A/N: ~Signing on an Editor!~
Big Company Rep: Very well Mr. M. We shall seal the deal later today.
Me: Oh yes, thank you! *B.C.R leaves room; Tangi, Reb, Tank and Hazru walk in.*
Tangi: What was that about?
Me: I just hired an editor! They represent some big time dubbing company!
Hazru: And exactly how much is that going to be?
Me: Just fifteen dollars and a paperclip!
Hazru: … Isn't that oddly cheap?
Me: It was a super-deal!
Tank: Or a rip off…
Me: Now, now. Think HAPPY thoughts!
Rebecca: Well, either way, that's great! Less typos! When do they start? *Mr. M shuffles through papers,*
Me: Well, the deal won't be finalized until this afternoon. We get to meet the editor now though, to see if he's what we want. *someone knocks on the other side of the door* Oh, there he is! Come in! *Man walks in; everyone in the room begins staring mortified at him.*
4Kids Editor; Bob: Lawl~ Hai guiz!
Later that day…
B.C.R.: Mr. M! I've come to see if you're happy wit- *stares at Bob, currently sprawled out on the floor, seeming to have been mauled (and possibly missing an ear). "Thanks for the offer, but fuck no." written on a sticky note attached to Bob's back.*
And with that out of the way, enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 14 - Mars' Wrath!
"You sure this is the right way?"
"Yeah! Of course! This Pokétch app can't be wrong!" Tangi and Rebecca had left town not even a half hour ago and they still managed to get lost.
"We should have come across a bridge by now though Reb. I mean, it wasn't that far from town according to the map on that notice board." Reb giggled.
"I know what I'm doing! There's this other town marked on this map I thought we should check out!" Tangi stopped in his tracks. Reb, having not noticed, kept walking forward.
"Reb." She stopped, noticed he wasn't next to her, turned and walked up to him. He grabbed her wrist and looked at it. "This part isn't a town."
"Of course it is! It's separate from the path!" He tapped on the watch screen.
"No, it's not white. All towns are marked white on the map Reb." Silence before she "oh"ed, Tangi sighed in reaction. "Whatever, let's just…" He grabbed Rebecca and dived into the near by greenery. She tried to complain, but Tangi smacked his right hand over her mouth. "Shh, quiet." Two people wearing the same outfit as the two in Jubilife City ran up and stopped where Tangi and Reb were just seconds ago. Reb grabbed Tangi's arm, him cringing and grinded his teeth from the pressure she had applied to his wound, and moved it away from her mouth. One grunt grabbed his head and seemed to whine as he spoke.
"Man, I can't believe I lost my key! The commander is going to be furious!" Grunt two, a female one, walked up and placed a consulting hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry… We can't exactly go back and look for it. We'll just have to think of an excuse…" The male grunt paid no mind; seeming to fear whatever punishment might come his way. Sighing then smacking him on the back, she resumed with trying to comfort him. "Come on now, we have to be on time or we'll get yelled at that on top of the key incident…" He nodded and they continued on their way; the rest of their conversation drowned out. Rebecca was the first to pop out from the shrubs.
"Hey, Tangi… Did you hear all of tha- Are you okay?" She had turned around to see if he did hear everything, only to see him rocking on the ground and holding his arm. He glared at her and pointed at his arm. "Oh, right. Heh! Sorry!" She swung her arms behind her back and stuck her tongue at him. Tangi stood up and dusted himself off.
"If you ever do that again, I'll…" he froze mid sentence for she began her crying act. "… Whatever! Just don't do it again!" He stormed past her and began walking down the pathway.
"Eh?" She ran up behind him, grabbed his shoulder and turned him around. "Where are you going? You said so yourself; there's no town that way." He just looked at her for a moment before pointing in the direction he was heading.
"Didn't YOU hear all that? They got something going on down there. We obviously have to head down there!" He turned back around to proceed to his destination, until Reb turned him back around again.
