ALOLA TO OUR SAVIOUR: Chapter 69 - A meeting in the waiting.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon :/
Hard blasts of thunder echoed through the sky as rain crashed on to the roof of the motel roof.
Inside hiding away was a figure the world knew all too well but yet wasn't him. No lights were on as moonlight illuminated the room as he preferred the darkness. Silence was his friend.
He closed his eyes for a split second as the nightmarish landscape of his past returned to haunt him.
"HELP!" A figure screamed which was soon followed by the sound of bones being snapped.
He gasped as his Lycanroc looked up at him with a concerned look. He knew what it was.
"I'm fine. Don't worry." He told his Lycanroc as he let loose a long and loud sigh.
All that was there was him, Lycanroc and the force of mother nature…
Or so he thought it was just them.
His eyes looked on the door as he let a smirk off.
"Showtime…" He muttered to himself in disappointment.
The door slammed open with two figures jumping into the room with high tech like guns.
Lycanroc blasted an accelerock at the pair, catching them both off guard. Lycanroc's trainer pounced at the pair, pulling out a knife and stabbing the one at the front right in the gut. He threw him to the side and slammed fist into the other as he fell to the ground. The intruder tried to scramble away, but his face was met with the contact of his opponent's foot.
He grabbed him by the shirt and slammed him against the wall.
"R-R-Red PLEASE!" He mumbled in fear.
"You shouldn't have come here." Red threatened as the groans from the other intruder finally silenced. "Your friend is dead now."
The remaining but beaten intruder trembled in fear.
"How did you find me?" Red asked calmly.
"I-I-I don't know! We ju-just got told to com-come here! I SWEAR!"
"Give me one reason to not kill you." Red spat.
"Phy-Phyco! He wants a truce! A TRUCE!"
Red scoffed.
"I'm not dealing with that sack of shit." Red spat yet again but then thought about it. "What kind of truces?" Red questioned further.
"He doesn't want a truce with you Red. He want's a truce with As-"The member of the Ultra Recon Squad explained till Red dropped him and pulled out a gun.
"He's dead and so are you." Red mumbled coldly.
"NO! PL-"The man pleaded but his pleads weren't heard as his brain was splattered all across the wall.
"Besides I was growing bored of this conversation anyways. Thanks, Phyco. You just helped me flush out your little hero." Red said to himself as he grabbed the corpse and threw it on the bed. He pressed a button to grab the attention of the motel staff.
"Let's go." He muttered as he and Lycanroc left the room despite the rain. The pair came in the front way which didn't have a security camera. Smart thinking. As for the back way, there was one planted at the end of the building.
Red stepped outside the back way and looked directly at it with a smirk despite the rain and departed off.
About 5 minutes later, one of the employee's knocked on the door to no response.
"Hello?" She called out to find the door was unlocked.
She opened it and let loose a blood curdling scream that echoed for the rest of the night.
Ash, Gladion, Lillie, Dulse and Zossie arrived back at Aether about 2 days ago as Ash started to draft the Alolan line up for those going to the world championship with 8 coming from each region.
His current line up was him, the Elite Four, Hau, Gladion and one more that he was yet to decide on.
Lillie was happy to be back in a safe world with sunlight unlike the disturbed alternate version of their world.
In the room at the time was just Ash, Lillie and Hau. Zossie was there as well but she was asleep on the couch nearby. Dulse was outside training. Gladion left a while ago but never mentioned where he was going but he had been gone an awfully long time.
She was thinking to herself at the possibilities. The possibilities of other worlds like theirs and Guzzlords. The thought terrified her, but the thought also fed her curiosity on the concept of alternate worlds.
Ash was looking at her. He had been looking at her for the last 5 months (Authors note: yes, small fourth wall break).
"Hey, what's up?" He finally asked.
Lillie delayed on a response.
"After seeing that Hawaii place, it's made me think… What else is out there?" Lillie questioned out loud to both Ash and Hau.
"I don't know? Maybe a world where the Ultra Beasts never made contact with humans?" Ash responded back to the blonde.
"That would mean Hala would still be alive…" Hau muttered.
Ash said that without thought and winced.
"Hau, sorry. I didn't think about that…" Ash said in an apologetic tone.
"No, it's fine. It's just the thought I guess." Hau shrugged. "Guzzlords world sounds haunting enough for what you guys have told me. So, I'd rather not imagine any more about it."
