Hello everybody and welcome to chapter 21 of The Betrayed Champion. First off I'd really like to thank everyone who reviewed last chapter, I've almost caught up to my favorite fic, "The Champion is Never Forgotten," which was the fic that inspired me to write my own fanfic so check it out if you've never read it.
Here's he people who git it right last chapter: Trainer Jayden, Dzchan94, Ravagerblade, TheCartoonFanatic01, Creative Writer 2000, and ampplaca1.
Don't forget to name the fic within the fic this chapter, and also I'm always accepting new ideas for this fic so if you got one send them in.
And if you'd like to chat and hang out about pokemon in general there's an awesome forum run by a guy named Makaidos called, "For those bored pokemon fans". I highly recommend checking it out on the forums section on fanfiction and you might see me there every once and a while.
Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon, if I did, well I'd do something advanceshipping related, or maybe a harem, but then again harems are overrated in my opinion.
It had been six hours since Alpha had taken a head on blast from a hyper beam. He had been quickly rushed to the hospital after suffering injuries and some major head trauma in the process. He had arrived in an unconscious state, he was badly hurt with a few a little bit of blood coming out the back of his head.
May had been allowed to go into the ambulance with Alpha, although she only got in the way as all she could do at the moment was cry her eyes out, hoping for Alpha's safety. While in the ambulance that was on route to the hospital, the paramedic motioned to pull down Alpha's shirt to reveal his face but as he did, he felt a strong grip on his wrist.
"He...keeps his identity secret for a reason," May was able to say through the tears, "promise me that you'll make sure that the doctors keep his face a secret, it's the least I can do for him."
The paramedic slowly moved his hand away from Alpha and stared right at May, "I promise."
When they had reached the hospital, they took him immediately to the emergency room for the MRI machine was all set to go. May obviously wasn't allowed back there with the doctors so she had to settle with sitting slumped over in the waiting room, crying her eyes out as the memory of the hyper beam engulfing Alpha was replaying in her mind over and over again.
The atmosphere of the waiting room wasn't helping either, the wallpaper that had been put up was peeling off, leaving the bare plain wall naked. The chairs were old and uncomfortable, it was a challenge just to be able to sit on it more then ten minutes due to the hard wood that provided no comfort.
The worker at the front office casually tapped her pencil on the desk as she rested her head on her hand, waiting for the next person to show up. Everyone else there either doing the same thing as May or silently sat in their seat, waiting.
After a few hours, the doctor came out from the intensive care unit and talked to May about Alpha's condition. It turned out that he had slipped into a coma, but the doctor was quick to reassure May that it wasn't anything too serious and that he should be waking up within the week.
May, who felt happiness and sadness at the same time just softly nodded as her eyes had far surpassed Dawn's in the terms of redness. She asked if she could see him and the doctor, seeing no problem with that, he obliged and led her to Alpha's hospital room.
As she walked in with the doctor by her side, she closed her eyes expecting the worse, but she eventually gained the courage to open them with the help of the doctors words, she was relieved to see that he wasn't in a worse condition.
Alpha looked peaceful in his coma state, the shirt as promised was still pulled over his face so that his identity would be kept a secret. To help stop the bleeding, the doctors had equipped Alpha's head with some bandages, leaving no trace of his hair as the bandages encased it. Around his nose though, he had a breathing mask that was attached to a Medical Ventilator that pushed air into his body.
Other than that, he seemed completely fine, as his chest went up and down under his hospital gown. May slowly made her way to the side of the bed, her hand feeling his head bandages while her eyes focused on the small part of his uncovered face.
She kept this pose for a while, her mouth wasn't forming a frown, but it also wasn't forming a smile either. It was somewhere in between, her mouth was in the shape of a straight line, not giving any insight as to what was going on in her head.
The doctor by this time had left, he had other patients to attend to and he also felt like this was a private moment she was having and he didn't want to feel like he was peeking in on something intimate.
