"Hrrrrrgh...I won't let that little guy get crushed..." Sylvia said to herself, trying to get her to summon enough strength to just miraculously pick up the lamppost and throw it into the stratosphere. In reality, she wasn't going to just suddenly sprout enough muscles to get this pole out of the way of the kid and his Pokémon. She had been fully expecting to be attacked in this moment of weakness and welcomed it with open arms, but to her surprise, Sylvia heard the Ranger just order the Vaporean to freeze the lamppost whole to hold it in place. Sylvia managed to let go just in time to watch the pole be frozen in the air just above the child and his Sewaddle. The Rocket smiled at the pair, though her eyes locked onto the poor thing. Scared half to death, frozen in fear just looking at her. It was something she loved to see, but not with a bug!

"He's getting pretty big. Pretty soon he'll evolve, but when he does, you need to make sure that you get him fresh leaves every day. Make sure he's got a nice warm shelter for the winter and plenty of time outside so he can repair his coat if it gets bent or damaged." Sylvia kneeled down to the child while she observed the string covered Pokemon. He flinched at her doing so, though she didn't mean any harm in doing so. A soft smile came about while the woman fought back the envy in her heart. Her Levanny would have loved this one, no doubt. "And take good care of him. It's dangerous for bug-types out here, but if you treat them right, they'll return the favor, okay?" Cromwell called the child to her, which he did so quickly after nodding silently at the Rocket. The redhead waved him away before managing to take a breather from carrying all that weight.

At least until the ranger was still interested in another fight. "Nah, it's done. I've seen enough to know what I have to work with here, Orange. And that's to say, you pass with flying colours!~" Sylvia said while putting a hand on her hip, nonchalantly watching Genevieve as she looked at the bag full of Pokeballs that was laying out on the street, spilled out and undisturbed. "I wasn't even interested in the Pokeballs anyway, keep 'em. You're the one I had my eye out for, and it worked!" She brought both hands together and beamed in approval, calling back her Grapploct. The octopus Pokemon exchanged glances with the ranger and her Vaporean, though refused to attack. Although the Rocket's expression turn to uncertainty while glancing at the Vaporean.

"I don't really get it though. Why not attack me when I'm weak? You had the perfect chance to take me in and you didn't."

MISSION: Boom Boom Bakudon!



Genevieve Cromwell

The fall had made Sylvia grimace in pain, having smashed her back into the pavement and was reeling a bit from the pain, though she could only focus on the eyes of Genevieve on top of her as the grin on her face grew as wide as possible. Octavio had been in a pretty rough state all things considered. His Brick Brreak attack had been so rudely interrupted by the Rampardos's Supercell Slam attack, meeting the two at the halfway mark while damaging both from the shock. Octavio stumbled back from the force of the slam, only to be further damaged by the Vaporean's Flip Turn, causing it to stumble back some. The lack of a Vaporean to deal with was a plus for them, although Sylvia was giggling to herself again, her lovely eyes dousing themselves in everything Genevieve stood for. "Yes, yes, YES! You're perfect! It's been so long since I've met people like Blue and you." Even if Genevieve's grip wasn't resolute, Sylvia was going to make sure she regretted doing so. "You're one of the ones who I'm looking for! The people who are going to save this weak little region! I can see it in those eyes, the fiery spirit of a hero!"

While stuck in her elated state, she looked back up at her Grapploct as it would facing the other opponent. There wasn't a whole lot more that she wanted to do here at this point, so why not just clean things up? "Let's finish this, Octavio! SUPERPOWER time!" The Grapploct surrounded its body in a mysterious blue energy, beginning to glow around its tentacles as power radiated from the Pokémon's very being. Octavio launched itself at the Rampardos, attacking with all of its limbs at once. A shockwave tore through the Mauville city streets as the two powerful bodies made contact with one another. More loose items flew away, as some vehicles even would tilt on their side form the force of the blows! At the same time, Sylvia shifted her weight to the right and kept a hold on Genevieve's arms, flipping the two so that she was on top of her now. Sylvia's grip, however, was absolute. She gripped her hand, hands brimming with excitement. The two green orbs stared down at the Ranger with a an excitable expression. "But that whole "mercy" thing doesn't work out here, silly. Rocket trains us to win by any means necessary. If I had a hidden weapon or any kind of malice towards you..." Sylvia let go of Genevieve's left arm, allowing her right hand to reach and press onto her nose playfully. "Boop! One less Ranger to worry about~ Next time we meet, I expect you-"

