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Petalburg was in ruins. Genesct rampaged through the streets. A few were piled up in twisted heaps, doomsday machines waiting for garbage pick-up to resume. It’s the first time in hours that she can breathe. She’d intended to keep out of the way. To let her incompetence get her assigned to protecting some dead-end road. But things hadn’t gone to plan.

The guy next to her had gotten shot through his mask. In a panic, she’d tried her best to shove his eye and brain back in. Then, they’d asked her to put her hands up. And she figured she probably should. That it was high time she give up the masquerade. But, as one of them reached for something, she panicked. A ball opened as her Magcargo took to the field. Bullets sank into its skin as fire lit up the alley.

But the screams she hears don’t come from these guys. They’re younger and female. Was this what the bastard had felt like setting her cousin on fire? A bullet pings off a dumpster next to her. Someone shouts at her.

By the time she realized she was running, she had no idea where she was. Panicked breaths escaped her as she clung to a soot-streaked alleyway. Now, she tries to light a cigarette.

But she can’t.

Her hands are shaking too much.

They’re too wet.

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To see Petalburg like this first hand was something beyond what Rose had been preparing for. She walked through a broken courtyard, with the decayed husks of what had once been a thriving city of flowers and nature. The doctor passed by a group of withering Roselia, their flowers dried and yearning for the fresh ingredients taste of water. Some of them rose their rose had her passing by but lacked the strength to even call out for her. The sight of which made Rose's heart ache at the sight of such peril for the Pokémon present here, her hands shooting up to fidget with the armor provided to all medics that were deployed out here. Yet through all of this, the woman could only worry about the one woman who had shown her kindness in Rocket. [break][break]

"Wherever you are, MAKI YUKIMURA , I hope you're safe somewhere." She thought to herself, then continued traveling around and treating Rocket members that were in need of tending to. Rose continued along until the silhouette of a woman sprinting along could be seen, ducking into the alleyway nearby. Concerned, the doctor followed behind her, a pink colored shadow that darted into the same alleyway as the other woman. Once her presence was noticed, Rose held both hands forward in an effort to show she meant no harm to the other woman. "It's okay, I'm unarmed. It's okay." If allowed, she began to walk closer to Madeline. [break][break]

She was covered in blood, fresh blood. Trembling hands hand onto a cigarette for dear life and yet, couldn't find it within themselves to light it properly. Rose furrowed her brows and took another step forward. "Are you hurt? I can treat your wounds if you're hurt."

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As seconds ticked by, the hunger for nicotine swelled. But her bloody hands just slid right off the lighter's wheel. The attempts turned white paper an almost sickening cotton candy color. Courtesy of Red Dye 40 from some guy she didn't even know. “Come on.” She muttered to her cigarette. “Come ON!” But the frustrations continue.

So absorbed was she in this act that she didn’t notice Rose’s approach. A strange fact considering the woman’s hair was neon pink. For a moment, Madd’s orange eyes fixate on the doctor. But it’s obvious she doesn’t see her. It’s like she’s standing in a fog bank. When the stranger approaches, the redhead takes a step back. Her tentative grip on the cigarette slips. It falls—forgotten—to the alley floor.

Hurt? She’s not hurt. “It’s—” She licks at dry lips. The tip of her tongue comes back tasting of iron. Her hand reaches up to touch her cheek. It comes back covered in brains. “It’s not mine.” A short bark of laughter erupts. It’s manic. Maddening.

Then, the sobbing starts.

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The unlit cigarette hurled towards the floor when Rose had approached, with its owner taking a step back in response. She was jumped from likely what had gotten her all bloodied, a reasonable excuse for what was currently happening with her at the moment. Rose silently prayed that she'd never experience whatever fresh hell this woman was going through, though still pushed herself to try and help out. The relief poured into Rose at the blood not being hers, so at least there wasn't any kind of damaged artery or something. "That's a relief." The woman broke into crazed laughter, making Rose back up again, her stomach queasy from some poor person's matter across the woman's exterior. [break][break]

Some time passed until the laughter shifted into hysterical sobbing. Rose went over to Madeline again and did her best to offer her sympathy. "It's okay. It's alright. I'm a medic, I won't hurt you." Her steps moved closer to the woman in a sobbing fit as she went to slowly try and ease her pain as best she could. It didn't mean much considering the state that everything was right now since the war. She really wanted to get a magic pill to solve every problem, but sadly, such a thing didn't exist just yet. "I know what y-you're going through. Nothing makes sense, you can't focus, and you feel hopeless. I was like that too o-on my first assignment out here." [break][break]

Rose's hands slowly reached to put themselves in Madeline's to try and ground her. If successful, she'd at least try and offer a sense of comfort to her, and if not, there was a good chance she'd scare this suffering woman off. The doctor's movements were slow and made it obvious for what she wanted to do. Talking to people like this was difficult at times, but she couldn't just leave her here. "Just focus on my voice, okay? I'm not trying to hurt you. What happened before I found you like this?"

