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The smoke would blow away to reveal Water Shuriken in the black Greninja's hands, who looked slightly harmed and more annoyed than anything now, aiming at the person who currently held his tongue with his prize. The Shuriken would be thrown at Reno's robotic arm, at the three major joints before sending out a point blank Hydro Pump to get away from his grasp, and create some distance between him and the rest of the party.





Regirock would groan a bit, if the noises it made could be taken as groans, as the barrage of Aura Spheres hit it in various parts of its body. A step back would be taken as Ezekiel would breathe his fire at the golem, but before he could make a full flank, another fist would be pounded on the ground, another Stone Edge appearing out of the ground in front of the Mega Houndoom to stop its charge. The same fist would be lifted up to slam down on the hell hound, dropping a Hammer Arm attack.







Aile would jump backwards from Kain, her hands disappearing inside her jacket for a moment before two throwing knives would be seen flying out of it, aimed right above Kain's knees, trying to immobilize him. She'd then turn her gaze to Regirock, who paused for a moment before holding its free fist out for her to climb onto, lifting her up onto its shoulder away from the other Snagems. The woman would then look at the others while bringing a large white envelope out of her jacket, holding it in the air somewhat. "Why, Rhyme? Well, they happened to give me an offer that I just couldn't ignore. I just had to help secure the core for my initiation. I do wish there was a better way to go about this, but..." A small, short laugh would leave Aile's mouth as she returned the envelope into her jacket. "Devon had to get you lot involved. Now then, I believe it would be time for me to say adieu. Kayvaan, hand them the core!” She’d point the frog over to the Flares, who were now beginning to recall their Pokémon. Once he joined up with then, Aile would nod and bring down her goggles. Sand would begin to erupt from various places on the golem and begin to swirl around as winds kicked up around the Snagems, a massive Sandstorm growing. As it grew in severity, Regirock would charge forward with Bulldoze, making its way away from the Snagems and following the Flares that were now taking off in their vehicles. Between the blinding sand and the growing momentum of the legendary, they'd be quite hard pressed to catch up.

Darts sits up and shakes the cobwebs loose, still cradling Eggy against his chest. He looks at the little egg somewhat fondly as he's happy to find it undamaged.

"You saved me!" He croons to... himself, shaking Eggy back and forth.

"Well gee." Darts says, shaking his head. "Here I thought you were going to make some kind of egg crack."

"That's not funny." Ignoring the rambunctious egg voice for the moment, the Giratina hybrid gets to his feet and ambles over to retrieve his Under King belt from the grass it was lying in following his Regirock ambush. He picks the thing up and slings it over his shoulder again, dusting a few blades of the stuff off of it as he regroups with the others. Off in the distance, traveling at a speed almost too hard for his eyes to track was a Sandstorm he knew contained someone he had considered a friend when the chips were down. Even though he knew he wouldn't be able to catch a legend at that velocity he still flexed his phantom wings a little, the pair materializing and waving slightly in anticipation of its master's command. Still... why Aile? And what did they want with that Core?

Something about the lack of satisfaction was going to bother the Giratina hybrid for a while, he knew. But as he looked around at the group of Snagems all of whom were probably equally blindsided by all of this as he was, he shook his crest. They had more important things to tend to for right now. He wanders over to the rest of the group and shakes his head at Amaranth's comment. "I'm not sure what to think right now." The hybrid admits, at a loss for words for once in his life.

Reno barely had time to react to the flurry of Water Shuriken, flashbacks to the last time this situation had occurred hampering his movements beyond even what his slow reaction time could muster. This translated into two of the three shuriken slamming home with whining metal from where they impacted while he managed to block the final one with his Psy Palm and erupt the projectile with an energy spike.

Ezekiel stood no chance when the Regirock turned its full attention onto him. Without some cover, the type advantage and the corralling by the Stone Edge made the Hammer Arm that crushed him impossible to avoid. A similarly painful thud would be heard as Reno was slammed into a nearby tree from the Water Pump. Doing his best to recover quickly, Reno would attempt to get some vague reading on Aile's mind before she disappeared with her Regirock. The best he got was...something involving friends? Or was that family? Maybe it was her Pokemon for all he knew, because he only received a split second insight of familial caring feelings when the envelope was out and then it was gone.

Looking to his left arm and finding the metal appendage dangling lifeless, Reno simply sighed before adjusting a few pieces and letting the broken limb drop from his attachment. Carefully making his way to Amaranth's side, he could only stare after the roving sandstorm. "No. Whatever is in that envelope, it means more than money or anything for her. I think. I had a millisecond to get a read, but I know for sure that that envelope should be the cause of this." Reno responded, carefully raising his hand to line it up with the roving convoy before a bright blue ball manifested at the end of his arm and fired off into the wilderness after them. He knew that it wouldn't even make it most likely but it just felt right to do. He would shoot a knowing glare at Cera as he heard the powerful mental screeches she was erupting with, making a mental note to tell Darts that packing Cera's Master Ball might need to be mandatory for the foreseeable future.

It would take a moment for his attention to divert away from Cera, but Reno soon found himself focused onto the small bundle huddled away on the ground. Crouching down and wrapping his singular arm around Rhyme, he would carefully lift her up in his arms while holding her close to him. "Hey there. I know you feel bad about losing the little guy. So do I." He said soothingly, a solemn smile crossing his face. "But if there's one thing I've learned from all of these crazy adventures, its that he'll pop up again. And when he does, I'm gonna tell you a secret. I named it Zac and it liked it, so now its got a name."

The girl flinches on instinct at the harshness of Cera's words, but the truth in them rips her asunder far more than she realizes. She's aware of someone lifting her and it isn't her dragon mentor; no, its a newer face, who smells of metal and human and she buries her face into his chest. "We...have to get Zac back. We have to...I can't...let her win." She wants to go home now, more than ever. She wants to just curl with her pokemon, get GRAY to fix her SNAG, and plan when she feels that her emotions won't cross into it too far. "I can...get Aria...to bring both of us home...?"

The Altaria is summoned and immediately notices that its trainer is not in the best of conditions. Without even needing words the bird settles for Reno to place his company on the bird pokemon's soft back. She'll end up staring into space, resting against the other because its the only way right now she's able to function as the bird flies up and carries them both back to HQ.