2. Rescued…Again?
During the night, Ash woke up because he heard something, in the room next to him. Pikachu, awakend by his master, looked at him. "Pi?", it asked. "Nah, I just heard something in the room next to us.", Ash whispered back, not wanting to wake the rest. Then he felt a very slight vibration. "What was that?", he whispered, and quietly he got out of bed. He walked to the door, but then heard the door next to their room open, and close. Footsteps could be heard, but he could hear that the person making the sound was walking away from them. Ash opened the door, and saw a young man walk to the bathroom. But what was that? He seemed to…glow? Ash couldn't make it out clearly, but he was sure that he saw something like light around the teenager. Then he smacked his forehead. "Damn, what am I thinking? It could just have been a streetlantern outside.", he thought, although he wasn't sure. He turned to Pikachu. "Come on, there's nothing to worry about. Let's go back to bed.", he whispered. Pikachu nodded, and lay down on the footend of the bed. Ash got into bed, and fell asleep shortly afterwards.
Drake walked into the bathroom. He felt that someone was watching him, but didn't look back. "I just might give that kid a scare.", he thought, and grinned. After getting some water, he went back to his room. He looked at the room next to his. "Hmm, someone with a huge inner strength is staying here. Maybe I should meet them. But there is also someone familiar to me there, but I don't know were I exactly met this person before.", he thought, and entered his room. He fell on his bed, and stared to the roof for a few minutes. He checked his watch. "02:32:54. Still enough time until the Centre opens.", he said to himself. Moments later, he was asleep.
Misty was the first to wake up. The rest was still asleep. She checked her watch. It read 08:12:53. "Wow, I'm up early today! Guess I can get to the bathroom now, without having to wait in line!", she thought, and took her stuff. She quietly opened the door, and closed it behind her when she was outside. When she passed room 12, the door opened, and Drake crashed into her. "Excuse me, young lady. I'm sorry. Are you hurt?", Drake asked her, while he helped her to get up. "Yeah, don't mention it. Are you ok?", Misty said, while she looked at him. He wore some kind of trainingsuit. "Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry, but gotta run!", he said, and jogged to the entrance. Once outside, he jogged out of sight. Misty looked at him until she couldn't see him anymore. "Who was that guy? I vaguely remember him from somewhere.", she thought. She shook her head, knowing that she didn't have to worry about it. Quickly, she went to the bathroom, and occupied a shower.
Drake jogged into the forest. He stopped for a moment, and looked around. Seeing that no-one was around him, he began to sprint with incredible speed. After a few miles, he suddenly took off, and flew into the mountains. He landed on a small field in front of a mountain rig. He concentrated, and a white aura began to show. "This should do it.", he thought, and began training. Throwing punches and kicks with incredible speed and accuracy, he flew up a little. His aura was still showing, and it seemed that it was glowing with more intensity than before. After an hour or so, he landed. "Time to try the technique my father taught me.", he thought to himself. He looked up, and cupped his hands. He lowered them to the right side of his waist. "Ka…", he said, and kept looking up. "Me…", he said, and a blue orb appeared in his hands. "Ha…", and pointed his hands upwards. "Me…", he yelled, and the orb grew bigger. "HAAA!!!!", he yelled, and a blue beam launched away from his hands, into the sky. After the beam vanished, he lowered his hands. "This one was more powerful than the last one. I'm getting better at it!", he thought, smiling. "But there's still one thing I have to do, if I want to be like father.". He relaxed his body, and looked around. He raised his lower arms, a little higher than 90 degrees. He brought out his white aura again. He concentrated his energy more, and his aura grew wider, and more intense. "I can…do…this…! I must…do…this!", he thought, and increased his strength to his maximum. His aura flashed yellow a few times, and then it stayed yellow. His hair waved, and flashed yellow a couple of times as well. His aura grew to its widest point, and his hair stood now straight up. Then, with a sudden blast of energy, his hair turned golden yellow. His eyes were now green, and his muscles were a little bigger then before. "Great. Father, your training worked out after all. Its almost a natural feeling to be a Super Saiyan.", he thought. He trained some more, and after a while, he powered down to normal. He took a few minutes to rest up. Then he looked around him, and flew back to the point were he took off earlier. Upon arriving, he made sure that nobody was around, and then he jogged back to the Pokemon Centre.
