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Pokémon Odyssey: A New Beginning [T] [Best Veteran 4Q '12]

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Hanso SharpEye
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Hanso was silent as he listened to Penance and Daniel. Okay, pry into the Sentinel's mind and get rid of any corruption we find. Teleport away if it tries to take me over...will that happen, though? For that matter, Hanso wondered if someone, or something, was trying to corrupt him during his conversation with Genevieve a few days before. Assuming that it was detectable, the Gallade began to think that being corrupted would only happen if the Silver Crystal's influence took an active role. Then again, I never actually went into her head. Wait, wouldn't it help if we brought Brynn with?

"You guys ready? Good, port."

Then again, probably not. I don't it happening to her.

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Within moments of the teleport, Hanso noted the forested area they were in. "Now... we wait. Get ready all!" The psychics got ready as Penance looked at Hanso, "You ready?" He asked just as the Kadabra and Deluge appeared in the area. "Now!" He shouted.

No time to meditate and muster his energy. There wasn't a whole lot of technique in the way Hanso threw his psychic energy into attacking and trying to break into the Castform's mind. This better work.
 
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Accatosh "Blitzkrieg" Corronis

Accatosh cocked his head at Penanc's statement, he was just about to give something away... Accatosh simply stood there listening and letting the events happening take place. Accatosh decided not to push the Golduck too far... everyone has a breaking point... and his could very well be soon. He turned his attention to the Golurk called Paladin... his attitude towards helping the Mismagius who had helped him... After some thought at the time they had been around the Golurk Accatosh realized... that pokemon... That Golurk... WAS PALADIN!!! Accatosh's mentor was alive... Accatosh could have sworn he was dead.

Accatosh closed his eyes, focused his breathing... and focused on something that Paladin had taught him... how energies connect all pokemon... and those who have trained together share a bond... a unique bond between mentors and students... Accatosh focused and sent out a gentle search pulse in the direction Paladin and their group went... with any luck Paladin would feel it and a response would return in the next few minuets.

Accatosh's eyes opened and he continued watching the current events take place in front of him.
 

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Paladin tripped. The hulking Golurk tripped on something or other and fell straight to the wet ground. He thrust Veletra and Allora forward as he did so, so that they would not be crushed by falling body. He landed on the prison floor with a great thoomp, causing Gallant and Speculum to stop in front of him. Paladin quickly looked back to where Deluge had been, to find he was gone. Just like that, he had disappeared, and the torrents of water had stopped falling from the prison ceiling. "Come on, son. We've got to keep going now!" said Gallant. Paladin rose from the floor, water dripping from him. He could feel the water being absorbed into him, and it hurt. Unlike with a Grass-type or a Water-type, when a Ground-type absorbed water, it could be fatal. Still, he ignored the pain and went on. Veletra was also gone, and to his relief, the Golurk found that she was in the care of a Gloom in the tunnels. Paladin listened as the Leafeon instructed him to take Veletra. As much as he didn't like to be bossed around by an associate of the Madman, he took her from the ground where the Gloom was, reaching his overgrown arm into the tunnel and taking the Ghost's body.

It seemed that the Leafeon had been contacted by telepathy, for she hesitated a moment before telling the group something about Plan A. "What the heck are you talking about?" Speculum asked, his Grovyle figure already bloated with water. Paladin had an idea at the mention of a medic, though. "Forget that. We have a medic right here," Paladin said, turning to the steadily growing Astrid Helixpetal. "Astrid, do you think you can stop the bleeding?" he asked desperately. He turned to the battle scene. It seemed that the Ancients were finally overtaking the Madman's affiliates, and from what he could hear, there was a whole lot more going on outside. "We have to go. Now!" With that, he began running in the direction that Deluge had been before. If the Sentinel had come from that direction, it meant there was an exit somewhere. He urged Astrid to keep up, trying to run somewhat slowly for her.

As he was running, Paladin felt a familiar sensation in his mind. Something was reaching out to him. Suddenly, an image of a Pokemon came. This Pokemon was colored green, with red wings and a long neck. This Pokemon was the green Salamence that Paladin had seen in the Madman's lair, but now, something seemed familiar about him. The memory came from the back of his brain, surfacing from the endless sea of forgotten memories like a fish out of water. There it was: Accatosh "Blitkrieg" Coronis, Paladin's apprentice. Along with the memory of Accatosh came so many others, such as the countless hours of training they had spent together. Before the war, they had been great friends, and Accatosh had even helped Paladin get over his fear of Dragon-types, thanks to him being one. Memories of good times and bad came back, as did memories of battles fought together, side by side. Accatosh had been taught well, he remembered that the energies of Palkia connected all Pokemon throughout space, and that one could learn to bend those energies to send messages to one another. These energies could sometimes define Pokemon, and the links between those who had trained together shared a bond unlike any other. Paladin felt himself suddenly overcome with pride, remembering the various challenges that Blitkrieg had overcome. He focused for a moment, still running, and tried to find the energies that connected Accatosh and Paladin. After a few seconds, he found them, and began to focus on them, sending a message to the green Salamence.

The exit was in sight. "Come on!" Paladin shouted to the others as he snapped back to reality.

Hydra IV
Cape City

Hydra noticed the child Sentinels whispering, probably about him. With triple hearing from all three of his heads, as well as amplified hearing from the mechanical one, he could make out exactly what they were saying. He simply chuckled at the little game that the two played together. There were so many things that the prince of the Hydreigonists could explain to these Pokemon to make them understand how pathetic they truly were, but he decided against it.

What the other Sentinels did not notice was the Xatu teleporting out of nowhere. The bird had his eyes set on Levina, planning to thrust her into the air with a Psychic since she was turned to talk to Snype. He would have succeeded before any of the other Sentinels could have killed him, of course, if it wasn't for those teeth clenched firmly into his neck. Hydra the fourth's second head had was the owner of these teeth. He had implanted them with perfect precision into his opponent's jugular. Hydra let go of his opponent instead of snapping his neck, watching as the poor bird lay on the ground, choking on his own blood. Thought his second head watched intently at the struggling Xatu, Hydra's main head never took his eyes off of Snype and Levina throughout the whole thing. "You see, young ones, when it comes to death, you can't just kill for a petty little game," he licked his lips as if he had tasted something delicious, "you savor the moment they die. You are worthy enough to be called Sentinel, and while that is still far beneath me, it is a worthwhile title. Therefore, you should only kill those who are worth killing. Killing common peasants is pointless, because their lives are worth nothing anyway. You leave that work to those mindless creatures called Ancients. Those worth killing are the ones who have lived long and done many deeds in their lives, whether good or bad is of no importance. These are the Pokemon whose deaths you should be honored to bring," he lectured. "Think of it as...food. You wouldn't eat something that tastes bland, so you taste what is delicious. It is the same with Pokemon. You don't want to kill someone who is of no importance, who is beneath you. You want to kill someone who is ripe with knowledge and power..."

