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Marth arrived at blackthorn City. He had heard of an explosion and thought that it seemed to be looked into, even if it meant he would have to undermine the authority. First, he would need some supplies, like food and healing supplies for his pokemon so if they were to battle, he would be prepared. He was down the road when he had passed by a couple of trainers, and after they battled, they informed him of the incident. He felt he should do something to help out as best he could, so he went on looking for a small shop to buy the goods.


(((Is that a good start?)))

As Tyranitar charged forward towards Roserade, Fluerette stared at it with agonizing focus, almost pretending to will the Magical Leaf into a direct hit. The razor-like leaves actually did hit the ground Pokemon, but it hardly seemed to bother it, much less stop his charge. So fast! Fluerette thought. The Magical Leaf seemed to barely harm it!

Then, only when it seemed too late did Fluerette realize what Tyranitar was aiming to do. Tyranitar leaped into the air, seeming to glide into it despite its massive bulk, as high as Roserade was jumping. Roserade seemed to realize the exact same moment Fluerette did. As Fluerette called, "Roserade, dodge it! Now!" Roserade was already tucking in its cape, which helped it to float in the air as long as it did. It started falling already, but in time to dodge the Body Slam completely. Roserade was hit, spiraling down to the ground for a few moments before righting itself at the last moment. It fell to the ground on its back.

"Roserade!" Fluerette cried. She took a step forward, but Roserade halted her with a determined look. Fluerette nodded, then looked to Tyranitar who had landed when Roserade did and waited for another attack. It would get another attack. Once Roserade got back on its feet, Fluerette gave it another moment to rest, then shouted, "Okay, go! Roserade, use Giga Drain!"

Roserade closed its eyes for a moment, turning a bright glowing green. Then, it shot its arm out, aimed at Tyranitar. Tyranitar grew green as well, but the green left it in huge glowing spheres and drew towards Roserade's hands, sucking out Tyranitar's energy and transferring it to Roserade. As more spheres were drawn into Roserade's hand, some of the scratches on its body disappeared, and Roserade stood with a more confident stance, mostly healed and ready to fight once more.

[ooc: Didn't really know what a Giga Drain looked like. ^.^ I hope I was somewhat accurate.]

Marth walked to the pokemon center to heal his pokemon because they needed it, mostly because he had fought a couple of trainers before reaching the city, He loved his pokemon a lot, and he didn't want o see them killed; however, he knew that it was worth the risk to stop the dreaded government because if they were not stopped, his pokemon might be forced to become fused with a stranger's DNA, and he would not let that happen. His pokemon and he have experienced too many losses to quit.

He entered the center and casually walked to the counter, requesting that the nurse treat his pokemon who happily took them. He waited patiently for her to be finished, and then left after telling her thank-you and went back to see if the shop had some rope, and healing items.

"Whoa! First off, if you're going to call me anything but Andrew, please call me A.D. People who call me mister make me feel ancient," he said as he walked into Floaroma Town. Andrew walked into the Pokécenter and let Nurse Joy heal his Pokémon and then left, not bothering to pick up any supplies. He sat down outside the Pokécenter and waited for Fleurette.

After she finished in the Pokécenter, Andrew stood up and stretched. "You asked when we leave. You seem to be in a hurry, so how about we leave now?" He started walking north on Route 205, figuring that Fleurette would catch up to him.

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Claire had been training in the mountains above Kanto for the last week, which is why she hadn't received Andrew's message until this morning. She had hurried back as soon as she heard it, and she went to the mountain to the south of Blackthorn to investigate for herself. Marth, another trainer who had bested her, had come back. She went to him to find out what he wanted.

Claire listened to the boy as he explained what he wanted, and, as she expected, he wanted to help investigate. She pulled out her phone and dialed up the voice mail so he could listen to Andrew's message, then held out the phone to him. "Listen to this, it will explain everything."

"Claire, this is Andrew. Earlier this morning, a Team Galactic squad of grunts set off explosives in the mountain south of Blackthorn. I routed them out, but they said something about the Orre government experiments, fossils, legendary Pokémon, and Deoxys. I'm leaving for Eterna to investigate what the real meaning of this is. If Team Galactic is finding fossils for these experiments, it could be bad. It might mean they're in the advanced stages of their tests, already. I'll be gone by the time you get back."

After she had gotten the phone back from Marth, she put it away and looked at him. "If you still want to go, I can't stop you. I will not be joining you because I have to examine the true extent of what Team Galactic was doing here."

While in the Pokémon Center, Andrew thought he had seen an old rival of his, one he had fought a few times here and again. The boy was good enough for A.D. to consider him a rival, which should say something about him and his character. He walked slowly toward route 205 to see if the kid would follow and when he did, A.D. turned around and sent out his Weavile. "Go on, girl; go say hi to Xavier."

Weavile ran down the route as fast as she could, then jumped into the air toward Xavier. The girl landed in front of him, leapt to the side and climbed up his leg and back up to his shoulder, then waved.

"Hey! You following me?" Andrew asked with a smirk before walking back down the route to meet up with Xavier.

As he caught up to the man, he shook the man's hand and the Weavile ran across their arms onto A.D.'s shoulder. "Well, I'll tell you, it was a damn close fight, my friend. When a Blaziken and a well-trained Sneasel fight, it's nothing to laught at. Fortunately for you, you happened to win that little tiff." The Weavile stuck her tongue out at Xavier at the memory of such a momentous battle. "I was on my way back to Unova when Blackthorn was attacked by Team Galactic." He knew that this would strike a chord with the Blackthornite in front of him. "They were digging around for fossils for those experiments in the mountain just south of there. That's why I'm here right now, Fleurette and I are going to Eterna to investigate. You up for that? Can always use some backup. The girl is rough, but skilled; I think being around some elders would definitely help her out."