Fortem shook off the sharp rain the best he could, before
desperately trying to block the front runners of the cult with a
giant stone edge wall, which partially worked; slowing down their
progress.
Audax thoughtfully used protect around himself and a few others,
making the strange rain bounce off. He prepared more dark magic
attacks. He noticed that the dark attacks of the cult were
different than the ones that Thea was teaching him, as if it were a
different element alltogether.
Feeling the rain, Clamor realized that maybe he'd bitten off more
than he could chew... but no, he wasn't gonna give up that easily!
Quick as lightling, he used takedown combines with bite to tear
through the ranks of cloaked pokemon.
Mordred spotted Emerald and sprinted towards him. “Emerald! You’re
not injured, are you?” She had a feeling he wasn’t, but she wanted
to check. Her face was rounded with terror. Her fur was spiked
along her neck.
In another attempt, Thea used a spell again. This one was slightly
weaker, but still strong. Verrine. Darkness swirled the area before
erupted in a dark tornado.
While they were forced to retreat, it could be noted that one of
them now had a crystal
Ah... that wasn't good. Fortem and Clamor had the same idea, and
shot a rock throw and thunder wave at the pokemon clutching the
gem, but to no avail. Both attacks missed and the pokemon got away.
Clamor decided he should probably head off before things got
awkward. There, he'd helped. Audax blocked one final attack with
protect, then moved closer to Thea in case she had anything
important to say.
Margo opened her eyes and snapped out of her daze. The mana in the
air had made her pass out, and she was on the ground. She felt
weird, and she heard something in the park. She shook off the dust
as she got up, and grabbed Leo. She bounded up onto a roof, and
surveyed the area. She saw Fortem there with that umbreon from
before. Wait a moment, she thought. I recognize that
absol! She's the one I helped in that first fight a while back!
A running Pokémon (she could see what typ) was fleeing the scene,
and it had a crystal in its paws. She growled, and suspected that
it wasn't supposed to have that crystal. She closed her eyes and. .
.Drew power from the mana in the air. That was the only explanation
to what she did. She created a Shadow Ball that was almost twice as
big as herself. She jumped high up into the air, and Quick Attacked
as fast as she could into the ball of darkness, and sent it flying
at top speed towards the running Pokémon. The thing was so big that
she was almost sure it would miss after she hit it. She realized
her huge mistake as the missive attack drew the attention of the
congregating Pokémon below. Damn
The attack simply dissipated...as though it never had happened.
Emerald woke up after a bit...Mordred hadn’t given an answer after
all this time...He looked around and saw Clamor...he began to walk
to him
Thea had a scowl on her face. “That’s another crystal gone...we
need to reinstate the crystals at the park no matter the cost...
More over...the chaos in Luminia...this is...”
Oh, it was Emerald! Clamor grinned and padded up to him friendly.
He ached a bit from battle, but didn't really mind. He was used to
it by now.
Fortem sighed. This wasn't good... "We should protect the park
better. From everyone." He suggested. Introducing a powerful weapon
up for grabs would only make things a lot more dangerous. "And we
shouldn't tell anyone either..." Fortem thought of Clamor,
stressed. He'd seen the pokemon at the battle, and knew he was a
republican... if he told the other republicans about the gems in
the park, they'd be in trouble. He really hoped the luxio wouldn't
say anything, since he did seem to care for luminia too, in his own
way.
Xatina jumped as she felt something land on her. Now this was most
definitely unexpected, especially when she turned her head to see
that it was a Joltik. Even with all that was going on, she stopped
and asked, "Er-can I help you?" Xatina asked.
Margo laughed quietly at Leo. She sprang from the roof to thump
beside the absol. The shiny umbreon smiled as her eye turned gold,
and whispered "Sorry about Leo. He likes to do unexpected things
sometimes. But he is very helpful." She pointed to her neck. "He
did this when I was bleeding by his tree, and it wont come off
unless I want it to." Margo shrugged. "Oh yeah," She whispered, a
little sheepish. "You're welcome for that moonlight..." She trailed
off as her eye turned pink and she looked down at her paws.
Xatina smiled akwardly. Now wasn't really the time for this, but
the little Joltik looked so hopefull she hated to turn him down.
"Err-alright, I supose." When the shiny umbreon apeared next to
her, she jumped. "Oh, that was you? Thank you for that." She wasn't
sure what else to say. "Is that all you wanted to tell me? I'm..not
really one for conversations." Especially with all that was going
on.
Margo just faded in and out of view. "I-I didn't know what else to
say." At one point it looked like Leo was just floating. Finally
Margo burst out with it. "My name is Margo and I want to be your
friend!" she ended in a whisper squeak and disappeared completely,
the mana strengthening her disguise. Leo just sat there on nothing
at all, his fur sparking.
Emerald had sent a letter to Winter using his wind magic. He then
looked up and walked over to him. “Oh! Ah...” he faltered upon
seeing his wounds. “Let’s get you treated.” He ushered him into the
bubble emporium.
“We can’t let them get away with this...especially with a crystal
like that.” Thea scowled. “But even now...we’re no closer as to who
the culprit could be...”
Thea surely knew about the cult by now, but no one had any idea as
to who in the cult would have it. Actually, none of the pokemon
here knew much about the mysterious cult at all. Fortem, who had
met them a while back, still didn't know about their motives, or
where their hideout was now, or anything really.
Xatina stiffened. "Friend?" She'd never had or wanted a friend
before. All she'd cared about is doing her job. "Aren't you a
nuteral though? I could lose my postition if I was found spending
time with a Nuteralist-"