As soon as he had finished his lecture, Hydra began hearing explosions everywhere. Suddenly, the streets below were flooded with Pokemon from this so-called resistance, who were attacking ancients randomly on the streets. "For Arceus's sake..." Hydra rolled his eyes. These were simply common peasants who thought they could get somewhere by blowing stuff up and pretending to help other Pokemon. In reality, they just wanted to cause chaos, like the Madman. Heck, most of these Pokemon weren't even fully evolved. "See? This is why I came here. You lot can hardly get anything right around here," he said, looking down at the chaos below. Suddenly, a small, squeaky noise caught the attention of the Hydreigon. There was a Pachirisu screaming on one of the rooftops. Stupid creature. "Alright, since you don't know how to do these things, I'll tell you how. There appear to be soldiers of the Madman roaming the streets killing out forces, in case you haven't noticed," he mocked, "so we're going to need to split up. I do hope you can all take care of yourselves." Hydra's strategic training kicked in, and he found the best spots for retaliation. He zoomed in on the east side of the city to find a large crack in the ground from which Pokemon were pouring out. "There's a larger concentration of Pokemon to the east. Allen, you and I shall rally up a group of Ancients, Silver Tribe, and any other Sentinels who are not here, and hold them back. We also need to try and close that fissure. It doesn't seem to be too big, but it probably leads to the tunnels," Hydra ordered. He next looked to the west, where the situation was similar, but less dire. "Scar and Genevieve, you take up positions in the west and do the same."

He then looked to the south and north. The concentration of rebels in the north was not so great, but the northeast was quickly becoming flooded with them. "Levina and Snype, since you two seem to work so well together, you can take the northeastern corner, near the walls, and bring together as many Ancients as possible. Meanwhile, D-I and Sovereign will take the south part of the city. Sovereign, try using your Earthquake to collapse the tunnels from which the rebels are coming," Hydra finished. Finally, he said, "Of course, this all depends on your individual powers. This group, as far as I can tell, is only as strong as its weakest link, and I trust none of you want to be that individual. You can choose to heed my words or not, but be warned, if you choose not to, the city is as good as taken," With that, he began to fly away away from the church in which they were, and made his way to a nearby rooftop where a Pachirisu was still screaming "For Freedom!" Hydra grabbed the little rodent by his neck with his mechanical arm, and threw him off the rooftop, listening to him scream as he went. Better to let the impact with the ground kill the little pest than Hydra himself. He proceeded to pick up the fallen flag with his left arm, and then...ate it, for all to see. With a large gulp, he shouted, "Your resistance is dead!" He then began flying to his stationed position in the east corner of the city, where he would expect to find Allen and then rally up a group of Ancients.
 
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Accatosh "Blitzkrieg" Corronis

There it was... the response... it felt familiure... so the Golurk was for sure Paladin... however there was something else Accatosh could detect... even in that small touch he could tell the something was wrong... not in an injured sort of way but still something about his state of mind seemed... the best way to describe it was corrupted... it's touch was ever so subtle in the connection but that area was cold and dark... it even made Accatosh shudder a little just thinking about it.

Things continued as they were happening for a moment... Accatosh decided to make himself useful by sending large Pulses of Palkia's link energy to see where everything was... it worked for a while, giving him an opportunity to see a sort of map of Cape City... He then sent Paladin a message of warning...

Be careful... Cape City is not as friendly as it once was... stick to the side streets for the moment as best you can... there are Aincients everywhere over there... and I'd expect to see the Sentinals anywhere... let me know if you need any help.

with that the message was sent along their shared energy link... the unique thing about the link was that it was practically impossible to break into, only another pokemon trained in bending such energies could get access to the link... and even then it was hard to do. Accatosh readied his gear for anything... and waited for the call... Accatosh wished he could be up there... where at the moment he would be most helpful... but at the time they were leaving he would have been most helpful planning... not like Penance had even responded to anything he had to say... but who cares if he didn't... it's his loss.

Veltra turned to Accatosh, and asked him what he's doing. "preparing to help my mentor," Accatosh said, "I'm not needed here anymore... and I have a feeling I'm going to be needed elsewhere." Veltra frowned at this but kept her peace.
 

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Lair of the Madman

Zane nodded as he Penance explain his role to him and to the other Psychic Pokemon. They would use the Gold Crystal to try and free a Sentinel from the effects of the Silver Crystal. From what Penance is describing, it looks like they were going for Deluge, who was alone in the prison. He wondered how exactly the Gold Crystal would work. He, after all, didn't notice any effects from it thus far, which was strange. He speculated if it was even working at all. But then again, perhaps it would only activate in the presence of the Silver Crystal handiwork.

After the psychics took them, they found themselves in a forested area, Zane assuming it was a bit ways away from the city. They waited, prepared to do what was necessary. The Psychics found themselves readying their abilities in approach of the Sentinel, while Zane found himself oddly standing there, a bit out of place from the rest of them. How exactly was he supposed to help prepare? He wasn't invading anyone's mind. In fact, the only reason he was here was because he wore the Gold Crystal around his neck in a necklace he had just made. He could have easily given it to TrueStriker and helped prepare for the war instead. Needless to say, it was too late for that now, as moments later, another Psychic Pokemon appeared grabbing hold of the Castform Deluge, a former brother of theirs, now turned Sentinel.

"You've made a big mistake." Deluge stated somewhat angrily, gritting his teeth. Zane noticed above as clouds started forming above the area's head. The clouds quickly grew larger, and darker. A bang of thunder came from them, booming across the forested area. Then, he felt a sprinkle of water upon his shoulder, followed by the droplets of a few more. This turned to a continuous spray, until in a matter of seconds, the area drizzled in a thick and heavy rain.

Unfortunately for Deluge, that was the extent the Castform was able to do, as moments later, Penance yelled, "Now!" Together, the psychics, Hanso, and Penance all went to work on Deluge. It was a struggle Zane couldn't quite see, besides the cringing faces of some of the Pokemon before him.

"What? What are you-" Deluge began to demand, as his mind soon began to be infiltrated.

What happened next was something Zane couldn't see, but of which everyone else did. A pure white room eclipsed the scenery of the forest that once existed, a blankness with nothing inside but the Pokemon, standing where they were when they began the mind infiltration. Everyone stood where they stood out in the real world, and everyone mostly looked the same. That is, except Deluge, who stood facing the psychics. However, clinging to his body were two enormous arms covered in dark shadows, as if hugging the small Castform. The arms connected to a gigantic shadow that hovered behind the Sentinel. No physical manifestation could be seen from the shadow, but a pair of menacing blue eyes were prominently displayed through the darkness, eyeing the Psychic Pokemon. Suddenly, the darkness that shrouded that side of the room began expanding, and heading toward the other Psychics. But a bright light pierced through the room, the source of which came from the back of the Psychics, at the location where Zane was standing if he were present inside of the white room. The bright energy expanded, meeting the expansion of the darkness, and the two clashed. For a moment, it looked like the potency of the two was even, until the effectiveness of the Psychic Pokemon too met the powerful dark shadows. Together with the bright energy, the shadows were slowly beginning to be pushed back.

On the outside, Zane observed as Deluge visibly seemed to wage the invisible battle inside of his mind. He was the only one who made a cringing face, or rather the most prominently displayed one to show his discomfort. He had no idea what was happening on the battle that was waging inside of their minds, but only hoped that this discomfort that he held was a sign of good things. He looked down at the Gold Crystal which hung from his neck. It was strange. Even if nothing visible seemed to be happening, he felt deep inside himself that something was. It was a presence of some sort. Hopefully, it meant a good thing. His eyes were suddenly preoccupied with a fast-approaching dark cloud. The oddity was that this cloud was approaching at quite a fast speed, and against the wind. He was beginning to wonder if this was a cloud at all, but rather something else. Zane suddenly realized that the dark puff of smoke was heading directly in their location. In a rapid speed, the cloud sank from the height it flew and approached the group in the forested area, before heading straight into the mouth of Deluge. A sinister, deep voice was uttered, Zane assuming it came from the voice, but its origin when heard by the ears didn't seem to indicate that.