"Gladion's been gone an awfully long time… Didn't he say he was going to grab some documents or something?" Ash asked out loud as he put off by a small snore from the asleep Zossie.
"We can go look for him!" Hau offered as Raichu's ears perked up. "Besides, we've been sitting down on this couch for like 5 months" (Okay, I'll stop with those now lmfao)
Hau and his signature pokemon left the room to search for the young Aether President.
"Look. I need you just to stay put for a little longer." Gladion begged to the blue haired girl from Sinnoh.
"You've said that last time!" Dawn raised her voice. "I still have this alien lurking inside of my brain too!"
Gladion sighed loudly.
"Look, look! I know someone that might be able to get it out. It's just a matter of waiting and getting rid of Ash so he doesn't blow a fucking bomb at me!" Gladion snarled slightly.
Dawn placed her hands in her faced and dragged them down slowly, showing deep signs of frustration.
"Yes, you've been stuck with this Ultra Beast for the last few years. My mother had one possessing her for the last like 15 or so years and she is now fine." Gladion explained.
"Yes. You've said. Twice already!" Dawn snapped.
"Keep quiet!" Gladion snapped back.
Hau was walking down the corridors of the Aether foundation as he heard Gladion's voice in the distance.
"There he is!" Hau said to Raichu as they went in that direction.
"Keep your voice down!"
"No! I am sick of you!" Dawn shouted.
"I am trying to help you!" Gladion shouted back with the pair bickering like an old couple.
"Why!? Why are you trying to help me!? What have you done! TELL ME!" Dawn blasted back.
"I AM TRYING ALRIGHT!" Gladion roared back. "But you are being an ungrateful little bitch about it!"
"Oh! At least I don't have parent issues!" Dawn yelled back, hitting Gladion right in the heart.
"Fine! Leave. Suffer with some alien wedged inside of you! Don't come crawling back to me whe-"
There was a knock at the door as both Gladion and Dawn froze.
"Gladion?" Hau's voice called from the other side.
The pair looked at each other in fear as Gladion signalled to keep quiet which Dawn just nodded too.
"Yeah Hau?" Gladion responded back to the Melemele native.
"What's taking so long? I thought you said you were just getting some papers or something like that?" Hau called out. "Also, who else is in there? I heard yelling."
Dawn gulped slightly as her cover of secrecy was about to be blown.
"Oh? It's just an employee not doing there job properly. Just was making sure they knew what they were meant to be doing! Right?" Gladion explained.
Dawn sighed begrudgingly.
"Yes sir…" She muttered loud enough for Hau to hear.
"Oh okay." Hau responded back.
However, he wasn't convinced. He may be easy to trick sometimes but he wasn't buying this from the young Aether President.
"Soooo… Can I come in?" Hau asked as Gladion yelped slightly in shock at the question.
"Uh… Why?" Gladion stuttered as he signalled for Dawn to hide.
She moved over to behind a chair which was being blocked by a table, so she hoped that was enough coverage to ensure she was well hidden.
Gladion groaned.
"I'm going to guess you won't stop asking till you're allowed in?" Gladion said back as he opened the door for Hau as the young Kahuna walked in with Dawn now dead still.
"Where was that employee?" Hau questioned.
"Does it matter?"
"Well, I mean." Hau said with now some suspicion.
Gladion was going to protest but Hau gave a sigh and turned away to walk off as a look of relief spread across Gladion's face.
That was till Raichu gave off a sneeze which flicked a few sparks out with one landing on a glass bowl and flinging it off the table and at a wall, resulting in Gladion and Hau being startled and a female scream to echo in the room.
Gladion froze up as Hau turned back around.
"Wha-"
Dawn slowly moved upwards with a nervous look as Hau and Raichu looked at her with curiosity.
Dawn was breathing heavily, nervous about the result.
It final clicked in Hau's mind as he turned to Gladion, lifting his hand and point at Dawn.
"Look, this may seem bad…" Gladion said in a panicked tone.
"She… She… She…" Hau stuttered multiple times.
"I uh-" Dawn tried to talk as Raichu snarled at her.
"Hau, god dammit! Control your Pokemon. She is my guest!" Gladion snapped.
"She is an evil person!" Hau snapped. "In case you don't actually know who she is-"
"I know damn well who this is! A little girl that was blinded by others! She is my guest!" Gladion barked at Hau.
"Ash and Lillie don't about this do they?" Hau said as he was about to make a break for it.
