Chapter 14: A Miracle Before Dawn
Brock came to at about 3:00 in the morning and was very grateful to Tracey for being willing to share with him and help him to rest. Tracey had been right and for the past several hours he had slept very deeply and wasn't troubled by any dreams. When his vision focused Brock looked around the room and smiled when he noticed his friends.
"I must be one of the luckiest guys in the world to have such great friends. I've known Ash and Misty for the better part of my life and even though I haven't known Tracey for very long I still feel that we have some kind of connection. No wonder Ash and Misty trusted him on their adventures when I left for that time. I'm glad that he and I got to know each other." Brock thought as he smiled to himself.
After a little while Brock realized that he wasn't going to be able to get back to sleep so he decided that he would go up to the deck and go for a walk. So he carefully climbed down from the bed, got his key card and slipped into the hallway, quietly pulling the door closed behind him. Little did Brock know, though, as he stepped into the elevator and rode to the top deck that something was about to happen that would change the course of his life forever.
When Brock stepped out of the elevator and walked out onto the deck, he took a deep breath and savored the sea air. After a few minutes of walking on the deck, Brock sat down on one of the deck chairs and looked out over the water. Just then he imagined what it would be like to have a special someone by his side to watch this with him and he sighed heavily. But what Brock didn't know was that there was a woman standing in the shadows watching him and trying to get up her nerve to talk to this interesting guy.
After about fifteen minutes of watching Brock staring out at the ocean the woman decided that she had to take a chance in talking to this man. So she slowly moved from the shadows and moved toward where Brock sat. She was going to at least say something.
"Hi. I couldn't help but notice that you looked a little lonely. Would you like some company?" the woman asked quietly.
Brock looked up and was completely flabbergasted. Right before him stood a beautiful woman who looked about his age with long, flowing auburn hair and brown eyes. "Yeah. My name's Brock. Would you mind if I asked your name?" Brock said after a moment.
"Oh, sorry. My name is Angelica."
"A lovely name that matches a very lovely young woman. I would love if you would sit down and join me." Brock said as Angelica blushed and sat down next to him.
"Thank you for the compliment. I'm very glad that I decided to come over and introduce myself." Angelica smiled as she covered Brock's hand with her own.
"I was wondering something Angelica. If you don't mind my asking, what in the world made you come over and talk to a guy like me?" Brock asked.
"Well, I was standing in the shadows for a while watching you and trying to get up the nerve to come over and say hello. I just thought that you were cute staring out at the water like that and you seemed like the type of interesting guy that I have been looking for. I was nervous so it took me a while but I finally decided that I was going to try and start a conversation with you. I'm really glad that I did." Angelica smiled and put her head on Brock's shoulder.
"I'm glad you did too. Say, Angelica, I have a great idea. My friends and I are going to get off and hang out on the island today, maybe spend the day at the beach so I was thinking that maybe you'd like to come along with us so you and I can get to know each other better. You can meet my friends too. I'm sure they'd be happy to add another member to our little group."
"Yeah. I'd really like that. It'll be great to get to meet your friends seeing that I came on the ship by myself. I am also looking forward to getting to know you a lot better. Why wait though. Let's start now. First of all, what do you do for a living?" Angelica smiled.
"Well I am a Gym leader. I run a Pokemon Gym in Pewter City and I have a herd of brothers and sisters that stay there with me. But before I did that I traveled around with two of my friends while one of them trained to compete in the Pokemon League. It was a crazy experience. I think you'll really like my friends though."
"If you don't mind my asking, what was a nice looking guy like you doing out here in the middle of the night, Brock?"
"Well I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep so I decided to come up here and take a walk. Then I noticed that it was kinda different watching the ocean rock in the twilight so I sat watching it and then you came over and here we are." Brock smiled and put an arm around Angelica's shoulders.
"Don't you think that your friends will be worried when they wake up and you're gone?" Angelica asked.
"Yeah but then they'll realize that I'm probably up here somewhere and come looking for me. We had a similar situation the first morning on the ship." Brock shrugged and looked at his watch.
"Hey look, the sun's rising. It's so beautiful. Even more so now that I have someone to share it with."
"You sure have that right. It seems like this morning all of my dreams came true because I met you and I think that this is the beginning of something very nice." Brock smiled.
"Me too." Angelica smiled as she and Brock sat there watching the sunrise together.
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Back in the room, night's spell was beginning to wear off and the three sleeping friends began to awaken from their sleep. Ash was the first to awaken and as he looked around he noticed that Misty was asleep next to him and Tracey was sleeping across the room but Brock was nowhere to be found.
