Right, here is ANOTHER reformatted chapter... the typos are being cleared up on the way, but no major changes. Enjoy! Misty's Johto Journey By Misty's Double Chapter 5- Misty's Recovery Begins! *~*~*~*~* Ash was running full pelt to the entrance to the hospital, into the grounds, and to the fountain where Brock and Jo were sat. "Ash, what's the rush?" Jo asked "She's… awake!" Ash panted "Who? Misty?" Brock asked. Ash nodded "Well, come on then! Let's go!" Brock added, as they returned to Misty's room. *Back at Misty's room* When they arrived, they were greeted by Nurse Joy just exiting the room. "Why are you just coming out? Has something happened to Misty?" Ash panicked "No, it's alright. Dr Barton's just checking her again, and removing the tube from her throat now she can breathe freely." Nurse Joy answered, just as Dr Barton exited the room. "Okay, she's free to be seen now" He smiled at Ash and co. *~*~*~*~* "Misty, how are you?" Jo asked running to Misty's bedside "Well, I'm in pain, and tired." Misty croaked "I'm not surprised Misty. Do you guys think we should leave Misty alone to have some peace and quiet for a while, and get some rest?" Brock chipped in "No!" Misty said abruptly. "Ash, please don't leave me!" Misty panicked, getting upset. "Misty, calm down, don't get upset, okay? Brock, can't we please stay for a while? What if Misty relapses or something? Who would be here?" "Nurse Joy?" "Nope, she's been called to an emergency" "Dr. Barton?" "In surgery" "Oh, okay then. As long as we're quiet. Look, she's asleep already, this has really taken it out of her, hasn't it?" Brock commented, noticing that Misty had already fallen into a deep sleep. Ash sighed, and returned to the bedside seat, picked up her hand, and kept a vigilant eye on Misty. "You know, I'm really worried about Misty," Ash started "No, Ash. We thought you couldn't care less about her…" Jo said sarcastically "Shut it Jo, or when Misty's awake, I'll ask her to prescribe a visit from her extra- large mallet to your head!" Ash threatened "Oooh, miaow!" Jo retorted. "Jo, leave it. Ash, correct me if I'm wrong here, but you are absolutely petrified about her." Brock said "Maybe," Ash turned back to keeping an eye on Misty "But one thing is for sure, I'm not going to be too sure about letting Misty leave like that again… anything could happen!" "I'm sure Misty feels the same way about you Ash." Brock added "Yeah, she sure sounded angry when we were lost out in that storm a few weeks back, didn't she?" Ash thought aloud. "Yeah, but Ash, you've got to remember that you can't be in charge of what Misty gets up to her whole life you know. She's got to have *some* independence." Jo said to Ash. "But I can't help but worry. I've hardly been apart from her since we met outside Viridian all those years ago; she's like a sister to me. That's why we were phoning each other every night" Ash finished. Two hours later, Ash was the only one awake, as the other two had gone to sleep on the floor. *Two mornings later* The sun was just rising from behind Mt. Silver. The whole room was silent apart from Pikachu's soft snoring which was coming from the bottom of the bed. Ash had agreed to get some fresh air yesterday, and ended up picking up a very irate Pikachu from the Pokémon Center. As soon as Ash picked up Pikachu, he received a Thunderbolt for being abandoned at the Pokémon Center for so long, being scared out of her little head over Misty's condition. Anyway, back to the morning. Ash was asleep in the bedside chair, resting his head right by Misty. Jo and Brock had their sleeping bags out, and were sleeping on the floor. Pikachu was sleeping soundly right by Misty's feet. Everyone was sleeping soundly apart from Misty, who had just awoken after a three-day sleep. "Augh, Ash, I feel terrible, oh." Misty groaned, noticing Ash was still sleeping. Misty attempted to sit up a bit, but failed because of her plaster-clad arm. 'How the hell will I be able to battle in the Johto League in this condition?' she thought to herself, staring at her pot, which was covering her left arm right up to her shoulder. 'One good thing though, I won't have to find my mallet for now,' she thought on a high note. She smiled weakly at this thought. A few minutes later, Pikachu started stirring at Misty's feet. Misty realized Ash must have gone to pick her up while she was asleep. "Pikachu, it's alright, you can go back to sleep. It's too early." "Chu pika pika! Kachu pi chu Pikachu!" [Translation: No way Misty! It's about time these three woke up!] It replied energetically. "Pikachu, I don't feel too good and I can't be bothered thinking about what you've just said." Misty replied, her temper beginning to grow thin. She really hated losing her temper with a Pokémon, especially Pikachu. Pikachu frowned, then ignored Misty, walked up to Ash, and being careful not to shock Misty, went and Thundershocked Ash. After Ash was beginning to sit up, Pikachu hopped off the bed and shocked Jo and Brock too. Content with what she had accomplished, she jumped back onto Misty's bed, and sat down at her feet to begin washing itself. "Ow Pikachu, you've got to stop being our alarm clock!" Ash moaned, still half asleep. "Pika ka ka ka!" Pikachu thought this was hilarious, and was rolling around on the bed, until she rolled off that is. "Shut it Pikachu. It isn't funny." Ash scowled. "You know Ash, I think you should opt for buying a proper alarm clock soon…" Jo complained. Brock hadn't showed any signs of waking up, but you could have heard a faint comment about 'feeding the little rat to Meowth' the next time they saw Team Rocket. "Morning you two," Misty called in a fake cheer to cover the pain, directed at Ash and Jo. "Hi Misty, how are ya feeling?" Jo asked as she came up to Misty's bed. "I'm fine," Misty lied as she felt her face's