit her like a bag of bricks and she began to cry. Misty ran to the cells bars and strechted out a hand to Ash.
"ASH!! You came! Please help me!"
Ash's legs began to move as a smile spread across his face. He was only halfway into the room when in the corner of his eye he saw a group of people enter the room. Ash whipped around to see agents holding large boxes with papers hanging out. They all stared in Ash in disbelief. No body moved for what seemed like eons. Then sudeenly the agents parted to the side and another man entered the room. Just the site of this man made Misty cower in the corner.
Again there was silence as the mysterious man, clad in a dark suit stepped into the room. HE to had a confused expression on his face. Finally he spoke. "Who in the hell are you?"
Ash drew out his sword. "The name is Ash ketchum, I came for the girl."
At the sound of his name, the boss of Team Rocket slowly turned to retreat from the room.
Misty finally blurted out to Ash. "ASH! That's him! Its Giovanni he's the one that kidnapped me!!"
"WHAT?!" Ash spun around to meet Giovanni face to face. The anger in him doubled as he stared upon the evil face of Team Rocket. "You were behind everything!"
Giovanni laughed. "You have fought well, but like my associate said, the war is not over!!" Before Ash could react he saw Giovanni reach out and press a large button on a control board. With that Misty screamed as she saw streams of a greenish gas come pouring out of different spouts in the ceiling. She began coucking and gasping for breath. "I..can't breath..Ash!!"
Giovanni laughed evilly as he and the other agents fled down the hall. It was now opportunity cost. Save Misty for which he had eternal love for, or go after Giovanni and end the worlds suffering. The phrase "The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few.". But there was no way in hell he was going to let Misty die in front of him, not when they were finally together.
Using his speed and strength he had ripped open the bars to the cell and pulled Misty out of the fog. Ash carried her to the empty hall and shut the door behind them. Misty hacked and coughed as air began to push out the poisons. But Ash feared she had breathed in to much of the gas and was now slipping away.
Ash saw an open wound on her arm and quickly devised a plan. If Ash could create a wound deep enough and extract the blood from himself, then place a few drops into Misty's wound, the advance antigens and platelets would heal her enough to make it out of the building. Without thinking Ash took his sword and held it straight up using his knees. Then holding on to Misty with one hand, he took his right hand and taking a deep breath, shut his eyes and plunged it onto the blade. Misty looked on In shock as the sword went straight through his hand smearing blood everywhere. With another yelp and before his healing abilities took over he pressed his mangled and bloody hand onto Misty's open wound. The young red-head could feel the pain in her lungs almost disappear as Ash's grip became stronger as his hand began to heal. With Ash's blood entering her system, the accelerated healing went to work. It sealed up her wounds and gave her strength.
Ash's face lit up when he saw Misty's skin become less pale then before. "IT WORKED!!"
Misty slowly sat up and gazed into Ash's eyes. "oh.Ash!" Misty glomped on to her true love and held on for dear life. She burst into tears and wiped them on his torn shirt. Overcome by emotions, all the anger left Ash and it was replaced with complete joy. He crushed her to his frame as they both cried.
Misty choked back a few sobs and brought her trembling lips up to Ash. And right there on the hard metal floor, amongst a battle raging outside, Ash and Misty set a world record for the most compassionate kiss in the history of the world. Nothing came close to it as to the kiss they were now engaged in. The need for oxygen quelled their display of love.
"I missed you so much." Misty said while running a finger across Ash's face.
Ash slowly helped Misty up. "Its not over yet, we have to get out of here!" With that he picked up his sword, smeared with his own blood and instructed Misty to climb onto this back. Misty did so, but complained that there was no need to give her a piggy-back ride. Although Ash did surprise her once again as he lifted the both of them into the air.
"You can fly?!" She screamed.
Ash sailed through the corridors looking for an exit. "Long story." He explained.
The Chosen One could hear the sounds of battle close by and found an exit leading to the back of the compound. The biggest thing on his mind was to get Misty to safety. But he gasped when he saw the amount of carnage. Articuno, Raikou and Moltres were laying on the battle field. Huge burn marks showed where team rocket missiles had struck them. And agents were trying their hardest to tie them down with wire's and iron pegs. Ash could feel the anger building in him once again. He landed on the ground away from the gun fire and let Misty off behind the wreckage of a truck. "Stay here, and stay low! I have to free them!"
Misty obeyed and crouched low from view. Ash drew out his sword and took off toward the agents that were trying to contain his friends. Misty watched as he quickly knocked all the agents to the ground. Then using his sword set Articuno, then Raikou and Moltres free. She also saw him touch each of them on the chest. And where his hand touched them she could see a small blue light appear. And immediately after he did that, the fallen legendary pokemon seemed to have recovered all of their energy.
She looked around the battle field and at the agent firing their guns in the air at Lugia and the others. Misty couldn't believe that Ash had done all of this. He had changed so much it scared her, but that wasn't going to stop her from loving him. Suddenly a stray missile had come far to close to were Misty was hiding. The concussion sent Misty flying right into the open. As she tried to shake the cobwebs out she spotted a agent running up to her. The agent seemed to be carrying a flamethrower as a small flame was lit at the end of his rifle looking weapon. Misty held her breath as she waited to see what the agent was going to do. She looked on in horror as she saw the man flip a switch on his gun that sent a burst of flames out of the nozzle. And to her extreme horror she watched as the soldier brought that flamethrower up to her.
