I lost my inspiration for this. As you all can see. But somehow I feel that I owe everyone who have been reading this a decent ending. So here it is, the end of Jason's adventure.
This chapter is by far the longest one in the entire story, I wanted the ending to be perfect.
It also contains lyrics for songs, all Magnum songs, my favourite band. Tony Clarkin has written all these songs, so I take no credit whatsoever for the places were they appear.
The songs I've used is (in this order): All That Is Real, Shoot, Back In Your Arms Again
Anyway, enjoy as this monstrous ship finally comes to the end of its journey. Thanks for reading, I love you all.
This is all of you, I think: Thanks once again!
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-The Adventures Of Jason-
Episode 40: Back In Your Arms Again
Rin stood in silence for a moment, like if she was waiting for the elevator to start moving again.
She frantically pressed all the buttons, but none of them made it start again. She took a step back, and looked around. The elevator doors were solid, and she couldn't push them open.
But the hatch on top of the elevator was big enough for her to go through, but the question was how she would reach there.
Even if she placed herself on her toes, she was still a good half meter away from even touching the hatch.
She placed herself against the wall and lifted her feet up to the opposite side. Firmly pressing her arms against the wall, she walked upwards until she could reach the hatch. She kicked it open and climbed out. As she had reached the top of the elevator, she was forced to lie down. Her arms was aching.
"Damn, I really need to start working out again..." Without resting any longer, she rose to her feet and looked up. The elevator shaft was probably 60 metres high. Her ways of movement was limited, since three thick cables holding up the elevator hindered her way.
Somehow, she needed to get the elevator to start moving again. Well, the way she saw it, there was only one option. To cut the cables and make the elevator fall all the way to the bottom.
It could end up crushing her as well, but it was the only way down. And she hadn't much to lose anyway.
She grabbed a Pokeball.
"Pyro" She said as her Blaziken materialized in front of her. "Cut the cables."
Her Blaziken looked at her, hesitating. Rin nodded, and Pyro did as it was told.
One cable.
The elevator rocked from side to side.
Two cables.
The elevator started to rumble, the third cable slowly being torn by its enormous weight.
Rin recalled Pyro, placed her feet firmly down below and then cut the last cable herself.
For a second, the elevator lingered in the free air. Then it started to fall. First it seemed to go down slowly, but then the speed increased.
Rin was holding on so hard that her hands were bleeding, the G-force made her stomach twist and turn. And inside, she knew that it might be crushed against the ground anytime, and she with it.
Suddenly, all came to a halt. Time froze and for a second Rin was unaffected by gravity.
Then the elevator stopped abruptly with a deafening bang that sent such a violent rumble through its body that Rin lost her grip of the edge and got swung three meters up in the air.
She landed face down on the top of the now wrecked elevator, crushing a tooth in the collision. Groaning she rolled of the elevator, and hit ground gasping for air.
She crawled to her feet, feeling the bitter taste of blood in her mouth. She cursed herself for being such an idiot, and approached the doors in front of her. She pushed them open and crawled out in a dark corridor.
She looked around. This was the laboratory, alright. As she took a step forward, she was suddenly overwhelmed with fear.
She was so young, and she was all alone. She clenched her fists.
No. She created this mess, she would sort it out. She would win back Jason's trust, and save Amber.
"Let's do this." She said and called forth her Pokémon.
Pyro, the Blaziken.
Kayna, the Mightyena.
Yin-Yang, the Absol.
And her most beloved friend, Vixen, the Ninetails.
As she approached the large steel doors, with a white sign saying "Laboratory" she nodded towards her friends.
"I love you all."
And then she pushed the doors open, and headed inside.
"Well, Zigzagoon, time to take a rest." Ricky sank down on a rock by the river. He was exhausted, life on the road was hard. "So much for variation, every river in Johto looks alike, but you don't seem to care, do you?"
Zigzagoon growled happily while jumping in the river, splashing water all around.
"We still have seven badges to go, buddy" Ricky said and smiled. "I doubt the gym leaders we have left will be easier than Falkner... And besides, if we keep resting at every river we lay eyes upon, we're going to have to spend the next 8 years on the road."
