World War Arc Team Mission 5 - Genesis

[Reno Vantas]

Beau would slowly shake himself back to his feet, watching as the gathered Snagems were getting pummeled by Zera and her two Pokemon of choice. Not a typical situation but it was hard to find typical with the people he walked around with. He could at least keep on his initial target, even if he was basically a moth compared to Blizz and Darts. But she wasn't paying attention to him. He could work with that. Slinking away to come at Zera from the woods, he would dash out as Blizz and Darts began their assaults with a trail of Powder leaking out of his wrists. And as he drew near, Beau clapped his chest to release a large burst of Powder before Zippo ignited the trail that had been left from the woodland. One Charmander-sized Ember later, there was a trail of burning gunpowder going straight to the bomb Beau had just generated. This would be fun.

Leslie found herself in the middle of a rainstorm. Sure, she felt slightly tingly, but it wasn't like the stuff was powerful enough to really burn her. It sure took the muster out of her Play Rough though. And the Gyro Ball had certainly left a bit of a mark, although not as much as might have been desired. Oh well, she had a nice opening. But first...."Mikey! Fire Spin! Corral Magearna!" Leslie shouted, watching as the mildly slow Torkoal nodded and began to whip up a fire tornado, the attack slowly growing to expand around the Legendary that she had targeted. Of course, she had no easy way up. Especially since any Pokemon she took out would be submitted to the poison rain. Well, she could always just do something dumb. Which it turned out was picking her way along the giant tree they were fighting beside and leaping out of it with a whopping yell as her skin grew hard as iron and she swung her second mouth to club the Weezing back down to earth.  

[Darksol88]

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"Probably" wouldn't be enough to describe that she'd need some help defending the tree. Despite being well into the backlines, the Acid Downpour knew no such thing as positioning and she had little choice but to risk having another of her Pokemon shadowfied. Taking cover and having her Pokemon come closer, she'd send out her Carbink to get some sort of defense on her end.

"Granite, Light Screen!" She wasn't sure what kind of move Acid Downpour was; she just knew something needed to mitigate it on her end. As for that Weezing, she really only had one plan: take advantage of what range she had and go after that Weezing. "Gale, Air Slash! Zephyr, another Psybeam!" Keeping behind the Light Screen as it went up, the Pidgeot and Butterfree would throw their attack in an effort to attack Weezing from afar.  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

Kaya Staggered backward at first when he and Ulla uncovered Succulus buried within the Tree itself. "I know you're old and tired, Master, but this isn't the way!" He urged the old Fairy Master. "Ulla and I need your help! And what about Deryn? He still needs you to train him as well." The hybrid urged.

The old man could barely even speak at this point, using his energy to converse with the two. As he was trying to figure out a way to defend themselves and the Tree, he heard Shadow Magearna's call and turned on his heel. Without a thought, he tossed out Raye's Pokeball. "Flamethrower!" He ordered as the Ninetails appeared from her ball. Raye opened her maw and from it bellowed a gout of flame unlike any Kaya had ever seen her use before. Perhaps she sensed the danger her master was in, or perhaps she was simply overjoyed to be out and in battle again after so much time but Kaya didn't care. He was simply glad to see so much strength in her when the team, and he especially, needed it. Refusing to allow his Pokemon to fight on his behalf alone, the horn atop his head began to shine with a light he hadn't quite mastered and before he knew it, a Flash Cannon of his own was unleashed to meet Shadow Magearna's.

Standing at Kaya's side, Serena joined in the effort with a Swift, beam after beam of Star-shaped energy constructs fired from the air around her, picking up the fire and light from Raye and Kaya's attacks as they passed through the attacks and carrying them with greater accuracy to greet the incoming Flash Cannon head-on. None of them knew for certain if they could stop this but they had to try.

"Ulla! Try to keep healing the Tree!" He urged the young girl with him. Standing his ground was the only way to fight back inside this Trick Room . Hopefully Ulla could keep healing the tree, even if only very very slowly, while he tried to fight back their attacker.

Lykas finally managed to release Mykel from his ball in a moment of clarity during the fighting with Weezing. The Gardevoir seemed far more clear-headed than Lykas was at the moment but with his presence, he was able to help clear his trainer's mind a bit as well.

"Boss, we need to do something about this attack!"

"Use Heal Pulse! Keep everyone as alive as possible until we can stop it." Lykas directed as his head cleared a bit further. With his head cleared and his ability to think now more stable, his tentacles were back under his control again, allowing him to race straight toward Weezing, wincing more with each drop of acid rain pouring down upon him, though Mykel's Heal Pulse was helping to mitigate the damage. As he drew near, his tentacles snapped into action, whipping up and winding around Weezing. Glowing bright red, Lykas forced his tentacles to wind tighter and tighter as he sucked the life out of the gas bag with Power Whip. He wouldn't be able to keep this up for long but hopefully he wouldn't have to.  

