To Surge's fury, Sabrina was amazingly calm, despite the threat he was proposing. Sabrina watched, her expression impassive as he advanced on her, nothing but impure thoughts on his mind. His massive hands grabbed her roughly by her shoulders. Sabrina looked up at him, allowing him to see her dark brown eyes. He watched as they narrowed at him. Surge was suddenly unable to move; his arms, legs, head, everything was frozen in position. He frantically tried to walk but remained still and unmoving. Sabrina withdrew herself from his grasp, a slight smile forming on her pale face. With a flick of her wrist, Surge flew across the room, still dressed in his boxers, his pants around his ankles. He hit the opposite wall with a loud thud and slid to the floor, unconscious. Sabrina's abilities differed from Ash and Gary's in that they were not derived from a pokemon. Sabrina had developed her powers on her own and was skillful at using telekinesis, moving objects, even as large as Surge, with her mind. Sabrina turned her attention to Blaine, who was busy trying to battle six of his pokemon against around twenty five of Team Rocket's. She quickly reached into the folds of her robes, pulling out her six of her own pokeballs. She tossed them into the battle, watching as her pokemon quickly joined Blaine's forces. Erika's pokemon, all grass type, were having little luck against Blaine's fire type, but the variety of other pokemon were keeping Blaine's pokemon in check. Even with the added help from Sabrina's psychic pokemon, Team Rocket managed to faint all but Sabrina's and Blaine's strongest pokemon. Sabrina's alakazam stood by her side, while Blaine's archanine growled at the Rockets. The Rockets formed a circle around them, blocking any means of escape. "Finish them off," Erika commanded her forces. All of the trainers cried a different attack at once. Blaine's eyes widened, his hope gone, and then he saw it. A little yellow pikachu pushed his way to the center of the circle. He scampered to Blaine's feet. "Pikachu get out of here," Blaine said, looking hurriedly at the opposing pokemon as they prepared to attack. "Chu," the pokemon said, stubbornly shaking his head. Blaine didn't have to understand pokemon speech to know what Pikachu was saying. He was as stubborn as his trainer. Pikachu glanced around the circle; the opposing pokemon stood glaring at him. He racked his brain for an attack that would wipe out the entire group in one shot, without knocking out Blaine and Sabrina at the same time. He smiled, remembering an attack Ash had taught him a year ago, Thunder Whip. Blaine watched as the yellow rodent powered up. Pikachu cried his name out and Blaine stood, amazed as twenty five or so thin bolts of lightening shot from Pikachu's body. Each bolt fastened itself around an opposing pokemon's neck, almost as if it were a lasso. The pokemon looked at the bolts, confused. They tried to pull away but the bolts only tightened painfully. Blaine looked on, amazed at the yellow rodent's attack. The pokemon began to panic, rearing up on their hind legs, frantically trying to free themselves. Even though the bolts were still attached to Pikachu, he didn't seem to be feeling the sharp tugs the pokemon were giving the bolts. Blaine watched as Pikachu's eyes glinted maliciously and a small grin formed on it's furry face. Without warning electricity quickly made it's way down each of the bolts and electrocuted all of the pokemon around the circle. The room began to smell of burnt skin as the electricity coursed through each of the pokemon's bodies. When the electricity subsided, all the pokemon lay fainted on the floor. The bolts of lightening disappeared as quickly as they had come. Erika and the trainer's looked at their pokemon, horrified. They slowly began to back away from Pikachu, who was now scratching the back of his ear with a paw. In almost one motion they all turned and began to run from the room. When Pikachu saw this he snapped back to attention. He released a powerful thunder bolt, and the entire group fell to the floor, unconscious. Blaine's jaw dropped and Sabrina raised an eyebrow. Single handedly Pikachu had taken out almost twenty-five pokemon and ten humans. Recovering from his surprise Blaine said, "We have to go help the others." ~*~*~ Richie rolled quickly to his right, the heat from Lorna's charizard's flame- thrower attack causing him to sweat. The spot of grass he had just been occupying burst into flame as the charizard's attack hit it. He quickly grabbed a pokeball and released his only water pokemon before the charizard could aim another attack at him. A wartortle appeared