[IC] Pokemon Spiral

[LuckyBlackCat]

@Heckno12 @OtomostheCrazy @fer1323 @Noxx @Iatos

Sophia Danvers

Beside the wrecked ambulance

There he was again, the man on the Dragonite. It was only due to adrenaline that Sophia could stand, let alone run. She managed a few unsteady paces before collapsing. The next moment, that unnatural chill was back as the Aerodactyl burst from its Pokeball.

This was it, for all of them. Alexis, who aspired to greatness. Oscar, who'd helped despite his dislike of her and Alexis. Rheese, who'd been unlucky enough to be caught up in all this. Kero, whose efforts to avoid getting dragged back into the situation hadn't worked. The two girls who had been in the wrong place at the wrong time. All of their Pokemon. Among these thoughts, another one, a selfish one, came to her.

She'd never be the person her family wanted her to be... She'd been weak. She'd failed.

"I'm sorry..." she muttered to her Pokemon as she curled up in the mud, shaking. She braced herself for the impact... which never happened. From the sounds behind her, it seemed as if there was still some kind of battle going on. She managed to raise her head in time to see the look on the round man's face as the Aerodactyl struggled against several opponents. Facing him was an elderly, bald man, perfectly composed even in the middle of the chaos. The next moment, the would-be killer and his Pokemon had fled.

The threat was gone, just like that. Sophia started laughing, and found herself unable to stop, no matter how much her ribs hurt and how light-headed she became from breathlessness. It was only now the group was out of danger, and there was no more need for survival mode, that the full weight of the situation hit her. That had been so, so close...

"A-Alexis? Oscar?" she called, unable to raise her voice above a whimper, once the laughter had subsided. She still couldn't keep her breathing even. "Rheese...? Rheese!" She started crawling towards the unconscious trainer.

There were several snapping noises above her. Twigs broke from a tree, flying outwards and scattering around her. She'd thought, hoped, she was too exhausted to lose control, but she'd been wrong... "K-Keep away," she panted, dragging herself through the dirt, away from the group. She had to calm herself down somehow...

A childhood memory surfaced. Her mother's Chimecho, who would sing to her to soothe her. Recalling the tune, she hummed it. The song came out choked and shaky, and breathing too deeply made the aching in her sides flare up, but she kept humming. After repeating the tune a few times, she flopped to the ground, truly drained.

She'd let her powers go out of control twice in one day. That was a first for her... Of course, she'd never been in a life-threatening situation like this before, but still, it was a sign of how weak she'd been when she'd needed to be strong.

She was vaguely aware of her three Pokemon approaching her, and of a voice in the background. She couldn't quite make out what the old man was saying, but out of the corner of her eye, she could see him examining Rheese. When she tried to ask him if Rheese was ok, only a groan came out. Closing her eyes, she resumed her barely audible, out-of-breath humming, trying to block out everything else.

Amber Pine

Beside the wrecked ambulance

At the sudden arrival of an unusually rotund man, and the reappearance of that Aerodactyl, all Amber could do was look away, preparing herself for what was to happen next. What did happen, though, wasn't what she'd expected. There was a furious screech, and a crashing noise. Amber spun around to see the Aerodactyl on the losing side of a battle against three other Pokemon. Approaching the battlefield was what appeared to be a group of monks.

Amber exhaled in a rush with relief as the formerly overconfident man, after putting up an ineffectual fight against the monk who led the others, gave up and fled the scene. They were saved, but... That boy, and the men in the ambulance... Tamping down the remnants of shock, she ran towards the wreckage.

A twig hit her. She raised her arms to shield herself as more rained down. What was this? A surprise attack? Some other Pokemon swooping from the sky, through the trees? She looked over. There was the dark-haired girl, on her hands and knees, shaking, skin tinged grey. "K-Keep away," the girl warned, hunching down low as more twigs snapped from branches and flew outwards around her. Amber blinked, pulling back, watching in bewilderment as the girl clambered away and hummed a quiet, shaking tune over and over.

Ok... If she wasn't imagining things from the shock, one of the group appeared to be some kind of psychic. She had a feeling that, after the start to this journey, nothing would surprise her any more. The start that had nearly been the end, for the entire group... She still couldn't believe it, how narrowly they'd escaped. As the girl slumped and lay unmoving, Amber slowly, cautiously approached her. The trainer was still breathing, still singing. "It's ok," Amber reassured her, crouching down. "We'll be in Mesalon soon."

She stood up and glanced over towards the boy beside the ambulance. "Is he going to be ok?" she asked the man who had called for help. "And... are they?" She gestured towards the paramedics.

