Jorrin smiled they had gotten a Kadabra to teleport them this time so there wasn't the usual problems associated with Abra based teleportation they had chosen to wait until night fall then attack. They landed in the tent. "Damn you guys stole all of this?" Muttered the Corporal who had argued with him in the map room. "Yep." Jorrin had a rifle this time and old memories were coming back to him. "Ok people I'm going to slip past the guards and get the virus" He held up a flash drive "Into their computer system." "What do you want the rest of us to do?" "Stay quiet and if anyone comes in here knock em out or kill them and take their suits put them on and meet me guard the door." Jorrin slipped out and punched the guard who had been standing watch in the gut knocking the wind out of him then Jorrin placed a good Karate chop to the guard's neck and knocked him to the ground. Jorrin then applied a syringe which put the man into a completely unconscious state. He dragged the fallen body into the tent stripped, stripped the guard, put on the guard's uniform and then walked back out of the tent "Corporal Jordan what were those noises and why haven't you checked in?" "Sorry sir I tripped." "Yeah… Okay just be careful this is team Rocket turf remember." "Of course." Jorrin said he was imitating the man's voice as best as he could out of the two second interaction that they had had. "And what the hell is wrong with your voice?" "Bit of sore throat sorry boss." "Okay I don't know who you are but you are under arrest for impersonating-" Jorrin deactivated the helmet and pulled it off. He moved his rifle into a ready position and shot a former marines in the chest. Another one charged at him with a six-inch combat knife. He blocked it with his rifle then kicked the man in the groin before shooting him as he stumbled back. Three more were running towards him that he could see and no doubt the twenty or so there men here were also coming. He retreated back into the tent and activated his pokeballs one by one. "Kill 'em." was his command as the rest of his team mates unleashed their pokemon. He clicked his rifle to fully automatic. And ducked as the first shot went right above his head. He rolled out of the tent and opened fire taking down another and wounding two more. Behind him Vulcan howled and charged out spitting fire and lighting a Marine up. Hermes shot into the sky and began to flap its wings slowly building a torrent. Balboa picked up a crate with two of its arms and chucked it at a Marine missing by inches. Nidorino charged and gored a Marine with its horn. The marines were sending out their own pokemon now. And a Fearow shot to the skies after Hermes who unlashed a torrent which tore apart the command tent before a steel like coating covered its wings and it started an in air duel with the Fearow. Jorrin shot a Chameleon at point blank range before turning and hitting its master with the butt of his rifle. Vulcan was exchanging blasts of fire with a Slugma and Balboa was engaged in a fist fight with Machoke. Nidorino was spitting poison at a Munchlax who appeared to be taking it pretty well. Valantime had just blasted a Kingler with orbs of blue energy and now she was tearing at it with her claws. The other rocket members were engaged in other battles. Hermes had by now slit the throat of the Fearow attacking him and had dived down to help Trac who was fighting a Machop, a Meditite and a Marshstomp all at the same time. But it was soon obvious who was going to win. The marines seemed hesitant to harm pokemon a problem that the pokemon didn't seem to return. The team rockets were however fighting and using every bit of skill at their disposal to eliminate or at least incapacitate their enemies. But the fight was getting more desperate on both sides then a stray bullet hit Valantime just as she was about to retract into her shell she collapsed and was immediately killed by a punch to the throat from the Machop she had been fighting. "Pidgeotto!" Hermes sounded pissed and suddenly energy lit up the battle field. It wrapped around Hermes becoming a protective shield under which Hermes form seemed to change until suddenly. "Pidgeot." Hermes began flapping its new wings and unleashed a torrent which flattened the Machop then it dived down grabbed the Machop with its claws shot high up into the air and dropped it on an unfortunate Arbok. The Marines were being forced back and finally were forced to surrender. The Rockets stripped the marines down and tied them up. Jorrin gave the orders but then immediately returned to the battle field Murkrow and Pidgey were already circling but he saw Hermes gently prodding a blue bleeding turtle in the center of the battle field. Jorrin walked over and leaned to check on Valantime. He leaned down and checked Valantime's pulse then he bit back tears He glanced up at Hermes "She's dead." was all he could say Hermes cooed softly before