" Do you ever have one of those days? Y'know where every things going good and then suddenly from there everything else is down hill?" James asked looking at the ceiling.

Brock looked at him with a concerned face. " Are you okay? You sound kinda delusional."

" Is that even a word; delusional?" James sat up and turned his attention to Brock.

" I don't know, but it describes you perfectly." Brock stated.

James sighed and lay back down on the rocky floor. He followed the cracks in the ceiling with his eyes. Brock looked at him and shook his head. Gathering all his strength, Brock stood up and went to the doorway that could lead them out. It was covered with rocks, climbing over and around them would be a pain. He walked back over to where James was and sat down.

" Come on, I didn't cut that leg off so we could wait here for the roof to cave in on us." Brock said looking at him.

" What should we do?" James asked sitting up again.

" Well, I thought we'd get up and climb out of here but if you'd rather not.." Brock replied.

" I didn't mean that. I meant after we're out of here. I don't give me a witty remark, my head's pounding enough as it is."

" I don't know." Brock said standing up. He held his hand out to James and they roughly made their way over to the doorway.

" This is harder than I thought." Brock grumbled pulling up James for the fourth time.

" What'd you think it'd be a walk in the park?" James said sarcastically.

" We're outside Misty." Ash said. He and Misty had finally made it out of the mall. Ash jumped at the sound of a concrete block falling in the building they had just left.

" Why does it feel so cold?" Misty asked shivering.

Ash held tighter to her hand before speaking again. " It's night, it's been two days since the earthquake. Come on, let's go over with you're group."

" Wait, two days? When did the first day pass?"

" You wouldn't have known you were inside the whole time and besides…well you know." Ash tried to put it lightly but didn't succeed.

" What!? Say it Ash, go on!" Misty said pulling away from his grip.

" Misty don't leave. In fact don't go anywhere." Ash stated looking at her worriedly.

" Why? You don't think I can't take care of myself?!? I'm fine Ash so leave me alone." Misty yelled running in a direction.

" Misty! Wait!" Ash called running after her.

Uughh! The nerve of him! Misty thought running into the blackness that she saw for she saw not where she was going. But he did say he loved me…he said it in the mall…yeah, Misty, he probably loves you like a sister. However, deep in her heart she knew this wasn't true, that Ash loved her the way she did him. It would be the only way to explain how she read his mind; they had to be soul mates or something even deeper.

Misty suddenly tripped on something, skidding her knee against the gravel. She cried again, even though she was so tired of crying. She had thought her eyes were dry of tears, but she was wrong. When Ash caught up to Misty he felt tears of his own his eyes. He didn't like to see Misty hurt like this, it hurt him too. He felt sharpness in his heart as he sat next to her.

Suddenly, he reached out and held on to her again. Ash was still crying and so was she; their tears mixed together and landed drip by drip on the sidewalk they sat on. They sat there for what seemed like hours, but was much shorter and they could have stayed there for days. Except something made them tear apart from one another.

Ash wiped his tears with his dirty hands and ended up smearing mud on his cheeks. He looked at Misty and she was also wiping off her tears, but suddenly she looked straight at him. Not through him, as if she saw him but didn't at him, in him. Misty could see again.

" Watch out!" James yelled and pulled Brock out of the way just as a piece of the ceiling fell where he had been.

" Thanks." Brock said a little shaken up.

" Any time." Came the reply.

The rocks were now so close to the ceiling that they had to crawl. It didn't slow them down any because James didn't need to have Brock's help he could crawl without a leg, but it didn't speed them up any because pieces of rocks from the ceiling continued to fall down. Making many near-death experiences for both comrades.

" How much further do you think?" Brock asked panting.

" Not sure…" James replied also taking deep breaths.

James suddenly heard a noise; it sounded like human voices yelling something or another. A smile crossed his face for the first time since the leg incident and he grabbed Brock's shoulder before speaking.

" Do you hear that? It sounds like voices. Human voices at that." James said excited.

" At this point I'd kill to here a caterpi's voice." Brock breathed. " So tired…." Brock said laying his head on a rock.

" Don't give up now. Not when we're almost there." James pleaded looking at Brock with concern.

" Why not, we've been crawling in this cave for a day at least possibly more. We'll never get out of this stupid tunnel." Brock grumbled.

" All I can say is thank God for water fountains." James gave a tried smile.

" All I can say is hope that God will give us a quick and painless death." Brock replied.

" I did just say I heard voices." James said now laying his head on the rock.

" Probably….just..hopeful…thinking…" Brock said it was getting black for him.

" Too…bad..we…couldn't…take..any..of…that..water with…us." James answered before he too blacked out.

Ash, Misty, Jessie, and the rest of the group had been searching for a day now. Most had pretty much given up hope except for the actual friends of James and Brock. They were still searching and calling their names in hope that they'd still be alive.

