A/N: I've returned! I have had PR-Writing-Block forever! The first POV (Brock's) Was written over a course of several weeks, while Ash's POV was written tonight! I may even have a chapter up next wee, (If the ideas keep coming like this!). I have been thinking about this a lot lately, (I have most of the story planned out at this point) and I realized that all of the ideas I have for Grace and Pikachu I won't be able to fit in. In fact I will have to cut out a ton of their story unless I did like two full chapters from their POV (Which I am NOT!). So it may feel a tad bit rushed... (Hopefully not.) I wanted to have this whole part with her and Aaron, introducing a ton of Aaron's back story, but I will have to cut that out, or else the timeline will be out of balance. Since I'm still working on that, we only have two POVs in this chapter, Ash and Brock. Brock's may not be as great as a few other parts, since I wrote that over a course of several weeks instead of when I was in a Pikachu's-Revenge-Writing-Ideas-are-just-flowing-to-me-non-stop mode. So, here is chapter eighteen!
NOTE:
Brock: 21
Ash: 16
Dawn: 15
"Well, here we are Suzy," Brock said. Suzy turned to him and smiled, and Brock's heart skipped a beat. Even after a year of traveling with Suzy, she still made him feel so... Brock couldn't describe it.
And the best part was that she was his wife. Not some random girl. But someone he truly loved.
"Nine," Ninetales said, walking between them. The small Vulpix that Brock had cared for had evolved on their wedding day, via Firestone.
Though Suzy had been dating her childhood friend, Zane, it had been cut short. Zane's death had pressed Suzy into severe depression. But when Brock had met up with her when he had returned to Kanto, and they had quickly become close friends once more.
And after two years of dating, Brock had decided that she was the right one. After a shaky proposal, Suzy had said yes.
And no Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny, or anyone could replace Suzy.
"And that's the Gym, right?" Suzy asked, pointing to the Pewter Gym. Brock smiled and nodded. They had been traveling for a whole year, through ten different regions, for their honeymoon, and it was there first time back in Pewter City since then.
"Right," Brock said, frowning, "But... It seems empty." The lights were dark. In fact, it seemed abandoned. Brock had told his family that they would be back today.
"STEEL!" The ground in front of them began to rumble in front of them, and a Steelix burst out of the ground. Suzy stumbled back, and Brock put an arm around her.
"SURPRISE!" A dozen voices cried out, and Brock's family climbed out of the hole, and his younger siblings came charging at him. Brock was knocked to the ground, and eight small children climbed on top of him, "You're back!" All of his siblings, except Forrest, gave him eager greeting.
Forrest, Lola, and Flint all helped get the younger children off of Brock, while Suzy and Ninetales stood off to the side, smiling. Flint approached Suzy, shaking her hand, "It is nice to see you again Suzy. I get to spend one day with you as my daughter-in-law, then you and Brock are off."
"Brock has been wonderful, I couldn't ask for a better husband," Suzy said, smiling, then she glanced at Brock. He smiled and nodded.
"Me and Suzy have an announcement," Brock declared. To his surprise, most of his younger siblings looked upset.
"You better not be going on another journey!" They complained. Suzy and Brock laughed.
"No, but this has to do with you guys," Brock said, lowering himself to the ground so he could be at eye level with his siblings, "You guys are going to be aunts and uncles."
Forrest's eyes widened, Lola let out a gasp and covered her mouth, eyes gleaming. Flint blinked, "Brock, are you saying..."
Brock stood up and nodded, "Me and Suzy are going to be have a baby."
"Oh my gosh!" Lola cried, running up to Brock, giving her son a big hug, "Is it a boy or a girl? When is it due?"
"Now, Lola, give them some room," Flint said, and Brock went and stood by Suzy.
"It's a boy," Suzy said, "He's due in four months."
Lola yet out a small shriek of excitement, "We're going to be grandparents!"
"You're going to be a father, uh?" Forrest said, looking up at his older brother. Brock smiled.
"Yep," Brock replied, "But enough about us, how has the Gym been?"
Forrest chatted about the Gym, while Lola couldn't get over the fact that she was getting a grandchild. She dragged Suzy out into a never ending conversation, and Suzy was just as eager to talk. Flint glanced over at Brock and shook his head. Brock smiled.
'Help.'
The voice was quiet, but it was as clear as day. Brock sat up, "What?" He said, looking around.
Suzy glanced over at him, "Are you okay Brock?"
His eyes narrowed, "I thought I heard someone calling... No, just asking for help."
'Come.'
