LOVE AND SACRIFICE(v3)
Love and Sacrifice(v3): Enter Zentai
Yiana looked around with a smile on her face. All the leaders of the Kaitan Alliance were present, at least, all the peace seeking ones were. If things went as planned, the second act would be able to start that day.
"Your Excellency." Haris saluted. "The others are ready. It's time."
She smiled, smoothing back her short black hair with one hand. Carefully, she adjusted the red rose pinned on her uniform. "Let's go." Walking to the meeting room with a serene look on her face, Yiana Naventa did not give the appearance of a leader of a secret group planning a coup. Rather, she looked like the part she was playing, the leader of an elite military group going to a peace talk. "Keep calm Haris." She said quietly as they entered the room and took their places.
Standing at the podium infront of everyone was Jarith Oak, the grandson of the legendary May Oak, and grandnephew of the also well known Gary Oak. How the family had made it into the Kaitan Alliance, no one knew, but it hadn't taken long before they became a highly respected bloodline, and one that people always took time to listen to, even if they didn't agree.
"I believe that we should make peace with the other continents. These recent attacks are not, I believe, a complete reflection of the other continent's feelings. I think that, rather, they hope for peace even more than we do, and that we should disarm ourselves, and concentrate less of military development, and more on peace."
"How do you expect to maintain peace without some way of controlling the other continents?" Haris challenged. "We need the soldiers and pokemon to help keep them in line." He would have gone on, but Yiana placed a hand on his shoulder, silencing him.
"But it is the presence of these such military armaments that helps bring about wars. We must put an end to this! I'm sure that if reasoned with, those rebels that have been attacking us will stop fighting."
"Talk is cheap." Yiana replied, somehow managing to keep her cool, while Jarith seemed to be slightly flustered. "The strong must rule. The way we can prove our strength and rule well is to have our army."
"That is exactly the kind of attitude we don't need! If people think that way, wars will never end!" Jarith sighed, but brightened a little when murmurs of agreement were heard.
"It is both human and pokemon nature to fight." Inwardly, Yiana smirked, noticing that the ever-eloquent Jarith Oak was at a loss for words.
One of the Elite soldiers and his growlithe partner ran in, heading right for Yiana and saluting. "Your Excellency, the base is under attack!" He panted, wiping sweat from his brow.
The large monitor behind Jarith was switched on, and it showed the base being attacked by as of yet unseen enemies. Following an explosion and youth riding a black rapidash with a black charizard behind came into view. He turned towards the monitor and winked, right before blowing up the camera.
"The hybrids..." Jarith gasped, looking at the now blank screen with wide eyes.
Yiana seized the moment. She was going to have to act quickly if things were to go as planned. She stood up, addressing everyone. "We have an aircraft that can be ready for you to leave on in a few minutes. We cannot risk your safety."
Jarith seemed suspicious, but nodded anyway. "Thank you."
She smiled slightly, then turned to the soldier who had run in earlier. "Go get the jet ready."
He saluted, then ran out with his growlithe, returned five minutes later. "Your Excellency, the jet is ready." He said, saluting once again.
"Good." She turned to Jarith with her little smile still on her face. "After you."
Jarith once again looked at her suspiciously, but he and the other Kaitan Alliance leaders left, following the soldier to the plane.
"Are you not coming?" One of them asked Yiana as he exited.
"No, I need to stay and help defend the base."
"Oh."
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Xeth, clad in what looked suspiciously like a priest's outfit, rode on his Rapidash, whose name was Angel, up to the base. In his arms was a machine-gun, which he used to shoot any soldier or pokemon that came close. Beside him flew Devil, his charizard, who was using firespin on whatever living thing he saw.
"This is too easy..." He muttered to himself as he swerved Angel to avoid getting hit by an ice attack. "Where the h*ll is Indenki?" He looked around, searching for the strange arasian boy he had traveled with.
A bomb exploding, bringing down the gate to the base answered him. Out of nowhere, Indenki rode in on his raikou, electrocuting anyone who came near.
"Impressive." Xeth commented, riding in after the electric hybrid.
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Aita flew in on her Articuno, with Vair sitting behind her. They had been somewhat surprised to realize the base was already being attacked, but decided that that meant less work for them. The blue bird swooped down, landing just outside the base and allowing the girls to jump off. Aita recalled her, then noticed that the gate to the base had already been blown up.
"I guess we don't need this then, do we?" Vair looked at the bomb she held. "Then what do we do with it?"
"We'll find some use." Aita replied. "Now come on! They've probably realized they're being attacked by now, and if we don't hurry, they'll leave." She ran through the gate as soon as she finished talking, and Vair had no choice but to follow.
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Jorvis too flew in, and was than just somewhat surprised when he'd spotted two girls, one with green hair, the other with pale blue hair, riding in on an articuno. He immediately landed his aerodactyl and followed them in, noticing that someone had already taken care of the first line of guards.
"Hey! Stop!" A male voice called out from behind him, and he turned to see a boy about his age riding in on a Steelnix. The boy jumped off, then recalled the huge pokemon. When he walked closer to Jorvis, the rock hybrid realized that he seemed quite frail next to his own huge frame.
