Twist Of Fate

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Chapter 14

Tracy Sketchit

Jeff and Emma scoured the terrains. There was nothing but open fields as far as the naked eye could see.

"I don't see anything or anyone." Emma acknowledged glady, wiping sweat from her hair line. "I couldn't imagine what we'd do if this area was packed with people. We'd probably would have had to go the long way around."

"Now all we have to do..." Jeff took a quick sip from his water bottle. "is just go straight through. Do you think we have enough water? I think we should refill because I'm almost out."

Emma checked her bottle and found it empty. "I'm all out and there is no way I'm taking your water."

"Let's find somewhere to fill up."

And so they walked around, trying to find some town that had access to water, but this area didn't seem to have a town or a lake.

"We're going to have to continue on our own." Emma figured. "But we won't be able to get far! We can only last three days without water!"

Jeff shook his head. "Then three days is all we got."

***

Just one hour seemed to take it's toll on them. Jeff gave Emma the rest of his water, after taking a mouthfull. She drank it eagerly.

"How long has it been?" Emma asked, twisting Jeff's water bottle in her hands.

Jeff checked his watch. "I'd say just over an hour. We can't stop, we got to make it through here, we'll die of thirst if we don't."

"Yeah, but truth is can our bodies make it in three days without harm? We could get hurt and that would slow us down probably an extra day, and a fourth day is what we don't have. What're we going to do?"

"We have to avoid injury. If we break something we can't slow each other down by it. Come on we better speed up a bit."

There bodies proved unwilling to go on as time progressed. There minds were able but that couldn't do anything to help them, they needed their feet to get them along. And their feet were tired and giving out.

"Dad, we can't keep going on like this." Emma panted.

"I know... we have to rest..." Jeff pulled out his spray and used it. "And the... heat is... making my... asthma worse!" he coughed and fell to his knees as it got worse. Emma patted his back.

"Whoa dad, are you ok?" Emma asked as Jeff started making horrible choking noises. "We need water, you need water." She looked around wildly, trying to find someone anyone that could help them. Jeff suddenly toppled on his side, eyes closed. "No, no! Wake up!" but it was no use, he was unconscious and possibly dying. She went through his bag and pulled out the bottle she had put in there an hour ago. Her fathers life rested in her hands. "Hold on dad! I'm going back for water and help!" and she got to her feet and ran off, not stopping for anything not even her aching legs and feet.

***

Emma was sweating like crazy as she got to the city. People stared at her dirt encrusted body.

"My word... what must her parents think...?"

"Maybe her parents are alcoholics and let her roam around filthy...?"

"Perhaps she doesn't have a family.... or a washing machine...?"

That was the mutterings of the villagers.

Emma ran up to one and gasped. "Please I need your help, my fathers out in the desert dying... he has asthma... he needs water please can you-you help us?"

"My word what a load of cock-and-bull. Why would you go out there anyways? Your getting no help from me. Not until you put on proper attire and look more respectable." The lady obviously was stubborn.

Emma got angry. "Oh shove a second pole up your ass!" she shouted, the lady put her hand to her chest in outrage.

"Well really!" she said, Emma had taken off and didn't hear it.

She ran around begging people for help, but they didn't seem to care.

Not until she ran into this man sketching Pokemon.

Emma ran up to him. "Please I need your help. My father is stuck out in the desert without and water, he's an asthmatic and he can't get back- he's dying!"

"Lead the way miss, I'll help."

"Thank you so much!"

***

Reaching Jeff, they ran faster.

He was gasping on the ground, obviously just holding onto life.

"Not good, we have to get him back." The man stated the obvious. They hoisted Jeff up, wrapped one of his arms around their necks and walked back, Jeff slumped over, making things a bit difficult.

"Who are you?" Emma huffed, looking sideways at the man.

He looked back. "Tracey Sketchit, I sketch Pokemon."

"I'm Emma, Emma Hardy." Emma replied.

"Hi, now we better speed up if we want to get him back." Tracey said. Emma nodded and they walked at a more brisk pace then what they had been.

Within hours they saw the city.

"Finally!" Emma cried. "It's about time we got here, now we can save my dad!"

But was it already too late?

To Be Continued...

Ooh cliffy, lol the cliffies are back! Well what's it going to be? Emma hunting Team Rocket on her own or having her father by her side?

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