Disclaimer: Wow, here we are with chapter 20; man, things are heating up, it seems. We'll pop in with Team Rocket and see what they are doing within this chapter.
We'll also see what Ash is doing on his end and, since a few have asked what Ash is doing, I mean, have asked this. After all, wouldn't Ash go back to the house and get his mates? All I can say is you'll find out in this chapter.
Chapter 20: Quick Escape
"Jessie… James… Meowth… report!"
Giovanni was attempting to contact his three agents from within Team Rocket Headquarters. However, there's nothing but static coming from the other end, much to his annoyance. "Jessie… James... Meowth… can you read me?" he asked with Matori standing next to him and Persian. "Damn those fools, what are they up to at a time like this?!"
"If I didn't know any better, I'm starting to think you may actually have a soft spot for them, sir," she said to the leader of Team Rocket, all while fixing her glasses.
"I don't," he replied to Matori, subconsciously patting the head of his beloved Persian while continuing to look at his subordinate. "It's just that we are currently having a situation here, one that I am rather curious on all things considered and it may actually work out to our advantage."
Hearing this from him suddenly surprised the woman to hear her superior say that. "What exactly do you mean, sir?" she asked with slight curiosity on his face.
"This virus is turning nearly the entire world into hybrids, am I right? Plus, you should know what Team Rocket's goal is," Giovanni soon had an evil grin on his face. Already knowing that it would benefit his plans significantly if he played his cards right and he could discover the exact location from where the virus originated from, and then maybe they could use it. "If we can find the source, then maybe we can use it against our enemies, and then nothing will stand in our way."
There was silence coming from Matori, taking this time to process everything Giovanni was telling her, and it didn't take long before Persian spoke. 'I don't know about you, but I'm actually enjoying this and especially without that screw-up Scratch Cat and his just as idiotic partners ruining the mood,' the Classy Cat grinned evilly much as his master did.
"How do you intend to find the source without the risk of our own forces suffering the same fate almost everyone else did?"
All Giovanni did was chuckle at the question. "I have my ways," he replied, thinking about how he would be able to make the first phase of his new plan work without any problems. "And besides, if Jessie, James, and Meowth are indeed still alive then I can easily use them as bait to keep any hybrids away from our main task force."
"I see," said Matori, nodding to her leader as she knew that whatever he had in mind would take some time and some careful thinking for it to be successful. "That would make the most logical sense, sir."
"I think we need to send some agents over to watch them," Giovanni told her with a smirk forming on his face. He knew that the mission wasn't safe, but he wanted to capture at least one hybrid. "If we can capture one, then we can find out how this virus works."
Matori nodded a smirk slowly started forming on her face. "Brilliant idea, sir, we could work on a cure, and then anyone who doesn't want to get infected will have to pay us," Matori said, thinking what people would do to stay safe from this virus. "And people who have family will pay us to cure them."
Giovanni had an evil smile and looked at Matori; he approved of what she said and nodded. "Yes, this will help us even more, but for us to control the world and use the virus to our advantage. We need to find the one who caused this outbreak."
Soon Giovanni got out of his chair and moved to his window, and he smiled as he knew finding a hybrid would take time. However, this didn't matter to him since he could wait a long time until he got what he wanted.
Meanwhile, back with Ash and his mates, the group stopped by a lake to get a drink. Ash smiled as his mates Ash watched as the Miltank sister's Mallow and Melody, all drinking.
Ash sniffed the air as he didn't want anything trying to attack them. "Ash, where are we going?" Melody asked her mate and moved over to Ash sitting by his side. "I mean, come on Ash, you haven't told us, and the others are back at the house."
Mallow nodded as she looked at Ash. He still hadn't told them the plan since they were now all free from their human mind. "Are we going back and free the others. I mean, I know you told us that Sherry and Dawn still have their human minds."
Ash couldn't help but smile as he looked at his mates know they wanted to know, but he was worried about who might be watching. "Don't worry," he told the five, hoping the others were doing okay. "If we head back, then Lucario and Sir Aaron would make it, so my weak human mind takes over once again," Ash told his five mates.
"Argh, why can't they just leave us alone?" Melody said with a growl, and sparks started coming out from her red cheeks. "None of us want to become weak humans again."
Ash smiled since he could see that Melody was becoming upset, and he didn't want this for one of his mates. So he pulled the Pikachu hybrid close to him and lovingly kissed her to ease her fear. "Don't worry Melody my love we'll all be safe from them," Ash told the Pikachu hybrid fighting the urge to mate with her here and now.
"Do you mean it?"
"Of course, I do," Ash replied with a reassuring expression on his smiling face, holding Melody even closer than ever before. "And besides, I actually knew you had a crush on me for quite some time now."
"Huh?" asked Melody as she looked up towards the raven-haired male hybrid holding her in his arms, and a smile formed on her face despite her initial reaction. "How did you know?"
"Well, it was pretty obvious when we first met, not to mention the way you teased Misty during that time before the festival," Ash replied to her, a smile forming on his face almost right away before continuing. "To be honest, that outfit you wore when you were playing the flute prior to encountering Lawrence and meeting Slowking, Lugia, and the Legendary Birds, I have to admit it looked really cute on you."
These words started making Melody blush when hearing them coming from Ash. "You… you actually thought I was cute, even before becoming the hybrids we are now?" she asked of him, still somewhat flustered at the kind compliment that he gave to her.
"I do," Ash replied again, kissing her deeply to prove he wasn't lying about it either to his mate. "In fact, you look even sexier as a hybrid."
Hearing this, in turn, made Melody even more speechless, but she found herself cuddling up to her mate and was grateful to have gotten the chance to see him again. "Aww, now isn't that sweet?" began Autumn with a somewhat seductive smile on her face when witnessing the moment between Ash and Melody.
"I agree with you there, Autumn," said Spring before turning her attention towards both Summer and Mallow, both female hybrids enjoying the moment they were watching. "What do you think?"
"It's absolutely amazing and it makes me want to join in on the fun."
