[RAID] Tricksters in the Dark

[TawnyAngel]

Growling in frustration and shaking herself Tortie turned her attention onto the Zubats. Instructions given she launched a Psycho Cut at the nearest Zubat; not exactly her natural 'element' but she knew it had an advantage over the flying pests.

Char rumbled, turning his head towards the confused Mesprit and unleashing a vicious Flamethrower at it.

Deeply amused by the noise his enemy made when swatted away Discord coiled himself up, launched himself into the air and tried to get another of the silly things with a Dragon Tail.

Finally recovering herself Red fluffed up her feathers, glared, and then aimed a Whirlwind at a small group of Zubat, trying to blow them away down the corridor and out of combat.


Aulus felt a bit like a spare part with his pokemon taking the initiative. Still, it gave him time to think and his thoughts went back to the abandoned Galactic machine. Was Mesprit responsible for that or was there something further in they needed to worry about too?

Naturally just as he thought he had a moment to think he was proven wrong; Mesprit's Swift attack knocked chunks of rock down from the roof and Aulus barely moved in time to avoid being brained. Instead of a smashed skull he ended up with a bashed shoulder, they same one that had taken the Wing Attack. Swearing between his teeth the Agent looked down at himself; his white uniform had been ripped by the jagged stone and he was bleeding slightly. Wasn't like his arm was about to fall off though, he'd get cleaned up once this was all over.  

[Natsuko-neko]

Xander was starting to get rather worried about the ceiling with how much stone was falling. It didn't help that the Zubats were getting through to most of them. He ducked under a Zubat that had dived for him. If the battle wasn't ended soon the cave might collapse. "Eclipse, Quick Attack again. Conrad aim your Trump Card towards the Mesprit, maybe one will slip through the swarm. Eclipse keep it up. Zack use Flamethrower." He called out then with a frown released a tiny black grumpy pokemon. "Nico use Pound on the Zubats." He told the glaring Mew, knowing full well that the legend would not listen.

Eclipse yelped when a few of the attacks from the Zubats hit her before rushing at them with another Quick Attack like ordered.

Conrad turned his eyes to the pink annoyance and shot the next batch of energy cards toward it and any Zubats that might get in the way.

Angel started to alternate in time with Yale. Using Helping hand when he protected and Protect when he attacked. She was enjoying out smarting the little pests.

Zack knocked a few Zubats away from his tail when they tried, a some succeeded, to bite him and unleashed a jet of flame in retaliation.

Nico just floated there, crossing 'his' arms and glaring at Xander until one of the Zubats attempted to attack 'him'. "MEW!" The tiny black pokemon pulled back a paw and let forth a Mega Punch at the bat that DARED to go after him.  

[Rocket Agent Tambrey]

Neph found herself slapped hard by something invisible as the Future Sight attack rippled out from nowhere, sending the spider sprawling across the cave floor.
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She was getting weaker and she'd barely gotten the fight she wanted.
That... Jellyfish-headed thing and it's dirty tricks... It was almost admirable in how dirty it fought; petty it looked like some kind of child's pool toy.
The bats were falling, but so were chunks of stone.
Great. The spider, to her disgust, found herself retreating toward one of the walls of the cave. Her plan was to crawl up there and then attack when she could... The plan changed as she spotted Lasi still in the air though, and shot a web toward him. She felt like she was about to pass out, but the bat, even if it was a thing she disliked about him, would ensure she got somewhere safe.

Lasi felt the web and found himself, rather suddenly, the mount of a tiny, very battered looking spider.
She didn't say anything and Lasi assumed she'd even fainted right there on his back, but there was little he could do about it, and little he could do to get them to safety until he found Tambrey again. Bats were falling all around, attacks were going off, rocks were falling... His own Wing Attacks were being dealt out to any rogue bats still left trying to attack him while he dodged the falling chunks.

Treestar was still panicking, as pleased as he was to see Jace, he tried to stand with, and back to back, with his friend, like he'd seen done on shows and cartoons he'd seen on TV sometimes, trying yet another Razor Leaf at any straggling bats. Ceiling bits were falling nearby though, and he didn't think he had any attacks that could deal so well with those.

As the bat cloud seemed to be getting decimated, it started to become easier to do things. Tambrey could, still shielding herself, see that she'd been 'pushed' a little way from where she'd been standing. She could also feel a lot of scratches and bites that she suspected, some, were bleeding.
"Neph, Treestar, Lasi?!" She called, hoping they'd make themselves known. The bits of rock coming down were noted a few seconds later, prompting more than a little concern.  

