Pokemorph Liberation Force: Kanto

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Ember was shocked. She looked over the Morph and blinked. She had just been searching the tents for Aisha and the potent smell of flowers in the air seemed to make her feel better. She had heard several of the nurses talking about aromatherapy.

"A-are you sure?" she asked with a frown. "I mean, I just thought."

Ember shook her head in an attempt to organize her thoughts.

"I mean, yes. Let's get a move on!" Ember grinned.

She about ran off in the direction that Jade had just come from, when she remembered who it was she was traveling with. She forced herself to stay in place and gestured her arm down the path.

"Erm... would you like to lead?"
 
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Denx was standing there nonchalantly, as Clove seemed to inspect another figure. It was someone not on the PLF, Denx figured. Before long, Clove was protecting himself from a projectile of attacks. Denx, too, flinched from the clashing of the blade and Clove's extended spike. Erika shouted at her to stop, but the apparent Grovyle morph just looked at her.

"Shut up! Erika I don't see why you still trust this traitor so much!" she retorted. Denx watched as the feud seemed to calm, and listened to what the plans were.

"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," Clove said. Denx looked cautiously at Blair, and followed the team out of the tent. Walking slowly, he found that he had some alone time. Ever since they--or Jade, rather--had defeated Bruno, Denx had been doubting himself. He walked slowly down the hillside, around the long path that led to the Celadon City gates. He tried to think about Denkaa, his Raichu, and what that Lucario morph had told him. How Denkaa felt betrayed. He shook off that thought as he reached the end of the path. In the distance, he could see the group.

***

Denx saw a few different morphs. There was Blair, and what seemed to be both a Shiftry and Vileplume morph. There certainly wasn't many extra morphs to join the team. Maybe five or so, but no more. He looked to find the members of the PLF. Standing there, Denx felt awkward. Being allied with a gym.. he thought the day would never happen. Erika started to talk, explaining the current situation. Denx guessed that it wasn't good.

"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," she explained, also watching as the rest of the team arrived.

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

"None"

Denx looked down, and nodded in shame. He didn't like the sound of either one. He knew Koga was ruthless before, but now? And Clair. 'You know how she is, if she wanted to be seen she's more than capable of it,' is something Denx didn't want to hear at the moment. He didn't know who she was, but she sounded quite powerful. Suddenly, Clove spoke up.

"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," he said in a finishing sort of tone. Denx gulped almost audibly.

"Rooftops? Why me..? I guess I have experience, but.." he thought to himself. He could hear some sort of soft laughter in his mind, but it wasn't him. He looked around, and figured it was in his conscious. He snapped back to reality when Clove motioned the team to go into Celadon.

Well, here goes..
 
"A-are you sure?" Ember asked with a frown. "I mean, I just thought..."
Just thought what?
"I mean, yes. Let's get a move on!" Ember grinned.
She looked as though she were about to dash from where Jade came from but instead pointed.
"Erm... would you like to lead?"

Jade smiled. I never though she'd ask, "I'm not that fast but I do know where we're going," she grinned and began running back toward Celadon. She was glad that the Ninetales had agreed to pair up; whether Headquarters recognized it or not, Ember was part of the team.

"So I'm not sure if they'll be there when we get back to the main gates. They've probably already split up and begun the search for the day team," Jade looked up. They had about twenty minutes left of sun, "So let's just go in there and look for 'em, okay? I'm not that fast but I'm good at finding things. I can feel vibrations with my feet; I coulda felt the battle in Celadon when we were still in Lavender if I had been paying attention. When we find them, I'll let you race them to the medical tents. Sound good to you?" she asked.
 
"I'm not that fast but I do know where we're going," Jade grinned.

They began running, not very fast, but Ember knew that it was fast enough.

"So I'm not sure if they'll be there when we get back to the main gates. They've probably already split up and begun the search for the day team," she explained, though Ember didn't know what she meant by "day team." Ember really wished she had been paying attention.

"So let's just go in there and look for 'em, okay? I'm not that fast but I'm good at finding things. I can feel vibrations with my feet; I coulda felt the battle in Celadon when we were still in Lavender if I had been paying attention. When we find them, I'll let you race them to the medical tents. Sound good to you?" she asked.

"Sounds like a plan to me," Ember said with a smile. She tightened the muscles in her arms slightly, wondering if she was strong enough to pick up whoever it was she was supposed to transport.

What am I supposed to tell her if I don't have the strength...
 
(Hmph... I posted yesterday, but somehow it disappeared. Well, I think this one is better than the other one, so I guess it worked out)

As Jack tried to figure out who he should pair up with, the team started moving toward the city. Taking out his communicator, he watched two other dots on the map also moving to Celadon. Things would be better if half the team weren't without communicators. Let's see.... These two are Jade and Aisha, so I guess Denx doesn't have one. I know that Clove and Ember don't. Wonder if Jade is with Ember....

Jade's and Aisha's dots weren't moving together, so it was definitely a possibility. Looking at the grass-types in the group, Jack thought that it wouldn't be a good idea to partner up with Blair after her outburst in the tent, and he didn't really like the looks of the nocturnals either. Anyway he doubted that any of them would be completely at ease with a fire morph blowing flames anywhere around them. He looked over at the Shiftry morph to see her glaring at him.

"What are you looking at?" she growled, studying Jack as if sizing him up for a fight. "I don't know why we've got to fight with that traitor, Clove," she grumbled, turning away.

A woman with a mushroom cap-like hat and a cream-colored tail with seed clusters on the end trotted up to the Shiftry and laid her hand on her shoulder. "You know why we have to," she said, gently. "With most of us relying so much on sunlight, there's no way we can hold things together tonight without help. Besides, Erica trusts him and that should be enough for the rest of us. She has always led us well." She gave her a comforting smile, but she only grumbled and looked away.

"Well, I think Blair has the right idea, and I'm not alone."

"Shhh.... We're almost there. Any problem you still have with this can wait." They entered the city while Jack stopped and watched them go. So Blair's ideas have filtered down to some others..... Guess I shouldn't be surprised.

He followed them, but he didn't get far before he saw a glint of light, a reflection from his right, and he felt something sharp cut into his shoulder. Ugh... What speed! It was a female morph with claws growing over the top of her wrist and wings buzzing on her back, wearing red goggles. She was a Ninjask morph. Grabbing her wrist with his left hand, he was able to keep her claw from going in any deeper. Just when he was about to incinerate his foe with a Flamethower, there was a flash of green, and some Pokemon jumped out and slashed at her, knocking her to the ground. Stifling a groan when the claw exited his shoulder, Jack blasted the Ninjask with a Flamethrower, finishing her off.

Turning his head, he saw that his rescuer was none other than.... Blair. Heh, this is going to be interesting.
 
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Clove looked at Denx, who still seemed unsure of why he was with Clove. All Clove could do was hang his head slightly, trying to avoid eye contact with Denx. He turned towards the city and sighed heavily.

"These fights... are going to be hard. Koga is an Elite Four, and has been for some time until Agatha came out of retirement...I've got to keep Koga as occupied as possible while the team switches. Clair is another thing to worry about though... I'm sure in groups of two they'll be able to handle any trouble they run into, especially with Erika helping. So I just need to lure out Koga, he'll definitely be able to see us from the rooftops. With that wide open terrain, mine and Denx's speed should be more than enough to at least evade until reinforcements can arrive."Clove thought to himself quietly as he stared at the city. The sound of a communicator rang over his thoughts. He couldn't hear who it was coming from as he scanned the crowd. Erika quickly perked up, rushing to him, digging in her skirt pocket.

"Here, Koichi gave this to me. I had the girls repair it." She said with a smile, handing Clove a slim black cell phone.

"My communicator? thanks Erika." He said as he took it from her hand, and looked at the caller.

"Aisha..."he thought as he read the name. "Erika, can you go with her? I trust her with you, she's my student. Don't push yourself too hard, understand? You and I both know how strong Clair is." Clove said sternly, looking her in the eyes seriously, but quickly shifting to a soft smile. Clove never smiled normally, but around Erika he couldn't help himself.

"No problem, Clove." She responded happily.

He flipped the phone open, grinning as she wisped off towards the medical tent to Aisha.

"Clove, this is Aisha. What's going on?"

Clove hesitated a while as he waited for Erika to move farther away.

"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, we're 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."
There was another long silence, on Aisha's end this time. "...You got it, boss."

He flipped the phone shut and turned to Denx who looked ready to leave. He slipped the communicator back into his pocket and looked to him and nodded sternly. Heavy guilt towards not telling Denx that their team was just bait.

"Lets go, Denx."

