Now that the happier chapter 2 is done, let's proceed to the third one.
This one is a bit more serious compared to the second chapter, had this one almost done when I uploaded ch. 2.
A bit shorter, but I hope you get a kick out of this.
Consilium
9:30 PM
Unknown Place
"Wonder what's for dinner today?" a man who was sitting down on a stool asked while watching a device counting up. It said 0.74%.
"Don't know, #3." The younger one said to the person called #3.
"Let's just hope it's big enough to satisfy me, #27." Said #3 with a straight face to the younger man.
"... Oh!" #27 shouted in surprise. "What?"
"That's what she said." #27 replied with a big grin on his face.
"... That was a good one, I have to admit." Said the older man while they both laugh together.
9:30 PM
Indigo Plateau Outskirts
0.75%
"Safe!" They landed next to the river close to Ash's home. Then he saw that Mewtwo included the champion in the teleportation as well. "Not safe." he murmured.
"No harm no foul, Chosen One." The legendary Pokemon said once again. "You shall be needing help in your plan. And I have brought the perfect person for it, Ash." said the cloaked figure with a straight face, then teleported away.
Cynthia's eyes widened at the sight of the mysterious Pokemon, but she was even more surprised when she heard it called the young trainer 'Ash'.
Ash looked at the champion, who was silent during the whole scene. He then gave off a sigh. He got ready for some talking.
"Alright, I know you have some questions. Well, a lot of questions. However, if you don't get back to Pallet soon, there're going to look for you. And if they are, they'll ask questions when you return. So I'm going to make this quick."
Next Day, 9:00 AM
Route 22
"Hurry, guys!" shouted the young Pokémon trainer, wearing a green shirt and khaki trousers.
"Slow down, Max." said the older man with squinty eyes, chasing Max from behind. "We have plenty of time."
"Brock's right, Max. We still have a little over one and a half weeks to the conference. What's the big hurry?" the girl wearing a green bandana stated, joining the conversation. "Well May, I want to practice as soon as we get to the Indigo Plateau. I can't waste anymore time lounging around!" the boy excitedly said as he's jogging on one spot, signalling his travelling companions to hurry up. "I'm sure they have great food there, May!" Max attempted to entice his big sister to make haste with food. "Food..? Great food?" "You bet! And a lot of them too!" "Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" shouted the big sister, grabbing Max's hand and running ahead.
"They never change, do they?" commented a blue haired Pokémon trainer, wearing a beanie over her head. "Not really, I guess. You're going to compete in the conference too, right, Dawn?" asked Brock while avoiding some branches on the way. "Yep! How about you, Brock?" "Not me, I'll be taking the crowds' seat this time, like usual. Someone's got to watch all the stuff!" said Brock playfully, still avoiding the branches.
"I'm going to get hit at least once. I just know it." Thought the man. "Say, where's Barry? He was with us just a moment ago." Asked Brock. "He's over there, with May and Max. It seems like they're already exhausted from their running.
"He's always in a hurry, just like his father." Stated the long, blonde haired trainer from the back, commenting on the father-and-son trait. "You got that right, Cynthia." Agreed Dawn, while nodding his head, while Brock followed, before getting a smack in the face from a branch. The champion and the top coordinator both laughed seeing the scene.
Previous Day, 9:30 PM
Indigo Plateau Outskirts
"Alright, I know you have some questions. Well, a lot of questions. However, if you don't get back to Pallet soon, there're going to look for you. And if they do, they'll ask questions. So I'm going to make this quick."
Cynthia nodded.
"I'll save the story how I survived for later, in Indigo Plateau." Ash went inside the cave, and came back with two sheets of paper. "That 'team', which we encountered for years ago, is planning to do the same thing. Soon, when the Grand Conference ends." He took a pen from his pocket, and spread the first map.
"Route 22, Victory Road, Route 23. Your group is going to travel through these routes, I believe?" asked Ash.
"Uh... Yes." Said the champion, who is still trying to grasp the fast-paced information that is flying to her.
