Max and Deoxys

There was a lot of excitement in the air for the gang; Brock couldn't wait to visit his hometown Pewter City. May couldn't wait to enter the next Pokemon contest to earn her final ribbon and Ash couldn't wait to take on the last battle facility. Right now they had come to a mountain range, which was beautiful and they saw a flock of Swablu and Altaria in the sky.

Suddenly an aurora appeared in the sky.

"Hey that's the aurora of the mythical Pokemon Deoxys." Ash said.

He remembered when they encountered two Deoxys in LaRousse City in Hoenn.

"You're right Ash, it is the same aurora." Brock said.

The others remembered that incident too.

Ash then started to feel a strange sensation.

"Something's not right." He muttered.

Then the flock of Swablu and Altaria became confused and started to fly wrong. Tomo tried to release his Pidgey to help, but his Poke Ball wasn't working. Max also saw that his Pokenav wasn't working.

"Deoxys must be responsible." Ash said. "Remember when LaRousse City's technology went haywire because of the first two Deoxys? This is the same thing."

"So what should we do Ash?" May asked.

Before Ash could answer her, Max noticed Solana the Pokemon ranger and her Plusle standing close to where they were standing. Solana saw the situation with the Swablu and Altaria and got to work immediately. She used her capture stylus to catch one of the Altaria; once it was captured it was no longer confused. Then Solana told Altaria to use Refresh. When Altaria did that all the other Altaria and Swablu were cured of their confusion and they flew off peacefully.

Solana met up with the gang and told them about some strange geomagnetic activity that the ranger station had picked up from this area, which was causing the disturbance earlier.

"We think a Deoxys is responsible." Ash said. "We saw the aurora."

"What do you know about Deoxys?" Solana demanded.

Before Ash could answer a Deoxys appeared from another dimension, stared at the humans and then disappeared again. Max felt a weird feeling inside him after seeing the Deoxys; he somehow saw a vision of outer space.

"There's a Pokemon Center nearby." Solana said. "We will talk there."

There was a problem at the Pokemon Center. All the computers and TV's had malfunctioned. Ash told Nurse Joy a Deoxys was behind this, which surprised her.

"Kids I need you to tell me what you know about Deoxys please." Solana said.

The gang told her about their encounter with two Deoxys in LaRousse City.

"We heard about that incident at the Ranger Union and we've heard about Deoxys from Prof. Lund's research." Solana said. "Whoever thought I would meet the saviors of LaRousse City.

The gang smiled after hearing that compliment.

"Nurse Joy, did a meteorite crash land around here?" Ash asked. "Deoxys emerge from meteors in space."

He remembered everything about Deoxys.

"Actually a meteorite crash landed in the mountains ten years ago." Nurse Joy said.

"Where are they?" Solana asked Nurse Joy for the location of the meteorite right away.

She intended to find it as soon as possible.

"Please let us help you find Deoxys." Max suddenly said. "I wish to see that Deoxys again."

"I agree." Ash added. "We know more about Deoxys than you do."

Solana didn't really want to let the gang get involved with her mission; she thought it was too dangerous for them to participate in it. But since they already knew about Deoxys, she agreed to let them accompany her.

Unfortunately Team Rocket who had been hiding in the Pokemon Center in disguise, overheard the gang's conversation about Deoxys and where it is.

"A Deoxys huh?" Meowth questioned. "That will help Team Rocket immensely."

"We'll follow the twerps and that ranger and they will guide us to Deoxys." Jessie said.

"Great idea." Meowth smiled.

"We'll have to be careful though." James advised. "Remember we were also present at the incident in LaRousse City."

"Oh yeah." Meowth said.

He just remembered it.

"Those two Deoxys were bad news and so was that other Pokemon Rayquaza."

"Yes but we've grown stronger since then." Jessie said. "And it's only one Deoxys this time. We can easily take it down."

James and Meowth acknowledged her point and they agreed to go after Deoxys.

Thanks to Nurse Joy's directions Solana and the gang made it to the cave where the meteorite was said to have landed. It was very dark in the cave and Solana had a flashlight with her while Ash held his flaming fist up. Brock was holding Solana's gadget that detected geomagnetic energy waves. Just then Solana spotted a Miltank in the cave and used her styler to capture it.

"Miltank has a move that you are going to use later on Solana?" Tomo asked her.

"That's correct Tomo." She smiled.

Tomo remembered what Solana did with Pokemon the last time they encountered each other.

Soon they arrived at the meteorite's location; it was huge.

"I wonder where Deoxys is?" Brock questioned.

Ash stared at the meteorite; something about it felt off.

"Please excuse me Solana." Max said. "But I don't believe that Deoxys is the cause of all these geomagnetic disturbances."

"What makes you say that Max?" Solana asked.

