Chapter 5: the hospital
Alex lost consciousness from the pain when the tram hit the last sensations he felt was the feeling of steeling crushing bone and flesh alike, he felt cold as blood left him with the final noises he heard being alarmed chirping between 2 Pokemon.
When he woke up his vision was a blur and he felt like complete shit every muscle and bone in his body was screaming at him whilst his brain was swimming like he could both feel the extreme pain he should be in but also not able to acknowledge it, he tried to move what ever muscles he could arms? no luck, legs? Got nothing but he did get something from his throat though more aptly IN his throat.
He tried to breath on his own feeling the contraction of his throat squeeze 2 large objects making a strangled noise from his full mouth, "o-oh dear" came a female voice the figure dashing over putting a hand on the side of his head then began to tug on the tubes in his mouth.
Alex gave a wheeze and a cough when the tubes came out of his throat, the nurse with hand still on his head grabbed a small torch and shined it in his eyes getting a wheeze of pain. "I know I know darling it's not comfortable" the nurse said "still a bit blurry on your end huh?" she said the shape of her head becoming more recognisable.
His vocal cords began to tighten back into place despite the inside of his throat feeling like its been widened by force, "get-away bastard" he said weakly trying to lift his arm to bat away the Gothitelle that tended to him. "Now now little one clean up that language before I get the soap" she said like a scolding nursery school teacher, "w-wa? You talk? Wa happened?" Alex croaked out as more painkillers were flushed into his system the horror of looking at all the wires and tubes connected to his body finally computing in his brain.
"Of course I talk little ones like you just needed help understanding us" the nurse said patting Alex on the head "you had a bit of a nasty whoopsie and have been in a medically endued coma for the past 5 weeks" she added and Alex felt his mind wanting to rush but the haze of drugs did not help.
5 weeks? Coma? Accident? All he could remember was the hit to his right then waking up in the bed, next thing he knew the nurse was holding up a cup of water to his lips "take a drink you look like you need it" she said with a slight smile. "you drugged it… fuck off" Alex said slowly his voice still sounding weak and distant, the nurse looked unhappy "I didn't drug it but ok" she said putting the cup on a side table before getting up and walking over to a desk at the end of the ward.
Alex's breathing began to even out from a raspy wheeze to just being deep and almost silent, he took a moment to take stock of his body peering down noticing more than just the tubes peeking out from under the sheets. 2 large bell jars containing puddles of coagulated blood each with a large tube running up the bed and under the sheets where his thighs were, he noticed several bags of various drugs going into various parts of his body from his thighs to his arms.
He moved his fingers then tried to wiggle his toes and whilst his hands responded his feet did not, his breathing grew strained "m-my legs…. MY LEGS!" Alex said raising his voice as he noticed that below his thighs the bedsheets were flat, putting 2 and 2 together in his mind even in his drugged up state it was not hard to recognize what happened.
The nurse got up and came back over in a rush as Alex's panic began to override the drugs in his system.
"Sweetie please lay still" she said soothingly holding down Alex's skinny arms, "GIVE ME BACK MY LEGS YOU BITCH!" he roared shutting up as his throat began to protest against him. Another nurse came in a Blastoise in dark blue hobbled in with a pair of humans each focusing on a limb as the Gothitelle moved away and grabbed a syringe.
"NO! NO! GET THAT AWAY FROM ME! STOP! LET ME GO!" Alex cried out feeling tears forming on his face as a pair of words sounded in his mind "stop, rest" he wanted to break away but he dropped his muscles losing all tensity. "Leave him be for now poor boys had enough, now you lot tend to the other patients get them off to sleep il make sure he does to" said a smooth feminine voice with the nurses nodding and walking away.
A tall figure if Alex had to guess he would say it's a Gardevoir stood in front of him its soft fingers running through hair that hadn't seen a barber in 3 years, she leaned forward and planted a kiss on his cheek sending Alex to sleep as easily as turning off a light.
