Chapter 10:
Intro to - Flea Family and the Roches

For years now the flea family never attempted to go to public school due to their size, and the fact that a lot of people in general do not like bugs, but two kids of this latest batch of kid fleas were determined to go to Acme Looniversity like everyone else. “Please, mama, can me and Flio go to the Looniversity?” A young black haired flea in a pink and white outfit asked her mother.

“I just don’t know. There is always the risk that you and your brother will get squished.” The mother said as she prepared several pieces of meat for her family’s Breakfast.

“But mama didn’t we have that same problem here until Ash showed us to Elmyra, and had her make this small home for us.” The little brother informed since he liked how nice the wolf man was, and was determined to meet up with him again since they never really had a good introduction; not even when he stopped by as Wildmutt.

“That is true, my boy, but we do not know if he will be there or that Shirley will keep you safe.” The father said as he gently pushed his son at the chunk of meat that his wife had been seasoning for them.

“From what I’ve read on Twitter he does go there, and he’s been keeping everyone on the good path, so I’m sure that no one will harm us.” The sister/daughter informed to them, while praying that her real reason wasn’t so paper thinly obvious.

“Well, if that nice Ketchum boy is going to be there. Then you might be able to go.” The father informed which caused both children to become really excited of just that sentence.

“We’ll give you our answer in the morning.” The mother said which caused them to be slightly worried, but they both kept their hope up that perhaps they will be able to go and meet him face to face. After supper the two went to sleep as the parents talked about this little development.

‘I hope they let us go. I really want to see the real Ash face to face.’ Itchiana thought as she went to sleep on the chunk of dog hair that she used as a bed. In the morning the two had their Breakfast, and that was when their parents came in with some important news.

“Your mama and I have decided that if you two remain in your classrooms, stay high off the floor, and don’t try to bite your fellow students then you two can go.” The thick mustached man informed them.

“YAY!!!” The two shouted out with complete glee in their voices.

“We already talked it over with Bugs Bunny, and you two can go with Byran when he is ready to get to school.” The mother said, and with that she made their lunches while the father packed up their back packs.

‘We’re finally going to a real school.’ Flio thought as he put on his best blue hat and blue shirt. No sooner than they got done packing that the two heard a slow, but powerful bark coming from their home, and once that was sounded the parents bid their children goodbye, and took refuge on an ordinary hare.

‘Personally I can’t wait to show these kids around. I mean I’ve gotten used to their biting, so the neighborly thing to do is show them around the school.’ The goo-like dog thought as he boarded the bus, and went to school. By the time he got there several classmates were already there, but he didn’t mind.

‘I know that Ash had a point when he did what he did, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have a little fun.’ Montana thought as he rummaged through his locker, and finally found what he was looking for. Normally due to the fact that there were several animal-like creatures at school such a tool was prohibited, but sometimes rich people just need a cheap chuckle.

‘Whew. Ten minutes to climb the stairs - not bad.’ The brown/blacked furred canine thought as he looked down at his accomplishment. Sadly that moment was short lived as soon as he turned around an ear splitting whistle ravaged his ears causing him to fling his flea friends off, and run out of the school.

“Oof. Why do you think Byran ran away Itchiana?” The brother asked the sister once the two landed on the floor of the school. Surrounded by rather large feet. As the two tried their best not to get crushed Ash, in an intersecting hallway was testing out a special talent that the fallen Lucario used.

“Man, this aura sight is fascinating.’ Ketchum thought as he walked forward with his eyes blindfolded, but unknown to his classmates was that he could still see everything going on around him. As soon as he came to the intersection the shape shifter spotted something wrong. ‘Even if they are bugs I have to help them out.’ Ash thought before pulling off his blindfold, and went straight for the watch; this time getting who he wanted.

“Hey, look at these bugs. I’m gonna step on `em.” Montana shouted to the others after having his fill of the whistle. The moment he tried to do just that an ice stalagmite formed around them right from under the floor.

“Now, you wouldn’t want someone bigger than you trying to squash you flat: would you?” An eerie voice questioned the billionaire before the body of the voice phased through the ground and floated off the ground.

