That One Fateful Night
Revenge Can Wait
Ash slowly got up, his body was killing him. He looked around and noticed he was in an intensive care room in a hospital. Judging by all the Pokemon League crap on the walls, it had to be the Indigo National Hospital.
As soon as he got his bearings, camera flashes blinded him and the drone of reporters' constant babble deafened his ears.
But just in the nick of time, who other but Ash's mother burst into the room, beating the crap outta the paparazzi.
"I got a new story! Crazy psycho woman attacks…..ack!"
"Now leave my son alone! Can't you see all the trauma he's gone through!"
She slammed the door on the hand of one of the photographers, and she heard a loud string of curse words being yelled behind the door.
"Oh honey I'm so glad you're ok!" Delia lovingly embraced her injured son, but he did not return the hug.
She stared into his eyes, cold and dark.
"Ash what's wrong?"
He said nothing. That violent image still reverberated in his brain. Giovanni slashing the knife across Misty, killing them both in one swing.
"Ash please tell me what's wrong!" Like all good mothers, intense worry grew.
But Ash could not feel his mother's warmth when she held his hand, or wrapped him in a loving hug. All he could do was softly whisper, "Misty……"
"Misty? You miss her? Oh of course you would. I don't know what you've been through, but you'll probably been really happy to see her."
There was a knock at the door.
"Oh come in darling!" said Mrs. Ketchum.
And as the person stepped through the door, happiness spread all throughout Ash's body.
She was a little out of breath.
"Huff Sorry Mrs. Ketchum. Kind of hard going up all those steps with this ever-growing load."
"Dear you could have taken the elevator!"
"There was an elevator?"
"Yes right next to the stairs."
"Oh crap guess I didn't notice it, was kind of in a rush to see my Ash."
"He's my Ash too you know…."
Mrs. Ketchum stepped aside, and the visitor wrapped Ash in a warm hug, and she planted a soft kiss on his lips.
Ash immediately responded, wrapping his arms around her, deepening the kiss.
The were finally interrupted by a quick Ahem by Mrs. Ketchum.
Ash had a dumbfounded look on his face. "Mist….Misty? Is it really you?"
The cute red head took a step back, examining herself. "Yeah, at least I think I'm me. Now how badly did you get hurt Mister?"
"Yeah Ash….I mean before Misty came in, you barely said a word. But when Misty steps in, your eyes completely light up. Is there something wrong with me?"
"No mom….just glad to see her."
Ash slowly sat back in the bed as Misty sat next to him, holding his hand. Mrs. Ketchum was sitting on his opposite side.
"No honey, I've known you all your life, something happened. Now tell us."
"Please Ash?" Misty gave puppy dog eyes, ones which melted his heart, so he couldn't refuse.
"Alright, but it isn't pretty."
So over the next twenty minutes, Ash told them of how Giovanni had kidnapped him. How he had been injured, and how Giovanni had supposedly killed Misty and the baby.
"Oh that's awful!" The two women said in unison.
"Yeah….and it probably was a real person Giovanni killed. But its just….that person….she looked and sounded exactly like you Mist." His eyes were still dark and filled with sorrow.
"Ash….."
"Well you two, I have to head back. Misty you have the two plane tickets right?"
"Yes Mrs. Ketchum."
"Well you two fly home safely. Ash just to let you know, you ARE coming home, because I demanded it, so no going back to the league for awhile."
"But Giovanni….."
"Can wait for another day. You need some rest and to spend more time with the people that love you. Goodbye sweetie." She gave him a quick hug and a kiss on the forehead, and she left.
As soon as Delia left, one of Ash's doctors entered, telling him that despite showing signs of severe injury, none of it was life threatening in any way, and he was free to go home.
"It's strange. A bullet was lodged right near a major artery in your leg, and you shouldn't have been able to live past the night. Yet despite a scar, your leg is perfectly fine. Very strange indeed….anyway you're free to go home whenever you like." the doctor muttered on his way out.
"Well Ash," said Misty as she took his hand, "get dressed and lets get out of this place. I hate hospitals."
"Alright alright. Can you give me my clothes?"
Misty picked up his "classic" outfit, and chucked it at him.
"Thanks….."
"No prob baby." She gave him a quick kiss, and he went and changed.
He was out in 30 seconds, and the two left hand in hand.
They took a cab to the airport, and caught a flight back to Pallet.
They were ambushed by the paparazzi more then once, but luckily Ash and Misty was still kept quiet, and what pictures got out no one believed.
But they both knew that sooner or later, they would be exposed. Not even the league officials Ash worked with knew of Ash's child.
The flight wasn't very long, and Ash slept the whole way. All Misty could do was lay her head on his shoulder, and enjoy being in his presence.
