A/N: Sorry guys for the long wait on this chapter. I haven't been getting around to writing so that's what's been holding me up. I'm going to try to consistently put up new chaps at least once a week. I seriously don't know how long I'm going to make this fic, but I'm hoping not too long but not too short. Well, anyway, that's enough of my chattering and I'll let you get to your reading. Enjoy! And remember if you go to my profile and then to my homepage, u can see drawings of all the pokemon characters in this fic and what they would all look like if they were 4 years older…

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Pokemon: 4 Years After

Chapter 6. Misty and May-ham!

"T-team Rocket's here! They're all over the place!" May told Ash through the PokeGear. "All of us are trying to battle them, but I think they got Misty- hey, let go of me- Ash! Get here quick!" The PokeGear's screen then snowed out.

Gary and Ash looked to each other and nodded. Ash then took a pokeball from his belt. Suddenly, a loud BOOM could be heard a few streets down, over some buildings from where they were standing.

"…Misty…." Ash thought. He clenched the pokeball tightly and then released his Charizard. Gary and he straddled themselves onto its back and flew into the air. Ash just hoped everything would be okay by the time he got there.

On the other side of those buildings, however, lay a Pokemon Center in chaos. The windows had been blown out and the roof had caught fire. People and their pokemon were running out of the Pokemon Center in panic. A helicopter, with the Team Rocket "R" insignia on the side of it, flew overhead dropping Rocket agents down to the ground.

Ash and Gary caught sight of the blazing Center from high in the sky.

"We need to land right there," Ash pointed. Charizard growled in reply. From what the two could see, a number of trainers were fighting back against Team Rocket. Ash noticed Brock and Max were amongst the group battling in front of the flaming Center.

When they landed across the street from the mayhem, Ash recalled Charizard and looked around to try to find the others.

"Look!" Gary pointed. Ash turned his head and saw a Team Rocket agent running into the Pokemon Center from the back.

"I'll follow'em. You help the others," Ash ordered and Gary nodded. Ash then ran as fast as he could to catch up.

"Misty must still be inside. I didn't see her in the front," Ash thought as he ran into the building. Coming out, though, was May. She bumped right into Ash, making him to fall onto the ground.

"Ash, I'm so glad you're here," she looked really worried. Ash got to his feet quickly.

"I just saw a Rocket run into here, where'd they go?"

"…I didn't see anyone come in."

"I was just following them!"

She broken from her strange silence and then burst out into tears, "they got her! Ash, they got Misty! I'm so sorry. You gotta follow them!" She kept going on and on. He was getting worried. Ash placed his hands on her shoulders and looked into her eyes, "What are you talking about?" She then took a deep breath and told him what had happened. "Team Rocket busted their way in here and then started blowing everything up. Then they came and got Misty, like that was their plan or something. We tried to stop but more Rockets kept coming. I'm sorry Ash!" She threw herself into his arms.

"It's okay May," Ash told her. "Where's my mom?"

"I'm not sure, I think she's outside."

"Ok ok, stay right here and I'm going to go help the others outside," Ash turned his back and ran out the way he came in. May gave an evil smile. Once Ash was clearly out of sight May walked into one of the bedrooms in the back and closed the door behind her.

"Exploud, Hyper Voice," Gary commanded. Exploud opened its mouth wide and without warning made the ground shake with the loudest growl Ash had ever heard. All the pokemon that the Rockets had had fallen on the ground.

"Take down, Swampert!" Brock took that opportunity to strike. His Swampert tackled an unsuspecting Armaldo and Solrock into their trainers.

Two Rocket trainers stepped up and commanded their two Muk, "Poison Gas!"

"Mimey, Safeguard!" Delia called out. Everyone's pokemon were protected from the poison.

"Porygon, Tri-Attack!" Max yelled out. Three different elements overcame the two Muk and knocked them back.

"Exploud, Hyper Beam," Gary called out calmly. His Exploud stepped up and drew back its head. The Rockets all looked at each other in panic and even began to recall their pokemon and run away. Exploud threw its stored energy forward and defeated what was left of Team Rocket at the site. Ash looked around frantically and when he couldn't find what he was looking for he ran to his friends.

"What's wrong Ash?" Brock looked to him.

"Where's Misty?" He asked.

"Last we saw her she was inside with May," Max explained.

Suddenly, an explosion went off behind them. Everyone ducked for cover as debris flew in every direction.

"Mimey, Barrier!" Delia called out at the last second and protected everyone. Ash looked to the fire engulfed center and remembered about May.

"May's…still in there," he said softly. "Wait! May's still in there!" Ash stood up.

"Ash, what are you doing!" Delia cried out. "Ash, get back here!" He didn't listen however. In his mind he knew that May was in trouble and he had to get to her before anything bad happened to her. But before he could even get there, the Pokemon Center started to come down. Another explosion occurred and Ash covered his face with his arms as the whole place collapsed on its self.

"May!" Max yelled out from underneath Brock's arms.

Moments Later

Ash walked away from a few Officer Jenny's who were investigating on what had happened. He went over to Gary who was sitting on a bench. Max, Brock, and Delia were in the back of an ambulance, with some Nurse Joy's, getting some oxygen. However, this time Brock wasn't so impatient to get the Joy's phone numbers.

"Misty was taken by them…" Ash said softly. Gary looked up to him.

"What?" Gary asked. Ash sat down next to him.

"I had missed Misty more than anyone the entire time I was away on my journey. When I came back and saw how mad she was at me for leaving, I felt awful. I wouldn't leave her again. But now…she's been taken away from me. And then when I thought things couldn't get any worse, May's been…" his voice trailed off. Gary looked to Ash. Ash didn't say a word. He sat on the bench and stared at the ground.

"I'm sorry Ash," Gary stared back up at the others at the ambulance. "What happened to May can't be fixed, but you know you can still save Misty. You can still get her back." Ash continued to look down. "So are you ready to go?" Gary looked to Ash again. He was silent. "Ash?"

"…yeah…" Ash replied as he looked up. He then got to his feet and looked to Gary. "Yeah, I'm ready," Ash flipped his hat so it faced the other way now. "Let's go." When he said that Gary gave an unusual smile and then stood up himself.

Without saying a word to the others Ash and Gary walked away from the area and out of sight. Behind some trees, however, away from everyone, somebody else watched them leave. May looked as they began to make their way towards Team Rocket's Secret Base. She gave a smile and walked off into the forest behind the fallen Pokemon Center.