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OOC: *Blinks* Still doesn't explain your sudden use of present tense in your previous IC...shouldn't you maybe edit that?

Here! Here it is! *Throws Herbie plushie into the opposite direction* Catch!

By the way, that poem you wrote is great Plushie. ^^ I'll post my full comments in the thread once I have the time.

IC:

Not really having anything more to say on the matter, Ashley merely nodded at Tessie's words, doing her best to make mental notes of what things she and John were saying about the layout of the city, although it was far too little information for the girl to really get any real picture of it as of yet. The houses and streets all still looked the same to her.

"Just a bit longer, my sweet..." she whispered in response to the growing quivering motion in her pocket, stroking the fairly discreet lump on her jacket gently. It was obvious that Kula was getting ever more anxious within the pocket, and the girl would really have liked nothing more than to take her out for a bit of fresh air and a big hug, a proper one, but she knew it was far too risky.

"Hey! Out of the way you lot!"

The sudden appearance of an older male voice and the sound of approaching footsteps caused Ashley to freeze on the spot. The girl quickly whipped around to the direction of the noise, only to spot no less than five rather unkempt looking men in their late twenties (Or early thirties, it was hard to tell), tall, broad-shouldered and carelessly shaved, both donning the same type of uniform; black pants and a matching black shirt with the letter 'J' almost flauntingly displayed on the front in blood red, with a shabby, ligh brown, fur-lined biker's coat on top, presumably to keep the cold out. They were not really the most fashionable of uniforms, and if Ashley had been better aquianted with the city she would surely have recognized them as team Joint's, but as it was, the glaringly obvious letter was enough to tip her of about it being a team, although apparently not enough to make her dodge in time, as one of the grunts, slightly large than the others, with short, greasy black hair covering his head in uncontrolled tangles, ran straight into her, knocking the girl down on the pavement, right onto her aching right arm, although luckily enough, Ashley thought as she got back up on her feet, gritting her teeth against the now considerably more intense pain in her scar, Kula had remained concealed quite well, and didn't sound like she had come to harm.

"I told you to get out of the way!" the head grunt spat out in a slightly defensive voice, glaring at Ashley and brushing of some non-existent dirt from his uniform, "You messin' with Team Joint?" he briskly grabbed Ashley by her right shoulder shoulder, clamping it tightly and causing the girl to wince in pain as he leaned his face in so close that she could smell the heavy saturation of garlic in his breath.

"I-" The girl was slightly unsure of what to say, there were five members of team Joint and six of them, but they only had one baby pok?mon each while the Joint members no doubt had several trained ones. A straight out challenge would be tantamount suicide, especially with the current legislation. "I haven't done anything!" she cried out, deciding to play the hurt victim and managing a few fake tears and a quivering lip, "I-I've never been bad! I'm a good girl! Honest!" she burst into another fit of fake tears "I-I w-was just going to the store to get so-some milk! B-but this city is so big! And-and then it started to rain! And I got lost! And-and then I met these nice people who offered to lead me home! And-I'm-I'm in trouble, aren't I?" she managed to whimper, giving the grunt her most tear-filled and sorrowfull expression, her lip wobbling again as if she was about to burst out into another hysteric crying fit.

"C'mon Reeves..." another one of the grunt's said, apparently taken in by the act as he carefully placed a hand on the head grunt's shoulder, "Knock it off, she's just a lost kid. She's not a treath to us."

The one called Reeves snorted indignantly, "I-I-fine..." he muttered to the grunt behind him before turning back to Ashley and releasing his grip of her shoulder, "Since this is your first time, I'll let you off with a warning, girly." his eyes narrowed, "Don't mess with Team Joint if you like to keep that pretty face of yours the way it is. Now, have you happened to see a cardboard box around here?" he demanded, "Don't lie to me if you have."

Cardboard box? Ashley thought in puzzlement, What on earth could be so important about a cardboard box? "B-box?" she stammered out, still maintaining her facade, "I-I haven't seen any b-boxes around s-sir! Only the o-one we h-have at home! You-you aren't going to take that box away from us, are you sir? I-I don't have anywhere else to sleep!"

"It's not the box we're after fool!" the head grunt growled irritably, "It's what's inside-! Never mind! What about the rest of you?!" he now turned his glare to the rest of the group, although he seemed to have failed at spotting Sierra and Adeline, short as they were, and probably mistook Chako for a baby.

{Oh...are you crying mama?} Kula whispered quietly in the girl's pocket, hugging Ashley as well as she could, although she was still far too frightened and obedient to step out into the open, or make much noise, {Don't be sad mama, don't cry...it's okay...Kula is here...}. It was questionable wether the Snorunt had any idea of what her words really meant or if she was just repeating what mama had told her. To her surprise, Ashley found that she didn't merely hear what the ice type in her pocket was saying but actually even seemed to understand the words. Well, not the words really, but rather the meaning behind them. The girl let out a small gasp of astonishment over the fact, although she quickly managed to conceal it as another snivel when one of the grunts turned to investigate, discreetly stroking the pocket and hoping that Kula would take the hint and keep quiet.
 
