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Pokemorph Liberation Force: Kanto

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"You okay?" Ember felt something clutch her arm.

Ember felt the urge to jump away and defend herself. It was all she could do to stay still. The fighting's done...

She looked up to see the Arcanine-Morph standing next to her with her hand on her arm. She had a look on her face that took a moment for Ember to decipher. Concern...?

Ember looked down at her hands, collecting her thoughts. She knew that she couldn't expect the group to slow down, no matter what happened to her... or Pyra. She didn't know if they would even understand.

"It's nothing," Ember stood up and gave her a weak smile. "I guess I just-" Ember's voice cracked, which she tried to cover with a cough. "I guess I just overdid it. I'll be fine."

Ember looked over the Arcanine-Morph. "I don't think I caught your name," Ember extended her hand. "My name's Ember Firestone."

It was a gesture that seemed incredibly out of place while they still stood in the center of a nearly destroyed town surrounded by the bodies of Morphs they themselves had killed. But Ember needed a little bit of normality right now.
 
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Jack's jaw dropped as he watched Jade single-handedly buried Bruno in a pile of rubble. Crossing his arms, he silently admired her sudden show of incredible strength. Is this what Clove was talking about back in Parsifir? 5th move, eh? Amazing...... First Clove and now Jade.... Near him, Ember fell to her knees, and he glanced at her curiously, but he almost immediately wished that he hadn't. Her expression.... It seemed so familiar to him....the shock...the fear....so horribly familiar. It reminded him of things that he always tried to forget.... Things that he always tried to keep buried in the past. It was like when he stayed at the Pokemon Center at the northern entrance of Rock Tunnel. No, he couldn't think about that....

He retreated a little away from her, unable to withstand the sudden feelings of loss and loneliness that welled up inside of him. He hoped that he was wrong.... He hoped with all of his heart that he was dead wrong. Just then Clove called for everyone's attention, and walked over, glad for any kind of distraction to clear his head.

"We need to get to Celadon, they're in trouble and I know it. Agatha didn't want this town at all, she just wanted to flush Erika out of hiding...Koga and Clair will level the city in order to kill her... Since the citizens of Lavender have been moved to safety, we'll be okay to head there right now... please guys?" Clove asked, almost in a pleading tone. "I didn't know how it would feel when the time came... but I'm sure Jade can relate. Celadon is the world to me... Erika means the world to me... can you all help me one more time?"

Barely hearing the others give their answers, Jack almost missed his cue. "I'm coming, of course," he muttered, still a little distracted. He noticed Aisha helping Ember, but she still seemed very upset. Oh, how he hoped that he was wrong.....

(OOC: Hmm.... Maybe remembering and finally dealing with the pain of losing Blitz will eventually help Jack to connect with him. I'm just playing it by ear for now.)
 
Aisha titled her head in confusion as the still frame of the girl came back to life and insured the arcanine morph that she was okay. Her voice cracked a little and Aisha's eyebrow raised into her hair line, she didn't believe that for a second. The girl looked a little shaken and though she may have over done it a little, there was certainly something else behind the whole ordeal. But Aisha left it and answered. "That's cool then. I'm Aisha" She took the hand offered to her and grinned widely. "Aisha Lorenzo. I'm a-well was a Pokemon Ranger from Hoenn, moved to Johto when there were in need of rangers there." She took her hand back and dug into her pocket for something. Upon finding the item she was looking
for, she gave a light 'ahah' before pulling it from its confines. She held out a chocolate bar to the girl in front of her a smiled. "Always helps me, I nabbed it from an abandoned shop in Vermillion. Don't worry, it's still in date." She laughed, shoving the bar into the girls hand without question.

"Now then, think your up for the trek to Celedon. Clove needs all the help he can get, and you're a pretty tough cookie." She winked before grabbing her arm and pulling her in the direction of the group so that the girl wasn't left out. Whether she liked it or not, Ember was now considered a friend of hers and she would protect her. The girl seemed a little shaken at the moment and that was never a good thing when it came to situations like this. Aisha learnt this in her time with Clove and she was more than willing to pass the lesson down. "So then, we off or what?" She questioned, leaving the girls wrist go and addressing the entire team. "Celedon's not far from here. I can scout ahead if you like." She clenched her fists and looked at them proudly. "these paws still have a bit of life in 'em."

OOC- Sooooo short. Appologies....
 
One by one the team agreed to join as Clove sighed in relief. There was no time to get too emotional though, Celadon was being destroyed as they spoke.

"Erika will definitely be working to find the other gym leaders and bring them down first... If she knows she's going to win or not. I've never even seen Clair's strength... or that Johto was even involved. The roots of this morph catastrophe are deeper than I thought..." Clove thought to himself, deep in thought for a moment for the future of Kanto, Johto, and the team. "...and I'll need to contact PLF soon..."

He returned from his trance, looking at the entire team who had assembled and was awaiting orders.

""Celedon's not far from here. I can scout ahead if you like." Aisha spoke up "these paws still have a bit of life in 'em."

