The Legendary Beast Pack

[Mai]

Smile uncertainly floated into the pit, looking down at the rough, weirdly black ground, waiting for Flyte to go somewhere so she could follow. She didn't want to be here at all, but if Flyte fainted again... he would need some help. i hope we can get out of here soon...

She turned back and gestured at him. She was a bit ahead, and the togetic didn't want to be alone in this place. Not that she was, really, but all the others she saw in her group were so serious except Paza. She didn't really know Paza yet, so she couldn't really count him as a friend, but she knew she would like him. He seemed nice!

She gazed forward, actually looking into the pit for the first time. Fire. Blood, all the red... the ground, charred, humans, lying around... the... corpses. Frollo. Chopping through bodies, the fire created by the aracnine was so hot, burning off her sparkles...

It suddenly stung. Her heart? Her brain? The images... would they go away? She flew almost into a fire, taking off the rest of her joy dust. She didn't feel so joyful now.

How? Why? The innocents... one wasn't even doing anything. She had to help... to heal. Her side? Their side? The wounded. Injured... no dying...

She had to stop flying. It was taking away her joy dust, but did that matter? She kept on flying, zooming towards an innocent, small eevee that had been hurt somehow. By who? She didn't know. But he was bleeding... it looked horrible.

She used wish.

It didn't work.

She had to find someone to heal, to help. She flew over to the quilava and the other eevee, quickly using wish on them. It was tiring, using wish three times in a row. She ignored it.

"Kay! Quilava and... you other eevee, I don't know your names! Smile, mine! I used wish on you, so if you get hurt, you'll be fine!" She blurted quickly.

She had no idea what to do know. Would Flyte come soon? She needed a leader...

 

[Cloudsong]

Flyte saw Smile fly ahead and ran afterwards, into the pit. He saw blood everywhere and had to leap over a body cut in half by Frollo's swords.

"Whoa!" He ducked as a Wigglytuff loosed a flamethrower towards him, the hot flames singing the fur on his back. He saw Smile flit around, looking slightly desperate, using wish on different pokemon. He quick attacked over next to Smile and smiled at her.

"Here, calm down and stick with me. I don't think we wanna be separated in here...it's so....blood-thirsty." Flyte looked down sadly, all of the pain from all of the pokemon hitting him in waves. He shook his head and half closed his eyes, drawing on that healing power and energies. The power flowed from him to his allies, Smile, the Arcanine, Frollo, the Quilava, Allum, the Absol, all of them. It was tiring, very very tiring, but it was better to end this as quickly as possible and rescue the trapped pokemon and get out of here.

Flyte's legs began to tremble from all of the energy he was losing, and his vision flickered faintly. He let out a soft whimper.

 

[Metalos]

The Raichu who had first discovered his rotting body lying in the trash heap replying to his question with grave news, Mandalus forced himself to return the electric rodent's polite smile, despite the foreboding news that the group was considering investigating the frenzied chaos taking place over by the Viridian Gym.

At least now he had a game to go by, the Raichu introducing himself shortly afterwards as Dominic. Likewise assuring him that he did not need to accompany their group if he did not want to. Concerns that the Banette quickly dismissed with a solemn shake of his patchwork head.

"Thank you for the most generous welcome Dominic, and I would accept nothing less than to be your companion. One good turn should deserve another."

Knowing that he would be of no use to his new companions with crushed legs, Mandalus lowered himself to the ground and reached over to an old mattress, plucking out handfulls of old cotton out through a rip in the corner and stuffing it into his mouth. Reaching his arms down his neck and plumping up his flattened appendages with the fresh material.

"I will accompany you," he said with a muffled voice, his arm still reaching down his throat, "be it to the depraved underground labyrinth of pits, or through the fires of hell themselves. Although I personally find the latter to be the lesser of the two evils. Until I am satisfied that I have repaid your kindness - I shall endeavour to be of assistance to you."