"We need a key according to them though." Tangi crossed his arms and chose to think on the matter…
"We could just use this one I found…" Reb and Tangi jumped in fright and looked over to the cause of the fright. Standing just a few feet away from them was Tank; looking as spacey as he always did. Tangi ran up to him.
"Hey man!" When he got in range, they gave each other a high-five. "What happened to you back in Oreburgh? You missed my gym match!" Tank shrugged.
"I didn't think you'd mind me leaving. Fenrir said it would have been fine with you." Tangi shrugged and grinned at him. Reb walked up to Tank, asking the more important question.
"Hey, Tank." He turned to her and waved. She waved back before asking, "Tank, what did you mean by 'use this one?'" He reached into his pocket and pulled out a key with a yellow orb at the end of it.
"Well, those two dropped this key. I was going to return it but they seemed like they were in a hurry."
"… You do know they're bad guys, yea?" Tank looked up at him.
"Oh, really? Well, I guess I do now." Tangi sighed and Reb giggled.
"The Hell? Why are you all here?" Tangi didn't have to look up to know who said that, although he did anyway. Walking up the pathway was Hazru.
'Looking as smug as ever!' Tangi cleared his throat. "I should ask you the same!" Hazru just sighed.
"I'm chasing some goons that tried to take my Pokémon; not that it's any of your concern." The three of them looked at each other, then turned and stared blankly at Hazru. "What? It's true! They wanted my Pokémon. I said no. They tried attacking me for them, but I fought back. Then they ran off before I could finish'em off. Saying something about 'being late' and 'Valley Windworks.'" Tank took his turn to speak up.
"That might actually be true. The key has 'Windworks' inscribed on this yellow part." They all looked and, sure enough, it was there. Tangi punched his right hand into his left palm.
"Right then! We obviously have uncovered an evil plan!" Hazru grabbed his arm, causing him to stammer in pain.
"Sure you can fight with an apparent weakness?" Reb smacked his hand off Tangi's arm, then smacked him.
"You know it's injured and grab it, then ask what if the bad guys did it? Doesn't that make you rather fit for them?" She stood her grounds on this… Ignoring the fact that she herself had done the same thing minutes ago. He grunted.
"I did it to prove a point. That's it." He walked past Reb and up to Tangi again. "So? Think you can fight still?" Tangi forced his pain back and replaced the expression on his face with an adamant one; then back to his stupid grinning.
"Of course!" He turned around on the spot and pointed down the pathway. "Since we're all here and we have a reason to go in this direction, let's topple the baddies as a team!" Reb sighed.
"The only reason we're here is because of my directions though Tangi." He urked, turned slowly to her and mumbled.
"You didn't have to let those two know…" Tank laughed and Hazru responded with a sigh. "Right then!" Tangi gained his composure and bolted forward, shouting to the others, "Let's go!"
"Man, I knew it… 'No excuses, maggot!' Did you hear her? She's ruthless…" The male grunt sighed and leaned against the Valley Windworks building.
"Best not to say that too loud… Though I agree perfectly with you," the female grunt sighed. The gang poked their heads out from behind a few trees.
"Right, what's the plan?" Tangi snuck back behind his tree and turned to the others.
"I thought you were playing leader Tangi," grunted Hazru.
"I am! And as the leader, I decided to make you all brain storm!" Hazru sighed.
"I could go up and use my charms to get them away from the door!" Reb jumped up then covered her mouth, fearing she might have said that too loud. Tank decided to point out the flaw in her plan before Hazru could.
"One of them is a woman though… I think that cancels out girl charms, doesn't it?" Reb nodded. Tangi, of course, talked before thinking.
"Besides, what charms do you even have?" *BAM!* Five across the face!
"I say we just charge the fort." Tank shook his head to the idea.
"We can't. What if they have the workers in there?" Hazru sighed.
