OSPREY…SWOOOSH
UO: Hello everyone this beginning author's note will be short because of the serious nature of this chapter. I don't like to be serious but there will be chapters I will do this. I think being captured in the last chapter kind of ruined the mood for humor but don't worry it will be back next chapter. Anyway I don't own Kamen Rider, Pokémon or any other references I put in and trust me there will be several in this story alone. They belong to their respective owners. If I did, Ash would age, Misty and May would have stayed Anabel would be part of their group and at the very least Misty and May would be his girlfriends and Kamen Rider would have a faithful American adaptation. I make no profit off this at all. Wow I guess my pre-author's note is still the same length go figure. I might split this chapter into two parts depending on if I feel this could be split into two. Regardless, this is a warning for a long chapter.
Normal: Dialogue
Italics: Thoughts and Flashbacks and communications
CAPS: Attacks
Bold: Yelling and Belt Noises
Bold and Italics: Yelling in head:
Underline: Dates and locations
Chapter 28: The Gauntlet
Last time
Spinning her chakrams around, she levitated them both and brought down lightning bolts on multiple troops. The dragon like creature swooped in and caught her with and she tried breaking free. It bit her and threw her into the ground. She staggered up and watched as it charged up an attack that looked like a Hyper Beam. She saw the attack was going to hit the center. So with great strength she scanned one last card.
LIGHT SCREEN
She ran in front of the path of the attack as it fired and it broke through the Light Screen with some effort. Anabel took the brunt of the attack and her armor sparked and her transformation failed. She collapsed with blood coming from the bite marks and some blood in her mouth.
Glenn laughed. "You riders are fools. No one can stop us. Now you will be prisoners to our world domination, BWAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Anabel with great pain looked over and saw her friends in worse shape that she was being carried around like a sack of potatoes. She caught a glimpse of Ash and her final sight before he vision went black was her arm reaching out to him in a futile effort to reach him
Hours after the previous chapter, Team Rocket HQ, somewhere outside of Viridian City
Max groaned and opened his eyes. Sitting up he hissed at the pain in his body. The pain made him realized he was beaten up and knocked out. Looking up he saw he was in some sort of jail cell. He started looking around and noticed he wasn't the only one in his cell. Her sister and Misty were in the same cell as him. He crawled over and shook May awake.
"May…May come on please be okay." Max pleaded.
May groaned and opened her eyes. When she saw Max she teared up. "Max…" She softly said and embraced him. Max despite the pain hugged his sister. The commotion woke Misty up and saw the siblings embracing them both.
Releasing the hug she spoke. "I'm so glad you're alive, especially you May after we got separated."
"Separated?" Max asked confused.
"We got ourselves separated from each other it was a curb-stomp battle." A familiar voice sounded. They turned and saw Drew, Ash and Anabel in the cell across from them.
"Ash, you're okay. Where are the others?" May asked.
"Right next to you May." Gabby's voice sounded to her right. A mirror was held up and it showed Tori and Gabby's face.
"Brock is here too." Tori said as the other man said his hellos.
Max brought up the question he was dying to know. "What happened to all of you I knew Anabel and Tori were still fighting when I got knocked, well Tori was, Anabel was sending our pokémon away."
Ash smiled and hugged the girl close. "Thanks Anabel, at the very least our pokémon are okay. But Pikachu might have gotten away."
Anabel nodded and laid her head on his shoulder. Ash began recollecting the story.
"We had transformed and were starting to take on the grunts. We were doing quite well until the kaijuu started attack us. We are used to facing one or two at a time but eight was overwhelming. Brock was unfortunately the first one to fall, he took a Hydro Pump meant for May as she was trying to fight off I think a Mightyana creature calling itself Alpha Black
Drew picked it up from there. "Our best bet was to retreat and force it to fight our battles and get them alone. Unfortunately we did not count on them trying similar tactics and we ended further separated.
"I think Gabby fell next and then May was after her because I ended up having to fight a Raticate creature called Hyper Rat, and a Steelix creature called Metal Snake two on one at first. Then a Hitmontop and an Arcanine creature ambushed me. Between those four I could barely get an attack off and I fell to a combined Fire Blast and Hyper Beam I could not block all the way even with Virgo's shield
"I was facing the Hitmontop creature Triple Top, he was fast and kept me completely of balance. It eventually brought a rock slide down on me and was the last thing I saw." May said.
"I was against an Arcanine calling itself Mach Fang. Despite my defensive spells and type advantage it lived up to its name I fell with several gashes in my side." Tori said lifting up her shirt revealing bandages on her side causing the others to wince
"Whatever happened, it eventually came down to me and Misty. We were able to get a few hits in but the combined might of eight kaijuu and the fact we had been fighting for a prolong period of time took its toll. We fell together in front of a Hyper Beam from that dragon creature." Ash said looking at Misty who had a tearful expression.
"So…now what do we do?" Brock asked.
Drew sighed and leaned back. "I woke up about an hour ago and saw everyone knocked out. Before I could rouse you guys two of the guards came in and I pretended to be knocked out. They blabbed that Team Rocket's top generals had been turned into those creatures we faced with the exception of the dragon creature. And they could turn back at will.
May gasped. "Does…that…mean?" She stuttered out.
Ash looked down. "We…might have to kill them?" Ash asked.
Drew closed his eyes and tilted his head back. "If we are to survive…I am afraid so…goddamn it 13 years old and we have to kill people. UGH! We are no better than child soldiers."
Tori who saw that Drew was about to have a break down started talking. "It's okay Drew…I knew there would be sacrifices when I accepted this and…I am willing to do that…for our future."
Drew looked at Tori. Of all the people who could have said that, Tori was really low on the list. He looked at the rest of his friends. "What about the rest of you?"
"We are already brothers we will do what it takes to protect ours." Ash said.
"If this is part of growing up then I want to face it head on." Max said.
"If it means our families both present and future will be safe then so be it." Misty said.
"I want to protect all of you, if it means to protect you then I will do it." May said.
"If we have each other then we can get through this." Gabby.
"We have your back, besides its kill or be killed." Brock.
"I don't want to do this but if it means protecting everyone then I have to swallow that fear." Anabel said.
Drew smiled and teared up. "Thanks guys…you're the best bros and sisters in arms a guy ask for. If, no when we get out of this alive, we will support each other to get over the shock.
They all smiled and they drifted off to sleep. Brock and Drew leaning against their respective cell walls. Ash hugged Anabel close, while Tori and Gabby did the same. May hugged Max close and Misty wrapped an arm around them as May hummed a lullaby to calm Max down and send them to uneasy slumber.
The next day on the top floor the executives that were in charge of the operation were in a board meeting with Giovanni and Glenn.
"So we attack Viridian in three days. This will allow enough time for all our man power to be gathered here. Any questions?" Giovanni asked.
A woman two seats down on Giovanni's right raised a hand. "Yes do we have specific targets there?"
Giovanni nodded. "A good question Cassidy, We attack the police station, the guard armory and the pokémon center. Once Viridian capitulates we will expand our reach to the rest of the region then Johto will be next"
The green haired man next to Cassidy raised his hand. "What about our prisoners?"
A silver haired woman next to a large blonde man spoke up next. "Bill its obvious we are going to torture the little rats until they die or they become one of us."
Butch sighed. "It's Butch."
Glenn spoke up. "We will let them stew a little longer. Then I want them separated and beaten up separately." He turned to Jessie and James. "Make sure they are fed. I want them to savor their last meal with their mindset intact."
Jessie nodded and they left for the food area. In the hallway James turned to Jessie. "We need to warn the kids."
Jessie nodded. "Come on it will take a while to get down there from here."
Down in the prison cells, two guards were handling the food given to the prisoners. When they slid the tray into Ash and Drew's cell, Ash grabbed a plate and began eating. That quickly was squashed he felt a bread slice hit his face. Ash looked up in shock to see Drew looking mad.
