(ACE) The UNDER Team

"I'm not as weak as I look." The rabbit said, and Sai smiled.
"I'm sure your not." He said. He had learned never to judge a book by its cover, it was something he had learned the hard way.
"The name's Shiloh by the way, excuse me for not saying anything earlier..." It added. He finally had a name, now he could stop calling her rabbit.
"I'm sure you already know mine, but I'm Sai." He said. Shiloh had called out his name earlier, but he found he had to introduce himself as well.

His tail began to twitch, something just wasn't feeling right. And soon Sai's feeling was assured when the Charizard came bursting out of the pile of rubble shouting at them to die. He turned just as an attacked got fired at him. He quickly raised his tail, letting out a grunt as it hit it, sending the Krookodile skidding backwards a bit. He let out a growl as he looked up at the fire dragon. Shiloh seemed to be using some kind of attack on it, but it looked more like she was flirting with Cathal. Sai raised a brow before shaking his head trying to keep himself focused. He knew this would have little to no effect on the fire type, but he let lose another Incinerate in its direction before once again diving into the ground.

He needed to get in close enough to use his Crunch, if he could get close enough, then he could snap its neck two, and the fight would be over. But like every plan, it was easier said, then done.

His attack flew towards the target, but it barely staggered the croc. Cathal was pissed. That move was super effective against their kind! Why didn't it work! He was invincible now, the seductress gave him that gift! What could this mere prey have that let him withstand the full force of his Focus Blast? Ignoring the absolute wrong that his battle experience demanded made no sense, he charged full speed at the rust colored reptile, aiming to chomp down on its irritating tail.

He was impeded by a Sweet Kiss, which confused the hell out of him. What was that? He didn't have time to think as another Incinerate came at him, but all it did was give him a quick pause. The Fire-type felt no effect of the flame, and he continued his attack. They were prey! They were nothing but food and they would submit! Even if he had to send them to hell and back to make them understand that. Unfortunately, thanks to his confused state, he was about three feet off from his actual target.

Shiloh felt extremely disgusted just doing that, it was best to confuse the opponent to get the upperhand, but hell, that was disgusting if you think about kissing an undead! For Arceus's sake, even Sai seemed so confused about it! But nonetheless, Shiloh was determined; She got her opponent confused, and now it's time to prove herself like she said to herself so many damn times!

She cursed to herself silently as she remembered how two of her only offensive moves are both not effective to the Charizard! If only her trainer had her do battles rather than contests, this would be soooooo much easier.

Though she should really stop worrying, it just makes her more stressful. She made her hands burst into flames, having her Fire Punch all hyped up, thank Arceus the attack didn't do much to Sai! Though it should have been supereffective... Shiloh shrugged it off, thinking the Krokodile went through intense months of training. Seems like the rabbit truly thought of him as an idol!

The thunderbolt mostly just surprised Delia, the pain that should have been coursing through her not registering in her infected, insane brain. However, the effect was still there. Her jaw flubbed, her hold on the jolteon's scruff loosening and failing from the electricity. In something akin to horror, she saw her catch, her trophy slip away once again. For a moment, it was a houndour, her true prize slipping from her jaws and sliding precariously onto her legs propped against the side of the mountain.

"Dante?" asked the zoroark, as she reached down for Koin. Her vision blurred, her mind indulged in her illusions. And, her powers obeyed. Instead of the bleak, destroyed entrance to the once famed colisseum, those trapped inside saw a warehouse, and a small open field filled with cages and their denizens. Barking, snarling, terrified prisoners each, their eyes were as soulless as their creator's, pulled from memory. They were in her world now, her mind.

There was light enough to see, and now she could clearly see Koin as her Houndour, her love. She picked him up not with malice or even mania, but gently, with concern. The emotion filled her eyes as they looked over what she thought to be Dante's mangled form. All thought of Blaze and Koin were gone, all that mattered was Dante.

And he was fading.

She held Koin close, by her free hand keeping her on the mountain wall and continued to climb, wanting to take him to a safe place so she could tend to his wounds. She breached the lip and began to scurry, searching for a safe place within the terrible place, that wonderous mill she had found her power at. Emotions and instincts raged within her, her mind as chaotic as the mischief she had already caused.

"Dante?" Her voice slithered out of her mouth as if it were silk, and Koin shivered as fear choked him. The Zoroark's demeanor had suddenly changed, an almost wickedly innocent side of Delia that had only now decided to surface. Too... late. It's too late. His mind spoke in circles, unable to easily process the new information. Delia was going to kill him. Delia was death. Delia. Death. Delia. Death.

The Jolteon stiffly allowed the dark type to caress him softly, his muscles and tendons refusing to relax as she lovingly took care of him. Although he had no strength left to even begin to retaliate, Koin could not help but feel entirely paranoid of Delia's actions. Could the sickness become so severe to the point that the cruelest action they will commit is kindness? He shivered at how close of a proximity she was, how warm her fur was compared to the icy coldness he was feeling inside.

And who's Dante? The questions nagged and nipped at Koin's mind, but no answers arose as he was carried through the lucid darkness. Dismissing whoever this 'Dante' was for now (he'll have to look into it later), the Jolteon speculated at what had become of Blaze, or even Sai and Lopunny, and even then Cathal. They had been transported to this strange and dark world - would they ever see the outside? Koin lay limp in Delia's arms, still slightly disturbed at how gentle she had become.

"Delia..." He spoke slowly, his heart beating crazily. She was simply putting on a ruse, waiting for that one crucial moment when he puts his guard down. She would strike then. Koin tried to squirm away from her grasp, from her chillingly and almost amicable hold, but he was weak, and she was not. Help me.

