Disclaimer: Here we are, my readers, chapter 19, and I hope you all like it. I mean, this chapter will have our first legendary hybrid showing up. I hope I do the transformation right and not screw it up, dear readers.

Anyway, nothing else but for me to say enjoy the new chapter.

Chapter 19: The legendary hybrid

"Damn it!"

Brock wasn't too thrilled that he had not been able to get in touch with his family. Especially his younger brother Forest, whom he entrusted with the title of Pewter Gym Leader in his place even after the battle with the Nurse Joy, who used Latias against him following the events at Sinnoh. "What's wrong?" asked Clemont as he and Bonnie approached the Rock-Solid Pokémon Trainer.

"It's my family, they're not responding," Brock replied with concern on his face, more so given how he would have thought they would answer his calls to show they were alright, and it did not help that there was static coming from his PokéGear. "Still getting nothing on what's happening."

Clemont and Bonnie could tell Brock was starting to become frustrated, not that they blamed him, given how they still could not get over losing their hometown to the growing infection. "Maybe they were probably…" the little girl tried to speak; however, she did not finish her sentence as she knew it would only make the Pokémon Doctor in training even more upset than he already was. "Never mind…"

All she did was hold onto Dedenne, treating him like a teddy bear as she was close to breaking down in tears, something that Brock and Clemont noticed. "It's going to be okay, Bonnie…." Clemont assured his little sister even though there was no telling of what could happen next despite having been lucky enough to avoid being infected for now.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm positive…" he continued to try and soothe Bonnie, not liking the idea of her being upset, and hopefully, he would be able to help her feel better, then a thought occurred to him. "Besides, if we are lucky, we might be able to find someone for me to be with… one who isn't I hybrid I mean since that is something you'd love seeing."

Thinking about it, Bonnie had all but forgotten about her usual attempts to try and find her older brother a wife during their journey with Ash. "Okay…" she said, nodding her head slowly, which made Clemont relieved to see her cheering up, just a little bit.

"You know, this is actually reminding me of something back when mom and dad left Pewter City long ago," said Brock as he was watching the moment between Clemont and Bonnie. "Trust me, my younger siblings were really upset when they left, and I did everything I can to help them feel better despite having to run the Pewter Gym before I met Ash and Misty."

Clemont and Bonnie looked towards Brock with surprise in their respective eyes. "Is this true?" the blonde-haired young man asked of their new friends from Kanto.

Brock nodded as he wondered if they are even still human at this point since it seems the whole world seems to be going to hell. "I just hate to think what's happening back home right now," Brock said as Lance soon returned.

The others also noticed this and saw the men he came with also holding what they needed. "Lance?" Brock began seeing that something else had to have happened.

"The whole region has fallen," Lance began hearing over the radio that other cities and towns had fallen to this virus. "Any humans left are already got captured, ready to under the change. That's what all the hybrids are calling it."

Brock and Clemont frowned hearing this as Bonnie cried even more hearing that they lost their home. "So, what's the plan?" Brock asked as Clemont tried to make sure Bonnie was okay.

"Okay, Lance, we need to leave," one of the soldiers said, looking at the handheld computer. "I have some heat signatures coming this way," he said, looking at Lance.

Lance nodded and then stared at Brock and the others. "Okay, everyone get inside we're heading back to Kanto," he said as Brock and Clemont nodded.

"Hey, it's going to be okay, Bonnie," Clemont told his little sister, who looked at her older brother with a smile. Still, he could tell that Bonnie was terrified over what was happening. "Bonnie, I won't let anything happen to you okay, you're my sister after all."

Bonnie smiled after hearing her brother tell her this and nodded before everyone got inside the helicopter. Brock hoped that once they all got back to Kanto, he could find out what happened to his home and back to his family.

Meanwhile, Misty still wondered who the unknown voice belonged to while thinking Gary and Zoey had become hybrids. "What should I do," Misty said with a whisper. "What if they are already infected and are waiting for me to walk out of this room."

"Or you could mate with them," the voice said with a laugh within her mind. "You can hear this other voice; it's female, so why not join them?"

"We have no idea how Misty's mind is, Gary," Zoey said from the other side of the door. "What if she attacks us and then changes us into hybrids."

Misty smiled at hearing this from how Zoey was talking. It seems that neither Zoey nor Gary had changed into hybrids. "What should I do?" Misty whispered once again, her hand reaching for the door handle.

"Look, we have no idea what's happened to her," the voice said on the other side. "We've lost Ash and so many others," she told the two with a hurt tone in her voice.

"I fucking hate this virus," Gary cursed in anger, knowing that it was looking less likely they could fix this mess. "I mean, there has to be some sort of cure Sherry?"

Sherry sighed, and Misty heard it. "Look, say like your grandfather makes one with the other professors," Sherry said from her side and looked at the two humans. "No one infected will take it. I can already feel it with my mind. That part of me doesn't want the cure, all I want is my mate to come home," Sherry said as she covered her mouth after she said this.

"Huh mate," Misty said, thinking what this Sherry girl was talking about until it clicked. "Wait is she talking about, Ash?" Misty said and heard that Ash lost his mind.

"Well, we need to be able to get them back to normal somehow whether they like it or not," explained Zoey as she knew that they couldn't just leave everyone who had fallen victim to the virus, and to stay like this permanently, least of all Ash and the others. "You did say that Dawn and Sir Aaron are looking for Ash, right?"

"Yes, I did but now finding him is going to become much more difficult," reminded Sherry as there was still the other problem that needed addressing in case Gary and Zoey had forgotten. "Remember, May, Serena, Lillie, and Anabel had already escaped when we least expected it as Lucario said and imagine if they were to find Ash before Dawn and Sir Aaron do."

