Chapter 7- Viridian City
As Ash lay curled up next to Pikachu in a sweet and blissful dream state, he was gently awakened by a light drizzle of rain. Drowsily opening his eye's Ash turned and looked up at the black and grey sky as drops of rain fell from above. One drop managed to hit him square in the eye causing him to wince. Whipping the rain away from his face and sitting back up unzipped his sleeping bag. The inside of it had become completely soaked both inside and out, along with his pants, shirt and jacket which were now all drenched in rain water. "Well isn't this just a wonderful way to start out the day, right Pikachu?" Ash said slowly exiting out of the water soaked sleeping bag.
"Pika..." the little Pokemon sighed jumping onto Ash's shoulder. A sudden gust of wind blew in and hit an already soaking wet Ash, sending a chill throughout his body. "Beautiful morning right?" Riley asked walking up beside Ash. "Ha, your definition of beautiful must be completely different from mine." Ash replied kneeling down to roll up his sleeping bag. Riley laughed at this remark "Yea, well anyways finish packing your things we're heading down to the city." Riley said before walking off "Yeah no problem." Ash replied shoving the last of his sleeping bag into his already drenched back pack.
As Ash finished packing the last of his gear the rain which had begun as a small sprinkle now began pouring down in buckets. Ash tossed his bag over his shoulder and started sloshing his way through the mud covered ground over to his Tauros with Pikachu grasping his shoulders tightly. Lancelot who was growing impatient yelled "Come on Ash pick up your pace we haven't got all day!"
Ash ran the rest of way over to his Tauros and carelessly through his bag onto its side. "Are you all set?" Riley asked looking back at Ash as he climbed onto the back of the Tauros. Ash nodded back in reply as he finished situating himself onto the Tauros. "Alright then, let's go." Riley said slowly following behind Lancelot.
The three carefully made their way down the hill and into the city, the rain which was now pouring in buckets made the ground below them unstable. This combined with the howling fierce wind made it a nightmare to try and navigate down the slope. At one point Ash's Tauros lost its footing, slipping forward it threw Ash and Pikachu off its back and into the mud. Lancelot quickly dismounted his Arcanine and ran over to the Tauros to make sure it was ok, after Lancelot did a quick inspection and found the Tauros to be free of injury he turned on Ash and ridiculed him for his carelessness. Ash whose entire body was now covered in mud, along with Pikachu, tried his hardest to hold back his anger towards Lancelot as he got back on the Tauros.
Riley turned around and gave him a sympathetic look "Are you ok?" He asked with genuine concern "Yea I'm fine, let's just go." Ash replied as he tried to wipe the mud of his face. Riley nodded at this then continued following Lancelot down the hill. After what seemed like an hour, they finally managed to find their way into the city without further incident.
Entering the city Ash looked around and found it to be strangely empty, all the stores and restaurants were closed, except for the occasional diner. Nearly all the lights were off in each of the buildings and the streets were completely void of any people.
As they continued on through the barren city the rain became more aggressive now began pelting them with quarter sized hail. Pikachu quickly took shelter in the inside of Ash's leather jacket escaping from the hail and rain.
After thirty minutes of being kicked around by Mother Nature Ash, Riley, and Lancelot reached the end of the city. Waiting to greet them was a white and orange wooden barrier with flashing yellow lights at the top. Approaching it even closer Ash saw seven men dressed in yellow hooded ponchos standing back behind it. "Excuse me, my fine gentlemen, what seems to be the problem!" Lancelot shouted trying to compete with the roaring rain.
One of the men wearing a yellow rain poncho walked from behind the barrier and over to Lancelot. "I'm sorry sir but I'm afraid we can't allow you to pass, the roads been completely flooded with water about ten feet deep!" the man responded, Ash looked at the man and found it strange that it was him and not Officer Jenny that was directing this situation. "Is there no other way around?" Lancelot persisted, the man shook his head "Afraid not, but I'm sure by tomorrow the water will be low enough for you to cross!" Lancelot looked at the barrier then back at the man "You don't understand me and my companions must cross today!"
