Rise of the Shadows!

[Senna-Umbreon]

((Waaaauuuuggghhhhh!!! Sorry for again disappearing! I've been busy! I swear! *Flails*))

Ghost let out a small whimper, casting a glance at Soundwave. She had been probably just as horrified as the Yanmega had been when the Dusk Psyceon had appeared. And despite the fact that she wanted desperately to try and fix things between her and Solara, if that was even possible at this point, she had decided to keep her distance for the most part. Eventually she noticed the recently returned Aurora, and trotted over to her and sat down, curling her tail around the Dewgong.

((.. Okay, time to stop ignoring Phantom >.>))

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Phantom snarled as the vine hurdled toward him. "Damn plant!!!" He roared, breathing out a stream of flames at it. Once the vine fell, he looked down at Venin, grinning slightly, "Heh. What do you know. We go from barely escaping the Dusk the first time, to almost getting killed by a collasping sewer tunnel, to again barely escaping the Dusk only thanks to me evolving... And now to fighting off a mutant plant. Honestly.. Can't we get at least a LITTLE bit of peace and quiet?!"

[Kamalia]

Julius ran after Aurora. The far-off screams of kids had panicked him greatly, especially with the news of the Dusk being close. Praying that Rust wasn't there, he forced his paws to go their fastest. He skidded to a halt at the site of what had been a battle. Not seeing any sign of injured kids, to his relief, he silently scanned the ground and followed Aurora's drag marks until he came up to a fainted Ruupa and some strange creature.
He stared at the cat-like thing, wondering what it was. He prodded at it with a paw and scampered off a small distance away. When it didn't move he slunk closer. He slowly moved in a circle around it, cautiously sniffing. Under the thick, earthy scent of mud and blood it smelled... familiar? He squinted at the Psyceon's face, trying to pin down what was so familiar about it. He remained puzzled until he caught sight of her torn ear. He tipped his head to the side and blinked with a look of disbelief on his face. He sat back down and tried to recall if he had heard her voice amid the sounds of distant battle.
He was silent for a few moments then glanced around to try and see Aurora. Had she seen this? Other paw marks had scuffled up any tracks she might have left behind, so he couldn't tell. If she had been here, she had left. A quiet whine escaped his throat. Seemed like he wasn't the only one who had a good guess of who this strange Pokémon was. He shifted his weight nervously, watching the Psyceon should she awaken.

[Azunara]

Aurora was quiet when Ghost came over, studying a piece of grass like it was the most interesting thing in the world.

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Solara at least would be out for a bit longer, still forced out thanks to the Destiny Bond. She'd occasionally twitch and growl, but beyond that did not much else.

[Lupis]

Charles had been stuck by Ruupa's shadow, but now he was free. He snarled angrily at Julius. "Get AWAY!" he roared, leaping at him.
Charlemagne uses Thunder Fang!

Buzzard landed at the Dusk camp and put down Earthia, roaring. Immediately Carrion and Vulture flew to his side, staring at Earthia. "What do we do with it?" Vulture asked, blinking.
"The kid has a crystal. Get it."
"Will do, bro," Carrion replied, "And you?"
Buzzard snarled. He had felt the mental bond to Solara go completely quiet, so she must have feinted. He wanted to save her, but she was tough, she would probably recover...
"I'm going to stay near the Sunrise for now," he said at last, "and be ready to haul Solara out."
He flicked his tail in distress, worried.

[Magnakilro]

Soundwave flew into the field of battle. He stared at Solara, "Sol....why do you have to do this....."

He was aware that his message was unheard.


Chomp and Co., even little Zap ran in, ready to fight.

Chomp walked over to the fainted Psyceon, "Sol...."

[rubybeam]

A smaergle entered the scene it seemed to be panciked at the scene a bunch of nurses and fighters were behind 'Where's earthia!? nevermind that some of these kids on thier death bed move quickly! quickly!" the nurses scattered streatches gathered kids, any warroirs who manged to stay alive and ruupa, the smergle looked over at the fainted solara "Someone get a cage for this thing before it wakes up!" pokemon ran towards solara picking her up and putting her in a well confined cage, locking it with a least three locks "Sir...do you have any idea where to put this?"
"Just put iy in the celler in rripas basement, if he heals in time hopefully he could help her from not escaping"
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Earthis gave a sharp glare at carrion and vulture "Touch frosty and I rip you to shreds!"

