The Murkrow

Chapter 4

"Ash?" Professor Oak stared into the darkness, but like the darkness, there was only silence.

Technically, Ash hadn't left just yet.

"Oh baby" Ash whistled as he turned on the lights to the massive garage the professor had.

Inside the large parking area were rows and rows of assorted vehicles, both classic and modern. Gliding his hand over the cool metallic hood of a red Dodge Viper GTS, Ash scanned the area.

"Guess the professor had other hobbies besides pokemon" Ash thought to himself "His job would certainly let him buy these beauties"

After walking through the car section of the garage, Ash moved into the motorcycle area, eyeing certain bikes as he went along. He walked around for a few minutes until he came across the sleek, black and silver colored body of the Kawasaki Ninja ZX9R.

"Ninja huh?" Ash to his traveling companion "Exactly what I need to be"

"Murkrow" The black bird responded as it climbed onto the seat.

"Well now" Ash smiled his wicked smile as he picked up the keys in a glass cabinet near the wall "If you like, then I just gotta 'borrow' it"

Usually a 12 year old wouldn't know much about driving, let alone driving a motorbike, but that physical contact with Oak not only gave him memories of his mother, some of Oak's special skills where transported into the recesses of Ash's mind giving him an almost subconscious understand of the bike. Not that Ash really cared though, just as long as he got to ride the bloody thing.

"Murkrow, if you would please" Ash asked in mock sophistication as he pointed to the garage doors.

Flying off Ash's shoulder, Murkrow glided his body through the maze of motor vehicles till he reached the main doors. There, he pressed a small gray button, activating the doors and making them slowly move apart. Not until the was just enough space to squeeze a bike through, Ash shot out the garage like a bat out of hell, his engine roaring like a lion. As Ash looked back at the massive house he just left, he saw professor Oak staring through the rain splattered window at him, whether it was because he was seeing him off or that he just stole one of his bikes, unfortunately, as he descended the hill that the house was on, Ash never got a proper look.

"Proud of me or not" Ash said to himself over the roar of the engine "He's gonna be pissed at me for taking his bike".

It did not take long for Ash to reach the police station; the streets were nearly empty due to rain, making driving incredibly hard on the slippery streets and the constant dreariness.

"Looks like no one's home" Ash said as the Murkrow landed on his shoulder "Then again, it's not like it really would have made a difference"

Ash's eyes moved heavenwards as he saw a small grate that closed off the air duct. Almost running up the wall, Ash managed to hang off the roof with one hand and place his feet firmly against the wall. With his free hand, Ash wrapped his fingers around the grate's metal bars and literally tore the steel barrier right out of the wall, bits of brick and mortar hanging off the edges of the metal. Throwing the grate to the ground below, Ash kicked off the wall, and with amazing acrobatical precision, managed to swing his body into the empty hole and down the metallic vent. Inside the station was nothing but darkness and silence, unfortunately that silence was broken with a rather loud crash as Ash dropped from the ceiling and landed above the second grate he ripped off. Finding the main computer in the endless darkness, Ash switched it on, and as the monitor lit up as the computer booted up, the room was filled with a soft light, illuminating objects to form long and ghastly shadows.

"Ketchum, Ketchum" Ash repeated to himself as he scanned the files with their names on them "Ah, here we go"

Moving the cursor over the file labeled 'Autopsy reports', Ash further scanned down the list until he found his name. Ash repeated the process of double clicking on the report, but the information he was seeking didn't show on the monitor, instead a small window requesting a password popped up.

"Password huh?" Ash scratched his chin as he thought of what it could be.

Coming up with a guess, Ash moved his fingers into typing position, but before a single key could be pressed, the sound of a hammer being drawn back on a pistol could be heard.

"Freeze, or your dead" The feminine voice of the pistol wielder said, pressing the barrel against the back of Ash's skull.

"And I say I can't freeze" Officer Jenny heard as the man at the desk swiveled around to face her "Being dead and all"

Officer Jenny took a step back, the insanity in the boy's eyes scared her, she was trained to face explosives, armed men and speeding vehicles, but a simple boy's glance made the pistol in her hands shake violently. The boy smiled before slowly turning back around to face the computer

"Now if you excuse me I have to figu-"

'BAM'

Jenny watched as the boy took the bullet strait to the temple, slumping his shoulders as he fell limp to the ground. Killing a small child for a simple break and enter was not what scared the officer so much that she dropped her gun, but the fact that the boy was getting back up.

"Ow, that friggin hurt" Ash said as he stood up, smacking his head with his palm until the bullet in his temple was knocked out and fell to the ground "Why does everyone want to shoot me?"

