Welcome to Gaia! ::

Toren and Amaranth originally planned to meet a friend of Toren's from the mysterious Kalos region at Vermillion Port, unfortunately that friend never showed and they then set out to search for the friend on the S.S. Anne, which they traveled to Kanto on. Their luck took a turn for the worse when the ship set off for the Kalos region with them still on it, and the friend nowhere in sight. Things would only go downhill from there as Amaranth, a former experiment of Ein of Team Cipher, was spotted and recognized by a Cipher Peon aboard the S.S. Anne.

Now the pair are cornered by a gang of Cipher Peons on the S.S. Anne, bent on capturing Amaranth, with the girl Shadow Tagged, preventing her escape. Fortunately, Toren contacted GRAY who has sent a message for all available Snagems to report to the main area of HQ to be teleported to the S.S. Anne by the resident Claydol in order to help Toren and Amaranth escape capture.

I appeared at the ship, along side, Telia, my Gardevoir, who brought me over this way. It left me to wonder what on earth could Cipher wanted with a cruise ship. Haven't this ship been through enough? Really? Rockets already had their way with this ship one time before, and let's not get started on the whole "Mew at the truck" rumor fiasco. I started from the front deck and made my way through the innards of the ship. If Amaranth and Toren really was in deep, it'd best not to wait.

Aloe hadn't even been inside the hideout for a full minute before he was teleported to his next mission. He'd only gotten out of the hospital a couple days before and yet he was already onto his next life threatening assignment. Well at least he had back-up this time, though one of them was just as much in danger as Aloe was. Sending a fire-type on a cruise ship surrounded by nothing but water probably wasn't the best idea. Sure Hina was still able to fight and everything, but one wrong move and she could have ended up taking a dirt nap under the sea.

"Hina...Do you-" He cut off when he saw her running off somewhere. As she did this, she was yelling at both Aloe and Natsu for them to hurry up. Her brief period of kindness was finally over. But Aloe was even more focused on the fact that Hina wasn't showing the least bit of fear for the water. Maybe she just didn't care that her life was in danger. That or she just didn't realize it.

"If she's okay with it..." Aloe thought. Following Hina, Aloe slid to a stop when he found out just what had ended up drawing her attention. There was a whole fight going on the middle of the ship. While Aloe thought nothing of it, his Pokemon thought differently. Hina was only drawn to the fight because she wanted to consume the soul of whoever lost the battle. It had been a while since her last meal and she was feeling a little hungry.

Natsu, on the other hand, had an even worse reason. He wanted to get directly involved with the battle. So, without a warning of any kind, the Tyrogue jumped right into the field of battle. Jumping at the first one it saw, Natsu tried to tackle the stronger Pinsir to the ground.

The Togekiss' first thoughts were to defend herself, bracing her body as the Night Slash hit. It did, however, allow Flareon a chance to rush in with Flame Charge, hoping to blindside the assaulting Absol. It was the most they'd manage before the Flash blinded them, and even Amaranth squinted her eyes shut at the sudden action.

The blinding kept her from seeing the Pinsir as it approached, and she soon found herself caught in a pair of pincers that threatened to snap her in two. Despite not knowing exactly where the source of it was, Amaranth's response was to start flinging Will-O-Wisps every which way in a panic. Whatever it was, she wanted it off. An escape method would just be a nice bonus.

"Agh! Harsh, yo!" Toren shouted as the Flash temporarily blinded him, uncertain of his Durant's fate, which wasn't favorable. The Hitmonchan would connect with the Durant with ease, sending it flying backwards, the small Steel type putting a dent in the wall it had collided with. "Ama, you okay!?" Toren shouted, unsure of what was going on, all he knew was that things suddenly got crazy and he had no idea what to do about it.

The Hitmonchan was quick on its feet, and took note of the incoming Toxicroak. As Fighting types usually did, he accepted the Toxicroak's challenge, meeting its Poison Jab with a Fire Punch.

The Pinsir would be in worse shape, while it got a hold of Amaranth it didn't get to pull her away or snap the girl in two. Her Will-o-Wisps wouldn't hit the bug, but it did make it let go, which was the perfect opportunity for Natsu the Tyrogue to Tackle it away, which Kaiden the Kadabra would then grab in midair, slamming the beetle against a wall. The combo would be devastating for the Pinsir, but it would soon recover and set its sights on the Kadabra, suddenly disappearing and reappearing behind the Psychic type as it attempted to clamp it with Dark type empowered pincers, it was Faint Attack.

Absol might have hit but its success was with a price as Flareon rammed into it with the Flame Charge, sending the beast skidding backwards. Now angry about being hit, the Dark type needed something to take it out on. And what better than the Ghost in the room, Aloe. The Absol would attempt to strike down the Ghost with a Night Slash as it ran towards it.

The duck's Flash went off without a hitch, but what happened next wasn't as perfect as it was blown away by the slicing wind. Like its ally, it was now out for revenge, but knew to pick its fights carefully. Its owner knew what their true target was, Amaranth, so instead of focusing on fighting the Golduck would focus on the girl, its gem glowing as Amaranth was snatched up into the air with Telekinesis.

As for Wobbuffet, it could handle its self for the time being as it would obviously fight back with a Counter attack. What else could be expected?

"The experiment belongs to Cipher!" The silver clad Cipher Peon shouted as he took out what appeared to be a gun, firing the device at Amaranth. The energy that came from it had the appearance of an Ice Beam, but was colored a dark purple. No one could be sure what it was, but it couldn't be good if Cipher was using it.

Feeling the grip from Pinsir loosen, Amaranth thought maybe she'd be able to keep her distance if nothing else. Unfortunately, two things happened then. First, she'd be hurled into the air, her remaining chance of movement ripped away in an instant. Then, the beam that was on its way to her, with no way of dodging it whatsoever.

Her Flareon was able to recover from the Flash, as was Togekiss, but not enough to do anything about the shot now that it had been fired. In an effort to at least make that the only shot that would be fired, Flareon darted at the peon with a Quick Attack while Togekiss tried to take the oncoming shot in Amaranth's stead, a protective aura forming to be ready for just that.

Unfortunately, those efforts would prove futile; Togekiss wasn't able to get close enough for Plan A to be of use, the shot landing its mark and the aura simply fading as nothing hit it. To say it was painful was an understatement, the pained scream ringing through the immediate area. No amount of bracing would've helped Amaranth, but Togekiss might've indeed been capable of giving death glares after all. Without a second thought, wind would begin to kick up before a slicing gale blew through, the Air Slash giving little care between ally or foe.

Reno dove at Amaranth as the shot connected, pushing out of the beam to instead take the remainder of the blast himself. The screaming pain that occurred from said beam had words with this idea but Remo held strong, a high pitches scream ringing out from him.

His ability to move her would become clear as the area behind had new occupants. Harleen would be dancing in front of the Wobbufett, demanding an Encore of the Counter as the Houndour opened up with a Flamethrower. The other new arrival, Mauri, chose a different target as she drove a vicious Drill Peck towards the Pinsir, who had sent Kaiden flying back a few feet and winded the Psychic type.

Bouncing away from the Fire Punch, the Toxicroak literally spat in the Hitmonchan's face with a Sludge Bomb. At this point, Reno about to tackle Amaranth, the Golduck suspending her would receive a slight sense of imminent danger via the blast of Psychic about to send it spinning on its heels.