"We don't have too many options. Either we sneak it, which might be hard. Or we storm the front." Tangi pondered on their resources for a moment.
"… Hazru. Tank. Either one of you have flying Pokémon?" They both nodded. He turned to Reb. "Any chance Bruce knows Sleep Powder?" She nodded; all of them caught on to the plan.
"Since we only have one Grass-Type it seems," Tank spoke up. "I'll send my Pokémon in as a distraction. Sound good?" Tangi nodded at him.
"Then we all know what to do about the guards?" They all nodded. "Right. Tank, leave Reb your flying Pokémon, and then follow me. And after you guys tell them the plan, meet just over near that yellow pine tree." They all nodded and Tangi walked off to the established meeting place.
"Ugh, how long do you think she's going to be?" The male grunt decided to sit down to give his legs a break. The female grunt liked his idea and joined him.
"Don't know. The guy they got in there is being rather uncooperative." She sighed. "Why can't people just accept that we're working for the better of everyone?" The male grunt snickered.
"Yea, I hear ya." He looked upwards just in time to meet an oncoming-
"Natu!" The tiny bird slammed head-on into the man's face, knocking his head back into the building and knocking him out in the process. The Natu began jumping around on his face when the female shot up.
"You little…" She never finished her sentence, thanks to Hazru's Pidgeotto flying in with Bruce in its talons. Bruce released his Sleep Powder and knocked the woman out. The boys ran up; Tangi moving the grunts to the side while Tank and Hazru took care of their Pokémon.
"Good job Raptor." Pidgeotto flew down onto Hazru arm. Tangi laughed lightly at the name as he dragged the woman off.
"You named a bird of prey, 'bird of prey?'" Hazru hmphed at his remark.
"Don't say it like that; it loses its luster." Tank picked up the Natu and held it out in front of him.
"You did your part very well too, Nate." Hazru motioned his free hand at Tank.
"He named his Natu Nate; just one letter changed." Tangi dropped the body off and shrugged.
"Hey, he named an Eevee Eve. I wasn't expecting something clever from him." Tank sighed and cocked his head at the pair.
"You know, back in school, I had a history of being violent." Both boys jumped; Tangi laughed lightly and Hazru returned Raptor to his Pokéball. Tank chuckled and returned his Natu. Now, the only one remaining was…
"Sorry guys!" Reb ran up; Bruce meeting her halfway. "Look what I found!" She held a Spinarak out in front of her; all of the males freaked. "Eh? What?" Tangi ran up to her and snatched it away.
"Reb! These are poisonous- SON OF A BIT-MUMPH!" The Spinarak bit on one of Tangi's fingers, then String Shot Tangi's mouth before he could finish his obscenity. It then jumped from his hands and back to Rebecca; leaving Tangi unsure to whether he should pry the web off his face or check his finger for damage. It climbed up Reb's arm and began nudging her face when it reached the top. It looked back over at Tangi, who was waving his bitten hand around while trying to pry the web off his face with the other.
"You're lucky I wasn't poisoned, little bug," Tangi said after his finger was checked and his mouth freed from the webbing. "Because if I was going to die, I'd at least take you with me." He waved a finger at the Spinarak; pulling it back from fear when it snapped its pincers at him again.
"He already bit you once, and you insist on taunting him again?" Reb sighed and petted the spider that rested on her shoulder. Tangi just stared at her with an expression of gloom and confusion.
"It's… It's a spider Reb." She nodded. "Aren't… Women… I don't know, SCARED of bugs?" She shrugged.
"They never really bothered me." He smacked his forehead. Hazru coughed rather loudly for it to just be a regular cough.
"Don't we have a mission here? For a leader, you sure get us off track easily…" He peeked over at Tangi, receiving the exact anger-filled expression he expected.
*Click*
All three turned to the door; Tank had unlocked it. "We don't have time; they might wake up soon or replacement guards might come to swap with them." He walked in; the rest of them nodding and running for the door. Reb stopped just outside and put the Spinarak down.
