The Phone Call of A Lifetime.
Curiosity, that's whats happening in Ash Ketchum's mind. It was completely justified as well. He had just found a teenage girl in a mystery room of a house tied up and crying. There were a lot of things going through his head right now, like what was the girls full name, and why was she in there in the first place? Ash knew everything was in a frail position right now, so all he could do was think.
After a little bit of time, Ash had noticed that May had fallen asleep on his shoulder. He looked at the girl and blushed at her sleeping face. She really was pretty, even in this condition. He truly hoped nothing too bad had happened to this girl, but he felt he was wrong. As the patrol car made it to the station, Ash decided not to wake the girl up, choosing that she deserved a good rest after seeing some of what she's gone through. The cop motioned Ash to bring May into the station. They were motioned by a secretary to a room with a small cot and 2 recliners. The cop motioned Ash to lay May down on the cot. Ash did and was waved over to the cop.
"So Ash, were exactly did you find this girl?" The cop questioned. Ash looked at the cop with confusion, but decided not to annoy the cop.
"Well," Ash started wearily, "I try and do some work on the weekends, so I had a couple lawns to mow and a house to clean. I got to Mr. Ramones house and started to clean. I had a weird feeling when I was near his walk in closet, and my curiosity got the best of me and I looked around until I found a little hidden room."
The cop looked at the boy and continued to question him, seeing as he only had a few more questions for the young man. The cop had already put two and two together, he just had to inform everybody about the situation.
"Young man, can you tell me who's lawn you mowed?" The officer asked. Ash thought about it. "Yeah, well first I mowed the Maple household..." Ash had started to speak when he was interrupted by the cop. "Did you say the Maple household!?" The cop looked at Ash with bewilderment, this young man sure was a very lucky boy.
The cop told Ash to wait one second while he got something for the boy. The cop returned with a manila folder. Hr gave the folder to the Ash while Ash gave the officer his phone number so he could inform his mother of what was going on. He also had another set of parents that might want to hear about this as well.
Normans P.O.V
Norman and Caroline were sitting quietly on there sofa just watching TV and relaxing. There son Max had gotten home a little while ago and had gone to take a nap in his room. So far there quiet afternoon was nice and peaceful, until it was interrupted by the phone ringing. Norman got up to answer it because his wife had gotten comfortable. He picked up the phone to see it was the local police department.
"Hello, Maple household. How may I help you?" Norman answered swiftly. It was the same cop that had handled situations earlier. "Yes Mr. Maple, I urge urge you and Mrs. Maple to come down to the police station immediately." The cop finished with a sense of urgency and anxiousness. To say Norman was confused was an understatement, he had already figured out that it probably had something to do with his daughter, but what actually?
"Why do you need me and my wife?" Norman questioned. "Whats wrong?"
There was a silence before the cop spoke again. "Well sir," the cop began. "I believe we might've found your daughter May..." That was the only thing Norman heard before he dropped the phone and ran into the living room to get his wife.
"Caroline!" Norman yelled. "Get ready to go to the police station! Hurry up!" Caroline was startled by her husbands outburst to say the least! "Norman sweetie," Caroline questioned in a rather concerned tone. "Why do we need to get to the police station so badly?" Norman looked at his wife and suddenly smiled wider than he had in 12 years.
"Caroline, they said they think they found May!" Norman exclaimed! With hearing this, Caroline began to move as fast as Norman had just minutes before, getting her purse and her keys before Norman could even get his shoes on. The next thing the couple knew, they were speeding down the road towards the police station thinking the same thing.
"Please be safe...May."
The Ketchum Household.
Delia had just gotten home from the store and had put away the last of the groceries before the phone began to ring. She got up from the chair she had been sitting in to see who was calling. She picked up the phone and was slightly surprised to see it was the Police Department.
"Hello," Delia answered. There was a pause for a brief period before she got an answer. "Hello Ms. Ketchum, this is Officer Allen of the P.D., we have your son Ash down here at the station." The officer spoke in a monotone voice, Delia was surprised by this, confused by why her son was at the police department.
