@LeavesXanthia was sweating and tired. Her mom had made sure to keep her fit for this adventure, however running and walking with the extra weight on her back.. not really something she'd trained for. She'd been hoping to spend the night under the stars. Whatever..she would be able to do this another time, on a route which was longer and filled with more peril.
"Yep." Xanthia agreed, nodding, watching as Terra skipped energetically around the route. They had come so far and the thing didn't show any signs of getting tired. It had even chased a couple of grass and bug type pokemon across the field while making excited little 'baaing' sounds.
"We will be alright." She reached into her backpack and pulled out a small flashlight, pointing it aimlessly at the path, flicking it on and then off again, cursing under her breath as she flicked it on.. and then it died.
"Dang batteries.. never mind. Whatever." she stuffed it back into her bag, and then focused on the pathway again. The sounds of the night were soothing to her.. bug types and night time pokemon sounds echoing. At this point, Terra came back closer to Xanthia, staring up at her with dewy eyes until Xanthia returned the grass type to her pokeball.
Meanwhile.. Anubis was enjoying himself immensely, realizing that the egg was keeping him from using the shadows to become completely invisible. he set the egg in Xanthia's hands and then vanished into the night, allowing his cackling to fill the air as he worked on frightening helpless pokemon away.
Xanthia curled her hands gently around the egg, pressing her face against it to feel its warmth and hear something shifting inside. Probably still had a ways yet.. but she couldn't help but feel a bit excited about it. She snickered as she watched Edward trip over something in the path.
"Clumsy.." she commented, a teasing light reflected in her eyes. And then she saw it. A geodude? She reached for one of her Pokeballs, preparing to fight, until two more pokemon emerged from the darkness surrounding them. A Houndour and a Mankey facing them furiously, trapping them in one place. They could always just go around the thing if they went off into the dark grass...
And then some kind of shadowed faces poked out of the bushes, and a person's face poked out of the bushes in the distance. She scoffed, narrowing her eyes.
"You should tenderize meat before you cook it, idiot." she responded sharply, her eyes glinting with a fearless light. She held the egg protectively.
"I'm not giving you any of my stuff, you can try and light me on fire or hit me all you want. You aren't getting anything!" She sent out Terra in a stream of light.
"Go! Terra!" The goat was on the ground, blinking wearily and then flicking her eyes from pokemon to pokemon. She remained remarkably still, waiting for something to happen or some kind of command.
From there.. Anubis decided that it was time to play with the person in the bushes. They looked like fun to scare. He flickered into existence behind the person, his eerie red eyes glinting in the night as he twisted his face into an oddly cheshire cat-like grin. He opened his mouth wide, revealing rows of sharp teeth as he gave an eerie cackle, ghostly drool echoing from his mouth. Several balls of ghostly fire appeared around his body as he retained the evil smile.
