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Henrietta looked down to realize what Luka had meant and quickly she grabbed up her dress, pressed it to herself and ran away. "Don't look!" she yelled as she went, ducking behind a tree.

A minute or so later she emerged with a t-shirt over a thermal, both colored blue. She still had the jeans from earlier. Henrietta looked at Luka as more important things came to mind. Face still red with embarrassment she said, "we have to get the injured people back to Nacrene, fast." She made a point to recall her own pokemon followed by running over to Chuck to recall K-Rok, with the hope that both were still alive.

The blows collided with Kor who couldn't get proper footing before they struck. That is, until after the fourth one had gone by. Now Kai was aiming for a fifth but Kor was ready.

Grinning with the thought of victory despite the lengthyness of this multiple opponent battle, he prepared to dodge.

[Too slow,] he said as he made to jump right.

Kor's eyes widened behind the membrane, causing it to pull for visual show. [Wha-

He'd caught against a wall. A frail thing, but enough. Tayla's protect, which had been all of crap for defense due to her using it, did not defend against Kai's full power roll out. So, the move struck home against Kor, sending him to the floor in a pile of broken bones and bloody wounds.

Henrietta, meanwhile, turned to Luka. "H-he's breathing but I can't stop the bleeding!" It was a lot, to be frank. Chuck's breathing had grown short, tiny subtle breaths escaping with near nonexistent rising and falling of his chest.

Henrietta was distraught. The man had offered to help her, and this was the result. She dug through her bag for bandages, for something, but all she had for cloth was clothes.

It'll have to do.

If Luka didn't stop her, she'd go about trying to use clothing as makeshift bandaging. Inevitably, it would fail and the only result would be a few ruined outfits and a bloody mess all over Henrietta as she kept frantically trying.

Kai, Tayla and Squirt stood in front of the beaten enemies and posed as if an imaginary explosion had occured behind them. Kai grinned, [Take that you bastards.]

Tayla nodded but tutted slightly. [I agree, but do you have to use such colourful language?]

Squirt laughed. [Course he does! Because those guys were douches.]

Tayla sighed. [You two are so uncouth sometimes.]

Squirt laughed again. [Don't worry, you'll loosen up eventually.]

Tayla tutted again and zipped over to Luka and Henrietta. She saw Henrietta attempting to make a bandage and bounded in front of her. [Let me.] She began to spin a thread and began to weave it together until it formed a makeshift bandage. She offered it up to Henrietta before the girl tried to use her clothing. [Here. Don't worry, this'll hold. I'm sure of it.]

Luka had been about to delve into his bags to find an actual bandage but, upon seeing the resourcefulness of Tayla he had to agree that her bandage would have to do because he didn't have the time to rummage. Then he remembered Henrietta's scar that had been on her breast. If she took Tayla's bandage and dealt with Chuck then afterwards he would offer to have a look at it and see if he could do something about it. Hopefully it wouldn't sound pervy, but, with Henrietta and her nervous disposition it might end up coming across that way. After that, he'd help the girl get Chuck and the other people to the hospitals as would his Pokémon.

Before Henrietta could get away, Luka grabbed her wrist. "Are you sure you're going to be ok? That scar didn't look good." He let go and turned around. "Make sure you get that looked at at the hospital. Got it?"

Then he walked over to Albert and tore the Pokéballs from the man's belt. He returned the Pokémon and sorted his Pokémon out so that Luka held the man's shoulders on his own and his Pokémon held the man's feet. In that manner, the would carry Albert to the edge of the forest. If they found any police officers on the way then they would pass the b*****d onto them. If not, they'd take him down to the police station. Either way, Luka would end up telling the police "Here's the b*****d who murdered my sister."

"********." Luka's eyes widened in horror. That poor woman. "s**t." He daren't tread any further into the station lest he find more sights like the one before him. But... what was he going to do with Albert? And who murdered the police? There was only one way to find out. The CCTV footage. He didn't want to, but, what else was there to do. No one was going to come and save him. He edged into the station and threw Albert into one of the cells alongside one of the headless corpses and locked him in. Then he swallowed the bile that he felt rising in his throat before finding the CCTV room. He moved the chair with another headless guard on it away from the computer screens and wound back the tapes until he saw a woman in swat gear walk through the entrance of the building with a shotgun in hand before blasting the poor secretary with the gun. Luka had to swallow the bile once more. He couldn't see the woman's face but he could see her systematically walking through the building, blasting away every living soul's head. As she neared the CCTV room, Luka shivered. It was almost as if she was coming towards him. But, it was all in the past. She couldn't hurt him. She wasn't there any more. When she bust down the doors of the CCTV room, Luka found a blood spattered folder and opened it to find numerous phone numbers. He found one marked 'Interpol - Only in case of emergency'. Well, this was certainly an emergency. He lifted the nearby phone up and rang the number. When someone answered he said as calmly as possible, "Please come to the Nacrene Police Station. Someone came in and murdered everbody." He gagged as his eyes drifted to the nearby corpse. "Please.... Please... Please...." He began to cry. He couldn't handle it anymore. He ran out of the CCTV room leaving the phone clattering against the floor. He ran out of the police station and slumped against the wall outside. "Oh Arceus. Oh Arceus. Oh ********!"

