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Chapter 4: Whoa Shit.

"What are you doing?" Ash asked again, louder this time. It seemed as if the slight redness in his eyes grew more intense as his anger bubbled up. Misty was frozen with fear, but managed a loud gulped. Ash walked over to her and took the phone from her hand and looked at the recent calls. 'Brock Home' was listed as most recent, only three minutes ago. Ash looked over at Misty, furious. She shrunk with fear as Ash gave a nasty glare.

"I thought I told you that Brock was fine, didn't I?" Ash said in a low tone. Misty was still terrified but summoned enough bravery to speak back.

"Yeah you did, but he's NOT fine. His sister said he's been missing for a week! Ash, we need to find Brock!" Misty pleaded. Ash looked down at her like she was crazy, but deep down inside; he had a bit of sympathy.

"No, Misty. I said Brock is fine, so he's fine. Wherever he is, trust me." Ash said, unmoving on his decision. Misty gave a long, hard look at Ash. She now had no doubt in her mind that he wasn't Ash. And she was going to let him know.

"...Who are you?" Misty said. Ash pretended to look taken aback by her question, but he knew this was bound to be asked sooner or later. He gulped and gave Misty an 'are-you-crazy?' kind of look. She just walked closer and stared right into his reddish eyes. She was so close she was touching his chest. He gulped for real this time, hoping Misty wouldn't hurt him.

"You didn't answer me, 'Ash'" Misty said and put air quotes on the word 'Ash'. Ash looked away and shook his head. Then he looked up at her with a devious smile on his face. He puller her closer by the hips and whispered in her ear.

"That, dear, is for me to know and for you to find out." He whispered seductively in her ear, and then went to nibble on it a bit. Misty shivered and shoved him away. He just had this slightly evil look on his face. Misty was fuming now, not knowing where the real Ash was. She slapped the fake Ash across the face and stormed to the cabin. She was worried sick about Ash and Brock. Who else that played a big part in her life might be missing? And who is that guy who looks exactly like Ash? Misty sat down on her bed and cried. That man took her first kiss away. She can never get it back. She wanted the real Ash to have her first kiss, and maybe even more. The thought of that guy stealing that from her made Misty sob even harder. As if on cue, the fake Ash walked into the room and saw her crying her eyes out. He knew comforting her wasn't going to work, since he would probably be slapped again. So fake Ash just sat on his bed and looked at her. After a while, Misty slowly stopped crying and looked at him. He looked back and winked. Misty looked disgusted but sighed. She was stuck here with him for a while.

"Can you at least tell me what you're here for?" Misty said in a monotone. She was done playing games. She wanted to know why she had to be with this guy. The fake Ash smiled but shook his head. He ran his hands through his thick black hair, knocking his hat onto the bed. Pikachu almost got hit by the hat, so he ran over to Misty and sat in her lap. Pikachu knew everything that had happened before the real Ash was replaced with the fake one. This was one of the times that Pikachu wished it could speak. It wanted to very badly now.

"Let's just say I'm supposed to take you as far away from the Kanto region as possible. That's why we're going to Sinnoh." The fake Ash said bluntly. Misty gasped, wondering what could be going on in Kanto that was so important. The fake Ash also realized that he had said too much, now he knew she was going to try to go back there. And with her water pokemon, swimming back across the sea wouldn't be too hard. Fake Ash knew he had to keep her with him for as long as possible, or else.

- Meanwhile -

"Let me go! Where am I and where's Pikachu?" The real Ash said; awakening from the anesthesia he was put under. The room he was in was dark and musty. He could barely make out a human shape sitting in a chair about ten feet away from where he was chained to the wall. The dark figure just chuckled and stroked the cat pokemon sitting on his lap.

"Hehe. Silly boy, you'll never see it again. Or any of your other friends. Welcome to Team Rocket's HQ." Giovanni said as he stepped out into the light. It looks like Team Rocket has gotten serious.