Friend or foe?
The sun had begun to set in the Hoenn region and in the opposite direction, the stars could be seen. Brock was cooking soup for dinner, Max was checking the groups' route on the Pokenav, May was admiring her Contest ribbons, and Ash was just staring out into space with a melancholy look on his face. A few days ago, he had earned his 6th badge, the Feather Badge, from Winona. It was typical of him to rave for a few days straight about earning his next badge, but the day after the Gym battle was unusually quiet. Ash hardly spoke at all the following days and even began skipping meals, which was VERY odd since he was known to be a big eater by anyone who knew him. Not even his best friend Pikachu could cheer him up and begged May to do something to lighten his mood. At least, he tried. May harbored feelings for Ash and was pained to see him like this.
She casually approached him and trying to sound like she was talking to no one in particular, she said, "Would you look at those beautiful stars! Oh, that one makes me want to make a wish."
This seemed to get EVERYONES' attention, as all four of the others looked to the sky. Brock spoke, "Well, why not?" Silently, they all made a wish. (I hope to get a girlfriend someday!) (I wish that I will discover a new specie of Pokemon!) (I want to win my next contest with flying colors!) (I want Ash to feel better.) Ash made the mistake of saying his wish out loud, "I wish she was here." Everyone stared at him, making him realize what he did.
May was about to say something when Brock spoke up, "Uh, guys? Why is that star turning red?" Max replied, "It must be a meteorite. They look like fireballs when they enter Earth's atmosphere." Ash looked up and his face went pale with horror. "Th-that meteor is coming right for us!"
Everyone went into a panic when they saw that the red star was getting steadily larger and ducked into the woods nearby. A moment later, there was a loud impact as the meteor barely overshot the campsite and "bounced" about half a mile down the road before coming to a stop. Ever the curious one, Ash led the team to it to check it out.
When they got to it, they found that the meteorite was made completely of metal and was surrounded by a puddle of water. "It looks like a part from a satellite." Max said. Brock let out a groan, "Does this mean my wish won't come true?!" May gave him a funny look and said, "Probably not." Max approached the pod and managed to climb onto the wreck. A large gash on the top allowed him to look inside. With a flashlight in hand, he began searching the inside. "There's nothing but ice in here. It must have been a cooling tank."
Out of the corner of his eye, Max thought he saw something move. He aimed the flashlight to it and saw something that seemed to be the same color as his own skin. Suddenly, an eye opened and stared directly at him! Max tumbled over backwards and ran back to the group while screaming in terror. When he reached them, he hid behind Brocks' legs.
May yelled, "What happened?!" Max stuttered, "Th-th-there's something in there, a-and it's alive! WAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! THERE!!! IT'S CLIMBING OUT!!!!!!"
When the gang looked at the pod, they were shocked to see what seemed to be a human hand reach out and grab the edge of the gash in the pod. What slowly climbed out, much to everyone's' disappointment, was what appeared to be some guy who did not seem much taller than Ash. He was heavily encrusted with ice and he slipped right off the smooth top, falling flat on his face.
Ash gave a weird look at Max and said, "THAT is what you were so afraid of?" Max's face turned red. "I swear! Something stared at me with a Sapphire blue eye! There's no way a human could survive being frozen like that!"
The gang heard a strange sound and noticed that Pikachu was growling deeply. He seemed to notice something about this stranger that no one else could. When the stranger climbed to his feet, Pikachu blasted him, without warning, with a Thunderbolt!
Ash was stunned. "Why did you do that?! He wasn't hurting anyone!" Brock shouted, "Wait a second, Ash. I don't think he was hurt." Ash looked and saw that the stranger had been de-iced and only seemed a little wobbly. He also noticed that he had a hood covering his head and all his clothes were green.
May shouted, "Sorry about that! Are you OK!?" There was no response. Instead, he lowered his hood, revealing his face. His eyes were sapphire blue and his hair was ruby red.
