A/N: Phew! With so many characters, this is getting more complex to write! Once again, tell me if there's any character you feel is being left out or anyone you'd like to see more of. This chapter makes a LOT of references to previous chapters, so the more you know from them, the better! Thank you to all who have read Saving Pikachu; I am having a great time writing this! Read, review, and enjoy the story!
Chapter 12 – The Sinjoh Ruins – The Team Awakening
Dragon's Den
Back in Blackthorn City's Dragon's Den, a certain coordinator was about to begin training relentlessly in the cave.
"I heard this is a good spot to train," Drew told his Flygon, "especially for dragons like you. So let's make the most of this training!"
"Fly!" Flygon responded while jumping up into the air.
Even though Dragon's Den may have had tunnels leading to an even greater land of dragons, the Dragon's Den was still an optimal place to train. Drew was standing with his Flygon at the edge of a lake as he started his training. But little did he know that on the other side of the lake was no other than Kenny. Kenny was training his Empoleon's water skills and thought the Dragon's Den would be great since there was a lake in the cave.
"This lake is perfect for training!" Kenny told Empoleon. "Jump as hard as you can to get some height! Then use a spinning Drill Peck straight into the lake!"
At the exact same time, Drew commanded his Flygon to use Flamethrower!
"Flygon, use a Flamethrower at that hanging Pokémon!" Drew told Flygon.
The hanging Pokémon easily fled from its spot in the cave. But Empoleon's Drill Peck ran straight into the Flamethrower!
"Who's that?!" Drew and Kenny both said.
After looking directly across the lake, Drew and Kenny's eyes met.
"That's right," Drew said, "you must be Kenny, the one that lost to May! Of course." After saying that, he flipped his hair.
"So what?" Kenny retorted. "You lost to Dawn? Dawn's much stronger than May!"
"What was that?!" Drew angrily shouted.
After about 30 seconds of a silent rage, Drew and Kenny calmed down and realized it wasn't good to be fighting.
"So why are you here?" Drew asked. "I'm not here to argue."
"I'm here to train!" Kenny responded.
"Same here!" Drew replied.
"I have an idea," Kenny told Drew. "Let's battle!"
"Sure," Drew agreed, "it will be good training."
"Okay," Kenny started, "Empoleon use Flash Cannon!"
"Block it with DragonBreath!" Drew answered back. "Then use Flamethrower!"
"Just like the Overheat of May's Blaziken!" Kenny realized. "Let's show them what we've learned! Empoleon, use Hydro Cannon!"
The Hydro Cannon pierced right through the Flamethrower and was heading straight for Flygon.
"That Hydro Cannon reminds me of the Aura Sphere used by Dawn's Togekiss," Drew commented. "Flygon, dodge and use Steel Wing!"
"Not so fast!" Kenny replied. "Empoleon, get out there and use Metal Claw!"
The two moves had a fierce clash for a couple of seconds. After they ended their clash, the coordinators' Pokémon returned to land already weary from the battle.
"You did well, Flygon," Drew said.
"You did great," Kenny told Empoleon.
Drew called out to Kenny on the other side of the lake. "Hey Kenny, come on this side so I can hear you better!"
"Okay," Kenny responded, and so he ran around the lake right to where Drew was.
"So," Kenny asked Drew, "what's up?"
"Nothing much," Drew replied.
Just then, both of their stomachs let out a growl.
"Oh," Drew said. "Yeah, I'm getting pretty hungry."
"Me too," Kenny said.
"I know," Drew told Kenny, "let's go grab some lunch! This isn't exactly the best place to talk."
"Okay, let's go," Kenny agreed. "Besides, it's kind of dark in here anyway."
Blackthorn City
Drew and Kenny walked out of the Dragon's Den and made their way back to Blackthorn City. When they got there, they ordered their own sandwiches from a local sandwich shop. Then, they sat down around one the city's water fountains to eat. It was around half past 11 when they started eating.
"I'm surprised you're still here in Blackthorn City," Kenny told Drew while eating lunch. "It would seem like you would move on to the next city after each contest."
"To tell you the truth," Drew admitted, "I'm really still here because of May. I don't know; I just have this feeling that she could be in some serious trouble right now."
"Same here," Kenny also admitted. "That's the same reason I'm still here…"
As Drew was looking at a red rose in his hand, Kenny pointed something happening nearby. "Look over there! Everyone's gathered around the radio!"
"Let's go check it out," Drew told Kenny.
"Right," Kenny agreed.