"He is my servant, or he is no ones." It uttered.

Back in the white room, the combined efforts of the Psychics and the bright energy which seemed to aid in their efforts was being rewarded as the shadowy darkness now appeared to be 'losing' this fight of the mind. The dark energy released now reached the figure that clung to Deluge, until parts of its own body were joining in the 'purging' process. Slowly, the being was lifting its control over Deluge's body, while the poor Castform continuously screamed during this entire entanglement. Then, one giant arm was lifted from the Sentinel as it was disintegrated. This was followed by the second arm, causing the Sentinel to fall into the ground, panting heavily. The darkness which enveloped the room was suddenly swallowed by the remains of the powers of the Psychics and the energy, until only tiny bits clung to the surface of the white room. A panting Deluge slowly and weakly rose up, his eyes looking upon the others of the white room. The eyes held a look of confusion, but also sincerity, something that had not crossed the mind of this Castform in about two years. It was as if he was in a deep sleep, a nightmare for such a long time, and only now had he awoken.

Cedric Ceffyl, the Castform Sentinel known as Deluge, was free.

The tragedy was the short time he would enjoy such freedom, as the dark smoke which entered the body of the Castform showed its form inside of the white room. It was a Pokemon, one covered in shadow and darkness, who appeared in front of the Castform. His voice mirrored the one outside.

"He is my servant, or he is no ones." It uttered, before extending it's dark-covered arm right into the Castform, impaling it. The look upon Cedric was utter shock as he gazed at his attacker, his final glance as he closed his eyes forever, and so too on the outside did this action mirror. As the Castform fell, the shadowy Pokemon turned and appeared to look at the other Pokemon in the white room, but suddenly stepped back at the sight of the glint of light which began once more to resonate from the back of the room. As quickly as it came, the Pokemon in shadows left, and took the form outside of the dark smoke, rapidly ascending away once more.

Deluge fell to the ground, as the white room collapsed and the Psychics were all removed from it. Zane quickly approached the downed Castform and checked its vitals. He turned to the others, and shook his head.

"Dead." He muttered grimly. "Did any of it work? What was that dark…smoke? What happened in there?" Zane asked the others, wondering what exactly took place inside the mind.

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Cape City

Scar titled his head in examination of the newest Sentinel brought forth. Hydra, or more particularly Hydra the Fourth. He had heard of him and the Hydreigonists before, though mostly through passing tales and urban legends. It was a bit odd to find one of them now working among the Sentinels, but Scar didn't give it too much thought. He found the acts of Auron recently quite different from his normal routine, to say the least. The moment Hydra began giving order, Scar should his head, while The Inferno proceeded down the tunnels, not giving the Hydreigon a moments thought, as he wouldn't with any of the other Sentinels.

"Hydra," Scar began, as he observed the increasing escalation of violence across the city. "You are new, so I will forgive your impudence. However, we Sentinels take no orders from each other. Nor do we rely on rank hierarchy. That said, it's obvious you have some tactful capabilities, and we'll rely on them in the battle to come. However, for now, to quote you from earlier, we should not aim for these weaklings. For even though the affiliates of the Madman are a step above the normal soldier, there is even bigger fish to fry now." He motioned to a nearby tunnel system formed, pointing into it. "The Gold Tribe is here, and we're going to smoke them out. Stay on the surface here if you like, but Genevieve and I, and whoever else will follow shall take the tunnels, and face our true enemy."

With that, Scar proceeded with Genevieve, the Inferno, and whomever else chose to follow down the path of the tunnels, navigating it through their minds as they recalled the route of the Madman's lair. It wasn't too difficult now that they new where to go. They turned where necessary, and followed it like finding one's way home. A contingency of Ancients too chose to follow, the though bulk of them now began appearing on the surface to combat the affiliates. Scar didn't worry. As soon as all of the Ancients would leave Anciena City below and head to the surface, they would all be outnumbered, and perish soon afterward.

After much traveling, the Sentinels were by their destination. "It should be behind here," Scar said, beckoning to the doorway which would lead into the Madman's lair. "Let us be done with them quickly. The Alpha Alliance army comes, and they come quickly."
 

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Impudence? Hydra listened to Scar, who had begun lecturing him about his impudence and how all the Sentinels were equal. To be honest, Hydra had expected such a reaction, but decided to push aside the urge to kill Scar for his disrespect towards the prince. He would be working with these Pokemon, after all. He'd have to take things slowly, since killing Scar or any of the Sentinels would automatically be breaking the contract between the Silver Tribe and the Hydreigonists. So, Hydra simply listened on to Scar. Hydra didn't blame Scar or any of the other Sentinels for being so ignorant, however, as they had not even seen what he could do yet. At the mention of the Gold Tribe, though, Hydra's grin turned into an enraged look. "Wretched vermin!" he spat, his mechanical arm accidentally releasing a small flame. He hadn't tasted Gold Tribe blood in years, and was eager to once again kill such a skilled Pokemon in the heat of battle. Finally, he replied, chuckling. "Alright then. I'll forgive your impudence as well, Scar. The blood of the Gold Tribe shall rain down upon us!" he said poetically. "On a side note, I believe a hierarchical ranking system is in order here, but let's leave that for a later date," he chuckled.

He could smell the Gold Tribe from here. It was the unmistakable smell of doomed souls. Hydra the fourth was the first to enter the tunnels, pushing past Scar and Genevieve in order to enter. Hydra couldn't see who was behind him during the trip in the tunnels, nor did he look back to find out. Ahead of him was the door to the Madman's lair. "Can't believe it was that simple," he said mockingly. He listened as Scar stated the obvious. "Well, in that case, let's be done with it!" Hydra said hungrily, using his mechanical head to launch the door off its hinges. He quickly readied DragonBreath attacks on all three of his heads to kill whatever might be waiting.
 
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Fred followed suit since the violence was heading in that direction. He especially didn't care at all about this arrogant dragon who thought he was all that because of his clan. Fred was an Ambipom, a species of Pokemon everyone had heard of, but nobody cared of. He was a monkey with two tails with giant hands. Impressive, but not nearly as much as a Tiger that could see through walls or a fire breathing dragon that seemed to have been around since before anyone had even heard of dragons. But in Fred's mind, a three headed Dragon was just as pointless compared to the rest of his clan as he was compared to Snorlax. So this guy would have to do a lot more impressive things for him to consider him a worthy enemy to consider fighting.

When the dragon tore off the door, Fred put up a guard with his fists, ready to take out anything that came out since he didn't have any attacks with enough range.
 
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Accatosh could have sworn he heard a noise... he lifted his head and smelled the air... it smelled with the stench of darkness and hatred. he turned his attention to the rest of the Gold Tribe,

Accatosh half flew on top of a nearby building watching the outlay of what was going on... he found it interesting that they practicaly freed the sentinel just to have him killed by an arm of gas. at the time he hadn't bothered looking into what the gas was... but one thing was for certain it was dark, and filled with hatred.

