The Murkrow

Chapter 5

The roar of the motorbike's engine fought against the constant downpour of rain, it's mighty hum the only protest to the falling water and thunder. The streets of Vermillion were empty, save for a few parked cars and the occasional hooligans zooming by. As Ash sped through the streets, the lights from burning barrels danced on his eyes, there meagre flames the only source of light.

"Man, has everything gone to shit?" Ash asked himself as he turned a corner, catching a glimpse of some hooded teens spraying a large 'R' onto a brick wall.

"Well well well, what do we have here?" Ash heard coming from the pickup truck that had manage to drive by his motorcycle "A little boy who thinks he's got the balls to drive in our turf"

"And I see a couple of degenerate fucks thinking they have any balls at all" Ash replied in a mocking tone.

Instead of an angry reaction, the purple mo-hawked male laughed, "You must have no brain to say that shit kid, but let's see when we crack open your skull"

Before Ash could retort, the rusting truck slammed into the side of Ash's ninja, sending it off course and strait into the side of a building.

"Ohh Yeah" The guy cheered with his friends in the truck "You mess with the rockets, you gonna get smoked"

"Hahahahaha" Laughter echoed through the empty streets, chilling the spines of the occupants in the stationary pickup.

"What the fuck?" The driver said, watching the flaming wreckage of the bike.

"From the flames arises a single being" The figure emerging from the wreckage laughed "And all the sorry ass mother fuckers who got in his way are gonna die"

"Oh shit man, this aint happening" One passenger cried "We saw that cracker die"

"What can I say?" Ash said as he emerged from the shadows, the gash across his face quickly healing, leaving his make-up perfect "It's just so hard to kill something that's already dead"

"Oh fuck this man, we gotta get the fuck outta here" Someone in the back yelled "This fucker's not gonna die"

As quick as the driver turned the key, Ash pounced onto the bonnet, and eyeing him with psychotic glint in his pupils, punched through the windshield and grabbed the driver, slamming his head into the glass shards.

"Holy shit man" Freaked the guy in next to his impaled friend "We gotta get the fuck outta here"

"Not yet you don't" Ash moved like a demon as he pounced on the fleeing man "Not till I send you fuckers to hell myself"

The others in the back didn't even get a step out before like a luminous shadow, a black bird rushed at them, the last thing they heard before slipping into unconsciousness was the psychotic laughter of the boy they tried to off.

"Wake up girls" All four men heard as each was splashed with an unknown liquid "You've only been out for two minutes"

"Wha-what do want from us?" One man stuttered out, this remarked earned him a face full of the stuff that was being thrown around.

"That's for me to know" The boy laughed as he drew out a silver zippo "And for you to experience" He finished with placing the flame on the liquid.

Just then, all four punks figured out what they were covered in, by the looks of the hose sticking out of the truck's petrol tank, it was gasoline. Knowing this didn't matter though, as the flame shot strait for the four petrol-drenched men.

"Hehehe" As chuckled as he walked away, the screams of pain echoing off the walls, "They better get used to the flames, there's going to be a lot of fire where they're going".

Looking where he currently was, Ash figured it would be easier to just walk to the gym, now that his bike was totalled.

"I could do with the fresh air" Ash laughed to himself "It's been awhile since I got any".

Ash's own laughter was cut short as an air splitting shriek filled the air. Focusing on the source of the cry, Ash peered down a poorly illuminated alley. Down there was a large man, his left hand clasped over the girl's mouth and his right trying to undo his belt.

"God, why do you bitches always have to yell?" The man asked angrily "Not that it matters, no one cares if I have my fun with you"

"You know" Ash said, interrupting the man from his 'project' "If you sin this way, the demons of lust will painfully remove your junk with molten-hot tongs"

"Fuck off crack-head" The man swore, turning back to his crying victim "You can have her when I'm done, but before that, I'm gonna be the one to break this one in"

The man was once again interrupted as the new comer placed his hand on his shoulder.

"I said fuck off you dick," The man yelled as he spun around, drawing a butterfly knife, but met only darkness.

"Too slow amigo" Ash mocked "Try again"

The man turned once again, this time managing to take a swipe at the darkly dressed boy, only to miss. Time and time again he swung, and each time the boy moved with remarkable speed and grace, dancing between the blows. Turning on his heel, the large man went for a quick thrust as opposed to his swings, and with luck, managed to nick the child.

"Sorry dude, that isn't go-" Mid-sentence, Ash suddenly felt a sharp pain in his side, and as he looked the small cut began to dribble out the crimson liquid known as blood "What the fuck"

Taking this as a time to get serious, Ash swiftly dived beneath the second thrust, grabbing the man's arm and swinging him into the brick wall, not to mention the rusty pipe that was sticking out of it.

"Come one" Ash said to the crying girl as he picked her up and carried her as fast as he could "You shouldn't have to see what I just did".

"So you're name's May" Ash asked, sipping his coke as she just finished telling him her story.

The brown haired girl slightly younger than the angel of vengeance nodded, clutching her own soft drink with two hands.

"And you came here because you have no where else to go"

The young girl looked at the ground with a sorrowed face.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you" Ash apologised, seeing the girl's face.

"No, it's not your fault" May said as she drew in a deep breath "Ever since my parent's died, I've had no where to go, I just wander around, hoping to find somethi-" But before she could finish, she drew a shuddered breath and started coughing violently.

"Hey, are you all right?" Ash asked, but as he watched blood splattering on the white glove near her mouth, he knew something was not right with her.

Drawing in a deep breath, Ash placed a single hand on her bare arm.

