Chapter
17- The Soul Harvest
~My
journey had taken me to places I never believed possible. This adventure I have
lived from day one had been nothing less than a fantasy come to life. I’ve seen
it all, sailed across the Ocean, hiked through the thickest forests, climbed
over the tallest mountains and been to all from the biggest, brightest cities
to the smallest most rural villages with different people and different
cultures. I’ve met new friends and others with the same goal I have. This is
why I wanted to become a pokémon trainer… so I could see the world, and I have
gotten my wish. But if I also truly knew how tough the hardships really felt, I
might’ve reconsidered. I have to be more than a pokémon master, I have to rise
above everyone and become the strongest of all… I have to be strong if I want
to live. It always feels like there’s nothing left in this world that could
surprise me, but I always seem to be wrong about that. Unexpected twists and
turns litter my way, but no matter what, I will make it through one-way or another.
New obstacles are coming, tougher than anything I have ever faced before…
~Ash Ketchum
(
It has
been two days since they had fought white Kaiser and have been wandering the
desert ever since. They were exhausted from the walking and really thirsty.
Although they were able to heal their restore some health to their wounded
pokémon with some of the Revives and Hyper Potions, it didn’t change the fact
that they were exhausted and low in supplies.
“That
story is truly remarkable Ash!” said Professor Oak over the picture phone. Ash
had told him about their adventure so far, from the Missingno Gang, Super
Fiends up to the Kaisers and the UniStrike “And to think that scientists have
been spending years trying to discover the ultimate attack! It seems that all
of the single element ones have been found, but there are still things to say
about combinations!”
“Yeah…
well professor… I guess I just got that knack for pokémon! Heck, even without
the super attacks, I can EASILY trounce pokémon masters and-WAK!” Ash was
getting all big-headed when Ebi bumped him out of the way
“Maybe
so, but teaching it to them is much more difficult. I’ve been watching Ash, and
it was a lot of trouble just to master the simple HydroThunder!” Said Ebi
“Hmmm?
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen you before!”
“Oh!
Pardon me! My name is Ebi, world’s premier explorer (AND ultra genius!) pleased
to make your-WAGH!” He yelped as Ash pushed him aside
“Um
Professor? Feel free to tell this story to as many people in Pallet as you like,
because I want EVERYONE to hear about the dangerous fights against the Super
fiends and whatnot in full detail, and how I, SINGLE HANDEDLY triumphed over
them all! Okay? WAAA!” Ash screamed when Ebi knocked him out of the way
“Ahem…”
He cleared his throat and straightened up, “As I was saying, the techniques
Misty invented are strong and easy to learn without putting anyone at risk
during training, but Ash… though his HydroThunder can inflict a lot of damage
to any sort of enemy, it puts the water pokémon at risk because there’s a large
chance of the electricity passing on to them if any mistakes have been made. I
watched him teach his pokémon how to do it, and during the training, over 70%
of the time, the electricity zapped his own pokémon. Also when training them
for UniStrike, not one came out right, and he destroyed a great deal of nature
for nothing, because the only time it ever worked was when he was against that
Kaiser Beast. And speaking of training, don’t even get me started on when he
was using the pester balls… I had to remove them just for that reason…”
“Quiet!”
Ash snapped at him
“Hey, I
made those things for a different reason, and all you’ve been doing was using
them to harass your own pokémon!” Ebi crossed his arms angrily
“Pester
balls are only used for one thing, and that IS harassing pokémon. It’s not Ash’s
fault that you just made it look fun to harass animals! If anyone’s to blame,
it’s you for being so irresponsible, treating those balls like toys and giving
them to an immature little kid” Brock patted Ebi on the back
“Immature?!”
Ash exclaimed
“Hey! Nobody
asked for your opinion, no-eyes!” Ebi pushed him
“No…
eyes!?” Brock growled, “I never liked you from the start, you four-eyed
toothpick, and I still haven’t forgotten you trying to make me jump from the
sled!”
“The
feeling’s mutual! And it’s better have four eyes and a brain, unlike you! Maybe
if you had EITHER, you could actually SEE why you’ve never gotten a date before,
and KNOW why you’ll be a reject for the rest of your life!”
“WHY
YOU!!!”