When he next woke up he was somewhere else a smaller room with a window, sink, chairs, 2 small tables and a TV mounted to the wall, though something else was there a Pikachu typing away on a laptop.
"Ah you're finally awake" the Pikachu said with a stupid grin on his face "my name is david by the way I am going to be your new social worker though I may not be that for long" David added as Alex tried to raise his hands again to protest he found it stopped by something.
"yea sorry they had to do that we just don't want you hurting yourself little guy" David said as Alex looked down to see the cuffs that didn't let his hands go more than 10cm off the bed, "LET ME GO!" Alex shouted thumping his head against his pillow "yea no chance little guy" David said in response.
"WHY NOT! I HAVE SEEN WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO THE OTHERS! I WONT BE LIKE THEM! I WONT!" Alex screamed trashing against his restraints feeling discomfort from his thighs, "Alex don't be silly no one is going to force you we just want to take care of you" David said making a note on his laptop.
"Now as I was saying" David said pretending to not take any interest in Alex's thrashing as he hit enter on his keyboard, "I am your social worker I am supposed to pair you with Poke Parents to take good care of you" the pikachu added as a nurse walked in changing the peebag on the bed for a fresh one.
"your doctor along with your new parents are going to be in, in a sec to explain the rest since some people you might recognize called dibs. Plus they meet the requirements to have a poor little human like yourself" David said whistling. "POOR LITTLE HUMAN! YOU FUCKING RAT!" Alex shouted as a Gothitelle wearing a doctors scrubs strode in with 2 very tall Pokemon right behind her.
"ALEX!" Scorch exclaimed walking over to the humans side "Don't try to pick him up it's tempting I know" Nina said putting a hand on her husband shoulder before dropping to Alex's side, Alex himself went silent as recognition dawned on his face being snapped out of it when a kiss was planted on his forehead by Nina.
"Y-you guys? Is that really you?" Alex stammered out with Scorch's face taking on his familiar cocky grin "any other Pokemon like me?" Scorch said with a smile that Alex recognized in an instant.
"Let me get that for you, we have been hunting you down for 2 years Alex you had us worried" Nina said grabbing a tissue from her jacket pocket and wiping up the tears forming on Alex's face, "what happened?" Alex says with Scorch and Nina looking at each other cringing as they do so. "il explain" the doctor says picking up the clipboard at the end of the bed with Scorch taking the hand Alex has that isn't filled with tubes.
"As you can probably tell malnutrition and from the incident in the recovery room your legs are gone, fortunately you at least have 1 knee left" the doctor said reading off the clipboard, "HOW IS THAT FORTUNATE! I WONT BE ABLE TO WALK!" Alex said in alarm but the doctor put up a finger "1 would you rather have no knees? Also 2 you might be able to walk again though this will take time and prothesis with physio therapy" she said in response.
"I think we can handle the physio therapy" Nina said with a smile and the doctor nodded "I am aware doctor Trix" the doctor said in response giving Alex a look of confusion, "hang on you're a doctor? Also Trix?" Alex said curious.
"Took my last name when we got married, earned her doctorate during the 2 years we spent looking for you" Scorch said before Nina indicated for the doctor to go on, "well we also added to you a pair of rods to your right arm due to the damage but upside most of the damage has healed during your coma" the doctor said putting the clipboard back.
"Ok thats a lot of info to take on" Alex said he said sluring his words as the machines pumped in fresh loads of painkillers, "by all means take all the time you need but theres still 1 thing that needs doing" david said standing up getting everyones attention.
"Alex I know these are your pokemon before the revolution, do you want to go with them?" David asked with Alex quickly snapping back with a yes quicker than lightning, "then all we need is the paperwork and I will be out of here" David said clapping his hands as he produced a stylus from a compartment inside the laptop.
The doctor and David left after everything was done leaving the new family alone, "so…. What do we do from here?" Alex asks questioningly.