Mega Evolution

It was late at night in Lumoise and Delia was in her apartment. She was in the kitchen going over some of the notes she had on her laptop for her next article.
As she looked over what she had she noticed a picture she kept on her computer. The picture was of her and her son's when they were younger.
Seeing the picture made her think about Ash and Red. They had been gone several days now and already it felt like it had been weeks.
While she was happy her boys were out on a journey she couldn't help but miss them.
"Mime." She turned over and saw her Mr. Mime holding a cup of coffee in front of her.
"Oh thanks Mr. Mime." She took the coffee and sipped on it. She was about to go back to her laptop when she heard the door open and 2 familiar voices.
"So this is our apartment." Ash said.
"Mom should be home by now. Mom! You there!" Red said. Delia quickly got up and went over to the door. She saw her two son's with a girl about their age who had blonde hair and blue eyes.
"Ash! Red! You're back!" She rushed over and quickly hugged them both before they could even respond to her.
"Mom it's good to see you again." Red said as he tried to breath.
"What are you doing back here?"
"We have to go through Lumoise to get to our next gym so we thought we'd see you while we were here." Ash said.
"Well thank you for coming by, I've missed you both so much."
"Oh Mom, this is Serena. She's a student of professor Sycamore to and she's traveling with us." Red said.
"Oh well it's nice to meet you Serena." Delia said.
"It's nice to meet you to." Serena said.
"Mom you won't believe this but Serena went to summer camp with us all those years ago." Ash said.
"Really you went to professor Oak's camp?" Delia asked surprised.
"Yes my father was stationed in Kanto for a few months so mom thought it would be a good idea."
"Well isn't that something." Delia said.
"Mom Ash and I have caught new pokemon since we left." Red said as he took out his poke balls. Pikachu jumped down from Ash's shoulder as Ash let out his other Pokemon as well.
"Wow." Delia said as she saw all of her son's new pokemon.
"So Serena if you're a student of Professor Sycamore what pokemon did you choose?"
"Fennekin, I also have a Furfrou."
"How nice."
"Mom is it alright if Serena stays here tonight?" Ash asked.
"Of course make yourself at home."
"Thank you." Serena said. Ash showed Serena the guest room while Delia and Red remained in the living room.
"So you and Ash have gym badges now."
"That's right, the Bug Badge." Red said as she showed his mom the bug badge.
"Red, I was wondering about Serena. Do you think she?" Delia started.
"Likes Ash? Mom she's crazy about him. It's pretty obvious by now."
"Does Ash know?"
"He'd have to be an idiot not to. He's probably waiting to get to know her a little better before he decides if he wants to be with her." Red said.
The next morning after having breakfast Ash, Serena, and Red met up with Clemont and Bonnie.
"Good morning guys." Clemont said.
"Hey, are you ready to leave Lumoise?" Red asked.
"Yup we're ready." Clemont said.
"Wait don't you think we should stop and see Professor Sycamore before we leave?" Serena asked.
"That's a good idea." Ash said.
"Yeah the professor is so nice!" Bonnie said. Ash and the others made their way to Professor Sycamore's lab.
Professor Sycamore was in his lab observing several of his students' Pokemon.
"Professor, you have visitors." He heard Alaina say. He turned around and saw Alaina standing beside Ash and the others.
"Ash, Red, Serena! What are you guys doing here?" He asked.
"We were coming through Lumoise and we thought we'd stop by to see you." Ash said.
"Well you guys are always welcome here." Sycamore said as he walked over.
"So how have your journey's been going?"
"Great! We've all caught new Pokemon." Red said.
"Really, you'll have to show them to me."
"Professor I baked some Macaroons and thought you'd like to try some." Serena said opening a basket of macaroons.
"Those look delicious. I think I'll make some tea too." Alaina said. In another room the group sat down by a coffee table after letting out all of their Pokemon.
"Impressive Pokemon, a Pancham, Fletchinder, Rioulu, and a Furfrou." Sycamore said as he knelt down in front of them.
He looked over at Ash and saw Pikachu sitting on his shoulder.
"I'm still amazed how well you and Pikachu are getting along Ash. Before you came along he shocked anyone who tried to get near him."