temperature increase all of a sudden 'What the hell's happening to me?' Misty thought angrily as Ash eyed her suspiciously and worriedly. "Misty, are you sure? You've turned very pale all of a sudden," Ash inquired. "Mmm, I'm okay. Why, don't you believe me?" She sighed. "Misty, it's just… it's just I'm worried about you. I nearly fainted when Dr Barton phoned up to say you had been brought into hospital." Ash explained. With the end of that sentence, Dr Barton walked in with Nurse Joy following him. "Good morning Misty, Ash and Jo." Dr Barton greeted. "Morning, doctor." Misty said. "We're about to run some tests on Misty, and give her a check up, so would you two mind leaving the room please. We'll call you back in when we're finished." Joy said cheerfully to Ash. "Okay Misty, I'm Dr Barton, your consultant. I'm in charge of you along with Joy." Dr Barton introduced. "Nice to meet you," Misty said holding out her hand. "Okay, Misty, I'm going to run a few tests on you. But first, do you remember what happened, and how you got here?" Dr Barton shook her hand. Misty thought for a second. "We were walking towards Goldenrod City, so we could win our next badge. We had just about left Ilex Forest when Team Rocket surprised us…" Misty trailed off, and stared at the wall "Okay carry on," Dr Barton encouraged "Umm… Oh yeah. Jessie was teasing me, and I just burst out, and ran for her. I should of known it was one of their tricks… and then the ground gave way underneath me, and I remember feeling my arm crack underneath me, then I blacked out." Misty finished, and directing her gaze to Dr Barton. "Okay, well do you know where you are now, like which hospital?" "Haven't got a clue. Oh no, don't say you've brought me all the way back to Violet…" "Nope, you're in Goldenrod." "Alright! So, when can I go beat Whitney then?" Misty asked determined, but her expression changed when she saw Dr Barton look down at his board. "Umm, Misty, do you have any idea of the extent of injury you've sustained, or what condition you were in when you were brought into the hospital nearly a week ago?" "Well, I obviously have something wrong with my arm, but why is it so heavily bandaged?" "Okay, well to put it simple, you smashed practically every bone in your hand; fractured your ulna and broken your radius above your wrist- they're two bones in your lower arm. Also, you've broke the bone just above the elbow, broken your thumb, and had a very bad knock to your shoulder, all on your left arm." "Whoa, I guess that's what I felt just before I blacked out then." "Wait Misty, there's more. When you were brought in, you were in a critical state. You crashed on us three times on the first night, and then when we were operating on your arm, you crashed twice. After that, you were in a coma for three days, and then you woke up three days ago. So you've been through a lot the past week, and you're still not out of the woods yet. Apparently, when you were unconscious, an Arbok's Poison Sting landed on you, so you are poisoned as well." "So how long am I set to be in here then?" "For between ten- sixteen days, depending how your body reacts with the symptoms of the poison. Shall I run through them with you?" "I suppose you should." Misty said gloomily. She had already lost hope of getting to this year's Johto Championship. "Well it begins with tiredness, exhaustion and aching limbs in all cases, then with an Arbok's poison it progresses to rapid temperature fluctuation; minor illnesses due to the poison attacking the immune system; and the last symptom is close to the effect of a Vileplume's Stun Spore- lack of energy, bad fever, and temporary paralysis of limbs. Also, from the second symptom, you generally feel unwell and weak. This all lasts for six-fourteen days, then we'll be able to give you the course of antidotes." "Oh my God, I don't believe this could happen just because I fell foul to Team Rocket's blundering efforts!" Misty exclaimed, then her emotions finally got the better of her, and she began crying. "Okay Misty, calm down. Here have a tissue while I just fetch a needle, because we need to take a blood sample to see the poison intensity in your bloodstream." Dr Barton fetched a needle, and took a small amount of blood from Misty, then carrying out the other tests. "Okay Misty, I'll see you in a couple of hours with your medication. Until then, your friends are allowed back in. But I'll tell them to keep quiet because you need lots of rest." "Thanks Dr Barton," She called as he exited the room. *~*~*~*~* In Ilex Forest… Team Rocket is sat in a cabin. They haven't slept much the past couple of nights, because something's been niggling away in their minds. "Do you think Red's okay? I mean, she looked in really bad condition when they took her away in the ambulance didn't she?" James asked his fellow teammates "Yeah, I kinda feel guilty, especially with the fact Pikachu wasn't even there to nab" Jessie replied "How were we supposed ta know that rat wasn't wid 'em? It was just plain accident." Meowth added "I don't think Officer Jenny will believe that when we're caught." James said negatively "You know, I'm kinda wanting to know if she's doing okay, you know, pop in." Jessie said. "I agree wid ya Jess. If we wanna get killed then arrested the yeah, let's go ahead wid da plan." Meowth said sarcastically. "Yeah, but I don't really care about that. Come on, are we going or not?" Jessie finished, as they all rose, and marched out of the cabin towards Goldenrod… *~*~*~*~* Well, I've finally got this finished, after let's see… 6 weeks after I said I would have this up… _; The next chapter's gonna be up soon, but I'm gonna give myself a more realistic deadline… say, when I break up for half term mid October? Until then, stay happy, and on your way out, please review! ~*Misty's Double*~