I'm a lot happier now that I have 7 reviews.

As you can see, not everything will follow the original TTR, so expect some different things.

BTW, LegitEmi, sorry I thought you were a guy. I don't really go and look at my reviewer's profile…seems a little stalker-like…..

Anyways here's chapter 3

Chapter 3: Escaping from the Grasp

"What do you mean my friends are waiting for me?!" Ash asked impatiently to Falkner.

"Ash, calm down. We need to go and alert you're friends. They came searching for a few days ago…." Falkner said.

"Who came searching?" Ash asked curiously.

"Um you're old friend Brock, a blue headed girl and a boy with glasses."

"Was there a girl with brown hair and Saphire eyes?" Ash asked hopefully.

"Um no, is she important?"

"Um…she was…"

"Oh….I understand." Falkner said understanding his comment. "Anyways, come on in…" he said as he opened the gym doors.

When Ash walked into the gym, he almost fell over in surprise.

"Falkner! Why are there so many people here?" Ash said.

*Think of the gym in the game.*

Next to the statues were kids with their Pokemon drawn out. The pokemon weren't super strong, mostly nidorans, nidorinos/nidorinas, weedles, caterpies, bellsprouts and only one oncix. Across the room, were the gym leader should stand, was a bunch of pokeballs, infants, mothers and elders.

"Well, if you haven't noticed, Team Rocket took over the city. All the men were taken captive due to a recent raid and the rest of the people are at Bell Tower."

"But, can't you guys just leave the city?" Ash asked.

"Team Rocket has the borders under their control. Plus, I don't think anyone wants to leave….. they kinda want their city back." Falkner said.

"Yeah! We want to fight Team Rocket!" One kid in the crowd said.

"Our Pokemon can handle anything!" another said.

"Well Ash, as you can see, I got a stubborn but determined group. Are you willing to help us?" Falkner asked.

"I'd love to help….but I th—"

"Look Ash, we'll eventually get our city back, with or without your help….but it'll take longer without…" Falkner admitted.

Ash looked around and saw determined kids. Team Rocket's pokemon seem way stronger than these weedles and caterpies.

"Alright….I'll help."

"That's good; because I'm pretty sure Team Rocket is coming back with reinforcements." Falkner said.

"Well, we better get ready than."

"Drew! Let go of me!" May said as she was pulled by Drew.

"May, struggling will only make things worse! Now get on Flygon and we can discuss things at home—"

"That's not my home!" May yelled as she got rid of Drew's grasp. "Why won't you let me, go and see my brother! You used to be so sweet…"

"That's because I know you're not going to see Max….." Drew said gravely. "I know you're searching for Ash….I noticed him too on the dragon…..his Pikachu gave him away.

"Then why won't you let me go!" May asked.

"Because….because I'm afraid to lose you." Drew said as he hugged May.

"D-Drew….." May said with disbelief as she hugged him back.

"I'm sorry I hit you….now come on, let's go back."

"Drew, I'm not going back. I'm gonna go and find Ash and you can't stop me!"

Lightning lighted up the sky and May thought she saw his face with the same anger when he hit her.

His face than slowly turned into a sad one and said "Ok…..just come back to me."

"Thanks Drew!" May said cheerfully.

Drew motioned for her to kiss him, but instead she just said waved her hand and ran towards the ship.

"Leaving Drew in the rain and Lightning by himself.

"Alright guys so here's the plan." Falkner said to the group. "We'll have all the trainers that own Weedles and Caterpies use string shot when Team Rocket's pokemon appear, then we'll have all the Nidoran pokemon use poison type moves to poison the pokemon and have the Bellsprouts use stun spore and sleep powder on the remaining pokemon. Onix will use Rock Tomb to trap them and As—"

"Whats that one guy with the Pikachu gonna do?" Some boy asked.

"As I was saying, Ash is going to jump into the battle and use his Pokemon to take out the enemies."

