"I vote for a hotel room," Seth said with a little shiver.

"Agreed." Belle left the station and headed towards the nearest of three hotels. "We can always earn more money while we're here. I mean, might as well, right?"

"That's true," Andy replied. "Hotel room sounds good, then."

Belle nodded and checked at the first hotel before going to the next one and getting them two rooms to share. "Alright, let's go get settled in and then see if we can make any money. Then tomorrow I guess we're leaving again." She shivered.

"Sounds good," Andy said. "It shouldn't be hard to earn a bit of money around here."

Belle nodded. "That's what I figured. We'll just have to go over to the gym." She shrugged and went up to the rooms, opening one door and setting her bag down on one of the two beds.

"Why? What's at the gym?" Seth asked, confused.

"Basically any trainer that wants to fight or train, plus a gym leader. You can get little badges from them, and they give you more money than normal trainers do if and when you win."

Andy set her bag down on the other bed, relaxing a bit more.

"The gym will give our bishies a chance to work off stress and such," she said. "And that's a good thing."

Seth nodded, taking the other room and opening the adjoining door. "So do we want to go there now or hang out for a bit?"

Belle shrugged. "I'm up for either."

"Either is fine with me, too," Andy said. "How about we relax for a bit before we go out to the gym? It'll give us all a chance to unwind a little."

Belle nodded. "So we'll leave in an hour or so, then," she said, sitting on her bed and stretching out a little. She sighed wearily, Eclipse settling in next to her and wrapping one arm around her shoulders. Seth took a seat in a chair against the wall, relaxing for a while.

Andy settled onto her own bed, tucked comfortably against Sess' side. After what had happened, it felt good to just relax a little. Of course, cuddling with Sess wasn't all that bad, either, not that she would say that aloud yet.

Belle spent her hour speaking very softly with Eclipse and cuddling against him. She shivered briefly, and he pulled her closer, practically into his lap. When she finally wormed her way out of his grip and to her feet again, she was ready to go.

"Alright. I dunno about you two, but I want to head over there and see how things are looking." She rolled her shoulders, her face a little more pale than normal. "Anyone coming with?"

Andy nodded and stood up, Sess letting her go gently.

"Ready when you are," she said. She noticed that Belle looked pale, but didn't say anything. Belle would say something if she wasn't feeling well, right?

Seth got up as well and nodded. Belle set off and led them to the gym, heading inside. She paused when she got to the practice room. A few trainers were in there with their bishis, and one pair was in a back corner watching their bishis as they fought.

"Well, looks like we won't be lacking for entertainment here," Belle said, her voice dry.

"Yeah, really," Andy said, looking around as well. "It's been ages since I've been in a gym."

Belle nodded her agreement, looking around. "Let's find a place to claim as our space and let the boys start working," she suggested.

"How about there?" Seth pointed to the other back corner of the room, the one across from the battling trainers. It was empty.

"Fine by me." Belle headed back there, deftly stepping around a stray punch. Eclipse growled at the bishi, moving close to Belle again.

Andy followed, Sess next to her. He had his arm around her shoulders, as a not-so-subtle warning to the bishies around them to stay away from her.

"Sess, you don't need to be so posessive," she murmured. He raised an eyebrow and she could see a faint smile on his face. She rolled her eyes. "Go have some fun," she said to him. "Work off some stress. I'm going to tell the others to do the same."

Belle settled down in the corner, sweating a little, and smiled reassuringly at Eclipse. "Go on, go work off some energy," she told him, letting the rest of her bishis out. "I won't go anywhere."

Most of them wasted no time in finding something to do, working off stress, excess energy, and worry.

Andy let the rest of her guys out, except for her dragons.

"Have at it," she said when they looked at her. She could tell they were twitchy and worried, and she knew that the sparring and excersize would help. Once they were working, she sat down next to Belle.

"You alright?" she asked softly. "You looked a bit pale."

"Yeah," Belle said after a moment. "Just feeling a little more tired than normal is all. Don't worry about me." She flashed Andy a smile.

"Good thing we came here. I think we'll need to stop by gyms more often. The guys look like they needed this."

"Yeah," she said, watching her group. "They were getting a bit twitchy, I could tell." She sighed. "I wonder if we'll ever be able to get the effects of the drug reversed. I hate not knowing how far away is too far..."

Belle nodded. "We could always test," she muttered. "I mean, we get uncomfortable before we reach the actual limit. We probably need to know, in case we get separated or something happens."

"I know we should test it, but... I don't want to go through that again," Andy replied softly. "Does that make me selfish?"

Belle shook her head. "No. Not at all. I understand that feeling." She shivered briefly and shook her head. "I'll test it and tell you how far I got. You should be able to get around the same distance."

"If you're going to test it, then so am I," Andy said. "The scientist said that every trainer is different, and I'm not sure how far to believe that, but my limit was slightly different than yours anyways. Later, though... I want to let them work off some stress first."

Belle nodded. "Agreed. We won't test until later tonight or tomorrow." She shivered briefly, pulling her knees up and resting her head on them as she watched her bishis.