Chapter 13:
Plotz’s decision

“What to do? What to do?” Plotz questioned aloud in his office as he paced in circular fashion - trying to figure out how to deal with Ash and his hero tendencies. “I can’t do anything too drastic since he has been there for us.” The CEO muttered as he recalled the times he has been there for them, or some of them: such as when he decided to be a medic.

“Ash, you mind taking C. Jack to the Nurse. He seems to be floating wrong.” Steven said to the multi-talented man who also saw the specter lean more to one side than the other.

“Sure thing.” The human answered back, and was about to transform until he realized how much damage he could do in those alien bodies; Remembering that the boy simply escorted him to the studio nurse.

“Hello, Ash, what brings you here?” The blonde human questioned when she saw the handy-man and one other walk into her office.

“CJ seems to have a problem. I think it might be his leg.” Ash said as he guided his ghostly friend to the table. The spirit laid down and just stared at the ceiling.

“Good guess, but Candle J doesn’t use his legs, so it can’t be that.” The nurse said in a calm tone even though she did like his guess.

“Actually that’s not completely true.” The man in question said causing them both to look at him. “One time I went bowling with the guys, but they gave me a restriction - no floating, so I gave it a shot and on the last few throws I felt something wrong with my ankle, but I shrugged it off. Good eye, Ash.” The rope master commented with a smile on his masked face.

‘He is good if he could guess the problem at a glance.’ Nurse thought before getting to work. Not having anything better to do the monster tamer remained there and watched her work. True he has seen Nurse Joy and Brock in action, but not a people doctor, and the one doctor that he met didn’t really work on people while he was there.

“I was wondering if you could show me a thing or two about this.” Ash questioned to the medic once Candle Jack left on his own. The woman gave it some thought, and then nodded in agreement. “Great, I’ll be here tomorrow morning.” He informed the young woman before racing off to do more deeds.

‘I never really taught my profession to anyone before.’ She thought, but decided to give it a go anyhow. True to his word Ketchum got there early by skateboard, and after putting it out of harms way the two got started.

‘I’ll give Brock this much despite his flirting method he was a good study to balance learning to be a breeder, take care of his brothers and sisters, and be a Gym Leader at once before partnering with me.’ Ash thought after a few weeks even though he was doing well for himself.

“A name of my own?” The medical one questioned to her student after hearing his question. “I’ve been called ‘Hello Nurse’ for so long that I never really considered anything else.” She admitted to the out of towner. “Still, I think I would like an actual name. What do you have in mind?” She said to him which caused the monster tamer to think a bit.

‘Hmm, she has a point I’ve never really named everything before - mainly because the names that I pick are kind of lame. That’s why I never name my Pokemon when I catch them.’ The human thought before going deeper into thought. “How’s…Helen for a first name sound to you?” The raven haired man offered to his teacher after some thought.

“Helen?” The teacher repeated and after some thought she had her answer, “I like it, but what about a last name?” Once again the hero of Pallet Town went back to thinking.

‘I don’t know anyone’s last name back home, so I’ll just have to wing it.’ Ketchum thought and began thinking of random names. “Perhaps…Nurthen.” He offered to her with a little haste in his voice.

“Nurthen is a bit strange, but it’s a strange that I like.” She answered back to him with a smile which caused him to smile as well. The two went back to studying, but as they did so, purely out of friendship, there were others that were seeing green.

‘So, Ash wants to help the injured. I can do that.’ A few girls thought after hearing through the grapevine that he was studying to be a doctor.

“Thank you for everything, Helen.” Ash said to his teacher once he believes he has learned everything he needed to learn. Just as soon as the trainer was about to roll out Longhorn came running in his direction.

“Ash! Hey, Ash!” The bull-headed man shouted to their handy-man in alarm. Hearing this the man in question turned to the creature and asked:

“What’s the problem?” The man caught his breath and then spoke, but the blonde haired woman could hear something off in his answer, but didn’t know what.

“It’s Cobra Queen - she collapsed while holding her ribs.” He said in a rehearsed tone. The moment the Trainer heard that he went for his watch.

“Jetray!” He shouted after selecting a speed hero, and flew off to her place.

“Man, that’s a relief - he bought it.” The minotaur said before feeling the eyes of the human were upon him. “Uh…I mean that is to say…I gotta go!” He said to her in a hesitant tone before running away as fast as he could.

