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Chapter 4 - The runaway

Ash's POV

'I can't believe it! It's impossible...'

'Pika pi... (Don't worry...)' said Pikachu, trying to cheer me up.

I threw myself on the bed in the room which, according to Giovanni's words, was mine. I felt like I was in a giant cage, but this time, there was no escape. Misty was still to weak to walk on her own, Brock was locked in a place I didn't know where to find it. Even if I could run away from this fortress, I couldn't leave my friends. And... I just realised I had a sister!

I closed my eyes, feeling that I have almost released my Aura without thinking. During my journey, I have learned one, important thing: if I'm not careful, it will be a disaster. Suddenly, I heard something. It was a... groan? There wasn't anyone in the room, neither on the corridor. So how...?

The answer came quicker than I supposed. One of the tiles moved, and few seconds later a brownhaired girl appeared, coughing. She weared a flashlight on her forehead.

'I hadn't used that passage for ages!' she whispered, looking straightly at me.

'You could say 'hi', you know?' I muttered. Jane heard it.

'Ok. Hello, brother! Do you know I still can't believe we're a family?'

'Nor can I. I don't know anything about you,'

She sat next to me, looking a bit confused.

'Well... I came in another purpose. I heard that you want to become a Pokemon Master, and you have travelled many regions, so...' she took a deep breath. 'Iwanttocomewithyouforanotherjourney!'

I blinked a few times.

'I want to accompany you during your next journey. I never left that place!' she explained.

'You mean... for fourteen years you were locked inside this fortress?'

When Jane nodded, I started to feel anger. How Giovanni could do such a thing?

'This is why I discovered the dungeons and learned to program... everything. Also, if you want, I can prepare a bomb for you' Jane laughed, as she saw my face.

'So... you think we could escape from here?'

'Yup,'

I smiled to Pikachu, who jumped on my shoulder. Jane oustreched her hand towards the mouse. Pikachu seemed to trust her.

'Do you know where are my friends?'

'Of course, but we have to wait until the moon rises. I'm going to pack myself now,' she said, leaving. 'But I'll return soon. Promise!'

'Are you hundred per cent sure it's the good way?' I whispered, trying to not touch the ceiling. I was following my sister through one of many tunnels under the fortress. We were first heading to Brock.

'I'm sure. I used it a hundred times!' she aswered, turning left.

Soon we arrived to Brock's chamber. He was really surprised when he saw us, emerging from the floor. Without any unnecessary explanations we continued to walk. It took us a long time to find Misty. Her room was higher than we supposed, but finally, we reached it.

The orange-haired girl was lying on the bed, looking through the window.

'Misty, we have to go,' I said. After several attempts Misty managed to walk on her own.

Jane led us towards the big wall. As I didn't sense any guards, we started to pass under the wall. Suddenly, I felt about twenty armed people approaching us. We had to hurry, or we would be dead. I saw Giovanni among them.

'Faster!' Misty shouted, helping Jane.

'My boy, I hadn't known you wanted to leave me so quickly,' said Giovanni. He seemed to enjoy this moment. 'Oh, Jane! You also want to leave your father?'

My sister mumbled something about being an oppressor.

'Run, I'll slow them down,' I muttered to Brock. He nodded and took the girls away. I'll find them later.

Giovanni smiled.

'It's quite interesting when you see your children running away from you,' he started. 'But I never thought Jane would leave. She was so obedient.'

'I understand her. Nobody would want to live with a man, who likes to detain people for fun,' I replied. His smile faded a bit.

'Catch him,' he ordered. The guards started to near, they even aimed their weapons at me. I knew the state of affairs was grave, but then I activated my Aura and everything went blue and white. The bullets were flying in my direction, but they seemed to be too slow. I passed beyond them easily.

I threw one of Jane's bombs at them, firstly to frighten them, but when I saw it didn't work, I got angry. I fired a giant wave of Aura, then I turned back and runned as fast as I could. I heard Giovanni shouting something, but instead of listening to him, I tried to find my friends. They were about three kilometres from the fortress, and they were increasing the distance.

I was aware of the pursuit, so I strived to mislead Giovanni and his men. Suddenly, I feeled a stream finished by a waterfall about four hundred metres west. I headed for it, revealing my track. As I thought, they followed me.

Finally, I wasn't able to move. The abyss behind me was quite deep, but I didn't care. I could feel the river flowing. I smiled to Giovanni, waiting for him to come closer. In my opinion, he wasn't happy at all.

'Now, you can't escape from me,' he said, preparing for something.

'You think so?'

When he took a knife from his pocket, I reacted instinctively. A shiny thing ressembling a shield covered my, the steal melted in Giovanni's hand. Knowing it was my only chance, I turned and jumped to the river, finally free.

I had just one question.

Why did I saw blue flames?