It was 8:30 when Brock woke up. Without turning around, Brock said in a slurred, half asleep voice, "Asshhhhhhh, git up ulready..." No response. "Asssshhhhhhhhhhhh. Get outta beddd..." Silence. "Pikachuuu?" Nothing. Brock turned around to see an empty bed and Ash's pokeball vest gone. "Ash?" Brock looked around, not seeing his little buddy anywhere. "Misty!"
he yelled running out of the room, Vulpix trotting behind. "Misty!"
"Hmmmmmmmm, whaaa?" Misty said, coming out of the room down the hall. She obviously just woke up. Brock stopped running and blushed until he was red. He'd never seen her so out of it. "Wha du yew wunnnt?" She slurred while trudging towards him. "Whurrs Ash?" She said yawning.
That reminded Brock. "He's gone!"
That woke Misty up. "What?" Brock ran towards her, grabbed her by the wrist and the two ran to the lobby, where they saw nothing but an Eevee sleeping on the chair next to the door and Nurse Joy looking at it, confused. Misty looked at Brock and said, "Isn't that Gary's Eevee?" Brock shrugged and walked over to it. "Veeeee eeee veeeee." it snored. Brock pet it's ear and it woke up. He looked at Brock for a while before it smiled and licked his face. Misty turned to Nurse Joy. "Why is he just out here? Where's Gary?"
Nurse Joy looked up with the same look of confusion Misty had. "I don't know. He wasn't in his room this morning. When I woke up, I walked out here to see him sleeping." she said gesturing to the Eevee on Brock's lap. "I recognized who he was, walked to Gary's room, knocked on the door and when there was no answer, I went in. He was gone." She covered her mouth. "What if the ghost thing got him. No, I can't think it did. I just can't" she said covering her eyes. To her dismay, Brock ran to her and tried to console her. As he tried, Misty looked out through the big, glass door. Within a minute, she saw somebody coming. He had longish, brown hair and he looked to be 17, Ash's age, but it wasn't Ash. Looking closer, she saw that the boy was limping and dragging himself. Misty opened the door and ran out to him. It was Gary. She made it to him right as he fell to his knees, panting.
"Gary, what happened?" she said to the distraught boy in her arms. "Brock!" she yelled behind her. Brock looked up, then ran towards them.
"Ash... he we-went... searching. Ah-alone." He panted out.
Misty's eyes grew wide. "What?" Before he could answer, Brock ran to their side. Gary, who'd been searching for seven hours, passed out onto Misty's lap. Brock picked him up and, with Misty, walked back to the Pokemon Center, to see a very frightened Nurse Joy. She lead Brock and Misty to Gary's room so that Gary could rest. He looked as if he's been in a Pokemon battle himself.
~ "I wonder what happened." Nurse Joy sighed as she leaned against Gary's door. "He looks all beaten up. Like he was attacked by a herd of Pokemon..." To this, Brock leaned over Gary to see what she meant. His face was cut up, he had a busted lip, his arms were even more cut up then his face, and his shoes looked worn from running.
Misty sat on the bed, next to Gary, cleaning some of his wounds. "What happened out there? I wonder..." she said looking up at Brock and Nurse Joy, "What if he found Ash? What if, whatever attacked him attacked Ash?"
"If thats the case, he's already out cold..." Brock said in a cold, unattached voice. "Why didn't he use a pokemon to help him? He had an Exeggcute with him all night."
"Thats it!" Nurse Joy said as she hit her hand with her fist and hurried out of the room.
"What do you think she's doing?" Misty said looking up from her work. Brock looked at her and shrugged. Misty looked down and resumed her work. She'd already taken care of the cuts on his face and left arm, so she got up and walked to his right side. When she sat on the bed again, Gary's eyes began to open. The first thing he saw was Misty's look of relief, then his alarm clock. 10:07. Paniced, he tried to sit up. But the bruise on his stomache said otherwise, and he fell back into his bed. "Ah, good morning." Misty chirped smiling at him. "How are you feeling?"
Disreguarding her question, Gary responded, "Where's my Eevee? Is he okay?"
"He's fine." Brock said picking up an excited Eevee and putting it on the bed, where it cuddled under his left arm. "What happened out there? Your a wreck."