"It was nice to meet you!" She waved goodbye to it and ran in. The spider cocked his head from side to side before walking inside as the door was shutting.
Despite entering after Tank, Tangi assumed the lead of the pack. They all moved along the corridors of the factory as silently as possible; shocking Tangi at how well Reb was doing. He peeked around a corner, spotting a few more guards. Tangi motion for the group to huddle. "We'll need to take these goons down. I don't think we have the time for a plan, so might as well battle them." The others nodded in agreement and readied their choices. Tangi held up his hand and peeked around the corner again. He waited to drop it at the right time. When the grunts turned their backs to them, he lowered it. They all bolted in.
"Go!" They all shouted. The guards turned around in surprise. Eve came out from Tank's Pokéball and smacked on guard upside the head with her Iron Tail. The second one pulled his Pokéball out, but Bruce Vine Whipped it away; then used Sleeping Powder. Tangi and Hazru also had chosen their starters; Flint and Genbu. Flint smacked the last grunt in the gut while Genbu chose to aim for his face. All three guards disposed of; the team praised their Pokémon in their own way.
"How come every time you call me out, it's to attack someone?" Hazru and Tank turned their heads toward Flint's direction as him and Tangi carried out a conversation. Reb stepped in front of them.
"It's kind of complicated guys! Eheh…" Tank just shrugged and picked his Eevee up.
"Whatever. I knew he was a freak." Hazru sighed and bent over to pat Genbu on the head; his remark had provoked Tangi and Flint though.
"Say that again!" They shouted in union-sense. Hazru just snorted at the pair.
"See? Freaks." Tangi was about to shout again when they heard a door bang from across the room.
"Well now… I see we need to rethink who we sign up for Team Galactic if these fools can't stop some kids." The gang and their Pokémon all turned to face the new opponent. A red haired woman strutted out from the room behind her. Her suit wasn't too different from the people they just took out; save the fact that her suit was more of a skirt attached to the top part. "Whatever should I do now?" She raised her arms, closed her eyes and let a sigh slip her. Hazru stepped forward.
"You're the one in charge of the group here, no?" She popped open one eye and shot Hazru a smile.
"Quite right, darling. Now, I have work to do; which I'm almost finished with. I just might overlook this endeavor if you all leave here quickly… I've been so looking forward to leaving here." She turned around and started to strut back into the room.
"Hold it!" A Razor Leaf flew past her. She turned back around and faced Reb and Bruce.
"Something the matter, love?" Tank stepped forward now.
'Don't give us that, lady." Tangi took his turn.
"You shouldn't be here." She dropped her left arm and held her right up against her face, sighing into it.
"Yes, that's my point." She dropped her remaining arm and, with a creepily happy smile, said to them, "I am almost done here. So if you kiddies could go else where, that'd just be lovely." She turned back around and tried once again to walk into the back room; a Water Gun just over her shoulder this time as her warning. She spun around at full throttle. "Listen, you little shits! I tried to be nice; but no more!" She grabbed a Pokéball of her waist and enlarged it. "And seeing as how you refused my earlier offers, there's no need for a final warning!" She tossed the Pokéball into the air; releasing a Zubat. "Supersonic!"
"Flint; behind that generator!" He obeyed and the Supersonic waves smacked off it; protecting the Charmeleon from the confusing effects. "Flamethrower!" He leapt from behind the machine and primed his attack, but was met with a Wing Attack, knocking his head backwards and his Flamethrower hitting the ceiling. Genbu rushed past the reptile.
"Hydro Cannon!" One quick charge and the stream of high-pressured water came rushing out of Genbu's mouth. The Zubat was rather evasive however, as it managed to dodge all of the attack. The woman smiled.
"Gust attack!" The bat began flapping its wings faster; a minor tornado beginning to form. Genbu was knocked backwards into Flint; Tangi and Hazru urking at the current development.
