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Chapter 15: The Sinjoh Ruins – The Battle Birthing

Just then, Serena returned to the call.

"Guys, I have some very bad news," Serena started.

"What is it?" Kenny asked.

"Tell us," Drew urged.

"Everyone is in huge danger!" Serena exclaimed. "The Genesect are strapped with bombs that can destroy an entire region! And there's a huge army of Pokemon hiding in the ruins that can ambush them at any time!"

"Oh dear," Conway reacted in horror.

"Is there anything you guys can do about it before it happens?" Clair inquired.

"I still have to tell them," Serena answered. "I'm sure Clemont and the others will think of something!"

"Go ahead and tell them!" Kenny told Serena.

"We'll hear from you again when you pick up the tablet again," Drew also said.

"Okay then," Serena agreed, putting the tablet down. In her mind, the resonating words of Clemont continued through her head as she sat down and thought. She was remembering exactly what Clemont had told her right before they left.

(Flashback to a few minutes earlier)

"Serena," Clemont said her. The two were alone since the rest of the group was far ahead of Clemont.

"What is it?" Serena wondered.

"Here, use this," Clemont told Serena, handing her a device. "I've set up another synthetic wall inside the ruins. Press the button to activate the wall just in case something bad happens."

"Okay Clemont," Serena accepted.

"Thanks Serena!" Clemont thanked her, running off to the others.

(Present time)

"I wonder why Clemont needed to set up a wall inside…" Serena thought to herself.

During this time, the rest of Team Pikachu waited patiently for Clemont to join them. Finally, Clemont was with them.

"I'm finally here!" Clemont said, already exhausted from running.

"Yeah!" Max and Bonnie shouted.

"Now we can get down to business!" May stated.

"Let's do this!" Dawn shouted.

"It's all or nothing!" Jessie yelled.

"We either stop them now or lose everything!" James declared.

"There's only one thing we can do now," Ash stated. "Ready, everyone?"

"Yeah," everyone responded.

"ATTACK!" they all yelled while running forward.

Blowback

Team Pikachu charged forward at full speed as they started their attempt to save the Pokemon. However, the ruins were very large so it would take quite a bit of running just to get to the Mystri Stage. In front of our heroes were about 150 Team Rocket Grunts in wall formation ready to protect the legendary Pokemon. Behind them were the Team Rocket Executives: Ariana, Atlas, Petrel, Proton, and Archer. Even further in the back were Butch, Cassidy, and the high ranking fighting elite that gave Team Pikachu so much trouble when they first entered. Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, and Arceus were on the Mystri Stage creating portals, and they were behind Butch and Cassidy. Finally, right behind the Mystri Stage, Giovanni was seated on a throne holding Pikachu in his hands.

"Argh," Atlas grunted. "I knew those kids would be back for more!"

"There's nothing to worry about; they're not getting past us!" Ariana proclaimed. "Grunts, command your Golbats to use Gust attack!"

"Yes ma'm!" the grunts all obeyed. "Go Golbat! Use Gust!"

Ash and his friends were making good progress running to the Mystri Stage, but it would all have to be restarted.

"Look out!" Tracey yelled.

"They're going to blow us away with their Golbat!" Misty cried.

The Gust slammed Team Pikachu with an overwhelmingly powerful gale of wind. After a few seconds, Team Pikachu found themselves off their feet in midair flying backwards out the main entance! Fortunately, Serena was watching at this time.

"Oh no!" Serena cried. "They're going to get blasted out of the ruins! Clemontic gear on!"

Thanfully, the synthetic wall spawned fully and stopped the entire team from being launched out of the ruins. Serena rushed over to them immediately.

"Is everyone okay?" Serena asked with great concern.

"We're still inside?" Brock wondered. "It seemed like we would have been blown back outside the ruins."

"That's because I set up a synthetic wall here to catch us in case the Golbat pushed us back," Clemont explained. "Serena, thanks for saving us!"

"No problem!" Serena replied.

"So what are we going to do now?" Ash asked.

"We can't just do the same thing over and over again," Dawn added.

"That's a good point," Iris said.

"We have to find a way to get past their Gust," Cilan stated.

"The only problem is how," Tracey said.

"If only there was some water," Misty sighed. "Then we could at least get some Pokemon across."

"But we still need to find a way to get across also," May also sighed.

"We could always battle the Gobat ourselves," Brock suggested.

"Do you think we'll be able to do that since there's so many of them?" James questioned.

"Either way, we have to stop them as soon as we can," Jessie pointed out.

