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There they were. Ugly bastards, if what he could see of them was any indication. Sure, he couldn't see -many- facial details, but they sure looked ugly from here. Then again, if they were poaching Pokemon? Ugly inside for sure. And probably outside, too. But on the opposite end of the spectrum, up strolled Miss Elinor who Josh was starting to remember from back and forth dunking during the Splashfest. Probably shouldn't mention that part.
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So he smiled and waved as he approached. Seemed she had already arrived ahead of him.
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"I've found them" he spoke quietly to his fellow Ranger. He was more used to the technology, so it wasn't a surprise he was able to adjust the scanner to find exactly what he was looking for more quickly. "It's best we move quickly. We have the advantage in here, as there's nowhere for them to go besides forward. If they get out to the other side of the tunnel, they have far more room to maneuver and we lose our advantage."
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With that, he motioned towards his Raichu.
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"This is Lightning. I was thinking to send him ahead and see if he could disrupt our quarry, slow them down while we catch up. What do you think?"
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His partner in the literal opposite of crime agreed on the plan, sending her Dragapult after Lightning. Josh nodded in agreement at that, before moving to whisper instructions into Lightning's ear. The Raichu gave a happy chirp in affirmative before dashing off after the brigands.
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The pair of poachers walked behind a set of cages carrying the Pokemon they had poached. Pulling the cages was a Tyranitar and two Tauros, essentially doing all of the work. Josh hadn't been able to catch the shape of their forms on the visor at this distance, something he had already realized and noted would need to be handled later. Pokemon had such different shapes and sizes, and different heat and life signatures as well. It was going to be a challenge to accomodate for every Pokemon, but he was already thinking about how to at least broaden the scope to make them identifiable in even a rough form from a distance while he worked on that.
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For now though, Lightning had been sent purely to disrupt. So he had hoped that any type disadvantage would be negated by its role. Though while there was unfortunately no Mega Raichu that could circumvent those disadvantages, Lightning had been equipped with a few tricks for some cases... Either way, the Raichu would take the lead, knowing its Trainer wasn't too far behind.
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"Oi, do you hear something?"
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One of the poachers overheard the sounds of rocks being kicked up by Lightning's feet, and stopped the poaching caravan. Realizing that it wouldn't be able to play stealth, Lightning motioned for the Dragapult to stay hidden before revealing itself.
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"Hey, it's a Raichu! Wot do you think it's doing in here? Think it's wild?"
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The other poacher turned, before their eyes widened.
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"You idiot! It has a bandana, we need to-"
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On cue, Lightning's body began to broadly spark with electricity and its body was soon cloaked by it. The Raichu would leap over the heads of the two poachers, using Volt Tackle to pick up a drastic amount of speed as it began to bounce around the cave. From the cage ceiling, to the ceiling, to the ground, all around. Giving the Dragapult an ample opportunity, and buying time for the Trainers to catch up.
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Elinor Anderson

[attr="class","dragomirpt"]

Holy Hanukkah, things had become hectic in a hurry! Lightning had succeeded in drawing attention, giving an opportunity for Dragapult to get into a proper position for attack undetected. Meanwhile, one of the poachers finally had enough,
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“Tyranitar, use-“
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Before the command could be made however, a small blue cube was rolled by the feet of the poachers. Suddenly where there was one Raichu bouncing around, there was now ten. All using Volt Tackle and bouncing around the cave. The poachers ducked for cover, the scene far too chaotic for them to realize that with the exception of one, all the Raichu were bouncing around in the same pattern of movement.
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Josh stepped out then, with he and Elinor having caught up. With the opening, the Dragapult would succeed in its attack, knocking the poachers out via their weak points. Once they were down, the Pokemon carting the captives would stop, staring blankly and looking around in confusion and uncertainty. Curious, Josh tapped a few digital buttons on the eyepiece and was able to spot Lightning amongst the crowd, it being the only one that emitted enough heat to sustain life.
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"Looks like it's working. Lightning, return!" Josh called to Lightning, before tapping a few digital buttons that would cause the projections to disappear.
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"Your Dragapult is impressive" Josh commented towards Elinor as the Raichu ran back to him, receiving a scritchy scratch behind the ears in greeting. "It knew exactly what to do, and how to make that work. You've clearly trained it well."
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However, Lightning's ears perked up, and he began tugging at Josh's leg. Even the three Pokemon the poachers had been commanding seemed to begin to shake.
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Elinor Anderson

[attr="class","dragomirpt"]

"Thank you, Miss Elinor. That's high praise, coming from you" Josh remarked with a light smile as he began checking on their own Pokemon while Elinor was busy with the poached ones. "Perhaps when we next get a chance, I'll treat you to lunch and you can tell me a bit about your training methods" he offered then. "I've been so busy that I haven't had much opportunity to get to know my co-workers."
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That was when he noticed that it wasn't just the poached Pokemon, Lightning's body language was off as well... His expression hardened.
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"Miss Elinor, we have company."
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An Onix would suddenly rocket out from under the cave's floor, loosing a fierce and vengeful roar. Even larger than the run of the mill Onix, it would try to bring its rocky tail down on Lightning and Dragapult. While Lightning dodged, however, rocks began to fall from the ceiling as the cave began to shape. While Josh had intended on fighting it... He realized,
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"We don't have enough time to fight" he brought up then, watching as everytime the Onix made contact with the walls, even more boulders began to fall from the roof of the cave. At this rate... "We need to take the Pokemon and run. The longer we're in here, the more at risk the poached Pokemon and any others in here are. That Onix was likely angered by our scuffle, thinks we're in on its territory. If we get out of sight, it might calm down."
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Elinor Anderson