"Hm..."

He stepped on Larvitar's tail just when he was about to give Ralts one of his hugs. "Don't."

"Well Eirika... About joining Psyche... Can I try?"

((Gotta go study a bit; exam tomorrow))

"I'm guessing so." Eirika looked around, trying to figure out how far into the forest they were. Makida (({jolteon})) got out of her Pokeball and walked over to Larvitar and Ralts.

((Test? I forget if I have any tests tomorrow...yeah, I'm really being intelligent ^_^ lol))

Damean felt a headache comming, a stab of pain made him wince, somehow it felt like it was coming from somewhere else, What the? he thought as another jab of pain hit him, Is there a psychic near by? Damean thought. No, I'm resistant to that stuff, what's going on? he shook his head and the pain vanished, he got off his bike, "Come on stubborn one, we're going to go to someplace where you can rest." he caught her before she collapsed, "You're getting as bad as me..." he muttered as he pulled her up, "You need sleep."

After it's two previous moves, Munchlax was finally ready to attack. It tucekd itself into it's defense curl, and rolled. Hard as a Rock, it hit both Houndoom and Arbok, and then plowed into the gang of thieves. Both pokemon were fainted by the massive attack, and the theives were also knocked unconscious by the hit. Sven walked over to the leader's unconscious bod, and retrieved the pokeball. He released Nick from teh pokeball, and then returned most of his pokemon, leaving just Kabut'In and Lance out to stand guard over the defeated gang. Walking over to Erick, Sven called the other Dragonite, "Hey, I think your master's waking up." Directing his attention back to Erick, he said, "Well, how are you feeling? That was quite a hit you took; you should probably get some medical attention, but I can't leave these losers unguarded, so we'll have to wait until some other Midnight Members show up."

- Oh don't worry, I've been hit like that before ... and MUCH worse...
it just took me by surprise... AND I DEFINITELY DON'T NEED ANY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, Sven...

Erick looks at Eradh, checking she's ok. Then he closes his eyes and calls Doppel, his Gengar, telepathically. A few seconds later, the ghost pokemon appears in front of his trainer.

- Oh, don't feel sad, Doppel. It's not your fault if nobody else came. Now you both return and rest.

Erick returns his pokemon, feeling a soft pain when they enter their pokeballs. He doesn't want Sven (or anybody else) to notice it, so he quickly stands up and turns his back to him.

- You sure are strong Frag. Now we need to find that girl's pokemon. I don't think anybody else is coming, so why don't we just go?

Damean felt weird, suddenly he felt tired, What's happening to me? he thought, I've got to get Serra someplace safe... he started up the motorcycle, he turned around towards Lilycove, the hotel would do for now.

Dave remains on the beach. Am I getting ahead of myself. Why do I feel like i'm acting like my old friends. Forget it I'll just change and relax on Mossdeep, a new place to live. Dave throws all his pokeballs to send out all of his pokemon. "have fun at the beach" All the pokemon start playing and going in the water. midnight doesn't own me, and hopefully I can remain away from them.

((I have returned! *trumpet blows* Well, time to do some major catching up.))


Allan sat on Drake's back as the Salamence hovered in the sky. They were flying in between the clouds, so they were not visible on the ground. Allan was used to the thin air, since he often had to hide in the clouds while on missions.

Something caught Allan's eye as he observed the ground below. It was a motorcycle, ridden by a very familiar person. "Magil," Allan thought to himself.

Then he saw her, and he felt mixed emotions. "Serra! She's okay," he thought happily. But then he noticed something was off. "Why is she wearing a Midnight outfit?"

Allan was confused. He was thankful to Magil for taking care of Serra, but what did he do to her? Did he try to win her back? Emotions flooded Allan, confusion, disbelief, pain, anger, and most importantly, jealousy.

Allan told Drake, "Follow them, but keep out of sight." The Salamence nodded, and they flew through the clouds, as Allan kept his eye on the ground.


((And cue suspenseful music. I will make my entrance when the time is right. But for now, I am always watching. ))

[color=gold]Leaning on him as he drove the bike, Serra shut her eyes. She didn

((Yay, Gardevoir's back! Oh, and I see that CF decided to go the psychopath route... as long as you don't gain supernatural powers, all the mystic voodoo crap should be kept to a minimum, IMO, in a pokemon RP.))

