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Summer made people stupid, Onyx thought.
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It happened in Galar, too, but for different reasons. With 80% of the year gray, cold, and drizzly, Galarian custom rarely accounted for the heat, and air conditioning was reserved for the richest of the richies.
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Hoenn was different, because, while a comparatively few people had AC, the natives were much more equipped for the heat. It was the opposite inverse of Galar. Everyone had their windows and doors open; a fresh sea breeze ruffled everything but the furthest of inland locations. Hoennites and tourists alike flocked to the water, and every tape-patched skimmer with a two-stroke motor that may as well have been an elementary school science project and 200-foot-plus designer yacht was asail.
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Onyx had made easy pickings of baskets and belongings left behind at docks and on beaches, or items forgotten on boats when the day turned to night. Summer made people stupid and Team Rocket made to capitalize on it.
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He was working his way through a series of canoes abandoned in favor of skinny dipping when he found the little cove, just far enough off the Pacifidlog beaten path to be considered remote.
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His inner magpie was calling, so he ventured deeper in.

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He'd taken a wrong turn, clearly. He should've just flow or teleported back to Pacifidlog. But the sight of what he had thought was a blue Corsola had made him stay. After all, how often did you find a shiny Corsola in the wild? [break][break]

Chasing the little coral pokemon had gone badly though, which him taking seemingly random but very incorrect tide paths. He didn't end up on the other side of the rapid currents at all. No, he'd ended up stuck in a pile of tiny coves and islands that seemed uninhabited, were it not for the empty canoes. He should've kept going. He should've minded his own business and kept trying to get back out. [break][break]

Instead he gets out, he follows the trail of litter, and footprints and calls out to the little cave. No response. He doesn't realize they'd already clocked him. He doesn't realize they're right behind him when- [break][break]

Andres lets out a groan, tied to a boulder, sore and with a split lip he didn't remember getting. His ears ring and he vaguely remembers punching someone out and the sound of a nose cracking before blacking out. "Fuck..." he murmured, squinting in the darkness. Stacks of valuables and cheap boating supplies surrounded him. Rocket? No...too small scale. Plus no sign of the infamous red R's. So then... "No...fuckin' way." he said before he heard the cackling of the 'pirates' to the left of him, behind their piles of useless money. [break][break]

They had yet to see a fence about it, and were only really hoarding objects, not actually wealthy just yet. The laughing of semi drunk pirates echoes in the small cove and Andres began to pull against his binds, only to hiss in pain as something stings in his chest. "Did...Did I get kicked in the chest?" he wondered looking down. Fair skin was bruised, a deep purple and red. [break][break]

The little bit of light that filters through doesn't seem as bright. He'd been here for hours hadn't he?? The sky had been bright last he checked. And blue. No...they were almost to sunset weren't they? He tries his waist but all his pokeballs are gone too. Panic was beginning to set in as he tried to take deep breaths in his nose and out his mouth. "C'mon, c'mon Andres think. This is just...more bullies. You've gotten out of worse before." he murmured as he saw the shadow of something moving, snapping his head to stare into the darkness in terror. He was lying. He hadn't gotten himself out of shit before. He'd ran away, not made it out of a weird trap.

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The cove cut deep into a large rock formation along the Hoennian coast; the ceiling was earth and stone, jagged and uneven. Long pieces of board and various other floating, pilfered trash was assembled in the rough estimation of a system of docks leading towards the back of the cavern; the water was deep enough to cover his head, but as he stepped into the cave, he could just barely touch the bottom.
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A motley assortment of canoes, rafts, kayaks, and lifeboats painted dull green or gray were tethered at points along the makeshift dock, and at the farthest point, a huge, black yacht-type boat (Onyx didn’t know a damn thing about boats beyond fishing speedboats and pontoons) floated with its sharp front-end (there was a special word for it but he didn’t know it) pointed towards the mouth of the cave.
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Light danced and jumped beyond this big black ship, the brightness of it jagged against the dark. Onyx realized it was a campfire with a number of forms around it. That would be where the people were, then. He took a quiet breath of air and dove, swimming around a canoe and pulling himself up onto a little pebble beach-type thing around a rocky corner from the drunken, laughing thieves and their fire.
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He starts, at first, to quietly root through the trash they’ve accumulated. There’s quite a large stock of alcohol; a small pile of plastic ziplock bags full of jewels (he pockets a few of these); some guns (he never put much stock in guns); amongst other things-- a fancy digital camera, a few cell phones, some clothes laid out to dry. He rounds a rock and hears a voice-- an achingly familiar voice that stops him in his tracks.
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He doesn’t really think it’s andres buenaventura, at first. He imagines it’s just another figment of his imagination come to torture him; he’d been plagued with them, since their fight. Visions of what he could’ve done differently, dreams of how he could make it better, all stacking up against him and forcing him into the shadowy corner of his cowardice. He’s sure he just heard a voice from around the way where the pirates were all celebrating and his brain had twisted it into some amalgam of Andres’ voice.
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But he rounds the big bolder anyway, and it's only a lifetime of instincts honed into him that stops him from swearing aloud. The very brief moment’s shock that freezes him on the spot is broken as he’s sliding a knife out of a sheath at his hip and moving to free Andres. He holds a finger up to his lips to caution him to silence, though the expression of concern is written all over his face, and the fear of finding Andres, here, like this, is warring with the disbelief, the shock, and the anger, and he stoops to start working at the ties on his legs and lower body.
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“What-- the-- fuck?” he whispers under the sawing of rope beneath his knifeblade, eyes flicking up to Andres’ abused face.