"Well I'm sorry, but you'll have to wait until tomorrow!" Lancelot looked from the man and then to the other six who were standing behind the barrier. Riley could tell what he was thinking and went over to stop him. "Sir staying one extra day here should be fine, wouldn't you agree?" Lancelot turned to Riley and with extreme reluctance nodded his head, bitterly turning his Arcanine back around. Riley let out a quick sigh of relief then directed his Rapidash to follow behind Lancelot.
Ash waited until both Lancelot and Riley passed him before approaching the guard "So where's Officer Jenny? Shouldn't she be the one to handle these kinds of situations?" "She's on vacation." The man replied bluntly before returning back to his post.
"Come on Ash were not waiting here in this rain for the river to go down, now hurry up!" Lancelot yelled. Ash took one last look at the barrier before turning back.
Riding back down the street Lancelot finally looked over at Ash "So tell me Ash where is it that one usually stays in a place such as this." Ash shrugged his shoulders "Normally a Pokémon center." "Then that is where we shall go first." Lancelot proclaimed "Now where did you say that was?"
"Actually it's right over there." Ash replied pointing to the large red roofed building.
"Excellent! Then there is where we shall make our stay!" Lancelot exclaimed hastily riding over to the Pokémon center.
The group dismounted each of their Pokémon at the entrance, Lancelot pulling out two wooden Pokeballs called back his Arcanine and Tauros into them. "Ash, I assume you're more acquainted with places such as these more than me or Riley, so therefore you shall take the lead." Lancelot said motioning for Ash to walk inside. Ash rolled his eyes at this and proceeded to walk ahead of Lancelot and into the Pokémon center.
The doors of the Pokémon center slid open automatically sending a gust of warm air towards Ash and the group. Still soaking wet, Ash, Riley, and Lancelot entered the Pokémon center, their feet squeaking loudly against the tiled floor left behind a trail of muddy shoe prints.
Nurse Joy, who was standing behind the counter, watched in bewilderment as a mud covered teenager carrying a sword by his side along with a black shaggy haired grown man wearing armor and also carrying sword who was accompanied in turn with a tall fellow wearing a blue blazer approached her.
"How may I help you?" She asked trying to sound cheerful "Hi, we'd like a room for three please." Ash replied Nurse Joy nodded at this "Not a problem." She said while opening one of drawers. "Here you are." She said pulling out a key and handing to Ash "And your room is number three down the hallway." She said pointing to the hallway to her left. "Thank You." Ash said pocketing the key.
They followed the hallway until they reached room number three. Jamming the key inside the lock Ash quickly turned it opening the door. Flicking on the lights reveled the inside of the room to contain three beds two stacked on top of each other and another one full sized one to the right. At the end of the room was a small flat screen TV hanging on the wall, across from it a black leather sofa with a coffee table in front of it.
"Well, make your selves at home." Ash said tossing his bag and hat onto the full sized bed and walking further into the room. Pikachu hopped out of his jacket and onto the bed, curling itself up into a little ball the little Pokémon quietly began to doze off.
Walking further into the room Ash noticed a small bathroom to the right of the sofa and a closet to the left. It was at this point that Lancelot walked up beside Ash "Well I suppose we could move some of this furniture out the way and practice your swordsmanship while we wait."
Ash looked down at the floor and then back up at Lancelot shaking his head "Yea no, you see what I'm going to do is take a shower, go eat, and then sleep for the rest of the day." Ash said entering the restroom. "Well then what do you recommend that we do?" Riley asked. Ash turned and shrugged his shoulders "I don't know watch some TV or something." Ash replied before closing the door behind him. Lancelot turned to Riley "What's a TV?"
