Pokemon Heroes: Sinnoh Saga [Book 1]

Chapter 89: Dialga and Palkia

"I thought being shot would be the weirdest thing that happened to me atop the Spear Pillar. What followed after wouldn't even begin to compare. I learned much atop the Spear Pillar—to this day I don't even understand why. There are no words I have for it all, and there may never be."

Everyone saw Sam collapse, and something inside Jeremy snapped.

With a roar of anger, he and his Pikachu connected, letting loose an explosion of electricity that knocked back and incapacitated the Galactic Admins.

Pikachu bristled, near growling as electricity bounced off its body and the ground, some charges even connecting with Cyrus's ritual.

Cyrus ignored the explosion and his collapsed opponent.

The three Lucario, Jeremy, Pikachu, Niya and Alyssandra ran to Sam's bleeding, unconscious body.

They ignored the roaring dragon gods above them and Cyrus laughing madly before them.

"Can we heal him here?" asked Jeremy, tears near flowing from his eyes, worry clear on his face.

Alyssandra was putting pressure on his wound, trying to stop the bleeding with clothes she was pulling out of their travelling bags.

Alyssandra's Lucario responded. "The bullet seems to be made of Spiritum Steel," she stated with relief, "We can manipulate it, my siblings and I, and remove the bullet. From there, it would be best to heal or cauterize the wound."

"I've got a Blissey and an Audino," declared Nilama, coming from nowhere, "Or more spiritual methods, if you'd prefer?"

Niya looked up at Nilama. "Use the Pokémon. We'll cauterize the wound first, then use the Pokémon to heal the remaining damage."

Nilama nodded.

Rowan came running to Sam's side and released his Moltres.

"I've got a metal rod I keep with me," noted Anthony, "For cases just like this where we need to cauterize a wound. It should work."

Niya nodded and instructed Rowan to heat up the rod with his Moltres.

Nilama released her Blissey and Audino.

Alyssandra's Lucario slowly used its powers to manipulate and remove the bullet from Sam's wound.

Once the bullet was out, Niya had Alexander and Anthony jab the rod into the wound.

Sam twitched a bit in his sleep, but otherwise didn't respond to what would otherwise be incredibly painful.

After a few moments, they removed the rod, leaving behind burnt and seared flesh, but the bleeding had stopped.

Finally, Nilama's two Pokémon went to work.

Blissey and Audino used their respective healing powers to seal the wound and try and patch up the burned skin, both inside and outside.

Niya looked at Alyssandra who sat there shaking, sobbing, her hands covered in Sam's blood as she wrung tightly the shirt she had been using to compress the wound.

It was one of Sam's.

Jeremy looked lost, scared, as if everything he knew had been shattered.

It wasn't hard to see why everyone was so hurt—even Niya, deep down beneath her sense of responsibility, felt an uncontrollable ache she knew was loss.

Sam was their family, like a brother.

If he didn't make it through this...

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