Pokemon:Armageddon?

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Robin nodded at the others' responses.
"Then we should get going. Anyone have a clue where our destination is, though? Because I certainly don't.." Robin trailed off, sighing.
 
A number of troops went into a formation. They stood facing Deunan. "Are we ready soldiers?!" exclaimed Deunan. "Sir, Yes, Sir!" exclaimed the troops in unison. "Good! Now follow me!" ordered Deunan. They all followed Deunan as he went out the door, all armed with guns, ready to take out any Darklings. Deunan stopped at the doorway. Remember...those things were once human..so only attacked when fired at..move swiftly and quietly, it is important we have complete cover. I want groups of five moving in one by one. Got that? Now go! Go! Go! Move it!" ordered Deunan. As was commanded teams of five quickly but stealthily moved into the sewers through the manhole not so far from their location. Deunan continued to watch as the last team moved out before following himself.
 
"He has a point." The blonde girl sighed. She looked around the cave with a slightly hopeless feeling. But it didn't last long and she smiled. "Well even if they are coming we can take them. We took out that army of Houndour morphs without much trouble so we can take out whatever else Ragnar sends at us." This sounded a bit cocky, and the girl's expression quickly showed that she had realized it as well.

'We can take out whatever Ragnar sends at us' Artemis thought for himself, with a slight smile A dangerous attitude maybe, but that's just the kind of fighting spirit we need in the resistance he made a mental note of this, seeing as he might be forced to appoint a second-in-command in the future.

"Then we should get going. Anyone have a clue where our destination is, though? Because I certainly don't.." Robin trailed off, sighing.

That was a good question, where would they go now? Artemis shook his head, he'd wanted to achieve a high rank so he would have a greater chance to be present when they finally faced Ragnar, but he didn't have Deunan's leadership skills. They needed to get out of here, that much was sure. But then what? They needed to find the others too, but would they find them first? At any rate, it would be a good idea to keep moving.

"Well." Artemis said after his signifcant break, "Let's get to the surface and find shelter first, we won't be of any help to the others if work ourselves to death and we'll be able to get a better view of the situation up there."
 
Orva nodded. "I think that would be a good idea." She replied. She was about to say something else but she faultered. She didn't know this boys name. That made just the tiniest bit difficult to talk to him. "Um....yeah sorry. In all this confusion we've never been properly introduced. My name's Orva." She grinned rather sheepishly as she offered her hand to the boy. Not noing your comrads name wasn't a good idea in this kind of situation.

"Umre on eon umreon." (Sometimes I wonder how yu ever became a sucsessful trainer.)

Orva chose to ignore this comment but added, "And this is Umbreon. He's a bit of a smart alec at times but can be helpful at times."

Umbreon shrugged then scratched his ear meaning he didn't really care.
 
Artemis suddenly remembered his manners "No problem Orva" he said "I should've introduced myself already, bad form for a second-in-command not to know his comrades, I'm Artemis, Artemis D'Argent."
He shook her hand, alas it was a bit too late when he realized which one of his own he had been using.
He quickly withdrew his mechanical graft, suddenly finding himself unsure of what to say, so he decided to wait for the girl's reaction.
 
Orva tilted her head slightly. It was much like what Umbreon did when he saw something unusual. "What happened to your hand?" She asked. Her tone was more curiousity and slight confusion than anything else.
 
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OOC: I figured this would be a good spot to introduce Arty's little techno-gadget-hand-thingie *Alter Ego gives Alana discreet poke and points at his own last post* maybe that should be mentioned somehow?
 
OOC: Oh I missed that. Sorry. *goes to edit post*
 
OOC: NP, my wording was a bit unclear originally.

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To Artemis' surprise Orva's reaction was far from the usual vade retro satans he was used to recieving, she merely looked a bit confused and curious rather than scared.
"It..." Artemis paused for a moment, these memories were painful for him even after all this time. But he'd rather give the girl an honest explanation than let her find out through suspicion and rumours. "It happened a few years back. When Ragnar broke free...my home...was one of the first to be..." his voice trailed of for a moment as his body gave an involuntary shudder before he braced himself and continued "I...still don't know how I survived, but when I woke up I couldn't move my right hand anymore." he took a pause to compose himself and let Orva take in the first part of his story before continuing.
 
Orva nodded slowly. "You had been injured in the attack." She said simply. Her mind automatically gave her possible reasons why Artemis would have lost use of his hand. Nerve damage, extended loss of circulation, or possibly it had been cut very deeply or just severed. Why her mind tended to do this she didn't know.

Orva brought her mind back to reality and nodded again then waited for Artemis to continue. Sadly enough having your home destroyed and family along with it wasn't rare any more.
 
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"Well..." Artemis said, while simultaneously finding himself curious about what thoughts went on inside Orva's head, as she nodded he decided to continue his story, his voice now significantly calmer It's not like that's all that special he reminded himself, I'm sure everyone has lost folks:
"...the house was pretty much wrecked, as I'm sure you have already guessed, but we had many Beldum's in the lab, and one of them survived. And of course I had my Larvitar, safe and sound in his pok?ball. I probably wouldn't have made it without them." he patted the pok?balls at his waist affectionately "Anyway, the doctors told me that my hand was beyond saving, nerve damage apparently. I was depressed for a while but then I realized what's gone is gone. I still had my life, my pok?mon, and some money so I decided to put them to good use." he turned his mechanical wrist thoughtfully "It cost me a fortune, but if I get's me within reach of Ragnar's throat it will all have been worth it." at the last sentence, a dangerous glow ignited in Artemis' eyes, the amulet in his pocket giving a weak glimmer.
 
