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Chapter 8: Dawn

Immediately after his victory over Brock, Ash went to the Pokémon center, his Pokémon safely in their Poke Balls.

"No time like the present, I better call Professor Oak to ask for where the next gym is," he said to himself.

He soon arrived at the Pokémon center. Reaching for the nearest phone, he looked into a phone book and dialed Professor Oak's number. After a few seconds of ringing, someone picked up.

("This is the home of Samuel Oak, what can I do for you?" said Professor Oak on the other end of the line)

"Hey Professor, guess what, I just won my first badge!" exclaimed Ash.

("Oh, Ash it you, you haven't called in a while, and that's great! You and Gary now have one badge each; he's heading for Cerulean city now to get his second badge," replied Oak.)

"Huh, Cerulean city? Is that where the next gym is?"

("Yes, it's run by a woman named Misty, and from what I hear she specializes in Water types.")

Ash smiled. Water types huh? Then Squirtle is going to have to face one of his own.

"Hehe, I was just about to ask where the next gym is, well, I better go Professor, Cerulean city awaits!"

("Whoa, slow down, Misty isn't going anywhere, and besides, isn't it better to travel at day, it's getting dark you know?" asked Oak, completely forgetting for a moment who Ash really is)

Ash rolled his eyes. "Professor, I think you're forgetting I like to travel at night," he said.

("Oh my! How could I forget, sorry Ash.")

"That's alright; I really have to go Professor, while the night is still young."

("Very well then, it was nice talking to you Ash, you should call more often, good luck on your journey.")

"Thanks Professor, bye!"

Once he was done talking to Professor Oak, Ash went to his room, readied his belongings, checked out of the room, and then out the door.

Ash walked at a casual pace, taking in his surroundings. He looked left and right, there were buildings everywhere, cars were rolling down the street one after the other, and there was a little girl crying in the corner.

This made Ash stop, there was a little girl crying in the corner. She was wearing a pink skirt, pink boots, a black top, a pink scarf, and what looks like a bonnet, she also has blue hair. She looks to be about nine years old.

Ash approached the girl. "Hey, are you alright?" he asked.

The girl stopped crying, and looked up.

"I…*sniff* was waiting for…*sniff* for my mom…*sniff* but she's taking too long and *sniff* now I'm worried," she said, pointing to the store behind her.

Ash looked at her, not sure what to do. And in the mother of all coincidences, the store door opened, revealing a young woman wearing a white long-sleeved shirt and jeans, she also has blue hair. The woman then walked towards Ash and the girl. The girl immediately got up from her position and ran to the woman.

"Oh Dawn, were you crying? Sorry honey, but the line inside was a little long," said the woman, resting a hand on the girl, Dawn's, head. The woman then looked at Ash.

"Dawn, who's your friend?" she asked.

Dawn looked at Ash, and then at her mother. "Um, I really never got his name, and I just met him while you were inside."

The woman nodded, and then walked up to Ash, Dawn directly behind her. She bent down to Ash's level.

"Hello young man, my name is Johanna, Johanna Berlitz, and I am Dawn's mother, thank you for looking after her while I was away, can I ask for your name?" the woman, Johanna, asked.

Ash looked at her. "My name's Ash Ketchum, and I was just going to Cerulean city when I saw Dawn crying, so I just went up to her."

Johanna smiled. "Well then, would you like to join us for dinner, it's our treat."

"Thanks, but I really nee-" started Ash, but, thinking a mother would find it weird that he was travelling at night, without any companions, thought better than to continue what he was saying. Johanna was also looking at him expectedly.

"I mean, I would love to."

They ate at a restaurant nearby, Johanna ordering a salad, Dawn a burger, and Ash a very, very rare slice of meat. Needless to say, Dawn and Johanna were found staring at Ash as he ate through a piece of beef that almost looked like it was raw.

After the meal, Ash asked Johanna what she and Dawn were doing at Pewter city. Johanna smiled, and told her story.

"Well, Pewter city is hosting a Pokémon contest, and I was asked to be a guest judge."

"What's a Pokémon contest?"

"It's a type of Pokémon battle where Pokémon coordinators, that are what they call trainers who engage in Pokémon contests, use their Pokémon to… show off."

"Yeah, and my mom is the best, and I want to be just like her!" Dawn suddenly cut in.

"I know you will sweetie, just be careful about the Pokémon you see, some of them are very protective of their young."

"No need to worry mom!"

"That's when I worry the most."

"Ehehe, well, I was just starting my own Pokémon journey, but I want to become a Pokémon trainer instead of a coordinator," said Ash.