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Is this how Aubre feels? Madd wonders to herself as that BANG begins to play on repeat. She tries what she’s seen the doctor try. Focusing on what she can touch in the present. The rough texture of her uniform’s trousers. The smell of war on the wind. The blood, blood, BLOOD on her hands—no, no, not that. A smooth orb at her side: Yakuza’s Pokeball. Slowly, the laughter and sobs quiet.

She hasn’t cried in years. It wasn’t like terrorist organizations encouraged vulnerability. Her dad saw emotions as an annoying burden—a sign that you lacked control. It’d been a comment to that effect that earned him a broken nose from Uncle Joel. His cruel words an implication that Aubre was shattered. The tears run hot down her cheek. This is a stark contrast to the cold brick wall behind her.

The one she’s currently sliding down. Her knees end up in her chest.

Rose’s words are a comforting babble. As her head tilts back, Madd looks like a scared little kid playing soldier “Y-yeah. Definitely not my first though.” The redhead’s words stutter like the heart in her chest. Though Madd initially pulls her hands back, she eventually allows them to be taken. “Sorry—” Madd watches as porcelain skin is stained red.

Now, she tries the counting thing. She fixes her gaze on the graffiti just behind Rose’s shoulder. Her chest swells as she tries to force hyperventilating into some sense of order. “I—I don’t think you could.” Madeline murmurs to herself with a bit of her trademark glib. It’s not that Rose is weak. But she’s already pretty fucked up. There’s not much this lady can do to make it worse.

She doesn’t stop to think what side Rose is with.

Hands shaking, Madd lifts a hand to where her cigarettes lay. But she makes no move to pull them out. Just squeezes until the paper crinkles. “I was—was fighting.” Well, to be honest, she was pretending to fight. The attacks weren’t as punchy as they could have been. She purposely picked stuff that wouldn't do much damage. Her brain tries to wonder if this is her fault. If she’d put the gun to the guy’s temple.

But she shakes her head. Not the time, McKenna.

“And they—they shot the guy I was with.” The red R makes it obvious just who they were.

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Rose looked down to see the woman's bloodstained hands entangle with her own. Porcelain skin became tainted with the crimson ichor that weighed heavy on the girl. Her brows furrowed in concern and allowed the girl to slide down the wall. She followed suit and knelt down in front of her while clueless on how to calm her down. The shock was still fresh in Madd's system. Her mind was total anarchy right now, as her brain was desperately trying to sort through things to find some semblance of structure. Until then, she would need to find a temporary peace of mind. Something to center her until she could process everything.[break][break]

"Don't apologize, it's o-okay. That's all we can do in war. Just survive." Rose lowered herself down to Madd's level until she was sitting on top of her legs. Distant booms and noises of stray conflicts rocked the area as Rose winced at every noise. For a moment, maybe it was the other woman who was keeping the doctor from losing her mind here, while Madd spilled her gets out to her. Every sentence brought a renewed sense of dread that fell onto Rose's plate to vent with. "I'm sorry." The only words to leave Rose's mouth out of habit were swallowed with haste while she tried to come up with something that could help. Anything. "I'm here for you. We'll stay here as long as you want. And if anybody comes, I'll take care of them." [break][break]

How exactly Rose planned on doing that with her current team was up in the air, but she'd have to try. Madd wasn't even in the right state of mind to be fighting. Whether or not they were on the same side didn't matter at the moment, as her instincts had guided her to follow somebody in need. "S-Sorry, I never introduced myself. I'm Rose, one of the medics here. What's your name?" she asked, then continued with, "I know it's a lot right now, but is there anything I can help with? Do you need to get out to safety anywhere?"

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“I still can’t believe I’m at war.” That wasn’t the life she dreamed about going up. “How the fuck did that happen?” When she signed up for Rocket, it was meant to be a middle finger to her parents. A way to fit in with the other desperate, angry runaways. But somehow it’d gotten twisted into this. Now, she was sitting on a dirty ass wall covered in brains like a zombie.

Rose offers up more reassurance. Some part of Madeline wants to insist she’s fine, to tell this girl that she’s a tough girl who doesn’t care about stuff like this. But the words just stick in her throat like molten bubble gum. Instead, she gasps for air to try and make something intelligible come out. Eventually, she manages to croak out one word, “Thanks.” The next question draws the woman’s eyes upward.

