Pokémon Iridescent: Evolving Era Arc 1: Fabled Failure

[Lord JZ of the Enigma]

The turbulence was not something they were used to and Hana was worried about the Rayquaza's unnatural actions, something had set it off and it had taken it out on poor Quinn, as soon as they landed Hana and Seishin immediately hopped off to give it some space, Hana going through Seishin's back pack for the supplies his mother had given him.

"Quinn? you okay? Seishin asked as he rubbed it's injured wings. "You've dealt with Rayquaza's before?" he asked Saya who seemed just as worried, if not more as Hana came lugging a Potion, it was big for her but she carried anyway to where Quinn's injuries were at.

[Aqua Girl]

"That Rayquaza I met it as a baby. I know its the same one because of the odd Blood-red color, but its quite grown and probably at least level 30..... If not for Quinn's Aeroblast we would have been taken out." I hope noting to bad happened to it." She said trying to comfort the aching and sad Lugia, Rayquaza is one of its friends. It must have ben very mad to just attack out of the blue. "I know Rayquaza's are territorial, but it wouldent attack a close friend like Quin..... I truely hope noting bad happened to it...."

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Rayquaza returned to its nest and nudged a nest where an egg had once been. Screeching sadly over the missing egg.

[Hunderas]

"Arcanine now Flamethrower!" the red glowing Arcanine let loose a overpowered Flamethrower headed towards Kadabra. "Kadabra, Teleport then Confusion go." Kadabra did as was told and Teleported a few feet behind Arcanine, letting loose a blue circle towards the Arcanine. "Sciz Pursuit, Chimchar Scratch." Arcanine seemed to stumble from the Confusion hitting him, then the Pursuit and Scratch came in and made him fall on the floor. "Arcanine get up now!" the trainer was starting to get anxious. The Arcanine did as was told. "Now Arcanine, Extremespeed." The Arcanine took off headed towards a rock, hitting straight into the rock at full speed. "Now Kadabra Teleport Sciz and Chimchar closer, Sciz Bullet Punch, Chimchar scratch." Kadabra picked up his arms pointing them towards the two pokemon Teleporting them to the Arcanine. Scizor's claw started to glow and hit the Arcanine on the side, Chimchar let loose with a flurry of scratches. The Arcanine fell over not able to get back up. "You useless pokemon." the trainer said as h withdrew his Arcanine. "Go Pikachu." the yellow mouse from before came out again. "Pikachu Thunder." the Pikachu let loose a giant bolt of lightning that shook the ground. "Kadabra get everyone out of there." Kadabra Teleported the three of them away from the blast range. "Sciz Pursuit."

[Reaper of Shadows]

"You're pretty strong, even for a Marshtomp. And what a nice moveset," Rai said to himself as he walked through the last stretch of Petalburg Woods. After he'd woken up, he'd taken care of his pokemon and they set off immediately. While he was confident that his modded pokeballs would do the job, he still wanted to get them checked out at the Pokemon Center. He was currently walking by himself, Z and X were both in their pokeballs recovering. And speaking of Z and X, he was really starting to dislike those names. He knew they did too. "I suppose I'll have to change those."

Zero sprang from his pokeball. {Finally! You know how much I hate this name. Seriously, what were you thinking. And on that note, you think way too loudly. I was trying to sleep.}

"I'm sure you were. I didn't even know you could hear me inside the pokeball. And since you know what I was thinking I guess you approve of the new names I've thought up."

{I do. They're cliche but it works. Plus it makes me number one.}

"I'm sure you love that. What happened with ShatterStrorm? Why did it fail?"

{Because it's success rating is low. You should've known that. The more you use it, the least likely that it's going to happen. Be more careful next time, that almost cost us. Though I suppose you did get something out of it, even if it is a...water pokemon. All I have to say is it'd better not learn Ice Beam it you're going to face a ShatterStorm yourself.}

"Meh," Rai said as he laughed, waving it off. "I promise I won't teach it Ice Beam. Happy?"

{Very. By the way, is that a Lugia?}

"What!" Rai said alarmed. He'd never seen a Lugia before but he'd studied them. Lug definitely didn't reside in Hoenn.

