CLEOPATRA IS THE ONLY

Third times the charm, right?

Stormy had now been in Slateport three times, the first two resulting in cowardice and disaster. Now, however, she was standing strong with five other powerful League members who hopefully had her back through all of this.

The mission was simple, locate and rescue Dahlia Goode. They had already been given the general location of the commissioner and it was now only a matter of time before they determined whether or not this rescue attempt was actually a trap.

The Silph arrived on scene early with Laurence Anderson. He seemed nervous, but no more so than she herself probably looked. Sweat was trickling down her back, and she could feel her hands tingle with anticipation. The other four members fell into place alongside her.

Unfortunately, they weren't alone. Of course, they had been expecting something like this, but the run-in she had had a while ago during her second escapade to Slateport had not given her fond memories.

Just ahead, the sound of drunken stupor and laughter rose from two daft-looking Rocket grunts. Unfortunately, despite them being out of sorts and acting like idiots, they locked onto the six undisguised League members who were traisping into enemy territory like they owned the place.

Well.. they had, once upon a time.

Laurence took the first leap of faith, seemingly stuck on who to throw out. Stormy sucked in her breath of fear, reaching for her pokeballs. Her eyes locked onto the most obvious enemy, the ruby red Scizor.

Her thoughts flashed back to when @mihai's Scizor rescued her from the burning temple. This wasn't his Pokemon, though. This was the enemies.

Stormy tossed out a pokeball, a Chandelure appearing. It spun around merrily, before getting down to business.

"Chandelure, try to burn the Scizor with Will-O-Wisp. But, I'd like you to focus on taking down the Gardevoir. Just be careful!"

Four twinkling flames from the four arms of the chandelier-ghost's arms danced across the terrain as they winked in and out of focus. They travelled quickly towards their desired target, hopefully clinging to the spirit of the Scizor to burn it continuously.

The Pokemon then turned to the Gardevoir, and it's four arms came together to form a very deadly-looking shadow ball. With a couple of seconds of focus that hopefully went uninterrupted, the Chandelure fired off the shadow ball towards the Gardevoir.

Stormy then turned to the rest of her team.

"Don't try to show off or be reckless, we're a team! Let's work together."

tldr:
> sends out chandelure to use will-o-wisp on scizor
> chandelure also attempts to slam gardevoir with shadow ball
> stormy encourages her team to stick together and protect one another

deltra of gangnam style

This had 'trap' written all over it.

Thomas was telling himself that there was no way that Team Rocket didn't find the tracker on the Commissioner. Even if their takeover of the city, by many accounts, had been rough, given the loss of the power plant and shipyard, they were still talking about an organization that toppled a Region, and were moving onto another, having still taken a city. Considering how long they had the Commissioner in captivity, they had to have found the tracker, and what they'd find in that warehouse would probably be the tracker having been separated from her, or if they were lucky, the Commissioner herself as bait. Either way, it'd involve explosives planted in the warehouse, or an army of Rockets ready to mow down whoever entered.

He just hoped that one of the other three that came along with them had a Lucario, or something that could give them a clue on what awaited them inside.

The Interpol Agent came garbed in a charcoal gray sweater that all but hugged his upper body, a matching pair of pants, combat boots worn over the ankles, black gloves, and a ski mask currently rolled up above his face, being worn just on the top of his head. He would be wearing light body armor over the sweater, as well as knee and elbow pads. Along with his six Pokeballs being placed in easily accessed areas, his revolver and collapsible baton were holstered, and ready to be drawn, if necessary.

It was clear that the Agent was taking this seriously, being prepared for a fight, while his armor was just light enough to make stealth a possibility.

Thomas only greeted the other three League members with a nod, before setting out with them. He had debriefed Lao and Natsu before they set out to Slateport. Whatever words or pleasantries they had for one another could wait until after the mission was done. Thomas was fine with this, wanting to get this mission done, and over with.

Thomas would hear the two drunken Rockets bantering with one another. One thing lead to another, and six Pokemon would be converging onto them, which was fine with Thomas. The fact that they were drunk could either have meant that the orders they'd have given their Pokemon wouldn't be the best, or it would've made them that much more dangerous. Given their slurred speech, it seemed they were too drunk for their own good, but Thomas wasn't going to get too comfortable. Thomas plucked Colt's Pokeball out of its place, sending out the Clawitzer quickly.

"Shoot down that Hydreigon with Aura Sphere!", ordered Thomas.

The Clawitzer would charge up a ball of Aura, focusing his sight on the dark dragon. Colt's Mega Launcher gave the Aura Sphere a brilliant glow, before it was fired off at the Hydreigon. The sphere would come floating in the Hydreigon's direction, as if homing in on it.

