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Chapter 6
Ash was seething in his corner, desperately trying to cool himself down. In, two, three, four, five, six, seven; hold two, three, four, five, six, seven; out, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Slow controlled breaths. The Unown. Those stupid, stupid things! First they went and stole his mother from him. Then, they went and tried to kill him. He didn't really mind that part. Lots of people tried to kill him, it wasn't unusual. No one, no one had ever gone after Misty before. They never touched her. She was a sidekick, unimportant. Why would they go after her? His fingers dug deep into the couch as one of them floated in. "Good for nothing son of a…"
"Ash!" May scolded. Ash looked up sharply, yanked out of his thoughts. "Could you control your language, Ketchum?"
"Yeah, not a problem," He muttered. "I can control my language just fine. Why would I want to swear? It's not like that same things that stole my mother a few years ago have just stolen my best friend. Oh wait a second, silly me!" He snarled. "They're horrible, May. Yeah, they grant wishes. It's not the best thing in the world. They don't want you to have a good life, they want to screw with you!"
"Ash, don't be an idiot," Drew scoffed. "From what Kay Kay's told us they had to do what they did because of that little girl they were working for. They didn't want to steal your mom, Ash. Stop overreacting to everything."
"Kay Kay?" He cried. "Her name isn't Kay Kay! She's Misty! What are you freaking talking about? Do you see what they've done? Do you? They turned her into a little kid! That's not helpful or normal! That's destructive!"
"Misty said she wanted to. It was a prank."
"Yeah, sure it was. Mind telling me who thought of that prank?" Ash growled.
"Misty?" May asked uncertainly.
"No! She said in her story that the Unown asked her to! It as all Unown A's idea! She wants her like that so she can go about and do her evil things! She's probably plotting to take over the world or something!" Ash said. The two of them looked at each other, then began to laugh.
"Ash, you come up with a lot of crazy stories, but this time you're going a bit too far."
"I'm not pretending!" Ash snapped. "Pikachu will back me up! Won't you Pikachu? Pikachu?" Ash looked around frantically. "Oh my God! They stole Pikachu! You bastards!" He shouted, collapsing forward into the sofa.
"Is it me, or did Ash just quote South Park?" Drew whispered to May. "I've never seen the show, and even I know the line 'Oh my God, they killed Kenny, you bastards'." May nodded mutely, never having seen the show either.
Ash's head popped up from the sofa. "Did I just make a South Park pun?"
"Yes," They said together.
"It's worse than I thought! This is all their fault! Can't you see it? I'm the hero! I know what I'm talking about! The hero always knows what he's talking about!" He ranted. "I know that…Hey, Kay Kay. How are you?"
Kay Kay strode through the door in her bathing suit, hair soaked and dripping on the floor. Unown A floated distantly behind her, eyeing them all carefully. "Hey, Ash. Do you guys have bathing suits? We can swim in the pool if you like."
"Bathing suits? Uh, no. We don't," Ash said, formulating a plan. It wasn't exactly brilliant plan, but it was clever, he guessed. "We should go back to the hotel to grab our stuff. May, Drew, you guys don't have your stuff on you either, right?" He said. 'Please oh please let them get it! Even I could've picked up on that hint!' He thought desperately. May and Drew stared at him like he was going insane, but agreed anyway.
"You don't need to worry about that!" Kay Kay smiled. The trio's eyes widened as their clothes vanished, only to be replaced with bathing suits. (A/n: During which there was an awkward five minutes of naked silence. Heh heh, joking everyone, joking. Their clothes automatically switched with bathing suits, keep up!) "See? Ever since I shrunk I don't even need to concentrate! I just want something to happen and it does! Isn't that cool?"
"Yeah," Ash deadpanned, glaring pointedly at Drew and May. "Real cool."
"Aren't you guys coming?" Kay Kay asked. She narrowed her eyes, "I did get you all bathing suits, so you better be coming."
"I'm coming," Ash said, a smile tugging at the corner of his lips. She may have been tiny, but she was still the same old Misty. The very same attitude, the same tone of voice, and the same kind of authority over him that almost made Ash jump to attention. He ruffled her hair, making her growl in frustration, and walked out the door. She chased after him, giggling, and Unown A followed in her silent matter as well.