"Oh yes, same here, dear mates," added Mallow with a nod of her head, not even caring about the potential fact she wouldn't be seeing either her older brother or their father again for quite some time. However, that didn't matter, given how she was happy being with Ash and being one of his mates. "Just imagine the possibility of Misty joining us? I know she would definitely like that a lot."
Ash nodded and looked at his mates with a smile. "I know, but we also need to help the others," Ash said, knowing that with Lucario and Sir Aaron, this wasn't going to be easy.
The others all looked at their mate, knowing he was right, but they looked at Ash and could see he wasn't worried. "Ash, why are you smiling like that?" Melody asked, seeing that her mate had something on his mind.
The others all looked at Ash since they wanted to know why he continued to smile. It was like he knew something they didn't, as the five hybrid women wanted to know. "So, Ash, can you tell us what you're planning then?" Mallow asked with a seductive smile.
"I will, but it's getting late. I think we all need to rest," Ash told his mates and looked at the night sky.
Without them saying anything else, the six soon located a cave, and they headed inside just as it started to rain. Ash smiled once everyone was inside the cave as all his mates cuddled up next to him.
"Don't worry, we'll all be safe and make sure no one will hurt us," Ash said as he continued to smile. He didn't want anything to happen to them, but he also missed his mates still back at the house.
The other girls could sense this and moved closer to their mate, and none of the five hybrids said anything to the other, enjoying this peaceful moment. "Don't worry, Ash. We'll find a way to bring them to us," Melody said with a grin, and soon the Pikachu girl kissed her mate.
Mallow nodded and soon giggled and soon kissed Ash, and she looked at the other four hybrids. "Besides, it will be more fun when we're all together, we need to only find them and then a new home," she added before all six hybrids drifted to sleep.
Elsewhere, May and the others all smiled and looked at their new lover, shocked that she became a Latias, but they honestly didn't care. The group looked up at the night sky and could tell it was late, and Bianca looked at her friend flying away as she sighed. "Now, if only we could have infected dear Latias, she had a liking to Ash."
"I know, but hey, with your help, we can find Ash," Lillie said with a smile since she and even her sister mates wanted to see him and then make sure they could help others.
Anabel nodded and looked around before her attention turned towards Bianca. "Yes, but I am still worried about Misty the one that infected her was chasing her to become his mate," Anabel said with anxiety at what the male Vaporeon would do if he found her.
"Well, if we find her first, we should help Misty get free from her human mind," Serena said with a smirk, a dark one forming on her face. "And if we find that male, we should kill him and tear him apart until nothing is left," Serena told them as they nodded.
"We will, but it's late, and we should rest, as tomorrow we need to find Ash. I know he is looking for us too," said May with a smile, looking at the night sky.
The others all nodded, knowing that they needed to rest if they wanted to find Ash after that. They would all need to plan it out together, maybe find a new home for their young.
The next morning Misty started opening her eyes, rubbing her head, and yawning as the Vaporeon teenager smiled. "Okay, what did I do last night?" she asked and looked to see a sleeping Sherry next to her until Misty soon remembered what happened last night.
The newly transformed Vaporeon hybrid was still shocked over what happened last night. "Oh god, I can't believe that we did that," Misty said, shocked that she and Sherry had sex last night.
However, Misty soon started hearing the voice once again within her head. "Aww, come on, didn't you enjoy what you both did last night?" the voice said and soon giggled. "I know that you enjoyed what you did with Sherry,"
However, Misty didn't answer the voice since she needed to get out of the bed, but something stopped her, and Misty looked to see what prevented this. Misty looked to see it was Sherry, and she noticed the Pachirisu girl hugging her, not wanting her mate to go.
Misty didn't know what to do seeing Sherry like this since he started making her worried. "Has Sherry lost her human mind?" Misty asked with a whisper in her voice while not taking her eyes off Sherry.
Once again, the voice within Misty head started speaking to her. "Aww, but can't you see that she is happy with what happened. So, please do tell me, why do you keep fighting this?" the voice asked in a very sly tone. "I mean, Ash has lost his mind, so have your other friends."
"I won't let you do this to me; Dawn and Sir Aaron are out looking for them and will make sure Ash will get his human mind back," Misty told the voice, not wanting it to win. "Just leave me alone already."
Despite Misty's yelling at the voice, it continued to laugh at her, seeing as it was pointless. "And here you go again, and I don't understand you? I mean, come the hell on, this is your chance to be with Ash unless you don't want to be with him anymore."
Misty didn't say anything to the voice as she could feel Sherry moving and waking up from her sleep. "Hmm," Sherry said as the Pachirisu teen began opening her eyes and noticed Misty with her. "Oh no, it happened again, didn't it?" Sherry asked, looking at Misty, who nodded her head.
"Yeah, I'm sorry I tried telling you to stop, but after a while I..." Misty said with a confused look forming on her face. "Why did that happen?" Misty asked as she looked at Sherry.
Hearing this from the orange-haired hybrid caused Sherry to sigh and know this was getting worse. "I'm running out of time," she said with a defeated look.
Sherry then looked at Misty, knowing she still wanted answers and needed to hurry before joining the others. "Okay, you can do this, Sherry; you have to do this before the whole world is fucked," Sherry thought, only to feel Misty place a hand on her shoulder, looking at her with great concern.
Misty was now left more confused by hearing this from Sherry and wanted to know what she meant. "Sherry, what do you mean that you're running out of time?" Misty asked and moved closer to the Pachirisu teen, seeing Sherry's frightened look. "Come on, you can tell me I want to help you. It's why I came here, after all, to help my friends."
"You know as well as I do that the longer that we wait, the worse our chances of ever returning to normal become, right?"
The Tomboyish Mermaid remained silent, taking everything that Sherry was telling her into full account before Misty's eyes widened in a horrifying realization. "Wait, you don't mean…" she muttered, but the words failed to leave her as this left her completely speechless.
"Yes, it's only a matter of time before I lose my humanity completely," Sherry nodded her head with a frown on her face, knowing there was now no hope for them ever being restored to their human states. "I mean, I already killed someone because of it, and who knows what would happen if that ever happened again…."
