X and Y a Different Story

Episode 21 - Mind Controlling Waves

Going to the vents, everyone followed Clemont, they went down under the bridge that connected the entrance to the land, down under it were two large vents; one being an intake and the other going out. They were sticking out of the ground, and both had large fans spinning inside of them.

"Here they are," Clemont said.

"Alright," Ash said then started to put Chelsea down, "Serena, hold her for a second," He said then grabbed a Pokéball.

Serena put one of Chelsea's arms over her head and tried to hold her up, she was a lot heavier than she looked. It was almost strenuous to hold her, "Bonnie, a hand please," Serena groaned. "Chelsea you need to give us some help."

Bonnie ran over to the other side and held her up.

"You are heavy," Serena said strained.

Chelsea smirked, "That's what happened when you work out and are all muscle." She then groaned in pain, "Ugh."

"Come on Frogadier," Ash called throwing the Pokéball.

Frogadier came out and looked up at Ash, ready for his command, "Fro-ga," He croaked.

"You see those vents?" Ash said pointing to the intake, "I need you to stop their fans."

Frogadier put a hand up to his head in a salute and then jumped into the air. "Fro!" When he hit the peak of his jump he grabbed some of his frubbles, which was the fluffy color around his neck, and started to throw them at the vents fans. He threw so much that it started to get sticky and slow the fan down to a stop.

Clemont stepped into the vent first, "Alright, careful and watch your head," He said as he walked in.

Bonnie walked in after him, making sure to stick close behind.

Ash returned Frogadier to his Pokéball and then picked up Chelsea, "Thanks Serena," He said as he started to walk into the vent.

Serena nodded and walked in behind him, staying close.

As they got closer toward the Power Plant the vents got smaller, and they had to start crawling. Clemont kept the lead with Ash close behind, he set Chelsea down on the floor and looked at her, "Can you crawl at least?" Ash asked.

Chelsea held her head and nodded, "I think so," She moaned.

"Alright just let me know if you need to crawl on my back, ok?" He reassured her that he wasn't going to leave her behind. "I'm not going to leave you behind."

She looked up at him, her heart fluttered. "Honestly, you should have just left me outside." She mumbled.

Ash bent down and looked her, "I'm not leaving you behind again." Seeing her eyes, he couldn't understand what was happening to her.

His voice was quiet, but really nice. Chelsea blinked at him, "Ok." She sighed.

Serena looked at them, Wow... was her only thought.

Then Ash went in after Clemont, Chelsea followed, then Bonnie with Serena bringing up the rear. They crawled through the vents for quite a while, till they finally saw a light.

"These vents connect the whole plant," Clemont whispered as they moved.

Ash would occasionally look over his shoulder to make sure that everyone was keeping up, especially Chelsea. Her head was hanging down and she had a hand on his leg, to tell when he stopped or to let him know she was falling behind.

Though the further into the plant they went the worse her headache got, it was almost to the point she wanted to start crying from the pain. Chelsea chewed on the insides of her cheeks, trying to keep from crying.