Pokémon Paramount Ventures—The Legendary Cygrus Region! [Reboot/Co-Hosted by Zextra and Rainbow Dash]

[Ｄｈａｒｃ]

[color=#006400]Nathan nodded when Ashmin brought up the fact that they could just find the person who possessed the Transcend Hedron. "Yeah, that could work, but the problem with that is, well, anybody in the entire world could be in possession of that Hedron. I mean, Jirachi said himself that he was [i]unlocked[/i] by Caden doing something, and that was only on the level of his soul...So, I suppose for now, Desu, you and I can look together for the Transcend Hedron and Jirachi. Everyone else, I suggest you resume your journeys in the Cygrus League. I know for a fact that you need the Rockius Gym Badge next, right, Rose?"[/color]
Rose nodded in affirmation. "Yeah, that's the next one I need."
[color=#006400]"Alright then," Nathan continued. "Now, I suggest that if you guys haven't taken on the Gym here, you either go do so now and take the ferry to Rockius, or you skip it for now and come with us. After all, I do believe my ride is here...Oh, and to make sure Caden's body isn't lost...Glalie, come out!" Nathan tossed a Poké ball into the air, and a black-and-blue spherical Pokémon with long black horns emerged. "Now, use Sheer Cold on Caden. Everyone, I suggest you back up."[/color]
[color=#006400]Glalie leapt into the air and began to spin upside-down. Then, an orb of light blue energy formed between his horns, and a beam shot downward, encasing Caden's body in a massive block of ice.[/color]
[color=#006400]At the same time, a large black helicopter landed about fifty yards from the group.[/color]
[color=#006400]"Right," Nathan said, returning Glalie and producing another Poké ball. "Now, Cradily, I need you to pull Caden over to the helicopter." The large green Pokémon extended the pink tentacles on its head, grabbing the massive chunk of ice that Caden was inside. It then slowly ambled over to the helicopter, where it set him down gently on a large bed similar to those you'd find in a hospital.[/color]
[color=#006400]"Alright, everybody, get on!"[/color]

*~♪~♪~*

[color=#006400]Nathan waved as the rest of the people on the helicopter that needed to head to the Rockius Gym got off. The aircraft began to rise again, and it started heading toward where the Evraflow Conference was being held.[/color]
[color=#006400][i]Evraflow Conference, Evraflow Forest...It's probably our best bet.[/i][/color]

[~British Soul~]

Silver had gotten so used to Desu's company, that he had forgotten about travelling alone like when he started his Cygrus journey. When Desu left with Nathan into the helicopter, it hit home that he was on his own again. Croconaw had exited his pokeball and Silver turned to him "Yup, we're on our own now."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~Flashback (earlier that morning)~*~*~*~*~*~*~

After listening to Nathan's stirring speech, Silver frantically searched his bag for his Town Map to see where the next gym was. After a closer inspection, he forgot that there was a gym in Graklus, the situation with Caden and investigating with Desu had made him forget.
"[color=#006400]Silver, i'm going with Nathan to go find the Transcend Hedron.[/color]" Desu told Silver as he was boarding the helicopter.
"...but why?" Silver asked
"[color=#006400]You know as well as i do, that i have met Celebi in the past, so it makes sense for me help Nathan find the Transcend Hedron so that Caden can come back to life.[/color]" Nathan added
"So this is goodbye then?" Silver asked as a tear started to appear
"[color=#006400]This isn't goodbye my friend.[/color]" Desu answered as had stepped into the helicopter before turning back to Silver "[color=#006400]you coming?[/color]"
"No, i'm getting the ferry to Rockius. Remember when we came here, we came here to investigate the strange goings on and that made me forget to challenge the Graklus gym."
Desu understood as he waved to Silver as the helicopter took off, Silver couldn't help but shed a tear.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Flashback ends~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Silver had decided to man up and challenge the Graklus gym as fast as he could so that he can join the group over at Rockius.
An hour or so later he had arrived at the Graklus gym, he was surprised to see that a shady person had exited the gym. He decided not to follow as he needed to get his skates on and get the Graklus badge so that he can join the others at Rockius.

~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~

Meanwhile on the way to Evraflow, Desu looked out of the windows of the helicopter.
[color=#006400][i]Hmm...i wonder if its true that the Evraflow Forest is situated near the Evraflow Conference. It does make sense.[/i][/color]
He sighed as their destination got closer and closer.