As it turned out, they were all listening to Professor Oak speak on a radio show.
"What can you tell the Johto region about Team Rocket's takeover?" Mary asked the professors.
"Well you see," Professor Elm said, "Team Rocket does in fact have control over Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, and Arceus!"
"Who knows what they'll do?!" Professor Oak panicked.
"Do you think we have a chance at stopping them?" Mary inquired.
"I don't know if there's anything we can do since it's so far up north…" Professor Elm thought.
"But we do have a group of very brave heroes up there right now!" Professor Oak affirmed. "I believe they can do this!"
"Well, let's hope so!" Mary added.
"You can find more information at .com," Professor Elm said.
"Also, here's a message to the police force," Professor Oak commented.
"We suggest taking immediate action to send air support to the area," Professor Elm advised.
"Okay, let's thank the professors one more time for giving up their time to talk today!" Mary said.
"Group of heroes?" Kenny wondered. "That could be them!"
"I'm going to the Pokémon Center right away!" Drew hurried.
"Me too!" Kenny followed.
Drew and Kenny ran as fast they could to get to the Pokémon Center. When they got there, they asked permission to borrow a computer for a few minutes.
"Ok," Drew said while on the computer with Kenny watching behind him. "Let's go to the Team Rocket website."
Sure enough, all of the information was there. The two of them quickly learned about the event and everything about it. When they got to the list of people there, they were shocked to find Ash and his friends on the list.
"Oh no!" Drew cried. "May's over there!
"Dawn's over there too!" Kenny also cried.
"Did somebody say Dawn?" an eerie voice spoke.
"Who's that?!" Drew and Kenny yelled behind them.
"The name's Conway," Conway responded pointing at the screen. "I know that Dawn from the Sinnoh region!"
"If you're from Sinnoh…" Drew started.
"…then why are you here?" Kenny finished. "When you popped out of nowhere, it was so random it scared me!"
"Oh please," Conway responded. "I have plenty of reasons to be here! Shuckle, Heracross, and Slowking are all Johto native Pokémon that I happen to have. But mainly, I am here because I am looking for the Heracronite."
"The Heracronite?" Kenny wondered.
"Yes," Conway answered, "the stone that allows you to Mega Evolve your Heracross! My calculations indicated that there was a Heracronite somewhere in this area."
"What's Mega Evolution?" Kenny asked.
"Simple," Conway answered, "the trainer holds the Key Stone and the Pokémon holds the Mega Stone. When the trainer and Pokémon have a close bond, the Pokémon can Mega Evolve!"
Drew sighed. "I was the one who had it, you know."
"You can't be serious!" Conway shouted. "What do you want for it?!"
"It's too late," Drew said.
"He already gave it to May," Kenny teased. "She's way more important to Drew than you'll ever be!"
"Hmph," Drew pouted, "I only did it because May did so well in the Wallace Cup."
"Still, to think that Ash and all of his friends are at the stuck in that mess up north," Conway pointed to the screen. Conway then used Drew's computer to look at some more information, particularly the live video.
"Oh no!" Kenny said in shock.
"This is for real!" Drew reacted.
"It appears Team Rocket is going to take over the world after all!" Conway stated based on his observation.
It was at this time that Clair entered the Pokémon Center. She was cautiously eavesdropping on their conversation.
"How can we help them?" Kenny wondered.
"We're so far away!" Drew said. "And they're up against Team Rocket!"
"Team Rocket even has the legendary Pokémon Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, and Arceus!" Conway said.
"I can tell you exactly what we need to do," Clair interrupted.
"You're Clair!" Drew realized. "You're the gym leader of this city; I heard you're a dragon master!"
"Yep, that's me," Clair said.
"I also happen to know that she is cousin of Lance, Johto's strongest trainer, hehe," Conway creepily pointed out.
"That's personal information!" Clair protested. "But anyway, the most important thing to do right now is to try to contact them! We need to make sure everyone there is alright!"
"That's a good point," Kenny responded, "but how are we going to do that?"
"Let's see," Drew thought, "they might have electronic devices with them."
"Precisely," Conway said, scrolling through the site's information, "and that is exactly what we will do!"
"What are you thinking?" Clair asked.
"Team Rocket must have obviously had connection in order to transmit data via the internet. When we find their IP address, I'll be able to pinpoint their location and access their network. Then we can contact and communicate with any other devices on the same network Ash and his friends might have!"
"Hey," Drew said, "it looks like this Looker guy has a tablet that we might be able to reach."