Misty was rather surprised when hearing names she wasn't familiar with, which included Lucario. However, it did sound somewhat familiar given how Tracey told her and her sisters about this Pokémon from when Ash took on the Battle Frontier, the Sinnoh League, and eventually the Unova League before his eventual travels through the Kalos region. "You had to bring that up," Gary soon muttered, groaning in annoyance since there would be more hybrids out there to complicate things even further.

"Well, I'm only speaking the truth, I mean we don't know if this virus is known to evolve over time or not let alone what it'll do to those who are still human."

It made Gary and Zoey frown even more than ever, knowing that Sherry made a valid point on the matter and how they needed to get something made soon. "Still though, we need to do something fast before the entire planet becomes infected by this virus," began the orange-haired girl from Snowpoint City. Now showing concern on her face which made her reflect on how she previously learned about what's happening to their very world and looked towards the brown-haired young man from Pallet Town for a moment, then back to Sherry. "All we know is that the virus is spreading faster, and it won't be long before eventually… well you know."

"I see…" Sherry lowered her head, and Misty could tell there was a hint of sadness coming from the new girl's voice the very moment she learned this revelation from Zoey, not that she blamed her or anything. Still, at the same time, Misty wondered about how long she'd been around before shaking her head. "It seems that our hopes in our training for all of us to better resist the damn infection could be in fact for nothing…."

"Wait training?" asked Zoey as she looked at Sherry with slight surprise on her face. "What kind of training?"

"It's a special kind of training that Sir Aaron and Lucario were planning to give me, Ash, and Dawn back before they sensed someone in danger earlier on," explained Sherry as she told Gary and Zoey about the intended training that would've helped. Though now there was no longer enough time to even go through with it since they've officially lost Ash. "And who knows if Ash even learning Aura would've helped us since we're never going to find out now."

Gary and Zoey started blinking, and even Misty was speechless when overhearing the conversation when Sherry mentioned the word 'Aura' to the former two. "Wait time out, Aura?" the young Pokémon researcher asked of their new friend as he was trying to process this whole thing and the fact Ash had such a power none of them knew about until just now. "What exactly is that?"

Remaining silent, Sherry gave a small sigh as though she had no clue what Aura was in general but thought back to her conversations with Sir Aaron and Lucario. "It's actually pretty complicated…" she said after taking a deep breath and explained to her new friends everything she knew about the power, part of her wishing that there was maybe someone willing to help them at this point since she knew sooner or later, both spirits would have to return to the afterlife.

"Wow, that's unexpected…" said Zoey, taking in what she learned from Sherry while Gary remained completely silent throughout all this. A part of her wished Ash, Brock, and Dawn had told her about it back in the Sinnoh region since she would've loved to learn about their experience with encountering those who have the power in question.

"Indeed, but who knows what could happen now and if Ash learns how to use it after losing his mind entirely… it worries me to this very day…."

"I don't blame you for feeling that way, Sherry since this is still all new to me and Zoey as well," added Gary as he wondered about what to make of this, praying to Arceus that they'd be able to find someone who could use this power and someone not already infected by this damned virus by now. Gary wondered about his old cheerleaders and if they were doing all they could to remain human for as long as they could. After all, even without him keeping them since his Pokémon training days had long since ended after the Johto League Silver Conference. "Odds are with the form he's now in, Ash might eventually figure out how to tap into this power on his own unless we do something soon."

"Please, don't remind me…." muttered Sherry, shivering the more she thought about the idea of Aura being used to infect even more people. Then something clicked into Sherry's mind as her thoughts were on the Pokémon that was with Gary, Zoey, and Misty when they previously arrived at the cabin. "Say, where's Ash's Pikachu?"

"He's currently keeping an eye out with Glaceon and Buneary, just in case any hostile hybrids manage to find us when we least expected it."

"Also, it seems Glaceon has been really upset when hearing about May specifically," added Zoey as she remembered what May's Fresh Snow Pokémon was like back at the Wallace Cup, though never expected to see her showing a different side to her. In all honesty, it also made the young woman concerned for the Ice-Type in question. "She really cares for her Trainer, even more so to the point where she actually sees May as her mother, something I'm still surprised at discovering even now."

Gary nodded as he looked at Zoey. "Well, if Glaceon saw May when she hatched that would make sense," he said, looking at Zoey.

Sherry also had to agree with Gary since this was something she had seen happen with other Pokémon. However, Sherry knew they needed to talk about bigger matters, mainly Misty. "Okay, I think we need to also talk about your friend Misty."

Gary and Zoey nodded, looking at the room that held Misty. "You're right Sherry, how can we tell if Misty still has her human mind?" Gary asked, looking out the window with his Pokémon watching the house.

"Well, our Pokémon will make sure she doesn't leave the house," Zoey said, but still, the young woman had a frown on her face. "Can we honestly stop her if she wanted to leave?"

Gary and Lucario could see her point as Sherry sighed and stared at the room. "I could go inside," Sherry began looking at all three.

Lucario didn't like this seeing this could lead to trouble. 'Sherry, are you sure that you want to do this?' Lucario asked, knowing this was a risk.

Sherry nodded as she sighed, looking at the bedroom. "I know, but we need to what's happening with her," Sherry said before opening the door looking at the Vaporeon woman.

"Misty," Gary said, looking at the hybrid wanting to see if Misty was still herself. "Look, are you still, well, you?" Gary asked the orange-haired hybrid.

Misty smiled as she nodded and looked at Sherry and Lucario. "I heard what you said about Ash," Misty said with a frown, her green eyes looking at Sherry.

"Yes, look, we have no idea what they are doing," Sherry said and then looked at Gary and Zoey. "I mean, for all, we know, Ash and the others might not come back here."

Zoey began thinking about what Ash and the others were doing. "Well, Ash doesn't know that the others are off to find him, right?" Zoey asked, looking at Sherry and Lucario.

