Author's Notes: Trigger warning for the opening scene of this chapter due to graphic depictions of violent acts and rape. I know the story has the Mature rating already but I'm throwing this in as a courtesy.

...You're welcome.

Chapter 12

"There they are!" a Rocket Grunt exclaimed. "We have our orders! Shoot to kill!" I looked up and saw the secret door that served as an emergency exit getting blown open. In the next instant guards filled the room. I jumped out of bed and threw a Poke Ball into the air. Out came a Pidgeotto. "Use Whirlwind!" I exclaimed. That blew the soldiers out of the room. I threw another poke ball and out came Swampert. "Use Hydro Pump!" That sent a wave of water down the passage. It also snuffed out any remaining Rockets.

"Was that all of them?" Fin asked as he came in from one passage. "Are there any left?" "Katrin asked as she and Ann came in from another hall.

"I think I got them all." I told them. "We should find out what's going on and-" Before I could finish, something blew open the wall behind us. Before any of us could turn around, I felt my body go numb and I hit the floor. I turned to see the same was true for the others.

"My body's not listening to me!" Fin exclaimed with fright.

"Don't worry, you're not dead." Said a voice from the opening. "Not yet anyway." Then Ash Ketchum stepped into view. In his hand was a shotgun, locked and fully loaded.

"You!" Ann. "You'll pay for this!"

"Not a chance." Ash, pointing his gun at her. "Before I send you on your way, let's make sure we do this right. It has been a while after all. Get them up." A few more Rockets then came in, most of them there to get us into a sitting position. They took the rest of my Poke Balls and then tied me as well as Fin up. I noticed the bindings they put on him blocked him from using his powers. Only then did I see Ash lower his weapon.

"What are you going to do to us?" Fin asked as he struggled against his bindings.

"Good question." Ash replied as a Rocket opened a briefcase in front of him. I felt the blood leave my face when I saw him remove a whip with barbed wire. It didn't take Fin long to figure out what was about to happen either. "You're first." Two of the Rockets placed him to the middle of the room chained his arms to the floor and tore off his shirt for their leader.

"Coward!"Ann exclaimed as Katrin tried look away. More Rockets came forward to force us to watch what Ash was about to do. He grinned evilly as he unrolled the whip and gave it a few practice swings.

"If you want to blame someone boy, blame him." Ash said to Fin as he pointed at me. "This is his fault." Then he began flaying the flesh from Fin's body, the rest of us forced to watch him the whole time. Fin tried to resist screaming in agony but after 5 minutes, he couldn't hold back anymore. After another 10 minutes, he went limp. Katrin was sobbing the whole time and I knew Ann was in shock, more so knowing Katrin was likely next.

"Stop it! Katrin exclaimed. "He's already dead! Please stop!" If Ash heard her pleas, he pretended not to and just kept flaying Fin's body, blood and gore pooling on the floor. It was only when he began to sweat heavily that he finally stopped. Two Rockets came forward to drag Fin's body away.

"Take her away." He told the Rockets holding Katrin. This was when Ann finally snapped.

"NO!" she exclaimed, knowing Ash likely planned to use her in horrific experiments. "Take me instead!"

"Don't worry, I was planning to." he said before turning to me again. "Strip off her clothes." The Two Rockets holding her down wasted no time stipping her naked in a matter of seconds. No question they'd done this many times before. Ann dared not resist for fear they might hurt the baby. Ash walked over to her and put his hands on her belly. "How many months are you?"

"I'll be 9 months next week." she replied, clearly terrified for what was about to happen to her.

"Looks like I got here just in time." he said as he pulled a knife from his belt. "Do I need to tell you what I will do with this if you resist me in any way?" When she silently shook her head to mean no, he grinned and dropped his pants. His stiff, erect member was staring her in the face. That was thrust into her mouth. I was forced to watch his violent thrusts for several moments but fortunately, he did not release. Ann took several hard, deep breaths to avoid gagging but I could tell she felt horrible.

