Gladiators [T]

[luigimario84]

(The cage was quite big and there were six people carrying it. Sorry if I didn't mention that.)
Geo knew his destiny now. To fight and die in an arena. This made him more savage. He stared at the arena as he was carried in. He stared at the first pokemon he had to face. It was a Salamence. Geo had always hated Salamence becuase of his past times with them. Geo growled at it. He examined it. It had scars all over it's body and was covered in blood. The battle began with Geo diving first. It made itself look like it was going to use Dragon Claw but suddenly he dived down and used dig. The Salamence was using Hyper beam all over the ground searching for the Garchomp. He came up under his opponent slashing at it's belly. Geo stared at the heavily breathing Salamence. Then he hit with Dragon Claw. The Salamence fell to the ground. Geo knew he had only won with the help of the pokemon before and with his own anger. He wondered what the others were doing now.

 

[Fort PokePower]

((OOC: Sorry this post took so long. I've been pretty brain dead lately.))

Zan nodded in satisfaction when they agreed to stay. He sat back down in his "throne" and turned his attention to Mini Death. "First I'll tell you what's happened in the past 20 years, than you-"

Mini interrupted, "20 years? I only just saw you day before yesterday." There was authority in her voice, like she was used to telling others what to do.

A frown spread across Zan's face. "How is that possible? I arrived here 20 years ago after coming across the battle between Celebi and Dialga." The two sat in silence for a moment, thinking, than the Zoroark's face brightened. "Maybe something happened that caused me to be sent farther back in time."

"That must be it," Mini agreed. "It would explain how to you managed to get so many under your command." At his questioning look she said, "It wasn't that hard to figure out. With a system of tunnels this large, plus what we found as youngsters, it's quite obvious that there are many different pokemon here."

"Ah, so you did recognize the place! I thought you had forgotten."

"Back to explaining what's been going on...?"

"Of course. You see, after I arrived, I was quickly discovered by humans. They took me to the Supernatural Arena, where I remained for five years before I evolved and devised an escape plan with the help of the other pokemon. It worked and we all got away. Together, we built these tunnels and formed a small band with me as the leader. We grew in number until we became what we are today. That's all really."

'There's more..,' Mini thought. She could see it in his eyes. He was hiding something from her. "I must say that I'm impressed. But that's not all there is to it, is there, Zan?"

His gaze hardened. "You forget you're place."

"I forget my place?! Are you forgetting I'm your leader?" she said harshly.

"Not here you're not. You're in a completely different timeline. Leadership that will belong to you 1,000 years from now means nothing in ancient Johto."

"It does if I-" she stopped as a Zan launched a Shadow Ball. Even though it couldn't harm her in normal form she could still feel its power as it passed through her. 'Not only has he grown in size, but in power. This could be a problem.'

"Lenny, please escort Mini Death to one of the empty chambers. She'll be staying with us for awhile." A Seviper dropped from its hiding place on a shelf hidden in the shadows in a corner of the room. The air grew thick with tension Mini and Zan glared at each other for a few minutes before the Castform finally followed the snake out of the room. The Zoroark looked to the other pokemon still in the room. "I'm sorry about that. I had been hoping Mini Death would be more cooperative. It seems she is not yet ready to give up her role as leader. I'll send Murdock in to show you the way out, unless you would rather stay and wait until she's cooled down. I'll be able to explain more than." With a flourish of his mane, he stood up and left the room.

((OOC: Bunny Murdock if you want. Sorry if this post wasn't very informative. I wanted to get the leader vs. leader thing out of the way.))

 

[zapdos926]

It was very interesting to Archur that Zan was also from their time, but that he had been sucked further back. The castform was taken away, to some unkown place, but that didn't matter very much to him. The castform looked tough and rather violent; Archur was positive she could take care of herself. "I for one, am leaving. This place creeps me out," he looked around cautiously, still ready to attack if anything went wrong. Pokemon could literally be hiding any where, as proved by the seviper. "Come on you guys. Let's skedaddle."