Without wasting another second, he vanished from the field in a blur of shadows, knowing Denx could easily keep up with Quick Attack. They were soon already in the city, Clove immediately leaped onto the roof of a nearby small shop, leaping higher and higher to other buildings until he slowed to a stop on top of a large skyscraper and scanned the horizon. He squinted over the city, the sun lowering on the horizon. There wouldn't be much time left. It was then that what he had been looking for finally showed up. A massive explosion erupted through the southern part of Cerulean. Followed by a white beam blasting through the city streets and off into the sky as many smaller morphs tumbled through the air, being torn from the ground or just destroyed in the blast.

"Amy..." Clove said quietly as the beam dissipated into the air. He vanished again with Denx close behind as they jumped down to lower buildings, skimming the roof tops. A small figure came into view shortly. A small girl with light blue hair and a pink petal running through the middle with 4 large pink petals sprouting like angel wings from her back.

"So she morphed with her Cherrim, I should have figured. This also makes her the most powerful possible candidate for a daylight squad leader. Her Flower Gift will make all of our attacks stronger... Erika really knew how to plan this." Clove thought as he came closer to Amy and her fight.

Her blue eyes were narrowed on two enemies in front of her as another morph jumped beside her, a Tangela morph girl with wearing a long sleeve hooded shirt with the sleeves covering her arms and yellow eyes peering out from the shadows of her well hooded face. They were staring down two morphs, a Nidoqueen and Ariados. Standing tall the Nidoqueen's armor boasted great tolerance as Amy unleashed another barrage of seeds from her palms, that exploded all around the two morphs. The Tangela morph quickly rushed in through the smoke, sending vines soaring from the insides of her long sleeves ahead of her. Suddenly she was thrown from the smoke but stopped in mid flight. The smoke cleared to reveal the Nidoqueen morph standing with a barrier of protect around them to shield the bombs and the Ariados with a firm grasp on the Tangela's vines which were matted in spider silk.

"SHERICE!" Amy yelled as the Ariados began to spin her around by her vines in mid air, faster and faster. He released the web, letting soar high through the air. Clove had seen enough.

"Amy is no where near fast enough. Denx, its showtime. I'm going to engage the Nidoqueen now since you have a disadvantage. Save Sherice and immediately come back me up against that Ariados, this should only take 4 seconds with your speed. MOVE!" Clove yelled as he vanished, appearing in front of an unsuspecting Nidoqueen. He flipped a round house kick across her face cause her to take a step back. Clove quickly extended his spikes and followed through, spinning and slashing at the Nidoqueen morph furiously then stopping to observe his damage.

"That outta do it for y--" Clove began to say as the Nidoqueen appeared to be falling over. It quickly regained it balance and stomped forward and spinning into Clove.

"IRON TAIL!" With no warning the metal hunk of tail smashed directly into Clove, sending him screaming through the air. He thrusts his spikes through the concrete of a building, forcing himself to a halt a distance away. He clutched he ribs and coughed as he struggled to his feet. The Nidoqueen morph finally spoke.

"Koga's Elite are not to be trifled with."

"So you're Koga's Elite? That'll explain why Amy was having trouble wiping the floor with you. You're probably both about as strong as gym leaders, aye? Since Koga was Elite 4...oh right WAS Elite 4. Wasn't strong enough to handle it I guess." Clove taunted arrogantly.

"Master Koga will not be disrespected." The Nidoqueen said, folding its palms together. It focused itself as Amy quickly reacted to the fight.

"CLOVE MOVE ITS AN ICE BEAM!"

Clove's eyes widened in fear as the frosty blast built inside of the morph's mouth. She opened fire, unleashing the blast that cut through the air like a knife. Clove spun to the side, narrowly evading the beam as the tips of his spikes frosted over. He vanished from the ground, dashing down the side of the Ice Beam as it fired with a spike low and extended.

"Bad move. Lets end this."
 
Knowing that Erika would have trouble jumping from the roof tops, Aisha chose to stick as much to the ground as possible, though it was hard for the youngster as she loved jumping around so much. She lay her back flat against the building there were passing at the time and took a look around the corner to check if there were enemies near by. Noting that there was nothing there, she prepared to leap onwards when a firm hand clasped down on her shoulder and she turned to see Erika holding her back and shaking her head. "There…" She whispered, pointing up to a large building. Beneath the hem of the roof Aisha saw a pair of glowing eyes and a long, mighty tail with a hook at the end. It seemed that a Skuropi morph had chosen to conceal himself beneath the building in the shadows, hanging limply from a grappling hook.

Aisha snarled and pulled back around the corner. "Good eyes." She commented, smiling slightly before the stern look replaced it yet again. "Think you can use a move to get 'im down from there?" She asked. Erika smiled lightly and nodded. The Arcanine morph smirked "Cool. I'll following up as he's falling. Ready?"
Erika took a battle stance and smiled. "Ready."
"Okay…now."

Erika's petals shot forward without much sound and before the Scorpion had time to recoil he was falling quickly to the ground. Pushing off from the building Aisha dashed forward, running up the side of the wall the enemy was falling from before hitting him harshly in the back. With a yell the Scorpion morph hurtled forward, crashing into a building before sliding the rest of the way down to the ground. Aisha landed smoothly next to the crumpled heap of the morph and picked him up by the scruff of his neck. Erika joined her shortly after and a menacing look was etched into the normally sombre face of the Arcanine. "The daylight group…where are they?" She questioned the semi conscious man, shaking him a little to allow the obvious pain he was feeling to spread.
He coughed up some blood and choked a little before answering. "I'm not telling you anything." Aisha's answer was to simply turn the Scorpion around and slam him against the wall, her fangs bare and a clawed hand shaped firmly around his neck. "If you don't tell me now, my hand may just accidentally slip and break that puny little neck of yours."
She felt Erika's concerned gaze on her back, but she knew this was the only way they were going to make the ninja squeal.
"You wouldn't…" He gasped, clutching desperately at the paws around his neck.
Aisha raised an eyebrow, "Wouldn't I?" She questioned whilst firmly tilting the enemies neck in a painful fashion to the side. A sickening crunch could be heard emitting from the mans spine and he let out a slight yelp before yelling. "Alright! Alright!"
Aisha let her grip loosen a little to allow the man to speak clearly, or at least to the best of his abilities. "Hmn?" She pushed on.
"We, we didn't catch 'em all. They're being rounded up and kept guard over in the narrows of the streets for now. I don't know if some of them are being lead back to Koga…" Before he could continue a spike was launched through the air and thanks to Aisha's keen hearing ability she managed to dodge it, but the spike of course penetrated the body of the captured morph and he slid limply to the floor…dead.

Erika gasped at the sight and Aihsa quickly turned her gaze to the roof tops in time to see another figure hop off into the darkness. She growled and grabbed Erika by the wrist firmly. "Come on, we gotta follow him. He might lead us to them." She sprang off with Erika in her firm grasp, struggling to keep her footing. She finally let the Bellosom morph go in order to hop up onto a roof top in order to get a better look. She kept Erika in her sight the entire time, not willing to loose her lest she want to die at the hands of Clove. However she did avert her gaze a little to scan the roof tops and the narrows below in search of the menace. Having no luck, she dropped down to Erika once more and snarled. "I knew Koga was bad news when I first arrived in Kanto. I had to run for my life in Fuchsia city. He was the reason I joined the PLF, y'know."
Erika simply stood by, cradling the wrist that Aisha had so carelessly abused. Noticing her obvious pain, Aisha took a concerned step forward and reached out to the bleeding wrist. She had not noticed at the time, but she had practically crushed the delicate wrist and penetrated the white skin with her claws. Her glassy Emerald eyes met those of the gym leader and she fell to her knees. "I'm…I'm sorry Erika."
'I'm loosing it…' She thought. 'I always knew Jake was a harsh fighter, but I never knew it would control my like this.'
A comforting hand fell on her shoulder and her gaze cast straight up into the warm eyes of the other morph. "I know its hard." She stated. "Just hang in there, its nothing."
Aisha nodded, even though she didn't believe it. "Okay."
"Now lets keep going, we need to find the day group and get them back to safety." She piped up, lifting Aisha up by her under arms and brushing her clothes off for her as if she were nothing more than a child. The Arcanine morph nodded her agreement and removed her communicator from her belt before talking into it. "Jack. Are you anywhere near where the Celedon super mart use to be? We could use another set of hands." She stated after catching sight of a large group of Ninja morphs passing by. "And keep close to the buildings. Don't leave yourself out in the open…"
 
"You were careless," Blair stated, matter-of-factly, crossing her arms.

"Yeah...," Jack admitted, shrugging his uninjured shoulder. Her words stung his pride, but he couldn't deny them. He pulled his torn sleeve back from his right shoulder a bit and was glad to find that the wound wasn't very deep. Tearing a strip from a clean shirt in his backpack, he tied it carefully around it. He figured it would do for now since he figure that with it so close to sunset, there wouldn't be time for him to get a proper bandage from the medical team. Besides, they would probably have much more serious cases to worry about. "Let's go." They silently ran alongside each other, both keeping a sharp eye out for anymore ninjas.

