Episode 33: Myth-ion: Impossible Part 2

During what started off as a research trip in the mountains, our heroes, along with the Professors Oak and Pine, and old friend Tracey Sketchit, have found themselves in an all-out battle against the duplicitous Team Planetary. With Team Rocket becoming unlikely allies, our heroes are doing all they can to stop Team Planetary from getting their hands on the legendary Cosmic Guardian Pokémon. But now that the mythical Pokémon has appeared, what will our heroes do? Let's find out.

Ash, Brock, Brenda, Oak, Pine, Tracey, Team Rocket, and Team Planetary are all looking with awe and amazement at a brilliant source of light before them. The light dims enough to see a figure in the light. It is small, only a foot or two tall. It seems to be made of some sort of glowing silver and gold stone material and has a somewhat distorted humanoid shape. It floats in the air and is surrounded by a blazing fire, the source of the light.

Ash takes out his Pokédex. It prompts, "Data unavailable."

Professor Pine tells him, "Check the Myths and Legends Database."

Ash nods and presses a button. The Pokédex then shows an artist rendering of the Pokémon and says, "Ryusei, the Shooting Star Pokémon, and a Fire and Psychic Combo-Type. This mythical Pokémon is said to be the very first shooting star to ever fall to Earth in ancient times. It is also said that it watches over humanity, protecting it along with the two other Cosmic Guardians. Does not Evolve."

Orion commands, "Grunts, get that Pokémon!" The Team Planetary Grunts begin to move towards the Pokémon.

Ash, Brock, Brenda, and Tracey also move, attempting to intercept them. Ash shouts, "You won't get Ryusei! Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" Pikachu leaps of his shoulders and launches its attack.

Brenda commands, "Kappaqua, Aqua Bomb!"

Tracey adds, "Scizor, Razor Wind!"

The three attacks all impact between Team Planetary and Ryusei, stopping the former in their path. Cosmo turns around and shouts at Ash, "Stay out of this you imbecile! You'll ruin everything!"

Ash grins confidently. "Yeah, that's kind of the point."

Cosmo shouts back, "We called Ryusei here with our Meteoric Shards, this is Team Planetary business! Stay out of it!"

"The Meteoric Shards that you stole!"

Orion shouts, "Enough of this! Ignore the kids! Get the Legendary Pokémon!" The grunts instantly obey and begin to move towards Ryusei again.

Suddenly from Ryusei a humming noise begins to emanate. It's its voice. Orbs of fire begin to manifest around it. They are then propelled at the charging Team Planetary Grunts, and explode upon impact. The grunts are thrown back.

Orion commands, "Immobilize it you fools!"

The grunts recover and all give commands to their Pokémon. The horde of Lunatone and Solrock use their Psychic attack to attempt to immobilize Ryusei. Before they can all coordinate their grip, Ryusei releases another blitz of fire balls. This hits several of the Pokémon, stopping them. The remaining attempt to assert their control with Psychic, but Ryusei continues to struggle. It releases a Fire Blast attack that disrupt several more.

Orion shouts, "It's too strong to take on like that! You have to grab hold of it all at once!"

Ryusei prepares another fire ball attack, but the grunts are ready for it this time. The ones with their Pokémon still standing command them all at once to use Protect. The combined barriers of the still standing Pokémon block Ryusei's attack. This gives the fallen Pokémon just enough time to get back up and recover. As the Protect barriers lower, all of the grunts command their Pokémon to use Psychic. It seems to work this time as Ryusei cries out with a desperate hum, and struggles to break free, but to no avail.

Pine observes, "That may be a Legendary Pokémon, and it's very powerful, but even it can't stand up to the combined strength of all those Psychic attacks!"

Brenda shouts, "That poor Pokémon, we have to stop them!"

Ash commands, "Pikachu, Thunderbolt! Turcell, Ember!" Both Pokémon attack, but the grunts with Protostar have their Pokémon intercept the attacks.

Team Rocket has regrouped and is away from the action. Meowth says, "So that's it, that's the Legendary Pokémon."

James rubs his hands together. "And it's ripe for the picking."

Jessie nods. "That Pokémon is as good as ours. We'll just wait for the right moment, and then spring for it." James and Meowth nod in agreement.

Tracey commands, "Scizor, get through with X-Scissor!" Scizor dashes forward with great speed and knocks several Protostar out of the way.