We both knew Ash wasn't done, however. "Enjoying the show?" he asked me tauntingly as turned and swiftly kicked Ann in her belly. It caught her completely off guard and but neither of us missed the crunching sound from the impact.

"No...not this one too..." Ann said as she started to violently coughing up blood. Ash paid her suffering no mind as he walked behind her, knelt down and thrust himself inside her. The whole time he was looking at me as if it was the most natural thing in the world to do. After a few moments, he released inside her. Ann winced in pain and collapsed in heap. "Just kill me now and ger it over with." she whispered as she began to bleed out. She suddenly sceamed in agony while holding her belly. With one strong push the baby came out, its skull caved in. The sound we heard earlier was the baby's skull being fractured.

In that moment our future was gone. He'd just done the one thing I knew would drive me insane."He just murdered our unborn baby…" Ann said before mercifully passing out from pain and blood loss.

"Now it's your turn to die!" Ash exclaimed as the Rockets pointed their weapons at me. The moment he turned to grab his shotgun was the moment I struck. Fueled by pure rage, I broke my bindings and threw the Rockets holding me aside almost effortlessly.

"Don't count on it!" I roared as I grabbed the knife he dropped earlier and rushed toward him just as he grabbed his shotgun, turned and pulled the trigger.

His weapon went off just as I tackled him.

At that point I woke up. It was just a dream. A dream that felt all too real and visceral. My heart was still racing as if it all literally just happened.

"What the hell…?" I said after I realized it really was all just dream. I looked and saw that the kids were not in the room. It seems they went out already.

"Nice to see you up." Ann said as she came from the bathroom. "And you're usually an early person, too. Did you sleep ok?"

"Not really." I replied quietly. "I had a dream that was all to real and personal. It felt like a message from Ash…to me."

"Did you want to talk about it?" Ann asked me.

"Maybe later." I replied. "Monica might be able to tell me if it was a preview of things to come or something else entirely."

"If you feel like talking, let me know." Ann said as she put her hands on her belly, wincing slightly. "This kid lets me know everything, that's for sure." I put my hands on her belly myself. The baby really was active in there. For a moment, I remembered what happened to her in the dream I had. For a moment.

"As long as you're ok, nothing else matters." I told her before gently kissing her belly. I rose to leave when she suddenly stopped me.

"Wait." she said as she suddenly felt my groin. "I'm craving this."

"You mean now?" I asked to which she quietly nodded. I felt my groin stiffen almost immediately. She quietly sat on the bed, pulled out my member and put it in her mouth. Just before I was about to release she took it out of her mouth and opened her robe. When I released, the fluid covered most of her belly. Satisfied, she licked my member clean and put it back in my pants.

"We'll do it for real another time." she said before going back to the bathroom.

After getting cleaned up and dressed we both went downstairs to find Monica, Katrin and Delia sitting next to the edge of the lake. They were deep in thought. This tranquility was helping to ease a lot of stress. After checking Fin's wounds, Ann determined he would be well enough to travel. Although we wouldn't have minded staying longer with Delia we knew we had to press on to Pewter City. After saying goodbye and wishing her the best we left Delia to live alone in Viridian Forest. I held onto the Jirachi I'd found the day before. One down and 6 more to go! "I wonder if the next thing we fight will be like Gath?" Alex wondered aloud. "It said there would be 3 others like itself."

"Seeing as you can run into anything nowadays, you never know." I said. "But whatever it is, we'll be ready!"

"You seem pretty confident today." Said Monica, who surprised even me by her saying that. "What has caused this sudden change?"

"Me, Ann and the kids were talking last night." I explained. "We were talking about how similar Delia's story mirrored our family's story."

"And we decided we were going to do whatever it takes to ensure a better future for everyone." Said Ann. "We're ready to face whatever the alliance throws at us!"

