[color=ed1c24][center] [h1]Team Noble Grunts[/h1][/center][/color]

[color=9e0039]"Hey that's cheating!"[/color] Alicia shouted in response to her and Ozzy's pokemon essentially getting jumped.

[color=ed1c24]"I don't know what we expected them to do given the circumstance."[/color] Ozzy said, clearly frustrated about the situation himself. In one fell swoop not only had they been swarmed by these fledgling trainers' pokemon but the insistence on confusing Politoed as well as setting up defenses in turn had effectively thwarted whatever level advantage the pair had. These kids were lucky that neither of the two grunts had the stomach to make good on the threat they had made on Rheese's life before this had all broken out.

"We're gonna have to figure an exit strategy O-I mean Agent Osmium." Alicia said, now very much regretting her and Ozzy not bringing their actual teams. "Luckily, I...brought these!" She said quickly whipping out and applying full restores to both Torracat and Politoed without getting caught in the crossfire.

[color=ed1c24]"Got it, Politoed hydro pump straight up. Actinium, have Torracat hit that with a flamethrower quickly!"[/color] Ozzy shouted, planting his boot on Rheese's back and shoving him directly between his and Alicia's pokemon and their attackers. 

Once the two powerful attacks collided a giant cloud of steam exploded from the impact and completely obscured the already fleeing grunts that had also tossed a couple of smokebombs the others' way for good measure. 

[color=9e0039]"YOU BRATS WAIT TIL THE COMMANDER HEARS ABOUT THIS!"[/color] Alicia shouted back menacingly. Realistically nothing would probably happen as a result, but reporting that the psychic girl was here might at least prompt some interest from their admin.

[center] [color=007236][h1]Rheese Laudat[/h1][/color][/center]

Rheese was almost shaken from his stupor by a combination of Alexis's shrill shriek and the loud buzz from a yanma's sonicboom. It felt like the fog was clearing before something laid it back on thick...and then he was suddenly shoved forward from behind. The sensation of falling forward was immediately followed by a burning sting on his shoulder as the brunt of the steam caught him slightly before he hit the ground.

His pokeballs rolled in front of him, his eyes focusing for just a moment on the three spheres. Surely this burn wasn't from something that was gonna find itself in his fourth pokeball. The more lucid part of his mind made him smiled in slight amusement. [color=007236][i]My capturing methods...really are...the worst. [/i][/color]

Rheese fell unconscious on the ground, not out of pain but just in an oddly relaxed slumber. It was almost like hitting the ground was the trigger for something to make him fall asleep.