DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN POKEMON
For those who guessed that it was Beedrillite that Beedrill was holding in his stinger, you are all correct.
Chapter 9: The Mega Bond
As Beedrill began to shift into consciousness, he moved slightly as the anesthetic in his system lost its power. He opened his eyes to be greeted by a blurry, but restoring, sight. He found himself lying on a cushioned bed in a room with white walls and a bedside table with a lamp, a glass of some golden liquid that seemed unfamiliar and a small yellow glass ball that had three spiral 'S's in the middle of it in different colors. There was a window next to him that showed the outside. The sun was starting to set.
That was his treasure that he was guarding from the Fearow that tried to steal it from him. He looked at his body and saw he had some bandages on his body and stingers.
'Where am I? What is this place? How long have I been out', Beedrill thought to himself in confusion.
The door to the room suddenly opened and two male humans, an unfamiliar orange bird and a Pikachu came up to him. One human looked like an elder while the other was just a young boy. Ash spoke to him first in a gentle voice.
"Beedrill, how are you feeling? Did you sleep okay?", asked Ash.
Beedrill was a little confused at first, but gave a quick now to both questions.
"That's good. Professor Oak here said that if we didn't bring you in sooner, you might have not made it.", said Ash while gesturing that older human, now known to Beedrill as Professor Oak.
"That Fearow did a number on you. You had suffered some bad injuries, but nothing permanent. You should be good to go back into the wild after a few days of rest.", said Professor Oak.
Ash took a chair and put it next the bed where Beedrill was lying. He sat down while Pikachu and Talonflame landed on the foot at his bed. Ash reached for the glass that was on the table and held it out for Beedrill in front of his face.
"Here. This should hep you. It's something that Professor Oak prepared for you.", said Ash.
Beedrill leaned in and took a tiny sip of the liquid. The taste was all too familiar because it was his favourite food.
Honey.
He began to quickly sip in the rest of the honey quickly, enjoying the taste of the sweet liquid and the feeling of it down his throat. Once it was all gone, Ash took put the empty glass back on the table.
"Beedrill, would it be alright of you told us what happened with you and that Fearow?", asked Professor Oak.
Beedrill raised one of his stingers and pointed it to the large marble on the table.
"Was that Fearow after that ball and you were trying to protect it?", asked Ash.
Beedrill nodded.
"That would make sense, since Fearow sometimes are attracted by shiny things and will go to great lengths to get what they want.", said Professor Oak.
"But it was a good thing that Talonflame here,", said Ash, gesturing Talonflame, "managed defeat that Fearow before it could hurt you anymore. We then carried you off here to be treated."
"You've been sleeping for some time now. Several hours, in fact.", said Professor Oak.
Beedrill looked at Talonflame.
"Thanks for the save, Talonflame. I don't think I could've survived any longer if it wasn't for your help.", said Beedrill.
"Not a problem. Glad to help you out, my friend.", said Talonflame with a smile.
Beedrill pointed out to the stone again, gesturing that he wanted to hold it.
"You wanna hold your treasure, Beedrill?", asked Ash.
Beedrill nodded. Ash grabbed the stone and placed it in Beedrill's crossed stingers. Beedrill felt relieved that his treasure was safe.
"Speaking of which, there's a friend of mine who would like to talk to you about that stone, Beedrill.", said Professor Oak.
Beedrill held onto it tightly in a defensive stance, protecting his treasure and starting to have doubts that these humans we're not as nice as he thought they were.
"Don't worry, Beedrill. We're not going to take it from you. Just rust him when you hear what he has to say. He's an expert on what he does.", said Professor Oak as he left the room to search for Professor Sycamore.
Professor Sycamore soon entered the room with a laptop in his hands and stopped next to the bed for Beedrill.
