"Wolf at the Gates"
Once her dad had left her room, Sakura sat down on her bed and began reading the book her dad had given her before he left. Sakura hoped that whatever was going on wouldn't put her in danger, since she had no desire to be Maxie's slave again. Sakura looked closer at the book her dad had given her and saw that mostly dealt with water, dark, and normal type pokemon strategies.
"Dad takes good care of me……" Sakura thought smiling.
Sakura started looking up the pokemon she had and how she probably should use them in battle.
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Meanwhile, Archie and the other Team Aqua members were running towards the entrance to see what the matter was. They reached the entrance and found a group of Team Magma agents being led by Maxie.
"Well, well, if it isn't Archie and his followers…… Let's make this easy, you give me Sakura and we'll leave." Maxie sneered.
"I don't know what you're talking about, we don't have her here. I turned her over to an orphanage after I rescued her." Archie replied.
"You! She belongs to me! I bought her and she's my property!" Maxie cried angrily.
Archie's face narrowed in anger, "She's a living creature! She deserves to be free!"
"NO SHE DOESN'T! SHE DESERVES TO BE ORDERED AROUND ALL HER LIFE!" Maxie screamed at Archie.
Archie took a step backward, "Yeah right, she deserves to be able to have a chance to make her dreams a reality!"
"Like that'll ever happen! When I find her I'm going to let her have it and you can't stop me! Come on guys, let's go conduct our search elsewhere." Maxie and his group turned to leave. "Oh, and if I find out that you do have her, when I get my hands on her I might let her have it so bad that she dies!"
Archie was concerned but he was determined not to let it show lest he give away Sakura's hiding place. Maxie and his group left the Team Aqua base to go conduct their search for Sakura somewhere else. Once they'd left, some Team Aqua members followed them and secured the base entrance so that they would have a hard time coming back to search for Sakura. Now that the base was secure again, Archie walked back to his quarters to see how Sakura was doing. Archie entered his room and walked over to the bookshelf and slid the book out on the bookshelf and the bookshelf slid to the side revealing Sakura's room. Archie found Sakura holding the book sprawled out on her bed asleep. Archie walked over to Sakura and kissed Sakura on the forehead and gently eased the book out of Sakura's grasp and set it on her little nightstand. Then Archie pulled the covers back and eased Sakura under the covers. Once Sakura had been tucked in, Archie took a seat in the chair beside her bed and once he did so, Archie noticed that Sakura was a little pale. Archie stood up and walked over to her and stood over her and looked at her, Sakura seemed to be kinda gasping for breath. Worried, Archie reached out and placed his hand on her forehead, upon doing so Archie gasped. Sakura had a fever again, her illness that she had contracted while she was Maxie's slave had come back. The Team Magma doctor had been wrong when he had classified her as totally well.
"Oh my poor baby girl……"
Archie pulled the covers back and lifted both Sakura and her doll into his arms. On the way out of her room, he grabbed her nightgown and slung it over his shoulder. Then Archie left her room and carried Sakura to the infirmary. On the way to the infirmary, Thomas appeared.
"Aw….. What's wrong with Sakura?" Thomas asked.
"I have no idea. I found her sprawled out on her bed when I came back to check on her. I hope she's okay……" Archie said.
Thomas looked at Sakura, "Poor thing….. It's no fun to get sick on your birthday."
"Only the doctor will know for sure……." Archie said.
"Let's get her into the infirmary, if it's serious it can't wait." Thomas said, ruffling Sakura's hair.
"Right, we can continue the birthday festivities in the infirmary if we need to." Archie carried Sakura into the infirmary and over to a doctor.
Thomas followed Archie into the infirmary and looked on in silence as the doctor looked at Sakura.
"Poor thing……. She's been sick recently and she relapsed back into that sickness. I'm going to need to keep her up in the infirmary with me for a while until I can make sure that the illness won't come back like it did." The doctor said.
"Right. Knowing Maxie, he only gave her enough care to keep her alive so that she could still be his slave, and her still being a little sick would explain why she's so tired." Archie said, looking at his little girl in his arms.
"Right, she's fighting off an illness, and unfortunately it chose to strike again on her birthday."
"I have her nightgown here with me." Archie said.
"Good, however I think it would be best if we got a girl grunt or Admin to change her into her nightgown so that we wouldn't have to wake her since she really needs to sleep." The doctor said.
"I'll get Rebecca or Edith, depending on who's available." Thomas said.
Archie nodded, "You do that."
Thomas left the room to go find either Rebecca or Edith, and Archie carried Sakura over to a bed that was in the middle of the room so that there was room to protect her if need be. A few minutes later, Thomas returned with Rebecca.
"Aw, what's wrong with Sakura?" Rebecca asked.
"We don't know, we think that she's relapsed into some sort of sickness that she's been sick with recently." Archie replied.
"That's no fun." Rebecca said.
Archie nodded and cradled Sakura before he set her down on her bed, "Do you mind changing her into her nightgown for us?"
"Not at all." Rebecca replied, picking up Sakura's nightgown.
The doctor pulled some curtains around Sakura's bed and Rebecca walked behind the curtains and took the nightgown and gently changed Sakura into it. Then she pulled the curtains back and Archie walked forward and lifted Sakura up and Rebecca pulled the covers back, and Archie slid Sakura under the covers and tucked her in and tucked her doll under her arm in hopes that having the doll would make her feel better.
Shortly after Sakura had been tucked into bed in the infirmary she stirred and woke up. "Mmmm……. Where am I?"
"Take it easy, baby……. You're in the infirmary. Your illness came back……." Archie said.
"Great…….." Sakura moaned.
"I know……. Do you feel okay?" Archie asked.
"Just a little tired." Sakura replied.
"Good." Archie said.
Now the doctor walked over, "Archie, I don't have a problem if you want to continue her birthday party here."
"Okay, though the team will all want to be here…….. How do we manage that?" Archie asked.
"Hmm…….. I have a little bed that can roll, we can put her in it and take her to the dining room for the remainder of the party if you want, then I would like her to rest." The doctor said.
Archie nodded, "Yes, that'll work perfectly, I think that'll be the best way to solve the problem at hand."
The doctor nodded and went to get the bed he had mentioned, and he returned with it in a couple of minutes. Then once he returned with it, he wheeled it over to Sakura and together Archie and the doctor moved Sakura to the rolling bed. Once she was on the bed, Archie helped her slide under the covers and tucked her in to help keep her warm.
"Mmmm…… Thanks daddy……" Sakura said.
"No problem, baby. As your father I will always take care of my baby girl."
Sakura rested her head back into her pillows and held on tightly to her doll, and Archie and the doctor began to wheel her out of the infirmary and back to the dining room where the rest of the team were waiting to continue the party now that the threat had passed.