The Uprising: Fighting the Pokémon Extermination

[Mira]

(OOC: No phrase really sums this post up as well as: DUN DUN DUUUUN!... So... yeah... Poor post... sorry...)

"Is! Audrey! Let's go!"

Isabel looked back and saw Chris standing by the trapdoor where several Uprising members had already disappeared. Isabel turned back to Graham and scowled.

"Just don't do anything against us for your precious PXS. I don't know what side you're on anymore, and I don't think that you're sure either. I suggest that you leave, because I doubt that you're wanted on either side anymore," Isabel said sharply before turning back to her friend. "Let's get out of here, Audrey."

Isabel began walking back toward the trapdoor. David still stood near the center of the gym and he and the old Uprising members that were still gathered around him were now picking up their weapons and items and preparing to head down into the tunnel as well.

"I-I'm so glad that you're alright," Isabel said to David with a shy smile, silently kicking herself for acting like such a little girl.

"It's just like before, right? The team's back together, now," he said with a grin, placing a firm hand on her shoulder. "It's pretty amazing, actually, how you managed to preserve the Uprising."

"Well... we should probably get going," Isabel muttered, looking back toward the trapdoor to hide an unbidden blush.

"Go ahead, Is. We'll be right behind you."

Isabel nodded and continued toward the tunnel, pausing for a moment before turning and and pulling David into a sudden embrace.

"I really did miss you," Isabel whispered, closing her eyes and enjoying actually feeling him here again, safe.

"I missed you, too," he said in a softer voice, hugging back somewhat awkwardly before stiffening up. Isabel heard the low growl of several of her Eeveelutions nearby.

Isabel pulled away, confused for a moment until she felt the ground shudder under her feet. The blood drained from her face when she heard the shatter of ice in the tunnel and watched as the floor of the gym was slowly torn open, revealing a huge Dugtrio who didn't look very happy. Isabel fumbled with the PokeBall Brad had given her, pressing the button to release a Lapras.

"Hit it with whatever you've got!" Isabel shouted. The Lapras released a torrent of water at the Pokemon, though a pounding on the doors started yet another nightmare. Isabel felt a force strike her, knocking her over and sliding her a good distance across the floor behind a row of machines. Dazed, Isabel attempted to sit up, only to feel the slight pressure of Umi's paw on her chest.

"What-?"

Isabel heard shouts and the blast of the doors being knocked out of place and landing on the floor with a huge crash. Isabel shot up and looked over the top of her barrier, dread meeting her in a crashing wave as a troop of PXS members stormed in, shouting and guns at the ready and pointed at the Uprising members who still stood at the center of the gym. Shocked, they attempted to fire at them and retreat, but a few of them only managed one or two shots before PXS began firing. It all happened surprisingly fast, regardless of what people said about the whole "time slowing down" thing. It was merely seconds before every one of her reunited teammates lay on the floor, covering the floor in a dark red that continued to spread. Isabel felt as though her heart would stop right there, not being able to comprehend what had just happened. She found David's face, eyes still open and glazed over with sudden death, the cause a shot just below his temple and in the side of his neck. Just beside him lay another form, purple and equally still. Fay had been shot in the side multiple times. Isabel stared in disbelief as the shooting continued, this time aimed at the rampaging Dugtrio. It wasn't until she received a ginger nip on the hand did she snap back to attention. Umi, Lum, Flareon, Jay and Eve were now around her, carefully out of reach of the gunfire. Isabel carefully fixed her mind on one goal: escape. She pushed all other thoughts and emotions away, reverting to instinct as she slowly army-crawled toward the trapdoor. Isabel slid inside, nearly falling straight down into it as she numbly tried to climb down the ladder. There were familiar faces here. The ones part of the new Uprising. The Uprising now. Isabel caught sight of Audrey, relieved to see her there, but now sensing her emotions threatening to grab ahold of her. Isabel looked away and bit her lip, addressing several Uprising members and the Nurse.

"We have to get out of here now. We can't stop at the Pokemon Center. We have to keep going and get to the south as soon as possibly," Isabel said evenly, making her way through the shattered ice that littered the now Duglet/Dugtrio-less tunnel without pausing for an instant, just making it around the corner before she completely lost it. A sob broke from Isabel's throat and it all went from there. She braced one hand on the cold dirt wall and covered her face with the other, attempting to stifle the sobs that were now uncontrollably racking her body. Tears soaked her face as emotions and memories and jumbled thoughts struck her all at once, overwhelming her. Everything they had gained had been lost in one moment, and now they had to try and keep going, and Isabel wasn't sure if that was possible for her to do any longer.

