Pokemon Ranger: The Hero of Oblivia

You're the Antidote to Everything Except for Me.

"What happened?" Kira asked, taking in my gross appearance.

"I got hit by a poison spike." I weakly murmured.

Kira gave the pink haired girl a look. "Caiya, do me a favor and get your Oran Berry and Pecha Berry supply, as well as some of your herbs?" Kira asked.

Caiya meekly looked at me, giving me a strange look, then ran off to get the supplies.

Kira layed me on the ground. "Okay, so you're gonna live from this. You'll probably faint soon from the pain."

I gave her a fake grin. "What are you talking about? I'm perfectly fine!" I said through clenched teeth. As if on cue, then pain got so much worse.

Kira continued to speak calmly to me, ignoring my obvious lie. "We're gonna get you cleaned up, though. You should return to your own time soon, but we need to patch you up. You're going to need to change out of those clothes. You're absolutely drenched in..." She shivered and didn't bother to finish her sentence.

I moved onto my knees and dry heaved again. My stomach kept doing backflips and it was horrible. I felt my eyes water from dry heaving so much and I harshly rubbed the water away before they could fall and make it look like I was crying. Kira eased me back into a reclining position and moved my back onto her legs.

She spoke quietly and calmly and assured me that I was okay. She was being so levelheaded and calm, and it just... She was being so nice. This time, actual tears pricked at my eyes. Everything hurt. Kira brushed my hair out of my eyes and continued to speak in hushed tones.

Ravio, who was looking on in shock, finally came to his senses. "I think the Steelhead is waking up!" He said.

Kira was about to get up and investigate, but Tanvir stopped her. "Summer needs somebody to watch over her right now until Caiya gets back." Tanvir said, talking over me even as I assured them that I was perfectly able to take care of myself. "Do this for me, Kira." Tanvir asked.

Kira gave a small smile. "I was planning on staying with our friend anyway. It seems she can't admit when she needs help."

Tanvir nodded and Drapion, who still hadn't left even though he was free to go at any time, lifted the Steelhead up to eye level with Tanvir.

"Where am I?" The Steelhead nervously asked.

"You're outside of the temple." Tanvir simply stated. Looking through the slits in the mask, Tanvir saw the man's worried and confused look. "Do... You remember what you just did?" He asked.

A spark of recognition found its way into the man's eyes. "Tanvir....?" He looked down to where Kira was running her hands through my hair to calm me down, ignoring how wet and sticky it was. "And Kira?"

"You should be ashamed of yourself!" Kira barked harshly at the confused man, making me flinch. I really don't like Kira when she's mad. "You made your Drapion attack this girl!" She said, nodding down at me.

The Steelhead looked at me. "I wouldn't ever..." He trailed off in disbelief. "Why would you accuse me of such a horrible thing?"

Kira wasn't buying it. "You've got to remember it! What happened to you?"

Ravio piped in, "I really think he doesn't remember."

Kira groaned. "Fine. Just try and remember. But I'm not done with you yet!" She added with a glare.

Tanvir took the man into a house to talk to him further. Drapion sat down at my feet. Caiya finally returned.

She dropped a wooden box beside Kira. "There you are, Kira." Caiya said, though she was looking at me the whole time she spoke, as if I would attack her if she took her eyes off me for a moment. She stepped backwards away from us slowly, turning on her heel and scurrying off before Kira could even thank her.

Kira started rifling through the box. "You'll have to excuse her, Summer. She's never seen anyone quite like you before, and in such a condition." Kira told me. I nodded.

Kira took out a fruit. It was a Pecha Berry. "This is supposed to neutralize poison, but I think you're going to need more than a berry to patch you up." She admitted. "Let me see where Drapion hit you."

I lifted up my shirt to show the puncture wound in my side. It didn't seem to go in too deep, just enough to break the skin and inject the poison. Drapion looked away in shame. Kira applied a set mix of herbs to the wound on my side. I didn't mention my heel, because I felt bad enough that they were wasting their resources on me.

Kira talked me through what she was doing. "I'm going to apply this here and it'll help. The smell is awful, but it gets the job done. Okay, you look about done."

She was right. It smelled like rotten berries and week-old milk.

"I hope you'll still help us even though this happened, Summer." Ravio finally spoke.

I turned to him. "Of course!" I tried to stand up, but Kira insisted on helping. The unyielding pain I felt began to subside, but I was still nauseous and dizzy.

"Be careful. It'll take a few days before you're back to normal. Just take it easy, okay?" Kira begged.

I nodded.

Drapion allowed me to lean on him for support. "Thank you," I told him.

"No problem," Was his response. "I'll be waiting for you, so come back soon."

"No, don't wait for me." I said. "Because the next time I come back, it may be years."

"Then take me with you."

"You know I can't do that..."

Kira and Ravio gave me a look and I realized I was talking out loud to a Pokemon. I clapped a hand over my mouth, horrified that I exposed a secret that I didn't mean to reveal.

"Summer...Were you, er, conversing with that Pokemon?" Kira asked slowly.