A few moments, they heard the sounds of fierce fight coming from somewhere nearby, and they raced to investigate. In a back alley, they found two member of the daylight team, a Bayleaf and a Sunflora, desperately struggling against three enemies. One had bat-like wings, sharp, vicious fangs, and eyes that seemed like they could turn a Ghastly to stone, a Golbat morph. Another looked normal enough at first, but if you looked close, his body seemed to....ooze a bit. Apparently a Grimer or Muk morph... More likely a Muk. The last one had a boney, armor-like shell covering almost his entire body, a Shelgon morph.

"It's Kylie and Laura," Blair murmured, readying the leaves on her arms to strike. "We have to help them!" Both using Agility, Blair attacked the Shelgon, who was slowly pressing Kylie, the Sunflora, into a corner, while Jack raced toward the Golbat, who was licking his lips as he flew toward Laura.

Jack blasted a Flamethower at him, hitting on of his wings and causing him to crash to the ground. Turning to the Muk morph, he punched him hard with a Sky Uppercut, but when he tried to pull his fist back, he found that it was stuck fast what felt like a mixture of mud and clay but much, much smellier. Behind Jack, the Golbat morph recovered from his fall and made a dash toward him, his glinting fangs dripping with poison. At the last moment, Jack turned his body just enough to grab him under the chin to hold back his attack, and the Golbat pushed hard against his grip, gnashing his teeth together.

"Not this time," Jack growled, igniting his wrists. With a cry of pain, the Golbat morph wiggled away from his burning grasp, but the Muk stubbornly refused to let him go. In fact, Jack felt his hand pulled farther into the disgusting gunk that made up the morph's body.

"Poison gas....," the morph hissed, releasing the purple, toxic gas from his mouth. All Jack could do was turn his face away and hope for the best. Suddenly, when a loud splat, the Bayleaf morph, Laura apparently, body slammed into the top of the Muk, sending sludge flying everywhere and narrowly missing Jack's hand. Needless to say, the whole area now smelled badly of raw sewage. As soon as he was free, Jack jumped back and finished the Golbat off with one last Flamethrower. One down, two to go.

Meanwhile, Kylie was battering the Shelgon morph with Bullet Seed, while Blair was jabbing at his vulnerable legs with Leaf Blade, easily dodging in and out of his attacks. He was already bleeding out of several gashes around his face and legs.

Both Jack and Laura jerked their attention back to the Muk as the sludge began pulling itself back together, slowly reforming his body. He released a Flamethrower at him, but some of the sludge quickly separated, allowing the attack to go past without harming him. Reforming again, he shot a stream sludge at them that exploded on contact with the ground.

Worried for the Bayleaf's safety, Jack raced to her side and tried to push her out of the way. "Don't worry. I've got this," she assured, forming a wall of light in front of them both. The Sludge Bomb collided heavily with the Protect, but the wall held.

Jumping high into the air, Blair hit the Muk with a barrage of Bullet Seed before ending her attack with Leaf Blade, cutting him in half. She jumped quickly back as he pulled himself back together and shot Sludge Bomb at her. Taking advantage of the distraction, Jack used one last Flamethower, turning the Muk into a boiling heap of toxic slime. A few feet away, he could see the Shelgon lying motionless in a pool of blood.... Three down.

Just then a voice came from the communicator in Jack's pocket. It was Aisha's.... "Jack. Are you anywhere near where the Celedon super mart use to be? We could use another set of hands. And keep close to the buildings. Don't leave yourself out in the open…"

"Yeah, tell me something I don't know," he replied, experimentally rolling his injured shoulder.

He glanced over at Blair, and she nodded, saying, "Go ahead. I'll make sure these two get out alright. The super mart is that way. Good luck." Without another word, she left with Laura and Kylie on her hills.

"Yeah, you too....," Jack murmured quietly before added to Aisha, "I'm on my way." Putting his communicator back in his pocket, he ran in the direction that Blair had indicated.
 
**** was going down. That much was clear as the morphs entered Celadon. Jade felt vibrations from every direction. This is going to be much harder than I thought. Though, when it came to Koga's ninjas, it should be easier finding them...she hoped.

"Wait," she asked and stopped in her tracks, holding out a hand to Ember in case she didn't hear her. Jade closed her eyes, searching with the aide of the vibrations alone. She came to the conclusion that where the vibrations were strongest, her teammates had already found the Day Team. There was a whisper due North that would pulse with sudden action every couple seconds.
"Okay, follow me," she gestured and headed toward the whisper.

She felt foolish, being the last ones to make their way into Celadon. She kept her eyes peeled and stopped every hundred feet or so to check the vibrations and make sure they were still headed in the right direction. She appreciated that Ember asked no questions about her methods and was patient; it must be hard to run with someone that you're five times faster than.

After turning a corner Jade stopped in her tracks once more but it was not to check the vibrations. Two of the Day Team morphs were tied to a building. A Leafeon morph, who's brown eyes seemed to plead louder than any words, and a Exeggutor morph, who's palm tree hair would have been comical in any other situation. The Leafon shook her head furiously and her eyes widened. Her leafy ears drooped as Jade walked closer.
"Hey, chill!" Jade held up her hands and looked at Ember to do the same, "We're here to help, don't worry."
The Exeggutor morph also shook her head. Jade ripped the tape off of her mouth as she seemed the calmer of the two. "What's going on? Who did this to you?"
"Who do you think did this to us?" she snapped. Jade was caught off guard. She had always seen Exeggutor as calm and rather doppy, not sarcastic and hostile.
"We're just here to help," she repeated herself, "Who did this to you?"
The Exeggutor morph rolled her yellow eyes.

Jade moved over to the Leafeon Morph and ripped the tape off of her mouth, feeling bad afterwards when the cute morph held back tears; it must have hurt.
"Clair's Elite!" she practically squealed.
Jade narrowed her eyes, "Are you sure?"
"Hannah, you idiot, you have no idea who these people are! Don't tell them anything!" the Exeggutor Morph snapped again.
"Shut up Lilith," Hannah retorted, never losing the sweetness in her voice. "I'm tired of listening to you. We wouldn't be in this mess if it weren't for you!"

The two bickered for a few minutes. Jade glanced at Ember as if to say, "Glad we're not like that anymore."
"Listen, we're gonna untie you and get you outta here," Jade raised her voice.
"NO!" the two shouted, suddenly forgetting about how pissed they were at each other.
She stopped and narrowed her eyes further, "What?"
"Don't untie us," said Lilith, "The minute our backs leave this wall, the entire building blows up. And there are civilians in there," Lilith gestured with her head at the building to which she was currently attached.
Jade sighed, Why the hell did Clove have to lose his damn communicator?
"What should we do?" she asked Ember.
 
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Clove sped quickly with spike extended, ready to deal a fatal blow to the Nidoqueen as she struggled to turn the beam in attempt to connect with her target. Clove proved too maneuverable as he quickly darted with ease, dodging the beam and swooping low, thrusting towards her for the final blow. Just as the spike is about to connect, a solid purple object came screaming down, directly between Clove and the elite. Clove slid to a halt, jumping backwards to a safe distance as the owner of the object came crashing from the air, landing hard on the rooftop and tearing shingles with his weight and strength. He uprooted the purple object from the rooftop and slung it over his shoulder, revealing it to be a large sword shaped like a Nidoking's spike.

"I should have figured there would be a Nidoking somewhere with a Nidoqueen around..." Clove called calmly through the tense atmosphere. The Nidoking stood tall and had a muscular build with plates of purple armor around his arms, legs, and torso. He wore a samurai style helmet fashioned like a Nidoking's head with large horn pointing to the sky from his forehead. Clove watched out of his peripherals as Denx landed safely, having performed his rescue. He was about to engage the other morph but who could tell when the first move would be. A familiar voice came from Clove's other side.

"Looks like that makes this fight almost even then..." Amy said aloud, taunting the two opponents as she stepped next to Clove. "Its been a while, Clove. Thanks for the rescue and I'd love to catch up, but I've got 30 minutes of daylight left, so lets make this count, aye?"

"Sound good. You still just as reckless as ev---" Clove began to say before Amy leaped high into the air, throwing down a barrage of Seed Bomb that exploded around the two Elites as the Nidoqueen threw up another blue barrier, shielding the two of them with protect as the seeds connected, sending earth shattering booms exploding as smoke and debris filled the air. "Hmpf... she hasn't changed one bit... She made an opening though... protect doesn't have the same potency when used in succession..."

Clove vanished, charging in low through the smoke. The Nidoqueen attempted to place another Protect between them as Clove sliced down, smashing through it and landing between the two morphs, crouched low.

