Greetings! Sorry it's taken so long, but here it is, and it's long (sorry, longER) than the other chapters, so hope you enjoy it, now on to some explanations and reviews!
Ze Cookie: Well, I can't help you with some of the names, but Joel, Tyler and Rebecca are pretty much like Jessie and James, you know? So they aren't necessarily BAD, they're more there for comic relief and relating to Jessie and James ^_~ If you still have a problem, I might able to knock one of them off (not knock, just, they suddenly disappear)
Spiraea Kozak: Okay, the age thing might get confusing, but they died when they were around 25, they got married at age 19 (proposed at age 18) and osme other things happened between then, but I'll tell you that at the end of the story, maybe I should just make a timeline…
The teen thing was so that they would fit in more with Ruby and Joey since they're also teens. Hey, it's God, he can do whatever he wishes to their age. Thanks for reviewing!
Etherelelmental: Don't feel bad, hey, I've done it maaaany times, but its better late then never, right? Team rocket came back… just buy building it back up I guess. Someone took the initiative and had that wonderful 'Let's take over the world' idea and decided to pick up the legacy. Thanks for reviewin' ^_^
Second Chances~* Part 6; Behind enemy lines *~
"You know, usually it doesn't take one two days to get to mount moon…" Misty mumbled under her breath as the large mountain slowly came into view. Ash shot her a sideways glance and smirked.
Joey looked back at her. "You didn't HAVE to come with us."
Misty mumbled an inaudible "You have no idea…" She crossed her arms and said nothing more.
Ruby stopped suddenly and she looked around. Joey let out an exasperated sigh and looked at her. "What NOW?"
Ruby slapped her hand on his mouth. She motioned her head to the right. Slowly she took her hand away and bent down low to the ground. She crawled slowly over to a nearby bush and motioned for the others to follow.
Joey growled something but followed without question. Misty gave Ash a worried look. Something about all this seemed very familiar…
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"Ash!" Misty whined. "Are we lost again?"
"N-yes…"
"ASH!"
"Shut-up, it's not like you could do any better."
"Wanna bet? Give me the dumb map!" Misty reached over and grabbed the map from Ash's hands. Ash huffed and walked over a few feet to the left to lean against a tree while Misty studied the map. "Ash I can't –"
"Sh, and come here – quietly now! Just trust me."
Misty shut her mouth and walked over to where Ash was. "What?"
Ash put a gentle finger to her lips causing a slight blush to form on her cheeks, but she shook it off and looked it the direction of his eyes. In front of them, barely visible to the untrained eye, was a small cave. The entrance was covered by leaves and a small tree. It actually looked perfectly covered, were it not for the man they saw disappear into it. Misty glanced over at Ash and thought 'How off track ARE we?'
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"Let's go in!"
Ruby looked at Joey, horror plainly written all over her face. "Are you INSANE?!" Her voice quieted after a stern look from Joey. "This is a rocket place! We can't just walk into it without getting killed!"
Joey grinned. "Nah, Team Rocket can't be THAT organized if it took them this long to come back. Are you coming or not?" His green eyes twinkled and looked at her pleading. Part of him told him this was wrong, why put her in danger? But the other side knew that they'd been this far together, why not the rest of the way? Ruby looked into his pleading eyes and felt her resolve crumble. She nodded slowly. Joey smiled. He slowly and quietly pushed aside the bush and stepped through. Ruby bit her lip and reluctantly followed. Turning, she looked at the stunned Ash and Misty. "You guys coming?"
Ash was the first to respond. He gave a firm nod and step through the bush and pulled Misty along with him into what could be their impending doom.
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"Come on, Misty, this way." Ash pulled her hand. He looked back only once to make sure Pikachu was following then resumed his lookout. "We have to be quiet, sound travels in a cave like this." He whispered in her ear. Misty bit her lip from snapping at him, but she knew that now was not the time. It was pitch black, save for a small flickering light ahead. Every little sound made Misty jump. She felt Ash's hand tighten around hers in a comforting squeeze. Misty relaxed. Ash would protect her.