[CrystalCyae]

[i]Is the League so important that someone would rather challenge it than help a friend?[/i] Ashmin thought, considering the Graklus Gym. She'd never actually challenged it, since she had gotten caught up in this horrible incident. She slighlty wished she hadn't been there, but that couldn't be changed. Besides, now she had more company than just her Pokemon. And they understood how she felt about it.
Nathan's Glalie froze Caden's body, so that it became incased in a block of ice. She understood it was for a good reason, but it still made her feel like it would be rather painful - if Caden were alive at the time, that is.
The helicopter arrived, and most of them filed on. Silver didn't, saying he needed to challenge the gym. Ashmin waved to him as the helidopter took off towards Rockius, as did Desu.

*~*~*~*~*

The helicopter touched down in Rockius, and they waved goodbye to the people getting off at Rockius. The helicopter lifted off again, flying towards the place of the Evraflow Conference. That much Ashmin could tell.
"What's the plan?" Ashmin called, raising her voice over whir of the helicopter. "What are we going to do once we touch down again?!"

[Ｄｈａｒｃ]

Rose waved as everyone on the helicopter departed. As they disappeared over the horizon, Rose sighed. "I know that they probably want my help, but...I've gotta complete the League. For Caden." Rose looked around Rockius, and he began to sniff a little as he felt tears starting to form in his eyes. "We promised..."

[i]Hey, how about we battle again, after the Rockius Gym?[/i]
[i]Sure, sounds good.[/i]
[i]Great! I promise I'll be stronger by then, Caden![/i]

Rose shook his head and wiped his eyes, then went over to the Gym. He would win here, for Caden.

*~♪~♪~*

"Treecko!" Rose shouted.
From the massive cloud of black smoke in the center of the battlefield, a small green shape flew out, slamming into the wall behind Rose. Treecko slid down the wall, then slowly pulled herself up to her feet. "Tree...Tree...Treecko..."
"Treecko," Rose said, concerned. "I'm sorry, we should have trained more. It's alright, you can come back, and I'll send out Gyarados or Lapras."
Treecko shook her head and slowly rose to a standing position. She gritted her teeth, and a white light began swirling around her. The light enveloped her, and she began to grow in size and change in shape. Finally, the light faded, and a Grovyle stood where Treecko was a moment before.
Rose smiled, then he made up his mind about what he wanted to do. "Tree—Err, Grovyle, use Magical Blade!"
Grovyle leapt through the air, and the leaves on her arms glowed green. Then, they moved together and formed a long sickle-shaped blade of energy on each arm. Then, the blades took on a shifting rainbow light, and Grovyle shot forward across the watery battlefield, jumping between numerous circular platforms.
[color=#000080]Azure Soundwind, the Gym Leader, adopted a fighting stance. "Yeah, Dewott, let's finish this! Razor Shell, max power!"[/color]
[color=#000080]The blue Pokémon removed the two scalshops from his dark blue skirt of fur. The two large shells glowed brightly, and broad aqua blades of energy formed from them.[/color]
Dewott shot forward as well, and he clashed with Grovyle. There was a small explosion when the two Pokémon's blades connected. However, that was not the end of that battle—There were fierce battle sounds coming from within the smoke, and flashing lights. Occasionally, a jet of water or blast of energy would shoot out from the swirling smoke.
Finally, the sounds of battle ceased, and the smoke cleared. Towering over a fallen Dewott was...
"S-Sceptile?"
The large reptilian Pokémon turned toward Rose and smiled. "Sceptile!" she said happily.

*~♪~♪~*

[color=#000080]Azure sighed dissappointedly, then handed a white badge over to Rose. "Here, this is the Spring Badge. Now that you have this badge, if you've completed all the other Gyms before this one, you are permitted to enter the interior of the Levia Bridge and take that battle challenge, if you so wish. Be warned, however, as the woman in charge of the facility is [i]very [/i]strong."[/color]
Rose examined his new badge. It was a white circle with three blue wispy lines on it. "Thank you very much, Mr. Soundwind."
[color=#000080]Azure sighed again. "Yeah, sure, whatever..."[/color]

