A Firey Surprise

[Crazed Lapras]

An explosion ripped through the darkness, shattering the calm with fire and the roar of a building being torn apart. Bright flames spilled out the windows of the young pokemon unit, accompanied by the shrieks of the occupants. Sirens began to sound as the people responsible for this travesty raced from the scene.

A door to the lab flew open, spilling light across the grass. "Stop thieves!" Professor Apple Blossom shrieked running after the fleeing shadows of the Team Chaos Members. Hearing the cries of the trapped baby pokemon in the burning building, she was forced to avert her chase. Reaching into her pocket, she desperately dialed an emergency broadcast.

“Calling all trainers! Any trainer who is close enough to come, I need your help. The lab is on fire, and the Team Chaos members responsible are escaping! Please stop them!” That finished, she began to rally her sleepy assistants and willing pokemon.

(This thread is a little different from normal threads. It is here to give your characters a chance to interact with each other and grow some as well. This is not an interruption to your normal journey, so you can continue to play your other threads at the same time. Your options are to chase down the Team Chaos members, or try and help Professor A.B with the fire. Just post a lot, try and get everyone involved, and have fun!)

[Birdybot]

Sulteron;;[/i][/size][/font]

♫ i've been crying for so long,
fighting tears just to carry on,
but now, but now it's gone away ♫

Sulteron was only on Route One, so naturally was close enough to easily be able to go and help. She sprinted over to the scene, stopping for a second to take in her surrounding. She had a wild Larvitar and an albino Cyndaquil, her starter, at her sides as she hesitated over whether to help the Professor save the blazing lab or to go after the grunts. She was tempted to chase down the Team Chaos members, but Ilabi and Larvitar were both resistant to fire, so that might come in handy. Still, the Chaos grunts couldn't just get away with this... she had to do something. "Larvitar, go and help Professor Apple Blossom with the fire; you're resistant and sand should stop it. Ilabi and I will go after the Team Chaos grunts," she said in a confident, brave tone. She was generally the calm one in situations like this, keeping calm and so still able to make decisions properly.

Larvitar gave a nod of his head, the wild Pokémon not really keen on the idea that he might have to be ordered around by a trainer if he went with her. He dashed off to the lab, using a Sandstorm at the first batch of flames he met. He took time with this move, directing it carefully so that it would rise over the fire and smother it with sand before dying out. He tried to find the Professor, keeping an eye out for any trapped Pokémon as he did so.

Sulteron picked up Ilabi, the Cyndaquil riding on her shoulder as she sprinted with Espeon speed and grace to the retreating grunt. She was running much faster than them, so soon caught up. "Hey! Cowards! What exactly was the point in that, then?" she yelled in a powerfully projected voice at them. Ilabi felt a spur of emotion override her usual caution as she leapt in front of her trainer, the albino's red eyes glaring at her enemies while her brilliant blue flames blazed incredibly high, a vicious snarl escaping her pointed bared teeth. Sulteron's usually soft lilac eyes had a sudden fire to them, and they along with her forehead jewel were glowing slightly.

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♫ everybody's gonna love today, love today, love today
everybody's gonna love today
anyway you want to, anyway you've got to ♫

[Tuck Shadowfall]

Tuck was strolling Route 1 when he herd his cell phone start to go off. He herd a emergency broadcast

“Calling all trainers! Any trainer who is close enough to come, I need your help. The lab is on fire, and the Team Chaos members responsible are escaping! Please stop them!”

Tuck was confused, Who the heck was Team Chaos? Anything like Team Aqua maybe?

“Well we can’t just let this go un checked! WE got to… Uhh…” Tuck paused as he rembered his options. It was ether going to help with the fire, or going after Team Chaos. After a moment of pondering he blurted out his answer

“Were going to stop the fire!” He said as he took off in the direction of the Lab.

When he got there he looked at the flames and then to the Professor, He could hear the baby pokemon crying inside the building.

“This was worse then I thought…” He mumbled before heading over to the Professor

“Ma’am what can I do to help?” Tuck said as he continued to look around the scene.

[Saed]

Saed received this call almost instantly before leaving, as he turned and saw the smoke in the distance. He ran toward the smoke as fast as he could, his Duskull trailing not far behind, as he readied himself for what was there. As he approached the building, he saw it in flames.

