World with in Worlds Part two
Ash yawned lazily as Professor Oak and Professor Ivy rattled off Technological, super big words that if he lessoned to hard would make his head hurt. He tried to look interested, but this was getting too him. These where two of the foremost experts on Pokemon, and there was nothing he loved more then Pokemon. But boy was this boring. So far the best thing about that trip and brake in his training to become a Pokemon master was his reunion with his old buddy Brock. Ash smiled a little, Brock and Ivy were pretty good at hiding it, but their relationship was pretty obvious to Ash. Ash stroked Pikachu on the head and looked out the window. He Misty and Tracey were asked here to help Professor Oak and Professor Ivy in a project with the Digital Poke'mon Porygon. Ash thought the Ideal of bringing the little computerized Pokemon into the real world would be great, and Ash wanted to be the first to capture Porygon. But so far it was one huge bore. "Ouch" , Ash's train of thought was broken by the sharp elbow to the ribs.
Ash look over at the source of the elbow, it was connected to the angry face of Misty. Ash studied Misty's face and sighed inwardly. Technically Misty only hung around with him long enough for ash to pay for the bike he ruined. Ash had long since given up on the ideal of paying her back, and he suspected that Misty real had no interest in getting an new bike anyway. The bike was a pretext for her to hang out with him and make his day as miserable as possible. Ash once again regarded Misty, her bright red hair tied to the right in that familiar style. Her warm green eyes could turn in an instant from loving and warm, to hard and furious. He and misty have been traveling together for well over a year. Ash conceder her nothing more then an irritant at first, but he was older and hopefully a little wiser. With in the last few months his attitude towards the firey red head had changed. He was not sure how or why his feelings had changed, but he rather enjoyed having her around now.
"Ash stop staring at me like that your creeping me out! " Ash had not realized he was staring. He Turn his face back to the lecturing Professor Oak. "Jezze Ash! Professor Oak and Ivy were good enough to invite us to this event. The lest you could do is try and look interested."
Ash wanted to lash out back at her, but she was right. Which was one of her more annoying qualities, her tendency to be right most of the time. So Ash tried to tune back into what Oak was saying. " and so , we believe that creating a building quantum surge, then shunting them though our poke ball transporter, the result would be the stabilization if the quantum matrix and the materialization of Porygon into the formative world." And with that Ash got a headache.
Professor Ivy smiled at Ash noticing his confusion. "Let me try and explain it a different way for you Ash. Have you ever wondered what happens to a pokemon when it goes into a poke' ball or though the transporter?" Professor Ivy asked, putting a gentle hand on Ash's shoulder. Suddenly Ash could see what Brock saw in her.
"Well yes I have. I never understood how a big pokemon like Charizard or Snorlax could fit into such a small pokeball." Ash said getting seriously interested now.
Professor Ivy showing great patents for those who were not as intelligent as she continued. "Well, basically the pokemon's body, cellular structure, and atoms are turned into Quantum and photonic waves, or Light and digital energy. Then that "LIGHT ENERGY" is stored into the quantum matrix of the pokeball. Do you understand so far ash?" Ivy asked smiling even warmer then before is that was possible.
Ash said with a slightly glazed look on his face" Yes Ivy..er I mean Professor Ivy I understand it now, but what this got to do with Porygon?"
Her soft brown eyes closed a little while her delicate finger brushed past Ash's ear, and said " Now that a very good question Ash" He knew it was foolish to take such idle praise seriously but he suddenly felt twice as smart as normal. Out the corner of his eye her could see Misty's face frown a bit, Professor Ivy continued. "Well Ash, Energy and Matter are Interchangeable. So if we can turn matter I.E. a pokemon into energy. Then we should be able to turn an Energy Matrix I.E. Porygon Into….." she stopped looking at ash to connect the logic in his own mind.
Ash's eyes brightened as if a light bulb flashed over his head. " Then the Digital Porygon, who started off as a Quan, er, Quantum energy matrix, should be able to be converted into sold matter, and become real" Ash said with wonder as a world of possibilities seem to open before him.
"Very good Ash! You've managed to take a very complicated Ideal and take it to it most logical conclusion." Professor Ivy said giving Ash a big hug. Ash felt warm all over as a result of that hug, although he could not explain it." Now if you'd excuse me I have to help get the equipment ready for the first test." Ash watched her rise slowly and walks back to her colleagues. He seemed to pay special attention to the way Professor Ivy's hips moved and sway as she walked across the floor.
