[IC] Pokémon Hoenn: α and Ω

[bowtiesrcool86]

Once it had dropped the heroes off at the top, Liam saw two copters perched above, one red and the other blue. Liam cursed under his breath as e called them to his friends' attention.

[James Davy]

"A volcano summit is not really the best place to have a turf war," stated Shiranui, "We should halt their activities posthaste!"

[bowtiesrcool86]

Liam found that all of the grunts from both sides were busy fighting one another, and at more or less a standstill. The heroes climbed the volcano and were at one point stopped by a man who introduced himself as Team Magma Admin Tabitha. He tried to halt the heroes' progress.

[James Davy]

"I challenge you to a battle, Tabby! Or should I call you Tubby?" Tabitha was furious at the name calling and sent a Koffing out. Shiranui sent Titania out and one Psychic was enough to knock the explosive gas bag out. The admin switched for a Numel.
"Numel, the Numb Pokémon. Numel is extremely dull witted—it doesn't notice being hit. However, it can't stand hunger for even a second. This Pokémon's body is a seething cauldron of boiling magma." Shiranui switched Titania for Hoshi and one Scald took Numel out, though it took a while for Numel to notice being hit.

"One side, fat man!" said Shiranui before hurrying past.

[pkken]

Lance followed as some magma grunts tried to take him on, they sent out numels. Lance smirked, "time to show them what we can do ludicolo" Lance said sending out ludicolo he let out an ear to ear grin. "Water gun" Lance said, the water gun splashed the numel with a critical hit easily dispatching of them.

[bowtiesrcool86]

Liam charged ahead while his friends kept the rest of Magma busy. He found Maxie ahead. Maxie figured that the others must have distracted Tabitha to let Liam get to him, pegging Shiranui specifically as the culprit. He called out a Mightyena. Liam sent out Blissey, who one shotted Mightyena with a single Focus Blast. Maxie next used a Crobat, who was knocked out by Sylveon. Maxie decided to show Liam his Mega Evolution. Maxie got a message on his comm piece.
"What's that?" He asked. He paused for the other person to speak. "You found a new lead on the orb? Excellent! We will Rendezvous and investigate." He turned to Liam. "We will meet again." He than ran jumped off the cliff. Liam ran to the edge only to see a Magma copter to rise up with him in it and take off. Other Magma copters followed suit.
Archie ran up and saw Liam.
"It's you." He said menacingly. "Where did Maxie go?"
"Even if I knew, why would I tell you?" Liam inquired.
"Don't mouth off to me boy!" Archie sneered. He must have found a new lead on the orb."
"Halt!" Called a voice. Liam and Archie looked toward it source. It was Looker charging forward. "In the name of the International Police, you are under arrest!" A Team Aqua copter rose up and Maxie hopped on and it took off.

[James Davy]

Shiranui heard the cracks about the orb from Archie and Maxie and went over to Looker. "I'd like to give you a statement about what they're doing," he requested.

[bowtiesrcool86]

Looker said he would accept it, but it would be better to wait until they are in a air conditioned Pokémon Center.

[James Davy]

"Well, we were heading to Lavaridge Town via the Jagged Pass," replied Shiranui, "You can tag along if you want."

[bowtiesrcool86]

"Sounds like a plan." Looker said with a smile. With that, the heroes went to Jagged Pass to reach Lavaridge.

[James Davy]

The heroes eventually descended the pass and reached Lavaridge Town.

[bowtiesrcool86]

The group went to the Pokémon Center and Liam took his Pokémon to be healed and offered to take Shiranui's while he gave Looker a statement

[pkken]

Lance healed ludicolo and sat with looker and shiranui.

[James Davy]

Shiranui accepted Liam's offer before he started giving Looker his statement. "Looker, as you may have heard, Teams Aqua and Magma are in pursuit of orbs," said Shiranui, "Based on my research of the local legends, the orbs are the Red and Blue Orbs said to be connected to two legendary Pokémon known as Groudon and Kyogre. Based on the rhetoric we heard from them, Team Aqua wants to use Kyogre's power to make the oceans bigger, create a water world and wipe out humanity—the latter of which was something Team Flare already tried to do in Kalos a while back. Team Magma wants to use Groudon's power to expand the landmasses to create more room for human habitation and development. What they have in common is that both Teams seem to be labouring under the delusion that humans and Pokémon cannot coexist together. If they're left unchecked, Hoenn will be the epicentre of an ecological disaster."

[bowtiesrcool86]

Looker wrote down what Shiranui had to say and thanked him for his time. A Chansey came up and put a cup of coffee on the table for him.

[James Davy]

"Thanks Chansey," said Shiranui, feeling mentally exhausted after telling Looker what he knew.

[bowtiesrcool86]

Another Chansey brought the balls that held the Pokémon back to everyone.

[James Davy]

Shiranui thanked the second Chansey as well before putting his Poké Balls on his belt. "Alright, guys, listen up. Because of proximity to a volcano and the fact this place is famous for its onsen, we can deduce the Gym Leader Flannery's speciality type to be Fire," he stated, "We all know what can beat a Fire-type Pokémon, but as with every gym, be careful of counter-strategies."

[bowtiesrcool86]

'I'm ready for it." Liam said. He was psyched for the battle. He heard the door open and a Spoink bounced in looking around franticly. Liam noticed there were two unusual things about the Spoink. It was discolored and missing the pearl.

[James Davy]

Shiranui pulled out his Pokédex. "Spoink, the Bounce Pokémon. Spoink bounces around on its tail. The shock of its bouncing makes its heart pump. As a result, this Pokémon cannot afford to stop bouncing—if it stops, its heart will stop."
"We better find its missing pearl before we take on the gym," Shiranui suggested, "Spoink, just keep bouncing. We'll help get your pearl back."