"Alright, I guess we can go. I'm not leaving these losers here, though. I'll call in a helicopter, and we can escort them back to base. In the meantime, I believe you were refering to these pokeballs?" Sven said, pluckin them off the belt of one of the gang members. "Why don't you go return them, and then meet me back here to wait for the helicopter to get here to take these losers to HQ?"

((Welcome back Gardy, don't worry I didn't steal your girl.

But does Allan know that?))

I almost forgot, that place that I usually stay at, that would be safer, I'll have constant communication with base and I can remove Dave and Levin from Midnight's member list... Damean thought. Damean pakred the bike in the hotle parking lot, pain stabbed his mind like nothing he felt before, like a thousand needles just stabbed him in the head. He helped Serra up, "Come on, we're going to rest someplace nice." he said, pointing to a small house near the hotel, "It's where I usually stay when I'm traveling in Hoenn." he said, She should remember it... he thought, helping her towards the building.

((BTW Flarey feel free to make the place look like whatever you like, just don't make it look like a little girl's room >_<))

((Aww, no pink with flowers? *shudder* Good. Hang on, if I'm gonna do what I'm planning, I won't even see the room!))

Leaning heavily on him as they walked towards the small house, Serra's eyes blurred.

"Damean.." she whispered faintly, but so quietly he wouldn't have possibly been able to hear her. As they reached the door she tried to speak again, and this time didn't even manage a whisper. Without warning, she collapsed, falling heavily onto him without a sound.

((Which could look rather suss from a long way away and a long way up, am I right? Oh wait, the best is yet to come ))

- OK, I will return those pokemon. I'll come back as quickly as I can. See you later.

Erick exits the Safari Zone and when no one is watching him, he uses the Crobat bracelet for gaining speed and stealth capabilities. Then he runs to Lilycove, looking for the girl who asked for help. He finds her and returns the pokemon. Then he goes back to the Safari Zone entrance (always using the bracelet powers) and meets Sven, but as soon as he turns the bracelet off, a new rush of pain strike him and this time he isn't able to hide it...

In the meantime, Sven had been returning all the opposing pokemon to their pokeballs, to facilitate transport. Interesting. They're all Dark, Poison or Ghost types. WE use Dark, Poison and Ghost types. Are these midnight renegades? No, that can't be right, I don't recognize any of them, and I know most of the team, at least a little bit. So, what then? Is somebody trying to frame Midnight? At this point, Erick staggered back, interrupting Sven's train of thought.
"Erick, are you okay? No, don't answer, sit down and rest. The helicopter is almost here, and then we'll get you to the med wing."
The helicopter arrived, a bigger transport type than the one he'd used to take Serra back to base earlier. Two grunts got out, and helped Sven move the captured gang members into the transport. Sven hung onto their pokemon for safe keeping. Then, Erick, Sven, the grunts, and Kabut'In and Lance got on board for the trip back to base.

Damean grunted as Serra took him down, "Serra." he said shaking her, he then pulled himself upward, and picked up Serra, pain stabbed him in the head, Got to get inside. he thought, he pushed open the door inside was dark, almost picth black, a computer lay on a wooden desk, a bed was also in this room, he placed Serra on the bed and sat at the desk, he looked at Serra with concern, What happened back there? he asked himself, he tried to dismiss it as fatigue from a rough day, but something told him otherwise, Maybe... it's because of... No, I don't think that would cause this... he turned on the computer, it booted up almost instantly, Damean had work to do.

The Helicopter arrived back at base, and everything started getting unloaded. A cart arrived to take the gang member to separate detention cells. Sven decided to send their pokemon with them, leaving them in the Detention Center's front office. He ordered the two grunts to make sure that Erick got down to the infirmary. Well, the building's still standing, I guess the rest of the team has done some pretty good emergency repairs. Sven then joined the gang member's pokemon in the Detention office, and got ready to interrogate the prisoners.

