September 28th (Somewhere in Hoenn)

(Drew's POV)

She then raced off leaving me angry, annoyed, and slightly hurt, "Drew, we need to go!" Paul shouted.

"Right," I nodded as I placed May's pokeball in my pocket before picking Piplup up and we ran back to Lilycove.

After an hour, we finally made it to the edge of the city, "Take Dawn to the ER, I'll report in with Steven and explain the situation to everyone else," I said quickly while placing Piplup on his shoulder.

He nodded and ran for the hospital while I ran to school. I went to the arena to find Steven talking with a group of returning students.

"Glad to see you made it back Drew," Steven said while writing something on his clipboard before looking concerned. "Where's the rest of your group?"

"Paul's taken Dawn to the ER, May thinks that Dawn has Appendicitis," I explained.

Steven looked stunned as Solidad came over, "What's going on?"

"May thinks Dawn has Appendicitis so Paul took Dawn to the ER," I explained again.

"When did the pains start?" she asked worried.

"About twenty-four hours ago," I said quickly.

"Hopefully she'll make to surgery in time," Steven said concerned. "Then where's May?"

I sighed, "I don't know, we heard a cry in the forest and she felt the need to investigate," I said frustrated.

"Hopefully she'll be back in time," Solidad murmured. "Drew, go tell the rest of your friends, you along with Dawn and Paul are off the hook."

I nodded as I ran to the house, I burst in to find Ash and Misty watching TV, "Drew, glad to see that you made it back, where's everyone else?" Ash asked.

"I don't know where May is and Dawn and Paul are at the hospital, "I explained.

"What?!" Misty asked in shock as both she and Ash stood up.

"May thinks Dawn has Appendicitis so we made it back here as fast as we could, but before we reached the city, we heard a faint cry and May sprinted off to investigate," I further explained.

"Mew," Misty muttered before looking at me while Ash turned off the TV. "Here's the plan, you're taking a shower and resting since you've basically ran for the past day and you look half dead. Ash and I will explain what's going on to Gary and Leaf before we go to the hospital. We'll also call Dawn's mom once we get there," she planned.

"But....," I argued.

"No buts Drew, do as Misty said. We'll mass text everyone what's going on," Ash said sternly.

Both of them ran upstairs while I made my way to the bathroom deeply worried since we had no clue as to what was going on.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

(Misty's POV)

Ash and I quickly ran to Leaf's room and walked in to find Leaf in bed while watching TV with Gary.

"What's going on? You both look upset?" Leaf said concerned.

"With every right, Paul's taken Dawn to the hospital," I said quickly.

Gary and Leaf looked shocked and worried, "What? Why?" Leaf asked worried.

"May thinks that Dawn has Appendicitis," Ash explained.

"Where are May and Drew?" Gary asked.

"Drew's here and supposed to be taking a shower and no one knows where May is," I said slightly annoyed.

"What do you mean no one knows where she is?" Leaf asked.

"Drew said she ran off to investigate a cry, otherwise, I have no clue what's going on with her," I explained. "Leaf, you're to stay here since you're sick. Gary keep an eye on Leaf and Drew to make sure both stay here and rest. Ash and I will go to the hospital to figure out Dawn's condition while contacting Johanna and trying to send Paul back here to rest as well. We'll mass text everyone if we learn anything."

"Who made you in charge?" Leaf asked annoyed.

"Since I'm the only one who's here and not ill," I said tiredly. "Let's go Ash."

He nodded and followed me outside where he called out Charizard and we flew to the ER. Ash then recalled Charizard as we walked in and saw Paul sitting in one of the chairs with Piplup sitting next to him.

"Paul," I called getting his attention.

He raised his head looking passive, but his eyes showed fear, "Did Dawn get admitted right away?" I asked as we stood in front of him.

He nodded and I sighed in relief, "Thank Mew," I praised.

"They're doing testing right now to make sure that it is Appendicitis," he said while lowering his head. "She woke up by the time we got here and she was crying in pain."

I saw that Paul was shaking slightly and my heart went out to him. I placed a hand on his shoulder causing him to flinch, but I kept it there.

