Chapter Twelve: The Catch
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Ash read and reread the note, a shiver running up his spine. Who was Vicious? Why did he want his pokemon? He tried to think strait, but his brain was getting clouded . . .
Bird boy and Ice woman? The one's who had attacked them earlier? They couldn't be bounty hunters; they were after his pokemon, not him. 'It must have been them . . .' He thought.
He decided immediately not to give up his pokemon. He'd talk to them about the whole situation. That's when he reread the note one more time.
'I have your rat. It won't be harmed if you let us control the rest of your creatures. . . '
Ash gasped. They were going to hurt Pikachu? He couldn't let them!
Ash's brain raced. If he turned in his pokemon to Vicious, they would all be safe, maybe even well fed. If he didn't, they would most likely kill Pikachu, and then they'd just keep chasing him . . .
But if he turned them in, they might use his pokemon for. . . Ash shook his head. He knew what they intended.
He was even a bit flattered that they thought his pokemon could help them take over the world . . . well, galaxy, universe, something like that.
Ash bit his lip. Either he gave his pokemon to these strangers and they'd be unharmed, or he ignored the threat and they killed Pikachu.
There was only one thing to do for now.
Ash took off his cap and threw it onto the ground, then turned and dashed out of the alley.
~*~*~*
"Did you fix it yet Jet?" Faye asked.
"YES! I DID!" Jet yelled. He hadn't been in the best of moods the past couple of days.
Faye sighed. "Good." She immediately hopped into her 'Redtail'.
Jet got into his 'Hammerhead', and then looked around. "Where's Spike?"
"Went to find Ash on foot." Faye muttered.
Jet sighed. "Thought so . . . the Lunkhead."
Faye smirked. "Well, let's get going. You never know, maybe Spike will beat us to him. . ."
~*~*~*
Spike walked down the street boredly, looking around. Then suddenly someone ran into him.
Spike staggered backward in surprise, and then looked down to see Ash sprawled against the ground, hatless and with no Pikachu.
Spike smirked. "THERE you are! I was wondering were you were. Where's your rat?"
Ash glared up at him, trying to get to his feet. "He's a Pikachu, not a ra- "
Ash was cut off when two hands reached out from behind and grabbed him by the hair. He yelped in pain as he was dragged up onto his feet. Next thing he knew, he was facing an obvious Mexican, who grinned down at him.
"Ow! Let go of me!" Ash cried, kicking his legs as the man lifted him in the hair by the back of his vest. Spike blinked, and then pointed a finger at the three behind Ash.
"I know you! You're the something brothers!"
The three bounty hunters laughed, and one of them replied "That's the MEMPHIS brothers."
Another one smirked. "We'd hoped we'd meet you again, we want some payback from last time!"
The third one laughed as he remarked "But we'd better turn in this little varmint before he gets away! Thanks for stopping him, we could barely keep up with him, he was running so fast!"
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CLIFFHANGER!!!!! (Yes, it was a very short chapter. But I have been VERY busy lately, sorry!)
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Ash read and reread the note, a shiver running up his spine. Who was Vicious? Why did he want his pokemon? He tried to think strait, but his brain was getting clouded . . .
Bird boy and Ice woman? The one's who had attacked them earlier? They couldn't be bounty hunters; they were after his pokemon, not him. 'It must have been them . . .' He thought.
He decided immediately not to give up his pokemon. He'd talk to them about the whole situation. That's when he reread the note one more time.
'I have your rat. It won't be harmed if you let us control the rest of your creatures. . . '
Ash gasped. They were going to hurt Pikachu? He couldn't let them!
Ash's brain raced. If he turned in his pokemon to Vicious, they would all be safe, maybe even well fed. If he didn't, they would most likely kill Pikachu, and then they'd just keep chasing him . . .
But if he turned them in, they might use his pokemon for. . . Ash shook his head. He knew what they intended.
He was even a bit flattered that they thought his pokemon could help them take over the world . . . well, galaxy, universe, something like that.
Ash bit his lip. Either he gave his pokemon to these strangers and they'd be unharmed, or he ignored the threat and they killed Pikachu.
There was only one thing to do for now.
Ash took off his cap and threw it onto the ground, then turned and dashed out of the alley.
~*~*~*
"Did you fix it yet Jet?" Faye asked.
"YES! I DID!" Jet yelled. He hadn't been in the best of moods the past couple of days.
Faye sighed. "Good." She immediately hopped into her 'Redtail'.
Jet got into his 'Hammerhead', and then looked around. "Where's Spike?"
"Went to find Ash on foot." Faye muttered.
Jet sighed. "Thought so . . . the Lunkhead."
Faye smirked. "Well, let's get going. You never know, maybe Spike will beat us to him. . ."
~*~*~*
Spike walked down the street boredly, looking around. Then suddenly someone ran into him.
Spike staggered backward in surprise, and then looked down to see Ash sprawled against the ground, hatless and with no Pikachu.
Spike smirked. "THERE you are! I was wondering were you were. Where's your rat?"
Ash glared up at him, trying to get to his feet. "He's a Pikachu, not a ra- "
Ash was cut off when two hands reached out from behind and grabbed him by the hair. He yelped in pain as he was dragged up onto his feet. Next thing he knew, he was facing an obvious Mexican, who grinned down at him.
"Ow! Let go of me!" Ash cried, kicking his legs as the man lifted him in the hair by the back of his vest. Spike blinked, and then pointed a finger at the three behind Ash.
"I know you! You're the something brothers!"
The three bounty hunters laughed, and one of them replied "That's the MEMPHIS brothers."
Another one smirked. "We'd hoped we'd meet you again, we want some payback from last time!"
The third one laughed as he remarked "But we'd better turn in this little varmint before he gets away! Thanks for stopping him, we could barely keep up with him, he was running so fast!"
*~*~*~
CLIFFHANGER!!!!! (Yes, it was a very short chapter. But I have been VERY busy lately, sorry!)