*~♪~♪~*

[color=#006400]Nathan looked over at Ashmin. "Well, I suppose we'll just look around the woods near Evraflow City. Basically, if we get into a place that kinda seems out of place, or we walk deep enough to notice that we can't see an exit anywhere, then I guess we'll have found Evraflow Forest. I mean, the woods to the south of the city aren't thick at all, but they do cover a long, thin stretch of land."[/color]
[color=#006400]Nathan looked over at Caden. He was still frozen solid, and Glalie was making sure of that by constantly hitting him with Powder Snow to refreeze the melted areas.[/color]
[color=#006400][i]Don't worry...We'll save you...[/i][/color]

[Zextra]

[color="#1589FF"]A day after Rectus and Judas left to investigate, they had made no progress. Salamence hovered over the dark green clouds that floated above Gloomy Shades. "Well, we've searched most areas that we can immediately associate with those troublemakers...Turnback Cave, Grakus Isle, Barren Colosseum..." Rectus started listing, preparing to turn back. "We'll do this again soon, but we've done enough for now" he shrugged, disappointed.[/color]

[color="#1589FF"]"Salamence, Evraflow City, now!" Rectus called. Salamence nodded affirmatively, raising its wings. In a gust of wind, it burst away, heading towards Evraflow City. On his way to Evraflow City, however, Rectus caught sight of a helicopter soaring across the sky. He tapped Salamence on the back, pointing a finger in the helicopter's direction. Salamence gave a short grunt before accelerating towards the helicopter. Shortly after, the two of them had approached the helicopter, flying by its side. Rectus peered into the glass windows, and much to his surprise, saw Desu.[/color]

[color=red]*****[/color]

[color=green]ENTER ALEX CARLIN:
A tall, young boy of thirteen stepped off of Mt. Rockius, having just completed his morning hike - he had shaggy brown hair, wore a brown and pink-colored hoodie, topped off with blue jeans and black sneakers. He yawned before reaching into his hoodie pocket. He extracted two Pokeballs and tossed them into the air. "Kadabra, Floatzel, get some fresh air" he called in a laid-back voice, taking a seat by the nearby springs. He watched as Kadabra wandered around, juggling a couple of rocks with its Psychic attack, while Floatzel dove in and out of the nearby water. He sighed and lay down on the ground, using his backpack as a cushion.[/color]

[StealthyTyranitar]

Lukas stepped off the boat, suprised that the town was no longer bustling. "hmm, that's odd. I could've sworn it said the evarflow confrence started 15-7-10." He took out his brochure again, re-reading the date. "15-[b]8[/b]-10! I'm a month behind! Sol, sol sol!" He said to Solosis, as they both began to run. Thry didn't care that it was nighttime, they ran straight into the forest. They had been running for fifteen minutes when They ran straight into a looming Pokemon. When he looked up, his eyes widened. "Solosis, hit that Tropius with a Void Slam! Solosis formed a Shadow ball around him, as he used rollout. Tropius did not expect this, so the Pokemon looked around for its attack around his head, because ussaully only big Pokemon attacked it. It finally found Solisis after its second attack, so It was already weekend. It used gust though, as Solisis came in for a finisher, and knocked solosis into the tree. Now, use tha Shadow Ball that you've been charging up! As he was rolling back and forth, the Shadow ball had been gaining power to. The purple ball slammed into Tropius, and lukas threw the Heal ball he had been given. One, two three, Click! He had caught tropius! He let it back out, and realised something. We could stay on its back. "SOlis, sol sol. Lukas explained, and they both clambered up. He could see the gym from his viewpoint, and pointed to it, saying, "Thataway, my loyal stiege.' In a ridiculous way.

[Ｄｈａｒｃ]