The agent let out a blast of fire that drove Misty back into a wall. "Agh! Ash help me!! Help Me!!" The soldier closed in on Misty and rose this weapon once again. Misty was backed in a corner and had no were to run. She brought up her hands and screamed. "NOOOOOOO!!"
Suddenly she felt a huge breeze whip by her and then a large thud shook the ground. She opened her eyes to see a legendary dog in front of her. Started the Agent shot a stream of fire at the pokemon. And to Misty surprise, the pokemon also shot a large blast of fire at the solider. The flames engulfed the man and the gas tank attached to his back exploded. Blowing a circular swath of mud and hurtling the agent into a large puddle of water that luckily for him extinguished the flames.
Ash landed next to Misty who was now in shock. He inspected her to make sure she wasn't hurt then turned his attention to the legendary pokemon that saved her.
"Thank you so much Suicune!..wait your not.your." Ash gazed upon the pokemon and noticed its heavy brown fur, its flowing main, the spikes jutting out of its back and the red and silver face plate.
"ENTEI!!" Ash almost fell over as he gazed upon the third and final Legendary Dog.
"Hello Master, I hope I'm no to late"
Ash walked closer to the fire pokemon "I thought I was supposed to find you, not the other way around."
"You have proved to me that you are indeed my Master from so many years ago." Entei looked over onto the battlefield to show his point.
Not wasting another minute Ash grabbed Misty and dragged her over to Entei. "Look, you have to get Misty away from here while we finish up! Please bring her to olivine city's pokemon center and get her to Brock. Then I want you to protect them both incase Team Rocket comes back for her."
The legendary Pokemon nodded. "I understand."
And with that Misty and Ash shared a quick kiss and he helped her unto Entei's back. Misty was reluctant to let go of Ash's hand but knew that Ash would be okay. "Please come back soon."
Ash nodded and took off into the fray once again, not taking his gaze off Misty as Entei ran clear out of the compound and into the safety of the forest.
Ash flew up to were Lugia and Ho-oh continued to battle high in the air. "Lugia, we can leave now, Misty is safe with Entei."
"Entei? He actually came? That's great, but now we should worry about ourselves. Articuno and Moltres are still badly injured and Raikou can't run as fast."
Ash quickly evaded another missile. "I know, but lets just retreat, we got what we came for!" Ash had lost almost all the power he once had at the beginning of the battle and was growing weary. All the anger was gone and he just wanted to get back to Misty.
Lugia made the signal for the others to leave and head back to Olivine City. Ash watched as Articuno and Moltres slowly flew to the west with Raikou and Suicune running into the forest underneath them. Zapdos flew up beside Ash gasping for air, evidence that it to was exhausted from battle.
Happy with their effort with the destruction of the base and the retrieval of Misty they remaining legendaries began to leave. But they all stopped and turned to watch something rise from out of the forest. A huge rumbling echoed throughout the air as the trees began to shake and fall over. The weapons stopped firing as they watched every agent pick up a fallen comrade and run into the forest covered by a dense canopy of trees. But that rumbling became much stronger as the metallic base below them collapsed on itself and left shrapnel everywhere. Ash could sense that everyone had made it out, even the woman he left fainted on the floor in the basement. Lugia looked to Ho-oh who was also curious to what was causing such vibrations across the land.
Then they saw it. The trees just seem to disappear and in its place was a huge aircraft of some sorts. It rose slowly into the air knocking over more trees and kicking sand and dust everywhere as its powerful engines lifted this massive structure in the air. It was at least two kilometers wide and only as tall as a house. It had the shape of a huge boomerang and it was a deathly colored black. The light did not even reflect off this massive craft. And emblazed on the very center of it was the let "R". Then when the airship and reached a suitable height eight engines located in the back flared up and the plane slowly lurched forward picking up speed. The heat coming of the engines could melt rocks into lava as blue waves of energy allowed the craft to fly higher and higher into the air.
Ash and the legendaries all stare wide-eyed as the aircraft disappeared behind the clouds. It was so big it could hold a the population of a small city in it. That would explain the agents that continually poured out of the forest in were this thing was hiding. But how the hell could they have hid something that was the size of 10 football fields! Ash continued to stare in disbelief and then remembered something from the conversation he had listened earlier. That thing must have been the 'Warbird' they were talking about!
"Oh my god...they can go anywhere they want. There may be no stopping them."
They continued to float in the air and let a wave of depression wash over them. Just then they heard another noise coming from behind them. They all whipped around expecting an attack but instead the noise was the thumping of rotor blades coming from a News6 Helicopter hovering only meters away. Ash's eyes went wide as she saw a man holding a camera straight at him and another one surveying the damage below them. And behind the cameraman a newswoman was talking into a microphone.
"no.." Ash said aloud.
He continued to stare as the helicopter circled them with an excited reporter dancing about in the metal chassis.
"They found us out....they know who I am...soon..the world will know..."
To be continued
Authors Notes: Wow two updates in one week, that's never happened before. Well I said it would be done by Friday and I don't disappoint. This morning I had 7 pages done before. Almost three hours later I had 8 pages written 7+8 equals 15 pages. Yay me! I really haven't had much practice writing battle scenes but I think I found my writing ability again. I was all scared that because of the writers block I had, my writing would suffer. IT did a bit, but I regained confidence near the end. Okay time to point out some Between a Rock and a Hard Place Milestones
Its time for NEONGENE check!!!
