A/N: First of all I'm REALLY sorry for taking so long to get this part up but I couldn't make up my mind about a couple of things and we had a little computer trouble ^^;; Heehee. Next I want to thank my reviewers for sticking with me ^^ You're the best! Finally I want to mention that this part of the story is going to be what happened during the time from where Misty left Ash (Flashback in part 3) until the day they re-met, and a little of the past too. I think some things need explaining and clearing up so I'm going to buckle down and type this out. Please R&R folks!

NOTE: I am going to warn you that what you're about to read is NOT one bit child friendly so please, abide by the rating I've given it. Thank you.

PG-13 (Blood, violence and rape)

"I'm afraid that I have to stay here with my sisters."

Ash didn't expect that. "What?! But why?"

"It's a family thing. I agreed to come back to the gym when I was seventeen and so, I have to stay," she lied. That was nowhere near the truth.

When Ash had left later on, he looked so depressed that Misty could feel her heart aching. She watched him walk away into the setting sun and even after he was out of view, she stayed watching where she'd seen him last. She felt a hand on her shoulder.

"It's time."

Misty turned and faced her sisters. Their faces looked strong, but their eyes betrayed their true emotions. Misty felt the tears well up in her eyes again and couldn't help it anymore. She covered her face with her hands and sobbed.

Daisy came over and held her younger sister in a tight and warm embrace. They stayed there for quite an amount of time before Daisy pulled back, holding Misty at arms length. "Misty, you'll have to be strong. You can get through this, I know you can."

"I don't know if I can Daisy," Misty sobbed, her cheeks wet from tears and her eyes reddened. "How were you able to?"

Daisy closed her eyes and lowered her head. "We had no choice, and neither do you I'm afraid."

"You get, like, used to it," Violet added. "You'll see."

"Thanks for trying to cheer me up," Misty croaked, swallowing a large lump in her throat and forcing a smile. "Like, whatever!" she added and giggled, so did her sisters. That afternoon was spent packing Misty's belongings, getting her ready for her new life.

That night, Misty sat on her bed and looked around her now empty room. Her small egg pokémon, Togepi, chirped happily and played with Misty's Princess Dolls on the floor. It picked up the Pikachu one and brought it over to Misty, shaking it up and down as if asking where the real Pikachu was. Misty sighed and scooped the baby up and cradled it in her arms while it clutched the doll tightly. "Uncle Pikachu is gone Togepi."

"Toge toge?" it asked and looked at mommy with teary eyes and sniffed.

"Yes, and Daddy too." Misty could feel tears threatening to fall but held them back. She didn't want to upset Togepi more that it was already. She rocked Togepi gently until it finally fell asleep in her arms. She laid the pokémon on her bed and smiled as she looked at its innocent face. "To be so young again, without a worry in the world." Misty sighed and stood up, going over to her window. She rested her elbows on the sill and stared out at the sky. The sky mimicked how Misty was feeling, dark and stormy.

It was many a night like this did she take shelter with Ash in caves and such. He would always keep an eye out for her and often did he offer her his sleeping bag while he slept under a light blanket, just to keep her warm. In her mind she could picture him perfectly. His dark hair falling over his deep, chocolate brown eyes and he was giving his adorable lop-sided grin. Then this picture changed to one of depression, just as he'd looked as he walked away from her that day. Misty had never seen him so down and her heart felt like breaking.

"Ohh Ash..."

Misty didn't realise she was crying until she felt the warm tears drip from her cheek onto her hand. "Why me?" she sobbed. "I wanted to stay with you! I didn't want to leave!"

Misty hadn't noticed that she was yelling until Togepi woke up and started crying loudly. She rushed over to the bed and picked it up, rocking it again. "Shh, it's alright. I'm here now." Slowly Togepi fell silent and drifted back into slumber again.

"You know that you can't bring your pokémon, like, with you," came a voice from the door and Misty jumped. She turned around and looked at Lily.

"I... I can't?"

Lily shook her head sadly and came into the room. "He doesn't allow his workers to, like, carry pokémon on them. He's just afraid of them attacking him in order to get away."

Misty snorted. "That I would! But... I can't let them go, they mean too much to me." Misty hugged Togepi tighter to her chest and stared at its sleeping form.

"You don't, like, have too. We can mind them here at the gym for you and whenever you get the time, you can come back and see them. You know we'll take good care of them so you've no need to, like, worry."

Misty fumed. "This is so unfair! I mean he isn't even our father!"

Lily fell silent. The man that they called their father was actually their uncle. Misty's eyes dulled as harsh memories flooded her mind of a past she'd tried to forget.

* * *

Twelve years ago from that point their uncle, Payne, came over from Goldenrod to visit his brother and his family for the first time in years.

"Girls, please whatever you do, do not under any circumstances upset or anger your uncle in any way," their mother pleaded with them.

"We'd never do that mommy," a five-year-old Misty piped in with a cheery voice. "We're good girls."

Their mother smiled and kissed each of them on the forehead. "I know you are." Their mother was an extremely beautiful woman with vibrant red hair and soft blue eyes. Their father was no slouch in the looks department either with a strong build, handsome face and the most beautiful emerald green eyes you had ever seen. Each of their daughters had inherited their looks, but only Misty got her mother's red locks.

There was a loud screeching of car tyres outside the gym and their father, Robert, poked his head around the doorframe. "He's here. Jane, get the girls ready."

Jane nodded. "Okay girls, remember what I told you."

Robert opened the front door and welcomed his brother. "Good to see you Payne. It's been a while."

"Not long enough," a rough voice snapped. Misty, her mother and her sisters waited in the living room. As soon as Payne came in they all bowed their heads.

