Gardevoir lay there, staring at the sky after seeing her shiny child win the gym match. It wasn't long before the crowd had scattered. "Surskit?" Surskit nudged her head, trying to get his friend back on her feet, worrying that he had to go get his trainer. She pulled herself up seeing her tiny friend crawl into her lap. "Sur-surskit?" it tried to find out what was wrong before that had stunned her. Gardevoir picked the water bug type up, hugging him tightly. "Garde…" she sighed, not wanting to really go into detail over it. The only thing she could really think of was that her daughter was happy and in a good trainer's care now. Clearly it was something she hadn't expected to happen when she first had her child. She stood up, thinking it was time to go back to the Pokémon Center.

At the Pokémon Center, Rob had been searching around, trying to find Surskit since he had vanished without any sign. Lina was searching with him as well before the doors opened and Gardevoir entered inside, carrying him. "There you are!" Rob exclaimed, seeing his Surskit jump down cheerfully, relieved that he was alright. Lina was glad that the psychic had found him though her Pokémon didn't seem as concerned. In fact, most were asleep. Rob recalled Surskit to its Poke Ball and looked to Gardevoir's leg, seeing her depression easily and her aching leg. He just sighed at it. "Come on. We should let them look at your leg," he insisted, just before the green haired Pokémon grabbed his arm and pulled him aside, wanting a more personal conversation with the berry farmer who she had been travelling with for a few days now.

"What is it, Gardevoir? You really should let them see your leg. I'm worried it's making you worse," Rob said, presuming she didn't want to waste another hour or so being treated. She shook her head, grabbing one of his empty Poké Balls. He was confused, seeing a smile creep on the female Pokémon's face, as she pointed to it and herself. "What? You want me… to catch you?" Rob guessed, and she nodded. "Garde!" she hummed wanting to be his Pokémon. She decided that if she had to pick between a genuinely kind trainer, and scavenging out in the wilderness, she would indeed prefer to be his Pokémon. The past few days brought back nothing but memories. Painful or not, she was thankful to have relived them, whether his involvement assisted in them or not. She wanted to know she could be at peace as well.

Rob took the Poké Ball from her letting it expand in his hands. "And you're sure about this?" he asked once again, trying to get over the awkward sudden change of mind. She couldn't really find any downside; having a new nice trainer, not having to battle as often, being out of the wild hostile environment and being able to get easier medical treatment for her limb. She was aware to be nearing her older age, and she just wanted to get more peace with it. "Alright… well, welcome to the family," Rob told her before opening the Poké Ball up, watching Gardevoir get absorbed into it with a bright red light. It shook in his hand, at least once or twice, he couldn't really tell, before it stopped moving, making the noise to indicate successful capture.

Gardevoir reappeared in a bright light. She was still in the Pokémon Center, wondering what had happened. Rob was sitting nearby. "Hey there," he greeted. Lina was nowhere to be seen though, so Gardevoir presumed she had resumed her own journey. "So how's the leg?" Rob asked. He had gotten her treated immediately after she had been captured by him. Gardevoir looked at where her injury once was, and she only saw a scar left, and now it felt a lot better. "Garde," she smiled. "Yeah… they said that the bone was fractured. You'd be using a cane if they hadn't treated it when they did," he elaborated on what Nurse Joy had told him. It wasn't completely pain free, but it was a lot better than before.

Rob got in front of Gardevoir and offered her bag back to her. "Come on, it's about time we go home. You don't like being in that Poké Ball, right?" he joked. It was obvious she preferred being able to travel on her own feet than being carried around. She nodded, taking the bag and throwing it over her shoulder, ready to head back to her new home. Once they were ready, the two left the Pokémon Center. While they were walking, Rob still wanted to know what had exactly happened to cause her to get injured, but he was glad to at least have another Pokémon since sometimes Surskit got a bit overzealous when it came to helping.

Gardevoir just kept a smile on her face, with the sun shining overhead. The last thing in her head was the dismay of the past. She didn't want to know why the chain of events had to happen to her, but she accepted it in the end. Both she and her child were well and healthy, and now they were both in happier places with good trainers.

The end...