𝙾𝚞𝚛 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚋𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 [ C̶y̶n̶t̶h̶i̶a̶ X̶ A̶s̶h̶ X Astrid ]

ACT 34 | SPECK OF BETRAYAL

"A very small degree of betrayal is sufficient to cause the death of trust..."
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Ash knew what he did was something completely illegal... It wasn't an alien fact that kidnapping people would result in a good time behind prison and what Anabel told him was even more dangerous... Despite being a not so adult, Anabel told him in some cases it won't work... He couldn't play the under 18 card, not in Sinnoh where the limit was changed to 16..

But he couldn't let the man go either.. Not especially after what happened to Rosa so he pulled some links... Anabel was hesitant but managed to ask Looker to pull out the missing case on the man saying he was on run to other regions giving him time he needed..

Now that he stood in front of the godown the man was held hostage who destroyed Rosa's life,maybe he knew who would have been the one to break in... It was one hundred percent the traitor.. The leaked information from Gary, him and Calem was something only that person could know...

The list was too narrowed down.. From the Rosa incident it was clear it was someone among the first year..

If the person Ash suspected received the information leaked then it must be him..

And if Anabel was right then... No, that must be a lie..

"Oh.. You're here.." He turned and faced Gary who stood out waiting for him to move with his blastoise.. Ash threw his pokeball into air which revealed his charizard who landed on the ground with a small thud looking behind him..

"I told you to stay on the other side idiot.. He would escape.." He said in alarm about to dash toward the other side only to be stopped by Gary's grip on his shoulder who stopped him before doing even further damage.. "Look down before you move.. I have secured the back.. The man is still inside.." Gary pointed to ground and under the flames of charizard something was visible to them..

"Footprints.." Ash leaned down to the level of the ground.. 'Four footprints... One person and one pokemon.. Which one?' His eyes narrowed down toward the footprints, studying the door pattern.. Four fingers and one pad.

"Lucario.." Both Ash and Gary said at same time... Eyes rose toward the old godown walking toward the door walking toward it.. Ash and Gary nodded their head at each other deciding to stick to the original plan.. Gary opened the door...

A sound of air ripping down toward them made Ash wonder whether it was a good choice or not... The massive aura sphere shot toward them slammed onto Blastoise throwing the pokemon back in defensive stance with a shadow jumping above their head...

"THAT'S IT GARY.. SECURE THE ROOM.. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE THE LUCARIO IN CASE THE PERSON GET AWAY... CHARIZARD.." He jumped onto Charizard lunging onto his neck looking at Gary one last time who closed the door from inside looking around.. Flapping its wind Charizard shot off toward the shadow running down toward the forest in a attempt to lose them...