"I see," frowned Misty as she knew that the Pachirisu girl made a good point, shivering at the idea of herself eventually losing her entire humanity over time. "But you don't have to worry. I'm sure that there would be a cure for everyone who was infected by this damned virus."
"The cure may help many people who had been infected, but there is a chance that not everyone can be saved," began Sherry, thinking about the fears she now had. Many over what would eventually happen once she completely lost the humanity she'd been struggling to keep. "I might actually be one of the ones who won't be cured on time, so if that happens…."
"Sherry!" Misty interrupted before Sherry could finish her sentence, feeling that she needed to talk some sense into her. "I don't know what happened before we met, but you can't change what happened in the past none of us can. All we can do is keep moving forward and learn from the mistakes we make. That's what my mom told me before she died."
"Wait your mom?"
There was silence coming from the two of them, the Pachirisu girl started feeling bad for the Tomboyish Mermaid as she never knew that her new friend's mother was dead, and memories of her mother flashed before her eyes. "Oh my god…." Sherry said, still uncertain about what to say next due to this revelation. "I'm really sorry about what happened to your mom."
Misty looked at Sherry again; however, neither could say anything more as the door opened, and Zoey decided to check up on the two but was soon surprised by what she saw. "Okay, did I come at a bad time?" she asked with a frown forming on her face when noticing both girls were still in bed together.
"Zoey, we didn't know you were coming!" Misty replied as both she and Sherry were left completely speechless when she saw them together in the same room; in fact, the young woman from Snowpoint City was still blushing when looking at the two hybrids. "Listen, this is not how it looks..."
"She's right, and besides, we had no control over ourselves when it happened," added Sherry, noticing how freaked out by what Zoey had seen before her eyes and hoped she'd be able to hear them out at least. "We'll explain to you later. Wait, where's Gary?"
"He's still in his room sleeping like a log," answered Zoey with a frown on her face, although she could use an explanation as to why both girls were in the same bed together. "As for your explanation, I think it would be better if I heard it right now if you don't mind?"
"Are you sure? I mean, it is a very long story…."
"I think I have some time to spare before Gary wakes up," Zoey replied with her arms crossed, looking at the still, very flustered Misty and Sherry since it's clear she suspected there might have been more to what happened that she wasn't aware of right now. "So, if you don't mind, please start from the moment after we decided to get ready for bed last night."
As this was going on, Dawn continued searching for Ash and became even more worried than ever, even with Virgil and Davy helping in the search. "Damn it..." she cursed, knowing there was still no sign of the young man from Pallet Town, which started making her fear the worse had happened. "Where could he be?"
It didn't take long before Lucario appeared before her, noticing the concerned expression she had and how there seemed to be no sign of their friend anyway. "I don't know what to do, Lucario," she said to the deceased Fighting/Steel-type with concern filling her entire body. "We've been looking everywhere, but we can't find Ash."
'Don't give up hope, young one,' Lucario told the bluenette with a stern but a caring expression on his face, and he knew Sir Aaron would not like seeing another sad face. 'We'll find him soon, and besides, I can use my Aura to help make things easier if that helps.'
Dawn looked towards the spirit, part of her mentally cursed herself for forgetting this chestnut, but something else needed to be addressed. "I suppose it could help, but you and Sir Aaron can't be in the world of the living for too long," she reminded the Aura Pokémon as none of them had even gotten their training beforehand and felt it's too late now.
'Yes, I am aware of that… however, finding Ash and getting him back to the cabin is much more urgent than how much time my master and I have left.'
Dawn remained silent and then thought about her journey with Ash and Brock through her home region, even her brief reunion with Ash himself in Unova before the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup had started. "He's right; his power would be enough to pinpoint Ash's location better," Dawn then heard a familiar voice speaking to her in the darkness of her mind and mentally shivered at this. "However, why bring him back to the cabin when you can join him?"
"Damn you," she whispered to the voice, which hadn't gone unnoticed from Lucario as he could sense that it was planning on making her fully succumb to the virus that infected her. "What do you want now?"
"Have you forgotten?" the voice seemed rather hurt by the harsh tone that Dawn was giving, but soon, the inner voice started giggling. "Understandable; nonetheless, you know full well that you'll start liking the new you shortly, and it's also going to stay that way no matter what you do, Dawn."
The voice could tell there was despair on Dawn's face, but the conversation was interrupted when another voice called out to her. "Dawn!" it spoke as she looked behind her and saw Virgil arriving at the scene, which made her grateful that it was enough to cause the voice in her head to stop for now, but she soon saw the expression he had.
"What is it, Virgil?"
"It's Davy. He wanted me to let you know that we found someone," informed the Vertress Conference Champion with a frown as he knew that whoever they've located needed some help before any hostile hybrids arrived. "While it's not Ash, it might be someone who may know where he is but we better hurry."
With that in mind, she and Virgil made their way through the forest to meet up with Davy and Team Eevee, yet she still had a bad feeling inside of her as they moved on. The two then heard a groan not too far from them and rushed over to see that Davy was standing next to a girl who was currently unconscious on the ground.
"Who is that?" Dawn asked with a frown, although she was also relieved that the girl in question wasn't a hybrid but at the same time wondered what happened earlier on.
"I have no idea, but we should help her," Davy said with some concern over what might happen to her. "If we leave her, then hybrids would attack her," he added as Dawn nodded.
"Yeah, but Dawn, you should say back if she sees you, she could freak out, just until we tell her okay," Virgil said with a whisper turning to look at Dawn.
"Yeah, I don't want to freak her out," Dawn said, staying back as she watched the two move over to the girl while Dawn stayed hidden and watched to see what they could learn from the girl.
Davy and Virgil began walking the two hoping that they could help the girl until the two brothers began wondering how she would take it that they had a hybrid with them.
"I hope that she won't freak out," Davy said with slight concern as they walked over to the young woman.
Virgil nodded and sighed, looking at Davy. "Yeah, but we all need to help each other, Davy," Virgil said, hoping this virus would end soon.
