Chapter 17

Hello everyone, I apologize for not updating but I am always busy. I am trying to get this story going, but it is going to be very hard. I will probably have to switch to updating once a week. But anyway, here is chapter 17.

(William POV)

When I woke up, I was lying in a tent. I went to get up and discovered I was really sore. My injuries had been treated and I was all bandaged up. When I turned to my left, Mathew was lying next to me. I didn't however, see Nicholas or the client. I was a little more concerned about the whereabouts of Nicholas. I assume the only thing I could really do was to try to wake up Mathew.

"Mathew, wake up, please. We need to find the others." I said weakly.

I shook him a bit, he didn't seem to react at first. But eventually, he shot awake. .

"William, where are we?" He asked, sounding weaker than me.

"I think we are at my client's tent. Can you walk?" I asked him.

"I think so, but I don't think I can for long." Mathew responded.

We both struggled for a while, but eventually, we managed to get to our feet. With a little help from each other of course. We exited the tent and looked around. What we saw was quite shocking. It appeared to be almost like a community of tents surrounding some sort of well. There were all kinds of Pokémon around. It was hard to walk, but the two of us made a circle around the area looking for either the client, Lucario, or hopefully Nicholas.

Just as we walked near a merchant tent, Mathew began to slump over. I didn't think this would be easy for him, his injuries were a lot worse than mine.

"Mathew, what's wrong, are you ok?" I asked concerned.

"Yeah…" he started, "I just need to sit down for a while." He panted.

I nodded and looked for somewhere to sit down, I saw a bench a little way down. I helped him get over there and even helped him get down. I can see that every movement is a struggle for the buizel.

"well, you two are up earlier than expected." A voice said.

When I looked over, it was my contact, the Lucario. He had a smile on his face. He was also with Eevee. However, I did not see Nicholas anywhere. I don't know where he is, but I want to find out as soon as possible.

"Lucario, it's good to see you my old friend. How have you been." I spoke happily.

"I'm fine my friend, just getting up in age. I can see your friend isn't doing so well though." Lucario said, looking at Mathew with worry.

"I'll be ok; I just need to sit for a minute." Mathew responded, breathing heavily.

"No, you're going back to the infirmary with my partner. William, you're going to come with me, I'm sure your concerned about where the Dewott is." He spoke softly.

He suddenly turned around and signaled, a Machamp came over and took William back the way we came. I got up and walked over to Lucario.

"Where is Nicholas Lucario, I'm really worried about him. Please don't tell me he's dead." I spoke almost about to cry.

"Well, William, I'll tell you this. He isn't dead. But he almost did. His injuries were severe. We did everything we could, and at first it seemed we wouldn't be able to save him, but by some miracle. He pulled through, he is currently in a unconscious state right now, but we expect him to pull through." He spoke sternly.

"Can you take me to him, I just want to see him." I begged.

Lucario just nodded and began to walk. I followed close behind him, I just wanted to see my friend. Lucario said he would make it, but what if he doesn't? If I lost him, I would be all alone again. I'd have nothing. I don't even want to think about it.

We have been walking for a while now. I was looking around at all of the tents, there were merchants, places to eat, and even a makeshift inn. It was like the Pokémon founded their own makeshift city. We finally arrived at an area marked medical facility. It was a large tent surrounded by smaller ones. We went into the smaller one marked seven. When we went inside, there were four beds. Two of the four were filled, and in one of them was the one I was looking for, Nicholas. He was covered in bruises and bandages. You could see some dry blood still on him, but for the most part he was rather clean. His arm was in a cast as well. I felt so sorry for him, I ran over and touched his shoulder. He stirred for a second but then went back to normal.

"Again, he will recover, but I can't make any promises as to how long it will be until that happens. For now, I'm going to request you all stay here until he fully recovers." Lucario said.

"but where will we stay, I mean, we are an exploration team too. We have to keep up with that too." I asked confused.

"You will stay in the tent you woke up in. And as far as missions are concerned, we have job bulletins here, there in front of the elder's tent." He answered.

I wanted to stay with Nicholas all day, but I have a team to manage. And hanging around him all day might impede his recovery. All I can do is just get back to Mathew right now. And what about the Mission, what about Eevee, he hasn't brought it up yet.

"Hey Lucario, what about my mission. Who is going to help him" I said as I pointed to Eevee.

"I will handle it, don't worry about it, you just get back to your friend and get some rest ok. Tomorrow I'll show you around a bit, if you up to it." He answered.

