Novien Adventures: Phoenix Rising

[Calefrun]

(before michael put me outside the cave, i just edited the post before Xeno's)

[Mizagium]

(K. Now advance plot)

[Calefrun]

Calfrun handed the file he had stolen from Magma to Erik. "You may want to take a look at this."

[Calefrun]

(and now we wait for Xero to come online.)

[Razgat]

Mary sighed and sat down, pouting. Janie had been gone for a while, and she missed her. She sat there with the others and waited.

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Janie ran as fast as she could towards the pokemon center. She wanted to make sure she got there before they left, plus Mary was still with them, and she would probably follow them until she came back. But on her way something gold caught her eye. She looked to where she thought it was and saw a golden Sandslash. "Woah, that's weird. You don't usually see them here."

She saw that it was running, and she sprinted to catch up to it. "Hey, little guy, wait up!"

[Mizagium]

"Oh hey, you're back." Tyler observed.

[Razgat]

(Wut? I'm not back yet.)

[Xero]

Eric took the file from Calfrun and opened it. What he saw really sparked his interest. A Magma uprising? Surprising that they had the plans already, details and everything, but not altogether unexpected. After all Magma and Phoenix were both evil teams. They couldn't be trusted to hold a truce for long.

Eric closed the file and slipped it in the file with the Regenerator plans. A rope ladder fell from the airlift above, and he grabbed onto it, holding the file tightly. Renegade climbed over him and scaled the ladder easily, disappearing inside the ship. Eric stepped up a few rungs on the ladder to make room for Yolanda and Calfrun. A Phoenix Grunt looked over the edge of the airlift and down at the three officers below. He had his hand on the crank for the ladder and was ready to pull them up.

"Good work, Calfrun, Eric yelled over the noise of the airlift. "HQ will need to see this immediately."

"Sableye..."

Renegade facepalmed and shook his head. If Eric had just one fault, it was his sense of unwavering responsibility toward Team Phoenix. He never took things into his own hands, always relying on the boss to make the decisions. But that wouldn't last for long. Renegade could sense something arising that would cause Eric — and Yolanda and Calfrun — to learn to do things on their own. Whether it was for the team or not.

[Calefrun]

Calfrun looked used a computer on the ship to look at his next mission assignment. An attack on Roi Rill. Team Magma and Team Phoenix's simultanious attacks on every part of Novien were begining. The opposition had no chance. Soon, Novien would be completely under their control. Team Magma would make their move. And Team Phoenix would be ready for it.

[Mizagium]

Yolanda stood by as Eric read the file. Suddenly her phone rang. "She answered it.

"Sleepy...Jiggly...puff..."

"What the... who the hell is this?"

"Phoenix... Burlain...need assistance..." The man on the other line fell silent. A moment later she heard snoring. She sighed and hung up.

"Apparently there's some trouble in Burlain City, Eric. Want me to check it out? Something about a Jigglypuff..."

[Xero]

Michael walked through the Durgood Forest, looking at the trees as he went. He was looking for a specific tree. His tree. His secret base was on the edge of the forest by the Durgrave Sea. His tree was beside a large boulder half-buried in the soft soil. The tree had two large holes above a three-foot doorway, which was hidden by a moss curtain.

He finally found the tree and pushed aside the moss, crouching inside the doorway and resetting the curtain meticulously once he was inside. With his music mats and poster under his arm, he grabbed a rope and began scaling the inside of the hollow tree, stepping foot over foot on the wooden walls.

Michael preferred living on all levels of the woods, so, unlike the typical secret base, his had multiple floors. The ground floor was nothing, just the entrance. He set one of his music mats at the entrance to warn him of any visitors.

The second floor was his lounge, where a bean bag chair sat in front of a TV. A Wailmer mat covered most of the floor on the second level. He unrolled his poster and put it up on the wall behind the TV, briefly admiring the Treecko picture. Then it was on to the third floor.

