The Stranger

Summary: After getting into ANOTHER fight with Ash, Misty runs off to be by herself but she doesn't realise how much danger she is really getting into. Will Ash be able to save her in time or will he be ridden with guilt for the rest of his life?

Ash, Misty and Brock are the same ages as they are in the anime

Just to be clear this is someone thinking and "this is someone speaking"

*Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon, if I did Misty wouldn't of even left .


Chapter 6

Misty didn't know where she was. She had just woken up and it was dark. She realised she was lying on a bed but it wasn't the bed at the Pokémon centre. Her head was pounding and when she reached up to feel it she felt a sticky substance on her fingers. Blood. She tried desperately to remember what had happened.

She was in hers, Ash's and Brock's room at the centre and Brock, Ash and Pikachu had gone. She had laid her bag with her poke balls in, on the floor . She had lay down on her bed on her stomach and her face had been facing the wall. Then nothing.

Someone must have hit her but she couldn't remember anymore. Her head was throbbing. She tried to stand up to look around but someone had chained her wrist to the bed. Ok, now I'm scared. Where's Ash and Brock? Oh God, what if HE'S got me. Oh no, what am I going to do…

Misty pulled at her hand on the bed, she tried all different ways to get it off of her but nothing worked and she just ended up hurting her wrist, making it bleed.

She heard footsteps walking up to the door and instantly stopped making any noise. She saw a light come on from under the door. The person stopped outside her door and unlocked the door. They walked into the room, shutting the door behind them. The person then turned the lights on. Misty eyes widened and gasped.

"Donovan"…

………………

Meanwhile Ash and Brock where at the police station telling Officer Jenny what had happened. Brock was so worried about his friends safety he wasn't hitting on the pretty officer. Ash was standing with Misty's bag in his arms. He was quiet as Brock told Jenny about Misty, only speaking when asked a question.

"Well you will both be pleased to hear we have new evidence on this case," Jenny told the distraught boys. "Donovan, the one who has taken your friend, seems to wear different kind of clothes and even wears wigs and makeup to keep us from finding him. Now he can't have took Misty too far because he hasn't had enough time. I am going to send search parties to all abandoned places in town and into the forest but I don't think he would take her into there."

Ash looked up as she talked interested in what the police where doing for his best friend.

"I want to search for her with you," Ash told the officer.

"I don't know if that's a good idea… you could get in the way, you're still quite young and-"

"Please! I'm begging you! I promised her… I promised her I would look after her. Now she's gone I need to find her. Please, don't you understand, she is my best friend…" Ash desperately begged Jenny, trying his hardest not to go down on his knees and beg.

Jenny looked at the boy. He was so young but his eyes told her he was really worried and that he really did want to help his friend.

"I think we could be helpful if you let us be," Brock said quietly. He looked at Jenny.

"Ok, but you need to be careful and keep out of the way."

"Thank you, thank you so much!" Ash smiled at the woman as tears came to his eyes, he might just be the one to find Misty…

………………

"Did you really think you could get away? That your little boyfriend could keep you safe?" Donovan sneered as he stood watching Misty struggle to keep as far away from him as possible. "Did you?! Answer me bitch!," he yelled.

"Leave me alone!" She shrieked, tears of fear coming to her eyes. She turned her face and wiped the tears on her shoulder. She couldn't show him that she was weak.

"Look at me. Now!"

Misty turned her head and looked at him in the eyes. "Why did you hurt Katelyn? What did she ever do to you?!"

"Hahaa, she didn't do anything to me, I don't need a reason to kill pretty, young girls… Like yourself." He grinned, and Misty suddenly felt like throwing up. Where are you Ash? Help me!

"You have no where to go, we are in a house in the forest now, no one will here your screams, like no one heard your friend."

"My friends will find me, I know that they will get me out of this and that they will want to kill you if you do anything to me," Misty yelled bravely.

"You have a lot of faith in your friends… I wonder how long that will last when they don't find you soon enough. I promise that you will beg me to let you go soon enough."

"I will never beg you for anything. I promise you that."

Donovan's sick smile turned into a scowl, he walked up to the bed beside Misty and slapped her across the face.

Misty turned to look at him shock evident on her face. She hid the shock quickly and replaced it with a scowl of her own. She would not cry in front of this man, even though her cheek was stinging and her head was spinning.

"You will beg me," he growled. With that he walked out of the room leaving her by herself. What is going to happen now.

………………

Ash and Brock were sent into the forest with the some other search party's.

"I can't believe she is sending us to look here when Misty is more likely to be in town." Ash huffed.

"We have to listen to Officer Jenny or we won't be allowed to look for Misty at all."

"Pika, Pikapi," Pikachu tried to console his friend.

"Yea, ok, you guys are right. But do we have to stay with this big group?"

Ash, Brock, Pikachu and Togepi (who was in Misty's bag, which was on Brock's back) where stuck in the middle of 20 policemen who had formed the search group for Misty. The policemen where formed in a circle around Ash and his friends. They all had there backs to the small group in the middle. Every few seconds the leader would shout out an instruction.

