Hey guys! Once again, the weekly update. At the end of the chapter, I don't think what Giovanni does is OCC, but let me know if you think it is. After all, he does have a temper. I hope you guys enjoy it!
Ash grunted as he tried in vain to struggle against Giovanni. They had just flown away from the Sevii Islands, and Ash would rather jump off the helicopter, than stay with this man. More grunts came to help their boss, but Giovanni instructed them to stay back. Having enough, Giovanni picked up Ash and threw him in the nearest seat.
He was dazed for a moment, before he realized he could escape. Hurriedly, Ash sprang back up and started to make a run for it.
Giovanni had finally lost his temper. He screamed, "SIT DOWN, OR YOUR MOTHER WILL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY AGAIN!" Ash stared at Giovanni with shock, anger and fear. Trembling a little, Ash sat down at the window seat, making sure he didn't meet the other man's gaze. He hated him with a passion. Giovanni sat down beside him, with Persian squeezing in between them. Ash hated the evil Pokemon's fur against him. Usually, Ash would argue that no Pokemon was evil, but he was starting to have doubts about this one. It obviously knew he was the Legend Master, and it didn't even spare him a pitying glance. It looked at him with pure malice and arrogance. Persian only had one master.
Ash picked at the black bracelet that seemed to grow tighter around his wrist. Maybe if he could get it off, his powers would return. Ash angrily tried to tear it away, while Giovanni watched with amusement.
He chuckled, "That will not do you any good. It's virtually indestructible." Ash ignored him, and continued to try and get it off of him. After a couple of minutes of doing this, Ash fell back in his seat.
He asked, "What is it, anyway?"
Giovanni replied, "Well, it is designed off of the same technology used to repress a Pokemon's powers. I figured it would work for your condition." Giovanni seemed to be waiting for Ash to elaborate on this, but the boy didn't say anything. He continued, "Now you will tell me what a Legend Master is." Ash wanted to laugh at this man's request. He had taken his mother, his friends, and the Pokemon. Did he honestly think Ash would tell him anything? Besides, Ash had only agreed to surrender himself. He never agreed to talk. Now that he thought about it, Ash was beginning to feel like a horrible Legend Master. He had allowed so many to get caught. He certainly didn't deserve these powers.
Seeing that the boy was not about to talk, Giovanni let up for the moment. Ash wondered if he would be killed, and shivered at the thought. Because he had caused so much trouble for Team Rocket, there seemed to be a very likely chance.
The sudden ring of Giovanni's communicator interrupted Ash's thoughts. The boss let a glare serve as a warning, as he went to take the call. If he tried to escape, Misty, Brock and his mother would suffer the consequences. Persian followed his master to a private section of the helicopter, and Ash was left alone. As soon as Giovanni was out of earshot, Ash looked around his section. The grunts had given their boss privacy, and no one was there. Desperately, Ash once again clawed at the bracelet. It just had to come off! He banged his wrist against the wall, feeling like a trapped Pokemon. He ignored the pain, and bit his lip to keep from crying out. He even tried biting at it, but all that managed to do was make his teeth hurt. Finally, when his wrist could take no more, Ash realized it was futile. He would never get this stupid thing off.
Some tears started to trickle down his face, and not just from the pain. He had let everybody down. What could he do now that he was captured? As he heard Giovanni coming back, Ash made sure to wipe the tears from his face. He couldn't allow the boss to see him like this. As he sat back down, Ash turned his entire face to the window.
It wasn't his face that Giovanni noticed. He grabbed Ash's bruised wrist, "What did you do, you foolish boy?" Ash wondered why Giovanni would even ask. He had thought that Giovanni would actually relish the fact.
He said, "I tried to get it off." For a moment, Giovanni almost looked… concerned? No, it must have been a trick of the eyes. Giovanni didn't care if he injured himself. All of a sudden, a gray-haired scientist came into their section. Giovanni referred to him as Dr. Zeger. Dr. Zeger told him that they were going to land.
Apparently, Team Rocket had headquarters in every region. The one they were landing in was in a familiar city. Ash immediately recognized it as Viridian City in Kanto. He was being dragged all over, wasn't he? Still, it was good to be in a place he remembered. By the look in Giovanni's eyes, Ash could tell this was their main base. If he ever escaped, he now knew where to go. Before they had departed from the helicopter, Giovanni had warned Ash not to say a word to anyone who might be out on the streets.
Giovanni must have had the city wired, for no one was out on the streets, making it conveniently easy for them to get to the HQ. Ash saw his mother, Misty and Brock being led by a grunt. He started to run forward to them, only to be stopped by Giovanni. He wasn't even allowed to see them now. He didn't even know of how they were being treated.
As they all entered the HQ, Ash had to get searched. He uttered a protest when they took his black Pokedex away, but stopped when he saw Giovanni's scowl. Ash heard roaring from down below. He gave Giovanni a questioning look, and the boss smiled. After instructing the others to go about their business, he led Ash down to the lowest floor of the building. The roars continued to get louder.
They finally came across a gray, bolted door. Giovanni entered a password, that Ash couldn't see, and the door sprung open. When it did, Ash saw a scene of horror. There was a large hall with many large cages, and several of them held Pokemon… Legendary Pokemon. Red energy flowed across the bars of the cages, and Ash figured it held the Pokemon inside.
Giovanni said, "Don't you love this? This is Team Rocket's Legendary Pokemon storeroom." Ash ran forward to see the Pokemon. The first he saw was Arceus. It seemed to give him a saddened look, and got as close as he could to the bars. Ash tried to communicate with Arceus, but he felt no reply. The cage and bracelet must have been interfering with both of their powers.