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Oscar Berg

@Noxx@Heckno12@OtomostheCrazy@Iatos@LuckyBlackCat

Oscar is happy that a second wave of reinforcements come but the day continues to get werider by the minute. After the strange man and his lackies fled, Oscar wants to get answers for what transpired before anything else happens. But before that would happen, Sophia is not looking so hot. Luckily Amber is tending to her. Oscar retrieves Skoll and Nomia "Thanks Amber for looking after my pokemon. I will Sophia in your hands. By the way, Sophia is more of an friendly rival than a friend. this day get 'interesting' every minute."

Oscar walks over to the newcomer (Lan Sohai). "This day get 'interesting' every minute. May you enlighten us your name and who in the blazes were those men? I want a straight answer now."

[Iatos]

Kero

Battlefield => Random Cave in the woods

The hilariously dumb battle raged on and Kero mostly just watched as the Grunts was beaten around to the point where he and His espeon simply shook their heads and decided that it was pointless for them to get involved any further. He told Sin to use dig calling code three and then as the Man with the Aerodactyl returned he glanced to the others before leaping down the hole. The two dug into the forest and out of the scenes range and then emerged to brush the dirt off their fur and clothes. He didn't care much for goodbyes, nor did he care much about the well being of the others, he cared only for himself in the end... and he was safe.

When he was in the clear he called in what he had seen and what had been recorded by his google's camera. The Hunter organization would be very interested in his information after all, not only specifically including the Mythical pokémon... but the Aeorodactyl that would obviously come second in this situation. He checked on his receiver to see if the tracking device was still functional and as he reached a cave where he could take a break he went through the intel he had gathered so far and then started planning their next move.

[Noxx]

Nyxx Hollow

@LuckyBlackCat@fer1323 @Heckno12 @OtomostheCrazy @Iatos

Another ancient Pokemon from the history books much like Amber’s Kabuto supposedly though this Pokemon was so much more powerful as is demonstrated by swatting away a Wooper from its tight like a bug. It was right then Nyxx felt more alive than she ever had in all the years of her known existence, seeing the fossil Pokemon stomp around in a very heightened aggressive state of mind before it started charging its hyper beam, something this close would atomize the entire group. Nyxx closed her eyes and smiled, remembering her mother and all the things she tried to teach her about Pokemon during the last month before her adventure took place, she recalled saying to her that no matter what she’d see her name just as high as hers without riding her coattails. When she opened her eyes again her smile had only gotten wider the memory why she attempted this alone and the fact she had plans to carry it out was more than enough comfort to send her to the great beyond.

“My grave, can you dig it” she chuckled, that content face wouldn’t last long as the Aerodactyl suddenly went flying in a direction, giving its face a shotgun wedding with the ground below “Well, now, looks like we're saved, ” she laughed even harder closing her eyes to calm herself down “Sorry for giving up too easy mom” she muttered straightening herself back up

Whomever this man was that was saving them certainly picked a very heroic time to save them, somewhere between the last light of hope and endless void of death but better late than never. A Dragonite was up to the plate now, she was no stranger to Pokemon in general being that her mother had an amazing arsenal of every type, but it’s been some time since they were sent into a battle so they lacked that savage factor Pokemon who go into fights regularly had. So, this was a Pokemon battle not like what shes been having till this point, but an actual throw down of final stage evolutions.

“Did mom fight at this level when she was a trainer?” she asked herself being transfixed by the tussle as if nothing else mattered, sure enough to the rest of her group she may have looked sleep or just oblivious to the world right now but that couldn’t be further from the truth. “I’ll catch up one day”.

Just like that it was all over and everyone had been saved. Nyxx walked over to Amber to convey the fact that it would be more convenient if they took him up on his offer as she felt both physically and emotionally drained from their whole ordeal, although that sure enough was the laziness talking that she didn't want to walk if she didn't have too.

[Heckno12]

Lan Sohai

Near the wrecked ambulance

@OtomostheCrazy@LuckyBlackCat@Noxx@fer1323

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"I'm no doctor young lady, but at the very least I believe they will all survive." Lan said with a sigh, the paramedics would certainly have some scarring and breaks to deal with. He turned to the young man that had addressed him shortly after and smiled warmly. "My name is Lan Sohai, I am in charge of the monastery nestled at the heart of Mesalon as well as the gym. As for those men, I can only guess...Given the unnatural strength and ferocity of that Aerodactyl, I can say it was modified in some fashion. The only people within Kosei with the kind of reputation to do something so ghastly to a pokemon...could be Team Noble, though that's simple postulation. Whoever they were, their promise to return was most troubling."

