[X] My Assistant

[Webbyness]

Zeke didn't need to be asked to help; he would have offered , no, demanded to help after what he just saw. Stealing Pokémon? Rounding them up from their own habitat? Taking them from their owners? These people were the lowest of the low, and he names to pin them down; Team Deception. Zeke turned to face Croagunk, who had already guessed what Zeke was going to ask, and started toddling towards him, dripping water on the grass with each movement. Aipom was gripping Zeke's jeans, still drenched from battling Finneon in the water, feeling particularly fearful of these people. Thinking of how she could have been in Skarmory's position, Aipom cringed and clung onto Zeke's leg tightly, holding her eyes shut tightly, her fur matted with tears. Zeke reached for the damp Pokéball at his belt, thinking of releasing Finneon, but as his hand brushed the surface of the polished ball, he thought of how his own Finneon could be in the confines of that net, helpless and trapped. His hand loosened, and his arm drooped to his side as he faced the members of Team Deception.
"Aipom, you and I are gonna release the Pokémon from the net!" cried Zeke, trying to get Aipom prepared for whatever would come their way. It was at a time like this that Zeke would need Aipom to toughen up, even just for a moment.

"So the kid wants to play hero? How about we break your little toy then?" cried Samson, as he took an Ultra Ball in his right hand, pointing it towards Zeke, in a somewhat glorified or triumphant way. "Lairon, time to smash the little rookie!"

Samson tossed the black Pokéball, which opened with a stream of white light. A metallic beast stood where the light was, and let out a hearty roar which struck Aipom with fear.
"Lairon, show them your Take Down!"

The Lairon roared once again, and began stampeding towards Aipom, still clinging to Zeke's leg. Aipom shook in fear, tearing up again, seemingly paralysed at the thought of being trampled. Zeke began to panic, diverting his attention from Aipom to Lairon and back again, worried over what to do. Noticing Aipom's increased fear, Zeke realised that was when Aipom was most powerful!
"Aipom, use Astonish! Make it a good one!"

Aipom's fear rose to a fever pitch, and to vent this fear, Aipom became screaming at a great volume; everyone who was present felt the need to cover their ears in response, and Lairon began wincing from the scream. He slowed down considerably, unable to cope with the unblocked scream. Zeke took this chance to command Croagunk, calling his order out loud.
"Croagunk, Astonish and Mud Slap!"

Croagunk broke into a sprint, running towards Lairon, and slid underneath the beast, attracting his attention quickly and causing a brief moment of shock. With Lairon unable to react, Croagunk released a stream of mud at the steel monster's chin, and scrambled from underneath him before he could counterattack in some way. Zeke turned his face halfway to Matt, trying to keep an eye on Croagunk at the same time.
"I'm gonna get Aipom to release the Pokémon, but Croagunk will need backup to handle Lairon and whatever else they might have up their sleeves. Think you can handle it?" asked Zeke, trying to stir up Matt's fighting spirit (although he was unaware if Matt even had one).

This post has been edited by Webbyness: Jul 6 2009, 06:31 AM

[Troy Bolton]

Matt chuckled, though humor was the last thing on his mind. That Skarmory was HIS. He flipped his ever-present fedora onto his head.

"Backup, frontup, and any sides you need. Matt Fletcher: for the better Double Battler."

"Maresa, come on!" The Poliwag wobbled forward.

"Think you're getting away easy, twerp? Tropi!" The girl, whose hair color seemed to flicker in the dying night, threw her Cherish Ball forward. A great honkin' dinosaur appeared, huge leaves spread on his back. Matt had a sudden sense of deja vu.

"Great. A Tropius." He swore, wishing for the first time that he had trained more with the Poliwag, learning what it knew. Where Teresa might have taught it some piddling tricks, she never really had much of a head for type diversity. Flamethrower, Fire Spin, Ember, and Fireblast: best moves ever!

A ping from his PokeGear notified Matt that it had received one of the automatic application updates available to any trainer, free of charge.

PokeGear updated: Quick Scan!

Worth a shot...

Matt punched the newly flashed icon, and pointed the little screen at the tadpole.

Processing...Match found!

Poliwag
Tadpole Pokemon
Stage: 1
Level: 11?
Known moves: Water Gun, Doubleslap, Hypnosis, Ice Ball.
Condition: Ok!


He didn't understand the Condition or Level too well, but Ice Ball he understood fine. Ice moves were supereffective against both grass and flying types, and that Tropius was both.

"Maresa. Ice Ball! Go!" The tadpole stood on its analogue to tippy-toes, forming a great ball of ice from its mouth. It fired forward, and the Poliwag flew backward. The ice ball struck true, making the dinosaur rear back in pain.

"Achtung, baby," crowed Matt, "how'd you like that?" The girl didn't respond, eyes glued to her plant dinosaur.

"You could squash that with a foot, Tropi! Stomp!"

The Tropius roared, flapping forward. It was only sheer luck that the Poliwag unsteadily got to her feet and missed the foot like a tree stump by centimeters.

