Dewford town was one of the smallest towns in the Hoenn region and was the most isolated. The small town of ten was located on the last island in the Hoenn region before the mainland some 700 miles away. It was the perfect place to stay a few days and not worry about much.
The sun was just beginning to peak over the horizon as the fishermen began casting their rods into the sea, swimmers and triathletes started their morning training as a man walked out of the towns pokecenter. He was dressed more professionally than the local residents with a white collared shirt and black dress pants, but what he wore was his casual dress.
"Mornin' Steven!" a man called from the dock as the man, Steven, stepped up the deck stairs. An old man in his late 70s sat at the end of the dock with his fishing rod cast out to sea
"Good morning, Julius," Steven said as he sat on the dock beside the older man and held back a yawn, "Caught anything good yet?" The older man shook his head with a grunt.
"No, and I heard that this ain't just a bad spot neither," the elder said nodding his head down the shoreline, "Marcus and Lyla ain't having any luck neither..."
"It could be this storm that supposed to hit..." Steven pounderd as the elder looked to the rising sun staining the sky a deep red and orange.
"Red skys in mornin..." the elder said quietly before a scream tore across the air.
"Help!" the voice yelled, "Please help!" Steven stood quickly and scanned the water for the source of the scream and saw a swimmer struggling towards the shore. The elder stood as Steven ran off the dock.
"What is it my boy?" Julius said shouted as the swimmer neared the shore.
"Someone's hurt badly!" the swimmer called as he finally reached shore with a body lugged over his back. Steven ran into the surf and helped the swimmer pull the injured person to shore.
"Julious go get Joy!" Steven shouted as he laid the body on the sand away from the surf. It was a woman; young. Steven laid an ear to her chest and heard no pulse so he checked her neck and still felt nothing. Steven looked up and saw one of the locals sprinting towards him with a CPR pack in hand. He grabbed in and went to work pumping and breathing life back into the still body.
Minutes passed until the woman gasped and sputtered out water. The swimmer helped her face the sand as she coughed up more and more sea water. It was then that Steven noticed two quarter sized holes, one on the back of her right shoulder and one in her side. Blood was pouring from the holes and as she lay back on the sand, he noticed the same sized holes in the same place. His blood ran cold as he realized that she had been shot. He began digging through the CPR pack for anything that could stop the bleeding as Joy and two other townsfolk came running to them.
"What happened?" she asked as she knelt down beside the woman who was quickly fading once again.
"I found her on one of the Rouge islands," the swimmer said as he helped the woman onto a stretcher. The woman whimpered in pain as they lifted her and began carrying her towards the pokecenter.
"Joy, she's been shot," Steven said grimly as he jogged to keep up with the nurse. The nurse frozen for a split second before continuing with the group as they entered the pokecenter and climbed up the stairs.
Her eyes stayed close at the bright sunlight, but her skin soaked in the warmth it gave off. She felt a deep rumble underneath her and saw she was laid up against Silas as was Riley and Altia. Her body felt heavy as if her body was replaced with lead, but she felt like she was floating. She groaned and nestled herself into Silas's fur.
"I wish I could never leave..." she muttered to herself and she felt Silas raise his head and look at her. He shifted his body and gently bit down on her side. At first, she didn't mind. It actually felt good as he started biting down harder and harder until it felt like it was going to bust open, but she didn't shove him off. The pain felt too familiar to drive away.
Then, the sunlight began to fade away and Silas suddenly let her go. He stood, making her fall to the ground and him, Riley, and Altia walked away as Lexi watched with half opened eyes. She didn't want to move anymore, but she wanted that pain back. Her body was numb and she didn't feel real anymore and that pain gave her something to grab onto.
"She'll be fine," a voice said, "We gave her some pain meds, but there is no telling when she'll wake up..."
"No..." Lexi mumbled quietly and turned in the uncomfortable grass, "I want Silas and Riley and Altia back..." The grass didn't smell like grass. It smelt too clean almost like sheets…
Steven stood beside the woman's bed as Joy finished giving what pain relief she could. Now that she was cleaned up, they noticed multiple gashes across her chest, stomach and legs that required stitches. It was one of the few things they could do with the supplies they had.
"I tried to get the bullets out, but they're too far in her to get out without surgery," Joy said as the woman mumbled something that they couldn't understand, All we can do is give her pain meds and hope that storm won't last as long as predicted..."
"You have to skill thought don't you?" Steven asked.
"We have someone in town yes, but we don't have the necessary supplies to operate," she said grimly, "And not to mention that we don't know how well she'll react to being cut open by complete strangers..."
"But if we leave those bullets in her then it could cause more damage and maybe even kill her," Steven protested as he looked down at the woman, "And we need to find out who would do this to someone," the nurse was silent for a few minutes.
