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Jessie ran all the way back with the small medicine bottle grasped in her hand like it was a lifeline.

She stumbled back into the clearing and saw that Meowth was shaking James, who was unconscious and breathing quickly.

"No…" she muttered and ran over, skidding to a halt on her knees at her teammate's side. Meowth looked up at her and Jessie saw that he had tears in his eyes.

"Have you got something?" He asked and Jessie nodded, holding out the bottle of medicine; the Pokemon's eyes sparked with hope when seeing it.

Wordlessly, Jessie unscrewed the top and bent over James, who was breathing quickly as if he was in pain.

"James?" Jessie whispered. No response. "Please…"

Still, James didn't wake, oblivious to his teammates pleads. Giving up on waking him up, Jessie proceeded to gently lift his head with one hand, and started to pour the medicine in with the other. Meowth's eyes widened and he watched in anticipation.

James gave a weak cough, and tilted his head slightly away; Jessie let out a small sob and tried again.

"Please…I know it's probably not nice, but this will make you better, it will…" she said but James tilted his head away again. Jessie stubbornly pushes it back, and, more slowly this time, poured some more medicine down his throat. James coughed again, but the liquid didn't come leaking out, meaning that he had swallowed.

Jessie let out a sigh of relief and lay James back down gently, and Meowth resumed to lie next to him again.

However, Jessie couldn't relax.

The words of the Nurse Joy kept echoing back into her mind- that maybe the medicine would not work…

Jessie felt James's forehead, and felt that it was hotter than she had last checked. Meowth saw her do this, and lifted his head to explain.

"His temperature shot up...just before I thought…" he trailed off, nuzzling his head into his friends chest.

Jessie stroked him comfortingly, and waited for any movement.

-#!-#!-#!-#!

Nothing.

For the past few hours, nothing had changed in James's condition, apart from the fact that his breathing had became slower and more even and his temperature had lowered by 0.3 degrees. Meowth has fell asleep by him, but Jessie remained awake, despite it being dark.

James moaned suddenly, pulling Jessie out of her trance and causing Meowth to wake up with a start.

"James?" Meowth said, still half asleep. James coughed harshly and cracked open his eyes; Jessie smiled fir the first time in days.

"Huh? What…" James said blearily, and Jessie took the flannel off his head because she thought that James wouldn't like it that much.

"You're awake again!" Meowth said happily and nuzzled into him. James, shocked by the sudden movement, did nothing for a few seconds but then raised a clumsy hand to tickle Meowth's ears with.

"How are you feeling?" Jessie asked quietly, not failing to notice that sweat was still visible on his forehead. James thought for a second.

"Not as bad as before…I have a small headache and I feel hot still…but my stomach doesn't hurt anymore…" he said and Jessie smiled and started to search for the thermometer. James watched her, only half awake, and then stroked Meowth comfortingly again.

"Ya know, we thought you were a gonna…" Meowth said and James smiled weakly.

"Not today."

Meowth grinned and leant into James's touch, forgetting to act like a gangster.

"Got it." Jessie muttered and shuffled back towards her sick teammate.

"Open up." She ordered and James obeyed; Jessie placed the thermometer in his mouth and James waited patiently.

"102." Jessie pulled out the thermometer and Meowth gave a small cheer. James smiled again.

"I guess I got really bad, huh?" James muttered and his eyelids started to droop; Jessie smiled and nodded.

"We weren't really prepared for the trouble."

James laughed and closed his eyes and just before he fell asleep, he muttered:

"Make it double…"

Jessie smiled fondly and joined the sleeping group (at some point, Meowth had fell asleep again) and fell asleep, her mind finally at rest, knowing that her teammate would be okay, and soon they would be reaching for the stars above once more.