[color=#006400]Nathan looked out the window, and he saw the Salamence and...[/color]
[color=#006400]"Rectus? Why are you here?"[/color]
[color=#006400]Suddenly, a Skarmory flew up by the other side of the plane, carrying Judas.[/color]
[color=#006400]"W-what the hell?" Nathan gasped.[/color]
[color=#006400]The Champion of the Cygrus Region and the Elite Four member that lost to Caden were both just outside the plane. Nathan felt that warranted an explanation.[/color]
[color=#daa520]"Well, it's nice to feel welcome," Judas replied, slightly miffed at Nathan's reaction. "And I remember you—You were there in Graklus, when your little brother defeated my Pokémon. Where is—" Judas saw Nathan's Glalie and Caden's icy tomb. "Oh. I see. So that's what happened..." Judas and Skarmory dropped below the helicopter. "Nathan Azure, Caden Azure, Rectus, and Desu all in one place? It's too good to be true...Skarmory, slash that fuel line there."[/color]
[color=#daa520]Rectus's Skarmory, a bit wary of his current master's intentions, grudgingly oblidged. He raised one razor-sharp wing and made three small incisions in the fuel line. There would be enough fuel to get to Evraflow, and then the rest would leak out...[/color]
[color=#daa520]Rectus and Skarmory then lowered so Skarmory's wings just barely skid over the water, making his body armor glisten.[/color]

*~♪~♪~*

Rose was resting with his newly-evolved Sceptile near the springs in Rockius when a Floatzel jumped out of the water next to them and splashed them. Sceptile quickly jumped to her feet and readied two Leaf Blades, preparing to attack the Pokémon that so rudely disrupted her and her master's good time.
"Relax, Sceptile, it's okay," Rose said, patting her back. The Pokémon relaxed and curled back up next to him. Rose looked over to their left and saw a boy about the same age as him resting on his backpack. There was a Kadabra next to him, and Rose now assumed the Floatzel belonged to him as well. "Nice day, isn't it?" Rose called over to him.

[~British Soul~]

When Silver entered Graklus Gym, he noticed that it was a tad dark, he wondered if he would need a flashlight to traverse his way to the stadium, but just as he was about to reach for the flashlight, the lights in the gym lit up, sensing that a challenger had entered. So Silver follwed the hallway into the main stadium.

"[color=#000080]Welcome Challenger![/color]" a voice called from within the shadows "[color=#000080]I am Sorano, so you wish you challenge me?[/color]" he said as he stepped out of the shadows
"That's right! i, Silver Yuja, wish to challenge you and win your badge." Silver called out in reply.
Upon hearing that name, Sorano remembered something that happened a few minutes prior. "[color=#000080]That name, it was mentioned by some other kid that passed by, however i will still take you down.[/color]"

A minute later, the referee had approached the battlefield to declare the start of the battle "[color=#696969]The battle between Sorano the gym leader and Silver the challenger will now begin. Each side will use 4 pokemon, and the battle will be over when all 4 pokemon on either side is unable to continue. In addition, only the challenger is able to substitute pokemon, now begin![/color]"

Both trainers got out their first pokeballs and proceeded to throw them into the air. The pokemon that came out were revealed to be a Spiritomb and Luxio.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

It appeared to be a mismatch between Tyranitar and Bagon,as Tyranitar had almost overpowered Bagon in nearly every move it had thrown against it.

"Use Dragon Dance!" Silver called out to Bagon, as it done a little dance, whilst doing the dance it had emanated a red glow which increased its attack power. "Now Dragon Claw!" Bagon had unleashed a more powerful Dragon Claw towards Tyranitar, and it appeared to be getting closer to its target faster than expected as Dragon Dance had increased its speed.

"[color=#000080]Hyper Beam now![/color]" Sorano shouted as a speeding target was of no concern, as Tyranitar fired a powerful orange beam towards Bagon who was too focused on attacking to notice.

As the smoke cleared it almost looked as if Bagon was down and out, but then it started glowing white, Silver was shocked as the little Bagon had evolved into Shelgon. Sweet now i have a little more fire power on my team. Sorano was impressed "[color=#000080]Now use Hyper beam![/color]" "Protect, then Double Edge!" Silver called out with such speed, a green barrier had covered Shelgon, protecting it from the Hyper beam, then it started charging towards Tyranitar. Shelgon still had the speed and attack increase from Dragon Dance and Tyranitar was momentarily immobilized as it felt the power of the Double Edge. "Now finish with Dragon Claw!" Just before Shelgon had stepped back he used Dragon Claw to topple Tyranitar, making it faint.

"[color=#000080]Congrats Silver, you have earned your badge.[/color]" Silver accepted the badge, bowed to Sorano, but just as he was about to leave... "[color=#000080]Before you go, that kid who mentioned your name, he showed me a a photo that looked like you and said he was looking for you.[/color]" Silver was confused by waht Sorano had said, based on what the mystery kid had told him if Silver had shown up.

