Fluff The Altaria's Story

Glow leapt down, as she darted after the vans. She blended in the dark streets as she ran after the van. I am not losing them again! She thought. She thought she saw something overhead. A cloud? As the started to lose speed, she knew it would be a risky idea, but she knew that if she could get Castol to help, maybe she could get them back. It was a very risky idea, but if she played her cards right, she might be able to save her friends. And possibly not be on Castol's bad side.


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Fluff soared through the night sky, watching a pokecatcher van driving by. There was something chasing it. It was to dark to tell. She dipped down, getting a better view. She was only going to be here for a while, knowing that alola was open and sounded great. She tried to get a look inside the truck, and spotted about eight pokemon inside. Including a donphan and a lucario. She flew down to the umbreon, who was covered in wounds, and asked "Why are you chasing that truck?" The umbreon looked at her, her eyes glittering with fear. "My friends" She wanted, before falling down. Fluff picked the umbreon up, and started to fly after the truck. "Why are you so beat up?" She chirped The umbreon glared at her and said "We got ambushed. By a gang of pokémon." The truck stopped at a halt. "Who are you?' The umbreon asked."I'm Fluff." The Altaria said. The umbreon seemed to lose her balance at the name. "What's wrong?" Fluff asked. "It's nothing to deal with at the moment." Glow replied. "We need to follow that truck"

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Zap looked out the window. "I know..." Something stopped by the window. It had a red logo on it. And the back was shaking. "What was that?" Zap asked nervously

Aurora glanced over at Mud. "What are we going to do!?" Mud sighed and shook his head. "I don't know..." Mud stood up and charged towards the cage door with as much power as he could muster. He fell back growling under his breath.


Glow saw the place where the pokémon had been taken. She pointed downwards and the Altaria dove straight down. Glow let out a yelp as they soared down through the sky. The wind blew her fur back, and made it poof out. "Whaaaat are you looking....??" Glow managed to get out. The Altaria looked at her with an amused look. "I am taking you to find your friends, silly!"

Zap nodded. "It's just, there is a bad feeling about that truck in the bottom of my gut." He sighed. "But you're probably right." He glanced around, looking for a way out again. It was one of the few things to do to pass time. Then an idea hit him in the head. He whispered "What if we made a hole in the wall, and If it takes more than the time we are here, we cover it up with one of the boxes?" He smiled, happy about his idea.

Aurora let out a sigh of relief. He leapt out of the cage quietly, Mud following. He noticed the key on the floor, and secretly slid it into the nuzleaf's cage as he walked by, a finger up to his mouth as a signal to stay quiet. He darted out of the place, Mud behind him, and he said a farwell and thank you to the two. "I think I might know someone a lot like you." He signaled to where he was heading. "If you want, I-" He stopped as a pokemon landed in front of him. "Wha?" He said as someone leapt of the back. "Glow!" Mud yelped. He looked up. "Who's that?" Aurora asked."No time" Glow replied. She darted off with a yelp. "Come on!" They all ran back to the theatre. The Altaria flew off, taking a second glance back, then blending into the clouds.

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Zap nodded. His stomach growled and he looked down embarassed. "Well, it seems that it's been a while since I ate." he glanced around "Where is Dim?" Zap wondered

Lumi and Skyball led the way through the PokeCatcher Facility without alerting any of the guard of their escape. As they opened the front door, they started ushering the Pokemon through the doorway and into the gorgeous colored sky. The sun had set and now the residual mixtures of orange, red, lavender, and purple were now above them. If they weren't in the middle of a prison break, the two might've actually took the time to sit down and appreciate the moment. But they had work to do.

Lumi was just about to answer that they couldn't come along when the sudden emergence of their friends stopped her. The next thing they knew, they were gone. Lumi and Skyball looked at each other, then down the street where the four Pokemon took off down, then back to each other. Finally, they laughed.

"Well that solves that!" Lumi giggled as she continued to usher out the Pokemon, one by one, until she held out her arm to stop a Nidorina's exit, "Hey, actually we need your help!"

The Nidorina stopped and looked confused, "Huh? What? Why? What for?"

Skyball butted in, "There's a really tall shelf behind this building that one of us needs to get on top of, but it takes a stack of three Pokemon to do it."

The Nidorina gave an amused eyebrow flick, "Oddly specific."

"He's kidding," Lumi grabbed the Nidorina's paw and started dragging her, "Come on."

