Faith in a Child
Chapter Ten: Fire's Path
Ash walked into the large room to see Team Rocket waiting for him. They were staring at the tiled floor ahead of them as if they had seen a ghost. Ash gazed over at them nervously.
"What's wrong?" Ash asked, turning to look over at the door on the opposite side of the room. "The door is that way…"
Ash was just about to take a step towards the door when Jessie dashed over and pulled him back.
"WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY! YOU SUICIDAL IDIOT!" Jessie shrieked at him.
Ash was taken a back.
"What?"
James and Meowth stumbled over. While James tried to calm Jessie down; Meowth explained it to Ash.
"This is why we stopped you," Meowth smiled gingerly bringing out a handkerchief out of thin air and holding it above the tile. He let it go and jumped back. As soon as the handkerchief hit the floor it burst into flames.
Ash was stunned.
"James almost scalded his foot off," Jessie remarked regaining her calm in the heat of the fire. "It's good thing he had strong boots. I doubt your pathetic rubber ones would last long."
Ash glanced down at his shoes. She had a point. His shoes wouldn't stand a chance.
"Fire… Like Moltres said," Ash said suddenly making Team Rocket jump. "We have to beat Fire, Grass, Water, and Lighting. The four elements."
"Bravo! Now how do we do that?" Jessie snapped.
Ash said in stupor for a second thinking. How can we beat fire tiles that smolder up to the touch? We would have to…
"Go Totodile!" Ash shouted flinging out his white and red pokeball. In a flash of red light a small blue croc appeared. It began dancing and prancing about for finally getting out of its ball.
Ash smiled.
"Totodile! I need you to use a ice beam… Can you do that?" Ash asked.
Team Rocket was stunned,
We usually command. Yet Ash asks his pokemon to do things… Weird.
Totodile bounced a reply that could only mean yes.
"Great! Team Rocket," Ash said suddenly turning to them making them jump again. "When Totodile uses ice beam we need to run across, okay?"
"Okay." Team Rocket nodded in unison.
"Now Totodile! Ice beam attack!" Ash shouted pointing out the path to the door. Totodile leapt into the air and spat out a huge frosty beam from it's mouth. They watched as the beam made a small icy pathway to the door. It was obvious it wouldn't stay long.
"Come on!" Team Rocket cried racing across the path. About halfway in the middle Meowth noticed no one behind him.
"Hey Twerp! Come on! The path is melting!" Meowth called back to Ash who was watching them go.
Ash finally snapped out of it and almost ran to the path until he spotted Totodile.
"Return!" Ash returned Totodile.
He then raced at top speed towards the tile.
The first part of the path had melted. Ash jumped onto the path that was left to see the tiles behind him spurt into flames. Ash let out a wail of fright and began running along the path as fast as he could; the flames catching up to him.
Team Rocket finally reached safe harbor just to turn and see Ash running head on into them.
They all hit the wall together in a crumbled heap.
"You jerk! How dare you!" Jessie screamed in fury raising a fist high to hit Ash upside the head when James interrupted her.
"Look!" James cried pointing as the tiles slowly bursting into flames. Slowly the anger fires began to lick at them.
"This whole room's going to catch on fire!" Ash cried in his scrambling to his feet. The whole group rushed to the door; Jessie making to it first.
She yanked on the handle desperately trying to open it but it didn't budge.
"Curse you, door! Open!" Jessie cried with fear, kicking the door.
"Jessie. That won't solve anything. It just gives you a sore toe," James advised.
"Shut up you!" Jessie cried rubbing her hurt toe. "Just shut the hell up!"
"Move," Ash growled pushing them both out of the way.
He grabbed the handle and turned. A warm sort of tingling feeling swept up his arm and the door swung open. They all tumbled inside and shut the door behind themselves.
To Be Continued…
Please r + r!
Hey! Fire is done! Send me a review on what you think should be next. It can't be Lighting cause that is last!
The choices are Grass or Water…