Episode 32: Ghost Hunter – Part 3
Part 3 of episode 32 in my Fan Fiction series about the Pokémon journey of Ash and Angie. Involves some MorpheusShipping (Ash and Angie liking each other) so if you don't like that idea, perhaps you might want to stop reading here. The rest, I hope you enjoy this fan-fiction.
Ash and Angie turned their heads, and saw the mysterious man had regained consciousness, and so had his Magmortar.
"So, how about round two!?" the man threatened.
"We've got to get out of here, so we can take care of Lucario!" Ash said, "let's head for the main road!"
"Oh no you don't!" the person with the cape shouted, "Magmortar, Fire Spin!"
The fire Pokémon released a stream of flames from it's arms, quickly forming a horse shoe shaped ring of fire, almost completely surrounding our friends. Only the side where the ground abruptly ended, there was no fire.
"Ash, we're trapped!" Angie yelled.
"Buizel, I choose you!" Ash called out his water Pokémon. "Do Water Gun on those flames!"
"Bui-bui!" Buizel answered, like he meant to say, "I am on it!"
Buizel took a deep breath, and then sprayed a jet of water in the direction of the wall of flames. But the fire was so incredibly hot, it just evaporated the water before it could have any effect!
"Bui?" the water weasel Pokémon said surprised.
"It doesn't work, the flames are too hot," Ash sighed, as he stepped towards the ridge.
It was indeed a steep drop, but there was a little lake below.
"Give me that Lucario, and maybe I won't harm you..." they heard the man with the cape shout, as he was getting impatient.
"Never!" Ash and Angie yelled together.
"Maybe you need a little more persuasion," the man said, "Magmortar, turn up the heat!"
Magmortar intensified it's attack, and the flames surrounding Ash, Angie and Lucario were now 2 meters high. Angie made her Dewgong return to it's Poké Ball. Ash thought fast and hard, and then came to a decision. He put Pikachu on Angie's shoulder, and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.
"What was that for?" Angie wondered.
Ash took Angie's hand, and started walking towards the ridge.
"Make sure Lucario gets to a Pokémon Center as soon as possible, okay?" Ash said, without answering Angie's question. "Pikachu, keep an eye on Angie and Lucario. And Buizel, I'm counting on you as well."
"What are you doing Ash?" Angie asked, starting to get scared as she began to get the idea, "I am not leaving you here!"
"I'll buy you some time, now go!" Ash said, as he pushed Angie over the edge.
Using Aqua Jet, Buizel went a little ahead, and after it had landed on the water, it cushioned Angie 's fall with a Water Gun, aimed upwards.
"What is going on there!?" the man with the cape asked from behind the other side of the "wall of flames".
"You call this flames!?" Ash sad teasingly, "I'm not impressed..."
"Oh, but you will!" the man shouted, "Magmortar, full power!"
The flames intensified even more, the wall became wider, and the flames higher. There was almost no way to survive the heat, and the mysterious man even had to take a few steps back from it.
"Okay, that's enough!" the man shouted.
Magmortar stopped it's attack, and the flames subsided. But Ash and Angie were nowhere to be seen! The man ran forward, wondering where his victims had gone. Then he almost tripped, and looked down at what caused this. Just in front of him was a shallow hole, and in it were Ash and Monferno. Just before the heat of the fire started to get really unbearable, Ash had his Monferno dig a hole, they could take refuge in. Ash called Monferno back to it's Poké Ball, and then stepped out of the hole.
"What the... where are that girl and Lucario!?" the man yelled, enraged.
"A long way from here..." Ash said with a casual voice.
"Why you!" the mysterious man shouted, as he stomped on the ground.
