[IC] The Aftermath- Dark (as in genre, not pokemon type) Pokemon RP

[Snarfulblast]

"Spookton go." Serran whispers to the Gengar who seems to always be with him."Now what about Aruba's child, she is getting stronger despite the effects of everything we have done, she will be trouble later and you know what will happen when she gets free, shall I speed that up or let her do it on her own?" "Yes sir."Spookton vanishes than reappears next to Darclaw,"I am to bring you back to Lord Moutain, just grab my hand and I'll get us there quickly." Carl appears behind Aruba striking her with a Bone Rush to the back of her head,"Hope your not hurt, cause I would hate to kill you." Carl speaks for the first time in front of strangers, his voice is almost a whisper though it can be heard clearly. "Ok hold tight little ones."Sha sprints back to Lucas and the others, upon reaching them he lays down to make it easier for his passengers to get off.

[ShadowVentus]

@SephietheEvil "You can't...more like you won't." Another figure wearing the same black coat as Ventus appears before Sephie and the others, chuckling as he intervenes in what would have almost been the beginning of a fight. However, this one sounds as if he'll be more blunt than the other boy. "Come on now, who're you trying to fool? You obviously want to be back with your friends. Oh, but then again, that would be going against our leader's orders to set the record straight for the Trained..but that's not all is it? No, I feel as if you have an even more personal reason for siding with who they consider the enemy. Darkclaw is aware of it enough to use that objective as an incentive..Don't worry though, your "secret" is safe with me..Ciao for now, Aruba." He says, smirking underneath his hood as he turns to leave, feeling that he has accomplished his goal of stirring up tension amongst the group. If it was for better or for worse, well, he felt as if he would find out soon enough. Meanwhile, the music can still be heard. However, it seems Ventus has decided to slow it down, the tune now sounding a bit more melancholy and eerie. Meanwhile, both Serph and Sera continue to wait on the outskirts of the forest, seeking a better moment for them to come in and help their newfound comrades. Aqua nods her head in understanding, already excited over seeing Rythian's other friends. "I'd love to introduce you to my friends as well! I bet you and them would get along just great." She states, imagining just what might happen if they were to meet. Perhaps Sera might finally find herself a love interest.."Ooh, that would be perfect! They would so great together! Then, I'll be Sera's maid of honor...wait, wait, wait, you're thinking to far ahead on this one...I'd be their wedding planner first!" She thinks to herself, not realizing that she's giggling a little at her thoughts.

[SephietheEvil]

Montainum listens to what Serran has to say about Aruba's child, and thinks for a moment. A slow, wry smile makes it's way onto the great Terrakion's face. "No...don't do anything. Not yet. I've had plans for that little Riolu from the start...plans that even you wouldn't know..." Darkclaw stops once confronted by Spookton, and he smirks. "Ah. I see I truly have been sent for, then. Is it quite important?" Darkclaw takes Spookton's hand as he inquires. Tatakumei keeps training against the bars of her cage down in the depths of the Revolutioneer base. Her paws are becoming quite sore, but she doesn't pay any mind. To her, it's a good sign. She hopes the day will come when training like this won't make her paws sore at all. Had the cage not been charmed by a Mismagius of higher ranks in the Revolutioneer team, then surely, her mother would've broken it easy...so, since she couldn't break it from the outside yet, Tatakumei had to work to be strong like her mother, and break them from the inside! It had to work! Aruba cringes after being hit with the Bone Rush, but it would take a lot more than that to take down this determined soul, for better or for worse. When she shakes off her cringe, she quickly moves away from Carl, to where she's facing all of her current opponents on the field. She comes to a pause, however, when the figure in the hood suddenly appears before them. She clenches her teeth and fists as she listens to what he has to say. "A human Revolutioneer? How odd..." Sephie murmurs, taking note of this strange figure, and the blunt statements he's made towards Aruba. When he turns to leave, Sephie turns back to Aruba. "So...a personal reason? What is it? And don't give me any kind of crap answer. I know you. Their way of thinking isn't your style...what happened?" Aruba has been silent the whole time, head tilted down, but eyes analyzing the adversaries in front of her. She doesn't want to stay here with these people much longer...but she's got to do something to bring in help. Maybe her presence, and the familiar hooded boy's words were enough...but she might as well give it an extra push anyway. "...It's none of your business anymore, Sephie. Besides...I don't have time to talk. I've got an objective here." Aruba lifts her head up to face Sephie. She starts moving her paws forward slowly, and immediately, Sephie forsees an attack coming her way. "Euphie!" Sephie calls. The Sylveon rushes in front of the girl just as Aruba summons forth her first attack, a Dragon Pulse, which she aims at Carl instead to thrown the others off. Euphoria leaps at the Lucario while she's targeting someone else. "Dragon type moves don't effect me, fool!" Euphoria grins, ready to use a Pixilated Take Down on the Lucario. Before she can, though, Aruba shifts gears, canceling out her ongoing Dragon Pulse, and holding out a paw in front of the charging Sylveon with a smirk. "Flash Cannon." Euphoria hardly has time to recoil in horror before she's hit point-blank with a powerful Flash Cannon. The Sylveon falls to the ground, nearly unconscious. "Euphoria!" Sephie gasps. Such powerful defeats rarely happened to the Sylveon. She feels Ai-yu let go of her shoulder, floating just a bit above her, and ready to fight for Sephie if she has to. "Ai-yu..." Sephie frowns. She knows the legendary can be powerful, but at the same time, she doesn't want to risk her partner getting hurt. However, Sephie doesn't get much time to think, as Aruba has spotted their separation, and is going to take advantage of it immediately. Aruba rushes at Sephie, causing the trainer to be startled, and frantic while trying to think of what she can do. The pokemon is way too fast. "Dark Pulse!" Aruba shouts, but instead of attacking what it seems is her previous trainer, she puts her paws out before her and gives Sephie a hard shove backwards, out of the Dark Pulse's range. It spares Sephie from the attack...but not little Ai-yu. "A-AH!" Ai-yu gives a cry of pain, and tries to recuperate her senses as quickly as possible. It's common knowledge that all Celebi are extremely quick, so she should be able to get away. Sadly, her shock lasts just a split second too long, and Aruba's grabbed her and is making an escape from the scene with her in mere seconds. "Ai-yu!" Sephie straightens her hat quickly while she scrambles to her feet. She's about to call upon her other Pokemon, but before she can even let out the call, two of them have already arrived on the scene. One of them grabs her by the sleeve and flips her up onto their back without stopping once while in pursuit of Sephie's kidnapped partner Pokemon. "Y-you knew that quick?" Sephie laughs lightly down at her beloved starter Pokemon. "Y-you don't have to carry me like this, you know. I'm not hurt." "I know, but I'm faster. Plus, us wizards and witches have to stick together, right?" Pipley chuckles. "Ah, yes. I knew. You forget, that us Delphox can see the future in our flames...though, I forgot that as well, and by the time I checked, it was just a bit too late to stop the initial incident from occurring. Oh well, hopefully we can fix things like this, eh?" Back at the scene, the other of Sephie's reinforcements, the ghost of a Meowstic, walks up to the barely-conscious Sylveon, and sighs. "Oh Euphie...so eager to get into a fight that you forgot how to dodge..." Sachiko sighs as she lifts Euphoria up with her psychic power, and carries her back into the clearing, where the slightly eerie (and honestly more to Sachiko's liking) music is now being played. "I'd be honored to meet your friends, Aqua. It'd be nice to see who's taken care of you all this time." Rythian chuckles a bit at the little Eevee, though he starts to grow slightly wary of her when she suddenly takes to giggling to herself in front of him. Now what could that little Eevee be planning...? Before Rythian can think on it too hard, he notices another Pokemon heading towards them. More than that, he notices the two Pokemon riding on this new one. "HI THERE, RY!" Mystarii grins, waving. "CHECK OUT OUR TRUSTY NEW STEED!" "He's not our steed! Geez, be a little grateful, would ya?! He brought us back! Show some respect!" Electricia huffs as Sha stops to let them down. Both Pokemon climb off, and walk up to Rythian and Aqua. "Well, I believe that these are the two I've been talking to you about. These are my friends, Mystarii and Electricia." Rythian introduces the two pokemon to Aqua. "You consider us your friends? Aw, Ry, you're so flattering sometimes!" Mystarii laughs. "And who would this Eevee here be? Another friend?" Electricia tips her hat to Aqua. "Yes. An old friend. I knew her when I was but a Zorua." Rythian nods. "Her name is Aqua."