[TRHQ Harvard]

((Set before Tam's post above))

The Zubat crowd didn't change their opinions of Lasi just because of his species. He was still intruding! As were the rest of these intruders!

As the battle with the Zubats waged on, with numbers dwindling as more of the little beasts were taken out, Mesprit cried out as she was hit by Kochei and knocked against the wall. A shriller cry met Char's attack. The Legendary was starting to look worse for wear, and was sniffling pitifully as it was scuffed by more attacks.

Mesprit's eyes slipped closed, and it started glowing again where it hovered. A few seconds later, its eyes snapped open. And then it hit.

Future Sight.

The sheer power of the move tore through the cavern like some mighty beast. The Zubat swarm shrieked, most fleeing the room as the force beat down on them. The rest were either spared or K.O.'d instantly.

Stanford whimpered and hunkered behind a rock as the attack hammered at him. Harvard stepped forward, still behind the shield and with Pokeball raised. "Stanford, return!" No sooner had the Furret disappeared did Yale's Protect fail, sending the Gallade flying back into his owner. The two hit the ground hard with short startled shouts, knocking the wind clear out of them both. Especially Harvard, who was quickly trying to blink away the stars in her vision and with a human-sized Pokemon laying on her.  

[TawnyAngel]

Not for the first time that day Aulus started to say a very rude word but was cut off half way through. The force of the blast pitched him into the air and sent him flying some distance across the cavern. Being lifted a fair way off the ground actually served him well in the end, in that he had time to twist around and land decently. The impact with the ground still hurt like hell and knocked the breath out of him but so far as he could tell as he struggled to get air back into his lungs he wasn't more than bruised.

The same could not be said for Red; as she had already been in the air the force of the attack slammed her directly into a wall and knocked her out cold. Char was more fortunate, heavier and tougher too; he reeled and roared in pain but managed to keep his feet. Tortie fared similarly; she was pitched back quite some distance but managed to get back to her feet before too long, favouring her right hind leg but still with some fight in her.

Discord and Paul hid, and neither looked especially keen to pop up again.  

[LexThetaSigma]

Rory looked up just in time to see his Absol make contact with their target; why couldn't he just listened? "Damn," he muttered under his breath as he caught sight of the little menace starting to glow. "Koschei, get the hell out of there, NOW!"

It was too late. The blast from the Future Sight sent him and the pokemon flying back, smashing them both on opposite sides of the walls. Rory groaned as pain when up his back from the impact and looked around, trying to find his pokemon.

He spotted Koschei first, he was doing his best to get back on his paws but he was struggling. He pulled the pokemon's ball off his belt and recalled him back as he looked around for the others.

Jace, he found crouched over Treestar and doing his best to keep his tail flame away from the Chikorita's leaf. Then there was Demeter, floating around back to him.

"Demeter, use Will-o-Wisp on that thing," He glanced away from her, down at his uniform. There on his right shoulder, the fabric was damp. He put his fingers to it and caught the sight of blood. Damn!  

[Natsuko-neko]

Xander had been about to give more orders when the Mespirt's attack hit. Conrad was sent flying back wards with a startled cry and into Xander, the blond in turn was knocked off his feet and sent tumbling and skidding on the ground a ways before he found his self half laying on Zack with Conrad knocked out in his arms. The Arcanine had been pushed back a few feet but had then braced his self against some rock with moderate damage taken.

Nico had constructed a bubble around his self and bounced around a bit thanks to the psychic attack, arms crossed and a very peeved look on his face. Angel and Eclipse were no worse for wear, having just shrugged off the psychic attack like it hadn't happen thanks to their dark types, rushed back over to Xander's side to stand between him and the Mesprit, sending glared promising pain to the pokemon.

Xander shook his head to try and clear it but it made him dizzier. He gently placed Conrad down by him and sat up slowly. He put a hand to his head with a hiss only to find he was bleeding thanks to his tumble. His head hurt, right leg hurt and he was sure he would have bruises everywhere for a while but nothing felt broken from what he felt.  

[TawnyAngel]

Shaking his slightly muddled head Aulus hastened over to Xander, the first teammate he'd spotted, and knelt beside him. "You alright?" he asked, words coming out fast and tones urgent. The young Agent's head was bleeding, head injuries were never a good thing.  

