DISCLAIMER: Sarah, or Graham, do not own Pokemon!
A/N: This is such a coool story, in my opinion anyway, so keep reading and reviewing!!
The ambulance arrived at Cerulean City Hospital within the next 5 minutes, although to Ash it seemed like a lifetime. He instantly jumped out the ambulance once it had come to a halt and aided the paramedics in getting the stretchers with the fallen Jessie and Misty inside.
"Mist, Jess, please hang on, the Docs are going to fix you up" he said as he rushed towards the ER with them.
"I'm sorry sir you can't go in there" a nurse said as he held him back.
"B-but that's my wife" Ash shot back. The nurse looked at him with a look of sympathy and compassion on his face.
"I'm sorry sir, I know this must be difficult for you, but it's hospital rules." He paused and placed a hand on Ash's shoulder. "Please sir, try not to worry, we'll do all we can for them."
"Please, she's all I have left, do whatever you can to save her" Ash said as he held back tears.
"Right" the nurse replied, and with that entered the ER to assist the doctors in their treatment of Jessie and Misty.
Ash paced the floor of the hospital waiting room. He had only been there for around 25 minutes, but to Ash each minute resembled an hour. Just then, the waiting room door burst open and James and Brock rushed in.
"Ash, sorry man, we got here as fast as we could. Any news? Brock asked as he ran up to him.
"They're still being worked on" he replied. James stepped forward.
"Ash, I know it looked bad, but sometimes injuries look worse than they appear" James explained. Ash looked up from the floor and sighed.
"I know that Jimmy, but you did not get a good look at them. They were in real bad shape." Ash put his head in his hands as his emotions almost got the better of him.
"God...what if she dies?" Ash choked out from behind his hands. Brock stepped in front of him.
"Ash, I don't want to hear you talk like that, you hear me? Mist - " He stopped and looked at James.
"Both of them are going to be fine." Ash looked up at his friend.
"You can't guarantee, that Brock." Brock sighed at his friend.
"I know" he replied, his voice barely a whisper. At that moment something registered in James's mind.
"Ash, what about the baby?" Ash's eyes shot wide open, he had forgotten about that. He pushed down all the anger and hurt building up within his body and then in a low composed tone spoke.
"It's probably gone Jimmy. No way I could expect it to survive such a fall" Ash explained sadly. He paused as he got up from the chair he was in.
"Me and Mist can always try for another kid, as long as she's - " Ash was cut off as the fear of losing Misty once again over came him.
"Ash, I know you're hurting right now, but should we not finalise our plans for Giovanni?" Brock asked.
"Forget it" Ash replied in a harsh tone.
"I don't get it Ash. After all he has done, you're going to let him get away with it?"
"I ain't doing anything until I find out the situation with Misty."
"But - " Brock was cut off by Ash interrupting him.
"You don't get it, do you Brock?"
"Get what?"
"It's not just Misty's life on the line in there on that stretcher." He paused as tears ran down his cheeks. "It's mine."
"Huh?" Brock frowned.
"Brock, how thick can you be?" James asked.
"What are you talking about, James?" Brock replied. James looked at his friend and sighed.
"The reason Ash made that bold statement is because Misty is his life, and if she dies Ash is as good as dead" he explained.
"If she...ummmmm, doesn't make it then Giovanni would have won." Ash looked up at his friends and nodded in agreement to everything James had just said.
"Oh" Brock said in amazement.
"It's ok Brock, we don't expect you to understand at first, after all, it is a love thing" James explained.
"Jimmy boy, I'll have you know I wrote the book on love" Brock replied.
"Yeah, all quiet on the western front" James replied mockingly.
"Hey, well I don't see you- " Brock was cut off by Ash's angry shouting.
"GUYS, WILL YOU SHUT THE HELL UP!!" Brock and James looked at Ash with a stunned look on their faces. Then they realised how selfish they were. Here they were arguing over the stupidest thing and their young friend was on the verge of losing the one he loved. James took a step towards his young friend and spoke.
"Ash...look, I'm sorry man."
"Yeah, me too" Brock added. Ash looked up at his friends and sighed.
"No guys, I'm sorry, I should not be taking this out on you two...it's just that if I lose her then that bastard has won" he explained.
"No problem Ash" Brock said.
"Yeah, we understand" James added. Just then the door to the waiting room opened and a doctor walked in.
"Mr Ketchum?" Ash ran up to the doctor.
