~*Love and Babysitting*~
Chapter 9: “No, not my baby…no…” –Misty


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"Violet let's go!" Misty yelled as she walked out the front door with Lily.
"I'm coming, I'm coming." Violet, Lily and Misty were going to the store and they 
needed to go quickly in order to get back before dark. 


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Lily was sure the, almost, black clouds in the distance weren't something to look forward 
to, she almost mentioned something about Duplica's mention of something bad to come, 
but thought better of it.

"So Misty, do you plan on staying here or going back?" Violet asked as the three sisters 
were walking on the rather wide dirt path. 

"I don't know. I mean I grew up here and yet I feel as if I was in Japan my whole life, like 
I belong there, but I belong here too..." Misty trailed off not quite sure of what she was 
saying. They walked in silence the rest of the way.


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As they were walking back home they were stopped by a familiar voice.

"Well, well ladies, it seems you have impeccable timing."

"Jessie!?" Misty stated in what almost seemed like mock surprise. Jessie gave her an 'I 
don't want to do this, but I have to look.'

"Yes, my name is Jessie, glad you know it. Now then, as a member of the highly elite 
Rayquazas, I hope you don’t mind, or even if you do, but we're going to attack you now. 
Arbok go!" As Jessie called out her Pokemon, the two other female members called out 
their Pokemon.

The three sisters paired off with the Rayquazas, and of course Misty and Jessie were face 
to face.

"Hey bitch, its payback time." Jessie growled with a raised voice. “I’ll get you for taking 
away my boy toy!”

Lily, who was off to the side, occupied with a woman named Alana, could not but help 
here what Jessie had said. Her face showed confusion. *Jessie was just messing around 
right? But…* Lily's thought stopped when she noticed Alana come straight for her. 

"What the hell!?" she yelled just before she was knocked to the ground.

"Lily!" Misty yelled before her legs were kicked out from under her. She looked up to see 
an angry face with apologizing eyes. 'Sorry' Jessie mouthed before she knocked Misty 
unconscious.

"Girls lets go, we did what we needed!" Jessie yelled as her counterparts took off into the 
woods. Lily watched Jessie run back, but also saw the tears falling down her face.

"Oh my god Misty!" Violet yelled as she rushed to her little sister's side.

"Why did she do that? Why did she have to do that!? She didn't need to go that far damn 
it! Misty please get up, please." Violet pleaded.

"Violet don't worry. Jessie only did what she had to do, other wise they would have 
known what was going on."

"I don't care she just, she..." Violet growled in frustration. "Whatever, help me get her up, 
we need to take her home before anything else happens."


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Daisy opened the door to see her two siblings carrying her youngest sister. “What 
happened?” She quietly asked, not wanting to alarm anyone else.

“We had a little run in with Rayquazas.” Lily stated.

“The what? Isn‘t that a new Pokemon?”

“Yes, but it also happens to be the name of Gary’s group of evil doers.” Violet said 
rolling her eyes.

“Jessie was there.” Lily quietly added, glancing at Misty.

“So I can assume that Jessie had to put up a front and attacked Misty?”

Lily nodded. Daisy shook her head. “Let’s hope Ash understands.” She stepped aside 
letting the two other girls come in with Misty between them.

“Duplica go get some bandages and ice, some aspirin too. Aurora, come here baby.” 

Daisy motioned for the little girl to come to her. Aurora looked confused not sure why 
her mommy was sleeping. The cut on Misty’s forehead confused her even more.

"Don't worry Ror...your mom just has a little bump on her head." Aurora nodded and 
went back to the backyard to play with the Pokemon.

Ash came out of the kitchen wondering what all the commotion was about. "What 
happened? Misty!" He yelled running to her side on the couch.

"Ash calm down, it’s nothing serious; she had a run in with Jessie, who was with some of 
Gary's lackey’s." Daisy said while taking the bandages and ice that Duplica had brought 
her.

"Jessie did this? But why?" 

"She had to."

"No she could have just hit her once she didn't need to go this far." Ash said angrily.
Daisy just shook her head and started to clean Misty's cut. Everyone waited until Misty 
opened her eyes five minutes later.

"Ug, man who knew she could hit that hard."

"Misty are you alright? I can't believe Jessie did this to you..." Ash started to seethe when 
Misty interrupted him.

"Ash, I'm fine, she did what she had to do. Besides she said she was sorry before she did 
it. If she hadn't done it, she'd probably be dead or hurt really badly." Misty sat up and 
winced at the pain that shot through her head.

"Here you go Misty." Brock handed her a glass of water and the aspirin.

"Thanks. Where's Aurora?" She asked after she swallowed the pills.

"She's..." Susie was interrupted when they heard a small scream and numerous sounds of 
Pokemon.

"Oh no. Please no..." Misty begged as she ran to the backyard. She was surprised at what 
she saw. Her Vaporeon, Suzie's Vulpix, and Lily's Spheal were lying on the ground badly 
injured, and no Aurora in sight. Misty bent down to aid her Vaporeon with tears in her 
eyes. "No..." She whispered. "Not my baby. No..." She sobbed out and held her Vaporeon 
close to her.

The others came outside, Lily and Susie tended to their Pokemon with tears in their eyes 
while Ash, Brock and Todd looked for any clue as to where the fiends went. Daisy, 
Violet and Duplica stood by Misty's side wondering what was going to happen to the 
little girl they all loved.


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The next morning, meaning for the distressed, infuriated, and worried, was about two in 
the morning, everyone was sitting in the living room just staring at random spots in the 
furniture. No one had said anything for 3 hours; Misty had dried tears stained on her face, 
her red eyes burning. They didn't know what to do. All they could hope for was Jessie, 
and even then most in the room did not and still do not trust what she's doing. Especially 
after the attack on three of the four Cerulean Sisters. They all jumped when they heard a 
loud bang on the front door. 

