Taking a few deep breaths, Ash calmed himself down. He had to think, and not rush to a conclusion on what to do . Somehow, the three other pokemon, Giratina, Palkia and Dialga were fighting each other... but why was two of them teaming up... unlikely allies... there was clearly something wrong with this.

Kartana knew what to do, how to destroy him, his hopes... his dreams... and of course it knew how to kill... Kartana knew that Ash had no chance of escaping, for of course, he had what he needed, it was hard to think how all his rewards, his possible way of defeating Ash, from achieving infinite fame was all in the hands of one girl. Kartana couldn't help but to laugh... humans can get so touchy with things like this.

Kartana couldn't help but to feel a gigantic iceberg lift of its body, it was happy that there was no way Ash was going to be slipping from his hands anymore, the ultra beasts would be given more rewards by their master and of course, Kartana would hopefully get rewarded the most for being the leader.

It could detect the fear in the boy... Ash's eyes as he lift Serena up, who was in some sort of coma like state and held one of its arms, or blades, to her throat. The meaning, Kartana was mentioning was rather clear. Of Ash was to do anything stupid, there goes someone's life. Someone who he liked... wanted... needed... would be gone or in a split second.

Of course, Ash knew this and what he knew did not help him, but made him even more frightened. Somehow, Necrozma needed him, to do what? To kill him, to torture him... that was possible, but he had a feeling he needed him for something else, and of course he wished perhaps he could talk to Giratina about it or at least someone else... and yet all he could do here was to sigh in despair about how he had failed her again... failed to even be able to do anything. How he had promised he would do something to prove himself, and yet he had not done so... what had he learnt? He had failed to even attempt to stop Necrozma, he had failed to even do well in the legends league and it was unlikely he would win it after the restart, even if he somehow did very well, unless he could find a better way and somehow convince himself to do something useful for once... and of course, there was still hope... Ash hadn't learnt anything important, but he did learn something, for example the a altar and its power's, everything that he knew was stuck in his head, the feeling the legendary Pokemon had even first ever defeating Necrozma, perhaps he could use it to calm Giratina, Palkia and Dialga down... and something's like how the future would be like... it was almost like as if he remembered but somehow couldn't form a string... he somehow couldn't link them together. He knew all the events he had seen, but from a different perspective. It was almost like as if you were getting information from a book, you could feel really close to a character but you aren't the person though Ash knew he was... the boy and past Ash seemed to be bizarre characters in his head, even though he was them...

Of course, the only way out was to hand himself to Necrozma, but of course it was unlikely that Necrozma would treat him pokemon very well, which was bad and he didn't care if he died, but he did care if he let the world or at least some of his pokemon down.

As if able to read minds, Kartana sent a flurry of sounds to Ash, of which said.

"If you hand yourself over, we promise we won't hurt any of your pokemon..." Kartana said, though Ash knew it was another one of those lies, he had fallen for them countless amounts of time and won't do again, this was too stupid to even believe in, for it was pure words of a crazy person, of Necrozma who obviously would enjoy watching Ash's pokemon suffer. Yet, perhaps, only perhaps if he had one of these legendary Pokemon to help him, how good would that be? He could easily do anything and succeed in this realm, but again, Giratina, Dialga and Palkia were fi*ting with such intensity it was hard to stop them. Ash had tried to talk to Giratina when it flew over Ash's head, trying to recreate the feeling of how they communicated using their minds, and how he found he couldn't do it as the Pokemon was simply far too angry to be spoken to and instead sent back a mixture of disorientating noises that made Ash fall to his knees and rub his head. Eventually, that feeling stopped and he was, well, where he is now!

Ash felt like as if there was another way, but he couldn't found his way through it, it was like a door locked with a key, and the key was somewhere hidden in his thoughts and worlds he came to, in the past, future or present. This was, however, absolutely damaging as the more he thought of it, the more he felt like as if he was getting dragged deeper into a dark hole!

Unfortunately, he could never seem to grasp the final bit in his mind, and never was able to even achieve some balance of thoughts in his head... he was getting more and more dragged deeper into a dark hole, that he swore was the darkness and void in his head, from the deepest of evil thoughts and regiments of. Necrozma's confusion in his head, making his succumb randomly to phrases of darkness, only to get better when he had finally experienced the past future and present, perhaps he had managed to get himself healed through the rapid procession of time in the future!

There was one more way... and that was that he find a way to pause time and attempt to travel in space, with a possibility that somehow if Dialga and Palkia generated enough energy with their attacks, they would they would teleport him in time, hopefully not so dramatic this time so that perhaps he could end up in a slightly more future version of the world and work things out from here...

The chances of that happening was minimal, for it was unlikely the three pokemon would form some sort of unity that allowed Ash to travel successfully. Assessing his options, he found that the one seeking Giratina, Dialga and Palkia's help was the most likely... but how?

