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Post by SummerCrow on Oct 31, 2016 20:24:09 GMT -6
Corva and Dragon are just about to leave when they spot movement down below. Four Nova troops moving out of the trees, weapons at the ready. They move up a bit, stop, and cover the area while another group moves up. A few seconds later and thirteen troops in total are slowly and cautiously making their way to the facility. Dragon and Corva lie perfectly still as they take up positions in front of the laboratory. One fireteam briefly breaks away and sweeps the huts as the others scan the area. Dragon drags Corva back. "We should go."
"Eh~? But there's thirteen Nova troops down there! That's so-so-so lucky! Corva can't, can't... can't pass up this opportunity! Hehehe..."
"But there's almost no cover. It's broad daylight. My shotgun's next to useless at this range. And we're hopelessly outnumbered. No, Ma'am, we should go back and check on the others."
Corva frowns and looks thoughtful for a moment, then slowly starts to grin. "No, Corva's just going to even the numbers, 'K? Then we'll kill them all. Hehe... Boom... Boom has that wind-thing, right? Hehehehe... Count from three after Corva's first attack. Oh, and stop shooting after our first volley. Unless you're sure you won't hit us. Well, remember Corva will be mad if you shoot her, but will forgive you if you shoot lots of Nova. But if you hit her Pokemon. Heh... Hahaha!"
"Ma'am, no-!" But it is too late. Corva disappears, cackling, into a Phantom Force portal. Dragon risks peering over the ledge again. They've finished checking the huts. They take over guard duty as the rest of them are putting on gas masks and gearing up to head into the facility. And... Corva's on top of the facility roof, dramatically posing and raising several Pokeballs. Dragon swears under her breath and starts loading slugs. Four-hundred yard maximum range, and they're probably three-hundred out... This is far less than ideal.
Corva looks at the four balls in her hands. "Alright, guys... It's been a while, huh? But Corva knows you can do it." She flips the balls onto the roof and Shade, Kon, Whammy, and Alpha pop out. The Nova soldiers immediately hear the telltale signs of Pokemon coming out and start to react. Some go for their Pokeballs, others go for their weapons. One goes for a Starburst grenade.
"Alpha, Rain Dance. Whammy, Smog." A few drops of rain begin to fall as Jolteon creates a localized magnetic disturbance in the atmosphere. Flareon releases a burst of purple smog down at the soldiers below. The ones not already wearing gas masks gasp and start fumbling to get them on. The others fire blindly upwards as Corva pulls back with an eerie calmness, bracing for the coming attack. "One. Two. Three."
A massive burst of wind comes flying from the behind the troops as Boom unleashes a Hurricane, sending the rain sideways, clearing the smog, and knocking the Nova troops off-balance. Boom leaps into the air with Dragon in his talons as she pumps slug after slug towards the disoriented troops. "Come on, Boom... Close in through the attacks! Acrobatics!"
Corva steps up and fires a few shots with her handgun while quietly reciting. "Thunder. Confuse Ray. Fire Spin. Assurance." Thunder takes several of them down. Fire Spin cuts off their escape. "Snarl. Fire Fang. Phantom Force. Volt Switch." Corva's team dives off the roof into the fray. As Jolteon glows with electricity and tackles the squad leader, he suddenly whips back and Corva takes his place. She stabs his throat with no hesitation. She holds the knife in place as a grin slowly spreads across her face. She leaves it there and switches to her whip, lassoing another troop's neck and yanking him over to use as a shield as another opens fire on her.
Dragon and Boom dive in. Dragon drops the last several feet, tucks into a roll, and takes a knee as she starts pumping shots at the closest troops as Boom dives in with Dragon Claw.
One of the Nova troops desperately reaches for a Starburst blade. Corva drops everything and whirls on him. "Shade. Will o' Wisp." Blue flames fly out of Mismagius and encircle the the grunt. He yells as the flames scorch right through his armor. Corva leaps over and seizes him by the throat. He stabs with the knife, and Corva grabs the blade with her free hand. She winces in pain and yells in anger, slamming him into the wall. Then pulling him back and doing it again, and again and again, then throwing him to the ground and stomping him repeatedly.