Ash switched the faucet onto its highest setting and allowed the cool water to slowly wash over his hand. Cupping his hands together beneath the running faucet he splashed the water onto his face and then taking a small rag wiped the remaining mud away from his face. After Ash finished cleaning his face he turned round and opening what he thought was a small laundry chute found instead a small washing machine and next it a small dryer. Ash removed his Terracotta Ribbon from his pants pocket and noticed a small bit of mud had formed on the orange metal. The small rag he removed the mud, returning it to its original shine.
Ash then removed the rest of his clothing and after throwing them into the washing machine stepped into the warm shower. Twenty minutes passed until Ash finally stepped out of the shower and another ten minutes until his clothes finished drying.
After Ash finished clothing himself in his freshly cleaned clothes he returned the ribbon back to his jacket pocket. Opening the door Ash returned back into the main room and found Riley and Lancelot starring intently at the TV.
"Ash your culture confuses me; tell me why do your people watch this fat pink and ugly beast parade itself around the stage making a mockery of itself." Lancelot said without taking his eyes off the TV. Ash walked over to the TV to see what he was talking about "Dude," Ash snickered "…are you watching Here Comes Smoochum?"
"Yes, now tell me more about this Go Go juice and where can we find it?" Lancelot asked turning back to Ash. Ash looked with one eyebrow raised at Lancelot "I'm going to pretend I didn't even hear that." He replied
Lancelot stood up "Yes, well anyways, you mentioned something about food earlier?" Ash nodded "Yea there's a small restaurant inside the Pokémon center that serves free food. If you want to come you can, but I'd change into something that's not so…outrageous and a shower wouldn't hurt you either." Lancelot thought about this for a second "I suppose your right, although I don't see how my clothing is problem." Ash laughed a little at this "it's just that, normally people these days don't walk around carrying swords or wearing armor." Lancelot looked over at Riley who nodded in agreement with Ash "Fine then, I shall change my clothing, if only I had other clothing to change into." Riley stood up and walked over to the closet, he pulled out a white T-shirt along with a black zip up hoodie and pants. "Here try these." He said tossing the clothes over to Lancelot.
Lancelot caught the clothes in his hands, holding them up he examined each one closely "These will have to do." He said walking into the bathroom and slamming the door behind him. Ash looked over at Riley who had returned to watching the TV. "Dude, turn that off please." Ash said while collapsing onto the bed next to Pikachu with his eyes closed.
Riley stood up and clicking off the television went over and sat himself down on the bed opposite of Ash. "Ash can I ask you a question?" "You just did." Ash replied with his eyes still closed "No really, I'm being serious."Ash opened one eye towards Riley
"Why do you carry around that ribbon?" Riley asked pointing towards his pocket. Ash opened his other eye, sitting back up he took out his half of the Terracotta ribbon "You mean this," Ash asked holding the ribbon up. Riley nodded. "I saw you looking at it that first night in the forest and could tell that it meant something very dear to you." Ash smiled a little at this "Yeah, you see May and I battled for this ribbon a couple of years ago in a Terracotta town contest. It wasn't an official Pokémon contest or anything it was strictly just for fun. That day we ended up tying for this ribbon so we split it. Now I have this piece and she has the other." Ash paused for a moment here "That was also the day she left me." Riley nodded at this "I see so the reason why it's so special to you is because it's a metaphor, she will always hold a part of your heart and in order for it to be complete you two must be together, right?" Ash looked over at Riley "Sure… lets go with that."
At that moment the door to the bathroom opened up with Lancelot strutting out in his new Hoodie, jeans, and grey shirt. Ash quickly pocketed the ribbon and stood back up "Well don't you just look ravishing." Ash said sarcastically. Lancelot grunted at Ash's remark "Let's just go already." he said. Pikachu jumped back onto Ash's shoulder as he opened the door "After you my good sir." He said while holding the door.
The restaurant unlike the rest of the Pokémon center and town for that matter was filled with trainers and coordinators alike. "Hi table for three please." Ash said to the hostess standing behind the podium "Right this way sir." The hostess said.
