I'd like to give a special thanks to Temporal King for all of his suggestions! I'm always up for hearing what you guys want to happen. So if there's something you want to see happen just PM me and I'll consider it. However besides one of Ash's pokemon NO ONE will be forgiven and I will not be changing the shipping which as of now is Amourshipping, Abilityshipping, and maybe Ikarishipping. Other than that I'm up for suggestions.
St. Elmo's Fire - The reason I didn't come out and say what I was planning to do differently was because 1. I wanted to keep everything a surprise and 2. I haven't read every betrayed fic so I can't promise that they haven't seen anything before.
Thor94 - Thank you unfortunately not all the pokemon on your list will stick with Ash. And personally I disagree with you I don't think he's replacing them, he's just an easy person to be friends with
TheFightingHarmonic - Thank you and I hope that I really will do something you haven't seen before.
As Ash and what is left of his traveling companions flew across Kanto towards professor Oak's laboratory Ash couldn't help but dwell on one thought. He thought back to what Paul had just told him a couple minutes ago.
"You don't understand Ketchum. They got some of your pokemon to turn on you too."
He couldn't help it. He had always thought of himself as a pretty good trainer. Sure, he didn't always make the best choices and sure he didn't win every battle, but he always did what was best for his pokemon. He couldn't believe any single one of them could even think of giving up on him.
"Hey Paul," Ash yelled "You sure they convinced my pokemon to turn on me like they did!? How can you be sure they got to them!?"
"Because your friends are a bunch of idiots who truly think that everyone around you thinks you're weak like a Magikarp. The idiots should've made sure I was on their side before they started explaining to me what I was supposed to say in order to break you."
"Why didn't you try to stop them? You could've tried something!" Serena said half angry and half curious.
"They would have confronted you with or without me. However, since I was there to listen in on their conversation, I could warn you that your pokemon are in trouble. So, if I were you, I wouldn't lecture me about not stopping them Blondie." Paul said putting emphasis on the last sentence and extra emphasis on the word blondie.
"Good to see that you've still got that tough exterior, Paul" Ash said nonchalantly.
"Just because I've mellowed doesn't mean I plan on being all love-dovey with everyone like Blondie and Lilac Girl."
"Hey! This isn't the time to be making fun of people, we're almost to the lab!" Anabel said pointing ahead of her.
"So, Paul do you know which of my Pokemon stood up for me." Ash asked eager to see who his true friends are.
Paul just shook his head "When Misty and May were talking to me about what they were planning, Misty mentioned that out of all the pokemon at the lab only ten of them were on your side. And out of those ten they only said Charizard and Bayleef by name. Something about Charizard's loyalty and Bayleef's crush, whatever that meant, were factors that made them especially difficult to convince." Paul started. No one noticed but Ash got really embarrassed when Paul mentioned Bayleef's crush. "I'm fairly certain, from what I know about him, that Infernape wouldn't leave you like this either. He's too loyal for that. I just wish I had been that loyal with him while he was with me." Paul hung his head half in shame and half in sorrow. He may still be a ruthless trainer, but he truly regrets what he had done before Ash had gotten through to him.
"Hey, don't beat yourself up so much, Paul." Ash said looking at the purple-haired boy. "You may not be able to change the past, but you can always make up for it in the future. By standing by me, you've already shown how much you've changed since our encounters in Sinnoh." Ash gave him a smile that Paul couldn't help but smirk at.
"You know Ketchum? Those idiots are really missing out." Paul said.
"Guys, we're here!" Brock said gesturing down towards the lab.
"Alright guys, land in that cluster of trees down in the corral, got it? And be stealthy about it." Ash ordered them.
The pokemon descended in a nosedive towards a small forest like portion of the corral where Ash hoped they could stay hidden until he got his pokemon back.
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"So, first things first, we need to find out which side of the spectrum Professor Oak is on. That will make planning this a lot easier." Brock said.
"I can help with that." Paul said. "Back before you got home, I had a meet up with someone who's close to Oak. This person asked me if I was on board with their plan. When I said no and convinced them that they could trust me they started explaining stuff to me. This person said that Oak's been acting really suspicious and out of character lately. I'd say it safe to assume he's one of them." Paul said
"Who was it?" Ash asked.
"Don't Know." He answered
"Well what did they look like?" Serena asked
"Don't know." He answered again.
