After entering the Pokemon Center Asia insists that Shane goes first, and that she should set and wait, but knowing that she was up to something Alex goes with her and sets in a waiting 10 minuets passes in silence, and Asia notices that she is still very cold. Hiding her ever increasing shivering she glances over at Alex and tries to strike up a conversation."So, um If you don't mind me asking. How do you go about getting your own Gym and what made you want to be a Gym leader in the first place?"Alex, shocked by this random question, rubs the back of his hair and tries to recall the steps. "Well, first," he holds up a finger, "you have to publicly prove that you are a good trainer. The best way to do this is to take on the Gym Leader challenge and earn a badge from each gym of the region. After that, you can face the Pokemon League in Kanto."Asia, highly interested, nods."Once you have proven that you have what it takes, you have to enroll at the Pokemon League Academy. You'll have to take several tests, those in paper form and in battle, before you can even be considered for a position as a Gym Leader. Only the 4 best trainers can be chosen."A bit saddened, Asia nods again."So what made you want to become a gym leader? Love of Pokemon? Determination to be the best? What?Just as Alex opened his mouth to reply, Nurse Joy walks in and ushers them in to see walk into the room where Shane is being kept. He is resting in a glass case with a tube running into this throat. Cables surrounded the case and were hooked into a machine covered in colorful blinking lights. Asia gasped."It would seem that your Pokemon has a serious case of Laryngitis. For most Pokemon, this wouldn't effect more than their ability to speak or swallow, but in the case of Dragon and Fire type Pokemon, this can rupture their fire-producing gland, making it difficult to launch any attacks. Not only does it affect the ability to breath fire, but it is awfully painful and makes the Pokemon very weak. It's a good thing you guys brought him in this early into his condition, before it got out of absentmindedly grabs Alex's hand, lacing her fingers through his and looks at him with large thankful eyes, then starts sobbing."How long will it be until he is better?" Asia asks Nurse Joy, still looking at Alex."His treatments will be over in about 12 hours. He'll still need plenty of rest afterward. Lucky for him, being a Dragon-type rather than a Fire-type Pokemon, he won't need to go into surgery as the glad will repair itself over time."Asia smiles a little and shivers, then walks over to Shane in his glass tube (still clinging to Alex of course)"Shane, I love you. I trust that you are in good hands buddy, please hold on."She slowly touches the part of the tube closest to Shane's face with her free hand, then turns and starts walking out."C'mon. I'm sleepy. I want to rest in the waiting room."Nurse joy smiles And Alex follows Asia. One- Because she is crying, and Two-... she still has a death grip on his that night, Alex and Asia are awoken to an earsplitting noise and the electricity going nearly out of her skin, Asia quickly evaluates the situation. It was nearly 8 o'clock in the morning, she could tell by the small amount of light coming from the window closest to her and Alex. Nurse Joy runs in in a panic not even a second later."Alex, the Vibrava... Without electricity he will be in trouble."In a flash Asia is outside. It had snowed constantly, and very hard since they arrived. The snow had gathered up at least another foot. But without even thinking, she ran into the knee-high snow, and disappeared around the tries to find her. but has no success, her tracks end at the power box, which seems to have been pried open. He hears her voice, but still doesn't see her."A...Alex... Help..."After hearing her more clearly, He looks in that direction, and notices near the power pole, some of the snow looks caved in."Hey Asia., did you fall?"As he comes closer he can hear her crying and the sounds of a large Pokemon coming closer."B...Be careful Alex.. The hole is huge I don't want you stuck to" She stuttered. A mixture of fear and the fact that she was setting waist deep in snow made it difficult not gently feels for the edge of the hole, and Peers inside."Asia?"He spots her bright red hair immediately. Concern is written all over his face as he sees how deep the hole is, and that she is practically buried in the snow."Its broke... I really messed up this time.. I cant move Alex!" She cried. She breaks down crying. Inside she knows Shane's condition is worsening by the second, and she had clumsily fallen into a hole. 'I'll never become a Gym leader at this rate.' she thought, wonders what he could do, but none of his Pokemon would be very helpful in a situation like this, and he didn't have to tools to venture down for her. He comes to a conclusion. Alex pulles a Poke Ball from his belt. "Come on out, Delibird!" A red-colored bird Pokemon (similar to an owl and a penguin) appeared from the ball. It had white feathers around its eyes and beak, and carried a tan sack, like Santa Clause. "Delibird, FLY!"It took off, as Alex called to it, instructing his Pokemon as to what to retrieve from his house. (Gear to rescue Asia.)Just as the Delibird was out of sight, A loud roar of a Charizard, and then the sound of shattering glass shook the the Charizard landed on the ground, knocking Alex into the hole beside Asia, and a huge breath of flame wasn't far screamed, all the ice and snow covering her melted and Alex was slightly burned on his left from out of nowhere, just as the Charizard was about to finish them off, A blur of red-ish tint scooped them up, and placed them carefully behind the Pokemon center's sign. Many attacks were exchanged before the mystery Pokemon defeated the Charizard with a flame attack... more powerful than expected from such a small Pokemon that saved them then landed in front of them... and looked Asia in the eyes."...SHANE!" Asia shrieked immediately, and jumped into the newly evolved arms of her best friend... Now a Flygon.
