Cobalt returned to the day care, the old lady was smiling and hugged him, the boy with the Flareon was still there, but the other boy had left, there was still a lot of blood over the pavement.
"That was brilliant young man, you showed that you can definitely handle this day care on your own. Here are the keys, please take care, and thank you." The old lady left Cobalt and the other boy there.
Cobalt turned to the boy. "I have to thank you, you saved my Eevee."
"I guess I had to, considering that you sacrificed it to save that boy."
"What? Sacrificed?" Cobalt had no idea what the boy was talking about.
"What did you expect to happen after you made it attack that Scyther? It was going to die, Eevee had no chance, if you wanted to be a hero, you should have attacked the Scyther yourself."
"I knew that my Eevee was able to make a save that kid, I wouldn't have been able to. You sent you Flareon against it."
"My Flareon has a type advantage, and I attacked from a distance, not only that, but I gave Flareon the choice to stay out of the fight, he chose to help. Pokémon are living creatures, these attacks have proved that they are no different from humans, they are just as dangerous and have the same emotions, I don't like to see them treated like animals and toys."
"I don't treat my Pokémon like animals, I trusted Eevee to save that boy, I knew he would be ok. Except for some reason, his wound didn't heal properly at the Pokémon centre."
"They don't heal, they age the wound, causing the body to heal itself, just in a shorter time. That's how all healing stuff works on this island. Honestly, what have you been doing for the past two days?" Cobalt didn't think anybody had gotten a lot done in the past two days.
"I have been waiting in line for most of it, I would assume everyone else has been similar."
"Ah yeah, but people actually talk and read and look at things when they are in line, what have you done? Other than learning how to make your tackle attack do more damage?"
"I got a badge against Falkner."
"That's it? Have you evolved anything? Caught anything since I gave you my Rattata?"
"No, have you?"
The boy laughed at Cobalt as he pulled out five Pokéballs, opening them all. His team consisted of Spinarak, Ghastly, Psyduck, Nidorino, Rattata and the Flareon he had recently used.
"I also have my first badge. But I really want to know how you got a badge when you only have an Eevee, a Poliwag and a Rattata?"
"I used Poliwag and Eevee, just beat him through skill and determination."
"Are you that Cobalt kid that I have heard people talking about?"
"Yeah I am, what's your name?" Falkner must have told people about their battle.
"I am Obsidian, remember that, because you will hear everyone talk about it soon, later kid."
Obsidian walked out the door and started walking south towards Ilex Forest, all his Pokémon following him. Cobalt sat down at the day care desk, he wrote up a sign to schedule times for the day care to be open, so he didn't have it open at all times.
