Author's Commentary
Hey guys, I know I finished Eliza's story 2 but decided to extend the part where everyone finished the final battle. I kind of came up with the idea for it, here goes. And for anyone who's reading NCIS Backers 3, I will be doing chapter 6 soon, so hang on tight for that! Here goes!
The In-Between: Aftermath!
Hours later, everyone else arrived at the hospital to see Rusty. He was still asleep due to his injuries.
Maritza and Harper told Marty about what had happened earlier when they found Rusty with Ike.
"So, Ike's still in surgery?" Marty asked.
"He's in the ICU unit actually, his injuries were worse since his leg was causing him trouble." Harper answered.
"What about Cecilia?" Marty asked.
"She was with him for a little while but she went off on her own." Maritza answered.
"I see." Marty said.
He looked at the sleeping Rusty and then at the sleeping Eliza in the recliner next to the bed.
"At least she knows that Rusty's okay." Marty said.
"Yeah, they almost lost their lives with this team being around." Harper said.
"It's over now, we don't have to worry about anymore syndicates for a while." Marty said as he put his arm around her shoulders.
They heard a groan and they saw Rusty opening his eyes.
"Hey there!" Marty said.
"Marty? Maritza? Harper? Is this Heaven or Hell?" he asked.
"No, you're in the Veridian hospital." Maritza answered.
He looked around and saw the machines and the blankets on him. Then he saw the sleeping Eliza.
"I survived again?" he asked.
"Yeah, barely, John said you and Ike plunged into that ice cold fountain! Are you nuts?" Harper asked.
Eliza groaned and said, "Sparkle, easy on the food…share with the others!"
"At least she's talking in her sleep again." Maritza joked.
"What about Ike? Is he okay?" Rusty asked.
"He's in ICU, he will be there for a while." Harper answered.
"What about Archie?" Rusty asked.
"You mean little old me?" they heard and saw Archie being held up by Shelly.
"Shelly? How did you get here?" Harper asked.
"I was flown over by a helicopter that Surge sent over when I got the news from Gary." She answered.
"What news?" Marty asked.
"I got hurt by that damn doctor, he was the real enemy in the end. He almost killed Ike and Cecilia and had Ike stab Rusty, which I'll kill that bastard." Archie grumbled.
"Hold on, that was a part of Ike's plan." Rusty said.
"What?" Shelly asked.
Rusty explained to them what really happened and how he and Ike ended up in the fountain.
"I see, he deceived the doctor to make it like you and Ike died." Archie said.
"Ike's cleverness prevails again." Shelly said.
"But it almost killed you both, don't do anything crazy again since you and Eliza are engaged." Maritza said.
"I guess Eliza saw the ring." Rusty said.
Maritza nodded.
"Where's Cecilia though?" Rusty asked.
"John, Jack, and Amy went to find her." Marty answered.
"That devastated huh?"
"He will pull through, Ike went through injuries himself and pulled through them as well, he's strong." Archie said.
Outside under a tree, Cecilia was sitting on the ground in front of them and looked out at the snow that was still on the ground.
She thought about Ike and how limp he was in the snow in front of the fountain back at the gym. She started to cry a bit until she felt a snowball hit her.
"Hey!" she yelled and saw Jack laughing.
"Jeez Jack, you can be such an asshole, you know that?" John asked.
"Come on now, we still have snow on the ground, it feels good to throw a ball once in a while." Jack said.
"Then why me?" Cecilia asked as she stood up.
"Well, we noticed you were still down about earlier, we came out to see you until Mr. Snowball decided to throw a snowball at you." Amy said.
"Hey, I was just cherring her up." Jack said.
"Let's see how it feels when I do this!" Cecilia exclaimed and threw a snowball at him.
"Ah!" he exclaimed.
"She acts like Eliza a bit." Amy said.
"Sort of, I kind of have a bit of a girlier side to me when I'm not like this." She said.
"We could tell with the Wigglytuff." Jack said.
