Pokémon: Ashchu's Lost And Found
Chapter 2: Hostage transformation
The three figures were still talking behind the Ketchum home with some sort of machine. There was a female with long red hair and a male with sort blue wearing white uniforms with the letter "R". Crouching beside them was Meowth flicking switches on the machine. The female of the trio was the first to speak. "Well isn't that something." The male smiled back at the female replying "Indeed, who would of fort that the kid that stopped us from completing our missions in the past was really a pathetic Pichu?" The Meowth turned off the machine that was used to hear conversion inside the house "You make a good point James and I think I have an evil plan from listening to their story." The female asked what Meowth's plan was and then Meowth quickly answered her question "Well Jessie if we mange to take them stones and kidnap the Twerp along with his Pikachu. We can get revenge for everything he's done by turning him back into the Pichu and leaving him in the wild fair away. He won't survive a day and when he's taken care of his Pikachu will be forced to fight for us." Jessie and James agree with a nod and with that started planning.
Back inside the house Misty was cheering up Delia while the others watched waiting for Ash to return. "Mrs Ketchum don't be upset, you raised Ash just fine." Misty said in a calm voice. Delia wipes away some tears before speaking "No! I should have told him sooner, this is something important about his life and I kept it a secret all this time." Gary then joined in "Mrs Ketchum think about this for a minute, if you never told him the truth until now he would never have gotten this fair as a Pokémon Trainer and not to mention all the adventures his been on, his even helped save the world more than once." Brock helped back Gary up "Gary's has a point if you told Ash when he was younger he probably wouldn't have considered becoming a trainer witch means he wouldn't have meat Pikachu, me or Misty. Like Gary said he help save the world more than once think about what would have happened if he wasn't there to help." Delia thought about it with her head down in shame. Then Brock felt like something else was missing, he looked around to find that Pikachu was gone. "Hey guys, where's Pikachu?" Misty turned her head looking around the room for the electric pokémon. "Wasn't he just here a moment ago?" questions Misty still looking. "He's probably gone after Ash." says Professor Oak with his arm folded "Should we go looking for them?" asked Gary but Professor Oak shakes his head in disagreement "No Gary, I think Pikachu will be okay. They always do look out for one another".
It has gotten a lot darker since Ash left the house and Pikachu was running along a road in Pallet Town Passing by other house trying find Ash's scent. Few minutes latter Pikachu found his scent and finds himself at lake in the middle of Pallet. Pikachu could see Ash sitting beside the lake looking up at the starry night. Pikachu slowly walked up to Ash trying not to make him jump letting out a small "Pika?" Ash heard Pikachu behind him and turned around to face him. Ash simply gave a small smiled and said "Hey Pikachu, I guess you where looking for me?" Pikachu nodded slowly and walked up right beside Ash and sat down next to him. Ash looked back up to the sky with is smile gone and said "What a day, do you believe what mom said was true Pikachu?" Pikachu didn't know what to believe and just looked down to the ground. Ash sighed and petted Pikachu's head. "You don't know either huh." Said Ash and got off the ground "Let's head back Pikachu, everyone else might be worried sick." Pikachu happily replied back with "Pikachu" and hoped on Ash shoulder and walked back home.
Finally Ash and Pikachu made back home safe with everyone still in the living room waiting for them. Misty was the first to speak "Ash are you okay?" Ash looked at Misty and said happily "I'm just fine, sorry if I worried you all." Delia then slowly walks over to Ash with a sad look in her eyes. "Ash I'm so sorry, I never told your past and about your real mother." Delia said trying to hold back the tears in her eyes. Pikachu then hoped of Ash's shoulder as he walked up to Delia and hugged her while saying "I don't care about that, I'm just happy that you're the one who saved and raise me as a son. I couldn't ask for a better mother, I love you." Delia closed her eyes with tears of joy replying back "I love you too." Everyone else in the room smiling relived that Ash was taking the information well and accepted it. Brock looked back to the stones that where still inside the box. At this point Ash and Delia stopped hugging and turned to Brock who was about to ask something. "Ash I was wondering, you have a chance to go back to your Pichu self. Are you planning on changing back?" Everyone's eyes where back to Ash but before he could answer Brocks question there was a sound of braking glass. It turned out to be a window that broken because someone had thrown a cylinder shape object into the house. Professor Oak saw what it was and shouted "Everyone watch out!" at that moment it started to spray out smoke filling the room in seconds. Everyone started coughing as the smoke made it harder to breath. One by one they ran out the house trying to get some air back in their lungs. Professor Oak managed to talk while trying to breathe "Is everyone alright?" everyone got their breath back and all replied except for Ash who was missing. Everyone tried calling out for Ash but there was no answer. Gary begins to think and asked "You don't think Ash is still inside there do you?" Just hearing that Delia tried to get back inside but was getting pulled back by Brock "No you mustn't going in their!" Misty ran towards Brock and shouted at him "Brock we have to save him!" Brock shock his head "No that house by now is filled with that smoke. It will be impossible to see or breathe in there!" Professor Oak agreed with Brock and tried to cram Delia down with Brock still pulling her arm. Pikachu was also starting to panic and had no idea what to do. But then he heard the sound of foot steps behind him and called out to the others. Soon they stopped focussing on the house and were looking at what Pikachu was looking at revelling Team Rocket slowly making their escape with Ash tied up getting pulled along by James.
