"TOGIPI!!!" Ash yelled as he stood in the remains of the thrown room, "WHERE ARE YOU?" then another earthquake hit throwing Ash to the ground. Ash picked himself back up and then he heard crying. Ash slowly made his way to where the crying came from, behind a large bolder. Ash limped around the bolder to see Togapi hiding in a small opening in it. "Togapi, you all right?" Togapi jumped for joy. "PRRIII!!"(DADDY!!!) Togapi jumped into Ash's arms. "Hang on Togapi, I'll get you to Misty." Ash started to get up when another quake hit and a large portion of the floor fell to form a deep cliff. "We better be careful, huh little friend?" Togapi just held on to Ash for dear life. Ash started to ease himself around the edge of the cliff when he heard someone clear their throat. Ash turned to see Mitch smiling evilly. "Well, you might make a master after all baby bro. That is if you could make it out alive." Ash held Togapi protectively as he faced Mitch. Neither had any Pokemon, but Ash knew better then to let his guard down around his half-brother. "I've tried to beat you with Pokemon twice, but you just don't seem to understand that I'm better then you!" Ash couldn't help but chuckle. "So I guess this will have to do." Mitch then pulled a pistol on Ash. Ash couldn't do anything but watch his brother toy with him. "Don't worry about your friends, as soon I kill you, I send them to join you. Starting with your little girlfriend!" Ash was enraged, "You can kill me, but leave them out of it!" Mitch just smiled, "How you going to stop me?" He said as he raised the gun toward Ash and started to squeeze the trigger when someone tackled Mitch, knocking him off the cliff. Ash looked over and saw Mitch go splat at the bottom of a thirty-five foot drop. Then he looked and saw Prof. Oak hanging from the edge. "Hang on Professor!" Ash cried as he reached for his mentor. Ash caught his hand just as he lost his grip. Professor Oak looked proudly at Ash, "I knew you could stop them, Ash!" Ash blushed a little as he tried to pull Oak up, but with one bad arm, that was next to impossible. "Professor, you have to pull yourself up!" Oak just shook his head, "No, I deserve this. I betrayed you, Gary, and your friends. I just wished I realized my mistake sooner." Ash was almost in tears, "Don't talk like that, Professor." Professor let a tear fall from his eye, "Ash, you have the potential to be a great Pokemon Master. If that happens, don't make the same mistakes as Mitch…and your father." Ash looked puzzled, "W-What?" Oak smiled a little, "They were just as talented as you, but after they became Masters, they let the fame and power go to their heads. They forgot what they were fighting for. Please, Ash, don't make their mistakes! Promise me, you won't make their mistakes!" Ash nodded "I promise." With that Professor Oak looked directly into Ash's eyes, "I have always thought of you and Gary as my sons. I'll always be with you." With that Oak let go of Ash's hand and fell backward. "PROFESSOR!!! NOOOOO!!!!!!!" Ash screamed in terror as he watched his friend and mentor since he was little fall to his death.

Ash didn't have time to get up when the portion of floor he was on gave, and he started to fall into the same gorge as Mitch and Prof. Oak. Ash held Togapi tight as it started crying, "Goodbye… Misty…" Ash said softly as he prepared to hit. The he felt four vines wrap around him. Ash then slowly stopped falling and started to rise. Ash reached the top to find all his Pokemon smiling at him. Bulbasaur and Chikarita then recoiled their vines. "Bulba, bulba, Bulbasaur?" (Thought we left, didn't ya?)

Ash then petted all their heads as Pikachu jumped to his head. They all started to exit the temple as they all heard motion behind them and they heard something in their minds: Recover. Ash turned white, "N-NO WAY HE COULD STILL BE ALIVE!" Ash turned around to see Mewtwo. I… had… planed… on sparing… you and… your friends… but… you just had… to fight back. Mewtwo said as he sent energy through Ash and his Pokemon's bodies. They all cried out in pain. Now… you… die. Togapi tried to fight him, but Mewtwo just kicked her out of the way. What can a little egg do to the likes of me? Mewtwo said making fun of Togapi. Togapi's eyes began to glow blue. Let my Daddy, Unka Pika, and the others go. Mewtwo stared in shock, W-W-What? Togapi whole body began to glow now as he started to levitate into the air. I SAID LET THEM GO, NOW!!!!!!! Togapi then sent a massive psychic blast at Mewtwo, Knocking him against a wall. THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE!!! Mewtwo yelled in panic. Togapi then sent another blast at Mewtwo. Mewtwo then cried out in pain as his body began to dissolve into the blast. It was finally over. Togapi then slowly lowered to the ground and then fell over, fast asleep. Ash picked up the little Pokemon, "there's more to you then meets the eye!"

Then the ground began to shack once again. This time more violently. "Quick, where's Lugia? We have to get out, NOW!" Ash said fighting down his panic. "Pika chu ka!" (He's just outside!) Ash nodded and tried to run down the hallway. But with falling debris, the quakes, and his bad leg, he wasn't very fast.

