The Battle of Sootopolis

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For all of what Elaine had witnessed within Mossdeep, between the carnage, the fighting, and the deaths, she had thought she would be better prepared than she actually was. But she was one who knew full well that the world was not that simple.

At the first sign of the explosion off in the distance, she had seen numerous of the forces leave Mossdeep to converge upon the source, Sootopolis City--the very Rocket stronghold that the League was fighting to reclaim.

She still had the encrypted data on her person. She had not had the chance to pass it on to anyone trustworthy before chaos had erupted in the distance and at that point, anyone and everyone who could potentially be considered trustworthy had taken off to the epicenter of the turbulence that had engulfed everything.

So, she had ended up taking the fastest route over. Atop the back of Tiamat, she flew as fast as she could.

How could it have been worse than what she had witnessed at Mossdeep.

Homes lost.

Lives taken.

Futures destroyed.

She bore witness to it all on Mossdeep and yet, she could not even put that on the same scale as the scene before her. The leviathan steadily encroaching upon the city. The panic as numerous forces attempted to act for their own agenda against each other. The plumes of smoke rising in the distance from numerous destroyed ships. The corpses floating in the ever rising waters.

Emotions flared to a fever pitch as League and Rocket acted one after the other.

She had fought so hard in what was a defensive war, but being on the side that led the offensive here wrenched her stomach.

Hypocrite. Hypocrite. Hypocrite. Hypocrite.

Words circulated through her head as she realized that 'her side' was responsible for the chaos.

It didn't matter who owed who. The moment war was waged, both sides were inextricably evil. Such was the reality before her.

"Get over yourself, Elaine!" Elaine knocked her fist into the side of her head as she took a deep breath. The accusations she lay upon herself would continue to exist at the end of this all. The more she heeded them and hesitated, the more she would regret things.

She knew that the best. She still had to act and fight. For the lives she had yet to save.

"Don't look...at me like that...I don't want to die, but...it's already too late...so don't look at me...as someone you couldn't save...but as someone who's will...you've inherited...for better...or for...worse."

She could not let someone else be pushed to the point where they'd have to say those words. That was the curse she had bore from the wish she held.

"Head down!" With that command to her Flygon, the two descended further towards the epicenter of the chaos.

She was not strong enough to fight Kyogre like this. The fact that the Lugia that had beaten her so soundly a few weeks prior was struggling was proof enough of that. She winced as she tried to avoid eye contact with Cillian Quinn .

Instead, she made her way to where people were beginning to assist with the evacuation. Landing close to Gwendolyn Conway , Elaine jumped off the Flygon.

Attacks were flying everywhere. She had seen other people closer to the edge of the city helping out with evacuations, but this point had seemed particularly vulnerable, especially with how close it was to Kyogre.

But even moreso, it was vulnerable to collateral and splatter as titans battled it out.

"Tiamat! Use Boomburst to block all the incoming debris! Protect the escapees!"

Especially as the Lugia above had unleashed another blow with clear intent to hit as many of its trainer's enemies as possible. As she heard his admonishment rumble out, she couldn't help but scoff.

"What an absolute farce." It was not just him. This entire operation deserved pure scorn.

To place a curse upon everyone continuing to instigate things here would have been a light punishment.

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TL;DR:

• Landing on E2 near Gwendolyn Conway and Phoebe Myst
• Elaine attempts to have Flygon protect the evacuees with Boomburst directed at all flying debris (and incoming waves of attack)
• Elaine hopes that she's not standing out enough to get noticed by Cillian but still speaks derisively in response to his resounding words
• Elaine still has her hands on the encrypted files she obtained in her prelude thread
• War. War never changes.

Tags: Mentions of Gwendolyn Conway, Phoebe Myst, Cillian Quinn
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Dondozo's using Bulldoze to even out the path, disregarding anything that is in their way - just onward and forward with reckless abandon as they come closer and closer to the city with rapid speed. Dee also notices a familiar figure on a Lapras - Hitoshi Inoue - and decide to direct der pokémon towards his position, too. However, tumultuous seas do not allow for the smoothest communication, and dee only has der Rotom in der phone right now - der Metagross is resting up in its pokéball.

Approaching shore, dee also sees Alba Evovae and fern delaney focus-firing a target, and well. Who is dee not to heed a call so obvious?

Dee doesn't like using anything sound-based, but the Dondozo acts largely on its own. Dee can feel its voice sounding underneath them, doing the most Noble Roar targeted at annalise henderson's Mew to weaken and intimidate it as the giant fish comes crashing ashore near the Rocket and Annalise as well as MATIAS SILPH.

Dee probably should've paid more attention to the Earth Spikes, however, as some bury themselves into the Dondozo.

tl;dr arriving at F1
- sees hitoshi, decides to join up with him
- arrives after alba and fern as they + hitoshi open fire on annalise and matias
- joins the battle, dondozo uses noble roar at the mew
- come crashing ashore and right into matias' earth spikes
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freya morningstar 's orders made Josh's heart sink. It made him cry. Ratting out one of his best friends turned enemy Alexei Ivanov was one thing. Being commanded to engage an Avatar with an injured body was another. "Captain, I wish I could. I wish I could. But not with the Councilwoman's orders." Inert his suit may have been since Aslan's death, but Sygna Suited he was, and he had to engage a Rocket Avatar... or risk losing his job as Gym Leader. His Gym was profitable even after a theoretical loss of the League stipend. Was Mauville Gym worth this price?

In a twist of fate, he would have that choice made for him; seated alight a Roaring Moon was fern delaney , the black-winged Tapu Koko rapidly closing the distance upon annalise henderson and her Mew. "Captain!" Josh cried, reaching for the RAINBOW FEATHER and hastily drawing the Sign's four strokes.

The primal thunderstorm filled Swift with energy, the monochrome Beast materializing near the Mauville Duo. A scintillating glow formed atop the black crown; a familiar one, at that. He remembered this glow from several occasions, most notably sparring with illeana reyes and Palkia. "Caaaaaaaaaptaaaaaaaaaain!!" From his surface thoughts to his subconscious, Josh willed the Raikou to protect them from NATURE'S MADNESS above all else.

Heeding his bearer, Swift resonated with Josh's innermost wishes, a REFLECTIVE barrier shaped like his crown expanded outward in an effort to shield Beast, Gym Leader, and Captain from the Alolan deity's wrath.

MOVE SLOT REGAINED

Swift the Raikou regains the move REFLECT.

"You're not the only one who can command lightning," the Champion spat toward fern delaney . "You won't lay a finger on my Captain. You hear me?!"

Unlike kyle lopez , he wasn't going to be a martyr. Today, he would be a hero.