"Probably not...and your scarf...Sorry about what Nova did to it. If you want, I can get another one for you..." Eirika managed to say without stammering much.

Zoanthrope mole? What the?

((Whee, I found a pic of Bakuryu in his human form. He's the one on the left, and yes, his real name is Kenji Ohgami... The person on the right is Yugo, his adoptive brother (He's also the wolf on the cover of most of the BR games). ^_^))

Hearing a man speak into the mike made Damean look up, "I was looking for a few people..." he said, "Let's go, he obviously needs help." he returend Draco and turned towards Serra, "You need rest..." he sighed, "You always worked yourself to hard, then again so do I..." he offered Serra a hand, "Come on, I'll give you a ride."

"A ride?" she repeated faintly. Her headache was worse now, and it was starting to affect her ability to think straight. She shook her head, trying to clear it, but only succeeded in sending a shooting pain through it.

"I'm fine, Damean.."

((Just for the record - I.. er, she doesn't like to be seen as weak. As a strict rule of thumb, she tries to hide any pain, physical or otherwise, even if thats as far from the truth as it can be.))

"Help, eh? Well, what the heck, I guess there's nothing better to be doing right now. Although seriously, Serra, I think you need some rest." Sven remounted Nick, and began flying towards Lilycove. The safari zone, hmm. I haven't been to lilycove in a while, I hope I can find the robbers without too much trouble.

As he reaches the safari zone entrance, he notices the loneliness of the place...

I can't wait here for somebody else to come. I must track them down.Come, Doppel!

When Gengar appears, Erick feels like his heart was squeezed hard.

What the... I've feeling so tired since I began to use this braceletes... but I think it could get even worse if I stop wearing them... OK no time to complain now.Doppel, hide around here and wait for someone from Midnight to come. Let me know when you see anyone, and guide him ((no female midnightians, haven't you noticed it?)) to me.

As Gengar makes itself invisible, Erick pushes the button on his Sneasel bracelet and becomes invisible as well, using Faint Attack. He tries to sneak into the Safari, but as soon as he enters the reservation he is hit by a powerful Shadow Ball attack.

- "What the hell are you? No one will pass my Dusclops watch! Now you'll pay for your intrusion!! Dusclops use Hyper Beam!"

Erick tries to evade the attack, but his body doesn't seem to obey him and the Hyper Beam hits him hard. He "turns off" the bracelet, feeling even more exhausted than before and releases his Dragonite.

- Go Eradh! Use Drago... aghh

Erick feels a new strike of pain and faints. Eradh rushes to his side and stares at the mysterious trainer, ready to protect its master.

((Stellar Leader, what pokemon are Doppel and Eradh? Oh, and do you mind if I take over the gang of pokemon-stealers?))

A brilliant Hyper Beam lit up the Safari Zone below Sven. Hyper beam equals pokemon fighting. I guess that would be the place to start looking. Sven flew down on Nick to the spot of the flash, and then hopped off. Erick was lying on the ground, unconsicous, with a pokemon standing over him. Well, so much for the "help" part. I guess it's just me. "Erick's Pokemon, guard your master. I'll take care of these losers. Nick, Flamethrower!" The Charizard lumbered forward a few steps to get within range of the Dusclops, and then unleashed a torrent of fire from it's mouth. The Dusclops was visibly shaken, but it only stood there, still recovering from it's Hyper Beam. The other trainer looked shocked, and then beckoned to the other members of his group. "Nick, Iron Tail, and finish him off. It looks like we've got company." The Charizard took a short hop, launching himself into the air, and then came back down tail first on the Dusclops, fainting it. The other members of the gang had appeared, and their ((presumed)) leader took a couple of steps forward, and then sucked Nick into a pokeball, using a black device on his arm. What?! A snag machine?! "Oh, you have just messed with the wrong man. You think you're getting away from here, at all? Think again." With that, Sven released all five of his remaining pokemon, and issued various instructions to each. "Munchlax, get behind them, and don't let them get away. Kabut'In, Slash the one with the machine, so he can't use it again! Lance, Icthor, and Kyle, get ready to fight!" Sven's pokemon sprang into action, as the five gang members released a variety of pokemon; a Houndoom, a Sneasel, a Haunter, an Arbok, and a Bannette all appeared.

((and that's enough for now.))

((I thought it was clear... Doppel is a male Gengar, Eradh is a female Dragonite and no you cannot... Just kidding, I won't reply during weekend so I don't bother if you bring them down... ))

Eradh stays quiet as this new trainer arrives and fights Erick aggressor's. Then she decides to help the man who's protecting her trainer and uses Dragon Dance, preparing for battle.

((Feel free to control Eradh, Jsxtm and please don't let my character lying on the ground forever!!))

((I'm sure it is clear, if I took the time to go look back at your profile, but I'm lazy . Okay. It's my intention to now absolutely destroy this gang of annoying, if well equipped, grunts, and get my Charizard back, and then capture them for interrogation.))