#1 - Fusionblaster became the 250th person to place a review. Why is that a milestone? Because its ¼ of a 1000!
#2 - After just 18 chapters the fic has now surpassed 100,000 words!! That was a big one for me.
#3 - the first time two chapters were loaded in one week
#4 - And finally, I actually kept my promise about loading on Friday! ^_^
Thank you for reading this far, I know its a lot but only 8 more parts left and a few side stories, then an epilogue and other stuff. -___-. Ugh, well I'm shooting for it to all end on April on the day I first started the fic, that would make it exactly 2 years in the making. Crud I hope pokemon is still popular by then!
BYE!
The old man leaned against a rotting tree stump and wiped his brow. "Its so hot today, I wish there was a little breeze or something." And with a heavy sigh the old man picked up his axe and readied himself to chop down another small tree for firewood. With a grunt he winded up his first shot.
Just as he was bringing down the axe, Ash blew past overhead like a bullet shot out of a gun. The back draft he created blew dirt and leaves everywhere. The old man was thrust back, loosing his grip on the axe. In the confusion a tree could be heard snapping in two and falling right next to the old man. As the dust subsided he inspected his surroundings and saw the large sapling turned over on its side. His gaze then turned to the axe lodged into its trunk. A huge smile crept onto his face. Excited he slowly jumped up and danced about. "Yes! I still got it!!" He continued his painful jig oblivious to what had just flew by. But soon the world would know.
End Game Part 2 - Blitzkrieg
"The Chosen One has really lost it!"
"Can you feel that power!?"
"What if he destroys the planet?!"
"Come off it! The Chosen One still is in control of himself, he wouldn't hurt the people he is meant to protect!"
"I could never see the Chosen One getting this powerful, the first never came close" "Perhaps this is good"
"Huh?"
"Don't forget that the evil is also getting stronger, Ash may very well be able to vanquish it."
".I'm beginning to doubt that creating the Chosen one was a big mistake."
"My God, what are you saying?!"
"You know as good as I do that the process in creating the Chosen One also spawned the Evil!"
"I know that, and watch what your saying..we are Gods you idiot."
***
"WHERE ARE THEY!!!" Ash was still circling the forest giving off a bright blue trail of energy. His very eyes were sheer white with rage as he searched for the Team Rocket Compound. He could not do this alone. Ash looked down to the pokeballs surrounding his waist. With two hands he gathered them all and flung them to a nearby clearing. In a sequence of blinding lights the legendary Pokemon made their first debut at being released all at once.
The birds all stretched their wings as the two dogs sniffed the air. Ash suddenly launched himself to the ground and landed like a meteor, creating a rather large crater. In doing so he scared Articuno who was standing just meters away. It recoiled in fear of Ash's sudden change and sought comfort from Lugia who was very surprised as well.
"Ash! What happened to you!"
Ash fumbled with the fully extended sword in his hands as the energy continued to whip around him like smoke from a freshly lit cigarette. "The took Misty from me." He spoke with a serious gruff sound to his voice. "We must go and rescue her."
The legendary Pokemon became very unsettled at the news. Suicune turned her head up to Ho-oh. "Who is this Misty the Master speaks of?"
Ho-oh swatted at Suicune. "He's means the Prophet!"
Raikou looked quite confused. "Kasumi is in Danger?"
Lugia chimed in. "Her name is Misty now."
"SILENCE!!!!" Ash screamed.
Again the legendaries all recoiled from his outburst. "I'm going to her back no matter what, but I can't do this alone..I need your help. I've tapped into a power I could never have once dreamed off. But I'm only one man.will you help me. Will you help Misty?"
The Legendary Pokemon fell silent. They looked up to Lugia as the 'Head' Pokemon for an answer.
"Ash, I warned you what would happen if you lost your temper. But you need not ask of us for help. We would follow you to the end of the earth, even for Misty."
Ash slowly nodded to Lugia. "Lets do it."
Immediately Ash began drawing a plan into the ground. He would have the Dogs search the forest grounds and have the birds circle the air in a counterclockwise pattern. If one was to find the compound they were to release an attack into the air to single their location and all the others would converge on the same position. He calculated how much time it would take 5 birds and 2 dogs to scour an area with a 10 mile-radius.
"Alright, remember to wait for the others before attacking. Lets go." Ash and the birds immediately flew up into the air ready to disperse in their chosen directions.
"You have five minutes!! MOVE OU." Lugia interrupted him. "oh.THERE IT IS!!"
Ash squinted to the north and sure enough was the tell tail signs of camp fires and also standing in the center was a team rocket flag. It was more then three miles away and it took less then three seconds to find it. Screw the plan.
As Ash stared at the flag flapping in the wind the energy in him doubled. He slowly raised his hand as all the legendaries prepared for the attack. It had been thousands of years since the Dogs had gotten any action and were ready to fight for their master. Ash knew that there would be lots of opposition but he would stop at nothing until Misty was safe.
Ash dropped his hand to his side and released a huge battle cry as the legendaries charged forward.
"BLITZKRIEG!!!" ***
A group of Team Rocket agents were huddled over a steaming pot of soup. It was nearly lunch time and all the food that was available was soup and bread. Since Giovanni insisted on bringing so many weapons and equipment they had to sacrifice the amount of food to bring.