"You think Ash has a point?" May whispered to Drew. "You don't really think, you know, that the Unown are planning anything, do you?" Drew sighed and took a moment to carefully think over his answer. "Drew? Are you going to answer me?"
"I was thinking," He rolled his eyes. "Some of us like to do that."
"Hey!"
"I don't know if Ash is right or not, but I really don't care right now. All I know is that I can't find my pants, shirt, or underwear anywhere in this room, and I'm starting to wonder where they went. My pokéballs were in those pants!" Drew exclaimed.
May giggled for a second, then froze. "My fanny pack! My pokémon were in there too! And Ash's pokémon…where is Pikachu?" She gasped. "You don't think that Unown A planned that too, do you?" She asked with a shiver.
"I'm sure she didn't," Drew said, not sounding all that sure.
Oh, don't worry. All your pokémon are safe and sound in that corner over there. Kay Kay gets excited and forgets little details. I take care of them for her. Unown A smiled, a glint in her eyes, ahem, eye that made them both shiver. (A/N: Once again, I can't figure out how she would smile, but she did) Why don't you go hang out in the pool, hmm? Ash and Kay Kay are playing and having swimming races down there. Why don't you see how you two place? I'm sure you're both strong swimmers.
"We'll do that," Drew said, faking a smile. He grabbed May's arm and tugged her from the room. Once safely out of hearing range, he leaned close to whisper in her ear, "We need to get the hell out of here."
Ash floated quietly in the pool, running a hand through his hair. Misty, Drew and May were all captivated by the projector (newly installed, thanks to a wish from the shortest member of the group) playing 'The Lion King' of all movies. He wasn't exactly sure if they had figured out the situation they were in. May had spent a while giggling with Misty, both of them changing their bathing suits to their liking until Drew and him had gotten so fed up they soaked them through with the help of a few water pokémon.
"I'm sleepy," Kay Kay murmured, her head popping up next to Ash's. She treaded water weakly and yawned. "What time is it? I'm not going to bed before my bed time! Daisy would just love that! Come to think of it, Daisy's been in her room all day. She only came down once or twice to smear peanut butter on scrambled eggs with some relish on the side." Ash made a face. Kay Kay's head slipped underwater, then popped back up again. "Really, what time is it, Ash?"
"I don't know, Misty" he said. "I don't have a clock." He took her hand and swam her to the side of the pool, lifting her out before jumping out himself. "I'll be right back, we're going to check to see if it's Kay Kay's bed time." He called to May and Drew. They nodded. Kay Kay wrapped her arms around his waist and pushed her face into his stomach with a yawn. "Up we go," He said, picking her up and carrying her out of the room.
"I'm not really, really sleepy. I'm just kind of sleepy," Kay Kay explained to Ash. "I'm only going to bed if it's eight thirty."
"Well," he said, walking into the kitchen and looking at the clock on the microwave. The green numbers burned his eyes in the dark. "It's ten o' clock. Way past your bedtime, Mist." He said with a smile. She nodded and dropped her head into his shoulder, clinging her arms tightly around his neck. "Let's go to bed."
"The nickname Mist isn't so bad," Kay Kay whispered. "Don't call me Misty though. You keep doing that. You've been doing that all day. I hate the name Misty. It's a big kid name."
"Alright," he said with a sigh. "You do know you're really a grown up still. Right, Mist?" There was no response. "Mist? Misty? Misty? Kay Kay?" He looked at her carefully, then gave a light laugh. "Already asleep. Guess it can't be helped." He carried her up the stairs, knocking open the door when he reached it. Ash dropped her on the bed and tucked her in, pausing for a moment to kiss her forehead. "I'm going to get you back," he promised, "She can't take you too."
Maybe you should've thought of that before you left her all alone at the gym. Unown A's voice hissed in his mind. Ash looked up slowly from Misty, breath catching.
"Wait, Misty said you couldn't talk to anyone but her," Ash whispered. "How do you…can you talk to everyone now?" Ash said. He slowly shifted on the bed so his body was between Unown A and Kay Kay, his body automatically bracing for some kind of attack.
When I first came out I couldn't speak to anyone but the wish granter herself. Then, once she makes more wishes and I get a bit more power…she chuckled, well, things just start getting easier and easier. Do you really think that you can defend her, boy? Your body the only defense to a psychic pokémon. You obviously don't remember your encounter with Sabrina.
"How do you know about that?" Ash gasped.
