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She doesn't get the chance to hear arian coin 's response to her observations. The screaming had been too loud. It was head-splitting, interrupting Bailey's stride with its volume. If she thought the hyper beam had been piercing, it was nothing compared to this.[break][break]

Her broken phone was no longer in her posession, vibrating from the text message it had recieved--alone, in the middle of the street.[break][break]

“What the hell?” But when the scream ends, her hearing slowly returns—even if the aftermath of the cacophony continued its low ring in the depths of her skull.[break][break]

Her head caught sight of someone fleeing from the rooftops, using their pokemon to aide their movements. Was it the person that had attacked the monster? Then that meant—her gaze snapped to the stomping Guzzlord and its growing frustrations. The newcomer was going to lead the Beast straight towards them.[break][break]

If it caught sight of them, it would mean another hyper beam. It would mean another wave of destruction. She couldn't let that happen twice.[break][break]

“Fuck! Get that dumbass out of here!” Her hand snapped off one of her pokeball capsules—her mind coming up with a last minute, last ditch attempt to obscure their position.[break][break]

Her Palossand was released from its capsule. “Sandstorm! Use the debris from our surroundings!” The broken chunks of concrete had been pulverized enough for the granulated mortar to be utilized—the plume of gray dust whipping through the air in front of them, trying to keep the Guzzlord from seeing what was in front of it.[break][break]

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The Sergeant would turn and run into the alley—her ghost followed close behind.[break][break]

tldr: uses palosand to summon a sandstorm to obscure guzzlord's sight as marcel maeda flies towards the group. heads into the alley to join with persephone amavi . can't access her phone because she dropped it several posts ago whoops haha.

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the message from fernando flashes across her phone's screen - words that are swallowed by an incoming call. she's seen these portals before with lucas, so he should be a valuable asset to their collective. she clutches the phone so tight her knuckles strain, but her eyes are fixed on bailey and arian as they join her.

"lucas where are- nikolai's dye shop?" oxford street? persephone isn't intimately familiar with the layout of downtown mossdeep, but judging by the sounds she could hear from lucas' end reflecting what is happening before her now, and by the fact that they are huddling on an alley off a major road, oxford street should be somewhere nearby.

the conversation is cut short, and she is never able to greet bailey and arian.

the guzzlord's horrifying scream - of pain, of agony, of eternal anguish, sort of like the sound of a man falling to his death but amplified by a thousand times - reverberates through the street.

persephone cries out - the sound of it lost entirely - and covers her ears, ending the call prematurely as the creature's scream wracks her skull and brings her to her knees.

before she can even begin to address the pair who had drawn alongside her, a figure approaching from above catches her attention. for a long moment, persephone watches in abject horror; incapable of reacting to the sight of a flier attempting to bring the monster over to them. bailey's quick thinking gives them seconds, but it won't be enough for long.

"lane, the head scientist, the dye shop on oxford street."

she doesn't have time to explain or justify why they need to find this one specific man when the lives of many others are at risk. they have to know, they have to realise, that in these circumstances, lane is worth more than a dozen civilians.

nothing there one moment, and a young woman and alakazam materialie the next, the flash of apprehension is eased slightly.

"we need to move."

her eyes dart around, searching for options. further through the alley? into one of the buildings?

having suffered from the unexpected scream. all arian heard from Bailey Cooper was 'one-word', repeating, "dumbass?" he was blinded by the sandstorm somewhat, only able to see marcel maeda for one small second. eevee, clamping to arian's leg, was picked up by the blonde male who took off with his normal-type in tow. "that's--" the sandstorm was light, but he could've sworn that he saw marcel maeda. "wait, i know that guy! why is he here?!" of course he could conjure a few theories. sadly, that wasn't important. if arian could he would, but he didn't have the chance to do such a thing. and so he continued to move and hoped that marcel was able to follow them to meet up with the group.


now with the following: persephone amavi, Bailey Cooper, (maybe?)marcel maeda, and @triss. he was surprised to see many familiar faces. "miss persephone!" with the group, had marcel maeda caught up, he'd turn and add, "leon!" he had half a mind to scold the gym trainer, but he'd save that for later. "alright, the gang and a..." he'd tilt his head, smiling at the gray female, "civilian?" what was a civilian and her alakazam doing here? did they accidentally teleport here? was the alakazam inexperienced in the usage of teleport?

