48 Hours To Death
Part 3

Sunday February 2, 2003

Hi everyone! I'm going to be starting fanart here shortly thanks to 
Togepretty saying I should. Thanks a lot! I stayed up until 1:00A.M this 
morning writing this. I noticed when I'm tired, I write better if I can get 
enough energy to pick up a writing utensil. All right. I'll shut up.

Misty grabbed Ash's arm so hard that she cut off his circulation.

      "Uh Misty? Can you let go? I can't feel my arm." Ash said. She nodded 
and let go, but broke into tears.

      "I'm so frightened Ash! I have to get out of here!" Misty said. Before 
he could say anything, she fainted.

      "I think we'll be all right." Ash said to her. He leaned down and 
kissed her. She grabbed him and rolled herself and Ash behind a counter.(You 
figure out what happens.)

***Back to Misty's house***


      "I'm getting worried. They've been gone for 20 hours. Do you think 
they're all right?" Lily asked Officer Jenny.

      "Well, I can't say for sure, but I hope they are." Officer Jenny 
replied. Just then,
another Officer ran up to them.

      "Your Growlithe has just found a scent trail. Hurry!" The Officer 
said.

      "Daisy! Violet! Let's go!" Lily shouted.

***Back to Ash and Misty***

It was now 8 hours later.

      "You OK Misty?" Ash asked.

      "I've never been better." Misty responded. They finally got up and got 
dressed. Ash glanced at his gold watch. 4:30 A.M.

      "Come on. Let's get out of here." Ash said to Misty. Misty nodded her 
head. As they made their way to the door, they heard it being unlocked.

      "Come on! Back behind the counter!" Ash exclaimed. On there way back 
to the counter, they bumped into the wall and slid behind a secret passage 
just as the door flung open.

      "That was close." Misty said with a smile.

      "No kidding. Let's see where this leads to." Ash said to Misty who 
nodded again. The gray stone passage seemed to go on forever. After what 
seemed like hours, they got to the end of the passage. Misty slowly pushed 
it open a crack and saw a
huge lobby. On the other side was a bright, blue door.

      "Uh Ash? How are we supposed to get through? There's a guard right 
there!" Misty asked nervously.

      "We can duck under the tables and cross." Ash nearly started out, but 
Misty stopped him just in time. They heard Bern's voice.

      "Did you have someone check the clothes storage area?" Bern asked 
Lane.

      "Yea. No sign of them." Lane replied.

      “What about the secret passage?" Bern asked. Misty and Ash looked at 
each other, frightened.

      "There's someone on their way through it right now." Lane replied. 
Misty and Ash's hearts stopped when they heard that, but it was nothing to 
the horror they felt when they heard faint footsteps approaching down the 
tunnel.

      "We have to take chances and get under one of those tables or we're 
doomed!" Ash said with rising alarm.

      "Let's go...now!" Misty said. They darted under one of the tables 
almost instantly. It was a good thing that the tables were covered with a 
tablecloth. Bern came strolling in from the hallway. Ash and Misty moved 
under a new table. Ash looked. They still had 20 tables in front of them.

      "Any sign of them?" Bern asked the guy.

      "No. They must have gotten out of the building." the guy replied.

      "No. They're here. We will find them." Bern replied. He walked to the 
table they were under. Misty and Ash darted under a new table just as he 
lifted up the tablecloth.

      "No sign of them. Let's go." Bern said. They both left and Ash and 
Misty darted under 2 more tables. "One table left Ash! Then we can get out!" 
Misty said nearly bouncing up and down.

      "Shhhhhhhh! Someone might hear you!" Ash said in a worried voice. They 
darted under the last table, and then pushed the door open. They walked into 
an extremely bright hallway with a door about 10 yards in front of them. It 
had an exit sign above it.

      "Misty! Look! It's the way out of here!" Ash exclaimed.

      "Let's hurry before anyone sees us!" Misty replied anxiously. They 
began running toward the door. They were almost to it when Bern and Lane 
stepped out from behind two corners.

      "Well, well. Didn't think you'd see us again did you?" Bern said 
smugly.

To be continued...

Another evil cliffhanger! Part 4 is coming soon. Depending how everything 
turns out, there
might be a Part 5. Then I can go back to my other stories. Review at
mcgovern_bobby@yahoo.com.