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 Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:00 pm
"I don't need to hear your excuses," Eunmi muttered, pulling Henrietta with her as she followed Shery, probably to Henrietta's dismay.
She ran past the Ursaring and Machoke, nodding at them to follow.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:00 pm
Robert rushed towards the sounds of the city in the distance, following Shery as she led the way. Once Robert was topside, he would set the Munna he carried out down, hoping that the others would wake up and teleport themselves out of danger. Robert dropped to his knees and closed his eyes, waiting for what was to come next.
His Pokemon set the Munna they managed to get out down before him. Beatrix was a bit irritated. Robert was a bit too self-sacrificing. While it was a trait she admired, it was almost as if Robert didn't ever take his own life into account. She knelt down beside him and placed her arms around him.
Beatrix telepathically spoke to him. She knew he was going to let the others take out their frustrations on him, the other trainers and the Munna, and she wasn't going to let him keep putting himself in situations that might cost him his life.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:06 pm
Just as everyone was escaping, almost as if by coincidence, everything came down. Out of danger, however, wasn't being out of the facility. With a creak, it all came down and those sleeping Munna were crushed.
However, one must ask themselves, was that all of the Munna in the dream yard? No, you see, as with any civilization, there are always those that cannot fight.
Deep, deep within the Facility hid the weak and young of the Munna. Probably Baku's family or something. For them, it wasn't one floor collapsing, but several. In a splatter and literal pond of blood, they were crushed.
And topside, as Henrietta burst through into the fresh nights air, she gasped. It was so much colder up here than down there in cramped halls. Though it helped that, for once, she wasn't three feet from five people/Pokemon for the first time in what felt like hours.
The night air was cool on her skin and she could feel more closely now how her hair and clothing stuck due to sweat and she was glad for the darkness as she recalled she hadn't worn.. ahem..
She looked over to Eunmi and the others and her lips parted to speak when the ground creaked again.
The hole that Robby had made, then, collapsed, widening suddenly and Henrietta hoped that Saden had made it to safety as it seemed that it wasn't just the facility, but the entire dreamyard itself that was going to come down.
Though her voice was normally quiet, Henrietta found one last burst of energy to scream, "RUN!" as the ground gave way behind them.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:06 pm
[I think they are helping the injured Munna]
Goliath nodded.
[Yeah, let's grab the rest, load me up!]
The two pokemon quickly went in, scooping up all the Munna they could carry. Goliath had Samson pile them on, in his arms, on his back and head, all over until he was loaded up with a pile of them. Samson gathered the four remaining ones and they quickly headed back after the others.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:14 pm
Robby looked at his snack. Then up to the falling debris. He had to go, he couldn't let that stuff knock it away. In a single instant, his center of gravity shifted, and Robby ran. Not "run-walked" or "run-waddled" or even jogged. He ran. Right next to the Audino. There was food on the line here, that wasn't going to be lost.
Once they escaped the collapsing dreamyard, the obese lad would fall forward, twisting last second to avoid crushing the snack. "Dear Arceus! Heart attack!"
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:20 pm
Salieri was awe struck when it was Wayne who came to her rescue, and for that moment everything was in slow motion. As Wayne’s headbutt landed, Salieri couldn’t help but think that Wayne reminded her of her brother.
As Gothorita looked up, so did she, and she saw Hitmonlee spin in from the sky. Despite the pokemon’s poor display at the Striaton Gym, his form was nearly perfect as he swung down. That truly is a Del Forrest trained pokemon.
When the Earthquake occurred, Salieri took the time to return Liuye Dao and Chen Zhen. Liuye was paralyzed and already tired, so he’d be of no help in a fight. And Chen Zhen could probably still battle, but battling wasn’t her goal at the moment. She wanted to get the hell out of the Dreamyard.
So when Gothorita continued to rise up after the Earthquake, Salieri was almost as dismayed as Wayne was. Salem was considering that now should be the time of her appearance, but not quite yet. The most stylish way to save the day was at the last second, after all.
As Gothorita began to float towards them, Salieri took a step back, trembling in fear. Her eyes widened as she quivered, slowly raising her finger to point something out. But it wasn’t Gothorita she was pointing at, nor was it Gothorita that her intensely terrified gaze focused upon. It was something in the distance, behind the Psychic type. “Wha-what the hell is that?!”
In the next second, Gothorita would do one of two things. Either she’d turn to see where Salieri was pointing to and shortly after discover there was nothing there, or she’d see through the bluff and continue to float at them. But regardless of the outcome, Salieri would grab Wayne’s hand with her own. “Run,” she’d whisper into his ear as she turned and bolted away to the closest exit of the ruined facility with Wayne hopefully in tow.
After all, if you can't beat 'em, run like hell.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:27 pm
Eunmi was fast, but she was whole-heartedly surprised that Robby ran faster than she did. Still, it wasn't long before they were safe and out of danger, even though each step they took felt like impending doom.
"Damn," Eunmi said, breathless, as she fell forward to her knees, accidentally dragging Henrietta with her.
"This girl's bad luck is rubbing off on me."
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:45 pm
Henrietta's lungs and legs were on fire and she was light headed. Sweat mixed with dirt and blood. Outside of the dreamyard gates, she collapsed, pulled down by Eunmi and she used her other arm to prop herself up. Sweat dripped from the tip of her nose as she stared at the ground.
Between breaths she managed to say, "today sucks." With that said, she'd collapse on to her side, trying to catch her breath. Her hand, though not tightly enough to keep a grip, still held Eunmi's hand.