The third and final floor was the kitchen and dining room. A doorway, just large enough for Michael to walk through at full height, stood opposite the room from where the rope was set up. The doorway opened up to a sturdy tree branch outside. Another branch from an adjacent tree extended to the secret base beside the doorway, and the two branches were at about equal height. Michael had, with Xero's help, built a platform on the two branches. This served as his observation deck... and his duel arena. Any trainers passing by who happened to discover his base would have to battle him on this platform. Michael set his last music mat down at the foot of the doorway and walked onto the platform. The tree with the second branch also had a doorway, though this one was much smaller. He carefully slid through the hole, feet first, and slid down a chute to a level about halfway between the ground and second floor of the first tree. This tree was where he slept. A short wooden bed with a feather-leaf mattress stood in the center of the room, and a small suitcase with clothes in it sat off to the side.

Michael was very proud of his secret base. It was decently hidden, being one tree —well... two — in the dense woods. And the interior design was very elaborate. He just wished he could have something like this back home in Fortree City... oh, wait. He did.

He flopped down on his bed and kicked off his shoes. He placed his five Pokéballs in his suitcase — Xero, Scar, Breeze, Checkers, and Cell, in that order — and laid back in bed with his arms behind his head. Xero buzzed about busily, moving things around in the base and outside in order to keep it well hidden. It almost seemed like he had OCD. Michael laughed at the thought of an OCD Pokémon and fell asleep to the sounds of the forest.

[Xero]

Eric glanced at Yolanda with slight concern. But his worry was short-lived. Yolanda could handle herself. But a Jigglypuff... What if she got put to sleep? She was his responsibility.

Renegade jiggled the rope ladder. Eric looked up at the Sableye and saw that his diamond eyes were shimmering, almost pleading. Renegade nodded, as if urging him to let Yolanda go. Eric sighed.

"Alright," he said finally, looking back down at Yolanda from the ladder. "You've got your phone with you. If something comes up, call me immediately." He paused. "We don't want Team Magma getting any more information than they need."

Renegade sighed, exasperated. Would Eric ever learn?

[Calefrun]

(I don't think it's magma, I think it's tyler's other guy)

[Xero]

(I know, but Eric doesn't.)

[Mizagium]

Yolanda grunted, called Shadow Claw back, and released her Honchcrow. She climbed onto its back and flew away to Burlain. 'Ridiculous' she though to herself. 'A Jigglypuff incapacitating the entire occupation force in Burlain.' Although... that it was able to do so suggested that it belonged to a trainer.

this might be interesting after all.

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Darrien and his Pokémon worked quickly to gather up the Phoenix grunts and throw them out of town. Loudred was the only real help since his other Pokémon were too small.

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"Yeah, you were at your parents house or somehting," Tyler said to Janie

[Xelwes]

Wes stood up.

"Guys I'm off. I'm going back to Burlain." Aristar shot next to him eager for a battle with Phoenix. There was another reason he was going to leave, but if he thought to hard about it now he would break down then and there. Wes walked out the door his 5 Pokemon following close behind.

"Pidg-Pidgeotto!" Screamed a bird overhead. It wasn't time to go after it, but boy did Wes want one. Come to think of it that same Pidgeotto had been following him. Much like a crazed fan. Wes looked back towards the road. He noticed Janie and a golden Sandslash. Looks like he and Ragnarok have a little in common.

[Razgat]

(K, so let's just say Janie and Sandslash happened to be next to the Pokecenter, and was close enough to talk to people or something.)

Janie took her attention off of the Sandslash and walked inside passing Wes. She saw Mary immediately since she bounced from the ground and into Janie's arms. She kept saying "MERILL! MERILL!" So Janie guessed she was upset. "I'm sorry, Mary. I'll take you too next time."

Janie turned to Tyler and placed Mary down. "I went home to say goodbye to my parents, but I'm ready now. What did I miss?"

[Xero]

(Calfrun, get inside the airlift or follow Yolanda. lol Eric needs to leave.)

[Calefrun]

(i've been in the airship, thats where i read the next mission assignment)

[Xero]

(Derp... okay. That's what had me confused when Yolanda walked away... lol Alright. Got it. Okay, so let's just say the Yolanda thing happened before Eric and Calfrun were in the ship, because if it didn't, that would mean Calfrun would have had to climb over Eric on the ladder...and I don't think they would like that.)

Eric set the files down beside the ship's computers and sat down. Things were really starting to get out of hand with this alliance. It was just that there were all these teams in the same region... It was impossible to get by without any competition.

"So, Calfrun, what's the mission update?" he asked.