At first Lyra thought they were headed toward the town. Pigeot was gaining speed at a breakneck pace, while the other Pokemon were tiring and slowing. Skarmory no longer had the speed it had going down the slope, its metal armor was now disabling it from going faster.

Braviary however was even further behind. The other Pokemon's experience outranked the red bird, and this seemed to frustrate Black. He clutched the Pokemon's feathers roughly. Blue glanced at Black, and placed one of her hands to his shoulder. He glanced at her, and seeing a somewhat comforting yet sad smile, he relaxed and sighed. He wouldn't be any help anyways.


Green luckily knew the area well, and was aware that the Pokemon Center doubled as a human hospital. The league of Jhoto had too many people coming down from the mountains being injured or having caught a disease, and so they expanded the Center. This also helped the town spring up, as travelers usually avoided Mount Silver because of the rough terrain and strong Pokemon, both that can get you easily hurt.

Red coughed again. It was incredibly weak, more of a wheeze. His breath was growing fainter. Green pulled him closer. He didn't want to loose Red, not after years of uncertainty. Not after he finally had him again.

Pidgeot could see the red top of the center, and pushed its muscles to go faster. He could tell it was important to his master to go quickly. Pidgeot got the picture of where Green wanted to go instantly as he looked to the unconscious boy and then into his master's eyes. Pidgeot was Green's most trusted Pokémon. They understood each other perfectly.

Streaks of glowing white flew off of Pidgeot's wings as he went even faster.

The building was now relatively close. Over the wind Green told Pidgeot to get ready to slow down. It cawed to express understanding. Seconds later Pidgeot extended its large wings, placing them more vertical to the ground, and flapping them to lower the forward speed. The Flying-Type slid in the snow onto the concrete, scrambling to stand in front of the door. Pidgeot came to a halt, bending down to let Green jump off. The Pokemon watched with intrigued eyes as Green sprinted through the Pokemon Center doors, wrenching them open awkwardly with one hand as if they couldn't open themselves more slowly.

Nurse Joy looked up from her computer, seemingly surprised to have someone come it. It was dusk outside- the days near Mount Silver's area were short. She seemed to understand quickly the drastic measure of the situation as Green ran over to her, and she ushered him down a hall. "Audino!" She called, guiding Green quickly into the closest room. She motioned to the bed, and he carefully set Red down, kneeling next to his side as Nurse Joy went back into the hall. He heard her call the Audino again in a more irritated voice.

Green's gut twisted. It was up to Joy now, he could do nothing else. She returned with a drowsy Audino. It must have been sleeping. Joy shooed him out, and with that he stepped out to the lobby to wait for the others.


Sorry it's short.