 

[Megaman765]

Watching the Interaction between Zan and Mini Death, Snype grew more curious of what was going on. It seemed they were both involved in time travel... needless to say, they could both have valuable information. If Archur wanted to leave then that was his choice. Snype planned to stay a little longer to see what information he could gather. Hopefully information that would lead him back home.

"20 years huh? He must have had quite an interesting life here... Hey if you guys wanna head out then I'll catch up later. I want to find out how this guy is related to this time travel thing we've been involved in." Snype said as he waited for Zan to return. Hopefully so he could get a couple answers. He was a bit weary if he was really friendly or not though... but he looked strong. Snype would be in deep trouble if he got on his bad side.

 

[Nideous]

Dia kind of was curious. But then again, her curiousity had gotten her into a lot of trouble every time she followed it. And Archur was leaving. She definately didn't want to stay if he was leaving.

"I'm leaving too..." she mumbled as she crawled up to Archur's leg. She was terrified of Zan. What if he changed his mind? What if he had meant the others could leave, but not her? After all, he had brought her here against her will. Now that she knew who he was, kind of, she didn't want anything to do with him. So she stood still and waited for Archur to begin to leave. She would follow him out.

 

[Ryolu]

after Ardikado fell from a unknown portal created by Dialga and Celebi took shelter from a sandstorm. Ardikado wondered how he would get back to his trainers house.Not knowing that he traveled through time.The sandstorm dyed down.Ardikado came out of the cave and heads back to his home town where Ardikado found out that there was nothing there. looking around there was nothing but sand,rocks,mountains and dusty skies.Ardikado saw 4 humans thinking they were a search party.He Ran to them.When he got to the humans they captured him.Alerted that he was in danger Ardikado got ready to defend himself.When let out of his cage he found himself in an arena.where he looks to see a Salamance that was deafeated by a Garchomp.

 

[zapdos926]

Snype stayed behind. Archur wasn't too worried about him. If the cunning little pokemon played it right, he wouldn't get hurt. He felt Dia against his leg and tried giving her a reassuring grin. "We'll be waiting for you back by the beach, Snype," Archur said before turning around and letting Murdoc the Fearow guide them to the exit. "Thank you very much, now be gone with you," Archur waved the bird away and started towards the beach again, setting Dia on his head. "That was rather, um... Exciting, I guess." Archur sighed. He was glad to be out of the ground and back near water. When they got to the beach, he ate the second quilava in one gulp, and laid down to take another nap until Snype got back.

 

[Fort PokePower]

Mini Death paced back and forth in her room, taking deep breaths in an attempt to calm herself down. 'What does Zan think he's doing? I'm the leader, not him!' one part of her mind was saying. 'But he has been here longer so it's probably a good idea to listen to him,' the other side protested. 'Fine, I'll go with it... for now...' The Castform floated over to a stone that must be what passed for a bed and lay down on it to rest. As she drifted off to sleep on the cold rock she was only reminded even more of the warmth of home.
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Zan stalked down the dark passages of his territory, his mind on the recent happenings. He would have to keep an eye on Mini Death. Even with 20 years more experience he knew she could still be a dangerous foe. He wasn't to keen on getting into a one-on-one fight with any of the Pokemon from the group Murdock and his brothers brought in. Especially not the Swampert. It looked strong. But he couldn't get rid of them, not yet. He needed them. Without them his plan would be incomplete. He'd already had to wait 20 years for this and he wasn't going to wait any longer. After many twists and turns he came to a room which only he was allowed to enter. The guards, a large, midnight black Charizard that seemed to disolve into the shadows but for the red flame at the tip of the long tail and the underside of his wings which were crimson red and a dark red Bisharp with glaring eyes that seemed to be nothing more than the reflection of the Charizard's flame against the wall, bowed to the Zoroark as he went into the foreboding room.
"What news do you bring, Zan the Zoroark?" a deep, rumbling voice came from the darkness. His sharp eyes caught something gigantic shifting in the vastness but couldn't make out a shape. So much power emanated from the room that if it weren't for the precautions Zan had taken, his guests would have already sensed it.
"Your predictions were correct. More Pokemon from the future have arrived. Two of them are in the tunnels as we speak."
"What species are they?" the dark voice came again. Something red flashed before disappearing once again.
"There is a Sableye, as well as a Castform known as Mini Death. The ones that have left are a Swampert, Umbreon, another Sableye, and a Garchomp."
"You allowed them to leave?!" came a furious growl that shook the ground and caused the guards posted outside to flinch. Zan gazed into the darkness calmly.
"Do not worry. We'll get them back one way or another."
"You had better, or I might have to make due with you."
Dread filled Zan and he hurriedly left the room.

