[color=chocolate][center][h1]Amber Pine[/h1]
[h3]Mesalon Cave Complex[/h3][/center][/color]
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With a sigh of relief, Amber watched the mass of Flying types dissipate. [color=chocolate]"Everyone ok?"[/color] She glanced from side to side. It seemed the other trainers and their Pokemon were, but...

At the sound of an almighty thud, Amber stared ahead. The Kommo-o lay slumped on the ground, breath coming in rasping, agonised growls. Hatchlings lay around her, unmoving. [i]Fainted?[/i] Amber wondered. [i]Or...?[/i] Chilled by the thought, Amber's first instinct was to reach for her Pokegear, call the town's Pokemon centre. The Zubat line was well known for taking much more blood than they actually needed, but if the dragons got the right attention, it surely wouldn't be too late... Her heart sank as the device failed to pick up a signal.

[color=chocolate]"Can anyone do something?"[/color] Her eyes darted from Rachel, to Vivianne, who grasped what looked like a Hyper Potion from her bag. At a blur of black and white frills in the corner of her vision, the researcher whirled around. [color=chocolate]"Careful..."[/color] She gently rested a hand on Sophia's shoulder, motioning for her to slow down. The dragon, weakened as she was, might still lash out. 

Hearing a scurrying sound, Amber turned her head. Her hopes lifted a little. One little dragon had escaped unharmed... at least, physically.

[hider=Notes]
[b]Pokemon Party:[/b] Kabuto "Chalcedony" lv11 (+1), Yanma "Aeshna" lv9, Rockruff "Kyra" lv13 (+1), Rowlet "Tacita" lv10, Anorith "Larimar" lv12 (+1), Sableye "Almandine" lv11 (+1)
[b]Pokemon in PC:[/b]
[b]Inventory:[/b] Pokeball x1, Potion x2, Dusk Ball x1[/hider]
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[color=orchid][center][h1]Sophia Danvers[/h1]
[h3]Mesalon Cave Complex[/h3][/center][/color]
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The moment the Kommo-o hit the ground, once more filling the cave with metallic clanging, Sophia hurried towards her. The pain that pulsed through the exhausted psychic's head at the noise almost had her sagging to the ground, but she didn't stop, not even as a hand settled on her shoulder. Shrugging away the touch, she staggered to the dragon's side, all too aware of how hopeless the extent of the damage looked.

[color=orchid]"Hang in there,"[/color] she pleaded, sinking to her knees as Lacey pattered over. [color=orchid]"We'll get help, we'll make sure you and these little ones..."[/color] A cold, sick feeling spread through her as she glanced around the nest. The dragon's young lay still. No sign of life, except from one. In a flash of grey and gold scales, the Jangmo-o disappeared into a narrow tunnel, prompting Oscar to try and coax it out.

[color=orchid]"Lacey... Please, check on that Jangmo-o,"[/color] Sophia panted. [color=orchid]"Just try not to scare it."[/color] As the Gothita toddled after Oscar and his Pokemon, Sophia closed her eyes and focused as deeply as she could. The haze of pain, fatigue and muddled traces of others' auras made her task nearly impossible.

What was it Oscar had said the other day? She recalled the words. [i]Think of your powers as an extra arm. Try feeling for Pokemon.[/i] Imagining how a nurse would examine a Pokemon with a gentle touch, Sophia reached with her senses to each dragon, instead of trying to assess all at once. The hatchlings gave off no energy, confirming the psychic's fears, and only the faintest flicker of life force thrummed from the mother.

[color=orchid]"Please, hold on, there has to be something we can do,"[/color] she urged, but the Kommo-o didn't respond. Still keeping track of the dragon's life energy as best she could, Sophia glanced up at a chirping noise. [color=orchid]"Look, your baby's coming over, it's going to be fine, you're going to be..."[/color]

Before she could finish, she felt the Kommo-o's life snuff out like a candle.

[color=orchid]"No... Oh, no..."[/color] She searched for any remaining spark of vitality, finding none. Maybe she was simply too tired to find it, she told herself, but she couldn't deny what she knew deep down - she'd sensed it slipping away.

Looking over at Vivianne, who crouched with medical supplies, to Oscar, who slowly approached, to the hatchling, who let out heart-wrenching squeals as it nuzzled its mother's body, Sophia could barely bring herself to confirm what had happened. All she could do was give a telltale shake of her head.

[hider=Notes]
[b]Pokemon Party:[/b] Gothita "Lacey" lv14 (+1), Purrloin "Grimalkin" lv13 (+1), Staryu "Arcturus" lv13 (+1), Darumaka "Lumas" lv11, Shuppet (currently unnamed) lv11
[b]Pokemon in PC:[/b]
[b]Inventory:[/b] Pokeball x2, TM33 (Reflect)[/hider]