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C. Cowboy: Hey there, ready for another chapter? In this one the gang gets all back together and you'll find out who exactly that Dark Master really is. So set back and enjoy the ride! P.S. Julie, who ever you are, I just got one thing to say: "BRING IT ON!!!!!"
"A… A… A… ASH? YOU'RE….YOU'RE…. YOU'RE ALIVE!" Gary exclaimed as he stared at the wet and smelly Trainer whom he had thought was dead for the past week and a half. Ash wasn't sure what to expect, but he had a few ideas what Gary would do. Naturally Gary did the one thing Ash didn't think of; Gary put Ash in a bear hug and swung him around like a rag doll while repeating, "YOU'RE ALIVE, YOU'RE ALIVE!"
As suddenly as he grabbed Ash, he pushed him away. "God, you STINK!" Ash was painfully aware of that fact, as he fanned the scent away from his face. Gary still had a smile on his face so big that the top of his head looked like he was about to fall off. "Man! I can't wait to see Grandpa's face when he sees you, Pikachu'll have a heart attack, and Misty, she'll just flip!" Ash just gave him an unconvinced look, "Yeah right. She was probably happy to be rid of me." He said with a frown, "The only thing she would be sad about is that I never paid her back for the bike I blew up." Gary smacked him on the back of the head and then rubbed the slime down his pant leg. "EEEWWW! Ashy Boy, you've got the IQ of a slowpoke!" Ash rubbed the back of his head "What was that for?" Gary started to smack again but didn't want anymore of that stinky stuff on him. "Ash let me tale you just how HAPPY she was: one, she just stopped crying a few days a go. Two, She now sleeps, when she sleeps that is, in one of YOUR old shirts. Three, after your funeral, she locked herself in YOUR room for two days strait with out even coming out to eat, just because she thought you hated her and blamed her for getting killed! Need any more clues, Sherlock? SHE'S GOT THE HOTS FOR YOU! BAD!!!"
Ash scratched his head, "She… does?" Gary was now about to blow a gasket, "YEAH, YOU MORON! WHY DO YOU THINK SHE'S FOLLOWED YOU AROUND FOR THE PAST FOUR-AND-A-HALF FREAKIN' YEARS LIKE A LOST PUPPY?"
Ash scratched his head again, "Well, I thought she followed me because I owe her a new bike." Gary grabbed Ash's shirt collar and shuck him violently, "NO ASH, SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THAT STUPID BIKE! SHE NEVER CARED ABOUT THAT STUPID BIKE! SHE CARES ABOUT YOU, YOU IDIOT!!!" Gary let go and shuck his hands trying to get the slime off of them. "Wow. Maybe she does like me." Ash said finally convinced, and Gary fell over. "Well, just curious, but what are you doing here in the first place?" Gary set up, Well, I'm looking for some kind of key or something." Ash then searched his jacket pocket and pulled out a golden Key, "This what your looking for?" Gary's eyes went wide once again, "Ash, your amazing, you know that?" Ash helped him to his feet; "I never thought I'd hear that from you, Gary." Gary smiled, "Well, I never thought I'd ever see you alive again, ether. Not that I think of you as a friend or anything, it just I wanted to beat you in the Pokemon League, that's all!" Ash smiled, "Yeah, sure lets get back to Professor Oak right a way!" Gary grabbed Ash's shoulder; "We'll spend the night at a hotel tonight. It late and you need a bath and some clean duds." Ash nodded in agreement and they left the cave.
The next morning Gary gave Ash some of new clothing: a red and white sweater-type jacket, blue jean shorts, and a pair of tennis shoes. (Basically just like the main character from the Gold and Silver Pokemon game, minus the hat.) "It will probably be a three day's walk back to Pallet." Gary groaned "Not if we fly." Said Ash getting Gary's full attention, "What are you talking about, neither of us have a Pokemon that's big enough to carry us both!" Ash just smiled as he pulled out a Poke Ball, "LUGIA! I CHOOSE YOU!!" The Poke Ball flew open to unleash the gigantic psychic type Pokemon. Gary's eyeballs were bugged out, "W…W…W…What? Where…where did you catch that?" Gary stuttered "Ash just ignored him "Lugia, how fast can you get us to Pallet?" The Pokemon looked at its Master, Well, six hours, at the most. Ash climbed on the Pokemon's back and looked back at Gary, "You coming or not?" Gary snapped out of his trance and jumped on the Lugia's back as it took off toward Pallet.
Six hours latter, Professor Oak was working in his lab when Gary walked in. "Grandpa, I'm back!" Gary yelled as entered the room. Professor Oak looked up from the screen, "Oh Gary did you get…the… my God…" the Professor broke off when he saw Ash standing beside him. "ASH, YOUR ALIVE!!!" Oak jumped up and hugged the teen. "Yeah, I'm fine. Lugia saved me when I fell off the cliff. Where's Misty, I'd like to see her." Ash said as he pushed the overly emotional Oak off of him. "Her, Brock, Amanda, and your Pikachu should be about to the lost City of Avalon. It is hidden somewhere deep somewhere on Shamouti Island, but no one knows exactly where it is." Ash smiled "I know someone who might." Ash turned toward a window, opened it and threw out Lugia's Poke Ball. Lugia appeared, making Professor Oak almost have a stroke, and hovered just outside the window. "Lugia, Do you know where Avalon is?" Ash asked the mighty Pokemon. Yes Master, we can be there before nightfall. Ash and Gary climbed back on the Pokemon and waved back to the Professor. "Don't worry, and don't tell my Mom that I'm still alive, I want to surprise her, OK." Oak just smiled and threw Ash his old trainer's belt with his Poke Balls attached to it "These might be useful." He said and then waved as they flew off. "It's not Delia that I'd like to see," he said to himself, "It's Misty who's going to be entertaining! She'll ether kiss him… or kill him."
