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Ages ~

Ash ~ 16

Misty ~ 16

Brock ~ 20

Ritchie ~ 16

Gary ~ 16

Crystal ~ 17

"(This is Ash speaking to Misty)" Remember no one can see or hear him but Misty

'This is Misty speaking to Ash so only he can hear'

"This is normal"

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The Mistress

~ part 9; 'We're a team!'~

  She watched all of them from a far. Some were looking miserable, some didn't even want to be there. Others had a look of confusion but there were those who were determined. She smiled at the group. They truly were one of a kind. Even those who weren't with them almost seemed to be with them in spirit. Two other figures stood beside her and watched as well.

   "Can we do anything else?" One asked.

   The other thought for moment, "Perhaps, but for now out task is done. You must not help them Mew."

  Mew sighed. "I know. But I want to."

  The other pokemon shook his head. "No. We must let them choose on their own."

  The other girl watched the group pass completely oblivious to the eyes watching them. She wanted to help, but knew she could do no more. All she could do now was hope and pray.

~;~;

  Misty only stopped for a moment and looked to her right. She could feel someone watching her, and she could almost see a pair of piercing blue eyes flashing, but maybe it was just her imagination. She sighed. In a way, it felt as though the whole world was watching, expecting her to win and beat whatever it is she had to. How could Ash do this all the time?

   "(Misty?)"

  Misty was startled, but only for a moment. 'Oh, hey Ash, I almost forgot you were there.'

  "(I gathered. Look, Misty, I want to help.)"

  'How could you?'

  "(I don't know…I'm sorry.)"

  'For what?'

  She could feel Ash sigh. "(For putting all of you through what I did. I didn't realize it afftected you all too.)"

  Misty smiled despite herself. 'Don't worry about it Ash, if you really thought about it you'd just worry more, I'm trying not to think about it. I know how you feel now. How'd you do it?'

  She could almost see Ash's shy, but happy smile. "(Because I had you, Brock, and all my pokemon there with me. We we're a team. And I want you to know all of us are right behind you!)"

  Misty stopped and looked back at her friends.

Pikachu and Togepi were having a contest to see who could make the other laugh first. Pikachu and Togepi both stopped for a moment and gave Misty a 'peace' sign, then went back to their contest. Bulbasaur gave Misty a hopeful smile after smacking the ever complaining Golduck. Golduck was yelling at Bulbasaur rubbing his head. Finally he gave up and gave Misty his famous 'clueless but ready to help' look. Misty's gaze soon was directed to Brock who had pulled out a map and was trying to desiphere were exactly they were and were they were heading. Sparky was settled on Richtie's shoulder chatting away happily with his trainer. Even Gary seemed to give Misty some hope. He had stopped grumbling for a bit and looked kind of dazed, but determined for some reason or another.

    Misty's lips spread into a big smile. Then she turned beside her and saw Ash. He was right there standing right beside her smiling encouragingly at her, see through, but still there. She could almost feel his hand slip into hers for support.    

    Thank-you.' Ash's smile formed into a grin. "(No prob! We're all here for you Misty!)"

  Ash's grin seemed to spread to Misty's face and she nodded. "Yeah," She whispered. "We're a team!"

~;~;

  A tall, strong, well built man timidly walked into his boss' room. Even though he was as strong as any Machop, or even a Geodude or Onix, even he feared his boss. His boss would go to any limit to get what he wanted. "Um, sir?"

  The boss's head shot up at him and his piercing black eyes almost seemed to burn a hole through his chest. "what do you want?" He snapped.

   The man gulped. "I'm to inform you that the team is ready to take off sir."

  The boss just nodded and dismissed him with a wave of his hand. He ran out as fast as he could without drawing too much more attention to himself.  The boss ignored him and turned his swiveling chair to look out the window by his desk. A small smirk appeared on his face. His big hand moved down to pet the pokemon by his side. "Our time will come." He mumbled, "We will have the power!"

~;~;

  "Shouldn't we have a rest any time soon? It's dark already!"