Meanwhile, back on the hill, Misty never left her view of the lost city. Since the quakes began she started to get more worried by the second. "Ash… please hurry…" Gary, Melody, and Brock were right next to her just as worried. All the Pokemon had made it out with the exception of Ash's Pokemon and Misty's Togapi. "Don't worry, Ash will be out any minute now." Said Brock more to himself then to Misty. Then the quakes started once again but this time it was different. A large fissure opened in the center of the city and the entire city began to brake apart and fell into the giant pit. Misty's heart stopped. There was no sign of Togapi, no sign of Ash's Pokemon, and no sign of Ash. Misty's emotions took over. Most of the time she would just force her feelings back and hide behind her 'strong side'. This was not 'most of the time'. Misty fell to her knees, tears running down her face like water from a broken dam, "NO! PLEASE, NOT AGAIN! ASH, DON'T LEAVE ME AGAIN!" Misty cried as she pounded the ground with her fists. "LOOK!!! OVER THERE!!!" Gary yelled as he pointed above the crater. Misty looked up and saw Lugia with two figures on it's back.

Lugia landed just a few yards away from Misty and the others as they came running. Ash pulled his hat down so he could hide his bloodied face and turned to try to hide his bleeding shoulder. Brock and Gary dragged the tied up Amanda off Lugia's back kicking and screaming. Misty, on the other hand immediately hugged Ash. Ash was careful not to let her near his injured arm. Misty pulled away Ash kept looking down as he handed her the sleeping Togapi. Misty's eyes lit up as she hugged her, "Thank you, Ash! I knew you could do it!" Misty's sentence was interrupted by Pikachu screaming, Misty looked up to see that Ash had collapsed from the all the injuries he had taken. Misty almost past out when she noticed all the blood on Ash's arm, leg, and face. "Quick! Call an ambulance!" Brock yelled as Melody pulled out a cell phone. Misty just stared dazed.

A few hours later, at the hospital in Shamouti City, Ash had just told Officer Jenny what has happened. Jenny and the Doctor came out and told Misty and the others that Ash had lost a lot of blood, but would make a full recovery. The Doctor started to say they could go in and see him, but Misty was already through the door before he could finish.

"ASH!" Misty yelled as she shot in the door. Ash was lying in his bed. He was wearing a hospital gown, and he had bandages around his upper arm his thigh and his forehead. Misty dove into his chest crying her heart out, "Oh Ash! I though I lost you again!" Ash just smiled, "I'm fine! See? Never, Waaa, better." He said while trying to do his peace sign pose with his bad arm. "What happened to 'The Great Misty'?" Misty now steaming reared back with her mallet, but caught her self before she made contact with the Ash's already injured cranium. "There she is! That's the girl I f-fell… for…" Ash said surprising himself as well as Misty. "Y-You mean… Y-you r-r-really… like me?" Misty asked hopefully as she put away her mallet. Ash blushed 'well, Ketchum, now or never!' Ash though to himself before locking eyes with Misty, "Mist, No, I don't like you." Misty then turned to leave, tears just waiting to fly, when Ash grabbed her arm and pulled back down to the bed. "The truth is… that I love you. Always have… and always will." Ash then looked away with a smile on his face 'Man that was easier then I thought!' Ash then looked back at Misty. They both leaned forward for a kiss when Misty bumped his arm "WAAA! MISTY!!! WATCH THE ARM WILL YA!!!" Ash cried out as Misty jump back a few inches, before grabbing his face, "WILL YOU STOP ACTING LIKE A BABY AND KISS ME ALREADY!!!" She yelled before locking lips with him in a long passionate kiss. Misty finally pulled away and saw Ash was now in Lala-Land. "Well, if I'd know it was that easy to stop his whining, I would have done that a long time ago!" She giggled. It now seemed everything was right in the world.

Meanwhile in shadowy office, "It appears like the Dark Legion was a failure after all!" A man in a red suit said to one of the two rockets that were at the Dark Legion meeting. "Yes Sir. It even cost your son his own life." The rocket said. The man in the suit just smiled evilly, "Play with matches, you get burned. He should have been more careful. It was his own fault. But all it means is one less paycheck to write." The rocket cringed at the cold remark. "That will be all." The rocket turned and left the room. The man then spoke to someone in the shadows, "He has gotten in our way for the last time." Then another rocket stepped out of the shadows, but he was in more of a ninja outfit that hid his face. "You are one of our best, Fate. I want you to enter in the Indigo Plateau Pokemon Tournament in one month. I want this to be Ash Ketchum's last time competing, if you get my drift?" the mysterious Fate then bowed and returned to the shadows. The man then let out an evil laugh, "This ends in one month, my son."

THE END?

C. Cowboy: Well, that's it for Time of Destiny! But probably later this week the first chapter of the sequel, 'Hand of Fate', should be posted. It takes off roughly one week before the Tournament begins. Ash is ready to come back after his humiliating loss four years ago. But who is this Fate? And what other surprise Ash and his friends! Bye-bye for now!