Driving Me Crazy chapter 5 (yay!)
***
Hiiiiiiiiiiii everybody! I think there are going to be two more chapters, but don't quote me on that because I tend to count and estimate really, really bad. ^-^ anyways, I hope you all like the story. If you do, or even if you don't, I'm begging you to review!!! *gets down on knees* See? Okay, well, very, very thank you (yeah, I know that's not a phrase, so sue me) to everyone who reviewed already and all the nice things you said, they make me very happy ^-^. Now I'm not going to bore you any more, because you didn't click on the little clicky link to listen to me talk, you clicked it to read the story.
Okay then, here goes this!
***
For a long while after they bumped the car off the road, they didn't even touch it from where it sat snugly in the ditch. It had turned off by itself, which worried the passengers. Finally, Misty took the key out of the ignition and put one hand over her temples, massaging them gently. The now unmoving car made a sad sort of groaning noise, as if it were really trying to work again, but it was just too far gone. Ash sighed.
"Well, my mom always told me fighting would get you nowhere," he joked weakly. Misty simply shook her head.
He sighed and opened the car door. Lifting up the hood of the car, he glanced under it nervously, trying desparately to act like he knew what he was doing.
"Um, Ash?" She stuck her head out of the window to look at him.
"Yeah?"
"Do you know how to fix a car?"
"No," he admitted. But just then, a red convertible sped down the road, and apparently the driver saw them, because, with a loud squeak, the car stopped.
The top was down, but the driver was in a shadow. All you saw was a large multitude of girls in the backseat, giggling like there was no tomorrow. The guy in the front finally opened his door, stepped out...
"Richie!" said Ash excitedly. (AN: HA! You thought I was gonna say Gary, didn't you? ^-^ To tell ya the truth, I was gonna have it be Gary too, until I remembered he wasn't like that anymore and also decided that would be too predictable. Heh, leave it to me to forget my own story plot...)
"Hey, Ash," he grinned. "What are you doing under the hood? You can't fix cars." Ash rolled his eyes. "So I've realized," he replied dryly.
"Richie?" said Misty, surprised. He looked at her and smiled.
"Misty? Wow, you look..." he trailed off, and she blushed slightly. Ash wanted to snap at Richie, but decided that wouldn't do any good. Richie looked at the car that both Ash and Misty were standing by, and said, "Maybe you should let me take a look. I'm no mechanic, but..." Ash swept his hand toward the car in a 'go ahead' motion, and Richie peered under the hood as Ash had been doing, minus the obviously clueless look.
After a few minutes of looking, he looked up and informed them, "From what I can tell, it had been overheating since before you drove into the ditch, and the speeding up that Misty did did the car in just enough to stop it."
"Are you sure?" Misty asked.
"No," Richie replied. "But I can't see nay other explanation as to why it won't go."
"Great," answered Ash sarcastically. "So what do you think we should do about it?"
"The only thing you really can do is wait it out. Either that, or you could get a ride with someone else." Misty sighed at that.
"We're already behind, and now we're going to get behind even more..."
"It's not like we have an agenda," replied Ash with a hint of annoyance. "The Professor never said we had to be there at a certain time."
"Maybe I'd just like to get there sooner rather than later, then." Ash turned from her, figuring in some way that remark was associated with him. Just then, a girl stuck her head out of the side of the car and yelled, "Richie! Come on, move it or lose it! We *do* have an agenda!" Richie looked at the pair apologetically.
"Sorry guys," he said, "but they're right. The League administrators are having a meeting today." Ash blinked.
"You're kidding. Damn, I don't have to be there, do I?" Luckily, Richie shook his head no.
"It's just for the Elite Four, a couple Gym Leaders- from Johto," he added, seeing Misty jerk her head up, "and some of the people on the administrative staff and Planning Committee for the League."
"Okay," he answered. "Well, thanks for the diagnosis, Rich."
"No problem," he answered. "I'll see ya later, okay, Ash?" He nodded, they shook hands, and Richie got in the car and drove away.
Ash got into the car, slammed the door, and crossed his arms. He glanced at the other occupant. "Any idea how long this will take?" She shook her head, giving him a look which clearly said, Come on, do you really expect me to know?