"Put more bark in it, it'll make it taste better." An agent said well stirring the clear broth.
A young man broke another piece of bark off a larger chunk he ripped off a tree and tossed it in the pot. "But, the whole thing tastes like bark, if it were up to you the whole soup would be nothing but bark."
Across the compound an agent was checking the weapons. All types of hi tech laser guns, pulsar, EMP's, Rocket Launcher and sub-machine guns. For the life of him, the agent could not figure out why they needed so much weaponry.
Another agent lit a cigarette as he looked out over the horizon. No one could see his eyes go wide as the cigarette burn to the filter as he gasped in heavily. He tried to warn everyone but instead was hit with a hacking fit as he coughed out all the smoke.
He ran up to the others huddled around the bark soup and started slapping backs as he still coughed up smoke.
"What the hell is it?"
"Hack.We.are..cough..HACK under..COUGH!"
"Just say it already!"
Suddenly an explosion rocked the compound as an unmanned vehicle was launched into the air surrounded by fire. The agent sighed. ".Attack"
Sirens began to blare in the morning air as everyone was scrambling to their posts. Some weren't even fully dressed as they ran from their barracks wondering where the attack was coming from. It was pandemonium at the compound as agents began to fire widely into the air. It was then that they caught the first glimpse of their attacker.
Crackles of lighting filled the compound as Zapdos and Raikou stormed the front gates. The team rocket agents fled in the opposite direction but quickly slipped on a patch of ice that Articuno had created as it flew by over head the baffled solders.
At his time Giovanni had been rustled out of his slumber by explosions and by screaming. He raced to his window and gasped as he saw the Legendary Pokemon attacking his entire base. Moltres was setting fires outside the base walls, sealing them in. Articuno was freezing everything in site as Lugia and Ho-oh circled in the air shooting off powerful blasts. The Pokemon were aiming at all the weapon instillations and power generators. The were being very tactful, no Pokemon could think of such strategies. Someone had to be telling them what to do.
Just then two heavily armed guards burst into the room. "Sir we have to get you to safety!!" They both grabbed Giovanni arms, but he ripped them from the guards grip.
"Are you crazy! This is our moment of victory. Just tell the general to begin the plans. Capture all the legendaries, make sure none of them escape. This is the moment I have been waiting for!"
"But sir!" The Agent pleaded "There is something else out there!"
Giovanni narrowed his brow. "Something else?"
"yes sir, I already have reports from the others that something has been flying about slicing our guns in half! Thomas told me that he saw an faint outline of a 'something' then a flash of silver and his missile launcher was severed right down the middle! I didn't think Pokemon could do that!"
The building was struck by another blast as the three men struggled to keep their balance. Giovanni ran over to the intercom resting on his desk and mashed the buttons. "If there is anybody not fighting get them out there!!!"
He then glanced over to the two guards that had barged in. "What are you two waiting for!? Go tell them to start the plan!!
The two inept guards ran out of the room as the shrill cries of the Legendaries still filled the air. Just then another explosion rocked the building and sent Giovanni reeling onto his back. He painfully got up and rushed to the window. The western side of the building was on fire. Outside, almost everything was destroyed. His men were running around like ants evading a microscope. It was a pitiful site.
Giovanni quickly ducked as Moltres came swooping overtop of him. The majestic bird spit forth a funnel of fire that destroyed a few portapottys and a barracks. They were losing this battle, but not for much longer.
***
Misty was huddled tightly in the corner of her makeshift cell. Many deep cuts still bled and her skin began to bruise. The tears never stopped flowing since she left the torture room. She let out a yelp as she felt everything shake around her. "What..is going on out there?"
Just then she saw a herd of troops running by shouting "Attack! What! By who?! Legendary birds!" As the footsteps of the frightened agents faded on the concrete floor Misty looked up and for the first time in days, smiled.
"He..came for me..please hurry."
***
The battle still raged outside as the agents finally understood what was happening began to fight back in full force. Even the dogs were having difficulty evading all the gun fire and missiles. It was time to regroup and work together. All of the legendaries collected on the west side of the compound. All the agents ran to the front of the metallic base and took their positions.
There was a brief pause as the soldiers collected themselves and steadied their nerves. The gunfire stopped as they looked at their foes. The legendary pokemon were immense and largely intimidating. But right below them stood a figure. It was to far away to tell who it was.
One of the agents looked over to his commanding officer. "Is that one of ours over there sir?!"
The lieutenant whipped out a pair of binoculars and searched the disarray and rubble of the base until his sights laid upon the mysterious figure in the battle field. It was a child..no a teenager. Only he looked rather odd, he was carrying something. He strained hard to see details of the little boy. "That's odd, he's carrying a huge sword.or perhaps it's a walking stick..I can't really tell...he should get away from those birds if he knew what was good for him!"
A agent slid down next to the lieutenant. "Should we go get him?"
"It seems that the boy must have been hiking in the woods and got pulled into the fight. He looks like he's in shock. He ain't moving..take him as a hostage."
A herd of agents move stealthy toward the 'boy'. They were mere feet away from him when they saw that it was not a walking stick he was carrying. The agents stopped in their tracks and called out to him. "Hey kid! Come on, those legendary pokemon look like there going to start attacking any second. Let's go!!"
