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Gunner's idea to split up and search the area was met with a nod, and once they traded contact information, they were off. Gunner one way, Genny the other.[break][break]

Hitting the street, Genny is still trying to get a good lay of the land here in Lilycove. Ever vigilant, she takes each moment to scan the area, hyper-focused now. Even after work, she never really stopped being a Ranger. The workaholic in her never allowed it. And when she sees a bunch of kids running about, playing together, her phone goes off.[break][break]

Suspicious person. She turns on a dime, and begins sprinting, quickly responding to the text:[break][break]

[break][break]

She's a few blocks away now, and so she'll definitely come later than Gunner. She just hopes that Agent Graves stays safe. Lucky for him though, she has a scrappy little Torchic who is just raring to get his talons into something.

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No kidding... it seemed like every nook and cranny Rocket could infest, they did so. It was frustrating a lot of the time. "Yeah... what can you do though?" Rocket was in a way, another side to the League. Not every Rocket wanted what was best for the world, but they wanted to change it. As much as the League wanted it better too. Twisted methodology...[break][break]

But Kanto was a stark reminder of why Rocket couldn't exactly have their way.[break][break]

Hearing Kouji's enjoyment over calligraphy has her loosen up. It was a neat little hobby to have, and though she didn't share that same love over it. But when he offered the same question back, the Ranger in her wanted to say she couldn't see herself having any right now. "Ranger work doesn't give me much time, but aside from just singing and yoga, I used to enjoy beach volleyball in school." And... then...[break][break]

Nothing. Genny felt a sudden emptiness... maybe she had been pushing herself too far into the Rangers. She didn't know what she liked to do outside of that.[break][break]

Giving her no time to process that, movement was happening on the outside. The thief in the night had already begun moving... and coming here to take what was their own.

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Whoa. A quick department store call for her? This shouldn't take long... until the nightmare of seeing a Rotom blender going on high and spinning comes to vision, and dumbfounded, Genny has to prepare herself.[break][break]

Between her and Sherwood the Treecko... the horror on Genny's face said it all, as she races towards the freezer aisle, and oh god, oh no, look at them. They're opening and clacking with such a crazy click-clack. This wasn't a Samsung smart fridge at all, these were absolutely possessed silly fridges, floating via LEVITATE.[break][break]

"Sherwood! Ground'em!" With the gecko firing off a WORRY SEED towards the fridge monsters, the fridge would have to slam into the floor.[break][break]

Oof... this was gonna take awhile.[break][break]

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After getting the Melody Miro's contact information, the praise, and then the exclamation to call her after her first Gym Battle, Genny's face is alight. Giddiness pulses through herself, watching Melody leave, as she waves back...[break][break]

They were wrong. Meeting her hero was worth its weight, and as she cheers, she hears the yipping from below, and Genny snatches the little Yamper below, hugging him to her chest, the little pup licking at her face, no idea what's going on.[break][break]

"We did it, Lucky!" She jumps giddily, a slight tinge of red on her cheeks, the heat burning as she jumps for the moon, for joy, for every happy nerve in her body.[break][break]

A new journey ahead of her.[break][break]

Letting Lucky down back onto his wheels, the Yamper moving and scooting around now again, Genny's phone goes off. Called to action on Route 105...[break][break]

"One more mission. Then a vacation. I won't let you down, Melody."

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A shrug. "It's quiet. Nice." It felt a great deal quieter than Slateport. All the hustle and bustle frequented that area of Mauville and Slateport. Like a swirling nightmare of noise, and... Genny's never going to be a fan.[break][break]

But... this Caleb. Genny's combing through her mind trying to remember bits and pieces of him. It feels so unbelievably familiar. Like who was he? Was she supposed to know him? But it felt so close to a deja vu, a moment of clarity that was just out of reach. A feeling in his heart, that beats and burns, yet unable to connect them together.[break][break]

One of his best friends though. The way he talks of him, running ragged to find the guy...[break][break]

Genny stops him.[break][break]

The teacup stops. "You'll find him." Genny is certain of that much, and she gets up onto her feet, a hand offered to help him up. "If you keep running yourself ragged, you'll miss the clues you could've found by just walking. Slow down, take a deep breath-"[break][break]

She simulates it with a breath in, and a breath out.[break][break]

"Put one foot in front of the other."[break][break]

Her lips curve upwards to a small smile. Sure, she has no idea where to look, or who to look for. But if he was running himself ragged to find this Caleb Harcourt, she could at least help Isaac get his head on straight.[break][break]

She couldn't know the gravity of the situation. Poor girl.

