World War Arc Team Mission 1 - Unova! *&#$ Yeah!

[Atlantis_Darts]

Blizzard120

Freth quickly stepped to the side to avoid the Toxicroak's poison laced jab, pulling out a Pokeball soon after and dropping it out, revealing the massive beast that was Mamoswine. "Play time, Mammy." The Mamoswine rushes for the Toxicroak, for a massive Take Down attack.

As for its trainer, however...he was about to have a worse day. As the Flare member tries to give me his best haymaker, in a nonchalant manner, I ended up catching his fist, and held it tight in one hand, possibly could crush it at this point. As I held his fist there, I stared at him as if to ask 'you got to be kidding me'. Instead, I went one step further: "...alright...in what world did you come from, that attacking a hybrid in such a manner, especially ME of all people, would work out well for you?" I asked. I would then take my free hand, and drive my fist into his gut. This guy would probably soon regret not wearing brown pants right about now...

Darksol88

"I hope I don't get like them when I'm their age..." Amaranth remarked under her breath, easily able to tell that there wasn't anything kind about the old couple's tones. When she saw the grunts try to go after the various members, she could see that they'd likely have it under control, but it was no excuse to just stand by. Instead, she'd try to work off one of the others. Having Breeze land behind the grunt ready to deliver Blizzard a knuckle sandwich, she'd run over and tap their shoulder. Should they turn, they'd catch a glimpse of her turning to kick them, and with Blizzard on the other side, their day might not be today after all.

The Toxicroak gets flattened by Mamoswine's bulk immediately, intercepting the poor frog on the way towards Freth and turning him into something resembling jelly underneath the mammoth's massive bulk. The World's Dumbest Grunt (tm) catches a fist to the gut and then gets hammered down by Amaranth's long whippy legs driving him face-first into the dirt. Girl power. Yet another day in the life of someone with no analytical skills.

Ms Edyn

"No, we're your executioners," Night said, appearing behind the man holding Lynette. Though she'd arrived to the party a little late, she quickly rushed in to help wherever she felt she was most needed. Her eyes slowly taking on a soft pink glow as she began her assault on the man's mind with her Extrasensory. Slowly at first, starting out as little more than a minor headache, then growing with intensity by the second, "Now, I suggest you let the girl go and maybe, just maybe, I'll kill you quickly."

Reno Vantas

An airy, feminine chuckle would sound from behind the Flare grunt currently putting a stranglehold on Lynette. Sure, he might be getting handled by Night, but she could contribute too. "Aw, whats wrong?" Aria cooed, leaning against the Flare grunt and digging her fingers into his shoulders, "Can't handle such grating words? Then let me help." Quickly reaching from the grunt's shoulders, she would place a pair of earplugs into Lyn's ears as the sound of rushing air rapidly drew closer. And was soon replaced by the point blank unleashing of a Screech by Vibrato that would shake the two women slightly through their ear plugs and most assuredly ruin the poor Flare grunt's day.

Darktornathore

Hook would wince as the Thunder struck him, growling out slightly at the Manectric before attempting to bite at it with a Crunch in response. His ears would perk up slightly as he heard his trainer let out a shriek from somewhere behind him, but, he couldn't take his eyes off the Manectric for fear that it would get the upper hand.

Lynnette attempted to struggle against the Flare Grunt's grip, pulling at his arms with her hands, though, he was clearly stronger than she was. "I-if anyone's a r-region traitor out of the two of us, it'd be you, not me. I'd really like to see Kalos kick all of Flare out," Lynn would hiss through clenched teeth. She could hear the voice of someone nearby, help it seemed. Good. Hopefully they'd be able to get this jerk off of her.

The grunt immediately drops his prey as soon as Night begins shredding his cerebellum with her Extrasensory, his vision wavering and eyes widening in fear as he comes face to face with her. "What're you... gh..." He manages to groan, trying to put a coherent thought together through the massive migraine inflicted. The Screech at that point was superfluous, but does serve the function of knocking the grunt out.

The Manectric lets out a yelping whine as the Crunch fastens around its neck and curls its body inwards, flattening itself submissively and falling flat as its tail tucks itself close to its own body.

