The Vampire of Lavendar Town
By Ree-chan Peekster, Dugtrio 16, and Dessa
Chapter 3
"Nurse Joy!!! Nurse Joy!!!" Ben yelled, running into the Pokémon Center with Chan in his arms.
"What's wrong, Ben?" Nurse Joy said, coming out to the front desk. Then she saw Chan's limp body. "Oh my!" she shouted, "Not again! What happened?!" She took Chan out of Ben's arms and brought him to the same room as before as he and Mew followed.
"We were looking at a painting in the Tower, and heard a thump from upstairs. Chan saw a huge Gastly, then turned really pale and went limp," Ben said hurriedly. "What can you do?"
"We'll let him rest. I think you two should stay out of the Tower for a while," Nurse Joy said, worried. She looked at Ben as she said the last line and he nodded. "For now, we'll just have to wait."
Ben paced back and forth. Something was wrong with Chan and there was little he, or anyone else, could do about it except hope that he'd get better.
"Can't you do something?" he asked looking at Chan. "He looks terrible. He's sweating too."
"He's getting worse. Hang on... I have some medicine in the back that might help," she replied.
Ben found a wash cloth and dampened it with cold water. He, then, placed it on Chan's burning forehead.
"Check his eyes," Joy said.
Ben did. "They're still rolled up in his head," he told her.
"I was hoping they wouldn't be," she said as she prepared a needle.
"What's that?"
"It should help bring his fever down and make him relax. He needs rest and this fever isn't allowing him to do that."
She put the needle in his arm. Chan jerked. Waiting a moment, she injected the medicine and slowly pulled the needle out.
"There that should help."
Ben looked worriedly at Chan. "Are you sure that'll help?" he asked Nurse Joy.
Nurse Joy sighed, "No. I'm just hoping that it'll work..."
Ben bit his lower lip and looked down at his friend. He had known him less than a day, but he felt like he had known him for a lifetime.
Suddenly, Chan's eyes flew open. Both Ben and Nurse Joy gasped. It wasn't the fact that he was awake, it was the fact that his pupils were extremely dilated. He yelled out in pain. "Someone turn of the lights!" he bellowed, "I can't see anything."
Ben lunged over to the switch and flicked it off and Nurse Joy closed the blinds. "What's wrong with the light? What happened?" she asked.
Chan sat up and rubbed his eyes. They all could only barely see anything. "I don't know. All I know is that the light was completely blinding me. I feel awful, and those bug bites on my neck hurt terribly." Suddenly, Chan groaned and fell back onto his pillow. Nurse Joy rushed over and felt for his pulse, but it was not there.
"No, this can't be happening," Joy said frightened.
"What?" Ben asked.
"No pulse..." she said as she pushed the emergency button.
"What?!" Ben cried. He couldn't believe it. His friend could be gone.
"How?" he asked.
"I don't know. It must be an allergic reaction to those bug bites," Joy said.
A Chansey ran in with a stretcher. Ben and Joy lifted Chan and put him on it. They, then, ran into the emergency room. Joy took out some electric paddles while Ben put an oxygen mask over Chan's pale face. He started pumping desperately.
"Clear!" Joy cried as she put the paddles to Chan's bare chest. (They had taken his shirt off earlier to cool him off) Chan's body jerked but he didn't respond. Ben pumped away even harder trying desperately to bring his friend back.
"Clear!" Joy said again. Another jolt and no response.
*******
Ben sat in the waiting room with his head in his hands. He had been crying but his tears were now gone.
Chan was dead. Despite their desperate efforts to bring him back, Chan didn't respond.
Joy came in. She, too, had been crying. Mew and Pikachu were in the other room telling the rest of Chan's pokémon what had happened.
"What now?" Ben asked.
"We schedule an autopsy to figure out how he died," she said.
Ben nodded. The thought of that personally gave him the creeps but he couldn't think of anything else to do.
*******
The next morning...
Ben went into the room where Chan had been left. He looked around.
"Joy," he called. "Did you move Chan's body without telling me?"
"No, why?" she replied.
"Because, it's not here."
