Chapter 3: The Start of a New Family
It had been 2 months since Flex was placed into a wheelchair due to his little 'attack', now thanks to Audino he has been able to traverse to and from work without that little doom cloud hovering in his midst, and now is walking again like a normal person.
Although on occasions, he can't walk due to a trace amount of the poison lingering in his legs, so he still keeps his wheelchair nearby.
Meanwhile Prayer has found her disguise and is now roaming the streets of Black city, her disguise consisted of a cherry blossom pink yukata with a black sash and red bow, the most petite frame one could find on any girl, some of the most beautiful brown eyes, and long elegant brown hair that reached down to her waist. With this temporary disguise, she did get a bit taller, going from 3'11" to 4'4". Also a short ponytail with a blue bow adorns the back of her head.
(See link on profile page for actual pic, a cookie for those who can guess who she looks like BEFORE looking at my profile page.)
The two lovely people she had managed to make her new form from where actually something you would not expect. The 'father' a Nuvema town trainer; that was training just outside the forest before she left. He stood about 5'2" had brown eyes and short up kept brown hair with a Unova league style cap upon his head. A Long sleeved blue light jacket with a black t-shirt beneath, black pants and red slip-on tennis shoes.
The 'mother' was a foreign Princess that was staying for a party; at least from what she could gather at the time. She caught her after she had tripped over a sleeping Pokémon tail, and protected her when said Pokémon attacked her for being woke up. She stood at 4'6" had dark blue hair, tied up onto a loose ponytail, with a red bow holding it in place, a pair of the most darling blue eyes, a yellow strapless ankle long dress with white frills at the top (around the neck area) and bottom and a red bow sitting right on top of her D-cup sized breasts.
(If you can't picture that or can explain better pm me and I'll fix, plus credit for you, also its Princess Saria (Dawn's 'twin') in dawn's yellow Grand festival dress, with the 'hero' of Black and White)
Meanwhile, Saria had managed to return from her vacation to Altomare only to come up empty handed, but never the less... her and her Pokémon did very well.
"Alright my lovely secretary how did it go?"
"It was a disaster...I lost in the first battle round..."
"That's all right, there will be other contests that you will be able to enter and I'm sure you'll mop the floor with them next time."
"Yeah..."
"Well…"
"Well what?"
"Did you and your Pokémon have fun?"
"Yeah...kinda..."
"Well good that's all that matters then, so stop being all down in the dumps at your lose and use it as a learning experience for the next one. Now how about I take a look at your friends for you?"
"But what about?"
"It's alright Ms. Saria, I can wait."
"Oh Charlotte, I didn't hear you come in..."
"Trust me your not the first one to have my little dumpling sneak up on someone isn't that right Charlotte?"
"Teeheehee..."
"By the way, what did she say?"
"She said she can wait."
"Oh... she's become surprisingly patient hasn't she?"
"Yeah, that she did... now if you would be so kind..."
"Oh yeah... sorry got caught up in the moment here you go, come on out you guys!"
Out of a Great ball and an Ultra ball come Lilligant and Vaporeon.
"Ah... those two are a sight for sore eyes!"
"Alder! It's a pleasure to see you again!"
"Mr. Alder, here please take a seat and I'll get you some tea."
"Ah... no need to Ms. Saria, I won't be long I'm just here to drop in and say hi, and to deliver a message to Mr. Flex here."
"Message? From who?"
"Why none other than Nurse Joy, see I was in town so I thought I'd drop in a say hi, only to see her having a trainer arrested for abusing his Pokémon in the most inhumane kinda way. Poor little thing..."
"What the kid?"
"No, if anything I pity him it's the egg he had, I'm worried about."
"Egg? What do you mean egg?"
"Well apparently his Samurott had an egg a short time ago and now it's in Nurse Joy's care at least until it hatches…"
"And then what will happen to it?"
"Most likely it will be cared for until it can take care of itself, but since it wont have a 'parent to take care of it."
"I'm afraid that will place a huge burden on joy so she asked me to head around town a bit, and ask a couple people I trusted to see if they would take him in before he hatches, and since I was going to see you two anyway. I made this my first stop."
"Gee thanks Mr. Alder…"
"It's no problem, and since I kinda had a feeling you'd say yes, I went on ahead and brought it with me."
"You what?"