In her rage, she's unaware of the battle behind her subsiding as Dragon finishes with the Pokemon the Nova grunts managed to call out. Corva plants her heel on the last survivor's chest. "Hehehehe... Haha... AHAHAHA...! S-Starburst!? You... Haha... You...!" Her eyes glow bright red as shadows begin to burst out of the ground below her. "You are going to... Haha... Know the pain, know the hatred, know the suffering... Yes...! Feel, feel the grudges of those you've killed! Eeeheehee!" The shadows break out of the ground, grabbing the screaming Nova grunt and dragging him, struggling and screaming in terror, into the ground itself.
Corva's left standing on an empty patch of ground, cackling uncontrollably. Dragon recalls Boom, and starts bandaging her arm, knowing to give Corva a wide berth. Alpha and Whammy stay at a distance as well, while Kon and Shade move closer. Kon headbutts her a few times and she slowly starts to regain her composure. Corva recalls her Pokemon, reclaims her whip and knife - ignoring the spray of blood that splatters her as she pulls it free - and continues giggling quietly to herself. Dragon ignores the warning signs, knowing it's safe-ish to approach.
She starts bandaging Corva's hand. "Thirteen... Hehe... Thirteen... Thirteen dead Nova... Heheheee...! You did... You did so, so good. That was nice. Nice shooting. Heh. Hey, hey, do you think if we hurry we can still make it to the others for more fun!?" Corva smiles at her expectantly, face coated in blood.
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Post by empireoffire on Oct 31, 2016 20:28:34 GMT -6
"Boo!" Grinn says to no one in particular.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2016 20:51:06 GMT -6
Carleen and Cass were finishing up with there conversation when Pika, Yuzu and the others showed up with the Seaking and Kingler they brought back.
"Hey guys wow looks like you came back with quite the hall," Carleen called out. Carleen noticed the Corphish with them and asked Yuzu: "Hey guys who's this?".
"Oh this is Corphish, he helped us, catch the Seaking and Kingler," Yuzu told Carleen.
"Hi there cutie," Carleen said as he snuggled the Corphish. Corphish let loose a couple of content Phishes while embraced by Carleen. "So did Vern want him?" Carleen asked.
"Nah he said he was okay with his Pokémon we were going to ask Cass, you or Jude if they wanted him?" Yuzu commented.
"Well Cass did you want this adorable little Corp....?" Carleen asked when she noticed Corphish wasn't there.
Corphish noticed Grace while he was being snuggled by Carleen and made his way towards Grace. "Corphish Corphish," Corphish said as he made his way towards Grace. Corphish came over towards Ribbons and Grace.
"Corphishhhhh, Corp Corphish Cor, Cor," Corphish said to Ribbons. Corphish then began to wave his claws trying to chase Ribbions away. Then Corphish turned towards Grace (with those little cartoon hearts in his eyes) and got on one knee(?). "Corphish Cor Cor Corphish Corphish Corrrrrrrr Corphish, Corp Corphish," Corphish said to Grace. "Corphishhhhh Corp Corphishhhhh, Cor Cor," Corphish said to Grace.
"Ummm what just happened?" Carleen asked Yuzu.
"I think basically Corphish proposed his love for Grace," Yuzu told Carleen. "Telling her that she is way to beautiful to be alone, and that she needs a real water type to look after her," Yuzu said to Carleen. "Oh and Corphish, wait why does he keep adding that extra Corphish,". "He asked Grace to run away with him and they shall go on many Corphishes together just the two of them," Yuzu told to Carleen and Cass.
"Carleen just looked at Cass unsure on howb to respond. Pika just let loose a couple of Pika Pikas as he shook his head.
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Post by SummerCrow on Nov 1, 2016 17:05:34 GMT -6
"Glay! G-Glay...! G-Glay-Glay! Glay!" Grace barks at Corphish. "What are you talking about!? L-love me!? I don't even know you! That's... That's no way to treat a lady! How could you say something like that so flippantly!? Did... Did no one teach you proper manners!? It... You... Months of courting before you should say something s-so...!"
Jude clambers back out of the boat with his composure restored, sees his Glaceon barking at a strange Corphish, and immediately turns back inside.
Ribbons wraps a ribbon around Grace reassuringly. "Calm down, Grace. I'm sure he was just disarmed by your beauty." He turns to face the newcomer. "You've got some good taste, but I'm sorry to say she's already taken."
"Y-yeah! I'm with... I-I-I'm with... I'm with... I love Ribbons!" she barks.
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Post by Neo on Nov 1, 2016 18:20:11 GMT -6
Earlier...