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OOc-
Ain't Tessie supposed to be tall?Shouldn't the girl be standing out from teh rest?Especially with the bundle in her hands?*ish being a prick again*
XD

Ic-

Jinger quickly turned around as she heard the voices of men.Telling someone to get out of their way.As Ashley fell onto the pavement,the girl had a right mind to walk up to the man in uniform which pushed her and give him a telling off,but thought otherwise,remembering the beret and baby she had with her and the way that they looked.

Though,Ashley looked like she was managing well,summoning up a few tears as she tried to reason with the man who grabbed her.Telling her that she had gotten lost and that the rest of them had offered to show her the way.Jinger mentally sighed,great,now they were most likely going to come after her too.

"Whoa,she's good.But,why'd she have to go and include me?!"Jinger clung onto the bag,hoping that the men wouldn't think of taking away any of their pokemon or possesions.The odd letter on their shirts had to mean something,she just didn't know what.Finally though,the man let go of Ashley and asked her whether she had seen a cardboard box,getting yelled at by,maybe the boss perhaps that they wanted to find the something inside the box.
The men then directed the same question to her and the rest.Not knowing what to do,Jinger franticly jumped up and down twice,before running around in a circle.

"Gah!!Aliens!!Mommy,help!!If I see cardboard boxes,it'll be the end!!The end!!"the girl wailed.
 
OOC: Well, the grunt kind of ran right into Ashley, and with her whole crying act she would obviously draw quite a bit of attention. And I'm kind of thinking that Tessie would probably stay out of sight a bit. But yeah, it's a bit inconsistent, no matter...she shall surely be acknowledged too.

IC:

Reeves stared wide-eyed at Jinger's performrance, seemingly incapable of phrasing up a single sentence about her erratic behaviour. The other grunts seemed to be just as surprised, all of them staring at the strange spectacle unfolding in front of their eyes.

"Cut-cut that out!" Reeves demanded, now sounding quite unsure of himself, "I said cut it out you raving loon! I don't have time for your nonsense!" he performed a dramatic slash through the air with his right arm.

"O-ohh, please don't get mad at m-my cousin, sir!" Ashley interjected in a pleading voice, "S-she can't help it! Doctor says it's a-a phobia! She-she won't even sleep inside with us, sir! B-because we only have that-that...you-know-what to sleep in!" she concluded, as if she was afraid to say the word 'box', "There, there..." she said, gently patting Jinger on the shoulder, "It's allright...no-one's going to put you into one of those things...don't worry...the aliens are far...far away..."

"Nice acting..." she whispered under her breath, flashing the girl a triumphant grin before returning back to the role of the sorrowfull and scared little miss.

The head grunt ran a hand across his face, groaning irritably, "For crying out loud!" he exclaimed, "Crackpots and snivellers all around! I ought to have the whole bunch of you locked up! Isn't there a single sane person among you?! You!" he turned over to Tessie in an almost desperate manner, "Where is the darnable box?! Tell me! All I want to know is where I can find the stupid...cruddy...cardboard box!" he looked like he was about to break down into a crying fit just as hysteric as, and far more genuine than, Ashley's one.
 
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"Meep!!"Jinger leapt back,her bag over her head,trying to look decently scared of the grunt slashing his arm in the air.

"Yes,yes cousin dear,yes.The cold ground is welcoming,you should sleep outside with me,that's what you're going to do right?!The horrible thing,no,don't make me,no...."Jinger maintained the same tone of voice,trying her best to sound like a lunatic,nodding to Ashley as the girl patted her on the shoulder.

"Not so bad youself."the girl hissed back,before turning away,jerking her head here and there,acting like she was looking out for a spaceship in the sky.She purposely flinched and let out a small yelp the same number of times the grunt had used the word 'box' in his statement as he turned to Tessie.
 
OOC:

H-Herbie Plushie! *immediately catches it from where she is and stuffs it into pocket*

Phwee! *butts into conversation*

Besides, Yibber, he said the grunts think that Chako's a baby. XP



IC:



Tessie had planned on remaining quiet the whole time, never counting on these Grunts to call her out. The whole scenario reminded her of a certain event years ago.. The first time she had ever run into Team Joint. Well, she had run away before they had had time to actually run into her, but that's beside the point.

She froze in place as she was forced from her memories, and the head grunt pointed at her, calling her out and wanting her to tell him where 'the cardboard box was', although she had no idea, because she had been engulfed in memories, that she was supposed to act insane to get them to leave her alone.

Tessie immediately covered Chako's mouth with one hand when he seemed ready to hiss, and then instantly blurted out a response.

"W-What? Cardboard box?" She said, almost hesitating before the next part. "Why, there's a ton of 'em back in the South! Yes, right by Meditite Motel!" She said, pointing in the opposite direction in which the group was traveling, hoping that they'd immediately head in that direction.

Well, she had seen some boxes the last time she'd been there..
 
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OOC: I dunno why I put it in the present tense. Just felt like it. Makes it a bit eerie.

IC: John had remained quiet through this encounter. If those Joint grunts had those scanners...But they wouldn't have. They were just grunts, after all. Thugs looking for some cash. Ring had not woken up, and if she didn't, they might get away. John quietly slipped behind a drainpipe.
"Okay, attacking is a no-no," he thought, "So our best bet is to outwit them. I know!" He remebered Ashley's scar. It would work...