"Calm yourself Ms. Saria…he meant the egg not the parent."
"Sorry…"
"Alright Zoroark your can come out now."
"Finally! I was tired of carrying this thing around!"
"Shame on you Zoroark, no offence to Alder but I would think he would have taught you better than that!"
"What did he say?"
"He was….mmph?"
Zoroark moved from his current position, to behind Flex before anyone could blink. Still with the egg in his arms.
"No need to be hasty, keep this a secret and I'll fill you in on your secretaries 'activities'."
"Let go of daddy! Take Down!"
Charlotte tackles him from behind Flex before he can think and catches the egg that was released from his arms along with Flex.
"Thanks, Charlotte…"
"Wow…that's the first time I've ever seen him be hit like that before. It's like Charlotte hit him like a truck…"
"Yeah she's been doing that a lot lately, but it's kept me safe. And Charlotte…"
"Yes daddy?"
"Shouldn't you put your weights back on?"
"Oh yeah… sorry…"
"No Charlotte I didn't mean that in a bad way, I just don't want you to lose them. They are already hard enough to get shipped over here…"
"Wait…just a minute… weights?"
"Yeah…Charlotte wanted to get faster, so I recommended something I saw a local trainer doing with his Pokémon. Placing weights on their arms and legs to increase their overall weight limit, and when she takes them off, her body moves at a much faster rate."
"Uh-oh!"
"So Zoroark has been slacking off then?"
"Well I'll just have to whip him back into shape then!"
"Damn…"
"Shut-up Zoroark, I don't have to understand you to know what you just said! Now get over here!"
"Yes master…"
"Now we are going to train for the next two days straight is that understood?"
"Yes…"
"I can't hear you!"
"Yes, Sir!"
" Good, now step outside and run 20 laps around the city, on one foot! Then when you finish that do another 20 on the other!"
"Tch…"
"Well, I guess I will bid you two adieus, and Ms. Saria?"
"Yes?"
"Maybe we can have lunch together, later on and talk about old times, huh?"
"Sure, but I don't…"
"Go ahead you two, we don't have anyone seeing us today… and I'll be fine"
"You sure boss?"
"Go."
"Sure…"
"And In the mean time I'll have a talk with your friends here while I wait on that egg."
"Speaking of which where is that egg?"
"Charlotte has it and is watching over it, in the office."
"Alright then…Ms. Saria after you…"
"Thank you Mr. Alder…"
"Don't stay out too late…"
"See you tomorrow Boss."
"Would you like me to watch over them tonight then?"
"If you would please."
"See you tomorrow then!"
And with that Saria and Alder exit the building
"Alright you two, follow me and we'll get a bite to eat and then we shall have a nice long talk."
"Sure…"
Several hours later…
"Well Charlotte anything on that egg yet?"
"Not really daddy… I've seen it move a few times… but other than that nothing…"
"That's ok, since Alder did say that the kid did just get it and it's only been a day since he got it, you can't expect it to hatch that quickly…"
"Mr. Flex?"
"Yes, Lilligant?"
"It's been a while since Ms. Saria took us for a checkup and the Pokémon center… would it be alright if…"
"Sure, we can… I've got to talk to Joy anyway to get some more pain killers from her anyway, so way not now… "
"Plus since it seems that alder is determined to give me every Pokémon he comes across in the form of an egg, I'll need to get a carrier to hold it in so that we don't drop it, or hurt it…"
"Good idea daddy! I'll get your chair!"
"No stay with the egg Charlotte, I may still be partially paralyzed in my legs but that doesn't mean I can't walk and do things myself… speaking of which…"
"Lilly?"
"Yes?" She replies as Flex sits down in his wheel chair
"Can you come here for a moment please?"
"Sure…"
"You can feel pollen and certain types of liquids around you right?"
"Yes, but it depends on what I'm looking for…"
"Well it's a liquid and its circulating inside of my legs consistently, can you tell me what it is, and can it be removed?"
"I-I'll try…"
Lilligant approaches and kneels before Flex, places her leaves (hands) on Flexs' legs and closes her eyes to concentrate.
After a few seconds she opens her eyes, but not in a normal state. It looks as though she is literally looking through Flex's' legs and directly at his blood stream.
"I can see the poison in your bloodstream, and it looks to be…Vaporeon?"
"Yes?"
