Her face was twisted, distorted. Her mouth was bent in a frown and her lips were held taught. Her eyes were closed, slammed shut. Her very hands had stiffened and the bones were starting to stick out of her hands, they were so strained. The 'bottle' she griped was her source of misery at the moment, being that the contents had healed her burnt shoulder.
"That..." She muttered, feeling a new, deep empathy for her Pokémon around her. "Tastes so...uh...how do you put up with this stuff?!"
Aidian only let out a small smile as the Pokémon around her laughed. Burn Heals, or rather, any of the heals were truly and uniquely off the taste charts. Aidian later had tried to describe what they tasted like, but only her face and a few grotesque words she spewed from her mouth could even come close to the misery she remembered. At this moment however, she stopped everything else she was doing, and had decided that this could not go on.
"Tina! Look!" The twin turned to see what her Blue Ribbon sister was pointing at. Upon seeing it, the two sisters laughed. Upon a bottle next to the other Full Heals, was titled; Fruity Heals:Full Heal Orange!
As they looked along the shelves, they could see that the full heal came in, not only Orange now, but also in Grape and Mint. A few other heals carried similar flavors, like Cherry, Lemon-Lime, Blueberry, Chocolate Malt, and Raspberry. The twins could not believe their eyes. The time had been taken to make these things- for what reason?
"Go! Cyndaquil!" Tina rang. It wasn't all to rare to hear trainers call on their Pokémon in the marts. It hadn't been band, since no one was dumb enough to start fights in there yet. When the Pokémon answered his master's call, Tina presented the Full Heal to him. "Look, this Full Heal tastes like Grapes! Isn't that funny?"
"Cyn!" If a Pokémon's face could light up, this was the time. Taking his stubby arms, he grasped bottle to draw it to himself. The Pokémon was ecstatic. Hearing other Pokémon nearby, he zoomed over to them, and immediately began talking to them. It wasn't long before the entire store had gotten a little out of hand with happy Pokémon.
"We're so sorry, sir." Nina ran up to the man who owned that Pokémon Cyndaquil had been so fond toward. "We- don't know whats going on."
"Of course!" He exclaimed, and soon the was caught up in the wind of it also.
"Eh...Excuse me?" Tina, just as lost as her sister, asked. "Of course, what?"
"Oh- I'm sorry girls. You see, these Heals, I suppose they don't taste so good. They are better than the herbs, but I'm sure this tops them all. These poor Pokémon, they must be so thrilled that they can finally enjoy healing on the road!"
The twins turned to each other, and soon were laughing. It made perfect sense! They quickly ran back to the Full Heals and stocked up on the three flavors to replace the many originals they had already. This place was a trip, and the twins hoped that one day, they could stay for good.
"Squir?" The Pokémon looked up to her as she ruffled her bag. She had pokéballs in here somewhere. Finally locating one, She looked toward the Pidgey with determination. Being left handed, she stood with her right foot out and cast the empty pokéball toward the weakened Pokémon before her. Kai hoped it would catch.
The pokéball looked as if it was going to spin over the Pidgey's head, but instead, along the middle, it cracked and sent a bolt of light down upon the Pokémon below. The two figures quickly grew to be no more than white silhouettes. The lower half of the image was drawn into the top, spherical orb. The pokéball snapped shut, and regained it's color before it hit the ground. There was a second of silence, and it rocked heavily to the left. Another pause. It rocked again, only less violently this time. Again, it rocked. Now, it was silent once more- and the only thing to break the silence was a soft click of the center white circle to retract- locking the containing sphere.
"Now that," Kai cooed to her Squirtle, bowing to pick up the pokéball. "Is how you catch a Pokémon!"
"I'll take your Pokemon." Maple smiled. "And your gear please, Scree."
Scout fished in his pocket, and pulled out a small card that his boss had forwarded to him. It was a pass that allowed him into the staff areas. Still smiling, the Professor nodded and bowed. She then turned and pressed a long arrangement of buttons to open the same side door.
"Across the hall." She hummed, and turned to the next person who was leaving PokéEarth.
Scout found himself in a direct path, unlike the one had used before with all the passwords and such. At the door across the hall, he once again slipped his card into a demanding slot. The door opened, and he entered. It was the same room that he had the interview in.
There she sat, staring at the screens the monitored the entire population. Did she sit there all day? As Scout walked in from behind her, She didn't move, nor did she greet him. Her head was always turned to the screens.
"Aidian?" Scout asked, nearly right behind her now. Startled, she whirled around. He was soon shocked as 'she' was, her her eyes were long lines- like a ditto's! He blinked, and soon the Pokémon reverted to it's puddy purple-pink form.
"Ditto! Dit Dit!" And the Pokémon re-formed into the creator, turning it's attention back to the screens. Scout stood clueless for a moment. Kind of lonely, he released his Eevee onto the floor beside him. Satisfied, he wondered how he would reach the real character he looked for.
"Oh! Scree, it's you." Turning his head, he saw the familiar Slowking.
"Is everyone going to call me that now?" The scout sighed.
"Only those you don't tell otherwise. The entire system is going to recognize you by that name though. But, I highly doubt you came to ask about your registry name."
"I actually came to see how Aidian was. My boss has been on the edge and I wanted to make sure everything is alright."
When the slowking was slow to words, a bit of fear crept onto Scout's face. The kid was a genius, what could have gone wrong? To panic or not to panic, that was the question.
"She's been better, but it could get worse. I don't know if she could see you right now, however. If there was any matter your truly wished to meet her over I can get a memo out that you came over it."
"Just- tell her I was here. Is there anything I can do?"
"Yes. Take care of that egg. There are five others who have the egg- find them. Those eggs form a nasty team if in the wrong hands. Just follow your instincts- and don't let anything happen to those eggs."
Abruptly, the Slowking turned and left. Scout guessed he was never going to be able to ask what it was. Looking at the pokéball it was contained in for protective purposes, he saw the glow of a red ring at the top. Whistling to his Eevee, they turned to leave back to the world Aidian had created. Scout just hoped that her creation wasn't turning on her...