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Sunlight was streaming through the window. That fact and the bright light confused Lizzie at first. The last thing she remembered, she was in a downpour, fighting the Rockets in the air. And then a loud noise...

Sitting up in bed (wow, she was in the first bed since ages ago it seemed like), her head suddenly exploded with pain and she had to lie back down into her pillow.

Barely awake, she didn't notice a nurse enter the room until she started speaking to her.

"You probably don't remember any of this." The nurse said. "But you were in the fight against the Rockets over the nearby forest, yes? You were hit by a missile, and you and your Pokemon were very lucky that shrapnel didn't hit anywhere vital. But you fell off your Lugia... you had a serious concussion... but again, you were lucky that you weren't hurt any worse from the fall. Your Lugia saved you from certain death."

Psywater? Lizzie remembered him shrieking after the loud noise, and the queer sensation of free-fall...

"He shielded your body for the rest of the battle. He had some wounds from Aura Spheres and other such things but nothing that we couldn't fix. After the battle, he took you here. He was very persistant, he wouldn't leave your side even when we had to take you into a room too small for him. We had to recall him back into his Pokeball..."

That sounded a lot like him, yup.

"Anyway, you're healing at a steady pace. So long as you don't exert yourself, you should be back to normal within a week, and completely healed after a couple weeks. If you want to go outside and see your Pokemon..."

The nurse left after no response from Lizzie. She dozed for a couple more seconds and then went outside.

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And this is the part that is @anyone:

She must look strange to other people. Bandages wrapped around her head indicated what happened to her, and she felt naked without her hat.

And of course there was the Lugia next to her, but she was sure he wasn't such a big deal after everything else that happened.

"Psywater." Lizzie said softly, glancing him over. The nurses and healers did a good job patching him up. She could barely see the burn marks that flawed his otherwise silver plumage, and the only cut that remained visible was one on his shoulder, where the first missile had struck.

"Thank you..." She leaned into him and dozed off for several more minutes. Psywater remained perfectly still and chirped something that sounded like 'you're welcome'.

@Trira

Anise looked at Jenn and gave a weak smile, before looking back at Felix. He was sleeping at the moment, so she didn't want to disturb him by petting him. Where to start? The battle?

"I...never wanted to fight, I hate seeing pokemon hurt. That's why I became a healer, so I could help pokemon instead of..." She paused. Maybe it would be better to start at the very beginning.

"When I was a kid, I loved battles. They seemed so exciting, and I wanted to be a trainer too when I grew up. Of course anything sounds exciting the way TV shows it. I had a friend with a pet Growlithe who would battle with classmates, and I'd always go to watch her. I thought she was the best battler ever, but we were just little kids and a puppy playing with other little kids.

"So one day she beat someone with a Rattata who got really upset and challenged her to a rematch. He called her out to a remote corner of a park later, and of course I went too. But..." her eyes had started to water again as the memory sprung fresh into her mind. "But the jerk had brought some bully buddies with him, who grabbed us as soon as her Growlithe was out of his pokeball. They held us back and made us watch while they sicced their pack of Houndours and Poochyenas on her Growlithe. And...when they finally stopped..."

Tears were streaming down Anise's face now. Halcyon cooed at her and tried to wipe away her tears with her wings. Anise dug a spare square of gauze out of a pocket to wipe her eyes, which was only slightly more effective. "...And they just walked away laughing," she struggled to continue. "There was nothing we could do for him...we left so helpless. So I never wanted to battle again, see a pokemon hurt that bad and be able to do nothing...But when Felix..." She couldn't hold it back anymore; she just started sobbing, heedless of Halcyon's chirped concern, or that fact that Felix had woken and was meowing reassurances at her.

Zinnia nodded towards the sleeping girl and commented, "She looks like she's gone through a lot. She's lucky to have you." She gave a small sigh, looking away before returning her gaze to Psywater. "Just like I'm lucky to have my own pokemon. Where would we be without you guys?"

Zyk, perched on her shoulder as usual, chirruped his agreement. He was sure that Zinnia would fall apart or something if he weren't there to protect her. How had the human ever survived until he had met her? ... Even if it was Zyk's life that had been saved, not hers, upon that first meeting...

Psywater nodded, agreeing with Zinnia. Besides the fact that he saved Lizzie's life last night, he felt that he was keeping her in touch with her emotional side. He had seen how she's like sometimes, focused with numbers and stats, that sometimes it seems like she had forgotten that she was dealing with living beings.

Now turning to examine Zyk, his body shifted a couple inches and woke Lizzie up. "Whoooooa." It felt like she fell several feet, even though her head barely moved at all. The nurse wasn't kidding when she said that it'll take a week to recover. Or more.

"Um, hi." She didn't notice the other person until now. Smiling weakly, she waved a hello.

"Oh, hello, I didn't mean to bother you," Zinnia said as the other girl woke up. "I was just talking with your lugia here. He's gorgeous," she complimented. "My name is Zin, and this is Zyk. I'm afraid that I didn't quite catch either of your names while we were talking," the ex-Rocket continued, a trace of humor in her voice.

"He did leave it mostly to me to keep up the conversation," Zinnia admitted. "It's nice to meet you. Both of you." She grinned. She had noticed that a lot of people were feeling down, what with the injuries, the destruction, and Team Rocket escaping. She was determined to stay as optimistic as she ever was... Or some people might call it simple childishness.

Oh, Flareon winner should send 4k and cert info to Neko_no_Yami

Everyone else send 4k and cert info to Raieth

(Congrats guys! <33)