"Well what do you know?" Clemont asked trying to move the conversation along.
"They had a cloak and hood on so I couldn't see their face. They said it was dangerous for them to even be there as Oak might start suspecting something. They told me that Oak had been interacting with people they'd never heard of and these people never showed their faces to anyone. Oak's research has also gotten harsher on pokemon lately so I'd say don't trust him."
"Why didn't you tell us you had a contact on the inside?" Anabel asked expecting a good reason for him to keep it a secret.
"You never asked." Was all she got, however.
"So, what's the plan Ash? I'm pretty sure a full-frontal assault wouldn't work since Oak has a huge influence over many of these pokemon." Serena said as she observed the corral.
"The plan is me, Pikachu, Paul, and Clemont will go inside and grab my pokemon while the rest of you wait here." gesturing towards everyone as he mentioned them.
"What?! But we want to help!" Serena yelled infuriated that Ash wouldn't let her help. "Do you think I'm not capable enough?!"
"Yes." Paul deadpanned.
"Shut up, Paul!" Serena said getting even more mad.
"Serena, Paul knock it off." Brock said calmly "If you're gonna fight someone, save it for someone like Misty or Dawn." He finished in a very authoritative tone. "Please continue Ash."
"I never said you were incapable Serena. In fact, in order for this to work you all have to be at your best. The reason Paul and Clemont are coming with me is because Clemont's inventions are key to getting us inside."
"They are?" Clemont asked confused on why Ash would put so much on the hopes of his invention's success.
Ash just nodded. "Also, Paul's hands down got one of the strongest teams I've ever seen. So, if I need back-up in there he's the guy who's probably going to work the most efficiently." Paul smirked at this.
'Damn straight' he thought to himself.
"But if we all went in together you'd have even more backup." Bonnie suggested
"Sorry Bonnie that's not going to happen. The less people who go inside, the better. One because we need a small group so it doesn't get crowded. And two, if everyone went in that's just more of a chance that someone will get hurt, and I wouldn't be able to live with myself if one of you got hurt.
"Brock's seen most of my Pokemon so he's on watch out duty in case one of them comes by here. If you do see one of them coming signal somehow for everyone to hide until the coast is clear, okay?"
Brock nodded. "What about the pokemon I haven't seen before?" He asked.
"If any pokemon you haven't seen before sees you and has a questionable reaction it's best to gently knock it out just to be safe. Finally, with what I'm planning, it's safe to assume someone will catch us in the act, and since if he is with Delia and the others, Oak has probably already gotten buyers for my pokemon thanks to the sheer reach he has across the regions, they probably won't let us go without a fight. That's where you girls come in. He said addressing Serena, Anabel, and Bonnie. "I'll need you guys to wait here and cover our escape when you see us running back here, everyone understand?" When everybody had nodded Ash turned towards the lab "Good let's go."
Ash started to walk but someone grabbed his arm stopping him in his tracks.
"Ash, wait." Ash turned to see Anabel holding him back "You still don't know which pokemon were the loyal ones. How will you know which Pokeballs to grab?"
Ash realized Anabel was right. He only knew of Charizard and Bayleef, and it wasn't like Oak would just tell them which pokemon were still on his side.
"Actually," Paul interjected "My contact inside knows which pokemon to grab. They'll also do their best to help us escape."
Ash nodded "Alright Clemont, Paul let's go! Girls, Brock, have your pokemon out and ready by the time we get back." With that Ash, Clemont, and Paul sprinted towards the labs' back door.
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It took a while to reach the door to the pokeball storage room as they had to avoid as many pokemon as possible so as not to be noticed and raise any alarms. They eventually came to a metallic, cobalt-coated door with a keypad to the left of it. Clemont quickly kneeled in front of the keypad and pulled out his invention that Ash had put so much faith in.
"If my new 'Secret Combination Finder'," Clemont started.
"That's a stupid name. Why don't you just call it a 'Decoder' like everyone else?" Paul interrupted.
"Listen Paul, I may be no good with names, but that doesn't matter all that matters is that it works and that we get Ash's pokemon before we're too late!" Clemont commented as he started to mess with the various button on the device. After around a minute of them just standing there Clemont stood back up
Clemont sighed "I'm sorry Ash, it wasn't good enough, I wasn't good enough. It failed to find the code."