"well, then, isn't this just a lovely gathering of," he'd bow to the women before him, "and excuse my french ladies," proceeding to say, "'fucked' strangers." was he wrong? they were quite the fucked. "our hungry, hungry snorlax (guzzlord) over there doesn't seem to be full yet. and we need to get an understanding of why this thing is so hungry, persephone---" he was cutoff from her explanation of lane's whereabouts.

"professor lane?" they needed to meetup with another person!? seriously, "i've had enough of this. i've been there before," eevee remaining close to arian, he'd pluck another ball from his vest and called upon a new ally, "starmie, mimic!" calling out the star-shaped pokemon. it would copy @triss's alakazam's recent move "teleport".

"everyone, hold hands." grabbing onto Bailey Cooper's and offering his palm to marcel maeda (leon), starmie would touch the leg of arian; eevee placing its paw upon starmie. once everyone connected to each other, arian shouted, "TELEPORT!" and, in an instant, they were transported to Lucas Lane's whereabouts. popping up right behind him inside of the dye shopped as he looked out the window.

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"We don't have a choice!"[break][break]

There's no room for debate. The legendary has all but made up its mind. The only thing Lucas can do is resist and prolong the inevitable. Thankfully, he's not head scientist for nothing. He's smart enough to let go and allow the pokemon to fester the energy it needs.[break][break]

From the safety of Nikolai's Dye Shop, the pokemon can start to tap into Lucas' soul. The collective feelings eventually numb into nothingness and Lucas can literally feel his heart beating. It drums loudly and slows to a halt. This is the start of the unification process. [break][break]

"Lucas! Keep cover and keep low. I'm starting it now. We'll both be vulnerable until I can appear. Keep safe!"[break][break]

They call it Nikolai's Dye Shop but there will be no dying today.
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"Pledge to me, faithful avatar! No matter what difficulties, no matter what trials, no matter what obstacles that come before you, you will never give up! We do not know defeat. We do not know what it means to lose."[break][break]

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• Legendary pokemon tells Lucas Lane to keep out of sight and to stay safe. They start the unifying process to help the pokemon materialize without a proper avatar.

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the noivern can barely maintain its flight due to the state its in. yet, somehow, it gets the job done as the descent from the building and onto solid ground.[break][break][break]


as erratic as their flight pattern had been, the pokemon keeps its sight sorely on marcel maeda . previously, in Bailey Cooper 's case, the HYPER BEAM had obscured the trainer from its sight. when she jumped into the ditch, the pokemon lost track of her since the beam resonated from the pokemon's mouth and blocked all vision below its eye level. this granted her the dumb luck of being able to dive into an opening and remain unseen.[break][break][break]


marcel maeda is not as fortunate. when it turns to scream at him, there's nothing to block its vision. the SHOCK WAVES are slivers of yellow and the sound waves of the scream are transparent, if not shaky. the fact that he runs makes him stick out, a tiny dot, a fly, that scampers away and into the air. the unknown pokemon continues to track his figure as he runs straight for arian coin , waving its arm wildly as its inner mouth opens up. something inside its stomach is churning.[break][break][break]