"DO IT AMY!" Clove yelled to her as she landed a distance away, with palms already glowing with white light. Clove pushed off the ground into the air, bring his foot around and landing a heavy kick in the Nidoqueen's hip, sending her tumbling into Amy's line of fire as she released the blast of stored solar energy. The Nidoking, although momentarily startled by Clove's speed, gained his composure, making his long tail glow an eerie white. Clove's eyes widened in horror from his awkward mid-air position as he brought his arms in front of him to defend and brace for impact. The hulking purple tail collided with Clove's arms that guarded his chest, the force sending him streaking through the air as he reached down, hurling a spike into the rooftop, forcing him to a slow stop as it tore up shingles. The Nidoking wasted no time in following up, letting a large yellow ball of energy form in his mouth. In unison, Amy and the elite Nidoking fired their blasts of energy, connecting in mid-air before impacting the Nidoqueen. The shock wave blew across the rooftops, Clove quickly shielded his eyes as dirt and debris flew past. After the air had settled, Clove finally stood upright, dusting himself off. He spoke through the smoke to his opponents.

"Hm.. go figure, you two compliment each other's weaknesses? I suppose the second I try to attack you while you recharge from that Hyper beam, your little Nidoqueen buddy is gonna rush over with a fully charged Protect ready to stop it. Your game isn't special, I've seen it all before..." Clove commented aloud through the settling dust to the two morphs. They finally spoke.

"We are the Kagami Ninja twins. Ryoha and Nikki. We fight as brother and sister and thats that. If you choose to continue to interfere, We'll be forced to kill you as well." The Nidoking responded aloud in a low calm tone. He lifted his purple sword from his shoulder and swung it towards Clove, pointing the tip of the blade at him. Clove stood for a moment before chuckling.

"You guys just don't get it. We're going to win." Clove said aloud to the two. "Half power aught to do it with Amy's special ability in effect. The sun is almost gone too..." He thought as he looked to the half set sun falling below the skyline as his palms began to glow.

"NOW!" Clove yelled as he clapped his palms together, letting lose his massive cannon of a Solar Beam tearing across the rooftops towards the Nidoking. Still down from recharge, Ryoha crouched to defend as Nikki rushed in front of him, casting Protect as the beam collided with the barrier. From behind, Amy moved quickly into position, her petals beginning to retract closer and closer to her body as the sun set lower. She tossed a seed bomb straight at the barrier, impacting from the other side causing it to explode into pieces but the assault wasn't finished. She clapped her hands together and slammed them into the ground. Giant chunks of cement uprooted from the earth and immediately sheared into rough stars that floated in mid-air.

"Looks like its Swift this time! Good." Amy said to herself, giggling. She leaped into the air, standing on one of the stone stars as the group rushed towards the two Elites, crashing into them dealing heavy blows over and over. Amidst the stars contacting over and over Amy leaped into the air, throwing down a barrage of Seed Bomb that finally hit their mark as the wide eyed Elites were engulfed in an explosion they finally weren't able to defend. Silence followed before Clove called across the clearing, seeing two smoldering bodies.

"That was pretty good. I didn't know what you'd do but that was... different..." Clove called from across the roof.

"Its my 5th move... Nature Power. It varies by my environment. It kind of has a mind of its own, this time it turned the concrete into Swift..." She responded, trailing off. Clove's eyes widened quickly to look for Denx and his fight to check the status but was stopped short by a blur that caught his eye. He turned to Amy and held out a hand in futility as what he saw could only be seen in nightmares. A cloaked figure swooped in quickly, landing next to Amy and crouching low.

"AMY MOVE!" Clove called but only moments passed before the cloaked figure sliced across the front of her torso, letting blood spill to the ground. She stared wide eyed at Clove as she dropped to her knees, falling face first onto the concrete, motionless. The cloaked figure stood, and turned to Clove and removed the hood that concealed his face.

"Koga...You heartless..."

"Save it, filth. You've interfered enough. The others may play games but I am a man who finishes what he begins." Koga said aloud a deep heartless tone across the rooftops. Clove eyed Amy's lifeless body on the ground beneath Koga with eyes filled with hatred and sadness. No. Control."
He thought as he calmed himself, eying down Koga. He flipped out his communicator for the first time in a long while, sliding it open and opening the open frequency.

"Team, this is Clove. Koga is on the roof in the center of town. Get a medic over here.....you all better be alright." He said flipping the phone shut and slipping it back into his pocket quickly.

"Are you finished? I could have killed you 10 times by now." Koga said in a taunting tone.

"I could say the same about you." Clove responded with an unwavering tone. Koga's face turned to a frown as Clove wasted no time after his come back, vanishing into the evening sky, appearing behind Koga. He thrust a Pin Missile down the back of his spine, as the body poofed away, revealing itself to be a doll.

"Pfft. Substitute..."

"Stop playing games, Koga."

There was no response as his presence completely vanished. A true ninja. Clove stood with spikes extended, looking around into the now darkened skies. The rest of the day team should have made it back. All that remained was the eradication of all enemy forces in Celadon. And this one wasn't going to be easy. Suddenly a new voice cut into the darkness, letting them know they were being watched.

"Well well, the sun has set and it looks like the PLF's own Lieutenant Clove Wheldst versus Ex-Elite Four Koga round 1 go go go!" A female's voice came from the darkness. Koga's voice also echoed from the darkness in response, not revealing his location.

"Mind your own business, Clair. Finish your objective." his voice snapped at her. She emerged from the shadows of a rooftop, revealing her full form. Large crooked horns sprouted from her deep purple hair as small patches of blue scales lined her body with two large fins protruding from her back.

"So she morphed with Kingdra... damnit..." Clove thought silently as he watched her closely from behind his guard.

"But I am... If I beat this punk around a bit, Erika will come running in no time...I'll just kill her when she comes to save him." She said in a sinister tone as she began to form a whirling sphere of ice in her palm, eying Clove. The situation had turned from even to uneven in a matter of seconds. They had both moved in without even being noticed. How strong could they be?

"So here they both are... Clair is bound to have some Elite guards somewhere in the city and Koga has one left that I'm sure Denx will handle. The main problem is Koga and Clair themselves... and trying to get Amy some medical attention if she's still alive...damnit. I hope the others can get here soon, I'm gonna need back up..." Clove thought to himself as he watched Clair closely and checked his peripherals for movement from Koga. The fight definitely looked hopeless. He shifted into an attacking stance, pointing a spike at Clair. He had to do what he could until help arrived. He vanished swiftly without a word.

"Faint Attack..."
 
"Jack!" Aisha whispered as the other team member came closer to herself and Erika. She waved and arm slightly to gain his attention but not alert possible ninja pokemon that lurked in the darkness. She and Erika had waited under the shelter of a tall building for the other morph to arrive before they moved on. It was rather quiet in the semi abandoned city due to the ninja's keeping silent to ambush they're enemies and the PLF attempting not to alert any ambushers. As Jack closed in Aisha continued to whisper. "We just had a message through from Clove, I don't know if you got it or not but Clove needs us in the centre of the town. Koga's there and I bet you any money Claire's not far behind. He requested a medic, but we haven't come across anyone yet and were too far out to grab a medic from the camp so we'll rely on the other team members there. I'm a little worried about Clove, he can't take Koga and Claire on on his own…"
Erika's eyes saddened and Aisha noted this, laying a comforting hand on the taller female. "Don't worry, we'll get there before they even have a chance to lay a paw…er I mean hand on him." She smiled gently at the former gym leader and was grateful for the small smile and confident nod she got in return.

"Awesome. Now I'm thinking our best bet is to just stick to the shadows and make as little noise as possible. We don't want to alert any unwanted guests and we need to get to the centre as soon as possible. So without further ado, lets get a move on!" She threw herself onto all fours and pounced off, sticking close to the walls of the building as not to make herself vulnerable. "Hope your ready for this you two." She grinned over her shoulder. "Heh heh, I bet having two fire types protecting you is your worst nightmare." She commented, averting her gaze to Erika alone. Erika let out a small chuckle and looked at the pair one after another.
"I trust you." she murmured.
"Brilliant, that's what I like to hear."

It wasn't long before the trio reached the centre of town. Erika fell behind a little now and again due to the speed of the two fire morphs, but they weren't about to abandon her in an attempt to save they're capable leader. Aisha stopped next to a tall building and looked up in a vein attempt to see if Clove was anywhere in sight. "Man, were gonna have to hit the roof tops…" She muttered turning to Erika with concerned eyes. "Your not much of a climber are you." It was more of a statement than a question. She twiddled her fingers and pinched the bridge of her nose in thought. "A building this tall must have a fire exit at the top for emergencies. Recon you can climb the stairs?" She asked.
Erika nodded and Aisha smiled happily. "Awesome." She turned her gaze to Jack. "You recon you can escort her? I told Clove I'd protect her, but Clove trusts you as much as he trusts me and I can use my extreme speed to reach the top in no time and give Clove a helping hand."

Without waiting for a reply, Aisha gave the pair the thumbs up and dashed up the tall walls of the building landing gracefully at its top and thankfully landing a good pace away from Clove and the two leaders. Unfortunately her idea to surprise the pair went down the drain as she landed in front of the opposing morphs and behind Clove. She groaned and slapped her hand against her forehead. "Nice one, Aisha."

