Different Worlds

~ .Sadistic Angel. ~

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This is the second-to-last chapter! I'm almost done. Please review and enjoy! Not feeling very talkative right now. ^_^ ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~* ~ * ~

Ash and Amita were transported into the bedroom. Ash looked at Misty's purse on the bed. He swore something under his breath, and took off running. Amita going after him. As he ran into the living room, he noticed Misty and Magnus, the former pointing a gun to the latter's heart.

" Misty, No!" Ash screamed before he thought. Misty turned around to face Ash. Magnus took the opportunity to snatch the gun from Misty's hand. Ash took in the scene quickly,, and realized the mistake he had just made.

" If one of you moves." Magnus trailed off. He turned around and saw Amita, and for a second something crossed his expression.

" Dammit, Ash!" Misty muttered under breath. Magnus quickly put Misty's wrists together and held her like that. Ash instinctively reached out to grab her, but Magnus stopped him.

" You don't want to hurt her, Ash. You don't want to hurt me. I'm your father." Magnus began, cajolingly. Misty noticed Ash's eyes began to turn blank as Magnus started glowing unnaturally. In this confusion, Magnus released Misty, but she felt too stupefied to do anything except move away as fast as she could.

" Come on, Ash. Come with me. We'll go to Denk. You can see Miharu. Don't you want to see her? She'll be waiting for us there." Misty suddenly realized Ash was under Magnus's control.

" ASH!" the scream seemed to come out of nowhere with its unearthly qualities. It took Misty a few minutes to realize it had been her own voice. As if awakened from a sudden sleep, Ash began to gain control over his body again. Magnus cursed as he realized he was losing control. Ash closed his eyes, trying not to succumb to his father's influence.

" Come on, Ashy. Remember me? It's your father. Wanna go play in daddy's special place?"

Ash grabbed his head in frustration.

FLASHBACK

" Come on, Ashy. Wanna go play in daddy's special place?"

" Where, Dad? With the pokemon people?" Young Ash jumped up and down at the prospect.

" Yeah. We'll go with the immortals. Dad has to talk to some people. Come on."

" Okay! Oh, guess what! I dreamt with Miharu again! I wish I really did have a big sister. We played all night until mommy told us to come in. It seemed so real. I feel like I actually knew her. Why do I dream with her so much?"

" Because you want a big sister so badly, that you made her up."

END FLASHBACK



FLASHBACK

" How come?" Misty asked, tilting her head to the side the way she always did when asking Ash to do something he didn't particularly want to do. Ash smiled to himself.

" I don't know. I've never asked my mom. I asked Prof. Oak, and he advised me not to ask my mom. I did some research. I asked a couple of people from the hospital to pull up the records. Apparently it had something to do with a delusion. I was imagining things or something."

" Are you ever going to ask your mom? I mean, being in a mental institution is a big deal."

" I know. Maybe, eventually I will." Ash looked at Misty and smiled. " Thanks for not freaking out."

" Oh, please! The last guy I dated still lived with his mom."

" Hey, give us guys some credit. Isaac was barely 16. He couldn't move out. In a way, I still live with my mom."

" No, because you travel. He LIVED there."

" But he did too, sometimes."

" Yeah, but you're cute enough to get away with living at home. Plus, you're 15."

" Are you flirting with me, Misty?" Ash asked with a raised eyebrow. Misty's eyes widened momentarily. Then she smiled.

" You idiot! We're dating now! I'm allowed to!"

" Then I guess that means I'm allowed to do THIS!" Ash yelled as he picked her up and jumped into the lake with her still in his arms. They landed in the water with a splash, and even as they began to have fun while playing in the water, a thought ran through Ash's mind over and over again.

' Why had he been in a mental institution?'

END FLASHBACK



Misty watched Ash as he tried to resist his father. Amita stood there, muttering something to herself. Then she vanished. Misty seeing nowhere else to turn for help, ran for the discarded gun.

" COME ON, ASH! DON'T FIGHT ME!"

" I won't let you control me. You hurt so many people. Tell me where Miharu is!"

" No time." His father answered as one of the bullets from Misty's gun hit. She kept firing until she ran out of bullets, still not having killed him. But he was forgotten as she collapsed to her knees. Ash turned around and looked at her, anger filling his expression. He stood over her menacingly while all that Misty could do was let the tears fall from her face freely.

"Ash." she was interrupted by a strong male voice.

" Don't lay a finger on her, you bastard." Brock said firmly. Duplica just stood by him with Ditto at her feet.

" You've already hurt her enough physically and emotionally."

" Brock, No. I can handle it. He won't hurt me, will you, Ash?" Ash looked at her, the anger still in his expression, but his sense of reality began to come back to him. He took out the knife Mateo had given him, and threw it straight by Misty. Suddenly, his father appeared out of thin air. He collapsed as the knife hit him, just inches from where Misty had hit him in the stomach.

As they all watched Magnus fall, Misty ran to Ash, and hugged him. He put his arms around her awkwardly, and then tightened them after a while. Brock looked at both of them standing there, and suddenly realized something that had been obvious since the beginning.

' If Misty forgave him, there is no reason for me not to.'

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Amita tried tracking Sabrina, but still no luck. She'd find Sabrina AND Miharu. That much she was sure of.

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As Sabrina entered the dark house where she had sensed Miharu had been, she realized the usual guards were not there. In fact, there were no guards. Her heartbeat quickened as she thought of all the things that could have happened.

' Come on, Miharu. Where are you?' she tried to channel mentally, but there was no answer. She sensed a presence somewhere in the top floor. She ran up as fast as she could, hoping she was on time.

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AN: I know. Cliffhanger all around. But this will be the second to last chapter. I don't care if the last chapter takes me 4 years and is 18564 pages long, but I'll only post one more. Please show your support by reviewing, or I might lose all inspiration and not post anything more anymore. ^_^ Anyway, stock up on food and other necessities, the end is coming. Sadistic WILL rule the world. ( Yes, I'm back to the insanity.)