After answering the questions of a few of the young trainers, Lan walked towards the young lady that had separated a bit from the group. From the bit of activity that had been happening around her and her humming, that he assumed was some kind of coping mechanism it was clear that she was a psychic. in her current state, however, he could only assume she didn't have proper control of her abilities. Keeping his distance he gave her a welcoming smile. Truthfully he had only dealt with a few psychics in his past, some coming to the monastery for the sake of meditation and honing their focus, while others came to seek Kosei's resident psychic gym leader that stopped by on the occasion. That being said, it wouldn't be the first time he had seen someone, though usually a Pokemon, struggle with their abilities. In her current state though, he could only offer a smile.

[OtomostheCrazy]

Alexandria "Alexis" Deva

Sidelines & Names

@Heckno12@LuckyBlackCat@Noxx@fer1323

Alexis wasn't entirely oblivious to the whole thing. She definitely wasn't taking the Aerodactyl and Dragonite threats in stride, but as soon as someone showed up and managed to somehow drive them away, Alexis had turned her attention to her pokemon. Eager to simply brush the whole thing off her mind, she had decided to stay where she was. Her voice hadn't returned yet, but that was to be expected, what with all that had just happened. Still, she turned her attention to something else: nicknames.

Finally returning to her mindset, she had decided to see the good parts of this whole ordeal in a different light. Her pokemon had proven themselves as what they were meant to be. The team that would become stars alongside her. As such, Alexis had decided that they needed to be told apart from the others of their kinds. Her naming skills weren't really as good as she would claim them to be, but they were okay. She named her Eevee after a girl she knew back in Sinnoh. A girl named Gabby always snickered and laughed at something. Honestly, it was annoying, but Alexis had to admit that the girl had a sort of charm that kept it from getting aggravatingly annoying. Her Hoppip acted a lot more like a pet, so Alexis decided to give him a pet-like name. Since Hoppip was so soft and plush, she decided to name him Puffpuff. Snorunt, was a bit more difficult. Alexis had tried a few names, but Snorunt shook in disagreement. Apparently, she wanted a particular name, and she refused to accept any other. It took a while, but eventually Snorunt exhaled some powder snow, and wrote the name she wanted. Yuki. Alexis had to admit that it felt very fitting.

[LuckyBlackCat]

@Heckno12 @OtomostheCrazy @fer1323 @Noxx

Sophia Danvers

Beside the wrecked ambulance

At the sound of the girl's soothing words, Sophia opened her eyes slightly. The girl's face, as well as that of the old man, swam into view. She tried to crawl back, but the strength had left her limbs. Curling up, she continued humming, more loudly this time. It was working. She was causing no further damage to her surroundings, and hadn't hurt anyone.

Breathing as deeply as she could manage, she looked up again at the two strangers. The bald man gave her a reassuring smile. She cringed, her gaze darting away from his for a second. If she'd heard him right, he'd mentioned being in charge of a gym... This was the Mesalon gym leader, and here she was, looking utterly helpless. From what had just happened, he'd know she was a psychic, but that was not how she was meant to demonstrate her abilities. She could imagine how thoroughly disappointed her family would be.

"I-I'm ok," she choked out, trying to piece together her shattered facade. She glanced over at Oscar, letting out an empty laugh. "Interesting? Th-That's putting it mildly."

She thought of the few other parts of the conversation that had registered. Team Noble... The team mentioned in the news report earlier could have been behind this. They were even more of a threat than she'd thought.

Amber Pine

Beside the wrecked ambulance

Amber frowned as she listened. "I knew that wasn't normal behaviour for an Aerodactyl," she said. Despite having seen some of the fossil Pokemon her mother had revived, this was the first time she'd seen an Aerodactyl, but her research didn't match what she'd witnessed just now. The thought that somebody would drive a Pokemon crazy like that was just sickening.

She turned back towards the psychic girl, who seemed to have calmed down enough to stay in control. Now, Sophia was clearly putting up a defensive act. Amber gave a slightly awkward smile. How could she comfort someone in this situation? She had to try. "It shouldn't be long now," she said. "I hear Mesalon's a nice little town. Peaceful, yet with plenty of activities."

Lan had given her some reassurance, but she still listened out for sirens, hoping the ambulance would arrive soon.

[Heckno12]

Lan Sohai

Near the wrecked ambulance

@OtomostheCrazy@LuckyBlackCat@Noxx@fer1323

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The sounds of sirens gained Lan's attention as he surveyed the area. The police arrived first, quickly setting up tape and such to mark off the crime scene. Seconds later, a pair of ambulances pulled up. The paramedics quickly loaded the Rheese onto a stretcher and loaded him up in the first vehicle as the two men from the wrecked ambulance were helped into the second. When he was offered a ride back to Mesalon, he calmly refused as he would rather enjoy the walk. Turning towards the young trainers, he spoke up.