"So, how's Ike?" Amy asked.
"Well, they have heat blankets on him and life support on him since he lost a lot of blood from his wounds in his torso and his leg." She answered.
"I see." Amy said.
"I hope he survives." Jack said.
"He will, there was a time back on Aqua when he got hurt pretty badly and he pulled through." John said.
Cecilia was silent.
"Not helping!" Amy exclaimed.
"Sorry, but Cecilia, you have to believe in him and him getting through this. You helped him get out of his evil streak after all." John said.
She nodded and said, "You're right, he wouldn't want me to be like this especially when he wakes up." She said.
"Now, let's get inside, there is supposed to be more snowfall tonight." Jack said.
Cecilia nodded.
They all went inside for the night.
A few days had pass and the snow started to melt and everyone was starting to get back into gear throughout Veridian. Everyone helped Gary and the gym trainers straighten the gym up after the mess Typhoon had made.
"There we go, the final coat!" Eliza exclaimed.
"Thanks everyone, now that everything is back to its usual look, now we can have gym battles again." Gary said.
His trainers nodded.
"No problem, we wanted to help out." Maritza said.
"Anything on Rusty, Archie, or Ike?" John asked Gary.
"Well, Rusty and Archie have been getting better but Ike's still out." He answered.
"It's already been a few days, he should wake up right about now." Jack said.
Cecilia was silent.
"Cecilia…" Eliza said.
"Come on! You need to help him out!" Harper told Cecilia.
"Harper?" Eliza asked.
"You helped him in snapping out of his bastard side and you're the only one who can help him wake up by being at his side!" Harper yelled.
"She's right, I was with Harper when she got shot and helped her out when she discharged from the Blackthorne hospital." Marty said.
"Guys…" Cecilia started to say.
"Go to him Cecilia, he needs you and I should go to Rusty since he needs me as well." Eliza told her.
"You're right." Cecilia said.
The both of them left the gym.
"Since they're heading to the hospital, what should we do now?" Amy asked.
"I guess we should wait for them at the Pokemon Center." Marty said.
At the hospital, the doctor made some last minute check ups on Rusty.
"It looks like your stab wound has been healing very well and your color has returned, it looks like you will be out in a few days and those burns you got not too long ago will be having some scarring." The doctor said.
"Thanks and I already knew about my burns would scar anyways." Rusty said.
"Hey there!" Eliza exclaimed as she came in with some food to snack on.
"I guess I will leave you two alone." The doctor said and left the room.
"I'm guessing some good news came?" she asked.
"Yeah, I will be discharged in a few days." He answered.
"That's great news!" she exclaimed and saw the burn scars he got from one of the Typhoon attacks. "I'm guessing those will be permanent."
"Yeah, but I did save you from death in the end." Rusty said and saw the engagement ring on her finger. "Is that the ring I gave you?"
"Yeah, this is my answer after all." She answered.
He smiled and then asked, "How's Cecilia? Anything about Ike?"
"Still upset and according to Gary, he is still out." She answered.
"Let's go see him, I kind of caused this." He said as he threw the blankets aside.
"What? What do you mean by that?" she asked.
"That doctor that was on Typhoon that treated him, well, he got us to stab each other and that led us to plunging into that fountain." He answered as he got out of bed and left the room.
She followed him and they got the room number and headed for the elevator and headed for the ICU.
Cecilia was in the room and looked at the out cold Ike with the life support system hooked up to him. He still had the blankets on him.
She walked over and took his hand into her's and squeezed it. She also swept some of his bangs away from his eyes, which were still closed and looked at his face.
"Ike, I don't know if you can hear me, I'm still here and will be." She said. "I'm always here, you still got me."
In a field in a glowing world, Ike was sitting in the grass. He was in his Typhoon clothes.
"Where am I? Am I dead? I couldn't be." He said.
He felt a breeze blow by and it had a chill in the air. He shivered.
"It got cold, why?" he asked.
He tried to get up and fell down and noticed blood on the snow.