Meanwhile, Latias sighed; she hated what had happened to her friend but knew Bianca had lost her mind to the infection. 'Now she wants to find Ash with the others,' Latias said with sadness over the loss of her friend.
Latias could see a few cities still on fire as the infected were still attacking the few humans not yet changed as she continued flying, hoping to find Ash.
However, as she continued to fly, she heard a giggle coming from behind. "Aww, Latias, why did you run?" Bianca asked with a giggle as the now hybrid Latias just giggled at her friend. "Now that I can fly, it will make it easy to find our mate."
'Bianca please you all need help,' Latias tried to tell her friend, but despite this, she knew it wouldn't work, and she hated it.
Her now hybrid friend giggled, hearing this from flying closer. "Aww, don't be like that, Latias. I do love what I've become, and I don't want to become a weak human."
Latias continued to think about what to do, but looking at Bianca, she could tell there wasn't much else that could be done. 'I'm sorry I couldn't save you,' Latias said with a few tears before using Dragon Pulse to knock Bianca away and escape.
"Argh, okay now that was just a dirty trick, you pulled Latias!" Bianca cried and sighed, seeing she was now gone. "Oh, well, it doesn't matter. I need to help the others in finding Ash."
Bianca giggled, thinking about what she would do when she found Ash. The female Latias woman hoped that she would soon find him but nothing so far agitated Bianca even more.
"Come on, where is he?" She said once again and soon sighed, landing near a forest. "I better head back to tell the others I haven't found him yet."
However, she didn't know that Ash was closer than she thought. As not too far away and sleeping in a cave where Ash and his five mates are all sleeping.
Bianca soon looked into the sky, and she knew that it was time she went back to the others. "I guess we all need to keep trying to find Ash," Bianca said with a deep sigh. "But where the hell can he be right now?"
The female Latias hybrid began sniffing the air, hoping for this one last chance to find Ash and then bring him and anyone else back with her. However, thanks now to the rain, it had washed away any scent Bianca could use to find Ash and the others.
However, just inside the cave, Ash had quickly woke up and smiled, looking at his mates. They were still sleeping, making the Lucario hybrid smile at them before leaving the cave.
"Hmm, better check before we keep moving," Ash said, looking outside; he walked out, thinking about how to get to his mother. "Don't worry, mum, I'll come home, then I'll help you and help you become a hybrid."
Ash smiled as he wanted to have his mother, not as a mate but so he could show her that this wasn't terrible for them but a gift; it was a great gift.
"I could've sworn I heard Bianca, the one from Alto Mare…." Ash said to himself with slight confusion on his face, having no idea why he heard her voice or if she was somehow here in this exact area since the young Latias girl had already left without realizing where Ash was so close to her without her knowing it. "But where is she?"
He wished that he could go out there; however, he knew from having looked out earlier, it was raining, which would only hinder his chances of searching for his friend from Johto even more than ever. "Wait a minute, could this be because…" he tried to speak only for a female voice to interrupt his thoughts before he could finish.
"Is something wrong, Ash?"
He turned around to see that Mallow was up and was checking on him. "It's nothing," he replied with a smile on his face when approaching the greenette. "I was just looking to see if it's safe for us to head out but it's raining."
Mallow started frowning, noticing it raining badly, and felt somewhat disappointed. "I see, I was kinda hoping to have been able to get some fresh air right now," she replied to her beloved mate as she snuggled up next to him. "Not to mention we still haven't been able to find the other females you told me about."
"We'll find them. I know we will," Ash assured the female hybrid that continued to hold in his arms in a loving tone. "Besides, it turns out that I've sensed Bianca from Alto Mare at some point or another while I've been looking out."
"Wait, you sensed this Bianca girl?" she asked in complete disbelief at hearing that Ash had sensed this girl. "How is that possible, unless…."
"Unless I'm able to sense it using my latent Aura abilities," said Ash, not even letting Mallow finish her sentence. "After all, I'm somewhat surprised that my powers would start to awaken in some strange way."
There was silence coming from Mallow, which made her somewhat concerned even though it was all starting to make sense. "I see. Can it help us in some form or another?" she asked of him, knowing it'll be a great benefit if he could tap into it properly.
"It could, however, I would need to train to use my aura," he explained to Mallow, a frown forming on his face since he suspected there was a price with this training. "I had never gotten the training from Sir Aaron and his Lucario, but they most likely realized what happened, possibly looking for me right now."
"I see…"
"Not only this, but if I did have them train me to use it, they'd want to free my human mind and get me to return to the other way of thinking," Ash continued, knowing that asking them to train him would be completely out of the question. "I really don't wish for that to happen anytime soon, as I'm happy being free from being a human."
"So am I," Mallow replied with a nod, cuddling up to Ash even more. "Besides, it's highly unlikely that spirits would be able to find us and even if they did, there isn't much they'd do given their limited time in our world."
Ash nodded his head and smiled, bringing Mallow closer to him. "Thanks, I really appreciate hearing that from you," he told the female hybrid standing by his side.
The greenette smiled before kissing him deeply. "Anytime Ash," she said to him again, a smile forming on her face as she's happy to have met the young man from Pallet Town.
"You know, there was another reason why I was checking out to be honest," began Ash as he knew it wouldn't hurt to tell Mallow about the other reason why he was checking outside.
"Oh? What is it about?"
"It's my mom, I have been thinking about her a lot lately," he told her, knowing that Mallow lost her mother when she was little, and he still felt bad about it even to this day. "I know I shouldn't be feeling this way, but I really miss her and hope that…."
"You can make her one of us?" Mallow finished for him, to which he nodded his head slowly. "I understand how you are feeling when it comes to family since I'm thinking about my older brother and our father."
"Guess we have a lot in common regarding this topic, huh?" asked Ash with a joyful smile.
"Yes indeed," said a smiling Mallow, knowing that there would be a chance they would all be together in the end and hoped that his mother would like her, Spring, Summer, and Autumn as they wanted to meet Delia at some point once this was all over. "Besides, I'm sure you'll like my brother and father when you get the chance to meet them."