~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~

Desu looked out the window and was somewhat surprised to see Rectus, however did not react, just in case he gave out the wrong reaction. He then looked over to see Judas out of the other window, who was slowly coming out of sight [color=#006400][i]i wonder what Judas is up to?[/i][i].[/i][/color] He reached for his bag and got out his pokegear.

[CrystalCyae]

It really takes one by surprise when a member of the Elite 4 and the Champion of Cygrus appears outside your helicopter.
Needless to say, Ashmin nearly had a double take, but restrained herself from being an idiot. No use acting like that before people she hoped to verse in the eventual future.
[color=#006400]"W-what the hell?" Nathan gasped.[/color]
Judas then made some comments that seemed to have nothing to do with the question. Heck, maybe that was just how he acted on a regular basis. Like a somewhat loony guy.
It was that thought that reminded her where she'd seen Judas before. When she'd left the Gym in Graklus, and seen Caden battle the figure who ran off upon defeat. The figure was Judas. That explained a tiny bit.
[i]I feel somewhat lucky that he doesn't remember me, standing near the enterance to the Gym. He probably wouldn't want to know there were more onlookers watching his defeat.[/i]
From the corner of her eye, Ashmin noticed Desu reach into his bag and pull out a Pokegear. The reason, Ashmin had no idea. Maybe she'd get the oppurtunity to ask later.
"Is there any reason in particular you are following our helicopter?" Ashmin called out to Rectus. She wanted an answer. Two high ranking Trainers don't just go out of their way to randomly follow a helicopter. Not based on what Ashmin had seen in the Johto League.

[StealthyTyranitar]

Lukas was finally there! It took him all night to get to the Gym, because he constanly had to tell Tropius that trees wouldn't move out of his way. He had heard the Leader had three Pokemon, so he had decided to catch another Pokemon at night. Inside his Pokeball was a Pawniard, and that was a tough one. When he arrived, he ran into the Gym. Thanks to hus heal balls, he didn't need to heal at the Pokecenter right now! He told Tropius to find the center of the gym, then for Solosis to roll through. They burst through to find Shibi there, with a grin on your face. "Quite a racket you guys made back there. You ready." Lukas looked sheepish. "Yeah, umm, sure." Shibi shrugged. "Go, Sewadle!." ...

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"Pawniard, use your Fade Slice attack!" It was a combo of Psycho Cut and Faint Attack. Pawniard dissapeared, arrived behind the already hurt Leafeon, and finished it of by slicing it. "Good job, thoguh I must say, your Pawniard is colored oddly." Lukas was confused. "What, you mean that Pawniards aren't blue?" Shibi nodded his head, and Lukas shrugged. "Oh well. Thanks for the badge!" He said as Shibi passed him the badge.

[Zextra]

[color=#1589FF]Rectus turned his head towards the helicopter, where he was almost immediately questioned about his intentions. He reacted with slight surprise when he saw Nathan. "Oh, Nathan, haven't seen you in a while...not since our last encounter in Johto" Rectus mused upon seeing Nathan. "And speaking of Johto" he began, turning to the girl further in the helicopter "Ashmin, is it? I recognize you as one of the quarterfinalists in last year's Silver Conference" he continued.[/color]

[color=#1589FF]"Now, to answer your question, Judas and I were returning to Evraflow City" he answered, eyeing Judas suspiciously as he disappeared and reappeared beside him. "And as for you...why are you here in Cygrus? No, never mind that - I heard what happened to your brother...my condolences to you" he said solemnly.[/color]

[color=#1589FF][color=red]*****[/color][/color]

[color=#1589FF][color=green]Alex looked to his left as a voice seemed to address him. "Indeed..." he answered, stifling a yawn. He forced himself off the ground. "Alex Carlin, pleasure to meet your" he greeted, extending his hand as he approached the newcomer. "So, from the looks of it, you seem to be participating in the league" he commented, his Floatzel shooting out of the water, landing beside him.[/color][/color]

[~British Soul~]

As Silver exited the gym, he wondered who would be looking for him and for what reason. He remembered what Latias had told him and wondered if there is a connection, but he figured that'd be stupid to make assumptions. With his tired pokemon in tow he went to the pokemon center to heal up and stock up on supplies. While he was there he checked when the next ferry to Rockius was, and found out that it was fairly soon.

