Episode 45: The new mission begins.
This little girl does have a name and I will be revealing it in this chapter.
Madeline: 7
Ash placed the little girl on the bed while the sounds of the battle rage from the outside, "Salvia, can you get her some clothes, I will be needing to dry out as well," Ash told the princess with a smile, Ash walked out of the tent and towards a building under the control of N's forces, he looked back to see the city in flames with the forces of Team Rocket, Team Plasma and Chris's forces setting up camp in front of N's forces, "what a mess, if we don't do anything soon, we are in trouble," Ash reminded himself while walking up to the building dripping from head to toe, "this base better have a shower," Ash complained while entering the building.
"Ah Ash, good to see you again, but before I give you the information on the mission you need to complete, you better take a shower and get your clothes cleaned," N said with a serious tone as his sisters tended to the injured pokemon and trainers from the battle.
"N, some of these pokemon cannot be saved," Anthea said while crying at the situation.
N looked over to the direction that Ash was heading towards, 'maybe he can bring in the legendary musketeer trio,' N thought while solemnly watching the pokemon and people dying in front of him, "life is so precious, but Chris is willing to steal those lives away," N said as he started to cry at the loss of not only the pokemon but the people from the start of the battle.
"Brother, the refugees are leaving the town and heading towards Acumala Town," Concordia informed the green haired man.
"Today I witnessed both sides where pokemon and people were dying for each other," N said while standing up and getting ready to walk through the base wanting to help people out, he looked around to see the injured people getting help from the nurses and the pokemon getting healed by the by the Audinos and Chanseys, "what will happen if we need to evacuate?" N asked with sadness while placing his hand on the injured trainer, he shed a tear while Salvia watched the scene in disbelief.
"He was always for the pokemon, but now he thinks for both of them," Concordia told the princess with a smile while Salvia continued to listen with a new set of clothes in her hands, "for the little girl?" Concordia asked the royal with a smile.
"Yes Concordia, the little girl does need some clothes," Salvia said with concern.
Concordia smiled at the bluenette knowing that she was going to make a huge difference in this war, "you know princess, you are putting your life on the line just by being here," Concordia told the royal while Salvia stared in shock at the blonde as her words rang through her mind, "but I have this feeling that you're going to be one of the reasons why this war will be won," Concordia told the royal causing the bluenette to look at the ground.
"How can I? I am not that strong," Salvia questioned the woman's words with a lack of confidence.
"You will find the strength you need, it will just take some time for you to find it, plus your husband risked his life for a stranger didn't he?" Concordia asked with a smile.
Salvia stood there in shook unable to shake the feeling that Ash had told her, "I am going to kill him, it was meant to be top secret," Salvia hissed in anger while clenching her fists in anger.
"Don't worry Princess, N, Anthea and I will not divulge anything to your other friends," Concordia declared with a grin as she watched her sister tending to the injured pokemon, "it wasn't Ash that told me, it was Mew, just like N and Anthea, I can hear the voices of pokemon," Concordia explained to the royal with a nervous smile, "that is the reason why N told you to look after him," Concordia told the bluenette while watching her brother help the people and the pokemon, "Salvia take care of Ash and the little girl," Concordia told the royal as she walked over to the injured people to help them recover from the battle.
Salvia walked out to the tent city to find that the little girl was walking around to try and find her parents, "hey, you need to put on these clothes," Salvia told the girl with a concerned look in her blue eyes, she led the girl to the tent making sure that she was safe from any attack, "after you get dressed how about I help you look for your family," Salvia declared with a hopeful smile as she stood outside the tent waiting for the girl to finished getting dressed, "you know little girl my name is Salvia, the princess of the Sinnoh region," Salvia introduced herself to the little girl.
The little girl walked out of the tent wearing a pink dress with a white cardigan, "my name is Madeline from the Hoenn region," the little girl known as Madeline introduced herself.
