Rise of the Shadows!

[Kira]

Daray smiled slightly. It's no problem M'lady. Thank you for the warning though.

[Magnakilro]

Lilith looked at Delora, "Lead the way!"

[Kira]

Delora looked at Lilith before she nodded. She shifted Ciro a bit on her back as she headed toward the old cave, trying to ignore the rush of memories, and the screaming voices in her head.

Mewtwo grabbed...er...took a gentle hold...of the Unown child. He was not about to let that little thing get away.
Kyuu snickered at Mewtwo and the kid, moving ahead of them.

[Kamalia]

Julius swung the laden bag onto his back with some effort, trying not to spill the berries out. Rolling his small shoulders to try and make it settle in between them, he began to follow after, trying to run as smoothly as possible.
"Come on, Tira." Molly beckoned at the Flygon. She got up, her head lowered and her antennae drooping. She followed.

[Magnakilro]

Lilith looked around, "Wow...roomy!"

[Kira]

Delora let out a little laugh as she nodded, setting Ciro down in one of the areas they had used for sleeping. "Make yourselves at home. We're pretty high up and you can see a lot coming, so we should be alright up here." She rested herself next to her son and nuzzled him gently.

[Kamalia]

"Yeah, it's not bad at all. Maybe a bit dusty. Hopefully nothing's living in here." Julius peered at the dark corners of the cave. "Oh, and, um, here ya go." He nudged the pack towards Delora and scurried off.
Molly stifled a yawn. It had been a long, long night. Rest sounded wonderful. She retreated inside and tried to find the comfiest spot she could. As tired as she was, even the hard rock of the cave floor was welcome.
Olivia curled up next to Jaws and closed her eyes.

[Kamalia]

((I'm logging off. Night all!))

[Magnakilro]

Jaws curled protectively around Olivia and fell asleep

Lilith found her own spot and fell asleep

Heracross found a spot for Zincano and laid her down there, he laid down next to her

Soundwave and his troop slept in thier own corner

The Unowns slept with thier parents

Deoxys laid down, resting his head on Delora's soft body. He fell asleep almost immediately.

[Kira]

Delora glanced at Deoxys before she closed her eyes, willing herself to sleep.

Mewtwo glanced at the little Unown as he sat down. He looked over at Kyuu, who had curled up in her own little corner, facing away from everyone. A little sigh left him before he closed his eyes.

[Moonlost]

((Okay... I think I'm caught up. I skimmed though most of the last 40 pages though, but I think I caught most of the plot points and character developments.
Choooooooomp :'(
Time to get Seventeen and the Hounds up and about. And to explain why they suddenly disappeared off the face of the planet. :\ ))

Doctor Insins limped to the bench holding all of his equipment. He hadn't much time left, the sedatives were wearing off once again and if he administered much more, he ran the risk of killing the pokemon. Or worse, causing the Dusk virus to mutate further. He had underestimated it's potentual so badly. It was still a complete mystery to him as to how it had mutated to infect humans in the first place. He sighed, it was of no consequence now.

He carefully picked up the petri dish and slid it under the microscope. The cells were still stained black by the dusk virus. He swore loudly, flinging the dish to the side where it smashed on a nearby wall. He stat down and placed his face in his hands. He had been at this for a week now and was only a few baby steps closer to a cure. He had no time left, and eh knew he would never have a chance like this again. Subject Seventeen was one of the first pokemon he had worked with, as such her body still contained much of the original virus. He dare not keep her, or the other three specimens, much longer.

A low growl interupted his thoughts. He turned to see the black Manectric stirring. He cursed again. Caged though the subject was, he knew it wouldn't keep her locked in for long. It was time to leave. He grabbed his notes and the sole remaining vial of Subject Seventeen's blood. As fast as he could, he limped out of the complex. Once outside, he pulled out a pokeball and released a Tropicus, who turned to look at it's master.

"We need to get out of here!" Insins said as he climbed on the back of the large pokemon. The Tropicus nodded and began to flap the large wing-like leaves on it's back. With a grunt, it lifted off into the sky.

((I know you guys are currently pretty on track with your cure, but the "good" doctor here isn't aware of that. ))

~

Seventeen opened her eyes, feeling groggy. Her head flopped to the side and she sighed. She needed to rise though. Slowly she got up, blinking and yawning. She looked around, trying to figure out where she was. White walls, tinted with blood red. Steel bars. The smell of cleaning chemicals and old blood tinted the air. Sudden realization struck her. She had been brought back to her prison, the laboratory. Hell.
She roared in fear and anger, smashing into the bars, discharging electircity, snarling and snapping. She locked her teeth around one of the bars and began to pull at it, wrenching it from the cage. She grabbed another one and did the same; freeing herself. She lept out the cage and began to tear up anything within reach. Scattered papers, glass tubes, furnature. All were destroyed.

Her mouth bleeding and her body twitching, she finally calmed down. How had she ended up here? He tried to recollect. Her Hounds had been on the trail of thta accursed Umbreon. She had planned to confront it, see why it smelled of her kin. And then... things got blurry. Memories of a sharp, sudden pain flickered though her mind. But nothing more than that. She growled, then started to sniff about, searching for the scent of her Hounds. She smelled human... THAT human. She felt her rage building up again. She wanted to track HIM down. Tear open his throat. Roll in his entrails. Rip his face off with her teeth. No, no, she needed her pack first.

