"I can't beilve thatc Cilan's alive..," irish said still in shock about thr last chapter.

"tyes tes we're all happy about that but more run and lestalking,' Gary told Iris. They were making thir wai to the room cilan had told them about twith the plot orb, but since they're nev to the volcano they had no ide were they eere going actyuallu.

"Cilan said the orb is in the master's controll room where ever that is," Pikabert dead as they ran through corridors.

chilli and crest looked back down the hall. "Maybe we should go back and ask our other..."

"No," Brok yelled at the triplets minus 1," Cilan told us to kleep mobing! It van't be that far away ow!"

Then suddne;t pikabrt stopped dead in his tracks. "Hey man whatthe gives," Gary demanded tripping over the pikaberry like speedbump. Pikabert's ears twitched. "I hear something," he ssaid and suddwnly a chill went through the air like oscoilating gan of minty freshness. Then a purple douchy apparition materialized in the hallway. Iris being the paranaorma scardy hid behind the stone golem known as Brock for protection.

"Broham-hams i am Morty," the spririt ooooowwwed," i'm here to help you on your quest and junk."

"b-but hwy," Gary stuttered also not use to being around ghosts and way quite terrifyed as well.

Mortu shooked broken booty quaked his head sadly,"once upon a time i was a normal living human but hten the Evil Concil came and burned Equatweet City to the ground, a log with me snd Fantina. since then we have been dead but we have gained mastery ober our mortus and came baxk as te Ghost gym leaders!"

Everyone shook their heads in agreement since this was already basic common knowlege in the poekm nworld.

Morty continued," i have also dedicated my afterlife to stop this nonsense! Once i've even krept into that masked lunatics dreams on christmas knight to knock some sense into him, not a luck that did..."

"But do you know where the Fuglas Orb is," Brock asked with eyes that can see throught lies but where closets.

"Of course with my phantom powers i can walk thorugh walls with ease. Now everyone grab on to my snarf but try not to strecth the fabric!"

Everyone made sure to grab Marty's carf (even Iris who concuer her fear by giggling at the gnosticly lol) and Morty wisjed them off through the walls as if they were nothing!

"I guess you could say we're being Spirited Away huh," Gary joked inbetween solid matter. Gary laughed as Brock tried to punch him for his impulence but they we're currently temporary ghosts so his fists would phase through him.

But this did not last long, because as soon as they entered a room something happened and they became physical again!

"What happened," Misty asked getting off the floor and gasped.

Msky was standing in frint of them holding an empty turmos labeled HOLY WATER on it nd Morty was lying on the floor disentigrating in bubbles.

"The Masked Man," Gary gulped comically like Shag gi from the scbooy doop.

"I'm getting really tired of you guys showing up," /masky said wih frustrations and rage growing.

"N-noo...I mu...st...protect the...future," Morty muttered as he used the last of his energy to shoot a Shadow Ball at the Masked Man's face knocking him back into a pillar before bubbling into nothingness and used ectoplasma.

"Morty," Iris elled in deserpation. rock put his hand on her shoulder as she cried her woman tears. "Don't worry," he said with confort," he's back in the Pokeheaven's now i'm sure of it." Chilli and Crest looked at Brock iwht weary since they knew there was no was a soul could exist in any plane after being destroyed.

"You...," Masky said as he struggled to stand up. His cubone mask was starting to fall apart and his eye was visable. Pikabert gasped because the eye was not an eye of a normal human, but an eye of a monster that was consumed with hatred and ac lust for vengaence. But what hit Pikabert the most is the fact he recognized whio the eye belonged to.

"I...I mean...it can't be...", Pikabert stammered the little rodent scientist at loos of words.

"kuku finally remembered me huh? Well it's too late now," Masky yelled in bitter triumph. He tore off the rest of his mask revealing his true face. Everyone in the room stared in morbid horror ar it. The face looked exactly like Ash's face becak when he was human except this guy didn't have Ash's signiture happy lines and his hair was a bright bloodied-red.

"Oh my god..." Misty said about to throw up.

"Iris and The Party Kings get behind me now," Broxk siad with protective urgency.

Gary however lowered his eyebrows in confusion. "uhhhh...so yea who is this guy again?"

"This...is Ritchie. For years he has been following us by lurking in the shadows," Brock explained to the others ppl." of course we never thought he would be bold enjgpou to side with the Evil Conciul"

"but why tho," Iris asked foricing dialogue.

Ritchie wiped the blood the color of his hair off his chink and giggled with evil intents. "Perhaps you should tell them why Wesker or should i say PAPA!?"

The placr they where in currently was quiet as pikabert revealed the truth about stuff. "A long time ago, back when snap braclets and Orange Julius's roamed the planet, Team Rocket and Umbrella were in a race to create the ultimate lifeform. Team Rocket eded up creating Mewtwo whuil we sought to reecreate the Shingy Crystal Arceus Dragon Calgon. We were lucky enought to come across some dna material of it and my co-worker Ghetsis sent his ninja team to kidnap children to infuse the genetic sample with. They all backfired grotesquely..."

Iris felt a cold wind blow thorugh the room despite Candice being dead and also they were inside a volcano.

"So," Pikabert continued," with the number of available test subjects low i had to resort to using my newborn son Ritchie."

"B-but it worked sicne he's standing in front us right now," Gary injected," and who's the mother?"

"While it's true, out of all the all the test subjects that survived Ritchie was able to fuse the most with the Calgon, but then Ash was born who naturally fused with the SCAR 100% and the higher ups at the facility took Ritchie and the others away and i never saw him again...until now..."

"That's right beloved father," Ritchie smirked with bitter resentment and holding up his newly formed dragon claw," after HE was born i was sweept off to the side to die in an orphanage but they didn't count on me exacping and i have been trailing you and that BOY ever since!BWHAHAHA"

"And all that time i never stoped loving you," Pikabert inturuppted with tears of parental frustration building in his teat ducks," me and your mother Power never wanted to give you up but The President didn't give us another alternative! That's why i allowed you to follow Ash and us all those years! It was great to see you and watch you grow into a trainer!" Pikabert got into powerstance," but i am disapppointed to see you squalder it all off just for petty revenge!"

"Enought boring talking prepare to die father" Ritchie said as he shot dragons raging at the grouo but Pikabert backhanded it back with his iron tail. Ritchie responded to this by sproutign moltres wings of burning hellfire and flew up nd started to rain weather balls everywhere while laughing like mad. " TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL," he laughed like internet douche.

"Pikabeett you said he was an imperfect experienment, is there anyway to stop him without the Orb," Misty asked taking cover with tables turned.

"yea can't we throw acids at him or something," Gary sassed dogging Ritchies attacks ith the grace of drunk gazelle.

"Yes there is only one way to stop this kind of monster," Pikabert nodded," and thats-"

Just before Pikabwert could finished his sentance the door opened and dry-ice smoke clouds came out from the other end as well as three shadowy figures.

CLIFFHANGER!