"Madeline? That's a nice name," Salvia complimented the little girl, the princess led the girl through the tent city in hopes of finding her parents, "so have you had any luck finding your parent's yet?" Salvia asked Madeline. The Hoenn native shook her head and started to cry, "maybe I can help you," Salvia remarked with a confident smile.
Madeline walked next to the royal while looking around for her parents for over an hour but there was nothing Madeline could identify as her family, "nothing, these people are strangers," Madeline proclaimed with sadness as memories of the incident of the plane flooded into her mind, "my family were on the plane, but I don't see them anywhere," she said with tears starting to roll down her face.
"Well you could have at least waited for me," Ash complained while running up to the two girls, "has she found her family yet?" Ash asked with hope.
"No Ash, maybe it would be best if we keep Madeline with us until she finds anyone she recognizes as family," Salvia decreed with a frown while the young girl walked up to the trainer nervous at what to say.
"Thanks mister, you saved my life," Madeline said while Ash knelt down to her, the little girl placed her arms around the trainer and started to cry.
"Alright Salvia, she remains with us while we help her out," Ash said while picking up the little girl, "but if she is placed in any danger, I will be sending her back home," Ash dictated causing Salvia to nod in agreement.
"I am from the Hoenn region," Madeline said before jumping out of the trainer's arms.
"Follow us, you will be safe as long as you stay close," Ash said while walking back into the base, Salvia watched as the trainer walking up to the base on his own while the two girls looked up to the stars, "well you two, we aren't going to go anywhere if you both stand there," Ash called over to the girls without turning his gaze to the girls.
Salvia and Madeline followed Ash into the base as the trainer got ready to listen on with his mission, "Ash is taking this seriously," Salvia said with concern etched on her face, she looked down at Madeline, "Ash is right, if you find things too scary don't hesitate to run away," Salvia instructed the little girl while gulping getting the feeling that not everything was as it seems with Ash, 'what happened to Lady Delia has affected Ash really badly,' Salvia thought while looking over to Ash who was taking a picture of his mother in front of him with a serious expression on his face.
Madeline turned her gaze towards the trainer with a concerned look in her eyes, "Salvia, what's the matter with Ash?" Madeline asked the princess with a grimace.
"Ash is searching for his mother," Salvia replied immediately.
N approached the trainer causing him to place the photo back into his pocket, "Ash, we need your help, the king of Sinnoh has headed back to get the kingdom's soldiers ready to join in the fight," N explained calmly while grabbing a seat to explain more of the situation to Ash, "right now we only have a small force, sadly we cannot contain the sheer numbers that oppose us," N told the trainer while drinking his glass of water.
"So what is you want me to do?" Ash asked while getting back up.
"Your mission is to bring the gym leaders and the legendary musketeer four to our side," N replied with confidence as he picked up the pictures of the pokemon he needed to bring to the battle, "the blue one is Cobalion, the grey much larger one is Terrkion and the slender green one is Virizion, but the smaller one is Keldeo," N introduced the four pokemon in the pictures to Ash.
Ash looked over to Salvia and Madeline, 'how can I protect them when I cannot look after my own family?' Ash thought while looking at the rings in his pocket, "from Sinnoh to Johto, we have traveled together," Ash told himself as he closed his pocket and looked back up to see his wife with the young child. Ash gazed over his shoulder and nodded, "when do I start?"
N viewed the area seeing the people working together, "you know something Ash, I was mistaken a few years ago," N professed while kneeling next to the injured people, he turned his eyes over to Ash and smiled at him, "you can start anytime you want, but I recommend you take the chance to rest up and gather the supplies you need," N instructed the trainer while wrapping the bandages on the injured man's arm.
"N, while I am looking for the help we need, I want you to keep an eye on Madeline," Ash told the former member of Team Plasma.
"I can't do that Ash, I think Madeline would be safer to stay with you and the princess," N replied leaving Ash concerned with the safety of the little girl, "I sense she has a lot of potential," N said with supreme confidence.
