A/N: I have to admit, there's just so many characters in this story! I can't believe I added two more original characters. The point is that with this many characters, I may start excluding some without even knowing I am. So if there's any character that you'd like to see more of, say so in a review. You'll notice that this chapter will be similar to Chapter 4 in certain ways. With that being said, read, review, and enjoy the story! I really hope this is an interesting and in-depth Pokémon story to you readers!
Chapter 8 – The Cabin Restoration
A Lucky Landing
"The plane is pulling up!" James said.
"But it doesn't change the fact that we're going to crash hard!" Jessie yelled. "Pull harder!"
Miraculously, James was able to pull up the almost one sided plane nearly all the way up. The heliplane went from a head-on landing to a skid across the pure white snow. When the plane finally came to a stop, Ash's friends were relieved.
"That was a close one," Clemont said, calming down.
"That's a relief," Serena said, holding her heart. "You ok, Ash?"
Ash was completely stable even with the abrupt landing. "I'm not truly okay until we get Pikachu back!"
"No need to worry, Ash, we'll save Pikachu!" Dawn affirmed. "Right Piplup?"
"-Lup," Piplup chirped, still weak from the battles.
"Dawn's right," Iris said, "we'll save Pikachu all right! Right Axew?"
"Eww," Axew also murmured in weakness.
The group on the plane walked out to find a vast space of pure white snow surrounding them with the exception of the trees and the tall hills and valleys. And to their surprise, the sky was finally at sunrise.
"Hey look guys," Misty exclaimed, "the sun's finally coming up!"
"Wow," Dawn smiled, "it's like the sun is smiling at us!"
"Yeah!" Ash said.
"Goes to show how long we've been in Team Rocket's Base," May commented.
"But we can't just stay here," Tracey said.
"Our Pokémon are in terrible shape!" Cilan asserted.
"We need to find a nearby cabin or somewhere that can help us," Brock said.
"But where are we going to find that?" Serena questioned.
Nobody noticed that Bonnie had already got to the job. She used the "Buizel Aqua Jetpack" Clemont gave her to quickly scan the area. And sure enough, she found what they were looking for.
"Clemont! All of you!" Bonnie called. "Come here!"
So the group ran north up to the slope Bonnie was perched, and they all viewed much more than they had imagined. From the view, Team Rocket members could already be seen setting up tents and even mobile buildings around the Sinjoh Ruins directly behind it. Their eyes followed the trail south for about three-quarter mile south and found a large wooden cabin made up of thick, dark logs.
"Let's go!" Max and Bonnie cheered already running off.
"I don't want to stay outside here forever, so I'm going too!" Iris declared.
The entire group wearily but surely made their way to the cabin. Feeling downbeat from the prior events at Team Rocket's base, they were all hoping the owners would help them all recover.
"Let's hope they can help us heal our Pokémon also," Brock told them all.
"Yeah," the rest of them agreed.
Warm Cabin Welcome
After strolling across the snowy land, the group of Ash's travelling partners finally made it to the large, two-story wooden cabin. Smoke could be seen rising from the brick chimney, assuring the group that there were definitely people inside.
"Go ahead and knock on the door, Ash," Dawn told him.
"Ok," Ash replied. When the door opened, they were met by two warm smiling faces of a young woman and man.
"Hello," the man welcomed, "how can I help you?"
"Well you see," Ash explained, "our Pokémon aren't doing too well."
"All of our Pokémon are in very bad condition," Clemont said, "so we were wondering if you could help us heal them."
"Luckily for you guys," the woman said, "this is just the place for travelers and Pokémon alike to get some rest!"
"Come on in!" the man accepted.
Ash and his friends were surprised to find out that the cozy wooden cabin had plenty of space inside to fit all of them. It was also very warming and soothing thanks to the brick fireplace producing heat.
"It's so warm in here!" Iris exclaimed taking off her winter clothes.
"This is bigger than my house!" Dawn exclaimed.
"We forgot to introduce ourselves," the woman said.