She brought them to a red leathered booth situated in the middle of the restaurant. Ash took a seat across from Lancelot and Riley with Pikachu sitting at his left. "So what can I get you boys to drink?" The hostess asked while pulling out a small pen and pad from her apron "I'll take a coffee, black no sugar or cream." Ash said, the waitress nodded at his order as she wrote down the order
"And what about you there good looking." She said to Lancelot. Lancelot looked up at the waitress "Um I was wondering do you have any Go Go juice?" the waitress was taken aback by the question "I beg your pardon?" "I said I was-." "What he means is!" Ash said interrupting "He'll take a coffee." The waitress nodded at this "And how would you like your coffee?" she asked looking back at Lancelot. Lancelot looked at Ash then back at the waitress "In a cup please." He finally said.
Ash face palmed himself in embarrassment. The waitress just looked at Lancelot with a confused look on her face. "Ok then," she said writing down the order "And what would you like to drink?" she asked looking at Riley "Just Orange Juice please." The waitress finished writing the order and clicked her pen "Alright be back in a second." She said walking off. Once she had gone from sight Ash leaned forward towards Lancelot "Go go juice, really!" Ash said in a hushed whisper. Lancelot put down his menu "She asked me what I wanted to drink." Ash rolled his eyes at Lancelot then leaned back in the booth with his menu.
Ash looked through the various items on the menu, eggs with a side of bacon, pancakes and bacon, hash brown eggs and bacon. Ash contemplated each choice carefully and eventually decided to go with the third choice. The waitress came back and began placing their drinks on the table "Coffee, black no sugar no cream." She said setting Ash's drink in front of him "Coffee in cup and Orange Juice." She said setting the drinks in front of Lancelot and Riley "And what would you guys like to eat?"
After their orders were placed Ash began to slowly sip on his coffee. Suddenly he remembered how much he missed the taste. Lancelot starred at his cup for a little while then slowly bringing it up to his mouth took a sip. Slowly taking the drink from his mouth he smiled "Riley remind me that before we return to Camelot we must first find out how to make this wonderful liquid." Lancelot said before taking another sip.
Ash grinned at Lancelot's enthusiasm for the drink. Ash looked over at Riley to see what he thought but he was looking straight ahead with a concerned look on his face. "You ok there Riley?" Ash asked waving his hand in front of him. "Yes I'm fine," Riley said moving Ash's hand away from his face. "Except that officer over there and her two companions have been starring at us ever since we arrived."
Ash glanced back to see what he was talking about his eyes widened at the sight "That's Officer Jenny." He said whipping back around. "Who's that, a friend?" Riley asked leaning in towards Ash "Well normally yes, but she's supposedly on vacation right now." "So what's she doing here?" Lancelot asked leaning in close to Ash. Ash shrugged his shoulders as he glanced back again. By now see was walking towards them with two men following behind her. "I have no clue but I have a feeling we're about to find out." Ash said looking back at Lancelot.
Suddenly the waitress appeared before them and began setting their food in front of them. "Let me know if you need anything." She said before walking off. Ash looked from Lancelot to Riley "Alright I know it's hard for you guys, but try and act normal." Ash said before taking a bite of his food.
Lancelot and Riley in an attempt to act normal began shoveling food into their mouths. At that moment Officer Jenny and her companions stopped in front of the table. "Ash Ketchum?" she asked. Ash took a drink of his coffee then looked up at her "Yes." He replied "I'm going to need you to come with me; I have a question I need to ask you." Ash shook his head "I'm very flattered Officer, but you see I'm already seeing somebody else." Officer Jenny's face became red as the men behind her started chuckling at Ash's comment. "Look here Mr. Ketchum either you come with us quietly or I can put you in cuffs, your choice." Ash took another sip of his coffee "As kinky as that sounds, I'm going to have to pass." Ash said taking another fork full of food.