"Think we can do it Conway?" Kenny asked.
"I'll start right now!" Conway agreed. "I just need to use the computer, hehe."
"Ok," Drew said letting him take use.
"It's great you guys are able to help," Clair admitted, "I'm really worried about them. By the way, what were your names again?"
"My name's Kenny," Kenny answered.
"I'm Drew," Drew replied, flipping his hair.
"The name's Conway," Conway said while working on the computer.
"Cool!" Clair said delightfully. "We'll be able to contact them in no time!"
"Right," Drew, Kenny, and Conway responded back.
Current Developments
Back in the Sinjoh Ruins, it was not going so well for Ash and his friends. Even as Giovanni and Team Rocket did their work in the ruins, mostly all of them were still knocked out from the blast. All except one.
"Uhhhh…" Serena woke up. "What happened, Fennekin?"
"Fen," Fennekin answered, not knowing what happened either. Serena then returned Fennekin to its Pokeball.
The entire group was separated from Team Rocket in the ruins by piles of large fallen stone rubble. A small opening allowed Serena to peek out at what was going on.
"Oh no!" Serena said in disbelief. "They're controlling the Pokémon!"
Serena happened to wake up a little after Giovanni did his main broadcast. It was at this time where Butch and Cassidy finally made it to their boss.
"We're here, master Giovanni," Cassidy bowed.
"We're ready to do what you request of us," Butch said.
"You two are worthy field agents of Team Rocket, so I want you to have these Pokémon," Giovanni said, handing them four Pokeballs.
"I got a Woobat and a Frillish?" Cassidy
"And I got a Yamask and an Amoonguss?" Butch wondered.
"What's so special about these?" Cassidy asked Giovanni.
"These are the Pokémon used by your rivals, Jessie and James," Giovanni answered. "However, they are no longer members of Team Rocket, so I am presenting their Pokémon to you."
"Sweet," Butch chanted.
"That should make those losers pay!" Cassidy also chanted.
"But there's one thing we must inform you of, boss," Butch said.
"What's that?" Giovanni asked.
Cassidy pulled open a map. "There are police officers arriving from all directions with air support."
"They're coming after us!" Butch warned.
"Hahaha, there's no need to be worried," Giovanni replied. "Behold, I will show you all our newfound power!"
Giovanni's executives were with him. "Go for it, boss!" Petrel cheered.
"Show them our strength!" Archer shouted.
"Watch this," Giovanni said, "Palkia, use your powers to separate the Sinjoh Ruins from the real world! Make it so that nothing from the outside world can get to us!"
Palkia obeyed Giovanni's command exactly. After letting out a huge roar, a sphere of Palkia's space powers was formed to keep the Sinjoh Ruin area away from outsiders.
"Now nothing will be able to enter, not even those aircraft!" Giovanni laughed.
"Great work, boss," Proton applauded.
"We'll have the world in our hands in no time!" Ariana said.
Outside the ruins, a few pilots were trying to make it to the area. But with Palkia's powers, they couldn't get anywhere.
"We've already passed by that same building seven times," one officer said.
"We should contact the police department for what we should do," another said. They were contacting each other while they were both piloting their aircraft.
The Officer Jenny in Blackthorn City responded to their call. "What's up?"
"We can't make it to the ruins," the first pilot said. "After passing through some fog, we just keep on pasing by the same building over and over again!"
The Blackthorn City Officer Jenny watched her map in disbelief. "This is bad news! Just tell you and the other pilots to land at that building you've been passing by!"
"Got it," the pilot responded. "Now that I look at it, it appears the building has a runway!"
The pilot told all the others to land at the building, and they landed safely on the runaway.
In Blackthorn City's Pokémon Center, Clair got similar news. "Officer Jenny wanted me to tell you that they aren't able to reach the ruins," Nurse Joy told her.
"Oh, that's too bad," Clair said, disappointed.
"Wait, look on the screen!" Kenny pointed out. Powerful energy was radiating out of Palkia.
"Of course," Drew said. "The information said Palkia has the power to control space!"
"That must be why they can't get in!" Clair realized. "Nurse Joy, you should tell them that it's because of their Palkia!"
"I'm on it," Nurse Joy replied.
"Now," Clair said, "is it all ready, Conway?"
"Almost," Conway answered. "I just need a little more time."
Just then, Nurse Joy walked up to Drew. "Someone has a call for you."
"Really?" Drew wondered. "Okay then, I'll see." Drew followed Nurse Joy to a nearby videophone. A man and a woman in vacation clothes were waiting patiently for him.
