Project PS; The Pokemon shifter case, part 1:

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OOC: Meh thinks that the inside of the warehouse is already in full alert because of Squirt's escape, which people have already started noticing since Roberts is back up again. Squirt is also right by the entrance, just on the other side of the door methinks. So if your plan works from that setting then it's all fine by me. ^^

Oh, and I don't see a Raticate on the 'Pok?mon' part of your sign-up sheet so, please put every pok?mon you have onto it, thanks.

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"Alright then..." Teioh spoke telepathically as he noticed that the others had gathered and were preparing themselves mentally. "Rave, you take the guard on the right and I take the one on the left, alright? On the count of three. One, two, three!"

The boy-Umbreon sprang forward, vanishing in a flash of movement headed for the left-hand guard's head and hoping that Rave had managed a properly synchronized attack.

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{You know...} Limpy said from under Squirt's hat as the guards began closing in {On second thought, maybe you should have taken that guy's pants after all. I'd wager that he wouldn't be quite so eager to run down the halls without them.}

At the same time, Biggs had furrowed his brow in an attempt to call upon whatever psychic powers came with being a Slowbro, but most of his effort simply seemed to go into staying awake.

{Dammit...} Limpy muttered, glaring at the Slowbro {I guess I'll have to do everything myself...some psychic you are.}

There was an ever so slight glint in Biggs' eyes at this sentence.

"Over there!" one of the guards called as he dashed down the corridor, pointing at Squirt and Biggs.

"Seize them!" cried another, unleashing a Houndour who began barking viciously and leapt towards Squirt in an attempt to knock her to the ground. Seeing this, Limpy readied his fangs and was just about to open his jaws wide when a sudden pained yelp caught his attention. Peering out from under the hat, the Rattata noticed that their attacker lay unconscious on the floor and next to him stood an unusually alert looking Biggs, slowly pulling his right hand, which was curled into a tight fist, back and furrowing his brow in concentration once more, ready to deal another Focus Punch to the next opponent unlucky enough to get within his reach.
 
{It's changed again, it's now:
Houndoom
Raticate
Arbok
Sorry about that, this character I revamped on the spur of the moment...}


Rave was standing on his guard, looking annoyed. The guard had fallen awkwardly, and his head had smashed against the wall. It was bleeding slightly, but it wsn't a fatal wound. He'd just have one hell of a headache when he woke up. {Stupid human...} he growled, {Can't even get knocked out properly...}

Coran held her hands to her mouth. When Rave got vicious, it scared her.
 
OOC: Okay, let's hope that it's the last revamp of her ya' make, alright? It's starting to get a bit disorienting. ^^

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Teioh frowned a bit, inspecting the damage, slightly appaled by what they had just done. He knew that they were acting for a good cause of course, but it didn't really do much to ease the nagging feeling that these two could very well be completely oblivious to the actual workings of their employers. Well, at least the guard he had knocked out was luckily in possession of a hard skull. He would probably wake up a bit sore, but without permanent injury. What worried the boy-Umbreon most of all was Rave's attitude to the task. The Houndoom seemed to take a rather unhealthy interest in the work it performed and Teioh had to confess that it was rather disturbing to listen to his comments. A glance at Coran's expression revealed that Teioh wasn't the only one to hold such sentiments. {Give the poor guy a rest, will you?} he asked wearily {It was his warm-up faint. And anyway, we've got more important things to worry about.} he turned towards the door.

"Mara." he shot out telepathically "Now's our chance."
 
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Rave tossed his head irratably. {It's just a human...} he growled, {You know what they're like... all mean, selfish brats.} However, as he said it, he shot an affectionate glance at Coran. {She's an exception. I guess your trainer must be too, for you to be so compassionate.}

Coran was staring at the man, a deadened look in her eyes. He would survive...He wouldn't die... But that wasn't the matter. Rave was her partner, and he was more like a part of her than a pokemon - yet he was still so cold when it came to other trainers, and she didn't trust him to be with a stranger alone.
 
{Yeah, all mean and selfish like me...} Teioh said sarcastically before realizing what he had let slip. {You can't judge a book by its cover!} he hastily began preaching in an attempt to cover up what he had said {I mean, for all we know these could just be two poor sods trying to make a living for their families without a clue about what they are really guarding, or who they are working for. And even if they are 'selfish brats' as you say, there might very well be someone compassionate and nice who cares for them deeply and would be devastated to hear that they have come to harm. If you act like that towards everyone you meet, how can you be sure that you haven't gone and hurt someone special whom you simply misjudged? If there's one thing I've learned, it's that there's a lot more to the world than just black and white.}
 
Rave eyed Teioh darkly. {One of me?} he snarled, and bared his fangs. He gave a great, chest rumbling snarl-
"Rave! Stop!" Coran cried out, her voice filled with a mixture of fear and anger. The houndoom obeyed straight away, stopping in his tracks. "Heel, now! I can't believe you!" she snapped, as the dog pokemon came to sit by her feet. He dipped his head, but not before muttering something just audible to Teioh: {The world's not black and white, oh no, it's all in shades of grey.} And with that, he turned his back, and completely ignored the umbreon's existence. He thought there was something odd about the umbreon, and now he knew.

