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Chapter 15: The Recovery Process!

Two months had passed and things hadn't really changed much with Ash.

When he arrived at the hospital, he was admitted in critical condition as the wounds from the whips were deep and the bullet wounds had hit bone and broken them severely besides some of his vertebrae were broken from when he landed hard on the floor.

The biggest issue was that he never responded to anything that the doctors asked him and he never blinked as he just looked at the ceiling.

The doctors were able to stabilize him quickly and had to do surgery to repair some of his broken bones, especially in his back to ensure that he would be able to walk again.

Once the doctors made sure that he would recover nicely, they went out to talk with Brock and Dawn about everything with their friend.

"How is he?" asked Dawn as they quickly got up from their seats.

"He is in for a long road to recovery. He had multiple broken bones and deep slashes that caused him to bleed heavily, but there is a slight issue." replied the doctor.

"What was the issue?" asked Brock, hoping it wasn't too bad.

"Well, he's in a catatonic state, which means that he isn't responding to anything that we are doing. He actually came to our care like that from wherever he came from." said the doctor sadly.

Brock and Dawn just looked at each other before looking at the doctor and falling back into their chairs.

The doctor brought them back once they recovered and they gasped in shock at how their friend looked.

They went and sat next to his bed as they had hoped that he would come out as soon as they started to talk to him, but sadly that wasn't true.

They tried to work with him every day for the last two months to bring him back, but nothing seemed to work.

(With Dawn)

She was left alone with Ash while Brock went to get some food for them.

She started to tell him how much she missed talking with him and how much she actually loved him.

As she spoke, she held his hand and then kissed him gently on his forehead before kissing him on the lips.

She sat back down and squeezed his hand gently as she hoped that he would come back, but she jumped as she felt a squeeze back on her hand.

She looked up and saw him looking at her with a small smile.

"Hi…Dawn…" said Ash hoarsely.

"Ash! It's great to see you again!" said Dawn happily as she gave him a small hug.

A couple of minutes later, Brock came back and he was super happy to see his friend awake again.

"Have I missed…much?" asked Ash curiously.

"Just us being worried to death about you." replied Dawn as she tried to not bring up anything about Hunter J.

"That's good though I'm surprised that you even want me, Dawn." said Ash after they filled Brock in on everything.

"What do you mean?" asked Dawn, holding his hand.

"She used me as her sex toy and then tortured me afterwards. She made me give her kids." said Ash, sadly as he closed his eyes.

"Oh, Ash. I don't care what she did to you. I truly love you and nothing will stand between us." said Dawn with a smile on her face and she quickly gave him a small peck on the lips.

"Thanks, Dawn." said Ash as he smiled at her.

"I wanted to let you know that speaking of her, she was actually sentenced to life in prison and her children are in the process of being adopted out to the best parents that they need." said Brock, being careful with his words.

"I hope that she learned her lesson and that her children will be happy never knowing what their mother did." said Ash with a smile on his face.

They all nodded before the doctors came in to see how he was and a few months later found the raven-haired teen up and moving and getting back to normal.

The chocolate-eyed teen and the blue-haired teen went back to Pallet Town to let his mother know about everything while the squinty-eyed man went to check on his family in Pewter City.

Hope you enjoyed Chapter 15! Happy Columbus Day! Go and check out my new fic called Aura's Secrets!

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