When he saw the children standing ahead of him, his first thoughts were, (Humans? Am I back on Earth?) He looked down and saw a Pikachu glaring at him. (He knows. I can change my appearance, but not my scent.) He then sensed human biosignatures 100 feet to his right, in the forest. He could also sense a Meowth with them. (Great. Have they found me already?)
Listening in, the stranger heard what sounded like the Meowth talking in English, "Hey Jess, that guy's looking dis way. You don't think he knows we're here, do ya?" A woman's voice replied, "Of course not. Now keep quiet, or he will hear us!" The stranger replied, "Too late! Now get out here! All three of you!"
Ash and the gang looked towards the area that the stranger had yelled at. Ash said, "All three of them? Don't tell me. It's....." Before he could finish, two humans dressed in white uniforms and black gloves and boots with a red R on their shirts and a Meowth jumped from the forest into view.
"Prepare for...." Before the woman could say anymore, the mysterious stranger said, "I don't care how you planned on finishing that sentence, but I do want to know what you want from me." Jessie looked pretty steamed that she had been cut off so early in saying the motto. May smirked, "Two words. It's a new record!" Jessie shouted, "Don't think I didn't hear that, twerp! Now hand over Pikachu, or this is going to get ugly!"
The stranger stepped between the two groups and faced Team Rocket. "Look. I can tell you guys are common criminals. I have no respect for your kind, but I'm willing to let you go. Now scram." Team Rocket looked at each other and laughed. The Meowth laughed, "Ha, the redhead don't know what he's up against!" James followed, "Yes, I suppose it would be best for us to show what a mistake it is to stand in the way of Team Rocket! Just remember, it's your funeral, twerp!"
"Go, Seviper, Dustox!" "Go, Cacnea, Chimecho!" As usual, Cacnea gave James a prickly hug when he was released. The stranger looked on with a smirk, (If that Cacnea likes that human that much, he must be very kind to him. Guess he's not so bad after all.) Ash got his attention and said, "Don't worry. We can handle them easily! You should get out of here." The stranger replied with a cold stare, "Actually, YOU should get out of here. I can fight on my own." Ash couldn't believe what he just heard.
"But....." The stranger faced Team Rocket and took a fighting stance. "Seviper, Poison Tail!" As the Seviper closed in for the strike, the stranger had a revelation. (Darn. I don't think I should reveal myself to these humans. I'll just have to fight like one.) He tried lifting his feet to run, but found that they were pinned to the ground with needles! Dustox had used Poison Sting to pin his boots to the ground. The Sevipers' Poison Tail slashed him across the chest and he responded with a fake shout since it really didn't hurt at all. "Looks like we have him against the ropes. Now then, Chimecho! Hold him steady with Disable!" The Chimecho lifted him into air and held him three feet off the ground.
James grinned, "See? You're all bark and no bite. Cacnea, use Needle Arm and send him into that!" The stranger looked to where James was pointing and saw a large rock formation. Cacnea was hesitant, but started winding up for the punch. As Cacnea prepared to slug him, Jessie made one last statement, "Let this be a lesson to you: don't make threats unless you can back them up!" With that, Chimecho released his mental grip on him and Cacnea slammed the stranger hard.
"GWWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" The stranger screamed as he was sent flying towards the rock formation and, to Ash and co's. horror, crashed right through it, causing it to bury him as it collapsed around him.
Ash was furious. "You.... You guys went too far! You didn't have to kill him!" Jessie laughed, "He was just an obstacle that needed to be removed. It was his own fault for putting his nose where it doesn't belong!" Ash reached for the Poke ball that contained Grovyle, but stopped abruptly.
Max shouted, "Come on, Ash! Aren't you going to battle them?!" Ash slowly replied, "Did you guys..... feel that?" Everyone noticed what he was talking about then. The air had become heavy. Just then, flocks of bird Pokemon flew away from the area in droves, as if they were fleeing a natural disaster. Max said grimly, "They're all flying away from this spot. That's NOT a good sign."