[Webbyness]

"Maresa, come on! Skarmory, just...stay out of their range, okay?" The Poliwag wobbled forward, as the Skarmory snapped up the rest of his Finneon tartare and flew off, landing behind Matt.

Uh, Skarmory was caught by Team Deception. >.>

Zeke chuckled at Matt's entrance to the battle, pleased he had such a reliable battle partner. Aipom had watched the Poliwag in awe, not realising how strong such a small Pokémon could be. She shuddered for a moment, and finally released Zeke's jeans with newfound determination. Aipom prodded Zeke quite violently, trying her best to catch his attention.
"Uh, Aipom, wanna help?"

Aipom nodded confidently, even though she was evidently shaking. Zeke sighed, worried about what could happen, but knew she had to something... at least she was willing, rather than him having to force her into doing something. He knelt down to her level, and spoke softly.
"Right, we need you to go to the net. You've got two obstacles in the way; Lairon and Tropius. I think you'll get past both easily... just use Sand Attack on Tropius, and rush past Lairon and you should be fine. Think you can do that?"

Aipom nodded once again, facing the net, trying to glare it down, possibly to psych herself up. She breathed heavily before running off in the path of the net. Both Samson and the woman noticed Aipom, and commanded in sync.
"Lairon, use Mud Slap!"
"Tropius, use Razor Leaf!"

Both Pokémon released their projectiles, aimed straight at the purple monkey, causing her to stop in her tracks. Both Aipom and Zeke were unable to do anything; Zeke had a habit of being petrified in sudden situations, and Aipom felt the same way. Unable to move, Aipom stood in place as the attacks came hurtling toward her. Before the attacks landed, Croagunk released a stream of purple needles at the Mud Slap, leaving Aipom the chance to snap out of her current state of mind and dodge the Razor Leaf attacks.

"Lairon, Take Down!" cried Samson, hoping to catch Croagunk off guard while it had turned. The metal beast charged at a great speed, managed to nail Croagunk with a direct hit while his back was turned. Aipom felt the need to help Croagunk, but decided it would be best to carry on; she picked up a clump of dirt in her tail, and cast it off towards Tropius. The dirt dispersed, creating a cloud around its face, obscuring its vision and preventing it from seeing Aipom, and ultimately preventing any way of stopping her. Nonetheless, its trainer did not want the monkey to get through, and decided to stay on the offensive.
"Tropius, use Stomp!"

The large dinosaur like creature began pounding it's feet on the floor, swinging it's leaves wildly as it stomped, hoping to catch Aipom under it's large feet. Aipom narrowly avoided getting flattened by Tropius, who had turned its foot in a different direction at the last moment. Aipom pushed on, dashing at full speed to reach the net. Samson and the woman blocked the way of the net, hoping it would prevent Aipom from reaching it, but Aipom merely leapt onto their shoulders, and as she jumped up, she pushed their heads back as it to use them as a springboard, knocking them to the ground. Aipom catapulted herself to the net, landing gracefully by attaching her hands and tail to the rope. Without the need for command, Aipom began ripping the net with her hands, biting where she could not reach. Seeing Aipom had the net set, Zeke turned to Matt.
"We just need to sort these guys out now, got a plan for how to smash them?"

[Shiny Ninetales]

((Time to get into some action!))

Well this is just dandy… everyone seemed to be interested in the lake for some reason… Xiao thought to herself as she finished up her meal and watched Matt leave the inn to go find Zeke. The little girl sat there for a brief moment and turned to Lulu to see that her little pal had also finished her meal along with Twiggler. There was a long pause before Xiao decided to ask her pals if they were up for a stroll to the lake.

“Hey want to go check out the lake? I guess a little stroll before we sleep is probably a good idea,” Xiao asked with a grin as both of her Pokémon nodded in agreement. Since she did not exactly know where the lake was located, Xiao turned her head to look at the old woman innkeeper and asked, “Hey do you know how to get to the lake?”

“Oh, just follow the path to the right and you’ll reach the lake after walking for a few minutes.”

“Okay, thanks,” Xiao thanked the innkeeper before she ran out of the inn. Twiggler followed behind the girl at a steady pace and Lulu took her usual spot on top of Xiao’s head. In a matter of minutes, Xiao got herself lost when she decided to take a quick stroll through the forest thinking that if she went in the direction where the path went she’ll reach the lake.

“Um… I think we’re lost,” Xiao said to her two pals as she looked around her surroundings and everything looked the same, full of trees and no signs of bodies of water anywhere in the distance. Xiao wondered around a bit thinking that she will be able to find the path to the lake if she kept going in a direction. Well the little girl did not meet any paths but she began to hear the sounds of a Pokémon battle and that meant only one thing, someone was there that could probably help her find the lake.

The first the Xiao saw when she reached the edge of the forest was Aipom on top of the net trying to free the water Pokémon trapped inside of it. It took only Xiao spotting an odd dressed man, who looked completely pissed at the Aipom, charging at the net that what the man was doing was illegal poaching of Pokémon. Angered, Xiao just ran at the man at fast as she could and tackled him right in the stomach.

