HOW MISTY GETS A BIKE

"Prepare for trouble!"
"And make that double!"
"To protect the world from Ash’s Pikachu!"
"To get the boss to put us in top 2!"
"The rest is our normal motto!"
"So that Pikachu is what we’ve gotto!"
James snatched Pikachu from Ash’s hands and the team ran off into the forest.
"Piiiiiii...." the voice got quiter and quiter. Ash ran off into the forest after them.
"Wait up!" said Misty, running off after him.

Ash leaned back against the tree. He was exhausted. All that running. But he couldn’t let Team Rocket get Pikachu. He waited a while to catch his breath again, then speed off down the road. Behind him he heard a distant voice.
"Wait up, Ash!"
He shook his head. Not untill he got Pikachu. He speed up. Why don’t you just run faster? He thought in reply. Ash looked straight ahead, to see if there was any sign of Team Rocket. Nothing.
"Hurr..." Ash stopped suddenly. What if Team Rocket had taken off in their ballon. Though they didn’t have it when they snatched Pikachu, they could of landed it nearby. Ash swore under his breath. He looked back and saw a figure running towards him. He started up again, veering round the corner that he approuched.
"Wa!"
He screeched to a stop. Two ways. Which should he follow. He had an idea.
"PIKACHU!" he called.
"Piika" he heard a faint call to the left. He marked an arrow on the ground for Misty to follow, then went off, following the call.

"Ha ha, we’ve finally got Pikachu!" Jessie smiled.
"The boss will appreciate us for this" added James.
"And I’ll be top cat!" Typical Meowth.
"Pikachu" the team heard a call from the distance.
"PIIKA!" answered the captured.
"Shut up, he’s following us y’know" murmered Jessie. Pikachu smiled at the comment.

Misty stopped as she approuched the two pathways.
"Uh oh" she murmered. Which way did he go? Did he go the right way? Misty sat down. How would she know which way to go. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw something carved into the soil.
"Wha?"
She crawled over for a closer look. An arrow! Ash had left a marking for her! She stood up and went off in the direction it pointed.

Ash, panting loudly, suddenly noticed a couple of bikes at the side of the path. He leaned down and marked in the soil, Hop On next to one of them. He hopped on the other one and cycled off, he would catch up easier this way.
Misty hopped Ash had marked the arrow. If it wasn’t him, there would be a 50% chance she was going the wrong way. Right now, it probably was the direction. She ran for a while longer, looking at the ground for any other marks. Then she saw Hop On marked to the right. She looked up, seeing a bike. She smiled, and hopped on, peddling as fast as she could straight forward.

It was getting late, and Team Rocket couldn’t resist. They fell to the dirt, sleeping silently. A few minutes later Ash arrived with his eyes dropping. The bike tumbled next to the sleeping Pikachu. He carfully took him out of the cage and lay him on his lap. Then he went back to see Misty. Soon enough, he saw someone on a bike heading towards him, he smiled and went on to meet Misty.
"I got pikachu!" he said as he stopped the bike next to Misty’s.
"Let’s get to sleep" Misty replied drowsely. So the two of them snuggled into their sleeping bags. Ash lay Pikachu next to him, then quikly fell asleep.

The next day Misty shook Ash awake. They went off to get out of the forest, it was very dark.
"Hey, I wonder who’s bikes these belong to?" asked Misty curiously. Ash shruggeed, looking back to see if Team Rocket were following.
"Who cares..." he started.
"Bet they do!" inturupted Misty.
"Yeah, but I suppose now I don’t have to pay back your bike. They laughed.
"It’s pretty cold, ay" said Misty, changing the conversation.
"Yeah" They walked on through the dense bush, hoping they would get out of the darkness soon.

THEND