"Welcome to our home," Jane said happily and smiled.

Payne snorted and looked around. "What kind of home is this?" He was much older that Robert, maybe by ten years or so, the oldest in his family. He was scruffy and not very attractive at all. His clothes were expensive looking though, bought in good taste but wasted on a man like Payne. His eyes were a cold grey and had this glint in them that would send shivers down your spine. His hair was long and black, tied back in a long ponytail. None of the girls or their mother liked the way he was staring at time with a twisted smile.

Jane stuttered. "I… ehh."

Robert came to her rescue. "It's a great home brother. Care for a tour?"

"I suppose," Payne grunted and followed Robert.

As soon as they were out of earshot, Misty ran over and hugged her mother around her legs. "Mommy I don't like him!" Her older sisters, who thought the exact same bout Payne, joined her.

"I know sweetie, but he's only here for a day. Why don't you girls go and play in your rooms?"

The four of them escaped to their rooms without a single word, thankful to get away from that horrible man.

The hours passed and they were called down to dinner. At the table, Robert and Jane sat either side of Payne and the girls sat around the round table, as far away from their uncle as they could. Dinner was eaten in silence and the girls once again retreated to their rooms once the washing up was done.

Misty sat on the floor and played with her pokémon teddies while her sisters read magazines and chatted on the beds about how they were going to be the best gym leaders when they grow up. She'd gone into their room, preferring to be in their company than being on her own.

The clock struck half nine and some voices in the living room rose in anger. The girls looked at each other before going out to the landing and peering down the stairs. They could hear their mother crying out franticly as their father and uncle fought over something, but not your normal family brawl.

"How dare you even suggest such a thing! Those are my girls you're talk about and you're not going to lay one finger on them! You hear me?" Robert yelled.

"You're making a big mistake. Those girls will make a bundle in the business, for both you and me." Payne's voice sounded so sly.

"You've got some nerve!" Robert lashed out and struck Payne hard on the jaw. "Get out of our home and never come back here!"

Payne stumbled back a few steps and held his jaw, groaning. He recovered quickly and smirked. "Have it your way brother, but I always get what I want." With a quick movement he pulled out a gun and aimed it at Robert. Jane screamed and Robert's face went deathly pale.

"You wouldn't!"

"You think?" Payne laughed insanely and pulled the trigger. There was a loud bang and Robert's body collapsed in a growing pool of blood as it flowed out of the bullet hole in his forehead.

Jane continued to scream, backing away as Payne laughed evilly.

"DADDY NO!" Daisy screamed and dashed down the stairs. Jane's faced paled even more and she cried out to her daughter.

"NO DAISY! GET OUT OF HERE! HURRY! GET YOURSELVES OUT OF H-" She was cut off by another gun shot, this time one lodging itself in her chest. Jane stared into nothing for a moment before her body fell beside that of her husband's.

"MOMMY!" Daisy screamed again. Payne turned around and grinned.

"Come here you little brat." He started heading towards the stairs.

"Daisy run!" Lily cried out and Violet pushed Misty away, crying out 'RUN'.

Misty dashed to her room and locked the door. She ran to her wardrobe and hide inside it. She curled up in a ball and cried as she listened to her sisters’ voices crying out for help. Soon, everything went quiet. Misty shivered in the dark, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Mommy... Daddy..." The noise of the door handle turning caused her to fall silent again.

"Open this door!" Payne yelled and banged on Misty's door. She stayed silent, her sobbing increasing. He rammed the door a few times before there was a loud bang as he shot the lock, blowing it off the doorframe. "Where are you?" he snarled and kicked boxes over. "Come out now!" He pulled the doors of the wardrobe open with such force that he nearly pulled them off. "There you are!" Grabbing Misty by the scruff of her neck, he pulled the screaming girl into her sisters' room. There her sisters sat, naked and huddled together on one of the beds. "Get over there!" he growled and tossed Misty onto one of the beds. She crawled over to her sisters and sat with them until Payne pulled her away and stripped her.

* * *

Misty shivered at the memories. "That bastard should be shot!"

"He's the most perverted men alive, but if we try anything we'll all be killed so Misty, please be careful," Lily pleaded and held one of Misty's hands in hers. "We couldn't stand to loose you."

"I'll be alright." Misty hugged her sister tightly. "I promise."

* * *

The next day a car arrived at the gym to pick Misty up. Once her bag was placed in the back of the car, she ran back over and hugged all of her sisters tight.

"Good luck Misty," Violet said though sobs.

"Watch yourself," added Daisy.

"And be careful," Lily finished.

"I will. I love you all!" Misty turned to the bawling pokémon in Daisy's arms. "Don't worry sweetie, Mommy will be back. Your aunties will take good care of you." She kissed Togepi's head and patted it gently before standing up straight again. "Goodbye." She turned and got into the back of the car. As it sped away from the gym, Misty stared back at what she was leaving behind. Her home. Her family.

* * *

Upon arriving at Goldenrod, Misty was given a small apartment to live in, which would be paid for out of her wages. She was trained by the other girls working there and was soon strutting her stuff on stage.

A few months into her new life Rudy joined the work force. Payne had hired him to watch the girls when they were out and to take care of anyone who tried anything. How he never got caught for murder was beyond Misty but he did get away with everyone of them.

"This city is so full of murders," he'd said once, "that to find a certain one is imposable."

So Misty's life fell into a new pattern and, like Violet had said, she got used to it. But on cold, lonely nights, she would take out her photo album and look at pictures of the one guy she knew she'd always love no matter what. Ash Ketchum.

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