Micah looked around at the ragtag bunch of Galactic misfits. He spoke quickly, but calmly and with utter confidence. "Wait for my signal, then open fire on any Nova you see. The Lieutenant will send a full platoon to reinforce the outpost; your job will be to make sure only a handful actually get past. Standard Nova protocol when ambushed is to form a defensive line, force a stalemate, and then send a runner for reinforcements. Let him go. You won't have to worry about reinforcements anyway, and we need the Lieutenant to know what's happened. After the initial contact plays out a bit, retreat into the woods and let them come to you. Once he's convinced himself there's only a few of you, the Sergeant in charge will split his platoon up, and send two Squads to the outpost. Pick some of them off, but leave some for the Commander. She'd be upset otherwise. You'll know the signal when you see it- I'll launch a ball of mist into the air above the city, and it will slowly spread out over the city like fog. I'll need you to buy me 30 minutes. After that, kill any remaining Nova and retreat to the fallback point. After I get out of the base, I'll wait behind for Dragon and the Commander, then we'll follow you."
He turns to Steel. "You have your orders. Anything before we begin?"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2016 18:34:36 GMT -6
"CORRRRPPPHIIIISSHHHHH," Corphish said as he heard what Ribbions said. Corphish had tears streaming down his face (anime style). "Corphish, Corphish Corrrrr Corphish," "Cor Cor Cor Cor Corphish, Corphish, Corphish, Cor,". "Corrrrrr, Corrr, Corphish Corphish, Cor," Corphish finally said as he walked away defeated.
Ashley who was laying against a distant tree overheard everything and kinda of felt sorry for Corphish.
"So what happened," G-Ninja asked Ashley.
"Oh I wasn't ease dropping," Ashley said.
"Save it Ashley I know you couldn't help it so what happened," G-Ninja asked Ashley.
"Well, Corphish was shocked to learn that Grace had a boyfriend,". "He was even more shocked that Ribbions was a boy,". "So he just apologized for flirting with Grace with Ribbions around. "He wished them the best of luck together and that they have a ton of Eevees and Corphish Phish, odd what did that last Corphish mean,". "Anyways he said he will survive and find another female one day Corphish," Ashley said to G-Ninja.
Carleen scooped up the upset Corphish and began snuggling him. "You can be my Corphish Phish Phish any day," Carleen said hugging the Corphish.
"Corphish Cor?" Corphish said. "Corrrrrpphish, Cor," Corphish said as he began weeping manly anime tears.
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Post by SummerCrow on Nov 1, 2016 20:57:56 GMT -6
Steel nervously drums his fingers against his glasses' frame as he scans the map. "I've several questions and concerns, actually, but I doubt you'll pay them much heed... You've made quite a few assumptions. I certainly hope these Nova troops follow their SOP." He groans. "Right, well, we'll begin our attack from here, on southwest, then move along this route to draw them in. Ground will intercept the reinforcements here, then rendezvous here, Fire... Ice... Piloswine" he devolves into mumbling quietly for a few seconds.
"Alright. Thirty minutes." He goes back to tapping. "We'll fallback to this place here first - even if we really piss Nova off, we'll have a few minutes before we need to move to the second base. So there's one option if you manage to get out ahead of schedule. Failing that, Corva should meet you right here... And if your escape route's completely compromised, head... here, to the east. And remember - if something goes wrong, if you're captured, there's nothing we'll be able to do to help you. You're on your own. So no stupid risks. Get in, get what you can get safely, get out."
Fire slaps him on the back. "Chill, Steel, Ghost's a grade-A certified badass, remember? Even has Cap's seal of approval. He's got this. Haha... You, uh, do got this, right?"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2016 15:57:38 GMT -6
Cassandra leaned over Carleen's shoulder. "Aw, I guess he is kinda cute. Um... By the way, where, exactly, is Vern?"
Pika and Corphish look at each other sheepishly. "Pika, Phish," Corphish and Pika said.
"Umm well our little Corphish buddy here got a little to euthastic with helping us fish,". "So he kinda of went a little overboard and well him and Pika caught a lot of fish,". "Like a mountain of Goldeen, Krabbies, and even a couple of Feebases,". "So Vern stayed behind to patch up all the other water Pokemon and send them back to the sea," Yuzu said to Carleen and Cass.
Corphish seemed awfully proud of himself and let out a couple of Phish Phish in agreement. Pika also seemed very pleased and let out a couple of Pikas.
"Umm I appreciate the thouht, but you two," Carleen said given a stern look towards Corphish and Pika. "You need to learn limits and as for you Corphish you were trying to show off for Yuzu werent you," Carleen asked Corphish.