Professor
Oak and Tracey sweatdropped as Brock and Ebi suddenly pounced on each other and
started brawling violently. Ash and Misty sighed, they’ve been with Ebi and
Brock long enough to know the two didn’t like each other…
“Shouldn’t
we stop them?” asked Misty
“Nah…
just let ‘em get it out of their systems…” replied Ash, “How bad could it be?”
“YOU
BASTARD!!! I’LL KILL YOU!!!”
“NOT IF
I KILL YOU FIRST, BASTARD!!!”
“URGH…!”
Ash shook his head and sighed, finally deciding to intervene. Stepping into the
fight, Ash grabbed the back of Brock’s and Ebi’s heads…
BAM!!!
“GAK!”
the two of them exclaimed and fell unconscious when Ash bashed their heads into
each other’s. Ash sighed and clapped his hands, walking back to the phone
“Well… thanks
for you time Professor Oak… and please make sure not to tell anybody about
this…” Ash sighed, “(I’ll probably end up the laughingstock of Kanto if they
find out the people I actually hang out with)” he muttered and hung up
“Strange
that they’d put a payphone like this in the middle of a dessert!” Said Misty, “How
many people would use this thing?”
“You’d
be surprised. You’re about the seventieth people since this morning to use this
payphone!” Said a passing-by nomad
“WAIT!”
Ash called, “Um… mister, you wouldn’t happen to know the way to
“Well,
if you want to reach a pokémon centre, then I suggest you go in that direction!
Marble city is the only civilization you’ll find for miles, and that’s where
you can get refreshments and all!” The nomad said cheerfully and handed them a
detailed map of the desert
“Gah…”
Misty sighed, “How could you survive in this temperature?”
“Well…
you kinda get used to it over time! Although it seems rather hot for you, if
you lived here long enough, you won’t ever know how you survived without the
heat! “Although recently, the travellers have lessened, what with the arrival
of those lousy sand raiders and Fire Breather clan, business has been getting
slow…”
“Well,
the Sand Raiders have been beaten, but what exactly is the Fire-breathing clan?”
asked Tracey
“You
probably never heard about them, but they’re infamous around these parts” said
the nomad, “They’re a group of fire-type supremacists who live out here in the
desert, and use only fire pokémon. They’re out to prove the superiority of fire
types, and go around attacking anyone else. They especially hate water capabilities.
You’re a water-pokémon trainer, aren’t you, young miss?” He asked and looked at
Misty, “I suggest you stay clear from them, because if they see someone,
especially you, they’ll be merciless” He sighed and leaned against the
payphone, “Well, good bye. Remember, if you see those guys, don’t waste your
time discussing anything with them, just run. They’re not even worth your time
fighting. Those circus freaks… the heat’s fried their brains…” he bid them
goodbye and turned around
Ash,
Misty and Tracey left, dragging the unconscious Ebi and Brock. As they walked
off in that direction, a lone figure covered in a dark blue cloak stepped
forwards, his face was covered by his hood, “Sir, where exactly would this
fire-breathing clan be?”
“I’m
sorry, I really don’t know their location, but I’m sure it’s quite close…”
“Thank
you sir” he said, and sighed “I overheard you say something about them being
merciless to anyone who are of the water element, and that sickens me…” he
crossed his arms, “And if anyone even THREATENS Misty, I swear, I’m gonna…”
“Don’t
tell me you’re planning on fighting them!” The nomad “You’re a water trainer
yes? I can tell by the tone… but those guys are mad! If they saw you…”
“Maybe
I’ll go looking for them, maybe I won’t. We’ll see” said the hooded teenager, “But
those guys need to be taught a lesson. I don’t have anything against fire
types, but there’s just something about Supremacy Clans run by clowns in
ridiculous costumes and pointy hats that brings out the worst in me…”
“Uh…”
the nomad blinked
“Anyone
who uses violence to force their beliefs and persecution onto others are the
lowest of human beings, and those kinds of people just need to be stepped on.”
He shook his head, “Anyways I just had a run in with a few of them just a few
minutes ago, and they weren’t so tough… hmmm?” he looked up a sand dune
“What?”
