Dan had tried to sleep after getting back to his room, but couldn't. He started feeling sick, as he did back in Pewter but unlike last time, he knew it wasn't because of the Mime, that was just the start. His mind flashed back to his talk with his Dad and Mom, he knew it was only a matter of time.


He struggled with his breath as his chest tightened up, it felt like someone was both squeezing and punching at the same time. It was exurciating pain, much worse than in Pewter, but it faded just as quickly.

Dan laid down, his stomach hurt now and his appetite was gone, but it was manageable.
Dan stifled his tears, not wanting to seem like a baby to the air in his room as he heard a text come into his Pokedex.

It was from Indy, some meet-up. Dan texted back [color=ec008c]Sure[/color], he'd wanted to tell Indy and get it all out through text but he couldn't, nobody needed to know, much less his best friend.

Dan spent the rest of his afternoon looking at his Poke balls, wondering if Rat and Twiggy would ever stop looking at him like he was some sort of sadist.


When it was just about time to go and meet with his friends Dan packed everything except his Pokémon, this would be the first time in awhile that he didn't bring atleast Twiggy with him, hooked to his bag for all to see.