Chapter Ten
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from Pokemon, except the ones I made up (you'll know which ones). So, read and enjoy! Don't forget to review!!!
"Wow, these mountains are so beautiful!" Misty said as she looked up at the very high mountains.
"We've seen mountains before, Misty. I don't see what the big deal is." Ash muttered under his breath.
"The big deal is that we always get lost in mountains. But this time, Yuri has the map, so you can't read it and get us lost." Misty pointed out.
"What, does Ash get you guys lost often or something?" Yuri asked.
"Ash got us lost in woods and mountains, mostly..." Misty sighed.
"Okay, that's enough of that conversation!" Ash stopped as he grinned. "Hey, I'm only human, I make mistakes..."
Somebody's PokeGear phone began. Everybody stopped walking and got their own out from wherever they had them. It turns out it was Yuri's PokeGear.
"Hello, Yuri speaking." Yuri greeted the mysterious person.
"Hey, little sis! How are things with Ash, Misty and Brock?" Kuro's voice said over the other end.
"Just fine. We made it to Banto already! Plus, Ash just won his first Banto badge. Pretty cool, huh?" Yuri asked.
"If you say so... Anyway, me and Chikara are in Banto, too. Maybe you guys would like to meet us somewhere for a late night dinner! How about it?" Kuro asked. Yuri looked over at Ash, Misty and Brock, who all agreed to eating.
"Sure, we'd be glad to! Where would you like to go?" Yuri asked.
"I don't know. How about me and Chikara fly over to the mountains where you guys are, and we can decide there. Sound okay to you?" Kuro asked.
"Well, okay, but do you guys know where we are? I mean what mountain range we're at?" Yuri asked.
"Chikara's looking at a map right now, and he says that you guys are at the Miasma Mountain range. Uh, oh..." Kuro said.
"What's wrong?" Yuri asked.
"Don't you know what miasma means?" Kuro asked.
"Is that some kind of Pokemon?" Ash asked with stupidity.
"No, Ash, miasma isn't a Pokemon. Miasma means 'a poisonous atmosphere'." Kuro explained. Brock got out his new guidebook, scanned through the pages, and stopped.
"It says in the guidebook that the Miasma Mountains have a very likely chance of poisoning somebody. It also says that Pokemon that have the 'Poison Powder' attack will fly over a group of people or Pokemon and use that attack on them. We have to get out of here!" Brock said as he quickly put the guidebook back into his bag. Everybody then heard the flutter of wings nearby.
"Kuro, I'll call you back..." Yuri said as she hung up without saying good-bye. Ash, Misty, Brock and Yuri looked around with caution, and tried to increase their hearing abilities for anymore wings. Suddenly, behind Misty, a group of Beedrill and Butterfree came flying up into the air.
"Everybody, use your bandanas and run back to Strawberry City!" Ash commanded as he grabbed his green bandana that he had been storing in his pocket and covered his nose and mouth. Yuri fished out her red and white one and did the same, as did Brock.
"Misty, what's wrong? Can't you find your bandana?" Yuri asked as she noticed Brock and Ash had already started running back to the city.
"No, and I just had it, too!" Misty said as she used her hand to cover her mouth only. She turned around and looked at the Beedrill and Butterfree, who continued to use Poison Powder, and suddenly fainted.
"Misty? Misty, get up! We have to get back to the city!" Yuri said. She tied her bandana around the back of her head so it covered her nose and mouth, and picked Misty up off the ground. She put one of Misty's arms around her neck, lifted her up to her feet, and began to run after Ash and Brock.
~Back at Strawberry City~
"Where are Yuri and Misty?" Ash asked as he stopped at the first streetlight of Strawberry City. He took his bandana off and put it back in his jacket.
"I don't know... they were right behind me, I think..." Brock panted as he put his bandana back. He sat down on a nearby bench, and took a deep breath. Ash continued to stand where he was.
"Do you think they breathed in the poison?" Ash asked with concern after a few minutes of waiting.
"I don't know. Should we go back up there and look for them?" Brock asked.
"You stay here and have an ambulance ready, just in case. I'll be back soon." Ash said as he took his bandana back out and covered his nose and mouth with it. Just to be sure it was tight and secure, he tied it around the back of his head.
