Eriscordia had been watching from the roof of the hospital as Tanya ran out in a panic and looked around town for Ash. She saw this as the perfect opportunity so she decided to locate Ash and let him do her dirty work. As she watched Tanya run around she put her hands together and said as she smiled in a malevolent way. "Oh, this is going to be fun."
Ash had wondered to the other side of town. He walked all morning long thinking about how he would handle the situation. He had a lot to think about now that he had this so-called "gift". He wondered if it would affect him as a trainer, a friend and even as a human. Perhaps he should have been feeling great or at the least happy but the only thing he felt at the moment was sadness for some reason.
Ash had walked right out of town and into the forest. He stopped at a beautiful waterfall which poured down on a small pond that was surrounded by wild and beautiful flowers. A sight truly remarkable. If it had been under other circumstances he probably would have enjoyed the scenery but he felt indifferent. He sat on a huge rock that was close to the water and looked into the water. It was then and there that he noticed something different in his eyes. His normal eye color was brown but when he glanced over at the reflection in the water he saw his eyes were now a bright yellow color.
As he kept staring into the reflection he felt another presence in the area, he knew exactly who it was so he said as he kept looking into the water. "What do you want?"
Eriscordia stepped forward from behind the trees and said in a calming voice. "I see your senses are becoming stronger. Very good." She walked over and stood in front of him and noticed that deathly sad look on his face and said in a sympathetic kind of way. "Hey, why the sad look?"
Her question had no real meaning in it and it had a very hypocrite feeling to it. He simply scoffed and turned away but she insisted and turned his face towards hers with her hand. She saw his eyes had changed color so she smiled and went on with her little scheme.
"You remember when I told you if you don't get out of town that your life would be in grave danger?"
"Yeah." Ash answered but he felt no real feeling towards that statement. Eriscordia was beginning to grow tired of his attitude so she decided to spice things up for him. "Ash, not only that but they have captured your friends."
That certainly did the trick. He turned around and looked at her in an almost panic and said. "What? Who? Who has them?"
"A cruel and spiteful man. His name is Marco Nevalainen. He works as a doctor in this town but he has a few skeletons in his closet and don't be fooled by his "sweet" nature. The man is a con!"
Ash's anger was rising and fast. He hated the fact that this whole mess got his friends in danger and all because of something he did not even want. He got up and marched towards town. Eriscordia stayed put and smiled trying not to laugh so she wouldn't give her position away. She knew he would immediately get into a fight, since it would be his first it would be pretty entertaining to see, even if he got hurt.
She walked beside him as they walked back into town. She was smiling while he had on a look that would scare even the most twisted serial killer. He walked up straight and with his hands behind his back. At the park Eriscordia saw Tanya still looking around and asking people several questions. Eriscordia took this to her advantage since Tanya had not seen them. She placed her arm on Ash's shoulder and leaned into his ear and whispered something.
"That little nurse? Tanya. She is Nevalainen's oldest daughter and just as cruel and vicious as he is. She'll want to pick a fight but I know you have what it takes to send her to eternity."
As her poisonous words slithered into his ear she smiled wickedly and wrapped both arms around him and leaned even closer and said. "Show no mercy."
That was all it took. Something in the back of his mind snapped and he was now blinded by pure rage which was definitely not a good thing. He was normally a good, kind person but her words had poisoned him to no end and she was misguiding him. Eriscordia thought it would be better if she watched from afar so she vanished into thin air and reappeared on the roof of a building not too far off.
Tanya was looking around but a strange feeling overcame her. She slowly turned around and saw Ash standing right in front of her. The look in his eyes was nothing short of murderous and dangerous. Tanya was beginning to panic since she had no way of defending herself against him. She thought of the only thing she could do at the moment, she turned around and ran away but Ash lifted his left hand and shot out an Ice Beam attack and froze her feet.