"Is he really strong enough to take those Pokemon out?" Asked a young boy.

"From what I've seen….yes…."

"Alright, I think I'm gonna use this one." Ash said as he pulled out a pokeball. He was hiding outside the gym, waiting for the signal.

Falkner had told him the plan about everyone using status moves on the Pokemon making it easier for Ash's pokemon to take them out.

"Pika pi?"

"I just don't think it's the right time to tell everyone I'm back…" Ash said remembering the moment.

*Flashback*

"Hey Ash, I'm gonna call every at Goldenrod and tell them you're here. You wanna talk to them?" Falkner said as he picked up the video phone.

"Wait! Don't call them!" Ash said stopping Falkner.

"Why? Don't you wanna tell them you're back?" Falkner questioned.

"I just….i think now's no the right time….." Ash said as he remembered the heartbreak.

"Alright Ash…I understand…"

*Flashback End*

"Alright, you guys ready to finally take this gym leader down?" a man said.

"Quick Pikachu get down." Ash whispered as he went prone.

The bushes provided good cover and the Team Rocket grunts were….well, grunts.

"Alright everyone, release the Golbats and Mightenas!" The Admin (leader) said.

All the grunts released Golbats and Mightenas that actually seemed to be at a high level (lv 30)

The members all started walking towards the gym with their Pokemon following them.

"NOW!" Yelled a voice from the roof.

All the kids were on top of the roof with their Pokemon out. The Onix then used Rock tomb and covered the whole battlefield with Rocks making it hard to navigate and trapping the grunts in that one place.

"USE THE STATUS ATTACKS!" Falkner yelled.

The nidorans and nidrinos/nidrinas all used poison sing and toxic poising half of the Mightenas and slightly hurting the Golbats.

The Bellsprouts than used sleep powder and stun spore to affect the remaining Golbats and Mightyenas.

Finally the Caterpies and Weedles used string shot to reduce the speed of all the Pokemon.

The grunt's Pokemon were now slowly fainting and very tired.

Ash than appeared from the bushes and sent out 2 Pokemon.

"Infernape! Bulbasaur! Let's take these guys out!" Ash cried. "Infernape, use dual Mach Punch and blaze kick on the Golbats! Bulbasaur, charge up a solar beam and fire it at any Pokemon in sight. Than use leaf blade and razor leaf to take out the Mightyena!'

Infernape being the faster one took off into the battle field and had its feet on fire and its arms glowing.

It was easily able to maneuver through the filed due to the Rocks in the way. Infernape jumped from Rocks to Rocks to take out all the flying poison types. Most of the Golbats were unaffected by the status problems and was able to launch some air cutters and sludge bombs at Infernape.

Lukily, Infernape dodged most of the poison type attacks, making sure it didn't get poisoned and the air cutters weren't able to land a critical hit.

Infernape was flourishing in the battle, but bulbasaur wasn't having much fun.

The Mightyena was faster than Bulbasaur and most of them were able to avoid the Solarbeam….but it still knocked out a few of them.

When it came to close combat, Mightyenas were obviously well trained in it. The Bulbasaur couldn't take out as much Pokemon when it used Razor Leaf.

If it was one v one, Bulbasaur would do much better. But the rocks, fire fangs and tackle attacks were over whelming.

"Bulbasaur are you alright?" Ash asked as he noticed it get cornered. "Don't worry, I'll send Pikachu!" Ash cried out as Pikachu was about to jump off.

"BULBA!" Bulbasaur yelled disagreeing.

It was a strong-willed pokemon and was ready to take these guys out.

Bulbasaur noticed Infernape's battle skills. It was obvious that Infernape wouldn't do as good if it was a chimchar or a monferno. It knew it was time.

Bulbasaur shook off the everstone it had and let it's bulb start to glow and grow.

"BUUUUULBAAAA!" Bulbasaur yelled as the its body turned white.

