[PKMN OPEN] The Pokémon Trainer Academy (T) [Best Veteran 4Q '11]

[Synthet]

Samantha Felicity Cooper

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Sammy found herself deposited back into her own body much more quickly and unpleasantly than she'd left it. This was no smooth transition but a jarring and violent re-wiring of her brain. She looked around herself unsteadily from the position the Golduck had left her in, sat cross legged on the floor hugging herself.

"Wha?" She mumbled, struggling to regain full control of her faculties. She could see her body - Mark's body - where she'd left it, cowering and holding Lucia close. She could remember holding her - Cubone... Cubone! If she'd been shoved back into her body then maybe Cubone was back in his... or maybe he was still in Lucia.

"Buddy," she called weakly as she clumsily climbed back to her feet. "Cubone!"

By the time Cubone came to his senses there was a strange girl spraying him with a medicinal potion. Although the effects were pleasant the suprise of it startled him and he quickly fled, running towards the sound of Sammy's voice. His footing was more sure than it usually was without Focus Energy, perhaps some part of this ordeal had been beneficial to him. Just as Sammy scooped him up the biggest Dragonite she'd ever seen flew past and snatched up a bunch of Mark and Lucia's Pokemon. She yelped and crouched over, holding Cubone protectively and waiting for the dragon type to pass, but it was already gone. She looked up, more scared and confused than she could ever remember being in her life. She was about ready to crawl under a rock and wait for the rest of the day to pass her by, but she knew that wasn't an option. She set Cubone down carefully and smiled as best she could. Her first duty was to her Pokemon, then her friends.

"You've been great so far buddy, but I think it's time you had a rest. The rest of us will take it from here." She recalled Cubone and clipped his Pokeball back to her belt, quickly grabbing another and setting off in pursuit of the Dragonite. Some people had already gone ahead of her, and some were following behind. As frightened as she was of what horrors Team Rocket next had in store she couldn't abandon the endeavour now. The worst must be behind them now anyway...

She was both relieved and dissapointed to find a sealed door barring their way. It meant a respite from the madness, but that would only prolong the experience. It took her a while to figure out they were going to have to solve some sort of puzzle with the shapes to gain entry, at which point she visibly sagged.

"Ugh, this is never gonna end. We might as spell out a giant R for how retarded I am, I'm never gonna figure this thing out."​

 

[Greiger]

Lucia and Mark - Chaos at Rocket Base, who knew!?​

Roberto cried out as yet another headache gripped his noggin. He was still in Snype's body as he was picked up, but as the aching pain faded he still felt his body being carried along... and now he was taller. He could feel his metal carapace and sighed in relief. He was in his own body yet again, but as he tried to move he could feel something hit him in the back of the head, almost knocking him out. He managed to force his mind back into a conscious state and glanced over to see Tyro was knocked out at the moment. Great. At least he didn't see the others caught... except where was Lucia now? He could already feel the puzzle pieces forming together as he thought back at the various lectures he had gone to.

Why hadn't he seen it before!? It was so simple! He knew what he had to do. He began to think one single thought to himself, to constantly look for inconsistencies. If he memorized that phase then he would be able to gain a bit of an advantage against what was to come. Hopefully at least.

Lucia likewise just stayed there in the dragon's arms, rather beat up and just flickering into and out of consciousness.

Mark was about to willingly accept the potion as he noticed what was going on at Val's end. One way or another, both she and Kale seemed to be getting through to her Pokemon and convincing them who the real trainer was. In the middle of that, one of the Beheeyems ended up getting knocked out and Mark felt the side effects. Suddenly the Cubone was clenching onto his head and seemed to collapse suddenly on the ground. He felt like he was being pulled right out of the Cubone body.

Snype and Commodore both felt the same feeling going through them. They seemed to be returning back to their original bodies all of a sudden. Once Snype was brought back into his body he noticed he was moving extremely quickly through the air. Val's Dragonite! The Sableye tried to squirm around but was just held onto tighter. This actually hurt the Sableye quite a bit!

Commodore on the other hand wasn't so lucky... His original body was still occupied so he had to go into whatever was left open. He just so happened to end up right in Lirum's body. To top it off, his body was being carried away by the Dragonite!

Mark slowly started to gain back his consciousness. He quickly jumped awake when he felt the Dragonite rush right past all of them. Who got swapped back? More importantly, who was stolen? Did that mean that Lucia was back in her body? Mark had a major headache suddenly from the swap and he still felt some exhaustion from his fight earlier while he was a Cubone... he looked down and noticed he was hugging Lucia.

"...Lucia...?" Mark asked.

Lirum blinked as he was shifted yet again, this time opening his eyes to see that Mark kid right in front of him. Why was he holding onto him though? "Hm... interesting. Oh well, time to make the best of it!" With that he leaned forth and planted a kiss right on Mark's lips, giggling a bit after.

Samuel just watched as the dragon took off and he angrily stamped his foot into the ground, "Dammit! They're getting away!" He looked about, "Okay, who's left and who is in which body?" He asked angrily, "Though... I have a good idea bout Lucia." He groaned.

Commodore looked around awkwardly as he raised his hand. "Commodore here." He simply said. He couldn't hear Snype nor Roberto though. Heck, their bodies weren't here.

Mark raised a brow at Lucia who seemed to simply reply as "Golduck". Was Lirum in her body or was she simply trying to look for him by stati-and then they kissed. Mark blushed a storm and quickly backed up, wobbling around a bit an holding onto his head. "A-a-AH! Lirum!" Mark shouted nervously. Way to steal Mark's first kiss! Mark was still a little fuzzy so it completely caught him off guard... right now he was looking for a sign of Snype and Commodore. Lirum's body seemed occupied by Commodore thankfully but where was Snype?

"...Snype? Are you here? Snype!" He shouted out. No response. Not even a sight of his body. That could only mean that he was taken away. Mark's heart was pounding and he suddenly felt an insane ammount of stress.

Lirum blinked as Mark suddenly just freaked out and the human frowned. "Hm..." He looked over to where a majority of the trainers had gone and began to move after them. Samuel sighed in relief, "Okay, Commodore, thank goodness!" He shook his head, "Alright, we need to find the others. Can you get Mark and bring him over? We need him in tip top shape."

Samuel followed after Lirum to see the remaining mon and humans here, though he flinched at the cacophony of voices. Humans were spreaking from pokemon and pokemon were speaking from humans. This couldn't be good... though Lirum was already before a large closed door. The girl had taken only a brief look and began to move to the pieces, lifting them up and starting the fit them in order. Samuel smiled, "He's got it down... and so does she." He smirked at Sammy's statement, "She's a clever girl." He turned back to Commodore, "You're a psychic now. I've heard of a trick... Mark has a pokedex right? Simply beam your thoughts there and you should be able to talk to him."

Mark followed the grip further into the base to notice the large door as well. It seemed Lirum had figured out just what to do with it so all he had to do was wait. He was hoping that Snype would be nearby lost in the crowd but no signs of him. "Snype? Comon where are you..." Mark said, feeling in total denial.

Commodore looked to Samuel and nodded at him. The Golduck closed his eyes and attempted to transmit his thoughts over to Mark's Pokegear...

Mark noticed his Pokegear starting to vibrate. Down here of all places? Who could possibly be messaging him? To Mark's surprise, it was Commodore! There seemed to be an image popping up.

It showed the Dragonite, swooping in to snatch a group of Pokemon. Snype was among them. He was in Team Rockets grasp now. "...we gotta get through that door. Who knows what they're doing with them?"

 

[Zavytar]

Alice Crenshaw
Rocket Mountain Base​

Shortly after Alice sprayed Cubone with the Potion, it ran away scared, which provoked a sigh from the red-haired girl. But that was a good thing, it meant that that Cubone was back in its own body and that most likely Mark was as well. With a smile she turned back to look at her Pokémon. "Alright, let's move on!" she said. Froakie hopped on Alice's shoulder and held on to it. Alice then sprinted down the hallways, with Grace and Jello keeping up steadily.

Soon they were greeted by a gigantic metal door. It appeared to be locked, and all the students and their Pokémon were gathering there to try to figure out a way to open it. However, there was no sign of a keyhole, and the closest thing to a key was a puzzle that consisted on geometric shapes that Alice was very sure she couldn't lift, all of them apparently arranged at random. "Ugh, this is never gonna end. We might as spell out a giant R for how retarded I am, I'm never gonna figure this thing out." one girl said.

Alice approached the group of people. She heard then someone saying "...we gotta get through that door. Who knows what they're doing with them?" It was Mark! With a look of determination in her eyes, she turned her attention at the puzzle. That R thing could work... she thought, Not R as in 'retarded', but as in 'Rocket'! She attempted to lift one of the pieces of the puzzle, but it was too heavy for her. Maybe if she had psychic powers at her disposal again... Wait! She still had! "Grace, try to lift this block with Confusion!" she said. Grace focused her psychic powers, her eyes glowing a bright light blue. "Yes!" Alice said as she watched the block get enveloped by an aura the same color as Grace's eyes and move. "Now, let's help solve this puzzle! We have to put the pieces together and form a big R!"