"Well it's a bit hard to explain, but I have this weird feeling that Deoxys is not at fault." Max replied to the question.

Suddenly Deoxys appeared and started attacking with Psycho Boost.

"I remember Deoxys is able to change into four different forms Normal, Attack, Defense and Speed." Ash said.

"I've heard of that too." Solana said. "I need Deoxys to stay in it's Normal form and then I capture and calm it down."

Trying to capture Deoxys with the styler wasn't easy; it kept changing forms and attacking with Psycho Boost and when she did use her stylus Deoxys continued changing forms and that made her captures unsuccessful. While this was happening Deoxys was speaking in it's language.

"I think Deoxys is trying to say something." Max pointed out.

Ash stared at Deoxys to listen to it.

"Deoxys is in a lot of pain." He said.

Solana held up her stylus to analyze Deoxys and found out he was right. Solana told the Miltank she captured earlier to use Heal Bell on Deoxys so it could recover a bit. Then she used her stylus to try and capture Deoxys but once again it didn't work. Then Deoxys used another Psycho Boost and Miltank, who had been released by Solana, fled in terror.

Suddenly Team Rocket appeared and they stood on top of Deoxys' meteorite. Meowth was just about to say that they were going to take Deoxys, but then it made Jessie and James fall off the meteorite. Meowth could see that Deoxys was in pain so he tried to talk to it.

"Why are you in pain?" He asked.

Max bravely climbed on the meteorite; he wanted to know why Deoxys was in pain too.

"Meowth do you know what Deoxys is saying?" Max asked.

"I'm afraid I don't understand Deoxys' language." Meowth answered.

Suddenly Deoxys used Safeguard trapping Max and Meowth with it. The others didn't like this.

"What's wrong?" Max and Meowth asked once again.

Suddenly Deoxys took control of Meowth and then spoke through Meowth like a puppet.

"I'm scared." Deoxys said.

"Deoxys is using Meowth to communicate with us." Ash said.

"Deoxys please tell me why you are scared." Max begged.

"Will you listen to me?" Deoxys asked him.

"Of course I will." Max answered. "My name is Max and I want to know all about you Deoxys."

Deoxys sent Max a vision of it traveling through space inside the meteorite.

"It's cold." Max said. "So you were cold while traveling through space."

"Yes I was cold." Deoxys replied. "I was cold, I was scared and lonely."

Suddenly Deoxys disappeared into another dimension, taking Max and Meowth with it.

"No Max!" May yelled.

"Meowth no!" Jessie and James shouted.

Things were not looking good.

Solana, Jessie, James, Ash, Brock, Tomo and May were now back at the Pokemon Center and they were worried about Meowth and Max.

"Can you help us?" Jessie and James asked for the gang's assistance in getting Meowth back.

"Sure, but on one condition. You don't try to trick us or capture Deoxys while we help you." Jessie and James agreed to Ash's terms.

"I have a pretty good idea why Deoxys is in pain." He said.

"What are you thinking Ash?" Solana asked.

"Something felt off about that meteorite. I'm positive it's the cause of all this trouble, though I could be wrong." He replied.

"That might be a good cause and I also have a idea regarding what's wrong." Solana said. "Have you ever heard of solar wind?"

She explained that plasma particles from the sun rode on the wind to earth. She also explained that the geomagnetic waves and the waves from the solar wind are in sync with each other and the main problem is coming from the cave.

"We need to head back there if we are going to save Meowth and Max as well as help Deoxys." Solana said.

"Before we do, I need to make a quick phone call." Ash said.

He ran over to the phones.

"Hey Prof., can I speak to Mewtwo?" Ash asked.

He explained to Mewtwo about Deoxys and the pain it was in.

"Mewtwo, I need you to help us find out why Deoxys is in pain and heal it." Mewtwo understood the situation and agreed to help, so Ash got Mewtwo and his Master Ball from Prof. Oak. He knew Mewtwo was strong enough to fight Deoxys.

*Meanwhile...*

Max and Meowth realized they weren't in their world anymore. By now Meowth was no longer under Deoxys's control. Meowth didn't like this. Just then Deoxys appeared.

"Deoxys where are we?" Max asked.

Deoxys used Meowth to communicate again.

"This is my room." It said.

Max was confused by that. Since Deoxys came from the meteorite, it would have been living in the cave.

"Where did you come from?" Max asked.

Deoxys explained that it had come from very far away in outer space in the meteorite; it had been cold and alone for a very long time with no one there. Then one day the meteorite crash landed on the Pokemon planet, but it was stuck in the cave and Deoxys was all alone again. Deoxys was too scared to leave the cave once it got out of the meteorite. Max felt sorry for Deoxys.

"You are not alone anymore Deoxys." Max said. "Because I am here with you and there are millions of humans and Pokemon on the planet."

