"There's a cave ahead— let's hide in there!" Ash, cradling the flightless Pidgey, told Rattata.
"Squeak!" Rattata agreed.
Ash dashed into the cave, immediately summoning Charmander. Pointing at the cave entrance, he yelled, "Charmander, use Ember!"
"Char!" Charmander swung its tail forcefully, shooting sparks towards the cave entrance. To the Spearow outside, it looked as if the cave itself could spit fire. This intimidated the Spearow, who dared not act rashly for the moment.
"It really worked!" Ash exclaimed in surprise. He hadn't anticipated this outcome; he just wanted to use the narrow cave entrance for a counterattack. Seeing the Spearow hesitate, Ash told Charmander, "Good job, Charmander, use Ember again."
"Char! Char!"
After a while, the outside seemed quiet, and Charmander was out of energy. Only then did Ash take a deep breath and sit down on the ground.
"Pidgey, Rattata, are you guys okay?"
"Coo coo coo!" Pidgey was still angry at Ash for wetting its feathers. It walked over to Ash and pecked at him.
"Stop, stop it. I've already apologized. But speaking of which..." Ash grabbed Pidgey, saying, "Isn't it because you provoked the Spearow that we're in such a mess?"
Hearing this, Pidgey immediately became a bit more docile.
Just then, a small figure emerged from the depths of the cave.
"Pika!"
Ash turned around and saw a Pikachu coming out from the depths of the cave.
"What is this..." he said, pulling out his Pokédex.
"Pikachu, the Mouse Pokémon. It has small electric sacs on both cheeks. It discharges electricity when in danger."
At this moment, Pikachu's cute face showed a fierce expression. It growled again, "Pika!"
"..!?"
The three Pokémon beside Ash were all quite scared by Pikachu's expression. Pidgey and Rattata retreated, but Charmander stood in front of Ash, trying to protect him with its small body.
"Hey, what's wrong with you guys? Pikachu's expression... seems a bit off!" Ash took a closer look at Pikachu's expression. It was too cute, and he couldn't feel the tension from his three Pokémon.
"Um, Pikachu, we didn't mean to disturb you, so..."
"Pika..." At this moment, electricity flowed from the electric sacs on Pikachu's cheeks. Ash sensed something was wrong and immediately yelled, "Run out quickly!"
But it was too late. Pikachu roared, "Chu~" A strong current erupted from Pikachu, hitting the cave walls and creating a shockwave that blew Ash and his three Pokémon out.
Ash quickly propped himself up with his hands. "Everyone, are you okay?"
"Coo coo, coo coo!" "Squeak squeak squeak!" Pidgey and Rattata seemed to be okay, but Charmander lay on the ground, not moving.
"Charmander, what's wrong?" Ash went over to Charmander and gently picked up its body. He found that there was still a weak current on it. It turned out that Charmander, who was closest to Pikachu, didn't escape the electric shock.
"Char, char," Charmander called out weakly. Ash noticed that the flame on Charmander's tail was almost out.
"Oh no, Charmander."
"Ya ya ya ya ya ya ya!" The dark mass of Spearow in the sky appeared again, seemingly determined to fight Ash to the death today.
"Ah~ what the hell is going on? Damn it!" Ash held the dying Charmander and screamed. He reached for his waist, intending to put Charmander back in its Poké Ball to prevent further injury. But he found that his Poké Balls were gone. They must have fallen out when he was blown out of the cave.
"Damn it!"
The Spearow finally lost their patience and swooped down. A few of them were hit by stones that suddenly flew in.
"That direction is..." Ash turned around and saw that the cave, which had collapsed due to the electric shock, had been opened again. A small golden figure slowly walked out.
"Pika!"
With Pikachu's loud cry, the weather changed dramatically. The originally clear sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds. Ash was stunned. Pidgey and Rattata were also scared and hid next to Ash.
?
"What... what is this?"
"Pika~chu!" Pikachu emitted sparks, attracting the lightning contained in the clouds, which directly struck the Spearow. For a moment, there was a flash of lightning and thunder, and each Spearow was bursting with golden sparks.
"Ya ya ya ya ya ya!"
"Enough, Pikachu, you can stop!" Ash couldn't bear to watch the Spearow get electrocuted anymore. After all, if this continued, they would die.
Pikachu glanced at Ash and stopped the attack. A large number of charred Spearow fell to the ground, and some used their last strength to fly away.
"Thank... thank you! We intruded on your cave, and you still helped us. Thank you so much!"
Suddenly, Pikachu started panting heavily, looking very painful, and electricity flowed out of its body.
"What... what's happening now?"
"Pika, pika, pikachu!" Pikachu's expression became more and more painful. It held its head with both hands, and its body was shaking, as if it would fall at any moment.
Suddenly, Pikachu's eyes opened wide, and they actually burst out with golden light. The previous painful expression disappeared, and there was no expression on its face at all.
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