"Why is my son at the police department," Delia quickly questioned. "Is he in trouble?" She heard a chuckle on the other end of the line, and was about to ask what was so funny but was interuppted before she could talk.
"Actually ma'am," The officer started cheerily. "It's actually quite the opposite, He's done something amazing. I'd like you to come down to the station so we could explain everything, it's be much easier than explaining on the phone."
Delia told the cop that she would be down there as soon as she could. As she was getting her stuff ready, she realized that she had a lot of things to tell Ash soon. He was getting that age where he deserved to know more about his father and such.
"I hope he understands..."
The Police Station
Ash Ketchum was sitting in a room with a sleeping girl on a cot, while he is resting on a recliner. He had been given a small manila folder to read, and boy was he surprised and shocked to say the least.. His eyes fixed back onto the sleeping girl. Had she she been through so much? He truly felt sorry for her. It clicked in his mind that he saved her, and he smiled because so. He was so happy that he could help in any way, besides, she was really cute! What had shocked Ash the most was that she was the daughter of Norman Maple! He had a lot of questions to ask, but he decided that they'd be better for a later day.
After about five minutes of peace and silence, the doors suddenly burst open, revealing Norman Maple and another woman came quickly behind him. Ash presumed that this was Normans wife Caroline. Ash quickly and frantically signaled the couple to slow down and be quiet, and quickly motioned them out of the room. When they were out of the room, Ash told them he'd explain everything.
"Alright," Ash started slowly. "I'll tell you what happened today, so listen up. I had finished doing the lawns that I had planned to do for today, and I was on my way to my last job of cleaning the house. Mr. Ramones house to be exact. I was snooping around his main bedroom when I sorta stumbled across a hidden room and eventually your daughter..." That was all the young boy was able to say before he was enveloped in a hug. To his surprise, it was Caroline Maple sobbing into his shoulder. She was murmuring "Thank you." over and over in between sobs. He took Mrs. Maple's embrace at Mr. Maple to see him look at the floor with tears in his eyes.
"Ash, I may not know you very well, but I can never repay you.. Thank you so much." He said also in between sobs. He and his wife composed themselves enough to ask to see there daughter. Ash agreed, but only if he woke her up. Norman and Caroline agreed, just wanting there baby girl again.
As they walked into the room, Caroline started to sob quietly out of joy in seeing her daughter alive after 12 years amiss. Norman shed a few tears of happiness for the same reason, overjoy of seeing there daughter.
Ash made his way beside her and shook her ever so lightly to wake her up. Her eyes opened slowly as she mumbled "Ash?" from tiredness. She was then tackled by her parents back onto the cot. At first May was scared, but then realized that it was her parents, and started to become overjoyed.
"Mom...Dad.." May stuttered. She started crying into her parents embrace. Ash thought the sight was beautiful, he his train of thought was interrupted by May's beautiful blue eyes staring at him.
"Thank you... Thank you so much Ash," May cried softly. "You've brought my family back together, I can't ever repay you..."
She cut herself off by throwing herself at Ash and took him in the biggest hug she could manage. He was confused at first but was happy that he did help there family. After about a minute, Ash felt something else grab onto him. It was May's mother! She had joined May in hugging the boy that had saved her. They were both softly sobbing into his chest and shoulder. Norman was looking at the boy with a happy and content smile on his face. He owed the boy everything, he didn't know how he could repay him. He decided to leave that for another day.
It was about five minutes before Caroline and May let go of Ash. May had been a little less convinced of letting go as she felt all the more safer in his arms, but she knew she had to let go sooner or later. She didn't know why but she loved the warm feelings of being in his arms. She felt truly safe with him. What she didn't know is that Ash had a similar feeling when he held her. They'd have to think about this later, because they were both confused about it. Ash was thrown off when the door opened and his mother entered the room.
"So Ash, I can see you've had an 'eventful' day today." She said with a surprised tone. Ash rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. That's when Norman decided to step in and tell Delia what had happened.
"Hello, I'm Norman Maple," Norman started off softly. "I just wanted to thank you. What your son has done for my family is something I can't repay you for. Thank you." Norman took Delia in a big hug, thanking her for her son's heroic actions.