"I've seen you before. The coward who ran at the first sign of trouble." Koga's mocking voice boomed across the roof tops. Aisha puffed out her chest and snorted. "Prepared to be surprised…Hey Clove. Erika and Jack are on they're way. I took care of her like you said" She grinned. It was then that the battle began.

(OOC- Namora. I'm so sorry for bunnying you character and leaving you with Erika for a short while. If you want i can change my post, but I tried to rush things along a little so we were daudling in the city >.<)
 
"What should we do?"

Ember shook her head, her mind slowly digesting what she had just been told. There were civilians inside the building, but the two morphs couldn't do anything about it without being responsible for their deaths. Ember shivered, wondering what had been going through their heads when they didn't know help was coming.

"I'll go," Ember announced, slightly unsure herself of her decision. "I'll try and get as many people out as possible and see if I can locate the bomb as well. You should probably stay here and protect these two and make sure they aren't removed from the wall." If felt strange to even make a suggestion to her after the... discussion they'd had when she 'joined.'

The Leafeon-Morph looked up at Ember with a slight smile while the Exeggutor-Morph just glared darkly in her direction. It didn't look as though she was happy with her help's type, though any help was better than no help at all. Without another word, Ember sped around the building, searching for an entrance. She found a large door with a thick metal bar between the handles, holding them firmly in place. Ember wrapped her hands tightly around the rod, releasing a stream of heat into it. The metal became soft and she easily bent it. She tossed the clump of metal to the side and opened the doors. It was dim inside, as most of the lights had been blown out, but Ember's heightened vision allowed her to see fine.

She carefully crept down the hallway, her ears attempting to pick up every sound. Ember found herself in a large square room in which people lay bound and gagged. Many of them looked up at her in horror, probably expecting her to be the Morph who would blow up the building. Not that Ember could blame them for thinking so.

She walked over and knelt beside a group of people, all of whom coward away from her except for one man who glared up at her with hate. She untied the cloth that was wrapped around his mouth and quickly broke the bounds on his wrists and ankles. He immediately threw a punch at her, which would have nailed her in the jaw had she not avoided it. She suppressed her reflex to fight back and instead met his eyes.

"Look, I'm a part of the Pokemorph Liberation Force," she explained. "I'm here to help all of you get out of here, but I need your help. Untie the rest and tell them to get out of the building as fast as they can. Make sure everyone gets out and be sure to check all the rest of the rooms."

Ember gave the man one last nod before running back down the hallway. She didn't see any sign of the detonator anywhere, but the more Ember thought about it, the more she realized that they wouldn't leave it inside the building where there was the possibility of it being deactivated. That meant it would be somewhere the people inside couldn't get to if they somehow got untied. Somewhere like the roof.

Ember sprinted out the door and found what she was looking for. She jumped up and grabbed hold of the opening in the fire-escape, not bothering to pull down the ladder. She nimbly swung her body up several more times before finding herself standing on the roof. Sure enough, the detonator lay connected to a pile of explosives.

Ember ran over, her eyes widening when she saw that a timer was strapped to it. She swore under her breath. The Morphs below had been tricked into thinking that they would set it off if they moved, when in reality the building would explode anyway. It made sense.

She kneeled next to the bomb gingerly, her breath coming in sharply when she realized that there were only a few more minutes left.
 
"I'll go," Ember announced, sounded slightly unsure. "I'll try and get as many people out as possible and see if I can locate the bomb as well. You should probably stay here and protect these two and make sure they aren't removed from the wall," she suggested.

Jade nodded and smiled, "Sounds good." She watched as Ember made her way inside. She was glad that she and the Ninetales had gotten past their first encounter. It seemed so long ago. Hannah was in awe of ther saviors, Lilith glared at the Ninetales Morph as she left.

Before Jade could ask Lilith what the hell her problem was, her communicator buzzed and she heard Clove's voice. "Team, this is Clove. Koga is on the roof in the center of town. Get a medic over here.....you all better be alright."
Hannah whimpered a bit at the sound of Koga's name. Jade didn't blame her; if there was anything she wasn't going to look forward to it was going up against the ninja. She was not fast and didn't want to die.
Lilith smirked momentarily and Jade wouldn't have seen it if she hadn't been spacing out in that direction.

"What's so amusing?" Jade stood over the Exeggutor morph. Lilith glared up at her dangerously and Jade was thankful that she was still tied up.
"Oh nothing," Lilith said, her voice holding back laughter.
The Tyranitar looked over at Hannah momentarily with question. The Leafeon's eyes darted to the Exeggutor and back several times.
Before Jade could take any action she felt the tiniest vibration from behind her.

"You look scared Captain Jade. I didn't think Bruno's killer would be a coward...." a voice hissed from the same spot. Jade turned her back to the girls and peered into the sudden darkness. The sun had finally set and she was very grateful for her feet.
"Who's there?" she demanded, her voice unwavering.
A chuckle echoed through the air. It seemed to be coming from everywhere at once.
Jade twirled in a confused manner, but stood strong, "Show yourself! Or are you the coward?"
A whoosh of air flew over her as she ducked just in time and turned on her heel. A girl, who looked a few years older than Jade at the most, was crouching and still chuckling. Two perky ears, purple wings, and yellow hungry eyes told her she was facing a Crobat morph. She only had a few seconds to take this all in before she swooped over her head again, this time a razor sharp wind cutting into the back of her neck.
The Tyranitar's hand gripped the wound, feeling blood seep out quickly. The sharp wind had also cut Lilith free. The Exeggutor was rubbing her wrists, "It's about time you got here," she said to the Crobat.
The bat-like morph slapped Lilith across the face, drawing blood. "Don't you dare talk to me like that! Oh, and, kill the spare!" she disappeared again.
Jade was so confused, "What is going on here?" she asked, realizing the building had not exploded when Hannah too made her way out of her bounds. She looked more frightened than before.
Lilith produced an egg shaped item out of no where, shoved it into Hannah's hands, and pushed her into an alley, "Bombs away!" she shouted, and attempted to run past Jade. Jade held out an arm, close-lining her, and shoved her into a wall. Without hesitation she ran toward the alleyway, found Hannah, threw the egg behind her, and covered them both.
Jade's rough skin was barely affected by the explosion. When she turned back around, her body still hovering over Hannah, Lilith was gone. "Coward," she spat.
"Oh ho ho! How noble you are to save the life of a stranger! And here I thought you were just a cold blooded killer," the voice echoed once more. This time Jade felt no vibrations.
"Stay close," she whispered to Hannah, who's brown eyes were the size of dinner plates.

Once out of the alley, a purple blur passed them by, slicing Jade across the abdomen. thankfully it just graced the surface and no blood was spilt out of her rough skin.
"Stop moving so I can hurt you," she said, glowing purple, one hand gripping hold of Hannah.
The Crobat landed in from of her her, looking rather proud of herself. "You don't know who I am?" she snarled. Whooosh she was at Jade's right side. "I am the daughter of master Koga." Whoooosh she was flying high above them. Whoooosh she kneeling on top of a dumpster, "I am Janine. And I am going to kill you Captain Jade."
Double Team

Jade's eyes darted between the several copies of Janine. She charged the darkness between her palms.
Dark Pulse
She shot a ball of dark energy at each of the clones, failing to find the real Janine. She heard Hannah whispered behind her, "I'm not completely uselss you know," her sweet voice sounding confident. Helping Hand. It was weak but it was better than nothing.
"Ember!" Jade screamed, hoping that the Ninetales heard her and hurried back.
"So how do you know so much about me?" she asked, directing her voice to no where imparticular.
"Words spreads fast when someone as spineless as you kills an Elite Four..." Janine's voice hissed through the air.
Jade felt a fierce wind and her left arm was bleeding before she felt the pain of the attack. Air Cutter.
Jade dropped down, holding her arm. Her rough skin was no match for Janine's attacks. She dodged the best she could, not really caring about a few scratch marks while she tried to think of something to do.
Sandstorm.
The sand swirled around her tightly and she gave Hannah an apologetic look before concentrating back on the fight. Janine would have one hell of a time flying with sand filled gusts throwing off her groove.
Jade felt something land about ten feet to her right. She threw a dark pulse that way before realizing she'd given away her position.
If she thought Bruno was intense, this was surely going to kill her.
 
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"Oh ho ho! How noble you are to save the life of a stranger! And here I thought you were just a cold blooded killer."

The female voice sent shivers up and down Ember's spine. She turned to see Jade standing in front of the Leafeon-Morph protectively, looking at a Crobat-Morph. An incredibly powerful looking Crobat-Morph. Ember winced when the Crobat-Morph sliced at Jade's stomach, somehow drawing no blood. Ember bit her lip and looked back at the explosives, watching as time was slowly counted down by the timer. She had an idea of how to disengage the bomb, but she wasn't sure. She looked down over the side of the building and saw people shuffling out and escaping. She wasn't sure if everyone was out or not, but most of them would be by now.