With a cry on anger, Ash jumped towards the cage. Having nothing else, Ash felt it was the next best thing he could do. The red energy extended, and Ash was flung backwards. Apparently, it was also a force field of some kind.
Ignoring the intensified pain in his wrist, Ash ran to the other cages. He noticed Mesprit, Ho-oh, Entei, Manaphy, and Dialga. As he looked at Dialga, it seemed to be ecstatic to see him. It rushed to the front of the cage, only for it to be flung back.
He said sadly, "Don't do that. I just tried. Dialga, I'm captured too." When Dialga heard these words, its head dropped noticeably. He left Dialga alone, knowing nothing that could be done to help it.
When he passed by the next cage, Ash saw a Pokemon he had never seen before. It was of a sturdy build, and looked tough-looking. It was gray, and had two horns that seemed to extend from its back. It had four hooves that looked almost like boots. It focused its yellow eyes on Ash hesitantly. It knew there was something different about Ash.
He nodded, "Yes, I'm the Legend Master." The Pokemon began a series of grunts, probably trying to talk with Ash. He continued, "I can't hear you. This bracelet has me as trapped as your cage." The Pokemon nodded its head and turned away from Ash in disappointment.
Giovanni overheard this and walked over to him, "That was Terrakion. It is a Pokemon native to Unova. So… you can speak to Pokemon?"
Ash disregarded this, and yelled, "You evil man! You're horrible! How can you do this?"
Giovanni calmly responded, "I can do whatever I wish. I will rule the world with these Pokemon on my side." Suddenly, Rocket grunts walked in with the unconscious Mew, Victini and Shaymin. Before Ash could do anything, Giovanni thought ahead and grabbed on to him.
Ash yelled, "Guys! Wake up!" They didn't stir, as the grunts placed them in their cages. Ash continued to look out for Mewtwo, but he didn't appear to be with them.
Still struggling, Ash asked, "Where's Mewtwo?" Giovanni explained that Mewtwo would be confined in a laboratory, so his will could be altered to Giovanni's control. Mewtwo was too strong-willed to be like the others.
Giovanni finished, "And he will never be able to escape from me again." Giovanni finally let go of Ash, now that the new Legendaries were secure. He ran over to their cages and looked at them sadly.
He turned back at Giovanni and yelled, "If you think you can get away with this, you're as stupid as Jessie and James! You can't control things like this!" Persian looked like it wanted to jump at Ash, but Giovanni acted first. Losing his temper, Giovanni slapped the boy across the face. Ash was so shocked that he fell to the ground. There was only so much disrespect that a criminal team leader could take. When the caged Legendaries saw this, they started to angrily roar at Giovanni.
Without thinking Giovanni yelled, "You little brat! Don't you ever talk to your father like that again!" Ash looked at Giovanni with wide-eyes, as he held his cheek. There was dead silence between the two.
Iris groggily opened her eyes, to see the sky darkening . The last thing that she remembered was one of the Rocket grunts ordering a Petilil to use sleep powder. As she looked around, all she noticed was a sleeping Cilan. She frantically searched for the Legendary Pokemon, and then remembered what had happened. The girl also noticed all of their Pokemon were gone as well.
She cried out, "Axew!" Axew was her best friend, and she couldn't bring herself to wonder what would happen to him in the hands of Team Rocket. Emolga and Excadrill had helped out at the battle, but they were nowhere in sight either.
She ran to Cilan, and started shaking him. The green teenager slowly opened his eyes. When he was fully awakened, he also searched for his Pokemon. His Pansage, Dwebble and Stunfisk were all missing.
Cilan said, "That trick was not delicious at all!" He knew that Ash had been deceived by Giovanni.
Iris sighed, "Cilan, what are we going to do?" Since he was the oldest of the three, Cilan took the responsibility of watching over them. Since that Ash was gone, Cilan felt as if he had failed at that responsibility. However, there was nothing he could possibly do for Ash at the moment. He had to take care of Iris, who needed the comfort. He just hoped Ash could hold on.
He said to her, "I say we go to the ruins, and try to get some sleep. We'll get off the Sevii Islands somehow. In the morning we'll figure everything out." Iris still looked upset and frightened, so Cilan tried to add some humor. He held up a finger, "And I happen to be a navigation connoisseur! We'll cross the sea with ease!" Iris laughed, and the two of them went to get some much-needed rest.
Poor Cilan and Iris! They're scared and confused. (insert sad face here) Anyway, I think that Ash did deserve that. It's the ultimate insult to be called as idiotic as Jessie and James. Once again, tell me if you think that isn't right. Hope you guys enjoyed it!
Ash: Really? Why do you enjoy my pain?
Larxa: It's vital to the story Ash. Please don't hate me!
Ash: Oh well, so what's this about a battle?
Larxa: Oh yeah! (turns to readers) Next chapter, Ash will participate in a double battle using Pikachu and Palpitoad against Twilight's Shad0w with his Riolu, Shadow, and Some Gal with a Haxorus with her Infernape, Blue.
Ash: Yeah! Bring it on guys!
Larxa: Oh they will Ash. Twilight's Shad0w wanted a rematch.
Ash: Fine with me.
Larxa: Good.
Ash: So yeah. You and your cliffhangers are EVIL. That was cruel, leaving my scene ending like that.
Larxa: I know :)
Ash: Whatever. They'll be the ones killing you with harpoons.
Larxa: Shhhhh! Don't give them ideas!
Ash: HEY GUYS! BRING YOUR WEAPONS! KNIVES, SCISSORS, PITCHFORKS, CHAINSAWS AND TEDDY BEARS!
Larxa: Teddy bears? Really?
Ash: They can really hurt. Especially if they are thrown with the eyes hitting you.
Larxa: Ouch. That does hurt. (gets gigantic shield) BRING IT ON! Goodbye everyone!