C. Cowboy: well, I hate to break it to you, but only a few chapters to go on this one, three to five at the most. Anyway, A*Mon, M.W., you girls are weird. But all right, I'm going on vacation this weekend so this will probably be the last chapter before Monday. So I'll leave you guys with a nice cliffhanger till I get back. He, he. But a few of questions will be answered in this one. Enjoy!
Misty continued to run. She didn't care where she was, or
where she was going. She found herself in the woods outside of Indigo when she
tripped on a rock. She hit the ground hard, but didn't even bother to try to
get up. She just rolled up into a ball and let herself cry. She didn't mean to
bother Ash with her arguing with Crystal. But apparently she did. What she
would give for him to walk up and give one of his stupid one-liners, or even
smile at her with that lopsided grin. She just lay on the cold wet ground when
she heard a voice in the back of her head, Misty. She then set up and
looked around and wiped the tears from her eyes, "What?" Misty, you must
stay strong. Despite what he said and what you think, your destiny lies on the
same track as his. "Who are you? What do you want?" she asked looking around
for whoever or whatever was talking to her, you will see… when the time
comes. She then looked up and saw a beautiful bird-like pokemon flying overhead,
stay strong, my friend, for the Time Of Destiny is here.
Ash set on his bed at the hotel room, staring at a picture of him and Misty. Something bothers you, Master? Lugia said to Ash's mind from his Pokeball. "You're the psychic, you tell me." Ash said with no emotion and continued to glare at the picture. Do you really think running away from everything will salve your problems? Ash pulled out Lugia's Pokeball and held it in his hand, "Why do I get the feeling you're not telling me something." All I can say is you can try, but running away will only postpone the inevitable. I don't see how. Mom won't follow me, Pikachu probably… won't be around much longer, and Misty pretty much out of the picture now. What else can that monster do to me?" You could always face him. Ash lay back on his bed, "Yeah, how can I do that? I don't even know who he is!" All I can say is, it will all work out.
Misty got up and started to walk back to town, at least it stopped raining so the walk wasn't that torturous. She still felt like her insides were torn to pieces, but at least she now had something else to think about. "Oh MIIIISSSTTTTYYYY!!!!" A teasing voice echoed through the woods. Misty stopped dead in her tracks she knew that voice, "F-Fate?" the voice echoed again, "Misty, where are you? I'm going to find you!!!" Misty then started to run toward town, she had to get to Ash. It didn't matter if he wanted to see her or not, that psycho was after her now and she needed help. She ran cutting corners through trees staying off the trail as much as possible. Then when she shot around a tree she ran into a figure. Se fell down on the ground and with out looking up she started to talk, "OH THINK GOD! THERE'S A KILLER AFTER ME! PLEASE YOU'VE GOT…you've got…" her voice broke when she looked up and saw that the figure was in fact Fate. Misty then started to crawl backwards in a futile attempt to get away, "Please, stay away!" Fate giggled and reached for Misty but ended up with a mallet to the head. Misty got up and continued to run toward town. Misty then felt her feet go out from under her as she fell into a large pit. She pulled herself to her feet and looked up, praying that it was just Jessie and James. It just wasn't her day. She looked up again and saw Fate peering over the edge, "Gotcha."
Ash walked back to the Pokemon center, Gary and Melody will probably be angry, Ash really dreaded facing him, but what he dreaded most was facing Misty again. He always hated to see her cry. He walked into the Pokemon Center and Saw Gary and Melody still in the lobby. "Um… hi guys." Hey Ash, no word yet on Pikachu. Where's Mist?" Ash dropped his head and explained what had happened. They both glared at him and said in unison, "WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU THINKIN'?" Ash dropped his head, "Maybe, if I make it look like I don't care about her, Maybe Fate will leave her alone and would just come after me." Just then the door of the Pokemon Center swung open and a bruised and bleeding Brock limped in, "A-Ash…" Ash then dove at his friend, "Fate… I know who fate is" Brock said as his head fell forward. Ash shook him a little but saw he was out cold. Ash helped Brock on a stretcher as Nurse Joy dressed his wounds. "Once Brock wakes up, he'll probably kick himself for a month missing this." Ash said jokingly as Nurse Joy bandaged most of Brock's body.
Ash walked out of the back Brock was still out, and Pikachu showed no change. He looked at Gary and started a conversation when a brick flew through the window. Ash picked it up and saw something wrapped around it. He looked at it and all the color left his face. There was a not with directions to an old warehouse. But what scared him was the fact that what attached the note to the brick was Misty's hair band. "He has her." Ash then grabbed his belt and started out the door. "ASH WHERE ARE YOU GOING?? CALL OFFICER JENNY FIRST!!!" Ash just looked at him, "No time, one way or another this ends tonight." Ash then dashed out the door strait towards the warehouse.
Ash entered the door of the warehouse. He eased around every corner, till he saw two figures standing in the center of the warehouse. "What took you?" Ash walked out and face them. Fate stood behind Misty with a knife at her throat. "A-Ash?" Misty stuttered through fear. "I'm here, Mist, I won't let her hurt you." Misty smiled a little as Fate pressed the knife closer to her skin. "What do you want?" Ash asked easing a little closer. "You know what we want!" another familiar voice spoke from a shadow behind them. Ash smirked "How did you get out?" Amanda walked out, "What can I say, I have friends in high places." Fate then spoke up again, "Ya know, Ashwy, that was a smart move. Breaking up with Misty so we wouldn't bother her. Smart but not smart enough. What'll it be? Join us or lose your girlfriend." Fate then made a small cut on Misty's neck, causing a small stream of blood run down her neck. "DON'T DO IT, ASH, PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF!!!" Ash looked sadly at Misty then at Fate and then Amanda, "Let her go, once she has gotten away, I'll… do what ever you want…" Fate let go of Misty and she ran to Ash. She wrapped her arms around him into a tight hug, "Ash no, please, lets go, now we can get away!" No we can't they will hunt us till were both dead. As long as I know you're alright, they can do what ever they want to me." Before Misty could say anything else, Ash gave her the most passionate kiss he could muster. Ash finally pulled away and looked into her eyes, "Please, go, and don't look back." Misty turned and ran out of the warehouse. Before she left, she turned back to Ash and mouthed the word 'I love you'. Ash watched her leave, then looked back at Amanda and Fate, "Well, now what, Amanda, Fate… or should I say… Crystal." Fate looked at him with a shocked expression and pulled off the mask to reveal it was in fact Crystal. "How did you figure it out? My disguise was foolproof!" Ash just smirked "Ya know, Ashwy, You're the only one who calls me that." Then he heard someone clapping their hands. "BRAVO! BRAVO! You will make a fine member of my team!" Ash looked around and his eyes went wide. A man walked out of the shadows wearing a red and black suit and tie. Ash was completely speechless. He finally managed to stutter out, "D-DAD?"
TO BE CONTINUED…
C. Cowboy: What do you think? I'll try to get another chapter out before I leave out but I ain't makin no promises. But anyway, has Ash really joined Team Rocket? Anybody surprised at Crystal being Fate? How will Ash get out of this one, or more importantly, will he want to? Find out next time! BTW Just to give you a little bit of info, the next installment of T.O.D. is going to be called Rays Of Hope. It will be a little less, in the words of a good friend of mine, SO DANG SAD!!! But I can say it will involve Ho-oh and Celebi. If anybody has any suggestions I'm open! That's all I can say right now. Until next time!