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Legends of the Elemental Ones

"Ok. Bounce, back you come." The fungi boxer dissapeared in a red flash. He put a hand on Ellie's shoulder. "Ready"
 
Eltanin flew up after Ellie signaled for the teleport link to form, or whatever it was that would allow the group to reach the Government building. He honestly didn't know how long it would take for them to get to the building, so he flew as fast as he could; hopefully Lycis wouldn't have caused too much damage by that point.
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Lycis slowly crept over to the single door entrance at the roof. She knew that she could easily break it down, but she figured that Goodwin had anticipated such a possibility, and instilled some kind of alarm.

In order to break into the door, which had a rather simple lock-and key combination, Lycis formed a small band of ice, which she then inserted into the lock as a makeshift pick. It took several twists and flicks of the ice, but the lock soon yielded. Lycis grinned. Maybe Goodwin hadn't thought this through as much as she had expected. Steeling herself for what lay ahead, she opened the door.

Again, though, what she did not know was that the simple lock had a hidden layer of security: a circuit was what helped keep the door locked, and only completely turned off when the proper key was inserted. The moment Lycis opened the door, the circuit was forcibly broken.

And all hell was about to break loose.
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Goodwin had just watched that display with mild interest. It was now clear where he had seen that image before: it was in the report he had received that report of the freak storm.

So... he was the cause of it? This boy never ceases to surprise me. I now need to think of a way to use the knowledge I have gained so far to... bring others of his kind into despair. It will be very, very interesting.

The displays were now randomly flashing through countless more images, ones that were showing everything that was happening to Andrew before that night. These did not cause him nearly as much pain as the previous images, but they still hurt. Badly.

And if he catches more of us... this will be what he uses on them. They will be forced to relive the worst and most painful moments of their life...

Am I really doing the right thing by backing out

Yes! I never wanted this power. I didn't ask to be cursed with it. And now, look at me. I'm basically a chew toy for the Government until this substance runs out, which could take who knows how long. I... I-

A sudden wail broke out in the room. It was coming from one of the red lights on a wall that hadn't lit up yet. In the distance, several wails similar to this one were echoing.

To his credit, Goodwin was only surprised by the abrupt noise for a few seconds. Once those seconds had passed, he looked very, very... displeased.

"We appear to have an intruder in the headquarters," he said, dropping a pokeball, "Delaware, go with Arizona, and try to make the intruder's disposal... quick."

Both pokemon, now out of the pokeballs, nodded, and exited the room. None of them knew who the intruder was, but they would soon find out where, and if they were lucky, they would find out why.

Goodwin turned once again to face Andrew, "If that intruder is one of your kind, then I must be honest, I will not hesitate to kill them. Even if they don't end up finding this room; I need this operation to proceed without any... forced interruptions."
 
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Cory woke when the alarms went off. He looked around, rubbing his sore neck. "Aw, man, I fell asleep at my desk again!" He stood up and grabbed his belt, before rushing out of the room. At the end of the corridor, he saw Delaware and Arizona, apparently looking for the same thing he was. "Maybe they came from the roof...it's not like they could have come from elsewere..." He headed to the stairwell and leaned against the bannister. "When that intruder comes, we'll be ready..."
 
As Sky flew slowly over the government building roof Blake jumped off and landed the two metre drop before returning Sky to her Pokeball. He turned and scanned the roof and saw a single door that was already open, "huh, I guess that they forgot to lock it," or maybe Lycis beat us to it. He peered through the doorway carefully before taking a deep breath and walking down the hallway as silently as he could.

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There was a faaint wailing noise that pulled Zack from his slumber. He sat up and thought for a minute, That would be the intruder alert siren. he sat up and reached for the small device that was on the end of his desk, he typed in a quick message:

Goodwin, I heard the alarm, what's happened?

He pressed send, gathered his gear and ran out of his room and looked about for anyone else, he saw Cory leaning against the stairwell, that entrance was guarded so he ran the opposite direction in case they had already gone through there without Cory noticing.
 