Meanwhile, a little further and below where Ash was, Angie stopped running for a while. After Buizel made her and the wounded Lucario land softly on the water's surface, and with the help of the strong water Pokémon she had managed to drag Lucario on dry land, Angie had been running like her life depended on it. And in fact it possibly did, although not just her life, but also that of the hurt Pokémon she carried on her back. But her "load" was rather heavy, and she ran out of breath. "Oh Ash..." she thought, as she was worried deeply about her boyfriend's fate. "Why did he always have to be such a 'I'll sacrifice myself for you kind of person'!" Angie pondered, as she clenched her fists. Although that was the very reason she noticed Ash in the first place, during their stay at the Summer Academy. It made her realize he was not just the overconfident, sometimes even cocky, boy that he seemed in the beginning, as he told her anything she could do, he could do better. "But first I must get Lucario to a Pokémon Center," Angie cut short her reminiscing about how she met Ash.
"You'll catch a cold if you keep running around in those wet clothes!" a little girl's voice suddenly said behind Angie.
"Huh?" Angie said, surprised, as she turned around.
"It's true, my mother always keeps saying that to me, you know!" the little girl explained, with a little annoyed expression on her face as she thought Angie didn't believe her.
The girl was about eight years old, Angie estimated, and she was wearing a blue medium sized skirt with a few pockets on the front. On top of it she wore a white blouse, and she had pigtails in her brown hair.
"Oh, you're probably right, but I have other things to worry about right now," Angie answered, "you see, this Pokémon is hurt pretty bad and needs to get to a doctor right away."
"Oh, well just follow me then, there is a Pokémon Center not far from where I live," the little girl chimed, "well, come on, hurry up!"
This fortunate turn of events gave Angie new strength, and she lifted Lucario on her back again, to follow the little girl. A few minutes later, she saw a few houses appear in the distance.
"We're almost there!" the little girl yelled.
"I'm... really... glad..." Angie huffed, as Lucario was getting really heavy now.
At the door of the Pokémon Center Angie's legs gave way, and she just fell inside, with Lucario still on her back.
"What do we have here!?" Nurse Joy said with a firm voice, as she stepped from behind the counter. "You can't just barge in like that, this is a hospital, you know!"
"Nurse Joy, they need help!" the little girl shouted, as she stepped in through the open doors.
"Oh!?" Nurse Joy said, as she ran towards Angie and Lucario. "Chansey! Quickly!" she added, after seeing in what shape Lucario was.
The nurse's loyal helper Pokémon came racing to the hallway, pushing along an examining table. Nurse Joy and Chansey quickly put Lucario on the table, and raced towards the intensive care unit. The indicator light above the entrance to the IC was lit. Angie was still down on the floor, dazzled by all the action, and exhausted from all the effort it cost to get Lucario and her to the Pokémon Center. Suddenly the doors swung open again, and a woman came in.
"Tina, what is going on? What are you running around town for? Is everything okay?" the young woman asked, with a worried look on her face.
"Mummy!" the little girl said, as she ran towards her mother, then pointing at Angie, "I found this girl just outside town and her Pokémon was very sick."
"Oh, you poor thing," the woman said, as she saw Angie.
Indeed she had been in better shape. Her hair looked like her hairdryer exploded while doing it, and there were also some leaves stuck in it. She had some scratches on her arms and her trousers and shirt were still wet, with streaks of dirt all over.
"You know what?" the woman said, as she approached Angie and helped her up, "you come along with Tina and me, and then you can take a bath and get all freshened up. You'll catch a cold if you keep standing there, all wet."
"I told you so..." Tina added, as her words she said to Angie earlier were now confirmed.
"But... Lucario..." Angie stuttered, although the idea of a hot bath seemed quite appealing.
"Your Pokémon is in good hands now," Tina's mom answered, "and besides, there is nothing you can change in it's condition by getting ill if you don't start taking care of yourself."
"Yes ma'am, I suppose you are right," Angie gave in.
"Okay dear, we live just a few houses away, just follow us," the mother said invitingly.
After they got there, Tina's mother had offered to wash Angie's clothes for her, while she took a bath. It was sure nice to have a warm bath after all the camping Ash and she did. Angie felt almost weightless as she was lying in the soothingly hot water. "If Only Ash were here as well..." she sighed in her mind. "Of course not in the same tub with me..." she quickly added in her thoughts, as her cheeks became even more red than they were already from the hot water. Then her features hardened. "How can I be relaxing when Ash probably needs my help at this very moment!" it flashed through her mind. She jumped out of the bath, took a towel, and after getting dry, she slipped into the wardrobe Tina's mother had given her, to wear for as long as her own clothes were still getting clean and dry.