 Misty stopped and turned around to give an annoyed glance at Gary. Brock slowly and catiously met her gaze. "Even I have to agree with him for once, Misty. We have been walking for a while and it is dark."

  She sighed and threw up her hands. "Fine!" Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and began to set up camp.

  Misty slowly rose to her feet and turned to Ritchie "I'm going off for a while, okay?"

  Ritchie just mutely nodded, totally absorbed in the book he brought. Misty sighed and walked through the woods. Soon she came upon a beautiful clearing. It was almost like an oasis in the middle of the forest. It was a full circle with no trees right in the middle of the forest. Grass filled it and a little minnie water hole was placed right in the center of it. The water was a beautiful crystal blue. Misty's eyes sparkled. She giggled almost like a school girl and ran to the edge of the water. She slipped off her shoes and socks and put her feet in the cool water.

   "Ahhhh." Misty lay down with her feet still in the water and closed her eyes.

   "(Feel good?)"

   "AH!" Misty's eyes opened immediately and were met with chocolate brown ones. "ASH! Don't DO that!" She slowly sat up.

    Ash shrugged and sat down beside her. "(Sorry, I thought you could sense when I was coming. So does that feel good?)"

   Misty looked at the water, then at Ash, then back at the water again. "I guess. It's too bad you can't feel it. But at least you can see the beautiful view! See all those stars up there! The moon is really big and bright tonight too!"

  Ash smiled and nodded. He seemed almost distant. "What are you thinking, Ash?"

  Ash said nothing. Misty wanted to know! She resorted to trying to read his mind. Suddenly Ash spoke up. "(MISTY! Please don't do that, you don't want me reading your private thoughts do you?)"

  Misty stuck her tongue out but stopped. "Oh fine."

  Ash chuckled at her response. "(Don't worry, Ill probably end up telling you, eventually,)" He frowned a bit.

  "Ash…?" Misty ventured.

  Ash shook his head. "(Forget it. Let's just enjoy the scenery.)"

  Misty let it go and leaned back again with Ash following her example. She could feel sleep slowly taking over her mind and body. "'Night Ash." She mumbled.

  Ash smiled at her. "(Good night Misty.)" He lay beside her a bit more to make sure she was still asleep, then slowly faded away into the darkness.

~;~;

  "Are you sure this is a good idea?" Trevor looked at his partner and friend. "Do you realize what we're going up against?"

   Maggie shrugged. "I know. But this is the boss's idea. If you don't think it's a good idea I'd like to see you take it up wit him." She looked down from the helicopter then were in and saw a cave. "IS THAT IT?" She yelled over to the pilot. The pilot nodded. "Well," Maggie looked over to her partner. "Good luck. We're one of the best, we should feel honored we were one of the ones chosen for this job."

  Trevor sighed. "I know, it's just… what if we don't make it?" His worried grey eyes met her hazel eyes.

  Maggie smiled and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Keep thinking like that and we may not. We can do it! We've got each other." She winked at him and without looked back, she jumped.

~;~;

  Misty's eyes shot open and she immediately sat up. Something was wrong. 'Ash? ASH?'

  Ash slowly materialized in front of her view. "(What's wrong?)" His sat down beside her and looked at her with a tender look she never noticed before.

  "I – I don't know, I just have this really bad feeling. Something's going to happen!'

  Ash's eyebrows moved together. "(Like what?)"

  "I don't know!"

  Suddenly Misty shivered. She looked up. A cloud had come over out of no where and blocked the moon's light so it was almost pitch black. But the cloud also brought lightening.

  "What's happening?!" Misty cried fearfully.

  "(I don't know. I never saw a storm come up that fast!)"

  Misty shivered again. "I don't think it's any normal lighting storm."

  Misty started to breathe hard. Ash looked at her with concern. "You okay?"

  "I'm really hot!" She wiped the sweat off her forehead. Hard to believe just a few minutes ago it had been a near perfect 70 degrees. Ash looked up and gasped.

   Snowflakes.        

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