"Ember!" Jade screamed.

Ember made her decision. She stood up and began running, picking up speed as she approached the end of the roof. Her feet met the end and she leapt forward, meeting nothing but air. She landed on the roof of the second building and continued running forward to jump onto another rooftop. She paused when a sandstorm started to brew, shielding her eyes with one hand. Ember looked around and saw the Exeggutor-Morph sitting on the edge of the roof, holding an egg in her hands. She saw something that resembled a Dark Pulse within the sandstorm. The Exeggutor-Morph smiled and stood up, raising the egg above her head to prepare to throw it. Ember's tails slammed into her chest, knocking her backwards and sending the egg into the air. She grabbed it and threw it aside, exploding as soon as it came in contact with the ground. Ember hit the Morph over the head and kneed her in the stomach.

"You turned on your team?" Ember demanded, a ball of fire forming between her hands.

"You're going to die," the Morph hissed, coughing up blood. "And I'm going to watch it happen."

Ember growled and released the ball of flames, which instantly engulfed the Morph and sent her flying backwards. She fell to the ground, burnt and motionless, but Ember didn't know if she was dead or not. She didn't have time to care. She had to help Jade.

She looked down at the fight below and spotted a flash of purple, which she concentrated on until she could make out the shape of the Crobat-Morph finding a way to hover in the raging sandstorm. Ember couldn't see Jade, though she could imagine how hard it was to take down a flying opponent when you rely on vibrations to tell where they are. She leapt onto the building directly behind the Morph and began storing up heat. She ran forward and pushed herself forward with great speed, soaring through the air until she rammed into the form of the Morph. Surprised, the Morph tried to throw the Ninetails-Morph off of her back, but Ember tightened around her, releasing the intense heat between them. She forced one of her wings down to her side and wrapped the other around the girl's neck tightly and sunk her teeth into the girl's free wing. They plummeted through the air at an alarming rate and the girl struggled desperately to push her away, but Ember wrapped her legs around her and held on tighter, increasing the heat until she herself could hardly stand it. Ember closed her eyes and braced herself to hit the ground when a force struck her and she was wrenched from her hold on the Morph and was sent backwards. She crashed into the wall with such intensity that the breath was knocked out of her and stars danced before her eyes, not that she could see through the sand.

Only halfway conscious, Ember began to fall. She reached out and grabbed hold of a windowsill, instantly halting her decent. Her muscles strained to hold on, but she soon found that she was too weak to pull herself up. She let go and fell the last story to the ground. Despite the lightness of her landing, her legs crumpled beneath her. She ended up on her back, panting as sand swept over her.

What did she do to me? Ember wondered, turning herself over onto her stomach.

She wasn't sure if Jade had seen her or not, but she wanted her to know that she was there. Ember pounded her fist on the ground three times and sat up against the brick wall, pulling her legs up against her while the blood pounded in her head. She placed her head on her knees, wishing for nothing more than for Pyra to be there.

(OOC: I was thinking that she maybe used Leech Life on Ember, but I left it open for you to decide.)
 
Denx was following closely behind Clove, noticing their awful silence. He knew it wasn't right time, but decided that he needed some noise.

"So.." he started as they came across a spot heavily littered with.. spider silk? Denx was confused. He knew Claire was a dragon trainer, and Koga favored poison. Then he saw the Morph twirling up one of Celadon's morphs.

"SHERICE!" Amy yelled as the Ariados began to spin her around by her vines in mid air, faster and faster. He released the web, letting soar high through the air. Clove had seen enough. Clove looked at Denx, his passion for his apparent hometown burning in his eyes. He made sure that the Ariados knew they were there. They noticed that a Cherrim morph was fighting a Nidoqueen.

"Amy is no where near fast enough. Denx, its showtime. I'm going to engage the Nidoqueen now since you have a disadvantage. Save Sherice and immediately come back me up against that Ariados, this should only take 4 seconds with your speed. MOVE!" Clove yelled as he vanished, appearing in front of an unsuspecting Nidoqueen.

Denx stumbled a little at the sudden commands, but no less went for the rescue. He focused, and unleashed Quick Attack. He leapt up onto one of the webs, and using it like a trampoline soared into the air, reaching the tied-up Tangela morph. He grabbed her a little bit too viciously, and tugged her out of the webbing. He jumped back down onto the ground, and set her down softly. But, something at his ankles tugged him, too, and he fell face first onto the concrete. He looked back, and saw that he had some web surrounding his ankles, preventing any escape. At the end of the long web, was the Ariados morph. It started to slowly reel Denx in, but Denx knew this plan too much. He charged a little bit of energy, and sent a small stream of electricity through the web. Instantly, the shock sparked at the other end of the web, sending the Ariados morph into convulsion.

He's not done.. Nowhere near. He's just hurt. Denx thought. He watched as Clove executed some pretty neat attacks, but the Nidoqueen didn't look too phased, just as the Ariados.

"Clove!" Denx yelled, letting him know he was done.
 
Quick attacks were exchanged before Clove reappeared a distance away from Clair and Koga, still eying them carefully. Through the corner of his eye, a small familiar figure had made an appearance a ways away.

"Clove!" he heard the voice call, it was clearly Denx letting him know he was alright.

"Hmpf, I knew he could handle it..." Clove thought with a smug grin as he returned focus to the two in front of him who were carefully waiting for an opening. A figure soon appeared behind Clove, almost breaking his glance but only one person would have been that fast.

"Finally, some backup should make this a little more manageable..." Clove thought before being cut short by Koga's voice from a across the roofs.

"I've seen you before. The coward who ran at the first sign of trouble." His deep sinister voice boomed across the rooftops. Aisha immediately took a defensive stance, preparing herself as she responded.

"Prepared to be surprised…Hey Clove. Erika and Jack are on they're way. I took care of her like you said" She grinned at him as Clove's face slowly sunk in horror.

"She's coming here?! They're trying to kill her!" He exclaimed at Aisha, taking his focus from the two gym leaders. This opportunity was more than enough time to launch their assault.

"That woman will be the death of you, Lieutenant Wheldst." Clair cackled as she formed a blue swirling volleyball sized sphere in her palms and hurled it at Clove. It whipped through the air as Clove returned focus, quickly diving out of the way and taking Aisha with him as the ball blew past overhead. It soared into the distance, exploding with a powerful blast into the mountainside. Clove squinted up to his two foes, and began frantically scanning the area.

"Clair's signature Dragon Pulse... one of those could be trouble with a direct hit... Now wheres Koga...." Barely a moment passed before Clove's quick reflexes could react. Koga appeared from his side, slicing up at him. Clove quickly extended his spikes, parrying Koga's ninja sword in mid-air, deflecting the lethal blow. The two of them charged at each other again, weapons of choice clashing in exchange as the sliced at each other in a flurry of counters and parries. Clove spun around, taking the upper hand and stabbing a spike through Koga's back as another Substitute revealed itself to take the damage. Clove's eyes darted to his side to see a wall of snow and hail launching towards him and Aisha.

"I don't have time for this. Koga will just kill because he can. I have people to help... Amy is wounded... Erika is helpless in the dark...but the dark is where I'll thrive...hey Cacturne... lets do it..."

"I thought you'd never ask..." Clove's pupil's hollowed out to an empty void of black as his yellow iris' glowed like the moon. His spikes retracted into his body as a thick black aura formed around him It licked at the tips like flames as the darkness pulsated from his body. He quickly held out his palm as the snow and hail parted around him, flying far behind as it carved ice paths through the roof tops. He turned to Aisha and spoke through a dark raspy voice.

"Don't worry, we're going to do this. You fight Koga. You're trained for his methods. I need to try and neutralize Clair as soon as possible... This is your fight until the others can help. When I go, you go. Nows the time for me to protect my town... and the people I care about. The reason that I can use this power. Its my turn to cause some damage... My 5th move..." He looked to Clair and Koga once more through his evil eyes.

"Superpower."

He vanished with a blur, appearing in front of Clair. She quickly flung an arm back, storing a sphere of water and hurling it forward, clashing with Clove's fist. He floated in mid-air for a moment as he dropped to the ground, knowing Aisha had no doubt engaged Clove in battle but there was no time to worry about her... Clair flew backward, digging her heels into the ground as the force of the hit took its toll. She slid to a stop across the other rooftops, dropping her arms down from guard for a moment to see Clove appear below her, leaping forward and landing a hard punch in her stomach, accompanied by the satisfying grasps for air as she struggled to gain her breath. He spun behind her, swinging a kick to her head that sent her tumbling across the roof. She spun back to her upright position, eying Clove through fierce eyes. She reached both arms out, letting a whirlwind form around one and an ice ball in the other. She clapped her arms together, mixing the two as the Blizzard spiraled through her Twister attack. The column of ice and snow tore through the buildings with its power as it rushed towards Clove. He vanished again, letting the gale of power roar through the skies into nowhere.

