As the group walked away quietly and mournfully Pikachu stayed behind and looked into the fire with tears in its eyes. As sad as the little yellow mouse was it couldn't find any strength to move or do anything. As Pikachu looked deeply into the fire it recalled all the times it spent with its trainer and best friend, every encounter with Team Rocket, all the legendary Pokémon it got the privilege to meet and all those times they spent together and had fun.
With Ash gone Eriscordia was free to do whatever her twisted mind wanted to do. She knew if she would lay out a massive attack the police department and other authorities would take action, not to mention the military base at the foot of the mountains on the north side of Alexandria City. Her first action was the creation of a thousand shadow Pokémon ready and willing to do her biding. Her second action was releasing all her shadow minions into the city.
Eriscordia knew the police department would interfere so she personally headed over to the police department. The Officer Jenny in charge of the Alexandria City police department had just come back from a robbery in a jewelry store. Alexandria City was nothing like Northbridge Town, there was a robbery or a break and entry every two hours so Officer Jenny was a very busy woman. Officer Jenny sat at her desk and relaxed after a long three hours running after some kids who were responsible for the robbery at the jewelry store. Her relaxation did not last; another cop came to her and said.
"Excuse me, Officer Jenny? We got a call about a huge explosion over at Mr. Zimmer's museum."
"Oh! Five minutes! That's all I want just five miserable minutes."
"Well, it's part of the job."
Officer Jenny and the cop chuckled and as she rose from the chair the front door burst open and Eriscordia walked inside. She stood at the front door and smiled wickedly at all the people inside of the building. Officer Jenny walked up to her and said. "May I help you?" Eriscordia remained quiet and simply chuckled at the officer who only became annoyed. Officer Jenny looked at her and said once more. "May I help you, young lady?" Once again Eriscordia's reply was silence; Officer Jenny had been around criminals for far too long to not notice the look on Eriscordia's face. Something in Officer Jenny told her to be on the look out with this strange girl so she swiftly moved her hands on her hips to where she kept her gun.
Eriscordia saw the tension building up and decided to act before they would do something to ruin her plans which up to date were going perfectly well. Eriscordia laughed and said. "Think you have what it takes to stop me, copper?" Officer Jenny found the statement rather threatening so she drew her gun on Eriscordia and the other officers did the same. As they aimed their weapons at her Eriscordia couldn't help but laugh at their efforts. As much as she enjoyed toying around with her victims she had a tight schedule to pay close attention to.
Eriscordia swiftly lifted her right arm up and faced her right hand at the crowd of officers before her. Once again she smiled and a pink and purple sphere formed just inches from the middle of her palm, within seconds the sphere burst into a soft colored purple and pink dust that quickly and swiftly spread through out the police department. Every single person in that building fell to the floor and went into a deep sleep that could not be disturbed by anything. Eriscordia smiled wickedly and went out of the building and on to her next task.
The military base would not be a problem if they were to be kept outside of the city limits so she made sure nothing could get in but she had to make sure there was no one in the city. Eriscordia stood in the middle of the street causing several cars to come to a screeching halt. She ignored the drivers as they got out of their cars and began to complain and tell her to move, Eriscordia simply looked up at the sky and concentrated. As several people stopped and looked at her thousands of shadow Pokémon emerged from out of the thin air. For a minute everything was silent and people were only curious as to what was happening but as soon as the shadows stopped appearing they spread out and began to attack the people from Alexandria City.
The shadows ran about chasing, biting, slashing and attacking anyone and anything in their way. As Eriscordia made sure her shadow minions were up and doing their job she quietly walked away and headed towards the National Bank, Alexandria City's largest and tallest building. The bank had over 1,200 rooms and it consisted of 96 floors. Everything was going according to plan and wonderfully at that, the shadows managed to clear the city by the time Eriscordia reached the bottom of the bank and as she watched the last few people run away she stood very still at the front doors of the bank and once again went into a deep concentration. This time the activity was right at the borders of the city. A wall of 75 feet in height rose from the ground creating a white see through barrier which meant to keep both people and Pokémon out of Alexandria City.
After the wall was created she smiled and looked up at the colossal building before her. The door itself stood 25 feet high and was made of glass as was the rest of the building. As a proud warlord after a flawless victory she walked through those doors with pride overwhelming her completely unaware that her plans could perhaps tilt for the worst in the blink of an eye.