{Look up. It's a Lugia...and there's two people riding it.}

"Hmmm, your eyesight is getting better. A couple of weeks ago you would've have Ben able to see that. The training is increasing your grown speed."

{I suppose that is true. Though it doesn't look like I've grown much.}

"The Lugia's landing. Hmmm seems to be landing by that small mountain formation. Must be a cave or something over there. I'd go check it out but I won't make it there in time on foot."

The newly christened 'Alpha' shook as it unfurled its's wings. {Get on, no arguments. I think I can make it there.} Raí did as instructed. {Hold on} Alpha said before he was off. In an instant he was in the air, climbing rapidly, fifty, then sixty feet. When he hit a hundred, he stopped to gather his bearings, before streaking forward at incredibly speed. In 15 seconds they were hovering above the Lugia which had just landed, and Alpha began to slowly descend before touching down lightly on the ground. Rai hopped off, uttering one word to the shocked pair. "Yo?"

[Aqua Girl]

Saya gave the new arival a cold stare she then though lugia was much stronger than before. She brought out her poketex and looked at flygon with it alowing her to see the flygon's data. "Interesting, its quite small to be able to cary a human is a feat." Saya said not realy showing much emotion, she pointed the device at Quinn and gave a shocked look at her. "Quinn that fight with Sanguine must have given you alot of experience..... Your a level 20 now....."

[Lord JZ of the Enigma]

As Hana was hugging Quinn's neck Seishin was going ahead and applying the potion as scarcely he could, it was a big pokemon after all and he wanted to be sure she was taken care of. "There There Quinn, we're here for ya." he said as he heard another trainer come by on a Flygon, a familiar Pokemon and a Familiar trainer, Hana already didn't like the flygon from before and hid behind Quinn's wing.


"I remember you guys, hey" he said with a slight smile as he continued helping Quinn with his minor first aid skills. Kimina was slowly floating down and looked at the new trainer and the flygon, but instead of coming down completely she just made herself invisible and moved in circles to see what was going on.

[Reaper of Shadows]

"Oh I remember you," Rai said to Seishin. "How's it going. He turned to Saya and gave her a nod. "Hey, I'm Rai. And this guy behind me, is Alpha, my Flygon."

Flygon nodded in acknowledgement before collapsing on the ground, panting. {Whew that was fun. Let's not not do that again anytime soon though. That really took a lot out of me.}

"Idiot," Rai muttered as he went to Alpha to inspect him. He was perfectly fine, no cuts or bruises of any kind. The only thing he was suffering from was exhaustion. "I told you not to do it. But no, you didn't want to listen to me. Instead you got me to join in with your crazy idea. Though I won't deny that it was fun."

{Well then you're welcome} Alpha said before yawning and closing its wings. [I'm going to take a nap. Try to keep your thought to yourself this time}

"No promises," Rai said laughing as Alpha began snoring. "Wow he's loud." He turned back to the pair who were tending to their pokemon. "Wow, guess I kinda just dropped in didn't I?" He scratched the back of his head nervously. "Well hope you don't mind. I saw you're Lugia, and I guess I was curious. I've never actually seen one, I didn't even know there were any in Hoenn."

[Aqua Girl]

"Curiosity is fine. But hes quite exausted...... I guess we mught be staying the night in this cave." Saya said remaining pretty emotionless as she looked at Quinn. "Thank you Seishin."

Quinn nuzzles hana out from her wing, "Its fine littleone." A voice says, every one hears it but the voice does not come again, Saya looks abit shocked but returns her composure. "As I said, Welcome to the cave our humble abode...."

[Christian Exodia]

Gina finally had the courage to train Alexander again, into Pidgeotto, for the upcoming gym. Now, the team was coming together. She then heard the sound of wailing Pokemon. She adjusted Alex's bowtie, and hopped on Latias. They flew towards the howling. It was the Slowpoke Well. She noticed her Pokemon were weak from the long trek. "It will have to wait." She returned the Pokemon. She jumped into the well, to find a Slowpoke, with no tail. She gasped. "Who would do that?" She picked it up, and pitied it, by catching it. "Going on a Caught Pokemon Old Language Name thing, i'll go..." She checked it. "Aurora. Now, to meet your friends." She released Lucifer, Alexander, Trina, and Latias.