"Or else it will be too late," Meowth said.

Serena used this chance to tell Looker some important news. "Looker, I have something to tell you."

"What's up?" Looker said.

"Your fellow member Liam investigated the Team Rocket Ice Path Headquarters and sent you a message about it," Serena answered. "He said there are region-destroying bombs on the Genesect and an army of Pokemon in the ruins that can ambush us."

"Hmm…" Looker wondered. "What are we going to do about that?"

Meanwhile, the fighting elite rushed behind and around the Mystri Stage to give Giovanni some news also.

"Master Giovanni," the fighting elite started. "The same kids from before are trying to attack us!"

"Get out there and make sure they stay put," Giovanni demanded. "Our plan will not be interfered!"

"Yes, boss," the fighting elite agreed.

Pikachu was still in a glass canister and starting to get frustrated. "PIKA!" Pikachu yelled.

"Silence, rodent!" Giovanni commanded. "This is what you get for what you've done against Team Rocket!"

"Pika…" Pikachu sighed in desperation. Pikachu was getting more and more discouraged.

"One more thing, boss," the fighting elite asked.

"Yes?" Giovanni said.

"How exactly does that canister holding Pikachu open and close?" the fighting elite asked.

"Fine," Giovanni replied, "I'll tell you since you're a high-ranking member, and it's quite simple. All you have to do is open the latch on the base and move the slider from closed to open position. But you are only authorized to do so with my permission!"

"Yes, boss," the elite said, running out from behind Giovanni's throne. "I understand. I'll go tell the executives now."

As he ran off, Giovanni still acted very determined as he sat in his high seated position. "There's no way they can get past an army of Golbat flapping their wings!"

In front of the ruins, Team Pikachu was still discussing a way to get past Team Rocket's strong winds.

"What was that you did against Arceus?" Donovan asked.

"That's it!" Looker realized. "I'll go put my EM devices around the ruins! That way, their army of Pokemon will be easily stopped. That is, if they do come out."

"I have a great idea to stop those Golbat!" Ashlyn told everyone. "Clemont, do you still have one of those assault generators you used in the valley?"

"Yes," Clemont replied, "I do. It's in my cart of supplies that I brought."

"Then all we have to do now is get the generator close enough to the Golbat to shock all of them at once!" Ashlyn finished.

"Good idea," Ash said.

"But how are we going to get it over there?" Dawn questioned.

"My Beautifly can use Psychic!" May volunteered. "Their wind will have a lot less power against psychic control!"

"You're right," Brock agreed.

"I agree," Tracey said.

"Let's do this!" Misty, Iris, and Cilan yelled.

"This time we're getting through!" the determined Clemont declared.

They all gathered in a circle with their hands extended in the middle.

"It was originally about Ash's Pikachu," Blaziken Mask stated.

"But it's also about the fate of the world now!" Ashlyn finished.

"Pikachu on three!" Donovan yelled.

"One, two, three, Pikachu!" all of them yelled.

Rebound Rush

Immediately after they chanted 'Pikachu', Clemont brought out the assault generator he still had. It was only the size of a nightstand or a speaker box, but it had the capability to wipe out the massive amount of Golbat the Team Rocket Grunts had!

"I'm going back to where we were hiding!" Serena informed Clemont while running off.

"Bye Serena!" Bonnie and Max both shouted.

"I'll see you later," Clemont said to her. "Ready May?"

"Yeah," May answered. "Beautifly, use Psychic to move the assault generator where Team Rocket is!"

"Beautifly!" Beautifly chirped in agreement. Then Beautifly started using its power, and the generator was successfully making its way across the ruins! But as always, this would not go by unnoticed by Team Rocket!

"Look over there!" Atlas pointed out.

"They're trying to get through us again with that machine!" Ariana yelled. "Grunts, tell your Golbats to use Gust once more!"

"Golbat, use Gust !" all 150 grunts yelled in unison. 150 was no small number; it was as if 15 football teams were lined up in the same area! Their combined voices boomed throughout the ruins!

"There's that Gust again," Max sighed.

"I can feel the wind from right here!" Tracey stated.

"It's a good thing we're towards the back this time!" Misty told him.

"Not to mention the synthetic wall behind us," Brock added.

"Look!" Iris pointed out.

"The generator is still moving!" Cilan cheered.

Even after the mighty Gust attack, it could not stop Beautifly's Psychic attack from doing its work!

"What?!" Atlas yelled in horror.

