ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

-Feels a tremor after cursing under his breath-

What was that?

Vanilluxe: <I don't know, but it sounded awesome!>

-Hears Tangent-

Looks like it.

-Starts looking for any portal conductive surfaces-

Torchic: -Almost falls over but Audilith catches her with her foot- <What was that?>

Audilith: <It was quite...explosive.>

-Looks at the camera feed-

<Look, there's Tagg, Nudi, and Vanilluxe. They're with Tangent.>

Garchomp: <There must be some way for us to help them from here.>

Victini: -Starts trying out new buttons-

Nidotoxin?!

Lake: <Wait...I don't think it's working!>

Cinder: <Oh, so she's trying to gas us now, is she?!> -Snorts some smoke.- <THAT'S IT! I say we find this computer and shut her down! ONCE AND FOR ALL!>

...Good idea. There must be a central control room or something we can access.

Lake: <Let's go and find it then!>

-All of us rush of to search for the control room.-

Going to bed now. See you guys tomorrow.

-Hearing PEFeDOS-

<Nathan: "WAIT. WHAT?!">

<Zoe: "NIDOTOXIN?!">

<Buster: "YOU'VE GOT TO BE-">

<Pascal: "DUDE! THE TUNNELS!">

<Iron Marrow: "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!">

<Leana: "We got here through space tunnels! If this place gets flooded with poison, we're not the only ones who are going to die!">

<Vesta: "What do we do then?!">

<Guy: "Simple... ATTACK!">

-Brave Birds the electromagnet, knocking Iron Marrow's club loose-

<Guy: "... That didn't do anything, did it?">

<Iron Marrow: "It didn't, but thanks to you I got my club out of it... At least I can die fighting with it...">

<Pascal: "Wait... Nothing's happening, man...">

-The group goes silent-

<Nathan: "... So now what?">

<Zoe: "We figure a way out of here, and hope that that Nidotoxin doesn't come...">

edited 6th Aug '11 6:02:23 PM by TracerBullet

Victini's Console

Console Readout: Conversion Gel drain valves sealed. Warning! Gel pressure is above operating parameters! Please shutdown system now to prevent ruptures.

Catwalks

-a pipe starts spraying a white substance on a distant pillar by another catwalk-

Dr. Tagg! That paint stuff- it might hold a portal!

Global Intercom

We apologize for the inconvenience, but the Nidotoxin system is undergoing unscheduled maintainance. Please kill yourselves manually. Again, we apologize for the inconvenience.

...Does she really expect us to do something as stupid as that? Seriously?!

Cinder: <Hey! I'm the snarky one around here!>

Oh, sorry.

Lake: <Whatever. Let's just keep looking.>

-Hears Tangent-

Got it!

-Fires a blue portal at the distant pillar before firing an orange portal inside the test chamber-

Let's go Tangent!

-Walks inside the orange portal-

-Hearing the announcement-

<Shaun: "... What?">

"Sounds like we don't need to worry about that poison..."

<Nathan: "Tracer! The portal! If you go through it, you'll be able to return home! One of the tunnels leads to your washing machine!">

"... WHAT?"

<Iron Marrow: "He is not deceiving you, human. There really is a tunnel that leads to that spinning box of yours...">

"... How does that even work?!"

<Shaun: "Palkia's floss apparently...">

"... I should have known..."

<Buster: "Come on, get going! We'll look for the others!">

"No."

<Pascal: "But dude!">

<Zoe: "What do you mean 'no'?!">

"We're teammates... We're in this together... I'm not leaving you in harm's way unless if I can be there alongside you..."

<Iron Marrow: "How touching... Can we go now?">

<Guy: "Where do we even start looking?">

<Zoe: "... I can think of a way...">

-Zoe uses Earthquake-

<Nathan: "WHOA!">

<Pascal: "You could have warned us, man!">

<Buster: "Enough about that, look!">

-Points at a wall partition coming loose-

<Buster: "There's something behind it!">

<Iron Marrow: "Allow me...">

-Iron Marrow smashes the loose partition, revealing some dark areas behind the wall-

<Shaun: "That might just be our way out.">

"Let's go! Quick!"

-Enters the hole in the wall with present Pokemon-

-As the Nidorans gather outside, some of them start tending to the others's wounds-

-After a couple of seconds, Maekrite and I emerge from the collector machine's room walking peacefully. Although my face and hair are a bit darkened by the smoke, I'm OK: the suit has absorbed most of the damage pretty much unscratched thanks to the integrated armor and hood-

Nidorino!Maekrite — <My kin! They are there!> — goes to check them.

"The Liberator!"

"Mom always spoke about this!"

"Did you see that thing?"

-I watch as several specimens are released from other cages in contiguous habitats thanks to the resulting shockwave... I look at the ruins behind.-

— They would call this science? Can the AI running this place even understand the concept?

-Maekrite enjoys being petted by the Nidorans who leap atop him, try to pull his legs and hang from his horn. In ten seconds he is at the bottom of a cuteness heap-

-I speak to a surviving camera-

— Science!? You have worked to overthrow organizations, control people's actions, imprison whoever objected...