"The device was never supposed to work." Ash said with a smile.
"What?" "Pika?" Clemont and Pikachu asked thoroughly confused. The device then suddenly started beeping. Ash quickly snatched the device from Clemont and chucked it at the door. He then proceeded to push Paul and Clemont to the ground while simultaneously diving into the grass himself.
Seconds later they heard a small explosion go off where Ash had thrown the device and looked to see a hole in the wall just big enough to crawl through.
"See?" Ash said "You did your job perfectly. Now let's go, it won't be long until Oak comes to investigate".
Ash, Clemont, and Paul crawled through the small opening the invention had created to find themselves surrounded by aisles and aisles of shelves filled with pokeballs.
Clemont began to look around shocked at what he was seeing. "Woah there are so many! How do you know which are yours?" Clemont asked
"Sadly, that's the hardest part of the mission." Ash replied. He was sure it'd take forever to look through all the aisles to find his.
"Psst. Ashy-Boy." A voice called from somewhere else in the room.
"Wait a second. Only one person has ever called me that. Gary?" Ash asked
Gary Oak came out from one of the aisles with a smirk on his face carrying a small, red, and white duffle bag around his shoulder.
Ash's eyes widened "My Pokemon! Gary give them back!" He snarled
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As Brock's group sat outside waiting for Ash to give them some sort of sign that he was ready for them, they couldn't help but marvel at the sheer number of pokemon that were gathered at the corral.
"Oak must have over a thousand pokemon in this side of the corral alone!" Serena observed wondering just how many trainers Oak has been helping through the years as a professor.
"And this is just his influence in the world of pokemon trainers." Brock said not as surprised as Serena about the number of pokemon but still a little shocked at how many pokemon there were. "I can't express just how treasured he is when it comes to gym leaders."
"It isn't any better with my fellow frontier brains." Anabel stated. "Scott will believe anything Ash says out of pure respect for him and there's the fact that Scott knows Ash would never do anything horrible. But if Oak isn't on our side with this, I'm afraid of the kind of effect it could have on not only everyone around Ash but Ash himself."
"Makes you really hope Oak is with Ash on this." Bonnie said
"He isn't." A voice said from behind them.
The group turned around to see a man in a long white lab coat who seemed to be somewhere in his sixties staring daggers at them surrounded by four pokemon. He had a Muk, a Noctowl, a Krookodile, and a Dragonite with him, all of which looked very well trained and powerful.
"Professor Oak!" Anabel and Brock yelled at the same time.
"Indeed." He said "Good to see you all. Now Noctowl Psychic on the young blonde girl, Muk grab the one with purple hair, Krookodile grab the honey haired girl, and Dragonite get Brock." He ordered.
"Oh no you don't!" Brock said grabbing a pokeball from his pocket. "Go Steelix!" Anabel got the idea too "Espeon you too!" She yelled pulling out her own pokeball
"Ice beam on their hands!" Oak yelled to his faithful pokemon. Dragonite's mouth quickly became surrounded by icy winds and snowflakes before firing a narrow beam of ice at the breeder.
The ice beam hit right before Brock could throw the pokeball. He now stood there with his right hand, still holding Steelix's pokeball, encased in an oddly shaped block of ice. He looked around to see that Anabel was in the same situation as him and Noctowl's psychic had already immobilized Bonnie. It wasn't long before Dragonite and Muk had gotten a hold on Brock and Anabel. Serena had Braxien out and was trying to fight back but Ash's Krookodile was trained for brute strength while Braxien was mostly trained for performances.
"Finish it with Earthquake!" Oak said to the crocodile.
Krookodile slammed his foot onto the grass and the ground around the began to shake vigorously. As soon as the powerful shifts in the ground took their toll Braxien was knocked out cold with cuts and bruises everywhere on her body.
"Braxien!" She shouted running to her side. "Quick! You have to heal her! I'm all out of potions and berries! She's gotta be in serious pain right now!" She shouted at the pokemon professor.
"I'm afraid that's just not going to happen. If I heal your pokemon you could just keep using it against me. Not that it would change anything." He said condescendingly.
"Braxien return." She said recalling the fallen fox pokemon. "I'm sorry. I'll get you help as soon as possible."
"Krookodile, if you will." He said glancing at the Krookodile.
