-Larry, Frank, and Jackie are having fun.-

Frank:<Pull!>

-Larry smashes his tail into a server. As it flies through the air, Frank and Jackie blast it with Fire Blasts and Dark Pulses, respectively. As it lands it's no more than a sizzling pile of junk.-

Jackie: <What is that, 10 for 10?>

Frank: <Something like that. I'm gettin' kinda bored though. Wanna go beat up some dudes?>

Jackie and Larry, simultaneously: <I thought you'd never ask.>

Phoenix: EAT IT YOU FUCKING PSYCHIC BASTARDS

Jitters: <gottafightsomeguysohboytimeforaMEGAHORN>

Harvey: <It seems as if pure chaos is a useful strategy, boss.>

Finnegan: <Harvey, bogey on your 6'.>

Phoenix: I GOT IT

-Phoenix blasts the soldier in the chest with an "Emboar's Fury" rocket.-

Templar Base

Ever deeper, ever more powerful... how would it end? 9-Volt was starting to get a little fatigued, so Rei had taken the wheel, Fake Out - Dark Pulse combos surprisingly efficient.

Colt eventually approached a door marked to descend into where the Templars and their team were being groomed. Bypassing the door by sheathing himself into the shadows, he entered.

There was a particularly dedicated couple of Templars protecting the area, who were easily incapacitated with a Dark Pulse. He entered, looking at both the poor humans and Pokemon falling victim to this. 9-Volt materialized and drained the power keeping them all locked up as Colt busted the door and let them roam out.

They were apparently considering final evolutions as well, because a Fennekin, a Natu and a Slowpoke stopped in front of him.

Well, maybe the Slowpoke stopped. Maybe it was just the fact that he was kinda obstructing the doorway. He lifted his foot and soon the Slowpoke passed, but Fennekin and Natu did not pass.

Colt bit his tongue and contemplated. He only had one spare 'ball...

"Do you two want to join up with me?" He asked, the both of them nodding. Fennekin stood by his feet and Natu perched on his shoulder. "Too afraid to speak?" He asked, being met with a we're not allowed to in his head he was damn sure he did not think himself.

"I'm not going to hurt you. Well, probably. I know training is painful, but you can say no," he decided.

They still chose not to say anything as Colt exited the room, Fennekin meeting a grunt with an Ember that was followed with an Assurance from her new trainer.

<That felt so good!> She cheered.

"I'm glad you're happier," Colt agreed. "C'mon. Let's get out of here."

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

-Bewoulf manages to grab the Alakazam and paralyze them with a Thunder Punch.-

Beowulf: <Scoundrel!>

-He pulls back a fist glowing with electricity...-

-Meanwhile, Shaun gets nicked by the Templar's blade but sees an opening.-

Shaun: "Your shoe's untied!"

Templar: "What?"

-He looks down at...his lace-less boots only to get a weigted coattail tossed into him, stunning him.-

Shaun: "Ha!"

-He pulls back his own hand, crackling with (nonlethal) electricity.-

-And both fists slam in, knocking the recipient of each punch unconcious.-

Beowulf: <Good prevails.>

-His body suddenly glows.-

Beowulf: <Shaun?>

-Beowulf emerges from the glow, rather changed. While his height and weight remain unchanged - he's still the same size as Shaun - his whole body has changed. His "hair" has become jet black. His waist has thinned, becoming less cummerbund-like. He appears to be "wearing" a gray trenchoat which, upon closer inspection, is made out of similar material to a Mega Gallade's capr. The blades on his arms have thinned and stick out of holes on the "coat".

Beowulf has achieved the Battle Bond!

Shaun: "Woah..."

-He and Beowulf can feel each other's bodies and thoughts.-

Shaun: "This is weird..."

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

Brie: Well, uh...that's worrying. Did you hit your heads?

-she wanders over to the helicopter-

Brie: Uh, it looks like you work for some company? I've never heard of it, though. Have you got ID?

-the Memitos have moved on from the room and are now in the hallway-

Ever: See, this is what I'm talking about. One Templar is a challenge, but dozens are cannon fodder.

PEFE!Every: That doesn't make any sense. Are you sure you're not still suffering lingering effects from the Psybeam?

Ever: You're a scientist, aren't you? Empiricize.

PEFE!Every: Utterly not a word.

-nonetheless, Ever does seem to be right. In the corridor, Sharptooth is swinging his claws around with abandon, Breeze countering psychic attacks and Jab finishing off anyone who stumbles-

Ever: Hey, should you really be bleeding that much?