"Razor Leaf!"
"Shadow Ball!" Bruce let his barrage go, the leaves cutting across machinery and storage boxes in the room. Eve's Shadow Ball brought up the rear; seeming to push the leaves at a higher speed. However, the Zubat was still quick to evade.
"Gust!" Another quickly made wind and the attacks were nullified. Reb cursed as Tank shouted another order for Shadow Ball. "Zubat, Wing Attack the brown lump." It charged right at Eve as she was charging her attack and canceled it. Eve was sent backwards into the wall. Tank took his turn to curse and ran over to his 'Mon. "Honestly, if you kids had listened to me, you wouldn't be in this predicament."
"Dragon Claw!" Finally; an attack connected! The Zubat was sent into a generator that was damaged slightly from Razor Leaf. The extra impact caused the machine to finally overload; shocking the poor Flying-Type. The woman simply returned her Pokémon and glared down the Charmeleon… She pressed onto her left ear and began talking into it.
"Exactly how much longer do you need?" A pause. "Understood." She released the hold on it and reached into a pocket, then pulled out glasses. "Tell me, child," she said to Tangi while putting the glasses on. "Just what is your name?" Tangi stayed muted for a moment; thinking it over…
"Tangi. And you?" She gasped and started laughing.
"Oh, how simply rude of me!" She placed a hand on her chest. "My name is Mars. Commander Mars of Team Galactic. And who is that?" She pointed at the Charmeleon.
"Flint." She cocked her head to Flint. "Problem?" He smirked and raised his arms into a shrugging position.
"Not at all…" Mars shot him a smile. She reached around her backside and pulled off another Pokéball. Tossing it into the air made it release the creature inside; a Purugly. Tangi just stared at it for a moment.
"Wait…" Mars smirked.
"So you noticed?" Tangi dug around in his pocket and pulled out his Pokédex; the others watching him intently. He popped it open and pointed at the Purugly. Sure enough, it was there. However…
"No way…" He looked back up at the Pokémon, then back at the Pokédex. Mars kept away at smiling; knowing he'd catch on. "It's a shiny…" Hazru immediately pulled out his Pokédex. Sure enough, the one on the device was white with grey patterns and purple ear tips. However, the one before them was white with purple patterns and blue ear tips. Flint dropped his arms and walked over to the cat; deciding to take a closer look. The Purugly allowed him to. Mars raised her hand to her lips and giggled into it.
"Well, well. They seem to becoming fast friends." Flint jerked his head up and jumped backwards slightly.
"Whatever!" She giggled more.
"Really? What a darn shame…" Her creepily, cheerful face changed to a more blank one. "Faint Attack." Purugly leapt into the air and vanished. Everyone looked around for where it'd appear at; Reb being the first to notice. It popped up in front of Bruce and kicked him backwards with its hind legs. Afterwards, it appeared to vanish again. Reb ran over to tend to her Pokémon. "Did you know, Tangi…?" He turned from Bruce to her, revealing his shocked expression at the speed of Mars' Pokémon. "That each Rutilus Electus Res not only gain a different coloring compared to others of their species… But can act and battle quite differently?" Hazru shot her a confused look.
"'Rutilus Electus Res?" She answered him; though didn't bother to take her eyes of Tangi and Flint.
"It's the scientific term for, what you lowly trainers, call 'shinnies.' Frankly, it's degrading." She swung her arms up and outward to her sides. "'Rutilus Electus Res.' 'Shining Chosen One.' They contain a gene that we, Team Galactic, tend to make full use of…" She dropped her arms, then lifted one and pointed at Genbu. "Like so."
"Wartortle!" Hazru brain hadn't even acknowledged that his Pokémon let out a cry before he saw what happened. Genbu had been kicked into a box right behind him, shattering it and damaging the box immediately behind it. He and Tangi slowly turned their gazes to where Genbu was thought to be. Tangi then turned back toward Mars, just as slowly. She had crossed her arms in the midst of what transpired and giggled behind a smug smile.