"Ash you pig let Anabel take some of the food first."
Ash frowned. "But I'm hungry, Drew can you cut me some slack I mean we were beaten up yesterday."
"And that's another thing where was my support yesterday. I bet you were galvanizing with Misty."
Ash stood up. "I was not galvanizing with Misty. Where were you then when Misty and I had to beat back seven of those Kaijuu."
While they were arguing their friends were watching the friends turned brothers fight and it looked brutal.
"Ash, Drew come on this isn't like you!" May cried out.
"This is not funny Drew stop it." Gabby yelled out.
"Ash, Drew please don't fight, the negative emotions are killing me." Anabel said.
The two grunts decided to step in and pull the two out of the cell. The two were still arguing as they were separated.
"Well maybe you shouldn't been leading I mean your mental capabilities not exactly up to par."
Drew snapped. "You bastard." He broke free of the guard threw a punch and it missed Ash but it hit the guard which broke Ash free. Ash retaliated and sent a kick which Drew dodged and knocked the guard into the bars. The first guard recovered but walked right into kick to the face which knocked him out. After catching their breath Drew looked at Ash and smiled and patted him on the back. "Great acting Ash and I am sorry for the things I said and forgive you for what you said.
Everyone was shocked. Ash recovered first. "Wait that was a plan? Why didn't you tell me about it?
"Because I literally thought about this idea five minutes ago and if I told you the guards would know." Drew said searching the guards for the keys and a knife. Walking up to Ash he handed him another knife. "We need to find our weapons if we stand a chance." He said opening up the door with May and Misty who proceeded to slap him.
"DON'T INSULT OUR BOYFRIEND!" May yelled
"ONLY WE GET TO HIT HIM!" Misty yelled.
Anabel who had recovered from the shock of the fight could only shake her head as Drew moaned at the pain.
"One slap was fine to get the point across girls." Then he felt two lumps for from when Gabby and Tori hit him.
"STOP SCARING US!" They both yelled.
"Okay I deserve that one." Drew moaned. Ten seconds later he fully recovered and know were climbing the stairs out the dungeon after fully checking for injuries. They were still able to move but they would need to find a medical bay soon.
They came on a corner one floor up from the prison, and Ash motioned everyone to stop. Drew and Ash held up their knives and turned to corner to restrain the figures only to see Jessie and James.
"James, Jessie you're okay." Ash said as he put the knife down. "You scared us."
"Well hello to you too twerps. And here we were coming to rescue you." Jessie said .
Drew looked at them. "Alright then where do we go from here." He said lowering his guard.
James pointed in the opposite direction. We can lead you to where your weapons are but I think getting to the medical bay is priority."
Ash and Drew looked at their friends. Max was being carried by Brock and Anabel was holding her side being guided by Misty. Tori and Gabby were okay but the cuts they had did not look pretty. Misty was fine to fight. So if they ran into a problem only three would be able fight effectively.
"Lead the way you two."
After a few minutes they found their way to the med bat. It looked like something out of a sci-fi show.
"Team Rocket might be cruel but they at least take care of their subordinates." James said. They were seated at a chair and began to discuss their next move.
"So now what do we do?" Misty asked as she was wrapping Anabel's shoulder. Said girl tested the arm and nodded. She might not be 100% but she would be able to fight.
Meowth stepped up on a chair. "Way I see we get you guys to your weapons. Then we target three critical areas. The electronics, the money and the power supply to the whole building. One of us is going to have to go with you to the electronics and the computers where we can hack the accounts."
They all nodded and after getting mended up they discussed their plans. They decided to send Ash, Drew and Misty to the power generators, Gabby, Max and Brock with Jessie to the accounts and Tori, May and Anabel to handle the electronics. They left the room and headed towards where Jessie said their weapons and belts were being held.
Down in the prisons, the guards were waking up from their naps with their heads in pain. Shaking their heads out, they looked in the prison cells and saw their captives gone.
"Oh crud the prisoners have escaped." The first guard said.
"Oh man, what do we do? Giovanni is going to kill us." The second guard said.
"Forget that have you seen how Glenn gets?" The first one said.
The first guard sighed. "Let's get this over with." He said walking over to the phone. Pressing the intercom and dialing the boss he waited for him to pick up.
"Do you have the prisoners?" The familiar voice of Giovanni sounded through the intercom.
"Uh….you mean we have the prisoner in the building right? Because they aren't here." The guard said.
"WHAT!? YOU LET THEM ESCAPE!"
"Uh…more like they knocked us out when we tried to separate them."
"GRR…FIND THEM!" Giovanni hung up. He another button which connected to an intercom to the rest of the base. "Attention Team Rocket members currently here. The high profile prisoners we have here at the base have escaped. Find them and subdue them. All officers you are free to use lethal force."
In a hallway on the second floor, the group with our heroes heard the announcement. Looking at his pocket watch Drew had to hand it to them they woke up fast.
"I guess you guys didn't do a good job knocking them out." Jessie said snidely.
Drew growled. "If I put effort into it I would have drawn blood, Jessie how much further."
Before Jessie could respond three grunts ran up to them. "Commander Jessie, Commander James you found the prisoners." The lone female grunt said.
Before Jessie could respond, she felt a knife against her throat. Looking next to her James was in the same predicament.
"They overpowered us so we are their prisoners." Jessie said on the spot.
"Yeah so if you want your commanders to have a little accident you let us through." Ash said as threatening as possible.
The grunts immediately complied. As they passed them, Misty knocked one them out with an elbow strike. Before the other two could respond, Max tackled the back of the second one and Brock brought his fist knocked him clear into the wall. May took care of the girl by wrapping her legs around her head and through her into the wall. Bouncing back Anabel kicked her head which knocked her out.
"…Jessie I am glad they are on our side." James said with wide eyes.
Jessie nodded and helped them dump the bodies down a trash chute after taking their radios. They continued on down the hallway until the found the lab. Jessie placed her thumb on the keypad to scan it. The door opened after a minute and they went inside. Inside there were many tubes and electronic gizmos in the large room. But they weren't interested in the gizmos as they spied their belts and their weapons being held in a tube. While everyone was trying to figure out how to break it, Misty motioned to Brock to take one of the seats and with a loud roar they both shattered the glass. Their war cries scared their friends and they got of the way to avoid the chairs.
"Well that's one way to do it." Gabby said with a sweatdrop.
"You had any better way to do it." Misty said a little testy.
"It would have probably involved punching the glass knowing her." Tori said which got the blond to pout.
"Regardless we have what we need to fight back." Brock said.
"Oh I do believe it would be in your best interests not to fight." The group turned to see a balding purple haired man.
James looked at the man. "Commander Petrel, head of R&D."
Petrel chuckled. "Jessie, James, Meowth…I am surprised you were taken hostage easily. Maybe a little too easily. No matter." At this Petrel started mutated into one of the kaijuu they had faced. He gained metallic properties and started taking on a green coloring. A white metal X crossed over his chest and his fingers and toes which burst through his clothing which tore apart.
"Now then I dare you to get pass me, Metal Mind." Petrel said in a metallic voice and started laughing. That was until he felt a something slash his cheek. He looked behind him and saw a Sai connected with a chain made of wind. Everyone even the rocket members looked and saw Max with his arms stretched out.
"If you insist on blocking our path, then try your chances with me." Max said resetting his stance and pulling out the Colorless buckle.
May gasped. "Max what are you doing!?"
Max looked over to his sister. "May, I know you have my interests at heart…but I need to do this. Besides I think I can take him." Max said
"You cocky little brat! STEEL BULLET!" Metal Mind fired three fast bullets. Max quickly inserted the Change Ditto card and went into his stance.
