James sat up straight in his bed when he saw that his two partners were asleep. He quietly sneaked to his bag and quickly got changed. He was tired of Team Rocket. Tired of the constant beating from Jessie and tired of continuously losing. His bare feet felt the cold floor and he sat on his bead, slowly putting on his extra pair of shoes and socks. He wore normal clothes instead of his uniform like he usually wore and grabbed a black bag, which he had packed earlier that day.
James walked slowly over to where Jessie lay. He loved her with all his heart, but he doubted that she would ever share that love. He moved his hand softly over her face and smiled sadly as Jessie flinched in her sleep. James had thought that he just needed sometime away, away from Team Rocket, away from his two only friends, and away from his life. He wasn't sure if he'd ever come back. He thought that he would, but he had no idea what this next adventure would bring.
He looked over to Meowth who was curled up in a ball sleeping. The cat-like pokemon's chest moved up and down slowly with every breath he took. James was going to miss Meowth and Jessie very much, but this was something he knew he had to do. He slowly got up and went to the door. He opened it very quietly and took one last look at his two best friends before slipping out the door.
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Misty awoke suddenly for no reason at all. She had tried to go back to sleep but sleep just wouldn't come. Since she couldn't go to sleep she thought that it would be nice just to take a quick walk around the inn's hallways. She sat up in her bed and moved her orange hair out of her eyes. She put some shorts on and a shirt (she didn't want to be seen walking around in her nightgown). Then she went to grab her bag afraid that if she left it here it would get stolen. While reaching over to grab it she knocked over a nightstand.
" Oops," Misty grumbled aloud. She reached down and picked up the nightstand slowly. Cautiously she looked at Ash and Brock to see if she had woken either of them up. When neither of them showed any signs that they were awake, she quickly slipped out the door and began her walk around the inn.
Misty looked at both sides of the hallway noticing the beautiful pictures and interesting wallpaper she seemed to find in different parts of the inn. Soon, Misty came upon a picture that she thought was the most beautiful of all the pictures she had seen so far. She stopped at it to examine it further; the picture had a beautiful black and white horse on it in a giant pasture. There were very few trees and the grass was a crisp golden color. The horse was running and was closely followed by a foul, which seemed to be its child.
Misty had been so busy looking at this picture she hadn't noticed that someone was rushing up the hallway to her. Suddenly the person who obviously didn't notice Misty ran straight into her and both humans fell on the floor. Misty looked over at the other person and recognized him as James from Team Rocket. Misty had looked at him many times before but this time instead of looking at him as a bully or an evil thief, she looked at him as a person, and she realized something. God, he is really cute, she thought as she picked herself off the ground.
James was about to walk on as if nothing had happened when Misty stopped him by grabbing his shoulder.
" What are you doing?" She asked looking at James' apparently full bag with curiosity. Just because he was cute didn't give him any reason to go against the law. Boy, am I glad I brought my bag, she thought as she patted it safely behind her back.
" Why should you care?" James replied more as a statement then a question.
" Because your part of Team Rocket and your probably stealing someone else's pokemon." She explained dignified.
" Well for your information, I am not stealing any pokemon and if I did, I don't think I would be walking down the hall of this inn, and talking to someone who knows I'm part of Team Rocket.." he replied. OK, maybe I would do that, but still he thought silently.
" And why should I believe you?"
James sighed and rolled his eyes. " Here," he said opening his bag and shoving it in Misty's face.
Misty looked into the bag, and found what someone would take if they were...traveling somewhere?
" So you and your other Team Rocket members are going on a trip, I was hoping we'd get a break from you guys." She replied stoutly.
" No, if you really must no the personal lives of everyone else, I'm the only one going."
" What do you mean, your quitting Team Rocket?" She asked hopefully.
" Wrong again, I just need to get away from Team Rocket for right now so I'm taking the van and going." James said trying to sound more sure of himself then he really felt. Besides it's not really possible to quit Team Rocket without dying or being severely punished, he thought to himself.
James waited for Misty to say something when she didn't he turned to leave. Misty stood there a while thinking about what had just happened and she quickly ran up behind James.
" Wait!" she cried. James turned around thoroughly annoyed. " I want to go with you." Misty said.
" What?" James asked astonished.
" You heard me, I want to go with you." Misty replied irritated at James' astonishment.
" Don't you hate me? Why would you want to go on a trip with someone that you hate?" James asked just to give her a reason to stay and not really expecting an answer.
" I don't hate you, I just hate what you do to us and the rest of the world." Misty replied.
" I still don't see any reason for you to go." James concluded.
" Listen, I just need sometime away from my friends. They really seem to take me for granted... and... I need some time to think about things." She replied, talking about her feelings for Ash mostly, when she said she needed to think about things.
" I can't just-" James began, but he looked at Misty her azure eyes shining towards his. He knew what she was feeling he felt the same. "All right."
"Thank you so much." She replied happily.
"Do you need to go back for anything?" He asked
" Nope, I've got it all here." She answered showing him her red backpack.
" Then let's go." He stated turning to the door. Misty smiled and walked after him. She used to think she hated James and all the Team Rocket members but now her opinion of him had changed. Misty and him had a lot more in common then she had ever thought before. They both felt the same way; they both felt that they were taken for granted. At that moment, Misty had no regretful feelings toward what she was about to do.
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Meowth awoke first that morning. He yawned stretching his small body to its fullest length and opened his eyes. At first, Meowth squinted, at the sun's shining beams of light, which covered their room entirely. He looked over at Jessie, still asleep like always. I've always been de early one, and like dey say de early cat gets de bird, Meowth thought. He looked over to James' bed. Wow, James never wakes up dis early. Maybe I woke up late; he thought of what time James usually gets up, real late.
Suddenly Meowth's cat ear's heard a noise he looked over and saw that Jessie was waking up. Jessie yawned and stretched her arms. She looked over at Meowth sleepily and then over to James' bed. (All team rocket members get up the same way)
" Hmmm." She mumbled aloud.
" Come on hurry up!" Meowth shouted. " It looks like we got up late if James is already awake."
Jessie's eyes quickly snapped open as she realized this information was true and hopped out of bed. Her hair was a mess as usual and it would take her at least two hours to get going. She knew she had to work fast.
As she ran around getting ready, Meowth wondered where James had gone and then went over to where they put the bags to get something to eat. While he was over there he noticed something. Hmm, there's Jessie's bag, the food bag, my bag, and...hmm....
" Hey Jess where's James' bag?" Meowth asked a bit of worry could be heard in his voice.
" What do you mean? It should be over there with the rest of our bags." She answered casually as she hopped around fixing her hair as best she could.
" Well, it ain't here." Meowth stated. Looking at her, his cat eyes opened fully.
" What are you trying to say Meowth?" Jessie asked getting very worried herself.