"The RER Gene is really quite astounding, is it not? I believe you already had a taste of what it's capable of." She pointed at Tangi again. "Your arm, perhaps, is the proof?" He cringed at the thought of her being right. Flint took notice of his trainer's behavior.
"Tangi." His eyes jerked at Flint's voice; Mars' being the only one he had focused on. Flint cocked his head backwards, still in a battle stance, but a worried look on his face.
'What's wrong with me?' Tangi turned his attention to staring at his hands; which were shaking. 'I… Don't think… I've ever been this afraid…' He kept staring at his hands. He ignored the fact he was in a battle. He ignored the fact that his companions had injured Pokémon to tend for. He even began to ignore Flint. The only thing he kept his focus on was his hands shaking… Mars began laughing loudly.
"That's the best expression I've ever seen," she shouted at the end of her laughter. "Truly, the depiction of fear!" She laughed again until Flint shot her a glare.
"Shut the Hell up." Mars stopped… She lowered her head and returned her own glare at the Charmeleon. Flint's back arched as he held his arms forward slightly; his teeth bared at her. Tangi looked over at him. "Another word to Tangi…"
"And what?" She shot him another smug look. He snarled at her.
"Another word… And…" -POW!- Flint buckled from the pressure of being kicked in the gut. Although, to everyone's surprise, it wasn't Purugly protecting its trainer from threats. It was Tangi. Flint dropped to a knee and grabbed his gut. He turned and was about to shout at Tangi for doing what he did, but Tangi kneeled down to his level.
"Don't," he said. He looked Flint dead in the eyes before finishing. "Don't give her the satisfaction that she's getting to you." Flint looked at Tangi dumbfounded for a moment before chuckling and pushing himself back on his feet. Tangi smiled for a moment; it quickly being lost when he turned back to Mars. "Thanks."
"Huh?"
"For making me realize what I'm really afraid of." She waited for him to give more information; Tangi being happy to oblige. He swung his arms outwards before saying, "I'm not afraid of Flint; he'll always be a food snarffing, overweight idiot," Flint urked after that; interrupting Tangi's speech. "And," he continued. "And he might be thought of as dangerous by plenty of people… But, it isn't what he could do that I'm afraid of." He dropped his arms and shot Mars an emotionless smile. "It's what he could do if someone wasn't there to watch him that scares me. Not anything you said." Hazru grunted in agreement. Tank and Reb smiled at the pair. Tangi took a deep breath before turning back to Flint. "Sorry about that; had to get it off my chest." Flint snorted.
"You're lucky I don't join up with her after that crack at my weight. Nurse Joy said it was only five pounds!" Tangi cracked him a smile.
"Yes, but that was during my last day of hospitalization. How much have you eaten since then?" They proceeded to argue at each other; completely ignoring Mars.
"… Shadow Claw." Tangi and Flint were snapped back to reality as the Purugly returned from nothingness and slashed at the pair. They both dodged; mainly due to Flint pushing Tangi away. Mars thought it to be pure luck. "Faint Attack again." It leapt backwards and, once again, vanished. "Let's make a trade Tangi." He looked up at her since he had fallen backwards to avoid the attack. "You tell me just what Flint's little gift is from the RER Gene, and I'll share what my Purugly's is."
"Gift?" Mars giggled.
"Don't try to hide it; you've had to have seen it by now." He pushed himself up and looked at her confused.
"I honestly don't know what you're talking about." Her expression changed to the more furious one from before.
"Is that a fact?" She snapped her fingers and Purugly again came back into view; lunging at Flint. He dodged again, perking Mars' curiosity. "Fury Attack." It turned back around and started swiping its claws at him; Flint dodging each one with less effort after each attack. She pressed the side of her glasses. "Again." Again, it swung; and, like before, Flint seemed to dodge each attack with less and less effort.
