Novien Adventures: Phoenix Rising

[Xero]

Eric's phone (because I don't like using PokéNavs and Poketches anymore) buzzed in its pocket on the sleeve of his Phoenix jacket. That was one nice thing about the jacket: the phone pocket was very convenient. He would probably keep the jacket after he left the team... I MEAN.... uhhhh....

Eric tore open the Velcro of the pocket and pulled out his phone. Yolanda. Flipping it open, he put it to his ear.

"Eric, here," he said into the phone, speaking over the commotion around him. "Status report? Tiberius! Metal Claw!" He didn't even bother holding the phone away when he yelled the last command.

Tiberius' from paws began to glow, and his toes spread apart, revealing razor sharp claws. He slashed a Magma Graveler, digging deep into the rock of the Pokémon's body. Graveler used Seismic Toss, jumping into the air, and threw Tiberius into the ground, landing on top of him.

"Tiberius! Push Graveler off of you and use Metal Claw again! This time combine it with Flame Wheel!"

Tiberius obeyed, pulling his hind paws up to his chest and throwing Graveler into the air. Jumping to follow Graveler, Tiberius spun through the air, flipping, and his paws began to glow again through the fire surrounding his body. He slashed Graveler again, hitting the same place with deadly accuracy. His superheated claws cut through the rock like a knife through butter. With a kick, Tiberius dropped to the ground on top of Graveler. Graveler disappeared from under him in a beam of red energy, returning to its trainers Pokéball. The trainer was out of Pokémon, so he ran as fast as he could to get out of town.

"Wraith, use Ice Beam!"

Wraith created a ball of blue-white energy between his hands and shot an Ice Beam at the fleeing Magma Grunt, freezing him in place. Wraith and Tiberius returned to Eric's side, while Renegade continued fighting on his own without orders. Eric trusted him enough to do so. Now with a brief lull in the battle, Eric turned his attention to Yolanda once again.

"Sorry. I've got a little company at the moment. What's going on in Burlain?"

[Xelwes]

Wes sat behind a building as he saw a Phoenix member on a phone. She seemed impatient.

"What ya looking at?" Aristar whispered making Wes jump.

"Aristar!" Wes muttered angrily. He looked back to make sure she hadn't seen him.

[Razgat]

Janie watched as all the trainers around her ran out to fight Team Pheonix and Magma. They were all fighting eachother now, and Janie wasn't sure what to do. Mary didn't have much battle esperience, but it was never too late to get some. "Come one, Mary. We have to help them!"

Janie ran out of the Pokecenter into the confusion of the battle. There was smoke everywhere, and it was hard to pick out who was who. Mary stayed hiding behind Janie's leg until a Phoenix team member approached her. He saw how she was cowering to the side with a scared pokemon and figured she was an easy knock out. He sent out a Houndoom that growled at them.

Janie gasped and took a step back, but she wouldn't run away. The Phoenix member chuckled when he saw her reaction "Houndoom, use Brick Brake."

The Houndoom charged at them at full speed. Mary cried out when she saw it coming, but Janie grabbed her and nudged her forward. "Use Water Gun!"

Mary quickly spouted water at the Houndoom, causing it to trip. The ground was now covered in water, and it slid right into the wall. It was unconsious. Janie jumped and cheered, and looked back at the Phoenix member. He was standing there with his mouth hanging open. "Mary, use Roll Out."

Mary rolled directly at the member, and he had his legs knocked out from underneath him. Mary turned around and rolled back over him to return to Janie. "Alright, Mary! We did it!"

Janie ran past the knocked out member and began searching for the others, using water gun as she went.