 

[Elikiteru]

William Blazington - The Dorms -> The Class Room

But when William walks with Fokko everything starts disapearing again. "Are you serious am I not in the normal world!" Then William wakes up in his dorm room again, and Fokko seems fully rested and jumps up and down. William gets confused and walks out to see what was happening and he stumbled upon Arthur on the way he seemed like he didn't remember the battle beacuse he was all happy while walking out. When William comes out Arthur asks. "Would you want to have a battle with me since I asked a while ago?" William accepts but he is a little bit confused that he didn't remember the battle. When they arrive at the battlefiled everything seemed normal so Froakie comes out and Fokko comes out. "Fokko use Flame Charge to get you're speed up!" Fokko gets confused of the command and doesn't know what to do. "Forakie use Bubble!" The froakie uses bubble and hits while Fokko is confused, now William starts to think why can't Fokko use Flame Charge and why doesn't Arthur remember the battle and then he got it, it was all just a dream atleast he thought it was a dream. "Froakie use Bubble again and finish this of!" The Froakie shoots bubble from it's mouth which hits Fokko and she faints. William had it now, he won over the Beheeyem beacuse it was a dream the beedrills didn't attack beacuse it was a dream and Arthur also dosn't remember beacuse it was a dream, but then the question last question comes. Why was there a Beheeyem on the isalnd there isn't suposed to be any. When he was thinking Arthur started cheering and being happy until his Froakie just disapeared and then everything else started disapearing to. William wakes up in the dorm room and Fokko wakes him up. William is tired of everything and looks at the schedule to see what class is happening he starts walking to it with Fokko, but it was different Arthur wasn't there and they could just walk to the class without anything happening. When they get to the class there isn't any note on the door and Norman comes after William and Fokko has been waiting for some time.

 

[Nillemi]

Ellie Ward - Rocket Base​

Despite Her now Stubby Hands Tearing off the Singed Sweater Wasn't a problem at all, Not really taking a note to this she Quickly Fetches her bag, Knowing exactly what to do.

"I thought my Dad was completely insane when he insisted I bring this stuff along to a school, I can't Believe it's already paying off." She says pulling out a small glass bottle with a Blueish liquid inside. "Shuckle Juice, This stuff works on Humans as well as Pokemon. Careful however, It's rather expensive, Our supplier insists that it's a hassle to harvest." She Recited Her father Word for Word as she removed the Cork. Pouring the liquid Down her body's throat, Careful not to let Emil drown on it unconsciously.

"That should be good, If what that Old man insists is true I should be just fine. In the meantime I need to Move Myself out of the way." Picking up the arms of her body, She starts to drag it along the floor to the nearest corner, Surprised how easy this feels she accomplishes this rather swiftly.

"Huh, I never Realized how Strong Emil was." the thinks to herself after Admiring for a second what she did, Any Sense of panic she once had was replaced by pride in how he handled the situation.

Looking around at the situation, It appears everything has calmed down a bit from what she can see. The Several people around her seem to be either tending the wounds of their Pokemon, Their actions Seem very natural as if they've done it before. "Well, it looks like Some people are back in their normal bodies, Why not me?" She asks herself, Without any warning though she Experiences some Intense Vertigo, Her Vision Graying out before she even knew what happened.

 

[Dawn]

Team Freaking Rocket - Rocket Mountain Base

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As the students diligently worked to solve this new, even greater threat in the form of a vague and tedious puzzle they'd begin to find that the stones did indeed seem to fit together rather perfectly into the shape of a giant stylized R. Some of the stone blocks hadn't been able to move in the first place, only making it more likely that this was the answer they'd been looking for.

As the last block shifted into place the sound of something large clicking could be heard and the enormous door began to shift open, sliding away to reveal it had been at least a dozen feet thick.Brute force probably wouldn't have been able to get through any faster in hindsight, even in an ideal scenario. As the doors finished opening Dr. Wily an old man with a large bald spot, wild grey hair at the sides of his head and an equally untamed stache stood there looking rather bewildered. The white lab coat fit perfectly with the lab equipment scattered around the room. He was alone, and appeared to have been interrupted in the middle of jotting something down on a tablet.

"Oh." the man remarked as if he hadn't expected anyone to get past that masterpiece of a puzzle. His voice had a thick accent. Where exactly did he come from again..? "Ve vere hoping ze rockets vould have kept you avay." he proceeded to admit in an almost embarrassed tone. "Oh vell. Your friends are furzer inside if you vish to retrieve them." he would promptly explain in an exasperated tone. "And I bet you do..." he then muttered under his breath rather quickly with a slight tone of contempt. "I should varn you zough; zhey are not 'themselves'... and zhey are guarded." the old man began to explain, a slight grin reaching his expression. It quickly vanished.

"None of ze vorkers vill bother you. Veeee did not sign up for /zhis/." the old man said, proceeding to go right back to chilling there as if he was right at home and a raid totally wasn't going on around him.

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The lab was a low light environment, cramped and chock full of vaguely complicated looking experiments. True to the old man's word, none of the other scientists seemed to have ever the slightest interest in taking on the organized force invading their lab area. There were only about six of them to be found anyway, what could they do? The walls were frequently lined with odd cylindrical machines of some sort. They appeared to have large doors on them suggesting they were pods of some sort, varying in size at times from clusters of smaller pods to much larger pods. The observant among them would likely notice that the larger ones were way too big for any human to make use of, suggesting they were for pokemon ... or groups perhaps. They were all sealed shut, humming noisily.

As the group, and assumedly plenty of them had decided it wasn't worth their time interrogating some scientists, proceeded into the innermost area of the lab they'd immediately notice four men dressed in white suits standing before an observation deck. One was facing them as they entered and smirked, it was the uniform of a rocket executive. Dragonite stood nearby, looking somewhat refreshed from her previous battle. The remaining beheeyem was nowhere to be seen, perhaps hidden somewhere for a strategic advantage.

"Greetings!" the one man that had apparently been waiting for them said, prompting the others to turn around and face them. One of them had a serious, condescending look on his face. He seemed to have no patience for their presence here. The rest had expressions that were varying degrees of amused. "Will you take a moment to let us explain ourselves before we get started? I assure you it's in your best interest to listen." he said in a dissonantly pleasant tone, stepping aside and gesturing to a specific monitor on the observation deck. On the monitor was a passed out Lance in an unfamiliar room that appeared to be one of the prison ward. "You've been set up. One of our spies was so kind to deliver /this/ to us and one of our beheeyem will be attending to him shortly." the man explained, clearing his throat. "They're amazing pokemon you know, capable of manipulating any memory to gain a desired effect given the time and some patience. They aren't perfect however; For instance, were you really swapped with your comrades' body or do you just remember it that way?" he proceeded to ask, an amused tone creeping into his voice on that last rather profound note.

"So as amazing as they are we needed the help of technology to really tap into their potential. Say hello to your 'friends'." the man condescendingly finished, spreading his arms as all the pods in the room simultaneously opened, revealing a multitude of pokemon, far more than Dragonite had actually snatched. Among them were of course Lucia and her two kidnapped pokemon, as well as Sliggoo!Valorie. They were all still in the pokemon bodies they'd been 'put' in by Beheeyem, only now they appeared to be standing off against their former friends, a desire to fight having been planted in their head. Sliggoo!Valorie in particular seemed to lock onto Valorie!Kale, no longer speaking. What was even left of Valorie in there?!

...What a terrible fate.

"Minds are precious things, beyond our ability to simply create." one of the other executives spoke up. "Therefore, we simply decided to recycle them instead. Creating bodies is much easier, so we mold those who pose a threat to us into a form and mindset more... useful~ I'm proud to say it's even painless!"

Janine abruptly shouted out, having been recently returned to her original body. "What are you /saying/?!" she demanded, a revolted look on her face, unwilling to believe what she was hearing.

"We're /saying/ you're next." the overtly stoic executive said, speaking for the first time. "And that believing you could outsmart /Team Rocket/ was a mistake!" the first executive finished before pointing outwards. "Attack!" he commanded.

Valorie Ryder - Rocket Mountain Base

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Valorie emerged from the sensory deprived pod that had been her temporary home, confused by the sudden sensations all around around her. Memories competed for attention as her brain recognized them for the same time. She felt her blood boil, but why..? What had these people done to her to deserve her rage? Her brain immediately hopped to a new memory offering her the answer and Valorie's stomach dropped. No... A horrible injustice flooded her mind and she shivered. Why..? Why had that happened to her? She peered at Valorie!Kale. His expression was so familiar, but she could no longer recognize him or rather herself. He was her enemy, he'd... betrayed her. Her mind remembered clearly things she could not even bring herself to speak of. Speak... Why couldn't she speak?!

"W-What..?!" Valorie asked no one in particular in a frantic manner, but /this/ time... she was speaking in pokespeak.