"Hello?" Drew said.
"Hey Drew, how's it going?" Norman said.
"We're May's parents!" Caroline added.
"May's parents?!" Drew said in shock as his faced turned red. "Uh, what does this have to do with me?"
"You've heard about Team Rocket at the Sinjoh Ruins, right?" Norman verified.
"Yeah," Drew said, "I heard May's over there!"
"That's why we called you!" Caroline said. "We thought you might be able to help us since you're in Blackthorn City. Plus I know how much you mean to May!"
"We have a really smart guy helping us out right out," Drew said. "He's setting the computer devices up so we can try to contact them!"
"That's good to know!" Norman responded.
"Don't forget us when you finally contact May and Max! Bye!" Caroline said.
"Ok," Drew said, "I'll make sure you guys get to talk to them!"
After hanging up, Drew thought to himself while walking back. "Wow, to think that May's parents knew to ask me. It's a good thing I stayed in Blackthorn City."
"Hey everyone," Conway announced, "I'm ready to call them!"
"Cool!" Kenny said.
"I'm surprised you know a lot about computers," Drew remarked.
"I know a lot about everything, actually. Should I do it now?" Conway asked.
"Go for it!" Clair said.
Wake Up Call
After watching Team Rocket, Serena turned around to find that everyone was still on the ground behind her. She then saw Ash right next to Looker and tried to wake him up with all of her voice.
"Ash!" Serena desperately cried, shaking him. "Please, please wake up! You've got to wake up!"
Unfortunately, Serena's voice couldn't wake him up. Ash remained sleeping on the ground.
"Come on, Ash," Serena continued to yell, "don't give until it's over!"
Serena continued to yell and yell, but it did nothing to wake him up. Feeling defeated, she unknowingly sat on Looker's tablet.
"Oh Ash," Serena sighed. "I hope you'll see that I – "
Just then, the tablet Serena sat on vibrated and rang as an incoming call reached the device.
"Eeek!" Serena screamed looking directly under her. "What was that?!"
About four smiling faces appeared on the tablet screen.
"Hello?" Conway creepily asked.
"Who are you?" Drew wondered.
"Uh, hello there I'm Serena!" Serena said with her face red with embarrassment.
"Hey, we met before you left!" Kenny said from the screen.
"Yeah, I guess we did," Serena said. "So that means you must be Kenny."
"Yep," Kenny said. "Just to let you know, right now we're in Blackthorn City."
"That's the city we left from!" Serena realized.
"Yeah," Drew said. "The reason we called you was to check if everyone over there was all right. I'm Drew by the way!"
"We heard all about the crisis going on the Sinjoh Ruins," Conway told her. "And for your information, my name is Conway."
"I'm Clair, the Blackthorn City gym leader," Clair introduced herself. "So how is everyone doing over there?" Clair asked.
"Not too well," Serena said, picking up the tablet to show everyone on the ground. "As you can see, everyone is still knocked out!"
"Did you try waking them up?" Kenny asked.
"Well you see," Serena said, "I'm trying to wake up Ash right now. But I don't think any of them will be able to wake up at this point!"
"Just try to do your best," Drew told Serena. "By the way, how's May and Max doing?"
"They're still knocked out as well," Serena sighed.
At least Serena was no longer lonely with the conversation. However, what happened next made Serena think otherwise. Levitating right above the group was no other than Archer, the lead executive of Team Rocket!
"So this is where you're all hiding," Archer snickered.
"What do you want now?" Serena shouted at him. "You're not taking anything from us!"
"Oh," Archer pointed out, "but I'm just claiming something that will be ours in the end anyway!"
Serena had unexpectedly thrown the tablet back on the ground in fear of Archer. Because of this, the only thing that they could see on the screen from Blackthorn City was the ceiling.
"Serena!" Kenny yelled.
"What going on now?" Clair wondered.
"Dang it, Serena," Drew said. "You didn't have to be so abrupt."
"Well look on the bright side," Conway said, "we've connected to them! I'm going to move this call to a mega chat room and then invite whoever we need to talk to them.
"I'll start by bringing May's parents to the conversation," Drew said.
Back in the Sinjoh Ruins, Archer was still levitating safely above Ash and his friends. Archer then scanned the area for a box, and sure enough, he found the box right in between May and Dawn! "You see that box over there, Golduck? Use your psychic powers and grab it for me!"
"Golduck?!" Serena wondered. "Is that why he's able to levitate?!"