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Hazel eyes stare into the darkness and shifting shadows before a familiar figure crept forth. Blue hair, dark brown skin, and one crystalline blue eye staring back at him. He's hallucinating. Andres' mouth hangs open. Onyx says nothing, frozen for a moment before scuttling closer, a knife in his hand. Soon enough he's cutting his bounds which offer much needed relief against his crushed chest. [break][break]

Andres keeps quiet, in disbelief that Onyx was here. "You- what the fuck?!" he whispered back, putting a hand in his chest to control his breathing once he's able to. with movement come aches as he movements crack and bruised flesh and bone. He flinches, freezing for a moment and trying to hold together strong. He pulls at loose rope where he can and stays quiet. Until he has to ask because he can't help it. [break][break]

"What are you doing here?!" Again whispered yelled as he stared back at Onyx in disbelief. He was relieved, but the longer he stood with him the more he remembered that night. How hurt he'd felt and how angry he'd been. He didn't want to be here. [break][break]

Then he remembered the club on New Year's and how easily Onyx had been able to find him. And he'd do it again, he's sure of it.

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One hand and the opposite leg are cut free to avoid dropping Andres like a newborn giraffe. He leaves the ties around his body proper for last so, when it comes time for the man to stand on his own, Onyx can sneak an arm around behind him and lift him gently. Every wince, every aborted movement, sends a knife of rage straight through Onyx’s gut; he’s slowly building a great, big ol’ bonfire, getting madder by the second.
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“Not looking for you, if that’s what you’re worried about,” Onyx says, helping Andres up and back so that he’s leaning against the rock instead of supporting his own weight. A thousand questions rattle through him, but he is, against all evidence to the contrary, a professional, and there will (hopefully) be time for them later.
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He hovers one hand near Andres, stepping back but still craning forward, ready to dive in should the man’s legs give out underneath him. Scanning him up and down, Onyx begins a mental tally of exactly what kind of pain to give back to these shitty pirates, once Andres is safe. “Arceus. We gotta get you out of here. Can you walk?”

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He's angry, but not enough to deny the help he was in desperate need of. As he slides free of his bonds, his shaking hands pulling at the cut rope. His jaw shuts, and his expression tightens as Onyx excuses himself. "I didn't think you were." he says, venomous in his response. [break][break]

He lets out a hiss of pain, aching as he stands, leaning against the rock. Feeling pools into his bruises and bloodied cuts. He takes a moment, panting and glancing around the cave before back at Onyx. He forces himself to stand at his full height, defensive despite really needing the criminal's help. "Yeah, boat's parked somewhere...around here." His pokeballs are close enough too. With a little bit of effort he finds them tucked under some dry clothes. [break][break]

He limps over and scoops them up, attaching them back to his waist before looking back at Onyx. "As much as I'd like to, I don't have time or the space to take back some hospital money." He whispers, though its more for himself than Onyx.

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The venom in Andres’ voice stings, a slicing wound opening up somewhere tender. Onyx takes a step back, caught somewhere in a mishmash of emotion that threatens to send him topsy-turvy: he wants to watch the guy fall on his face to spite him, he wants to yell back, he wants to get on his knees and beg for forgiveness-- wait, what?
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No… no, he had been right. He had been right, in that fight. He had the moral high ground. He was fucking right.
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Andres teeters and all thoughts of bailing on him disappear. Onyx hovers closer. He hovers back. When will this fucking goddamn dance end.
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He stays at a healthy distance while Andres re-equips himself-- though he still follows along behind like a little lost Rockruff. The pirates still don’t realize anything is going on. Then Andres casually drops robbing them like suggesting a place to eat and Onyx’s face goes crosswise-fuzzy for a moment, because, “What?”
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There is too much to unpack here. His golden boy, turning to crime? It's so endearing his stomach churns. Hospital money? “Like money for a doctor’s visit or money to donate to-- you know what, never mind.” He makes an x in the air with his arms, shaking his head. “Doesn’t matter. I’ll rob them enough for both of us as soon as you’re clear and I’m done with them.”
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He pulls a Pokeball off his belt. A Butterfree appears in a flash of light.
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“Buru, get him out of here,” Onyx orders, pointing to Andres. He cracks his neck one way, then the other, and turns back towards the pirates. “I’ve got shit to do.”