"There it is again!" Brock said, and everyone stared at him, "You guys don't heard it?"
'Come.'
"Cro!" With a flash of red light, Croagunk appeared. Everyone, except Brock and Suzy, seemed surprised by the Toxic Mouth Pokemon's sudden appearance. Croagunk sat up glancing around, and glaring, "Gunk!" Brock recognized it as Anticipation, Croagunk's ability.
"Does Croagunk sense something?" Suzy asked, used to Croagunk's ability after a year.
'Brock. Help. Please.'
"Gunk!" Croagunk swept his gaze over to the right. His gazed moved about, trained on an unseen thing.
"What are you?" Brock asked unsteadily.
Brock's eyes began to glow white, and Suzy gasped.
Brock stumbled back, and memories flashed through him. A cave, Dialga. Palkia. Red chain. Three small creatures falling, three people catching them. Me. Brock realized as he viewed himself catching a small blue and yellow creature.
Brock returned to himself. His family was looking at him with worry. "Uxie." Brock said, "Is that you?"
"Uxie?" Forrest muttered, "Isn't that... a legendary?"
'...Yes. Help.'
"Are you okay Uxie? Is something wrong?" Brock asked, stepping forward, unsure if Uxie was there, or just communicating through the mind.
'I'm fine. Something wrong.'
Brock's vision faded again, and he found himself view more memories, one's that weren't his own. Azelf writhing in pain. A spring. A Manaphy. A cave full of crystals. A red crystals in the arms of a small Manaphy, an images were flashing inside the crystal.
A boy encased in an electrical current, a Luxray creeping closers, showering the boy with a Thunder attack. The boy let out a whimper. Brock caught a few seconds of the boy's face.
'No...' Brock thought to himself.
'Yes,' Uxie said sadly, 'Ash.'
Brock watched in a horrified awe as Ash fell to his knees as the Thunder attack stopped, gasping for air. Ash simply closed his eyes. The Thunder attack it once more.
'Ash... Azelf... In danger. You... Dawn... Help? Please?' Uxie asked.
Brock was jerked out of the memories that Uxie had been showing him. Brock found himself laying on his back, staring up at the sky.
With Uxie hovering above him.
"B-brock...?" Brock sat up, his family was staring at him. Brock noticed a ring of energy around him and Uxie.
'People bad,' Uxie explained.
"Ash..." Brock muttered.
"Brock, are you okay? You were for ten minutes, and..." They went quiet as Uxie turned to face them, pointing a finger towards them, a Shadow Ball forming.
"Uxie stop!" Brock gasped, standing up, standing in front of the Shadow Ball.
'People bad!'
"I know you don't like people that much, after what Cyrus and Team Galactic did to you. But this is my family. They are no threat to you," Brock said calmly. Uxie lowered the Shadow Ball, slowly, but still looked on edge. Slowly the ring of energy around Brock and Uxie vanished.
Uxie turned back towards Brock.
"Uxie, where is Ash?" Brock asked.
'In danger.'
"Yeah... I saw that..." Brock said shakily, flinching at the vision Uxie had shown him, "But physically, where is he?"
'Azelf says he is in Sinnoh.' Uxie hovered in front of Brock.
"And you need me."
'Yes. Will you help?'
Brock didn't hesitate, and he nodded, "Yes, when do you need me to leave?"
His family glanced at him in confusion.
'Now.'
Brock nodded again, "Okay."
Ash managed to open his eyes, but he just closed them again. The last day had been him slipping in and out of consciousness. But no matter what state he was in, pain was his constant companion.
He had remembered falling asleep on his back, but at some point someone had flipped him on his stomach. It was much better now that his whole weight wasn't being pressed onto his shredded back. But he was still lying in a small puddle of his own blood and sweat.
Ash opened his eyes again, Riley was leaning against the wall, hat covering his eyes. Presumably asleep. Ash couldn't help but wonder how he had retained his hat through all of this. Ash noticed that Riley's hands were covered with blood.
Ash shifted his gaze towards the door. His stomach grumbled as it viewed the tray of food with the usual, a hunk of bread and a canteen of water. Ash tried to push himself up, but pain flared through his back, and he collapsed back to the floor.
He'd have to wait for Riley to wake up.
Annoyance twitched inside of him knowing that he was at Riley's mercy for food and water. Half of him was tempted to wake up Riley, but Ash knew better than to annoy a person that hated him- and who his life depended on.
Ash closed his eyes and slipped off again.
Ash jerked awake by the sound of a key rattling in the lock.
A sound Ash had learned to dread.