"Good idea. We'll both go since we're the fastest. It'll be faster for us to scout alone anyway. The rest of you follow fast as you can using the underground tunnel. Aisha, follow me. I know the woods between here and Celadon like the back of my hand, we'll be there in no time. I'll need to um... borrow your communicator too." He finished addressing the group before turning to Aisha, quickly popping her communicator from her waist without asking, holding it in his right hand and fiddling through it for a second.

"Alright. Jade, Denx, you're my Captains so you're in charge of this team while I'm not here. I'll be in touch via Aisha's communicator. Everyone meet on the East hill right before Celadon, you'll know where it is...lets move." Clove said, addressing the group. "If I know Erika, she evacuated the towns people to that spot and has medical aid there as well. You better be okay, Erika..."Clove thought deeply to himself, clenching a fist that caused him to wince in pain from the repercussions of SuperPower. Straightening back up from the sudden pain, wishing to cause no concern in his team mates about his 5th move, he quickly straightened back up. He turned to Aisha, looking her in the eyes and nodded at her before vanishing with her in student/teacher unison as they headed at super speed towards Celadon.

(ooc bunnied you a bit, Aisha... but i didn't want to do a bunch of small reaction posts... you're free to do that as well to Clove... that goes to all of you, feel free to pm and double check if you'd like though)
 
Aisha and Clove were going to scout ahead. It made sense, they were the fastest of all of them. Though they're probably underestimating Ember a bit, Jade thought. Either way, this left the rest of them to fend for themselves in the tunnels.

"Alright. Jade, Denx, you're my Captains so you're in charge of this team while I'm not here. I'll be in touch via Aisha's communicator. Everyone meet on the East hill right before Celadon, you'll know where it is...lets move." Clove said, addressing the group.

Jade smirked; she loved being in charge. Well...she looked over at Denx, technically I'm not the only one in charge. I have Jack and Ember. It's not like I'm in charge of an army.

"Okay, you heard the man, let's get going!" Jade exclaimed, pointing west. With an Elite Four under her belt, she found that even her voice seemed more powerful than before.
She really knew what it meant to fight for a cause, now.
She knew what Clove was going through. Or was about to go through.
As they headed toward the underground tunnel, Jade looked back once at her town. She winced at the damage she had done but her heart swelled with pride knowing the people were safe.
Jade would make sure Celadon was safe, along side Clove.

Her team looked exhausted.
Especially Ember. Who, actually, looked more shaken than anything. The old Jade would have asked her what was wrong. The new Jade was still concerned, but focused on the mission. Besides, Ember was strong. She had seen that. She'll be okay.
The tunnel to Celadon was dusty and abandoned looking.
"Let's go"
 
Ember didn't know exactly what was going on. They were going to Celedon. Ember really wished she had been paying attention as to why. Apparently the fighting wasn't over just yet.

"Good idea. We'll both go since we're the fastest. It'll be faster for us to scout alone anyway. The rest of you follow fast as you can using the underground tunnel. Aisha, follow me. I know the woods between here and Celadon like the back of my hand, we'll be there in no time. I'll need to um... borrow your communicator too." Clove commanded in a very... non-commanding tone.

Communicator. That could have come in handy, Ember thought for a moment before adding dryly. But hopefully that Jade girl doesn't decide to eat me. I know why she wanted to come here now... I just hope not realizing that in the first place doesn't land me on her bad side.

Ember watched as Clove and Aisha quickly disappeared from sight. She began wondering if she would be able to keep up, but pushed that thought aside. Even if she could, she didn't feel like running.

Ember turned her attention to the chocolate bar that had been thrust into her hand by Aisha. It was slightly melted from being in the pocket of a fire-Morph during battle, but was surprisingly intact. Ember thought it rather strange that she would even think of giving chocolate to her. But it was a nice gesture, despite how much it confused her. Ember opened it and nibbled off the corner. It did sort of make her feel better...

"Okay, you heard the man, let's get going!" Jade commanded. One victory and she was suddenly as commanding as Clove. It was just one man. Even if it was the Elite Four, it wasn't that big of a deal.

Okay... so it was.

The remaining group made their way (much to slow for Ember's taste) to the building that contained the tunnel to Celadon city.

"Let's go." Jade said.

No, I thought we'd stay here and have a tea party. Apparently the chocolate had managed to revive Ember's sarcasm.

They dropped down into the tunnel and began moving forward. Ember didn't even bother making fire for light as Jack glowed brightly enough for all of them. Ember's eyes shifted. She could sense the others wondering about what was wrong with her, but they thankfully didn't ask. Ember looked down at the chocolate bar in her hand and pocketed it.

You're a pretty tough cookie.

(OOC: meh...)
 
"Alright. Jade, Denx, you're my Captains so you're in charge of this team while I'm not here. I'll be in touch via Aisha's communicator. Everyone meet on the East hill right before Celadon, you'll know where it is...lets move," Clove commanded, into his usual tone. Denx could tell he was still in pain, but he wasn't concerned. If he knew Clove, it was that he could last for a while in or out of battle. He'd seen it with his own two eyes. As they departed, he walked slightly behind Jade, who seemed to have an abundance of confidence.

