Chapter 12: The Kidnapping

Ash and his friends continued through the forest. The air had gotten chillier, and dark clouds blocked out the sun.

"We need to find shelter," Ash decided. "We've been travelling through these woods all day, and it looks like it's going to rain."

At these words, thunder boomed loudly overhead. Buckets of rain began to fall, pattering rapidly over the forest ground.

"Great," Ash muttered, thoroughly soaked. He sighed. "At least I'm a water-type Pokemon."

"Scraggy," Scraggy groaned.

"Cham-cham," Pancham seemed to agree.

"I know, I know," Ash assured them. "You two aren't water-types. Come on, let's find a cave or something to take shelter in. We'll wait for the storm to end before we keep walking."

There was a flash of lightning, and another boom of thunder. Ash felt his skin prickle. He squinted down at his arm, frowning. Tiny blue sparks danced up and down his fingertips.

"This is weird," Ash announced. "It's like… it's like I'm attracting the lightning."

Just then, a fork of lightning flashed… and hit Ash squarely on the head.

He let out a cry of pain and collapsed to the ground.

"Pancham!" Pancham shouted.

"Scraggy!" Scraggy bellowed.

Ash looked around helplessly. Red spots clouded his vision. The last thing he saw were two hazy figures running towards him- two human figures.

They put a sack over his head. He could hear Pancham and Scraggy's muffled protests.

And then the world went black.

END OF BOOK 1