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A/N: Chapter 17 is here! Sorry about the wait, both of us have been very busy! It's just a shame that now I'm on holidays and Graham has gone back to college! Grrr! But we'll get this done by October 1st! This is Graham's chapter, look out for the next one soon!
The nightmare came early that night. Realistically, it was tucked away in the back of his mind, and he knew it would. But this seemed so real, so scary; he began to get lost within it. Ash viewed the scene before him once again as his eyes went wide with both fear and shock. There in front of him was Giovanni, standing over the lifeless bodies of his three friends.
"Well, you put up a pretty good fight my son, but all good things must come to an end" he said to him in an evil and harsh tone. Ash looked at him with a look of pure hatred on his face.
"So why don't ya kill me and get it over with!!" he shouted angrily as numerous rocket guards restrained him. Giovanni smirked.
"I intend to, my boy. But in order to end your life I don't have to kill you" he said, and with that gave a sign to another rocket member, who stepped out of the shadows holding Misty at gunpoint.
"I believe this is your life here, isn't it my son?" Ash's eyes went wide with fear.
"NO!! Please take...take me instead" Ash pleaded. Giovanni looked at both options before him and then made his choice.
"Very well. Goodbye my son" he said as he raised the gun to Ash's head. Ash opened his eyes to take one last look at Misty and then wished he hadn't. For as soon as Giovanni saw he had opened them he quickly redirected the gun to her head and fired.
"NO!! MISTY!!!" The nightmare ended with those words coming from Ash's mouth as he shot upright, covered in sweat and breathing hard from the reality of it. Misty instantly awoke and grabbed a hold of him.
"Ash" she said worriedly. Ash swung round, and when he saw Misty he embraced her in a hug he did not want to let go of.
"Mist, thank god...you, the guys...dead...I thought I'd...lost y-you..." he said while choking back sobs. Misty placed her husband's head on her shoulder and laid him back down.
"Sssssh, baby it's ok, it was nothing but a nightmare" she told him in a caring and reassuring tone. Ash looked up from her shoulder and placed a hand on her face.
"I can't lose you" he told her, his voice barely above a whisper. Misty smiled and brought her head down and pressed her lips to his. After a few seconds she broke away.
"You won't, I promise you, you won't." And with those reassuring words, sleep overcame them once again.
Misty reawakens a few hours later to find Brock, Jessie and James making the breakfast.
"Morning Misty, did you sleep okay?" Jessie asked her friend.
"Yeah, I slept okay, but..."
"But...?" James asked.
"Ash did not sleep too good. Guys, I think this whole situation is finally getting to him" Misty explained.
"Well Misty, if my parents and friends dropped like flies the last few weeks like his did, I think it would get to me too" Brock told her. Misty nodded in response to her friend's words.
"I know Brock. But I am scared this will make him vulnerable, and we need him at his best for Viridian" Misty informed her friend.
"Well, you certainly have a lot of confidence in him" Jessie smirked.
"I love him Jess. I love him so much it hurts, and I know when he puts his mind to it there is nothing he can't do" Misty told her with as much pride and care as she could.
"Misty, I know he's had a rough night. but he'll be fine and ready to take on all comers" James tried to tell her with as much confidence as possible.
"I hope you're right Jimmy...I hope you're right." Just then Brock looked up from the stove.
"Ok guys, it's ready. Mist, you might want to wake Ash now" Brock told her. Misty nodded, walked over to Ash and gently nudged him.
"Ash, honey, come on, time to get up...breakfast is ready" she said in a kind caring tone. Ash's eyes slowly opened and they focused on Misty. He looked up and smiled.
"Hey, morning Mist, hope I did not freak ya out too much last night" he told her as he got up and placed a small kiss on her lips.
"No, I'm okay but I am worried about you" she told him.
Ash smiled at her. "Don't be, like you said, it was just a nightmare" he informed her. Misty nodded and took her husband in a hug.
"Hey guys, you for pancakes?" James asked as they broke from the hug. Ash turned to James and smiled.
