Yeah! That didn't take long at all, and this is really exciting so on with it! :~)
Ash was stunned for a second because really there was nothing he could do. He had to go. But he also saw how she might be scared after Gary, and that was after everything that had already happened to her. "I'll be back soon; you don't have to worry." He said hoping he sounded convincing. Brock walked over with the package.
"Here Ash, this should be good for a couple of days."
"Thanks, with any luck I won't need it all." He leaned down and kissed Misty before reaching for his Poké balls. He removed all but two and handed the rest over to Brock. Then the two walked out into the snow, leaving Misty teary eyed watching from the shelter of the cave as Ash called out Pidgeot. "I'm taking Pidgeot, Pikachu, and Gengar with me but I'm leaving the rest with you in case. Brock just between the two of us, I want you to make sure there are packs ready to go with all the Pokémon just in case. I have a feeling me flying out into a town will get me sighted, the question will be if I can get back here without getting followed."
"You think it's going to work?"
"I really don't know, I'm heading to the closest town, I saw it back when I was scouting. Brock if I'm not back in a week take Misty and the Pokémon and get out of here."
"You know she isn't going to want to leave Ash."
"If anyone can convince her it would be you, I'm sorry I know it's a lot of work, but I have a feeling the time to take care of Rocket once and for all is now."
"Ash what about what Domino said? She said she wasn't a part of Rocket anymore."
"Since when do we take what Domino or any other Rocket says?"
"I'm just saying this might be bigger than that."
"Regardless I'm sure we can handle it."
"Are you sure you don't want me to go?"
"Brock you know how to keep everything going, you and Misty have been the ones here taking care of things every day, I have been the one going out and scouting around, if anyone is tangible its me. Besides I think this will be good for Misty and me, we're still such a new thing. We need to remember what it's like to be without each other because odds are with my life it will have to happen."
"You she's still not quite been herself since the hospital. And Domino's crew sure didn't help anything."
"I know, but I also know that she's strong. Mist is one of the few people I think could take care of herself in any situation. Sometimes I think she's even braver than I am, because I do things on impulse, but she's always followed against her rational thoughts to take care of me. She'll be fine once I'm gone."
"It different for us to know and for her to know it."
"Yeah , but I think she can handle it." Brock nodded and Ash took a step outside. It had started snowing, but it hadn't gotten bad yet.
"Snow's going get thinker quickly you better move, and take cover if it gets too bad."
"Yeah I'll be careful but I think once I'm off the mountain it won't be snowing anymore."
"Rain isn't much better for flying."
"I'll watch it."
"Good luck."
"You too, and remember."
"I will." Ash climbed onto Pidgeot with Pikachu seated in front of him.
"Be careful Ash!" Misty called as he flew off. She was still angry that he was leaving but she couldn't stop him. Part of her knew that he did have to go.
Ash looked back as they flew off. The snow made it hard to see quickly but he watched Misty as she stood waving from below in her pink winter coat, white gloves, black boots, and green scarf. Her long hair was blowing around her let loose under her white nit hat. "I'll be careful Misty." He whispered.
Just as Ash had predicted the snow became rain quickly, but Brock was right too. It was very hard to see anything. He landed to rest and weighed the pros and cons. If he continued in the storm odd were Rocket wouldn't be able to see him to track and follow back, the problem was he might miss the target town and land way off coarse which could be dangerous too. "What do you think Buddy?" He asked Pikachu who had decided to take cover under ash's jacket. "Should we keep flying or wait the storm out?" Pikachu popped his head out and excitedly proclaimed his Pika Chu! "Yeah I think we should keep going too. " Said with a smile. He would have them rest more than they would normally need but the cover was too comforting to waste. Besides the sooner they got to town the sooner they could get back.
