Chapter 5… A Time to Heal…

In an unknown location…

I woke up to the hearing of the constant beeping of a machine about every three quarters of a second. I also heard some distant noises. Were those people talking? I creaked my left eye open a little and see a Gardevoir… Morph…? Was that the thing that that man was talking about? I see that it looks everything like a Gardevoir, except the face and red horns sticking out of its back and torso. I see that the eyes are blue, and it has a more prominent nose and the lips are red, as well as the face being rounder than that Gardevoir I saw earlier in my life. I glanced to my left and saw Lin there, asleep in the chair, and a man in a pair of khakis and a white and brown-striped polo shirt standing next to her, looking at me. He noticed my eye being opened just as I looked in his direction, and he shook Lin to wake her up. When she did, she rubbed her eyes groggily, and then saw my eye opened, and she immediately jumped to my side.

"Yaru! Yaru, are you okay?" She asked hurriedly. The Gardevoir person looked at me and walked up to my right side, where for some reason, I couldn't open my eye to see out of.

"How are you feeling, Yaru?" I heard the feminine voice ask me.

"I'm… I've been better…" I said, my voice coarse, as I smiled weakly, but quickly added, "Uhh… What's wrong with my right eye? Why can't I see out of it?"

"Well, when you got in the fight with Gregory, he left a head wound that severed a muscle controlling your eyelid, so it's been stitched up and bandaged because it's still very tender. Also, your eyelid would be droopy, making you look funny. Here, look at it." The Gardevoir said as she held up a mirror in front of my face. I had a couple of bruises on my cheekbone and jaw, and I had a bandage that wrapped around my head, and I saw another one covering my right eye. I grimaced at the reflection and I heard a giggle.

"That was what we were like when you came in here. By the way, you also had a fracture in your left leg and in two of your right ribs." The Gardevoir Morph said as she put the mirror down. She walked out of the room and left me alone with the strange man and Lin.

"Sorry about that." I heard a voice on the other side of me say. I jumped up quickly as I heard the beeping of the machine go really fast and I felt my chest, leg, and for some reason my left arm stab with pain. Lin's eyes widened at me when I stopped the adrenaline rush as the man calmed me down and got my vitals all normal again. I heard a chuckle and the source of the voice walk into my view. It was the Graveler Morph that got us from the Lab. I sigh at him when he stands at the foot of my bed.

"You should be sorry for that, too! I could be in cardiac arrest right now from the scare you gave me!" I shouted at him, my voice getting coarser.

"Sorry about that too, Yaru. By the way, my name's Gregory. Nice to meet you." He apologized, smiling, then added, "And you should thank the doctor. He was able to stabilize you and get your blood level at normal amount." He pointed at the man now behind as he finished. I looked up and saw him, and he nodded towards me.

"You look familiar… Are you perhaps…" I start, and he finishes for me with a smile.

"…Dr. Yekutso?" He chuckled at my gasp.

"What are you doing here?! I thought you left for…"I start, but couldn't finish the sentence because I couldn't remember what the note said anymore.

"It's okay. These guys are escorting me to DEVON Corporations, but I had to tell them some intel about you guys." He explained.

"Why are they escorting you to DEVON?" I queried.

"Well, DEVON and the other team battling your former… Owners… are funding Team Morph. The former Head Admin, Jansen Stewart, had an idea when he found trapped Poke Morphs trapped in cages at an old Magma base, and he had them form Squad Morph. Since then, Squad Morph has grown considerably, now has become a team, and harbors more than two-hundred fit-to-fighting Morphs. We also harbor over three-hundred Morphs who can't fight. This team," He gestured to Gregory to exemplify his statement, "Is almost a safe haven for Morphs. Unfortunately, we would have more, but our enemy has now, a Poke Ball that captures Morphs." He finished off.

I closed my eye and took all this in. I soon opened it as Gregory nodded towards me, and then everyone he and the doctor left. I sighed and heard a throat being cleared beside me. I looked over to Lin, and she was still standing by my side. I grinned, and she laughed softly.

"What are you laughing at?" I asked with my eyebrow up.

"You look ridiculous! Gregory sure gave you a smack down!" She giggled tentatively. I frowned to this and heard what sounded an explosion.

"Holy--! What was that?!" I gasp, sitting up in my bed to my ribs painful dismay.

"Ohh… Sorry, I didn't eat since we got here." She giggled again as I widened my eyes further.

"Oh, I thought we were under attack… Heh…" I say as she walked toward the door.

"I'll be sure to get you something." She said hurriedly as I knew her stomach would get the best of her.

I look around the room as best as I can, and notice that I have an IV in my left arm and right hand. The walls were rocky, but with braces on the walls supporting it. Sit up once more, slowly, this time, as to try and not aggravate my ribs. I looked back at the needle injected into me and follow it to a machine that had a bag that had POTTASSIUM K written on it in bold letters. I laid back down as they Gardevoir Morph walked back in, smiling and holding a tray of empty syringes. Shortly after she walked in, Yekutso followed after her.