" I'm trying to say dat, if James' bag is gone den maybe James is also...." He replied dreading the final word in the sentence.
" Gone? Yes we already stated that when we woke up because he wasn't in the room with us. He's probably wandering that hallways of this inn right now." Jessie said defending the idea that James was still around. She had stopped running around and just stood there staring at him.
" I'm tinking dat he took off."
" Why would he do that?" Jessie asked suspiciously.
" I don't know, but I have a feeling he isn't here anymore." Meowth said heading towards the window and Jessie continued getting her hair ready for the day. Meowth looked out the window expecting to see their van there, but it was gone.
" Jess, he's gone and he took our van wit him."
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Ash woke up slowly and he noticed that Brock was already awake. He opened his eyes yawned slightly and looked at Brock again. Ash saw that there was some worry on Brock's face and he wondered what was up. Ash looked over to see Misty but she was no where in the room, and her bag was gone too.
" Brock what' s wrong." Ash asked dreading that something happened to.. he hated even to think it, Misty.
" I'm afraid Misty is...gone." Brock replied slowly. " I thought that maybe she was somewhere else in the hotel but I couldn't find her anywhere. Also, if you look at this nightstand there is a crack in the middle of it that wasn't there yesterday. I'm thinking maybe that there was some kind of struggle because Misty's bag was on that nightstand."
Ash took in the information but then quickly replied. " If there was a struggle wouldn't we have woken up?"
" Remember what Misty always said?" Brock asked.
" I know, I know, we could sleep through a World War." Ash replied. " So what are we going to do now."
" Call the police I guess, I just hope that she hasn't been hurt." Brock said.
" Yeah, me too." Ash answered, now his feelings for Misty would be sure to show through in this struggle to find her.
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James looked over at the sign and sighed, they were still 30 miles from the next town. Misty was asleep in the chair next to him and James was very bored of driving with no one to talk to. He realized now how happy he was that Misty came with him at least this way he wouldn't be so bored driving all those long hours.
Misty slowly awoke next to him and sat up straight. James wondered how someone could fall asleep with a seatbelt on but assumed it was easy enough. Misty looked out the window and yawned. A sudden noise was heard and she grabbed her backpack from behind the seat. Togepi popped out and she played with it and cooed to it until it slowly fell asleep.
" Where are we?" Misty asked curiously as she put up her orange hair in its normal position.
" Looks like we're almost into the next town." James replied.
" Oh." Misty sighed as she stared straight ahead. After a while, she turned her head and looked at James with curious eyes. " Is it all right if I ask you a question, its kind of personal."
" Uh, sure as long as I can ask a personal question to you." James answered not wanting this to be a one-sided deal.
" OK you can ask me a question, but I want to go first. Why did you join Team Rocket?"
James breathed, I should have saw this one coming, he thought. He slowly began to speak." For a lot of reasons I guess. One of them being because I'm evil." He said sounding not the least bit like the trait he had just given himself.
" I don't believe that. I know that you weren't always evil." She told him.
" Well," he replied shakily. " It's just that I don't really know why I joined. It happened a really long time ago. I think maybe because I wanted to find a place where I could fit in, maybe make some friends. I've only had one friend my whole life until I came to Team Rocket. And I've still only had one friend that's human."
" Well, maybe if you weren't a member of Team Rocket, you'd have more people who want to be friends with you." Misty replied matter-of-factly.
" I know but it's too late..." James was drifting off.
Misty decided to ignore that last remark and turned her attention to the scenery outside. There wasn't much to see at all. Most of it was just a giant field of dead grass, nothing interesting to look at. She wished there were horses there, like the ones in her favorite picture from the hotel. She looked at the sky wistfully, and wondered what it would be like to fly.
" OK, now it's my turn to ask you a question, and you have to answer me truthfully." James began after a long moment of silence.
" All right, shoot." Misty said not expecting a very difficult question.
" Do you like Ash? I mean as more than just a friend." James smiled at his sly question.
" Oh, I didn't know Team Rocket knew our names." Misty began avoiding the question.
" You're stalling." James said in reply.
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Jessie and Meowth ran out of their room and soon collided straight with Ash and Brock who were also running.
" You!" Ash angrily pointed.
" Twerps!" Jessie and Meowth said together.
Brock suddenly had an idea, if they're here they might be the cause of Misty's absence. Perhaps they were holding her as bait to get pikachu, or maybe Misty had seen them stealing pokemon and they didn't want her to tell anyone so she was taken hostage.
" What did you do with Misty!" Ash yelled, obviously he had had the same idea as Brock.
" We didn't do anything!" Jessie shouted in return.
" Don't lie we know you have something up your sleeves." Brock said defending Ash.
" I'm sure you want to do a complete police search." Jessie sneered.
" I wouldn't want to do that if I were paid to!"
" I didn't mean you, you idiot! I was talking about getting a police officer to!
" I'm sure you wouldn't mind that."
"Has anyone ever told you how sick your mind is?" Jessie roared.
" Shut up everyone! This isn't helping us find Misty!" Ash screamed and everyone was quite. "Listen, just hand over Misty and we won't tell the police that you did anything wrong."
" For de last time, we didn't kidnap nobody!" Meowth said with force.
" Why should we believe you?" Brock asked.
" You shouldn't, but we're missing James too. Maybe we should start blaming you for his disappearance." Jessie said even though she knew very well, that James had probably taken their van and ran with it.
" OK, so maybe you didn't take Misty, but I bet James did!" Ash concluded.
" Who knows maybe he did." Meowth replied.
Then the four people went there separate ways, trying to make sense of what had happened. Each one of them was asking themselves one thing. Did James really kidnap Misty?
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A year has past and not a lot has changed. Here's a quick follow up, James and Misty are still on the road and have become great friends, and because of all the traveling they've been doing. They know each other's deepest secrets and fears. (( Hey, you get a lot of talking done when you're on the road)). Ash and Brock are still searching for Misty, just as Jessie and Meowth are searching for James. Neither side has given up hope in finding their comrades. And that's about all you need to know.
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James sat in the hotel room; it was time to get going. Misty had already been awake and was taking her shower right now. James smiled Misty and him had been keeping track of where Ash, Brock, Jessie, and Meowth had been going. They'd be able to see their friends by 7:00 that night.
Misty came out of the bathroom fully dressed and looking very clean. She smiled, she was also very happy that they would be going to see her old friends. They might not actually say hi or anything, but they would at least watch at their friends from a distance.
" Come on it's time to go." James whispered he didn't want to talk to loud, it might ruin his moment of happiness.
Misty nodded and they grabbed their bags. Outside it was barely light and the cool dew made a wonderful fresh smell throughout the parking lot. They put their bags in the back, but Misty got Togepi out to talk to and play with on the short trip there. James went inside to checkout at the front desk and when he returned he smiled at Misty and Togepi. They were so cute together.
