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((ok thanks Neko Cap. I'll fix my rp up a little better and post it again))

~ Fire Rescue! ~

The first floor was still vacant of life beside the mixture of fire crackles, fire alarm, and the sound of the water beating upon any surface. A new danger was now birthed from turning those mechanical things on, slippery surfaces. One fall could seriously injure someone not only that but slip and completely find themselves heading into a ball of fiery death. Flooding didn’t’ seem to be an issue the grand hole in the floor was causing the water to cascade down like a waterfall to instead flood the entire basement of important documents. Plus, the busted down door allowed the rest to flow out to the others. Instead of heading directly to the other set of stairs Mineshadow came to the front desk where Luci was usually stationed. Pulling one drawer after the next till she found the set of keys that would unlock all the rooms upstairs. Taking the loop that held all the keys she locked it onto the loop that had once held onto the flashlight now laid dormant at the bottom of that hole. Now ready for the frantic search of survivors the two headed up the last flight of stairs. Step after step the absence of running water was quite clear it would seem sprinklers were not going to be of any help upon the arrival of the second floor. Even if it didn’t fight off the fire it would’ve at least kept the rising temperature at bay.

Just stepping out upon the second level there was sweat beading down upon the pale complexion of her body causing the black T-shirt to start dampening. In a way it was a good thing for the sweat would cause her clothing to get wet that in turn would keep some of her body temperature down. But it was a hard battle for the heat of the near by flames were causing the sweat drops to evaporate before being soaked up completely by the fabrics. The entire level of the second floor was a completely different field to the rest of the base. Flames had completely conquered the entire level everything was creaking threatening to come down at any moment. Time was very limited there were still hope certainly the rangers outside were working on putting the flames out.

Gastly headed off to the left while Mineshadow took the right each of them going from one room to the next using the dampness of the torn jacket to turn the door knobs without running the risk of burning off the layers of skin from the palms. When doors were found locked they became jarred open with the keys which would usually take about three to five minutes each since there were so many keys. With the partner pokemon being of ghostly origins its own check rate was higher seeing how it could simply pass through the walls but had to avoid the harm of flames. One after another each room was appearing empty. Mid way through the second floor a problem appeared before for the ranger finding herself blocked by the pieces of the roof the flames completely making it impossible to see beyond that and the mixture of thick toxic smoke.

Through the unknown Gastly came through the black body shivering as an expression of fear and tears came upon its features. It was just as Mineshadow feared there was someone still trapped within the burning HQ and beyond the wall no less. Instead of turning back the ranger heading towards the room that she had just came from closing the door as to stop the flow of smoke upon entering the room blood eyes quickly scanning over the entire exterior of the bedroom before landing upon the small house lamp on the table something typical to see within each room. It was just the right size for the next phase in the plan grasping hold of its fools gold base it weighed a little heavy. Also something that would assist in what was to come.

Nearly against the door there was a good amount of distance between the ranger and the window beside the bed that shed quarters of light into the room. Like the flash light before the similar swinging motion was put into the lamp but this time the firm grasp of the fingers loosened allowing it to slip. The warm exterior swung across the room allowing just enough time for the ranger to be covered in the blanketing a shield of sorts before the contact with the window. A sharp ring erupted the lamp breaking through the thin glass window followed by a rain of shattered glasses every single piece sharp and ready to slice through anything that happened to be in they’re path. By the time it all reached its destination upon the hard rocky grounds the lamp would be broken beyond recognition. Like that of a chameleon the glass would quickly blend into the surface of the terrain becoming a threat to those that roamed outside thankfully everyone would have foot ware on.

With parts of the blanket wrapped around thickly it shoved aside the loose ends of glass of the window before being laid down upon the bottom of the window. A red plant leg would come out followed by an arm the fingers finding any kind of foot hold of the window frame. Mineshadow slowly eased herself out of the room upon the very small edge of the window standing up to her fullest height. There was a good gap from the window ledge to the next if one had a running start it wouldn’t be a problem but there was going to be no such thing in this situation. Taking a single step back there was a quick start step before leaping the distance. Expecting to fall short her body was thrown out in such a way that her hands would at least become within a hopeful rang of grabbing the edge. All it took was several seconds before the gap was closed fingers closing upon the small bottom frame of the window body slamming hard into the wall nearly knocking all of the oxygen out of the pair of lungs.