Johanna smiled once more.

"Do not worry Ash, there are many Coordinators who are good battlers, and also Trainers who are good at showing off their Pokémon," replied Johanna.

"Thanks Miss Johanna," said Ash.

They finished their drinks and Johanna paid the bill. Once they were outside, Johanna asked Ash where he was going. The vampire knew that if he told them he would be going to Cerulean city in the middle of the night, Johanna would get worried and suspect something, and so…

"Oh, I was just looking around town before going back to the Pokémon center," he lied.

"Alright then, the hotel Dawn and I are staying at is that way, so I guess we'll be seeing each other soon."

"Yeah, bye Dawn, bye Miss Johanna, thanks for everything!" waved Ash.

"Goodbye to you too Ash, see you soon!" waved Dawn back.

Johanna looked at the boy's retreating back. "Isn't the Pokémon center that way?" Thinking that Ash simply wanted to see more of the town, she and Dawn headed towards the hotel.

As Ash finally reached the outskirts of town, he heard something that only someone with enhanced hearing can detect. Silencers, someone is shooting a gun! He turned his head back to the source of the sound. Isn't that where the hotel Dawn and Miss Johanna are staying at located? No! Something bad may have happened to them! And with that, he raced towards where he heard the shots.

A few moments earlier…

Johanna and Dawn have nearly reached the hotel.

"Just a little more sweetie, and we'll finally be at the hotel."

They will never get there, not when someone suddenly pulled Johanna, with Dawn in tow, into a dark alley.

The man was wearing a mask, and he was holding a gun in his hands. The gun had a silencer in it.

"Hand over your money and your jewelry," he said.

Johanna was terrified. What a time not to bring my Pokémon, how stupid of me! With no other option, she gave the man her bag, her wedding ring, earrings, and a watch.

The man took these greedily. When he was done pocketing the stolen items, Johanna asked him.

"Okay, you got what you wanted, now let us go."

At that the man laughed, a cruel, sinister laugh that can strike chill into the hearts of those who heard it.

"Who are you kidding woman, you and your daughter are coming with me, and I will make you feel…pleasure," said the man, his eyes the eyes of a predator before his prey. He took a step towards Dawn.

Now Johanna was horrified. He's...he going to turn my Dawn into a prostitute!

She held her hand protectively around Dawn, who was cowering behind her mother. "Do what you want with me, but let my daughter go!"

This, however, did not stop the man from advancing further and even moved close to Dawn, his eyes full of lust.

"Give me the child woman, and you won't get hurt," he growled. Johanna nevertheless wrapped her arms closer around Dawn. This only made him move all the more closer.

"Get your hands away from her!" shouted Johanna. The man's mask just creased, showing a smile.

"Shout all you want lady, no one is going to hear us in here," he said. And with that, he proceeded to grab Johanna's arm.

The next thing he realized he was being pushed away, and all of a sudden he felt pain on his own arm. He looked down and he saw Dawn biting him, her mouth forming sounds, but if one can understand what she has to say, they would hear, "get away from my mother!"

"Insolent bitch!" he shouted, he swung his arm, and Dawn was thrown into a wall. Her head hit the hard concrete first, and to make matters worse, the man turned towards her direction and fired two shots at her, one in her heart, and one in her stomach. She was instantly unconscious.

"Serves you right for biting me," growled the assailant. And right then and there he was hit from behind by Johanna, who was clutching a stone she picked up when the man was trying to dislodge Dawn.

"How dare you hurt my daughter!"

For all the good attacking him did, the man was not down, indeed, he quickly recovered after being hit in the head by a stone. And he looked at Johanna with rage; he pointed the gun at her.

"You whore! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!" He shot Johanna multiple times, three in the stomach, four in the lungs, two in the heart, one in the nose, and another in the eye. After his shooting spree, he was heavily panting, and so had no time to defend himself when something bit into his neck. He grabbed it and pulled it out, but it would not budge, and then he became aware of his blood being drained. Horrified, he tried to run away, banging his back into anything he could see. He even tried to shoot himself in the back, to no avail, whatever that's biting him seem to not notice he was shooting at it. Eventually, he felt the last of his blood being depleted, and he slumped into the ground, dead, with Ash standing over him.

Ash walked over to Johanna, who was bleeding badly, very badly. Her nose was destroyed, her eye was gone, and there were holes all over her body. She was barely awake. He kneeled before her and put her head on his hand. Upon seeing Ash, Johanna managed to say her last words, "please…save…Dawn…let her…enjoy…her…life," before death took over, and she died with a smile on her face, knowing she did all she could to save her daughter. Out of respect, Ash closed her eyes. He went to Dawn, who was now unconscious, and kneeled before her as well.