Standing up, his lower body now mostly functional, he let his elongated arms slump beside him and shuffled forwards so that he was standing close enough to the group to talk more freely. Watching the Lucario who'd performed the physical act of freeing him tending to his daughter with a melancholy smile.

 

[Sylph]

Halan smiled as he watched the pokemon 'mend' himself, watching the aura of the being as his physical sight continued to watch his daughter. After he was sure she was alright, he turned his head and looked down at the new member and studied him silently. He then kneels down on one knee and reaches out his free paw to him. "I am Halan, and if you like, I think you vould be light enough to carry along vith my daughter and dear Pali here. I do hope you vill find some peace of mind vith us as ve travel to the next place." He whispered to him in a calm voice. He glanced over to the city, a slight change to the expression in his eyes barely detectable. "Ve vill be skipping this place and head for Pewter city I beleive" he added.

He looked back to the animated toy, a slight smile on his face. "And vhat vould yous name be...unless you'd prefer to be known as 'Toy'" he finished with a soft chuckle.

 

[Mai]

Flyte had quick attacked over, getting singed by a wigglytuff on the way. Smile tried to ignore the gory images and focused on her friend. He was talking.

"Here, calm down and stick with me. I don't think we wanna be separated in here...it's so....blood-thirsty." He said.

"Yeah..."She murmured distresssfully, she didn't want to leave Flyte. But how could she help?

Flytte helped. He glowed, healing the others, and collapsed again. The togetic tried her best to be calm, he wasn't going t-to die, just tired.

"Okay, Flyte. Using wish now. You're going to be fine..." Smile trailed, trying to be calming. She ending sounding like panicked, even though she put her best effort into being steady. He was going to do this all the time, but she couldn't help associating him to that one eevee.

She quickly used wish, and wondered if it even works in such a horrid place. The embers seemed to be burning all over her...

 

[Exo-Raikou]

Frollo felt the enhancement from the Eevee flowing into his blades. The Houndoom figured this out too, and charged at Frollo with the blades still in its flank. Caught by surprise, Frollo was sent flying back, and his swords came with him, which meant they tore another slash into the Houndoom.

Before he could get up, he was engulfed by the Houndoom's flamethrower. he managed to jump backwards before a second one came his way. He made another charge with his swords at the ready, but the Houndoom anticipated this and rolled out of the way.

"Okay, time for a new strategy."

Frollo charged again, and swung one of his swords at the Houndoom, and shaped the other into a hammer. Attention completely caught by the incoming sword, the Houndoom failed to see the hammer coming at him from the other side.

The hammer caught the Houndoom's flank and slammed the dog into the ground. Frollo shaped his hammer and blade into axes and calmly strode over to the Houndoom.

"You are hereby judged to be unworthy," he said, and brought both axes into the Houndoom's flank.

Having killed the Houndoom, Frollo finally saw the Quilava being attacked by a Persian. But only for a moment, for Frollo turned away from the battle and continued deeper into the pits.

 

[wolftamer9]

It wasn't an easy fight. The other pokemon posed at least a mild challenge, but Lurkky wasn't sure what to do with himself. His "Luck" had run completely dry years ago, and fights took much more effort now, something he wasn't used to. That, and the big scene he had made earlier made him unsure what state to leave his enemies in.
Should he just immobilize them to the minimal amount possible? Or should he slash his way through the bodies like the others were doing? On the one hand, they could come back and hurt someone. On the other hand, they were practically innocent without their trainers to control them.

This indecisiveness didn't help at all. While he was trying do pick a side, he was getting beaten up terribly. Finally he decided to just remove all threats. He scanned the vicinity. Then he drew in a breath, and the glands on his neck started to expand. A Tauros randomly slammed into him and he coughed out a massive black cloud that paralyzed all the victims in sight.

This attack was his signature move, and it had always helped him through fights. A group of pokemon lay on the ground, unable to move. Lurkky could've sworn he could smell some terrible odor. Yes, his canine nose never failed him. He turned to the violent looking Tauros who had slammed into him. The smell was clear. He realized in horror that the Tauros, though still alive, was rotting.