The cheerful nomad wasn’t so cheerful right now. He looked up at the sand dunes
and saw several figures emerge, lots of them were fat, round and wore pointy
clown hats, “YIPE! I’m outta here!” he yelped and ran off
“There
he is!” A bruised, beaten fire breather with a partially torn outfit pointed at
the cloaked stranger, “That’s the guy who attacked us and beat us up!” He said.
More fire breathers emerged from the sand dunes, in every direction.
“HIM?”
Said the tallest, largest, fattest fire breather, who was evidently the leader “That
little kid beat you two up? You told me he was huge!”
“We
stand corrected, now just settle the score with him!” said a second badly-beaten
fire breather wearing broken sunglasses and a broken pointy hat
“As I
recalled, I was attacked by you guys for no reason!” said the hooded stranger
“They
saw you handling water pokémon! And that’s reason enough!” the leader pointed
down at him, “Your filthy kind, watery scum, YOU are not welcome here!”
“Maybe
so, but I have business here to take care off…” Said the hooded stranger
“Oh-ho!
So you’re here to fight us? Huh?!” He started laughing, as did the rest of
them. “You see, I don’t care who started the fight, but I’m not gonna let some
snotty water-type trainer insult my crew and get away with it!” He growled, “I
own this desert, and I decide what goes! And the first thing to go here is you!
AFTER we’re done with you that is!” he chuckled, while the others started
laughing, cracking their knuckles or reaching for pokéballs…
“Hmph…
how pathetic, claiming you own this desert. And you even have the nerve to
attack people.” He looked around, “I get the feeling there’s no talking you out
of this, since you came here looking for a fight…” He scoffed, “I feel sorry
for fire-type trainers everywhere, it must be so embarrassing to be represented
by a bunch of fat men running around the middle of the desert dressed in clown
suits.”
“Grr…!”
the stranger’s remark certainly struck a nerve, because the fire breathers were
definitely mad. “WHY YOU…! GET HIM!!!” The leader barked, as many of them
surrounded the stranger, some of them threw the pokéballs and releasd fire type
pokémon. “ATTACK! BURN HIM TO A CRISP!!!”
-FWOOSH-
A wave
of intense flames blew forth from the pokémon and breathers, but the stranger
jumped high off the ground and flipped through the air, landing neatly on his
feet on top of a sand dune. “You attacked first, so I will not be held responsible.
HMMM!!!” He darted forward and attacked. His fist struck a magmar square in the
face, knocking it cleanly off the ground and out cold. He then spun around and
kicked a fire breather hard, sending him crashing into a group that was
charging at him. “You shouldn’t have started a fight with me”
“Urgh…!”
The fire breathers and pokémon standing around him backed off, they were
surprised by this young man’s strength, “Who are you?!”
“It’s
about time you asked…” the stranger spoke as his right arm reached for the
hood. Grabbing firmly, he threw the cloak off, revealing himself for all to
see, “Aquamarine of the Super Fiends, pleased to make your acquaintance.”
Upon
seeing him, a round of gasps filled the area. ‘THE Aquamarine?!’ ‘He’s just a
kid!’ ‘I thought he’d be at least ten feet tall!’ these remarks were heard all
around.
“Heh…
this is perfect” The leader smiled wickedly, still not realising just who he
was going against. “Beating you will not only prove that flames are the
superior element, but we’ll be famous for defeating one of the notorious Super Fiends!
GET HIM!”
“You
just don’t get it, do you? HMM!!!” Aquamarine smacked one in the face and sent
him flying. He darted forward, striking down anyone who came close. Human or
pokémon, it made no difference to him, he was stronger than any of them. He
shook his head and sighed, as many fire breathers and pokémon lay defeated
around him. There were still many left, including the leader. “If that’s all,
then I’ll get going. I’m a busy man, and I don’t have the time to waste on the
likes of you”
“Oh
yeah?! Looks to me like I’ll have to teach you some respect!” The leader
shouted, throwing a pokéball, “Thyplosion! I choose you!” he shouted, releasing
the fully evolved fire pokémon
“Hmph…
and I still have to teach you some manners…” Aquamarine sighed, reaching to his
belt… but instead of a pokéball, he pulled out an oddly-shaped macelike weapon,
made of coral and concealed by his cloak. “I’m not even going to waste calling
out my pokémon on a small fry like that”
“Then
burn to death, Super Fiend! FLAMETHROWER!!!” The Fire-breather shouted.