"Good luck, Ash." Brock said as he ran to the Pokemon Center.
~Miasma Mountains~
Yuri looked behind her to see if the Beedrill and Butterfree were still flying after her. She was moving too slow, carrying Misty, and she couldn't run.
"Man, what am I gonna do?" Yuri asked herself as she continued to run as fast as she could down the path back to Strawberry City. She heard a buzzing sound getting closer and closer, and looked behind her again. It was a Beedrill, and it was gaining speed behind her.
"Oh, no! Okay, what now?" Yuri asked as she tried to run and hold Misty at the same time. "Man, I DEFINITELY need to tell Misty to go on a diet when we get out of this..."
The Beedrill pointed it's stingers at Yuri, and began to fly closer and closer. Yuri panicked and covered Misty's head. She then felt a sharp pain in her right arm, which she used to carry Misty. Her scream was muffled by the bandana, and she could feel tears coming to her eyes. The Beedrill had stung her, and she had been poisoned. She lost feeling in her right arm, and it felt as if it had been ripped off. When she lost feeling, she let Misty go, who continued to go down the path, just not on her feet.
"Misty!" Yuri managed to scream through her pain, which suddenly came back again, stronger than the first time. Yuri stood up, still clutching her right arm, and began to run after Misty, her right arm wagging behind her. She then saw a figure with a red and white hat on running up the path, and noticed at once that it was Ash.
"Ash, go get Misty!" Yuri yelled at she pointed to Misty, who had stopped rolling down the path and had been lying down.
"Yuri, what happened?" Ash asked as he stopped by Yuri first.
"I'll tell you later! Can you carry Misty down the path, because I got stung by a Beedrill, and I can't feel my right arm." Yuri explained.
"Sure. I think those Beedrill and Butterfree flew away, so it's okay now." Ash said as he walked down to Misty. He picked her up, and flung her around onto his back. To make sure she didn't fall off, he held her wrists together, and let her dangle behind him. Yuri walked behind them.
~Once again, Back at Strawberry City~
"We're there, Yuri." Ash said as he stopped walking and looked around for Brock. He heard a siren wailing close by.
"The poison is going through my bloodstream. Now I can't feel my right leg." Yuri said as she fell to her knees and rested on the ground.
"Okay, here's the ambulance." Ash said as the wailing ambulance stopped right in front of him. The paramedics opened the back of the ambulance, and took out a stretcher. They laid Misty on top, and strapped her down. When they had Misty on the back, they ran over to Yuri.
"Are you okay, miss?" one of the paramedics asked as he took her right arm and held it up.
"No, I got stung by a Beedrill. I think I got poisoned." Yuri explained.
"Okay, you need to come with us." the paramedic said as he helped Yuri up and walked her to the back of the ambulance. She looked behind her at Ash, and frowned. When she sat down in the ambulance, she looked at Misty, and started to cry.
Ash watched the ambulance race back to the hospital until he couldn't see it or hear it anymore.
'I hope Misty and Yuri are going to be okay...' Ash thought to himself. He began to get tears in his eyes, and remembered the first say him and Misty met.
'That's right. I needed to get away from those Spearow, and I jumped into a big lake. Misty was sitting there, fishing for water Pokemon, but she caught me instead. And then I took her bike, promising I would return it someday, not knowing she would follow me for six years.'
~At the Strawberry City hospital~
"Where is she? Is she going to be okay?" Ash asked as he ran into the hospital and saw Brock sitting down in the waiting room.
"If you're referring to Misty, she's in room 190, and the doctor said she's going to be fine. Yuri's in room 191, and she's doing just fine, also. Do you want to go visit them?" Brock asked. "I was waiting for you, because I knew you would want to know."
"Yeah, let's go." Ash said as he ran down the hall to room 190 and 191, dodging doctors and nurses as he and Brock went.
"You may visit her now, sir." a nurse said as she held the door open for Misty's room. Ash went in by himself, because Brock had been visiting Yuri.
As Ash walked in, he saw Misty was wearing a hospital gown and had a needle sticking out of her left arm. He slowly walked over to her bedside, and sat down.
