Dawn's POV
We all turned to see who was asking about his Tyranitar. He was in his middle forties, short messy mauve hair, dark brown eyes, a purple jacket, black ripped jeans, purple and black shoes, and a grey backpack. Paul seemed like he was in a state of terror. He wasn't alone. Ranee was in shock as well.
Nurse Joy handed him his poke ball and said, "I'm terribly sorry for the inconvenience, Clark, but…" Clark snatched his poke ball from her and got a good look at Paul. Paul was still in a state of shock. Ash saw this and covered for him. He smiled at Clark and said, "It's nice to meet you, Clark. I'm Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town." He pointed to Pikachu and said, "And this is my partner, Pikachu." Pikachu waved and said, "Pikachu!" Clark looked at Ash and asked, "Ketchum? As in David Ketchum?" Ash seemed a bit mortified and answered, "My dad-or least he was." My jaw dropped.
Did Ash say was? He did. Brock spoke up and asked, "Was?" Ash nodded and answered, "He died a long time ago. But, how did you know him?" Clark snarled and said, "He defended my boy when he was asking for it." I looked at Paul and he seemed to have snapped out of his trance. He slowly spoke, "I remember that. Before I found Ranee at the Veilstone meteorites, I ran into my dad. He had his Tyranitar out and boy was he mad. Just when I thought it was all over, a Raichu-using Volt Tackle saved me. Out of the shadows came a trainer. He was in his middle forties, messy black hair, brown eyes, a blue shirt, blue jeans, black running shoes, and a blue and black backpack. He faced my dad and said, 'I'm David Ketchum and I recommend that you leave that boy alone.'" Paul faced Ash. Ash had tears in his eyes-and so did I.
Neither trainer had known what happened all of those years ago. Paul probably blocked out that part because it was too terrifying. As for Ash, he plain didn't know. Clark perked up and pointed at Paul, "You're my little boy! You have grown-into a weakling!" Paul snarled but before he could speak up, I did. I said, "He is not a weakling! He's more of a man than you'll ever be!" Clark snarled at me and Paul went in front of us. I could tell he was still shaky from all of this. He slowly said, "Let's have a battle, father. 2-on-1."
Clark sneered but before he could agree to it, Paul added, "You versus me and Ash." Ash stood next to Paul and said, "I'm in-for my father's honor." Paul smiled and faced his father. He asked, "You up for it, dad?" Clark smiled and said, "Sure why not?" Barry leaned into me and whispered, "You better call Officer Jenny." I nodded and headed for the phones without Clark noticing me. They went outside to battle and I got through to Officer Jenny. "Hello, Officer Jenny?"