Ash as uncertain about the situation that he was being placed in, "what makes you think I can look after this little girl? When I cannot protect my own mother from an insane man?" Ash asked the former Plasma king.
N sat on the spot thinking about what was asked of him, he turned around to help even more people, "this is a place where no child should be, plus she might want to learn about the pokemon," N said quietly as he stood up after helping the injured people, he moved towards the injured pokemon of the battle.
N continued to help out until a powerful explosion rattled the building, Ash looked over to the entrance as a large black pokemon crashed through the entrance, "Zekrom," Ash called over to the deep black pokemon. Ash looked around to see Salvia protecting the little girl, "Salvia, you stay put, I will be checking outside," Ash instructed the princess before he ran towards the legendary pokemon, he climbed up and jumped over the pokemon to see his legendary pokemon fighting off Darkrai and Suicune on its own, "Reshiram, attack with Dragon Pulse!" Ash yelled out while dodging a powerful attack directed at him.
'You won't be taking all the fun,' a familiar voice echoed in Ash's mind before a powerful blue sphere slammed into Darkrai.
Ash looked up to see a large white pokemon with a purple tail standing at the top of the building, "Mewtwo, glad you could make it," Ash said with a smile as a group of men charged towards the building, "let's show these animals we mean business, Reshiram attack with Flamethrower," Ash called out for the next attack of the battle.
While the vast white pokemon unleashed a powerful burst of flames at the charging men, Mewtwo unleashed a mighty shadow ball at the dark type pokemon knocking it back towards the charging me, 'I will not let you get away with what you have done,' Mewtwo declared while the bosses looked over to the psychic pokemon.
"Jessie, James, Meowth we will hold these guys off, you are to find Landorus, Thundurus and Tornadus, with their combined powers we can destroy this army," Giovanni decreed while getting ready to call out his pokemon.
"Colress, follow them to make sure their mission is a success," Ghetsis told his scientist with a dark grin.
N walked out of the building to see Ash fighting off the enemy on his own with the help of the powerful Mewtwo, "Ash, get out of here now, find the musketeer four now," N ordered the trainer while walking up to the battlefield with Zekrom getting up. The deep black pokemon let out a powerful roar pushing the enemy back towards the small town, "this battle has only just gotten started again," N said with a frown as his pokemon's tail started to glow a bright blue, the thunder type lifted off and charged towards the enemies on the ground.
'Go my friend I will help hold the line with Zekrom,' Mewtwo instructed the trainer while jumping off the building and landing on the front lines, Ash ran back into the building to search for the princess and Madeline, "alright you two time to get out of here," Ash said while parts of the building started to collapse, Ash ran through the building until he spotted the girls, he looked up to see parts of the ceiling about to fall on them, Ash quickly an towards them and tackled the girls away from the impact zone, "you two okay?" Ash asked them.
Salvia and Madeline looked up and nodded with certainty, they looked around to see the people teleporting away from the scene, "seems like Concordia and Anthea were ready in case this happened," Ash said with a smile while hearing the people outside screaming knowing that the battle was starting to get intense.
"Ash, what are we to do from here?" Salvia asked while placing her left hand on her husband's arm.
Ash looked down and frowned at her, "we are to head out on our own, to search for the gym leaders and the legendary pokemon of the region," Ash replied with certainty, he looked back to see the explosions hitting the building, "but before we go there is something I need to do," Ash commented while running towards the exit of the building.
"Ash wait!" Salvia yelled out while holding the little girl on the spot, "What do you intend to do?" Salvia asked the trainer as he walked out of the room.
Ash looked over his shoulder with a cheeky smirk, "I am going to leave your uncle with a parting gift he will not soon forget," Ash declared much to the shock of the princess.
Salvia watched as the raven haired trainer jumped up onto the legendary pokemon, "as reckless as ever," Salvia said with a proud smile, she escorted Madeline outside where they watched Ash fly off towards the town with attacks firing up towards the powerful dragon, "Ash," Salvia called out while the little girl looked away in fear as the dragon type dodged the attacks while flying through the air.