HENSHIN
EVOLVE
The barrier protected him from the bullets. Before May could protest she was pulled back by Gabby and they were able to escape as the sirens began going off.
In the room, Metal Mind through a punch which Ace jumped over and attempted to kick him in the head. That didn't work out as the metal casing prevented much damage. The human turned kaijuu grabbed him and through him towards the wall. Before he could recover from the impact, Max was picked up and thrown into the wires. Ace shakily recovered but then used his size and snuck underneath all the heavy monitors.
"You aren't going to get away kid. METEOR MASH." He smashed through the monitors in an attempt the small rider.
"You and you little friends are going to fall. FLASH CANNON." He fired a beam that just missed Max but Petrel didn't know that.
"That brown haired girl is your sister. Oh I am going to enjoy mentally destroying her. METAL CLAW!" He slashed another monitor and looked behind it. Seeing he missed again he looked around and wondered where grey colored rider was.
SHADOW BALL
A black ball of energy fired and connected with Metal Mind and knocked him back slightly. Looking up, Ace was charging in with his staff coating in dark energy. Ace hit him with Absol's Dark Slash. He connected four times before his opponent sent that last one into overhead pipes which began spilling water.
"DON'T YOU EVER TOUCH MY SISTER!?" Max yelled as he activated another card.
FLAMETHROWER
Taking a deep breath he fired a Flamethrower he got from Flygon. He jumped up and used the Levitate ability from Flygon. Metal Mind groaned as he tried to step up. Max pulled out another card and charged it.
FOCUS PUNCH MAXMIUM ENERGY.
With a loud roar he launched the glowing fist straight down and caused a crater to form around the monster. Figuring he wasn't done Max looked around. He saw active electrical wires with wire sparking from being cut up in the fight. He walked over and grabbed two of them.
Metal Mind saw him walking over with the wires and had to chuckle. "Your…belts and weapons…we had…ugh…thrown everything at it…and there isn't a scratch on them."
Max had turned emotionless as he walked over to him with the cable. He stopped short because he noticed a pool of water around the metallic monster.
"Heh…my friends are much tougher than you and your buddies realize. You and every one of your commanders will fall." Max said uncharacteristically emotionlessly. He looked at the wire and then back at Metal Mind. "Let this be a warning to everyone who ever crosses me…Stay. Away. From. MY. FAMILY!" Max said tossing the wire and it landed right where the crack was. Petrel screamed as thousands of volts of electricity coursed through him. Max walked away from the screams and closed the door. He looked around and found a closet. Sneaking in and closing the door he took his helmet off and found a mop bucket and threw up. After a few minutes of vomiting he sat back against the wall. "May…did I grow up...even a little." Max said as he powered down. "My family is May, Mom and Dad…no it's not just them. It's Tori, Gabby, Drew, Anabel, Misty and Ash and all our pokémon. My family is not just my blood…it is everyone that has been with me on this journey. Hehehe, look at me talking like some sort of soldier." Max said leaning back. "Good luck May." Max said closing his eyes.
As Max is fighting Metal Mind.
They were running down the hall way trying to avoid the guards. May was still trying to convince herself that Max was okay.
"May?" Misty asked snapping her out of her daze.
"Max is going to be alright. Please we have to focus or you are going to get killed." Misty pleaded.
May looked at her and nodded. They stopped at a corridor with four three branching paths and an elevator.
"Alright there are three generators, plus the computers. The money can only be accessed through a secure server which I have access to. We can still use the ploy we pulled off earlier but we still need someone to protect us because the moment the server is accessed w. The generators are sure to be protected so a team of two at each would be sufficient.
Misty did the math. "That still leaves two unattached what do you want the remaining two to do."
Meowth spoke up. "I would think getting the police out here would be prudent."
Drew thought about it and agreed with mostly. "I can handle myself. I would like two with Jessie and James because I don't know if one person will be enough. Have someone go solo to get to the phones. Who wants that?"
After a couple of tense moments, Brock stepped up. "I can do this. I know the police numbers. But I don't know how long till they get here."
"Do it. We need to go now. Jessie where are these generators?"
Jessie pulled out a map and pointed them out. Just as the map was put away they heard guards and troopers approaching.
"It looks like we are going to have to fight our way out!" Gabby said firing an arrow at the approaching enemies. A brief struggle occurred as fire, lightning and arrows filled the hallways in an effort to break through. They separated into their designated teams as they cleared the hallways. They left to carry out their missions.
Generator team #1 (The next five breaks take place at the same time.)
Ash and Misty were approaching the second generator room. Having dispatched the soldiers coming towards them they came across the doors to generators. The door was however locked and they couldn't find anyone to give them the code to the door.
"Great now what?" Misty asked pacing back and forth. Ash sat down to relax. Just then they heard banging in the vents above them. They readied their weapon in case it was a threat. The banging got louder as they tensed. One of the vent panels fell to the ground which they didn't pay attention and focused on the opening. A tense moment later a familiar yellow head popped down. Pikachu looked down and saw his trainer and one of his mates.
"Pikapi! Pikachupi!"
Ash and Misty's smile could have lit up the base. Pikachu jumped down and then bounced into his master's arms.
"Hey there buddy how did you get in here? Never mind I am just glad you are okay." Ash hugged the yellow mouse. Misty came over and scratched Pikachu's ear.
"Now then can you help us bust this generator buddy."
Pikachu gave a nod and went back inside the vents. Two minutes later the door was opened and they walked inside. The generator was a standard one you find at a conventionally fired plant. (I.e. coal-fired) . They saw the complexity of the machine and wondered how to destroy it.
Misty snapped her fingers. "I know how we can this. If we overload the generator it can force itself to shut down due to the breakers. If we can override them the generator will blow."
Ash was amazed. "That's awesome like a lightning storm."
Misty smiled. "Yep. One of the things I learned at the gym is that when the power goes out certain breakers will trip to prevent an overload. You don't want electricity in a water gym after all.
Ash shook his head. "No you don't. How long do you think this will take?"
Misty looked at the monitor. "I might need some time to understand but I say twenty minutes you might need to manually override this." Misty said looking around for a manual.
For the next five minutes Misty looked through the manual to try and understand how to turn this generator into a bomb. She and Ash looked to see what they could do to circumvent the safety.
Unknown to them they had spies in the room. A buff blonde man and an androgynous female were hidden in the room. The male grinned as his body began turning purple and dissolving. Meanwhile the woman turned into a metallic snake and snuck through the pipe works.
Misty put the book down. "Alright there are four safety overrides." Misty said pointing at the blueprints. "If we can find and turn them off we can increase the output and blow this room up."
Ash nodded and they started heading further into the generator room. As they approached the first safety switch they started feeling uneasy. Ash pulled out his buckle and Pikachu nodded transforming into the change card. Misty followed suit and placed her buckle on and kept an eye for anything while Ash looked for the first breaker. Ash looked and saw what appeared to be a power box. Opening it up, he flipped the switch down. Before he went back he heard clanging in the pipes. Looking closer he saw the pipes moving. Widening his eyes he jumped back as a purple arm reached out in attempt to grab Ash. The movement broke the pipes sending out a shower of steam and sparks. Ash immediately flipped the buckle to begin his transformation sequence.
HENSHIN
EVOLVE
Aura quickly brought out Raikou and swung a lighting attack at his opponent which did not connect because of the body's boneless structure.
Misty heard the noise and was about to go help Ash when she heard hissing. She barely had enough time to life her trident, the Jewel of Lugia, up block a glowing tail. Misty ducked out of the way and flipped her belt buckle.
HENSHIN
EVOLVE
Triton quickly fired a Water Pulse at the Steelix looing monster. She aimed her trident at Metal Snake.
TRIDENT CYCLONE
Triton fired a spiraling shot of water but it seemed like the metallic snake was impervious to the attack. Triton was forced to retreat.