“No.” The brown haired man grumbled as an answer.
“Good.” The Necrofriggian stated back before breathing on his hand to form an ice club which he used to smash the top of the hideout away. With Max gone he reached in and offered his hand to the two. “It’s okay. Climb aboard.” The bug offered to them, but saw that they were hesitant.

‘Maybe he just wants to flash freeze us.’ The two thought with worry, but when they looked back up the bug spread open his wings, and that is when they saw the hourglass symbol on his chest. That was all they needed to see since there was only one student that held that logo.

“See, I am your friend.” The insect stated before floating away, and outside for a bit. “You two are probably getting sick of the cold so let me heat things up.” Big Chill offered to them before transforming.

“Swampfire!” The plant/fire type shouted out after using his free hand to slam the symbol to get this transformation. The kids saw the hole in the palm and crawled away, and once they were clear he summoned a small flame so they could warm up. “Now, how about you two tell me what your doing here.” The Ultimatrix bearer stated to the two as he looked at his palm.

“Well, you see…Ash, it’s like this.” Itchiana started to say, and then went on to tell him what has been happening up to this point. The alien hero listened to it all, and had a feeling that he had to do something about Max again, but not as extreme as before.

“Sister, what are we going to do? Byran left without us.” The younger brother informed, and their heater could see the utter worry on their faces causing his hero side to shine through.

“Why don’t I take care of you guys? You know act as your feet while you’re here.” Ash, now turned back human since they seemed warm enough, offered to them which made them both happy since this is better than they had hoped.

“Will you really do that for us, Ash?” Flio questioned with big sparkling eyes that pleaded for the human to say yes to them.

“Of course.” He replied back to them before putting his hand closer to the top of his head, and added, “Hop on.” Needing no further coaxing the two did just that, and with that he went inside. As soon as he was in the trainer saw a classmate tending to what was left of the ice he made.

“Hungry?” Dizzy, who was pouring a ice flavoring (like the stuff used on shaved ice) all over the rest of Big Chill’s stalagmite, said while using his free hand to offer a spoon. Seeing this caused the trainer to sport a big smile and even let out a good nature laugh.

“You’re one of a kind, Dizzy. No thanks: It’s all yours buddy. Just don’t be late for your mentor’s class…again.” Ash stated while playfully messing with his friend’s fur before hurrying off to his classes.

‘Oh right! That class.’ The purple twister thought out of worry before wolfing down the ice, and spun off to that class. As for Ash things went down pretty normally since they had the same classes as him, and he pointed out to the teachers that they were on him. Everything was going well until lunch time came around.

“Oh no! We have our bags, but we left our lunchboxes on Byran.” Flio informed his sister causing her to look around the raven haired jungle and didn’t see their lunch containers. She then only had one idea, consult it with Ash.

“Ash, I need to tell you something.” Itchiana informed after jumping, and staying where his ear was. After hearing this the human journeyed to his locker, and began to hear her out. “We don’t have our lunches, and neither of us know what to do.” She confessed to him, and after a few moments the hero came up with an idea, but even he didn’t know if he was going to like it.

“Well then…I guess you could use my head for your lunch. It’s okay - I won’t scratch, promise.” He informed her which got her both thankful and nervous at the same time. Thankful - because he was allowing her and her bro to eat. Nervous - even if he doesn’t scratch the human could easily change into something that neither could live on.

“Okay, thanks.” She responded before going back up to her brother, and made sure that he heard the news as well. As soon as he had that established the three went to lunch with Ketchum trying not to scratch as the two feasted on his scalp. Thankfully due to all the types of attacks he has dealt with bug biting didn’t bother him that much.

“Well, back to class then.” The monster tamer said to the ones at his table before going to do just that. Soon it was already time to go home, which Ash did, but not before going to the park. “All day today I’ve been trying to figure out where Byran would go until it hit me. Sometimes the park is the quietest places to be.” Ketchum informed as he headed to that location.

‘Man, how long was I out.’ Byran thought to himself as he had woken up from a nap. ‘The last thing I remember is that ear splitting whistle, and that I had to get away from it which brings me here.” The canine thought before getting worried about his insectoid friends.