A loud creak interrupted the fight, catching their attention, as nearby, a lightpost would have come loose from the previously mentioned shockwave. It wobbled in place back and forth as Sylvia stopped her monologue to watch it. The large lamppost would then slowly begin to fall towards the crowd of people currently slumbering around them. More importantly, an unconscious child, cuddling his Sewaddle, would be in the direct line of its descent. The normally apathetic and playful Rocket, as it turned out, experienced an emotion other that just joy at torturing the Ranger in front of her. "Shit, nonononono..." Sylvia kicked off of being on top of Genevieve to race towards the falling lamppost. Her dash landed her just at the forty degree angle mark, with only mere inches separating the child from the heavy lamppost. With extra emphasis on the heavy part.

"Nggggh..." Sylvia grunted, trying to hold onto the heavy load to keep from squashing the two underneath. The child's fate was maybe up for interpretation, but nothing was going to happen to her precious bugs! Her back was to Genevieve, allowing her for a chance at a cheap shot while the redhead grunted and tried to push the lamp aside, though with little effort. She wasn't a bodybuilder and this thing weighed tons! "Octavio, gimme a-" The fighting octopus was reeling from the recent Superpower, dazed and trying to slowly lumber over at a slow pace. Sylvia pushed herself to continue, for the Sewaddle's life!

MISSION: Boom Boom Bakudon!



Genevieve Cromwell

"Hehe, one lucky guy. Blue's more of my type, all heroic and serious looking~" Sylvia had the woman in her hands, teasing her a little bit while eagerly awaiting Genevieve's next move. Her arms fidgeted around while her next movement was definitely a crafty one! The good Ranger was quick to jump into action and order Rembrandt to force them to separate. Octavio, meanwhile, had been busy attempting to disable the Vaporean's ability with his many tentacles restricting its movements until the order was given for it to merge back into the water. Octavio's arms were freed up as his prey disappeared into the waters below them, leaving him vulnerable while his tentacles rolled back to a more neutral stance. While that Vaporean was going to be a handful to get away with things, Sylvia wasn't totally out just yet. No doubt that she could find some way to figure things out with that water loving dog...fox...thing.

Now under normal circumstances, separating from somebody who was attempting to be blown around by a large, explosive gust of wind would have been more health related to avoid. But if there was one thing the ginger Rocket wasn't, it was being sensible! Instead, the idea of getting to be thrown across the city streets only seemed to cause Sylvia's grin to widen. She hunkered down, embracing Genevieve by wrapping around the arm forced behind her back while keeping her other arm around her midsection. "Hehe, I like your style! Ready to go for a ride?" The winds swirled through their battle arena, as some of the other debris in their little fighting area were upset until, much like the scattered papers about, the two women were airborne. Sylvia loved the ride, even cheering out during their flight with a "Woohoo!" They soared through the air for a short while, while Sylvia tried to keep an eye on Octavio.

"Change of plans! Get pumped again, Octavio!" Just like before, The octopus-like creature started to BULK UP as his tentacles enlarged and twitched while growing stronger to maintain around its opponents. Octavio would continue looking around for the Vaporean just as Sylvia and Genevieve hit the ground. The Rocket was unfortunately who they landed on, which made her grunt in pain while they sat entangled on the ground. "G-Go for the hardheaded one! BRICK BREAK!" Octavio turned his attention to the Rampardos and raised two of its "arm" tentacles upwars. With fast speeds, it aimed to bring them down upon the Rampardos.

MISSION: Boom Boom Bakudon!