"You still haven't answered my question, doctor." I sighed.

"What question, might that be?" He replied.

"Why are they escorting you to DEVON?" I queried.

"Oh, I thought I told you. I'm getting escorted because I'm going to do research their on ways to counteract the capture balls for Poke Morphs." He said matter-of-factly. I nodded to this as I saw the Gardevoir Morph he was accompanying with cut off the flow of the IV bag and machine, and put one of the syringes she had in an extra connector of the IV.

"What's your name?" I ask her politely.

"Oh, it's Elizabeth." She smiled as she started drawing blood.

"How long have I been out?" I inquired both of them.

"Ten days." They replied at the same time. I looked back down and realized I was getting a little tired. I looked at Yekutso, and fell asleep.

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{Lin's POV}

[In the cafeteria]

I walked in and smelled something that I could remember, but not as to what it was. I walked into the lunch line and grabbed my tray, seeing as how lunch was almost over for everyone. I was behind a Raichu Morph, I think, who was talking to a Luxios Morph. They were chatting about some special for Electric type Morphs, but I didn't catch most of it. Before I knew it, it was my turn to pick out my meal. I saw all the different varieties, and just chose the salad with some Miltank MooMoo Milk. I go to a table with four Normal type Morphs chatting quietly to themselves. I focus one of my ears to them, and focus on the conversation.

"…And that one kid, in the medical ward? I think he's part Zangoose." A Delcatty Morph said.

"Really? What makes you say that?" A Raticate Morph inquired.

"Well, it's because of the white hair, and when the Seviper Morphs were nearby, they went berserk!" She answered.

"That could have been John. He was in there too." A Linoone Morph countered.

"I though he got out of there a couple days ago." A Skitty Morph said.

"I haven't seen him in a while. I think he's still in there. How about we visit him now?" The Delcatty Morph suggested. The rest nodded, and started to get up.

"What's so bad about a Zangoose and a Seviper?" I asked, apparently clueless. They all gave me a 'What planet were you born on?!' look, and I cock my head to the side.

"Uhh… A big, long, bloody history… between those two species and they will try to tear each other apart…" The Raticate Morph answered me.

"Hey, you're that girl that came with that one weird Morph! How'd he get hurt?" The Skitty Morph asked me.

"Uhh… He can answer that question better…"I replied as I go back to my salad. They shrug to each other and walk off. I soon finished my salad as best I could, and threw away the trash. I then turned around and strolled back to the doors of the cafeteria. As soon as I reached them, a trio of weird looking Morphs opened the door right as I went to touch the handle. I looked up at them and they returned the gaze. They had red irises, black pupils, and the rest was yellow. They had no hair, and had black and purple skin. They looked at each other and grinned when they looked back at me, in a way that creeped me out a little…

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{Yaru's POV}

I woke up again to the sound and sight of many Morphs talking to each other while speculating me. I opened my operable eye and looked back at them. They all stopped talking as they gazed at me and vice versa. I then closed my eye and changed it to the red and white version, smiling as I opened my eyelid. They jumped back at this, but then the one with a tail that split off into three little ends with yellow… spheres at the ends and pink eyes, ears, fur, and paws spoke.

"What Morph are you?" The creature, apparently feminine, inquired.

"…I'm a Multi Morph, or so I've been told." I answer. They all cock their heads to the side and I sigh. I pull out my left arm and reach out to her. She, after a second, walked towards me. Just as she was a few centimeters away, I let my claws grow over my fingers, engulfing them, which, when they were done in a matter of milliseconds, made her jump back a foot. In fact, everyone else in the room (save the doctor and Elizabeth) fell back an equal distance. I laughed, but was quickly stopped by a pain in my ribs. I frowned at the pain, and looked back at the group of Morphs. One was covered in pink and cream-ish fur, had bigger paws and claws, and looked more mature somehow than the first Morph, which I decided was a Skitty. I guessed the second one was a Delcatty and moved onto the third. This one was covered in coarse, brown hair and had small claws and, well, not to offend, but had the biggest buck teeth I've ever seen. He had paws that were as big as Delcatty's, and his eyes were a little smaller than a normal human. I moved to the last one, which had what seemed like long, silky hair that was brown and cream-ish. The eyes were average size, and were blue. This particular Morph had long claws, and only three of them. I looked at them quickly, and decided that this one was a Linoone Morph. What I just realized, was that they were all almost the same height. The Skitty and Delcatty had the same eye color, brown, while the Raticate had gray eyes and the Linoone blue. They all looked pretty slim, especially the Linoone. I let my claws grow back in as I returned my arm to my side.

"What are your names?" I asked the group of Morph.

"I'm Catherine, the Raticate is Freddy, the Skitty, my little sister, her name is Isabella, and the Linoone is Bernie. And your name might be…?" The Delcatty Morph queried politely. I looked at each of the faces of them, and then back at her.

"…I'm Yaru. It's a pleasure to meet you all. Have you seen—" I was interrupted by Bernie nodding.