"No, they don't, and they don't have too. Listen, I have her yelling at me! I have you yelling at me and I damn fucking well don't need my sister and Ash yelling at me!" Gladion snapped as he realized something that made his gut sink. "Where is Raichu?"
"Sorry…" Hau gulped as Gladion pushed him out of the way and released Silvally.
"Make sure these two don't go anywhere!" Gladion said to his best friend as the artificial pokemon nodded at his trainer.
Gladion rushed for Ash and Lillie. His only hope was that Raichu was just like his trainer and has no sense of navigation meaning he would reach them first.
Raichu got the room with Ash, Lillie and Zossie in it first as he waved his arms around.
"Chu! Chu! Rai!" The electric psychic type blurted out.
"What's up Raichu?" Ash responded back.
He was going to call for Rotom but Gladion appeared in the room and barged the Alolan form to the side. Zossie woke up from the racket.
"THERE IS NOTHING WRONG!" Gladion yelled in a puff as Raichu glared angerly at the male blonde.
Ash and Lillie looked at each other in confusion.
"CHU! RAIC!" Raichu snarled at Gladion.
"Why can't you and your trainer just not get involved with shit that doesn't concern you!" Gladion snarled back at the Pokemon despite no knowledge at what Raichu was saying.
"What's happ-"Lillie tried to talk.
"STAY OUT OF IT!"
"RAICH!"
She just sunk into her seat, left more confused than before.
"CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON!?" Ash yelled at the pair before a new voice entered the conversation that sent chills down Ash and Gladions backs.
"Sure." Dawn said at the entrance of the room.
Gladion's eye twitched as he was 99 percent sure he shat himself. Zossie looked in confusion at who this girl was but could tell by the reactions around, it was best to stay out of it.
Lillie felt anger spread throughout her body.
And Ash had an emotionless stare on his face.
"H-How did y-you?" Gladion stuttered.
"Sleeping poffin I made the other day. Hau and Silvally are both out asleep." Dawn explained with some confidence.
"You never listen to me. You know, that right?" Gladion told her.
"Gladion…" Lillie said with rage building in her voice as she got up.
"Look! Before you both bite my fucking head off, she is here on official business!" Gladion yelled at his sister.
"I don't give a fuck. Do you know who she is!?" Lillie snapped at her brother.
"God, there is a part of me right now that didn't!" Gladion muttered.
"Thanks." Dawn said under her breath.
"Look. She may or may not of had a fateful experience with an Ultra Beast that has been mind fucking her for the last 3 years!" Gladion explained.
"Oh? Does she need an extraction done?" Zossie asked curiously. Gladion just signalled to be quiet to the young girl.
"As President of the Aether foundation, it's my job to-"Gladion started.
Lillie slapped her brother in the face as he stumbled back. Dawn grabbed him.
"Get your filthy hands off him!" She screamed at Dawn as Gladion recomposed himself.
Ash finally stood up as all the attention turned to him.
His face was titled down slightly with his hair covering his eyes.
He just walked forward towards Dawn with both Lillie and Gladion moving to side as Zossie looked on from the couch.
Dawn felt nothing but fear as an emotionless Ash walked towards her with what felt like forever. She trembled slightly as he was right in front of her.
Ash grabbed her by the arm and pulled her into a deep hug.
Everyone in the room was left stunned with Dawn being the most as he rested his head on her head.
Dawn began to tear up slightly and returned the hug as she cried into his chest.
Gladion and Lillie looked each other in shock with the siblings expecting a much more violent reaction from the Alolan champion.
Despite having her head buried into his chest, the crying from Dawn was loud and clear.
"A-A-A-A-As-Ash. I'm sor-sorry! I'm so, so, so, s-so sorry! Gah ahh…" Dawn pleaded with her make up ruined thanks to her tears but that was the least of her worries.
"It's been 3 years Dawn…" Ash said in an emotionless tone.
Everyone froze yet again as Ash still held Dawn in the hug.
"I knew were here. I have my sources that told me of a blue haired girl with a Sinnoh accent was staying here under direct orders of President Gladion…" Ash continued.
Gladion felt a little bit of guilt.
"I don't know what to make of this… I feel rage because of what you did… I feel sadness because you were involved with ruining my life…"
Dawn began to cry more as Ash talked.
"Do I forgive you...?" Ash said and stopped. "I don't know."
The crying went silent as she heard that.