"This speed! Its unreal!" Clair's rushed thoughts exclaimed as she looked around panicked. Clove appeared against, rushing at her head on and vanishing just before reaching her. Appearing behind he struck relentlessly, elbowing her in the back of the neck. She plowed through the roof, as she smashed through the floors of the tall office building and landing with a thud on the ground as the windows blew out and dirt and debris plumed from the bottom of the building. Clove watched the whole for a moment before igniting the black aura again and leaping into the air and diving straight into the hole. It wasn't long before he was greeted with another blue sphere of energy, larger than the first. It connected as he fell, exploding on contact and blasting him from the whole, sending hsi body in an arch through the air. He regained his composure before continuing his assault. There was no time to waste, he knew what she was capable of. He darted forward, jumping down to the city streets, knowing she wasn't fast enough to make it up there quickly on her own. A sphere of water came erupting from the shadows of the ruined building. It flew past, blasting a hole in the wall behind him. An angry and battered Clair slumped from the ruins with her hair draping over her eyes. She charged another ball of energy and another swirling vortex of ice, letting them both blast. Clove skidded aside, easily evading the Dragon Pulse. He punched into the Blizzard attack, parting it and passing it easily.

"I'm much stronger than a Gym Leader now, Clair. Don't take me so lightly if you want to live." Clove said in his sadistic voice through the howling winds the haunted the dark lamplit streets. Clair was in tatters as she slumped and began chuckling slightly. She finally looked up, showing her eyes that glowed bright orange from underneath her dark blue hair.

"You don't know... what Johto is capable of..." She replied in a low tone, bordering insanity. The ground began to tremble as she stared with a murderous gaze, looking something similar to the girl from The Ring. The concrete began to split and fissure as her body shook with pressure, the orange fire in her eyes burning fierce with no sign of pupils. Suddenly, without warning, everything was silent. She looked at him through her still fire filled eyes with a now calmed look on her face. She calmly pulled her hair back, fixing it back into place. A super calmed state of battle, quite the opposite of Clove.

"Come at me, trash. I'm a Dragon Tamer before I am a Gym Leader." Clair hissed in a low monotone.

Clove vanished, accepting the invitation, throwing a heavy punch that clashed with Clair's palm. The force still blasted the two apart as the stumbled to regain balance. "That's more like it." Clair added, watching Clove vanishing for another assault. He appeared in front of her, throwing heavy punches that boomed and clashed with her power. Finally they both began to fight at higher and higher speeds, exchanging mid-air blows until they had returned to the rooftops. They charged at each other, fists clashing. They dropped to the ground and Clair took a quick advantage, appearing in front of Clove and grabbing his face with her palm, lifting him from the ground. He hand glowed blue as Clove struggled but was the center of a massive explosion that sent him tumbling across the ground. He shook his head, looking at her again, ready to launch an onslaught of ranged attacks.

"So that's it too aye?" Clove said aloud in remark to her point blank Dragon Pulse. "I feel much better than normal in Superpower, it must be from Aromatherapy...The others will be here soon too I hope. Finishing her will be a breeze with them... Jack... just keep Erika away a little longer... Alright... Needle Arm..." Clove thought as he straightened himself out, ready to pull his own trump cards. His spikes slowly grew from his body as he forced them out with great effort. His arms now covered in rows of spikes, he stood ready to fight Clair as long as he needed to in a clash of 5th moves.

(ooc: long post sorry =X)
 
Janine began to hover. Jade could see it from where she was. The chick knows what she's doing. I'll give her that...Jade did not expect to see Ember jump out of no where onto the Crobat's back.

She kept the Sandstorm strong and watched the battle. Janine tried to throw Ember off her back but the surprises kept coming as Ember tightened her grip and put the morph in an awkward position. Next thing she knew, Jade was watching them plummet to the ground.
The Tyranitar Morph was entranced.
Ember was thrown off eventually after some kind of...drainage? What did she do to her?
When Ember hit the ground she felt it. And then three solid pounds on the ground. She must not realize that I can see in the storm.

Janine seemed to have disappeared for the moment; Jade ceased her Sandstorm and ran up to her team mate, who's head was resting on her knees. She knelt down, "You okay?" She hesitated to put and hand on the Ninetales' shoulder, but decided not to.

When Ember didn't answer she took that as a "No". "We need to get to Clove. He's dealing with some intense..." she didn't finished her sentence as she recieved a tap from behind. Hannah was looking rather green, even for a Leafeon Morph.
"I don't feel so good," she whimpered.
"Oh, right..." she glanced at Ember, who had lifted her head finally. "Okay, here's what I have in mind. I'm going to head straight to the center of town. Do you think you can get Hannah out of her before she gets even more....tramatized?" Jade pulled some of the medicine Erika has given the team before Lavender and handed it to Ember. "It will help. Trust me, I don't need it. Keep her safe and report back to the center of the city after you've left her in Kurin's hands. Kurin is the head of the medical team."
Without another word, only a reassuring look to Hannah, Jade left to help Clove. She could feel something going on and she didn't need her feet to know she wouldn't like it one bit.

She was right.
Koga was no where to be seen, which wasn't surprising, and Clair and Clove were head to head. She felt the earth shake and was impressed by its power. She stayed hidden behind a building, watching as Clove, pulsing and blanketed in dark energy, gave it his all. He must be using his 5th move....
She wasn't sure where to go or what to do. Would it be a smart move to join Clove? She knew she couldn't take Koga; she'd be dead before she could spell Celadon. But she couldn't just sit here and watch. She was part of a team, dammit!
Jade made her decision.
Conjuring her own dark aura she made her way toward her leader. The rocks came with her, spinning around her at immense speed; nothing would be able to get through at this rate. Clove's needles slowly made their entrance as Jade made it to his side. "Looks like you needed a little help. I could be wrong but, it couldn't hurt." She wasn't sure if Clove heard her. She pounded the earth and it responded in dark waves, lifting Clair off her feet and into the air. Earthquake.
"I love the night," Jade smirked, her voice coated in her aura.
Clair, looking rather ashamed that she was caught off guard, began laughing from her landing place, "More trash? I'm going to need a dumpster at this rate," she hissed.
"I hope you fight better than you tell jokes," Jade laughed. She felt the Blizzard before she saw it, her rough skin erupting in goosebumps. "You wanna play games? I'll play games" Sandstorm. She knew Clove would appreciate this. The ice mixed with the sand and the boulders moved faster and faster by the second. Before giving the last of her focus on the battle she prayed that Ember and Hannah made it out alive and that Janine didn't find them....where ever she was now.
 
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Just before Denx could get up to assist Clove, his attention was torn from him. His shadow (which was rather dim at this point due to the night) was starting to move on its own. Before Denx could take the hint, the Ariados morph shouted something, and Denx's shadow became a full figure, uppercutting Denx quickly, then retreating into his shadow. Denx rubbed his chin where he was struck, and looked at the Ariados, puzzlement clear in his eyes.

"You paralyzed me, but that doesn't mean I can't attack you! And Shadow Sneak was only the beginning of my moves," he said, chuckling. Denx fired a quick Zap Cannon at the morph, but was parried by an odd, zig-zag beam. The opponent morph stayed in the same position, and looked at Denx. Suddenly, Denx was flung aside by an odd, psychokinetic power. He landed on his feet, and dashed at the foe with a Quick Attack, as the Ariados used Signal Beam again. Denx ran at him in a curved motion, the beam following him in the arc. He slammed into the Ariados, knocking him back and flipping him onto his back. He jumped up, charging a ThunderPunch, but Psychic again launched him opposite the way he wanted to go; up. He crashed down by the Ariados, and rolled away from him. He quickly zoomed at him again, but the Ariados managed to dodge, and Denx punched the ground, cracking the concrete.

"I'm still quick!" the Ariados murmured to Denx before pegging him in the head with his fist. He disappeared from Denx's sight.

This won't be too hard. If I can just knock 'im once with Zap Cannon, he's sure to be out for the count. Denx thought. With that notion, he was charging up his Zap Cannon. Suddenly, he was struck across the face, but no one was there. Denx fell to the ground, and accidentally released the electric orb. It seared off into the sky, and was met by a beam of what seemed to be blizzard, but even bigger than that. The Zap Cannon disintegrated inside of the sub-zero vortex, apparently not even a match for it.

"You like the last of my tricks? Sucker Punch? Even with my paralysis, I can maneuver in these shadows much better that you could ever hope! You can't handle the darkness! You're just one of those sick little kids that thinks they can be the hero all of the time. But you're not," the Ariados said to Denx through his veil of shadows. Denx's shadow again struck him before he could do anything. Denx started to charge up another Zap Cannon since the last one failed miserably, but before he could, he was struck by Sucker Punch. He fell to the ground, yet again losing his capability to hold the energy, and this time it struck a building. All of the lights in the building lit up for a second, then flickered out. Then, Denx got two ideas.