"They'll find Ash," Sherry began looking towards the forest. "I can feel it also the desire to go find them..." Sherry began as her hand moved to her stomach, showing a smile.

The others all watched as the Pachirisu hybrid seeing her smiling. "Sherry, what's wrong?" Misty asked, seeing her smile on her face.

Sherry started shaking her head and looked at Misty, knowing her mind almost slipped away again. "Yeah, sorry Misty, my mind is going, I'll be like Ash and the others soon," Sherry said as the Pachirisu hybrid sighed.

"Aww, come on, look at her, just take her now," the voice within Sherry's head whispered with a giggle. "I mean, you have to admit she is sexy. So go ahead and take her free her mind and yours."

Sherry frowned, hearing the voice inside her head, the young blonde woman knowing why it wanted her to do this. "I won't do it no matter what you whisper inside my head."

"You still believe that you're going to get anywhere even if you get that training from Sir Aaron and Lucario?" asked the voice, finding it rather amusing that Sherry believed she could continue resisting. Even after she admitted that she would eventually fall sooner or later. "Think about it, didn't you say that it's only a matter of time before you finally succumbed yourself?"

The Pachirisu girl frowned when the voice reminded her about the situation that she previously brought up to Misty, Gary, and Zoey. "You had to bring that up, didn't you?" she mentally asked the voice as she knew that deep down, it did make a valid point on the matter at hand.

"I'm only speaking the truth that's all… and besides, you deserve your own share of happiness despite what they did to you if memory serves."

"Huh?" Sherry was left speechless when the voice brought up something that even she hadn't been made aware of this entire time. "What are you talking about?"

"I'm referring to the experiment that turned you into the hybrid you are right now," the voice replied as it had been something it didn't have to break up, but she deserved to know. "The moment where you killed that purple-haired boy wasn't the first time it happened, it also occurred when you managed to escape from the facility that took you."

"The facility?" asked Sherry, mentally wanting to know more about what the voice was talking about before frowning. Especially the fact she didn't like how she had been reminded of when she ended up taking another person's life earlier on, as revealed when talking to Ash before the eventual loss of his humanity completely. "I have no idea what…."

'Sherry!'

Sherry heard the voice of Ash's Pikachu as he arrived to see how she, Gary, Zoey, and Misty was doing. However, he was surprised to see the Pachirisu girl had a confused expression on her face which hadn't gone unnoticed by the others, which made them truly worry. 'Is something wrong?' he asked of his new friend, praying that she wouldn't immediately lose her humanity this soon.

"I'm fine," Sherry replied to the male Mouse Pokémon with a frown, and part of her had been hoping the conversation hadn't been interrupted because the voice mentioned something about a facility that she got taken to not that long ago. "I've just been worried about losing my human mind that's all."

Pikachu started showing some slight relief after hearing she was okay; however, it immediately faded when he heard her concerns about eventually succumbing. 'I don't blame you for feeling that way,' said the Electric-Type from the Kanto region. 'Misty's been having the same worries as you, especially after she got separated from Anabel and became the Vaporeon Hybrid she is right now.'

"At least she didn't end up committing murder at one point after becoming a hybrid…." Sherry replied as she shocked Gary, Zoey, Pikachu, and Misty when she revealed this, but she took a deep breath before continuing due to remembering something else brought up by the voice in her head. "Nor did it happen following her escape from some damned facility that turned her into one."

"Wait, a facility?"

"Yes, at least what the voice said in my head…." Sherry said to the group in a sad tone, wanting to know more about that place and if it had any answers to how she became like this, not to mention her suspecting there was another secret it's been hiding from the public by far. "Apparently, I escaped from there, but not before killing several of those within while doing so… but I can't remember what I was used for there or even why I've been chosen to be taken to that place."

Everyone stayed silent, more so Gary, Zoey, and Misty when hearing the news. As well as the possibility of a facility that existed which none of them knew about until now. "Do you think that maybe… just maybe, this is where the virus originated from?" the Tomboyish Mermaid was the one to ask since it would've made perfect sense given how Sherry had been used as an experiment there, and she somehow managed to escape through unknown means.

"It's a possibility, especially since they're the ones who did this to Sherry so it would mean they created the virus as well," added Zoey as she frowned even more than ever, turning towards Sherry. "I take it you don't remember its exact location?"

"I'm afraid not…." Sherry replied, closing her eyes and shaking her head as she wished she could've been of more help in finding this supposed facility but then again. She couldn't honestly remember anything before she met with Ash, in all honesty, which scared her even more. "I just wish I knew more about this whole thing and what it has to do with me specifically."

The others all nodded and looked at Sherry, seeing the fear growing on her face. "What if we can try and find this place?" Zoey asked as they could bring anything they found back with them.

"We could, but we have no idea what we might find there," Gary said, but he looked at Sherry. "The only problem is what Sherry might not be the only hybrid within that place."

Sherry sighed before a pain shot through her head when hearing what Gary had said. "No, please," she said with tears in her eyes.

Sherry soon had a few memories back to the day she had first become a hybrid. Hearing the screams of the many victims, ones who had sadly didn't have an easy time as they underwent a painful and horrifying transformation.

Sherry could see one poor woman scream as her flesh melted and spikes ripped from her back. "Please stop. I don't..." Sherry cried with tears hearing the many victims.

"Sherry!" the others all cried out as the poor girl fell to her knees. Everyone wondered what was happening to make her cry out like this.

"What's happening to her?"

"I don't know," began Gary with a frown on his face as even he didn't have a clue on why Sherry was acting this way, but then he immediately realized something. "Oh no… I think I know the reason…."