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Genny is free falling. Pet Shop dives faster and faster, the bird's eyes with panic the faster she falls. Only for there to be an AIR SLASH in her future. Pet Shop can't take more than this, and the oversized bird has to make a decision.[break][break]

Let her fall. Or take the attack.[break][break]

That decision was an immediate one, and the Pidgeot can feel the slash of air and wind cut into her, one massive cut now on her face cleaving upwards at a diagonal, a singular eye force closed. A scar she'd always have. But.[break][break]

Genny was now safely on her back again. A dangerous move that pumps adrenaline harder. Pet Shop isn't doing great, and she can tell another one of those won't be good for her.[break][break]

Grabbing on tight...[break][break]

"Agility! Can't hit what he can't see!" Pet Shop speeds up, going faster and increasing her speed to keep him guessing, zig-zagging, despite the Trainer on top.

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El Sunderland is sweet... providing them relief from the poison that flowed everyone's veins. It only makes her feel more powerless. As she moves further down the cliffside, offered an herb from Eris Halla, as she looks it over. Taking a bite from the yellow herba mystica. With it, her eyes alight, and her face scrunches up. Ah... sour.[break][break]

The redhead turns towards Izzy, and she nods to finally answer his question. "It would have to. Likely already worked on, if they intended to grab us for food. Foods typically the last thing gotten before an expedition, right?" After all, food could go bad. Usually, it would be packed last... and therefore, they were to be packed last. Izzy leaves to help Vanilla Kingsley. Poor girl.[break][break]

Genny's ears hears the man running for the ship. The one covered in Tera Crystals. Someone who seemed familiar, but she can't put her finger on it. Only for them to speak... more people line up between them and the man, and the redhead stares on. What was... when his true intentions are put out before them, her eyes down show fear.[break][break]

They show irritation.[break][break]

First the pulse of poison, and then the burst from her back. A limb, that seemed like a shadow that came from her, standing over the four-foot eleven girl, setting the height to eight feet, massive in size as hazel eyes looked on, an empty look in her eyes now, the imposing size of the monstrosity coming from her back, a flesh-born magenta shadow over her.[break][break]

Seeing the fallen, mindless oaf Cadeyrn Osmond, Genny's eyes lock towards him. It's like being locked out of her body. She begins to grin with a hidden cruelty, and the imposing throws itself at Elise Calcifet's night, and intends to throw him straight into a wall, a strong, empowered fist to intimidate everyone around her. Dismantling the weak-willed princess would impose her will.[break][break]

That one. El Sunderland. They can heal. They are a problem, and she will remedy.[break][break]

The limb sprouts to arms, and pulls Genny with it, as if the smaller redhead was a ragdoll, almost like a spider as she stares listlessly forward. "Eliminating healing capability. Do not resist, food." She intends to grab them, and crush at their limbs. The whole time, Genny is screaming in her head. Her body cannot move. She cannot stop this.[break][break]

The monstrosity in her head kept roaring out. She has to stop. Why won't her body listen to her? Why was she speaking like this.[break][break]

STOP. LISTEN TO ME. Her Fennekin, Akane, attempts her best to provide El with a LIGHT SCREEN, to keep Genny's monstrosity in check. It might do nothing, but, as the fox mews on, she just wants her Trainer to come to her senses. Nothing was working. [break][break]

She truly was powerless. But she felt so powerful.[break][break]