He jumped in the front seat and started the car. The low rumble of the car had become very familiar to him this past year. Misty grinned at the sound and breathed in a deep breath. Today was going to be very long and tiring. Misty had gotten Togepi to sleep for it's nap and she put it back in her bag.
Slowly, they started off to their friends, their past.
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Ash and Brock had been walking for two hours searching for Misty; they had to walk because they didn't have a veichile. Brock had become tired, and sat on a log that lays a bit right of the road itself.
Ash had continued walking a little ways up and he saw something....a van, the exact same van that he had seen Jessie, James, and Meowth use before. He looked closer and he saw her, Misty! Ash quickly jumped out in the middle of the road screaming for the van to stop.
" What in the-" James began he saw someone who looked a lot like Ash right in front of him. James pushed down on the brakes, but that wouldn't be enough he'd still hit Ash if he didn't do something.
Quickly, James turned the van towards the left. The tires swerved and screeched and James lost control of the van.
No one knows what happened because everyone had closed his or her eyes. When Ash opened his, the only words that could come out of his mouth were "Oh my god." Ash looked at the van it was very far away and was flipped upside down. Ash ran down to the van, Brock however, had headed back to the other town to get help, he hadn't known that Misty was involved in the accident.
James opened his eyes carefully; he dare not move anything but his eyes. He looked over at Misty she was unconscious then he looked over to his left. His window was shattered, there wasn't even a window there anymore, and just a few pieces of glass were sticking up from the side. How did that happen? He asked himself. At first, he thought he didn't get hurt because he didn't feel anything, but that didn't last long. Suddenly there was pain all over him, the pain was horrible and he didn't know where the pain hurt most. He looked at Misty again, please be OK he thought through his tears partly from the pain and partly from the fear that Misty was very badly hurt.
Ash was almost there; his eyes were blurred from the tears now streaming down his face. He looked over at the driver he could barely see anything, but he knew it was James. Ash knocked out the glass window on Misty's side. He looked at Misty his tears still blurring his vision. Quickly Ash wiped his eyes and had a good look at her. She was unconscious or was she...
" No!" Ash shouted. His eyes again welled up with tears. " This is all your fault! This is all your fault!" He screamed angrily at James.
Quickly, he did his best to get Misty out of the car. He didn't know if that was what he should do but he didn't care, he just wanted to get Misty out, he couldn't let her die in there. Slowly he pulled her out and then with all the strength he had he picked her up and carried her as far as he could from the car and sat her down. Misty slowly woke up.
Her head was pounding; she looked up and saw Ash. When she looked around her she was worried when she didn't see James.
" Is James OK? Where is he?" She asked Ash weakly.
" I...I..haven't gotten him out yet I was busy with you." Ash said.
" Is he OK, go get him now..." She would have yelled that at him, but she didn't have the strength.
Ash looked at her for a moment.
" Go.." she whispered.
Ash ran down to the van, he didn't want to save that son of a...... he's the one who took Misty away. He doesn't deserve to live, Ash thought angrily.
Misty slowly closed her eyes unconscious again.
James was crying even more now. It.. it is my fault; I didn't have to let her go with me on this stupid trip. Misty please don't die he thought this over and over again, as if the more times he would think it the better chance for it to be true. Suddenly he heard a noise, he opened his mouth to say something, but found that nothing would come out. Earlier he had realized what part of his body hurt worse, his throat, and this new discovery that no noise would come out of his mouth scared him even more.
James new he had to find out what was wrong, so, he lifted his arm, God, it hurt to lift his arm, but he did it any way until he reached his throat. He felt something very sharp there..... dear Lord, it was a piece of glass. A piece of glass from when the window that had broken into pieces had went straight into his throat....God, no. James' hand was still there and he felt something sticky, he lifted his hand to his face and saw that it was covered in blood, his blood. No....and James started crying again.
Ash finally made it down to the van; he went to the driver's side this time and saw that the window had already been broken. Ash broke off a few pieces so he could get in before looking at James.
" Oh my god." Ash said aloud as he saw James.
Blood was everywhere; Ash didn't know what to do. He looked back at James and realized that he was still awake, going through this torture alone. Ash nearly screamed aloud as he saw James' terrified eyes rest on him. James was shaking and crying all in one motion. Ash didn't know what to do, he was too afraid to get James out of the van and there was really nothing else he could do. Ash watched James' mouth move and realized that James was trying to say something, it looked like he was trying to say...I'm sorry.
This time Ash was really crying. He was about to tell James that it wasn't really his fault, but stopped, because it was his fault wasn't it? Ash was too confused to do anything except use all the bravery he could muster and get James out of the van. It was a very strenuous thing to do, but Ash had to get James out of the van. After a lot of trying he finally managed to get James out into the open.
Ash thought that maybe he should take the piece of glass out of James' throat at least, but when he tried James mouth opened very wide as if he was trying to scream in agony. Ash was more afraid now then he'd ever been in his life. What could he do??
Soon, Ash heard the sirens of an ambulance there; they'll take care of Misty...and James. He couldn't help feeling so guilty about this, was it his fault James was like this? Was it because he wished James would die? Well now Ash wished he could take it all back, but he couldn't.
Ash ran up to the paramedics and showed them where Misty lay and then where James was. Then ran up to tell Brock what had happened. As he continued walking he heard the paramedics shouting medical terms across to each other. All of this blurred in Ash's mind nothing anyone said really sunk in; it was all just noises that he couldn't understand. Ash looked up and saw Brock there.
" Ash what happened to the van, I didn't stick around to see because I was too busy running to get help." Brock said proudly.
Ash tried to say something but before the words came out tears did and they were running down his cheeks. He couldn't tell Brock who was in it, but he had to. Ash soon felt Brocks arms around him trying to comfort him but no comfort came from his friend's protective wrap.
" It's all right." Brock comforted. " Did everyone inside die?"
This comment just made Ash cry harder, he wanted to say I hope not. He wanted to say that he hoped that both passengers would be OK, but he had no idea, and for one of them the chances of living were probably pretty low.
" Brock," Ash began after he could subside his tears for a while. " Misty was in the van,"
" Oh no," Brock was shocked. " She doesn't even know how to drive a car.."
" That's because she wasn't driving James was..."
" Why that-" Brock started but realized that Ash still needed comfort and decided that cussing about James wouldn't help. " Is Misty...."
" I don't know she was unconscious when I found her, but then she woke up and I had to get James out."
" You didn't have to get that..well, him out. You could've stayed with Misty."
" I wanted to, but she told me to get him and...."
" and what?"
Just then the paramedics that were carrying Misty came up, Misty had woke up again and she was looking around very frightened at not knowing anyone. And where was Ash? Suddenly she saw him walk up to the paramedics with a worried look on his face.
" Is she going to be all right?" Ash asked.
