The road to Lavaridge town proved to be hard for both John and Missy. They couldn't really stop to get some food, on account of Pokemon trying to attack them at every minute. So, their stomachs' are growling like crazy and they're growing weaker and weaker by the minute from exhaustion and hunger.
They were close to Lavaridge town, when they collapsed. Missy set the cage on the ground that contained Mary, who was asleep again. Missy fell to her knees at the entrance of the town, and sighed deeply.
"We're here….and I can't move another step….."
John was leaning against the post the said Welcome to Lavaridge Town. He sighed and nodded with Missy. But then, the smell of food made him stand up. Soon, the sweet Aroma of food caught Missy's nose.
"Food….!" They cried, and stood up with their remaining strength, Missy picking up the cage of Mary, and followed the scent of food like a dog to a dog whistle.
The soon came up to the Pokemon Center. Nurse Joy was the only person out right now, and she was hurrying off to the Pokemon center. She quickly opened the door and ran inside, and seemed to have locked it.
Missy and John then found some more endurance and ran towards the doors of the Pokemon Center. Missy knocked on the door, and they soon saw Nurse Joy come up. She unlocked it.
"Hurry, get in!" She said, and missy and John quickly went in and Nurse Joy locked the doors again.
"Nurse Joy, what's going on here?" Missy asked.
Nurse Joy turned around to face the two. She soon saw the cage, and quickly flinched. "You brought one of them in here?"
"No wait! This is our friend." John explained.
"Get that thing out of here!" Cried a man that was in the Pokemon Center. The remaining towns' people were taking refuge in the Pokemon Center against the Pokemon that were outside.
"Yeah, we don't need more people becoming Pokemon in this town." Said a woman.
"Wait! We know of a cure to this epidemic." Missy tried to calm the angry people down. "My friend and I know the cure."
All the people in the Pokemon Center then looked at missy and John. A smile spread across their face and they soon cheered.
"We need a Syringe, if you don't mind Nurse Joy?" John asked, looking back at her.
Nurse Joy nodded, and then ran off to the back room. A few minutes later, Nurse Joy came back with a syringe. She handed it to John. John took it and nodded to Missy.
"Ok, anyone has any spare clothes?" she asked the young women around.
"I have some." Said one. She pulled out some and handed it to Missy.
Missy took the Syringe, and the clothes. She opened the cage and the sleeping Mary out. The people around then flinched, but Missy took Mary to another room and shut the door.
"What's going to happen?" Asked a young boy.
"My friend is going to cure our other friend." John replied.
Missy soon took the syringe and stuck it into her skin. She extracted the DNA of her blood and looked at the sleeping Mary. She put it to Mary's yellow skin and stuck it in. She pushed the DNA into Mary, knowing it would return her good friend. She then put the Syringe away, and took a step out of the room and sighed in relief.
A few minutes later, Mary transformed back into her normal, human self. When she awoke in her own body that was naked, she noticed some clothes set out for her, and grabbed them quickly, and put them on. She stood up, and walked out of the room.
When she walked out, she noticed that Mary was asleep across the hall from her. John was talking about his experience of becoming a Pokemon to the people. He looked up and saw Mary and smiled.
The people then all cheered, happy that there was a cure. Mary sighed. She was still tired, so sat down next to Missy and laid her head on Missy's shoulder and closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.
The very next morning, Missy awoke alongside Mary. John was asleep on the floor with some of the people. Mary sensed movement next to her and woke up. She rubbed her eyes and Missy gave Mary a hug.
"Ok, Mary," Missy said. "Go wake John up. I'll go ask Nurse Joy if we can get some provisions to continue our journey."
Mary nodded. She stood up, and walked over to where John was at and slightly shook him. He stirred in his sleep, but after some more shaking, he woke up to see Mary.
A few more minutes later, everything was ready. They had backpacks ready for them. Some food for them. All the people cheered that they were going to stop this virus.
Mary, Missy and John all set foot on the path that Sherice gave them directions for. Missy sighed, looking at the directions. Flashbacks of Sherice floated back into her mind. Mary hugged her, seeing how she was remembering.
Then a topic of the past came up as they made their way through the forest. "Haven't you guys ever wondered where you might be at right now if not all of this happened?" Missy asked.
Mary looked down. "Now that you mention it, not really."
"Yeah…" John added.
"If not for the virus, I would probably be in a laboratory, discovering new things, and working out more theories. Discovering new Pokemon and studying them with my little Vaporeon…." Missy trailed off then as tears started to come to her eyes.
Mary looked down. "I would probably still be traveling with my mother and father as they worked out business deals, never settling in one place. My only friend being my little brother…Oh, I hope he didn't become a Pokemon!" she cried, tears coming to her eyes, too.
"I would probably still be doing what I did best, training Pokemon and earning gym badges…" John said.