PMD: Conflicting Salvations [PG-13][Not Accepting][Started]

[Naimo]

"Jason ... just leave me alone." Kyker's voice sounded like it was close to breaking. A short pause followed as she tried to hold back, her eyes averting his glare. "...Please." She gently brushed him away, then gently crawled further ahead, stopping beside a tree. Just leave me alone, OK Jason? I don't want to yell at you again, and I'd rather this memory went away on its own without having to face you and force myself into shouting to make it go away.

[Andx]

The Curse which Zac had fired with the last of his energy seemed to be right on line. Better yet, Flos did not appear to have noticed it yet. Just as it was about to connect it hit something, the Beedrill to be exact. Its body was glowing golden like Flos' as well but it did not look conscious. Flos turned around to see the attack. She brought Saul in front of her with the vines so as to keep him in sight. Facing the whole group she decided to talk to them a bit but her solar beam was still charging.

 

"I'm sure you're all wonderfully confused right now. I'll explain what little I feel like. You may have noticed something off with the pokemon you were fighting. That would be because they have no mind or free will of their own. They are my puppets and only do as I command. They are linked to me and now that I've taken on the powers of a Shiny Pokemon they have as well. Now they serve as wonderful shields. I don't even have to think about defending myself as they do it for me whether they're conscious or not. Now then, that's enough talking, back to destroying you all." Flos said. The charge in her flowers grew brighter.

 

Just as Flos' solar beam seemed ready to fire the whole pass was suddenly being filled with a large blast of fire. It was the same dark fire that had saved the group previously. It was enormous and filled the whole pass as it traveled. Flos never even noticed and suddenly her field of vines was engulfed and burned in the purple flames. The vines trapping Saul died as the others did and he was free to move again. Flos turned to face the flames and looked horrified. All at once the unconscious Kirlia, Grovyle, Starmie, Beedrill, and the Quilava were in the air and shining brightly. They formed a sort of barrier that was just managing to keep the flames from engulfing Flos and prevented the large blast from hitting the group. Flames roared down the sides of the pass alerting everyone who was conscious, even Kyker who seemed a bit out of it. The flames hit no one other than the unconscious pokemon however.

 

Flos and the rest of the group looked as the flames subsided. The rock sides of the pass were glowing red hot and a heat mirage was still obscuring the user from view. It quickly passed and the user stepped forward. It was Nadia. The jewel about her neck was glowing a bright red and the remnants of the Will-o-wisp were still slightly visible around her mouth. She walked forward and said nothing. She looked very angry. The group, and even Flos, wasn't exactly sure what to think of the situation.

"No more. I won't let anything else happen! Now.... I'll be the one to end this!" Nadia yelled out.

[Headmaster Monokuma]

"Yes we did. But it doesn't matter now. Saul is still in trouble, and we don't know... whever Nadia is here to help us, or capture us." He said the last part in a low whisper where only Jordan could hear him. Roran made his way over to Jason, "Come on, let her be alone." He slowly tried to get Jason to come back to the rest of the group. Nadia, if you try to capture us, I don't know what I'll ha...ve to say, but still... Roran looked over to Zac, then to Saul. He still looked shocked. How can I blame him? She... just saved us... but she had run off...

[Naimo]

"Huh?" In her confusion, the memory had immediately been wiped aside, replaced by her concentration on the mysterious flames. She was partially relieved Nadia had saved them, yet she was worried; she had never trusted Nadia since they had found her again, and this only made Kyker more suspicious. Of course she would do this, she wants to look like she's on our side again ... I just know she's not, she's definately working for Ho-oh ... it's just a shame I don't have any proof. This is a ploy; you're not winning over me, I know more than you do, I was born and raised as a proper Pokemon. Kyker just leaned by the tree, her arms folded, her eyes following the scene. Rarely was she ever so still, yet her suspicions were playing in her mind.

[Andx]

The group was unsure how to react to Nadia's reappearance. It seemed she had only attempted to attack Flos but who could know what might have happened if Flos' minions hadn't created a barrier. Besides, the group was fairly certain it was all a ruse or an attempt to regain their trust that she'd never really earned in the first place. Nadia continued walking toward the group and it wasn't long before she passed Flos. The glowing gem was what really caught their attention though.

"Dammit Flos! Why didn't you just get out of the way?!" Nadia yelled. Her friends weren't at all sure what to think. Nadia hardly ever yelled and certainly never cussed.

 

Flos was also confused at the new events. As far as she had planned, Nadia wouldn't even be around here while she tried to capture the others.

"What do you mean? That attack could have killed me. What are you doing here anyway? You said you wouldn't be able to take fighting them. Had a sudden change of heart or were you trying to attack me?" Flos said.

"Shut up Flos! I'm ending this myself! That's what I decided! I'm not going to just let someone else handle it! I swore I'd save my friends when I came here and I'm not going to give up on that, even if it means I have to attack them myself!!" Nadia yelled.

 

With her new outburst Nadia charged out past Flos to face the group. She was angry, every part of her face showed it. She came to face Saul who was really the only one, other than Kyker who had yet to make a move, who was able to really fight. Saul thought Nadia might first try to talk with him. That would not be the case.

"Confuse Ray!" Nadia yelled out suddenly. The ray launched out at Saul with frightening speed. Nadia wasn't up for talking anymore. It would have to be settled with a fight.

