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The two Leaders of Team MistMelody listened to the message after the alarm with subdued expressions. Ever since the day the Elite had come, morale had been rather low from the three who had been there, and even the others had picked up on the unhappiness a bit. As it was, the news that Nico was headed for the Guild seemed almost predictable; everything else bad had happened, so why not add some icing to the cake. Ethfael rolled his eyes a bit at the warning not to bring children although it was obviously there for those who knew nothing about the vicious Weavile. Nico was a monster, so of course Ethfael wouldn't wouldn't allow their Team's younger members to come. "Era," he said quietly to the Pikachu, who was staring into space deep in thought, still not having moved after the alarm had gone off, "That was the alarm."

Era closed her eyes for a few moments, and then opened them again, getting up. All she wanted was for something that wasn't bad to happen, she hated when people were hurt, and that seemed to be a recurring theme as of late. "Alright," she said, heading to the door as Ethfael retrieved the bag, "Let's go." The Pikachu sounded tired, as she was from not sleeping much as of late because her thoughts wouldn't allow sleep to come.

"Era and I are going by ourselves," Ethfael said softly but firmly, leaving no room for argument from any of the Team's members. He was concerned for her, and so he wanted to be there to watch out for her without any of the others bring him or her worry. They left and headed to the Main Hall, spotting Mercutio standing there awaiting the Guild. Both were ready for anything, it would be foolish to be anything else.



Maestro looked up from his book at the sound of the alarm and cocked his eyebrow with surprise. Someone named Nico was headed for the Guild and children weren't to be brought? Well then, it would certainly be something worth attending. He stood and walked over to leave just Tris came bustling into the room as a Riolu, bag strapped across his shoulder, "Hey Maestro! That's the alarm! We've got to go-!" His sentence stopped abruptly at the sight of the Zorua already shifted to a Zangoose's form and ready at the door; this was a surprise. "You're ready?" the Ditto asked in disbelief.

Maestro chuckled, "Sometime you make me think that you underestimate me," he said. Underneath the words a veiled threat seemed to lurk, causing Tris to shiver which elicited laughter from his partner again. "Come along then, as you say we 'mustn't be late,' correct?" The Zorua led the way to the Main Hall and the Ditto and Zorua waited for further instruction.

.::Stark & Rem & Luna & Geisha & Drift & Will & Mako & Siegfried::.

Stark jumped at the mention of Nico. He had only encountered the diseased Weavile a few times before- none of them had been pleasant. And that was when he was on their side. He didn't have any confidence in what the outcome of his full-frontal assault would be. He unconsciously looked at Luna when the mention of children was made. This was no place for her to be. He looked around, then nodded.

"Right. Rem, Geisha- take Luna and get as far away from the contact point as possible. Make sure she's not in any danger. Will, Mako, Sieg- you're coming with me. Nico is a Weavile, and only the three of you have type advantages or aren't weak to his own powers. I'm countng on all of you."

Rem floated toward Stark. "Stark, I think I should go with you."

Stark shook his head. "No, Rem. He's part Ice, and quite good at it, as well. I don't want any of us to die today."

"We could all die, anyway! Sir, you need someone there to help in case-"

"I can control myself, Rem. Go with Geisha."

"You need to reconsider--"

"Rem! Enough!" shouted Stark. "This is not a debate- this is an order!! Take Luna and run! NOW!!"

Rem flew back slightly at the force of his Captain's tirade. Finally, he nodded sadly. Stark nodded in return, then looked at Luna. Her face was sad, and she shook slightly in Geisha's grasp.

"Daddy... don't go..."

Stark shook his head. "I'm sorry... I have to." He turned to the other three members of his team. "Alright, you three- let's get this going."

"Yes, Sensei!"

"Of course, Master Dravin."

"C'mon, we're wasting time!"

And with that, the three left, leaving Geisha holding a distraught Luna. She held her closely.

"It'll be alright, Luna. He'll be fine." But Luna shook her head.

"Why... why does he always leave...?"

And for once, Geisha couldn't answer her.

"All children must stay within their team rooms? We didn't even do that when the Elite launched a full-scale invasion on us!"

"It's probably for the best."

"Yeah, I know, I'm going."

The wall exploded not half a second after Imiti teleported away.

"Oh, for the love of-- Does anyone ever attack without destroying a great big chunk of the building?" Chuck created a small fireball as he spoke, throwing it at the...thing.

Celsus roared, blasted the used-to-be-Weavile with blue fire, and leapt, electricity crackling between his jaws.

Oliver circled around the edge of the battle, looking for opportunities to strike.

(-4 Nico: 2 Ember, 1 Dragon Rage, 1 Thunder Fang)

~Kewnew~Reo

Kewnew and another not often seen member of her team arrived late as expected on the scene; the excuse for this including her having to spend a decent chunk of time making sure the younger members of her team were as safe as possible in the less competent hands that stayed behind. Reo also in attendance now out of coincidence arrived at the same time as his team's owner; he, for a good while now, having not been living with his main team rather with his love Flavio. Which, speaking of, was thankfully too preoccupied to even take notice to the announcement of Nico's imminent arrival. As of late he had been a bit distant, but this was not the time for the Blaziken's mind to be crowded with worries. Kewnew however was a bit more susceptible to distractions as a rather obvious black body took prominence to her despite the battle raging already around her. She managed to stop herself from calling out to him so not to have him let his guard down but soon enough she was adding to the array with Energy Balls of her own fighting in the vicinity of Rico.
Reo had no problem being on his own, attacking the groutesque-looking enemy with a Flamethrower.

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