Hello you cuties! I'm back with a Pokémon fic this time. I'm going to warn you in advance that this is going to be super long and that it follows the whole series so keep that in mind. The rating might go up later on. Happy reading :)
x Milou
It was only ten o'clock in the morning and Lexi already had enough of this day. The square around Prism Tower was pretty much already packed with the daily visitors who came to gaze at the tower in galore which stood high in the center of the city. Lexi squinted her eyes against the sunlight as she stood still.
"Do we have a plan?" she asked out loud.
Her best friend, Clemont, and his younger sister Bonnie both turned around to face her, coming to a standstill on the side of the bustling square.
"What do you mean, Lexi?" Bonnie asked, as if her question was a little strange.
"Well… We've pretty much been wandering around the city for most of the night and it seems that we don't have any idea to where we're going," Lexi explained, pressing her lips into a line.
"Then what do you suggest?" Clemont asked rather discouraged. "You know that we cannot return to the Lumiose Gym as of right now."
Lexi gazed at the tower for a brief second. "Of course, I'm aware of that. But wandering around the square isn't going to help you with getting back inside, Clemont. Let's not forget that Clembot kicked you out of your own Gym yesterday and you've been stuck inside the underground subways for some time. We've been walking back through the forest from the outskirt of the city since and throughout the city for most of the night. I don't think wandering around the city even further is going to solve this problem for us."
"You might be right, Lexi. But I don't know what else to do."
"And that's alright, Clemont," Lexi said and placed her hand on his right shoulder in a reassuring way like she had done a million times in the past. "We're all clearly exhausted from this day that we had. I suggest we call it quits for now and return to your family home. I'm sure that we can all think clearer once we've gotten some rest."
At her idea Clemont's face fell slightly. "Our family home?"
To Lexi there was nothing easier than to read the emotions on her friend's face. "You don't want your father to find out that you got kicked out of your own Gym?" she assumed.
Clemont nonchalantly scratched the back of his head. "Well… yeah. You know what our father is like and he'll not be pleased with me because he'll probably think that I'll be unfit to be the Lumiose Gym Leader because I cannot get into my own Gym due to my own invention keeping me out. If I cannot be a Gym Leader than who am I, Lexi?"
"You're still you, big brother," Bonnie chimed in, pressing her hand against Clemont's side. "But perhaps you're right about not returning to our own house. At least not for now."
Lexi knew that there was only one other option left now. "I guess we have no other choice than to the Sycamore laboratory. We can get some sleep there."
"Are you sure that will be alright?" Clemont asked hesitantly as he adjusted his glasses on his nose.
"Of course I'm sure, Clemont. That's one thing that you shouldn't worry about."
"Then come on!" Bonnie exclaimed elatedly, as if the thought of spending time at the laboratory and getting see some of its Pokémon had recharged her. "I will lead the way!"
Without any warning the young girl grabbed Lexi's left hand and began to pull the teenage girl with her. Lexi could only chuckle at Bonnie's innocent spirit as she followed her across the square with Clemont at her side.
As they reached the center of the square everyone's pacing slowed down when they saw a boy who couldn't have been older than ten years old, make his way towards the Prism Tower. From the Pikachu that was squealing on his shoulder and the determined glint in his eyes they could only assume that he was a trainer.
"Do you think he'll challenge the Gym?" Bonnie asked.
"It would appear so. But I have no idea how Clembot is going to react to a challenger," Clemont answered, as he tightened his hold on the straps of his backpack. "Clembot was obviously malfunctioning when it threw me and Bonnie out. I fear that it could do the same thing to trainers."
Lexi exhaled as her gaze met Clemont's. "Then I guess we have no other choice than to wait here for a moment to see what Clembot will do to this challenger. Perhaps it will not react like it did with you and Bonnie yesterday, and simply accept the trainer's challenge."
"Let's hope so," Clemont replied, and it was obvious to Lexi that Clemont felt guilty and responsible for the way that Clembot had been behaving, even though it had nothing to do with him. But since Clemont was the one who had invented Clembot himself, he saw it as his own failure.
And instead of brushing Clemont aside she placed a comforting hand on his lower arm while Bonnie held onto her other hand. Not a word was said by the three of them while they all gazed up at the Prism Tower in anticipation. These moments that they stood there on the side of the square seemed to last forever, while nothing appeared to happen for some time.