Suddenly a doctor came out and looked around the room before looking at Paul and made his way over, "Excuse me, are you the young man that brought in the blue haired girl?" he asked.

Paul looked up and nodded, "The tests came back positive for showing signs that she does have Appendicitis. We are prepping her for surgery, but as to how long it will take will vary as to what I find when I begin. Does she have any family?" he asked.

"She has her mom in Sinnoh, but she hasn't been contacted yet, I'll call her in a few minutes," I explained.

He nodded, "A nurse will provide you with the details as to what will happen so ask her any questions," he said as a nurse walked up with a clipboard and he left behind the double doors.

The nurse gave a small smile, "I'll make this quick since I'm sure you don't want a long lecture," she assured as she handed me a small ticket. "This has your friend's surgery number. When I take you back to the waiting room, there will be a board with a list of surgery numbers and the status as to where in the surgery they are."

I looked at the number and we nodded in understanding, "As the doctor explained, it's hard to tell as to how long she will be in surgery for a few of reasons. One is that there is some prep work that happens before surgery. Second is that it depends on the surgeon. Dr. Roper, the doctor who just spoke with you, will be doing the surgery. Don't worry, he is a very good surgeon, one of the best in the world. Lastly, once he makes the cut, they need to check the condition of the appendix as to whether it looks normal or if they need to do more work to get the poison out of her system," she explained.

"Is there a video phone in the waiting room?" I asked.

She nodded, "I'll take you back now."

"Can you give us a second?" I asked.

She nodded and walked to the double doors to wait, "Paul, you go back to the house and get some rest," I said gently.

He looked at me with a glare, but it didn't faze me, "You need sleep, you've been running carrying Dawn all day," I pointed out. "I'll stay here and keep everyone posted. Once it says she's in recovery, you'll be the first to know along with Johanna, I promise."

He nodded giving in, I gave him a slight hug before looking at Ash, "You go to and keep an eye on him and Drew, Gary can't keep an eye on all three of them."

Ash nodded, "Also, can you have Gardevoir teleport me my laptop when you send her here?" I asked.

"Sure thing Mist," he promised as he kissed me before both guys left.

I then looked at Piplup, "You want to come with me?" I asked.

He nodded and I picked him up to hold, we then followed the nurse through the hospital to the waiting room and she showed me how to pick out Dawn's name on the board. After also showing me where the restrooms were along with where to get food, she brought me back to the waiting area so I could call Dawn's mom.

She answered with a smile, "Hi Misty dear, how are you?"

I gave a small smile, "I'm doing alright, how are you?"

"I'm doing well, not much has happened around here these past few days," she said still smiling. "So what can I do for you?"

I sighed as Piplup joined the screen, "Dawn's been brought to the ER and she's going into surgery," I explained.

Johanna smile disappeared and she looked really worried, "What happened?"

"We were coming back from our camping challenge and Paul brought Dawn to the ER because May believed that she has Appendicitis. The test results came back positive for the signs of that so they are prepping her for surgery," I further explained.

"Goodness, I should look into a flight in getting out there right now," she said worriedly as Gardevoir appeared next to me off screen with her pokeball and my laptop bag.

"No need to, I have May's Gardevoir with me and she's willing to teleport you here," I said with a small smile as she came on screen.

"Thank you dear," Johanna said with a small smile.

"In the meantime, just stay home and rest, you along with Paul will be the first people to know what's going on and you two can switch places with me when Dawn gets into recovery," I promised.

"Paul's not there?" Johanna asked surprised.

"He would be if he could, but he carried Dawn back here all day for the most part and looked half dead. So I sent him back to the house to shower and rest," I explained.

Johanna gave a small smile and nodded, "Of course, he should get some rest since there isn't much he can do since Dawn will be in surgery for a little while."

I nodded, "So I'm be here giving a mass update to everyone as to Dawn's progress in surgery," I said as I looked at Dawn's number to see that she went from being prepped to actually surgery. "Actually, she's now been placed into surgery."

"Thanks for the update dear. While you're there, you and Piplup get some rest," she said firmly.