Robby, who spoke of a heart attack, caused Henrietta to look toward him and say, once more through gasps for air, "are you okay?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:50 pm
Robby looked over to the girl who had spoken, breathing particularly hard. "Legs... Having... Heart... Attacks... Side... too..." His hand showed, on his right side, where the lung hung beneath it, where he meant.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:02 pm
"I think... he's just... outta breath," Eunmi said, slipping her hand out of Henrietta's as she twisted and collapsed on her back.
"...I hope tomorrow is better..."
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:02 pm
Robert looked over at the fat kid complaining of a heart attack. "You're not having a heart attack. You're out of breath and very sore because your body isn't used to exercise." Robert calmly commented. Still, there was the issue of the man who went off with the Pokemon. He wasn't going to let the man simply get away. Robert stood up and looked over to his Gardevoir and Lucario.
"Freya, I need you to try and sense the auras of that robed man and his Pokemon. Beatrix, try and use your psychic energies to sense their presence. I don't know how much of a head start they have on us, but hopefully they haven't gotten too far." Robert spoke. He knew how powerful that man's Pokemon was and the man seemed to match Robert in combat skill, perhaps even much superior. However, he had no intention of letting someone who betrayed their word escape with other people's Pokemon. He was going to get those Pokemon back or die trying.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:06 pm
Dialga was having an off day. So through the ruination of the space/time continuum, several alterations were made. Some grand in scale, happening in far off reaches of the universe. Some local. Some convenient.
So when Salieri pointed to behind Gothorita, it coincided with Robby finishing his run and striking the ground. The resulting shockwaves sent additional tremors throughout the area and a boom of very loud proportions. The psychic type turned immediately, Psyshock blade up in defence.
Wayne felt his arm being yanked out of its socket. Or at least it felt like that. Though Henrietta would probably disagree. Either way, he was suddenly being jolted away from Gothorita. If Salieri spotted the crew, she might try to break away in their direction.
And Wayne, whose body was released from Gothorita's hypnotic abilities, managed to run with her fairly well.
Shery skidded to a halt. Even though her clothes were mainly those of a nurse's, her feet were clad in thick boots marketed specifically to travelling pokémon trainers. She could run well, even carrying the Munna. Audino hurried behind her trainer, stopping as she stopped.
"Wait," Shery said quickly and quietly, eyes widening as she saw Gothorita in the distance, "Wait. Wait!"
"Hey!" the nurse bellowed across the courtyard, "Gothorita, stop!"
While Munna freaked out in Shery's arms, the shouting human definitely high on its list of do no wants, Gothorita saw her trainer, heard the yelling. With a human to command her, the intent to kill the human shattered. Psyshock disengaged, fading from pink into a blue mist that floated on the air where Psyshock had once been. Gothorita bowed her head, dropping to one knee. A sign of respect for her trainer.
"Hey," Wayne gasped, "I think we're- I think we're okay- Sal- Salieri."
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:13 pm
So, finally, it was over. For the most part, anyways. Robert seemed damn committed to hunting down the Sage who had taken her Pokemon away. She looked up at him in his stoic form. He wasn't tired, or he didn't look it.
Henrietta, weakly, pushed herself up to her knees and said, "I-i'll go with you." Of course, she wasn't going to trust Darumi to anyone else ever again. Even tired as she was, horrible as she looked at the moment, she was still committed to getting Darumi back.
***
Far away, driving through Striaton City, was Gorm. His Grunts had to take other cars, for the most part. In the car with him was his driver, Chuck, in the passenger side was Bill, in the back sat Gorm and Leonarda.
The others, with their failures, were tasked with finding their own way back and also burying Olesya, a task Albert complained about greatly.
"I should help them," Leonarda said, though her tone said she had as little interest in that as she had interest in what the Weedles in faraway Kanto were currently up to.
"Someone like yourself can't be doing tasks like that, you could be seen," spoke Gorm who, despite video game sprite implications, towered a good six foot seven, muscles the size of people, and was just totally bad a** 'n s**t.
"He means, you're too famous," said Bill. It was the same for Chuck, if one noted that he was the 'owner' of the famous K-Rok.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:19 pm
"Hey," Eunmi said. "Don't be stupid."
She sat up, rubbing her head.
"Even if you find him, your Pokemon are tired, you're tired, and we barely held our own in one on one fights. They left together, right? We can't take them on.
"I know you want your Pokemon back, but you need a better plan than that."
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:21 pm
Salieri stopped as Wayne did, coming to a halt in front of the pokemon trainers. She turned around and saw that on Shery's command, Gothorita had stopped it's attack. She did a double take back to the nurse, and then back to the pokemon.
"Okay," she gasped, out of breath though not as much as everyone else. She turned her attention to the group, which consisted of a few familiar faces including Henrietta and Eunmi. "Okay, so today I fell into a trash disposal, dislocated my arm, almost got caved in-"
The Battle Girl pause when she realized that she was still tightly squeezing Wayne's hand. She immediately let go and took a step to the side. "Almost got caved in the tunnels, had to fight a psycho pokemon rights group with my arm dislocated, relocated my arm during that fight, and came back here to save your a**," she listed, looking over to Wayne for a second, "only to get attacked by your pokemon in what looks like a very unfortunate misunderstanding to me." The rant ended with her addressing Shery in a tired yet annoyed tone.
Okay, now she could breathe.
Salieri caught her breath as she slumped against a tree, lowering herself to the ground. "Is that all? Are there any more reasons that I should be concerned for my safety today?" she exhaustedly asked the group, ending on a huge sigh as her Eevee calmly trotted out of the Dreamyard long after everyone else.
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