The box, however, accidentally bumped into Dawn's head along the way. Regardless, Archer still got exactly what he wanted.
"Ah yes," Archer said. "This is exactly what I was looking for! This is just the stone I need!"
"Not so fast!" Dawn yelled back. She was the second one to wake up, and it was because the box accidentally hit her. "Piplup, use Hydro Pump!"
"My work here is done," Archer stated. "Golduck, show that Piplup what a real Hydro Pump looks like!"
The two Golduck used their Hydro Pump to collide with Piplup's one Hydro Pump. However, Archer used this not as an attack but as a way to propel them away. The double Hydro Pump launched Archer and his Golduck safely out of the area with a successful, swift escape.
"No way," Dawn said, "those were the same Golduck from the Ice Path river!"
"Hey Dawn," Serena told her from across the floor, "thanks for the help! I see you're awake too!"
"No problem!" Dawn said running over to Serena. "Although it's too bad that crook got away."
After making it to where Serena was, Dawn looked at a body on the ground.
"Is that Ash?" Dawn asked Serena.
"Yeah," Serena said. "He hasn't got up, though."
"No need to worry. We can wake him up!" Dawn affirmed. She then got to her knees to try to shake Ash.
Come on, Ash, wake up," Dawn said, firmly shaking his body. "Wait, I know! Piplup, use Bubblebeam!"
"Pip – lululup!" Piplup burst out while using Bubblebeam. Miraculously, it was a success and Ash finally got up.
"Thank goodness you're okay Ash!" Serena cried.
"See, didn't I tell you?" Dawn told Serena. "No need to worry!"
"Thanks for waking me up! All I remember was that we were running from a huge blast, and all of sudden I woke up to find myself here!"
"Everyone is still knocked out from the blast," Serena told him.
"We should wake up everyone else as well," Dawn suggested.
"Good idea," Ash said. "Let's hurry up!"
Serena approached Looker and tried shaking him first. He was the closest one in the area to Ash.
"Hello?" Serena asked. "Could you wake up?"
Just then, Serena tripped on one of Looker's devices, causing her to accidentally land on Looker. It was at this time that Looker got up after Serena fell on him.
"Why, hello there," Looker said. "It appears that running away from the blast was a good idea."
"You bet it was," Serena said to him.
"By the way," Looker introduced, "I'm Looker of the International Police!"
"Nice to meet you, I'm Serena," Serena introduced in return. "I forgot where I put it, but I believe a certain tablet I was using belonged to you."
Serena then walked over to her Kalos companions Clemont and Bonnie. "Clemont! Bonnie! Wake up!" Serena said, shaking them. But it was no good; they were still knocked out.
"Hmm…" Serena said, looking at Clemont's bag, "I wonder what this button does."
It turned out that the button activated Clemont's Aipom Arm device. However, because of the way Clemont was positioned on the ground, the Aipom Arm smacked his face!"
"Yeowww!" Clemont screamed, waking up from his slapped face.
"Oops, sorry about that!" Serena said with a little guilt.
"No, not at all!" Clemont said. He then turned his attention to Bonnie. "Come on, Bonnie, wake up!"
"She's not waking up!" Serena cried.
"Well I thought we'd encounter a situation precisely like this one!" Clemont said while taking some parts out of Bonnie's jetpack. "I call this the Buizel Blowhorn; watch as I use it to wake Bonnie up!"
"Isn't that a bit too loud?" Serena questioned.
"The point is that it works!" Clemont declared. "Cover your ears Serena!"
So Clemont used the blowhorn, and a thunderous sound uproared into Bonnie's ear! Bonnie jumped at the sound, and she was not pleased one bit about the rude awakening!
"Clemont!" Bonnie snarled and screamed. "What was that for?!"
"Hehe, sorry Bonnie, but we needed to wake you up!" Clemont explained.
"Here, let me try!" Serena said, grabbing the blowhorn from Clemont. "I'm going to try it on Blaziken Mask!"
The loud blowhorn noise was sounded once again!
"What was that?" Blaziken Mask casually said while waking up. It was a surprise that seemed unphazed by the loud sound.
"At least he's awake now!" Clemont pointed out.
Also nearby them was Max, May's little brother. Bonnie was intently staring at him.
"I want to wake him up," Bonnie thought to herself, "but not with the blowhorn! The blowhorn's too loud! So Dedenne, give him just a teensy little jolt!"
After the very small jolt, Max woke up.
"I'm alive!" Max said. "And thanks for waking me up Bonnie!"