I nodded, "Will do Johanna," I said before ending the call.

I sighed and then face Gardevoir, "Thanks for helping," I said gratefully as I took my bag and her pokeball.

"Where's May, is she back yet?" she asked worried.

I shook my head, "I have no idea, about an hour before reaching here, she heard a faint cry and ran off to investigate. Otherwise no one's heard a thing." I explained before looking at her with concern. "Have you felt anything?"

"Well, it's hard to explain. Sometimes I can sense an emotion if it's incredible strong. A little while ago, I felt a huge burst of anxiety and worry along with somewhere sense of feeling, I think you humans call it déjà vu. The feelings then disappeared with slight calm, but otherwise I haven't felt anything big," she said concerned.

I frowned, "I don't know what to tell you, but right now, May can handle herself just fine. I'm more concerned with Dawn more than anything right now."

Gardevoir frowned slightly, "You're annoyed aren't you?"

"I think all of us are a little annoyed with May's actions especially since Dawn's in surgery," I said tiredly.

Gardevoir nodded in understanding as I returned her and I saw that Piplup had the hardest time staying awake. My heart went out to the little penguin at his appearance.

I took off my hoodie and made a little bed with it on the couch in front of me, "Sleep on this Piplup, you'll feel better once you're rested."

He shook his head as his eyes continued to droop, I picked him up and gave him a small hug, "Dawn would want you to get some sleep. Besides, it will be a little while at least before she's out of surgery."

He put his head down in giving in and I placed him on my hoodie before taking a seat next to him on the couch. I then pulled out my laptop and noticed that that adapter and my headphones were in there causing me to smile at Ash's packing them.

I then facepalmed at my stupidity for forgetting to text everyone that Dawn went into surgery. So much as for keeping everyone updated. I looked at my poketch to see that it was 9:00 PM. To play it safe, I texted Ash and Gary to spread the word to those who were only awake and that if the others were sleeping to let them sleep.

A minute later, Ash texted me back saying that Drew and Paul were sleeping and that he would tell them everything when they woke up. Gary then texted back calling me Red while saying he told Leaf who was still awake.

I felt a vein throb at the nickname, I hated when he called me that. I took a deep breath and started to mess around with my laptop. After a while as I watching random Poketube videos, the nurse from before walked up to me.

"I just got word from a tech in your friend's surgery, her appendix was found to have burst meaning that the poison has leaked into her body," she reported sadly.

I froze, "Will she be alright?" I asked worried.

The nurse sighed, "It depends, they have to make sure that they get rid of all traces of the poison. I wish I could tell you more, but all I know is that your friend's surgery will last longer now."

She then walked away leaving me stunned, I sighed as I texted the update to Ash, Gary, and Johanna. I heard nothing back meaning that they were asleep or they didn't know what to text back. I yawned as I saw that the time was 10:00 PM. I closed my eyes and decided to sleep for a little bit to help pass the time.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

September 29th (Somewhere in Hoenn)

I was resting when I felt myself being nudged before a light Bubble Beam hit my face waking me up. I opened my eyes to see Piplup in my face.

"Piplup?" I asked sleepily as I looked at my poketch to see that it was 5:30 AM.

I quickly sat up and looked at the board for Dawn's number, after finding it, it said that she was still in surgery.

"She's still in surgery," I reported to Piplup as I stood up and stretched.

I packed up my laptop, put on my hoodie, and picked up Piplup, "Let's see if they have any food out yet."

"Piplup," he chirped as we walked to the hospital cafeteria.

We walked in to see that they were just starting to set out food. I grabbed some pancakes, sausage, berries, and milk before grabbing some pokemon food made specifically for water types for Piplup.

As we were eating, I felt my poketch buzz with a text from Johanna asking as to what Dawn's status was. I texted her back saying that she was still in surgery. After eating, I looked at the board again to see that Dawn's number said transitioning to recovery.

"She's out of surgery Piplup," I said quickly causing him to show worry.