Max showed Deoxys visions of wild Pokemon who lived outside the cave. Deoxys saw that everything Max said was true.

"I've traveled to lots of places I've never been before on my journey." Max said. "And I will be going on more journeys in the future."

Deoxys listened intently to Max.

*Meanwhile...*

Solana, the gang and Team Rocket were back in the cave and this time Nurse Joy was coming with them. Brock didn't see a reading of disturbed geomagnetic waves yet, so at the moment it was safe in the cave and Plusle was all right.

"Can you locate Max and Meowth?" Ash asked Mewtwo.

Mewtwo flew ahead of them to find them.

*Back in the other dimension...*

Deoxys was starting to feel pain again and Max was worried about it. Meowth had come back to his senses. A portal was showing the cave where the meteorite was and right now it showed Mewtwo entering. Just then Deoxys felt more pain and floated towards the portal. By now Solana, the gang and Team Rocket entered the cave.

*'Meowth and Max are around here.'* Mewtwo said.

Brock saw the geomagnetic waves on the machine and Plusle felt pain. Deoxys emerged from the other dimension and everyone else saw Meowth and Max there.

*'Ash Deoxys is in terrible pain and I can sense the meteorite is the cause.'* Mewtwo said.

"Figures." Ash muttered. "That meteorite is dangerous."

"The energy from the solar winds must have been transferred to the meteorite and mixed up with the geomagnetic energy." Solana said.

The machine that Brock held broke because of the mass of energy from the meteorite.

"We need to get out of here now." Solana said.

Mewtwo used Teleport to get everyone out of the cave.

Mewtwo teleported everyone to the valley outside the cave.

"My theory was right. The meteorite was the cause of Deoxys' pain." Ash said.

"It's sad that Deoxys' cradle is causing that much pain." Nurse Joy said.

She felt bad for Deoxys. Just then Deoxys appeared and started to attack with Psycho Boost.

"Mewtwo it's time to fight Deoxys, but remember we only need to weaken it to get it back to it's normal form so Solana can capture it with her device." Ash said.

*'Leave it to me.'* Mewtwo said.

He then got ready to fight. Deoxys fired another Psycho Boost and Mewtwo used Shadow Ball. Mewtwo's attack broke through Psycho Boost and went towards Deoxys. Deoxys changed into it's Speed Form and dodged the attack. It then used Extreme Speed on Mewtwo. Mewtwo fought back with Aura Sphere and Deoxys kept on dodging.

While this was taking place things went from bad to worse with the meteorite; it was on the verge of exploding. This made Nurse Joy worry about the Pokemon that were living in the valley and Deoxys' pain was getting worse.

"Mewtwo grab onto Deoxys and use Thunderbolt." Ash said.

Mewtwo tried to grab a hold of Deoxys but it was in Speed Form making it hard for Mewtwo to catch it.

May, Jessie and James took this opportunity to save Max and Meowth. They saw everything that was happening from the portal and called out to May, Jessie and James. The three bravely ran to the portal to the other dimension and retrieved Max and Meowth safely. The two were relieved to be free.

Mewtwo eventually managed to grab a hold of Deoxys and used Thunderbolt. Deoxys reverted back to it's normal form.

"Now Solana!" Ash shouted.

She used her capture styler to try and catch Deoxys. This time she was successful and she told Deoxys to use Recover. Thanks to Recover Deoxys felt a lot better. Suddenly the meteorite in the cave exploded. Mewtwo and Deoxys used Safeguard and Protect to shield everyone from the explosion.

With the meteorite gone there were no longer any disturbances with geomagnetic energy and Deoxys was free. Deoxys was grateful to the people who helped him and he was also happy to have saved his new friend Max.

"Hey Deoxys, what are you going to do now?" Max asked.

Deoxys once again spoke through Meowth.

"I wish to explore this world and see many new places and Pokemon." It said. "I especially want to see this world with you Max. You showed me new things in my room, but I want to show you more things."

This meant that Deoxys wanted to stay with Max. Max stared at the others wondering if he should catch Deoxys. Solana, Nurse Joy and the others agreed that Max should go ahead and catch Deoxys. Ash took something out of his backpack; it was a Master Ball like Mewtwo's Master Ball.

"Hey Ash, where did you get that Master Ball?" Brock asked.

"It was a gift from Prof. Lund before we left the Hoenn Region." Ash said. "Tory found it and decided to give it to me as a thank you gift for helping him get over his fear of Pokemon."

He handed it to Max who used it to capture Deoxys. So Deoxys was now Max's Pokemon and he promised to take care of it. Ash thanked Mewtwo and returned him, then sent him back to Prof. Oak's lab.

So Solana's mission was complete and there were no more disturbances in the area. The gang said goodbye to her and Nurse Joy then left, with Team Rocket going on their way as well.