Misty, Zoey, and Pikachu all turned towards the spiky-haired Pokémon researcher. "You remember how I mentioned before how Sherry might not be the only hybrid within that place?" he asked of them, frowning as he was starting to regret bringing it up. "I think it actually might've awakened a painful memory, probably about those who were experimented on alongside her."

"Oh great…" muttered Misty, in a way, it reminded her of something similar, but it was nothing compared to what they were bearing witness to right now. "And I thought Brock had it bad whenever someone mentioned Professor Ivy's name when Ash, Tracey, and I saw him at Pallet Town after our adventures in the Orange Islands came to an end."

"Professor Ivy?" asked Zoey as she looked at Misty with a confused expression, having never heard that name before, although part of her wanted to know what it was all about. "Who is she?"

"I'll explain later," said Misty, knowing they had far more important matters to attend to, such as helping Sherry. Since the poor girl was no good to anyone with the memories of being at that facility haunting her, not that she blamed the poor girl for feeling that way. "Right now we need to calm Sherry down before she does something she might later regret."

Gary and Zoey nodded as they looked at Sherry, both still concerned for the poor girl. Misty slowly started to approach the blonde Pachirisu girl and pulled her into a hug, hoping it would help.

"Look I know it's hard but you're the only one that knows the way," Misty said as she wasn't sure how long either of them had before they fell to the virus.

Sherry soon began to calm down as she looked at Misty and nodded. "You're right, Misty. We need to find the place this all started, but I don't think we should go," Sherry said as she looked at the others. "I mean, I'm not sure how long we have. I'll soon be like the others."

Lucario looked at Sherry, seeing that the poor girl might only have a few days left. 'Sherry, we shall continue with the training. It's the only way,' Lucario told the girl as the Pachirisu girl nodding her head.

"Yeah, you're right. I need to use the time that I have to train my mind," Sherry said before looking at Gary and Zoey. "Look, you two and Misty might need to find it. I mean, if I go, I could attack all three of you and infect you or worse, make Misty lose her mind."

The three all looked at her and knew Sherry was right. The risk was far too great deadly, and her going might make Sherry lose her human mind even faster. "We understand Sherry," Misty said, looking at the poor girl as the orange-haired girl sighed. "How long do you think I have?"

Sherry looked at Misty with an intense look. "When did you change?" she asked, knowing that it could help her. However, deep down, Sherry was still deeply worried and frightened as her hands began shaking.

Misty could see the look that Sherry had within her eyes and sighed. "Well, not that long ago, maybe a day at most. Why does it matter?" Misty asked as she watched Sherry nod her head.

"Yes, it means you have more time then Dawn and myself," Sherry said and looked around the room, hoping to find a map maybe. "If I can find a map then we should be set," the Pachirisu girl said with a small tinge of hope in her voice.

After a while of searching, Sherry soon found a map and smiled. "Okay, I can give you this, and tomorrow I can help you find the location of the lab this all started at."

The others within the room all nodded as Pikachu looked at Misty, still worried for her. 'But what about Ash and the other?' the yellow mouse asked with his voice filled with deep concern.

Everyone looked at Pikachu and sighed as Misty got to her knees but continued to smile. "Pikachu, we have to hope that Dawn and Sir Aaron can help bring his mind back, even if for a short time."

Glaceon and Buneary could see how upset Pikachu was over losing Ash to the virus, and they wanted to help him. The two female Pokémon moved over as they hugged Pikachu so that they could comfort him. 'Pikachu I hate that I lost my mama as well,' Glaceon said as she nuzzled closer.

Buneary nodded as she looked at Pikachu and their friends. 'We'll save them I know the others have to be working on a cure,' she said, looking at the others.

Lucario and the others hoped that a cure could help everyone, but now wasn't the time to worry about the cure. 'For now, I think we all need to rest. Tomorrow we'll make plans on what to do next. I don't need sleep, but I will keep you all up to date with Ash.'

Everyone nodded as Misty yawned and stretched her arms. "Yeah, you're right I still feel tired," she said as Sherry looked over at the Vaporeon hybrid.

"It's the change it tires some more than others, and well, you are a water type, so you'll need more rest," Sherry said, looking at Misty's body while a blush formed on her face. "I want her so bad right now," Sherry thought, looking at Misty.

Gary and Zoey nodded, heading to their rooms while Misty headed back inside the room she had woken up in, ready to sleep. Once Lucario left to head outside and keep watch, Sherry looked at the room Misty was in right now.

"Go ahead and join her, you already mated with Ash, and have his child," the voice said with a seductive whisper. "After all, you will all become sister mates with time."

Sherry soon began walking to the door and opened and looked at Misty, seeing her fellow hybrid was looking at the bed. "No, I can't..." Sherry thought, looking at the Vaporeon hybrid that had her back turned away from her. "But she looks so hot...My sister mate."

Sherry soon moved closer to Misty and hugged her from behind, shocking the orange-haired girl. "Sherry, what are you..." Misty began, but the hybrid was quickly cut off as the Pachirisu girl kissing her.

"I want you, I don't have my mates either," Sherry said as she pushed Misty onto the bed.

"Sherry come on you have to fight it just a little longer, please," Misty said as she looked at the blonde Pachirisu hybrid.

However, Sherry smiled as she placed a hand on Misty larger breasts, and Misty fought back a moan. "I still have my mind, Misty. I just feel so hot right now, looking at your sexy body."

Misty was left shocked hearing this, and Sherry moved closer and kissed her once again. "Hmm, your lips are so tasty," Sherry said as she quickly pulled away from Misty. "I do wish that Ash was here with us right now. I know you have to feel the same from what I have heard him say about you."

Misty said nothing as she needed to think about how she could snap Sherry out of this lust she was now trapped in, but how. "Sherry, look, fight I. What if you make it worse Sherry...?" Misty began but quickly gasped and let out a moan.