[Snarfulblast]

"Yeah, not so fast there Lucario." Jean who had been watching through one of his Double Team clones, has rushed his way in front of Aruba neatly tripping her. Lucas and his other, excluding Sha, Pokemon show up quickly."Yeah this is my forest and I know when something happens that I don't like.", "And I know when your upset boss." An Absol has appeared, and for the first time Lucas is seen with a cane. Spookton vanishes taking Darkclaw with her, reappearing in front of Serran, "Here you go one Darkclaw."

[ShadowVentus]

Hearing the beginning of a commotion behind him, the hooded figure decides to turn around and watch as the fighting ensues. Although it was brief, it seems he slightly underestimated Aruba's fighting prowess, for she not only takes down a Sylveon, but also what appears to be a Celebi with one hit each. Seeing that the female Lucario then flees with the Celebi captured only to now be pursued by multiple auras, the boy smirks underneath his hood, deciding it would best to lend her a hand. With that decision made, he flicks his wrist, opening up a Corridor of Darkness before him. He then walks into it, it quickly closing behind him so that no one could follow, despite the rather short distance he moved. Now, another Corridor appears before the fallen Aruba, the clone now standing just outside of it. "It appears you're in need of some help...hurry up and get moving. I'll stall them for now..." He states to Aruba, moving just enough to allow Aruba passage into the Corridor. Sensing an aura similar to Ven's, Serph can't help but be a bit puzzled as to why this is. "Serph, is something the matter?" Sera asks, noticing her friend's sudden confusion and becoming a bit worried by it. "Something is...off. There's someone nearby that is giving off almost the exact same aura as Ventus..." He explains to her, resulting in her becoming confused herself. "What do you mean by almost..? Are you saying that it's some sort of dark version of him..?" She inquires, using terms she would believe somewhat fit the situation. "Yeah..something like that...we'd better go check it out." Serph responds, already getting a move on. "Agreed..I'll be joining you shortly." She says as her clone disappears. Sera then turns to look at Ventus, her feelings of guilt displaying themselves in her eyes. "Must we really do this to him, Ven..?" She asks. The boy stops playing, deciding he could use a break from playing for now. "I know how you feel...but you just have trust me on this one..." He responds. Sera senses a slight air of guilt radiating off him, resulting in her briefly hugging him before teleporting to Serph, leaving him alone for the time being. "It's nice to meet the both of you. In a way, you could say that I'm a childhood friend of Rythian." She says, bowing courteously to Mystarii and Electricia respectively. "I would introduce you to the others, but it looks like they're rather busy right now...Ven seems to be available right now though. Why don't we go say hello?" She offers, noticing that the music has stopped once more, indicating that her human friend must be taking some time to recollect his thoughts or something like that.