“Ghostfreak!” The human said once he got close enough to her home, and then phased through the ground to her sewer home. As his friend said the snake woman was in pain.

“Are you alright?” The mortal questioned after changing back to his civilian form and walked over to the leather skinned one in question.

“I am not sure. For some reason my torso just started to hurt.” She said to him even though the messenger only said ribs. The hero believed that it may have spread, and even though he forgot to bring supplies the boy went to work just the same.

“I’ll see what I can do.” He said to her while stroking her face to comfort her, and after he received a nod the Trainer went to work. Now knowing that that was a set up Helen tried to contact her friends of the situation and location not knowing that was a bad move.

“So that’s where he is.” Minerva muttered after hanging up the phone. The mink then decided to use the walkie-talkie that Ash had on him. ‘Please pick up. Please pick up.’ She thought while listening to the other end.

“Ash, here, what’s the problem?” The Poke-world native questioned after answering the other end.

“Ash, it’s me Minerva, could you come over here. I think I twisted my ankle when getting out of bed. Must have tripped on my own tail.” The furry one explained before hearing his reply.

“Remain where you are. I’m on my way.” The hero said and deactivated the device before realizing that he still had a patient. ‘What do I do now?’ The human thought before looking at his Ultimatrix. “Got it.” He said before activating the watch.

“Echo Echo.” The alien called out before dividing into two. “One of us will stay and care for you while the other one goes sees what Minerva wanted.” One of the clones said to her before the other transformed.

“Big Chill.” The clone called out and flew away while the other transformed back into Ash and tended to his leather skinned chum. “There’s Minerva’s home.” The blue insect said before gliding down to the ground, and changed back to normal.

“Minerva, It’s me – Ash. I’m coming in.” The copy Ketchum commented before going in, and he saw her lying by her bed. “Are you alright?” He questioned to the human sized fuzzy.

“No, my ankle is seriously throbbing.” She answered back to him and played the in pain role perfectly. The monster tamer knelt down and did what he was trained to do – carry her to her bed, wrap the offended limb with a cloth, and put some ice on it.

“That should do it, Minerva. Is there anything else?” Ketchum stated and questioned to the furry one out of concern.

“I wouldn’t mind if you would stay with me for a bit.” The sly woman said with a mental smile since she believed that only Cobra Queen and herself was doing this stunt. It was at this moment his talkie went active.

“Pardon me.” He said to the latest patient before answering his device. “Ash here; what’s up.” He said to the person on the line.

“Ash, there’s something wrong with Dot. Come quick!” Yakko shouted into the device causing the helper to become a little worried.

“Echo Echo.” The hero called out after hearing the shout out.

“Fasttrack!” The one to the left said and sped away while the other clone retuned back to normal, and watched over her.

‘Blast, guess Dot is getting in on this action.’ The attractive animal thought, but appreciated that he stayed by her side. The speed creature was in the tower in no time at all.

“What seems to be the problem?” The speed factor questioned to the Warners three.

“We don’t know? She suddenly started wailing in pain?” The eldest of the three said with a shrug to the handyman. He became human again and started to analyze the young woman.

“I’ll see what I can do.” The hero said to them before seeing what the problem with this one was. The hero tried various tactics to see what was going on, and in the middle of that his communicator went off again.

‘No, not now. I just about had him.’ Dot thought while listening to the communication.

“Whoa, Skippy, slow down. I can’t understand chipmunk speed.” Ash said to the informant.

“It’s Aunt Slappy! She…I don’t know what’s wrong I just found her on the floor - out cold.” The young squirrel said back to the big brother causing him to be very alarmed.

“I’ll be there fast.” He said while racing to the door, and as soon as he leapt over the railing he slammed the head, but something was wrong.

“Way Big!” The red/white one shouted out before looking at his hands. “This mix-up I don’t mind one bit.” The transformed trainer said before walking along. In no time at all he got to the tree and transformed back to human.

“I hope she is still with us.” The boy muttered before walking in to see what he could do. The boy looked around and saw that the younger mammal was hunched over the older mammal. ‘Something’s not right.’ He thought while waking over to the two.

“Ash, you’re here!” The nephew exclaimed in excitement.