"That's good to hear." Said Matt as we reached the outskirts of Pewter City. "Now that we've arrived, lets see if anyone's here." We split up and searched the City. The city was pretty big and there were a lot of people in the city because of the Gym. We met up at the Pokemon Center.

"So, what did you guys find out?" I asked everyone.

"I found out there is something strange going on in Mt. Moon." Said Katrin. "Some weird happenings are going on and they won't let anyone go up there without a Pewter City Gym Badge."

"I learned Brock's still here!" Fin exclaimed. "I ran into him on the way here. He said he was looking forward to seeing you in the Gym."

"I revived an Aerodactyl from a fossil." Monica said as she held up a Poke Ball. "I decided to take it with me because it might be of use to us later." That girl never ceased to amaze us.

"I found out Jordan's been discharged from the hospital." Said Matt.

"Do you know which one?" I asked.

"Viridian General." He replied. "And don't worry, I've already told Jim. He said he'll keep his eyes open."

"Uh...I got a Golden Magikarp." Alex announced. We all stared at him. "The Magikarp Salesman is actually my contact with Johto." He explained. "When he heard about what happened he came here looking for clues. I ran into him at the market and he gave it to me. He told me it was hatched from a Red Gyarados."

"That's pretty interesting." Said Katrin. "And I thought the Lake of Rage was back to normal. Looks like the Rockets have started up that horrible project again."

"I just found out information on Jessie and James' HQ in Saffron." said Ann, who was doing something with her laptop computer. "According to these records, the only way outsiders can get into their HQ is to collect the 8 Badges in Kanto. In addition to this, the challenger must also have a copy of his or her battles with each Gym Leader they defeated uploaded to the servers as proof of their victory."

"That's pretty sketchy." I noted. "I already have 8 badges from Kanto. That's from when I first came through here."

"Then you'll have to get them again." Ann replied, shrugging. "The records say these badges are up to date. In addition, the Badges can be used to teach a Pokemon not only the Gym Leader's current TM but all the TMs used by previous Gym Leaders."

"No wonder Brock's looking forward to seeing me again." I said. "He is looking for a rematch battle. If that's what he wants, he'll get it!" After reorganizing our Pokemon, we went to Pewter City Gym. Unlike the rest of the City, the Gym hadn't changed since I first came 25 years ago. It was truly nostalgic. Upon entering the Gym, I found out there weren't any Gym Battles scheduled for the day. We'd be able start immediately! "Brock, I'm back!" I announced upon entering the battle arena. "Under other circumstances I wish this could be a friendly fight but I've come for a new Boulder Badge!"

"Same guy as always." Brock replied, smiling as he came into the room. "Always ready for the business at hand. Alright, let's start now!" He then opened with a Steelix. Brock had taken the time to finally evolve his Onix, it seems.

"Blaziken, go!" I said, sending out my favorite Fire/Fighting type.

"Steelix, Rock Slide!" Brock roared. An avalanche of boulders came crashing down on top of Blaziken.

"Use Sky Uppercut!" I countered. This special fighting attack allowed my pokemon to break through all the falling rocks. It also hit Brock's Steelix right below the chin. The attack KO'd it instantly.

"What a Punch!" Exclaimed Brock. It's a good thing this next one is immune to that." He then sent out Relicanth!

"A water/rock type!" Fin exlaimed. "This one's not going to be as easy. Blaziken has a Type disadvantage." I already knew that but had plans to switch out. I recalled Blaziken and sent out Breloom, a Grass/Fighting Type.

"This one should do it!" I said, smiling. It had a type advantage over both Water and Rock Types.

"Relicanth, Ice Beam!" Said Brock. The move nearly froze Breloom on the spot. It still had some fight left, though.

"Breloom, use Mega Drain!" I said. The attack nearly sucked out all of Relicanth's health.

