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Chapter 5: A Secret

After May had dressed her wound with bandages, and had cleansed it at a nearby lake, they set off again.

"Drew, in case I don't make it to see daylight again--"

"It's noon and very sunny right now." Drew interrupts.

"Beautifly, you know what to do!" May says to the Beautifly who was still out. The Beautifly nods, and moves over directly on top of May, blocking the sunlight and casting a shadow on her.

"As I was saying" says May, putting emphasis on the phrase, "I want to tell Max one last thing."

"Max?" asks Drew.

"My little brother." May informs him.

"You're going to make it. It hit you in the leg, you can't die from it." Says Drew calmly.

"I could die from blood loss!" argues May.

"…And your legs are properly bandaged. You would have fainted by now if you were suffering too much blood loss." Drew acted like he didn't get interrupted.

"Again, as I was saying, I must tell Max something."

"You'll have to wait till the town." Says Drew.

"How long will that be?"

"2 minutes. Can't you see it?" says Drew, annoyed.

"You mean that thing with all the houses?"

"Naturally." Says Drew.

--30 seconds later—

"Are we there yet?" asks May.

"Does it look like we're there?"

"Yes"

"No, we're not there!"

--1 minute later—

"Now are we--?"

"No."

---20 seconds later---

"We're here! This has got to be the happiest moment of my life!" says May joyfully, and hugs Drew in her excitement. Her stick fell out of her hands in the process.

"May? Mind getting off?" asks Drew angrily.

"I-I can't…" admits May.

"Why not?" asks Drew indignantly.

"Because…the stick…" May blushes.

Drew doesn't bother answering. He throws one of May's arm over her shoulder and helps her up. Then he grabs the stick.

"Unless you want me to walk you." He says.

All color is drained from May's face. She murmurs, "I'm exhausted…" and starts to faint. Drew catches her again.

"This all feels too familiar…" he mutters to himself, while carrying her to a pokemon center since there were no hospitals around.

-- Division blob, remember those?—

"Oh dear! What happened?" asks Nurse Joy, who, amazingly enough, looked exactly like the other Nurse Joy's.

"A criminal shot her in the leg. She fainted just recently. Can we have a room? I think some rest should do it."

"Certainly. Here is the room key. It's on the second floor, the first door to your right. Feel free to use the elevator."

"Thanks." Says Drew, turning around to leave.

"Oh, and I know this is unusual, but when she wakes up, will you please take her to the emergency room? We have a Chansey there that specializes in healing humans. All the pokemon centers are starting to do that now. Although…it will cost a fee depending on how urgent the wound is."

"No problem. Thanks again, Nurse Joy."

"You're welcome."

Drew went to the elevator and pressed the button labeled "2" as soon as he was inside. When the elevator stopped, he lugged May out and turned to his right. Sure enough, there was a door, and so he took out his key and entered and lay May on the bed.

He talked to her as if she were awake: "I hope you have enough money to heal your leg…I'm definitely not going to pay…"

-- Division blob. You're going to start seeing more of them now!—

May woke up three hours later while Drew was juggling poke balls. She only woke up because one of the balls accidentally hit her.

"Ow! Alarm clocks don't hit people! What has the world come to?" she yelled.

"May, I'm not an alarm clock."

"Ahh! It can talk too!" she yelled, unfazed.

"Open your eyes already!"

"Fine, but where's the snooze button?"

"You'll see it when you open your eyes…"

Drew thinks he has no time for this. May opens her eyes.

"Oh, hi Drew! I had this strange dream where my alarm clock hit me and then it talked! I also couldn't find the snooze button…Weird, huh?"

"Yes, very. Here's your walking stick. A special Chansey can heal you if you have the money."

"Sure I do! My dad just sent me some last poke' center!

May and Drew left the room, and May locked the door this time. Then Drew pressed the button to call the elevator. Once inside, May pressed the button labeled "lobby", and they entered the lobby. They walked out of the elevator, and Drew wordlessly handed the key back to Nurse Joy.

"Do you have the money?" she asks.

"Yep! Drew filled me in." explains May. "I know about the Chansey. How much?"

"Let's see the wound first. Right this way." Nurse Joy got out of her comfy chair and walked to the emergency room. She called a Chansey over, and started to remove May's bandages.

"Oh my! That's hideous!" shrieks Nurse Joy. May and Drew have a sweat drop going down their heads.

Nurse Joy tells May how much. May hands over the money.

"That's really expensive." Says May.

"Your wound is very ugly." Replies Nurse Joy.

Again with the sweat drops.

2 minutes later, May jumps off of the stretcher. Her legs are as good as new.

"Wow, that Chansey really know what its doing." Says May.

"Yeah." Agrees Drew.

They get out of the emergency room, and Nurse Joy goes back to her comfy chair. She didn't tell anyone this, but she had that chair stolen from one of the best furniture stores in town, by these thieves who she kept from starvation one night. The police never found out what became of the chair, and no one ever looked behind the counter in pokemon centers, especially since Nurse Joys' are usually friends with Officer Jennys'.

"Here's a phone! Ash must've gotten to a pokemon center by now, right?" asks May.

"I should think so." Says Drew absentmindedly. What he's really thinking is why May wants to talk to Ash and Max so badly.

May calls up, and waits for a half an hour until Ash and friends arrive. Since both groups traveled the same distance, it's weird how May and Drew got to a pokemon center first, especially when May was injured. It really shows how Ash takes a long time "saving pokmon" and such.

"Hi guys!" May greets.

"DREW?" Ash, Brock, and Max chorus.

"That's me." Says Drew smugly.

"W-What are you doing with my sister?" asks Max, remembering only too well how mean Drew was to May in one particular episode in the show.

"I saved her life. At least three times by now. But who's counting?" asks Drew coolly.

"Obviously you." Says Max.

Drew does the Drew thing.

"So are you two okay?" asks Ash suspiciously, "And are you traveling together?"

"Yup, and yup! We're better than ever, but we ran into team rocket. They have a new weapon, really dangerous. They're not afraid to kill this time around" says May, filling them in. "They tried that on Drew."

"And I would've been dead if it hadn't been for May." Says Drew, casting May a grateful glance.

"But Drew did carry me all the way to the pokemon center when I fainted! Plus, my leg's all better!" says May.

"There was something wrong with your leg?" asks Brock.

"Who cares? Oh, there's a change in plans. I don't think I'll go home after the Grand Festival. I want to see the rest of the world!" says May joyously.

"You won't?" asks Max disappointedly. "Aw…but I'm starting to miss you already!"

"Oh, Max." says May blushing. "I have to tell you a secret, before I go. Ash, Brock—can you two leave? You can stay if you want, Drew…"

"Who said I was going anywhere?" asks Drew.

Ash glared at Drew for a second before he left, and Brock cast a meaningful glance at May. They leave. They say 'Bye!' to May before they go.

"Max…" starts May.

"What, May?" asks Max curiously.

"I don't know how to put this…" says May carefully.

"Come on, May, you can do it!" Max looked like he'd guessed already, and gave Drew a weird stare.

"You travel with weird people May…" muttered Drew, but May didn't hear.

"Max…You snore…"

Drew groans. Max yells, "WHAT?" and May hangs up.

"Okay, that's all I wanted to say in case I'd die before seeing him again! We can go now!" says May cheerfully. "I just wonder what Max thought it was…" May paused for a second and then shrugged. "I guess I'll never know…" she said thoughtfully.