The boy sneered. "They won't attack unless I tell them to."
It took a while for the words to sink in. The agents looked at each other then someone blurted out. "Oh CRAP!! Run away!!!!! Run AWAY!! That kid controls them!!!! RUN!!!"
He didn't have to tell them twice. The soldiers kicked up the dirt and sprinted toward the safety of the base. One of the agents looked behind him to see the young boy glowing a dark blue. The kid slowly brought up his hand, and with his palm facing outwards screamed.
The agents also screamed, in terror, as they saw the boy shoot a huge blue ball of energy towards them. It detonated inches away from their feet as it blew a circular swath of mud in the ground. The agents scrambled into their bunkers gasping for air. The lieutenant grabbed one by the scruff of his shirt and shook him violently. "What the hell was that!!"
"That ain't no freaking kid out there!!! Attack !! Fire!! Throw whatever we got at him!!!
***
Ash inspected his hand and saw many deep burns and charred flesh. But with his accelerated healing, his hand turned back to normal within seconds. He glanced up to see the agents opening fire once again. Looks like his little stunt gave him away.
As the bullets whizzed by he ducked behind what was once a truck and thought. The birds flew above circling the sky while Raikou and Suicune ducked behind wreckage waiting for their next orders.
Ash knew that misty was inside that building. They couldn't attack it for risking Misty getting hurt. Ash would have to enter the building, find Misty, get her out, then destroy the base. Yes that was the only way. He was sure that the birds could handle things out here.
Ash brought up two fingers to his forehead and concentrated. He would have to talk them telepathically, which was incredibly hard to do since he really hasn't tried it many times.
"Hello? Lugia?" "No this is Ho-oh."
"Whoops, whatever I'll work on the telepathic thing later. Ho-oh, tell everyone to attack everything but the big compound! Misty is in there and I need time to get her out!
"You got it!"
Ash brought his hand down and looked up to see the birds getting into attack formation. He motioned for the legendary dogs to meet him by the flaming truck. With their incredible speed it only took less then a second.
"Okay guys I need some cover while I go in. I need you to draw their fire."
Raikou leaned forward. "May we eat them?" He said licking his lips.
"No you can't eat them! Keep them alive! I want the base destroyed except the compound!"
Raikou lowered his head. "Oh.okay."
Ash gripped his sword tighter. "Alright ready? Let's go" He leapt onto Raikou's back and both dogs took off toward the base. They were in a blaze of gunfire, Ash looked over to Suicune. "Sucicune, use Mist!"
The legendary dog nodded and the large crest on its head began to glow. Within seconds a thick fog blanketed the area. Raikou leapt high into the air jumping right over the agents who continued to fire blindly in front of them.
Ash had made it to the front entrance and threw open the doors. Before running in he looked back at Raikou. "Now remember, don't eat anybody!
***
"FIRE THE DAMN ROCKETS!!" The soldiers scuttled in different directions trying their best to line up a shot. One after the other the rockets were fired while more were being carried into the battlefield by agents who were also trying their best to avoid ice blasts and electric attacks from the circling birds above them. One of the rockets held true and hit its mark hitting Moltres directly in the chest. The legendary bird winced and faltered in the air. But it quickly regained its stamina and let out a tremendous burst of flames that drove many Team Rocket Agents running out of their foxholes, which promptly caught on fire.
The legendary dogs managed to reach the trenches and began wreaking havoc. Agents began spilling onto the ground or getting stepped on and pushed into the muddy floor. Cries of alarm and pain rang throughout the still foggy battlefield. Alas more rockets had found their targets and Articuno and Raikou both fell victim to the power of human weaponry. Raikou struggled to get up by lay only meters from a SIM rocket launcher. The vile machine slowly turned its armaments towards the fallen pokemon. Raikou shut its eyes waiting for the inevitable pain soon to follow. Instead it heard a loud explosion and looked up to see that Articuno had fallen on the turret after taking another blow to the wings.
This angered Lugia and thus unleashed an Aero-Attack across the entire field. It ripped open a massive gash in the earth and Agents jumped into the jagged holes to actually seek cover. Lugia had done them a favor.
For the legendaries no matter how much of their elemental attacks they fired upon the humans there always seemed to be more and more leaking on the battlefield. Where in the world were all these soldiers coming from? Even though the grounds were scattered with unconscious bodies there always seemed someone new who showed up to take the befallen allies position.
Lugia rose high into the air and gasped as he saw a large string of soldiers moving steadily out of the forest and into the fray. The forest was thick with trees and overgrown plant life. Lugia could not see clearly but it may be that there was a hidden camp or barracks hiding more agents. As the stream of gun clad warriors continued to spill out it seemed as though team rocket and an inexhaustible supply.
"Ash..Hurry!"
***
The Chosen One ran down these endless corridors that led him to dead ends or locked doors. Even though from the air the building looked small, inside was a whole different story. The floor, the walls and ceiling were all metal portions welded furiously together. The metallic halls were deathly empty, he had not run into agents or stairs or many doors at all. Ash let out a string of curse words as he continued his search.
"Damn, were is she? Why can't I hone onto her signal? Unless its very weak? Oh-no! She must be in terrible pain!"
Just the mere thought of this caused Ash to unleash another powerful blast of energy all around him. The steel walls melted and buckled from the pressure of his power. Ash stopped and thought a moment. If he could not find a way down, he would have to make one!