This wasn't her body! That wasn't her voice! Team Rocket weren't her saviors! This was all wrong! Valorie seemed to double over and grab at her head as if trying to pull the horrible, mind scarring memories out to no avail. The look she'd seen in Kale's eyes was associated with conflict, but not hatred. The person she remembered hating had a very different look in their eyes.

"No... No no no..." Valorie protested to thin air, turning away from Kale. She refused to fight, refused to be a pawn. She was stronger than this! None of these new memories made sense! Brainwashed! She was brainwashed and she'd have NONE of it! Why did it feel so real, though..?

Nearby, Charizard stepped in front of Kale to catch a ferrothorn in the midst of using gyro ball, taking the blow with relative grace before retaliating with a devastating fire blast at point blank range and tossing the extra crispy pokemon aside as he fainted. It seemed most of the released pokemon weren't having such an easy time fighting their brainwashing as Valorie was, perhaps due to Team Rocket having had very little time to brainwash the shortcake in particular. Did that hold true for the rest of students and pokemon kidnapped by Dragonite?

Speaking of which, as Valorie struggled with her new memories urging her to attack her former friends, vehemently fighting for self-control as she was temporarily overwhelmed Dragonite just... stood there. She'd caught sight of a familiar boy and was /very/ happy to see him! Dragonite abruptly lunged forward, beelining for Mark and snatching him up. Rather than flee however she simply stopped and picked him up, totally cuddling him right in the middle of what had literally just erupted into another battlefield.

One of the Rocket Executives saw this and frowned. "...Dragonite, your trainer wouldn't like it if he saw you doing that. Attack!" the executive lectured, but Dragonite refused. She looked back and forth, appearing torn. How could her mother order her to attack her father?? That was just messed up! She definitely didn't seem to want to obey the command.

 

[Megaman765]

Dragonite Hugs! (Mark and Dragonite)
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Mark just stared as the various Pokemon seemed to emerge from the pods on the sides of the walls. Immediately, he noticed the Sableye just stareing him down. Snype... all he had to do was put him back into his Pokeball and everything would be fine. If only it were that easy though. Just as Mark was about to reach for his Pokeball, he noticed that Dragonite was lunging toward the crowd again. No, she was lunging toward Mark! He let off cry of fear and shut his eyes, only to see that he wasn't being crushed or beaten up, but hugged and cuddled!

The Dragonite was brainwashed before! It snatched everyone else in cold blood! Maybe Dragonite remembered Mark instinctively as her father? It made sense. Some things were just impossible to forget. Being commanded to attack your own dad would be very odd. Nonetheless, Dragonite was refusing to hurt Mark.

"H-hey there Dragonite. I missed you..." Mark said, reaching up to pet her.

Dragonite looked back and fourth almost searchingly before bringing Mark up and totally dragging a tongue over his face. An air slash from Janine's crobat suddenly hit her however and she tore her gaze away to glare at the pokemon, defensively holding Mark. She really just... didn't seem to have any interest in fighting and yet... Janine was provoking her! The gym leader stopped what she was doing, realizing something wasn't quite right. She'd been trying to save Mark, but it had become clear to her what Mark had already realized. She stood there, baffled.

Mark laughed cheerfully as the Dragonite licked him! He almost forgot just how adorable she could be! He flinched when the Crobat attacked though but thankfully Janine seemed to get the hint. "Hang on! She's not attacking!.. I think she remembers me... I spent alot of time with this Dragonite back at the Academy. I don't think she plans on attacking me." Mark smiled as he looked up to the Dragonite. "That's not your trainer back there commanding you. Why would your mother make you attack me or my friends here? We were worried sick about you..." Mark explained to the Dragonite.

Snype meanwhile was standing firm until told to attack. He seemed to be focused on the boy being hugged by the Dragonite. Something about him just put him in a really bad mood. Like he had done him wrong in some horrible way. His trainer would have a good plan to get around this crowd of people. He usually was good with strategy after all.

Dragonite seemed hurt by Mark's words, torn. But... but how was that possible? She knew her mother! Her eyes couldn't possibly /deceive/ her right..? None-the-less, she still refused to attack Mark, earning a scowl from the executive that had lectured her earlier. Dragonite shifted her gaze to the executive. Without Jacob physically present thanks to a certain girl--...boy...--KALE she didn't have a whole lot of incentive to pick and choose between mother and father right then. While she wasn't sure how she felt about Mark acusing Jacob, who was totally an ugly girl by the way, what he didn't know wouldn't hurt him right? Dragonite seemed to hesitate for a long moment before cheerfully acknowledging Mark with an enthusiastic cry.

Mark obtained a Dragonite!

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Snype and Roberto

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Roberto's eyes opened up and his eyes quickly narrowed. He remembered... he remembered it all now! What these... villains had done! The nerve of Lucia... of the rest of them! Everyone but Tyro... how they had... He shuddered at the memory and his gaze hardened. As the attack was given he was quick to move forward. He had always been a last resort, a mon who always protected Lucia no matter what. His offensive strategies weren't the best, but he would do his hardest! He cried out as he sent out a Hyper Beam into the crowd, causing those not quick enough to move out of the way to be blasted into the walls. He huffed and felt his body slack off a bit. He had to recover, but as he did he caught sight of him, that one Sableye.

He could feel his energy returning and he locked his eyes on the familiar mon. Yes... Snype. Lucia and the others, they had betrayed him. It was only inevitable that this ghost would do the same. He wouldn't let that happen twice. His eyes followed the ghost until finally it was time. He lept out, using his wings to gain some speed as his claw shined a bright white and he aimed to slam his Metal Claw into Snype's head, "You will not get that chance!" He shouted out.

Snype was just about to attack the Dragonite, what with being a traitor and pretty much hugging the enemy and all of that. He was just about to lunge right at the petty human and just slice him with his claws, only to be interrupted by a sudden Metal Claw to the head. "Ack! Hey! Roberto what's the deal?! I know you hate me but is now the time?!" Snype yelled out as he got up and stared down Roberto.

Commodore-as-Lirum was hit right by the Hyper Beam and set flying toward one of the capsules on the wall and slid down onto the ground, wounded by the move. Roberto and Snype Brainwashed? This wasn't good at all...

Roberto pulled back as he glared right back at the Sableye, "I see through your facade!" He snapped angrily. "Y-You'll betray me! You'll betray me like the others!" His body reeked of hatred as he ran forth, this time aiming for a Steel Wing to hit into the Sableye, "I won't let that happen again! Die now you f***ing pest!"

Snype used Detect to counter the Steel Wing and swiftly moved beside Roberto to counter with Foul Play. "Your out of line Roberto! I haven't layed a finger on your trainer!" Snype shouted out. What was his deal? He knew that Roberto hated his guts but did he really have to go out and attack him now? When this large group of trainers and Pokemon were trying to attack them?

Roberto gritted his teeth, "Lucia... she betrayed me." He said angrily, and for the first time since Snype had seen him the Scizor was actually starting to break down and cry. "Don't you get that you pest!?" He screamed out. "If I can't trust her, then how the hell can I trust you!? How can I trust anyone!?" He screamed out as tears began to stream down his cheeks. "She cast me to the side! Left me for dead! If I know Sableye... you'll do the same. Your kind is all the same!" He screamed out angrily.

Snype sneered, not at all feeling for the Scizor. His personality was a little different from his usual Sableye self. He was obviously a little disgruntled himself. But it was kinda weird for the Sableye. His trainer betraying him and all. Snype's trainer hadn't left him. As far as he was concerned, he was the same as usual. He recalled Roberto was paranoid of Snype because he always thought that he would go out and try to attack his trainer.

"Tsk. Maybe instead of worrying about me possibly betraying you, how about you focus on the current traitor?" Snype said as he pointed to the Dragonite. "When your done being a sissy, maybe we should take care of that human and the Dragonite? I recall Lucia having a couple friends... right?" Snype said.

Roberto narrowed his eyes and turned to face the Dragonite. "Him..." Roberto murmured, "Snype... that's your trainer." He suddenly smirked and looked back at Snype, "Hm..." He chuckled softly, "Oh... oh yes. That's a really good plan I have." With that he grabbed the Sableye and pulled him up, "Consider this the beginning of a good friendship, curl up and you'll go father!" With that Roberto began to spin around as he held onto the Sableye, going faster and faster and finally he let go, the Sableye now flying up high and right at the Dragonite and Mark. "Get at them!" He shouted out. It did seem to be the start of a beautiful friendship indeed.

Dragonite seemed to notice Snype coming and pulled Mark away, attempting to protecthe poor boy from any attacks. She totally just... doesn't react to the assault though, just sort of glaring in Roberto's general direction. "Don't touch my Dad!" she warned.

Snype was thrown right at the Dragonite and landed right next to her, giving off a menacing smirk. Her Dad? Something about that seemed familiar... this Dragonite in particular anyways. Snype remembered having a bit of a bond with her. He would call himself her brother at one point. But now she was allyed with the enemy?