Ash began to walk slowly towards her as he placed his arms behind his back and kept a close eye on her in case she tried to escape. When he was half way near her he looked at a tree next to him and the roots erupted from the soil and wrapped around her. He looked at another tree on the opposite side and the same thing happened. Tanya's feet were frozen and now she was tied up, her situation was getting worse by the minute.
Eriscordia of course, was enjoying herself as her sick and twisted scam was working wonderfully. She tilted her head back and let out a vile laughter that echoed throughout the area but Tanya was far too worried to focus on someone laughing their ass off. Tanya thought about trying to reason with Ash even if it was no good but she knew she should give it a try.
"Ash! Please, don't do this, please I beg you."
Her pleading only fed his anger, as he walked even closer he unlaced his hands from his back and Tanya could clearly see his nails had been turned to razor sharp claws which looked like they could rip through titanium with ease. She whimpered and tried to back up but the ice and the vines wouldn't permit her to do so. Just as he was inches from her he stopped dead in his tracks and just stared at her. He stood there for a few seconds and then took two steps back and seconds later a giant Steelix rose from the ground.
The Steelix's intentions were to hit Ash with its strongest Dig attack but it clearly missed. The Steelix meant only one thing. Tanya's father had shown up right in the nick of time. Ash looked to his right side and saw the same old man he had seen in the hospital talking to Tanya running towards him.
Ash turned to face him and Marco returned the Steelix and released three Pokémon. An Absol, a Tyranitar and a Gyradose appeared right before Ash but he did not seem threatened by the Pokémon before him. Marco was going to order the Pokémon to fire their strongest Hyper Beam attack but he remembered he was dealing with an innocent victim.
"Djinn, Arawn, Suijin! Pay close attention! Subdue him but do not harm him."
The three colossal Pokémon ran towards Ash while Marco unleashed a Charmeleon to release his daughter. The Charmeleon used Flamethrower on the ice and slashed the vines off of her. Meanwhile Ash simply closed his eyes and let the three charging Pokémon get closer. A strange black aura surrounded Ash and the sun was beginning to be blocked by a black circular shade.
Tanya and Marco knew what was happening; they stared at the events unfolding before them and panicked. "Oh, my God! Dad, get me out of here! Druantia, please hurry up!"
"She's going as fast as she can!" Druantia the Charmeleon slashed away at the vines now that the ice had been melted. Once freed Tanya ran away and warned everyone in the area to hide in any building available.
Eriscordia was having the time of her life. She knew exactly what attack he was about to use. Marco thought of something so he turned to his Pokémon who were themselves just as nervous. The wind was blowing hard and the sky seemed to be engulfed in darkness. Ash himself seemed to be wrapped in a sheet of black darkness as he stood there concentrating.
"Listen to me, all of you. Use Reflect and hang on as much as you can. We have to prevent as much damage as we can." The three loyal Pokémon acknowledged the order and used Reflect. The aura from Ash's body seemed to float up and materialize into what appeared to be a black, transparent raven. It flew high into the sky and expanded in size until it was as big as a Wailmer.
The raven opened its massive beak and from it shot out a shadowy beam towards the entire town. Every living thing touched by the shadowy beam was instantly knocked out its feet or seriously hurt. As sudden as it appeared it disappeared and left behind dozens of injured people and Pokémon. Fortunately the Reflect set off by Marco's Pokémon prevented a small amount of damage but it still counted as something.
The sky and sun returned to their normal statues. Ash however had not changed; his eyes were glowing a bright yellow and walked slowly towards Marco. From the local Pokémon Center Brock, May, Max and Pikachu watched in horror as they saw their friend cause so much damage.
Pikachu had had enough so it ran outside. Max grabbed it and said. "No, you could get hurt!"
Pikachu didn't care whether it would get hurt or not. It just wanted his best friend back. It zapped Max with its lightest Thundershock. Max let go and May ran over to her little brother as Pikachu went outside. Pikachu ran as fast as its little legs could go and once it was near Ash it shocked him with its most powerful Thunder attack it had. The thunder raced down from the sky and hit him directly. After the thunder subsided Pikachu was amazed to see Ash still standing there as if nothing had happened.
