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"I could be having better days." Freth said. "Look, Isaac, Blizzard is saying that this place is wired and we don't want to allow any ideas for anyone to incriminate us on this. We're about to pull something big here and we're going to pin it on Flare. We need you to find the source of the bugs however you can and fry it. I would imagine there'd be some protective black box or something around here if that be the case." Freth said. "In the meantime, Beau may be blowing the lid off of this building which I'm thinking we're going to pin on Flare. That way, Lysandre should be in the cross hairs about as badly as the former king here."

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In the meantime, I started to look about. No Flare members that I can tell. Most of them that I knew of were too proud to ditch their suits, so there may be the possibility that Aile was the only one. If that were to be the case...

I started my way off and started to make my way out of the dining hall. If anything, I didn't want to be down here any longer for a whole multitude of reasons. I started my way around on the hunt for Aile.

Aria would be leading the pack as they went on their merry chase, keeping close on the Gogoat's heels as it plodded along behind the Zygarde. While it meant she was right in the action automatically, it also led to Aria needing to quickly grab Vibrato's wing and send them into a tailspin in an effort to avoid joining the crash that had just occurred. Unfortunately, this only delayed it slightly and switched its target as she now found herself plowing into the group of guards and workers who had been attempting to corral Zac before the dog had simply leaped over them.

Leslie would be further back and thus able to adapt to the sudden shift in the chase's direction and location. Managing to keep a respectable pace for someone on two legs, she would charge through the hole in the line opened by Aria as she yelled, "I'll catch you! You lot deal with the chaos!" Hoping that her legitimate uniform would keep her from being halted too abruptly, the hybrid would continue her stampede through the tables that she simply bowled over rather than move around any reasonable amount. Soon enough, she would find herself in the eastern wing and hopefully still able to follow Zac.

Still in the rafters, Beau would be basking in the new disaster that had just been generated within the confines of the Battle Chateau. It felt so good to watch a terrorist event that you were all for occur before your eyes. Well, he should probably contribute to helping the others with Aile a bit. Scattering Powder into the newly formed storm, Beau would open the Pokeball in his hand and stare at the green Charmander now sitting in his hand. "You. Zippo. Make it burn." Beau commanded, pointing the salamander towards the windstorm. Zippo would respond swiftly, by recoiling and slinking up Beau's arm. Staring at the cowardly Pokemon, the Vivillon hybrid decided that a more subtle approach was needed. Yanking the Charmander off his arm, Beau would point it towards the slowly spreading cloud of Powder before shaking it like a madman. Eventually, a quick Ember would fire out to greet the Powder and hopefully set off an explosion for the group.

Allen teleported next to Rein thanks to Claydol. Late to the party as always, but he was fashionably late as far as he was concerned. "Pst, so what I'd miss dude?" He asked, elbowing the trainer beside him. The girl that Rein was fighting looked familiar- was she on Team Snagem too? Maybe he should have read the report before showing up. Too late now, he sent out Steve to watch his back. The Clefairy kept close.

"But no really Rein, what the hell."

One of the guards would make their way to "Charles," not buying that he was staying out of this. He wouldn't get a chance to speak up, however, as Aria and Vibrato plowed into him and sent him falling to the floor. He was soon joined by the other guard, who had turned around to see where Zac had gone. They were already moving to get up as their Furfrou barked at the Snagems, not letting a bit of chaos stop them so easily. But with quite a few trying to stay out of it as more guards started coming in, gaining ground was about to get a lot easier for the party's staff.

Well, aside from Trish. When she went to pull Fuse free, one of the guards that just came in would grab her arm and start dragging her outside. "I'm sorry, but you'll be leaving the premises. I wouldn't make this any harder on yourself if I were you." Any potential nobility didn't matter to this man, it seemed.

As it stood, those still on the chase for Zac were... well, still in that chase, though the Zygarde did try to lose the rest by finding the kitchen doors and running inside. It had a way of getting around all too quickly.





The Powder-fueled explosion would go off as intended, but Beau might find that the rafters he and Zippo were balanced on started giving way. The explosion had managed to reach them as it traveled up the powder trail, threatening to throw both of them to the floor below if the rafters didn't do it first. Things might get a bit precarious for Isaac and Dan depending on how close they were to Beau.









This would be the moment when the guards revealed that they had a bit more than a couple of Furfrou to assist them. With one of them managing to notice and move away from Rein's little stunt, a couple of Meowstic- one male, one female- would come out instead of any prissy dogs. They did, in fact, know better.

"I trust you will put these ruffians in their place?" The guard asked of his Pokemon, who had unfolded their ears and revealed the patterns hidden behind them. The male Meowstic had no trouble at all in suddenly putting Rein, his Pokemon, Allen and Kayvaan under a sudden increase of the Gravity around them, pinpointed by the immense abilities he wielded. The female Meowstic quickly aided her partner with Disarming Voice, trying to catch anyone who heard the voice off-guard. The Crobat that had been in the fight too was not only sent crashing down by the Gravity, but the Ice Beam from Kayvaan and wasn't going to be doing much past being recalled.

Aile and Voort, luckily, would be spared from the two attacks thanks to the quick thinking of Kayvaan. But now they had an angry environmentalist on their case, the woman wanting to reclaim the Zygarde Cube. Depending on where they went, Blizzard might or might not see them.