"Alright then if that's how you wanna play it." Officer Jenny said pulling out a pair of hand cuffs. In a completely unexpected move Lancelot grabbed the table and threw it onto Officer Jenny and the other two men. Ash was shocked by this but managed to say "What the hell was that about Lancelot!" Ash yelled.
By now all eyes in the restaurant were on them. Lancelot looked down at the three people on the ground on of the men reached into his pocket and produced a pistol "We should go now." Lancelot said. The man fired off a shot directed towards Ash, the bullet whizzed by Ash making a high pitched snapping noise as it hit the booth.
A wave of panicked screams filled the restaurant. Ash quickly reached down and taking Pikachu in his arms ran out along with the flood of people trying to escape. Trainers poured into the lobby trying to either leave the center or find a safe room. Ash lost Lancelot and Riley in the crowd. "Damn it!" Ash yelled frantically looking over people's heads. Ash sprinted through the crowd of people and back towards his room, throwing the door open he quickly ran inside.
Ash looked around for any signs of Lancelot or Riley. "Lancelot, Riley!?" Ash called looking for a sign. Ash reached over to the light switch to flip it on when he felt the sudden grip of cuffs take him by the wrist. Ash threw his arms back dropping Pikachu in the process. The attacker suddenly hurled himself at Ash talking him to the ground. The attacker grabbed Ash other wrist trying to cuff it. Ash using both feet Ash kicked the attacker off him. Ash looked around trying to see were the man went but the darkness in the room made it impossible. The attacker appeared behind him putting Ash in a headlock began squeezing the air out of him. Ash tried prying the attackers arm off him to no avail. The attacker tightened his hold around Ash's neck. Ash began to feel lightheaded as he gasped for air and in one finally moved reached out to grab anything he could find.
Taking what he thought was a lamp Ash quickly brought it above him and smashed it on the side of the attackers head. Ash felt himself being able to breathe again as the attacker let go of him. Ash heard the thud of his body hit the floor unconscious. Ash began to slow his breathing as he felt his way over to the light switch. Flipping it on he looked over at Pikachu who was sitting on his bed watching the events unfold. "Feel free to step in anytime you want!" Ash yelled to his Pokémon. "Pika." The little Pokémon said nervously rubbing the back of his head.
Ash shook his head at Pikachu as he walked over to the now unconscious attacker. Kneeling down next to the attacker he flipped him over on his back revealing his identity. "Brendan." Ash said to himself, as he uttered his name he heard the sound of a familiar *click*. Brendan opening his red bloodshot eyes kicked Ash's feet out from under him. Taking his knife he held up in the air ready to stab Ash with it.
At moment the door was suddenly kicked in with Lancelot bursting through it. Throwing his palm out towards Brendan Lancelot shot sphere of blue Aura at him. The Aura Sphere exploded against him the force of it throwing him out the window. Lancelot ran over to the window and looked outside. "Ash, are you ok?" Riley asked extending his hand over Ash "Never better." Ash replied taking Riley's hand and helping himself back up. "We have to leave now, before Mordred sends more assassins like the four we just saw." Lancelot said walking past Ash. Lancelot hurriedly put his belt and sword on. "What about the trail isn't it supposedly flooded?" Riley asked shutting the room door
"I have a feeling that was just some excuse to get us to stay here." Ash replied strapping his sword and belt on. There was a sudden banging on the door "Open up!" Ash heard someone yell. Lancelot drew his sword out preparing for a fight. "Lancelot put that away we don't have to fight our way out." Ash said slowly lowering his sword. "Then how do you propose we get out?" Lancelot asked sheathing his sword "Well you did open a window when you came." Ash said pointing to the shattered window behind Lancelot. The pounding on the door continued "Open up!"
Lancelot and Riley traded looks then quickly exited through the window into the still pouring rain. Lancelot pulling out two of his wooden Pokeballs through them out into the air releasing the Tauros and Arcanine and with Riley releasing his Rapidash.
