Chapter 4

It took a few minutes, but Jared finally had Bulbasur captured.  His friends were not so lucky.  While looking at his phone playing the game, Xavier ran into the street when the game directed him to go and didn’t see the oncoming car and was hit.

Jared dropped his iPhone on the ground and ran to see if Xavier was okay.  Running over to where he dropped his iPhone, and luckily, it was okay, called 9-1-1 to have EMTs dispatched to the park.

Jared waited near Xavier until paramedics arrived to tend to the boy’s injuries while Jared watched.

Conscious and awake, it seemed Xavier only sustained a few broken ribs and a broken leg and arm.  Paramedics put Xavier on a gurney and loaded him into the ambulance where he was taken to the hospital. 

Jared called Xavier’s mother so she could meet him at the hospital.

Jared and his mother, who Jared called to meet him at the hospital, were at the hospital when Mrs. Springer arrived at the hospital in a frantic state.

“How is my son?” Mrs. Springer asked a nurse at the nurses station.

“Name?”

“Joanne Springer.  My son, Xavier Springer was brought in.”

“Yes, he’s in cubicle 3.” The nurse told Mrs. Springer abruptly as she rushed off to another patient.

Mrs. Springer went into see her son, who was in fine spirits despite Mrs. Springer’s mood.

“Mrs. Coleman, I’d like a word with you?!” Mrs. Springer said bitterly to Jared’s mother.

“Is Xavier alright?”

“Yes!  No thanks to that stupid game!”

“You’re blaming that Pokemon game on Xavier’s accident?”

“No!  I’m blaming your son!”

“What has Jared got to do with Xavier’s accident?”

“He got him hooked on that stupid game, Pokemon Go!” Mrs. Springer yelled at Jared and his mother.  “He was looking at his iPhone playing that game when he was struck by a car!”

“Mrs. Springer, I see where you are coming from.” Mrs. Coleman said sympathetically, as she glared at Jared.  “Jared, give me your iPhone.”

“But mom!” Jared whined.

“A whole week without his iPhone!  What was he going to do now?!” Jared fumed.