Chapter 85: Assault On The Rocket
The initial infiltration was quick, landing the large mech vehicle inside a hanger connected to a massive castle, currently under Team Rocket's control. With meowths help, the mech was granted access, and the trap was sprung.
Ashachu briefly redyed his fur black with a purple R on his chest, as it had been when he briefly joined team rocket, and his friends quickly took the hanger forcing the attending pokemon to surrender. Ashachu spoke up. "Quickly because we won't have much time. Where's Hoopa's Pokéball?"
One of the other pokemon produced the ball, and out came a small jinn looking pokemon. At their command it tossed a ring that expanded into a portal. Ashachu stepped through, followed by Hoopa. Blade stayed on the other side of the portal, eyeing up the prisoners they'd taken.
"You can't be in here?" A voice came from beyond the portal. Blade considered rushing in, but as no alarms were blaring he thought it was fine. "This is the central power and control room for the whole castle. These buttons and dials control the EM waves for the big guy here." the voice continued. "One turn of these dials or push of these buttons could rip open an ultra-wormhole and transport us somewhere else." It paused, then continued. "Why is your fur dyed like that. Hey. What are you doing?"
"Yeah, well it's a bad idea to have it designed that way isn't it," Ashachu's voice came.
"Whaaa!" A horrified sound left the voice as light seemed to envelop the entire castle, and moments later it had vanished from ultra space.
Where had it gone, the Pokemon Nation's government controlled space center in Mossdeep city. But why?
*Flashback*
Blade listened intently.
"Okay, according to these, questionable schematics, Meowth has given us, there's a room in the castle that controls the ultra wormholes." Ashachu explained. "I'm gonna paint myself to disguise as a team rocket member, then warp the whole castle to the space center in Mossdeep."
"Forgive the interruption, but why there?" Blade asked.
"If I remember right it's a military base. So it'll have tons of those Primid things all over it. So we warp the castle there," Ashachu was talking about the creatures from the centurion, that helped reign in team flare and allow them to escape. The same creatures that helped restrain Shadow.
"And the military join in the battle against team rocket!" Geyser nodded. "I like it."
"Yeah, distract team rocket to give us a chance to focus on saving everyone." Blade smiled. He was proud of the Pikachu.
*End Flashback*
In an instant the portal in front of Blade changed to a new room, full of strangers. He only recognized Jessie, James, and Ash among the humans. Then he saw Ashachu emerge from the portal. And Geyser rushed through, raising the blade like shells on his arms as weapons. Blade followed him, along with Oshawott, Sniveon, and Dragonite.
"It's over Team Rocket," Ashachu growled letting his cheeks spark. "We got you!"
"What. Who are you and what are you doing here?" An older man spoke. Blade didn't know him, but it was like he could smell the darkness dripping off him. "It matters not. Mewtwo, new orders...Destroy them!"
Blade finally noticed the psychic pokemon stepping forth preparing to attack with a shadow ball.
Ash to cried out, "Ashachu...LOOK OUT!"
Ashachu countered by conjuring a ball of electricity on his tail and hurling it at Mewtwo, as Geyser fired out a water gun attack, and Dragonite shot a Hyperbeam. The three attacks stopped the shadow ball in its tracks resulting in an explosion.
The entire building shook and a hole opened in the wall, through which a unit of 6 primids poured through.
"Wait, government Soldiers," cried Namba. Blade remembered him from Aether, he hated the man and his self absorbed delusions of grandeur. "What the hell did those little brats do!"
"Brought you to justice," Ashachu replied. "Literally."
Blade couldn't help but chuckle at that.
The primids in question were vaguely humanoid, their bodies almost entirely black aside from their pair of red eyes. They were dressed in green military uniforms, brandishing laser swords as weapons.
"You will surrender?" The Primid spoke in an electronic sounding voice. "You are commanded to withdraw all Pokémon, or they will be destroyed."
Mewtwo changed his focus away from them. Blade considered attacking, but he glanced to Ashachu. He was here to protect him, revenge was secondary.
Mewtwo struck one Primid with a shadow ball reducing it to a mass of dark particles that fell away leaving its uniform and weapon empty and unattended.
Before the psychic pokemon could attack again he was truck in the legs by a laser sword and he fell to his knees groaning in pain. "Whaaa…"
The four remaining Primids grabbed him from behind and forced him forward headfirst into the floor.
"Pikapi!"
"PICHU."
Blade's head snapped up only just noticing the two mice hanging in the air, now plummeting seemingly being held up by Mewtwo who couldn't focus to keep them. He saw Ash rush to catch them. But the older man elbowed him and snatched the Pichu and shove him into his pocket, rushing off.
Blade felt rage flood his system. Last time he saw Pikachu, the electric mouse was rather bloated, and now there just happened to be a Pichu, it wasn't coincidence. It was Pikachu's child. And this man had just snatched them away and run off.