Good to see that we're all still up for this fight.. I just hope it isn't as hard as Bruno's. Even though there'll be two gym leaders, they're nothing compared to an Elite Four, Denx thought, forgetting that Koga had risen in the ranks, and become an Elite Four as well*. Denx followed until they got to the underground tunnel. They entered, and already Jack knew to keep the place lit. He glanced over at Ember, who knew that Jack had it under control. He faced forward, as they continued to press on. Before they entered, Denx noticed how Aisha had offered Ember some chocolate.

I could really go for some chocolate right now.. he thought. He shook his mind off the thought. The smell of the underground tunnel was so potent that it made him nauseous to think of any sort of food. He breathed through his mouth instead of his nose, and nearly tripped on a large piece of wood. It was part of the entrance Clove had moved before, earlier today. He looked up, and saw a dim light coming from above. He looked to his teammates, and started to climb first. He remembered that Clove had not answered his communicator, and thought back to his, probably still lying on the grass outside of Parsifir town, probably somewhere in the forest. He cursed silently as he breathed heavily.

Finally, the dim light was beginning to get brighter. Denx was unsure if the rest had even followed him, but when he looked down, he saw that there was no more light from down below. As the rest of the team managed to rise up from the musty depths, he noticed that Ember wasn't quite on top of her game.

OOC:
*I'm assuming that this takes place after Koga joined the Elite Four?
 
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Ember wasn't on top of her game.

As she climbed up the ladder to exit the tunnel, she almost lost her footing and fell. And back in the tunnel she almost almost walked into Denx and nearly stepped on someone's tail. More than once. She was so distracted by everything that had happened and felt so light-headed... but she had to find a way to concentrate.

Ember finally made her way up the ladder and stood amongst the Morphs surrounding her. Denx stared at her as if trying to read something printed on her forehead. Ember looked down at her hands, which she half expected to be fully human again. If I can't talk to Pyra any more, shouldn't I at least be able to be her trainer again?

Ember looked up and saw that the tunnel didn't open directly into where they needed to go. They were surrounded by trees and there was only a dirt path leading away in front of them. For a moment she wondered if her teammates even knew the way, but shrugged off. They wouldn't get lost. Not now.

(OOC: sorry this is so short and doesn't do anything :P I just thought a post was needed. I'll add more to it when I think of something more.)
 
Aisha's tail actually wagged at the thought of Clove coming along with her. Though she was not opposed to going alone, having her commander with her was way better and It meant it was someone to talk to. She happily handed over her communicator and smiled widely. "Sweet, we'll have this job sorted in no time." She looked at the team and noticed Ember in the background looking rather confused at the mushy chocolate in her hand before taking a bite of it. Aisha was glad to see her present did not go unappreciated and was even more so when Ember made her way closer to the group. Turning her gaze from the new morph, she linked eyes with Clove and both nodded in sync, understanding that it was down to them to lead the way and think of a plan whilst the others caught up with them. She and Clove dashed off without another word in hopes that they were not too late to save Celedon and Erika from the wrath of the gym leaders and that Dragon wench Claire.

Her paws beat healthy against the ground below as she ran on all fours towards her destination. Though her body was harshly beat by Bruno and it had not fully healed yet, she could still run fortunately and it wouldn't be long before her powers took over and completely healed her abused body. She jumped over a rock in the road and watched as dust rose up around her, hastily being left behind in her tracks. Clove followed closely behind and Aisha noted that she was just that tad faster than the Cacturne morph, a smug smile passed her lips and this only reared her on towards her destination. She knew that soon she would need to slow her pace in order to follow Clove through the forests he knew so well and told herself not to be too cocky and try to lead the way herself. Being a Pokemon ranger, Aisha was use to finding her own way and knowing that someone else would be the one to lead her grated on her nerves a little. It was some weird pet peeve she had, but she ran the thought that it was someone she held in high respects that would be leading her and her heart felt a little more at ease.

"Clove!" She yelled, head tilting a little to spy the other morph over her shoulder. "Are we close?" She slowed her pace so that she was running next to he other, her head hurting a little from the awkward position. "Erika means a lot to you right?" She questioned. "Did you two grow up together or something?" It was a rather big trek towards Celedon as far as she knew and she wasn't one for travelling in complete silence. "Or is she your girlfriend or something?" A smile graced her features. "Ahaha! That would be soooo cool. I mean you'd have one of the best pokemon fighters for a girlfriend!" Aisha assumed this was the case and began to wonder. "I've never had a boyfriend. Job always came first to me, y'know. I cared too much about Pokemon to care about anything else…well apart from my family." She chuckled. "After this is over, I think I'll take a break y'know. Go see my family and friends. I haven't seen them in over a year now…." Her head lowered slightly in remembrance. "I kinda forgot what it felt like to have someone to care for you know. It must be nice-" She stated, looking Clove square in the eyes. "Y'know, to have someone to fight for like you have Erika…"
 
They made it through without much fuss. Ember didn't provide any light, but Jack's was enough to manage. The exit didn't lead them straight to their destination, but Jade shrugged, figuring it was somewhere close.

She followed the path, trusting her team was behind her. They were surrounded by trees, which meant Clove and Aisha had to be somewhere nearby. At least, that's what she hoped. Jade knew Kanto very well but it had been awhile since she travelled her with her Pokemon.