“Hey, Byran over here.” Ash called out causing the living brown puddle to look in the direction of the voice, and saw the out of towner race over to him. “You’ve been out all school day, but don’t worry I have your insect friends right here.” He informed before angling his head down so that his passengers could get on the dog to get home.

“Thanks for this Ash.” The dog informed but all the trainer heard was a bark. After giving the good nature dog a pat on the head the human headed to his home. As he did that the bipedal tour guide failed to realize that something was wrong with his hair.

‘It was nice to meet the real Ash, and not just one of his forms.’ Itchiana thought to herself as she held a piece of his hair, which she cut on her way off, close to her heart while wondering if he would do that for them everyday. As the students were either hanging out with friends or doing their homework no one really noticed a particular bus on the road.

“We are Maggie and Terry and Suzzy. Maggie and Terry and Suzzy Roche. We don’t give out our ages and we don’t give out our phone numbers.” The three in the bus sang as one.

“Give out our phone numbers.” Suzzy sang again by herself before the three went back to singing together.

“Sometimes our voices give out, but not our ages or phone numbers. We are Maggie and Terry and Suzzy. We spell our last name R-O-C-H-E.” They ended their little practice song and relaxed on their way to their next concert location.

“Ugh, I’m exhausted.” The brown haired one commented before asking a question she always sought out the answer to. “Maggie, let me drive.” She offered again while using the same wrap her arms around the driver’s neck manuver which earned her an annoyed glare as an answer.

“Yeah, finally let Suzzy drive. So, I can finally find out if there really is life after death.” The blonde haired roach commented since she tried to enjoy her magazine, but couldn’t due to the constant asking of that question.

“Grow up.” The driver, Maggie, said to the two in the back as they went into another pull on hair, antenna, and clothes fight. They both did as she said before blowing a raspberry at her. “Yourselves.” She shouted back after doing what they did to her, and just like clockwork their bus broke down. “Oh, perfect. Who forgot to wind the bus?” She asked the two behind her for a straight answer.

“It’s her fault.” They said as one while pointing accusingly at the other. Since there was no point in arguing the two got out and began to turn the key on the back of their small bus.

“I was thinking, what if we started our show with me…being lowered down from the ceiling in a huge emerald-studded throne being carried by green Dragonflies and blue Siberian moths…and then being skillfully carried around the stage by bright yellow Spanish pillbugs…in black and white togas while I sang? What do you think?” The youngest of the three questioned after changing her dream entrance a bit.

“What if we do it like we always do?” Maggie asked as she lounged on the wind-up key.

“Okay.” The young one said back casually, and that was when their vehicle was leaving without them. This caused the four limb-ed singers to race after it, and get into their ride before it could crash.

“Hey, where are we playing tonight, anyway? A castle in the moors? A romantic mansion in the mist?” Terry asked as she dreamed of the two locations as she always does while holding both sets of hands in a praying fashion.

“Ash’s house.” The driver replied back calmly to her sister.

‘I can live with this choice. Given the detailed Deviantart artwork I’ve seen of him by: Arbok Ambassador, Persistent Persian, and Manipulative Mawile it will be nice to see the real Ash for a change.’ Terry thought to herself and began to think of what he would look like. That night during the same workday Ash was just finishing up his bedtime snack.

“Ah, that was a good snack, but I really should get some sleep before school tomorrow.” Ash said aloud after having his fill with one double cheeseburger, five pickles, three apples, two pieces of buttered toast, and four big glasses of milk. Once getting to the kitchen he decided to get the cleaning of the dishes over with.

‘Why don’t you just use Fasttrack? It will be faster.’ A tiny, and somehow familiar voice in his head offered to him.

‘No. I will only use the watch if the situation calls for it. As far as I know I can wash my own dishes. Besides I would probably get a form that can’t clean dishes without breaking them.’ Ash thought back and did just that. After washing, drying, and putting them away he swiveled to leave until he spotted a box of doggy treats. “Oh, yeah, I got these for Byran. I’ll give them to him in the morning.” The hero said to himself before going to bed. Unknown to the human was that he too had a small crack in one of his walls that the Roches found and went inside.

“How come I still have to carry stuff?” Suzzy asked the other members of the trio as they were walking into their next stop.

