Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or any of the characters, nor do I own the song 'If Tommorrow Never Comes'
Weeks past, and still Misty had no idea were Ash disappeared too practicly every day. His Pokémon didn't seem to mind much, but at times said they wished he was there.
Misty woke early one morning when she heard a bang and somebody groaning. She sat up in bed and rubed her eyes, listening to the voice she could hear outisde the door.
"Stupid chair..."
It was Ash, but what was he doing up so early? Misty looked at the clock. 08:13? No wonder she never saw him leaving. Quickly and quietly she got up and dressed, making sure not to wake Togetec. She walked to the door and opened it slightly, pearing out. She saw Ash walking down the stairs and followed slowly. "What is he up too?" She thought, grabbing her yellow jacket off the stand and following him out the door.
Ash walked into the forest in silence. Now that it was late November, it was still dark at this time, and cold too, though it didn't seem to bother him in the slightest.
Misty followed him, rubbing her arms slightly to try and warm herself from the cold. She had her hood up and her jacket ziped up to try and warm herself. "What the heck would he be doing getting up at this time in this kind of weather?"
Ash stopped walking suddenly as he heard a tree branch snap. Someone was following him. He turned quickly and caught a glimpes of something yellow runing behind a tree. He narrowed his eyes. Shockstreak. He had changed his name because of the papers, which always called him Shockstreak, not Zapdosman.
Misty leaned against the back of the tree, holding her breath for a second. Whatever Ash was doing, he sure wanted to keep it a secret if he was keeping his gaurd up. She took a deep breath and looked out from behind the tree, but she didn't see anyone there. She stood out from behind it and looked around."Were'd he go?" She thought, but no sooner had the thought crossed her mind, someone grabbed her arm and spun her around. She looked up at Ash, who had his fist back, ready to punch.
"Misty?" Ash said, lowering his fist. "What are you doing here?" He asked.
"What the heck was that about?!" Misty yelled loudly.
Ash scratched the back on his head and glance around nervously. "I...thought you were someone else"
Misty folded her arms. "Oh ya, who?"
Ash hesitated. "Just...someone" He said. He didn't see why he shouldn't tell her it was Shockstreak. After all, she'd been there when he'd attack Ash the first time. Still, something stopped him, maybe the fact she might figure out who he was. "Look, I-I gotta go, stuff to do" He said turning and running in the other dirrection. "Talk to ya later!" He called back.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Too late, Ash was out of sight. She growled and turned, stomping back to the house. "Why is he being so secretive?!" She wondered.
Ariados yawned as Ash awoke him from his peaceful sleep. [Why do we have to get up so early? There's very little crime in Goldenrod sence we came anyway]
"Because we can't take any chances with Shockstreak around" Ash said simply. "Now come on, we've got work to do"
Ariados groaned and pushed himself up to a standing position, following Ash out of their hideout lazily. [But can't we sleep just a few hours more?]
"Sorry pal" Ash said. He knew Ariados hadn't been getting much sleep lately. It stayed out longer in Goldenrod during the day, and yet he still woke it early the next morning. Heck, Ariados was doing more work then he was. "Look, how about you take today off?"
Ariados thought for a while. [Well...alright. But only if you take tommorrow off. Deal?] He said holding out one of it's spider legs.
Ash smiled. "Alright" He said shaking hands, of so to speak, with the spider-like Pokémon.
[Good] Ariados said before yawning loudly. [Now if you'll excuse me, I have an appointment with the sandman] He said, turning back and heading back into the hideout, while Ash headed off for 'work'.
The Next Day
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"Misty, are you sure you need all of this stuff?" Ash asked looking at the pile of clothes. "This is the last time I let Misty choose what to do for the day" He thought.
"No, but I'm getting it anyway" She said, smiling brightly, handing Ash's credit card in to pay for everything.
"I've got to put a limit on your use of my card" Ash moaned folding his arms and watching Misty as she help put all the clothes in the bags, which she handed to Ash. "Hey, this isn't Princess Day you know" Ash said.
It was much more fun for the rest of the day, mostly because Ash was the one picking what they did ad he had taken his credit card back. Misty, for once, saw the best side of Goldenrod. With all it's games, shows, movies and, of corse, shops.