"Yeah, sounds good Jimmy." And with that they went over to join their friends for a hearty breakfast.
After the 5 travelling companions had eaten and tidied away their things, we find them back on route to Viridian a few hours later. James and Brock scanned the area around them.
"Guys, do you get the feeling we've been here before?" Brock asked. Jessie and Misty stopped and looked around.
"Hey yeah, it does look familiar" Jessie stated.
"Well it should be, you guys did blow the place sky high a few years back" Ash said, with his comments being directed to Jessie and James. Brock suddenly realised what Ash meant and thus realised where they were.
"Wow, it certainly looks better then the last time I saw it" he smirked.
"Okay Brock, cut the bullshit wise cracks, we are not proud of our past. Where are we?" James demanded.
"Sorry man, just having a laugh, and to answer your question we are in Grandpa Canyon" Brock explained.
"Sorry, did not mean to snap at ya man, we just don't want to be reminded of the past."
"I know how you feel James, the past is like a trip through hell for me" Misty told him.
"Well guys, it was nice to take a trip down memory lane, but we better get a move on" Ash said.
"Yeah, Ash is right we better move it. We are up at a high height and we could be vulnerable to an ambush here" Brock informed them. As soon as he said this, Ash saw something swing towards them. It took a moment for him to realise what it was, then it hit him.
"Holy shit, everybody hit the deck!" he shouted. They immediately compiled with their friend, and the blaster bomb hit the ground with such impact that the nearby rock they dove behind disintegrated and cracked.
"What the fuck was that?" James blurted out in frustration.
"I think it was some kind of blaster bomb" Ash told him.
"Shit, you know what that means. We ain't alone" Jessie blurted out.
"You got that right" came a voice from behind them. The 5 friends swung round to see Gary Oak standing with 20 to 30 Team Rocket henchmen at his side.
"Gary!! What the hell do you want?" Ash shouted in anger.
"Nothing much, Ashy boy...just your wife" he said in a harsh and bitter tone.
"Over my dead body!" he shot back.
"That can be arranged my friend. Attack!"
At the sound of Gary's command the henchmen lunged forward in pursuit of the 5 friends. At the sight of this, the friends assumed battle mode, with Jimmy pulling out his fav toy for all to see. He then let loose numerous shots that took out half a dozen Rocketeers.
"Misty watch your back!" Brock shouted as she ducked and Brock fired a bullet into the chest of a Team Rocket guard sneaking behind her.
"Thanks Brock" she shouted over the gunfire. At this point, Jessie was taking out guys left right and centre, and Gary began to get worried. He gave a sign and a huge blast more powerful than a hyper beam was fired from a rocket launcher of some sorts towards the five friends. The speed and power of the blast was so intense that they had no time to move when it hit.
When the smoke cleared, Misty and Jessie arose slightly bruised, but the guys were nowhere in sight. Just then, Jessie spotted the guys a few feet away.
"OH MY GOD!!" Jessie screamed as she gestured to Misty about what was going on. For there at the edge of a 50 to 75 foot drop was Brock, trying desperately to hold Ash and James above board so they would not fall.
"I-I can't hold on" Brock shouted.
"You'd better, you squinty eyed freak!" James shouted with a hint of fear in his tone. But it was no use. Brock's grip was becoming weak.
"Brock, take care of Misty for me" Ash told him.
"Forgive me" Brock told his friends while he choked back a sob, and with that he let go. As he did this Misty and Jessie just reached him.
"NO!!" Misty screamed as the sickening thud of both men hitting the ground below was heard.
"We got to get down there!" Jessie screamed, and with that began to climb down the hillside. Misty and Brock just stood there in total shock.
Misty because as far as she knew she had lost her husband. And Brock because of the guilt. He had let everyone down, he had been weak, and to his knowledge he was responsible for the death of his 2 friends.
A/N: Now there's a cliffhanger for ya, hehehe! I'll be starting 18 today, as soon as I find an hour to myself! Look out for it soon!