The light was getting closer now. Ash could here voices. He stopped and pulled Misty closer to the wall, listening intently.
"You said this would work!"
"Well, it didn't, but I know what went wrong."
"The boss is SO going to kill us!"
"Calm down! We'll just try again without the boss knowing, and if he does know, when we succeed, he'll be so happy!"
Ash heard a snort and the sound of someone kicking the something hard. "Ha! The boss has the ultimate plan and is pretty much going to wipe out most of the city, what makes you think he won't hesitate to wipe us out?"
Misty gripped Ash's hand. She looked at him with fearful eyes, knowing full well he couldn't' see it, but could feel it.
"That's why we're not going to tell him!"
"Yo, Greg!"A new voice came out from beside Misty and Ash. Ash had to put a hand over her mouth to stifle her gasp. The man had just passed them!Iif he had gotten any closer…
"What?"
"The boss sent somethin' for ya for yer work."
Ash's eyes widened. Forgetting to be quiet, he pushed Misty away and whispered harshly in her ear "run!" Just as the sound of gunshots filled the air
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Green eyes peeked around the corner and disappeared only to reappear two seconds later. "I don't see anyone…"
"Hush!" Ruby smacked him from the back. "You will if you keep talking!"
Ash and Misty appeared behind them, Misty almost shivering and looking nervously all around. Ash gave her a side glance before turning back to Ruby and Joey. He put a finger to his lips and shook his head. Ruby and Joey glared at each other before moving along. As they moved down the hallway, a loud, but muffled voice could be heard from the end room. The door was closed, but the speaker was talking loud enough to hear through. Ash, Ruby and Joey ran to the door and stuck their ears against it. Misty hung back and wouldn't come closer than six feet of the door. Ash gave her an encouraging smile before whispering into Joey's ear. "Listen in, we," He motioned to Misty, "Are going to look around somewhere else."
Joey nodded. He looked at misty's shivering form only once more before turning his concentration back to the door. Ash stood up and walked up to Misty. He gave her a sympathetic smile. He took her hand and led her away from the door.
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"…It's time, my friends, that we show our true abilities!" There was a pause while the cheering continued. "It is time to show Kanto just what we are made of! We are going to show them all who is boss!" The room erupted in more cheering. The speaker stopped and waited for the right time to speak. "The strike begins in three days, so I want everyone ready to fight." The speaker paused and scanned the area before finishing the speech. "This, my fellow rocketers, is our time, and we are not going to lose!"
Ruby's gaping state was interrupted by Joey pulling on her arm. "They're coming, let's go!" He whispered fiercely in her ear. Ruby stood shaking and followed after Joey. She heard the door open and rockets come pouring out just as she rounded the corner.
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"What do we have here?" Ash peered curiously in the door window.
"Ash, come on, please!" Misty pulled on Ash's arm. "I really don't want to stay here any longer than we have to."
Ash waved her off with his hand and slowly turned the doorknob. Ash poked his head in to make sure it was safe. After securing the perimeter, Ash stood up straight and walked in, holding the door open for Misty. She gave him a hard glare as she passed him. "Now what is so special about this room?" She hissed. Ash simply gave her his famous grin and looked around.
Something scratched against the hard, cement floor.
Misty screeched and clung to Ash. Ash's face lit up as he knelt down. "I knew there was something in here!"
Misty stared at Ash with her mouth wide open. "You KNEW something was in here? Are you TRYING to give me a heart-attack?!"
Ash looked up at her and smirked. "Kind of hard to die when your already dead, now isn't it?"
Misty frowned and crossed her arms over her chest. "And you're just trying to test this out, aren't you?"
"Maybe." Ash said no more and looked down at what made the sound. His chocolate brown eyes strained to see. He could make out a small cage and something was in that cage. Ash pulled on the sides of the cage looking for a door somewhere. He was concentrating so hard he didn't notice Misty leave his side until he felt something poking at his back.