Thyplosion roared and fired a blast of flames at Aquamarine…
“HMM!”
Aquamarine skilfully twirled the weapon in his right fingers as the fire came
closer, “CORAL CUDGEL!” He shouted, slamming the weapon to the ground, HARD,
causing a layer of sand to splash up and completely erasing the fire. “Even if
I let it hit me, do you actually believe such a low-level attack can actually
hurt me?” He spoke calmly, as he begun to approach the leader and his pokémon.
“Ah…!”
the leader gasped, “T… t-thyplosion! Stop him! Use…!”
SLAM!
Thyplosion
fell to the ground, after Aquamarine slammed the Cudgel across his face. “There’s
no one left to fight for you…” he spoke in a cold, harsh tone as he glared at
him, face to face. Suddenly, his left hand shot forward and grabbed him by the
face, and began to grip hard. “Let me show you just how I deal with rude
people…”
“Ah-aaah…!”
the leader gasped as Aquamarine tightened his grip, lifting him off the ground.
His sunglasses cracked and fell, he tried to struggle but Aquamarine was just
too strong… he was gonna crush his skull! “AH!!” he screamed and passed out
“Hm…”
Aquamarine released his grip, letting the fire breather fall to the ground. He
didn’t break his skull or anything, as easy as it would have been to kill him,
there was simply no point in killing scum like that. The imprint of his hand
was left on the man’s face, and by the looks of it, it would stay for a long
time. Aquamarine’s eyes moved left and right. The remaining fire breathers and
pokémon were all trembling, terrified… “You have to the count of ten to run as
fast as you can.”
“AAAH!!!”
All the fire breathers screamed as they turned around and ran…
“BLACK
SQUALL!!!” Aquamarine shouted, sending a swirling powerful blast of wind and
rain that launched all the fire breathers and pokémon flying high into the sky
and thrown over the horizon. “Ten” he said simply and stood there alone. “Whew…”
he sighed, leaning on the Coral Cudgel, “Now that I sent them all the way back
to the circus they ran from sir, can you tell me where is Marble… Sir?” he
looked around, “Mister Nomad?” he called out, and then smacked himself, “AW
DAMMIT!!!” He shouted, remembering that the Black Squall had a huge radius, and
he blasted off that nomad along with the circus clowns, even before he got to ask
him where Misty (and that dead-man Ketchum) was going! Aquamarine looked around…
the attack had completely blown away all the footprints, rearranged the dunes
and changed the scenery. He had no idea where he was, or which direction was
which, he was completely lost now!
***
(
The sun
had set and the Marble desert had become cold. Even with the significant drop
in the temperature, Ash and co. were all exhausted
“(pant)
Don’t ya find it really strange that there’d be a big city like this in the
middle of the desert?” Brock asked, looking around. This place really reminded
them of
“The
first thing I want is to do is sleep in a nice soft bed!” said Misty
“Ditto!
We’ve gotta go to the pokémon centre anyways to have my pokémon healed anyways!”
said Tracey
“Not
me! I’m starving!” said Brock
“Forget
all of those! Just look at the all pokémon battles going on! I’m gonna battle
everyone here and win!!” said Ash, “(And hopefully, I’ll run into some crooked
ones too so I’ll also get to beat them up and take their money!)” he added
silently
“Well,
we can do all that, and more! But first we should set up priorities on what we
should do first!” Said Ebi, “So first and most importantly we should go to the
pokémon centre to have our pokémon healed…”
(Meanwhile,
in a Dark Alleyway)
“So… um
Meowth, do we have any ideas for an attack?” asked James
“Whaddaya
askin’ me for?” Meowth crossed his arms
“Well,
the twerp’s gotten awfully strong… way better than us…” Said Jessie, “I know we’re
no match for him anymore, but we’ve been at this for so long! Should we really
give up trying to capture Pikachu so suddenly?” Asked Jessie, “We’re asking you
because you’re the leader! Right?”