"Corphish Corrrr," Corphish said very sheepishly. "Corrrrrsh Corphish said kinda of blushing.
"Its fine cutie, you were probaly just taken aback by Yuzu," Carleen said while snuggling Corphish. "Sorry to break it to you but Yuzu is already dating Pika," Carleen told Corphish.
"Well he kinda was also trying to avoid being eaten,". "Mr. Vern wanted Quills to fry Corphish unless Corphish could show us some good fishing spots,". "So umm I thought he didn't want to get eaten,". "Then again I thought it was odd he was trying to tell me that I could do better then Pika," Yuzu said.
"Oh so we got a little flirt over here, well then," Carleen said as she took out a Pokeball. "Well if your going to be my Pokémon then we need to give you a proper name," Carleen said as she tapped the Pokéball on Corphish. The pokeball rocked back and fourth three time with little effort before the Pokeball clicked. Carleen then clicked the button and let loose the Corphish. "Well then I decided a name for you, your name shall be that of this gym leader I met on my travels,". "Your name shall be Brock," Carleen told Brock.
"Corphishhhhhhh, Corrrrrr," Brock said in much glee.
"Pikkkaaaa," Pika said as a strange energy came from his mouth. The shockwave wizzed right by Yuzu and struck a wild Pidgey. "Pika Pi, Pika?" Pika said in shock at what just happened.
"Wait what was that move Pika?" Carleen asked the confused Pikachu.
"Ms. Carleen, that was disarming voice," Yuzu said.
"You knew that move Pika," Carleen asked Pika. "Hey Cass any ideas on how Pika could have learned a fairy type move?"
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Post by SummerCrow on Nov 3, 2016 12:26:31 GMT -6
"Brock, huh... Jude'll like that name," Cassandra says. "Scuttles woulda been better, though..." she adds under her breath. She leans in and observes Pika closely. "Hm... Do you have a li'l Fairy in you, li'l Pika? Hmmmm...?" She pokes his cheek inquisitively.
She walks over and pries Grace and Ribbons apart. She picks Ribbons up in a hug. Ribbons smiles and tries to nuzzle her back. Grace looks a bit jealous. "Calm down, you can have your boyfriend back in a minute."
"Hehe. Remember I'm on expert on fairies." She gives Carleen a wink. "It's pretty simple. It just means Pika's papa was a fairy-type. Coulda been a Clefairy, or a Jigglypuff, or a Sylveon like my li'l cutie!"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2016 23:27:50 GMT -6
"Hmm just think your dad could have been a Sylveion," Carleen told Pika.
"Piiikkaa," Pika let out before he quickly covered his mouth with his paws.
"Hmm Ms. Carleen I could ummm maybe help,". "You see I can use my singing voice, to see the auras and vibes of others,". "It dosent require much on my part or others, I could use this technique to see if Pika and Ribbions have somewhat similar auras,". "If Pikas dad was a Sylvieon he should have somewhat similar vibes to Ribbons," Yuzu told Carleen.
"Of course if Cass and Ribbons are okay with it?" Yuzu said. "Its not really anything but me singing and Pika and Ribbons being here," Yuzu said to Carleen and Cass.
"So Cass, what do you think can we borrow Ribbons for a quick second?" Carleen asked Cass.
"Phish Phish Phish," Brock said.
Meanwhile G-Ninja and Ashley were hanging back close to the boat. The two of them were just staring towards the sky looking at the stars. G-Ninja just started to chuckle about something like a memory from the past.
"Hey what is so funny?" Ashley asked.
"I was remembering something from our past that's all," G-Ninja said to Ashley. "I remembered thinking back when I was a wild Froakie and thinking about who was that Fennekin living in that luxury mansion," G-Ninja told Ashley.
"Heh better know that name its Ashley," Ashley told G-Ninja.
"Heh, still remember those carefree days?" G-Ninja asked Ashley.
"Yeah I remember those times," Ashley said as she leaned up against G-Ninja and began thinking about those days from the past.
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Post by SummerCrow on Dec 24, 2016 22:55:03 GMT -6
Cassandra looks down at Ribbons, still snuggling away in her arms. "Well, it's up to Ribbons. What do you think, buddy?"
"Syl!" he answers.
"He says he's fine with it. Oh, right. Is it OK with you, too, Grace? It won't take too long, promise."
Grace sits down and turns her nose up. "Glaceon."