Ash froze. Panic filled him as he slowly turned his head. Behind him was Misty, a grin planted on her face. "A key would help." Ash glared and grabbed the key from her hands mumbling to himself. In no time, he found the key hole and opened up the cage. To his surprise, something came flittering out. It flew in front of Ash's face, then flew around the room some more. It looked like a big yellow ball of static! It wasn't until the 'ball of static' stopped, that Ash realized it was a pokemon… or, at least he thought it was. Ash looked at it carefully. "You're a pokemon, right?"
Misty smacked him in the back of his head. "Don't ask it that! You'll confuse it more!"
The pokemon cocked its tiny head to the side and blinked its big black eyes. It had to be one of the more humanoid pokemon. It had two hands and two legs, but no mouth, and it was…tiny. There were to small antennas on top of it's head and four fairy wings, almost like a miniature scyther's wings came form it's back. Ash figured it was about as small as Togepi was, maybe a little bigger. It has blue skin, which looked almost furry. It covered it's whole body from head to toe. A flower with pink petals blossomed in between the antennas. The pokemon suddenly made a noise and flew over to Ash's shoulder and gracefully sat down. "What are you?" He asked curiously.
Misty thought it was silly of him to be asking it that when it had no mouth, but just the same, a small sound seemed to radiate from the small being. "Ix!"
"An Ix?" Misty looked at Ash. "It's an 'Ix?"
"Iiiix!" The pokemon suddenly sat up straight and looked behind Ash. Ash felt it shiver and he turned around as well. He heard the sound of shoes hitting the ground as rockets were obviously passing, and at a rather fast pace. "Ash," Misty whispered. "Let's get out of here."
Ash looked at the pokemon on his shoulder. "You coming?"
The pokmon, despite it having no mouth, grinned and nodded. It's large black eyes glimmered as Ash smiled back.
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"Intruders! Catch the intruders!"
"Ruby," Joey yanked Ruby's arm to the left to stop her from running into a wall of rockets. They heard voices form the rockets calling out their pokemon. Ruby happened to glance back as they ran down the hall. There was around four pokemon chasing them, the other rockets had disappeared for some reason. "I hope Ash and Misty are okay…" She mumbled to herself, her wary eyes still watching the pokemon slowly gaining on them.
BANG
"Owww," Ruby rubbed her nose and glared at the back of Joey's head. "Warn me before you…." Her voice trailed off when she glanced passed Joey's read hair. "Woa…" In front of Joey was a wall of pokemon. "great…" She mumbled. "How do we get outa this one?"
"We have to fight." He grabbed three poke'balls from his belt and threw them. He leaned back to whisper, "Run the way we just came, there's less pokemon that way."
"Don't you think they'd guard the exit the most?"
Joey ignored her and ordered his Houndoom, Plato, and Pigeotto to attack. Ruby sighed and threw out her three poke'balls of her own. First came a Vulpix, it's ears bent back ready to charge. A Torchic came next, it's small body was hopping around ready to fight for its master. Lastly came a black haired pokemon with red, glowering eyes. Blood red stripes ran down all through it's tourso to its tail. Large black ears that usually drooped down were strong and rigid, waiting for its masters call. It's whiskers twitched in anticipation, and it's back was slightly arching. A low hissing noise was heard from deep withihn the pokemon's throat. "Trixa, flame thrower!" Trixa opened it's mouth wide and a ball of burning flame built up before it was finally released into a reign of fire going straight along the front line of pokemon.
"Alright, Trixa!" Ruby cheered. Joey smirked in her direction before subtly pully on her arm, a signal for them to make a break for it. Ruby nodded her understanding and whispered loud enough for her pokemon's ears only. "Ready everyone? One…two… three… run!"
All pokemon and humans turned around and bolted passed the thin line of guards. Joey whirled around when he heard a small shriek. One of the rockets had grabbed Ruby! Without thinking, Joey lunged at the man. He tackled him to the floor and punched the rocket tight in the nose. Joey quickly grabbed Ruby's arm and resumed their running.
