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Here is chapter 13, enjoy!!!

Please Wake Up

Misty's eyes watered at the sight before her.

Ash is lying down on the bed, his skin pale white, his eyes are surrounded by dark, deep violet eye bags, his lips is in a purplish color and he's foaming at the mouth. There are various chords connected to his body and he's groaning every now and then, expressing his pain.

"Ash Ketchum, pokemon trainer from Pallet Town, injuries sustained: Stab wound on the left shoulder, which nearly damaged his heart, nearly 50 lacerations on the back caused by falling debris, Dehydration, massive internal bleeding and four broken ribs. He's bloodstream has also been poisoned" the nurse explained, laying all the cards on the table for Misty to see.

"Poisoned?" misty asked absentmindedly making her way to the bed.

The nurse nodded "Apparently, there had been a gas leak and the metal pipe that pierced through his shoulder was soaked in gas"

Misty gasped at hearing this. She gasped again when she saw his face up close—he's worse than she thought. Ever so carefully, she sat on the bedside and caressed his forehead.

"I'll be taking my leave now" the nurse left, giving the trio their privacy.

"Togepree?" Togepi walked on the bed and tugged on ash's pants. Then, his eyes watered and started to cry, continuously tugging on his 'father's' pants as if urging him to wake up. Pikachu, although much more mature than togepi, did the same as the rodent violently shook his master's body in hopes of waking him up.

"Pikachu, Togepi…" Misty whispered then her voice broke "…Ash" tears once again fell down her cheeks as grief overtook her system once more.

"Don't worry misty…" Brock put a comforting hand on her left shoulder "…I've said it more than once but I'll say it again, ash is a strong boy and he'll never leave us, not like this. He may be dense at some times but he's a kind person and I'm sure he won't let you suffer"

Misty continued to sob and sniff every now and then as she gave a broken nod of understanding. It took her quite some time to recompose herself and wipe her tears away. She put her hand on top of his forehead and moved it upwards to caress his hair. She's trembling violently as she tried to hold back tears that threatened to spill once more. She must be strong, for ash.

They have no idea how long they stayed like that in silence, reminiscing about happy times and before they knew it, visiting hours was over.

"Can't we stay a little longer?" Misty pleaded to the nurse that informed them of the time limit.

"I'm sorry…" the nurse smiled apologetically at them "…but orders are orders and policies are policies. It would only be fair to the other patients who also had their loved ones leave them so early"

"I see, thank you" with that, the trio left followed by two very reluctant pokemon.

"Stay here misty, I'll get us something to eat" with that, the man left. She and Brock are staying at a cheap hotel and their currently at the restaurant. Her eyes are still distant. She was abruptly snapped out of her thoughts when a girl approached her.

"Hi, is this seat taken?" the girl with short blonde hair and blue eyes asked, pointing to the seat next to her. The table has four seats—one for her, one for Brock and one, although not present, for ash. She still reserves him a seat and the girl is currently asking if ash's seat is taken.

"Yes it is, sorry. You can take this seat" she pointed to the seat across her.

The girl looked confused but nodded anyway. "Thanks a bunch, I couldn't find another seat in this restaurant"

"You're welcome" misty forced a smile and although successful, it was obvious that it was fake.

"You look troubled, is something wrong?" the girl looked at misty.

"No, nothing's wrong, thanks for the concern though" another fake smile and another frown on the girl's face.

"Your boyfriend got caught trying to save you at that accident site, didn't he?" the girl's voice became darker.

Misty was astonished to say the least. "How'd you know?"

"I was wearing the same expression you're wearing right now when my boyfriend got sent to the hospital too. It was a good thing that he received minor injuries trying to save me" the girl explained, her bubbly smile returning to her face.

Misty nodded. "Mine's still in the hospital"

"I'm sorry about that"

The orange haired girl shook her head "It's okay. It's just that, I don't know what I'll do without him. He's such a rare boy. He's cute, he's not the smartest guy around but he's very caring. He's also very brave, passionate…" misty's grave expression turned into a dreamy one as she reminisced on ash's qualities.

"Good in bed?" the girl inquired teasingly. Misty blushed wildly at this. They have yet to do it but they've done part of it. "Come on, you can tell me"

With much difficulty, the orange haired girl nodded with a shy smile on her face.

The girl giggled at this. Their conversation was interrupted, however, by a man walking towards them.

"Ready to go?" the man asked the girl. The girl nodded with a smile.

Misty enviously looked at the couple as they kissed. 'That must be her boyfriend who saved her' she thought as she watched them flirt with each other. She wondered if that'll be that picture that would be seen when ash wakes up or…

Reluctantly, she looked at the table behind her where a girl was crying over the loss of her boyfriend. It seems that the conclusion on her boyfriend's fate was already made. Hope slowly crumbled inside her. She doesn't want that picture, she wants…

She looked back at the happy couple in front of her….

She wants that picture. Will ash be able to give it to her?

"Well, thanks anyway, see you around" the girl waved goodbye at misty who waved back with a fake smile. Just as the girl was out of sight, Brock came with a tray in his hands.

"Who was that?" he inquired, taking a seat across misty.

"Just a random victim from the collapse"

The coast is clear, no one's around and more importantly, no one can see her. Stealthily, misty sneaked into ash's room. She knows that this is not allowed but she can't help it. She just has to see him.

After a few twists and turns and a few close calls, she reached his room.

He's sleeping as usual. Only his constant groans of distress disturbed the peaceful atmosphere. Slowly, she walked towards his bed and pulled out a chair, positioning it beside the bed. There, she sat and stared at his face for a long period of time. She was barely aware of her falling asleep, hands intertwined with his.

Morning came and the sunlight seeped through the hospital blinds. Misty hesitantly opened her eyes.

You can imagine her surprise when she found out that she's lying on the bed, being hugged by the one she love most…

To be continued

Guys, this fic might be discontinued due to the fact that I recieved some bad comment about one of my fanfics being below satisfactory. However, I would like to thank you all for supporting my fanfic up to this point.

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