"Brock!" Misty called out into the storm, it was really starting to get bad; it had picked up right after Ash had left, and now Brock had gone out to get water and had been gone so long she was starting to worry. "What do you two think should we go after him?" She asked to her Eevee who never left her side since they saved them. They both retreated a little into the cave and she sighed. She hated this. She hated being on the run, she hated how both Brock and Ash felt like they had to protect her now, and she hated that she would just have to sit here and hope for the best for a while longer because going out in the storm was stupid unless it was necessary. "You're right." She sighed following them back in and settling down on her sleeping bag. The second she sat they were both huddled in her lap. Misty smiled as she looked down at them. They were really cute, she had always wanted a Eevee so that she could have a Vaporeon and now she had two, and had no way to evolve them, not that she was sure she wanted to evolve them anyway. They were kind of great just the way there were and she really did love them.
She glanced around the cold room and sighed. They had been here for a while now, but it still didn't feel right. It was as if they were disturbing nature the way they had taken this place over. Plus it was such a shallow cave that she had to wonder why they had chosen this one, after all a deeper cave would have allowed for more heat and if they were here that long would have keep them cool in the summer, this one barley kept the wind out. She really wasn't complaining, she knew that Ash had had very little time to plan this out, and she was kept in the dark being sick and attacked. Ash had had to do a lot just to keep things going. 'One of these days I'm going to have to thank him for all of this.' She thought to herself with a sigh. 'I hope he's okay out in this storm where ever he is.'
Ash was back in the air only for a half an hour at most at a time. This storm was really taking a lot out of Pidgeot and they couldn't keep flying for very long making the process slow and he knew it would take twice as long to get there now, and he had already projected it was a day's journey at least. Ash having noticed this decided to walk when they landed. The wasted time made him uncomfortable and paranoid that Rocket would somehow see him staying in one place for so long. The moving also made the time go by faster so it didn't seem so bad to be stuck out here. Even Pikachu seemed unhappy with the environment and he normally was as ready to go as Ash. It was too bad this all had to go down right when they decided they needed a break. At least if this had happened a little later they could have been rested and ready to go for all this.
On Ash's third walking trip he found a cave and stumbled in for some rest of his own and to hopefully dry off a bit. At this rate even if Rocket didn't follow him he was going to be down for the count for a while. There was no way he was getting out of this without at least a cold. Hopefully Brock would have the ingredients for his home brew so he wouldn't be down for so long. There was too much at stake to stay hidden for much longer. They had been working hard with the few ghost Pokémon they had and there wasn't much more they could accomplish by training, even on the mountain. Ash peered back outside at the rain and sighed. They couldn't keep doing this all night, and he couldn't risk there not being any more cover. Slightly defeated her reached into his back and unloaded the wet supplies. The only things that weren't wet were his second pair of cloths, which in retrospect was probably one of the better things to have. He changed and laid down on the floor not wanting to get wet in his sleeping bag.
Brock finally came back just as Misty was bundling up to go find him. "Thank goodness I was really starting to worry about you, you know. What happened?"
"It's rough out there, I lost my marker and had to follow my steps back to the last one I could find."
"Well at least you're alright. Were you able to get any water?"
"Yeah but it all froze, dinner will have to wait until it all melts."
"That's fine it's not the end of the world. At least we get a hot meal; Ash probably doesn't even have a fire with how bad it is out there. Do you think he'll be smart enough to take cover out in this?"
"Yeah, he said that if it got too bad he would land, I don't think even he is crazy enough to go walking out in a storm this bad."
"Unless he was motivated." Misty said quietly. Hopefully Ash knew that she wanted him back safe rather than soon. Of course if she could have both that would be the best option, but safe definitely came before quickly.
"I'm sure even Ash won't chance sickness to be here a day or two sooner."
"Brock, what was he telling you before he left?"
"Oh, um just some reminders and stuff…" Brock turned back intensely focusing on the melting ice.
"Brock" Misty prodded now sure it was about her. Then it hit and she sighed. "When did he want us to leave?"
"A week. And he wants us to keep as many of the Pokémon in their Poké balls and packed up in case we have to a quick exit."
"When were you going to do that?"
"Hadn't really thought about it honestly, but maybe we should do it after we eat?"
"No I'll start now." She said as she stood and grabbed both hers and Brock's bags to load with Poké balls and essentials that they could keep packed in advance. The Eevee had all been un-captured and she looked at all of them, all ten of them, and sighed. They had to do something; they couldn't just leave them all here. "Brock what about the Eevee?" She asked looking up from the assortment of Poké balls.