When Silver exited the pokemon center, a sense of paranoia had set in, as he could be followed by the person who was looking for him, however he figured that the same person didn't know where he was.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Meanwhile, a kid sporting a brown coat, white shirt and red trainers was still hanging around the island trying to find Silver. He thought whether or not Silver was still on the island, so he decided to send in Skarmory. The mystery kid showed Skarmory a picture of Silver and asked him to find out where he was, Skarmory nodded and set off to find him.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Silver couldn't stop thinking about the guy looking for him, maybe he was an assassin or someone from his past seeking revenge, the point was, he was getting nowhere because it could be anyone plus he wasn't given any discription at all from Sorano or anyone else that had met him if anyone.

To the skies he noticed a Skarmory, and wanted to get suspicious, however his suspicions arose when the Skarmory noticed him and flew off in a different direction. [i]I wonder why that Skarmory flew away from me.[/i]

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

The Skarmory returned to the mystery kid and reported back. "[color=#0000FF]You saw him?[/color]" Skarmory nodded. [i][color=#0000FF]Sweet, now i can reunite with my friend Silver.[/color][/i]

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

As Silver was nearing the ferryport, he heard something in the distance. It was getting louder as it was nearing him, ad just as he turned to wear the noise was coming from, the mystery figure jumped with such power, such spring in their step and landed onto the ground near Silver, however he did feel a bit of pain which was shook off quickly. Silver was surprised to see who it was

"Alex Fubushi? Is that you?" Silver Asked
"[color=#0000FF]Well, if it isn't my ol' buddy Silver, hows it going![/color]" Alex replied, asking a question
"Well you know me, i like to get ahead of the *cough* competition."
"[color=#0000FF]You cocky-- you really know how to annoy me, don't you?[/color]"

The 2 friends exchanged greetings, and arguments so to speak, however it quickly turned to business, as Silver's Pokegear was ringing. Silver picked it up to see who it was.

"What's up Desu, how's the search?"
"[color=#008000]We're not there yet Silver, however i'm getting...i'm getting suspicious in my present situation.[/color]"
"How so?"
"[color=#008000]The situation forces me to be brief, good luck with your mission[/color]"

The transmission ended there as Silver was about to ask question, however it was Alex asking questions,

"[color=#0000FF]Was that... was that Desu Crosstar, and what did he mean by mission?[/color]"
"I'll tell you later." Silver replied as he hurried towards the ferryport as he feared the ferry to Rockius was about to leave.
"[color=#0000FF]Waaaiit for meee![/color]"

[Ｄｈａｒｃ]

"Yeah, I am," Rose replied. "By the way, my name's Rose. Pleased to meet you. Are you competing in the league?"
Sceptile pulled herself up and walked over to Floatzel, fully on-guard. "Scept...Sceptile." Sceptile growled at Alex's Floatzel, bearing her teeth, which were unusually sharp for her species. She slowly circled around the Sea Weasel Pokémon, sizing him up. Her growl suddenly morphed into a hiss, and she crouched on the ground next to Floatzel, ready to attack.
"Huh? Sceptile, what's up with you?" Rose asked, bewildered. "Sorry, Alex, she's a bit...Feisty."

*~♪~♪~*

[color=#006400]Nathan nodded at Rectus. "Yeah, it sure has been a while...Thanks. And currently, I'm investigating something...Well, actually, that's on hold. Now, I'm looking for a way to bring Caden back...And for that, we need Celebi's power."[/color]
[color=#006400]Nathan thought he might have said too much, especially since he wasn't able to see Judas, so he quickly shut himself up.[/color]
[color=#006400][i]What the hell is Judas up to...? He doesn't seem quite right...[/i][/color]

*~♪~♪~*

[color=#daa520]Judas called up to Rectus as he and Skarmory skimmed along the surface of the water. "Hey! Are we going to head back or what? Pick up the pace!"[/color]
[color=#daa520]Judas felt like everything was falling right into place. [i]Rectus and Caden, both in one place...I can easily take out Caden now, and getting rid of Rectus is just a matter of time...Then, Thundurus's power will be mine...[/i][/color]

*~♪~♪~*

[i][color=#ff0000]The dark clouds above Evraflow Tower swirled menacingly. There was something in them...Something full of hate and malice...Something full of anger and fury...Something...Not of this world...[/color][/i]