"And you are?"
"Blade Keisuke, the steel hybrid. And you?"
"Jorvis, the rock hybrid."
"I thought as much." He looked around, absently tapping his two steel blades together. "I suppose we should be going in, shouldn't we?"
"I thought so myself." Jorvis mounted his Aerodactyl, and got ready to fly in. "Are you gonna take your steelnix in?"
"No." The smaller boy sighed. "Slicedrill is too big. Besides, I can't attack effeciently on him." Blade saluted. "See you inside the base!" And he ran in.
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Siana and Psyris teleported in, surprised to find the lightning and fire hybrids already in the base grounds and attacking. They quickly erected a shield around themselves, and started using psychic attacks against the pokemon that the soldiers had. Well used confusion attacks muddled the pokemon's brains and tricked them into attacking each other, and their trainers. It was a brutal way to get rid of one's enemies, but an efficient one.
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Swift flew in with his fearow, savoring the feel of the wind on his skin. He went to each mission with the attitude that this could be his last time flying, and he wanted to enjoy it while it lasted. Turning behind him, he nearly stopped flapping his wings when he spotted a dark blue haired girl with leathery wings flying with a dragonite.
"Hey!" She called, waving. "I'm Merideth!"
/Such a beautiful voice... She must be a good singer./ He thought absently. "I'm Swift!" He yelled back, slowing down so that she could catch up with him.
/He must be from Eurel with that accent. And he's got such beautiful eyes, they seem to reflect the sky somehow.../ Blushing slightly from her thoughts, Merideth quickly looked down and thankfully noted that they were at the base. "We've made it."
"So we have..." Swift replied absently, hovering in the air.
"How do you do that? Stay in the air without moving around? I have to keep moving or I fall!"
"I dunno how I do it... I have a very light frame, so it's not hard for me." He suddenly dove, swirling down to the base gracefully with his fearow.
"He moves so elegantly, doesn't he? I think I need more flying lessons..." She told her dragonite, flying around in a circle.
"Dragonite!"
"What?" Merideth looked behind her, continuing to fly in a circle at the same time. "Hi! I'm Merideth!"
Hali blinked, before answering, stammering a little. "H...hi! I'm Hali."
"Scyther?"
"They're friends. Don't attack." She told the scyther.
"Nice to meet you Hali! I'm going down now though, care to join us?"
"S...Sure!" She smiled brightly. This was her first mission on her own, and it'd be nice to have a 'friend' to go with, so the two hybrids swooped down together with their partners.
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Devin had already been in the base, masquerading as a soldier, when he'd heard the explosions outside. /What's going on?/ He asked himself, looking out of a nearby window, and being rewarded with the sight of two boys riding in on unusual pokemon. Not too long after, two girls flew down on an articuno, followed soon by two more boys. "I must be dreaming... Six of the other hybrids, all in one place?" He transformed into a spearow and barreled through the window, flying in and following where the hybrids had gone.
He found them fighting the second line of soldiers defending the base. He transformed into a steelnix and started doing some heavy damage.
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A soldier found himself suddenly grabbed from behind, knocked out only moments later. Surprised, his comrade stopped commanding his pokemon and turned in surprise, looking for the attacker, only to be knocked out cold in the same way.
"Well gengar, it's not as dishonorable when I don't kill them, right?" Tevax asked the ghost pokemon somewhat anxiously.
"Gengar, gengar."
"I knew you'd see it my way. However, I can't go on that way." He made himself visible, and took out his gun. "I hear something coming from the other side of the base, sounds like a fight..." He floated towards the noise.
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"Damn, I can't use my poison attacks with the other hybrids around..." Kaor bit his lower lip in frustration before smiling. "However, I still have this!" He took out his set of throwing knives, kissing the case. "I knew they'd be of use someday, but I may not be able to retrieve them." He looked fondly at it. "Oh well, people lose things in wars." He opened it up, and from where he stood, hidden behind a tree, threw a knife at a soldier who was about to shoot at one of the hybrids that had bright red hair.
Surprised to see a soldier a few feet away from him fall suddenly with a knife in his throat, Xeth looked around and grinned when he saw the poison hybrid with his tri-colour hair. "Thanks!" He yelled before ordering his Rapidash to use a fire attack on the grass pokemon that was attacking Indenki's raikou.
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On top of her gyrados, Corvet rode in, disappointed yet pleased to find the battle already raging. Disappointed because it had started without her, but pleased that the other hybrids were around. She had no chance of infiltrating a base during the day on her own, for her water attacks were next to no good on humans. She was a pretty good aim with guns, but one could not rely entirely on weapons.
"Go Jaws!" She commanded the huge water pokemon, who immediately 'charged' in, and joined the attack. There were a couple of fire pokemon on the Kaitan soldier's side, and Corvet was sure that the other wouldn't mind her help.
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"See ya later Kenji-chan." Erian said as she burrowed into the ground with a sandslash and a dugtrio. The fighting hybrid could only stare in surprise as they disappeared below the ground and dug their way to the base.
