Chapter 52
After getting off the mountain, Ash and Alice bring the group of Champions to Route 10, a route between Skyhigh City and Purgh City. Ash says, "I think most of you already know about this place. This is where the biggest hospital: The Purgh Hospital, is located."
The female traitors grunt a little after hearing what they said, but they have to admit that the service in the hospital is actually nice. Ash says, "Other than the hospital, the famous place in the area is the Purgh Wasteland. It is the wasteland where Poison Type Pokemon like to stay, and probably where the garbage is dealt with."
"We have Muk and Revavroom to deal with the garbage, and we seldom use fire to burn them because the air might not be great for the patients." Alice says. "And there is also the Regi Temple for Regitox. Regitox eats garbage for its own energy, and it dislikes clean spots. Its ability is Garbage Smell, which not only causes the target to flinch easily, but also leaves Poison. It also has a signature move called Trash Vacuum. A Poison Type of Giga Drain or Bitter Blade."
"Since there aren't that many Poison Type Legendary Pokemon, we have a Beast Ball Statue around here. It is the Ultra Nest, which is for Poipole and Naganadel."
Then they enter the hospital, and they head to the top floor to see a gym logo. Tox comes and greets them. He says, "Welcome to my gym, so who is the one facing me?"
"That will be me." Gladion says.
"I see... just because you're the brother of our Champion doesn't mean I can hold back." Tox says.
While Tox is battling Gladion for the Gym Inspection, Alice decides to leave as she doesn't feel well, Ash asks, "Do you want me to come with you?"
"No thanks." Alice says with a smile. "I just need to go to the bathroom and that's all."
"I see." Ash says Alice leaves, he's not going to worry about Alice considering that the Violet Depression inside them is gone. Alice is back in her health and he knows that she can take good care of herself.
To Alice's bad luck, Serena decides to follow her to see what she's up to, and when Alice arrives at her own ward, she sits down and sends out Glaceon. "You know, I still can't believe what has happened during these months." Alice says.
Glaceon asks, "You mean trying to prove Ash's innocence while also becoming his princess of Rota at the same time? And how did you two manage to suffer the Violet Depression together?"
"I definitely don't want Violet Depression to happen again." Alice shivers. "Everything happened just because of my past. With Ark and his group trying to beat me up for something that I've not done. It's a good thing that they are dead in the end, they won't be able to bother us again."
Serena widens her eyes after hearing what she's said, it seems that Aurora is far from the princess that everyone thinks she to be. She also hears Alice continue to talk to Glaceon, "You mean Prince Red? He can't learn about this. Just think about how it breaks his heart once he finds out. After all, killing is not something he will like."
"So she has killed some people because of revenge?" Serena thinks angrily, "If only I could expose this..."
She curses herself for not recording this, and she doesn't want Champion Red to be with a murderer like her. Then she decides to go back and find a time to confront her about the whole thing.
Glaceon asks, "Did you know that Serena was eavesdropping?" Glaceon asks.
"Of course, why else would I refer to Ash as Champion Red?" Alice asks. "We still need to execute the plan of the court session for Ash's mother's murder. In order to do so, we need Serena out of the way. Serena will do anything for a chance to ruin my unshakable reputation, however, without her influence, the real killers are as good as convicted."
"But there is still Leon and Cynthia." Glaceon adds. "What are we going to do about them?"
"They will be suffering the same fate, considering that Serena might tell them the whole truth first." Alice says with a wicked smile.
At the same time, Ash also sends out his own Eeveelution, Toxeon. And he is spotted by the other Champions. Steven asks, "Let me guess, a Poison Type Eeveelution?"
"Toxeon." Ash says. "Don't worry about evolving this Pokemon from Eevee. It is not hard compared to Hawkeon. Hawkeon might need a windy weather to evolve, but this one only needs to be poisoned to evolve. The poison it emits can even melt steel. The tails are used to prevent prey from escaping. Its ability is Corrosion or Poison Touch, and it has Merciless as the hidden ability."
"That also reminds me, where is Aurora?" Leon asks with a suspicious stare.
"She's going to the bathroom. No need to worry about her, she has Glaceon helping her out." Ash says and Alice comes back. She asks, "Did I miss something?"
"The Gym battle is over, and Gladion won against Tox in the end." Ash says.
"I see." Alice says. Cynthia asks, "You know, we haven't asked about it, but why would you adopt Lillie and Gladion into your family?"
Those who already knew the truth flinch a little, and Ash says, "It's their mother Lusamine's last wish. I suppose you all remembered she passed away from sickness two years ago. Before her last breath, as friends of hers and also doctors of Purgh Hospital, we tried to save her, but she decided herself that she was beyond saving and asked our family to adopt both Lillie and Gladion into the family."
"I think we have heard the news, but they refused to let some people attend the funeral, do you know why?" Steven asks.
"What do you think? She was one of the few people who believed in Ash's innocence." Ash says. "Let's not talk about this in public, we have some places to go."
The others want to ask some more, but they know that Red is right, they have more places to go.
(Flashback)
When Ash and Alice are at Route 212, they find a boy trying to heal a Drapion, but he seems to be panicking.
"What should I do? I forgot it again..." The boy says. "That's why I should have majored in Pokemon instead of humans..."
Ash and Alice decide to help out the boy, and Ash asks, "Is there something we can help you with? What are you doing here?"