Rose. It’s fitting. The ginger thinks to herself as she tries to process the words in front of her. She knows she should lie. Make up a name or toss out a codename with a sneer. Just in case her angel is a Leaguer in disguise. But she can’t even think up a fake name right now, and she doesn’t give a fuck abut code names. This lady—Rose—has already seen her chest laid bare (figuratively). “Madd.”

At the next question, she jerkily shakes her head. But then she freezes. She tries to push herself to her feet. “Moxie.” She gasps. Her eyes look up and down the alley praying for a glimpse of lava slug. “I need to find Moxie. My Magcargo. I left--I left her behind.”

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Her words did make Rose's heart crack a bit more. A lot of the Rockets she had met that weren't in the upper echelons had the same sentiment. The many young adults, having been taken advantage of through their fiery disposition of the world around them and used against them. Nobody could have prepared them for an all out war. Not even Rose, who had been the few cases of being forced into servitude. But the doctor just remained quiet and sitting with the other woman. "I don't think anybody could think they'd at war, to be honest." she put plainly and looked up at the walls surrounding them. [break][break]

Madd gave her name, maybe short of Madeleine or something, though she wouldn't dig too deep. "It's nice to meet you, Madd. I know it's not exactly a good first meeting, but I'm glad you're okay." She gave her best attempt at a smile for the other woman, though given the environment, it was likely not as powerful. The distant noises coming from around them certainly didn't help this little meeting, in terms of pleasantries. Rose didn't really didn't have any sort of thing that could help this woman in her mind. What could she say to somebody coated in blood and brains? So after another period of silence, she spoke up again against her will. "We'll get through this. I know things are bad, but we-we'll find a way." [break][break]

Panic hit as Madd remembered her Pokemon which was still out there. She actually wanted to go back out there?! "H-Hey! You can't go back out there! You're insane!" Rose wanted to try and find some way to hold her back, though that look in her eyes told her enough. The very same worry and stress of a lost friend that any person would have. Rose's brows came together in a troubled look before she bit back against her better judgement. She couldn't let this woman do this to herself. Before Madd would launch herself back out into the abyss, Rose held onto her. Her expression was fearful, though determined. "I'll go with you. You can't go back out there alone. More ground to cover."

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Her initial response is a tight, shivering smile. “Yeah.” Some part of her imagined it could end like this, but she hadn’t been too worried about it. She thought there’d be glory and all that other shit military recruiters opined about. Hell, she couldn’t even really imagine what it’d feel like. You didn’t feel blood spray when you watched an action movie. After a moment, she nodded. “What about you?” This angel seemed more insightful than she could ever be. All she’d been was angry.

Her laugh is bitter. Sure, she wasn’t injured but that didn’t mean she was okay. Not by a long shot. “Tell that to my therapist.” Not that she had—or would ever have—one.

Talking to them about her issues would mean admitting a lot of illegal shit. And she really didn’t trust confidentiality. At Rose’s encouragement, the taller woman sighs. It’s almost as if her very soul is being pushed away. “I always do.” And that, more than anything, made this worse. No matter what she did or who she hurt, she found a way to shove it aside for later. To tell herself she’d deal with it eventually.

Every month she decided it’d be the time she left Rocket. And, yet, she kept waking up in this same Arceus damned nightmare. Every ounce of blood spilt just filled the tiger trap deeper. The latter’s first rung always shattered. For a so-called tough guy, she really was a baby. “One foot in front of the other, right?”

The pronouncement drew the redhead’s attention. A muscular hand tightened in the brick. “I think that’s pretty obvious.” She was in a terrorist organization. There was some person’s brains on her face. It’d be weird if she wasn’t off-kilter. At the offer, Madd smiled. “I would try to stop you, but—” There was a lot of Aubre in her. And experience told her there was no stopping the martyr type. They’d slit their wrists to water a tree in front of a logger. Her sentence is punctuated not with a period but a resigned shrug.

There wasn’t any fight in this badger.

“Just stay behind me, okay?” At least, if someone got shot, it’d be the asshole who deserved it.

A shaky breath erupted as she took a step into the empty street. Her lips pressed together as she realized se didn’t know the way. It wasn’t like she’d Google mapped ‘place to hide from enemy soldiers’ on her phone. “I think it’s this way.” A sticky footprint confirmed she remembered that much.