"I guess we have to capture them." He said. She looked at them all. They had just started to trust her, well the others had just started to trust her. She looked at the Eevee who had first approached her.
"Do you think it will be okay to capture you?" The Eevee cocked its head to the size and looked at her like it didn't understand. She gingerly pulled out a Poké ball and expanded it. "This is a Poké ball. If I were to capture you this is what you go in to be kept safe, but some Pokémon, like Pikachu, like to stay out of their Poké balls and only go in them when they have to. Would you want to be captured to stay with me and join my Pokémon team?" The other Eevee had joined them and the two jumped excitedly into her arms with happy Eevee noises. "Great. Then you two are staying with me!" She looked at the other Eevee across the room that all seemed a little confused at the ordeal. "Why don't you go explain it and then we can keep all of you safe in Poké balls in case something happens." They ran off back into the group. There seemed to be a bit of a disagreement so she let them go and when back to packing other stuff. She put in the food, all of Ash's Pokémon except Charizard, and Brock's Pokémon. Then she sorted hers into her official trainer's case. Brock had one too of course but his were already all in there, she was waiting on two, but she had a feeling they weren't going to want to stay in the Poké balls.
"Misty the food's ready."
"I think the bags are as packed as they can be, I have all the rest of the food in them, and the cloths. All of yours and Ash's Pokémon are in there and I'll have to make sure the Eevee are captured but I think they should still stay out."
"What if there is an emergency?"
"We'll just have to grab ten Pokémon that will take not even thirty seconds."
"Misty that thirty seconds could make all the difference."
"Brock they're too scared to stay in them right now, I'll start putting them in at night until they're comfortable okay?"
"Fine." He said happily defeated. He loved Pokémon, and never really thought that they needed to stay in Poké balls all the time; that's why as soon as one of his siblings that wanted to run the gym was of age he was going to become a full time breeder.
"After dinner we'll see if we can't get them in."
"Okay sounds like tons of fun." she said disheartenly looking at the Eevee who appeared to be arguing.
When Ash woke up it was still raining but nearly as bad as the night before. He packed up swiftly and headed out, determined to make it into town by the afternoon and with any luck make it back to the cave. The rain was not nearly has hard to get threw but on the other hand that meant he was back to having no cover, and really he needed it to get bad again to get back comfortably.
It took Ash a few hours to get to the town, and he stayed for an hour getting supplies and letting Pidgeot rest. But the light could only last so long and so he took off again.
Half way to the cave the rain started to let up and Ash was faced with a decision. Fly through and hope that whatever rain there was would provide a safe cover and risk it getting worse and not having a place to land, or to shoot to the cave and wait until morning to be safe. He knew Misty wanted him back, but getting stranded wasn't going to help anything.
"What do you think Pidgeot? Go to the cave? Or head back to camp?" Pidgeot let out a tired response. Ash had asked a lot of him lately. "Fair enough let's rest for the night and head back to camp in the morning. Do you remember the place?" This time Pidgeot responded a little more happily. And Ash knew this was the best choice. 'Sorry Mist looks like it's going to be one more night.'
Misty and Brock woke up to a loud yell. Brock recognized it first.
"Ash!" Misty's eyes widened; he sounded hurt. Without a second though she jumped up grabbed the packs. Then threw on shoes as fast as possible grabbing Brock's to bring to him. This did not sound good. "Misty!" Brock's yell startled and terrified her as she ran out into the storm. But she was ready with one Poké ball in hand. She ran to Brock as fast as she could and saw him.
At first she thought he had Pidgeot in front of him bleeding into the snow but as she got closer she could see that it was Ash.
"ASH!" She didn't think she could run any faster than she already was, but somehow she managed to cross what must have been a quarter of a mile in about ten seconds, or at least that's what it felt like to her.
When she got there she dropped to his side. "Ash say something, please." She begged helplessly.
"I think he's unconscious, but nothing is broken, Pidgeot landed before he fell off. Rocket has to be close, we need to get him back to the cave and hid there."
"Brock where are Pikachu and Pidgeot?"
