Angelique took a step back and watched as Victoria began calling out her Pokémon for help. A light smile twitched against her lips as she viewed the creatures, fascinated by them. Dark and Ghost Pokémon were rather delightful Types, quite impish in nature. She was about to take a step forward to pet one of them when her companion called forth and nuzzled with an Ariados. Angelique immediately began backing away, a shiver going down her spine. She could feel her skin crawling at the sight of the Bug Type. She had to force down bile that rose at the back of her throat at the sight of Victoria placing her lips on the creature, suppressing a squeal. “Skittery” and “creepy” were definitely words that Angelique would use to describe the creature that Victoria called “Irene”. She edged away some more until she bumped into Emmy. The large Lucario tilted her head and looked down at her human companion, understanding the fear. She pet Angel's head gently before nodding towards a trail that headed west.
“Leonard! Astin! Felix! Pacquiao! Bautista! Theresa! C'mon out and help!” She pulled out her remaining Pokémon and tossed their capsules into the air. Light surrounded them until they took physical form, all prepped for battle. “Bach! I need you, too!” The next Pokémon was released into the small stream nearby, a Kingdra taking form. “Bach, my darling. I need you to swim ahead and spy on the camp. Team Rocket. I'm assuming that they're taking up some place near water.” Bach gave a nod and dove under the water, jetting off to see what was going on. Her other Pokémon immediately tensed, a barrage of questions being tossed at her. She held up her hands with a stern expression before bringing one hand to her hip. “Team Rocket – or some pathetic lowlifes imitating them – have taken our family. The cowards came in the night and took Atreyu, Chomper, Ashdir, Melody, Aria, Mint, Caesar, Brutus, and Judas. And we will get the back. We will destroy these monsters.” There were collective gasps of shock and pain from the Pokémon when the news was announced but their expressions of worry soon became expressions of anger and hatred.
They rallied behind the woman who had hatched and raised them, ready to go and take back their family members. She leaped onto the shoulders of Bautista. The Machamp lead the way behind Emmy, the pack of Pokémon moving with stealth. They could hear Pokémon moving about in the underbrush and trees as they walked through, not daring to attack them. However, the sound of voices could soon be heard and Angelique quickly ducked into the bushes with her Pokémon, dragging Victoria with her, making sure that she didn't touch the Ariados. She peeked out to see a camp set up with several men and women wandering around with strange devices and clipboards. Her stomach tied itself into a knot and rage made her blood boil at the sight of her Pokémon along with others knocked out and hooked up to devices while they were having blood drawn. “What're they doing...?” Her voice was a whisper as she tried to see better. She nearly jumped out of her skin at the sound of a blood curdling screech that sounded like a Purrloin was being strangled. A blur burst from a nearby tent and she drew further into the cover of the foliage, gasping at the sight before her. Men and women in lab coats sent forth a small army of Electric Type Pokémon. The creature that looked like some horrible mix between a Beedrill and a little girl screeched as she was shocked, her body jerking about and tensing until she fell over.
“Did... They just kill her?” Her eyes widened as a red haired scientist stepped forth and began to run tests on the child... Pokémon... Thing. “Her body rejected the formula... Hopefully, these Dragon Types will have the secret in their DNA. Besides... It would be far better to possess the attributes of a Dragonite than a Beedrill.” The woman chuckled before motioning for some others to take the dead girl away. “We need to take them all alive. Save the Pokémon and get the injured victims to a Hospital and Pokécenter asap.” She turned to Victoria and gave a light nod. “I'm positive that we can take them by surprise but we need to be able to discern the victims from the criminals. We need your Gengar to lead as many away from the camp as possible. I'll have Bach and Felix help. Theresa can lead a small party with Bautista back to town. Can your Hydreigon carry some? After we get out the people and Pokémon that we need, we attack.”