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The Haunter hesitated for an instant before following the Ponyta's orders. [Be careful,] he advised, knowing that the fire-type probably had sustained enough of her own injuries. As gently and as quickly as he could, the ghost lifted the human onto Pinkie's back, trying to settle him so that he was comfortable and that he could cling onto her neck with his unhurt arms. [I've got your back. Just keep going and catch up with the others.]

Meanwhile, Shadow was tense with the animosity between Frost and Aulus. He knew Aulus had been through a great deal and that was probably what had him on edge, but Frost seemed to be in the right at the moment. They had to concentrate. "They brought us here from some place where they'd knocked us out," he tried to help. "I'm not sure if that's the hanger, but I remember the way to that room. Lots of...um, vehicles and things?"

Hayes was never going to get used to being suddenly dragged off his feet. He kept up this time though, the only stumbling being at the beginning and the end when they'd made it around the corner. The blond braced his hands on his knees and followed Aulus' gaze to.. Jerome, if that broken body had anyone home. "Dunno," he breathed, getting a look at his partner's back as he straightened up.

He could see it now. He wished he didn't.

"Hey-" Hayes touched what looked like the least injured area of skin. "Leave it; he's getting us out of here."


He might be beaten half to death, his muscles might be wasted, and his back might just have been cooked but he was 100% sure he could still snap the little b*****d in two.

The intervention of two of his fellow prisoners however allowed him to get a grip on his temper; the input of the elder of the blondes was especially relevant, the gentle touch on his arm and calm words cooling his ire a little. Get out of here for now, worry about heartless bastards later. "Right," he nodded sharply and shot Frost a look of disgust, "later."


"You remember the way they brought us in?" Hayes asked, as much for the distraction as the information.

The irony of being deep in the heart of Galactic's base and unable to see any layout or tech to report back to Faleen hadn't been lost on him, and now that he could there was no time to look around and she was here to witness it herself.

She was here.

The thought bloomed inside him again, and he chanced a look back.


"Not sure," Aulus replied with a shake of his head, "might recognise bits of it... hopefully we can remember between us." He wanted - needed - to get out of this place, to get far far away, as if the physical distance would let him put all of this behind him.


Frost turned to Shadow with a nod, having already dismissed Hayes' guard dog's disdain as insignificant. "Most likely that is indeed the hanger. If between all of us we more or less agree on the turns to take then statistically speaking we might not be completely effed." As Skiron, Persephone and Gilda rejoined him Frost looked about at the assembled Rockets. "If everybody is ready then I suggest we make a move. I'm sure I don't need to say 'stick together' but I have anyway now."

Frost studied on of the maps on the wall and sighed. "Of course. I suppose the only surprise is that they aren't in crayon or something." Well it made his life easier, he wasn't about to complain. "Skiron, up at the front, Persephone at the rear," he instructed his pokemon as they moved along. "Anyone else with pokemon they're not riding, it might be wise to form a front and rear guard," he added to the others as an afterthought.

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Aulus was gone, hopefully to safety. There had been plenty of others with him, so the best she could do was probably make sure these people didn't follow him. Teeth bared Tortie flung herself at the hated moth with a vicious Sucker Punch.

Having spotted Red's gambit, Char rumbled deep in his chest and flung a Smokescreen into the mob of Galactics and their pokemon. Red meanwhile, though not thrilled about listening to the Absol, opted to help Tortie out by aiming Aerial Ace at the Volcarona.

It was hard to make out just what was going on in the fight, with as much steam as the water and fire was creating.
She trusted her team to know what to do when she couldn't see them, That was good, since she had to keep as firm a hold on Sharpedo as she could right now.

She didn't know how much longer they could last though, sure that there would just be more Galactics on the way, and already they were vastly outnumbered.
That point was driven home when Charizard let out a high roar and tumbled into her view, dripping went and sprawled on the ground.
He tried to get up, but more attacks bearing down on him.
Banette swooped down to try and take some of the hear off of his team mate, so the dragon could get up and keep fighting. Breathing heavily as he readied a Dragon claw

Faleen caught the electric attack hit TRP from the corner of her eye, Faleen looked over at her. "Ma'am!" She called, but had to jerk back herself when a jet of water slapped like needles against the side of her face.
"Rrg!"