TerashiLeonGoken

Keiko smirked, noticing that no Flare Grunt targeted her. This gave her the opportunity to help me out of a pinch, since Ralts wouldn't have the time to swap Moonblast for Psychic without assistance. "Psychic, Natalia!" she shouted. Her Xatu would land on the ground and fire a blast of Psychic-type energy at Swalot, giving Rala the opportunity to Teleport past Swelot, abandoning her Moonblast charge and appearing behind Swalot in the process.

"Thanks for the save," I smiled at Keiko, before turning my attention back to Rala. "Take the advantage, Rala. Use Psychic as well."

Rala nodded in compliance, summoning an orb of Psychic-type energy as large as the Moonblast orb would have been if she would have finished charging it. Once ready, she would fling her attack, pelting Swalot with it after it was struck by Natalia's attack.

The Swalot gets intercepted by the first Psychic and staggers, opening the appropriate window for the Gardevoir to shred the Poison-type apart with an even more vicious Psychic, as the Swalot melts in on itself into a puddle of goo not dissimilar from the Toxicroak mentioned earlier. Teamwork makes the dream work and this was a good example of combination battling.

Espeon_Commander

Crystal would allow the grunt to drag her off, since that would also free up the beast she was on. A beast that would not take too kindly to the grunt deciding to knock his trainer off. The fire dragon would snarl as the hybrid wound up on her back, struggling a bit with the guy until she got her feet underneath him. Using her psychic abilities in tandem with the strength in her legs, she would shove the Flare grunt onto the air, making the guy easy pickings for Demon Wing to swat down with a whack of his tail. He would then land next to his prey and he allowed the flames that were just barely peeking out of his mouth to grow longer and longer, trying to intimidate the poor guy. If we was still conscious.

The Flare Grunt had a brief idea of what a ping-pong ball felt like before impacting the ground. It was a short life, not necessarily a good life, and he never even got to be used in an official ping-pong tournament. And no, he was not even close to being conscious.

Requiem of Whyspers

Mykel's Moonblast came to bear upon Mightyena as it tried to attack his master's partner and his Pokemon. "Not today!" Lykas told the dog as Mykel unleashed the blast in the form of a pulsating wave of lunar energy. Only a moment before it was to be met with the Dark energy coated fangs of the hyena, Entr'Acte's evolution completed and he raised his newly formed shield, imbuing it with a stalwart energy. Mightyena's attack met the shield and it bounced off, fang's first, directly into the line of Mykel's Moonblast, leaving the newly evolved Aegislash completely unharmed and the Mightyena, should it survive the Fairy-type attack, doubly weakened. Looks like someone learned to use King's Shield already.

With the Snagems fighting the Flare Grunts, most of them would likely not notice the 30-something brunette male creeping barefoot through the area nearby. When he got close to the battling, he tried getting the attention of the old couple. "Hey! Mr. and Mrs. Sonjay! This way!" He called out, ice blue eyes watching out for signs of danger. His vision eventually fell upon the hybrid standing in front of them. "Huh? Uh uh! Nobody's attacking that sweet old couple on my watch!" He told himself, grabbing a Pokeball and tossing it out toward Darts, releasing his Cacnea. "Hemlock, be ready to fight if we have to!" He warned the Grass-type. If the hybrid was going to fight, he was going to protect his favorite old couple in this town.

Mighteyena's rebound off the stalwart King's Shield was probably the worst decision in the canine's life right up until it felt the sting of the fae Moonblast scorching its fur, tossing it unconscious to the ground in a heap. Bad dog.

Darts cocks an eyebrow at the brunette and Cacnea in front of them both, pushing himself forwards to rise to full standing height off of the front of the old clock tower. "Kid I think you got the wrong idea about what we're doing here..."

All of a sudden a ringing explosion would cut through the fracas, sending the two old people sprawling for cover with a shriek of fear. It sounded like the blast had come off from the East, in the direction of Route 20.

"Haah haah..." The old man gasps, putting a hand to the left side of his chest, sweat beading down his forehead as he groans in pain. "Oh lord Julia I think it's the big one..."

"Harold!" The old lady screams, grabbing his arm and shaking him. She turns to the pack of would be rescuers. "He needs a doctor! Somebody do something, please!" It looked like the old fogey's ticker had just had enough of his hate-filled rants on Ditter (The Ditto based social media conglomerate.) and was about to give up the ghost. Explosions, heart attacks. Oh my.  