A/N: Chapter 17 is here! Sorry about the wait, both of us have been very busy! It's just a shame that now I'm on holidays and Graham has gone back to college! Grrr! But we'll get this done by October 1st! This is Graham's chapter, look out for the next one soon!
The nightmare came early that night. Realistically, it was tucked away in the back of his mind, and he knew it would. But this seemed so real, so scary; he began to get lost within it. Ash viewed the scene before him once again as his eyes went wide with both fear and shock. There in front of him was Giovanni, standing over the lifeless bodies of his three friends.
"Well, you put up a pretty good fight my son, but all good things must come to an end" he said to him in an evil and harsh tone. Ash looked at him with a look of pure hatred on his face.
"So why don't ya kill me and get it over with!!" he shouted angrily as numerous rocket guards restrained him. Giovanni smirked.
"I intend to, my boy. But in order to end your life I don't have to kill you" he said, and with that gave a sign to another rocket member, who stepped out of the shadows holding Misty at gunpoint.
"I believe this is your life here, isn't it my son?" Ash's eyes went wide with fear.
"NO!! Please take...take me instead" Ash pleaded. Giovanni looked at both options before him and then made his choice.
"Very well. Goodbye my son" he said as he raised the gun to Ash's head. Ash opened his eyes to take one last look at Misty and then wished he hadn't. For as soon as Giovanni saw he had opened them he quickly redirected the gun to her head and fired.
"NO!! MISTY!!!" The nightmare ended with those words coming from Ash's mouth as he shot upright, covered in sweat and breathing hard from the reality of it. Misty instantly awoke and grabbed a hold of him.
"Ash" she said worriedly. Ash swung round, and when he saw Misty he embraced her in a hug he did not want to let go of.
"Mist, thank god...you, the guys...dead...I thought I'd...lost y-you..." he said while choking back sobs. Misty placed her husband's head on her shoulder and laid him back down.
"Sssssh, baby it's ok, it was nothing but a nightmare" she told him in a caring and reassuring tone. Ash looked up from her shoulder and placed a hand on her face.
"I can't lose you" he told her, his voice barely above a whisper. Misty smiled and brought her head down and pressed her lips to his. After a few seconds she broke away.
"You won't, I promise you, you won't." And with those reassuring words, sleep overcame them once again.
Misty reawakens a few hours later to find Brock, Jessie and James making the breakfast.
"Morning Misty, did you sleep okay?" Jessie asked her friend.
"Yeah, I slept okay, but..."
"But...?" James asked.
"Ash did not sleep too good. Guys, I think this whole situation is finally getting to him" Misty explained.
"Well Misty, if my parents and friends dropped like flies the last few weeks like his did, I think it would get to me too" Brock told her. Misty nodded in response to her friend's words.
"I know Brock. But I am scared this will make him vulnerable, and we need him at his best for Viridian" Misty informed her friend.
"Well, you certainly have a lot of confidence in him" Jessie smirked.
"I love him Jess. I love him so much it hurts, and I know when he puts his mind to it there is nothing he can't do" Misty told her with as much pride and care as she could.
"Misty, I know he's had a rough night. but he'll be fine and ready to take on all comers" James tried to tell her with as much confidence as possible.
"I hope you're right Jimmy...I hope you're right." Just then Brock looked up from the stove.
"Ok guys, it's ready. Mist, you might want to wake Ash now" Brock told her. Misty nodded, walked over to Ash and gently nudged him.
"Ash, honey, come on, time to get up...breakfast is ready" she said in a kind caring tone. Ash's eyes slowly opened and they focused on Misty. He looked up and smiled.
"Hey, morning Mist, hope I did not freak ya out too much last night" he told her as he got up and placed a small kiss on her lips.
"No, I'm okay but I am worried about you" she told him.
Ash smiled at her. "Don't be, like you said, it was just a nightmare" he informed her. Misty nodded and took her husband in a hug.
"Hey guys, you for pancakes?" James asked as they broke from the hug. Ash turned to James and smiled.