PEFE!Every: This is a tense situation.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Team Iron Auxiliary Base

-Aulstyne grunts as she shoves back against the giant of a man who had the gall to walk up to her security station alone.-

-Of course, he had then tossed both of the Iron Grenadiers she had brought with her through the wall, so that was a point in his favor.-

-The man's head twitches to the side. His perpetual frown seems to deepen for a moment before he looks to his Alakazam, who causes him and his team to disappear in a *blip*. Aulstyne sighs in relief as she falls back, one is definitely scrapped and the other in severe need of maintenance.-

Aulstyne: Scheiße.

-She recalls one, two, three, four of her knocked out Pokemon.-

---

Miss Prokleti: They're called Templars. They're from an organization called the School, a conspiracy that experiments with psychic capabilities by creating children from powerful bloodlines, and liquidating them when the experiments have run their course. Isn't that right?

-She shoots Ratbag a nasty glare.-

Templar Base

-Dune continues to push back against the Conduit, keeping him and his entourage from breaking through to the destruction team in the back.-

Dune: Svarog, Eruption! Big Dom, Shadow Punch!

-The efforts of the distraction squad in general has slowed the approach of enemy reinforcements by a great deal.-

---

Deziree: FEED, MY MINIONS! FEEEEED!

-The entire server farm is now being eaten by hungry Joltik.-

-There's also an unfortunately arachnophobic Templar shivering himself to pieces underneath a pile of (laughing?) electric arachnids.-

---

-Ludmilla slips into the Barracks, and finds...-

-Nothing.-

-There are no Yellow Eyes stationed here.-

-Ludmilla steams, and grits her teeth, but nothing can be done for it.-

-A Templar jumps her from behind a bed, only to get sent into the ceiling by an uppercut blow from Sandnix's Thick Club.-

Sandnix: <BEGOING, BADTHINK!>

---

-The air across the base suddenly grows heavy.-

-Something is coming.-

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-Frank Flame Charges through pokémon after pokémon. This is the most fun he's had in years! So exhilirating! So much so, in fact, that Frank is engulfed in a bright light that dissipates after a bit. Frank, the newly-evolved Pignite, releases a hearty laugh and pats a soldier on the back.-

FRANK EVOLVED INTO PIGNITE!

-He is now part fighting type.-

-The soldier is not amused.-

-Five minutes later, Jackie flees from battle with a newly-fainted Frank on his back. She dumps him in a safe place.-

FRANK FAINTED!

Templar Base

-Neon follows Ludmilla-

---

-Kamina slams a Templar and his Gallade's heads together and tosses them aside-

Kamina: <KAMINA WANT TOUGHER MEAT>

Hyul Castle

Gudrunn: Oooh~ Can I look in one?

Contact Me!

Jester tossed the chest over his shoulder, and the ruby along with it, it'd probably strike someone who wasn't careful.

"Knock yourselves out. I wonder where that Joyous Forest party is gonna go next..."

Seafolk Village - Past

<Pyry: "Tch. And just how are we supposed to do that when there's no ship with the bell to show off, huh?">

Present Day, Eastern Poni Island

-Eltenios, Pyry, and Pekka are marching up and down a beach, in compelled search for the Mistral Marauder-

<Pekka: "Oh for crying out loud, you've found your stupid bell again! Why do we have to look for the ship too?">

<Pyry: "As we mentioned yesterday, we don't know where the Mistral Marauder got off to. It was aground around here, and now there's no trace of it!">

Hard Boiled Detective Since 1985

Iron Aux Base

-Zrone is holding his left arm by the shoulder in his right hand and smacking some unfortunate Templar back and forth across the face with it-

-He shouts out down the hallway- "SHOULD I CALL ONE OF MY BIPEDAL WAR MACHINES OR ARE WE GOOD?"

-Reaper is sitting on top of a Beheeyem. Oh the joys of being a Dark Type-

Iri Manor - Present

Jacob: "... Huh."

Regina: <What?>

Jacob: "Remember how Verax's people made me that Shard scanner thing? Well it just started picking up something. I guess our friend is on the move. Somewhere in Kanto."

Regina: <... Aren't a bunch of our friends in Kanto right now?>

Jacob: "...."

"...."

"Oh no."

Regina: <I can take us there in a few hops but it'll take a few hours...>

Jacob: "I can try sending a text-"

Argentum: <Something is cutting us off. If I am recognizing a pattern, we're actually in a localized time stop.>

Jacob: "... Wait what?"

Argentum: <It appears our friend doesn't want us to leave.>

Jacob: "... Okay, start working on ways to break that. I'm not going to bother questioning why we're still able to move and all."

Argentum: <Magic.>

Godbert: {MUSCLES}

Regina: <Suffering.>

Sylva: <All of the above~!>

???

