Michael and the other Team Aqua members now walked to the desert and plunged into it and located Mark and Arinia's secret base. Once they found it, they entered it, and the Superior Admin walked over to Mark. The Superior Admin saw Arinia sleeping on the bed in the secret base and he gasped; Mark turned around and saw his superior.
"Oh, no! She needs a doctor immediately! Come on! We must get her to Lavaridge as fast as we can!" The Superior Admin said.
Mark now scooped Arinia up, and the Superior Admin helped to wrap her into a blanket. Then the Superior Admin took her IV bag and tucked it inside her blanket, Mark carried Arinia to the entrance to the secret base, and the Superior Admin took another blanket and covered Arinia's head with it to keep the sand off it when they took her out into the sandstorm. It was decided that the rest of the Team Aqua members would stay at the secret base and keep an eye on things for them, while Mark and his superior took Arinia to the hospital. Mark and his superior carried Arinia out of the secret base and out of the desert, and through the Fiery Cave until they came to the base of the cable car loading dock. They both boarded the cable car, and rode it to the top near Mt. Chimney. Then they got off, and carried Arinia down the Jagged Pass and into Lavaridge. Mark and his superior carried Arinia to the hospital and went inside. A doctor was talking to the receptionist; he looked up, saw Arinia, and gasped. Then he scrambled to get a hospital bed for Arinia. He came back with it, and Mark laid her on it. Then the doctor wheeled her away from them to take her into the critical care unit. Mark and his superior watched as Arinia was wheeled away from them, then they went to the waiting room to await news on Arinia.
2 hours passed before the doctor came into the waiting room, "Arinia, is going to be all right now, her fever went down and she is stable. You can see her now if you want, but be careful not to excite her too much because she really needs her rest."
The doctor left and Mark went in to see Arinia, and his superior followed a few minutes later so as to give Mark some time alone with her. Mark walked over to her bedside and sat down, then he took her hand. Mark observed that Arinia was still on an IV, it was in fact the same one that the Team Magma doctor had put in her arm.
A few minutes later, Arinia stirred and woke up, "Mark……."
Mark smiled, "Hey sleeping beauty…….."
Now Arinia asked, "Mark, where am I?" Arinia seemed a little frightened.
"You're in the hospital." Mark told her.
Arinia calmed down, "Mark…….. I just wanted to say…….. That I appreciate all the things you've done for me……."
Mark smiled, "I know sweetheart, I know……."
Arinia coughed, and Mark hugged Arinia, "Take it easy, my love…….. You don't want to overdo it……… Gosh, I love you so much…….."
"I love you too." Arinia replied.
The door opened and the Superior Admin entered. "Well hello there, Arinia." The Superior Admin said.
Now he asked, "Mark has she been resting?"
"Yes, she has. She only just woke up a few minutes ago." Mark replied.
The Superior Admin walked over to Arinia's bedside, "Arinia……. Through all this, I forgot to tell you my name……. Arinia…….. My name is Michael…….."
Arinia coughed, and Mark made her relax.
Now Michael said, "Take it easy, Arinia, you're still very weak……."
Arinia nodded and tried to rest. The doctor entered with a shot for her. Now the doctor cleaned a place on her left arm so that he could give her the shot. Arinia was afraid to be given a shot, but Mark held her hand as she was given it. Then the doctor left her room, and returned about 5 minutes later with a bowl of soup for her and her next dosage of medicine. The doctor moved her dinner in front of her, and Arinia ate her soup. Then the doctor gave Arinia her next dosage of medicine. Now the doctor left the room with her soup bowl.
Now Michael asked, "Arinia…….. Is there any family members you want us to contact for you?"
Arinia replied, "Yes…….. My sister, Karania Avalon……..."
Michael was surprised, "You're Karania's younger sister? I didn't know that……."
"Same here." Mark said.
Now Michael asked, "Is there anyone else you want us to contact, like your parents?"
Arinia replied, "Yes, my father is Steven…….."
Michael said, "Okay……. Whoa!…….. You have one famous family……."
Arinia became sleepy again.
"You should try to rest now…….. Try to get some sleep…….." Michael said.
"Yeah, try to get some sleep, my love…….." Mark said.
Shortly afterward, Arinia fell asleep.
Now Michael said, "Poor Arinia…….. She's so lucky to be alive…….."
"Yes, she is lucky, it's a good thing I was there; if not Maxie would've killed her." Mark replied.
Arinia sighed in her sleep.
"It appears that her dreams are peaceful…….." Michael said.
Now Mark said, "Yes, she is resting peacefully…….."
Now Michael said, "Good thing too, from what she's been through she needs her rest………"
Now Mark said, "She doesn't deserve this, no one does…….."
"She sure doesn't……… I don't understand why Maxie did this to her……. She didn't do anything to him…….." Michael said.
Now Mark said, "Maxie is nothing but an animal…….."
"I agree, he did this to her for no good reason. His grunt challenged her, and Maxie blamed her for getting involved when it was the grunt that started it. Maxie won't admit that his grunt was in the wrong…….." Michael said.
Now Mark said, "We need to stop Maxie before he can do something like this again, but first thing's first; we have to make sure that Arinia recovers first……..."
Now Michael said, "I think we need to tell our boss about this…….. He won't stand for it……… He doesn't like it when someone mistreats girls, or anyone else for that matter."
Now Mark said, "Yes, indeed. We must tell Archie about what happened…….."
"I'll go call him, right now……… The sooner Archie knows about this, the better……… Also Arinia needs some sort of protection while she's sick………" Michael said.
"You go contact Archie, I'll stay and look after Arinia. Also can you try to contact Karania Avalon? She needs to know where her sister is…….."
"I'll do my best. It might be hard to get in touch with Karania………" Michael said.
"Well, good luck, Michael. I'll see you later, be careful…….."
Now Michael exited Arinia's room, and practically crashed into Karania.