Ash smiled as he knew they wanted to become mothers, and he felt the strong desire to impregnate them. "Don't worry, you'll get that chance, Mallow, all of you will."
The others all smiled when they heard this and kissed Ash. "Well, you better keep your word then Ash," Melody said with a seductive look forming on her face.
"Oh and I know you want to see Misty again, I felt so stupid not knowing she had a crush on me," Ash said, wanting to slap his head for how he acted in his younger years.
Mallow smiled, looking at the two as they talked about what happened back then, and laughed. "I bet you loved teasing this Misty then?" Mallow asked and looked at the Pikachu hybrid.
Melody nodded her head and looked at Mallow with a sexy look on her face. "Oh, I did now that's all changed, and I want to mate with her. I guess it is thanks to what happened to us becoming hybrids."
Ash laughed a little and looked at the five. "Well, it makes sense many will have more than one mate," he said, hoping to find the others.
The three Miltank sisters nodded and looked at their mate. "Well, how about we find them? You said you heard an old friend," Spring said with a giggle and moved closer, sitting on Ash. "You've got so many girls, Ash. I do wonder how many more girls are out there that have a thing for you then Ash?"
Ash soon smirked and fought back a primal growl, something all five loved hearing. "Oh our mate loves this," Melody said as she giggled hearing this from Ash.
Mallow nodded with a grin licking her lips with lust building, and she knew that none of them could fight it anymore. They all wanted to be with Ash right now and become mothers.
Ash nodded, showing the five a smirk before he grabbed Spring's plump ass, something the Miltank girl enjoyed. "Hmm, Ash, please make love to us," Spring said with lust and looked at the others with her.
The others all nodded, each one moving closer to their lover. "Yeah, then we can look for the others. I know you want to find them first," Melody began with a sweet smile. "Trust me, Ash, I want to find Misty, then head back, hope to change my sister."
"Hey, don't worry, Melody," Ash said gently and rubbed Melody's cheek. "We'll help her too, and maybe Brock could mate with her if we can change him. Well, unless your sister has someone?"
"I know, but we'll get all of our family to join us as sexy and powerful hybrids," Mallow said with a hopeful smile, thinking about her family.
Ash nodded, thinking about his mother, and looked at his mates, the ones he had with him. However, Ash knew that he wanted to spend this time with his five mates, Ash just hated he couldn't find the rest right now, but he would.
Spring said nothing as she looked at her two sisters, the two Miltank girls sitting next to her, and nodded. "Go ahead, sis," Autumn said, looking at her younger sister but giggled and looking over to Ash. "After all, we want our turn with our mate," she said and looked at her sister Summer. "Isn't that right, sis?"
Summer nodded as she smiled at her two sisters and then looked over to Ash and her other lovers. "Yeah, I'm sure we can wait," she said as Spring giggled and kissed Ash.
Once Spring kissed her mate, Ash brought his lover closer, and before Spring knew what happened, Ash flipped the Miltank hybrid on her back, still smiling at Spring. "I'm going to enjoy this Spring," Ash said, kissing her.
Spring soon smiled at this while the others watched as Ash continued growling in lust and pushed his cock into her. "Ahh, moo, it feels so good, Ash!" Spring cried out with pleasure. "Keep going!"
Misty had finished telling Zoey what happened last night, leaving her shocked. "Look, Sherry is running out of time, we need to find this lab," Misty said with a frown, thinking how long she had.
Zoey said nothing but looked at the two hybrids and was becoming worried. "Hey, come on, you shouldn't talk like that," Zoey said, smiling at the two.
Sherry couldn't smile and shook her head at Zoey. "No, it won't be. I can feel my mind slipping," Sherry said and looked at Misty. "I loved what we did last night, so I don't think I can help for much longer."
Misty and Zoey looked at Sherry, seeing the losing battle the poor hybrid was still fighting. "Then, that means we'll head out soon. Can you tell us where the lab could be, Sherry?" Misty asked, knowing they needed to hurry.
"Please… I don't want to talk about it… especially after what they did to me!" said Sherry, crying out as she held her head again, much like the last time.
"But Sherry…"
"Stop! Just stop!" Zoey was interrupted before she could finish what she was going to say as it was clear that Sherry honestly didn't want to talk about it, even though the worldwide situation was far worse the longer they weren't able to put an end to it soon. "I just can't go through experiencing it again!"
The two girls in question were becoming even more worried than ever, especially as they saw her coming close to freaking out again. "I know it hurts, trust me I know that feeling all too well," Misty told Sherry, knowing she needed to help the poor girl somehow.
"You do?" asked a surprised Sherry, especially when Misty mentioned that she understood how the other girl was feeling.
The Vaporeon girl nodded her head, knowing it was something she didn't want to talk about, but sadly if she wanted to help her, she didn't have many options. "Yes, my mother and father died when I was little, and I really miss them even to this day," Misty informed the Pachirisu girl as it hurt the more, as Misty reflected on what happened.
"I see…" began Sherry, uncertain about what to make of this revelation, and she felt bad for the Tomboyish Mermaid as if her situation wasn't already terrible enough. Even Zoey couldn't believe what she heard coming from Misty. Then again, a part of her wanted to hug Misty on instinct, although she chose to stay focused on why they were now talking to Sherry. "In any case, I'm really sorry for your loss, Misty…."
"So am I," added Zoey, deciding to speak up after not knowing what she could say without making things worse given how Sherry previously reacted earlier. "I mean, I never expected something like this would ever happen to someone I've just become friends with."
The orange-haired young woman from Cerulean City just appreciated this. "Thanks," she said to the two girls before her attention turned towards Sherry specifically. "I understand that you don't want to remember the experiences you went through, but you have to help us, it's the only way we can put an end to the virus."
Sherry lowered her head, taking this into account since Misty was willing to tell her about her traumatic experience despite the pain she still felt. "I don't know, I did say that I don't remember much or anything about what happened prior to meeting Ash," she said sadly.
