Wes cursed as his ride died again, just a little ways outside the city. He jumped off and punched it, wounding his hand again. Espeon groaned as she jumped down with Umbreon so that she could berate him for his stupidity. Rui gulped as she parked herself nearby and went to his side. He refused to let the Psychic Pokemon near his hand, which was probably screaming at him as well. Rui sighed.

"Come on. Let's get to the center." He shook his head.

"N-no I'm fine-" She narrowed her eyes. His eyes betrayed him with the tears that filled them. He then cursed under his breath as he tried to move his hand.

"Come on. We can get supplies there." That convinced him a lot better than trying to get him to go because of his hand.

~

She did ultimately convince him to get his hand cared for since it didn't look good. He hesitated going to the nurse (apparently the medics that took care of the Snagem Members only ever made sure he didn't have a fever), but when he did, Rui noticed that he opened up a little with the nurse's help. Rui went over to her after seeing a look from the Nurse.

"Is everything ok?" Joy hummed.

"I'm surprised that hand is still connected to him. It looks like it went through torture." Rui gulped.

"According to him, he never got proper treatment for anything like that after he joined a certain group. Before that, I wouldn't know. But this is the first real treatment he's gotten in a long time." Joy hummed as she glanced at Wes, who had fallen asleep from something. Espeon was trying to get him to lay down since he fell asleep sitting upright. Umbreon finally backed up and rammed into him, getting him to lay down before Espeon glared at her brother. The two went back and forth before Umbreon went and snuggled up to the former snagger, ignoring the Psychic Pokemon's comments. The two girls chuckled before Joy hummed.

"I think there's a nurse here who cared for him before. He was so small before. In fact, let me check." Rui nodded before going over, kneeling next to Espeon.

"I take it you deal with these two acting like this often?" The psychic pokemon huffed Rui sighed. "You are so much more responsible than the boys. I think you need some friends." She pulled out her two pokeballs and sent out Mismagius and Gardevoir, who instantly connected to the Eeveelution. Rui smiled before another nurse went over. A smile was formed when she saw Wes.

"It's been awhile since I've seen these three. And they've grown." She checked something on Wes before sighing. "I remember him carrying in a small Eevee with another Eevee with him, asking for help because the smaller one was hurt. After the Eevee regained strength, he needed medical attention for something. I stayed on the clock the entire time, caring for all three when they were recovering." Rui paused.

"I don't suppose you can remember which Eevee was which?"

"Oh I still know." She petted the dark type as he purred. "The bigger Eevee had a scar on its head. It was always the way to tell them apart." Espeon went over and sniffed her hand before the nurse picked her up. "And this one is definitely the smaller Eevee. You are a tiny Espeon." Espeon realized the trap too late as she yelped, attempting to escape the hug. The nurse giggled before letting her escape, getting a look as she hid behind Gardevoir. "I sure hope you've been eating, little one. Or you are truly going to stay small." Espeon stayed hidden as the nurse sighed. Rui hummed.

"What else happened that day?" The nurse hummed.

"I remember only caring for one of the Eevees medically. I tried to check the scar on the other, but it was not having it. It was too busy making sure the other one was ok. And even when the kid went down, I never got a chance to check the other Eevee. So medically speaking, I only saw two of the three." Rui hummed. "I do know that when I treated the kid, he showed symptoms of withdrawal, but had nothing in his system to withdraw from. I still haven't figured that part out." Rui hummed.

"Thank you." The nurse nodded before waving to Espeon, who merely stared at her. Rui then sighed before glancing at the former snagger. If that last part was correct, then Umbreon used to be a Shadow Eevee and Wes purified it that night. Which explained the symptoms not lining up. She had to be careful.

~

Wes watched as she checked the Motorbike, which creaked a little upon getting touched. She hummed as she went over.

"I think the only good news is that this thing will not explode." She glanced at him. "Did you build this yourself?"

"Yeah. I didn't actually think it was going to move at first. Then I was able to get it to start and even move. I've been pushing it past its limits though. It really shouldn't be moving too fast." She hummed.

"Here's our options. We can try to fix it, which may or may not be successful, or we can completely rebuild it." Wes went quiet at the options. She hummed at his silence. "The main problem might be that it's missing parts. But trying to put those in without pulling it apart may make it worse." He gulped.

"It sounds like only one of the options will do." She nodded.

"Then come on. Let's get this thing back up." He nodded as he joined her.

~

Rui smiled at Wes's reaction to the motorbike's new form. It purred gently as she got off from testing it.

"Now that thing is better." His eyes were wide as she turned it off. "Now you should be able to speed across the sands without worry." He smiled.

"Thank you!" She giggled as he hugged her. He instantly pulled away before grinning. "Wow..." She hummed.

"Alright. Come on. I got an idea for the next stop."