-I test the Hidden Needle for the camera, which has survived the damage, and note a particular diagram based on triangles and lines-

— This will remind you you are paying hard for this. Reposa en paz...

-I pierce and destroy the camera-

-After a while Maekrite manages to escape the heap of cuteness, explaining to the others that he still has a mission to complete; upon questions of whether he is the Warrior sent by u Frithrah he does not have the heart to tell them "no, I'm just a Pokémon a friend sent on a mission by my Mom"-

— Well, we must continue our path.

Maekrite (nods) — <My mom started this. I can't let those guys go unpunished.> — looks around the facilities — <Despite the years and the stories, I can't believe that they would treat us this way and try to use us as weapons...>

-sigh-

— I know, Maekrite... despite all of PEFE's teachings, of Oak and the other professors's inheritance that we try to spread across the world... I can't believe humankind's eagerness to harm others is so deeply ingrained in their culture, that they are capable to even create a machine to follow those wishes without filter, without consideration...

-We head to the Tropii group as we talk.

Maekrite — <They seem to have forgotten one thing researchers like you and trainers like Luke have always been able to understand...>

— Oh? You think? What is it?

Maekrite — <They try to dominate nature using us, but nature is us, Silent. All that the human wants to conquer, grip and profit from, in the end, is what they want to trust, cuddle and play with.>

— Well said. — smile — A shame though. Those evil people... In the distinctiveness of their greed lies the feeble foundation that marks the defeat of their methods...

- We locate Basket and ask her to fly us to the testing facilities's stack, as that is the place where I'm sure Tangent is-

— This way, you can recover your lives. Both of them.

-Basket nods, and with some effort she manages to fly us to the sky; while several freed specimens gather at some of the ample spaces to enjoy the first minutes of freedom-

edited 7th Aug '11 4:09:11 PM by SilentReverence

At Pinwheel Forest

-Cuddlekins and Stella walk around-

^Cuddlekins^: ^Be wary Stella. This place is littered with traps, Die was able to sneak past them with his acute sense of hearing and smell... We might not be so lucky^

.+Stella+: +What are you suggesting....+

^Cuddlekins^: ^I'm suggesting that we find what's left of the resistance town^

.+Stella+: +Why? All that would be there are dead bodies!+

^Cuddlekins^: ^Snowman said to Sol and Sol only that many of them fled. Maybe they fled into hidden tunnels or paths or whatnot! If we find those tunnels, we might be able to find help^

.+Stella+: +If you say so... but you're leading the way, okay?+

^Cuddlekins^: ^Of course...^

-Stella props Sol's unconsious body onto Cuddlekins back as the carefully prod through the forest, being careful not to step on a trap-

Elsewhere, at ???

-Snowman watches all from her private quarters that no mon other than herself can enter or exit-

<Snowman>: <By forcing Napoleon to succumb to his own devices earlier than expected~ It's actually sped up my plans for Sol to regain her memories~>

-Snowman chuckles-

<Snowman>: <And then all of the pieces will fall into place~ All of them.>

edited 6th Aug '11 6:44:58 PM by PippingFool

-Basket flies us around the facilities to fetch Tangent and Luke.-

-Drake walks up to the largest building in town and knocks on the door, a small slip of paper in his hand and Altair on his shoulder. The others are nowhere to be seen-

Catwalks

-me and Tagg are slowly making our way towards the massive spire that is the Computer Core-

Hey! Dr. Tagg! There's a Tropius, with- Dr. Silent!

-Basket lands-

Basket: <Tangent!>

Wha- uh- do you know me?

<Huh? Tangent- you're my trainer, and my brother!>

Bro...ther?

<In... the other timeline, at least...>

Tagg said something like that... that... you fell in Azalea town... and we... met...

<Yes!>

But... I mean, I've never been that comfortable around Pokémon... even my siblings' teams, when I had plenty of time to get familiar with them...

<You had a weird thing against touching animals. Almost a phobia.>

Yeah, exactly...

<But I am not just an animal. I am a plant, too.>

That- sounds like something my dad said to me...

<Yes... in the other timeline. Do you remember? Animals make you nervous, but you could easily climb a tree.>

A tree...

-stretches hand towards Basket, trembling wildly-

<A flying fruit tree, and proud of it!>

Heh... that attitude sounds... -places hand on Basket's neck, relaxing almost immediately-

Oh!

-touches foreheads with Basket-

Basket!

edited 6th Aug '11 11:31:23 PM by Tangent128

-While making way down darkened corridors with group, a short time after escaping-

"Did you hear that?"

<Vesta: "I did...">

<Shaun: "Wait... That's TANGENT!">

<Nathan: "Huh?">

<Shaun: "The PEFE headmaster! He's the one who ru- Oh... Right...">

<Guy: "Well he sounds familiar, so let's go check it out...">

-Begin running off to source of noise-

Oh! I think the core might be in here!