Aura was jumping through the pipes in attempt to dodge the liquefied Kaijuu. He jumped just it reached out again as it burst more pipes. Aura noticed that the pipes were carrying water to the generator and it was starting to overheat. Quickly surmising that they may not need to overload the generator, he swiped in one of the Torkal cards.
FLAMETHROWER
Aura took a deep breath and fired it into the pipes. The pipes got red hot and it eventually forced Toxic Sludge, the kaijuu he was facing burst out of the pipes howling in pain.
"You little Brat." He yelled in a distorted voice. SLUDGE BOMB
Aura dodged the attack and swiped in a Pikachu card.
THUNDERBOLT
Aura let loose a powerful that struck Sludge. It also struck Metal Snake which shrugged it off because of its hardy defense. But unknown to combatants the sparks ignited some of the fuel which caused a fire to break out.
Triton was still dodging her opponent which had taken to try and bite her. Metal Snake over extended and collided with the circuit board behind it. Triton quickly pointed Lugia and called out an attack.
ICE SHARD
Firing multiple icicles at the snake it seemingly shrugged it off. At the same time one of Aura's attacks hit metal creature which just made it mad. Metal snake turned around and launched its tail at Aura. Aura was forced to dodge both attacks and regrouped with Triton.
"Mist we don't have overload the generator we can make it over heat I have been trying to breaking the coolant pipes." Aura said
"But how do we do that with these kaijuu in the way?" Triton asked as they stood ready to counter their opponents.
Before they could think of a strategy the fire that was started by the fighting had gotten big enough to where the sprinklers activated. Metal Snake groaned as the water suddenly weakened the snake. Aura seeing the opportunity raised his hand to power-up an attack.
LIGHTNING BLAST
He fired the bolt of lightning at Metal Snake which thanks to the water did more damage to it and caused the large creature to cringe in paralysis. Meanwhile, Triton saw that sludge monster was having an issue keeping itself constituted in water.
"Here let me help you with that. FREEZE SPRAY." Misty said sardonically and raised Lugia to fire the cold attack. It was not a strong attack by any means but combined with the water and the fact Sludge was liquid trash and the monster quickly froze up.
Triton looked over at Aura and they move nodded before scanning their finish cards,
THUNDERBOLT MAXIMUM ENERGY
LEAF BLADE MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO: THUNDER BLADE
AQUA JET MAXIMUM ENERGY
HYDRO PUMP MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO: TIDAL CRASH
DOUBLE COMBO: HURRICANE FORCE
Triton jumped encased in water while Aura charged up his blade. When Triton turned to charge in, she started spinning like a drill. When she got to Aura, he started charging blade crackling with electricity. Their opponents could only watch with wide eyes as they charged in. With a loud yell they struck true on the two kaijuu, Sludge completely disintegrating and Snake being beheaded. They sheathed their weapons as the snake fell apart as they spoke their finish phrases.
"Game Over."
"You're finished."
They looked back and then at the room. The fires were spreading so thy quickly made their way to the closing door.
They ran until they found an open room. Going inside they locked the door behind them. Misty removed her helmet and vomited on the floor. Ash looked like he wasn't far behind but he handled it a bit better. He noticed it was some sort of kitchen and grabbed a cloth and wet it.
Misty was finished vomiting when she felt a wet cloth on her neck. Misty turned around and saw Ash with a sympathetic look.
"I…feel horrible. We aren't better than these scum bags." Misty said started to shiver.
Ash just hugged her. "It will be alright…I promise. When we get through this…we can cry all we want. But you need to be strong. Be the Misty I know not the shivering mess you are right now."
Misty looked at Ash and just kissed him. Ash just let her and hugged her close.
"Let's just relax for a little bit and then find the others. Ash said looking down at her. It's going to be okay." He said kissing her forehead. Despite being in their armors they felt extremely comfortable, which only showed the depths their trust was in each other.
Generator team #2
Tori and Gabby were going down the hallway on the third floor. The generator was located on tis floor to prevent ground attacks from wiping out the generators. Taking out the guards that were near them they approached the generator room. Inside there were turbines that were getting spun by water which being pumped out of a pipe that probably come from a lake that was created out of forced pokémon labor. Case in point there were Magnamites
"This is horrible." Gabby gasped. Tori walked up to where one of the Magnamite was being held. It blearily open its eye, the effort made Tori realize how much pain this pokémon was in.
"We need to shut this down we need to end their suffering." Tori said tearing up
"I know, Tori." Gabby said. "But what do you expect from a thirteen year old girl. Not like there is a manual for this."
"How about you be good little girls and step away from the monitors?" A female voice sounded. The two girls turned to see a red headed woman in a white coat and a blue haired man with a cap on his head.
"Heh, I remember you girls. Arianna beat up the brunette here while you blondie I beat up quite well."
"Now Proton I am sure that these girls could use a proper lesson in minding their superiors." Arianna said taking on a feral appearance.
"The only superior we mind is our boyfriend. And you don't have the edge today. Ready Tori?" Gabby said pulling out the Orion driver and belt and inserted the drive into the driver.
ORION
"You bet time to kick butt." She said pulling out the Sirius Driver. Pulling her base form card she flipped it open.
HENSHIN
ORION/KAMEN RIDE SIRIUS
Now in their rider forms, they watched as Arianna turned into the Arcanine dubbed Mach Fang. Meanwhile Proton also gained a feral look and gained darker fur. This was the Mightyana creature Alpha Black.
"Now to finish what we started. DARK PURSUIT." Alpha roared and went straight for Orion who deflected the attack and retreated further into the generator room. Mach Fang however grinned at Tori.
"You are a little scrawny to be taking on me little girl. No matter. I will make your pain my pleasure. EMBER BITE." Mach Fang charged in forcing Tori to duck out of the way.
NEPTUNE BURST Tori called out firing a short burst of water. The attack did little to faze Fang and Tori was forced to dodge another attack. Mach Fang drew back a breath.
FLAMETHROWER
Fang yelled send a white hot flame towards the startled girl. Before the flames connected Sirius ducked behind large cables. She quickly swapped Sirius out for Lynx and scanned it.
KAMEN RIDE: L-L-Lynx
The flames died down and Mach Fang growled. "Where are you girly?" Fang said looking around. The sparks and the flames made it really hard for the sniffing abilities the hybrid provided her. Sirius though kept quiet and looked for a way to sneak up on her opponent.
Up in the scaffolding Orion was ducking away from the growling wolf creature in front of her.
"HOLD STILL YOU LITTLE &!^$* DARK PULSE" He fired another black pulse which Orion was forced to dodge by going out onto another catwalk which took them over one of the water tanks.
Orion looked and saw where they were. Alpha Black used the distraction to charge in. Orion barely had enough time to block it and was knocked down. Black swung his claws which Orion ducked and kicked him into the guard rails. She stood up and whipped out her knife to fight off the kaijuu. Now furious Alpha went into a flurry of attacks which Orion ducked and blocked as the made their way over the main tank. She ducked to one side of the walk and Alpha followed taking one of the wires out. She did the same thing on the other side. One final slash landed in the metal walkway right where the gaps between two sections. Orion jumped over Alpha narrowly avoiding the bite of the monster. Alpha began struggling to free himself.
"You &!^$* when I get out of here I will kill you and feed your corpse to the Zubat."
Orion shook her head and took out her knife and slashed one of the supports. The catwalk buckled.
"What are you doing you're going to make us both fall." Alpha pleaded.
Orion just stepped back and pulled out her bow and fired two arrows at the supports behind Alpha.
"No I won't…you and your entire organization will fall. I hope your boss joins you soon." Orion said as pulled out the Hercules drive and replaced Orion in the driver.
