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This is happening right after Ash, Misty, and Brock's adventures in Kanto.
Quick relapse of everything in previous chapter: Misty freaks out at Ash after thinking that he's had a plan all along but didn't tell them. Ash retreats to his room, and the group must decide whether to wait for Ash or leave him behind. They decided to head south to Cinnabar Island by raft, which they will build at the Viridian Forest. Delia felt bad about just leaving her son behind, so they write him a note telling him where to find them if he can calm down. Now Ash is heading downstairs... Enjoy!
Ash walked downstairs, thinking that he should probably apologize to everyone for running off like that. After all, it was a stressful time for everyone, and people tend to lose their cool in unusual situations. "Hey Misty, sorry about just running off, I... Misty? Brock? Mom? Where are you guys?"
He ran all around the house, thinking they might be hiding from the zombies, but they were no where to be found. "Pika Pi! [Look over here!]" Pikachu called, jumping on the table. It seemed like he had found something.
Ash walked in from the living room to see what his buddy had seen. It was a note:
Ash, If you're reading this, that means that we have all left to try to find a place to escape the zombies. We hope that you can realize that everyone's under a lot of stress, and people might snap at you once in a while. If you can realize that, come find us either at the Viridian Forest or on Cinnabar Island. If we're not at either of those locations, it means either we have been killed by the zombies, or we had to find somewhere else to hide. It's either kill or be killed. Good luck.
- Misty, Brock, Mom
Ash slumped down in a chair. He just dropped his head on the table and cried. He was scared of being alone. He was scared of being found by the zombies. He was scared of not having his friends at his side. He was scared of his Mom dying. He was scared of any of them dying. "Why, Pikachu? Why did I have to act like a baby? If I had just stood my ground, I'd be with them right now. I wouldn't be still here. I wouldn't be alone."
Pikachu was shocked that Ash would say that. "Pika Pika Pi. Chu Pikachu. Pika! Pi Pi Pikachu! Pikachu! Pika Chu Pika! Pi! Pikachu. [It wasn't your fault. You did what anyone would have done. Under the pressure, Misty may have snapped at you, but under the pressure you ran. It's not like you had any control over it. And besides, you're not alone. You've got me and all your other Pokemon. We're here for you until the bitter end. Friends forever.]"
Ash sniffled and looked at his partner. "Do you really think so Pikachu?
"Pikachaa! [Of course!]" Pikachu smiled and jumped into Ash's arms.
"We've got to go find them. Let's go get my bike from the garage." Ash and Pikachu ran back to behind the house and into the garage, but there were no bikes to be found. "Guess they must have taken them. After all, they didn't know if I was going to come after them. Now how are we going to catch up to them?"
Ash and Pikachu thought long and hard about it, but they couldn't think of any way that they could get to Misty and the others fast enough. "Wait a second, I know! Let's go, Pikachu. We gotta go fulfill a promise!"
Now, for those of you who haven't caught on yet, on his way to the Orange Islands, Ash left his Pidgeot behind to protect a flock of Pidgey and Pidgeoto, and promised to come back for it later. So Ash and Pikachu are going to go get Pidgeot, and fly on its back to catch up to the group.
After about an hour of packing and planning Ash and Pikachu dashed out the house to go find Pidgeot.
As Ash and Pikachu raced down the road, their hair flying in the wind, they screeched to a stop at the corner of their street. There was something lurking in the shadows, and they weren't quite sure what it was. Carefully plodding forward, Ash poked it with a stick he had picked up on the way out the house.
"Are you... one of them?" He asked, not quite sure what to call the creatures that had been ravaging the country side.
The creature snarled wide and leaped back at them, revealing its rotting or missing teeth. It reached for Ash's throat, and tried to take a large bite out of him. Ash screamed and tried to keep the zombie at bay. He wasn't the most fit of kids, but all the traveling sure built up his muscles.
"PIKACHU, THUNDER SHOCK!" Ash shouted, finally flinging the monster off of him and onto the dusty ground. He backed up as Pikachu shouted it's war cry and released a massive jolt of lightning. They both were breathing hard.
"Well, that was fun. Come on, we've got to hurry, or we won't find them. Let's go!" Ash said, wiping his forehead, then dashing off down the road, with Pikachu struggling to keep up.
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