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Two years before, two years after
Chapter 2-meeting again
"A…Ash?" she asked him. It was the first word she had spoken in two long years.
"Yeah…I guess…how did you know?" he asked her. How can she know his name if he just found out yesterday? He didn't have time for an answer, for he heard the yelling again. They are still after him. Ash shook the shocked girl's hand quickly and ran away. Misty stood there with her mouth open. Ash came back! She couldn't believe it!
'Ash is back…Ash is back…Ash is back…" she repeated the sentence in her mind for a few seconds. 'But if it was Ash…why didn't he remember me? It wasn't that long since they kidnapped him, and I didn't change much. Maybe they brainwashed him?' she thought to herself. Only then she heard the people getting closer. She wanted to run, too, but their motorcycles already circled her. She started shaking with fear, for they might want her, too.
Giovanni got off of his motorcycle and walked closer to her. She drew back, but soon she bumped into one of the motorcycle's wheel. "So we meet again…now tell me where your little friend is or I'll have to kill you!" Giovanni threatened her. Misty shook her head in fear. To let him know she didn't see him, or at least to make him think that. "So you didn't see him? And why should I believe you?" Giovanni asked and put his hand in his coat's inner pocket, ready to pull out a gun. Misty started to sweat. If she only had one of her pokemon right now…but she sent them all to her sisters. She pointed with her finger to the opposite direction, to where Ash didn't go. Giovanni looked to that direction for a second, and then back at Misty. "Good girl…" he said with an evil grin and patted her head harshly. He jumped back on his motorcycle and he and his colleagues took off in the direction Misty pointed to. It was strange that they believed her. She always thought that the bad guys are smart. Well, at least some of them, but she was happy it was this way. She smiled a little, knowing she helped her runaway friend, and started running in Ash's direction.
Ash stopped. He didn't know where he is, but at least he knew where he's going. He's going to Pallet town. He couldn't run any longer. He was tired and thirsty, and those men are after him. He still didn't know why he doesn't want them to find him, but that woman told him he has to run away, so that's what he did. "My home is in Pallet?" he asked himself. All his memories were two years when each day was the same.
-Flashback-
Ash sat on the cold, gray floor. Many people stood around him, staring at him. Some of them had an angry look, and some had a full of mercy one.
"What is your name?" one of the people demanded to know. After Ash didn't answer, that man grabbed him by his collar and threw him on the wall. Before Ash could get up, that man came and fastened him to the wall, choking him. "I asked what is your name, and I want you to answer me!" he yelled.
"I…I don't know…" Ash answered while tears streamed down his cheeks. Ash couldn't remember anything.
"I know what his name is!" a catlike pokemon jumped in front of all the people. "His name is…" but he couldn't finish. Giovanni kicked him aside and said, "Sacha…his name is Sacha…" they wanted him to forget who he is and where he came from. Then, two men lifted him from the floor and dragged him away. Ash cried all the way. Something was wrong. He isn't suppose to be here…he's supposed to be out there! He was cold and he was in pain, and no one was there to caress him and calm him down. He could see al the people leaving the room, and only two persons and their pokemon stayed there. Ash lifted his hand slowly, trying to reach them, whisper for help. But the two men dragged him behind a corner and he wasn't able to see those persons and their pokemon any longer.
The men threw him into a small cell. "Here. This is your new home." One of them said coldly and shut the door. Ash stood and went to the barred window. All he could see was gray and fog.
'So I guess this is my new home…" he thought to himself and sat on the small bed.
-End flashback-
"That man said…my 'new home'. So that's mean…yes! My OLD home is in Pallet town!" Ash said quietly to himself. He drunk the water in his bottle, leaving some for later, and after he rested for a while, he got up and kept on walking to Pallet, His old home.
In the meanwhile, Misty searched for Ash. If Pikachu was with her, he could track Ash down by his sense of smell and then she would have found him. But Pikachu was with professor Oak. He's the only one who could take care of him. She was in such deep thoughts so she didn't notice the low branch in front of her. She bumped into it hard, and fell to the ground unconscious. Blood was on her forehead.
Ash didn't know the way. He didn't notice that sometimes he's going in circles, or even turns back. He kept on walking carelessly until he noticed a young girl lying on the ground. Ash rushed over to her and knelt beside her. He saw the tiny stream of blood and ripped off a piece of his T-shirt. He tied it around her forehead like a band and lifted her up. He remembered how some of the guards used to do this to him when he was bleeding. 'Hey…wait a minute…I know her! I bumped into her earlier today. I wonder what happened to her…I'd better take her to somewhere safe. I don't want them to catch her, too. But where can I take her? I don't have a place for myself…oh well, I guess I'll have to carry her until I'll find the way to my old home in Pallet.' Ash thought to himself and so he did.
Ash carried her until it was too dark. He tripped a few times from her weight and his tiredness. Since it was too dark, Ash knew he has to find a cave or something for the night. Luckily, he found one soon. He put Misty gently on the ground. He searched in his backpack for something that could be useful now, and found a shabby sleeping bag. He decided to give it to the girl he found. She needs it more than he is. He laid her in his sleeping bag carefully and lied on the ground next to her.
The dawn came and Ash woke up to the few sunrays that lit up the small cave. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes and sat down. He rubbed himself a little to warm himself from the freezing night. He searched in his backpack for some food and found a can. It was the last one. He started eating but stopped as he saw the young girl stir. He put down the can and crawled to her.
