Banette burst through the ivy curtains of the ICU, charging up to the nearest nurse. Banette's mouth unzipped half way as she approached the nurse.
"Where is Virizion?" Banette asked angrily. The nurse pointed down the hall, frightened. Banette stalked down the hall. The moment the looked left, she saw Virizion, looking harried and pacing back and forth. Banette stalked over to her as her mouth became completely unzipped.
"This better be CRITICAL for me to be called down here." Banette growled, her voice echoing around. Virizion quickly looked at Banette as a ribbon of black smoke leaked out of Banette's mouth, waving around eerily.
"It is!" Virizion cried. "Look!" Banette looked into the room to see Keldio laying on the bed, machines hooked up to him. Banette's mouth zipped back up by itself. He was bruised and scratched and burnt badly.
"Oh my Darkrai. What happened to him?" Banette asked. Virizion started to cry.
"Cobalion. For the past month, Keldio has been getting more and more injured. Cobalion told me that he took Keldio's training up a notch, and I believed him! I found out that instead of playing with the other Pokémon on his free time, he has been shutting himself up in his room in the cave. One week ago, I was making my way down Keldio's corridor, when I heard crying coming down the hall. I walked up to Keldio's room and moved the ivy to see that he was hunched over, crying. I, being me, got worried and walked into his room. He stiffened, and I walked over to him. When he saw me, he relaxed. He had so many bruises. Deep, black, blue bruises. I used Pain Split on him, and healed him. I used Synthesis on myself, then used Pain Split again. I repeated this three times. When I finished, Keldio leaned into me and cried. I was surprised, as he never does that." Virizion sniffed out. Benette reached up and grabbed her hoof. She led Virizion over to the leaf bed that was set up in the hall.
"I moved him into my room, pulling down his Ivy door and putting it up in my room, cutting it in half. I carved out a doorway in his side of the room, and made a flower door for him. The up side to this was that I was able to keep an eye on him. After that, I never left his side. The only time I did was when he went to the bathroom and when we sat down for dinner. Yesterday, I had been given the task of collecting food, as it was my week to do that, so I had left to pick some berries. I was gone for half an hour. When I got back, I saw Cobalion coming out of My Corridor. I got suspicious and walked to my room. Through the Ivy curtain, I saw Keldio, on the floor in this state. I cried in anger and picked him up using Vine Wip. I stalked into the Main Hall and confronted Cobalion. I asked him why be would do this to him. He said that I wouldn't understand. He approached me and tried to deactivate my vines, but I used Double Kick and bolted. I don't remember how I knew how to get here. But I do remember Cobalion giving chase with a nice sized gash on his face. He and Terrakion don't know Synthesis, that gash is there to stay. Terrakion has nothing to do with this though." Banette nodded.
"I understand what you are going through. I'm not being empathetic, I'm being sympathetic. Mother would be you, I would be Keldio, ah, and Father would be Cobalion. Mother never knew about Father's abuse until she witnessed me evolving after I attacked him. My hate for him evolved me, and Father regretted the abuse, for Mother left him soon after. But something good came from all of that. I learned how to be a good parent to my darling Shuppet." Banette said. Virizion looked at Banette with puffy eyes.
"Why didn't you run away from that?" She asked.
"I did." Benette said. "But Mother quickly found me. After she brought me home, Mother left to get some food, and Father nearly killed me. It was when Mother had gotten home that I had attacked Father and evolved." Virizion flinched.
"Ok, I'm getting off track darling, I'm here to examine Keldio. And, if you will allow me, to kick some Cobalion ass!" Banette got up and went into Keldio's room. Virizion got up and started pacing again.
"Uh, hello? Miss Virizion?" Virizion jumped in surprise to see Shuppet floating right behind her. "I'm Shuppet. Mama should be out soon. Are you hungry?" Shuppet asked, showing Virizion the Berry Cake filled basket. Virizion's stomach grumbled. Shuppet giggled. "I'll take that as a yes. Lets sit and eat, ok?" Virizion nodded. Shuppet gave her some cake and they sat down.
Shuppet was in mid-bite when Virizion asked, "Is Miss Banette your mother?" Shuppet finished her bite and nodded. "Ok, so you should know, how did your mother become a doctor here?" Virizion questioned. Shuppet froze for a second.
"Well, that is a long story. And we have time. Eeehem! It all began when I had just hatched from my egg. I remember Mother and Grandmother looking so happy. With me by her side, she went out looking for job fliers. During that time, I devoted myself to the study of berries, their effects, and their contribution to the cooking community. Mother devoted herself to medical studies. Soon, Mother found a flier for an internship here at the Hospital." Shuppet said.
"Oh, those were the good days." Banette said. Shuppet and Virizion jumped, causing Banette to laugh. "So, you wanna know how I ended up here? I'll continue for Shuppet for a price of one if these!" Banette reached into the basket and grabbed some cake. She unzipped her mouth some and put small pieces of cake into her mouth.
"I applied and I was accepted. I was suppose to watch the best doctor do her work, and take notes. I was young and impressionable then. I always thought, 'Huh, how unorthodox. Removeing a piece of intestine when the culprit of the patient's condition is lung failure, but she must be right! She is best doctor!' for example. Finally, during an unneeded lung transplant that was suppose to be the removal of infected intestine tissue, I had had enough."
"'Everything your doing is wrong.' I had said. One of the doctors glared at me for almost interrupting the "Best Doctor's" work. 'He doesn't need a lung transplant, he needs some of his intestines removed. He will die if you don't take the infected intestine tissue out.'"
"'Silence, you stupid child! I know what I'm doing, and what I'm doing is right!' The Best Doctor yelled. Guess what happened next? The patient died two days later of, guess what, infected intestines. The whole hospital was in shock that I was right, and Best Doctor was wrong. They didn't expect me to be right the next 59 times!" Banette laughed. "Those were the days. Well, after that, the hospital fired her, and I replaced her. Heh, Shuppet had also decided to study her berries at that time! Hee hee~!" Banette turned towards Virizion.
"It seems your date was a little off. The tests I took after healing him showed that he's been on the receiving end of abuse for four months now." Virizion looked horrified. "But, that can't be. He hid it so well!" She cried. Banette nodded. "Ya know, Keldio should be waking up soon, you should go visit him." Banette said softly. Virizion nodded and went into Keldio's room.
"Shuppet." Banette said. Shuppet looked at her. "It's high time I contacted Kyurem. Just imagine how HAPPY he'll be when he hears about this." Shuppet made a noise of approval, then looked at her mom.
"Need me to write up my progress report for Ms. Xerneas?" Shuppet asked. Banette nodded, and Shuppet flew off to get started.