Trinity's Story

"Where are you going?"

"Why should you care?" Mystique shouted back to the brute. Gah, why did he always have to ruin her fun? She could utterly destroy the Nidoking where he stood if she so desired. But Azarath wouldn't like his top guard falling, so she didn't. One day, she'd become The Master and make him suffer. Yeah, she'd enjoy that, making fun of his name and such.

Meanwhile, Trinity was grumbling after the prince, thinking of how to make her suffer. She lost focus easily and had no idea what to do. She was going to be a horrible ruler of The Master Clan, he thought. If she kept wandering off in curiosity, she'd never achieve greatness...

He tried to take his mind off of that and focused on what The Master told him to do: find Kat. The charmander was told to run into the caverns in search for the moonstone and she hasn't came back yet. That meant either she was lost with the moonstone or she ran away. But they made sure that she entered the caverns.

"Come on!" he gruffly told Mystique, spotting the cavern entrance. "Aw, you're no fun!" Mystique retorted to him. Trinity didn't respond. Instead, he grabbed her hand and led her into the cave. They were told to not come out without Kat and the Moonstone.

"Oooohhhh...unknown hyeroglyphics!" Mystique cried out. Trinity muttered something inaudible.

Trinity was annoyed. We've gone only a few feet in this cave and there are already things to distract her, he thought. He kept his mind on the mission at hand. He'd gone a few feet in front of her when she called out to him. "Hey, wait up, you brute!" she cried, giggling. Trinity sighed, waited for her to fly to him, and then continued walking.

They passed a chasm with another entrance into the cave...or was it an exit? It appeared that the entrance was freshly made, the overhand was still jagged instead of smoothly eroded. It looked like a battle had taken place here. There were pieces of rock everywhere. There were small craters in the ground, obviously from a hyperbeam. And there was a faint smell of smoke lingering in the air. Unless the fight happened today, the smoke wouldn't be here.

"I found the Moonstone!"

Trinity smiled for the first time today. Finally, this girl proved to be useful in some way. Then, he heard a groaning and snapping sound. "Ah, help!" Mystique cried!

Groaning, he turned around. Mystique was in a cage. The Moonstone was glittering in her hand. "Just use teleport and brng the stone here." he called out to her. Mystique cried out in delight. She was limited on when to use her powers until she was older. She teleported out of the cage and flew over to Trinity. "Here," she said.

Trinity examined the stone he held until he cried out in annoyance. "The stone is fake!" he shouted, throwing it with a lot of force into the chasm. The rock on it's own made a crater larger than the others had. Breathing heavily in anger, he turned to Mystique. "Let's go," he growled. Mystique didn't dare belittle Trinity in this state of anger. He went along without complaint.

As they traveled further, they came to an intersection. "Look!" she cried, pointing at the freshly drawn chalk. There were two arrows, Mystique and Trinity saw. One pointed back the way they came, the other pointing left. "Was it made by the charmander slave?" Mystique asked.

"It looks fresh," Trinity answered, curiously. "I think so. Let's follow them and see where they lead." He took a left, Mystique following.

Mystique and Trinity heard commotion up on ahead. They'd been following the arrows for a few minutes before they heard it. It started with a scream. "That sounds like the Charmander slave!" Mystique cried out. "Indeed," Trinity replied. Then, there was another voice, one asking her what the hell was wrong with her. "Who's that?" Mystique asked. "I don't..." Trinity began before sighing. "Just come on!"

The two heard a tumble. Mystique and Trinity ran ahead. Peering down, he saw Kat with an eevie between a couple of rocks in another pit. They'd just arrived to hear the word "people!" to come out of Kat's mouth. Mystique flew down while Trinity jumped, his landing making the earth shake. "What are you doing?!" he bellowed to the eevie. "No one drags a slave to The Master." He got to the rocks and pushed them apart effortlessly. "Explain yourself!" he boomed. Mystique giggled in delight. Oh boy, were they in trouble...

Trinity watched with amusement as the little eevie spoke. "Again, I don't know who this master even is. You might know where I came from. Also, I was trying to help her, but ths gal seems paranoid!" Trinity watched with more amusement as he flashed his bandana.

"Ooh, look here Mystique. This runt is from the Guardians!" he cried in mock terror. Mystique giggled. "Here's what I think of your stupid clan." He grabbed the bandana and ripped in in half. He tossed the two bits in the air and fired needles at them, pinning them to the wall. "And you'll know who this Master is soon enough." he bellowed. "Mystique. Use binding on the two little shits, now!"

