Chapter Six: We Shouldn't Be Here.

During their journey to solaceon town, Laura had to slow down and place an arm around Isaacs shoulders to help keep him steady as his injuries finally caught up to him. Considering Isaacs worsening condition, they were still able to reach solaceon town, but it took them longer than they hoped. However, this turn of events had turned out beneficial to them as it was now night time, meaning most of the trainers and other humans will have retired to their homes or moved onto another town.

"Here we are." Laura announced quietly. They were stood in front of a fairly large building with a red roof. "I take it... this is the Pokemon centre?" Isaac asked weakly, his strength failing him.

Laura had taken note of Isaacs waning strength and quickly helped him into the Pokemon centre. The doors opened and luckily for Isaac and Laura, it was empty. Well, except for the obvious attendant behind the counter. The nurse had looked up from the desk computer she was occupying herself with and saw the two Pokemon.

"May I help you two?" She asked, her voice as calm as ever, as required in her line of work. The lopunny had taken the monferno to a chair, possibly trying to help him rest.

The lopunny didn't speak. Instead, she pointed to the monferno and used actions to describe what had happened. After the nurse had pieced together what the lopunny was talking about, she moved out from behind the counter.

"If you would not mind waiting here with your friend, I'll be right back." The nurse then ran off through a door leading to a back room. Soon, two chansey had then walked out with the nurse pushing a stretcher. "Alright you two, get him on the stretcher and into the back room for proper medical care."

The two chansey nodded to the nurse and looked at Laura. "Don't worry miss, your friend here is in good hands" one of them said, reassuring Laura a little.

Laura simply nodded her thanks and helped the chansey's with getting Isaac onto the stretcher. 'I just hope it's him that walks out of the door after all this, and not one of the nurses.' Laura thought, sitting in one of the chairs, waiting and hoping for a miracle.

Nurse joy had placed an oxygen mask over the monferno's mouth to keep him breathing while the chansey's hooked him up to a few monitors, taking note that his heart rate was slow, but steady enough to keep him alive. The chansey's and the nurse all looked over the monferno's condition, taking note of a few severe bruises to his torso and arms.

Given what the lopunny had told her, this monferno was lucky to come out alive and injured after such an encounter. All three nurses had searched for pourable versions of super potions to help heal the pain and bruises quicker. Luckily, one of the chansey found a a bottle and handed it to Nurse joy. She removed the oxygen mask and opened the potion bottle.

"Here monferno, take this potion, it'll help with the pain." Nurse joy said. The monferno didn't have a choice in whether to say yes or no. He needed medical help and he's getting it, so he opened his eyes slowly, leaned forward and reluctantly opened his mouth, to which nurse Joy poured a bit of the super potion into his mouth.

Isaac could feel his pain slowly leaving his body, but fatigue was hitting him like a freight truck. He tried to keep his eyes open, but one of the chansey's placed a stubby arm on his shoulder. "It's okay Isaac, you need to rest. The potion will do the work." She said, earning a tired nod from Isaac.

Isaac soon fell asleep and the chansey's removed all of the gear used and moved them to a better location to not clutter the room.

Nurse joy had decided to leave the monferno and her assistants while she told the lopunny that the monferno will be fine. Obviously from what she saw when entering the waiting room, the lopunny was worried about him. So she walked up to the lopunny, who seemed to be expecting bad news.

"It's okay. Your friend is fine, he's simply resting." The nurse said, earning a nod from the lopunny. "If you'd like, you can go in an see him, I'll organise a room for you two to stay in." She added, earning another nod of thanks from the lopunny.

Laura had left for the room Isaac was in, eventually finding him. She entered the room as quietly as possible, taking note of Isaacs soft breathing, confirming what the nurse had said to her.

Laura searched around and found a chair, moving it to the bed side closest to Isaac. She too, could feel the fatigue from the days strenuous tasks of struggling and then helping Isaac. She let out a yawn and simply lay her head on the table, letting sleep take over.