Accatosh's thoughts returned to Paladin. Accatosh hoped everything was alright.
 
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Snype already didn't like this new guy already. Acting all high and mighty. He wasn't going to take orders from this guy. The only orders he would take head of were from Aurron, and Snype hadn't even met him in person! Snype kept silent though. He had work to do. He and the rest of the group followed Scar down to the underground tunnels that would lead them to the Madmans lair. Snype stood back as the rest of them began to break the door open. As soon as the broke it open he would take a more strategic position to attack them from the shadows. Snype nodded to the others and clung up onto the ceiling of the tunnel.
 

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Penance 'Madman' Malum - ???

Penance was rather stupefied throughout the whole ordeal. Yeah he had seen into another's mind before, but this was different. It was the Sentinel and yes... they could do this! He and the other psychics pushed their all into their efforts and... it worked. It looked as if the creature tried to possess them as well, but that soon changed as Delgue was outright murdered. Penance saw the Sentinel end up freed... but then it all ended. Penance pulled out, panting a bit from the ordeal and gazed down at the Sentinel and then up at the departing cloud before he began to smile and then he began to laugh.

"It works! It freaking works!" He giggled as he danced about, "Yes! It worked initially! We freed Deluge, but then that smoke came and killed him! It seems that the creature is attached to those he takes control of, yet he was fearful of the crystal we had! Vigil, we need to rest for a bit... and then we do it again! This time you get closer, hug tight onto the Sentinel we target! This time I'm sure we'll get them freed! Might have to let them wear the crystal for a bit, but as long as we can see into his or her freed mind about the layout of the building or get some information then we'll be set in the open!" He giggled. "We can free them and they are still there! They know what goes on so it's all sealed! We save another Sentinel soon!" He shouted out as the psychics tiredly cheered.

Cape City Prison

The Leafeon followed after. "Whatever you all do, don't go into the tunnels. I have to stay around here and help, be careful Goldies." She shouted after them as she went down a different tunnel, the sounds of battle still on going.

Madman's 'Home'

As the door was torn off it's hinges the group of Sentinels would find only a few pokemon near the middle of the large area. The various houses were long abandoned by now and there were various papers and other trivial items left behind. "So... hope it wasn't too hard to find!" The Dewott spoke up. "I mean with all those twists and turns... it would be a shame to get so easily lost right?" He asked with a meager shrug.

The Gligar nodded, "We have cake and stuff, left overs of course... if you're in the mood for that of course, though who wouldn't be? Ooooh... cake is always great for every single event of the day!" He finished with a small song.

The other pokemon there was a Shinx that looked freaked out of his mind and was trembling a bit and a Nidoking that looked just about ready to pounce the Sentinels.

"So... cake?" The Gligar asked.

Cape City

The entire city was alive with activity as the resisting Affiliates led the charge. They clashed all over the city with the Ancients, though any time a flag bearer fell another rose up to take up the flag. Morale seemed to be high as they pushed against the mindless creatures.
 

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When he returned to himself, it seemed like Hanso hadn't been breathing for the last few minutes. He bent over, hands on knees, and took deep breaths. Hanso registered Zane's questions and Penance's...victory dance, he supposed, as well as his words. The Gallade had a question of his own, though he didn't dare voice it. How was it that he didn't notice any such darkness when he talked to Genevieve before?

Hanso straightened up and looked at Zane. "Yeah, like Penance said, it worked." His voice was a little tired. "The only problem is that that...thing, knew what was happening." Going back over details he had dismissed before, he added, "Couldn't tell what kind of creature it was, beyond the whole shadow and darkness thing. Not real important, though..."

He frowned suddenly as he turned to Penance. "Building? Which one?" Hanso wasn't sure, from Penance's rambling, if the Golduck was more concerned with getting information out of a Sentinel, or with freeing the Pokemon from the enemy's grip. "If you mean one of Cape City's buildings, then what's in there that you'd need?"
 

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Cape City

The sounds of battle resonated from behind him as Paladin ran towards the exit. It was in sight, and he was so close. He wanted to check behind him to see if everyone was there, but he didn't have the time. He could see Speculum, in the form of a Grovyle, and Gallant before him, but nobody else. The Leafeon had disappeared to help her comrades, but Paladin didn't care about her. He wondered if Allora and Astrid were alright. Deluge was gone, and the enemies were being held back, but whatever lay beyond the exit was most certainly hostile and ready to kill.

Paladin was blinded by the sunlight, and momentarily paused to cover his eyes from the sun. Ghost-types didn't react well to sudden light. He could hear the sounds of battle all around him, even the voices of Gallant and Speculum, and the mindless grunts of ancients. When his vision cleared, Paladin came upon a sight of various Pokemon fighting the Ancients. Some appeared strong, others weak, and many of them were not fully evolved. However, they still seemed to be a step above the average soldier, using techniques that he'd never seen before. The Madman's affiliates, no doubt. He decided that, even though he did not like the Madman's affiliates or anything they stood for, they were still fighting for the same cause, which was reason enough to fight alongside them. Thinking no longer, he launched a Shadow Punch at a nearby Rampardos to catch its attention. Angrily, it turned towards him and immediately began charging at him headfirst. Fortunately for Paladin, the idiotic Rampardos didn't know that his Headbutt attack would not affect the Ghost, and he took this opportunity to launch a Hammer Arm at the dinosaur. Paladin raised his giant fists into the air and brought them down with the immense force of muscle and gravity, striking the Rampardos in his head and creating a crack in its skull. The dinosaur fell to the ground in seconds.

Suddenly, a sharp pain in Paladin's back. He fell to the ground, ice forming on his back. He had been hit by a super-effective Ice Beam. He attempted to look behind him, but another beam struck him straight in the face as he turned, coating it with ice and blinding him. "Argh!" He exclaimed as he tried to get up, but ended up stumbling backwards and falling back to the ground. He couldn't even see his assailant, but he was sure that no Ancient could have launched such a powerful attack. Deciding that his last hope lay in the streams of Palkia's link. Hopefully, he bent the streams and sent another message to his former apprentice Accatosh.

I've been attacked by an unknown fighter! He's far too powerful to be an Ancient, and he's managed to blind me! Help!

Hydra IV
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Well, this was disappointing. Upon the tearing down of the door, it was revealed that there was nothing in the room but a few affiliates and nothing else. Hydra let down his guard and entered the room, examining it for anyone who could possibly be hiding. The affiliates simply stood there, apparently not intimidated by him. His biological arm hissed at them once or twice as he passed them, checking the walls and floor for any sign of a concealed Pokemon. "Nobody here but these knaves," Hydra finally decided. He turned to his fellow Sentinels. "As much as I hate to do it, I need to kill something, so I'm going back up to the surface to fight..." he said, half to them and half to himself. As he walked by some of them to make the trip back down the tunnels, he turned back. "Oh, and somebody kill those silly little things back there. If you find any clues as to where the Gold Tribe might be, inform me immediately." And with that, he was swallowed by the darkness of the tunnels.