"That's me, how are they?" Ash asked, dreading the answer. The doctor took a look at a chart then redirected his gaze to Ash and his 2 friends.
"Your lady friend has suffered from some internal bleeding and a dislocated shoulder. With numerous bruising and cuts we've stitched her up, and she should be fine in a day or two. In fact, she is already in her room sleeping comfortably after the surgery" the doctor explained.
"That's great" James blurted out in relief.
"And Misty?" Ash quickly spat out. The doctor once again looked at his chart then looked at Ash with a compassionate look on his face.
"I'm afraid your wife's condition is more serious. She too had internal bleeding in her left side with a broken arm on her right side. We have, along with her friend, stitched her up, but...she has not woken up yet." The doctor then spotted something on his chart then spoke again. "Mr Ketchum, was your wife expecting?"
"Yeah, she was. I'm dreading telling her when she wakes up" Ash replied. The doctor looked at Ash with a perplexed look on his face.
"Whatever do you mean, son?" the doctor asked.
"You know, telling her she's lost the baby" he replied sadly. The Doctor placed a hand on Ash's shoulder.
"Look son, I can see you love your wife more than life itself, so I would not tell her that...especially when you don't have to."
"What?" Ash spat out.
"It's alive, son, your baby's alive. We had to run some tests, but your child is very much alive" the doctor replied.
"But how?" Ash asked, unable to hide the tears.
"I think the answer to that question is staring you in the face, once you look into a mirror, that is."
"What?" Ash replied in a confused tone.
"Simple son. The kid's a fighter, just like its old man." Ash looked up at the doctor and smiled.
"Listen doc, thanks for all you've done for Misty, and Jessie too" he said as he shook the doctors hand.
"That's my job, kid."
"Can I see her?" Ash asked. The doctor looked down at this brave young man and smiled.
"Go right ahead."
"Thanks" Ash replied. He then turned to Brock and James.
"You go check on Misty, Ash. Me and Jimmy will look in on Jessie" Brock explained.
"Thanks guys." Ash then turned to head for Misty's room when he heard James call to him.
"Ash, give her our love if she wakes will ya." Ash turned to James and smiled.
"Will do Jimmy, same to Jess." And with that he went to find Misty's room. He found her room about five minutes later. He turned the door knob and walked in, and what he saw made his heart shatter into a million pieces. There, lying on the bed with all sort's of tubes and needles sticking out of her was Misty. He walked over to her bed, grabbed a chair, and placed it to the side of her bed. He walked up and took her hand in his.
"Hey kiddo" Ash said softly as he kissed her forehead. He then took a seat by the side of her bed and began caressing her hand in his.
"Mist, I'm so sorry, I never should have left you alone." He paused as tears began to build up in his eyes. "I never should have brought you back to this place" he sighed as he spoke again.
"Mist, if you can hear, me please fight, live on, if not for me then for yourself and the baby" he said as he put his hand on her stomach. It was at this point Ash's built up emotion proved too much and as a result he cried himself to sleep, next to the body of his fallen wife.
It was around an hour later that Misty's eyes slowly opened. She did not know where she had been, all she knew was that a powerful force had guided her in her efforts to come back. Then s Ash's face came into view, all the memories of the day's events came flooding back to her. She moved her hand over to his face and in a weak tone began to speak.
"Ash." Ash's eyes immediately shot wide open, and as he looked up, he saw the sight he'd longed to see. For there in front of him was the fully conscious form of Misty.
"Mist, you're alive!" he shouted in happiness as he flung his arms around her. Misty smiled and embraced her husband, and then a sense of panic overcame her as she noticed the tubes and needles sticking out of her for the first time.
"THE BABY!!!" Misty screamed.
"It's okay honey, both you and our baby are fine" Ash replied. Misty just nodded and brought her lips to Ash's, embracing him in a loving kiss.
"I'm glad" she said with a smile as she broke the kiss.
"You're glad?! For a while there I thought I'd lost ya!" Ash explained. Misty just took in her husbands words without a reply. If truth were to be told, she was still a bit weak. Just then the door to her room opened, and the doctor Ash had talked to earlier came into view.
"Mr Ketchum, can I see you for a minute? It concerns the results we talked about" the doctor explained.
"Yeah, sure."
"Ash, what's - "
"It's okay Mist, just relax, I'll be back in a minute" he said softly, and with that he got up and left the room.
"So doc, what's up?" The doctor was about to respond when the sound of Brocks voice interrupted him.