Everyone's gaze landed on the collapsed rock formation that had become the strangers' tomb. A low rumbling sound was coming from the formation and was steadily getting louder. Large cracks started to appear in the larger chunks. Suddenly, with a deafening roar, the tomb was obliterated! In the center was the Stranger, who stood unharmed. He was also surrounded by a red swirling aura. When he looked ahead at the two groups, they were shocked to see that his eyes had become the same shade of red as his hair! What was more; they were filled with an intense bloodlust.
"Hmph! Back for another burial, huh? Guess some people don't know when to stay down!" Jessie followed up with an order, "Dustox, finish him off with Poison Sting!"
"Duuuussstox!" The Dustox sent a flurry of poisonous darts flying at the stranger. Max exclaimed, "He's not running! He'll get hit!" The stranger coolly held out a hand as if to stop the attack. When the needles closed in, a powerful gust of wind blew them all right back at Dustox!
"TOOOXXXX!" Dustox was pinned to a tree with his own Poison Sting attack! Everyone stood there with their mouths hanging open in disbelief. This guy had stopped, no, REFLECTED a Poison Sting attack back at the user just by holding out his hand!
Jessie spoke up first, "Who, wh-what ARE you?!" The stranger grinned wickedly and replied, "What does it matter? I'm going to rip you guys apart."
With that said, the stranger raised his arm up and fired a stream of fire at the helpless Dustox! Jessie reacted quickly and returned Dustox to his Poke ball. The tree, however, was incinerated. It became obvious to everyone that this guy was brutal.
Ash couldn't put together how this human boy could do all that! "Just what is that guy!?" Brock said, "Don't know, but this is his fight now. We better not get in the way. If anything, he's on our side." Suddenly, the stranger ran at the Cacnea at shockingly high speed! One of his hands was enshrouded with frost and the other was covered in flames.
"Cacnea! Don't just stand there! Use Needle Arm!" Cacnea swung at the stranger, but he was too slow. The stranger was in his face before he even noticed. With a quick 1-2 combo, the stranger hit Cacnea with an icy cross and a flaming uppercut, sending Cacnea flying straight up. At the top, about 100 feet, the stranger moved at light speed up to Cacnea and slammed him down into the ground!
Before the stranger could continue pummeling his friend, James called Cacnea back into his Poke ball. The stranger then glared at James as if to say, "You're next." Just then, Seviper sunk his fangs into the strangers' shoulder from behind! The stranger just choked him to make him let go, then tossed him several feet away. As they locked eyes, the stranger felt a strange response deep inside him.
The stranger smirked, "There is only one way to properly deal with you. HAAAHHH!" When he yelled, the stranger became covered in a bright light. When the light disappeared, in his place was, with blue markings instead of pink, a Zangoose!
"WHHHHAAAAAA?! Dat guy turned into a Zangoose?! This don't make any sense!" Meowth couldn't help shouting when he saw that. Jessie grumbled, "It doesn't make any sense. But I don't have time to think about it. Seviper! Give him another Poison Fang!" Seviper made a lunge for the "Zangoose", but with speed far beyond any Zangoose, the shape shifter landed an earthshaking blow to Sevipers' neck! Seviper gagged and was giving a lighting fast barrage of punches. When he tried to counter with a Poison Tail attack, the shape shifter jumped 15 feet behind him and extended his claws. The shape shifter then began swinging his claws in rapid succession, creating a vacuum with each swing. The vacuums slashed away at Seviper, causing small cuts without drawing blood.
James came up with a clever idea. "Chimecho, hide behind Seviper and when that whateverheis closes in, hit him with a Thunderbolt." Chimecho replied with a happy, "Cho!" After 21 vacuum slashes, the shape shifter made a dash for the weary Seviper. Chimecho was in position, charging up energy for the Thunderbolt attack. When the shape shifter got close enough, he slammed into Seviper with a straight-armed punch, but stayed connected. An eerie silence followed for ten seconds. Then, an explosion was projected from the "Zangoose's" fist, sending Seviper flying right into Chimecho, Jessie, James, and Meowth! Team Rocket landed in their signature pile of defeat. The shape shifter changed back into his human form as well.
