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"A Dragonite is coming down the hall in this direction sir." Adme declared calmly. The Metang that the Poryon2 program resided in was hovering beside the group huddled in the back of the room where the glass dome allowed sunlight to stream through.

Pluto cursed silently, trying to think of what to do. His eyes flicked to the Metang, where he had hidden the Earth pendant.

"Adme, stay with Alfred. Morana, Aceraceae, protect both of-" A loud boom interrupted him, the sound of the door being kicked in. Everyone held their breaths at the sound of the quick exchange between Thanatos and the Dragonite. Suddenly the air roared as if with an explosion, and a large white beam of light passed over their heads. It went through the flimsy makeshift wall that separated the two halves of the room, ripping it from its anchoring and flung it against the now-shattered glass dome.

Nova had the presence of mind to erect a psychic barrier about them, deflecting the glass shards that rained upon the group. With nothing between them and the Dragonite now, Pluto could see that Thanatos was gone. The Gengar couldn't die, but Pluto had little doubt that he was hurt. That Hyper Beam had been extremely powerful.

For a brief second nothing happened after the Dragonite's demand, but Draka's eyes flicked to the corner of the room. The curtains around Alfred's bed had been torn off in the tempest created by the Hyper Beam, and the black-and-white Gardevoir was easily seen lying upon the white sheets, a bag of bright red blood dripping down an IV into his arm.

Morana and Acer stood between the bed and the Dragonite, their poses defensive, as if they were ready to attack, but there was clear hesitation and fear on both their faces.

"The Pendant's not here." Pluto replied defiantly, trying to take the Dragonite's attention away from Alfred, his voice surprisingly steady. His mind worked as fast as it could as he tried to think of a way out of this, any way out of this. Would the Dragonite not harm them if he handed the pendant over? No, he can't do that. He can't let it fall back into the hands of the Elites. But Minerva was here! And what could they do? The Dragonite would just kill them all and take the relic anyways.

"I warned you." Draka replied calmly, and with two small flaps of her small wings four Twisters were created from the sheer force of the motion, and they soared outwards, threatening to tear the room up.

Several Protect barriers arose at once. Adme's enveloped everyone, reinforced with Nova's, and -surprisingly- Pluto's himself. A fire suddenly sprang into his eyes at the threat.

The two twisters that did go in their direction slammed against the Protect barriers and dispersed, though thinning the protection considerably. The Dragonite was just too powerful.

Pluto knew what he had to do.

"I love you Minerva. Please forgive me." He had to do this. It would break her heart, but he had to save her. Her and the Pendant and Alfred, and all those within the room. He stepped forward out of the protect shield as the remaining two twisters died out on the other side of the room.

"Dear-?" Minerva asked in alarm.

"Do you change your mind?" The Dragonite asked, not at all concerned.

"Go to hell." Was Pluto's vehement reply. One paw came up to his neck, unworn claws unsheathing. They hooked around the chain at his neck and he gave it a hard jerk. The small green tablet charm clattered to the floor, and it began to grow in size even as Pluto placed both paws upon it.

"No, don't-!" Draka began as she realized what was going on, lunging forward at the Leafeon. He didn't seem to hear her. He was no longer looking at her, no longer aware of the room about him. He stared down at the tablet under his paws, having extended to its full size. The Meadow Plate pulsed gently with power, the words upon it written in Unknown seeming to swim around his vision and lose their meaning.

He could feel the power dammed up on the other side. He broke the barrier between it and him, allowed the Original One's power to flow through him. He was a descendant of Arceus himself- the blood of the one who created the universe resided within his veins. He seized the power of Judgment for the first time in his life, allowed the God's power to simply flow through him, uninhibited, unchecked.

There was pain, pain as power that was never meant for mortal bodies tore its way through him, but he did nothing to stop it, nothing to reduce its flow as all other mortal users of Judgment are forced to do to stay alive and sane. His mind started to slip away from him, and suddenly the pain was fading...

Around him the room had broken into complete chaos. Plants of all kinds, flowering, vined, thorned, wooded, leafed, needled- they were all bursting up from under the floor, the walls. Wood and paper, medicine and cotton sheets, everything that used to be of plant matter came to life, and all of it moved in a violent blur towards one target- Draka.

As they bound her wings, sinking roots and thorns and branches into her flesh, dragging her to the ground, she roared and frantically fought with all her might. Mighty claws tore off the plant matter only for it to be replaced seconds later. A bright Hyper Beam began to collect in her mouth, and one maple sapling took the chance to jam its new growth into her open maw. The sapling began to thicken its trunk.

Within a minute the struggling ended. Calm reigned once more. In the middle of the room now lied what looked like a small hill with a full forest growing from it. The ceiling had burst to allow the half-dozen or so new full-grown trees to spread their branches up into the sky above. No traces of the Dragonite remained, except a small pendant bearing the symbol of Dragons dangling on one of the lower branches of an elm. It was bent down towards Pluto, as if offering it to the Leafeon.

The Leafeon did not see this though. A sigh escaped his lips as the channel between him and Arceus closed. His legs shook for a second before they completely gave way, limp, and the Leafeon collapsed.

"Pluto!" "Master Eclipse!"

Minerva caught her husband, having hurried to his side even as his attack had begun. Her eyes were wide with fear as Nova pried the Vaporeon off, frantically shouting orders

"Adme! Boot Defibrillator Mode and give me a full analysis. Dew, give me support. Huey-"


Beneath Pluto a dark cloud of purple seemed to gather and solidify into the form of an Arcanine. He looked tired, and his eyes fell mournfully upon the Leafeon he had dedicated his life and death to protecting. He took a gentle step forward and placed one great paw on Pluto's neck. He bent down and gently closed Pluto's brown eyes.

