PDM: Last chapter, Ash & co. were captured by Team
Rocket, broke free, and then were captured again. Now with thirty minutes
remaining, something odd is happening just outside the room they're imprisoned
in...
M: Hey! I figured out where that funky "clock,
time remaining" thing came from!
PDM: Oh, no...
M: It's from that video game, Majora's Mask!
PDM: Crap. Well, they never did put a copyright notice
on it, did they?
M: Well...
PDM: Wait! Who's that at the door, Mew?
M: Two guys who say they're from Nintendo. They're
dressed in black and have weird bulges in their vest pockets.
PDM: Crap and double crap! Do NOT let them in!
M: Uh, too late.
PDM: Oh, not good at all. I must finish this story
first!
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The door opened to reveal three figures dressed in black outfits and masks- two tall and one oddly short. Then they pulled off their masks to reveal the well-known faces of the Team Rocket trio, Jessie, James, and Meowth!
"Oh, it's Team Rocket." Everyone sighed.
"Sorry, but the rest of your gang beat you to it. I don't have Pikachu anymore." Ash said.
"You twerp! Don't you understand what we're doing here?" Jessie snapped.
"We came to help you!" James added.
"Yeah! When we heard that Giovanni had stooped as low to actually kill a kid, we decided it was Giovanni had stooped as low to actually kill a kid, we decided it was time to leave the team." Meowth put in.
"So we were just leaving when we saw you get captured and tossed in here. So we went and found all your pokemon, and then came back to free you!" Jessie said.
"So, here're your pokemon, all of them!" James said, holding out a bag.
We all ran up and looked in the bag. Inside were all our pokeballs, and Pikachu, too!
"Pikachu!" Ash cried, grabbing him up and hugging him. Then we all got our pokeballs back and ready for action.
"Now can you show us where they have Misty?" Duplica asked.
"We don't exactly know, but we can certainly try!" James said.
So we left the room, stepping over the unconscious guards, and headed off very quickly, with Jessie and James in the lead.
About twenty-five minutes later, we reached the room Jessie said they had Misty in. There were two guards by the door. When they saw us coming, they moved to block the door and started to sound the alarm.
"Wait! These brats are our prisoners! We're taking them in there to watch their friend die!" Jessie called.
"Hmmmm....... I don't believe you!" one of the guards said. "If they were your prisoners, they'd be tied up or something, and aren't you Jessie and James, the two traitors?"
"An intelligent guard. Didn't see that one coming." James muttered.
"Uh, um, uh.... Oh, what the heck. Now!" Jessie shouted.
She and James got out their pokeballs and prepared to battle the two guards. "Get moving, kids! Go save the girl!"
"Right!" We rushed to the door and kicked it open. Inside, a horrifying sight greeted us.
Misty was strapped to a table, and a syringe apparently filled with poison was lowering on a robotic arm toward her arm.
"Misty! No!" Ash shouted, barreling toward the table.
"Ash?" She looked up from the table. "Look out!"
"Huh?"
A guard had been hidden in the shadows next to the door. He grabbed Ash. Ash struggled in his grip as the rest of us ran to help. A few minutes later, the guard was out cold, but it was too late. We had run out of time.
Misty screamed as the needle pierced her skin and injected its deadly fluid into her bloodstream. A few seconds too late, Ash smashed the control board and stopped the arm.
"Misty! Are you okay?" he shouted, running over to the table. The rest of us followed behind.
"Ash... you came for me..."
"Of course, Misty. I couldn't let you die."
Brock carefully pulled the syringe out of the arm and sadly held it up. It was completely empty. The deadly poison was inside Misty.
We were unstrapping her from the table when Jessie, James, and Meowth rushed in.
"We gotta get outa here!" Meowth shouted.
"We know a secret way out that will have us back to Cerulean quickly, but we have to leave NOW, before the other Rockets get us!" Jessie cried.
We nodded, but before we could figure out what to do with Misty, Ash simply lifted her into his arms and said, "Let's go."
Half an hour later, we were on the outskirts of Cerulean. We ran straight to the hospital emergency room, and after Misty was in a hospital bed, Ash stayed with her while we explained everything to the two doctors on duty, Dr. Poke and Dr. Digi.
"Okay, we understand. We'll do everything we can, and we'll keep you posted. But for now, everyone is going to have to wait in the waiting room."
I went into the room to tell Ash. He was sitting by the bed where Misty lay unconscious. He looked like he was crying a little, too. I put my hand on his shoulder gently. "Hey, Ash. The doctors say that we have to go wait in the waiting room."
He turned his tear-stained face up to me. "A-all right, Chris."
So we all waited in the waiting room, the Team Rocket trio included, and prayed for the life of one 13-year-old girl.
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PDM: Sn-snif.... WAAAA!
Man In Black #1: WAAAA
Man In Black #2: *sobbing*
M: Humans.