[Snarfulblast]

"Sorry Hoodboy, that Lucario isn't going anywhere. MEGA STONE ACTIVATE." He touches the top of his cane, and a bright light fills the area, then when it stops the Absol and Carl are both in there Mega Evolved state,"Go get him Zera.","With pleasure.". The Absol rushes the boy, while Carl attempts to retrieve Ai-yu from Aruba. While in the background Jean is holding what seems to be necktie clip with a mega stone in it, it is most likely one of the things he stole when he was a bandit.

[Snarfulblast]

Turing around Lucas walks up to Jean,"Dude isn't that thing broken?", "Yeah,why?", "Nothing just means I can have a good cover story for the illusion I cast on Carl." He turns back to the scene at hand,"Well now,let's see how long it takes for them to figure out there's only one Mega on the field."

[SephietheEvil]

Aruba is too caught up in running to pay full attention to those pursuing her, so being tripped by Jean comes as a bit of a surprise. Nevertheless, she holds on tightly to Ai-yu, cradling her protectively for more reasons than one. She hurries back onto her feet, and is prepared to quickly throw a few attacks at her pursuers, to at least set them back just a bit, when she hears that familiar voice again. She whips around to see the hooded figure from before, offering her a way out.
"R...Ruru, why?" Ai-yu whimpers quietly. The little Celebi knows that she could easily stop Aruba right now, and stop all of this...but...she can't bring herself to do anything that might get the Lucario harmed in some way.
...At least...not yet...
Just as Aruba's about to flee into the Corridor of Darkness provided, she spots what appears to be two of her pursuers Mega-Evolving. Aruba hurries out of Carl's way, trying to dodge him while firing an Aura Sphere at him. Though, as she deals with this threat, she spots something even more threatening out of the corner of her eye.
"Sorry, looks like I got here just a tad bit late. That's fine, though. Thanks for waiting around." Sephie says as Pipley picks her up off of his back and places her gently back on the ground. Aruba and Ai-yu both notice that her eyes have turned a glowing blue...and both of them look uneasy because of it.
"S-Sephie, no! Please, don't do anything bad again!" Ai-yu cries loudly. As her partner Pokemon, and a Psychic-type, the little Celebi has always been able to pick up these flips in her trainer's mindset. Aruba, also, picks up a frightening new feel from Sephie's aura.
"What? I haven't even said a thing yet." Sephie smirks, straightening her witch hat a bit. "But...that being said, I do want to ask you a question, Aruba."
"....What is it?" Aruba growls, holding onto Ai-yu tighter.
"One of the Revolutioneers' many grievances against humans is that they use Pokemon to do their dirty work for them in battles and whatnot, correct?" Sephie asks.
"...I suppose that is a way to phrase it, yes." Aruba narrows her eyes. Are you insinuating that this isn't true?"
"Not necessarily...but, I'm gonna fix this issue right now." Sephie grins. "Instead of making Pipley over here fight you....why don't I just do it myself? In fact, Pipley, why don't you give me a command every now and then?"
"Sephie, you can't! Humans shouldn't fight Pokemon! That's exactly what we're trying to prevent from happening wide-scale!" Ai-yu pleads.
"Ah, but humans have always fought Pokemon, haven't they? Just with the help of other Pokemon. I think it'd be interesting to flip the sides..." Sephie counters. As she talks, her right hand begins to glow with magic that glows in moving swirls of purple and green. "I mean...if people and Pokemon really fight side by side...then why can't I take to the battlefield for once? Pipley's smart enough to at least watch out for me on the field. Not really sure if he knows what 'moves' I can use...heh, but, we did practice magic together..."
Aruba glares at the trainer with an ominous grin before her. "This is exactly why I left, Sephie...this savage side of yours..."
"What? Does it scare you? Tch..well, maybe it should..." Sephie starts to cackle. All the while, Ai-yu starts hiding herself further behind Aruba's arms.
Darkclaw only blinks, but suddenly, he's in Montainum's personal office, along with Spookton and Serran. He bows. "You needed me, dear comrades and mighty ruler?"
"Yes..." Montainum starts to speak. "Where has Aruba gone? I've been trying to summon her."
"Ah, my apologies. She's gone out on patrol, tracking down any traces of the Trained. I was going to follow her." Darkclaw explains.
"Hm...well, good. When she gets back, tell her I need to speak with her about a...new task." Montainum responds.
"Of course, sir." Darkclaw nods.
"Childhood friend, eh? Maaaan, I wish I still had some of those." Mystarii laughs a bit. Electricia huffs, "OI! And just who saved ya from the streets when you were hardly old enough to comprehend the danger of walking out right in front of speeding bikers?!"
"Huh?....Oh, yeah...that was you, wasn't it? I forgot how old you were, Electricia. You're eternally so small and cute, so it's easy to forget!" Mystarii keeps on laughing harder, and Electricia crosses her arms, mildly annoyed.
Rythian watches his two friends for a few moments before he turns back to Aqua and hears what she has to say. He nods. "Sure. We'd be delighted to meet him." He turns back to the two Pokemon next to him, who have started squabbling again. "Isn't that right?"
"H-huh?" Mystarii, who had been about to bite Electricia's ear, blinks. "Meet people? Uh, sure! Let's do that!"
Electricia also comes to a pause, having been about to full-on electrocute the Meowth. "Oh, we're going to meet someone? Okay then..."