"Now I'm sure you are all exhausted after today's events, so I've had one of my apprentices call the Pokemon Center and arrange for food and lodging for each of you for the night. If any of you wish to challenge my gym, I would ask that you do so in the morning once you have all rested. Your friend over there is going to be taken to the Hospital in Mesalon, so if you would like a ride there feel free to accompany him on board the Ambulance." With that Lan offered the trainers a respectful bow and began walking back towards Mesalon.

Rheese Laudat

In the Ambulance soon to be headed towards Mesalon

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All Rheese could think about was the very real possibility that he had been killed and that the pain in his ribs and extreme daze he was feeling were simply part of being dead. If it wasn't, he would certainly prefer death to it. The last thing he even remembered was Wooper leaping towards that maniac's Aerodactyl before everything just went black.

He tried to open his eyes and maybe even move, but to no avail. Moments later he just slipped back into unconsciousness hoping that everyone was alright.

[OtomostheCrazy]

Alexandria "Alexis" Deva

Time to Go

@Heckno12@LuckyBlackCat@Noxx@fer1323

Alexis' Pokemon could finally rest. The past few hours had been chaos, what with the impromptu battle, the powerful Pokemon, and general danger. All of them needed to sleep the day away. Alexis especially thought that her second day as an official trainer seemed a bit too chaotic than she was comfortable with. So many events so quickly...it was honestly stressful.

Alexis returned her Pokemon to their pokeballs, and boarded an ambulance to catch a ride to the next city. She looked to -Sophia- the poser, wondering if she was going to hop on as well. If they were going to compete against each other, they may as well keep an eye on each other. Not that Alexis needed to. The poser was destined to lose to her, regardless of what happens. The earlier thing was out of her control! It didn't count. It can't count. Otherwise...

Alexis folded her arms, trying to think on something else. She had to focus on the upcoming events. Gym battles, Contests, training, etc. There was still much to do. She couldn't spend time to think on something stupid.

Her attention returned to the others. Each and every one of them were destined to lose to her. They were the obstacles, and she was the protagonist. She was bound to conquer them, and move on to the end, where she and her team would ascend to stardom, and be loved by all!

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???
Nearing Mesalon

It was a beautiful day outside. The sun was shining, the wind brushed lightly against the flora, and the clouds slowly drifted along in the sky. Definitely not a day that would have any business being excited. So, of course, there was some sort of weirdness happening somewhere. One such sight would be where we focus now, where a Maractus dances and shakes maracas. In front of her was an unconscious Rattata, near her was an expressionless youth, and all around them were the Rattata's friends. Despite the wild Pokemon having angered looks on their faces, the youth's expression remained unchanged, and the Maractus continued to sing, dance, and shake her maracas.

The wild Pokemon charged, seeking to beat the two up as revenge. Four in total, they felt that they had the advantage. Unfortunately for them, they hadn't considered who they were messing with. Their attacks were not only blocked by what seemed to be a plant-like barrier that was covered in thorns. They felt the sting of being poked with sharp needles, and backed off, allowing Maractus to knock another one of them out. The wild Pokemon continued their assault, only to find that nothing they did worked well. The Maractus either defended against them, or sucked the energy out of them for herself. By the end of the battle, the last Pokemon standing was Maractus, who finished with a dramatic pose.

The youth looked around at the unconscious Pokemon, then looked to the Maractus, who was still posing. A moment of silence passed as the wind blew past them, and eventually the youth spoke. The voice seemed somewhat emotionless, yet still held a hint of a curious tone.

"Had your fun?"

The Maractus finally relaxed out of her pose, and raised its maracas in the air, with a smile on her face. She let out a happy yell in response. The youth nodded in response, and began picking up the unconscious Pokemon. After a while, the two of them left the wild Pokemon next to a berry bush, as if apologizing for beating them all up.

The two continued on their way to another destination, looking completely out of place in a grassy field. They had wandered far in order to accomplish a goal, and now they were about to make contact with a town or city again. They spotted the buildings in the distance, and they knew that they had finally found a chance to make progress...tomorrow. For now, they had decided to rest away from the town's border. It wasn't as if they had enough money to stay anywhere, anyway, and besides, the youth grew up sleeping in a tent. Actual beds felt foreign and awkward, and it was normally too big for the youth's taste.

For now, they would simply rest where they were. The youth took out two berries, and gave one to Maractus. It was to be their dinner, and it was enough for them.

