Author's Note: I appreciate that, Reed, but I don't think this could quite compare to anything Dragoness has written lol.
I won't drop this fic, but because of college I'm afraid my posts will probably be spaced out a lot. lol. Just a warning.
"How?" Misty asked Ash in a strained, hoarse voice. She was sitting on the couch with her face in her hands. "How are you going to get her back?"
The crowd of concerned friends and family members had dispersed to give them some space, and now it was just Ash, Misty, Jace, and A.J., along with Pikachu, Pichu, and the baby Pokémon.
Ash, who was standing, looked down absent-mindedly at his feet, where suddenly all the Egg Pokémon were staring up at him with wide and inquiring eyes.
"Clef?" inquired Cleffa, blinking up at him.
He reached down to pat her and sighed. "I'm going to gather some of the Legendaries and then go back to Lawrence's base and get her."
"But, Dad," A.J. spoke up, "we don't know how to get there."
"No," Ash shook his head. "We don't know where it is, but we do know how to find it....We need to go soon, while the transport's scent is still lingering."
A.J.'s eyes widened in sudden understanding. "When you transformed into Arcanine—"
"Yep," Ash nodded, the hint of a proud smile on his face. "You can't hardly beat the nose of an Arcanine. That's why being able to change into different forms is useful, A.J., Jace. Different Pokémon have different strengths and weaknesses....I guess we should probably have started working on non-Mew forms with you years ago, but it's too late now."
"Are you leaving now?" Misty asked, looking up and then getting to her feet.
"I probably should," Ash said quietly. "First, I need to find Meowth and the Mews too. Maybe they know where—" Ash cut off with an exclamation of surprise, falling backwards to the ground. He'd just been hit by a powerful zap of electricity. "What the—?"
Elekid was staring at him with eerily glowing blue eyes, electricity encircling his body. He no longer seemed to be an innocent Egg Pokémon. He looked like he was out for blood.
The other baby Pokémon's eyes were also glowing blue, and their expressions were just as venomous. Magby glared at Misty, Igglybuff at Jace, Cleffa at A.J., and Smoochum at both Pikachu and Pichu.
Ash wasted no more time and changed quickly into a black Arcanine. Jace and A.J. followed his lead, transforming into Mews.
Pikachu grabbed the startled Pichu and ran over to Misty, his cheeks sparking in warning. He was going to protect his Pika-pi's mate.
"What are you doing?" whispered Misty to the five glowing-eyed Pokémon, but it was in vain. The Egg Pokémon were attacking.
Elekid threw a slew of punches—Thunder punch, Ice punch, and Dynamic Punch. Ash yelped under the onslaught, but he finally managed to lunge forward and Bite Elekid. But Ash was flung aside quickly as Elekid used Psychic, his eyes gaining an even more evil glow to them. These were not ordinary Egg Pokémon. They were strong. Too strong....
Meanwhile, Jace and A.J. were trying to dodge Igglybuff's and Cleffa's vicious Shadow Balls, unable to find a break in which they could actually attack the two Normal-types.
Pikachu kept trying to zap Smoochum and Magby, but the two had used Double Team and were throwing their respective ice and fire attacks right and left. Trembling, Misty held Pichu, who seemed scared, awed, and confused.
Jace tried to use Pound on Igglybuff, but the pink Pokémon's own Pound hit him before he could. And so Jace, who was still weak from his earlier ordeal, was the first to go down, falling to the ground heavily. A shard of ice sliced his ear, drawing blood, and Misty called out in horror, "Jace, no!"
Swiftly, Igglybuff brought up a Pokéball from somewhere and enlarged it, throwing it at Jace. He went inside it, and though it violently shook at first, at last his protests ceased, and the ball stilled.
Ash cried out, and as his rage grew he was at last able to grab the offensive, fiercely attacking Elekid, who somehow managed to put up a very good defense against the large black Arcanine.
Igglybuff quickly hid away the ball and began attacking A.J.
While Pikachu and Ash picked up their attacks, A.J. was faltering under the onslaught of his two opponents (though, to be fair, Ash had but one attacker), and all in the room knew that he would be next.
Pichu watched her battling master with wide eyes. He would go down soon, and what of the rest of them? What would happen to them?
Ash was strong, but he couldn't hold off all these unusually strong Egg Pokémon with just Pikachu to help him, and his other Pokémon were recuperating at Professor Oak's ranch. By the time any of them could get to the Ash Ketchum residence, it would be too late.
And there was no way the Egg Pokémon would let any of them leave the room to retrieve any of Misty's Pokémon. Pichu knew, because Misty had already tried taking a few steps that way and had been given a warning look by Smoochum, who could sense Misty's intentions.
Igglybuff used Faint Attack to hit A.J.'s weak spot, and Cleffa hit him hard with Iron Tail.
A.J. gasped weakly, then coughed, spitting up blood. Still, Cleffa and Igglybuff kept attacking, showing him no mercy.
Ash grabbed Elekid in his teeth, ignoring the electricity coursing from Elekid's body to his, and flung him aside, leaping to help his son—
But Smoochum halted him in the air Psychically, and Cleffa and Igglybuff were able to continue their assault.
Snarling, Ash transformed into Mew and broke free of Smoochum's Psychic hold, but suddenly Igglybuff, Elekid, and Smoochum were upon him, Magby having taken Smoochum's place.
Ash kept Teleporting, but Smoochum was able to predict his moves, and the three countered his every move.
Pichu watched as her trainer was battered repeatedly by Cleffa's attacks, knowing that soon he was to go down, and when he did it would be in terrible condition.
Misty opened her mouth in a scream, but no sound came out. She tried to move towards her son, but Cleffa stopped her with Psychic, forcing her to stay in place.
Cleffa's attacks were brutal, and Pichu knew that though A.J. was in Pokémon form he didn't have the stamina, the skill, the intuition to fight a real Pokémon battle and win. But he had the will.
Was it right that Pichu, who had all the proper instincts, the strength, the know-how, sit out this fight, while a weak but courage-filled boy took to the fight for his family and for what was right? He might not be the perfect boy, but he was willing to fight for what he believed in.
Pichu took in a deep breath, cheeks sparking.
There was a flash of light, and then the room exploded.
Author's Note: I realize this is sort of a weird chapter, but....Ah well.