Alex sat there, watching Asia hug what was apparently Shane, of whom had evolved. A million questions were running through his head, but he couldn't help but smile.
Asia looked so content when she was near Shane. It was such an emotional sight that it pulled the strings of his heart.
He was setting there, holding his burned side, just watching Asia check Shane out. He almost laughed as she got on the tiptoes of her good foot to feel the long antenna-like things atop Shane's head.
Then Alex got a good look at Asia's ankle. It was horribly bruised and setting weird, and now, after the fall another bruise was forming along her calf region.
He knew she would protest, but Alex had to get Asia to allow Nurse Joy to look at her injury.
Alex was standing up, getting ready to get firm with Asia when Nurse Joy's voice came from the ground.
"I have the Charizard in this Pokeball. I demand that you two get down here for treatment if you wish for me to continue treatment on your Pokemon."
Alex heard Asia suck in air, and saw her start to puff up when Shane grabbed her and flew her inside.
He did laugh then, surprising himself. "Well, it will be easier to get that stubborn girl to get some help now that there is a Flygon on the side of reason."
Delibird returned then, and Alex simply returned it to his Pokeball, then nimbly slid down the roof of the Pokemon Center, then down the thin pole beside the one holding the power box.
Alex looked inside the box, flipped a switch and heard the power inside come back on.
He smirked as he walked inside the Pokemon Center. He was amused how quickly he had become attached to the stubborn, hot headed, bi-polar girl he found inside his destroyed gym.
Nurse Joy lead him into the back of the center, past the room where he saw Asia getting her leg being wrapped in a cast by Nurse Joy's Chansey. She caught his eyes, and bit her lip. He knew she was thankful, despite how stubborn she acted.
It didn't take long for Nurse Joy to clean and bandage his burns, but she insisted he say for observation at least overnight.
She lead him to a room just down the hall from where Shane had been, and immediately saw two beds side by side, with only a small end table to separate them. In the bed to the left was Asia. She was wearing her trademark grumpy face, and had an emerald green cast on her leg all the way to her knee, and was elevated by a pulley system attached to the ceiling.
As he walked over to his bed, he noticed she was drawing on her cast with markers (apparently supplied by Chansey).
After Nurse Joy made sure everything was ok, and everyone was content (aside from Asia not wanting to be there) she left them alone.
Alex studied the side of Asia's face. He wondered where she came from, and what made her become so hardened, stubborn and bi-polar, and more than anything, he wanted to know… Why had she been at sea (probably a stow-away) for a substantial amount of time with Shane.
He took the opportunity to study her face. It was heart shaped, a wide forehead, round cheeks and a slightly pointy chin. She had a very small, slightly up-turned nose and high cheekbones. He now noticed how long her eyelashes were, and that despite her lack of plucking her eyebrows, they were beautifully arched and slightly darker than her hair. Her only facial flaw was her extremely thin, light colored lips.
Asia saw him staring at her from the corner of her eye, but for once had nothing sassy to say. She remembered watching him fall asleep, before the Charizard caused the power outage. He hadn't tried to pull his hand from hers, and had fallen asleep holding it. He was practically a stranger but she trusted him very much. She had acted like she was asleep for a long time after he had drifted off. She had set there, holding his hand, studying his face and thinking.
It confused her that he barely knew her and was being so generous and caring. She wondered if it was in his nature to be so sweet.
Before she had fallen asleep, she had made note of all of his facial features. A strong chin, slightly covered by a brunette soul-patch type deal. His cheeks weren't fat in the slightest, and his nose was every definition of perfect. He had bushy eyebrows that were almost completely covered by his long hair, and slightly thin lips. She thought he was absolutely breathtaking.
Completely out of character, she had swiped his hair out of his eyes before curling up in her chair, her head resting on his shoulder, still holding his hand.
Now as she put the finishing touches on her chibi version of Shane on her cast, she grew slightly uncomfortable with him staring at her for so long. She didn't want to embarrass him, so she quickly looked over at him and smiled.
"Will you sign my cast?" She asked, reaching a black marker toward him.
Alex got up and walked over to her, taking the marker and signed her cast with his full name, then started doodling a Meowth beside of it. He then set down, and drew a few Pokemon around his name.
Asia just sat there and watched him draw.