Bailey Cooper 's quick thinking allows the palossand to bring up a SANDSTORM. unfortunately, it's too late. the pokemon has a general idea of where marcel maeda is when the daredevil gets within a decent distance of the group. she's hauling ass and that affords her the slight favor of slightly distancing herself from where the pokemon thinks marcel maeda is. too bad persephone amavi isn't that far from her original location.[break][break][break]


arian coin does indeed spot marcel maeda right before the SANDSTORM blinds all. the newly created SANDSTORM stops marcel maeda right in his tracks. unwilling to proceed through the low visibility, he turns, running perpendicular to his current path and away from the unknown pokemon.[break][break][break]


arian coin ends following Bailey Cooper to behind the alley where they convene for a small chat on how to proceed. @triss materializes from her teleport several meters away from them but still within sight. [break][break][break]


her alakazam will realize that this is not the destination it had shot for. the TELEPORT worked but the end point is far enough off to not be a coincidence. something's afoot. it's amazing intellect may be able to piece together that during the TELEPORT, it felt a distortion across the space time it had tried to manipulate. it reeks of something external but not quite alive. almost like a force of nature.[break][break][break]


arian coin breaks into a game plan now that they're in the alley, thinking they're safe. within a few seconds, the lilycove gym leader is able to bring out his starmie and have it use MIMIC on the alakazam within viewing distance.[break][break][break]


as for the unknown pokemon? well, what goes in must come out. it lets out a loud BELCH, which, while it doesn't match the volume of the previous scream, makes up for it by the contents of what it throws back up. several unchewed pieces of the broken building come hurtling out of its mouth toward marcel maeda 's direction. they're aimed at the very spot that he had pivoted at the SANDSTORM, so the aim is a bit too close now that he's running away, but the large pieces tumble forward when landing, rolling forward and willing to crush him just as well. [break][break][break]


that was just the warm up.[break][break][break]


PAYBACK is a bitch. seconds after the initial BELCH, concrete, debris, and portion of the building come right back up, aimed at marcel maeda 's new location and accommodating his running speed and the direction that he's fleeing towards. the vast array of throw up resembles a ROCK SLIDE of the pokemon's throw up, numerous in number and by the looks of it, there's enough content to construct a brand new building. each piece is as large as a truck, scattered in a large spray, left aflame from the pokemon's stomach's GASTRO ACID—oh, and most importantly, their all explosive. [break][break][break]


that's one rendition of the pokemon's DRACO METEOR—more of a carpet bombing then anything else. naturally, some of the pieces land no where close to him but when they make contact with something, whether it be a building, the street, or something living, the piece explodes with a concussive force that leaves a crater in its wake. the area lights up as each project ends up serving as explosive bomb.[break][break][break]


boom. boom. boom.[break][break][break]


due to the fact that the DRACO METEOR is being spat out in a BELCHING manner, some of the debris does end up hurtling toward persephone amavi , arian coin , Bailey Cooper , and @triss ' general area. [break][break][break]


before the attack even has a chance to land, while it's still in flight, arian coin is able to gather the three houses into a covenous circle. it TELEPORTS just in time but having to transport that many people, through arian instead of direct contact, proves too much.[break][break][break]


starmie materializes about a block away from the shop that Lucas Lane is in. arian coin and his eevee, who had direct contact with the teleporter, are several feet away it, both in opposite directions and flanking the water type pokemon. the starmie has no clue why they're separated or why they're not at the destination the starmie had tried to TELEPORT to. [break][break][break]


persephone amavi ends up even further, caught somewhere between the shop and their previous point. she's somewhere in the half-way point. this just so happens to be out of the DRACO METEOR'S range.[break][break][break]


Bailey Cooper ends up the closest to where they started, several meters farther away from the beast then @triss but still within each other's field of vision. she is still in the DRACO METEOR'S splash zone. her palossand even closer, spawning between the half-way point of @triss and Bailey Cooper . naturally, if Bailey Cooper is in the splash zone so is @triss. [break][break][break]

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• marcel maeda jumps off the building atop his noivern. the pokemon is dizzy while flying and lands. he spots and runs toward arian coin .
• @zerker approaches from a distance. he hides away and calls for rocket reinforcements. he and his zoroark begin to survey the surrounding area while getting closer to the unknown pokemon.
  
