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@ All Non-Rockets

"'Fend shrine camp," Lauren ordered Diablo. The houndoom snorted at the command, but obeyed anyway. It was all he could do with his bum leg.
"Gound forses!" Lauren shouted, "Charge!" she and her rampardos headed for the landing Rockets

((@ Paratrooper Rockets))

Rhia stared at the Rocket, but Castor wasn't so frozen. With an angry snort, he charged over and stomped hard on the man's leg. It broke with a sickening crack and snapped Rhia out of her stupor.

A Hyper Beam suddenly sliced through the camp ahead and Rhia sped up, horrified. She couldn't fight aerial attacks.

"I don't suppose you know something better than Ember?" She asked Castor as she worked her way back to Oyumi. "No? Then we focus on the ground troops."

Rhia dismounted and pointed at some of the already grounded Rockets. "Ember! Then use Stomp!"

((Woo, RP post that no one will read. XD))



Zinnia was not in any of the helicopters, nor was she in the inn. She had left with the others, but she had not joined them. She was now hiding with her two pokemon behind a tree near the shrine, watching the chaos. This was not what she had expected when she had volunteered for the mission. Were all Rocket missions so destructive? No, they couldn't be... She bit her lip, refusing to remember all the people who had insisted that Team Rocket was evil and cruel. She would not believe that-- she could not believe it. For as long as she could remember, she had been thoroughly convinced that Team Rocket was working for good...

She looked at her faithful pokemon, seeking reassurance. Zyk was on her shoulder, as always. He was determined, his mind set. He would never waver from his decision, but his decision was rather simpler than Zinnia's (in her opinion). All he wanted was for her to be safe and happy. She wanted to know whether she was working for the right side. She looked over at Shadow Mew, but she could decipher nothing in the legendary's expression. Shadow also knew what she was doing. She did nothing that she would regret. She was so careful... Zinnia was not.

She turned back to the growing waves of panic. Pokemon fighting, Rockets parachuting down and fighting back, missiles being launched... This was not the work of goodness. This was all a terrible mistake!

@BlackPidgeot & Others
Lisa noticed the parachuting Rockets via the Hyper Beam that skimmed behind her. She released Merlin, her mischievous Misdreavus. "Merlin! Hit them hard with Blizzard! Don't hold back, I could care less if they died. Midnight, cover Temp. TG, thunderbolt!"

A collective roar of agreement set the three pokemon into motion. Merlin cackled evilly as he floated up and summoned a ferocious Blizzard, directed at the Pidgeot.

Midnight blasted torrents of flame at each oncoming missile and attack as TG let loose several flashed of lightning from his head gem. This was exciting.

@ Leader/Chocobo/Parachuting Rockets/Helicopters

Alexa pulled up her scarf covering her mouth. She couldn't shout out commands to Stribog since he was too far away. However she could help direct Vincent and Apolla against the Rockets parachuting. "Okay Vincent, Apolla. Time for a double Flamethrower attack!" The two fire pokemon aimed for the Rockets falling through the air and landing on the ground. Fire erupted from their mouths in a straight line.

Stribog on the other hand was being buffeted by the high wings in the sky. He kept using Ice Beam though. He had been lucky a couple of times just barely missing missiles and other attacks.

This was a cluster... a cluster... well, Liam just didn't have the appropriate word for what this was. Rockets were beginning to rain down from the sky like little black dandelions, pokeballs starting to shower the trainers from above with the Rocket-branded pokemon. Where they weren't getting ambushed by grunts, some of the helicopters started to launch missiles from within, smoke trailing as they launched towards the ground.

Liam grunted as a bomb landed nearby, the explosion shoving both Nitro and himself into the dirt. The healer bit his lip, muffling a cry as the pokemon skidded along the dirt, dragging Liam along with him. Blossoms of blood began to form where sharp rocks and the dirt had scraped his skin, cutting a gash in one arm where he landed badly on it. Luckily, nothing was broken, but neither pokemon nor healer felt like getting up after that one. It was Liam that got up first, trying to shove Nitro to his feet, grunting with the effort.

Diablo turned to look at the person behind the shrine. Was this a Rocket? {You!} Diablo demanded of the zubat, {Which side is your human on?}

Rhia glanced away for but a moment, looking for the comforting light of the shrine. Had it gone out?

A figure caught her eye and she frowned. Was that... another Rocket?

"Castor! There! Ember attack!" She pointed wildly at the hidden Rocket.