Jethro rolled his eyes at the dramatic speech of one of the self-proclaimed rebels. "Can you talk less and move more? I respect people who don't waste time with speeches." He started dragging the unconcious man forward, and to his suprise found a set of hands helping his endeavour, the espeon's owner. "See, she knows what's up... You coming?" Jethro either didn't care or hadn't noticed the treathened demeanours of the others present. They hadn't said anything, or at least anything substantial enough to respond to in the moment.

To the luck of Jethro and his companions, the doctor knew the area well. It wasn't that much of a problem for him to find a path towards central park that avoided major roads and security checkpoints. A necesarry skill for someone who sometimes had to move quickly through the city when a patient of his had an emergency.

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It didn't take long for the group to come upon central park. Moving covertly was quite easy once they were under the cover of the trees and other undergrowth. The air was thick with the crisp smell of ozone. Jethro wondered why, there wasn't that much electrical equpment around here, was there?

And then they cleared a bush, and walked into a hellish scene of destruction. Where everyone had expected a single compound, a deep crater in the ground lay. The three or so topside buildings were damaged, one had collapsed completely. Looking down, one could see a vast maze of corridors, storage rooms and monitoring equipment. The facility was in utter chaos. Much of the central superstructure had been blown apart or melted through, likely by an extreme electrical discharge. The outlying corridors had collapsed or were in the process of collapsing. At the bottom stood a ruined device, a containment cell of some kind, shaped just large enough to contain a certain thunderbird.

The scene was punctuated by the sparking of ruined capacitors still discharging their residual charge. From everywhere, the wailing of humans and pokemon could be heard, crying out for help. What capable facility personnel remained had set up a triage in one of the two intact topside buildings. It was obvious what security the facility had had been reassigned to search and rescue operations in the rubble of the lower facility.

Jethro stared at the scene. His oath as a doctor screamed at him to report to the field hospital, but his sense of self-preservation told him to remain hidden. "Hmm... what are we gonna do now? I was hoping on sneaking in and taking some equipment, but I don't think that's an option now... Anyone have a new plan?"