• councilwoman freya morningstar is en route! the dragon queen and her horde are coming. hold on!
• Lucas Lane gives in to the legendary pokemon and the pair begin the unification process. he lets persephone amavi know that he's in nikolai's dye shop.
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  Bailey Cooper drops her phone during all the chaos. she sees marcel maeda coming and brings out her palossand. it uses SANDSTORM to try and obscure their position from the unknown pokemon. she runs into the ally that persephone amavi is hiding in.
• persephone amavi recalls her mienfoo and tells Bailey Cooper and arian coin that they need to find Lucas Lane . she knows the address but not the location.
• the unknown pokemon BELCHES, loudly, and ends up spitting out several pieces of debris the size of a car.
• it continues to launch truck sized DRACO METEORS in marcel maeda 's direction. they're on fire and explode on contact. a bunch of them are spread out and several blow up some buildings in the way. they leave craters in the streets. each one is a bomb.
• @triss brings out her alakazam and has it TELEPORT closer. she materializes within vision of persephone amavi , Bailey Cooper , and arian coin . that's not where alakazam had planned and potentially realizes that something's off with trying to TELEPORT
• arian coin spots marcel maeda but is too busy running away. persephone amavi , Bailey Cooper , and arian coin stop to chat once they're in the safety of the alley. his starmie uses MIMIC on @triss ' alakazam. starmie TELEPORTS and all three get separated.
  
• arian coin , his eevee, and his starmie spawn a block away from Lucas Lane .
• persephone amavi spawns in the half-way point between their previous location and Lucas Lane .
• Bailey Cooper spawns a dozen or so meters away from her original spot. she can still see @triss and vice versa. they're both in the splash range of DRACO METEOR.

landing in front of a bakery. arian, jovially, turned behind him to see nikolai's hair dye sh--wait, what the hell? "starmie." arian smiled, starmie cried. "where are we..." starmie cried. "we messed up didn't we..." starmie, once more, cried. the trio were together, but Bailey Cooper and persephone amavi were nowhere to be found.

"great, you're broken and i'm not gonna hear the end of it from, bailey." but noticing the bakery they were in front in. it was enough to identify that they were a block away from Lucas Lane. "we're not too far off, we'll meet with lucas! but we'll have to do this by feet, hopefully persephone and bailey aren't dead in the mean time."

arian began to run toward the shop. on his way there he contemplated as to what could've made starmie's teleportation go haywire. considering the wormholes that conjured these beast, he could only assume it had to do something related to science. maybe Lucas Lane could figure it out or even persephone amavi. for now, his duty was to meet up with Lucas Lane.

after sometime, had nothing else gone wrong, once there, had Lucas Lane remained where he was, arian, hopefully, saw the professor in front. had lucas been there, he'd shout, "professor Lucas Lane!" eevee and starmie followed. upon coming to an abrupt stop, he'd return starmie and eevee to their pokeball. "finally, a breath of relief..." arian sighed, "please tell me you know how to stop this thing?" arian asked.

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This was not right.[break][break]

Bailey Cooper had joined hands and had braced herself for the teleportation. There had been the snap, the sound that was only audible in the depths of her skull, as the world faded from her senses. It went black, like someone had yanked the cord to a computer screen, leaving her with the omnipresent sensation of static.[break][break]

Her body felt that unfamiliar pull as she was removed from this physical plane—recollecting itself in a manner that made her spine tingle from the residual energy—but the dye shop was not in her line of sight.[break][break]

Something went wrong.[break][break]

Staring down the same stretch of destruction, towards the towering beast, Bailey Cooper was reminded of her childhood. She can remember her legs dangling off her father's shoulders, approaching the edge of a large tank, where a wailord had dwelt inside—crowds of people occupying the bleachers for a display of acrobatic prowess from the massive pokemon. [break][break]

It had been for a show. She had been in the splash zone—both then and now, except water was the last of her concerns as the draco meteors started to carpet bomb the entire street.[break][break]

