Pokémon: Ash's Dark Destiny (A Pokémon Fan Fiction)

Chapter 7: Ash Alone

As Ash walked down the forest path, he realized just how alone he really was right now. I have to do this though. Ash thought to himself, I have to know for sure if --

Ash was snapped out of his thoughts when suddenly a group of silhouettes burst out of the trees and onto the path in front of Ash.

"Who's there?!"

In response, one of the shadowy figures started talking, "Prepare for trouble, you should already know our names."

Then the second one continued, "And make it double, your twerpishness is to blame!"

"To protect the world from foolish feats."

"To steal hope from every twerp we meet."

"Jessie."

"And James."

"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth, that's right!" The third figure exclaimed.

"Team Rocket!" Ash shouted. "What are you doing here?!"

"We're ambushing you!" Meowth said, "Isn't it obvious?"

"Wait," Jessie said, "where are all your Pokémon?"

"I left them behind."

"Wait, what?" Meowth said, "You abandoned, all your Pokémon?"

Ash nodded.

"Even Pikachu?" Meowth asked.

Ash nodded again.

"Well this stinks!" Jessie said, "When we actually catch one of the twerps off guard, they don't have any Pokémon with them for us to steal!"

As tears started to roll down Ash's face, Meowth kneeled next to Ash, turned to Jessie, and said, "Really, Jessie? Could you act any more heartless?"

"Meowth is right." James said, "It may be our job to steal other people's Pokémon, but that doesn't mean you have to be mean about it, especially in this case."

"You know what?" Jessie said, "You're right, I'm really sorry. Do you... maybe want to talk about it?"

Sniffling and wiping away his tears, Ash looked up at Jessie and said, "Okay."

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