“Um…
well… I…” Said Meowth, “I know we’ve trained hard and gotten way better… but it
doesn’t look like any of our efforts meant anything… not compared to him… he’s
just too strong…” he sighed and shook his head. “On the other hand, I’ve
checked out the trainers in this city, and all of ‘em are weak! If we just wait
for the twerp to leave, this town’ll be ours! Other than him, there’s no one
who can…”
CRASH!
“MEEOOOWCH!”
Meowth was suddenly hit by an invisible force, sending him crashing into a
bunch of garbage cans, blacking out. Jessie and James spun and saw who did it…
a man, draped in a silver cloak that covered his face under a hood. From under
his cloak, his hand reached out and aimed at Jessie…
“AAHH!”
Jessie was thrown right off her feet by the same invisible force that hit
Meowth, and sent her crashing into a stack of crates, losing consciousness. The
man then turned to face James…
“Uh…
stay back!” James stepped back nervously and placed his hand on his pokébelt
“You
think you can actually fight me with that ugly beast?” Asked the stranger, with
his other hand, removing his hood and revealing his face… Twin Dreamer!
“Ah…!”
James gasped in fear, when he saw just who he was facing…! “Y-you’re o-one of
the S-S-Super Fiends… GAH!!” He exclaimed when he saw right next to him, the
shadows on the wall suddenly gathering and taking shape… into that of a human!
“Hmm…”
the shadow stepped right off the wall, transforming into a human dressed in
black. His face wasn’t covered, and James could clearly see him… it was Goth! “This
is our battle…” he spoke coldly to James. From seemingly out of nowhere, he
pulled out his large scythe and clutched it tightly, “Trash like you are in the
way”
“Heh…”
the two Super Fiends smirked as they looked at James, who was trembling
uncontrollably at the sight of them… “Boo.”
“EEEEEEEEEK!”
James screamed in an unusually high-pitched voice, turning around and running
as fast as he could… (THUD) right into a brick wall, “Ouch…” he fell to the
ground, unconscious
“Hmph…
pitiful” Goth closed his eyes and shook his head. “And to think that coward is
actually considered strong… thankfully he isn’t our target”
“Our
target is Ketchum… he who stands in our way…” said Twin Dreamer, “If he is
allowed to grow stronger, he will become a threat to us… and a threat to the
world…”
“We
cannot allow that, as we are the last ones who stand against the Deceiver…”
Said Goth, “He knows nothing of the Cult, but may change soon. There’s no
telling whether or not he might even join it.” He looked up into the sky and
closed his eyes, “To challenge Sky Render is to support the cult… whether
Ketchum realizes it or not. We must put a stop to it, no matter the cost, no
matter who gets sacrificed… even if it might be us, we cannot allow it to
continue…”
“Hmmm…”
They both stood silently… “Let’s go.”
***
(Location-
Pokémon centre)
“Your
pokémon will be fully healed in exactly one hour” Nurse Joy accepted the
pokémon from Ash, Misty, Brock and Tracey and placed them in the machine that
recovers their health
“Thank
you, Nurse Joy.” They thanked her
“Where
should we go now, guys?” Asked Ebi as they left the pokémon centre
“I say
we eat!” Said Ash
“Yeah!”
everyone else called out in agreement
“Pikachu!”
Pikachu was also with them. He had already been fully healed with a Max potion,
so he had no need for any treatment
(Meanwhile,
on the rooftops)
“Almost
ready, TD?” Goth Smirked and lifted his scythe into the air
“I told
you to stop calling me that! You know I hate being called by my initials!” Twin
Dreamer crossed his arms
“I
still don’t see why. It’s got a nice ring to it…” said Goth
“Don’t even
start! Or else!” Twin Dreamer snapped at him
“Or
else what?” Asked Goth, glaring seriously at him, causing him to reel back
nervously. Twin Dreamer was strong, but he clearly knew which one of them was
better. “That’s more like it” Goth crossed his arms.
“So… is
phase-one done yet?” asked Twin Dreamer, changing the subject
“If you’d
just read my mind, then you’d know it is” Goth smirked and looked at hands,
holding a watch, “I’ve planted the bomb I bought off Jolt…”
“Bought?”