Ash quickly placed his sword in its scabbard and brought both free hands to touch the ground. He was about to blast it to hell but an image of Misty being right underneath him being killed by his energy blast stopped him short in his tracks. He would have to use force instead. Taking in a deep breath Ash drew back his hand and made a tight fist. With a yell he brought it down and struck the hard metal surface. With his incredible strength he was able to make a small hole in the floor but he shattered his hand in the process. Ash writhed on the floor in pain until the healing process mended his broken fingers. After checking to make sure his hand was back to normal Ash put to hands on either side of the newly formed hole and tried to bend the metal in order to produce a large opening. He reached way down and pried the floor open like a can of sardines. Happy with his work he jumped into the basement but did not realize how far the floor was. A loud clatter could be heard emanating throughout the compound. Ash swore at himself for not just flying down the hole instead of plummeting onto hard concrete.
Ash leapt up from the cold floor and surveyed his surroundings. Immediately he heard voices coming from the next room. They were male voices and then a female voice could be heard in the mixture of panicked conversation. Ash could not tell if it was Misty or not. Slowly he inched his way along the dark hallways trying to listen to what they were saying."
"Sir we have to get you to safety!"
"I am not leaving! We are almost at the hour of victory!"
"Sir we don't of the resources, we must abandon and rethink our strategy."
"We are so close! Capture the legendaries, stop making excuses!"
Ash leaned in closer to hear the heated argument.
"But sir we don't have the man power and the technology to capture them. We already have tried to secure Articuno but the others foiled our attempts. Its futile! We must get you to safety!"
The man to whom the agent was talking to erupted with anger and from what Ash could hear punched the man.
"Don't you see! I am the Chosen One! I will not lose!"
Now that made Ash narrow his eyes. "Another Chosen One? What?" Ash thought to himself. Another voice stepped in and Ash concluded it was female. "Sir, we may have lost the battle but we could still win the war! All we have to do is gather the documents, retrieve the girl from her cell and escape to the WarBird. We could still win this sir!"
At the mention of a girl in her cell, Ash felt his anger rise again. But waited a few more moments to determine what their plans were.
"Sigh, alright, you and you come with me to get the documents, and Sergant Yuki here will get the girl. Make sure you use the shackles and handcuffs, and also make sure that there is no evidence of this place when we leave."
Ash could hear feet moving away from his position. He finally looked around the corner to see the girl who had just finished talking to whoever that thought he was the Chosen One. Most befuddling. But that was the furthest from his mind as he slowly approached the Agent who's back was facing the opposite direction.
"Well, time to get the girl, poor thing. Its kinda sad.wha? AHH!" The young women screamed when she felt a freezing cold blade touch her throat. She went to retrieve her gun from her holster but when her assailant dug the blade deeper into her jugular she got the hint and let her weapon drop to the floor. Trembling, she strained her neck upward trying to keep the sword away from her as much as possible. A voice behind her acknowledged the assailants presence. "Where is the girl?"
The agent dare not look around to see the mans face and kept staring into the hall, scared of what might happen. She decided to play dumb. "I don't know what you mean, What girl?"
Ash's temper flared from this display and whispered in her ear. "If you won't tell me, I'll read you mind and find out myself. But I warn you, I'm just learning how to do it and it might be really, really painful."
The agent swallowed, her throat just micrometers from the cold blade. "I don't believe you!"
"You leave me no choice." With ash's free hand, he brought to fingers to her temple. Immediately the woman began to scream as Ash probed her mind. Ash brought down his sword and concentrated on reading her troubled mind. The things he saw only made his stomach wretch. He was unlocking memories he did not care to see, he only wanted to know were Misty was. Suddenly the visual entered his brain. Misty was laying in her cell, and from the agents mind he retrieved the directions.
As the young women continued to scream in pain ash released her. The agent fainted and slumped onto the wall then collapsed to the floor. Ash bent down and placed a hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry, your just an innocent aren't you? Tricked into joining Team Rocket just to raise money for your mothers operation...those were things I didn't want to know, but I am aware of the troubles you all face. One day instead of fighting you, I hope we may all work together to create a better world."
He left the unconscious woman and fled down the halls to finally free Misty from her torment. Using the agents memories he was able to travel down the halls as if he had been down here before. And with a final turn into a room, there she was. Ash could feel his heart swell as he looked upon Misty huddled in the corner of her cell.
At that time Misty looked up to see Ash standing still in the room. It was hard for her to realize that it was indeed Ash. But when the feeling finally sank in, it hit her like a bag of bricks and she began to cry. Misty ran to the cells bars and strechted out a hand to Ash.
"ASH!! You came! Please help me!"
Ash's legs began to move as a smile spread across his face. He was only halfway into the room when in the corner of his eye he saw a group of people enter the room. Ash whipped around to see agents holding large boxes with papers hanging out. They all stared in Ash in disbelief. No body moved for what seemed like eons. Then sudeenly the agents parted to the side and another man entered the room. Just the site of this man made Misty cower in the corner.
Again there was silence as the mysterious man, clad in a dark suit stepped into the room. HE to had a confused expression on his face. Finally he spoke. "Who in the hell are you?"
Ash drew out his sword. "The name is Ash ketchum, I came for the girl."
At the sound of his name, the boss of Team Rocket slowly turned to retreat from the room.