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That Absol gave everything to keep Genevieve alive... and by some twisted sense of honor, she would ensure this person got out alive too. She wasn't some'mon who would dare let a debt go unpaid. But in that honor, she would pay that price. Even when she saves the Slither Wing, she slices again. Even when Neon calls out to her, asking if she was sent to die.[break][break]

He didn't know better. But he didn't need to. She came back not out of love for Genny, but duty to someone who saved her life. The debt, now repaid.[break][break]

With every slashed through Brute Bonnet, another two take their place. With every two eliminated, yet more. Every kill compiles, but the damage and wear is too much. She falls to a knee, and she can't see anymore. She can't see from whatever powder is in the air, her eyes shut. And then she feels it on her neck. And the voice calls out.[break][break]

With a tired mew... Ebony smiles at Mint. And attempts to look to the future for him. Hoping that it's good. Hoping that it's filled with some happiness. With a deft efficiency...[break][break]

Ebony feels the steel take her.[break][break]

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Genny's exhausted... she lacks the energy to stand. But her eyes focus when she hears him. The Rocket. And when he gets closer, when she doesn't wake up, she's slapped awake from her dream. Hazel eyes focus. There...[break][break]

And then the words came.[break][break]

And Genny's trying to get up. She's trying to get up, and she can't. Her legs buckle, and her heart breaks.[break][break]

"Ebony's..."[break][break]

Gone. Then her vision of him obscures.[break][break]

No...[break][break]

How many is it now?

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The Arcanine roars with everything he had, Zagreus' love, his anger, and all of his sorrow into that howl. The Arcanine burning brilliantly within the hail, intensity in every degree, readying to blast it forward. With a command, with a single order, he would kill her. He would kill the killer. He would burn everything in his wake, if he was given the chance.[break][break]

But when the Rocket grabs her hair, the fistful yanked, and Genny crying out in pain, the Arcanine growls like that of a wild beast. A step forth, about to pounce. A wolf, staring down the natural enemy. But he cannot move.[break][break]

Because she has his person. All he can do is growl... and now, knife to throat, Genny looks on mournfully to Serenity. The scared little girl all the Arcanine can see. The blood seeps down the knife, cutting at the skin of her neck, and that is all the dog needs.[break][break]

The burning pillar of flame dies down to that of a pitiful ember, and the Arcanine, still glaring, closes his eyes.[break][break]

Genny's Pokeball is in her hand.[break][break]

And Zagreus is away now.[break][break]

Just as the Rocket asks. And now Genny is left a dead friend. Another one, gone. And all she can do is sob. She can't even talk. All she can do is cry at the abhorrent act done today. At a hopeful mission, foiled. Another failure on the board.

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Fear takes hold, and bogged down by doubt she'll make it through this, it's in his amused response. That innocence, so sing-song... his innocence, as electricity crackles from his hands, telling her she has no chance. Taking him? The only one taking anything was the fox here...[break][break]

It makes her feel so powerless. Fear grips at her chest, she feels the harrowing edge, the step she takes back another for him to move forward her right where he wants her.[break][break]

Orville doesn't relent, but the blast of a POWER GEM pushes him back. It was like he got nowhere quickly, for good reason. Without Genny's words, he was aimlessly moving forward. Without direction, he cannot make progress. But eyes move towards Wright, and she's faring no better, a powerful, massive foe in the Goodra that retaliates against his mere ancient pebbles, and gifts the Togetic with a POISON TAIL in pass. With no direction, she was easily poisoned, and cries out in pain, feeling the effects of a super-effective attack, let alone one that hit with such strength back.[break][break]

Without Genny, they were unrefined. And her lack of battle experience, compiled on her exhaustion, only showed the gap between them.[break][break]

Can she even do this?[break][break]

Fear pulls the rug from her. She feels powerless. Her breathing starts to get ragged, her eyes attempt to focus on nothing, her mind ensnares itself... and then...[break][break]

The Teddiursa makes a cry out, wiping blood from his head. The Togetic does the same, shrugging off the discord in her, steadying despite the pain. Both stand at the ready. Their eyes move to her. Their eyes meet.[break][break]