Zigzagoon gave him a puzzled look.
"And that's fine with you?"
Zigzagoon nodded.
"I'd prefer if we would make it a little sooner. In eight years, I'm... Uh, this is not good. I've forgotten my age. Help me out."
Zigzagoon waved its tail, while drinking fresh water from the river. Ricky smiled again.
Then he leaned back and sighed.
"I wonder how Carrie's doing... And Jason. I miss them." He swallowed, and shook his head. "Not much I can do about it. I'm sure Carrie has recovered, and they're both on the road again."
He got on his feets and threw a look at the sky. Sun was setting, spreading its last rays of dying light upon the land.
"Come now, Zigzagoon, we have to move on." He said. Zigzagoon walked over to his side. "We must find a place where we can spend the night."
And with those words, Ricky Darrell walked off into the sunset with his loyal friend Zigzagoon. There was still a long journey ahead of him.
For some, the journey had already ended. His journey had only begun.
Did you ever give all of your heart
and your soul for something
Then they're torn up into pieces one
by one
Have you ever considered or promised
your faith undying
Has it ended in a moment for someone
'Cause all that is right
All that is real
All that is love, all that you feel
Does not always come true
Does not always come true
Though you learn by the things that
you did and have gone before you
And you trust that you won't make
the same mistake
By the time that you realize,
anything you're only halfway through
It's the fool who wins, for you it's
just too late
'Cause all that is right
All that is real
All that is love
All that you feel
Does not always come true
Does not always come true
Ask me for answers, none can be
heard
Give me your promise, give me your
word
All that is right
All that is real
All that is love
All that you feel
Does not always come true
Does not always come true
Does not always come true
Does not always come true
Amber could not fight it any longer. She was hanging on the brink of breakdown. She could not take it anymore. All she wished for was that something would come and relieve her pain.
Whether it was death or something else, mattered less. Her father...no Seth had been right. She would grow weaker and eventually lose her mind.
As she blinked her eyes open, she nearly fainted again. Even the slightest movement she attempted made her feel ill.
"Your time is coming to an end." It was Seth, standing in front of her capsule. Her sight was so blurry she hadn't seen him. "You have an hour left... Maybe less."
Amber tried to speak, but it was impossible. She was a failed experiment, nothing else. She had no value at all. Part human, part Pokémon.
Death would come as a saviour.
"Farewell, my precious." Seth said in a low voice and left and Amber struggled to keep herself from falling into the depths of unconsciousness again.
Suddenly, she saw a vague figure in front of her eyes. No matter how hard she tried she couldn't see who it was... Then she fainted once again.
As Rin entered the laboratory, she was stunned by its size. An enormous underground complex filled with strange capsules, research areas and machines. It was in the evening, so most workers had probably gone home.
Immidiately, Rin spotted two guards with their backs against her, only a few meters away. They spoke loudly, eagerly gesticulating with their hands.
As the steel doors behind Rin automatically closed, they both turned around. But they were too slow.
Kayna and Yin-Yang body slammed them both, sending them flying backwards. They both got on their feet, reaching for their guns.
"Vixen!" Rin yelled. "Flamethrower!"
Her Ninetails spit out a long flame that caught the guards clothes on fire. Screaming they ran around, frantically trying to put it out. The rush of air only caused the fire to grow even more.
Rin growled and grabbed the fire extinguisher that stood beside her. Using the nozzle, she put out the flames and the two guards sunk to the ground, exhausted. Rin threw away the fire extinguisher, and moved over and took the guards guns.
"Where is Amber being held?" She asked in a sharp voice.
"W-who?" One of the guards said.
"S-S-She must mean the girl... She's at the far end, in the room for special research..."
"Pyro." Rin mumbled, and her Blaziken knocked them both out with a swift kick. "Let's go."
She glanced at the two guns she held in her hands. She thought for a second, then threw away one of them and placed the other in her pocket. She could never use it, she was well aware of that, but it might help her anyway.
Followed by her four Pokémon she continued through the research area, carefully holding an eye out for more guards.
