Chapter 31 Blackstream Factory Part 2

When Garchomp is about to slash at Ash, a Kingdra appears and uses Protect in front of Ash. Amaria also jumps from above to the ground.

Amaria: Atlantica, quickly! Ice Beam!

Kingdra goes with the super effective Ice Attack, and Garchomp is now frozen in ice.

Solaris: What luck. I should've just disposed of you both in the first place.

Amaria: Not on my watch!

Solaris: Garchomp, return. (Recalls Garchomp)

Amaria: (Rushes towards Ash) Ash, are you okay?

Ash: Yeah, that was close.

Solaris: So you are the girl with the Sapphire Bracelets. I propose a trade. The bracelets for your lives.

Amaria: What?

Solaris: They are mere trinkets to you, are they not?

Amaria: No- Tania gave these to me. I don't want to lose them...

Solaris: "Tania," is it? (Suddenly laughs out loud)

Amaria: (Rolls her eyes) What's so funny?

Solaris: Are you entirely sure you can trust this "Tania" of yours?

Amaria: With my whole heart. She's the most important person in the world to me. I wouldn't even be alive without her. Anything she gives me is precious. That's why I'll defend it to my dying breath!

Solaris: (Continues to laugh) To your dying breath, is it... Then do so.

Amaria: (Angry at Solaris) Ash, try to deactivate the PULSE while I keep him busy!

ZEL: (Male voice) I don't think so! (Smart female voice) It would seem your presence here is an impediment. (Male voice) So get the hell out already!

ZEL sends out Glaceon first, and Ash decides to go with Charizard to battle. Charizard goes for Flamethrower, but Glaceon goes for Mirror Coat, which deals a lot of damage.

Ash: Charizard, use Steel Wing instead!

Charizard goes for the attack, and it also blocks the upcoming Steel Wing. In the end, Glaceon is defeated by Charizard's attack. The second Pokemon is Espeon, and Ash starts to wonder if ZEL's Pokemon are Eeveelutions. He switches to Glalie for this Pokemon, and Glalie goes for Crunch, which is super effective, but Espeon goes for a Yawn attack, causing Glalie to get drowsy. It also goes for Morning Sun to recover the damage.

After Glalie wakes up, it is already damaged a lot by the Signal Beam and Psychic, but a Crunch manages to defeat Espeon in the end. The third Pokemon is Umbreon, and Ash goes for Gigalith to battle. Umbreon has Confuse Ray, which confuses Gigalith, and then it goes for Moonlight to heal the attack from Stone Edge. But in the end, Umrebon is defeated by Gigalith's Rock Smash and Rock Slide.

ZEL: (Male voice) Tch. No choice then...

Muk is going to be the one that battles, and it changes into Water type and goes for Muddy Water, which damages a lot to Gigalith.

Ash: Protean Ability...the ability only Greninja line has...now I really miss him...

He has Gigalith go for Flash Cannon, and Muk changes to Ground Type this time and goes for Mud Bomb, defeating Gigalith. When sending Crawdaunt instead, Muk changes into Electric Type and goes for Discharge, which is super effective.

Ash: Man...this Muk is tough...

Ash has Crawdaunt goes for Bubble Beam, which damages a lot, and it dodges another Discharge and Ash decides to switch back to Charizard again. Charizard goes for Flamethrower and Dragon Claw, finally slashing the machine and causing the Muk to sink into the water with no sign of health.

ZEL: (Happy female voice) Ah-ah... I'm sorry, we were too weak... Solaris, I- I'm sorry, we couldn't...

Solaris: Useless. Hmph. As useless as their actions. (Turns to Ash) So you stopped the PULSE? Too late. The damage is done already. But, there's no point in staying here. And I will not take the Sapphire Bracelets like this. Tyranitar, one final attack- (Turns to Amaria) On the girl.

Ash widens his eyes as he sees Amaria being punched by Tyranitar, causing her to scream in pain.

Ash: Amaria! (Rushes towards her)

Solaris: Team Meteor, retreat.

After Team Meteor is gone, Ash tries to shake Amaria so she can open her eyes.

Amaria: (Slowly opens her eyes) ...Nn- Ugh... Good job on shutting that thing down, Ash...

Ash: Amaria, are you okay? You shouldn't push yourself.

Amaria: (Tries to stand up) I'm- I'm okay...Just a little winded... Well, at least now the water won't be actively polluted any more. But he said... it's too late? Sure, it'll take time, but eventually, it'll clean up. There's an entire Water Treatment Center under the city that'll take care of it. So... In the end, I think we did something really great today-!

But Amaria falls to the ground again, and Ash knows that the damage is not okay.

Amaria: Maybe that attack hurt more than I thought... I'll be fine, don't worry... But I don't know how much help I'll be like this...There's still two other PULSEs out there... One in Byxbysion Wasteland, but, at least nobody lives there. The one at Apophyll Beach, though... There's a whole school there.

Ash: You're right. Victoria's school is there.

Amaria: And- what ever happened to Cain?

Ash: Turns out that Ace was a liar and he played a part in them kidnapping Cain.

Amaria: We can't let Team Meteor get away with whatever they're plotting, but- would you go in my place? Maybe while you're there, you can pick up the Machine for Strength! I heard the sensei there, Kiki, has it! With that, and the badge to use it, you could clear the wreckage and reach the children.