Just then, Ash's eyes seemed to gain somewhat of a sparkle as he looked at what appeared to be the wheel. She cocked her head at him, confused, but didn't plan to ask him about it.
It looked like the prospect of another long silence spell, except just then-
KAPOW- they heard a very loud crash and immediately jumped out of the car, scared. There was another series of loud blasts, and they ran towards the sound, curiosity overruling any danger they might be in (as usual). Upon leaving the ditch and getting onto the highway, they were surprised to see a very large and deep hole right in the middle of the road. A couple cars were lined up on both sides, honking, but there was no sign of anything that could have been the cause of the noise.
"Come on," said Ash suddenly, running over to the hole with Misty in tow. Peering down into it, he yelled, "Hello? Is there someone down there?" They both listened, but heard nothing.
"HELLO?" he yelled again. It was then that he heard it- and it made his heart sink to his feet.
Very, very faintly, probaaly from the bottom of the hole, both Ash and Misty heard it:
"Pi!"
Ash nearly leapt into the hole right then. "Pikachu!" he screamed, and Misty literally had to hold him back by his shirt. Taking both his arms and yanking them back, she immediately snapped at Ash,
"Are you insane? You're going to jump into a hole that you can't even see the bottom of?"
"That's Pikachu down there! I need to get down there!"
Misty rolled her eyes. "I promise we'll get him. It's not like Pikachu hasn't been captured before."
"He isn't captured, he just fell! And he could be hurt, but with the way you're acting, it's like you don't even care!"
"Of course I care," she answered tightly, "but you can't go jumping into holes without knowing anything about them, I mean, you're gonna be sorry if there are jagged rocks at the bottom- are you even listening to me?"
"I didn't even notice Pikachu was gone..." he murmured.
"Okay," she sighed, "I guess not." You also didn't notice, she thought after hearing his statement, that I never let go of your arms.
A driver of one of the cars opened his door. "Hey," he called, "do you and your girlfriend need some help?"
Misty stared at him blankly. "Oh," she said after a second, "we're not dating." The guy shrugged.
"I just figured, the way you were holding on to him..." She blushed and let go immediately, yelling at the guy in her head. (AN: No, not a little person that lives in her head, she's yelling at the driver because he brought Ash's attention to the fact... I know most of you got that, but I re-read my statement and realized that's what it sounded like, so for all of the other insane people like me who thought that... lol, LITTLE PEOPLE LIVE IN *MY* HEAD! *blinks* Uh...sorry bout that ^-^)
Ash came out of his stupor and looked at the guy. "My Pikachu's in that hole, we're trying to figure out a way to get him out."
"Oh," he answered. "Well, I think I have some rope in my car if that would help." Ash shrugged.
"We can try it."
The guy opened his trunk, and got out a very long rope. Ash tied it around his waist, made an agreement with the guy about the pulling, and, as Misty watched, lowered himself into the hole.
About a half hour later, Ash, carrying the yellow electric rodent, was pulled out of the hole. By that time, Misty's knuckles were white from clenching her hands together nervously, several of the drivers had gotten out of their cars to watch the outcome, and the guy with the rope was puffing from the effort.
Ash climbed out of the deep pit, stood up, put down the Pokemon, brushed some of the dirt off of himself, untied the rope from its still intact position on his waist, and smiled at the crowd, most of who were clapping for the young Master's bravery. Ash smiled at them, then went over to the man who had the rope and thanked him.
"No problem," he answered. "I was glad to help." Ash handed him the rope, thanked him again, and walked over to where Misty was waiting, half annoyed, half relieved.
"I still think you're insane," she said, shaking her head.
"I still think you're bi-polar," he replied, and she gave him a glowering look and stalked back toward the car. He followed, grinning slightly.
When they arrived, Ash opened the back door and put Pikachu in. Misty got behind the wheel, and looked for Ash, but didn't see him. She heard a slam and jumped, but didn't move. Then Ash walked back to his place in the front seat and sat down. He looked at her.
"Do you have a watch?" he asked. She shook her head, then laughed a little.
"What?"
"I don't have a watch... you do." He looked at his wrist.