[Hunderas]

The Pikachu easily dodged the Pursuit and hit Scizor with a Thunder. Scizor fell down tired from the continued fight. "Sciz! Quick return." Roy brought up the pokeball and quickly returned the worn out Scizor. "Who are you anyways?" Roy stammered out.
"Me, I am a part of the once fabulous Team Magma. Lets end this Pikachu, Thunder." The Pikachu picked itself up and let loose another ground shredding Thunder that headed towards Chimchar and Kadabra. "Kadabra, Chimchar get out of there!" Roy yelled but it was to late the Thunder hit the two of them and they were sent flying. "Return, both of you." Roy picked up there pokeballs out of his belt. "Hmm, I thought that you would have at least let my Pikachu run around a bit more. Guess you really are just a loser." The Team Magma grunt turned and walked into Viridian Forest.
Roy turned and ran towards Viridian City, by passing all other trainers Roy couldn't help but let a few tears run down his face. He was worried that any of his pokemon were hurt and that's all he could do at the moment.
Eventually Roy arrived at Viridian City's Poke Center, to what seemed like hours later to Roy. Tears running down his face and out of breath Roy couldn't get the words out fast enough to Nurse Joy who came out from her office.

[Mr.WHAM]

Riolu's Force Palm hit about half of Vulpix as it barely managed to move out of the way when he issued the attcak. Lia smiled. "Too weak. When your worth something, maybe then," she cackled. Then her hazel eyes turned to Abrax who was staring at the ground, solemnly contemplating his Pokemon's fate.His mind was tainted with thoughts of abandonment and justice as he felt Doom's prescience fall into the shadows. His happy-go-lucky nature flew away with the breeze brushing past his hair as he nodded to Apollo, not saying a word the Pokemon had already developed an understanding to him. All Pokemon were important to Abrax, and even more so than than the Pokemon, he valued the memories they would and already had made. The Cyndaquil quickly charged forward and let forth an incredibly powerful quick attack. The Vulpix took the hit directly, actually knocking itself back into Dugtrio as both Pokemon had flown into a tree. The two Pokemon were on there last legs but then the silent Nico turned away from the battle and nodded at his sister as she recalled both Pokemon. Then came out their other Pokemon, Slugma and a Houndoom. Then she whispered almost silently, "Thunder Fang. Smog." The dirty smoke filled the former battlefield as Houndoom used the cover of the smoke to quickly distribute Thunder Fangs to all three Pokemon. It knocked out both Apollo and Squirtle, but the rel problem was that poisonous gas that they were in. Coughing hard, Abrax tapped Track on the shoulder pointing to the edge of the Forest. He nodded and headed out, making their escape.

The overzealous Lia squealed in fury,"THERE'S NO RUNNING FROM A TRAINER BATTLE!" and jumped in a tree to follow pursuit. The massive hand that held her back quickly made her knees weak as she immediately stopped running and curled up finger's around her hair, batting her eyes at Nico. "You right, we should leave them alone. Besides, we still have to report to Tabitha. He'll definitely be interested in that Darkrai." Fixated on her "brother", she let herself be taken away as he carried her through the trees, as the sun set and their destination shone bright in the sky, Mount Moon.

Meanwhile Abrax called out Track's name, not sure where he was. He was worried because Riolu could have easily been poisoned an considering how it was the only Pokemon left and Track's partner and friend. "Dangerous things like that shouldn't have to happen. I mean, we did absolutely nothing to deserve it. Just try and make friends. Get stronger as a Team." Even though it had only been a few days, it felt like they'd known each other much, much longer. As if the distant connections from time past had made their bond strong. "That kid. Where in the crap could he be? You got any idea little fella?" he said to the Gible still clinging to his back. The Pokemon had turned white out of sheer fear in light of all that happened. I mean it had witnessed a Darkrai faint and be trapped in a Fire Spin. Nothing right now could change the way he felt. [i]Nothing, not a single- [/i]Abrax pulled out some Oran Berries from his Poketex and gave them to Gible as they decided to sit and wait for Track. "Help me dig a hole little fella, we're going to catch them!" The Gible smiled as the two of them got to work.