"My name is Donovan," the blue-haired man introduced.
Brock was getting excited about the woman's beauty with her long, flowing black hair and feminine figure, but he immediately became depressed after hearing unwanted news.
"I'm Ashlyn," the woman smiled, "and I'm Donovan's wife!"
"Nice to meet you!" they all said.
"Aww man…." Brock sighed.
They all gathered in the living room to discuss what was going on.
"So what brings all of you this far?" Ashlyn questioned.
"This is a long way for kids like you to come along," Donovan added.
"Let me explain," Ash said. "Team Rocket stole my Pikachu while I was in Kalos, so we came here to save him! We spent all of last night intruding their base to find Pikachu, but when we did they just flew off with him to the Sinjoh Ruins! Then we tried following them, but they shot us down so we crash landed."
"Now we're stuck here…" Dawn said.
"All night?!" Ashlyn said in shock.
"You guys really crash landed?" Donovan asked.
"I think right now you should rest as much as you can," Ashlyn suggested.
"There are sleeping bags and mattresses over there," Donovan said pointing to a section of their cabin.
"Good idea," Cilan said in a tired voice.
"I'm getting kind of sleepy myself," May said while yawning.
"And if you want," Ashlyn said, "send out all of your Pokémon so we can heal them in the meantime."
"Ok," Tracey said.
"Sounds good to me," Misty said.
"Everyone, come on out!" they all said.
After all of the Pokémon were sent out, everyone went to sleep and rested up the entire morning.
The Afternoon
"Wake up, Ash," Dawn told him, "it's time for lunch!"
"All right!" Ash jumped up. "Let's go!"
Just like the day before, everyone else was already eating when Ash got up.
"I thought you would be up earlier at the smell of good food!" May joked with Ash.
Everyone enjoyed a hearty meal, but Clemont was already preparing to advance forward with their goal of saving Pikachu.
"How far is the Sinjoh Ruins from here?" Clemont asked Donovan.
"Actually, the Sinjoh Ruins are really close to here," Donovan answered while opening the window. "Look, you can see them from here!"
"Are those tents and smoke next to the ruins?" Ashlyn wondered.
"I believe so," Blaziken Mask said, joining their conversation. "It appears Team Rocket has set up camp there."
"But we can't just go there right now," Bonnie protested. "No one's ready yet!"
"Then we can spy on them," James planned.
"Spy on them?" they asked.
"Yes," James said, "we'll find out what they're up to and make our plans accordingly!"
"James can transfer any data, information and recordings they collect directly to us!" Jessie said.
"That's a great idea!" Meowth said.
"Well we should go as soon as possible," Donovan said. "We can leave now if you're ready."
"I'm coming along!" Clemont said.
"I'm going too!" Bonnie exclaimed.
"I'll join them," James added.
"Same here," Blaziken Mask said.
"I think I'll stay here to help heal," Ashlyn said.
"And we'll be here," Jessie said.
"We'll gather the information," Meowth said.
As soon as they left, Ash's friends wondered where they went to.
"Where Clemont and Bonnie go?" Serena asked.
"They're going to the Sinjoh Ruins," Dawn answered.
"They're going to spy on Team Rocket," Ash told Serena.
"Ok," Serena said.
Recon
Donovan took Blaziken Mask, Clemont, Bonnie, and James on his personal snowmobile to get to the site. After passing a few trees over layers of snow, the five climbed up to a nearby cliff where the Sinjoh Ruins and Team Rocket's tents were visible directly below.
"There they are!" Bonnie pointed out.
"I think now's a good time to pull out your gear, Clemont!" Blaziken Mask said.
"Good idea," Clemont agreed, pulling equipment out of his bag.
"I'll set up as well," James added.
Donovan took out his binoculars to get a better view of the camp. "Is the camera connected to the binoculars?" he asked James.
"Yes," James replied, "so anything you find will be captured and recorded."
"My mapping software is already at work," Clemont stated. "Let make sure we have the full map before we leave!"
"Don't forget the ruins themselves!" Bonnie said.
