Well, here we go with Chapter 2, hopefully this one will make enough sense to you guys... hopefully. Anyway, let's continue.
Chapter: 2 The Meeting
Jake woke up in the hospital bed. He looked around the calm, quiet room. The TV was off and the blinds were open. He looked around a bit more before finding his phone on the table next to him.
Seeing he had nothing better to do, he picked it up and turned it on. The clock on the phone read 7:43 AM, and the weather said it would be sunny.
"Huh, only October 26." Jake said quietly. "Four more days till Halloween."
He lay back on his bed and waited. Time passed to 8:27 and no one came in the room to visit. He decided to rest some more until he heard a tap on the window. He looked up but saw nothing. He shrugged off the noise and went back to sleep.
Jake got up when he heard clawing on the window. He looked up and, hoping nobody would come in, got out of the hospital bed and went to look out the window. Nothing was out there, just the sky and roof of the building.
"I must be on the top floor... But what the hell was that scratching?" Jake opened the window to let air in, then he got back into the bed, and decided to play a game on his phone for a bit. It wasn't until a few minutes later when he heard something shuffling on the roof. Jake looked up to see something crawling through the window. Once it climbed through, it turned around...
...revealing itself to be the Zangoose from a few nights ago. It still had a worried look on its face, as if it thought the Seviper was around. Jake looked shocked for a second, then smiled.
"I thought it was all a dream." He said. The Zangoose hummed a noise before walking over to the side of the hospital bed. It seemed to want to lay down. Jake moved over just a little bit to give room, before the Zangoose crawled in. It smiled weakly, as if happy to be within Jakes presence.
"You're the Zangoose from a few nights ago aren't you?" Jake said. The Zangoose nodded slowly, as if it understood.
"How did you even get up here?" The Zangoose pointed outside the window at a large pipe connected to the roof.
"So you climbed the pipe?" Jake asked. Once again, the Zangoose nodded.
"Wait, how did you know I was here?" The Zangoose pointed to a picture of an ambulance on the wall.
"You followed me here, then." The Zangoose smiled. It seemed to show worry for Jakes condition.
Jake thought for a second, before realizing that his dream had come true. Pokemon in real life? It's his greatest dream ever! But he soon realized that the real world was harder to live in then the Pokemon world. There were no Pokemon Centers, PokeMarts, or even Pokeballs in the real world. If anything, Jake needed to protect this Zangoose. It was a wild Pokemon with no ability to be healed or caught.
He looked at the side table with gifts near his bed and reached over for a certain gift, a clay set for making sculptures. Jake used to make sculptures as a stress reliever, and found it to be relaxing.
He took out a chunk of blue clay and formed it into a Z, then let it sit to dry. He then pulled a red ribbon out of one gift and slid it into a small hole in the now hardened clay. He finally wrapped it around the Zangoose's neck and tied it, making a good looking collar. It was a perfect fit.
"I'll call you Zang. Just stick with me, buddy. I'll keep you safe." Jake said, smiling. He realized this Zangoose had been emotionally scarred by something other than the Seviper, but it wouldn't be easy to find out what.
The Zangoose smiled at the name Zang. It lay its head on the pillow behind it. The day seemed to get better from now, until Jake heard the doorknob to his room jiggling. Someone was coming.
He quickly ushered Zang to get out of the room for safety. Zang did has told and hopped out of the room and onto the roof, hiding behind the wall.
Meanwhile, Jake turned back to see the door open, revealing the doctor from yesterday followed by a man in a black suit and tie.
"Hey doc, anything new?" Jake asked, acting like nothing happened.
"Well apparently. This man is from the government, and they have requested to meet with you." The doctor replied. Jakes smile faded, now looking more natural. He couldn't give away anything about the real Pokemon. Granted nobody would believe him, but he would sound crazy enough to be thrown in a mental hospital.
The doctor left the room, leaving Jake and the government agent. He had no expression on his face, like he wouldn't mind leaving right now. He sat down in a chair near the bed.
"Jake, I need you to cooperate with me here." The man said. "We need to find who attacked you. Do you remember anything from that night?"
"No," Jake decided to play it safe.
"Are you sure? You don't remember anything?"
"I can assure you I remember nothing."
The man seemed to be getting impatient. He reached into his back pocket and pulled out a phone, opened up the notes app, and got ready to write down info.
"Just work with me here. Do you remember ANYTHING at all?"
"Well..." Jakes train of thought trailed off into some imaginary villain of sorts. The man typed it up, all of it.
"Thank you for your cooperation. I will inform the government and we will try to help as best as we can." The man walked out of the room, leaving Jake alone.
Zang climbed back in through the window, crawled on to the bed, and laid back. It was going to be a long adventure for these two, but for now, they needed a lot of deserving rest.
End Of Chapter
Finally completed! I was waiting to complete this chapter, and I want to start the next one as soon as possible, so stay tuned!
~087-B