"Oh," he said sheepishly.
"So what time is it?"
"It's around 2:15."
"Great," she sighed. "We wasted a whole hour because of this stupid car."
"And Pikachu," Ash added.
"Yeah... hey, how do you think he got in there, anyway?" He shook his head. "Don't know."
"Oh, well. We're already gonna be late now, since we still have to wait for the stupid car to start, or else get a ride."
"No we don't," answered Ash. "We can call someone on my cell phone." She stared at him in pure disbelief.
"What?" he asked.
"Ash," she said, trying to be calm, "if you had a cell phone, why didn't you use it when the car broke down an hour ago!?" He shrugged.
"It doesn't really matter now anyway," she sighed. "Just call."
"We don't need to do that," he answered calmly.
"Why?" she said, exasperated. He reached over, took the key from her, stuck it in the igniton, turned it, and she watched in amazement as the car started. Half-dazed, she shifted into drive, and drove out of the ditch and back onto the road.
They hadn't been on the road five minutes when she glanced at him. "Ash?" she asked.
"What?"
"How did you know that the car would start?" He looked at her and smiled.
"Because I just found a gas tank in the trunk, so I filled up the car." Misty looked at him, her mouth slightly open. She couldn't decide whether to laugh or cry, so finally she just kept on speeding down the highway.
***
(about 6 hours later..)
Misty looked out the window, and saw something that relieved her to no end.
"Look, Ash," she said cheerfully, "a hotel!" He looked in the direction she waved her hand in.
"But we're almost there." She looked at him in exasperation.
"I'm tired, and it's getting dark. That's never a good mix. We're going to stay in the hotel." He knew all he would get for arguing was maybe a good smack on the head, so he stayed quiet and agreed. They pulled into the hotel.
The receptionist looked half-asleep, so they went over quietly and Misty said gently, "Um- Miss?" She seemed to jerk awake.
"Yes, welcome to the Lavender Hotel. May I help you?" Ash frowned.
"Wait- we're in Lavender Town?"
"No," answered the lady, "you're in a very small town a while outside of Lavender Town, but so many people drive past here normally, this name helps attract business."
"Oh," said Ash. "Well, anyway, we'd like a room, two beds." The lady nodded.
"Okay, you'll be on the second floor. The elevators are right over there." She handed them the key, and they walked over to the elevator and pressed the button. It went 'ding' as the elevator came down, and they got in and pressed the '2'.
A few seconds later, they heard: "Second floor, second floor, get off, get off!" (AN: Thank you, Sarah... never even thought of that one ^-^)
The rest of the evening was mostly spent swimming, eating, and finally, sleeping. Sometime in the middle of the night, though, Misty woke up with a start. She heard two faint voices far away, but still decipherable.
"...this whole controlled candy factory radio waves thing isn't going to work."
"...clouds..."
"I can't... ghosts... some Pikachu." Abruptly, Misty ran over to Ash's bed and shook him.
"Ash," she whispered urgently. He opened one eye, obviously dazed.
"Wha-" he mumbled.
"Do you hear that?" she asked. They both listened, but the voices had stopped.
"Getting delusional, Misty?" he asked her, slightly more awake.
"No... I heard some voices. They were talking about Pikachu, something about clouds, and a candy factory with radio waves." He eyed her.
"Sure they were. It was a dream, Misty. Go back to bed." She sighed.
"Okay. Night," she said sleepily, suddenly feeling very tired, and so she got under the covers and closed her eyes.
"Love you," she added after a couple of seconds, almost asleep.
"Love you too," he said, almost but not quite incoherently.
After that, there was silence.
***
Yay! The end of chapter 5! It was somewhat of a cliffhanger, but not really. Thank you goes to Sarah who wrote the elevator thing in her review of chapter 4! Anyways, I guess you'll just have to wait for chapter 6 to see if either of them remember what happened last night... so while you wait, please please please R&R, I want at least 50 reviews and I'm only at 39!! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! Lol. and I know lots of you reviewed already, and some of you even reviewed every chapter! Domo arigato gozaimasu!
Well, right now I must go eat pizza, and after that I plan to upload this chapter! I'll see you all in chapter 6!