[Snarfulblast]

"Ooof." Carl staggers backwards from getting hit by the Aura Sphere,and almost instantly changes back to non-Mega form. "Well never mind the cover story." Lucas sighs. Carl gets back up and sneaks up behind Ai-yu whispering to her,"Grab onto me and I'll get you to safety, don't worry Lucas and Zarkju will handle everything."

"Hey Lucas should we do something about this fight?","Yes Zarkju we shall. Zarkju use Hypnosis on the girl and the Lucario with the cape, Zera use Shadowball on that guy your attacking his presence is bothering me. Poof, Ming, go find Sha. Jean use double team then find Pokeflute guy I have a few questions for him." Zarkju flys off of Lucas' shoulder to use his Hypnosis on Sephie and Aruba.

[MisterMisery]

Salty, the taste of defeat, locked away in a cell. (Oh why, why? what happened to me? ) getting up and proceeds to dust myself off I walk over to my cell window to look into the forest, sighing (another day by myself and such a pretty one at that.) Laying down on the straw mat provided to me I then shape shift into a Honchkrow and close my eyes for slumber to take me.

[ShadowVentus]

@SephietheEvil @Snarfulblast

Vanitas doesn’t even bother moving, for before anyone knows it, a large Pokémon surrounded by a visibly dark aura appears from the Corridor, utilizing Aerial Ace to knock the Shadow Ball away from him and then quickly turning to Brick Break Carl right in the stomach, the force of the attack sending him flying a rather large distance. Then, to take further defensive measures, it turns around again and uses Roar, sending most of the opposing forces flying back, now out of range of any possible attacks. However, despite his unknown ally’s almost perfect timing, the Hypnosis still hits the mark on Aruba. Fortunately for her, the hooded boy was close enough to catch her before she fully fell. “Nice timing, Heat..” The boy states, smirking underneath his hood as the dark aura dissolves, revealing a still menacing looking Garchomp, who smirks.“Sorry for the wait. I had to teach some new Revolutioneers some discipline. That’s a story for later. Now, get Aruba to safety.” He replies, glancing over at the Lucario. Heat had grown to like and respect Aruba, but given her current condition, he knew she wouldn’t stand a chance against these group of Trained.
“Heat...I trust that you can take care of them. I will return with Aruba. Try to leave them in one piece..” Vanitas says, knowing how prideful his partner is of his strength. “Heh, no promises...don’t worry. I’ll give them a good thrashing...hurry up and get going!” He responds as he rushes after those that he only recently knocked back, fired up to be able to display his strength like this. “Now then...I think it’s about time we report back..” With that being said, he wastes no time heading back through the Corridor, it closing behind him.
The Corridor reappears in Montainum’s personal office, closing once again as Vanitas enters the room, with both Ai-yu and Aruba intact. “Greetings, Montainum, Darkclaw. I went ahead and brought these two back for you. Just thought I’d report in before seeing if the doctor was in..” He explains, chuckling to himself as he thought just how ecstatic Mismagius would be to treat these the wounds of these two.
Serph and Sera, who were too late to do anything about Vanitas, instead find themselves facing an even greater threat in the form of an old time friend. “Well, well...I was wondering who I was sensing nearby. If you two are here, then that means Ventus is close by…” Heat says, already getting into a fighting stance. “Heat, please...we’re comrades! It doesn’t have to be this way..” Sera responds, trying to convince him that fighting isn’t the answer. “I’ve made my choice!” Heat snaps at her, now enraged. “This time, we’re not playing any games..got it, Serph?” He taunts. Serph, who hasn’t spoken a word this entire time, gazes angrily at the Garchomp as he too gets into a fighting stance. “Let’s get this over with, already...Sera, make sure no one interferes..” He commands. Sera sheds a single tear before utilizing a combination of Reflect and Light Screen to make a barrier around the two of them, now simply standing by as a spectator as her old comrades start off the fight with a Swords Dance; Serph chaining it into an Ice Punch and Heat into a Brick Break.
Aqua giggles at the pair’s bickering before beginning to lead the way to her human friend, walking at a pace fast enough for the others to keep up with. When they arrive, she leaps toward the hooded boy, who catches her with ease. “I hope you enjoyed that music, Aqua...now, care to introduce me to your new friends?” He inquires, looking over at the trio that stands before him. “This is Rythian, Mystarii, and Electricia. Everyone, this is Ventus.” She introduces her friend cheerily, excited over the idea of all of them being friends.

[Snarfulblast]

Carl, although getting hit by the Brick Break hit him, he recovers quickly, utilizing Quick Attack to get him self back to where the battle field is sitting himself in a tree.

Zera drops the Magic Barrier, he put up when the new enemy appeared, keeping him, Lucas, and Jean safe from the Roar. "Humph, dirty tricks and surprise attacks whats next? Oh, I know song time." Lucas pulls out a Poke-flute, which is blue in color, and begins to play a sweet melodic tune.