" Yes from what we've found out she should be fine, but we need to take her in to the hospital for more tests, just to make sure." The paramedic answered with a smile.
Ash smiled back and looked at Misty. He saw that she still looked worried and he knew why, but he was afraid to ask.
" What about James, will he be OK?"
" Who?" the paramedic asked confused.
" The other person in the accident."
" I don't know their still down there with him."
With that Misty was taken into the ambulance, and the other paramedics got in too. They shut the back doors of the veichile and soon it was driving away the sirens blaring in order to get Misty to the hospital as soon as possible.
" See you soon Misty." Ash whispered softly.
Brock watched his friend stand there a long time after the ambulance had left and he moved over to Ash and lay a hand on his shoulder. Ash looked at Brock thoughtfully and smiled. He didn't have to say anything Brock could tell that Misty was going to be all right from that one facial expression. Ash felt wonderful, both of his closest friends were alive, well, and with him. He wished he could feel this way forever, but this was not meant to be.
There was a separate ambulance for James, which was awaiting the paramedics. Ash looked down towards them and could see them working fast. He decided he didn't want to stick around to see James again, it would be too scary, and depressing, but Brock wanted to stay. Brock's probably waiting to give James a piece of his mind, but Ash knew Brock wouldn't be able to speak when he saw their tortured enemy laying there on that stretcher.
Ash walked quickly to the town. At that moment even though he wanted to go and stay with Misty, he knew he had to find Jessie or Meowth and tell them what had happened. It was just the right thing to do. They should be there when James comes to the hospital. Ash made it to the town in no time flat. He searched the streets and soon found Jessie. She was walking around searching for something; most likely she had been searching for James. Her red hair was up and just as perfectly placed as always. When she noticed Ash she looked straight down at the sidewalk and tried to turn down an alley. Ash quickened his pace.
" I... I found James!" Ash shouted to her.
" You did?! Where did you found him, is he near here, did you see him yet?" Jessie asked excitedly.
Ash breathed in and closed his eyes the scenes from the crash running through his mind. Where's James, Misty's terrified voice rung through his head again. The blood, It's all your fault! James' battered body, glass; everything ran through his head all out of order.
" Wha...Is..something..wrong with James?" Jessie's worried voice broke Ash's terrifying flashback.
" Jessie, I'm sorry but, James and Misty were in an accident."
" Oh my God, is he all right?" Jessie asked terrified for her best friend.
" I'm not sure there was a lot of blood, they've been taken to the hospital in this town."
" I've got to find Meowth..." Jessie said suddenly and she ran off without even acknowledging Ash, and Ash didn't blame her just like he had been worried about Misty: she was too worried about her best friend to think about anything else.
Quickly, Ash ran to the town hospital. He was tired; tired physically, and emotionally, his entire body was tired. But, he kept going. Nothing could stop him from making it now. He passed many empty buildings on his way to the hospital. Which made him sad for some reason, it made him feel lonely again. Ash continued to try and think of only one thing, that Misty was fine and he had found her. She was alive and he'd always have her now, but his mind kept trailing off to other thoughts. Thoughts about James, but why should he care about him, he didn't know. He had this sudden feeling that it was his fault, that he caused the crash. No! Ash argued with himself, It's James' fault all of it is his fault. You jumped out in front of the van. I wouldn't have if I hadn't seen Misty, and I wouldn't have been looking for her if James hadn't kidnapped her. Ash's argument continued until he reached the hospital doors and ran in.
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Misty breathed deeply. Huh, where am I? She thought. Looking around herself she saw she was on a bed and there were many machines around her, attached to her. The walls on all sides were very white and dull. Except for two sides one side had a window, which was covered up, the other side behind her head had some kind of picture. She strained her head to look, but it was placed where she couldn't get a full look at it. Now that was pointless, I thought pictures in a room were supposed to cheer a person up. How could that happen if it is where the patient can't see?
Suddenly she heard a door close and she saw a doctor come in. The doctor looked very somber and Misty wondered if there was something wrong with her. She turned her full attention to the doctor when he cleared his throat to say something.
" Um, hello," checks the chart. " Misty, how are you?"
Misty wasn't in the mood for this. " I feel fine."
The doctor just nodded writing something down on the chart. Misty waited for him to say something more, but he remained silent checking the chart over and over.
" Doctor, uh, is there something wrong with me?" Misty asked
The doctor nearly jumped his patients usually weren't so forward with him.
" No, what made you think that?" he asked curious.
" It's just you looked so, I don't know depressed."
" It's been a long day for me, we've had three fatal cases earlier, and now we're getting another one." Misty thought how sad that must be, and suddenly she snapped forward. James, she thought suddenly. Silently a nurse opened the door looking very depressed also.
" Doctor, the boy is only 2 minutes away." The nurse said.
" All right I'm coming, now you just sit tight I'll be back in a flash." And then the doctor left quickly.
Misty just sat there tears were in her eyes; she had a bad feeling she felt it in her gut, a very bad feeling.
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James was shaking in the ambulance,
" Just hang on we're almost there." He heard someone say.
Just hang on, James' head pounded, he couldn't he didn't have the strength. At times during the short trip he felt himself slipping away. How could he hang on he felt worn out, but he had to, he had to stay alive long enough to see if Misty was okay, and tell her he was sorry. Then he remembered he couldn't tell her that, he couldn't speak. If only he had a pen and paper he could write her a note and tell her he was sorry, then tell Jessie he loved her, and tell Meowth that he was glad to have a friend like him. He could even tell Ash that he was sorry for always trying to steal his Pikachu..... but can I hang on that long? He asked himself.
They brought him into another room; he longed for something to write with. He heard voices around him, then a nurse tried to speak to him, but he couldn't understand the words. "How is the girl?" a female voice asked. " She's fine. She'll make it." He opened his eyes and saw that the nurse was handing him a note pad and a pencil. James knew it was to answer their questions, but he wouldn't, he didn't have much time left. He had to write to the people he cared about first.
Misty, I'm sorry, that I did this to you. I know it was my fault. I didn't know I'd hurt anyone when I left. You're a great friend, please try and understand Jessie like you understood me. I'll miss you,
Meowth you are a great friend, better then I could ever ask for. Please take care of Jessie for me. You were always the top cat in my eyes.
Jessie I've longed forever to tell you how I feel, and now is that time. I love you, I've loved you since the day we met I just didn't have the courage to tell you, and now as I lie here dying I want you to know that I'll always love you. I'll always be with you, when you feel that you're all alone in the world I will be with you more then ever. Though my body may die my love for you will always go on,
Ash, I'm sorry I tr ye d to steel yo u r pika chu an d I' m sor ry for any pain " Doctor we're losing him!"I Cau sed. Hang on he's bleeding out! I've got to stop the blood first!" you
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....... "Time of death 22:30."
The End.
