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Chapter 5: Fate Kills!

The morning came for the gang and they slowly got up after the past two days of being ambushed by Teams Magma and Aqua.

They ate their breakfast before attempting to move on despite Ash having trouble walking after yesterday's blow to his back.

(With Someone)

"Alright. Let's get ready to do this." said a voice before giving the signal to start.

The others nodded their heads before getting into their positions.

(Back With The Gang)

They had stopped in an open field because Ash's back was causing him a lot of pain.

Before they knew it, they were captured by Team Rocket grunts and Giovanni walked into the field and slapped Ash across the face.

"You are going to pay for stopping my plans from happening. I hope you enjoy your death, Ketchum." said Giovanni in Ash's face before heading back to the edge of the field.

The raven-haired boy tried to fight the grunts off, who were attacking him, but couldn't because of everything that his body had been through.

Brock, May, and Max started to fight off grunts to help with getting their friend out of the situation.

While the grunts were beating the boy up, they started to hear a faint beeping come from within the boy's stomach.

They kept hitting him around the stomach and heard the beeping get louder before they stopped attacking the raven-haired boy as the beeping started to get faster.

"What did you do to him?!" yelled Brock, looking over at Giovanni.

"Oh just a bomb that was implanted into him by a pill. There's nothing you three can do to save him." replied Giovanni with a malicious smile on his face.

The others looked at their friend before they tried to get to him before the bomb went off in his stomach, but the grunts kept holding them back.

They all quieted down when the beeping became faster to the point that it was the sound of a machine that indicated a person's heart rate had just flat lined.

They saw a bright, white light come from Ash's stomach before they heard him scream as the bomb exploded inside him.

Once the light of the explosion died down, Brock, May, and Max were released and they ran over to find most of Ash's torso gone and there was very little bleeding because his heart had incinerated from the explosion.

May and Max started to cry when they saw their friend's lifeless eyes look at the sky before Brock closed them.

"Let's get out of here. Our job is done." said Giovanni before he left with the rest of Team Rocket.

"I can't believe he's gone." Brock whispered as he started to cry with them.

Pikachu joined them and laid his head on Ash's shoulder as he cried for the lost of his best friend.

(A Few Weeks Later)

Brock, May, and Max were sitting around the Ketchum's house during the reception of their friend's funeral.

They were still in shock and Mrs. Ketchum was the worst out of all of them as she cried for a week straight from the news.

They were still trying to figure out how they could've stopped everything from happening, but there was no way to change the past.

"I hope he's happy in heaven." said May, looking at a picture of them from just before going on their last journey.

Brock and Max nodded in agreement as they couldn't say anything else that would go along with May's thoughts.

The End!

Hope you enjoyed Chapter 5! I know I killed Ash again, but I couldn't help it. Don't forget to read my next fic "Casualties May Vary"! Chapters will come eventually because of me being in college again. See ya later!

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