But the Nidorina pulled away, suspicion in her eyes, "I'm not going anywhere. Not with you two."

"See? Told you that asking nicely wouldn't work," Skyball grinned as Lumi sighed.

"Guess not," Lumi clapped her paws together as she stared down the Nidorina with a new determined look on her face, "Okay, listen. We know who you are. And we know why you're here."

The Nidorina's eyes shifted a bit, but her face remained stoic, "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Maybe not put into broad terms, but maybe if we showed you this," Skyball reached under one of his wings and pulled out a badge. It was a white circle with a red stone in the middle and wings on each side. The Nidorina's eyes widened as she realized who they were.

"Crimson Guild Explorers," Skyball announced, a glint of something fierce in his own eyes, "Now there's no need for-"

The Nidorina struck at Skyball with Poison Sting. Lumi pushed him out of the way of the attack just in time. In the same fluid motion, Nidorina started to sprint down the street at full speed.

"...combat," Skyball finished, turning to Lumi, "I guess it's an all out sprint she wants. I'll take the skies, you try to outrun him?"

"Try?" Lumi stifled a chuckle, "Skyball, I'll do that and more."

"Yeah, but I'll do it first," Skyball challenged setting himself up in a runner's stance, "I am faster than you, y'know."

"Is that so?"

"You bet!"

"First one to catch him gets to ride Rubira while the other trots behind?"

"You're on!"

The two took off at remarkable speed, Skyball through the air while Lumi pursued on foot. Within a matter of moments, they were already in sight of the Nidorina and gaining speed quickly. Lumi and the Nidorina were heading in the direction of Glow and company while Skyball was flying a little too close to a certain Altaria...

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"Right here!"

A sudden voice next to his ear made Pitch jump in surprise as Dim announced his appearance while he shambled through the walls. He was wagging a finger at the two of them.

"Naughty naughty," he tsked, as he hovered in between the two of them, "Plotting to escape while I wasn't around. Tis a shame those were just words though. I would've loved to have an excuse to send you two to the Spirit World."

Dim whistled, the other Pokemon in the warehouse responding quickly by double timing it over to their position as he continued to speak to them, "Nevertheless, it seems the time has come to enact my plan! I just need to make final preparations!" he then shifted his attention over to his Family members crowding around them, "Take these two outside. We will leave momentarily." He turned to phase back through the wall when he stopped lifting a finger up as he proclaimed some last minute words, "Oh, by the way. I figured this was worth mentioning to the two of you, but it seems like your friends were captured by the PokeCatchers a little while ago. Last time I checked, they're off to some random part of Unova as we speak. Isn't that cheerful! Welp, ciao for now!" And he vanished, leaving those haunting words to vibrate through Pitch and Zap.

Zap let out a yelp as Dim appeared out of nowhere. As he left, the words let out a flare of panic in his mind. "WHAT!?" He yelped.
He cried out silently and looked at Pitch, desperation twinkling in his eyes. "We need to help them." He said. "I just found them, and I don't want to lose them again." He said, a saddened twinkle in his eyes.

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Glow let out a yelp as a familiar nidorina ran past her, shoving her aside. "Hey!" She yelled, as Aurora glared at the nidorina too.
As a pasarichu darted past her, and she almost lost her balance. "What the-" She growled.

As Fluff flew through the clouds, she noticed something flying towards her. She let out a yelp and swerved upwards as the pokemon glided towards her.

"Woah! Woah!" Skyball uttered as he swerved down, avoiding the Altaria he was about to crash into. Readjusting to the sudden evasive maneuver, the Emolga peered down to find that he had lost the two. Darn it...

"Hey, thanks for that," he spat at the Altaria with a bit of sarcasm edged in his voice before he swooped lower searching for the lost targets again.

"Sorry! Coming through!" Lumi cried as she blasted her way through three Pokemon she didn't focus on. Her focus was on Nidorina.

With a sudden quick step, the Nidorina juked right and dived into an alley on the left. Lumi had the agility to repeat the pattern, following the same motion as she entered the alleyway.

Without warning, the Nidorina turned around and struck Lumi with a few Fury Swipes. Grunting from the motion, the Pachirisu hit the ground hard, shaking the blow off. When she got up, the Nidorina was gone. Shoot...

