Disclaimer: I only own the two I mentioned last chapter, you know, Grace, and Mikan. I don't own the others.
A/N: I know its been a long time, but I finally got a chance to write some, have got finals to prepare for, and trying to pass College, so it was hard to get to this chapter. I did say I would bring Ritchie into this story this chapter, but I changed my mind, he'll come in later. This was actually a really good chapter, in my opinion. I hope you guys think so too, and I'm sorry for the wait. I'm going to focus on this story for now on, because I actually got good ideas for the story. Hope you like this chapter.
Chapter 2
"Nice to see you again," Gary said as he walked up to the group. Ash grinned as he held out his hand and shook Gary's hand as he stopped in front of them.
"How's work been?" Ash asked.
"A little slow for now, came here to hopefully do some more research," Gary said.
"Cool, what are you researching?" Ash asked again.
"I found some evidence of an ancient Pokemon that started a war a few centuries ago," Gary replied.
"Sounds interesting," Brock added to the conversation as he shook Gary's hand. Gary grinned as he glanced at the other two with them.
"And who are these two?" Gary questioned.
"Oh yeah, this is May, and her little brother Max," Ash said as she motioned to the two kids.
"Nice to meet you," Gary smiled as he shook their hands. "So, you guys going to the pyramid as well?"
"Thinking about it," Brock answered.
"Nice, we can go together," Gary smiled.
"Would be fun," Ash said in agreement.
"Well, we need to wait for the other arrivals, so why don't you guys go look around the town," Mikan suggested.
"Sounds good," Ash nodded.
"Yeah," Brock agreed. "Max and I will go get some supplies."
"Okay," Max said as he followed Brock out of the lab.
"I guess I'll go look around town then," May said.
"I'll go with you," Ash said. May nodded as they walked out of the lab.
"I'm coming to!" Gary called after them. He quickly ran after them, and they began to explore the town. Delia sighed as she glanced at the blue crystal hanging from her neck.
"I need to tell Ash sooner or later," Delia told herself.
"Don't worry, he'll be back in a few hours, you can tell him before we go to the pyramid," Professor Oak suggested.
"I guess I can do that," Delia nodded.
"Hey, Mrs. Ketchum, I'll show you around town if you'd like," Grace told the woman.
"I would love that dear," Delia smiled. Together the two women headed out into the town, leaving two professors behind.
"Well, let's get the equipment ready," Mikan told the Pallet Town professor.
"I agree," Oak nodded. They then turned around and began to gather the needed material for the expedition.
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A helicopter with the letter "R" on the side flew slowly down to the landing pad. There were about ten scientists on the landing pad, waiting for their guest. As the copter finally landed on the ground, a ramp was lowered, revealing a man in a black tux, his hair neat looking, and a Persian walking beside him. "Greetings Giovanni," the lead scientist bowed when Giovanni approached him.
"Yes, greetings indeed," Giovanni said. "Now, where is the item you want me to look at?"
"As blunt as always," a femine voice said. Giovanni turned to see a female with blonde hair tied into what resembled two pigtails. She wore a blue shirt underneath a white lab coat.
"Why, hello Cassidy," Giovanni smirked.
"You know each other?" the lead scientist said as he looked from one to the other. "She just arrived here two weeks ago.
"I know, I sent her here," Giovanni said like it was no secret at all.
"Ok," the scientist nodded. He then turned and began to walk to the door. "This way, the item you wanted to look at is this way."
"Understood," Giovanni said as he began to walk, Cassidy stepping into step beside him. "Prepare for the operation, I want all info from this place when I give the signal," the man whispered to his spy. She merely nodded and began to head in a different direction.
"Where are you going Cassidy?" the lead scientist asked.
"Oh, I'm going to go check on some things, got to finish my research and everything," Cassidy replied sweetly. The scientist blushed as he simply nodded and continued through the door. Cassidy smirked as she turned and slid into another doorway, and began to walk to one of the storage rooms. When she arrived at a door marked Storage Room-E, she gave a soft tap, followed by a quick loud one.
"Who's there," a gruff voice said.
"It's me, Cassidy," the female rocket spy informed the man.
"Cassidy, so I guess Giovanni has arrived," a man with bluish green hair commented, as he opened the door.
"Yes he has Butch, we now must wait for the signal," she said simply as she crouched behind a box and began to change into her rocket uniform. When she came out, she saw the other rockets standing at attention, waiting for the orders.
"So, I guess we wait," Butch said. Cassidy nodded as they proceeded to do just that.