"Yeah, sounds good Jimmy." And with that they went over to join their friends for a hearty breakfast.
After the 5 travelling companions had eaten and tidied away their things, we find them back on route to Viridian a few hours later. James and Brock scanned the area around them.
"Guys, do you get the feeling we've been here before?" Brock asked. Jessie and Misty stopped and looked around.
"Hey yeah, it does look familiar" Jessie stated.
"Well it should be, you guys did blow the place sky high a few years back" Ash said, with his comments being directed to Jessie and James. Brock suddenly realised what Ash meant and thus realised where they were.
"Wow, it certainly looks better then the last time I saw it" he smirked.
"Okay Brock, cut the bullshit wise cracks, we are not proud of our past. Where are we?" James demanded.
"Sorry man, just having a laugh, and to answer your question we are in Grandpa Canyon" Brock explained.
"Sorry, did not mean to snap at ya man, we just don't want to be reminded of the past."
"I know how you feel James, the past is like a trip through hell for me" Misty told him.
"Well guys, it was nice to take a trip down memory lane, but we better get a move on" Ash said.
"Yeah, Ash is right we better move it. We are up at a high height and we could be vulnerable to an ambush here" Brock informed them. As soon as he said this, Ash saw something swing towards them. It took a moment for him to realise what it was, then it hit him.
"Holy shit, everybody hit the deck!" he shouted. They immediately compiled with their friend, and the blaster bomb hit the ground with such impact that the nearby rock they dove behind disintegrated and cracked.
"What the fuck was that?" James blurted out in frustration.
"I think it was some kind of blaster bomb" Ash told him.
"Shit, you know what that means. We ain't alone" Jessie blurted out.
"You got that right" came a voice from behind them. The 5 friends swung round to see Gary Oak standing with 20 to 30 Team Rocket henchmen at his side.
"Gary!! What the hell do you want?" Ash shouted in anger.
"Nothing much, Ashy boy...just your wife" he said in a harsh and bitter tone.
"Over my dead body!" he shot back.
"That can be arranged my friend. Attack!"
At the sound of Gary's command the henchmen lunged forward in pursuit of the 5 friends. At the sight of this, the friends assumed battle mode, with Jimmy pulling out his fav toy for all to see. He then let loose numerous shots that took out half a dozen Rocketeers.
"Misty watch your back!" Brock shouted as she ducked and Brock fired a bullet into the chest of a Team Rocket guard sneaking behind her.
"Thanks Brock" she shouted over the gunfire. At this point, Jessie was taking out guys left right and centre, and Gary began to get worried. He gave a sign and a huge blast more powerful than a hyper beam was fired from a rocket launcher of some sorts towards the five friends. The speed and power of the blast was so intense that they had no time to move when it hit.
When the smoke cleared, Misty and Jessie arose slightly bruised, but the guys were nowhere in sight. Just then, Jessie spotted the guys a few feet away.
"OH MY GOD!!" Jessie screamed as she gestured to Misty about what was going on. For there at the edge of a 50 to 75 foot drop was Brock, trying desperately to hold Ash and James above board so they would not fall.
"I-I can't hold on" Brock shouted.
"You'd better, you squinty eyed freak!" James shouted with a hint of fear in his tone. But it was no use. Brock's grip was becoming weak.
"Brock, take care of Misty for me" Ash told him.
"Forgive me" Brock told his friends while he choked back a sob, and with that he let go. As he did this Misty and Jessie just reached him.
"NO!!" Misty screamed as the sickening thud of both men hitting the ground below was heard.
"We got to get down there!" Jessie screamed, and with that began to climb down the hillside. Misty and Brock just stood there in total shock.
Misty because as far as she knew she had lost her husband. And Brock because of the guilt. He had let everyone down, he had been weak, and to his knowledge he was responsible for the death of his 2 friends.
A/N: Now there's a cliffhanger for ya, hehehe! I'll be starting 18 today, as soon as I find an hour to myself! Look out for it soon!