"You're welcome," Bonnie said while smiling.
"Ok," Clemont said using the blowhorn, "Now to wake up Meowth!"
Unfortunately, the blowhorn exploded right in Clemont's face.
"Ugh…" Clemont sighed. "Another failure…"
Nevertheless, Meowth was still woken up! Meowth looked at Jessie and James, who were still lying on the ground besides him. "Hey, I'm all in one piece! Time to slap Jessie and James to wake them up!"
Despite being woken up by Meowth's slapping, Jessie and James were not pleased.
"Meowth! What was that for?" Jessie demanded.
"Jessie," James told her, "look around you! We needed to be woken up!"
While this was going on, Ash and Dawn were discussing some recent concerns together.
"Hey Ash," Dawn told him, "You know that head executive you faced off against back in the storage room?"
"What about him?" Ash wondered.
"He came by and stole May's box from Drew while you were asleep!" Dawn explained.
"What was in the box?" Ash asked. "Don't tell me it had something in it!"
"I think it was the one with the Mega Stones!" Dawn remembered.
"Aww man," Ash said. "That Team Rocket…"
After watching Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena waking people up, Ash and Dawn decided to start waking people up as well.
"I'm going to wake up Brock!" Ash declared.
"And I'm going to wake up May!" Dawn stated.
Meanwhile, Serena told Clemont something very important.
"Clemont, come here," Serena told him. "I want you to see this."
"Ok Serena," Clemont agreed. "What is it?"
"When I woke up, I got a call from people in Blackthorn City," Serena explained. "They called us just so they could see if we were all right."
"I didn't think that was possible," Clemont marveled. "It's amazing that they were able to reach us in such an isolated place technologically!"
Then Serena started talking to the screen. "Is anyone still there?"
Two boys, Drew and Kenny, quickly answered. "Yep, still here!"
"Hey Drew and Kenny," Serena waved with a smile.
Conway and Clair became visible on the screen.
"Phew," Clair said in relief, "it's good to know that you're all right!"
"Indeed," Conway said, switching his attention to the boy behind Serena. "Serena, is that who I think it is?!"
"Who, this guy?" Serena said touching Clemont's shoulder to point to him.
"You're Clemont of the Lumiose City Gym!" Conway realized. "Nice to meet you, the name's Conway!"
"Uh, hello there!" Clemont said innocently. "Anyways, I thought it was cool that you guys were able to reach us from so far!"
"We had the idea…" Clair clarified.
"…but it was actually Conway who did all of the work!" Drew finished.
"Yeah," Kenny said. "Conway's super smart!"
"Sounds familiar?" Serena joked while winking and nudging Clemont.
"That's so amazing, Conway!" Clemont marveled. "How did you do it?"
"Unfortunately," Clair started, "it turns out that Team Rocket broadcasted and uploaded information to all around from right where you are! That's how we know where you are!"
"Basically," Conway explained, "I used the same signal they were sending out to connect to you!"
"Awesome!" Clemont exclaimed.
"You're the one that's awesome!" Conway said. "Tycoon of Prism Tower? Master inventor? Expert of artificial intelligence? I bet you're there right now because you have a robot watching your gym for you!"
"Looks like you have a fan!" Serena teased Clemont again.
"That's right," Clemont said, "the Clembot is watching my gym right now! But the main reason I've gone this far is for Ash! Admittingly, confidence is one of my weak points, but when I saw Ash's determination, I became inspired like never before! Even with only a few days of travel with him, I'll help him save his Pikachu the way that he has helped me!"
"Me too!" Serena agreed with Clemont.
"That's right," Drew said.
"Ash's Pikachu was taken by Team Rocket," Kenny remembered from reading the information.
"Clemont," Conway asked. "Is there a bigger screen you guys have that we can transmit to? I've moved this call to a huge chat room where many important people can see you, but we need you find a bigger screen."
"Hmm…" Serena thought.
"A bigger screen…" Clemont pondered.
Just then, Jessie, James, Meowth, and Looker walked behind Clemont and Serena.
"Did you guys say bigger screen?" Looker asked.
"I think we have just the thing," Jessie said. James then threw a small cube at one of the ruin walls. After landing, the holographic, full color screen spawned from the bottom to the top for all to see!
"I see the device on the network now!" Conway said. "I just connected to it."
Within a few seconds, their faces transferred from Looker's tablet all the way to the big screen.
"Yeah!" they all chanted.
"I think I'll have my tablet back now," Looker told Serena.
