Invasion: Start

[bravenewmods]

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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[bravenewmods]

The weaker bugs scatter under the withering assault, but the Genesect? No. It stands strong even in the face of a Flame Charge. Adell hits it, but it's like hitting a solid wall. It's used Protect to defend itself, it seems.

And it follows up with a Giga Impact, leaping straight up into the air and coming down to earth, sending up shockwaves that strike at everyone. It's massive weight alone is enough to crush a car. Give up now!

[wovensecrets]

To fend off those pesky ledian, Litwick uses inferno, which seem to scare them off. The shockwaves practically send Arachne falling off the side of the platform she was on, though she manages to cling to it with a glare for the invader.

"You have got to be kidding me!"

... And then Gabite makes it's return with dig, hopefully striking the Genesect.

[vulcanblazer]

Adell's sudden stop against the Protect wall was pointedly unpleasant, his shoulder slamming into that field and fire erupting from the impact to no avail. Well, that suited him just fine. Even if his first attack was a No Sell, his second sure wasn't going to be!

...Well, until the Genesect jumped into the air. That wasn't going to end well. Adell's eyes widened... he was at point blank for what was coming and he didn't have anywhere he could go to avoid being hurt by the shock. All he could do was brace for impact....

Until the shrill call of a familiar bird rung in his ears. He looked up, only to be grabbed by the shoulders by Maverick, using a Quick Attack. The Pidgeot's flight speed was a sight to behold, and the bird snagged Adell from danger, pulling him up and away from the Giga Impact in the nick of time.

"Thanks, Mav. You can be my partner any time."

[empireofmymind]

The Pokémon Kaiser has no such loyal partner - well, he has a Venipede, which...jumps up onto his leg and tugs, urging him to run away. "Don't distract me!" he snaps, which of course is when Giga Impact hits, knocking him off his feet to land in a rather indecorous sprawl of Mage robes and pain.

Gyarados, wishing to save its master any further embarrassment, floats down to scoop him up. From his new perch, the mighty ruler seethes. Now he's angry. Now he's hurting. Now all bets are off.

His hair now completely fluffed up with evil questionable Science bottled power, the Kaiser lashes out against the monster with Payback. "You see that?" he crows. "Dare to strike me, and I become more powerf--"

Then he has to stop and cough. The all-powerful Pokémon Kaiser bruised a few ribs. Yelling hurts.

[bravenewmods]

The last of the Ledian disperse, leaving just the gigantic monster to fight with. There's a lot going on, and it's only getting worse for it as the Dig upsets it's balance. It wobbles a bit, but it doesn't fall. All that the Kaiser really succeeds in doing with the Payback is...well...getting noticed.

Dark eyes gleam with malice and it opens it's mouth, letting out a horrible Screech that hits everyone in the area, intending to disorient them all and make it harder to defend by lowering their defense...

And then it's cannon flares to life again, this time with noise. A buzzing, chittering sound sweeps the battlefield, a Bug Buzz aimed in a wide horizontal beam at everything in front of it.

[vulcanblazer]

The piercing, awful shriek that giant bug managed rang in Adell's ears, threatening to give him a splitting headache. Never was he more thankful to be carried around by Maverick; though the bird was disoriented briefly by the sonic blast, it kept flying.

"Mav," the Earthkin looked up to his Pidgeot partner. "Get ready to drop me on that bastard like a bomb. I'll take care of the rest." Adell looked down to his Blaziken, who stared up at him, almost awaiting orders. The Calderan smiled, nodded, and gave Andy a thumbs up. Now was the time. A pincer attack.

Maverick's broad wings flapped strongly as it turned toward Genesect. Then, with practiced daring, the Pidgeot closed up its wings and dove like a bomber above the insect. Its talons loosened their grip on Adell's shoulders, and he dropped rapidly feet first, his legs wreathing in flame. Meanwhile, Andy rushed in, through the Bug Buzz, tanking it and pushing through despite the pain.

The two aimed to impact at the same time: Adell from above with Soaring Fire and Andy from below with Blaze Kick.

[empireofmymind]

Nothing?