Genevieve Cromwell

Just look at that stance! This was somebody who knew their stuff! She couldn't tell exactly what kind of school it was from, or if it had really been any style to begin with. Sylvia kind of slacked off in training that day, until the actual fighting part! But more importantly, the lone League member was even a Ranger! That was always a good sign that this could be one of those fabled heroes she had been desperately attempting to search for. With an elated smile, Sylvia soaked in everything that this woman had to offer her, letting the pure, unfiltered hatred for her antics wash upon her body. "Ranger Cromwell?" she smirked, giving a chuckle. "Pffft, so official. Arceus, you really are a Ranger, huh?"

The Grapploct's attacks would hit both Pokémon full on, the black ink staining their exterior from the attack. In a sign of challenge, or perhaps intimidation, the fighting octopus would offer both of the two opponents by flexing. Their reactions towards this action had not been wasted, given how Cromwell worked with her two Pokémon. The dinosaur looking one would call forth a sudden wave of water and and ride it towards him. The water overwhelmed the Grapploct, yet she still pushed through to free himself partially and react just in time. The Aurora Beam from the Vaporean had much such a plan nullified once the water had frozen over. The Grappleoct had four of his tentacles trapped by the ice attack, trying to free himself by wriggling around. "Oooh, you're pretty smart. Already impressing me~" Sylvia, meanwhile, watched as Cromwell ran up to her with her arms raised and ready to throw a punch. The swing came barreling towards Sylvia as she came prepared.

The Rocket swung her hips to the side when the strike came through, pushing her body to the side to avoid the attack. In the same movement, Sylvia brought her arm underneath the balled fist that had aimed for her and locked it into her armpit, flexing her bicep to keep it from sliding out without a fight. In a fluid movement, her form took a long stride behind Cromwell and forced the held arm behind her back, while putting her foot in front of the ranger's, interlocking their legs. "Whoa, you really meant that punch!" Sylvia giggled, resting her head on the woman's shoulder. "You're quickly impressing me though! Are you one of the heroes that I've been searching for? Keep on pushing, Orange!" That was a good color! Yeah, her hair matched some fruits and berries growing on the trees pretty well. Her voice wasn't taunting, well, not much anyway, but Sylvia sounded like a child that had just been told they could own an entire city made of the best candy available. There was no malice or anything, but unfettered joy in her words. The agent turned to her trapped Pokemon and had to think of how to deal with this terrible twosome!

"Get pumped, Octavio! Time to get serious!" The Grapploct would begin to flex its body up as the tentacles had seemingly grown in size and strength. One BULK UP session later, the frozen wave it had found itself trapped under had began to chip away, then freeing itself as two tentacles were still chilled in ice. It lumbered over to the others while Sylvia moved to hook her right leg in and trip Cromwell down to the ground. "Go for the Vaporean first, lock 'em up!" In one fluid swoop, the Grapploct slithered across the ground towards the Vaporean and used its tentacles to coil around Uzi's neck, front two paws and her tail, locking her into a chokehold with OCTOLOCK. The coiling tentacles were constricting her in place while the redhead smirked. "You're kinda cute when you look all serious like that."

MISSION: Boom Boom Bakudon!



Genevieve Cromwell

Just as things were going so well, Sylvia and Octavio were subjected to a sudden gust of wind that had blown the spore cloud away from the area surrounding them. It was the sign that somebody had come to investigate what the explosion was for. She had fully expected at least one person to arrive in a short time after her little explosive went off, and had gathered up pretty much all of the pokeballs from the people inside of the area. "Hehe, looks like the jig's up!" she said and looked at the haul of pokeballs inside of the bag. forty to fifty pokeballs, all wrapped up nice and tight. She could make a clean escape right now without anything impeding her way, maybe even getting back to HQ by the time the first reports hit the desk of the police station about an act of grand theft. Nobody would ever suspect a thing.

And yet, Sylvia would casually walk to the source of the wind's appearance, away from the freedom that would lead her into a job well done.

"Let's go meet our hero of the day!" Her heeled boots make their way around the dozen of slumbering people, as the Grapploct behind her follows suit. She may have been cruel, but she wouldn't take it out on these people unless there was a good reason to do so. Even grand villains like her had morals! Just as she had finished painting the scene in her mind, a foot snagged on a rather portly man and caused Sylvia to fall face first onto the ground. Gone was any ounce of seriousness to her fantasy shot of her appearing all intimidating. She jumped back up and gave a frustrated kick to the man's stomach before continuing her serious, intimidating walk.