[Reaper of Shadows]

"Thanks," Rai said sincerely. "Didn't want to be rude but a Lugia's not something you see every day. And a strong one at that. I felt that Aeroblast. Pretty strong stuff." He went over to Alpha and sat down, leaning back on Alpha's prone form. "To be honest, I didn't expect such a warm reception. Though you guys might've been Team Magma but I had to check it out." Seeing their questioning stares Rai laughed before continuing to speak. "Look how wrong I was. But it seems they've increased their activity around here. They just attacked me; I barely managed to escape."
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"This is a notice. All Team Magma members respond.""Shhhhhhh," Issac said. "You're going to blow our cover." He crouched back down, hiding behind a tree. He lifted the binoculars around his neck to his eyes and peered through them. "Interesting. So that wasn't a wild Lugia. And the kid with the special Flygon's there too. Excellent. This should be good." He raised his walkie talkie to his lips and spoke into it. "I've got my eyes on the target. We've also just recovered the Raquaza egg."The device crackled for a second before a voice arose from it. "Good work. I've checked in with the other members, they've also got eyes on the target. Keep up the good work. Out."
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Tabitha lay down his walkie talkie and leaned back in his chair rubbing her hands together. "Everything is going according to plan. Now for the final piece. You!" he gestured to a member standing by him. "Go to the head of communications. I want a multi-regional broadcast to go out immediately. Full strength, use whatever resources you have to, just make it happen. Issue an emergency directive and key in my personal code Alpha-Charlie-Echo 0193. All Team Magma members, move immediately. Subdue and capture all preordained targets, and use extreme prejudice in doing so.""Yes sir!" the grunt shouted before running off to issue the orders.Tabitha leaned even further back into hisseat, smiling to himself. It would begin soon.
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"And that's what happened," Rai finished telling Saya and Seishin. "And while I'm glad I got Marshtomp out of it, I can't help but wonder what their plan is. I just know it has something to do with this," Rai held out the dark pokeball that had previously been Marshtomp's. "Anyway, just keep alert. Who knows that those guys are up to."{I'll shake them until they demand me superior to them} Alpha said, issuing a low growl. {Let then come again. We'll be ready this time}

[Aqua Girl]

That's not good.... Quinn is not technically my Pokemon. I Just raised her. Personally I wouldn't confine Quinn to those machines." Saya says wrapping my arms around Quinn. But.... I don't know. If those people are still around they must have seen the clash Sanguine and Quinn had.

"Quin is strong. But she is young." He said rubbing enjoyably under her neck and slowly moves back as I hear a rustling from the bushes "Who could it be at this late in the night....".

[Christian Exodia]

Gina beats up Poachers in there, trying to get the tails. Lucifer is popping heads(Literally. He is making heads go boom.), Aurora is making them run repeatedly into walls, Trina is tripping them with help of Alexander, who drags them, and throws them out of the well, doing so harshly. They set the tails on, and tried to reattach them. The only one that wouldn't go on was Aurora's. Gina facepalmed. "Oh well. At least i'm guarenteed a Slowking or something." She climbed up, and kicked all the guys in the nads, setting one's clothing on fire. She walked away as they burned. She daintily skipped into Azalea Town, noticing a Bug on the top of the gym. She turned to Alexander. "This is gonna be good."

[Hunderas]

After staying inside the Pokemon Center for awhile Nurse Joy came out "Don't worry Roy your pokemon are all fine." A Chansey came out pushing a cart with the 3 pokeballs sitting on it. Roy stood up and reacquired his pokemon. "Thank you, Nurse Joy." Roy said, then walking out of the Pokemon Center Roy started to cry,"I'm sorry guys. I got in over my head, and by the time I found this out it was to late to help you." Scizor came out of his pokeball trying to calm Roy down. "Come on Sciz we need to get back home." Roy and Sciz walked out of Viridian City. They avoided any trainers and walked into Viridian City, getting past the beginning of the forest easily. still dodging trainers eyes and trying to avoid even other pokemon they walked straight through the forest and ended up in the middle in an hour.