"Yeah," Clemont said, "I've got that covered."
"But why the Sinjoh Ruins of all places?" Blaziken Mask wondered.
"That's what we also need to find out," Donovan said. "It appears right now that those members with different colored hair are going into a meeting room!"
"Those are the executives!" Bonnie explained.
"Let's find out what they're up to!" James said throwing a small cube down below. He then proceeded to control the machine with a remote, flying the object all the way to where the meeting room was. The cube had a recording camera on it that displayed on a screen.
"No way!" Clemont jumped. "Amazing!"
"As you can see from the screen," James declared, "our little device is already in! Now I just have to press 'meeting room mode' and the bot will automatically hide itself in the wall.
"Yay!" Bonnie exclaimed.
"Shh," Blaziken Mask said, "let's listen."
All of them looked at the screen and watched Petrel, Proton, Ariana, Atlas, Archer, and a hooded Giovanni discuss the important matters.
"Tommorrow will be a very important day," Giovanni started. "Our plan to take over the world will commence tomorrow at ten in the morning."
"Great Giovanni," Archer said, "what do you want us to do with the Pikachu?"
"Bring him along with the Original One and the lake trio," Giovanni replied. "He must be the first to witness our power."
"But why do you want Pikachu out of all the Pokémon there are?" Ariana questioned.
"There's nothing particularly special about that Pikachu," Proton stated.
"He sure brought a bunch of intruders, though," Petrel admitted.
"Even Raichu, his evolved form would be better!" Atlas pointed out.
"Silence!" Giovanni demanded. "Pikachu goes along also, no 'if', 'and', or 'but' about it.
"Yes Giovanni," the five of them obeyed.
"Now, tommorrow's plan is simple," Giovanni stated. "All of our Golbat and I will carry the controlled Arceus onto the Mystri Stage inside the Sinjoh Ruins through the front entrance. The job for you executives and the other Team Rocket Grunts is to make sure no interferences occur, so guard us with your life! Continue guarding when Arceus is on the Mystri Stage, I will be doing all the work from there! Understood?"
"Understood!" they all said.
"WHAT?!" Clemont and the group responded.
"They have control of Arceus?!" James said in shock.
"Donovan," Clemont asked, "which tent do you think is holding Arceus and Pikachu?"
"It appears the tent furthest back could be holding them," Donovan said.
"Hey Clemont, Bonnie said, "I think your software says he's right!"
"James," Blaziken Mask told him, "see if you can get your device in that tent in the back.
"Ok," James said. "I'm on it!"
The five of them were horrified at the thought of Arceus being under Team Rocket's control. Their fear skyrocketed when they saw what the device was recording inside the tent. None of them were pleased at the sights being seen by the small camera as it flew around, and they were glad not to be in there.
"Oh no," Bonnie cried, "it's the Genesect that terrorized us!"
"They're being repaired?!" Blaziken Mask shouted in disbelief.
"There's the lake trio!" Clemont pointed out.
"Uxie, Azelf, and Mesprit," James sighed.
"Arceus is in that synthetic cube!" Bonnie cried.
"Are those plates around it?" Blaziken Mask wondered.
"Yes," Clemont said, "it appears all 18 of them are floating around Arceus in a circle. This could be what's controlling him."
"No," Donovan said, "there's has to be something else – I know from the legends that it shouldn't be like this!"
After quickly recording the other parts of the storage tent, the camera device flew out of the tent and eventually back into James's hand.
"I'm done with my information gathering," James stated.
"Same here," Clemont said while packing up, "my mapping technology has finally finished."
"You forgot something," Blaziken Mask said to Clemont, "here."
"Thanks," Clemont said happily. "Do I know you from somewhere?"
"Of course!" Blaziken nervously responded, knowing the truth. "You remember the Blaziken that helped defeat the 'Mega Meowth' robot back in Lumiose, don't you?"
"That's right!" Bonnie exclaimed. "I remember!"
"Let's go back to inform the others," Donovan told the other four.
"Right," they all replied.