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"Duck!" Ash pulled Misty down behind the door. Misty cowered behind Ash as the rockets flew past the door. There was a moment of silence, then a small, muffled shriek from outside the door.
"Ash!" Misty hissed into Ash's ear. "That was Ruby! We have to save them!"
"How?" Ash frowned. He wanted to, his usual heroic instincs were coming in full blow, but so was common sense, something that slowly came with age. "The only pokemon we have is this one." He said referring to the small pixie like pokemon on his shoulder.
The pokemon's eyes flared and it made a small noise. "Ix!" The small pokemon flew off of Ash's shoulder to stare him right in the eye. "Ix ix!"
Ash blinked with surprise before a warm smile enveloped his face. Oh, how he missed his pokemon days. "You want to help?" The pokemon nodded. "Alright then" Ash gave a firm nod. He slowly stood up and pulled Misty to her feet. The pokemon flew right beside Ash and assumed a fighting stance. Ash took a deep breathe and looked back at Misty who gave an affirming nod.
CRASH!
Joey and Ruby screeched to a halt, as did all the other rockets and their pokemon. From the door off to the size came Ash and Misty,a nd another little pokemon they had picked up. Ash grinned and nodded to Joey and Ruby. He turned to the pokemon and said, "Alright, show me what you can do!"
The pokemon flew up as an odd glow emitted from itself. One of the rockets yellow out, "The Pixit escaped!" Another one cried out, "Run!" Half of the rockets ran away, taking their pokemon with them. The other rockets stood there in awe of the pokemon. One of the more expierence rockets cursed under her breath. "They let it out." She immediately turned to her Abra and yelled out the command, "Barrier!"
Pixit was still flying in the air, her Pixie like wings were going so fast you could barely see them. The aura around her was getting stronger and brighter. Ash gapped and stepped back with Joey and Ruby to watch. "What's it doing?" He asked.
Joey was too surprised that Ash had gotten a Pixit to listen to it, let alone find one, to be suspicious of his question. "It's a stone attack, it stops everything it wants it to for a certain amount of time, and it depends on how high the pokemon's level is." Joey studied the pokemon. "And it looks likke it will be more than enough to get us out of here." He ignored the snort of 'maybe' form Ruby.
Ash turned to Misty. "You take them out of here and help them escape, I'm going to wait for Pixit."
Misty's mouth fell open and she stared at him like he had just suggested she go walk off a bridge. "Are you CRAZY?!" She hissed. "I'm not leaving you here alone!" She bit her lip to keep from saying 'And what posses you to think I know what I'm doing?'
Ash sighed and leaned down to whisper in her ear. "We're guardian angels Misty, it's our job. I promise I'll come and get to you." He leaned back and looked at her, his chocolate brown eyes pleading with her. "Please?"
Misty's eyes shook, but she took a step backwards giving him a small, reassuring smile. She turned to Joey and Ruby and nodded. "Alright," She took a few steps passed them and announced, "Let's go find a way out!"
"What about Ash?" Ruby asked, still hesitant to follow.
Misty turned and winked at Ruby. "He can take care of himself."
Ash watched as they disappeared around a corner, his heart aching to follow them, but he knew he had to stay here with Pixit. He turned his attention back to the rockets. A 'Don't let them escape!' passed one of the rockets lips. Ash growled and shouted, "Let them have it, Pixit!"
The golden aura around Pixit was finally released. For a moment, Ash felt it hard to breathe. It was so bright! Then as soona s it came, it was gone. He breathed in the air. "Wow…" He looked at Pixit was watching him with glinting black eyes. When she new he was okay, she moved her head to the direction Misty and the others went. Ash grinned and nodded. "Let's go then."
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"Look, Misty! There's a door!" Joey pointed down the hall to the left.
Misty bit her lip. It was too easy, way too easy. She slowed down to a stop and put her hand out as a signal for the others to stop as well. "Go slower."
