DISCLAIMER: If I need to put this here, it's obvious I own nothing.
SPECIAL THANKS: Christy C.
Awakenings and Returns
"Ash, what happened?"
"I don't know! I just found him on the floor, unconscious!"
The room was a blur, swirling like the ocean as the queasy feeling in Paul's stomach only grew worse. He groaned in pain. "Prim...rose..."
Johanna took his hand, the boy she sympathized with since he had no parents and since his brother was dead. "Who's that, Paul? Is something wrong?"
Paul tried to sit up, a wave of pain surging through his head as he did. Honeysuckle! She couldn't find out about this! Not yet! She was too frail, and Paul couldn't lose anyone in his life anymore! Finding out about this would send her into a coma! He struggled to get up, but Johanna made him lay back down on the chairs they had lined up together to create a makeshift bed.
"Good thing you were already in a hospital, right Paul?" Ash tried to lighten the mood.
Paul frowned. Sometimes he just wanted to strangle that guy so much. "I...I have to get home...I have to stop her from...doing something stupid..."
"Calm down Paul," Johanna frowned. "Now explain to us what you mean."
"Reggie's daughter..." Paul winced in pain, "Has come home..."
Ash raised an eyebrow at him, nodding slowly. "Yes Paul, she's been home for awhile. Honeysuckle is fine." Ash said slowly, as if explaining this to a kindergartner. Paul scowled at him, pushing Johanna's hand away when she tried to keep him down.
"Not that one." he snapped at him, pushing away their helping hands as he stood. He tilted slightly, putting one hand to his head, and one to the wall as the entire world spun. He let out a light groan and Johanna shook her head.
"Paul, you should sit down." she scolded, ignoring everything he said. Ash, on the other hand, looked as though he was going to be the next to faint.
"Primrose?" he gurgled, and Johanna immediately turned her panicked attention to him. Ash tripped on himself, nearly falling over.
"Okay! Boys! This isn't cool! You can't both do this to me!" she complained.
A nurse rushed up to them.
"Miss Hikari?" she questioned.
"What?" Johanna nearly whined. The nurse tilted her head questionably, before shaking it.
"Your daughter's awake!"
Colette rubbed her temples. Nothing in this case added up. No one had a vendetta against the bubbly Sinnoh coordinator.
Maybe the man truly was a drunk driver like many people thought. But no...something about this man rubbed Colette the wrong way. She groaned aloud, dropping her head onto the desk.
One of the other officers stepped into the room, looking at her with pitying eyes. "Colette, you need to sleep. You've been non-stop on this case for the last three days. Give it a break, let it cool down for a little while. Even if you're right, the news has spread across the entire region that Sinnoh's top coordinator was in a car accident." the man offered her a slight smile, "If this is a real case, then you'll figure this out." he nodded to her and Colette nodded, sighing.