"Now, Route 22. Linear path, bordered with trees. These places, take good notes of these." He circled two points, one in the middle of the path, and two others, each one beside the entrance of Victory Road. "Enemy traps. Ambushes. Confrontation. Whatever you want to call it. They're going to try to stop your group here, at these points."
"Ambushes? But why us?" asked Cynthia.
Ash sighed. "I know it's been pretty hectic the last 30 minutes, but do try to keep up. I was going to do this myself, but I just realized there's another thing that I have to do. Mewtwo did the right thing bringing you here." He raised his forefinger, just like a teacher teaching a pre-school student.
"Your group tomorrow will contain most of the people that took down their organization four years ago. Realizing their plans quick enough, you stopped them in time before they open the path to the other dimension. They don't want that again. Now, they're trying to eliminate you before they go to step 2 of their plan." He took a brief pause, and then continued. "Once you arrive at these points, get ready for anything."
"I... I see. But... How did you know of all these?" asked the champion after accepting the information from the young trainer. Ash smiled. "Let's just say I have my sources."
Present time, 9:10 AM
Route 22
After finally catching up to the May's group, they continued along the linear path.
Nearing the first contact point, Cynthia got ready to defend the group. She grabbed a PokeBall, and was just about to release it when her companions said something.
"Something's wrong." Brock said. "You're right. It's too quite here." Max replied, taking a defensive stance.
"Golbat! Air cutter!"
"Skuntank! Flamethrower!"
"Looks like we've got Galactic Company!" Brock stated while throwing his PokeBall.
8:59 AM
Galactic Mobile Base - Veni
Northern Hangar
"We're here, Lucario." The man in his usual dark clothing said telepathically to his Lucario. He was wearing a balaclava, covering the lower half of his face only. His Lucario was following behind him, not making any sound.
"Right. From the looks of their position, they'll get to contact point Alpha in 10 minutes. Setting countdown to 660 seconds. Starting the timer. Re-state objective, Lucario, 20 seconds." Ash said to Lucario. "Infiltration of the mobile base Veni, making our way to the Central Roof Heliport. There, we are to stop Commander Mars from reinforcing contact point Bravo, and the Victory Road ambush by stopping Saturn." The Pokémon elaborated. "Good. Re-state course, another 40 seconds." "We are to enter the Main Building separately, with Master using the Eastern Hangar exit, and myself using the Western Hangar exit. Once inside the Main Building, we take our respective staircases to the Third Floor, with Master exiting there to take the main elevator to the rooftop. On the Third Floor, I shall set the packages in place. We will rendezvous at 0910, the same place we are now." Explained the blue and black Pokémon. "Excellent. This will go smoothly. "
Ash, looking at his watch, saw that the timer has gone down to 607 seconds. "Right, 6.. 5.. 4.. 3.."
"Remember. Eliminate every resistance. No killing." Ash said his final order. "Go!"
Ash quickly headed to the Eastern Exit, while Lucario went to the opposite side. Ash opened the door, speeding through the long, light blue corridor. Sensing a difference in the air pressure near the three-way junction up ahead, he quickly dove forward, turning his body to the right and pointed his fore and middle finger to one of the guards that was minding his own business.
Pssht!
A burst of sharp, thin air was quickly released from the two holes on the tip of Ash's fingers. Hitting the guard on the chest, the man was pushed backwards by the pressure, collapsing at the direct contact with the wall. He then did the same with the next guard. He continued to make his way to his destination.
Encountering more resistance, Ash quickly took them out. "The old man didn't do a bad job this time." Stated the young man while looking at his metallic arm.
Before long, Ash arrived at the Main Building, followed by Lucario seconds later. Ash pointed at the western staircase for Lucario, and proceeded to take the eastern staircase. With no resistance on their way to the third floor, they arrived there safely, to find that most of the Galactic members are on the Third Floor for a weapons check. They were compromised, with a couple of dozens of Galactic members to face.
"We have 330 seconds left. Eliminate everyone. 30 seconds maximum. No aura, hand-to-hand combat only. Suppress powers; Remember. I don't want any of them dead." Ash instructed his Lucario, who nodded signalling understanding. "Well then, let`s start."
