Kaia twirled the spoon in her hand as she looked at the tamato berry soup. Finally they gave her something other than oran or sitrus berry related foods. She welcomed the great spicy taste, but she didn't want to be stuck there anymore. She was worried about Etain, and she needed to see her linked partner. And what happened to Nereus? Was the oshawott okay?
The trainer finished her soup and proceeded to throw her spoon across the room. How much longer did she have to stay in the stupid room not being able to do anything?
Kaia sighed. Now her only form of semi-entertainment was laying on the ground on the other side of the room. She couldn't do anything else at the moment, not even reach for her PokeDex, or grab a book to read. Earlier, she had tried to get up and find where Etain was to check up on him, but all she succeeded in doing was opening one of her wounds. She definitely did not want to go through that again.
The opened, revealing the doctor from before with his hands in his lab coat as always.
"How's it going?" he asked.
Kaia glared at him. That was definitely not the question she wanted to be asked right now.
The doctor looked a little surprised. Normally when he asked that question, his patients would not get that upset. Probably because they were closer to full recovery and leaving the hospital. Not Kaia, especially how she had re-opened her wound. He chuckled nervously.
"Heh. Uh, sorry."
Kaia's glare pierced him.
"Unless you have something to say other than stupid shit like that, I don't want to hear it, Doctor Russell. Now get out."
Doctor Russell nodded and left the room. Kaia groaned and looked back up at the ceiling. She had just cursed. She never does that, and usually gets in trouble for it. But, there was no one to do that now. Kaia looked out the window. Maybe she didn't have to worry about her speech and actions anymore. It would definitely be a relief to not have to worry about being extremely proper anymore; she could act freely more often.
Kaia looked around for something to do. Her spoon was still on the ground, and she had no way to get it.
The trainer sighed again. She finally decided to just look out the window. She had finished her soup, and she had nothing else to do, so why the hell not? It gave her the chance to people watch. She really hoped she was going to get out of there soon.
A few days later, the door to the room opened. Etain and Nereus ran in and jumped on their trainer, causing Kaia to wince. Her pokemon together were heavier than she expected. Nereus didn't seem to notice, but Etain did. He got off of Kaia and picked Nereus as well. Kaia let a breath out and smiled. Both of them were fine. Since pokemon healed a lot faster, it only made sense that Etain would be up and moving before Kaia. Although, Kaia's side was feeling a little better.
Etain looked at Kaia for a moment, and then licked her face. Kaia smiled. If Etain was already back to being hyper, then she could at least get out of bed. Kaia slowly got out of the bed, and with some difficulty, stood up.
Kaia took a few steps forward and smiled triumphantly. She only had wounds on her back and side, so why wouldn't she be able to walk?
Kaia walked around a little more and was soon out of breath. Kaia groaned. Just doing that was enough to tire her out. But, if she kept working like this, she would be able to regain her strength so she could get out of the hospital and everything would go back to normal. At least, that's what she hoped.
The trainer decided to walk toward the window. Some sunlight was shining through after all. Kaia did like sitting in the sun after all. It always made her feel good.
Kaia pulled up a chair and sat down in the sunlight. She could feel the warmth spreading throughout her body, and it felt so refreshing.
Etain walked over to Kaia and sat down in the sunlight as well. Since he was a fire-type, being in the sunlight made him feel stronger. Actually, being near anything warm made him feel stronger.
Kaia looked down at Etain and started petting his head. His fur felt so warm, but that was probably because of the sunlight. Kaia closed her eyes and smiled. This felt just like it did when she was back in Ransei after a big battle with another kingdom. She would just lay down on the grass and soak in the sun with Etain.
The next day, the Doctor Russell came in to check on Kaia's wounds. He looked at Kaia in shock. Her wounds were so much better - they were almost completely healed, when only a few days ago, it showed that she would need to be in the hospital for at least another month. Now it was like she could leave in a day.
Doctor Russell shook his head. He just couldn't believe it. It was impossible. There was just no way a person could heal that quickly. That was something only pokemon did. It was something that a human just could not do.