[Mizagium]

"It appears we have a rouge trainer in Burlain. He of she owns at least one Jigglypuff and one Loudred. His Jigglypuff Sang and he piled all our members outside the town gate. (lol, Burlain Wall!!!) He isnt a major threat, but I may need backup. Pass that along to the boss, k?"

~~~~~~~

Darrien crept up Wes and his talking Gastly. He placed a hand on his mouth and turned him around.

"Long time no see, Wesley."

[Xelwes]

Wes jumped as the hand covered his mouth.

"Darrien!" Wes mumbled through the hand. But it sounded more like "Darinn" He pulled his friend's hand off his mouth. "Where've ya been?" Again Wes glanced around the corner. No use being caught.

[Mizagium]

"Oh, you know... been better." He glanced around the corner as well. "Have you seen? Some Phoenix grunts swooped in and took the town while we were gone. I just got here and threw them out." His eyes lowered. "Oh, hey, look...your parents..."

[Xelwes]

Wes looked away. "Yea. Its getting close to that day. I should go visit shouldn't I?" Quickly he tried to change the subject. "So Phoenix is about to have a new problem. Paladin, an anti-Team group is getting together, we'll need you."

[Mizagium]

"Paladin, eh? Sounds like something you'd come up with." He paused, a low murmur began to spread across town. "Oh crap, their waking up! Wes, we need to get anyone with Pokémon in town to get together! The Phoenix grunts will be waking up soo, and I think that lady is a commander of some sort. She will try and take the city back!"

[Xelwes]

"I did come up with it." Wes grinned. "Lets go." He stood and ran towards houses trying to convince people to get ready to defend themselves.

[Mizagium]

Tyler then dispatched another Phoenix grunt's Numel with Tallon (wut). the level difference was so great that it grew to (OMFG) level 23 and evolved conveniently into a Golbat.

[Calefrun]

At the moment, Calfrun was locked in a battle with a Magma grunt.

"Blaze kick!" Xadc responded by kicking hard at the enemy grovyle. It fainted, but then a swampert appeared and attacked from behind, as a citizen had decided to attack Calfrun while he was distracted. "Xadc!" Calfrun called, "Get back here!" Xadc came running back to Calfrun's side, and Exia and ܧƒen jumped in and simultaniously hit the swampert with psychic and bite, a combintaion of psychic and dark types that cause the swampert to have heart failure and die.

As the other trainer ran to his fallen pokemon, Calfrun almost felt sorry for him. What were they doing, anyway? Because of their actions innocent people were being harmed. Just then another magma grunt attacked. This was going to be a long day.

If I survive this, Calfrun thought, I'm not so sure I want to be a member of Phoenix any more.

[Calefrun]

(lol fight fight fight, wrap this up ppl)

[Xero]

(lol I like the idea of the Burlain Wall. I might add that to the map when I make the final copy.)

"A rogue trainer!? How did he manage to get pass our invasion force!?" Eric demanded. "Alright, I'll inform the boss and request backup. In the meantime, stay alert. Get some earplugs or something. I'm a little busy here in Roi Rill, but I'll be there as soon as I can."

He flipped his phone shut and called Wraith back to his side. Wraith had been fighting a Gengar, and they appeared evenly matched. A Shadow Ball from Wraith collided with a Psybeam from Gengar, causing a huge explosion that nearly knocked out both Pokémon. Pulling Wraith from the battle, Eric sent Renegade in for a surprise attack from behind.

"Renegade! Use Shadow Claw!"

Renegade popped up behind Gengar and slashed with glowing black claws, pinning it to the ground and knocking it out.

With Gengar now fainted, Eric called Renegade back and returned Wraith to his Pokéball. He clipped Wraith's Pokéball next to Tiberius'. Tiberius had been defeated by an Aqua Tentacruel not too long before Yolanda had called. Fang, who he had sent out to fight a Glalie. Unfortunately, when his Iron Tail missed, Glalie used Ice Beam, followed by Take Down, and Fang was knocked out. Eric now only had Renegade and Wraith left, and Wraith was badly weakened from his fight. It was time for him to get out of Roi Rill.

Flipping in his phone and punching in a number, he slipped out of town under cover of Michael's Seadra's Smokescreen. When he reached the Durgood Forest, he called Phoenix HQ.

"This is Leon," came the deep voice over the phone.

"Boss, this is Eric, reporting in," Eric said. "Yolanda has discovered evidence of a rogue trainer in Burlain. Whoever it is has taken out most of our forces in the town. Requesting backup in Burlain. And transportation from Roi Rill."

"Request granted."

The phone clicked without another word. That was the boss for you. Ever the talkative one.

[Xero]

Xero, now back from needling Grunts to trees, proceeded to take out a Phoenix Misdreavus with Pin Missile, then followed by blasting it and its trainer to kingdom come with Hyper Beam.

Michael looked around. The city was almost cleared, but there were still a few Phoenix and Aqua Grunts remaining. Magma had no base nearby, so they were without reinforcements, which was unfortunate for them because the Phoenix Grunts quickly retaliated and wiped them out. The Phoenix-Magma alliance was being torn apart, and now there was a rift between them almost as irreparable as the rivalry between Magma and Aqua.

Aqua, on the other hand, having had its base run down in Darangonind, was now stationed temporarily right in Roi Rill Port. So Aqua had no shortage of troops.

Phoenix, though, was a completely different story. The Phoenix base was about twenty minutes away by airlift, an hour by bike. Reinforcements were slow in coming, but that did not matter much. The Phoenix Grunts had been specially trained for the purpose of eliminating Team Magma and Team Aqua. Their Pokémon were trained to resist Fire and Water attacks, and some even taught their Pokémon out-of-type moves to counter the two rival teams. Not only that, but the number of Grunts Phoenix was supplied with outnumbered Aqua and Magma combined almost five to one. But still, they could not compete with the sheer number of Grunts, Paladin recruits, and civilians that came to run them out of town. It wasn't long before only ten Phoenix members remained in the city. The rest had either been killed (-.-) or pushed to the Durgood Forest.

Under cover of Wraith's Shadow Sneak (which he was clevarly using as a ninja technique, while Wraith turned invisible... don't ask how an invisible thing can create shadows. It just can), Eric slipped back into Roi Rill and pulled Calfrun and the remaining Phoenix members toward the forest, hidden by the still-present Smokescreen. When they reached the edge of the woods, an airlift appeared over the horizon, approaching quickly. Within seconds, the Phoenix insignia could be seen on the side of the airlift.

Eric turned to Calfrun. "Looks like the alliance is broken. Who knows what chaos will fill Novien now?"

[Mizagium]

The Burlain Wall was constructed in record time by the rallied citizens of Burlain city, directed by Wesley and Darrien. Mouthy, Darrien's Chatot, carried messages back and forth by repeating what he was told. Surprisingly, no one had thought to do this before now, and Darrien was thinking about starting a Chatot-messaging service once this was over...

All the while Yolanda mulled around the perimeter, waiting for the backup and scolding the present grunt for their incompetence. 'Come on Eric, pull through.' As she though those words, the sky came alive with the sound of a Phoenix transport airship, bursting with EXPERIENCED soldiers.

Now things would get interesting

(LET THE SIEGE OF BURLAIN BEGIN)

