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Takedown wins again, but at what cost? If Nova's large hurricane hadn't knocked Jack off, the Dark Pulse surely would have. Night had to help his teammate, no question about it. "Protect the precious," Night said, pointing to Jack. His hands would now come over his ears in preperation. "Alright Lairon," Night continued, "use Metal Sound on those two dudes." Turning so he was in range of both Pokémon, Lairon let loose a powerful ear piercing shriek worse than the Sneasel's screech. Though Night didn't think of it, this attack may or may not have reached Jack, though if it did the attack wouldn't really do anything, right?

Freth listened in with Night, actually a bit satisfied that someone else decided to take the plunge in story telling. Though part of that, she wondered, if the liquor was talking. Before she could say a word, however, her instincts tripped. A presence she was unfamiliar with. She got up and started her way towards the door. She would find me making my way there as well, curious as to what it was outside. ".........I don't know who that is." Freth said.

"Neither do I..." I told her.

"Do we look?"

"Last time someone came to our base of operations right out of the blue like this with a casual hello, a fight broke out between us and two rangers. And Sub didn't exactly say anything about anyone coming here."

"Difference is, it doesn't feel that strong. Above human standards, but...not that much. And for the record, does Sub EVER tell us someone new is coming here?"

"You're right..." I said.

"Should I?"

I readied an Ice Beam. "Go for it."

I took a few steps back and allowed Freth to answer the door, only for her to see there...a Furret hybrid. "Uh...yes?"

The Furret's eyes went wide and he stiffened -- two Articuno hybrids and one of them didn't look so happy. "Um, um. Did I come at a bad time?" He took a step back, raising his hands tentatively. "This would hardly be a fair fight, you know. You...with you feathers...and scary looking energy balls."

From beside the door, a brown-haired, glasses-wearing human poked his head into view. Upon spotting the soft, icy blue glow of the beam's charge, he retreated back to the side. "Some welcome this is."

"Calculating possible escape path to avoid ice beam trajectory," Came a more robotic, digitized voice.

Okay, so the first Dark Pulse seemed to miss Jack entirely. No biggie. He and Titan were still focused on Nova, so...

"Try that again, Sneasel!"

Another black ball of energy was sneezed out of Sneasel's mouth, aimed directly at Wynaut. Hopefully, with no distraction this time, the attack would prove more accurate...

[oops, sorry. Been kinda sick lately, and I totally missed your post]

Jack was in a bad situation! That dark pulse was headed straight for him! With his recently lowered special defense, the attack would deal more damage! What's even worse for him was that it would be super effective! noooo! Maybe he should do a dodge roll! Or... or.. a back flip! Nope, none of that nonsense! Jack would just sit there and be faceblasted by the Dark Pulse. The dark chi was just so... so... effective it even cut through the Mirror coat and didn't get bounced back! Jack, who had been knocked skyward, landed with a small "fwump". And so he laid there, stiller than a Jack. As he laid there, a dark, ghostly aura flared up around him, peeling off of him like tendrils of flame! What could this be? Was it a move?

"Oh, no, I can appreciate that a mercenary group might be a little paranoid," said the Furret, but he smiled with the girl's warmer welcome. "We mean you no harm. Honest. And at any rate I doubt we could even be a blip on your radar."

Nova watched the tendrils appear from the little Wynaut. Knowing what must be done, she flew straight into them, allowing herself to take whatever it was for the little Sneasal. She knew that it was a newer creature and wouldn't stand against whatever this was. So she would protect it and let it finish it's own fight. Nova was on her last legs anyways and the Metal sound was not helping her at this moment.

Reno watched this at the sidelines, the meteorite's dull ache in his mind detracting his attention from the fight. Nova knew what to do, so he could focus on his internal struggle. Forcing the meteorite's will back again, he felt it not disappear fully, but instead become a dull ache in his mind. This fight better be done quick or Reno might lose it.