We headed out of the infirmary and back towards my tent. As we were walking down the path, I was looking around the town, everyone seems so happy. They are all close to each other to. Their all like one big happy family. Well at least most of them, there were a few that seemed to keep to themselves. The odd ones out of the bunch I suppose. Lucario spoke to me

"They're not from around here. Their just teams that stop in to rest and get supplies."

I acknowledged him and continued walking. We eventually made back to my place. Machamp was still outside, he seemed to be stressed out. He looked relieved when we walked up to him.

"Thank goodness you're here. That Buizel is more trouble than I thought he'd be. He won't stay down, he keeps trying to get up and leave." He yelled.

Just as he finishes and Lucario goes to speak, we hear someone scream. And guess who it was.

"Tell me where they went, they have been gone for a while now. I want to go find them, let me go!" Mathew came limping out. Though he calmed down when he saw me.

"It's ok Matt, you need to go back inside and get some rest now." I spoke softly.

"Not until you tell me if Nicholas is ok, and where he is too." Mathew answered.

"He's fine, and I'll show you where he is tomorrow, just go back to bed and get some rest." I ordered.

He walked away while grumbling something incomprehensible. I was actually quite tired myself, I think I'm going to be doing the same thing. I started to walk in but Lucario grabbed my shoulder. I turned to face him, his expression was different than usual.

"William, you put your client in danger, you charged recklessly into battle without thinking it through. Furthermore, you left an inexperienced team mate to protect Eevee." He spoke sternly.

"I know what I did, I made a mistake. I don't know what I was thinking, I'm just thankful we all survived." I spoke, about to cry.

"William, we all make mistakes, but there is something else you need to take care. You have someone you need to thank. If Mathew hadn't of risked his life to save you on that cliff, you wouldn't be here right now." He said, getting a little more cheerful now.

He was right, Mathew saved my life, and I hadn't even thanked him yet, maybe it wasn't too late. He may not be asleep yet. I said goodnight to Lucario and Machamp and went inside. Luckily, Mathew wasn't in bed yet. He was sitting down eating a berry. I spoke up pretty quick.

"Hey Mathew, can I speak to you for a minute. It's really important." I spoke.

"Yeah sure, what's up William? What's on your mind?" He answered.

"I wanted to Thank you for saving my life." I began, on the verge of tears. "If you hadn't of risked your life, I wouldn't be here right now. Thank you so much." I began to cry. I actually grabbed onto him, much to his surprise.

"William, I saved your life because I care about you, when I saw you in danger, everything just came naturally. I don't know what, but something inside me just made me do it. If it happened again I wouldn't hesitate to do it again." He spoke softly.

"Mathew, I knew I was right about you. Everyone thinks your nothing but a criminal, but now I know you're really just misunderstood. You were born for this Mathew. I know now that taking the chance with you was truly worth it." I had stopped crying and was happy now.

Me and Mathew just sat there next to each other for a while, I noticed something was bothering him. I don't know what, but I could tell he wanted to say something to me.

"Mathew, what is wrong, something is bothering you. Is there something you want to say?" I asked.

"There is something, yes, but I'd rather wait until Nicholas is back to say it. Let's just go to bed for now" He answered.

I can't argue with that logic, I was so tired right now, I guess if me and Mathews injuries are ever going to heal, we should get some rest. It was midday yes, but Lucario said we need to rest now.

I know it will be hard to sleep, but we need to. I just hope that Nicholas will make a full recovery.

(Mathew POV)

No matter what I do, I can't fall asleep. I haven't seen Nicholas yet, so I have no idea how he is. And now William is trying to get answers from me, I'm just not ready to pop my big question yet. I want to wait until Nicholas is better and then ask them at the same time. But if William continues to ask, I may just tell him. Maybe I should, and then we can both tell Nicholas when he gets better. I think I'll wait a day or two, if Nicholas has not healed by then, then I'll go with my second plan.

There is also another thing that is eating away at me. What William said to me, I was born to be on a team. All my life I had never thought of joining an exploration team. The only thing I ever thought about was having fun, after all, I was only just a young child then. But know, what he told me is making a lot of sense. Everything that I did, it all just came natural to me. I have always had a nature for justice and to save lives. If this was what I was born to do, then I am happy that I have William by my side to help.

I really should try to go to sleep, but sleeping in the afternoon is hard for me. Oh well, it never hurts to try. I can't help but wonder what tomorrow will bring.

End of chapter 17

This chapter was disappointing to me. I wished I had done so much better with it. Oh well, I kind of just wanted to prove I was still updating. There will probably only be one chapter a week or more depending how much time I have.

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