The Kaiser is still trying to wrap his brain around the idea of himself - HIMSELF! - being ineffectual when the Screech sends Gyarados flailing through the air and he finds himself having to hang on with String Shot to keep from falling. "Idiot!" he howls over the din, despite his own headache. "Can't you do anyth---"

And here comes the Bug Buzz. The Kaiser cuts the String Shot and drops to the ground, abandoning the Gyarados to get hit with the blast. Ralts is waiting for him on the ground, hurrying to see if he's all right but keeping its distance. Venipede is not so smart and gets a shoe to the midsection for its troubles.

"How dare you," he seethes, looking up with all the ferocious majesty a despot of his stature and capabilities has at their command (none). He can turn this around, though! He can! As soon as his ears stop ringing!

Any minute now!

[wovensecrets]

The Gabite rushes forward, even after getting struck by the screech and the bug buzz, using dual chop while it is still in close proximity to the enemy...

Litwick once again reacts to the stat-reducing offenses with a hopefully well-timed Haze that seeps around the vicinity. Arachne meanwhile grits her teeth and pulls herself back up onto the platform she had been holding on to. In the midst of this mess she hadn't been keeping an eye on the little Kaiser. Just barely she catches sight of him on the ground. Good. Not dead at least. Certainly still loud enough.

[bravenewmods]

That does it. The Genesect begins to wobble further, unbalanced by all the fire and flames, the attacks bringing flaming welts up along it's metal skin. It roars in pain and Outrage, and slowly begins to sink to it's knees. This may be a final strike on it's part but it's a doozy...

[vulcanblazer]

Well, after impacting on the Genesect itself, there's not really much of anywhere to go to escape such an attack, especially with Maverick still pulling up and away. All Adell could really do was take it on the chest at this range.

And damn did it hurt. It was obvious this thing was extremely strong to begin with, but its roaring cry and sheer anger was enough to tear at him, sap his strength, and cloud his mind with its unintelligible ravings. The Enlightened staggered back, and felt like he could barely stand through that... and though the Genesect fell to its knees, it still... wasn't... stopping.

Andy wasn't fairing any better nearby, having suffered through a potent attack already. And Beowulf couldn't get close enough to attack without putting itself at serious risk.

The Calderan staggered forward toward the Genesect, barely able to push through all the Outrage and anger. Standing fast in front of the creature, he looked it right in the eye.

"Hey. You're done. Cut it out."

If it doesn't stop Outraging or otherwise tries anything aggressive, it'll earn itself a Mega Kick. Adell didn't want to hurt it more than need be, and using a non-Fire typed attack might be a way to do it... if necessary. He hoped it would just stop if given the chance.

sorry for delay, RL happened

[sparrowfeathered]

"Nnh!"

The final, mighty blow hits. Rose yelps as she gets thrown backward -- and then she hits the ground. She doesn't stop; she skids across the ground, beaten but not broken, and her eyes turn towards Adell. She shakes her head, before she rushes in. She shoots along Adell's side as she runs.

Then, she leaps. Several knives fly -- she throws them ahead of her -- and she comes down with a shadowy, Dark-type short sword. She swings it down, trying to stab it at the Genesect.

[empireofmymind]

"Psychic!"

The Pokémon Kaiser manages to bark this order to his Ralts without collapsing to his knees the way he wants to. He's been tossed around and battered entirely too much for his liking, and his mask is beginning to slide down his face in what in a lesser human might be mistaken for a nervous, pained sweat.

He fumbles to adjust it as Ralts opens fire. This will do it, right? This will ensure he trounces the beast. And the glory...as it should...will go to him.

Any other outcome is unthinkable.

[wovensecrets]

The platform was getting less stable by the minute, to Arachne's dismay.

"Quickly, go use shadow ball." If the Kaiser was instructing his Pokemon to use an attack like that, the least his shadow "big sister" could do was quietly instruct her Litwick to slip in there with a sneaky, lesser noticed attack that would make his more potent in the long run. And try to keep her position, as perilous as that was becoming.

Gabite stumbles as it some of the outrage's damage, being right in front, though buries itself underground again to try and get away from the effects of the immediate rampage.

[bravenewmods]

All in all, sadly for the Kaiser, it's the Megakick that finally does knock out the monster. It falls, it's body distorting weirdly, quivering and shaking like something liquid...and it glides away, back out to sea...pulled inexorably by some great tide.

The threat seems contained for now, the rest of the battle...well...you can only hope others have the same success.