“Yes, so what seems to be the trouble.” The out of towner questioned as he knelt down to the fallen one. Skippy filled the hero in as he went to work about checking his aunt’s vitals.

“Everything checks out good…actually better than good. Her body seems to be better than her charts told me the other day.” The doctor in training stated while taking another look and could swear that she’s a little taller than normal.

‘Did she cave and take the medicine?’ The young one thought as he realized that Bumbie looked an awful like how she did in that movie, and now that he himself looked closely his own aunt looked different.

“Not sure what to do, so let’s move her into her room, and let her get some sleep.” The handyman said to the child as he lifted the body up and carried the aunt to her room. Neither of them noticed the smile that formed on the grey one’s lips as he was doing this deed.

“But you said that we were going to let her rest? Aren’t you going to make sure that she is okay?” Skippy questioned once they put the woman in question in bed and left.

“I said that I would let her rest, but I said nothing about abandoning her.” The boy said before repeating what he had done before by using Echo Echo, and having one of them transform back to him.

“Well, I’m heading back to my apartment to think about this.” The second Echo Echo said before changing to a flier.

“Stinkfly!” Once the transformation was complete he walked out the door and flew away. The insect made it all the way back with not even a buzz from his walkie- talkie which was good since the hero needed to process this.

“Four damaged friends in a single afternoon. This can’t be a coincidence.” The hero muttered as he collapsed on his bed. Rita heard that familiar sound of body hitting bed, and decided to walk into the bedroom.

“Everything okay, Ash?” The feline questioned to her…owner. He looked over the side of his bed and saw her sitting there and looking up at him. He needed a friend so he picked her up and placed his…roommate on his chest.

“I don’t know Rita. Cobra Queen, Minerva, Dot, and even Slappy claims that they are injured, but I saw no damage at all.” He said to his friend the current problem he was facing.

‘This classic bit.’ The cat thought since this was a classic ploy to get some one on one time with the hero, but she thought it best for him to figure it out for himself. The hero had his clones stay with the girls and everyday he used the com link feature of the Ultimatrix to see if anything was different.

“Everything the same as it has always been.” The clones said to him for the next three weeks which was only causing the clone handyman a bit nervous.

“Try this. When you let them get some rest - observe them and find out what they might be hiding.” The human in the apartment stated to the others and received words of confirmation. With that plan on the table the group each took a form that would seem the least noticeable: Cobra Queen - Snakepit, Minerva - Lobo, Dot - Ghostfreak, Slappy - Wildvine. At first nothing seemed out of the ordinary until the fuzzy one caught sight of something from outside Minerva’s bedroom window.

“Lobo to all points.” The canine whispered after pressing the logo on his chest so he could communicate with the others.

“What is it, Lobo?” The Ash clone with Rita and Runt questioned back.

“Her problem is just an act. Minerva is using her bad arm for a fitness exercise perfectly.” The wolf said back and that was when the others reported in.

“Snakepit here, and Cobra Queen is fine. I’m watching her flawless contortionist routine right now.” The alien snake man said as he hid in a pipe in the scaly one’s throne room.

“I can beat that - Slappy is done with her nap and just sitting in front of the boob tube.” Wildvine said as he surfaced his head from the inner walls of her wooden home. “We were right about one other thing - she is younger. I’d have to say Minerva to young adult at best.” The plant added to his report. Ghostfreak had something similar to say about Dot which got the one in the apartment to start thinking.

‘They played me.’ Ash thought and felt hurt since he believed that they were above such cheap tactics. “To all units - transform into a flyer, and take them here.” The Ash clone said to the others. They did as followed: Jetray for Cobra Queen, Terraspin for Minerva, Stinkfly for Slappy, and the Dot watcher had nothing to worry about since Ghostfreak was already a flier.

“What’s the big idea, bug?” Slappy said as she was just getting used to smelling everything again, but was now assaulted by the Lepidopterra stench.

“Sorry, but this is kind of urgent.” The insectoid said to the now young grey squirrel as he continued to fly.

“At least I got an enjoyable ride.” Minerva said to the two as she and the Geochelone flew up beside them. ‘Wow that age regression stuff really does work. Guess she really likes Ash.’ The white furred woman thought as they continued to fly to their destination. As they got closer there were two more pairs of people to complete the set.