 

[Coloursfall]

Edward tilted his head at Sheila's idea, then smiled. That did sound like a good plan...Just had to force their way through the forest and into Pewter...and from there overtake the Puppet and his gang of brainwashed slaves. Yes, he did like that idea, he liked it quite a lot.

"Alright, let's go! We crash the party in Pewter, then we can either pull through Mt Moon and head for Cerulean, or take a shortcut through Diglett's Cave, whichever," Edward announced, loud enough for the rest of his group to hear well.

And with that he tore towards the forest, the speed of his species quite an asset to him here. It wasn't long before he was slinking among the cool shade of the trees and the dense underbrush teeming with insects. He brushed past a nest of Caterpie, sending the small bug types cowering, and didn't stop until he found the giant tree directly before the entrance of the gate humans used to enter the forest.

He sat under the tree and waited for everyone else to catch up, licking his paws.

 

[Zora of Termina]

Seeing Ed speed off, Sheila almost automatically ran after him, glad he had liked her idea. The faster they got ahead of those hoes, the sooner she might be able to find her siblings, her surrogate father... her only other close friend.

Going by her memory, she found it kinda funny. Another Lucario with a funny accent... it was probably coincidence, but Sheila couldn't help but wonder...

"Get your head outta the clouds! You're about to crash!"

She didn't think much of the voice this time, but it snapped her back into reality, and she skidded to a halt just before she hit the tree Ed was sitting next to.

 

[Metalos]

Mandalus' smile widened as the Lucario crouched down and extended a paw to him in offering, he reached out his own oversized palm and grasped the one who called himself Halan's paw firmly but gently. In response to the Lucario's offer of transportation, the Banette shook his head respectfully, although he did flash the youngsters on his back a gentle smile. Something about them made him feel at ease, even though he was afraid to touch them, his arms being impaled by countless needles as they were.

"Thank you... Halan. But I do not wish to be a burden to anyone. And I would be mortified if I was to accidentally harm any who have shown me such compassion."

The ghost whispered with solemn conviction. Releasing the Lucario's paw with slight reluctance, their brief moment of physical contact having given the Banette a brief exposure to emotions never encountered within the pits before. He watched him with something resembling awe as he announced that they would be travelling to Pewter City next. News that sent waves of relief down to the core of Mandalus' soul. The Lucario asking his name, having not been around when he had first uttered it to Dominic, he was only too willing to oblige.

"Toy... it is a kinder name than was given to me in the pits. I would accept it happily. Although to answer your question, my name is Mandalus."

Bowing his head briefly to the Lucario in a display of respect, verging on envy, of his incredible kindness, he again reached an arm down his own neck and into his body. Pulling out a small amount of his own stuffing - his life force - shaped via his powers into a small duplicate doll of himself with an expression of loneliness. A Substitute with all the softness he could muster - but no needles.

"Since I fear I cannot be of comfort to your daughter as I am now... would you please accept this gift, as but a minute token of my gratitude? Should she ever be in trouble... this part of me will protect her."

He said with timid kindness, holding out the doll, referring of course to the fact that it contained but a small portion of his life. If anyone was ever to attack Halan's daughter - the substitute would shield her from damage and sacrifice itself to protect her. Assuming that it's creator was not around to do the same thing himself.

 

[see ya]

Pali watched the sad-looking ghost with a slight sense of wonder. He looked to be in really bad shape, and yet he still moved. He seemed to be really happy about being found by them. He even just took part of himself to make a doll for the tiny, sad, blind Riolu. Pali smiled down at him from atop Halan's head.

"You know... you're really nice... even if you look sad... but I'm sure you'll get along with everyone here... I like you, at least... Man-dal-us...? That's your name? Oh... I'm Pali... nice to meet you Manda...mandu...umm... Nice to meet you..." She laughed softly.

She gripped Halan's ears a little tighter, not wanting to be swept away on the breeze.