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Giovanni entered into a large room, in the center was a tube with a floating tablet of some kind inside. 'I found it,' Giovanni smirked in his mind as he saw the tablet floating in front of him. He then turned to the scientist and asked, "Can I take a closer look?"
"I see why not," the scientist said. "I think I've found out what this is," the man said as he walked over to a computer and started to bring up some info on his research. "The tablet has the same markings of the tablet that resides in Pyra Town's Pyramid. I don't know what it means though, must be a chip off the artifact. Giovanni smirked as he took a closer look at the small artifact, it had a crystal shape in the center of the front side of the artifact. Upon hearing the name Pyra Town, Giovanni's smirk grew bigger.
"So, do you know anything else about this artifact?" Giovanni asked.
"We know some other stuff," the scientist clarified. "We've found that this artifact has something to do with the Great War that happened centuries ago. And the crystal shape in the center indicates that the crystal worn by the princess during that war is the key to unlocking a seal on the ancient tablet in the pyramid at Pyra Town."
"I see," Giovanni nodded. He turned to the man grinned as he snapped his fingers in an instant Giovanni's guards sprung on the scientist and held them down.
"W-What are you doing!" the lead scientist cried.
"Simple, I'm taking this artifact off your hands," Giovanni laughed.
"No, you can't!" the man screamed. "Research says that the seal that this breaks is the one placed on the most powerful Pokemon of all time! If you go through with this, you'll unleash the very nightmare that plagued the world all those years ago! You'll unleash Spooky!"
"That's my plan," Giovanni laughed. "I want a Pokemon that is more powerful than any other Pokemon. I want Spooky to join me, and then together we can conquer this world, and Team Rocket will be the most powerful organization ever!" He then pulled out a small device and pressed a button, holding it down. "Cassidy, begin the operation, find all the Pokemon as well as info on the crystal and Spooky, I need it all."
"Understood boss," Cassidy's voice came over the device.
"W-What, she was a spy!" the lead scientist screamed. "I told her where everything is, I thought she loved me."
"Oh, are you going to cry," Giovanni laughed. "Never trust Team Rocket, which is something you should have learned." He then turned to the other guards and nodded. They nodded back and took the scientist away. Giovanni then turned and pressed the red button on the center of the tube. The artifact stopped floating and fell softly to the bottom as the tube's walls began to rise. Giovanni's smile was bigger than ever when he took out the artifact and held it up to his face. "Soon, the most powerful Pokemon of all time will be mine. And when that happens, I can conquer every region of this world, and capture every legendary Pokemon, and create the ultimate army." Givoanni laughed loudly until he heard a beep from his small device. He took it out and pressed the same button from earlier. "Go ahead."
"We have collected all data, and began to load supplies as well as the Pokemon onto the copter," Butch informed.
"Very good, I want you and Cassidy to head back to rocket headquarters, I have some business else well," Giovanni said.
"Understood," Butch said as he signed off of the device. Giovanni held up the artifact and turned it into his fingers. He then turned to walk out and towards his personal copter. He stopped abruptly when he noticed a map of the pyramid on one of the computer screens. He quickly downloaded the info and headed out of the place. When he entered into the copter, he turned to the pilot and nodded. The pilot gave a slight nod as he lifted the helicopter and began to fly from the research facility.
"Blow it now," Giovanni commanded. Another rocket member nodded as he opened a briefcase and pressed a single button. A second later the entire facility was destroyed, the flames destroying any evidence of the artifact as well as that of Spooky. 'Soon, Spooky will be mine!' Giovanni laughed slightly as he waited for his arrival at the Pyra Town Pyramid.
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Ash, May, and Gary had been walking for about an hour, they had stopped for food, and at some of the souvenir tents. "This is so fun," May said happily.
"I agree," Gary nodded as they continued to walk down the streets.
"Should we be heading back?" Ash questioned.
"I would say so," Gary nodded. "The other arrivals that Mikan mentioned should be here soon."
"All right, let's go back," May smiled. The group slowly began to make their way back to the laboratory so they can meet the others, and prepare for the expedition into the pyramid. When the group finally arrived, they saw a bus parked outside; on its side it had the words Battle Frontier.
"Can't be," Ash whispered. He quickly ran in followed by May. Gary gave a loud sigh as he just continued his pace until he was inside the laboratory. He saw Ash talking to a girl with lavender hair. "How've you been Anabel?"
"Um, I've been fine," Anabel said, trying to hide the blush that was forming on her face.
"That's good, I've missed you and the others, the Battle Frontier was so fun," Ash smiled. Anabel also smiled and nodded.