"Holy hell I think my heart just stopped." Brock said before getting up to answer the 
door.

"Brock wait." Ash said, as he too got up, followed by Todd. The girls waited, they had a 
feeling as to who it was, who else would come so late at night? They all sighed in what 
little relief they had felt. That is until they heard two sharp intakes of breath and a "Shit" 
coming from, who they assumed, Brock. The six women's slouched positions 
straightened up quickly. Todd walked in the living area first with Brock and Ash behind 
him, carrying who they could only assume to be Jessie.

"Oh my god..." Lily gaped bringing her hand up to her mouth as the tears formed in her 
eyes.

The only recognizable feature that Jessie now had was her strawberry red hair.

She had bruises of random sizes running up and down her arms, there were numerous 
cuts, some deep, and some small on her legs, there were even a few puncture wounds. 
Her face was swollen, her left eye closed and swollen to its fullest looking almost 
completely black. She had a 2 inch cut that ran diagonally from her right brow to her 
cheek. She looked up at the people around her and then looked directly at Misty. She 
smiled, and then winced from the pain. "I guess maybe next time I wont try and argue 
about giving you your daughter back." She croaked out, and that was the last thing they 
heard from her as she promptly passed out.

Misty, Duplica and Susie quickly moved off the couch as the boys laid Jessie gently on it. 
Lily practically sprinted towards the cabinet in the kitchen getting the first aid kit. Brock 
went to the spare room and brought out some Pokemon medicine.

"How's that going to help?" Violet asked, irritation laced in her voice.

"Well, I did some research a while back. The Full Heal we use for Pokemon is kind of 
like a steroid for humans. It doesn't exactly bring the patient to full recovery but it does 
make their wounds heal up a little faster than usual." Brock explained. Everyone around 
him just blinked in a mild disbelief. "What? I was curious."

"I don't think we should give it to her, we don't know the risks involved." Exclaimed 
Duplica.

"Well nothing really if we don't give her the whole thing, which we shouldn't anyway, 
she only needs about a sixth of the bottle, besides we need all the help we can get right? 
And as of now she's the only one with information that we desperately need." Everyone 
nodded in agreement, though few were hesitant.

As Brock did his thing and Susie bandaged Jessie up as best as she possibly could, 
everyone could only stand and watch in hopes that the woman before them would be 
okay. Any doubts of her betraying them had vanished.

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Ash and Misty stood by the window out looking the front yard. Ash had his arms around 
her from behind and they stood like that the rest of the morning, both with thoughts of 
finding a daughter. 

Brock and Todd were sitting on the stairs, leading to the second floor, making some light 
talk about taking pictures, trying to pretend that nothing was wrong.

Daisy, Violet and Duplica stood in the kitchen opening peering out at the couch where 
Jessie lay, and Lily right beside it. 

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Lily sat on the coffee table that was in front of the couch. She leaned over slightly, 
moving a stray hair from the beaten up girls face. “God, Jessie…why did they do this to 
you?” she whispered silently. “I never thought someone like you could get hurt so badly, 
you were always one to take care of yourself. I never did spend a lot of time with you, but 
enough to know those things.” The blonde wiped away a stray tear. “Please wake up 
soon, we can’t…I can’t lose you, even if you still love my sister…I…I…” Lily trailed 
off, shaking her head at her stupidity. 

She started to remove the hand that rested on Jessie’s cheek, but cold fingers stopped her. 
Lily glanced down at the soft fingers and followed the arm to Jessie’s soft yet beat up 
face. 

“Jessie.” Lily whispered in shock.

“Please, don’t go…” Jessie croaked out before passing out again.

Lily nodded once and took Jessie's hand in hers and sat there the rest of the morning.
Misty woke with a start. Something was wrong, what was it? She couldn't remember 
anything at the moment. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and then it hit her. Her 
daughter was gone. And the only one who knew where she was, was unconscious and 
beaten to a pulp. Tears weld up in her eyes but just as quickly as it started it stopped. She 
grit her teeth and stood up quickly.
 
"Damn it." She whispered. "You son of a..." Misty stomped off angrily to the kitchen and 
got herself a small bowl of cereal. She cursed her way through breakfast and once she 
was done she walked out into the living room. She growled at all the sleeping people. 
Misty took a deep breath.

"HEY IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR ASSES UP RIGHT NOW!" 

Most everyone jumped up with a start with a few mumbled 'what happened, where am I?' 
Todd mumbled what they could only assume to be, "Go way" Duplica woke him up with 
her special hidden mallet. Which in turn caused him to scream "I'm up, I'm up, no more 
please no more!" The only people who had yet to wake were Jessie and Lily. 

They looked over towards the couch the girl in question was stirring. The blonde next to 
her had fallen asleep sitting up. This had them all confused to no end. Lily was sitting, 
rather slouching on the coffee table with her hand still in Jessie's.

Misty calmed slightly at the sight of the two girls. She sighed and walked over to them. 
She gently shook Lily awake and then Jessie. Both girls woke up rather slowly and really 
groggy. Misty ruffled Lily's hair and laughed silently to herself. 

"Hey sis." Lily just smiled a little and nodded, trying to fix her hair.

Jessie mumbled and rubbed her head, in turn causing her to wince. "God, I feel like I got 
run over by a pack of Tauros." She laughed and then started to cough. "Oh wait I kind of 
did!" She started laughing some more, causing her once again to have a coughing fit. 
Everyone just sat and stared at the ex-team rocket member waiting for her to explain 
herself and tell them what had happened. Jessie sat up with the help of Misty and Lily, 
wincing along the way. "Let's see..."


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