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Author notes: ^...^ = a thought '...' = something from the pokédex [....] = pokémon translations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flashbacks go in between these ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter Three - The Hospital
The next few hours were a blur. They managed to get Ande back to Viridian City through a combination of telekinesis by Ande's Kadabra, so she wouldn't be injured further, and a very repentave Snorlax using Metronome to Fly them to the Viridian emergency room. After Ande's condition had stabilized, she was moved into a room of her own. Matt spent an almost sleepless night pondering the childlike expression on Ande's sleeping face. Once he finally fell asleep, he didn't have to wonder anymore.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The voices started when I was three. Most of them were human, some were not. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The dream was not his own. It had started as soon as his eyes closed. The images were burned into his brain.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The institution is dark and lonely. Mom and Dad said they would come back for me. I doubt they will. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Matt could not tell whose past this was. He could take a pretty good guess though.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A voice singles itself out in my head. It's not human but it sounds just as lonely as I am. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Matt opened his eyes. The dream was still there, floating in front of him. There was the beginnings of a smile on Ande's face.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I call back to the voice, 'Here I am. I will be your friend.' Then the institution is gone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Matt is tempted to try and wake Ande but decides not to.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It was an Abra! Oh, how cute it is. 'Will you be my pokémon?' I ask it. It hands me its pokéball. I have a friend now, one who will not leave me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The sun peeked through a crack in the pale green curtains of the Viridian City Hospital. As the light fell across Ande's face, her eyes fluttered open. She gazed at the ceiling for a moment before noticing the figure curled up in a chair next to her bed. It was Matt. He looked so peaceful lying there. She reached out with her good arm to gently touch Matt's face. Just then the door inched open and Ditto peeked its head inside. "Ditto ditto!" it cried. Matt jerked awake at the sound of his pokémon's voice. Ande quickly pulled her hand back before Matt realized what she had been trying to do. A nurse opened up the door the rest of the way and turned on the light. "I'm glad to see that you're finally awake. We need to do a quick examination of your injuries before we decide if we should let you leave or not," said the nurse. "What should I do?" asked Matt. "Well, you could sit here and wait for her or, if you want, you could follow my Chansey." "Chansey!" it said as it peeked around the corner. "As I was saying, you could follow Chansey and find a way to MOVE THAT STUPID SNORLAX! We also have a nice gift shop." Matt took the hint. As he followed Chansey down the hallway, Ande was put in a wheel chair and pushed into a room with a bunch of x-ray equipment. The technicians took some x-rays of her two legs that were in casts and her arm that had been broken. Just as the technicians finished, all of the lights in the room went off. Everything got quiet. An eerie voice, or rather several eerie voices speaking in unison, called out, "We are the evil of the world, United for a common cause. We are The Dark League, and we challenge you, Andromeda. Find us, if you dare." The lights came back on and everyone continued on as if nothing had happened. Everyone except for Ande who was shaking with fear as the challenge echoed in her head.
Out in the courtyard of the hospital stood a very frustrated Matt. The Snorlax had managed to get itself wedged between the double doors that led out into the courtyard. It was crying out in pain and Matt was doing his best to calm it down while trying to think of a way to get it out of the doorway. Ande's Kadabra was standing behind Matt holding its pokéball. Suddenly, it let out a loud cry. "Kaadaabraaa!!" It's eyes opened wide and the star on its forehead started to glow. Just as it's cry ended, a bright flash filled the courtyard. Ande's Kadabra was gone. Seconds later, the technicians ran out to tell a befuddled Matt that Ande had disappeared. "She was just sitting there. Then this bright light filled the room and she was gone," said one technician. "I'm going to find her," stated Matt, "I still owe her something for knocking over her house." "Ditto ditto!" [Don't forget me!] exclaimed Matt's Ditto. "Snor-lax." [I'll help too.] said the Snorlax. "You can't help," Matt said, "your stuck in those doors." With that, Snorlax emptied all of the air out of its lungs and wriggled free with a huge grin on its face. "Snorlax," it said and winked at Matt. Moments later, Matt and his Ditto were soaring through the clouds on a flying Snorlax.
Meanwhile, somewhere else entirely.
A man sits alone. He appears deep in meditation. The room he is in is pitch black save the small glow caused by the four candles that surround the man. Three of the candles are burning low. Their flames seem to be growing tired of fighting the all-encompassing darkness. The fourth candle was tall with its strong flame flickering from an unfelt draft. The man's eyes shot open. His pupils glowed a bright crimson. "It has begun." he says softly. "She will not last long. He will not succeed. We will triumph." His evil laughter fills the room as the glow from his eyes reveals millions of candles. Some had burnt themselves out. Most had donned an ebony flame.
