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Post by subtleAssiduities on Sept 19, 2011 22:50:09 GMT -5
The chore made easier with the Croconaw's help, EV sighed, wincing a bit at the pain she was starting to feel in her chest. "Vivian," she muttered to Otto, not meeting his eyes.
Don glanced at Soliaire before looking back at Vivian. "Something's wrong," he murmured back, concerned. But they were almost to the bottom of the stairs. A minute later his box fell on flat ground, and he took the edge and pulled it out of the building. He sighed in relief and as he turned and saw the twins he started in surprise.
Tunes put her hand to her mouth and shook her head still intoxicated by the strangeness and good luck of the event. "I don't know. He was still shot," she said almost dazedly, looking up at Ellie. When she spoke again, there was more intelligence behind her voice. "No, he still needs medicine. Something for the wound."
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Post by Atticus on Sept 19, 2011 23:30:16 GMT -5
"It's nice to meet you," the friendly Croconaw grinned. Once at the stairs, Otto moved in front of the box and put his claws under the box. It'd be easier with him leading down and her helping push. He hoped she didn't mind. Noticing her sigh and wince, he frowned. "Miss Vivian, are you alright?"
Solitaire blinked. "Sure, sure, I saw the way you were eying her," he chuckled, following after his buddy out into fresh air. The young Pokémon stretched once more now that the stress of the building was off of his shoulders. He was about to add something when he saw the surprise on Donetello's face. He followed the Houndoom's gaze to a pair of nearly identical looking humans. "Oh, great. Just what we need; more humans," he frowned, furrowing his brows bitterly.
Zane blinked as a Houndoom and Houndour came into sight, pushing a heavy looking crate. Milo began to panic beside him. "I-I hope Otto's okay. Ooh, I should have gone in there with him!" the blue-eyed twin sobbed, jumping in surprise as he felt his older twin's strong hand on his shoulder. "No, look at the building. It's not burning anymore. I'm sure that Otto's safe," he tried to reassure his brother. Bracing himself if these Pokémon weren't friendly, Zane lead himself and his twin to the box, surprised to see it was piled with Pokémon. Asher, on the elder brother's shoulder, cocked a brow. He looked down at the canine Pokémon. "Did you two happen to see a toothy blue guy in there?" the Sneasel inquired, blinking his scarlet eyes curiously. Sullivan the Teddiursa, cradled in Milo's arm, took his paw out of his mouth to wave to the Pokémon. "Yes. His name is Otto and he went in there to burn down the fire. We were informed by a Pidgey..." the young Pokémon stopped to look around for the tiny bird. "But it appears he isn't in sight anymore," he sighed, a twinge of disappointment lacing his tone.
Milo blinked, placing his dear Teddiursa on the ground for a moment as he sorted through the Pokémon. "Zane, we have to find somewhere to put all of these Pokémon until they recover." He nudged the older twin, who was staring curiously at the Houndoom and Houndour.
"You're right," Zane agreed without hesitation, but quickly added, "But where's the kid that got shot?"
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Post by subtleAssiduities on Sept 20, 2011 6:00:07 GMT -5
"Yeah," EV lied, happily letting the Croconaw take on he harder of the two jobs. She got bshind it, shou,dering it down the stairs. She winced again at the pain in her chest. Had she really gotten shot? She hadn't felt anything whn the gun had gons off, the snequence of events after that was fuzzy in hr mind. She couldnremember Note, dying in front of her, and then she must have blacked out.
"Who are these boys... Otto?" He added, answering the Pokémon's question before asking his own. He nodded. "He is iinside, helping one of my teammates."
Aviator was gliding hopefully toward Ellie's condo. He could only assume that that was where they had gone, and he felt that Tunes should know that he had succeeded. He perched himself on the windowsill and tapped the glass lightly, peering inside.
Lemondrop picked up the noise and looked up at Tuns, pulling on the sleeve of her shirt before leaping from the bed and running from the window. With some effort she climbed to the windowsill and smirked at the Pidgey proudly. "You missed it! I just saved Note's life! He would be dead without me."
