A/N: Hey there people. It's been awhile. Anywho, yeah well I'm continuing. Kay? Okay then. Here we go. Okay everyone this fic is a little different for once. I kind of mixed the ideas of dbz into this episodes. I hope you like it. Cuz I worked really hard on this.
Recap: Misty's anger rose to a breaking point. She ran at him, "your lying!" She yelled. And swung at him, but he had moved away while Violet took his place. Misty stopped her punch and stepped back. I- I can't they're my only family. My only family... She was torn from her thoughts when she was shot down to the ground by her sister.
May and the others stood in the forest and with Ash slowly trailing behind he did not hear what was going on. He was just thinking about things that could not be, but is in reality.
Chapter 24: Can No Longer Be
As Misty was thrusted towards the ground, Daisy came up and kicked Misty-cuasing Misty to roll a few times, then Lily comes in. She picks Misty up by the collar of her shirt, looks at her threateningly and tosses her aside while Misty trys to get through to them. As Misty gets tossed across the field, May steps forward but Brock grabs her shoulder and pulls her back.
"But.." May started with a teary crack in her voice.
"No. We knew our orders. We knew it would come to this one day. We have to let Misty face this." Brock established.
May groaned and turned away so she didn't have to look. Then she realized Ash was standing there not realizing what was going on. She walked up to him, and randomly slapped him across the face. Than she glared fiercly at him, as if this was all his fault.
Ash walked up to a tree and stood near it. Not realizing what was going on, still trying to sort out the thoughts that were flowing into his head all at once. But before her knew it someone had slapped him. His head shot up to see who it was and yell at the person, but it was May. He noticed the look on her face. But he had not seen this expression on her, only Misty. But he tossed the thought away. And groaned as the light red on his face began to tingle.
"This isn't my fault." He stated to himself, but aloud.
"It might as well be." May was still looking at him fiercly.
"Nani?" He looked puzzeled for a moment and then spoke "why would it be? She was the one who shot me, not the other way around."
"She had no other choice. She had to for her own safety and for her friends."
Ash murmmered something to himself. Brock was still watching Misty. As much as he thought she deserved this; she didn't. He watched her get messed up by her own sisters; the ladies he once fell in love with. Brock turned his head away and looked at May who was accusing Ash.
"This should be your fault. It really should be! After all she was the one who-" May was barking furiously at Ash by now, but was cut off.
"May." Brock said, once again putting his hand on her shoulder. "It isn't his fault. It's her own. She..."
"Come on, tell him. Tell him what really happened after she was kidnapped all those years ago." May pushed.
"Tell me what?" Ash asked once again.
But everyone's attention went to the fight, as Misty was brutally thrown to the ground once more. But she rose to her feet unsteady like. And began to speak and walk towards them at the same time.
"You-you're not lying, are you? Violet, Daisy, Lily... How could you. I'm your own flesh and blood. How could you do this to me?" She said while limping towards them.
The three sisters looked at one another and were about to respond but dear old daddy chimed in at this moment. "Because, they work for me now. And they obey me now."
Misty grunted as she fell to the ground but pushed hands front of her and landed on her hands and knees. She gripped the dirt, and as soon as daddy moved in closer to kick her aside from his real goal, she looked up with a smirk, and threw mud and grains of dirt in his eyes. And she herself struggled to get up on her feet.
He moved towards her taking proud strides towards Misty. But before he knew it he went blind. "What the hell?" He cursed. And then realized he was being pushed back, and was almost pushed to the ground. But he stood his ground. And called forth this team to attack her. "Attack now. All at once! All members!"
May and Brock looked at one another as they heard this.
"You know what this means right?" May asked Brock, completely ignoring Ash's questions. And steps ahead of Brock walking towards Misty.
"Yes, I realize." Brock grunted a bit, but stepped forward. Soon, Ash was left alone with just Pikachu. He watched them leave and walk towards Misty.
"Wait? What are you guys doing?" He asked, obviously confused.
May stopped and slightly choked on her words. "If you haven't realized by now. We- we're apart of their team." She sighed as she heard Ash fall to the ground.
Brock did not look back, for he knew that Ash was looking intensly at them.
"Why?" Was what he asked after they continued on walking.
"We... we had no other choice." May said as she walked on.
"Okay. So, that's the same reason for Misty right?" Ash continued on. He looked at their backs for an answer, but neither one of the answered they just continued on walking. Soon, he was alone. Just standing there wondering what he should do. After all she had shot him. What was he supposed to do? Help her?
Once Brock and May and the rest of the members surrounded Misty. She stood partly up right and just looked at them all. She did not turn to May nor Brock, but to Jamie. The one who had a fascination with her. She knew he wasn't going to help her out. But would her friends? Were they loyal to her or to her step father? She did not know the answers, so she just stood there waiting for someone to attack.
Her step father stepped forward and order everyone to attack at full force. But no one moved and then when he ordered again everyone attacked her all at once; all except two.