"Will he be alright?" Madeline asked the princess in a concerned manner.
Salvia watched with a smile, "yeah, he will be fine, he wouldn't do anything to make me sad," Salvia said with confidence as she watched the vast white pokemon's tail sprout with flames and a large ball of fire building up over the legendries mouth, she watched as the powerful pokemon unleashed the powerful attack on the enemy forces causing a powerful explosion that destroyed the houses in the town. "so Ash was planning on dealing immense damage to my uncle's forces, in one go," Salvia whispered as a large ball of flames built as it spiraled swallowing the members of Team Plasma, Team Rocket and Chris's forces.
Ash flew towards the girls and allowed them on before taking off again, "alright we are heading out to see Striaton City, then we better get to Castelia before your uncle does," Ash said with a frown while looking back to see Mewtwo and Zekrom pushing the remnants of large force being pushed back again, 'they can only hold off for a little while longer,' Ash thought while flying away with the two girls on the back of the legendary pokemon, "we will meet with an old friend, that's where we begin our mission," Ash stated while the girls looked back to see the battle raging on.
"What about me?" Madeline asked with an uneasy feeling.
"From now on, you will remain in our care," Ash retorted with a smile, "but if you find things too scary, don't hesitate to run away," Ash told the girl with a more serious expression as the shockwaves of the battle rumbling through the forest as they flew over the top of it.
"So what about our supplies?" Salvia asked with an uncertain tone, she moved her bag and looked inside, "I only had enough time to gather some supplies for at least another three days between the three of us," Salvia commented quietly as the trio continued their flight towards the first major city. Salvia looked over to Ash who holding onto the legendary pokemon with thoughts of his mother running through his mind, "then there is your master's challenge," Salvia pointed out while placing her hand on the trainer's right shoulder.
"I also have to search for the powerful legendary pokemon of this region," Ash added to the list of things he needed to do during the visit.
'May I suggest we get the assistance of Kyurem as well?' Reshiram's voice echoed in the trainer's mind, 'if we do that there is a good chance that we can combine our powers to save this region,' Reshiram told the crown prince with supreme confidence.
'Alright Reshiram, but where do we find this pokemon?' Ash asked the dragon type with uncertainty.
'At the Giant Chasm,' Reshiram replied as it continued to fly through the night sky and towards the exit of the town, 'I will drop you three off here, I am getting a little tired,' Reshiram told the trainer before getting ready to land.
Ash jumped off the dragon type and waited for the girls to jump off the large dragon, "I will catch you," Ash promised with a confident smile, Madeline jumped off first and landed in Ash's arms. The trainer gently placed the little girl on the ground and waited for the princess to jump off next, "come on Salvia, I will not miss," Ash vowed with a smile.
"If you drop me, I will break both your arms," Salvia decreed with a frown, she closed her eyes and jumped off the dragon and landed in Ash's arms, she opened her eyes and looked up, "you're lucky," Salvia told the trainer.
"Oh come on what kind of person do you think I am?" Ash asked the princess while putting her on the ground and looked up to the vast white pokemon, he pulled out his pokeball and recalled the pokemon, 'good job my friend,' Ash thought while looking over to the group and his Raichu, "alright time for us to get a move on," Ash declared while walking off through the road while thinking about his mission, 'Madeline, N is right, you have a hidden potential,' Ash thought while he as being followed by the trio behind him.
Meanwhile in Nuvema Town a seething Chris was looking around at the devastation of the battlefield seeing a part of his forces on the ground as a result of Reshiram's attack, he looked back to see Delia standing with no emotion, "you see the mess your son made of my army in one move, just too bad for him I hold all the cards," Chris explained with a smirk while walking through the smoldering ruins of the town, he looked over his shoulder to see the leaders of Team Rocket and Team Plasma approaching him angered at the situation.