"Well Pikachu is more than just my Pokemon. He's my partner, I trust him and he trusts me."
"Pika." Pikachu said happily.
"Red I see you and Charmander are also doing well."
"Charmander is awesome, he works hard when we train and gives it all when we have a battle."
"Char!" Charmander said confidently. Sycamore noticed Fennekin sitting in Serena's lap.
"Fennekin was certainly the right match for you Serena." Alaina came back with a pot of tea and several small cups.
"Alright I have the tea."
"Alright now lets have some of my macaroons." Serena looked back at the table but her basket was gone.
"Hey where's my basket?" Everyone looked around when Red saw what looked like the end of the basket behind a potted plant.
"Hey look." Red and Clemont walked over to the pot and saw a Chespin eating the macaroons.
"Ches." he said happily as he ate another macaroon.
"Here's our culprit." Red said. The Chespin jumped in fright when they found him. He slowly turned around.
"Chespin, no you can't just take those." Alaina said.
"Aw I think he just wanted some of them. It's okay Chespin I'm sure you didn't mean to." Clemont started as he moved his hand towards Chespin.
Chespin poked his hand with the spikes on his head before grabbing as many macaroons as he could and running off.
"Ouch." Clemont said pulling his hand back.
"I'm sorry, Chespin has always been a little shy." Sycamore said.
"Well It's okay he only got few of the macaroons." Red said as he picked up the basket and handed it to Serena.
"Oh I almost forgot, I still need to feed the Pokemon here." Sycamore said.
"We can help." Ash said.
"Really thanks, you wouldn't believe how much work it can be." Sycamore said. He led them to the Pokemon enclosure and showed them where he kept the feed.
Each of them got the specific feed for specific types of Pokemon and started moving around. Sycamore knelt down in front of a Litleo and placed a bowl of feed in front of him.
"There you go eat up." Moments later Sycamore heard something odd. It sounded like a truck backing up towards him.
Not a moment later the back of a truck burst through the wall of the lab right in front of Sycamore.
"What the?" Sycamore started Serena and Bonnie were both near Sycamore and walked over when they saw what happened.
"What's going on?" Serena asked. The back of the truck opened and 3 energy nets shot out entangling the three of them.
"Hey what are you doing?" Sycamore shouted.
"Hmm we meet again professor." A familiar voice said. The three looked up into the truck and saw a blue haired man and a red haired woman wearing black Team Rocket uniforms standing next to a Meowth also wearing a Team Rocket uniform.
"You two!" Sycamore shouted.
"Team Rocket grunts." Serena said.
"Grunts ha, you better think again little Missy." Jessie said.
"Serena these are the people who put the collar on Garchomp." Bonnie said.
"What!?"
"I'm sorry but you'll be coming with us professor." Meowth said as two grunts behind them moved around and picked up their new prisoners, and put them in the truck.
Chespin was watching the entire ordeal got scared as they put Professor Sycamore in the truck.
"Help!" Bonnie and Serena shouted. Chespin ran over and tried to grab Sycamore. Meowth quickly slashed the vines away with his claws.
"Nice try squirt." He said. The two grunts took out poke balls each sent out a Zubat.
"Zubat use Wing Attack." The two Zubat flew down and knocked Chespin back several feet. Chespin slowly looked back as the Zubat prepared for another attack.
Moments later Ash, Red, and Clemont ran over when they heard the cries for help.
"It's Team Rocket and they've got the others!" Red shouted. Clemont noticed the two Zubat about to attack Chespin.
"Oh no Chespin! Go Heliolisk!" Clemont shouted as he sent out his Heliolisk.
"Helio!"
"Heliolisk use Parabolic Charge on those Zubat!"
Heliolisk opened his frill and unleashed a massive burst of electricity that hit both Zubat and knocked them out.
The two grunts returned their Pokemon and quickly got into the truck.
"Stop them! Pikachu use Thunderbolt!"
"Heliolisk use Thunder!" Pikachu and Heliolisk quickly unleashed their attacks but the truck pulled out of the lab.
"No we can't let them get away!" The 3 ran over to the hole in the wall and into the street.
