Nurse Jacey arrived in the early morning hours. Rin had gone into a dove and sat in a chair near the door. Nurse Jacey had come and gotten her. They rode back to the Pokémon Center, Blissey treating Chansey's burn. First light was no where to be seen under the thick cloud cover.
"Your daughter's Skarmory is now fixed, though it will be in heavy pain for the next couple of days, and I wouldn't suggest bring it out," Nurse Jacey said as she got out of the ambulance.
"Why's that?" Rin asked following.
"Well, the skarmory was not happy when we put it back into its pokéball," Nurse Jacey explained, as Chansey and Blissey got out; Chansey's left side covered in bandages. "I fear it may no longer accept human's let alone your daughter."
"That may be, but I would rather not have that Skarmory weak and need a lot of attention," Rin said. "I'm not cruel," she said, "I just believe a pokémon, wild or not should be able to keep itself incase of an emergency."
"I understand…" Nurse Jacey said as they headed inside.
Several minutes later Rin was finally able to lie down. As haunting as the procedure was, she was still tired. She was happy that bed were soft, her whole body ached.
"Mom?" Cherry asked quietly and softly, she was obviously awake.
"Yes dear?" Rin asked in a slight moan.
"How's Skarmory?" Cherry asked quietly and unsure.
Rin sat up and put on a smile through the dark. "Nurse Jacey said it will be fine." Rin said unsure if it was true. "How are you?" Rin asked.
"A little scared…" Cherry said quietly.
"Oh…" Rin groaned getting up. She walked over and sat down by Cherry. "Don't worry, its being taken care of in the best hands they can find," Rin said moving her young daughters hair around comforting her.
"When can I see him?" she asked.
"Probably here in a few hours…" Rin said. She yawned before speaking again, "I think Nurse Jacey has gone to bed, a while ago.
"Okay…" Cherry said quietly. She laid back.
"Don't worry," Rin said patting her on the shoulder. "Skarmory is alright, I know it. Just catch a few more winks, and then we'll see about getting skarmory."
"Okay…" Cherry mumbled again.
Rin yawned and stood. "Night…" Rin yawned one last final time before plopping down on her bed.
It was light outside when at last Cherry awoke. The cloud filled sky shown into the domed roof. Snow was piled around the dome. Cherry got up and got dressed for the cold winter day. Her mom lay in bed on the other side.
Cherry checked her pokégear, half past eight. Nursey Jacey had said her pokémon should be ready by now. She wanted to see skarmory, and her other three for that matter. She tip-toed out of the room.
The night before she hadn't gotten a good look at the modern Pokémon Center, and now she had a chance. The place was pretty; the blue theme in the current hall was nice. Cherry walked slow, finding herself at the stairway. She looked for the elevator; a sign next to the stairs showed it was the opposite direction she had come. Cherty went ahead with the stairs.
The third and forth floors must have been were trainers were allowed, since that was the only two floors Cherry had seen allowing access.
When she reached the second floor, Chansey hobbled out of an "Employ only" door. The first odd thing was Chansey running around in bandages. The next, though not so odd, was the fact that the only door on the second floor was the "Employ only" door. She shrugged and went down to the first floor.
The stairs curved about going along the side of the building. At the landing large windows showed the snow covered town. The night's dusting had yet to be cleared away, but it didn't matter to the people apparently, as they tried to make it to their work places. On the other side of the hall were darkened rooms, the glass was there so trainers could look on, but not interfere. Cherry was thankful that no one was using the center at the moment, and she could look into to check her, and her mom's pokémon.
She looked through the rooms as she closed in on the lobby. None of the rooms' lights were on. She thought that surely Nurse Jacey would have at least her pokémon in one of the rooms.
She entered the lobby. No one, but Nurse Jacey was there. The room was sizable. It had little areas of couches, and one larger area with a large screen television. She headed over to Nurse Jacey as she looked around.
"Good morning, Nurse Jacey," Cherry greeted the woman behind the desk.
"Oh, good morning," Nurse Jacey said looking up in surprise. She wore a pair of reading glasses, which she quickly took off. "I didn't here you come down."
"That's okay," Cherry said stretching a little. "I was just wondering how my pokémon were doing."
"Hm… I can find that out quickly," Nurse Jacey said turning to her computer. She started typing on it and read a few things. "Your Sandshrew, is up and quite healthy it appears, your Oddish and Chikorita are also doing well also."
"How's Skarmory?" Cherry asked, a little nervous.
"Well, he is still recovering, but it will be fine for you to take him now," Nurse Jacey said. "His beak is all repaired and back into normal position, but he will be in pain for quite some time," Nurse Jacey said.
"Okay, thanks Nurse Jacey," Cherry said.
"Would you like one of them now?" Nurse Jacey asked typing a few more things.
Cherry's instant thought was Chikorita, her best friend, and first pokémon, but she stopped herself. "Could I take Oddish?" she asked.
"Here you go," Nurse Jacey said as a container opened behind her. She pulled out the pokéball it held. "This is Oddish," she said handing it over to Cherry.
"Thanks," cherry said rubbing the pokéball clean. "Um…" she paused for a moment about to say something, when her stomach growled. She blushed a little, "Um… where can I get something to eat?" she asked.
"Its alright, here," Nurse Jacey handed Cherry a green card. Standing and leaning over the counter Nurse Jacey pointed to a large double door room that connected to the lobby. "If you go in there and use that card you will be able to get yourself some food,"
"Thanks," she smiled. "I guess I'll be seeing you here in a bit."
"Alright, eat well," Nurse Jacey said sitting back down.