After reading many of the other stories I decided to become an author myself! This was my first fan fiction story, so it's probably not very good. I don't know what do you think please review it. It took me a very long time to write it. I'm thinking of writing a sequel. Well, that's all for now,
James walked slowly over to where Jessie lay. He loved her with all his heart, but he doubted that she would ever share that love. He moved his hand softly over her face and smiled sadly as Jessie flinched in her sleep. James had thought that he just needed sometime away, away from Team Rocket, away from his two only friends, and away from his life. He wasn't sure if he'd ever come back. He thought that he would, but he had no idea what this next adventure would bring.
He looked over to Meowth who was curled up in a ball sleeping. The cat-like pokemon's chest moved up and down slowly with every breath he took. James was going to miss Meowth and Jessie very much, but this was something he knew he had to do. He slowly got up and went to the door. He opened it very quietly and took one last look at his two best friends before slipping out the door.
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Misty awoke suddenly for no reason at all. She had tried to go back to sleep but sleep just wouldn't come. Since she couldn't go to sleep she thought that it would be nice just to take a quick walk around the inn's hallways. She sat up in her bed and moved her orange hair out of her eyes. She put some shorts on and a shirt (she didn't want to be seen walking around in her nightgown). Then she went to grab her bag afraid that if she left it here it would get stolen. While reaching over to grab it she knocked over a nightstand.
" Oops," Misty grumbled aloud. She reached down and picked up the nightstand slowly. Cautiously she looked at Ash and Brock to see if she had woken either of them up. When neither of them showed any signs that they were awake, she quickly slipped out the door and began her walk around the inn.
Misty looked at both sides of the hallway noticing the beautiful pictures and interesting wallpaper she seemed to find in different parts of the inn. Soon, Misty came upon a picture that she thought was the most beautiful of all the pictures she had seen so far. She stopped at it to examine it further; the picture had a beautiful black and white horse on it in a giant pasture. There were very few trees and the grass was a crisp golden color. The horse was running and was closely followed by a foul, which seemed to be its child.
Misty had been so busy looking at this picture she hadn't noticed that someone was rushing up the hallway to her. Suddenly the person who obviously didn't notice Misty ran straight into her and both humans fell on the floor. Misty looked over at the other person and recognized him as James from Team Rocket. Misty had looked at him many times before but this time instead of looking at him as a bully or an evil thief, she looked at him as a person, and she realized something. God, he is really cute, she thought as she picked herself off the ground.
James was about to walk on as if nothing had happened when Misty stopped him by grabbing his shoulder.
" What are you doing?" She asked looking at James' apparently full bag with curiosity. Just because he was cute didn't give him any reason to go against the law. Boy, am I glad I brought my bag, she thought as she patted it safely behind her back.
" Why should you care?" James replied more as a statement then a question.
" Because your part of Team Rocket and your probably stealing someone else's pokemon." She explained dignified.
" Well for your information, I am not stealing any pokemon and if I did, I don't think I would be walking down the hall of this inn, and talking to someone who knows I'm part of Team Rocket.." he replied. OK, maybe I would do that, but still he thought silently.
" And why should I believe you?"
James sighed and rolled his eyes. " Here," he said opening his bag and shoving it in Misty's face.
Misty looked into the bag, and found what someone would take if they were...traveling somewhere?
" So you and your other Team Rocket members are going on a trip, I was hoping we'd get a break from you guys." She replied stoutly.
" No, if you really must no the personal lives of everyone else, I'm the only one going."
" What do you mean, your quitting Team Rocket?" She asked hopefully.
" Wrong again, I just need to get away from Team Rocket for right now so I'm taking the van and going." James said trying to sound more sure of himself then he really felt. Besides it's not really possible to quit Team Rocket without dying or being severely punished, he thought to himself.
James waited for Misty to say something when she didn't he turned to leave. Misty stood there a while thinking about what had just happened and she quickly ran up behind James.
" Wait!" she cried. James turned around thoroughly annoyed. " I want to go with you." Misty said.
" What?" James asked astonished.
" You heard me, I want to go with you." Misty replied irritated at James' astonishment.
" Don't you hate me? Why would you want to go on a trip with someone that you hate?" James asked just to give her a reason to stay and not really expecting an answer.
" I don't hate you, I just hate what you do to us and the rest of the world." Misty replied.
" I still don't see any reason for you to go." James concluded.
" Listen, I just need sometime away from my friends. They really seem to take me for granted... and... I need some time to think about things." She replied, talking about her feelings for Ash mostly, when she said she needed to think about things.
" I can't just-" James began, but he looked at Misty her azure eyes shining towards his. He knew what she was feeling he felt the same. "All right."
"Thank you so much." She replied happily.
"Do you need to go back for anything?" He asked
" Nope, I've got it all here." She answered showing him her red backpack.
" Then let's go." He stated turning to the door. Misty smiled and walked after him. She used to think she hated James and all the Team Rocket members but now her opinion of him had changed. Misty and him had a lot more in common then she had ever thought before. They both felt the same way; they both felt that they were taken for granted. At that moment, Misty had no regretful feelings toward what she was about to do.
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Meowth awoke first that morning. He yawned stretching his small body to its fullest length and opened his eyes. At first, Meowth squinted, at the sun's shining beams of light, which covered their room entirely. He looked over at Jessie, still asleep like always. I've always been de early one, and like dey say de early cat gets de bird, Meowth thought. He looked over to James' bed. Wow, James never wakes up dis early. Maybe I woke up late; he thought of what time James usually gets up, real late.
Suddenly Meowth's cat ear's heard a noise he looked over and saw that Jessie was waking up. Jessie yawned and stretched her arms. She looked over at Meowth sleepily and then over to James' bed. (All team rocket members get up the same way)
" Hmmm." She mumbled aloud.
" Come on hurry up!" Meowth shouted. " It looks like we got up late if James is already awake."
Jessie's eyes quickly snapped open as she realized this information was true and hopped out of bed. Her hair was a mess as usual and it would take her at least two hours to get going. She knew she had to work fast.
As she ran around getting ready, Meowth wondered where James had gone and then went over to where they put the bags to get something to eat. While he was over there he noticed something. Hmm, there's Jessie's bag, the food bag, my bag, and...hmm....
" Hey Jess where's James' bag?" Meowth asked a bit of worry could be heard in his voice.
" What do you mean? It should be over there with the rest of our bags." She answered casually as she hopped around fixing her hair as best she could.
" Well, it ain't here." Meowth stated. Looking at her, his cat eyes opened fully.
" What are you trying to say Meowth?" Jessie asked getting very worried herself.
" I'm trying to say dat, if James' bag is gone den maybe James is also...." He replied dreading the final word in the sentence.
" Gone? Yes we already stated that when we woke up because he wasn't in the room with us. He's probably wandering that hallways of this inn right now." Jessie said defending the idea that James was still around. She had stopped running around and just stood there staring at him.