Following the alleyway to the other side, Lumi looked around. There was no sign of the Nidorina at all...she had completely disappeared.

And then the city-wide intercom came on, "This just in. A massive bunch of wild Pokemon has just escaped the PokeCatcher Center. Police are unsure as to who did it and why, but they have now called upon the citizens of Nimbasa City to come forward with any information they may know."

She scoffed at that as the report went on, "In the meantime, the Mayor has urged the citizens to remain indoors and to recall their Pokemon until the crisis has been dealt with. The Pokemon Catchers will take any unattended Pokemon out on the streets. If you see any unattended Pokemon, report them immediately."

Double shoot!

Lumi sighed in irritation as Skyball landed beside her, "Did you get her?" he asked.

"No, she got away," she answered, "Did you hear that news report?"

"Only the end of it," Skyball shrugged honestly, "But I think I get the jist."

'Well, we need to find that Nidorina and quickly. However, it's gonna be too risky doing it tonight while all the PokeCatcher patrols are out and about." The Pachirisu began walking back through the alley she'd just gone down. Skyball followed behind.

"So we should wrap this up for tonight?" he said.

Lumi shook her head, "She may leave the city by then. We need to be careful." She reemerged on the other end, running straight into Glow.

"Oof!" she uttered as she fell back once more. Skyball was laughing.

"Oh by the way. There's Pokemon there!" he winked playfully at her.

"Shut up," she groaned, but even she was chuckling just a bit as she turned to Glow, Aurora, and Mud, "Sorry about that. Got a bit of a head rush, y'know?"

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"We won't lose them again," Pitch reassured Zap, "I know they don't ship any Pokemon out of Nimbasa for at least a couple of days. We have until then to get them."

And then an intercom came on, "This just in. A massive bunch of wild Pokemon has just escaped the PokeCatcher Center. Police are..."

"Or they could figure it out for themselves," Pitch said, "That works too."

The Pokemon led them to the door, to which one Pokemon produced a key. He floated up to the keyhole, fitting it in perfectly. The door opened and Pitch and Zap were pushed outside. It was already twilight, the colors above them blackening as night approached. Pitch was a bit perplexed by how much time had passed. He hadn't expected to lose half a day.

Zap could not help but sigh in relief. "Thank Arceus they are out." I hope they are safe. He thought.
As they were lead lead out, he looked up at the first stars. It felt like an eternity in there. He thought.


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As the three slid into the theatre, the announcement rang out overhead. "We should hide somewhere. Make as little noise as possible. " Mud said. The other two nodded. Glow showed them the railings. "Only you could fit up there." Aurora said. Glow nodded. They continued to search until they found a broken board on the stage. Mud pulled the board away and they all slipped down, with a few splinters. They hid down under the stage, not making a sound.

Zap nodded as he casted one last glance at Glow and the others before squeezing into the vent.
He walked slowly through as he thought If we could get through, maybe we could open the door from the inside! He couldn't turn his head to tell Pitch, so he just talked as he moved. "Hey Pitch, could we just open the door from inside?"


Aurora turned to the other two Pokemon. "It's too high to climb, if only we had a Pokemon that could fly.


Fluff soared through the sky, camouflaged as quickly cloud. She noticed that umbreon from a little while ago. She flew closer down, staying hidden. She could catch tiny parts of a conversation "too high" "Pokemon that could fly" She flew lower, watching the small group still.

Pitch crawled right behind Zap, "I'm sure we could, but then it's a whole process to turn on the power in this joint, then find the switch that opens the door. Then, we'd have to find a way for them to reach the third floor because the stairs are knocked out and that'll take a while. We would also be making a lot of noise in the process and I don't want to give Castol or Dim any indicators as to where we are. It's safer this way."

They reached an intersection in the ducts, "Alright, make a left here and keep going. We should run into the dumbwaiter shaft soon."

Zap nodded, taking a left, his paws passing softly through the vents.

Glow sighed. "We need a ladder,or something." Aurora nodded. "But where to we get one?" Mud added. "I can't even get up a ladder."

Fluff circled the place, lower and lower. "They probably could use some help" She mused.

A few seconds later, the two of them came across a rather empty looking space on their right. It looked like an elevator shaft, only much smaller. With a dual pulley system, it was designed to carry small items from the top floor to the bottom floor very quickly and vice versa. The compartment that was designed to carry these items was not visible, as Pitch and Zap would be staring at the top of the dumbwaiter compartment and all it's mechanisms. Pitch hopped on with nary a second thought and motioned for Zap to follow.