"Metal Claw!" One last swipe from the cat and Flint took his turn; leading to a miss. "Keep at it!" Purugly kept leaping backwards away from it. Just as Mars was about to shout a new order though, the fourth swing landed. She let out a grunt of disappointment.
"Faint Attack!" The cat left everyone's sight once again.
"So how about you tell me Mars," Tangi shouted over to her. "What's Purugly's 'RER gift?'" She stared for a moment and began laughing.
"Do you honestly think I'd tell you tha-"
"Speed." She dropped her head and looked over at Hazru; who had dug out Genbu. He returned him and stood up. "I fought one of those before. They're natively fast… But this one was near unnoticeable." He placed his hand behind his belt and replaced Genbu's Pokéball. After Mars remained silent, Hazru took his turn to chuckle. "The extra speed is quite noticeable, however. Just from seeing its swings during the Fury Attack made me think of this; that it doesn't vanish. During a Faint Attack, they always reappear to land the attack. Purugly's moving at such a high speed, it's nigh impossible to see. However, I think Flint's noticed this the whole time. Exactly why hasn't Purugly attacked yet?" Everyone turned to Flint; his eyes and head darting around him. Reb and Tank returned their Pokémon and stood up.
"He can see Purugly," Reb asked. Hazru nodded.
"At least, I think so… Faint Attack is a never miss attack because the Pokémon becomes so fast, it's able to get to its target's blind spot and land the hit. We all saw it with your Bulbasaur and my Genbu." Tangi looked over at Flint; who either didn't hear or couldn't care about the explanation. Mars just smiled. "But it hasn't popped up yet for Flint… Tangi. Your thoughts?" Tangi turned back to the gang.
"I don't know… Although…" He thought back onto past battles since Flint evolved. "He's been exceptionally good at dodging. And his attacks almost always land their mark…" Then it hit Tangi; that was Flint's "gift." A growl snapped him from his thoughts. He managed to catch sight of Flint, arm extended out, and the Purugly caught in his paws. He shot it an evil grin.
"Gotcha." He tossed it into the wall it sent Bruce into and launched a Flamethrower attack. When the flames settled down, the cat dropped to its feet. It seemed badly burned for it had not tried to run away. Mars just stared at them. Until…
*Beep* She pressed onto her ear again. She nodded and released her ear again. "Well, I'm done here." She returned her Pokémon. Everyone turned to Mars. "You got what you wanted; I'm leaving now." She took a step forward but Flint stepped in her way; snarling at her.
"We changed our minds, actually." Mars looked from the Charmeleon to the teens. Tangi stepped forward. "We want you to stay… At least until Officer Jenny from Floaroma Town can get here and arrest you all."
"… Oh, do you think your simple threats would really work?" The door behind her opened; a grunt appearing with a man in a lab coat. The man was bound by ropes. Mars then materialized a device from her pocket. "One more threat at me, and I'll just hit this button," she said as she nodded at the device. "And the energy in the factory will reverse; causing the electricity to build up that.. Well, let's just say that it won't be pleasant." She shot them all a smile. "So you have two choices; let us go and you can have that man along with the factory still being functional… On the other had, if you try to stop us, I'll hit this. The factory becomes a danger zone and, you being the 'hero' types, go off to stop it while I escape." Tangi and them looked between each other. "Either way, I get away. It just depends if you want a possible explosion on your hands or not…"
"… Flint. Let her go." He shot Tangi a look. His trainer nodded at him to agree. He did so, but not before shooting Mars one final snarl. She and the conscious grunt walked by to the exit of the room.
"You know, with everything said and done…" She turned around on the spot after the grunt pasted her. "I never really did like this place." She lifted her thumb over the switch; everyone yelled "No" at her. Just as she was about to press it, something lunged at her face. "Eek!!!! GET IT OFF!!!" She dropped the device and smacked the Spinarak off her face. Mars looked at the trainers before bolting out of sight.