The first thing that they heard was the sound of screaming and something clunking inside the tower which caused them to perk up. As a hatch on the side of the tower shut open the same boy and his Pikachu was flung outside and tumbled towards the floor with great speed.
"Oh no! No!" Clemont yelled as he rushed towards them with Lexi and Bonnie right behind him. "I'm going to try to catch that boy!"
"I'm go get Pikachu!" Bonnie shouted.
Lexi watched with a heavy pit in her stomach how Clemont removed his own backpack and flung it onto the ground where it turned into a huge inflatable cushion which was able to catch the boy before it smashed into the pavement. Bonnie grabbed Pikachu with ease and Lexi finally dared to breathe again.
Lexi turned to Bonnie and lifted her up in a second while Clemont went to the boy and extended his hand to him. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm okay," the boy responded and didn't appear to be shaken up after having just been thrown out of the tower. He accepted Clemont's hand and let the young inventor pull him back on his feet. "Thanks to you."
"Are you sure you didn't hurt yourself during that nasty fall?" Lexi couldn't help but ask, being the worrywart that she was.
He only shook his head. "Yes, I feel just fine. No worries."
At that moment Bonnie chose to pull Pikachu closer to her. "Take a look at this, Clemont and Lexi! A Pikachu! And what a cutie." Because the girl was way too young to own her own Pokémon, she only had little experience with them and tended to get over-excited whenever she was around them. Since she was accidentally squeezing the Pikachu too hard the Pokémon saw no other way than to use its thunderbolt as a way to defend itself.
In a second the sky lightened up and Lexi could only protect her own face from the thunder by shielding it behind her arms. As soon as the thunder disappeared Lexi rushed to Bonnie while Pikachu jumped from the girl's arms when she fell back. Lexi immediately knelt down beside her.
"Bonnie! Oh dear!" she cried out as she tried to lift Bonnie back, but the girl leaped forwards by her own strength and started giggling while Pikachu jumped back on his trainer's shoulder.
"Of course," Bonnie said as if this whole incident hadn't occurred in the first place and stood straight again. Lexi should've known that nothing could've dented the girl's rambunctious spirit. Instead of saying anything Lexi got back to her feet as well and brushed her legs before she placed her hands on Bonnie's shoulders so that she could keep her in tow this time.
Clemont bowed his head towards the trainer. "I'm really sorry about my sister."
The boy raised his hands to show that it was alright. "Hey, don't worry about it."
With a frown on his face Clemont turned to his sister. "Bonnie, you apologize too."
Clearly Bonnie wasn't too pleased with that suggestion and Lexi could feel her tense up. "I just wanted to give Pikachu a hug cause it's so cute!" she explained her reasons with an annoyed pout.
"Hmm. But did Pikachu like it?" Clemont asked her, which gave her something to think about.
Lexi patted Bonnie's shoulder. "You'll learn, Bonnie," she said. Clemont's words were what had caused a change in Bonnie's demeanor. He might be strict with her and telling her whenever she did something wrong, but that was only because he loved her and wanted her to be the best that she could be. Clemont was exactly the big brother that Bonnie needed to keep her straight, and Lexi was thankful for them.
"Alright, I'm really sorry, Pikachu," Bonnie apologized sincerely.
The boy leaned a little closer to her with a smile and Pikachu who seemed to be more at ease now and ran his hand through his raven hair for a faint moment. "Everything is alright now," he assured her. "Pikachu was just a little surprised." And at that the little mouse Pokémon nodded. "But I still haven't thanked you yet. I really appreciate that you saved Pikachu."
Pikachu's face lit up. "Pikachu!" it said happily and that was enough to remove the guilt from Bonnie.
"You're very welcome!" Bonnie replied in the same manner and gave Lexi a sort of half-hug to let the teen know that had learned from this. At that reaction Lexi could only let out a laugh and briefly ruffled her blonde hair.
The boy's gaze was turned to Prism Tower again. "What a weird Gym. What's up with that?"
Clemont followed his gaze. "You got kicked out right?"
"Right," the boy confirmed. "And coming all this way. Some Gym Leader."
"Yeah, he's something alright," Clemont pretty much muttered, and Lexi was tempted to intervene because Clemont wasn't owning up to being the Lumiose Gym Leader.
Bonnie stepped in between them. "The Gym Leader of the Lumiose Gym is this really super-duper strong person," she told the boy, clearly showing how proud she was of her brother.