Ash shouted, "Okay! Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Pikachu ran up behind the stranger and charged up energy. "Piiiikaaa..." But before he could finish, the stranger whirled around and punched Pikachu back into Ash's arms!
"What cha do that for?! We were just going to get rid of them!" The stranger glared back at him and said, "Don't interfere." He then looked back at Team Rocket who were shivering in fright. "Hmmmm. I suppose I only have one more thing to say to you clowns."
Everyone listened with bated breath, wondering what his next move would be. Then, he shouted the verdict, "READY TO DIE?!"
He raised both hands straight out from his shoulders and formed a sphere of orange volatile energy in each of them and joined them together in front of him. A strange sound could be heard, the sound that is heard when a Pokemon is charging up energy for a Hyper Beam attack. By this time, Team Rocket had become hysterical, screaming and struggling to get out of the pile.
"If that is what I think it is, he's going to blast them with a Hyper Beam!" Max yelled. May said, "But won't that attack....." Brock shouted, "I think it is, too! That guy is gonna kill them!" At the sound of this, Ash ran off towards the mysterious madman. May screamed, "ASH! STOP! YOU'LL BE KILLED!" He didn't listen.
The moment came. The Hyper Beam attack was ready to fire. The madman shouted one last thing to his victims, "YOU'RE HISTORY!!!!!" With that said, he fired a massive blast towards Team Rocket! Just before the blast hit them, Ash body slammed the stranger from the side! "Wha!?" was the only thing he could say as he was knocked off balance by the brave hero. This altered the Hyper Beam's trajectory, causing it to veer off to the left, just narrowly missing the terrified Rockets. The blast flew into a mountain that was visible beyond the forest. The instant it hit, there was a bright flash and deafening explosion that lasted for 10 seconds, causing mass confusion for miles!
When the flash ended, Ash and the gang stared in shock at the mountain. A massive semicircular chunk had been drilled out of the side! Ash had fallen on his rear and was too frightened to get up. Team Rocket had managed to escape during the explosion and was nowhere to be found. The stranger was looming over Ash like a vulture who just found a corpse. His eyes were still filled with bloodlust.
Ash stuttered, "Wh-what are y-y-you?" The stranger answered, "XD-385."
She casually approached him and trying to sound like she was talking to no one in particular, she said, "Would you look at those beautiful stars! Oh, that one makes me want to make a wish."
This seemed to get EVERYONES' attention, as all four of the others looked to the sky. Brock spoke, "Well, why not?" Silently, they all made a wish. (I hope to get a girlfriend someday!) (I wish that I will discover a new specie of Pokemon!) (I want to win my next contest with flying colors!) (I want Ash to feel better.) Ash made the mistake of saying his wish out loud, "I wish she was here." Everyone stared at him, making him realize what he did.
May was about to say something when Brock spoke up, "Uh, guys? Why is that star turning red?" Max replied, "It must be a meteorite. They look like fireballs when they enter Earth's atmosphere." Ash looked up and his face went pale with horror. "Th-that meteor is coming right for us!"
Everyone went into a panic when they saw that the red star was getting steadily larger and ducked into the woods nearby. A moment later, there was a loud impact as the meteor barely overshot the campsite and "bounced" about half a mile down the road before coming to a stop. Ever the curious one, Ash led the team to it to check it out.
When they got to it, they found that the meteorite was made completely of metal and was surrounded by a puddle of water. "It looks like a part from a satellite." Max said. Brock let out a groan, "Does this mean my wish won't come true?!" May gave him a funny look and said, "Probably not." Max approached the pod and managed to climb onto the wreck. A large gash on the top allowed him to look inside. With a flashlight in hand, he began searching the inside. "There's nothing but ice in here. It must have been a cooling tank."