Cabin Healing (takes place the same time as 'Recon')
After lunch, the people left in the cabin helped each other out in washing the dishes, cleaning the kitchen and table, and taking part in other cleaning jobs around the cabin. However, there was one important job that still had to be done.
"Ashlyn," Brock asked, "were you able to heal the Pokémon?"
"To tell you the truth," Ashlyn answered," there was just too many of them for me to heal the Pokemon on my own. It's not like this is a Pokémon Center. So I let them take a well-needed rest that they would've needed anyway."
"Everyone's awake now," Serena pointed out.
"Now would be a good time to heal their wounds," May said.
"Yeah," Dawn agreed, "we're done cleaning so we should help them now!"
"Ok then," Ashlyn said, "let's get to work! The Pokémon will recover better if they drink a special herbal tea. Luckily, I have just the ingredients here in this closet!"
"Just like we had in the Pokémon Center!" Ash noticed.
"I can help make it!" Iris volunteered.
"I'll help as well!" Cilan added.
"Then Iris and Cilan can go make the Pokémon drinks," Ashlyn directed. "Use the same recipe you use for the human tea but add one Revival Herb and one pack of EnergyPowder per serving!"
"Got it!" Iris and Cilan responded. The two immediately got to work.
"To heal the scratches, bruises, and wounds," Ashlyn said, "we need to spray the Pokémon with Potions."
"I can do that!" May offered.
"Us too!" Misty and Tracey said, suddenly appearing.
"Ok, here are the Potions," Ashlyn said handing them a few bottles.
"Thanks!" the three of them thanked, and they went to their hurt Pokémon right away.
"The rest of you need to come with me to the shed to grab other supplies," Ashlyn said motioning towards the door.
"Ok," Brock, Ash, Dawn, and Serena said.
As the five of them ran out the door, Jessie and Meowth were busy collecting the information James was gathering.
"This is really something," Meowth commented looking at the screen.
"Yeah," Jessie sighed worried about the future.
Ashlyn and Brock separated from the other three around the snowy cabin property.
"Ash, Dawn, and Serena," Ashlyn said, "go and get three boxes of Oran Berries out of that shed."
"Got it," they agreed while running there.
"Brock," Ashlyn told him, "come with me to grab heat and ice packs."
"Ok," Brock agreed.
The storage shed was larger than they expected.
"This shed sure is tall," Ash said.
"Look Ash," Dawn told him, "the Oran Berries are up there!"
"How are we going to grab them, Ash?" Serena worried.
"No need to worry," Ash answered. "I'll just make a stack of these other boxes and climb there myself!"
"Great idea, Ash!" Dawn rejoiced. "Go for it!"
"Wow….." Serena marveled.
While Ash was grabbing the boxes, Serena was whispering something to Dawn very softly so that Ash couldn't hear.
"Hey Dawn," Serena whispered. "Don't you think Ash is amazing?"
"Of course Ash is amazing!" Dawn affirmed. "Ash is going to become a Pokémon Master!"
"Hey Dawn! Serena!" Ash called out. "I have the boxes so I'll hand them to you!"
"Ok," they both said while running to Ash.
"Here the first box," Ash said handing the box to Dawn, "and there are a lot of berries in here!"
"Yeah, you're right," Dawn agreed.
"Here's the second box, Serena," Ash told her.
"Thanks, Ash!" Serena exclaimed with a little guilt.
"We'll have more than enough with all these!" Dawn pointed out.
"Yeah!" Ash agreed. "Here's the last box, Dawn!"
But before Ash could lower the box, he tripped, sending the box flying in the air!
"Oh no!" Serena cried.
"I got it!" Dawn said while running towards the flying crate. Miraculously, the box landed safely in Dawn's hands.
"You caught it!" Ash said after jumping down from the top shelf of the shed.
"Thanks!" Dawn gratefully said, putting the box down.
"Yeah!" Ash and Dawn rejoiced while embracing in a high five.
"Great job, Dawn," Serena smiled while looking at the two.