"Well, that's the best we're gonna get. Alright, Yuzu, hit it!" Cassandra puts Ribbons down in front of her.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2016 5:21:19 GMT -6
"Okay are you guys ready?" Yuzu asked Ribbions and Pika. Yuzu then began to close her eyes and take a couple of deep breaths. Then when she opened her eyes they had a strange glow to them. Yuzu then began to sing even though it sounded more like a chant then an actual song.
Yuzu a few minutes later was finally able to see the Auras of all those around her. Yuzu took a couple of moments to focus her energy so that only Pika and Ribbion's auras were the only one visible. Finally, after a few moments of studying there auras Yuzu stopped singing and the strange glow from her eyes faded.
Carleen approached Yuzu who seemed like she had a smile on her face. "So Yu what did you see?" Carleen asked.
"Well I saw a couple of different things, and well Mrs. Carleen I think you are going to be very happy," Yuzu said very excitedly. "First off Pika's dad was in fact a Sylveion, there auras were definitely similar," Yuzu said as Pika let put a careful Pika. Yuzu then whispered something to Pika who then let out an excited, "Chu,". Yuzu then whispered to Ribbions about the news of them being half brothers.
"Umm Yuzu so what's the second bit of news?" Carleen asked.
"Hmm should I tell them?" Yuzu asked Pika who nodded yes. "Well Mrs. Carleen when I was viewing their auras I found something very strange,". "I noticed their auras while similar, were almost a little too similar,". "So after taking a careful look into their auras I saw that not only Pika have a Sylveion as a dad but Ribbon did,". "In fact Pika and Ribbons have the same dad, which means,". "These two are half brothers," Yuzu said very happy.
"Wait brothers, my Pika and Ribbons," Carleen said almost if she was reciting the same thing Yuzu said. "Cass, Cass this news is so exciting and happy and ...," Carleen said as she began sobbing and hugging Cass.
Pika went over and started talking with Ribbons.
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Post by HHDeception on Jan 8, 2017 21:23:51 GMT -6
Location: Empty sky over empty ocean
Celena's scanners did a double take. Yveltal jumped into a portal and left nothing behind.
"Where'd it go!?!"
Radar, nope. Ecto-tracer, nope. Plain old eye-sight, nope.
Telephone...yes?
"You found...wait WHAT?"
Location: What's left of Goldenrod City
As a giant bird and giant bug plowed into the tower he was formerly standing on, Saturn plummeted down the side, having scrambled away from Harry and jumped off in the confusion. Escaping the mist of Gastro Acid, his location was free for Toxicroak to warp in and grab him. He was sent down right back at the entrance to the underground. It wasn't a particularly strategic spot, but when the cat you're mousing away from can see you and teleport anywhere you go there's only so much you can do about that. He gave a nod to Toxicroak, which then portal hopped away one more time.
Back on the crumbling tower-top, Harry teleported away to the nearest point of stable footing. He was quickly trying to process what to do about Yveltal slowly but surely dismantling his Mega-Armor Genesect. This scenario was in the Nova training manuals (that he never paid attention to), but he never really thought it would happen at any point. Capture the legendary. Of course it's not quite that simple...
Yveltal was peeved and confused. Phantom Force wasn't working and there's some metal thing straight out of a overbudget blockbuster bearing down on her and she flew through the skies. Goldenrod city was the last place she ever wanted to be. As she strafed the much less manoeuvrable mecha with Oblivion Wings, she slowly came to realize exactly how she was being used. Somehow, Saturn must have used an essence of Rage Powder to redirect her Phantom Force to his location. Phantom Force is being Imprisoned here, but that only means you can't start the move. And now she's an incredibly deadly distraction. Forget the mecha, she has to get out of here. She peels off and instead laces into the city walls. She didn't know what was prevent her from portaling away, so she really ought to just wreck everything.
Celena popped into existence overhead. This scenario was in the Nova training manuals (that she wrote), but she never really thought it would happen at any point. Legendaries are slippery, and Yveltal especially. Any savvy legend would know that Nova would prefer to capture and control them, and not kill them. Therefore if escape seemed impossible...it would be better to kill itself.
And in Yveltal's case, killing itself is its deadliest attack.