He came out and blinked. He heard Tessie telling them about a cardboard box at the Meditite motel. The men obviously seemed impressed. John slapped himself as he realized he didn't need a plan. Suddenly Ring woke up.
{Hi John! I'm up now!} she said brightly.
John needed a plan.
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(And now for the ubercool return of the Electrike!)
The creature is on the move. Silently it creeps along the gutter, hiding in the shadows. Two men are cycling along the road. The creature notices the danger heading towards it. It jumps just before the cyclists hit it's original spot. Now it is on a ledge. The creature forces itself not to look down. The drop below is dizzying. There is a lot of noise as many Gear grunts have flocked out in patrol. One sees movement and looks up, but there is nothing. For the creature is clever. It hangs below where movement was seen. It rights itself and heads along the way it's going. For the creature is answering a call, an irresistable call to power, which is impossible to refuse.
But this creature is different. For it can refuse.
 
OOC: Also makes it more than a little bit confusing when the two meet and is rather awkward from a stylistic viewpoint. But whatever...this isn't the fanfic section after all...

IC:

"Meditite motel, eh?" Reeves asked, scratching his chin thoughtfully, visibly relieved to have found one who didn't speak gibberish, "Well, let's take a look over there boys! Come on!" he gestured for the rest of the group to follow him, beginning to walk of, and Ashley heaved a quiet sigh of relief. She had rejoiced too soon, however...

"Hang on." one of the grunts called suddenly, stopping, "The boss said that our box is in the East quarter."

"Hey, that's right!" another concured.

"Right adamant about it, he was..." a third one noted.

Reeves stopped as well, turning around and preparing to question another one of the youths present, his narrowed eyes a clear sign of an ever shortening temper. But just then, Ring decided that it was a suitable time to pop up and call out a cheerfull 'hi' in a voice that sounded painfully loud to Ashley, almost causing the girl to jump up in panic. It had certainly been loud enough to attract the attention of the team Joint grunts too, all five of them turning towards John and his Ralts.

"A pok?mon?!" Reeves thundered, heading back towards the group with long, treathening strides, "That's it! What's going on here?!"

"Of all the bloody..." Ashley muttered under her breath, swearing far more colorfully in her mind. Their cover had been blown. Ohh...if only Ring hadn't been such a blabbermouth.

"S-sir..." she began, still upholding her act in the hopes of somehow explaining things away "You see...the-the things is-"

"Enough!" Reeves roared, taking a tight grip around Ashley's right forearm, "I've had it up to here with you and your stuttered excuses! You there boy!" she called to John, "Hand over that Ralts right now or I'll have to rearrange your little friend's face!"

"S-sir!" Ashley called, desperately trying to stall for time until she could come up with a new ruse, "You-you're hurting my arm!"

"And I'll hurt a lot more if you don't keep quiet!" the head grunt thundered back, small particles of spit flying out in all directions from his mouth, "Come on boys! It looks like this lot needs to learn who's in charge around here!" he gestured for the four remaining grunts to close in, all of them cracking their knuckles treatheningly and reaching for their pok?balls.

{NO! YOU'RE NOT HURTING MAMA YOU BIG MEANIES!}

Reeves wasn't given as much as a second to react as the barely noticable lump within Ashley's jacket suddenly sprang up on the girl's shoulder, the tiny Snorunt's face twisted into a most uncharacteristic expression of anger as she glared at the man in front of her, taking in as much air as her lungs would hold before blowing straight at his face with all her might, a surprisingly powerfull gale that caught the head grunt of guard, sending him staggering backwards while trying to shield his face with his arms, frost and snow covering his face and clinging to his hair and eyebrows, a Powder Snow attack, and a well aimed one at that.

"Kula..." Ashley whispered quietly, just as stunned as the grunts in front of her. She soon gathered her witts however, noticing that the rest of their opponents had just realized that, despite the surprising ferocity of Kula's attack, she was still just a wee Snorunt who probably wouldn't last long in battle, turning to the rest of the group; "Everybody! Run for it!"
 
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OOC: XDD *dies a lot* Sorry guys! My week's been a hectic one as Finals are next week, and teachers seem to think that its a great idea to have part of the final during this week as well. X___X Ugh... that and studying for Japanese... I keep repeating the same basic sentence to memorize in my head:

Watashiwa gurai gozen shichijini okimasu. <I wake up around 7:00 AM.>

I think my brain is gonna explode... =_=

Anyway... it'll be a short postie...

GAH! Alter you posted before me!! >____<


Kevin
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Ashley continued to talk to the grunts before them. Kevin was getting a bit bored with this though, and thought the whole situation very stupid.

"Cardboard box??! Hahaha!" laughed Kevin, clearly not understanding the need to stay hidden. Why should he have to hide? He never had anything to fear. "Really now that is hilarious! What's in it again? Dirty old socks? Or perhaps a half-eaten meal?" Kevin laughed again, thinking it a huge joke that these men would want anything to do with a box.