Krookodile grabbed Serena by the wrist. Despite the fact she had no chance of escaping due to Krookodile's strength, she decided to put up a struggle anyways.
"Now I have a proposition I think you'll all find quite agreeable. So, listen won't you?" He said with a smile on his face.
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"Give em back before I get really mad Gary!" Ash said in a voice
"Relax Ashy-Boy." The researcher said putting his hands up in front of him in defense. "I'm here to help. Though he may be my Gramps, I'd gladly go against him after something as shameful as what he did. In this bag, you'll find Charizard, Bayleef, Bulbasaur, Buizel, Staraptor, Quilava, Sceptile, Infernape, Gliscor, and Snivy. Take care of them kid, they really believe in you." He said with a smile.
"So it's confirmed then. Oak's really turned on me. He was the closest thing to a father I've ever had, and just like Delia he turned on me."
"Sadly. How did you think they would be able to illegally sell your pokemon without being caught. Luckily, they were planning on selling them tomorrow so I was able to grab your pokemon beforehand."
"KETCHUM!" the four of them heard a familiar red head's voice scream from outside.
"All right then. I guess they figured us out. Clemont and Paul let's go. The plan can still work as long as we can get past Professor Oak. Gary stay in here and hide. There's a chance your grandpa doesn't know you've helped me so if you stay out of sight, there's a better chance of you getting away with helping without any consequences." Ash said to which Gary nodded. Gary quickly handed the duffle bag to Ash than ran back and exited the warehouse full of pokeballs through a door Ash assumed leading to the main research lab.
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Ash, Paul, and Clemont walked out to see Oak, Delia, and Ash's ex-friends all standing there, pokemon out. They were met with a Piplup, Gyrados, Scyther, Dragonite, Mr. Mime, Crustle, Blaziken and all of Ash's other pokemon. He also saw that they had found his friends in hiding and took them hostage with Ash's Krookodile holding Serena, Ash's Muk holding down Anabel, Oak's Dragonite holding Brock, and Ash's Noctowl holding Bonnie via Psychic.
Ash scowled at his group of traitorous pokemon and Pikachu's cheeks started crackling. "I treated you guys with nothing but love, care, and respect," he stated looking at them all. "and what do you do? You try to keep me from doing what I love. I know you think that I was just going to leave you at Oak's forever and replace you with every new region I visit, but you can't listen to a word these guys say! You guys are like family to me! I wouldn't replace you! Please come with me!"
However, despite his begging no one seemed to be changing their mind. Ash was left with no choice, he wanted with all his heart for his pokemon to just listen to him, but they weren't and in this type of situation one thing ran through his mind.
"If you aren't with me, then you're against me." He thought to himself while picking two pokeballs out of his bag.
"Sceptile, Charizard! Let's go!" He yelled letting out his pokemon as red aura began surrounding him. "You too Pikachu." He said looking
"Pika." he nodded jumping off Ash's shoulder and getting into battle stance cheeks crackling with electricity. "Pika Pika Pikachu
"Luxray come out and help!" Clemont called his loyal pokemon.
"Magmortar you too!" Paul said releasing his own. Suddenly he noticed as was being engulfed in some kind of red transparency force.
"Ketchum. What's wrong with you? You're glowing red and it's starting to freak me out a little." Paul asked.
"I don't know." He answered, "I've never felt this kind of rage before." He turned his attention back to Oak and his group "Now I'll give you fuckers one warning." He said getting madder by the second "Let my friends go and let us leave before you really regret it."
"Ash my boy, I just can't do that. You see my associates really want you here in pallet for the rest of your days. Besides you're not really in the position to make demands." Oak said as he raised his hand into the air putting his pointer finger to his thumb *snap* As soon as he snapped his fingers Dragonite tightened its grip on Brock making Brock immediately scream in pain.
"Okay, okay! Charizard, Sceptile, Pikachu stand down." The three relaxed from their battled stances. Charizard had a very irritated look on his face and shot Ash. Ash assumed it was because he wouldn't just let Charizard start tearing heads. Ash sighed "What do you want Oak?!" Ash asked
"What I want is to give your two friends there an offer they can't refuse. Sadly, these four," He said gesturing to Brock and the others. "have refused me at every point. But you two seem to be smart gentleman so how about this? My employer is wealthy beyond your wildest dreams. If you help me take care of Ashy-boy and I will fund any inventions for you in the future," He said to Clemont. "and give you enough pokedollars to afford as many plane tickets as you want so you can travel the world's regions until the day you die!" The elderly man finished "So what do you two say?"