“You gals too?” The youngest of the Warners questioned as the Ectonurite carried her by the arms. The two nod in agreement, but the fourth girl seemed to irk them.

“And here I thought it would be a nice one on one time with Ash.” The snake seductress said with Jetray having his tail wrapped around her waist which was a motion the other three did not like.

“Come on my fellow fliers we gotta meeting to get to.” The Aerophibian said to the ghost, turtle, and bug who nodded in agreement. The group headed to the room of the building they were instructed to go to.

“Good. They made it.” Ash said as he opened one of the glass windows so they could come inside. When that went off without a hitch the human clone gestured for the four to have a seat on the couch.

“Time for a meeting of the minds.” Stinkfly informed them once all clones were shoulder to shoulder. As soon as the winged man said that the four changed into Echo Echo, merged, and became Ash again.

“So…you were keeping an eye on all of us?” Minerva questioned while rubbing the back of her neck since she did not like that look in Ash’s eyes.

“Yes, I was, and I have to say - I am disappointed in all of you.” The trainer said to them causing all of them to feel uncomfortable. “I can’t believe that you did this to me. I thought with my time here you four would know that I would always be there for you, but for some reason each of you decided to pull this. Why?” The hero said to them and calmly waited for an answer.

“I guess Minerva…I mean Dot was…It was all Slappy’s…” Audrey tried to make an excuse, but that look of betrayal in her friend’s eyes caused her to be truthful. “We were greedy. We each wanted you for ourselves.” The snake then clasped her hands together and then hung her head in defeat.

“Look, I care for all four of you equally, and I would like to keep this friendship going, but not if you lot are willing to pull stunts like this. So, how about you girls don’t do that, okay?” Ash said to them with his usual soothing smile which cheered them up a bit.

“We promise.” The four said to him in sincere tones. He nodded, and to make sure that the others were okay with what he said the trainer gave them each a light hug - which they accepted.

‘I think that worked out rather well.’ Ketchum thought after they had left to go back to their homes. Unknown to anyone was the fact that the four had other plans two of their favorites involve shape-shifting their savior and shrinking him, but in hindsight those ideas seemed more like keeping Ketchum as a pet instead of a lover.

“And then there was the time during that torrential rain.” Plotz said and recalled how Ash went to work that day.

“It’s getting pretty bad out there, don’t you think?” Ash questioned as some seriously heavy rain washed over their studio.

“Yeah, I guess so, but at least we’re safe in here.” The cat said causing her canine chum to throw in his two cents.

“Definitely, definitely safe. Especially since Plotz really weather proofed this room.” The big dog’s comment caused the trainer to look at him with a questionable look on his face.

“Which would make this the ideal room to be in until this storm passes.” Ketchum theorized to the others. The feline slammed her paw on her forehead out of aggravation.

‘So much for a quiet time with Ash. I should have known better.’ The street-cat thought with a smile on her face since she knew that was just the kind of man he was.

“Don’t want to catch a cold.” Ash said to himself before transforming.

Water Hazard!” The Orishan shouted before taking to the elevator. The alien made it all the way down, and once there the hero scanned around. “Hmm, that van might help.” The trainer said before walking over to it; thanking luck that it was unlocked and that the keys were hidden in the visor. “Time to retrieve the others.” The camouflaged Ketchum said before driving off; grateful that he also decided to take up driving while he was here.

“Who’s driving out in this weather?” An earlier Plotz said as he heard the purr of an engine outside. The short human walked over to the window, looked down, and saw a large white van by a street light with a clam headed man standing beside it. “Oh, him.” The CEO said once catching sight of the hourglass on his chest.

“Ah, a friendly face.” The psychiatrist said as he looked out his office window and saw the vehicle as well. Just like Thaddeus he too walked down to the ride.

“Ever the gentleman.” Helen said with a smile after catching sight of the vehicle. The three met up and went into the machine. Once they were buckled the hero moved onto his next stop - WB tower.

“They don’t seem to answering my honks.” The hero said as he parked beside the object and started honking his horn.

“I’m sure their safe up there.” Plotz said as a way for the hero to move on, but the Pallet Town protector did not take that as a good answer.

“I’ll be right back.” The red/black warrior told them before getting out of the van, and climbing the metal structure. Once at the top he opened the door, and went inside. The Warners saw the handyman walk in, and wondered what was up.