Goodwin received the message rather quickly. He typed the following message into his PokeGear:

Suspected intruder into the HQ. Likely entrance rooftop access, or possible concealed entrance through front. Delaware and Arizona already after intruder.

He then pressed the send button. After the message was confirmed to be sent, he returned to watching the visions experienced by Andrew.
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The two pokemon made their way through the corridors of the base. It had taken some time for the both of them to reach the upper levels of the base, where the only two possible entrance locations for this intruder could be.

"I don't like this," Delaware said after a long silence, "shouldn't you have spotted something by now?"

"No," Arizona grunted, "Foresight doesn't... let me see non-ghost enemies. If the intruder is nearby, it's not a ghost."

The pair moved further, passing by an employee Delaware identified as Cory. There was little action for some time, then-

Several ice Shards flew out of the darkness and struck Delaware. The Clefable stumbled backwards, and then got back up.

"That was our intruder," she noted, more to herself than anyone else. Gathering fire in one of her hands, she turned around. "Arizona, if you will..."

The Yanmega let off a high-pitched screech that nearly fragmented the glass in the vicinity. This Bug Buzz - while it may not actually harm the intruder - would certainly smoke it out of hiding.
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Lycis had let off a few curses the moment the alarms had gone off, but had nonetheless ran down the winding corridors of the HQ. She had the misfortune to round one corner and see that two of Goodwin's pokemon were already on the move.

The Weavile had attempted to just pick off the two from shadows with Ice Shard, but the Yanmega's Bug Buzz had cut short any hope of that. The high pitched screech caused Lycis to yell in pain, which alerted her position to the two.

"Knock-knock," the Yanmega buzzed, and launched a blast of high-pressure air at Lycis with a flap of its wings.
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Eltanin flew as fast as he could toward the Government building, and the moment he saw the open door on the rooftop, he let off a resigned sigh.

"Lycis..." he said sadly as he landed on the roof, unknowingly setting off the motion detector again, "we need to hurry," he said to Blake, "if she's found anyone, or if anyone's found her... I don't like her chances."
 
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"Gaah..." Cory covered his ears at the high-pitched buzz coming from above. "Alright, that means something. Apocalypse, stay here, if any intruders come...well, try not to break the walls." Cory jogged up the stairs until he was on the floor the sound had come from. "Torchie, Halo, Hax, go left. Rairai and Draco, with me." The six split up to search for the intruder.
 
Blake turned, startled at the sudden appearence of the ice elementals Dragonite, he turned and nodded, "I should be able to get past most obstacles on the way down but i cant guarantee that I'll be able to find Lycis, and as for stealth a big dragon can only go so far, sorry. I'll head down first and you follow, ok?" Without waiting for an answer Blake ran down the spiral staircase.

He rounded the bend and almost ran straight into a government member, he stopped and stepped back around the corner. luckily they hadn't seemed to of noticed him. he thanked Arceus and waited, the agent released five of his pokemon and they split up. 'I guess this is as good a floor as any to start looking, and the agent being here could mean this is where Lycis is.' Blake looked both ways and thought that it would be safer to follow the agent, they did have two pokemon with them but it was safer than three.

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Zack picked the device off his belt and read the message. He nodded and turned back, heading back to the staircase. He dashed past Cory's pokemon and up to the next landing then off to the left, he slowed down here and began to look around, this was the only floor between the roof and the floor he was just on that you could reach from the stairwell. he peered carefully about but couldn't see anyone or anything. He pulled the pokeball from his belt and sent out Blade. "Keep an eye out, Blade".
 
((Alright, we need over there; I swear... *grumbles about inactive members*))

After everyone was holding on, Ellie concentrated on the Government building. Come on... come on... we have to save Andrew and Lycis! No sooner had she thought that than she was whizzing by through the Fifth Dimension*. She sighed in relief when they were out, but tensed back up when she saw she was in a room with Andrew and Goodwin. Andrew seemed to be in pain, and Goodwin enjoying himself. <What are you doing to Andrew?>

((*Fifth Dimension = the dimension in which Psychics use for teleportation. It is only seen if a) teleporting through dimensions or b) a difficult teleportation. It is a pain in the butt if you're stuck here.))
 