"Blood?" he asked and moved the coat and revealed that his leg was bleeding. "Why?"
Then more blood came out and saw it on his torso and yelled, "What is going on!"
"You almost died!" a voice exclaimed.
"Who are you?" he asked and then saw himself in a different uniform.
"You're me, why are you here?" he asked.
"I came to see you, you almost died from a bad stab wound and hypothermia. On top of that, your leg was at its last moment, all thanks to this, you were out for a while."
"I was hurt that badly?"
"Yes, you were, even that doctor you let onto the team tried to suffocate you and Cecilia with his own Weezing after she helped you from being covered in more sludge."
He saw black sludge drop hit the ground and a rain came down.
"Why is this happening?"
"Because you made a major mistake of being the leader of Typhoon."
"What? I wanted to rule the world!"
"But it failed, not only that, you were helped by some people."
"Huh?"
His other self shown images of Marty, Maritza, Harper, Amy, Jack, John, Archie, Rusty, and Eliza, and kept Cecilia's image up.
"Cecilia?"
"She helped you out the most, she even got some of Eliza's friends to get you and Rusty to the hospital."
"She saved my life?"
"Yes, she saved yours and the life from yourself. Ike, this is a second chance for you and live it."
"What about my leg?" he asked.
"Don't worry about it, you will live through it. On top of that, Lt. Surge is waiting for an apology. So, wake up! Everyone's waiting for you or shall I say us!"
The light covered them and they vanished.
Ike slowly opened his eyes and blinked the blurriness out of them.
"Ike?" he heard.
He turned and saw Cecilia, Eliza, and Rusty.
"Cecilia, Rusty, Eliza?" he managed to croak out.
"Hey." Cecilia said with tears in her eyes and squeezed his hand.
He squeezed back.
"Welcome back." Rusty said.
He looked at him and asked, "How's your stab wound?"
"Healing, I will be out in a few days." He answered.
"That's good, at least your injuries weren't as severe as mine." Ike said.
"Don't worry about that, be happy you're alive." Rusty said.
Ike managed to nod.
"When do you think you will be out?" Eliza asked.
"I don't know, I have to wait a while." He said.
They heard a knock and they saw Gary come in. He saw Ike awake and said, "Sir Asshole sure woke up from his slumber."
"Gary Oak, what brings you here?" Ike asked.
"Even though Officer Jenny is willing to forgive your girlfriend and Jack, but you not so much. She's willing to arrest you unless you have any plans of escape." Gary said.
"No." Ike said.
"Gary, are you serious? He took out that psycho doctor he added from Team Rocket when they were around!" Rusty exclaimed.
"He was the leader of Typhoon after all, he needs to join the other members." Gary said.
"What if I decide to go to Vermillion?" Ike asked.
"Ike?" Cecilia asked.
"I have a feeling Lt. surge is waiting for an apology and I'm willing to work for him or be in jail there since I almost burned the city down." Ike answered.
"Very well, I will talk to Officer Jenny and see what happens." Gary said.
"Thank you…" Ike said weakly.
"We should let you rest." Eliza said.
Ike nodded.
They said their goodbyes and Cecilia even kissed his forehead before they left.
As they headed towards the Pokemon Center, Cecilia was still silent.
"You okay?" Eliza asked.
"Yeah, I will be with Ike being alive." She answered.
"You really care about him." Gary said.
She nodded.
"I think he really needed someone in the end, he was alone especially with what went on." Eliza said.
"You're right, he needed me when I came to him, I remembered he was so afraid when I saw him in his room that final night before the battle." Cecilia said.
The image of Ike being afraid that night filled her mind and then the stuff afterward also filled it.
"Well, when he gets out, you will be there." Eliza said.
Cecilia nodded and said, "Same with you with Rusty."
Eliza nodded.
"You two will have great futures ahead with those two, I just know it." Gary said.
The girls giggled and the final snowflakes fell to the ground signaling that the evil has left the world.