[Noxx]

Nyxx Hollow

@LuckyBlackCat@fer1323 @Heckno12 @OtomostheCrazy @Iatos

Nyxx returned her Pokemon to their pokeballs and got into the ambulance with the other looking around, she saw all the faces from the pokelab; something told her she would be seeing more of these people. Sighing heavily, she sat down next to Amber and kicked her feet up on the last vacant spot in front of her and leans back and decided to space out for a little bit. First the two teammates, she had that fit her personality the best decided to up and leave, then the one person who reminds her that she isn’t her mother becomes a team member while that was a good thing it wasn’t good when they were ambushed and nearly died. Her heart pounding rapidly thinking about how they were saved, that’s what a real battle looked like, not what she’s been doing, that alone made her appreciate her mother that much more, it also puts that much more distance between them. Thinking of those old stories she was told growing up with her mom even challenging the elite four, but the one question she had but was never answered was why she quit being a trainer even losing to the elite four shouldn’t have been enough to break the great Battle Mistress Hollow. She made a mental note to push the subject hard when she got home, but for now, it was time to sleep, Nyxx slumped over then went straight to sleep on Amber’s shoulder and would not budge from that spot.
“I’ll catch up mom” she snores

???

Pokemon Center in Mesalon

The sound of heels clacking against the pavement echoed loudly even through the busy streets as an imposingly tall, dark skinned woman entered the pokecenter, she strutted to the front counter confidence erupting from her form. Reaching up she took off a necklace that was attached to a Pokeball and handing it to the nurse.

“Excuse me, could you tend to my dear Dragonite; he’s quite tired from the flight here, ” she explained, speaking with refinement, but a clear dominance underneath it, “We had some annoyances getting here” she continued looking down at the pink haired woman who took the Pokeball.

“Y-yes Mistress Hollow It’ll take some t-time” she stuttered both in shock of who just casually strolled in and those intimidating ice colored eyes pierced right through to her soul.

“Thank you, ” she said before turning away, long purple hair that stretched down to her waist whipping around
“I’ll be back in a few, I have to make a few calls” M. Hollow explained and strutted herself out the front door.

[fer1323]

Oscar Berg

@Noxx@Heckno12@OtomostheCrazy@Iatos@LuckyBlackCat

Serious battle

Lan Sohai's explanation stirs something inside of Oscar. Oscar heard of and saw what Team Aqua and Magma did back home in Hoenn when he was younger. Oscar will not stand for this. Oscar glares at the other trainers but especially at Sophia and Alexis. Oscar wonders if they will continue on as usual and leave Team Noble to the Authorities. The Authorities will probably want them out of it as. This makes Oscar increasingly angry. Roarunner was grewing worried about Oscar's emotional wellbeing as if Roadrunner was in tune with Oscar despite not having the abilities to do so like a Lucario. Roadrunner gets Oscar's attention and gives a empathic chirp. "I am sorry RR. I am not a crusader type but experiencing it first hand changes perspectives. Bureaucracy and human nature just riles me up sometimes. I just could..." Oscar screams to the skys despite the others' looks might give him.

[LuckyBlackCat]

@Heckno12 @fer1323 @OtomostheCrazy @Noxx @Iatos

Sophia Danvers

In the ambulance about to leave for Mesalon

Sophia's eyes widened at Oscar's reaction. Before now, she'd only seen his calm, collected side. To see him so utterly consumed with anger... Not that she could blame him, though. "Oscar..." She tried to struggle to her feet, slipping in the mud, only managing to stand with Amber's help. As the two girls approached him, Gothita ran forward, looking up at Oscar with concern.

"Hey..." Stiffly reaching out, Sophia placed her hand on Oscar's shoulder. Would he pull away, or yell at her? "We'll... We'll be alright" she reassured him. "And, you know... You may be a smart aleck, but I'll admit, you did pretty well just now."

Great, she'd just smeared mud on his jacket. Cringing, she lifted her hand from his shoulder. This whole comforting thing really wasn't her strong point. Hopefully, her Pokemon would do a better job of it than she could. Gothita, who still had that worried expression, gave a compassionate-sounding squeak.

All of this was still too much to take in. The sudden attack, the team of grunts, the Aerodactyl... She shuddered at the memory. "Th-That Aerodactyl..." she said in a choked whimper, facing Lan. She sounded more like a scared child than ever, in front of Lan of all people, but she no longer had the energy to put up a front. "It... It really was modified. I could see it. There was this black, tainted aura... Like it was cloaked in shadow. L-Like there was just this empty space where something important should have been."

She didn't even know if she'd made sense, but that was the best way she could describe it right now, her thoughts clouded by disgust at the thought of something like that happening to a Pokemon.

She was silent as Amber helped her into the ambulance. Sitting in front of Rheese, she watched him slip in and out of consciousness. He'd be ok, Lan had said he would... He had to. Sophia glanced around at the others. Kero had disappeared... But where to? That guy clearly wasn't who he said he was.

Everyone else, though, was still there, Nyxx dozing off next to Amber, Alexis sitting with folded arms. Sophia's Pokemon followed her onto the ambulance, Gothita hugging her leg, not caring that she was getting covered in mud.