The Gastly followed closely behind its master before raising itself before the opposing window that Mineshadow now dangled from. It swerves back a bit before it started to focus a circular dark sphere started to form before a swirling mass of indigo followed. The Shadow Ball was released upon Gastly’s command releasing its energy into the window upon contact it shattered easily small bits falling both within the room and out. Mineshadow could feel some of the smaller bits strike through the strands of hair before resting upon the shoulders. Ignoring the risk she pulled herself upwards by reaching through the window to the other side. Almost immediately the sting of cuts came dicing through skin of the inner elbow. Biting back the pain she put all her weight upon the arm driving the glass in further in order to get a firmer grip on her only life support. Than the other arm followed once having a firm enough hold the ranger would begin the pull up into the room eventually disappearing into the smoky depths.

To be continued...

~ Fire Rescue! ~

Thump….a sound created from the force of Mineshadow slamming against the hot wall beneath the window sucking in the small amount of air through the torn fabric. Nearly all the moisture went from its texture as she sat there slowly composing her. Fingers wiggling to keeping the numbness down to a low level as the blood trickled down both forearms it seemed the remains of window glass were just long enough to cause trickles. Not bothering to remove any of the glass in the fear of driving them in further from the brush off the ranger rose to her feet standing in yet another room clearly unoccupied. Ten minutes have gone by leaving perhaps a mere five minutes or less before the toxins would kick in and knock the ranger unconscious among the flames. Being careful with each step for a creak would rise up from the weight put down upon the weaken beams making the entire trip a possible death trap. Upon reaching the door she calmly turned the knob pushing it forward with no intended rush to it meeting with the densely thick hall of smoke and erupting flames.

With Gastly trailing close behind the two hastily proceeded through the rest of the hall mindful of each movement along the way. Several small explosions of glass shattering caught the attention of blood eyes finding the last part of the base before them, the lab. But it was the door that was the obstacle for the entire knob was now melted leaving the possible key unusable. Tossing the batch to the floor Mineshadow charged to the door only stop to twist her body around bringing the sole of her right foot up and about. Slamming it against the weak exterior right beside the door knob in a way the fire helped in the bringing down of the door. With such extent of flames it weakened the hinges and the wood allowing the mere force of a round house kick to bring it down with a single blow. Like something often seen in the movies the door was knocked back before tumbling over upon the ground with the various screws rolling along.

The instruments typical of that in lab work were found shattered and broken layering the floors and counters in an endless display of destruction. It was clearly seen that the heat was causing the chemicals to destroy the very containers in which they were held in. Making the entire room a bullet field of possible projectile weapons the main threat to that of the unprotected eyes. As if to prove such a theory upon the first step within the lab a glass tub off to the left shattered sending off small particles of glass in every direction. Staying in the lab was not the brightest of ideas so the look about would have to be a quick one. “Find a route out.”

The Gastly soared out of the lab leaving behind the ranger as it searched for a route in which she could take to the safety of the outside world. Meanwhile, Mineshadow cautiously walked between the aisles of the tables ever watchful of the still intact glass materials on either side. Mid way down a form appeared upon the ground just yards away sprawled out in an unconscious heap was the body of Junior. The toxins must’ve taken its tall upon him being trapped in an enclosed room it was a miracle the man was still alive. Something wasn’t right….

Upon closer inspection the entire grip of the situation closed in leaving no time to think only to act feet moving across weaken floor planks in a desperate dash. The flooring beneath Junior collapsing finally giving way to the fierceness of the flames down the pit hole the man went. At the same moment in an act of desperation Mineshadow threw herself across the gap between the two closing it quicker than on foot. Hands reaching out finding the thickness of a forearm grasping it firmly as if it was some rare jewel of the sea ceasing its movement downward to the first floor level. Some how managing to stay in place Mineshadow was locked in a confrontation with forces out of her control the fall down wouldn’t be deadly yet she didn’t know how steady the floor beneath was. Not, only that but the desk beneath them caused a problem that would cause serious injury or even death of either of them managed to fall to it where the ranger had control where she could go there wasn’t with Junior. The struggle of holding onto him was taking hold on her strength the torn fabric having come off during the tumble the toxic practically went on a field day with the body system.

Already, Mineshadow could feel the effects finding her vision becoming blurry as it went from unfocused to focus next was the strength leaving her body the forearm slipping leaving only the wrist and ankle within her hold now. Sweat rolled down her face as the flames drew closer to their position from all sides it was drawing in about to envelope them at any moment. If somehow she could move that desk or have someone catch him then the way out would be of no problem.