[Zextra]

[color=#1589FF]Rectus looked surprised at the mention of Celebi's name, but quickly reverted to his usual calm self. "I see. You seem determined to do so - well, in that case, I wish you luck. Perhaps if things turn out well, I may be able to join your investigation" he smiled before Salamence let out a grunt. "Oh, that's right...we should probably get back to Evraflow Tower" he commented as Salamence spread its wings out. "Perhaps you guys should tag along...after all, it is the only safe place to land a helicopter in Evraflow" he teased before Salamence flew on ahead.[/color]

[color=red]*****[/color]

[color=green]Alex's Floatzel barely reacted to the Sceptile's "threat" - in fact, it even gave off a smile. "Me? Nah, I just came here to Rockius to relax - You see, I'm from Immortafreeze City, where it's always frigid, hence the name, so it's nice to get out once in a while" Alex explained.
"Oh, and since you're taking the league challenge, you might be glad to know that there's a Gym there." Alex pointed out. "Since you're here, I presume you have five badges already? If that's the case, you're qualified to battle for the Frost Badge"
he said. "If you want, I can help take you there" he offered, smiling.[/color]

[CrystalCyae]

Ashmin's mind reeled suddenly, the instant Johto was mentioned in detail of her challenge.
[i]How the heck does Rectus remember ME from last years Silver Conference?! I wasn't even really mentioned. And they did shorten my name to Ash Clarendu at it. And my trainer profile definitely says Ashmin Rin-Clarendu. Rectus must have a seriously sharp memory. Or I'm just slightly paranoid from so much research. Or this whole thing is driving me crazy. Either way.[/i]
She noticed everyone seemed suspicious of Judas' sudden disappear-reappear act. With good reason, if she was honest. Judas was being slightly creepy. That may have been how he normally acted, but when even Rectus eyed Judas suspiciously she assumed the opposite was true. Judas was acting strangely. Maybe he'd gone crazy when he lost to Caden back in Graklus. Afterall, he'd sprinted away the moment his last Pokemon fainted.
When Judas and Rectus flew on ahead, Judas in front mostly, Ashmin turned to Desu and Nathan.
"What do you guy think is up with Judas? He's acting really suspiciously." she asked, voicing what was probably on their minds.

[Ｄｈａｒｃ]

"Sceptile, back off of Floatzel!" Rose commanded, a slightly harsher tone than normal entering his voice. Sceptile obliged and shrank back toward Rose before standing upright. "And sure, that sounds great!" Rose said, replying to Alex's offer.
Rose returned Sceptile to her Pokéball and smiled at Alex.

*~♪~♪~*

[color=#006400]"[i]Alright, everyone! We're gonna make a landing right on top of Evraflow Tower now! Fasten your seatbelts for the descent![/i]"[/color]
[color=#006400]"Thanks, Roy!" Nathan called to the cockpit of the helicopter. He disregarded his advice, though, and just grabbed hold of a rail on the wall next to him to stabilize himself.[/color]
[color=#006400]The helicopter slowed its propellers and gently landed on the wide roof of Evraflow Tower. "'Kay, everyone, I'll just wait around here for you guys to get back!" Roy called.[/color]
[color=#006400]Nathan nodded to nobody in particular and jumped out of the helicopter, landing firmly on his feet.[/color]
[color=#006400]"Alright everybody, let''s get going!"[/color]

[CrystalCyae]

Ashmin glanced out the window as the wide roof of the Evraflow Tower rose into view. It made her recount that she was intending to come here after her challenge, for the tournament. Now she'd come several gyms early, and despite not going inside at any point, it saddened her a little. But such feelings had to be repressed if they were to finally find Evraflow Forest and save Caden.
The helicopter descended and landed gently. The pilot called out that he would wait for them to return from their - hopefully successful - mission. It made Ashmin a little happier. Only a little bit, however.
She jumped neatly out of the helicopter, and glanced around. [i]Which way should we go?I [/i]she wondered. [i]Evraflow Forest only appears once every so often, and it would be lovely for it to appear for us now. But where to look? Where would Celebi place its occasional residence?[/i]
She turned to Nathan.
"I'm as ready as ever." she said softly. "But where should we head?"