((Did everyone else wind up in different locations?))

The moment that voice rang out, Goodwin was yet again surprised. He turned to look for its source, and was surprised to see that it was likely coming from a young girl that had suddenly appeared into the room.

Goodwin took a moment to assess the situation. This girl had likely teleported into the room, since he had not seen her when going into the lab through the conventional method. She didn't appear to have any pokemon out, which indicated...

"What I am doing to this boy is what all of your kind deserve to have done to them," he said, "you Elementals are inhuman, and I am simply preparing him to be cured of that... disease."

He walked forward. "And I do not wish to have that interrupted in any way. So let me make something very clear: if you make any moves that would be an attempt to free him, he will be killed. And I know that you have nothing, nothing to offer for his release."

He signaled Iowa, who had been watching the entire confrontation. The Magnezone gathered electricity in front of it.

"I do give you credit for one thing, though: using that first intruder as a diversion was a rather clever move. I would assume it is more of your kind that are responsible for that?"
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The Air Slash made its mark, and Lycis was completely driven out of her hiding spot. She turned to face the two pokemon, and was almost instantly hit by a Fire Punch from the Clefable.

"If it isn't that Elemental's little pet," the Clefable said tauntingly, "growing tired of being cut off from that inhuman?"

Lycis' response was to shoot forward with a Night Slash. The Dark attack struck the Clefable and sent it reeling. Lycis then tried to run, but another blast of air from the Yanmega struck her in the back and knocked he to the ground.

"You aren't getting away that easily," the Yanmega said, "Master Goodwin has enough on his hands already with getting ready to be rid of the inhuman. He doesn't need anything from y-"

"WHAT?!" Lyis yelled, launching herself at the Yanmega. The insect flew sharply back, but not before Lycis hit one of its wings with an Ice Shard. She barely had time to breathe before the Clefable came hurtling out of nowhere and hit her with Meteor Mash.

Lycis was thrown backwards by the attack. She got up, and then tossed several Ice Shards at the enemy to give herself cover before running again.

She had only made it a few feet when she realized that they weren't pursuing her. She wanted to look back to figure out why, but she decided that looking back would be an invitation for them to attack again.

So instead she ran.
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Minutes Earlier:

Eltanin nodded, and after Blake moved down the staircase, he flew after him. He stopped when Blake stopped, but the sudden sounds of battle further ahead compelled him to fly toward them; he was certain that he had heard Lycis yell in pain from one of the attacks.

He didn't know if the Government member that had been moving in a different direction had spotted him, but he didn't care. He needed to make sure that Lycis was okay.

He reached the battle seconds after a Clefable had hit Lycis with Meteor Mash. He stopped flying and landed, which drew the attention of the two pokemon.
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"Another one?" The Yanmega said, "Delaware, we can't-"

"I don't think that this thing is going to let us go after the Weavile," Delaware muttered, "But we're not the only competent nderlings of Master Goodwin in this building. Someone else can surely find her and hopefully stop her form finding... whatever it is that she's after. in the meantime..."

She leaped at the Dragonite, a Meteor Mash readied.

"We'll have to take care of this guest."

((Now, Mewtwo, perhaps now would be a good time for you to get Gary back involved.))
 
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((Exo is correct. I should have made it clearer; everyone made it into the building, but Ellie is the only one who hit the mark; everyone else is somewhere else, either just outside the door or in a completely different area of the building.))