HERCULES
Orion powered up her fist. She took one last look at her opponent, reared back and slammed her fist down. The walkway in front of her collapsed sending Alpha Black into the water tank filled with electricity. The millions of volts that were in there, combined with the water saw the creature once known as Proton dying a slow death the Orion watched from above the tank. The overload started setting off explosions which cracked tanks and caused them to burst sending electrified water onto the floor.
When the catwalk fell, Mach Fang saw her comrade fall into the tank she was horrified.
"PROTON!" Mach Fang yelled. The distraction allowed Sirius who was cloaked to sneak up and slash her with the claws. Mach Fang staggered back and looked at Sirius who charged in and slashed at Fang actually drawing some blood. Fang staggered back but before she could launch a counter attack she stepped on the electrified water which shocked her and forced her to a knee. She overcame the electricity and attempted to charge at Sirius. Said girl was startled as she got closer and swiped with her claw. She got a lucky slash and hit her in the throat. Mach Fang widened her eyes and brought her hands up to cover the fatal wound. What she didn't pay attention to was the piping that fell and crushed her. Sirius backed away and looked at ,her hands in shock. She temporarily got over it as Orion grabbed her shoulder.
"Come on the door is closing we need to go now!" Orion yelled as they ran for the door and slid out just as the doors closed.
The two girls were in a corridor leading to the closed door as they heard an explosion indicating the generator was destroyed. Orion let out a sigh of relief and looked at Sirius. Tori had removed her helmet and was hyperventilating as she looked at her hands which were still covered with blood. Quickly powering down, she unhooked Tori's driver.
"Tori…come on girl calm down." Gabby pleaded.
"I…I can't Gabby. I…killed her…I'm a monster." Tori stuttered.
Gabby looked at her and in a bold move she tilted Tori's face and kissed her. Tori widened her eyes but fell into it as she easily surrendered to Gabby touch. Releasing her she looked in Tori's eyes.
"Would I kiss a monster Tori? If you're a monster so am I." Tori blushed but nodded and leaned into the hold Gabby had her in.
"Let's just relax for a couple of minutes. When we finish here we can comfort each other and get the others to help, but until then we need to be strong okay."
Tori nodded and they leaned against the wall for a couple minutes then Tori checked them for injuries. Seeing not significant damage they started walking through the hallways which were now partially lit thanks to the generator blowing out.
Computer team
Jessie and James lead May and Anabel through the corridors to where she knew were they could access Team Rocket's monetary gains. Taking out a few more guards and making sure they wouldn't cause trouble they approached the server room. Entering the younger girls were amazed at all the computers.
"I didn't think Team Rocket was this advanced in computers." May said looking at the serves.
"Team Rocket needs to stay ahead of the game. Giovanni when he took over modernized the system. From this terminal we can see what they have done." Jessie said as she logged in. She started looking up the files which to the more emotional May and the empathetic Anabel filled them with dread. Kidnapping, Murder, Arson, Drug distribution, Racketeering. Everything Team Rocket did was on here.
"Their monsters…I never knew a group could be this depraved." Anabel said with tears in her eyes. She looked over to May who had her hands over mouth. She walked over wrapped an arm around her. "May…please snap out of it." May looked at Anabel and hugged her surprising the girl but nonetheless returned it.
"I am glad…our pokémon are away from these monsters. But if we kill them are we just like them?"
Anabel just rubbed her brunette friend's head as they sat down. She kissed the top of May's head. "A monster…shows no remorse…just your reaction May…proves to me we aren't. We do this for justice. As long as you remember that...then you aren't a monster."
May looked at her friend and smiled and kissed her on the cheek. The moment was broken when Jessie coughed.
"As touching as that was we still have a job to do. Here" Jessie handed May a flash drive. "Enough evidence to put anyone captured for life including a paper trail on the money." May nodded and put the drive in her pack.
James came in. "Alright now let's see if we can find the accounts." James said typing at a furious pace. After a couple of minutes James found it.
"Aha here we go. Let's see all accounts total…8 Billion pokedollars. Turning it into this American money like your friends it is about 786 million dollars. (Basing it on Japanese Yen to American Dollars as of when I wrote this). So if we each take ten percent that works out to 78. Million dollars to each of us. 1 percent still works out to several millions of dollars."
May fell to her knees. "Wow…what are we going to do with that type of money? For that matter we can't keep that much tainted money."
James sighed. "If it matters that much to you, most of the money is electronic. We can delete it and ruin them.
Anabel sighed. "We need to radio Drew." Anabel pulled up the radio and switched it on. "Drew you there?"
"Yeah. What's up?"
"We found the money but there is a lot more than anticipated. We don't feel right taking it all. It's somewhere in the nine digits."
"…(sigh), I'll be forward with you, I am a bit greedy but I can see your point. How's this delete enough of it to give us 10 million each. I am thinking down the line we need some sort of capital."
May spoke up. "I don't know…"
"Look I have a feeling this conflict is only going to get worse. I rather have some money to devote to tech and stuff now then we need it. If it makes you feel better I don't like it either. But it's better in our hands than in Glenn's hands.
"…Alright. But I don't want to use it unless I have to." May said.
"Then don't use it. We have been using our own money May. Just dump each share into an account only one person has access to.
"Okay. So where are you?"
"Near one of the generators. But I overheard from one of the troopers that several of the generals are heading to our targets.
"Great. Alright thanks and good luck."
"Thanks." Drew said as he hung up.
May sighed. "You heard him James."
James nodded and started to transfer the money. After five tense minutes the money transfer was done as Jessie had opened up the accounts already. They would be given the account numbers later.
James then started deleting the other financials.
"Alright. This will take ten minutes and we can't turn it off until the transfer is complete." James said
"I am afraid, Jimmy, that you will not get any further." A snide voice sounded. The looked up to see a familiar blonde haired woman with a green haired male.
Jessie growled. "Cassidy and Biff."
The green-haired man stumbled. "IT'S BUTCH!" He yelled. With that Butch charged and morphed into brownish creature with a point like a top and immediately gunned for May who had separated from Anabel when the two rockets entered. Before May could react Anabel flung one of her chakrams to block one of the kicks. May jumped back and pulled out her belt. Quickly going through the motions and activated it.
HENSHIN
EVOLVE
Now in Kusa form she quickly jumped up and gathered energy into her hand.
VINE FRENZY
She fired the vines at Cassidy who had transformed into Hyper Rat and was gunning for Anabel. This bought Anabel enough time to transform herself.
HENSHIN
EVOLVE
Kyokan quickly scanned a card as Triple Top picked up speed.
REFLECT
Triple Top crashed into the Reflect barrier. Quickly changing tactics he stopped spinning and jumped up.
BRICK BREAK
Realizing what that did Kyokan quickly backed away as the barrier shattered. She flung her chakrams, dubbed Royal Circle at Triple Top. Blocking the chakrams Triple Top picked up speed and ran at Kyokan.
Over with Kusa she was trying to fight off Hyper Rat. Hyper rat was slightly smaller than her but she was more flexible so she was bending and ducking out of the way Hyper Rat who had a much shorter reach. Unfortunately the speed caught up to her Rat got inside her defenses and head-butted her. This knocked her into one of the terminals.
Kusa rubbed her head but looked up to see Hyper Rat with fangs glowing.
SUPER FANG
Kusa felt around for Mori and grabbed it and held it up just in time to block the fangs from striking her. Looking into the Rat's it tried biting through Mori but all it did was crack its teeth. Kusa brought up her right leg and kicked the rat monster straight back. At the same Kyokan had scanned her Confusion card and pushed Triple Top back and collided with Hyper Rat. Kyokan quickly scanned a card.
PSYCHIC
Enlarging one of the chakrams she threw it over the two keeping them trapped.
Kusa quickly scanned two cards.
