159. Caught

Ash stayed with Latias and Latios in the Secret Garden all afternoon, making everyone there very happy.

Latios and Latias also showed off their special skill, Dream Relay.

Simply put, Latias can share everything Latios sees with Ash and the others, so that when Latios travels through the water, Ash and the others can see everything as if they were the ones flying over the water.

It was like a roller coaster, but much more peaceful and less adrenaline to it.

"So that's the Soul Dew!" In the central pool of this Secret Garden, the Soul Dew is placed directly in the middle. On the stone slabs around it, the true use of the power possessed by Soul Dew is recorded here form the very beginning!

But neither Bianca nor Lorenzo could understand the content, and they didn't care. Ash was also on the same boat as them thsi time around because he too couldn't read the writings.

"Our ancestors created a device that used the Eon Siblings to draw out the mysterious power hidden in Soul Dew to protect this island!" That device should refer to the one that he had previously seen in the museum today.

Lorenzo suddenly looked at Ash seriously, "Ash, I really do believe in you, you must promise that you will not tell anyone what you saw here today! No matter what!"

"I promise!"

'On the life of that Magikarp!' Ash inwardly said.

Ash didn't say goodbye to Latias and Latios until it was alredy getting very dark. There was no way he could stay here for the night, now could he?

"Mr. Lorenzo, Bianca, I helped Latias to deal with two people who were chasing after her before. During these days, you must be vigilant at all times and come to me as soon as possible if you have anything you need my help for!" Ash was genuinely really worried about the two siblings.

He had already decided that after returning to the Pokémon Center, he will call Professor Oak to replace the Pokémon in his current hand with a more powerful lineup just in case if things go south!

The next thing that happened here were just as Ash had not wanted it to be, but it still happened because of someone's carelessness.

The two sisters found about Bianca and then followed her and found a way into this Secret Garden not long after he left.

That night, they took advantage of the darkness and invaded quickly and swiftly!

"This place does look good!" When they came to this place during the pitch blackness of the night, even they couldn't help but praise the sheer beauty that the garden radiates off of, "We might as well set up our hideout here after we are done dealing with our current mission!"

Latios discovered the intruder immediately, but without someones help, how could he alone be able to deal with these two sisters?

The thing is that even though there were not Pokémon Trainers, they still have lots of high-tech in their hands just for this reason!

And their skills in using them are very good!

They were easily able to avoid Latios' attack with one of their gadgets. Even if Latios and Latias were both invisible, they could still see them with the help of their glasses that was specially made for this.

"Espeon, Swift!"

Swift hit Latios accurately because he couldn't avoid it, no matter what.

Just as Latios was taking damage, Latias attacked the Espeon in time, interrupting the Swift from being able to attack.

But because of this, her figure also appeared in front of the two sisters, "Ariados, Night Slash!"

Night Slash accurately hit Latias, and Latios, as the older brother, suddenly jumped out and blocked the attack for his younger and much weaker sister!

But because of this, he couldn't move anymore for the time!

Taking advantage of this moment, the two sisters threw out their catching net and caught Latios in one fell swoop. The net was made to continually use electric shocks to keep the victims paralyzed until the net was taken off.

Latios fell down in extreme pain from both the attacks and the high amount of unknown electricity going throughout his whole body.

At the same time, Latias was also hit by a Shadow Ball belonging to that Espeon and also fell to the ground!

Seeing that his sister was about to be captured, Latios became very furious. It forcibly controlled its trapped an weak body to rushed forward, blocking the Espeons next attack from hitting Latias.

'Go quickly!' Latios said via their shared telepathic connection.

This is the sacrifice an older brother can make to protect their younger siblings!

Latias shouted in pain, watching one attack after another fall on her brother but still couldn't do anything because most of her powers were being blocked by the high-tech gadgets get brought with them.

The two sisters were about to throw out another of their catching net to catch Latias, but Latios jumped up with the last bit of his strength and blocked the catching net.