"There was a flock of Spearow and Fearow near the shack in the woods." Gary began. "As I got close to it, I saw a black cloak just like Vineasah's hanging from a branch nearby. It looked like there was a note in it. But when I reached to grab it, a Fearow screeched and they all came at my Exeggcute. I put it in it's pokeball and began to run. I didn't get very far before they caught up to me. The next part was blurry. Before I knew it, I found you guys..." He looked at Eevee and smiled. "At least everyone else is safe."
"Is that why you put Exeggcute away? You didn't want it to get hurt?" Misty said as she began cleaning his right arm. "Yeah." Gary answered quietly. Before he could elaborate, Nurse Joy, accompannied by a woman with a scar over her left eye and a bite mark of a rattata on her neck. She wore a black shirt and a pair of dark gray yoga pants. Her pitch-black hair was tied up in a messy ponytail.
"May I speak with your Exeggcute?" She said in a Russian-German accent, before looking up at the three. Gary blushed, Brock tried to hide his interest, and Misty began to look jealous. Apart from her battle wounds, she was very pretty. At that moment, all three neglected to hear her say 'speak' not 'see'. Gary pulled a pokeball out of his pocket and tossed it at the pretty stranger. She caught it with ease and let the exeggcute out. When its eyes adjusted to the light in the room, the stranger took it outside the room.
"Who is that?" Brock said nearly falling over.
"Thats Sa-bre. She can speak to Pokemon. She even occasionally helps out here. She's very nice and she loves what she does." the preppy nurse chirped. "She may not show it, but -"
Door swung open. Sa-bre walked over to Gary, hugged him, and said, "You saved your Exeggcute's life." After that, she got up and left, leaving the pokeball in Gary's hand.
~ "Look at the time Brock. Its noon. We need to search for Ash now!" Misty yelled from down the hallway.
"I'm right behind you. You don't have to yell like that, people are staring." Brock said in a much quieter voice, making Misty jump. Then she glared at him.
"If you don't mind, I'd like to come with you." Gary said, looking at both of them with tired eyes. Misty and Brock looked suspiciously at him.
"Why do you want to come?" Misty said looking at him. "Why would somebody like you want to find Ash?"
To her comment, he gritted his teeth and came up with a little lie. "Because I couldn't stop him." It wasn't a complete lie. But he was positive he didn't want them to know the reason he chased after him to begin with.
"Brock..." Misty said looking up at him.
"Fine." Brock said looking down at Gary. Part of him knew what was going on. "If your coming, we're leaving now."
"Okay."
As they ran through the crowd, Nurse Joy yelled out, "Good luck! And be careful!"
~
he yelled running out of the room, Vulpix trotting behind. "Misty!"
"Hmmmmmmmm, whaaa?" Misty said, coming out of the room down the hall. She obviously just woke up. Brock stopped running and blushed until he was red. He'd never seen her so out of it. "Wha du yew wunnnt?" She slurred while trudging towards him. "Whurrs Ash?" She said yawning.
That reminded Brock. "He's gone!"
That woke Misty up. "What?" Brock ran towards her, grabbed her by the wrist and the two ran to the lobby, where they saw nothing but an Eevee sleeping on the chair next to the door and Nurse Joy looking at it, confused. Misty looked at Brock and said, "Isn't that Gary's Eevee?" Brock shrugged and walked over to it. "Veeeee eeee veeeee." it snored. Brock pet it's ear and it woke up. He looked at Brock for a while before it smiled and licked his face. Misty turned to Nurse Joy. "Why is he just out here? Where's Gary?"
Nurse Joy looked up with the same look of confusion Misty had. "I don't know. He wasn't in his room this morning. When I woke up, I walked out here to see him sleeping." she said gesturing to the Eevee on Brock's lap. "I recognized who he was, walked to Gary's room, knocked on the door and when there was no answer, I went in. He was gone." She covered her mouth. "What if the ghost thing got him. No, I can't think it did. I just can't" she said covering her eyes. To her dismay, Brock ran to her and tried to console her. As he tried, Misty looked out through the big, glass door. Within a minute, she saw somebody coming. He had longish, brown hair and he looked to be 17, Ash's age, but it wasn't Ash. Looking closer, she saw that the boy was limping and dragging himself. Misty opened the door and ran out to him. It was Gary. She made it to him right as he fell to his knees, panting.
"Gary, what happened?" she said to the distraught boy in her arms. "Brock!" she yelled behind her. Brock looked up, then ran towards them.
"Ash... he we-went... searching. Ah-alone." He panted out.
