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 Poke ball. 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, and Alex simply returned it to his Poke ball, then nimbly slid down the roof of the Pokemon Center, and 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 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. Rested her head resting on his shoulder, still holding his hand, then fell asleep.
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.