"Hmm, you have such a tasty pussy, Misty," Sherry said with a moan as she closed her eyes while Misty continued to moan. "So yummy," Sherry moaned with lust, even more, hearing Misty's moans.

Misty continued to moan as Sherry dived deeper into her pussy as Misty moaned even more. "Ahh Sherry!" the orange-haired Vaporeon girl cried out with lust. "Please stop, you need to fight it!"

Hearing the moans coming from her sister mate caused the blonde Pachirisu hybrid to giggle. "That's it, Misty," Sherry began as she looked up to her lover. "Keep moaning," Sherry said with a lusty smile. "Let me hear you sexy moans."

Misty only looked at Sherry, seeing her acting like this, knowing how other hybrids acted. Misty could remember how the two Arbok hybrids acted, and she was becoming worried. "Sherry we shouldn't..." Misty began, but she quickly got cut off as Sherry kissed her.

Misty did her best to fight back, but she also was enjoying the kiss from Sherry. "That's it give in Sherry is going to become our sister mate after all," the voice whispered to her.

Sherry only looked at Misty with a smile on her face. "Shh, no more talking, Misty. No, we're going to have sex all night long," Sherry said with a giggle.

"Don't worry Misty I still have my human mind, but the lust is too much for me to fight right now Misty," Sherry said with a cute smile on her face.

Misty wanted to tell her that this could only speed up them losing their minds, but before Misty could tell Sherry. The blonde kissed her once again as Misty, this time, melted into the kiss from Sherry.

"Say Gary…"

"Hmmm?" asked Gary as he looked to see Zoey checking on him, both being unaware of Misty and Sherry making out during this very moment. While the rest of them were getting settled at the cabin, and the Pokémon were busy keeping watch in case anything happened when they least expected it. "What is it, Zoey?"

"Just wanted to make certain that you didn't start transforming into a hybrid all of a sudden," answered Zoey with a shrug, all while making certain he was still a human being. "Besides, our Pokémon are going to be helping Lucario, Pikachu, Glaceon, and Buneary keep watch since we need all the help and aide we can get."

Gary gave a small smile, but then it faded, suspecting there was more to the girl from Snowpoint City coming to see him specifically than just simply wanting to see how he's doing. "Is there another reason why you're here?" he asked Zoey since there wasn't anything to worry about at this moment, so it would be a good way for them to have a good talk with one another.

"Maybe, maybe not," said Zoey with a playful smile on her face as she approached the spiky-haired young man from Pallet Town. "Is there anything wrong with me checking up on a friend, especially someone who is friends with someone I know?"

"To be honest, no there isn't," Gary replied, knowing that Zoey made a valid point as he was a friend since they've met one another, and he did find her cute from time to time, even cuter than even his cheerleaders. "I'm just worried about Misty and Sherry, even more so Sherry."

"You too huh?" Zoey asked, understanding how Gary felt since both girls in question were already hybrids, and neither knew when they'd eventually give in to the infection within their respective bodies. "Can't say that I blame you, given that we know the virus is evolving faster and all… not to mention Ash having lost his humanity and Dawn looking for him."

"Don't remind me…."

"Sorry, Mr. Pokémon Researcher," she said sarcastically to the Grandson of Professor Samuel Oak. However, there was a silver lining, which did help them in finding a way to at least slow down the virus, if not stop it entirely to some extent. "At least we know there's a facility responsible for the growing infection, so once Dawn and this Sir Aaron guy comes back, we should focus on finding where it is."

"Provided that Dawn hasn't lost her humanity by then," reminded Gary as he looked at Zoey, knowing that the bluenette was also a hybrid herself which did complicate matters somewhat. "Also don't forget, Sherry pretty much came close to having a complete nervous breakdown when reminded of where she escaped from plus, she can't remember it's location either."

"Oh yeah, that…." Zoey sighed, knowing they wouldn't nor couldn't ask Sherry about the facility; all of this is due to that moment from earlier and the fact. There were some memories that Sherry didn't want to remember, especially since the deaths she caused during her escape. So neither could blame, and even after that, it wasn't exactly her fault. The young woman from the Sinnoh region blamed the ones who took the poor girl.

All Gary did was nod his head, and then he decided to ask something else. "Now back to what you said about wanting to check up on me earlier," he started changing the subject to lighten the mood a bit and hopefully shed some light on why else she came into this room. "Is there a reason for it or even why you're visiting me specifically?"

"Well, it's a secret."

"Oh, so it's a secret huh?" Gary asked with slight disappointment in his voice, noticing Zoey's sly smile on her face, which increased his suspicions regarding the visit even more. "Are you going to tell me about it?"

"You'll find out in the morning, okay?" Zoey replied before heading out of the room; hopefully, they would hear some good news once they were all well-rested.

A Pokémon with a birdlike body stylized after a plane was currently soaring through the clear sky, all while having a worried frown on her face. Its long neck stretched forward from its squat body. It had no legs, usually floating instead. The rear half of its body was largely red and the upper half white, with jet-plane wings high on its rear and fins on the bottom near its tail. A blue triangle marked the center of its chest, while a red mask partially covered its face. Ear-like fins sat on top of its head, and its eyes were yellow. It had short, three-fingered arms with a red covering on the outer side of the lower arms. 'How, are you holding up, Bianca?' it asked, referring to someone who was riding on its back.

Nodding her head was a tall, fair-skinned, short-haired young girl who was doing all she could to keep from falling off the Pokémon's back and had a very concerned expression on her face when doing so. Her hair was reddish-brown. She wore a white artist's hat on her head, a short green shirt with a white skirt, black socks, and pink shoes. "I'm alright, not to worry, Latias," the girl replied, assuring the Pokémon that she was okay and gave a soft smile. "You know I'm a lot tougher than you realize."

