Ash pushed himself up and rubbed his head. Misty had knocked him back and caught him by surprise, so he felt kind of dizzy.

Misty sat up and looked at Ash. "Uh...sorry"

"No problem" Ash said.

"Little help?" Rick said, breathing heavily to stop himself from yelling in pain.

"Wha...?" Ash looked over. "How did you manage that?" He stood up and walked over to him. He cringed when he saw the spike driving into the wall through Rick's hand. "That looks sore"

"Ya think?" Rick said giving Ash an 'Are you serious?' look.

Misty walked over and placed her hand on the spike. "This isn't going to be easy to break"

"Why don't we using Ho-oh?" Ash suggested.

"No way, not Ho-oh" Rick said.

"Why not?" Ash asked.

"That bird would probably end up burning him alive" Misty explained. "We gotta figure out another way"

Ash and Misty looked at the ground and began to think.

After a few minutes Rick looked from one to the other. "Could you possibly think a little faster?" He said, as this wasn't exactly comfortable for him.

Pikachu tilted his head and his cheeks sparked.

Rick's eyes widened. "No, wait!"

Too late, Pikachu released a Thundershock on the spike. The shock travels through the spike and Rick fell over after getting shocked.

Pikachu scratched his head and gave a little "Pika" of apology.

After a minute or two Ash snapped his fingers. "Bayleef's Razor leaf"

"Good idea Ash" Misty said.

Ash picked up a Pokéball and tossed it. It was a Pokédex fact that Bayleef have very powerful Razor Leaf attacks. "Bayleef, Razor leaf that spike"

Bayleef nodded and swung her head forward, releasing a Razor Leaf.

The Razor leaf cut right through the spike and it crumpled to pieces.

Rick pulled away and held his hand, which was bleeding badly. "Thanks"

Bayleef smiled and nodded before Ash returned her into her Pokéball.

Misty cringed. "That looks pretty bad, we better bandage it up" She sat down and placed her bag on her lap and began to rummage through it. She pulled out a roll of bandages and a few cloths. She then took out a Pokéball and threw it, releasing Corsola, who jumped up and down happily. "Corsola, use your water gun to wet these cloths"

Corsola stopped jumping and used a water gun on the four cloths Misty had held out.

Misty nodded to Corsola. "Thanks" She squeezed the cloths out and threw one to Rick. "Try to clean out that wound a little and you" She turned to Ash, throwing one to him too. "Same story for those injuries you got back when Pikachu blew the ceiling up"

Ash and Rick grabbed them and looked at each other.

"Now!" Misty ordered.

Ash jumped and began cleaning the blood off his arm and face. The rock that hit his arm had done more damage than he'd first thought. Most likely some of it was stuck inside the large cut that was there, so he started to try and clean in out.

Rick groaned. He really didn't like this, the cold water stung the wound and he didn't see the point of trying to stop the bleeding when he had a hole going right through his hand.

After a few minutes, Rick was still moaning and Ash was just finished. The cut was still bleeding but it wasn't as bad.

Misty took out two rolls of bandages and walked over to them. "Here" She said and handed one to Ash and the other to Rick. She turned and walked back over to Corsola.

Ash looked at the bandages. What was he supposed to do? He'd never bandaged anything in his life. Well, there's a first time for everything.

But some things occur more often than they should and once again, Ash had made a mess of it. "I feel like an in-training Chansey" Ash thought as he tried to untangle the bandages that were after knotting up.

Rick wasn't doing any better than Ash was. If there was something that he knew he couldn't do, it was to use bandages properly.

Misty looked over at the two and shook her head. "Can't you two do anything right?" She stood up and walked over to them.

Ash looked up at her and grinned, "Not this" He tried to separate his hands, which were now stuck together by the bandages.

Pikachu and Raichu watched amusedly but kept alert for anything unusual.

Misty shook her head and went over to Rick. She quickly untangled the bandages and helped him put it on his hand, which was still bleeding badly.

Rick winced when Misty tightened the bandage as she was finishing up. "Thanks" He said and looked at his hand.

Misty smiled and went over to Ash, who had somehow gotton himself even more tangled up and now had his feet tied together. "How do you manage to make such a mess?"

"Don't ask me" Ash said as he glared over at Pikachu, who was laughing loudly.

Misty bent down and began to help untangle him. It took a while but finally Ash was free. Misty began to bandage up his arm.

Ash smiled as Misty finished up. "Thanks Misty" He looked up from his arm and looked at her.

"S'ok" Misty looked up and her eyes met Ash's. She was frozen for a minute, lost in his eyes as she looked at him and he looked at her.

After a minute of silence Ash was beginning to feel a little uncomfortable and gave her a confused look. "Misty, are you ok?"

Misty shook her head and snapped out of her daze. She stood up quickly. "Ya fine, let's go" She turned and began to walk off.

Ash was a little confused but he was snapped back to reality when he heard someone sniggering. He looked over at the giggling Pikachu and Raichu. Then he look beside him at Rick, who was grinning. "What?"

"Nothing" Rick said in an innocent tone.

Ash frowned, having a feeling he knew what his dad was thinking. "She's not my girlfriend!" Ash whispered angrily to Rick.

Rick just smiled as Ash got up and walked after Misty. "Kids these days" He shook his head and stood up, heading after the others.