When he arose from the tunnel, he took to the skies to find an enemy worth killing. From the hundreds of meaningless pawns, it was hard to choose one, but eventually, he found one that looked worth destroying. A Rhyperior stood, easily killing all the Ancients around him. For one of his stature, he was rather speedy too, taking out a Kabutops with ease. Hydra swooped in from the air and lunged at him, striking him with Dragon Rush when he was in rage. Despite the type disadvantage, the attack struck with devastating force, knocking the Rhyperior back a foot or two. Hydra descended to his level, waiting for a counter strike. Rock Wrecker was the opponent's move of choice, but the powerful attack missed as Hydra flew back into the air with a quick thrust of his six wings. Swooping down the same way he had before, he attempted another Dragon Rush, but the Rhyperior blocked the attack with his large arm and tried to counter with Stone Edge. Some of the rocks that were sent hurling towards Hydra hit him, but did no severe damage. He came back down to the ground, now visibly angry that his opponent had actually managed to hit him. Rage bubbled in his demon-like eyes as he lunged at the Rhyperior once again. The Rhyperior also began charging the Hydreigonist, expecting the two to clash with full force. Hydra was too smart for that, though. At the very last minute, he lunged back into the air and let the Rhyperior continue his charge, then came back down with full force. He quickly struck his opponent with a Dragon Rush, using his metal head for additional damage, then he shifted position and struck with an Outrage, but still used Dragon Rushes in between. This was the Hydreigonist royal family's signature move: the Outrage Rush, a combination of Dragon Rush and Outrage perfected by Hydra the first. After a few consecutive hits, the Rhyperior fell to his knees, and Hydra decided to finish the fight with one last strike to the face.

Hydra took to the skies once more, scanning the rabble of Pokemon for another opponent. Under his breath, he mumbled "Too easy..."
 
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Zane and Penance

Zane listened to Penance and TrueStriker describe what exactly had happened before. From what he understood, the plan had worked, only the dark smoke which infiltrated Deluge's body prevented any secrets from being extracted. But the fact still remained: it worked. For moments, Deluge was torn apart from his curse. It was a shame he had only mere moments of freedom, before it was abruptly taken away. When Penance mentioned performing such a thing again, he nodded. If it worked once, it would surely work again. But what would prevent that ominous darkness from stopping to do finish the job again? Truestriker described the being very little, only that it was shrouded in that smoke. Zane had to wonder what it was. Was it an extension of Auron's abilities, or was it some specter from the power of the Silver Crystal? For some reason, he believed they hadn't seen the last of it.

"Well, at least we know this all wasn't for nothing. The Gold Crystal seems to work, so then there is hope…" Zane's voice trailed off as he began hearing a large number of noises coming from outside of their area. There were cries and screeches, but most notably the sounds of many feet pattering and stomping, and many wings flapping. As Zane peered out of their area, he found numerous amounts of Pokemon traveling in unison towards the east, what he found out to be Cape City not too far away. It only took a few moments for him to connect the two together.

"The Alpha Alliance army!" Zane exclaimed to the others. "They're here! They must have caught wind of the kill-all order. Which means…they're going to attack the city right now! We have to find the Generals and stop them! There's still all of the citizens and refugees inside!"

Penance gritted his teeth and turned to an Alakazam, "Port us there now! You can rest after Adam!" He turned to Zane next, "Zane, you need to talk to them, stop them." With that he put his hand on the Alakazam's shoulder. "Gather your thoughts Adam, we need to get there."

The Alakazam weakly nodded, "I... I'll try. That took a lot out of me..." He said softly. The psychic waited for Zane to touch him before he ported. He got them there a bit closer... but not right in front of the group as he bent over panting.

Penance began to run, "Come on Zane! We need to cut them off!"

Zane grabbed hold of the Psychic Pokemon and together they teleported with the others closer to the army. He ran next to Penance, frantically beginning his search for either of the two Generals. "Belas! Hazone!" He called out among the vast army. "Generals!" He began calling, to any Pokemon around who would here. "Generals, where are the Generals!" He yelled, screaming as loud as he could through the noise the army emitted. It seemed unlikely he would get through, but the familiar booming voice of General Belas pierced through the ranks.

"Show no fear!" He boomed, commanding his forces onward. Zane caught wind of him and traveled the vicinity of the voice, picking up what he could from its direction as the Metagross continued to command. Finally, he managed to reach him. "General Belas!" He yelled. The Pokemon stopped his booming orders and turned to Zane, surprised to see him there.

"Vigil! Good to see you're alright! You're right on time, you can join us in the vanguard. We'll need you and the others to-"

"No, General! You have to stop the marching!" Zane said, cutting Belas off. Belas gave him a confused look.

"What, are you mad?! I can't call off the army now! We're almost upon the city. Haven't you heard of the blasted kill-all order? There's no time to lose!"

"But General, all of those refugees and citizens, they'll be caught in the crossfire! We can't allow for that. There will be too many casualties!"

"It's better than everyone dying bloodily by the damned Silver Tribe! We're picking the lesser of two evils here. Believe me, if there was another way, I'd do it. But unless one of you has a better idea, GET OUT OF THE WAY!"

There was suddenly a ball of water that threw through the air and slammed painfully into Belas' head. Right there was Penance readying a Pulse in each hand. "I think we asked you to stop. And now 'General' you will stop and listen. I don't care about your f**king need to go and stop what is happening, cause frankly my people are already on it and can do it a hundred times better than you. Now step down, or matters will have to be taken. Much... harsher methods." He stated. Penance voice had even undergone a change... almost as if he was a different Golduck at that time.

Zane displayed a shocked look on his face as Penance through the General down, although perhaps not at all as astonished as Belas was. Having been absent to the entire Madman escapade, he was completely unaware of his new persona, though he did recall that the Golduck acted a bit irrationally before. He silently stayed there on the ground, eying the Golduck. He then turned to Zane, who decided to keep his face an impartial one, not sure how to react to the whole thing to begin with.

"ARMY, HALT." Belas finally boomed to the army, the orders beginning to resonate through the lesser commanders, who addressed the grunts of the armies. Eventually, the entire order had been given, and the army had halted. "I don't know what's going on, especially with you Defender…" He looked at Zane. "But I trust you, Vigil. So I'll give you some time. An hour. If you guys don't come up with anything better by then, I'm marching, and nothing is stopping us, especially any other…harsh methods." He said, glaring at Penance.

Penance slowly smirked as the army halted and he saw he hurt Belas' feelings. Oh boo hoo, though he lowered his hand, letting any attacks he had planned slowly dissipating. "Good decision General. We'll get hopping of course." He giggled suddenly. "Oh yes, get hopping indeed. Vigil! We need to get started on it. Though the Sentinels will... be taking a swim." He suddenly burst into louder laughter that ended abruptly. "Right!"

He made his way over to Adam who was meditating at the moment and glanced up at him. "It'll take time Penance. I do have some reports."

The Golduck nodded and sat next to him, putting a hand on his shoulder as he closed his eyes and just... sat there. Though of course the Golduck was receiving orders from the tight nit psychic network he had going on. There were orders here and there, different hit points to attack and such. Yes... there were stuff coming up here and there, but for the most part it was going smooth. Everything was a variable now, ready to change with a coin flip.