"Hey Ash, Misty awake yet, can I see her?"
"Go right ahead, Brocko" Ash said distractidly.
"Cool, thanks man." Brock turned the doorknob and entered the room, leaving the doctor alone with Ash to explain the situation.
Misty looked around the room, trying to focus her view on who had just entered. "Ash is that you?"
"No Misty, it's me."
"Brock hey it's great to see ya" she said happily as she hugged her friend. "How's Jess?" she asked in concern.
"She was as stubborn as usual, wanted to check herself out as soon as she woke up, hahaha! Jimmy's with her right now" Brock replied.
"Was she hurt bad?"
"Nah, the biggest injury she got was the separated shoulder" he explained. Just then the door reopened and Ash stepped in with a sad and rejected look on his face. Misty then knew something was wrong and she knew it was the baby.
"Ash, what is it what's wrong with the baby?"
"Nothing" he replied in a detatched tone.
"DON'T YOU DARE LIE TO ME ASH KETCHUM! IT'S ME, I'VE GOT A RIGHT TO KNOW!" Ash walked over to her bed and held his wife at arms length.
"Misty, as I already told you, both you and the baby are fine." He paused. "It's just...well there's been a complication." Misty's eyes went wide with fear and shock.
"What kinda complication?" she choked out, holding back her sobs.
"Well...let's just say we got a decision to make, but for now why don't you get some sleep."
"Ash, I want to know what's going on and you're going to tell me now" Misty said in a hurt tone. Ash sighed and put a hand on his wife's cheek.
"Mist, do you still wanna have this baby?" he asked.
"Of course I do, it's all that's kept me going through all this - the fact that when this is over we're going to be a family." She paused then all of a sudden asked, "What made you ask a question like that, Ash?"
"Misty, it seems in order to give this child a life you may have to give up your own" he explained. Misty shook her head, wanting a non-complicated sentance.
"Ash, what are you saying?" Ash paused and looked his wife in the eyes.
"I'm saying that if you go ahead with this pregnancy there's...there's..."
"There's what?" Misty demanded.
"There's a 40% chance you won't survive the labour."
A/N: Yes, that's the ending, and, surprise surprise, it's a cliffhanger! Sorry, it had to be done! Look out for more soon!
A/N: This is such a coool story, in my opinion anyway, so keep reading and reviewing!!
The ambulance arrived at Cerulean City Hospital within the next 5 minutes, although to Ash it seemed like a lifetime. He instantly jumped out the ambulance once it had come to a halt and aided the paramedics in getting the stretchers with the fallen Jessie and Misty inside.
"Mist, Jess, please hang on, the Docs are going to fix you up" he said as he rushed towards the ER with them.
"I'm sorry sir you can't go in there" a nurse said as he held him back.
"B-but that's my wife" Ash shot back. The nurse looked at him with a look of sympathy and compassion on his face.
"I'm sorry sir, I know this must be difficult for you, but it's hospital rules." He paused and placed a hand on Ash's shoulder. "Please sir, try not to worry, we'll do all we can for them."
"Please, she's all I have left, do whatever you can to save her" Ash said as he held back tears.
"Right" the nurse replied, and with that entered the ER to assist the doctors in their treatment of Jessie and Misty.
Ash paced the floor of the hospital waiting room. He had only been there for around 25 minutes, but to Ash each minute resembled an hour. Just then, the waiting room door burst open and James and Brock rushed in.
"Ash, sorry man, we got here as fast as we could. Any news? Brock asked as he ran up to him.
"They're still being worked on" he replied. James stepped forward.
"Ash, I know it looked bad, but sometimes injuries look worse than they appear" James explained. Ash looked up from the floor and sighed.
"I know that Jimmy, but you did not get a good look at them. They were in real bad shape." Ash put his head in his hands as his emotions almost got the better of him.
"God...what if she dies?" Ash choked out from behind his hands. Brock stepped in front of him.
"Ash, I don't want to hear you talk like that, you hear me? Mist - " He stopped and looked at James.
"Both of them are going to be fine." Ash looked up at his friend.
"You can't guarantee, that Brock." Brock sighed at his friend.
"I know" he replied, his voice barely a whisper. At that moment something registered in James's mind.
"Ash, what about the baby?" Ash's eyes shot wide open, he had forgotten about that. He pushed down all the anger and hurt building up within his body and then in a low composed tone spoke.