[Lupis]

Vulture and Carrion shook their heads. "No, no, we're not going to hurt the kid," Carrion said.
"Unless you don't just give us the crystal." Vulture added with a growl.
"Vulture, we're not that mean," Carrion corrected. "But you've gotta give us the crystal. I won't kill a kid, but I've got no problem roasting you."

[rubybeam]

"Fine! you want this crystal? find a replacement toy for frosty cause I tell you he'll be one MAD little fellow and this thing is important to the sunrise.." earthia snarled "Try hurting him and I won't be afraid to knock you out"

[Lupis]

"Toy?" Vulture blinked. "I can get a toy." He took off, landing by several abandoned homes and buildings. Searching through the rooms, he managed to find quite a few non-charred toys, which he flew back with and dumped down beside Earthia. There were fluffy stuffed toys, shiny toys, mechanical toys... "Want one of these, kid?" he asked, knowing inside what the answer would be. Stubborn kids.
"I'm pretty sure a missing toy won't be the problem," Carrion insisted, exasperated.

[rubybeam]

Frosty looked over the toys only hugging the crystal tighter "They aren't glowy...."


earthia shook her head "Actuualy it's a huge deal, he doesn't have any siblings to play with to keep him busy, so he needs toys"

[Lupis]

Vulture sighed, flapping up and flying off. He searched several homes, finding nothing that glowed.
Carrion covered his face with his palm. "Look. I'm pretty sure I was planning to drop him off at the Sunrise camp again anyway, and there are tons of children around there. So I'm going to pry that damned crystal from his hands and drop him off unharmed. UNLESS, you continue to make this hard. Do you want him unharmed, or do you want to die and leave him at the mercy of the Dusk?" he snarled.

[rubybeam]

Earthia snarled back "Just find him a water stone, some kind of evolution stone or something then he'll be happy Okay?"

[Lupis]

Vulture came back, holding a pair of small lights. They were squishy and white, in oval shapes, with small faces painted on and round ears sticking out. He tapped the tops of both and they lit up, glowing red, then blue, green, purple, and other colors. "These were really hard to find," he growled.

Carrion glanced at the lights. "How 'bout those?"

((Look 'em up - "Spoka" from Ikea. They're adorable. Yeah, there's no Ikea in pokemonworld, but there are holographic touch screens, so....))

[rubybeam]

Frosty immdeatly squealed at the sight of the toy dropping the stone and tugging at the toy in vulture's hand " May I have it sir please? Pllleeeeaaaassssseeeee?" earthia watched picking up the stone to vulture "I guess that will do just fine"

[Lupis]

"Alright, alright, kid, they're all yours," Vulture said, giving the toy to Frosty. Carrion looked at Frosty, then back at Earthia. "How's that?"

[rubybeam]

"It's good I think he may like it more than the stone actually" frosty gave an excited squeal before running back to earthia "Look mom! look! Look!"

[Lupis]

Carrion nodded, hiding the fact that he was glad the kid was happy. "If we get the crystal, I'll have Vulture drop you both off at the Sunrise camp," he offered.
Vulture looked at the kid and smiled slightly, mentally scolding himself. Why did kids have to make him so soft? Urgh. It was disgraceful.

[rubybeam]

Earthia handed the crystal over to the two charizards "Careful with this thing even just a simple stare can set it off and cure other dusk"

[Lupis]

Carrion very carefully picked up the crystal and nodded. "Thank you. Vulture?" He backed off, and Vulture nodded.
"Get on my back. I promise I won't drop you..." He said, lowering his head.

[rubybeam]

Earthia nodded picking up frosty and putting him in her pouch while climbing onto vulture "KAnmimpis going to kill me for sure.." she told herself quietly