Adeline tilted her head a bit in confusion. She didn't know what any of these things were, but they sounded interesting to her. She walked out in front of Kevin, not realizing the grunts' potential for danger.

It was actually quite fitting. Kevin was like a newborn in this outisde world. He was the same as Adeline in that respect; they both were in a new place full of things to learn and experience.

However, before anyone had a chance to react, the grunt had grabbed Ashley, and Kula didn't look too happy about it.

"Hey! All this over a stupid box?!" Kevin said outloud, "Your priorities are in a very strange order...."

After that Kula began to get very upset, and used Powder Snow on the enemy. Adeline thought it was amazing. She gasped as the Powder Snow was created, and she had to be picked up by Kevin as Ashley yelled for them to run for it.

"Let's go Adeline!" Kevin said hurriedly as he dragged her along in his arms. He hadn't the time to think of what her dirty paws would do to his clothes.
 
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OOC: *Blinks* Uh, Melissa...you're kind of behind in these events...XD *Pokes own last post*

Anyways, good luck with your Japanese. And you're end exams. Argh, I can already feel the Physics exams creeping on me, so trust me, I kind of know your pain...=_=
 
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OOC: When they meet I'll....*thinks of a killer twist* stick it into the future tense!!!

IC: "Oh ****," cursed John as Ring piped up. Suddenly Kula came out of nowhere and peformed a nice ice attack. Not all the grunts were distracted and a fews chased him down.
"Ring!" yelled John, angry.
{What?} relied Ring, starting to get scared.
"You remeber when we fought pokemon, right?"
{Uh...yes?}
"Well we're fighting again."
Ring fliched, then toughened up, and put on her bravest impression. She felt john's warm hand and then appeared out on his shoulder.
"Confusion!" yelled John. Ring understood this and linked it with her only attacking move.
She glowed and the men started behaving like rag dolls. They slumped down in a daze. John thanked Ring, stuck her inside the bag and made a run.

He had run for a while, when eventually he had to stop for a rest. He stared up at the sky, but the stars had gone. Tears flooded his vison as he knew the reprocussions of that stupid event. It was all his fault. No, wait it was Ring's. No, that wasn't right. He screamed out. Whatever had happened, one thing was for sure.
The others weren't going to like him when he found them.

Eastern Drive monorail station was nearly empty. About four people were there. No-one saw a fourteen year old kid climb on to it. He sat down in an empty carriage and began to think. Where could he go? Nowhere. The next stop loomed up ahead. He hid himself underneath his seats. A few grunts got on. These weren't from Joint. No, these were from Gear.
"I'm definately still in East Barrel. What the hell is happening?" he thought. The pokemon in his backpack shivered. She had read her trainer's emotions and they weren't pretty.
 
OOC: Eh...right Pete...*Stares in a funny way and slooowly backs away* XD

Anyways, don't worry Melissa, I was just pointing out. In its current text your post makes perfect sense actually, and since they probably all ran off in different directions it leaves you with a suitable excuse for making Kevin dissapear for as long as you need to in case you can't bring yourself to write an IC. ^^

IC:

"Hey look!" One of the remaining grunts called, pointing towards Kevin and Adeline as the duo dashed of, well, Kevin was the one who did the dashing really, Adeline would probably have stayed behind to admire the snow on Reeves' face if it was up to her, "I call dibs on the Houndour!" the grunt proclaimed triumphantly, raising a pok?ball into the air and releasing it all in one motion, "Go Vigoroth! Hunt it down for me!"

With a menacing cry, the wild monkey pok?mon appeared on the street, jumping and moving about constantly, as if it was physically impossible for it to sit still even for a moment, and glaring at the various people running around it with an aggrevated expression on its face before it finally managed to spot Kevin, although the boy had already covered quite a considerable distance and was just turning around the corner, running of after its prey with a loud, frenzied, cry.

Ashley did not get to see this, however, as she was quite preoccupied with the grunt who had decided to pursue her, or, to be exact, his Beedrill, who was easily as dogged in its pursuit of Ashley and Kula as the Vigoroth was in hunting Kevin and Adeline.

Rounding another corner as she dashed forward with Kula pressed tightly against herself, the girl couldn't help noticing the relentless assault of fatigue on her body, the stinging in her lungs, the ache in her feet, and the ever more ragged sound of her breathing, as her pace slowed down, despite the girl's best efforts at keeping it up. Her pursuer didn't seem to show any signs of fatigue however, the steady droning of its wings growing ever closer. Ashley could almost imagine the bug type approaching, its sharp, venomous stingers preparing for the strike.

In one last desperate attempt at shaking of the Beedrill, the girl suddenly made a sharp turn in her path, ducking into a nearby alley...only to find it a dead end.

"No..." she muttered for herself, peering about desperately in search of another escape route but finding none. There weren't really any places to hide Kula either, not even a single proper garbage sack, despite the rank stench of waste that hung over the alley. Both of the emergency ladders on the sides of the houses, left there in case of fire, were securely fastened up, way beyond her reach, and the wall that separated that particular alley from the one on the other side was quite impressively tall. It lacked the spikes that most such things possessed however, maybe if she could climb..?

