Ok, here's the next chapter. Hope you enjoy it.
Chapter 10: Help has come over
The silver bird kept flying with Danny on it's beak and 2 Pokémon on it's claws. It had passed the desert and the forest, and it was flying over a small lake. It was focused on the ground, looking for a place to land safely, when suddenly it heard a voice that was well-known for it.
"Sked!" The bird looked at the man who called it, who was in front of a small but beautiful home, and slowly but carefully flew down. The man's happy face changed to a worried expression when he noticed the 3 hurt Pokémon the bird was carrying. When the bird was close enough to the man, it hovered in front of him, waiting for it's friend to pick up the Pokémon.
"Luke! Dani! Bring up the first-aid kit! We have some hurt Pokémon!" The man heard noises inside the house. Few seconds after, a young boy and a teen got out, a small metallic suitcase, some towels and comfortable beds in their hands. The bird gently put down Danny in the biggest bed, and the others in the smallest ones. The boy got closer to the bird, who had landed, and petted it.
"Thanks Skarmory" he said, receiving a happy cry from the bird. Meanwhile, the teen and the man went inside, put down the beds and started taking out medicines from the kit.
"Could you please come here to help us Luke?" called the man.
"In coming dad!" shouted back Luke as he ran inside and looked at the suffering Pokémon.
"Dani. Give me the alcohol" the teen nodded, took out a small bottle and gave it to the man.
"How are they, dad?" she asked a little worriedly.
"The little guys are badly hurt, maybe because they were hit by sharp rocks; however they will heal quick, so not to worry about them. The one that we really need to take care of is this Umbreon. It has got several deep scratches all over his body, the worst ones in it's head. It's paw is severally hurt, almost like broken, and it has a big scar in it's left eye. Maybe this Umbreon had a harsh fight against a Pokémon with sharp claws like Scyther and, even though it did it's best efforts, lost. Thank goodness Sked was flying around it and this guys, so we can help them"
"But dad" complained Dani "You know that we don't have so much medicine to attend the 3 Pokémon. I know we just started this healing business, but because we are still new, we need help from the Pokémon Centers right now" Her dad sighed in defeat.
"If only we had more money to buy a bigger house and more medicine, we would heal them. But you are right, we have to call them" He stood up and walked towards a telephone attached to the wall besides the door.
"Sister! I wanted to attend them, specially the badly hurt one" Luke groaned while pointing at the still fainted Danny.
"Don't you think I didn't want to too? We need help from the nurses right now, but later you will see that we will be able to help any Pokémon" explained his sister a little angrily, but also calmly. She knew that his small brother was the kind of guys who wanted to help. Their dad returned back with them.
"They said they would arrive here in a few minutes" he reported to his children, disappointment clearly noticed in his voice. His son came close to him and hugged one of his strong arms.
"I know how you feel dad. But don't worry, I'm pretty sure the nurse will let us see them" he tried to cheer up, and indeed succeeded.
"Yes Luke. Let's hope them health" Few minutes later, they heard a siren getting louder and clearer. Soon it stopped, followed by a weak knock at the door.
"I will open" said the man as he walked towards the door and slowly opened it. A beautiful woman with strange pink hair was in the front.
"Nurse Joy here to help the hurt Pokémon" she claimed as she took out a small notebook.
"So…they are an Umbreon, a Pikachu and a Poochyena, right?" The man just replied with a nod. He saw behind the nurse pink Pokémon with special beds getting out of a white ambulance which were walking slowly towards the house. Nurse Joy and the man stepped aside so that they could go in. Luke was looking at the fainted Pokémon sadly.
"Guess this is goodbye…for now" he whispered and saw the pink Pokémon pick up very carefully each Pokémon, put them in the beds and walked outside.
"We can visit them as we always do, right?" asked the man. The nurse smiled energetically.
"Of course! You are always welcome" she confirmed and waved her hand. The man waved back and felt his children walk to his side and also say goodbye to the nurse and the Pokémon. The Skarmory was looking everything from the roof and wasn't satisfied with staying there, so it flapped it's wings and followed the now driving ambulance.
"Sked! Take care!" yelled Dani. Skarmory turned around, nodded weakly and kept flying.
"Heh, I'm so proud about that bird. We are so lucky to have it helping us" commented the man as he saw the silver spot get smaller and smaller as it flew away.
The ambulance had arrived to it's destiny hours ago. The Skarmory was waiting outside the Pokémon Center, hoping the 3 would get better.
Inside, Poochyena, Pikachu and Umbreon were in a big room, several cables attached to their bodies. The nurse was checking the status of each Pokémon in special machines. She took out from a table a bottle with medicine, got closer to the smallest duo and applied the thing with a piece of cotton, receiving weak gasps from them. Pikachu was the first one to open his eyes slowly.
"Well, at least they are healing quick" she whispered as she walked back to the machines and typed in some information. Pikachu blinked several times and looked around. He saw the big white room, cables in the ground, a transparent window…and Poochyena and Danny by his side. Poochyena was snoring weak and peacefully. With little effort Pikachu got up and shook gently Poochyena.
"Hey wake up" he whispered. Poochyena yawned deeply, got up and stretched itself. He opened his eyes and looked around.
"Where…"
"We are at a Pokémon Center" replied Pikachu before the puppy completed his sentence.
"Oh that's great. But how it is that we are here?" he asked, but just received a sigh from Pikachu.
