A/N: I didn't think that I would continue to include even more characters, but I did! Read, review, and enjoy the story!
Chapter 10: The Sinjoh Ruins – The Sinjoh Setup
The Sinjoh Ruins Entrance
Ash and his friends finally made their swift arrival on their snowmobiles to the Sinjoh Ruins. Even with the snowy surroundings, the metallic, stone ruins gleamed with a rock-hard authority. The grand entrance was surprisingly elevated and wide for an ancient site, but these were no ordinary ruins. This was the mighty Sinjoh Ruins!
"So this is it, huh?" Brock said.
"The Sinjoh Ruins…" Cilan stated.
"It looks kind of cold…" Iris hesitated.
"It's gigantic!" Bonnie exclaimed.
"We'll have plenty of space to run around when we get inside!" Max added.
"What an amazing structure," May marveled.
"I've never seen anything like it!" Serena admired while blushing in awe.
"Keep in mind that we're here for serious business," Clemont told them.
"Clemont's right," Tracey agreed.
"We're here to stop that nasty Team Rocket!" Misty added.
"Now that we're here, what do we do now?" Jessie asked.
"We have to go inside," James answered.
"Yeah," Meowth agreed.
"Everyone," Donovan pointed out, "look over there!"
The 17 humans were standing right in front of the huge entrance, but Donovan was pointing to the right at something that should've been obvious the entire time. Hidden conveniently behind a stone block was no other than Giovanni's truck.
"No way!" Ashlyn responded.
"That's Giovanni's truck!" Blaziken Mask realized.
All of them ran to the truck only to learn that it was completely empty.
"It's all empty!" Brock said.
"What do we do?" Serena wondered.
"Well there's only one place that they could have gone into," May said.
"Right," Clemont agreed. "The only thing we can do is follow them in."
"It's what we have to do," Ash demanded. "I'm tired of waiting! I'm going to save Pikachu right now!"
"You said it, Ash," Dawn responded. "Let's go!"
The two of them ran off with all the others right behind. Not knowing what to expected, the 17 humans dashed through the grand entrance of the monumental Sinjoh Ruins.
Inside the Ruins
The Sinjoh Ruins was very different indeed. There was no narrow passage winding around that led to the main chamber. Instead, the one entrance led directly into the chamber with Sinjoh Ruins's main attraction: the Mystri Stage. Running in at full speed, the heroes found no other than Giovanni himself dragging Arceus onto the triangular platform.
"It's Giovanni!" Serena cried.
"There's the lake trio!" Brock shouted.
"He's got Arceus!" Dawn yelled.
"And he has Pikachu!" Ash burst out.
"Pika!" Pikachu cried from inside his canister.
Giovanni, along with his two grunts assisting him, stopped and turned around from their task of dragging the Pokémon to the stage. Their captured Pokémon were locked in wheeled cages so all they had to do was roll the cages to the destination.
"Back off," the grunt on the right warned them.
"You won't be able to stop us," Giovanni declared, "even if you've come this far!"
"This is where you're wrong," Cilan refuted.
"We're stopping you and that's that!" May yelled.
"All you are is just a little kid!" Iris jeered.
"Hahaha!" Giovanni cackled. "You think you kids can stop me? With Arceus, Team Rocket will conquer the world! And when we have the creation trio by our side, nothing will be able to stop us!"
"Not if we have anything to say about it!" Misty protested.
Misty then noticed Tracey was busy sketching.
"Tracey," Misty demanded, "we're in important business right now!"
"Yeah, sorry," Tracey innocently said, finishing up the colored drawing.
"The original reason we came here was for Pikachu!" Clemont yelled.
"Why'd you have to steal Pikachu from Ash?!" Bonnie hollered.
"If it weren't for Pikachu, we wouldn't be here right now!" Serena shouted.
"There's no need to explain why Pikachu is under my control!" Giovanni responded. "It doesn't matter; in a few seconds, I will dominate the whole world!"
"I just don't understand," Serena pondered.
"Why choose Ash's Pikachu?" Clemont wondered.
"That Pikachu is something special all right," Jessie pointed out.
"Definitely worthy of being the ultimate prize," James added.
"This is the world's strongest Pikachu, no doubt about it!" Meowth affirmed.
"I don't need to hear any more of your talk," Giovanni softly told them, "so enjoy your last moments of freedom."
Giovanni and his two grunts turned back forward and pulled the cages up the ramp leading onto the Mystri Stage.
"You won't get away with this!" Ashlyn yelled.
"There's only one thing we can do now," Blaziken Mask told everyone.
"Right," Ash and Donovan agreed.
The group built up great emotional tension as they prepared to unleash their force on Giovanni. It was the only thing they could do now.
"ATTACK!" they all yelled in unison.
Attempt to Attack
"Mamoswine," Dawn called out, "use Ice Shard!"
"Buizel," Ash commanded with Dawn, "back it up with Water Gun!"
