Megan had not even considered the Claydol potentially attacking her, but Hydreigon at least slightly did, having already readied itself to possibly do something, if needed. However, it, too, was relieved that there was no need for any such thing. Not like he had bonded with the other Pokemon before or such, but he could sense that the trainers were not exactly keen on fighting so far, so it was good not to. Dragons were sometimes prone to sudden violence against their owner’s wishes with diminished visibility, but this was not one of these times at all.
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Instead, the three headed one allowed things to pass, while keeping a watchful eye on just about everyone. This still was a dangerous situation, so while the trainer was occupied, the Pokemon would have to watch out.
Speaking of said trainer, Megan was clearly befuddled as to what to do for a few moments, before nodding to herself. She had had first aid training. Not for wounds like…like this but….she knew some things. And in her satchel, she did pack some bandages. “Flesh wound my butt, idiot! Those things could easily get infected and stuff!” Obviously distraught, she knelt nearby the other before looking for the right tools for the job briefly.
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Despite a moment’s hesitation from even going near the bloody mess, she did eventually reach out to carefully look at the wound. “Sorry, did not mean to insult you. But wounds have to be taken seriously. I mean, I heard sounds of fighting but I didn’t think it would get this bad.” Trying to distract herself with talking, she reached for the scissors first. Would not do them any good to bandage the wound if she let fabric and potentially dirt under slip under and push that right into the wound. “I am going to do my best to clean this and put a bandage on it. Travelling lots means being ready to do this sort of stuff any time.” Megan nodded to herself, even though the worst she’d had to deal with so far had been like, needles stuck in her arm after running into some bad Cacturns.[break][break]
“Don’t have alcohol either. My drinking water will have to do. Sorry about that. Also, what are you even doing here? You talked about doing more daunting jobs, but I didn’t think you would join in this effort. You should have told me! We could have teamed up, watched another’s backs!” Again, she was mostly talking just to half distract herself as she went to work.

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She went to work. In moments like these, she really wished she’d put more effort into learning how to properly deliver first aid like this. Well, more properly. She had a decent idea, yes, but when this kind of situation was suddenly thrust upon her, she could not help but feel slightly overwhelmed. For now, she just did her best, though it felt quite insufficient. She could tell that she hurt the other when she splashed water at the wound, trying to clean it. But there…just wasn’t anything else she could do. Notzing, nothing at all, aside from trying to patch it up best she could.
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Megan slightly beat herself up over that, mentally, but she did not allow it to get to her any more than that. A cool head was needed here. It would prevail, at least to an extent. But that also meant she could not just heed the other’s somewhat delirious orders. “Do you honestly think I could just leave you here? Even if you weren’t such a mess right now, you know I wouldn’t just leave you alone!” That comment sounded a bit more annoyed, but also more emotional. Megan could never understand it when people tried to protect others in such a way in the movies, either. Though she was not trying to act cool or act out a movie here. She just could not find it in her heart to leave someone so obviously hurting behind. Simple enough.
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“If you messed up, woman up and deal with it. Anything can be sorted out. If they come for you, we will face them. Like back with the Space-time distortion, right? Besides, there are lots of others from our side here, too. I just gotta patch you up and carry you over to the rallying point. Everything will work out somehow. It has to. But I do need you to work with me here. Can you do that, Johanna?”

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Megan found herself tensing up, just by virtue of Jo seeming to do the same. Naturally, she was somewhat painfully aware of that, given that she was operating on the other’s body in the strictly loosest term possible. But it was unmistakable. Megan was not just blowing off the other’s words anyway, but she did stop briefly when she heard Jo start like that. This tone of voice, this kind of weight behind words lent gravitas to them. It was impossible to not listen, so she did just that, as her hands with gauze hovered over the wound, listening instead of working for the time being. They still were in danger, yes, but the Pokemon were keeping watch. And she was listening intently.[break][break]

After all, Jo was putting a lot of effort into meeting her eyes. Not easy to avert them like this. Her own face showed a serious worry from the beginning, though it darkened a little when the explanation came. Megan would have loved to say that it did not make sense, but there was logic to those words. It wasn’t really one she wanted, but the actions and reactions did. She just could not quite understand why Jo would just up and attack people. Her heart and mind yelled at her to demand an explanation.
But this wasn’t the time for it. Just like when you were attacked by a wild Pokemon on the road, there was no time for any why and how. Not right then at least. This was a survival situation. Attacking someone was bad, but it wasn’t exactly a crime guilty of death. Hence, surviving was the most important part.
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Megan exhaled. “Okay. I think I understand,” she replied, before applying the gauze, then starting to wrap the bandages around. It was maybe a bit rougher then intended, but she was kind of tense in that moment. “You are right, it probably is not easily sorted out. But you can’t sort anything out if you are dead. As long as you live, there is a chance. If you don’t, there isn’t. Rocket, schmocket. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t mean anything. But you are still you, and you are still important to me. Screw trying to fight over who gets to make sacrifices to ensure the other’s health. Screw that.” By now, she was decidedly looking away, focusing on bandaging the wound to hide her face at least a little. “It’s stupid,” she continued mumbling, then her gaze snapped back at the other. There was agitation in her voice, anger, not necessarily aimed at Jo directly, more at the situation itself. “You said you messed up, right? If you mess up, you take responsibility!” That was directed at herself, too, given how she had handled her own incident. “I decided to get you to safety, so that is what I will do. You know how stubborn I am. And that I don’t say things I don’t mean to see through. So stop the self-pity train and get up.” [break][break]
Megan had finished with the bandage now and offered her shoulder at the other’s uninjured side, so she could lean on.