[SephietheEvil]

Ai-yu hears Carl, and contemplates his offer for a moment. She doesn’t want Aruba to get hurt, and even though she’s fighting for the wrong side, Ai-yu still trusts her...so, does she really want to abandon her now?
Ai-yu doesn’t get much more time to think before more action is taken. Hypnosis is thrown at Aruba and Sephie, and some huge, dangerous-sounding Pokémon bursts out from behind them in the Corridor. Ai-yu squeaks and shuts her eyes.
Aruba tries to dodge the Hypnosis, but she’s hit anyway, because of the distraction of everything else going on around her. She keeps her hold tight on Ai-yu as she falls unconscious, hoping that at least if she were to hit the ground, the little Celebi, her friend, wouldn’t be hurt also.
“Huh? Hey!” Sephie cries after noticing Aruba and Ai-yu getting carried off. Before she can try to chase after Vanitas, the Hypnosis hits her. Sephie grimaces. “Ugh...great….Pipley...you-” She doesn’t get to say anything else before falling unconscious. Pipley rushes to her side, and with his speed, he manages to catch her before she hits the ground. For a moment, he stands there, holding her up, glancing between her and the new foe in front of them, Heat. Pipley knows what she would expect him to do right now...but, is it worth it? Really? Should he really wake this girl back up and possibly help continue what she was about to do, or face a particularly fierce Garchomp, who already has the type advantage on him?
….Then again, if Sephie did wake up, which she would inevitably do, and then found out that Pipley didn’t move to help her wake up first…
“Such bad choices, either of them...gah, it can’t be helped. I want to keep all of my limbs intact.” Pipley whimpers a bit, setting the girl down, but still keeping her propped up into something close to a sitting position with one arm. With his free paw, Pipley opens up Sephie’s bag, and searches through the berry pouch until he finds a Chesto Berry. He slices it up into smaller pieces with a claw, then drops them into Sephie’s throat, and waits.
“Mm...ugh...ack!” Sephie chokes a bit from the pieces that get stuck in her throat, but after a moment, she’s awake again. Sephie grins at Pipley.
“...I know you had second thoughts just now, but I want to praise you for making the right choice. Especially with this kind of beast on the battlefield now.” Sephie stands up and pats her Delphox on the head. He whines a little.
“R-right, Sephie...just...don’t get yourself hurt too bad, if you really insist on battling on your own. I would be glad to call any of our comrades in for you instead...I mean, you have magic, but your physique...so frail...” Pipley expresses his worry in his tone. Sephie gives him a calmer smile, though her hands are now glowing with magic power in green and purple colors.
“You can trust me, Pipley. If anything really happens, call the king.” She drops him that one slightly cryptic hint before, turning towards Heat. “Hmph...a good thrashing, eh? We’ll just see about that, my landshark-y adversary!....Eh?" Sephie blinks as soon as she realizes that Serph and Heat and locked in a battle, one-on-one, protected by a barrier.
Behind her, Pipley breathes a very small sigh of relief, and Sephie lets out a sigh.
"Tch, man...and I was so hoping to let loose, too...oh well. I guess it can wait for when things break out and get even worse, eh?" Sephie winks at Pipley, and because of her comment, Pipley is sent back into concerned fear...
Ai-yu has her eyes squeezed shut the whole time she’s pulled through the Corridor, but she’s not as scared as she would be alone. Even though Aruba is unconscious, her protective, cradling hold on the little shiny Celebi is still as strong as it had been. Ai-yu waits to open her eyes 2 full minutes after hearing talking, afraid of what she might see. When she does, she’s greeted with the sight of Vanitas, Serran, Spookton, Darkclaw, and the formidable (but extremely cold-looking) Montainum.
“Much appreciated, Vanitas...I see that Aruba here was going after quite the prize.” Montainum eyes Ai-yu, which causes her to try and hide herself further in Aruba’s arms.
“Should I take her to the cells? I’m sure Violetta would put another magic barrier up on a cage for this…” Darkclaw offers.
“No...I don’t want this one in the cells. In fact...I think I want this one interrogated first. We could use her power in our force, as another legendary...and, Vanitas...would I be correct in saying this one is Trained? If so, I have to wonder how a pitiful creature like a Trainer would tame a legendary…” Montainum doesn’t lift his piercing gaze from Ai-yu. “Let’s just call Violetta here.”
“Right, sir.” Darkclaw cackles a bit. “Vanitas here is right. We should have Violetta look over their possible wounds first anyway. I’m sure that Mismagius would do it with the utmost glee…”
Meanwhile, down in the cages, Tatakumei has curled up in one of the far corners of her prison, using her red scarf as a sort of shabby blanket as she rests up. She can’t bring herself to close her eyes, but at the very least, she’s reached her limit on fighting against her cage bars, and cannot go without resting herself up anymore. In her dazed state between fatigue and unconsciousness, she’s halfway aware of the fact that her paws are bleeding...
Rythian and his own two friends follow the little Eevee, up until they reach Ventus. Rythian waits until everyone’s introduced, then bows. “A pleasure to meet you. Glad to see that Aqua’s been taken care of in my absence. I was a childhood friend of hers, but certain circumstances forced us to part.”
“Yeah, good to meet ya, human guy!” Mystarii grins up at Ventus.
“He has a name, Mystarii! We were just told it not even a minute ago!” Electricia huffs at her friend, then tips her hat to Ventus. “As Ry here said, it’s a pleasure to meet what looks like a decent human. The last one I met threw a pokeball at my face.”
“I remember that.” Rythian chuckles. “You had a black eye for a bit. It was the most depressing, heart-wrenching thing I’d seen in awhile, because of how...well, how small and cute Pichus naturally are…”
“Hmph...sure, I might look cute, but you know I pack a punch!” Electricia replies.
At that moment, there was rustling from a bush nearby. Mystarii and Electricia stay behind Rythian as what appears to be the ghost of a shiny Meowstic steps out into the clearing. Behind her, a grinning Sylveon. The Meowstic perks up just a bit upon seeing Rythian and the others.
“Oh...well, hello there.” Sachiko murmurs.
“Hey, it’s the human we thought we sensed earlier!” Euphoria examines Ventus for a moment, then her grin grows upon seeing Rythian and his two friends. “Ah! Hiiiiiii, guys! Nice to see you again!”
“Oi, those are Sephie’s Pokemon!” Mystarii points out.
“That must mean she’s around here somewhere too…” Electricia smirks. “Ah, that girl...ehehehe….”
Rythian doesn’t make any comment, as he’s caught in an unnerving staring contests of sorts with Euphoria. Sachiko notices this, and narrows her eyes slightly.
“Euphoria…what did Raven and I tell you?” Sachiko’s voice is still a bit whispery and quiet, like you’d expect from a ghost.
“Yeah, I knoooow….I’m still a little injured, so I shouldn’t seriously play with anyone right now…” Euphoria looks a bit disappointed, but then quickly flips back into a grin, looking back at Rythian. “But, later, when I’m better, maybe I could play with you, Rythian!”
“U-um….” Rythian doesn’t know what words won’t put him into a bad situation here...