"Maybe you might get lucky, I mean there's bound to be something you're willing to tell us, right?"
There was silence coming from the other girl, again feeling it was a matter of time before she finally fully succumbed to the infection, and time was running out not just for her but for everyone else who had suffered this fate. "I just wish Dawn was here," she said, mentioning how Dawn should've been back by now and feared the prospect of her becoming a victim herself by now.
"Oh yeah, I forgot that Dawn had already left by the time Gary, Misty, and I arrived," said Zoey, wishing she could see her friend/rival and hopefully on good terms since she knew that the bluenette liked Ash but couldn't tell him due to certain circumstances. "To be honest, I actually did kinda had a crush on Dawn ever since the day we first met during the events at Sinnoh."
Misty and Sherry were surprised when hearing that Zoey had a crush on Dawn. Then again, the two girls turned hybrid did mate with one another, which made them wonder even more if girls could end up together. "Is this true, Zoey?" asked a still speechless Misty.
"Yeah, but I've long since grew out of it after the Sinnoh Grand Festival, after all it wouldn't really work out between me and Dawn anyway," Zoey replied with a slight blush, thinking about her experiences throughout her home region and part of her was surprised at the fact Dawn had feelings for Ash despite having been childhood friends with Kenny. "To be honest, I would've thought Dawn would end up with Kenny, but now that I know her feelings are actually towards Ash, it's actually more of a reason to help get everyone back to normal as soon as possible."
"I didn't think you'd feel that way towards me back then, Zoey…."
The three girls heard a familiar female voice, well familiar to Zoey and Sherry, as they turned to see that Dawn was back from her search. "Wait, Dawn?" asked a shocked Zoey, seeing that her friend was now a hybrid herself which worried her significantly to no end at seeing her crush. "Is it really you?"
"Yeah, it's me…" said a frowning Dawn, somewhat surprised to see Zoey, and part of her was happy that her friend/rival was not a hybrid. "I never actually expected you to actually be here, how did you manage to find this place anyway?"
"It's a long story," Zoey replied, realizing that Dawn didn't know about Misty and decided it was also best that she'd personally introduce her to the Tomboyish Mermaid. "Anyways, I'd like you to meet Misty, she's someone whom Gary and I encountered prior to finding this place by sheer luck."
"Wow, so you're Misty, huh?" began a surprised Dawn as she looked at Misty, having remembered what Ash told her before his fully succumbing to the infection, but then something clicked into the back of her mind since Zoey mentioned Gary's name. "Wait Gary's here as well?!"
"Yeah, he's in the other room with Pikachu, Glaceon, and Buneary," Zoey informed the bluenette, knowing that it would help her friend feel a little better about being a hybrid. Hopefully, they'll be able to undo this whole mess together in the end. "I'm sure he'll be happy to know that you're okay and thankfully hadn't immediately attacked me like the other hybrids tried to do."
Dawn was relieved that something good came out of this but soon remembered the other reason why she came back to the cabin with Lucario as she glanced at Sherry. "While I wasn't able to find Ash, I did at least find three people who weren't turned into hybrids, thankfully," she said as both Virgil and Davy entered the cabin, accompanied by Team Eevee and a young woman whom Misty immediately recognized.
"Oh thank god Misty?!"
"Macy?!" exclaimed the Tomboyish Mermaid upon identifying the girl who entered the cabin as someone whom she, Ash, and Brock met back at the Johto League Silver Conference all those years ago.
"What are you doing here?" Misty asked, thinking about how many others could be here, and seeing that Macy was here began making the Vaporeon hybrid frown, thinking about her family. "Please let them stay back home, please," Misty thought with fear and worry.
No one else said anything as Zoey looked over at Sherry before staring at Dawn, happy to see her old crush safe. "So, any luck in finding Ash?" Sherry asked as she looked at Dawn, hoping to get some good news.
"No, I'm sorry, nothing," Dawn said with a frown, knowing Ash was hiding from them. "Ash is hiding from us. I think he is waiting until we lose our minds."
No one said anything, but they all knew that this was some Ash would now try and do. Misty looked at Sherry, knowing the poor young woman was running out of time before she soon joined the others.
Zoey took a deep sigh, and soon, she looked at the three female hybrids and knew they needed to find this lab quickly. "Okay, then we should find this lab that Sherry told us about," she said, looking at everyone in the room.
Gary sighed and knew that this mission needed to happen now before anything else went wrong. "Then we need to leave soon," Gary said with a look of concern, thinking about Ash.
As Dawn looked at the poor Pachirisu woman and then at her friends, Sherry became more worried. "Okay, look, all I know is that it took me a full two days before I got here," Sherry said, looking at everyone with a frown, knowing they needed to find this lab even if she hated it.
Misty nodded, but she looked at Sherry and Dawn. Thinking it over, Misty and the others knew that bringing the two was a risky move since they didn't know if Sherry and Dawn would lose their human mind.
"I know, we need to stay here," Dawn said, now looking at Misty and the others as she could still feel her mind slipping away slowly.
"Yeah, best that neither of us wants to slow you down," Sherry added and looked at Dawn than the others within the house.
"So who is going then?" Virgil asked, looking at the others and knowing that it wasn't a good idea or even safe to send everyone. "I mean, if we send everyone, then no one is here keeping an eye on Sherry or Dawn."
"Yeah, it's not a good idea the two of us go," Dawn said, frowning and then thinking about what they should do. "If we lose our minds, we'll infect you all."
There was nothing but silence as everyone looked at each other, knowing that Virgil was right. Gary had a look at the others, and then he looked at Zoey and Misty with a thoughtful look on his face. "I think it would be best that I go and bring Misty and Zoey with me," he said as everyone looked at Gary, shocked by what he said.
"Are you sure?"
"Okay, you may be the grandson of Professor Oak, but that's a stupid idea!" exclaimed Zoey, knowing there's a chance that if Misty was to lose her mind, she could turn them both into hybrids without even thinking. "I mean, no offense, Misty knows more about you than any of us put together, so there's a chance she might use that against you if her mind goes completely."