-The tall thin vaguely humanoid figure stretches out its avian arms and legs, looking down-

⦕Time to get this show started.⦖

"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."

-Sharptooth puts a Templar through a wall-

PEFE!Every: Hey, we're actually pretty good at this.

Ever: (absently) Mmm-hmm. Breeze, Grass Knot that guy, it'll be hilarious.

Breeze: -Grass Knots that guy. It is in fact hilarious, and also extremely painful for that guy and everyone around him-

PEFE!Every: Are you paying attention?

Ever: Not to this.

-he glances to the side-

Ever: You ever get a bad feeling?

PEFE!Every: Literally constantly.

Ever: Fair.

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Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Team Iron Aux Base

Scarlette: Good to finally have a name for these scumbags.

-She shoots a glare at Ratbag-

Scarlette: Shut it before I decide you're better with your teeth kicked in. How dumb do you think we are to not see you're gonna attack us the moment we turn our backs? Or, better yet, you're just a distraction so someone else can kill us.

Gus: <At least Izaya knows what subtlety is, as much as his parka says otherwise.>

-The various ghosts in the Midnight Crew surround the psychic sycophant. The psycophant, as it were.-

Templar Base

-In the middle of Armbeetle's chaos, a Templar comes running up to him-

Templar: ~Y-you there! Bug! Stop— stop what you're doing or I will not hesitate to kill you!~

-Armbeetle immediately turns to face the Templar.-

Armbeetle: {Really? You and what army?}

-Naturally, this simply comes out as incomprehensible bug noises and a series of intimidating poses. The Templar yelps.-

Templar: ~W-whatever you are, we have the advantage! We— we are powerful Psychics, and—~

-Armbeetle clocks the Templar on the head. For all his talk, he wasn't very durable.-

Armbeetle's Beast Boost raised its ATK!

Armbeetle: {First rule! When someone gives a witty superhero one-liner, never try to monologue!}

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-Shaun sends out Tsunami and Achille as back-up.-

Beowulf & Shaun: <Something wicked this way comes."

-Yes, they are creating a minor Voice of the Legion effect. No, it is not intentional.-

Tsunami: <LET IT!>

-Any Templars or enemy Pokémon near her are about to have a very bad time.-

Achille: <How are you sustaining->

Shaun/ Beowulf: "Adrenaline, mostly>.

-Achille nods and makes himself look like Yveltal just to fuck with the Templars.-

Yveltal!Achille: <I HAVE COME TO REAP YOUR SOULS!>

-He disappears, and a nearby Espeon faints from a Night Slash that literally appears out of thin air.-

Beowulf: ~Would you like some assistance, Dune?~

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

Templar Base

Colton was no longer interested in the raid, instead electing to go outside and chat with the Fennekin and Natu. After a surprisingly easy convincing that he was able to understand them without Natu's help, Natu stepped out of the conversation for now, leaving him alone with the Fennekin.

With the realization that he didn't know anything about the Templars, he asked the only question that made any sense for someone who wanted to be friends.

"Could I ask your name?"

<32,> she said. <I was seen as nothing that could be attached to.>

32, 32... Colt mulled over in his mind, trying to think of a name derivative.

"How about Sunny?" Colt offered, which he was met with getting glomped and nuzzled. He went back inside, realizing he hadn't really done much, only then noticing something he really should have seen on his way out.

"ARCKEEUSES UNHAWLEE FLAYNK!" He swore upon seeing the Buzzwole. He didn't dare make a move, Natu perching on his shoulder and noticing the problem. "Can you understand me?" He asked, unsure if he would be heard.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

-Blitz chuckles at the sight of Dezi and her horde proving why it's much better to have her on your side than against you-

-Meanwhile with the help of a few smoke bombs and creative usage of Blizzard, Blitz and his sneasle have effectively rendered an adjoining hallway impenetrable to reinforcements that don't want to fall victim to the mon's claws while stumbling blindly through the hall-

-...Except for the that one Templar that stumbles out of the trap, only to be slammed unconscious against the wall thanks to the concussive blaster Blitz borrowed from the resident mad genius-

AU!Natalie: "I... I don't know, possibly. And yes, I do." -She grabs her wallet, pulling out her id-

Malik nods. "Yeah, I - Ow." -she tries reaching for her own wallet with her broken arm, which ends about how you'd expect, decides that's a bad idea, and grabs it with her unbroken arm.-

-They produce a driver's licence and a pilot's licence, respectively.-

Natalie: "I THINK WE'RE GOOD? BUT MORE FIREPOWER CAN'T HURT, UNTIL YOU START BREAKING THINGS. THIS IS DEFENSIVE, AFTER ALL"

Evidence seems to support this, as a Templar gets a Metagross backhand to the face and knocked the fuck out.