"Pi! Pi, pika?" Pikachu was simply stunned by the result; even a pathetic Thundershock was enough to bring him down. It knew it had to do something to stop Ash from causing so much destruction so it ran towards him at full speed and its tail began to glow a white color. It leapt high into the air and was going to use Iron Tail but Ash had grabbed it by the tail just inches away from his back.
"Pika!" Ash smiled wickedly and tossed the small Pikachu and it hit its back on a tree. Pikachu fell on its back and squealed in pain, it looked up at Ash and saw him raise his left hand and a white orb formed in the middle of his palm. Pikachu braced itself for the hit but before Ash could launch the attack he let out a sharp yell and fell on his knees and then fell completely on the ground.
Pikachu looked behind Ash and saw Officer Jenny aiming a tranquilizer gun at Ash's back. Eriscordia saw this and shrieked madly. Her fun had been spoiled by a mere human and a cop nonetheless. Pikachu strained to its feet and walked over to Ash. He had attacked him but Pikachu didn't care at all, it put its little paw on his shoulder and shook him to try and wake him up. Officer Jenny walked towards Pikachu and picked it up gently and said.
"Don't worry. He'll be fine, he's just sleeping Dr. Nevalainen!"
Marco came running and checked Ash's pulse which was racing. He removed the two tranquilizer darts from his back and looked at them. Both were of a sickly orange color and Marco realized Ash had been hit with a dose strong enough to bring down two Wailmer. He showed Officer Jenny the dart and said.
"Are you kidding me with this? This could bring down three Wailmer. Are you trying to give the boy an OD?"
Officer Jenny crossed her arms across her chest and looked at the doctor in question and finally said. "Excuse me, but this boy has just caused this."
Officer Jenny pointed with her hand the disaster Ash had done. Trees had been torn from the root, cars were dismantled, and windows were either cracked or broken. A big amount of people had been injured due to the strange attack. Parts of the sidewalks were lifted revealing the dirt under them and there was even a tree that had been ripped from the ground and had pierced a Corolla through the door.
Marco retrieved his argument due to the fact that Officer Jenny was right and acted out in a manner which was called for. Marco being a doctor couldn't help but react that way but he knew she was right.
Hours later Ash slowly opened his eyes and looked around. His sight was a tad foggy and he had a really bad headache. He sat up and saw what appeared to be a room. A room like he had never seen before. It was painted in two colors; one set of walls was painted black and the other crimson red. There was a black drawer with a mirror attached to it and on the drawer were some black and blood red candles. He also noticed a small plush toy; it was a Togetic plush toy. He also noticed the bed whose frames were black and the silky bedclothes were crimson red.
It was indeed a very unique room but he felt no different from it. Something about it called to something he felt deep inside of him. He sat up on the side of the bed and shook his head to see if his eyesight would improve. As he sniffled and tried to get up he heard someone on the other side of the room say. "Well, it was about time you got up."
He followed the sound of the voice and on the other side he saw a girl who looked to be about his age. She was tall, had black, medium length hair, dark brown eyes. She was wearing long black pants and some black boots almost similar to the ones Eriscordia was wearing; she also had on a black long sleeved fishnet shirt on and a black tank top shirt on. Her make up was just like Eriscordia's. Her face was pale, her eye shadow was black and gray and her lipstick color was also black.
She was sitting on a chair in front of what looked like a computer. She moved the mouse a little and then walked over and sat next to Ash and said. "You look like crap. You need something?" Ash shook his head one more time and said. "Yeah? Well, I feel like crap. Got anything for headaches?"
The girl smiled, being a doctor's daughter and a nurse's sister she knew there were plenty of medications all over the house. She got up and left. Ash's eyesight was starting to get better and as it did he looked around some more and then just dropped his head on one of the pillows. Minutes later the girl returned with two pills and a glass of water.
He took the pills and swallowed them and gulped down the water in one swallow. He sighed deeply and said. "So…where the hell am I?"