Patting around, she found the other three in cages a few rooms away from the one she awoke in. They were just begining to stir. She padded about, finding the red button on each of the cages which opened the door. She sniffed at each of them. None seemed to be injured. Merely groggy still. Good.

She walked out into the complex and began to sniff, hunting HIM. She padded her way though the maze-like corridors before exiting. She blinked rapidly, her eyes adjusting to the bright sunlight. A few more sniffs told her that HE has escaped. She growled angrily. HE had escaped her again. She would like nothing more than to chase him down... But the voice of her Alpha still called, commanded her to continue his work. Growling in frustration, she sat down in the sun and waited for her Hounds to awaken fully. Once they were all here, they would begin their hunt again.

[Saturo]

Darkrai was too busy fighting the shadows that were swarming him to notice his shields were failing, but he kept a careful look at Ciro, as he was helping him kill shadows. As the Deosol blasted one of the shadows with a Zap Cannon, he cheered at him.
"Woo! You rock 'em, Ciro! Keep it up."

[Azunara]

((Oh noes! Darkrai! D:))

Speck, despite her want to stand guard, had fallen into a trance like sleep state as soon as they had arrived. Eleredar grinned at her, and sat by Solara, the pair keeping a watch. Dialga, wanting as much rest as he could get, had warped into the timelines, his safeguard fading.

((And....out for school. *sighs darkly.*))

[Senna-Umbreon]

((I'm baaaaaaack! And I have my laptop back too! YAY! <3 Anyway.. Whoo so many pages. Took a while to read through it all.. Oh well! XD))

Rikki slowly walked over and lay down beside Lilith, falling asleep in mere seconds.

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Ghost sighed heavily. She sat away from the others, feeling too restless to sleep. She glanced around at the sleeping Pokemon, ears starting to droop. Something was bothering her.. Yes, she was back with her friends. But.. She just didn't feel like she belonged with them anymore. All she really did was sit away from the others and mope around. Not that she could help it, thanks to feeling awkward around pretty much everyone. Summer, of all people, seemed to fit in more than she did... And that upset her. After all the things she and the others had been through.. A newcomer who was originally one of the Dusk seemed to belong more than her...

She got up, glancing at the others again, her gaze falling on Solara, then moving to the entrance of the cave. Fading, she padded outside, hoping that no one would follow and end up finding her. Breaking into a lope, she started heading away from the cave.

'This.. Is for the best. I don't belong there. I did once.. But not anymore. Why would they need me, anyway? A stupid little bitchy Umbreon who has anger problems? Not to mention.. I'm still infected. Knowing me I'd probably end up getting mad at someone and end up having the voices take control... They'll be much better off without me.'

((... Yep. Ghost is having another one of her little emotional "They don't need me! I don't belong here!" break downs. *Shakes head* Wacky little Umbreon..))

[Magnakilro]

Ironskull woke up, hearing footsteps. He noticed the umbreon was gone. With a grunt he got up and went out to look for her. He started to sniff, and followed her scent.

[Kamalia]

((*Is immensely happy that she has a five day weekend* ))

Julius stirred. He blinked, seeing Ironskull wander outside of the cave. Tilting his head quizzically, he got up to follow the dinosaur, carefully stepping over the other sleeping Pokémon. "Hey boy, whatcha doin'?" He called out softly as he caught up to him.

[Magnakilro]

Ironskull looked at him.

He scratched a picture of an umbreon and the group. He drew an arrow showing that the umbreon left.

[Kamalia]

The Buizel tipped his head, slowly getting the message. "Ohh, I see! What was her name again? Ghostie or something like that? I wonder if we can find her." He sniffed the air as well. "Heyyy, I think I smell her! ... I hope she didn't get too far..." He trotted forward, his snout in the air.

[Magnakilro]

Ironskull grunted and followed the buizel.

[Moonlost]

The other three hounds exited the complex; Baaz yawning and shaking his mane, Gamin sniffing about, tail wagging slowly. Venin scowled.
"I have half a mind to destroy this place." The Vaporeon said in a low growl. "Never thought I'd wake up in this s**thole again." She fired a blast of high-pressured water at a nearby wall.

Baaz stretched out, flexing his front paws as he did so. "As.... unplesant as this place was, I do not believe we have enough alloted time to destroy it. We seem to have lost a number of days to whatever happened here already. One things that our liege would like us to get on with the task we were assigned."
"Fah" Venin spat back.
"As much as I would love to see this hole torn down," Gamin said as he padded up to the rest of the pack. "I really don't want to be here much longer. Smells right awful, and just standing here gives me the willies."

Venin looked at her pack and scowled. She hated to admit it, but they were right. Staying here, even if it was for the purpose of destroying it, was not a plesant thought. Too many bad memories. That and Scarab may not be in a plesant mood if they reported back after a week of being missing only to say they had successfully killed a few buildings. "Well then," She said after a few moments of silence. "I guess we leave on your command, oh mighty leader."

Seventeen turned to look at her pack. They still seemed a little groggy, but that would be burned out of them once they started to hunt again. She stood up and stared at the horizon. Se resolved not to get distracted this time. No matter how much she hated that Umbreon, her Alpha had sent her to corrupt legendaries. And to kill anyone else. She tensed with anticipation. After her near miss with her tormentor, she needed to kill. To prove herself. She raise her head and let loose a long, loud howl. The other three soon joined in, their voices in savage harmony. They then broke into a run, gamin and Seventeen in the lead, their noses leading them to their quarry.

((Bed time for me, just as you guys are getting on. XD Have fun, hopefully I'm not buried in posts when I get back. ))