"Can you draw some blood from his leg for me please?"
Charlotte jumps up in a fury in an instant.
"Charlotte it's ok, calm down…"
She relaxes her body and resumes watching both the egg and flex as Vaporeon gets closer to Flex.
"Now I'm going to mark a spot where I want you to bite, when I say so do it deep enough to draw his blood out, after I get some. Wrap the wound with this immediately as if too much gets out then we will need Nurse Joy."
"Right!"
"Now this might hurt a bit Mr. Flex…"
And slowly Lilly's leaf (hand) places and gooey substance in a small circle on two spots of his leg, indicating where flygon was supposed to bite into.
After a moment of waiting…
"Alright Vaporeon, place your fangs on the spots and Mr. Flex brace yourself for some pain."
Flex nodes and Charlotte places a Psychic field over him to prevent him from moving to much, and then a barrier over him to prevent anyone from hearing the blood shattering scream should there even be one.
"Alright."
"3…"
"2…"
"1…"
"Now!"
And quickly Vaporeon bites down hard and Flex nearly scream his head off in pain.
"Now, just a moment… and alright now wrap it up quickly before he loses too much blood!"
And just as quickly as it had started, it ended.
"Ok Vaporeon you can rinse out your mouth now… and Charlotte you can release him now…"
"Thank Arceus!"
And he bolts down the hall to gurgle so water to wash the blood out of his mouth.
"Alright Mr. Flex, let us head down to the center and get out checkups and you cleaned up, and by the time we get back to your home I will know what kind of poison you have and if I can formulate a cure for it."
"Ha…ha… thanks Lilly…"
And the little vial Lilligant contained in her leaves, she drops a few drops into her mouth and down her throat.
"Are you sure that's safe Lilly?"
"It's perfectly fine, once my body recognizes the poison it will produce antibodies no matter where it was produced. After it has found a suitable solution, my flower will slightly bloom and will excrete a honey like substance that you can take to help your body as well."
"Wow Lilly are you the only Lilligant that can do that?"
" As far as I know yes, when I was just a Petilil before Mistress caught me, I was a healer of sorts for the other grass Pokémon around my old forest. And then once I evolved, my abilities started to gain strength, and I have been able to heal just about any poison or disease."
"Just about?"
"Well yours is a first for me, so it's a new boundary I have to overcome. Poisons that my body knows about usually takes about 5-10 minutes as new ones take any ware from 5-10 hours…"
"Ha…that was nasty! Don't ever ask me to do that again…."
"Oh and Vaporeon you'll need to take it easy for a bit as well, at least until I have the cure. Because it could have transferred into your body, when you bit down so try not to move around too much…"
" Then I'll just go back into my Pokéball…"
"Alright then return."
Soon after the five arrive at the Pokémon center to get a look over and a snack and by the time they arrive back at Flexs' apartment (after a stern lecture from Nurse Joy, about his stubbornness) Lilly has the cure ready.
"Just simply drink this, and sleep it off tonight, and I'll check you both in the morning for anything left."
"Alright."
"Alright."
"You two can take my room and I'll sleep here on the couch."
"If it's all the same to you Mr. Flex, I think I'll stay up for a bit and keep an eye on you two."
"No, after all you've done today, you need your rest. Otherwise you won't be in the best of shape tomorrow and Saria would probably kill me…"
"Ok…but…"
"Tell you what I got one more sofa in the bedroom I'll sleep there and if anything goes wrong, you will be five feet away."
"Ok…"
The three head to Flex's' bedroom and drop onto their respective sleeping surfaces.
The next morning Lilly checks both flex and Vaporeon out to confirm that all of the poison had been cleansed from their bodies.
"Ah good I can find no trace of the substance in your body Vaporeon. So please stand up for me so I can check you out Mr. Flex."
"Since when did you become a nurse Lilly?"
"When I requested Nurse Joy to train me in what she does as I felt it would help me further my dream..."
"Dream? "
"What kind of dream?"
"That is a secret, for now let's get ready, go see nurse joy, and then meet up with Saria."
"Understood Lilly, let me just..."
"Well aren't you gonna get up?"
"That's just it I can't feel anything from the waist down!"
"Let me see..."
"Charlotte!"
"Yes, daddy?"
"I can't move use heal pulse and see what you can do."
"Sure daddy!"