[Mr.WHAM]

Lia and Nico waited impatiently for their newcomer. She fussed all over her comrade as she poked hi, grabbed various parts of his body, face and legs finally coming to a stop, sitting on his broad shoulders. The newcomer rode in on an Arcanine as he greeted the two of them. "You must be...Rannel right?" Lia said as she plopped down from Nico's shoulders. She stared at his face wondering why he looked so pale. "Tabitha issued the protocol and we are to go obtain the Pokemon."
"I know. I got the message too. Any potential threats we meet will be dealt with. If any trainers we've met so far have been assesed as threats that is. Have you seen any persons of interest?"
"We met a pair of Trainers with a Darkrai and Riolu. Also one of them had a Cyndaquil that shot out red flames with a black center. I want the one with the cute little Riolu," her flirting voice said. "What bout you boy?"
"I saw a trainer myself. A Chimchar, Scizor and Kadabra. We should do what we have to. Capture. Obtain.-"
"--And Eliminate!! Nyah! Wonderful!" A white flash appeared as the C.O.E devices were sent to the middle of them. With it, they would get rid of any possible threat to Magma. Along with them came a 3'x3' box assembled with a special tyoe of ore. There were some preprogrammed commands in it and the three immediately went off.

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"Sir. The devices have been sent out. We also have reports of Trainers with Lugias, Latias and other Legendary Pokemon."
"Good," Tabitha said glowing. His fingers rapped against the long wood table as he looked at the scientist reporting to him. "What about the Legendary?"
"We have the Sinnoh and Island in our possesion. All we need now is the Kanto, Johto and Hoenn. Team Rocket is assisting us in Joth. The Other teams are at the last reported sightings of the Pokemon."

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In Shimon's pocket, the device that Rocket grunt had given him started to ring. A projected hologram of James appeared. [color=#008080]"Hello Shimon. I've heard you'd gotten into contact with the organization again. Well I would relish a chance to speak to you face to face.This device will boost your Mewtwo's Teleport ability incredibly but it will only work once. You should land right outside of Azalea town in Johto. I look forward to seeing you."[/color] The image closed out as the device began to beep, waiting for Shimon to activate it, continuing on his journey.

[Shadow Zero]

Shimon froze. No seriously, he literally froze. A bunch of emotions were raging and clashing inside of him right now. How did they know that he had a Mewtwo on him at the moment. Was he not careful enough in hiding it from the grunt, or was it something else? Also, why was it James that was calling on him? Surely they didn't know Shimon's feelings on that matter. At the time that he left, he wasn't to far below James on the chain of command, and he felt that he wanted to be like James somehow. Always cool and calm even in the face of great odds and great danger. That was the kind of person he aspired to be. Or at least, that's what he USED to want to be like. Ever since the death of his brother at the hands of a Rocket, he had completely changed. He still hadn't made his decision, but he knew that now was the time to. Advance or Abscond. Rejoin them, or fight them. He still didn't know which one he wanted more. Still, maybe this could be something to help him decide......well, only time and experience would be able to truly tell. Shimon grasps the beacon firmly and turns to face his three Pokemon.

"Mithran. Blaze. Kazan. Training time is over. We have somewhere to be." Of the three, his Scyther Kazan was least willing to stop his training, but he too obeyed. Shimon walked over and held the device face up in front of him. "Mithran. Take us to Azalea Town."

Mithran's eyes widened as the emotions of shock, uncertainty, and fear poured into Shimon. Mithran was afraid that such a strain on him would be very harmful. Mithran pointed to the device that he was holding out in front of him. "This will boost the power of your teleportation. It should get us all there safely. You'll still need a bit of rest, but land us in front of the Pokemon Center and that won't be a problem."

Mithran was still uncertain, but nodded once. Then next moment, the trio of Pokemon and Shimon were gone from the edges of Viridian Forest and in front of the Pokemon Center in Johto Region's Azalea Town. Mithran is feeling a bit exhausted of course, but not hurting, so the device seems to have worked. Shimon quickly pockets it before walking into the Pokemon Center and getting his Pokemon healed. Once that was done, he starts heading east through Azalea Town, towards Union Cave and the Slowpoke Well.

