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Chapter 5: A Little Too Late!
The raven-haired man was starting to wake up when he felt that his body was very heavy to move.
His eyes fluttered open and he blinked his eyes a few times to clear them as he heard something.
"He's awake! Go tell the doctor!" said a familiar voice.
Once he was able to get his vision back, he saw his mom, Lance and Professor Oak standing around his bed.
"Honey, how are you feeling?" asked Mrs. Ketchum curiously.
"Like I've been hit by a truck." replied Ash, slowly moving his arms to rest them in a different position.
"Well, that's to be expected. You've been in the hospital for over two weeks in a coma. Do you remember what happened?" asked Professor Oak.
The chocolate-eyed man looked around the room before closing them again and letting a deep sigh out.
"I remember that I had to go into Team Rocket headquarters for something, I found it and then a large explosion happened…" said Ash, trailing off as he started to remember who it was.
"Honey, what did you find in there that almost cost your life?" asked Mrs. Ketchum worriedly.
His eyes flew open as he remembered who it was as well as all of the events that happened at Team Rocket headquarters.
"Where is she? I have to make sure that she's alright." asked Ash as he tried to get up but was met with his mom and Lance holding him down.
"Who are you referring to, my boy?" asked Professor Oak, raising an eyebrow.
"Misty. Where is she?" asked Ash, calming down just a little bit.
"Ash, I will take you to her once I get done making sure that you're fine." said his doctor as he walked into the room.
The man in bed nodded as the doctor looked him over as well as how the stab sounds looked, which were mostly healed with scabs on them.
The others in the room were silent as they were surprised to hear Misty's name and just looked at each other as if they knew something that the raven-haired man didn't.
The doctor helped the man up from the bed and walked with him toward the redhead's room before they stopped not that far from her room.
"Ash, I have to let you know that she barely survived the explosion. We are surprised that she even lived the last two weeks because her health hasn't improved at all as it actually declined a little bit each day. She won't live for much longer, but I think she's been waiting on you to come and see her. She keeps asking me if you were awake yet or if you were ok." said the doctor, looking at Ash before giving a few glances towards Misty's room.
The chocolate-eyed man nodded his head before slowly making his way to his love's room.
(In Misty's Room)
He slowly opened the door and closed it before he felt his heart sink from the sight in front of him.
Misty was lying in bed with all kinds of tubes coming out of her body to keep track of her vital signs.
He slowly made his way over with his bag of IV drip hanging on the small mobile rack and sat next to her bed on her left side.
He picked up her hand and saw how pale it was before he gently kissed it before hearing a very faint moan.
"A-Ash?" asked Misty very weakly.
"Yes, Misty. I'm here." replied Ash, very softly with a small smile.
"H-hi. A-are you...alright after...everything?" asked Misty quickly losing her breath after a few words.
"I survived with only the stab wounds. I felt extremely exhausted afterwards and I had a feeling that I had used most of my aura up when causing the explosion to occur. I'm sorry that it took me so long to wake up." replied Ash, holding her hands together and smiling softly.
"It's ok...as long...as you're...safe that's...all I...care about…" said Misty, smiling softly as she struggled to breathe.
"Misty, why were you holding on to see me? The doctor said that you barely survived the explosion." asked Ash.
"I wanted...to see...and kiss...you one...last time...before I...died…" replied Misty weakly as her strength was starting to fade.
"Oh, Misty." said Ash gently. He got up and gently kissed her lips as he held her hand.
He looked at her lovingly and gave her another kiss as he was happy that he made sure that she was alright.
"I love you, Misty. I always have and I always will." said Ash before kissing her hand.
"I love...you too...forever…" said Misty, smiling weakly before closing her eyes and breathing her last breath.
The raven-haired man was soon met with a loud beep that seemed to last forever and before he knew it, the doctor and a few nurses came running into the room.
He was led out of the room so that they could work with her and they kept trying to bring her back for about fifteen minutes before the doctor came out and looked at the chocolate-eyed man with a solemn look.
"Ash, I'm sorry. We weren't able to save her. She's gone." said the doctor sadly.
The raven-haired man looked at him blankly before questioning the doctor about her really being gone and he was starting to get out of hand while losing his sanity.
Before long, the doctor had one of the nurses sedate him and he quickly was met with his brain shutting down.
Hope you enjoyed Chapter 5! Happy Valentine's Day!
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