"Hey, watch it." Ash just managed to stop himself falling over, clutching at the pain in his side and glared at the older man. "Let him go!"
"Pika Pikachu," Pikachu growled, as he managed to land on his paws.
The man ignored Ash, instead pointing at Jessie and James, and demanding, "you two. Take care of the others. Delia come with me."
The floor shook violently as more of the ceiling fell into the chamber. Jessie and James stood to attention and saluted the boss.
"Yes sir."
"You can count on us!"
The old man took no notice of this, as he grabbed hold of the woman, Delia's, arm and ran over to the door at the other end of the chamber. Just as the two disappeared out the door three shards of ice collided with the wall just outside the door, vaguely where the man's head was. Blade was furious he'd missed.
"Hey! Get back here!" Ash called out, chasing after the man with Pikachu on his heels behind him.
Ashachu, Geyser and the remainder of Ash's Pokémon and the three remaining Team Rocket members focused on each other.
"Where's Serviper," Ashachu snarled, his cheeks sparking furiously.
"Oh, you want to play," Jessie laughed, tauntingly tossing sevipers ball up. "Have fun!"
Ashachu suddenly found himself standing face to face with the giant form of the Totem Serviper. The giant snake was looking down on them, his tongue, almost as big as Ashachu himself, flicking in and out of its maw.
"Well. Thissss issss a pleasant sssssurpise, issssn't it."
Ashachu stood his ground, pointing a paw at Serviper and growling, "I'm going to fucking kill you!"
Something Blade sparked, though sevipers may once have been his teammate, now they were enemies. He'd hurt Ashachu, and that was something he would suffer for.
Blade brandished his claws readily.
"Foolish moussse. What did you expect to gain by coming here sssss."
Ashachu glared hatefully at the giant totem Serviper. Each of the pokemon sizing up there enemy, preparing for the right moment to attack.
"You know what I came here for," Ashachu replied, a chill to his voice. It was more like Blade's voice as he gave a murderous look to Seviper. "You have something of mine. I want it back!"
"Ashachu," whispered Geyser to him. "Take it slowly. Don't make any sudden moves. We've got your back."
"Trust your instincts kiddo," added Blade. The sneasel felt his fur standing on end, his focus almost entirely on Seviper.
Ashachu took a deep breath, trying to keep his cool and not fall for Seviper's taunt. Geyser was on his hind legs with his Seamitars drawn, while Oshawott brandished his own shell like a weapon, and Sniveon and Dragonite prepared for battle.
Blade chose to take a more relaxed posture, he would channel his hate into the battle, and he began by emulating Shadow, and he folded his arms.
"I'll keep your blind spots covered." the familiar voice of Xiphos rang in his mind.
Jessie gave the first command. "Seviper, use Poison Tail."
The snake struck in one fast, clean motion. In the blink of an eye, he repositioned and his tail was directly above Ashachu and the others. Then, Seviper struck, bringing his tail down like a machete.
Each scattered to avoid the attack, with Blade casually hopping backwards. All except Ashachu who stood his ground giving a steely gaze to Sevipers. And he parried with iron tail.
"ASHACHU NO!" Geyser called out.
"Bad move kid," Blade shouted to him. "He's at least ten times your size what are you thinking!" His body began to move on its own, rushing to help, but it was too late.
Dragonite and Sniveon each shouted out cries "Ashachu," and "Oh fuck!"
"Oh, Arceus I can't look." Sniveon covered her eyes.
"Hsssss…What'sssss thissss!"
There was a general gasp of surprise and relief from the other Pokémon, as Seviper's jaw dropped open and his eyes widened in shock. Ashachu was anything but flattened, he pushed back the attack single handedly.
"Fuck me kiddo," Blade was surprised and impressed. "Remind me not to underestimate you."
"We've defeated you, and sent you blasting off before," Ashachu snarled, baring his fangs. "And we'll do it again. Your castle's falling apart. I brought you and your team directly into the hands of the human authorities. There's no way out for you. But before this is over, you're giving me back Charizard. Even if I have to turn you inside out…"
The Pikachu nearly startled Blade with that, it sounded more like something he would say.
Blade rushed forth as Sevipers tried to slam his tail down again before Ashachu could react. The sneasel slid in front of him and planted his clawed hands on the ground, kicking both feet up successfully stopping the attack. "I've got you're back!"
"Maw on your left!" Xiphos called.
Blade whipped to his left as Sevipers closed in, but Ashachu struck him hard in the face. Sevipers lashed it's tail all the way around to strike them with increased momentum.
But Blade created a small wall of ice to shield himself and Ashachu. The wall only managed to slow it down, what finally stopped his tail was Geysers Seamitars stabbing the ground and halting it entirely.
Blade acted, sliding under Geyser and grabbing Sevipers by his legs, along with Sniveon hopping on as well.