Once the white light faded a surprise waited for the Mightyennas.

The bulb was now opened revealing a Pink flower. The bulb's outer covering were now razor sharp leaves.

Ash opened his old Pokedex and scanned the newly evolved pokemon.

"Moveset is: Sludge Bomb, Solar Beam, Vine Whip, Bullet Seed and Leaf Blade."

*Think of leaf blade as Ivysaur's "A" attack in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.*

The Mightyena were a little nervous and slowly tried to get closer to Ivysaur.

Ivysaur noticed movement and shot a sludge bomb at 1 of the 5 dogs.

2 dogs then charged at Ivysaur causing it to use leaf blade.

Ivysaur had a slightly decreased speed, but it's defence, attack, and stamina made up for it.

Ivysaur used Vine whip to throw one of the Mightyena into the air. It then headbutted the 2nd one causing major damage.

It then shot its bullet seeds up into the air taking out the mid-air hound.

Slowly, the Mightyenas started to faint and caused many grunts to retreat.

"Ash they're starting to retreat!" Falkner cried from above. "We need to make sure they won't come back!"

"Falkner! Tell your Pidgeot to get down here! When Infernape uses fire spin, use whirlwind to keep it goin!" Ash cried out.

"Infernape, use a bunch of Fire Spins so they don't come back!"

Infernape shot out many Fire Spins that reached well over 20 feet.

Pidgeot soon came down and used whirlwind to extend the duration of the Fire Spins.

After Ash made sure the fire wouldn't go out he returned Ivysaur and Infernap and went towards the roof of the Gym.

"That was a great battle, Ash." Falkner said as he greeted them. "This plan has not only improved our defenses." He said gesturing towards the Fire Spins." But it also improved our Pokemon."

Ash took a look around and saw trainers with new Pokemon.

The once Caterpies and Weedles, now turned into Butterfrees and Beedrills. There was now no sight of nidorans and only consisted of Nidorinos and Nidorinas. The Bellsprouts didn't change much but Ash saw a few Weepingbells.

"Wow, you guys have improved….but Team Rocket will be back…" Ash said.

"Yes, we know…but your defenses should last right?" Falkner said hopefully.

"Yes they will….but the fire won't last forever. Perhaps you could duplicate them?"

"I think we could!" A boy cried out. "I have a Charmander that can use fire spin! But, it's not as strong as yours."

"Don't worry, I'm sure it will provide defense. I also advise to use leech seeds to cover the battlefield. I told my Ivysaur to lay down some Toxic Spikes and Leech seeds, so you're next raid won't be very difficult."

After some last minute pointers, Ash took tried to leave quietly as the kids started to discuss strategies amongst themselves.

"I believe you're leaving now….." Falkner said as he noticed Ash's move.

"Yeah, I gotta get going….."

"And where is your destination?" Falkner asked with some anger.

Ash laughed a little and faced Falkner.

"That's something…I'm still trying to find….." Ash said as he walked away.

"Ash wait…" Falkner said running up to him.

"I'm sorry…..it's just that…the girl with the blue hair…she was really miserable….." He said.

"She…she was?" Ash asked in disbelief.

"Yeah…..she seemed…depressed."

"Oh" Ash sad as he couldn't imagine Dawn being unhappy.

"Before you go….have this." Falkner said

Falkner gave Ash a box.

"I think you should use it when the time is right." Falkner said with a weak smile.

Falkner left without a glance behind as if he knew he did the right thing.

Ash opened the box and saw 2 feathers.

The first was a shiny gold feather with a red tip and a gleaming silver feather with a shine in the moonlight.

For a moment, Ash felt clear, as if he knew what to do next.

Finally…..its 1 o'Clock and I'm finally done writing.

Too tired to say anything, except that the whole battle took place at night and when he starts leaving, he's at the back of the gym so….imagine a lake not too far.

CaTcH Ya LaTeR TBC