Ash tossed and turned, having the same nightmare as the night before. Little did he know that at that very moment Team Rocket was spraying sleeping gas in his face, picking him up, and taking him to Giovanni. Little did he know what was going to happen next.
The next morning…
Misty yawned and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. She was surprised at what she saw.
(Ash, where are you?) Pikachu was darting all over the camp, searching for his trainer.
"Ash! Ash, where are you?" Brock had already woken up and joined the search. He noticed that Misty was awake. "Misty, Ash is missing!"
"What?" Misty scurried out of her sleeping bag. "Ash! This isn't funny! Where are you?"
They spent most of the morning searching the surrounding area and even called the nearest Officer Jenny to let her know, but they had no luck whatsoever.
Ash was gone.
Meanwhile…
Yohana was an hour's walk from Cerulean City when Team Rocket surrounded her.
She had taken down about half of them when their leader's words stopped her in her tracks.
"Stop, if you ever want to see your boyfriend again."
Yohana turned to look at him. "What do you mean by that?"
"Recognize the name 'Ash Ketchum'?" The leader sneered, watching as worry entered Yohana's eyes. "Black hair, brown eyes, sound familiar?" He pulled an envelope out of his pocket. "The one you were sending this letter to."
Yohana gasped. "How did you get that?"
"Simple. We pulled it out of the mailbox after you left the scene." The leader smirked. "It wasn't difficult to capture your boyfriend. He was fast asleep, as well as his friends. We distracted his Pikachu with a Houndoom and used sleeping gas to ensure that the boy wouldn't wake up while we were transporting to headquarters."
Yohana tightened her hands, which were in fists. "What do you want from me?"
The leader smiled at her devilishly. "Simple. We want you to join Team Rocket."
(a/n) I know, shorter than my other chapters but this seemed like the perfect place to end, with a cliffhanger and everything! (end a/n)