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Cynthia's garchomp releases a plume of fire from her mouth. The roaring flame colliding and burning the horde of Galactic golbat in its wake. They screech in pain as they are pushed back through the ceiling. Large, blue balls of aura erupt for Lucario's paws and barrel into the bronzor emitting pink hypnotic waves. The disc shaped pokemon leave an indent in the wall behind them with a thud. Cynthia grinds her teeth together as she throws another hand out and Garchomp redirects her fury onto the toxicroak chortling in front of his blue haired trainer. Saturn lets a sly smile cross his face as he tightens his grip on the pearl like orb in one arm. One of his co-admins holds the Adamant orb in her arms as her skuntank floods the room with a horrid stench.
Officer Jenny motions pokemonless civilians out of the room and her squadron yells out attacks to hold off the armada of zubat, glameow, croagunk, and skunky. A machoke grabs Mars' purugly by the ruff and Circle Throws it across the room where it lands smugly on its four small paws. An arcanine and a few growlithe fire Embers and Fire Blasts at the golbats covering the other half of the ceiling that Garchomp hadn't already demolished. The Smog the skuntank had released reaches the champion and her pokemon.
Garchomp gags and coughs while her claws attempt to clear the air. Lucario holds a paw to his snout. Their mistress coughs against the black gas choking her trachea. She clutches her keystone and mumbles an apology to Angel.
"Sorry, Love. I know you told me to wait, but I don't have time for caution. Garchomp, mega evolve!"
The purple pokemon roars and arches its back as a multi-colored aura spreads from its neck where its mega stone was located and the outline of growing limbs glowed through the black fog. Red scythe like features adorn her arm dorsals that were never there before. Her head was also more blocky and her chest coloring was lined with white razor points. Power emitted from the dragon in waves before it opens a gaping mouth and released a hyper beam. The ray pierces the darkness like a bullet, explodes and clears the haze that surrounds the champion. The admins had disappeared in the darkness and all that remains is a destroyed lab.
Cynthia clenches a fist and strikes the air before taking a calming breath. Her garchomp lets out an enraged roar as it reverts back to its regular form and Lucario stares at the hole in the ceiling the golbat had caused.
"Dang it! They got away," Jenny exclaimed as she asses the damage.
Police officers examine their pokemon. Some don't even bother to return them to their capsules and instead pick them up in their arms to run them to the center.
Cynthia's own pokemon sport a few scuff marks. Nothing substantial, but enough to need that potion hidden away in her bag in her room. Lucario and Garchomp rush to her side to calculate the damage done to their trainer.
"Cynthia?! Are you okay?"
"I'm fine Grandmother," Cynthia replies curtly, "But they got away. Da-"
"Language Cynthia. I hope you don't let those word slip around Angel."
The name makes the champion pause, "Where were they going?"
"They escaped toward Mount Cornet," Carolina notices the paleing features of the twenty-eight year old. "What?"
"Angel on Route 211."
…
Angel's violet orbs squint open when a cracking stick sounds off in the background. The rest of her sleeping pokemon lift their heads drowsily and glance around. Three explosions suddenly blow Diadem, Mystic, and Calamity back and into the tree trunks behind her. A horde of golbat descend onto the three and begin letting out a barrage of Supersonic and Wing Attack.
"Calamity, Mystic, Diadem! What the…"
"You're that little runt that was clutching that blonde bombshell of a champion," Mars snickers as her purugly advances on the child, claws glowing as it prepares a Fury Swipes. "Might as well take care of you now."
Angel raises both arms to protect her face, but lowers them when she feels Destin leap off her head and plant itself firmly in front of its trainer to absorb the incoming claws. As the large feline backs off to charge up another move the bruised slime ball shakes in pain.
"Destin…" Angel whispers, too shocked to move and protect the weak pokemon.
"It must be dumber than it looks if it thinks it can take on my Purugly. Demolish it Purugly, Body Slam!"
The fat cat somehow manages to leap into the air and spreads its large mass to crush the goomy. Its satisfied smirk dissipates and it hurriedly tries to move when a large white beam explouds from the dragon type. A white glow surrounds the pokemon as it grows taller. A snail like appearance is formed before the light disperses to reveal the newly evolved sliggoo. The Bide propels the purugly into a nearby tree and, as it slides down the rough bark, it was revealed to be a K'O.
"Purugly!" A red beam encases the fainted pokemon, "Why you little brat!" She grabs for the other pokeball at her hip when a static is heard over her ear piece. "Huh? Understood." Mars looks back at the trainer and her glaring sliggoo. "You got lucky this time runt."
The sound of a propeller roars overhead as a Galactic helicopter edges overhead. The door is opened and a grunt drops a ladder down. The admin returns her poison type to its ball before grabbing the sides of the ladder.
"If you know what's good for you, you'll butt out. Team Galactic could eat you alive." Mars warns as she ascends the ladder and disappears into the giant machine.