Kay Kay told me. She just loved telling me all about her. I just sat and listened to those sweet, sweet stories. She seemed particularly found of those stories about you. You shouldn't have let her go, Ash. She didn't want to leave. She was so, so sad when she did. All she really wanted was someone to lean on. Nobody likes being all alone. It's a good thing I was here. I'm just such a great parental figure to her. I'll fix the heart you broke, Unown A smiled, going closer to Ash. He shifted again, keeping his body between the two. Ash, you don't seem to understand. Kay Kay has given me free rein to do anything I think would be in her best interests. The boy was slowly lifted into the air, grunting and trying to break the psychic hold. I really don't think you should stick around here anymore. You're just going to hurt her feelings if you two are left all alone together. She let him fly, skidding into the hallway with a strangely quiet thunk.
"You son of a bitch," he snarled, finding the positions reversed. Now she was between him and his best friend. It was such a protective position. She had no right to be there. "What the hell are you planning? Take someone else for your plan. You don't need her like…" He trailed off.
Like you do? She inquired sweetly. Oh, but I do. She's quite an original specimen. You go off and have some fun, Ketchum. Don't try leaving the doors are barred, as our the windows. Your pokémon are safely stored with the other two Waterflowers. No need to worry about clothes, All you have to do is ask an Unown and they'll get some for you. Now, get out of here. I'll guard her tonight, make sure nobody comes in to tell her lies about her being all grown up. I'll keep her safe from anything and everything you can't.
"You won't get away with this," Ash growled. "I'll tell everyone. I'm telling May and Drew and Daisy and we're not going to let you take her. You can't win," he growled.
Oh, but Mr. Pokémon Master, you don't seem to understand, she gave a cold laugh. Misty has been stripped of all thoughts of adulthood. In fact, I wouldn't be surprise if tomorrow morning she's forgotten all those silly little memories of traveling with you. In fact, she's probably not going to remember anything after her parent's death. Wouldn't it be funny if she even forgot what you were doing here? You know what would be priceless? She asked. Ash ground his teeth into one another, his fists opening and closing. What if she forgot you?
"She won't forget me," Ash said. "She wouldn't…she can't forget me! You're insane!" he shouted.
"Mama?" Kay Kay gasped, sitting up in bed. She looked around frantically. "Where's Mom?"
Calm down, Kay Kay. Go back to sleep, everything's fine. Unown A watched the child close her eyes and fall back to sleep, the cold laugh echoing in his mind. Uh oh, Ketchum. I think that's check mate right there! So he ran from the room, hands slammed over his ears. It didn't help. No, it wasn't Unown A's laugh he heard, or that taunting checkmate line.
'Mama? Where's Mom!'
He threw open the door to Daisy's room and slid in next to her, shaking her up. "Daisy! Daisy, get up!"
"Like, Ash?" Daisy asked, looking up and rubbing her tired eyes. "What are you doing here?"
"They got Misty!"
"Like, what?"
"The Unown got Misty!" He hissed. "They took her! They brainwashed her into thinking she's seven and they want to take over the world. Daisy! Daisy, you have to help me! I don't know if May and Drew will believe me. I tried to tell them earlier but they thought I was crazy then and they'll probably think I'm crazy now and…ugh! Do you believe me?"
Daisy looked up with a dazed, confused expression on her face. "Ash, it's all part of a prank. Misty thought it'd be, like, funny. She and Unown A, like, thought over this plan Unown A, like, cam eup with and they, like, decided that'd it be funny."
"No! She's really…forget it. You'll find it all out in the morning," Ash grunted. "I'll be on the couch since I can't leave the freaking house." He stormed out of the room, swearing profusely and trying to hold back the sickening feeling, making him want to throw up and scream and cry all at the same time. No one believed him. No one could help him. He had no way out. He had no pokémon to make a way out. His cell phone may have been in his clothes, but the battery was dead and the charger was back in Pallet. He used Pikachu to charge his cell.
Misty was gone. Pikachu was gone. Everyone thought he was insane.
He crashed on the couch without brothering to change out of his wet swim trunks. He never had to worry about anyone but himself before. Is that why he felt so afraid?
"Drew," May whispered, pulling herself out of the pool. She sat next to him on the edge their feet dangling in the water. "I know that you don't really like me all that much. I mean, we're sort of friends but…I know you don't like getting too close to people."
