Thank you all of my lovely reviewers! You made me all warm and fuzzy
And het het, I have to agree with you. Pokemon and Gamefreak and them screwed up by making Black and White, although I like Zekrom and Victini :D. I rather have Diamond and Pearl and all of the old ones over this new crap.
Chapter 6
"Rose!" Lairen hissed as his elbows scraped the ground. He grit his teeth and examined her. Her hair was a mess, her hat was missing, and her face, neck, and every other inch of whatever skin that had been exposed was oozing blood. He scowled and shook his head crossly.
"Rose..." he repeated softly and looked around. He set her down gently and turned to Absol, who was pacing back and forth frantically as she too looked for help for her trainer.
Hastily, Lairen pulled out a pokeball from his pocket and summoned Staravia, muttering curses as he did so.
"Staravia, go look for Nurse Joy! Tell her we need help!" Lairen told his pokemon desperately, strain and anxiety starting to fill him. "Hurry!"
Staravia raised one wing as if in salute before turning and flying off, screeching like a bat out of hell as it zoomed off.
"Hang in there, Rose... Please!" Lairen begged Rose and searched through his backpack for bandages and gauze wrap. Unfortunately for him, he was low on both.
Rose moaned in pain, tears spilling from her eyes and she winced in pain as the tears filled her cuts and scrapes. She moaned again and then winced again. Her whole body was a mass of scrapes and cuts, and her clothes were tattered.
"Rose, it's okay. I'm here. We're getting help for you. Just hang in there, okay?" Lairen told her softly, fear, panic, and something else he couldn't place filling him from skin through to bone. He shook slightly with the force of it.
"But... there isn't... anywhere for... miles around..." Rose gasped out, each noise bringing a new wince to her as the pain flooded her.
"Well we're hoping that there is..." Lairen replied, just as soft.
"Where... where's my hat?" Rose asked croakily.
"I can look for it..." Lairen offered.
"Please?" Rose replied and blinked her eyes a few times.
Lairen nodded and stood, then looked under the tree for the hat that Rose loved so much. After having no look on the ground, he had started to climb the tree when Rose called out.
"Don't!" she said as loud as she could manage, although it hurt her greatly. "Don't make the same mistake I did..."
Lairen ignored her and started climbing. Without having to climb too high, Lairen found it stuck on a branch. There was a tear or two in the fabric, but nothing he couldn't manage. He set it on his head and climbed down slowly, looking around and holding to the tree trunk as tightly as possible. He slowly came back down to the ground and came back to Rose's side. He set the hat gingerly on her chest.
"Thank... you..." Rose breathed. She tried to keep her breathing even, though it hurt like she had knives lodged in her chest. She touched the hat with lacerated finger and smiled wearily and painfully to Lairen. "Thank you so much..." her eyes fluttered a little.
"Go to sleep." Lairen instructed. "When you again wake up, we'll be with Nurse Joy and them. You'll see."
"Promise you won't leave?" Rose croaked out, though her eyes dropped as she spoke.
"Promise." Lairen replied and watched as she slowly fell asleep. Her chest slowly rose and fell and Lairen sat back, wondering what the hell to do next.
I know this was a shorter chapter and I apologize. I'll make the next one longer.