"Go Fletchling!" Fletchling came out and flew in front of Ash.
"Fletchling follow that truck!" Fletchling squawked and quickly flew after the truck.
"Hopefully he'll be able to find their camp." Ash said. Clemont went back inside with Heliolisk to check on Chespin.
"Are you okay?" Clemont asked as he knelt down in front of Chespin. Chespin looked up at Clemont. He had always been shy around people but there was something about Clemont that seemed to make him feel more calm.
"Ches." Clemont carefully helped Chespin up without touching his pins. Alaina ran over towards them.
"What happened?!"
"Team Rocket, they kidnapped professor Sycamore, Bonnie, and Serena." Ash said.
"Oh no! We have to do something." She said.
"We should find the police. They'll know what to do." Clemont said. Clemont got up but felt something tugging at his leg. He looked down and saw it was Chespin.
"Huh what is it Chespin?"
"Ches chess!" He said pointing towards the hole in the wall.
"You want to come with us?"
"Ches!" he said nodding.
"Alright but stay close to me. This could get dangerous." The group rushed around Lumoise city looking for a police officer.
As Ash ran down a street he saw Serena's father and Captain Nair walking towards him.
"The army of course!" Ash said.
"So if Team Rocket makes a move to the north, Colonel Wydra is going to." Serena's father started.
"Major ! Captain!" Ash shouted as he ran over to them.
"Ash? Is everything alright?"
"No it's Serena. Team rocket has kidnapped her."
"Pika."
"What!?" Major Achille screamed. Ash explained everything that happened.
"No, no, no. Not my little girl."
"My Fletchling is following them so when he comes back he'll be able to tell us where they went."
"Good, because when I get my hands on those crooks I'm going to-" Major Achille started when Captain Nair grabbed him by the shoulder and simply gave him a concerned look.
"Alright, we'll head back to base and get a unit ready to move out. We'll have to explain the situation to general Chairon."
"Major, I think we should come with you."
"Pika pika!" Pikachu said agreeing.
"I appreciate it Ash but this could get dangerous. Team Rocket is unpredictable."
"Please, they have my friends. I can't just sit here and do nothing." Major Achille took a deep breath.
"Alright, get the others and meet me at this address." Major Achille said writing down an address on a piece of paper.
Ash took it and went back to find the others. Miles away Fletchling tracked the truck to an abandoned warehouse outside of Lumoise City.
The warehouse door opened and let the truck inside. Over a dozen other team rocket members were inside the warehouse with tons of equipment.
Fletchling quickly flew back towards Lumoise to find Ash and the others. Inside the warehouse Professor Sycamore and the girls were taken out of the truck and put in chairs.
"What is going on? Why did you kidnap us?"
"Well the girls because they were stupid enough to get between us and you. As for you professor we need your help." James said.
"What are you talking about?"
"You see Team Rocket has been developing a new weapon that is so powerful that Pokemon attacks won't have any effect on them." Jessie said.
"Unfortunately we've been hearing more and more rumors about these Mega evolved Pokemon and our boss wants the weapon to have capabilities against them. So that's why we need your research." Meowth said.
"Forget it, you'll never get my research."
"Well you say that." James said.
Elsewhere outside of Lumoise City a pair of Kalos army trucks were moving down road following Fletchling.
Ash, Red, and Clemont were in one of the trucks with Major Achille and Captain Nair. They had put on battle uniforms with Kevlar body armor and helmets. The other Kalos soldiers had done the same and were armed with AR-15 assault rifles.
Captain Nair's battle uniform was just as dark blue as his other uniform with yellowish tan colored body armor, a black cloth that covered his entire neck and mouth, and a gray helmet.
Ash also noticed that there was a black spade insignia below the Kanto flag on his arm.
Major Achille had made Ash and the others put Kevlar on as well.
"Now remember when the fight starts you are to stay with my men understood."
"Yes Major."
"Now that Kevlar is bulletproof but it can only take so many bullets. Remember that." One of the soldiers said to them.
After another 15 minutes the two trucks reached the warehouse and stopped a hundred meters in front of it. The soldiers quickly got out and set up firing positions at the warehouse.