 

[Sylph]

Halan took the doll into his paw and looked it over, studying it silently before tucking it next to his daughter. He reaches out and pats the Bannet's head, Mandalus he now knows, and smiles down at him before getting back onto his feet. He glances off to watch the retreating forms of Edward and Shelia. He let out a low chuckle under his breath, turning a bit to face the direction of the two.

"It vould take more than your pins to harm me, Mandalus. But I do thank you for the gift to my daughter...it brings some peace to my mind. Now, you and Dom need to start moving. Hoss is our slowest member so ve may need to vait for him...hm. Question...you are a ghost type, are you the type that can float on their own power or are you stuck to valking?"

Halan glanced back down to Mandalus for a few moment, then looks at his daughter, taking the doll and brushing it against her face. "My daughter...you have a new friend to hold." he muttered happily to her, starting to step away from Dom and Mandalus.

 

[Bluberry Bat]

((hnghrml really need to catch up))

Anastasia had been quiet and still since the group had started moving - she was conditioned as such her short life of being carted around at the whims of her captors. Her head was still reeling, so much seemed to happen, she still wondered how it could be so. The concept of a father was one within her which was merely instinctual, and as he whispered comforting words in her familiar language, her mind wandered to places it had not been before.

She was soon snapped out of such things, however, as even with slowly conditioning to the waves of emotion all around her, an especially strong sense washed across her - like the weight of many burdened upon a single being. The small Riolu shivered and whimpered softly, clutching the comforting fluff of her companion closely. The group had stopped, and Anny tried her best to focus on the calm demeanour Pali and her father maintained.

Although tormented emotion bombarded her, there we many layers to it - it wasn't like the others, but rather wispy and unstable, like waning memories - but her fear slowly subsided, such awful feelings fading behind overwhelming gratefulness and compassion.
It addressed her, snapping her back to a more physical realm - she wasn't immediately sure how to respond, when a soft plush was tucked under her arm. It was odd, though - it felt almost alive. Reluctantly, she slowly reached her single paw down from Pali's comforting fluff to grasp it. A warm feeling welled up within her, another concept she was not accustomed to.

"For..... Me?" She asked, carefully, voice cracking ever so slightly underneath her thick accent. "Y- you vould.. give this.. to me?" She held the small doll closely to her chest, feeling tears form in her eyes - not of pain, for the first time she knew, but of happiness. "...S- sp- ... Spaseebah... T- .. Thank.. You..."

 

[Metalos]

As the substitute was taken from his outstretched arms, Mandalus felt a fresh wave of weariness wash over him. Years slowly decomposing under the crushing weight of his former prison, and now freely offering some of his own life energy, and his strength was starting to weaken. His ragged body creasing like fabric as his life force started to decline, a visible sign that his soul was having trouble animating the body it had been bound to, becoming less like a living creature and more like a lifeless toy the weaker he became.

Watching the little girl hug the substitute tightly made him feel a pang of longing. Wishing dearly that he could switch places with the part of himself now cradled in her arms and be of comfort to her instead. To do so was not what his body had been designed for, however. So for now his only solace would be to watch their joy from a distance, and take heart in the fact that one part of him would now always be around to shield them from suffering.

"You are very welcome. Your praise means more to me than you can imagine..."

Shuddering, Mandalus wished that he could Rest, if only his Insomnia did not prevent him from doing so. He needed to recover his lost energy, if not by consuming something, then by taking it from another being. Something he would not even consider as an option in the company of his newfound pack. Content to bear the hunger and save the group the trouble of finding him nourishment, he changed the subject preying on his mind to the matter of Halan's question.

"I can only walk I am afraid. But fear not. If this Hoss you speak of is as slow as I, then we shall have no further trouble keeping up with you."

Weakly lifting one of his heavy arms up into the air, the stiffness and slowness of his movements betraying his frail speed, there was a glimmer of light from the palm of his outstretched hand, and his whole body seemed to shimmer. A bubble of distorted space appearing localized around his body. Blinking once, his next movement was so fast that it was a blur. The Trick Room reversing the natural order of the world around him, converting his shambling movements that couldn't outpace a Caterpie into blinding speed that would rival even that of a Ninjask. His weakness becoming strength as the bubble moved along with his body, not wishing to catch Dominic or Halan inside, which would have a negative effect on their naturally impressive speed.