May stayed in her trance like state as she grabbed a chair that was at the corner of the room and brought it to the spot where she was standing. She sat in the chair, grabbed his warm hands and wrapped her own hands around them while tears once again appearing in the process. But she shook them away this time, she had done enough crying for one day.
She stayed in this position for a few hours, had her stomach not growled she would've stayed even longer. She decided she needed a small break as she got up form her seat and out of the room, heading for the food court.
The world around May seemed blurry, her vision only allowing her to see what was in front of her. As she arrived at the food court, her head down, hair disheveled and her vision blurry, she saw a few familiar faces waiting for her.
"May," Brock, Max, and Ritchie all said at the same time.
The sound of the familiar voices broke her out of her trance and caused her to bring her head up. "Hey," May almost whispered as monotone of a way as possible.
The trio rushed to her side, they could tell just by looking at her that she wasn't doing too well either. "We saw on the news what happened to Alpha. How he saved your life by protecting you." Brock informed May.
"Yeah and look at him now! He's in a coma now all because I didn't get out of the way in time!" May said, close to almost screaming, making her the center of attention in the food court.
"Calm down May," Max reassured trying to get her to lower her voice. "He saved your life because he cares about you, this was his choice and he wouldn't want you crying about it."
May, who was on the verge of tears swallowed her pain and asked, "Do you really think so?"
"I know so!" Ritchie chimed in. "I haven't had much conversation with Alpha but I remember that he gave me his word to not use his Lugia for the rest of the tournament. You either have to be really good guy to not agree to agree to it or just really good, I think he's both."
May looked at them, the fact three of them there gave her a sort of comfort and safety that she had been missing. After a long hiatus, her smile returned her face and it brightened up the room.
"Thanks you guys, I really needed this," May happily said as she looked at them. "But now I need to get some food and head back to..." May was saying until Brock interrupted her.
"You need some rest May, you've had a long day," Brock said.
May was about to argue with him but then at that moment, it seemed like everything she had done that day had hit her all at once. Her knees started to buckler and her eyelids started to close. "But what about Alpha?"
"Brock and Ritchie walked forward, "We'll watch over Alpha," Ritchie said, "Max will take you back to the hotel."
Max heard his job and started to complain, "Aw what? I wanted to stay here with Alpha."
"Come one Max, if you do this I'll show you the cool move Sparky and I just created a few days ago," Ritchie responded.
Max's eyes lit up at the sound of that proposition, "Deal."
Ritchie laughed a bit at how eager and not jaded Max was, "Great, but May can you tell us what room number Alpha's in?"
"Oh I thought you knew, how did you even get into the hospital in the first place? I thought they would've stopped accepting visitors because most of them would be random fans of Alpha?" May asked.
Brock cleared his throat as he began to speak, "Well we rushed over here as fast as we could and it turned out that we made it in right before they stopped accepting visitors. The fangirls were fast but we were even faster," Brock bragged as he thought of all the cute girls outside trying to get in.
"But we didn't know what room Alpha was in but we knew that if we waited in the food court long enough, you were bound to show up," Ritchie explained.
"A lucky guess but you were right," May replied, she looked to the side of her and very close to the ground was a pikachu, his ears down and his eyes watery.
May crouched down to where the pikachu was and started to softly touch his head, "Your Alpha's pikachu, aren't you."
Pikachu softly nodded his head as he moped around, "We found him trying to get inside the hospital and realized it was Alpha's."
May nodded her head as she looked at Pikachu, she knew that he must be going through a lot of pain having seen his trainer be hit by a hyper beam.
May eventually got up from her crouched position and started heading towards the door, "He's on floor 3, room 43."
Brock and Ritchie nodded as they started to make their way to the room, Pikachu slowly followed the duo, excited and scared to see what were the effects of the attack. Max followed May as they started to talk about the long day she had just had.
