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When she had a moment to breathe, she remembered that she was supposed to be
kepler brueshaber's bodyguard for the day. They'd gotten separated on their way to the mineral thanks to the League's attacks, but now that they were closer to each other, Ruby should probably make sure he was okay, too.
[break][break]She turned around just in time to see his Dragapult turn to dust and disappear. Well, crap.
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“Isn’t that what we want?” [break]
"Not while we're still on it," Ruby said, voice surprisingly level. Though now that she had a brief moment to actually think about it, wouldn't their efforts be better spent on trying to escape instead of engaging with the assassin? Hell, that was Ruby's goal here: She fully intended to obey
Killian Decker and not harm the Deoxys, but that didn't mean she wasn't going to try to protect herself and whoever else she could so they
could escape!
[break][break]Ruby and Arachne grunted and chittered, respectively, as the clash between Articuno and Decker's Deoxys rocked the whole meteor. Luckily, being as close to the ground as they were meant they didn't have to correct too much for balance, leaving Arachne free to use her Tera Blast, combined with
Naomi Sato's Togekiss's own, to divert the wild Deoxys's attack toward Dr. Holo and her shield of Unown. Despite the setbacks and panic, Ruby grinned at that. Take that, weird ninja lady.
[break][break]Her little moment of victory shattered at Arachne's alarmed cry, though. The wild Deoxys rushed forward toward its attackers. Ruby could only cover her head and duck as it flew over her and right at
kepler brueshaber. She quickly raised her head, jaw clenched. No way was she screwing up as a bodyguard again; her pride was already wounded at not being able to prevent the Dragapult's death. Much to her surprise, Kepler's Doublade clashed with the alien and even managed to wound one of its arms.
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"Huh. Not bad." It didn't help her pride at all, but it was still an impressive sight.
[break][break]More and more attacks were launched at the wild Deoxys, many sparkling with this mysterious Terastal energy so that the final blow looked like a glitter bomb. When the blast cleared, only the alien's core was left behind. Ruby turned toward the other threat, Dr. Holo, and saw her being restrained by both a League person and an Infestation. For a moment, she wondered if Rocket would want her captured, instead.
[break][break]But the heated air whipping past her reminded her that there were more urgent matters, like not being on the remains of the meteoroid when it got warped away. She didn't know how much time they had, but she assumed it wasn't much, especially when
kepler brueshaber ran past her and toward his pod. She recalled Arachne back into her Poké Ball and ran after him. Her helmet's visor reflected light from below. Ruby turned her head.
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"Shit!"[break][break]The Primal Energy struck 99943 Meteno. The rocky surface beneath Ruby's feet vanished, causing her to stumble mid-step and fall on her front. She slid across the shiny mineral vein... and realized that its presence was really, really bad. The meteoroid itself was gone, but its payload was still there—and big enough to cause a lot of damage down below.
[break][break]Ruby looked down to see the beams of Primal Energy, deflected by the mineral vein, rushing back toward the region. Then, there was the sound of something like thunder. Ruby thought maybe that was from the Primal Points until a green serpentine dragon sliced the heavens. Her eyes widened. That was Rayquaza... and it was flying right at the mineral. Ruby groped for Delphi's Poké Ball and only just managed to hit the button as Rayquaza crashed into the mineral, shattering it into countless pieces and leaving Ruby free falling toward Earth.
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"Fly, Delphi, fly!" Ruby shouted at the glow of white energy taking the Garchomp's shape. The Dragon-type growled weakly, still feeling the sting of her earlier crash landing and the attacks she'd endured.
"Come on, come on, we're gonna die if you don't!"[break][break]She had no choice but to watch the scenery below, approaching so fast that Ruby felt her guts pushing up to her throat. It didn't help that the region was fidgeting and glitching and being overlapped by translucent layers of other regions. For a moment, she thought she saw a slice of Orre.
[break][break]A brown "hand" with three colored nubs for fingers reached out to her. She followed it with her eyes to the body of Beheeyem carrying
kepler brueshaber. She stared for a moment, surprised. But she didn't have time to sort out her thoughts on this role reversal. She wasn't sure if the Beheeyem could carry both of them. She needed Delphi.
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"Delphi!"[break][break]The Garchomp finally snapped to attention and folded her body, wings spread to slow her descent. Ruby reached over and pulled herself onto Delphi's back and clung tight. Arceus, Delphi was going to be
pissed after this. Something shiny flew past her. Oh, to hell with it; if Ruby had to risk her life up here, she was at least taking home a souvenir! She grabbed at one of the falling crystals.
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notes.
- interacting with kepler brueshaber
- the meteoroid vanishes, and then the mineral gets shattered, leaving ruby falling
- kepler tries to help, but ruby gets her garchomp to fly her down
- grabs at one of the crystals because screw it