"Thanks Serena," Dawn said.
"Let's go back now!" Ash told Serena. Ash and Dawn strode off with their boxes in hand but turned back to find that Serena hadn't moved yet.
"Something wrong, Serena?" Ash asked her.
"No, it's all good!" Serena quickly responded, picking up her box.
The three of them walked out to meet Ashlyn and Brock in the snowy outside.
"Ash is still so amazing…" Serena thought to herself.
In the cabin, Jessie and Meowth received some shocking news.
"What?!" Jessie blared. "They have control of Arceus!?"
"We'll find out more when they return, which will be very soon," Meowth said.
All of the people worked hard in doing whatever it took to recover the Pokémon to their full shape. Eventually, all of the tea was taken, berries eaten, and all of the potions were applied. They took a short break afterwards and knew that all the Pokémon needed was just a little more time. Clemont, Bonnie, James, Blaziken Mask, and Donovan returned with shocking news to tell.
This immediately started the final all-important meeting to plan out the effort to save Pikachu and the world!
The Second Group Meeting
"We're back!" Bonnie exclaimed running in the door.
"But not with good news," James explained.
"We need another meeting," Clemont declared. "Everything will be explained."
"So let's sit in a circle, guys!" Donovan told them.
"Right!" the rest of them agreed.
It was a good thing the cabin was a very large one; a section of the building kept all of the recovering Pokémon together and the group could have their meeting in another section. All 18 of them, Ash, Dawn, Misty, Tracey, Cilan, Iris, May, Max, Brock, Jessie, James, Meowth, Blaziken Mask, Donovan, Ashlyn, Bonnie, Clemont, and Serena, sat in the circle in that order. Once again, Clemont was the main explainer in the discussion.
"Everyone listen to Clemont!" Bonnie shouted.
"Ok," Clemont started, "so here's the situation. We just came back from the Sinjoh Ruins and found out Team Rocket's plan! Tomorrow morning at around 10 o'clock, Team Rocket is going to bring Arceus to the Sinjoh Ruins."
"Arceus?!" Dawn shuddered.
"But how?!" Brock asked.
"We don't know for sure," Donovan explained, "but we think the 18 plates surrounding Arceus have to do with it!"
"I can't believe Team Rocket has control of such a powerful Pokémon!" Misty said.
"So we're trying to stop them from using Arceus?" Tracey asked.
"Correct," Clemont answered. "If we don't stop them, it's over for all of us!"
"What about Pikachu?" Ash demanded.
"Pikachu is being stored in the same room as Arceus," Clemont replied. "It's fine right now, but Giovanni is bringing Pikachu himself to the Sinjoh Ruins tomorrow!"
"Why would he need Pikachu?" Iris pondered.
"Isn't Arceus enough?" Cilan questioned Clemont.
"He didn't give a specific answer," Blaziken Mask told Cilan, "he just said that Pikachu is his with nothing else about it."
"How will Arceus help Team Rocket?" Serena wondered.
"Why do they need to bring Arceus to the Sinjoh Ruins?" May asked.
"I think I know the answer to that one," Ashlyn said. "When brought onto the Mystri Stage inside the Sinjoh Ruins, Arceus has the power to create Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina at once! They're going to control the creation trio!"
"The creation trio?!" they all trembled.
"But that's not all," Jessie said while pulling up a clear photo on a laptop. "See this picture?" They have control of the Uxie, Azelf, and Mesprit – Pokémon of the lake trio!"
"The lake trio?!" they all trembled once again.
"And remember the Genesect we nearly got squashed by?" Meowth inquired. "They're already back in full shape as shown in this this picture!"
"Man, we must really be in trouble!" Tracey commented.
"What are we going to do this time?" Cilan thought.
"Hmm…I don't know," Brock said.
"Well one thing's for sure!" Ash said with determination. "I'm saving Pikachu no matter what!"
"That's for sure!" Dawn said.
"Yeah, we won't give up until it's over!" Serena declared.
"Ash," Donovan told him. "I'm coming along too!"