A figure came on the road in front of her. It was of another woman, one whose orange hair reminded her a little of those sunsets back home in Kalos she would watch all the time with her bug pals. She was with two Pokémon of her own, no doubt ready to go on account of the bomb she had planted. People in front of the Ranger were passed out on the ground, though still breathing. Sylvia had the huge sack of pokeballs over her shoulder and was staring directly at her during the walk forward. After some time, she reached a hand out to remove the mask that served no purpose as she revealed herself to the woman. An eager grin faced Genevieve while Sylvia eyed the two Pokémon with her. "Ah, our hero finally arrives! I know that look anywhere!" She giggled and stuck her tongue out. "The fear of going into the unknown by yourself, the determination that's steeled that resolve. It's all in the eyes." she said with a wink. "The eyes of a hero! What's your name?"

Sylvia swung the sack around her head and sent it flying away and smacking into a food truck beside them. Pokeballs trickled out of the sack and onto the concrete below while she stood over the sleeping bodies beneath her. "Show me what you've got then, Orange!" Her Grapploct lumbered towards both Vaporean and the Rampardos before leaning back as ink boiled inside of his mouth. He then spat out two quick OCTOZOOKAs in succession, one after the other at the two Pokemon.



Genevieve Cromwell

"Technically, Boss didn't say how I'm supposed to steal Pokémon. So this just makes it more fun!"

It was another perfect day for one of her brilliant, dastardly plans and Sylvia was all giddy with excitement over. She sat in a hidden part of the Route, just outside Mauville's southern entrance. While not one to really bother with planning ahead in advance, she thrived in the present, and what better way to see her mission today than to cause a little trouble? She had been feeling so empty since her previous fun with Noelani Kekoa. The first hero of hopefully many who she wanted to grow strong enough to fight against! But that was small time stuff! Sylvia had to find the rest of his party! After all, one hero alone stood no chance of saving the world from the clutches of evil! Except for the fact that he already had, and badly at that.

"Lesse, what did the manual say?" Sylvia had an opened package with electronics and wires aplenty! But this was no ordinary little bento lunch she was cooking, this was an explosive, and a powerful one at that! "I think you curve the blue wire clockwise…There! All done!" She taped her homemade explosive device up and patted the surface for good luck. "Mauville’s about to take a little nap, hehehe~"

With the plan in motion, Sylvia would grab an empty bag and a gas mask along with her before walking back to civilization. Every step was cheery as the woman hummed to herself with the package underneath her arm. Beside her was her precious Grapploct, who she would need for this part of the plan to come to fruition! They both continued on until they came into the Southern Square near the entrance of Mauville. It wasn't the heart, but the area was wide enough to where they could get a good amount without risking being stuck in the heart of Hoenn.

People walked in the road all around them both, as Sylvia beamed to her partner. "Let's get this show on the road, Octavio!" she handed him the explosive in his tentacles with a playful wink, then retrieved a detonation device from her pocket. "Would you do the honors and get this bad boy airborne?" The Grapploct wasted no time and began to spin its tentacles around and around, gaining speed and momentum as it launched the package into the sky. It sailed through the air, with Sylvia watching eagerly for it to reach the peak of its ascent. Once the speed had slowed down, the Rocket slid her gas mask onto her face alongside getting one for her Grapploct and pressed the detonation button.

The resulting explosion could be felt all across Mauville. Immediately within a two block radius, windows shattered from above, alongside the ground rumble from the force of the explosion. Panic ensued as the two waited patiently for people and Pokémon alike to scatter about. A white plume of smoke had descended upon the area, none other than the Sleep Spores that had been famous in some grass-types to lure the enemies asleep before striking. Just as quickly as the people started to panic, they'd fall over on the ground, asleep and tucked in nicely. Once the last person had been taken care of, Sylvia undid her bag and got to work.

