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last chapter! I hope you guys like it! Here we
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Chapter 7
Ash slowly began to regain consciousness. It took him a few minutes to finally remember what had happened, and another few to actually get his eyes open. He felt horrible. He had never been so exhausted.
When he finally got his eyes open, he saw that he was in a hospital. There was a heart rate monitor next to the bed he was lying on, and all sorts of medical devices he didn't recognize. It took him another few minutes to realize that his arm and leg both had bandages on them.
Then he noticed something was on his stomach. When he realized what it was, he felt a bit better.
It was Misty's head. She had fallen asleep beside his bed. How long had he been here? Ash looked at the clock on the wall. It was 7:22. Misty began waking up. She kneeled up and looked at Ash. She was immediately awake when she saw that Ash was.
"Ash!" She yelled. "Oh my God!" Then, without warning, she did something completely unexpected.
She put her hands on his cheeks and gave him the biggest smooch he could have hoped for. As the shock slowly left him, he began to kiss back. Then, after who knows how long, they disembraced.
They stared at each other for a few minutes, as if neither of them could believe what Misty had just done. Then, despite all the pain he was feeling, Ash smiled.
"'Morning, Misty."
Misty smiled. "'Morning, Ash."
There was a loud cough and both of them looked up to see a doctor standing in the doorway.
"Good morning, Ash," he said. "I'm doctor Goldblum."
"Thanks for taking care of me, doc," Ash said.
"No problem," Dr. Goldblum said. "I do it every day. Though, I must say, it was quite strange. Whoever called us certainly wasn't you. Their voice was very strange, and they never did tell us your name. Also, the exact same person called for three others. This whole things is strange, actually. The other three people were in some sort of underground bathroom, all stuck in these strange devices.
"But whoever made those calls saved all of your lives. All four of you surely would have died if we hadn't gotten there in time. And even though we did, you all suffered from some serious blood loss."
"I must ask, though, Ash, do you know who is responsible for all this?"
Ash remained smiling this whole time. "Not a clue."
"Hmm," the Dr. Goldblum said. "This is all very peculiar. Well, anyway, I just wanted to see if you are awake. I'll tell somebody to bring your some breakfast straight away."
Dr. Goldblum walked off. Ash and Misty looked at each other again.
"He's right," she said. "This is weird. Do you think it has anything to do with the dead flowers or the Happy Killer?"
Ash grinned. "Misty, Happy is your secret admirer."
"He is?" Misty said. Ash nodded. "Why did you call him 'Happy'?"
"Because," Ash said, "he's not a killer."
Misty frowned. "Okay, now I'm confused."
"Ash Ketchum?" said a UPS man who had appeared in the doorway.
"Yeah?" Ash asked.
"Delivery," the man said. He placed a box on Ash's lap. "You won't have to sign," he said, "I can see you would have problems with that." He walked off.
"Can you open it for me?" Ash said. Misty opened up the package.
"No return address," she said as she opened it. "I've got a bad feeling about this." Misty took out a black laptop from the package.
"Okay, this is weird," she said. Ash ignored her. He knocked the box off the bed and opened the laptop. A window appeared showing live footage from a webcam. Misty screamed and jumped back. Ash, however, just smiled.
"Congratulations, Ash," said Billy. "You won the game."
"But-" Misty said, "that's-how-?"
"Hello, Misty," Billy said. "Good to see you two are finally a couple."
Misty stared at Ash, who was still smiling. "He-you-he was watching!?!"
"No," Billy said, "I just guessed that after all this you two would have confessed your feelings by now."
"What do you want?" Ash asked, though not in a demanding voice.
"Nothing," Billy said. "I merely want to congratulate you. You've won. The final phase of the game was a test, Ash, and you passed."
"I don't get it, though," Ash said. "Why did you put Team Rocket in those traps and not Misty?"
"Saving those you love is easy, Ash," Billy said. "Saving your enemies is a much harder task. By chopping off your hand, foot, and ear, you proved that you do appreciate what you have now. I just wanted to congratulate you…and say goodbye."
"Goodbye?" Ash said.
"The game is over, Ash," Billy said. "My work here is complete. You know what you have now. It's time for me to move on to someone else. In fact, I've already thought of a good target."
"Who?" Ash said.
"That is on a need-to-know basis, and you don't. Now, goodbye, Ash."
"Okay," Ash said, "And Billy…"
"Yes?"
"Thank you."