Ash winced from the flash of pain that ran down his spine when he jerked awake. He managed to gather enough energy to tilt his head the slightest to get a better view. Riley was awake, staring at the door, his face emotionless.
The door opened, and Zan was standing there, Zoroark and Luxray by his side. Instead of several guards though, there was only a girl behind him. The women had ambered colored hair and green eyes, and appeared to be in her late twenties.
Ash closed his eyes, letting out a small shuttered.
"Hello, its been a while, hasn't it? A full day, if I'm correct," Zan said. No one said a word, "I have some new information reached me. And Riley, I'd like to have a word with you."
Ash opened his eyes, which Luxray noticed. The Luxray sent a few sparks towards Ash, letting out a small snicker as Ash flinched. Zan's eyes swept over him, "I haven't forgotten about you Ash. But I must say... you don't well. Mae, get Ash some food. I can't have him dying yet, not while the Time Lapse is still active."
The girl, Mae, flinched, "Y-yes, Zan, sir." She said.
"Good. Riley if you'd please follow me. And remember, I'd like to keep this civil."
"As would I," Riley replied, standing up, adjusting his hat.
Then they were gone, leaving Mae standing in the doorway. Ash let out a shaky sigh of relief. The look of obedience on Mae's face was gone, replaced with worry. She rushed over to Ash, kneeling beside him, "Oh, you poor little thing!" She said, her hands outstretched, but she seemed hesitant to touch him.
Ash closed his eyes, to weak to answer. Just trying to dim out the pain he was in. He heard the sound of a Pokemon being released, "Vivillon, Psychic." A warm gentle energy surrounded Ash, and he was slowly lifted from the ground.
Ash didn't know how long he was carried by the Psychic, but the next thing he remembered was laying on something soft. His body gave a shiver of delight of being on something other than cement.
"Use Aromatherapy," Mae's voice said. Ash felt a mist coat his body, not healing him, but closing the wounds and lessening the pain.
Barely.
Mae helped sit up a bit, and Ash felt some food being pressed to his lips. He greedily, but slowly, ate the bread. When he was done Mae offered him some water, and he drained it. She pulled the canteen away.
"M-more... Please?" Ash asked through dry lips.
"Vivillon, go get some more food and water," Mae ordered. Ash drifted away again, and came to himself as Mae gently nudged him, then held up more food. After he ate Mae gently laid him back down, then whispered, "I'm... sorry."
"N-no... Than-nk y-you..." Ash coughed. Ash mustered all of his strength, then he sat up. He gulped, and ignored the pain. Then shakily stood up. He managed it for a few seconds, and he stumbled. Mae reached out to balance him.
"Stop. You shouldn't push yourself this far!" She cried, and her Vivillon used Psychic, carefully lifting Ash up, "You have lost a lot of blood, and your nerves are very weak and sensitive from all the electrical attacks!"
Ash didn't say anything, and Mae lead him back to his cell. He studied the women, she seem different from the other people that worked for Zan. She didn't seem to be enjoying this at all. She seemed to get more guilt in her expression with each step.
Ash couldn't help but wonder how she got caught up with Zan's plan. He knew most of his workers were probably greedy for power, but she didn't seem like the type.
Or maybe she was just acting, trying to get more information from Ash.
Ash closed his eyes, he wouldn't say anything.
When Ash opened his eyes again, he was back in his cell. Mae was gently laying him onto the ground. She looked at him, sadness in her eyes. "I-" She stuttered, and she looked away, "I'm so sorry!" She ran out of the cell. Ash frowned, she seemed sorry for something else, something besides his current predicament.
Then Ash's eyes began to glow white.
A/N: Yep. Brock is married. And is going to have a son. I was originally going to have him be married to Nurse Joy, but then I thought that wouldn't be that original (Then again, Suzy isn't original either...) But in the few episodes Suzy appeared in, Brock and her seemed to be a really good pairing, so I decided on Suzy. And if you don't like that, oh well. This is not a shipping story, so there will be not much of Suzy from here on out, and there will be no DawnXAsh either.
Brock's Team:
Steelix
Croagunk
Aerodactyl
Ninetales
Swampert
Blissey
The reason Croagunk hasn't evolved is because of Saturn's Toxicroak (Croagunk hated Toxicroak, so Croagunk never wanted to evolve. Same with Dawn's Buneary in this story, she hasn't evolved because Pikachu does want to. (And no PikachuXBuneary is this story either. I do like shipping, this is just not a shipping story.)
And Mae has returned (The one that captured Swellow.) So Swellow must be nearby too...
Please review :D