"Keh. Sorry. But I need to snap you back into shape, traitor." Snype said as he attempted to slash right at the Dragonite with Foul Play once more.

 

[Greiger]

Lucia Francisco Bernavard - Craziness here!​

Lucia felt odd to say the least. She saw it after a while though. As the tube opened and she slowly floated out in her body she looked out to see a large crowd of humans and pokemon before her. She honestly didn't recognize most of them, but she hear the words being spoken, the command to attack. As she floated up higher... wait... float? She could feel her terror rise as she thought something had grabbed her and was pulling her up into the air and she flailed her small arms, but then she looked down, blinking as she looked over her body. She was floating... and different colors... but her mind... She clutched her head and looked on out again. She had been... beaten by the others... but then questions sprung up. She... she couldn't have been a pokemon! She trained pokemon, she had been beat up by them but how could she own pokemon if she herself was a pokemon!? More and more questions whirled in her head and she shook her head back and forth. Those... those people telling her to attack... no... NO!

She couldn't grip her head... but she could attack. She had come from a pod... yes... these men were rockets she knew that. She knew other information... of how they were evil. Did... did they do this then? She searched her brain for an answer desperately... but none came as to why she was like this. She knew why she hated familiar faces... but this!? She shook her head. This pod... it had done this to her! She knew what to do!

She turned around as the others surged forward and her hud came up listing various commands. She moved into the attack subsection and numerous attacks came up. Tri Attack. That was it! She didn't know who did this to her, so why not attack the THING that had done this!? A small sphere that glowed red, blue, and yellow shot out and slammed into the pod, causing it to explode. The area shook and she wasn't going to give up soon! She aimed for the another and shot at it as well!

This aggression in her was being rerouted to these pods, these sick disgusting pods. They had done this to her! This... inhumanity! She kept shooting out more attacks, her anger at being used... at being twisted into this horrendous creature leaking out of her circuits.

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Tyro and a bit of Roberto​

Meanwhile Tyro's eyes flashed as he looked among the crowd. His anger, his hatred was getting the better of him now and just this one he put off Roberto's advice of calming his anger down. No, he was getting personal! He flexed his arms and roared out as his muscle mass increased with a Bulk Up and he was quick to run forth. He landed in the crowd as He fell to the ground. His right leg burned with flames as he swung a Blaze Kick around in a circle to catch the various mon and humans off guard, actually able to burn a few limbs.

There were several mon who attempted to bring him down, but he kicked out his legs once more, a Double Kick managing to kick away a Glaceon and cause a cry of pain to escape a Primape's mouth. With his last kick he managed to kick up into the air using the Primeape's head as leverage. He brought his legs to his chest and rolled up in air, uncurling as he landed some distance away, landing easily on his feet. With the chaos still erupting Tyro used yet another Bulk Up and dashed back in. He fell into using his Double Kick to try and throw several humans and pokemon back when he caught sight of the ones he hated. Them. He caught Lucia and remembered... being left there with Roberto...

His anger burned and his wrists lit up with fire, but before he could move there appeared Samuel, standing in front of Lucia, "Tyro stop this!" He called out.

Tyro simply stared as the flames lit up his wrists, "You... you betrayed us. Now... there's no mercy Sam."

Samuel just blinked in surprise, "Wha-"

He didn't get a chance to say anything as Tyro rushed up and did a Double Kick, one slamming up along the Absol's head to force him up into the air with another slamming into his side to kick him back and pound him into a wall.

Samuel coughed as Lirum ran back through the crowd to find the Absol squirming on the ground. "W-We need to get out of here Lirum..." He coughed a bit more, "W-We... need to tell... the Bernavards..." Lirum was quick to hold out a ball and recall Samuel, but it had no effect. This wasn't time for pokeballs to be malfunctioning! She grabbed Samuel and lifted him up into her sarms.

He looked up at where Mark was and called up to him. "Hey! You! Mark! We need to get out of here! There's no hope for them!" To emphasis his point he pointed over to the doors out frantically, hoping he would get the picture.

Tyro looked through the throngs of pokemon and narrowed his eyes. He would press through all of these enemies. He would find Lucia and the others... and he would make sure they paid. For now he Double Kicked and Blaze Kicked like he had never had. He looked back and caught sight of Roberto throwing a Sableye up... wait was that Snype? "Hey! Roberto! I found her!" He smirked evilly, "What say you we pay our dear old trainer a visit?"

Roberto cast a last glance at Snype, giving him a small nod that wasn't as filled with as much hatred as they usually were and made his way over to Tyro, every so often using a Metal Claw to punch away an enemy. Yes... it was time for a reunion.

 

[Synthet]

Samantha Felicity Cooper - Enough is Enough

Sammy was getting more than a little sick of these Team Rocket goombah's. They attacked her in the woods, they stole her Pokemon, made her feel weak and afraid, question her decisions, swapped her body or mind or whatever and now this? Turning her friends Pokemon against her, her friends against her? No. This was the line in the sand - she was sick to death of being afraid and just trying to survive, trying to keep face and not look weak to everyone. Following Mark and Lucia's lead, huddling like a coward and praying for the shadow of the dragon to pass her by... not anymore.

Sammy... evolved!...?

First of all she would protect her friends, which had somehow come to include Lucia. Perhaps it was the trial of shared experience, maybe it was that she'd protected Lucia's body while Cubone had inhabited it, or it could even be that her hair smelled like a motherf$^£ing rainbow. Once Mark and Lucia were out of immediate danger it would be time to deal with these slimy Rocket rastabouts.

"Corphish, Ponyta!" She called out, grabbing their Pokeballs from her belt and releasing the two Pokemon. They were her most aggressive partners, it felt right to use them right now. They quickly took in the surrounding danger and began to prepare themselves, Corphish snapping his claws aggressively while Ponyta stamped her hooves.

"Time to start taking control - Corphish use BubbleBeam on Lucia's Blaziken! Ponyta Flame Charge on Snype, the Sableye over there!"

Both Pokemon leapt to her command, Corphish scuttling towards the rampaging Blaziken and releasing a stream of thick bubbles towards the Fire-Fighting type. "C'mere, c'mere yeh stinkin' birdbrain, pick on someone yer own size see? Have a piece o' me, seeee?" Corphish jeered, apparently oblivious to the fact that Tyro was considerably larger than he was.

Ponyta meanwhile lowered her head and began to charge directly at the diminutive Sableye, the flames along her neck and tail erupting until she was surrounded in fire. Sableye was much more experienced than she was, but getting charged by a much larger and flaming horse would still be unpleasant.
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[Megaman765]

The Sableye was quickly interrupted by the Ponyta that had just rammed into him from behind. It seemed like the Dragonite was strictly focused on making sure Mark was ok to really pull off an all out attack on Mark. That Sableye was gunning right for those two after all. Mark looked over to Snype with a frown. What happened to his partner...? They did something to him and he was going to get Snype back! He wasn't going to chicken out like he did with that Magmortar. He still had a team with him that could fight. Shedinja was still out and ready to fight however it could.

Once Snype was hit, he quickly rolled back onto his feet and retaliated with Shadow Sneak.

He quickly noticed Samuel trying to lead Mark out the door to which Mark just scoffed at.

"Your just going to run? Samuel! Your trainer is in there! I thought your job was to protect her! We still have Pokemon on our side to fight with!" Mark shouted as he reached into his ball and threw out Len, his Poliwraith. A suitable opponent for these Pokemon surely.

Mark noticed from one of the capsules there were various shots being fired out at random seemingly destroying everything in sight. They looked like Tri Attacks. Mark could already see Val~Sliggo seemingly curled up but if that was Lucia blasting away then this was going to get dangerous real fast...

"Lucia!" Mark shouted out. He had to get to her without being blasted somehow! That Tri Attack was not a pleasant thing to be hit by!

 

[Nillemi]

Ellie Ward - Rocket Base​

Ellie barely stood on her feet as she stumbled out of her pod, Her vision blurry and the world Spinning in front of her as she Tried to keep her balance. Looking through the hazy room she notice a rather large crowd of people, Both are unfamiliar but for some reason her temper rose the more she looked at the larger group. Angry at them for what they did, What did they do exactly? Does it matter, If their mere presence was enough to make you feel this way it must have been something Terrible. She felt the need to attack swiftly before they did the same.

As she starts to scout out the group more carefully she does notice one person in particular looks familiar, A boy standing next to a Skarmory. "Was he the person who betrayed me?" She asked herself, "Wait, What betrayal? Why am I thinking this?" She continues to question herself, Still confused at the entire situation. The sound of battle quickly Starts to fill the room again "No! I'm late!" She scolds herself, Quickly charging at the boy she recognized earlier, A jet of water boosting her speed towards them.

"Got it!" She sheers to herself, Tackling into the Skarmory. "What the, Where did this one come from!?" He exclaimed, While it was a Surprise attack, The Skarmory seemed to be rather unaffected by the attack "Alright, Remember Sophie, These are our allies. Be Careful until we figure out what's wrong with them." He instructed the Large Metal Bird.