"Don't worry," he reassured the Raichu, "It's safe. I've done this many times."

As he did, he thought he heard something. Pitch strained his eyes slightly and cocked his head, his ears rising to locate the sound and distinguish it a bit better. Were those...voices?

Zap's ear twitched. "You heard that too?" He suppressed a shudder of fear. "Looks like we're not the only ones here."


Fluff flew downwards to the group. She landed behind them with a soft thud. "Hey, you're that umbreon for before aren't you?"

Glow jumped at the sound. She turned to the altaria, who was looking quite pleased with herself. She growled. "What do you want?"

Fluff looked at the umbreon, noticing the two Pokemon behind her, whispering about something.

"Guess not," Pitch kept his gaze up above them, "Alright, we have to do this carefully. Help me tug this rope."

Pitch was pawing at the rope on the right, biting down on it and pulling downward. The cart beneath them lurched, climbing upwards a few feet. They were slowly rising.

Meanwhile, Pitch was concerned about what they would find when they got there. Was Castol's goons still there? Did Dim have an ambush waiting for them? Or would this be a new threat entirely?

Siena and Gambit gave curious glances towards the new arrival. While Gambit studied Margriet for what kind of personality she gave off, Siena studied Radegast to figure out what personality she really was. Gambit took care to notice how tidy she kept herself, noting that Margriet held herself in high prestige and jumping to the conclusion that she may have some worth to her name. Siena noticed the slight stiffness in Radgeast's body language upon laying eyes on his sister before going back to his regular calm demeanor. It signified to the Shaymin that Radegast and Margriet did not get along, although it wasn't sure how that translated in terms of quantifiable hate. But Margriet signified she was only here to talk, not battle, so that at least gave a hint.

"Friend of his?" Gambit questioned, hovering closer to Siena while the two bickered back and forth.

"I'd say relative. Definitely older," Siena said, "She's got that snarky older sibling tone...you know the one."

"I...actually don't," Gambit shrugged his shoulders, "I'm an only child."

This was news to Siena, who turned to the Togetic, intrigued, "You're an only child?"

Gambit nodded, "Yeah, I never had a sister to look up to or a brother to look down upon. Just my mom and my dad." He turned back to look at the two of them, noticing that Margriet had produced a lighter, "I can't believe you didn't know."

"Well...I don't know," Siena countered, "You never talk about them."

"Yeah..." was where he left the conversation drop, especially when his eyes widened in amazement at the Raikou's impressive coat, "Wow, that's cool! Never thought I'd see a Raikou today!"

"Perks of the job," Siena shrugged. Being a pretty rare creature itself, the Shaymin was used to the ooohs and the aaahs wherever the journey sent it. It humbled the experience. But Siena didn't strive to be noted as just a rare Pokemon. Siena strive to be noted as a difference maker...someone who remained active and actually performed their task effectively and changed the world for the better. It was one of the reasons why Siena left the home known to it and joined the Crimson Guild.

Seeing things from a similar perspective, the Shaymin respected the Raikou's own fame in Ruula, but would hope that it was grateful for it's existence as a legendary beast.

A small beam of light erupted from the northeast corner of Nimbasa City. Presumably, some action was going on very close to the sport stadiums of Nimbasa City, completely on the opposite side of their location. Their destination wouldn't cross paths with it either. Perhaps it was worth checking out, but for now Team Vitality had to remain focused. They had to meet up with Dee and the members of Team Volt. They had to bring Sabre in for arrest. Unless that fight was truly life threatening, it wasn't worth checking out.

Still, they kept their distant eye on the scene and waited for further developments while they progressed on their own mission.

Siena and Gambit led the way to the building marked by Lumi and Skyball. They both knew the place would likely be abandoned. Those two were the best at scouting an area and picking the most advantageous spot to bunker down if need be. They trusted the mark. As they walked among the crowd of people, they began to consider their next step.

"So what happens after we get Sandslash to the rendezvous point?" Gambit asked, "Do we continue this mission or do we escort Sabre back with Team Volt?"

Siena thought for a moment, "Well, our cover's blown, so there'd be no point spying from a distance. At the same time," he turned to Elder and the teen, "You guys have painted a bigger target on your backs than ever before. The moment Zane hears that the same person that stopped his conquest before is halting his progress now, he's going to be coming for you guys. And not just you and your Pokemon, but your friends, your family. He will exploit every weakness and he will beat you down with it."