And Charlotte begins to glow green and starts to emit a light pulse of energy that surrounds flex's' entire body.
"Ahhhh... that feels wonderful..."
And flex relaxes almost to the point of falling back asleep.
"I don't know what went wrong, everything looks good from here...wait..."
"Wait what?"
"Its bonded with your red blood cells so really the best way to eliminate it now is to draw your blood filter it out and push it back into you."
"But wouldn't that mean I'd be bed ridden for a week? "
"Maybe, but at least you would be able to walk again..."
"But at what cost, someone may go through something big and…"
"What cost? Your life! If you die from this, not only will Charlotte not have a father, but Saria will be heartbroken, and your patients will suffer!"
"So your gone for a week, it's better than being gone for good!"
Flex looks down in disappointment at the last statement from the angry Lilligant, trying to come up with something, but fails quickly.
"Alright, I'll inform Joy and Saria when we are to do the procedure…"
"Good, the sooner the better, now lets get you to dressed so we can meet up with Saria at the office."
Flex nodes, and they help him into the bath, with Charlotte and the egg.
The five of them have a small breakfast 45 minutes later at the local fast food restaurant and head for the Pokémon center.
Nurse joy gives the five of them one more checkup to ensure there healthy states and to make certain the poison didn't crossover to the other Pokémon.
After their checkup, they depart from the center and arrive at the office 5 minutes later.
Just as they arrive Saria and Alder approach as well encompassed in fruit filled conversation.
"Ah! Mr. Flex, you're early… I wasn't expecting you for another20 minutes…"
"That's alright Saria, I had to inform you of something coming up for next week before we got started for the day."
"About what?"
Flex explains what happened to the five of them over the past 12 hours (building up Saria's fury in the process..) and leaving the two of them speechless
"Sir?"
"Yes, I know it was reckless, but I didn't expect it to happen this…"
"Well what's done is done, nothing we can do about that now…"
"Yeah…"
"Well when do you want to get it done boss?"
"Next week, Monday morning."
*sigh, "Well thankfully we have 4 days to prepare for it, so we can expect double the patients as soon as nurse joy discharges you."
"Maybe even triple…"
"Well let's get things done so that we have a nice looking place to come back too when we are done."
"Sure thing Saria, Charlotte go set he egg down in my office on one of the sofa's and…"
"No daddy! I'm gonna help, with the egg!"
The next four days practically disappear and Monday morning arrives. Flex Charlotte and the egg (given to him by Alder); followed by Saria, Alder, Zoroark and Lilligant. All arrive at the center about 5 am.
"Alright Nurse Joy, I'm ready…"
"This way please Flex, Dr…"
"You can call me Doc; last name is a tongue twister to pronounce so I have all my patients call me Doc for short."
"Can we at least hear it?"
"Sorry , little Audino, but I can't understand you…"
"Let me help Doc, and I believe I ask for everyone standing here. Can you say it for us please?"
"It would be my pleasure…"
"It's Dr…." *tires screech from outside trying to avoid hitting someone
"Hm... that's a very interesting last name there…"
"Alright Mr. Flex how about we move along to what I like to call 'the room' and get you prepped."
"Sure, now Charlotte be a good girl and wait here with Saria and Alder. I'll see you when it's all over."
"Ok daddy!"
Over the next 2 hours, the operation commences and Flex is out cold. Soon after placed into a recovery room still unconscious.
And for the next 6 hours Charlotte watches over him as he sleeps still taking care of the egg, housed in the carrier strapped to her front.
"Hey… Charlotte?"
"Um… yes… daddy?"
"You awake?"
"A little bit…wait…daddy! You're awake! Nurse joy! Saria! Mr. Alder! Daddy is awake!"
"Charlotte, shh… Mr. Flex is… oh he's awake…that's a what you where saying… Welcome back, Boss"
Charlotte runs over to the bedside and hugs him dearly, and almost in tears.
*yawn, "Well how did it go?"
"Well, first we are not done yet, and second the initial surgery went fairly well… a few minor complications, but overall pretty well. You are still being filtered out and will still be until the end of the week, or at least until we are certain you are clean, otherwise anything having to do with the poison in your legs is gone."
"Care to explain why it was knocking out my leg feeling?"
"I think that would best be explained by Doc himself… let me…"
"No need to Joy, I heard all the commotion from my office down the hall."