Ellie looked around and noticed for the first time that the rest were gone. DAMN! she thought. <Lycis came of her own accord; we were originally just going to move on, as Andrew apparently willingly gave himself up, but Lycis refused to listen to reason. Therefore, we're on a wild goose chase, and, though I will regret saying this later, the rest of us are in the building, just in different locations. Apparently, I pick up no bad thoughts from Andrew other than the memories you are making him re-live, so he's obviously chose this. While I think this is a bad choice, I honor his decision.> she bowed her head, and Espio's Pokéball snapped off of her belt, hit the floor, and Espio was released. "DO YOU REALIZE WHAT HE'S DOING?" Espio yelled, not bothering to telepath so Goodwin could understand him too. Ellie held up a finger and pushed a button on her necklace, it acting as a Pokémon translator so all could understand him, not just the Elementals. "Andrew is giving up his powers. Which means..." he trailed off as Gary ran through the door, pointing a gun. "I'll shoo..." he trailed off, realizing it was Ellie.
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((Gary's POV))

Gary was looking out the window to the Government building when he saw through a window a Pokémon battle going on. He grabbed his pistol from the table and hopped on his bike and rode to the Government Headquarters. He opened the door, and all hell was loose. He ran up the stars to the experimentation room as quick as possible, drawing his gun. "I'll shoo..." he trailed off.

It was Ellie, of all elementals.

((I'll end up killing redx's character off, and Andrew's powers will be used for the plot as well. If Xero and Flora don't post soon, I'll kill them off for the plot, too.))
 
Goodwin turned to face Gary.

"I take it that this Elemental is the same one that you identified in the Church as Your Sister? Well, Gary, now we can see if you obey the law. You can either battle your sister, or disobey me. Take your pick."

At these words, the electricity in front of the Magnezone crackled ominously, to indicate that either way, the Elemental would get hurt.
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The memories were fading in and out now. Andrew's awareness of the world around him faded in when the memories faded out. It seemed that someone who wasn't Government was talking to Goodwin, and there was someone else... someone who was arguing with Goodwin.

I wonder who it is, he wondered, and what they're arguing about...
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Eltanin was hit hard by the Meteor Mash, and had no time to defend against another Air Slash from the Yanmega. The two attacks sent the Dragonite flying backwards, and it took him a few seoncds to steady himself - and a few seconds was all he had to fly away from the next dual attack.

"Stop him," Delaware said. Arizona gave an affirmative buzz, and shot forward, letting out another screech. This one knocked Eltanin to the ground.

"That's it," the Dragonite growled. He gathered a Dragon Pulse in front of him and fired it off. The energy narrowly missed the charging Delaware and hit Arizona, knocking the Yanmega down for a few moments.

Unfortunately, this left him vulnerable to another Meteor Mash. It was clear that he, focused on finding Lycis, would be open to the attacks of the two pokemon whose intent was to kill intruders.
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Washington watched the confrontation unfold with mild interest. He remembered seeing this Elemental at the Church, and her presence here while others were out there indicated that she was likely the Elemental ringleader.

"And as for your comrades... CT, do it."

The Starmie sent out a telekinetic wave at an Alarm switch behind Goodwin. When the switch was activated, another loud set of alarms went off. Each of these alarms were punctuated by a mechanical voice over the loudspeakers:

"Alert: Elemental Break-in. All agents seek out intruders. This is an Alpha-level alarm. This is an Alpha-level alarm."

"Now then, Gary, as I said, you have a choice to make."
 
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"Alert: Elemental Break-in. All agents seek out intruders. This is an Alpha-level alarm. This is an Alpha-level alarm."
"Oh gods no." Just as Cory rushed around the corner, he noticed the Dragonite from the church fighting Delaware and Arizona. "Draco, help them out."
Draco let out a roar, then flew down the corridor, low to the ground, burning green flames. Let's see him get out of this!

