Update: Decided to keep this one short to finish it sooner - I might just make a series of short stories focused on Clemont in each chapter from here on.
The next morning, Ash, Serena, Bonnie and Pikachu were asleep in the Pokecenter lobby, where they had collapsed with exhaustion after bringing Clemont to be treated the night before. Nurse Joy gently nudged Serena, who stirred and rubbed her eyes. Pikachu stirred and yawned, looking up at her.
"Good morning." Nurse Joy smiled at her. "Your friend is awake now, and asking for you all." She looked at them sympathetically, sorry to have had to wake them up - the kids were exhausted after the previous nights' ordeal.
"Oh!" Serena beamed, fully awake now. "Thank you!" She jumped up, and woke up the others, who were just as excited at the news.
They burst into the room where Clemont was being kept. He was sitting up, eyed half-open and seeming tired through his cracked lenses. He now had a bandage on side of his head and a couple of scratches on his face. On his other side, his shoulder was patched up where he had been burned. "Hi guys..." He smiled when they walked in, though with a somewhat sheepish expression. It was embarrassing to be the focus of attention in this way, but he was very happy to have awoken in a safe place and that his friends and sister were okay. When he'd woken up, he had panicked when he realized he was alone.
"Big brother!" Bonnie ran and leaped onto the bed, hugging him tightly. Clemont winced but didn't pull away, hugging her back with his good arm. "I was so worried... I'm so sorry..." She sniffled, burying her face into his chest.
Ash and Serena walked over and stood by them, expressing similar remarks of relief, happy to be reunited and safe once again.