Coran breathed out through gritted teeth. Rave had attacked before, both people and pokemon, but they had threatened her... This umbreon and that man had done nothing of the sort. "I'm disappointed." She told the fire type coldly. He didn't move. Coran had seen her best friend go to loveable mutt to snarling monster before, and it didn't scare her. Just made her feel horribly, desperately guilty.
 
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Way to go Teioh... the boy-Umbreon said to himself within the sanctuary of his own mind, still trying to recover from the Houndoom's sudden outburst. Yes, speak your secrets out loud at the first chance, why don't you? Tell everyone that you're really a human and make them hate your guts too. he sighed wearily and turned to look the other way, wishing that Mara would hurry up with the door before Rave decided to disobey Coran's orders and just attack, for real this time. At this point, a nasty thought struck Teioh, how on earth was he going to break this to Coran? He knew that he couldn't keep the truth from her for long since they would probably end up travelling together. After all, participating in something like this would surely get the girl into trouble with LG inc., they would probably begin hunting her as well, and she would certainly be deprived of her old job. And for what? For helping a stranger who didn't even have the guts to entrust her with the truth? It struck the boy-Umbreon as something deeply wrong to cause even more trouble for someone who had already suffered so much and even though he didn't say anything, an aura of guilt began to spread from Teioh without him even noticing.
 
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Coran turned to Teioh. "Look, I'm sorry." She ran a hand through her hair, shooting the umbreon a nervous glance. "He gets really annoyed when..." when what? she thought desperately, Teioh's not even a trainer! After what my parents did to Rave, he has every right to get angry at a human... But Teioh's a pokemon, and a Dark type at that.
She looked irratably at Rave...he was sulking again, his head lowered and his tail curled around his feet. He was ashamed... but furious.

"Teioh, don't judge him, please. He's an idiot at times but he means the best, I swear." she muttered, making a stab at conversation. Again, she felt ashamed... Rave had turned out the way he was because of her Rocket parents. He was the living the life he was because of her Rocket parents. In all honesty, it was her family's fault he was such a messed up, angry beast. In left her filled with guilt.
 
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"I won't..." Teioh replied, wishing that he could just sink down through the ground at the moment. He had to tell Coran, and it had to be done now, before it was too late for her to change her mind. If the girl was going to get involved in this it was only fair that she should know the truth. The whole truth. Coran had been honest in all her dealings with them and Teioh felt that he owed it to her to do as much.

"Coran..." he began carefully after a moment of silence, obviously experiencing difficulties in finding the right words to express himself with "There is something you should know..."
 
Coran sighed. "I know, I know... me and Rave should leave..." she stroked her houndoom gently. "After all, with us here, we'd just screw up your chances of getting Squirt back..."
It's happened before, it'll happen again... It's not Rave's fault he's this way, it's mine... Just gotta... get through this... her mind was racing, but she knew she just had to walk away. It was easy enough. Strange... she thought, Leaving here hurts way more than any other place....
 
"No!" Teioh objected, startled by Coran's reaction "It's not like that at all! I mean, of course you can leave if you want to but-" he took a pause, and a deep breath, before continuing "The fact of the matter is that, I...I'm really a human. Or...at least I used to be until those LG goons got hold of me. That's why Rave freaked out like that. I know I should have told you earlier, but I didn't want to get you in trouble for it. Seems daft now, but that's what I thought. I'm sorry..." he was staring at the ground as he finished the sentence, shame now evident in the aura he radiated around himself.
 
Coran stared at him for a moment, in evident disbelief. He's a human... He's not a pokemon, he's a human... For a moment, she flushed with embarresment - she had hugged a boy! Then... she was thankfull. Firstly, Rave wasn't going crazy. Secondly, Teioh hadn't frowned at the sight of her, or sneered when he spotted her houndoom, or turned away and walked out when she told him how she lived her life. With her urge to hug him rising, she turned around and struggled for words. "I'm glad you told me.... I-I forgive you."
She looked at him one last time, a smile on her face. "Don't be ashamed for caring about someone." she told him, and bent down to cuddle her Houndoom, her face hidden by his hair.