Showing relief, Latias was glad to hear that her friend was doing well. 'That's good to know,' she spoke before the smile she had faded right away. 'I'm worried about Ash though, I know something is wrong, many of us can feel it.'

"Yeah, I'm worried about him too," commented Bianca as she shared the exact sentiments that her friend from Alto Mare had. It brought back bad memories of when Latias' brother Latios died back in Johto even after the defeat of Annie and Oakley. "I just hope nothing bad had happened to him right now."

'Me neither…' Latias said to her human friend, knowing that finding him wasn't that easy, but they needed to try and hopefully before that damned spreading virus did. 'What made you decide to come with me anyway? Just curious that's all.'

"Oh? Well, I…"

Bianca didn't finish what she wanted to say, her cheeks turning bright pink as she looked away from Latias. However, the female Eon Pokémon realized what that meant and sighed, knowing it was wrong that she had a crush on a human even before the infection that was threatening the entire world began and wished there was some way they could be together. However, she knew that was something she could never have. 'Do you…' she started asking, which caused Bianca to look back towards her in slight surprise.

"Don't be silly, Latias!" the reddish-brown-haired girl responded, her cheeks still pink from earlier and was becoming rather completely flustered at the conclusion Latias was coming to with her crush. "Ash is a good friend, nothing more! I mean, he probably already has a girlfriend by now."

'Maybe…' Latias replied, still having this feeling Bianca had a similar crush on the young man from Pallet Town that she also herself did. However, it was cute seeing her friend blush the way she did, only to quickly remind herself that now wasn't the time to be teasing the girl. 'I wonder where Ash could be here anyway and if there's anyone else who managed to avoid becoming infected.'

"I'm not sure myself, but we need to keep an eye out in case there's any sign of him," Bianca responded as Latias was flying around the area and prayed to Arceus they'd be lucky enough to find Ash. If not, then anyone who had seen him or had any clue on his current whereabouts. "Hopefully my grandfather knows to stay inside so to avoid getting infected. Since a majority of Johto has already suffered from the spreading virus."

'I hope so too, I mean I already lost my brother, and I don't need you to lose your grandfather too.'

Bianca frowned when Latias mentioned Latios, knowing it's still painful for the female Eon Pokémon to remember the moment of his demise. "Just make sure you fly low, who knows if there's anyone who is already a hybrid in this area," she informed her friend, knowing they wouldn't want to be jumped by anything hostile when they least expected it. The female Psychic/Dragon-Type nodded her head as she continued her flight, all while following Bianca's advice.

Latias nodded as she did what her friend told her and looked around, hoping nothing would go wrong. 'Bianca I think I see something,' Latias told her friend but was becoming worried.

Bianca looked down, seeing a group of hybrids wandering around. "We better stay hidden, Latias, since we can't let them see us," the brunette told her friend.

Latias nodded as the two looked at the group of hybrids as Bianca got her binoculars to see what they were doing.

'Bianca, what can you see?' Latias asked as she looked at her human friend with some concern.

Bianca had a frown on her face. "It's a group of female hybrids," the brunette told Latias as she counted the number of hybrids.

The brunette could see four hybrids and most likely talking about something. Bianca didn't know what it was they were about, but it wasn't anything good.

"Okay, they seem to be looking for something," Bianca said as she looked, seeing the brunette Eevee girl talking with a Fennekin hybrid. "Two of them are talking," Bianca said and looked at the Espeon and Vulpix drinking from the lake.

'It seems they have full change both in mind and body,' Latias said with a frown as she looked down. 'We can't stay here for too long if they see us...' Latias began as Bianca nodded.

"Yeah, we better go before they see us since I don't want to get infected," Bianca said as she continued to frown. "We should try and find survivors as well Latias."

Latias knew the main reason why she wanted to find some survivors since Bianca was secretly hoping they could find Ash and help him. 'Bianca we have no idea if Ash is still human,' she told her friend, but Latias could tell she was still hoping to find Ash.

"I know Latias, but I can't give up Ash, and his friends helped us. So we should help them out," Bianca said with a smile and looked at Latias. "We'll help them no matter what it takes."

Hearing this also made Latias frown as she started thinking about it and knew that Bianca made a valid point since she wanted to make sure Ash was alright after so long. 'Okay, but we need to be careful,' she reminded the young woman from Alto Mare with the frown still on her face since she noticed something that reminded her of Annie's Espeon. 'One of the hybrids resembles an Espeon, one of two Pokémon that I still have bad memories of even to this day.'

"I see…" Bianca started frowning as well, knowing it would be a problem if the Espeon hybrid were to sense them even with Latias going into her human form. So they needed to be extra careful when following the group in hopes that they might lead them to Ash's location. Not only this, both really wanted to help the hybrids I question but still had no clue on how they'd be able to do so. "Guess we really have our work cut out for us."

'Yes, we do.'

Bianca nodded her head and continued watching for a bit before they eventually left the area. At the same time, though, she wondered what they were talking about, knowing it wasn't good. "Ah, it's good to finally be out of that cabin after so long," began May with a smile on her face as she stretched her arms out and looked forward to finding Ash soon.

"I know right?" added Serena, smiling back as she hoped Ash hadn't gone too far ahead as he managed to finally embrace his hybrid side fully and about time since she wanted Ash to make love to her again. "Oh, I'm starting to get this excited feeling the more I think about being able to mate with Ash."

"You too huh? Trust me, I know it's going to be wonderful when we find him," commented Anabel, thinking back to when Ash had defeated her in their rematch with one another couldn't wait to tell him how she felt. "A shame that I got separated from Misty earlier when the two of us were turning into hybrids, it would have been good if she joined us too."

May frowned, understanding how Anabel felt when it came to the fact that they wouldn't have Misty with them for quite some time. "Don't remind me, I mean I really do miss Misty," she said to the Lavender-haired Espeon hybrid as she remembered her meetings with the Tomboyish Mermaid when she and Max traveled with Ash and Brock through Hoenn and Kanto, respectively.