((Of course. Once this has all blown over, Luka's swear count is gonna drop dramatically. XD))

((I'm sorry this post is shitty. I'm also sorry for not posting it sooner. My excuse is lame and likely not to gain any sympathy, so I'm not going to bother.))

Eunmi was too stunned to take Wayne's words into account. The Mega Deerling blasted away the mess of bees that swarmed it with a super-powered solar beam. Thank god that Wayne had reacted instead of just shouting - the teenager was torn from where she stood and forced to the ground as the beam of energy sliced through the spot her head had just been.

"Pull yourself together!" Eunmi could hear her thoughts screaming but still her body wouldn't react. Sudden fear had crept up on her like an infection after seeing the sheer power the Mega-deerling could summon. Still, her eyes followed the beam as it shot, hitting the Vespiquen and then Baker himself. Even though they were supposed to be fighting, Eunmi couldn't help the gasp that escaped her lips.

((I was told by Trop that Mars no longer wanted to post this [I have no idea what Mars' opinion of this is] and that Trop didn't want to post it either, so I'm just going to post the rest of this and hope no one cares that I RP'd their characters. Alright. Awesome. Good.))

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Artemis felt like a fool. In moments, Zack and Gorm were embroiled in a fight, blasts of explosions and movements she could barely follow. She managed to avoid the excess blasts of fire with ease, of course, that wasn't hard. A flick of the wrist and she could control the air around her. But she hadn't anticipated the burning sensation in her limbs when she tried to keep up with their movements. Five years out of practice, after five years of not taking her old position at the Pokemon Administration very seriously, had left the woman pretty out of practice. Zack was right - all that painting had left her terribly rusty.

Artemis tried her best to keep up with the fight, but she realized very early on that there was no way she'd manage to get a hit in with Zack and Gorm at such close quarters. So she kept her distance, instead, dashing around with as much aura-induced speed as possible, to keep D-Vee and Xen out of harms way.

As a huge wave of fire drove outward from the two, engulfing the area in flames. Artemis slashed her arms down as she jumped between the fire and the brawling pokemon, creating intersecting blades of wind around them. She landed on her feet, crouching to the ground, and Zack appeared next to her a moment later.

"This is gonna be troublesome," he said and Artemis watched as Gorm twisted his broken neck, loud gross cracking noises being made as he snapped it back into place. "He can regenerate."

"That would have been really useful to know before we jumped into this," Artemis said, her brow furrowing.

((I am going to wait to post any more of that because I realize I need to talk to Mars first. ))

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D-Vee whipped his tail backwards as he activated Double Team. He couldn't explain it - his will to fight was a lot stronger now. His footing, his movements, it all seemed more fluid. The last time he encountered the Mienshao, he was sure that he wouldn't be able to even inflict a single bit of damage, but now he felt his confidence boosted. He narrowly avoided the Force Palm, slipping past it in a nearly invisible, double team aided sidestep. He kicked off the ground, tail glowing but out of his hands, as he slammed his weight and momentum into the Mienshao, using Return.

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((So, I don't want to post as Hitmonlee, so I'm skipping it. Mars, if you wanna go back and show how awesome he is, be my guest.))

The Mega Deerling roared veraciously - something Eunmi would not have thought possible if she'd seen the creature in its original state. It was battered and bruised from assault, but the bipedal deer was still standing.

Eunmi would have called on Mochi for assistance, but recalling Wayne's discussion with Baker before he'd been knocked out had made her all the wiser. She only knew that Mochi knew grass attacks, and those would only worsen the situation. Eunmi had run to her opponent's aid as Hitmonlee took charge of the fight. Despite being enemies in battle, Eunmi was far from the type of person to let someone die… and it looked like they wouldn't be able to defeat the Mega Deerling.

Eunmi found Baker's pulse, but his breathing was strained. He was only getting worse by the second. As Hitmonlee exchanged blows with the Mega Deerling, Eunmi shouted out for Dali to make any strike where there was an opening between HItmonlee's hits. Fury Cutter, as the obvious choice. Water attacks weren't going to help here.

Moments after Hitmonlee took part in the fight, a woman clad in armor appeared. She looked horrified at the sight of the monstrosity that had been created from Wayne's Petilil.