"Beedrill, my name is Augustine Sycamore. I'm a researcher and a scientist in the field of Mega Evolution. I have reason to believe that the stone you were trying to protect isn't just a treasure, but your own Mega Stone.", said Professor Sycamore
Beedrill was certainly puzzled by this. Mega Evolution? Mega Stone? What is this man talking about?
"Mega Evolution is a mysterious power that allows certain fully evolved pokemon to evolve once more for a limited time and unlock a mysterious new power.", said Professor Sycamore.
Beedrill looked at his stone for a second and then at the professor again. Mysterious new power? Now this seemed interesting.
Professor Sycamore went on explaining about Mega Evolution and all its concepts. How the power would change them and give them energy boosts, how to fully access it and other info. He even showed Beedrill and Ash some pictures of Mega Venusaur, Blastoise, Gengar and Pidgeot. Beedrill's eyes were completely glued to the photographs, unable to take them off the powerful-looking pokemon. Ash was also amazed at the photographs since they were the first Mega Pokemon he had seen in his life.
Beedrill started thinking about what he could look like if he could Mega Evolved, but the only thing he didn't like about it was that he would have to have a strong bond with a trainer. He was disappointed that he couldn't make the change by himself and that he would need a human partner to help access the power. He wanted to be independent all his life. He wouldn't mind battling since he had been doing it because a lot of pokemon were after his stone. But a good thing about having a trainer was that with some one to protect him, nobody would try to take his stone.
Plus, he can get stronger. He had no chance against Fearow, which showed he needed guidance. He had seen some of his brothers and sisters go with other trainers and they were happy because they were taken care of and trained well when he saw them sometimes.
"Beedrill, what did you that stone as before I told you about Mega Evolution? And how did you find it?", asked Professor Sycamore.
Beedrill thought for a minute about that. When he first found it, he had somehow sensed its presence in the forest and dug it out of the ground in the heart of the forest. He saw it as nothing of it more than a pretty stone that somehow told him to protect it. Protect it for it could be a key to greater power, the future or…his destiny.
Maybe this is his destiny. To form a strong bond with a trainer who can call him his equal, partner and friend. To use their bond to unravel a great mystery to greater power. And Ash and Talonflame were attracted to him in his time of need. Could it have been the stone that had attracted Ash and Talonflame to rescue him? Could Ash be his new partner and friend?
The sun had almost disappeared over the horizon and Ash soon yawned.
"It's getting late. I have to go home and get some sleep.", said Ash.
"I'd better get some sleep too. I've got a lot of stuff to do with Professor Oak in the morning.", said professor Sycamore.
Talonflame flew out of the room and out into the corral and Professor Sycamore left to go to the guest room. Pikachu hopped from Ash's shoulder and ran for Ash's house.
As Ash was about to leave, Beedrill buzzed to him. Ash approached Beedrill.
"What is it, Beedrill? Do you need something?", asked Ash.
Beedrill used his stingers to hold the Mega stone in his hands in front of Ash. She reached out and touched it with his hand. At that moment, while both individuals were touching the Beedrillite, both felt a connection. To both of them, it felt like they were supposed to work together to uncover the mystery of Mega Evolution. They needed each other to become stronger.
"Beedrill, when you heal, would you like to come on my journey with me? To help me in discovering Mega Evolution? To help you get stronger to wield this power?", asked Ash.
Beedrill nodded to his invitation.
Ash then exited the room to go back to his home while Beedrill gently laid his Mega Stone on the table before dozing off again.
For this story, I thought that Ash should have his first Mega Evolution pokemon from Kanto, but one that nobody would expect, but some of you might have expected it from the previous chapter. So I put in Beedrill since I didn't think anybody would think Ash would get a Beedrill since he always gets in trouble with them, but it would be a cool pokemon on his team if Mega Evolved. And Mega Beedrill looks super awesome.
And I know this story was meant to focus on Ash, Charizard and Talonflame's relationship, but I also wanted to show the earliest evidence of teamwork of Talonflame and Ash and show what kind of results it made and how it will affect the future.