"But…"
Everyone held their breath as they waited for Ash to continue.
"I admire you know what you did and wanted to try to fix it…" Ash said as he finally let go as Dawn flopped helplessly.
"What does that…" Gladion muttered.
"You're a guest of Gladion so I am not going to oppose against it. If you stay, I am not going to oppose that either." Ash explained.
"Wha- "Dawn muttered.
"Just bear in mind, that everything that once was will never, ever be the same. That friendship is dead. I should be a lot harsher… But that will get no where as you clearly show signs of guilt." Ash told her.
Dawn feared this Ash slightly. This wasn't the Ash she once helped drove off. He seemed more composed and vastly more mature that it scared her.
Dawn nodded.
"I can't say this will be my exact reaction come when we meet all the others though. I'll let my Pokemon do the talking then…" Ash said.
He turned to Zossie.
"You can fix her right?" Ash said.
Zossie examined Dawn's skin and felt her temperature.
"Yeah she should be fine." Zossie responded.
"Good. We'll have a longer chat later."
Zossie took Dawn away to extract the venom inside of her, leaving Ash, Gladion, Lillie and Raichu.
"When did you- "
"Before we left for Ultra Space. I noticed you seemed rather distracted by leaving caught my attention. So, sent Rotom to follow you and yeah." Ash explained while shrugging his shoulders. "Gave me a week to think and recollect on thoughts and things to say. I think I did a good job."
Gladion groaned. At least he now no longer had to worry about hiding her.
"Besides, once Zossie fixes her. She can go back to Sin- "Lillie started.
"Not happening." Ash interrupted.
"What?" Lillie muttered in response.
"That's not going to happen. She is staying here with us. She has too much valuable information regarding well, everything to be let go." Ash told his partner.
Lillie sighed. She was not happy about this one bit.
"I can tell you're mad about this Lillie. Don't try to hide it." Ash said as he pulled the annoyed girl into a hug as Gladion just stood there.
"I'll let you two sort your shit out…" Gladion muttered as he left the room.
"You haven't forgiven her, fully have you?" Lillie asked.
"Not fully and probably never will. But as she is here and at least had the guts to come up to here like that." Ash explained as Lillie sighed as the awkward reality of having one of the 'traitors' living here dawned on her.
It was a few hours later as loud noises came from the medical wing where Zossie was helping Dawn with her little Ultra Beast problem.
The extraction process was nothing like Lusamine's, it was over sooner and was a lot less life threatening. Though she didn't tell that to Dawn or Gladion. Dawn felt some discomfort but Gladion was by her side as Zossie removed the Ultra Beast like fluids the resided inside of her.
"Alright. You'll feel fairly ill for the next 24 hours and basically have no motivation at all to do… Well, anything. So be prepared for a boring day tomorrow." Zossie explained as she examined the extracted venom that glowed purple.
Dawn felt extremely weak from the whole thing but felt something different already. It was like a fresh new emotion.
"I'ma go place this with the stuff we took from your mother." Zossie told Gladion.
Dawn flinched at the term mother as she recalled what she said earlier.
She gave off a loud sigh.
"Um Gladion. I just wanted to say thanks for everything and I am sorry about what I said before… About parent issues." Dawn apologised.
Gladion shrugged his shoulders.
"No problem. I'm dense enough to not be to bothered by it. It was just the heat of the moment really." Gladion explained. "I want you to stay here though."
Dawn stayed silent.
"It's not safe for you to return to Sinnoh. Not with them lurking around." Gladion continued.
"Alright… Just let my call my mum." Dawn asked.
"That can be done." Gladion said while nodding.
Zossie spied from around the corner and giggled to herself. It only took a few moments to place the extracted venom with the neurotoxins from Lusamine, but she didn't want to ruin their little moment.
"Adorable." She giggled to herself.
Authors note: Huh 5 months. Jesus. I'm so sorry really.
I had a little burst of inspiration and yeh, spewed out this shit. I think I am going to aim for shorter chapters so expect maybe 2000 to 3500 word chapters from now on unless it's something special.
I'm sorry if this is a disappointing chapter after 5 months but it's a start on the road back to reviving this.
Not dead till I say it's dead.
Yeh, there is some form of bot hitting Pokemon stories right now. So not just this. I think that was a big aspect of the absence.
Not going to bother with questions this time but next time for sure.
So as always, review, suggest or DM me. Spectre out.