 

[Liacri]

"Is! Audrey! Let's go!"

Audrey turned to see Chris, gesturing toward them to follow him down a trapdoor, where most of the others had to be. Except for her friends, of course, and she was positive they would follow along to wherever it was they were going. She would let the others lead and not worry too much about it. Clearly, they had to get going while they still could.

Sabey's snappish comments to the man in the black PXS uniform made little sense to Audrey; she assumed something unpleasant had happened there beforehand, when she had still been imprisoned. "Let's get out of here, Audrey."

"All right," Audrey said cheerfully in a quick attempt to break the heavy mood. She skipped across the room toward Chris to follow him down the ladder. When only her head remained at floor level, a crash echoed, she almost lost her balance, and the first gunshot went off.

Within seconds, it was over. Numbly, Audrey let go of the ladder and fell the last few feet onto the icy tunnel floor. In the space of a moment, she'd lost everything. She still had her Pokémon and a few members of the old Uprising that she knew by name, but the rest was gone. Practically everything that she had held dear in recent weeks and months... shattered. A moment of relief washed over her as "Sabey" nearly fell on top of her, but it was quickly gone.

Audrey wanted to scream. She held it back, for once realizing how stupid something she might do could be, but she could not stop the tears. Silently, she cried until she could barely understand what Isabel was saying through the grief. She forced herself to her feet and followed automatically, holding back, holding back, holding back...

Impossible. Quiet tears quickly became brokenhearted sobs. Gone. They were gone. They could not come back. Gone. Through a watery haze, she managed to see Sabey, crying as much as she was. The pain was building with every passing second. Helplessly, Audrey did the only thing she could think to do and wordlessly embraced her friend. What could she do when the very thing that held her together... had died?

 

[Skymin]

Ashi's head snapped around as she heard gunshots echo from the other end of the tunnel. There was trouble coming and Isabel and Audrey hadn't caught up yet. Her heart started to race as others in the tunnel turned around to see what happened, although they were underground and the gunshots came from above, at the gym. What could they do now? They had no options left but to run, and the PXS were closing in. Only thing she could do was hurry. The exit was near, she could see the pothole about 100 or so metres away.. But that wasn't good enough.

"Lone, we have to be fast. Ice the roof, now!" Ashi pointed at the roof as she pulled all of her PokéBalls off and released all of her Pokémon. She really hoped her plan would work. Lone looked at her with worried eyes as she realised what she was trying to do. She joined her fellow Pokémon to help, they needed as much power as possible.

"Okay, listen up!" Ashi yelled to the group that had been following her. "We're gonna bust out of here before we get killed. The PXS know where we are and we need to get out of here, and fast. I need everyone to release every Pokémon capable of battle. Don't worry, we're not fighting. See up on the roof? Everyone aim an attack at the roof and get out of the way when it collapses. Ready?"

The group started releasing Pokémon. Several had cuts, scrapes and bruises, but still wanted to put in the power. She could tell several people were hesitant in her plan. She didn't blame them; she was too.

"Okay, here we go! Everybody ready? On three. One. Two. THREE!" At three Pokémon launched their strongest attacks at the roof. The roof exploded, a giant hole now where the ice had been. It wouldn't stay like that for long, as Ashi feared the tunnel might collapse.

"OKAY! Now let's get OUT OF HERE!" Bird Pokémon flew up, trainers scampered out, returning their Pokémon as they ran in the opposite direction. The attack had surprised the PXS as they fell over of the shock of the explosion. But Ashi didn't have time to see what they did next. She jumped onto Invisi, holding Sar tight, and told them to fly up, returning all of her other Pokémon. Alex followed and together they escaped Frosty Gorge, with bullets whizzing past them as the flew off towards the clouded sun. She watched the other Uprising members escape. They would all be fine. Ashi had taken the liberty in throwing up several potions as the Pokémon fired, spraying their contents onto every Pokémon when the roof exploded.

"To Johto," Ashi yelled at Alex and Invisi. "We're going home."