Once that happens, Brock orders, "Meteorfight, Comet Punch!" Meteorfight runs in, gets past the Protostar, and delivers several rapid punches to several of the Lunatone and Solrock.

This lapse in concentration on their end seems to weaken their Psychic binding just enough for Ryusei to break free. Its eyes begin to glow yellow, and then all of Team Planetary's Pokémon are lifted up into the air by a psychic force. Ryusei then emits a loud and piercing humming cry. An explosion of psychic energy is released from Ryusei's body, hitting all of the Lunatone, Solrock, and Protostar.

Brock exclaims with surprise, "That was Arcane Blast, the most powerful Psychic-Type move!"

Orion seems fed-up. He shouts, "Enough playing around! Meteormight, go in there and do this job yourself!" His Meteormight leaps into the battle, lands behind Ryusei, and wraps its arms around it, holding it in place. Ryusei attempts to escape by increasing the power of the fire surrounding it, but Meteormight seems not to care about the added heat.

Cosmo commands, "Now, trap it again!" The grunts command their now recovering Lunatone and Solrock to trap it again. Cosmo further commands, "Strengthen the trap!" Several grunts throw Pokéballs, and release several Elgyem, which add their Psychic attacks to the fray.

Ash tries again. "Thunderbolt Pikachu!" but the Protostar are back to defending. Ash looks to his friends and says, "There has to be something more we can do. There's just too many of them."

Professor Pine shouts at Orion and Cosmo, "What do you two plan on doing!? This Pokémon was never meant to be interfered with by humans! You're tampering with forces you can't imagine!"

Orion laughs as if Pine was joking. "We are Team Planetary, and we get what we want! This Legendary Pokémon is part of the key to obtaining the power of the Cosmic Architect itself! Just imagine what good we could do with that kind of power!"

"You fool! Mortals where never meant to mess with the power of the Cosmic Architect!"

Cosmo shouts, "It does not matter what you think! You are stuck in the past, Team Planetary looks towards the future!" He looks to the grunts. "Grunts, capture it!"

Several new grunts run in. They carry with them some strange equipment, including a glass pod of some kind.

Oak shouts, "That looks like a machine meant to capture Ryusei, you have to stop them from using it!"

Ash shouts back, "We're working on it! Pikachu, Volt Tackle!"

Pikachu charges at the grunts holding the containment machine. "Pika pika pika pika pika pika-!" It is intercepted by a Protostar using itself as a Pokémon shield.

Tracey declares, "Let me try! Scizor, make it in with Quick Attack, then use X-Scissor!" Scizor, with a burst of speed, flies straight past the Protostar guards, and then prepares to use its X-Scissor on the machine, but before it can, it's hit by a Flamethrower from another Protostar behind it. This knocks out Scizor. Tracey grunts. "Scizor, return!"

At the same time, both Brock and Brenda command their Pokémon to attack as well, but they are attacked by a horde of Protostar that surround them, knocking them both out. They recall their Pokémon too.

The grunts set the machinery down and connect the pieces. The machine activates, and the lid of the holding container opens up. Orion orders, "Alright Meteormight, throw it in there!"

"Meteor!" It repositions its hold on the struggling Ryusei and then slams it down into the container. The lid closes, and the container begins to glow.

Ash shouts, "Ryusei, no!"

Orion laughs as if he's having a great time. "It's been fun kids, but we've got to go! Move out Team-!"

He's cut off by a mechanical arm flying in from behind, and grabbing the containment unit. Cosmo demands, "Who did that!?"

Jessie walks out of the shadows and says, "Prepare for trouble!"

James walks out next. "And make it…" He trails off and then asks, "Wait, didn't we just do this?"

Meowth calls out from the shadows, "Yeah, but that was last episode!"

James nods. "Alright, in that case make it double!"

"To steal Pokémon of legend and myth!"

"To make sure nothing is what you're left with!"

"To show that we are the original!"

"To show that copying is unforgivable!"

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

Meowth appears from the shadows. "Meowth that's right!"

"Wobbuffet!"

"Mime mime!"

Brock says, "I guess that's why Team Rocket wanted to help us."

Orion laughs. "Ha! You really do think that we're copying Team Rocket, don't you!? Hilarious! Outrageous! Take them down!"