Kaia looked at the doctor.
"Something wrong? What's taking you so long?"
Doctor Russell sighed and closed his eyes.
"You should be able to leave tomorrow," said the doctor, "I don't know how it happened, but the wounds you have are almost fully healed."
Etain and Nereus started celebrating, and Kaia smiled. She would only have to be cooped up in there for one more day. Then, she would be able to get back on track for her journey.
While the trainer and her two pokemon were celebrating, Doctor Russell was silently watching this display. Maybe he shouldn't mention it. Kaia was a pain when they had to put the IV in her arm. He could just surprise her with it. She was rude to him a few days ago. This could just be a small form of payback from him to her.
Doctor Russell headed toward the door.
"I'll come and check up on you a little later."
Kaia nodded, and the doctor left the room.
Doctor closed the door behind him and found one of the nurses. He kept his hands in his pockets while he called her over.
"Yes Doctor Russell?" she asked.
"I need you to do blood work on the patient Kaia Iltiné. I want to run some tests on her blood."
The nurse smiled.
"Of course. I'll get someone to take a sample of her blood."
The nurse and Doctor Russell parted ways to go on with their individual jobs.
In the room, Kaia was looking out the window again. During the past few weeks she was in that room, looking out the window had become her most common past time. Although, there weren't that many people to watch today. Kaia sighed in boredom, then softly chuckled. It seemed like she was doing a lot more of that lately. There wasn't really anything to do in the room. It wasn't like she was on a route and soaking in the sunlight; she had to sit in that room with no chance of going outside until the next day.
The door opened and revealed a nurse. Kaia looked at her with a confused expression. She was expecting the doctor to come back in. Why was that nurse in there? There weren't any other tests that they had to do, right?
Kaia spotted the needle that the nurse was holding.
"Woah woah woah," said Kaia, "What are you going to do with that?!"
"I'm just gonna take a quick blood sample," said the nurse, "It's not a big deal; it'll be alright. Please, Miss Iltiné, stay still for the time being."
Kaia ignored her and tried to scoot out of the bed, but the nurse held her steady.
"It'll be over before you know it. Just calm down; it's all going to be okay."
Kaia looked down and squeezed her eyes shut. She was not going to enjoy this. One thing she hated about this new world was definitely the needles for taking blood and vaccinations. They just didn't make sense to her. Of course it was probably like that for a reason, she just didn't like it. Why couldn't they do tests like this in a different way? Like scanning or something? There was just no way she was going to understand that type of thing.
The trainer noticed that the nurse had four different tubes with her.
She's going to fill all of those up with my blood?! Why does she need so much?!
Etain jumped up and licked Kaia's hand for support. Kaia had accidentally used their link without noticing. Kaia looked down at her growlithe and smiled. No matter what, he was always there for her.
The nurse put the needle in Kaia's right arm and started taking some of the blood. She connected the first tube to the needle and filled it with Kaia's blood. Kaia winced and started shaking a little. Each time the nurse connected another tube to the needle. Kaia started shaking even more than she was before. When this tube was filled, the nurse would be halfway done. But, to Kaia, it felt like an eternity.
Kaia sighed. How could she be fine with getting stabbed by a wild pokemon, but was terrified of a nurse putting a needle in her arm?
Soon, the nurse was done filling the fourth tube. Kaia breathed a sigh of relief and glared at the nurse.
"Why didn't anyone tell me that someone was going to come in and take some blood?"
The nurse smirked and said, "I guess Doctor Russell just forgot to tell you."
Kaia sighed.
I'm gonna kill him.
The nurse left the room and Kaia sighed, leaning back into the bed. It was all going to be over tomorrow. Just one more day.
Okay, so you know when you're gonna have a lot of free time, but then you end up being insanely busy? That's basically been me this entire summer. I thought I was going to have a lot more time to write and upload, but no, I suddenly had so much work to do. I still should have found some time to write, so that's my fault I guess.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I'll see you in the next one!