"What the hell!?" Sub shouted as the Twister was conjured and sucked away Griswald's Infestation. The Dark One would immediately flip around to face whoever was responsible for this and who put their hand on his shoulder. "Darts! How could you not know it was me!? The Mandibuzz and Spiritomb didn't give it away!?" Sub wouldn't have much time to wait for Darts to respond before Aile fled with her Nidoking and her Greninja appeared.

"Tch...don't worry, buddy." He told the Greninja, responding to his apology before the Water Shuriken went flying. "Griswald!" Sub shouted as the shuriken closed in, the Spiritomb stretching out its mouth open wide and 'swallowing' Sub, splashing into a shadow on the ground as it carried its trainer away with its Shadow Sneak, the Dark One Channeling with his Pokemon. Unfortunately he didn't completely avoid the shuriken as it managed to slice open the side of his upper torso.

"Buzz!" From across the room the now grounded Mandibuzz would fire off a Dark Puls at one of the Meowstic, the female in an attempt to stop its Disarming Voice. For now her trainer slipped away into the shadows.

Darts gets bombarded from the combination of Confuse Ray, Water Shuriken, and an explosive powder combination ala Beau and barely manages to stay upright on his feet, but the revelation that he had been interfering with Sub almost sends him over the edge.

"S-sub?" The gambler manages, stumbling to his feet. He manages to get the red beam from the ball to scoop up his shiny Bagon somehow and then also follows up with another word as Sub disappears into the shadows. "Blonde?" He also noticed Aile managing to run off and he takes a couple of wobbly steps before shaking his head, putting one hand on the wall as stars rotate around his field of vision. He needed just a second before he took back off after Aile. In a moment his constitution would come back to him and he would take another ball from his jacket and hurry after the Greninja and its trainer.

In the pandemonium to follow, I had a hard time keeping tabs on Aile. WIth no other Flare guys showing their hand right off, she was the only one that I could pin all of this on. As I finally made it to the second floor, Freth came out of her hiding spot in the room when she was done talking to everyone she needed to over the SNAG, followed by Tristen.

"What are you two doing?" I asked.

"Just got off the SNAG. Trying to work fast to make sure this goes off without a hitch. How's your end coming?" Freth asked.

"Aile is the only one here out of Flare that I know of." I said to her. "It's either no one else is here, or they are doing a good job on keeping theirselves hidden in plain sight or otherwise."

"That's...not good." Freth said.

"So what do we do now?" Tristen said.

"You stay with Freth. You two try to track down that Zygarde and pin that thing to a corner if you got to. Do whatever you got to." I said. I perked up then turned around back down to the ground floor. ".....I think that thing is in the Kitchen-wait, how the hell did that thing get down that way so fast?"

"I don't know." Freth replied.

"Get moving. I'll go find Aile before things escalate."

"Wait a second, doesn't she still have Regirock?" Tristen asked.

"Why do you think I'm going?" I said. "To make sure if she does, the Regirock is going to get put down."

"Insinuating the fact that she doesn't just flat out using it just on merit of you tracking her down." Freth said. "She knows what you're capable of."

"Then let me go." Tristen spoke up.

I thought about that for a moment. Actually, it might be better. My senses are acting screwy with all the presences moving about in the room, its hard to peg her. But Tristen could smell her out. "Alright, get moving."

"Wait, what?" Freth said.

"I think Tristen is on to something. Not to mention, if nothing else, he could Thunder Wave her and be done with it. It's not going to look all that pretty if you or I simply Ice Beamed her one." I said.

"True...alright. Then we'll go after Zygarde then. Tristen, be careful." Freth then said.

"Okay!" Tristen then rushed off trying to pick up the trail of Aile within the chaos.

"Let's go." I said.

Freth and I rushed off, making our way back around to get towards the kitchen area. Hopefully Zygarde doesn't run off so soon.

Kayvaan would groan as the Gravity took effect, then covered where his ears would be when the Disarming Voice cried out. Once he recovered from the sound, he would merely bow and salute the guards before slowly hopping away, preferring to not fight any of the Snagems longer than necessary. Hopefully, he could leave the range of the Gravity effect and catch up to Aile faster.

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Aile shook her head as they left, noticing that being in the Twister pulled her hair out of her bun, leaving it straight to her shoulders. “Voort thank you…. Where’s Kayvaan?” A few grunts and a nod behind him would indicate where they left the black frog. “Merde… Hopefully, he’ll be alright. We’re not going to leave here without him.” She’d look around, dropping down from the Nidoking’s arms, and dashing forward as fast as she could in heels and a dress, once again cursing them amid the chaos. “In the meantime, let’s try to find our puppy.”

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Arkana would continue giving chase as a guard, but she would pause after a moment, growling in frustration. “Why?... Okay, this is going to annoy the hell out of me.” She’d duck into the crowd further, finding herself an easy place to shift her appearance to something the Snagems might recognize, a heavily tanned woman with jet black hair held back with an elegant blue band, bright blue eyes, and the cliche back dress, wearing black flats, then went to follow Zac once more. “Maybe they know more than me, but that woman and I had an agreement a long while back. She’s broken it. I’m finding out what’s going on.”