Cherry walked to the double doors. Inside there was a cafeteria. There at the cafeteria line were several plates of food heated and ready to be served. Cherry walked over. The morning's menu was eggs, sausage and pancakes. Cherry's mouth watered at the food.
She noticed that it was in a glass case. She wondered how you were supposed to get it. She looked around. A card reader sat at the end of the cafeteria line and cherry realized why nurse Jacey had given her the card. Cherry walked over to the reader and looked at the card.
The card Nurse Jacey had given her was mostly green, with the exception of black columns running the length of the card. The columns all came together at one end of the card. She looked between the reader and the card. She stuck the end with all the intersecting columns up to the reader. A red light that was on, flashed before turning green; the container holding the food opened.
"Yes!" Cherry said excited. She hopped over to the container and pulled out a tray of food. The food was fresh, kept warm by the machine it was in. Three trays were still inside as it closed again. She grabbed her silver wear from the end of the cafeteria lane.
Cherry next looked around for a drink. Though to her luck, and surprise, along the far side of the wall sat an assortments of food for pokémon. She set her tray down on a nearby table and went over to the wall. She looked at the containers. Each had odd assortments of pellets for the specific type of pokémon they were listed for.
At the end there were metal bowls for trainer use. She grabbed one and browsed for the grass type container. This was a great opportunity to bond with Oddish. She grabbed a bowl full of grass type food and took it over to her table. All she needed now was a drink.
Cherry looked around for a drink, and was embarrassed to find that there was a large refrigerator next to the cafeteria line. She ran back over to it and tried the door. Another card reader sat beside the door. Cherry tried the card again, the same red flash and then the green, with a click of the door. Cherry opened the door. There was a large assortment of drinks, from regular water to colas and energy drinks. Cherry grabbed a water and an orange juice.
Cherry returned to the table she had randomly chosen. The table was next to a large window that looked out the opposite direction as the ones next to the stairs going up. She pulled out the pokéball that contained Oddish. "Come on out, Oddish," Cherry said as the pokéball release oddish.
"Oddish?" the little pokémon asked looking up at Cherry.
"Hey, there, good morning," Cherry said bending down and picking up Oddish. She set it on the table with the grass type food. "Want some breakfast?" Cherry asked pushing the bowl up to Oddish's mouth. She sat down.
Oddish jumped once showing its happiness and started eating. It repeated its name cutely after each bite. "Is it good?" Cherry asked rubbing Oddish's head. Oddish nodded before going back to eat. "Good," she giggled a little opening her own food.
Cherry took her first bite. The bland food nearly choked her. "Blek!" Cherry said almost spitting out the food. "Is this what trainers live on?" Cherry thought to herself. She turned to Oddish who seemed to be enjoying its food quite a lot. "Does it taste good to you?" Cherry asked. Oddish just looked up at her questioningly. "Nevermind…" she said disdainfully eating the food.
Cherry ate slowly and eventually got up and got Oddish some more. "So where do you fit all that?" Cherry asked as she sate down with Oddish's second bowl. Oddish didn't understand and just went back to eating. Cherry couldn't eat the rest of hers after she got through the sausage.
Oddish sighed happily as it sat back on the table. "So, what moves do you know?" Cherry asked Oddish. Oddish again looked at her questioningly. "Um… can you use vine whip?" she remembered the event with the music before she had finished the question. "Nevermind, um… you know stun powder, How about sleep or poison powder?" Cherry asked. At that Oddish stood and shook; a cloud of purple powder emanated from oddish's small body. "No, no stop!" Cherry said jumping up and nearly tripping on the chair not wanting to get into the cloud.
"Well, lets see… you know poison powder…" Cherry said. "Can you use solar beam yet?" she asked. Oddish thought for moment and then put on an effort filled face, he tried for a few seconds and then looked up at Cherry shaking its head. "Um… what about razor leaf and leaf blade?" Cherry asked. Oddish nodded and aggressively moved its body foreword as a leaf shot out. It hit a table and left a deep scratch along the surface.
"Um… was that leaf blade?" Cherry asked looking at the mark. Oddish danced happily. "I assume so, well, I think we need to be in a safer place before we do anymore of that…" Cherry pulled out Oddish's pokéball. "Hopefully I can pull you back out again tonight," she said smiling. "Return Oddish!" Oddish was still dancing when it was hit with the beam of light that sucked it back into its pokéball.
"Wonder how mom's doing," Cherry asked to no one. She grabbed the tray and bowl and took it over to a garbage can, where she cleared the tray and bowl.
Cherry stepped back out into the lobby. "How was your meal?" Nurse Jacey asked immediately.
"Oh, it was pretty good," Cherry said, lying. "But here's your card back," Cherry said walking over to Nurse Jacey.
Nurse Jacey waited to take it. "Will you be going back up to the room you were in?" she asked. Cherry nodded. "Take it with you or you wont be able to get in," Nurse Jacey said.
"Okay, thanks," Cherry said looking at the card and then pocketing it. "Um… how long until me and my mom's pokémon will be ready?" Cherry asked quickly, before leaving.
"Um…" Nurse Jacey looked at her computer again. "Anytime's alright, but my suggestion remains for them to stay until about ten."
"Okay," Cherry smiled. "Thanks Nurse Jacey."
"Your welcome," Nurse Jacey replied. "Make sure your mom is well rested too," Nurse Jacey said.
"Um… okay?" Cherry said unsure, but Nurse Jacey must have been up when her mom returned. Cherry returned and headed towards the hall with the stairs. She looked at the pokéball with her new friend inside. She was happy that all her pokémon were going to be alright.