“Something wrong, Ash?” The garbage disposal questioned to the hero after he and his siblings came over to him.

“There’s a storm out there. I’m moving everybody to my apartment.” The out of towner explained white transforming back to human for the moment. The three huddled together and talked amongst themselves for a few minutes.

“You got it, Ash. We’ll go with you.” The eldest of the three said to him and added, “And we know how protective you are so…” With a spin trick the three were now in yellow ran jackets, hats, and boots.

“Thank you. Now let’s go.” He said to them causing the three in question to race to the open door, and leap off of the ledge, but instead of going straight down the three deployed parachutes. “That was unexpected, but I have something like that.” The boy said before transforming into: Diamondhead - leaped off the ledge, and landed with no problem.

“This isn’t what I wanted, but it worked.” The Petrosapian said before walking into the van. The Warners followed his lead, and joined their friends in the metal device.

‘Why does she have to be there?’ Dot thought once she saw the medic of Warner Brothers studio sitting in the front passenger seat. The little sister sighed in defeat and got into the machine.


“Hmm? It seems that we’re dragging for some reason, but there are no warning lights on the console.” Diamondhead stated while scratching that boulder he calls a head. The others that this was another one of the things they liked about him - he was simpleminded.

“Ash maybe if you deactivate the Ultimatrix or at least change to a lighter form.” Thaddeus offered to the transformed trainer who suddenly realized that he was still in the living boulder form.

“Sorry about that.” The alien said before slamming his symbol to become human again. With that done they continued on, and at first there didn’t seem to be any problems anywhere…that was until they got to Acme Lab.

“Looks like Brain put in that new swimming pool he wanted.” Yakko joked when they saw that the inside of that stone building has flooded.

“No, it’s something far worse.” Ketchum countered as he used his aura ability to see if there was anyone inside, and he saw at least six bodies. “I’ll be right back.” He said to them before activating his arm band to become:

“Fasttrack!” The new alien shouted before speeding into the laboratory to grab those endangered creatures. In a moment he the black/blue alien stood in between the building and the vehicle with the creatures in his arms.

“Wow.” The group in the van said in awe at the sight of how quickly he got the job done. The speed hero just stood there and looked at the machine. The medical maiden knew what the problem was, and knew what to do.

“Easy fix.” Helen said while pressing a large van icon causing the vehicle in question to transform from a mini-van to an actual van. The fast man then zipped in and put the horse in the back and handed the smaller creatures to Dot before returning to his driver’s seat.

“Now, that’s cool.” The Citrakayah said before returning to his human form.

“Is everyone buckled?” The trainer questioned to his passengers and got various forms of ‘yes’ the traveler carried onto his next stop. They traveled until they came to a cul-de-sac like area which held basic buildings and the Goodfeather’s favorite statue.

“Allow me to guess: you are going to save them as well.” The evil gerbil stated to the human even though the fuzzy one already knew the answer. Ash smiled before transforming into a durable form:

“Chromastone!” The purple crystalsapian shouted before walking out of the machine, and near the statue. “Hmm, I know they lived near this statue, but where?” Camouflaged Ketchum said while looking around, but did not see them. This caused the hero to almost give up until something caught that cyclopean eye of his. ‘There they are.’ The man thought before going up to them.

“Troz! He sure can climb, Brain!” The tall one shouted out as they all watch the beanpole of a boulder climb a tall tree. Once on the recommended branch he moved his hands to shield the seven from the wind.

“This nest isn’t going to last for very long. Please, come with me.” Chromastone said to them in a calm tone before gently picking up the nest with his free hand still shielding them from the wind.

“Who the heck is that!” Bobbie shouted in alarm when he caught sight of their savior. The others felt the same, but that soothing voice gave away of whom he truly was.

“Good to see you again, Ash?” Lana questioned since she was still wondering if that was really him. The creature nodded and leapt off of the tree, and once on the ground he journeyed back to the van and put them inside.

“You guys stay here. I’ll go get the others.” Chromastone informed them before transforming again:

“Heatblast!” The Pyronite shouted, and started running off. Despite the rain the flaming man’s fire body evaporated it before the drops hit him. “I know that they’re at the top floor, and I’m pressed for time, so let’s try something new.” Ash said before channeling his fire power to the ground beneath him to create a small floating island, and when that island was formed he headed off.

