Author's Note: Sorry it took so long to update. Only got one review for the last chappie (thank ye!) and have been really busy...
Crud, A.J. thought.
Belle and Starr were walking down the corridor, and they had seen him.
Good look, Peach, he thought Psychically towards his Pokémon.
He needed to stall.
"Hey!" Starr yelled, and he and Belle came charging down the hall, each throwing down Pokéballs.
They were Pokémon hybrids that A.J. had seen before: the Dugtrio/Houndoom mix, Ceregarm; the Rhydon/Tyranitar hybrid, Rocheroi; the Espeon/Umbreon cross, Oscureon; and the Donphan/Steelix mix, Schlangelef.
A.J. stared at them for a brief moment before he took in a deep breath. He was going to have to take them all on...alone.
Ash found Meowth and the Mews in the middle of a corridor arguing over something or another, and he told them Psychically, Enough bickering. This Lawrence fellow is a Pokémon Collector, and he's caught some of the Legendaries. You need to leave and warn the other Legendaries before you get caught too.
Cat looked at him for a moment in consideration. Okay, we'll go gather reinforcements.
No! Ash told her forcefully. We don't want to make it easier for him to capture Legendaries; you need to tell them to go in hiding, not come here.
"We can't just leave youze here to fight," Meowth said.
It's dangerous here, Ash said, and he sighed, "Mew."
"Can't leave 'lone," Mewsie said mournfully.
It's okay, Mewsie, Ash said. And then he cursed.
Okay, A.J. could do this.
So, they were throwing Dark attacks at him, but he could transform into a non-Psychic-type and it would be better, right?
But he wasn't very good at being anything but a Mew...
Okay, so he would fight as a Mew.
He Teleported out of Schlangelef's Crunch, but Oscureon anticipated him and hit him with a Faint Attack.
Grunting, A.J. took the blow and sent back a Psychic attack, remembering only too late that it would have no effect.
A pair of Neo Team Rocket members were coming right towards them...And it looked like they had Master Balls.
Teleport out of here now Ash barked in the heads of his companions. He looked down at Pikachu. Pikachu, you don't have to stay...
"Piiiii," the Pikachu stook his tongue out.
Fine, you can stay, Ash said, slightly amused, but his amusement disappeared as he looked at the hybrids that the NTR pair had released.
"Hyper Beam!" Belle cried out.
Rocheroi opened his mouth.
A.J. saw first light...then darkness.
The male NTR member muttered a profanity under his breath as he saw the Mews disappear, and he threw out a Pokéball that looked like it was a hybrid with Moltres.
Ash's blood ran cold. They were making hybrids of Legendaries...Just like they'd done with Mewtwo.
And now he and Pikachu had to fight them.
Belle and Starr entered the Pokéball room, the latter holding an unconscious A.J.
Upon seeing what was happening in that room, they cursed, throwing their Pokéballs onto the ground.
Peach and Charizard looked at each other, then they looked at the Psychic-types.
The Psychic-types were finishing putting the last of the balls into the bag, and they nodded at Peach and Charizard silently. They knew what to do.
And then they were gone, having Teleported away.
Charizard roared, causing the two NTR members to back up a few steps. They released their Pokémon hybrids, and Charizard began to fight with them.
Peach watched for a minute. The hybrids were even stronger than they had been previously, and slowly but surely they were beating the mighty Charizard down.
Taking in a deep breath, she let out a Thunder Bolt.
The Moltres/Blastoise hybrid (at least, that was what Ash had decided it was, since it had strange water cannons sticking out of its back) was perhaps not one of the best choices for the NTR members, for Pikachu's Thunder attacks were hitting its double weakness.
Ash let Pikachu take care of that hybrid while he took care of the other three Pokémon (no small feat), knowing Pikachu would be able to help him in a minute. It seemed like each NTR member was only given two hybrids, since they weren't sending out any more Pokémon. Ash was definitely glad about that.
Ash knocked out one of his opponents, and Pikachu knocked out the Moltres/Blastoise hybrid, and they made short work of the remaining two.
The two NTR members looked at each other, then they ran away, muttering something about reinforcements.
We don't have much time, Pikachu, Ash told his friend. We really need to find Riviera.
The Electric-type nodded.
They passed a few doors in the halls, then Ash stopped beside one. He had a feeling...
They entered the room, and they saw Riviera sitting on a bed with her Clefairy doll, petting it with her red tail. "Mew, mew," she sang softly to herself.
"Riviera," Ash sighed in relief, rushing over to her.
She blinked at him with confused eyes, then she floated up and backwards. "Bad daddy. No be here." Her eyes moved to Pikachu, and she seemed to hesitate. Then she began floating out of the room.
"Riviera, wait," Ash said, his tail lashing in frustration as he went after her.
