ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

- The second Earthquake causes part of the ground under me to break -

Ah!

- I begin falling down, frantically trying to grab onto something as I go sliding down the wall, and somehow manage to grab onto part of the wall, albeit not being able to get a very good grip on it, and I pale somewhat as I realize if I lose my grip, I'll fall right into a pool of lava -

...

HotStuff: <DS!>

- I glance upwards somewhat -

D-Don't worry! I-I'm okay!

(thinking) I need to hold on just long enough for Tagg to finish what he's started...

HotStuff: (still being carried by Jayna) <Jayna, try to fly me over to DS!>

Jayna: <Um... Okay...>

Mirage: (notices the illusion she made) <Huh? Did I do that?>

Setsuna: (faints)

Miki: <Eep! Setsuna!>

"Good. Good."

Pi recalls his team.

His knees go weak, and he stumbles.

"Ugh. I'm so tired."

Operations HQ

"Right... But I think we'll need Maul for this." said Duke

"... What happened here?" asked Neon

"Long story, don't bother with it." said Lyuri.

Psyche nods. ~Yeah, yeah, that one. Do you have her Pokeball? Last I saw it, it was in my room.~

Citidark

- Arika's eyes widen-

-She ducks out of the way just in time for Odin to miss and slice off a lock of her hair-

Odin: -snarls- Hold still so I can-

-Is body slammed by Chrome-

Gah! Just-

-Is slammed by an X-Scissor from Chimera, a Dragon Claw from Gino, and a Hydro Pump from Ursula-

Lina: Hold him down! Don't let him get a hit in!

Near Every

-Waka does the Latios equivalent of an eyebrow raise-

-He then picks Munnin up telekinetically and carries him off to parts unknown-

Operations HQ

Crow: "I won't need them. You need your team right now, anyway."

"Hopefully I won't be long. Tagg's taking care of Tokarev, so assuming Kyrie isn't a problem, I just have a recently demoted Commander to take care of."

Phenac Pokemon Center — Past

Eskay: I've been holding onto all of your Pokemon while you've been in chess mode, yeah.

-He pulls the as-of-yet-unnamed Baltoy's Pokeball out of his coat pocket-

-Joe smiles-

I'm not! Think about it! With this raid, Cipher's pretty much done with! No more traipsing about this (very pretty) desert watching everyone else be miserable at each other! No more crazy megalomaniacs being really smug at us all the time! It just fills me with such energy!

Gateon DMV

Peons and Houndoom: -are paralyzed & knocked out by the concussive force of electrified water & rocks-

Roggenrola: <Help! I'm loster!>

Citadark Isle, Operations HQ

-Herbert gingerly nods at Crow, and reattaches his belt.-

Herbert: Alright... good luck.

Maul: ~Let us depart, then.~

-He blips away.-

Ark of Yamato

-He arrives here with Duke, Lyuri, Neon, and Herbert and team.-

Maul: <...>

"Yeah. We're finally... done with them."

He slumps against the wall, sliding down to sit.

I'm still going to die. The vision still stands.

Operations HQ

-Funnily enough, a recently defected Cipher Peon who was until last week a Commander is wandering around admiring an ultra ball and is completely distracted-

-Joe looks to Pi-

If we're not needed, I could have those two blip you back to bed in Phenac.

"No... no, I'm good. I just... need a minute."

He smiles a bit weakly.

"I mean, this was my life goal, after all. Destroying Cipher."

-he thinks for a moment-

So...

(and I apologize for asking the obvious question)

...what do we do now?

Cipher Key Lair, Siren's office

-Jet immediately takes off, Artemis and Straw giving chase, while Aurora and Misery try to figure out if there's anything they can do to help Taylor-

Artemis:<JET I SWEAR TO ARCEUS I WILL KILL YOU!>

Jet:Yeah, I doubt that.

-He ducks into the room that had its windows blown out by Grimm's Boomburst, and by the time Artemis and Straw reach the room, Jet is jumping out the window, some kind of control in his hand. He lands on Drought-

DAMMIT JET! GET BACK HERE!

Jet:I'm gonna have to pass on that. But, I will leave you a parting gift.

-Artemis just fires Ice Shards out the window at Drought, doing little damage or missing-

Artemis:<JUST DIE ALREADY!>

-Jet presses a button on the control, and tosses it over his shoulder as he escapes-

Artemis:<NO! YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY! I WON'T LET—

-She is interrupted by an alarm sounding-

Alarm: WARNING! THRUSTER AND ENGINE FAILURE! ALTITUDE DROP IMMINENT!

-An explosion is heard, and as Straw looks out the window, he sees the tunnel that connects to the main base has had an explosion, and is close to breaking-

...We need to move. Now.

-He grabs Artemis, who is still crying and screaming angrily-

I hope we can save Taylor and still get out before this thing drops into the lava...

-They run back to Siren's office-

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Psyche nods. ~Brilliant. Pass it here.~

"I... I don't know..."

Me, I'm gonna die...

Should I... tell him?

...is something wrong?

Phenac Pokemon Center

-Eskay crosses his arms-

Eskay: Sorry, but no.

"No, not at all. I just..."

He grabs Joseph, and pulls him in.

"I just wanna sit here for a bit. With you."

Psyche furrows her brow. ~Why not?~

-Joseph is pulled in. While still concerned slightly, he isn't complaining-

Okay...

Operations HQ

-Said recently defected peon may hear a gunshot, then be struck in the leg-

Phenac Pokemon Center

Eskay: In case you're not you right now. Or even if you are, just in case.