"Not really," Drew sighed. He glanced at her. Her eyes cast down to her lap. Her hands were fidgeting there nervously. Her toes clenched and unclenched under the water. Drew rolled his eyes. What now? A confession of undying love from the girl? "May, what did you want to say?"
"Drew, I…" She took a deep breath.
Then she was shaking, and Drew was completely confused. One of her nervous hands darted to her face, covering her mouth. A strangled sound burst from the back of her throat, and then she was crying. He stiffened. May was crying? How did you deal with a crying girl? Teasing her wouldn't help. He'd heard from his older sister that teasing could make people cry. Joking…ugh, he didn't know any joke. She'd probably call him insensitive or something. He was sorely tempted to ask if there was something wrong or was it just PMS? Something told him that would be the wrong thing to do. So what could he do? Suicune, no one had ever cried in front of him before!
"Drew, I'm scared," She said before breaking down completely. "You saw what happened on the news a few years ago. And the way, the way that thing looked at me…she looked like she wanted to kill me," She pulled her knees to her chest, curled her arm around them, and burst into sobs.
"I, uh…" Drew shifted in his seat. "I'm sure she didn't want to kill us. She was just, er…" What a lie. He was cynical. All he wanted to tell her was that yes, they were both going to die. They were going to be killed by Unown A. Then again, he knew that would make her cry even more than before. He wasn't heartless. He wouldn't say he loved her and lead her away to a magical night of passion, but he didn't want to make the situation worse. "May you…May, you should go find Ash. He's better at this comfort stuff than I am. This just is weird for me. I can't help you out here. I, er," He shifted uncomfortably again when she grabbed his hand.
"Put your arm around my shoulders," May said quietly through her sobs.
"What?"
"You want to help, don't you? Put your arm around my shoulders," she explained. He swallowed nervously and did as she asked, letting his arm rest against her bare skin. It was weird. He didn't touch people often but…were people normally so cold? No, that was the water. People were usually warm, right? "Relax, you're doing fine. I just need to know that someone is with me right now. That someone can take care of me."
"I don't take good care of things," Drew admitted. "Last time I tried to take care of my mom's plants I forgot to water them. Every single one died. My mom was so mad when she came back she made me work at the flower shop to pay for a new batch.
May giggled a light laugh that sounded awfully bitter to Drew's ears.
Drew stiffened in surprise and considered moving away. "Did I do something wrong?"
"No," she smiled. "You did good. That really helped. Do you have any other stories about yourself?" May scooted close to him and felt his body stiffen even more. "What's wrong, Drew?"
"Nothing" He said quickly. This was weird. One second the girl was crying, the next she's smiling. On top of it, she was close to him. She was touching him. Nobody touched him. He was…beyond being touched. Drew was the boy the fangirls flocked over. They would send him love letters, proclaim that he was their soon to be husband. They'd tug at his shirt and hold out autograph books, but never, ever, had a girl ever had the nerve to touch him in a friendly way. A few times, yes, there had been handshakes. Those tended to hurt because they were after some battle or contest the other had lost, and the girl used her nails. "Do you feel better now?"
"A bit."
"Is there anything else I could do?" Drew asked. May flushed. Drew blinked. Why was she embarrassed? Girls were too moody. He didn't understand them. Weird things. "Really, I want to help. What else can I do?"
"A little sympathy would help," May suggested.
"I'm scared too," Drew sympathized immediately. "Ash might think of something…who am I kidding? May, we've got to get out of here. Let's find Ash and see if he can help. Get your clothes on, fast." He leaped up from his spot and was about to run away when May snagged his arm. "Damn it, May! We don't have all night! We should move!"
"Drew, we need to get to Ash before anything," May told him. She stood. "He's always the one to turn to when this happens. Ash always has some kind of a plan to get us out of trouble. If nothing else, he knows Misty better than all of us combined.
Drew glanced down at the wrist she grabbed, gritting his teeth. "I guess I know that already. May, I've never done this before. I'm sorry I can't help you but-"
"It's fine," May shook her head. "If you were good at everything, I think I'd hate you. Besides, you could stand a bit of competition to shrink that big head of yours. Ash should be a good rival for that. Just look what he did to Gary!"
Drew blinked, completely baffeled. "Who's Gary?"