Trapped in cages were Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy, Dante, Karin, C.J., Brock and May. They remained silent and full of hopelessness as they watched the hands of an old and dusty clock move against them. Some of them sat on the cold, hard steel floor and others leaned on the steel bars, with no way to contact anyone they had given up any type of hope. But just as things were looking so gloomy and filled with an all too familiar feeling of doom May's backpack began to move about on its own. C.J. saw this and warned everyone.
As they stood there looking at the backpack it continued to move about and suddenly a burst of energy erupted from it and an adorable but mischievous Skitty materialized before them. "Na, na, naaa!" Those were the sounds that Skitty made as it jumped around gleefully. May above all was overjoyed to see her Skitty; she saw this as the perfect opportunity to get them out. May stretched her arms out through the space between the bars and said as Skitty jumped into her arms. "Skitty! Am I glad to see you!"
"Na." Said the tiny Pokémon as it returned the hug to its trainer and May said as she lifted her index finger pointing out at an open air vent. "Okay, Skitty I need you to go in there and escape from the building and get some help as fast as you can." Skitty looked towards the air vent and before anyone could say another word the kitten Pokémon ran towards the vent. Normally Skitty was a very hyper and playful Pokémon but it sensed great fear and concern coming from May and the other people with her so it decided to act as quickly as possible but that didn't stop it from hoping that May would play with it when all else was once again all right.
Skitty stood on the entrance of the air vent and looked back at its trainer. It saw the look on May's face and it was rushed from inside to hurry and find some help. Before leaving it nodded and ran into the cool air vent to try and find a way out of the building and find some help. May watched as her kitten Pokémon ran into the air vent, May trusted her Skitty and knew help was well on the way but she did however say under her breath. "Good luck, Skitty."
Meanwhile back at the top floor where all executives and VIPs of the bank met for meetings Eriscordia made herself at home. The floor was a whole room which looked like a ballroom you would normally find in mansions and castles. The walls were painted a very soft tone of brown, there were glass windows on the north and south facing walls, and a large earthy tone carpet covered every inch of the room's floor. At the very end of the room which faced the north side there was a long wooden table, made out of wood and obviously very expensive. There were 27 chairs neatly tucked underneath the table, the chairs were made of the same material as the table and also looked rather expensive. Of all chairs there was one that was bigger and was located at the very end of the table, the chair's back faced the windows that overlooked the entire north side of Alexandria City.
Almost three hours had passed since Eriscordia had sent Petrov on an errand and she was starting to get very uncomfortable with his tardiness. As she sat on the huge chair she looked out the window and down on the abandoned city, then and there she decided enough was enough. She snapped her fingers and a shadow in the shape of a Fearow appeared before her. "Go and find the old man and make sure he gets here safe! We can't afford any mistakes!" Just as the shadow Fearow was about to take off two Absol shadows walked in from the elevators with news.
Both shadows sat next to each other and right where the eyes should be there was a strange glow and a transparent white square appeared out of the nowhere and in the square she could see the front gate of Alexandria City known as Francine's Gate. The beauty of Alexandria City was that the only way in or out was by passing through Francine's Gate which made it easy to control. At the gate Eriscordia had placed several shadows and one of them was shaped like a Mewtwo. In the square she could see Petrov waiting to be let inside as several shadow Pokémon were waiting for Eriscordia's orders. Eriscordia saw Petrov standing there and stepped closer to the square and said. "What took you so long?"
Down at the gate Petrov heard Eriscordia through the shadow Mewtwo. He backed up a little and said. "I had to find the bloody black sphere but…I'm afraid I have bad news as well." Eriscordia breathed in and said impatiently. "What now?"
"I couldn't find the white sphere…I believe the kid had it with him and well…he's nothing more than ashes by now." Petrov laughed as he said that last comment but Eriscordia was only filling up with anger and frustration. The spheres were of magick but they weren't indestructible. Eriscordia knew that by putting both spheres together she would be invincible and unstoppable. Now she had to face the harsh reality that not all her plans could come together as she had hoped they would.
Eriscordia rubbed her forehead with the tip of her fingers and exhaled deeply. Petrov was beginning to think he would be left locked outside and said as he faced the shadow Mewtwo. "Well, aren't you going to let me in?" Eriscordia had taken a few steps away from the square but as soon as Petrov's voice had disturbed her train of thought she walked quickly towards the square and yelled out. "I should leave you out there to rot! I need both spheres, you moron!"
