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Torture

Ash and Brock entered the house, Ash wanted to go upstairs and see if Misty was feeling better but was quickly interrupted by the brunette sister coming down the stairs, who said that Misty had come down with a fever. She also mentioned that Misty wouldn't be coming to dinner and that no one must go to visit her because she needs her rest. Ash found this a little odd, as all that had happened last night was a bad dream, but he had no reason to doubt the girl so he went upstairs with Brock to clean up before dinner was served.

"Poor Misty, don't you think so Ash?"

"Yeah, it seems a bit odd though, I didn't no you could get sick from bad dreams. I wish I could go visit her and cheer her up. But I guess what she needs most right now is rest."

Brock nodded solemnly and they both went and headed off to the bathroom.

After their baths, Ash said that he was going to lie down for a while because he was tired from the hike they did that day. Brock went off with the twin's and Jessabelle to help prepare the dinner. So Ash was left alone in his room with Pikachu, who was quietly resting on one of the silk pillows. Ash thought that he should visit Misty before he has a rest, she couldn't possibly be still resting and she hadn't seen anyone since the night before.

Ash quietly tiptoed out of the room, closing the door behind him making sure not to disturb Pikachu. Once out of the room, he went off to visit Misty in her room. When he was half way there, the brunette sister appeared out of nowhere and stopped him.

"What are you doing Ash?" She asked almost accusingly, yet still innocent at the same time.

"I was…" Ash realised that the brunette sister was the one who told them not to visit Misty, he thought it best not to reveal that he was going to see her, "Umm, going to the toilet before I have a rest."

"Well ok Ash, but you do know the toilet's the other way…next to the bathroom?"

"Oh yeah, right, I guess I'm just really tired." Ash made a weak laugh and promptly turned in the opposite direction and walked off somewhat over emphasised. Turning a corner in the hallway, Ash turned around to discover that the brunette sister was no longer there, so he continued on his way to visit Misty.

As he headed towards her room, he found the house and started to seem less clean, are darker at this end. He disregarded this and walked up to Misty's door. He reached to turn the brass knob, but something seemed to brush past his mind. He hesitated and went to grab the doorknob again, but again he felt something only this time a lot stronger. Ash backed away from the door, not really knowing what to think. After staring at it for a while, he decided to try again. This time it felt as if something was physically stopping him from turning the knob. He pulled his hand back and saw that there were red marks on it. A little freaked out by this he started to slowly inch his way back along the cream walls. Staring at the door it seemed to speak out at him in a hollow ghostly voice in all corners of his brain. Echoing back and forth, "Waaaatch, ooout…" At this point he decided to turn and run. Suddenly a snake appeared on the floor out of nowhere. Before he could turn to avoid it, it lashed out at him. Stumbling back everything went black.

Ash woke in a cold sweat, his sheets sprawled across his bed and his pillow soaked with perspiration. Frantically he looked around the room. Pikachu was exactly where he left him and still asleep. Absently rubbing his hand, Ash didn't know whether what had just happened was real or not. Had he really gone to visit Misty, and did everything start going all weird? Did that snake really exist, and why did his hand hurt. Then he remembered the doorknob, when something was trying to stop him from turning it. Remembered looking at his hand, all red. And the snake, it had lashed out at his leg, but as he moved the sheet away to look…no evidence of that was there.

Looking again at his hand, he realised it wasn't sore. Feeling very confused, Ash lay back down. Then again realising that he pillow was totally soaked, decided he should probably get up. He looked at the clock next to his bed, it said 7 pm. There was a quiet knock on the door, and the brunette sister came in and announced dinner.

Ash got up, still feeling a little woozy, put on his jacket and gently woke Pikachu. Downstairs, at the dinner table, Ash realised that Misty wasn't there, as the brunette sister had said before. He was disappointed he hadn't had a chance to see her, she must be really sick that she had been a whole day bed ridden.

Ash looked on at the food, seeing Brock in the kitchen he assumed that he must have cooked it but it seemed nothing like Brock would ever cook. He gave Brock a questioning look.

"Well you see, I offered to help, but they just simply refused. So I've spent the whole time reading cook books of theirs, they have some great recipes that I want to try sometime."

Looking back at the food, Ash began to drool over how delicious it all smelt, no matter how strange it looked. Joined by his Pikachu, they both began to dive into the banquet of food laid out before them. But as Ash devoured away, he kept feeling something nagging on the edge of his consciousness. He struggled to grasp what it was, but failing to do so concentrated once again on filling his stomach.

Somewhere in a dark room, Misty awoke to the stench of a dank and dirty room. She looked around, although it didn't do her any good. The thick darkness of the room was impenetrable, and the stench made the air thick and heavy in her lungs. Wheezing and coughing from either lack of oxygen or the feral air around her, Misty crawled around the room trying to find some sort of way out. However the room didn't have walls, or even a floor for that matter. It was like some sort of void, in the middle of nowhere…literally. She could hear a faint sound coming from what seemed all around her. It was the same giggling she heard before. Only this time it was getting louder, and more defined. Soon Misty realised that it was the voice of a little girl.

The voice started to echo, filling every nook and cranny of Misty's brain. It was becoming unbearable. Misty fell to the non-floor, clutching her head screaming, `STOP STOP!'

Then there was silence.

Misty dropped her hands. Sweat dripped from her face. She now realised how hot it was in the void. But where was the heat emanating from? Wherever it was, it was forming a thick choking blanket around her, closing in. She couldn't breathe. She felt herself gasping for air. Each breath became harder and harder. She started getting dizzy and heavy headed, if it had not been for that fact everything surrounding her was black, she would have noticed her vision becoming blurred. Lying on the floor, with visions of everything that had happened lately swirling around in her brain, she slowly slipped in and out of consciousness.

This was the end she knew it. Her body couldn't physically or mentally take much more of this. The voice stirred the heavy silence, only instead of giggling it was screaming. A high-pitched, bone chilling scream. Once again clawing at her ears Misty tried to shut it out, but it was no use. It was inside her head, attacking her from all sides. The screaming turned into a maniacal laugh, not the laugh of a little girl but that laugh of someone so old they seemed ancient. It had a snakish tone to it, with a spice of evil in its harsh voice. Misty couldn't take it. Screaming and kicking at the air, she cried out for help only to realise her voice could not be heard. Her throat was sore, but no sound was produced. Tears streaming from her eyes, she rolled around clawing at her face and arms. Slowly the world around her blurred and twisted. Time had no meaning the torture was endless. She just wanted to lie down and die. She kept crying, "make it stop, make it stop." The evil snake voice imitated her, "make it stop, make it stop." Reaching out into all ends of her mind, warping and bending her sense or reality.

When would it stop?

When…

MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

I lied when I said that this chapter would be the last, so sue me.