"I just remember we were in the desert, looking at Umbreon and Dusknoir fight, when we were knocked out by that Sandslash…" Pikachu replied as he rubbed his head. He suddenly remembered Danny and turned around. He was groaning weakly from the pain all over his body. Poochyena followed Pikachu's look and noticed the weak Danny. Slowly, the 2 Pokémon walked towards him and shook him gently. Danny didn't wake up, instead groaned painfully.
"Oh Umbreon…" said Pikachu sadly as he put a small paw of his in Danny's head. Poochyena was looking down, feeling a bit guilty for the wounds. The mouse Pokémon noticed him and sighed.
"Don't worry. He may be pretty beaten up, but we are at a Pokémon Center. The nurse will help him" he coaxed, getting a sigh from Poochyena.
"I know that. It's just that…I can't take this guilty feeling out of my mind" he explained as he carefully put his head in Danny's back and sobbed quietly. Pikachu said nothing, because he did not know what to say. To be honest, he also felt guilty, thinking that Umbreon was like that because he tried to save them, but he failed. They were so focused in the beaten Pokémon they didn't notice nurse Joy coming in.
"So you have waken up. That's good to know" she said and patted them, now attracting their attention. She saw Poochyena crying and she became sad, feeling bad for the poor puppy.
"Don't feel bad Poochyena. Your friend will be healed up, no matter what. I can assure that to you" She looked at Pikachu curiously.
"For some reason I think I know you" she kept looking at the yellow mouse for a few seconds, trying to remember something. "That's right, you really remind me of Ash's Pikachu. He was training in route 111 days ago, but I haven't seen him since then" Pikachu's ears lowered and sighed deeply, focusing on Joy.
"I am Ash's Pikachu. He was taken over by darkness; we need to find him!" he told Poochyena, who gave the mouse a puzzled look.
"Well anyways, I will take your friend to the special room. His wounds are terrible" she unhooked the wires attached to Umbreon, picked him up and started walking outside the room.
"By the way" she stopped before exiting the room and turned around to look at the 2 Pokémon "You will receive visitors later" she informed and then got out. They didn't care about visitors, just had mind for Danny. What had impacted them the most was the scar on his eye. Compared to him, they were healthy, just some scratches and hits.
Pikachu and Poochyena stared at the window of their room for several minutes, waiting for the nurse to come with Danny and tell them he would just need rest. Suddenly, they heard footsteps getting closer. They got impatient, thinking the nurse was coming. Indeed she was, but not with Danny in her hands, instead with 3 persons: A man, a teen and a small boy. She walked inside, unhooked their cables and opened the door so that they could go out. Carefully, because they were still hurt due to the rocks, they jumped down of the bed and walked outside. Poochyena looked at the Center so surprised; it was his first time in there. Pikachu giggled, enjoying the puppy's curiosity.
"Here they are, quite healthy. In 3 days they will be fine" she was explaining to the 3 persons meanwhile.
"Glad to know that" said the man.
"You called us in good time, Mr. Chris" she said with a smile on her face. Christopher sighed in relief. Luke tip-toed slowly towards another room, where Umbreon was being attended. When he reached it, he looked around through the window with much difficulty, and saw him resting in a big bed. Pikachu noticed him and walked towards the focused boy. Pikachu prepared to jump towards his shoulder, and after a few seconds, he jumped the highest he could. Gasping at the pain from his scratches, he only reached Luke's left arm.
"What the-?" he looked down and noticed Pikachu trying his best to climb up. Luke smiled, picked him up and put him over his shoulder. Pikachu smiled, thanking the boy, and looked at the window. Danny had a small mask covering his mouth and nose, hooked cables all around his body, and small robots were spraying a strange substance in his wounds. His left hind paw was covered by a plaster.
The 2 stayed there, looking at the window, when suddenly they heard a voice.
"Luke! I told you not to walk over there!" scolded his dad.
"Darn it…I'm sorry dad" he complained as he walked towards him, very frustrated.
"That Umbreon is pretty bad. It will take half a month, more o less, to fully recover" the nurse explained. "But you can visit them whenever you wish" They all heard flaps coming from outside the Center. When they turned around to see, they noticed a silver bird fly inside. The internal part of it's metallic wings was green, Pikachu and Poochyena saw.
"Ah yes, Sked was the one who brought the Pokémon to our home. He is the real hero" Chris explained and petted the bird as soon as it landed.
"Oh, you must be very glad to have a Pokémon like that to help you out" said Joy.
"It isn't our Pokémon, it's just a very good friend of ours" explained Dani. Skarmory flew towards the room where Danny was and landed, looking at him sadly.
"Poor guy. I wished he would wake up, to know he is ok" whispered to itself, when suddenly 2 voices made him turn around.
"We wish too. He is a very good friend of ours. If something happens to him, that stupid Dusknoir will pay" Pikachu growled, small sparks notable in his red cheeks.
"Hey calm down. I'm pretty sure he is jus resting. I think he wouldn't like it if we wanted revenge" calmed down Poochyena, getting a sigh form Pikachu.
"Yes I know you are right…" he said and turned around, wishing the best for Danny's health.
Ok, there was no action here, sorry guys, but I just wanted you to know who saved Danny and his 2 friends. You may be asking why I nicknamed that Skarmory "Sked". Well, I formed it by joining together "Skarmory" and "Eamudo", which is it's Japanese (supposedly, from ) name. It is a shiny one, because it has green wings instead of red. (Yay :D 2 shiny Pokémon! I love them!) Thanks for reviewing! That really inspires me guys!
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