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.

Happy Little Trees

Spinme: "Oh, you already got it. Good enough I guess."

She looks at the sword concerned.

"We should take shifts of bearing it, just in case they could corrupt us... It can be a possibility after all..."

What's the use of money if you ain't gonna break the mold? Even at the center of fire, there is cold All that glitters ain't gold

Hyp: <Maybe make sure doesn't corrupt others in general area not holding too.>

"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every

<Whatever you do. Get it out of here...> The Gengar remarked, <Wherever you head next.>

<So you're here about the Grand Articuno?>

Revali look over his subordinates, <Follow me.>

He marched off to a stone building with lights on, a sign in monese reading <Vali Trade>.

Vali Town

Cynthia: "Doing so."

She coughs lightly, the follows Revali in the building, grabbing the backpack with Phaz on it.

Joyfuller Forest

Spinme: "Fair enough."

She goes near Beck and finishes healing her.

"Let's go, everyone."

What's the use of money if you ain't gonna break the mold? Even at the center of fire, there is cold All that glitters ain't gold

Vali City

Colt followed them in, curious about why they would need to be brought inside.

Maybe it was just because it was frigid out there. Yeah, that's about right.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Poni Shore

-Seish and Fuu walk up to Pyry and Pekka-

Fuuma: How's the search going?

Seishirou: Badly, I presu-

-he is struck by a grapefruit-size ruby-

OW

Hyul Castle

Gudrunn: Thanks!

-She takes the chest and scampers off-

Vali City

-Kass heads inside-

Contact Me!

Inside was welcoming with warm air, Revali sat down and looked over everyone, <So, why do you want to deal with the Grand Articuno? I want it gone because it's making life difficult.>

Team Iron Auxiliary Base

Damien Iron-willed: ~Alright, grunts! The boss has gone back to base to handle some uninvited guests. He's left ME in command, so you misfired neurons better not try slacking off until we put the last of these dogs down!~

---

-Aulstyne has now resuscitated her two Iron Grenadiers, while the rest of the Security department is fighting tooth and nail throughout the base. The living quarters are safe, for the most part, but the storage areas are by far the worst areas of the fight. Orlandeau is personally calling Director Cid for reinforcements.-

-However, the two are having an argument as to whom the reinforcements will be. That can't be a good sign.-

Templar Base

-The air grows thick as a massive man comes striding down the hallway behind the Conduit.-

Charles the Conduit: ~AH! AAAAAH! S-SIR! I- YOU- I- WE-~

-The massive man pushes the floating Templar to the side, taking center stage in front of Dune's Typhlosion.-

Dune: ... You're a big guy.

-The massive man smiles.-

Magnus the Legendary: For you.

☢CAUTION!!☢ ☢CAUTION!!☢ ☢CAUTION!!☢ ☢CAUTION!!☢ ☢CAUTION!!☢

VS! TEMPLAR MAGUS MAGNUS THE LEGENDARY!

☢CAUTION!!☢ ☢CAUTION!!☢ ☢CAUTION!!☢ ☢CAUTION!!☢ ☢CAUTION!!☢

-The air around the Templar sparks purple as the walls and floor become covered in psychokinetic energy.-

-Magnus the Legendary covers the field in Psychic Terrain! Magnus the Legendary covers his team in two walls of armor and light!-

-He takes two Pokeballs from his gauntlets and sends them out - a Metagross and a Mr. Mime.-

Magnus the Legendary: Get out of my base.

Dune: Lava Plume!

-Svarog the Typhlosion launches a shower of flames from his mane, which splatters ineffectively on the Mr. Mime's Wide Guard. The Metagross retaliates with an incredibly powerful, and boosted, Zen Headbutt. The Typhlosion is floored in a single hit.-

Dune: ... Oh crap.

---

-Deziree gets a bad feeling.-

-She quickly speeds up the destruction process, pounding away at a protective casing for a server with two concussion rays, one in each hand.-

---

-Ludmilla gets a really bad feeling.-

Ludmilla: Neon, we need to get back to the others! Something bad is here!

Driftveil City — Past

-Mason walks out of the gym, holding up a gym badge.-

Mason: See, that wasn't so bad, was it?

Mako: <You really should have guessed that the Sandslash had Sand Veil, it would have been way faster if we'd known not to use Sandstorm!>

Near: ~Incoming.~

Mason: What?

Near: ~I said incoming. Look up.~

-He raises an eyebrow, and looks up to the sky...-

-And is immediately knocked out by a small, hard-headed reptile colliding with him from above.-

Mako: <What the hell?!>

Near: ~I tried to warn him.~

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