Remembering what devices were inside, Saed became furious that one could set fire to such curious machines, as he ran closer, ready to battle anybody in his way, although perhaps this was beginner's courage.

[Starfire]

OOC// Okay, at the moment I seem to have misplaced my muse. Again. So let's see what I can do...

"Faster, Blade, faster! We need to get there NOW!"

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The Pokemon in question growled. <I'm going as fast as I can! You think I can't sense it?>[/color]

Kaia was currently on Blade's back, moving along Route 1. As soon as she'd gotten the call, she had practically leaped on his back, the Absol taking off as soon as she was safely on. They'd darted out the doors of the Training Gym and through Petal Town, and were now on their way to the lab.

Blade's pawsteps thudded against the ground, his muscles working furiously as he tried to cut the time it took to get to the lab as much as possible.

Soon however, they approached a young Butterfree Pokemorph with a shiny Treecko on her head who looked in as much of a hurry as they did. Blade slowed, stopping next to her, and Kaia said, "Did you get the call about the lab too?"[/color]

The girl glanced at her, a panicked expression on her face, and said, "Yeah! Professor Apple Blossom's in trouble! I gotta go help her!"[/color]

Kaia quickly dug out Ryu's Pokeball and released him. "Hey Ryu, mind giving her a ride?"[/color] she asked.

The Draceon nodded, crouching down so the young Pokemorph could get on his back. As soon as she was on, Ryu and Blade took off, returning to Blade's previous pace.

"My name's Kaia Shiruzaki. This is Blade, and that's Ryu. What's your name?"[/color] Kaia said, a bit bluntly because of the tenseness of the situation.

"My name's Katy Hawkins,"[/color] the brown-haired girl said, "and this is Reptain."[/color] The shiny Treecko raised a paw in greeting, but said nothing, obviously lost in his thoughts (worried about the Professor, most likely).

It wasn't long until they reached the lab, and what they saw caused a shocked expression to appear on each of their faces.

The compound for the younger Pokemon at the lab was blazing merrily, the flames devouring anything they came into contact with. Lab assistants and a few Pokemon (Kaia noticed a Larvitar, who was carefully tossing sand on the fire, in particular) were frantically trying to contain the fire and/or put it out, and rescue the trapped Pokemon inside.

At the sight of the burning building, Reptain's eyes widened, and he bolted, no doubt in search of the Professor and the other Pokemon; everyone he knew before Katy accepted him as her starter, which wasn't very long ago at all.

"Reptain!"[/color] Katy yelled. She flapped her wings as fast as she could and started to take off after him, but Kaia grabbed her hand, holding her down.

"Hang on a minute! You want to stay here and help the Pokemon, right?"[/color] she asked urgently.

Katy nodded mutely, wings twitching in agitation.

Kaia pulled out another Pokeball, this one releasing a blue tadpole-like Pokemon.

"Katy, this is Whirl. Whirl, Katy. I'd like you to go with her and help her fight the fire. Is that okay with you?"[/color] the Swellow 'morph said.

Whirl, after taking a quick look around, nodded. Kaia released Katy's hand, and the Butterfree 'morph scooped the Poliwag up and darted away.

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As soon as Katy left, Blade whirled around and charged off, Ryu following him. Kaia's eyes narrowed. "Arceus, I can't WAIT to sic Havoc on those jerks,"[/color] she muttered, watching for signs of Team Chaos.

She wasn't disappointed. They quickly came to a spot where an Espeon Pokemorph (was it Pokemorph day or something? Usually they weren't quite this easy to find) was challenging a Team Chaos grunt. An albino Cyndaquil was in front of her, growling.

Blade and Ryu pulled up beside her, Kaia using her wings to half jump half fly off Blade's back, taking a spot next to the Espeon 'morph.

"Need a hand?"[/color] she said, giving a slight (dark) smile. Her hand slowly moved towards Havoc's Pokeball as she waited for the grunts to make a move, whether it was fight or flight.

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Back at the lab, Katy was acting like a drill sergeant, directing her Pokemon to where they were needed most. Whirl was proving to be an excellent firefighter, his Water Gun and Water Sport attacks quickly drenching the area and quenching the flames. Arjay was helping as well, scooping sand and mud onto smaller fires, putting them out as well.