((OOC: Don't you guys just love hidden plots? X3))

 

[Nideous]

Dia followed Archur out into the moonlight and didn't protest when he picked her up. It was a mark of how used to this behavior she was getting that she didn't panic and try to kill him. When the pair of them got to the beach she went fishing again, but had no luck. Archur mention something about going to sleep for a while. She wasn't tired, but she was hungry. So, she decided to hunt. She began sniffing around for something tasty. She could smell a Rattata burrowing through the grass near her and pounced on it. It squeeked scaredly and she held it's neck in her jaws in a strangle hold. That was the only way she could take down, well, anything. She was very small, after all, and didn't have very much bite strength. After she ate her fill, she began sniffing around. Wow, her little hunting trip had taken her pretty far from Archur and the safety he represented to her. Without him around, she felt alone in a large world that was trying to kill and hurt her. Her ears instinctively flattened and she crouched low, her shining rings dimming as she began to slink back toward the beach, staying absolutrly silent.

 

[Megaman765]

Snype decided to hang around the room he was in casually, getting the urge to do a bit of exploring. But with the guards around, that might not have been wise. Zan wasn't the only one who might have alot of info on the whole time travel thing, but Mini Death seemed to be just as heavily related to it all as Zan was. Gah if only he could get in contact with her... He was pretty left with two choices... go out and find where Mini death is being kept, risking his own Neutrality with Zan, or just talk to Zan personally, because it seemed he was the only one that was willing to stay and really make an effort trying to get home. Just staying here felt dangerous!

Though then again, if he went to look for Mini Death, Snype would end up getting lost in this labyrinth... maybe if he was lucky, he could get information out from both of them. He continued to patiently wait for Zan to return... whatever happened in the end, Snype would just have to wait and see...

 

[Nideous]

Dia found herself standing outside of the hole that led to Zan's lair. This wasn't where she had wanted to go. Why was she here? She couldn't think why. She seemed drawn to people that were like that. Well, she didn't want that, or did she? She wasn't sure. She didn't belong anywhere. Not here and not in the future. She always seemed to end up with people that completely dominated her. No, she didn't want to end up like that... Again. She turned around and began sniffing, trying to find Archur's scent. There it was. It was pretty old now. But, she could follow it back to the beach. She began the walk back to the beach. When she got there, Archur was still asleep. She curled up at his side and awaited the dawn of tomorrow.

 

[Ann v.]

This is really confusing for Aki; Pokemon form our time were transported back to the time of the gladiators, although there was a slight skip in one of there travels and the were dumped back another 20 years. "How are we going to get back to our time?" Aki thought to herself. See had no clue how to get back, but it was getting late and she was getting tired. She decided to lie down to sleep, and try to sort things out when she was well rested.

 

[Nideous]

(OOC: Time to bring someone back from the dead. Literally. :D )

Dia Was laying in the moonlight next to Archur as he slept the night away. She had hunted, so she had nothing to do. Her thoughts turned to the Espeon she had met in the arena. Seroa. Wait... She was getting hit by psychic energy. That's why she was thinking about him now. She used her own psychic powers to block it out and did the only thing she could think of. She stood up and hissed angrily. She felt someone prodding her mind, but they were unable to break her mental shields. She fired back at whoever it was savagely, and heard a small grunt. It sounded like it came from a bush. She fired a Shadow Ball at whoever was hiding there. An espeon jumped out of the way.