"Hmm. I wonder where in the world Brock got to. This is really strange that he would disappear like this." Ash whispered to himself. Just then Misty woke up and looked at her fiancé with a smile.
"Did you say something, honey?" Misty asked.
"Yeah. I just realized that something or rather someone is missing. I woke up and realized that I didn't hear any mumbling and then I realized that Brock isn't here. He must have woke up and gone off somewhere. We have about an hour or so until we have to go up to the dining room for breakfast so I think we should go and look for Brock. Why don't you go ahead and start getting ready for breakfast and I'll see if I can't try to wake Tracey." Ash whispered as Misty disappeared into the bathroom.
Ash then walked across the room and attempted to wake Tracey so that he could help them search for Brock. First Ash tried reaching up and shaking Tracey's shoulder to try to wake him and when that didn't seem to phase Tracey at all Ash yanked the covers off of him and this succeeded in awakening him. Tracey opened his eyes and yawned as he sat up.
"What's going on, Ash? Is something wrong?" Tracey asked sleepily.
"Well, we do have a little bit of a problem, Trace. We're going to have to form another search party because Brock's gone." Ash said.
"Oh, no. Well there are only so many places that he could have gone seeing that we are on a ship. Let's hurry up and get dressed so that we can find him and go get some breakfast." Tracey said as he jumped down off of the bed and he began to get dressed.
A few minutes later Misty finished getting ready and emerged from the bathroom to join the others. Ash walked over and woke up Pikachu and decided to get him to help them.
"Hey, Pikachu. Can you help us out with something little buddy? Brock has disappeared and you did such a good job helping us find Misty the other day that I was wondering if you might help us again." Ash smiled as he patted his Pokemon on the head.
"Pi pika pikachu. Pika chu ka, Pikapi." (Here we go again. Sure I'll help, Ash.) Pikachu sighed as he jumped up on Ash's shoulder and the group headed up to the deck.
When the group reached the top deck, Pikachu jumped down off of Ash's shoulder and took off in the direction that he thought Brock had gone. After a few moments, the little yellow Pokemon found what he was looking for and shouted out to the others to let them know.
"Pikapi, Pikachupi, Pipichupipika! Pi pika! Pikachu ka Pikapichu!" (Ash, Misty, Tracey! Come quick! I found Brock!) Pikachu shouted as he jumped up and down.
Upon hearing Pikachu shouting, Ash, Misty and Tracey nearly trampled each other trying to get to him. When they saw Brock and Angelica sitting together they all three stopped so fast because they didn't know who the girl was that they ran into each other and went crashing to the deck.
When they heard the noise of the collision, Brock and Angelica took their attention from each other and the sunrise to see what had happened. Upon seeing his friends crumpled on the ground Brock couldn't help but laugh at this ridiculous sight.
"Hey guys! I was wondering when I might run into you. Are you three okay?" Brock grinned as the three heaps got up off of the ground and turned back into people.
"We're fine. I guess nobody has to ask how you are. Now where in the world did you manage to find this lovely young lady?" Tracey asked as he approached with Ash and Misty and nudged Brock in the arm.
"I thought you'd never ask. Ash, Misty, Tracey this is Angelica. We met a little while ago. Angelica, these are my friends. That's Tracey over there and the guy with the Pikachu is my best friend Ash. The girl is Ash's fiancé Misty. She's my other best friend. Those two are the ones that I was telling you about." Brock grinned.
"It's very nice to meet you all. In the hour or so that I've known Brock he's told me a lot about you. As a matter of fact Brock asked me to come to the beach today. That is, if you guys don't mind."
"Of course not. The more the merrier. We'd be glad to have you come along with us today." Ash smiled.
"Sure. We'd love for you to come, Angelica. How did you meet Brock if you don't mind my asking." Misty said.
"I don't mind at all. About an hour or so ago I had come up here to think and I happened to see Brock looking out at the water. At first I was nervous so I hid in the shadows but then I realized that I was interested in this guy and nothing was going to happen unless I got over my fear. So I walked over and said hello and luckily Brock and I hit it off." Angelica smiled as Brock took her hand.
With their new friend along with them, the group headed to the dining room to have some breakfast. As they were walking, Ash and Misty were holding hand and though none of the others actually noticed, Brock and Angelica were also walking hand in hand. Brock was feeling happier than he had ever felt in his life because he had finally found everything he had ever hoped for.
