A Gateway to Madness
Disclaimer: I don't own Game Boy Advance or Pokèmon Gold.
5:17 AM
He awoke to see a nurse bending over him.
"Nurse Joy!" he exclaimed.
"No, my name is Jan," she replied, donning a pair of latex gloves. "Or you can call me Dr. Hillson."
"But all the nurses are named Joy!" he raved. "That's just how it is in the...I mean, that's how it is here!"
"Of course, honey," Jan answered absently. "Now sit still, I'm going to check your pulse."
Thomas looked around the room. There was nothing in it to suggest that this was the Pokèmon world. In fact, there was nothing in it at all except the bed he was lying on, some chairs, a table, and the nurse's supply box.
While Dr. Hillson recorded Tom's pulse rate and started checking his blood pressure, the boy thought things over. This had to be the Pokèmon world; he was sure of it. Perhaps Pokèmon were kept separate from the humans in the hospital. As for the doctor's name...well, she was a doctor, not a nurse, and therefore had a unique name.
His thoughts were interrupted by said doctor tapping on his shoulder. "I'm going to ask you some questions," she said, in a serious tone of voice, "and I want you to answer truthfully.
"What is your full name?"
"Thomas Andrew Parker."
"How old are you?"
"14."
"Where do you live?"
"Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." He wondered, briefly, if they would accept that as true; he had never seen either word on a Pokè-map. She seemed unfazed, though, and continued debriefing the Pokèmaniac as though nothing was out of the ordinary.
"Do you know where you are?"
This query struck Thomas as strange. Did they think he'd lost his mind?
"Thomas? Answer the ques-"
"I assume I'm in some sort of freakin' weird PokèCenter!" he blurted.
This, however, seemed to confuse Dr. Hillson. She stood up and informed him, with faked cheeriness, that those were all the questions. She handed him a form to fill out, and walked to the door as if to leave. When he didn't hear the sound of a door opening, Thomas looked up and saw her tap a button next to the light switch.
"What's that?" Startled by the boy's abrupt question, Jan swiveled round to face him.
"It's just...to tell the doctor that I'm done."
"Aren't *you* the doctor?"
"No, I'm just...in training." She looked anxious and avoided making eye contact with Thomas.
His eyes lit up, and all other worries left his mind. "I'm in training, too! I'm gonna be a Pokèmon master!"
The doctor-in-training flinched. Biting her lip, she abruptly left the room, popping her head back in for a moment to say that she had work to do.
What the hell was wrong with these people? Thomas couldn't figure it out. They seemed to avoid talking about Pokèmon. Suddenly, he hit on an answer. They must know that I'm from another world, he thought, and don't know how I know about Pokèmon! Thomas relaxed and took out his Game Boy Advance, which still had "Pokèmon Gold" in it from the last time he played.
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What do you think? I'm sorry if you think it's going slow, but I'm building up to the main part of the story. Please review!
Disclaimer: I don't own Game Boy Advance or Pokèmon Gold.
5:17 AM
He awoke to see a nurse bending over him.
"Nurse Joy!" he exclaimed.
"No, my name is Jan," she replied, donning a pair of latex gloves. "Or you can call me Dr. Hillson."
"But all the nurses are named Joy!" he raved. "That's just how it is in the...I mean, that's how it is here!"
"Of course, honey," Jan answered absently. "Now sit still, I'm going to check your pulse."
Thomas looked around the room. There was nothing in it to suggest that this was the Pokèmon world. In fact, there was nothing in it at all except the bed he was lying on, some chairs, a table, and the nurse's supply box.
While Dr. Hillson recorded Tom's pulse rate and started checking his blood pressure, the boy thought things over. This had to be the Pokèmon world; he was sure of it. Perhaps Pokèmon were kept separate from the humans in the hospital. As for the doctor's name...well, she was a doctor, not a nurse, and therefore had a unique name.
His thoughts were interrupted by said doctor tapping on his shoulder. "I'm going to ask you some questions," she said, in a serious tone of voice, "and I want you to answer truthfully.
"What is your full name?"
"Thomas Andrew Parker."
"How old are you?"
"14."
"Where do you live?"
"Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." He wondered, briefly, if they would accept that as true; he had never seen either word on a Pokè-map. She seemed unfazed, though, and continued debriefing the Pokèmaniac as though nothing was out of the ordinary.
"Do you know where you are?"
This query struck Thomas as strange. Did they think he'd lost his mind?
"Thomas? Answer the ques-"
"I assume I'm in some sort of freakin' weird PokèCenter!" he blurted.
This, however, seemed to confuse Dr. Hillson. She stood up and informed him, with faked cheeriness, that those were all the questions. She handed him a form to fill out, and walked to the door as if to leave. When he didn't hear the sound of a door opening, Thomas looked up and saw her tap a button next to the light switch.
"What's that?" Startled by the boy's abrupt question, Jan swiveled round to face him.
"It's just...to tell the doctor that I'm done."
"Aren't *you* the doctor?"
"No, I'm just...in training." She looked anxious and avoided making eye contact with Thomas.
His eyes lit up, and all other worries left his mind. "I'm in training, too! I'm gonna be a Pokèmon master!"
The doctor-in-training flinched. Biting her lip, she abruptly left the room, popping her head back in for a moment to say that she had work to do.
What the hell was wrong with these people? Thomas couldn't figure it out. They seemed to avoid talking about Pokèmon. Suddenly, he hit on an answer. They must know that I'm from another world, he thought, and don't know how I know about Pokèmon! Thomas relaxed and took out his Game Boy Advance, which still had "Pokèmon Gold" in it from the last time he played.
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What do you think? I'm sorry if you think it's going slow, but I'm building up to the main part of the story. Please review!