Penance and Snype
Penance just smirked as their combined attacks hit hard against the Sableye. As could be expected Snype was going to try and take them all on. As the Flash shot out at them Penance was affected, but there was one that wasn't. When the Sableye attempted his Shadow Sneak Bonebreaker positioned himself in front of the attack, grunting as he was hit, but being former Gold Tribe he took the hit well. The Marowak in turn threw his bone once more at the ghost. Lashire stepped back as he channeled an attack for later.
"That all you have? I know all of your moves, question though is... what moves do my associates and I know?" The Golduck asked with a wide smirk.
Snype was knocked back by the Marowak as he intercepted his Shadow Sneak. What the... Did they expect that? How? Snype would have caught eye of anybody trying to watch him fight... "...Hrmph. I know one of them likes to swing his bone around like a mad man. Guess that'd make two. Kehe." He joked. Snype prepared to use Toxic on Penance but caught glipse at Lashire channeling an attack. He smirked, quickly changed his target and used Toxic.
"Toxic eh?" Penance chuckled as the attack hit the Pawinard. "Hey Lash!" Penance bent over as the Abra on his back tossed over a Pecha berry that the small mon caught. Lashire wasted no time in swallowing it down and healing his ailment.
"Let's see... you know a wide variety of moves, but those two assailants I sent after you slunk off in the night, not only that but my watchouts with binoculars caught the sight as well, and also those guys I sent after you three at the church also provided a wealth of info." Penance smirked, "So... how to kill you best? And how many times will you desperately throw Toxic around?"
"Heh, looks like he'll be in a pickle soon enough." The Mawowak replied.
Lashire nodded and his Metal Defense cast over his body. "And he is unable to leave. Our ground type allies have already weakened the ground in a circle around us, any Ancients that try to interfere will fall, and so will you if you try and run."
Penance crackled with laughter, "So... how many limbs can a ghost lose before he dies a second time?"
Snype backed up, trying to keep his composure. He was trapped... targeted by a good four Pokemon. Here he was worrying that Levina would get herself killed but here Snype was in the worst spot possible. Snype stood firm and prepared Detect. He had to figure out what these Pokemon could do. He'd unleash the big guns later. That Marowak would be a good first target.
"Kehehe... I really don't care how many of my moves you know, they're still going to mess up that stupid face of yours. And anyone else involved here. I think I'll take my chances. Lets see which one of us is more Mad hm?" Snype said. He backed up a little, staring his opponents down.
Behind the Sableye a Sandslash dug out from the ground and gave a quick nod to Penance as he ran in to attack the Ancients. Penance snorted, "Please, you ain't mad! You're just stupid." He chuckled and put his hands on his hips.
Malphus meanwhile dashed in along with Lashire. The Marowak moved to swipe his bone at the ghost while Lashire lowered his head as it shined brightly to hit into him with an Iron Head.
Snype smirked and made use of Detect to avoid the two moves. Another Bone Swipe and Iron Head. Got it. Snype could at the very least try to make use of the ground around him. If he was going to fall going out of bounds, so would they. He could trick these two. Penance might be smarter then that. Snype sidestepped from the two attacks and used this as his chance to attack.
Snype developed an after image of the Marowak and approached to strike him with its own strength!
Malphus was taken off guard and cried out as he felt his own bone slam into his head. So... they hadn't seen that last move. Oh well! Lashire meanwhile cast another Iron Defense over his body. Penance bounced on his feet as the Sableye finished his move he ran forward and shot a Water Pulse at him. "Hehe, quite fun is it not!" He said gleefully.
Snype turned back to Penance while getting knocked back from the Water Pulse. Lashire kept boosting his defences... not good. That Abra would probobly heal him if he tried poisoning or burning... hm...
"Keh, you sure know how to throw a fight!" Snype said with a smirk. He continued picking Pokemon appart one at a time and already that Marowak was caught off guard. Maybe Snype could take some pressure off of him. Snype gave a devilish grin and pounced the Marowak, Clinging onto his face!
"Kehe, Comon you guys! Hit me!" Snype said, covering the Marowak's eys. He prepared Will-O-wisp for him in the mean time.
Malphus cried out as the ghost clung to him, but the others didn't bother to help. Instead Lashire peformed yet another Iron Defense and Penance stepped back. The Golduck held up his hands to one eye... almost as if he was aiming for something... All the while Malphus tried to get Snype all, grabbing at the ghost with a hand while his bone was hit against his back.
Snype continued clinging on and used Foul Play to try and punch through the Marowak's skull helmet. He'd force that thing off if he had to! He knew they never took those things off. Getting rid of its protection would work would for him. Snype tried leading the Marowak off the edge. Maybe he'd survive, maybe he wouldn't. Either way, he'd be out of the way if he could fall. He whispered in his ear. "Aww... your friends aren't helping you. Kehe..." He said. He kept an eye on Penance though. What was he up to...
