Rated T for some cursing. Disclaimer:I don't own Pokèmon. Let's get on with it. Minor AdvanceShipping in this chapter. This is my first fanfic.
Chapter 1
In the middle of the Uvonic Ocean lies a cruise ship called the Pokémon Legacy with 16 year old Ash Ketchum and 15 year old May Mapleflower with Chris Ketchum who is 18. Ash's brother( I created this character on my own.) When tragedy strikes and the three have to escape only Ash gets out. When he gets washed ashore in the Unova region with his Pikachu and sent to a hospital he wakes up and remembers the whole thing. He then goes out on a journey, but the past prevents him from having a good time. When he meets a trainer, will she slowly mend Ash's heart back together?
Ash's P.O.V
It was 10:30 in the morning on a beautiful cruise ship called the Legacy. My stunning girlfriend came along so we can go on a journey in the Unova region. We were more than halfway there about another 350 miles to go. We were in the dining room having breakfast talking about what we're going to do when we get there. When all of the sudden I felt the ship shake. The cups began to vibrate. The ship was striking something. I went out to the nearest window and saw a massive piece of rock sticking out of the water. I was wondering how there would be a piece of rock just lying there."Under water island." I thought. But then realization hit me. We probably struck the rock. That means were probably taking water.
"Hon we have to go." I said getting up.
"Why?" May asked.
"Because this ship may be sinking right now." I said. A couple of people overheard me and started talking and getting up.
"We have to go check it out." I said.
"Okay. Well let's go." She said with a little panic. We saw the 1st captain walking the B deck corridor.
"Hey Ashy. Maybe we should ask him what's going on. He is the 1st captain." She said.
"Good idea babe." I said with a smiled. We kissed then went up to the captain.
"Excuse me sir, but what is going on? I felt a shudder. And I saw a rock outside a window. I think we may have stricken the rock." I said.
"Oh. I didn't know. We have to go tell the captain. Let's go." Said. We followed him to the captain's resting place.
"Captain we need to speak. It's urgent." Said the first captain. The captain came to the door with his tie disassembled.
"What is it sir." He said.
"We have two passengers who say that they saw a rock and felt a shudder. They say the rock scraped the ship. We may be in danger, sir. And the lookout. Where are they?" Said the first captain. We then heard shuffling. The second captain came.
"Sir, we have confirmation that the ship is taking on water. There is a 190 ft gash in the port side, sir. I advise we close the bulkheads." Said the second captain panting.
"Water has flooded the second through fifth boiler room. We have to see the ship builder." Said the second captain.
"Oh damn it. Chris. I have to go check on him. He is staying on F deck. You coming May?" I asked.
"Uhh. Yeah. Ok let's go then." She said as we went down to F deck. Once we reached F deck we went straight to Chris' cabin. I didn't see any water. I knocked on his door loudly. He came to the door and he opened with a sleepy face.
"Dude. C'mon I was trying to have my beauty sleep." He said with a groan.
"Well stop trying because we need to get out of here." I said constantly looking down the corridor to see if water was coming.
"Because the ship is sinking." I said in despair.
"What. Are you playing a gag?" He said smiling. My brother always does this. Every time I would smile, but not this time. We just stared at him. I heard a trickling noise. I think it was water. We saw it coming down the corridor. He peeked his head out to where I was pointing and his smile got wiped off his face.
"When did this happen?" He asked rushing to get stuff together so he could leave.
"About 15 minutes ago. We need to get off. But it may be safer to wait until it sinks all of the way. It is much safer on the ship than those rickety lifeboats." I said and May nodding in agreement. I felt something cold at the bottoms of my feet. The water had reached us and it kept flowing to the stairwell. Water started flooding his room.
"Come on. We have to get out of here." I said looking at the water which was already almost to my calf. Chris came out with a lot of things in his hand. We helped him out.
"Okay here is the deal. We will try to get a lifeboat. But that shitty rule of"women, children and Pokèmon" still exists." I said irritated.
"May. You are going to have to go on a lifeboat with Pikachu. Oh damn it we didn't check on Pikachu. Let's get out of here because this water is at our upper ankle." I said. We walked up to B deck to our suite and found Pikachu lying there sleeping.
"Hey buddy. Wake up." I said to Pikachu shaking him. He woke up looking at me.
"Hey. We have to go. The ship struck a rock and we're sinking now."
"Pika?! (really?!)
"Yeah. Come on buddy." I said.
"Hey Ash." Chris said.
"Yeah." I said.
"How long until the ship sinks?" He asked.
