CHAPTER 38: The Search For Misty!
We search for a few hours, with minimal to no light, and sadly find no leads.
"I'm sure shes in here somewhere..." Ash mumbles, his flashlight bouncing along the walls as we continue our search.
We had decided to stay out of the deeper reaches of the cave, but it's starting too look like we might have to go a bit farther in.
"Alright. Ash, you take Bane, I'll take Belle. They don't have any issue seeing in the dark, and that way we can cover more ground. Sound good?" He nods, and soon him and Bane zip off into the darkness.
"Okay Belle, we have to find Misty. Let's go..." I point down a tunnel adjacent to the one Ash went through, and Belle nods, taking off.
We twist and swerve around many corners, before coming into an open cavern.
"Slow down a bit..." I shine my flashlight around, and almost scream.
All around us are eyes.
Thousands and thousands of beady, pure white eyes.
From somewhere above me, I hear a shout.
I look up, and see Misty.
She's tied up with what looks like thread, and she's tied to the roof. She swings, her gag preventing her from making too much noise. Her eyes are wide, and I watch as one of the many pokemon in the room slowly approaches her, pinchers clicking.
I make a split second decision.
"ALTO, GUST! MAMBO, THUNDERSHOCK! BELLE, PSYCHIC! BEA, ATTACK ORDER! ACE... ATTACK!"
I release all of my pokemon at once, and the brawl begins.
I hop off Belle's back, landing hard on my knees, and successfully knocking the wind out of myself, but I hug the floor.
Alto summons a mighty whirlwind, blowing pokemon after pokemon out of the cavern and into the tunnel we came in through.
"PARASEEEEEEeeeeccctt..." The cries trail off as they are whisked away.
Mambo sends a wicked thunderbolt flying into a large group of the Parasect, momentarily lighting the room up for all to see.
I scream as I see the waves of red bug type pokemon flowing in through multiple tunnels.
I watch in horror as a group of them overtakes Ace, who cant fly to safety.
"ACE!" I scream, but I trip on my way to help.
Suddenly, theres a bright light, and the group that is swarming Ace flies apart. I see his bad wing, and its completely metal.
"Steel Wing!" I hear a voice behind me, and see Misty.
I hug her, squeezing tight.
"We were so worried." I sob, and she cries into my shoulder.
"I have an idea, but you aren't going to like it..." She says, punching a bug that got too close.
"If it helps us escape, I'm all for it." She laughs, shaking her head.
"I tried to warn you."
She releases all of her pokemon, and points into the center of the cavern.
"SURF!"
I watch as her pokemon summon tidal waves of water, and I return all of mine before they get caught in the aftermath.
"HOLD ONTO ME!" Misty shouts over the rushing water that is now filling up the cavern.
I link my arm through hers, and she dives.
Her pokemon follow us through one of the tunnels, and they manipulate the current to carry us away.
We enter another cavern, this one has a hole in the roof that is allowing sunlight to flow through.
As we enter, I notice another large group of pokemon. These ones are blue, shaped like punching bags, and have stupid grins on their faces.
"Wobba!" One of them waves cheerfully as we rush past, and Misty looks back at me, smiling.
"Wobbufett!" She laughs, when we hear another shout.
"SERENA!"
Ash.
Misty doesn't say a word, but she ducks into the tunnel it came from, dragging me along.
We enter a long, wide tunnel, to find Ash and Bane.
Bane is nursing an injured wing, while a small group of three pokemon beat on him.
They are round, and covered in fur. They have boxing gloves on their hands as they smash into Bane.
Ash is punching and kicking the pokemon, but one good punch from one of the pokemon, and he flies back into the rock wall.
As we get closer, I watch as Ash stands, staggers over, and keeps beating on the one pokemon.
Finally, it's had enough, and it whips around, landing a square kick to Ash's stomach, sending him flying into us.
"Bea, Defend Order! Belle, Wing Attack!" I release my two pokemon, who instantly go to work defending Bane.
I grab Ash, pulling him close to me.
"I'm... sorry... Serena..." He gasps, and I shake my head.
"For what? Helping Bane? I should thank you!" I cry, and he shakes his head, coughing.
"I thought... I could... handle them..." He says, and I shake my head again.