Out of the corner of his eye, Max thought he saw something move. He aimed the flashlight to it and saw something that seemed to be the same color as his own skin. Suddenly, an eye opened and stared directly at him! Max tumbled over backwards and ran back to the group while screaming in terror. When he reached them, he hid behind Brocks' legs.
May yelled, "What happened?!" Max stuttered, "Th-th-there's something in there, a-and it's alive! WAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! THERE!!! IT'S CLIMBING OUT!!!!!!"
When the gang looked at the pod, they were shocked to see what seemed to be a human hand reach out and grab the edge of the gash in the pod. What slowly climbed out, much to everyone's' disappointment, was what appeared to be some guy who did not seem much taller than Ash. He was heavily encrusted with ice and he slipped right off the smooth top, falling flat on his face.
Ash gave a weird look at Max and said, "THAT is what you were so afraid of?" Max's face turned red. "I swear! Something stared at me with a Sapphire blue eye! There's no way a human could survive being frozen like that!"
The gang heard a strange sound and noticed that Pikachu was growling deeply. He seemed to notice something about this stranger that no one else could. When the stranger climbed to his feet, Pikachu blasted him, without warning, with a Thunderbolt!
Ash was stunned. "Why did you do that?! He wasn't hurting anyone!" Brock shouted, "Wait a second, Ash. I don't think he was hurt." Ash looked and saw that the stranger had been de-iced and only seemed a little wobbly. He also noticed that he had a hood covering his head and all his clothes were green.
May shouted, "Sorry about that! Are you OK!?" There was no response. Instead, he lowered his hood, revealing his face. His eyes were sapphire blue and his hair was ruby red.
When he saw the children standing ahead of him, his first thoughts were, (Humans? Am I back on Earth?) He looked down and saw a Pikachu glaring at him. (He knows. I can change my appearance, but not my scent.) He then sensed human biosignatures 100 feet to his right, in the forest. He could also sense a Meowth with them. (Great. Have they found me already?)
Listening in, the stranger heard what sounded like the Meowth talking in English, "Hey Jess, that guy's looking dis way. You don't think he knows we're here, do ya?" A woman's voice replied, "Of course not. Now keep quiet, or he will hear us!" The stranger replied, "Too late! Now get out here! All three of you!"
Ash and the gang looked towards the area that the stranger had yelled at. Ash said, "All three of them? Don't tell me. It's....." Before he could finish, two humans dressed in white uniforms and black gloves and boots with a red R on their shirts and a Meowth jumped from the forest into view.
"Prepare for...." Before the woman could say anymore, the mysterious stranger said, "I don't care how you planned on finishing that sentence, but I do want to know what you want from me." Jessie looked pretty steamed that she had been cut off so early in saying the motto. May smirked, "Two words. It's a new record!" Jessie shouted, "Don't think I didn't hear that, twerp! Now hand over Pikachu, or this is going to get ugly!"
The stranger stepped between the two groups and faced Team Rocket. "Look. I can tell you guys are common criminals. I have no respect for your kind, but I'm willing to let you go. Now scram." Team Rocket looked at each other and laughed. The Meowth laughed, "Ha, the redhead don't know what he's up against!" James followed, "Yes, I suppose it would be best for us to show what a mistake it is to stand in the way of Team Rocket! Just remember, it's your funeral, twerp!"
"Go, Seviper, Dustox!" "Go, Cacnea, Chimecho!" As usual, Cacnea gave James a prickly hug when he was released. The stranger looked on with a smirk, (If that Cacnea likes that human that much, he must be very kind to him. Guess he's not so bad after all.) Ash got his attention and said, "Don't worry. We can handle them easily! You should get out of here." The stranger replied with a cold stare, "Actually, YOU should get out of here. I can fight on my own." Ash couldn't believe what he just heard.