Each of the trainers hastily mounted there Pokémon. "How do you plan on getting past the guards?" Ash asked quickly riding up beside Lancelot. "Don't worry about it just stay behind me." Lancelot replied, suddenly quickly taking off down the street.
"Kick down the door!" Officer Jenny commanded to one of the men. The man nodded at her; lifting up his foot he slammed it against the door knocking it off its hinges. Officer drew her pistol from its holster as she entered the room. "Check the bathroom and closets." She said to the other two men. The two men obeyed. Officer Jenny continued looking around the room for any signs of the group until she saw the window. "James, the little twerp is heading your way, get your men gathered and ready to intercept!" she said screaming into her small police radio "Roger that Jessie." came the response from the other end. "Have either of you idiots found anything yet!" Jessie yelled in frustration "Yea boss we found these two things that might interest you." One of the men said setting down Lancelot's black and white tunic and armor on the coffee table. "Found this lying around also." The other man said throwing Ash's black fedora onto the table.
"So you found nothing." Jessie said picking up the black fedora "I wouldn't say nothing." Brendan said snatching the black fedora from Jessie's hand "Where'd you come from?" "The window," Brendan replied "We now know he's not traveling alone." He continued. Jessie scoffed at this "Yea well he won't be traveling at all in a few minutes in fact James probably caught him already." Brendan shook his head "Oh how naïve you are Jessie."
The street that had once been empty was now riddled with trainers still panicking from the small shoot out at the diner. Lancelot was barreling down the road trying his hardest to avoid hitting the trainers. The rain which hadn't let up since they arrived made matters even worse. The trio approached the blockade of the city with great speed. But the guards that stood behind the small wooden barrier had armed themselves with fully automatic rifles and had them pointed directly towards them.
"IF YOUDO NOT STOP WE WILL SHOOT!" One of the men yelled through a Microphone. Lancelot only quickened his pace towards the barrier. Ash heart began to pound as he approached the row of men ready to gun him down. "I REPEAT IF YOU DON'T STOP WE WILL USE DEADLY FORCE!" Ash could hear the distinct sound of rifles cocking. Ash's heart felt like it was about to jump out of his chest as he got closer and closer towards the line of men.
"Open fire!" he heard, a sudden volley of flashing lights rippled throughout the line of men. Ash closed his eyes and grabbing Pikachu held him close trying to shield him with his body. Ash kept his eyes closed for a few seconds then, realizing he was still alive, opened them again. Ash was amazed by what he saw. Lancelot had single handedly managed to create an entire circle of Aura that surrounded all three of them. Looking back ahead Ash watched as Lancelot slowly lowered his hand back down causing the wall of Aura to disappear with it. Once Lancelot felt they had gone a safe distant away from the city he stopped his Pokémon and turned around to face the group.
"Is everyone ok?" he asked looking at the group."Yea, I lost my hat and one of my hands has a cuff on it but other than that I think we're all fine." Lancelot nodded at this "But dude you got to teach me how to do that!" Ash exclaimed. Lancelot shook his head "You can't even master a sword and until you do you will never master Aura."
"Whatever then…" Ash mumbled under his breath. "Well anyways, I wanted to let you know we're getting closer to our destination." "And were exactly is our destination?" Ash asked " , there I am sure is where Mordred makes his camp." "Ok then, let's not waste any more time standing around here in the rain, let's go!" Ash said swiftly riding past Lancelot and down the road. Riley looked at Lancelot with a smile "He's eager." Lancelot shrugged his shoulders obviously not sharing Riley's enthusiasm. "Wait…Lancelot did you forget something?" Riley asked pointing at Lancelot's hoodie "its ok I've brought an extra." Lancelot said turning his Arcanine back around. "We mustn't let him get to far ahead now." Lancelot said taking off down the road behind Ash "No I suppose we can't." Riley replied. As Riley was about to begin catching up to Ash and Lancelot he stopped himself when he heard a loud screeching noise that came from above him. Looking through the tree's and rain Riley was just barely able to make out a Flygon flying overhead.