"You can't even charge your attack! Pathetic!" the Ariados taunted. Denx got up off of the ground, and started to charge up the last Zap Cannon. But what the Ariados didn't know is that it wasn't Zap Cannon at all.

"Sucker Punch!" the Ariados yelled. Before the Ariados could make it to Denx, Denx lit up brightly, blinding the Ariados morph. The morph tripped, and stumbled to the ground, screeching his face on the concrete. While he was disabled, Denx was able to fully charge his Zap Cannon, but this time it wasn't directed at the morph. Denx sent the power surging into the building behind the two. It lit up, vaporizing the veil of shadows the Ariados morph was using. Then, Denx slammed his Thunder Punch into the morph, making him bounce off of the ground.

"What.." the Ariados morph sputtered between wheezes,"..did you do to my attack! Sucker Punch--"

"Sucker Punch doesn't work if I'm not attacking you. You should know that," Denx explained as the lights to the building flickered out, "and since I was able to charge my Zap Cannon longer with you on the ground, I could light up this building, taking away all of your offenses," Denx said. He could feel the shadow veil starting re-form around the Ariados.

Don't even think about it! Denx thought, and quickly battered him with another ThunderPunch, knocking the Ariados unconscious.
 
(If no one else is gonna post....i'ma stop waiting for people...)

Clove stood calmly as the pleasant scent of Aromatherapy could be smelled even from the center of town. He couldn't explain it but it was somehow keeping him in the right state of mind. He eyed down Clair who's eyes glowed with evil intent and a sinister orange glare.

"She got quick.... but I'm still faster... I can hold out..." Clove thought before his thoughts were interrupted for the better. She wasn't gracious by any means but her presence was always welcome. Jade stomped through the rooftop with boulders spinning wildly, protecting her from any surprise attacks. "Hmpf... she's getting the hang of the battlefield..." Clove thought as he watched her through peripherals. She slammed the ground, sending a seismic waves flushing through the building, knocking Clair off balance so she could take a spot next to Clove. The building still shook with the wavering impact of Jade's Earthquake. Words were exchanged between the two girls through the windy night. The city was now lit by various windows and street lights. Without saying a word, Jade and Clove acted in Pokemon Trainer unison as she conjured up a storm of sand, intercepting the heavy Blizzard and consuming the skies. Clove smirked as he rushed forward, seeing the boulders of Jade's Stealth rock floating amidst the storm. He leaped up, jumping from boulder to boulder as they circled through the storm, waiting for his chance.

Clair knew this was no time to let Clove do as he pleased. She quickly built a ball of water in her palms, firing it up into the storm. It flew astray, erupting from the storm harmlessly into the night sky. Clove used the opening. He vanished from his resting spot atop the boulder, charging in and throwing a heavy punch down, instantly flooring Clair and sending her through the building's rooftop crashing through to the streets below. Clove quickly followed through the gaping hole, rushing to continue his assault. He could feel Jade's support as the boulders rushed in aside him. Clair was in sight, standing up from the pile of rubble. Clove quickly jumped, kicking off a boulder and vanished. The boulders continued their assault as Clair dodged two and blasted the a third with a quickly conjured Dragon Pulse that she hurled in front of her. The two attacks collided, blasting the boulder to pieces as pebbles fell and littered the ground. Clove appeared soon after, kneeing her hard in the stomach, lifting her off the ground a small bit before bringing his fist down, ready to smash her into the earth. As it fell, her hand quickly raised, stopping his in mid-flight. She held his arm for a moment, trembling as the sand and dirt whipped around them. He face was filled with anger as her orange eyes licked like flames and the tranquil look from her face long vanished. She gathered a vortex of energy in her palms, letting the winds swirl around it violently. She thrust it forward, connecting a massive Twister attack with Clove's chest. The whipping slicing winds tore through him as the went passed, continuing to travel upwards through the hole in the building and off into the sky. Clove could feel the winds slicing at his body as his Clothes tore and cuts opened around his body. A boulder came swinging in, crashing into Clair's skull and ending the attack as Clove's body dropped limp for a moment before he caught himself, weakly.

"I've got the speed advantage...*cough* but power is all her... even Jade and I together are having a rough time..." Clove thought as he clutched his bleeding side. He removed his hand, looking at the candy red blood dripping off his palms. He looked back to Jade, who stood atop the roof giving her all to help him. He clenched his fist shut, then flung his hand back behind him, taking a tall stance as the blood splattered across the pavement. As he flung his arm, a fist full of Pin Missile slipped between his fingertips.

"It could all end here for me... but not before I save this town..." Clove thought through determined eyes as he looked up to Jade. He called to her as he shifted his attention back to Clair who was standing again, preparing to fight. "Let's do this, Jade! We...We can win!"

Clair reached both palms back, gathering energy for another massive Blizzard and combination with Twister...


(sorry Billie... i bunnied your... boulders lol. i'll change it if its not cool)
 
(OOC: Ember didn't know who Janine was.)

"You okay?" Jade asked after ceasing her sandstorm.

I seem to be hearing that question a lot lately, Ember thought bitterly, remembering that something similar to this had happened earlier today.

Ember couldn't believe how weak she was. She couldn't even manage to take down a Crobat-Morph while she was distracted by Jade. And now here she was, lying injured on the ground for the second time in a day.

"I don't feel so good," Ember heard the Leafeon-Morph say feebly.

Ember looked up and saw that she didn't look so good either. Her eyes were wide with shock at what had taken place, and probably at the fact that her partner had tried to kill her, and she looked as though she was about to be sick.

"Oh, right..." Jade said, looking back at Ember "Okay, here's what I have in mind. I'm going to head straight to the center of town. Do you think you can get Hannah out of her before she gets even more....tramatized?" Jade pulled out a packet of medicine and handed it to Ember. "It will help. Trust me, I don't need it. Keep her safe and report back to the center of the city after you've left her in Kurin's hands. Kurin is the head of the medical team."

Ember watched as Jade went out and the two remaining Morphs were left in an awkward silence. Ember looked down at the medicine in her hand. She hated the idea that she needed extra help, but she was a team member now, and she had to be well enough to help them. She couldn't be too proud to take help anymore.

Ember braced her hands against the wall and began to push herself up, wincing and almost falling back down when the scrapes on her back rubbed against the brick wall of the building. The Leafeon-Morph reached out and grabbed Ember's hand, helping to pull her on her feet. Ember gave her a faint smile and looked back in the direction of the healing-base. It wasn't too far from where they were and the Leafeon-Morph beside her looked fast, but neither of them were really fit to run.

"Let's start heading back," Ember said, pouring half of the bitter powdered medicine into her mouth and offering the rest to the Leafeon-Morph, who quickly accepted it. "You can get fixed up and, er... Do whatever you can to help, I guess."

The Leafeon-Morph looked at Ember strangely for a moment, caught off guard by her rather awkward suggestion. Ember batted back a pink flush and flexed several of the muscles in her legs to make sure they were still functioning properly.

"Let's go," Ember said, heading off into the direction of the healing base as swiftly as her battered body would allow, a shadow of a smile flickering across her face when she saw that the Leafeon-Morph was keeping up with her without any problems.

Ember heard a large explosion erupt from behind them and the smile immediately fled her face, leaving a stony-cold knot in her stomach.

"What was that?" the Leafeon-Morph asked nervously.


It had only taken a few minutes for the pair to find their way to the cluster of healing tents and the Leafeon-Morph was quickly swept away by who must have been Kurin along with a group of worry-faced grass Morphs, who couldn't fight because of the disadvantage of night. Ember had found that she was standing alone, surrounded by the smell of flowers which had quickly reenergized her. It had even healed the scrapes on her back.

Ember was now running toward the center of the city, but the creeping thought of the building filled with people was still raw in her mind. She didn't know if they were all safe or even if they had managed to escape the grip of the attacking Morphs. She didn't know if she had allowed them to die.

Ember folded her shaking hands into fists and began pumping them even harder, thrusting her body further along with every step. The buildings flashed along side her and flecks of sand stung her face and arms, telling her that she was close. Ember looked up and saw that Jade was standing on top of the building beside her, several large boulders floating around her and a sandstorm raging before her. Ember sprinted forward and jumped up, using the windowsills to scale the side of the building. She pulled herself up to the roof and got as close to Jade as she dared. Jade was absorbed in the fight taking place below. She was one person Ember wouldn't want to be fighting against.

Ember looked down and could make up the form of Clove facing a figure that she couldn't quite make out... But Ember could clearly see a blizzard brewing within the storm.

"I can take the edge off the Blizzard," Ember yelled to Jade, feeling heat build around her. "What are your orders, Jade?"

(OOC: wow, this is long... sorry! Not much happened either...)
 
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