‘It sure is coming down out there.’ The mime thought while sipping at a cup of hot coco. He and his roommates were just weathering the storm through reading books or sewing up disguises that have been damaged over time. The calm moment was blown away when a flaming man appeared on the other side of the window.

“Uh…sorry guys.” Heatblast said when he saw the three rush under the coffee table out of fright. “But you need to climb aboard and come with me to my apartment just in case.” Their savior explained; the trio looked at one another, and after a silent nod the three opened that window before climbing aboard.

‘This is kind of exciting.’ Chicken Boo thought with a smile as he and his friends glided over to the van. When the three got in the machine was once again crowded causing his navigator to press another icon – this time in the shape of a bus.

“Please take your seat. We’re moving onto Katie and Mindy’s families.” The driver explained before driving onto that area. Surprisingly the drive was pretty peaceful despite the seriously heavy rain outside the metal walls.

“It’s good to get out of the rain.” The birds said as one as they dried themselves off. The team came to a nice neighborhood area where the trainer knew that last two would be.

“Here they are, and I better get them.” Ash said, but instead of using an alien the boy simply got an umbrella out from the glove compartment, got out of the bus, opened it, and headed off to the first house.

“Why didn’t he use his alien forms to get them, or pull right up to their door?” The brown themed bird said to the others out of concern. Everyone heard him, but most of them didn’t know the answer themselves.

“For one he did not wish to scare Mindy since most of forms are quite scary, and he probably did not wish to scare Katie into transforming and attacking him and the bus.” Plotz said to the group of the best response he could think of.

“Not to mention since the lawns are so soggy he probably didn’t want to damage their yards.” The eldest of the Warner siblings said to the others which also seemed like Ash since they could picture him also reseeding the spots that he ruined.

“I appreciate of you not transforming on me.” The trainer said to the transformer beside him as they walked from their house to Mindy’s home.

“No trouble at all, Ash.” The young blonde woman said with a blush. The teen did enjoy how optimistic he was with everyone he meets. The group made it to the next house, knocked on the door, and waited for an answer.

“Oh, Ash and Katie: what are you and your family doing out in this weather?” The mother of the young adventurer said to the group in a compassionate tone.

“I’m just making sure that all of the friends that I have made are safe. Would you please come with us?” Ketchum said in a calm tone to the mother. The elder thought of it for a moment before responding.

“Of course, Ash, we would like to come with you. Mindy, Buttons come along – we are going to spend some time with Ash.” The mother said into her home causing a brown dog and a blonde haired child to come over to her.

“Well then, let’s go.” The trainer said after giving them the time to change into rain resistance jackets. Both families and the handyman made it to the bus, they got in, and they were off to their next spot.

“So, where to next, Ketchum?” The female mouse asked as they drove along.

“Only a few more stops, and then back to my apartment for good food and drinks.” The raven haired youth said back to her as he drove off to the woodland area. In an instant the group knew where they were.

‘This is Slappy and Minerva’s area. Guess he wants to save them too.” Helen whispered to herself as they continued on the forest route. The group came to Slappy’s home first.

“Wildvine!” The florauna shouted once Ash slammed down his armband. In a moment the plant climbed out of the vehicle and melded with the tree. Just like on recon the man was able to slip into the hallow tree even though it often did tingle.

“What brings you here?” The now young squirrel said to the plant man after he lad pulled himself free from the wall. After a quick shake of the head the transformed mortal decided to tell her what he had told the others.

“Because of how dangerous this storm has become I thought it best for all to relocate to my apartment.” The Venus Flytrap with attitude said to her causing the younger woman to think that it was just the two of them.

‘It’s that kind of thinking that almost caused you to lose this relationship the last time.’ The logical side thought to the rest of the mammal’s mind. After a deep breath she knew exactly what to say.

“We would love to.” She said politely before shouting in her usual fashion, “Hey, Skippy, we’re going to Ash’s for a bit.” In that nano-sec the boy in question dressed for the occasion, and was standing at their feet.

“Ready.” He informed them with a big grin. The three of them walked out, got in the bus, and they were off to the next stop - Minerva. The group got over there, and the traveler was about to go hero while outside, but the device wouldn’t work.

“Here, just take this.” The teen blonde said to him while tossing an umbrella to the soaking wet trainer. Once he caught it Ash opened it and, headed for the door.

