Ash's Awakening, Sins Of A Father


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Many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I am really happy and this inspired me to bring in the next chapter, and here the story picks up where the last chapter left, and you will get to see what would transpire here and whether Ash and clement survive the explosion.

Well, enjoy!.


Ch. 15: Zangai no naka no pandemoniumu

As von Kaiser resumes his attack on Ash, Ash responded by using his shield to deflect the sword strikes and went back and forth until heading towards the boiler room, where Ash looked around, and can smell scents of fuel within the room, and seeing von Kaiser wielding his sword, he figured that one wrong move would cause this place to explode, and urged him to stop, which von Kaiser refuses to heed, thinking that the boy is just psyching him and vowed that Team Hydra will become the top organization around the world.

"Enough. It's over."

"No, never!"

"You got to stop this foolishness…we're inside a boiler room…"

"So what? I am not through yet!"

"Please…stop this…"

"Hah! You're just trying to psych me out! I won't fall for your trick!"

"You fool! Do you realize that …!"

"I will kill you!"

By then a few of his henchmen arrived and are heavily armed, and there von Kaiser ordered them to open fire at Ash, which the teen boy told von Kaiser not to, warning him that if a bullet hits anything within the boiler room, their hideout would explode, which caused the henchmen to hesitate upon realizing what Ash said, but an irate von Kaiser opted to take matters in to his own hands and grabbed the gun and prepared to fire.

Seeing this, his henchmen urged their leader to calm down, but he simply ignored them and berated them for being too soft and that he will show them how to take down the enemy at once, and the henchmen grappled onto their leader to keep him from firing his gun indiscriminately, fearing what would happen next.

"What are you doing! Let go of me! I am your leader!"

"Stop, boss!"

"Don't do it!"

"If you fire that gun you'll cause this place to explode!"

"Are you really taking that boy's word over mine? He is tricking you!"

"Just stop it, boss!"

"Don't fire!"

"We mean it!"

As the armored Ash watches the scene in horror, he is considering in getting involve and try to get the gun away from von Kaiser, but the now irrational villain accidentally pressed the trigger, and fired a bullet which hit one of the boilers, where fuel is stored, and the impact is more than enough to cause a huge explosion, where the hideout was engulfed in flames, where a very loud explosion occurred and you can see a mushroom cloud-like flames and smoke formed.

The explosion was loud enough for nearby coast guards to notice the sounds and smokes, and this prompted them to call for reinforcements and firefighters as they fear a forest fire and soon authorities were mobilized to head for the scene of the crime.

Near the hideout, Serena and Bonnie were leading the local police, and they stared in surprise in seeing the explosion, and the two girls realize that Ash and Clememt are still inside, and they begged the police to search for them but the police captain sadly told them that they cannot go there just yet due to the explosion and feared that a secondary explosion might took place and urged the two girls to stay back, which did little to calm them down as they are very worried for the two boys.

"Sorry, but you two will have to stay back..."

"But...Ash and Clement..."

"My brother is in there!"

"I know...we will find them...but your safety is our priority."

"But..."

"What about my brother and Ash?"

"Please stay calm...we'll do what we can..."

"..."

As the firefighters and coast guard arrived, they began to battle the flames and the police had to keep Serena and Bonnie back seeing that the two girls might try to go in there and urged them to stay calm and let the firefighters do their jobs. Of course Serena would not listen as she tearfully told them that their two friends are in there and they might be seriously injured, but the lead officer assured to her that they will do what they can to find them but tells her that they cannot go in there just yet until the flames are extinguished.

"Please...stay calm..."

"But..."

"We will find your friends."

"Ash...Clement..."

"We will see to it that they will be okay...but you must brace yourself."

"..."

"Be strong."

"..."