Siena let that warning hang in the air as the conversation went back to Gambit, "So for right now, I'd feel safe if we went back to Crimson and updated him on the situation personally. The Psychic Rebellion's not going to gun for him with all these people around. He's safe so long as he's in Nimbasa. Hopefully by the time they're done with business here, we've got a game plan and will know what to do. What the-" Siena stopped as it rounded the corner, the full sight of the building coming into view.

It wasn't impressive looking in design, unlike the rest of the architecture around them, but it certainly was huge. Square and grayscale, it seemed to stand out even more so among the pretty colors around them. But that's not what caught the Shaymin's eye. In front of the building was a fairly decent cluster of Pokemon...four of them. An Umbreon seemed to be giving a distasteful glare towards the Altaria while a Lucario and a Donphan watched, tension quivering in their eyes. What was going on here?

"Hey!" Siena called out towards the group, "What are you guys doing?"

Zap nodded. He grabbed the rope in his teeth and pulled. "Why did you pick this place?" He asked.

Glow whipped her head around to the new voice. "Who are you?" She looked back at Aurora and Mud, then to Fluff. ( not the best name choice XD )

She then glanced back at the Pokemon.

“Painted a target?” Elder asked, “Dude, we just came across the camp and asked for directions. We didn’t start anything; they actually attacked first… Though we probably would’ve tried to help those slaves anyway if we weren’t attacked immediately.”

Elder and Radegast moved with Siena and Gambit, with Sabre still carried by the larger Haunter. They eventually arrived at the building, only to find four other trainer-less pokemon. Two appeared to be witnesses to a standoff between the other two. Elder placed the Sandslash on the ground, his hands were getting a little tired from carrying the Sandslash all afternoon. Radegast’s hands were in his pants pocket, a stance he was not entirely used to, since he always used the pockets of his now-incinerated hoodie. He merely watched the city skyline, only just noticing the battle that was occurring high above...

He only watched for a few seconds, before returning to his work. Radegast had seen aliens before, many of them flying around Ruula, wearing unusual suits of armour made from technology Ruulans never needed, carrying weapons Ruulans never needed. They always came from other worlds, beyond the portal positioned in a certain city. The main one went to a place called Terra. As a matter of fact, Chrome was forced to use the very same portal once upon a time.

As Radegast continued tinkering with the pokeball, Chrome popped out of it’s own. The shiny Beldum had not shown itself in a while. “Feeling like stretching your legs?” Radegast joked.

“Funny,” Chrome hovered slowly upward as it’s eye twitched in what appeared to be some sort of boot-up sequence. “The phrase is fitting, however. That pokeball does not lend much room to maneuver.”

“I know, right?” Elder asked excitedly.

“It makes for a safe haven, knowing that it is not the capturing device I’ve always known.”

“Well, that’s your opinion,” Elder smirked.

Almost as if on-cue, something happened to the pokeball that made the mechanism lock in place. “Ah, good,” Radegast muttered. He dug into the button with the swiss army knife, and pried out what appeared to be a hook with a spring. “Gotcha,” he grunted as he put a little muscle into pulling the piece out. The locking mechanism was snapped right out. The top half swung uselessly on it’s hinge. Radegast then pulled a well-used file from the swiss army knife and began filing the hook into an even wedge. Afterwards, he carefully placed the spring and the hook back in place in the locking mechanism.

“Yo Suros,” Radegast said to no one in particular. The lazy bird burst from her pokeball directly onto Radegast’s shoulder. “You good to weld one more time?” He held up the pokeball to the Fletchinder.

“Yeah, a’ight,” Suros lazily chirped. She took the pokeball between two wings and pinched her blade-like beak in between the shells of the pokeball. With a hiccup, a jet of white-hot flame burst, and welded the hook back into place.

“Thanks buddy,” Radegast held up a fist, which Suros pounded with a folded-up wing. “Now we can get everyone healed up at the centre.”

“Oh joy,” Elder hummed as he picked up the Sandslash once more, ready and extremely willing to deliver the cargo. It was true that he was battered and bruised from the fighting, but he still did not like the dull chambers of the pokeballs.

