Harley pulls his pants back on and straightened himself out. He turns and looks at May, who was lying against the tree, and smiles, "Well May, thank you for understanding my pain now. I guess I'll be heading over to the next contest." He was back to the old Harley again.

May didn't answer. She just stared blankly at nothing.

"So I'll see you at the Grand Festival! That is, if you make it out of here alive. Bye hon! And thank you for making me feel better!" Harley blows May a kiss, waves, and with a satisfied smirk, he turns and leaves.

May just laid there frozen. She can't believe what had just happened, it was all a blur, but she knew. Tears continued to flow but that was about the only thing about her that showed life. She felt like she lost control of her body. It felt so heavy, and everything hurt. Perhaps she wasn't going to make it out alive, she was alone, and she might as well die here. She felt her eyelids close, and everything went black.

*Pop*

"Skittyyyyyy!" Skitty called as she came out of her ball on her own. Almost immediately, she started chasing her tail.

"Skitty Skitty Ski-" She noticed her trainer on the ground. Skitty runs over to May. She called out to her trainer a few times and got no answer. But she noticed that May was still breathing.

"SKITTYYYY! SKITTYYYYYY!" Skitty ran, calling for help.

During her run Skitty ran head on into a Roserade.

"Roserade Rose!" Roserade yelled angrily at Skitty to watch where she was going

Skitty recognized immediately that this wasn't just any Roserade. She had fought this Roserade many times in the past. This Roserade belonged to Drew.

"Skitty Skitty!" Skitty apologizes and then explained the situation to Roserade. Agreeing to help, Roserade leads Skitty to Drew, who was nearby training some of his other Pokémon.

"Roserade Rose!" "Skitty Ski!" both Pokémons called for Drew's attention.

"Uh? Roserade, what's wrong? Where did that Skitty come from?" Drew asked

"Roserade Roserade!" Roserade said pointing towards the forest

"Skitty Skitty!" Skitty ran in circles trying to signify help

Drew then recognized the Skitty as May's, "Aren't you May's Skitty?" he asked

"Skittyyy!" Skitty stopped running and nodded

"Is she in trouble?" Drew asked worryingly

"SKITTYYY!" Skitty frantically nodded and used her tail to point towards where May was

"Ok bring me to where she is!" Drew said before returning all his Pokémons back to their balls minus Roserade, and then following Skitty to wear May was.

Drew was not prepared for the sight he had witnessed. He found May in a heap against the tree. Her clothes were torn, she had cuts and bruises all over her body, and tear stains on her cheeks. He touched May's back and realized how cold her body was. May let out a faint gasp from the sudden warmth that hit her body. Drew breathed a sigh of relief. "Good, she still alive."

"Hey, May. Wake up." Drew called, shaking her gently

May's eyes shot open and she instinctively pushed Drew away and then backed away closer to the tree in fear. "No!" May said in a voice that was barely audible

"Hey Hey, don't worry May, it's me Drew. Don't worry; I'm not going to hurt you." Drew said gently

"Drew? Is that really you?" May said quietly.

"Yes, it's me." Drew replied with a small smile.

"Oh Drew!" May flung herself at Drew, ignoring the fact that her clothes are all torn. She started crying into his chest. He was barely able to make out the "help me"

Drew decided not to question her about what happened just yet. He needed to get her to a safer place and attend to her wounds. He took off his coat and wrapped it round May.

"Come on May, let's get you out of here." Drew helped her up, but her legs felt like jelly that she collapsed as soon as he let go of her. So he picked her up and carried her out of the forest.

"Um Drew, where are we going?" May asked

"I'm staying in a lodge just on the other side of the forest, so I'm taking you there." Drew explained as he continued walking.

Not long after, a cabin came into view. Drew carried May inside and into the bathroom so she could clean herself off. Drew felt uneasy about leaving her alone in the bathroom. He was afraid that she would hurt herself; so he asked his Roserade and May's Skitty to keep an eye on her. While she was taking her bath, Drew prepared some tea for her and got a first aid kit out.

After May was done with her bath, she looked visibly better. She was finally able to walk again.

"Come here May." Drew gestured May to sit down in the stool. "I'm just going to treat your wounds."

May just nodded not looking at Drew in the eyes.

He started with her arms, applying ointment and then bandaging the cuts. He repeated the process with her legs. "Can you lean over a bit? I'm going to treat your back". May did what she was asked. Drew was taken aback by what he saw. Sure, there weren't many cuts, but on her back were several large bruises that were already beginning to turn purple. "She was probably slammed into the tree pretty hard," He thought.

After he was done, he took her hand and brought her to the kitchen table. He then handed her a cup of tea and then got a cup for himself. They sat across from each other and sipped their tea in silence. Then finally, May spoke.

"Thanks for saving me; I really thought I was going to die out there." She finally forced a small smile

"Can I ask you what happened?" Drew finally asked

May sipped her tea and then stared at the cup. She took a deep breath

"He raped me." She said not looking up

"He lured me out into the woods, saying that his Pokémon ran there. Then he raped me saying that I needed to pay for what I did and understand his pain. And then he just left me there to die." May said, trying to hold back her tears.

Drew noticed that she didn't say who raped her but he decided not to press her for more information. She has already been through a lot for one day and he figured she would tell him when she's ready. He went over and hugged her. "Hey, don't cry. You're safe now. I'll protect you."

That's all for now! Hope this chapter was a bit happier than the last one. And yay, Drew comes to the rescue! Yeah this is going to be predominantly a contestshipping story from now on, but other pairings will be mentioned from time to time.

Ok, that's all I have to say for this chapter. See you in the next update! Probs in another few days