"Pikachu in unconscious Pidgeot carried him right past you to the cave."
"We have to get out of here; they're going to see the blood trail…" She paused for a second swallowing her words and pushing aside her emotions. She could worry about Ash later, when they were all safe. Her mind was spinning she needed to focus on one thing at a time. "We need to leave, we have all the essentials packed let's just get on Charizard and leave."
"Misty there is no way that he is fit for flying; here help me get him back first." She obeyed without question and looked at him sadly, what had they hit him with? They needed to get him out of here, if they took them now he could die without medical attention, or at least Brock's home remedies that they would have to make do with.
"Brock, we have to move him, can he make a ride on something else? Like on your Ninetales, something?"
"That would be his best bet, but it would be slow going Mist, we can do that."
"Brock we have to do something we can't stay here. Do you see that blood trail?" She demanded, starting to get angry. Couldn't Brock see that staying here wasn't an option?
"Misty it will be slow going, here on the move. It won't make a difference, if they know where we are then they're going to be able to get us. We might as well stay here where it's at least warm. It would take a major distraction to get Ash out of here safely." She closed her eyes. She had to think of something. In frustration she closed her hand into fists where one hand still tightly gripped a Poké ball. That's when it hit here.
"Load him up." She said without even paying attention to his protests. "Brock I mean it. Do it NOW." Brock was too shocked by her force to argue. His fished bandaging Ash quickly and reached for his Poké balls to get the right one. Misty was tearing threw her own red bag pulling out everything she had and switching it with Ash's wet stuff.
"Misty what are you doing?" Before she answered she called out Charizard.
"We are going to be the distraction for your get away." Both Brock and Charizard had the same negative reaction. Her voice became a little more aggressive addressing both of them. "Look at him! Look at Ash. Brock he needs help and no way Rocket is going to let him have it. If they catch him he'll die. If they catch me you can take care of him and continue training." Charizard looked a little skeptical but more willing than before after seeing his hurt master. Brock on the other hand had other ideas.
"Let me go, you stay with Ash."
"Brock now is not the time to be a chauvinist or protect me."
"Misty when Ash comes to-"
"Brock you don't understand! I don't know how to take care of sick people! You do. You need to stay with Ash and someone needs to go stop Rocket from finding you. I'm it. Go please." She turned to Charizard grabbing her bag and throwing it on swiftly. "Charizard, try to get away, but don't stay to help me, they have to capture me to use as a decoy later. If you do get away, come back here until they're gone, and then go look for Brock okay?" He grunted in understanding. She turned by to Brock giving him a hug. "Be safe tell Ash I love him." She didn't even wait for a response before jumping on Charizard again. Charizard took off as soon as she was on.
It only took a matter of seconds to see a Rocket ship coming towards them. Charizard made the quick turn as if they were getting away but was slow enough to allow them to catch up. If Ash had been able to fly there was no way they would have been able to catch them.
In typical Rocket fashion they flew above them and a trap door opened releasing a net. Misty stole a glance back towards the cave; there were no other ships in sight. Ash and Brock could get away. "Charizard as soon as they have me light the net on fire and fly away!" As if bending to her will an electronic hand came down grabbing her. She jumped into it, making sure to fake a struggle once inside and also allowing Charizard that extra second to make his escape. "Go Charizard! GO!" The Pokémon obeyed and continued to fly away from the cave and the ship in no particular direction.
Misty watched him go as she got pulled up into the ship. Once in she felt them poke something into her back and watched as everything went black.
WAH! Action! Sorry but I've had enough fluff chapters for a while, and the separation will prevent the fluff for a little.
So Will Ash be okay?
If he is will he be pissed that Brock let Misty go?
Is Pikachu okay?
Where did Brock and Ash go?
Where are they taking Misty?
And what will Rocket do to her now?
Will Jeff return?
Answers in the next chapter that will come out much sooner with motivation from reviews. But in all seriousness, warning I am a lead in my high school play and have a lot of stuff I have to do in adition to my regular crazy life. But has that ever stopped me before? Nope. So hopefully update soon.
Happy Reading everyone :~D !