VINE WHIP
SILVER WIND
COMBO: SILVER SLASH
Kusa quickly slashed several times, some on Hyper Rat and a few lucky shots on Triple Top. The wounded monsters growled.
"You little tramps. When we get out of here we are going to cut you up so bad your boyfriend will not be able to recognize you." Hyper Rat snarled.
"And we will use you as our little playthings as we kill your-" Whatever Butch was going to say was cut off as Kyokan took the other chakram and decapitated him.
"BUTCH!" Cassidy screamed. Kusa took the opportunity to stab her in the neck ending her life.
Jessie walked over to the girls and put a hand on her shoulders. "It was either them or us May. You did well." Jessie said.
May looked at her and nodded. Anabel walked over and held out her hand to the spot where May hit her head.
"You a have a knot her but it doesn't feel like anything more serious. Emotionally…I can feel your fear. I have it too." Anabel said rubbing the spot on her companion's head.
May said nothing and nuzzled against it. Anabel giggled. "You know put a couple of cat ears on you and could be a perfect Skitty."
May smiled and giggled, then lessened her smile. "Thanks for making me feel better." May said.
James walked up. "Money is gone and into the accounts specified. I think we will be sitting pretty for a while.
Jessie nodded. "Come on the others should be close to done. Let's end this nightmare." Jessie said as the group left.
With Brock
Brock was having an easier time avoiding the guards because he was the only one going after the communications center. After a few more guards were knocked out, Brock found his way to the center. Entering he had to whistle at the amount of computers and monitors. Shaking his head he looked around for a phone. Finding one he dialed one of police departments he knew off hand.
"Viridian Police Department" the voice on the other side said.
"My name is Brock Slate I have information regarding Team Rocket's location." Brock said.
"One moment please." The voice said. After a few tense moments a female voice spoke.
"Officer Jenny. If this is a joke this is not funny.
"This is not a joke. Trace this call this is coming from and send your best over."
"You said that this is Team Rocket correct? Then are you a member.
"No I was prisoner. So were my friends. We are taking the building down from the inside."
"Don't do anything stupid. Stay where you are!" Jenny yelled.
"No can do mam. Probably by the time you get here we will have cleared out and most of the commanders will be dead."
"Fine…Can I ask for your name?"
"Not my real name. Tell the public that Kamen Riders Zodiac, Aura, Kusa, Ace, Triton, Sirius, Orion, Kyokan and Onyx were captured but were able to break out and defeat them.
"Okay…you are a brave man." Jenny said as she hung up. Brock sighed.
"Officer Jenny was right about one thing." Brock turned to source of the voice. It was serious looking woman with black hair and dressed like a secretary.
"You are brave. Brave and stupid much liked that Jessie James and Meowth."
Brock stood up and pulled out the Fighting buckle. The woman chuckled.
"Ah yes the Kamen Rider belts very well. I am Matori the secretary of the great Giovanni. She said as started to change shape. She grew feathers and a beak becoming more avian in appearance. When she finished she looked like a large Murkrow.
"Now you can call me Night Beak FEATHER STORM." She launched the black feathers at Brock who dodged out of the way, inserted the Change Geodude card and went into his pose. His left hand was clenched into a fist across his chest with his right near the lever.
HENSHIN
Brock created two circles with his hands and brought his hand to lever to flip it.
EVOLVE
The shield came up as more feathers were fired at him. Running towards the shield he transformed into his brown and grey armored form.
Night Beak changed up the tactics. "NIGHT SHADE." She fired her eyes. Onyx just took it and scanned a card.
EXTREMESPEED
Onyx sped up and slashed with his poleaxe, the Axe of Mortar. It dealt some damage to Night Beak but she quickly recovered.
"CROW"S MURDER" She fired multiple crow apparitions at Onyx who scanned another card.
IRON DEFENSE
He braced as the crows began pecking at him dealing little damage. He scanned two more cards.
WILL-O-WISP
HEX
COMBO: GHOSTLY BLAZE
Swinging around he fired of a purple colored fire that destroyed the crow apparitions. The attack also caught Night Beak causing a significant burn to appear.
Onyx scanned another card.
ROCK TOMB
Stomping his feet he ensnared his opponent and prevented her from moving. Night Peak screeched.
"You Can't Win. Team Rocket is too powerful for all of you." She rambled.
Brock calmly scanned one more card.
IRON TAIL MAXIMUM ENERGY
Brock lifted up the glowing axe as Night Beak rambled and swiftly decapitated her.
Brock looked at the disintegrating body as he powered down. He sighed.
"This will take some time getting over." He said as he left the room.
With Drew
Drew was stealthier on his approach to the last generator room but he still had to knock a few heads around to make sure he stayed undetected. Approaching the room he slipped in and gazed at the generator. He looked around for the controls for it. Spotting it he ran over to see a computer, he started to shut it down.
"I must commend you all for getting this far." A snide voice said getting Drew to turn around.
"You had the right ideas going after the generators but you have to be suicidal to attack it alone." The blue haired man said.
Drew just pulled out his blade, Leonid. The man chuckled. "Ah yes. Your one of these so called Kamen Riders. Well then I believe I have a form that will be suitable to defeat you." The man said as his body gained a red metallic sheen. He gained insect wings and his hands turned into pinchers. Before long he had turned into a humanoid Scizor.
"I am the right hand of Giovanni, Archer. But in this form you may call be Red Crusher." He said in a metallic voice. Now HYPER BEAM."
Drew dodge and flipped out is phone and pressed the Leo button.
STANDBY LEO
Crossing his arms he shouted out
HENSHIN
Bringing his arms down to flip the image on the phone he brought it up and then brought it back down on his belt to complete the sequence.
COMPLETE
Now in Zodiac Leo Form he brought Leonid up and charged at Red Crusher. Empowering is blade he called out an attack.
FIRE BLADE
The attack launched but Crusher appeared to be faster and he dodged it.
"Too slow. METAL CLAW." Crusher got behind him slashed him in the back. Two more slashes had Zodiac reeling. In desperation Zodiac gathered up his breath.
FIRE BLAST
Crusher blocked it. When the fires cleared Zodiac had disappeared.
Crusher chuckled. "So like a rat to hide when he is in danger. How fun." Crusher said as he went further into the generator room.
Zodiac was breathing slightly heavier but was keeping an eye out for his opponent.
'Damn, he is too fast. Thought I had an elemental advantage.' He thought. 'He is too fast for me. Scizor was always one of those deceptively fast pokémon. Must have been from Scyther, its pre-evolution. How am I going to get him to slow down? None of my current abilities are support abilities per say.
Before he could contemplate this problem his phone began to glow. Picking it up he saw one of the buttons on the third row blinking. It looked like an M with a protrusion on its end.
Pressing it he heard the familiar tone and replaced it.
STANDBY CHANGE: SCORPIO
When the glow died down his armor became hollow like a scorpion's but it still looked tougher than his Cancer armor. Looking for weapons he clenched his fists and two blades came out of them. (Think Assassin's Creed except above the knuckles.) Looking a bit further up he saw that there were multiple cylinders with different colors.
"So the blades are useful for assassinations. The different colors are the different ways of incapacitation. They get infused into the blades are they independent?" Zodiac pondered. As if to answer the question he clenched his right fist and the right cylinder changed to a yellow liquid.
"Okay…this could work." Zodiac smiled as he planned is next move.
Crusher was looking for Zodiac. "You can't hide forever. You will be an example to your friends to not cross us." He said. Looking around he heard pipes falling. He looked up just in time to see Zodiac come in reaching back with the blades in an attempt to strike him. Crusher held up to block the attack and knocked back the left hand. The right hand dug in slightly to armor and hit the skin beneath. Zodiac landed and then started using his martial arts to try and get his left hand in. The opportunity came five minutes later, when he over extended and his right hand was caught in one of the pincers. Before Crusher could crush his hand he stabbed the hand which got him to let go. He backhanded Zodiac into some boxes.