I quickly texted Johanna that Dawn was heading to recovery and that I would be sending Gardevoir to her. I walked back to the waiting room with Piplup after sending Gardevoir where I texted Paul that Dawn was being placed in recovery while texting Ash the same thing along with alerting him that Paul would be coming to take my place.

A few minutes later, Johanna appeared along with Gardevoir, "Thanks Gardevoir," I said gratefully. "Can you go back to the house? Paul should be up and ready soon. If not, gently wake him up and tell him that Dawn is being placed in recovery."

She nodded and teleported out, "Has anyone said anything about Dawn's condition?" Johanna asked worried.

I shook my head, "I just got back from eating, but let's ask the nurse on duty."

We walked up to the desk and I saw the nurse from before, "Excuse me," I said getting her attention.

She looked up and smiled, "Can I help you?"

"Yea, my friend's number says that she's being placed in recovery, could you show us where her room is?" I asked.

She nodded before looking at Johanna, "Are you Dawn's mother?" she asked.

Johanna nodded, "I'm sure that you have a lot of paperwork to give me," Johanna said with a sigh and small grin.

The nurse looked sympathetic and handed a clipboard full of papers to Johanna, "Take you time filling it out," she said before looking at her computer and began typing.

While she was doing so, I pointed out to Johanna where the restrooms and the cafeteria were since she would be here for a while. I then looked behind to see that Gardevoir and Paul had appeared.

"You doing okay?" I asked.

He nodded and remained looking passive, but with worried eyes, "Thanks so much Gardevoir, return," I said with thanks as I returned her to her pokeball.

The nurse then came from around the desk, "If you'll follow me, I'll show you where Dawn is recovering," she said with a smile. "Also, Dr. Roper will be able to stay for a few minutes and explain everything to you."

We nodded and followed her down a couple of hallways before stopping at a recovery area with the rolling beds divided with curtains. The nurse pulled back a curtain and showed us in. We walked in to see Dawn lying in bed sleeping hooked up to monitors and an IV. Johanna sat in a chair next to the bed while Paul took the other on the other side of the bed and I stood next to Johanna.

The nurse showed us that the button to contact a nurse if anything happened while we were with Dawn before stepping out to get the doctor.

"Thanks so much for keeping us informed," Johanna said gratefully as I placed Piplup on the bed by her legs.

I smiled, "I'm glad that I was able to and I'm sure that Dawn will be fine, she's a fighter," I said confidently as the nurse brought the doctor.

"Dr. Roper, this is Dawn's mother," I introduced as the nurse left.

The doctor shook Johanna's hand, "Did the surgery go okay?" she asked worried.

Dr. Roper sighed, "The surgery went fine and we did our absolute best to remove all traces of the poison. Normally we should have gotten to her in time where her appendix shouldn't have burst, but something must have happened for the appendix to have burst."

"When we were in the woods, Piplup got forced back from an impact of pokemon attacks and he smacked into Dawn's stomach causing both of them to hit a tree," Paul explained bluntly.

The doctor sighed, "That would do it. Anyway, we need to keep her here for a few days to a week in observing to make sure that all the poison has been removed," he explained.

"Thanks Doctor," Johanna said gratefully. "Do you know when Dawn will wake up?"

"The anesthesia should wear off in thirty minutes or so, but she might still sleep for a while before waking up," he explained. "She also will probably complain of pain when she wakes up so alert a nurse to come here and she'll give some pain killers."

Johanna nodded and thanked the doctor again before leaving, "Since Paul's here, I'm gonna go back to the house and report Dawn's condition to everyone and get some more sleep. I'll leave Gardevoir here in case if you need anything," I said to Johanna as I handed her Gardevoir's pokeball before looking at Paul. "If you don't mind, could you please text us when Dawn wakes up. We probably won't come right away because she'll probably fall back asleep, but we'll come when she's awake a little longer."

Paul nodded, "Thanks for staying here," he said while still looking at Dawn.