Serena was forced to stand and wait as she and Bonnie watch the firefighters bombarding the area with water as they try to control the blaze as it threaten to spread to the forested areas as forest Pokemon had been evacuated and everyone outside has no idea what is going on inside the burning wreckage, where the scene shifts inside, and as the scene zoomed further, you can see a hidden tunnel where Clement, Greninja and several dozen Frograiders are hiding, where a brief flashback showed that Clement and Greninja managed to free the captive Pokemon and are finding an exit when they overheard the guards saying that Ash and von Kaiser are fighting at the boiler room and heard that if one of the boilers gets punctured it would cause the base to explode.

Clement then found a hidden tunnel and led the rest inside. As Clement was about to go out to find Ash, Greninja's hearing tells him that a bullet was fired and he shuts the entrance, narrowly escaping the explosion as the door was designed to withstand a strong explosion. As the explosion ceased, Geninja tells Clement that they have to move within the tunnel as going back to the hideout is not advisable due to the intensity of the heat.

"Geninja..."

"But what about Ash?"

"Geninja..."

"What? Ash will be okay?"

"Greninja..."

"Seriously?"

"Greninja..."

"..."

Clement is forced to take the Pokemon's word for it and they left where several minutes later led them towards outside, and there they saw Serena and Bonnie, along with the authorities, and Bonnie hugged her elder brother as she is glad to see that he is alright, but when Serena asks Clement where Ash is, he sadly told her that he has no idea, and this made her go a bit ballistic and shook him as she tells him to find Ash, and Greninja volunteered to go look for him.

"Greninja..."

"..."

"Greninja..."

"Okay...please find Ash..."

"Greninja..."

"Please...I'm counting on you..."

"Greninja..."

"..."

By then the smoke slowly dissipated and paramedics slowly went towards the wreckage where they saw Ash wobbly heading their way, his face and clothes covered in black debris and Serena rushed down and hugged, him, relieved to see that he is okay. She was crying and glad at the same time, and Ash hugged her as well, apologizing for making her worried, yet she said that it is okay as long as he is not hurt in any way.

"Serena..."

"Ash...Ash...I thought..."

"Sorry if I made you worried..."

"Are you hurt? Nothing major happened to you?"

"No...I'm fine, really..."

"Let the paramedics check you..."

"It's fine...really."

"But..."

Clement and Greninja watches on and they were glad to see that Ash is okay, and as the friends reunited, a police inspector came and showed his badge, and there he tells everyone that Ash is suspected of being behind the explosion and insinuated that he is in league with Team Hydra, in which Clement vehemently deny the accusations, saying he and Ash discovered Team Hydra's existence and that the explosion of the hideout is von Kaiser's fault and not Ash.

The police inspector then glanced at Clement and there he ordered his men to arrest the two boys. Of course some of the policemen questioned the order seeing that Ash managed to escape the explosion and there were no indications that he is armed and deem him not a threat.

"Wait, sir..."

"We can't just..."

"There is no indication or proof that they're suspects."

"We need their statements, sir. Perhaps they can stand as witnesses."

"We need to check their bodies for any injuries."

"Until then...we cannot..."

"You fools!"

"?"

But the police commissioner uses his authority position to bend the police into submission and ordered them to have the two boys arrested at once, but one of the rescued Frograiders pointed to the police commissioner as among von Kaiser's protector and that he is the one who facilitated in smuggling the Frograiders out of their habitat and ended up here at Team Hydra's base, which Ash and Clement stared in surprise, and Ash questions the police commissioner about it, but the police commissioner uses his position to dodge the accusation and ordered the police to arrest Ash at once or they risk getting suspended and/or fired.

But one of the policeman sensed something and confronted the police commissioner, and defended the two boys and asks why is he so insistent in arresting Ash and Clement since there is no indication that they are in cahoots with Team Hydra, and why is the commissioner dodging then accusation against him by a Frograider. The police commissioner did not answer the question and insists in arresting Ash, and when Ash presses on and asks if he is secretly in league with Team Hydra, the police commissioner punched Ash on his stomach, and the 14-year old boy fell to the ground, moaning and drooling in pain, and there he tells the rest not to interfere or else they will be charged with obstruction, and as Ash is being handcuffed, the Frograiders went forward and pointed out that the police commissioner is in league with Team Hydra.

