Hi! Part 8 is finally up! What happens to Brock and Misty? Oh yeah, just in case you haven’t noticed yet, “” is speech, () is pokémon speech, and ** is thoughts.

Ash smiled wickedly, staring at the beach. That should have taught Team Rocket not to try to capture Articuno again. Life should be more peaceful around here for a while.

Misty’s point of view…

“What? You failed to capture the legendary bird?” asked Giovanni, face red with rage. “Yes sir.” Said Misty meekly. “We were ambushed by pokémon in the water and on the shore.” “In the air too.” Said Sabrina, making a face. “Our helicopter was wrecked by a Charizard, a Fearow, and a Pidgeot.
Giovanni looked like he was going to kill them all, he was that mad. Misty shuddered; she’d heard stories of people that were put to death because they did not accomplish what Giovanni intended. Fortunately, Giovanni calmed down in a moment. Very well. We shall try a different approach this time. We will send all the troops we can manage-about 50-60 members under you four. That should do it.
Ash groaned as he watched the scene through his magic mirror. He wasn’t sure that between him and his pokémon, they would be able to take on 50-60 trainers plus the four gym leaders. “I’ll need the help of my siblings.” Said Ash. He knelt down and held out his amulet while he chanted “spirits of fire, ice and thunder, spirits of rainbow, water, and plant. Please answer the cry of your little brother, and together these troubles we will get past.” In an instant, all 6 legendaries were in front of Ash, streaks of multicolored light flashing from their wings. Articuno, glinting silvery-blue. Zapdos, tawny gold. Moltres, fiery red. Honou (ho-oh), rainbow lights. Lugia, dark blue-green. And the rarest of them all, Serebi (Celebi) with the grass-green shade.
“I need your help.” Said Ash softly. “Team Rocket is trying to capture all of you. I know it is not my duty to protect you, but you can’t hold your own against that many trainers, many of them are equipped with master balls which would catch you in an instant. Therefore, brothers, I implore you to transmit some of your power to me and each of my pokémon so we can protect you.”
One by one all of the legendary pokémon nodded and the light around them dimmed a little. In contrast, Ash and his pokémon all glowed with a faint aura of power. “Is that enough?” asked Moltres. “Yes, thank you.” Said Ash. “ I will work to my utmost to ensure that none of you is captured by Team Rocket.” Satisfied with his answer, the legendary birds all left. The three titans to their respective islands, Lugia to its home beneath the sea, and Honou and Serebi to the land beyond the rainbow.
Ash sighed. He had a few hours to prepare before Team Rocket would arrive. He immediately called his pokémon. “Okay, listen up. Charizard, Pidgeot, Fearow, and Beedrill. You are guarding the air. Lapras, Squirtle, Poliwrath, Delphinis, and Vaporeon are guarding the sea. Eevee, Tauros, Bulbasaur, Sandshrew, and Haunter are guarding the beach. Spirita, Pikachu, and the rest of my pokémon are guarding the cave that Articuno lives in. Attack Team Rocket when you see them. Do you understand?” The pokémon all nodded and set off to their respective posts.
Ash reached for his amulet and transformed. Then he flew up into the cave to watch the action. He hadn’t counted on one thing though. Gary Oak had joined Team Rocket and was approaching Ice Island along with Misty, Brock, and 20 other rockets in an armored submarine.
“Water pokémon approaching,” said Gary, who was watching the view through a window. “I see a Lapras, Squirtle, Poliwrath, Vaporeon, and something I haven’t seen before. It looks like a dolphin.” “Fire the electric ray.” Said Brock. A Rocket immediately ran over to the weapons system and fired several hundred volts of electricity at the approaching pokémon.
Squirtle immediately withdrew into its shell. Vaporeon put on her acid armor. Poliwrath, being part fighting type, was unaffected by electricity. Lapras and Delphinis both surrounded themselves with shields of ice. They waited for the electricity to reach them…and it did. Squirtle flipped out of the water along with Vaporeon. Poliwrath threw a fissure attack at the bolt of electricity as Lapras and Delphinis shot out ice beams. Squirtle and Vaporeon used recover and in a few seconds they had landed in the ocean again, safe and sound.
“What? No damage? That’s impossible!” cried Misty. “These are water pokémon! They should be weak against electricity!” *Fire Thunder Freeze attack now!”* Said Ash telepathically as he watched the scene. All five water pokémon immediately fired of electricity mixed with ice at the submarine, which froze it solid. The sub started sinking and Ash decided not to bother with it anymore. He turned his attention to the aerial attacks going on.
While the water pokémon had been attacking the sub, Charizard, Fearow, Pidgeot, and Beedrill were attacking the rockets on hang gliders. Rocket after rocket was falling into the sea, and Ash was watching the scene with satisfaction. Bulbasaur, Eevee, Sandshrew, Tauros, and Haunter had destroyed the few that had landed on the beach.
Ash grinned, then stiffened as Misty threw an ice beam at a sandshrew, freezing it solid. “Sandshrew, return.” Said Ash. *Bulbasaur and Eevee are tired out and Haunter’s been K.O. ‘d by Psychic pokémon. I’ll have to take matters into my own hands. * Ash silently jumped down from the cave entrance and spread his wings. Ash he dropped he prepared his aeroblast attack.
“Look out!” cried Sabrina as she sensed something falling from above. All the rockets looked up as Ash silently cursed. *Aeroblast!* Beams of white light shot from his eyes wiping out most of the rockets. Blaine, Misty, and a few rockets were still standing but Brock and Sabrina were dead. *Thunder.* Blaine and Misty dodged but Gary suddenly ran up and pushed Misty in front of him so she took the full brunt of the Thunder attack. She immediately dropped like a stone.
*Misty! * cried Ash internally but he could not say anything out loud. As Gary and 2 other rockets took advantage of Ash’s distraction and escaped, Ash flew down to Misty and said softly “I love you Misty I always have. I’ll find a way to get revenge on Gary, just you wait!” Misty remained still so Ash checked for a pulse. There was none. There was a heartbeat of silence followed by a cry of anguish that reverberated throughout the islands.
A lone figure stood on the peak of Ice Island. It’s wings caught the light of the setting sun and blazed brilliant gold. With tears in its eyes it swore “I will get revenge on you Gary, just you wait. One day you will be helpless before me and I will show you no mercy. Until that day comes…” Then the figure strode towards the cave on the center of the island.

Info! New PKMN: Delphinis- a light blue dolphin with silver patches infront of its fins and on its tail. Water/Ice type. Very rare, Ash caught his near Ice Island.

Thunder Freeze-An attack! Electricity surrounds target and then freezes into ice.
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