They were surrounded.
Everywhere they looked (except down and up) there was an enemy. There were no Pokemon... Just humans that seemed more frightening than any Pokemon ever could be. The rough, unshaven faces lit with malice... and that greedy, hungry look in their eye as they stared at Rain in a way that made Ryuu jealous... It was all too human. A Pokemon couldn't have those kinds of emotions so clear on its face... For Ryuu, what he didn't know was nothing to worry about - what he did know made him worked up, anxiousness taking over. He could read their thoughts and desires on their faces - his body tensed at this, along with the sudden silence. It wasn't actual silence, but a loud hum was gone.
The helicoptor had landed.
Ryuu spotted the composed figure of Archie from the corner of his eyes, and immediately tensed. His left hand reached back, searching for her own to grasp - he had to keep her safe. His fingers only hit hair, and after a minute of futile searching, his head whipped around. He saw her struggling against mass amounts of grunts, pulling at her and cackling like a pack of hyenas. "Stop!" he cried out, normally composed voice now hoarse - behind him, Archie chuckled, liking the emerald-haired man's pain. And the pain wasn't anywhere close to stopping.
Someone behind him took his distraction as the perfect opportunity. Grip tight but not enough to hurt him really, on grunted grapsed his left arm. Another grabbed his right, and Ryuu was practically paralyzed. He yanked and he pulled, but nothing changed - he was a sitting duck here, even if his Mightyena was quickly tearing through the ranks of the organization and Rain had managed to partially free himself. He felt so... weak. The feeling was so foreign to him, and it drove Ryuu insane. He was supposed to be the hero - the bloody hero that you weren't sure it was okay to trust or not, but the hero nonetheless. And now, what was he? The stupid king who had to hire some powerful knight was not a fitting role for Ryuu. And the thought of being that stupid king - helpless and depending on others - angered Ryuu just about as much as seeing Rain pushed around. It was an insult to his ego.
"Let go," he hissed in a composed tone, acidic and threatening. His captors glanced eachother - one of the idiot's grip loosened slightly and Ryuu took that as his chance. His right hand slipped through the sausage-like fingers and his legs pushed off the ground in an attempt to leap out of the idiot's grasp. His muscles pulled and tightened, being stretched out and a sickening pop sounded in agony from his shoulders - the idiot hadn't let go. There was a snarl from behind him as Ryuu gasped in pain before he heard a satisfying crunch and an ear-shattering scream. The fool quickly released him, clutching his broken arm while Ryuu and Daikirai raced towards the snarling Rain. With a howl from his Mightyena, the crowd of blue abruptly split, allowing the trio to regroup, Ryuu and Rain both gasping for breath.
"Is your... shoulder... okay?" Rain asked, glancing over her shoulder to see Ryuu tightly clutching the limp appendage. Ryuu glanced back at her, hard eyes meeting her own for a moment, "It doesn't matter. You're okay, right?" Rain nodded and Ryuu gave a sigh of relief before adding in a small murmur, "I'm sorry this had to happen. If it doesn't seem like we'll make it out, take Kai and run - then release her and hide. Do whatever you can to stay alive.." The thought of her dead made him shudder. And then, without another word, he rushed forward, dagger in hand with his Mightyena darting ahead of him and a large Zangoose staying behind.
'One, two, three... nice hit, six!'
He counted the number that fell in his head, and the numbers were promising - maybe they'd make it through this afterall, although Ryuu knew that they would never be totally safe. From the corner of his eye, he spotted his Mightyena tearing through more Team Aqua members and to his left he saw slashing mercilessly at the men - and then, with a confident smirk, he stole a glance at Archie, ready for the look of horror.
Wait, what was that he was holding?
Archie's gaze met Ryuu's for an instant, and by Archie's booming laugh told Ryuu that he must have looked mortified. A gun... Would they kill her? A part of him needed to part at that moment, and as Ryuu stopped and looked at Archie a part of him was relieved. A dart... just a dart... And yet, what if it was poison? Again, nausea swept over him, his pale face becoming even paler. And, as the noise of the trigger being pulled sounded (to Ryuu, it sounded louder than a bomb going of), Ryuu leapt forward, eyes beginning to close just as Rain turned.
Ryuu blinked as he hit the ground with a thud, Rain and Daikirai rushing to his side. Rain cried, eyes wide... He knew the emotion, and again he was scared. "Ryuu? Ryuu, why'd you do that?" Rain asked in horror. Ryuu winced, the pain in his right side suddenly more prominent than it had been seconds ago. "They say love makes you do crazy things." He paused to smile blissfully, eyes closing slightly. "Ryuu... But, you could be dying!" Rain exclaimed. Ryuu shrugged. "So, you're alive." A pause. "Rain, will you marry me?" And before he could get an answer, he slipped out of consciousness.