"Hehe, another genius plan by yours truly!" Sylvia reached down to collect a stray pokeball and toss it into the bag. Her Grapploct was able to get more than she typically could, who would toss them in as Sylvia acted as the basket to catch them with. They had worked through a hood portion of the crowd, all while the spores lingered in the area. "I think we've got a good haul. I counted like forty something here. Even some police officers’ pals as well!”

MISSION: Boom Boom Bakudon!



Genevieve Cromwell

• player/ooc name: Junko
• character tags: Vanilla Kingsley | soyeon kwan | Sylvia Cousteau | Ashley Langford
• dropped characters' tags (if applicable): Mahina Kalawai'a | yuki hanakata
• ic posts for characters: Vanilla | Soyeon | Sylvia | Ashley
• are characters in directories?: Y
• any notes/comments:

It was a pretty cute creature that had decided to just ram into her like that. Sylvia wasn't too bothered, much to enamored by its design to really pay her wounds any mind. She goofed off and tried to shirk off enough work to watch others suffer for a bit with the biggest grin on her face. The mask on its face did make her wonder if that was the source of it lashing out or was it just not a people person. She'd need some kind of wildlife person to really give her an answer about that. Just some more food for thought around her noggin! After storming around for a while, the floor was cleaned and the entire group was offered some reprieve. They got an ice cold shower and a new change of clothes before being sent to bed.

Sylvia was surprised by her roomie opting to no use the cot inside. Not that she was going to really offer her the comfortable resting place. "Wow, you look like shit." she said to MAKI YUKIMURA with an amuse chuckle. "But pretty cute shit! If we're paired together for the Dummy Ward, guess all we got is our looks, huh~ Rest that little noggin of yours, bestie!" Sylvia fell asleep almost instantly, dreaming of a better place to rest. She missed being back home with her bug pals. No doubt Gendri was trying to keep the peace between everybody!

TL;DR:

• Wants a little rampaging Pokemon of her own
• Gets a nice cold shower and currently in pain
• Hogs the cot meant for MAKI YUKIMURA and falls asleep...

Sylvia looked on at the person who unabashedly opposed her decision to forsake the other parties here. The voice was familiar, none other than the muffled voice of Desiree Blooms!. But those eyes, those hateful, stinging glances that Sylvia just found herself adoring! She giggled gleefully after DESIREE BLOOMS had finished with her scathing critique of their actions. Yet she wasn't hurt by them any. "Oooooh! I think I know you!~ But to answer you, I would do so! Gladly even~" she puffed her chest out, even behind the mask her words would no doubt sing praises of her righteous cause. There wasn't any malice or poison in her voice, just the sweetened and giddy voice of Rocket's very own revolutionary~ She had a bit of an audience now, and who was forced against their will to be within her vicinity, so why not gloat a little?

"You know what the actual beauty is in this big world of ours, my little songbird? It's not some cute little "inner beauty" you get from being a good person or fooling people about their hearts. It's struggle. Not in a dramatic way, but the hardships to change as a person. The little Dratini hatchling cracking the shell of its egg. The trainer down to their last Pokémon in a hopeless fight. The will to live and prosper beating out impossible odds." She smiled behind her mask and leaned in closer as a barely visible smugness could just barely be made out of her mask. "I want them to survive, but I won't just give it to them without seeing if they truly want it. Definitely more better than-"

Her rant was put to an end by one of the guards throwing one of the bowls from a cell at her head, disabling her for a short while. The smashing of the metal against metal had caused her mask to let out an intense vibration just as the results were given. It allowed herself to be thrown onto the platform as everybody else in the Dummy Ward soon met up with the people they had chosen collectively to save with. The other team, however, would vote to punish everybody else. And so it was written! She was picked up by Okidogi as the double vision in her head would shake her world.

"Hehe, now there's two dogs!" Sylvia came to just in time to smash into the sea of mochi below face first. It wasn't a whole lot to really be said from their task at hand. Clean the floor, simple enough. She brushed the mochi from her new clothing and soon felt the sudden whip of Ogrepon smash into her back. She was throwing forward and against one of the walls from the impact. She made a pained noise upon hitting the surface and forced herself back up with some time. "Gotta steal me one of those." she said to herself, continuing to clan in her own messy way. Sylvia would bunch some mochi in hand before throwing the balled up gunk into the bowl.