Sven noticed the Dragonite using Dragon Dance behind him, and sensed it's eagerness to join in. "Well, alright, I won't say no to a little extra help. Just don't leave your master open to anything, alright?" Kabut'In had just finished a neat slice right on the main part of the black box, destroying it but not the pokeball Nick had been put into by it. "Good work! now that that's out of the way, we can get down to the real business of a fight!" The opposing Houndoom lunged at Kabut'In (({kabutops})), and took a good, hard Bite, but the attack didn't do much against it's rocky exoskeleton. Lance (({dragonite})) responded with a Wing Attack against the Houndoom, sending it back across the circle of the Safari Zone towards the gang members. The Sneasel responded by taking a Swipe at the dragon, to which Eradh responded by Dragon Clawing the other dragonite's assailant. Icthor (({steelix})) added it's Dragonbreath to the assault, and then Kyle (({gyarados})) used a Secret Power to finish off the hapless Sneasel. They're using good pokemon, but none of them seem to be very well trained, and none of them seem to be happy, either. I wonder why. Behind the gang, Munchlax (({snorlax})) did a defense curl, preparing to join the fray. The other opposing pokemon, sensing the threat, concentrated their attacks on the huge Snorlax, the Haunter and Bannette each contributing a Shadow Ball, which did nothing to it, and the Arbok using a Poison Fang, hurting it a bit, but failing to poison it. The Snorlax took a bite of it's leftovers, restoring most of the damage it had taken.

Damean sighed, "I know you're okay, otherwise you would be down on the ground." he said to Serra, "Now come on, we don't want Sven to have all the fun, don't we?" he said.

"Er, the bike." he pointed to the seat on the motorcycle, "Serra, are you sure your okay? I can take you to back to Blackthorn or to Mossdeep if you want."

((Actually, if you wouldn't mind, I would like to have all the fun, at least this time. I need you to interrogate them, though.))

The Houndoom didn't take long to recover, changing directions this time and instead aiming a Flamethrower at Munchlax. The flames crackled, but didn't do a lot of damage to the big, beefy pokemon. Munchlax responded by Drumming on it's Belly, getting ready to attack. The Arbok prepared as well, stockpiling food in it's mouth. The two ghosts, realizing their ineffectiveness against the large pokemon, turned their attentions elsewhere, both hurling a Shadow Ball against Kabut'In. Their shots hit the skeletal pokemon hard, sending it reeling backwards. Lance and Eradh hit back, using Dragonbreath and Dragon Claw against the Haunter. Kyle threw a Surf at both of the ghosts, and then Icthor used an Iron Tail on the Bannette, fainting it. Kabut'In recovered somewhat, and then used Ancient Power on the Haunter, fainting it as well, leaving just the Houndooom and Arbok left to be dealt with.

"Never mind the scarf. I'm getting used to it this way."

Levin looked down at Larvitar.

"Say Eirika... this little fella wouldn't happen to be yours, would it?..."

He looked back at her.

"And just for the record... I made my decision. I wanna join Psyche."

"Larvitar? No...he's not mine... And it's nice to hear that you're joining..."

Why can't I shake this feeling that Magil and Serra are nearby...? They should be in Blackthorn or wherever...

"Ah, that reminded me. Let's get back to Mossdeep. There's something I want you to have." Cail took a step forward, watching the Larvitar.

"You don't mind me joining, then. Something for me?..."

Then he realized something.

"Back to Mossdeep? Flygon? Oh boy..."

Levin picked up Larvitar, waited for Eirika to hop on Cail and followed her, closing his eyes.

"Just let me know when we get there..."

He proceeded to hug Larvitar. Hard. (( ))

((Bed time))

"I'll do that." Cail lifted off of the ground and headed towards Mossdeep, watching the water below as he flew.

"Hey, Levin, why are you so scared of heights? Just curious..."

"I'm fine." she insisted, running a hand through her hair again. She felt another stab of pain, but for some reason it felt seperate from her, as though her pain was affecting something apart from her...
I'm just tired, she told herself I just imagined that, I'm not affecting anyone else.. For some reason she didn't feel convinced. Another throb of pain, and again it felt like there was something, or someone else being affected.. Shaking her head, Serra took a step backwards as her balance swayed again.

"C'mon, Damean, let's go.." she said softly.

((You know, with this amount of "No Im fine" when really she's about to collapse, she could pass out at any minute ))

"I don't know... but I just can't help it. The ground's down there, my feet aren't... and it's a heck of a long way down... Perhaps a childhood incident or something."

They were almost reaching Mossdeep.

"We're almost to Mossdeep..."

Have to remember where he's hiding. Won't do any good if I can't find him...

((Still trying to figure out what it is, bion ^_^))

((hum... "bion"?))

"Finally..."

As soon as Cail touched the ground, Levin jumped down and landed on his knees, panting....

"Well? What is it that you wanted to show me?"

(('Believe it or not'.))

Eirika searched with her mind for it...

"This way." She went into the forest, keeping a close eye out for what she was searching for. A minute later she stopped and kneeled down by a bush.

She stood back up holding a Ralts. She handed it to Levin. "We rescued him a week ago. He's still a bit scared, but nothing like when we found him..."

"A... A Ralts?"

A Psychic-type....

"Why are you handing it to me?"

Larvitar looked at Ralts and waved happily.

"This is what I wanted to give you. He needs a new trainer...and most Psyche members have at least one of the Psyche types in their team..."

The Ralts looked up at Levin, then down at the Larvitar.

"We don't know his name either...the Ralts. I guess you can nickname him..."

"For.. me? I never trained a Psychic-type before... But I guess I could..."

Levin took out a pokeball and threw it at Ralts, who didn't fight to come out. Once captured, Levin let it out again.

"Well... Welcome to my team. Just watch out for Larvitar."

He turned to face Eirika.

"...thanks. I'll do my best, I promise... you sure I can handle him? But I can't nickname him yet; we barely know each other. It's against my principles."

Larvitar and Ralts were already getting along.

"What happened to Ralts? What exactly did you rescue him from?"

"His owner obviously didn't like him much. I found him alongside a path somewhere near Fallarbor...he was beaten up, but alive at least." She looked down at the Ralts and Larvitar playing.