"Did they ask you how many badges you have?" Lexi wondered.
The boy nodded. "That's right. And when I told them I didn't have any I got zapped badly," he explained.
"Zapped?!" Lexi repeated astounded, her brows frowned.
"Huh? You don't have any badges?" Bonnie asked baffled.
The boy shrugged a bit. "You see I've just arrived in the Kalos region. This is the first Gym I've been to."
Clemont adjusted his glasses. "Pardon me, but where are you from?"
The trained tipped his cap slightly. "I'm from Pallet Town in Kanto and my name is Ash. This is Pikachu. And my buddy and I are on a journey together so I can become a Pokémon master." Pikachu confirmed that.
Because it was getting later during the day more people and their Pokémon found their way towards the main square in the city. It was Lexi and Clemont who decided that they should continue this conversation a bit further away from the Prism Tower so they wouldn't be standing in someone's way, and they had ended at a nearby park which had a Battlefield.
They stood still under a tree just next to some steps. "Now it's our time to introduce ourselves," Clemont said. "My name is Clemont, and this is my little sister Bonnie."
"Nice to meet you," Bonnie replied cheerfully and then pointed to Lexi. "This is Clemont's best friend Lexi, and who I see as a sister of my own."
"Pleasure to meet you," Lexi said with a huge grin.
"Nice to meet you, Clemont, Bonnie and Lexi," Ash said.
"Pika-pika," Pikachu replied with a wave of its paw.
"You and your Pikachu look like such good friends," Bonnie pointed out in amazement. "If you weren't Pikachu wouldn't be sitting on your head like that. I've only ever seen Lexi's Hoothoot do the same to her."
At the mention of her Hoothoot Lexi smiled while Ash laughed. "Yeah, we've known each other for a long time."
"Pikachu," it squealed as it leaped on Ash his shoulder.
"Actually, Pikachu was the first Pokémon I ever got," Ash went on with his arms spread out. "We're continuing our journey and looking for more Gym battles." With a simple jump Pikachu was back on the top of his head. "Are you, Bonnie and Lexi on a journey too?"
Lexi exchanged a look with both Bonnie and Clemont let out a laugh. She had never even left Lumiose City one time during her life and this was all that she knew. "Well, not me. I've got my sights set on another dream. I work here."
"That's something that we'll be doing sometime in the future," Bonnie said.
"Ah, family adventure sounds great," Ash responded. "After all I don't have any brother or sisters."
Bonnie folded her hands together. "But you've got your special friend Pikachu instead." From where Lexi was standing, she could see the girl's eyes light up entirely while her eyes remained focused on Pikachu.
"Bonnie is a little bit too young to have any Pokémon yet," Clemont explained. "So, she is really impressed when she meets someone who does."
"I know just what it's like. I could hardly wait to grow up and become a Pokémon trainer," Ash said.
"You totally understand how I feel," Bonnie said in awe.
"Bonnie, you know that you can visit my Pokémon at the lab any time," Lexi reminded her, which earned a squeal from her.
"So," Ash said which caused them to look at him. "What Pokémon do you have, Clemont and Lexi?"
Lexi's eyes turned to Ash and smiled. "I have quite a few actually, but I don't have them with me at this moment."
Clemont scratched his chin. "Hmm. Okay, here's a Pokémon that I recently caught." He grabbed a Pokéball from his pocket and held it out.
There was a glint in Ash his eyes. "Oh please! Can I see it?" he asked excitedly and Lexi couldn't blame him since the Pokémon in this region were all new to him. "And then let's Battle."
At that suggestion Pikachu leaped from Ash his shoulder and ran towards the battlefield.
"Battle for real?" Clemont asked doubtfully.
"Yeah," Ash said as he ran after Pikachu. "If I can't have a Gym Battle, I'd like to have my first battle in the Kalos region with you. What do you say, Clemont?" He raised his arm in a challenging manner.
"Let's do it," Bonnie replied. "It will be a great test of strength."
"Exactly. This will be a good opportunity for you, Clemont," Lexi agreed with a grin.
"Okay! You're on," Clemont eagerly accepted the match. Lexi remembered that it had been some days since Clemont had his last battle so this would be a good chance for him to get back into his battling rhythm. Besides Lexi had to admit that she had a thing for watching Clemont battle, because that was surely where his strength shined. As a Gym Leader, and an inventor.