It didn't take long at all for the group to recognised who they it was getting away with Ash's body. Delia screamed out with fear "Ash!" then followed by Misty "What are you three doing here?!" Team Rocket stopped to turn towards them and begun to sing their motto. "What a question, twerpish indeed!" "We'll answer these questions when we feel the need!" "Bringing the blinding white light of evil into the future!" "Thrusting the hammer of justice down onto the black darkness of the universe!" "Carving our names in the Rock of Eternity!" "The fiery destroyer, Jessie!" "And with thunderous emotion, I am James!" "Wisest of the wise, Meowth!" "And now gather, under the name of Team Rocket!" finishing their motto as a trio. Pikachu called out to Ash but he didn't reply, Ash's body wasn't moving with his eyes closed. Meowth gave a little chuckle and spoke "Don't be worried about the kid, yet anyways. He's just fast asleep like a baby Pichu." Gary took a step forward towards Team Rocket and said with an angry tone "A Pichu? Wait were you three spying on us earlier?!" Jessie looked at James with a smile "They sure catch on fast don't they." James looked at Jessie then back to the group "Indeed they do, we know everything about the twerp being a Pichu." Brock then joined the argument "Then you should know that he can't go back to a Pichu with out the Evolution Stones!" James then gave the rope that was tied to Ash to Jessie as he reached into his pocket pulling out the Stones. "Oh do you mean these Evolution Stones?" Everyone was in gasped when they saw the stones. "Well it was a nice chat and we would like to stay and explain the evil plan, but we've got to go" Meowth garbed the last of the smoke bombs and throws them at the group and making their escape.
Time had past and Ash was starting to wake up but felt something different about his body. His hearing and scent of smell was a lot more improve than couple of hours ago. He wasn't able to see due to a blindfold that was covering his eyes, Ash slowly pulls of the blindfold and the first thing sees are metal bars and the sound of voices not to fair away from him. "We have to keep moving or they will catch up with us" Ash begins to think where he heard them before. "Hay he's waking up let me go have a word with him" Then it hit Ash that was the voice of Team Rockets Meowth, he started to get up but failed when he saw his arms. What used to be hands and long arms with skin became small paws and arms with yellow fur. Ash slowly starting to panic examined the rest of his body, Black fur collar pattern around his neck with yellow fur continuing down to his feet and a small black tail. Begin to feel his ear and with this all in mind accepts the fact that he's back to his original Pichu body. Ash stood still looking at his Pichu body trying to remember how this could have happened but was snapped out his train of thought when Meowth approached the Pichu sized cage that Ash was trapped in. "We must have knocked you out pretty good if you didn't wake when you transformed." "How did you…." It was the only thing Ash could say since he had no memory of his transformation. "Right my bad you don't remember, this is the story kid when you where all talking we broke in, put you to sleep and took you here. Oh and you where heavier than we thought so to make the kid napping easier we turned you back into a Pichu. Of course it was part of the plan anyways to make you a Pokémon again." Ash wasn't taking the information well and remember is mom and friends "Where are my friends?" "Well if I put my paw on it I would say that their out looking for ya. Bad Idea really the woods can be a dangerous place this time of night." Meowth turned away and started walking towards the two other Team Rocket members. "You should get some sleep. Were going to find your friends and if they accept the trade you'll be back with them safe and sound." Ash managed to get up on his hind legs without falling and walks over to the metal bars. "What are you planning to trade?" Meowth stops in place "Your Pikachu" then continues walking.