Brock came to at about 3:00 in the morning and was very grateful to Tracey for being willing to share with him and help him to rest. Tracey had been right and for the past several hours he had slept very deeply and wasn't troubled by any dreams. When his vision focused Brock looked around the room and smiled when he noticed his friends.
"I must be one of the luckiest guys in the world to have such great friends. I've known Ash and Misty for the better part of my life and even though I haven't known Tracey for very long I still feel that we have some kind of connection. No wonder Ash and Misty trusted him on their adventures when I left for that time. I'm glad that he and I got to know each other." Brock thought as he smiled to himself.
After a little while Brock realized that he wasn't going to be able to get back to sleep so he decided that he would go up to the deck and go for a walk. So he carefully climbed down from the bed, got his key card and slipped into the hallway, quietly pulling the door closed behind him. Little did Brock know, though, as he stepped into the elevator and rode to the top deck that something was about to happen that would change the course of his life forever.
When Brock stepped out of the elevator and walked out onto the deck, he took a deep breath and savored the sea air. After a few minutes of walking on the deck, Brock sat down on one of the deck chairs and looked out over the water. Just then he imagined what it would be like to have a special someone by his side to watch this with him and he sighed heavily. But what Brock didn't know was that there was a woman standing in the shadows watching him and trying to get up her nerve to talk to this interesting guy.
After about fifteen minutes of watching Brock staring out at the ocean the woman decided that she had to take a chance in talking to this man. So she slowly moved from the shadows and moved toward where Brock sat. She was going to at least say something.
"Hi. I couldn't help but notice that you looked a little lonely. Would you like some company?" the woman asked quietly.
Brock looked up and was completely flabbergasted. Right before him stood a beautiful woman who looked about his age with long, flowing auburn hair and brown eyes. "Yeah. My name's Brock. Would you mind if I asked your name?" Brock said after a moment.
"Oh, sorry. My name is Angelica."
"A lovely name that matches a very lovely young woman. I would love if you would sit down and join me." Brock said as Angelica blushed and sat down next to him.
"Thank you for the compliment. I'm very glad that I decided to come over and introduce myself." Angelica smiled as she covered Brock's hand with her own.
"I was wondering something Angelica. If you don't mind my asking, what in the world made you come over and talk to a guy like me?" Brock asked.
"Well, I was standing in the shadows for a while watching you and trying to get up the nerve to come over and say hello. I just thought that you were cute staring out at the water like that and you seemed like the type of interesting guy that I have been looking for. I was nervous so it took me a while but I finally decided that I was going to try and start a conversation with you. I'm really glad that I did." Angelica smiled and put her head on Brock's shoulder.
"I'm glad you did too. Say, Angelica, I have a great idea. My friends and I are going to get off and hang out on the island today, maybe spend the day at the beach so I was thinking that maybe you'd like to come along with us so you and I can get to know each other better. You can meet my friends too. I'm sure they'd be happy to add another member to our little group."
"Yeah. I'd really like that. It'll be great to get to meet your friends seeing that I came on the ship by myself. I am also looking forward to getting to know you a lot better. Why wait though. Let's start now. First of all, what do you do for a living?" Angelica smiled.
"Well I am a Gym leader. I run a Pokemon Gym in Pewter City and I have a herd of brothers and sisters that stay there with me. But before I did that I traveled around with two of my friends while one of them trained to compete in the Pokemon League. It was a crazy experience. I think you'll really like my friends though."
"If you don't mind my asking, what was a nice looking guy like you doing out here in the middle of the night, Brock?"
"Well I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep so I decided to come up here and take a walk. Then I noticed that it was kinda different watching the ocean rock in the twilight so I sat watching it and then you came over and here we are." Brock smiled and put an arm around Angelica's shoulders.
"Don't you think that your friends will be worried when they wake up and you're gone?" Angelica asked.
"Yeah but then they'll realize that I'm probably up here somewhere and come looking for me. We had a similar situation the first morning on the ship." Brock shrugged and looked at his watch.
"Hey look, the sun's rising. It's so beautiful. Even more so now that I have someone to share it with."
"You sure have that right. It seems like this morning all of my dreams came true because I met you and I think that this is the beginning of something very nice." Brock smiled.
"Me too." Angelica smiled as she and Brock sat there watching the sunrise together.
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Back in the room, night's spell was beginning to wear off and the three sleeping friends began to awaken from their sleep. Ash was the first to awaken and as he looked around he noticed that Misty was asleep next to him and Tracey was sleeping across the room but Brock was nowhere to be found.
