Post by tsundere on Jan 25, 2012 1:52:16 GMT -5
still the voices have stories to tell
OF THE POWER STRUGGLES IN HEAVEN AND HELL
but we feel secure against such mighty dreams
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It seemed to be a very touching reunion—and it was certainly worth the price of admission to see the absolutely terrified look on Red's face when he was forced to engage in physical human contact—but there was obviously no place for her here, and well, emotional peaks being reached aside, there was still a full-scale invasion going on, and Thalia remembered with the mother of all sinking feelings that she'd left her highest possible superior outside (to be fair he'd left her first, but he was the boss, he could do that), and that was sure to be an instant demotion. So, back to the frontline right snap quick, no buts or ifs or second thoughts along the lines of but I'm pretty sure I've broken my leg and it hurts like a bitch and ow ow ow. Nothing at all of that nature—as ever, she was the consumate professional.
But really, she was going to abuse the shit out of Lux's healthcare and hit up the nurse's station for some heavy-duty two-ton Pokemon grade painkillers the moment she got the chance.
The battered main entrance door of the building didn't stand a chance against a Swampert breaking through at full speed. Thalia tucked her face into the Pokemon's neck, clinging tightly as splinters and debris passed over her back, shredding a bit of her coat, and the Swampert kept barreling forward. Once she was sure they were clear, she raised her head to get a glimpse of her surroundings and—
An Emolga took her straight in the face. The Pokemon careened into her, limbs spread wide and instinctively wrapping around her. It was only sheer luck that the Pokemon didn't shock her on contact out of surprise, Thalia supposed. When she managed to peel it off of her, the scene in front of her was enough to cut through the haze of pain and sober her up:
The president was on the ground, limp and motionless, certainly unconscious at best, if not dead. One of his Mienshao was bent over him, fluttering frantically, while his other Pokemon battled on. The Nox squadron on the field was still numerous, and Thalia saw in a heartbeat that she couldn't defeat them and rescue Shamees at the same time; it would have to be one or the other. There was a team (of sentinels, she assumed) across the battlefield, but with Shamees knocked out, they wouldn't reach him in time to save him, if they reached him at all. It would have to be a head-on, completely reckless, utterly foolish charge through the thick of the fight if Shamees was to have a chance.
Thalia restrained a sigh and set to work.
Her Charmeleon leapt to Shamees' side, unleashing a Smoke Screen that obscured the president from view temporarily—at the same time, her Gengar danced about the perimeter of the smoke, gleefully throwing Shadow Ball after Shadow Ball at the enemy as their bullets passed through him harmlessly.
Thalia released her Arcanine from his Pokeball; she couldn't dismount her Swampert, not with her injured leg, so the large Fire-type would have to be the one to carry Shamees. The set-up was far from ideal, but once she was confident the president was secured to the Arcanine's back, he bounded forward across the battlefield, accelerating with ExtremeSpeed; a risky move with an injured passenger riding, but one that had to be taken if the Arcanine were to return to Balendin in time to save Shamees, all while evading the bullets and attacks of Nox. Thalia followed at a slower pace, hanging on to her Swampert as he unleashed an Earthquake behind them, covering Shamees back as her Gengar and Charmeleon returned to her.
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TAGISFOR shamees, plat, bale, red(?) ANDICOUNTED six hundred and twenty
EXTRASTUFF TANZ TANZ TANZ TANZ TANZ TANZ ilu and thalia is here to save her shamees in distress
[/center]EXTRASTUFF TANZ TANZ TANZ TANZ TANZ TANZ ilu and thalia is here to save her shamees in distress