"You can count me in as well!" Ashlyn said.
"It's our duty to help protect the Sinjoh Ruins as people living in this territory!" Donovan proclaimed. "We'll protect it even if it means going against Team Rocket!"
"Great!" Ash said.
"Now for the plan," Clemont started again. "To make we're there before they even leave, we're going to have to be out of the cabin by 9 o' clock tomorrow morning."
"But Clemont," Max said. "The snowmobile can only hold six passengers!"
"That'll be just fine," Ashlyn responded.
"We had to be pretty rich to live in a cabin this strong, so it just happens that we have two other snowmobiles in each car!" Donovan said.
"Sweet!" May cheered.
"That means we can hold all 18 of us between the three snowmobiles!" Misty figured out.
"But does Meowth really need the chair?" Iris and Bonnie glared at Meowth.
"Hold on, I know I'm a Pokémon," Meowth said, "but I'll be helping Jessie and James with their gear! Because of that, I'll need the extra room!"
"Fine," Iris and Bonnie both said.
"So we'll get to the site by snowmobile," Ash affirmed.
"But once we get to Team Rocket," Dawn asked, "what's next?"
"After we get to their base, we should try our hardest to free Arceus," Jessie suggested. "If we free Arceus, then Arceus can help us with the rest!"
"Good idea," Meowth said.
"Yeah, let's do that," Ash agreed. "As long as Pikachu gets saved, it's all good!"
"Ok," Clemont said, pulling out the map, "here is the plan. Team Rocket's tents are set up southwest of the main entrance of the Sinjoh Ruins. Arceus's tent is located at the very back and we already know that Arceus will be the first to leave and enter."
"Wow," Serena marveled.
"Along the short northeast path to the ruins, there is a cliff next to a slope where we can ambush them when they march in. In fact, their entire location is based in a valley-like hole! So we'll walk around their site on the edge of the cliff until we get to the ambush location. We can then free Arceus and Pikachu by going down the slope ourselves!
"You mean we're going to fight their entire team head on?!" Cilan said.
"That's too risky!" Iris pointed out.
"Don't you remember what happened last time?!" Misty objected.
"We lost our entire team to the Genesect alone!" Tracey said.
"Yeah," May questioned, "how are we going to fight all those people at once?"
"What if they send in the Genesect again?!" Max worried.
"Or what if Arceus attacks us?!" Bonnie also worried with Max.
"Will we really be able to make it through this?" Brock wondered after what had happened the night before.
Clemont paused for a long time and held his head low after Donovan told the kids to settle down.
"No need to worry," Dawn said, "we can do anything as long as we're together!"
"Dawn's right," Ash told Clemont, "we came here to save Pikachu and that's just what we're going to do."
"Come on Clemont," Serena assured, "we won't give up until it's over!"
It turned out Clemont holding his head low was to hide the wide grin on his face!
"I know just what we'll do!" Clemont proclaimed, taking out yet another device. "Behold, the future is now thanks to science!"
"Wow," they all marveled.
"So what's that supposed to be?" Ashlyn asked.
"This invention is called a synthetic wall, and it is based on Team Rocket's synthetic cube design. Since they are walking through a valley to get to the ruins, we can block off their team with a wall!"
"I've downloaded their moving formation," James stated.
"We should be able separate Giovanni from the rest of his entire team!" Jessie said.
"Sigh," Meowth said, "we worked so hard for the boss. But we're not harming him, we're just separating him!"
"All you need to spawn a wall is four of these cubes," Clemont explained. "We'll throw one on the opposite valley, one on the opposite cliff, one on the closer valley, and one on the closer cliff where we'll be standing. This will cover the four corners of the square. Pressing the 'attach' button will bolt the cube into the earth, even if it is snowy. Finally, pressing the 'spawn' button will activate connection between the cubes, creating a wall made out of the same material as the synthetic cubes!"
"What if they fly their Pokémon over?" Brock questioned.
