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[b]Interactions:[/b] William Nelson ([@AThousandCurses])
[b]Combat Actions:[/b] Intercepting William's thrown Pokeball; Akeeta uses Leech Life[hr][/center]

Shaakira didn't notice the Hail having been in effect until she drew a little closer to the battlefield and got herself pelted by a few hailstones for the trouble, nor did she even see the tunnel that Akeeta had dug. Rather, her tunnel vision had led her to continue her desperate search for the fallen Tauros that effectively summoned her here to begin with. Sure enough, Shaakira heard a man's voice.

[color=fff200]"Hey, kid! Get out of here! This isn't a place for a kid to be wandering in!"[/color] 

[color=91ffc6]"I can't do that!"[/color] Shaakira called back, [color=91ffc6]"Not while there's someone out there who's hurt."[/color]

However, the second she laid eyes on what the man had in hand, she knew she was right to stand her ground. Shaakira had heard of these accursed contraptions before; they were called Pokeballs, and as far as she was concerned, they were the most evil things man could have ever devised. Shaakira had to stop this guy. [i]Everything[/i] was a better option than to let the Persian be captured by those abominations.

[color=91ffc6]"NO!!"[/color] before she knew it, Shaakira found herself bolting into the fray, and throwing herself in between man and Pokemon in a valiant effort to intercept the Pokeball's path. Regardless of success or failure in her endeavor, the laws of physics would dictate that she land on the ground with a thud. She slowly got back up, and looked at the man that threw the contraption.

[color=91ffc6]"What in Yveltal's name is [i]wrong[/i] with you?"[/color] she asked him. She had so much more to say, but lacked the strength to say any of it.

...

Akeeta, however, was more concerned with stopping the Alpha Persian from harming Shaakira, [i]or[/i] the man it was trying to attack in reality. It lunged at the Persian's left flank with all its might, and dug its legs and claws into the side of it for good measure. Energy began forming around Akeeta's claws, sapping strength from the feral Pokemon and starting to replenish the stamina Akeeta had expended in the attack prior. However, the amount of energy Akeeta could drain from the Persian would depend entirely on how much longer it could hang on...