Songbird
Tonight, the marigolds bloom for her.
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Ken & Len the Aegislash Twins, and Rocky the unnamed Golem
"Iron Defense," Len whispered to his brother as they stood behind the others, only to discover that his skin was coated in a metallic sheen. It faded as quickly as it appeared, much like the Swords Dance Ken had used earlier.
"What do you plan on doing?" Ken liked to bum rush an opponent, but his brother always had an idea.
"Make an opening." Len took a deep breath and sunk into the floor, becoming a flattened mass of darkness. (Took weeks to get that down.) Soon enough, the twins were communicating telepathically. Give the big guy some cover.
Down below the soldiers were gaining the upper hand against the Golem, surrounding him and taking turns to bait him and dodge away. The rifle wielding soldier stood near the back of the room, trying to get a good shot on the fast moving (in short bursts at least) Gijinka while the other two had slung their rifles onto their backs and were wielding glowing blue batons that lashed out with painful lightning as they hit the Golem; evidently he hadn't gotten immunity to electricity along with his stone armour.
A large body leapt down from the floor above, built similarly to the Golem
In the back of the room, Len fell from an unnatural shadow on the ceiling, grabbing the rifle-wielding soldier on the way down and slamming him into the cold ground—and if he wasn't dead from that, he was going to wake up with a bad headache. He sank into shadow again, taking cover while Ken played defense, using his boosted strength to resist any damage that came to him.
The soldiers were well trained, but there was a reason that Gijinka had been created and it just plain wasn't in a human's training to watch for enemies trying to jump on you. The soldier that Len incapacitated remained silent and still after he hit the floor but the remaining two acted quickly, the female slipping away from Ken's punch as they both moved to put themselves between the new arrivals and the suit wearing man. The security guards took the prompting and started trying to lure the Golem away, keeping their distance now.
A door opened off to the side and a security guard dressed similar to the ones Brandi had encountered ran through. The pistol he held posed little threat to the rock and steel types, but the two fine specimins of Arcanine that rushed past him were. The two rushed towards Ken and the Golem in a coordinated attack, one feinting to the front and snapping at the stone-armoured man while the other—it's mouth ignited in a Fire Fang—leapt straight at Ken.
Thankfully, they hadn't found out that Ken had powered up, and the soldiers couldn't find the culprit of their comrade's sudden slumber. (The perpetrator in question had snuck back up to the ceiling in the shadowy form he'd taken, hiding in a dark corner and keeping his brother aware of his surroundings like a spy camera.) Instead they stayed where they were near the suited man, one keeping their baton out while the other readied their rifle, taking aim at the two Gijinka.
Ken shoved his arms out to protect himself and the Arcanine latched on to one, its blazing fangs fighting the steely skin not dissimilar to a puppy's teething. The Fire Fang started to burn him, but it was nothing he couldn't handle. Before it actually started to hurt, Ken grabbed the massive dog Pokémon's scruff with his open arm, and threw it into its partner as the latter fought it out with the Golem.
The dogs snarled as they picked themselves up and then in unison they opened their mouths wide, sending cracking pillars of flame at Ken as the Golem once more turned his attention to the soldiers and charged, eager to get back into the fight.
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