Aviator stared at the Pikachu in shock, at a loss of how he should approriately respond. Of course Lemondrop wanted his admiration, but... he would be dead without her? What had happened?
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Post by Atticus on Sept 20, 2011 17:54:11 GMT -5
Otto grunted as the box landed on the last floor, brushing off his chest. "Man," he huffed, wiping his forehead. "Who knew these tiny Pokémon were so heavy!" he tried to lighten the air, but despite the female's earlier statement of convincing him she was fine, she obviously wasn't. Then he saw it, and nearly wanted to slap himself for not noticing it earlier. "You... You're bleeding," he gasped, his blood running cold.
Asher snorted. "Seems like something he'd do. Why, what's wrong? We heard someone was shot; is he your trainer?" he cocked his head to the side curiously, referring to the 'teammate' the Houndoom had mentioned. Jumping to the ground next to the Teddiursa, the Sneasel brushed back his tuft of hair. "I'm Asher, by the way. Who're you?"
"And I'm Sullivan!" the normal Pokémon chimed out of turn.
Solitaire blinked. "Solitaire," he returned normally. There was no use in impressing two males. Where were all the females at that didn't have attitude issues like Viv?
Ellie heard faint tapping on the window and suddenly froze. No, it couldn't be Team Rocket. They were gone. She watched as Lemondrop rushed to the window, squeaking away. She joined the little Pikachu by the window, recognizing Tunes' Pidgey. "It's Aviator," she spoke. "He's back."
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Post by subtleAssiduities on Sept 20, 2011 18:26:25 GMT -5
"No shit," EV growled, the pain from the wound making her temper even shorter than usual. She stumbled around the box, marching outside. "Where the hell is everybody?"
Houndoom grimaced. "I"m Donetello. My trainer was shot... That is my teammate." He turned to Vivian and was surprised by the look of pain on her face. "You are not okay..."
She glared at him as if she wanted to rip his head off, but did not seem to have the strength to do so. Don, startled by the look, took a step away from her.
Tunes looked up, blinking in surprise. "He's back here?... He doesn't still have the letter, does he?" A wave of dread shot up her spine. Was the building still on fire? All those Pokémon were still there!
Aviator trilled as he saw Ellie. He peered into the room but could not see Tunes.
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Post by Atticus on Sept 20, 2011 19:01:55 GMT -5
Otto pointed towards the Houndoom, Houndour, and his trainers and friends. "There; they look like they're talking to Asher and Sullivan," the Totodile noted, abandoning Vivian's side and rushing up to Milo to receive heavy praise.
"Your trainer?" Sullivan gasped, sticking his paw in his mouth to cover his shock. Asher frowned, his arm crossed by his chest. "Where is he?" he ordered, nodding to Zane. "Zane's got a first-aid kit in his backpack in case Milo, err, the young brother, ever gets hurt."
Ellie nodded at Tunes and opened the door as she heard the Pidgey. "Come on, Tunes. I think he found somebody who can help!"
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Post by subtleAssiduities on Sept 20, 2011 19:07:23 GMT -5
"They're probably back at Ellie's condo if they're not here," Donetello thought aloud. "Follow me. We'll come back once I know Note is safe, but the Pokémon aren't in danger anymore." He looked at Vivian, who despite the obvious pain she was feeling started toward the condo.
Aviator flew into the house, landing on the bed post. Tunes rose, starting to follow, but she suddenly stopped, biting her lip. She looked back at Note. As much as she wanted to help the Pokémon, she didn't want to leave him alone. She knew she couldn't do much, but what if something happened?
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Post by Atticus on Sept 20, 2011 19:44:33 GMT -5
"Ellie?" Asher and Sullivan gasped, in sync. No, it must be a coincidence,
Asher shook his head. There were plenty of people named Ellie, it couldn't be the twins' sister he'd heard so much about. He ran up to his owner and tugged on his sleeve, dragging him after the Houndoom and Houndour. Sullivan simply poked Milo, feeling bad for interrupting Otto's praise. "We have to go," he said bluntly to the Croconaw.
