Operation: Gigas Freedom Event Start

[bravenewmods]

True to their word the Seekers lead the teams discretely through the winding streets of Gigas and into service entrances, gaining them admittance into the heart of Gigas’s political compound. Bringing them stealthily along the catwalks, the Union infiltrators were brought to the inner sanctum, close to the captive Gigases and their mission.

Sharp-looking soldiers in fatigues holding machine guns patrolled diligently, although their demeanor was not especially tense. It seemed no immediate operations were taking place at this time as no engineers were present. And in their enormous cages, the Gigases slept. Waiting.

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[actsmagnificent]

It didn't do anything? And their leader's out of commission, and the wrong sort of cavalry's arrived. Haruka grits her teeth, swerves, and barks a command to her Reuniclus. "Flight!"

The tiny Psychic Pokémon zooms above the Gigas forces, hoping to cast a strong enough Reflect to, if not completely keep the wreckage at bay, slow it down long enough for others to get the Gigas citizens to safety (see, Rise? Michiru? She remembered the plan). Outside, Uranus receives similar instructions: to try and help anyone in the area who's in danger from what's happening underground.

"Retreat!" she snaps at the others, figuring she doesn't have to tell them to help try and keep the whole place from caving in in the process (they are from Union, and all).

Celito, however? She is letting fend for himself. That whole situation smacks of something that isn't her business.

[no_love_potions]

Oh, crap, that was not the right move to make at this particular juncture. He drops the attack as the towering beast begins swinging its arms and smashing the chamber apart. He winces when he hears the god's voice booming through his head and glances downward at the screams from below.

"Defendarius!" His hand thrusts forward again and a barrier of telekinetic power springs to life in time to intercept a few pieces of heavy debris from crashing into their place on the catwalk. The wizard grunts, grits his teeth and holds the shield in place and yells back over his shoulder. "Lash!"

His Gardevoir arches an eyebrow and looks downward with a look of open disdain on her features. Flippantly, she raises a hand and sends her own Psychic downward to assist Haruka's Reuniclus in protecting the soldiers though she's clearly not putting much enthusiasm toward it.

"We're not winning this today!" Harry shouts back to the two young women there with him. "Move! I'll cover us!"

[incousinswithyou]

A quick mental report from her Noivern, and then Michiru sends it along to help out Uranus the Salamence.

Meanwhile, her Gardevoir pulls them off to the side, away from the falling machinery. From the looks of it, the god didn't need their help after all.

In quick secession, Gardevoir sets up a Reflect for the team while Michiru uses Psychic to help keep the soldiers from getting crushed. All bets are off, however, if they start to attack.

[bnw_void_npcs]

The soldiers are far too terrified to fight, they comply with their saviors and flee the scene as best as they are able. The Reflect and the Psychic barriers do the trick, however, and they are defended.

Celito rises into the air, a blue psychic glow around him.

"That idiot! I'll show her something to be afraid of! Grrrr! Humans! Get the hell out of here! I'll see what I can do about this big lug!"

In a flash of light, he is gone, and instead is a great blue dragon that streaks toward Regigigas, swooping around and attempting to constrict it with psychic power. The Gigas struggles against its bindings but they hold - for now.

[actsmagnificent]

....he.....then, that cut on his eye.....

Leaving one angry god to fight against a second angry god is probably not what the founders of the Divine Defense Force would recommend. But those barriers can't hold forever, and if Haruka and her team fall here, they'll have done nothing to save the world. They can't afford to fight this battle.

So Haruka's original plan remains: she skedaddles. Flight the Reuniclus will follow only once everyone is out safely and his Reflect isn't needed anymore.

She does pause, for a moment, since Michiru is still here and still helping. "See you up top," she says, trusting her partner will either hear her or intuit what she's saying. Trusting her partner in general, basically. Michiru will make it out of here. She doesn't need Haruka to babysit. The best thing Haruka can do for her right now is get everybody out of here so Michiru, too, can leave as soon as possible.

[incousinswithyou]

Well then. This explains so much yet not at all.

The Gigans are gone. Time for them to leave themselves. Haruka gets a small, sidelong smile.

"Teleport out," she says to Rei and Harry. The quicker they get out of the way of two fighting gods, the better.

Meanwhile, Michiru's Gardevoir glows brightly and transforms into Mega Gardevoir. Looks like Michiru's taking no chances. And babysitting comments aside, Teleport is the most efficient way out of here, so Mega Gardevoir will be Teleporting Michiru, Haruka, and Flight the Reuniclus to whatever rendezvous point they had picked out earlier.

Sorry, Haruka. She's a little attached.

[faithfulflame]

There's not an ounce of hesitation on Rei's end. She stops what she'd been doing (Standing around in shock), and calls her Gardevoir back.

"This is not good. We really cannot stay here. Harry-san, come! Now!"

And like or or not, Deimos has plenty of other ideas. Like getting out of here with everyone. The Pokemon shimmers and glows, exploding in a shower of light as it Mega-Evolves. The air around her shimmers, and in a flash Rei (and Harry if he's near enough) and several of the Gigan soldiers are just...gone. Safely away, thanks to a timely Teleport. Thanks for the obvious advice, Michiru!

[no_love_potions]

Harry raises his free hand at the flash of light from Celito and whips around just in time to see the Seeker transform into a dragon and take to the air to challenge the Gigas. For a moment, Harry stares at the sight before him, jaw-dropped, though the look on his face is not exactly one of awe at the god's reveal.

"You've got to be kidding me." Another slam of debris against his barrier makes him grunt and pulls his attention back to the task at hand. Getting himself and everyone else out of here safely. He calls back to Rei. "I know! We need to get out of the open and--"

And then suddenly two Gardevoirs transform, there's a flash of light and Michiru is gone. Followed by another and then he's gone as well. Or rather, appearing in whatever safe zone Deimos has decided is a safe enough zone. Paused in midshout, arm still raised to ward off chunks of metal and scaffolding that are no longer falling. He looks around.

"... or we just can do that. That works too." He drops his Barrier, and clears his throat. So much for dramatic exits.