"Oh, sorry," Serena said, "Here you go."
Waking the Rest
"Brock, wake up!" Ash said while shaking Brock. But Brock would still not wake up. Then, Ash found Clemont's cologne in Brock's pocket.
"Huh?" Ash wondered, spraying the scented liquid. "What is this stuff?"
It was only after Ash spraying the cologne that Brock got up!
"I feel like I'm choking," Brock said while coughing hard. Then he turned to find out that Ash had woken him up. "Ash, is everyone all right?"
"Yeah," Ash answered. "We just have to wake everyone else up.
At the same time, Dawn was trying to wake up May.
"May," Dawn told her while shaking her, "wake up!" Even after this, May didn't wake up.
"It's no good," Dawn sighed.
Bonnie and Max walked over to where Dawn was.
"Are you trying to wake up May?" Max asked.
"Yes," Dawn said in return.
"Ok, Dawn and Bonnie," Max told the two, "turn around and close your eyes!"
"Yay," Bonnie said turning around, "Max is going to wake up his older sister!"
"Ok," Dawn said, also turning around.
After a few seconds, May was woken up.
"Ok, you can turn around now!" Max said.
"May's awake!" Bonnie exclaimed.
"May, you're awake!" Dawn said.
"Yeah," May responded, "but I don't really know what happened here."
"No need to worry," Dawn said, "you didn't miss anything. Except for one thing."
"What's that?" May asked.
"Do you remember that box of stones you told me Drew gave you?" Dawn asked May.
"Yeah, what about it?" May wondered.
"Well you see, the head executive of Team Rocket stole it while you were sleeping!" Dawn said.
"Oh no!" May cried.
"Well right now, we need to wake everyone else up!" Dawn told May, Max, and Bonnie.
"Right," the three of them said.
Dawn moved on to trying to wake Iris up. But before she started, she remembered something very important.
"Why didn't I remember that when I was waking up May?" Dawn told herself. "Piplup, use Bubblebeam!"
"The Bubblebeam was able to wake up Iris's Axew, but because of her massive hair, Iris didn't even feel the Bubblebeam.
"Axew," Dawn asked, "could you wake up Iris?"
"Axew!" Axew agreed. After Axew slapped Iris's face, Iris immediately got up.
"Ugh…" Iris said groggily. "What happened?"
"Everyone was knocked out by the blast," Dawn explained while pointing at someone. "Let's wake up Cilan now."
Ash and Brock went on to try to wake up Donovan.
"Donovan!" Ash yelled.
"Wake up!" Brock also yelled while shaking him.
Unfortunately, Donovan could not be woken up.
"It's no good," Ash sighed.
"Hmm…" Brock wondered. "You woke me up with the cologne, right Ash? I'll try it on Donovan."
The spray worked just like a charm! Even if Donovan was coughing loudly, the good part was that Donovan was up.
"I can't believe we survived the blast!" Donovan told them. "I'm going to wake up Ashlyn now, let me try that cologne!"
Ashlyn woke up aroused by the masculine cologne. "You smell good, Donovan!"
"Thanks honey," Donovan told her, "but this is Brock's, not mine."
"Clemont made it for me," Brock said, holding up the bottle.
Dawn was the first one to try to wake up Cilan. "Piplup, use Bubblebeam!"
After seeing Cilan was still on the ground, Iris gave it a shot. "I know Cilan; he will need a taste much spicier than Bubblebeam to wake him up!"
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Dawn asked.
"Axew, use Dragon Rage!" Iris commanded her Pokémon.
Sure enough, Cilan got up.
"That really hurt!" Cilan told Iris.
"Well at least I didn't keep you sleeping!" Iris answered back.
"That's true," Cilan said, looking around at everyone around them. "That goes for everyone else as well!"
While this was going on, May, Max, and Bonnie worked to try to wake up Misty.
"Misty!" Max yelled.
"Wake up!" Bonnie yelled with Max.
"Wait, let me try this," May said, picking out the red rose from her case. "I'm going to put it up her nose!"
"What's that going to do?" Max wondered.
After putting the red rose to Misty's nose, Misty sniffed some of the pollen inside of the plant.
"Aaah….aaah….ACHOO!" Misty burst out.
"Misty's awake!" Bonnie exclaimed.
"I see what you did there now!" Max told May. "You of all people would do something like that with a red rose!"
"Come on Max," May pouted. "The point is that the rose and its case came in handy just like Clemont said it would! It was useful at just the right time!"