"Ash Ketchum, don't you EVER apologize for training a pokemon. EVER. Bane knew what he was getting into, but he trusts you, as do I." He smiles, but then his head rolls to the side, and his breathing evens out.
"He has to get to a hospital." Misty says, and I nod.
"Agreed. How do we get out of here?" I ask, and her eyes go wide.
"I have no idea." She sighs, but theres a rumbling from ahead in the darkness.
"We need to go NOW." I return a severely injured Bane, and Bea, and we climb onto Belle.
"Get us out of here!" She hoots, then we take off.
We fly quickly around tight corners, flitting in and out of multiple caverns, before Belle speeds up, hooting in excitement.
Ahead, there is light. Flickering light, but still light.
"Yes!" I shout, but the rumbling from behind us picks up again.
We fly into a small hollow area, where a small fire is flickering in the middle of the room, with two shapes sitting around it.
"Seal that tunnel!" I point, and Misty releases Corsola, who begins summoning Ancient Power's.
I drag Ash to the fire.
"We need help." I gasp, and the two people jump into action.
One takes Ash, while I grab his pokeballs, releasing Tia.
I'm expecting the fun loving Rhyhorn, but the pokemon that comes out is a lot BIGGER.
"Rhydon." She smiles, hugging me, but she quickly reads the situation, and without me having to direct her, she starts piling rocks in front of the tunnel entrance.
Shaking off my amazement, I head over to where both people are tending to Ash.
"What did this?" A girl asks.
"Monkey pokemon, um... boxing gloves!" I spout, not knowing what they scientific name is.
"Primeape, darn. Internal bleeding is a possibility... he needs to get to a hospital." The second person, a man, says.
"We got lost, and we don't know how to get out." I explain, and the woman nods.
"Same boat, different river." She sighs, and the man stands.
He goes to say something, but is drowned out by a loud crash.
The makeshift wall that is blocking the tunnel rumbles, rocks slowly starting to fall off.
"What is it?" The mans asks, grabbing two pokeballs from his belt.
"Not sure. Most of my pokemon are injured, so I didn't want to risk a battle." He nods.
"Send out what you can." He releases two pokemon.
Strangely, I recognize both.
Weavile and Staravia jump quick into motion.
"Protect us." He says simply, and they both nod.
Weavile grabs Misty and Corsola, and gestures for them to follow, pulling us all into a small area, then summoning a wall of ice around us.
Staravia grabs Ash, taking his up high to a ledge where noone can reach him, and the woman climbs swiftly behind.
She releases one pokemon, another one native to Sinnoh.
"HAXORUS!" It screeches, summoning the power of a Dragon Dance.
"You guys are from Sinnoh to?" I ask, and the man flashes me an award winning smile.
"Born and raised, here on vacation. Sunnyshore." He chuckles as I gasp.
"Me too! Just moved here not to long ago."
"Not the time, guys!" Misty shouts, pointing to my pokeballs.
"Sorry!" I release Bea, Mambo, and Alto, and gesture for Belle to join them.
"Prepare any area attacks you have, guys. Whatever comes through that tunnel does not make it to Ash." They nod sagely, and begin powering up various attacks. Mambo digs in my bag, grabbing a small bag filled with purple pollen, and sticks a small tuft on his tongue.
A white light envelopes him, and when it fades, his normal yellow hued feathers are replaced by a delicate purple skirt, and he dances mystically over to an open spot, before melting into his own shadow.
"That's... new." I shrug, and there is a final crash as the door comes tumbling down.
"ONIX!" The pokemon shouts, tumbling into the room.
"WAIT!" Misty jumps in front of our pokemon.
"Misty, MOVE!" I shout, but she stands her ground.
"Look! Don't you recognize her?" She shouts over the competing currents in the room that have been summoned by the multiple flying types in the room.
"What?" I ask, but the answer to my question walks through behind his pokemon.
AN:
Hey everyone! I am going to be taking a bit of a hiatus on Serena's adventure, just for now! I will still be working on chapters, but I want to let a good 3-4 buffer chapters build up before I start posting for a while. This allows me more time to post on Christina, and I also have a new crossover story building up, but that wont be for a while! Please, as always, review! Tell me what you like, what you hate, what you LOVE! Anyways, you'll hear back on Serena in the near future, so get ready for that! Thanks for being loyal guys, and check back soon!
Yours in Adventure;
Austin