"There is nothing wrong with me!" Ellie yells out, Her tail being coated in a Veil of water and smacking the Scarmory upside the head. The Skarmory Looking rather Displeased by the attack, started to raise her wings getting ready to retaliate. "What did I just say? Careful, I'll let you know when you can be rough. Just use whirlwind for now!" He reminded her, Dejectedly She complied and Sent a powerful Gust of Wind Ellie's way. "You're Lucky, I could take you easily." The Skarmory Taunted.


Ellie, unable to fight against the Gust of wind, Was easily blown back across the room. While this would normally frustrate her, This wasn't the main thing on her mind. "Why did I understand that?" She wondered to herself, Recovering from the attack. "I'm Not a Pokemon, I'm a human... Wait, I am a pokemon." She says looking down at herself still rather confused. "But, If I'm a Pokemon... Why am I so surprised I can understand other Pokemon?" She continues thinking to herself, Starting to stress her own memory. "Agh! What the heck is going on!?"

 

[Greiger]

Tyro and Roberto - One Absol served crispy​

As the bubbles flew at Tyro the fire type only chuckled as Roberto quickly got in front of him and his Protect shot up. The bubbles splattered against the shielding and the bird tsked, "No foresight at all." A smug grin formed along his face as the Protect faded and he ran forth. He aimed to get right at that crab and brought up his two legs to hit into the water type. It should have been enough to take the Corphish down, but Roberto knew that apperances could be deceiving.

As the Scizor prepared himself to rush in to hit the foe witih a Steel Wing an intense heat hit him and he cried out, the Flamethrower baking him quite thoroughly. Roberto managed to get out of the flames and huffed as he saw Samuel standing there. "Yeah, I know. Best advice was to run, but screw that."

Roberto readied his claws and then chuckled, "Well this isn't fair at all is it? Type disadvantage... so I'll let you have some fun with a more appropriate opponent."

Samuel froze up and quickly turned to look to the left as Tyro came and slammed another Double Kick into the Absol and sent him tumbling to the ground. Roberto placed himself behind Tyro and faced the Corphish, his pincers opening and closing as he eyed his opponent. "So, how about a tango?" He asked with a growing smile.

Meanwhile Tyro casually walked up to the Absol who was struggling about on the ground. as Tyro got close enough Samuel twisted his head up to reveal the Shadow Ball he had prepared and shot it at point blank range at him. Tyro grunted as the ball hit into his gut and he staggered back just a bit. If anything, the ball only made him angrier and he kicked Samuel in his gut, smiling as the Absol teared up. With the Absol squirming on the ground he just chuckled and reached down to pick up the dark type, "I would kill you... but I shouldn't."

"W-Why not?" Samuel wheezed out.

"They asked me not to."He jabbed his free hand over to the watching rockets. "When you had left us dead in the forest... they found us. They saved us Samuel."

"W-What? W-When-" He gasped again as Tyro punched him in the stomach, driving his fist deep, "Hush. Now you stay quiet."

Being a dark type that was abused by a bulked up Blaziken, Samuel cold only groan at this point as his head hung over and he lapsed into unconsciousness. Tyro in a way could see WHY Samuel did it. Though he knew the Rockets could help him and let him see just what Lucia had done wrong.

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Lucia Francisco Bernavard - Let the Bodies hit the Floor!​

Lucia flew about, thiis time anger flowing through every circuit. She kept on blasting the pods, screaming out as she did so. As she kept on blassting she remembered more and more. Her parents, her home, everything and even... the planning of a raid on a base. Her more recente memories were a bit fuzzy but she remembered Lance... and how he had started orchestrating- wait! A ambsuh... on a base... with rockets...

Pieces began to click together and she paused in her destruction to look down. There were students here... and teachers! T-This was the raid! Which meant... which meant... the others were rockets! They had done this to her! They weren't her saviors... they had done something to make her like this! She looked down at the chaos and up at that observation deck. Them! Without warning she floated up and flew right at the deck, a few Tri Attacks shooting out right at the group. "You did this to me! I know you did!" Her Porygon like voice shouted out.

She then looked down at the various humans and her rage swelled. How did she know none of THEM were rockets either!? Better safe than sorry. She began aiming with her HUD and fired down Tri Beams left and right, many hitting unaware humans. She kept in firing, not wanting to even let one rocket leave! No human would leave here alive!

 

[Dawn]

Valorie Ryder / Kale - Rocket Mountain Base

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Kale's eyes narrowed as the brainwashed pokémon started to attack, it was clear to him that this was the rockets grand turn around. Kale could only watch in anguish as a few of the trainers desperately battled, many refraining to use their full strength against those whom they considered their greatest allies... it was disgusting... how could anyone treat pokémon in such a way! Was this... what that man had meant... It seemed like so long ago.

***

Aria was swift with the attack. She charged towards the man providing so called "comfort" to Kale as her pokéball sat shattered against the ground. Her horns began to glow a brilliant shade of pink as she struck the older mans jaw with a spinning play rough uppercut. The green haired dictator was launched onto his back, crining in pain as Aria stood defiantly by Kales side. She grabbed hold of her trainers arm and began to run away as fast as she could. With or without a pokéball didn't matter... Kale was her friend... like the brother she never had. She loved Kale... she wanted to remain by his side.

Kale's eyes were wide as the small mawile dragged him away from that place... a large boat he had once called home. On the boat, an old mentor of his began to rise... the man he knew to be a traitor to both him and the boy he had raised. Ghetsis.

"Humans will only hurt pokémon you fool!... Wait until the day you see their pain! Their pain at the hands of humans!" Kale turned his head from that man and that place. He would put that life behind him... He would find his old Lord... The man who had long since abandoned him.

"...N."

***

Kale shook his head gently, as if to swat painful memories away. He was in the middle of a battle field... he had no time for memories or emotions.

It was then that his attention turned to Valorie. She seemed utterly distraught her mind in conflict... an expression he recognized. It didn't really need any explaining in his eyes, it was obvious to him what was happening... she had been brainwashed like so many others to turn against her trainer and her trainer... was Kale. She had false memories of him, negative ones. "Damnit." Kale muttered under his breath. He would have to get close to her... she seemed to be able to resist whatever foul thoughts had been implanted within her mind, he just had to re-affirm her true identity! It was the same with Valorie's own pokémon... their minds had been set right by kale before, he could do the same with Valorie, he was certain.

He began to move forward, but his path was soon blocked by a towering green spiked pokémon. A powerful rupture began to destroy the ground beneath Kale's feet. A tyranitars Earthquake. He felt his legs begin to shake uncontrolably with pain as he found himself unable to move on the shaky ground. Things had suddenly took a very dark turn for him.... but then, he in the air. He looked up to see the body of a Flygon above him... had this pokémon... saved him? No... not "this" pokémon. He had to remember that for that moment in time this was "his" pokémon. Flygon, Charizard, Mamoswine... they viewed him as their trainer for the time being. He would do well to remember that he had such powerful allies.

He called out to Flygon. "I need you to drop me by that Sligoo! Then you and the others have to give your best effort to keep everything else away from me! Understood?" Flygon just nodded in understanding before flying as low as possible in a mad dash towards Valorie. As they approached the rather confused looking Sligoo, Kale felt the Earth dragons grip release as he gently fell to the ground. He made the final sprint towards Valorie and knelt down beside her. "Valorie... Valorie hey! Listen to me! Are you alright?"


The distraught Valorie seemed to shrink awa at Kale's presence as if afraid of him, as if afraid of being hurt. Such was an impossible thing! She was a Sliggoo! ...Right? She had no bones to break, no skin to bruise. She couldn't possibly be hurt by a human, right? False memories were limited by no such reality, and boy had Team Rocket had their way with her. As Kale spoke to her a shudder ran through Valorie's jelly-like body and she raised the horns on her head searchingl. She could tell Kale was right next to her, a feeling she couldn't quite describe in human terms. She felt sick, ever so very sick. ...Luckily she had no stomach to speak of either. Nauscea came and went as Valorie's pokemon did their job even in their exhausted state. They were more sluggish and yet stronger than ever now that they were fully aware of Team Rocket's plot a'la convenient executive speech.

"I can't tell what's real anymore..." Valorie finally opened up and said rather shakily. She hesitantly turned to face Kale. "They've.... brainwashed me, haven't they?" she then asked weakly. "It feels so real, though..!" she quickly added, her voice strained. Even as she recognized some of her memories didn't quite make sense they were apparently horribly real enough to seriously harm her mental state regardless. Cruelty at it's finest. Valorie was hysterical... and she wasn't sure whether to ask Kale for help.

Kale closed his eyes as he realized the unavoidable truth. "Yes... they have brainwashed you Valorie." Valorie's mind had been broken... and he didn't know what to say to fix it. He felt bad for her... his new body was affecting his emotions heavily... but even if he was back where he belonged, in the form that was truly his... could he truly say that he wouldn't want to help her? What... what was even happening anymore? How could one sure fire raid go so badly?! How could this happen to him?! To Aria?! To his....! Kale's eyes shot open in realization. It wasn't perhaps his most fullproof idea... but if Valorie remembered him despite her messed up memories, that had to mean something right? Could he use that to snap her out of it? His own presence in her mind?