"Well doc?"
"Mr. Flex, the poison has been removed, but the way it bonded to your red blood cells whether rich in oxygen or deprived, is just what perplexes me…"
"What do you mean?"
"Well instead of sticking to the cells like a virus and spreading off, they are just sticking to the cells and weighing them down and resting on your cell walls, not trying to cause a clot but to drain your energy down to nothingness…"
"What?"
"See your red blood cells carry nutrients and oxygen to your body's vital points and when you started losing them less and less were able to actually perform their job and the ones that were infected never died off like they were supposed to so your body never replaced them, then again maybe it couldn't . Now the rest of this is off speculation at the moment but… you are very lucky to still be alive right now, Mr. Flex any longer and if not for Lilly here then you might have been dead before the weeks turn…"
"Charlotte and I both turn blue in the face and she runs out, in tears. "
"Charlotte wait!"
"I'll go talk to her, just sit still."
"Thanks Alder…"
…
a/n: this mini section will still be translated so the reader understand wat being said between alder and Charlotte, but alder still can't physically understand wat she is actually saying (except by body language)
"Charlotte?"
"Go away!"
"Hey, I may not be able to understand you, but I can at least give you a shoulder to cry on now come here little one and let it all out…"
Because of Alder's close proximity to her, she quickly turns around and almost punches him still sniffing, and then drops straight onto his shoulder and continues to cry her heart out.
Alder utters soothing words to her while he slowly wraps his arms around her in a gentle hug, until she calms down.
Several minutes later…
"All better now?"
With a few sniffles, she mutters a "Yes", and they separate for a brief moment until she gives him a big hug around his neck.
"Thank you Mr. Alder…"
"Your welcome little Charlotte, by the way why don't you check your little one he might want to get his own attention he soon."
"Huh?"
Charlotte turns her head around and looks at the egg to see it shining on and off, and her eyes grow to the size of baseballs
…
"Daddy!, Daddy! Look, the egg is hatching!"
"Oh bring him here sweetie!"
Charlotte dashes up to the bed, pulls the egg out of the carrier, and is about to place it on the bed until Flex picks her up and sets her in his lap.
After several minutes of waiting, the flashing increases in speed and then just stops, and shines white.
"Congratulations Charlotte you get to see how baby Pokémon are born!"
"Mhmm!"
The egg then begins changing shape and becomes an Oshawott.
"Oh it's an Oshawott!"
"Huh?"
" Yay! He hatched! He hatched! I have a brother now! Hi there I'm Charlotte!"
"Hi… "
'Hello there little one, my name is Flex and I'll be taking care of you from now on."
"Hi…"
"He appears to be a little nervous there Flex…"
"Yeah… but I'm sure after a bit of time he'll be as bright as rain!"
"Um…mister?"
"Yes, little one?"
"Are you my daddy?"
Flex slumps his head
"What's wrong?"
"Oh it's nothing little one, but yes I will be your daddy."
"Ohh…."
"Then is the nice lady right here my mommy?"
If Flex had any liquids in his mouth, they would be all over everyone
"No little one she isn't your mommy, in fact you don't have a mommy right now, but you do have a sister."
Saria gets a pale look on her face rather quickly and with a sudden urge leaves the room with a look of embarrassment on her face.
"Well that was awkward…"
"You said it, Alder… Charlotte?"
"Yes daddy?"
"Can you take little Strike here to get something to eat, since he just hatched I have a feeling his is probably very hungry."
"Sure daddy, come on little bro!"
And Charlotte holds out her hand, and picks up the Oshawott and the head for the kitchen for some milk from Nurse Joy.
"Wow…"
"What is it Flex?"
"Things are about to get very lively around here!"
"You said it, well I must be off."
"Alright Mr. Alder, and thanks again!"
"Enough with the formalities, besides I'll be back again tomorrow to check up on you, and I might even sneak you in a burger or two."
"Oh, that would be…"
"I heard that! And you will do no such thing! Now I must ask you to please exit the center, as Mr. Flex here needs his rest, if he wants to get out of here on time."
And with that Alder leaves with Saria, while Charlotte and Strike still continue to eat in the cafeteria.
"Ahh… now time for sleep…"
Yep long chappie here, now that Flex is getting healed and the new egg has hatched what will await him after his recovery? Find out next time on Forgotten Love.