"Do you think she's going to be okay, Brock?" Ash asked his friend.
"I don't know…… It seems like she might make it, but we need to get her to a doctor none the less." Brock replied.
Now Misty cut in, "Oh my gosh! She looks like she's only eight! I wonder where her parents are………"
Brock picked Ariel up, "We'll worry about that later, at the moment we must get her to a doctor.
Brock and his companions carried Ariel into the nearest town and made their way to the hospital, and they took her inside. Some staff turned around when they saw Brock carrying the girl, "What's wrong with her?" A doctor who had hurried over to look at her asked.
"I don't know, we found her lying on a beach. We don't how she got there or what happened to her." Brock replied.
"Give her to me, I'll see to it that she gets the care she needs." The doctor said.
Brock handed Ariel over to the doctor, and the doctor disappeared into a room with Ariel. The doctor got Ariel into a bed, and he gave her a check up. He found that had a slight case of hemophilia from being in cold water for too long and that she was unconscious, so he knew that she wasn't going anywhere for a while. The doctor went back to get the gang, "You can see her now, she's not awake, but we know what's wrong with her."
The gang came into the room to see Ariel; they found Ariel bundled into several blankets to keep her warm. Ariel was totally out of it and had no idea where she was. The doctor turned to the gang, "Do you know where her parents are?"
"No, we don't even know her name." Ash replied.
"Well, anyways we're going to have to keep her here for several days, and I will be getting in touch with Officer Jenny so that she can begin looking for her parents. It's not normal for a girl this young to be away from her parents." The doctor said.
"How young is she?" Ash asked.
"She's only eight." The doctor replied after glancing at Ariel.
"I thought she was eight, but I wasn't sure." Misty said.
"Well you were right. Now we need to get her into a regular room in the hospital……"
Just then Ariel started to stir and woke up. "Mmmm……. Where am I?" Ariel asked.
"Oh, you're awake! My dear you're in the hospital, you were found washed up on a beach by these kids. By the way, what's your name and where are your parents?" The doctor said while taking her pulse.
"I'm Ariel Clearwater, and I don't know where my parents are. The last time I saw them they were on a boat in the ocean off shore. I have no idea where they are now……." Ariel replied.
"Then just rest, we're going to be keeping you for several days as you have a slight case of hemophilia. Okay, sweetheart?" The doctor said.
"Okay…….." Ariel replied.
"I'll let you meet your rescuers more later, at the moment you need to rest. You need sleep, and you need to keep your strength to fight the beginning of an illness." The doctor replied.
"Okay." Ariel replied.
"And don't worry, we'll inform the police that you were separated from your parents so that they can try to find them for you. Now it's time for you to sleep, so close your eyes my dear. I promise that nothing bad will happen to you while you are here." The doctor said.
Ariel closed her eyes and fell asleep. "Good, she's sleeping…… Kids, you can see her again tomorrow. At the moment we need to run a few tests on her to make sure that we've correctly diagnosed her illness."
"As you wish, doctor." The kids replied, they now left the room and the doctor saw to it to get Ariel moved into a normal room in the hospital.
Ariel didn't stir as she was being moved, it was like she was totally worn out and didn't really care what happened to her as long as she could sleep. Several doctors moved Ariel into a normal room and moved her into the bed, then they left her to sleep in peace.