"How is that possible?!" Ariana also yelled.

Finally the generator landed safely in the area of the Team Rocket Grunts. With the assault generator fuly charged thanks to the electric Pokemon, the grunts were in for one big shock. Literally.

"Clemontic gear on!" Clemont declared.

For a generator strong enough to shock all 150 grunts at once, Clemont was very proud of himself.

"Let's move!" Donovan yelled.

"Right," everyone else followed.

"I'm going to go sneak around and place my EM devices around the ruins!" Looker told them.

"Good idea," James said to him.

"Go for it!" Jessie encouraged Looker.

They had quite a bit of running to do before reaching the grunts, but they finally did. Much to their surprise, all of their Golbat had fainted along with their trainers!

"Let's not waste this chance!" Ash told them all.

"Right," Dawn said. "Pachirisu, use Sweet Kiss on all of them!"

"Venonat," Tracey called out, "use Sleep Powder!"

"Pansage," Cilan also called out, "use Grasswhistle on all of them!"

"Beautifly, use Psychic to throw all of them back out the ruins!" May commanded.

"I'll help with that!" Dawn said. "Buneary, make an ice slide so that Beautifly can easily slide them back to the front!"

The process of sliding them back to the front took a bit of time, so they all just waited for Beautifly while they figured out what to do next.

"There's the executives over there!" Clemont noticed.

"That's their Genesect!" Tracey pointed out in front of them.

"There's the legendary Pokemon on the Mystri Stage!" Misty said.

"Giovanni's in the very back, Ash," Dawn told him.

"And there's Pikachu right in his hands!" Ash yelled. "I have to save him!"

Just then, one last grunt appeared right in front of them with a huge cannon! He was a madman.

"I'm the 151st grunt out here, and it's all over for you guys! I'm going to blast you right out of this place by firing this propulsion system capable of pulverizing you people 1,510 feet away and you'll all be gone and you'll have no hope and Team Rocket's going to win and there's nothing you can do and –"

"Clemont," Ashlyn asked. "Is there something wrong with your generator?"

Conveniently, the generator was right underneath the 151st grunt. And it was just about ready to explode!

"No no no no no!" Clemont screamed.

"BOOM!"

The generator with all of its power exploded right in front of his face! After a Sleep Powder, the grunt was thrown with everyone else outside. His so-called 'propulsion system' was completely demolished!

"No…" Clemont sighed. "My invention was another failure…."

Everyone else, however, was cheering!

"Woo hoo!" they all cheered.

"Go Clemont!" Blaziken Mask applauded.

"You did it, Clemont!" Ash told him.

"Great job, Clemont!" Dawn said.

"Way to go!" May, Max, and Bonnie shouted.

"So my invention wasn't a failure?" Clemont asked. "I wanted to have something that would last long for once…"

"Are you kidding me?!" Iris retorted.

"You stopped all 151 of their grunts!" Misty told Clemont.

"Just from your invention!" Tracey added.

"We could learn a thing or two from your inventing and technical skills," Meowth said.

"That's right," Jessie and James said.

"You should be proud of yourself, Clemont," Cilan told him.

"Yeah," Brock said in agreement with Cilan.

"Thanks guys," Clemont said, feeling better. "The future is now thanks to science!"

"That was great!" Ashlyn told her husband. "We got through all of the grunts!"

"But now we've got the executives…" Donovan said. He was looking at Archer in particular.

Serena was watching them from a distance and she could hear them thanks to technology that they setup. She told the four back in Blackthorn City about what was going on.

"Guess what guys?" Serena asked them all back in Blackthorn City.

"What is it?" they all asked nervously.

"Team Rocket had a total of 151 grunts, and Clemont was able to use an attacking generator to stop all of them! Isn't that great!"

"So cool!" Kenny said with ecstasy.

"That's awesome!" Drew said.

"That's what I would expect from a fellow genius," Conway said with a smile while pushing the middle of his glasses.

"Let's just hope they can stop the rest of them," Clair said.

"Oh," Serena said, turning the rear facing camera in the tablet. "Here's the pile of grunts right now. They're all sleeping!"

Team Pikachu continued forward and they were only about a basketball court away from the Mystri Stage. However, they were stopped by all of Team Rocket's high ranking members. From left to right, they were standing in this order: Atlas, Ariana, Proton, Archer, Petrel, the fighting elite, Cassidy, and Butch. Behind the executives were the Genesect they all remembered so fearfully from the base.