"I don't know. But the captain, the first captain, and the second captain went to see the ship builder Moises." I said.
"I'm guessing around 4 hours." May said. Another captain came. It was the third captain came.
"Are you guys Ash Ketchum and May Mapleflower and Chris Ketchum?" Asked the captain.
"Yes we are." We all said.
"Moises wants to see you." He said with sweat dripping from his face.
"Ok." May said as we him to a suite on A deck.
"Hello kids. I hear you were the spotters of the rock." Moises said.
"Well Ash was the first. Then he tapped me and I saw it. But Chr-."
"I also saw it too, sir." He said and he gave us a look that said "don't say anything."
"Well I must inform you how the ship is going to sink. It will go down bow first. It will pretty much sink Pokètanic style. But it might take around 45 minutes longer. It has been 30 minutes. In about another 3 hours this ship is history." He said sadly while looking down.
"4 at the most. But if we're lucky. The bulkheads only go up to E deck. The policy is still women, children, and Pokèmon first, but the captain has cancelled that order so anyone can go onto the lifeboats. There's enough for about 3/4 of the passengers. And there are about 3800 passengers on board. So go while you can." He said.
"That's great. We'll be going to Unova safe and sound." We all cheered.
"But don't get too excited because there is a storm coming our way in about 5 and a half hours from now. Waves up to 50 ft are possible." He said looking out at the almost clear blue sky.
"That means that the lifeboats won't be safe." May said with a sad voice.
"What do you expect us to do?" Said Chris.
"Stay on board as long as possible." Said Moises.
"Hey does anyone feel the ship slanting a bit?" I asked.
"Yeah I do." Said Chris.
"Must be the water weighing the ship down." Said May.
"You are right May." Said Moises.
"Well we better go get your stuff then." Said Chris.
"Yeah." We said. We went back to B deck. When we got there I looked out the portable and saw that the lifeboats were getting loaded.
"We should probably go to the Boat deck." Said May.
"Yeah we should." I said in agreement.
"First let's go see where the water is." I suggested.
"Are you out of your mind?! We don't have time for this." Said Chris in disbelief.
"We go down and take a look from the stairs that's it." I said.
"Fine." They both grunted. I just chuckled. We went down there. When we got to D deck we saw water coming up from the stairwell. That means Chris' place was left under water. We then heard a bunch of people yelling and we saw people behind gates and there were these people dressed in white long sleeved shirts and black dress pants holding guns.
"Ash maybe we shouldn't get into this." Whispered May keeping her eyes on the people with the guns. We turned around and saw that there was water flooding.
"How is there water there?" Asked Chris.
"The water tight compartments are overflowing." I said. We continued walking away from the people with guns and May got her foot caught on string and something fell out that made a loud bang as it hit the ground. The three men with guns turned around and saw us with their guns pointed at us. We immediately started dashing towards the stairwell.
"Hey. Hey! Get back here." One of them said running towards us. He shot a couple shots. We turned the staircase and up it all the way to B deck.
We hid in our cabins.
They just walked by smoothly as we hid. We then came out making sure out we were out of earshot of those guys and started laughing at what happened.
"Did you see their faces?" I asked in between laughing.
"They were mad as hell." May said. We all cracked up again.
"Alright let's go." Said Chris still laughing. When we reached to the Boat deck there were a lot of lifeboats still there.
"Alright let's go get in a lifeboat." Said May.
"Yes. We should." I said as walked to the lifeboats. Chris was about to go into a boat when the fifth captain said "Sir you're not allowed to go into the lifeboats."
"Wait. But the captain said that everyone could board." I said while stepping forward.
"Well it is the law. We can't follow the captain's order because it is the law. So will this young lady get in with your Pikachu in the boat?" He asked.
"No sh-"
"Yes." She said.
"May. Please." I pleaded.
"Don't worry. I'll make it out safe. The lifeboats will go to nearest land before the storm." She said with a smile.
"But May, we don't know where the nearest land is. We are like 300 miles away from land."
"Ash it's all right. Keep Pikachu with you." She said as she stepped into the lifeboat.
"Okay. I will see you in Unova." I said hoping I was right.
"Okay. Babe see you." She said as she kissed me on the lips and sat down. We walked away from the boat. I kept my eyes on her until I couldn't see her anymore. I felt tears running down my face.
"It's okay man. We'll see her again." He said. He patted me on the back and I felt a little bit better. But it wasn't enough to stop my tears. I checked the time on the Pokètch. It was 12:15. An hour and 45 minutes after the collision. The slanting was getting worse. I went to a rail and checked the bow. It was almost to the water. But it hasn't started flooding yet.