Author notes: ^...^ = a thought '...' = something from the pokédex [....] = pokémon translations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flashbacks go in between these ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter Three - The Hospital
The next few hours were a blur. They managed to get Ande back to Viridian City through a combination of telekinesis by Ande's Kadabra, so she wouldn't be injured further, and a very repentave Snorlax using Metronome to Fly them to the Viridian emergency room. After Ande's condition had stabilized, she was moved into a room of her own. Matt spent an almost sleepless night pondering the childlike expression on Ande's sleeping face. Once he finally fell asleep, he didn't have to wonder anymore.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The voices started when I was three. Most of them were human, some were not. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The dream was not his own. It had started as soon as his eyes closed. The images were burned into his brain.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The institution is dark and lonely. Mom and Dad said they would come back for me. I doubt they will. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Matt could not tell whose past this was. He could take a pretty good guess though.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A voice singles itself out in my head. It's not human but it sounds just as lonely as I am. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Matt opened his eyes. The dream was still there, floating in front of him. There was the beginnings of a smile on Ande's face.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I call back to the voice, 'Here I am. I will be your friend.' Then the institution is gone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Matt is tempted to try and wake Ande but decides not to.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It was an Abra! Oh, how cute it is. 'Will you be my pokémon?' I ask it. It hands me its pokéball. I have a friend now, one who will not leave me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The sun peeked through a crack in the pale green curtains of the Viridian City Hospital. As the light fell across Ande's face, her eyes fluttered open. She gazed at the ceiling for a moment before noticing the figure curled up in a chair next to her bed. It was Matt. He looked so peaceful lying there. She reached out with her good arm to gently touch Matt's face. Just then the door inched open and Ditto peeked its head inside. "Ditto ditto!" it cried. Matt jerked awake at the sound of his pokémon's voice. Ande quickly pulled her hand back before Matt realized what she had been trying to do. A nurse opened up the door the rest of the way and turned on the light. "I'm glad to see that you're finally awake. We need to do a quick examination of your injuries before we decide if we should let you leave or not," said the nurse. "What should I do?" asked Matt. "Well, you could sit here and wait for her or, if you want, you could follow my Chansey." "Chansey!" it said as it peeked around the corner. "As I was saying, you could follow Chansey and find a way to MOVE THAT STUPID SNORLAX! We also have a nice gift shop." Matt took the hint. As he followed Chansey down the hallway, Ande was put in a wheel chair and pushed into a room with a bunch of x-ray equipment. The technicians took some x-rays of her two legs that were in casts and her arm that had been broken. Just as the technicians finished, all of the lights in the room went off. Everything got quiet. An eerie voice, or rather several eerie voices speaking in unison, called out, "We are the evil of the world, United for a common cause. We are The Dark League, and we challenge you, Andromeda. Find us, if you dare." The lights came back on and everyone continued on as if nothing had happened. Everyone except for Ande who was shaking with fear as the challenge echoed in her head.
Out in the courtyard of the hospital stood a very frustrated Matt. The Snorlax had managed to get itself wedged between the double doors that led out into the courtyard. It was crying out in pain and Matt was doing his best to calm it down while trying to think of a way to get it out of the doorway. Ande's Kadabra was standing behind Matt holding its pokéball. Suddenly, it let out a loud cry. "Kaadaabraaa!!" It's eyes opened wide and the star on its forehead started to glow. Just as it's cry ended, a bright flash filled the courtyard. Ande's Kadabra was gone. Seconds later, the technicians ran out to tell a befuddled Matt that Ande had disappeared. "She was just sitting there. Then this bright light filled the room and she was gone," said one technician. "I'm going to find her," stated Matt, "I still owe her something for knocking over her house." "Ditto ditto!" [Don't forget me!] exclaimed Matt's Ditto. "Snor-lax." [I'll help too.] said the Snorlax. "You can't help," Matt said, "your stuck in those doors." With that, Snorlax emptied all of the air out of its lungs and wriggled free with a huge grin on its face. "Snorlax," it said and winked at Matt. Moments later, Matt and his Ditto were soaring through the clouds on a flying Snorlax.
Meanwhile, somewhere else entirely.
A man sits alone. He appears deep in meditation. The room he is in is pitch black save the small glow caused by the four candles that surround the man. Three of the candles are burning low. Their flames seem to be growing tired of fighting the all-encompassing darkness. The fourth candle was tall with its strong flame flickering from an unfelt draft. The man's eyes shot open. His pupils glowed a bright crimson. "It has begun." he says softly. "She will not last long. He will not succeed. We will triumph." His evil laughter fills the room as the glow from his eyes reveals millions of candles. Some had burnt themselves out. Most had donned an ebony flame.