God, it's been...what? Fours years since I beat Erika?
True, most trainers leave at the young age of ten, but Jade stayed home a few extra years to study up on what exactly she was getting into. Plus, she was hesitant to leave Oliver behind.
Oliver. She wondered how he was doing. His life is going to be completely different. When this is all over, he will have as hard a time fitting in as I will. I did not want this for him! Jade clenched her jaw, took a deep breath, and tried to relax. At least he's alive.

Jade looked up to see a hill, right outside the Eastern side of Celadon. This must be the one Clove was talking about. The Tyranitar Morph made her way up the hill to find many of Celadon's citizens and a couple tents. Medical personel were making their way from one injury to the next, attempting to help as many people as possible. As the team made their presence known (it's not hard to do when you're a morph) everyone seemed to freeze.

"What do you want?" a very stern looking nurse approached Jade, who was in front and therefore assumed to be the leader.
"To help," her green eyes softened as she looked up at the nurse. Oh God, damn my small stature! No wonder no one takes me seriously. At five foot two I look more like a Larvitar. She waited for her team to back her up.
 
Standing absent-mindedly near the group, Jack looked up to see the others moving on without him. Clove and Aisha were racing off through the forest, while the others were heading at a slower pace in another direction. If I don't get focused, I'm going to be useless in Celadon.... There's no use thinking about the past...... With an effort, he tried to push all thoughts of Blitz from his mind and hurried after the others, hoping that they didn't notice anything. When they didn't say anything, he breathed a silent sigh of relief. He just..... he just didn't want to talk about it.... He didn't want to be made to remember..... H-he coudn't.... He wouldn't.

When they reached the entrance of the tunnel, Jack quickly jumped in and lit it with the flame from his wrists. As long as he kept himself busy, he felt that he'd be fine. His flames easily brightened the tunnel enough to move through it, so there was no need for Ember to help. It wasn't long before they made it to the exit. He was the last to climb the ladder and just as he was about to follow Jade, he remembered something. He'd hit Ember. Plus, she'd never even said a word about it. Sure, he was angry at the time, but still..... It wasn't right to hit a teammate even if she wasn't technically part of the PLF. He wondered what she thought about him now.

"Um... Miss Firestone?" he said, reaching with his hand out to keep her from walking away, but he quickly withdrew before he could touch her. Slightly embarrassed, he looked down at the ground as he spoke. This was the first time that he'd really spoken to anyone on the team one-to-one about anything unrelated to a current or upcoming mission. As his awkwardness set in, he blushed a little as he continued, "I'm sorry about my actions earlier..... I hope I didn't offend you." He hoped that she knew what he was talking about without him having to actually say it.....

Feeling slightly better after apologizing, he looked up to see that Denx and Jade had already moved ahead. Jack and Ember needed to hurry up and follow before they noticed them missing....
 
"Um... Miss Firestone?"

Ember turned to find the Blaziken-morph standing near her. Was he... blushing?

"I'm sorry about my actions earlier..... I hope I didn't offend you." he stammered, seeming awkward in his apology.

"No, I'm not offended," Ember gave him a dazed smile and laughed a little. "My cheek might be a little sore at you, but I accept your apology. But you're getting the ice when the bruise comes."

Ember started walking forward to join Denx and Jade, who appeared to be speaking with a nurse. She felt almost as if she were walking through a dream. Nothing she did seemed real, nor did the emptiness inside her overwhelm her any longer. Jade appeared to be arguing with the nurse, who seemed flustered. Everyone was staring at her...

"Is there a problem?" Ember asked, tipping her head and smiling sweetly at the nurse.

(OOC: sorry... not much I could add >.<)
 
As Aisha and Clove left the group in sudden silence, the two of them dashed through the forest at high speeds through the tree tops. Aisha occasionally pulled ahead of him a ways, not realizing it. Clove watched her speed changes as she tried her hardest to slow down but kept seeming to pull ahead.

"Hm... she's trying but it looks like she can't completely control her speed yet..." Clove thought as he watched her move closer and farther away from him. Her voices cut back through the rustling treetops to catch his ear and draw him from his trance-like thoughts.

"Clove! Are we close?" she called, looking at him over her shoulder. She slowed down a bit, talking to him from a closer spot, continuing before he could answer in a relentless assault of questions.

"Erika means a lot to you right? Did you two grow up together or something? Or is she your girlfriend or something? Ahaha! That would be soooo cool. I mean you'd have one of the best pokemon fighters for a girlfriend! I've never had a boyfriend. Job always came first to me, y'know. I cared too much about Pokemon to care about anything else…well apart from my family... After this is over, I think I'll take a break y'know?"

Clove listened to her talk to him, realizing he had never actually taken the time to know the new recruit, or any of them with the exception of Jade. But these things happen in war situations..."She's talking a lot, she must be nervous... I can't help but feel something bad is waiting for us as well..." Clove thought as he continued forward with a troubled look while Aisha continued to talk.

"I kinda forgot what it felt like to have someone to care for you know. It must be nice- Y'know, to have someone to fight for like you have Erika…"

Clove's eyes snapped back to attention at the sound of Erika's name. Aisha trailed as well, there was nothing but silence for a few moments between the two, only hearing the soft occasional pat of feet or hands against tree trunks and branches. There were many questions that Clove could have answered as they ran in the deafening silence but he didn't know how to phrase it. He finally spoke as the forest exit grew nearer.