"Please go on ahead. I will see if I can assist your ally, and then we will catch up to you. Our separation will be brief."

 

[Stormecho]

Basaina barely saw her enemies - it wasn't arrogance, but simply the speed of her passage. There were too many scents to consider, all cloaked in fire and blood and burning flesh. Pokemon blended together - they were all simply enemies, victims of her fire. She only noticed them long enough to find weakpoints and bury her fangs in their necks, or simply sear them with flame until they were a blackened heap of bones and fur, useless and dead. The sudden smell of rotting meat made her turn, and she spotted a group of Pokemon, unable to move. One of them... seemed to be dying, but it still twitched. The crazy Mightyena was nearby. She growled at him.

"If you don't want to kill them for good, don't leave them lying around so they'll heal and try to attack us when our back is turned," she told him, calling forth more fire, which she set loose upon the victims without any mercy. She didn't pay attention to any screams of pain if they were still able to wail - they didn't matter.

With that, she found Frollo wading deeper into the pits, and she loped over to join him, whirling around suddenly to strike at an Ursaring. This took a little more time, as the bear Pokemon had the advantage of height and weight, but she gathered fire around her in a Flame Wheel, and charged. It reeled back, the blistering heat from the flames hurting it and making it drop its guard just enough for her to clamp jaws around its leg. Crippled, it staggered, and she flung herself at it, heedless of the long claws it struck out with when she got close. She could tend to her wounds later, once the battle was done. They weren't too deep, and on top of her renewed energy, she felt like she could fight fifty more without flinching. Howling her triumph as she took a step back from her dead opponent, she called up even more fire, holding it ready as she followed the Alakazam.

 

[Exo-Raikou]

Having shaped the axes back into swords, Frollo again cut a swathe through the fleeing humans, and was soon joined by Basaina. The Alakazam looked pleased to see that she wasn't holding any sort of attack back against the enemy.

"I doubt that there can be too many more enemies in wait," Frollo said, impaling a Leafeon that made the mistake of trying to pounce onto him, "if we continue at our current pace, we might be able to liberate all those imprisoned within oh... ten, fifteen minutes tops. Possibly twenty. After that..." he dropped his voice, "we will abandon the Mightyena and Togetic."

His charge was suddenly cut off by a Slaking that had jumped in front of him. Glaring down at Frollo, the best tried to smash a fist down onto Frollo, but he leaped out of the way moments before it could connect.

Now then, I'll deal a few damaging blows while it loafs around, Frollo thought, and then dodge when it starts to attack again.

With that plan in mind, he made a charge at the Slaking, swords drawn-

And barely twisted out of the way of a fist that came own right at him.

"Typical, really," he muttered, "I suppose you were another one of their experiments, then? A Slaking that could move as freely as it wanted? How very... disgusting."

It growled, and then made another fist slam at Frollo, again missing by inches.

Fast, and can make constant attacks. Executing this one will be... a challenge.

I would like to find whoever did this to the Slaking, and congratulate them for conjuring up such a challenge. And then kill them, of course.

 

[Anomaly 54]

Paza stopped mid-lunge when he saw the Alakazam unable to get a hit off against a suprisingly agile and energetic Slaking. He turned and ran for the beast, jumping once he'd cleared half the distance. He focused his energy into the coin on his head, and a stream of gold disks flew out and hit the Slaking. Woah! He didn't seem fazed? I guess I'll have to try something better then! He ran forward again ducking under a fist aimed at Frollo. He grabbed onto the Slakoth's neck and extended his claws, before aiming a slashing frenzy at the Slakoth's face.

 

[wolftamer9]

Lurkky was watching the scene with nothing but horror. Everyone was killing; there was blood and fire and steel all jumbled together in a mess of murder. And to top it off, his own plan was failing because of the unnecessary damage his last attack had done. The Alakazam, the Arcanine, and a Meowth appeared to have grouped together to fight a Slaking, and others seemed immersed in their own fights as well.