"She sure has a way of Explaining things doesn't she Ash?" Ash almost jumped out of his skin. He had not Noticed Brock sitting down next to him, large sweet drops formed on Ash's head. Ash slowly looked at Brock hoping he was not angry for staring at his Girl friend. An small smirk formed on His friend and mentors face, he said." Believe me, I understand more then any one the effect she can have of a healthy young man. I've always had a eye from any pretty face but after meeting Ivy.." Brock paused to fold his arms. " There's a Pokemon center with a Nurse Joy near by, and Officer Jenny comes by often, But I have no interest in them at all."
Ash glanced across the room at Professor Ivy once more and at the moment her eye landed on Brock and shot him a sultry wink. Ash smiled and said, "Heh, I can see what you mean Brock, she can make you forget about any other girl." For more then a moment Ash felt a twinge of jealously, but he was glad that he old friend finally got his girl friend. "OW!" once again his chain of thought was interrupted but Misty's elbow. "Hey, what was that for?" Ash asked Misty rather angrily.
Misty face was red with anger, and her knuckles clinched her mouth was tightly clenched but managed to open her lips enough to say," Your an Idiot Ash. You drooling over a woman that could almost be your Mother!" He tight voice raised a bit. But Misty was in such a ferrous state she didn't notice." God I don't know why I put up with such a moron."
"Hey Why are you so.."
"Just shut you stupid mouth Ash Ketchum! Don't you dare speak to me!" Misty cut him off so harshly and angrily, as her Eyes misted over a bit, as tears began to build. Misty then stud up with fire still burning in her eyes and walked/ran out of the room.
Ash sighed and looked towards Brock." Heck I don't even know what I did to make her so mad at me. I'll never understand Girls"
Brock sighed and said, "And you never will Ash. Just go talk to her"
Ash Picked up Pikachu and gently placed him on his shoulder and went out side to look for Misty. Ash eye quested about the outside the lab. Professor Ivy's lab was placed on a cliff side plateau. The fresh sea air filled Ash's lungs, and the slowly setting sun bathed every thing in a soft amber glow. And the sanding near a rail looking out over the ocean stood Misty.
Her skin was tinted a soft orange color, which only intensifying the natural red of her hair with swayed back and forth but the cool ocean wind. Misty turned to look at Ash. He large eye till slightly brimming with a tear or two, gazed into his. The setting sun started its daily dive below the horizon but from Ash's view point golden sun became the halo surrounding the angle which was Misty. Ash was beginning to see Misty in a new light. Misty had turn into a beautiful young woman, but Ash had not noticed till now. Seeing her like this set Ash back, their relationship had all ways been based on ether traveling together or arguing. Now Misty stood befor him not as the annoying loud mouthed, little girl, but a lovely young woman, whom he had grown to care for. Maybe for once in his life Ash was speechless.
"Ash .." Misty voice grow softy and delicate, Her eyes seem sad yet full of longing." I'm sorry I blow up at you like that. I'm not sure why I got so upset, but seeing you look at Professor Ivy that way made me mad. But the no excuse for the way I acted." Misty said while brushing a lock of hair to the side that was blow there by a straying wind.
Before ash could think he said. " No Misty I'm sorry I should not acted that way in front of you, I was wrong"
"Well Ash you should be able to look at any one you want to. I mean it's not like I'm you girlfriend, am I? ." Saying the last part with a little nervously.
"Well.." Ash stammered and shifted back and forth seeming not knowing to do with him self. Misty was his friend perhaps his best friend besides Brock, but now when he looked at here he saw much more. Ash managed to steady his trembling hand enough to reach out and take her hand into his. Ash could nether explain or properly express his growing feeling towards Misty so he could only smile at her hoping she understood. A warm smile formed on Misty's sweet face. Maybe they could work out what they where beginning to feel together. But for now the wonderful sight of Misty standing against the setting sun was enough for Ash.
A loud alarm sounded, a blaring buzzing of alert filled the air. The sudden sound startled Misty, scaring her into Ash's arms. For a Moment the two enjoyed the feeling of holding each other, but the sounds of an explosion from inside the lab, shocked the pair back into reality. Ash and Misty ran back the way they came, in time to see several lab technicians, running out of the smoke filled lab. Ash ran to one of the Professor Ivy's assistants, and asked. " What happen here?"
Professor Ivy lab assistant looked Ash though her glasses, her eyes red a puff from smoke irritation. "Something ....*Cough* when wrong, we have to help get Professor Ivy out of there." She said. Ash could not really tell professor Ivy's lab assents apart, they all looked the same to him. But the alarm in her voice told Ash something was seriously wrong. Ash looked up into the smoke filled Lab. Though the chaos of fire and various people running around, he saw Professor Ivy and Oak at a control panel, franticly trying to stop what every was going wrong.
Ash tuned to Misty and noted the freighted look on her face. " Misty you think you and your pokemon can handle that fire, while I go get Oak and Ivy out of there?"