They heard the command but did not move and they it was said again. This time everyone responded. Brock elbowed this guy named Rob in the stomach and then May tripped this girl named Mary. Then all those who stopped beating on Misty, turned to them. They all looked intensly at them-then Marcus dropped Misty to the ground and kicked her really hard in the stomach; enough to make cough up blood. Marcus stepped towards Brock and threw a punch at him; but Brock ducked and uppercutted Marcus in the chin and sent him flying. Then everyone else attacked.
Misty layed on the ground, her vision bleary. When she heard May call out to Brock through the sounds of punches and bones breaking. She whispered to herself they are loyal. But why? I don't deserve this. But soon she was unconcious by the time anyone came up to her.
May's shirt was torn and she had a few bruises along her arms and maybe one or two below her eyes. She somewhat limped around. Her haired was now messy. Brock stood there; he managed to break a sweat and his hand was bruised and one of his knuckles on each were broken. Although his clothes and hair left untouched. And around them were all these people either unconcious or badly injuired. And about five feet away is where Misty layed.
Next to her was her step father with a gun her to her head. "It's been swell, but you gotta die." He chuckled as he pulled back the trigger and wrapped his fingers are the trigger. A shot was heard and something else.
"Pi-Ka-Chuuuuuuu!" Pikachu fired a powerful thundershock at the step-father. Pikachu wasn't even given a command by Ash, he just did it.
Misty mumbled in her unconcious state "I can no longer be...be.." But she was unable to finish, because she knocked out completely.
Ash just stood there and watched the whole scene. When he realized what was actually going on he ran towards Misty and where Pikachu were. He dashed around and over the people on the ground. And then he stopped standing over Misty he glared at her current form. He hesitated to touch her but he bent down and picked up her wrist and felt her pulse. He then called out to May and Brock "Her pulse is extremly weak! We need to get her to a hospital!"
With that Ash picked her up; completely forgetting he was ever mad at her. He ran in the direction of the hospital with Pikachu running behind them two. May and Brock just stood there.
"Well, I think this went well. Don't you?" May turned to Brock with almost a smile on her face.
"I agree." With that they walked on over in the direction where Ash ran in. But they were stopped by Lily, Violet, and Daisy.
"What is that you want?" Brock asked.
"You're traitors to this team. You shall be exicuted." Violet said while taking out a 9mm gun and pointing it at his head.
"Great this again. I was trained by you. You should know not to put a gun to my especially when I'm unarmed." Brock commented almost grinning.
May chimmed in "I know seriously. What's up with that?" With that May kicked the gun out of Violets hand, and then she-herself was backhanded by Daisy.
Lily kneed Brock in the back when she came up to him from behind. But as she went to do that Brock turned around and grabbed her knee and threw her at her sisters.
"May we pick this up some other time?" Brock asked.
"Yeah, like next week or something?" May added.
The three sisters stood up looking at each other almost insulted like. And then they were about to attack but were called back. "Stop. Let them go, we have bigger things to do than deal with them."
"Yes, father." The all said at once and retreated with the older man.
Somewhere in the hospital May and Brock wondered through the halls looking for Misty's room.
"What number was it again?" May asked.
"301" Brock answered.
Then with out further more Ash stepped out of a room and looked at them-as if he knew they were comming. He sighed a heavy sigh. "She is in a current coma with a very weak pulse. She may not live long."
The two of them did not look suprised to hear this and just looked at Ash and then walked into the room. They both looked at her. Then had their own little conversation while sitting right next to her.
Ash went back into the room and sat in a chair. And looked up at the two who were talking.
And then slowly closed his eyes and drifted into a deep slumber. While May and Brock spoke.
None of them were aware that Misty was wide awake-just in the coma state. Her eyes were closed, but she heard every word of their conversation and soon then there was nothing.
May and Brock fell asleep after about 30 minutes of talking.
The next morning everyone layed still and quiet. Though it was not light out it was still dark. Misty had mumbled some words and the one to hear them had been Ash. He was wide awake by then and was sitting next to her bed now. He listened to her, and then nudged May and Brock for them to awake from their peaceful slumber.
"Hey guys. I think she's trying to say something. Check her pulse." Ash was saying.
May checked it, "Still very low."
Misty mumbled the words "I can no longer be.. I can no longer be..." She mumbled them over and over- but did not finish the sentence untill then.
"I-I can no longer be with the living. My body has given up on me and so have I. I'm sorry." With that she was quiet and the monitor and her pulse her gone, the monitor made a straight beep sound. She was dead. The fight had taken to much out of her.
Ash ran to get a doctor and May was shaking Misty furiously for her to wake up. But she didn't she just lied there motionless. The doctors ran in and called for others. They tried everything they could be she would not come back. Ash cursed at them for the try more.
Misty stood there in her spirit form. She watched her body move up and down with each shake. Motionless she lied still while they tried to pump electric waves through her body. She did not feel a thing, she stood there in her hospital gown. She sighed and whispered. "I'm sorry guys, I truly am." with that she walked off into the distances fading away never looking back.
Okay, everyone. I'm sorry if the ending sucked. But I just wrote whatever came to mind. And that was it. I just wrote. Anywho, review review review! I wanna see those posts now. Tell me what you thought. Btw, one more chapter left!
Chapter 25: The End... Finally.
Bye now.
Chapter 24 completed on 2/17/05