Fuck the splash zone.[break][break]

The Sergeant turned and ran, trying to regain her momentum, even when her breath was wheezed as she picked up the pace. She had never bothered to get into shape—never saw the point. How shortsighted.[break][break]

Her eyes focused on the glistening in the distance—the light screen from @triss . It became her beacon. Her feet tried to carry her, tried to help her through this bombardment, but it was not good enough.[break][break]

One of the meteors crashed and exploded in the distance, mutilating one of the buildings that flanked the street. At a mere glance, someone would have presumed that Bailey would have been spared. [break][break]

The heat and the intensity was not intended for her, but the residual force still radiated out from its source—it slammed into the side of her body with the force of a truck, catching her off guard as the shock wave swept her from the ground.[break][break]

The pain of the collision does not compete with the landing. Her body was chucked far to the left, where instead of hitting the ground and tumbling, her momentum is suddenly halted by something hard and stationary—the street curb. Her elbow had jutted out, mid-spin, only to collide against this barrier as she crushed it with her own weight.[break][break]

She heard the crack and felt the cold surge of pain—something broke.[break][break]

World went white. Bailey cannot register the rest of her tumble, only that she was suddenly stretched across the ground of the street, injured arm clenched to her chest, as a guttural scream left her lungs. The concept of staying silent was lost on her, not with this.[break][break]

But that scream served another purpose—a purpose that revealed itself when the capsules on her belt burst, welcoming her Hitmonchan and Palossand back to the scene. They knew the cries of their trainer and came without hesitation to her side.[break][break]

“Fuck, fuck—” and she has to grit her teeth, breathing through hissed breaths, as her body broiled through the shock. Her efforts to try and scrape herself up from the ground had been too slow, too labored from the damage. The Hitmonchan noticed this struggle, then noticed the looming threat that continued to decimate their surroundings.[break][break]

They were losing time.[break][break]

The fighting-type scooped her from the ground, glancing to the Palossand as the ghost-type lurched forward—sand stretching as the granules soared to the beast. [break][break]

It had died once. It did not fear a death that would come twice.[break][break]

The pokemon shared a glance—a look that Bailey only understood when her body is hoisted over the Hitmonchan's shoulder as he started to run, separating her from her own pokemon—carrying her away from what was about to unfold. “NO, NO—NOT LIKE THIS! PAILARD! GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE! YOU HEAR ME?! YOU FUCKING GHOST! YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!”[break][break]

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The fighting-type ran faster, bracing a gloved hand to Bailey's back as she screamed her insults until her throat felt numb. "Don't! Stop! He's not gonna make it—Punchy! I'm ordering you to fucking STOP—" but the Hitmonchan did not stop, even when Bailey pounded her good arm down against his back.[break][break]

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The fighting pokemon weaved, refusing to run in a straight line as he navigated through the bombardment. In those few moments, the Sergeant was denied the chance to say her goodbyes—she can only see the rising brume of morter and sand as it dispersed with the growing storms. [break][break]

It was the last that she saw of Pailard. it was the last that she saw of the bomb-blasted street, just as Hitmonchan veered down the street to their left, disconnecting her from the lone sand castle.[break][break]

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This was its purpose—as a castle, it had been built as a last line of defense. Now, it finally had the chance to serve that purpose.[break][break]

tldr: bailey cooper has sustained indirect damage from one of the exploding draco meteors; while she managed to avoid the radius of the explosion, the shock wave cannot be avoided. her body is thrown against a nearby curb, where she sustained damage from the force of the impact (her left arm). [break][break]

her pokemon respond to her injuries by leaving their capsules, knowing they are still in the splash zone. hitmonchan has shouldered bailey and has used a combination of detect and agility to try and create distance from the guzzlord and avoid the incoming meteors, heading to the address where Lucas Lane is located—palossand has chosen to remain behind, summoning another sandstorm to confront the beast and to try and buy time for his trainer.

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