After about ten minutes of just talking about what had happened, Officer Allen walked back into the room. He looked at the two families and they both knew he had good news.
"Well the man's house we searched name is Giovanni Ramone, He's someone who has a police record in petty crimes such as thievery and battery." Officer Allen showed them a mugshot of Ramone, which sent May into tears. She grabbed onto Ash and began to start crying about the thought of the man who'd made her life hell for the past 12 years. Ash took her in and tried to comfort the weeping girl. Officer Allen spoke up and tried to change the subject.
"Alright everybody," Officer Allen began. "I think it's time everybody went home. I've got all the information that I can use for now." He suddenly looked over sternly to Norman and Caroline. "I highly suggest you take May home and try to introduce her back into the basics of society. Show her things teenage girls should know and do at their age." Allen looked at the teenage girl and smiled, then left. Norman and Caroline decided to take May home but May quickly objected! She didn't want to go without Ash, as she felt safe with him and only him. Norman was definitely surprised by this answer, but understood her reasoning. The boy had saved her, and she trusted him with her life. Norman had an idea, so he motioned over Caroline and surprisingly, Delia.
As the three adults stood in the corner discussing who knows what, Ash decides to talk to May, who was still holding onto his shoulder.
"So May, how old are you?" Ash questioned. May looked Ash in the eyes when she answered him. "I'm 16." She answered quietly. She was obviously nervous when she was talking to him, but he didn't understand why. May then spoke up again. "Ash... I wanted to say thank you... I'll never be able to repay you for how you helped me... I owe you so much and I'm sorry..." Ash cut her off right there. "May, don't be sorry. I would've helped you no matter what. I'm so happy I was able to reunite you with your family. You don't and never will owe me anything." Ash gave her a signature smile and looked her straight in the eyes the whole time! May melted away at the way he made her feel, it even gave her an idea! When Ash turned his head to the side again, she dove in and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek! It was small and fast, but to Ash who had barely noticed it, it had felt amazing. He felt his cheeks fire up as he realized what she'd done. They both were blushing when the three adults came back to them. Norman was the first to speak up.
"Okay you two," Norman started slowly. "We've all had a discussion, and we think it's a good idea to have Ash stay with us for the next couple of days or so, so May can stay and feel safer when she's with us." Norman looked at Ash awaiting a response, seeing as the boy could still say no, but hoped he didn't. Ash smiled widely!
"Well Mr. Maple, if that's what I need to do to help May feel safer, then I'll do anything to help!"
The young boy gave the couple a thumbs up and a signature smile! Everyone looked at him and smiled. That boy had a heart of gold, only caring about others before himself. He truly was one of a kind. Some girl was going to get very lucky one day. They all decided to make their ways to there respective homes to get ready for later!
Meanwhile, on the other side of town, a certain man was plotting his options.
Somewhere in an Unknown Location
A man was sitting in his car contemplating his options at the moment. The man's name was no other than Giovanni Ramone. His darkest secret had been found out earlier today, and to say he was angered was an understatement. His secret that he'd been hiding for 12 years was all erased within 3 hours. Once he got away from his earlier errands, he came home to see half a dozen cop cars, he just drove past his house towards his safe house. He had actually expected this to happen one day, so he was prepared. He only knew one thing for sure, revenge had to be made.
"I swear Ash Ketchum, I will have my revenge if it's the last thing I do..."
Back at the Ketchum Household
It was around 6:30pm. Ash Ketchum had just gotten his things ready to stay over at the Maples for several days. He didn't know how long he'd be gone, so he packed a weeks worth of clothing to be safe. He was currently sitting in the kitchen waiting for his mother to finish getting dressed for tonight. That Maples had invited Delia over for dinner tonight, mainly to show a little piece of the outstanding amount of gratification they had. As Ash was sitting at the table, he was just thinking. He'd notice he'd been doing tat a lot recently, but hey, he wasn't complaining.