Ash: Okay, but how do we get there?

Amaria: Here, you can take my boat. (Gives him the Harbor Key) It's parked inside one of the harbors in Coral Ward. Do you remember where we first met each other? It's the building right there. Normally, I only use it for recreation, or for checking on the wildlife project on Azurine Island. Help yourself, okay? Just, save Apophyll, and the kids...

Ash: I will.

Amaria: I think I'll have to head home and rest for a while before I can join you again...After all, the love of my life is waiting for me there too~ I live up in the Aventurine Region, north of Reborn City. If you're ever in the area, you'll drop by, won't you? I'd love for you to meet Tania.

Before she can leave, she falls again, and Ash shakes his head and helps her.

Ash: You can't go anywhere like this. Come to my living place, for now, my mom can heal you first before we go there.

Amaria tries to protest, but her strength right now betrays her as she can only agree. Ash has Charizard hold Amaria as they get out of the factory. When they manage to get to the house, Ash also calls Julia and Florinia to his living place.

Julia: (Rushes towards Ash) Is Amy okay? Is she dying? How is she?

Ash: Relax, Julia. Amy is fine. Right now she's resting on my bed.

Florinia: You have my gratitude for bringing Amy to a safer place with fewer hazardous things around.

Ash: Yeah, however, I would need you guys to check out her wounds since, you know, it won't be appropriate for me to check out a girl's body.

Both girls nod as they go upstairs to check on Amaria, as for Ash, he stays downstairs and has a discussion with his mother.

Delia: So you said that the girl Amaria has the Sapphire Bracelets?

Ash: Yeah, that's why she was injured by Solaris. The one who tried to kill us back then.

Delia: (Widens her eyes) Did he remember you?

Ash: Well, he did. But it doesn't matter, I didn't have Pokemon at that time. And now I am not going to let him do anything to us. Right now, Mom, you're safe since he doesn't recognize you.

Delia: (Sighs) I wish you could stay out of trouble. But sometimes troubles will always find you no matter what. Anyway, if I remember, the Saphhire Bracelets belonged to the Belrose Family...you know, the two gravestones that we saw back in Beryl Ward?

Ash: I know...but how did the Sapphire Bracelets are with Amaria? And she said that it is a gift from Titania.

Delia: From what I've heard, the Belrose Family lives in Chrysolia Region with three daughters, however, Team Meteor set a fire there and both parents are dead because of it. Maybe this Titania girl found it there and gives it to Amaria?

Ash: Wait, you mean three girls? Chrysolia Region? (Realizes something) Charlotte's last name is Belrose...does that mean...after they were killed, they are sent to Dr. Connal's orphanage, just like Noel and Anna...

Delia: That sounds like it makes sense. This is why we need to save the children as soon as possible.

Ash nods as he decides to go back to his room. Amaria and the others have already changed into their nightgowns, and they were discussing what happened.

Julia: I can't believe that old geezer would use Electricity to do on those children! I'm going to boom on his face!

Florinia: The priority of the move is to save the children from Team Meteor, and also stop the two PULSES in Apophyll Academy and Byxbysion Wasteland.

Ash: That's why I'm going to Apophyll Academy tomorrow, so you don't need to worry about it.

Amaria: But what that man said bothers me though... And, Ace too. A new systems admin is known as "T"... But then, they were just tricking us. I can't believe they pretended to save my life just for that. Aside from that, there's no way Tania could be involved with them. I know she wouldn't lie to me about something like that.

Ash: (Decides to ask) When I was trying to get my way to the gym thanks to Rini's brother who tried to stop me. I noticed your rooms. I want to ask if this Tania is actually called Titania?

Julia: You saw that, huh? You're right about that. She is also a Gym Leader like us! She specializes in Steel Type.

Amaria: We have something truly special, after all. A lifetime both behind and ahead of us, of water, air, mist, and pulsing moonlight- A silken world pouring down marbled stairways of trust and promises...We sat under the rain as it fell from a spotless starry sky, and I could have sworn not a wisp of it reached us. The only thing we felt was precious lightning, gently kissing our scars from head to toe. Silken sand was our embrace, every bead-like god-sent glitter, decorating her perfect, soft skin... I'll treasure every single memory with her.

Julia: Woah! Woah! Woah! Amy! You have to calm down a little.

Florinia: Says a girl who is always high on energy and won't even calm down when asked to.

Julia: Rini! You're not helping!

For some reason, Ash feels a little jealous of how close those three are, and Amaria also notices the face Ash is making.

Amaria: U-um, sorry, never mind all that! I just get a little lost in her sometimes. Ash, thanks for all your help today, from the bottom of my heart.

Ash: (Gives a smile) No problem, Amy. Since you're going to have a sleepover, I'll just head downstairs and take the couch.

Julia: But won't you want to sleep with us?

Ash: (Gives her an are you serious look) But I'm a boy and you three are girls. Isn't that appropriate?

Amaria: I don't think there is a problem with that, don't you agree, girls?

The other two just nod, and Ash can only sigh as he stays with them in his room for tonight.


And here is a new chapter, as you can see, Amaria is hurt by Solaris and then they all have a sleepover. I hope you like this chapter and the next one will be Apophyll Academy.