As Clemont and Ash took their places on the battlefield Lexi and Bonnie remained where they were on the sideline of the field.
"Alright, Bunnelby. Come on out and let's have a Battle!" Clemont said as he threw his Pokéball and this cute little Bunnelby appeared with a happy hop. Lexi had been there yesterday when Clemont had caught the Pokémon so this would be the first battle the two would have.
"Awesome! I've never seen that Pokémon before," Ash said eagerly. "Pikachu let's give it our all!"
"Pikachu!" it said and sparks appeared on its red cheeks.
For Lexi it had been some time since she had last seen a Pikachu battle, and she was curious to see it in action to say the least.
"Lots of luck to both teams! Ye-hee!" Bonnie exclaimed cheerfully which indicated that the Battle had officially begun.
"'Okay, Pikachu use Thunderbolt!" Ash said and Pikachu immediately leaped into the sky to charge Thunderbolt and to fire it.
"Bunnelby, use your ears to stir up the sand," Clemont said and Bunnelby slammed its ears into the sand to block Pikachu's attack which surprised both Ash and Pikachu, but it was exactly what Lexi had predicted would happen. She was familiar with Clemont's battle strategy after all. "Yes, Bunnelby is a Normal type Pokémon." There was a glint in his glasses as he shoved them further on his nose. "But it's more than prepared to deal with any Electric type moves. So now it's our turn. Bunnelby dig!"
"Bunnelbeeebeeebee," it said as it rapidly twirled around and dug a hole underneath the sand.
"I have to admit that Bunnelby and Clemont are already working together well for their first battle," Lexi said in amazement.
"It's like they've been partners for years," Bonnie agreed beside her which enlarged Lexi's smile.
"Take off, Pikachu! Don't let them know where you are!" Ash instructed and Pikachu began to run around the battlefield with speed. Lexi sure hadn't seen a Pikachu move that fast before. It was obvious that was the Pokémon's great strength.
Clemont raised his arm. "Now go!" Bunnelby reappeared from the ground and hit Pikachu from below with a slap with its ears, sending Pikachu down onto the sand.
"You okay, Pikachu?" Ash asked concerned and Pikachu's cheeks sparked again. "Okay, that's the spirit! Alright Pikachu use Quick Attack!"
Within seconds Pikachu had made it across the field and hit Bunnelby in the stomach, causing the rabbit to fly back, but it used its ear to land safely.
"Double-Slap! Let's go!" was Clemont's immediate response.
Bunnelby began to use its ears to slap Pikachu successfully. "Bunnelby's ears are just like hands," Ash said with clenched fists.
"Pretty neat, huh?" There was another glint in Clemont's glasses as he readjusted them. "Bunnelby's ears can do lots of great things." Bunnelby flexed its ears to prove Clemont's point, sending Pikachu backwards.
"You're still fine, aren't you buddy?" Ash asked excitedly, earning a response from Pikachu. "Awesome! Now use Iron Tail."
Pikachu leaped up high as its tail began to light up. "Look at that. Pikachu knows a Steel type move!" Bonnie exclaimed.
"How unusual," Lexi muttered in astonishment.
"Use your ears and catch it!" Clemont said.
There was a lot of wind that send sand across the battlefield as Bunnelby successfully caught Pikachu's tail with its ears. Lexi's mouth fell open slightly as she watched it.
There was a smug expression on Clemont's face. "It worked like it should."
But it didn't affect Ash's spirit. "Yeah, it's good that you caught it. But now it's too bad you can't use your ears."
Lexi gasped. "No way!"
"You're strong alright, but you can't move anymore." he went on and spread his arms. "Electroball!"
"Pi-pi-pi-ka-ka-pika!" Pikachu said and with a yellow flash Bunnelby was send back across the field.
"Ah wow!" Bonnie said with folded hands. "Ash and Pikachu are pretty amazing!"
"You're right about that, Bonbon," Lexi agreed, earning a giggle from the girl at the use of her nickname for her. Lexi looked over at Clemont and it was obvious that he was having a blast during this battle, and he had entirely forgotten about the Clembot fiasco. At least for now.
"Quick Attack!" Ash said and Pikachu sprang into action.
"Heads up, Bunnelby," Clemont warned and Bunnelby extended its ears to catch Pikachu should it be necessary.
At that moment a strange object flew through the air and a sparkling net appeared from it, almost catching Pikachu who could just dodge it.