"But....." The stranger faced Team Rocket and took a fighting stance. "Seviper, Poison Tail!" As the Seviper closed in for the strike, the stranger had a revelation. (Darn. I don't think I should reveal myself to these humans. I'll just have to fight like one.) He tried lifting his feet to run, but found that they were pinned to the ground with needles! Dustox had used Poison Sting to pin his boots to the ground. The Sevipers' Poison Tail slashed him across the chest and he responded with a fake shout since it really didn't hurt at all. "Looks like we have him against the ropes. Now then, Chimecho! Hold him steady with Disable!" The Chimecho lifted him into air and held him three feet off the ground.
James grinned, "See? You're all bark and no bite. Cacnea, use Needle Arm and send him into that!" The stranger looked to where James was pointing and saw a large rock formation. Cacnea was hesitant, but started winding up for the punch. As Cacnea prepared to slug him, Jessie made one last statement, "Let this be a lesson to you: don't make threats unless you can back them up!" With that, Chimecho released his mental grip on him and Cacnea slammed the stranger hard.
"GWWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" The stranger screamed as he was sent flying towards the rock formation and, to Ash and co's. horror, crashed right through it, causing it to bury him as it collapsed around him.
Ash was furious. "You.... You guys went too far! You didn't have to kill him!" Jessie laughed, "He was just an obstacle that needed to be removed. It was his own fault for putting his nose where it doesn't belong!" Ash reached for the Poke ball that contained Grovyle, but stopped abruptly.
Max shouted, "Come on, Ash! Aren't you going to battle them?!" Ash slowly replied, "Did you guys..... feel that?" Everyone noticed what he was talking about then. The air had become heavy. Just then, flocks of bird Pokemon flew away from the area in droves, as if they were fleeing a natural disaster. Max said grimly, "They're all flying away from this spot. That's NOT a good sign."
Everyone's gaze landed on the collapsed rock formation that had become the strangers' tomb. A low rumbling sound was coming from the formation and was steadily getting louder. Large cracks started to appear in the larger chunks. Suddenly, with a deafening roar, the tomb was obliterated! In the center was the Stranger, who stood unharmed. He was also surrounded by a red swirling aura. When he looked ahead at the two groups, they were shocked to see that his eyes had become the same shade of red as his hair! What was more; they were filled with an intense bloodlust.
"Hmph! Back for another burial, huh? Guess some people don't know when to stay down!" Jessie followed up with an order, "Dustox, finish him off with Poison Sting!"
"Duuuussstox!" The Dustox sent a flurry of poisonous darts flying at the stranger. Max exclaimed, "He's not running! He'll get hit!" The stranger coolly held out a hand as if to stop the attack. When the needles closed in, a powerful gust of wind blew them all right back at Dustox!
"TOOOXXXX!" Dustox was pinned to a tree with his own Poison Sting attack! Everyone stood there with their mouths hanging open in disbelief. This guy had stopped, no, REFLECTED a Poison Sting attack back at the user just by holding out his hand!
Jessie spoke up first, "Who, wh-what ARE you?!" The stranger grinned wickedly and replied, "What does it matter? I'm going to rip you guys apart."
With that said, the stranger raised his arm up and fired a stream of fire at the helpless Dustox! Jessie reacted quickly and returned Dustox to his Poke ball. The tree, however, was incinerated. It became obvious to everyone that this guy was brutal.
Ash couldn't put together how this human boy could do all that! "Just what is that guy!?" Brock said, "Don't know, but this is his fight now. We better not get in the way. If anything, he's on our side." Suddenly, the stranger ran at the Cacnea at shockingly high speed! One of his hands was enshrouded with frost and the other was covered in flames.
"Cacnea! Don't just stand there! Use Needle Arm!" Cacnea swung at the stranger, but he was too slow. The stranger was in his face before he even noticed. With a quick 1-2 combo, the stranger hit Cacnea with an icy cross and a flaming uppercut, sending Cacnea flying straight up. At the top, about 100 feet, the stranger moved at light speed up to Cacnea and slammed him down into the ground!
Before the stranger could continue pummeling his friend, James called Cacnea back into his Poke ball. The stranger then glared at James as if to say, "You're next." Just then, Seviper sunk his fangs into the strangers' shoulder from behind! The stranger just choked him to make him let go, then tossed him several feet away. As they locked eyes, the stranger felt a strange response deep inside him.
