"Are you o-?!" Noelle's panicked shout is cut off by the sharp sound of disturbed, crashing waves as the ultra beast's attack fired at them. The sound is deafening, causing her ears to painfully ring as she steadies herself on the ruptured ice. Breaking the water's surface, an ice beam fired from her blastoise's canons, the beam freezing a naganadel's stinger-esque weapon shut. The icy freeze began to painfully travel up the alien pokemon's abdomen. Unfortunately though, the small victory is overshadowed as the cry of backup is nearby. From the clouds, multiple attacks shower down on them like rain.

Unable to keep up with the peak conditioned man, Noelle lags behind slightly. Its then that the ice where her foot steps is utterly destroyed by flurry of attacks. Splintered ice erupts, shards flying as the water beneath threatens to swallow her. Eyes widen, a hand outstretching towards her ally with a terrified shout, "Kyle!"

She can feel a tightening in her chest, a swirl in her stomach. Something inside twitches...something foreign, as though roused by the danger.

For a moment, in Noelle's mind, silence had emerged among the chaos. Her heart painfully clenched as ice ruptured at her feet, the sensation of her body falling backwards was near paralyzing. Frenzied water splashed as it was punctured with the attacks from above, narrowly missing their purchase on her vulnerable form.

Salvation came in the form of a hand that latched onto her own, tugging her upwards. Her lips move to express thanks as she's pulled back onto the thickening ice bridge. However, there's a brief lapse in judgement that their assailant seemed to take advantage of. Whilst her blastoise focused on trying to thin their numbers and his glaceon their escape, an attack was pointed directly towards the two trainers. A pointed stinger unleashes what it's been charging; a hyper beam.

The light was nearly blinding as it rushed towards them both. One could consider it too late, when she caught sight of the massive beam mere feet away from consuming them. She moved closer to Kyle out of instinct, practically embracing him at this point in some pitiful attempt to protect him. 'God...please, no-' Regret and anger rise, as well as guilt of being unable to protect her friend.

However, there was that tightness of her chest once more. A stirring of something inside of her that made her body feel immensely hot, as though crawling in her own skin. It was...honestly, almost sort of painful. Or, perhaps just incredibly uncomfortable. Either way, from her very skin, a bright green energy pulsated outwards. Erupting from her body was a thin veil, a sort of green hexed protective barrier that encased her, and from their close proximity, Kyle as well.

The attack is defended against, and another well-placed ice beam from blastoise has their once-assailant plunging into the ocean beneath.

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Relief spreads through her as they finally make their way to safety. As other league officials beginning to ward off the swarm of encroaching megalopolans, Noelle was finally given the chance to breath as their frantic running slowed to a halt. She doesn't hesitate in sitting down, body hunched over in a heavy pant - it hurt to breathe.

"I'm...not sure." Noelle finally answers Kyle after catching her breath, "that's...never happened before. I-It felt like it came from inside me though." A hand grasps at her shirt, tightening around it. It's barely noticeable, but there's a slight tremble of her hand. She tries to recall the feeling, of something being disturbed within and the sensation of her skin crawling from the inside out.

"But it...protected us?" She questions with a knit of her brows in confusion. Aside from a tingling sensation and slight discomfort, there were no blemishes on her skin nor any signs of injury. "Have you seen anything like it?"

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"An avatar?" Noelle echoes, shaking her head. "No." The idea of being able to command such power is something beyond her. "At least I don't think so." Confusion dots her face for a moment before there's another shake of her head. Perhaps she'd talk to Lucas Lane about it? Not only was the head scientist one of the smartest people shew knew, but she was positive she could trust him with something like this too. "Hopefully I'm not...y'know, dying internally or something." It was meant to be a joke, but it comes off as nearly bitter, if not paranoid.

"Oh, uhm...don't tell anyone about this though, okay? Or...are you obligated to, as elite four?" She preferred not to wake up being whisked off to some underground testing facility nor have others worry over her.

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There's a small crease of her brow, but Noelle doesn't question it. Kyle's always just...done his own thing, or something like that, she guessed. She should consider it a blessing in disguise. She waves to a league passerby that walks passed them - his name was like Koga or something? Nice guy.

His jest is met with a small snicker that pulls her from her thoughts. "They should call you a saint." She praises, taking the bottle and seeing him off with a little nod. "Thanks, Kyle!"

kyle lopez , thanks for the thread gamer!