Hearing this made Anabel nod her head, but a smile formed on her face. "Look at the bright side, since you girls have me. I'll be able to find her no problem," she informed May, Serena, and Lillie since she retained her Psychic powers, which the infection had enhanced.

Bianca's eyes widened in absolute shock, especially when hearing that not only did May know Ash, Brock, and Misty, but to her horror. Bianca found two of the three Trainers in question had indeed become victims of the spreading virus themselves, which made her hope it wasn't too late for her and Latias to save them. 'What's wrong, Bianca?' asked Latias as she noticed the expression that the young woman from Alto Mare had, which meant she had heard something.

"It's Ash and Misty…" began Bianca, still shocked at the revelation she heard from spying on the hybrids that were in the area and knew that the poor Eon Pokémon was going to be devastated when she found out what became of them. With tears starting to form in her eyes, she took a deep breath and decided to let it all out. "… They've become hybrids too…."

As she expected, Latias remained silent, and she couldn't believe what she was hearing from her friend. 'Oh my god, Ash, Misty… no…' she said as it was the death of her brother Latios all over again, but at the same time, she wanted to make certain the female hybrids wouldn't spot them. Still, the pain was not easy to overcome, even during this kind of situation, so they needed to suppress it for now until they managed to leave the area.

All Bianca did was silently glance at Latias before returning to the conversation that May, Serena, Lillie, and Anabel were having with one another. "Damn it, I hope Brock hasn't suffered this fate too…" she thought to herself, trying to get her emotions together to avoid being caught by the hybrids in question.

"You know, it's surprising that you were one of the members of the Battle Frontier in the Kanto region," began Lillie as she was the newest member of the group. All of them are intrigued by the stories that May, Anabel, and Serena told her, which made the blonde smile even more. "It kind of makes me wish that we met sooner because it would have helped in finding out about my father's whereabouts."

"Huh?"

"Wait your father?" Serena asked as she looked at Lillie.

Bianca and Latias remained in their hiding place, even more surprised when Lillie mentioned her father to her fellow hybrids. 'What is she talking about?' the Dragon/Psychic-Type asked with a rather confused expression on her face.

"I'm not sure to be honest, Latias," said the brunette with a frown. A part of Bianca felt sorry for the Vulpix hybrid when it came to the revelation that her father had gone missing. "This is my first time ever hearing about it myself."

Lillie nodded her head to Serena, Anabel, and May as she thought about the day that her father vanished when she was a little girl. "It's a long story, although I really don't like the idea of bringing it up since it brings back bad memories…." Lillie explained to her fellow hybrids, especially as it led to her brother had left home following that incident, and she lived with her mother ever since.

The others all looked at her with a smile knowing how much she wanted to see her family. "We'll help you get your family Lillie," said May with a smile on her face as the others all nodded.

Lillie smiled at her lovers before looking around the area they were in, smelling something close. "Hold on something isn't right I think something or someone is watching us," Lillie said as she frowned.

Anabel nodded as the Espeon hybrid looked around, sniffing the air as they all wanted to find the person watching them. "I can tell someone is here watching us," Anabel said with a frown.

Soon the other hybrids all started sniffing around. "Yeah, I can smell a human close to us and a Pokémon," Serena told the others, looking around, wanting to find the two. "I think they are both female," Serena added, sniffing the ground and air.

Bianca and Latias frowned, hearing this as the two looked at each other. "That's not good Latias, I think we need to leave," Bianca whispered as she started becoming worried.

'Yeah, I agree I think we have stayed here too long Bianca,' Latias said as she was also becoming worried.

The two soon left before the hybrids below could find them. "We better leave and head back home, as don't like it but," Bianca began but was cut off as something started shooting at them. "What's happening now?"

'I don't know it could be hybrids!' Latias said as another attack soon hit her on the side. Latias cried in pain as she started to crash into some trees while Bianca covered her face.

Latias knew that she couldn't stop them from crashing, but she was worried that the hybrids would soon come here. 'Bianca, are you okay?' Latias asked with concern in her voice.

Bianca groaned, but the brunette nodded while rubbing her head from the crash. "Yeah, that came out from nowhere," she said before standing to her feet.

The two looked around and knew that this wasn't good hybrids could attack at any moment. "Latias, we need to go soon, and I don't like us staying here. I mean, whatever was shooting at us might find us soon..." Bianca began, but she didn't finish as she soon heard something from behind.

"Aww, please don't leave," the female voice said with a giggle as Bianca didn't want to turn around. "Once you become a hybrid I think you will love it," said May with a smile.

Bianca frowned, saying anything at the four as the young brunette honestly didn't know what to do as she looked at Latias with fear forming in her eyes. "How did you even...?" Bianca asked as she didn't move.

"Oh, that was easy," Anabel said with a smile stepping out from the trees and looked at the brunette. "After all, we still want to find our mate."

"Until you spied on us that wasn't very nice," Serena added as she smirked, showing herself next. "So I think that we need to change you and make you like us," she said, smiling and looking at her sister mates.

Lillie nodded as she wanted to find Ash, and she knew her mates felt the same way she did. "Yeah, we need to find out, mate, so can you not fight us on this? We need to find Ash and then make a new home."

Bianca and Latias said nothing at the hybrids as the brunette looked at Latias with a concerned look. However, the four female hybrids all smiled, seeing their reaction as it only made all four giggle. "Aww, she knows our mate Ash," Lillie said and giggled, pulling her sister mates closer.

"If you think about running, please don't," Anabel said with a smile on her face looking at the two. "So it's best that you get ready to change, and then you will be reborn."