"It's probably gone Jimmy. No way I could expect it to survive such a fall" Ash explained sadly. He paused as he got up from the chair he was in.
"Me and Mist can always try for another kid, as long as she's - " Ash was cut off as the fear of losing Misty once again over came him.
"Ash, I know you're hurting right now, but should we not finalise our plans for Giovanni?" Brock asked.
"Forget it" Ash replied in a harsh tone.
"I don't get it Ash. After all he has done, you're going to let him get away with it?"
"I ain't doing anything until I find out the situation with Misty."
"But - " Brock was cut off by Ash interrupting him.
"You don't get it, do you Brock?"
"Get what?"
"It's not just Misty's life on the line in there on that stretcher." He paused as tears ran down his cheeks. "It's mine."
"Huh?" Brock frowned.
"Brock, how thick can you be?" James asked.
"What are you talking about, James?" Brock replied. James looked at his friend and sighed.
"The reason Ash made that bold statement is because Misty is his life, and if she dies Ash is as good as dead" he explained.
"If she...ummmmm, doesn't make it then Giovanni would have won." Ash looked up at his friends and nodded in agreement to everything James had just said.
"Oh" Brock said in amazement.
"It's ok Brock, we don't expect you to understand at first, after all, it is a love thing" James explained.
"Jimmy boy, I'll have you know I wrote the book on love" Brock replied.
"Yeah, all quiet on the western front" James replied mockingly.
"Hey, well I don't see you- " Brock was cut off by Ash's angry shouting.
"GUYS, WILL YOU SHUT THE HELL UP!!" Brock and James looked at Ash with a stunned look on their faces. Then they realised how selfish they were. Here they were arguing over the stupidest thing and their young friend was on the verge of losing the one he loved. James took a step towards his young friend and spoke.
"Ash...look, I'm sorry man."
"Yeah, me too" Brock added. Ash looked up at his friends and sighed.
"No guys, I'm sorry, I should not be taking this out on you two...it's just that if I lose her then that bastard has won" he explained.
"No problem Ash" Brock said.
"Yeah, we understand" James added. Just then the door to the waiting room opened and a doctor walked in.
"Mr Ketchum?" Ash ran up to the doctor.
"That's me, how are they?" Ash asked, dreading the answer. The doctor took a look at a chart then redirected his gaze to Ash and his 2 friends.
"Your lady friend has suffered from some internal bleeding and a dislocated shoulder. With numerous bruising and cuts we've stitched her up, and she should be fine in a day or two. In fact, she is already in her room sleeping comfortably after the surgery" the doctor explained.
"That's great" James blurted out in relief.
"And Misty?" Ash quickly spat out. The doctor once again looked at his chart then looked at Ash with a compassionate look on his face.
"I'm afraid your wife's condition is more serious. She too had internal bleeding in her left side with a broken arm on her right side. We have, along with her friend, stitched her up, but...she has not woken up yet." The doctor then spotted something on his chart then spoke again. "Mr Ketchum, was your wife expecting?"
"Yeah, she was. I'm dreading telling her when she wakes up" Ash replied. The doctor looked at Ash with a perplexed look on his face.
"Whatever do you mean, son?" the doctor asked.
"You know, telling her she's lost the baby" he replied sadly. The Doctor placed a hand on Ash's shoulder.
"Look son, I can see you love your wife more than life itself, so I would not tell her that...especially when you don't have to."
"What?" Ash spat out.
"It's alive, son, your baby's alive. We had to run some tests, but your child is very much alive" the doctor replied.
"But how?" Ash asked, unable to hide the tears.
"I think the answer to that question is staring you in the face, once you look into a mirror, that is."
"What?" Ash replied in a confused tone.
"Simple son. The kid's a fighter, just like its old man." Ash looked up at the doctor and smiled.
"Listen doc, thanks for all you've done for Misty, and Jessie too" he said as he shook the doctors hand.
"That's my job, kid."
"Can I see her?" Ash asked. The doctor looked down at this brave young man and smiled.
"Go right ahead."
"Thanks" Ash replied. He then turned to Brock and James.
"You go check on Misty, Ash. Me and Jimmy will look in on Jessie" Brock explained.
"Thanks guys." Ash then turned to head for Misty's room when he heard James call to him.
"Ash, give her our love if she wakes will ya." Ash turned to James and smiled.