gently prodding the body with its beak. "Is everyone else ok?" He called. His pokemon came back to him Balboa seemed fine a few dents but that was about all. Nidorino had a nasty looking wound in his leg but it didn't look deep so Jorrin sprayed some potion on it and called it good. All of his pokemon had some sort of wound except Hermes who had just evolved so it looked fairly normal. "All of you return except Hermes and Balboa." The rocket members were now mourning the dead and returning the survivors to there pokeballs. The marine's surviving pokemon had gone into the holding area all of them had been put to sleep by Sarge who had come out of the battle mostly unscathed. Jorrin got onto Hermes back "I need a look at the city." He said calmly "Pidgoet." Hermes shot upwards with Jorrin clinging to his back. He could see the lights of several dozen police vehicles heading towards the base. "Take me back down." Jorrin ordered. Hermes dived straight down jarring Jorrin. "Damn it." He muttered before raising his voice "Okay people we need to get out of here load the items in the car and let's get moving." "Return Hermes and well done." energy formed and Hermes vanished. "Ok boys and girls lets load up and get the fuck out of here!" Jorrin commanded there was a reluctant cry of "Yes sir." and a bustle of activity. Several minutes later they were off.
Officer Jenny heard the sirens too so naturally she ran out in full uniform (it had taken a death threat) pokeball in hand. Outside the city seemed to be acting normally considering the time of night but she could hear the siren's wailing. Outside of the hospital Jokah the one who had saved her sat with his head in his hands she turned to him "What's wrong?" She asked concernedly stepping forward. Jokah glanced up and she saw that his face was mildly tear stained "A travesty has been committed today, your officers run too an empty battle field filled with the dead." He said his thick Hoenese accent filled with sorrow. "All of them?" Jokah shook his head "Your enemies chose to spare those that surrendered." Officer Jenny breathed a sigh of relief. "But that is no excuse for this crime!" Jokah spat the second he heard that. "Most of the pokemon that took part in the battle died or were seriously wounded! Will anyone cry for them? There masters may have survived but they lay there dead and forgotten in the dirt! You Kantonians have no respect." Officer Jenny paused and stared at him "Aren't you taking this a bit personally?" Jokah stood up and glared at her. "I remember what happened at the Pokemon tower. Do you?" He drew a pokeball with a gold inlaid design covering it. "Kot come." A Rapidash appeared "I must go now to see that you Kitath give the fallen the proper respect." With that he mounted the Rapidash and shot away. Officer Jenny stared after him for a second "What the hell was that?" "It's his religion." Said Nurse Joy's voice from the doorway "Mystics believe that all life is sacred and many of their traditions go to honoring the dead of various species. It doesn't matter to them what the body did in life they only care that the soul leaves this world untainted." Officer Jenny nodded slowly "So what's he going to do?" Nurse Joy shrugged "Probably start shouting and throwing illusions around until your police chief lets him take the bodies of the pokemon and not dump them into a communal pit then fill it up with dirt. "Is the chief there?" She asked gesturing at the general direction where the sirens had been coming from. Nurse Joy shrugged "Don't know I guess you'll have to find out." Officer Jenny nodded before walking in the general direction of the police station.
She got there several minutes later to find the place in an uproar with clerks running in all directions clutching folders to their chests. She made her way threw the crowd and to the chief's office. She knocked "Who is it?" Said Taylor's voice, "It's me Jenny." She said over the din of assorted Clerks. "Come in and make sure you shut the door behind you." Jenny did so and saluted "Officer Jenny up and ready for action sir!" Chief Taylor grinned "Before you do anything you need to tell me what the fuck happened to you so I can move against it happening again." Jenny told him, he listened raptly and never interrupted her. "Interesting… I thought that it was impossible." his eyes were thoughtful "What?" He frowned deeply "This is worrying I've heard rumors but I never would have thought…" "Thought what?" Officer Jenny asked perplexedly "The Channelers promised us that it would never happen. Human possession if you're right we'll have to move fast to cut off this scourge at the source. You have two days to prepare then you'll be leading some of my best men and working with the Saffron, Celadon and Vermilion city police forces if the time has come we must crush this infestation before it spreads… Prepare to quarantine." Officer Jenny nodded "Yes sir."
