Invasion: Start

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The morning after the meteor shower, things start as they always do. Union’s gearing up for another day: people going to work, shops opening, kids heading to school, and foremen getting their crews to work on the last of the damage left by Kyurem’s rampage through the city. It’s just an ordinary day, with only a passing thought given to yesterday’s odd occurrences by anyone outside the scientific and psychic communities. There’s some very real theories floating around there, but there’s little real chance at anything solid coming from the discourse. At least, until reports start coming up Route 1 from the single port started by one Union entrepreneur two years ago. It’d grown quickly with Gigan help, seaborne trade flowing up the lone road, and now it was completely overrun.

Panicked sailors and land crew come streaming up the way, nursing hundreds and hundreds of Bug-type induced injuries. Beedrill stings, Spinarak bites, and photographs of several enormous members of a new species that’d yet to be recorded quickly circulate and prompt Council response. Whatever these things are, they’re clearly hostile and the risk of damage to the city itself seems likely given how quickly the port had been overwhelmed.

With the city still shaken by Kyurem’s attack, the Council wasted no time. The call to arms was put out and trainers hastily sent out to deal with the sudden intrusion. Anyone willing and able to fight was asked to head down the road as quickly as possible, with the intent of sorting this out and either diverting the tide or stopping the invasion cold. The road itself is deserted, abandoned wagons left in a hurry, and not a single wild Pokemon can be heard for miles. It’s almost like they were aware something big was coming, and even the more aggressive types clearly opted to clear out.

When it comes into view, the port itself seems to be in particularly bad shape. Smoke rises up into the horizon, and hundreds and hundreds of Bug types swarm all over the structures, chewing away at the wood and stone. But perhaps the most troublesome sight is the beings that are overseeing the attack. Several members of the new species, fifteen feet tall at minimum, twenty at the peak, direct the swarm in its efforts. And further out to sea, a singularly massive specimen, some forty feet tall, watches it all, hunched forward, dark eyes gleaming with interest as its minions go to work…

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[blastruler]

Veronica doesn't even try to dodge: she knows there's no point against that attack. Instead, she has Nemesis hit the creature with a Razor Wind while the explosion rocks the ground, scattering debris everywhere.

When the dust clears, Veronica has been knocked off her feet; her Swords of the Savior uniform is charred, and she aches all over. But when she props herself up on one knee, she's smiling.

"Explosives against me," she remarks. "Some nerve."

And the Embers that she'd summoned using the dust cloud for cover streak towards her opponent.

[conquerorofwaves]

Sinbad didn't fall under the sleepy effects, but he felt his muscles starting to seize up, with a groan between gritted teeth he tries to angle himself so he crashes into a pile of flour sacks that was spilled open thanks to the attack, kicking up a huge cloud of white dust as he lands.

"Ngh.... guh...." He tries to force his body to move, he could feel his muscles relax, then it would seize up - he'll have to time it to get anything done.

Ja'far was the first to rush to the human's aid, putting himself between him and the human, his eyes glowing red as he forms a ball of concentrated darkness launching it towards the Moths as a Shadow Ball. Badr follows up with a Dragon's Rage.

Charizard, Houndoom, Duskull (sorry for the late)

[divine_braid]

The powders and spores had done the initial trick and Duo was a bit slow on the uptake, but he and his team finally got moving again.

He climbed on the back of his Charizard, taking to the air. It wasn't going to be easy, but he had a few antis to spread around. Antidote, anti-paralysis... He had taken the time to cure his own team and now was flying to the others to make sure they got some, too.

"Sinbad!" He dropped a bottle as he flew overhead. He didn't know the other girl, but she seemed okay for now.

In the meantime, Houndoom came in at the moths from the side, letting loose with a Flamethrower and Duskull worked on them with its own Shadow Ball.

[bravenewmods]

The moths scatter with the combined forces of the Shadow Ball, Dragon Rage, and Flamethrower attacks, skittering and crying out in the air as their wings scattered dust around in their panic. They fled in an ambling retreat, giving Sinbad and his pokemon time to recover from their wounds.

On Veronica's side, the creature screeched in rage at the fire attack, as if to Veronica's own taunt of the creature having 'some nerve.' Answering the fire-typed attack in kind, the creature bounded off of the Ember attack and cloaked it's body in the flickering flames before commencing with a Flame Charge at it's attacker.

[blastruler]

"NoinoinoinoinoinoiNOOOOIIII!"

Nobody is allowed to mess with Veronica but Nemesis, apparently. The bat has wheeled and whipped up a Razor Wind to slice at that burning attacker from behind.

For her own part, Veronica sees that opponent charging - that very strong-looking opponent charging - and doesn't flinch. Instead, once it's close enough to hit, they'll collide. Its Flame Charge against her Foul Play.

On the battlefield, one uses what one has.

