docklands [alyssa & marcus]

[STYLE=border: 4px solid #151515; height: 100px; width: 100px; margin-top: 10px;][/style][STYLE=float:left; border: 4px solid #151515; height: 100px; width: 100px; margin-top: -108px; margin-left: 35px;][/style][STYLE=float:right; border: 4px solid #151515; height: 100px; width: 100px; margin-top: -108px; margin-right: 35px;][/style] [STYLE=font-family: georgia; font-size: 45px; color: #E7E1CD; text-transform: lowercase; margin-top: -8px;]let me save you[/style][STYLE=font-family: arial narrow; font-size: 12px; margin-top: -10px; color: #CEC6AA; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase;]to redeem myself[/style] [STYLE=font-size: 10px; font-family: arial; width: 340px; text-align: justify; background-color: #6E6E6E; padding: 17px; color: #000000; margin-top: 8px; opacity: 0.9;]Alyssa took Emil’s silence as an opportunity to look back at the people and pokemon working to load the cargo into the ships. They were almost done and the Veteran Trainer smiled a bit, this was a nice accent to her plans for the day. She got to observe how some of Hoenn’s Nox troops worked. She had assumed they worked well enough on their own and, given what she’d seen before her presence was noted, she was correct. The sense of being watched was answered quickly, too, when a young soldier ran up rather ungracefully to herself and Emil, panting for breath as though he’d just darted towards them. A flash of the familiar feeling raced through her when he spoke her name, straightening and smiling, before it vanished. Had he been staring at her while he ran as though she would give him more determination to do so?

The white-haired leader shrugged slightly to herself and acknowledged the man’s apparent admiration with a small nod of her head before crossing her arms, quietly waiting for him to get on with delivering his message. She doubted he would be so out of breath if he had nothing important to say and was just taking her time and Emils. Could it be the person of interest that she and the young man beside her had only just been discussing? Arceus; that’s some sort of luck if he is. She thought with a small smile, curling her hand into a fist.

Since the war had started, she’d been relatively quiet in her actions until Olivine when she decided to announce her loyalties for all to see. She’d never before chased Lux from one territory or another, be it fully Nox-controlled or only disputed. However...Lux in Hoenn? That was something entirely different. Something that made her blood boil behind her calm mask of an expression. She would see to it that all Lux be driven from Hoenn at any cost, to make Hoenn a Nox stronghold.Clenching a fist, she watched Emil as he spoke.

He devised a plan of action quickly and set it into action with swift orders to the man, who rushed off to carry it out. Alyssa saw him raise a hand from his belt to his ear with a radio. Good. That would minimize the amount of time it took for exits to be blocked off. She wasn’t about to let slip anything else, though, and minimize the risk of a Lux escaping when he was practically dancing within Slateport’s grasp.

Before she moved, Emil spoke to his Gallade, then to her. He seemed to loose the energy behind his words somewhat quickly, and he watched her carefully. Her cerulean gaze locked onto the young mans, she kept a relatively flat expression for a moment, letting the discomfort in the air build between them before she smiled, evaporating it immediately. With a quiet chuckle, she answered his statement.

”As kind as your preference is, I’m afraid I wouldn’t stand for it in this instance. I have something else in mind.” She pulled a gray Heavy Ball off of her belt and expended it in her palm before gesturing to some of the cargo-loaders that had been listening in on their conversation. ”You all. I’m assuming you’ve been informed of our target’s description, correct? Spare what hands you can to assure that nobody matching his description passes the market square. If you see someone in the skies, those of you that have a bird pokemon investigate. If it’s him, ground him, but do not attack to kill. Understood?” they nodded. ”Pass that on.”

They ran off, and she tossed the pokeball into the air before swinging her backpack from her pack, placing it on the ground as she reached into it. Beside herself and Emil appeared her Metagross, its large red eyes staring at the trainers unblinkingly. From her backpack, she pulled out her trusty Acro Bike. She’d had it for almost sixteen years, and still Rydel’s ingenius design to make it collapsable and fittable into something like a backpack never ceased to amaze her. Within a few minutes it was fully assembled and she swung her bag back over her shoulders.

Throwing her leg over the bike, she looked to Emil. ”Emil, it would take us a while just to walk there. More time than I would like. Ride on Cannon –“ the Metagross crouched low to allow the young man to step upon its head so it could levitate after its trainer. ” – and I’ll bike. It’s much faster than walking.” She glanced between the young man and her pokemon. ”Alright. Let’s go.”

Without waiting, she took off at a decent rate. Cannon would catch up soon enough.

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The orders carried out from above had been effective immediately, and the Nox soldiers stationed in the South entrance to Cycling Road had jumped at the opportunity to prove themselves. Over the radio, their comrade had said that Alyssa Akiyama was even there. This was a chance to be noticed by somebody higher-up! It was time to prove themselves!

They knew that a person of interest had been spotted, but they’d been unaware of just how far north he’d been. Now they knew. Three exited the small house separating Cycling Road from the footpath, and they were prepared for him. A blockade was easy enough to set up. They’d be able to hold back until Emil and possibly their Leader showed up as well. One released a Steelix, another released an Onix, and the last a Gyarados. They spanned the area in front of the Cycling Path as a relatively loose blockade. They all had long pokemon – a reason they’d been stationed there. If needed, they would release more to help fight this Lux member back. Until then, they’d remain ready until he showed his ugly Lux face in their midst.
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