Ash's voice seems to startle Misty out of her frozen state " Yeah leave it to me." Once Misty set her mind to a task there would be nothing or no one to deter her from it, which was only one of the qualities Ash was beginning to love and respect about her. Love? But before he could think about the ramifications of using that word in the same sentence as Misty, her voice startled him out of his contemplation." Startyu, Starmie GO! Water Gun NOW!" Confident that Misty would get the job run Ash raced into the Smokey laboratory
Ash should have probably thought twice about running head long to a smoke filled room, His vision was blurred and his breathing labored, but over the alarm bell and the yelling the lab Techs. Ash could hear Professor Oak and Ivy's voice. He let his ears lead him though the Chaos.
Professor Oak normally genital and warm expression was replaced with a hard and concentrated one" The Injectors are fused, and the quantum partial filters have failed." He said in a voice verging on panic.
Professor Ivy studied a computer monitor for a second or two then said." The Matrix is surging Professor, if we don't stop it there's no telling what going to happen."
Ash could only understand part of what was said but knew they were all in a lot of trouble." Professor Oak Professor Ivy we have to get Out of here.!" Ash said tugging on their arms.
"No we've worked to hard to let it end like this, there must be something more we can do!" Ivy yelled above the growing, pulsing sound of the Lab equipment. Ash looked at the device they had labored so hard on, It glowed and pulsed, seeming to build more power with every second. Ash was not a scientist but he knew an explosion when he saw one about to happen.
Some thing tugged on his pant leg, Ash quickly looked down to see a worried looking Pikachu " Pi, pikachu. Pika pika !!" It told Ash. That did it for him. Pikachu could always since danger and Ash had grown to trust his Pokemon judgment.
"We have to get out of here. NOW!" Ash screamed at the pair.
Ash saw another person emerge from the smoke. It was Brock. Ash's old friend looked about till is eyes landed on them. Brock ran up to then and yelled, "Come on Ivy! There is nothing more you can do here, If that thing blows we could all be in trouble.
"His right Ivy, we have to get out of the Lab." Professor Oak said grimly.
Professor Ivy nodded slowly. Ash could tell the she did now want to give up trying to save the Porygon project, but there was noting more she or any one could do but hope there was enough of a lab left to start over. With that settled Ash picked up Pikachu and the four ran though the clearing smoke towards the exit. Ash could not see any more flame with means that Misty and her Pokemon had done their part. The four emerged out of the laboratory and Ash enjoyed the feeling of fresh air filling his lungs. Ash looked up at everyone who gathered out side, he only hoped that every one had gotten out. "We need to get every one back farther in case the lab explodes!" Brock said taking control of the situation.
"ASH!" a panicked voice called out his name. Ash looked to his left you see a worried Misty running up to him. Ash could not remember a time where she looked so worried. "Ash Togipi! I can't Find Togipi!" Damn Ash thought, No wonder she was so worried.
Ash felt Pikachu leap out of his arms. "Pika-Pika chu " The yellow pokemon Yell and ran back into the lab. Damn it Pikachu Ash thought and ran after his pokemon. The smoke and flames had cleared but the ominous humming sound of the surging device had grown louder then before. "Pikachu!" Ash looked down at his pokemon to see it pointing near the center of the room. There sat a confused and crying Togipi. As many times before this Ash acted with out putting much thought into his actions. Ash ran toward the Pulsing machine, sliding to a stop ash pick the little Baby pokemon up. The sound and light from the Device became so intense, Ash had to shield his eye from the bright white light.
"Let get out of here Pikachu!" Ash yelled, turning on his heels to run back out. No sooner had Ash got with in 10 feet from the doorway; the room was rocked but a terrible explosion. The sound deafened Ash for a few seconds, and his body was thrown forward, and Togipi was shot out of his hands. Fortunately Togipi landed safely in to Misty's waiting arms. Ash's landing was not as comfortable. His body landed hard on the cold laboratory floor. The shock wave almost knocked him unconscious but he tried to clear his vision enough to look back. Ash had expected to see the lab in shamble but what he saw was almost unexplainable. The Device that Professor Ivy and Oak was working seemed intact but a bright light emendated from it that flooded the whole room. The air rippled a quivered, and then seemed to sink in on its self as a Vortex of wind began to suck/pull Ash backwards. A weird hole seemed to form in the space around the device and grow larger and larger. Then Ash noticed the air and every thing around the hole began to be drawn into it.
"Pika!!" Ash looked to see his pokemon sliding across the floor. Pikachu clawed at the ground but he was no match for the force of the portal. Ash reached out took hold and clutched Pikachu close to him, only to feel the intense pull of the Portal he was being pulled along the ground towards the maw of the Hole himself. Ash felt his feet leave the ground, and he begin to fall backward.