"Ready so soon, dear?" Tina's mom asked, as she heard the bathroom door opening.
"Yes ma'am," Angie replied, "I was really nice, but I have to get back to the Pokémon Center as soon as possible."
"I understand you want to check on how your Lucario is doing, but your clothes are not ready yet," the mother answered, "and besides, you haven't even told us who you are."
Angie blushed a little out of embarrassment. With all the action and running into that girl that led her to the Pokémon Center, she had forgotten to properly introduce herself to these kind people.
"My name is Angie, I am from Solaceon Town... that's in the Sinnoh region," she introduced herself.
"That's a long way from home dear," Tina's mom mentioned, "especially for a girl to travel alone."
"Oh, but I'm not alone," Angie quickly responded, "I was traveling with two other friends as well, although one had to leave us recently go help his girlfriend, although she is not officially his girlfriend, but anyone can see they like each other, and I know because..." Angie interrupted her rant, since now it became a little too personal, she realized.
"Okay okay, slow down, I didn't mean to question you," the woman said.
"Oops, sorry. I got a little carried away," Angie apologized, "but the other boy I was traveling with before Tina found me, really needs my help... and I miss him..."
Angie explained further about their encounter with the mysterious man, and the battle they had with him.
"So you see, that's why I have to go look for Ash right now!" Angie almost shouted, after she finished her story.
"Well, maybe your clothes will be dry in fifteen minutes or so, I've turned on the heater in the room they are hanging out to dry in," Tina's mom explained, "then we could visit the Pokémon Center and check on your Pokémon."
After Angie got dressed in her own clothes again, she, Tina and her mom went back to the Pokémon Center. Nurse Joy was standing behind the counter again, so Angie could directly ask how Lucario was doing. The nurse told her it was responding very well to the treatment, and she was even allowed to see it for a moment. Lucario was still lying down with it's eyes closed, but it had been cleaned up, so it's fur was looking a lot better than when she and Ash found it. For a moment Angie thought she heard something, but Lucario didn't move it's mouth at all, so she figured it must have been her imagination. As silently as possible, she followed Nurse Joy out of the room, and into the main hall.
"So, when can we leave?" Angie asked, almost begging.
"Well, Lucario is recovering very nicely, I've never seen a Pokémon get well so fast," Nurse Joy answered, "but it would be better to wait until tomorrow. Besides, Officer Jenny will come back then, and she might be able to help you with the rescue of your friend. So I urge you to wait till then."
Angie looked very disappointed at this news. Then her eyes lit up a little, and she turned towards Tina and her mother.
"I hope you two don't mind, but I would rather stay here, with Lucario," Angie said hesitatingly, "I hope you don't find that ungrateful..."
"No, we understand, dear. Right Tina?" the woman said with a kind voice.
"Yes mom," Tina acknowledged.
"Thanks for all the hospitality!" Angie said relieved, as she waved to her benefactors.
"I'll make a bed for you in a spare room," Nurse Joy proposed, "we don't have many patients at the moment, so that won't be much of a problem."
The friendly nurse prepared a room for her unexpected guest, and Angie decided to turn in early tonight, since she could really use the rest, and besides, she had something planned. So she said goodnight to Nurse Joy, and soon she was sound asleep, dreaming of Ash...
(to be continued)
My 55th fan-fiction chapter. I apologize for any typing errors, or grammatically not 100% correct sentences. Remember, I am not a native English speaker or writer. I tried to make this story as close to the Pokémon series as possible, so that the characters will react roughly the same in this fictional story as they do in the series. Comments are always welcome, you can use the review function on this FanFiction site for that.
Disclaimer: I do not own or claim to own any trademarks of Pokémon. Any similarities to the works of others is purely accidental, and not meant as an infringement on anyone's achievements.