Sophia's expression softened, and she gave a slight laugh. "You should all rest, after that." Returning all three of her Pokemon, she slumped backwards into the chair, as much in need of a rest as any of them.

Amber Pine

In the ambulance about to leave for Mesalon

Finally, the ambulance was here. Now they could all get out of this place. The incident, though, wasn't something they could leave behind.

"Kabuto, Yanma, return," Amber commanded. Once they were inside their Pokeballs, she headed towards the rest of the group, letting Sophia lean on her. She let out a small gasp, looking ahead in concern as Oscar started screaming in anger. Sophia's attempt at comforting him was a little on the clumsy side, but Amber could barely find the words to say herself. "Come on. Let's... Let's get to Mesalon," she said to him, trying to keep her voice from shaking.

She listened to Sophia's description of the Aerodactyl. Given what she'd seen the girl do just a few moments ago, she didn't doubt that Sophia had seen something none of the others had, but what did it mean? What had happened to the Aerodactyl? She didn't want to think about it.

Taking a seat in the ambulance, she breathed deeply. She had to at least try to remain level-headed and stable, if only for the rest of the group, but that was becoming more and more difficult the more reality sank in. They'd all just narrowly escaped death. Amber had been prepared to face a certain level of danger along the way, but nothing like this.

As Nyxx fell asleep on her shoulder, Amber tried to focus on the fact that they were all still here. Only due to luck, though - and if Lan was right, who knew what else this team would try?

???

Mountain trail leading from Ponderous

Meanwhile, unaware of the recent chaos, a young woman hummed to herself as she strolled down a mountain trail, still buzzing with energy from the latest show.

The chill wind against her face started to lessen, the snow patches on the ground becoming sparser, until the Pokemon floating beside her changed form. The ice surrounding her small, cloud-like body vanished.

"Hey, Summerstorm. Want to take a rest?" Sitting down on a rock, the woman took a Poketreat from her bag and passed it to her Pokemon. With a cheerful squeal, Summerstorm munched the treat. "You did great back there!"

None of her Pokemon had minded Ponderous, what with the dome keeping the cold out, but Summerstorm was the only one who could handle being out of her Pokeball for any length of time during the walk back through the snow. Now, though, the girl was far down enough to travel a much faster way.

"Go, Charizard!" The fire Pokemon appeared in a flash of light. With a friendly, rumbling growl, he nuzzled the woman, almost knocking her over.

"Hey, careful!" she laughed. "Never learned your own strength, did you?" She jumped up. "So, ready to go home?" With a nod, the Charizard soared into the air, flying in loops, leaving a trail of golden sparks behind him as his tail flame blazed brighter. He was clearly still pretty elated from the success of the show. "Alright, alright, I get what you're trying to tell me. Don't you make yourself dizzy," the young woman chuckled. "You've got more than enough strength for the journey, huh? Well, here's some fuel anyway." She threw a Poketreat as high as she could. The Charizard zoomed through the sky, catching it in his jaws in midair, and landed beside her.

She checked the time on her Pokedex. If she went straight to Vareena, it would be pretty late when she arrived. "How about we stop at Mesalon first?" she said, returning Summerstorm and climbing onto the Charizard's back. Mesalon was a little quiet for her liking, but its location between Ponderous and Vareena made it a convenient rest point.

The wind blew the hood of her coat back, making her flame-red hair whip around her shoulders, as the Charizard took off. Laughing from the thrill of the flight, she kept her gaze focused ahead as the mesa, a pinpoint in the distance, came into view.

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Oscar Berg

@LuckyBlackCat

Despite Sophia and Amber's effort to cheer him up, Oscar still has same anger. "I have never seen such a thing of what you are describing Sophia but I have seen something similar back home in Hoenn. I will tell you if you want. I am just drained emotional over the last two days. I might not have your rare abilities but I might have insight in how you might get better with them. " Oscar goes and takes a seat next to Amber. Roadrunner jumps onto Oscar's lap and curls up for a nap. Oscar pats Roadrunner for a bit. Oscar has a solemn face.

[LuckyBlackCat]

Sophia Danvers

In the ambulance

@fer1323

Sophia couldn't help but scowl. What did he know? "Seriously?" she said, and immediately regretted her harsh tone. They were supposed to be helping each other. "Ok then..." She paused, folding her arms, biting back more snark. "Go on. What do you suggest?" She was too tired to argue, and that wouldn't exactly help Oscar's mental state.

She didn't know if he'd actually have that much insight. The fact was, though, her confidence had taken a knock - and even though the threat was gone, she was afraid, more afraid than someone like her should be. Her psychic powers hadn't proven all that helpful just now. She really, truly did have to get stronger.