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Hilao stopped suddenly. "Oh. Dear." Across the hallway stood a Blaziken. A Porygon-Z and Rapidash followed. Hilao looked around. He was alone. "Well this is just great, isn't it. Bounce!" The Breloom came out.
"Oh dear."
"Bounce, just keep using Leech Seed, Seed Bomb, whatever, as long as you hold them back!" Hilao quickly ran down the corridor, and down the stairway, but then he realised his mistake. In front of him was an Aggron, behind him was a group of angry Pokémon. Bounce looked at his trainer, then at the Aggron. Hilao nodded.
Bounce's arm lashed out faster then Hilao could see, slammed into the Aggron and caused him to topple over, before returning to its origional size.
"Let's go!" Hilao continued running.
 
As the trainer in front of him stopped Blake did the same and edged to the wall, from his point of view he could see Eltanin up against three pokemon, he let out a sigh and pulled two pokeballs from his belt, he threw them forward and Arctica and Volt popped out. "Its not nice to gang up on people," Arctica breathed freezing air at the oncoming dragon. Blake took a breath and dropped through the floor into a lower hallway. It was then he noticed the alarm.
 
((Don't kill me off. I kinda, flew away... But I'll pretemd I'm here with you all))

Wallace threw out a ball and it burst open. "Reaper, assist us by using your Hypnosis." The shiny Gengar turned, and saw a Government officer running towards them with a gun. He focused on the offender's eyes, and soon he was asleep. "Nitemare, then Dream Eater!" the Gengar glowed red, and the official screamed in his sleep. Next the Gengar glowed Blue and began to sap the member's health.
 
Eltanin readied a dragon pulse against the third attacker, but a blast of ice struck it before he had the chance. Silently thanking Blake, the Dragonite instead directed his Dragon Pulse at the Clefable. She was sent flying back, but this yet again left Eltanin vulnerable to an Air Slash from the Yanmega.

I can't keep up at this rate, he realized, Even without that third attacker, these two are just going to pound the tar out of me until i drop dead. I need to think. I need a way to buy some time...

"Why do you attack me when you know that the Weavile is still on the loose? For all you know, she could go try to assassinate your trainer while you're stuck playing sentry duty."

The Yanmega paused, and then sent another blast of air at Eltanin. "Do you think us fools, Dragonite?" it demanded, "if that Weavile intends to go after Master Goodwin, she'll end up in far more trouble than you could realize. She'd likely die, to be honest."

Eltanin did not expect this, and abruptly flew away again. He didn't even make it two feet before the Yanmega's Bug Buzz split the air, sending him into the ground again.

"Blake," he said quietly, "I could use some extra hands right about now."
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Lycis tore through the Government Headquarters like some dark wind. She never stopped to check if she'd accidentally hit someone throughout her run; she only ever stopped if she thought she had missed a possible spot where Andrew could be.

She had been running for some time when despair began to seep in. This Government building was some sort of Maze, and she had no real idea about where she was, or where anybody else was. She was lost, and the longer she remained lost, the more likely the chance that Andrew could die while she was gone.

"Where are you?" she said, slowly, "Where are you?!"
 
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After her first attack Arctica focused on the hallway and managed to stir up a blizzard flowing through it. Meanwhile Volt charged up a thunder which he loosed towards the Yanmega buzzing around overhead.

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Blake continued to run down the hallway he was on, dodging into a side passage, stepping through a wall or changing floors whenever he had to. Eventually he came to a large metal door marked with a 'KEEP OUT' sign, he took a breath and stepped through ((Through, not opening it)).

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Zack turned a corner and found himself face to face with a young trainer and a Breloom, he pulled a pokeball from his belt and released his Glalie. "Frost, Ice Beam. Stop them in their tracks." The Pokemon charged up a ball of energy and unleashed it on the trainer and his pokemon.
 
Hilao stopped as he almost ran into a government agent and his Glalie. "Bounce, get him!" Bouce jumped over the Ice Beam and threw his fist forwards.

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Draco was almost at his target when a blast of ice hit him and slammed him into a wall. He looked across at Arctica, roared, and let loose a savage Flamethrower attack.