Misty's eyes grew wide. "What?" Before he could answer, Brock ran to their side. Gary, who'd been searching for seven hours, passed out onto Misty's lap. Brock picked him up and, with Misty, walked back to the Pokemon Center, to see a very frightened Nurse Joy. She lead Brock and Misty to Gary's room so that Gary could rest. He looked as if he's been in a Pokemon battle himself.
~ "I wonder what happened." Nurse Joy sighed as she leaned against Gary's door. "He looks all beaten up. Like he was attacked by a herd of Pokemon..." To this, Brock leaned over Gary to see what she meant. His face was cut up, he had a busted lip, his arms were even more cut up then his face, and his shoes looked worn from running.
Misty sat on the bed, next to Gary, cleaning some of his wounds. "What happened out there? I wonder..." she said looking up at Brock and Nurse Joy, "What if he found Ash? What if, whatever attacked him attacked Ash?"
"If thats the case, he's already out cold..." Brock said in a cold, unattached voice. "Why didn't he use a pokemon to help him? He had an Exeggcute with him all night."
"Thats it!" Nurse Joy said as she hit her hand with her fist and hurried out of the room.
"What do you think she's doing?" Misty said looking up from her work. Brock looked at her and shrugged. Misty looked down and resumed her work. She'd already taken care of the cuts on his face and left arm, so she got up and walked to his right side. When she sat on the bed again, Gary's eyes began to open. The first thing he saw was Misty's look of relief, then his alarm clock. 10:07. Paniced, he tried to sit up. But the bruise on his stomache said otherwise, and he fell back into his bed. "Ah, good morning." Misty chirped smiling at him. "How are you feeling?"
Disreguarding her question, Gary responded, "Where's my Eevee? Is he okay?"
"He's fine." Brock said picking up an excited Eevee and putting it on the bed, where it cuddled under his left arm. "What happened out there? Your a wreck."
"There was a flock of Spearow and Fearow near the shack in the woods." Gary began. "As I got close to it, I saw a black cloak just like Vineasah's hanging from a branch nearby. It looked like there was a note in it. But when I reached to grab it, a Fearow screeched and they all came at my Exeggcute. I put it in it's pokeball and began to run. I didn't get very far before they caught up to me. The next part was blurry. Before I knew it, I found you guys..." He looked at Eevee and smiled. "At least everyone else is safe."
"Is that why you put Exeggcute away? You didn't want it to get hurt?" Misty said as she began cleaning his right arm. "Yeah." Gary answered quietly. Before he could elaborate, Nurse Joy, accompannied by a woman with a scar over her left eye and a bite mark of a rattata on her neck. She wore a black shirt and a pair of dark gray yoga pants. Her pitch-black hair was tied up in a messy ponytail.
"May I speak with your Exeggcute?" She said in a Russian-German accent, before looking up at the three. Gary blushed, Brock tried to hide his interest, and Misty began to look jealous. Apart from her battle wounds, she was very pretty. At that moment, all three neglected to hear her say 'speak' not 'see'. Gary pulled a pokeball out of his pocket and tossed it at the pretty stranger. She caught it with ease and let the exeggcute out. When its eyes adjusted to the light in the room, the stranger took it outside the room.
"Who is that?" Brock said nearly falling over.
"Thats Sa-bre. She can speak to Pokemon. She even occasionally helps out here. She's very nice and she loves what she does." the preppy nurse chirped. "She may not show it, but -"
Door swung open. Sa-bre walked over to Gary, hugged him, and said, "You saved your Exeggcute's life." After that, she got up and left, leaving the pokeball in Gary's hand.
~ "Look at the time Brock. Its noon. We need to search for Ash now!" Misty yelled from down the hallway.
"I'm right behind you. You don't have to yell like that, people are staring." Brock said in a much quieter voice, making Misty jump. Then she glared at him.
"If you don't mind, I'd like to come with you." Gary said, looking at both of them with tired eyes. Misty and Brock looked suspiciously at him.
"Why do you want to come?" Misty said looking at him. "Why would somebody like you want to find Ash?"
To her comment, he gritted his teeth and came up with a little lie. "Because I couldn't stop him." It wasn't a complete lie. But he was positive he didn't want them to know the reason he chased after him to begin with.
"Brock..." Misty said looking up at him.
"Fine." Brock said looking down at Gary. Part of him knew what was going on. "If your coming, we're leaving now."
"Okay."
As they ran through the crowd, Nurse Joy yelled out, "Good luck! And be careful!"
~