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"I can't blame you. My younger sister was lost in an attack. It's a good thing I'm a trainer and used to living on my own in the woods because my house was demolished and my parents vanished. I think they left the region to escape Ragnar's reign." She sighed then gave a half hearted shrug. "But it's not uncommon I guess." She shrugged again and her eyes fell on a dim glow that shone then died. It reminded her of something. Deunan came to mind. He had had something that glowed too and so had Robin. An amulet? Yes that was it. She had one though it had never glowed. She kept it as a good luck charm mainly.

"I'd like to get Ragnar as well." She said quietly. It was just an after thought. It was also obvious. Why else would she have joined a resistance? "I'm not sure what I'll do when we face him." She shrugged yet again but it was more to cover up the feeling of she got when she thought about the battle that was bound to come.
 
Artemis listened to the short version of Orva's tale, relieved not to have to do the talking. "I hope you're right about your parents." he said finally, "I've seen some the things he does to his captives-" Artemis regretted the end of the sentence as soon as it left his mouth, there was nothing to gain for anyone but Ragnar and his minions by filling Orva's head with doubts about her parents' well being "I'm sure they're fine, though." he added hastily, realizing himself how hollow it sounded. Suddenly, he felt a faint burning sensation in his back pocket Not again he thought for himself, pulling out Deunan's amulet from his back pocket and dangling it at a safe distance from himself as if it was a lethal snake, poised to strike at any moment. The amulets were very much involved in what had happened, that much was obvious, Robin had one too, and so, Artemis realized, did he; it had been given to him by his father on his twelwth birthday, supposedly passed down through his family for generations. Three people, all pok?morphs, all had amulets...but that would mean...he turned around "Orva?" he asked, bringing up the amulet for inspection "You wouldn't happen to have anything like this, would you?"
 
In response Orva reached into her pocket and withdrew an amulat much like the one Artemis held. "Yes I do. But I've seen yours, and Robin's, and Deunan's glow. Mine's never done that before. Or if it has I never noticed." She looked curiously at the amulet as though she'd only now found it. In truth she'd had it for five years. "Maybe it's broken."
 
Mine glows? Artemis thought for himself, subconsiously reaching for the amulet he wore around his neck, hidden by his jacket, it was certainly one of the set, and it was slightly warm. But it wasn't the same kind of aggrevating, opressive, burning heat as that which Deunan's had given off. Instead, it was a safe, steady, even, comforting kind of heat, like a crackling fireplace on a cold winter day. Were the amulets different somehow? This was getting weirder by the minute. "Well..." Artemis said, examining the one Orva was holding up "I don't think I've ever seen mine glow, didn't notice until you pointed it out. Maybe they only do that when they are trying to tell us something?" Artemis shrugged, his theory sounded so fanciful that it could easily have been mistaken for Robin's. After all, amulets couldn't think, could they?
 
Orva raised an eye brow scepticly. "Sounds pdd to me. An amulet trying to you something. But when you think about it an amulet glowing for no particular reason is weird too." She again examined the amulet she held. "But this thing is a little odd. It's never cold to the touch but not hot either. Since I keep it in my pocket or sometimes aorund my neck I never thought much of it. Body heat would keep it warm but not make it hot like if it were left in the sun. But even when it's freezing outside it never got cold. I guess that's not normal either is it?"
 
"I guess not. As for weirdness, well...if somebody had told me a few years back that I'd be attached to a piece of metal 24 hours a day for the rest of my life I'd probably had considered it absurd." he shrugged again "These are strange times. But what really troubles me is this one." he held up Deunan's amulet once more "It burns, even when I held it in my pocket it hurt, and when I found it in a pile of rubble after the fight with..." he stopped for a bit again "...Deunan, it was so hot I could barely move it. I thought it was because he had been wearing it while he was morphed, but now...I'm not so sure."
 
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"Burns eh?" Orva touched the amulet gently then with drew her hand quickly. "That stung." She muttered rubbing her burnt finger. "Maybe it's because it doesn't belong to you. It's Deunan's. With all the weird stuff going on I wouldn't be surprised if these things only reacted well to their owners."
 
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Artemis nodded, that did sound logical now that he thought about it. Raikou, who had been following the scene in silence thus far, didn't view it the same way, however.
"Raai-" the electric pok?mon growled, glaring at the amulet with open hostility and a hint of fear. Raikou had felt its influence during the battle, when he was merged with his trainer, and it wasn't natural.
Artemis watched his pok?mon in alarm, it was very unlike Raikou to be afraid of anything that wasn't at least twice his size, armed to the teeth, and headed right for him. This was thouroughly disturbing.
"You make a good point" Artemis said, adressing Orva "But I just came to think about something: What if it burned like that while Deunan was wearing it too? If it's this bad even from a slight touch and with the protection of cloth, then to have something like that against your bare skin..." he shuddered at the thought "It would be enough to drive you insane."
 
Orva shuddered too and nodded. "But what made it burn so much? It can't have always been that way. If it had been Deunan would have thrown it away." At this point Umbreon approached. His fur stood on end slightly and he was emitting a low growl. "I don't think Umbre likes that thing much either. I'd say you should probably put it away but that'd cause more harm than help at the moment." She sighed thinking. If they could find a container for it? Something to keep it from burning Artemis while had it in his possetion. But what could they find down here?
 
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