"Heh, girlfriend... You could almost say that I suppose... all I know is, I love her." Clove said aloud as they exited the forest, landing with a soft pat on a hillside overlooking Celadon. Below them the city was already crumbling as small portions of the city were already consumed with morph battles between attacking gyms and Celadon's grass types and Elites. The evening sun shown off in the distance and glared bright and intense. Clove flipped the communicator open, checking the time quickly and returning it to his pocket. "Damnit... 2 hours until sundown, once that happens, the Celadon gym loses a huge advantage..."

"The sun is shining bright, that means a powerful Sunny Day and that Erika is still alive so we wont worry about her for now. We need to rendezvous, once the sun goes down, the grass types lose most of their battle tactics." Clove said, turning to Aisha and pausing for a moment before disappearing up the hillside to find the other team mates.

Quickly finding his way to the top of a hillside, he looked to the outskirts of the town with various tents and beds set up. "crap... thats the hill I told Jade to meet me at, how could they have beaten me there? Oh well, not the time to ask..." He vanished, making his way to the tents. The picture became clearer as the team had clearly already encountered the other morphs as a morph stood in front of Jade with an angry look. Clove's eyes widened in realization as he bolted faster towards the group, sliding to a stop in between Jade and the other morph.

"Kurin, they're here to help. They're my team, don't hurt them." Clove said to the morph quickly, standing up straight to look her in the eyes. She was a somewhat tall beautiful girl with long blond hair and blue eyes wearing a pink nurse's uniform. She had small rings of pink flower petals around her wrists and a half ring of petals in her hair, a Meganium morph.

"What? And who are..." She cut off as Clove's face came into view. "CLOVE!"

"No time for fond hellos. Wheres Erika?" he responded quickly.

"She said you would be coming, she's in the command tent over there. There is Aromatherapy and Sweet Scent floating through the air around this tent, your injuries should begin to heal faster the normal soon. Its the only way we've been able to hold our own against Koga and Clair's assault..." Kurin replied, softly trailing as she mentioned their battle status.

"Head of the medical team...Its nice to see you doing well, Kurin. Can you have the nurses take good care of my team? I need to go talk to Erika." He responded with a small smile, clearly happy to see that so far everyone he knew was alright.

"Of course, everyone here is top of the line. We'll have them almost good as new in no time. Anything for you, Clove." Kurin replied giggling.

Clove sighed heavily at her response, the curse of being the only male to have been a member of the Celadon gym in over 30 years...

"Thanks Kurin... Jade, I need you and whoever else isn't injured to come with me. If any of you need to be patched up then please take the time to do so... don't be reckless." Clove called to the team as he looked to them giving the order. He began to head towards the tent where Erika would be waiting to give them the real status of Celadon...
 
Jade felt someone make their way toward her and she turned to find Clove and Aisha. "'bout time you showed up," she said playfully.

"Kurin, they're here to help. They're my team, don't hurt them." Clove said to the morph quickly, standing up straight to look her in the eyes. Jade had just realized that the nurse was a morph and felt silly for not making this observation.

"What? And who are..." She cut off as Clove's face came into view. "CLOVE!"

The two exchanged words. It seemed that, here, everyone would heal faster due to things like Sweet Scent. The Tyranitar morph looked down at her self and realized...I don't have a scratch on me...Besides feeling a bit sore, Jade was left untouched from Lavender. She didn't have time to feel proud, though.

"... Jade, I need you and whoever else isn't injured to come with me. If any of you need to be patched up then please take the time to do so... don't be reckless," said Clove. I guess he realized before I did how well I did back there.
Jade nodded and followed him to Erika's tent. She hadn't been listening fully, but her ears had perked up at the sound of Erika's name.

From what she had gathered, Erika was on their side. It seemed strange to Jade at first, but she trusted Clove. If he trusted Erika, so did she.

Though, I suppose his views are a bit biased...Emerald hummed to her.
Shush. Clove knows what he's doing, Jade reassured her.

"Hey Clove?" they were making their way to the largest tent when Jade realized she had forgotten to say something back in Lavender. "I know it was going against Headquarters' Orders or whatever and I know we could get in big trouble for all of this but..." she sighed and looked at the Cacturne morph, "Thank you so much for protecting Lavender. For allowing us to protect Lavender. I mean, you seemed to care as much as I did and you aren't even from there," she chuckled at bit. "Point is, I know how much Celadon and Erika mean to you. And I'll be damned if we let this city lay in ruin. I'll do everything I can to make sure we win here," she narrowed her green eyes seriously and hoped he knew that she meant every word.
 
Jack silently followed Ember to a large hill, topped with tents and people. Quickly adjusted his cap and putting on his sunglasses, he joined the others who were talking to an angry nurse, a morph by the look of her. His attention drifted a little as he noticed other people, humans, staring at them. They might've just been curious or whatever, but he hated being stared at, even though he wasn't ashamed of being a morph. He briefly considered scaring them off with a burst of flame but decided that it would be a pretty stupid thing to do, so he quickly pushed it out of his mind.