Well, it certainly seemed like it was worth a shot, Ashley rationalized, closing in on the wall and beginning to search for suitable indentures to use for her climb, even as she felt someone watching her...approaching her...a trickle of sweat began rolling down the girl's forehead, her grip of Kula growing ever tighter and her search growing ever more feverish even though she knew it was all in vain now...she would never make it...the Beedrill would catch her at any second and that would be the end of that...she would-

{Initializing...}

Ashley blinked, whipping around at the sound of the surprisingly mechanical voice that came from behind her and spotting something quite unusual...

It wasn't the Beedrill she had expected, but apparently steel pok?mon of some sort...undoubtedly the strangest one Ashley had ever seen, strange enough for her not to pay proper attention to the fact that she could in fact understand its words, not intuitively as with Kula, but she could actually 'hear' them in her head, even though the creature itself didn't seem to possess any kind of mouth to communicate with. Its shining, blue body was perhaps most closely resemblant of the arm of some kind of robot, except for the single, dark red lense which the girl assumed was its eye also seemed to be focused on her for the moment. The pok?mon didn't really have much in the way of expressing emotions, but somehow Ashley got the distinct impression that this particular creature was very confused about something. Kula, noticing that mama's grip had loosened quite considerably, peered up at the stranger as well, watching it carefully and with far less trepidation than she had shown before. Even though the Snorunt hadn't really won a real battle, she had managed to deal quite the blow to Reeves, the head grunt, and that alone was enough to bolster the ice type's confidence. She was not going to let anyone hurt mama...

{Initializing...} the creature repeated, seemingly oblivious to Ashley's presence even thought it was clearly looking at her {Failed to initialize...manual assumption error...one is not one...please reinstall universe and reboot.}

"Uhh...I'm afraid that's a bit beyond what I can do." Ashley replied, scratching her head and beginning to feel just as confused as the little steel type "Listen, you haven't seen any Beedrills around, have you?"

The creature stared at her for a moment, {Beedrills do not compute...} it replied at last, {Insufficient guidlines...manual assumption error...please reinstall universe and reboot...}

"How am I supposed to reinstall the universe?" the girl asked in exasperation. She was quite happy to help others, even if they were strange robotic things, but this was a bit too weird for her.

The creature stared at her for a moment more until replying, {Call status...} it said simply, {Then insert the spare universe into the F jack and reboot.}

"Umm...okay, status?" Ashley tried, hoping that she was heading in the right direction.

{Total hitpoints remaining...87 %} the creature stated in an ever-continuous monotone, {Damaged spread...protective plate, 11%....data storage...37%...behaviour module...52%. Areas in critical status...behaviour module...data storage. Insufficient guidlines...please input new behaviour module and reboot...}

"Right..." Ashley replied slowly, "Input behaviour module."

The creature paused again, {Searching...} it muttered, hovering about in perfect suspension for a moment and letting out a soft humming sound before it opened its lens again, once again focusing it on Ashley {Behaviour modules found...template...please choose behaviour module.}

"Template." the girl replied, no beginning to get the drift of how these things worked.

{Affirmative...} the steel type replied, {Initializing behaviour module...}

The creature took up its peculiar manner of humming and floating once more, although this time, the lens didn't open quite as quickly. {Warning!} the creature suddenly stated, its lens still shut, {Data retrival error...contamination in files...some data may be missing...continue, abort, retry?}

"Continue." Ashley replied. After all...she would never be able to figure out how to fix the 'contamination', whatever that was, and anyhow, how important could that data be? The important thing was to get rid of this poor creature's confusion.

The steel type began humming again, until its lens finally opened, a small beeping sound becoming audible. {Behaviour module ready...} the creature informed her, {Please input username...}

"Ashley..." the girl replied.

{Inputting username Ashley...} the creature stated, {Input complete...desired speech and behavioural patterns may be added at will...initializing behaviour in five seconds...five...four...three...two...one...}

The creature unleashed another beeping sound, blinking its lens. Suddenly, it seemed to take on an altogether new appearance, even thought it didn't change its shape one last bit. Even as she knew that this creature was artificial, Ashley couldn't help thinking that there was something distinctly...alive about the steel pok?mon that hadn't been there before, a new kind of intellect shining from behind the single red lens that continued to watch her with unending patience.

"Hello..." she said at last, feelings slightly stupid since the creature hadn't really bothered to speak with her at all until then, but to her surprise, the answer came, and without delay.

{Hello user Ashley.} the creature replied, its voice now sounding a bit less monotonous and a bit more like that of a carefully trained servant, {How can I help?}

"Well..." Ashley began, but before she could finish her sentence, a familiar sound caught her ears. "The Beedrill!" she called out, cursing her own lapse of attention. She had completely forgotten about the bug pok?mon when her new metallic servant had entered the picture, and now, it had caught onto her and was advancing into the alley, stingers at the ready.

"Protect me..." the girl said, pinning her hopes on that the steel type was stronger than it looked. "I want you to chase of that Beedrill!" she pointed towards the bug type.