"Use Flail!" Said Brock. The move scored heavy damage because Relicanth's HP was low. He'd had that one planned out! The move finished off Breloom. I then sent out Aurabolt. It started charging up energy very rapidly.

"I do believe you remember Aurabolt." I said. "Now let me show you why he has that name!" Aurabolt then used his signature Aura Cannon Attack, taking out Relicanth before it could use Flail again. With that I had won the Boulder Badge!

"Awesome, Awesome!" Brock exclaimed. "It's been a long time since I've had such a good fight. Here, take the Boulder Badge. I'll also give you this DVD. It has a record of our battle which was live streamed when I accepted your challenge. You will need the badge to enter The TR Jet HQ in Saffron."

"It's good to see you again, Brock." I said as we shook hands.

"Same here, Ted." He replied. "Maybe when this is all over, we can catch up on old times."

"I'll look forward to that." I said. After shaking hands with Brock we left the Pewter Gym and headed for Mt. Moon.

"If there's something going on up there, I'd like to know what." said Monica. "That place is supposed to be where Moon Stones originated. I wonder if it has a part in these strange happenings?"

"We'll find out when we get there." Alex replied. After hiking for two days, we reached the entrance to Mt. Moon. We stopped at the General Store to get climbing equipment. When asked where we were headed, we were told only to be careful and watch out for Clarice.

"Who is Clarice?" Matt asked.

"A very powerful Pokemon that lives up in the mountains." The store clerk explained. "It is said that whoever goes into its territory disappears and crosses its path will never return alive. Why, just last month a young weapon maker and his Charmeleon went up there and haven't come down. I can only imagine what cruel fate has befallen them."

"If he's a weapon maker, he'll be fine." I replied, shrugging. "They tend to be the last to die in situations like this." We then started into the mountain. At first it was a smooth climb but after awhile it started getting steeper. We did some wall climbing to reach many hard to reach places. Despite obviously being pregnant, Ann managed to keep up with everyone. Soon we came to a small cottage. There was smoke coming out of the chimney, signaling it was occupied. Someone was living up here. By this point, Ann and the kids were breathing pretty hard.

"Should we stop for a break?" Matt asked Ann.

"Of course not." she replied, pointing at the house in front of us. "You guys go ahead. We'll be right behind you." As we came closer to the house, someone came out to meet us.

"Hi, are you the Weapon Maker we heard about?" I asked.

"Sure, name's Chalky." He replied, extending his arm for a handshake. "I've been up here making a sword made from Moon Stones. If it's as potent as I think it is, it might be able to beat Clarice."

"How close is this Clarice?" Katrin asked.

"Oh, she's very close." Chalky replied, pointed to the cast on his left arm. "Why, just last week, she broke my wrist just for collecting moon stones. I only wonder what has befallen the poor pokemon she has imprisoned around her neck."

"Clarice has a Pokemon hostage?" Matt asked in surprise.

"Yes, a Jirachi." Chalky explained. "It was an odd one, too. It had the number 6 on its back."

"That's one of the ones we're looking for!" I exclaimed. I then told him about one of our many side quests.

"It's too bad you can't use that sword with your arm the way it is." Ann said as she and the kids arrived. "It looks ready to be used, too."

"I'll take the sword." I said. Everyone looked up. "I'm the one who said I'd take the next POMD so I'll do it. I'd also get that Jirachi in the process. Besides, too much work has been put into the sword to not test it out."

"That's great to hear!" Chalky exclaimed happily. "I was worried nothing would be done with me up here alone."

"You needn't worry about it." I said, taking the sword and its sheath. "After I'm done with Clarice, it will be safe for everyone to come back here."

End Chapter 12.

The oral sex scene is actually new for this version of the story. I also rewrote the torture and rape dream scene at the beginning. That aside, if not for the Pokemon battles you might have forgotten this was a Pokemon fan fic.

The next two chapters follow Kaylie and Jordan just so you know. I told parts of the story from other perspectives where I felt it made sense.