"Absolutely not you old coot! Even if I hated Ash with all my guts, I could never work with someone as despicable as you bitches." Paul refused.
Clemont sighed "I'm sorry Ash."
"Wait. What?" Ash said terrified.
"Come on Luxray." He said addressing his loyal pokemon.
"Lux Luxray?" The sphinx pokemon asked
"I mean it! Let's GO!" He yelled at his pokemon in a harsh voice. Luxray looked at Ash for a moment before putting its head down in shame and following his trainer.
"Clemont! What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Paul shouted enraged that Clemont was a turncoat.
Clemont put his hands up in surrender and began walking towards the other group slowly so as not to provoke them. "I really am sorry but do you know how much I could use a grant for my inventions? This could be my big break! I hope you understand."
Ash couldn't believe it, He thought he couldn't be any more hurt than he already was but here he is heartbroken that another friend has left him for trivial materialistic reasons. "You too. Clemont? Really? Is my friendship worth that little to you that you'd give it up for Oak's money?
"Brother don't do it! You can't be shallow like these losers." Bonnie shouted
"Clemont you're better than this! We can find someone else to give you a grant! Can't you see what they're doing? They're using you!" Serena shouted.
"Krookodile, Noctowl, shut those bitches up! Knock em out!" Tracey Shouted.
"But make it painless!" Dawn shouted.
Everybody looked at Dawn expecting an explanation on why she should care so much. Oak's group because she isn't supposed to care about them, and Ash's group because that a little kinder than what they expected from the traitors at this point.
Poliwrath and Krookodile both mustered up a Brick Break and a Steel Wing strong enough to knock them out but weak enough to make it somewhat painless and proceeded to chop the back of their heads.
"Clemont don't I get a better explanation?!" Ash asked going a bit crazy right at the moment.
"Ash, you taught me two of the most important lessons of my life. Confidence and Courage. Without you I wouldn't be doing what I am now. Clemont turned around quickly and kicked Oak right in the Netherlands causing the old man to fall to the ground.
He then proceeded to jump on top of him and grab him by the collar "Get that Noctowl to let my little sister go before I get my Bunnelby to dig you a grave, and I promise you I'll make use of it!" Clemont said staring the old professor straight in the eye.
Since everyone was in such a state of disbelief for a couple moments Ash figured this would be his only chance. "Pikachu go free Brock. Sceptile get Serena. Charizard grab Anabel. I don't care how ruthless you are to the pokemon but be careful of my friends. Paul handle the other pokemon! Got it? Go!"
Charizard shot forward at an amazing speed and smashed right into Ash's Muk lifting him off of Anabel and into the air, careful not to hurt the empath per Ash's orders. Charizard didn't stop though, once he had a good hold on the traitorous Muk he drove him right into a tree not slowing down for a second. As soon as he had Muk's back against the tree, he drove his strongest fire fang into the sludge pokemon and knocked it out. He then proceeded to throw Muk over his shoulder like a piece of trash. He then roared a cry of victory and shot a flamethrower into the air.
Ash looked to see Anabel lying on the ground where Muk had been holding her. "Anabel!" He yelled running towards her. "Are you okay?!" He asked as he dropped to his knees in order to check on her.
"I'll live. However, I suggest you help Serena and Brock. At the moment, they need it more than me." She said in a weak voice. It was obvious Muk had really done some damage to her, which is something he couldn't forgive. If his friends weren't still in danger, he would've given Muk a revive then kicked Muk's ass all over again, but now wasn't the time.
"Infernape! Staraptor! Come on out!" He yelled releasing his monkey and bird pokemon. "Anabel is too weak to defend herself at the moment. I think Muk poisoned her somehow. I'm leaving you two in charge of guarding her from anyone who might try to grab her again." His two loyal pokemon nodded and Ash turned toward Sceptile.
Sceptile meanwhile was very happy to be going blow to blow with a traitorous pokemon as well. He had already gotten Serena out of the clutches of Krookodile but had yet to defeat him.