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He looks to Onyx as his little regret is taken seriously. "For me. For this." He said, gesturing at the many red and purple bruises blotting his body. Some parts turn blue with dark veins crawling out of them. It hurts more than just soreness, and Andres is sure his bones are fractured. "What do you mean?" He uttered before he could stop himself. [break][break]

Despite his prior anger, he can't help but worry a bit. "We're leaving- right?" There's no way Onyx is staying alone out here. And despite how pissed he had been- was- with Onyx, leaving him with no backup would be insane. But Buru's appearance worsens the fear that bad decisions are about to be made. [break][break]

"Just grab your shit and run." He added, though now his attention is on Buru as the Butterfree helped lead him out towards the exit.

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Onyx doesn't look at Andres when he gestures to himself because he doesn’t need the reminder. Every mark, every bruise, every drop of blood is seared into his memory like a map, a list, a burn book of open balances he needs to collect on.
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How dare they? How dare they hurt someone important to him? The only someone important to him?
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“You’re leaving. I’m going to drop a Nidoqueen on them and see how they like it.”
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Buru gently herds Andres towards the exit, conjuring up a tailwind to make them move faster.
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"Let me know what hospital you end up at. I'll drop off the payment."

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His jaw sets, wanting to say more but unwilling to argue with the man in such dire circumstances. Andres is in no state to put up a fight right now, ass beat and face swollen. [break][break]

"Ok." he said with finality, practically glaring at Onyx before turning to follow the big Butterfree out. They move slow, partly because Andres is limping, and partly because they're being quiet while Onyx prepares his ambush. [break][break]

He quietly let's out his Manetric and Takis immediately whines seeing his own training in a cave and injured. Andres quiets him quickly enough, tapping his index finger to his lips quickly before the Manetric silenced himself. [break][break]

"Stay close, we're making a break for the boats." he said before peeking out and pointing at some of the little dinghy's tied up to the rocks and dirt. [break][break]

Onyx mentioned dropping a Nidoqueen on them. So he waits for the attack, waits for the heavy rumble and screams before he takes off with Buru and Takis.

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He burns the image of Andres’ hurts into his brain, memorizing the locations, like the chalk outline of a dead body scored forever into his retinas. Stone shifts beneath his feet as he plunges through a shallow puddle, strides growing confident as he heads face-first for the fight.
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This is what he’s good at. This is the only thing he’s good at. Andres can have the Pokemon battles-- the meaningless, weightless, clash of collateral damage, as poignant as pushing plastic dolls together and making them kiss.
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This is Onyx’s scene, and the part he plays most magnificently, molding from the cave shadows into the light of the pirate’s bonfire. They’re startled, at first, holding beer-bottles cockeyed and stumbling to find their footing. Derisive sneers and slurred attempts at clever comments shoot in his direction. Onyx ignores them all, and with a flick of his forearm throws Venera’s Pokeball up over the flame.
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The Nidoqueen shoots forward with a thunderous roar and a spray of sparks, driving her headhorn through the chest of the pirate directly in her path; there’s a sound like breaking glass as their chest collapses from the impact, and a hoarse, wet wheeze escapes them as they take their final breath.
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In the stunned quiet that follows, Onyx drives a boot into the kneecap of another pirate, forcing them down to one limb. His arms go quickly around the pirate’s neck, snapping it with a quick twist.
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It’s chaos from there. Venera is a roaring, smashing, kaiju of vengeance, the tinkling shards of broken bones the theme of her rampage. Onyx moves with more purpose, striking kidneys, sawing through Achilles’ tendons, slicing throats. Someone has the wherewithal to throw out their Pokemon-- a Spinarak and a Staravia-- but then there is a Nidorino in the fray, crunching the fragile structure of wingbones and stomping until spider guts squirt out like toothpaste.
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Someone makes it to the gun pile and turns around to release volley fire, pulling on the trigger until the chamber clicks. Venera takes most of the brunt of it, small puncture wounds opening up in her purple hide, continuing on unaffected; Onyx feels the faint sting of injuries buried under leagues of adrenaline and rage, and he shoves the barrel of the gun down its wielder’s throat with a boot on his chest as he flails, eyes going red and face purpling from oxygen deprivation.
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Before too long there is only the sound of Venera’s breathing and the distant drip, drip of water falling from the ceiling. Onyx’s vision blurs as hyperfocused furor begins to morph into a post-murder fugue. His clothes are wet with blood and gore, not all of it the pirate's. He leans a hand on his Nidoqueen to just stand, and breathe.

