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Disclaimer: If I owned Pokemon, Ash and Misty would've gotten together ages ago.

Chapter 2 – Trapped

Ash, Misty and Brock ran down the hallway that led to the Pokemon center's lobby. Eerily enough, they met no other trainers along the way.

"What's going on Nurse Joy?" Ash asked the pink haired nurse. "We heard a gun shot."

Nurse Joy looked up at him; there was a panicked look in her clear blue eyes, as she frantically pushed buttons on the video phone. "Someone has broken into the center! I don't know who they are, or what they want, but I have to save the pokemon!" – She slammed the phone back onto its cradle. – "Our police force have very few members, and Officer Jenny is out of town right now, and the station isn't answering!"

"It's okay Nurse Joy, calm down," Misty uttered.

"Yeah," Brock agreed, "We'll help you catch those horrible people and prevent them from stealing anything valuable…" - his tone went from serious to… well, flirty – "like the way you took my heart!" Before he could continue, Misty grabbed him by the ear and dragged him away, shaking her head, and muttering under her breath as she did so.

"Hey Nurse Joy… where are all the other trainers?" Ash asked.

"Almost all of them collected their pokemon and left as soon as they heard the bang, but the very few who are still here are wandering around the center in pairs."

"Then what are we waiting around for? Let's go help them out!" Ash exclaimed. All four of them seemed to have forgotten about the gun shot.

"Hey, not so fast!" Joy called out. "I think someone should go to the police station -it's all the way across town, -and try to help track down Jenny, or any other reliable police officers."

"You're right… why don't you and Brock give it a try?" Ash suggested.

"Umm… are you sure about that?" The nurse asked, somewhat nervously.

"Of course, Misty and I can handle it, can't we Myst?" Misty smiled,

"Sure we can, Ash."

"Alright, but be careful and stay together no matter what happens. The electricity is out, and it's still pretty dark outside. And please, please don't do anything stupid."

"Wouldn't dream of it…" Misty nearly fell over at that comment.

With that said, Nurse Joy hurried out of the center, and without a moments hesitation Brock sprinted out of the center, calling a quick 'good luck' and 'see you guys later' over his shoulder to his friends. All was silent for a moment.

"Well, shall we get going?" Misty nodded; carefully tucking her sleeping Togepi into her red shoulder bag then followed Ash down the dark corridor.

They walked in a slightly uncomfortable silence; the only sounds that were heard were the hollow echoing footsteps their shoes made against the floor.

"Maybe I should get Cyndaquil out here," Ash said a few seconds later, while he pulled a pokeball out of his belt, "you know, for a little bit of light…."

"But won't that alert the intruders?"

"Oh… right." He tucked the pokeball back into place. They paused at the end of the hall. There were two different directions they could go. After contemplating for a few moments, they began walking, as slow as ever down the right hand corridor. Everything was eerily quiet. A little too quiet.

When all of a sudden….

"Freeze!" Two harsh male voices from behind them called out. Both Ash and Misty leapt about a foot in the air. Once they landed back on the ground, they immediately spun around. The pale moonlight showed the outline of two tall, muscular figures, dressed in all black, making them blend in with their surroundings. Both of them had big, dark, cruel eyes, evil grins that stretched across their fat lips, exposing every single one of their teeth. Those alone gave Misty shivers, but what frightened her most were the small, shiny but still very dangerous silver guns they held in their big hands.

"Don't move. Stay where you are!" they demanded, their deep voices were harsh and lacked warmth.

"Do what we say and we won't hurt you. Now put your hands in the air where we can see 'em." Ash and Misty had no other choice than to do as they were told.

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Misty felt her right-handed shoulder smash against the closet wall as she was roughly shoved in. The push knocked her off balance, and she fell roughly to her knees. With a very loud 'oomph' Ash tumbled in after her and landed just within a foot of her, he was pushed in as well.

"Now you stay in here while we search for any other pokemon and some form of valuables," they grunted as they held up Misty's shoulder bag, and Ash's belt. Their eyes were shooting them threatening looks, as if to say, 'or else…' Then the door was slammed shut with such force, that the ground literally shook. Both Ash and Misty heard a small click as the lock on the other side of the door slid into place.

Almost instantly Ash jumped to his feet and began pounding on the door, and started screaming at the top of his lungs. Misty wasn't sure if she wanted to join him, or scream at him for giving her a slight headache, but she did neither. She carefully placed Togepi, who was thankfully still sleeping in her lap and proceeded to make sure her baby pokemon would be comfortable. There was no telling how long she and Ash would be in there.

After a minute Ash realized it was hopeless to keep banging on the door and sat back down on the ground next to Misty, while Pikachu stood on his shoulder. (A/N: The intruders hadn't taken these two pokemon because they didn't have anything to use to keep them restrained.)

"So, I guess we're stuck in here for a while, huh?"

"Yeah, I guess so," Misty said, all her attention was now focused on her throbbing shoulder. She could detect the scent of moth balls and the small of her own strawberry scented shampoo. Slowly, the pain in her shoulder subsided as she gently rubbed it. After several moments, the pain faded away all together.

Misty looked up at the door, her eyes landed on the knob and she froze. She was in a closet. The door was locked. There was no other way out.

She felt every single muscle in her body tense up. Her thoughts turned into jelly that seemed to have scattered everywhere in her brain. Her mind stopped functioning properly, and then just blanked out all together. Misty began to tremble uncontrollably. She felt beads of perspiration form across her forehead. Slowly, a single drop of sweat began to roll down her cheek as she fought to keep herself from growing hysterical. She wasn't winning the battle.

She felt color rise to her cheeks. Was it just her, or did the temperature increase to what seemed like one hundred degrees warmer in the closet? When had it gotten so hot? It was almost… It was almost like- like standing in the center of a growing fire.

Misty took in a sharp breath, trying to calm her nerves. However, she could no longer detect the smell of moth balls, or any traces of her strawberry shampoo. Instead, the smell of smoke, the smell of wood being burnt filled her lungs.

Fear began to squeeze at her heart. She could've sworn that the flames were coming to get her, just like they had gotten her parents. The more she thought about this, they more she trembled. Her breathing slowly became shallow and uneven; she felt tears stinging at the back of her eyes. But she wouldn't let them fall.

It was then that Ash had finally noticed that his best friend was in some type of distress. "Hey Misty, are you okay?" His voice was filled with nothing but deep concern for her. Togepi began to stir on Misty's lap.

Misty didn't answer him. She didn't even seem to have heard him. She was so afraid. There was no way out. She left like she was trapped.

Trapped.

Well, there's chapter two. I honestly didn't expect it to be so short. But it is :(.

Mistakes? Typos? No matter how many times I reread a chapter; there are always some in there.

Hopefully chapter three will be up by Thursday or Friday.

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