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'Thoughts'

"Telepathy"


The Alliance fleet fought hard to break through the Comet Empire's Blockade of Kanto and Johto. Jet fighters chased each other while Bombers flew to take down the ships on the opposing side of their fleet. Ash and John stayed on the Flag Ship's bridge. They watched the fleet exchange shells with the Comet Empire Fleet while seeing that the Water Type Pokémon weren't gonna take the Comet Empire's pollution of the waters anymore. Ash sighed before he said, "This is the most loyal of the Comet Empire, Tracy won't give up Kanto and Johto without making us pay in blood." John nodded his head and patted his back and swore he'd stay by his side through the whole final battles.

"Good, I want you and me to be the ones who arrest Tracy… he will pay for what he's done." Ash told. John nodded his head and they both saw the Comet Empire fleet turn around. Ash pulled onto a Radio and said, "Don't let those ships leave, hit their engines." The Submarines followed his orders and launched Torpedoes, striking the propellers on multiple ships, making them unable to retreat. Ash then had helicopters loaded with Alliance Marines land on the Comet Empire ships to take over their main systems.

In Kanto, Tracy was getting more and more paranoid of the staff around him and the war he was constantly losing. He shouted at his staff and kept his pistol on him at all times. His staff feared him too much to disobey him so they followed his orders, the Comet Empire Army was constantly pulling people into their ranks, whole families were torn apart by his cruel dictatorship. Tracy then ordered his most loyal men, "KILL THE FAMILIES OF ANY KNOWN RESISTANCE MEMBERS!" His loyal men, who he called his Loyal Comets, obeyed him and forced multiple families out of their homes. No matter if they were old, young, men, or women, whole families were wiped out due to Tracy's dictatorship.

Back with the Alliance Fleet, they were able to land at the Orange Islands to use it as a base of Operations into Greater Kanto and Johto. There they were reinforced with the small fleet of Destroyers and one cruiser of the Orange Island defense fleet. Ash was then greeted by Cissy, Danny, Rudy, Luana, and Drake, the five leaders of the Orange Island defense forces. Ash shook their hands and Rudy said, "it's good to see you again Ash, even under these circumstances." Ash nodded his head and said, "Agreed, I wish this reunion was not during a war." Drake nodded his head and said, "our forces and Pokémon are yours to command Champion ketchum."

"Good, the Seafoam islands and Cinnabar island are going to be our first targets in Kanto and Goldenrod City in Johto. We're gonna push along the entire coast of both regions, this war has gone on long enough so it's time we end it." Everyone there nodded their heads and got ready for the final stages of the war, the war in Kanto and Johto. John was able to hack into the local comms for the two Regions and handed a Radio to Ash before he said, "Anyone who wants to be free should join us when you start speaking Ash." Ash nodded his head and spoke into the radio.

In the Otron Region, May, Shauna, and their kids and families were watching a News Broadcast. The Reporter on the TV said, "We now go live to our correspondent in the field, Emily Burkes, how's it going Emily?" The Lady wearing a helmet and a dress and she said, "It's going well Bill, the local Forces here on the Orange Islands have joined our Mighty alliance and are in the midst of planning a Naval invasion of the Kanto and Johto Regions, the last two regions left in the clutches of the Comet Empire. As you see behind me, troops are already getting ready for the final battle. Morale is at an all time high and many think this war will come to an end soon. Oh there's Elite four Member John Bertrand, Mr. Bertrand!" John looked at her as Emily walked up to him with the camera and she asked him what was the plan for tracy.

"Well once we capture him, he will be put on trial for crimes against Humans and Pokémon. He was mad for making this Comet Empire. He will answer for his crimes." Emily then asked about the rumored Project Gigantimax. John simply said, "that is Classified information and not to be shared with the media. Sorry Emily. Interview is over." John then walked off to Ash where they were planning the final stages of the plan and said, "Do we still need Project Gigantimax Ash?" Ash thought about it and said, "I… guess we don't. It was only to be there in case this war was a lot longer than we thought."