"You're right," she said finally, "We have to try, but how are we going to get the supplies?"
"Leave that to me," Steven said as he grabbed his coat from a nearby chair, "I'll fly out to the mainland and see if I can buy some supplies,"
"Your father may be able to help," the nurse said as the woman began groaning in pain before Joy gave her more pain meds, "I'll get a hold of the villager and get ready for the operation," Ssteven pulled on his coat and walked down to the first floor. He pulled out his own pokeball as he walked out into the pouring rain. He released his Skarmory as lightning streaked across the sky. The metal hawk screeched before Steven placed a calming hand on its body.
"I need you're help getting to the mainland," he shouted over the poured rain and thunder. The bird screeched a question and Steven shook his head, "This is important," The bird screeched a replied and dipped a wing allowing Steven to climb on and the pair took off into the sky.
Steven kept his head down and let Skarmory find his own way through the storm. As they climbed higher and higher into the sky, the thunder became louder and louder and the lightning struck closer until they finally made it above the clouds. The storm raged below them, but they were high enough up that it couldn't touch them. Skarmory screeched a question.
"We need medical supplies," Steven shouted over the roaring wind, "And I know that Devon corporation has more than enough," Skarmory screeched a reply and began soaring towards Rustboro. They landed within 5 minutes just outside the town. As Steven hopped off, the Skarmory became jumpy. Steven looked out into the woods they had landed, but saw nothing of danger to them and continued on into the city.
He found his father in his office space, look out at the city and the looming storm that had yet to hit Rustboro. Steven tried to straighten himself up, but his jacket was soaking wet and everything about his outfit was disheveled and dirty.
"You're back early," his father said as Steven walked it, "Did you swim across the sea to get here?" he asked jokingly and Steven could help but grin.
"No, but I had to fly through the storm to get here," he said. His father frowned and sat in his chair at his desk.
"What's wrong?" he asked leaning back in the chair.
"I need medical supplies," he said calmly and his father nodded in response, "Someone washed up on the beach this morning and they don't have the supplies to help them,"
"Why not fly them here?" his father asked.
"She's in very bad shape and the storm is very bad. I barely made it out myself,"
"How bad is bad?" he asked.
"She was shot," Steven answered shortly, "Once in the solder and once in the side," his father nodded slowly and lowered his head in thought. He then pressed a button on his phone and spoke calmly
"I need Doctor San to my office," he said and clicked the phone off as he sighed deeply. He looked up at his son who was still standing stifly.
"It is a very kind thing for you to do this for just one person," his father said as Steven relaxed a bit, "I'm sure she will be very grateful when she wakes up,"
"We still need to find out who did this," Steven said defiantly and his father nodded in agreement
"I agree, but right now we need to help you're friend heal," he said as a knock came from the door, "Come in," his father said as an older man in his mid 50s walked in.
"You called for me sir?" the man asked as he stood beside Steven.
"Yes," he answered, "I need you to prepare medical supplies for surgery,"
"Sir?" the doctor asked.
"There is someone that requires your expertise," he said swiftly and nodded towards Steven. "If you would be so kind as to go with my son..."
"Yes, sir," the doctor nodded and walked out the room.
"I'm guessing you landed outside of town?" his father asked and Steven nodded his head, "I might be easier if you bring Skarmory closer," Steven nodded and made his way out the room and back to his waiting Skarmory.
When he got there, his Skarmory was screeching into the shadowed forest. Steven looked and saw a faint glimmer of light about 30 feet away. Then, a low growl filled the air as the light slowly faded away. Steven calmed his Skarmory down and traveled back to the Devon building where Doctor San stood waiting with two bags full of medical supplies. Steven fashioned the bags onto his Skarmory and the three took off towards the sky.
Joy was waiting for them when the landed and quickly took the bags and rushed them inside as Steven returned his Skarmory to its ball.
"I'm glad you brought help," she said as they rushed upstairs, "Her condition is getting worse,"
"How much worse?" the doctor asked as she lead them to the make shift surgery room where a table was already cleaned off and ready as Doctor San began taking out his tools.
"She's not responding to anything," the nurse said, "I'm afraid that she's going it a coma,"
"Steven, go get her," the doctor said as Joy helped him set up. Steven briskly jogged to her room and his blood froze.
She was much paler than when he last saw her. Her bandages were soaked with blood and some were even dripping onto her skin and the bed. She made no noise as he picked her up and her breathing was soft and shallow.
"Go go," Doctor San shooed him out as he set her down on the table, "I can't work with this many people in here..." Joy glanced at him before she went to work helping the doctor. Steven went back down stairs and tried to find someway to distract himself until they were done
She was back home at Kalos laying on the couch. Her mother was in the kitchen, but she couldn't see her dad. Silas, Riley, and Altia were laid up against the fire sleeping. The room was dimly lit and warm, making her wanting to go back to sleep.