[Cecile Silverstone]

||Ulla and Leon||

Ulla was happy to see that the tree was looking like its natural self. But then her eyes widened as she was frozen where she stood. "....K-Kaya...it's Master..." She said as she was staring at Succulus buried in the Tree. Her fear then started to make her tremble. "...Master. You should've called us immediately. You didn't need to do this. We could've worked on something together." Ulla said as tears flowed down her face as she wiped them away. When Kaya said to continue healing, she merely nodded as she got off of Togekiss and patted Comfey that was resting on her head. "Togekiss use Protect! That way nobody will stop us. Comfey use Floral Healing, use it on the Master. I'll focus on the Tree." Both of her Pokemon nodded as they used the moves they were told to. Ulla placed her hand where Succulus's hand would be. "Don't worry. I'll take care of the tree. I promise." She said as she took out a small crystal she got from Sub from Black City. This contained the power that helped her heal everyone back then. If it got too close for comfort she would do it again in a heartbeat. Then something popped in her head as she looked around. "....Where's Ein?"

Leon's Ivysaur released Zera as she burned his vines. Leon looked around as he noticed most Snag weren't doing so well. They've been in the Fairy Realm for too long. Leon started to feel dizzy as this realm was slowly getting to him. He tried to focus on something. Anything to keep his focus, he then looked at Ulla. Seeing how much effort she was putting, he couldn't be left in the shadows this time. "Ugh...Roserade. Use-" Before he could say anything else. Acid Rain started pouring down, he looked around as it started to sting him slightly as the rain fell. "The longer this goes on....more of the Fairy Realm will be destroyed..." His fist tightened as he looked at his Pokemon. "Ivysaur, use Vine Whip to launch me at Zera. Roserade, use Magical Leaf around me to protect me." Both of his Pokemon nodded as Ivysaur wrapped his vines gently around his Trainer's body.

Ivysaur then launched Leon right at Zera, even though in the Trick Room, we was still flying moderately fast. Right when he was launched, Roserade used Magical Leaf around Leon. Once he would land he would go for a round house kick to Zera.  

[Atlantis_Darts]

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Using this opportunity to continue her fight with the Snagems Zera would reappear during the acid rain, unbothered by it. With a burst of gas she would attempt to surprise Darts with her sudden appearance and speed, stabbing him with a sharpened finger nail on the neck from behind as she hit him with a Toxic as payback before kicking him away in the back, using a burst of gas from the opening on her ankle to give the kick extra impact. Turning around and with Aile also in range she would cough up another Sludge Bomb, igniting it with her lighter before launching to create an improvised bomb as it was sent sailing through the air in an arc before coming down to explode on her.

Darts takes the Toxic head on, not expecting the sharp pain to his neck as he manages to get his hands up to block the kick. Even still, Zera's speed and tenacity continued to impress the Giratina hybrid as the burst of gas is enough to push him backwards and away from the impact spot.

"Ow..." He complains out loud, rubbing at the spot where she poked beneath his flesh on his neck. "What was that?" Anyone behind the gambler would see a small purple pockmark on his neck, right below the golden crest and above the neck of his jacket on the blackness that was his skin back there.

Darts was prepared to ignore what amounted to, from his point of view, a minor annoyance but the pockmark slowly began to grow, purple glowing veins beginning to raise from each side of the nailmark as the pustule begins swelling slowly. He raises his golden hands, preparing to throw another attack towards the opposition.  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

Kaya was knocked backwards by the explosive force of the barely-repelled attack he and his team had managed to defend against. It was miraculous they had managed it at all but he wasn't going to complain too much. At least until the heat from the raging inferno called Fire Spin hit him, collapsing from the heat for a moment until it came to an end. "Ugh... Too hot..."

As Magearna turned back to the others, he would recall Raye to keep her safe from the Shadow Virus but left Serena to do her best at guarding them and returned to trying to heal the tree. As he and his chosen charge worked to heal the wound inflicted upon the source of all life in the world, their master continued trying to communicate with them. It took some doing but he managed to make out what Succulus was trying to convey to them "The stories..." He thought as the old man's message made it through. "The Soul Heart..."