Shaking the water out of her face, and holding a hand to her head, Faleen forced herself back up, taking a quick check on the other Rockets and how they were holding up. Alba, Arcadia, Inigo, TRP Each of them were handling their own pokemon, except a horrified lanky man in the back, who seemed to have finally come too.

"Star!" she called to him "Call your pokemon out! We need everyone!"

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Yes! that's it! just scream! keep screaming!
It was the screaming that Hirss knew so well, the horror!
Everything hurt from the electric attacks she was getting, but she could see the fear in her opponents eyes, and it made her want to KILL!

With a shirking scream the Feraligatr threw herself at the Jolteon, wide strong jaws spread open, her fangs iced over in her Ice fang attack.

Inigo stayed with Alba safely tucked around the corner and out of the line of fire. "You sure?" He asked the older man, brows furrowed and a concerned frown set on his face. He certainly didn't look alright... But at least he was instructing his pokemon and seemed better than before. He noticed the little Deerling's attack, and it made him suddenly remember something. Two flashes of white later, the grunt was pointing at the Deerling. "Leech Seed as well, both of you!"

The pair of Whimsicott looked at each other before nodding in unison with a "whims!" before they bounced over to one side of Hazel, then directed their own Leech Seeds at any Galactic they could.

The horns on Acier's head began to glow white before he rushed towards Tethys with an Iron Head attack, acting on his new human's previous orders. Oriana, on the other hand, preferred to target the Volcarona, otherwise known as the fiery bug of death and destruction, at which she aimed the biggest Confusion she could muster. That was good, right?

Tambrey was rather forced to go where ever the pony decided to go. She wanted to go back and help.. even try to fight... And she wanted to retrieve Neph; letting her out was the last thing she should have done.
"I can start repeating the word 'please' over 'nd over..?" She tried, thinking it unlikely to persuade the horse any differently.

With a slightly heavier sigh than before she let out Palu... and was faced with the prospect of a faceful of a feathery hug.
She didn't think that would go well, riding on the ponyta.
"No! Hug later, I /promise/. It is /wonderful/ to see you Palu, but I need y' to go toward the sound of fighting ok? Support whoever needs it and... try t' bring back you know who..." Tam' tapped Neph's pokeball.

The bird was excited to be out of her ball and /so/ pleased to see her trainer... and this pony! She was, of course, the epitome of elegance in her excited squawking. ... And wait, this was not the base? She became aware as she was denied her hug and then received instructions.
A job? But she'd /just/ gotten out! They'd been apart for /so long/!
It sounded... urgent though and that snapped her into her usual demeanor; missions came first and she was -good- at them... Ah. The spider was out.
If she could have saluted, she would have, but settled for a regal nod instead; the bird sped away as fast as she could toward the fray.
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Neph, meanwhile, was scuttling across a wall, up toward the ceiling.
She recognised this sort of situation and she recognised a certain blue haired human.
Ahah. The trainer of the one known as 'Gun' as she's come to understand it...
That was where she wanted to go.
She scuttled across and halted, watching Tethys' weapon.
How to get it away from it's human so it could focus on the glorious combat between them instead of being distracted by the irritating commands of a trainer?
A little rude, but necessary, the spider decided as she launched a string shot, hoping it would reach far enough to pull Gun away and up to her.

When his attack was met with something completely different than his target, and he suddenly found a Breloom blocking his path, he stared at it uncertainly. What should he do now? He couldn't follow his orders with him in the way! Um.. Shoo? Please?

The command of "Metal Claw!" echoed above the chaotic battle, and it sounded like his new human, so with a flex of his claws, Acier began bearing down on the Breloom and its substitute with powerful Metal Claw attacks while trying to avoid Char and his Flame Burst.

Alright, it looked like Acier heard him. That taken care of, Inigo looked toward Oriana next. "Try to put it to sleep," he said to her gently as he patted her head. "Otherwise it'll just keep healing itself." The Chimecho's mouth formed a tiny circle and she nodded uncertainly before floating forward, concentrating hard before sending a Hypnosis towards the Volcarona.

Unfortunately for Tambrey, Sonata had orders to follow and she would follow them until they were complete, and those orders did not include going back just because of a runaway spider. She whickered a greeting at the bird when it appeared, but otherwise kept pace with the rest of the group as they made their way towards wherever it is they were going. As long as the ground stayed relatively flat, she would be fine.