I gave a small smile and nodded. Johanna then called out Gardevoir and had her teleport me to the house. Once there, I walked around the living room and kitchen to see that no was awake so I lay down on the couch, covered myself with a blanket, and immediately fell asleep.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

(Dawn's POV)

I was really groggy and felt half asleep as I lay there with my eyes closed. I moved some of my fingers and heard a surprised 'Piplup'. I then heard some warble voices before they started to become clearer. I struggled to open my eyes to see that everything was fuzzy. As I struggled to see better, my stomach felt completely bruised and sore and it hurt to move in the slightest.

"How are you feeling dear?" I heard a familiar voice call out.

I looked at the direction of the voice and saw mom, "Mom, what are you doing here, where am I?" I asked still confused as to what was going on.

"You're in the hospital dear, you got out of surgery an hour ago," mom explained gently as she moved some hair from my forehead. "How are you feeling?"

"Like I've been used as a punching bag," I groaned and flinched as pain erupted from my stomach.

I heard a faint chuckle and looked to see that Paul was smirking slightly at my comment, "I'm going to find a nurse to give you some medicine," mom said as she stood up to find one.

"Did we get credit for the challenge when we came back?" I asked.

Paul frowned slightly, "May's the only one who hasn't. She ran off when we were close to coming back saying she heard a cry and ran off to investigate. She hasn't come back yet."

I frowned, "She hasn't come back, has anybody asked Max?" I said getting anxious.

"Dawn calm down," Paul said as he placed a hand on my shoulder and kissed my forehead. "May can take care of herself."

I was still worried, but I felt myself getting sleepy, "Go to sleep," Paul murmured as he took my hand and held it.

I closed my eyes and let his voice lull me to sleep.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

(Drew's POV)

I woke up the next morning feeling well rested despite me being really worried. I looked at my bedside clock to see that it was 10:00 AM. Then I looked at my poketch to see a mass text from Paul from three hours ago saying that Dawn had woken up, but fell back asleep. I got up and changed before going downstairs to see Ash gently shake Misty awake who was sleeping on the couch.

"Hey Mist, wake up," Ash said gently as Pika stood in front of her face and licked her cheek.

She opened her eyes sleepily, "Morning," she mumbled sleepily as she sat up and looked at her poketch to see Paul's message. "Glad to hear she finally woke up."

"What did the doctor say?" I asked.

"He said that her appendix burst and got rid of all traces of poison possible, but Dawn will have to stay in the hospital for a couple days to a week for observation," Misty reported. "Does anyone know if May has come back?"

I closed my eyes and focused on the area around here to see if her aura would pop up, it didn't. I then expanded it to the school and felt her nearby.

"May's at the school," I said quickly.

Ash and Misty looked at each other worried and we ran for campus. I followed May's aura to Steven's office and we stood outside his door to listen in.

"According to the rules May, you had to be back yesterday in order to remain here at school. Now I will let you stay here if you explain as to why you ran off from your group," Steven proposed.

"I have nothing to say," May stated.

"May, I suggest you take this chance to explain yourself," Solidad urged.

"I'm sorry, but I can't tell you where I went or what happened," she said again getting slightly annoyed.

I then heard someone stand up, "We're done here," May said curtly. "My things will be gone before the end of the day. If you don't mind, I would like the key for the power inhabilitator."

I then walked in and took the key from Steven, "Sorry May, but you're not getting it til you explain yourself," I frowned.

May glared at me but said nothing as she stormed past Misty and Ash. Steven sighed, "Since she won't explain herself, I'm afraid she is expelled from the school," he said tiredly.

"Can't you let it slide?" Misty asked.

"I'm sorry Misty, but it's the school's policy," Solidad said tiredly. "What I don't understand is why May won't explain what happened?"

"I don't know, but I'm sure as hell finding out," I said angrily as I stormed out with Misty and Ash following me.

"What is with May? First she separates from you guys when Dawn needed to get to a hospital and now she won't tell anyone anything," Misty said frustrated. "She's getting a thrashing if she thinks she can leave without an explanation, especially since Dawn's in the hospital."

I nodded in agreement as we got back to the house to find Gary and Leaf standing outside May's door, "We heard the door slam and saw May storm up to her room, but she's won't let us in or tell us what's going on," Leaf said frustrated before sneezing.

"May got back late and she won't explain where she went meaning she's expelled from school," I said frustrated as I tried to open the door.