"Wow Ash, today was great" Misty said as they both sat down for a drink later on that evening. "Thanks alot, I had a great day"
Ash smiled and blushed slightly. "No problem."
"I'll go get us some drinks" Misty said, standing up and heading over to the counter to order.
Ash sighed and sat back in his chair. There was a song being played from a radio nearby, and the lines caught his attention.
If tommorrow never comes,
Will she know how much I love her,
Did I try in every way, to show her everyday,
She's my only world,
When my time on earth is true,
She must face ths world, without me.
Tell the ones you love,
Just what your thinkin' of,
If tommorow never comes...
Ash couldn't get that song out of his head. The truth was, it had scared him. His life was dangerous, and he had no idea if he'd even be here the next day. What if he missed the chance to tell Misty how he felt? He couldn't let that happen.
He swallowed hard as he followed Misty through the park. "Uh..M-Misty?" Was he really going to tell her?
Misty stopped walking and looked back at him. "Yeah?"
Before Ash had a chance to say anything, a shockwave ran along the ground and electricuted him, causing him to fall too his knees in pain.
"Ash!" Misty called running over to him and putting her hand on his shoulder. "Whats wrong?"
"Can't...move" Ash forced himself to say as the paralising electricity ran through him. He knew who had done this, and when he looked up he saw him. "Misty, look out"
Misty looked behind her and saw Shockstreak, sitting lazily on his hoverdisk with a round, black object in his hand. "Having fun Ketchum?" He asked and smirked.
"What do you want?!" Ash yelled, finding his voice more steady now.
"It's simple," Shockstreak said, standing up on the hoverdisk. He reached up and pulled off the mask. "Fermiliar Misty?"
"Adrian?!" Misty jumped when she saw him. "Your...your Shockstreak?"
"That's right, I became 'Shockstreak' to get revenge on him for taking you away from me" He said, pointing at Ash. "Even when he was Ariadosman I fought him" He said, spiting out the word 'Ariadosman'. He ignore Misty as she turned to Ash and, knowing from the look on his face, that what Adrian said was true. Surprisingly, Ash got over the shock of Adrian being Shockstreak pretty quickly. "But if I can't have you...then no one will" He finished holding up the black object.
"Whats that?" Misty said, stepping back slightly.
"It's a bomb" Ash said, studying the item. He and Adrian had gotton into fights plenty of times and bombs were one of his favourite weapons to use against Ash, though he was able t dodge most.
"You got that right" Adrian said, grinning. "But this ones a little more special" He pressed a button and claws seemed to sprout from the bomb. "This one latches onto the enemy and, believe me, it doesn't come off before exploding, and the explosion can kill anyone instintly" He turned to Misty, who stepped back, and held the bomb back. "Guess you'll be the first to try it out" He said, throqing it forward at her.
Misty held her arms in front of her, as if to protect herself, and heard the claws latch on. But she didn't feel anything. She moved her hands from in front of her face and looked forward to see Ash in front of her. She was confused for a moment, until she saw that the bomb had latched itself to Ash!
Ash had his head down and was looking at the bomb, which was slowly ticking the time away until it went off. He knew now his chancing of surviving were slim to none, so he closed his eyes tight. "I love you Misty..."
Misty stood, shocked. "Ash, please don't so this to me. I love you too, you can't leave me!" She said, tears streaming down her face and she grabbed Ash's arm.
Adrian just laughed. "What a fool. Though you saved her this time, I'll just be able to get her again" He said.
"No, you won't..." Ash said in a low voice, looking straight at Adrian he added. "Because I'm taking you down wth me!" With that, he pulled away from Misty and ran forward at high speed.
Adrian had no time to react, before he knew it, Ash had him pinned to a tree. He stuggled to get free, but Ash's grip was too tight.
Ash glance back at Misty, and she saw a few tears in his eyes. He blinked them back and turned back to Adrian with a blank expression. "You caused your own demise Adrian..." He said, just as the time ran out on the bomb...
The End
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Be annoyed, be very annoyed *laughs crazily* Well thats it, it's over, kaput. No sequels. coz I'd have no character to use ¬_¬;; Well thanks for reading, agus slán go foill!
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