{Affirmative!} the Beldum replied, its lens now focusing on the Beedrill instead as it turned around, gathering up its energy for a while before charging straight at it, the steel pok?mon's thick plating effortlessly shrugging of the Sludge Bomb that the bug type tried to hurl at it, and the steel pok?mon's small, but extremely hard, body soon coming into contact with its opponent's, sending the bug type scrambling backwards. The Beldum had not made it without injury either however, spinning in the air a bit as it attempted to steady itself again, preparing for another blow.

"Kula..." Ashley said softly, watching the battle and finding herself quite impressed by the little steel type's performrance, "Can you help? Use Powder Snow, but be carefull!"

The little ice type nodded her head, inhaling once more and releasing a small cloud of ice and snow at the Beedrill. It was hardly a lethal attack by any measure, but it served to divert the bug pok?mon's attention long enough for the Beldum to catch it with another Take Down attack, this one straight to the head, which sent the bee pok?mon crashing down into the alley. The bug type twitched for a while on the pavement, glaring at its foes, but couldn't seem to muster enough energy to drag itself back up into the fight, collapsing instead and laying there, quivering slightly. Despite what the bug type had just attempted to do, Ashley couldn't help feeling sorry for it as it laid there, sprawled out so pathetically. But it would recover with time, she told herself, and its owner would no doubt come to find it quite soon.

{Mission complete.} the Beldum stated, hovering back down to Ashley and fixing her with the unyielding stare of its lens again.

{We-we beat the meanie!} Kula stated, jumping up and down in excitement, {Little Kula and the funny shiny person beat the meanie!}

"Good job, Kula!" Ashley said, bending down to pick up the Snorunt again and hugging her tightly, "You too..." she added to the Beldum "Say...I haven't heard your name yet, have I?" she added thoughtfully, "What are you called?"

{Name?} the steel type echoed, once again sounding confused for a moment, {Oh...you mean my serial number.} it added after a while, {MR 07}

"MR 07?" Ashley repeated, shaking her head, "Nah, that sounds too...artificial. From now on, I'll call you...Marvin! What do you think of that?"

{Marvin...} the Beldum repeated, nodding, {Affirmative. Name is equal to Marvin.}

Ashley shook her head again. "You're still thinking like a machine..." she noted, sighing, "Oh well, we'll just have to work on that with time." she cast a glance at her surroundings, "Speaking of time, it's about time we got out of here. More Joint grunts will probably arrive any minute. Let's go!" she gestured for the Beldum to follow her.

{Affirmative...let's go...} Marvin repeated dutifully, hovering behind Ashley at a steady pace.
 
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OOC: Marvin the Metagross. Has a nice ring to it....
Note: John can only do his telepathic stuff with Ring as she is a psychic type.

IC: John lay still under his seat. Ring spoke out mentally into his head. Could they contact telepathically? She had asked what was happening. John had replied that he was in trouble and they needed to be very quiet. Ring understood and sent a 'OK' message.
"Brilliant!" thought John, "Now that we can contact telepathically, we'll be the masters of stealth! No-one will find us!"
Ring cheered in his head.
{Yay! We're um...sta...stea...}
"Stealthy," replied John as a thought.
{That's it! I'm happy again. Yay!}
"Weird..."
The Gear grunts were discussing something. It was to do with Team Joint. John was reminded of the others. A stop loomed up. The Gear grunts procceded to get off. John followed them. He was in North East Barrel. The street was dim lighted and John set off at a brisk pace. He took only two steps then...
(Can't be bothered about the future tense)
he saw a green and yellow blur heading up the street. It was deserted, but the blur was hidden well and hard to see. It bounded into him. John looked down. It was a pokemon.
{Hey, what you doing?} it yelled.
Ring heard the pokemon.
{Hi there, who are you?} she asked friendily.
{Dosen't matter, Ralts!} The pokemon spat the name out, as if he was disgusted.
Ring took this offence seriously. She began to cry.
{Waaaaaaaaaagh!!!!!} she wailed loudly.
"What did you do that for?" shouted John as Ring cried on his shoulder.
{Huh, she was annoying} replied the pokemon.
"She was just asking your name!" retorted John, "So who are you?"
{Okay, okay, I'm an Electrike, by the name of Neco. Who are you, and who's she?}
"She's Ring, a lovely Ralts, and I'm John, a trainer of sorts."
The two sides stared at eachother. Ring had stopped crying and was now emmiting large snivels. They weren't going to get on...
 
OOC: Yeah, doesn't it? XD And it fits a Metang nicely too. ^^ I really got that name from 'Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy' at first (Yes...shame on me.), and I've been using it on my NetBattle Metagross (Who annoys the beejezus out of my opponents with its moveset XD) for quite a while. But don't worry, this Marvin won't complain about the ache in all the diodes on his right side. ^^ Erm...I think... o.O

Anyways, the authorities above (I.e. My parents) have decreed that it's time for me to get off the computer for the day so I'm afraid I don't have the time to write up an IC at the moment. Plus, I already worked myself a good bit closer to a carpal tunnel syndrome with my last one. XD And besides, I don't want to leave the others too far in the dirt. Be back tommorow. ^^
 
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*ish all confuzzled by John's weirdness and hides behind bazooka*
I'm taking that they ran off in seperate directions.

