User blog comment:Energy X/Pokémon: Orange and Purple/@comment-29597796-20160901064605

A night in the woods had not improved Valks mood. First the thugs, then some unseen thing that had chased them off... He had spent the night hiding from whatever Pokemon could do that kind of psychic stuff.

Now he skulked through alleys, making his way to the Professors a second time. He needed training to go on. The door was open and no one in sight, so he slipped inside.

A kindly lady at a lab table looked upland called "welcome". He lost a bit of tension. "Hello I'm Valk, and your letter..."

"Oh yes, I got your reply, but you are late, and, er, kind of worn out looking, are you ok?"

"No, I was over at the infirmary and the nurse there sent me here after checking my egg, and the thugs came after me and.." Valk let it all out.

The professor said, "oh my, well, you are relatively safe here as my Pokemon protect me. You can stay and train, I'll get you set up. May I see the egg please?"

Valk unwrapped it and showed her the egg.

"It's what you were told, but needs a special incubator. I'll ...let me see...here's the one, and put a safety cylinder..." The professor handed him a reinforced non-allergenic incubator capable of dropping from thousands of feet and surviving with egg intact.

Valk speechless lay transferred the egg into the super incubator. "Thanks professor, but I haven't any payment.."

"Tush, you'll spend a few days while I trai you, then go save the tree, that's payment enough" she paused.."and there is no infirmary as you describe, let me tell you about the thugs in the woods, they have a fake nurse now it seems.."

Three days later, Valk had a question. "Professor do I get a starter Pokemon to protect me a bit?"

The Professor answered " you don't know what happened to the thugs and spent the night hiding. Valk, the egg you carry defended itself by using its heart swap power. That's all it has, but you won't be defenseless for a year or so, when it is ready to hatch."

Valk stared at the incubator, then gave it a hug. "Thanks professor" he said with tears in his eyes and a big smile for the first time in a long while.