[Snarfulblast]

"Poor little Riolu, I would free you but my boss says I have to wait." Spookton has left the office filled with people/Pokemon to pay a visit to Tatakumei.

"Oh no you don't you pink psycho, I won't allow fighting here." Sha has meandered his way into the clearing with Ventus and the other Pokemon."If ye canea sit still a listen you might hear a tune." as he stops talking the music which Lucas is playing drifts in making everyone a bit sleepily and very inclined to more calm like actions. "There you are Sha." Poof and Ming enter the clearing.

Back at the fighting, Lucas' music has grown louder, causing a calming effect on everyone.

[ShadowVentus]

@SephietheEvil @Snarfulblast
“If you don’t mind, I think it would be best if I lead the interrogation. I have a feeling this one will need a...special approach. Of course, once the two of them check out okay from Violetta, I’ll have Aruba accompany me. Oh, and it may be worth mentioning that I have taken the liberty of dispatching Heat to deal with the current threat...he should be back in no time flat. However, Darkclaw, I request that you provide him with some backup in case those Trained decide to try something underhanded. Now, if you don’t mind, I think I’m going to go down to the cells. Please notify me once Violetta is through.” With the report finished, the black-coated boy follows through on his words, utilizing a Corridor to make his way down to the cells. He appears right on time to overhear Spookton’s careless banter, causing him to chuckle as the Corridor closes. “Now, Spookton, dare I even ask you to repeat what you just said? Words like those can get you in deep trouble…I suggest you go back to your trainer this instant before you do anything you might regret...” He states in a rather threatening manner.
”Rythian, is it...that must mean you’re the brother of the Revolutioneer, Darkclaw...it seems like we both have some bad blood in the family.” Ventus remarks, resulting in a simultaneously confused and curious look from Aqua. “What do you mean, Ven? Is someone you know a Revolutioneer too?” She asks, causing the boy to fall silent, studying those that have gathered around him. “That’s a story for another time, Aqua. In the meantime, I think it’d be best if I go after the others. Something has been troubling me since they left...stay with this group. I trust that you’ll be safe with them.” He says to her, resulting in the Eevee nodding in response, not questioning him in the slightest. She hops off of his lap and moves back to Rythian’s side as the hooded boy hops off from the stump he was sitting on, and begins running towards the location of the other members of his team. In the meantime, to lighten up the mood, Aqua turns to look over at Euphoria, smiling happily. “Don’t worry! When you’re better, I’d love to play with you.” She offers cheerfully.
Unfortunately for Lucas, due to having been around Ventus for so long, Sera was unaffected by the tranquilizing effects of the music, allowing her to add Safeguard to the array of moves she used to create the barrier around the two she considered her comrades. Ergo, the fighting between Heat and Serph escalated even further. They both paused to power up once more with Swords Dance, and then, Serph used Bone Rush while Heat used Dragon Claw. After a few exchanged hits, they both had worn each other down rather severely. They were both evenly matched, so it would only make sense that they were both now at the point of going unconscious. “Had enough, or do you still have some fight left in you?” the Garchomp taunts as he returns to his battle stance. “Please...I won’t give up so easily!” With that being said, the Lucario uses up what’s left of his strength to unleash a Dragon Pulse on Heat while the latter uses Flamethrower. The moves collide, the fiery torrent and raging pulse moving back and forth in a sort of power struggle. However, it seems Heat’s was able to overpower Serph, for soon enough, the Dragon Pulse gives way to the Flamethrower, Serph now engulfed in flames. Once the flames die off, the Lucario simply collapses to the floor, barely able to retain his consciousness. Sera, bearing witness to the entire battle, lets out a choked sob as she sees one of her comrades fall. Heat approaches the fallen Lucario and picks him up by his neck, looking up at him. “I’ll spare you this time...but let it be known that the next time we meet...I will show no mercy.” With that being said, he tosses Serph’s body towards the barrier like a ragdoll, it connecting with the wall with a loud thud. He then turns to face a well-timed Corridor, walking through it, not once looking back as it closed behind him. Sera quickly cancels out the barrier and runs to aid Serph, who has now fallen unconscious. She starts with a Heal Pulse, hoping to at least stabilize his condition for now. Hearing someone approach them through the forest, she faces the source of the noise and prepares a Shadow Ball. “Relax, Sera. It’s only me..” Ventus starts as he approaches the both of them, holding his hands up as a sign of peace. However, she still doesn’t let her guard down. “I’m sorry...but I need proof.” She responds, knowing fully well that both Ventus and Vanitas wear the same black cloak and both prefer to be hooded. Without any hesitation, the boy removes his hood, revealing his raven black hair and warm, brown eyes to her. “Is this enough proof for you?” He inquires, willing to show her his weapons as well with his own special mark. At the sight of his face, the Shadow Ball dissipates, being replaced by more tears.Seeing this as being in the clear, Ventus advances toward the Gardevoir, now doing what he can to help out his most trusted partner.