Sadly a girl weighing 87 pounds could do nothing to a man that probably three times heavier than her and her little attack only served to anger the man. It took only a punch to the Xiao’s head to get her off of the man and then a kick to send the small girl flying into the lake out cold. Lulu tried to keep her master floating by holding onto Xiao and levitating. Twiggler, the last to reach the scene, saw what had happened and only sighed at the stupidity of his master and did a few things. First he sent a wave of Razor Leaf at the net to help Aipom and then he tried to slowly swim his way to his master to help Lulu keep Xiao afloat.

((And Xiao is out for the rest of the battle!))

[Webbyness]

Aipom braced herself as the sharp leaves began to spin furiously towards the net, waiting for them to make contact with the rope and hopefully not Aipom herself. The leaves managed to slice through some of the fibres, but were unable to cut through completely because of the amount of Pokémon caught in the net; many of the Pokémon were squashed to the side of the net, so Aipom had to be careful when removing the rope. As the leaves hit the floor, Aipom swung over to the torn fibres and began to gnaw at them furiously, trying to pull them loose as soon as she could. The rope ripped apart as Aipom pulled harder and harder, and with each piece of rope that ripped, Aipom flung herself to the next piece to try and tear those also.

Aipom made quick work of the net, and all that was left was to help the fish Pokémon, but it appeared they could help themselves. They all splashed out from within the net, somewhat disorderly, trying to make a beeline for the lake. Aipom began to direct them, hoping to be able to get them to the water before Team Deception would notice. As the last of the Pokémon splashed into the lake, Aipom jumped into a nearby tree to avoid being seen; she felt she would only get in the way at this point.

[Troy Bolton]

OOC: My bad. >_> Also note, Matt can't remember what Zeke's name is. So he switches from Zack to Zeke. :E

IC:

"I was thinking...we keep fighting them until we win?" Matt shrugged at the kid. "The cops are coming, or at least, they'd better be."

The battle raged on, Maresa taking as many Razor Leafs as Tropius took Ice Balls. Both Pokemon were looking tired out, and Matt's constant urging wasn't helping anything. He barely noticed Xiao's foolhardy assault, or the Aipom's freeing of the Pokemon.

A wicked thought crossed his mind. "You know, Zack. They haven't been fighting fair, so...why should we? Neil, Sera, Frogger, Lavosh! Come on out!" Matt pulled out his remaining Pokeballs, tossing them into the air. Phanpy, Porygon, Croagunk, and Oddish appeared, all looking about.

"Get 'em!" His Pokemon rushed forward, letting fly Psybeams, Ice Shards, Bullet Punches, and Powders aplenty. The overwhelmed Tropius wilted, falling to the ground. Matt hardly noticed, his mind concentrated on one thing. He crossed the battleground swiftly, nearly sprinting across. The Deception grunts were huddled, probably trying to figure out an escape plan.

"Samson!" He charged at the Team Deception grunt, throwing himself on top of him and pushing the both of them onto the ground.

"Give!" His hand balled into a fist. "Me!" Fist met face. "My!" And again. "Pokemon!" A crushing uppercut, and Samson spat out blood before speaking.

"Here." He presented the trainer with a rude finger gesture. Said finger was bent backwards.

Matt nodded 'no'. "That's not it. You've taken others, right?" The grunt hesitated. "RIGHT?"

"...Yes. In my pack." The trainer stood up, striding toward the grunt's backpack. He dumped it all on the ground, spilling out Balls and pretenous paraphernalia plenty. He punched the releases of the closest 5 balls. Charmander, Combee, Geodude, (a blue) Slowpoke, and...

"Skarmory!" Chuckling, he embraced the bird.

"Beeeee?~" He turned around, hardly believing himself.

"Tiff?"

"Beeee!"

"I-I can't believe it! How...?"

Matt was overjoyed. His long-lost Combee and his new-found Skarmory. It was a good day.

Meanwhile, his party members had cornered Bethany. "Hey, now, be nice. Please don't attaaaack!"

`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

The police had finally came, and to the confusion of Matt, none were named Jenny. He would later learn that every policewoman was called Jenny, like a servant was called Sam.

The police were less than impressed by Matt's account, even when backed up by Zack and Xiao, until he showed them Samson's arm-mounted Snag Machine.

"Class A Undesirable," said one.

"A great bust, if we can find more."

"And they tried to steal my Skarmory and all the lake Pokemon!" Matt inserted.

"Yeah, cool, kid,"they muttered, then returned to their important conversation, "you know, we've heard a lot of reports of this Team Deception around Arasam, but before now, they were unsubstantiated. Guess we better tell 'em to stop harassing those kids, eh?"

"Yeah, what was it? Ku-ohn-gee?"

Meanwhile, the grunts were struggling against their cuffs, and Matt couldn't help but bless the efficiency of the police force in catching criminals.

"We'll sue, Fletcher! Believe it!"

Joy.

That meant subpoenas, staying in town, especially if they appealed...A long stay in Arasam for Matt, for sure. But hey, he had his Pokemon, and that was all that mattered, really.

"Come on Zeke, Xiao, dinners's on me."

Finally, end Roleplay.

Topic duly locked.