Dreamer crossed his arms
Goth
sighed, “Fine… I stole it. No big deal” he looked at a watch, “I placed in the
power plant and set to blow up. Total blackout coming in eighteen seconds…”
-BOOM-
An
explosion rang in the distance. The lights all over the city blinked a few
times, and then everything went out, with the exception of a few dim lights.
“Urgh… Jolt’s
watch is a piece of junk…” Goth sighed, shaking his head and tossing the stolen
watch aside. “So… shall we get started?” he asked, raising his scythe
“Ready
when you are!” Twin Dreamer levitated high into the air “Time for phase-two!”
Twin Dreamer raised his hands into the air. A large ball of shining energy
formed above. “TWIN DREAM!” he fired down two beams from each hand. The two
joined together and spiralled down towards Goth
“Power
of Darkness! Unite with the Power of Dreams and amplify your power!” Goth
twirled his scythe over his head as the Twin Dream came down, “Unite! Target
everyone in this city, leave only Ash Ketchum standing!” Goth yelled as his
scythe shone with purple negative aura, “SOUL HARVEST!” he shouted. There was a
bright flash of light as the dark energy gathered. In every direction around
him, a gigantic wave of evil energy flew…
***
(Location-
Marble city streets)
“What’s
that!?” Ash shouted
“First
the power out, now this!” Brock yelled
“What’s
going on?!” Misty yelled
“I don’t
know, but it doesn’t look good!” shouted Tracey
Ebi had
a grim look on his face. The wave passed through buildings and everything. Even
though not a single window cracked or anything broke at that moment, chaos was
ringing through the city. People were screaming as the wave passed, but the
screaming immediately came to a halt. He had known all about the Super Fiends,
and he had seen this attack before, and he knew what was going to happen “Ash?”
he said, everyone turned to him, “Listen to me. There’s not much time. You kept
the shining sphere, right?”
“Um…
yeah” Ash pulled it out of his pockets. The bright shine from it illuminated
the whole area
“Hey!
Don’t hold it out for everyone to see!” Ebi snapped and Ash placed it back in
his pocket, “Listen, I can’t explain things right now, but the only pokémon you
have with you is Pikachu, and basically you’re unarmed and carrying a very
valuable treasure in your pockets. Listen fast. I managed to fix the clips so
it could attach to your arm, but above all things, keep that sphere hidden
until you recover the QuickSilver, and don’t try to fight until you reach the
centre…” he closed his eyes. He didn’t get to finish because the dark wave had
reached them
“AAAAAAAAH!”
Brock yelled
“YEAAAAAGH!”
Tracey screamed
“EAAAAAGH!”
Misty screamed
“…” Ebi
stood there with his eyes closed. He knew what was going to happen, and
therefore didn’t react.
The wave
passed them through them, and they faded away. Everything went silent…
…
… …
… … …
… … … …
“Ash?”
Misty looked around in the darkness, “ASH!”
“Waaa…”
Ash got up, his head was spinning
“What
happened to everyone?” Misty asked
“I don’t
know…”
“Pika…”
“How
come we weren’t affected?”
“I don’t
know…” said Ash
Togepi
chirped in Misty’s arms, and she looked down… “I wonder, what happened?”
*Flashback*
“EAAAAAGH!”
Misty screamed
“Togi-togi-togiPRIIIIII!”
Togepi chirped, waving its tiny arms left and right. A protective blue aura
surrounded her body as the wave passed
*End of
Flashback*
“I’m
scared…” Misty grabbed Ash’s hand and held it tight
“Me
too…” Ash held her close
“What
happened to everyone?” Misty asked
“I wish
I knew. Ebi knows something we don’t. He always does” Ash sighed
“He
told us to go to the pokémon centre. Maybe that’s the best choice”
Heh-heh-heh… they heard some eerie laughter in
the darkness
“What
was that?” As looked around
“I don’t
care what you think, but there are better solutions than listening to a nobody
(literally)!” that creepy voice spoke, “Like hiding perhaps?”