Major Achille took out a megaphone, "This is the Kalos army. We have you surrounded, come out with your hands up!" The warehouse door opened and a furry of gunfire flew from inside.
"Get down!" Major Achille shouted. Ash, Red, and Clemont stayed behind one of the trucks as bullets raked against the other side.
The three of them were very scared as they heard the two sides exchange gunfire.
"This is insane." Clemont said.
"Pikachu stay down." Ash said holding Pikachu in his arms. Several minutes passed and the superior training of the Kalos soldiers began to wear down the team rocket gunmen.
Slowly their gunners were each hit in the arm or leg and were dragged back inside. Some of the grunts started sending out pokemon like Zubat and Nidorino.
"Nidorino use Poison sting."
"Nidorino use Horn Attack." Two of the Nidorino used Poison Sting forcing the Kalos soldiers into cover while another two Nidorino hit the trucks with their horns shaking them.
"No you don't! Send out your Pokemon!" Two Kalos army Lairon and a Gabite were sent out.
"Lairon use Iron Head!"
"Gabite use Flamethrower!" The two Lairon ran out from behind the trucks as bullets bounced off their metal hides. They knocked the two Nidorino back with iron head as Gabite came out and blasted the other two Nidorino with Flamethrower.
"Zubat get over there and use Supersonic!"
"NO you don't! Pikachu use Thunderbolt!" Major Achille took out a poke ball and threw it forward. A massive Noivern came out and roared.
"Noivern use Hyper Beam."
"Hiliolisk use." Clemont started when Chespin jumped up and unleashed Pin Missile.
Pikachu jumped up onto the truck and blasted two of the Zubat with electricity. At the same time Noivern unleashed Hyper Beam and knocked out another two Zubat.
Chespin's attack hit and knocked out the last Zubat leaving Clemont amazed.
"Chespin that was incredible." With their Pokemon now knocked out the Team Rocket grunts rushed back inside the warehouse.
"After them!" Major Achille shouted. As the soldiers rushed inside and began battling what was left of the team rocket pokemon with their own; Ash and the others looked around the warehouse and found the professor.
"Ash, Red, Clemont!" Serena said as she saw them.
"Thank goodness you guys are safe." Clemont said. Ash went over and started undoing the restraints on Serena while Clemont freed Bonnie and Red freed the professor.
Chespin was very excited to see the professor safe. He jumped onto his lab and hugged him.
"Chespin, it's good to see you to. But guys you have to listen to me. They found my data file that has all my research on it. They've uploaded it into their new weapons!"
"New weapons?" Ash said. When Major Achille saw Serena he sprinted over as Ash freed her.
"Serena!" Serena didn't even have time to see her father as he lifted her into the air.
"Oh thank Reduka you're safe."
"Dad, wait Ash you sent my father to save us." Serena said.
"Who better to take on team rocket than the army." Red said.
"Thank you for coming for us, all of you."
"Ah the army, we were hoping we'd get to test our new weapon on you." Jessie said as she came out of cover with Meowth and James.
Major Achille moved in front of his solders and aimed a desert Eagle at them.
"Put your hands up now!"
"No Major put yours up." Meowth said as he pressed a button on a remote control. The ground started to shake as two massive doors on the ground behind the rocket trio opened up.
Two massive robots shaped like moewth with a large R on the center came out.
"What in the?" A Sgt said.
"This is our new weapon. Prepare to perish." James said. The two robots started moving towards their enemies.
"Lairon use Iron Tail!"
"Gabite use Dragon Rage!" The army Pokemon unleashed their attacks but they had no effect on the robots.
"Oh no." Major Achille said.
"Pikachu Thunderbolt!"
"Heliolisk use Thunder!" The two pokemon unleashed their attacks but once again the robots were unharmed.
"Run!" Red shouted. All of the soldiers and the group ran out of the warehouse. Just outside of the entrance Chespin tripped just as one of the mecha Meowth's moved towards him.
"Chespin!" Clemont shouted. Chespin closed his eyes and held his arm over his head as the robot mewoth moved it's foot over him.
Clemont sprinted over and quickly grabbed Chespin before he could be crushed.