From that he thought, it would be best to remember the most emotionally driven time he had ever spent with Valorie. Christmas day. Their discussion in the infirmary. Kale couldn't be sure if bringing it up would help her or just drive her further into confusion and madness... but it was the only hope he had left. So he spoke, placing his hand on the frightened Sligoo's head and repeating the question she had once asked him. A question that had polluted his mind with doubt.

"Valorie... are we... friends?" He sounded awkward and exasperated. But that was in every way the best he could do.

Valorie seemed to freeze up as this old memory was forced to the forefront of her attention. She remembered crying a little, but she also remembered feeling a sort of peace afterwards. She remembered gaining an understanding of Kale. The Kale she remembered hurting her was malicious and sadistic without rhyme or reason, a pale shadow of a human being with no further depth than to corrupt her mind and hurt her so that she'd be angry enough to fight her former friends. Team Rocket had underestimated how gentle she was.... juuuust enough to give Kale a chance. This memory was a lie. Team Rocket helping her was a lie. She knew this! It suddenly became clear in her head as her brain became decisive.

More than anything else, it was Team Rocket that was making her angry. Kale's fictional betrayal had just made her want to curl into a ball and die for a bit, but -this-! They'd tried to steal everything from her! They'd messed with her head, taken her body away and tried to turn her into some sort of... soldier for their own personal gain! Valorie croaked out a short-breathed "Yes..!"

A sort of rage boiled inside her. Normally her mother had made it quite clear that hitting people was wrong and unladylike at that. Fighting was best left to those more capable than she. Valorie had once tried martial arts for that exact reason but that was neither here nor now. Right now she wielded power. She could feel it! The bond Kale and she shared filled her with the familiar strength and renewed her. "W-We're frieinds... and friends /care/ about eachother!" Valorie continued after a moment, a sort of righteous fury entering her tone. She wanted revenge.

Valorie turned her head upwards and shot a jet of empowered water into the air. The glob of water hit the high ceiling and seemed to shatter, sending droplets everywhere. It dd not end however, a sort of magical indoor rainstorm beginning and quickly soaking everyone in the room.

Valorie only hoped she was strong enough to go through with what she intended. ...She /was/ a pokemon, right? The water seemed to collect in Sliggoo!Val's body and she began to grow in size...

Kale wasn't entirely sure what Valorie was planning to do with the sudden downpour, but what he did know was that he was quickly learning why girls didn't like to get their hair wet as Valorie's slicked and soaking wet hair was now refusing to stay out of his field of vision. One of the four executives, the one who was giving the majority of the speech, suddenly began to search out the source of rain until he eventually spied Valorie/Kale and Sligoo/Valorie... and while Kale was downright confused, the high ranking rocket seemed completely aware of what Valorie was planning. He pointed aggressively at the two standing at the sudden storms epicenter.

"Pokémon! There, those two are attempting to gain strength! Focus your attack on them!" While a fairly large amount of pokémon decided to completely gnore they're "masters" orders in favour of getting revenge for their false memories, Kale and Valorie still had a notable stampede of pokémon charging towards them. Kale cringed before putting himself into a state of complete focus. "You'd better be doing this for a damned good reason Valorie!" He reprimanded.

"Charizard!, Flygon! Mamoswine! To me, stand against the attacking pokémon!" In an instant the three powerhouses drew closer to Kale, Mamoswine toppling a large number of weaker pokémon with a powerful charge, while both Flygon and Charizard took care of stragglers. Kale smiled with satisfaction when suddenly a small black and red blur zipped past him towards Valorie, an ice type attack primed for combat. A weavile. That supee-effective attack was sure to thrash the slowly growing Valorie. "Valorie!" Kale cried as all seemed lost. But it was too late for her to react....

"MAWILE!" Suddenly, almost as quickly as the weavile slipped past Kale, a small grey and cream blur jumped in between the dark-ice type pokémon and Valorie. A powered up play rough infused set of horns swinging wildy as Aria intercepted, she must have been swapped back into her body when the first Beeheyem was defeated! But then... where was Kale's body? Hmm... that could be worried about later, Kale thought.

Needless to say the opposing weavile was utterly destroyed by the super effective fairy type attack. Aria proceeded to jump onto and over Kale/Valorie before winking back at her trainer and charging forward towards the ongoing battle involving Mamoswine, Flygon and Charizard. Kale smiled gently with relief upon seeing his best friend once again... however happy reunions could be saved for later, the body swapped trainer turned back to look at Valorie and his eyes began to widen as even he began to notice what was really happening to her.

Valorie had relatively quickly began to expand, her body distorting and beginning to glow a powerful white color as energy flooded her and exploded outwards in a harmless yet easily felt shockwave revealing her to have completely evolved! Yes! Finally, she was tall! A six and a half foot goodra stood before Kale, swelling larger by the moment as her body continued absorbing water. She looked back at Kale with her renewed sight and smiled vindictively. "Let's make sure they never do this to another student!" she remarked in an enthusiastic tone before sort of floating her way into the midst of the frey.

Attacks crashed into her, bouncing off her semi-solid body with seemingly no effect whatsoever. Or rather, her body seemed to be rapidly healing in the rain. As soon as she got big enough Valorie totally just sort of flung her gigantic body at the largest crowd of chaos she could find. She probably squished a friendly pokemon or two in the process, but in her head it was a small consequence. They'd be fine! The important part was making sure Team Rocket /wasn't/. The body slam attack fainted at least a dozen pokemon at once and Dragonite suddenly found herself looking up at another pokemon for the first time in her life.

The Rocket Executives simultaneously did a spit take and began drawing their pokeballs. "It looks like we may need to intefere..." the stoic one remarked in an exasperated tone. Just as he finished saying this however a convenient access shaft opened and Batman Lance dropped down behind the executives, landing on one knee and quickly rising. He seemed to be slightly disorientated regarding his balance, but this didn't stop him from quickly releasing his final dragonite and pounding an unsuspecting executive without hesitation. The executive toppled over a nearby railing and landed with a groan on the ground. "Perhaps if you hadn't stolen it your Beheeyem would've been more loyal." Lance remarked in a lackluster tone, stumbling forward as the remaining three executives siultaneously freaked right out and made a break for it. The tides suddenly weren't in their favor. Lance was quick to send his dragonite after them but he himself seemed to be in no condition to give chase. His body was still recovering from the sleeping agent, making him significantly more clumsy than he was comfortable running with. Instead he turned to survey the chaos, brows furrowed. ...Now what the heck did you kidsget into while he was gone?!

Kale quickly ran after Valorie whom was proceeding to make dents in the opposing pokémons ranks... but she was being too reckless! Hadn't he told her to follow his orders? If she got too carried away she'd be putting herself in risk of getting hurt!... Ehm... not that he cared of course, she was just... useful. Right. Useful.

As Kale followed the now large blobby Valorie, he felt a familiar weight hop onto his shoulder. Aria had returned to his side, it seemed that her and his bond was as strong as ever, body swapping aside. That was the true strength of Kale and Aria's relationship at work. Valorie was of course, very bulky and powerful now, but she definitely wasn't as fast as Kale as he very easily caught up to her. "Valorie! Stop being foolish!" He called out to her. "I understand you're excited to get some well earned vengeance... but recklessly chargin forward will just get you hurt in the long run, regardless of power!" He had a very stern expression in his eyes, his words were mechanical but at the same tainted with annoyance in tone.

Kale quickly realized that he'd need to find an easier way to keep track of Valorie during battle... how did he usually do that when dealing with larger pokémon? Well... by mounting them. Awkward in this case yes, but Kale just kept telling himself that Valorie was a pokémon... a pokémon. Yes that helped. He ran up beside her and called out again. "Valorie, bend down."

The large dragon stopped in her tracks. Valorie turned to face Kale rather obediently, though the look on her face was a tad torn. "But-- I'm..." she started before realizing the folly of her resistance. A pokemon and their trainer had to work together to be strong. All of the implications aside, Valorie reluctantly swallowed her pride and crouched down before Kale. In her head she couldn't help but think that riding a goodra would be much more comfortable with thicker clothes to buffer against the slime, nevermind the fact that it was /her/! A sort of professionalism quashed these feelings however. Her body admittedly was incapable of feeling tension from this.

Kale could sense Valorie's awkwardness as the various implications of what he was doing finally started to click together in his head. He was about to ride Va- No. No, that wasn't right. He was simply obtaining a lift from his partner (who was a pokémon by the way) into battle (not a human, not in body anyway). With a fairly awkward start, Kale began to... climb, his way up onto Valorie's back. He hadn't anticipated her being so slippy so he spent a few moments struggling with it. Eventually however, he managed to make his way to her long draconic neck and shoulder, where he quickly sat.