It didn't take them long to get to the room, Ritchie let out a sigh of relief seeing Alpha's condition while Brock just closely examined him, he had a some knowledge regarding how to treat a human patient but he was always looking for more knowledge.
Pikachu on the other hand at the first sight of Alpha, jumped onto the bed and started trying to wake him. But after giving his all, he realized it was no use. "Pika pi," Pikachu sadly said.
"So I guess we just wait now?" Ritchie asked.
Brock nodded his head, "But think about it Ritchie, for once we're the ones people have to read talking. For once we have more than three lines!"
The sudden realization hit Ritchie, "Brock you're right! We can actually get some character development, we're living the supporting character dream right now. No one can steal our spot light, not even a main character."
As Ritchie and Brock's eyes lit up with the thought of having a speaking role, the door was busted open by a certain Team Rocket member, "Did someone say, main character?"
Their eyes went straight to their superior and they knew that their time was up, "Who are you?" Ritchie asked.
Jimmy, who had only focused on what was in front of him was surprised to see someone else was here, "Oh my apologies, my name is Jimmy. I'm assuming you're Alpha's friends?"
"Yeah, I'm Ritchie and this is Brock," the two names rung a bell in Jimmy's head.
"Oh yeah I've heard of you guys," Jimmy replied as he pointed at Brock. "You're the horny cook who gets rejected by every girl," he then pointed at Ritchie, "and you're the wannabe trainer that could never win the big one."
The comments sent the duo into a depression while Jimmy turned his attention to Alpha who had Pikachu right at his side. "Hey there Pikachu."
Jimmy went to pet him but stopped as static started to come from Pikachu's cheeks. "Still don't like me huh? Well by tomorrow I'm sure you'll love me."
Pikachu looked at Jimmy with a confused look but eventually went back to looking at Alpha. "Alright you guys can leave now, I can take it from here."
Jimmy speaking to them brought them out of their depression, "We hardly know you, we can't just leave you here with Alpha," Brock responded.
Jimmy thought for a second and realized something, "You know you're right Brock, which is why you should stay and Ritchie should leave."
"Wait what?" Ritchie asked surprised. "Why should I leave?"
"Look at the time, it's already 11 o' clock and do you not have a match at 7?" Jimmy replied, reminding Ritchie.
Ritchie, who had loss track of time quickly turned around to look at the clock on the wall and realized that he wasn't lying. "I do need to get some rest, so I guess if I leave you with Brock it'll be okay."
"See, it's a win win for all us," Jimmy happily said. Ritchie quickly said goodbye to Brock and got one more good look of Alpha as he exited the room and headed for the hotel.
"So, I guess it's just you, me, and Pikachu," Brock said as sat in his chair.
Jimmy nodded his head as he began to speak, "You know Alpha has a match tomorrow."
"I know but Mr. Goodshow will just postpone it," Brock reassuringly said.
"That's where you're wrong Brock. Mr. Goodshow was on the news earlier today saying that he doesn't know how long Alpha will be incapacitated, so to postpone his match would mess up the order of the entire tournament," Jimmy informed Brock.
Brock was shocked, "But that means Alpha will get eliminated from this tournament without even losing."
Jimmy nodded his head, "Bingo. But he says that out of respect he'll still have the match set up if Alpha can somehow make it on time."
"Well that's the least he could do?" Brock asked perplexed.
"You don't get it Brock. The only reason he's doing that isn't out of respect, it's to sell out a crowd and make more money off his golden goose for the last time," Jimmy explained, making the greediness of Mr. Goodshow clear.
It took a second for him to understand it but it made sense eventually, "Oh wow, I never thought of it like that."
"Exactly," Jimmy responded, "by the way I also have heard that you're not half bad at treating humans, right?"
"Yeah," Brock responded, very confused. "But what does that have to do with anything?"
Jimmy simply smirked, "I have a plan, Brock."
