Rain continued to pour. Miette continued to run.

"Pika!" Pikachu, who now looked okay at first sight, continued to bound in front of Miette, with a panicked expression.

"We already know were their base is. We need to get Serena and Ash out and then stop this once and for all" Miette spoke inbetween sharp breaths, struggling to keep her balance as she kicked mud into the air with each step. 

They came up to a small path leading to the cave and met opposition almost instantly. 

"My my, one of Ash's very own crushes, right on our doorstep" Elizabeth hopped off the branch she sat on and landed by the tree, her Greninja appearing out of nowhere. "Why don't you leave this region before you get into too much trouble"

"Where is Ash and Serena?" Miette ignored Elizabeth's remarks and skipped straight to the questions.

"I can't give you that information, I will have to remove you myself" Elizabeth straightened up and glanced over at her Greninja. 

Pikachu lost his patience and acted on his own. Within seconds he was slamming his tail in the face of Greninja, the tail of Pikachu coated in iron. Pikachu immediately spun round, so he was facing the Greninja and then flipped, slamming his iron tail down once more. There was so much power behind it, that Greninja fainted on impact. Pikachu was not messing around.

"Pika!" Pikachu looked up at Elizabeth, anger in his eyes.

"Oh how cute, his Pokemon is getting upset" Elizabeth crouched down and smiled. "We could use a Pokemon like you on our team, such courage and strength..."

"You leave Pikachu alone" Miette warned Elizabeth, who just grinned.

"No Pokemon would ever hurt a human on purpose, I can do what I want" She replied coldly. 

Miette lost it and within two steps, she had her open palm in Elizabeth's face, slapping her so hard she done a momentary corkscrew and landed in the mud. Miette grabbed Elizabeth's hair and puled her face up, which was now full of mud.

"Are you going to tell me or are we going to have trouble. For years I have held in anger, I didn't see the need to react" Miette was so angry and Elizabeth continued to prod the bear with a stick.

"But since it is about the one you like, you have to be angry to save him, right?" She replied smartly, making Miette freeze. "Oh, did I hit a nerve?" She continued, before pushing Miette into the mud. Elizabeth got up and grabbed her pokeball. "Shall we settle this like Pokemon trainers or little kids?"

"I thought you would never ask" Miette replied, wiping the mud from her face. 

"Although I doubt your Slurpuff is much of a competition" Elizabeth commented while throwing her pokeball, another Greninja coming out. 

"Slurpuff isn't my choice, you see, there is something that Ash said a while ago" Miette replied. Then, she recalled Ash's words. "If anyone desperately needs any Pokemon, then you can borrow some of mine, is what Ash said" Miette knew that quote wasn't exact, but she had took him up on his offer. "Torterra, do this for Ash!" 

Torterra came crashing out of his pokeball and confusingly turned to Miette, who looked at Torterra and hoped. 

"Ash is in trouble, I need your help to save him!" Miette pleaded, hoping Torterra would listen straightaway. The nod Torterra gave was enough. Ok. Miette thought. Professor Oak gave me a list of his moves, I have been over them so I should be able to do this. 

"Greninja, water pulse" Elizabeth didn't seem phased by the huge Torterra that had just crushed half the trees around the cave. 

"Torterra, energy ball!" Miette focused hard, hoping she had remembered the moves right. Torterra executed the move with ease. As its mouth opened, the green ball of energy formed around its mouth and the ball was fired off at Greninja. Miette sighed with relief and watched as the energy ball cut straight through the water pulse and smashed into Greninja, a super effective move. 

"Torterra, leaf storm!" Miette continued, watching on as the leaves on the small tree that sat on Torterra's back began to glow. The leaves span around the tree, the wind picking up around them until they shot off in a large group at the grounded Greninja. Each leaf smashed into Greninja, overwhelming the Kalos starter. It was too much damage and Greninja fainted. 

"So quick, no matter I have-" Elizabeth reached for her second Pokeball as she spoke, but when she looked forward, Miette was in her face. Miette slapped the pokeball from Elizabeth's hand and scowled.

"No matter how many Pokemon you have with you, I will get what I want. They are inside, aren't they?" 

"So what if they are?" Elizabeth scowled back.

Miette decided not to waste any time and it was almost like Eevee and Slurpuff had read Miette's mind, because they slammed into Elizabeth, tackling her to the floor. 