[Guest Tainted Black]

Saul faded and drifted away the moment that Nadia had shot her Confuse Ray. He drifted around her, peppering her with questions. "Why did you do it? You're working with Ho-oh, for what? Did you not see Flos try to kill us? Did you not realize we missed you? Did it not register how much I missed you? Maybe you just don't care? Maybe you aren't Nadia? While inclined to believe the last, you are her, aren't you?" He sighed, before saying, "Conversion 2", and reappearing, very smooth looking. To the touch, he would be wet, and jiggly. He asked his last question. "So, you choose to hurt us? That's all we mean to you? Then I have one thing to say. Fine. Attack me." He disabled his Conversion, and became a regular Porygon again.

[Andx]

The jewel about Nadia's neck seemed to falter somewhat in its glow. It wasn't quite so bright anymore. Nadia wasn't looking at Saul. She was looking down and gritting her teeth.

"Dammit, don't try this Saul." She said. It was obvious that she was still angry but the start of tears seemed present as well.

"I don't want to hear anymore. Don't tell me how much you've been lied to. Don't question how I feel about you, just because I'm trying to help you!" Nadia said. She was still angry but now crying as well.

"I'm going to help at least one of you today! I can't stand this anymore. I can't stand being safe, alone. I can't rest peacefully in the home Ho-oh has kindly given me when I know you all are being lied to and being made to do things you don't know anything about! I have to help one of you. At least one. That's all I need right now. Just as long as I can help you." Nadia said.

 

Flos cancelled the power she had worked to summon. She took on her original coloring again. She had known that Nadia wasn't exactly being told the truth, but this was too much for her. To see this girl so desperate to help her friends and to not even know the truth. Flos couldn't stand it. And for one moment, her resolve to serve Ho-oh faltered. Nadia meanwhile was still overcome by conflicting emotions. She had begun preparing another Will-o-Wisp to fire at Saul. As she did so the gem around her neck regained its glow. She looked at Saul who had resigned himself to be attacked. She was greatly conflicted. She knew she had to attack but couldn't bring herself to do it.

"Will-o-Wisp!" she called out. The large flames shot up in the air missing everyone and doing nothing to anyone present. Nadia looked back to Saul.

"...I couldn't do it. Why?... I had to help.... but I couldn't do it, not to Saul, not to any of them." she said as she fell over unconscious.

 

Immediately, Flos knew she had to get Nadia out of there. Flos appeared next to her within seconds. She used a Petal Dance to prevent Saul from moving towards Nadia and took hold of her.

"Seems we can't do anything more today. I know you won't want to but we have to leave." Flos said to Nadia. She then turned to face Saul through the flurry of petals.

"We'll see each other again. You can count on that." she said. And suddenly she disappeared. Just as she had entered from no where she was gone. Nadia and the other pokemon that had been there were gone as well. And that left the group alone, to think about what had just transpired in the last day. Right as Flos left the last bit of the sun went below the horizon and the group knew they'd have to stop for the night.

[Guest Tainted Black]

OOC: Magnet, Nadia's gone...

 

Saul just floated there, staring forward, seemingly unfazed. Still, this was FAR from the truth. he was torn up inside, moreso than he let on, but he was the leader. He had to stay strong. He drifted over to Kyker, and spoke. "Let's go. We need to move on to wherever we are headed. Got it?" He turned to the rest of the group. "That goes for you too, alright?" He said it all rather coldly, and turned away, slowly drifting off. He would not notice what they said, as he would consume himself in his thoughts.

[Naimo]

Kyker had been shaking her head when Nadia had spoken; Poor girl, you're the one being lied to, she thought. She was tempted to say something, but decide not to; instead, she just watched as Nadia disappeared with Flos. Kyker then heard Saul speak; normally, she would have snapped at him for being rude, but this time, she kept quiet as her eye unwillingly, and rather painfully, fell on Jason.

 

"No Saul, we can't go," said Kyker, a little bit louder than usual. "Jason can barely move; at least see what we can do first before we go. It'll only worsen his injuries if we force him to move." She glanced around, as if hoping for a nearby town. "I wish we had a Chansey with us..."

[Headmaster Monokuma]

"Kyker is right... We need... to stop. Jason here can hardly stand on his own, and... I'm not feeling to great... Poison Sting." Roran slowly descended to a sitting position, as he had little to absolutely no energy left. "And Zac here is out cold still. We... have to stop now." He's still upset, or angry, or just plain unhappy. It's near impossible to tell with... Saul. And Nadia, she really believes. It's much... worse then thought. Roran turned to Kyker, "If only we could have been so lucky to have one. We'll just have... to hope that rest will help..."

[Spartan919]

Jason had paid full attention to what had been said, and what had happened. Now, he could tell that the group wanted to stay put, to rest and recuperate. Though he wanted to so bad, he knew that they had to go on. "I...I don't care how I'm feeling...how...how Zac is feeling, or how anyone else is feeling. Didn't you see Nadia? She's...she needs our help. We have to find her, find out where she went, and get her, and...fix her." Jason tried to take a step towards Saul, and stumbled, falling on the ground. He pushed himself up. "I don't care what any of you say. Alone...or not, I'm going after Nadia."