"Right," Zane began, as he eyed Penance with a bit of detestation in his voice. Despite his acceptance of the fact that they had to work together, he wasn't sure he approved of his methods, especially the way he addressed General Belas, a respected Pokemon even among the Gold Tribe. Still, he had accepted this as the way things had to be. For now. He glanced at TrueStriker for a moment, wondering what he made of all of this, before speaking back to Defender. "So what are you planning? Do you have a way to get everyone to safety? And what do you mean about the Sentinels? Where are they?"

Penance looked over at Zane as he cracked open an eye. "Hm? Oh... that. Don't worry, you'll know what will happen to them when it happens. Meanwhile I am in the middle of coordinating everything. Oooh, got the library, nice." He closed his eyes and turned his attention back to his orders.

"Zane... just port back in there, you'll be needed. That girl Paladin was trying to find, he found her and she's pretty weak. Poisoned and such. Go and find some berries and port over to him. Hanso should connect with him. Also, don't mind those explosions at... the bunkers? Hehe, not bad timing!" He nodded, "Get going Zane, and we can direct the others for you all to meet up. Just be careful, it's chaos in there!"

Lair of the Madman- Sentinels

It had become a habit for Scar to have a face of disappointment and anger on his face all day, it seemed. Once again, the Madman, the Gold Tribe, all of them managed to pull a fast one on all of them, and escape. They were just a bit slower, only leaving behind a few of their kind. And from what Scar could tell, they were the looney ones. Unless they were all like that. Either way, their presence was beginning to annoy Scar. He wanted them out of the picture, so they could get back to finding out where the rest of the bugs were hiding.

The Gligar turned around... and surprisingly held up a platter with a chocolate cake on it. "Now blow out the candles!" He said with a smile. Finally the Nidoking spoke up. "Damn it this ends now!" He shouted as he raced right at the Mienshao, pulling out his fist and preparing to slam it right into the fighter's head.

Scar did not move a muscle at first at the approach of the larger Nidoking. Some might have assumed it was due to fright. Rather, it was Scar examining his opponent and pinpointing where he would make his target. As the Nidoking grew close enough, Scar bent down, and jumped just above the large Pokemon, narrowly avoiding the attack. Then, in a fluid motion, he brought his leg down upon the Pokemon, aiming for the top of his head with a Hi Jump Kick, putting much of his surprisingly superior power behind it.

The Nidoking's eyes widened as he missed his mark, but his head snapped back as there was a loud cracking noise as he fell back, his eyes staring up lifelessly. Meanwhile the Gligar had torn into the cake munching on it happily with a cute expression on his face. The Dewott crossed his arms. "Hm.. you know you all ain't like Goldies I killed before. Still, why'd it take you all so long to find us? I mean, it isn't like we were constantly moving and what not." He said with a shrug.

"Contrary to the petty Gold Tribe's agenda, we are far busier, and far more ambitious to be searching the sewers for rats." Scar replied coldly, touching down on the ground after he defeated his opponent. He looked around, hoping to find a trace on where the rest had gone to. "So, I will give yo the option: You will tell me where the rest of your kin has gone to, or we will end you right now."

The Dewott cocked his head, "Why should we?"

"They love cake!" The Gligar blurted out suddenly as he swallowed a large slice. "Don't you all want some? Though chocolate causes suicide!" He said with a nod as he took in another large piece and munched on it.

The water type smirked again, "Eh... they are around Sentinel. Though... you shouldn't step in any further. Let me give you some advice, turn around and walk out. You have no idea what is in here..."

"I'm done waiting. All of your nonsense ends here, either in this hole you call a home, or somewhere else along the battlefield. Here, you will all draw your last breaths." With that, Scar charged forward, not taking the advice of the affiliates. He wanted to kill them all. First them, then the other followers of the Madman, then he himself, then the Alpha Alliance, and then the Gold Tribe. This city would be the bloodiest thing they had ever seen, the marble streets would be painted red when they were through. This place would be their tomb. Scar ran forward, preparing his claws to slash up the two Pokemon.

The Gligar gulped down another piece and threw the platter and cake at Scar as he ran and the Dewott jumped up to try and dodge the strike.

"We should surround them!" Scar called to the other Sentinels as he brought down his claws towards the Gligar. Meanwhile, Genevieve stood at the back, preparing a wave of psychic energy to strike at them when they had their backs turned. She unleashed a wave of it from behind the Dewott. The other Sentinels could join in too, but it would be a bit comical to have used up their strength together on such a smaller number.

As the Gligar was hit he turned to Scar. "Cake?" He asked as he opened his mouth and blew chunks right at the Mienshao with a smile on his face.

The Dewott was taken out and was blasted back, rolling about on the ground until hitting into a wall and just laying there. Though there were other shapes seen further inside the lair as they retreated a bit.

Scar quickly grew angry, wiping the chunks of the cake from his face, before he prepared himself, and fire a Focus Blast angrily at the Gligar, pouring his rage into it. As Genevieve went over to examine the body of the Dewott, the Inferno looked around the abandoned lair of the Madman. Something didn't seem right to him, though he chose not to voice his opinions to the others. Instead, he walked a bit ahead of them, examining what remained of their base.

The Gligar only had time to keep grinning before his cake filled life ended right then and there. The Dewott really had nothing else on him except his schalops that he didn't get an opportunity to use. Though the group could hear some shuffling about and then a voice. "Hey Silvers! When was the last time you took a bath?" As soon as the voice spoke out there was a loud explosion from up above.

-5 years ago-

"Penance you think this will work?" A Kadabra stood by the Golduck who nodded, "Yes it will Adam. I'm sure of it. We'll need a plan, always. One day the Gold Tribe will come here, I'm just ashamed I hadn't put something in place before."

Up above the lair the rock had been dug into and there was a large tunnel dug. Water types were inside letting water collect inside as psychic prevented the water from coming out.

"If you say so... but how do we seal it up?"

The Golduck smirked at that, "Oh, we'll have the rocks be put back, the fire types will melt them back on. You have the bomb ready?"

The psychic nodded, "Yeah, should be enough to break the barrier... so if it happens we all die..."

Penance nodded, "Gold Tribe goes down as well, or at least a lot of them. Very well done this is... I just hope we don't have to press the button too soon." He chuckled.

-Present day-


As soon as the explosion was heard a large amount of water flew out from the dug tunnel. It was more along a flowing roaring waterfall now that slammed into the ground and tore through the lair, slamming into buildings and utterly demolishing them. The left over affiliates were slammed against walls as they sacrificed their lives as the waters roared on forward to the Sentinels.
 
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Accatosh "Blitzkrieg" Corronis

Accatosh felt a sensation as he watched more of the events between Vigil and Penance unfold in Penance's lair. the message was recognizable by the bends in Palkia's energies... and a message came clear.

I've been attacked by an unknown fighter! He's far too powerful to be an Ancient, and he's managed to blind me! Help!

IT WAS PALADIN... he seemed weakened... and injured. Accatosh spend no time wondering what was going on. He quickly took off, and flew up one of the upward tunnels towards, the surface.

In time Accatosh, finally surfaced and launched himself out of the ground. and into the blue skies. he continued ascending until he could see the entire city, Explosions were everywhere, Aincients killing innocents... it made a tear come to his eyes...

Then his anger reached a point to be called rage... so much suffering... he hated it. he roared his rage to the sky, and city... his roar had no words to it... only the sound of a dragon hurt by all the suffering that was going on... all the pain... all the anguish... he then went off to find Paladin...