She took careful steps towards the door.
Something wasn't right.
There was a click from behind one of the doors before the exit. "DOWN!" She screamed just as the door was kicked open by a rocket with a gun. "Ash!" Misty dropped to the ground with her hands over her ears and tears coming to her eyes.
~*~*~*~
"It's okay Misty! It's okay!" Ash pulled Misty into the bush. He put a finger to her lips in an effort to quite down her cries. Ash closed his eyes and held Misty close in his arms. He feverently prayed the rockets wouldn't hear or find them. He could hear the voice cursing in the distance. Ash held his breathe and pulled Misty in even closer. He was coming this way! Misty was shaking in his arms, her head buried in his shoulder, she did her best to muffle her cries in his shirt. Ash heard the rocket finally growl and the sound of a fist hitting a tree – and the curses following. "Heh, it's not like anyones going to know there was anyone there. I did what I was told to do." Ash heard the sound of feet leaving, but then it stopped and he heard, "If yous are out der, know this, if I ever see or hear yous talkin' to the authorities, you're in BIG trouble!"
Ash's eyes narrowed and he waited until he was sure the rocket was far away. He blinked back his own tears and rubbed Misty's back. "Shhh… it's okay, we're okay…"
"But… but he SHOT him!"
Ash frowned. He should've known. He should've walked behind Misty so she didn't have to see it, why was he spared, and Misty wasn't? "He blew his head off Ash! And the blood… so much blood, Ash!" Ash buried his head in misty's hair, crying for her, "How can anyone do that?"
Ash sighed and hugged Misty. "I don't know." He carefully pried her away from his soaked shirt and looked into her blood-shot eyes. "You think you're up for going to tell Lance?"
Ash studied her eyes carefully. She had seen what she shouldn't have, and she was going to suffer for it – but then again, Ash had a feeling that this wasn't going to be anything new anymore. What had they gotten themselves into?
Thousands of emotions were flowing through Misty's head, all thoughts were jumbled together, however, one rational though did manage to enter. Ash wanted to go to tell Lance, and she wasn't going to get left behind. Misty finally gathered herself up and shook the image from her mind long enough o look Ash in the eye and say, "I'm coming with you."
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Joey cringed and waited for death to come, but he didn't feel a thing. He looked up from his crouched position on the ground and saw Ash and Pixit standing over them, Pixit putting up a rather strong barrier. Joey sighed, relief runnig through him. He sat up and shook Ruby. Her head shot up and she looked at him, fear was apparent in her eyes, but she put on a brave face and shakily stood up. Joey smiled slightly and nodded to her.
Ash gently knelt down and put a gentle hand on misty's head. "It's alright Misty, see?"
Ash's voice shook Misty out of her trance. She looked up at Ash. Ash gave her an encouraging smile and she let him help her to her feet. "Let's go, Pixit, can you keep up the barrier?"
Pixit nodded to affirm it. She glared hard at the rocket as she slowly moved to be behind her new master and his friends so she could block any thoughts of harm from the evil man. Her eyes twinkled when she realized that this man was afraid of her and her power. A low 'ix!" (which sounded more like a giggle) was heard just as she disappeared and everyone was out where it was safe.
Ah, yes, that was… longer ^_^;;; Hope you enjoyed this part. Good news is I have the whole plotline idea planned out for this story, bad news is I have no time. But I hope you all are enjoying it so far, maybe if you review it'll give me more instentive to finish this! *coughintcough*
New pokemon:
Trixa: a Fire pokemon, looks kind of like Espeon except is black and has deep crimson stripes all over and red eyes.
Pixit: Pixie pokemon, actually kinda looks like Lillymon now that I think of it o.o;; Anyway, it's also kind of like Celebii in power wise, and in rarity. It's very rare to find, let alone catch one, and yes of course, our Ash has managed to catch one. It's also very powerful and is a time/plant pokemon.
~Smile Jesus loves you!