Rave turned to glance at Teioh. His expression was nearly unreadable - but his eyes seemed to say 'Thank you'
 
"I..." Teioh looked up, his eyes almost seeming to glow with gratitude. "I'm glad to hear that. I...I know that we haven't known each other for very long, but I've already started thinking of you as a friend, and I wouldn't have wanted to hurt you. I hope you don't mind. Well...I guess it's time to get back to work." the boy-Umbreon returned his attention to Mara and the door. They would have a lot of action on their hands at any moment now, this his senses told him, and he would have to be ready to protect his friends.

Seth, who had kept quiet this far, raised an eyebrow "Told you?" he inquired, his eyes travelling from Coran to Teioh and back to Coran again. "So Teioh has decided to let you in on his secret then." he said this as a statement of fact without really giving any indication of his feelings on the matter "I hope you understand why we decided to keep it secret. I saw how it was done so they are after me, you will probably be persecuted as well if they found out that you know, so I hope that you're prepared. Speaking of which..." he turned his attention to the door as well, leaving all the more pressure on Mara to open it. "Are there many keys left to go Mara?"
 
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Coran gave Teioh the briefest of smiles, glancing up from her houndoom, but she doubted he saw it. Instead, she wathced Mara with the keys. This door...well, whatever was behind it would be bad, she knew that much. She knew Rave would protect her... she just hoped he'd protect Teioh aswell. She cared about the umbreon - no, boy - more than she thought possible, considoring she had known him for all but one evening.

She looked up as Seth spoke. There was something about the way he said it that made Coran dislike him... Maybe it was the simple fact that he was looking down on her, his eyebrow raised, that sent a sudden rush of annoyance charging through her veins. Somehow, she managed to stamp it down, and rose to her feet, smiling quite pleasantly. "Yeah, he did. I'm not worried about the consequences. I've been scratching around in the same old hole for far too long." she said, almost definantly, and brushed the dirt off her jeans.
 
>_> Ugh... Internet connection was down at school until now. I'll be back in about an hour (when I get home after buying groceries) or so to edit this post with some actual story. ^^

EDIT: OMG! I came back! ^^ *is drinking a chocolate shake* Mmmm....


Mara & Squirt
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"Sorry, but there are a lot of keys on here!" Mara said frantically, shuffling through what must have been twenty some keys. These were the keys to many of the doors in quite a few places.

Growlithe ignored what had been taking place between Teioh, Coran, and Rave. He smiply stayed out of such messy things like friendships and mushy stuff like that.

Mara got to one little silvery key on the long chain of keys and plunged it into the door lock. A few jiggles and a turn, and it was opened! She sighed and hoped that what met them on the other side was not a whole load of LG guys. That would not be good.

The atmosphere seemed tense as the door opened to reveal the dimly lit corridor on the other side.

A girl with light blue hair turned around and looked extremely surprised to see them all. Mara took a step back.

She was wearing an LG shirt and hat.

Growlithe tilted his head, frowning a bit. {That girl... she smells like Squirt... but not as much... do you think?} he trailed off, wondering if that girl had been the one that took Squirt. However, that scent was of a much older woman, he was sure. Perhaps she had handled Squirt at one point.

At any rate, Growlithe growled, readying himself for some attacking if necessary.
 
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Teioh nodded at Growlithe's comment {Maybe...] he replied {But I Squirt is somewhere nearby, I can sense it.} he surveyed the scene in the corridor closer as he readied himself.

"Captain!" came a male voice from down the corridor, belonging to the man who's Houndour had just been knocked out "We've got intruders!"

"Intruders?!" barked a slightly larger man in a somewhat more decorated uniform "I thought you said we had escapees!"

"We have escapees, sir!" the guard protested, pointing at Squirt and Biggs "But we have intruders as well!" he pointed at Teioh and the others. "What should be done with them, sir?"

"The intruders or the escapees?"

"Both, sir."

"I-" the captain hesitated for a moment, it was at days - well, nights - like this that he wished that he hadn't taken the job, he had never been cut out for these complicated leadership situations "I don't care!" he concluded, slashing the air vigorously with his right hand "Intruders! Escapees! Whatever! Just seize them all! Mr.Arikawa and Mr.Harimoto won't be pleased with us if any of them get away! Go Machoke!"

The fighting pok?mon sprang forth at the captain's bidding, soon joined by a Mightyena and a Houndour from two of the guards. Even from beneath Squirt's hat, Limpy was able to tell that things were getting ugly.
 