Iris and Cilan were trying to sneak around the left of the Mystri Stage while they were distracted by the main group.

"They won't be able to see us passing," Cilan said tiptoeing across the left side.

"We'll be able to get past these goons with no problem at all!" Iris said also tiptoeing.

"Where do you think you're going?" Atlas said, stopping them. Atlas and Ariana were right in their faces. "Stop them, Hypno!"

"You're not getting past us!" Ariana declared. "Let's stop them, Vileplume!"

"We'll see about that!" Iris exclaimed. "Go Excadrill!"

"If there's anyone getting through you, it's us!" Cilan affirmed. "Crustle, you're up!"

The two sides were about to be locked and engaged in a fierce battle just as the rest of Team Pikachu was.

Iris and Cilan vs Ariana and Atlas

"Vileplume," Ariana commanded, "use Sludge Bomb!"

"Hypno," Atlas also commanded, "use Psyshock!"

"Excadrill, hide behind Crustle!" Iris yelled.

"Take the hit, Crustle!" Cilan also yelled. "Hide in your shell!"

As expected, Crustle's massively strong abode easily took the Sludge Bomb and Psyshock they fired.

"Excadrill," Iris shouted, "now use Focus Blast on Hypno!"

"I don't think so," Atlas said in return. "Block it using Barrier, Hypno!"

"Let's get that Crustle!" Ariana told her Vileplume. "Use Stun Spore!"

"Get back in your shell, Crustle!" Cilan desperately said.

Crustle was able to get back in its shell, but the problem was it couldn't come out!

"Crustle!" Cilan yelled in despair.

"It's okay; I'll do my best from here, Cilan," Iris comforted him. "Excadrill, use Drill Run on Vileplume!"

"Step to the side to dodge, Vileplume!" Ariana said, making it look easy.

"Now use Disable!" Atlas told his Hypno.

"Oh no!" Iris screamed. "I can't use Drill Run anymore. But that will be just fine."

"It won't be fine for long!" Ariana said back. "Use Sludge Bomb on Excadrill!"

"Counter it with Focus Blast!" Iris yelled.

However, right after Excadrill used Focus Blast, Hypno appeared right behind it!

"Hahaha!" Atlas laughed. "Use Fire Punch, Hypno!"

Excadrill got completely thrashed the super-effective direct hit; it was fortunate to still have the energy to fight!

"Excadrill!" Iris cried.

"Looks like we're going to win this tag battle!" Atlas chuckled.

"Yeah," Ariana agrred.

Cilan was still waiting for Crustle to get out of its shell. "Come on, Crustle, you can do it!"

However, Crustle was still paralyzed thanks to Vileplume's Stun Spore. Fortunately, Cilan remembered a powerful move he had not yet used.

"Since the Stun Spore only hit your shell, use Shell Smash to break free!" Cilan commanded.

Just as he suspected, the Shell Smash completely alleviated Crustle of its paralysis and its huge shell! And with the offensive stat boosts gained from the attack, Crustle was more powerful more than ever!

"All right, Crustle, use Rock Slide!" Cilan told it with confidence.

"What's going on?" Atlas wondered.

"He's enclosing our Pokemon with rocks!" Ariana cried. "Well at least they can't get us."

"Great, Crustle's back!" Iris cheered. "Excadrill, use Dig!"

"What?!" Atlas said in shock. "Excadrill knows Dig?!"

"That's the move you should have disabled, Atlas!" Ariana told him.

"Come up from under and use Dig on Hypno!" Iris told Excadrill. "Then use Metal Claw on Vileplume!"

"Jump high in the air above them!" Cilan commanded his Crustle.

Crustle was in the perfect position to rocket down with a finishing blow, especially with the Shell Smash boosts!

"Use X-Scissor on both of them!" Cilan yelled.

The power of Crustle 's X-scissor was so great, the Rock Slide set around them completely crumbled! Both Hypno and Vileplume were found fainted.

"Return Vileplume," Ariana said. "But you won't be able to stop this! Go Arbok!"

"Return Hypno,"Atlas sighed. "Go Muk, show them how strong of a wall you are!"

"Use Gunk Shot Arbok!" Ariana yelled.

"Sludge, Muk!" Atlas also yelled.

"Use Dig to dodge!" Iris quickly said.

"Dodge as well, Crustle!" Cilan said. "Then use Rock Wrecker on Arbok!"

"I've got you covered, Ariana!" Atlas inisisted. "Muk, absorb the hit with Acid Armor!"

"Oh no!" Cilan cried.