Misty finally blurted out to Ash. "ASH! That's him! Its Giovanni he's the one that kidnapped me!!"
"WHAT?!" Ash spun around to meet Giovanni face to face. The anger in him doubled as he stared upon the evil face of Team Rocket. "You were behind everything!"
Giovanni laughed. "You have fought well, but like my associate said, the war is not over!!" Before Ash could react he saw Giovanni reach out and press a large button on a control board. With that Misty screamed as she saw streams of a greenish gas come pouring out of different spouts in the ceiling. She began coucking and gasping for breath. "I..can't breath..Ash!!"
Giovanni laughed evilly as he and the other agents fled down the hall. It was now opportunity cost. Save Misty for which he had eternal love for, or go after Giovanni and end the worlds suffering. The phrase "The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few.". But there was no way in hell he was going to let Misty die in front of him, not when they were finally together.
Using his speed and strength he had ripped open the bars to the cell and pulled Misty out of the fog. Ash carried her to the empty hall and shut the door behind them. Misty hacked and coughed as air began to push out the poisons. But Ash feared she had breathed in to much of the gas and was now slipping away.
Ash saw an open wound on her arm and quickly devised a plan. If Ash could create a wound deep enough and extract the blood from himself, then place a few drops into Misty's wound, the advance antigens and platelets would heal her enough to make it out of the building. Without thinking Ash took his sword and held it straight up using his knees. Then holding on to Misty with one hand, he took his right hand and taking a deep breath, shut his eyes and plunged it onto the blade. Misty looked on In shock as the sword went straight through his hand smearing blood everywhere. With another yelp and before his healing abilities took over he pressed his mangled and bloody hand onto Misty's open wound. The young red-head could feel the pain in her lungs almost disappear as Ash's grip became stronger as his hand began to heal. With Ash's blood entering her system, the accelerated healing went to work. It sealed up her wounds and gave her strength.
Ash's face lit up when he saw Misty's skin become less pale then before. "IT WORKED!!"
Misty slowly sat up and gazed into Ash's eyes. "oh.Ash!" Misty glomped on to her true love and held on for dear life. She burst into tears and wiped them on his torn shirt. Overcome by emotions, all the anger left Ash and it was replaced with complete joy. He crushed her to his frame as they both cried.
Misty choked back a few sobs and brought her trembling lips up to Ash. And right there on the hard metal floor, amongst a battle raging outside, Ash and Misty set a world record for the most compassionate kiss in the history of the world. Nothing came close to it as to the kiss they were now engaged in. The need for oxygen quelled their display of love.
"I missed you so much." Misty said while running a finger across Ash's face.
Ash slowly helped Misty up. "Its not over yet, we have to get out of here!" With that he picked up his sword, smeared with his own blood and instructed Misty to climb onto this back. Misty did so, but complained that there was no need to give her a piggy-back ride. Although Ash did surprise her once again as he lifted the both of them into the air.
"You can fly?!" She screamed.
Ash sailed through the corridors looking for an exit. "Long story." He explained.
The Chosen One could hear the sounds of battle close by and found an exit leading to the back of the compound. The biggest thing on his mind was to get Misty to safety. But he gasped when he saw the amount of carnage. Articuno, Raikou and Moltres were laying on the battle field. Huge burn marks showed where team rocket missiles had struck them. And agents were trying their hardest to tie them down with wire's and iron pegs. Ash could feel the anger building in him once again. He landed on the ground away from the gun fire and let Misty off behind the wreckage of a truck. "Stay here, and stay low! I have to free them!"
Misty obeyed and crouched low from view. Ash drew out his sword and took off toward the agents that were trying to contain his friends. Misty watched as he quickly knocked all the agents to the ground. Then using his sword set Articuno, then Raikou and Moltres free. She also saw him touch each of them on the chest. And where his hand touched them she could see a small blue light appear. And immediately after he did that, the fallen legendary pokemon seemed to have recovered all of their energy.
She looked around the battle field and at the agent firing their guns in the air at Lugia and the others. Misty couldn't believe that Ash had done all of this. He had changed so much it scared her, but that wasn't going to stop her from loving him. Suddenly a stray missile had come far to close to were Misty was hiding. The concussion sent Misty flying right into the open. As she tried to shake the cobwebs out she spotted a agent running up to her. The agent seemed to be carrying a flamethrower as a small flame was lit at the end of his rifle looking weapon. Misty held her breath as she waited to see what the agent was going to do. She looked on in horror as she saw the man flip a switch on his gun that sent a burst of flames out of the nozzle. And to her extreme horror she watched as the soldier brought that flamethrower up to her.
The agent let out a blast of fire that drove Misty back into a wall. "Agh! Ash help me!! Help Me!!" The soldier closed in on Misty and rose this weapon once again. Misty was backed in a corner and had no were to run. She brought up her hands and screamed. "NOOOOOOO!!"
Suddenly she felt a huge breeze whip by her and then a large thud shook the ground. She opened her eyes to see a legendary dog in front of her. Started the Agent shot a stream of fire at the pokemon. And to Misty surprise, the pokemon also shot a large blast of fire at the solider. The flames engulfed the man and the gas tank attached to his back exploded. Blowing a circular swath of mud and hurtling the agent into a large puddle of water that luckily for him extinguished the flames.