Ja ne,
*lavenderespeon*
***
Hiiiiiiiiiiii everybody! I think there are going to be two more chapters, but don't quote me on that because I tend to count and estimate really, really bad. ^-^ anyways, I hope you all like the story. If you do, or even if you don't, I'm begging you to review!!! *gets down on knees* See? Okay, well, very, very thank you (yeah, I know that's not a phrase, so sue me) to everyone who reviewed already and all the nice things you said, they make me very happy ^-^. Now I'm not going to bore you any more, because you didn't click on the little clicky link to listen to me talk, you clicked it to read the story.
Okay then, here goes this!
***
For a long while after they bumped the car off the road, they didn't even touch it from where it sat snugly in the ditch. It had turned off by itself, which worried the passengers. Finally, Misty took the key out of the ignition and put one hand over her temples, massaging them gently. The now unmoving car made a sad sort of groaning noise, as if it were really trying to work again, but it was just too far gone. Ash sighed.
"Well, my mom always told me fighting would get you nowhere," he joked weakly. Misty simply shook her head.
He sighed and opened the car door. Lifting up the hood of the car, he glanced under it nervously, trying desparately to act like he knew what he was doing.
"Um, Ash?" She stuck her head out of the window to look at him.
"Yeah?"
"Do you know how to fix a car?"
"No," he admitted. But just then, a red convertible sped down the road, and apparently the driver saw them, because, with a loud squeak, the car stopped.
The top was down, but the driver was in a shadow. All you saw was a large multitude of girls in the backseat, giggling like there was no tomorrow. The guy in the front finally opened his door, stepped out...
"Richie!" said Ash excitedly. (AN: HA! You thought I was gonna say Gary, didn't you? ^-^ To tell ya the truth, I was gonna have it be Gary too, until I remembered he wasn't like that anymore and also decided that would be too predictable. Heh, leave it to me to forget my own story plot...)
"Hey, Ash," he grinned. "What are you doing under the hood? You can't fix cars." Ash rolled his eyes. "So I've realized," he replied dryly.
"Richie?" said Misty, surprised. He looked at her and smiled.
"Misty? Wow, you look..." he trailed off, and she blushed slightly. Ash wanted to snap at Richie, but decided that wouldn't do any good. Richie looked at the car that both Ash and Misty were standing by, and said, "Maybe you should let me take a look. I'm no mechanic, but..." Ash swept his hand toward the car in a 'go ahead' motion, and Richie peered under the hood as Ash had been doing, minus the obviously clueless look.
After a few minutes of looking, he looked up and informed them, "From what I can tell, it had been overheating since before you drove into the ditch, and the speeding up that Misty did did the car in just enough to stop it."
"Are you sure?" Misty asked.
"No," Richie replied. "But I can't see nay other explanation as to why it won't go."
"Great," answered Ash sarcastically. "So what do you think we should do about it?"
"The only thing you really can do is wait it out. Either that, or you could get a ride with someone else." Misty sighed at that.
"We're already behind, and now we're going to get behind even more..."
"It's not like we have an agenda," replied Ash with a hint of annoyance. "The Professor never said we had to be there at a certain time."
"Maybe I'd just like to get there sooner rather than later, then." Ash turned from her, figuring in some way that remark was associated with him. Just then, a girl stuck her head out of the side of the car and yelled, "Richie! Come on, move it or lose it! We *do* have an agenda!" Richie looked at the pair apologetically.
"Sorry guys," he said, "but they're right. The League administrators are having a meeting today." Ash blinked.
"You're kidding. Damn, I don't have to be there, do I?" Luckily, Richie shook his head no.
"It's just for the Elite Four, a couple Gym Leaders- from Johto," he added, seeing Misty jerk her head up, "and some of the people on the administrative staff and Planning Committee for the League."
"Okay," he answered. "Well, thanks for the diagnosis, Rich."
"No problem," he answered. "I'll see ya later, okay, Ash?" He nodded, they shook hands, and Richie got in the car and drove away.
Ash got into the car, slammed the door, and crossed his arms. He glanced at the other occupant. "Any idea how long this will take?" She shook her head, giving him a look which clearly said, Come on, do you really expect me to know?