The boy looks at them and says, "My Drapion is injured, but I didn't have any Super Potions for healing him..."
Alice takes out a Super Potion and says, "Don't worry about it. I have a Super Potion." Then she gives the medicine to him, and he uses it to heal Drapion. Ash notices the white coat and asks, "Do you happen to be a doctor? I notice your white coat and usually, doctors wear them."
The boy frowns, "I am, but I major in human treatment instead of Pokemon...and just by what happened a few minutes ago...I don't think I deserve to be a doctor..."
Ash and Alice are surprised to see the boy getting disappointed in himself. Ash says, "Don't worry, we all made mistakes, so you didn't need to worry about it."
"But..." The boy frowns. "Doctors should have prepared everything...and what I did was not supposed to happen if I am more careful."
Alice says, "We know, but what matters is that you learn from your mistakes and try not to do them again. We have some spare medicines for Pokemon. You can have them."
The boy thanks the two of them and he says, "By the way, I haven't introduced myself. My name is Tox Berlitz."
"Tox, it is nice to meet you." Ash shakes his hand with him and asks, "But why were you doubting your abilities? I mean, you can become a great Doctor if you try hard."
Tox sighs and says, "I know what you mean, but it is just that being a doctor is really hard, you have to be smart and you have to make sure that no mistake will happen. The reason I become a doctor is just because of my scores, but that was just me being a bookworm."
"I see..." Ash says with a little frown, "So you have doubts about your socialization and making prompt decisions. You said that you are majoring in human treatment, right, what about Pokemon treatment? Do you learn any of them?"
Tox nods and says, "I tried to get both licenses, but the test for the Pokemon treatment is next week and I am not sure if I can be as lucky as I apply for the human treatment license.
Ash gives him a pat on the shoulder and says, "Don't worry. We can help you with this if you want to."
Tox is now curious and he asks, "How are you going to help me? You two must be strong battlers, but you don't look like doctors that can help me a lot."
"Who said that we aren't doctors?" Alice asks, "We already apply for our licenses 5 months ago, so that's how we could help you."
"Really? You two are doctors?" Tox asks in surprise as both Ash and Alice take out the licenses, but the truth is, they aren't showing the picture and the names because they had applied it under different names and disguises. As they turn their licenses to the front, he gasps as he sees the self-photo and the name on them are Eason and Gus.
"Dr. Eason and Dr. Gus?" Tox looks at the pictures and the real person, and he is shocked to see who they really are.
"Wow...amazing...I heard a lot from you two..." Tox says. "Dr. Eason is said to be the best Pokemon Surgeon in the world, as he knows all kinds of Pokemon injuries and how to deal with them. And Dr. Gus is the best human Surgeon in the world, as she manages to perform a heart transplant without any accident. I can't believe that I manage to know both of them..."
"I am glad you know about us." Alice says, "Tox, I want to ask you, do you want to come with us to our hideout? We have a lot of Pokemon that are in need, you can help us treat them considering that it is a perfect chance for you to practice."
Tox is surprised as they offered him help, but he agrees as Ash takes them to the Sinnoh department of the Team Plasma base. Once they are inside, Tox sees that there are a lot of Pokemon in the health beds. Some of them are groaning in pain, while some of them are sleeping without making any sound.
"What happened to these Pokemon?" Tox asks as he is surprised to see a lot of Pokemon in the room. "And what is actually this place?"
"We are in Team Plasma's Sinnoh Department Center. As you can see. these Pokemon were abused by trainers, or hurt when the poachers are poaching them." Ash says with a frown. "Team Plasma's goal is to save them, and we helped them heal before sending them back to their free lives."
Tox gasps as he didn't know that they are a part of Team Plasma, Tox says, "I have heard of this organization...but I thought that it was an evil group in Unova..."
"That was what most people think of, but we are not evil. We just want to save as many Pokemon as we can." Alice says.
Tox nods and says, "I see, then I want to help out these Pokemon as well."
Ash smiles and Tox's enthusiasm, and then Ash and Alice decide to see how Tox will do. Even though there are some mistakes, Ash and Alice aren't the kinds of people to just yell at him. They will quickly save the Pokemon before it is too late. Tox will try to blame himself for what he just did, but Ash and Alice's encouragement just makes him continue to keep going.
After the day is almost over, they manage to heal a lot more Pokemon and bring them to Team Plasma's adoption center. Ash turns to Tox and asks, "So how are you feeling now, Tox?"
"I feel a lot better, maybe I can take the test very well. Thank you for bringing me here." Tox says with gratefulness.
"No problem." Alice says.
Then he was also taken to the Sevestar and Ash also revealed himself, Tox also revealed that Dawn, one of the murderers of Ash's mother, is his sister, but after hearing what she'd done, he's furious and also revealed about their divorce. He was glad that his father made the right decision to divorce so that he wouldn't be able to be related to the bitch who caused pain to Ash.
(Flashback Ends)
Here is a new chapter, and in this chapter, Alice is doing her final revenge against Serena. Will she succeed? I hope you like this chapter.
Ash's Regitox: Ability: Garbage Smell. Moves: Hyper Beam, Gunk Shot, Trash Vacuum, Venoshock, Heavy Slam, Play Rough
Ash's Toxeon: Ability: Corrosion. Moves: Last Resort, Gunk Shot, Poison Tail, Toxic, Sand Attack, Crunch.