"You?" Eunmi shouted, barely able to keep Baker upright. Even with the raging Pokemon, Eunmi had to admit she was surprised by Seohyun's sudden appearance… and her allegiance to Team Plasma.

"Huh?" Leonarda paused, giving the girl a glance before rolling her eyes. "You really think right now I give a damn about you?"


Eunmi shouted angrily.

you shouldn't have them,> Seohyun spat back.

Eunmi said.

Seohyun shouted, gripping the Deerling's poke ball tightly. "Return! Deerling, damn it, I said 'Return'!"

The Mega Deerling stopped a moment, its attention drawn by the shouting of its trainer. It was hard to tell if any thought flickered in it's mind. Maybe it thought that with all this power, it didn't need a trainer. Maybe its ability to think was completely replaced with rage and anger. In any case, it wasn't a huge surprise that turned round to charge at Seohyun. Hitmonlee probably tried to stop it, but to no avail. It stomped forward and slashed its massive hoofed arm at Seohyun. The woman pulled her hand back as quickly as possible, but still managed to get hooked by the deer and thrown to the side. It's poke ball rolled away and with a loud crunch, the Mega Deerling crushed the poke ball. It turned back to Seohyun, it's nostrils flaring angrily.

Hitmonlee (likely) recovered by now and made his counter attack at the same time that the Mega Deerling charged and that Eunmi dashed forward. Hitmonlee and the Deerling were engaged in a brawl, coming crashing down still to where Seohyun had fallen just seconds before Eunmi grabbed her arm and pulled her aside as they tumbled to avoid becoming pancakes.

"Stay back, and take care of him," she said quickly, pointing to Baker, as she saw the Mega Deerling rear back. The beast lashed out, waving it's monstrously huge hooved legs out and batting Hitmonlee aside (who would rightfully have been fighting his a** off, I'm sure) and firing an Energy ball directly at Dali (who probably was doing nothing but being irritating, since he's smaller and weaker than hitmonlee).

The oshawott was thrown backwards by the super effective hit. Eunmi scrambled and made a leap to catch him, rolling onto the ground and cradling him in her arms. He looked awful. He had patches of fur missing, cuts and bruises all over his body, and his eyes could barely open. His shell was cracked and chipped, and yet he clung to it desperately. She quickly scrambled backwards, not quite able to stand up. Hitmonlee and the Deerling were at it again.

Dali would fight to the death, and Eunmi didn't even know why.

she muttered. She knew her pain wasn't nearly as bad as the Oshawott's, but as a new trainer that had never even thought she'd be in this position, she didn't understand how or why Dali would be so loyal to her.

Dali smiled weakly at Eunmi, muttering something.

[My whole life I was told that some day… if I was lucky, someone would chose me,] the little otter knew Eunmi didn't understand him, but he couldn't understand her either. […people came and went, and one day, you did.]

Dali's history wasn't complex. He was bred in captivity. He wasn't one of those wild pokemon that had suffered at the hands of humans. He had been kept in Professor Juniper's lab, fed by her assistant three times a day, had a nice warm bed, and told every day of the glories of being picked by a trainer. To be someones partner. Maybe he didn't know any better, and he did his best to ignore Eunmi's lack of excitement when she chose him. But after a few days he learned quickly that Eunmi wasn't a bad person - that she actually did enjoy being his trainer, even if she refused to admit it to herself.

[I'm sorry I'm not stronger…] The oshawott closed it's eyes, and Eunmi held him closer.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Eunmi repeated, setting him in front of her and grabbing at her bag. She had something, right? She bought a pack at the Center. Which one was it? Why was she so bad at this? Was that a Potion? No, Parlyz Heal. Antidote? No.

"Dali's gonna die and it's all my fault."

"Dali, don't, just hold on," she said tearfully. She managed to grab the Potion, but when she turned to spray it on him, he was glowing. She froze. Glowing?



The glowing form grew brighter as the shape began to shift, expand and grow. When it began to dim, the blue returned to the form and a taller figure stood upright in the place that Dali had been. Black ears in place of blue, blue fur in place of white, the otter Pokemon held two shells in its paws. It stood with its back to Eunmi, facing the hulking Mega Deerling.

"Wott, de dewott," he said proudly puffing out his chest. Eunmi simple stared in frozen confusion. Dali… what…?

The Dewott charged forward, his stronger more mobile limbs allowing him to use Aqua Jet with ease. In an instant, he seems to disappear, charging passed the the Mega Deerling, swiping his Shells in an X motion as he used Fury Cutter. He skidded to a halt behind the massive deer and glanced back.

((I wrote this a few weeks ago and have not re-read the whole thing nor double checked to ensure the edit i just made makes sense with the rest of the post.

I'm sorry.))