His eye's snapped extremely wide open as he remembered what he was wearing. An odd gooey sensation was now pressing against his thighs, it felt- No. No that wasn't right. Time for battle, not time to be thinking of anything else. This would be an effective battle strategy... it was worth it... it was worth it. Swallowing the little pride he had left, Kale patted Valorie's head to let her know she was to stand up straight. "R... right then time for batt-" Whoosh! A flame burst attack wizzed just over Kales head and he looked to his right just in time to see a pair of arcanine had begun to attack. "Valorie quickly, muddy water!" He cried, pointing in the Arcanine's general direction. He was in his "battle mode" now. Any semblence of awkwardness suddenly vanishing from his composure.

Fading back into the back seat, Valorie merely glared at the arcanine until Kale spoke as their attack nearly hit her waiting obediently for his word. If this was the way he wanted it, she trusted him. Opening her mouth she shot out a jet of highly acidic water, absolutely ruining one of the arcanine's day and his fur. Her attention turned to the other, and she summoned another projectile acid attack just in time for it to smash through the arcanine's incoming flamethrower, protecting them both and taking it out. "Wicked!" Valorie remarked without a hint of irony.

The numbers of the brainwashed pokemon were starting to thin out quite a bit now and without the executive's help they were quickly finding the tide turning... Dragonite, meanwhile, is still totally more intent on protecting Mark than actually punching anything in the face. Lance frowned at the scene, trying to absorb what was going on. "...Beheeyem, can you release Valorie's pokemon from their brainwashing?" Lance asked. A seemingly friendly beheeyem lowered itself from the service shaft in response as Lance pointed out the familiar pokemon in the area. Within moments they all broke entirely free of the false and modified memories, suddenly recognizing Kale as their original trainer.

"...Mind blown." Mamoswine remarked, stating what literally every other one of her pokemon were thinking.

 

[Megaman765]

Mark pulled a out a Pokeball and attempted to return the brainwashed Sableye back into its ball. The beam seemed to bound right off of him! Why? He was his Pokemon! Why couldn't he go back into his ball? Something was wrong... it was as if he never belonged to him to begin with! Mean while Mark noticed a Porygon Z floating up and just starting to blast everything in sight. Mostly at the humans!

Mark was kept safe by Dragonite who would probobly either be taking hits for him or attempting to avoid the various Tri Attacks. "Lucia! Stop! Its me! Mark! Focus! They Brainwashed you!" He shouted to the Porygon. He looked up at Dragonite. "We have to stop her... those Tri Attacks will tear right through us! Dragonite, you think you can move in and take out Lucia? I don't want to hurt her but we have to stop her from blasting everything!" Mark said

Meanwhile Len noticed Samuel was in danger. The Absol was knocked unconcious. He'd say he deserved it for trying to abandon his trainer (Oh what irony) but still he had to help out the Absol! Len kept out of sight for now though. He had to get himself properly prepared. He started off by using Belly Drum to maximize his attack while Samuel and Tyro were fighting each other. Afterwards he used Rest and did his usual strategy of eating up a Lum Berry afterwards. He was all set to go and ready to take on that Blaziken.

Mark reached into his bag and threw a Revive over to Len. "Use this on Samuel! Keep them safe!" Mark said. The Poliwraith nodded and got right down to buisness.

The Poliwhirl saw his chance just as Samuel was knocked out and used Dig to burrow underground. As soon as Tyro was caught of guard, he'd pop right out of the ground and hit Tyro right from below!

Commodore as Lirum quickly noticed his old body blasting away. Oh no... Lucia was losing it! Commodore attempted to use Disable to stop Lucia from using Tri Attack but oddly enough it had no effect. Neither did Confusion or Water Gun. His moves worked just fine last time.

 

[Synthet]

Samantha Felicity Cooper

Corphish prepared himself to receive a heavily boosted Double Kick, only to find that Tyro apparently had better things to do. The nerve! Some Pokemon just didn't have no respect. He was about to scuttle off in pursuit of the Blaziken when Roberto placed himself in his path, flexing his claws. A tango? A tango!? Did this jumped up bug think he had better claws, that he was the main pincer and snapper around these parts? Well he was going to show this arrogant putz what it meant to be a real Pokemon!

Corphish locked eyes with Roberto and began to pulse a white light from beneath his carapace. The light grew stronger and brighter until it was painful to look at Corphish with the naked eye, the blinding light enveloping the Ruffian Pokemon completely. Sammy shielded her eyes, straining to see what was happening. Was this a move Corphish had learned, Flash maybe? As the light faded she realised this was no new move, but an almost entirely new Pokemon.

He had grown over a foot in height with his weight more than doubling, vastly increasing his physical attack power. It's legs had merged into two thick elephantine feet with a pair of vestigal legs, now more closely resembling claws, hanging in front of them while a flat tail extended behind. His claws were no longer held almost uselessly close to his body but on the end of extended forearms, the claws far larger and more menacing than they were before. Blue chevrons seperated his upper and lower body with his eyes deeply recessed to afford better protection. A larger golden star adorned the top of his head.

"CRAWDAUNT!" He bellowed, Sammy whooping excitedly behind him.
"Alright! Crawdaunt, let's Knock 'em Off!"

Crawdaunt bunched his new thick legs and launched himself forward, swinging his right claw in an arc. The claw became surrounded with black sparks as it streaked towards Roberto. Sammy wasn't sure if Lucia had given Roberto anything to hold but if she had it was best to remove that tactical advantage now. And if not, it would at least do some damage. Heck, far more damage than it had ever done as Corphish! Pride beamed out of her, but she knew she couldn't get caught up and forget Ponyta.

As Ponyta spun around to make another pass at Snype, the little tricksters shadow snuck around behind her and swiped at her legs. She stumbled, but quickly regained her footing... hooving? It would take more than that to keep her down! Sammy was about to call out another attack when she looked up in dismay, water spattering across her face. It was... raining? But that would weaken Ponyta's Fire type moves, and none of her Normal typed moves would do anything against Snype. On the other hand, it would strengthen any of Crawdaunt's Water type moves against Roberto.

She would just have to accept it for what it was, take the good with the bad. For now all she could do was keep up the offense on Snype for Marks safety. And if Ponyta went down she would just try something else!

"Ponyta, Flame Wheel!" She called out. The Fire Horse Pokemon started to charge at Snype again, but this time when the fire surrounded her it formed a spinning wheel. It was a small chance, but if they could burn Snype it might even out the disadvantage this rain had given Ponyta.

It was hard to tell what was going on outside of the immediate sphere of her vision and battles, but you couldn't ignore the insane Porygon floating around blasting into the crowd. Fortunately its attention seemed to be on a different section of the melee than she currently occupied, but she edged away and stayed light on her feet just in case.
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[Nillemi]

Ellie Ward - Rocket Base​

"What the heck is wrong with me!?" Ellie yelled desperately out clutching her head in attempt to calm the throbbing. Feelings of Betrayal keep rushing back into her mind and in result, Anger. Looking up she can still see that Cocky Bird Staring her down. Her taunt still Ringing in Ellie's Head, Making her blood boil even stronger. "I'll wipe that dumb smirk off your stupid face!" She called out again, Propelling herself forward with a blast of water.

"Alright, Here they come. Again, use Whirlwind Sophie!" He called out to his partner. Flapping her Wings again, Sophie creates a strong gust of wind in attempt to Push back Ellie. "That wont Work again!" Ellie Calls out, Slowing down a bit in the face of the wind. Just barely she was able to push through, Smacking that bird Against the Head just slightly before getting blown back, "Tch, Barely felt a thing." She taunted again, Apparently having fun with this.

"Why isn't he letting her attack! He's the Villain, But why did he say I was an ally earlier." She continues to beat herself up with questions, Failing to understand the situation.

"Drop"

Ellie looks up into the Air as several drops of water start to Fall from the Sky before it quickly turns into a huge rainstorm. "Someone must have used Rain Dance..." She thought to herself, Knowing there's no other way this would happen otherwise. It felt oddly soothing, Almost as if she Felt at home in the rain, Clearing up her conflicted mind.

"Pokémon! There, those two are attempting to gain strength! Focus your attack on them!" A voice yelled out from across the room.

"Pokemon... But I'm not a Pokemon..." She Thinks to herself, Looking across the room at the stranger trying to Rally her. Out of the corner of her eye though she Can see the Smug looking Bird still looking at her, Her wings extended as if she's Prepared for another attack, Looking Past her Ellie Finally Recognizes the Boy behind her. "Wait, He's the boy I took a ride with on the way here. Why am I..." She begins to think but Pauses. "I get it now, I was being tricked. He couldn't have possibly done anything to me." She finally Realizes, Memory after memory flooding back into her mind like the Drops of rain hitting her head. "And I'm not a Pokemon, I'm in Emil's Body thanks to this Team Rocket, And they're The reason I'm feeling this way." She thinks, Looking up with a glare at team rocket. Her Glare Quickly Turns into a blank stare though as they're Getting Massacred.