Maybe that was the reason why she couldn't see it coming. Suddenly, a Houndoom jumped out in front of her, roaring loudly while spitting fire. Rin was startled and fell backwards, and the Houndoom jumped over her and bit her arm.
"Yin-Yang!" She cried. "Skull bash!"
Yin-Yang threw itself towards the Houndoom, and knocked it off Rin. The Houndoom's teeth were still buried in Rins arm, so when it flew off it ripped open a large wound on the back of her arm. Rin cried in pain.
More violent roars was heard. More Houndooms, and their owners approached. Four guards and three more Houndooms arrived and quickly surrounded Rin. The Houndoom Yin-Yang had knocked rose to its feet, growling.
Rin crawled on her feet, her brain working frantically to think out how to solve the situation.
"Just give up now, before someone gets hurt." One of the guards said. "Just recall your Pokémon and we'll forget this ever happened."
He lied, Rin wasn't stupid. They would capture her too. She looked around. There were four Houndooms, her Pokémon could take them on. But there were four guards, and she was all alone.
The word surrender did not exist in Rin Asuhara's dictionary. The only option was to fight. The problem was if the guards drew their guns, then she would seriously be in trouble.
If she would have a chance, she would have to make them fight on equal conditions.
One of the guards drew his gun.
"Stand down now, girl. We don't want to hurt you."
"Vixen, Yin-Yang, Kayna, Pyro... I must leave you now."
Her Pokémon nodded, they knew what had to be done. They would have to keep the guards busy, while Rin escaped the scene and headed for Amber.
It was Ambers only chance. Rin couldn't afford losing time, more guards would surely arrive any minute. Her Pokémon had to put their lives on the line if she would have the slightest possibility of saving Amber.
"I'll be back soon, my friends..." Rin said, and then she quickly took a step backwards, and threw herself to the floor while yelling "Vixen, smoke screen!"
Her Ninetails heard the commando and quickly created a smokescreen, making it impossible for the guards to see where Rin were.
Rin got on her feet again and ran around the guards. As she left the area of smoke, she started to dash towards the massive steel doors at the end of the research area, the doors that would lead her to Amber.
"Where the hell did she go!" One of the guards yelled. "I can't see a damn thing!"
Her Pokémon was fighting for her now. Now it was her turn to fight for Amber. She drew her gun as she reached the steel doors. Using all her power, she pushed the doors open.
The area behind them was dark, only slightly illuminated by weak lights hanging from the ceiling.
She headed in, throwing one last glance over her shoulder.
"I'll be back for you" She said, and then the steel doors automatically closed behind her.
This new area was smaller and darker. Large capsules stood placed everywhere, containing some weird liquid. Some of them even contained Pokémon.
Rin felt sick, and was forced to lean against the doors before continueing on.
She walked in a fast pace, firmly holding her gun. Then she started to run, panically looking around to see if Amber was there.
She reached a new set of steel doors and forced them open. She entered a smaller room, almost pitch black. The light in the ceiling seemed to be broke. Rin hesitated before she headed deeper in.
Suddenly, she saw her. Amber. She was inside one of the large capsules. Her eyes were closed.
"AMBER!" Rin yelled and ran over to the capsule. "Amber! Oh my god, wake up! Come on!"
She pounded the glass, tried to crack the container open. With no success. She placed the gun on the floor, and then started to kick it. It showed no signs of breaking.
"Dammit!" She yelled. "Amber! Wake up! I'm here now!"
Rin took the gun again. She aimed it towards the capsule glass. Her hands were shaking. What if she hit Amber?
She closed one of her eyes, tried to aim carefully and...
"I wouldn't do that if I were you."
The room was suddenly illuminated by a strong light, seeming even stronger because of the clinically white walls. A man in a long white doctor's coat stood behind her, beside him stood two men dressed in black, both pointing guns at her.
"Put that gun down, young lady." The man said with a voice cold as ice.
Rin cursed herself. She had come to the end of her journey. It was all over now, but that didn't hurt the most. The one thing hurting the most inside was the thought that she had been unable to save Amber. Now they were both lost.
Her trembling hands dropped the gun. It hit the floor with an empty sound. She slowly turned around, holding her hands up in the air.