"Ok, Pikachu, I will need you to thunderbolt as we get inside" Miette turned to Pikachu, who wasn't moving. "Pikachu?" She asked.

"Pi-ka?" Pikachu replied slowly, cocking his head to one side. Then, the lightning struck once more and Pikachu let out a discharge of electricity so big, it shocked evertyone around them and caused and EMP, shutting down the electronics in the hidden base. 

As the ground shook, Ash knew they was being rescued.

"Serena" Ash whispered, shaking Serena, who was sleeping on his shoulder still. She lifted her head quickly. 

"Huh, what?" She asked, red faced. 

"I think someone is here to get us. We need to try and get out and help them against Tea-"

Ash stopped speaking as the lights in the area went out. Everything went black.

"The storm?" Serena asked, shivering with fright. 

"No...That could have been Zekrom...or..." Ash's eyes widened as he realized what was going on. "Pikachu!" 

Ash pressed his hands against the wall and followed the perimeter of the cave, until he could feel the coldness of the iron bars. 

"We can't just open the door, right?" Serena asked as the ground shook once more.

They both stood against the iron doors, the cuff tightly around their wrists. After a moment or two, Ash could see blue hair in the shadows. 

"Miette?" He whispered, grabbing Serena'as attention.

"Ash, Serena!" Miette sprinted up to the door and put the key in, before closing it. 

"How did you get down without anyone seeing?" Ash asked, as he slowly left the cage, still feeling relatively tired. 

"There was a few distractions and shocking revelations" Miette replied, shruggling. "Many areas are being overwhelmed by dark Pokemon, it is spreading like a disease." 

"So, what now?" Ash asked, scratching his chin.

"We need to get as far away from this place as possible and come back when the ordeal downs down slightly" Miette suggested, but Ash shook his head.

"I am not leaving our friends behind. Nor will I just run away. We have always faced our problems head on, so lets do it and show we will not change because of a few dark Pokemon" 

"So, we find our friends and go on a full front assault to find some answers?" Miette asked, receiving an instant nod in reply. Serena stood just behind Ash. "Lets get your Pokemon and things before they come back and notice"

"Wait" Ash asked as they sneaked around upstairs. "Where are they all?"

"Pikachu was hit by another bolt of lightning and it caused a discharge of some sort" Miette explained, heading outside. Ash and Serena followed, Eevee and Pikachu jumping onto their respective trainers.

"You okay, buddy?" Ash asked, with a half smile.

"Pika!" Pikachu sounded like he was in the best form of his life. 

"Lets head out and look for our friends" Miette took the lead, stepping through the trees and into the open field of rain, thunder and lightning. 

Sometime passed, but there was no sign of anyone, so they had no choice but to take shelter inside a small cave, laying out their sleeping bags and making small fires to keep warm. 

Serena was the first to fall asleep, while Ash stayed in a crouching position, feeling eager to move.

"Ash?" Miette asked, her shadow blocking Ash's vision.

"Yeah?" Ash asked, peering over to Serena and back to Miette.

"Do...Do you think you will ever make a decision? On... You know" Miette asked, making Ash sigh mentally. 

"I already have" He replied bluntly, Miette jumping up at his words. "The only person I have felt a solid connection to is Serena and she became the easiest choice for me" 

"I thought you might have chosen her. After all, Serena as been crazy about you all the time. The reason I became her rival at first was to try and get you and here together, to help Serena get what she desired for so long. Now, it has happened. She couldn't be with a better person and vice versa"

"Miette..." Ash was a little shocked. He rubbed the back of his head.

"Hmm?" She asked, looking at Ash in his eyes.

Ash showed his teeth with a huge smile and he put his arm on Miette's shoulder. "Thanks for...understanding" He spoke slowly, as if trying to choose the right words. 

"Mmm" Miette nodded, clearly showing a little discomfort, but she chose to hide it well. 

Both of them soon decided to sleep, with their plan to find the others being postponed until the morning. 

But, it would start a little earlier in the morning than expected, because Team Shadow was out to get them once more, so their plans could run smoothly and make them the strongest people in the Pokemon world. 

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Although it is only 00:50, I have written this while feeling incredibly tired (I feel asleep atleast ten times while writing) and I feel incredibly dizzy aswell.

Please excuse any random mistakes and/or random parts, if there is anything that is wrong please point it out so I can fix it tomorrow.

For now, have a good night all!