"Misty, I'm really sorry I wasn't there to save you from being poisoned from those Beedrill and Butterfree. I feel so guilty, like all of this is my fault." Ash spoke aloud. Misty slowly opened her eyes, and looked at Ash.
"None of it is your fault, Ash..." Misty said as she smiled. "It was just meant to be. God had intended for me to get poisoned at that spot, at that time. He had meant for you not to be there to protect me."
"I guess you're right. Are you feeling okay?" Ash asked.
"Okay, I guess. How is Yuri and Brock?" Misty asked.
"They're doing just fine. In fact, would you like to see Brock now?" Ash asked as he stood up and walked to Yuri's room.
"I guess so. Sure, send him in." Misty said as she sat up in the hospital bed.
"Brock, you can go see Misty now." Ash said as he opened Yuri's door.
"Okay, thanks." Brock said as he stood up from Yuri's bedside and walked to Misty's room.
"Is she okay?" Yuri asked as Ash closed the door behind him.
"Yeah, she's fine. A little frightened, but she'll be okay." Ash replied. Suddenly, Yuri's room door opened.
"Yuri, are you okay?" Kuro asked as she and Chikara ran inside and stopped by her bed.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I was just stung by a Beedrill, but they put Antidote into my bloodstream. I can leave anytime." Yuri explained.
"I'm glad..." Kuro said as she hugged her sister.
"Did you get stung, Ash?" Chikara asked.
"No, fortunately." Ash replied.
"Attention, all hospital visitors, all visiting hours are over! You can come back tomorrow!" a doctor said over the P.A. system.
"Okay, you want to leave tonight, Yuri?" Chikara asked.
"Yeah, I would prefer it. You know how much I hate hospitals..." Yuri sighed as she stood up out of the hospital bed.
"Okay, let's go." Kuro said as she and Chikara helped her leave.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Ash." Yuri said as she left with her brother and sister.
~~Next chapter: Misty leaves the hospital, and Ash, Brock and Yuri are glad. But how can they get to Blueberry City without crossing the Miasma Mountains again? Stay tuned to find out!
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from Pokemon, except the ones I made up (you'll know which ones). So, read and enjoy! Don't forget to review!!!
"Wow, these mountains are so beautiful!" Misty said as she looked up at the very high mountains.
"We've seen mountains before, Misty. I don't see what the big deal is." Ash muttered under his breath.
"The big deal is that we always get lost in mountains. But this time, Yuri has the map, so you can't read it and get us lost." Misty pointed out.
"What, does Ash get you guys lost often or something?" Yuri asked.
"Ash got us lost in woods and mountains, mostly..." Misty sighed.
"Okay, that's enough of that conversation!" Ash stopped as he grinned. "Hey, I'm only human, I make mistakes..."
Somebody's PokeGear phone began. Everybody stopped walking and got their own out from wherever they had them. It turns out it was Yuri's PokeGear.
"Hello, Yuri speaking." Yuri greeted the mysterious person.
"Hey, little sis! How are things with Ash, Misty and Brock?" Kuro's voice said over the other end.
"Just fine. We made it to Banto already! Plus, Ash just won his first Banto badge. Pretty cool, huh?" Yuri asked.
"If you say so... Anyway, me and Chikara are in Banto, too. Maybe you guys would like to meet us somewhere for a late night dinner! How about it?" Kuro asked. Yuri looked over at Ash, Misty and Brock, who all agreed to eating.
"Sure, we'd be glad to! Where would you like to go?" Yuri asked.
"I don't know. How about me and Chikara fly over to the mountains where you guys are, and we can decide there. Sound okay to you?" Kuro asked.
"Well, okay, but do you guys know where we are? I mean what mountain range we're at?" Yuri asked.
"Chikara's looking at a map right now, and he says that you guys are at the Miasma Mountain range. Uh, oh..." Kuro said.
"What's wrong?" Yuri asked.
"Don't you know what miasma means?" Kuro asked.
"Is that some kind of Pokemon?" Ash asked with stupidity.
"No, Ash, miasma isn't a Pokemon. Miasma means 'a poisonous atmosphere'." Kuro explained. Brock got out his new guidebook, scanned through the pages, and stopped.