“Gee, I don’t know. How come Maggie?” Terry asked as she and Maggie were carrying quite a bit of stuff from their bus inside while the third was carrying something just as important.

“Because Suzzy’s the persecuted one.” The brown haired one commented after a grunt of effort of keeping her things in all of her four arms. It still surprised her that her sister was still only using one of her four arms to lug stuff around.

“Oh, yeah. I forgot.” The raven haired one in question commented before leaving them. She scaled up a cabinet, and ran off while leaving the other two behind.

“Sometimes I think mom made a real mistake having a third kid.” The blonde roach informed the red head of the group. With nothing else needed to be said the three got to work: found a spot to set up their stuff with Maggie was testing the keyboard in an empty breadbox, Terry setting a collapsible speaker on top of the fridge while reading a magazine, and Suzzy testing our her guitar that was plugged into the amp.

“Choice acoustics here too.” The guitar holder said to her sister, who was laying in a bowl of popcorn - glaring daggers at her for causing her to fall from such a high place. Once this was all done the vendors came next and set up shop. Not too long after that the fans showed up, and prepared to get some great spots.

“Insects and ladybugs. I am proud to present Maggie, Terry, and Suzzy. The Roches.” An announcer mosquito said before pointing at the stage to the girls who began to play. Their playing did not go unheard as the owner of the house jostled awake.

“Hmm, what’s that sound? Did I leave the TV on?” Ash questioned aloud before going to investigate. He headed to where the sound was the loudest - the kitchen, peaked in and saw: insects of all types chowing down on his food and beverages. ‘It does look like fun.’ He thought, but knew that a human would really stick out in there. That is when he remembered the watch, and decided to try and use it.

“Big Chill!” The ice/bug creature whispered before seeing that his size was still an issue, so he tried again.

“Stinkfly!” The soaring stink shouted, but again his size was a problem, so he tried again.

“Cannonbolt!” The sphere like alien shouted and knew that those guys would be squashed since this one had a really weird center of gravity compared to the others. It was then Ketchum recalled the smallest of aliens, and decided to use it.

“Nanomech!” The tiny thing shouted out. ‘Even this guy is a bad choice because none of those guys are silver.’ The nanosapian thought before thinking back to that thing he found in his locker, and went to get it from his room. “I wonder who would have the time or the patience to make a Nanomech sized poncho.” The alien thought aloud before folding it in his arms, flew back to the kitchen, put it on, and went inside.

“Hey!” A voice shouted out causing the cloaked one to stop and glance in the direction of the voice. “Want to come up here for a slice of cake?” The voice of an ant questioned, but the hooded man shook ‘no’, and walked on. It took some fancy climbing since his wings were under the cloak, but he made it to the source of the music.

‘Hmm, who’s that guy?’ Announcer mosquito thought as he saw the cloaked one calmly walk toward the stage, but he wasn’t harming anyone so he just shrugged it off. Ash stood there and listened to all of the songs, and enjoyed them.

‘They’re pretty good.’ The transformed trainer thought before hearing a familiar beeping, and out of instinct he raced to the edge of the counter, and threw off the cloak just in time to return to his human form.

“Human! Run!” One of the insects shouted causing all of them to run to the deepest corners of the kitchen and pray they would not be discovered. The trio saw him as well, and could understand why he got some high praise, but as of this moment he wasn’t happy, but disappointed.

“I am sorry for the deception of being a bug, but I just wanted to know where this great music, and see the owners with my own eyes. Now, come on, let’s just listen to these ladies sing. Don’t worry; I am not the squishing sort.” Ash explained to them causing them all to come out after hearing the sincerity in his words.

“Actually kid we only have one song left, but we usually play it on the owner of the home’s face. The problem is that you have a very flat face.” Maggie informed, but Ash was one step ahead as he went to the watch to transform causing him to howl once the light was gone.

“Will this guy do?” The canine questioned them, and the trio nodded in agreement, and with that their last song was being sung.

“Don’t bug me.” Maggie started off.

“Don’t bug me.” Terry added and stood beside Maggie.