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“As far as I know,” she started while heaving them both up into a somewhat standing position, at least. Frankly, she had no idea where to go from here, but she knew they could not stay where they were. Least of all because of the blood trail leading to these rocks, after all. “…you are just a person I know in need of help. Sure, you told me you are Rocket, but you didn’t exactly give me any proof. If the league wants to punish me for saving someone’s life they can take the stick in their behinds and ram it up even higher for all I care.” There was a scoff at that. As far as she understood it, the league stood for peace and order, not vindictiveness and cruelty. Yes, she wanted to become a gym leader – but she did not want to support a system that would just let someone she cared about bleed to death. That was simply not the league she had looked up to, so far.
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Hence, she would semi-carry the girl further towards where she thought the ledge was. Fighting would be fiercest near the primal point, so getting away from there was paramount. “It’s one thing to maybe go too far in the heat of the moment, but anyone who sees someone else bleeding and in pain and just leaving them there or finishing them off would be actually deplorable. I could not do that and if they find that worthy of punishment, then whatever. Screw them. But the people I know in the league so far aren’t like that. Plus, no punishment would be worse than leaving you behind, anyway.” Heck, she could barely live with the assault she herself had once committed. Leaving someone she cared about to die would be way too much. “I am not going to lie for you in this, though. Not stopping you from lying.” Megan stopped there, briefly, as if she was stopping herself from saying something she didn’t actually want to say. “But if others believe you without asking me, so be it. Trusting your judgment in that. I am not good with those sorts of things…”

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Johanna didn’t say anything in response. But Meg could tell that this simply meant that her suggestions and terms have been accepted. There still was a lot that they would have to talk over, naturally, but this just was neither the time, nor the place to do so. Instead an awkward, but also kind of wholesome silence set in. Seemed like neither of them truly knew what to say, or needed to do so. This understanding would do, for the time being. Once they reached the edge of the mountain, they could probably get out of the mist and fly away. That seemed like a good enough plan.
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Megan briefly stole a glance at the other, by now having put one arm around the other’s back to support her more. Jo did not look good at all. In health and in her overall state. Still having only a rough idea what had happened, she could only guess what was going through the bluenette’s head in that moment. Clearly, she was distraught, which in turn made Megan grimace. On some level, she really just did not understand how things had turned from their carefree, more date-like missions to seeing that kind of pain. And it tore at her, at least somewhat.
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Thankfully, Hydreigon was there to ensure that it was the only tearing that took place so far. When those dogs arrived, the vigilant Pokemon did not waste any time. Of the three heads, one targeted each dog while the third aimed at the Rockets in question – and it unleashed a loud, powerful hypervoice with them, hopefully disorienting their opposition and deterring the assault on the trainer right away. [roll]

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By now, Megan had obviously noticed. Yet, with Jo on her shoulder there was very little she actually could do, realistically. It was paramount to get the wounded away from any threats. Especially since those people might have actual weapons on them as well. The best they had, here, was to deter them and have them seek out other opponents. Heck, she didn’t even know whether they were League or Rocket, though she leaned towards the latter. Despite what Jo had said, she kind of still assumed that the League would not go straight for the jugular as these guys had, so far.
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Keeping on carrying the other undeterred, Meg had decided to first keep moving, second think of something. In this fog though, there was little she could use to get away from these people. The only thing she could see at all were rocks, after all.
Rocks and ledges, actually. “Right. We don’t have to beat them. Getting away is winning,” she said, mostly to herself yet at the same time also to the other. They had a Claydol protecting them right now and an Hydreigon for offence. Even if they did not aim all that directly at the opposition, the roles would be much the same.
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“Jo. Your Claydol can do psychic stuff, right? Have it keep us safe from the rocks,” she briefly explained her plan, then she turned towards Hydreigon, which simply took the Flamethrower like a champ. It hurt, she could tell that from the pained grunt coming from the Pokemon, but it was still kind of resisted. “Hydreigon, Hyperbeam the ledge between us and them. They can get buried or blocked, I don’t care.”

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