"Are you okay, Pikachu?" Ash asked as Bonnie and Lexi also entered the Battlefield to make sure that Pikachu didn't get hurt.
"Pikachu," it said.
"Alright!" Ash called out, fearlessly. "What do you think you're doing?"
Two figures appeared on the steps of the park. "That was dangerous," Clemont warned them.
"Someone could've gotten hurt," Lexi said with raised voice.
"Who are you?" Bonnie demanded to know.
As Lexi watched these figures appeared to be a woman and a man who she had never seen before until today.
"Prepare for trouble!" the woman began. She had long red hair that curled towards the back of her waist. "Our middle name!"
"And make it double!" The man added with the half-long blue hair. They were speaking in turns. "It's a high stake game!"
"To protect the world from devastation!
To unite All people within Our nation!
To denounce the evils of truth and love!
To extend our reach to stars above!
Jessie!
And James!
Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!
James: surrender now or prepare to fight, fight and fight!
Meowth that's right!
Wobbuffet."
At the appearance of the Meowth Lexi couldn't help herself. She was a Pokémon researcher after all, and seeing a talking Pokémon awoke something inside of her. "Is that a talking Meowth?"
"Team Rocket! You would follow us here!" Ash said enraged.
"Wait! You know them?" Bonnie asked him.
"I've never seen a talking Meowth before. That's incredibly," Clemont said as he approached them, but Lexi pulled him by grabbing the collar of his overcoat. Mainly because there was something incredibly unsettling about these guys.
"Wait," Ash told them. "Those are a group of bad guys who are always trying to take my Pikachu."
"Excuse me, twerp. But you're selling us short," The guy named James said as if this was one joke to him.
"Catching Pikachu is but one of our glorious yet numerous" goals," Jessie added.
"The rest of them include the confiscation of all the strong and rare Pokémon in Kalos," James explained and crossed his arms. "Forming a formidable army is inevitable."
"But catching Pikachu is job one," Jessie affirmed and pointed her finger towards Pikachu who squealed.
"There is no better way for us to begin our Kalos kingdom," James said and Wobbuffet agreed by raised its arm.
"And I'll take the one with the ears," Meowth said as he pointed towards Bunnelby, but Pikachu jumped in front of it with raised arms as a warning.
"Like that's gonna happen," Ash responded.
There was another glint in Clemont's glasses which he pushed back. "I will not sit idly by while you steal other people's Pokémon."
Lexi wished she could've felt as courageous as Ash and Clemont did, but since she didn't have her own Pokémon with her, she felt rather lackluster instead. It would be rather difficult to battle Team Rocket without them. "You'll have to get through us first though!" Lexi warned them anyway.
"That's right!" Bonnie exclaimed, despite not having any Pokémon herself. "Who do you think you are?"
"Team Rocket! That's who!" They all said in union and Lexi's bile rose to her throat.
"Alright, Pikachu. Use Thunderbolt!" Ash instructed.
As Pikachu leaped high to charge with a Thunderbolt, Jessie ordered their Wobbuffet to use an attack and it met Pikachu's Thunderbolt head on and sent it back to Pikachu with double its power.
"Is that Mirror Coat?" Lexi said almost in denial.
As Pikachu got blown down the air Ash got there just in time to catch Pikachu before it would hit the ground. Clearly the Mirror Coat had a heavy effect on Pikachu, who had lost most of its strength from the blow.
"We better retreat," Clemont suggested. "Using Mirror Coat reflects Special Attacks with double the power. We can't withstand that kind of strength."
"Clemont's right," Lexi replied. "Pikachu cannot handle a blow like that for a second time."
"We've always stood up to them before," Ash said as he got onto his feet. "And we always will. As long as Pikachu is okay. As long as Pikachu doesn't give up I'll be right here battling to the end."
Lexi had to admire Ash his courage because his words were enough to send Pikachu back onto the battlefield to continue this battle. It was enough for Bonnie, Lexi and Clemont to share a brief smile with each other.
"All you'll end up with are reruns," Jessie said.
"Now Pikachu! Electroball!"
While Pikachu was busy with creating the Electroball Clemont chimed in. "We'll help you too. Bunnelby, use Mudshot."
Against their astonishment Wobbuffet dodged all of Bunnelby's Mudshot and send back the Electroball towards Pikachu. Just before the attack was supposed to hit a Pokémon leaped out from a nearby tree and jumped in front of Pikachu and caught the Mirror Coat instead.
