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Reception was terrible in the cave and particularly bad next to the thunderstone. Most of the message couldn't be made out. "Yo* ne** *o come back. *** **ve's unstable. Too man* *****sions. We're fini*** for now."

((OoC: You can't get the thunderstone. Its a massive chunk of ore. It still hasn't been mined out yet.))

"We're coming, Xatu." A red beam of light extended from Ana's ball and picked up her Pokemon. The group made their way back to the chamber where the Magnetron was. The power had gone out and the ceiling had collapsed covering the old passageway. Fortunately with a little work the rocks could be shifted so the surface could be reached. Apparently the Magnetron had left by similar means.

Soon the group was outside of the cave entirely. Saffron city could be seen off in the distance. "You did pretty well back there. I was afraid it was going to detonate."

"We should circle around and meet the others. It shouldn't be far." The two traversed the hilly area eventually coming around to the cave entrance where the others had gathered. A few of the other gym students were a little bruised and a couple were helping injured Pokemon but there weren't any serious injuries. A small truck was had a moderate number of unconscious electric types who would be shipped some distance away before being released. A quick headcount later and they regrouped and began traveling back to the gym.

"I'm sorry about how cold I was earlier. I shouldn't have taken it out on you. I just thought I was going to pass this time."

(Sorry for not getting this post in earlier. I was running a bit short on time, and also I was having a hard time thinking of what to write.)

Magnemite wasn't letting up in its attacks, though to Skitty's credit, she wasn't giving up either, copying Magnemite's attacks and throwing them back at it. However, the situation seemed to have reached a stalemate. It wasn't going anywhere fast, that was for sure.

Alice nearly slapped her forehead. How could she not have though of this earlier? "Skitty, come back!" she yelled, and Skitty returned to her side, glaring at the Magnemite as Alice tossed another pokeball onto the field.

Kanghaskhan materialized from the pokeball, clearly towering over the Magnemite. The little Kangaskhan looked around curiously, but quickly disappeared into her mother's pouch. Magnemite seemed intimidated by the other pokemon, who was many times its own size. It started to prepare an attack, but stopped short as Kangaskhan approached it, staring down at the magnet pokemon. Suddenly, the little Kangaskhan poked its head up above her mother's pouch, and to Alice's great amusement, pulled a face at the Magnemite.

Alice heard Skitty practically yowling with laughter as the Magnemite beeped and buzzed in anger, not taking kindly to being mocked by a child pokemon. It started to prepare another attack, but was interrupted as the baby Kangaskhan's mother extended a paw and batted Magnemite almost gently away. Still, it was enough to send Magnemite a short way through the air before it came to a stop, still buzzing angrily but regarding Kangaskhan warily as it sparked with electricity. It seemed less confident against Kangaskhan than against Skitty. The baby Kanghaskan disappeared once more into her mother's pouch. Alice watched the Magnemite, waiting to see what it would do.

Miomoko listened to the girl speak about passing a test, "No, no. Please continue if you'd like." Miomoko had a slight idea of what she was talking about, of course, she assumed that her schooling had been slightly different than the schooling done here.

Miomoko wasn't sure if Ana really wanted to stop talking about the test, but she had changed the subject, and Miomoko wasn't about to question it. "Yeah, I was thinking about it." She had realized that she acctually had forgotten about it in all the excitement, but she was, surprisingly, looking forward to it.

((OoC: Normaly I wouldn't of changed the subject but I'm trying to move along a little quicker so we can go to a point where it would make sense to recruit more members.))

"You really should. I you and Eevee would do well in the little cup. It would be good practice for both of you."

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((OoC: Try to speed things up. Don't be afraid to make some decision for the wild pokemon too. (I'm considering making a post for what Gaddwick has been up to and I'll include parts where it would have been necessary to wait for more information from the event manager.) Alice should try to capture the Magnemite in the next post. ))

Ark nodded to his Pokemon "Gallade, help them out." Gallade steped forward and positioned itself next to Kangaskhan. The electric Pokemon's eye spun for a few more seconds before releasing a large orb of electricity towards the Pokemon. Gallade's eyes flared for a moment and the electrical orb seemed to slow. A barely visible light screen could be seen blocking the attack. Its trajectory curved slightly and flew through the gap between the two defending Pokemon. There was a thunderclap and the sound of cracking cement as the orb dissipated into the ground. The Magnemite dropped to the ground, feebly floating a few inches off the ground, most of its power spent.

"Thanks," Alice said with a small smile, turning her gaze back to Magnemite. Its last attack seemed to have sapped all its strength, and it floated close to the ground. Kangaskhan had her eye on it, but it made no move to attack. It didn't look like a further fight would be neccessary.

Alice produced an empty pokeball from her bag, her eyes on the Magnemite all the while; however, it still didn't move. Alice threw the pokeball, and it flew in a wide arc, before it fell downwards and collided softly with Magnemite. It split in half, and Magnemite was sucked inside in a bright white light. The pokeball's two halves rejoined and it clattered to the floor, trembling.