Chapter 4: The Pokemon Center
They walked in the rain for about an hour. When they finally walked into the Pokemon Center, Riolu was grateful for the warmth of the building's heater.
"Rawr." Riolu let out a quiet noise.
"It's alright." Tera murmured for probably the third time now.
They walked up to a woman with pink hair, who stood behind a counter.
"Welcome to the Pokemon Center." She said. "What can I do for you?"
"We found this injured pokemon in the Santalune Forest." Tera explained. "I was wondering if you could help it?"
"Of course." The woman bowed.
"Thanks, Nurse Joy." Branden piped up.
Tera gently set Riolu on a cart. He lay back immediately. Nurse Joy began to roll the cart through a set of double doors and down a hall. The cart turned into a small room. Riolu was laid on the bed, under some kind of heat generating lights.
Riolu closed his eyes, exhaustion taking over…
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"Lu!" Riolu dropped to the ground.
Before it could open the doors, they opened themselves and the pokemon looked up to see Nurse Joy standing there.
"Oh good!" She exclaimed. "You look much better!"
"Rawr." Riolu agreed.
The woman gave a small chuckle and put the pokemon on the cart again. Riolu stood on the edge of the cart as it rolled down the hall and back into the main lobby.
"Riolu, you look a lot better." Tera's voice came.
"Riolu's energy is back and its body temperature had returned to normal.
"That's great!" Branden exclaimed.
Chapter 5: Betrayed
They stayed in the Santalune hotel until the next morning, when the rain stopped. The young humans ended up agreeing on having Riolu participate in a battle with another trainer. They now stood at a small battlefield in the city. Riolu stood a little ways up in front of Tera, who was his 'trainer' for the battle.
"Riolu use feint!" Tera shouted.
Riolu ran forward, punching the opponent, a Pancham, in the stomach. The Pancham countered with the move karate chop. Riolu flew back into the middle of the battlefield and got back up.
"Use power up punch!"
"Rawwr!" Riolu's fist lit up and it charged towards the Pancham.
"Foul Play!" The Pancham's trainer shouted.
"Riolu, dodge it!"
It was too late. Riolu couldn't jump over the ball of energy before it hit him and sent him sprawling barely conscious in front of Tera.
"Get up!" Tera yelled. "Get up, Riolu!"
"Weak pokemon!" Branden called.
"Useless." He heard Tera murmur as the referee declared the opposing team the winner.
Riolu barely open its eyes, seeing Tera and Branden walking away. They were leaving him!
"Rawr!" He called weakly.
He knew they could hear him, but they ignored him, not hesitating.
Riolu was upset. They had left him behind.