Ash remembered that day when Necrozma was first defeated, his body shattering in many shards that had turned to out to be little crystal... Ash remembered something like that... but couldn't grasp what... then, he remembered Giratina, Palkia and Dialga that day, for once united into a trio, unlike what was happening. Ash did not know how or why Dialga and Palkia seemed to team in some sort of way, which was just as likely as striking a mountain from its tip and sending the whole mountain collapsing... of course possible if you were some sort of legendary Pokemon but unlikely.

Kartana's patience was lessening, and Kartana was not going to wait any longer for a decision. He chose to attack, perhaps he could scare some sense into this boy, Ash!

It came tumbling downwards, sky rocketing from the position where it was and plummeting towards Ash, Pikachu, who was in Ash's lap, screeching in alarm and Buzzwole managed a quick blocking move to attempt to protect Ash, but seemed to have stood at the wrong place, and Kartana's blade came whooshing past it, and tumbling directing into Ash, instantly killing him.., no, wait, in fact the blade dissolved into sand the moment it reached Ash, somehow it master was getting impatient, it was going to come in itself...

But first, Necrozma needed a gateway and somehow the gate was closed at that moment in time... in space... and it was hoping for Dialga and Palkia's powers to open it up for it. Fortunately, the injured Kartana got sent bounding backwards and somehow it's hand generated into something just the same length width with perhaps a slightly newer polish, it was hard to tell from the light, but still the same shape and the same arm as before!

"Dialga, Palkia... are you stupid enough to continue fighting with a world at risk?" Asked Ash, rage building up in it, knowing how all the work all pokemon had done to keep Necrozma contained was about to be unravelled in seconds as the gate opens.

This momentarily paused them for a second but to Ash's suprise and fear, they started, all three of them started attacking him as well! This, was taken with great caution and Pikachu immediately iron tailed a few attacks at random, whilst dodging some larger ones. Some attacks went the ultra beasts way and shot a few of them. However, as this was happening, the changes in the void was evident, something was slowly shining it up...

"Pikachu, stop! You're only helping Necrozma!" Ash commanded and Pikachu listened... however, Giratina, Dialga and Palkia did not stop and the tear was only getting bigger and bigger! Fortunately, they eventually ran out of might stand started firing slowly, and returned to fighting each other after Giratina accidentally hit Dialga with a blast.

Still though, this disorder has caused some unrest in the wave of ultra beasts and Ash knew he could hopefully at least help rescue her... he had done it before and knew how to do it again. If laws of physics were starting to get stronger and stronger, that meant that it was harder to stay afloat in air, especially if you are an ultra beast that needs to carry of bunch of other stuff like extra claws fingers etc as well. This also meant that acceleration was speeding up, for he didn't see why it was impossible for that to happen, as the shadow realm normally didn't have acceleration and everything would start and stop on your will. This meant that if Ash was quick enough, he could perhaps drag her back and then find a way out!

He had to be quick, or else if the unrest was too big, then they might simply be obliterated in spot! He first sent out some fire type pokemon, and then ordered some of his more bird like Pokemon to flap the flames and smoke closer towards the ultra beasts. Normally, these stunts were impossible as the shadow realm was simply not made to suite this. However, though, Ash could see this was somewhat working! Also, Kartana was probably wondering why his blade wasn't sinking into Ash, Ash had no idea why but the sudden moment of terror sunk some ideas into him (sort of but not really).

Then he noticed it! The ground was somehow... more ground like and somehow he was in the air... the warp and the shadow realm was about to collide and immediately combine with the over world, like a overlaying image suddenly able to be see through... all three overlaying dimensions were seeable in a second and he was in the middle of three worlds, that were slowly... shifting to full each other's position, like a photo on top of another photo, except the phots were see through... Ash vaguely reconsider the PAIN complex... and yes, something like a crystal in the middle powering it... hopefully the future had the past in it, especially when the PAIN complex didn't change much, according the the person all this time!

However, though, Ash was more focused on the present right now! With a mighty sigh of relief and hope, he jumped onto Buzzwole, which top off at lightning speed, accelerating at extreme levels, only seen in the warp, the over world wind blowing Ash's face, and before he knew it, he had Serena on his back, and somehow smashed into a group of weakening ultra beasts who weren't made or used to the merging of the three layers of reality, the past present and future and also the colours they were seeing. Then, Ash noticed this too... he felt... sick and all the energy was gone from him. He was sea sick, almost, his mind screaming at him, and he understood why the ultra beasts didn't even fight back... they were just as sick as he was... the merging of the three layers created a temporary distort in the mind that confused and heated the human brain, making all creatures that were alive or at least nearly all scream in pain. Even if Ash survived, it was too late, surely no one else would survive?

Then, a gigantic warp hole formed and before he knew it, Ash and everything was being sucked into it, even Giratina, Dialga and Palkia were succumbing to their own powers, and hopefully, this tool them back to somewhere safe and sound, and Ash felt an eerie sense of peace... he knew that even if he did die, at least he had his pokemon pals and a friend with him... Ash also had himself... at least he knew that perhaps there was still hope... and that he might not die... though he doubted it...

Then, he found himself in the skies of the overworld... no, the overlapping layers of the three dimensions, and he found he was in the air...