[glitchedmirrors]

Sufficiently pleased by the Manectric backing down, Hook would release the electric type and rush back over to his trainer, who had dropped to her knees when the Flare grunt had released her. Helping her back to her feet, the Granbull would sniff at Lynnette, trying to determine whether or not she was actually okay. "Relax, Hook, I'm fine," she would say, gently placing one hand on the Granbull's head, earning the girl a lick to the face in response. Leaning slightly on her Granbull as she attempted to catch her breath (although the grunt's grip hadn't been tight enough to do any damage, the situation in and of itself had left her rather breathless out of fear), Lynn would turn to face her saviors.

Her heart swelled with love as she saw Aria's face, though Lynn knew that her girlfriend wasn't the first that had come to her aid. Still, she would give the other girl a quick kiss on the cheek as a thank you for the help in any case before turning towards Night. "Thank you for getting him off of me. I don't think I could have done that myself without your help," Lynn would say, giving her teammate a gentle smile. "Thank you both," she would continue, turning towards Aria again as she did so.

The sound of the explosion would cause Lynn to jump slightly and turn in the direction it came from, while still listening to the chatter of the other Snagems around her. It seemed everyone was getting ready to head off. "Perhaps we should follow the others, hmm? It seems far more interesting things are happening elsewhere," Lynn would comment, recalling Hook and getting out her own hoverboard so that she could keep up with everyone.  

[Reno Vantas]

Aria would watch as the man collapsed before she could even have Vibrato get close to blow the man away, instead being mildly satisfied with the man being knocked over. "Yeah, yeah. I basically got to be showy. I'm very okay with that, but no need to really thank me." Aria sheepishly said, thankfully distracted from her wasted effort by the sound and pressure of a nearby explosion. Looking towards the area, she could only comment, "I seriously hope that was Flare and wasn't Beau. Unless it was Beau blowing UP Flare. Then its fine." Reaching over to Vibrato, Aria would quickly slip onto the Dragon type's back as they took off towards the source of the explosion.  

[Darksol88]

Amaranth would perk up at the explosion that rang through the air, taking her attention away from the battling at the moment. With the urgency taking precedence over the old couple, let alone Harold's heart attack, she'd instead opt to rush off for Route 20 as Breeze followed close behind, eventually jumping onto the Togekiss' back as they went onward. Luckily, given the prompt responses from others, the couple would maybe be alright. Maybe.  

[Ms Edyn]

For a few moments, Night didn't move. She just stared down at the still form of the unconscious grunt. A look of confusion passed over her features, though only for a moment. The explosion, though loud, was not enough to grasp the fox's attention, a slight twitch of her ears the only indication she even heard it. Lynn's words of gratitude, however, did.

"Hmm?" Night looked up and turned her head towards Lynn, "Oh, uh, don't- don't mention it. I was happy to help." She looked back down at the grunt once more before grabbing a pokeball and releasing her Charizard, Tatsu, and jumping on his back. "Yeah, let's go see what else these idiots are up to."  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

Lykas had started to send Mykel out to help the old man after the attacking Mightyena had been dealt with. He almost felt bad for it the way it got knocked toothless and then burned with lunar fire but the old man's apparent heart attack took precedence until Sub suddenly appeared and whisked him away. "Huh... Ok." He decided, looking toward Odd. "That explosion didn't sound good. We need to see what caused it." He told the Channeler.

"Right!" Odd nodded, waving for his newly evolved Aegislash to follow him. "We're going to head on toward Virbank and see if we can do some recon." He told his hybrid lover before darting off ahead of the others a bit with Entr'acte right behind him.

The dreadlock'd brunet froze again when Darts' eyes fell on him. Hemlock looked like he wanted to attack but he seemed to be waiting for his master's order to do so. "I remember you..." He told himself. "You were with those kids in Alola, at that Megamart..." He recalled how he'd thought they were there to vandalize the place and then they were all attacked by that wild Pokemon. "And I'm no kid! I'm 35!" He snapped, realizing what the hybrid had said to him at last. "If you lot aren't attacking the town..." He looked back at the battle and saw the red-suited Flare members knocked unconscious or otherwise disposed of. "They must be... Hemlock! We need to help protect the town. I think these guys are on our side. Maybe." He didn't sound too sure of himself with that decision but he had business partners living here and he wasn't going to just stand by and let his business suffer or his partners potentially die.  

[Atlantis_Darts]

Blizzard120

As I looked at the guy hunched over from the blow I gave him, I then saw Amaranth give the grunt a good enough kick to introduce the grunt to the dirt. I had to rub the underside of my beak, suddenly. "...really not a smart guy...Well, I'm done here." I said.