[Snarfulblast]

"I would never do that, and besides I don't take orders from you." Spookton leaves, going back to Serran she move back to where she usually stands, near his left shoulder.

"Well that was entertaining." Jean and Zarkju mutter under their breath, Zarkju returns to Lucas' shoulder and Jean stands next to him.

[Snarfulblast]

"Ok sir Ventus was it? I have a few questions to ask you in private. But first some friends of mine seem to have heard my music ok my friends get to work healing that Lucario. Oh and you to miss Sephie questions in private no pokemon alive, or dead." Lucas' friends who have shown up happen to be Miltanks. who go over to Serph and start to do whatever it is they do to heal other pokemon. "Ok boss I'll stay here and have a few words with their partners. Jean get everyone over here, and I mean everyone all of those scattered and that evee and Sha,Ming, and Poof." "Right". and with that Jean leaves.

[SephietheEvil]

@Snarfulblast @ShadowVentus

“Well...what a splendid battle.” Sephie has her arms crossed as she watches the epic battle between Serph and Heat draw to a close. “...Wish I could’ve been a part of it.”
“Oh please, Sephie. No one would’ve wanted that. You have to be protected. If you weren’t Euphoria would….ugh…” Pipley shivers at the thought of Euphoria going berserk like she did the last time Sephie was seriously wounded in battle. It was bad enough that the Sylveon had high Special Attack and Pixilate for an ability, but then she just had to have Hidden Power Fire as well...what a terrifying Pokemon…
“Euphoria, or you, or Raven, or Sachiko…” Sephie laughs. “Yeah, yeah. You got a point there. You guys go berserk. But that’s just because you care!” She then turns her eyes towards Sera and Ventus at Serph’s side. “Think we should be helping them?”
Pipley and Sephie suddenly turn as Lucas comes in with his Miltanks to heal Serph.
“Ah...guess that’s not necessary.” Sephie nods. She looks back at Lucas, listening to his request. She seems a little disconcerted by his request, but not as much as Pipley is.
“Alright Pip. Pokeball time.” Sephie starts getting a Pokeball off of her belt, which appears to be painted with an orange flame design.
“Now wait a second. I don’t know if I trust this-” Pipley starts.
“It’s fiiiiiiiine, Pipley. I’ll be okay if push comes to shove. If not, you can use your magic psychic powers to know what’s going on, and then your willpower to break out of the ball on your own, right?” Sephie winks.
“I...I guess…” Pipley sighs.
“Good boy!” Sephie grins, and puts Pipley back into his Pokeball, buckling it onto her belt again. “Now, I just gotta wait for all 4 of the others to show up…”
“Very well...I could see no reason not to let you lead the interrogation, Vanitas. You have served me well thus far.” Montainum agrees with Vanitas’ request, then moves towards the intercom pad built into his desk. He presses the one for the nurse’s clinic with his nose, and waits. Before long, a witchy voice starts speaking to him.
“Yeeeeees, Lord Montainum~?”
“Violetta,” Montainum responds, “You are needed in the office. We have possible wounded here that need checking immediately, for one is scheduled for interrogation.”
“Ah, I see. Shouldn’t take me but 5 seconds or so to to reach you.”
Montainum and the others wait, and as said, the Mismagius is there after exactly 5 seconds pass. She glides right through the wall of the room instead of using the door, stopping in front of Aruba and Ai-yu.
“My word! A Celebi, and a shiny at that! I haven’t even seen a regular Celebi in years! Heh...you remember her, don’t you, Monty?” Violetta grins fiendishly at Montainum.
“Yes...it was a shame about her…” Montainum replies.
“Well, well. Hello there, Nurse Wicked. How goes the business?” Darkclaw purrs jokingly.
“Heheh, don’t you have backup to go provide?” Violetta sneers back.
“Tch! H-how’d you know about that?” Darkclaw frowns, but all the same, he leaves and hurries on his way to go provide backup for Heat, as ordered.
“Now, let’s take a look-see…” Violetta hums, starting to examine Aruba and Ai-yu. Ai-yu is paralyzed with fear the whole entire time, unwilling to let go of Aruba. Eventually, this behavior gets in Violetta’s way, but she giggles rather than getting upset. “Aw, she’s so terrified that she won’t let go of her captor! How utterly adorable.” Here, let me help you with that…”
Suddenly, Violetta utilizes a Phantom Force attack to split the two Pokemon up, and hold Ai-yu in place with a shadowy hand. She panics and starts to squirm, but quickly finds that there’s not much she can do. Violetta finishes looking over the two and uses Pain Split both to wake up Aruba, and help heal her.
“Agh!....Oh...Violetta…” Aruba mumbles, still in a bit of a daze.
“Alright. Both of these pokemon are good to go. Aruba should head back to her resting quarters and sleep off the little haze that’s left.” Violetta declares. “I shall stay here and watch this little one until the interrogation starts.” She eyes Ai-yu gleefully, which only frightens the Celebi more.
“Right then.” Montainum uses his intercom pad again, this time pressing the button for the cell room. “Vanitas? Violetta is through, and waiting to release the Celebi into interrogation.”
Tatakumei turns her head to glance at Spookton’s figure in front of her cell, but says nothing. She’s too worn out to make any sort of real reply, it would seem. She just stares up at Spookton with shining red eyes. Her ears perk a bit when Vanitas enters the room. There seems to be some sort of conflict, but Tatakumei can’t really pay much attention at the moment. She only wonders what these people are doing here, and if they’re here just to hurt her so they have a threat to give back to her mother. Despicable beings...
“H-hm? Ah, yes….yes, that’s right.” Rythian nods at Ventus’ remark towards his heritage. Anything to break this unnerving stare into the blue eyes of a pink, fluffy, ribbon-covered death machine.
“Tch, idiot Darkclaw. Wish he’d just come back and pal around like he used to.” Mystarii huffs unhappily.
“Both have bad blood? Eh, it happens. Never knew my family for long. I lived in captivity from level 3 to level 100. Think they might’ve all been killed in my capture anyways. Maybe…” Electricia mutters, through something in her tone tells those around her subtly that she doesn’t believe she’s all that’s left of her family…
“Others? Ah, he must mean those other Pokemon presumably in battle over there. Thought I heard them earlier.” Rythian comments half to himself as he watches Ventus leave.
“Is that battle where Seph went?” Electricia turns to Sachiko and Euphoria.
“Yes, indeed...she’s there with Pipley and Ai-yu, I believe.” Sachiko replies. Her ears perk a bit when Sha suddenly enters the scene, accompanied by calming music. The others startled by his appearance are all calmed quickly.
“Pink psycho? Aw, thaaaanks!” Euphoria giggles at Sha happily in her calmed state, which really just means she’s slightly less likely to attack, and her grin is just slightly less crazy. Then she turns to Aqua, her eyes lit up.
“You’ll play with me? Really?! Ehehehehe~!”
“Oh please...spare the young Pokemon…” Sachiko shakes her head. “She doesn’t want to end up like me so soon…”
“Who are these Pokemon? Do you know them?” Rythian inquires in a relaxed tone, looking at Sha, Poof, and Ming.
“We believe them to be allies. They belong with another trainer, who is with Sephie at the moment.” Sachiko explains.
“Ah, cool. I’m not in any mood to attack people right now anyway.” Mystarii stretches idly.