"Okay," Mystique answered, then casted her binding on the charmander slave and the soon to be eevie slave. Trinity walked up to the charmander. "You've failed, and now we have to look for the Moonstone thanks to your influence. The Master will not be pleased." he told here to intimidate her.

"Okay. I think I'll tag along for a little while." Noko replied, shuffling his feet as he did so. Crimson saw clearly in his eyes that Noko wanted to leave, but knew that he'd be safer if he went with him rather than alone, even if it meant braving it a little bit longer. Crimson smiled.

"So, er...lead on!"

"Oh right," Crimson chuckled at his own moment of thought before heading right. This was where he had to be cautious, he knew. One wrong step could lead to a booby trap, a stronger enemy, or a deep passage to get lost down. He reached a three way intersection. One led forward, the other two went left and right. He looked around and spotted a rock with a single jagged edge. He picked it up, then placed it in the center of the intersection, the jagged edge pointing where they came. "Maybe, we could find some landmarks and-"

He was interrupted by the shaking of the ground, obviously from something heavy dropping from a decently high height. It scared the crap out of him. Shuddering, he turned to Noko to make sure he was alright. It was then that he noticed a fifth passage, revealed in the mass of earth shaking. It must have crumbled the wall away, revealing this. A light blue light was barely shimmering through. "Look at this," he said. He walked over to the entrance, then turned to Noko. "I'm going to head in. Stay at the mouth of the way we entered in and if you see anything coming towards you, come in after me." And with that, he went inside.

It suddenly felt as if he didn't belong here. There was a damp air all around him and it was bone-chilling cold. He heated up his fingers just to try and keep them warm, but it didn't help. Whatever was around him sucked up the heat as if to taunt him. He found it hard to breathe. It was like he was drowning.

As he progressed forward, he noticed the light getting bigger and stronger. For this, he was relieved as well as noticing that there weren't any diverse paths to take in this part of the cavern. That was good, he thought. He wasn't going to get lost.

At last, he reached a decently large cave. Water was almost everywhere. A narrow path led to a pedestal, revealing the source of the light. The stalagtites hung eeriely low and looked unstable. They could fall if that pounding continued.

Crimson approached the narrow path with caution before taking his first step and cringing. Nothing happened. He looked up. The stalagtites were still there. Relieved that it wasn't booby trapped, he walked along the narrow path, walking carefully as to not fall in. That might be bad for him for more reasons than one.

The pedestal was surrounded by three feet of land, it's own little peninsula. The light illuminating from the object was reflecting off the water, on the cavern walls, and back again, causing so much light. His own light eminating from his hands was surprisingly the only thing keeping him from being blind. It felt wierd.

Finally, he was on the island. Cautiously approaching the pedestal, he saw the thing causing so much blue light, and leaped in joy. It was a Moonstone. He knew that these were rare finds to find below ground, much less above. He knew that this dungeon hadn't had the stone removed from it yet and people were wondering where to look.

Was it safe to touch? The Moonstone represented water elements everywhere and considering that he was the opposite...this might hurt to handle. But he didn't have anything to protect his hands with. He decided to poke it first. With his hands still covered in fire, he gently tapped the Moonstone.

Suddenly, a course of power went through him. He brought his hand back, shocked. A deep flowing kind of energy was hanging in a corner of his mind, he could feel it. He also felt the atmosphere change somehow. It took a little bit to realize that the pressure around him wasn't so claustrophobic, the air wasn't damp. He felt stronger, more powerful somehow. Was this a trap?

He decided to forget it, calling it a figment of his imagination. He touched the Moonstone again. This time, there was no power surge flowing through his body. How odd...

He picked the Moonstone up from the pedestal and then walked back. It felt so good to see the entrance once more. The cavern was wierd. He smiled as he approached Noko the moment he left the cave. "Got a Moonstone," he smiled.

Kai was enraged. He jumped on the twos head. He started to scratch all over them. Kat saw the fighting. She jumped after them. She used a mighty ember. The ground set on fire. She signaled Kai to cling onto the wall. "No one hurts him! He saved me!!" she screamed. Kai climbed to the cieling of the caverns. Kat created a fire ring around the 3.

Mystique and Trinity both saw the attack coming and reacted instantly. Mystique flew up, out of the reach of both the eevie and the charmander slave and dodged all aerial attacks. She giggled evilly. SHe found it cute that they thought they stood a chance. Meanwhile, Trinity had used harden, taking all the blows directly without a single bit of him hurt. He looked around to find that he was in a ring of fire. "Dammit, Mystique!" he called to her. "We need to really hone that attack! Throw a force field around the entrance!"