Life force isn't understood by science. It just isn't. Nobody has been able to detect when or how "life" is gained or lost. There are types of energies referred to as "life" and "death" energies. But life itself just hasn't been proven to be a physical phenomenon, with two exceptions. Those exceptions are named Xerneas and Yveltal. Yveltal's Oblivion Wing drains targets of energy, but it also drains living things of life, however that works. And when Yveltal dies, it absorbs the "life" from everything around it to revive itself in cocoon form. While it might only be recounted in legends, it's a very real thing, as Yveltal herself would inform you. And since nobody even knows what "life" is, how it moves, or how it can be absorbed or taken away...there's really no telling if there's any way anyone could survive Yveltal dying nearby.
This was the point spurring Harry and Celena's toward hesitation (and this was also the point every lesser Nova soldier not already turning tail turned tail). Yveltal has to know that if it dies, it'll be cocooned and the next wave of Nova soldiers will capture it. But it also has to know that being captured in cocoon form is better than captured awake. In the meantime, it will destroy the city until it escapes if they let it.
Celena is so not dying today. Harry on the other hand...to him, killing Saturn is more important than anything else at this point.
"...the Weapon is yours, ma'am. I have an intruder to apprehend." Harry transmitted to Celena, passing her the digital signature that controlled Genesect.
"Wuss." Celena muttered back. The keyed commands into her suit, getting a snag machine teleported to her. Her suit didn't have any pokemon catching capabilities. Why would it? They usually get blown up too fast to be caught.
Saturn swapped Speed Boost on himself as he raced down the now empty halls of Nova's underground. His wounds didn't bother him as much as they should have. Lots of dead guards lay about. There was a fight here before, which is strange since he hadn't gotten here yet.
His original mission of course was to collect Diancie. He suspected that it would be in digital storage, but he couldn't know for sure. Pokemon aren't excluded from Yveltal's life drain on death. But hard drives don't tend to have that weakness. He just needed to make sure that it was kept in storage until after the rinse.
The entrance to the computer room was easy to find. It was blown open. That settles it, someone else must have gotten here first. He raised a pistol. He dashed around the corner. And then something he really didn't plan for was in front of him.
"Move it," he said to the two kids he didn't expect to still be alive, "Bomb's about to go off. Everything besides me in this city is about to die."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2017 20:50:02 GMT -6
Timeskip:Day 4, Earlier...
A lone figure stood awake in the small makeshift camp. She had taken a few of the guns they brought and the bullet-proof vest. Quiet ly she snuck away from the camp and began walking towards the Nova Base.
I'm sorry Lucas... Dawn... But Ethan's my best friend and I'll be d***** if I let anyone else save him or put you into danger.
Lyra wiped away the tears that had started accumulating on her cheeks. It was hard to see in the forest at night, but the outside perimeter of the Nova Base was like a beacon of light on the tiny island.
She stopped and his behind a tree a few feet away from the building's lights, carefully out of sight of the lone guard.
The island itself nor the base were well-guarded for two main reasons. One of the reasons for the lack of guards was the island's remoteness, since it was an unnamed island in the middle of the ocean. The second reason being the base's overall insignificance. The base was a small prison and "rehabilitation" center, one of the only of its kind. The Nova higher-ups didn't particularly care about brainwashing their enemies when killing them was infinitely easier. However the facility had been used at least somewhat actively until only a month or so prior when the resources poured into it were seen as "wasteful" and "going to poor use". Now Nova's main memory rewriting and psychic brainwashing base saw little to no use.
Ethan, however, according to their informant, was here. And that's why Lyra had to do come, had to do this.
Still, storming in would do her no good against Starbursts Pokemon and guards with heavier firepower.
Then, she saw one of the door open and a young man stepped out. He looked to be around his early twenties.
He spoke to the guard on duty, but Lyra wasn't quite close enough to make out what he was saying.
After a few minutes of talking, the old guard went inside, and the young man stood at attention, looking around, almost nervously.
After a few minutes of watching him, Lyra readied her rifle, steadying it against her chest. She was about to step out when the guy shouted," Is there anyone there?"
Lyra stepped out, gun pointed at the young man. "Don't move or I'll shoot."
The young man lowered his gun onto the ground and raised his hands up. "Hey, um, it's me. I, um... sent the message." He spat out awkwardly.
Lyra squinted her eyes at him. "So you're Jira?"
"Yeah, I'm Jira. Um, is there anyone with you..?"
Lyra had never personally met him like Dawn had, but he was definitely younger than she expected. "No. It's just me. We should get going." Lyra gestured her head to the door.
"Yeah, we should." Jira replied, bending down to get his gun. Lyra aimed the battle at him. He looked up at her. "I have to have a gun. And you have to trust me if we're going to break him out. Okay?"