in front of him, ready for battle. "So you want to battle, dear Richard?" Lorna asked, a smile on her face. "Wartortle, hydro pump," Richie commanded the small turtle pokemon. Wartortle released it's strongest attack on the charizard, who, to Richie's dismay, wasn't phased at all. "That was cute," Lorna jeered. "Now it's my turn. Charizard, slash!" The charizard lunged at Wartortle, her sharp claws ready to slash him to pieces. "Withdraw!" Richie cried. The charizard roared angrily as her claws bounced harmlessly off of Wartortle's hard shell. "I'm tired of this," Lorna said. "Charizard, crush it." Richie watched in horror as the huge pokemon lifted one of her gigantic feet and stomped down on Wartortle. When she lifted her foot, the water pokemon lay crushed, his shell split in two. "Wartortle!" Richie cried, running to his fallen pokemon. After a moment he looked up at Lorna, his face contorted with rage. "You killed him." Lorna simply shrugged. Not too far away the battle between Misty, Brock and Koga's forces had stopped,. They all stood, watching the standoff between Richie and Lorna. Everyone, including the Team Rocket members, was in shock; no one had ever seen a pokemon kill before. "You bitch!" Richie said, angrily lunging at Lorna. Her charizard quickly swung her tail, knocking Richie to the ground. She placed her massive foot on top of his chest, pinning him down. Lorna turned to Misty and Brock. "Recall your pokemon and give them to Koga, or my charizard will crush him." As if to prove her point the charizard pressed harder on Richie, causing him to groan. "Don't do it!" Richie told them. He cried out as the charizard applied more pressure to his chest. Misty and Brock exchanged unsure glances as they looked around the courtyard. They knew they were fighting a losing battle; half of their pokemon were already fainted. They simply didn't have enough people or pokemon to fight back. Sighing, Misty recalled her pokemon and handed them to Koga. Brock reluctantly did the same thing. "Tie them up," Lorna commanded. Blaine, Sabrina, and Pikachu rushed through the large hole in the wall, ready to battle. They stopped short upon seeing a charizard standing on Richie, and Team Rocket members tying Brock and Misty's hands behind their backs. "Newcomers," Lorna said. "Don't try anything or my charizard will flatten him into the grass." Blaine and Sabrina stood helplessly as two Rockets came and tied them up also. Pikachu stood still, unable to think of an attack that would take out the charizard without hurting Richie. Lorna smiled wickedly. "Looks like you lose Richard," she said, looking down at him. "Even as we speak, more of Gary's army are storming the mansion. It's over." ~*~*~ Ash had only just avoided being hit with Gary's first attack. For awhile both Ash and Gary remained silent, neither talked or used his powers. "So," Gary said, breaking the silence. "How did you like my disable attack?" Ash glared into the darkness, then powered up, releasing a thunder wave towards the sound of Gary's voice. The attack hit the wall harmlessly. "That's what I love about my powers," Gary taunted. "I can sense where you are, but you have no clue where I am." Ash was suddenly overcome by a wave of dizziness. Sensing this, Gary used it to his advantage. He powered up, a large silver glow forming around him. Before Ash even had a chance to react, Gary sent a psychic at him. Unable to even standup straight, Ash was hit full on by the attack. He flew backwards, towards the gym wall. Lorna had just tied Richie up when a loud crash made everyone in the courtyard look towards the mansion. They watched as a man crashed through the wall and slid across the grass, finally skidding to a stop a good distance from them. Gary climbed through the hole Ash had made when his psychic attack sent him flying through the wall. When Misty realized the man lying on the ground was Ash, her stomach dropped. But then, she and the other's watched, amazed, as he slowly struggled to his knees. For a moment Gary faltered. "How are you still alive?" Ash slowly stood up, shaking his head to clear it. "I hit you with a full power psychic!" Gary said in disbelief. Ash shrugged. "Let's see how cocky you are when I can see you to attack you." Gary sneered, although it was obvious some of his confidence was gone. The two men began to circle one another, oblivious to all the people who stood watching. Ash flipped away from a psybeam Gary suddenly launched at him. The attack hit a tree with enough force to knock it over. Ash countered with a thunder bolt, but Gary teleported out of the way. To all who watched, the fight