October Sky(Battle Mission)

[shirley]

The battle of the Whirl Islands was in full swing. A fine number of Lux troops stormed the isles and conquered what they could in preparation for the hundreds of raiding troops to come later. Not all of them would help through pure battle though. Many shall be dropped off to preform more stealthy actions for the betterment of Lux (whether they win this fight or not).

Shirley was one of these agents of betterment, hired by the Lux army to do some infiltration. According to them, the Whirl Islands housed a Team Rocket base and it was his job to get in and get some information on their workings. Well not just his job, he shared this mission with a young girl. I think they said her name was Ivy? Shirley wasn't really paying attention, he was too busy thinking about the helicopter ride over at the time.

It was, naturally, worse than anything he could imagine. He didn't mind flying on a pokemon, but for some reason flying in planes made him more nervous than a patrat on the ocean. He saw them as giant metal death traps that could easily crash at any moment, and frankly helicopters were no better. He did his best to keep a cool expression on his face and not look worried, but the tightness of his seat belt as well as the nervous tapping of his purple boots would probably say otherwise. He didn't talk during this flight, just kept his eyes forward and tried not to think of the likely hood of his painful burning death via helicopter crash.

Lucky for him, there was no crash. The helicopter landed safely near the North side of the islands near a cave entrance. With the speed of a Ninjask Shirley leaped off of the helicopter and enjoyed the feeling of solid earth beneath him. He didn't get much time to enjoy it though, as he would quickly notice the fighting that was taking place not so far away. They needed to move before the battle could move toward them. He looked to his partner in this and nodded toward the cave entrance, quickly sprinting toward it in an attempt to avoid trouble. He would stop just within the cave mouth to wait for his partner.

[Ivy Walker]

The ride was fairly easy for her, and as silent as she was, Ivy was simply thinking. She didn't seem to pull out fear in any situation, maybe simply because she was quick to conceal it unless she was close to those she was working with. Her loyalty was unquestionable though, with all she had done, all she had trained for, there was nothing to stop her from climbing to the highest she could for the Lux. The girls red eyes moved over her partner, who seemed to not like the ride very much. Oh well, he would have to deal with it and she said nothing about it. Moving closer towards the edge of the giant metal device she watched the water and waited longer for them to reach the islands. This task was an easy one, after all she had been keen on concealing herself. So sneaking in to try and get information was easy, almost as easy as storming in to beat up someone.

Once landing the girl made quick to be at Shirley's side. Her black hair falling behind her as she made a small 'tsk' sound. Usually she would send her pokemon to do these tasks for her, since they were so troublesome. Ivy had some manipulative qualities towards her, but she wasn't entirely evil. As her hand cracked she silently looked at him as he nodded towards her. What was he some sort of superior. Oh well she shouldn't be so hard on him, after all if he was loyal to lux she had more than enough reason to be happy to be his friend.

Ivy was beside him as they entered, hands on her hips as they stopped at the mouth of the cave. They had to be careful with this one, not get themselves killed. Information and knowledge were key, just as much as strength was. When it came to a war, if you have all sides built up, then you could be king. She didn't speak a word, wondering what Shirley wished to do. Ivy would let him take the lead until they could get further into the cave to get what they needed. If only she were in the heat of battle, but this would have to do.

[shirley]

With his partner at his side, Shirley quickly chose to slide further into the cave and out of the view of the battlers. After a while his cautious slide would morph into a casual walk, which in turn morphed into a disciplined stride. Simply assuming his partner was following along, Shirley traveled down the straightforward tunnel that led from the initial entrance. He pondered his intricate and vast this cave network truly was, and if it would be possible to even find an entrance to the Rockets' lair before this hostile takeover was through. Speaking of which...

The remembrance of the Rockets poked Shirley's caution, these caves could be crawling with the buggers. In preparation for an encounter, Shirley pulled out a pokeball from within his coat and nonchalantly released its contents.  There would be a flash of red before Amy the Ferroseed would form and use his odd tentacles stride right next to Shirley. Shirley would point upward and Amy would immediately motion to climb up the nearest wall and onto the shadow covered ceiling.

As Amy left his side, Shirley would choose to make small talk with his partner. After all, who wants to have a long walk in the dark with their only companion being silence? He struck it up, "So tell me, err...I-vy? Yeah Ivy, what brings you to this oh-so dangerous infiltration? Got a grudge? Maybe it's for the 'glory of Lux'? Or do ya just need a bit of cash like me?" Shirley would surely find it humorous if this Ivy turned out to be a merc like him, though he doubted he was that lucky. With his streak of unfortunate occurrences lately, he wouldn't be surprised if he was stuck with some raving extremist. Yeah that would just about make his week.