"Best just let the matter be," Emil said as the elevator doors slid shut, before continuing on how they had to choose their own battles, and focus on heading to the next Gym. Nerissa snorted as she leaned against one of the elevator's walls. Of course she couldn't let something that odd get past her, not when she noticed that everything was alright just minutes ago, including the escalator. Something had to be off.
"Fine, but if anything stupid happens from letting things slide," She grunted, before thinking about the potential Gyms that they were heading to next. Ecruteak in the north, and Azalea to the south, past the Ilex Forest. From what she knew about the Gyms, Azalea Town had a Bug-type Gym, and Ecruteak had a Ghost-type one, which made her feel more confident in herself. Though both Gyms were said to be challenging, Cecil also had the advantage over both types, and she knew that at least, neither Gym could be as bad as Whitney's sickeningly pink one. She secretly wished for Ecruteak, however, as she longed for a darker atmosphere where she could feel more comfortable, for a change of pace. She knew though, that she had to train Cecil more. Yes, he survived a high-level Miltank's onslaught and knocked her out, but there was always room for improvement, and Nerissa wanted to conquer Gyms and become a Champion after all. Perhaps Cecil needed more companions? The Pokemon around Goldenrod weren't her type, however…
"Hm, about our next step, I w-" Emil began, Nerissa looking up from the floor at the sound of his voice. He was cut off, however, by the sudden jerking of the elevator. The force knocked Nerissa backwards against the wall, the girl falling on her butt and slamming her back as she shouted out loud, before letting out a stream of curses; the words escaping her mouth far from refined or appropriate.
"Shit, shit! I told you those motherfucking cunts were in on some damn conspiracy! Escalators don't just fucking break! I don't know why you goddamn suckers can't grow some fucking balls!" She shouted, but she wasn't the only one yelling, and her voice was drowned out. Emil was screaming, his voice unusually high-pitched and feminine as he did. Nerissa wanted to laugh at him, and tease him for it, but the elevator kept falling. After a few moments however, it stopped as suddenly as it started falling. Nerissa took the opportunity to pick herself up from the elevator's floor and check out where exactly they ended up in.
"W-what in the w-worl-" Emil started, before the elevator doors slid open, bathing the dark elevator car in bright light. Dark-clad men entered and grabbed the three of them forcibly, dragging them out of the car. Nerissa struggled, trying to pull herself away from her captor's grasp, but she was met with a resounding slap on her face. Another man joined her captor, and both of them held her tightly and started dragging her, following the ones who had Stella and Emil as Nerissa continued to struggle. The room they ended up in was occupied by more dark-clad men and women, and other people, mostly scared-looking, backed up against the wall, guarded by an army of Muk. None of them had their belongings or their Pokemon, judging from their empty pockets.
Nerissa was dragged and shoved towards the wall, flanked by two scared-looking men. The two men who brought her took away Cecil's Pokeball and her backpack, opening the latter to check if she had even more Pokemon. She stood up, giving her captors a warning glare as they examined the Houndour's ball. One of them looked at the man who was now holding Stella's things, including her Togepi's ball.
"Tch, these ones have only got one each," The grunt who was holding Cecil's ball called out, prompting Nerissa to lunge at him and reach for her Pokemon. She wasn't going to let them get away with taking her Pokemon, alright. She wasn't going to give them the pleasure of getting their way with her.
"Ha, asshole! Think I'll be a good little girl?! Well, if you want Cecil, you better fight like a man for him, asshole!" She snarled, before taking advantage of her height punching the man on the jaw. Two Muk were grabbing at her legs as she did, attempting to drag her back, and she tried to kick one of them off. The man used Nerissa's momentary distraction to act quickly. Taking out a small gun, he aimed at Nerissa's arm, and shot a tranquillizer dart. Nerissa gasped at the sharp pain, looking at her arm, then at the man, her face morphing into one of anger. Before she could act, however, she felt herself weakening, her limbs feeling heavy and her head feeling cloudy and light. Her eyes rolling back, she only manage to murmur "you'll regret that" before she swayed and collapsed onto the floor, unconscious.