"Done here, too." Freth said, staring at the unfortunate victim of Mamoswine's tremendous trampling.

"Anyone else agree that these few was just mere cannon fodder?" I asked.

"Fell like it, that's for sure."

"Then we best get moving now." I said. I then looked back towards the old couple and stared in confusion. I then looked back at the woman. "Which doctor, cardiologist or a psychiatrist. Because it seems he needs both"

"Blizzard." Freth spoke up.

"Yea yea, Get him to a hospital, tell him to avoid Vulpix news, and if he continues on, build a wall around him and leave him because clearly he'd need a safe space."

TerashiLeonGoken

"Rala," was all I said when I saw the older man about to have a heart attack.

Rala nodded, knowing my intent right away. leaving Keiko for the moment with nothing attacking her, Rala teleported beside the old man with me in tow and used Healing Pulse on him, hopefully easing his pain. "Don't worry, sir," I said calmly and respectfully to him. "We'll have these cosplaying foreigners out of our great nation in no time."

SubonicXP

"Bah, I'm going to regret this in the morning." Sub said as he showed up on the scene, just in time to witness the sound beating his teammates gave the Flare grunts. With a resigned sigh he took out a Love Ball and pressed the button on the front, the device opening to give off a dazzling display of pink light.

"Free! I am freeee!" Gardy declared as she appeared from the confines of the device, telepathically screaming into the minds of all around her, sans her lucky trainer.

"Cease whatever mind splitting screech you're giving off and get this man to the Driftveil City hospital, should be safe there for now. Keep using Heal Pulse on him like Rala to keep him stable." He ordered his Pokemon. He didn't know if the man was really having a heart attack or not but he had to get rid of him, he couldn't take anymore of his ranting. "Take his wife too." He instructed Gardy, the Gardevoir dropping her hyper mood and approaching the elderly couple, trying to corral them together to teleport them out, and would if they were willing.

Sub would then look towards the east, the location of Route 20. Without a word he took out his hoverboard and hopped on, releasing his Hydreigon as well. With that he rocketed off, dragon flying above towards Route 20.

The Heal Pulse managed to calm the man's erratic heartbeat long enough to stabilize him enough for teleportation. He nods thankfully at Ter, agreeing wholeheartedly with that sentiment. But he had also heard Blizz's comments and wasn't going to let something minor like a heartattack keep him from opening his mouth to tell the hybrid off. "Listen here yeh darn whipper snapper when I was yer age I didn't crawl through the pitholes of Mt. Chimney to get sassed by some sort of knock off Pidove with an attitude-" The sentence would cut off midway as Gardy made the fortunate decision to whisk away the old man, and his wife who gives the group a cheery wave and a smile. She was clearly used to his attitude. There was going to be a rant on Ditter soon, no doubt.

Requiem of Whyspers

Lykas had started to send Mykel out to help the old man after the attacking Mightyena had been dealt with. He almost felt bad for it the way it got knocked toothless and then burned with lunar fire but the old man's apparent heart attack took precedence until Sub suddenly appeared and whisked him away. "Huh... Ok." He decided, looking toward Odd. "That explosion didn't sound good. We need to see what caused it." He told the Channeler.

"Right!" Odd nodded, waving for his newly evolved Aegislash to follow him. "We're going to head on toward Virbank and see if we can do some recon." He told his hybrid lover before darting off ahead of the others a bit with Entr'acte right behind him.

The dreadlock'd brunet froze again when Darts' eyes fell on him. Hemlock looked like he wanted to attack but he seemed to be waiting for his master's order to do so. "I remember you..." He told himself. "You were with those kids in Alola, at that Megamart..." He recalled how he'd thought they were there to vandalize the place and then they were all attacked by that wild Pokemon. "And I'm no kid! I'm 35!" He snapped, realizing what the hybrid had said to him at last. "If you lot aren't attacking the town..." He looked back at the battle and saw the red-suited Flare members knocked unconscious or otherwise disposed of. "They must be... Hemlock! We need to help protect the town. I think these guys are on our side. Maybe." He didn't sound too sure of himself with that decision but he had business partners living here and he wasn't going to just stand by and let his business suffer or his partners potentially die.