“Don’t bug me.” Suzzy added as she stood to Maggie’s left. Maggie continued with:

“We are the Roches And if you think bugs aren’t cool”

“We knew the Beatles when they lived in Liverpool.” They sang as one.

“As insects go we have had very long careers.” Suzzy sang/informed.

“Roaches have been on Earth Four hundred million years” Maggie sang/informed as she climbed up Lobo’s paw on the counter and landed on his muzzle.

“Some folks try to lure us into a roach motel.” They all sang.

“As far as we’re concerned they can go to Carmel.” Terry sang.

“We are the Roches and we’re proud of who we are.” Maggie sang as she got right into one of Lobo’s eyes.

“And when you’ve got that attitude:” Suzzy sang and they all sang that last part.

“You’ll go quite far.” The three leapt off of his muzzle and landed on the counter while still singing: “Go ahead and douse us with your insecticide.”

“Because we have got a secret that we just can’t hide.” Terry took over for that part before they all sang as one again.

“And the secret is: Roaches always come back.” With that as the end of the song and giving the owner of the house quite a venomous glare Lobo sat there for a few moments before.

“Great song. That was a great song.” The Loboan shouted out before giving a howl of delight causing the others to join in with his cheers. After a few fans took pictures of either the Roches, Lobo, or the four of them together they all. They all soon left which left a wolf and three roaches by themselves.

“Well, we better pack up and get going. We have a long way to go so we aren’t late for our next concert.” Maggie informed the owner of the home causing him to silently watch them work at gathering their things.

“Wait. As soon as you’re done with this concert you pack up and move onto the next stop?” The wolf asked as he watched them continue to work. The trio gave him a unanimous nod, and continued to work. “I don’t get it. You three must be exhausted.” He informed them even though they probably already know that much.

“Yeah, it really is.” Suzzy said as she let out a yawn before accidentally falling over the edge of the refrigerator, but was caught by the wolf. He gave her a sympathetic smile before placing the young woman back on the counter.

“Tell you what. How about staying here for the night. In my living room - just to get your strength back up. I’ll treat you three to some Breakfast, and if you still need a ride to your next concert then I’ll fly you over.” The canine informed them which they went into a three person huddle, and began muttering to each other.

“Okay, we’ll take you up on that offer…for now.” Maggie stated earning her a nod from the canine. Out of an unknown desire the wolf grabbed the box of doggie treats, and began chowing on them while getting an ahkan and large pillow ready for them in the Living Room.

“He really is a nice guy. No wonder he is the talk of the Looniversity and WB twitter page.” Terry informed the other two as she watched him leave.

“Man, The Flea family and the Roches seem nice, but I don’t particularly like how they survive. There must be something I can do.” The wolf muttered in bed as he continued munching on the doggie treats. After a while Ash powered down and slept for several hours. It was Saturday once he woke up after a few hours sleep, so this gave him time to think of the flea and Roches problem. Thankfully, he knew exactly where to start.

“Hold on a second, Ash? You would like to see the Flea Family?” Elmyra, who had been on the phone with the hero for a while, questioned after hearing of his plan.

“I know it is a weird sentence, but yes. Could you have Byran send them over?” Ash stated and asked which was earned with a ‘yes’. Once that was done they hung up and he waited, but not before a voice was heard.

“Hey, Ash, what about this Breakfast that you said we would have?” Suzzy asked as she stretched on the pillow she and the others were resting on. The human glanced over and was glad that they seemed to enjoy their rest rather nicely.

“Coming right up.” He said back before offering his hand to the three. “This will be a bit faster.” He suggested and they took it which he then went into the Kitchen. “Let’s see what your fans didn’t eat, and work with that.” He offered before going through the cabinets and refrigerator.

“Yeah, sorry about that. We can’t really control our fans when it comes to food.” Maggie stated and felt rather ashamed since she believed that she may have left this nice guy little to have left.

“No problem. After all everybody needs food, right?” The raven haired hero said back, and was able to see a few things survived. Thanks to hanging out with Brock the hero was able to cook for himself, and he cooked: three scrambled eggs, two pieces of Peanut Butter toast, five strips of bacon, some grapefruit, and a glass of Chocolate Milk.