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Cory, meanwhile, backtracked to the staircase. He couldn't stop them here, but if he could block one of the four staircases, maybe the others would catch them faster. He hurried to the steps. He immediately noticed several scorch marks on the wall, and Apocalypse laying on the floor, KO'd. "Rest well, Apocalypse. At least now we know they are definatly here as well. Better get to the lab."
He headed down the staircase to the lowest level, then stepped out into the corridor. Nothing here, for now at least.
"If I was holding an elemental, where would I keep them? The prison cells, obviously!" He dashed down the hallway, Rairai behind him. It was only then he became aware that with Torchie, Halo and Hax scouting, Apocalypse out cold and Draco fighting the intruders, he was almost defenseless. He turned to the orange rat behind him.
"When we get back to my office, I'm teaching you Hyper Beam."
 
Opening her eyes, Lucille saw nothing but darkness. Her body was cramped in the enclosed area, and she struggled to shift herself. "What happened? And more importantly, where is everyone?" she wondered aloud. She was interrupted by a blaring alarm and loud noises nearby. Reaching her hands out to feel for a way to escape, she felt the coldness of what seemed to be a door knob. She swiftly opened it and then took out Illiamna. The Vaporeon was annoyed with the loud sounds, as she was growling and had her ears flat against her head.

Lucille heard voices nearby and, thinking it could be one of the Elementals, she ran down the hall she was in and around the corner. She didn't expect, however, that she'd be face to face with a woman from the Government. "Oh no..."
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As she followed, Hailey stopped as she saw Franklin waited near the front door of the Government building. Even where she was currently standing, she could hear a faint noise coming from inside. "Something isn't right," she whispered, frowning. "I can't risk Franklin suspecting I was following him, but I also can't stand around and do nothing if something is wrong." On an impulse, she ran past Franklin and went inside. Going down a few flights of stairs, the sound of the alarm was more apparent.

Now Hailey was on edge, and thought it would be a good idea to take out one of her Pokemon, just in case. Her first choice was Fira, and after she let the her out of the ball, the hound stretched in delight. "Come on Fira, let's figure out what's going on," Hailey started. Fira looked at her trainer and smiled, showing off her sharp teeth. Although, as the two were about to turn the corner, a girl almost ran into them. "Hey!" Hailey snapped, "Watch.... out." She paused as she saw water was being formed and dripped from the girl's hands.

Hailey looked at the girl and a half smile appeared on her lips, "Gotcha."
 
Delaware loosed a protect to shield herself from the blizzard, while Arizona shot upwards to avoid the attack... and found himself struck by the thunder. The Yanmega dropped again.

That's the chance I've been waiting for, Eltanin thought, blasting a Dragon Pulse at the Yanmega. It struck home, knocking back Arizona further.

"Well would you look at that," Eltanin said, "If one of them's blocking with Protect, they can't attack until the shield fades."

He flew up, gathering dragonic energy, "That means I have a window of opportunity to end this."
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Goodwin took out his own gun, and pointed it at Andrew.

"I understand that this is a bit of a difficult decision, so I'll give you another option: I shoot this boy instead."

Iowa looked taken aback by this sudden move, and Goodwin said, "The effects of the serum will wear off soon. After that, he will have no more use to me."

He turned to Gary. "So who will be the one to die? Take your pick."
 
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Draco snarled as the Blizzard hit. If he hated anything more then Electricity, it was Ice. He charged up a bolt of electicity between his feelers and shot the Thunderbolt in the direction of the Dragonite. He can't fight in three directions at once!

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Hilao didn't wait to see the results, and set off running again. He ran down the stairs three at a time before arriving on the floor where the lab was. Bounce promptly landed beside him, apparently having jumped from the landing from the floor they were previously on. "Verdiant, come on out." The fox Pokémon appeared and sniffed around.
"Don't ask were we are, I'll explain later. Come on." Hilao snuck down the corridor and peered round the corner. A government agent was standing in a doorway, pointing a gun. He heard voices from inside the room, but he wasn't sure what they were saying.
"We need to get a better look, but if we move he might see us..."
 
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