Before Siena and Gambit could begin to reply to the Umbreon, the ground began to shake around them. Gambit was hovering, so it was ineffective to him. However, Siena was still in Land Form and began bouncing around like a pinata on a child's birthday.

"What the-" Siena glanced up towards the sky at the sound of the bombs hitting the streets below, "That fight escalated quickly."

Gambit turned to Siena, a look of apprehension accompanying that determined gleam on his face, "What do we do?"

A moment passed. Siena's eyes darkened, the cute Land Form disappearing before everyone's eyes to reveal it's Sky Form to everyone.

"We do what any Crimson Guild member would do," Siena told Gambit, "We fight for our home."

With that, Siena kicked off the ground, shooting up and over the building. Gambit turned towards the Umbreon and her company and shrugged, "Well, you don't have to help us. But it looks like a full scale invasion is going on and we could really use every Pokemon to our advantage."

Meanwhile, Siena landed through the gaping hole in the roof, right in between Lumi, Skyball, Dee, Pitch, and Zap. Pitch reared back in shock while Dee ran forward.

"Siena! Good to see you!" Dee spoke harshly and quickly, with authority, "Any details about what that was? Is there a Ground-Type inbound?"

"Negative, Dee," Siena spoke a similar lingo, "An alien invasion. And we're going to take it down."

"Ooooh, aliens!" said Skyball enthusiastically, "How many guild points will that go towards our team? We can finally dethrone Team Madness!"

"Skyball..."

"THE REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN! WE SHALL BECOME CHAMPIONS! FIRST THE GUILD, NEXT THE WORLD!" Skyball's mocking tone was enough to send Lumi into a fit of laughter which the Emolga quickly joined.

Dee sighed, "If you could put that much energy into your jobs, I wouldn't have to come rescue you all the time."

"Hey now," Lumi leaned on the tiny head of the Dedenne, "How were we supposed to know a Turf War was going to break out while we got this Nidorina?"

A low growl emitted from deep in the Dedenne's throat, causing Lumi to stand up straight. Dee was not in a mood for nonsense.

Meanwhile, Siena talked with Pitch and Zap, "If you two would like, you are more than willing to help us out. Otherwise, seek shelter. Things could get dicey."

Just then, a large form landed gracefully in the opening on top of the building. The large orange dragon's eyes were like saucers as it described the scene above them, "Holy mother of Arceus...there's a massive revolt going on. Pokemon of all shapes and sizes are fighting these massive machines. What the hell did you guys cause out here?"

"Oh, hey Unix!" Lumi waved cheerfully, "Perfect timing!"

"You know us," Skyball shrugged sheepishly, "Our shenanigans and all."

Dee sighed irritably while Siena raised a brow, "Wait...you said Pokemon are already fighting them?"

"Yeah. Humans are revolting against the invaders. All their Pokemon are out there, fighting back. I've never seen so many in one place. It's massive!"

"Well, then we have to help them!" Siena replied determinedly, staring at Team Volt, "I think it'll be fine if Rubira joins you guys now. No need for secrecy at this point."

Lumi shurgged, "She may have taken the initiative and already joined the fight. She's got a better view than we do."

Siena nodded, "Right. Unix, send word to Crimson. Tell him everything's going haywire in Nimbasa. We may need to pull teams together to join us if necessary. Tell him he may need to join us."

Unix nodded and took off at such intensity that it made the building shake slightly. A few seconds later and he was already en route to the Kalos Region, away from the fighting in Nimbasa.

"Alright, guys," Siena arched her body, "Let's show these guys the full brutality of the Crimson Guild!"

Siena and Skyball flew out the opening above while Dee and Lumi took off through the grate system Pitch and Zap had just come from. For a moment, nothing moved. Then Pitch began to run in the same direction.

"I think I'm going to help them out," Pitch looked at Zap, all serious placated on his face, "Will you help me?"

Zap nodded. "Honestly, this is just getting weird." He follwed behind Pitch.


Glow yelped as the ground began to shake, although Fluff just flew upwards. "What the?" Aurora and Mud seemed to be having similar reactions. "What in the name of arches is going on?" Mud yelled.

The members of the Miso Force took to the sky as the Ground-types approached, all five splitting up to defend against their assailants. Kinoko immediately spoke up. "Alright guys, time to fight! Our lives are more important than the contract, and damn if we don't manage to finish it, even for no reward! Your quota is many to one, but we can take it! Destruction should be kept to a minimum, but if you need to do it to survive, do it! Let's go guys!"