"I've had enough of you." He started charging up a Hyper Beam. "Disappear. HYPER-Gurk" Crusher froze up as his arm became numb followed by the rest of his body.
Zodiac chuckled as he stood up. "I was wondering when that was going to kick in. Say hello to the Scorpio armor of Zodiac. My blades can be coated with toxins known to Scorpions. Neurotoxins, Paralytics, Anti-Coagulates. You name it Scorpio could probably do it."
Crusher struggled to get up. He then started to cough up blood.
"And there is the Anti-Coagulate. You will bleed out without medical help. But I am a merciful man." Zodiac said as he held up his blade.
"YOU BAST—URK" Crusher tried to curse him but a stab to the throat kind of prevents speaking.
"Yippe Kiya bastard." Zodiac said as he powered down and walked away noticing the generator was shut down.
"Dad…you boy is a man now…I hope you are proud of me." He said walking away.
A half hour later the entire group managed to reunite. Save for a few scratches everyone physically looked fine. Mentally was a different story.
"I'm glad everyone is okay." Ash said after a tense couple of minutes.
"Fine is a relative Ash. How is everyone coping?" Brock asked.
Everyone looked up some with sad expressions some with neutral expressions.
Drew looked around. "We are almost done I promise. We just need to take care of the dragon creature and get out of here."
Before they could respond the intercom came to life. "Hello Kamen Riders. Yes, I know you have been running around like rats in a maze. Congratulations on beating all the commanders Team Rocket has to offer. Now, I seem to have a friend of yours. A short kid by the looks of it. Probably a brother of you.
May gasped. They had Max. They didn't realize Max was there.
"If you want him back, come to the cliffs outside."
The whole group looked at each other and nodded determined to save Max Jessie and James led the way and they were discussing what they were going to do. Once outside they saw three figures. One was Glenn with a cocky smirk on his face. One was Giovanni who looked impassive as always. The third was the dragon creature that gave everyone fits. And the last one was Max.
May said her brother. "MAX! Are you Okay?"
Max looked up and tiredly smiled. "Yeah…guess that fight took a lot out of me because they jumped me." He said only to get kicked in the stomach.
May growled and attempted to run to her brother only to be held back by her friends which was hard because she was spitting fire.
Giovanni looked and saw Jessie and James. "I see you two aren't as incompetent as I thought great work.
Jessie looked at the group. "Yes…they attempted to overpower us but they got cocky sir." She said with James and Meowth agreeing. They walked over to Giovanni.
Glenn chuckled and turned to the riders. "Drop your weapons and your friend won't be hurt.
May looked at Max and then at the riders pleading with them to do so. Ash sighed and nodded and one by one they dropped their weapons.
Glenn laughed and then motioned for Giovanni to hand Jessie something. It was a gun Giovanni had.
"For some reason I have a hard time believing you are working for me. Prove your loyalty. Shoot the kid."
The trio's eyes widened and May was hysterical. Jessie was now conflicted and faced with a choice. Shoot Max and forever make the twerps their enemies. Or Shoot Glenn and blow their cover.
James looked at Jessie. "Whatever you choose, I'm with you."
Jessie remembered when Drew told her at the contest.
Flashback
"If Team Rocket is brought down…would you stay with Glenn or go down with the ship. Either way I know we aren't done here and it would help if someone was still in Glenn's camp."
Flashback End
Jessie looked at the gun and then back at the riders. She pulled back the hammer and pointed it at Max.
"No hard feelings." Jessie emotionlessly. Right before she pulled the trigger she turned and fired at Giovanni's shoulder.
Giovanni gasped and held the wound. "You &!94#! I took you in after your whore of a mother died. I raised and this is how you thank me!?"
Glenn groaned. "Oh shut up. She did what I was going to do to you."
Giovanni was shocked. "You were going to…"
"Oh yes this partnership was only going to be temporary don't you know? I just needed an opportunity to take you out. Besides I am getting better results from my Team Plasma cohorts in Sinnoh."
Giovanni growled. "YOU SON OF A—" Whatever was going to be said was cut off as Glenn fired a dark colored beam through Giovanni's chest. Giovanni with the hole in his chest fell down face first
"Tch...I have what I wanted." Glenn said. He turned to Jessie. "It's nice to know where your loyalties lie." The two ex-Rockets said nothing.
Over with the rides they could only watch the spectacle unfold. After a few minutes, Drew was the first to snap out of his stupor. He knelt down to grab Leonid. "Ash, Misty!" Said trainers snapped back to reality. "Now's our chance to fight let's go." Ash and Misty nodded and grabbed Raikou and Lugia respectively. They also took the chance to pull their belts out.
HENSHIN
STANDBY LEO COMPLETE/EVOLVE
Zodiac, Triton and Aura ran towards Glenn and his kaijuu. Hearing the commotion Glenn turned to his monster.
"Black Hydra, destroy them." Turning to Jessie and James. "Make sure they are dead." Glenn told the pair as he summoned a dark portal to teleport himself away.
Hydra met the riders head on. The three heads were completely independent of each other as evident by the fact that despite teaming up one head the other heads would target them and blow them back.
Meanwhile May had run over to grab Max. Untying him the siblings hugged each other with small tears in their eyes. The rest of the group walked over to see the sibling's reunion.
Jessie walked over. "As touching as this reunion is, we need to go. There are helicopters big enough for all of us. We get out of here drop you off in Pallet and we take off Glenn will be none the wiser.
Anabel looked over to the fighting seeing their friends getting knocked back but were still getting up.
"What about our friends?" Anabel asked.
James looked out at the battlefield. "If these three are considered the princes and princess then I have no reason to doubt they will succeed." He turned to the group. "We might be on Glenn's side but when it comes down to it we are on your side."
Meowth piped up. "Come on let's get the lead out. I don't think this place is going to be around much longer."
The group nodded and ran back to the building which had started showing smoke from the generators that had caught fire.
Back on the battlefield, Triton and Aura had shifted into their upgraded forms in an effort to combat their opponent. Zodiac however had kept up the barrage of fire attacks.
PYRO ARROW
SCEPTILE/PIKACHU
COMBO: THUNDER BULLETS
AURORA BEAM
CONFUSION
COMBO: BORELIS BEAM
The combined attacks were launched towards Hydra. The attacks connected but it still appeared to be unfazed. It hissed and fired another Hyper Beam which knocked all three riders back and onto the ground.
They groaned in pain but the got to their knees.
"Nothing seems to be working. What are we going to do?" Triton asked.
"I don't know. This thing can shrug off our attacks like nothing. It's like it know what we are going to do." Aura said.
Zodiac was quiet in an effort to conserve energy. He looked at his arm to check for damage and noticed on his wrist an attachment point. Picking up his phone he noticed that there was a slot that matched the attachment point. He then was inundated with images.
Memory Flash
A giant metal robot standing on two legs had its right hand glowing, its pilot roaring with fury
Another flash had another robot this time a mechanical tiger with its claw glowing, its pilot in sync with the robot.
The two images started flashing together faster and faster until the two attacks merged together. The attack combined a glowing arm from the bipedal robot and the claws from the lion.
Flash ended
Zodiac snapped out of it and looked down at his arm again. Looking at his arm again he came up with a plan.
"Triton, Aura activate your finishers."
They looked at him shock. "I think that last attack knocked something loose we can barely get attacks off what makes you so sure we finish them off now." Triton said
"I've got something figured out. Just trust me." Zodiac said.
Aura turned to Triton. "Mist if Drew says we can do this then let's go for it."
Triton looked at Aura. "If we die I am going to kill you." Triton said pulling out her finish cards.