Mystique giggled gleefully. It looked like a fight was going to happen. "Dibs on the charmander slave!" she called as she force fielded the walls. Creatures could be allowed in, but nothing could get out. Then, she flew to Kai. "OOOHHHH, Master's gonna have fun with you!" she beamed evilly before using a quick hyperbeam on the small ledge she was on. It would most likely cause her to fall.

Trinity had leaped over the wall of fire Kat had created and was now walking over to the eevie. "Ready to go, Guardian twerp?" he called out to him and formed a ready stance, waiting for the eevie's response.

"Always have, always will." chimed Kai. Kai used dig and quickly dug under the ground. Kai started charging up loads of energy, while Kat flared up a huge fire blast, making smoke fly everywhere and light bursting. Kat was harshly drained. She never used such a move.

Trinity watched as the eevie dug himself into the ground. Hmm, decent maneuver, Trinity thought. But he didn't need to use a move of his own to counter. He used his senses. He could feel the quick furball's movement underneath him. He'd wait for him to pop up and then get the first attack off.

Meanwhile, Mystique had to dodge the fury of the flames that the charmander slave gave out in retaliation. Oooh, not only defying her elders, but was now attacking the heir to the throne! She'd be surprised if Master didn't kill her. She proved to be more of an inconvienence than a help.

Looking onward, Mystique could see how tired she was after that first attack. This gave Mystique the perfect chance to attack. She placed her hands to her mind and summoned an attack she called "Clusterstorm". Rapid little beams with dangerous accuracy and the power of a hyperbeam started firing at Kat in rapid succession. It was like the machine gun in power form. This was one of her favorite moves, but it took half of her mana. It would take a bit to recharge, but the chances of dodging were minimal to none. It was worth the payoff.

Kai herd Kat screaming in pain. He put more impact into the attack. Then he finally released.. A mighty shadowbeam, Kai made it up in his mind.. by impacting a lot of shadowballs together. The shadow beam burst out of the ground... turning everythinh dark... and unseeable.

Kat used her tail as a torch. She dives inside the hole Kai dug. Kai had an idea. He held on to Kat.. and then he used quick attack. Kat used flamwheel. They both sped up in the air, creating an inferno. Kat and Kai slammed into the cieling, rocks rained down. The cavern was about to collapse, Kai and Kat ran. "We need to get my team! Also any other pokemon that aren't evil!" yelled Kai. They dashed in a random direction... hoping for best while rocks started crashing and falling.

((OOC: Sorry guys. I just got back from the most emotional concert as well as the best concert I've ever had...ever. Maybe if it goes up on Youtube, I'll send you all a link. It will make you cry. There is no doubt about that. As for now, I'll update my posts.))

"It's beautiful," Noko breathed, eyes filled with awe. Suddenly, there was more shaking and more crumbling as rocks fell down. A zubat made a fluttering sound as it went past, disturbed. What on earth was that?

"Maybe we should examine it later," he said. Crimson couldn't agree more. "Okay, let's find the eevie and get the hello kitty out of here." he replied and ran off in the direction they had just went. The commotion seemed to be coming from overhead and if they had any chance of finding the two, it was a level up from theirs.

More walls were crumbling as he ran past. He pulled Noko through to the intersection and followed the arrows up. A moment later, a giant rock fell down, blocking the entrance they just exited.

Left, right, left, left, right, left...it all jumbled in his head as he reached intersection after intersection, following the arrows. He finally went up an incline and they were at ground level. This was the level where the exit was as well as where the eevie most likely stood.

Maybe it was luck, prophecy, or pure determination, but as he came across the next intersection, he spotted him. The eevie was running, a charmander following. Chasing them was a nidoking and a mew. Where had they came from? What surprised him most was encountering a mew. There were an extreme few of those and spotting one was extraordinary. But this was what appeared to be an evil kind of Mew. And the nidoking spelled bad news all over. He gestured to the eevie and the charmander to follow him before he went on in the passage. Follow the chalk markings, he told himself, but as the walls came tumbling down, it was increasingly harder and harder to do that. Nevertheless, he managed and finally he was in the first passage. Now, it was a home stretch out of here...
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Mystique was caught off guard when the charmander dug herself into the ground. What was the charmander slave up to now? it took a moment to realize that she had gotten wth the eevie and they were spinning with an inferno blazing. Mystique had only a little bit to dodge and narrowly teleported away from the mass of fire heading up to her. They crashed into the ceiling and she knew the structual integrity was compromised. She was so caught off guard, she accidentally released the force field at the same time the two reached the exit. She cursed herself before flying after them, Trinity close behind. After a few moments, two more Pokemon entered her field of vision: a chimchar and a cyndaquill. Oohh, more slaves, Mystique thought. Ugh...more pokemon, Trinity thought as they kept the chase going.