Just then, Ash's eyes seemed to gain somewhat of a sparkle as he looked at what appeared to be the wheel. She cocked her head at him, confused, but didn't plan to ask him about it.
It looked like the prospect of another long silence spell, except just then-
KAPOW- they heard a very loud crash and immediately jumped out of the car, scared. There was another series of loud blasts, and they ran towards the sound, curiosity overruling any danger they might be in (as usual). Upon leaving the ditch and getting onto the highway, they were surprised to see a very large and deep hole right in the middle of the road. A couple cars were lined up on both sides, honking, but there was no sign of anything that could have been the cause of the noise.
"Come on," said Ash suddenly, running over to the hole with Misty in tow. Peering down into it, he yelled, "Hello? Is there someone down there?" They both listened, but heard nothing.
"HELLO?" he yelled again. It was then that he heard it- and it made his heart sink to his feet.
Very, very faintly, probaaly from the bottom of the hole, both Ash and Misty heard it:
"Pi!"
Ash nearly leapt into the hole right then. "Pikachu!" he screamed, and Misty literally had to hold him back by his shirt. Taking both his arms and yanking them back, she immediately snapped at Ash,
"Are you insane? You're going to jump into a hole that you can't even see the bottom of?"
"That's Pikachu down there! I need to get down there!"
Misty rolled her eyes. "I promise we'll get him. It's not like Pikachu hasn't been captured before."
"He isn't captured, he just fell! And he could be hurt, but with the way you're acting, it's like you don't even care!"
"Of course I care," she answered tightly, "but you can't go jumping into holes without knowing anything about them, I mean, you're gonna be sorry if there are jagged rocks at the bottom- are you even listening to me?"
"I didn't even notice Pikachu was gone..." he murmured.
"Okay," she sighed, "I guess not." You also didn't notice, she thought after hearing his statement, that I never let go of your arms.
A driver of one of the cars opened his door. "Hey," he called, "do you and your girlfriend need some help?"
Misty stared at him blankly. "Oh," she said after a second, "we're not dating." The guy shrugged.
"I just figured, the way you were holding on to him..." She blushed and let go immediately, yelling at the guy in her head. (AN: No, not a little person that lives in her head, she's yelling at the driver because he brought Ash's attention to the fact... I know most of you got that, but I re-read my statement and realized that's what it sounded like, so for all of the other insane people like me who thought that... lol, LITTLE PEOPLE LIVE IN *MY* HEAD! *blinks* Uh...sorry bout that ^-^)
Ash came out of his stupor and looked at the guy. "My Pikachu's in that hole, we're trying to figure out a way to get him out."
"Oh," he answered. "Well, I think I have some rope in my car if that would help." Ash shrugged.
"We can try it."
The guy opened his trunk, and got out a very long rope. Ash tied it around his waist, made an agreement with the guy about the pulling, and, as Misty watched, lowered himself into the hole.
About a half hour later, Ash, carrying the yellow electric rodent, was pulled out of the hole. By that time, Misty's knuckles were white from clenching her hands together nervously, several of the drivers had gotten out of their cars to watch the outcome, and the guy with the rope was puffing from the effort.
Ash climbed out of the deep pit, stood up, put down the Pokemon, brushed some of the dirt off of himself, untied the rope from its still intact position on his waist, and smiled at the crowd, most of who were clapping for the young Master's bravery. Ash smiled at them, then went over to the man who had the rope and thanked him.
"No problem," he answered. "I was glad to help." Ash handed him the rope, thanked him again, and walked over to where Misty was waiting, half annoyed, half relieved.
"I still think you're insane," she said, shaking her head.
"I still think you're bi-polar," he replied, and she gave him a glowering look and stalked back toward the car. He followed, grinning slightly.
When they arrived, Ash opened the back door and put Pikachu in. Misty got behind the wheel, and looked for Ash, but didn't see him. She heard a slam and jumped, but didn't move. Then Ash walked back to his place in the front seat and sat down. He looked at her.
"Do you have a watch?" he asked. She shook her head, then laughed a little.
"What?"
"I don't have a watch... you do." He looked at his wrist.
"Oh," he said sheepishly.