" I'm tinking dat he took off."
" Why would he do that?" Jessie asked suspiciously.
" I don't know, but I have a feeling he isn't here anymore." Meowth said heading towards the window and Jessie continued getting her hair ready for the day. Meowth looked out the window expecting to see their van there, but it was gone.
" Jess, he's gone and he took our van wit him."
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Ash woke up slowly and he noticed that Brock was already awake. He opened his eyes yawned slightly and looked at Brock again. Ash saw that there was some worry on Brock's face and he wondered what was up. Ash looked over to see Misty but she was no where in the room, and her bag was gone too.
" Brock what' s wrong." Ash asked dreading that something happened to.. he hated even to think it, Misty.
" I'm afraid Misty is...gone." Brock replied slowly. " I thought that maybe she was somewhere else in the hotel but I couldn't find her anywhere. Also, if you look at this nightstand there is a crack in the middle of it that wasn't there yesterday. I'm thinking maybe that there was some kind of struggle because Misty's bag was on that nightstand."
Ash took in the information but then quickly replied. " If there was a struggle wouldn't we have woken up?"
" Remember what Misty always said?" Brock asked.
" I know, I know, we could sleep through a World War." Ash replied. " So what are we going to do now."
" Call the police I guess, I just hope that she hasn't been hurt." Brock said.
" Yeah, me too." Ash answered, now his feelings for Misty would be sure to show through in this struggle to find her.
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James looked over at the sign and sighed, they were still 30 miles from the next town. Misty was asleep in the chair next to him and James was very bored of driving with no one to talk to. He realized now how happy he was that Misty came with him at least this way he wouldn't be so bored driving all those long hours.
Misty slowly awoke next to him and sat up straight. James wondered how someone could fall asleep with a seatbelt on but assumed it was easy enough. Misty looked out the window and yawned. A sudden noise was heard and she grabbed her backpack from behind the seat. Togepi popped out and she played with it and cooed to it until it slowly fell asleep.
" Where are we?" Misty asked curiously as she put up her orange hair in its normal position.
" Looks like we're almost into the next town." James replied.
" Oh." Misty sighed as she stared straight ahead. After a while, she turned her head and looked at James with curious eyes. " Is it all right if I ask you a question, its kind of personal."
" Uh, sure as long as I can ask a personal question to you." James answered not wanting this to be a one-sided deal.
" OK you can ask me a question, but I want to go first. Why did you join Team Rocket?"
James breathed, I should have saw this one coming, he thought. He slowly began to speak." For a lot of reasons I guess. One of them being because I'm evil." He said sounding not the least bit like the trait he had just given himself.
" I don't believe that. I know that you weren't always evil." She told him.
" Well," he replied shakily. " It's just that I don't really know why I joined. It happened a really long time ago. I think maybe because I wanted to find a place where I could fit in, maybe make some friends. I've only had one friend my whole life until I came to Team Rocket. And I've still only had one friend that's human."
" Well, maybe if you weren't a member of Team Rocket, you'd have more people who want to be friends with you." Misty replied matter-of-factly.
" I know but it's too late..." James was drifting off.
Misty decided to ignore that last remark and turned her attention to the scenery outside. There wasn't much to see at all. Most of it was just a giant field of dead grass, nothing interesting to look at. She wished there were horses there, like the ones in her favorite picture from the hotel. She looked at the sky wistfully, and wondered what it would be like to fly.
" OK, now it's my turn to ask you a question, and you have to answer me truthfully." James began after a long moment of silence.
" All right, shoot." Misty said not expecting a very difficult question.
" Do you like Ash? I mean as more than just a friend." James smiled at his sly question.
" Oh, I didn't know Team Rocket knew our names." Misty began avoiding the question.
" You're stalling." James said in reply.
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Jessie and Meowth ran out of their room and soon collided straight with Ash and Brock who were also running.
" You!" Ash angrily pointed.
" Twerps!" Jessie and Meowth said together.
Brock suddenly had an idea, if they're here they might be the cause of Misty's absence. Perhaps they were holding her as bait to get pikachu, or maybe Misty had seen them stealing pokemon and they didn't want her to tell anyone so she was taken hostage.
" What did you do with Misty!" Ash yelled, obviously he had had the same idea as Brock.
" We didn't do anything!" Jessie shouted in return.
" Don't lie we know you have something up your sleeves." Brock said defending Ash.
" I'm sure you want to do a complete police search." Jessie sneered.
" I wouldn't want to do that if I were paid to!"
" I didn't mean you, you idiot! I was talking about getting a police officer to!
" I'm sure you wouldn't mind that."
"Has anyone ever told you how sick your mind is?" Jessie roared.
" Shut up everyone! This isn't helping us find Misty!" Ash screamed and everyone was quite. "Listen, just hand over Misty and we won't tell the police that you did anything wrong."
" For de last time, we didn't kidnap nobody!" Meowth said with force.
" Why should we believe you?" Brock asked.
" You shouldn't, but we're missing James too. Maybe we should start blaming you for his disappearance." Jessie said even though she knew very well, that James had probably taken their van and ran with it.
" OK, so maybe you didn't take Misty, but I bet James did!" Ash concluded.
" Who knows maybe he did." Meowth replied.
Then the four people went there separate ways, trying to make sense of what had happened. Each one of them was asking themselves one thing. Did James really kidnap Misty?
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A year has past and not a lot has changed. Here's a quick follow up, James and Misty are still on the road and have become great friends, and because of all the traveling they've been doing. They know each other's deepest secrets and fears. (( Hey, you get a lot of talking done when you're on the road)). Ash and Brock are still searching for Misty, just as Jessie and Meowth are searching for James. Neither side has given up hope in finding their comrades. And that's about all you need to know.
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James sat in the hotel room; it was time to get going. Misty had already been awake and was taking her shower right now. James smiled Misty and him had been keeping track of where Ash, Brock, Jessie, and Meowth had been going. They'd be able to see their friends by 7:00 that night.
Misty came out of the bathroom fully dressed and looking very clean. She smiled, she was also very happy that they would be going to see her old friends. They might not actually say hi or anything, but they would at least watch at their friends from a distance.
" Come on it's time to go." James whispered he didn't want to talk to loud, it might ruin his moment of happiness.
Misty nodded and they grabbed their bags. Outside it was barely light and the cool dew made a wonderful fresh smell throughout the parking lot. They put their bags in the back, but Misty got Togepi out to talk to and play with on the short trip there. James went inside to checkout at the front desk and when he returned he smiled at Misty and Togepi. They were so cute together.
He jumped in the front seat and started the car. The low rumble of the car had become very familiar to him this past year. Misty grinned at the sound and breathed in a deep breath. Today was going to be very long and tiring. Misty had gotten Togepi to sleep for it's nap and she put it back in her bag.