Geyser quickly jumped back, as Sevipers snapped his jaw at him.
"C'mon Seviper, shakes those brats off you," Jessie bellowed. "Poison tail!"
Now Sevipers massive size had backfired, with Blade and Sniveon on his back he couldn't attack them properly, so many small pokemon attacking at once, he was too large and slow to stop them all. As he tried to shake off Blade and Sniveon , Ashachu mounted him as well.
While the rest were using proper attacks, Blade was simply repeatedly stabbing into Sevipers hide with his sharp claws.
Dragonite burst into the sky firing attacks from above as Geyser returned to close quarters letting loose a barrage of slashes.
He hissed angrily. "Ssssss."
"Chuuu." At that moment, Ashachu reached his head and let loose a powerful thunderbolt attack.
Seviper convulsed from the shock and attempted to strike Ashachu with his tail, only for the Pikachu to slide out of the way just in time for Seviper to hit himself in the head.
"Ssss. Why you little." He snapped his head around looking for Ashachu. But he was hit in the side of his head by a hydro pump from Geyser. He spun around whipping his tail around for a poison tail attack. But Dragonite interrupted hitting him in the eyes with dragon breath.
"Ssssss." Sevipers flailed as he'd been blinded, swinging his tail hoping to hit anything. Geyser and Dragonite stayed back, continuing their ranged assault. And he couldn't risk swinging closer to Blade or the others, lest he hit himself again.
As the fight continues, three primids broke away from holding Mewtwo to join the assault on Seviper. Unfortunately, Namba crossed to the far end of the room, behind a console. And quickly activated warp tiles on the floor teleporting the three advancing primids elsewhere in the castle.
And then Jessie gave another command. "Acid Downpour!"
Blade noticed her striking a pose as something glinted on her wrist.
"Oh crap…" He heard Ashachu say.
Blade had heard of this, a Z-Move…
An aura of light surrounded Jessie and spread to Seviper, blinding the group. Suddenly purple storm clouds appeared around Seviper and they were caught in a torrent of foul smelling liquid that seemed to sting their skin and fur. Blade acted quickly grabbing the nearest pokemon, Geyser, and creating a dome of ice to protect them. And just as suddenly the dome shattered and the two were sent flying back, along with the rest of the group.
Having recovered first, Geyser shouted "ASHACHU…look out!"
Blade scrambled to his feet rushing forward as he saw Seviper descending maw first and consuming Ashachu.
"Ashachu."
"ASHACHU!"
Geyser and Sniveon called his name as Seviper began to swallow.
"Fuck." Ashachu swore to himself as his paws tried to find purchase, unsuccessfully trying to push himself out of the snakes throat.
"Hey Seviper. Eat this." Suddenly, Dragonite was on the move. He burst into the air, before plummeting at Seviper. The large snake opened wide, but was shocked as Dragonite dove straight into his mouth. He gave a mufffled cry of "Ashachu!"
"Pi" Ashachu sounded surprised, then excited. "Hell yeah!"
Seviper gagged, making a wrenching sound as though something was caught in his throat.
"CHUUU!" Accompanying the cry was a burst of lightning enveloping Seviper.
Dragonite let out a pained yell as he tried to pull himself out seconds before the snake collapsed.
"Seviper," Jessie shouted as though unsure of what just happened.
Dragonite pulled his head out of Seviper's mouth, stumbling around looking dazed and confused. "Ahh man. Couldn't you have warned me first buddy," he speared as he clutched his head with his claws.
"Chu." Ashachu climbed out of the serpents maw, covered in scratches and saliva. But he was different now, nearly doubled his former size, with orange fur and a cream colored belly, with large and flat ears, but most noticeable was his long, whip-like tail that ended in a lightning bolt. He was a Raichu.
"Ashachu," breathed Sniveon.
"You evolved," exclaimed Blade. And he had to admit, if not for the saliva all over him, Ashachu was even more attractive now.
Geyser's jaw dropped. "H-how is that possible."
"Oh you'be got to be kidding me," shouted an exasperated Jessie.
Ashachu shook himself to get the excess saliva off his fur. He turned to Seviper and glared momentarily, before gripping one of his fangs and yanking hard. Incredibly the fang snapped off.
"I don't have anything clever to say. So, fuck you!" He then took the fang in hand like a sword, and stabbed it into Seviper, bringing it down the length of his body cutting him open. A flood of blood poured out, staining the floor and Ashachu's fur. The Raichu reached in grabbing the end of a long orange tail, and flung it's flaming tip over his shoulder and pulled.
Out came Charizard's unconscious body. They remained silent, everyone Blade, Ashachu's friends, even team rocket. That is, until the roof began to collapse, quickly showering rock and steel upon them.
"EVERYBODY, RUN!" Dragonite cried