At that moment, Clove and Aisha showed up, and Clove quickly took control of the situation, speaking with the morph, Kurin, about Erica, how everyone would heal faster due to Sweet Scent and Aromatherapy, and such things. Clove ordered for the injured to be treated and for Jade and the uninjured to follow him, and since he was only bruised and battered, Jack decided to go with Clove.

As he walked, he recalled the Bellossom morph who'd helped Clove in Lavender and felt a little foolish about not realizing that she was Erika. Oh well, he didn't really pay much attention to her at the time anyway. He notice more people staring at them as they made their way to a large tent, but he adjusted his sunglasses and tried to ignore them.

So they would be fighting along side Erica and other grass-type morphs.... He felt a little wary, but Erica did help out in Lavender, so it was a little easier for him to accept than it would've otherwise been. Ahead of him, Jade said something to Clove, but it seemed like a private conversation, so he paid little attention. Sighing a little, he thought about all the battles that lay before the team..... Anything to keep his mind focused and busy.

A few moments later, they reached the command tent, and Jack followed the others inside. The air smelled strongly of flowers. Jack stopped next to the entrance, not planning to add much if anything to the conversation. Crossing his arms, he waited listened intently as the first words were spoken.
 
Denx followed slightly behind Jade, making sure to keep an eye on Ember and Jack. Denx knew he was hurt himself, but it was nothing major. However, it was relief to hear Kurin's words, "She said you would be coming, she's in the command tent over there. There is Aromatherapy and Sweet Scent floating through the air around this tent, your injuries should begin to heal faster the normal soon. Its the only way we've been able to hold our own against Koga and Clair's assault..." Denx almost sighed from that relief. He looked over to Clove, who had started on his way to meet Erika. He urged any who weren't in bad shape to follow. Denx watched as Jack and Jade followed without hesitation. He looked over his shoulder at the Celadon people who had managed to escape. He glanced them over, and returned his sight to Clove, who had entered the tent. Jade was the second one in, and finally Jack. Denx looked over to Ember, who seemed to not notice him. He nodded to himself, and followed the other three in.

As he entered, he noticed the orange hue from outside intruding the tent. Jack had his arms crossed, and Jade was focusing on the conversation. He stood between Jack and the tent wall, looking around. It smelt heavily of flowers inside, almost making Denx sneeze. After the burning sensation went away in his nose, he, too, focused on what Erika had to say. Already, Denx could feel the bruises and slices in his skin starting to heal. It stung a bit, but it was one of those stings that you can tell is for the good. As if soap were getting in his wounds. He waved off the slight stinging, and started to tap the ground with his foot.
 
'Love' What a weird word. She hadn't heard it much apart from when her mum and dad used it and it saddened her to think so. She stopped running as she and Clove came to a stand still overlooking Celedon and for the first time since she started this mission, she was worried. Her eyes glazed over as she bore down at the remains of the city in front of her and she paid no attention as Clove climbed the hill to where they were to meet Jade and the others. Instead she let out a mournful sigh and ran a hand through her lava colored hair. To think that she may never have time to find that special someone, or see her parents again or even Jake for that matter. It was worrying to think that at nineteen, she could die.

Turning her gaze from the shattering city she followed Clove's lead up the hill and was surprised to see the others there before them. 'I must have been weaker than I thought' she declared, rolling her shoulders and walking towards the gathering group who were accompanied by a rather weirdly dressed morph. Was that a nurses outfit? She wondered, her eyebrow arching as she bowed respectfully to the Maganium morph. It turned out that they were healing morphs, there to aid the team and look after the wounded. She heard tell that Erika was hear too and Clove was instantly off and away accompanied by Jade, Jack and Denx.

Staring off over the camp she wondered where exactly she would be in a few months time. Home? Still fighting? Dead? There was nothing full proof to say that she was going to survive this and it was that thought that made her stay put and have the healing morphs look over her battered body instead of instinctively following Clove and the others. But she swore to herself that the Dragon Master, Claire would fall by her hand. She could not and would not let that Ice Queen bring such chaos to Johto if she had not already.

"Maam?" Came a sweet voice from near by.
Aisha's emerald eye's snapped to attention and she found herself staring at a Bellossom morph. "Oh, sorry. Wasn't with it for a sec there." She muttered.
"Would you like me to look at your paws?" The nurse asked, reaching out to touch at the bloodied hands.
"Huh?" Aisha muttered, staring down at the tangled fur of her palms. "How…?" It then came to her that her anger had gotten the best of her and she had been digging her claws into her own palms. "Oh…umm yes please. My back's not doing too good either." She stated, giving her shoulders a suggestive roll and wincing when they clicked under the pressure. "But could you try to make it quick? I don't want to sound rude, but I need to find out what's going on." She smiled warmly.
The nurse nodded and returned the smile. "Of course. If you would follow me." before leading Aisha off into one of the medical tents.
 