"Let's go see if a lifeboat is free." Chris suggested. I nodded as we went to find a boat that would allow men.
"Hey Pikachu how you holding up?" I asked with a slight smile.
"Pika Pi. Pikachu. (I'm scared Ash. We should go on a lifeboat.)" He said.
"Well don't worry buddy were trying to find a boat right now"." I said and he just nodded. I checked the clock. 12:45. Two hours and fifteen minutes after impact. I looked at the bow. It was flooding with water.
"Well the bow is flooding." I said as Chris turned around and looked at the bow.
"Well what time is it?" He asked.
"It is 12:47 right now. Two hours and seventeen minutes after the rock struck us. We might only have an hour or so left." I said.
"Then what the hell are doing standing here talking? We need to go find a boat right now." He said as we started walking towards the stern.
"The slanting is making it tougher for me to walk." I said.
"Same here. If we don't get onto a lifeboat we may have to go to the stern and hold onto the railing." He said. I looked at the clock. It read 1:05. Two hours and thirty-five minutes after impact. I looked at the bow. It was completely submerged in the blue water.
"Okay we have to go to the stern. It may take us another 10 to 15 minutes to get there." I said.
"But it'll be quicker if we run." He said.
"Alright then. If you say so." I said. We then started running there. We got to the stern and found railing to hang on sun was high in the sky. I saw no other boats. I saw other people running here too. I read my watch. 1:30. 3 hours after impact. This ship probably has another 30 left.
"Dude. When we survive this, what's next? The water Is going to be freezing. We can get hypothermia in minutes." He said panicking.
"I don't know. We'll have to find a large object to stay on." I replied.
"But what about the storm?" He asked.
"Shit. The storm. I totally forgot about that. Damn I am forgetting a lot of things today." I said. I read my watch. It was 1:45. The slanting was getting worse.
"Hang on buddy. Hang on." I said.
"Pika Pi! (Ash I'm scared)." He said while crying.
"I know buddy. Just keep you're eyes closed. It'll all be over soon." I said hoping I was right. 2:00. Three and a half hours after impact. The ship's stern was rising higher into the air.
"So when is this thing going to split in half?" He asked."
"I don't know. It'll happen soon. Just be prepared for it." I said. 2:10. The ship was now at a forty five degree angle. I closed my eyes. I could hear shattering and groaning from deep within the ship. I heard cries all around me. 2:20.
The ship was still at a forty five degree angle. But just as I got comfortable the ship's lights went out and the ship split in half. I looked at Chris, but he was nowhere to be seen. I began to worry.
"Chris. Chris! CHRIS!" I screamed as tears began flowing from my eyes. The ship landed on the water with a loud thud as people hanging onto the rail almost went overboard. The stern began to rise again as the bow was pulling it down.
"Pikachu we're going to make it. Just hold on to hope." I said to him. I broke down crying. I took Pikachu and climbed onto the top of the stern. I looked down and saw people falling and holding on for dear life. Then slowly, the stern began to sink. I then realized that we'll get sucked under. So I talked to Pikachu.
"Okay Pikachu here's what we're going to do. We will get sucked under alright? I am going to need you to hold your breath on my go alright? And hold on to me tight. DON'T let go." I said. He nodded.
"We're going to get through this. Alright ready." I said as the water got closer.
"NOW!" I said as I took a deep breath and held it. We got sucked under. I could feel Pikachu clinging to me. I was having trouble trying to swim. It took me a few seconds to regain control. Pikachu's grip was hurting my stomach. But it was good that was cling tight. We then began to swim up to the surface. I started breathing as soon as I reached the surface. The water was freezing as hell.
"Alright Pikachu we need to find a big object to stay on alright?"
"Pika (Yes.)" He said. We then began searched for a big piece of something to lay on. We came across a big couch. We lied on it and got comfortable. It was 2:35. Four hours and five minutes after impact. The sun disappeared. I saw dark clouds coming our way. The storm was here. But it is here earlier than predicted by Moises.
"Pikachu. The storm is coming. Hold on tight." I said
"Pika (Okay.)" He said as he clung onto me tighter. The waves were getting bigger. I saw the lifeboat that May was in. I kept my eyes on it while I was on the ship. But I saw it in a bad way. The boat she was in struck the rock that the ship struck. Why would they go near there anyway. The waves pushed them against the rock. I didn't see anyone. I broke down in tears. I lost my brother and my girlfriend. But now was probably my time. The waves got bigger and bigger. I closed my eyes. And all I saw next was blackness.
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