Ash landed next to Misty who was now in shock. He inspected her to make sure she wasn't hurt then turned his attention to the legendary pokemon that saved her.
"Thank you so much Suicune!..wait your not.your." Ash gazed upon the pokemon and noticed its heavy brown fur, its flowing main, the spikes jutting out of its back and the red and silver face plate.
"ENTEI!!" Ash almost fell over as he gazed upon the third and final Legendary Dog.
"Hello Master, I hope I'm no to late"
Ash walked closer to the fire pokemon "I thought I was supposed to find you, not the other way around."
"You have proved to me that you are indeed my Master from so many years ago." Entei looked over onto the battlefield to show his point.
Not wasting another minute Ash grabbed Misty and dragged her over to Entei. "Look, you have to get Misty away from here while we finish up! Please bring her to olivine city's pokemon center and get her to Brock. Then I want you to protect them both incase Team Rocket comes back for her."
The legendary Pokemon nodded. "I understand."
And with that Misty and Ash shared a quick kiss and he helped her unto Entei's back. Misty was reluctant to let go of Ash's hand but knew that Ash would be okay. "Please come back soon."
Ash nodded and took off into the fray once again, not taking his gaze off Misty as Entei ran clear out of the compound and into the safety of the forest.
Ash flew up to were Lugia and Ho-oh continued to battle high in the air. "Lugia, we can leave now, Misty is safe with Entei."
"Entei? He actually came? That's great, but now we should worry about ourselves. Articuno and Moltres are still badly injured and Raikou can't run as fast."
Ash quickly evaded another missile. "I know, but lets just retreat, we got what we came for!" Ash had lost almost all the power he once had at the beginning of the battle and was growing weary. All the anger was gone and he just wanted to get back to Misty.
Lugia made the signal for the others to leave and head back to Olivine City. Ash watched as Articuno and Moltres slowly flew to the west with Raikou and Suicune running into the forest underneath them. Zapdos flew up beside Ash gasping for air, evidence that it to was exhausted from battle.
Happy with their effort with the destruction of the base and the retrieval of Misty they remaining legendaries began to leave. But they all stopped and turned to watch something rise from out of the forest. A huge rumbling echoed throughout the air as the trees began to shake and fall over. The weapons stopped firing as they watched every agent pick up a fallen comrade and run into the forest covered by a dense canopy of trees. But that rumbling became much stronger as the metallic base below them collapsed on itself and left shrapnel everywhere. Ash could sense that everyone had made it out, even the woman he left fainted on the floor in the basement. Lugia looked to Ho-oh who was also curious to what was causing such vibrations across the land.
Then they saw it. The trees just seem to disappear and in its place was a huge aircraft of some sorts. It rose slowly into the air knocking over more trees and kicking sand and dust everywhere as its powerful engines lifted this massive structure in the air. It was at least two kilometers wide and only as tall as a house. It had the shape of a huge boomerang and it was a deathly colored black. The light did not even reflect off this massive craft. And emblazed on the very center of it was the let "R". Then when the airship and reached a suitable height eight engines located in the back flared up and the plane slowly lurched forward picking up speed. The heat coming of the engines could melt rocks into lava as blue waves of energy allowed the craft to fly higher and higher into the air.
Ash and the legendaries all stare wide-eyed as the aircraft disappeared behind the clouds. It was so big it could hold a the population of a small city in it. That would explain the agents that continually poured out of the forest in were this thing was hiding. But how the hell could they have hid something that was the size of 10 football fields! Ash continued to stare in disbelief and then remembered something from the conversation he had listened earlier. That thing must have been the 'Warbird' they were talking about!
"Oh my god...they can go anywhere they want. There may be no stopping them."
They continued to float in the air and let a wave of depression wash over them. Just then they heard another noise coming from behind them. They all whipped around expecting an attack but instead the noise was the thumping of rotor blades coming from a News6 Helicopter hovering only meters away. Ash's eyes went wide as she saw a man holding a camera straight at him and another one surveying the damage below them. And behind the cameraman a newswoman was talking into a microphone.
"no.." Ash said aloud.
He continued to stare as the helicopter circled them with an excited reporter dancing about in the metal chassis.
"They found us out....they know who I am...soon..the world will know..."
To be continued
Authors Notes: Wow two updates in one week, that's never happened before. Well I said it would be done by Friday and I don't disappoint. This morning I had 7 pages done before. Almost three hours later I had 8 pages written 7+8 equals 15 pages. Yay me! I really haven't had much practice writing battle scenes but I think I found my writing ability again. I was all scared that because of the writers block I had, my writing would suffer. IT did a bit, but I regained confidence near the end. Okay time to point out some Between a Rock and a Hard Place Milestones
Its time for NEONGENE check!!!
#1 - Fusionblaster became the 250th person to place a review. Why is that a milestone? Because its ¼ of a 1000!
#2 - After just 18 chapters the fic has now surpassed 100,000 words!! That was a big one for me.
#3 - the first time two chapters were loaded in one week
#4 - And finally, I actually kept my promise about loading on Friday! ^_^
Thank you for reading this far, I know its a lot but only 8 more parts left and a few side stories, then an epilogue and other stuff. -___-. Ugh, well I'm shooting for it to all end on April on the day I first started the fic, that would make it exactly 2 years in the making. Crud I hope pokemon is still popular by then!
BYE!