"It's not my fault you weren't so careful! Oh, sure, let's blow the kid up to his next life and destroy the sphere! I…didn't…know! Besides it was you how blew him up not me."
"Whatever! Just go and see if you can find anything."
Petrov had grown irritated. He was being blamed for something that he had opposed to in the first place. Petrov wanted power not blood in his hands, especially a child's blood. The only thing that gave comfort, if you could call it that, was that Ash wasn't exactly human anymore. Still, Petrov refused to go to the scene of a slaughter and said firmly. "No, I won't do it." Eriscordia turned and faced the square and said calmly but her frustration was also noticeable in her voice. "What did you say?"
"I said: "No." There's no way in hell that I would go to the museum. For what? The burned corpse of a child and a ruined building? I don't think so."
"How dare you defy me, old man! As I recall I helped you out of a major problem and if I see no cooperation from your part you will be sorry."
Petrov knew she meant it and that problem she mentioned was too great for him to fall under once again so he decided to do things her way for the time being. "Fine, let me in."
"No! Change of plans. You go on over to the bank and head to the top floor, that's where I am. Stay there and wait for me while I check the site."
Eriscordia snapped her fingers and the shadow Pokémon before her vanished. The Mewtwo down at Francine's Gate lifted its hands and made a swift movement of the wrist and the gate opened and Petrov walked inside quietly. Meanwhile Eriscordia teleported to the street at the foot of the bank, as she walked down the street towards the burned down museum a strange feeling came over her. She stopped in the middle of the road and looked around. Several trees that had been planted were restless because of the wind blowing, several papers and pieces and pages of newspapers rolled down the streets and sidewalks as the wind hit them. It was a normal scene but something about it felt wrong. Eriscordia looked up at the sky and saw dark clouds racing in the sky announcing the arrival of a severe thunder storm.
Suddenly the air died down, the trees were frozen and the papers stopped cold and lay on the street lifeless. Nothing moved and an eerie silence fell upon the city, it was as if the life had been sucked out of the city and all was dead. Eriscordia felt a sudden feeling of rush and fear overwhelm her completely. She took two steps forward and looked about for any sign of Petrov but for some unknown reason she took one step back and at that very second a powerful and massive lightning struck right where she had put her foot down seconds before retrieving it.
The impact was very strong but the fright was what knocked her down and sat her down on the street. She looked up at the sky and saw the sky had been engulfed in darkness and the sun's rays could not get through. The whole sky had dark rain clouds and not a single drop of light got through, she hated how the sky looked. She preferred clear blue skies and sunny rays washing down on the Earth. Suddenly the wind picked up again but this time the wind blew past the city at a rapid speed and it was very, very cold.
Eriscordia looked forward and saw a small figure walking towards her at a slow pace. She looked closely and saw it was Pikachu; apparently it had stayed behind and wanted revenge for the murder of its trainer. Pikachu stopped when it was about ten feet away and stood up on its hind legs and looked at Eriscordia with anger in its eyes. She could tell the little mouse meant business but a mere Pikachu like that would only take one shot of any attack to finish it off. Eriscordia got up and pointed her right index finger right at Pikachu and a small white and pale yellow orb formed inches from the tip of her finger.
Before she could launch a massive Hyper Beam attack an Aeroblast hit her right on her back and knocked her back down on the street face first. Eriscordia got back up quickly and looked around but could not find anyone or any Pokémon in the area. She looked to where Pikachu had been but the little mouse was of the electric type and Aeroblast was an attack it could not learn not to mention that it had disappeared. Eriscordia walked around looking everywhere in case she saw the small Pikachu or whatever hit her with the Aeroblast attack. As she cautiously walked down the street she noticed an odd and chilling fog rolling on over the street, the fog seemed to have been coming from all directions.
In only a matter of minutes the thick fog covered the streets making it impossible to look at ones feet. Eriscordia was both cautious and jumpy not knowing who was making these things happen. In the back of her mind she thought it was Ash but at the same time she knew it couldn't be him since he was dead. As she looked around frantically Pikachu popped up from an alley and launched a massive Thunderbolt attack right at her. The attack hit her directly but it was so minimal to her that it did no damage and she just stood there as if nothing had happened. That aroused more suspicions, the thunder that blasted in front of her some minutes before felt far too powerful to have come from that Pikachu.