Lyra released a deep breath and lowered her rifle. "Fine."
Jira picked up his gun and held then door open for her. He followed her inside and the door shut behind them.
Present:Goldenrod City Underground Depths;
Jacquelyn
The man from earlier..? How convient...
Jacquelyn shook her head, snapping out of her reverie. She turned to Saturn, expression stern.
"Okay, we'll leave Diancie in your hands but..." She looked down at her bleeding arm and over to Austin's injured abdomen. There was no way they'd be able to run out of here quickly, and Austin was definitely too mentally spent to fly them out with Psychic. "I'm not sure we're in any condition to be running." She'd been applying as much pressure as she could to her arm, but the bleeding wouldn't stop. And it yet like a *****.
Austin looked at her."Are you sure we can trust him?" Austin eyed Saturn suspiciously."Even if he did help us get I'm he's still kind of shady."
Jacquelyn shook her head."It's not a matter of whether we can trust him. The fact is we have to trust him. Because if he's not lying then we'll both die, and besides..." She looked at Saturn. "Even if we were to try and fight him he'd easily best us with the condition we're in."
She sighed and turned back to Saturn. "Got any ideas on how we can get out of here?"
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Post by SummerCrow on Jan 11, 2017 23:53:21 GMT -6
Cass grabbed Carleen back and started bouncing with excitement. "Hehe, this is so amazing! It's like we're... um... wait..." She pulled away from Carleen for a moment and started tracing a family tree in the air and muttering to herself. "So... half-brothers, adoptive... Cousin-in-laws? Sister-in-laws...? Oh, who cares! We're sisters now, Carla!" she exclaimed, throwing herself back at her newfound family.
Ribbons scoops Pika up and excitedly carries him over to the pair, refusing to miss out on a chance for hugs.
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Post by Neo on Jan 12, 2017 19:16:50 GMT -6
Micah stared at Fire. "Yes," he said simply. Then he turned and left.
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A few minutes later...
Micah moved swiftly and silently from shadow to shadow, until he was lying flat against the roof of the contest building, staring straight at a clear path to the Nova hideout. The hardest part would be the beach... His invisibility field would do little to prevent him from leaving footsteps in the sand. But that's why he had Latias.
"Scarlet, it's time," he whispered. From her perch next to him- still invisible- she nuzzled him to let him know she understood. A moment later, a ball of mist shot up into the air and exploded over the town, creating a very large cloud of dense fog that stretched ominously over Lillycove City. It began to lower over the town, settling on the tops of buildings, and within a few moments, the entire city looked like the set of a Pokestar Studios zombie horror movie. As a signal flare, it would have to do. Micah would have to trust Corva's team to do their Part- something he definitely wasn't used to.
He gently hoped on Latias's back, and the two barely visible shimmers of air sped away towards the Nova base at the edge of town, cloaked by the fog.
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Post by SummerCrow on Feb 2, 2017 0:39:16 GMT -6
Steel shakes his head. "I hope he does in fact 'got this' as you say."
The Galactic misfits take the now-familiar path from their hideout to Lilycove, probably for the last time. "Alright..." Steel says as they near the town. He pulls out a map to double-check locations and starts pointing. "The enemy's most likely to send their reinforcements on this route. Fairy, take position over there. Stay low and out of sight. Do not engage unless you're seen."
"When are you going to stop treating me like a kid...?" Fairy sighs.
"When we get another medic," Steel says. "Until then, keeping you alive's priority one. Ground, this's the enemy's probable route once they split, so get to work over there. You know what to do."
"The usual?" she asks.
"Yeah, but remember Ghost wanted a few survivors to make it to the Safari Zone for... whatever reason."
"And if the enemy takes another route?" Ground asks nonchallantly as she calls out Gligar.
"Don't pursue. Hopefully they're as uncreative and predicatble as Ghost thinks... But the Chief can handle herself. Fire, Ice, you're with me. We'll hit them and pull them back. Remember, we want them to realize just how badly they actually outnumber us. Break out the big guns as soon as they split up. 30 minutes, then fall back. Use Ground's explosion as our zero."
Steel's still moving into position when a ball of mist explodes over the city. "Guess that's the signal..." He spots a Nova patrol moving towards them. "Open fire!"
Ice and Fire start spraying into the formation with their submachine guns. Steel focuses and squeezes a few carefully aimed shots. "Buy Ground a bit longer...!" Fire yells.
