Dot's POV:

The next day, I woke up with a smile instantly appeared on my face. Today was it, today would be the day I would see Liko again!

I was so excited and energetic so I jumped out of bed quickly and got dressed. I checked the time after and found that it was 7:00 am which was perfect timing so I left my room with Sprigatito following behind me.

As I was running rapidly down the corridors, I was stopped suddenly when I saw Friede stretching and yawning as he had only just woken up.

"Why do you have so much energy today?" He asked.

"Because we're bringing back Liko today!" I replied.

"Already? I thought it would be a much longer process!" Friede exclaimed.

"I thought so too but I guess not, now come with me!" I responded and started tugging on his jacket sleeve and dragged him along.

We ran to the energy room and up the stairs until we arrived. But for some reason, neither Orla and Mollie or Liko were there. The column that she was inside was gone too.

"Maybe let's go to the infirmary?" He suggested.

"Yeah, it would make sense for them to be there," I agreed.

We went back down the stairs and then went all the way to the infirmary. When we went inside, we found Orla and Mollie sitting and chatting while Liko was lying on the hospital bed. I ran up to the bed but found she was still in a deep sleep, probably a coma.

"Good morning you two!" Orla greeted.

"Good morning, is she okay?" I asked.

"Mollie was able to detect a faint heart beat earlier so we do believe she is alive!" She said.

"Oh thank Arceus!" I breathed a sigh of relief.

I looked over and found Mollie rummaging through some drawers. Then suddenly, she pulled out a syringe that contained a green liquid.

"What's that for?" I asked, shuddering at the thought of the syringe as I have a fear of needles.

"Inside of it is the blood we extracted from the pokémon yesterday!" Orla answered.

"Oh," I replied.

All of us watched as Mollie walked over to sleeping Liko and then stabbed the syringe into her arm. She quickly covered it with a green Sprigatito plaster and put the black haired girl's blue jacket back on.

I stepped a little closer and watched Liko, hoping she would wake up. And then, she did, but something was different...

She opened her eyes but their was something so amazing about them. They were now a darker shade of blue with a green iris. And now, instead of having a black pupil, it was white instead and was in the shape of a star, just like the pokémon from yesterday!

"Liko?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow.

She raised an eyebrow too and after a few blinks, her eyes went back to normal and she remembered me.

"Dot!" She exclaimed, hopping off of the bed.

"Liko!" I cried, opening my arms out.

She launched herself into me and we then hugged. I was so happy that she was alive again!

After Liko let go, Orla and Mollie walked up to us.

"So, did you feel any different a minute ago?" The brown haired lady asked.

"No, I only woke up a few seconds ago," Liko replied, looking very puzzled as to what she was talking about.

"What just happened with her?" I asked, "Will she be okay?"

"She will be fine, it's just that Liko may experience a few side effects as her DNA has just been mixed with that of a pokémon," The pink haired woman explained .

"What's going on?" Liko asked.

"Basically you died, I begged Friede to bring you back, Orla and Mollie became scientists, they stabbed your pendant pokémon and then put its blood into you," I summarise.

"Oh," She replied, trying to process the information.

"Maybe you two should go out and get some fresh air, Liko is going to need it after being stuck in that test tube!" Orla suggested.

"Stuck in that what?" The black haired girl questioned.

"Let's just get going!" I intercepted, taking hold of her hand and leading her out of the room.

As we walked along the corridor, we easily started reconnecting and chatting. It's like nothing happened at all.

But then, Liko remembered something, something I just desperately wanted to forget...

"Hey, we should go get Roy!" She exclaimed.

"Okay, sure," I mumbled in response.

We both redirected ourselves and then walked over to Roy's bedroom. My friend knocked on the door and we them waited patiently.

"Could you just please leave me alone?!" Roy yelled, his voice sounding quite muffled through the door.

"Roy, it's me, Liko!" She said.

"Liko?" He questioned.

Suddenly, the door opened and Roy stood in the doorframe. His magenta eyes lit up when he saw Liko and he quickly wrapped his arms around her.

I was a little jealous that it wasn't me hugging Liko, but I was happy that the pink haired boy was smiling again.

But then I went and messed it up.

"H-hi Roy!" I said, my anxiety becoming very clear in my voice.

He turned to look at me but his eyes narrowed and he didn't respond.

"Do you want to come with us outside?" I asked, my smile becoming more and more wobbly.

"No thanks," He said in an emotionless tone.

He motioned towards the door but Liko wanted him to come with us so she tapped him on the back. He turned around and his magenta eyes lit up again.

"Please Roy, it will be so much more fun if you come along!" She begged.

He tried to keep a straight face as he battled his emotions but eventually he gave in.

"Fine," He sighed and then walked off, towards the exit door of the airship.

I was happy that she was able to persuade him to come with us but then once he was out of sight, she turned towards me.

"What happened between you two?" She asked.

I then started to have flashbacks from when I had tried to reach out to Roy a few days ago but failed.

"I'll explain later..." I muttered and then walked away...