Chapter 5
That evening, Ash and his
friends spent time wandering around the town idly. Ash kept his eyes on Misty
and Tai most of the time, for he thought that there was something going on
between Tai and Misty. Misty did the same for Ash and Sora, and Tai and Sora
for each other. (What a complicated situation!)
Team Rocket followed them as
usual, but with carelessness. They were still thinking about the conversation
they had with Veronica. When Ash and co. were passing through a dark street,
they decided to attack.
“Prepare for trouble...”
“Make it double.”
The gang’s silence was interrupted by the motto. “No, not this again.”
Ash muttered, while he prepared to fight. Just as TR was about to send Arbok
and Weezing, Meowth suddenly shouted: “There she is!” This distracted Jessie
and James. “Who?” asked Jessie. “That lady... Veronica!” Meowth answered.
“What!” Ash took advantage of the situation, and blew up TR again without much
difficulty. None of his friends, including him, had heard about what TR was
talking about except Kari. “Veronica?” thought Kari silently. “The name sounds
familiar...”
The night went on
without any more important event.
The next day, Ash kept
practising. Misty, who was afraid that he would not win, and will have to
“endure the consequences”, tried to make him give up the idea of winning a
badge from Marlene. “Let’s go to an another island.” she would offer all the
time, but Ash would refuse.
That morning, while Ash
was practising with Squirtle, Misty again asked him to give up. Ash got mad
this time. “You know Misty, I will not! I will win this badge.”
“Don’t act like a
spoiled, stubborn brat Ash Ketchum! This badge may cost your life!”
“It won’t, because I
will win.”
“Are you sure?” Misty
asked him teasingly.
“Of course I will win!”
Ash answered, yelling. He was a bit disappointed also, that Misty didn’t trust
him. “You never trust me anyway.” he added silently. “But young lady, you’d
better accept that I will become the best Pokémon master ever!” he shouted again.
“I will believe it when
I see it.” Misty answered indifferently. Deep inside, she knew that Ash would
achieve what he wanted.
“Why are you so
interested in me suffering bad consequences anyway?” Ash asked.
The rest of the gang were
watching them with great interest.
“Oww, it’s so romantic. They
look so cute.” Mimi commented.
“I think Misty is a
headache.” Was Tai’s answer.
“I, umm...” Misty stammered.
“Well, Mr. Pokémon Master, who wants to see another one suffering?” she
answered. “Especially their best friends...” she added quietly. Ash didn’t hear
this last comment.
“Very well, then.” He
answered. He was expecting Misty to give a more emotional answer. “She doesn’t
care about me.” He thought to himself, heart-broken.
Veronica was at the beach
also, watching them. When she saw them all sitting idly, sunbathing, except
Ash, she thought it was time for her to take action.
Izzy was examining his
computer as usual, with Joe near him. Mimi and Misty were having a conversation
about fashion, while Brock and Tracey were drooling over girls. Sora, Matt, TK
and Kari were asleep, and Tai was watching Sora, looking at her tenderly.
Suddenly, Izzy gave out a
scream of surprise: “Hey! Look!” The computer was on, and numbers were flying
across the screen. “What is this! A kind of password?” He couldn’t find the
answer, because the numbers were flowing so fast. The computer shut down with
the quickness it was turned on. Izzy was confused.
Veronica lifted her hands,
and started murmuring strange words. Then she pointed her hands at where Ash
and his friends were resting.
Ash felt the ground shake
under his feet. Soon, the others noticed it also. The sand began to slide left
and right. There were small twisters.
Joe sprang to his feet,
shouting: “Earthquake!”
“Tai, I’m frightened!” Kari
cried.
“Come here, Kari!” Tai hugged
her sister.
One of the small twisters got
bigger and bigger, and started to pull the children, and their Digimon and
Pokémon. They were all trying to hold on, but the power of the twister was so
strong.
Mimi could not hold on
anymore, she was advancing towards the twister, flying. “NOOOOO...”
“Mimi!” Palmon shouted, and
evolved into Togemon quickly. It caught Mimi just before the twister would
swallow her. All of the Digimon had evolved, to Ash, Misty, Brock and Tracey’s
surprise, and were now holding their masters, avoiding the vacuum the twister
exerted.