Accatosh eventually saw them, without thought Accatosh rammed into the pokemon holding Paladin down with a Giga Impact, sending the pokemon, a good distance away.

"you alright Paladin?" Accatosh asked helping the Golurk up, his voice concerned, both for what had just happened, and for Paladin's state of mind. it wasn't completely normal.
 

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Hanso SharpEye
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He didn't answer my question... Hanso put the thought aside for now and stepped over to grab ahold of Adam before they teleported away. Unfortunately, the Alakazam wasn't able to get them as close to the Generals as was necessary. After resting for another moment, Hanso ran after Zane and Penance, mentally searching the army for the Generals' minds. It was slow work, after his earlier effort and while running, so the mental search didn't help before they had found Belas.

Hanso caught up with the other two in time to hear the last bit of Belas' response. "--unless one of you has a better idea, GET OUT OF THE WAY!"

That was when Penance seemed to snap again, after throwing a Water Pulse at Belas. "I think we asked you to stop. And now 'General' you will stop and listen. I don't care about your f**king need to go and stop what is happening, cause frankly my people are already on it and can do it a hundred times better than you. Now step down, or matters will have to be taken. Much... harsher methods."

What's happened to you, Penance? He kept this thought to himself, but Hanso wasn't sure anymore if any shred of Defender was left in the Golduck. And the fact that General Belas was willing to attack Cape City despite the impending casualties, and had to be stopped almost forcefully... Do the Generals really care about civilians, anymore? ...Does the Gold Tribe?

It helped that he could keep his face mostly blank of emotions. Hanso was aware that his impression of the Gold Tribe in general was slowly crumbling away to reveal something else that could potentially be as bad as the Silver Tribe in some ways. Really, part of what kept it from dissolving altogether was what Hanso knew of Zane and the others, and the knowledge that the Silver Tribe, under the rule of Auron and his Sentinels, was worse than the Gold Tribe had been in any case.

In any case, they needed to get moving. Hanso followed Penance and Zane back to Adam and took a seat himself. It was then that he remembered the pack he'd been carrying since leaving the Madman's Lair. Pulling it off his back, Hanso opened it and pulled out a few berries, eating them for a quick boost of energy. He needed to be able to 'port the others soon.

"Zane... just port back in there, you'll be needed. That girl Paladin was trying to find, he found her and she's pretty weak. Poisoned and such. Go and find some berries and port over to him. Hanso should connect with him. Also, don't mind those explosions at... the bunkers? Hehe, not bad timing!" Penance nodded, "Get going Zane, and we can direct the others for you all to meet up. Just be careful, it's chaos in there!"

After grabbing a Pecha Berry and two Orans, Hanso put his pack back on and reached out with his mind to Cape City. Paladin...the Golurk from earlier. The name rung a faint bell, reaching back to names of Gold Tribe members he'd heard, but that was for another time. A few seconds later or a few minutes, it didn't matter too much, but Hanso found Paladin's mind after searching the city. "There you are. Fellow Gold Tribe, before you block me off. Berries here for the poisoned, send me an image of where you are now."
 

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Paladin
Cape City

For a moment, all Paladin could hear was chaos. Nothing but the endless, bloody battle surrounding him. His assailant, whoever he was, had pinned Paladin down to the ground, using another four Ice Beam attacks to freeze his arms and legs onto the ground. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break free from the ice. Whatever Pokemon could generate such power must have been a worthy adversary. Paladin could feel the smaller Pokemon mount on top of him, but still no voice. His quest to find himself had ultimately led him to his demise. He couldn't help but think this was too obvious. Just as he thought this was the end, a great, fearsome roar shattered the sounds of battle, causing some Pokemon to stop fighting and look up at the sky. A deep, instinctive fear emerged in Paladin once again, and he could tell it was the roar of a Dragon. Not any dragon, though. This was the distinctive roar of his former apprentice: Accatosh. The powerful Blitzkrieg slammed into the unknown assailant with what sounded like a Giga Impact, and no more was heard from this him. "You alright Paladin?" Accatosh asked, a hint of concern in his tone. "Not exactly fine, as you can see, boy," Paladin replied hastily. He realized that, even though he hadn't meant to, he'd called Accatosh 'Boy.' He remembered that this what he would often call his apprentice during the days that they trained together.

Then, his arm was freed. His other arm came after, and his two legs, and finally, his vision was restored and the ice was broken, but this wasn't Accatosh's doing. Taking a moment to let his vision clear, he looked around, finding Accatosh beside him and another Pokemon. Veletra floated there. She looked weak, but she had used her Will-O-Wisp to melt the ice coating Paladin. "Veletra, you shouldn't. You're too weak," Paladin ordered. "I'm not taking orders...from...you..." Veletra fell to the ground in an instant, but Paladin extended an arm to keep her from falling all the way, letting her rest in his palm. He could see the poison coursing through her; her veins had become an unnatural shade of violet, and her breath smelled of toxicity. "Accatosh, we need to get her out of here. Do you have any berries or medicine to help with the poison?" Paladin asked desperately. He didn't wait for an answer, since Pokemon seemed to be closing in on them in the ensuing fight. "Come, let us fly." Paladin placed Veletra's limp body over his shoulder and proceeded to retract his hands and legs into his body, entering his flying stance. Without another word, he took off, leaving his former apprentice to follow.

Accatosh would, however, be held up by another Pokemon in the fight around him. The unknown assailant, Frendas, an elite of the Silver Tribe whose power almost matched that of a Sentinel, stared upon the Pokemon he would be killing today. Gold Tribe, too. The large Abomasnow made his way towards Blitzkrieg, with only the dragon's death in mind. Before he could take off with his friend, Frendas shot a powerful Ice Beam at Accatosh, aiming for his wing in order to incapacitate him. Frendas was not one for patience, so he launched another two mini-Ice Beams at the dragon before waiting to see if the first one had hit. When he was closer, he tried a Leech Seed, hoping to steal some life from the dragon while he was at it. He also grew roots from his back and stuck them into the ground with Ingrain, in case the dragon tried to retaliate. Now, he waited for a moment to see the damage he had done.

Meanwhile, Paladin rocketed through the skies, with Veletra resting on his shoulder. He realized that Accatosh had not been following him, so he assumed that he would be with him shortly, and that he just had to take care of a few problems. Finding a tall, untouched building where nobody was fighting, Paladin landed carefully and transformed back into his normal form. He took the unconscious Veletra and set her down on the ground, ready to leave her there and go look for some medicine.

Just then, something resonated in his mind. Something...foreign. This was not from his brain in origin; it was a telepathic message. There you are, the message said. The voice was not familiar to Paladin, so he was just about ready to block it out from his mind. Fellow Gold Tribe, before you block me off, the message continued. This halted Paladin. Though he could sense no ill intent in the Pokemon's voice, he was always wary of trickery. He chose to accept the foreign consciousness in his mind, for now. Berries here for the poisoned, send me an image of where you are now. Paladin felt relieved that someone was on their way to help Veletra, but he was somewhat reluctant to reveal his location. He decided that, if this was an agent of the Silver Tribe tricking him, he'd be ready to depart with Veletra in hand as soon as possible. Sending now, Paladin replied, capturing an image of his surroundings, storing it in his memory, and sending it across the psychic link into the other Pokemon's mind.
 