Not believing what she just saw, Jenny came to the conclusion as all humans would do in this situation 'More bullets Less chance of him getting back up'. Slowly reaching for her gun, Jenny found that she couldn't move her hand anymore, as the boy she just shot had leapt from his chair and was not holding onto her shaking hand,

"No more shooting me okay" Ash said seriously, the mad glint in his eyes replaced with determination "I know this is going to sound insane, but it's me, Ash"

Looking deep within the child's brown eyes, past the sheer power and insanity, she saw the child she last saw with cold, lifeless eyes on the autopsy table.

"Ash?" Officer Jenny asked

Ash slumped to the ground in relief "Now you remember me"

"Your supposed to be dead, we buried you" Jenny said dumbly, she herself falling to her knees.

"Yeah, I had to dig my way back out" Ash said, smiling and scratching the back of his head.

Lifting her hand, Jenny began to slide it across Ash's face, but after watching his face contort in pain, she pulled in back in fear. Getting up and pressing herself against a wall in fear, Officer Jenny could only watch in terror as the boy grabbed his head and started thrashing in pain, kicking and screaming.

---------Vision-------

"Dear God" Officer Jenny said, holding her gloved hand up to her mouth

"Yes, it's horrible" Doctor Proctor responded, looking at the beaten body of Ash as he wrote on a report paper.

Officer Jenny couldn't take anymore of the body as she ran to the nearest sink and began to throw up.

"Let it all out" Proctor said as he rubbed the woman's shoulders "God knows how many times I did that before I could look at him"

"Who could do such a thing?" Jenny asked as she spat the last of the vile concoction out of her mouth.

"We don't know yet" The doctor said, rechecking his notes "Forensics has their samples, it's only a matter of time before they find the one's responsible"

"And what of the girl?" Jenny asked, spitting out the water she just placed in her mouth into the sink.

"Remarkably she's still alive, just barely though, I don't think she can hold out much longer" Proctor sighed, looking back at Ash.

"You poor baby" Jenny said sympathetically, stroking a strand of Ash's hair that wasn't caked in blood.

-----End Of Vision-------

As the throbbing in his head slowly ebbed away and his vision became sharper, Ash managed to sit up. Jenny immediately rushed up to the boy and hugged him. Feelings of his mother rushed back to Ash's memory as he was caught in the warmth of the officer's bosom and arms. He stayed there, being rocked back and forth as she cooed softly. Remembering what he came here to do, Ash gently pried himself off the officer and stood up.

"Sorry" Jenny said, getting up herself "I don't know what came over me"

"It's okay" Ash said, moving towards the computer "I need your help on this file"

"Your autopsy?" Jenny asked, looking at the screen and typing in the correct password "Unfortunately there isn't a lot we could find"

"My killers?" Ash asked

"Forensics had all the evidence they needed, but some hacker destroyed all DNA data on all listed criminals and civilians" Jenny said sadly "It's been a year and we haven't even got halfway to restoring them"

"No matter" Ash said, "Are there any other leads?"

"There was one thing," Jenny said, leaning over Ash's shoulder and rapidly typing on the keyboard "This was found on the back of the girl, Misty"

Ash looked at the screen, it was a shot of Misty's back, the bruised skin and random cuts almost made it hard to see what the officer was talking about, but he found it. The smudged drawing of a lightning bolt made from blood and fecal matter could be seen in the very center of her back.

"Some sort of calling card" Jenny said unsurely.

But Ash had seen that logo before, he knew who it belonged to.

"Serge" Ash growled as he gripped the steel desk the computer was located on, his fingers digging slightly into the solid metal.

Getting up from the desk, Ash stood up and looked at the officer.

"Please" He began, his eyes burning with rage "This is my fight, don't get in my way, I don't know what I'll do if you get in the way of my vengeance".

Sensing the sheer rage coming off the boy, Jenny stepped back.

"Then go" She said "But the other Jennys don't know you like I do, they might try and stop you, I'll try to hold them back for a while, but not forever"

"Thank you" Ash smiled

A crash outside made Jenny turn her head to the window, seeing nothing, she turned back to face Ash, but found nothing, the only thing was the sound of an engine roaring far away.

------Saffron City-----

Deep within the Saffron City Gym, the master of the psychic realm, Sabrina, sat upon her chair in the darkness, refining her powers. Suddenly, her eyes glowed lavender for a few seconds, before fading back to normal as Sabrina slumped into her chair.

"He has come" She whispered to herself, exhausted "The angel of death has returned"

And I'm back, I know it's been a while but with the final chapter of my other story being written, I had time for a chapter here. By the way, next episode I'm pumping this baby up to R. Till then, feel free to review - Wolvie