"We saw the little lass. She ate a salad with croutons and ranch." He added in a British accent. I looked at him and nodded.

"Doctor? Can I get something to eat?" I asked him. He looked at me from a corner of the room where I could barely see him, and looked thoughtful.

"Well, you healed much faster than normal… I guess I can take off the brace. You should be fine now." He answered, moving to my bed and uncovered my left leg. It was held in place by a metal support system and a firm, black cushion that surrounded the area. He got a screwdriver out and undid a few of the screws on it, and then he opened it up. I lifted my leg out and set it next to my other one. Then he took the needle in my left arm and put a Blissey Band-Aid on it. He then took off the monitoring… thingies and turned the monitor off. I then hoisted myself out of the bed on my blind side, and stepped on the floor with caution. When I looked at myself I saw I was dressed in a hospital gown, though it didn't tie in the back, and it was a shirt and shorts. I walked out the door, Morphs following behind, as I said thank you to the doctor. I then actually almost jogged to the cafeteria, and, much to my amusement, Freddy had to break into a run to keep up.

When we reached it, I smelled something… It wasn't something familiar… But it set me off. I don't mean it was a bad vibe, or like an omen. No, I went insane, or close to it. My eye went into the red version, but it was different. I was seeing just blood red, not all the other colors. I felt my claws extend and my fur bristle from my arms to back to head. I barged in, and saw three Seviper Morphs talking to Lin very casually. Well, that is, until I walked in. They immediately turned their heads to me and hissed. They got up from a Lin and walked towards me. I rushed towards them, and got one down with my claws to his throat. Right then, the other two tackled me off of the Morph, and I slid across a very quickly vacated table. I soon lost table to slide on, and flipped onto my feet. I looked at their faces for a second, and two of them, to the normal eye, had become a blur. I followed the one I had down a moment ago with my eye and rushed him again. I came upon his right flank, and dug a claw into his arm. I sent him into a table as I whipped around to meet the other two head-on. They came at me side by side, and just when they were a foot away, I leapt over them and behind them, and grabbed the one on the left by his leg. I sent him sliding across the floor when I was tackled by the Seviper I hadn't attacked yet. I kicked him off and stood facing the aggressor.

Just then, in a blur, we were all on the ground, being held down by what looked to be Steel type Poke Morphs. I looked at the one holding me down. I couldn't tell the colors, because I still only saw red, but he had what looked like a hockey mask on, and his skin felt cold to touch. I saw he had what looked like a shield holding me down, that was connected to his right arm. I took a look at the left-most Seviper Morph, and he was being held down by Gregory. They had blood seeping from the gash that I had made with my claws. I closed my eye and felt my fur calm down and relaxed for a second. I took in my breaths slowly and deeply. After a little bit, I felt the weird Morph get off of me, but still he held me close, I guessed for assurances. I opened my eyes and found my eyesight not in red anymore, but the color was more contrasted, and it was better than it was normally in the red irises version, in terms of how far and how good I could see. I saw that the Seviper Morphs left the cafeteria, and the bewildered occupants either continued their meals, or walked out of there in an annoyed manner. I sighed as I was forced back to my hospital room.

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"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?!?!" A very pissed off version of Yekutso had screamed at me. I closed my eye thinking of an answer.

"…I wasn't thinking, I guess…" I muttered.

"THAT'S VERY APPARENT!! YOU TAKING ON THREE OF THE EIGHT SEVIPER'S HERE?! YOU'RE NOW PUT A TARGET ON YOURSELF!! AND ATTACKING THEM IN YOUR CONDITION!!!" He continued his rampage, veins visible in his neck and face so red it was turning purple. The others left the room at this point, and it was just me and him.

"I couldn't control myself, I just got a whiff of their scent, and I went…" I started to defend, but was cut off by Yekutso's incessant screaming.

"YOU IDIOT! YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIVE THAT LOAD OF TAUROS CRAP?!" He yelled.

"Well, you made me, technically, you should know the different kinds of Pokémon DNA inside me!" I exclaimed.

"YOU…You… You have a good point… I guess… Let's see… I do remember seeing something about a Zangoose in that sheet… Alright… Just do control yourself from now on. You could've broken another rib, or that leg…" He finished, now all calmed down. He closed his eyes while rubbing his temples, and stayed like that for a minute or two. He stopped abruptly, and snapped his eyes opened at me.

"How long have your eye and fur been out?" He asked with curiosity.

"About an hour now, why?" I replied with my own amount of curiosity. He shook his head and held up a mirror. I gasped at the sight of my eyes turning from the normal red color with a circular pupil to blood red with the pupils looking like slivers of white in the blood red irises. I looked a little longer into it, and laid down on the bed. I then closed my eye and nodded off…

Little Notes: Sorry it took me so long to make this. I got grounded halfway through this, then when I got ungrounded, was lazy, but now I'm finally done. I'm gonna have to start thinking now, because this was just all random writings I pieced up together.

~A.B.