The supremely powerful elite grunt on Giovanni's right was sent back to defend their efforts to move Arceus and Pikachu.
"The reason Giovanni has me here is because I have the massive muscles!" the elite grunt snuffed. "Machamp, knock the Ice Shard with DynamicPunch!"
Machamp mightly deflected and smashed the ice into pieces.
"Try this!" Tracey and Misty said together.
"Azurill!" Misty yelled.
"Marill!" Tracey called out.
"Use Water Gun!" they both said.
"Ha, you think can stop me?" the elite mocked. "Hariyama, push the water back with Arm Thrust!"
Hariyama's gigantic hands easily took in the double Water Gun.
Blaziken Mask tried to sneak in with his Blaziken from the right. "Blaziken, use Blaze Kick!"
"Oh no you don't!" the elite cackled. "Throh, come on out and use Circle Throw to redirect it!"
Throh caught Blaziken's leg at just the right moment to hurl the Pokémon up and over behind him.
"No!" Blaziken Mask cried. "Blaziken!"
"Guess that's what happens when Blaziken doesn't Mega Evolve…" Donovan murmured.
"Now it's our turn!" Iris yelled.
"Pansage," Cilan commanded, "use Bullet Seed!"
"Excadrill, use Focus Blast and then use Dig!"
"I've got a brute for that, too!" the elite laughed. "Pangoro, use Rock Slide on the Bullet Seed!" The Rock Slide safely walled out Pansage's barrage as well as the Focus Blast. Cilan was not impressed!
"Come out from behind and use Drill Run on Pangoro!" Iris yelled.
"Behind you! Smash it with Hammer Arm!" the elite yelled. After stepping to the side, Pangoro was in the perfect postion to nail Excadrill to the ground!
"Get out of there, quick!" Iris desperately said. Excadrill nearly avoided a crushing defeat.
"Croagunk, use Poison Sting!" Brock said.
"Bunnelby," Clemont said, "use Double Team and Mud Shot!"
"I've got something even better!" the elite answered. "Toxicroak, use Sludge Bomb!"
"Wartortle, use Rapid Spin to protect Croagunk and Bunnelby!" May quickly said.
Serena thought she could contribute just as much as the others by battling. Unfortunately, she was still too feeble of a trainer after just starting.
"Fennekin, use Ember!" Serena called out.
The Ember vaporized and puffed away before it could even reach the elite's Pokémon.
"Ember?" the elite paused. "Hahaha, you must be kidding me! Such a weak, pathetic, and useless trainer and Pokémon! You're not even close to as strong as your friends! Let me show you what real power is! Poliwrath, use a maximum power Hydro Pump!"
"Fennekin!" Serena cried. "FENNEKIN!"
"Hydro Pump that failure until it's too weak to move!" the elite cackled out of pure evil and hatred.
Fennekin lay weakly on the ground, too weak to even whimper.
"Oh Fennekin," Serena sighed, holding Fennekin in her arms. She started to cry. "I'm not good enough to help Ash here or be your trainer…."
Clemont was feeling just as painful as Serena, only this time with a lot more anger. "How dare you do this to Serena..." he murmured in a rage. "That was Serena's only Pokémon!"
"So what?" the elite laughed. "That just proves how weak that girl was! In fact, I can do the same to all of you! As a Team Rocket elite, there's no one stronger than me and my fighting-type Pokémon!"
"No…" Clemont restated, "I thought Team Rocket cared for Pokémon! You didn't have to go that harsh on Serena!"
"I'm sorry boy," the elite responded, "but your poor girl just doesn't belong here. That should've taught her a thing or two about not messing with Team Rocket! It's exactly what the beginner deserved!"
"Now I'm mad!" Clemont yelled sharply. "You thrashed Serena, so we'll thrash you!"
"Let's do this with a group electric attack," Donovan told them all. "Manectric, use Thunderbolt!"
"We'll avenge you, Serena!" Dawn said. "Pachirisu, use Discharge!"
"Go Luxray!" Ashlyn called out, revealing her Pokémon. "Use Discharge as well!"
"Emolga," Iris said, "use Volt Switch!"
"Stunfisk," Cilan yelled, "use Thunder Shock!"
"Bonnie, tell Dedenne to use Thunder Shock through your amplifier bag!" Clemont told his sister.
"Use Thunder Shock, Dedenne!" Bonnie cried. "For Serena!"
The huge amounts of electricity that were fired truly gave the elite something to worry about this time! However, Giovanni saw this all the way from the middle of the triangular Mystri Stage where he was standing and made a simple move.
"Go Rhyperior," Giovanni deviously grinned, "you know how it's done."
All of the hard worked electricity got redirected safely away from the elite's fighting Pokémon and absorbed by Giovanni's Rhyperior!
"No!" Clemont cried. "That's Rhyperior's ability Lightning Rod!"
"You see," Giovanni declared. "No one can stop Team Rocket! Not even a group of heroic kids!"