could be compared to a battle between gods. Ash and Gary quickly shot attacks at one another, each more powerful than the one before. Nature itself seemed angry, for as they fought, dark storm clouds began to form in the sky. Everyone was so enraptured by the fight, no one noticed a figure climb over the courtyard walls and begin to sneak stealthily towards the crowd. Misty discreetly tried to loosen the ropes that bound her hands. All eyes were on the fight between Ash and Gary, giving her leeway to slowly back away from the group. She was taken by surprise when a hand suddenly covered her mouth, muffling the scream that emitted from her lips. She was dragged behind a group of trees, out of the sight of her enemies and friends. Misty struggled to free herself from the newfound threat. She was turned around and found herself face to face with a young man with short spiked black hair, a red sweatband wrapped around his head. Her eyes widened in surprise as he slowly removed his hand from her mouth. "Tracey?" she hissed in disbelief. He smiled timidly and turned her around to untie her hands. "What are you doing here?" she asked, astonished, looking over her shoulder. "Ash called Professor Oak and told him what was going on. When I found out, I realized what an ass I had been. I rounded up trainers from Pallet and came to help," Tracey explained as he finished untying her. She turned to face him, gingerly rubbing her wrists. "There are way to many Rockets. Even with the added help of Pallet Town trainers, we'll never be able to stop them." Tracey broke into a grin. "I made a few calls before I came. When people found out what was going on they were more than willing to help." "So how many people do you have?" Misty asked. "About one hundred fifty." Misty looked at him in surprise. "Where are they?" "Outside, waiting for my signal," Tracey told her, looking pleased at her reaction. Misty gave him a hug. "I'm glad you're back. I couldn't believe it when you and Ash stopped talking." He looked at the ground. "That was my fault. I ruined our relationship, and he never did anything to me but be my friend." Misty looked at him sympathetically. "Tracey, you've known Ash for years. He's very forgiving. I bet he'll be glad you want to reconcile." "Where is he?" Tracey asked. A moment later a thunder bomb crashed into a tree a few yards away from them. They both stared at the spot where the tree had stood moments before. "Was that from ?" Tracey asked, his eyes fixed on the smoldering crater that now occupied the place of the tree. "No," Misty told him. "That was Ash." "Ash?" Tracey repeated, confused. "Wait here," Misty said. "I'll go get Brock." Tracey watched as she snuck from behind the trees. Placing her hands behind her back so as not to alert any casual onlooker, Misty resumed her position next to Brock. They stood near the back, out of the view of most of the Rockets. Brock looked at her, his eyebrows raised. "Where did you go?" he whispered. "Be quiet and follow me," she ordered. Once they were safely behind the trees Misty dropped her hands and began to untie Brock. "What's going on?" Brock asked, confused as to how Misty had freed herself. "Brock look who's back," Misty said as she finished untying him. He turned to see Tracey standing behind him. "What are you doing here?" Brock asked. "I came to help," Tracey told him. Brock looked him over suspiciously. After a moment, Brock apparently he decided he could trust him, because he turned to Misty saying, "What's the plan?" Misty explained about the trainers Tracey had rounded up. "Well," Brock said, after hearing the news. "Send about a hundred to the front of the mansion, Lorna said more of Gary's forces were attacking." Misty nodded. "Yes and with the help of the rest of the trainers, we may be able to take out Koga and Lorna's forces." "But Koga has our pokemon," Brock pointed out. "Actually," Tracey said, interrupting. He grinned as he pulled twelve miniaturized pokeballs from his pockets. Misty and Brock raised their eyebrows. "Tracey shrugged. "What can I say? I'm an amateur pickpocket." He pulled a few bottles from his pockets after handing them their pokeballs. "I brought some potion for you guys too." "Wow," Brock said. "You sure came prepared." "I'll go tell the trainers the plan," Tracey said. They watched as he jogged to the courtyard wall and climbed over. Ash and Gary were both ready to launch another attack at each other, one glowing silver, the other gold, when a loud shout caught both their attentions. Ash watched in fascination as he realized the shout was a battle cry, and about fifty trainers had just attacked