"Nice to see you again Ash," Scott said as he walked up to the boy, followed by Brandon.
"Scott! Brandon! It's good to see you guys again," Ash smiled.
"Yeah, we should be heading back to see Professor Mikan, the expedition begins shortly," Brandon explained.
"Cool, you guys are going too, that is so neat," Ash smiled.
"I agree," May nodded.
"So you guys are the ones we were waiting for, everyone else is here all ready," Brandon said.
"Well then, let's go," Ash said. They all nodded in agreement as they began to walk toward the Professor's room. Upon entering they saw the other Frontier Brains, as well as Brock, who was busy flirting with Lucy, who was blushing madly at his actions. May smiled when she saw this and nudged Ash.
"I think Lucy has a little crush on Brock," May whispered. Ash followed her finger and saw Brock in love mode flirting with Lucy, and she was indeed smiling slightly and blushing madly.
"I didn't know she actually liked him," Ash commented.
"Really Ash, you are so dense, even I could tell back at the Battle Pike," May sighed. "You can never tell when people are in love can you."
"How do you know," Ash snapped at her.
"Because I know you Ash," May snapped back. Ash grumbled as he turned away from the girl quickly.
"Ash!" Delia called to her son.
"What is it mom?" Ash asked.
"Well, I wanted to tell you something, it is very important," his mother said as she walked up to her son.
"Yeah, what is it?" Ash asked.
"Well, come with me, I don't need others to hear us," Delia said. Ash nodded and they left to a room where there was no one in sight.
"So, what is it mom?" Ash asked.
"You heard about Arnold right?" Delia asked.
"Yes, he was the one who sealed some scary Pokemon inside the pyramid right?" Ash asked.
"Yes, that's correct," Delia nodded. "Well, I have to give you something, it has been passed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years."
"What is it?" Ash asked.
"It is the very crystal Arnold used to seal up the Pokemon, it was given to his wife who began to tell the story of its origin to their eldest son, who began to pass it down to each of their kids shortly afterwards," Delia explained.
"Wait, so you mean I'm a descendent of sorts from Arnold?" Ash asked. Delia merely nodded as she gave her son the crystal.
"Now, you must look after that crystal, it is your responsibility now, no longer mine," Delia said. "I won't be going on the trip to the pyramid, a little too scary for my taste. So, I want you to be careful and stay with everyone." Ash smiled as he placed the crystal around his neck.
"Don't worry mom, I'll be careful," Ash said. Delia smiled as she gave a slight nod.
"Well, let's head back inside," Delia said. "Oh, and don't tell the others what I told you, you'll get a little too much attention."
"I understand, so let's head back to the others," Ash said. They both headed back to the Professor's room and saw everyone prepared and waiting for Ash. "Sorry, was having a discussion with my mom."
"It's fine," Professor Oak said.
"Hey Ash!" a female voice said. Ash turned to see Misty standing with the group.
"Hey Misty, I guess you are going with us too," Ash smiled. Misty nodded, the same grin on her face.
"Um…does Misty like Ash," Anabel whispered to May, who was right beside her.
"Yeah, they are really good friends," May said.
"No, I mean like like," Anabel said.
"I don't know," May admitted. "Do you like like Ash?"
"W-What, I-I-I," Anabel stuttered, trying to find the words.
"You don't have to answer if you don't want to," May smiled. "But I wouldn't worry about Mist, okay." Anabel simply nodded as they prepared to live. They all filed into the bus waiting outside and set off for the pyramid. Brock beside Lucy, Max by Greta, May sat with Brandon, and Misty sat with Gary. Anabel was in the meantime blushing like crazy because Ash had chosen to sit next to her.
"Are you okay?" Ash asked. "Not getting a fever or anything, right?"
"U-Umm…No," Anabel managed as she looked out the window, trying to hide her blush from Ash.
"Ok, if you say so," Ash said as he turned back to the front and waited for their arrival at the pyramid. Their greatest adventure of all time was about to begin, and Ash didn't even know it yet.
A/N: Well that was the next chapter, and I hope you liked it. The next chapter will be about the expedition, as well as the arrival of Giovanni, can the gang stop him, or will his plan succeed, will Spooky be brought back, and what will happen if he is. You'll just have to find out next time. I'm going to start this chapter tonight, and try to finish it tomorrow, that's my plan. Let's hope my mom doesn't need me to help with anything, geez. Well till next time, and remember, review, I always love reviews, no matter what kinds, unless you totally flame me, I mean, I can handle some constructive criticism so I'm better but don't flame me at all. Well, enough ranting, just review.