Clove appreciated Jade's words as the remaining team members followed through the flap of the large tent. Everyone was moving about frantically flipping through papers and finding others. Erika stood at the back of the tent with her back to the team, pointing and speaking with another morph standing next to her. Clove squinted a bit, in attempt to recognize her, only able to make out an outline. He took a few steps closer before looking again and widening his eyes in realization. He sighed heavily before attempting to make another step forward. Quickly moving, he scooted a chair in front of him, tossing it in for of him and blocking a shower of projectiles. Clove quickly extended the spikes on his right him, lifting them in defense as a blade came through the chair, slashing down and being held at bay by Clove's spikes.

"Blaire! Stop!" Erika shouted from the back of the tent. The figure being held at bay had long brown hair and a large green leaf folding long behind her head to her hair length. Her eyes glowed an eerie yellow, and she wore tan shorts with a camouflage tank top. Her weapons were green leaves growing out of her wrists...

"Must be Leaf Blade..." Clove thought, aggravated. "Shoulda figured you morphed too, with Grovyle? Good choice I'd say." Clove said from behind the locked standoff.

"Shut up! Erika I don't see why you still trust this traitor so much!" She spat.

"Glad to see you too..." He said in a bored tone.

With a moment of deep frustration, Blair released her force and let her leaves return to small green tufts on her wrists. Erika quickly stepped beside her and looked at her angrily.

"This isn't the time, Blair!" She yelled angrily. Blair sighed in annoyance as Erika turned back to Clove and the group. "I barely made it in time. They began attacking moments after I arrived. The morphs from the gym have all been trying their hardest. Kurin is in charge of medical team of course... and Amy is in charge of the daylight attack team and has been out battling all day. They were the ones you probably saw fighting from the hillside all over the city. Amy hasn't reported back in over an hour though, I'm kind of worried. There have been no signs of Clair and Koga yet either. I know she could hold her own since she's morphed with her Cherrim. But once the sun goes down, there's definitely no chance for her and her team. I've been keeping the sun strong for them but its roughly an hour until sundown... Blair is leading the night team but as you can imagine... there aren't many of us who can fight effectively at night. Its only her and a handful of others. We need help." Erika explained solemnly.

"Then I suggest my team head in with Blair in 10 minutes. We'll fight through for a switch with the daylight team so they can use the sunlight to escape effectively while the night time team does their job and takes over which will consist of both of our teams combined. I know my team can all fight effectively at night." Clove explained back to her, proposing a plan of attack.

"That sounds wonderful. I'll move in with your team and provide support best I can. I'm not the best at night but I'm not a Gym Leader for nothing." Erika responded, clenching a fist and ready to begin the plan. Clove turned to the team and looked to them all.

"Well guys, you heard her. That's the situation. I know we're all worn out, but if the sun goes down before Amy gets out of there, she's done for... So lets hurry, we'll meet near the city gates not too far from here and head in. Lets move quickly." He said to them, quickly moving without hesitation towards the rendezvous spot. "Hm... Aisha and Ember weren't with the team. Must be getting some medical aid, that's good. Although we'll have to go ahead of them...I'll leave Aisha's communicator with her just in case." Clove thought as he he turned heel and headed to the medical tent where a nurse was standing outside it looking at a clip board. Clove approached her quickly, pulling out the communicator.

"A team mate of mine is in there, Aisha Lorenzo, an Arcanine morph. Can you give her that?" He asked quickly.

"Not a problem, good luck Clove." She said happily as Clove waved good bye, running off towards the meeting spot, vanishing into the air.

* * *

Clove arrived at the meeting spot shortly, Erika, Blair and her other team mates were there as well. The night team was definitely in desperate need of the extra power. The extras consisted of 5 other morphs, all nocturnal in nature from Vileplume to Shiftry. "They really did mean a few... I think the team can handle this though."

"New intelligence came back... Koga brought a recorded 3 Elite guards and Clair has brought 2. The rest are peons of their gyms but can't be taken lightly. We've been looking for signs of Koga and Clair fighting but Koga is too quick, he IS a ninja after all. We've been getting victims from him all day from his toxic attack. We can heal it with Kurin's aromatherapy but its taking people off the battlefield left and right. No one can get a visual on him. There have been no signs of Clair though. You know how she is, if she wanted to be seen she's more than capable of it." Erika briefed him as the other team mates began to arrive.

"She's definitely a powerful girl. Any report on her morph yet?" Clove asked quickly.

"None"

"Damn... okay, well we're wasting time, lets move in team. We'll spread out into pairs and help the daylight team switch out and return to the medical team. I'll take to the rooftops with Denx. The rest of you pair up and move out. Lets go." Clove finished giving the orders, waving his arm and beckoning the team into the city. It was a delicate operation with low odds of defense. Game on.


(ooc: woot, you guys can figure out pairs in the ooc. Feel free to create one of the lower morphs if you want, or even pair up with Blair or Erika. I'll be posting their movesets in the list on page 4 since they'll probably be pretty prominent for a bit.)
 