Gastly came gliding onto the first level of the floor it had taken a while but he had managed to find a route for its partner to take only to find that the plan was thrown out the window upon finding the pair above it dangling freely from the second floor. The struggle was apparent finding the constant shivers crawling each arm as the ranger was practically forcing the will to hold onto the man. For a moment the two made eye contact before a single word was uttered from his master, Gaddwick. On command the ghost pokemon faded out of the room bringing itself out of the chaos into the more calamity of outside. Shocked by the low number of rangers around to fight the fire because of the season and near holiday most were away visiting families. Yet, out of the few that were still around there was the single ranger. ‘Gaaastly gastly!”

((OoC: Rakashi there are a few flaws in your post. First is you bent some rules. Your water Pokemon should have stayed protecting the forest. You also wouldn't be able to get any water Pokemon to help you at this time. Remember that the HQ is on a rocky hilltop. Even if you could manage to find help it would take quite a while to get there. Third problem is the water Pokemon wouldn't be able to reach Mineshadow. She herself had to go through 3 burning halls, crawl along a window ledge and move through a burning lab to get to Junior. Don't worry to much about it this time but try to pay more attention to details in the future.))

Returning from the depths of the HQ Gastly once again turned toward Gaddwick. He froze as his eyes again locked with the Pokemon's. He took a step back. The ghost Pokemon slowly advanced trying to get another trainer to help its master. But for every foot the ghost Pokemon advanced Gaddwick took another step back. This would have continued indefinitely if a icy breeze from the south-east hadn't broken the tension.

Gadd forcefully broke his eye contact with the Pokemon. He rushed to the pool without looking back and gathered his Snorlax and Porygon. He returned to the building with Gastly on his heels. He pulled the front of his uniform over his mouth and entered in through the door that Jack had smashed open. The flames on the lower level were dying down a little thanks to the fire sprinklers. He wished he had grabbed an extinguishers from the garage but it was too late to do that now. He pushed through what he could and tried to follow Jack's voice as best as he could.

Gadd pulled open a door using the long sleeves of his shirt to minimize the burning. He forced his way over to Jack. As much as he would have liked to allow Snorlax to be a safety trampoline the floor wouldn't be safe. The four of them would be fine but if you added a half ton Pokemon to the mix he wasn't so sure. He looked up to the two who had been trapped inside the longest. Mineshadow looked to be in terrible shape but at least she was still conscious. He pulled his shirt down so he could speak clearly. "The fire's getting worse. Get down and I can get us out of here." he yelled over the flames as he stretched his arms out ready to ease the fall of whoever needed the hand.

[Sorry Neko. Also just so you know Jack can save the whole base. Look at his powers in his profile.]

((OoC: Gaddwick isn't aware of Jack's abilities. Plus the fire is pretty large and out of control. Your powers probably could not fully put out the fire on their own even though they would greatly help.))

Gaddwick stumbled as he caught Mineshadow. He nearly fell to the ground himself as his knees almost gave way. He looked down at her as she passed out. He grimaced for a moment. She was in terrible shape. It was amazing she had made it this far. He muttered to himself. "You idiot." He gently laid her down on the ground and called his Kadabra out of its pokeball. The floor above finally gave way just as Kadabra appeared a flash of light. "Get us out of here now. Teleport!" yelled Gadd as he gripped the shoulders of his fellow. Kadabra laid a finger on Junior and a bright flash of light filled the room. All the humans and many of the closer Pokemon vanished.

Gadd felt a little sick to his stomach as the group appeared outside. He was used to teleporting but the greater the mass teleported the more uncomfortable it was for everyone. He pitied Jack who was probably feeling twice as bad.

Gadd shook his head to clear his vision. They were outside on the south side of the building but everything was different. A thin coating of frost covered the ground. He looked up to the sky. A great Icy bird was coming in from the south. Gadd was in awe. Usually Articuno, who brought the holiday snowfall, came late at night and nearly a week later. It had no reason to be here now.

The great bird slowly glided overhead blanketing the forest with a heavy snowfall. Snowflakes melted in midair dousing the flames of the building. Luci came from the other side of the building followed by a number of townspeople. Now the citizens that the Rangers had sworn to protect did what they could to fight back the few remaining flames inside the building. Gaddwick himself knelt down on the ground out of breath.

Luci hurried over to the Rangers and tried to explain the situation to Gadd. From what he could understand, which wasn't much due to his condition, she had called an ambulance right after he went in. It would be arriving shortly. Gadd nodded with his eyes half closed. "Good work." He mumbled before slumping a little further. Luci could take over from there he didn't care he just wanted to rest.