CHAPTER 2: A WARM WELCOME, REALLY?
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CHAPTER 2: A WARM WELCOME, REALLY?
Vaniville Town, Kalos
Time :Half an hour before Ash rescued the girl
Meanwhile in Vaniville Town, a small town south of Santalune City, a young girl with honey blond hair was riding a Rhyhorn, or rather trying to ride a Rhyhorn. It was as clear as crystal that the girl was having problems while riding it and from the looks of it one can tell she did not enjoy it one bit.
"Aaaah! Aaa, ouch!" said the girl as she tried her level best to tame it. Ofcourse she failed miserably.
"Serena keep your mouth shut lest you will bite your tongue and be one with Rhyhorn" Grace, Serena's mother called worriedly from the sidelines.
"I'm trying, Mom. I'm trying "
But as soon as she said that the Rhyhorn threw Serena off herself and she fell flat face first on the ground.
"I HATE IT" yelled Serena.
Ash POV
I said good bye to Nurse Joy and headed towards Professor Sycamore's lab. Walking silently all my thoughts were centered around the brunette I saved a few minutes ago. I did not know who that girl was, but right now I just wanted to rip off the head of the man who was responsible for her current predicament.
I was so engrossed with my own thoughts that by the time I finished I was standing right infront of the lab. I was going to open the door when I heard a painful scream of a pokemon.
"gorrrrrr( HELP )" it said.
I at first understood that it was the Professor's Garchomp that was calling for help. It was evident from his voice that he was in great pain. Forgetting everything I rushed straight into the lab. When I entered, I saw the two people- a woman and a man in orange uniforms standing there along with the Professor, Sophie and my friends. They were all worried about the Garchomp who was in immense pain. The man had a strange remote in his hands. He then pressed a button on it due to which the Garchomp roared in pain again. The Froakie I saved earlier was trying to calm his friend. The others saw me and were somwhat relieved to see me there. Pikachu also hurriedly approached me. It was then I noticed a strange collar on Garchomp's neck and I surmised that this is what's troubling him.
Due to the pain Garchomp went berserk and started firing Hyperbeams in any direction. He then fired a Hyperbeam at the grunts sending them flying in the sky.
"Looks like Team Flare is blasting off to space" was all they said before disappearing. This made me think about Team Rocket but I quickly shook the thought off and focussed myself. The Garchomp then flew out of the lab firing Hyperbeams everywhere.
Pokemon Centre
Room 07
Rubbing her eyes Ashati woke up to find herself lying in a bed in a completely white room.
"Hmm... Where am I?" she asked to no one in particular.
Nurse Joy who was currently in her room heard this and looked towards the bed. Her eyes widened when she realized that the girl was finally awake.
" Oh dear, so you are finally awake" said Nurse Joy as she approached the girl.
"Huh? Who are you? Stay away. Please don't harm me" she cowered in fear and shifted herself back so as to create a distance between them.
Nurse Joy sensed that she was suffering from trauma and therefore a bit frightened of strangers. She slowly approached her and tried to calm her down.
After some time the girl relaxed a bit sensing that she was safe here. Nurse Joy also told her how she ended up in a hospital telling about a boy who carried her here along with her Eevee.
Suddenly the door flew open and Eevee came running towards Ashati.
"Eevee! I missed you so much" said Ashati as she hugged Eevee.
"vee eveee ve" she said.
Nurse Joy smiled at the interaction between the two of them.
"Now I want you rest a bit. Do you want to watch TV, Ashati?"
"TV? Ok"
Outside Prism Tower
The area around Prism Tower was being evacuated in haste. Officer Jenny was trying her level best to ensure the safety of the locals but still there were a few who were not listening to her. When Ash and company arrived at the Prism Tower the Garchomp had already been sitting on the top, still enraged and firing hyperbeams everywhere. A news chopper which was flying above, recording the events of the city, narrowly missed one his strikes.
Seeing this Ash decided to scale the 'mountain' of a tower and calm the rampaging dragon. He along with his trusty Pikachu and the Froakie he saved earlier immediately sprung into action. Coincidently, Alexa who was also there at that moment saw Ash climbing the tower. She couldn't help but worry about him. Although she had only spent a small amount of time with him but she had grown fond of him and his bravery. She still didn't have the slightest of idea that she has a crush on him.
Serena's House, Vaniville Town
After coaching her daughter how to ride a Rhyhorn(which I might add led to unprecedented consequences), Grace was currently sitting in her living room watching the news broadcasting live from Lumiose City. She was shocked to see the amount of damage the purple dragon had done.
"Hey Serena, Look something incredible is happening in Lumiose" she called out to her daughter.
"Oh yeah, Well something incredible has happened to my face too" said Serena sarcasticaly as she mentioned the scratches on her face. Her mother sweat-dropped hearing this. Nevertheless she came to see what her mother wanted to show her.
"What kind of movie is this mom?"
"This is no movie. This is happening live in Lumiose City" her mother replied to her gasped hearing this and started watching the broadcast intently.
