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Ash sat up, trying to think, but his clouded mind couldn't make out the bland room he was sitting in. He looked to both of his sides, and to his surprise, Pikachu was gone. He looked at the white sheets and the bars beside the bed, and wondered why he was in the pokemon centre. He looked at his wrist and his skin was penetrated, " W-what..? " His voice spoke, hoarsely. He grabbed his throat, " Pikachu! Pikachu!" He looked at his arm, studded with translucent black hairs and varicose veins of blue and little to no muscle or fat. He turned to his side where withered flowers and a teddy bear sat. He picked up the bear plush and tilted his head, " Teddiursa..?" He rubbed its forehead with his thumb and set it down. There was a lamp beside the items on the side table, illuminating a picture of his mother, Professor Oak, and... " Garry?" He said, confused.

" My goodness! You're awake! " A slender woman ran to his bedside and grabbed his hand, " Would you like anything to eat?" The woman's eyes were icy blue and her hair was pulled into a blonde bun with a white nurse hat, matching her white nurse dress.

" Where... Where's nurse Joy!?"

" Pardon? "

" Where's Pikachu and... And Cyrus... And Dawn... And Brock... And Misty... And... Why am I here!?"

" Oh dear... Ashton, please calm down, and I will explain. Do you remember being hit by Lightning?"

" My name is Ash... And of course I do, Pikachu shocked me and all of the spearow!"

" No, ' Ash,' you were shocked by Lightning during a storm and you fell into a coma for 36 years. Do you remember anything before that shock, though?"

" I... Remember Mom sending me to Professor Oak... And Me getting Pikachu... And then Garry showed up and said that his pokemon was better... Where are they? Are they here? Which town am I in?"

" You're in Pallet Town... And you're mother passed away 4 years ago. Your friend, Garrett, he committed suicide. And... Professor Oak, the one who gave you your pet rat, passed away 20 years ago. "

" He wasn't a rat, he was a pikachu! Aren't you listening at all!? Where are my friends? Misty? The one with orange hair? She likes water pokemon!? I met her before I got shocked, so by your logic, I must know her! Where is she!?"

" Ah... She, if I am not mistaken, is a marine biologist. She came to check on you a few weeks ago."

" So she's okay!" He pushed the sheets off and ripped the IV out of his arm. The nurse ran to him and stopped him. " Where are you going?"

" ... To find Misty..."

" Misty is more than 1,000 miles away from Pallet Town! Please, sit down!" She tried to work him back into the bed, and Ash's weak body couldn't help but be pushed back into bed. Ash began to moan and wanted to cry. He began to mumble.

" Pikachu... Mom... Garry... Why did Garry die..?"

He sat in the bed as food arrived for him to eat, but he never did. Pills came, but he never took them. Hours passed, and the room began to darken besides the one bulb of lamplight. Ash stared at the window and time seemed to pass so quickly, as the sun rose again. He felt sick to his stomach and threw up into a trashcan to his right. He sat back up and moaned. He took some water from the tray with pills and food and drank. He sighed and stared into oblivion once more and his vision became fuzzy.

Ash had fallen asleep, but wasn't aware of the tragedy happening outside of his mind. A quiet beep arriving once... Twice... A third time... And then a single, long, monotonous beep.

Ash was now where his fantasies were, and couldn't be happier.