“Hey, where are you going, Ash?” Terry asked as she watched as their host was walking away from the table, and back to the other part of the house.

“I’m going to take a shower. You three have as much as you want because I am still digesting those doggie treats from last night.” Ketchum commented before doing just as he said that he was going to do since they did hear the shower start up.

“Man, can this guy do no wrong.” The raven haired roach stated before diving into the eggs. Seeing no harm in this, since he did give them permission, the other two joined her. All were deeply enjoying this meal, and were considering that maybe staying here was a good thing.

“Sounds like he’s done.” Maggie informed since the water stopped running.

“That shower hit the spot.” Ash stated as he put on some pants, and that was when the doorbell began to ring. “Oh man. Byran is here.” The human muttered before racing out while putting on his shirt.

“We expecting company?” The persecuted one questioned after hearing the doorbell go off, and their host race to the door. He greeted the canine, asked for the fleas, they jumped into his hand, and the canine left.

“Why did you ask for us, Ash?” Itchiana asked him after he set the four on his left shoulder.

“It’s just as I said on the phone with Elmyra. I want you three to be happy, and instead of living from one animal to the next how about living with me and the Roches.” He offered and as soon as he said the singers band the four were immediately on board.

“Well, if the Roches are here, and they accept then I say we do to.” Flio offered happily to his family which the parents seemed mutually concerned about this whole thing.

“Before anything is finalized I’m going to leaved you guys in the Roches hands. I have a few shelves to restock.” Ketchum informed as he walked into the Kitchen, helped them off of his shoulder, and headed out the door, but not before adding, “Don’t worry. I won’t be gone long.” As soon as he left the group didn’t really know what to do.

“So…want to have some real food with us?” Maggie offered to the fleas as she thumbed over to the half eaten food behind her. With nothing else to do the four decided to try something that wasn’t raw. As for Ash he was having his own troubles.

“Okay, this takes care of my food, but there is still the problem of what to do about my guests.” Ash muttered as he hauled away with a few bags of supplies. As soon as he was outside something caught his eye: a dollhouse for sale. ‘I could get that for them, but I might have to lighten my load first.’ Ketchum thought before going for the watch.

‘With Fasttrack I’ll be there and back in no time.’ The blue and black themed creature thought before doing just that: raced home, put stuff away, grabbed some extra money from a secret spot in the house, and raced back.

“Did anyone just feel a draft?” Suzzy questioned as the group was now lounging in front of the rather large TV set. The others merely shrugged at her statement, and continued to watch their program.

“Good, this money should be just what I need for the house, and a few other things.” The shape shifter thought out loud before going into the store, and picked up the items that he was looking for before going back home. ‘Oh, man, I’m wanting to surprise them with this, so how do I…’ Ash thought before remembering the spirit form.

“Ghostfreak!” The gray skinned specter said before picking up the stuff, which Ash had to put down to transform, phased in through his room wall with his stuff still safe. As soon as he had everything situated just the way he needs it the watch timed out.

“Okay, from what I’m guessing the insulation is a good start.” Pallet Town’s protector whispered and went to work of measuring the walls, and cutting out the right sizes per room. He did this until the watch reset which it did after fifteen minutes or so allowing him to try one of his tiny forms out.

“Grey Matter, good this Galvan tech is finally cooperating.” The grey skinned creature said before installing the insulation to this new home while also trying to suppress the memories of being in Sabrina’s toy box since that was…embarrassing. Once that step was done Ash powered down and decided to take a small break.

‘That part is done, but I still have a few more things to do before I make this thing official.’ The hero thought, and knew that his new friends will love this gift to them. That is how it started: during the weekdays Ash went to school and helped out while at home he focused his energy on the house he was preparing for them. The down side to this was that he was worrying his guests.

“Itchiana, what is the matter, my child?” The mother flea asked her little one as the young flea looked at the human’s door in a forlorn sort of way.

“It’s nothing mama. Just that Ash has been spending a lot of time in his room. You don’t think, pardon the poor choice of words, bug him - do you.” The daughter/sister questioned while keeping her gaze on the door. Before the mother could respond right away they heard the familiar cackle of the gremlin alien.