"Will do Jimmy, same to Jess." And with that he went to find Misty's room. He found her room about five minutes later. He turned the door knob and walked in, and what he saw made his heart shatter into a million pieces. There, lying on the bed with all sort's of tubes and needles sticking out of her was Misty. He walked over to her bed, grabbed a chair, and placed it to the side of her bed. He walked up and took her hand in his.
"Hey kiddo" Ash said softly as he kissed her forehead. He then took a seat by the side of her bed and began caressing her hand in his.
"Mist, I'm so sorry, I never should have left you alone." He paused as tears began to build up in his eyes. "I never should have brought you back to this place" he sighed as he spoke again.
"Mist, if you can hear, me please fight, live on, if not for me then for yourself and the baby" he said as he put his hand on her stomach. It was at this point Ash's built up emotion proved too much and as a result he cried himself to sleep, next to the body of his fallen wife.
It was around an hour later that Misty's eyes slowly opened. She did not know where she had been, all she knew was that a powerful force had guided her in her efforts to come back. Then s Ash's face came into view, all the memories of the day's events came flooding back to her. She moved her hand over to his face and in a weak tone began to speak.
"Ash." Ash's eyes immediately shot wide open, and as he looked up, he saw the sight he'd longed to see. For there in front of him was the fully conscious form of Misty.
"Mist, you're alive!" he shouted in happiness as he flung his arms around her. Misty smiled and embraced her husband, and then a sense of panic overcame her as she noticed the tubes and needles sticking out of her for the first time.
"THE BABY!!!" Misty screamed.
"It's okay honey, both you and our baby are fine" Ash replied. Misty just nodded and brought her lips to Ash's, embracing him in a loving kiss.
"I'm glad" she said with a smile as she broke the kiss.
"You're glad?! For a while there I thought I'd lost ya!" Ash explained. Misty just took in her husbands words without a reply. If truth were to be told, she was still a bit weak. Just then the door to her room opened, and the doctor Ash had talked to earlier came into view.
"Mr Ketchum, can I see you for a minute? It concerns the results we talked about" the doctor explained.
"Yeah, sure."
"Ash, what's - "
"It's okay Mist, just relax, I'll be back in a minute" he said softly, and with that he got up and left the room.
"So doc, what's up?" The doctor was about to respond when the sound of Brocks voice interrupted him.
"Hey Ash, Misty awake yet, can I see her?"
"Go right ahead, Brocko" Ash said distractidly.
"Cool, thanks man." Brock turned the doorknob and entered the room, leaving the doctor alone with Ash to explain the situation.
Misty looked around the room, trying to focus her view on who had just entered. "Ash is that you?"
"No Misty, it's me."
"Brock hey it's great to see ya" she said happily as she hugged her friend. "How's Jess?" she asked in concern.
"She was as stubborn as usual, wanted to check herself out as soon as she woke up, hahaha! Jimmy's with her right now" Brock replied.
"Was she hurt bad?"
"Nah, the biggest injury she got was the separated shoulder" he explained. Just then the door reopened and Ash stepped in with a sad and rejected look on his face. Misty then knew something was wrong and she knew it was the baby.
"Ash, what is it what's wrong with the baby?"
"Nothing" he replied in a detatched tone.
"DON'T YOU DARE LIE TO ME ASH KETCHUM! IT'S ME, I'VE GOT A RIGHT TO KNOW!" Ash walked over to her bed and held his wife at arms length.
"Misty, as I already told you, both you and the baby are fine." He paused. "It's just...well there's been a complication." Misty's eyes went wide with fear and shock.
"What kinda complication?" she choked out, holding back her sobs.
"Well...let's just say we got a decision to make, but for now why don't you get some sleep."
"Ash, I want to know what's going on and you're going to tell me now" Misty said in a hurt tone. Ash sighed and put a hand on his wife's cheek.
"Mist, do you still wanna have this baby?" he asked.
"Of course I do, it's all that's kept me going through all this - the fact that when this is over we're going to be a family." She paused then all of a sudden asked, "What made you ask a question like that, Ash?"
"Misty, it seems in order to give this child a life you may have to give up your own" he explained. Misty shook her head, wanting a non-complicated sentance.
"Ash, what are you saying?" Ash paused and looked his wife in the eyes.
"I'm saying that if you go ahead with this pregnancy there's...there's..."
"There's what?" Misty demanded.
"There's a 40% chance you won't survive the labour."
A/N: Yes, that's the ending, and, surprise surprise, it's a cliffhanger! Sorry, it had to be done! Look out for more soon!