The Mending
Alexander Esparza felt weak. In their mind and in their bones and in their power. They were recovering from what could best be described as a posioning that had left Alex comatose for more than a mouth. It had reaked havoc in their body, the inactivity and the Shadows-energy.Alex wasn’t sure what had done worse.their had been a time shortly after their release from the hospital were they truly though they would never recover. Their whole body had ached constantly, their stamina and strength had disappeared ,sleep eluded them and hunger never seamed to call. In the place inside them were their power had been was dredged empty leaving only a hallow place that Alexander could always feel. Suffice to say it had been a bad time.
A rather unpleasant incident had happened when Alex had volunteered at Foster Island for their summer camp program were a fun battle between friend had almost unleashed the same force that hand ruined Alexander.
Things had gotten better though ,their friends Lynn and Ellisa (@adventures-on-foster-island )had seen through Alexander’s attempt to hide the severity of their condition completely . Bye the end of their trip Ellisa had sent home with Alexander a knew friend. A trained service Pokémon,a Clefable Alexander had named Hearts. she had been invaluable in the following weeks. They sang to help Alex sleep, and they did restful and energizing. When the shards of Alexander’s mind poked at them at unreasonable times Hearts would rub their temples and calm their thoughts, reminding them to eat even if alexander’s appetite had not truly returned yet. They were getting better in a way they could feel but still Alexander felt weak. They had been warned. “threats are coming” had been The final message of their dearest friends in the nowhere place where their consciousness had been in the moments of their death. Alexander could not help the feeling that they were running out of time. they needed to expedite this process. Fortunately, they had an idea Life Dew was part Hearts moveset, on their worst days Hearts would use that move to alleviate their aches and pains but Life Dew was more than just an analgesic. It measurably quickens the healing process and Hearts diligent in their ministrations, was happy to teach Bud her healing techniques.
So Alexander sat between them and explain what they want both Pokémon to do. Uses Life Dew For as long as they could on them Alexander would do the rest.
Bud and Hearts first glowed a luminous turquoise before pouring that light on Alexander. As they had done so many times Alexander Close their eyes, and took in energy and made it theirs. Life Dew was a water-type move, and its energy reflected it’s liquid nature . It filled the vessel that was Alexander’s body without fuss or issue. Flashes of Buds and Hearts, thoughts and intentions rushed into Alexander with the power they took in. Determination was at the front of all their minds. Life Dew what is a useful, if non-specific ability it would spread across its target bodies diluting and thinning to touch every part in need or not. Like a drop of food dye spread out in the roughly 45 quarts of water that roughly made up Alexander. Alex thought that was simply wasteful. It could do so much more if they could, will it to focus on a specific areas in higher concentrations. The effort made Alexander’s head hurt, but it went where they willed it. First to their bones that had decalcified in there coma , The turquoise light forced osteoblasts cell into overdrive , bone that had been weakened before strengthened as their density increased. It hurt Alex thought clenching their teeth ,human bodies weren’t meant to change so drastically, but more changes were coming. Alexander’s companions poured more turquoise light into them as they willed it to move again from bones to the circulatory system. Vessels and veins that had weekend while they had been unable to eat during their coma, and had no appetite in the weeks following shored up damaged , overstretched and weakened walls, capillaries that have disappeared from there inactivity tunneled through their body. this change had not hurt the same as the bones, but their fingers and toes stung as a new channels formed near nerves. their head was beginning to throb now, and Alex could feel his companions beginning of the tire but still turquoise light poured. The last place Alexander willed that power to go was their muscles ,tendons ,and ligaments. Dense , complicated tissues that anchors had degraded and mobility has been compromised. They simply had to be fixed ,if what was coming with his bad as Alexander imagined, they could not be the tripping bumbling mess they had been since their awakening. Oh, this was awful, was the only coherent thought Alexander could form as they forced muscle cords to break and reform stronger than before, for ligaments that had torn and overstretched to restructure themselves stronger than before and for tendons to re-anchor themselves in the bone. With their eyes still closed, Alexander felt two forms slouch against their body opening their eyes, Alex saw their two companions had collapsed against them snoring heavily. Alexander’s body hurt unquestionably and new in a few moments, they would join their companions in sleep, but underneath it, in all the places they had re-forged with their friends, they felt very alive.