"This is going to be a fun night," May sighed, dragging him off and wondering if all boys had the capacity to be this incredibly stupid at the very moment you needed them to get a brain. Ugh, it was no wonder Misty would rather be Kay Kay. She wouldn't mind being Maylin again. (A/N: Heh heh, I got my own creative names for the characters, beat that! Maylin is Chinese too! Okay, yeah, not Japanese but that's pretty close! …Geographically) That reminded her. "Hey, Drew. What's your real name?"
"Jennifer Lopez" He deadpanned.
"No, I mean your full name. I don't know your last name."
"Williams. Guess what my first name is? William. I'm William Shuu Williams," Drew said, groaning as she began to giggle. "Next time you're depressed, how about you think of that instead of trying to teach me to console you?"
"Ash! Ash, you have to get up!" May gasped, kneeling by the boy and shaking him. He groaned and shoved her away, causing her to land on her butt. "You little…son of a…Ash! Ashton! You get up! We need help and we need it now!" Ash groaned again and buried his head in the pillow. "Drew's full name is William Shuu Williams," May said sweetly. Nothing. "I read Misty's diary and she has a huge crush on you!" Still nothing. May glared. She leaned close and whispered in his ear. "I'm going to stay here, Ash. I'm going to stay here until you fall asleep. Then I'm going to grab a tape recorder and ask you questions while you sleep, and we all know how good at keeping secrets while you sleep. You never talk about a certain redhead in your dreams, do you? Oh, no. You never have any kind of grown up dreams about her."
"I'm up," Ahs said, his eyes flying open and head popping up.
"Ash! Unown A is-"
"Planning world domination," Ash muttered flopping back into the couch. "No shit, Sherlock. How long did it take you guys to figure that one out? I freaking told you, but did you believe me? No. You didn't. Now you can suffer."
"Ash, don't you think we should get out of here? I think Unown A wants to kill us!" May said frantically. Ash raised a drowsy head.
"We're trapped. Go to sleep. We'll figure something out in the morning," Ash yawned.
"Ash! You're supposed to be a hero!" She snapped.
"Says?"
"The internet."
"The internet also says you're a double U, H, O, R, E," Ash grinned. "You shouldn't believe everything you read, Miss Williams. Which, ironically, can be found in any coordinating magazine. If you actually bothered to read, like I do sometimes, you'd know that. However, the William Shuu was a fun fact. I think I'm going to call you that from now on, William," Ash giggled.
"Thanks a lot May," Drew deadpanned.
May rolled her eyes "Doesn't matter. There's a reason none of the girls Ash travels with keeps a diary. Ash can pick locks. Not only that, but he can find out a lot of stuff about someone from the internet." She frowned at him. "Don't look so innocent, everybody knows what you do."
"Misty's the one who taught me, y'know," Ash said serenely. "She was good at that," Ahs frowned. "And know she's gone thanks to the evil creatures. We're all going to rot in hell and it's all your fault May! If it wasn't for you, I'd be eating Ramen noodles and watching anime right now!"
"How'd you come to that conclusion?" Drew asked.
"It's a very long and complicated story involving a motorcycle, spaghetti, and a French assassin named Pierre who likes to crossdress on weekends at a strip club along the Euphrates river called "El Ranchero" while her, yes her, identical twin brother, Ivan, makes love to a German girl named Eleanor," Ash said in a factual tone.
"There were so many cultural errors in the one statement I feel the urge to kill myself," Drew said, eyes wide.
"Oh well," Ash shrugged. "You guys should find somewhere comfortable to sleep. We're not getting out of here any time soon."
"Ash!" May cried desperately. "How can you do this? I know you want to save Misty, I think it's really sweet and all, but we can't help her if we don't get out of this hell hole, pardon my language," she said with a flush.
"It's got nothing to do with Misty, May. It's the fact that Unown A won't let us leave. The doors and windows are probably nailed shut by now. Maybe you'll get an electric shock if you try and touch one. That'd be exciting. Just give up on the escape plan for now."
"Damn it, Ash! Have you even tried?" Drew snarled, storming out of the room. May slowly turned to Ash with a questioning look.
"What?"
"Have you?"