Before Team Rocket can do anything, they are pummeled by the combined attacks of all the grunt's Pokémon. Their mechanical arm is destroyed first, then they are flung into the air and actually burst through the roof. They fly into the sky.

Jessie rages, "Those darn copycats! How dare they!?"

James shouts, "They're violating our copyrights!"

Meowth seems to be pondering something. He asks, "Wait a second, there's still one thing they haven't copied yet."

Jessie and James both ask, "What's that?"

"I think you know."

They all then shout, "It's that we're blasting off again!"

Back in the cave, Ash shouts, "Let Ryusei go now!"

Cosmo chuckles. "Or else what? We outnumber you vastly. We've already defeated your Pokémon, and we already hold the Cosmic Guardian." Meanwhile, Ryusei is crying out in its hum-like voice and trying to escape.

Orion walks over to the containment unit and taps it. He says to Ryusei, "There's no use trying to break out, that there device is powered by Meteoric Shards, its power equals yours."

Ash steps forward angrily and shouts, "You monsters!"

Oak puts a hand on Ash's shoulder and says, "Cosmo is right, there's nothing we can do about this. They have us beat."

Ash shakes his head. "No, I refuse to give up, for Ryusei's sake."

Orion looks towards Ash and shouts, "You should listen to the old man, kid! Stop fighting us, and we'll let you go unharmed. Keep on fighting, and I can't promise it will turn out well for you, or your poor Pokémon!" He laughs.

Ash clenches his fists angrily. Without saying a word, he recalls Turcell, and beckons for Pikachu to return to his shoulders. Pikachu reluctantly obliges.

Orion laughs. "Good choice! Move out Team Planetary!" Team Planetary heads forward through a tunnel, carrying Ryusei's container with them.

Cosmo leaves last. As he's exiting he looks Ash in eyes and shakes his head. He leaves.

Once they're all gone, Ash punches a wall and screams with anger. "I can't believe we just let them get away like that! How could we!?"

Professor Pine tries to calm him, "Hold on a second Ash, we never said we were giving up."

Ash looks up to him. "What do you mean?"

Oak explains, "I may have said they had us beat in that battle, but that doesn't mean we can't win the next battle. Professor Pine and I have a plan."

Brock, Brenda, and Tracey come closer. Tracey asks, "What's your plan Professor?"

The Professors grin. Pine explains, "We already know from what we heard them say before that they are also after the Grand Meteoric Shard."

Brenda asks, "What's a Grand Meteoric Shard?"

Pine explains, "Just like the Meteoric Shards, it's a fragment leftover from the creation of the solar system. However, it is much larger, and holds much more power."

Oak adds, "They were often thought to only exist in myth."

Pine states, "But of course, those same people said that Ryusei was nothing but a myth as well. There are three Grand Meteoric Shards, all of which are said to have fallen to Tenno in ancient times. They are supposedly guarded by the Cosmic Guardians, so that their intense power won't fall into the wrong hands."

Brock surmises, "So now that they have the Cosmic Guardian, there's nothing to stop them from getting the Grand Meteoric Shard hidden here."

Oak nods. "Exactly, so we'll have to stop them before they find it. This time though, we'll be more prepared."


Who's that Pokémon!?

These Pokémon live in cold regions, forming groups of four or five that hunt prey with impressive coordination.


A Venonat peeks around the corner of the cave. It says, "Venonat!"

Tracey follows it in and asks, "You say that Team Planetary is just ahead?" Venonat nods. Tracey pulls out a Pokéball and returns Venonat. "Thanks a lot Venonat." He turns and beckons everyone else to come. "Alright, Venonat has located Team Planetary, they're in the chamber ahead of us."

Oak nods. "Perfect, this should work just as planned." He turns back to everyone and asks, "Alright, does everybody understand what they're supposed to do?" Everyone nods. "Great, let's begin.

They sneak into the next chamber. There, Team Planetary has set up another operation. They seem to be searching for something. Each grunt is equipped with some sort of scanning device. In the far side of the chamber, Ryusei is contained in its holding cell. It's still struggling to break free, but to no avail. Orion commands, "Keep on scanning, now that we know the frequency of Ryusei's energy, we can easily find that Grand Meteoric Shard!"

Professor Oak sneaks a few steps forward from his hiding place and then makes several odd noises that sound like a high-pitch whistle. Within seconds Zubat begin to fly in from all angles. They swarm around Team Planetary, getting in their way.