Slowly, they started off to their friends, their past.
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Ash and Brock had been walking for two hours searching for Misty; they had to walk because they didn't have a veichile. Brock had become tired, and sat on a log that lays a bit right of the road itself.
Ash had continued walking a little ways up and he saw something....a van, the exact same van that he had seen Jessie, James, and Meowth use before. He looked closer and he saw her, Misty! Ash quickly jumped out in the middle of the road screaming for the van to stop.
" What in the-" James began he saw someone who looked a lot like Ash right in front of him. James pushed down on the brakes, but that wouldn't be enough he'd still hit Ash if he didn't do something.
Quickly, James turned the van towards the left. The tires swerved and screeched and James lost control of the van.
No one knows what happened because everyone had closed his or her eyes. When Ash opened his, the only words that could come out of his mouth were "Oh my god." Ash looked at the van it was very far away and was flipped upside down. Ash ran down to the van, Brock however, had headed back to the other town to get help, he hadn't known that Misty was involved in the accident.
James opened his eyes carefully; he dare not move anything but his eyes. He looked over at Misty she was unconscious then he looked over to his left. His window was shattered, there wasn't even a window there anymore, and just a few pieces of glass were sticking up from the side. How did that happen? He asked himself. At first, he thought he didn't get hurt because he didn't feel anything, but that didn't last long. Suddenly there was pain all over him, the pain was horrible and he didn't know where the pain hurt most. He looked at Misty again, please be OK he thought through his tears partly from the pain and partly from the fear that Misty was very badly hurt.
Ash was almost there; his eyes were blurred from the tears now streaming down his face. He looked over at the driver he could barely see anything, but he knew it was James. Ash knocked out the glass window on Misty's side. He looked at Misty his tears still blurring his vision. Quickly Ash wiped his eyes and had a good look at her. She was unconscious or was she...
" No!" Ash shouted. His eyes again welled up with tears. " This is all your fault! This is all your fault!" He screamed angrily at James.
Quickly, he did his best to get Misty out of the car. He didn't know if that was what he should do but he didn't care, he just wanted to get Misty out, he couldn't let her die in there. Slowly he pulled her out and then with all the strength he had he picked her up and carried her as far as he could from the car and sat her down. Misty slowly woke up.
Her head was pounding; she looked up and saw Ash. When she looked around her she was worried when she didn't see James.
" Is James OK? Where is he?" She asked Ash weakly.
" I...I..haven't gotten him out yet I was busy with you." Ash said.
" Is he OK, go get him now..." She would have yelled that at him, but she didn't have the strength.
Ash looked at her for a moment.
" Go.." she whispered.
Ash ran down to the van, he didn't want to save that son of a...... he's the one who took Misty away. He doesn't deserve to live, Ash thought angrily.
Misty slowly closed her eyes unconscious again.
James was crying even more now. It.. it is my fault; I didn't have to let her go with me on this stupid trip. Misty please don't die he thought this over and over again, as if the more times he would think it the better chance for it to be true. Suddenly he heard a noise, he opened his mouth to say something, but found that nothing would come out. Earlier he had realized what part of his body hurt worse, his throat, and this new discovery that no noise would come out of his mouth scared him even more.
James new he had to find out what was wrong, so, he lifted his arm, God, it hurt to lift his arm, but he did it any way until he reached his throat. He felt something very sharp there..... dear Lord, it was a piece of glass. A piece of glass from when the window that had broken into pieces had went straight into his throat....God, no. James' hand was still there and he felt something sticky, he lifted his hand to his face and saw that it was covered in blood, his blood. No....and James started crying again.
Ash finally made it down to the van; he went to the driver's side this time and saw that the window had already been broken. Ash broke off a few pieces so he could get in before looking at James.
" Oh my god." Ash said aloud as he saw James.
Blood was everywhere; Ash didn't know what to do. He looked back at James and realized that he was still awake, going through this torture alone. Ash nearly screamed aloud as he saw James' terrified eyes rest on him. James was shaking and crying all in one motion. Ash didn't know what to do, he was too afraid to get James out of the van and there was really nothing else he could do. Ash watched James' mouth move and realized that James was trying to say something, it looked like he was trying to say...I'm sorry.
This time Ash was really crying. He was about to tell James that it wasn't really his fault, but stopped, because it was his fault wasn't it? Ash was too confused to do anything except use all the bravery he could muster and get James out of the van. It was a very strenuous thing to do, but Ash had to get James out of the van. After a lot of trying he finally managed to get James out into the open.
Ash thought that maybe he should take the piece of glass out of James' throat at least, but when he tried James mouth opened very wide as if he was trying to scream in agony. Ash was more afraid now then he'd ever been in his life. What could he do??
Soon, Ash heard the sirens of an ambulance there; they'll take care of Misty...and James. He couldn't help feeling so guilty about this, was it his fault James was like this? Was it because he wished James would die? Well now Ash wished he could take it all back, but he couldn't.
Ash ran up to the paramedics and showed them where Misty lay and then where James was. Then ran up to tell Brock what had happened. As he continued walking he heard the paramedics shouting medical terms across to each other. All of this blurred in Ash's mind nothing anyone said really sunk in; it was all just noises that he couldn't understand. Ash looked up and saw Brock there.
" Ash what happened to the van, I didn't stick around to see because I was too busy running to get help." Brock said proudly.
Ash tried to say something but before the words came out tears did and they were running down his cheeks. He couldn't tell Brock who was in it, but he had to. Ash soon felt Brocks arms around him trying to comfort him but no comfort came from his friend's protective wrap.
" It's all right." Brock comforted. " Did everyone inside die?"
This comment just made Ash cry harder, he wanted to say I hope not. He wanted to say that he hoped that both passengers would be OK, but he had no idea, and for one of them the chances of living were probably pretty low.
" Brock," Ash began after he could subside his tears for a while. " Misty was in the van,"
" Oh no," Brock was shocked. " She doesn't even know how to drive a car.."
" That's because she wasn't driving James was..."
" Why that-" Brock started but realized that Ash still needed comfort and decided that cussing about James wouldn't help. " Is Misty...."
" I don't know she was unconscious when I found her, but then she woke up and I had to get James out."
" You didn't have to get that..well, him out. You could've stayed with Misty."
" I wanted to, but she told me to get him and...."
" and what?"
Just then the paramedics that were carrying Misty came up, Misty had woke up again and she was looking around very frightened at not knowing anyone. And where was Ash? Suddenly she saw him walk up to the paramedics with a worried look on his face.
" Is she going to be all right?" Ash asked.
" Yes from what we've found out she should be fine, but we need to take her in to the hospital for more tests, just to make sure." The paramedic answered with a smile.
Ash smiled back and looked at Misty. He saw that she still looked worried and he knew why, but he was afraid to ask.