"You know what," Ash said slowly, "the thought never even crossed my mind. Maybe we'll get lucky and William Shuu can find us a way out." He snorted with laughter. "Lucky, that's a good one. See you in the morning, May." He gave a quick tug on her ear, making her squeal with outrage, then cuddled back into the couch. All of them had not bothered to notice that their clothes had long since changed, and they were in their typical day outfit.
It wasn't long before Drew came back, panting and sweating. He slumped next to May, who had wished herself up a sleeping bag. "May where the hell did you get that sleeping bag?" He gasped. May scowled. "Hell isn't a swear word, May."
"It counts!" She protested. She sat up, her hair undone and flowing just passed her shoulders. "I got the sleeping bag from the Unown. I wished it up. They can be helpful things, at least the stupid ones that keep crashing into walls."
"You can wish for things from the Unown?" Drew asked excitedly.
"Don't get your hopes up. I've already asked to be let out, to have super strength to break through walls, and all other methods of escape. It kept saying 'can't do that' and then asked if I'd like a sleeping bag. I said yes. Then I wished up a comforter for Ash. Kay Kay must have wished for us to be happy or something."
"If she wanted us happy she'd let us go," Drew snarled.
"Drew, she's a kid," May argued.
"She's a teenager! Ash said so himself! We came to see a kid a few months older than Ash!"
"Yeah, well, she's not exactly in her right mind right now," May snapped. "She's under an influence."
"I know, but…this is getting frustrating," Drew scowled. "Where can I find an Unown to get a sleeping bag?" May pointed to a spot not too far from her where she had laid out a bed for him. "Oh, uh, thanks, May."
"Welcome," She grinned.
"I stay wake, trying to see if you guys start making out or something when the lights go out, but no, all I get is some sentimental friedship budding fluff. That's not going to make the DAML fans happy. I'm a contestshipper, and I think that you two should give the fans what they want and kiss. Go ahead, I won't look much when it gets down and dirty," He giggled. May whacked him with a pillow of her own, giggling as well. "Ow! What was that for?"
"For being a sinner! Swearing and sex without marriage! Didn't your mother teach you the bible?"
"I'm Jewish."
"You celebrate Christmas and you know it!" She whacked him again. "You're such a boy!"
"At least I look like my gender! Unlike some…hold on," Ash rolled out of bed quietly. "You guys go to sleep. I thought I heard something. I'll check it out and come back to my bed too. No making out while I'm gone."
"Well that just ruins all our fun," Drew smirked. May flushed and scolded him, sorely tempted to give him a whack with the pillow.
So Ash went off on his exciting two minute journey to the pool, involving much tripping, pain, and words May would definitely not have approved of. When he finally did get to said pool, he was mildly surprised by what he found, and extremely worried. (A/N: I dropped a freaking hint to this, it's called foreshadowing. You better figure out what he's seeing or I'm going to hate you. Go ahead, stop and think for a while. I can wait.)
"Misty! What are you doing? Get off the diving board!" Ash barked. Kay Kay jumped, almost falling off the board in the process and looked down at the irate boy before her. "What are you doing up there? That's not safe!"
"Why not?" She asked.
"Oh, gee, I don't know. How about you fall off and drown yourself. Does that sound safe to you?"
"The water pokémon would get me out. They love me," she beamed.
"Misty, er, kay Kay," he corrected himself at her furious glance. "What are you doing up there? You should be in your bed. DO you want a nightlight or something? That'll scare away the ghosts and the ghastlies, won't it?" he encouraged.
"Nightlights are for babies," Kay Kay snapped.
"No they're not. They're for kids your age who need some light before they go to sleep to keep the bad things away."
"Babies are afraid of the dark and big kids sleep in Candberry Park!" Kay Kay chimed.
"Don't do that! I hated those little kid rhymes! Candberry Park isn't even real, Kay Kay! It's all a lie! Leading scholars say it was because during the middle ages they wouldn't want their children to go out after dark because of the assassins hanging around."
"Candberry Park is real!" Kay Kay shouted. "It is it is! Just like the Tooth Fairy and Santa and all of them!"
"I'm not going to argue with you," Ahs said. "Just come on down and I'll take you back up to bed." The young girl shook her head wildly. "What do you want from me?" He snapped. "I'll get you a glass of water, read you a bedtime story…" she continued to shake her head. "What can I do to get you in your bed?" He crossed his arms. "I thought you were fine with Unown A there."