Misty was not that lucky, and
she was being pulled into the twister now.
“No, Misty!” everybody
shouted. Even Tai was worried, which Ash did not fail to notice.
Seeing Misty was about to be
swallowed by the twister, Ash put aside all his precautions, and threw one of
his pokéballs. “Bulbasaur, go!” The little pokémon emerged in an instant. “Vine
whip, save Misty, now!”. He felt his heart was about to stop beating. “If anything
happened to you, dear Misty...” he thought all the time. Bulbasaur was able to
wrap its vines just in time, and started pulling her back. It was such a hard
thing, because the twister was very strong. With the help of the Digimon, Misty
was saved.
“Are you OK?” Ash asked her
very considerately.
“Well, yes, I guess...” Misty
answered. She was still in a shock.
“We must get rid of this
twister!” Brock shouted.
“But how?” Tracey asked.
“I know!” Izzy shouted. “Kabuterimon,
beat your wings as fast as you can!” he ordered his Digimon then.
Having understood his plan, Sora
ordered the same to Birdramon, while Misty sent out Staryu, and Ash, Pidgeot. Staryu
spinned very fast, and the birds beat their wings very strongly, that soon the
twister was sent away into the sea, and out of sight. When they were all safe,
Misty couldn’t stand the shock she was in anymore, and fainted.
“Misty!” Ash ran to her,
shouting. “Misty please...” he shook her gently, but Misty wouldn’t wake up.
“That’s OK, Ash.” Sora
whispered. “She needs some rest.”
“Are you sure?” Ash asked in
despair.
“Sure.” No sooner than Sora
had said that, Misty opened her eyes.
“Are you OK?” Ash asked
eagerly.
Misty, surprised at Ash’s
considerate behavior, answered: “Yes, I hope.”
“What was that?” Matt asked,
looking around.
“Whatever it is, I’m glad it’s
over.” Mimi said.
None of them had noticed the
lady in black, standing in shadows. “Oh, no.” Veronica told to herself. “I
failed... But it is not over yet.” She suddenly disappeared, leaving a black
smoke and a giant mosquito which flew away soon after she left.
The instant Veronica
disappeared, an image appeared in front of Kari’s eyes, but it lasted less than
a second that she could neither understand what it was, nor even notice it.
“Ash, I want to go back to
the Pokémon Centre.” Misty told him, nearly crying.
“Alright.” Ash answered, and
hugged her.
And on they went back to the
Pokémon Centre, Ash helping Misty walk, and the others not speaking a word.
Sora, who was walking near
Tai, looked pale. “Are you alright?” Tai asked her.
“Yes. It is just... You know.”
Sora shrugged.
Jessie, James and Meowth were
sitting in a café, trying to make a new plan to catch the Digimon. However,
they couldn’t succeed, as their minds were busy with the lady they met
yesterday.
Suddenly, they realized a
slim figure advancing towards them. This figure turned out to be a beautiful
lady. TR was really perplexed. The lady took a chair and sat down at their
table.
“Well, how are you, my dear
allies?” Veronica asked them.
“F-fine...” Jessie answered.
“What do you want?” Meowth
asked.
James carefully examined her.
He was sure he knew that lady.
“It is about time we took
some action.” Veronica told them. “We will get those Digimon.” she spoke
menacingly. “And slay the children.” She added in a tone that none of the TR
members could hear.
“So, do you have a plan?”
Jessie asked her. James was still gazing at Veronica, and this irritated
Jessie. “Hey, James!”
“What?” James started as
though being awakened from a dream.
“I sure have a plan.”
Veronica interrupted.
“Let’s hear it, then.” Meowth
told her.
“Now,” Veronica started. “You
know the gym here, right? And its leader, Marlene?”
That’s it for
the 5th chapter. None of the characters are mine except Marlene and
Veronica. I thank to those who sent feedbacks. You did encourage me, guys. If
you want to send feedbacks, my adress is: lucky_sans@hotmail.com . Thanx...