"When he was your age?" Darts can't help himself from quipping, grinning despite himself as he looks towards Blizzard. "How old is this guy?" He turns to follow the rest of the group, brushing past the dreadlocked guy without acknowledging anything he mentioned about his own age. Cold shoulder from the Giratina hybrid, hoo boy, he was getting on Darts' bad side right from the get go.

Ms Edyn

For a few moments, Night didn't move. She just stared down at the still form of the unconscious grunt. A look of confusion passed over her features, though only for a moment. The explosion, though loud, was not enough to grasp the fox's attention, a slight twitch of her ears the only indication she even heard it. Lynn's words of gratitude, however, did.

"Hmm?" Night looked up and turned her head towards Lynn, "Oh, uh, don't- don't mention it. I was happy to help." She looked back down at the grunt once more before grabbing a pokeball and releasing her Charizard, Tatsu, and jumping on his back. "Yeah, let's go see what else these idiots are up to."

Darksol88

Amaranth would perk up at the explosion that rang through the air, taking her attention away from the battling at the moment. With the urgency taking precedence over the old couple, let alone Harold's heart attack, she'd instead opt to rush off for Route 20 as Breeze followed close behind, eventually jumping onto the Togekiss' back as they went onward. Luckily, given the prompt responses from others, the couple would maybe be alright. Maybe.

Reno Vantas

Aria would watch as the man collapsed before she could even have Vibrato get close to blow the man away, instead being mildly satisfied with the man being knocked over. "Yeah, yeah. I basically got to be showy. I'm very okay with that, but no need to really thank me." Aria sheepishly said, thankfully distracted from her wasted effort by the sound and pressure of a nearby explosion. Looking towards the area, she could only comment, "I seriously hope that was Flare and wasn't Beau. Unless it was Beau blowing UP Flare. Then its fine." Reaching over to Vibrato, Aria would quickly slip onto the Dragon type's back as they took off towards the source of the explosion.

Darktornathore

The sound of the explosion would cause Lynn to jump slightly and turn in the direction it came from, while still listening to the chatter of the other Snagems around her. It seemed everyone was getting ready to head off. "Perhaps we should follow the others, hmm? It seems far more interesting things are happening elsewhere," Lynn would comment, recalling Hook and getting out her own hoverboard so that she could keep up with everyone.

TerashiLeonGoken

With the couple (probably) carted off by Gardy, I'd hop on my own hoverboard and recall Rala. Instead of following Sub, however, I'd coast up to Keiko and have her ride her hoverboard, now following Sub with Keiko following me.

The rest of the team would arrive on the scene in Route 20, which had seen better days to put it mildly. The whole of the route, and especially as you move towards Virbank City had become a veritable nest of neck-deep trenches. The closer runs in the earth were covered with crimson-colored barbed wire made up of razor sharp Team Flare symbols, no doubt sold as providing a beautifying element to the ugliness of warfare. Masses of Team Flare could be seen shuffling to and fro in the distance, working with their Pokemon to carve out more trenches and fortify their front lines as best they could.

The source of the explosion was up ahead of the assembled Snagems as there was a concerned rancher crouching down by what looked to be a very heavily wounded Mareep, patting the Pokemon's head and doing what he could to keep the Wool Pokemon calm.

A smoking crater just in front of the Mareep might have been what caused an initial smaller explosion, but the clearer cause of the explosion the Snagems had heard a moment ago was the smoking remains of a Flare Grunt and a stack of smoking metal discs he had been carrying in a sack. There were another fifteen Flare Grunts circling a red and orange fiery-haired youth dressed in black and white clothes alongside his Volcarona, all of them looking rather uncertain as to what they were planning on doing as he puts himself between them and the wounded Pokemon.

"Landmines?!" He screams, his necklace of Pokeballs shaking with the force of his fury as he does so. "....Idiots! Barbarians! You dare come to the home town of the great Alder and attempt to defile it with such crude weapons of murder?! He wouldn't stand for it and neither will I!" Despite all his bravado, he was looking rather outnumbered at fifteen to one, even if he had incinerated the Flare member carrying a sack full of explosives. Despite the bushel of sticks across his back, his lithe muscular figure allowed him to move freely, unhindered by the weight. He was going to give them a fight all right.

"Mar..." The little sheep Pokemon whines in fright at all the yelling, trying to get to an upright position, injuring itself further.

"No, no, shhh..." The ranch hand tries to insist, soothing the Pokemon with caresses to its neck and ears.