He was thinking about a certain brunette at the moment. That kiss she had given him on the cheek had truly surprised him...a lot! He was really confused about the entire situation. Yeah he really liked the girl, but he didn't want her to like him just because he saved her. He decided that after a couple of days after staying with the Maples, he's talk to May about both there feelings. Delia then came down the stairs all dressed up and ready to go.
Maple Household
Norman, Caroline, and May had been home for about and hour now. Caroline had called Max and explained the entire situation, and he was overjoyed! When they got home, May was still in the old clothes that didn't fit, so her mother gave her some of her PJ's until they went shopping later. Thank god May and her mother were the same size. Caroline went to cook dinner while Norman took the role of telling her everything that had happened in her 12 year absence. He went on about things she should know, like how relatives were doing, what new things were being used a lot more than when she was a child. She was particularly interested when he told her about iPhones and the newer fashion trends. He decided to stop as he got up to open the doors when somebody knocked. He had assumed it was Ash and he was correct. Norman was greeted by a smiling Ash and Delia Ketchum. Ash had a black and gray duffle bag by his side, and looked pretty spiffy for someone his age.
"Hello Ash, Delia!" Norman said cheerfully. "Come on in, Ash let me take your bag for you." Ash happily agreed and handed Norman his bag, and then entered his house with his mother. They were immediately greeted by Max, who tackled Ash to the ground.
"Thank you so much for bringing back my sister!" Max yelled ecstatically. "How can we repay you?!" Ash chuckled at the boy and tried not to laugh a bit, but it was to hard not to. Max was confused by Ash's sudden laughter, and shot him a confused look. Ash stopped laughing to explain it to the teenage boy.
"Don't be confused Max." Ash started out calmly. "I told your parents earlier, they don't owe me a single thing. I would do what I did and help your family a thousand times before I want anything in return." Ash finished his mini speech with a smile on his face that lit up the entire house!
As Delia went to the kitchen to discuss what will be happening for the next couple of days, Ash and Max talked for about 5 minutes. Ash learned that even though Max was only thirteen he was kinda cool for his age. He might've been a little nerdy at times, he was still actually a pretty cool person. There small conversation was interrupted when he felt someone was watching them. He turned around and saw May! He got happy and smiled!
"Hey May!" Ash almost shouted. He walked over to her and smiled. May smiled at the raven haired boy, she truly loved his bright smile and chocolate brown eyes.
"Hey Ash," May mumbled. "I really wanna thank you for agreeing to stay with us for a little bit. It really means a lot to me." Ash blushed slightly, getting lost in her eyes.
"It's nothing May, I want you to feel safe, and I'll do whatever I can to make sure you do!" Ash exclaimed! May smiled as her and Ash just walked around the house and talked. Ash learned a lot about May, and May learned things about May she never knew about Ash. They spent around thirty minutes talking to each other before they were called for dinner. They were having Chicken Alfredo, which happened to be May's favorite food. The dinner was nice and quiet, with small talk happening occasionally, but nothing to much. After dinner, everyone said there goodbyes to Delia. She hugged her son and told him to change his "you know whats". It was embarrassing but he knew she only meant well. After all, family is family, love'em no matter what.
Ash walked back into the kitchen to begin his time helping the Maple family.
Authors Note: Well I hope you guys liked Chapter 2! I put a lot of work into this chapter, and I am relatively pleased of how it turned out. I'm going to answer a couple of questions that probably should be addressed.
This story will show display some scenes of rape, yes. No it will not happen to 4 year old May, it will happen when an older May. I'm not against writing scenes like that, but to a 4 year old is something I can't do.
I truly haven't decided if I'm going to include Pokemon in this story yet, and if I do then they will be just pets. If they are just pets, I will keep the rule to some can evolve after a certain age. EX. Pichu evolves into Pikachu at 3 years old. Etc.
If I also did include Pokemon as just pets, I think I would give Ash an Eevee instead of Pikachu because I just love Eevee a lot more. But whatever you guys want!
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Next time on Do Wounds Ever Heal, Ash spend his first nights at the Maple household. He discovers something for May that shocks him, And May starts to need Ash now more than ever! Tune in Next time Folks!
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