"There we go. All patched up" the nurse stated, pulling the last of the stitches closed and snapping it with one of her blades. The Victreebell morph had spotted some rather nasty cuts on Aisha's lower back from her contact with the wall when Bruno had hurled her back in Lavendar and a few nasty bumps where some bricks had pelted her on they're decent from the wall she had been thrown against. The young Arcanine morph hopped from the bed and gave her shoulders a roll letting out a sigh when no pain whooshed through her body. "Ahh…much better." She groaned, turning to the nurse and bowing her head. "Thank you, ma'am, it feels much better, I can actually stand straight again." She laughed, running a now clean paw through her hair to ruffle it a little."
The nurse laughed a little as she placed her tools back in they're places and bowed her head in return. "It's not a problem, it's what I'm hear for." She smiled as she turned back to her equipment table. "Now, just take care this time, okay. Your still young and it would be a shame to waste that life of yours."
Aisha smiled kindly at the young nurse and laughed. "Hah hah, well of things don't get better I may be looking at imprisonment instead and that too me is far worse than death."
The pair were cut off by another nurse who entered the tent, it was the Bellosom from earlier only this time she held a very familiar object in her hand. "My communicator?" She questioned as the nurse handed it to her. She scanned it over for any marks and returned it to her belt when she found nothing to be wrong with it. "They've left already then?"
The nurse shrugged, cradling her clip board to her chest. "I'm not sure. Clove just told me to give this to you." She muttered before leaving.
"Hmn…guess I better get going then. Thanks again for the treatment, Nurse."

As she left the tent, the popped her communicator from her belt and spoke into it. "Clove, this is Aisha. What's going on?"
There was a slight pause before a voice came over the radio. "Were heading into the city to retrieve the daylight team and return them to the medics."
"Daylight team?" Aisha was obviously confused, having no idea that there were teams she was suppose to be aware of.
"Yeah, were pairing off. I've sent Erika back to camp to get you. She should be there soon, oh and Aisha…"
"Yeah?"
"Take care of her."
Aisha blinked at first before answering eagerly. "You got it, boss." and returning her communicator to her belt.

It wasn't long before Erika turned up at the camp and discovered Aisha laying on the grass staring up at the sky with a thoughtful look on her face. She only looked up when an overpowering smell of flowers entered her senses and she noticed Erika standing a few feet from her. The Arcanine morph smiled a toothy smile and sprang up from her spot on the ground, landing on all fours and looking up at the flower maiden. "Clove told me too look out for you, y'know?" She grinned, looking rather smug of herself.
"Did he now." She spoke with a light tone, looking down at the young Arcanine morph with kind eyes that Aisha automatically linked with her mum. She nodded thoughtfully and stood up to her full height, which was just a little shorter than Erika, though she prided herself in her lanky yet muscular build. "I'm Aisha! Aisha Lorenzo, I come from Johto…well Honne originally before my parents decided they wanted to move." She placed a paw over her mouth and corrected herself. "Not that I live with my parents! I'm a Pokemon ranger, its just I don't really have anyone else ya know? I live wherever I can set up camp."
Erika laughed, lifting her slender hand to cover a smile. "Your not use to meeting new people are you?"
Aisha groaned, lowering her head in defeat. "No ma'am."
"That's okay. I'm sure you know who I am by now." Erika said, staring off towards the city, looking incredibly concerned. "Or who I was…"
Aisha placed a trembling paw on her shoulder and tried her best to comfort her. "Hey, it's no worries. We'll get your home back. I promise!" She stated, performing an abnormal salute. "And a Pokemon ranger never breaks they're promise!"
Erika smiled thankfully and nodded her approval. "Thank you, Aisha. Now lets get going, I don't think the day squad can cope much longer."
"Right!" And both of them ran off in the direction of Celadon.

(OCC-Bunnied your character a little, Kansas. Hope thats okay.)
 
OOC: Mira, I'm gonna have to bunny your character a little if you want me to do this. Hope that's okay. The way Kansas wrote, I'm assuming the whole team went to the rendevous point. If you have any problem with what I write, just lemme know ^_^

IC:
After the meeting in the tent it was decided that they were going to help the night team and help the day team get their asses out of the battle zone.

They made their way to the rendevous point, right outside of Celadon City, and met the night team. Jade frowned at the sight; it was a good thing they were here to help. In fact, will I be better at night? She could definitely think of ways to take advantage of the night. Especially now that she had discovered her fifth move.
Not against Koga though. She's leave the ninja to the fast morphs.

"Damn... okay, well we're wasting time, lets move in team. We'll spread out into pairs and help the daylight team switch out and return to the medical team. I'll take to the rooftops with Denx. The rest of you pair up and move out. Lets go," said Clove after Erika admitted their lack of knowledge of Clair's morph.

I should pair up with someone fast but also someone who's abilities will compliment mine...Jade looked around and noticed that Ember was not there. She must've got caught up at the medical tents; she had been pretty beat up after Lavender. Hopefully she was about healed by now.

With only a glance at Clove (one she hoped would be readable. He knew her well enough by now) Jade back tracked to the medical camp. She ran as fast as she could, which was a decent speed considering her stature and morph. Halfway back she about ran into the Ninetales Morph.

"Ember! We need to get back, Clove asked us to pair up and help get the day team outta there. They're no good without the sun. After that we back up the night team. Anyways, I thought we'd make a good team. I mean," Jade smiled sincerely and shrugged, "I know we didn't start off on the greatest note, but we worked together pretty well back in Lavender and I respect that you risked your life to help others. Clove could have killed you..." her voice faded and she looked the morph in the eye. "What do you say? We don't have much time."
 
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