“Done. Done. Done.” The creature said before transforming into Frankenstein’s monster.

“Time to charge it up a bit.” The creature stated and was grateful that he set up the wiring with Ghostfreak, and connected it to the batteries down below. The ones outside heard the crackle of electricity, but decided to ignore it.

“As I was about to say. I am sure that he’s fine. Humans just need their space.” The mother informed while giving her daughter a compassionate hug. Back in those walls the hero got done with that piece of the puzzle and was happy to see that the devices he set in the house were all working properly.

“Good thing I consulted Grey Matter and Brainstorm before coming up with this part of the plan, but I still need those other parts to really make this place a success.” Ash muttered as he looked at his accomplishment with a happy sigh escaping his lips. With that done the hero took a long rest before going with the next step.

“I’m starting to see why Itchy is worried. He hasn’t been hanging out with us as much, and I’m really disappointed for that.” The raven haired roach informed while glancing at the door while also trying to focus on her music video she was watching.

“Almost there.” Ash said inside his room as he was putting up the heating and cooling system for the entire house. In order to build some of this stuff he stopped by the junk yard, without Fifi seeing, and came back to let Jury Rigg build the things he needed them to be.

“Look, would you and the others stop worrying. Ash has been doing what he said he was going to do, and take us to all of our concerts; giving us plenty of time to set up and relax when we got there.” Maggie informed her fellow musician while also trying not to show that she was just as concerned as the others.

‘Well, that takes care of the heat, electricity, and insulation. I bet I can handle the rest if I use that shrink ray that Jury Rigg made a couple days ago.’ Ash thought and did just that while also using his speed factors to get the items in question. He got several pieces of furniture, clothing, and other stuff for the room; even added indoor plumbing.

“Okay, that takes care of everything except for filling up the real working pool.” Water Hazard said and was about to fill it up until he heard some soft yet angry knocks on the door. He stopped the last part and decided to answer it.

“Ash, we’re sick of this secrecy your doing back there, so we’ve decided…” Maggie informed before glancing at the others to make sure that they are really wanting to do this; they all nodded in agreement even though some didn’t like this idea. “You tell us what you’ve been doing back there, or we leave since we think it’s because you think we’re bothering you.” She finished her statement with her back turned since she didn’t want him to see her misting eyes.

“Actually you haven’t been a bother to me in the slightest, and I was hoping to surprise you with this project. Since you are threatening to leave then I have no other choice, but to show you what I’ve been so preoccupied with.” Ash explained before gesturing them to come inside his room and see what has been distracting him.

“This is what you’ve been working on?” The father/husband of the flea family questioned and was a little concerned over what he was seeing before him.

“Yes, yes it is. Don’t worry Maggie, Terry, and Suzzy it is in no way shape or form a Roach Motel, but an actual home with every square inch working like an actual home.” The red armored man informed them which seemed to peek their interest.

“This sounds impressive, Ash, but how are we getting…in?” Suzzy questioned before spotting the elevator.

“Man, Ash, you thought of everything.” Terry stated before they all got in the elevator, and let it take them up to the living room area.

“I hope you like it. I built this three story dollhouse with six bedrooms, five bathrooms, fully functional living room, family room, dining room, and kitchen along with a pool area, and personal music studio.” Water Hazard informed while he is filling up the pool with his own water.

“Man, this is great!” The seven guests shouted out happily. Mama Flea was happy for the fully stocked and totally top of the line kitchen. Papa Flea liked the Living Room and how relaxed he was with the Lazy Boy recliner and the television with every channel known to man. Flio and Itchiana loved their individual rooms and the themes that Ash chose for them. Suzzy was enjoying the pool, Terry loved her room location, and Maggie liked how top notch the studio was.

“I even made a basement area for your van. You should check that thing out as well, and see the changes I made to it.” The red armored man informed before powering down to his base form.

“Now, I’m going to let you guys get situated while I finally get outside and get some fresh air.” Ash said to them before heading out the door to do just that. Allowing the insects to get a proper to this place, and in all honesty they really were touched that Ash went this far for just a few insects like them.

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Ultimatrix, and all forms, are owned by Man of Action and Cartoon Network.