Ash jumped forward, giving the first person on his way a knee to the face. He then did a back flip, and ran forward to start out a combo with a roundhouse kick. With his skills in martial arts, these amounts of inexperienced enemies were no problem to him. Ash did a straight kick, hitting a grunt on the face, taking a couple of teeth out. "They don't even put up a fight."
In less than 20 seconds, all of the Galactic members are wiped out, except for one.
"Ah... Aaaah! Monsters!" shouted the grunt, while running away.
Ash quickly jumped to land in front of him, who was stopped in his tracks. He couldn't move at the sight of the young man, who didn't seem to be fazed at all, when he already fought more than 30 guys. And won.
"... Monsters? Now, that's not very nice, is it? Tell you what. I'm going to make this quick and painless for you!" Ash said with a big smile. "What do you mea-" He fell to the ground, face first.
"Well, that was easy. Now, let's proceed. Do what you have to do here, Lucario." With that, Lucario disappeared into one the rooms on the floor.
Ash went into the main elevator, pressing RT on the interface.
"We'd better get going. I have to reinforce Victory Road's Galactic units." Said the man with the blue hair, raised only on the sides. He was wearing a silver jumpsuit, with a 'G' imprint on his chest.
"I guess so, Saturn." Answered the red-headed woman with a similar outfit. "We don't want those brats getting to Indigo Plateau."
The proceeded to board their own carriers.
Ding.
"Who are you? Don't come any closer! Identify yourself!" a grunt screamed.
Hearing this, they stopped just before they boarded, and looked to see what was going on. They saw a tall person, wearing a dark blue overcoat. Long, messy raven-like hair, partly covering his face.
"..." The person didn't say anything. He lifted his hand, and pulled down his balaclava that was covering his nose and mouth. The straight face now had a grin. A very noticeable one.
"Remember me?" the person said while pulling his overcoat's right sleeve, revealing his metallic, artificial hand.
1:00 PM
Victory Road
Indigo Plateau Entrance/Exit
"I thought we crushed those goons ages ago!" Max was stretching after he said this. "Those guys are starting to look like Team Rocket."
"I see Indigo Plateau!" shouted her big sister who was standing beside him. "I can't wait for all those great food!"
"I can't wait to go shopping!" Dawn claimed.
"Aren't we supposed to go meet with Misty and the others first? I'm sure those activities can wait." Brock suggested.
"Yes, I'd say we do that first, and sign in to our hotels first. After, you can do anything you want!" the champion supported the gym leader of Pewter city.
"Okaaaay..." said the disappointed girls in unison.
Previous Day, 9:33 PM
Indigo Plateau Outskirts
"Victory Road will be a cinch if I take out Saturn. And I will take him out. Route 23 is clear. So, the problem isn't there." Ash said while taking out the other map.
"It's here." Placing the Indigo Plateau village map in front of them.
"Those guys need a strong trainer to help them open the dimensional right. Where to find that strong trainer? Th-"
"The Grand Conference." Cynthia said, completing his sentence.
Ash smiled at the champion. "Yeah. Looks like you're beginning to catch up. Now, the problem in the village. They've set up their positions in the city. Being a champion, you won't need to participate in the preliminaries. At that time, I need you to check out these places I have marked on the map. Can you do that?" the map was offered to Cynthia as he asked.
"Definitely." Cynthia replied with a smile on her face.
"Good!" He stood up, offering his hand to help her stand up. She took his hand. "Good luck, Cynthia, and see you tomorrow for the rest of the story." Still holding her hand, he closed in and kissed her forehead.
"Mewtwo, take her back to Pallet."
"Certainly." The legendary Pokemon stated just as he appeared on the scene, teleporting the champion back to Pallet Town. The next thing she knew, she was standing in front of the huge tree behind the Ketchum house with a face bright red like a tomato.
Right, that's it for chapter 3.
Ash showed a little of his skills with the metal arm, there'll be more to come.
A little heads up; I don't think I can update for a week, at most.
Hope you enjoyed my story so far.
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