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 Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:51 pm
Calling him a traitor wasn't really all that correct since he was never friendly with Team Rocket to begin with. But that didn't really matter. What did was that hot knife that seemed to cut through his flesh like it was butter.
She hadn't been kidding either. Lance's eyes went wide then wrenched shut, his teeth clenched painfully and his hands gripped at the sides of the bed, knuckles turning white.
For several moments he tried to hold it back, but eventually he had to breathe and released a pained scream before drawing in a gasp of air. Sweat popped from his forehead yet again, but soon she stopped. Leaving the dragon master heaving for breath as he attempted to recover. It felt as if every never in his body was on fire.
Eventually he opened his golden eyes again to look at her, when Kofuku offered the water. There was a moment's pause, but he accepted it. "I know... but thank you, just the same."
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:09 pm
"Don't thank me... it sounds like I'm actually helping you." Kofuku's purple eyes immediately flocked away to the side, refusing to look Lance in the eyes. After a couple of minutes, she turned from him, secretly unable to stand seeing anyone in the condition that he was in. Part of her was thrilled he was hurt, since he'd made such a mess out of everything in her far from perfect life; the other part of her, which caught her by surprise, still found itself pitying the man that had screamed in pure agony by her own hands.
Almost immediately she came to the conclusion that it was all just as well she was not the person that was assigned to torture the captives; if she was insane now, she'd lose the bit of humanity she had left after just the first day.
Popping open the lid to the alcohol, the pink haired medic plunked the instruments in it to let them sterilize for a few minutes while she tried to regain herself. Nina still was keeping a hateful eye on Lance, but Ichigo had taken to pulling out some gauze pads and dabbing at the ooz coming from the wound; there was still a lot of work that needed to be done.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 5:54 pm
"Heh..." was all Lance had to say to that, with a little smirk.
He didn't waste any time in drinking the water she had offered him though. Although it did nothing to ease the pain, the cool liquid felt good as it went down his parched throat and helped to ease his feverish body.
The champion grimaced slightly when the Pikachu dabbed at his wound, but gave it a small appreciative smile. A hand reaching out to lightly pat its head. "Then I'll at least thank your Pokemon."
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:26 pm
"Chu." Chocolate eyes sparkled a little and Ichigo gently took hold of Lance's hand and began to lick it carefully, cleaning him.
"Lay back down..." Kofuku hesitated, almost wanting to add a name to the end of the order, but unsure of what to call this man now. Settling to not bother with comping up with a proper noun, she took out the roll of gauz pads and rolled a couple up before handing them over to Lance. "Bite down on these... your screams are ruining my concentration." That said, the pink-haired woman pulled out her tools and held them out to Nina for them to be heated up again.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:40 pm
Lance chuckled softly at the friendly Pikachu, who was such a stark contrast to the grumpy Typhlosion. He'd never trained a Typhlosion, but he supposed that a grumpy nature was rather typical of large fire types, like with Azrael. Although the thought of his Charizard cause him to frown again, followed by a sigh at Kofuku's order.
He did as he was told and laid down, while taking the gauze pads from her. He couldn't hold back a small groan of dread as he watched the tools get reheated again.
Clenching the gauze between his teeth, Lance braced himself for what he knew was going to hurt like hell.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:28 pm
Once again, Kofuku dove into the treatment of burning away rotting flesh. After a few minutes of what the kind of pain she could only imagine, she paused with her instruments hovering over Lance's wound and stifled a chuckle. Shortly followed, however, was a snort, then rather childish giggle.
"You know, some people would find this a crazy turn on..." The grin spread over her lips as another laugh escaped her. "You think something's wrong with me, but THOSE would be the people to look out for."
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:41 pm
And again it continued. His hands tightly gripping the edges of the mattress while his teeth bit down on the gauze. Muffled cries of pain rising from his throat and eyes wrenching shut once more as the sickly flesh was cut away from his wound.
When she finally stopped again, his body was trembling slightly from sensory overload caused by the sheer pain. His eyes cracking open to look at her with a less than amused look. That wasn't even funny.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:04 pm
The look from Lance made Kofuku's laugh instantly die away, and she went back to very gently prodding around in the wound. "Well... looks like you're going to live for now." Turning away from him, she started cleaning up the cart. When she turned around, she had another cloth in hand, soaked with the second, and unfortunately last, water bottle that had been brought with her.