"We need to count our costs, in the last couple of days we have only made small gains, the enemy might be few in number but they are very strong," Giovanni admitted with a frown as he looked over to the man with long green hair and a red eyeglass, "by the way Ghetsis, where is the Shadow Triad?" Giovanni asked the leader of Team Plasma.
"I have sent them on a mission personally," Ghetsis replied with a smirk.
"What kind of mission did you send your elite members?" Giovanni asked his fellow leader with his fists clenched.
"Shut up you two, as long as victory belongs to us I will split the spoils with you," Chris pointed out while turning around to see Delia keeping her ground on the spot not saying a word, "you two forget that I have a trump card," Chris pointed towards Delia while bursting out into laughter, "come Delia, I need to gain more information from your son," Chris called over to the brunette as he walked pass the woman , Chris pulled out his pokeballs and recalled his legendary pokemon from the battle before heading back to the building.
Chris looked back and nodded at his allies, 'don't think for a second that I will split the spoils of victory with either of you, when the time comes I will destroy you both,' Chris thought while walking with Delia to the base.
"Don't think this is over Ghetsis, when we deal with your pathetic son, my sights are firmly set on you," Giovanni decreed with a smug smirk before walking away from the Plasma leader.
"Feeling's mutual," Ghetsis retorted.
In the bushes a man wearing a silver outfit was watching the scene unfolding in front of him, "this is very interesting, it seems like our former boss and his allies aren't on the same page," the person whispered to himself while turning his gaze over to an elderly man, "sir our spies in the ranks of the enemy has been handing me information on the relations between Ghetsis, Giovanni and Chris," the man said with a confident smile.
"We might have been a part of Team Plasma in the past, but I think now the real leader is in need of our assistance," the elderly man said with a smile as he watched the sparks in the eyes of the leaders of the respective organizations, "if we can split them into three factions, it would make it impossible for them to win this war," the man said with confidence knowing that the battle's will not be as easy as he would have liked.
"Master Rood, when will we show the world that the real Team Plasma is back?" the plasma grunt asked his superior with uncertainty.
"Very soon, once our allies bring more powerful allies into the fray," Rood replied with pride. He watched as a man wearing mostly purple robes and a long purple hat, "can't be, why would Zinzolin join such madness?" Rood asked himself as the sage approached the plasma leader with supreme confidence.
"Sir we have spies in our ranks," Zinzolin whispered to Ghetsis nervously.
"Doesn't matter we will deal with these traitors when I decide we should," Ghetsis whispered back causing Giovanni to glare at him, "let these spies have their fun, isn't like it would do much to change the results of the future," Ghetsis pointed out while laughing out loud while walking away to his on barracks to talk to the rest of Team Plasma.
Meanwhile on the road to Striaton City Ash, Salvia and Madeline were walking through the route thinking about the battles that lay ahead of them, "after I talk to Cilan and his brother's I need to head to the Dreamyard," Ash told the girls while trying to keep his cool.
"Mister Ash, why are you so angry?" Madeline asked the trainer with uncertainty.
Ash placed his hand on the girls head in response and messed up her hair, "I couldn't stop someone from taking my mother," Ash explained while his left hand was clenched in anger, "I need to find a Munna to save my mother," Ash stated while looking up to the entrance of the city, Ash looked around to see the city that has remained largely unscathed from the war in previous towns, "good this City hasn't been hit yet," Ash said with relief while Salvia looked at him with concern.
"Ash, please we need to be careful," Salvia said with concern while watching Madeline clean up her hair, 'I don't want her to see someone throw away their lives,' Salvia said concerned about both of them.
"Come on you two, we need to rest up before we can continue with our mission," Ash told the girls as he marched into the city and towards the Pokemon Center.
So there we have it ladies and gents hope you all enjoyed this chapter of the story with things starting to build up to something big.
Ash and Salvia are now in a real race to find the legendries that will change the course of the war and to keep an eye on Madeline as they travel through the Unova region.
Next time episode 46: the Battle for a dream.