Hearing this from Zoey made Misty frown, but she knew that Zoey was right in her losing her mind. "You had to bring that up, didn't you?" she asked, though part of her realized the orange-haired woman from Snowpoint City made a very valid point on the current matter.
"I know you don't want me to be infected. However, I've actually been through similar situations prior, believe it or not," Gary assured Zoey as it was clear she was currently against the idea of accompanying the two.
"Oh really?" asked Zoey with her arms crossed, feeling he wasn't taking the situation seriously. "What exactly do you mean by that?"
"I'm saying that if I can handle dealing with members of Team Rocket, then I am certain I'll be able to make sure you don't get infected," he replied, wanting to make it clear he was going to accompany the two girls whether they liked it or not. "Not to mention the lab might have traps even if we do find where it is located."
Zoey and Misty stayed silent, the latter feeling that he was just as stubborn as Ash, making her wonder if the two had a lot in common. "I may not like the idea myself, but you should let him accompany you," began Virgil as it surprised everyone, including Dawn and Macy.
"But Virgil…"
"Look, there's no time to argue. When things are getting from bad to worse all over the entire planet," said Virgil, knowing they needed to find the lab and resolve things quickly before anyone else became infected, even with the Professors working on an actual cure.
"My brother's right," Davy replied with a nod of his head, standing beside his younger brother and Team Eevee. "Arguing amongst ourselves won't get us anywhere since there's no telling what our friends would do to anyone who's still human."
Everyone else stayed silent; it would mean disaster if the entire planet was nothing more than a world where hybrids ruled it. "And here I thought what Team Rocket did to us was bad," Dawn muttered to herself as she couldn't stand the thought of a small army of those responsible for the infection conquering their home regions.
Gary was glad that Virgil and Davy knew him accompanying the two girls was for the best, then turned his attention towards Sherry. "Okay, could you tell us where the lab you escaped from is?" he asked her, not wanting to be harsh on her.
There's silence coming from Sherry, knowing it would be hard for her to think. "Okay…" she relented as it was clear their training from Sir Aaron wasn't going to happen anytime soon, so this proved to be the next best thing. "I'll tell you… I just hope I can remember…."
The others nodded and listened to what Sherry could tell them about the lab from which the virus came from in the first place. It took a while as Sherry told the group what she could remember hoping it would help her friends.
Misty and the others nodded as Zoey soon sighed, knowing they had better leave soon. "Okay, so we know where to look then?" Zoey asked, looking at Sherry, still worried for her.
Sherry nodded, looking at Zoey. "Yeah, from what little I can remember, there were two trees, one alive and one dead. It was odd as it seemed they could be fake, but I could be wrong," Sherry said with a frown trying to remember anything else about the base.
The others nodded as Misty smiled and held Sherry's hand, seeing the discomfort on her face hoping to help her. "Sherry, is there anything else that you can remember that could help us find the lab?"
The hybrid nodded with a smile and still looking at Misty. "Thanks, Misty. I needed to hear that I'll do my best to remember anything else," Sherry said and soon took a deep breath. "I also remember when running away I fell into a river, with red flowers on one side."
Misty nodded and knew they needed to find what Sherry told them as the Vaporeon woman looked at the others. "Okay, then we know a little more," she said with a smile and rubbed Sherry's back, knowing how painful this was for her.
"Still, we need..." Gary began until they heard something happening outside the house they were staying in, which worried them.
"I can smell humans inside!" a voice cried out as Lucario moved to the window, seeing what was happening.
Looking outside the window, Lucario could see over 50 hybrids looking at the house. "We should get inside. Who knows how many humans are inside," a Growlithe woman said, licking her lips looking at the others hybrids who came with her.
Virgil could also hear the hybrids as he could hear a few howls. "We need to leave now. We have 50 hybrids outside the house ready to attack us," Virgil said with a whisper, and the others nodded, not saying anything.
Sherry sighed, already getting tired of running, and she had hoped this house would have been safe from the hybrids. However, it now seems that they had somehow found this place and knew humans were inside. "It just never fucking ends," she cursed, getting sick from all of this.
Sherry hated this and looked at Dawn and Misty, both still with their human minds. Sherry wondered how long will that last. "Or you could give in?" the hybrid version whispered, wanting to get free, said with a chuckle, still wanting to get free and be with her mate. "I mean, we need to find Ash and the rest of our sexy lovers," the voice told her seductively.
The poor hybrid sighed and closed her eyes since Sherry knew that the voice, even if she hated to admit it was right. "I need to keep fighting this no matter what," Sherry thought and looked at her new friends. "If only for a little longer."
Dawn became worried as she looked at her Pokémon and then her friends. "So, we have to leave this house then?" she asked, looking at Sir Aaron.
"I'm sorry, but fighting this isn't a good idea," Sir Aaron said with a frown and looked at the remaining humans. "I think it's best that we all leave while we can and get everything we need from this house," Sir Aaron told the group.
Gary nodded and looked at everyone, knowing they were far too outnumbered to fight all the hybrids off, and one of them could get infected. "But there is a problem. They will know we are leaving the house."
"Then we'll hold them off just long enough to give you time to get away," Misty said as she looked at Sherry and Dawn. The two female hybrids nodded even if it was risky, and they needed to ensure no one else got infected.
Zoey didn't like this, her old feelings for Dawn coming back into her heart, knowing the danger her crush would face. "Dawn, please, we can all run for it together," she said, holding onto Dawn's hands.
It caused Dawn to start blushing, especially when the orange-haired woman from Snowpoint City suggested they run for their lives together and was uncertain of what to say. "Uh, Zoey…" she muttered to her friend/rival the more they were holding hands.
She looked at the female hybrid, unaware that she was indeed holding her friend/rival's hands the whole time as she spoke. "Oh, I mean, we can join Gary and the others in getting out of here before this place gets attacked," Zoey replied with a frown, somewhat flustered as she wanted to inform her on what they needed to do, mainly so Dawn wouldn't get the wrong idea.