Ash took this chance to get Serena. "Sceptile push him back. Make sure there's a lot of ground between him and Serna!" Ash yelled to his friend. Sceptile nodded. He crossed his two arms in front of his face in an X formation as the leaves on his arms began to glow. "That's it buddy. Hit him with your strongest leaf blade!" He yelled again. Once he was fully charged up he dashed toward Krookodile. Before Krookodile could react Sceptile slammed his bladed arms into Krookodile's chest launching him 10 meters back.
Ash ran to where Serena had been lying on the ground. "Serena wake up! Serena!" He yelled however Serena wasn't waking up. "I'll have to carry her." He guessed. He picked her up bridal style and began running to where Infernape and Staraptor had been defending Anabel from some of Ash's old pokemon whom ash assumed had been ordered to recapture them.
"Sceptile use leaf tornado! No holds barred! Full Power!" Ash called to his Gecko friend over his shoulder as he lay Serena down by where Anabel was. Leaves began to gather in one giant circular formation around Krookodile before the formation began to shrink and close in on the crocodile pokemon. Soon it was just a small tornado with leaves flying and cutting Krookodile left and right. Eventually it was too much for Krookodile and he passed out.
"Good job Sceptile! Return my friend!" Ash said as he called his pokemon back to his pokeball.
Ash looked to see how Pikachu was doing well, but realized since Dragonite still had a hold on Brock, there wasn't much Pikachu could do.
"Infernape return!" He recalled his loyal friend "Anabel, I need you to do me a favor and let Staraptor fly you and Serena to my old house. No one should be there so you should be safe and if anyone gives you any trouble Staraptor will take care of it right old boy?"
"Star!" It purred at him in confirmation.
"See? And you've got Espeon and Metagross too. You two are the most important people in the world to me. That's why you're getting out of here first. As soon as we free Brock and Bonnie we'll come after you. Besides you don't want to be here for what I do to these bastards for brainwashing my pokemon." He finished.
"Brainwashing?" Anabel inquired
"Yeah. How else would they get my pokemon to betray me like this?! It has to be some kind of psychic attack from a pokemon."
"Oh Ash, I'm so sorry, but they're not brainwashed." Anabel said with a sad look on her face. "I'm an empath, if they were being controlled I'd sense it, and they're not under any sort of outside influence. Everything their doing they want to do. I'm only telling you this because you deserve to know. But I do feel something within Dawn. I couldn't get a real good idea of what's happening but I know that she isn't like Misty or Oak. Please make sure you bring her back too, for me.
Ash felt like crying. All this time he thought his pokemon were just being controlled but they really didn't like him anymore. At the same time though, he'd found that Dawn might still be the same girl he'd met in Sinnoh so many years ago. That sadness soon turned into rage. If this is how they want it then he wasn't going to hold back on his old pokemon!
With Muk and Krookodile out of the way, Ash focused on Dragonite. 'Not going to hold back' the words rang in his head again. "Bayleef come out and use Razor Leaf, Quilava use Flamethrower! Help out Pikachu by hitting Dragonite in the eyes" He said releasing two more of his pokemon. As soon as the two pokemon hit the ground they fired their respective attacks at the dragon's eyes making it immediately cover its eyes in pain releasing Brock in the process. Meanwhile Luxray had just finished off Noctowl which released Bonnie too. With Brock finally out of the way Pikachu gave Dragonite the strongest thunderbolt he had ever produced knocking the giant dragon out.
"Bayleef, Quilava, return." Ash said recalling his two pokemon. He ran over to Brock who was about to call out one of his own pokemon. "Brock, don't! Go Gliscor!" He called out his next pokemon. "Brock take Gliscor back to my old house. Serena and Anabel are already there waiting." He finished
"What about you and the others?" Brock asked
"We'll be right behind you." He answered "Clemont!" He yelled getting the inventor's attention. "Grab Bonnie! We're leaving. Noivern Take them back to my house!" He called as he released his bat pokemon.
"What are you waiting for Gliscor? Get Brock out of here!" Though he didn't want to leave Ash he nodded and he and Brock left.
As soon as Noivern was let out of it pokeball it shot towards where Bonnie had been lying unconscious. It proceeded to pick her up with its mouth, transfer her over to its wing and finally rested her on his back. "Vern!" It called at Clemont.
"Luxray return!" he said as he pointed his pokeball at him. Once returned Clemont ran to where Noivern was waiting and jumped on top of him. "All right let's get out of here!"