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Rave, who had been temporarily silent, barked a sharp, short warning, and darted forward to stand beside Mara.
{Get back!} he growled at her, sounding almost threatening. Luckily, Coran managed to clear her throat to pipe up:
"He says move, Mara! You need to move back!" Her hands flew to her belt, and she grabbed one of her two remainging pokeballs. She threw it, and in a burst of red light, emerged a raticate, clicking his teeth and looking paticularily nasty. Most likely, it was his tail - it was bent in a crooked angle, like someone had slammed it in the door - and his left ear, whioch looked like it had been bitten right off. He snorted, and dropped down onto all fours where he readied himself beside Rave.

Coran was shaking, but a cool hardness had reached her eyes. She seemed to be on auto-pilot, as seh readied to fend off these attacking pokemon. Her lips were pursed, her hands were balled into fists, and both her pokemon were waiting for a command. Apparently, she took threats very seriously. She glanced to Mara, then to Seth, then to Teioh, then to this guard in uniform. Let them attack, she thought, then we'll make our move.

ooc| do you guys mind if I play a guard at some point? Juuuuuust checking..
 
OOC: You're quite free to play any guards you wish. ^^

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"You two!" the captain called to the two guards beside him "Cover my attack! Vital Throw!"

{Uh, Squirt...} Biggs asked slowly, watching the newly entered people, particularly Growlithe, with some apprehension {Aren't those your friends?}

{Squirt?} Teioh echoed, taking another look at the girl, if you looked at her like that she did have some Squirtle-like features to her, and that Slowbro next to her...no, it couldn't be. He wasn't allowed much time to contemplate further on the matter however...

"Mightyena! Take Down!"

"Houndour! Crunch!"

The Mightyena lunged across the room, slamming hard into Teioh's side and knocking him a bit backwards as he attempted to regain his footing, at the same time, Biggs' next Focus Punch was interrupted by the Houndour latching onto his arm and finally the sizeable Machoke leapt forward, ready to slam its bulk onto Rave.

{So this is how you want to play it?} Teioh growled at the Mightyena, taking a few steps back to gather proper speed {Fine by me!}. The boy-Umbreon instinctively let out a howl and charged forward, slamming the Mightyena with a vicious Double-Edge attack that sent them both flying towards their respective corners, although it was obvious that his victim had suffered the larger part of the impact.
 
"Rave, go!" Coran yelled, "Sharp left, Then go for the Houndour! Return!"
Rave did as he was told - he veered out of the way just as the Machoke attacked, skidding across the floor, and turned in an instant to attack the Houndour. He slammed, head on, ready to do as much damage as possible.

Meanwhile, her raticate beginning to glow - the beginning of a flame wheel attack. The raticate kicked the floor, before charging forward, aiming straight at the Machoke.

Coran was now looking at the LG girl. She was dressed in uniform... like a guard... but she couldn't be part of the organisation. There was something about her... Coran shook the thoughts from her head, just as several grunts appeared, all armed with minor pokemon - rattatas, ekans, koffing - Coran even swore she saw an oddish in the background.

"Coran?" a female grunt's vocie voice above the shouting, just for a moment, and Coran paused. Were they calling me? she thought, before she was struck with a realisation... Of course...some of them are bound to be here... She cursed under her breath, and turned back to her pokemon.
 
"Revenge!" the captain called out and the Machoke willing absorbed the Raticate's attack, only to make use of the rage it spurred to strike back even more viciously than it could otherwise have done.

Meanwhile, Teioh had finished of the Mightyena without too much trouble but now found himself facing a triad of minor pok?mon. Namely, an Ekans, a Rattata and an Oddish that somehow looked very much out of place with the other pok?mon.

The boy-Umbreon barred his teeth at his opponents, narrowly dodging a cloud of Poisonpowder, only to be wrapped by the Ekans, leaving the Rattata free to deal out a Hyper Fang attack...which never came.

"Bagon! Dragonbreath!" a stream of blue flame emerged from the newly appeared dragon pok?mon's mouth, engulfing the Rattata in mid-attack and slamming it against the wall, wounded and paralyzed.

"Thought you could use a hand there." Seth noted before turning his attention back to the other opponents.

Teioh grinned a bit, slipping out of the Ekans' grip and knocking it out with a Faint Attack, rendering the Oddish easy pickings.

{Ah what the heck...} Limpy muttered from under Squirt's hat, noticing that Biggs was obviously having trouble dislodging another stubborn Houndour that had come to replace the first. {You only live once...BANZAI!}

The Rattata leapt out from his hiding place, catching the dog pok?mon completely of guard with a vicious Super Fang attack which caused it to release its grip, leaving room for Biggs to finish the job in his usual manner.
 
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