A/N: HEY LOOK. This was another kink meme fill. Yepyep. Hurrah for kink memes!
There was absolutely nothing, nothing for as far as Ethan could see. Just endless miles of snow. Ethan didn't even know if he was going the right way, but he tried to keep straight and hope that he wasn't accidentally going in circles. Even worse, the route was colder than the freaking Seafoam Islands, and even the new coat he splurged on didn't seem to be doing anything to keep the cold at. And this is why, Ethan decided, the next time Lucas suggested a place for the champions to hang out, he would punch him in the face.
And man, he was going to take a lot of heat from the guys once (if) he got there. He could see it now.
Brendan would be all, "Where were you we were waiting forever."
And Touya would be all, "Yeah jeez you slowpoke."
And Red would be all, "…" but that silence would mean disappointment.
And Lucas would be all, "What the hell Ethan why you so late you're dumb." And Ethan would probably point out that he wouldn't have been late if Lucas had picked a semi-decent location, but Lucas wouldn't have any of that and he would still blame Ethan. And everything would be sucky.
Ethan was considering calling out his Typhlosion to just melt all this goddamn snow when he noticed something red further up. Further inspection showed that the red thing was a hat, and it was attached to a person. And not just any person, either…
"Yo, Lucas!" Ethan said, running up to him as fast as he could in the snow. He was so ready to rub the fact that Lucas would be late in his face.
But…Lucas didn't seem to acknowledge him at all. He didn't seem to be moving all that much, either. "Hey, what's wrong, Lucas?" Ethan asked.
Ethan then noticed that Lucas wasn't wearing that winter coat he still managed to wear in the heat, and the only thing vaguely resembling protection was some stupid little vest thing. Lucas wasn't exactly the tallest guy around, either, so he was up past his neck in snow. "LUCAS, ARE YOU ALIVE?" Ethan asked.
"Mmmphnnn," Lucas mumbled. Well, that answered that question, panic time over.
…Wait, no, not over. There was that…that thing that happens to people when it's really cold? Hippotermina or something? Well, whatever it is, it's bad. "Lucas! Don't get hippotermawhatina!" Ethan said. "Stay warm and crap!"
"Wha…?" Lucas asked, seeming quite disoriented.
"I said stay warm! What's wrong with you? You should'a worn a coat!" Ethan said. Evidently, he realized that just yelling at Lucas wasn't going to help anything, and it was time to…take some sort of action!