Ellie ran after Aviator, but noticed as Tunes stopped. She didn't want to leave either... "Come on, Tunes," she soothed. "Flora will be here," she grinned in empathy, glad as the Meganium gave a reassuring nod.
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Post by subtleAssiduities on Sept 20, 2011 19:56:19 GMT -5
Donetello led the group through the streets with Vivian at his side. He knew she did not want him to, but he could not help the growing concern he felt at how sick she was looking. She was bleeding, but was it badly? Or was there some other kind of injury he couldn't see?
Tunes looked back one more time into the room before reluctantly nodding and following Ellie out the door. She watched Aviator start back toward the Radio Tower.
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Post by Atticus on Sept 20, 2011 20:38:51 GMT -5
Zane, Milo, Otto, Asher, and Sullivan all followed after the canines towards the condominium. The humans were more confused than anything, but followed the Pokémon regardless. That's when Milo spotted two other humans in the distance, running in the direction that they were running from. Who were they?
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Post by subtleAssiduities on Sept 20, 2011 20:41:29 GMT -5
Donetello stopped as he saw Ellie and Tunes running toward them. Aviator was flying overhead and as he saw the two boys he had led to the Radio Tower he circled back and landed on Tunes's shoulder.
Tunes stopped as she saw Donetello and Vivian, and her eyes slowly shifted to the two boys whom she did not recognize. She looked at Ellie, her shyness coming to the surface, and said nothing, hoping the older girl would know what to say instead.
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Post by Atticus on Sept 20, 2011 21:17:18 GMT -5
Ellie stopped mid-track, almost tripping as she immediately recognized to the two young boys. She had to get closer, though... she had to make sure... "Milo? Zane?" she gasped, blue eyes widening. The twins seemed to recoil in shock. "Sis?" they echoed, blinking.
None of the Surge kids said a word, trying to sink in that they were standing before kin they hadn't really seen face-to-face for two years. Zane cleared the air with an awkward whistle. "So..." he mused, but didn't have time to finish as Ellie sprung and wrapped her arms around both her brothers. "I've missed you two so much," the teenager sobbed, Zane's expression changing to that of a fake disgust, though it was clear in his eyes he shared the same emotion, while Milo expressed it without resistance. "These last few months have been so hard," she sniffed. Milo returned the embrace while Zane hesitated, but ended up hugging her back just as hard.
Finally, after minutes of just hugging, Ellie finally drew back and turned to Tunes. "Guys, this is Emily; but she prefers to go by 'Tunes'," she introduced, wiping her bloodshot eyes. "And this these two are Zane and Milo," she giggled, her voice somewhat raspy as all her stress came rolling out of her eyes. She playful and very lightly punched Zane on his arm.
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Post by subtleAssiduities on Sept 21, 2011 19:37:10 GMT -5
Tunes blinked, caught off-guard by the ztrange coincidence. She waved shyly. "H-Hello..."
"Ugh, what now?" EV growled, looking over her shoulder at the four humans impatiently. Don stopped as well, tilting his head to the side in puzzlement.
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Post by Atticus on Sept 21, 2011 20:03:15 GMT -5
"Hey, Emily," Zane introduced himself with a charming smile. Milo was more genuine and hesitant returning her greeting with a shy wave. "Hello..." he said, more politely.
Asher and Sullivan stopped and looked at Ellie and the other girl. "Whoa, this is... this is huge!"
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Post by subtleAssiduities on Sept 21, 2011 20:15:24 GMT -5
"I don't understand," Donetello admitted, turning to Asher and Sullivan. "What is going on exactly?"
Tunes looked at the twins curiously. "So... so Aviator led you to the Radio Tower?" She asked, i dicating the bird Pokémon perched on her shoulder.
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