Misty opened her eyes slowly. At start, everything was blurred. When her vision became clearer, she could see someone staring at her. She blinked a few times until she could see perfectly the one who stared at her. She bolted up when she figured out who it was, but as she was in a sitting position, the effects immediately came and she felt terribly dizzy and lied again, putting a hand on her forehead. Only then she noticed the band.
"You were bleeding." Ash told her. He knew she wanted an answer. "What happened?" he asked the girl. She sat up slowly and stared at him back. "Umm…why are always do that when you see me?" Ash asked her confusedly. He wanted answers, not stares.
"Ash? Is it really you?" she asked him weakly. Ash blinked a couple of times and nodded. Misty smiled widely and hugged him tight. Ash became scared and jumped away. What was she doing? "You don't remember me?" she asked him with tears in her eyes. Ash shook his head. He was breathing heavily all of the sudden. 'Why is he so scared?' She asked herself in her thoughts. She tried to get closer to him, but when she did so, he only crawled farther. "What's wrong?" She asked him. She sat on the sleeping bag, not wanting to scare him more.
"What was that you did to me?" He asked fearfully, still breathing heavily and sweating.
"What do you mean what I did to you? I hugged you…" she answered. Ash was always kind of dense, but no one is THAT dense!
"H…hug?" Ash stuttered out. Misty nodded. She smiled a littl. She wanted to calm him down and she knew that an angry look wouldn't do that. "Why did you…umm…hugged me?" Ash asked her, still scared.
"Because I missed you, Ash. I didn't see you for two years. And now I meet you again and…" She stopped. She could see the confused look he had.
"How do you know me?" Ash asked. Misty sighed. He doesn't remember.
"Come here, Ash," she said. Ash stayed where he was. He sat confused on the ground so Misty came to him. She could see Ash drew back but he bumped into the cave wall and didn't have a place to run. Then, she hugged him again despite his fear. She felt his heavy breathing. He was very scared. But why would he be scared of a simple hug? She needed to convince him it's nothing. Ash struggled to get away but didn't make it.
"Leave me…leave me…" Ash said with a quiver voice. He was crying. But she didn't leave him. She won't leave him ever again. She started to caress his back. Ash slowly calmed, seeing it was really nothing. He felt warmth inside of him. Ash never felt like this before. None of the guards had ever…how did she call it? Hugged him. He liked that feeling. After she saw he was calm enough, she let him go.
"Why did you do that?" he asked her with smile. She smiled back.
"I told you why. I missed you." She answered and patted his shoulder. "And now let me ask you something. Why did you help me if you don't know me?"
"I guess…I guess I somehow knew you're not one of the bad guys. Besides, you needed help. What happened to you, anyway?" he asked her, pointing on her forehead.
"Oh that? I guess I didn't notice where I was going and bumped into a branch." She said with a giggle. Ash giggled too.
"Do you know where Pallet town is?" he asked her. Misty nodded.
"I just came from there." She said and got up. Ash packed what was out and got up too. Misty was already out of the cave. Soon after they started walking the sound of an engine could be heard. Soon enough, the motorcycles circled them. Ash started to panic. They caught him! One of the men on the motorcycles got off of his, with a handkerchief in his palm. He caught Ash and held the handkerchief on his mouth. Ash struggled to get free, but the smell of the handkerchief made him tired…very tired. Ash struggling became powerless as he closed his eyes and fell asleep. The man threw him on the back of his motorcycle and the men drove away. Only one stayed there. Giovanni came to Misty.
"And you…you'd better keep your mouth shut like you did so good in these last two years…" he said coldly and drove away after his men.
'No. This time, I'll tell…' She thought to herself and ran back to Pallet town to tell everything to Ash's mother.
***
James watched from the window as Giovanni came back with Ash. Jessie and Meowth were busy with some papers.
"Bad news…the twerp is back." James said and Jessie joined him immediately.
"Oh no…there's only one way left…we have to kill Giovanni…" she told him as she watched the guards carry Ash to his cell again.
"What?! Are you crazy?! There's no way we'd manage to do that! And besides, he's our boss!" James said while moving his hands like crazy. Mewoth scratched him to calm him down.
"So what?!" Jessie asked. "He's bad! Very bad! He hurt too many people and he's going to hurt that little twerp too! And the worst part is that it's OUR fault!!!" Jessie said to make sure James would cooperate. James looked down. She was right. it was their fault. They told Giovanni about Ash and now Ash is suffering. He nodded and Jessie gave him a piece of paper and a pen. "Write what I tell you and Meowth will give it to the twerp's mother." James nodded again.
***
Mrs. Ketchum mopped around the house. She thought it might distract her. It didn't. Her thoughts were cut off when the door opened. On the doorstep stood Misty, huffing and puffing. Delia threw the mop on the floor and rushed over to Misty and helped her to the couch. Afterwards, she brought Misty a glass of water. Misty drunk it thankfully and put it on the table.
"More water?" Delia asked worriedly. Misty nodded. Delia returned after a minute with the refilled glass. "What happened? Why aren't you in Cerulean?" Delia asked her with a worried/angry tone.
"I saw…I saw…Ash" Misty answered. Delia was shocked not only by the sentence that Misty said, but also by the fact she was speaking.
"You saw Ash? You saw my son?" Delia asked. Misty nodded but before Delia could ask her another thing, she noticed a small letter under the door. She opened it and read it out loud:
"Dear Delia.
I can't tell you where your son is. It's too dangerous for you and for me. But I can tell you that as soon as we can, we'll free Ash. Please, stay where you are and don't try looking for us.
Anonymous."
Delia looked at Misty, who just looked at her back.
Author's note: end of chapter two. Did you like it? Please review!!!