"I-"[break][break]

They both charge hopelessly without direction. They wouldn't give up on her, and so once again, Orville goes in for the strike against Sidhe, more SLASHes, with Wright attempts another ANCIENT POWER. Both attackers fight with everything they have. There was still a fire in Genny.[break][break]

They just needed to re-ignite it.[break][break]

They fought for her out of love. They would win for her out of that love. Put everything down for this fight. All in.[break][break]

Tears start to mat her face, ruining her face in front of the Rocket in front of her. She didn't move another step.

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Heart sink.[break][break]

Ollie begins to plummet. And Genny was the cause. She managed to get who she was aiming at, the Rocket plummeting, but killing the Head Ranger in the same motion? When he was behind her one-hundred percent? She's distracted.[break][break]

And it makes it worse when she's nearly MOONBLASTed off Pet Shop, the feeling so intense and painful that only adrenaline is keeping her conscious. But now, she's on a mission. Pet Shop dives the moment Genny takes the reins. Even if she's flimsy in the sky, she had to get Head Ranger Morales to safety. No matter what. So, with an order, even if Pet Shop can do nothing but wind, she has to get underneath them. She has to go faster than the Altaria.[break][break]

And so, she grips, and feels the wind running through her air, attempting to get further, faster, before either of them hit the ground, and she commands again.[break][break]

"WHIRLWIND." And there it is. The gust of wind again, to push them back upwards, to slow their descent. Right below them.[break][break]

Encore? Sure. It messed with her, but if it pushed both of them up slightly, she could likely grab Ollie, or the Rocket. Or both. Reaching her hand out, she reaches a foot too far, holding on barely to get to Ollie.[break][break]

"OLLIE!"[break][break]

Ever see a four foot eleven woman catch her body weight twice over in a himbo Head Ranger? No? They all were about to.

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Genny always put the world first. She never aspired to be some kind of hero, saving everyone she could from... some threat. Who knew what kind? But she did want to be able to do that. To save people.[break][break]

"Yeah." She admits that... and the worst of it is, she can't disagree with his words. In fact, it's her comment on her Pokemon that cuts deeper than any edge could. And Genny grows much, much more melancholic.[break][break]

Avenge them?[break][break]

"No." She couldn't even do that much. And it bothers her. It bothers her than all the Rockets laughed at her. Self-esteem wasn't shattered by one, but by four or five. And each time, it proved something infalliable.[break][break]

She was powerless.[break][break]

She actually begins tearing up, so she wipes at her eyes, and balls her hands into her fists. "One day, I will. They gave it their all to give me the world. I want to give it back. So I will be the next Champion." A mantra she spoke to herself. A fire burns within her.[break][break]

Then the silly part of her, the light coming back to her face.[break][break]

"Journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, ya'know?" Everyone has to take that first step forward. "Thanks for talking with me on it, Mr. Hoffman. I hope one day, I can prove you wrong." She gives him that sunny smile, ear-to-ear, teeth showing in full.

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They always laughed...[break][break]

It was getting worse. Genny's self-esteem was getting bombarded constantly. First were those Rockets on the sea, then the Rockets in the air. She wasn't going to just be pushed around.[break][break]

"Better men and women aren't me." She was different, she says. Boasting with determination, as the twister gets its licks in, only for the duo to work on the trajectory of the twister to fire off literal fire. Pet Shop wasn't going to dodge it, but... it was a gamble.[break][break]

She spins to the side, Genny taken by surprise. Her belly is scorched, sure, but as Genny falls from the Pidgeot, plummeting through the sky in fear, the Pidgeot cawing in pain, but quickly diving downwards with an AERIAL ACE through the Charizard and Rocket before racing to give chase.[break][break]

Pet Shop took a full on FLAMETHROWER for Genny. The burn was insufferably painful.[break][break]

But she was made of tougher stuff, as she nose dives faster and faster, one of the fastest birds to do it.

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