Sister Abra's body sat on the top floor of the tower wearing a dark robe that seemed to cover the least amount of body possible. She would not have worn it herself of course but the creature that inhabited her didn't care. Her body was a mere tool to it a means to an end. Dark power surrounded her and she lacked the usual near dead look of the other humans who had been taken. There were partially healed cuts and gashes all the way up and down her arms. A way to weaken her the creature transferred all negative physical sensations into the little part of her mind where Sister Abra still held strong. The creature had employed many tactics to weaken her. Giving her temporary control of her eyes and forcing her too watch her former brethren tortured to death. Going threw her mind and picking out the worst memories amplifying them and then shoving them at her. Still she held strong unable to fight yet undefeatable the small part of her mind that she still controlled stayed quiet most of the time but occasionally she unintentionally tried to resist. The demon taunted her and filled her with terrible pain but she simply withdrew. But now the demon was not happy that's definitely the wrong word but triumphant she could feel the edges of the emotion and knew something terrible was to come. The villagers lived in total fear the demon made sure of that every night one of their number was taken and brought up to the tower only to be replaced by another twisted one. But now something was different now she could feel the power building around them aiming itself at the village.
Jokah rode his Rapidash rapidly towards the former team Rocket base. He had to do the rite of cleansing before the souls left the fallen pokemon or else they would rise. He rode "Come on Kot we must hurry." He said. Kot whinnied and sped to a gallop. But then Jokah felt the blast of power and it nearly knocked him off of Kot's back. Kot paused uncertain "No keep going I must do the rite before another infection starts." He ordered "I am not nearly strong enough to face that darkness alone." Kot began to move at incredible speed and several seconds later he stopped outside the camp. "Return." Jokah commanded then he ran into the camp and reached out with all of his skill in a single swoop of detection. These spirits were restless and soon would break free. The officers were carrying the bodies to one large burial pit. "No stop now!" He commanded. The officers froze. "If you want to be you by tomorrow you will do as I say bring the pokemon out and lay them in a dignified position!" One of the sergeants snorted "We don't have time for your heathen ritual-" Jokah interrupted him mid-sentence "Sleep!" Jokah commanded and the sergeant fell backwards "Weak minded fool." he muttered "That is my authority do as I command or I shall be forced to cleanse this place!" The officers began rapidly moving the bodies onto hurriedly set up tables in more dignified positions. "Peace spirits of the fallen wait I shall make sure you receive the respect you deserve." Jokah said mentally he felt some of the restleness ease but there was definitely a hint of a warning. After it was done and all the pokemon were placed in specific positions with respect Jokah began to chant the right of cleansing. He felt the power building inside of him enough power to send most of the souls on to the afterlife he unleashed it but knew it didn't work on all of the spirits some were to far gone. So he began to desperately weave another enchantment then once it was done he called out a command as he felt the twisted forms begin to rip their way out of the bodies he began to chant pulling all the words of power he could into one rite of binding he chose at random the pit that had been dug to heap the bodies and bound the spirits to it. Power shot out of his outstretched hand and touched each of the spirits now breaking their way out of the bodies. And then wrapped around them before pulling them towards the pit the magic grew weaker the closer it was to the pit however so now everyone could see a number of enraged spirits floating there. Jokah turned "Now let us leave before they grow used to their new forms." He said the police officers nodded and retreated back to their vehicles two of them stopping to pick up the still sleeping sergeant. Jokah activated Kot's pokeball and after the Rapidash formed he pulled himself up onto its back before turning back and riding towards Cerulean city. This was going to get nasty quick.