"Clemont! Bonnie shouted as he ran back towards them.
"Okay now what?" Red said.
"I don't know, Maybe if we had an airstrike." Major Achille said. Captain Nair was back by the trucks and he saw what was happening.
"Captain start the trucks!" Major Achille shouted. Nair looked at the two robots and gave a rather angry expression with his eyes.
He slowly walked forward and took out a poke ball. When he threw it forward a massive Aggron came out and roared.
"An Aggron?" Ash said opening his pokedex. "Aggron, the Iron Armor Pokémon. Aggron is the final evolution of Aron. It shows no mercy to anyone who disturbs its habitat.".
"Captain what are you doing? Attacks don't work on those things." Nair didn't respond, he lowered his left sleeve revealing a black wristband with a colored stone in the center that had what looked a like a flame with lines going through it.
Nair touched the stone with his right finger and it started to glow. Moments later a colorful sphere of energy formed around Aggron.
"What's going on!?" Serena said. Both Ash and Red felt a strange sensation through their abilities.
After a few more seconds the sphere vanished and Aggron was nearly twice the size he was before. Not only that but his physical appearance seemed much fiercer and more threatening.
"Did he just mega evolve?" Ash said.
"A mega evolved Pokemon?" One of the Team Rocket grunts said sounding afraid.
"Are you forgetting we have counter measures against them thanks to Sycamore's research." Meowth said as he sent one of the robots at Mega Aggron.
Captain Nair didn't say anything he simply looked at the incoming robot. As the robot hurled it's arms down at Aggron, the mega evolved Pokemon caught the robot arms with his own arms and then forced the robot back.
"What!?" Jessie said.
"Try again." James said. Meowth ordered the second robot to attack Aggron. The robotic Meowth opened its mouth and unleashed a torrent of fire at Mega Aggron.
Nair looked back at Aggron who immediately used Iron Defense. Aggron's hide became even more durable as he used Iron Defense. So much that the fire had no effect on him.
"Woah." Ash said.
"Incredible normally fire does a lot of damage to steel types." Clemont said. The first Meowth ran back at Aggron and tried to hit him with its fist.
Mega Aggron grabbed the fist and stopped it almost instantly as it flew at him. Once it was stopped, Aggron threw it to the side and smashed the robot in the chest with iron tail, leaving a massive dent that almost tore through the hull.
"What! That shouldn't have happened?!" Meowth said with a hint of fear. Ash and the others were simply amazed at how powerful mega Aggron was. So amazed that they didn't even think to ask the captain how he did it.
"Meowth stop that Aggron!" James shouted.
"Alright now he's in for it!" Meowth said as the first robot got up. Both robotic Meowth's charged straight at Mega Aggron.
Just before they could reach him an aura sphere flew through the air and hit one of the robots in the head, hurling it to the ground.
"What the!" Jessie said. Everyone, even captain Nair turned towards where the aura sphere came from. There were two figures sitting at the top of a large tree looking over them.
When they looked closer they saw one was a large pokemon that resembled a Lucario but looked much fiercer. The other was a man wearing a blue uniform that was the same color as captain Nair's battle uniform.
The uniform almost looked like an old tunic but with more modern designs, a hood, and a symbol of a black spade on the side of his elbow.
The man's hood was up and his mouth was covered by a cloth similar to Captain Nair's. But Ash could tell he had brownish eyes and raven black hair.
Ash looked back at the Lucario and realized that it was the same one that had saved him and Pikachu back at Prism Tower.
Captain Nair and the man stared at each other for a moment before the Lucario jumped down from the tree and sprinted at the robot Meowth he hit.
"Ahh! Get up get up!" Meowth shouted as he pressed buttons on his controller. Just as the robotic Meowth got up Mega Lucario jumped directly over him and smashed the head off the body with Focus Blast.
At the same time Mega Aggron unleashed hyper beam and tore through the second robot Meowth.
"Retreat!" James shouted. The Rocket grunts all started sprinting away as fast as they could, while the Kalos soldiers followed in pursuit.
The man in the tree stared at Ash and Red as they started back at him. The mega Lucario sprinted back and quickly scaled the tree until he reached his trainer. The man gave one last look at Ash and Red before he and his lucario leapt into another tree and then another.