"First off, no one will do anything unless Giovanni tells them too," Clemont stated. "However, they will most likely try to get over anyway. As soon as the wall is spawned, we will already be making our way down the slope to free Arceus and Pikachu!"
"There are 18 of us and each of the 18 plates floating around Arceus has a mine connected to it," Donovan explained. "If we can destroy all the mines at the same time, we can theoretically free Arceus!"
"After that," Ash said, "I'll have my Charizard switch to swooping in to snatch Pikachu back!"
"Good idea!" Dawn said to Ash.
"So they won't be able to attack us by flying?" May wondered.
"They can still fly their Pokémon overhead," Misty pointed out.
"I've also made a very special generator that can stop each one of their attempts!" Clemont added. "As an electric-type gym leader at the Prism Tower, I made this generator capable of storing massive amounts of energy!"
"What does the generator have to do with it?" Tracey wondered.
"The generator has cannons with an auto-target feature to shoot down Golbat or any other flying Pokémon!" Clemont described. "Shocking, isn't it?"
"You forgot something," Iris sighed.
"Iris is right," Cilan said.
"What about the Genesect?" Serena asked.
"The Genesect are probably strong enough to stop the generator!" Brock pointed out.
"If it weren't for Jessie's Wobbuffet," Blaziken Mask chuckled, "we wouldn't be here right now!"
"You remember what happened last time!" Max worriedly said.
"Max," Bonnie told him, "my big brother knows that alright!"
"Yes, Bonnie," Clemont once again explained, "I didn't forget about Genesect. You see, the generator can detect if Genesect are coming or not. When the five Genesect appear, the generator will split into five and attach themselves to the Genesect. The split generators then have the capability to destroy the power supply of the Genesect and their drives, rendering their legendary powers to be useless."
"The Genesect must have given you all a hard time," Donovan thought.
"But it's so great that you can come up with solutions!" Ashlyn said.
"You're a genius!" May told him.
"Thanks!" Clemont said.
"So I guess we're all good then," Dawn said. "It's great that you're traveling with someone smart like Clemont, Ash!"
"Yeah, it sure is!" Ash responded. "Science is so amazing!"
"Everyone make sure to be packed up and be ready to go by 8 o' clock tomorrow morning!" Donovan announced.
"Yeah!" they all agreed.
"Let's go cook dinner," Brock told Cilan.
"Good idea," Cilan agreed.
Blaziken Mask, who was really Meyer and Clemont's dad, was very proud of his son. "That's my boy," Blaziken Mask thought to himself, "that's my boy."
Just as planned, all of the Pokémon recovered to full condition. Some of them even started playing with each other again! Both the trainers and the Pokémon enjoyed delicious dinners when they were finally ready, and they were all grateful to have such amazing cooks! After dinner, Misty came across Tracey looking at one of his sketches.
"What do you have there, Tracey?" Misty asked.
"You mean this?" Tracey said pointing at his drawing. "This is a drawing of all of the trainers and their Pokémon with them; I drew this while they were still recovering."
"Why'd you draw those two trainers so close together!?" Misty demanded.
"Well," Tracey innocently tried to explain, "that's just the way I see u – "
"Never mind," Misty said while smiling back.
By the end of the night, everyone had their bags ready for the next day's adventure.
"Are you ready to get Pikachu back?" Dawn asked Ash.
"I'm sure he is," Iris smiled, "just watch!"
"I'm ready," Ash said, clenching his fist. "Tomorrow we're saving Pikachu!"
Will Ash succeed in finally saving Pikachu? Will Team Rocket's grand scheme be put to an end by our heroes? Find out on the next exciting chapter of Saving Pikachu!
"Just out of curiosity," Blaziken Mask asked Donovan, "what kind of Pokémon do you have?"
"My main partner is my Manectric," Donovan answered.
"Then you should take this Key Ring and and Manectricite," Blaziken Mask told him while handing him the stones. "Give the Manectricite to your Manectric and press the Mega Stone when you want to Mega Evolve! You might need the extra power tomorrow!"
"Thanks!" Donovan replied.
To be continued….