"Hello everyone, this is Clair reporting live from Lumiose City" said the reporter " A Garchomp is running amok here in the city, causing destruction everywhere. He is currently on top of the Prism Tower and is in no mood to stop the carnage"
"What the- A young man is trying to climb the Tower and he is heading straight towards the rampaging pokemon. May be the boy is his trainer, who know"
The camera was showing a boy along with a Pikachu and a Froakie climbing up the Tower.
Pokemon Center
"Is that boy crazy? He is going straight into the mouth of death. That Garchomp is mad and he is approaching him" said Ashati incredulously while watching the live broadcast.
Ash POV
Meanwhile, I finally reached the top where the Garchomp was and along with my pokemon friends cautiously approached him.
" Garchomp" I called out to him, gaining his attention " Please calm down; we know you are in a lot of pain. I know it hurts and we want to help you"
"pika pikachu pi pika"(yeah we want to help you)
"froa froakie"(buddy please! )
He was looking directly at us making me nervous. He seemed to have calmed down so I took a careful step towards him. But as soon as I did that he fired a Hyperbeam attack at me.
"Get down" I told everyone and we narrowly avoided it. It was a close call but we are safe and that's what matters. Because he used Hyperbeam, Garchomp coudn't attack for while as it needed to attack. Seeing this as an opening I rushed forward and latched onto his neck. I quickly realeased my soothing aura to calm him a bit. He stumbled and took a few steps back and we would fallen down to our deaths had it not been for Froakie to save us.
"Pikachu quick use Iron Tale on the collar" I beckoned him. And Pikachu did just that. His tail turned to steel and then with a downward stroke the collar broke apart.
As sson as the collar broke off, Garchomp seemed to relax.
"gor gor chomp"(Thank you) it said to us.
Suddenly the ground beneath Pikachu broke off and he started falling off the Tower. "Pika pi pikachu"(Help me Ash)
Without a further notice I jumped after Pikachu inorder to save my best friend. Although it was stupid of me but still I did it, anything or my buddy.
Serena's POV
I was intently watching the news broadcast. I don't know why but I felt like I knew the boy on TV. I saw that the boy was able to calm the Garchomp down and both my mother and myself breathed a sigh relief. It was then that the camera focused on the boy and I couldn't help but the admire his good looks. But on closer inspection I felt a close connection with the boy as if-as if I knew him personally like I had already met him somewhere before. Before I could dwell any further on my thoughts I saw the boy's Pikachu falling off the Tower, but what made even more shocked that he jumped right after his Pikachu not even caring about his own safety. Seeing his altruism, I finally realized who he was; he was Ash, the boy who helped at the Summer Camp, my first only c-. But before I could think anything else I saw him getting engulfed in a white light and then hit the ground with a loud thud. I felt like my life was taken away from me and my heart was in my throat. I tried but couldn't stop a few tears escaping my eyes. My first crush,my only friend was no-no more that too when I saw him after 7 long years.
"NOO ASH NOO" I shouted ignoring the looks my mother was giving me. I saw that she was crying seeing the fate of such a brave boy.
Pokemon Centre
Ashati's POV
I saw the boy jumping off the Tower after his companion and then hitting the ground. Knowing what the outcome of this was I started crying, even Eevee was crying for the boy who jumped off only to save his Pokemon.
Outside Prism Tower
Everyone outside were celebrating that the Garchomp had calm down thanks to Ash. Clemont, Bonnie and Professor Sycamore were all happy. Alexa had found another reason to love him more, but their moments were short lived when they saw Ash jumping down from the top. Their hearts came to thier mouths when they saw him jump off the top and possibly to his death. THey saw with tears in their eyes as they hit the ground. Alexa was shattered seeing her crush fall to his death. Clemont had covered Bonnie's eyes and all of them even the crowd were in tears. Although they couldn't see anything due to dust cloud that had arose from the impact, they knew it was inevititble to srvive such a fall.
"Everyone give us your Pokemon now. We are Team Flare. If anyone tries to flee he or she will suffer from dire consequences. Understand now everyone go and collect them" said one person who was wearing an orange colour jumpsuit sort of uniform. Along with him were five more people who were dressed in the same attire. With this all of the six surrounded the area and started collecting Pokemons. The one who was possibly their leader approached Alexa and demanded for her Pokemon.
"No I will not give you my Pokemon"
"Oh you think you can escape from here, huh?"he said, but Alexa remained adamant about her decision.
"Oh. Let me teach you a lesson young lady" he smiled an evil grin and then took out a gun and pointed it to her forehead.
"Any dying wish" he said laughing was about to pull the trigger when-
Hehehe Cliffhanger. I like it.
Now for those of you who actually read the Authors notes at the last. I know this is a very short chapter but try to understand I have an exam to tomorrow. I had to work on it overnight to adhere to my promise to post the chapter this week. And one more thing I know this is a very poorly constructed chapter as I didn't get the time to recheck and upgrade it. Sorry for that. Leave your questions in the comments.
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