" What about James, will he be OK?"
" Who?" the paramedic asked confused.
" The other person in the accident."
" I don't know their still down there with him."
With that Misty was taken into the ambulance, and the other paramedics got in too. They shut the back doors of the veichile and soon it was driving away the sirens blaring in order to get Misty to the hospital as soon as possible.
" See you soon Misty." Ash whispered softly.
Brock watched his friend stand there a long time after the ambulance had left and he moved over to Ash and lay a hand on his shoulder. Ash looked at Brock thoughtfully and smiled. He didn't have to say anything Brock could tell that Misty was going to be all right from that one facial expression. Ash felt wonderful, both of his closest friends were alive, well, and with him. He wished he could feel this way forever, but this was not meant to be.
There was a separate ambulance for James, which was awaiting the paramedics. Ash looked down towards them and could see them working fast. He decided he didn't want to stick around to see James again, it would be too scary, and depressing, but Brock wanted to stay. Brock's probably waiting to give James a piece of his mind, but Ash knew Brock wouldn't be able to speak when he saw their tortured enemy laying there on that stretcher.
Ash walked quickly to the town. At that moment even though he wanted to go and stay with Misty, he knew he had to find Jessie or Meowth and tell them what had happened. It was just the right thing to do. They should be there when James comes to the hospital. Ash made it to the town in no time flat. He searched the streets and soon found Jessie. She was walking around searching for something; most likely she had been searching for James. Her red hair was up and just as perfectly placed as always. When she noticed Ash she looked straight down at the sidewalk and tried to turn down an alley. Ash quickened his pace.
" I... I found James!" Ash shouted to her.
" You did?! Where did you found him, is he near here, did you see him yet?" Jessie asked excitedly.
Ash breathed in and closed his eyes the scenes from the crash running through his mind. Where's James, Misty's terrified voice rung through his head again. The blood, It's all your fault! James' battered body, glass; everything ran through his head all out of order.
" Wha...Is..something..wrong with James?" Jessie's worried voice broke Ash's terrifying flashback.
" Jessie, I'm sorry but, James and Misty were in an accident."
" Oh my God, is he all right?" Jessie asked terrified for her best friend.
" I'm not sure there was a lot of blood, they've been taken to the hospital in this town."
" I've got to find Meowth..." Jessie said suddenly and she ran off without even acknowledging Ash, and Ash didn't blame her just like he had been worried about Misty: she was too worried about her best friend to think about anything else.
Quickly, Ash ran to the town hospital. He was tired; tired physically, and emotionally, his entire body was tired. But, he kept going. Nothing could stop him from making it now. He passed many empty buildings on his way to the hospital. Which made him sad for some reason, it made him feel lonely again. Ash continued to try and think of only one thing, that Misty was fine and he had found her. She was alive and he'd always have her now, but his mind kept trailing off to other thoughts. Thoughts about James, but why should he care about him, he didn't know. He had this sudden feeling that it was his fault, that he caused the crash. No! Ash argued with himself, It's James' fault all of it is his fault. You jumped out in front of the van. I wouldn't have if I hadn't seen Misty, and I wouldn't have been looking for her if James hadn't kidnapped her. Ash's argument continued until he reached the hospital doors and ran in.
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Misty breathed deeply. Huh, where am I? She thought. Looking around herself she saw she was on a bed and there were many machines around her, attached to her. The walls on all sides were very white and dull. Except for two sides one side had a window, which was covered up, the other side behind her head had some kind of picture. She strained her head to look, but it was placed where she couldn't get a full look at it. Now that was pointless, I thought pictures in a room were supposed to cheer a person up. How could that happen if it is where the patient can't see?
Suddenly she heard a door close and she saw a doctor come in. The doctor looked very somber and Misty wondered if there was something wrong with her. She turned her full attention to the doctor when he cleared his throat to say something.
" Um, hello," checks the chart. " Misty, how are you?"
Misty wasn't in the mood for this. " I feel fine."
The doctor just nodded writing something down on the chart. Misty waited for him to say something more, but he remained silent checking the chart over and over.
" Doctor, uh, is there something wrong with me?" Misty asked
The doctor nearly jumped his patients usually weren't so forward with him.
" No, what made you think that?" he asked curious.
" It's just you looked so, I don't know depressed."
" It's been a long day for me, we've had three fatal cases earlier, and now we're getting another one." Misty thought how sad that must be, and suddenly she snapped forward. James, she thought suddenly. Silently a nurse opened the door looking very depressed also.
" Doctor, the boy is only 2 minutes away." The nurse said.
" All right I'm coming, now you just sit tight I'll be back in a flash." And then the doctor left quickly.
Misty just sat there tears were in her eyes; she had a bad feeling she felt it in her gut, a very bad feeling.
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James was shaking in the ambulance,
" Just hang on we're almost there." He heard someone say.
Just hang on, James' head pounded, he couldn't he didn't have the strength. At times during the short trip he felt himself slipping away. How could he hang on he felt worn out, but he had to, he had to stay alive long enough to see if Misty was okay, and tell her he was sorry. Then he remembered he couldn't tell her that, he couldn't speak. If only he had a pen and paper he could write her a note and tell her he was sorry, then tell Jessie he loved her, and tell Meowth that he was glad to have a friend like him. He could even tell Ash that he was sorry for always trying to steal his Pikachu..... but can I hang on that long? He asked himself.
They brought him into another room; he longed for something to write with. He heard voices around him, then a nurse tried to speak to him, but he couldn't understand the words. "How is the girl?" a female voice asked. " She's fine. She'll make it." He opened his eyes and saw that the nurse was handing him a note pad and a pencil. James knew it was to answer their questions, but he wouldn't, he didn't have much time left. He had to write to the people he cared about first.
Misty, I'm sorry, that I did this to you. I know it was my fault. I didn't know I'd hurt anyone when I left. You're a great friend, please try and understand Jessie like you understood me. I'll miss you,
Meowth you are a great friend, better then I could ever ask for. Please take care of Jessie for me. You were always the top cat in my eyes.
Jessie I've longed forever to tell you how I feel, and now is that time. I love you, I've loved you since the day we met I just didn't have the courage to tell you, and now as I lie here dying I want you to know that I'll always love you. I'll always be with you, when you feel that you're all alone in the world I will be with you more then ever. Though my body may die my love for you will always go on,
Ash, I'm sorry I tr ye d to steel yo u r pika chu an d I' m sor ry for any pain " Doctor we're losing him!"I Cau sed. Hang on he's bleeding out! I've got to stop the blood first!" you
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....... "Time of death 22:30."
The End.
After reading many of the other stories I decided to become an author myself! This was my first fan fiction story, so it's probably not very good. I don't know what do you think please review it. It took me a very long time to write it. I'm thinking of writing a sequel. Well, that's all for now,