She didn't know what happened to him, but there were numerous scars from cuts and bruises on his arms and legs. She gently massaged his smooth arms; her fingers trailing over a 6 inch slash on his forearm.
The plane landed on the runway of the Pallet Airport, and Ash slowly opened his eyes, where he was greeted by the most beautiful girl in the world.
"Hey sleepy head," she said playfully hitting his arm, "we're home."
"How long was I out?"
"The whole flight silly. Come on." She took his hand, and gently helped him up. "You're still weak. We'll get a cab and we can go home and eat some of your mom's home cooked meals."
"Yeah that sounds good Misty. Thanks for watching out for me. I don't know where I'd be without you."
"No problem. You're not well, and I love you. And you'd probably be dead without me."
"Haha you're probably right."
Misty called a cab and the two were driven to a familiar house with a garden out front and a red-thatched roof.
As soon as the cab got in viewing distance, Mrs. Ketchum dashed out of her house, sprinting to the cab.
The driver quickly slammed on the breaks, as money was thrown at him through one of the windows, and Ash and Misty were dragged out of the car and wrapped in a huge bear hug by Mrs. Ketchum, accompanied by Mr. Mime.
"Oh I'm so glad you two got home safely! I made dinner, so I hope you both are hungry."
"Oh trust me Mrs. Ketchum, we're hungry. Ash's stomach growling kept me up the whole flight."
"It's not that loud…." Ash muttered looking downcast.
So the three all partook of Mrs. Ketchum's home made food, and they all went to bed happy.
"Good night you two." said Mrs. Ketchum as she walked past Ash and Misty's room to her own.
"Good night mom."
"Good night Mrs. Ketchum."
"It's great to have you back Ash. It was getting pretty boring here without you."
"Thanks mom."
She slowly shut the door, and headed off to her own room.
"It's good you're back Ash." she said as she wrapped her arms tightly around his waist.
"Good to be back Misty. But…I can't believe Giovanni. He's going to pay. When I get my hands on him I'm gonna……" His hands were balled up into tight fists.
She gently took his hand, causing him to relax.
"Ash, revenge can wait for now. You've suffered a lot because of Giovanni, that I know. But for now, just take a break, and enjoy being with the ones who love you."
"Your right Mist. Revenge can wait for another day."
They shared a romantic and much needed kiss, as Misty fell asleep in Ash's protective arms.
In a dark control room, Giovanni sat in his squishy intimidating arm chair.
"Anna, I'd like to thank you for all your help. Without your interrogation skills, I never would have found out about Mewtwo again. What troubles me the most is how on earth were u able to control him on your own?"
"Oh it was really simple actually. Once I realized that Mewtwo cared for his pathetic 'clones' so much, all I had to do was hold them hostage, and Mewtwo was completely under my control. Plus that mind control suit you gave me helped a lot too. With that on, he has no free will."
"I know it works great. Now bring in that poor pathetic soul who you interrogated. I wish to have a word with him."
A man walked into the room, with large squinty eyes that you could not tell were open.
"Well Brock, I trust that you eliminated Misty and his mother like I told you to? Because if you didn't, not only will my plan be ruined, but you will pay dearly."
"Well I guess I'll have to pay. There's no way I would hurt the ones I love!"
"Well well, a defiant young man aren't we?"
"You said that if you hooked me up to the memory analyzer so you could learn about your past, you'd let my brothers and sisters free!"
"Don't try and gamble with the one who controls the odds. They'll be released in good time, but they will have to suffer for your insolence."
"NO! I'll do whatever you want, just don't hurt them!"
"Well since you failed in killing Ash's bitch and his mother, kill him instead."
"Kill…..Ash. He's my best friend!"
"Which is more important, your friend's life, or your 10 brothers and sisters'?" Giovanni pulled a tiny remote out of his pocket, his finger gently dancing over a button.
"Alright….." he said, his eyes dark and sad. "Just make sure my family is safe, and I'll do what you want."
Anna slapped on a pair of handcuffs, and slid a gun into his back pocket.
"Take him away Anna."
"Yes sir."
Giovanni reclined in his chair, studying the monitors.
"Well it seems my plan might actually turn out better then I had hoped, even if it did cost me one female Rocket to torture Ash."
Hey guys sorry about the long wait. High school getting to be kinda hard, and I'm having some new distractions. ( 3 Mara!) Well anyways, shame on all of you to think I killed off Misty! This isn't a tragedy, so don't worry. If you noticed at the end of ch. 6 I said you'd like the ending, so you should have paid attention to that. Please review, they really help me with my writing. Go ahead, review, its that little button on the left.