"It didn't do anything on Muk!" Iris pointed out.

"Here's our chance, Arbok!" Ariana declared. "Knock out that unshelled, puny Crustle with an Aqua Tail!"

Arbok quickly slithered its way right in front of Crustle, and with the flick of its snappy Aqua Tail, Crustle was left powerless!

"You did well, Crustle," Cilan said comforting his Pokemon. "Okay, Stunfisk, you're up; use Sludge Bomb!"

"What's a Sludge Bomb going to do?" Ariana mocked. "Hit it back with Gunk Shot, Arbok!"

Iris was battling off Atlas's Muk at this time. "Excadrill, use Dig on Muk!"

Excadrill's powerful Dig attack was enough to launch Muk in the air, but it wouldn't do any good for Excadrill.

"Muk, come back down on it using Body Slam!" Atlas cackled.

"Excadrill, no!" Irirs cried.

At this point, Muk was completely suffocating Excadrill. Excadrill had to get out fast!

Meanwhie, Cilan was still furiously dealing with Ariana's Arbok!

"Arbok, use Aqua Tail on that Stunfisk!" Ariana shouted.

"Dodge by rollng and then use Mud Bomb!" Cilan also shouted.

"Block it by using Coil!" Ariana commanded back.

Back on Iris's side, Excadrill was fortunate enough to be able to escape by using Dig.

"Muk, use Shadow Punch on Excadrill!" Atlas yelled.

"Excadrill, use Dig on Muk once more!" Iris commanded.

Once again, Muk took Excadrill's powerful Dig attack. But Iris was ready for Muk using Body Slam a second time!

"Muk, use Body Slam again!" Atlas quickly said.

"Not this time, use Focus Blast!" Iris told Excadrill. "Cilan, help me out here!"

"Stunfisk, use Mud Bomb on Muk!" Cilan yelled.

The two combined blasts were just enough to stop Muk once and for all.

"Return Muk," Atlas sighed. "I'm done…"

"But I'm not!" Ariana responded. "Arbok, use Aqua Tail on Excadrill!"

Excadrill was quickly knocked to the ground; the crushing Aqua Tail was a lot for the weakening Excadrill to handle! However, Ariana had no time to wait for Excadrill.

"Arbok, use Crunch on Stunfisk!" Ariana quickly commanded.

"Stunfisk, no!" Cilan shouted.

"I've saved this move for the very end!" Ariana laughed deviously. "Now you're trapped and there's nothing else you can do!"

"Or is there?" Iris said with a smile, having confidence in Cilan.

"Just a second," Cilan declared. "Because it's evaluation time!"

"Well that's something all right," Iris sighed.

"Your name is Ariana, I believe," Cilan started. "Ariana, your Arbok is swift, fast, and very powerful. Moreover, your execution of your moves were very snappy indeed! However, your Crunch attack has left your Arbok vulnerable! Your Arbok is going to taste the recipe of its defeat!"

"What on earth was that failure of a speech?" Ariana said, clearly disgusted and unamused. "You're nothing more than lame trainer dressed as waiter! The only difference is you're the one getting served! Keep Crunching, Stunfisk!"

"Prove her wrong, Cilan!" Iris said to him.

"Right," Cilan said with determination. "Use Scald right in Arbok's mouth!"

"Nooooo!" Ariana cried. "Arbok!"

"Finish it off with a point-blank Thundershock while Arbok is still biting!"

Arbok fizzled to the ground just as Bonnie's Dedenne did back in the base. "Return Arbok." Ariana sighed.

"Pansage, go and use Grasswhistle right up in their faces!" Cilan commanded.

Ariana and Atlas were about to get very angry, but they could do nothing but fall asleep to the sound.

"Finally, use Rock Tomb around them!" Cilan said. There was no way Ariana or Atlas could stop them now.

"All right!" Iris praised. "Great job, Cilan!"

"You too, Iris!" Cilan thanked.

As the battles continue on, will they be able to stop the creation trio before their portals are completed? Will they be able to stop the remaining Team Rocket members? And most importantly, will they be able to save Pikachu? Find out on the next exciting chapter of Saving Pikachu!

"Pika!" Pikachu cried, trying to shout at Ash.

"How does it feel to watch your friends suffer?" Giovanni cackled. When these portals are done, I'm going to hurl you into an active volcano right in front of Ash!"

"Pika...pika...pika..." Pikachu cried as it began to lose its energy. He became hopeless as he fell to a languid and powerless state.

To be continued...