[Natsuko-neko]

Xander blinked to try and clear his vision but it didn't quite work. "World is spinning, tell the world to stop please?" He asked and wobbled a bit where he sat. Probably had a concussion to go with the gash on his head. "You alright?" He asked when the three Aulus' became just two.

Angel's tail swished in aggravation as she readied to use protect again if needed while Eclipse moved over to investigate the long gash from hip to knee on Xander's leg.  

[TawnyAngel]

"I'm fine, just a bit bruised and scratched," Aulus replied, laying a hand on Xander's shoulder. "Stay sitting down for now, alright?" It looked like Xander's pokemon had the blond's back, so if he had to go to one of the others the younger rocket should still be okay. He had a nasty looking cut running up his leg on second glance but it didn't look life threatening so for now it would just have to wait.  

[Blood_Goddess]

He had just been enjoying picking off random Zubats, when the Gengar was struck by a massive psychic attack. sure he had a certain resistance to that. but STILL that was one hit!
causing the Gengar to go bouncing off the wall, and collapse onto the cave floor, his eyes closed and his frown turned down in a pain grimace.
Hirss had been forced out of the water. she struggled to get back up onto her four legs.

Jerome just becasue aware that he had been knocked to the ground, with Boss laying not too far away from him. the dark grunt pushed himself to his knees, looking around at his team mates and wondering where the hell that kind of power came from.  

[Natsuko-neko]

"Good, good." Xander said then slumped back against Zack. "I can do that." He said and closed his eyes before the spinning made him throw up. "Others ok?" he remembered to ask after a moment.  

[Rocket Agent Tambrey]

Tambrey found herself, immediately after regaining some sense of direction, being flung back, along with little pieces of rock, against one of the walls of the cavern. The rock debris that accompanied pelted her like an unfair game of dodgeball.
She wouldn't remember flying through the air, choking out an awkward cry of pain upon discovering herself slumped amongst some rocks, where the base of the cave wall was. She could taste blood and her left leg didn't look right; certainly broken.

"Cheeeeee!" Treestar screamed as the whole cave seemed, to him, to be shaking and falling down. He immediately tried to hide under his leaf and to press close into the shelter his friend was trying to provide.

A very tired, out of it, Neph, surveyed the damage from the back of her mount, as she slipped in and out of being 'aware', and chittered a weak laugh. She wanted a fairer fight with that thing one day.
<> It almost sounded like admiration.

Lasi was battered about but held his own. The Zubats and the Future Sight had been very very hard to deal with, but he had cargo now and despite Neph's... everything... she was still a member of his team. He fought to stay airborne, before trying to make a careful landing as the attack passed. The legendary...
They still had to deal with it.  

[LexThetaSigma]

Jace struggled to hold tight to the Chikorita, bringing Treestar in as close to him as he could. The pokemon's loud cry scared him and had him looking around to what had caused his little friend to let out the horrific cry. He looked over and his golden eyes widened when he saw Treestar's trainer lying by the wall with her leg looking strange.

He could feel something changing inside of him as he started to grow angrier at the pokemon they had come down here to find. He could feel the changes taking place, making him bigger, his claws longer. He let out a loud 'CHAR' as the changes stopped and the Charmeleon roared as he scooped the Chikorita into his arms before running to Tambrey's side, glaring at anyone and anything that got near them.

Rory heard the loud cries and looked over to spot his newly evolved pokemon holding Treestar in his arms over by the wall. He forced himself to his feet, ignoring the shooting pain in his back and shoulder, and went over to them. Once he was close enough, he could see what, or more precisely who, Jace was protecting.

No, his mind panicked as he looked down at the mangled form of his best friend before locking eyes with Jace. "Sit him down, I've got them. Get after that a*****e."

The Charmeleon nodded in reluctant agreement and handed the Chikorita to Rory before running towards the menace. Once he was close enough, he sent the biggest burst of flame he could manage towards the Mespirit.  

[TawnyAngel]

"Tam looks hurt," Aulus grimaced, "but Rory's with her. Hang on there I'm going to check on Jerome." With this said and a squeeze to Xander's shoulder Aulus hastened over towards the grunt. "You hurt?" he asked but a once over seemed to indicate that Jerome could be doing worse, he had managed to get up onto his knees at least and that had to be a good thing.