"What?!"
*******
Original # of parts: 4
Chapter 3
"Nurse Joy!!! Nurse Joy!!!" Ben yelled, running into the Pokémon Center with Chan in his arms.
"What's wrong, Ben?" Nurse Joy said, coming out to the front desk. Then she saw Chan's limp body. "Oh my!" she shouted, "Not again! What happened?!" She took Chan out of Ben's arms and brought him to the same room as before as he and Mew followed.
"We were looking at a painting in the Tower, and heard a thump from upstairs. Chan saw a huge Gastly, then turned really pale and went limp," Ben said hurriedly. "What can you do?"
"We'll let him rest. I think you two should stay out of the Tower for a while," Nurse Joy said, worried. She looked at Ben as she said the last line and he nodded. "For now, we'll just have to wait."
Ben paced back and forth. Something was wrong with Chan and there was little he, or anyone else, could do about it except hope that he'd get better.
"Can't you do something?" he asked looking at Chan. "He looks terrible. He's sweating too."
"He's getting worse. Hang on... I have some medicine in the back that might help," she replied.
Ben found a wash cloth and dampened it with cold water. He, then, placed it on Chan's burning forehead.
"Check his eyes," Joy said.
Ben did. "They're still rolled up in his head," he told her.
"I was hoping they wouldn't be," she said as she prepared a needle.
"What's that?"
"It should help bring his fever down and make him relax. He needs rest and this fever isn't allowing him to do that."
She put the needle in his arm. Chan jerked. Waiting a moment, she injected the medicine and slowly pulled the needle out.
"There that should help."
Ben looked worriedly at Chan. "Are you sure that'll help?" he asked Nurse Joy.
Nurse Joy sighed, "No. I'm just hoping that it'll work..."
Ben bit his lower lip and looked down at his friend. He had known him less than a day, but he felt like he had known him for a lifetime.
Suddenly, Chan's eyes flew open. Both Ben and Nurse Joy gasped. It wasn't the fact that he was awake, it was the fact that his pupils were extremely dilated. He yelled out in pain. "Someone turn of the lights!" he bellowed, "I can't see anything."
Ben lunged over to the switch and flicked it off and Nurse Joy closed the blinds. "What's wrong with the light? What happened?" she asked.
Chan sat up and rubbed his eyes. They all could only barely see anything. "I don't know. All I know is that the light was completely blinding me. I feel awful, and those bug bites on my neck hurt terribly." Suddenly, Chan groaned and fell back onto his pillow. Nurse Joy rushed over and felt for his pulse, but it was not there.
"No, this can't be happening," Joy said frightened.
"What?" Ben asked.
"No pulse..." she said as she pushed the emergency button.
"What?!" Ben cried. He couldn't believe it. His friend could be gone.
"How?" he asked.
"I don't know. It must be an allergic reaction to those bug bites," Joy said.
A Chansey ran in with a stretcher. Ben and Joy lifted Chan and put him on it. They, then, ran into the emergency room. Joy took out some electric paddles while Ben put an oxygen mask over Chan's pale face. He started pumping desperately.
"Clear!" Joy cried as she put the paddles to Chan's bare chest. (They had taken his shirt off earlier to cool him off) Chan's body jerked but he didn't respond. Ben pumped away even harder trying desperately to bring his friend back.
"Clear!" Joy said again. Another jolt and no response.
*******
Ben sat in the waiting room with his head in his hands. He had been crying but his tears were now gone.
Chan was dead. Despite their desperate efforts to bring him back, Chan didn't respond.
Joy came in. She, too, had been crying. Mew and Pikachu were in the other room telling the rest of Chan's pokémon what had happened.
"What now?" Ben asked.
"We schedule an autopsy to figure out how he died," she said.
Ben nodded. The thought of that personally gave him the creeps but he couldn't think of anything else to do.
*******
The next morning...
Ben went into the room where Chan had been left. He looked around.
"Joy," he called. "Did you move Chan's body without telling me?"
"No, why?" she replied.
"Because, it's not here."
"What?!"
*******
Original # of parts: 4