A few hours later at the pokemon center, Star, Jimmy, Duplica, and Brock waited in the waiting room, while Leo was outside helping to calm Dusty down. Dusty was crying his eyes out cause a bullet left a ding in the General. Kurai was gripping tight to Star, tears have yet to stop coming from her eyes. The whole was quiet till Misty and Nurse Joy walked out, both with a sad expression. They just kindda stared at each other till Star finally broke the silence, "How is he?" Misty looked back at Joy, who gave a faint smile, "Hard to say. Any normal Pikachu would be dead already, but this Pikachu is far from normal." Joy then walked closer and petted Kurai's head. "He's strong, I think he'll be alright. But that's just a guess."
I think we need to go and work out a plan." Jimmy said, "and find out what's wrong with Ash." I can answer that one Jimmy about jumped out of his skin when he felt Mew land on his shoulder. "Mew! Don't do that!" Jimmy yelled almost squeaky. Sorry, I'll tell you what has happened to Ash, but you probably won't like it. Mew then looked back at Misty, then started speaking to only the remaining Elite's minds She don't need to hear this so can we go back to someplace a bit more private? Jimmy looked at Duplica and Star, they nodded and he looked back at it, "OK we'll go back to the tower. Is that ok, Mist?" Jimmy asked. Misty nodded and Jimmy and Duplica started out the door, Star looked down at her Pikachu, "You want to stay with him?" Kurai weakly nodded and Star set her down. Star then looked at Misty and the door to Pikachu's room, "You look after those too, got me?" Kurai smiled and nodded, and Star got up and followed the others.
A few hours later, Misty set by Pikachu's side, he was resting comfortably and Misty wished she could too, but every time she closed her eyes she saw Ash, she saw Ash try to attack her, and almost killing Pikachu. What happened to him, what did this to him she thought when she heard the door creep open. She jumped a little but saw it was only Kurai carrying a bottle of Ketchup. "Pikachu pika chupi?" Kurai's language was a little finer then Pikachu's but Misty could easily tell she was asking if Pikachu was all right. Misty just sighed and rubbed Pikachu's cheek, "He's still asleep, Kurai." Kurai just looked down sadly.
She then scurried up the bed and set right next to Pikachu. "Pika…" Kurai sighed licking Pikachu's cheek. "You really like him, don't you?" Kurai just looked at her in a kind of shock. Misty just smiled, "It's ok, you care to watch him while I go to the restroom?" Kurai nodded and Misty left the room, once Kurai saw Misty was gone she looked back at Pikachu, 'no, I don't like him…' She said in pika speak, cuddling up next to him, 'I love him…'
Then all of the sudden Pikachu's nose started to twitch, 'is…t-that…ketchup I sme- smell?' Kurai's eyes lit up and she squeezed Pikachu's tight. 'YOU'RE ALL RIGHT! YOU'RE ALRIGHT!!!!' Kurai chirped happily, 'Kurai… hurt…pain… let go…' Kurai then let go and let pikachu breath. She then started giggling. "I'm fine… never… ow… better…" She then got an angry expression, 'DON'T YOU EVER, EVER, EVER! DO THAT TO ME AGAIN!!!!' She said roughly shaking him, 'Oh…please… stop… painful… hurt…let…go…' Kurai stopped shaking him, but didn't let go, she instead gripped on to him and started crying on his shoulder, and he started nuzzling her neck. . (Ever seen the Lion King? If you have you know what I'm talking about, if you have and still confused, go to the scene where they played "Can You Feel The Love Tonight", get the picture?) Misty then walked back in, "How is he, K…" she was broken off by what was going on and turned a few shades of red, "umm… I think I'll leave you two… umm… I'll go check…umm… bye." She stuttered heading back out the door. She closed the door and leaned against it, "Ash… where are you?"
Meanwhile, at Gym Leader Tower…
"Soooo…" Duplica said breaking the uneasy silence between the three humans and the pokemon. "What happened back there?" Mew then landed on the table and set and looked at all three, Ash has become a servant to the Super Pokemon Destroyah. "How did that happen?" Jimmy asked making the small pokemon sigh, Must have happened when Ash and Pikachu battled him when they went on that rescue mission some time ago. Destroyah must have placed his influence in him somehow. "So he's on mind control, we just have to find a way of breaking it." Star added. I'm afraid not. You see it isn't mind control. You see the way Destroyah recruits servants, he places his influence in them and he empowers the person's dark thoughts and feelings. BUT… there's something else, something that really bothers me… Mew then looked away seeming as though he was going to cry, "What is it?" Duplica asked soothingly. Mew then took a deep breath, To become a servant of Destroyah, is purely voluntary. Everything as did today was something he wanted to do…
TO BE CONTINUED…
C. Cowboy: little shorter, but hey it's just kind of a half time report, got some more Action next time, promise! Buh bye!