Meanwhile near the lost city, Misty, Pikachu, Brock, Amanda, and Melody were walking through the jungle toward the city. "Thanks for the help, Melody." Said Brock But was ignored as Melody walked beside Misty, "How ya holding up?" Asked Melody sympathetically. Misty just shrugged her shoulders when she looked up and shot her mouth open wide, "I take it this is the City." She said as she looked at the gigantic ruins with a giant pyramid in the center. They walked in the city when Pikachu jumped down from her shoulder, and looked like he had seen a ghost, Pika… Pikachu!" (It… can't be!)
Pikachu ran into the city. "Pikachu! Wait!" Misty yelled. "Let's split up." Said Brock, "You and Melody go to the left, and me and Amanda will go to the right." They then went to the way they had agreed.
Pikachu ran as hard as he could. He knew that sent anywhere. "It can't be, can it?" He thought, "I saw him fall! He can't be alive, but that's his sent!" Pikachu ran around the corner and then jumped to hide in a bush. He saw two teenaged boys; one he recognized was Gary, and Lugia. The one he didn't recognized did smell like Ash, but he wasn't dressed like Ash. Pikachu creped toward the boys, with his ears laid back hoping this wasn't a mistake. The boy turned around and immediately looked eyes with the Pokemon and sent away every doubt with one word, "PIKACHU!" Pikachu then jumped into Ash's opened Arms and tried to dig into his chest. "I'm alright, Pikachu, I'm alright." Ash said rubbing the Pokemon's head. Then he felt two arms wrap around him and began to squeeze the life out of Ash and Pikachu both. Once Pikachu had had enough, he released a massive Thunder Shock and fell to the ground. Pikachu looked up to see a charbroiled Ash and Brock laying on the ground trembling, "Pi, Pikachu!" (Opps, my bad!) Amanda and Gary were laughing as the two friends helped each other up. "Ya know, Brock, I actually missed that." Ash then told them where he has been and how he survived the fall. Pikachu the jumped on his head, "Pi pika pika Chaa Pikachu!"(I can't wait to see Misty's face when she sees you!) Amanda walked up to Ash and Gary, "Did you find the Key? That Dark Master has already gotten the Key from here." Ash handed the Key to her, "You hide somewhere and keep them from getting the keys. If they don't have our two, then they can't get the Crown." Amanda smiled and nodded and ran off to hide. "Well, Pikachu, let's find Misty and that Dark Master and take him down a notch or two!" Ash said as he did his peace sign pose. Then Pikachu jumped down and mirrored the pose, "PIKACHU" (HELL YA!)
Meanwhile, Misty and Melody wondered around the base of the temple. "PIKACHU, WHERE DID YOU GO?" Misty yelled when Melody smacked her on the back of the head, "The heck do you think your doing? Don't you know that the Dark Legion is probably all around this place? Why don't you just yell ' Dark Legion! Come over here and kill us!'? Almost on que ten men in cloaks surrounded the girls "See what'd I say?" Melody complained, "Well, At least they don't have any guns." Just then the men pulled assault rifles from under their cloaks. "MELODY, SHUT UP!" Misty yelled as she covered her mouth. The men cocked the guns and aimed at the girls. Melody started to panic but Misty just looked down, "At least I'll get to see Ash again." Then out of nowhere a familiar voice echoed a very familiar phrase, "PIKACHU!!! THUNDER SHOCK!!!" The little yellow Electric Mouse leaped into the air and sent down lightning bolts down on the men until they pasted out. He then looked back the way he came and then back at Misty with a big smile on its face. Misty heard footsteps and saw Brock and Gary standing side by side with big smiles on their faces. They stepped a side to show Ash standing behind them with his trademark lopsided smile. "Hi Mist. Did you miss me?" Misty let the water works fly as she ran and jumped into his waiting arms, almost knocked him down. "ASH! YOUR ALIVE!" She cried as he held her tight. Togapi, woken up by the ruckus, climbed out of Misty's backpack, "Togi? TOGI, TOGIPIII!!!" (What's going on? DADDY'S ALRIGHT!!!) Ash continued to hold Misty, "I'm just fine, Mist, I'm alright..." Then a deep voice cut him off "…for now." The Dark Master stood before them at the base of the temple. Ash stepped in front Misty protectively, "Who are you anyway?" Dark Master began to laugh, "Well, since you'll all be dead in a few minutes anyway, I might as well let you in on my little secret." Dark Master said as he pulled the hood back to reveal that the Dark Master was none other then…
TO BE CONTINUED…
C. Cowboy: I'm evil, aren't I? Who do you think the Dark Master is? Professor Oak did know a lot about the Dark Legion, didn't he? Mitch hasn't been heard from in a while, and he sure did seem 'bad guy' material, huh? Send me some feedback, and see Ya'all next time!