"Oh no you don't!" Iris shouted "Dragonite stop them now Ice Beam!" She ordered her own Dragonite.
"Togekiss Safeguard! Protect Clemont and Bonnie!" Dawn called to her pokemon.
"Dawn, what the hell do you think you're doing?" Oak asked enraged as Noivern and the two siblings made it out safely thanks to her. "What I should have done in the first place. Togekiss Aura Sphere on Iris's Dragonite, then use Air Slash on Cilan's Crustle! You two get out of here while I hold them off!"
"You don't have to tell me twice." Paul said recalling all his pokemon except Honchkrow. "I'm over this whole mission!" He said as he mounted his bird pokemon.
"Gyrados, use Hyperbeam on her pathetic Togekiss!" Gyrados complied. It turned its head towards Togekiss and its mouth became surrounded by as strange powerful force. Gyrados fired its most powerful attack at Togekiss who was preoccupied trying to cover Paul's exit. As soon as the attack hit her she was knocked out cold.
"Togekiss!" Dawn screamed "Return old friend." She called.
"Dawn come with me!" Ash said which surprised her considering how she was treating him not long ago.
"Why? What are you going to do to me?" She asked terrified of the boy's wrath that he had clearly shown throughout this whole ordeal.
"Anabel told me you weren't like them. If you care about me in the slightest then come with me and Charizard!"
Paul hearing this swooped down on Honchkrow and stationed himself right next to Ash. "Are you sure about this Ketchum? Wasn't she fighting with them a minute ago?" He asked.
"I understand you worries, but if Anabel trusts her then I'll give her a chance." Ash said with a smile.
Dawn shot forward and hugged him. "Thank you, Ash, I promise this will never happen again!"
"Okay then. We're finally out of this dump!" Ash cheered forgetting the situation he was in.
"ENOUGH!" Oak screamed pulling out a small handgun. "If Dawn wants to go with you then fine! You will, however, hand over your pokemon. My employers are paying a small fortune for each of them. Now unless you want lead in your bloodstream, I suggest you give them to me! I've trained with Officer Jenny before so I promise I won't miss." He threatened
"You don't scare me! You should know I'd gladly take a million bullets for any of my pokemon. Which reminds me," He said glaring at his other pokemon "consider yourselves released. Have a nice life."
"If that's how you want it then I'll have to stop you dead in your tracks." Oak said pointing the gun at him. But right before he pulled the trigger a Shadow Ball knocked him over and making him miss the shot by far.
Ash looked to see to see Paul smirking. "Don't try it old man! Ketchum grab Berlitz and let's GO!" He yelled.
Ash nodded as he jumped on Charizard's back and seconds later helped Dawn up as well. "Hold on tight, okay? And don't think you're off the hook, you've got a ton of explaining to do or I'll bring you right back here." He told her to which Dawn just nodded.
Oak finally got back onto his feet and recovered his gun. "Everybody stop Charizard and Honchkrow!" He yelled pointing at the two pokemon trying to escape.
"Gyrados Hydro Pump!"
"Crustle Rock Wrecker!"
"Blaziken Overheat!"
"Dragonite Dragon Pulse!"
"Mr. Mime Psycho Cut!"
All at once the five powerful moves were fired at Honchkrow and Charizard. "Charizard use Fire Blast to stop all five moves in their tracks."
"Trying to stop a combined force of five moves with one move? How naive is this kid?" Iris said not understanding the situation as well as Ash did. Meanwhile Charizard turned to face the attack coming towards them. He quickly sucked in his gut and let the fire in his body fester for a second before letting out a huge breath of fire in the shape of the kanji sign for fire, and, as Ash expected, it successfully stopped all five attacks at once.
"What?! How can any Charizard be that powerful?!" May asked. Apparently, she had no knowledge of Charicific Valley.
Oak meanwhile had picked himself off the ground gun in hand. "I gave you a chance my boy." He said pointing the gun at Ash which immediately caught a certain mouse's attention. "And I told you I never miss." He said pulling the trigger. Before Ash and Charizard could react, Pikachu got down off of Ash's shoulder onto Charizard's back behind Ash. He stretched his arms out in defense and protection of his trainer and prepared for the worst. Ash turned just in time to see Oak's bullet come in contact with Pikachu's back.
"PIKACHU!"