[conquerorofwaves]

Sinbad made a sound that seems like a thanks as it takes a few moments to administer the curative. Once he could feel the control coming back, he grabs at his mega-stone and evolves - fur growing over his tail, fox ears emerging, and his scales grow white as he launches himself out of the flour, sending it scattering everywhere.

His eyes focused on Veronica's attacker and raised his hand, causing the air around the strange being to plummet at an alarming rate, the moisture in the air around it quickly freezing - threatening to encase it in ice.

[bravenewmods]

The foreign being screeches on contact with Veronica and her Foul Play, enraged that anyone dare retaliate against it, and broke free of Veronica's range with an X-Scissor as it's parting gift before it's feet froze to the ground

Wheeling around, it turned it's attention on Sinbad and anyone else in range, firing off a Zap Cannon at anyone around while it slowly worked itself free from the ice.

[divine_braid]

Zap Cannon hit, and hit hard. Charizard's wings seized up and the two dropped down towards Sinbad's previous location. Thank goodness for flour sacks, because Duo wasn't thrilled with the idea of another crash landing so soon after his last. It was still hard, and that was definitely going to leave some deep bruises, though.

Houndoom held back so as not to free their attacker from its frozen prison with his fire-based attacks, but Duskull shot off a Confuse Ray at it.

[blastruler]

Ice? Veronica can do ice, now that they're not using fire (for the moment). Nemesis is busy trying to avoid Zap Cannon, but the Child of the Ever-Changing Skies switches from summoning sun to summoning...well, the opposite. The temperature drops. Clouds form, threatening to hail.

And now, when she uses Weather Ball, it's to try and undo any progress that bug might make on freeing itself. "Finish it!" she calls to the others. Her hands are full just trying to keep this thing still.

[bravenewmods]

The creature screeches in confusion and rage when both attacks hit, the Confuse Ray addling it's senses and the now ice-typed Weather Ball reinforcing the icy binds on it's legs.

Lashing out furiously with it's arms, it levelled the cannon mounted on it's back and fired off a Signal Beam in retaliation!

[conquerorofwaves]

The Zap Cannon also hit the young man, not only hurting, but causing every hair on his body to puff up, turning him into a giant white fluffball. He wobbles and floats on until he braces himself, and continues - freezing the air down lower, and lower, even down to turning what liquid is in it's body to ice to force it into a kind of cryogenic sleep - or Frozen status in laymen's terms - if his concentration breaks, it won't work.

Badr lunges himself to keep the Signal Beam from hitting Sinbad as Ja'far throws another Shadow ball

[blastruler]

Veronica's next Weather Ball aims for the cannon. Nemesis gets clipped by Signal Beam and falls out of the sky, but manages to flap over to Veronica and provide her cover so she can keep the ice going.

They have to finish this soon!

[divine_braid]

Duo went digging through his bag. His Charizard tried to use Dragon Rage. The two of them were having some serious issues moving, though, as Duo tried really hard to find more anti-paralysis sprays.

Houndoom kept a perimeter watch in the meantime, knowing his mostly fire-based attacks were pretty useless with an ice-based strategy. So, he stayed back for now, watching for any others that might try to make an attack.

Duskull stayed with the fight, firing off a Shadow Ball.

[bravenewmods]

Ice from above, ice from below, and ice from within; there was little the creature could do to fight off the frozen onslaught besides letting out a near deafening Screech in agony and rage. The onslaught from the Shadow Ball attacks escalated this, pushed the creature toward taking one last gambit.

Somewhere deep within the mechanized body of the creature, something metallic started to clang and against the other parts inside. The breaks in the casing started to glow with an eerie, terrible light....

[conquerorofwaves]

His eyes shot open at that terrible noise, ears pressing back - trying for one more push to completely freeze it before it could do whatever it was.

Ja'far and Badr pulled back, the latter was almost limping from the blow it took to protect Sinbad.

[blastruler]

That glowing does not look good. No. No, it does not.

"Fall back!" Veronica keeps up the hailstorm but takes her own advice, looking for cover. Whether it's about to make a comeback or go for one last gasp, her troops had better not be in the line of fire.

[divine_braid]

Duo cringed at what was coming. With having used the anti-paralysis on both of them, he climbed back on Charizard's back and took off again. Houndoom and Duskull both backed off quickly, and Duo dove down, seeing that Sinbad was busy, and offered a lift to the injured Badr.

"C'mon! We'll carry you!" If Badr accepted, Duo would pull him up and have Charizard fly off as fast as possible!

[bravenewmods]

Whether the combatants flee or not, there is no amount of ice that could halt the deafening grinding that seemed to be coming from within the creature as it drew it's last gasp before the inevitable Self Destruct.

Ice and debris flew outward in the blinding haze of flame and smoke. The creature would fight no more...but, it made certain that it left it's mark.