"Ok, cause Emily just asked about it is all." John said before he used his Aura to contact the scientists in Galar. Meanwhile, Tracy ordered Speedboats to be packed with Explosives and the tips of the boats to be armored so they could pierce the Alliance Ships' hulls. Bruno walked up to him with Koga and he said, "Emperor Tracy, the Speedboats are almost ready. Soon the alliance fleet will be sitting at the bottom of the ocean." Tracy nodded his head and said, "Any with it, all hope of defeating us." Then Koga said, "Sabrina is done interrogating the prisoner, we have the location of the Traitors. We'll need to move soon before the alliance strikes us."

"You think I don't know that Bruno? I'm no idiot. I know we need to strike before the alliance arrives. Let our Johto forces know that they are to prepare along the beaches for a naval invasion." Tracy told the two loyal gym leaders. They nodded and walked off when Sabrina stepped out of the shadows and knelt to him before she said, "Emperor Tracy." Tracy looked at her and asked, "Report." Sabrina told him, "The resistance soldier fought my mind infiltration hard, but he eventually broke. The location of the Main Base is at Team Rocket's old headquarters." Tracy nodded his head and said, "Good to hear that Sabrina, you have always been loyal."

Sabrina smiled and bowed to her Emperor and walked out of her emperor's room. Sabrina then texted a number on a burner phone she had before resuming walking. Back with the Alliance forces, Ash and John were training to keep their strength up and their Aura skills at peak efficiency when Bonnie and Gary walked up to them. Gary smiled and said, "Still training hard Ashy boy?" Ash looked at the two and said, "There's always room for training Gary." John then added, "Besides, you look like you can do with some training" Gary glares at him after he said that and Bonnie laughed.

The next day, Ash and John watched as the alliance force boarded the alliance warships ready to end this war. Ash smiled as John sent a mind message to him and he said, "Soon this war will finally be over. Tracy and the others will pay for their crimes." Ash nodded his head as Bonnie joined in the conversation and she said, "As much as I hate what he did, I request that you guys give Clemont some leniency since he's helping us now." Ash and John looked at her and saw she was being serious. Then John told her, "Since he's helping us and is willing to Testify against Tracy and the others. I'm sure the judge will show some leeway with sentencing." Ash nodded his head before he said, "I still hate his guts, but I'm glad he's trying to do right by us… for Serena and Paul."

An hour later, the fleet was sailing towards the Kanto-johto shoreline when a sailor spotted several splashes of water coming at them. Looking through binoculars, he shouted, "ENEMY SPEEDBOATS! PORT SIDE!" The crew quickly manned their stations and opened fire at the Speed boats, but their rounds just bounced off the armored plating and soon one speedboat slammed into a Paldean Destroyer and suddenly a large explosion sent the Destroyer flipping onto its side. Everyone saw that and soon the main guns were turning towards the speedboats while the smaller guns that were in that direction opened up with their Ordinance. But the speedboats kept dodging and weaving to avoid the attacks, an explosion was heard again and this time it was on a frigate. John growled and got on one of the small cannons and with his robotic arm making calculations, was able to take out multiple speed boats before they suicided into the fleet. After a few panicked minutes, the speed boats were all dealt with and casualties were counted.

"A destroyer and Frigate sunk, Cruiser Gary Oak has sustained damage and is going back to the orange islands. In total.. All hands on the destroyer… the frigate lost all but 15 men, and the Cruiser suffered 20 deaths, totaling 345 dead sailors." John said as he read off the casualty list to Ash. Ash leaned over and put his hands together, linking his fingers before saying, "We'll need to let the families know what happened, and write to them about how the Comet Empire was cowardly to use speed boats and Suicidal people to try and slow us down." John nodded his head as Gary walked up and said, "Ash… wasn't Chili on the…" Ash nodded his head and said, "the Frigate… yeah." Gary was speechless before he said, "Maybe he's among the survivors." John looked at Gary and said, "We hope so too, he's the only one left of the brothers for his Gym."

"WE FOUND HIM!" Shouted Max as he helped bring Chili onto the ship. Ash, John, and Gary ran to them and were shocked at what they saw, CHili's leg had a piece of Shrapnel in his leg. They then made room for Max and a Sailor to get Chili into the Infirmary. John and Ash both clenched their fists before looking in the direction of Kanto and Johto and they both said, "He's gonna pay for that."