Orion swats a Zubat out of his face and demands, "Where did all these Zubat come from!?"

Oak chuckles. "These caves are full of Zubat. The proper call can bring them out of hiding."

Professor Pine nods in approval and says, "Alright, now for the next step."

Brenda nods and tosses a Pokéball. Glitterfly comes out. She says to it, "Glitterfly, I want you produce the brightest Flash you can."

Glitterfly nods and shouts, "Glittererererfly!" as it generates a tremendous flash of light. Everyone covers their eyes. This light causes the Zubat to freak out even more. They fly around even more frantically.

Cosmo looks around at the Zubat. He shouts, "It's a trap, don't fall for it! Keep focus!"

Then he hears Ash shouting, "Pikachu, use Iron Tail!" Pikachu leaps off of a Zubat and towards the containment unit.

Cosmo commands, "Foliage Fortress!" Buffern leaps in between Pikachu and the container, and blocks Pikachu's attack. Cosmo looks through the swarm of Zubat and sees Ash standing on top of a rock on the opposite of the room. He demands, "I thought you gave up! What are you doing here!?"

Ash shouts back, "You don't know me at all, I never give up!"

Cosmo gives a slight grin. "Neither do I. Buffern, use Razor Leaf!" Buffern sends its leaves at Pikachu.

Ash declares, "Block it with Iron Tail, then move in for an attack!"

"Chu, pika!" Pikachu whacks the leaves out of the way, and then slams Buffern with another Iron Tail.

Orion notices what is happening and shouts, "Meteormight, go help the kid out!" Meteormight moves to help Cosmo, but is suddenly intercepted by a Meteor Mash from Meteorfight. Orion turns to see Brock. Orion laughs and declares, "You must be brave to seek out another fight with me. Either that or foolish! Ha!" He continues to laugh.

Brock shouts back, "My Meteorfight wasn't through with your Meteormight!" The two meteor Pokémon clash again.

Now that Cosmo is distracted by Ash, Orion by Brock, and the grunts by the Zubat, the Professors, Tracey, and Brenda sneak across the chamber to the containment unit. The two professors begin to type away on a control panel at the base of the pod. Oak comments, "This encryption system is very advanced."

Pine nods. "Yes, I have never seen such an advanced computer program before."

Brenda asks, "You can still hack it though, right?"

Oak responds, "I think so."

Tracey looks around, seeing the Zubat swarming the grunts. He notices something in their behavior and says, "Professors, the Zubat, I don't think we have much more time until they leave. You have to hurry."

Pine says, "Working on it."

Tracey looks up to Ryusei and sighs. "I wish you were free so I could sketch you. It would be one of my greatest for sure."

Oak grunts. "They have security lockouts and firewalls everywhere."

Brenda encourages, "You can't give up. We need to free Ryusei."

Cosmo commands, "Buffern, Mega Drain!" Buffern begins to suck energy out of Pikachu. Pikachu cries out in pain.

Ash shouts, "Pikachu, escape with Quick Attack!" Pikachu not only manages to get out, but begins to run at Buffern. "Now, Volt Tackle!"

"Pika pika pika pika pika pika pika pika chu!"

"Dodge it Buffern!" Buffern leaps to the side, and Pikachu's Volt Tackle misses entirely. Pikachu rams into a cave wall, and breaks a hole right through it.

Tracey takes another look at the Zubat, he notices the swarm is thinning. He urges, "Professor, we don't have much more time." Within a few moments, the swarm is almost entirely gone.

With most of the Zubat gone, a grunt notices what is going on. He shouts at Oak, Pine, Tracey, and Brenda, "Hey, you! Get away from that!"

This catches Orion's attention. He looks away from his battle with Brock to see the would-be hackers. He shouts, "Oh no you don't! Meteormight, get them away from there!" Meteormight, who is currently locked in a battle of strength with Meteorfight, suddenly hurls Meteorfight to the side and leaps into the air. It impacts the ground right next to the containment unit with Meteor Slam. The shockwave sends the Professors, Tracey, and Brenda flying away. Ash and Brock run to help them.

With Ash taking his attention away from the battle, Cosmo looks around. He notices the hole in the wall made by Pikachu. Behind it is another chamber. Cosmo walks into it. He immediately notices something on the opposite side of the room. It's a somewhat round rock, about the size of a soccer ball. It seems to glow faintly with an aura of energy. Cosmo smiles, obviously pleased with himself.