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Rose wasn't one to let anybody already not in a great headspace to get even worse. Somehow such a thing felt like the worst option possible for such a fate. Madd may have been reassuring her she could handle it, but Rose had seen what happened to people who had told themselves that for too long of a time period. The human mind is a fickle thing, something so crucial to being human that many wondered just how advanced it could be. Not taking the appropriate steps to mend fully was a dangerous gambit. One that very few had ever seemed to live after such things. If the guilt wasn't the thing to get you, it would be the resulting PTSD. Rose was a doctor, not a psychiatrist, although she could see the problem before her as clear as day. [break][break]

She gave a stern pout to Madd. The same kind of look the doctor gave when trying to look as serious as Maki or any other Rocket could look. In reality, it was like she had been scolded by her mother about eating sweets before dinner and opted to throw a silent defiant tantrum instead. "I'm not letting you go back out there alone." Rose said as Madd thought the request over. "I found you having a breakdown in this alleyway, and I refuse to allow you to face the hell there is out there alone. For better or worse, you're stuck with me now." It must have worked, considering that Madd agreed and gave her the freedom to tag along on her hunt for her missing Pokemon. A Pokemon without their trainer in a war zone didn't exactly inspire hope about its chances of survival, but Madd didn't need to hear that. Rose had to ensure that her spirit wouldn't be broken. "I'm right behind you." Rose said to Madd as they stepped out of the alley. [break][break]

The air had somehow felt more stagnant than before. Perhaps it was harrowing experience of the human condition with Madd that had made her all the more worried about the fates of all people here. Two feet carried themselves behind the other Rocket as graceful as they could be. Every little noise had caused the doctor to jump in surprise. "So far so good." she said to Madd in a hushed voice.

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It takes everything in Madd not to laugh at Rose’s pout. What comes out instead is a wet, whimpering hiccup. The pink-haired woman’s insistence earns a smile. It’s rare to run into a Rocket that’s so trusting. Most of them were like Ursaring in bear traps, trapped and gnawed on by so-called good people. Parents who didn’t love them. Tortured by out-of-control Leaguers. Street rats and vagrants forgotten by society.

And, even if she’s not intimidating, the woman’s right. Her entire body is still shaking. Though it’s started to dry, there’s still blood on her hands and face. If she ran into somebody, she isn’t sure if she’d lash out, surrender, or go catatonic. “There are worse people to be stuck with.” The redhead offers an empty, stressed smile. At least having a human being along gave her someone to act for. A motivation to put back on the mask—figuratively and literally.

After a few minutes, the taller woman turns to face Rose. Her hand still shakes, but there’s a tension and motive too. This beanpole is obviously even worst equipped for a fight than Madeline is. “You all right?” The redhead murmured behind her reattached mask. “You seem a little…jumpy.” Though it isn’t visible, a carrot brow jerks skyward. But there isn’t time to ponder that.

A movement on the horizon catches amber eyes. “Smoke.” For a moment, Madd freezes.

She’s scared. Both of what waits and who might not. Suddenly, her boots feel like hunks of drying concrete.

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A part of Rose wondered why she even bothered caring about people in Rocket. Everyone she had met or experienced hell with had been the same type of person that pushed away advances to get to know one another. She wasn't like any of them. The only reason she was here was under duress at the threat of her remaining family who would be in danger had she not been present to take her father's place. The scoundrel and villains in this organization likely despised her very outlook on the world. [break][break]

Yet Rose found herself caring for them. Maybe it was how naive she was to the world view the members of Rocket subscribed to. Or perhaps she could gaze into Madd's eyes and see the hurt that lied within. The inner soul of a person who had been dealt a horrible hand in life and had been entombed in what was likely their place in the world. Her profession made people think twice about taking advantage of her. Not a whole lot of doctors were present in the front lines like this and even then, it was unwise to make enemies with people who could htreat your wounds. Even behind the attempt at stoicism, Madd had that look of somebody who was uncertain about their fate. [break][break]

"Lucky for me, I got stuck with the best." Rose tried to smile as well, though could feel a presence in the back of her head worrying about her. Would her fiery snail be in good health? Or would it be too late for the poor guy? As poignant as the question was, the doctor pushed it out of her head and continued behind Madd as they ventured out further. Her jumps had been picked up by the other woman as Rose tensed in response. "I'm that visible, huh? Just scared, I guess. We don't know what's out here."[break][break]

Suddenly, a some hard hit her square in the chest. A solid projectile smashing right into her that briefly knocked the medic out. Her body went sailing behind Madd before coming to a stop before the ground. When Rose did come to a moment later, she was on the ground, hand reaching for her chest with the worst of fates in mind.[break][break]

Please, please, please... [break][break]

A shaky hand rose to show no blood staining her gloves. Sweet relief filled Rose for a split second before the muffled sounds of humans from afar had begun to pour in around them. [break][break]

"Got you, Rocket scum! Men, open fire!"

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