I felt myself wake up, but I kept my eyes shut. I didn't want to wake up. I wanted to sleep more. I heard the sound of movement, and opened my eyes a crack. A gardevoir was next to me, holding a harp and a book that was probably telling her how to play it. When she looked at me, she set them both down.
"Oh good, your awake." She said, laying a bowl of pokemon food in front of me.
I stared at her. "Where am I?"
"On a mountain," She said, putting her hand under my neck and closing her eyes. "It appears your pulse is normal. You have regained a bit of hydration. You still have insomnia, though." She sat down next to me. "You are found on a mountain where no absol live with an improperly healed leg and caffeine induced insomnia. Would you care to explain?"
"I was used in an experiment on allowing someone to stay awake for extended periods of time. They thought that if they injected caffeine into someone, then they could stay awake for longer than usual. They tested it on me, and I got insomnia. It is also the reason for me being dehydrated most of the time. As for the leg, I was not kept in the most quality living quarters. I broke it trying to get out of my cage, and since no one cared to tend to it, it healed wrong. I ran away when they let me out to get some of my energy out after being injected again."
She shook her head. "Such a shame, what people do to pokemon." She smiled. "I'm Hydra, by the way. Do you have a name?"
I shook my head. "I was called X at the lab, but other than that, no."
She got up. "Well, I think that is a pretty cool name. Now, how bad does your leg hurt?"
"Not that much."
"Good, that means that the poppy seeds are working. They are specially grown here so there pain numbing powers are greater than normal. Amanda and Lilly are out milking the milktank. I'm due at a training session with the other fighting pokemon. If you need anything, Espeon is in the kitchen cleaning. She has part of her psychic power tuned in on you. Just think of her, and she will come, okay?" I nodded, and she walked off.
I laid there for a while, trying to go back to sleep. It had been so nice. I was quite thirsty though. I thought of the espeon that Hydra told me about.
Yes?
I was startled by the telepathy. I never knew a pokemon with telepathy before.
I am in great need of water. Would you mind getting me some?
It was no longer than four seconds when a bowl of water flew from the hall and landed in front of me. That was one strong psychic. I drank the water greedily. Man, was I thirsty. I stared at my leg. It was quite annoying that I couldn't move. I didn't have anything to do. I wished there was at least a bookshelf for me to read the titles of.
I almost jumped out of my splint when a book landed in front of me. That espeon was really something. The book was Pokemon from Afar. I nudged it open, and started to read. It told of pokemon not native to the Hoenn region, which lived in far off regions. I had heard rumors that some trainers had brought unusual pokemon to this region, but I had never seen any.
I was still reading when Lilly walked in. "Wow, you can read?"
I nodded to her. She sat down next to me. "I love that book. I wish I could see some of those pokemon. Hydra also told us your name. X is a nice name."
Amanda soon walked in behind her, followed by a blissey. "I think I have found a solution to your wounded leg and insomnia." She looked at her pokemon, who had a red and yellow sash tied around her head. "Are you ready?"
Blissey nodded, and closed her eyes. She wobbled for a moment, then fell over, looking very drained. I instantly felt better, as did my leg. Amanda immediately offered Blissey an egg which probably came from another blissey or the chancey from last night. "Is your leg feeling any better?" She asked me.
I nodded, and she took off the splint. I gingerly tested my leg, and found it to be perfectly healed. "Good. Blissey used healing wish, but since she had her focus sash, she didn't faint."
I nodded again. Lilly smiled. "How about your insomnia?"
I concentrated for the very soft buzzing sound I had heard ever since I had been induced with caffeine. It was still there. Lilly must have seen it in my face, because she frowned. "Still have it, huh? Well, it'll go away eventually."
Amanda sat down in a chair and picked up a laptop that was next to it. "We know you probably prefer the wild, but if you wish you could stay here with us."
I looked at the girls. It was so interesting how they both talked like I was an ordinary human, awaiting a humanoid response. I nodded, and Lilly hugged me. "Yay! You can be my pokemon. I've never truly had one before."
The hitmonchan from last night came back in holding some mail. Both girls looked at him excitedly. "Any mail from mom and dad?"
He shook his head. They both looked very disappointed. "Mom and Dad took a business trip to a different region and haven't contacted us in over a year," Lilly explained.
I felt very bad. They were both so nice, and they're parents were missing. I got up, then walked over to the door. Lilly blinked. "What, do you want to leave?"
I shook my head, not knowing how to convey my wishes to them. Amanda caught on. "What, you want to go look for them?" I nodded. "We can't leave the pokemon here."
I looked at Lilly. She nodded. "I'll go look, sissy. Absol will keep me safe."
"Just you?" Amanda looked uncertain, but I could tell she wanted to see her parents just as much as Lilly. "Fine, but stay extra safe. They went to the Sinnoh Region. You should be able to get a boat from Slateport. Have Charizard fly you there."
"Yay!" She said, hopping up. "Come on, X; we're going on an adventure!"