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✦ moist

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It's not...good noises he hears, but Andres doesn't look back. In his head he's already making up an excuse, a story he'd stick to. And if he didn't turn back, he couldn't lie. Technically ,he had not seen whatever that wet crunching noise was or who caused those gurgling, horrific screams. Not that he caught much of it, getting on a boat and following the currents back out and away. [break][break]

Takis keeps him company, and Buru's TAILWIND helped lead their little ship to shore where he's called an ambulance and rushed to the closest hospital. When he stops shaking, he texts Onyx.[break][break]

It takes him a minute, with Onyx's number verily deleted. And blocked. But the old text thread shows up anyway. He sends a quick text. [break][break]

hey. i'm in the er. are you picking up buru?
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He this send, glancing over at the Butterfree before dropping his location for Onyx and waiting for a response. Takis had been put back in his ball now that he was safe but Buru...He waited to see what Onyx would say before opening a window for him.

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[attr="class","text"]There’s a recovery period. He does as is promised and sifts through the wreckage of offal and gore, already starting to smell, for valuables. Most of the guns, Pokemon, and other weaponry he leaves, tagging the GPS location of the cache to ping back to Rocket. Anything that’s of any value he collects, making out like a small robber baron.
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He is injured. He got shot twice, once in the meat of his right thigh, and one sharp graze along the inside of his left calf. They hurt like hell but he’s got enough adrenaline in his system to work through it, at least until his phone dings and everything sets in on him, reality crashing back through like a ton of bricks.
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Right. Andres. He was involved in this whole shindig. Onyx swears under his breath and wipes a sweaty, bloodstained hand over his face.
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What’s he gonna do about Andres?
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What’s he gonna say?
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This is a weird reaction to have about a guy he just murdered, like, twelve people for. Part of it is because he knows Andres would not at all be chill with him having just murdered twelve said people. And now Onyx has to go look this sunshine man in his starbright eyes and be burdened with the knowledge that he will never be anything but a disgusting smear, he will always be lesser, he will always be stained by the width and breadth of his crimes, gross and discriminatory.
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But when had that ever stopped him before? When had he started giving a fuck?
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He can’t be doing his career murderer thing if he is going to grow a conscience.
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His phone dings again because he’s been having this crisis of morality for the past five minutes (just agonizing in place, bending over and tugging at his hair and pacing and swearing under his breath) and he hasn’t sent Andres a reply.
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He touches bloodstained thumbs to his keypad.
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Glad you’re safe.

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Would Andres even want to see him right now?
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He can find his own way home.

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Not that they had a home, but Onyx imagines he'd find him, eventually. Meanwhile, his pockets jingle with stolen, stolen goods.
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What ER? LMK when you’re clear to go home & I can pay the bill.

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There's a bit of a wait time, after his initial offloading from the ambulance. His vitals are taken, he's moved around. He gets his limp checked out and a doctor comes in after the nurse speaks with him. Nothing major. Some bruising, but nothing broken. Just a minor sprain on the usual ankle. A brace, some ice, and some rest would do him well. [break][break]

He nods along, wholly accepting of it all. Glad he's not in worse shape. He tended to avoid hospitals. Nothing good ever happened in them. [break][break]

As he waits, his phone pings, and he clicks his teeth at the Butterfree to relay a message. He curls inward a little, as if trying to hide the smile on his face after reading the first message. [break][break]

Andres hunches over, before remembering he was mad at him. And then he promptly reminded himself that he didn't care and was over it. And then he remembered he'd been worried, and frustrated that Onyx had decided to go off on his own instead of escaping. [break][break]

A chill runs down his spine as he remembered the last time Onyx had gotten into trouble. No hospitals. For obvious reasons. But Andres couldn't give him what he needed at the time. [break][break]

As he sat there trying to figure out a way to nudge Onyx to come get his butterfly, there's a last message that pops up. [break][break]

I'm taking Buru home to feed before he flies off.

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He texted before immediately cursing himself. A nurse interrupted him, and he looks up quickly. Paperwork. That's all. Quietly he fills it out before he's helped onto crutches ( ugh ). He nods to the Butterfree before murmuring to it, "You hungry?" which is a good enough way to persuade anything to follow you. [break][break]

It takes another 10 minutes before he can text something else to Onyx. [break][break]

They're letting me go. Bed rest for 3 days. Are you ok?
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He chewed on the inside of his cheek at that last one before sending it. Please, please, please not that again. Anything but that.

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