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Kidd was glad Dea could laugh, even now. He definitely thought that was one of her charms.

Spike lounged around in her arms. At ease, he went, "Chuuu." While it felt warm and comfortable, he could tell something was off. He tried to narrow down what he was sensing. A sound? A smell?

Kidd would love to have more days like that, with them together as a family. He also liked the feel of her head on his shoulder, but when he saw her grow pale, he panicked. He clasped his hands together and chanted, "Please be okay, please be okay..." Then, he looked up and said, "Whoever you are, up there, I'll do anything! Anything. Just let her be okay. Please!"

"I see what you mean. Okay then, bro, here we go." All of a sudden, Jubilee and Eilam burst through the landromat's front doors. "We're here!"

When Kidd saw this, he thought whoever controlled time had weird plans for him. "Thank you so much! You two, come over here. Quick! She's not doing so good." He rolled his eyes and thought, That was the understatement of the century.

"Eilam, don't blame yourself. You're too young to be worrying about things like that. Besides, you and Jubilee managed to do all of this. That's definitely worth something."

Jubilee's ears perked up at the mention of her name. After thinking over what he had said, she nodded. Then, she looked over at Eilam and said, "You know, I agree. I don't think you can blame yourself for this. I mean, it's like the wind. You can hide behind a tree, so you won't feel it, but the wind's still there." She didn't think he had done anything wrong at all.

After Spike heard Eilam's explanation, he understood perfectly. He remembered the last time well. It was cold. He could see his breath. His feet got stuck in snow. He didn't like it. Most of all, though, he worried about her.

When Kidd heard what Dea whispered, he laughed. "Ahahaha!" It was half nervous - whispering definitely wasn't a good sign - and half earnest. "Did I ever tell you I love spirited girls? Anyway, I'm going to help you into this chair and we're heading straight to the hospital after that. How does that sound?" It was fortunate they were in the middle of the city where a hospital was nearby.

"You're right." What Eilam said reminded Jubilee of the figure of speech about two heads being better than one. When she counted off on her fingers, she came to the conclusion that they should be two times as good as that. Without looking up from her hands, she said, "I like those odds."

Then, she followed Kidd and Dea. "I feel bad that all I can do is offer moral support now, but that's better than nothing, I guess. Still, it's kind of frustrating."

She wasn't used to seeing Kidd so quiet and serious. She expected him to say something eventually. All she heard was the sound of him breathing.

He stopped at the hospital and went into the emergency room with Dea. It was crowded. He wasn't surprised. It wasn't like hospitals ever had slow days. He looked around and didn't see anyone with severed limbs, so he thought that was a good sign. Now, he just hoped triage would work in Dea's favor.

"I see. She knows a lot too. That must be where you get it from. I'll do my best to keep spirits high then."

Jubilee had never been to a hospital before. Not one for humans, anyway. Only Pokemon Centers. So, she wasn't prepared for what she would encounter. She saw all sorts of people. People even older than Kidd and Dea with wrinkled skin. Children even younger than her and Eilam who were coughing, sneezing, and wiping their noses with their hands.

This was information overload. She froze. She wondered if they were all in the same position as they were.

Kidd sat in the front of room, next to Dea, and filled out paperwork on a clipboard with one of those pens that are stuck with duct tape and string. He hated doing paperwork. Really, he hated hospitals in general. He thought they were terrifying places and if this was the last time he ever had to go to one, he would be glad. Still, if it was her, it was worth it. Fear was nothing.

Dea's teasing broke his concentration. He looked up from the clipboard, at her, and smiled. "Is this better?"

Jubilee said, "You can say that again." She had been referring to how overwhelming the hospital was. She didn't understand what exactly Eilam meant when he said Dea knew "...sometimes more than you could imagine." But she did laugh after he did, because she thought that looked funny.

She was surprised that Dea had answered her question before she even had a chance to ask it. Now, she saw what Eilam meant before. Maybe she was going to say that anyway and it was just a coincidence? Whatever the reason was, since she was the curious sort, she was glad that she had gotten one so quickly. But now, she had even more questions. She had some idea of what a heart attack was, but what was asthma?

"Is it just me or does being here make you feel tired, even if you haven't done anything? Then again, I have had a busy day. Busier than usual, anyway." After that, she sat down and sighed in relief. "Feels so good."

"That's great. I'll do it more often then." Kidd couldn't help, but smile then. He thought Dea's reaction was adorable. "And that's because you're smart. I'll have my eyes..." He pointed to his eyes with his free hand. "...on you like a hawk. Like a Braviary or something."

When he finally finished the paperwork, had a victorious look on his face. "All done. Now, all we have to do is wait."

Jubilee wouldn't have guessed that Dea was psychic. She thought Eilam might, but that was just because she had heard stories, mostly myths and other such epics, about Arceus. There weren't any psychic Pokemon in the forest she grew up in and until today, she hadn't met any personally. She only knew about them and psychic abilities from hearsay.

She definitely thought what Dea said next was more than a coincidence. "Amazing! How do you do that?" She most certainly answered her question before she had a chance to put her thoughts into words. She looked at her, what she did, and what she showed her with rapt attention before saying anything. "Oh, I see. It's kind of like being a fish out of water." She tried to imagine how it would be. She remembered seeing a Magikarp try to jump up a waterfall once, but it missed and landed on the ground instead. It just lied there and flopped around, gasping for air. First vigorously and then kind of in a dinky way. Eventually, it made it back into the water and it was a good as new. She thought the situation sounded sort of sad, but it was good Dea was surrounded by people that supported her.

Kidd reassuringly pat Dea's head. He was anxious. His legs wouldn't stop shaking.

Finally, Dea's name was called. Kidd was so relieved that he pumped his fist and shouted, "Yes!" Now, they could go into the doctor's office.

Jubilee's jaw dropped. "Amazing!" She'd've gushed more if not for the circumstances. She was glad they were finally out of that waiting room now, so Dea could get some help.

The doctor's office was simple enough. It consisted of yet another waiting room -- fortunately, they were the only ones there now, since the patient before them had already left -- and an examination room. The latter could be seen through an open door in the former. It looked simple enough. It was mostly neutral colors, but it had incredibly adorable pastel wallpaper with an Aipom and Nanab Berry print.

The nurse whisked them into the examination room and she worked on standard tests now, like height, weight, blood pressure, urine, etc. Since this was Jubilee's first time at a hospital, she didn't know what was or wasn't normal. She was rather amazed at all the devices they used, like the scale, sphygmomanometer, reflex hammer, and such.

Meanwhile, the doctor came into the room to handle Dea. He seemed nice enough. He was smiling and came across as a genial person. "Good afternoon, Mrs. Longabaugh." He looked down at a chart he had on a clipboard in his hands. "I have some good news, some bad news, and some iffy news. Which would you like to hear first?"