"But it didn't have to be so forced up my nose," Misty complained after recovering from the sneezing.
"Oh, I'm sorry Misty," May apologized. "All I wanted to do was wake you up."
"It's ok," Misty accepted with a smile, "I forgive you. Hey, can I use that rose to wake up Tracey?"
"Sure," May agreed, "go ahead!"
Misty walked up to Tracey, who lying on his back on the cold, stone floor. She bent down and held the red rose in front of his face, and sure enough, Tracey woke up with a sneeze!
"Achoo!" Tracey burst out. However, Tracey's face became frightened as he saw Misty hold the red rose in front of him.
"Uh, Misty? What's with the red rose?" Tracey asked.
Bonnie and Max were already laughing at what was going on.
May gasped and then whispered in Misty's ear. "You're holding a red rose in front of Tracey! Sorry, I should've known!"
"That's not what I meant!" Misty protested while dropping the rose down. May proceeded to pick up the rose and put it back her case.
"Well at least we all survived the blast," Tracey stated. "Has anyone seen Ash?"
"Yeah," May quickly answered, "he's over there!"
The five of them looked all around them to find that everyone was finally awake. All of a sudden Donovan called everyone to one place.
"Hey everyone!" Donovan called out while standing next to Looker. "Come over here in front of this screen!"
And so, everyone gathered around where Jessie and James's screen was to regroup as a whole. Clemont and Ash were talking to each other after Donovan made the announcement.
"Hey Ash?" Clemont asked.
"What is it, Clemont?" Ash also asked.
"I know you really miss Pikachu, but Team Rocket also has control over legendary Pokémon including Arceus! We should also focus on trying to save all the Pokémon in general, not just Pikachu."
"Guess you're right," Ash said.
"Hey Ash," Dawn said to him, joining the conversation. "You know what we need?" We need a team name!"
"Yeah," Iris said. "Team Rocket has their name, so we should have ours!"
"The only difference is that we fight for a just cause!" Cilan declared.
"I know exactly what it should be!" Serena, who was right next to Clemont and Ash, told them.
Misty, Tracey, May, Max, and Bonnie also joined them.
"We should be Team Pikachu!" Misty proclaimed.
"That's a perfect name!" May said in awe.
"It sounds great as well!" Tracey pointed out.
"Team Pikachu!" Bonnie and Max chanted.
Brock joined in as well. "Remember, we were all here originally to help Ash get his Pikachu back, so Team Pikachu as a team name works great!"
"Brock's right; we wouldn't be here together right now if it weren't for Ash's Pikachu," Dawn said. Then Dawn sent out her Buneary for what she would say next.
"Do you approve of the name 'Team Pikachu'?" Dawn asked her Buneary.
"Bun-!" Buneary burst out in agreement.
"Looks like Buneary agrees!" Ash said with a smile. "How about everyone else? Should we be Team Pikachu?"
"Yeah!" they all cheered.
"I agree with the name," Looker told them all.
"Same here!" Ashlyn, Donovan, Blaziken Mask, Jessie, James, and Meowth said in unison.
"Then Team Pikachu it is!" Ash declared.
They did not know that Drew, Kenny, Conway, Clair were watching them from the big screen.
"Team Pikachu?" Drew asked.
"That seems like a good name," Clair commented.
"You were watching us this entire time?!" Dawn shouted.
Kenny and Conway both gasped. "Dawn!"
"Kenny? Conway?" Brock wondered.
"Anyways, we are going to bring a bunch of people to this video call chat room to talk," Clair told them. "Ready?"
"Yeah," they all agreed.
Ash, Misty, Brock, Tracey, May, Max, Dawn, Iris, Cilan, Clemont, Bonnie, Serena, Jessie, James, Meowth, Ashlyn, Donovan, Looker, and Blaziken Mask all sat on the ground looking at the screen as they waited for others to show up on the screen.
Now that Team Pikachu has woken up, what's next for Ash and his friends? Will Giovanni's grand scheme be stopped? And most importantly, will Ash save his Pikachu? Find out on the next exciting chapter of 'Saving Pikachu'!
Since they had nothing else to do, the pilots and officers decided to explore the building they landed in.
"It's deserted," one of them said. They were all examining the hangar.
"Wait, look what I found!" another called them over.
"What does it say?" one of the officers asked.
"It says: TEAM ROCKET ICE PATH HEADQUARTERS," the officer answered.
"I have a feeling that they were up to something here before going to the Sinjoh Ruins," the head officer told them all. "Let's investigate this place!"
To be continued….