"Bug types are impervious to psychic attacks," Kay Kay whispered. "At least, the kind that live under my bed do. They're evil! They wait for me to fall asleep and then they suck out my blood and save the rest of me for their babies to eat!"
"And people said I have a wild imagination," Ash grumbled. "I'll tell you what. You can sleep with me, May and Drew tonight. How does that sound?"
"Like I'm not tired yet," She giggled, climbing down the ladder nevertheless. "I want to go to the arcade, do you think that it's still open?" She asked. Ash would've loved to say yes, maybe get out of the building, but he knew as well as she did that the arcade was closed. Knowing her, she probably had the time schedule memorized. "Maybe the library, or maybe the atrology lab is open again. Do you think the mall has shut down? If not, there's got to be at least one store open."
"You know we cant to any of that," Ash rolled his eyes. "What do you really want?"
"I want to hear a scary story," Kay Kay squealed. She raced off to the living room, where the rest of them had crashed, with Ash following close behind. "it can be about Candberry Park or about vampires or ninjas or werewolves or cannibals but not bugs or else I'll be so scared I'll scream," she said, jumping onto the sofa and bouncing up and down.
"That's my bed. You can wish for your own," Ash moaned.
I agree with Ash, Kay Kay. You should wish for your own bed. I promise you I can keep the house bug free, Unown A said sweetly.
"Yay, the gang's all here," Drew muttered sarcastically. "Nothing I love more than a psycho killer watching over me as I sleep."
What was that?
"Speech: communication using sounds that symbolize objects, verbs, adjectives, and so on," Drew said calmly. "These sounds are often fused into one category we like to call language, which is later butchered by technology."
Very cute, she rumbled.
"Aren't I?"
Kay Kay, please, be reasonable. Wish for a bed and you can sleep with all the humans down here, nice and comfortable. I'll be here to watch you too. Do you really need to sleep with someone else? It's not really proper for a girl your age.
"No! If I'm all alone the bugs will get me no matter where I am! Besides, Ash and I won't do anything! We're best friends! He can keep me safe!" She grabbed his arm and looked up with big blue-green eyes. She looked at him with that sweet, innocent, cute little girl face and asked, "You'll protect me, won't you Ash?"
Ash felt the color rise to his face as Drew sniggered, "Oh, won't you, Ash?"
"Alright, alright," May glared. "Let's take care of the situation. Kay Kay, Ash, get settled," They curled up on the couch together, prompting more snickering from Drew. "You get settled to," she glared. He blushed and made himself comfortable in his sleeping bag. "Now, a bedtime story."
"No, scary story!" Kay Kay protested.
"You'll never get to sleep if I tell you one of those," May scolded.
Let Kay Kay have whatever she wants, Unown A snapped. It's her house, isn't it? She should have the choice on what she gets to hear. She wants to have fun, not go to sleep. Isn't that right, Kay Kay? You don't want to listen to this.
"If you don't get to sleep now you won't wake up tomorrow and then we won't have any time to play," May argued. She was very skillful at getting restless children to bed. Years of babysitting for an excitable younger brother had taught her that.
"Okay, okay! Bedtime story!" Kay Kay agreed.
"I thought so," she smiled. So May began an old Hoenn folk tale. Drew, having heard it many times as he grew up, fell asleep within seconds. Misty, being the Kanto native that she was (and only being in Hoenn fleetingly) had never heard the story, and was enthralled in the tale. But it only took half a story for her to fall asleep, curled in Ash's arms. Ash, on the other hand, managed to stay awake until the end, though he was practically asleep.
"Did they live happily ever after?" He asked, his eyes closing when he yawned.
"Yeah, they lived happily ever after," May smiled. Ash drifted off then, May soon following. She didn't complain though. She loved being a surrogate mother.
Ooooh! Lookie, I updated FAST! You all know this just proves I have way too much time on my hands, right? This chapter sucked. I hated it.
WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TOO:
Misty's mental state, thought it couldn't get any worse, but it can. Meanwhile, Ash is starting to feel a little bit childish himself, maybe because of a certain redhead crush? Finally, Drew manages to break through to the outside world, but is anyone crazy enough to believe him?
I leave you with this:
AND WHAT'S THE WORST THAT I COULD SAY? THINGS ARE BETTER IF I STAY. SO LONG AND GOODNIGHT, SO LONG AND GOODNIGHT. –My Chemical Romance