A New Misty's Song – Part 4
Unexpected Assistance
By CuteMew
Disclaimer: Don't sue me.
A/N: You must be happy. For once I have nothing to say in an annoying Author's note.
"Pika!" Pikachu cried out in alarm. It ran toward the rock where it last saw Ash, and pointed.
"I don't get it, Pikachu," Misty whispered nervously. "I thought you said he was here…?"
"Pika pikachu!" He was! (Misty didn't really get what Pikachu was saying, though)
Misty walked over to the rock. She gasped when she saw blood on it. "Ash must have hit his head on this rock and got knocked unconscious," she whispered.
"Pika…" Pikachu knodded again.
"But, where is he now…? Someone must have kidnapped Ash!" Misty said, fearful for her friend.
Pikachu nodded and went over to the rock. It bent down and sniffed. All of a sudden, it snapped its head back up and growled. "Pi…"
"What?" Misty asked, surprised at Pikachu's actions.
Pikachu, knowing that Misty couldn't really understand it, just sighed. There's no way of telling her that it was Team Rocket who kidnapped Ash, I'll just get Misty to follow me…
Pikachu tugged at Misty's ankles. "You want me to follow you…" Pikachu just nodded. It bent down again and sniffed at the trail of Meowth-Jessie-James scent that he already knew so well. It started following it, heading straight into the bushes, with Misty following close behind.
****
"Wake up, twerp!" Meowth yowled. Ash just lay there, unmoving.
"He won't wake up!" yelled James. "How are we supposed to steal his pokemon if he doesn't wake up?"
"We swipe 'em, you idiot," grumbled Jessie. With that, she quickly pulled all the pokeballs from the belt at Ash's waist and tossed them to Meowth and James. All three of them snickered.
"That was too easy!" grinned James.
"But what do we do wit da twerp now?" Meowth asked.
"Well, we can either leave him here and just leave, or we can carry him to a hospital and leave him there…" Jessie said thoughtfully.
"If we leave him here, he'll die…" said James.
"And dat means he won't be able to capture any more pokemon! Coz dead people can't catch pokemon, you know!" said Meowth.
"Of course. And that means we can't steal any more pokemon from him either," said Jessie.
So the three of them started to lift him up again to carry him to the nearest hospital, when they heard a rustling in the bushes.
"Ahhhh! Someone's coming! Quick, drop the kid and run, otherwise they'll see that we took his pokemon and arrest us!" James yelled, panicking. All three members of Team Rocket did just that, dashing off through the trees.
"Look's like Team Rocket's dashing off again!"
****
Pikachu popped its head through the bushes. Seeing that it had finally found its trainer, it breathed a sigh of relief and bounded towards him. Misty ran after Pikachu and they soon both stopped in front of the unconscious boy.
"Look, his pokeballs are all gone!" Misty pointed. "Someone must have stolen them… It must have been Team Rocket! So they were the ones who kidnapped him…"
Pikachu nodded silently.
Misty kneeled down and gently shook Ash's shoulder. "Wake up, Ash… wake up…" she whispered tearfully. Ash didn't move. "He's lost so much blood and he hit his head on that rock pretty hard… We have to get him to the nearest medical center, or he…he might not make it," murmured Misty.
Pikachu looked up to see Misty crying. "Pika, pika…"
Misty managed to smile weakly and turned to Pikachu. "Pikachu, I'll get Ash to the hospital, I think the nearest one is in Chocobo City (I'm just making this up, okay?). Could you go tell Brock that he can find us at the Chocobo City Hospital? I'm sure Brock also knows where it is."
Pikachu nodded and dashed off. Misty thought. What would be the fastest way I could get Ash to the hospital?
****
Meanwhile, Jessie, James, and Meowth were wandering around through the woods. "Hmm. James, you're the one with the map. Just what is the way out of this place?" Jessie asked.
"But Jessie, I don't have the map, I thought Meowth had the map!" James whined.
"But I thought dat Jessie had da map!"
"I don't!" Jessie yelled.
"But then, if none of us have the map, than that means… that means…" stuttered James.
"That means dat – " Meowth interjected.
"We're lost!" all three of them shouted simultaneously.
They continued wandering around. "Maybe if we can find where we started from, we start over from there. We probably ran off the opposite direction from the path, so we should find where we dragged the twerp to and go the other way," James thought out loud.
"Yeah, then it should be a cinch to find our van, I'm sure we parked it in the bushes right next to the path," said Jessie.
Soon, Meowth stopped. "I think we're close! Remember dat gigantic prickly bush I got stuck in while we were running? Dere it is, the same one!" he pointed.
"You're right, I bet the place was right over… there," Jessie pointed at a little clearing surrounded in bushes. "Come on, let's go."
They walked right into the clearing, and were shocked to see Misty standing there, looking very unhappy – not because she was angry at them – she had a worried expression on her normally cheerful face and was even crying.
As Team Rocket stepped into view, Misty turned to look at them. Surprisingly, she didn't look angry even now. With a pleading look on her face, she quietly spoke, "Please, I know we never really got along, but I really need your help." Misty started sobbing, and choked out, "Ash… he's hurt… really bad… and he needs to get to the Chocobo City Hospital as fast as possible! Or else… he might not make it…"
As they looked at all the pain on the girl's face, somehow their hardened hearts softened into sympathy.
"We had no idea it was so serious," murmured Jessie.
"We're really sorry that all we could think of was to steal his pokemon..." James quietly handed back the pokeballs that they had stolen before.
Misty accepted them and looked up, "You can help me then?"
"Yeah, we got a van parked near here. Come on, we'll drive you guys dere," said Meowth.
Jessie and James pulled Ash onto their shoulders again, and they all ran toward the van. As they piled into the van, Misty turned to Team Rocket. With tears in her eyes, she whispered, "Thanks."