"It says in the guidebook that the Miasma Mountains have a very likely chance of poisoning somebody. It also says that Pokemon that have the 'Poison Powder' attack will fly over a group of people or Pokemon and use that attack on them. We have to get out of here!" Brock said as he quickly put the guidebook back into his bag. Everybody then heard the flutter of wings nearby.
"Kuro, I'll call you back..." Yuri said as she hung up without saying good-bye. Ash, Misty, Brock and Yuri looked around with caution, and tried to increase their hearing abilities for anymore wings. Suddenly, behind Misty, a group of Beedrill and Butterfree came flying up into the air.
"Everybody, use your bandanas and run back to Strawberry City!" Ash commanded as he grabbed his green bandana that he had been storing in his pocket and covered his nose and mouth. Yuri fished out her red and white one and did the same, as did Brock.
"Misty, what's wrong? Can't you find your bandana?" Yuri asked as she noticed Brock and Ash had already started running back to the city.
"No, and I just had it, too!" Misty said as she used her hand to cover her mouth only. She turned around and looked at the Beedrill and Butterfree, who continued to use Poison Powder, and suddenly fainted.
"Misty? Misty, get up! We have to get back to the city!" Yuri said. She tied her bandana around the back of her head so it covered her nose and mouth, and picked Misty up off the ground. She put one of Misty's arms around her neck, lifted her up to her feet, and began to run after Ash and Brock.
~Back at Strawberry City~
"Where are Yuri and Misty?" Ash asked as he stopped at the first streetlight of Strawberry City. He took his bandana off and put it back in his jacket.
"I don't know... they were right behind me, I think..." Brock panted as he put his bandana back. He sat down on a nearby bench, and took a deep breath. Ash continued to stand where he was.
"Do you think they breathed in the poison?" Ash asked with concern after a few minutes of waiting.
"I don't know. Should we go back up there and look for them?" Brock asked.
"You stay here and have an ambulance ready, just in case. I'll be back soon." Ash said as he took his bandana back out and covered his nose and mouth with it. Just to be sure it was tight and secure, he tied it around the back of his head.
"Good luck, Ash." Brock said as he ran to the Pokemon Center.
~Miasma Mountains~
Yuri looked behind her to see if the Beedrill and Butterfree were still flying after her. She was moving too slow, carrying Misty, and she couldn't run.
"Man, what am I gonna do?" Yuri asked herself as she continued to run as fast as she could down the path back to Strawberry City. She heard a buzzing sound getting closer and closer, and looked behind her again. It was a Beedrill, and it was gaining speed behind her.
"Oh, no! Okay, what now?" Yuri asked as she tried to run and hold Misty at the same time. "Man, I DEFINITELY need to tell Misty to go on a diet when we get out of this..."
The Beedrill pointed it's stingers at Yuri, and began to fly closer and closer. Yuri panicked and covered Misty's head. She then felt a sharp pain in her right arm, which she used to carry Misty. Her scream was muffled by the bandana, and she could feel tears coming to her eyes. The Beedrill had stung her, and she had been poisoned. She lost feeling in her right arm, and it felt as if it had been ripped off. When she lost feeling, she let Misty go, who continued to go down the path, just not on her feet.
"Misty!" Yuri managed to scream through her pain, which suddenly came back again, stronger than the first time. Yuri stood up, still clutching her right arm, and began to run after Misty, her right arm wagging behind her. She then saw a figure with a red and white hat on running up the path, and noticed at once that it was Ash.
"Ash, go get Misty!" Yuri yelled at she pointed to Misty, who had stopped rolling down the path and had been lying down.
"Yuri, what happened?" Ash asked as he stopped by Yuri first.
"I'll tell you later! Can you carry Misty down the path, because I got stung by a Beedrill, and I can't feel my right arm." Yuri explained.
"Sure. I think those Beedrill and Butterfree flew away, so it's okay now." Ash said as he walked down to Misty. He picked her up, and flung her around onto his back. To make sure she didn't fall off, he held her wrists together, and let her dangle behind him. Yuri walked behind them.
