Chapter 10:

Lucy yawned as she walked down the road to Blackthorn Hospital. She had slept pretty well last night, and was excited to see Jude again today. Currently it was her day off from work, but she didn't mind, she just wanted to learn more about him.

Instead of her HAA uniform, she had on a dark green shirt with denim jeans. She smiled as the hospital came into view. I wonder what Jude is up to she thought to as she made her way inside.

Soon she arrived outside of Jude's room. Odd, its strangely quiet she thought as she opened the door. She was about to say good morning to him when the sight in front of her caused her dead in her tracks.

Oh no, they didn't she thought as she stared at Jude. He was still asleep, with the pacifier from yesterday in his mouth. She was about to go up and remove it from him when a thought struck her. If he wakes up when I try to do that, he might mistake it as me doing it she realized. As she tried to figure out what to do next, Jude stirred in his sleep.

Jude shifted his back up against the bedframe and groggily opened his eyes. He could see Lucy standing there, and opened his mouth to say good morning, when something fell into his lap. A confused expression came onto his face as he looked down, his eyes going wide when he realized what was in his lap.

"…Lucy. I imagine this isn't your doing, but do me a favor. Go stand out in the hallway for a moment." Lucy didn't even try to respond, simply backing out through the door, and closing it.

"Those nurses just won't stop" she muttered to herself. "I hope he is alright in there" she said before hearing another loud crash from his room. Oh no, now what has he done? She thought as she opened the door again.

Jude was standing over by the window, which he appeared to have broken. His left hand was bleeding, his right hand was holding the pacifier, and he was panting heavily. She was about to approach him when he suddenly turned and faced her, his eyes red, this time giving off a feeling of wrath.

"Do me…a favor. Tell those nurses…that if they try something like that again…I will make them SUFFER." With that he lobbed the pacifier out the broken window, pounding his right hand against the wall.

Lucy slowly backed out of the room, wanting to give him some time alone. She sat down in a nearby chair before huffing in frustration.

Those idiot nurses she thought. He's already against the idea of being adopted and having this happen to him, so what makes you think forcing it upon him in his sleep is a good idea?! Lucy clenched her paws as she thought about that, only getting more frustrated at what they had done.

Jude sat back down in the hospital bed, his left hand over his bare chest so the blood wouldn't get on the sheets. Those FUCKING nurses. They know I hate when they pull this shit, yet the just, WONT, STOP. Jude wanted to scream, but he knew that wouldn't make the situation better. He attempted to ball his hands into a fist, then immediately regretted doing that as pain shot through his left hand.

"YOW!" He yelled as he clutched his arm with his right hand. Why the fuck did I think that was a good idea?! He mentally slapped himself as Lucy came back into the room, carrying a roll of hospital bandages in one of her paws.

"Let's take care of that injury before you hurt yourself again, alright?" She said as she started to treat his injury. She gently wrapped his left hand in the bandages, taking care to cover the cuts on his knuckles while still giving his fingers room.

Jude sat there stunned. She's a lot more skilled at this sort of thing than I expected he thought as he watched her work. Sorta reminds me of how I dealt with minor cuts out in the Wilderness.

"There, all done." Lucy said as she finished wrapping up Jude's hand. He took a moment to observe her work, and was impressed. How much experience does she have at doing this? He wondered as she got up and walked to the other side.

"I have an idea. Instead of staying here where this could happen again, let's go out to lunch. Just the two of us." She poked her head out into the hallway and called for a wheelchair.

"…Ummmm." Jude wasn't sure what she was planning, and didn't quite know how to feel about it. On one hand, it would be great to get out of this place for a while, but on the other, it terrified him thinking about being out in public. He was about to speak up when Lucy looked back at him.

"I can imagine you are scared about going out in your condition, but I want you to trust me. I can go get your clothes for you to change into and we can head out for awhile." Before Jude could argue with her Lucy had already stepped out. I know he may not want to, but he needs some fresh air to help clear his head she thought as she we to get his clothes.

"…I guess we are going out today." Jude didn't know what he should do. He could almost guarantee that if they went out the other Pokémon would try to baby him, and he wasn't going to let that happen again. I'm just gonna have to be on guard I guess he thought to himself.

After a few minutes of preparations, the two of them were heading down the hall for the elevator. Jude was back in his normal clothing, sitting in a wheelchair, with Lucy pushing it behind him. He tried to tell her that he could walk but she wouldn't take no for an answer.

Soon they were outside of the hospital, heading down the streets of Blackthorn City. Jude was feeling extremely uncomfortable in his current position. Everyone is staring he thought as he tried to keep his attention straight ahead. Around him he could clearly see other Pokémon walking, some of which were with humans, all of which were dressed like infants.

Jude just kept his head down and tried not to draw much attention to himself. Despite that some of the Pokémon that they passed still tried to talk to Lucy about Jude, a few of them cooing at him.

Lucy tried to ignore the Pokémon she passed. She leaned down and whispered to Jude "Sorry, I didn't think there would be this much attention out here. But don't worry, once we get to our destination it should let up." He very slightly nodded his head as they continued onward, soon stopping outside of a diner.

"Here we are. This is one of my favorite spots to eat at, The Jazz Valley." Jude snorted at the name, as Lucy expected. "Oh hush, its actually pretty good. Hopefully you'll agree with me" she said as she opened the door and pushed Jude inside.