As the Pokémon landed on the ground with Pikachu in its arms Lexi saw that it was a Froakie and she had a vague feeling that she knew this Froakie well. In an instant she rushed towards to check up on it and saw that it been Paralyzed due to the effects of the Electroball.
"Froakie! It is you!" Lexi said agasted because it was the Froakie that she had been looking after for at least this last year. It was having some difficulty with not falling over, but it hadn't lost all its strength yet.
"Froakie?" Ash repeated, never having heard that name before.
"It's a Water type Pokémon new trainers can get in Kalos," Clemont explained. "So that Electroball must have done lots of damage."
Lexi's hands were pretty much shaking with the want to ease Froakie's pain, but it turned away from her, his rage entirely focused on Team Rocket. The story of Froakie's past and all of the problems it has been having with its trainers is strong in her mind.
"Are you okay, Froakie?" Ash asked it, but it gave no reaction. "So where is it's trainer."
As the others looked around Lexi knelt down next to Froakie. "It doesn't have one at the moment. I've seen this Froakie only a few days ago," she clarified. She was only an inch away from Froakie so that she could try to heal it, but it hopped away before she could touch it. Instead it rushed to the center of the Battlefield and began to talk towards Team Rocket.
While they listened Clemont was kind enough to pull Lexi back onto her feet again.
"I think that Froakie wants to help us," Ash figured out.
"Froakie," it said.
"Froakie is saying bad guys rub it the wrong way," Meowth translated for them, shocked by the Pokémon's words.
"Froakie, you shouldn't be fighting. Please," Lexi tried to get through to it.
"You can't fight them if you've been hurt," Ash said as it got closer to it.
Instead of listening to anybody it expanded its frubbles and leaped into the sky. It grabbed some of the frubbles from its neck and threw it towards where Team Rocket was standing. Team Rocket was under the impression that their Wobbuffet would be able to send it back with a Mirror Coat, but instead the frubbles caused Wobbuffet to slam into the ground and it hit the rest of Team Rocket, making it impossible for them to remove the sticky substance.
"How come it didn't bounce back?" Ask asked.
"Of course," Clemont said. "Froakie's gummy frubbles isn't a move. So Wobbuffet's Mirror Coat was completely ineffective."
"Awesome, Froakie. Way to go!" Ash cheered it on as it got closer to Froakie. "Pikachu and I can take it from here." To show his words Pikachu charged itself with electricity.
"We'll lend a hand too," Clemont said with Bunnelby in tow.
"You guys better not forget about me," Bonnie said with an adorable pout.
"No one can forget about you, Bonnie," Lexi made sure, and she heard Bonnie laugh for a second.
"Now Bunnelby, use Dig!" Clemont said.
"Bunnelbeeebeeebee," it said as it rapidly twirled around and dug another hole underneath the pavement. It reappeared swiftly again right underneath where Team Rocket was standing and caused them be send off into the sky.
"Let's rap this up!" Ash said with his hand stretched forwards. "Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"
Beside Pikachu using his Thunderbolt, Froakie accompanied it by releasing a Water Pulse. The strength of both of these attacks was enough to blast off Team Rocket into the sky until they were no longer visible.
While everyone cheered because of this victory Lexi turned to them. "Are you all sure you didn't get hurt?" she asked with concern.
"We're all fine, Lexi," Bonnie answered.
Froakie let out a groan as it fell forwards on the ground. Ash immediately came into action and picked it up in his arms. "Something is wrong."
"Froakie needs help right away," Clemont agreed.
"It needs something more than simple antidotes," Lexi said heavy-heartedly.
"Is there a Pokémon Center?" Ash asked them.
Clemont looked around. "Well... From here I'm trying to think."
"I think it will be a whole lot quicker if we brought Froakie to the Professor's lab instead," Bonnie suggested.
"The Professor?" Ash repeated.
"Professor Sycamore's lab," Clemont told him while he returned Bunnelby to its Pokéball.
Lexi nodded. "Of course that will be right thing to do for is. The Professor will surely help us out," she assured them, knowing the Professor better than anyone. "I'll get you all there in no time," she promised them and began to run off.
"Come on, Ash. This way," Bonnie encouraged him as she ran after Lexi.
The others were not that far behind them as they ran away from the park and further into Lumiose City.