"I know that, but I'm worried about Ash because what if he's leading the attack right now?"
"And what if he isn't?" asked Zoey as she was even more worried than ever, suddenly noticing that she was holding Dawn's hand and blushing, but then again, they had bigger problems to deal with since they needed to leave as soon as possible. "We have to go; besides, we can't afford you, Misty or Sherry, losing your minds completely."
"Zoey's right," added Virgil, knowing that they shouldn't be wasting time as Pikachu and the other Pokémon needed to be informed quickly since the hybrids could come after them.
Davy nodded his head, knowing how much it hurt when it came to someone they cared about and sighed. "I understand that you want to see if Ash is there, but we can't risk it not right now," he spoke with concern. "Trust me; I know how it feels losing someone you love."
Dawn's eyes widened in surprise at hearing Davy say this. "Wait, you do?" she asked in complete disbelief, and something immediately clicked into the back of her mind. "You don't mean…."
He nodded his head silently, memories of when his and Virgil's father was transformed into a hybrid when they were forced to flee from their home in the Unova region when the virus started spreading there. "My brother Virgil and I lost our father to that damned infection," he replied to the bluenette from Sinnoh.
"Oh my god…" muttered a shocked Dawn, even Zoey couldn't believe her ears when this was revealed. Virgil quickly looked away since this was a memory; he hoped he'd never have to remember, especially as both brothers vowed to make the ones responsible for the virus pay. One way or another. "I'm sorry, I had no idea…."
"Me neither," added a just as concerned Zoey as she looked at both Virgil and Davy, and it made them even sadder for what the two brothers had to go through.
"Don't worry, it's not your fault…."
"Yes, it was those bastards who created the virus which caused this," said Virgil with hate-filled eyes, and he refused to forgive them for what they had done. "Once we find where their lab is, we're going to make them regret ever infecting almost everyone in the Pokémon World like it's some fucked up game that they're playing."
'Settle down, Virgil!' Eevee called out to her trainer as she noticed the dark expression that was now forming on Virgil's face since they still had bigger problems to worry about now. 'You getting angry is not going to help fix our situation.'
Hearing the female Normal-type speaking, Virgil gave a small sigh. "I know, but I haven't gotten over what happened to dad," he replied, his anger almost getting the better of him and thankful that she and the rest of Team Eevee were there to help him calm down.
'I understand that, but for now, the only option is to get everyone out of the house as quickly as possible before anything else goes wrong,' explained Eevee, having hoped there was a way to help Virgil and Davy's father or Ash for the matter. Still, they needed to find out the lab's location if they all wanted to succeed. 'I'm sure your father would agree with me on this if he were here right now.'
Hearing this made both brothers remain silent again, taking what she said into consideration. "You're right; we better get ready quickly," said Virgil as he turned towards Dawn and Zoey, part of him was wondering why the latter was holding the former's hand earlier, which made him suspect there might have been more to that, but now wasn't the time to ask.
Zoey looked at Dawn with concern. "We need go now, before it's too late," she informed Dawn, still surprised at the fact she was holding her hand earlier and hoped they'd make it out alive, and with their Pokémon by their side to boot since they're needed to help them with their mission.
"Okay."
Without anyone arguing, the group headed towards the back of the house. Everyone was hoping to escape without losing anybody to the hybrids.
Misty looked at Sherry, hoping the poor girl could hold onto her humanity long enough. "Sherry, we can all get away from the house. We all need to work together," Misty said as Dawn looked at Sherry growing worried.
Sherry sighed and nodded, looking at the two hybrids; despite everything happening. Sherry felt somewhat optimistic hearing this and knew she needed to keep fighting the virus, still trying to take over her mind.
"You're right," Sherry said smiling and knew she'll keep fighting and would do what she could to stop this virus. Soon the group heard the front door getting knocked down, and they grew concerned. "Damn, they've got into the house," Sherry said with a growl.
"The windows that's our only chance to escape now," Virgil said, looking at the others, seeing some panic, hearing the hybrids trashing the house.
"I can smell humans!" a female voice cried out from downstairs.
"Crap, we need to go now," Zoey whispered as Sherry took them to one of the back rooms.
The group quickly went into the room that Sherry took them to and moved to the window while Virgil and Davy blocked the door. "Okay, we can get out through this window," she said and took a deep breath as she jumped out and landed on her feet.
Sherry smiled, knowing this was one of the benefits of being a hybrid; the female Pachirisu woman looked back to the others. Sherry knew that time was running out, so they needed to run. "Okay, Misty and Dawn, you two are next, then we can catch the others!"
Misty quickly jumped to the ground, followed by Dawn, as the two females looked towards the others. "Shit, they've found us!" Davy yelled as the sound of female hybrids giggled.
"Ohhh, it sounds like we can get some mates," the female said on the others side of the door and started banging. "Come on and let us in, sweethearts. You can be my mate," the female hybrid said before the others heard a seductive giggle.
"I can smell a human female I can also smell female hybrids too," a gruff male voice said as he soon started hitting the door.
"Zoey please jump!" Dawn cried out, knowing what the male hybrids would do if they got Zoey.
The door started to crack, and Virgil and Davy pushed anything they could find to block the door. "God we need to go now," Virgil cried out as he could hear the hybrids talking.
Zoey soon jumped out the window as Dawn caught her in her arms. Zoey couldn't help but blush, feeling Dawn's hands touching her breasts. "Come on, girl now isn't the time to think about your old crush," Zoey thought as she jumped out from Dawn's arms.
The four watched as Gary jumped out next, followed by Virgil and Davy, and with the last ones to jump out, their Pokémon. "Okay, now let's get the hell out of here!" Davy said, looking at the thick forest.
Everyone agreed as they all looked at the house one last time before each one disappeared into the forest. Sherry was the only one to hope they could find the lab and find the answer to this virus.
A/N Yes, the new chapter is finished and up for all of you to read. I won't talk too long here, as I only want to thank you for waiting so much. I do hope you all liked the Zoey/Dawn moments. I'll say this; there will be more moments in the next one for the two girls.