The four soon moved closer to the brunette as Bianca backed away, only the poor young woman didn't get the chance, and they all jumped on her. "No, stay away from me!" she cried out in fear, but all four laughed.

"You know I wonder what will happen if we all bite you at once," Serena asked as she looked at Bianca.

'No leave her alone!' Latias cried as she tried to get back up and help her friend, but another attack hit her, preventing her from helping.

"Please don't get in our way," said May as the Eevee hybrid looked at Latias and then at her sister mates. "Okay girls all at once," May told the other three, and all at once, the four bites Bianca.

Bianca moaned in pure pleasure as a tingling sensation now filled her body, words within her mind telling the girl to submit. And as she did so, the teenager began to grow.

Bianca cried in pleasure as her breasts now blossomed into a healthy C-Cup, although clearly, they weren't the only things growing as the teenager realized that the ground seemed a bit farther away than before. It didn't take her too long to realize that her neck was expanding, although the girl allowed herself to smile as she stroked her body, loving the calming sensation that filled her very essence.

However, she was in for a slightly more disappointing change as the girl's hands shrunk down into little claws, which proved far less capable of groping her larger bosom. Still, it didn't mean she couldn't stroke her hard nipples, causing Bianca to moan loudly as her slit started to get wet considerably.

Latias watched with fear as her best friend's skin began to harden into tiny scales of a very similar pattern. She saw it every time she looked into a lake or a mirror- of course! Bianca was becoming much like herself! Indeed, the former artist now sported red and white 'skin' with white most prominent from her breasts up and thighs down. Even amongst the white, a red curve graced her changing face, which now took on the form of a very cute muzzle. Bianca could only blush as she looked at her wondrous new form, although she found herself growing impatient. When would her new mate arrive?

As the brunette continued to give in to her most carnal desires, Bianca allowed her body's transformation to finish as two large, airplane-like wings burst out of her back just as a small tail emerged from her rear.

"I...I..."

"Yes?" Serena asked with a smile, hoping that the new girl had transformed both physically and mentally. Bianca's response was a smile back, which caused Serena and the other girls with her to beam up even more than before at the sight of this. "How are you feeling right now?"

The girl giggled with a smile as she looked in the lake again. "I feel so sexy," she giggled while smiling.

Lillie soon smiled as she and the other girls with her hugged their newest mate. "Well, I'm happy to hear that," she said to the new girl.

The brunette nodded with a smile on her face as she giggled and groped her larger breasts. "Wow, not bad at all," Bianca said, smiling with lust before looking at the others. "So, I guess we need to find Ash next, am I right, girls?" Bianca asked, hoping to find him.

"I see, so Ash has become a hybrid and lost his humanity completely huh?" asked Virgil, frowning when Dawn explained to him and Davy about what became of Ash as well as the fact that she needed to find the young man from Pallet Town soon. "Just when we thought that losing our father wasn't already bad enough."

"Yeah, plus I'm worried because there is a chance that Ash might be out there infecting other people as we speak," said Dawn with concern, knowing there was something else she needed to explain right away. "I'm not sure how long I have before I eventually lose control completely."

"Just our luck…."

It didn't take long before Davy decided to speak up. "Is there anyone else who became a hybrid but was able to keep their human mind?" he asked, praying there was someone like Dawn who managed to mentally remain normal right now since it might help them somewhat.

"Well, there is this one other girl," Dawn began to speak, praying that Sherry was doing well without her right now. "Her name is Sherry, someone who managed help me and Ash when I was in danger."

"Okay, I just hope that this friend of yours is doing well by herself," explained Virgil with concern on his face since he hadn't forgotten that Dawn mentioned earlier. "After all, if she's anything like you, then there's a matter of time before she eventually fell to the infection."

"Well, sadly, she told us no matter what, anyone infected will succumb to the infection," Dawn said as she looked at Virgil with fear.

Davy looked at Dawn and felt sorry for her, and he wished that someone would make a damn cure already. "Well, we can help you take you with us," Davy asked as he looked at the Buneary girl.

Only for Davy to see Dawn shaking her head at him. "No, I can't," she said and closed her eyes, hoping that the voice inside didn't force her to attack the two. "I need to find Ash, I know he lost his mind but..." Dawn began and placed a hand on her stomach.

The two looked at Dawn, shocked, and knew what she was telling them. "Wait are you?" Virgil asked, and he looked closely at Dawn as the Buneary girl continued to rub her stomach.

Sir Aaron sighed, knowing that losing Ash was still a nasty blow, but what made him more worried was finding Ash. "Dawn, we still need to find Ash. The longer we take, the harder it will be for us to help him."

Dawn looked over at Sir Aaron and nodded her head. After all, they were still running out of time. "Yeah, I know we need to hurry and help Ash," Dawn told Sir Aaron as Virgil and Davy looked at him.

"Maybe we can help out too?" Virgil said as Davy nodded his head. "The whole world is going to hell right now, Dawn. So, we might as well do what we can and help you."

Sir Aaron nodded, but he had a deep concern with the two wanting to help them in finding Ash. "Yes, but the trouble if you want to help us, we have no idea where Ash is going or his plans."

Dawn nodded as she grew worried, wondering what Ash might plan now that he had lost his human mind. Dawn knows Ash could have returned to the house and tried to make her and Sherry lose their minds. "So, what are you planning Ash, we only want to help you," Dawn thought with concern.

All anyone can hope for right now is reaching Ash and save him from the virus that has overtaken him. Sir Aaron sighed, and he could only hope that when they find Ash, nothing else will go wrong since they were running out of time.

A/N, okay, got this chapter done. I'm sorry this took so long sadly, if you saw my other update with Anthro Forest, you all know why.

Anyway, I won't go what happened chapter because of the stress over what's happing to my sister. So I'll answer your questions with PMs, sorry.