C. Cowboy: I'M BACK!!!!!! Ya miss me? Well I hope everybody had a marry Christmas, so enough with the gabbing, here's the next chapter! P.S. hope nobody's attached to Amanda.
Chapter 13: The Escape
'PIKACHU!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' Kurai screamed as she ran down in the small crater where Pikachu now laid. His golden coat was now gone, now a simple pale yellow, except where blood streamed from the large gash in his back and from his nose and mouth. 'Pikachu… no…please wake up… please don't…' Kurai said gently nudging his still form. The whole room was silent even Ash who stared at the scene before him, at what he caused. "P-Pikachu?" Ash muttered as a memory flashed before his eyes.
FLASH BACK…
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Ash was standing in a stadium, and before him he saw a large crater in the center. He looked in the center of the crater, and saw Pikachu. His first Pokemon and best friend lay limp; his once chubby cheeks were now swiveled up and bloody, the once red circles on his cheeks were a cold gray. Ash picked up his fallen partner and held him close to his chest. "P-Pikachu?" Ash asked as Pikachu eyes slowly opened. 'D-Did… I… g-get em?' Pikachu asked weakly, "Yeah you got em, we won." Ash said tears flowing freely. Pikachu smiled a little 'Looks… l-l-like you… d-don't need… m-me anymore.' He said also crying. "No Pikachu, I still need you! You're my best friend, my partner! You can't leave me!!" Ash cried. 'N-Na… That's… M-M-Misty's… job now, a-and I'll never leave… y-y-you. I'll be… r-right there.' Pikachu stuttered weakly as he nudging the center of his chest with his face, leaving a bloodstain on Ash's shirt. Pikachu then looked back into Ash's eyes, 'Thank you. Be-before I met…y-y-you, I-I-I hated… humans… b-because t-t-they… killed my… f-f-family and t-t-they… hurt me… but then… you, M-M-Misty… Brock… Tracy… and little Togapi… you became my Family… A-A-Ash… You're not… my master… and you're not… my best friend… you're…l-like m-m-m-my… brother'
"No… no… pikachu… PIKACHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
END OF FLASH BACK
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"Pikachu…" Ash said softly as his eyes softened and the red started to fade slightly. Just as the red almost completely faded the doors flew open, and Dark Empire troops lead by Amanda marched in, and the bright red returned to his eyes. Ash walked toward Amanda, "Amanda, come with me, order the others to make sure no one leaves here alive." Amanda nodded and replied the order to her troops and walked out the door with Ash.
Misty and Crystal ran to Pikachu and Kurai, and Misty felt for Pikachu's pulse. "Oh, Pikachu, hang on… oh God, not again…" Misty said in panic. "Misty! Pull your self together!" Crystal said roughly shaking her shoulders. "We have to get out of here now!" Misty nodded and picked up Pikachu's battered little body and let Kurai climb to her shoulder. As they started to leave a group of soldiers pointed their guns at them. "Here's a problem." Crystal stated.
Meanwhile in the coatroom, Dusty and Leo watched the soldiers secure the area. "Hey, Leo, think they wanna play with us?" Dusty said taking off his cowboy hat, and putting on a red, white, and blue bandana and picking up his pokebelt and bull whip. Leo smiled as he put on his pokebelt and pulled out a kitana sword. "Who cares, we'll have fun anyway." They both then laughed and slide around the corner.
Misty and Crystal eased back to back, as soldiers surrounded them. The leader of the group then spoke up, no place to run now ladies, what are you… AWWWW!!!!!" He broke off as he ran in circles backside in flamed, "Char million!" Bahamut, Leo's Charmeleon, grunted stomping forward.
"What???" another soldier said as they spun around to find Dusty and Leo standing next to two pokemon, a large Feralgator and a Rapidash. "Hey Godzilla, these guys smell funny. How about giving them a bath?" Leo said to his Feralgator. Godzilla gave him a wink before launching a massive hydropump attack taking out about fifteen soldiers. Dusty then led his Rapidash to the girls and helped them on its back, "OK Trigger, take the girls to the General, ok?" Trigger shook his head up and down and started out of the church in a fast walk.
Dusty snapped his whip and smiled at Leo, "Looks like around 100 soldiers." Leo looked at his pokemon, "about 25 each shouldn't be a problem." Leo then looked at his two pokemon, "Bahamut, Godzilla, sick um." The two pokemon nodded before jumping into the mass of soldiers. Leo and Dusty then looked at each other, then followed suit while singing 'It's The End Of The World As We Know it'.
Meanwhile, in a dark temple, Ash and Amanda teleported inside. Ash led Amanda into the bawls of the temple. "This is where Lord Destroyah is to be released back on the world." Ash said looking at a statue of the Darkest of all Legendary Pokemon. And now Amanda, would you like to be rewarded for your faithful loyalty to Destroyah?" Ash said turning to her, Amanda's eyes lit up, "YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!" she said excitedly. Ash smiled and began to chuckle lightly. He then raised his hand to where his palm was right in front of her face. Before Amanda had time to react Ash released a blast that turned Amanda to dust in less the a second. Ash then began to chuckle again and turned back to the statue, "It's almost time."
Back at the church. Dusty and Leo and their pokemon walked out of the church other then a few scratches, no injuries. "That was fun," Dusty said adjusting his bandana. They then looked around and saw more soldiers winning the fight with the remaining Elite Four. Leo signaled for Dusty to follow him into the melee, but Dusty shook his head and made his way to the parking lot, while Leo and his pokemon reinforced the Elite.
"How we holding up, chicas?" Leo asked Star and Duplica. "Oh, it's going bloody great!" Star said full of sarcasm. "There's too many!" Jimmy said holding an extremely tired Togetic and a knocked out Ditto. The group was surrounded and the only ones still ready to fight were Leo and his two pokemon. Then in the direction of the parking lot, the sound of a Dixie horn could be heard, and you could see something a brake in the soldiers and soldiers flying out of the way. Dusty's camouflaged pickup truck, the General Lee, came to a screeching halt. "Hey guys, goin my way?" Dusty asked from behind the wheel. They all smiled and nodded, then jumping in the back of the truck, though Leo got in the front of the truck with Dusty. Dusty then put in a CD and cranked the volume and the song Highway To Hell blasted on speakers. The wheels squalled as it took off THROUGH the soldiers. Soldiers dodge the truck and Dusty stuck his head out the window, "DON'T NOBODY WANNA PLAY WITH ME?????"
Meanwhile in the back of the truck, Misty and Duplica fought to stop Pikachu's bleeding, while Kurai cuddled tight to Star crying and muttering Pikachu's name. Jimmy looked back at the dark clouds forming over Mount Silver, "This is not good."
TO BE CONTINUED…
C. Cowboy: well, one good thing came out of this one, no more Amanda, can Misty and the others save Ash, will Pikachu be all right? Find out very soon! Buh bye