Kinoko swung around in a loop in the air as she evaded bolts of lightning while deflecting some others. She then spread her arms and fired several purple energy spheres that tracked the attacking Pokemon. "You think you stand a chance? We didn't want to fight! But so be it, you forced our hands!"

Hana went back to the ground to face the ground types, jumping over the Dig attempts as she bended and stretched her arms and legs in unnatural ways. "Kee hee hee hee! Kee hee! I'm getting warmed up! You can't hurt me! None of you can, so let's play!" She was attempting a sort of whack-a-mole with the Dig users, issuing punches and kicks, as they emerged, with her stretching limbs.

Mirkan would land elsewhere before Trainers and their Pokemon, flipping his hair aside. "Do we really need to do this? Very well." He would utilize Rapid Movement to approach their Pokemon nearly unseen, and attempt some swift physical attacks in punches and kicks delivered with an uncanny elegance and grace.

Maynace would fight off any Pokemon chasing her as she weaved around buildings, occasionally firing magenta colored energy waves back at the Pokemon. "Right then mates, you think you're tough?! I'll show you what a true rock star elite can do!" She continued her fast and agile weaving and bobbing.

Slale landed on the ground and blocked attempted Dig attacks by firing eye lasers at the trails in the ground the Pokemon left. "Children's tricks won't work on me. You're in for the long haul, so prepare yourselves." He was calm as ever.

Each member of Miso Force made sure they did not attack buildings or Trainers, only the Pokemon. They carried themselves with a certain code of honor, and they weren't going to break that code unless they would die for not doing so.

As the Pokemon and trainers began to rise up and fight for themselves, the Fireknaught definitely needed to change the directions of a few things and try to use this to their advantage. Two of the Fireknaughts were hidden, so it was very unlikely for them to be attacked, and the one that was visible stood there with three pokemon and his weapon slung over his shoulder. This was the first thing the squad leader knew he had going for him, having a bond with pokemon, even if they were the outcast pokemon.

The Razor Leaf would cut the strap holding the rifle under his arm, but there was no tanks, just three Fireknaughts; two hidden and one present. Machamp, Voltorb, and Geodude took positions around the squad leader, protecting him. While protecting him the squad leader would make communications to the other Fireknaughts, and the pokemon to the other Pokemon.

"Land the transport convoy. The Pokemon have the other airships tied up. Someone send message to redirect the Disruptor Missile. Nobody do anything drastic, the Ruulans are our allies.", the squad leader spoke to the few others in the area.

While everyone was doing what little they could, the squad leader tried to connect with the Miso Squad, "Looks like we might want to work together here. If you will get out of this city, I can arrange a temporary shelter to keep you hidden. I can tell now that you're not here to harm or you would be blasting these Pokemon with some kind of power, I hope you can accept an apology for acting out of fear rather than intelligence."

The Pokemon surrounding the squad leader tried to talk with the other pokemon, "Why are you attacking us?! These people share a bond with our planet just as we do! Their hearts are for us! We should worry about the army above us, not the people helping us!" The pokemon pleaded hard for their masters while defending any attacks that further come.

The squad leader would respond back to the man shouting, "We are not the invaders! We have lived beside you and worked with you for some time! Do you not remember the attacks on Castelia City and who was there?! These aliens are capable of blowing us to pieces, but even in their attack, they are defending themselves without harming anyone! Who is the one attacking people with lethal weapons?! Who is the one dropping soldiers on this magnificent city?! You want independence? Let us help you achieve that!..."

The Fireknaught squad leader lifted his hand to the sky, "We can all see who's planet this is, and the Fireknaught accept that. We want to be your brothers and sisters. Never would you see us do such a thing to a city! The only enemy you have here is the one who is willing to risk your lives, the one shooting instead of escorting."

While the Fireknaught spoke, his Pokemon all looked upon the crowds with sadness in their eyes. They felt their masters were being treated how they were treated in the wild or old owners. Even the Pokemon questioned the situation and why they were being attacked, a depression causing thought that was easily seen in the faces. The pokemon knew little on politics, but they knew when someone was trying to help, they knew the Ruulans were trying to help themselves, but couldn't process why they weren't helping them, particularly because the Pokemon knew only people with Ruula's energy within them could bond with Pokemon.