AURORA BEAM MAXIMUM ENERGY
AQUA JET MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO: AURORA JET
Aura flipped his cards to their finish position.
PIKACHU VOLT TACKLE MAXIMUM ENERGY
SWELLOW AERIAL ACE MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO THUNDER ACE
The two glowed in electrical yellow and glowing blue energy. Zodiac pulled out his phone and pressed the Leo button
STANDBY LEO
To his friend's immense shock he held up his right hand pressed the phone against his arm.
FINISHER
(Start playing the G Gundam Shining Finger theme I know it doesn't fit but its more epic)
Zodiac's armor glowed briefly as the armor popped up and segmented. His right hand gained a lion's claw which dropped below his hand. His shoulder opened to reveal two jets in the back of it. The three combined auras intensified as they rose up into the air as storm clouds formed due to the moisture and the heat. Lighting flashed as they stopped a reasonable distance from Black Hydra. Three Japanese Kanji, the ones for Fire, Water and Lightning appeared in front of them as Black Hydra reared up to attack them. It fired two beams in an effort to stop them. Triton swung her trident and prepped to attack. She spun like a drill which tore through one of the beams. Aura using the power of Aerial Ace ploughed through the other attack and both riders struck the side heads.
Zodiac was holding his hand which was starting to glow brightly.
"This hand of mine glows with the fires of justice." He pointed his arm down.
"Its roar tells me to protect my family. Its power tells me to win." He started descending at a rapid pace.
"Here I GO!" The jets on his shoulder roared to life as be broke the sound barrier. A large lion followed spiritually as it roared.
"ERUPTING BLAZING CLAW." The attack struck the main head throwing up dirt around them.
All three attacks were drilling Black Hydra with considerable might. With one last roar they broke through and landed behind Hydra weapons out and steam coming off them especially Zodiac.
(End song)
Hydra gave out a pitiful roar and collapsed, blowing up in the process. The storm clouds that were formed started raining.
The three deactivated their armor. Misty and Ash collapsed to their knees but Drew wobbled and collapsed unconscious, Ash barely able to catch him. The helicopter bringing their friends landed rotors still going. They helped walk or in Drew's case carry them back to the chopper as they took. Tori who examined Ash and Misty and found no serious injuries on them turned her attention to him. Looking at his arm she gasped. It looked like his arm was slightly burned from his wrist to his elbow. Based on coloration the burns were superficial which relieved her somewhat. They sat in silence as the chopper made its way to Pallet Town.
Several Hours later.
…Team Rocket headquarters was found and thoroughly raided today. Aside from the bodies of what is believed to be the commanders of this organization several hundred Team Rocket members. Through an anonymous source inside the base, police were able to find the base and shut this organization down for good. This source was calling himself a member of the vigilante group Kamen Riders who averted several other crises in the past. Whoever this is…we owe them a debt of gratitude.
The T.V was turned off by Brock as he looked around the living room of Ash's house. Jessie and James dropped them off and took off minutes later after getting thanks from Delia. Anabel who had never met Ash's mother shyly introduced herself. Delia just hugged her and told her that a friend of Ash's will be family to her. Especially after the revelation of their relationship. May and Max had called their parents and told them the news. Norman and Caroline offered to fly out to support them but they said no. They did ask for new clothes because they were going to with the group to Sinnoh. Brock had done the same with his family and reassured them they were okay. (They are getting their Sinnoh clothes just to be clear. May the clothes she wore at the Wallace Cup)
Now sitting around the room they were all quiet especially considering one was unconscious. That soon changed when Drew groaned. They all looked to see him lifting his head in pain. Looking at his bandaged arm he sighed.
"How bad is it."
Tori looked at her boyfriend. "First-degree burns from wrist to elbow. Shouldn't be too much scaring."
Drew nodded. He looked around the room. "I take it everyone…had to kill in there?"
Delia gasped and looked at them. Their unreadable expressions told the story. Delia ran over and held her son as she broke down mumbling "my little boy…shouldn't do that…what monster would do that."
Drew sighed. "I am not going to mince words. What we did…was survival. If we didn't we wouldn't be here.
He sat up and lifted his legs off the couch. "I am going to give you a chance to back out. You would go home and not travel with us again. If you choose to stay then I would see it as a commitment for the long haul. If this is too much for you…I understand."
A tense few moments followed the only sound being Delia's crying. It was broken by of all people Anabel.
"If I didn't believe we could support each other I would have never left the Tower. I…am staying." She said taking Ash's left hand.
May spoke next. "I won't back down and I think Max here would disobey me regardless. We are staying
Tori spoke next. "We love you and we aren't abandoning this mission."
Gabby finished. "We are staying.
Ash spoke next. "You're not getting rid of me that easily.
Misty took Ash's hand that wasn't occupied by Anabel. "Where Ash goes…I go."
Brock chuckled. "Someone has to watch you all. I ain't going anywhere."
Drew smiled and teared up. "Thanks guys…I don't know what to do without ya."
And that's how the whole started to break down at the loss of their innocence. Delia left them alone to cry it out. An hour later she came in with blankets and pillows as no one wanted to separate to tonight. She had to sadly smile at the scene. Anabel and Misty were on Ash's shoulder while May held Max on his chest. Brock was nearby while Drew had Tori and Gabby on his chest. It would have been cute had it not been so serious. She left after dimming the lights content her son and her friends would persevere.
One Week Later
The group was now at a ferry port that would take them to Sinnoh. The last week had them relaxing and recovering from their ordeal. May and Max's parents came to support their children as did Brock's family and Misty's sisters. Five days after the Team Rocket mission Ash was getting restless about going to Sinnoh and after discussing with the group made that their next stop. But Ash decided to leave behind his Hoenn pokémon and only take Pikachu. Aipom decided to join them to everyone's surprise. Drew followed his lead and decided only his Swampert would come with them.
Now they were preparing to cast off and were saying their good-byes. Everyone had gotten new clothes. (Ash, May and Brock were in their Sinnoh clothes) Drew had blue jeans a red shirt and a black vest over it. Everyone else was dressed similar to their old clothes except for colder climates. Misty was in a blue top and blue skirt, which thanks to her sister looked great on her.
Ash hugged his mother. Delia got a good look at him. "My baby boy. You are growing up so fast. Be careful."
"I will Mom."
Norman was rubbing May's head. "You be safe princess you too Max."
"We will."
Lily turned to Misty. "Stat out of trouble baby sister. Especially with that boy of yours."
Misty mock glared but smiled.
The boat's whistle sounded.
"Let's go guys boat's leaving." Drew shouted as the rest of their friends were on the boat.
The group said their good byes as the boat departed.
Ash stopped waving and smiled as the dock disappeared.
"It's tough leaving your mother. Especially after an event like what happened." Drew said walking up to him.
Ash looked at his friend. "I know." He grabbed Misty by the shoulder who blushed. "But with my friends I will persevere.
Drew nodded as they watched the horizon heading towards the unknown knowing that their friends are right there.
What will happen in this place called Sinnoh? What is Glenn's goals there? All that and more next time on Journeys of the Dreamer.
END OF CHAPTER
UO: Finally done with this chapter. Special thanks to Code-Emperor07 for help on the attack and the structure of this chapter.
New Powers
Scorpio: The Scorpion. Sign of those born between October 23rd and November 21st. The constellation boasts many deep sky objects and has several legends involving Orion the Hunter. In this form Drew has access to two wrist blades like Assassins with multiple chemicals that mimic scorpion's toxins. Down side is there is no long range option and hollow armor.
Preview: Our heroes make it to Sinnoh but is almost beset by trouble when Pikachu is kidnapped. In the process of finding him they meet a new friend. Who is it? Find out.
Next Time: Dawn of a New Journey
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OSPREY…SWOOOSH
Edited 6/15/2014: Changed Drew's Pokemon and edited slight details