Turning to Ulla, he spoke to the little girl. "I think I have an idea to put a stop to Magearna... But if it doesn't work, we may have to leave the tree for a bit to help the others." Digging into his bag and pulling out a crystal he recalled finding on his person after the Battle of Black City, he gripped it tightly in his hand and felt a thrum of power surge through him, much like what he had felt back then. "Magearna!" He cried out, feeling the crystal in his hand dissolve into nothingness and it relinquished it's full power to him. His body seemed to shimmer for a moment as the Trick Room around him began to disappear, replaced by something else. The Magic of the realm they found themselves in manifested through the Fae Knight. "Your heart is damaged! Allow us to heal it, please?!" He begged as the Magic Room he was slowly conjuring fully manifested, erasing the Legendary Pokemon's Trick Room at last.

The debilitating effects of the Magic Room would have an immediate effect on those within it. All items they carried on them that could be activated would be disabled within it's boundaries, including Pokeballs, SNAGs(which wouldn't be working here, anyway so would likely go unnoticed) and even Immunizers. Hopefully, even though Kaya didn't realize he was doing it, yet, Magearna's Soul Heart would be affected as well. Either way, he would Draw Rise and aim at the automaton Pokemon's midsection, unleashing a Fairy Lock as well. The Shadowification locked a Pokemon's heart away, after all. Maybe he could unlock it and allow it to fight back the virus? The moment the pink beam struck, however, he could sense something deeply disturbing within. Something vile and putrid, filled with hatred and rage, manifested into a tangible form. He had never seen Shadow Mewtwo but, somehow, he could sense one of the shards of solid Shadow Virus inside of Magearna. "Please, Magearna, open your heart and let go of the evil within you!" He pleaded with the Pokemon once again. He may not be able to do this on his own but if he managed it, it would be nothing short of a miracle. Even as he fought to free Magearna from the clutches of the darkness it was beholden to, the hybrid felt his feet leave the ground as he unwittingly used Magnet Rise as well, rising into the air toward it in the hope of embracing the Artificial Pokemon in a moment, freed from the Shadow Virus. He knew this power boost wouldn't last long but the emotional distress he felt from the Pokemon urged him to push the limits of how long he could make use of it.

With his head cleared and his Pokemon helping now, Lykas turned toward Zera only to see her vanish into an explosion. At which point, Magearna unleashed a massive Shadow attack upon the team as a whole. Rapidly recalling Mykel to his ball to keep him safe, Lykas allowed the Gardevoir to maintain a mental connection to him from within his ball so as to keep his mind clear. Despite knowing fully well that any Pokemon he released was likely to become infected from this battle, he chose to release Cascade at this point. Fortunately the Mantine was able to stay out of water for extended periods of time thanks in part to his Flying-type allowing him to breath oxygen normally when he needed to. "Wide Guard!" He ordered the Kite Pokemon. Cascade nodded and, spreading his fins as far out as he could, he summoned a sparkling shield that spread far out beyond his reach, aiming to blocking the incoming Shadow Rave from Zera's Gengar when it attacked. That Shadow Blast from Magearna wasn't likely to be stopped at all, no matter what he tried to do so focusing on stopping the one who'd taken command of it was top priority, to him. He could, however, take advantage of it. Before the attack was over, he tossed one more Pokemon into the air. "Chinami, use Copycat on that Pokemon and direct the attack at them." He ordered, hoping for the best.

The Dewott appeared from her ball, looked at Magearna and the hellish Shadow Blast it was still using and attempted to mimic the move, aiming it toward Zera and Gengar. If she succeeded, Lykas knew, there was no chance of keeping her safe. She would be drawing the virus into herself in order to even come close to executing that move for herself.  

[Reno Vantas]

Beau would stumble out of his self-generated crater,a dopey grin plastered on the man's face as he gave a laugh. "Welp, let's see that purple bimbo survive point blank annihilation. And the best part is she had the dumbest look on her...face..." While Beau's chuckle over his explosive welcome to the Poison hybrid had started strong, her sudden reappearance and taunting quickly put that line of thought to a rest. Well, she wasn't the only one who got to be mad about having a thing happen only once, he thought as he piped up with, "And YOU only get to dodge me blowing you up once! Just hold still so I can try again." Taking advantage of what he perceived as a lull, Beau made to dash forward towards Zera. Which is when he realized that survival might trump protesting his own indignant treatment as the Shadow Rave began to lance the area around him and the eruption of Sludge bombs helped fuel that instinct. Leaning into his new grace, Beau would do his best to let his Quiver Dance moves guide him around the attacks, which managed to keep him from receiving more than nicks and scratches, but there had to be a way to stop this devastation. Which is when an idea crossed his mind.