"Who was that?" Clemont asked.
"That was the same Lucario that saved me back at the prism tower. And that must have been the man I saw next to him." Ash said.
They turned back towards Captain Nair who had returned his Aggron.
"Captain your Aggron went through Mega evolution. I want an explanation on how that happened and who that man was." Major Achille said.
Captain Nair didn't even acknowledge Major Achille. He simple sprinted off and climbed up the trees like the man did.
"What!? Captain get back here!" Two hours later the group was at the Kalos military base in Lumoise city. They were all sitting before the base commander Brigadier General Chairon.
General Chairon was a tall and jockey looking man. He had thing black- graying hair, green eyes , and had a burn scar that went across his left cheek.
He wore a similar uniform to Major Achille only his beret had a single silver star on the top.
"So to recap, we captured 11 Team Rocket grunts and engineers. Jessie, and James got away, and captain Nair had a mega evolved pokemon." General Chairon said.
"Yes sir, and then he just ran off after the man with the mega Lucario."
"Actually Major, Captain Nair has been reassigned."
"What?" They all said.
"But sir, he just ran off and-"
"We contacted him. He's now under the command of General Tuol. That will be all Major."
"But sir."
"That will be all!" Major Achille sighed.
"Yes sir." Ash noticed that the general had a tattoo on his neck. It was a black spade like the symbol Captain Nair and the man with the lucario had.
Major Achille lead them to the base's pokemon center where the base pokemon nurse checked out their pokemon.
The nurse wore a similar uniform to Major Achille only her beret had a single gold bar on it. The nurse was relatively young, with blonde hair, green eyes, and light skin.
"Pikachu." Ash said as Pikachu jumped onto his shoulder.
"Chespin it's good to see you're okay." Clemont said as he picked up Chespin.
"Sir, these Pokemon are fine."
"Thank you Lieutenant."
"Wow you're really pretty and you like to take care of Pokemon!" Bonnie said. She got down on one knee and said "Will you marry my brother!"
Clemont's face turned red as he sent out his backpack's robotic arm and grabbed Bonnie.
"I told you to stop doing that!" Chespin and the other Pokemon laughed a little.
Major Achille dropped Ash and the others off at Sycamore's lab.
"It was good to see you again Serena. But please try to stay safer. You don't know how scared I was when Ash told me Team Rocket kidnapped you." Major Achille said.
"I will dad, thank you." Serena hugged her father before he drove off back towards the base.
"Well that was a very interesting day." Sycamore said.
"You've got that right." Clemont said.
"It was good seeing you again professor but I think it's time we started heading out." Red said.
"Alright, stay safe and have a great time." Sycamore said. The group started to walk away when Clemont felt something tugging at his leg. He looked down and saw it was Chespin.
"Chespin is everything alright?" Chespin had a sad look in his eyes as he held onto Clemont's legs.
"Clemont I think Chespin wants to stay with you." Ash said.
"Really?" Clemont said.
"Ches." Chespin said hugging Clemont's leg.
"Professor, I know Chespin is suppose to go to a new trainer but-"
"It's alright Clemont I know that Chespin wants to be with you." Sycamore took out Chespin's Poke Ball and handed it to Clemont.
"Thank you professor." Clemont picked up Clemont in his arms.
"Looks like we'll going together."
"Ches!"
Ash and the others began moving towards route 5 as the sun started to set. Ash and Red couldn't stop thinking about the man with the mega Lucario. There was just something about him.
Elsewhere outside of Lumoise City a man with a Lucario was sitting beside a fire.
"They've both grown so much. Sometimes I wonder what might have happened had things been different." His Lucario nodded.
A minute later the man felt a familiar presence near them. He looked up into one of the trees and saw captain Nair in the tree.
"I thought you'd come eventually." Nair came down from the tree and approached them.
"You weren't suppose to be in Lumoise. Chairon was pretty upset with you." The man looked back at the fire.
"I knew they were coming to Lumoise. I had to see them again."
Nair sighed, "You can't keep doing this to yourself. You need to confront them before it's too late."
"You're right, I need to but when the time is right."