[Christian Exodia]

Gina took down an easy trainer; and peered into Union Cave. Nothing much. She used a few Wing Attacks from Alexander, a few Confusions from Lucifer, all that jazz. Some neared evolution. Trina, especially. "Not yet. Overkill will begin at Morty's gym." She analyzed her team. Equal levels. Good, she thought. Then, the egg started to glow. She ran outside quickly, and dropped the egg. But, luckily, the Pokemon stopped glowing before it hit the ground. "Togepi!" She grabbed it, and went, "Aww!", having a girly moment. But the Togepi jumped from her arms before she could catch it. It ran, Gina in pursuit. It got to the feet of Shimon. And Gina, only looking at the Pokemon, slammed into him.

[Shadow Zero]

Shimon had passed the slowpoke well and continued on towards union cave. He had never been in Johto before, so he had no idea exactly where they were, or that they were traveling ass backwards. And then he is slammed into by some girl, knocking him backwards. However, a few years of training as a rocket teaches you not to be so easily knocked over, so the most that happens is that he stumbles backwards. He quickly regains his footing and glares at the girl, a growl beginning to form in his throat. "HEY! Watch where you're going!"

[Christian Exodia]

"Sorry!" She grumbles, grabs the Togepi, and uses the Pokeball. "I apologize. Every f***ing Pokemon I hatch from a F***ing egg runs away from me from birth." Lucifer jumped out of his Pokeball and smacked Gina. "Ow! Well, since she is in the Pokeball, I will break the streak. Her name is Izzy. There." She analyzed the genders of the team, or at least, what she thought(In the cases of Lucifer and Izzy). Aurora, Izzy, and Trina Females. Lucifer, Alexander Males. Latias unknown; using Female Honorifics." Then turned back to Shimon. "Again, sorry. Gotta run!" She then got out of there to get to the Center, and return to the field.

[Shadow Zero]

Yeah, Shimon is kind of irritated about the whole affair. One of the girls Pokemon popping out and smacking her was definitely entertaining though. Shimon wouldn't mind seeing something like that happen again. Right now though, he has the slightly more pressing issue of not knowing where he is. He decides to follow after the girl. He usually prefers to travel alone, but in an known region with no map of it, he would definitely need a guide of sorts. He heads back to Azalea town again. Upon passing a slowpoke well for the second time, he sees a Rocket Grunt. Possibly standing guard, or just stupid enough to not be somewhere where he couldn't be seen. Shimon ignores him and continues on his way. He has other things to do before he decides to stick his nose back into the business of other rockets.

[Mr.WHAM]

"You there, Shimon. We've been waiting for you and your friend. That girl. James said their would be two of you. Please come inside," the Rocket Grunt bowed as he waited for Shimon and Gina to enter. James had left a message to all the members of Team Rocket in the on going operation. The harvesting of Slowpoketails was going well and they were sent straight to the Headquarters. The Rocket members were supposed to escort Shimon down, past their operation. They would give him minimal details. Afterwards, they would take him to Tea Magma and tell him to "Do what he must." The Rocket grunt snickered. [i]Poor kids, it's a shame if they live. Their lives will just be entering into hell...[/i]




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[color=#800080]Jessie walked into Aqua Headquarters with Drapion and Seviper, right beside her. The little imbeciles that worked for Archie gawked at her nd her Pokemon. Many of them in shock of how bold she was, to walk in with such powerful Pokemon follwing her. Some of the onlookers had lust and desire in their eyes, wishing, yearning for a chance to get a flirting look or a smile from her face. The small few though, felt threatened and even somewhat challenged by her prescience, grabbing on their Pokeballs, ready to burst forth when the time came. Her regal strut was unwavering as she went down the corridor straight into the elevator. "Drapion, stay here and make sure none of the non beautiful people disturb my meeting." Her laughter echoed loudly as the elevator headed straight towards the top floor, Archie's office.