"She doesn't have the switch now! Come on!" Hazru gave chase to her.
"Hazru, wait!" Tank followed close. Tangi started to go after them, but the muffling sounds of the man's voice stopped him. He turned to Reb who also was busy caring for the Spinarak.
"Damn it…" Tangi walked over to the hostage and untied him…
A few hours passed on. Officer Jenny had been called in along with some police force members. The lackeys that that had been left behind were taken into custody. Commander Mars wasn't found yet, nor was Tank and Hazru. The hostage was actually the factory owner; who was more than happen to be reunited with his daughter. Tangi, Flint and Rebecca stared at the scene before them. "You know," Reb said. "We've been cleared from questioning… We could go now." She looked over at the two as they continued staring off; both wearing the same expression.
"I know," they said at the same time. Reb waited to see if they'd notice this, but nothing. She leaned up against her tree again and continued watching…
A few more minutes and Tangi bent over to pick up his bag while Flint stretched in place. "Let's go." Again, they had said it at the same time…
"Hold it." They both turned to Rebecca. She walked up and looked back and forth between the two?
"What?" Again, in union-sense…
"Stop that! That's creepy!" They turned to each other than back to her before, once again, speaking at once.
"What is?"
"That!"
"That what?" She sighed and smacked both of them.
"Ow… What the Hell did I do that time Reb?!" Tangi grabbed at his face.
"I can understand Tangi getting hit for no reason, but why me?!" Flint rubbed his face also. Tangi glared at him while Reb stared at the pair
"She probably smacked you to motivate you to lose some weight!" Flint urked then smacked Tangi across the other side of his face.
"Well she probably smacked you for always insulting me!" The two began yelling at each other again… Reb sighed.
"I give up…" She readjusted her bag and walked away from the two. They took notice, looked at each other, than bolted on after her.
"Wait, Reb! What did we do?!" She turned around, tossed a Pokéball, and both of them had their mouths covered from a String Shot.
"Much better!" She turned back around with her Spinarak crawling up to her shoulder, leaving the two to try to pry the thread off their faces. "Oh, there's no complaints with Anansi joining us, is there?" All she received were muffled sounds from behind the webbing. "I didn't hear a no~!" She bolted up the path laughing; Flint and Tangi chasing after her for help with the webbing. They all still had to make it to Eterna Forest before nightfall…
"Sir, we managed to succeed with our operation at the Valley Windworks… But ran into a small complication." Mars walked into a dark lightened room and placed the glasses she wore during the second half of her match with our heroes on a desk. "Details were recorded…"
"Very well. You're dismissed." She hesitated before nodding, then made for the doorway. A man grabbed the glasses and turned them around in his hands. "This had better be good…"
Footnotes: "Rutilus Electus Res" translates to "Shining, Chosen Being" in Latin. Or roughly (RER Gene being a fitting named I'd think!). Also, lawl… Like everyone that has played Diamond/Pearl/Platinum wouldn't know who that person at the end was.
Chapter Preview - After camping out in a nice rest house outside the Eterna Forest (partly due to Reb's fear of crossing the forest at night), the two head out at the break of dawn. Inside they regroup with Tank who, oddly enough, is found with a rather lavishing, "green" girl.
~What Flint Really Wanted to do to Tangi~
Tangi: I'm not afraid of Flint; he'll always be a food snarffing, overweight idiot-
Flint: You want overweight!? *Lungs at Tangi and bites down on his face; him screaming in pain.* OMNOMNOM!
Mars: …
Rebecca: *covers mouth and runs off to throw up*
Tank: O.O
Hazru: … Meh, I said he was a freak, didn't I?
Flint: *lungs at Hazru's now; Hazru screaming at the knowing what's to come.* OMNOMNOMNOM!
Me: Uh… We can, like, fix them… Right? *some random doctor nods* Then keep rolling for the blooper reels!