"Hmm. I wonder where in the world Brock got to. This is really strange that he would disappear like this." Ash whispered to himself. Just then Misty woke up and looked at her fiancé with a smile.
"Did you say something, honey?" Misty asked.
"Yeah. I just realized that something or rather someone is missing. I woke up and realized that I didn't hear any mumbling and then I realized that Brock isn't here. He must have woke up and gone off somewhere. We have about an hour or so until we have to go up to the dining room for breakfast so I think we should go and look for Brock. Why don't you go ahead and start getting ready for breakfast and I'll see if I can't try to wake Tracey." Ash whispered as Misty disappeared into the bathroom.
Ash then walked across the room and attempted to wake Tracey so that he could help them search for Brock. First Ash tried reaching up and shaking Tracey's shoulder to try to wake him and when that didn't seem to phase Tracey at all Ash yanked the covers off of him and this succeeded in awakening him. Tracey opened his eyes and yawned as he sat up.
"What's going on, Ash? Is something wrong?" Tracey asked sleepily.
"Well, we do have a little bit of a problem, Trace. We're going to have to form another search party because Brock's gone." Ash said.
"Oh, no. Well there are only so many places that he could have gone seeing that we are on a ship. Let's hurry up and get dressed so that we can find him and go get some breakfast." Tracey said as he jumped down off of the bed and he began to get dressed.
A few minutes later Misty finished getting ready and emerged from the bathroom to join the others. Ash walked over and woke up Pikachu and decided to get him to help them.
"Hey, Pikachu. Can you help us out with something little buddy? Brock has disappeared and you did such a good job helping us find Misty the other day that I was wondering if you might help us again." Ash smiled as he patted his Pokemon on the head.
"Pi pika pikachu. Pika chu ka, Pikapi." (Here we go again. Sure I'll help, Ash.) Pikachu sighed as he jumped up on Ash's shoulder and the group headed up to the deck.
When the group reached the top deck, Pikachu jumped down off of Ash's shoulder and took off in the direction that he thought Brock had gone. After a few moments, the little yellow Pokemon found what he was looking for and shouted out to the others to let them know.
"Pikapi, Pikachupi, Pipichupipika! Pi pika! Pikachu ka Pikapichu!" (Ash, Misty, Tracey! Come quick! I found Brock!) Pikachu shouted as he jumped up and down.
Upon hearing Pikachu shouting, Ash, Misty and Tracey nearly trampled each other trying to get to him. When they saw Brock and Angelica sitting together they all three stopped so fast because they didn't know who the girl was that they ran into each other and went crashing to the deck.
When they heard the noise of the collision, Brock and Angelica took their attention from each other and the sunrise to see what had happened. Upon seeing his friends crumpled on the ground Brock couldn't help but laugh at this ridiculous sight.
"Hey guys! I was wondering when I might run into you. Are you three okay?" Brock grinned as the three heaps got up off of the ground and turned back into people.
"We're fine. I guess nobody has to ask how you are. Now where in the world did you manage to find this lovely young lady?" Tracey asked as he approached with Ash and Misty and nudged Brock in the arm.
"I thought you'd never ask. Ash, Misty, Tracey this is Angelica. We met a little while ago. Angelica, these are my friends. That's Tracey over there and the guy with the Pikachu is my best friend Ash. The girl is Ash's fiancé Misty. She's my other best friend. Those two are the ones that I was telling you about." Brock grinned.
"It's very nice to meet you all. In the hour or so that I've known Brock he's told me a lot about you. As a matter of fact Brock asked me to come to the beach today. That is, if you guys don't mind."
"Of course not. The more the merrier. We'd be glad to have you come along with us today." Ash smiled.
"Sure. We'd love for you to come, Angelica. How did you meet Brock if you don't mind my asking." Misty said.
"I don't mind at all. About an hour or so ago I had come up here to think and I happened to see Brock looking out at the water. At first I was nervous so I hid in the shadows but then I realized that I was interested in this guy and nothing was going to happen unless I got over my fear. So I walked over and said hello and luckily Brock and I hit it off." Angelica smiled as Brock took her hand.
With their new friend along with them, the group headed to the dining room to have some breakfast. As they were walking, Ash and Misty were holding hand and though none of the others actually noticed, Brock and Angelica were also walking hand in hand. Brock was feeling happier than he had ever felt in his life because he had finally found everything he had ever hoped for.