A long, opal table commanded the room As ocean blue walls filled the room, light dancing off of the reflective paints and colors. "I must say ,I LOVE what you've done with the place. The whole undersea grotto feeling is delightful. Especially those dark seaweed colored lights." The head of Aqua glowered on, not the least but taken in by what she said. "Oh you don't like a compliment. I can just as easily insult you...and your life." Seviper's blade was at Maxie's neck. His eyes didn't falter, just continued onward. "Oh ho ho ho. Maxie's got moxie. But to business..." the Pokemon's blade slithered across his skin, gently touching him. A button was pressed through slight of hand, and a shining Blue orb appeared a top the center of the table. "I'll take that."[/color]
[color=#00ffff]"I have your word that we will be immune and business will continue?" Jessie nodded. "Then take the damned thing and leave." [/color]Jessie gloated as she walked out the building, cackling.

[Shadow Zero]

Shimon looks at the rocket grunt appraisingly before turning back to the girl. "Follow or don't as you wish, but don't go too far. I'll be wanting help procuring a map. You owe me that much."

Shimon then turns and heads straight for the slowpoke well, ignoring the rocket grunt. Upon reaching the well, he didn't even bother taking the ladder. He jumped down, landing on the ground below him with a not inconsiderable amount of force. Statistically speaking taking the ladder was safer, but Shimon was not very tolerant of waiting around. His torchic had jumped onto his head just before his jump, His Scyther imitated Shimons jumping actions, and his Mewtwo floated down. In this way the four of them began walking through the Slowpoke well, not stopping for anything or anyone.

[Christian Exodia]

Gina released Lucifer. "Go Lucifer." She let her Butterfree out. "Kill any who dare." She was dark in her tone. She followed. "So, what is this? It is curiou- *Pop*" Repeated pops came from onlookers. "Let me make it clear, Lucifer. Kill any who look at me the wrong way." She had Trina pop out and wrap around her neck in fear. "Don't worry, Trina." Izzy was hiding in her satchel, poking up. Alexander was in the Pokeball, as well as the others. "Good." She proceeded. She was still curious about what was ahead. She looks to Lucifer. "What's next?" She asked him, and he shrugged. A male Butterfree sounded weird. She then fluttered down by holding onto Lucifer. She proceeded to follow.

[Mr.WHAM]

The stars in the sky radiated beautifully as a swarm of Butterfree flew high above Abrax, their bodies giving of minute glimmers of light in the night sky. Deep inside the ground, Gible and Abrax lay in the ground worn from digging a hole with their bare hands for the whole day. A few trainers had passed them by but none of them were Track. His head felt as though head been headbutted by an Aggron and his legs were so weak that any sudden movements would make his bones collapse. But he pulled himself up and Gible clung to his back. He somehow manage to find the strength to continue on. "We'll head straight to the Pokemon center. Heal up our friends and rest." The climbed up the makeshift dirt ladder they had made as he consoled Gible more. "Don't worry, you can come with me to the gym and we'll come back tomorrow to look for him." They approached the Pokemon Center an walked inside. "Nurse Joy, is it okay if my Pokemon and I rest here overnight"

"Of course! The Pokemon Center is open to all Trainers and their Pokemon. Please head to the basement to the Temporary Trainer Quarters. There you should be find. There are three other trainers there but they are worn out. You however, need medical attention, so we'll put you in a special section. Is that fine?" Abrax nodded, worried about Track the whole while. He was off in distant thought, hoping for some justice. [i]I guess I'll have to deliver it myself then.[/i] "Please leave your Pokemon with me then, young...?"

"Abrax." She smiled as a Chansey appeared and escorted him downstairs. "Will they all be okay"

"Your Pokemon will be healed just find. Come here little one," her voice was fleeting and affectionate as she gestured for Gible to follow her. The Pokemon hesitated, looking at Abrax for confirmation. The young child just smiled and nodded for him to go. Abrax disappeared from his sight as he went into the lower level, guided by Chansey. She led him into the first set of rooms and tucked him in bed. An IV was placed in his left arm as he slowly drifted off to sleep, contemplating the future that lay ahead.