"Forward one step!" The rest of the group would walk one step forward in the direction they were facing so when the leader turns around to see if they had followed his order he would shout, "No! No! No! Forward in my direction! Not yours! Back to your places."

And it would start all over again. This went on for 10 minutes. Ash, whose vein in his head looked about to burst had finally had enough.

"WILL YOU'S STOP IT AND LISTEN TO ME!!" The men all turned around to look at Ash. "Thank you, now will you please stop acting so stupid, you are bloody policemen. Now my best friend is missing somewhere and I need to find her quickly! Will you please stop acting so immature and get on with your jobs!"

Brock and Pikachu sweat dropped at the irony of Ash telling someone to grow up. The men around them decided it would be best to split up and search the forest that way.

"Ok, so me, Brock and Pikachu will go this way. See ya's," Ash started to walk away when a big hand was placed on his shoulders and stopped him.

"I don't think it's a good idea for you to go off on your own," The leader told him.

"We aren't alone Pikachu is with us!" Brock argued. "And I'm old enough to look after Ash I have done for years now!"

"Fine, but please don't get yourselves into trouble! Jenny will kill me if you do."

"Promise," Ash said while his fingers were crossed behind his back.

"Off you go then we will all meet back at the Pokémon center in a few hours, keep an eye on the time please."

"Right. See ya." Ash, Brock and Pikachu walked further into the forest away from the other groups.

-

They had been walking for about an hour now and hadn't found anything.

"Maybe we should go back," Brock suggested. "They could have found Misty and we don't know anything."

"No I say we keep looking, I think this forest might be were she is. I don't know why but it feels like she is close."

"Ok, Ash but remember if we get lost its your fault."

"Fine…"

They kept walking around looking for anything that looked even a little bit suspicious. Finally they saw what appeared to be a cottage in the distance. They started to run up to the little house but Ash them stopped when they got near. I could of sworn I'd hear- And there it was again. He couldn't make it out, they were to far away from the house to hear what was making the noise. The two boys and the Pokémon crept closer and closer to the house. It was screaming… a girl screaming… Misty!

It took all of Brock's power to stop Ash from jumping up right then.

"Ash! Quiet- hey! Stop!" Brock tried to calm down his friend. "Look calm down, just barging in there isn't going to help anyone! We need a plan."

………………

"Have you given up your faith in the two boys you call friends yet?" Donovan asked as he whipped the young girls bare back with his belt. She was lying on the bed on her stomach. He had cut her top down the back so he could get to it. He laughed while she screamed.

"No! I won't ever-"

"Yes you will!" Donovan flipped his dark hair out of his eye's - no need for a wig in his own house. "You will because they won't ever find you. You know yourself what little chance they have of finding you."

"I trust my friends with everything, my Pokémon, my secrets, and my life." Misty yelled through gritted teeth. "Especially Ash, you don't know anything about what he has done! If I would trust anyone with my life it would be him, because he has already saved me in all different ways!"

"Shut up, Bitch!" Donovan brought the whip back down on her. He relished as her screams pierced the quiet forest. A noise behind him suddenly made him twist around.

………………

"Ok, here's a plan," Ash whispered quickly to Brock, trying to block out Misty who's screaming words he could not decipher. "You and Pikachu, go find the rest of the team and I'll stay here and wait for you."

"Yea, right, because you won't go in there will you." Brock said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"No, I won't. Now go before its to late."

"Ash, if I come back and your in that house I promise you I will get you and Misty out safely and then I will kill you myself!"

Ash sweat dropped. "Why not just let him kill me?"

"Just because I said so, ok!" Brock whispered to his friend with half a smile on his face. "C'mon Pikachu."

Pikachu looked at Ash before going off to follow Brock. He wanted Ash to stay safe, Ash knew that. Ash sighed as he thought of what he was going to do when his two friends where safely out of sight.

A few minutes later when Brock and Pikachu were out of sight, Ash turned around and started to walk towards the house. He looked carefully through all the windows but couldn't see anybody in the house. He quietly opened the front door, and stepped into the house. The house was bare. In the front room there were just a couch and a cracked mirror. He walked further into the house, Misty's screams covering his footsteps. Each scream killed him a little more inside as he tried to keep as quiet as possible.

He could hear them shouting at each other from under his feet. The Basement!

As he walked quickly to the door which was opened slightly he heard the words more clearly.

"…ally Ash, you don't know anything about what he has done! If I would trust anyone with my life it would be him, because he has already saved me in all different ways!"

"Shut up, Bitch!"

Ash heard the sound of a whip hitting his best friend and her screams and tears came to his eyes. He quickly ran down the stairs, and saw Donovan twist to see him just reach the bottom of the stairs.


Dun, Dun, Duhh! I know it has taken me ages to finish this chapter and I am very sorry bout that but I'm sure you's have all heard of writers block before lol : ) This is my longest chapter as well so I do like it lol. Anyways you know how much I love your reviews : ) please tell me what you think!

I have wrote a new one-shot as well its called 'Say When' and its about Ash and Misty so I hope you's will like it.