"So what time is it?"
"It's around 2:15."
"Great," she sighed. "We wasted a whole hour because of this stupid car."
"And Pikachu," Ash added.
"Yeah... hey, how do you think he got in there, anyway?" He shook his head. "Don't know."
"Oh, well. We're already gonna be late now, since we still have to wait for the stupid car to start, or else get a ride."
"No we don't," answered Ash. "We can call someone on my cell phone." She stared at him in pure disbelief.
"What?" he asked.
"Ash," she said, trying to be calm, "if you had a cell phone, why didn't you use it when the car broke down an hour ago!?" He shrugged.
"It doesn't really matter now anyway," she sighed. "Just call."
"We don't need to do that," he answered calmly.
"Why?" she said, exasperated. He reached over, took the key from her, stuck it in the igniton, turned it, and she watched in amazement as the car started. Half-dazed, she shifted into drive, and drove out of the ditch and back onto the road.
They hadn't been on the road five minutes when she glanced at him. "Ash?" she asked.
"What?"
"How did you know that the car would start?" He looked at her and smiled.
"Because I just found a gas tank in the trunk, so I filled up the car." Misty looked at him, her mouth slightly open. She couldn't decide whether to laugh or cry, so finally she just kept on speeding down the highway.
***
(about 6 hours later..)
Misty looked out the window, and saw something that relieved her to no end.
"Look, Ash," she said cheerfully, "a hotel!" He looked in the direction she waved her hand in.
"But we're almost there." She looked at him in exasperation.
"I'm tired, and it's getting dark. That's never a good mix. We're going to stay in the hotel." He knew all he would get for arguing was maybe a good smack on the head, so he stayed quiet and agreed. They pulled into the hotel.
The receptionist looked half-asleep, so they went over quietly and Misty said gently, "Um- Miss?" She seemed to jerk awake.
"Yes, welcome to the Lavender Hotel. May I help you?" Ash frowned.
"Wait- we're in Lavender Town?"
"No," answered the lady, "you're in a very small town a while outside of Lavender Town, but so many people drive past here normally, this name helps attract business."
"Oh," said Ash. "Well, anyway, we'd like a room, two beds." The lady nodded.
"Okay, you'll be on the second floor. The elevators are right over there." She handed them the key, and they walked over to the elevator and pressed the button. It went 'ding' as the elevator came down, and they got in and pressed the '2'.
A few seconds later, they heard: "Second floor, second floor, get off, get off!" (AN: Thank you, Sarah... never even thought of that one ^-^)
The rest of the evening was mostly spent swimming, eating, and finally, sleeping. Sometime in the middle of the night, though, Misty woke up with a start. She heard two faint voices far away, but still decipherable.
"...this whole controlled candy factory radio waves thing isn't going to work."
"...clouds..."
"I can't... ghosts... some Pikachu." Abruptly, Misty ran over to Ash's bed and shook him.
"Ash," she whispered urgently. He opened one eye, obviously dazed.
"Wha-" he mumbled.
"Do you hear that?" she asked. They both listened, but the voices had stopped.
"Getting delusional, Misty?" he asked her, slightly more awake.
"No... I heard some voices. They were talking about Pikachu, something about clouds, and a candy factory with radio waves." He eyed her.
"Sure they were. It was a dream, Misty. Go back to bed." She sighed.
"Okay. Night," she said sleepily, suddenly feeling very tired, and so she got under the covers and closed her eyes.
"Love you," she added after a couple of seconds, almost asleep.
"Love you too," he said, almost but not quite incoherently.
After that, there was silence.
***
Yay! The end of chapter 5! It was somewhat of a cliffhanger, but not really. Thank you goes to Sarah who wrote the elevator thing in her review of chapter 4! Anyways, I guess you'll just have to wait for chapter 6 to see if either of them remember what happened last night... so while you wait, please please please R&R, I want at least 50 reviews and I'm only at 39!! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! Lol. and I know lots of you reviewed already, and some of you even reviewed every chapter! Domo arigato gozaimasu!
Well, right now I must go eat pizza, and after that I plan to upload this chapter! I'll see you all in chapter 6!
Ja ne,
*lavenderespeon*