"Don't go to sleep, hun" her mother said from the kitchen and Lexi frowned, "It's too close to dinner time,"
"Dad's not even home yet..." Lexi responded, but listened to her mother and tried to stay awake.
"He won't be home for a while..." her mother said.
"How come?" Lexi asked as she sat up and looked towards the kitchen. Her mother had her back to her and her long brown hair tumbled down her back to her waist.
"He's just busy, sweetheart," she said and walked towards her with a bowl in her hand, "And you will be too, remember?"
"I am?" she asked as her mother sat beside her on the couch and handed her the bowl full of a salty smelling soup. Lexi sneered away, "I'm not really hungry,"
"You need to eat hun," her mother said with a kind smile. Lexi looked for a moment before she took a sip of the soup.
"I'm glad you're eating..." her mother said as she finished the bowl and handed it back to her mother, "Feel less tired now?"
"Yeah actually," Lexi said as she stretched her arms high above her head. Her mother chuckled and kissed her on the forehead.
"Be safe out there okay?" she asked with sadness in her brown eyes and Lexi furrowed her brows, "You know that I love you right?"
"Yeah why wouldn't I?" she asked and then she noticed the lights becoming dimmer and dimmer, "Mom?" she asked as she started to panic.
"I'm so proud of you and I love you so much..." her mother voice echoed in the growing darkness before her mother disappeared completely from view and she was left in the darkness. The warmth faded along with her mother and all she could do was looked blindly in the dark.
Then, a beeping sound cut through the darkness and Lexi turned her head at the sound, but it only grew louder and louder until it sounded like it was right next to her ears. She forced her eyes open, and bright light flooded her sight.
"Can you turn those lights down?" a female voice asked and the bright light faded enough that she could somewhat see. She was laying in a bed and she felt sticky. Her eyes lazily drifted to the pink haired woman standing beside her bed smiling at her.
"Abbie?" Lexi croaked out and the woman shook her head.
"No," she replied, "My name is Joy. Do you know where you are?" Lexi frowned and drifted her eyes across the room. The coloring of the walls suggested that this was a pokecenter, but where?
"No," she answered stilling looking around the room. She locked eyes with a silver haired man through the window of her room. He looked at her and she frowned again, "Who are you people?"
"Do you remember anything?" Abbie asked and Lexi closed her eyes. Yeah she remembered. Vaguely anyway.
"Kind of," Lexi said as she opened her eyes and looked back Joy, "It's blurry, but..."
"Tell us what you remember," she said softly and Lexi closed her eyes again.
"I remember I was with the Professor and my father was there. There was a fight and..." she fell quiet, "Silas!" She bolted up in her bed and immanently regretted it. Her side and shoulder busted in pain and her head began to swim. Her vision went completely white and she felt Joy grab her good shoulder.
"Easy," she said as she laid her back into the bed, "You've been hurt very badly..."
"My Pyroar..." she groaned, "Silas. I need to find him..."
"You need to rest..." Joy said.
"No you don't understand..." she said weakly as she started fading once more, "He's in trouble… My father..." she never finished her sentence as she fell back into unconsciousness. Joy sighed as Steven walked into the room and looked down at the woman.
"At least we have somewhat of an idea of what happened," Joy said as she looked at the womans vitals on screen, "Which professor do you think the fight was with?"
"I don't know..." Steven said, "But she seemed very concerned about the saftey of her Pyroar,"
"Those aren't from Hoenn..." the nurse said and Steven nodded his head.
"They're from the Kalos region only," Steven muzed, "It's possible she concerned because her Pyroar is for contests,"
"We'll have to wait until she wakes up to find out," the nurse said, "Get some sleep. We have a spare bed down stairs..."
"No, I'll just sleep in one of the chairs," Steven said as he made his way to the sitting area in the room, "I don't think it's a good idea to leave someone unattended when they have no idea where they are,"
"If you say so," the nurse said as she pulled out a spare pillow and blanket from the cabnit and handed it too him, "Let me know if she wakes up during the night," After that, she shut the lights off and left to her own room, leaving Steven alone with only the sound of the gently beeping to fill the air. He made a makeshift bed in the recliner and fell into a gentle sleep.
AN: So yeah that happened lol this story is gonna be a bit gorier than most, but I honestly didn't plan for Lexi to get shot, but now that thats happened I'm gonna see how far I can make this. So, guns in my version of pokemon are one of the most dangerous things that a person can use in anyway, so they're illegal in all regions but her dad is a lunatic and has shot and killed quite a few pokemon and keeps it in their home for "Protection" against the pokemon. Be sure to let me know if you get my sneaky easter egg in this chapter and review, favorite, and follow!