Shinx

"Turtwig twig, Turtwig." Turtwig was calling me, I guess he found the foot print.

"What did you find pal?" I asked Turtwig, "Turtwig." He said pointing his paw to the ground." "This really looks like the paw from the Pokédex. Great job pal." I congratulate him. "Turtwig." He said while looking a little proud of it.

"Bidoof, let's go." I waited for Bidoof before tracking down Shinx.

Two hours later, we managed to find it.

"There you are Shinx. We have been looking for you for some time now."

Shinx was startled when I call him from the back.

"Grrr." Shinx took an attack pose. All the hair in his body standing up. While he was growling at me. I knew that if I moved a single step, he would not hesitate to attack.

"Easy there." I said, while I raised my hands to show him I'm not a menace.

"Bidoof, Turtwig." Meanwhile Bidoof and Turtwig stand in front of me. Ready for battle if necessary.

"I just want to talk. Would you like to be my pokemon? I'm looking to having a future Luxray as my pokemon. It can be you if you wants. And if you don't want to fight, you can also come with me. I will provide a place where you don't need to worry about anything, anymore." I said. Waiting for Shinx response.

"Shinx?" He said, for a moment, I think I saw something in his eyes. What was it? Shooking my head to concentrate, waiting for his answer.

After a few moments, he shook his head in denial.

"Sigh, I understand. Do you know of another Shinx around here that would like to become my Pokémon?" I asked him.

"Ao." (Few Pokémon can also say different sounds, I will change it as I see fit.) He responded nodding his head, albeit he was not sure for some reason.

'Um, what is he hesitant about? Lets see.'

"Can you lead us to him or her?. I would like to ask if it would like to join us in our trip." I said, waiting for his response.

After some more thinking, he finally agreed.

"Ao." He said, he wants us to follow him.

After few minutes, Shinx was looking around, being alert that no one was following us. After he didn't see or hear anything out of the ordinary. He move some branches on the ground, in front of a tree.

The tree has a small hole at the base of the trunk. After digging for few moments at the entrance of the tree, and making sure there was no one else with us. He finally made the hole in the ground big enough for someone like him to pass by.

"Ao." Entering the hole, he called for me.

"Do you want me to grab something for you? I asked, and he nodded.

"Alright." I said. Really curious about what this Shinx wants me to grab.

The trunk of the tree was hollow. So the space was not a problem for Shinx. At least for now. Biting my finger softly, Shinx guide my hand to the place where the object he wants me to grab was.

My gut feeling telling me that maybe, what I was going to grab, was the cause why Shinx rejected my offer. After few seconds I touch it.

It was also hairy and small. My heart started beating a little bit faster.

After taking it in my hand, I retracted my hand gently. And my gut feeling was correct.

It was another Shinx. This one was a little bit tiny. 'Malnutrition or it is that it's a newborn?'

The most surprising thing was, it's color is different from a normal Shinx.

"Aoo." Shinx called again. Making me come out of cloud 9.

"Ahh crap, crap, crap. Bidoof and Turtwig, you two be in alert. I don't want interruptions for now. If I move, you move with me, don't stay behind. Let's see, her pulse is weak, shallow breathing, if I'm not wrong the last time it rained was 5 days ago right? Did she got wet?" I asked Shinx, and he denied.

That means he have been taking care of her at least for 5 days!

"Make a sound if 1 day have pass since she haven't eaten anything. Make 2 if two days have pass Or more sounds if more days have pass."

"Ao." Shinx responded. "When you leave she was still conscious?" I asked.

"Ao." He nodded again. 'Good, that means it was not long ago that she have lost consciousness. Body Temperature? Hot. Weather? It's summer, and it's hot, the problem comes at night. Where the temperature drops to the 70's. A change so abrupt in temperature for a newborn without someone to protect them, it's almost asking for death to bring her to her creator.' I thought to myself.

Opening my backpack, I started looking for few things. 'Potion, moomooo Milk, bowl, syringes, syringes, syringes. I know I put them some place here. Bingo!'

Even though MooMoo Milk can restore the health of a Pokémon. It's not as fast as potions, where the medicine is more concentrated and helps the health of the Pokémon to be restore faster.

Putting the bowl in the floor, I put the liquid potion on it. Then the MooMoo milk for my specialty combination of health restoration, Moo Milk potion. 'I hope she only lost consciousness because of hunger problems and not any status. Because I don't have any medicine for status right now. I will prepare 6 syringes just in case. But I need to bring her to a Pokémon center yesterday!