"I'm done. Good luck." The ghostly Arcanine whispered, starting to fade away.

"Ethan, what do you mean you're-? No! No..." Minerva stared at the Arcanine frantically and then immediately looked back down to her husband. Ethan had trapped himself in undeath to honour his promise to protect Pluto. If the Arcanine was leaving, it could only mean one thing...

Tears came as she fell over him, an Aqua Ring gently pulsing out of her mouth to cover him, praying that Pluto's oldest friend was wrong.

"Analysis complete. Master Eclipse has entered cardiac arrest. No heart rhythm detected, a shock is not advised."

At what looked to be the conclusion of the battle, Incultyr felt his short legs wobblinbg from fatigue as the effects of adrenaline wore off. Seeing his path suddenly clear, the Larvitar took off down the hall towards the West Wing right away.

He had to see if Morana and Acer were OK.



The arcanine and the Flareon turned at the sound of Deimos's howling.

"Go, leave. We won't pursue." Aiden promised them. The Arcanine kept a careful eye on the trio as he picked the tired Flareon up onto his back. Then he turned and limped out as fast as he could.

"This wasn't a normal foe." Aiden whispered, shaking his head. "Beka, Chris, let's stay at the guild for a while. Something important is happening, and they might need our help."

He grimaced as he left the heat of battle, looking down at the burns down her left arm. They were swelling, his skin sensitive with clear liquid pooling under them. Chris dug out a rawst berry and handed it to his leader as he stared quietly down the hall where Deimos's body lay.

"Agreed."

Arcanine: 12 HP -left
Flareon: 10 HP -left

Even though he was locked in his own battle, Neo couldn't help stopping to watch Solaris totally own some face. When he turned back to face his opponent, he could just make out the sillouettes of a Growlithe and a Charmander making a beeline for the nearest exit. The Riolu looked at his Ralts partner, who shrugged. Deciding that it was best to look tough, they began brandishing their fists and shouting;
"Yeah, you better run!"
"And don't even think about coming back!"
Satisfied, the two of them quickly inspected each other. Neo's fur was singed in places, and a patch or two was giving off a tiny bit of smoke. Max looked like he'd been in the sun a bit too long, and it had turned his cheeks a nice rosy red. On top of that, both of them were smudged with the soot given off by some of the small fires started by various Embers and Flamethrowers. They high-fived, congratulating each other on their excellent fighting, and tried to make themselves look presentable again.

Their mothers would be proud. If either of the two kids had mothers.

Solaris----------Zidaine---------Jasper---------Venus---------Tempest---------Mordred

Solaris leaned against Epitaph, the Flareon being the only thing keeping him from collapsing to the floor.
He scanned the hall with weary eyes, his ears flattening. He'd sensed something, briefly, before the Houndoom had lost it's life to his teeth.
Something familiar and yet...
'No.'
He pushed away from Epitaph and went tearing out the room for the west wing, a trail of blood left in his wake.
He wavered, confused, at a large hill that had somehow sprung up in the midst of the hallway and doorframe to his Uncle's room. Shaking his head he leaped upward onto it and then down into the room where he stopped, breath ripped from his throat in a gasp.
The Espeon took a few steps forward, but stopped and instead turned away to exit the room.
"You're in charge, Aunt Minerva. I await your next course of action..." His tail hung limp behind him as he made his path back to the main hall.
The Espeon limped toward a fallen pillar and jumped up to perch on it above the guilds.
"Two of our foes are dead, we've sent our enemies a message. They can not beat us, they will not beat us. We'll tear apart any of them that dare come back!"
With a snarl he was back on ground level, padding his way, painstakingly, over to Epitaph.
"I'm going to the hospital...to see my daughter."Arceus help the Elite if she died.
"You've just recruit the Guild of the Moon, pinky. I'll be damned if some extremist kick your guild's a** rather than me." The pink-colord Umbreon exclaimed before sulking out.

Venus, however, had followed Solaris when he'd taken off down the hall and remained starring down at the limp form of her brother in despair.
Her flames had gone out, revealing her to be a simple-colored Flareon with bright, red eyes that were now rimmed with tears.
"Oh Pluto..."

Zidaine landed with a 'thud' that shook the guild, Tempest hopped from his back to bound over to Fang and practically barreled the Raichu over in concern.
"What happened? Are you alright? How about you?" She looked from the older Chu to the younger one in obvious panic. Zidaine yawned, scratching at his stomach with a claw behind them.

Meanwhile, oblivious to all the drama, Jasper scowled and made his own exit. ******** this, he needed a drink...to the bar!

>>>REWARDS<<<

+3 Mission Points

Generate for a Fire Type TM:
1. Sunny Day TM

2. Flamethrower TM

3. Overheat TM

4. Fire Blast TM

5. Incinerate TM

6. Searing Shot TM

7. Inferno TM

8. Flare Blitz TM

9. Flame Charge TM

10. Flame Burst TM

Your recruit is the first stage version of one of the opponents you battled. (Unless if you fought a Flareon. Please pick something else. All the eevees uh...exploded. It's totally not population control. Just...a big coincidence.)

The guilds have obtained two more Relics! The current count is:

Guilds [+who has is]:
Water [Solaris]
Fire [Solaris]
Dragon [Pluto]
Ground [Pluto]
Dark [Amaterasu]
Steel [Tempest]
Rock [Tolin]
Flying [Tolin]
Ice [Lloyd]
Psychic [Orion]

Elite:
Normal
Poison
Insect
Grass
Fighting

Unaccounted for:
Electric
Ghost

[Let's see what burninating fun Solly gets.]