Sighing he continued on, riding his motorcycle up to the base, then dismounting and running in. The fight had already started, and he decided that it would be wiser to use his machamp, rather than attack on his own.
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A dark figure slipped through the base. While the other hybrids fought outside, he was free to steal some information on the Kaitan Alliance and Team Rocket. He had been in the base for about an hour now, having snuck in earlier. Of course, he'd had to kill a few soldiers, but they were on their break, and wouldn't be noticed until some time later.
After hacking into the computers, he'd found some valuable information which he printed out. Mainly just the locations of some of the bases, but then he also found some secret files about a coup... His green eyes darkening slightly, Shadow read the documents, his mood darkening by the second. This whole attack was all a trap! Not necessarily a trap so much as a trick... The peace-seeking members of the Kaitan Alliance were to be 'accidentally' killed in this attack, mostly likely by one of the hybrids.
Printing it out quickly, Shadow got up and was about to leave when he noticed a figure in the doorway. Automatically, his ears flattened themselves against his head and he hissed silently.
"So, one of you managed to sneak in." The intruder was female, with black hair and hard, dark brown eyes. There was a slight smirk on her face as she looked over the dark hybrid. "So you're Project H/C Type #15... We thought you were dead after that attack on your original base. Seems you survived."
Shadow stayed silently, one of his hands moving slowly to where his gun was.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." She took out her own gun and aimed it at him. "But I'm not going to kill you." She lowered it, momentarily puzzling the hybrid. "I have a plane to catch." She turned, leaving a stunned Shadow behind.
What was she trying to pull? Why hadn't she killed him? He pushed those thoughts aside, remembering that he had to get outside and warn the others not to attack either of the aircrafts that would be leaving.
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Indenki spotted an aircraft leaving the base. He frowned and immediately pressed the button on his collar, releasing his Zapdos. Standing up on the raikou, he leapt onto the electric pokemon and flew up, straight at the aircraft. Had he released the pokemon a few seconds later, or if he had not noticed the aircraft just then, he would have heard the dark hybrid yell at him to stop.
But he hadn't, and he had therefore mistaken the aircraft for one of the Zentai jets. Building up a high charge, more than the voltage he'd need to self-destruct, with his zapdos, he released a joint electric attack on the jet, effectively jamming it's controls and brining the aircraft to the ground, where it caught fire.
When he landed, he was greeted with the serene face of the dark hybrid, which seemed to be sad for one brief moment.
"That wasn't a Zentai jet, Jarith Oak and the other peace seeking Kaitan leaders were in there... This whole thing was a setup." He spoke with no emotion in his voice, but the words hit Indenki hard.
The lightning hybrid froze, his eyes widening slightly in shock. "No..." He said in an incredulous tone. "What...have I done?"
Corvet immediately took action, riding on her gyrados quickly, hoping to put out the flames and save the lives of someone. Xeth too followed, for the fire wouldn't bother him and he could easily slip in.
The others, however, were all in shock. So much so that when a second aircraft left, they did not notice.
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Sipping a glass of champagne in her jet, Yiana looked down at the base with a pleased look on her face. Turning to Haris, she spoke. "The second act has begun."
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All over Arasia, Zentai soldiers who had been under the guise as the 'Elite Force', began to fight those who they had previously worked with, the Alliance soldiers. In a very controlled coup, the major bases were each attacked from the inside, allowing Zentai to now take center stage.
"What's going on?" An alliance soldier asked, hearing the noise outside. Turning to one of his fellow soldiers in confusion, his eyes nearly fell out of their sockets when he saw the scyther standing infront of him, threatening to slit his throat. "Jim, call you scyther off me!"
"I'm afraid not Sam. Zentai's taking over. Surrender, or be killed."
"Jim..."
"I'm serious."
The alliance soldier raised his arms above his head, surrendering as he wasn't prepared to die in such a pointless way.
Vaela peeked in, casually pushing her bangs out of her eyes. Noting the Z on Jim's shirt, she nodded. "Is this area secure?"
"Yes Instructor Demis!"
"Good." She re-mounted her rapidash and continued to check the base.
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Reix rode up to the main building of the head base in the region he was in. "Will you surrender?" He yelled up to the man in charge of the base.
"Never!" The man yelled back, loading his gun.
"Very well." Reix replied. "But know this, the Kaitan Alliance is no more! Zentai is now in command." And he kicked the rapidash he was riding sharply, causing it to rear up. "Soldiers, attack!" He commanded his troops, and they started an all out attack on the base.
Finally realizing that resistance was futile, the base's leader finally surrendered, not wanting to see his men killed.
"Glad you've come to your senses." Reix replied smoothly. "Make sure the base is secure though." He told a group of his soldiers, who immediately spread out to inspect the area.
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The hybrids had managed to rescue three of the men who had been in the aircraft, among them Jarith Oak. Unfortunately thoughe, Jarith was in a coma... They had not been able to stick around, however, and after rescuing the men, they had fled. Kenji had offered to let them spend the night at his Dojo, for there was plenty of room in the underground area, and they had agreed, for they were too tired to travel back to where they were staying.
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