I can't do this, he thought, but he knew he had to if he wanted things to go right. That was the deal.

A Pelipper came out of nowhere and dived at him. He attempted to dodge, the result being him tumbling off to the side. It occurred to him that overthinking it was what was getting him hurt right now, and he charged for the Pelipper, jumped in the air, and clawed it down. He landed quite ungracefully but picked himself the best he could and approached the bird. Its wing was badly damaged; there was no way it was any threat now. He would have to do this, he would have to immobilize his attackers the hard way.

A human chucked a pokeball at him hoping he'd be imprisoned. Lurkky caught sight of this and dodged it just barely. Others were coming for him fast, so he lunged forward and made a dash to help the others, a much safer bet. He sprang into the air in the direction of the Slaking, but missed and hit the ground hard, tumbling to a stop.

 

[Sylph]

Halan chuckled as he watched the now trick room empowered Bannet run ahead of him, shaking his head a bit and petting his daughter's hair. He reaches up and pat Pali, finding the calm girl comforting in these times. He mutters for Pali to hold on before He turned on his heel and started to run along the trail of the others, holding onto his daughter a bit tighter to not lose her. Risking glances to his daughter, he smiled as she snuggled the soft plush avatar, a warm feeling fluttering in his chest.

"Moĭ sladkiĭ zvezdy..." he whispers to her, looking back at the path before him and weaving through the grass around the raised ledge. He looks around disheartened at the lack of pokemon that used to appear in grass, cursing the pits in his mind for the damage they have caused. Shaking his head, he moves to the side of the large building serving as a entrance to the large forest beyond to the human masses. Stalking through the brush, he follows the scent of ashes and heat mixed with the smell of a cat in need of a bath.

"So easy to track...he needs to be dipped in a bath" He chuckled, turning the last corner and spots the others under the tree. He made his way over to them, sitting down to rest against the tree.

"Hello Cat, Shelia. Miss me?" He smirked, petting his daughter's hair. He reaches up and picks up Pali, placing her on his lap with a soft pat on her head. "Sorry if you almost fell off. You are very light, Pali"

 

[Cloudsong]

Flyte sighed as the Wish power soothed and restored his energy and he ran further into the pit. Smoke stung his eyes and made everything murky and hard to see. It looked like a whole wall was on fire. He saw pokemon everywhere fighting. Suddenly a Typhlosian was towering right in front of him, roaring defiantly at the sky, flames shooting from it's back.

Flyte skidded to a stop and the Typhlosian looked down at him with blood-red eyes, mouth twisted in a snarl, it's fangs wet with blood from other pokemon. It leaped towards Flyte, arm engulfed in flames, and Flyte quick attack'd a little ways away just as the Typhlosian Fire Punch'd the ground right where Flyte had been seconds earlier.

Flyte's breath came quick as he nervously looked around for help, but everyone was busy fighting other pokemon. He was all alone but he couldn't take on a Typhlosian! Well...maybe he could run? The Typhlosian, almost as if reading his thoughts, began approaching Flyte and he backed up nervously.

Suddenly he found himself backed into a corner and he groaned as he realized what had happened. The Typhlosian had backed him into a corner - escape was impossible now! The Typhlosian cackled, demonic eyes glowing in the fire light, and powered up fire in its mouth. Fire swirled and gathered in its gaping maw as it charged up a flamethrower.

Just as it released the deadly flames in a stream of scarlet death towards Flyte, he used baton pass, warping time and space to suddenly switch places with the Typhlosian. It roared in pain as its own attack slammed into it, scorching its skin. It whirled around and dashed forward, grabbing Flyte by the scruff of his neck and hurling him into the wall.

"Agh!" Flyte yelled as he crashed into the hard bricks, pain radiating up his shoulder. He tried to stand and winced; he couldn't put pressure on his left forepaw. The Typhlosian grinned as it came in for the kill, claws glowing red for another fire punch.