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It seemed like it was going to work,after Tessie told the grunts that there were cardboard boxes near the Meditite Motel they had passed earlier.Though,one of them had to remember what their boss had said,and it didn't help when Ring decided to pop out of John's bag.

Jinger was already half way down the street when Ashley called them all to run.She heaved a sigh of relief as the two grunts chose to chase after Kevin and Ashley,before relising that one was standing behind her!

"Gah!"she ducked out of the way just before he had a chance to grab her with his huge,burly arms.

"Get back here you!Bet you've got a pokemon too!!"he ran after Jinger,arms outstreched.

"Look,kind Sir,I know nothing of your plans with the cardboard boxes,please,couldn't you just leave me alone?!"she pleaded,sounding rather unfeeling.The girl gulped as a Slugma appeared beside the man.

"I'll..take that as a,yes?"she laughed nervously,before continuing to run.

{Ouch!Ouch!Momma!!}Beauhin called out irritably,the girl's possesions didn't hesitate to hit her over and over again.

{Whats happanin'?}she frowned as a comb hit her on the head.
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"Slugma!Ember!"the grunt pointed to Jinger firmly.

"Hey!"the girl turned away in time as the flames barely missed enflaming her skirt.

"Okay you!That was just,rude!You know how much this skirt costs?!"she frowned,wagging one finger at the grunt,before realising what she was doing,and breaking into a run again.

They were gaining on her fast,no doubt because it was a pokemon and he was well built.The girl bit her lip in fustration,her eyes darting to the left and right of the alley they were running through.Slugma,Slugma was a fire type wasn't it?And,and fire types were weak against water,and Beauhin was a water type!Wait,the Feebas was only a baby,how could she possibly know any attacks?

Knowing that it was no use trying to hide her in the bag,Jinger slowly brought the Feebas out while continuing in a run.

"Look,Beauhin,these mean men want to take you away,so,now you go run and hide.Don't worry,Mother'll be fine."she told the Feebas encouragingly,looking behind her back.A grin appeared on the Slugma's face as he narrowed his eyes.
Beauhin,partly dazed by the objects which hit her in the head,thought that she was only hearing things.Not waiting for a reply,Jinger threw the Feebas onto the floor.

"Go,Beauhin!"the Feebas sat there,beside her mother,tilting her head in confusion.

{What?}she asked.

Jinger sweatdropped as the Slugma and grunt finally caught up with her.

"Look Sir,let me go,just this once?"she clasped her hands together and begged,though,the possibilty of getting what she wanted were negative to a hundred.The grunt laughed at the sight of the girl begging him,while his Slugma proceeded to stare at Beauhin.

{Whats ur problem?}she narrowed her eyes,as the Slugma became agitated and leapt towards her.

"Gah!!"Jinger bit her fingernails,quickly grabbing her Feebas before the Magma pokemon had a chance to fry her.

Beauhin,she wasn't happy about this,not one bit,they were making Momma scared,and she didn't like that.

"Slugma!Ember!"

Jinger closed her eyes,too terrified to watch,but Beauhin,she gathered up her courage and seemingly hovered in the air.Elegant swirls of water appeared out of nowhere and hit the Slugma squarely on his body.Surprisingly,sending the magama pokemon back into a pile of garbage bags.
The grunt and Jinger gapped their mouths open in shock,had the Feebas just used an Water Pulse Attack?

"Beauhin,do that again,on the nasty man."Jinger pointed at the grunt,who instinctively backed away.

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"Come on!"Jinger held the Feebas in the arms as they dashed out of the alley.A grunt and his pokemon lay on the pavement,half dazed.
 
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So this is what I get for not turning in a signature? XD

Anyways, I need a battle scene, I do. Been itching to write one for a while now. Sorry if the post is too long because of it. XD



IC:



It was a fact that Tessie was scared silly when things began to take a turn for the worst. First, the Grunts had remembered something their Boss had said, which was good enough for them to prove her information wrong.. And then Ring had just happened to wake up and make an exclamation.

Yes, she was very scared at this point.. A bit awed when Kula performed her first Powder Snow, but not enough to relieve her fear.

Ashley called out for the others to run for it, and immediately Tessie complied without a word, turning around and beginning to sprint, only to be stopped by one of the Grunts that hadn't been distracted by the Powder Snow.

Apparently he had originally been chasing after Ashley, but at the sight of Tessie trying to escape..

"Yo! Where exactly do you think you're going!?" He shouted, the fierce expression on his face being all it took to make Tessie quiver at the knees, clutching the bundle that was Chako even closer.

"I-" She had barely gotten the word out when the Grunt released his own Pokemon--a particularly agitated Numel popping out of the Pokeball the Grunt had thrown into the air.

As the Grunt commanded a Tackle from his Numel, Tessie cried out in fear, the first audible sound she had made to represent her fear.

And that was when Chako first began to burn. Burn with pure intinct, one that repeated simple words in his head again and again. Protect.. Fight.. No mercy.. For mother..

The Seviper instantly began to hiss maniacally, squirming his way out of Jinger's blanket while Tessie panicked and immediately put him down on the ground, just in time for the very blanket to be ripped to shreds by accident, courtesy of Chako's tail.