BjEKsOny

TL;DR:

• Rants and rambles to DESIREE BLOOMS before being silenced by a guard
• Rides the elevator down with the doggo, then thrown into mochi!
• Gets to cleaning up, but not before getting lashed by the other masked Pokémon.

What a strange thing to awaken in! Sylvia had been asleep like a good agent of chaos as the bomb soon dropped that she wasn't where she had been before. There she was, all caught nicely by one Noel Parker and sitting inside of a League jail cell. So imagine her surprise when she woke up to the sight of another woman in her cell. She arose slowly, hands feeling over the mask on her face while the woman greeting her had a muffled voice, hoping she was well. "Yep! Just fine!~" she said cheerfully, pushing herself on two feet while the work in front of them began. Her toxic chain hooked into the wall as their commands were given. "Oop! Better clock in!~"

Some time later and the Pokémon all would cry out to signal for an end for everybody to work. She had been a good little worker bee just doing her job while the wardens would start dishing out punishments to all of those little escapee. Sylvia's eyes traveled to the screens plastered on the walls of all the people who had then been being beaten senselessly, having their Pokémon being hammered to death in their Pokeballs. It was probably a good idea that the mask was on, as that grin on her face was wide enough to border on being somewhat alarming. "Yeah, the torture is kind of rough. But that's how you get stronger, after all!" The thought sounded perfectly reasonable to her, but others probably wouldn't have seen it the same way.

A vote was placed before them, as everyone in her Dummy Ward was subjected to a little decision: Save or Forsake the other Ward. Everybody else may have been a little bit hesitant about voting, but not Sylvia! "Aha, so it's one of these games, huh?" She said confidently. The woman marched right forward with a cocky grin forward while pointing to the air. "This is obviously an easy decision!"

Sylvia votes: FORSAKE

TL;DR:

• Woke up and was a perfect little worker
• Watched other people lose their Pokemon in such awful ways
• Thrilled at the idea of becoming stronger through this personal hell
• Given the chance to vote to punish the Weakling Ward, immediately votes to FORSAKE.

Oh no, that poor little hedgehog was sent flying into the air above! Sylvia was worried that she might have overestimated the little guy's strength, but here comes that smart little cookie that had been expecting it. The Shaymin burst forth into a fearsome green light before letting out a fearsome TERA BLAST onto the ground. The sheer strength of that attack had managed to crack the ground in front of everybody and reduced visibility within the vicinity to zero. But as the other grunts were stumbling around and retreating out of the area, one lone woman stood entranced in her own fantasies.

Her grin threatened to burst right out of her mouth while she pumped a fist to the air. The strength, the passion, the true spirit of the hero! She was lost in her own thoughts, the force pushing the mask off of her face while her eyes dotted around the area. All the while, she was idly reliving the battle moment by moment in her own head, as if she were recording this like some weird camera headed monster. "Yes, this is it! He's perfect! He's so perfect!~ I finally found a hero in this stupid region! Augh, I've got some much work to do now. I gotta train and find stronger Pokémon, ugh where the hell am I gunna find stuff to do that? But this is so exciting!" She continued to laugh in glee just as a familiar shaped outline had began to close in on her. Noel's form smashed into her own, taking her arms around her back and securing them there. Even while bound, she leaned her head back to glance at his form with a childlike wonder visible in her now exposed eyes.

"That was amazing!" she cheered Noel on, "You're definitely a hero alright! I've been searching a while for somebody like you, like, waaaaaaay too long. Every other ranger here is so "Blehhh." She stuck out her tongue at the man with a wink while another series of excited wobbles and noises came from Sylvia. Noel had began to pick her up and move her along as she didn't try to put up much of a fight. "This was fun! We're so doing this again, Blue. But next time, I'm not holding back any more. Now that I know what you're capable of, I'm expecting you to fight even harder. A hero's got to save Hoenn, after all!~"

She babbled on and on, though none of it seemed to wish any sort of ill will against Noel. Instead, she was more than happy to oblige any demands he had of her.