[Snarfulblast]

@SephietheEvil Serran moves next to Montainum and whispers, "Sir I hope you won't mind me watching the interrogation. I am intrigued on how this Vanitas works."

Jean on orders from Lucas, has made his way to Sha, Poof, and Ming,"Hello everybody, Im here to inform you that your respective trainers are looking for you. If you would please follow me I will bring you to where they are."

[ShadowVentus]

@SephietheEvil@Snarfulblast

As Spookton retreats, Vanitas breathes a sigh of relief. Checking over his shoulders to be sure that the coast was clear, he pulls out a bulging, brown pouch from out of his sleeve. He picks up a nearby silver food tray from the floor, placing the pouch upon it before opening it up, revealing a bunch of Sitrus Berries and a cup for water. Once that is set up, the hooded boy pulls out a flask from within his coat, pops it open, and pours Tatakumei a cold glass of water. He then pushes the tray into the cell via slot meant for such things within the cell door. "Here. This meal should help with your wounds. I understand that I've given you no reason to trust me, but, just know that I'm not going to go and let a youngling like you starve...Don't give into despair just yet, Tatakumei. There is still hope for you yet.." With that being said, the intercom comes to life in a short burst of static before the voice of Montainum reaches Vanitas' ears. He heads over to a nearby post and pushes the button to send a private response to their leader."Understood, I'll be up there shortly. I do not want anyone interfering nor spectating my interrogation process. I need to gain the Celebi's trust, do I not? If the party catches wind of there being someone listening in on our conversation, then I'll lose ground...you understand my point, no?" He inquires. Before he can give the Terrakion a chance to respond, he releases his grip on the button, the intercom going silent. The hooded boy extends his hand towards the bars of Tatakumei’s cage, a red and black sigil flaring up in the air near it. This sign may puzzle the Riolu, for unless her mother shared with her all sorts of ancient tales, the Pokemon this symbol resembles may be unknown to her. Regardless, the eerie pulse it emits fractures and shatters Violetta’s seal before Tatakumei’s very eyes. Then, with that ward having been lifted, the bars begin to distort, leaving a very large gap within its wake. As if things hadn’t been crazy enough, as Vanitas departs to regroup with the others in Montainum’s office, a Corridor of Darkness opens within the room in front of the Riolu’s cell. Heat exits from it, smirking down at Tatakumei. “I’m glad to see that you’ve saved me a bite of food.” The tall land-shark remarks before picking up the last Sitrus Berry and slicing it in half, downing his portion in one fell swoop. “Hurry and wrap up your meal. Our exit won’t be open for much longer. Oh, and do take care not to leave my side until we’ve arrived where we need to be. The last thing we need is Aruba going on a rampage..” With that being said, the Garchomp begins heading back into the Corridor of Darkness, the pathway beckoning Tatakumei to follow after him, for as soon as she did, it would close swiftly, leaving no one else any time to follow after them. The duo will exit out into the tree-infested home of the Scattered, not too far away from the current group residing there. Heat now simply sits there and waits, awaiting the hell that may be unleashed upon them for what has just transpired.
Leaving a stabilized Serph under the care of Sera and some Miltanks, Ventus joins the other trainers, not bothering putting his hood back on considering he no longer has to remain a veiled face to these people. “Alright, I’m all ears. What is it that you want to know?” He inquires, feeling that was about time that he began answering questions. His comrades needed to know a few necessary truths anyhow.
Aqua, calm and collected, simply sits by and listens to the conversation being had by her current group of friends, knowing that listening is always a good habit to pick up on in times like these.