Billy stayed there for a few seconds, and then the window closed. Ash looked at Misty, who was staring at him in disbelief.
"Well," he said, "looks like I get a free Macbook."
Misty stared. "What the fuck was that!?!" She yelled. "Just a couple days ago you wanted this guy dead, and now you're thanking him!?! What is wrong with you!?! That son of a bitch killed tons of people, and you're thanking him!?!"
"Misty!" Ash said. Misty stopped. Then he said just one thing. Three words. And even though they were small, they said a lot, and they made Misty realize exactly why Ash had thanked Billy.
"He helped me."
Misty smiled. "Whatever. I still love you."
Ash
smiled. "I love you
too."
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It was almost a week before Ash was let out of the hospital. He was still getting used to crutches, so he was a bit clumsy, but he could use them alright. On his way out he stopped by a large room that had three different people in it. They all looked up when he came in.
"Hey," Ash said, smiling at them all.
"Hey," said Jessie.
"Billy told us everything," meowth said.
"Yeah," said James. "I still can't believe you would do that for us."
"No problem," Ash said. "Life just wouldn't be the same without you."
They all smiled. "Listen, Twerp," James said. "I know Jessie's been a real bitch-"
"Hey, shut up!" Jessie said. "You both had a choice in the matter!"
"Okay, fine! We've all been real bitches. But, what I'm trying to say is…"
"We're done being the bad guys," meowth said. "The minute we get out of here, we're quitting Team Rocket."
"Yeah," Jessie said. "We were never cut out for the job anyway."
"What are you guys gonna do now?" Misty asked.
"I dunno," James said. "Meowth suggested opening up a restaurant…"
"Sounds good to me," Ash said. "Well, I've gotta go. We'll see you guys later then."
"See ya," Jessie said, and Ash walked away. Misty began to follow.
"Hey, female twerp!" Meowth yelled. Misty turned back to them.
"Yeah?"
"Your boyfriend's a great kid. Take care of him, will ya?"
Misty
smiled. "Of
course."
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The funerals of Ash's mother, Professor Oak, Tracey, all the pokémon, and Brock were all held on the same day, in the same place. Ash and Misty both cried at the funeral. A lot. But deep down, Ash knew that it was all for the best. Thanks to Happy, he now had a whole new view of life. A better one. In a way, he was glad that he had killed all these people. He was happier now. More joyful. He knew what he had.
Green Day-Wake me up When September Ends
Tune and Rhythm: .com/watch?v=3tHRSw38OtQ
Lyrics
Summer
has come and passed like my fathers come to pass here comes the
rain again as my memory rests summer
has come and passed ring out the bells again here comes the
rain again as my memory rests Summer
has come and passed like my father's come to pass
The innocent can never last
wake me up when
September ends
seven years has
gone so fast
wake me up when September ends
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain
again
becoming who we are
but never
forgets what I lost
wake me up when September ends
the innocent can never last
wake me up when
September ends
like we did when
spring began
wake me up when September ends
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain
again
becoming who we are
but never
forgets what I lost
wake me up when September ends
The innocent can never last
wake me up when
September ends
twenty years
has gone so fast
wake me up when September ends
wake me up when
September ends
wake me up when September
ends
A week later, Ash was traveling in Sinnoh again. Dawn was with him still, but Brock was not. There was a strange sort of emptiness with Brock gone. It was not pleasant or unpleasant. It was just sort of…odd.
Then, one day, Ash saw Paul. He wasn't his usual self, though. He didn't look grouchy and mean. Now he just looked…sad. It was the only emotion Ash had never seen in Paul. Sadness.
"Paul?" Ash said.
"Oh," Paul said. "Hey, Ash." He wasn't acting as if Ash was an annoying disease as he usually did.
"What's up?" Ash asked.
"My brother," Paul said.
"What about him?"
"He's dead."
Ash stared and he heard Dawn gasp beside him.
"Oh my God…" Dawn said.
"How?" said Ash.
"Burned alive," said Paul.
"How do you know?"
"I just got his ashes in the mail," Paul said.
"Any return address?" Dawn asked.
Paul shook his head. "The only lead Officer Jenny has is a smiley face sticker that was on the box."
Ash
couldn't help it. He
grinned.
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And that's the end! I hope you guys like it! I don't know why I'm posting this the same day that I posted the sixth chapter, but I am! Anyway, I hope you guys liked it! Now maybe I'll actually get some work done on True Love and ELI. I've still got writer's block on both, though…