She sagged in her seat, mud dripping from her hair onto her already filthy clothes, as the ambulance started moving. "And..." Her tone became a little softer, more neutral. "What was it you saw in Hoenn?" She wondered if this would be anything like the team she'd heard of in Unova.

[fer1323]

Oscar Berg

@LuckyBlackCat

Oscar gives Sophia a cold stare. "I do not not the full extent of your power because I have seen only telekinesis and the technique you unwilling did back there. The first thing I would suggest, if you have ot done already, to train 'with' psychic type Pokemon. I know it sounds obvious but thwe obvious is often overlooked. The second is think of your powers as an extra arm. Yes, you can lift and move things like an arm but have you tried feeling or sensing thing like using your powers 'to feel' for pokemon in thick bushs or though a wll or something of hat extent. Lastly, I have read about powerful psychic and what they can do alone but the gym 'leaders' of Mossdeep City is a pair of psychic twin. Long story short, you use try and use your powers with other psychic."

Before Oscar continues, he leans back and takes a deep breath. It has been a while since the events of Hoenn took place so his memory might be fuzzy in some places. "Back home in Hoenn, there are two teams instead of one. Team Magma and Team Aqua are their name. I heard Team Magma and Team Aqua are doing humanitarian work on land and water but a few years back, that was not the case. Team Magma wanted to increase the amount of land while Team Aqua wanted to increase the amount of water. Team Magma awoken Groundon, the legendary Pokemon of land and Team Aqua awoken Kyogre, the legendary Pokemon of ,to achieve their respective goals. What they did not forsee was that the two could not be controlled. The two legendary Pokemon cause havock and even fought againest each other. If it was not for a third legendary Pokemon to stop the two from causing the havoc, the whole Hoenn region could been wiped out, due to the actions of Team Magma and Team Aqua. This was all on the news at the time. There was even footage of the two titans fighting."

[LuckyBlackCat]

@fer1323

Sophia Danvers

In the ambulance

Sophia winced as she listened to Oscar's story. "To think people can be that stupid," she said, shaking her head. "It sounds like something that happened in Unova. There's this organisation... Team Plasma. They look after abused Pokemon now, but a while back, they used to try to liberate Pokemon from trainers. They were searching for legendary Pokemon too... Apparently, their leader went off at the deep end. Nearly used a legendary dragon to help him convince everyone in Unova to release their Pokemon, then a few years later, tried to use another of them to freeze the entire region." She didn't know if she'd explained the events well enough, but she'd mentioned what she remembered hearing about.

"But your story..." She shuddered as she imagined it. "That sounds even more terrifying. I mean, the worst of the Team Plasma stuff was only revealed after their plans failed."

Considering the advice Oscar had given her just before the story of the Hoenn events, Sophia gave a hollow laugh. "Heh... Trust you to do the whole sagely advice thing even at a time like this," she said. "I can already feel for nearby Pokemon if I try, but... I can't say I've done it in the way you described." As much as she hated to admit it to herself, maybe she did have to work on her precision. "And yeah, some things work better with other psychics, but..." She trailed off. Wasn't the whole point of being so far from home to get stronger on her own? "Ugh... nothing." She looked away from Oscar for a moment, staring down at her dirt-covered shoes. She wasn't up to explaining, or arguing.

"As for what I did back there..." She faced him again. "What I saw... I don't even know what that was. I've never seen anything like that before."

Amber Pine

In the ambulance

After hearing both stories, Amber recalled something her mother had told her. It was what the sighting of the small, pink Pokemon had reminded her of earlier.

"It's strange, how some people want to use certain Pokemon for their strength, yet underestimate them at the same time," she commented. "I heard a group of scientists in Kanto once tried to create a more powerful version of a certain Pokemon. Needless to say, the result was more than they could handle, and ended up breaking free."

She thought for a few moments. "That guy's Aerodactyl... One possibility is it's something like that." Her theory didn't explain what Sophia had seen, though.

[Noxx]

Nyxx Hollow

@Heckno12 @fer1323 @OtomostheCrazy @Noxx @Iatos

Amber wasn’t exactly being nice and still and the car was the most annoying thing known to man and Pokémon kind alike, for a moment she entertained herself with the thought of how her own Pokémon were doing in their balls, if it was rocking like she was or if it was completely stabilized and comforting for them. She grumbled a little bit and while she was awakened eventually, but kept her eyes closed as she was already presumed sleeping and didn’t feel like showing herself to the waking world. Her ears worked whether she wanted to or not much to her annoyance, she had to listen to their little pow wow learning that the odd one of the group was a psychic and Oscar had insight on how she could control it or something along those lines. Words she recognized were the different teams from her mother’s diary, she found and looked at but no of them were as detailed as this, thing like the three legendary Pokémon of sea, land and air and the teams that controlled two of them; team plasma with their leader who abducted the entire Pokémon league. For the most part they knew more than she knew so there was no reason to speak out, then Amber spoke which completely annoyed her to no end, when she talked it resonated and irritated her head that was resting on her so to end this frustration she ‘woke up’.