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Levina ~ Madman's Lair?
Levina opened her mouth to make another smart butt comment when a loud crunch reached her ears. She looked behind her to see the new member's teeth around the neck of the Xatu. Levina slid around to face the Xatu and Hydra as a growl emanated from her throat. The fact that she was saved by this cocky Pokemon didn't set well with her. Hydra then proceeded to lecture her and Snype about picking their opponents and gave them an order. Levina's fur really began to crackle with electricity as her anger towards Hydra grew. "What gives you the right to lecture and order us around huh?! I could easily take you down if I wanted to!" She snapped at the dragon. Levina was about to charge him when Scar interrupted, addressing Hydra.

Levina circled around Snype a few times in an attempt to calm herself when the mention of the Gold Tribe peeked her interest. Scar knew where they were at and proceeded into the tunnels. It didn't take long for Levina to follow the group into the darkness; her anger now replaced with the lust for bloodshed. She stood a ways back as Hydra blew the doors and Snype proceeded to the roof of the apparent living area. Inside was a sugar crazed Gliger, a Nidoking, and a Dewott. Levina lazily entered the area and decided to explore a bit since the Gold Tribe was obviously not there. After a few moments, her attention was drawn to the door again as Scar and the others proceeded to fight the three underlings.

Levina let out a heavy sigh as disappointment filled her; calming her adrenalin. Walking over to where Snype was hiding, Levina was going to call out to him when a loud explosion blasted her ear drums. Just then the area started gushing with gallons upon gallons of water. "We need to get out of here or we will drown!" Levina yelled to the others. "Snype! Get on!" She called for her partner to jump on her back. Levina knew she would be able to outrun the gushing water with her speed and didn't want to leave Snype behind.


Allora ~ Cape City
Allora opened her eyes to find herself on the ground. Dazed, she jerked her head around to take in what was happening. She saw Veletra laying on the ground next to her and Paladin getting up from the ground as well. The sharp sting of the water forced Allora up to her feet and continued as she tried to shake the water from her fur. What happened next just seemed like a dream to Allora. She stood there watching everything going on like she wasn't there. A Gloom ran to Veletra's side and started examining her; mentioning that she needed to be taken to a medic. Paladin shook off what happened and asked Astrid to take care of Veletra before turning his attention to the Leafeon talking about Plan A. He then picked up Veletra and took off with the group. The whole thing couldn't have lasted more than a few seconds but it seemed like minutes to Allora.

Allora stood there helpless; her body frozen by indecisiveness. 'If I follow Paladin and the group then I would just cause them more trouble. Paladin has already had to rescue me twice already. I'll just be a distraction to him and end up getting him hurt again……or even worse. I am not a medic so I can't help Astrid or the Gloom heal Veletra either. But if I stay here I am useless……' Allora was snapped out of her thoughts by a large body hitting the ground close by. A Kabutops laid dead and the Leafeon stood on its body as if declaring its pride for taking down the ancient. "What are you still doing here? Go help your friends! They are going to need you!" The Leafeon snapped at Allora. Hesitating at first, Allora sprinted down the path towards the others. 'Leafeon is right. They are my friends and I need to protect them the best I can. No matter what!'

Allora pushed her previous negative thoughts aside as she rejoined the group. She saw Paladin covered in ice and a green colored Salamence helping him up. "Paladin!" Allora called to him as she ran up to him. "Are you ok? What happened?" She looked at the Salamence, surprised to see him. "Accatosh? How did you find us?" Allora shook her head a little as to toss the question to the side. Now wasn't the time to talk. Just then a Will-o-wisp shot between them and melted the ice off of Paladin. It was Veletra. "Veletra, you shouldn't. You're too weak," Paladin ordered. "I'm not taking orders...from...you..." Veletra fell to the ground in an instant, but Paladin extended an arm to keep her from falling all the way, letting her rest in his palm. "Accatosh, we need to get her out of here. Do you have any berries or medicine to help with the poison?" Paladin asked desperately. "Come, let us fly."

Allora kind of huffed at Paladin in an attempt to get his attention since he proceeded to ignore her. She didn't mind due to the fact that it was because he was focused on saving Veletra. "Go Paladin! Take her somewh……" Without another word and before waiting to hear the rest of Allora's sentence, Paladin took to the sky with Veletra. Allora stood there for a second glaring at her friend annoyed before her attention was drawn to the barrage of Ice Beams that were fired at Accatosh. Allora traced them back to a menacing looking Abomasnow. Without stopping for a breath the Pokemon fired a Leech Seed at Accatosh. Allora jumped in front of him and unleashed a Psyshock to knock the seeds away. "Are you alright?" Allora looked over her shoulder at Accatosh.
 
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Accatosh "Blitzkrieg" Corronis

Paladin got up, called him boy... like he has done in the past. asked for berries, then took to the sky expecting Accatosh to follow... Just as Accatosh prepared to take to the skies again an Ice beam froze his wing followed by two others, he ducked his head in an attempt to protect his eyes. one struck him on the leg, and another on the neck. just then before some leach seeds could plant themselves on him Allora jumped into the fight, using a Psyshock to knock the seeds out of the way.

"Are you alright?" Allora looked over her shoulder at Accatosh. Accatosh took a deep breath, flexed his neck muscles and shattered the Ice around his neck.

"I've been in worse situations." he said, with a smile. he then turned his attention to the Abomasnow who attacked both Himself and Paladin. after a second he fired a rather powerful Fire Blast at the pokemon's face. the attack hit, blinding him. Accatosh followed up with a Dragon Rage, which hit the Abomasnow square in the chest, knocking him down. Accatosh slowly walked his way over to the struggling Abomasnow and placed his unfrozen foot on it's chest. Accatosh then ended the creature's pain with a blow to the head with a super heated Fire Blast. he then turned to Allora, "thanks for the help Shadow protecter," he said with a bow of his head, "come on lets catch up with Paladin," offering Allora a ride on his back.
 

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Sending now, Paladin replied. As the Golurk sent the requested image, Hanso wondered briefly if he had considered not listening to the Gallade. It was without warning, and 'Gold Tribe' could have been used by anyone. I suppose it would've been foolish to cooperate without hesitation. For that matter, Hanso's mental words had been pretty general.

Aloud, he said to Zane, "I found Paladin. The coast seems clear for the moment, so come on." Hanso stood up and waited for Zane to join him before teleporting to the tall building that Paladin and Veletra were on. "How is she?" Hanso asked, opening his hand to reveal the three berries.
 

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So much for the stealthy approach. The others seemed to take care of the Pokemon inside fairly easily. He was hoping to get the jump on a few of the Pokemon and possibly poison him without being spotted. He was a real loud mouth but he still knew his job to be anonymous when he had to. His eyes were on the Gliscor at the moment... wherever the rest of the Gold Tribe and the Madmen's soldiers were at, they weren't here. As Snype was about to pounce the Gliscor and shut her up, there was suddenly an explosion which he got hit pretty hard by since he was right above them after all.

He ended up falling right down onto the ground but thankfully landed on Levina. "Ack!" He cried in pain. He situated himself on Levina's back and hung on. Looks like she did care for him in that regard. "Lets move!" Snype shouted, covered in water from the blast.
 
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