Noel Parker

That shine, that magnificent shining glowing...thingy! Sylvia was quick to look over at Noel's hands as he unveiled his secret weapon before her: a Tera Orb! She hadn't even managed to get one herself and here one was. If only there was a way to snatch that right under his nose! Maybe one of her bug friends could lend some aid in the future and snatch that little thing up! Another noteworthy thing to keep in her old noggin! "I had a feeling you were going to pull something out!" Sylvia chirped, looking pleased as punch, "A last minute tactic to carve your way to victory! How heroic!~" The Shaymin was coated in a crystalline coat that shimmered a myriad of colors around the area, topped off with a trio of flowers that sat in the middle of the little guy's body. With a sudden surge of energy, it used a sudden PETAL BLIZZARD and fended off both attacks with a fearsome whirlwind of leaves gathered from the trees above. Octavio and Onna were thrown away from the sheer force of the leafy shield, taking cover while trying to recoup their energy.

Sylvia was in loooooove!~ Well, maybe not like "love" love, but this guy was proving himself to be the best kind of person that this sorry region needed right now! A true hero, somebody to rise to the call of action and save everybody from the evils of the world! Her eyes latched onto him behind the mask, that grin growing more and more wicked while the woman was giggling in excitement at this fun little battle! "Hehe, you're amazing, Blue! This is way better than some of the other runts in Hoenn so far! But this battle's not over just yet. I think we've got one-"

Her fun was ruined by the sudden blast of fire just missing the Shaymin and its partner. It even spooked Sylvia, who had looked back at surprise at one of the Grunts growing a backbone and deciding to jump into the fray. When the smoke cleared, a blue haired grunt stood there with a Magmortar locked onto the pair. "We got you where we want you now, punk! You think you can just waltz in here and make fools out of Rocket? You got another thing coming!" Two mortar cannons aimed themselves at Shaymin and Noel, clicking back as the Magmortar was ramping up for another attack. "Hand over your Pokémon and call back that Shaymin and you'll walk out of here alive. Any sudden moves and you'll be tomorrow's fried chicken." A smug grin was on his face, ready to soak up in his little victory while a sudden call came from beside him.

"Octozooka!"

The Magmortar cried out in pain, stumbling backwards as several blacky ink projectiles splashed onto his fiery hot skin. The Grapploct had fired off three rounds of the water-type attack at this little brat getting in her way. "What? What are you doing?!" Sylvia glared at the other grunt from behind her mask, slowly walking up as all the excitement had flowed out of her body. "You crazy bimbo! We're on the same team! We had him right where we wanted him and you blew it! The highers ups will-" The once peppy girl was replaced entirely, whose answer to the grunt's question was an audible crack, her fist connecting across his face. He stumbled onto the ground, while Sylvia towered over him.

"Did I ask for back up?" Her tone had taken on a deathly serious, cold question while her heeled boot rest on top of his head while she wanted for an answer.
The nameless grunt would looked up in confusion and fear at her sudden change. "N-No. Buh-"
"Then sit on the sidelines and watch." she answered back.
"We could steal his Pokémon...If you'd just let us-"

Sylvia's boot came down on top the grunt's head. He yelped in pain while she growled at the continued disobedience.

"HE'S!" WHUMP! "MINE!" WHUMP "SO BUZZ OF!" WHUMP! CRACK!

The force of her stomps had broken one of Sylvia's heels, causing her to kick off the other in a silent annoyance. Her back was to Noel, but she'd spin back around after a moment and continue on as if nothing ever happened. She flicked her hair back and sauntered back over to the battlefield with that same smile she had on her face before. "Sorry there, hero! Like I was saying, I've got one last push in me! You guys ready?!" Octavio and Onna had fully recovered for the time being and were ready to give one last final attack to try and break through the Shaymin's defenses. "Give 'im hell, you two!" The Grapploct would glow a fierce white color, surrounding itself in a strange energy before launching itself at the Shaymin, using REVERSAL as his HP was fairly low. Onna, meanwhile, hopped forward and struck through as she attempted to use PLAY ROUGH on the little guy.



Noel Parker