"Fool." The man in the white coat muttered. "She's dying. There's nothing you can do to help her. It was meaningless from the beginning."
"What have you done to her!" Rin yelled, now noticing that tears were flooding down her cheeks. "Amber!"
"She won't hear you, young lady. She's beyond the point of no return. She's a hybrid. Part human, part Pokémon. But the experiments we performed on her didn't turn out as planned. She must be terminated, no one can know about the research we perform here."
Rin swallowed.
"I'm afraid we'll have to kill you as well. You've seen this place. You cannot be left alive. Reno, Grasp..."
Suddenly Rin recognized the two men standing beside the professor. They were the ones who had taken Amber, and they were the ones who shot Carrie.
"You...you shot Carrie!"
"If you're talking about the other girl, I'm terribly sorry." said Reno. "It was never my intention to harm her."
Grasp drew his gun and directed it towards Rin.
Rin cried. It was all gone. Everything was lost. She had failed.
"What are you waiting for, Grasp? Shoot her!" The professor yelled.
"But professor Seth, she's only..."
"SHOOT HER!" Seth yelled.
Grasp gritted his teeth, and then slowly pulled the trigger.
Rin closed her eyes. She prayed that heaven would have a place for her when she came. Farewell.
But then the steel doors sprung open.
Two long vines shot through the air and grabbed Grasp. They violently started to shake him upside down, causing him to lose hold of his gun.
Reno yelled and drew his gun, pointed it towards Rin and was about to shoot when a long arm of fire hit him in the side.
He was sent flying across the room, being knocked unconscious in the impact against the wall.
Seth roared and grabbed Grasps gun and held it against Rin's face.
"SHOW YOURSELF!" He yelled frantically, as he grabbed Rins neck. "OR ELSE I'LL KILL HER!"
"Don't touch her."
Seth's grip around Rin's neck tightened, and the cold metal of the gun made her shiver.
She cried. It was him. He had come.
Jason Darrell stood in the door opening, aiming a gun towards Seth without the slighest sign of trembling.
Standing beside him was his Pokémon. Ivysaur, Arcanine, Butterfree, Marshtomp, and his beloved Teddyursa.
He had come.
"Let her go." He said.
"You are in no position of negotiating, boy!" Seth yelled manically, taking a few steps backward. "I will kill the girl if you come close!"
Jason closed his hand tighter around the gun. He could fire, but then he'd risk hitting Rin instead. And if he'd miss completely, Rin would be executed.
Suddenly, he saw Amber behind them. Trapped in a capsule, showing no signs of life. His stone mask almost cracked, his stomach turned inside him.
You take a dangerous line
Holding a loaded gun
It's just a matter of time
Before you hurt someone
So keep your running shoes close
And sing your rebel song
Then disappear like a ghost
The hunter won't be long
Don't you know there's no forgiving
Like a rabbit on the run
When you have to go on living
By the gun ...
Well go on shoot
Someone cries, that's the beginning
Go on shoot
Justify the blood you're spilling
Come on and shoot
Show the world that you're not
kidding
All gathered deep in the earth
A careless light betrays
Be feared the Devil he's at work
No place to end your days
To hold the balance of the fight
And scream your hearts desire
Don't give the automatic right
To quench the holy fire
Don't you know there's no forgiving
Like a rabbit on the run
When you have to go on living
By the gun ...
Shoot
Someone cries, that's the beginning
Go on shoot
Justify the blood you're spilling
Come on shoot
Come on shoot
Someone cries that's the beginning
Go on shoot
Justify the blood you're spilling
Now show the world that you are not
kidding
"Rin..." Jason said. "I'm sorry."
Then he threw away his gun. Seth followed it with his eyes and smiled when it landed a few metres away.
"Fool." He yelled. "You just threw away the last hope you had..."
"I think not." Jason's voice was calm. "Look where you're standing."
Seth looked down at where he was standing. Ivysaurs long vines had closed themselves around his feet when he was looking at the gun.
Before he even knew it, his feet were drawn away beneath him, causing him to fall over and lose his grip of Rin.