Ash woke up when Misty entered the room. "So, finally awake?", she grinned. "Yeah, and you're up bright and early.", he replied. He got out of bed, and took his stuff. "By the way, something weird happened last night.", he said. "Really? I didn't mention anything.", Misty replied. Pikachu agreed with Ash. "Well, I'll tell you when I've gotten my shower. Be right back.", he replied, and left the room. He almost bumped into Drake, who was coming back from his training. "Whoa! Sorry about that.", Ash said, while he evaded Drake. "Don't mention it.", Drake replied, and entered his room. "What are you hiding?", Ash thought to himself. He then left for the bathroom. After a while, he got back, and found that everyone was awake. "So, are you done?", Brock asked. "Yeah, you can go if you want.", Ash said. Brock nodded, and took his stuff. When he left, Misty asked, "So, what did you mention last night?". "Well, I heard something from the room next to us, and then I felt a weak vibration.", Ash said. "Is that so? I didn't feel or heared anything.", she replied. "Yes, you think I'm making it up? Well anyway, I heared this guy leaving his room, and saw him walking to the bathroom. Thing is, he almost seemed to glow.", Ash concluded. Misty's eyes opened wide. She remembered something from her past. She was attacked by a wild Pinsir. Suddenly, a young boy appeared out of nowhere. In a moment, his body began to glow, and blasted the Pinsir away. He looked at her, smiled, and vanished. She didn't even had the time to thank him. From that day on, she would like to meet him, and thank him. "Misty? Something on your mind?", Ash asked her, when he saw the look on her face. "No, nothing. I just thought about something, but it's not important really.", she said. "If you say so. Let's wait until Brock gets back, and decide what we are going to do next.", Ash suggested. "Alright, sounds good to me. I'm going out for some fresh air. Be right back.", she said, and walked out of the room.
Misty walked through the streets. The sun was shining, and there was a gentle breeze. But she didn't pay much attention to it. She thought about that day that she was rescued by that boy. "That was over ten years ago. But could that guy that I saw this morning be him?", she thought to herself. She walked to the beach, and looked at the ocean. Several kids were having battles with their Pokemon. She smiled by the thought when she battled Ash for the Cascade Badge. And what a match that was. At first she was upset that her sisters just gave him the badge, but now it didn't bother her at all. She turned around, and walked back to the Pokemon Centre. But she didn't get very far. A loud explosion and a lot of smoke made her stop in her tracks. She didn't need to guess who was behind this. And her thoughts were realized when Jessie and James with Meowth emerged from the smoke. Misty reached for her Pokeballs, but then realized that she didn't had them with her. "Well well, it looks like we have an easy win this time.", Jessie grinned, and pulled out her Pokeball. "You said it, Jess.", James agreed, and pulled out his Pokeball as well. "Sorry twerp, but this time we are going to pay you back in pain for what you did to us!", Jessie yelled. Misty looked for a way to escape, but couldn't find any. She was trapped, and all she could do is fight herself. But she wouldn't last very long, especially if their Pokemon are fighting. "Hey, you three!", a voice yelled behind Team Rocket. Everybody looked into the direction from which the voice came. A few feet away stood Drake. His hands had formed fists. "You sure are cowards, fighting a trainer who hasn't got any of her Pokemon!", he said. "Mind your own business, sucker.", James said. Little did he knew that he just made a very big mistake.
Drake slowly walked around Team Rocket, and stood before Misty. He looked at her, and told her to stand back. She did as she was told. Drake turned to Team Rocket again. "If you really want to fight, then fight me instead.", he said. He looked relaxed, but was ready for anything. "If you insist, but you sure have guts meddling in our affairs.", Jessie said. She released her Arbok, while James released Weezing. "Let's see if you can talk after our battle!", James said. "Be careful!", Misty said. "Don't worry about me. And I'll introduce myself later.", Drake said. He took his fighting stance. "So be it! Arbok, Poison Sting!", Jessie yelled. Arbok launched his attack straight at Drake. He jumped up at the last second, and placed a jump kick against Arbok's head. The big snake was kicked back. "Weezing! Use Smog!", James yelled. Weezing inhaled, but as soon as he wanted to attack, Drake placed an uppercut under the floating Pokemon. Weezing flew up, and bounced on the ground shortly after. Meowth, who had remained silent, suddenly lunged at Drake, and attacked with Fury Swipes. Drake easily avoided all the attacks. Meowth was getting tired, and Drake saw that. He dodged one last swipe, and placed a palm strike against his head, making Meowth bouncing on the ground. Jessie and James couldn't say a word. Drake kept calm, and looked at them. "So, you want some too?", he grinned. Jessie and James withdrew their Pokemon. "You may have won today, but next time we will win!", James said, and he and Jessie ran away, while grabbing Meowth from the floor. Drake turned to Misty. "Are you alright?", he asked, and walked up to her. "Uh, yeah…", was all she could say. She was still astounished from what she had seen. "Oh, I haven't told you my name, have I?", she asked. "I'm Misty.". Drake shook her hand. "Drake Fergasso. But call me Drake.", he replied.
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Misty has been rescued for what appears the second time, by the savior from her childhood. Revealing a small part of his abilities, Drake easily defeated Team Rocket. But what secrets lies within this young man? And what plans will Team Rocket have in store for all of them? Secrets will be revealed, in the next chapter!