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"Good," Night said, watching Amaranth as she set out to do as she had asked before turning towards Tatsu with a small bowl to collect the powdered gem and adding a small amount of water to it to make it easier to draw into the syringe. Eventually, Night would turn back towards Sub, injection needle filled with the Dark Gem's liquified powder. After giving the syringe a few light taps and squirting some of the air bubbles from the solution, the hybrid immediately moved to Sub's side. Grabbing the small piece of gauze, Night slowly set about slipping the injection needle into the boy's freshly cleaned skin and pushed the solution slowly into his vein.

Covering the small puncture with the gauze before taping it down to his skin. She emitted a soft sigh before sitting in the nearest chair and shaking her head, "Definitely not a permanent fix, but it's the best we can do for the moment I suppose. Just gotta hope the others make it back with what he needs soon."

"I'm sure if it would have caused any issues, GRAY would have mentioned it when I first brought up the idea of injecting it directly into his bloodstream. Much as I hate the damn AI, I highly doubt he'd allow me to do anything that'd cause potential harm to Sub," Night said, seemingly confident in the treatment option they had chosen, "Besides, even if he had drunk this stuff, it still would've gotten into his system eventually. This way, it's just a more direct line than having to go through his stomach and intestines while waiting to be absorbed into the body."

Though Night did seem confident that the direct injection would work better than attempting to get Sub to drink it, she still continued watching him while waiting for any signs that he'd react negatively to the treatment, "GRAY, any changes in his chi level yet?"

Sub was still alive and well for the time being, thanks to the injections Night had been giving him, it managed to hold him over long enough for the others to fetch the Eonseng, but it wouldn't be enough before long. GRAY had noticed that each day his chi levels began to drop, even with the injections. Without Night's help Sub probably would have died yesterday, but he was still alive, barely. "I suppose the perpetually menstruating fox actually did some good." He said aloud, for no particular reason.

Since Sub had been in such a way, Ship made it a point of lingering around the headquarters. He'd been to see him once or twice, but Sub was too far away that it might be any good. He'd read the messages from GRAY, so the hope that the Snagems might make good time was good hope indeed.

For now, he skulked the way he had since the end of the meteor incident.

When Warbringer and I returned to HQ, things escalated quicker than expected. Reason? Chaos was waiting for us, in plain sight, when we manifested in the main lobby.

"Look what we have here," Chaos said, his face an undecipherable look of mixed malice and apathy.

"Master, I can expl-" War started.

"Heard that before," Chaos started. "Didn't end well then."

"You know Sub's sick, right? Pushed himself too hard in the mission against the Stone Society?" I asked.

"Yeah, I was there," Chaos pointed out.

"I left to go look for an herb GRAY mentioned that could help Sub recovered. Warbringer ASKED to come with me," I told him.

Chaos's head jerked in Warbringer's direction, which startled her a bit. "I knew you wouldn't come, so-"

"Exactly how is that?" Chaos interrupted her a second time.

"The island that the plants we needed were on was near Hoenn..." she explained, her enthusiasm waning with every word.

Chaos sighed, threw his hands up into the air, rolled his eyes, and stood up. "TELL ME next time. BEFOREHAND. Alright? I don't mind you going off on your own as long as I know where you are in case ~/~ happens and you get hurt."

"Yes, master..." Warbringer agreed weakly.

Chaos turned his head as though to say something to me, then decided against it and walked away, headed upstairs. "Is it just me or does he sound like a worried parent?" I asked, a trait I hardly expected from the psychopath.

That got a giggle out of Warbringer, but she excused herself afterward, following her 'master' upstairs.

I sighed, glad to be done with the ordeal, and took a seat on one of the many couches of the main lobby, knowing that some of the others had the herb and were probably already tending to Sub.

The waiting game proceeded.

"Not... really-"

"Here you go."

Cera would be a bit surprised to find Amaranth of all people with just those very items. Needless to say, she was surprised. "Huh? Ammy, how'd..."

"I found them with this weird hammer thingy that can't crush anything. I thought you might want to see them." Amaranth said.

"Um... thanks...?" Figuring to find out what went on later, she took the mortal and pestle and floated over to Crystal. "Will these work?"

Damon had made it very far on the back of the Sharpedo. Over the horizon Damon saw an island, it seemed...medium sized to some extent, it seemed to have one huge mountain surrounded by what seemed to be a forest. Damon had reached the island and called back in the borrowed Sharpedo and advanced into the island. He saw a few grass type Pokemon along the way into the island, he hadnt ever been here before so he decided to take a look around.