"But why won't she explain, it doesn't make sense," Gary said tiredly.

"I don't know, but we'll make her talk," Misty said frustrated as she plucked a bobby-pin from Leaf and picked at the door.

We walked into to find everything gone, "What the hell? Where did she go?" Misty demanded.

I walked to her bed to find her poketch and compowder along with a note saying 'I can't explain what's going on. Don't look for me'.

"What the hell!" I said frustrated as I crumpled the note and threw at the bed. "If she thinks she can just leave without explaining, she has another thing coming."

I pulled the key out of my pocket and clenched, "We'll ambush her here when she comes back tonight," I said determined.

"What do you mean when she returns tonight?" Leaf asked.

I smirked as showed her the key, "If she wants her powers back, she'll have to come to us first."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

(Dawn's POV)

I woke up later to find that mom, Paul, and Piplup were still here, but that I had been moved to a private room instead of the common recovery area.

"How is everyone else doing?" I asked Paul as I pet Piplup on the head with my free hand.

"Drew was tired when we got back so he took a shower and slept like I did after I brought you here. Misty and the others got back early and Leaf got a cold during the challenge," Paul reported.

I gave a small smile and chuckled for a second, "Leaf would catch a cold especially if they were placed in a cold area or they traveled on water for a long time."

There was a knock at the door and Drew, Gary, Ash, and Misty came in, "Hey Pinky," Gary teased.

"Hey you guys," I said tiredly. "I'm guessing Leaf stayed at the house."

Misty nodded, "She wanted to come, but I'm sure they don't allow contagious people in here so she sends her love and her get wells."

I nodded and smiled, "Did you guys travel on water a lot for your challenge?" I asked.

Ash, Gary, and Misty nodded, "About two-thirds of each day," Gary said.

"That would explain why she's sick," I concluded knowingly. "Has anyone heard from May?"

The four of them looked at each other while Misty and Drew frowned, "What happened?" I asked bluntly.

"She won't explain where she went meaning she's expelled from school and she is avoiding us. All the stuff in her room is gone," Misty snapped angrily.

A knock was heard at the door and a nurse brought in a really pretty bouquet which mom took, "Hmm.....there's no card," she said as she placed it on the table next to me.

It was really pretty, it had yellow roses, yellow, light pink, and light purple daisies along with striped, light purple carnations, "Whoever put it together did a really nice arrangement," I complimented.

Drew frowned, "It's from May," he said annoyed.

We all stared at him, "What makes you say that?" Misty asked.

"Because the flowers tell it," Ash explained before looking at Drew. "Correct me if I'm wrong, but yellow roses mean friendship and then the striped carnations mean 'sorry that I can't be with you' or I wish I could be with you'."

We stared at him in surprise, "What? My mom owns a flower shop so I know a thing or to," he retorted.

"What about the daisies?" Misty asked.

"It's a common flower for get well bouquets," Ash explained.

"Okay, I just can't picture this, Ashy-boy knowing the meaning of flowers, this is nuts," Gary protested.

Misty then pinched him causing him to yelp, "As Leaf would say 'you're not dreaming' and that's for calling me Red," Misty snapped.

Gary glared at her while I took notice of the bouquet, "You said she refused to explain anything, right?" I asked to clarify.

"Yea, she also wrote a note that she couldn't and for us to not look for her," Drew said angrily.

"Don't be mad at her," I said tiredly. "You know that she's flighty from having done so many missions and sometimes it means she can't say what's going on."

"Well it can't be that bad," Misty retorted.

"The last incident was," I shot back angrily causing my stomach muscles to contract making me flinch in pain. "Look, we need to trust May on this and in time when she's done with whatever she's doing, she'll explain what happened."

"I don't accept that," Drew said frustrated.

I nodded in understanding, "Drew, anyone can tell that you're worried about her, but you need to trust her."

Drew glared at me, "But even you tailed her when she didn't come to school at first," he shot back.