"I really shouldn't be doing this; I do not want you to suffer the same fate as me. But your mother asked that you be saved and that you enjoy your life…so please forgive me," said Ash. He bent down towards Dawn's neck, and opened his mouth…

After he had done the deed, Ash was pondering how to get rid of the body of the attacker, when he heard a familiar voice call out to him.

"I figured you'd be here."

Ash turned his head, and on the edge of the alley, stood the Captain. He was carrying a grocery bag that looked like it was full of meat and dining utensils. He was wearing his usual attire of a Nazi-style military uniform.

"What brings you here?" asked Ash.

"I was buying some supplies for my house, as well as some food for my guests. Tracey and Pikachu are doing just fine Ash, though Pikachu misses you. But their training has just begun, and I won't let them near any living creature until their torture is over," he smiled at his description of his "training", sending messages to Ash's brain that what Pikachu is going through is more or less the same as what he has gone through himself.

Ash guessed that the werewolf he apprehended was named Tracey, and was relieved that Pikachu was taking in his condition just fine. Pikachu was infected with lycanthropy after he was wounded by a werewolf, that werewolf being Tracey.

"I heard gunshots, no matter how muffled they are, and came here to find out who caused them, looks like you're a little too late,' replied Ash.

"Yes, it would seem like it," answered the Captain. He turned his gaze over to the corpses, and to Dawn.

"You have a new underling, congratulations," he said. Ash shook his head.

"I'm not happy about it; I did not want Dawn to suffer the same fate as me, it was her mother that requested that she be kept alive. Though in her, and our, state, I doubt she is still alive, more like, living dead."

"I see… I am sure you would like to hide these bodies, and to give the girl's mother a proper burial. Follow me, I know of a shack hidden in the outskirts of town, you can bury the body there, as well as rest."

Ash nodded, he carried Johanna's lifeless body as well as his new underling's, while the captain dragged the man behind him. They set out into the night.

When Dawn opened her eyes, she was lying in a bed. She looked around her, she was in a shack. She looked out the window, and saw trees and a blue sky. It was morning. She looked the other way, and saw Ash sitting beside her, his eyes locked onto hers. There was also a man beside him, wearing what looked like an old-fashioned military outfit. Ash then started to take things out of his bag.

"Ash? What are you doing here, and who is he?" she started. The she remembered. She shot up, eyes bulging with the impact of recovered memory.

"Mom! Ash, where's mom? What are we doing here? We have to save mom! She could be in great danger!"

"Calm down child, we will explain everything in a while, but first you need to regain your strength,' said the military man.

"Regain my strength? We need to save my mother!" shouted Dawn, tears flowing from her eyes, she must see her mother, and she must know that her mom is safe!

But before Dawn can get up, she was held back by Ash.

"Ash what-?"

"Drink this first Dawn, you'll feel much better, and then we'll find Miss Johanna," said Ash.

Ash thrust into her hands a cup, which was full of red liquid. Hesitating at first, the prospect of her getting better as well as being able to help find her mother was overwhelming. That and the liquid seemed to be tempting her to drink it.

She drank. And she suddenly felt a sensation she has never felt before, it was indescribable, her senses seemed to be focused purely on what she was drinking, her body was telling her not to stop, to enjoy the feeling forever, it was pleasure at its purest and highest form. When the cup was finally empty, she licked it, when even that did not satisfy her, she licked her own lips, until nothing of the substance was left.

She turned to Ash, who was looking at her emotionlessly.

"Ash, that was good, what was it that I drank?" she asked.

When Ash did not answer, she turned to the military man who gave his answer in one word.

"Blood."

Dawn was confused, blood never tasted like this, she should know, she once cut her own hand with a knife and licked the wounds, blood did not taste like that, unless…

Dawn's face lit up, realization hit her.

A-Ash, w-what happened to me?

Author's note: I am terribly sorry for the delay in the update. I know it is not right to blame, but I point my finger at schoolwork and writer's block. I hope this chapter makes up for it, I wanted it to be longer, but the suspense value of the last part is overwhelming but urge to write any further.

You can expect the next chapter in late July or early August. I hope you bear with me until then.

I would like to thank Defender of the Pen Alexis, Shi'nen of the Chaotic Destiny, and Firehedgehog, as well as all the other reviewers, for reviewing my work. Thank you very much!

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