“Ah…”
Misty huddled up closer to Ash
“Wa…”
said Ash, partly from the shock of a disembodies voice, and partly from the
shock of Misty being so close to him right now
“Remember
me?” out of the air, a young man landed on the ground and stood up straight, it
turns out he is a Super Fiend “I can understand why Ketchum is still standing,
but that doesn’t explain why SHE’S still here!” He struck a fighting stance, “You
know who I am, TWIN DREAMER!”
|
Name |
Weapons |
Attacks |
Fighter Class |
Stats |
|
Twin Dreamer |
Psychic Energy |
Twin Dream Mind Burn Psychic Stun Healing Wave |
Spell caster
Psychic Element Rank A |
Strength- Very
Low Attack Power-
High Speed- High Endurance-
Average Intelligence-
Very High Mind-
Superhuman Toughness- Low Determination- Very
High |
“HUH?!”
Both Ash and Misty backed off nervously, “What’s he doing here?”
“That’s
for you to know. But I’m the one you should be more worried about” Another
voice spoke up behind them, “After all, between the two of us, I’m stronger.”
“Huh?
WA!” Ash and Misty yelped
A
shadow leaped off the wall, it was the Super Fiend, Goth! He smirked and raised
his scythe, “Your time has come!”
|
Name |
Weapons |
Attacks |
Fighter Class |
Stats |
|
Goth |
Demon Scythe |
Mortal Reaper Shadow Stalker |
Assassin Dark Element Rank A |
Strength- Average Attack Power-
High Speed- Very
High Endurance- Very
High Intelligence-
High Mind- Very High Toughness- High Determination- Very
High |
“This’ll
be easy! Makes me wonder why everyone’s so scared of you!” Twin Dreamer
smirked. He charged up glowing energy in his hands and aimed them down at Ash
and Misty “TWIN DREAM!” He fired two beams of psychic energy, which spiralled
across each other and flew at a high speed
“WAA!” Ash
dove to the left and Misty to the right. Both of them missed the attack
“So you
managed to dodge it…” Twin Dreamer smirked and charged another one. “Here’s the
one you won’t be able to dodge! MIND BURN!” Instead of a narrow beam shooting
down, it was a wave of psychic energy heading towards them
“CAPTURE!”
Ash quickly grabbed one of those element-capture balls Ebi made and threw it at
the wave. The ball opened up as it hit the psychic wave, and as if a pokémon
was being captured, the psychic energy flew into the ball. The element-capture
ball immediately flew back to Ash’s hand and switched to a silver colour. It
was now a psychic-attack ball
“WHAT?!
How dare you!” Twin Dreamer growled, and charged up another Twin Dream, but he
wasn’t fast enough
“PIKACHUUUUU!”
Pikachu leapt into the air and electrocuted him
“URGH!”
Twin Dreamer braced himself, thrown back by the force
“Take
this!” Ash pushed the psychic attack ball into Goth’s face. The ball burst open
with a psychic shock, stunning the Super Fiend in his place, “RUN!” Ash grabbed
Misty’s hand and the two of them made a break for it.
“Grr…”
the two Super Fiends growled and got up “So they want to run do they? THEN
BRING IT ON!” Twin Dreamer flew into the air, with the power of his psychic
energy
Goth
raised his scythe “You can run Ketchum, but I can hide! Shadow Stalker!” He
shouted as he leaped into the wall, becoming nearly invisible as he transformed
into a shadow and pursuing them through the dark.
***
(Location-
Rooftops)
Above
the emptied city, Sky Render stood at the top of the tallest building, smiling
as we watched what was going on down below. “Well Ash, seems like you’re in quite
a predicament. We Super Fiends usually travel in teams of two, and Twin Dreamer
and Goth happen to be the strongest pair. Now let me see, gow can the little
champion get out of this one?” He smiled. Sky Render then sighed. The reason
those two were after him was because he told them that Ash was a threat that
had to be eliminated. In reality, he was just testing Ash… “It may seem harsh,
but I have to see what you can really do when cornered, and every odd is
stacked against you. If you can’t survive this battle, then are you aren’t even
worth my time… nor are you worthy of being a
Sky Render is right. The serious of the
matter is high, the odds against our two remaining heroes, and the stakes are
at their highest! What will happen to Ebi, Brock and Tracey if Ash and Misty lose?
Is it possible to undo the Soul Harvest? And what possible reasons can the
Super Fiends have to hunt Ash to such a degree, where they are willing sacrifice
even their own lives? Find out next time on PUA!
►TO BE CONTINUED