Quentin’s newest assignment required him to travel all the way to a Team Plasma outpost in Icirrus City. From what he heard, they got really short on staff over there. The trainees were overwhelmed by the amount of their members, humans and Pokémon alike, who got injured after a particularly disastrous attempt at a new investigation of Dragonspiral Tower. Who would have known the Golurks roaming the place wouldn’t take kindly to another invasion...
It wasn’t very difficult for the nurse to guess what Ghetsis was after in insisting they kept the ruins on their radar. He would bet his entire behind he was hoping to find any signs of Reshiram or Zekrom. Not only were they both key components of his mad plan to get Unova to its knees, but getting to them would also be a surefire way for him to get his revenge on Lord N and that boy in the hat.
The faster he arrived to Icirrus and helped his fellow members of Plasma get back in shape, the faster the investigation of the tower could resume, and with it the risk of it being fruitful. Despite his desire to remain within Neo Plasma by Ghetsis’s side, Quentin did not want his beloved Lord N to be endangered by his own action.
That is to say, insisting on taking the scenic route from Driftveil all the way to Icirrus passing by Mistralton was his way of inconspicuously sabotaging himself. He had already come up with a perfect excuse for the reason behind his lateness, and knew for sure that he wasn’t being followed this time around. The one problem he has with his plan was how travelling through so many different Routes and caves did reminisce him of his days as a trainer, though there was no nostalgia or fondness in those memories. Only regret.
After travelling for the better part of a week, Quentin eventually arrived at the base of Twist Mountain, which he guessed almost rang the end of his journey of stalling. He was about ready to enter the last cavern that led directly into the town when he thought he heard something. Clearly it wasn’t his imagination too, as his Krookodile, whom hadn’t left his side the entire time, not even to sleep in his Poké Ball, apparently heard it as well. It sounded like some Pokémon were duking it out. Nothing out of the ordinary for a cave network inhabited by so many different species, but some of the grunting he heard sounded definitely human, which could be a cause for concern.
When they finally found the place from where they heard the scuffle, all Quentin and Croquis saw were the huge pawprints of an ursine Pokémon, most likely a Beartic, and in the opposite direction, footsteps and a few drops of blood. And following them, they’d come face to face with an older man in a bloodstained labcoat and his Rattata. There was a bloody gash on his arm, and he was doing a rather poor job at trying to wrap it up.
Yeah, that was pretty bad. But nothing he couldn’t fix.
Without even bothering with a greeting, Quentin dropped his bag at his feet, took out his first aid kit and knelt in front of the scientist.
“Don’t worry, I’m a nurse.”
“Croq, stand guard, just in case. You, let me see your arm. It might sting a little.”
He took ahold of his wrist, removed the previous sloppy bandage and began dousing the wound with alcohol.
“You’re lucky it’s only a scratch. What did you do to anger that Beartic?”