"Chako, wha-!" She didn't have time to finish, watching as the Seviper took the Tackle before it hit Tessie, recoiling in pain, but never pausing in his hissing, instantly using the momentum gained from Numel's attack to lunge back at the Ground-Fire type, then Wrapping around it.

The Grunt clenched his fists as he saw this, shouting out as Chako began to constrict the Wrap attack around his Numel.

"What? You all have Pokemon!?" He said, shaking his head before clenching his fists and going into battle mode. "Fine! Whatever! I'll just have to take that snake for myself! Numel, Ember!"

Numel, its agitated expression twisting into anger, immediately released the commanded attack onto Chako's skin, forcing him to let go and retreat before it took too much damage, all the while continuing to hiss.

"Chako, I.." Tessie stuttered. She was very worried.. But.. Apparently now was the time to carry out this battle. "Wrap it again! Then Bite!"

Chako complied without hesitation, leaping back towards Numel and instantly constricting again, baring his fangs threateningly for a milisecond before biting down with them, causing a shriek of pain to erupt from Numel.. A good four seconds later, of course, since Numel naturally react a bit late.

"No! Numel, you have to hit it with a good Ember!" The Grunt cried, just as Chako ended his Bite attack.

Of course, Tessie was by no means going to let that happen.

"N-No, don't let it! Bite again!" Tessie shouted.

Chako reacted just when Numel released another volley of Ember, the flames scorching the Seviper's skin just a bit, however Chako continued the Bite attack anyway, swallowing the urge to hiss and clamping down with his fangs as hard as he could. Fight! Protect!

And..

A good four seconds later, Numel cried out in pain, toppling over as he fainted, collapsing onto the pavement. The Grunt took in the whole thing for about as long as Numel took to react to the pain, shaking his head in disbelief, recalling Numel without a word.

"No.. I didn't lose.. Boss would kill me.. He doesn't need to know.." He whispered to himself, eventually running off to join another Grunt that seemed to be running away, away from the direction that Jinger had run off.

Chako squealed happily, instantly lunging back towards Tessie, wincing a bit when he realized that he still hurt from the Ember attack.. Probably a burn.. Oh well. He had succeeded in protecting mother, and that was all that mattered.

"Oh, Chako! That.. Amazing! That was amazing! M-My first real battle!" Tessie exclaimed, hugging the serpant when he returned to her..

The emotion dwindled, however, once Tessie realized that she really hadn't moved at all, while the others had pretty much run away.

"Ashley! Jinger! Kevin? Anyone?" She shouted, standing back up and looking around. Apparently the rest of the Grunts had chased after everyone else.
 
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"Beauhin!A great job you did,the Water Pulse attack was divine!I never knew that such a....that you,you'd know that attack."Jinger smiled to the Feebas in her arms,reaching into her hand and pulling out a familiar beret.

"For a job well done,I'll let you wear this beret,deal?"the girl laughed,placing the hat onto her pokemon's head.Beauhin merely smiled contently and hugged her mother.

{Yeah,yeah,I've been missin' doin' dis.}the Feebas cuddled close to Jinger,who had quietly followed the running grunt and Slugma in hopes that they would lead her back to the place where the rest were.

Staring out of the alley,making sure that there were no grunts,when suddenly,another ran past her,though,he seemed too preoccupied to notice.Cautiously,the girl took a few steps out of the alley,only to see Tessie there,with a rather tired-looking Chako.

"Tessie!Is Chako alright??Is,is my blanket alright?!"Jinger ran up to them,noticing shreds of a familiar material on the pavement around them.

"Where are the rest?Did the grunts chase after them as well?"Jinger asked the girl,looking up from the torn pieces of blanket.
 
Tessie was relieved to see Jinger step out of the alley, but sighed when the girl reminded her of Chako's condition. She was perfectly aware that Chako may have gotten a burn from his actions, but she really didn't have any Pokemon-related items on her other than a few old gadgets..

She decided to respond before she became too lost in thought.

"Chako was just in a battle.." Tessie said, smiling proudly, although it quickly faded when she saw Chako wince in pain again, instantly stroking the Seviper gently. "..Do you have a Burn Heal on you, though? Yeah.. He needs one.." Tessie then paused to glance down at the ground, where the remains of Jinger's blanket lay.

"And I promise I'll buy you a new blanket one day!" She quickly added, smiling sheepishly.

She quickly changed the subject, however.

"What happened to you? Did you manage to avoid those Grunts?"
 
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Okay,I just swallowed bubblegum.o.0

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"Oh,I might have some of the burn thingys."Jinger let Beauhin sit on her shoulder as she rummaged through her bag.The girl pulled out what looked like a can of green bug spray or something at first sight.

"Here,I packed all the things I found in Father's drawer before coming out."she tossed the Burn Heal to Tessie.

"And,you needn't get me another blanket,that one was old enough anyway."Jinger added,taking a look at Chako's body.

"Ouch."she was glad that Beauhin didn't get hurt like the Seviper did.

"I didn't manage to avoid the grunt,I managed to beat him!"she scoffed at the girl's statement.
 
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