Chapter 1- New beginning, new adventure.

Days had passed since Team Flare tried to cause the end of the world and now things have returned to normal. During that time, our heroes (Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie) decided to stay a little longer together before everyone goes a different way. Right now they were walking towards a valley.

"This is what I like the most, travel with all of you guys in search of new places to have fun." Ash confessed.

"Jeje, we like it a lot too, Ash." Serena supported.

"So, where exactly are we going, Clemont?" Ash asked.

"I believed it was going to be exciting to see the last place of the Kalos region we had to see." Clemont answered.

"That would be fun, since then we will separate." His sister said, a little sad, referring the fact that everyone had decided their future in a previous reunion.

"Don't worry Bonnie." Ash comforted, stroking her head. "No matter how much time we spend together, what really matters is how much fun we have during that time, right buddy?"

"Pikachu!" The little pokemon answered with a smile.

"That's right! Even when we stayed in the Lumiose gym, we'll never forget the great moments we have lived together." Clemont added.

"Yeah, that's great!" His sister said.

"Oh Serena. You have decided to go to the Hoenn region, don't you?" Ash suddenly asked, catching her off guard.

Serena had already decided to continue her path by learning all about pokemon contests, and Hoenn was the perfect place to start. But of course, she has not time to plan how to tell Ash what she really fells towards him, and she doesn't want him to leave without knowing it.

"Oh, hum, right. That's my choice." She said a little nervous.

"By the way, you look better since your hair has grown again." Ash said, noticing that Serena's hair have become the same long as the first time they meet.

"Oh, thanks."

"Why you have a very red face?" Bonnie suddenly asked.

"Ah! Nothing, nothing. Just is too hot here." Serena answered very nervous. "Ash, you've said you're going back to Pallet Town, no?"

"Yeah, now that the Kalos league has finished, I don't know what to do."

"Well, you could try to travel to another region you haven't explored yet." Clemont suggested.

Hum, that's a great idea. At the first chance, we'll take it." Ash said.

"Pika, pika."

"So, big brother. What is this new place we haven't seen yet?"

"Glad you ask me. You see, this place is considered one of the most ancient natural places of the Kalos region. It has nice views, lots of environments for all kinds of pokemon, but what makes it special is what it contains in the center. There are a lot of giant blue shiny crystals."

"Really?" Serena asked interested.

"Giant blue shiny crystals?" Ash asked too.

"Yes, that's why people call this place the Blue Crystals Valley. And the best thing is that no one knows what those crystals really are." Clemont continued.

"Huh, really?" Bonnie asked.

"Dedenne?"

"Right. Scientists have tried to find out that it is, but they have not been able to know their composition yet. That's why they constructed an investigation facility in the valley, to study all about those crystals. But right now the facility is abandoned, that's why I came why the idea of visit the valley and the facility all together." Clemont concluded.

"That sounds great!" Ash said.

Yeah, it sounds interesting!" Serena supported.

"And we can make a picnic near the crystals with all our pokemon." Bonnie suggested.

"I knew you would like it. And I can take the chance to see the crystals by myself, and maybe try on my own to discover what they really are."

"So, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Ash said.

"Pikachu!"

The four kids departed to the valley immediately. It took them only half an hour to arrive, and of course they saw the crystals Clemont described before. Just like he said, they were enormous, shining a beautiful blue color.

"It's just you said, they're beautiful." Serena observed.

"And they're enormous." Ash added.

"Pika."

"We can take a little piece so we can take it home? Please, big brother?" Bonnie asked.

"Why not? After all, these crystals don't belong to anyone, and I always wanted to study it by my own."

"Okay, now let's prepare the picnic so everyone could get some food." Ash declared.

But then, everyone heard a big noise coming from the mountains, exactly where there were a lot of black clouds with lightning.

"Oh oh. It seems there is storm coming in." Clemont observed.

"I guest our trip is over." Bonnie said a little sad.

"Hold a second. Is that the facility you mentioned, Clemont?" Ash said, pointing to a near building on higher ground.

"Yes. That's the investigation facility constructed to study the crystals."

"Maybe we can guard us inside and have our picnic there in case it stars raining."

"Ash, that's a good idea. So we will not have come at all for nothing." Serena congratulated.

"Okay, let's go. But first I need to get a little piece of this crystal so I can begin my research." Clemont said.

"No need to ask it twice." Ash answered with a smile. "Pikachu, use Iron Tail!"

"Pika!"

Pikachu cut a little piece of the crystal with his tail that Clemont took before everyone headed to the facility while the storm was approaching. Meanwhile, far away from there, in a swamp, a lot of vehicles were driving in a same direction. They looked military, but they were not.

"Sir, we're reaching the destined place." The driver said to a masked figured.

"Then here's where we stop." The masked man said, grabbing a weapon.

