Stampede

I do not own Pokémon

Ash and May were walking down the road in the forest while looking at a map, trying to find their way.

"According to this map, to nearest town should be right over there…" said Ash and pointed forward.

"Are you sure? All I see is a bunch of bushes",

"Don't worry May. I'm sure it's just a little obstacle", he said and went through the bushes first but fled in terror followed by a loud roar.

"Run, May!" he called out as a horde of Ryhorn came out of the bushes and charged right at them. May shrieked and ran for her life after Ash. They ran as fast as they could but the Ryhorns were gaining on them. When of them took a swipe at May with its horn sending her to the ground several feet away. When she got up she heard Ash scream in pain and was horrified to see the horde of Ryhorn running over him.

"Ash!" she called out as the last Ryhorn passed by and over him. She knelt down beside him to inspect the damage. He was badly hurt and disfigured. His face was swollen, his shirt was torn, his shoulders were dislocated, some of his ribs were sticking out and his left shin was sticking out of his flesh and he was coughing blood.

"Oh my God, Ash!..." she said in horror. He coughed sickly.

"May… I…"

"Don't talk Ash. Rest. I'm gonna get you some help",

He nodded and tried to relax while breathing hoarse hollow breathes. May took out her Pokegear and called for an ambulance. Before long she could hear a helicopter in the distance and saw one approaching them.

"They sent in a chopper?" she wondered aloud.

The helicopter landed in a clearing and two men hurried out with a stretcher and gently placed Ash on top of it and carried him back to the chopper who still had his engines on.

"I'm going with you", she said to the medics.

"Then get on now. We can't stay here. Your friend is in really bad shape", she nodded and climbed on board and closed the door behind her and the helicopter took to the skies. While in the air, Ash was hooked to an infusion bag and she looked at him as he struggled to keep his breath. She held his hand and gave it a small kiss.

"Hang in there Ash. You're gonna be okay. They're gonna fix you up", she said kindly. One of the medics simply looked at her with a look of either serious skeptics or pity. He turned to the pilot.

"Tell the OR to have their best doctors and equipment standing by",

"Roger", he said and pressed a button on his headset.

"Pteallburg tower, this is chopper one we have a code zero, repeat code zero. Request to have OR on standby with best personal and equipment possible",

"Roger chopper one, operating room will be standing by",

"Roger", said the pilot and began his decent. When the landing gear barely touched the pad the doors swung open and Ash was wheeled into intensive care and May hurried after him but was stopped outside the operating room.

"You can't go in there miss", a doctor stopped her.

"But he's my friend!"

"I'm sorry but I can't allow you in there",

"But he's my friend and he needs me! He's Ash, he can't die! He just can't…", she sobbed and broke down in tears. The doctor placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"I understand your frustration miss, but if you want your friend to survive you have to let us do our job, okay?"

She sniffed and looked at him.

"But you can fix him right?"

The doctor thought for a moment and bit his lip.

"I don't know. But I'll do my best. You have my word", he said and he walked in and the doors closed behind him. May just looked at them sadly and walked towards one of the chairs while dragging her feet and sat down with a sigh. Pictures of Ash and the fond memories of the time they spent together began to flash through her mind. Like the time he made soup for her when she was sick, or when he cheered her up when she was sad, or when he cheered her up after losing her first contest. Then her mind was filled with the image of the doctors covering him with a white sheet and she wailed in sadness and buried her face in her palms, beginning to fear the worst…

To be continued…

Ash has taken a pretty bad hit. Is he gonna survive? And how is this going to affect her relationship with Ash? All will be revealed later on. Stay tuned guys…