the Rockets. Gary frowned when he saw his troops being attacked, but returned his attention to his adversary, whom he was pleased to see was still watching the fight. Gary smiled, ready to use Ash's distraction to his advantage. Gary was already powered up so he launched a psychic at him. Ash didn't see the attack coming until it was too late. For the second time that day a psychic hit him, and he felt himself be flung painfully to the ground. He lay on the ground dazed for awhile, then sat up, his head spinning. Gary stood, not far from him, a triumphant look upon his face. "What do you think, Ash? One more psychic should finish you off." Ash didn't say anything, but he knew Gary was right. Another hit like the last one could very well kill him. Ash tried to get up, but he only made it to his knees before another wave of dizziness from Gary's disable overcame him. He watched, helpless as Gary released another psychic. "No!" Ash heard a voice cry. Before he knew what was happening, a man had jumped in front of Ash, shielding him from the attack. Gary's attack blew the man backwards, off his feet, and Ash caught him. He looked at the young man's face in disbelief. "Tracey?" he asked. A numbness came over him as he looked at his mortally wounded friend. "Why did you do that?" Ash said, horrified at the sacrifice Tracey had just made. "Without you," Tracey began weakly. "Gary will win. Only you can stop him." He grimaced in pain. "I'm sorry for everything Ash." "It's okay Tracey. I forgive you," Ash told him. With that, Tracey's body fell limp, and Ash gently laid his dead body on the ground. The gathering storm clouds finally burst open as Ash stood up, anger building in his very core. The rain poured down, trickling down his face and flattening his ebony hair to his head. The rain began to soak through Gary's clothes and a small shudder ran down his spine, not from the could, but from fear. His enemy glared at him, the expression on his face so calm it was unnerving. "This ends now, Gary," Ash said, his voice low and deadly. The sky was suddenly lit up as a bolt of lightening cut through it, followed closely by a loud crash of thunder. The rain poured down, soaking all who fought in the courtyard. Once they were joined by the extra trainers, the fought quickly turned against Team Rocket. By working to together more than half of the Rockets' pokemon were fainted. Misty was the first to see it. Shining bright among the dark clouds, hovered a glowing golden ball that grew in size as she watched. Pikachu looked up and he flattened his ears to his head in awe. It was only when the little pokemon uttered, "Pikapi," did Misty realize that the glowing ball was none other than Ash himself. The fight began to quell as others began to notice what was going on above them. They stood, rain sliding down their faces, watching and waiting to see what would happen. Gary stood, ready to teleport if necessary. He had no idea what Ash was up too. He wiped his soaked face with his sleeve and continued to look up, watching as the golden glow surrounding Ash continued to grow larger. Suddenly Gary understood exactly what Ash was doing. He was drawing power from the electric energy in the clouds. Gary's eyes widened as he realized that this attack would be similar to the one a Team Rocket Headquarters, except on a much larger scale. He quickly prepared to teleport, but it was too late. An enormous lightening bolt shot at him, moving so quickly he had no chance of escape. Misty watched as the bolt of lightening , which was wider than Gary himself, struck him. The entire courtyard was illuminated by the light and everyone shielded their eyes, the brightness too much to take. Still keeping her eyes shaded, Misty looked up at Ash, who was slowly descending from the clouds, but still concentrating on his attack. When Ash's feet gently touched the ground the attack stopped. Both men fell to the ground, Ash unconscious and Gary dead. All was quiet for a moment as everyone stood frozen in place, shocked. Then slowly, some of the Rocket's tentatively neared Gary's charred body. His skin was black from electrical burns and the smell of cooked meat lingered around him. Misty ran to Ash's side. He was unconscious, but otherwise unhurt. The rain began to taper off, and the dark storm clouds dissipated, allowing the warm sunlight to break through and shine down upon the scene. A/N: It's almost done everyone. I'm actually feeling a bit sad. Because ff.net was down, I would be sure that you read the chapter before this before starting this one, you may have missed me uploading it. Ok, please review... on with the story.