Kuzon was being helpful in his own way as well. His thick-scaled hide, along with the plates on his arms and belly and the shell on his back, allowed him to get quite close to the flames. He made several trips into the blaze, coming out with a blackened shell but otherwise unharmed, and occasionally coming out with a young Pokemon, held safely against his chest away from the flames.

Reptain, having returned from his frantic search for the Professor (and being weak against flames), was watching over the baby Pokemon, making sure they were breathing okay and didn't wander off. Currently he had a young Cleffa, a tiny Igglybuff, two Pichus (a male and a female), and a young Tyrogue who seemed as if he was the "protector" of the group. He walked around them in a circle, as if warding off any attacks. Reptain smiled slightly before calling, <Katy! Can you find the Professor? She can help these baby Pokemon better than I can.>[/color]

Katy paused in her order-directing and nodded, flying off.

Thankfully, it didn't take her long. Re-finding the pink-haired Professor wasn't too much of a challenge, as her pink (and slightly frazzled) hair stood out against the dark.

"Professor! Reptain and Arjay and Kuzon and Whirl have been helping to put out the fires! We found some baby Pokemon, too, and I think they breathed in some smoke or something, so yeah! They're over here!"[/color] Katy pointed over to where the group was nestled, safely away from the fire.
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OOC// ...Nyeh, that kinda sucked. -_- But it works, right? Tell me if there's anything I need to change, like finding the baby Pokemon or something.
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[Crazed Lapras]

The Professor was relieved to see several trainers arrive and get right to work. With so many helping hands they might be able to divert tragedy. Spotting two boys nearby, Apple Blossom called to them. "Part of the roof collapsed on the south side, the corner were many of the egg incubators are. Can you two lead a group of pokemon to get as many of the eggs out as you can?" She gestured for her Azumarill to go with Tuck and Saed around behind the building.

The woman was distracted as a Butterfree-morph told her they had rescued some of the pokemon, but were having trouble breathing. "Thank you dear." She said, casting a frantic look around. By now the lab's Chansey health staff had made it to the scene. "Would you take one of these guys back to your group? She can look after the little ones." Muttering to herself, Professor Apple Blossom did a quick mental count of the various pokemon milling around the building. "It looks like most of the baby pokemon are out, but no one has found any eggs. I'm sure that's what those grunts were after...."

Indeed, rare pokemon eggs was what the grunts were racing away with. The tall, bearded man spun on his heel as he heard footsteps behind him. His face was obscured by large sunglasses and waves of dark purple hair. He gave Sulteron a nasty sort of grin and tossed a pokeball out in front of him. "It'll take more than you to stop me girly. Boss wants these eggs pronto. So why don' you be a doll and go back to the lab?" The Croagunk now standing in front of him let out a high pitched chuckle, taunting Ilabi.

Seeing another trainer comming up, the Grunt frowned. He didn't have time for this. He threw his other pokeball to the ground, releasing a Houndour with a nasty looking scar across his face. This battle was going to be heated.

[Birdybot]

Birdy;;[/i][/size][/font]

♫ so come on, get it on,
i don't know what you're waiting for,
your time is coming don't be late, hey hey ♫

Larvitar watched as a girl called Katy showed up with a load of rescued baby Pokémon and the the two boys were sent round to rescue some eggs with the Professor's Azumarill. None of them seemed to be acknowledging the little Ground type in any way, and so he was unsure of what exactly he should do. He could go with the boys to try and get the eggs since he could enter the burning building, but he might be needed here... at least the girl was a Pokémorph and so would be able to translate for him. He looked up at her, smiling. ~Hello, trainer. I don't have a trainer as such, but I'm travelling with an Espeon 'morph who's gone to help fend off the grunts. I see you're a Pokémorph; I'm sure a lovely lady like yourself would be able to translate for me,~

[/color] he winked in his usual way, bowing to her. He turned to the flames again, sending another thick wave of Sand-Attack at it in hopes of smothering it. He wondered if anything was inside- after all, aside from the eggs and baby Pokémon there would also be starters and expensive equipment, as well as the need for the building to stop burning to stop any further damage.