Immediately, all the vehicles stopped, their doors opened and a lot of people came out. These people, men and women for equal, wore a strange green uniform, someone more advanced like future soldiers, while others looked more like officers by their more colorful uniforms.

"Sir, we've detected their energy signals. Located right inside an abandoned building, up ahead." A female grunt said.

"They hid because they're afraid of us. They know they're the last of them." Their leader said: a young man with a more detailed armor, with a strange mask covering his face; took out a poke ball and a Trevenant came out, revealing that as his pokemon partner. "Let's make it unforgivable. Take the weapons, call your pokemon, and prepare yourselves!"

All the people began to call out a lot of strong pokemon of all kinds, taking a lot of advance equipment and grabbing weapons from the vehicles. Their weapons were not like the used by the military, they looked more advanced, and of course in all their uniforms, vehicles and equipment there was a strange unknown symbol. Because they were busy they not realized that something was observing them from the water, but it wasn't a pokemon, it was something giant, of metal surface and with a mask covering its face. The figure didn't do anything, just kept watching the humans doing their things.

"Everyone lock and loaded, sir." A grunt reported. "Awaiting your orders."

"All right then. Squads 1 to 3, surround the perimeter and secure any escape routes; squads 4 to 7, sniper duty; squads 8 to 11, with me; vigilance, keep an eye on the targets and keep informed our air support if we need backup! Remember to be ready to anything; we'll not let them escape! Let the hunt begin." The masked figured instructed.

"Yes sir!"

With all settled, all the troops and their pokemon were to their destined positions. The leader went near an abandoned structure deep inside the swamp. They checked the area until they saw it was clear and made their way inside the structure.

"Okay vigilance, we're in. Show us the way." He said.

"The scanners detect a strong energy reading coming from the top of the building, sir. They must be hidden there."

"Keep watching that place in case something happens. Tell the air support to be ready and aiming to that location."

"Roger, sir."

"Okay people and pokemon, let's keep going."

The group kept climbing towards the top, until the leader realized something when they reached to almost the last floor.

"Hold!" He ordered.

The whole group remained still with their guns ready and their pokemon waiting to attack. The leader looked to the floor, removed the dust a little and discovered some kind of advanced device in the floor.

"Just what I figured, mines."

"They've put bombs all over the floor in an attempt to finish us." A grunt said.

"No, this was not intended to end with us, but to set the alarm and allow them to escape before we could locate them. They're desperate, so they are more dangerous. Stay tuned for any other trap you find." He instructed before he continued advancing, evading the mines.

They finally reached to the top of the building, but they only found a bunch of metal containers.

"So you want to play hide and seek, very well." The leader observed. "Air Strike 1, are you in the air?"

"Affirmative, sir. We've just arrived." A voice said through the com-link.

He looked above him in the distance to see some kind of advanced gunship (similar to Halo pelicans), ready to provide backup.

"Aim your weapons to the marked place when I give the signal."

"Understood."

"Trevenant, tell them to use Foresight." The leader ordered.

"Trevenant."

A couple of Shuppet used the ability, as a kind of radar. When they finished, the Trevenant approached slowly to the containers of the middle.

"What he's doing?" A grunt asked.

"He's going to mark the targets." The leader answered.

The pokemon marked with his claws five of the containers before the whole group followed it and began to put explosives on the containers.

"Air Strike 1, targets marked. Open fire when you see the explosions."

"Ready sir."

When the group put some distance, they pressed the remotes, activating the explosives.

"Target locked. Fire."

The gunship fired some missiles which destroyed the containers, revealing that inside of them there were five giant metallic beings.

"There they are! Fire!" The leader ordered.

The group began to fire at the giant beings like robots with red glowing eyes, who tried to find some cover.

"I told already that this was not a good place to hide." One of the robots said, one with seems to have wings on his shoulders.

"Oh, shut off Brimstone, and return fire!" Other robot with a jet body said.

"No Axer, we can't fight right here. Let's retreat!" One big robot said who looked to have a beard and spikes on his shoulders.

"Yes captain. Okay everyone, let's go through the swamp." Another robot, who looked like a vehicle said.

"Forget it! I will not crawl around there again. I'm going to take fly." The last robot decided which looked to have parts of a tank and a helicopter.

"Are you crazy, Sandstorm? They will take you down before you could get away!"

"That's my problem, Cannonball. We'll meet in another hideout."

The one known as Sandstorm jumped of the building, but before he reached the ground he transformed into a helicopter and began to fly away.

"Air support, one of the targets is getting away!"

"Don't worry sir. This is Air Strike 2 arriving to the scene. We've him targeted, he's not going anywhere."

Another gunship, alongside two advanced helicopters and jets fired missiles at the robot and the impact forced him to land.

"Alright, insects. You wanna fight? Here you have!" Sandstorm yelled, before he turned into a tank and started firing.

