Once the gate shuts close behind them and they enter the safety of the mansion Lucas reluctantly begins to return his pokemon. All but his lycanroc and aegislash return to the safety of the pokeballs on his hip.

"If stereotypes hail from ill truth must we yet feed them?" He repeats the plaque's cryptic message under his breath as he thinks it over. Standing there deep in thought Lucas watches as people, some familiar, walk past and enter different elevators. His brow furrows in thought.

With a heavy sigh, Lucas decides to enter the nerd elevator. Lycanrock disappears in a flash of red light as he enters to make room for the crowd of people and pokemon.

tldr
-returns everyone but lycanrock and aegislash
-goes nerd

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When Lucas opens up the door fresh air rushes into the temple for the first time in months. When he enters there was a putrid smell to the temple. Only a few feet inside he comes to a halt.

"We're going to need some light," he calls back to the group.

From his bag, Lucas takes a flashlight and two pokeballs. The pokemon that emerge are joltik and nincada. They crawl ahead without the help of Lucas' flashlight, already accustomed to the dark interior of the temple.

Nincada used Compound Eyes!
Joltike used Compound Eyes!

Noelle Lane

Lucas felt terrible after the Kyle Jr. incident. So when Noelle brought up the idea of a picnic he rearranged his schedule to make time. He'd be killing two birds with one stone by going. Making up for what he'd done that night and doing something besides working for once that week.

"No no thank you. Been drowning in work recently. Good to finally get outside for once."

Noelle Lane

"Hear what?" Noelle's question was met with another question. When Lucas would turn the corner he found the answer to his question. This hallway was teeming with joltiks and galvantula. "Shit. Back up," he chokes. Lucas reaches for a pokeball as he backs up. There was a small squeal as he did, followed by something crunching beneath his heel.

Suddenly the mass of electric pokemon turns their attention to the scientist. Scrambling back Lucas fumbles with a pokeball as they begin to move en masse towards the pair.

Noelle Lane

Lucas rode atop his tyrantrum as he follows kyle lopez 's lead. At this point, his eyes open up to the reality that this wasn't a mere dream eater he was stuck in. One civilian in the group had already viciously torn apart. It was a horrifying sight, one he hopes to be spared from.

Following the elite four's suit, Lucas releases all the pokemon he has to fight the oncoming hoard. Orders fly through the air as he instructs the pokemon. "Badb, stay here." He commands the Aegislash to stay close with its shield drawn. An extra precaution to keep himself safe.

tldr
-follows kyle
-releases entire team
-Aegislash stays by his side with a king's shield ready in case of a portal

-Lycanrock used stone edge
-Unown used ancient power
-Tyrantrum used crunch
-Dusknoir used gravity on the backline
-Drampa used outrage

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When the pain became too much Lucas stops and lyes still on the tiled floor. The effort he'd been putting towards getting help is now put towards concentrating on his breathing. With each steady breath, he finds the pain retreats. After a time it gives him false confidence. Lucas shakily gets to his feet and makes it as far as the chair two feet away before he collapses into it. The pain had come surging back.

In the reflection of the counter, Lucas can see the reflection of the Victory Star shining through his shirt sleeve. Lines form between his eyebrows as he stares at the reflection for a moment. Readjusting his slouched frame he pulls the sleeve on his right arm back to reveal the Victory Star on his forarm. The pain begins to swell again as Lucas' attention is drawn away. Fingers shakily run across the mysterious tattoo.

SPIRAL

The pain was reminiscent of that he felt during the invasion of Mossdeep. An hour passes and the pain still endures. A jumbled array of thoughts ran through Lucas' head. Of the expectations and responsibilities that had been thrust upon him. The pain to him was a sign of his evident failure.

He hadn't found Victini's avatar.

He hadn't even made a breakthrough regarding the monsters in Mossdeep.

As if the Victini was still within him Lucas pleaded he could do better. He would do better. The discovery of mega stones was just the first of many accomplishments he would achieve.

With all the strength he could muster Lucas began to inch his way towards the laboratory door to get help.

SPIRAL

There was a blanket of leaves covering the ground. It painted the landscape a mixture of yellow and red. With each step, Lucas broke the silence of the route. The leaves buckling beneath his weight.

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Lucas made his way to the ruined temple entrance by air. His aerodactyl no more than a dot in the sky to the people making their way by foot or truck. When he lands the prehistoric pokemon sent sand flying with each flap of its wings.

The sand shifts beneath his feet as he approaches the collapsed entrance. "Shame," he thinks to himself as he reaches for his pokeballs. "Must've been breathtaking." One by one Lucas releases pokemon that begin to assist with the clearing of debris.

Escavalier used Drill Run!
Tyranitar used Chip Away!
Rampardos used Sheer Force!

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Like the rest of the crowd Lucas was taken by surprise when the tentacles broke through the ground. It wraps around him with lightning speed, restraining both his arms and legs. By his side Drampa slowly succumbs to the same fate. Its thrashing and biting could only slow down the inevitable.

"Outrage," he howls to the dragon pokemon. Its strength grows nearly tenfold as it'd begin to tear into the tentacles. Blood pours from the wounds inflicted on the tentacles. The dragon's once snow-white fur became a dark crimson.

tldr
-Got tentacled
-Drampa used outrage to try and free itself and Lucas

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