"Yeah," Ice answers as he pauses to change magazines.
"Two more mags and drop back!" Steel orders.
The Nova troops don't panic, but are still slow to spot the shooters. A few fire blindly into the trees, and a lucky shot embeds itself in a tree next to Ice. "Time to go!" he suggests.
"A little more, we need them to see us first!" Fire calls back.
A few seconds later, the Nova platoon commander finally responds. "There! They're already spread thing attacking the Safari Zone! They won't get away today! You, go send for reinforcements!" A trooper obediently takes off. "They won't get away today! We'll wipe them all out! Squads 1 and 2, keep going to the Safari Zone! Squads 3 and 4, pursue!"
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Post by Neo on Feb 15, 2017 21:48:54 GMT -6
Just as Micah predicted, there were only two guards standing outside the Nova base. The Lillycove base wasn't particularly high staffed anyway, and most of the troops were out on patrol, or had been drawn away thanks to Corva and him. Plus, they were blatantly overconfident. Like most Nova soldiers, they thought themselves untouchable. They would never have expected anyone to try a direct assault.
Micah dropped off Latias and landed on the first soldier's shoulders, wrapping his legs around the soldier's neck. In a single fluid motion, Micah twisted his legs and pushed, crushing the Nova trooper's windpipe and sending him careening into the water. Before the other trooper could react, Micah leapt onto the ground, swiped his feet out from under him, and slammed his palm into the soldier's throat. He didn't get up. Micah quickly searched the guard's pockets for a standard issue Nova card key- all gate guards carried one- and found it exactly where he thought he would. Predictable as usual. Without breaking his stride, Micah hopped back on Latias and flew into the base, hovering low over the water. Once the water became concrete, Micah hopped off Latias again. Then, he quickly activated a certain Pokeball at his waist, and placed his arms around Latias's neck, embracing her.
"You know the drill, Scarlet. Just in case they have Infrared."
She nuzzled him affectionately and gave a soft gentle cry of understanding. The Pokeball flashed briefly, and Micah rushed onwards. About 4 minutes down... Still 26 to go. I'm making good time.
At least, that was his thought until he ran into the first teleporter pad. Crap! I didn't expect them to have these..! No, it's fine. I simply need to find the map. There's no way lazy Nova soldiers could be bothered to memorize the layout. Which means they'll have maps on the walls in central locations. I just need to find one. And fast.
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Post by Neo on Feb 15, 2017 23:56:20 GMT -6
Micah found a map of the base layout in the next room. Whether it was due to an insane stroke of luck, Nova's incompetence, or just a random coincidence- or in part all of the above- he couldn't say. But he didn't stop to count his blessings. There was only a single guard in the room and he wasn't even paying attention; he was too busy groaning to himself about why he was stuck on boring guard duty and not out there mowing down 'Galactic scum'. Micah slipped past him effortlessly, studied the map for a split second, then tore it off the wall and slipped through the next teleporter pad. This time he found himself in a winding corridor that seemed to open up into another sizeable room, and he was alone. Micah took a moment longer to study the map, and he quickly committed where the pads lead to memory. He already knew the room he was searching for, and fortunately, it was labeled in big bold letters: The Commander's Office.
What fools.
Still, the base was bigger than he had anticipated, and Micah decided he needed to accelerate his plans. Once he reached the next room, he swiftly knocked out the two guards and did a quick but thorough scan of the room. It only took him a moment to find what he was looking for; the security console. And still Lady Luck was smiling on him- it looked to be a mainframe console. In the blink of an eye, Micah unholstered his blaster, aimed, and fired. The security console went up in a burst of sparks, flames, and smoke. The two larger monitors behind it, which showed different parts of the base, erupted into static and a shrill alarm blared to life throughout the base. Micah suppressed a smirk. This was almost too easy.
Micah wasted no time leaping into the next teleporter.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 16:04:28 GMT -6
"Pika Pika," Pika said very happily. "Pika Pika Pika Pikachu piiiii Pikka," Pika said as he went to hug Cass.
"Oh come here Cutie," Carleen said scooping up Ribbions. "By the way Cass when do you think Vern will be back?" Carleen asked. "Umm Pika exactly how many pokemon did you and Brock injure?" Carleen asked Pika.
"Piiiikkkkaaa," Pika said very coyly.
"Phhhiiisshhh," Brock added.
"Hey Grace looks like we are sister in laws now," Yuzu told Grace.
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