Paul glared at him, but I placed my hand on his to calm him down, "I did because I knew she needed help, but I gave her her distance and didn't interfere. Remember, the reason she didn't tell us what was going was because she didn't want to involve PHPA. Maybe that has to do with something as to why May won't say anything. Heck, half the stuff she does to save people probably goes against PHPA's protocol," I said exasperated. "Just give her what she needs and she will tell us in time."

Drew sighed and clenched his fists, "You might be able to accept her actions, but I can't. I'm not going to let her slip by without explaining."

He then stormed out and I sighed, "Who can blame him? May does crazy things that are dangerous causing him to worry, but he loves her to death," I murmured.

I groaned, "I feel like a philosophical wiseass, have they been giving me morphine?" I asked.

Everyone stared at me before laughing, "What?" I asked confused.

"You're just being you, the understanding, complaining, fashionista we all know and love," Misty said with a smile.

I nodded before my stomach grumbled, "Can I eat anything, I'm starving to death here," I whined.

Johanna laughed, "I'll see what I can find that you're allowed to eat," she said as she stood up and left.

"Hopefully its ice cream," I said dreamily.

"Cookies n Cream right?" Misty asked with a laugh.

I gave her an 'are-you-serious' look, "It is the flavor of the gods," I emphasized causing amused faces before facing-palming at the book reference I made. "I'm ssooo becoming demented, someone help me."

"Now why would we do that, this is funny to watch," Gary teased.

"Shut up spikey," I moaned as I realized that I would be on pain killers for a while. "Great, I'm going to be a frickin' lunatic for the next two weeks."

I looked at Paul, "If you want to abandon me in this state, I won't mind."

Paul smirked and squeezed my hand gently, "Now why would I do that Troublesome?" he asked.

I gave him a disbelieved look, "Heck, I'd abandon myself if physically possible," I stated. "I'm going to be insane, annoying, and saying stupid things."

"I still won't be abandoning you. Besides, it'll make great blackmail," Paul teased.

I looked straight ahead and glared, "Screw you," I retorted.

Paul just smirked and chuckled.

Mom then came back with a bowl, "Sorry dear, but no Cookies n Cream ice cream, it's too much for you to have just getting out of surgery."

She handed me a bowl of vanilla, "This sight of hideous plainness disgusts me, it needs pizzazz," I complained darkly as I started to eat it.

"Hideous plainness?" Gary asked amused.

"Do not mock my way of speak," I snapped as I jabbed my spoon in his direction.

"Way of speak?" Misty then asked grinning.

"Shut up," I muttered as I continued to eat.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

(Drew's POV)

I'd been in our small headquarters for at least four hours trying to find anything that would show me as to where May went, but I came up with nothing. It didn't help that May didn't take her poketch or her compowder otherwise I could track her through them.

Frustrated, I went upstairs to my room and slammed the door. I fell back on the bed while covering my face frustrated. I sat up and changed into my plaid pants and white undershirt before palming the key in my hand. I then clenched it and went forth in putting my trap together by placing a holographic me with some of my aura in bed like I was sleeping while I got out a charm that I found that would hide my aura.

I then hid in the shadows waiting for May to show up. Around 3:00 AM, she climbed through my window wearing all black and her head mostly covered. She paused to check my aura before she came through. I then grabbed her from behind and pinned her to the floor.

She struggled under me, but I held my grip as I took off her mask of sorts, "You're not leaving here without an explanation," I said with a frown as May glared back.

"I'm not telling you anything," she repeated angrily.

"Can't or won't?" I shot back.

She face contorted in anger, but her eyes showed sadness. She didn't want to hurt me as much as I didn't want to hurt her.

"I'm sorry," she said angrily as tears began to appear and she kissed me hard and angrily.

I then felt my arms go numb as she hit certain spots and did the same with my legs so I couldn't move. She rolled me onto my back and then grabbed the key. She unlocked the bracelet and took off the power inhabilitator causing a huge change of energy in the room.

She then knelt down and kissed me again for a couple of seconds as I kissed her back in pleading for her not to go.

I felt tears fall down her cheeks onto my face, "I'm sorry."

She then teleported out and I was left alone feeling broken with nothing but a red rose in my hand.