It was hit by the powerful electricity again and now most of his once beautiful skin was covered in bruises and burns!

Latias no longer dared to hesitate, jumped into the pond and finally managed to escape through the waterway.

The two sisters did not pursue her this time. Catching one Latios was alredy enough for their plans. They also took down the Soul Dew form the center of the water fountain. After investigating the stone slabs here, they somehow figured out how to use the device in the museum!

It turned out the Soul Dea was the key to activating that device.

Who could have guesse that?

"Those with evil intentions will lose their souls when using Soul Dew! They will lose the waters along with this island!"

It was obviously a warning, but the two sisters didn't take it seriously at all, they must have been thinking that those old people from back then were just joking around!

They have been deceived by the powerful power and are about to do terrible things because of their greed!

"This city is ours to do whatever we want!" Annie laughed out loud, almost like a crazy person, which honestly is not wrong to describe them currently.

After Latias escaped from the Secret Garden, she quickly came to the Pokémon Center, and under the moonlight, she once again transformed into the form of Bianca to approach Ash.

"Pika?"

Pikachu felt its arrival first and then was about to wak up Ash, but he woke up in his own after sensing something via his Passive Aura Sense during his sleep meditation.

When Ash saw who came to him so late into the night, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately knew something was wrong!

Although he had an ominous premonition, Ash didn't go straight into conclusions before knowing what happened.

"Latias!"

Ash stood up gently, and Latias threw herself into his arms, trembling and crying all over him.

'It was my brother Latios who sacrificed himself to protect me. Now I have no one to rely on except you, Ash!' She said to him through the Psychic Connection that Ash just made with her not so long ago.

Ash turned on the light and the rest of his team woke up from their slumber.

He than gave them a brief summary of what happened between them.

"Latias?" The three of them exclaimed in unison, Molly even came up and looked up and down, "Miss, are you really that Latias?"

Latias forced a smile and nodded.

"Latias, these three are my companions, you can trust them just as you trust me!" Ash encouraged her.

Hearing this, Latias nodded and suddenly showed them her true form in front of their eyes, Misty and Brock were frightened a bit by the sudden transformation.

But Molly got excited, hugged her neck and shouted, "It's really a Latias, she's so cute!"

Ash smiled a little seeing his little sister being so happy, "So, Latias, what happened?"

Latias's eyes flashed with white light, and the current scene inside of the museum suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes!

The two sisters, Annie and Oakley, were playing with the machine in the bottom part of the museum. Latios was trapped in the ring part of the device in the machine, and even the mysterious Soul Dew was also placed on it.

Both Lorenzo and Bianca were tied up tightly by the webs made by Ariados, they were unable to move even by an inch.

The silver-haired Oakley sat in and fiddled with it a few times. The Aerodactyl and Kabutops fossils in the museum suddenly came to life, they now fostered a deep ferocious expressions on their faces!

This is not a machine to protect at all, but a biological weapon created by the power of Soul Dew to cause much harm to the island!

"Shot, things are getting serious there!"

Ash could immediately tell something was very wrong in there, his eyes lit up with blue light, he put on his clothes, checked his equipment, and took the new exchanged Poké Ball with him.

Sure enough, in the next second, fences began to appear on the balcony and all the passages here, and even the Pokémon Center where they were located was about to be completely closed!

This was supposed to be a measure to protect the entire island from outside threats from the city center, but now it has become more like a prison for everyone here than any protection idea!

Seeing that the situation was not good at all, Ash immediately pulled Latias and jumped into the water. Brock, Misty and Molly, who were a step slower, could only be trapped in the room of the Pokémon Center.

"ASH!"

"Brock, Misty, I will go to the museum to rescue everyone there, so I will leave this place to you guys! And please take care of Molly while I'm away!"

With that said, Ash threw out the first Poké Ball in his hand, which was an Ultra Ball, "Suicune, I need your help buddy!"