Misty seemed to take on a few of Ash's qualities of not thinking before you act. She quickly set Togipi on the group and jumped and slid along the ground in a desperate attempt to save Ash from being swallowed by the hole. Ash felt Misty hand grab onto his own, Then saw what a mistake that was. Misty was being drawn into the hole alone with Ash himself. They both seem to fall towards it faster as they neared it edge. Then abruptly the both stopped their slide. Ash looked up to see that Brock had grabbed hold of misty's foot with one hand and the doorway with his other.
Ash could see the stranded look on Brocks face, He struggled with the weight of both Ash and Misty and the force of the Portal. Ash look down his feet dangled only a foot away from the edge of the. Ash looked back up. " I can't hold on much longer!" Sweet poured down brocks face and his arm seemed tired. In a second or two they would all fall to their death or worse.
He's eyes locked into Misty's, her eyes were filled with hopelessness as the tears fill out of her eyes and into the portal. "Let go of me Misty Brock can't hold us both." Ash said with the calm the came with knowing there was noting he could do.
"No Ash I wont, I can't let go of you!" Misty screamed with anguish. Misty seemed ready to share Ash's fate what ever it was But Ash was not.
He looked at Pikachu, and his pokemon knew what had to be done to save Brock and Misty. Pikachu nodded to Ash sadly, He agreed. Ash Reached up and began to Pry Misty's hand off of his. "I'm sorry Misty I wont let you sacrifice your self for me."
"Ash Stop it! Hold on to me!" Misty cried, her eyes filling with more tears.
Misty emotion was so strong he was almost tempted to hold on to her forever, but Ash know what had to be done. Ash pulled free of Misty's grasp, instantly he and Pikachu plunged into the maw of the rift. Seconds later it closed behind him. Ash Clutched Pikachu in his arms and fainted.
Ash felt stiff all over, as he starts to regain consciousness slowly. He felt as if his being had be tuned inside out, He seem to hear voices around him but he could not be sure, because of the pounding in his head. Ash's eyes opened slowly he and looked into a weird multicolored sky. The clouds seemed normal but the sky its self shimmered with iridescent beauty "where am I ? " Ash croaked, his voice was still soar from screaming in the Lab.
Ash felt a soft genital hand on his shoulder helping him to sit up. "Easy, you maybe hurt take it a little slower" he heard a soft delicate voice tell him.
Ash tied to focus on who it was that was talking to him. A girl about his age, her eyes were warm and caring. Her face was roughly rounded a short lock of light brown hair peeked out from under a blue helmet. She was quite pretty and she seemed to exude caring and comfort. For the second time Ash was stunned buy the sight of a girl. The only then Ash could manage to say to the strange but pretty girl was " Er.. Ok."
The Girl placed her hand into his and give a it a soft squeeze. " My name is Sora." Then her hand pointed to other kids standing around ash. She continued "And that Tai.." Ash saw a boy dressed in blue with wild looking hair and goggles," Matt" The Boy Matt seem half an inch taller then ash him self with a slightly dark expression on his face, with even weirder and spikier hair then the boy Tai. "Mimi," Sora continued, she pointed to a slender Girl about Misty's height she wore a Pink dress with a matching Pink Cow boy hat, she had long brown hair and was equally pretty as Sora, "Izzy" She Pointed to a rather short kid holding a portable computer. "Joe" A tall boy about a year older the Ash him self, He adjusted his glasses and smile weakly at Ash. " And TK and Kari" Sora said Pointing to two younger Kids. The two children seemed subdued as if something terrible just happened.
Ash sat up more and look at the group, His head had not yet cleared all the way. "And these are our Digimon "Sora Then pointed to some of the weirdest pokemon Ash had ever seen. He seem to recognize some of the types like an insect and a bird type pokemon. Then his head cleared a bit more. But she didn't call them Pokemon she called them Digimon." " D, Digimon?" He begin to ask Then he remember Pikachu. Ash looked about and saw his Pikachu laying unconscious on the ground" Ash crawled over to it and cradled him in his arms. ." Come on I know your ok, we've been though to much to be separated now."
The Kid named Izzy walk over to Ash and said, " He seems to be ok, although I can't be to sure, seeing at I've never seen this type of Digimon before. By the way what is your name and where do you come from?"
There was that weird word they used for pokemon. Ash looked at The boy Izzy and said. "What do you mean? And what is a Digimon? As from who I am and where I'm from. My name is Ash Ketchum, from the Town of Pallet, and this is My POKE'mon Pikachu." Then Ash looked about again, not recognizing the terrain the land and the sky seemed oddly colored then he continued "." And where the heck am I?"
End of Part two.