Rin stumbled forward, breathing heavily. Seth was dragged along the floor, but he still hadn't lost the grip of his gun. Roaring, he aimed it at Jason and fired.
The shot missed Jason's head with an inch, and he aimed to fire again. Then another shot was fired. Seth was hit in the chest. He fell backwards and dropped his gun, letting out a scream as he fell.
It was Rin. She had grabbed Jason's gun. Shaking, she stood a few metres away pointing her gun at Seth.
Seth smiled weakly as he fell. When he hit ground, his voice lost its power and all became quiet.
Rin fell to her knees.
"I...I shot him..." She cried. "I shot him..."
Jason helped her up on her feet.
"He was going to kill us all, Rin... Come now, we must leave..."
Jason walked over to Amber's capsule and tried to bust it open, but with no success.
"Teddyursa!" He yelled. "Cut it open!"
Teddiursa ran over and used its sharp claws to cut a hole in the glass. A blue liquid substance poured out of the container as he did so, and he bent down to taste it.
"Don't touch it, Teddyursa" Jason commanded. Then he started to kick the capsule. After three kicks, the glass surrounding the container suddenly cracked and eventually fell apart.
The liquid poured out over the floor, and Amber fell out, lifeless. Jason rushed to her side and tried to awaken her.
"Amber... Wake up!" He yelled, shaking her. "Amber, come on..."
"We must take her to a doctor!" Rin yelled in panic. "Come!"
Jason lifted up Amber in his arms. She was so light, she had lost a lot of weight.
"Guys, back into your Pokéballs!" He yelled through gritted teeth. "You too, Teddyursa!"
Reluctantly, Teddyursa obeyed and Jason's five Pokémon disappeared into the Pokéballs he carried on his belt.
Rin pushed the steel doors open.
"Let's go!" She shouted.
"Haha..." Jason turned around. His heart stopped beating. Seth was leaning against a control panel, smiling weakly towards him. He was bleeding from his mouth, and from the gunwound on his chest. He coughed. "You will go down with this building!"
Before Jason could react, Seth pressed a button on the control panel he was leaning against.
"Self-destruction activated." A voice echoed in the speakers. "Termination will occur in 4 minutes and 59 seconds..."
"You..." Jason began.
"Haha, too...late..." Seth fell backwards, and hit the ground. He died smiling.
"Let's go, Rin!" Jason yelled and turned around. "We must get out of here!"
"B-but..."
"There's no time to lose! Run!"
They both ran for their lives. Jason glanced at Amber. She was pale, barely breathing at all.
"My Pokémon..." Rin began.
"Keep running, Rin. They're waiting for us by the elevators."
They won. Rin felt warm inside. They fought for her, and they won.
Red lights was flashing, an alarm sound echoed in the laboratory.
"Hurry, Jason!" Rin yelled, a few metres ahead of him.
Even though Amber was light, her weight was still enough to slow Jason down. His legs was growing tired.
After what seemed forever they reached the elevators. Rin quickly recalled her Pokémon, as Jason kicked the button.
"Hurry up, dammit!" He yelled.
"This won't work.." said Rin. "The elevator's wrecked... I had to destroy it to come down... "
"Damn... We'll have to use the stairs, like I did. But I doubt we'll make it in time."
Jason ran over to the door labeled "Stairs" and kicked it open. It was a long way up to ground level, and there couldn't be more than 3 minutes remaining.
The stairs seemed to go on forever. Rin was close to throwing up several times, she was exhausted.
Jasons legs could barely carry him any longer. He was falling behind. Rin stopped.
"Hurry, Jason!"
"Keep running, Rin! Even if I fall behind, don't stop running! I'll catch up to you!"
"Self-destruction activated. Termination will occur in 2 minutes."
"Only two minutes to go, hurry!" Jason screamed. "We can't be that far away now!"
Rin ran for her life. Her brain gave orders her body had trouble following, and she was slowing down.
Just when she thought she would just fall down, she saw the door labeled "Floor 1"
It gave her new powers and she dashed for it.
"Here it is, Jason!" She yelled. "Come on!"