The cave, Noko noticed, was quickly turning into a pile of dust and rock. The tremors in the floor and walls were shaking the ancient stone loose, and he and Crimson were nearly crushed by falling debris several times. All of the tunnels seemed to blur into one, forcing Noko to simply hold onto Crimson and fight to run faster. They would have been lost without the markings, but a realisation gradually dawned on him as they moved to the higher level. These tunnels lead to the entrance! We're almost out!

In the long, low passage that lead to the mouth of the cave, Noko could make out other Pokemon running too. The Eevee that they had been looking for, as well as a Charmander, an angry-looking Nidoking, and...

A Mew!

Noko wanted more than anything to turn and take another look at it; a Mew was more rare than even the Moonstone, and known to come and go at random. He might never get a chance to see one again. "Crimson, there's a-" he began, but Crimson pulled him around a corner and kept going. Noko bit his lip and tried to keep up.

Kai and Kat dashed towards the cyndiquil and the chimpchar. "RUN! DONT LOOK BACK!" Screamed Kai. They grabbed onto the two and drug them into the new tunnel. Kai and Kat dashed super fast. Mud and stones pounded on their feet. Kai saw a shimmer of light. He saw.. the sunlight. Excitedly, he drug them towards it.

Crimson was caught off guard at the speed the two were putting off. They were going just a bit faster that what he normally put out. It made him admire their plucky stick-to-itiveness. How had they even gotten away? he wondered. It's a Nidoking and a Mew!

His thoughts were interrupted as he felt his hand pulled. They had caught up and was now leading them down the path. Kai had Crimson and the charmander had Noko. The sudden jerk as he was led forward was enough to make him lose grip on the Moonstone. "No-" he began to call out, but changed his mind. Their lives were more important at the moment, not some Moonstone. He didn't go back to pick it up.

Instead, he ran forward, with the other three, and spotted an orange patch in the area ahead. He smiled as he stepped onto the sun-baked dirt, the late afternoon sun obliterating any coldness the cave had on him. He could sit in that very spot forever, but he knew they weren't out of the woods yet...literally. Forest was all around them except for a single path. Crimson decided not to use it. He had a basic layout of what the forest was like, so he'd probably know where to go to get back to the town. The path was too open and they would still be chased. The only way to escape them was through the forest.

"Follow me and keep close," he called to the others before plunging into the green sea of leaves.
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Mystique and Trinity were hot on the trail, and not because the chimchar and charmander had their tails on fire. They were literally nipping on the heels of a cyndaquill. The weak ones go down first...Trinity thought.

"The charmander dropped something!" Mystique called and stopped. Trinity groaned with frustration. He may be a very high level pokemon, the four knew how to strategize. They could still take them out. He needed Mystique with him.

"I found a Moonstone! A real one this time!"

Trinity immediately stoppedand ran back to examine. Indeed, the item Mystique was holding was a Moonstone. Maybe the girl wasn't so bad after all.

"Wait! We're letting them get away!"

"Let them go..." Trinity sighed, out of breath. He got what they came here for. Kat could wait. She wouldn't get far. And something in his gut told him they'd cross paths again.

He walked out of the cavern, catching the glimpse of a tail escaping through the forest before shrugging and headed back to base.

Noko's mouth dropped open in surprise as the Eevee and Charmander managed not only to catch up with them, but overtake them as well. When they drew level, he found that the Charmander had taken hold of him and was pulling him along.  His first instinct was to pull away, but he ignored it; his legs were tired enough as it was.  I've done too much running today...

To make matters worse, he knew that they were being chased, and that he was lagging behind.  Noko could feel the ground shaking from the Nidoking's footfalls, almost directly behind him.  He expected to be attacked at any moment.

Then, all of a sudden, it stopped.  Curiosity began to creep over Noko once again, but he simply thanked his lucky stars and didn't turn back.  Alongside the others he burst into the evening sunlight, bending over to try and catch his breath.  He barely had a moment to recover when Ceimson said "Follow me and keep close," and dived into the forest.  Noko groaned and stumbled after him.