" Brock!" Ash called looking around.

" James!" Jessie shouted doing the same.

" Hmmm…" Misty said looking at an almost totally destroyed building.

" James?" Ash asked looking into a standing shopping center.

Misty heard far away voices inside the building. At least she thought she did, but how to be sure? No one could still be in there alive. Could they? She stuck her head into the doorway. There was small amount of room that someone could wiggle across the rocks, but it'd be rough. Possible, but rough.

" Hello?" Misty called trying to see into the darkness. She heard the faint voices again this time she was sure of it.

" Ash! Jessie! Pickachu! Meowth!" Misty shouted for them to come over.

" What?" Jessie asked. " You don't think they could be in there do you? How could they still be alive…"

" Look inside." Misty told her.

" I can hear voices in there." Ash said surprised.

" So could I…." Misty trailed off.

" Well then, what are we waitin' for? Let's go get 'em." Meowth said jumping inside.

" Come on, I've got a flashlight." Jessie told them walking in after and soon everyone else followed.

They traveled for a short while before Jessie's flashlight caught something different then the monotonous gray colors of the rocks. It landed on two bodies.

" Oh god!"

James opened up his eyes to bitter light. Bitter because he'd been in complete darkness for over a day. He rubbed his eyes and waited for them to focus. When they did he examined the room he was in. It seemed to be a hospital room and he realized it must be when he heard the beep, beep of the heart monitor next to him.

Without warning, the door to his room opened and in came a tall, brown haired doctor. He looked calmly at James before speaking anything. He looked like he actually cared about James when he looked at him with concern.

" Hello, I'm Dr.Carter. You're friends brought you in a few days ago, we were afraid you might not make it for a while." Dr. Carter said offering out his hand, James took it and they shook.

" Uh, do you know what happened to Brock? He should have been brought in with me." James asked looking at the Doctor.

" Yes, he should be fine. He was just dehydrated as were you." He paused. " You've got a lot of decisions to make, but I won't bother you with them now. For now, you need you're rest." The doctor stated.

" I thought you just said I've been sleeping for a "few days". Sheesh, how much sleep does a guy need."

" Actually, you'll probably be fine without anymore rest, but my superiors like it if I mention that to all my patients. I guess they assume if someone's asleep it'll be less likely for them to get themselves injured again." Dr. Carter said with a smile.

" I'll be back in a little while, but I think someone's been waiting to visit you. So, I'll leave you two alone." He concluded with a wink.

As he walked out James thought he liked this doctor very much. Nothing like the ones he'd had when he was a kid. Suddenly, James remembered that someone was here to visit him and he said it with a wink too. Maybe it was Jessie, James thought smiling. And for one time in his life James' small wish came true, Jessie walked in with a smiling face. She looked at him with the kindest eyes he'd ever seen and wondered if she had changed.

" James, we were so worried about you. I'm glad you're all right though, you must've been through a lot." Jessie said sitting in a chair next to the bed.

This was so unlike Jessie, this was the Jessie James saw hidden deep with in her heart that was too afraid to come out. Now, suddenly here it was the hidden Jessie, and she was staring right at him. But James felt a sharp pain in his heart as he looked at the sheets that covered his legs. One side was normal the other deformed…

" James…what's wrong." Then Jessie looked closer at him. " You're afraid that I won't want to be with you anymore because of you're leg." She stated bluntly.

James nodded and hoped he didn't cry. Suddenly he heard the sounds of his classmates and a memory flashed through his head. All the other kids stood around him laughing and scorning and singing they're little song over and over again. Jamesey, James the crybaby! Filled an ocean with his stupid tears! Jamesey, James the crybaby! All he can do is cry all day!

Now the tears wear inevitable they came slowly and James hid his face from Jessie. Not wanting to show her what a wuss he really was. Jessie hugged on to him but he pulled away and when she tried again she did more forcefully. James cried on her shoulder and another memory flashed through his head. Jessie had stood in front of him that day….Leave him alone! Big bullies! What's you're problem anyway!…..We were just having a little fun (one of the boys said and the others agreed with him)…….(Jessie spoke again) I know what you're really gonna have. My fist in your face!

" James, don't worry about it. You've got me and that's all you'll ever need." Jessie comforted.

Hey kid! You all right?……Yes, thankyou…… You won't have to worry about them anymore. Now that you've got me.

" Always?" James asked feeling shaky and scared as he did those years before.

Always? The small James asked holding out his hand to his hero. I'll never leave you, came the reply.

" I'll never leave you."

Author's note: So how'd you like the end? Yes this is the conclusion of the story. :::sighes sadly::

It can't of got romanticy at the end I know, but hey I said I would and I did. If that makes any sense at all. Well, please review. And thank you so much for your past reviews, they mean a lot to me. Also, if you liked this one, then you might like one of my other stories so check them out. ;)

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