Sulteron meanwhile looked between the two Pokémon facing her. The Houndour looked tougher, but Croagunk would know one or two super effective Ground type moves, and since Ilabi was her only Pokémon she didn't have much choice but to decide to fight the Houndour. She smiled at Kaia in a friendly way. The girl looked like she could cope with fighting, which was of course generally a good thing when you were fighting against someone. She herself hadn't had much experience in fighting, but last time Ilabi had fought against a Sheildon who had a double type resistance to her Normal type moves. She could do this. "Ilabi, attack the Houndour! Use a Smokescreen then a Tackle" she called.

Ilabi was to be honest a little afraid of both the grunts and both the Pokémon, but the albino kept a brave face as she stepped forward, blue flames rising from her back as she fixed her determined gaze on Houndour. She took aim, then in no time at all a great plume of smoke had risen from her back and shot quickly towards the Fire type dog, in hope of obscuring his vision and lowering his accuracy for the rest of the battle. She followed the Smokescreen in on Houndour, the Cyndaquil charging at her opponent as quickly as her little legs could carry her.[/blockquote][/justify][/size][/font]

♫ so come on,
see the light, on your face,
let it shine just let it shine,
let it shine ♫

[Avara]

Jonathan grumbled softly as he fell with a thud from his hammock to the ground, his messenger bag had vibrated him awake on it's second attempt. Checking his messages he found help was needed at the Pokèmon Lab, as he listened to the broadcast Jon couldn't help but feel his ire rise. Who would dare do such a thing to such a place.
"Amelia! Resting is over we're needed at the Pokèmon Lab, so catch up."

Casting a glance towards the shadows he saw Amelia's single eye glint in the moonlight. Turning from his hammock he grabbed his bag and took off running for the lab. He'd not yet begun his journey he'd been spending time getting a feel for working with Amelia so far, as such he was still near the lab and soon arrived to the chaos

Glancing around he could see a battle beginning in the distance and the lab still ablaze.
"Blast..." Turning to Amelia who had swiftly joined him on the way here he nodded." "Amelia turn as ethereal as you can and scout out for trapped pokèmon, eggs and balls. If you find any let someone know, preferably a water or fire type." As his Duskull bobbed in agreement he watched her grow more insubstantial and glide off into the smoke to hunt for anything she could help save ((ooc: Amelia can be NPCed for the purpose of finding things without my consent now, however once she informs you she's to disappear into the smoke again)).

As he watched her vanish he smiled for a moment before securing his bag behind him, heading towards the nearest part of the inferno without a glance to anyone else or asking for instructions. It was time to get burnt and singed not discuss anything, as such all he did was empty his water bottle over himself before grabbing a blanket from among the burning things. With which he began to smother the smaller things beginning to catch alight, himself included among them.

[Tuck Shadowfall]

Tuck was a little bit annoyed that the new comer just kinda showed up and before he even knew it was already fighting stuff and doing everything on her own. Now aye this was a pointless thing to be thinking about but it made him feel ‘Not needed’ His Ralts looked over to him sensing his emotions and chuckled a bit inside.

"Part of the roof collapsed on the south side, the corner were many of the egg incubators are. Can you two lead a group of pokemon to get as many of the eggs out as you can?"

Tuck looked to the Professor once again and nodded with great happiness he was actually going to be able to help out! “It will be done Ma’am!” Tuck said in a serious tone as he took his Backpack off and set it down along with his Two pokemon eggs. He then let out his Whismur and ordered “Alright Whismur guard these with your life. And if the Professor needs help, then help her.” Tuck said as he looked the the Azumaril and beaconed for the blue pokemon to come with him.

Tuck then looked behind him to where Saed was and he introduced himself quickly

“Names Tuck, No time for introduction though. Lets head in! You and I are leading this thing.” Tuck said with a confident aura around him as he headed off behind the building.

[Saed]

As Saed looks to the other trainers, he braces himself to run into the burning building ahead. He looks to Duskull, who seems to be ready for it, as he listened into Tuck's conversation with the professor.

Feeling he may need a hand, he headed in the same direction, hoping he could be of some help.

He looked to Tuck for a moment, before speaking quietly with his Duskull at his side.
''Saed. Let's rescue these Poke'mon and then do the introductions.'' He kept his words brief as he nodded for a moment, looking to the building beyond. As they headed in, he couldn't help but look backwards feeling like something was wrong, however he paid this no heed at the time.