Possessed

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Pokemon!! Nintendo does!! If I did, I’d be rolling in a million bucks!
Ash:13
misty: 13
Brock: 15


“Ha, HA!! It finally works!!” yelled a Team Rocket scientist. “Quick, call the Boss!”
Just then, Giovanni, with his personal assassin, Mary, rushed in. “I hope this works better than your earlier failure of the crossbreeds of humans and Pokemon, which escaped,” he growled.
“Don’t worry,” the scientist assured him, “this mixture will allow you to posses the bodies of others!”
“Yes, we know what it does,” said Mary, impatiently, in deep thought for the moment. She smiled darkly. “Boss? What about those twerps that those bumbling fools Jessie, James and Meowth keep telling us about? Team Rocket is short of recruits. Wouldn’t that boy with his Pikachu make an excellent addition?”
“Yes, and we like them our members confused and angry, don’t we?” The Boss mused. He and Mary burst out in dark laughter.
Unknown to them, a pair of dark blue eyes watched the intently.

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Ash Ketchum walked up the forested hill, panting heavily for air. “Lucky you, Pikachu,” he gasped, “you don’t have to walk.”
Pikachu’s nose twitched, “Pikapi, pika pikachu!” (Ash, I smell a Pokemon!)
“Where? Where?” asked Ash frantically looking in all directions, “Hey, Misty, Brock, I’m gonna look for a Pokemon, ‘k?”
“Suit yourself,” Brock gasped, collapsing to the ground. Ash ran off into the woods, completely forgetting how tired he was.
Hissssssssssss………… a pale green gas filled the air.
“What’s going on?” Misty wondered. Then she toppled over, in a deep sleep, along with Brock.
A head popped out of the bushes. “Sleep tight,” grinned Mary.
The same pair of blue eyes still watched…………

Ash cane back later, disappointed. Of course, Team Rocket had no intention of letting Ash catch one of their hard-stolen Pokemon....
“Hey, Ash,” Brock greeted. But really, he wasn’t Brock. Giovanni had taken over his mind. the real Brock pleaded.
“Ash, can I talk to you privately?” Asked Mary (Misty). She led him to a nearby grove of trees. Giovanni snickered.
“I just wanted to tell you that……. I hate you!” Mary cried and slapped him. A tear welled up in Ash’s eye. Misty said softly.
“Misty...” Ash whispered. He ran off just, wanting to get away.
“PIKAPI!!!!” Pikachu yelled, catching up with him. Behind them, Giovanni and Mary laughed.
Ash ran till he could run no more. He collapsed, sobbing sadly to himself. Pikachu patted him gently on the shoulder until he cried himself to sleep.