"Frograider!"

"Frograider!"

"Frograider!"

"Frograider!"

"Frograider!"

"Frograider!"

"Frograider!"

"Frograider!"

While the police commissioner ignored them and is dragging Ash away, the policemen blocked his way and took Ash away, and removed his handcuff and the commissioner tries to use his authority but the police began to rebel as they are now convinced that Ash is innocent given that the Frograiders are willing to testify against them and that Clement took out something that would incriminate the commissioner: a secret audio and visual recording of the commissioner making deals with von Kaiser, and that was enough to prove Ash's innocence and expose the corrupt commissioner.

The police commissioner stared in shock and the police arrested him as the other policemen invited Ash and Clement to testify about what happened, and as Ash and Clement went with the police, the police detective, who was hired by Giovanni to trail and observe Ash, watches from afar, intrigued at seeing Ash managing to escape injury from the explosion, unaware that Ash uses the belt buckle given to him by the mysterious stranger.

The police detective sighed as he could not get closer to Ash as he cannot reveal himself yet and though he followed the police convoy, all he could do is wait outside the police station and observe from afar, as he cannot let anyone know that he secretly came to Lumiose under Giovanni's paycheck.

"Oh well...I guess this will do for now..."

-x-

In the hours that passed, Ash and Clement proved their innocence and the police commissioner was exposed and is promptly fired and placed under arrest. It is also shown that the wreckage of Team Hydra's base yielded some survivors in the form of scientists under von Kaiser's employ, and they were charged for poaching and smuggling, though others were given a deal that they would testify in exchange for lighter sentences, and they proved that the police commissioner was involved.

The mayor of that region was grateful for Ash and his friends' efforts, and in gratitude, he offered to escort the Frograiders back to their habitat of origin, and Geninja told Ash that he would have to accompany the Frograiders in order to protect them, and Ash understood and the two gave an emotional farewell before parting, and as Greninja and the Frograiders left, the mayor gave Ash and his friends a free lodging at a hostel for three days, which Ash and the others accepted.

At the hostel, the scene shifts inside their rented unit where Ash revealed to the others how he survived the explosion, in which he pointed out the belt buckle he receive and how the armor protected him as he went to a nearby vault and shuts himself in before the powerful explosion occur, and when the explosion ceased, he used Dragredder to carve a path before having the Pokemon placed back inside the Pokeball to hide its existence.

Clement was surprised as he inspected the belt buckle, and asks if he has any idea about the stranger that Ash encountered, which Ash said he has no idea who the stranger is, except that he was told that Ren also received a belt buckle which explains the armor Ren has when he and Ash first fought.

"What? Seriously?"

"Well...yeah..."

"I wonder who this guy you are talking about?"

"Who knows..."

"Ash...that dragon-Pokemon...is it still inside your Pokeball?"

"Yup...right here..."

"You better keep an eye on it...you still need to tame it or else if it fell to the wrong hands..."

"I know..."

Not far, a prostitute is standing near an alley as she is waiting for a guy to pick her so that she can have sex with her would-be prospect in exchange for money, however, the unseen Pokemon struck, in which only a claw, which resembled pincers, was shown and dragged the prostitute inside the alley, where a scream and a roar is heard, and you can see blood splattered against the wall, and seconds later it became a deafening silence, as sounds of munching and grinding are heard.

As this occurred, a scene shifts to another nearby individual, who is also unseen, though the scene shows only a hand, and the unseen person is shown holding a belt buckle that is identical to that of Ren and Ash's.

To Be Continued...


And this ends the Team Hydra arc, and though it was only two chapters, it was a good one as it involved some political plot and both Ash and Clement survived and exposed the culprit.

The unseen Pokemon struck again, and claimed another victim. But then another unseen person is shown, and is holding a belt buckle similar to Ash and Ren. Looks like trouble is brewing…


Preview:

The next chapter opens a new story arc as Ash and Ren meet again, and a NEW entrant comes in, and causes trouble…

See you in 3 to 4 weeks…

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