Jessie, James, and Meowth safely snuck their way to the left side of the Mystri Stage without being noticed.
"Boss," Jessie begged from the direct left of the leader, "I implore you not to do this!"
"You're just mad because I let you three go!" Giovanni retaliated. "You three were losers I should have given up on from the start!"
"Just forget it," James said, "Inkay, use Psybeam on the cage!"
"I'll open the cage when I want to!" Giovanni said. "Honchkrow, block the Psybeam with your immunity and use Dark Pulse on all of them!"
"Wobbuffet," Jessie called, "use Mirror Coat!"
The Mirror Coat reflected the Dark Pulse right back at Honchkrow!
"Oh," Giovanni said, "but I know your tactics all too well, Jessie! Honchkrow, use Mirror Move!"
"Oh no!" James yelled. "The Mirror Move copied Mirror Coat!"
Copying the Mirror Coat with Mirror Move, Honchkrow reflected its own Dark Pulse back at them at an even greater power, sending Jessie and James backward. However, Meowth was conveniently on top of Arceus's cage and with a job well done.
"My claw has opened Arceus's cage!" Meowth smartly told the boss. "I'm better than all of your top cats combined!"
"Urgh," Giovanni replied. "Not this one! Persian, use Power Gem on this brat of a cat!"
"Fury Swipes!" Meowth yelled trying to slash the rock beam. But it was no good; the attack propelled Meowth back on the ground just like Jessie and James!
Giovanni laughed and then switched to addressing the whole group of people there. "You have tried hard to stop me, but to no avail! From this point forward, Team Rocket will rule the world! No, Team Rocket will even rule the galaxy!"
"What do you want with Pikachu?!" Ash yelled back.
"Yeah, what's the real reason why you went so far to take Ash's Pikachu?!" Dawn yelled with Ash.
"Pikachu was the reason my plan in Unova was a failure! If Pikachu wasn't there, I would've controlled the world by now! So I came up with a new plan after Team Rocket reeled in some of Team Galactic and Team Plasma's assets. Pikachu needs to be punished by being the first to witness Team Rocket's control!"
"That Team Rocket," May commented.
"What are we going do now?" Brock thought in worry.
Few noticed that there were actually two elites helping Giovanni. The one on the right was the fighting-type elite, but the elite on the left mysteriously vanished with all the smoke around. He went up to Jessie, James, and Meowth without anybody noticing. Taking off his disguise, the elite told the trio to do something extremely crucial. As it turned out, the elite on the left was actually Looker in disguise!
"You remember me, right?" Looker asked them hurriedly. "I'm Looker of the International Police!"
"Of course!" the trio responded.
"Hurry up and get your friends to hide behind that back pillar in the front area of the ruins! Giovanni's going to summon great power! So hide!"
"Right," James agreed.
"Come on, Looker, let's go!"
The four of them rushed to where Ash and his team were to get them all to hide!
"Guys, let's take cover over there!" Jessie directed.
"We need to move over there now!" James told them all.
"Ash!" Looker said to him. "This is a very dangerous situation! Our bodies might not be able to take the power Giovanni's about to unleash!"
"Hey,it's Looker!" Ash, Dawn, Brock, Iris and Cilan said.
"There's no time for that!" Looker demanded. "We have to go now!"
"Look over there!' Meowth cried.
Giovanni had Arceus right at the center of the Mystri Stage. With his control over the Pokémon, Giovanni made his move. "Arceus, I command….."
"RUN!" Donovan hollered.
"Take cover!" Ashlyn yelled at the top of her lungs.
All of the remaining people and Pokémon except for Giovanni's right hand elite sprinted their way behind the pillar.
"…..you to create…" Giovanni continued.
After taking cover far away, they prepared for what was to come.
"This is it!" Misty yelled.
"Brace yourselves!" Tracey also yelled.
"CREATE ME SHINY DIALGA, PALKIA, AND GIRATINA!" Giovanni proclaimed.
Will Ash and his friends make it to see another day? What will be done to stop the now overpowered Giovanni? And most importantly, how will Ash save Pikachu? Find out on the next exciting chapter of Saving Pikachu!
(Back in Kanto…)
"Long time no see, Professor Rowan," Professor Oak said over the videophone. "And Gary, you must be doing well in Sinnoh!"
"Hey gramps," Gary said.
"We're detecting a disturbance massively affecting the dimensions in north Johto," Professor Rowan answered.
"North Johto?" Professor Oak questioned, looking at his map.
"If only there was someone who was there to know," Gary sighed.
Professor Oak saw exactly where Tracey was thanks to the tracking system he set up for him.
"Oh there's someone there all right," Professor Oak told them.
"Whoever is causing this problem, it can't be for good reason!" Professor Rowan told him.
Delia was also in the room but was thinking to herself. "Please do your best and stay safe Ash and Tracey. I'm sure whatever it is, you can handle it! And I'm sure that you'll be able to save Pikachu, Ash!"
To be continued…