Sneaking away from the others, Zack made his way back into the pokemon center and over to the newly installed computers, "Time to find out about Ash.." Zack mumbled as he clicked on the trainer search tab and typed in Ash's name, watching as a picture of Ash almost immediately showed up on screen of a much younger, and much happier Ash, "Hm..this is an old photo from the looks of it" Zack thought as his eyes scanned a smiling Ash, "Let's see what it says about him..." Zack thought as he scrolled down the page that contained all the information about Ash.
"Whats that pokemon?" Morrison questioned whilst Ash patted Gliscor's head as he let go of the raven-haired boy, "He's called Gliscor - its the pokemon Gligar evolves into" Ash explained, his voice reverting back to its usual cold and empty sound, "I didn't know Gligar evolved..." Ash rolled his eyes at the ginger boy and shrugged, "Well he does - now are we going to battle or are you going to gawking at my pokemon?" Morrison seemed to blush at the question, shaking his head and putting on a battle ready look on his face.
"Let's win this Gligar!" Morrison shouted with a large grin, "Let's show him who the best member of the Gligar family is! Use Steel Wing!" Gligar grinned as it pushed itself into the air and glided towards Gliscor, its wings glowing bright silver.
"Hm." Ash raised a brow at the attack command as he looked at Gliscor boredly, "Dodge." Gliscor, with his tong sticking out as per usual, easily leaped to the side, avoiding his pre-evolution's attack, "Ice Fang." Gliscor grinned as it sprung forwards at impressive speed, his mouth wide open and his teeth glowing bright white as they sunk it Gligar's left wing, "Gar!" Gligar cried out in surprise at the quick movement of its evolution, and from the pain that was surging through its left wing.
"Now swing." Ash stated, watching as Gliscor - who still had his fangs sunk deep in Gligar's wing - began swinging the smaller pokemon around at tremendous speed, "Gligar!" Morrison shouted in surprise, having fallen into the swinging trap twice now, "Release" At his trainers command, Gliscor released his grip on his pre-evolution, sending it flying through the air where it bounced a few times before landing in a heap at Morrison's feet, swirls in its eyes.
Zack frowned as he began reading the information in front of him, "SoAsh is really from Pallet Town in Kanto? Hm..." Zack mused to himself as he read, "Why did he say he was from Sinnoh...?" The black haired boy pondered as he continued to read the information about Ash's journey through Kanto.
"So he lost in the Indigo League because his pokemon wouldn't listen to him? Huh...doesn't seem like Ash's pokemon wouldn't listen to him..." Zack continued to muse as he clicked on the video of Ash's defeat in the Indigo League, "Let's see...it says here he travelled around with two gym leaders called Misty and Brock...maybe i could call them and ask whats up with Ash...?" Zack thought aloud to himself as he continued scrolling through all of Ash's information, "wow...Ash sure did compete in a lot of tournaments...and he travelled with a lot of people, surely one of them must know whats up with Ash..."
Logging off the computer after noting down the different numbers of each of Ash's old travelling companions, Zack then made his way over to the phones, dialing in the first number and listening as it rang.
"Hello, This is Pewter City Gym - Gym Leader Forrest speaking" A strong, yet young male voice spoke up as the screen flashed an the image of a young boy came onto the screen, "Hello gym leader Forrest- i am looking for someone called Brock" Forrest nodded, his spiky brown hair swaying slightly as he nodded, "Understood - Brock! There is someone on the phone for you!" Zack heard the boy shout. A few seconds past until an older looking man appeared - he looked alot like Forest, except much older obviously.
"Hello - This is Brock Slate talking, may i ask who this is and where you are calling from?" The man asked politely, making Zack smile slightly at the politeness, "My name is Zack Wattson and i am calling form the Alola region" Brock raised a brow, clearly surprised to get a call from a region so far away, but nodded as he looked at Zack through the picture phone, "Ok, how may i be of service to you Zack Wattson of the Alola region?"
"I am calling to ask some questions about a boy called Ash Ketchum" The mention of Ash's name made the smiling and polite look on Brocks face vanish, it replaced with a frown and a dark look on his face, "What about him?" Brock stated, making Zack blink at the sudden change in attitude, "Well i am currently traveling with him, but he is very distant and doesn't seem to like anything or anyone other than his own pokemon - but based on what i have read, it doesn't seem like he was always this way, i was wondering if you knew anything about what happened to make him this way?"
If possible, Brock's look grew darker and his frown deepened, "I do not, sorry - now i have to go. Goodbye." He stated, quickly hanging up the phone before Zack could say anything, leaving the boy staring at the screen in confusion, a frown etched across his face.
"What was that i sensed from his aura? It felt like hatred..." Zack thought, shaking his head and resuming his calls to the others people Ash had travelled with.
"Gligar!" Morrison cried in shock - he hadn't expected his flying/ground pokemon to be beaten so quickly, or to have fallen for the same trick twice in a row! Rushing up to his fallen pokemon, Morrison knelt down and held Gligar up in his arms, "Are you okay Gligar?" "Gli..." Gligar grumbled, nodding its head afte opening its tired eyes with a small smile, making Morrison sigh in relief.
"You did your best buddy - take a good rest" Gligar smiled as Morrison returned it to it's poke'ball for a well earned rest. Standing up and moving back ot his side of the field, Morrison turned and looked across at Ash - who had returned Gliscor during his exchange - with hard eyes, "No more mesing around, let's see how you deal with this one! Go Steelix!"