"I guess they don't need my help..." She says looking at the Giant Riot before shifting her Gaze at the Bird. "But She needs to be put in her place while I have the opportunity." She Says, Giving the Skarmory a wicked Grin before Charging after her. Just as Expected The Whirlwind comes right on Que. Unlike last time however she doesn't allow it to slow herself down. "Alright, There's no use with this one! Steel wing!" He commands, The Skarmory Cutting down on the Wind and raising her wings to strike instead. "I got you this time, you're too late!" Ellie shouts, Her Tail Coated in a Veil of water, She jumps into the Air Delivering a blow to the Metal bird.

Staggering back from the Blow, Sophie Falls back unable to stand any longer "Lucky shot..." She Says, Taunting Ellie one last time Before she Falls unconscious. "Return Sophie!" Evan Called, Pulling out his Pokeball he Recalls his Pokemon. "I still got another! Go Sable!" He Calls, Summoning a Black Dog like Pokemon with Bright Yellow lining. Ellie however ignored this Pokemon, Taking a seat over at the side of the room, Trying to Mentally Recover, Realigning her mind.

 

[Zavytar]

Alice Crenshaw
Rocket Mountain Base​

The puzzle was solved and, as expected, the door was unlocked. Behind it stood a scientist, who looked like the stereotypical 'mad scientists' one would watch in cartoons. But, to Alice's surprise, he took no action, instead spoke with some odd accent Alice could not recognize and continued as he was. None of his colleagues did anything either, and the group of students easily made their way through the labs. Then, she saw some important-looking men. They were obviously members of Team Rocket, but they were wearing white suits! They looked way stronger and more powerful than the Grunts. Were they... Executives or something like that? The four men took their turns in speaking. Alice was more than confused about their words. Had she been Grace the entire time? Did she really evolve? Was that her real life? Or was it just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.

Then, before the red-haired girl could realize, chaos erupted. The pods that she had seen in the room all opened, revealing many Pokémon that looked thirsty for a fierce battle. Alice gulped down as many attacked, however, for some reason they didn't aim at her! They apparently had whatever drove them set to one person. Did Team Rocket force bad feelings in those Pokémon and set a target for them? Everything was happening really fast, and Alice could understand nothing, she just stood in shock, blank eyes. Her Froakie, who was still on her shoulder, slapped her just in time to see a Tri Attack coming right towards her! Alice tried to leap away from the attack, but her left leg was hit by a part of the blast and she cried out in immense pain. Froakie, who had jumped from Alice's shoulder when she leapt, rushed back to her aid, and so did Grace and Jello.

"G-Guys... I... I can't move!" she cried.

She saw another blast coming her way, and screamed in horror, unable to move away because of her awfully-aching leg. She was about to see her whole life flash before her eyes before Grace grabbed her and teleported her and her Pokémon away from the blast. Alice was beyond terrified now. All hell had broken loose, and she wouldn't be surprised if the whole facility ended up being blown to Kingdom Come. But, to make things worse, she found a Krokorok staring at her with madness-filled eyes. Even more madness than the one in that Dugtrio's eyes, back in Christmas. And, being a Dark-type, all psychic moves from Jello and Grace would be useless.

"Grace, Flash! Jello, Hidden Power! Froakie, Pound!"

As the big 'dile was about to use his jaw to Crunch down on the poor, defenseless girl, a blinding flash of light stopped him and he was suddenly hit by a blast of orange energy in the chest; not long after that he was hit in the back by a Froakie. The Krokorok shook his head and then... laughed. With a maniacal laugh it used his claws to burrow a hole in the floor and disappeared. Alice shivered as she knew what would happen next... it would come back up to strike. And if the target was her... the mad alligator would strike from right below her. She frantically attempted to roll over, and managed to move a couple feet away before she felt the ground beneath her rumbling. It became more and more intense, and the Krokorok began to emerge from below Alice. Grace used Confusion on Alice to move her away from the mad 'dile so that she wouldn't get any crippling injuries, while Froakie and Jello retaliated with Pound and Hidden Power once again. Alice heard the Krokorok's madness-filled cackle and started to think that the alligator was readying another attack at her.

Then, she heard someone shouting. "Pokémon! There, those two are attempting to gain strength! Focus your attack on them!" To her temporary relief, the Krokorok turned his attention away from the red-haired girl who was on the verge of a breakdown and dug his way off to his new target.

Now not only was Alice's leg aching horribly, but the dig attack that almost hit her had dealt a big blow to her mind. That Pokémon almost... hit her! With a move that powerful, she could have been badly hurt! Heck, it could have even taken her life away from her! The pressure in Alice's mind was too much for her to bear, and a few tears rolled down her cheek. With a whimper, she slowly drifted away into unconsciousness.

 

[Greiger]

Lucia Francisco Bernavard - A change of pace eh?​

Lucia moved about, crying out in agony as she kept on shooting, finally just reducing her attacks to shooting whatever so much as moved. She kept going on and on and finally keyed in on one young trainer, readying to attack when he called out to her. "Lucia! Stop! Its me! Mark! Focus! They Brainwashed you!" At that Lucia paused, feeling rather odd. How did this boy know her name? Wait... wait... that haircut... there was a Sableye there... She suddenly gripped her head and let out an agonized scream as her brain suddenly felt as if it was on fire. Her program told her to fire... but she couldn't! She screamed out and spied the emergency shutdown button on her hud. For a brief second the Porygon paused in mid-air and floated there, before falling to the ground and slamming against it with a very loud thud.

Tyro meanwhile grinned over Samuel's body before crying out. The surprise Dig too him by surprise and he ended being flung away, though he was quick to get back up again, gritting his teeth, "Len..." He his eyes narrowed, "I knew you would be involved in this!" He snapped out angrily. He rushed at the Poliwrath and aimed for a Peck at the water type, "Get out of my way! She deserves to pay!"

Roberto likewise held up his pincers as the Knock Off hit into him, but he held nothing. If anything, the attack caused him to smirk as he held out his pincer and aimed it right at the Crawdunt now that he was up close. A yellow sphere began to form at the end of it, "Goodbye." The Scizor said as his Hyper Beam kicked off and aimed to slam right into the Crawdunt, but with him being so close the Scizor doubted that he could move away in time. It would take a miracle or fast maneuvers to dodge it.

 

[Megaman765]

"Lucia!!" Mark shouted out as he looked up to the Dragonite. "Quick! We gotta grab her while she's unconscious! I can't leave her like this! I owe her that much...!" Mark said to the Dragonite. Mark was pretty much pleading her to help, despite it being so dangerous. He wasn't leaving without the others! He noticed Alice was down as well. She got hit pretty hard by that Tri Attack. She'd need some help too. "Get Lucia and whoever else is injured! Use Extreme Speed!" Mark said.

Len stood firm in his fighting stance as he stared Tyro down. "Your Hallucinating Tyro, thinking your trainer abandoned you. What do you think your friend Able would think if she saw you attacking a human like this? You two were close. I know that." Len said as he was about ready to attack if Tyro wasn't going to let up. He held onto his revive and placed it onto Samuel to get him back onto his feet hopefully.

Snype snickered and responded to the Flame Charge with Detect, allowing him to narrowly avoid the attack just barely for the sake of being a show off. He could always get away with that sort of thing with Detect. Brainwashed or not, he still had the same fighting style. The Sableye suddenly started taunting the Ponyta! He gave off a snicker and turned around, bending over and spanking himself lightly on his behind as if saying "Come and get me chump!

 

[Synthet]

Samantha Felicity Cooper

Crawdaunt's eyes widened when the Hyper Beam began forming - he knew what a powerful attack that was, and it was something he could have never hoped to withstand as a lowly Corphish. Sammy was about to shout for him to use Protect but her voice was cut off by the roar of the Hyper Beam blasting forward, slamming into Crawdaunt and exploding. Once the air settled she could see that Crawdaunt actually hadn't been pushed far from Roberto at all - the Rogue Pokemon had slammed his claws into the ground. There were troughs in the concrete where his thick feet and sturdy claws had dragged a path of resistance. Crawdaunt looked about ready to pass out - the Hyper Beam had been devastating. But he still had some fight left!

"Pin him down and give him a bath! Ponyta, keep the wheel turning!"

Crawdaunt quickly closed the distance between Roberto and himself while the Scizor was recoving, lashing out with his right claw to try and grab the Scizor in a Vice Grip and slam him to the ground, while he held up his left claw and let out a Bubble Beam at the Red Legionnare's face. The Vice Grip would only do a little damage, but the rainfall would make up for that by boosting the BubbleBeam.

"Say Hello."

Ponyta meanwhile charged past Snype thanks to his Detect, but in retaliation to his Taunt just galloped round in arc and started charging again, still surrounded by the Flame Wheel attack. Sammy's hand kept twitching towards her Pokeballs. Neither fight was going the way she would have liked, even with the unexpected evolution of Crawdaunt. But with Shuppet and her new aquisition on standby, and Cubone ready for another go if needed there was still a lot of fight in her and her Pokemon.
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