~~~

Alianna followed the path out of Helios and around the base of the volcano. Sounds were coming from up in Lavatown, but those were not her concern. She was tracing (as best she could) the path the Phoenix airship had taken. She wasn't sure if Yolanda was on it, but she guessed that she would be where it landed.

Hours passed and she was nearing Burlain City, or so she thought. There was some commotion up ahead but she couldn't quite...

"Hey! What are you doing here?" A harsh voice called to her. She twisted her head in the direction of the sound, a Phoenix grunt. "You shouldn't be here! This is a dangerous area!"

Her anger took hold of her and she said to Bartimus, "Take down!" The Eevee prepped and launched itself at the grunt. He fell with a huff, the wind knocked out of him. "Let's keep going; we're in the right place."

[Xelwes]

Wes climbed atop a section of wall.

"Aristar, Shadow ball." He whispered. Aristar smiled darkly, firing the dangerous attack into a Phoenix grunt. They jumped down taking out three more grunts and their Pokemon. Aristar began to glow. But Wes wasn't looking.

"Hey Wes!" The glow got brighter.

"What?" Wes said turning around. He gaped in excitement as Aristar evolve into a Haunter. "C'mon lets go get their current leader!" Wes hurried hoping to try out his now decked out Aristar.

[Mizagium]

(wtf, convenient evolutions?)

Yeah... Darrien did something similar, except it involved his Loudred and Sonicboom.

And no evolution.

[Xelwes]

(lolz He needed to evolve. And it woulda been convenient before the first battles.)

[Mizagium]

(K)

Tyler and Terrance fought another guy on land. Terrance is a tentacool. Yeah.

[Xelwes]

(Squirrelking?)