"Ready to bomb, sir." One of the jets reported.

"Turn him into scrap."

All the vehicles fired at the tank, which had no time for react and was destroyed.

"Sir, the remaining targets are starting to run." One grunt reported.

"Vigilance, huge resistance confirmed, activated the mega procedure." The leader ordered.

"Understood. You have heard him, activate those devices." An officer ordered to other soldiers, who started manipulating some of the equipment they brought.

Once the equipment was activated, some of the pokemon began to chance, and when they finished they were mega-evolved.

"Sir, we spotted the targets, they're going to the building's back." One of the gunships reported.

"Right into our trap." He said.

That was because they were heading into the sniper group, which was accompanied with Mega-Ampharos and Mega-Manectric, waiting for them. Then they saw the four robots coming at them.

"Here they come. Ampharos, use Thunder Wave. And Manectric, use Spark!" The squad leader ordered.

All the Mega-Ampharos and Mega-Manectric launched their attacks, hitting the one called Brimstone who got paralyzed by all the electricity. The snipers simply finished him.

"Brimstone, no!" Axer yelled.

"Forget him, we need to get running!" Cannonball said.

"Let's get speed!" Their leader said.

Axer turned into a jet, Cannonball into a firefighter medical truck and their leader into some kind of feline. They started to drive to another direction, but they saw another group blocking the way and firing at them with heavy guns and missile launchers.

"Gyarados, Aerodactyl, Salamence, use Hyper Beam!" The squad leader ordered.

A whole group of Mega-Gyarados, Mega-Aerodactyl and Mega Salamence fired at the vehicles. Two robots evaded them, but Cannonball was hit, returning to his robot form.

"Swarm, attack!" An officer ordered.

Then a huge army of Mega-Beedrill, Mega-Heracross and Mega-Pinsir flew towards Cannonball and started tearing him apart.

"Get off of me, you blasted scraplets!" Cannonball said before he was spliced in pieces.

"Bring the vehicles! We're catching the last two!" The leader ordered.

All the troops got inside the vehicles and started chasing the two remaining robots. They used the guns of the vehicles's top to slow them down, alongside a couple of advanced tanks.

"Buddy, you know what to do." The leader said.

"Trevenant." The pokemon nodded.

Then the leader's Trevenant started to use Psychic to catch the two robots and forced to get back to their original form as all the troops surrounded them.

"Scrap, they catch us!" Axer cursed as he turned his hand into a gun.

"Stop Axer. We surrender, hold your fire." The robot leader said.

"Yeah, can't you see we're injured?" Axer said with a bad tone.

"Free them, Trevenant. Then why are you running?" The masked leader asked.

"We intercepted this message from the leader of one of the rival sides." The robot leader said before he began to reproduce a recording.

"Calling all Autobots. We are under targeted attack. Do not make any contact with natives."

"That's why we're all hiding. It seems that our kind is being hunted. We're all in danger." The robot leader explained.

"Well I believe you guys are the ones who are hunting us down."

"Axer!"

"What captain? Don't you see that they're trying only to destroy us?!" He shouted.

Then the hidden being came out from the water, revealing to be another giant robot of black skin, with green eyes and a dangerous appearance. He began to chance his head until it turned into a cannon which fired against Axer's chest, killing him.

"Axer, no!" The robot leader said next to his body. "You will pay for what you did to all my crew!"

He pulled out a sword and turned one of his hands into a cannon and started firing at his attackers, but they fired at him with more strength.

"Trevenant, use Dark Pulse!" The masked man ordered.

The pokemon shot at the robot's feet, making him fall. Now he remained in the floor, very weak.

"I forgot to thank you for your donation to our cause. And I'm not talking only about you, but about your ship." The masked man said to the robot near to his face.

"You? You were the ones who took down the Tidal Wave?" The robot said surprised.

"Oh no, it was him." The masked man said pointing at someone new.

The black robot waked towards the other one, passing though the troops and the pokemon like they were allies.

"He's all yours." The masked man remarked as he and his pokemon retreated.

"Lockdown." The robot said surprised.

"Star Seekers, Autobots, Decepticons. Like little children, always fighting. Making a mess out of the universe. Then I've got to clean it up. But there is one way to survive. Tell me where he's hiding. Where is Prime?" Lockdown asked as he turned his hand into a sharp thing.

"I don't know. Even if I knew it, I will never tell you, blasted bounty hunter." He said weakly.

"Farewell, Thundertron."

Then Lockdown inserted the thing on the other robot's chest and while he screamed in pain he take something, killing him in the process.

"Never is here." Lockdown said before he looked to the masked man. "You can get the remains, this will be my trophy."

"Whatever. All right everyone, well done. Now let's get all what we can recover and take it back to base." He ordered.

While the humans and pokemon started to carry the robots remains to their transports, Lockdown transformed into a black car and drove away. He has something else in mind.