“Ancient Pokémon Mew, when they cloned it, they decided to name it, Mewtwo its lazy named, but I kind of like it; my mom told me something like that, ” she said, yawning covering her mouth “Mom traveled to a lot of places and strangely enough all of this sounds like stuff in her journals…. but the date she put it as was a long time ago, she had to be younger than I was” At this point she was thinking out loud.

“Oh, um… I don’t know your name…. psychic lady, Sabrina the psychic gym leader in Kanto warns about diving too deep into your abilities and getting lost in them, I heard she started using a ghost type someone gave her to offset her power” Nyxx continued to explain completely skipping over the fact she let everyone know she was listening in on them.

[fer1323]

Oscar Berg

@LuckyBlackCat@Noxx

The stories of the other trainers makes Oscar a little depressed. Oscar wonders why the seeds of evil have spread so far. "I am sorry for getting angry earlier. You might disagree but I want to help fight against Team Noble. Despite the victory today, it will get harder so I need to train my pokemon. I knnw I can win alone so you are welcome to join me but not hinder or stop me."

[LuckyBlackCat]

@fer1323 @Noxx

Sophia Danvers

In the ambulance

The facade falls away

Great, now the slacker girl was preaching at her too. Sophia huffed. "It's Sophia. And yeah, I know about Sabrina. She's pretty well-known in Unova." In recent years, the Kanto gym leader had made her mark on Unova due to her roles in a few movies. As much as Sophia admired and respected powerful psychics, though, she couldn't deny that the slacker had a point. "I-Ive got to get stronger, though," she said. She knew Nyxx was talking about finding a balance rather than contradicting Oscar, but still, she had to make sure people knew where she was coming from. "I have to be who certain people want me to be."

Leaning back in exhaustion, she looked at Oscar again. After what had happened, after what Lan had told them, they couldn't just continue as if nothing had happened. "Count me in," she said. "And..." She gave a small smile, her tone much, much gentler. "You don't have to be sorry. I don't blame you."

In a flash of light, Gothita reappeared, climbing onto Sophia's lap. The mud didn't seem to bother her, at least not as much as seeing Sophia and Oscar so distressed. "Hey. Sorry about the mud," Sophia said, every trace of harshness melting away. "And we're going to be ok."

Were things going to be ok, though? This adventure was already turning out nothing like she'd expected.

Amber Pine

In the ambulance

Amber felt the corners of her mouth crease with concern. "Just going to say, be careful, both of you." It went without saying. Considering their stories, their reasons were perfectly understandable, but they were planning to go up against the team that had nearly obliterated the entire group with just one Pokemon attack.

In no way was this something that could be ignored, though. Especially after that maniac's threat. And they all did have to become capable of at least defending themselves.

"Although..." Her face was solemn as she looked from Oscar to Sophia. "You have my support."

[Heckno12]

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One Day Later

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Rheese Laudat

Mesalon Hospital

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Rheese woke up in an unfamiliar room, the sterile smell of hospital forced him to sit up and try to figure out exactly where he was. The pain in his ribs from the sudden motion elicited a sharp gasp, which only furthered that pain. With a grunt he reclined back into the bed and recalled what happened the day before. Of course, it wasn't exactly difficult. He brought his hand to the bandages binding his ribs to keep them properly in place. Other than that, he couldn't exactly find any injuries on himself.

On the plus side, he thought, he could probably get up and move if he absolutely had to...Though it'd hurt like hell. He checked around to find his bag and Pokeballs on the table next to him. He smiled a bit with the knowledge that his Pokemon were safe.

Eventually a nurse entered the room and brightened up slightly when she saw Rheese was up. Grabbing a clipboard she walked over to his side to get his attention.

"I'm glad to see you're awake, but you may not want to move around too much. You were lucky that the impact only fractured your rib, by all means that should have broken them."

"If I was really lucky, I wouldn't be in the hospital right now." Rheese said, wincing slightly as he shifted. "Is...everyone else alright?" He asked trying to hide his worry.

"They should all be fine." The nurse said softly. The others were definitely checked by the doctors to be certain nobody had any serious injuries after their encounter. She smiled when she heard the barely hidden sigh of relief from her patient. "You, on the other hand need to take it slow for a bit. You should be free to go in a few hours, after all we wouldn't want you to miss your interview with Detective hammer!"

"Wait what!?" Rheese exclaimed, but the Nurse had already closed the door behind her. "Please tell me I misheard her..." He said to himself.