Paul furiously walked out of the Mr. Goodshow's office that was located in the tournament headquarters. He had a long extensive talk with him, trying to get him to postpone the match but alas, he wouldn't budge.
He stuck his hands into his pockets and walked outside into the cold dark night. He walked down the dirt walkway, the streetlight giving off just barely enough light so that he could see what was in front of him.
Continuing walking, he expected to go back to the hotel without any distractions, he hadn't seen her since the day before and was worried about her. But that plan changed when he saw a certain Pokemon league champion walking on the same path.
Paul just shook his head in disgust as he saw her, "The Sinnoh league champion, what an honor," Paul said, sarcasm dripping off each word.
Cynthia couldn't tell who it was who said that by looking at him due to the darkness, but she knew that voice anywhere. "Paul, long time no see."
"It sure has. Hey have you accused any soon to be league champion lately?" Paul asked, referencing the incident of two years ago.
"Don't make me have this conversation again Paul! Under the circumstances, all things lead to him being the culprit," Cynthia explained.
"But he wasn't. And you know what, he would've beat you too," Paul replied.
Cynthia let out a deep breath and tried to steer the conversation to something else, "You sure seem worked up today Paul, something eating at you?"
Paul nodded his head, "Mr. Goodshow won't postpone Alpha's match, it's still gonna go on whether he's there or not."
Paul expected Cynthia to be outraged but instead shook her head, "Alpha is the most must see trainer in this tournament, but we can stand around and wait for him to recover. Who knows how long he'll be in that coma?"
"This is Alpha's only chance at redemption. I know he claims he has a different reason for entering this tournament but I know that he wants to continue in this tournament and beat you." Paul explained, pointing right at Cynthia.
Cynthia was taken back by this, "Me? So I'm his number one target?"
"You got that right. He talks casually about this tournament and everyone in it, except for you. He wants to beat you, he wants to prove it to himself that he could!"
"I never knew of his fascination with me. Regardless there's only two ways he's going to battle me. He either wins the Lily of the Valley Conference and gets past the Elite Four or he meets me in the finals of this tournament." Cynthia explained.
"The finals huh? Don't get too ahead of yourself, I'm not the same kid you beat all those years ago," Paul replied.
Cynthia just rolled her eyes, "Try not to get yourself knocked out before then," she said as she started walking past him.
Paul gave small smile as he started to walk back home, the trees swaying on each side. After a couple of minutes he made it back to where all the street vendors were and light illuminated the surroundings. It wasn't as crowded as usual so he had some free space and wasn't smashed in.
Casually walking down the street he wasn't paying too much attention and neither was the blue haired girl that ran straight into him, knocking them both down.
Paul was caught off guard so when he opened his eyes and saw blue hair, he thought it was a familiar face, "Hey Dawn."
The blue haired girl brought her head up and gave Paul a perplexed look, "Dawn? Who's that? My name is Marina."
Paul's faced started to heat up with embarrassment as they made their way to their feet, "I'm sorry, I saw the blue hair and thought you were someone else. You said your name was Marina, right?"
"You got that right," she responded.
"Now I remember you," Paul said as a memory came back to her head, "you beat Dawn in a contest back in Sinnoh."
Marina thought for a second until the memory came back, "Oh yeah I remember now, Dawn Berlitz, at the water festival. Yeah she's a really good coordinator, but I guess on that day I was better."
"But you don't look like the type of guy who would be a fan of contests," Marina examined.
"Yeah I sort of get dragged to every contest. Dawn makes me cheer for her at every opportunity so I hardly get time to train." Paul replied.
Marina let out a small giggle, "I can imagine, she's very competitive. And Dawn, she's your girlfriend?"
Paul subconsciously hesitated for a second but quickly shook it off, "Yeah, we've been together for a few months now, although I'm not sure I can stay with her."
"Why? From everything you've told me it seems like you two are the perfect couple," Marina replied.
"It's...I don't want to talk about it," Paul replied as he thought back to the time he lied to Dawn.