The Marowak let out a soft chuckle as he stopped fighting back. His skull was sturdy through as it survived more attacks. "What made you think I needed help?" As The Sableye looked at Penance he would notice something odd, the Abra on his back was now gone. He wold soon feel something grabbing hold onto his back.
"Heya!" He heard.
The Marowak smirked, "Got ya." In that moment all three disappeared in a flash of light... and appeared high up in the sky, somewhere near the clouds. The Abra ported off the Sableye's back as both of them fell down at a quick rate.
"Wha-" Snype was interupted as he was suddenly teleported up to the sky. Gah! Snype was really boned now. Not as much as that Marowak though! He'd kill him before he hit the ground! "Gyahh!" Shouted as he fell. He took this chance to hit the Marowak with Toxic. Snype wasn't going down alone. He kept scratching at the Marowak to get on top of him. No way he was dieing before him!
Snype looked down at the ground as he fell. He kept his composure... he wasn't going to be scared of a fall... that would possibly kill him... Snype gritted his teeth.
The very second before they would hit the ground Snype would feel another presence on his body and this time they were back in the Arena before Penance, "Hm... a minute! Not bad!" He said happily.
"Malphus, you dead yet?"
The Marowak grunted, "No... wish I had though. This little bugger kept scratching me."
The Abra once more appeared on Penance's back, "Hehe, that he does." Penance cocked his head, "You know... I like ya Snype. Too much to kill ya. You're a great guy.. but how would you feel NOT dying today, hm?" He smirked, "You see... Affilaites are from all walks of life and I have a feeling you would be a good one. Or... you could get your brain suckered in, your choice."
Snype was suddenly back in the fight with Penance... Was he just doing that to scare him?! Snype heart pounded a bit... he gave Penance a glare, especially at his offer... Snype wasn't finished yet... he didn't want to go down like a punk.
"Keh...Affiliates? What...like your lacky basically? Kehehe..." Snype had to ask, panting heavily.
Penance cocked his head, "What's a lacky? Affilates just do whatever they want! They have initative!" He crackled with laughter, "Look at Surge here." He pointed at the Abra, "Without my word he ported you two away, BUT he knew not to kill you, pretty much everyone has a say, and suffice to say." He looked around, "I have good info that Auron will take control of you. You know that silver cyrstal he wears? It holds some ancient deity that is corrupting the others. It takes over their mind and brainwashes them."
He grins wider, "In fact... if you stay there it will take complete control of your mind and you'll be a puppet. It's why the others don't question Auron's will, because they are puppets on strings. Do you want to be a puppet?" He asked cooly.
Snype blinked as Penance talked. He'd have called it a bluff and be cliche about it but Penance had a point. Deciever acted strangely around him... and even gained some powers himself. He had some kind of weird psychic connection with Auron as well. It weirded Snype out. Being Freelance, Snype could probobly get away with this... but he'd have to sacrifice his pride for that.
"...Silver Crystal? Was never told of any Silver Crystal. Sounds tasty. Kehe." He joked. There had to be a way out of this... but he had been thinking of the Silver Tribe for some time now. The whole deal with Auron, the SIlver Tribe behavior... Snype didn't want to be a puppet. He was a free roaming soul! He didn't have good intentions by any means and he'd still like a kick at the Gold Tribe... this was all for his personal enjoyment. Heck, Penance was probobly reading his mind right now. He knew how these psychics worked.
"...I still got a bit of grudge against the Gold Tribe... Keheh. And as far as I'm concerned, I know you do as well. So what's the deal then? Why are you helping them? My only Job is to fight the Gold Tribe and make life miserable for them. Kehe." Snype asked.
Penance frowned a bit, "You don't know... do you?" He leaned in, "What if I was to tell you that whatever was in that crystal... if it was released could incite Areceus himself to swoop on down and destroy this entire planet? That what is in the crystal will spare those who do not serve it?" He sighed, "My psychics helped me put clues together ghost... If we don't stop Auron, consider your life done, forever. Consider any friends you have dead from that point on." He turned back to him, "Know this, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. If the Gold Tribe can't stop what is going to happen... then no one can."
He glanced over at the Sableye, "So either you fight to stop this from happening and either dying or becoming a puppet, or you aid my side and afterwards we'll kick the goldies in the nads." He winked, "Just because there is a war doesn't mean we can't step around, does it? But that Jolteon friend of yours would join, no? Where is she?"
Snype thought for a moment. He had an awful lot of thinking to do. He'd have to talk to Levina about the whole thing for sure but... he didn't have time what with the war and all. Auron wouldn't know. He was freelance. He had no connection...yet anyways. Snype hated being told what to do. He just wanted to get at the Gold Tribe because his thieves were a bunch of pansies and wouldn't do it theirselves. They were such pansies that they joined the Gold Tribe even.