Meanwhile, Ash and friends have been surrounded by Team Planetary Grunts and their Pokémon. Orion walks up to them and shakes his head in disappointment. "You really are a foolish bunch. You really thought you could take on Team Planetary and win, even after what happened less than an hour ago. I'll admit that you're clever, but not that clever. No one is that clever!" He laughs.

Cosmo can be heard shouting, "Orion, I found the Grand Meteoric Shard!"

Orion looks back to see Cosmo walking through the horde of grunts. He cradles the rock he found in his arms. Orion grins and laughs. "I knew you had it in you kid! Great job! With a mentor like me, there was no doubt that you would." Cosmo seems displeased by what Orion said. Orion then turns to Ash and says, "Well, too bad for you. We have all that we need. We will be leaving now. Team Planetary, move out!"

Several of the grunts command, "Elgyem, Teleport!" Orion, Cosmo, the grunts, and Ryusei's chamber are surrounded by a blue aura and sparkles. They begin to fade away and a high-pitch humming can be heard.

Cosmo looks straight at Ash and declares, "You can't beat me. I hope you realize that now."

Ash leaps at Ryusei, but by the time he makes it, it's too late. It has already disappeared. Ash shouts in anger and frustration, "Cosmo!" He falls to his knees in despair.

After a few moments of silence, Brenda asks, "What do we do now?"

Professor Oak sighs. "I hate to admit it, but there isn't anything we can do. They could have teleported anywhere in the region."

Professor Pine adds, "We failed Ryusei."

Tracey walks over to Ash and offers a hand to help him back up. Ash takes it. Tracey says, "Come on Ash, you can't blame yourself, we did everything we could, especially you."

Ash sighs. He says with frustration, "This is the third time I've encountered Cosmo, and it's the third time I've failed to stop him. No one else in this region knows the truth about Team Planetary, so if I can't stop them, no one can."

Brock steps forward and says, "No Ash, you're wrong. This doesn't fall on you alone. There's me."

Brenda steps forward and adds, "And don't forget me."

Tracey declares, "We may not see each other much anymore Ash, but I'll always be there to help you."

Professor Oak adds, "And so will I Ash, my boy."

Professor Pine states, "I'm only a call away if you need my help Ash."

Pikachu nudges at Ash's foot. Ash looks down and it says, "Pika pi!"

Ash slightly grins. "You're right. Thanks guys."


It's Weavile!


They've made it outside the caverns. Pine says to Oak, "I'm sorry that we couldn't do any of that joint research I promised you Samuel."

Oak shakes his head. "Don't worry about it, I'm sure the opportunity will arise again."

Tracey says to Ash, "Well, I've got to go back to Pallet with the Professor now."

Ash says, "Despite what happened, it was great to see you again Tracey."

Tracey nods. "I agree."

Professor Oak walks up behind Ash, takes off his hat, and rustles his hair. "Well Ash my boy, make sure to call. I'll be very interested in hearing about your future Tenno exploits." He hesitatates for a moment and adds, "Especially anything having to do with Team Planetary."

Ash nods. "I'll stay in contact." He adds, "And make sure to say hi to my mom."

Oak smiles and nods. "I certainly will."

Tracey suddenly says, "Oh, and Ash?"

"Yes Tracey?" Tracey hands a piece of paper to Ash. "What is it?"

"It's a sketch I made." Ash looks at it. It's sketch of Ryusei. "I know it may not have been the best idea to sketch it after what just happened, but I couldn't help myself."

Ash nods. "I understand. And don't worry, this will serve as a reminder of what happened today. I will never forget Ryusei. In fact, I promise you right now, someday, I will rescue Ryusei from Team Planetary."

Oak laughs and says, "I have no doubt of that." He turns to Tracey and says, "Alright Tracey, it's time for us to leave."

Tracey nods. "Right." They turn to leave.

Professor Pine says, "I'm afraid I must be off as well. I'm needed back at the lab. Good luck you three."

Ash, Brock, and Brenda all wave and shout, "Bye!" Oak, Pine, and Tracey all wave back as they walk out of sight.

Yet another encounter with the ruthless Team Planetary has left our heroes devastated. It would seem at this point that their destiny is intertwined with that of Cosmo and Team Planetary. What could this mean for the future of their journey? Stay tuned.

To Be Continued…