The stranger smirked, "There is only one way to properly deal with you. HAAAHHH!" When he yelled, the stranger became covered in a bright light. When the light disappeared, in his place was, with blue markings instead of pink, a Zangoose!
"WHHHHAAAAAA?! Dat guy turned into a Zangoose?! This don't make any sense!" Meowth couldn't help shouting when he saw that. Jessie grumbled, "It doesn't make any sense. But I don't have time to think about it. Seviper! Give him another Poison Fang!" Seviper made a lunge for the "Zangoose", but with speed far beyond any Zangoose, the shape shifter landed an earthshaking blow to Sevipers' neck! Seviper gagged and was giving a lighting fast barrage of punches. When he tried to counter with a Poison Tail attack, the shape shifter jumped 15 feet behind him and extended his claws. The shape shifter then began swinging his claws in rapid succession, creating a vacuum with each swing. The vacuums slashed away at Seviper, causing small cuts without drawing blood.
James came up with a clever idea. "Chimecho, hide behind Seviper and when that whateverheis closes in, hit him with a Thunderbolt." Chimecho replied with a happy, "Cho!" After 21 vacuum slashes, the shape shifter made a dash for the weary Seviper. Chimecho was in position, charging up energy for the Thunderbolt attack. When the shape shifter got close enough, he slammed into Seviper with a straight-armed punch, but stayed connected. An eerie silence followed for ten seconds. Then, an explosion was projected from the "Zangoose's" fist, sending Seviper flying right into Chimecho, Jessie, James, and Meowth! Team Rocket landed in their signature pile of defeat. The shape shifter changed back into his human form as well.
Ash shouted, "Okay! Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Pikachu ran up behind the stranger and charged up energy. "Piiiikaaa..." But before he could finish, the stranger whirled around and punched Pikachu back into Ash's arms!
"What cha do that for?! We were just going to get rid of them!" The stranger glared back at him and said, "Don't interfere." He then looked back at Team Rocket who were shivering in fright. "Hmmmm. I suppose I only have one more thing to say to you clowns."
Everyone listened with bated breath, wondering what his next move would be. Then, he shouted the verdict, "READY TO DIE?!"
He raised both hands straight out from his shoulders and formed a sphere of orange volatile energy in each of them and joined them together in front of him. A strange sound could be heard, the sound that is heard when a Pokemon is charging up energy for a Hyper Beam attack. By this time, Team Rocket had become hysterical, screaming and struggling to get out of the pile.
"If that is what I think it is, he's going to blast them with a Hyper Beam!" Max yelled. May said, "But won't that attack....." Brock shouted, "I think it is, too! That guy is gonna kill them!" At the sound of this, Ash ran off towards the mysterious madman. May screamed, "ASH! STOP! YOU'LL BE KILLED!" He didn't listen.
The moment came. The Hyper Beam attack was ready to fire. The madman shouted one last thing to his victims, "YOU'RE HISTORY!!!!!" With that said, he fired a massive blast towards Team Rocket! Just before the blast hit them, Ash body slammed the stranger from the side! "Wha!?" was the only thing he could say as he was knocked off balance by the brave hero. This altered the Hyper Beam's trajectory, causing it to veer off to the left, just narrowly missing the terrified Rockets. The blast flew into a mountain that was visible beyond the forest. The instant it hit, there was a bright flash and deafening explosion that lasted for 10 seconds, causing mass confusion for miles!
When the flash ended, Ash and the gang stared in shock at the mountain. A massive semicircular chunk had been drilled out of the side! Ash had fallen on his rear and was too frightened to get up. Team Rocket had managed to escape during the explosion and was nowhere to be found. The stranger was looming over Ash like a vulture who just found a corpse. His eyes were still filled with bloodlust.
Ash stuttered, "Wh-what are y-y-you?" The stranger answered, "XD-385."