Thomas would send out Brutus the Pangoro as well, having the old Pangoro remain close to him, should one of their Pokemon get in close quarters with them.

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tags: Laurence Anderson Stormy Silph @natsu @kuru kyle lopez
notes: Thomas arrives.
-Clawitzer uses Aura Sphere on Hydreigon
-Thomas sends out Pangoro, who remains close to Thomas

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Thomas could only look on in disbelief as the Hydreigon seemingly took the powerful attack with ease. While he knew that it wouldn't just bring down the Hydreigon in a single blow, an Aura Sphere, especially coming from the likes of a Clawitzer, should've done more damage to a Hydreigon. It made Thomas question if the Hydreigon had some fortifications to its defenses, or if it was just feigning it. In any case, a Dragon Pulse was hurdling towards Colt.

"Intercept with Dragon Pulse!", called out Thomas.

Colt would fire off a Dragon Pulse of his own, in an attempt to hit the Dragon Pulse hurdling towards him, and cancel it out. As the dark dragon got ready to slam into the Clawitzer with a Dragon Rush, Thomas was just about ready to have Brutus intercept the creature for an attack, when Kyle's Ninetales instead took the attack for him. If the Hydreigon didn't go down from the Moonblast, then there was definitely some sort of fortification this Hydreigon had.

Thomas quickly looked to Kyle. "Thanks for that.", Thomas told him quickly, before scanning the battlefield, seeing a Sandslash emerging from the ground near Stormy.

"Brutus, Bullet Punch to get close to Stormy, and grab her!", Thomas called, pointing to the girl. "Colt, Water Pulse!", he ordered.

Brutus would throw a Bullet Punch, getting himself close to Stormy, and attempting to pick her up before the Sandslash could get to her legs. Colt, for his part, fired off a Mega Launcher-backed Water Pulse at the Sandslash, attempting to snipe the Ground-type quickly.

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tags: Laurence Anderson Stormy Silph @natsu @kuru kyle lopez
notes: -Clawitzer attempts to negate Dragon Pulse with Dragon Pulse
-Pangoro attempts to use Bullet Punch to get in close to Stormy, and save her from the Sandslash
-Clawitzer attempts to snipe Sandslash with Water Pulse

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CLEOPATRA IS THE ONLY

Stormy notices the aurora veil and safeguard. The two moves are like shimmering mirrors, a barrier between them and the enemy. But it's this distraction that costs her valuable time and safety.

Chandelure has landed both of her attacks. The Scizor's skin is burning and appears to be in some semblance of pain. It uses its fists to bullet punch its way closer. The fire-type Pokemon, still focused on the Gardevoir as it fell in defeat, was not prepared for the Scizor's follow-up move. The steel bug slashes at her with a deadly night slash.

Fortunately, due to the aurora veil and its burn, the physical-based move's power is reduced significantly. This doesn't mean it still hurts, however. The Chandelure cries out in surprise and pain, retaliating quickly. Her body overheats in response to the attack, a defence mechanism she isn't sure she had before.

As her body envelopes in white-hot heat, hopefully setting the Scizor on fire if it's still close to her after its previous attack, the overheat attack explodes like a bomb, the flames reaching several feet. The further it reaches, however, the fewer flames will touch surrounding Pokemon.

Meanwhile, Stormy has drawn her attention back to the front of the battle instead of staring at the pretty veil of lights. Unfortunately, she's met with the terrifying, murderous face of a Sandslash. Panic swells in her chest as the creature attacks her with it's claws. She stumbles backwards, a scream rising in her chest.

Thomas' Pangoro attempts to close the distance between her and the Sandslash, but she's pretty sure she's felt at least the sting of claws leave marks on her legs.

Her eyes flash upwards as she takes note of the two Team Rocket grunts. Even through the pain that may be verberating in her legs, she takes note of the drunken idiots as they fumble for their communication devices. They're trying to call for backup. This battle just keeps getting more and more intense.

Another pokeball flies out of her hand, this time her Skarmory appears. It flies around her a couple times, worried about her potential injuries.

"Stop them from reaching their communication devices! Don't let them call for help."

At once, the Skarmory turns, using autotomize. Feathers seem to fall off of its body as it lessens its weight to increase speed. It takes off like a rocket, her wings spreading wide as it comes in close. She attempts to use STEEL WING to slice up the grunts hands and prevent them from using them ever again to call for help.

tldr:
> chandelure is hit by scizor's night slash, tanks it like a boss.
> chandelure uses overheat in retaliation to try and burn scizor to a crisp
> stormy falls backward and is maybe saved by pangoro before her legs are turned to ribbons
> stormy sees the team rocket grunts trying to call for help
> stormy releases skarmory to try and stop them
> skarmory uses autotomize and steel wing to try and cut off/stop the grunts from using their hands

deltra of gangnam style

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