"I know it's going to be tough, but try not to agitate this too much wile it's healing." Her remark was slightly sarcastic, and she draped the cooled cloth over his forehead; that fever was the next of her concern, but hopefully it would go down now that the infection was gone.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:24 pm
"I'll... keep that in mind," Lance replied tiredly, clearly spent from the whole ordeal. The cool cloth on his forehead bringing much needed relief. Right now, he had to take comfort in the simplest of things considering the place he was in. He wanted little more than to sleep for the next week, but he knew they weren't likely to leave him alone until they got what they wanted from him. That woman was likely to come question him any time now.
Now that it was over, the dragon master finally started to relax. His fingers releasing the mattress from the tight grip, and the gauze taken out of his mouth.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:33 pm
Kofuku watched the man slowly relax, her mouth set in a thin line before she turned and continued to pack up. "You'll want to keep the gauze... I don't know how to do anything oral related so I can't fix cracked teeth." Holding out a pokeball, she recalled Nina back then glanced at Ichigo. "C'mon, time to get going."
Ichigo looked up at her trainer with rather sad eyes, then jumped up beside Lance's head and, before Kofuku could protest, placed her nose on his chin in a 'kiss'.
"Ichigo..." The pink-haired nurse pinched the bridge of her nose. "He's not supposed to get that sort of treatment...." Pulling out the second pokeball, she called back Ichigo, then cast once last glance over Lance. ".... I really have no parting words for you."
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:43 pm
Eh. Cracked teeth wasn't exactly something he wanted either. Lance decided to take her suggestion and keep the gauze, although he had no idea what he'd do with it.
Still.. something wasn't quite right. It took a moment to let his thoughts come back into focus before he realized what it was.
Yet, the Pikachu next got his attention as she gave a small token of affection that earned her a faint smile before she disappeared.
"I do." Lance said quietly. "Take good care of that Pikachu. She's... special." There was then a momentary pause. "Also... aren't you forgetting something?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:55 pm
"Yeah... she is something special." There was a tenderness in her voice as Kofuku thought of her newest addition. Ichigo was in a class of her own, and certainly not like most of the Rocket pokemon... and even if Seth would be infuriate by the fact that Kofuku had a kind pokemon, there wasn't any way this grunt would change that. Ichigo was good at listening to orders, and she was learning fast about when and where Kofuku needed help and exactly how to help, and that was incredibly useful in itself.
And then Lance's comment caused Kofuku to cringe a little; s**t monkey. She forgot about bandages. Flicking open the gauze jar, she pulled out a few pads and a long roll, then grabed the stretching wrap bandage before turning to Lance. "You only get bandages if you can sit up." Yeah, she'd play it off like it wasn't an accident... and here she thought she was getting good at this medical thing.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:17 pm
Lance's smile broadened just a little bit more at that. Just as he thought. Not all Rockets were a lost cause. It was a glimmer of hope in near absolute darkness, but he would take it.
It took some effort, but he managed to slowly push himself up into a sitting position. Yet he groaned some as pain shot through his side again. He was going to be very sore for quite some time, it was obvious.
He chuckled quietly as she hurried to get things ready, trying to make it look like she hadn't forgotten. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. You did well, and I'm grateful." Even if it did leave him in a lot of pain, he was still glad to have not been completely neglected.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:32 pm
At Lance's words, a very small smile came over her lips and Kofuku gently reached out with a hand to help him sit up. "I still made a basic mistake by forgetting to wrap you up."
Once he'd made himself somewhat comfortable, she squatted down a bit to a lower hight and started to work on bandaging him up. Placing the gauze patches on his wound, she paused and looked up at him . "This will be easier with a bit of help from you. I need you to hold the gauze in place while I wrap this around you."
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:00 pm
Lance complied and held the gauze at his side as she wrapped him up, putting his hand down again once it was secured. It already felt better, having that extra protection and covering, preventing the cool air from hitting the wound.
Breathing out a sigh, he leaned back again, and closed his eyes wearily.
"Thank you, Kofuku," he said, possibly having forgotten in his tiredness that she had not wanted him to thank her or use her name.
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