~Once again, Back at Strawberry City~
"We're there, Yuri." Ash said as he stopped walking and looked around for Brock. He heard a siren wailing close by.
"The poison is going through my bloodstream. Now I can't feel my right leg." Yuri said as she fell to her knees and rested on the ground.
"Okay, here's the ambulance." Ash said as the wailing ambulance stopped right in front of him. The paramedics opened the back of the ambulance, and took out a stretcher. They laid Misty on top, and strapped her down. When they had Misty on the back, they ran over to Yuri.
"Are you okay, miss?" one of the paramedics asked as he took her right arm and held it up.
"No, I got stung by a Beedrill. I think I got poisoned." Yuri explained.
"Okay, you need to come with us." the paramedic said as he helped Yuri up and walked her to the back of the ambulance. She looked behind her at Ash, and frowned. When she sat down in the ambulance, she looked at Misty, and started to cry.
Ash watched the ambulance race back to the hospital until he couldn't see it or hear it anymore.
'I hope Misty and Yuri are going to be okay...' Ash thought to himself. He began to get tears in his eyes, and remembered the first say him and Misty met.
'That's right. I needed to get away from those Spearow, and I jumped into a big lake. Misty was sitting there, fishing for water Pokemon, but she caught me instead. And then I took her bike, promising I would return it someday, not knowing she would follow me for six years.'
~At the Strawberry City hospital~
"Where is she? Is she going to be okay?" Ash asked as he ran into the hospital and saw Brock sitting down in the waiting room.
"If you're referring to Misty, she's in room 190, and the doctor said she's going to be fine. Yuri's in room 191, and she's doing just fine, also. Do you want to go visit them?" Brock asked. "I was waiting for you, because I knew you would want to know."
"Yeah, let's go." Ash said as he ran down the hall to room 190 and 191, dodging doctors and nurses as he and Brock went.
"You may visit her now, sir." a nurse said as she held the door open for Misty's room. Ash went in by himself, because Brock had been visiting Yuri.
As Ash walked in, he saw Misty was wearing a hospital gown and had a needle sticking out of her left arm. He slowly walked over to her bedside, and sat down.
"Misty, I'm really sorry I wasn't there to save you from being poisoned from those Beedrill and Butterfree. I feel so guilty, like all of this is my fault." Ash spoke aloud. Misty slowly opened her eyes, and looked at Ash.
"None of it is your fault, Ash..." Misty said as she smiled. "It was just meant to be. God had intended for me to get poisoned at that spot, at that time. He had meant for you not to be there to protect me."
"I guess you're right. Are you feeling okay?" Ash asked.
"Okay, I guess. How is Yuri and Brock?" Misty asked.
"They're doing just fine. In fact, would you like to see Brock now?" Ash asked as he stood up and walked to Yuri's room.
"I guess so. Sure, send him in." Misty said as she sat up in the hospital bed.
"Brock, you can go see Misty now." Ash said as he opened Yuri's door.
"Okay, thanks." Brock said as he stood up from Yuri's bedside and walked to Misty's room.
"Is she okay?" Yuri asked as Ash closed the door behind him.
"Yeah, she's fine. A little frightened, but she'll be okay." Ash replied. Suddenly, Yuri's room door opened.
"Yuri, are you okay?" Kuro asked as she and Chikara ran inside and stopped by her bed.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I was just stung by a Beedrill, but they put Antidote into my bloodstream. I can leave anytime." Yuri explained.
"I'm glad..." Kuro said as she hugged her sister.
"Did you get stung, Ash?" Chikara asked.
"No, fortunately." Ash replied.
"Attention, all hospital visitors, all visiting hours are over! You can come back tomorrow!" a doctor said over the P.A. system.
"Okay, you want to leave tonight, Yuri?" Chikara asked.
"Yeah, I would prefer it. You know how much I hate hospitals..." Yuri sighed as she stood up out of the hospital bed.
"Okay, let's go." Kuro said as she and Chikara helped her leave.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Ash." Yuri said as she left with her brother and sister.
~~Next chapter: Misty leaves the hospital, and Ash, Brock and Yuri are glad. But how can they get to Blueberry City without crossing the Miasma Mountains again? Stay tuned to find out!