<s>((Just in case anyone thinks that they're being cool by doing this, my pain is ONLY affecting Damean. We will explain why it's happening in a while, but please, no one else try to get pain from nowhere. You want pain? Go visit Undead, he'll be happy to shoot you. Thanks ))</s>

Waking slowly without moving, Serra tried to sit up. Nothing happened.
Oh no.. Trying to sit up again, or even open her eyes, Serra swore silently. I can't move.. What's going on? Damean.. help me..
Without realizing it, she silently sent a telepathic message to him.
<Damean help me..>
<I can't move...>

((Just FYI, Stellar Leader isn't getting pain from you, he's getting it from using pokemon powers from the bracelets he's created. It can be very bad for your health, or so I hear. BTW, does anybody already have plans for the who the gang of pokemon stealers are, or can I make stuff up?))

The gang's presumed leader was first on the schedule. He was sitting in a bare room with a bright light shining in his face. Sven entered by the light, and stood there for a few minutes, waiting to see if the gang leader would say anything. He didn't. Fine, I'll just start asking questions. Lets start with the big one.
"Who hired you to frame Midnight with Pokemon stealing activities?"

((Thanks Jsxtm for the explanation. I've never even thought of sharing the pain with anybody else. Well, maybe Saga's character since he used the bracelets, but I don't hope for him to notice it))

While on the helicopter and after that on the way to the infirmary, Erick has been pondering what has been happening to him.

- I'm feeling so weak. I always knew that using pokemon powers isn't the smartest thing to do, but I've never figured it would be this bad. I just feel like I'm sharing my energy with Doppel, Lich, Eradh, Sly and Fog. Every time I release them I feel like something was ripped out of me. And when they return to their pokeballs it seems someone stabbed me right on the heart. And what's worse is that they seem to feel something simillar. I don't matter to get hurt (since I've already been so much hurt), but I don't want anything bad happens to them... I must find a cure, I can't go to the infirmary right now... Please forgive for what I'm going to do now Eradh, I'll try this is the last time...

Erick puts a hand on his wrist where he wears the dragon pokemon bracelet and activates it. Then, after the initial pain is gone, he uses Outrage to escape from the grunts that are beside him and then leaves the building flying as fast as he can. When he's outside he just can't focus his mind (due to the confusion after using Outrage) and flies around aimlessly finally smashing himself against the window of a Blackthorn building. As he lies unconscious, people gathers around him and begin to wonder what has happened to him.

((Alrightie, thanks so much for explaining, I should have realized that Sorry bout the mix-up, my bad ))

((Well, tests over; Easter holidays starting next week... looking good and ready to spam this board up once more! hum... why y'all lookin' at me like that?... ))

"Hey there boy" Levin said, running his hand through Makida's fur. "Ouch!... static..."

"Well... what do I have to do to join, then?... Larvitar, let go of Ralts!"

Larvitar couldn't have cared less; he squizzed Ralts even harder. Levin had to separate them himself, and returned both Pokemon.

"Well...the usual way is to sign up and be approved by a Mod, but I don't think that'd apply here..." Eirika's voice trailed off. She was trying to figure this out.

"Bah, nevermind. I forgot how to sign people up the other way..." She randomly started walking.

((Your spring break starts next week?! My spring break starts in the middle of April!! You're lucky.

Bleh, PSSA's were last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. 2.5 hours of testing = whacked up schedules for the rest of the day... >_<))

((My spring break is this week, it's halfway over, wah!))

After Erick escaped, the grunts hurried down to the interrogation rooms to find Sven, but he was already interrogating the leader, and had left explicit instructions not to be disturbed by anyone not outranking him. So, they sat down to wait, and hoped it wouldn't take long.

((And Meanwhile, Sven is waiting to hear if anybody had plans for the gang; what they are, who sent them, etc... This is specifically for Confused Flareon, Blackwind, Gardevoir1313, and Magil. Okay, so If none of those four say they have any plans for them in their next posts, I'll just go with my own stuff. I'm fine with doing that, I just don't want to step on anybody's plans they already had.))

((Well...they might be the ones who attacked Eirika and Levin earlier, but that's up to you. ^_^))