Jason reached it 30 seconds after her, and just as he pushed it open the speakers echoed: "Self-destruction activated: Termination will occur in 1 minute."
"I can see the doors, Jason!" Rin exclaimed. "Come on!"
Jason was struggling to prevent himself from collapsing. Amber felt heavier and heavier, even though he knew that it was only himself growing more tired.
Rin busted the doors open and ran out on the street. Sun was setting in the distance, and the street were filled with people.
"RUN!" She yelled, waving her arms as she ran. "RUN!"
At first people were hesitating, but when the building behind started to rumble they all began to run for their lives.
Halfway down the street Rin turned. Where was Jason?
The doors sprung open again. Jason came out, carrying Amber in his arms. He was running, but he wouldn't make it. The building would blow any second now.
And so it did. With a deafening sound, the building was blown apart. The concrete walls were torn into pieces by the explosion and sent shrapnels flying everywhere.
Rin saw how Jason was thrown forward. He managed to turn in midair so he landed on his back, still holding a firm grip around Amber.
Jason lifted his head and saw Rin coming towards him. Then his vision blurred and he felt no more.
-EPILOUGE-
He was watching her from behind the big oaktree. She was sitting comfortably in a lawn chair, reading a book.
Her light-brown hair swirled gently in the cool breeze and her blue eyes glittered like diamonds in the evening sun.
Now he was sure, Crystal Town was not named after the mines, but after her.
Jason Darrell stroked Teddyursas brown fur, his beloved friend was sitting on his shoulder.
"She's not ready yet, Teddyursa." Jason said, his voice failing him as he did. "But when she is, I'll be there for her."
He leaned against the tree. Carrie turned the pages and smiled. Jason wiped away a tear from his eyes. It had been such a long time since he saw her smile.
Maybe things were coming back to normal. It had been four months since he and Rin saved Amber.
Amber had recovered, and after saying goodbye she left for an unknown location. Maybe she just needed some time alone to think it all through.
Rin was still on Hushido Island, continueing her gym quest together a friend. Occasionally she phoned Jason to tell him how everything was going.
Ricky was still in Johto, battling his way through the gym leaders. He had earned six badges, he had only two to go. He and Jason spoke nearly every day.
Jason had not been doing much the latest months. He needed some peace and quiet for a change, and mostly helped out around the house. His mother and father were thrilled to have him back, but he knew he would leave them soon again.
As soon as Carrie was completely recovered, he'd ask her if she would want to go back to Hushido with him and finish their journey there.
But that was in the future, for now he just enjoyed seeing her so well. Maybe things could be like they once were. Maybe.
He still had Marshtomp, Arcanine, and Butterfree left. Ivysaur had evolved into a Venusaur and had developed quite an appetite. It was getting harder to find enough food for him.
Teddyursa was still his best friend. They would never be apart again, he was sure of it.
Carrie got up from the chair and headed inside. Jason Darrell sighed, and turned around.
"Let's go home, Teddyursa." He said. "Home."
When I forget to say
Every little thing I feel
When I am far, far away
And nothing in this world seems real
When I get lost on the way
When I feel dark and I cant speak
Everything I do goes wrong
You tell me time is the thief
And promise there's a place I belong
When I can't think what to say
Dont give up now
That would hurt too much
Dont give up now
And say you've had enough
It won't be long
Till I'm back in your arms again
So please be strong
Till I'm back in your arms again
I count the days
Till I'm back in your arms again
So when I forget to say
Every little thing I feel
And when I am far, far away
Nothing in this world seems real
When I get lost on the way
Dont give up now
That would hurt too much
Dont give up now
And say you've had enough
It won't be long
Till I'm back in your arms again
So please be strong
Till I'm back in your arms again
I count the days
Till Im back in your arms again
Whatever the distance
I don't care
Nothing will stop me now
Call and I'll be there
It won't be long
Till I'm back in your arms again
So please be strong
Till I'm back in your arms again
I count the days
Till Im back in your arms again
That was The Adventures Of Jason. Now when it's complete, it feels kind of sad leaving Jason and co behind... Ah well, all things come to and end. Please review, and thanks for reading!
May all your dreams come true!
- TG-91