Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Infrared

Chapter 33: Broken Heart Syndrome

"Move! Move!" Sada shouted at the people and Pokémon on the moving walkway. It was wide enough to fit them on it, and red arrows pointed at a tall, multi-story glass building in a circular area. A red H stuck out on its front.

"Hey!" people yelled at Sada. A few almost fell off the walkway, but their partners caught them.

She ignored them and steered Miraidon to the walkway's end, hopping off it. "Just hang in there, Arven."

He was only semi-conscious, so he didn't answer her.

Sada checked the holographic signs near her and repeated, "Children, children," to herself. Eventually, she found the sign for the Children's Hospital. It was next to a fountain. "Bingo."

Miraidon busted through the doors of the Children's ER and slid to its center, which had a large circle on the floor.

People and Pokémon jumped up from where they sat and protected the children waiting for their turns.

"Help!" Sada yelled.

Instantly, three doctors rushed to her and Miraidon: two men and a lady who looked no older than Sada. She wore her slick, brown hair in a ponytail and had a few freckles on her tanned but sweet face.

"What do we got?" she calmly asked.

"His heart. He just collapsed." Sada did not realize how much she was shaking until she handed Arven to the doctor.

Two more rolled a gurney to them and helped her put him on it.

The female doctor placed her stethoscope on his chest. "Oh, yeah, I hear some abnormalities with the heart. Name, and how old?"

"Arven," Sada answered. "He's sixteen. He started complaining of chest pain, and then he went down."

"Are you his mother?" was the doctor's next question.

"I am." Sada hated lying, but at the same time, she technically was Arven's mom.

The doctor removed her stethoscope and looked over her shoulder. "Has he had chest pain before?"

Sada quickly searched Professor Sada's memories. There were none of Arven having chest pain. "No. Please, help him!"

"We're going to do everything we can," the doctor said, clapping her hands. "Let's move!"

The rest of the doctors took hold of the gurney and rolled it toward a glass door at the back of the ER.

Sada started to follow them, but the female doctor smacked her hands to her chest. "You can't go in there, ma'am. We'll get you when we're ready."

"But he's my son!"

"I understand, but right now, you need to let us do our jobs." The doctor checked the crystals on Sada's body. "Are you injured? Let us take a look at you, too."

"I'm fine," Sada said. "It's him I'm worried about."

"Ma'am, we need to check you out."

"Not until you tell me what's wrong with my son!" Sada ripped herself away from the doctor and went to Miraidon. She squeezed his neck and buried her face in it.

A few children in the waiting room said, "Wow," at the sight of him. "What kind of Pokémon is that? It's so cool!"

Even the female doctor was intrigued.

***

"Ms. Sada?" The male doctor searched the children's waiting room.

Hearing her name, Sada shut the Violet Book and slipped it into her coat pocket. She stood from the seat she had been resting on and lifted her hand. "Here."