Still... joining Penance only to later beat up on the Gold Tribe afterwards would benefit Snype. That was what he wanted to do anyways. And frankly, a destroyed world, meant no pleasure for good ol Snype.
"...Doing this isn't going to be easy you know. I can't just switch sides and walk up to a Sentinel and say, "Hey! I'm switching sides!" They'd destroy me. Auron would crush me. The Gold Tribe can't know either or they'll go soft. Keheh. But I don't want to be a puppet either..." He said. Snype was having trouble thinking of what to do... He didn't want to think of this as betrayal, just benefiting his own needs which he had been doing since the beginning.
Penance chuckled with laughter, "You know if they think you're soft that doubles the pain from a knife in the back. The Sentinels are dead brain at this point and are dying around us you know. They will all be killed quite easily. There's... a Gengar... Sentry... eh... that's about it. Oh, and a Golurk. We outnumber them easily and are all battle trained."
"Or... if you want to be killed by us...." Penance let his sentence hang at that, "Anyways it's your choice."
Snype sighed. This would be a great means to get out and really think about it. For now... he'd have to take the offer... but he had to be smart about it. He can't just start attacking Ancients. He'd get swarmed and they'd easily find out.
"...I have to remain under the impression that I'm under Auron. Meaning I'm still going to have to take some whacks at the Gold Tribe. They're going to have to face whatever is in that city if they truely want to win. The Gold Tribe can't know, and the Silver Tribe can't know. Freelance till the end. Kehe. I knew we were losing after that pathetic fight in Cape City. And frankly, I got alot of things I still gotta do with the life I have...keheh." Snype said with a smirk. The idea of the Silver crystal was interesting though... he'd love to learn more about it himself, although, he'd prefer not losing the planet... maybe. Kehe.
Penance nodded, "Go fight some soldiers actually. If you want... make it look like a power move. You can... oh, I don't know, come upon us fighting Sentry or something, throw a Shadow Ball at his back and decree that you figure your chances are better with the other side and you show just how devious you can be, in a way think traitorous." He grinned wider, "If that is the case, here." He turned about and the Abra reached out with an Oran berry. "Be merry and all that stuff."
Snype snickered and munched the Oran Berry. He wasn't so sure about going against a sentinel and backstabbing him... after all, he still knew the plan for the Gold Tribe. But again, they'd have to fight that little problem themselves. It was none of Snype's business~ This just gave him free time to really consider if he wanted to switch to Penance's side. He was taking it pretty rough anyways. A couple stabs at the Gold Tribe and he could proceed.
Penance smirked, "Try and stay away from the Goldies though... I can try and help, but that would require telling them that you switched." He cocked his head, "Although, when we storm the stronghold, meet us there. We'll definitely need your help there. While up there though I'm not sure if I'll have time to tell you this... so here it goes. The crystal is something more, you'll find out soon enough, but it's giving powers to the Sentinels, draining them as well as gifting powers. That fog I saw from the Gengar, that is such a power. If we battle Auron... it is possible with his time with the crystal he'll be able to use the crystal to simply take control of those who get close to him. You don't want to be a puppet right? Don't get touched by him then. Also expect him to have powers you can't fight against. If... if you have to leave to survive, do so."
Penance frowned, "Head to Cape City in such a case and find the Affiliates, I have some procedures in place in case the worst of the worst happens. Got it?"
Snype nodded. "Right... if the crystal does end up really getting to me and I lose any sense of freedom that I have, kehe. Then I'll see you on the battlefield, hm?" Snype said with a smirk. So it was the Silver Crystal influencing that Gengar... he could only wonder what would happen if he were influenced. He didn't sign up for this. As mentally unstable as he was, he wasn't going to let himself be controlled like that.
"Kehe, just promise me a fancy room when this is all done! Kehe. I'll keep my act for awhile and keep fighting. Appologies in advance if theres any casualties if any goldies attack me first... heheh." He said with a snicker. He had to get Levena out and explain everything to her... but how would he get the time to do that? He was in the middle of the war and Goldies could attack them anytime. Needless to say, he'd defend himself.
Penance headed out.. but stopped and turned around quickly, "OH! I forgot!" He shouted to Snype. "Don't go into the torture house! The citizens that were led in earlier are probably under the silver crystal's control! That's a theory!" With that he turned back and ran off with his three companions into the fray.
Snype nodded. He never did mention what was going down in the Torture house... Deciever explained a bit of it to him... though... Penance never gave him info either. Like Snype said, the Gold Tribe would have to face whatever was in there. Unfortunately, Snype knew what was coming, and he couldn't say a word. Was only fair after all. Heheh. If they couldn't get past what was coming, what chance do they have against Auron? Snype quickly headed off to assist Levina.