"You simpleton! How is it someone like you can't even bring me a weakling like Ash Ketchum!" Mordred roared throwing his chair at Brendan's face. Brendan quickly ducked as the chair sailed over him and exploded against the wall behind him. "It wasn't my fault Sir, for he had two other people with him." Brendan responded in a calm tone. Mordred turned to him "Who! Who else did he have with him!?" Brendan reached into his small leather sack and pulling out a tunic threw it onto Mordreds desk. Mordred slowly walked over to the tunic. Taking it in his hands he began chuckling
"I should've known Lancelot would try and rescue his beloved Queen, and he would never miss a chance to play hero." Mordred said while examining the tunic. "What else do you have for me?" Mordred asked throwing the tunic aside. "I found Ash's hat among other things." Brendan said holding up the black fedora. Mordred looked at the hat then back at Brendan "Get out you useless peasant." Mordred said pointing to the door.
Brendan made a quick bow then exited the room. Quietly closing the door behind him he began making his way down a long torch lit hallway. "So what'd he say?" Drew asked stepping out of the shadows "Nothing, he only yelled at me." Drew laughed at this while flipping his hair, then noticed the hat "Is that Ash's hat?" he asked pointing down to Brendan's hand. "Yes, here you take it." He replied tossing it to Drew before walking away. "Wait Brendan!" Drew called running up behind him "Did he say anything about our deal?"
Brendan shook his head and began chuckling at this as he continued to walk away. Drew watched angrily as Brendan disappeared down the hall and out of sight. Then looking down at the hat he felt a sudden hatred rise up out of him. He walked down one of the dark corridors that lead to the prison cells. Opening the door he advanced over to May's cell where he found her lying on the bed with her eyes closed.
The rose that he had given her was still in the corner with only three pedals remaining. "Wake up!" he screamed savagely. May woke up with a startle then looked over at Drew "What do you want?" she asked holding her ribbon tightly in her hand.
Drew looked over at the ribbon and felt his hatred spew forth "You can let go of that ribbon now, cause you'll never see Ash again…I killed him." Drew said May sat up on the bed her face had gone pale and tears began to fill her eyes "No, you're lying! I don't believe you!" she screamed. Drew pulled out the hat from behind him and tossed it to her. "Well believe it." He said.
May collapsed onto the floor here hands shaking took the hat in her hands. She felt herself curl up in the fetal position and began sobbing uncontrollably. Drew felt himself smile at May's misery.
"No…I… I don't believe you…" May said sitting herself back up trying to stop her tears. Drew violently slammed his fist against the bars "What don't you believe you dumb bitch!" Drew yelled "He's dead, gone, non -existent!" May looked down at the hat then back up at Drew "No, no he's not." May said holding the hat and ribbon even tighter. Drew's face turned bright red, his fist tightened up. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out the key to the cell.
May felt a sudden fear rise up inside her as Drew unlocked the cell and threw the door open. Drew with his fist clenched tightly slowly approached May. "I want you to say it." he said quietly, May shook her head. Drew knelt down to May's level, looking down at her injured foot he smiled "I'll give you one last chance." He said May was shaking but still shook her head in refusal. Drew taking his knee placed it on May's ankle and slowly began to apply pressure. May cried out in pain "Drew! Please stop you're hurting me!" she pleaded "Then say Ash Ketchum is dead!" he screamed as he continued to push down on the ankle. May with tears running down her cheeks still defiantly shook her head. Drew in frustration got off of May's ankle and pulling out his own knife placed it to May's throat "I swear May if you don't say it I will kill you!" He screamed like a crazy maniac.
May who was trembling was able to smile at this "Why are you smiling!?" Drew yelled hysterically
"Because If Ash was really dead you would have already killed me." Drew's eyes widened at this revelation. There was a short silence that followed this then slowly he put the knife away. Getting up he walked out the door slamming it behind. Before leaving he looked over at the rose and saw another pedal had fallen off.
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