‘Hope she’s not too proud of leaving.’ Ketchum thought after arriving at the door. After opening the door a crack he saw that the mink’s roof was leaking a lot.

“Oh, hey Ash. Wh-what brings you here?” The mink said to him while trying to pretend that there were no holes in her roof. He smiled out of good nature for her attempt before speaking.

“I can see that you aren’t having a good time here, ya know, trying to maintain your situation, but I’m gathering all of my friends so they will be safe.” He said to her in a calm tone. “I promise that I will help repair any damage once this storm passes.” The trainer offered after seeing her reluctance.

“I’ll take you up on that offer.” She said back before looking down at the offered arm which she happily look. The two of them walked back to the umbrella, and as they walked the white furred one wanted to rest her head on his shoulder until she saw how close they were to the bus. ’I better not.’ She thought before getting inside and taking her seat.

“Who next?” The psychiatrist questioned to the trainer as they were moving onto the next stop.

“Since the storm seems to be getting stronger I think I’ll visit one home, and then go with high speed rescue.” The rescuer said to his friend before heading over to where the hippos were living. ’Big place.’ He thought while looking up at a skyscraper, and that’s when the boy realized that the taller the object the better for a lightning rod it makes. ’Got to work fast.’ Ash thought before stopping and leaping out of the vehicle.

“Way Big!” The To`kustar shouted after Ash had summoned him. The giant then decided to get to the point. “Flavio, Marita, and loyal giraffe worker your building is in a terrible lightning spot. Please come with me to safety.” The white/red one bellowed the ones in question went to the door, but saw nothing wrong.

“I believe that booming voice is…how you say - joking with us.” The blue hippo said to the two girls and birds.

“Forgive me, sir, but I don’t think so.” The long necked one said to her employer when the two looked at her oddly she pointed up at the strange white overhang. They saw that the arm was connected to and saw a giant.

“She’s right, I’m real. Now - climb onto my other hand, and we can go.” The alien said while moving his free hand over, and let the group get on. Once they were on he cupped his hands together, and carefully bent down to the vehicle.

“Darling, could you push us in.” The pink one questioned the hired help once the two were stuck good. The herbavore tried her luck, but the giant did it for her with little effort.

“Let’s get going.” Ash said, back as a human, before boarding the bus.

“What about all the others?” The cautious birds questioned as they were on their way.

“I’ll get them myself. You guys head back.” Their savior said before going for the arm band.

“Echo Echo.” The Sonorosian shouted before dividing into three. Two of them leaped out of the vessel and went for the speed forms while the third one went with one with a tech factor.

“Upgrade!” the black/green one shouted before melding into the machine. Once bonded he transformed the bus into a Men In Black themed speed vehicle. The bus parked and the Galvanic Mechomorph created a cover between the two doors.

“Ash!” The gray furred one shouted excitedly when she heard the door begin to open, but slightly sulked when it was everyone except him. ‘Is that?’ Rita thought once the crowd has passed and she saw Upgrade walking in. “Ash, there you are!” The singer exclaimed in excitement.

“Easy Rita, I’m just a clone of your Ash. This time I divided into three: two of me went to get the others while I sent these three here. The feline felt a little crestfallen after hearing that, but accepted it none the less. In no time at all the other two speed demons got the others, and were heading back in the forms of the two giants: Way Big and Humungousaur.

“Here we are guys.” The leather skinned man said to them as he carried his group. When they were close enough Upgrade opened the windows allowing the two to slide them into the apartment.

“Jetray!” The two shouted before gliding into the openings. When they were all in the mechanical expert closed the windows behind them.

“Looks like you did good.” one of the flyers said to the goo-like being before changing back to Echo Echo, and merging back into one.

“Time to tend to their needs.” The hero said after returning to his human form. Plotz recalled how he did everything possible for the others to forget about the storm, and at one point had Thunderstein stand on the roof and take in the lightning heading for this building. The CEO still had a job to do as he uttered…

“His deeds are all well and good, but that does not change things. I’m afraid I must…”

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Ash Ketchum, and the others, are owned by Gamefreak/Nintendo and Cartoon Network.
Animaniacs, and the others, are owned by WB.
Ultimatrix, and all forms, are owned by Man of Action and Cartoon Network.