"Easy! I'm not your enemy Dia!" the espeon said. It was Seroa. He had changed a lot. Being free had taken a toll on him. He was very skinny. His tail had several scars running up and down it, and one of the parts of it where it forked was hanging loosely, dripping blood. The cut on his neck where she had bit him was still very visible, though it had closed. His eyes were blind, unseeing. There was a large cut running across his face, covering them. There were numerous bruises down his flanks and on his legs. In short, he looked like hell. Dia let out a soft cry and walked over to him.

"Seroa! What happened to you?" she asked. He shook his head and blinked his eyes several times. He walked toward her. How he knew where he was going, she didn't know. But he did.

"After you killed me and helped me escape," Seroa said, pausing to laugh a little, "I went back for you. I knew you were in terrible shape. You would not get anytime to heal either. They caught me... Again. That fight was the worst I'd ever been in. I got hit bad. My eyes... I can't see anything anymore. But I managed to kill him and win... Barely. I had to get out of there. So using what little strength I had left, I broke out. I wandered around. I don't know anyone around here. I was sent to the arena as a kit, and the rest of my family was killed. You're the only person I knew. So, I searched and searched. I finally found you here."

"Seroa... I don't know what to say... Sorry," Dia said quietly. She didn't know what he wanted with her. She didn't belong here. She didn't belong anywhere. She turned and began walking back toward Archur, tying to think what to do.

 

[zapdos926]

A voice in Archurs head told him to wake up, that Dia wasn't next to him anymore. "He grunted tiredly and opened his eyes, sitting up. He looked around and saw Dia just a few feet away, walking towards him; behind her though was an Espeon. The psychic was in terrible condition, and he looked like he was probably blind, eyes sealed shut by a giant scar. He yawned and stretched, knowing that if anything, they would be a threat to the espeon, not vice-versa. He walked on all fours over to the Espeon and sniffed him.
"You know this guy, Dia?"

 

[Nideous]

"..." Dia stood silently. She honestly could not say whether she knew him or not. She had only met him the once, and he had been in bad shape. She turned around to look at Seroa and Archur. Seroa just kind stood there and waited for Archur to finish his investigation.

"Who is this guy? A bodyguard? You certainly don't need one from what I can tell," Seroa said through telepathy, so Archur couldn't hear him. Dia shook her head. She hated telepathy. She wasn't very good at it either. Although she didn't like to, she reached out her mind to his.

"Just tell him who you are Seroa!" she said to him in the same manner. He shook a little bit, trying to hold in laughter. He looked up at Archur with unseeing eyes. Dia shook her head at him.

"I am Seroa. Dia and I fought in the arena," he said simply. He began to walk toward the beach. It was strange how he always knew where he was going, despite being blind. Dia was willing to bet that his fighting wasn't hindered either. How strange. She couldn't imagine being without her eyes. She didn't see how he managed without his.

"We... When I got sent in to die there, I went against Seroa. He... He didn't seem to know how weak I was, and he asked me to kill him. I... I didn't want him to die. So, we faked his death to get him out. That was just before you came to rescue me and Caro," Dia said quietly. She looked at the ground as if this were somehow her fault. She wasn't sure what was going on. She didn't know what to expect.

 

[zapdos926]

"Urgh, don't remind me of that, please. I got hurt without even being able to fight back," Archur groaned at the memory, then looked at Dia, "You are not weak. You had the courage and strength to help this pokemon escape. IF you had actually thought you were weak, not only would you have just left him, you might have actually killed him. 'The weak kill the weak in their own fear, but the strong save and help those weaker than them out of the good of their hearts,' That's what my dad said anyways, and I still believe that," Archur said and sat down again. The sun was just starting to come up once more and Caro still wasn't back yet. "Should we get across to the whirl islands now or wait another few hours for Caro to get back? Also, where's Geo?"

