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"Newton, downstairs, go with Aki. Help if he needs it." Nyx whispered to her Drifblim. She had no idea what was down there, and wasn't going ahead without orders.

Newton nodded. It was battle royal time. He couldn't play video games any more, so now, real life was his video game. Time for him to be a bad a**. He disappeared through the floor and came out of the ceiling on the other side.

Ohhh... that smelled good.... Oh hey. What was that? Aki was growling at those people. SWEET! Enemies! Newton swelled up and then, with great force, spit the cameras he'd been saving in his mouth at the bulbasaur and its trainer, bolstered by actual energy. Newton used Spit-Up. Its supper gross.

Aki didn't slip into the puddle fast enough. He caught a wiff of the intoxicatingly sweet smell as he flopped into the puddle with what might have been a purr- that formed bubbles on the surface of the water. He hopped back out; to the side of the bublasaur, and growled again, before opening his mouth wide in a Yawn attack. Though he wavered slightly when he finished, feeling just a bit on the clunky side.

Aila growled as Fleur suffered the brunt of the Yawn. Its drowsing effects were already taking hold, and the Bulbasaur's eyelids fluttered as she fought to stay awake. The sudden appearance of the Drifblim was enough of a surprise to keep her from fading into the cradle of slumber, but Aila doubted she would be able to hold out much longer.

The thief took good note as the balloon-like creature bloated - an attack of some kind, certainly. She seized her Bulbasaur into her arms and leaped to a side, grateful that she had continued to practice dance and gymnastics in her spare time. This was just the situation for which she had been preparing. And she was glad, no, elated that she had prepared when she saw what issued forth from the Drifblim. Were those... cameras, of all things? It was difficult to tell, amidst all the spittle and... Aila gave her best effort not to look too closely.

She set the still-conscious Fleur back on the ground and, venomous glare fixed on her foe, issued her command, "Razor Leaf. Show me your best." The Bulbasaur, recognizing the subtle urgency in her human's voice, summoned all of her strength and dispensed a whirlwind of blade-like leaves.

Cal turned swiftly at the guard's voice only to receive a swift Take Down to the gut. She was knocked down, hard, sliding back until she hit the base of the stairs with a slight thud. She gasped as she was hit, retching and coughing as she tried to get back up. It felt like that was going to leave more than a bruise. between her coughing, she tried to utter a command, but all that came out was an inaudible attack.

Skye, on the other hand, was standing far enough away not to take the blow. He watched, horrified as she took the attack straight on. He had been too distracted by the sweet scent to notice them coming. He grit his teeth at his error and launched a full Thunderbolt at the Growlith. So much for 'stealth mode'.

Kunai had not moved yet. She stood there, waiting for all of the sensors to be taken out. When all was done and over, she turned to face the Grunt who had caused that slight snag in security. How dare he smile like he had done something good! She was going to have a grand old time when they were back at HQ reaming Leonard about his incompetence during the mission.

She shot him another intense glare before signaling to go forward. That faint smell touching the air wasn't enough to hinder the Elite. Yet as they began their descent down the stairs, it seemed that the Grunt, Cal, had grown a bit more anxious.

At the end of their current path, there was a puppy Pokemon, fangs bared at them. And what looked like a half-conscious guard.

Strange, the others should not have been on this pathway. Nadja's group was towards the other side of the building, and the group that was mostly composed of Agents also had not hit this pathway either. Either this guard had been taking a nap (which was unlikely), or someone else was also after their orb.

Once more, she wasn't about to speak. She simply gestured towards the guard and the Pokemon, then once more silently gestured for them to dispose of the intruders. The Growlithe was heading towards Cal, and strangely enough, Kunai did not seem to care, just remaining in place near the edge of the stairs, standing to her fullest height of 4'11". True, the stealth aspect of the mission was over thanks to whichever intruder had ruined their plans, but it did not mean she needed to speak out.

Prototype2, abandon the guard and radio and join us at the bottom of the stairs. There is a guard.

(I will roll in my next post)

(Hello, I am a roll, to see what will happen with teh_Kunai surprised )

((Rolling for Nyx))