Cinder: <Alright!>

-The Typlosion rushes into the core room.-

Cinder: <WHO'S UP FOR A BARBECUE?!> -Spots Tangent and Basket.- <Who on Earth are you?>

Cinder!

-Me and Lake enter.-

Don't go rushing off like- TANGENT?!

Lake: <BASKET?!>

Cinder: -Sigh.- <Great, more timeline madness...>

gotta go.

-Stella and Cuddlekins have been walking on the trail for quite some time now-

.+Stella+: +Cuddlekins.. I'm getting scared...+

^Cuddlekins^: ^It is getting rather creepy around here...^

{???}: {...There is no need to be afraid...}

-Stella and Cuddlekins stand guard-

.+Stella+: +WHO SAID THAT! COME ON OUT YOU COWARD!+

-A Chandelure floats down from the canopy-

{???}: {...Don't be scared... I am not one of them....}

-Cuddlekins looks at the Chandelure-

^Cuddlekins^: ^Who are you and what do you want with us?^

{Satine}: {...My name is Satine... and I am here... to guide you...}

-Satine floats over to Sol before looking around the forest-

{Satine}: {...It is nice to see Sol... In the environment she grew up in originally... back there in the true line of time...}

-Stella and Cuddlekins exchange glances-

.+Stella+: +What.+

{Satine}: {...Explinations will come later... Now I must lead you to your destination... If you wish to fail your task as Sol's Pokemon... Then you will not follow me... If you wish to succeed.... I must direct you to your way...So, do you wish to follow me.... or not...?}

-Cuddlekins walks up to Satine-

^Cuddlekins^: ^I trust you...^

.+Stella+: +Kins! What are you doing?+

^Cuddlekins^: ^I think this Chandelure is trying to help us out Stella! I honestly believe she is going to take us somewhere where we are safe!^

.+Stella+: +If you say so...+

{Satine}: {...Follow me...}

-Cuddlekins and Stella follow Satine through the woods, hoping that she is not one of Liepard and Scolipede's allies-

-As Basket and Tangent are talking, Maekrite takes some fresh air and checks up his old, new body-

Maekrite (with glee) — <Oh, yesssssh...> — swings horn — <It feels so great cutting the air...>

— Aren't you tired? Spent like, what, 25PP back there...

Maekrite (buffs) — <Oh please... PP are for those who are afraid of exerting themselves.> — keeps swinging horn and flickering ears.

-notices Cinder and the others-

Maekrite — <Oh! It's the overgrown stoat guy! You look cool there!> — goes to say hi.

— ...Cinder? Luke?

Cinder: <Oh, it's you. You've gotten bigger...>

Silent! Good to see you're okay, too.

Lake: <What happened to you and Maekrite? Is it true you were gassed earlier? I heard the computre say something about it, but I wasn't fully paying attention.>

-Maekrite flicks ears and smiles-

Maekrite — <Ah, yes... it had been building for months with no results, and suddenly when I tried to focus, it all flowed into my body and made me this...> — makes a 360 turn to let the others appreciate his body — <And you! Hey, I'm the one who evolved and to my eyes you look more menacing now!>

-to Luke and Lake-

— Yeah... there were some issues and the thing running this place tried to dispose of us. However it seems it did not do the research, as I am immune to Nidoran poison in this timeline too. — shrug — Heck, perhaps in all timelines.

-Point to the habitats bellow-

— Anyway, Maekrite and I found the place where the Pokémon were imprisoned and started releasing them. Things got a lot easier once Maekrite saw the Nidorans in cages, I have to say.

-turn to Lake and Cinder-

— How are you guys doing? Faced any problems while scouting the facilities?

Immune to poison? No surprise there, then.

Cinder: <Huh. Good for you, I guess.> -To Silent.- <Well, after carrying this guy here through all of the courses...>

Lake: <Not.>

Cinder: -Gives Lake a foul look.- <...We met up with Luke again, but then that mad computer tried to deep fry us! We would have been ashes had it not been for that silly bubble thing Lake can do.>

Lake: <It's not silly! I'll have you know that a Legendary taught me that move.>

Cinder: <Pfft, a Legendary. Yeah, right...>

-Runs in from corridor-

"Silent! Are you okay?!"

<Shaun: "Luke! Lake! What are you two doing here?">

<Buster: "... Wait, what's with the massive glass tube?">

-Has been quiet this whole time-

So, when do we go to kill that AI?

Wait, Tracer?!

Lake: <TRACER?!>

Cinder: <OH, COME ON! SERIOUSLY?!>

-As Cinder and Lake discuss the bubbles issue, I smile to myself and decide to let it pass, thinking Cinder must be already coping with enough things as it goes-

-I am about to wave to Tracer and Shaun with the left hand (the Needle one), but change my mind and use the right one instead. I also point them to Tangent and Basket's private conversation-

-Listening to Buster-

— Hmmm... The cylinder thing? I guess it's a sort of infrastructure pillar or something.

-Maekrite yays and goes meet Tracer and his 'mons-

edited 6th Aug '11 7:41:04 PM by SilentReverence