Evil Ash: Part One
"What's going on in here? Who's making all this noise-?"
Officer Jenny stopped suddenly. She looked at Misty, Brock, and Nurse Joy trying in vain to wake Ash up. She turned away, and mumbled something under her breath that no one, not even the Narrator, could hear.
"Oh Jenny! I'm so glad you got here so fast!" Nurse Joy said with a hint of relief in her voice. "I hoped you would be home, and I'm glad that you haven't left on your trip to Hoenn yet. What do you think we should do?"
"I don't know. How long has he been out?"
"Longer than the others. Much longer. I can't explain it. Do you have a Hypno or a Kadabra or something? I know that Psychic Pokémon have had success with this type of stuff in the past…"
"No, our department hasn't been able to get one yet…I'm gonna go see if I can't find one out in the wild. I know we are very close to a large colony of them, but I'm not making any promises."
Brock turned for a few seconds to look at her with a dumbstruck love in his eyes, snapped out of it, and resumed trying to wake Ash.
Jenny turned and rushed out the door, towards the Hypno's field.
Little did any of them know, they were in for a very long night…
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" Ash yelled as he woke. He looked around. No one was to be seen, and he was in a cell. The place seemed like something out of one of his childhood nightmares, and he shivered.
"Oh, I have a bad feeling about this place. I must be dreaming. I know!" He pinched himself.
"Ow!" he yelled. Apparently, this was no dream. This was really happening. Just then, he remembered the shadow…
"YOU WILL ENTERTAIN ME, HUMAN!"
Just that memory alone was enough to start him shivering again. He then noticed how cold it was in the room.
"I could have sworn it was a lot warmer in here a second ago!" he yelled, to no one in particular.
"That's because a second ago, I was not HERE!" a voice called out.
"Who are you?! Did you bring me here?! And, how did you get into the Pokémon Center without setting off alarms or waking people up?" Ash asked.
Ash sensed the voice drawing closer.
"Of course I brought you here! Don't you remember? I said, YOU will ENTERTAIN me, HUMAN!"
At that, another shiver ran down Ash's spine. It was the shadowy figure from his dream!
"As for your other questions… I didn't need to sneak into the Pokémon Center. THIS IS YOUR DREAM. I have much more power in here than your 'world.' But, due to the tendency of humans to assume power in their dreams, I have made an exception-this time, YOU will not escape as easy as the others. I have bound your abilities to control objects in this world, so don't even bother trying!" the voice continued.
"You still haven't answered all my questions! Who are you?" Ash replied.
"Fine, if you so wish to give me a name, I guess I can show you a form." The voice moved into the light. It still appeared as a shadow, even in the light. "But you must promise me one thing: After I show you my form, you must then begin entertaining me!"
"All right," Ash replied.
The form's shadows began to dissolve, and when Ash could see it clearly, he instantly knew the identity of his captor-or did he?