 

[crebirk]

Caro shadow sneak out of the cave over to where everyone else was. "Who is this guy? A bodyguard? You certainly don't need one from what I can tell," a voicein Caro's head said. Caro looked around confused he hadn't recognized the voice. He turned and saw Dia and the espeon just staring at each other, and then he tuned to Aki who was giggling to herself. It was bad enough that she was eavesdropping, but including him in this? "Just tell him who you are Seroa!" this time it was Dia's voice but her mouth didn't move "I am Seroa. Dia and I fought in the arena," the espeon said. "We... When I got sent in to die there, I went against Seroa. He... He didn't seem to know how weak I was, and he asked me to kill him. I... I didn't want him to die. So, we faked his death to get him out. That was just before you came to rescue me and Caro," Dia said quietly. "Urgh, don't remind me of that, please. I got hurt without even being able to fight back," Archur said in pain "Should we get across to the whirl islands now or wait another few hours for Caro to get back? Also, where's Geo?" "What? I'm right here" Caro yelled out and quickly realized that he was still hidden by the shadows, and jumped out.

 

[zapdos926]

Caro jumped out of the shadows, startling Archur. He had almost shot the sableye with an icebeam. "Well, now we have to wait for Snype. If he doesn't get here by noon, then we're going without him," Archur said and then sniffed the air; his sense of smell wasn't that good, but when he was hungry, it reached it's peak, and right now, he was hungry. "I'll be back, gotta find something to eat before I start gnawing on my arm," Archur laughed, but he was serious, he wasn't about to hurt any of the other pokemon due to any amount of hunger. He was in teh mood for something oceanic, so he dove into the water and looked around; there was a massive coral reef and plenty of fish pokemon. He saw a few horsea and seadra, which he thought of as a delicacy, but he didn't want to eat any of them in fear of one of them being the one he had met when he was first teleported to this time. Rather, he grabbed a young, sleeping Lapras and broke it's neck, then dragged it up out of the water and sat down on the beach. The pokemon was to big and spiky for Archur to swallow whole, so he'd have to tear it limb from limb, something he didn't like to do, but would. He quickly ate half of it, not liking to see all the blood, and then pushed the remains back into the ocean for the carvhana to eat. He washed the bloody sand with a weak hydropump and then rubbed his belly, sitting down again.

 

[Nideous]

Seroa sensed someone listening to his telepathic talk with Dia. Now, it wasn't anything he minded them overhearing, but he was still not going to tolerate it. Not at all. He turned to Dia when she spoke.

"Caro! Um... I... You scared me! And Archur... Um... Whatever you think is best..." Dia said. That's when she noticed he had left. Seroa was a little taken aback by her. She... When he had met her in battle, she seemed so fierce. Almost like another person. But out here she was very... How to put it. Seroa glanced warily at the Sableye, forgetting for a moment that he couldn't actually see him, and a quick scan revealed he wasn't the eavesdropper. He widened the scan and sensed... Some psychic type hiding in the bushes. He was furious. She seemed to be trying to pull some kind of prank. He hit her mind with a powerful Psychic, and then charged in and used Bite, aiming for the throat. He heard Dia yelling at him.

"Seroa! What... What are you doing?!" she yelled as he took off into a bush. She began shaking. What the heck was going on here? Why had he run off like that? She heard him growling at something, though her view was still blocked by the bushes.

 

[crebirk]

(I`m posting through the DSi so it may not come up right, I'm also posting for ann cuz she's right here and the dsi is to slow to swich users.)
'So maybe it is wrong lisining to others thoughts all the time' Aki thought to herself. 'but if something useful comes up it would be nice to know. but Caro hates it when I do this.' Aki argued with herself. Just then an attack hit her pushing her into the tree. "AAAH" She yelled smashing into the tree.
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Aki's scream came over from the bushes. Caro quickly jumped up and ran over to the spot where Aki was. "AKI ARE YOU OK? WHAT HAPPEND?" Caro asked in consern. "I was attacked by another pokemon an espeon I think." Aki said in pain. Caro blew a fuse and walked over and out of pure anger threw a shadow ball straight at the crule espeon. "WHY WOULD YOU ATTACK AKI YOU LITTLE..." Caro yelled prepairing another attack.