Vision

"Hey there gorgeous" The man previously trying to rape May said "How about we find a nice quiet spot, and I can show you something really cool"

Instead of answering, May ran in the opposite direction, but against someone so large, she didn't get very far.

"Hey now, no need to be shy" The brute laughed as he held the squirming girl "Just relax, it'll be a 'good' kind of hurt"

Managing to free herself a bit, May proceeded to deliver a swift knee to his groin. The man faltered a bit, but not enough to let her go.

"You little bitch" The brute growled as he punched her chest, knocking the wind out of her "I was going to gentle, but now I think I'll just tear you apart".

End Of Vision

"You must have internal bleeding" Ash said, regardless she could hear him or not "I have to get you to a hospital"

As Ash picked up the girl and darted to the nearby hospital, his mind wandered.

"What exactly happened before?" He thought, "Why was I hurt?"

Suddenly, a strange voice entered his head "You stray from the reason why you were brought back, you'll pay for it in blood" The voiced faded away from his mind with a final laugh.

After delivering the girl to the Vermillion hospital, and waiting for a nurse to tell him that May was going to be all right, he disappeared into the shadows and once again headed for the Vermillion gym, relishing in the ways he could end Surge's pitiful existence.

BANG BANG BANG

"What the hell?" The buff man known as Lieutenant Surge said as he watched the large metal doors to his gym dent and bend to what ever it was outside was hitting it.

With a final bang, the right door flew strait off the hinges and fell to the floor, kicking up dirt and dust from the battle area floor.

"And suddenly I heard a tapping, as if someone gently rapping, rapping on my chamber door" The figure entering the building spoke, his white face half hidden in shadows "You heard me rapping right?"

"I've never been a fan of poetry" Surge replied "So if you don't mind, get the fuck out of my gym before I rip you to shit"

"Oh I don't know" The figure said "For what I'm about to show you, I guarantee you'll get a 'charge' out of" and with that, the shadow cloaked person emerged, giving the murdering gym leader a good look at his face.

"Baby?" Surge gasped

"Bingo" Ash replied, launching himself at the larger man, successfully pinning him to the ground.

"Hah, you've gotten strong baby" Surge laughed "And to think I tried to kill you, I guess you survived"

"Nope" Ash said lightly "You did kill me, it's just that I never got to repay the favour"

"What?" Surge gasped, "Why aren't you lying in some god forsaken hole?"

"And leave you here without saying a good bye, I'm shocked" Ash mocked.

For the next minute, Ash proceeded to pummel the living shit out of Lt. Surge. By the time he was finished, Surge's face was broken, bruised and bloody.

"Hah" Ash exhaled "It's so good to let release all that tension in your self, right Surgie?"

Surge's only reply was coughing up blood and a tooth.

"I'll take that as a yes" Ash said lightly before picking up the beaten gym leader "Now I want answers, who ordered the attack a year ago, and why?"

"Heh, can't tell ya" Surge gurgled out "Though for what I got, I didn't need the money, your girlfriend's cherry was enough for me"

"Answers now" Ash shook the man slightly, and as he did, something under the man's right sleeve caught his attention.

Throwing the man to the ground, Ash ripped off Surge's right sleeve, and tattooed to his bicep was a small, red 'R'.

"You're a rocket?" Ash asked

"Hehehehe, damn strait" Surge laughed "Guess you weren't expecting that"

"I think it'll be best if I ended you right now" Ash said, drawing the revolver and shooting out the globe above the lieutenant.

"One more thing baby" Surge laughed "Check my bedroom, like you said I'm sure it will give you a charge"

Not saying another word, Ash fired of another round, this time shooting the lights support, sending the electric cables right onto the laughing gym leader.

"Now what's in here that Surge thought would get me?" Ash thought as he switched on the switch "Oh dear god"

On Surge's king size bed lay a woman, but not any woman in particular, this one was the one that gave Ash life.

"Mommy?" Ash whimpered, looking his mother over in shock, her naked body covered in bruises and in the bends of her arm, puncture holes.

Waking up, Mrs. Ketchum saw not the hulking form of her lover, but instead a smaller child. From both a mixture of fear and the psychodelic affects of cocaine, Mrs. Ketchum screamed, and ran into the adjacent bathroom. As Ash followed his mother into the bathroom, he found her curled up next to the toilet, the razor she was holding slashing at the space between the two. Quickly closing in on the screaming woman, Ash grabbed his mother by the wrist and held her in front of the mirror.

"Look at yourself" Ash said forcefully against the woman's wailing "Mother is the name of God on the lips and hearts of children"

As he forced her to look at herself, her cries subsided. Grabbing the area with the puncture wounds, Ash began to squeeze.

"Drugs are bad," He said simply, drawing the milky white substance from her body, leaving the once scarred area smooth and clean.

"Ash?" Mrs. Ketchum whimpered.

"Once, yes" The boy smiled, a genuine smile "But now there's a little girl in the hospital called May I want you to take care of"

"Thank you Ash" Mrs. Ketchum said closing her eyes.

After feeling a kiss on her forehead, the brown haired woman opened her eyes, finding herself alone in the small bathroom.

"Excuse me" The receptionist at the hospital looked up to see a smiling Mrs. Ketchum in a sundress "Could you please tell me the room with a girl called May in it?"

"Are you a relative?" The lady behind the desk asked.

"Oh no" The brunette answered "But I'm here to see if I can hopefully adopt her".

Well, I guess it has been a while since I last did a chapter (You can all bitch to me in the reviews, I guess I deserve it). I thought this was one on my better chapters, blood and rape with a nice ending. Till next time (whenever the hell that's going to be) remember to review - Wolvie