"Zippo! Fry that floating purple one!" Beau cried out, hoping that Zippo would know what to do from there. With how focused Zera was on her absolute bombardment of the Snagems with Sludge Bombs, there was no way she was able to keep her own explosive potential contained. And if personal experience was a good guide here, she wouldn't even notice that until it was too late. Unfortunately, his little distraction from his continuing efforts to dance through the danger came at a cost as Beau caught a Sludge Bomb straight to the chest that sent him sprawling across the ground. Out in the woods, Zippo would be springing into action, a growl in his throat as he aimed to take revenge for his trainer. Lobbing a large fireball into the air near Zera, it looked like the poor Fire type had missed. At least, until the Flame Burst erupted like a flak shell near Zera, scorching the hybrid and hopefully triggering a chain reaction beyond that.

Yelling with cheer as she sent the Weezing slamming into the ground, Leslie would have to adapt to her new situation as she plummeted to the ground. While she wasn't packing much in the grace department, she was still as hard as steel. So she curled up into a ball and simply rocketed into the ground around the tree. Shaking herself back to reality as she got out of the small crater she had generated, Leslie realized that her chosen landing method had kept her from taking advantage of any opening the Magearna may have had. But if she rushed the thing, she could smack the thing around even more. But...Leslie could see clearly the Shadow Blast coming straight for where Mikey and the other Pokemon had ended up gathering. She wanted to keep simply fighting, just punching the problems and damning the consequences. She wanted to be the big hero, taking care of the massive threat and being lauded for what she had beaten up. She wanted to just keep her anger leading her.

But she didn't get what she wanted this time. She did what she needed to do.

Cracking open Mikey's Pokeball as she dove forward, Leslie watched as the Torkoal disappeared back into its home while she kept sprinting to where he had been. There was no way he would have ever moved fast enough to even keep the blast away from himself for a second. But the other Fire types could move a bit and that's all she needed to make sure this worked. Opening another Pokeball, Leslie would smash the ground and a large chunk of earth into air. "Carbuncle, telekinesis! Shield them from the blast!" Leslie shouted, watching as the earth's arcing path began to flatten out and send the massive chunk of dirt as a last minute shield for the remaining Pokemon in the attacks blast radius. Hopefully this did something for them. She was trying to be more selfless damnit, and someone had to acknowledge how great she was for being so selfless like this.  

[Cecile Silverstone]

||Ulla and Leon||

"No, no, no....Master please. I know what my artifact is suppose to be. It's suppose to replace your Artifact, right? Suppose to be 'Wayfinder'. My very own....I'm not ready yet. Please...don't leave me like everyone else..." She said as she felt his presence fading away even more. Ulla felt the heat as she started to feel uncomfortable. Comfey looked at Ulla with concern as she stopped healing Succulus. Ulla then overheard Kaya as she looked at him "Soul Heart?" She said as she was a bit shocked by Kaya's words. "Kaya if we leave the tree....Master will..." She said as she looked back at Succulus. She didn't want to leave him if it meant if they return, he would be gone. She then looked at the Snagems, if the were to continue any further, some may forget things when they returned. While others would start to lose their minds. She looked back at Kaya as she nodded. She showed her ZNA crystal to Kaya. "Just say the word."

The little girl then watched as Magnearna let out a blast of Shadow energy, Leon's Pokemon were safe but Ulla's weren't. She quickly took out a Pokeball and held her Key Stone close to her as she toss the Pokeball in the air. "Lucario Mega Evolve and use Aura Sphere to break through the Shadow Energy!" Lucario popped out as both of there stones shined brightly as Lucario Mega Evolved. He then howled as a large Aura Sphere formed in his hands and stopped the Shadow Energy from coming towards them as he launched the aura and the Shadow Energy. Lucario watched Kaya as what he was doing as he then looked over to Magnearna as his eyes widened. "Lucario what's wrong?" Lucario quickly felt a sharp pain strike him. It wasn't that bad, but when he read Magnearna's aura, he read another aura. Something. Much. Much more vile that it nearly scared him. He couldn't read exactly who's aura that was making him unable to read it. But whatever it was, it was terrifying. Ulla looked up as she placed her hand on her Artifact as she held out her hand out towards Magnearna. "Magnearna hear us out please! Let us save you!" She shouted as a small bright little bubble came from her Artifact as it went over to Kaya for a little boost.

Leon would block the first kick but he didn't expect another as he was launched back slightly. He quickly got on his feet and threw back some punches in the assault. He breathed heavily as Zera was now accompanied by a Gengar and was now floating in the air. Leon watched as Beau made Weezing slamming back into the ground as he rejoined with his Pokemon that were in the safe zone of the Immunizer. "Roserade Sweet Scent again then Ivysaur use Grass Whistle on Zera!" He shouted as Roserade let out a much large blast of Sweet Scent while Ivysaur plucked out a piece of grass on the ground as he started to play a small tune. The notes then started to come visible as it was heading towards Zera.