The two watch it disperse into the expanse of sky and treetops before rushing to their fallen teammates. Mystic and Diadem kept snapping at each other as they just succeeded in getting themselves further stuck under the fallen tree trunks. Leaving them to bicker, Angel and Destin roll the logs off Calamity first. The red pokemon howled in pain as her back muscles contract as she crawled out. Angel runs her fingers over the muscles in a quick examination before moving on to the two larger pokemon.
"Destin, see if you can use Dragon Breath."
The purple pokemon nods and light blue waves swirl around the snail before they concentrate into a beam that is flung at the trees. The crack of breaking wood echoes through the silence as the trunks heave to the power and the two large pokemon force their way out of their cages.
"Is everyone okay?"
The four nod but Angel notices how Diadem favors its right front paw and how Mystic rests on the ground instead of hovering in the air. She sighs at the thought of the long walk and withdraws three pokeballs off her waist.
"Alright you three, in you go before you get hurt worse." Red light transform the injured pokemon and absorbs them back into their capsules. She looks back down at Destin. "Just us for now." Angel leans down to pet the sliggoo. "But I know you'll protect me."
…
Togekiss and Garchomp swirl over the rocky area before Mount Cornet looking for any white or red. Togekiss ruffles her feathers anxiously as she dives closer to the treetops to get a closer look. Garchomp lets out an angry huff, the steam exploding from her nostrils and the tendrils frame her face. Her eyes spark in anxiety.
Cynthia didn't fare much better. Her hair and clothes were disheveled from her constant fiddling as she tried to distract her hands from choking the next person who tells her to relax.
"Why do we seem to lose this child all the time?" Carolina asks no one in particular as the remainder officers of Celestic's police department not at the PokeCenter, scan the area with their partners and flashlights for when the setting sun finally succumbs and sets below the horizon.
"Grandmother, you are not reassuring me by saying that I lose my child habitually." The champion's nerve frazzles her features even more. Her slate eyes widen and her fingers tug at each other as her breathing accelerates at the thought of Angel injured somewhere. Lucario radiates aura from his paws as he attempt to soothe his trainer's high strung emotions. Once Cynthia's breathing had returned to normal he closes his eyes in concentration.
"Lucario, was that you?" Angel appears from the shadows of the tree line and ignores the woman tackling her in a hug as she listens to the bi-pedal's reply. "Thank you, we were wandering in circles and the rest of my gang need medical attention."
"Are you okay?" Carolina asks as Angel squirms out of her granddaughters iron cage.
"I'm fine, but some weird redhead in some space outfit attacked us and injured Calamity, Mystic, and Diadem. Destin evolved though, isn't that cool?"
The sliggoo sliding around on her head leans forward and cooed at the blonde champion, who blinks at it before giving it a pat.
"They got the orbs didn't they. Mesprit said they would." Angel asks as she stumbles over Cynthia's arms and get attacked by the noses of the two flying pokemon that had grounded next to her.
"Yes, they got away despite our efforts." Cynthia confirms as she stands next to Garchomp.
"We should've enhanced the security the moment we heard the rumors. Now they have the orbs." Carolina sighs as she readjusts her lab coat.
"It's my fault as well, Grandmother. Looker had informed me that Team Galactic was running around again, but I underestimated their strength since Cyrus disappeared into that other dimension. I failed as champion and now Sinnoh's possibly in danger."
"Doesn't matter Mama," The guilt-ridden champion turns to her daughter, "Uxie told me that it wouldn't matter. They would've eventually gotten hold of the orbs and they will eventually open that dimension. We can't stop it from happening, but…"
Carolina cuts the child off with a head shake, "Nonsense child. We will stop this as we have done before." She turns to Cynthia, "You should get some dinner and relax for the night. I will call Rowan and have him set up extra security at the lakes. They'll be heading there next."
…
Angel's body is prevented of sitting up by Cynthia's gentle hands as the blonde guides the child into a sleeping position on the bed in Cynthia's childhood home. The blanket is pulled up to her chin and tucked under her body.
"Mama, why can't I come to the meeting?" She asks as she lifts her head off the pillow and tightens her grip on the smaller cushiom she was using as a cuddle buddy.
"This is a grown-up thing, Love. It'll just confuse you and it'll probably just end up in us arguing over how to handle this." Cynthia confesses wryly before she places a kiss on Angel's forehead.
"But…" The platinum protests as the blonde moves away from the bed
"Sleep Angel. We'll handle this." The champion reassures as she pushes Angel's glass of water out of falling distance from its place on the night table. She pets Angel's treated pokemon on her way out of the room and grabs her own pokeballs from their spot on the dresser.
"Goodnight Angel."
"Night Mama."
The darkness pervades as Cynthia turns the light off and closes the door. Angel hears Calamity rise from the floor and feels the bed shift as the absol curls up beside her. Her body heat warms the child as the violet eyes begin to droop.