Marina noticing Paul's sudden mood change, got a paper and pen and quickly wrote something down, "Here." Marina said as she held out a folded piece of paper.
Paul looked at it, confused, "What is it?"
"It's my phone number. If you ever need someone to talk to, you can just call me," Marina happily responded.
Paul thought for a second as to whether to take it or not, but in the end he grabbed it. "Thanks Marina," Paul said giving off a rarely seen smile. "I think I should head off now, I have a match tomorrow."
"Oh really?" Marina asked, excited. "Where and what time?"
A small red blush started to creep across Paul's face, "9 o' clock at battle arena 12."
"Well I'm not busy then so I''ll definitely be there," Marina responded.
Paul for some reason started to feel excited inside, something he never really felt with Dawn, "Great, I'll see you there then."
Marina gave one last smile as she started to walk away, "Tell Dawn I said hi and that she should hold on to you. If she doesn't someone might just come and take you away from her," she said with a wink.
By now Paul's face was now completely red with blush and he had to quickly turn around so that Marina could see it, 'What the hell is wrong with me!? I hate this feeling, it feels so warm. I must never speak to that Marina girl again'. Paul thought as he subconsciously put the number in his pocket.
Without anymore distractions, he made it back to the hotel while the image of Marina fresh in his mind. He walked into the all too familiar hotel elevator, pushed him room floor, and waited a a minute until it finally reached his floor. He had to share a room with Gary and Brock but he was okay with that, as long as they weren't blocking the way to his bed he'd be fine.
He thought about checking the next room over to see if Dawn was there but decided against it as he unlocked his door and saw that the lights were already on. He figured they must have left it on and as he readied himself for a long slumber, he saw a red eyed, blue haired girl sitting on the edge of his bed.
"Dawn what happened," Paul said as he motioned towards her but was stopped by her out stretched hand.
"Paul," Dawn softly said as her eyes pierced Paul, "we need to talk."
It was 3 in the morning inside the hospital. Everything seemed normal, the patients were asleep and the doctors pissed because they were stuck with the graveyard shift. It was a pretty quiet night, that was until it started.
Smoke started to fill the hospital, causing a frenzy among the patients who were still awake and the doctors. The smoke was so suffocating that it caused the doctors to start uncontrollably coughing, bringing them to their knees.
Not only did the smoke incapacitate them, it was also so dark that they couldn't even see what was a step or two in font of them. Luckily, one of the doctors was able to find the phone and call the fire department to put out the "fire".
People outside, walking by the hotel could see smoke pouring out the open windows and began to worry. A few brave people were about to run into the hospital and try to help but stopped when they heard an explosion coming from the side of the building.
A vortex of air was source of the explosion, the result was a giant hole in the side of the hospital. Like a jet the Lugia blasted away, only a few people were able to see that on it's back was something, but they couldn't tell what.
After the Lugia flew away, the people started to put two and two together and realized that it was Alpha on its back and that he had awaken from his coma. People started to cheer as the Lugia was just a speck in the distance now, their favorite trainer was awake and they knew that he would be ready for his battle tomorrow.
And that everybody was chapter 21 of the Betrayed Champion. Things might seem a bit shaky but wait until the next chapter and it'll all make sense.
Don't forget to name the fic within the fic this chapter, also I'm always accepting new ideas for this fic so if you got one send them in.
Alright I have a problem and I'm not sure how to do it. In my fic, I was wondering if you guys wouldn't mind having Dawn be a side romance for Alpha in the fic. The fic would still end advanceshipping but I was wondering if you wouldn't mind having her as a small romance for Alpha. So I'm letting you decide, I have a poll up on my profile to decide or you can just say it in your review whether you want it to happen or not. Majority rules so it's your choice.
Update announcement: Alright so the next chapter will be up next friday. From then on all chapters will be up every friday every week so remember check next friday for a new chapter.