Within a few minutes the last two screen flickered into life and showed two moving pictures of Ho-oh. It was sitting on the roof watching for anyone coming towards it. It looked to Ash that Ho-oh wasn't just angry, it was scared of something. Ho-oh needed someone to go up there and reassure it, he knew that. The problem was how he was going to do that. "It's just like Garchomp," Ash murmured softly. Dawn heard him but didn't know what he meant. "What was that about a Garchomp, Ash?" she asked curiously. Ash shook his head. Dawn frowned at him but didn't push the matter. She could just ask Brock, she figured Brock would know what Ash had meant.
Ash picked Pikachu off his shoulder and told Pikachu to stay put. Pikachu wasn't happy as he had a good idea of what Ash was going to do but he knew, just as Ash did, that Ho-oh would attack under the slightest provocation. As Ash walked calmly out of the tent he unbuckled his belt with his pokéballs on it and placed them on a nearby chair. He then walked slowly to the fire escape on the side of the building and started to climb.
It was Serena who noticed that Ash was missing first. Everyone was instantly worried when they saw that Ash had left his pokéballs and Pikachu behind. They split up to look for him. Then Brock and Clemont saw Ash halfway up the fire escape. "Ash! What are you doing?" Brock shouted up to his friend. Ash heard Brock and stopped. "Going up to help Ho-oh!" Ash called back, leaning over the railing. "Like Garchomp," Clemont realised and Ash nodded. Brock frowned at Clemont and Ash. He didn't know what they were talking about. "Alright Ash but be careful. Catch this," Clemont decided and handed Brock small pouch to throw up. Ash caught the device and opened it. "Clemont, what is this?" Ash asked confused. There was a small round object and a clip. "It's a microphone and hearing piece. It wirelessly syncs with this," Clemont explained as he presented a speaker. Ash stared at Clemont in awe, and would have exclaimed that science was amazing in a different situation. "Put them on. Then we can talk to each other without shouting," Clemont told Ash. After a few minutes of fumbling Ash's voice came through the speaker loud and clear. "Is it working?" he asked. Clemont nodded. "It's working," Clemont confirmed pressing down a button. "Great, thanks Clemont," Ash replied and continued his way up the fire escape. "Ash, don't do anything crazy," Brock ordered his friend. They heard Ash laugh. "Of course not Brock, when do I ever do anything crazy?" Ash answered. Brock chose not to reply.
Everyone was back in the tent and Clemont's speaker was sitting beside the screens. Brock and Clemont had informed everyone what Ash was doing. "It's kind of what Ash did when Professor Sycamore's Garchomp lost control and landed on Prism Tower. Right Clemont?" Bonnie commented to her older brother. Clemont adjusted his glasses and nodded. "Garchomp? Ash said something about a Garchomp before disappearing off, what happened?" Dawn remembered. "Well-"Clemont began but was stopped by a booming voice in his head. "Stop there!" it shouted. Everyone turned to the screens and saw that Ash had made it to the roof.
Until the next chapter.