Blaze couldn't believe what she saw as the crazy fox carried the near dead eeveelution out of her sight, it was maddening that she couldn't crawl as fast nop matted how she tried. Despite her smalled then average size she was too big to not make many stones fall as she attempted to follow, it didn't take long to figure out she was falling behind and in a last ditch attempt she spat a flame at delia's dissapearing form. It probably hit her tail and would give the volcano pokemon something to follow. But the blood of Koin that was leaving a nice little trail could do that as well, she just didn't want to look at it.
"Damnit!" She screamed as Delia got out of the hell hole from the lip, though she'd never liked knowing HM moves she suddenly wished she'd kept the attack Rock Climb. That would've been incredibly useful now wouldn't it. But there was nothing to do about it now, she would have to make do with what she had. Stength and two arms and an attack known as dig.
Blaze looked around surverying the area and how the debree was. She couldn't use the same path as Delia, she was mutch too heavy for that. No, the typhlosion would have to be a bit craftier to be able to save Koin from his impending doom.
'Come on, blaze... think! What would you do in a battle?'
Get on Aere and fly the fuck out of there, but the bird pokemon was long dead and she couldn't depend on any teammates for this fight. She looked around at the stones and hummed thoughtfully. There was already a pile of stones made of fallen floor, and there was some cave teeth that where low hanging but she couldn't leap to.
She went behind a pretty big rock and positioned herself to push it. 'Well I don't have the move Strength anymore but no matter.' She pushed against the stone with all her might so that it made the pile of debrie a little closer to the lip of the cave.
She bit her own lip as she went for another stone and mustering her force she tossed it onto the pile. Now was where she would need to get crafty and do something a bit dangerous. Well she was in a zombie apocaplypse how much more dangerous could it be?
She dragged a large stone up to the top and let out a tired breath, still spilling blood. Placing the rock on top of the wobbly tower she preparred herself.
'Alright then...on my own count... three!'
She leaped and shot fire at the stone she'd been standing on to give herself a boost, she flew right at the thick cave teeth.
'grab it, grab it, grab it,NOW!' arms already scooping at the air she immediatly clung around the tooth Climbing fast as to keep her strength she reached the top and dug through the roof and up to the ground till she returned to the surface, she pulled herself out and shook the dirt off of herself.
Blaze looked at the ground for the blood trail

Sai moved about in the ground, to fast for anyone to be able to tell where he would come up. Because he was underground, he could not see where his target was, but he could feel where he was from the earth, which was an addition to being part ground type.
His movement felt slow somehow as the Krookodile prepared another attack. It must have been from the Focus Blast he took earlier, it did more then the croc had thought. Feeling the pain now as he thought about it, but he wasn't going to slow down from it, not from a little throbbing as he got closer to the fire type.

He was glade he had gone underground, for he was so close to having that dammed creature bite his tail. It would all have been over then, for he would have became infected. Even if he killed the dragon still or not, he would have still thought of it as a lose, so he had to thank Shiloh later on for that.

The beast was confused thanks to Shiloh, and blind to where Sai would come up, now was his chance to strike. He began to dig up, clenching his teeth together as he burst from the ground before widening his jaws as he aimed his crunch at the vile creatures neck, even if it moved so that he missed hits neck, he hoped he would be able to rip something off that beast, whether a wing or horn, he just hoped he would grab something.

[Skip me please ^^; It's hard doing anything without Cathal's reaction lol]

"Delia..."

Her love's words were choked, blood streamed onto her already stained fur, his body turned cold, but the only word that could escape his lips was her name... Her name... Her heart would have fluttered if it could, and a blush would have arisen if her cheeks still held warmth. Dante was finally seeing her in the light he should have been all this time... and it only took him nearly dying...

Wasn't that her luck?

She skittered through the city, not taking notice of the battle with the damn alligator and bunny as she carted little Koin in her free arm. His form was still of the houndour she knew, the one she loved with all of her being, her dear, dear brother... She paused as she stood in front of the pokemon center, her mind going through the possibilities. While the machines would be no use, maybe there was gauze or other palatable healing items within that would save his life. She charged in, and found a soft spot to place Koin down on, wrapping him in a worn fire blanket. "I'll be right back, Dante. Just stay awake." She nuzzled him, then went to her search, all the while, her mind racing with possibilities.

Now that Dante finally understood her, they could be happy... He would understand... And then, when they had their pups and were happy, she would consume them all, and be together forever. Everything died, but if they were inside of her, she wouldn't have to give them up... She paused as she came to her original realization. Why hadn't she thought of it before? If she swallowed him, he wouldn't leave her, even as he lay dying on the blanket...

If she ate him... they would be happy...

...Together... forever...

She twitched slightly, then turned back to stare at Dante's frail form in the blanket. "Dante..."

"I'll be right back, Dante. Just stay awake." Koin twitched at her words as she lay him down tenderly, finding himself hating this ‘Dante’, this ‘Dante’ figure that caused the horrid Delia to change her attacking and hulking form to that of a caring loved one. It sickened him, how Delia loved this ‘Dante’ so much - the Jolteon watched the Zoroark wander through the Pokemon Center hungrily. The Lightning Pokemon closed his eyes as waves of exhaustion flowed through him, making his muscles ache.

Oh, how his life sucked. It didn’t matter that he had given his all to his teammates, hoping that by working together they would create an inseparable bond; no, it didn’t matter because in the end it wouldn’t be worth it. Koin gritted his teeth in silent frustration, allowing the hatred that he kept in his heart to roam free in his mind. Delia had fucked things up so badly Koin found there was no solution to his broken life that the dark type had shaped. To her, he was simply a ‘Dante’ that she could toy with to her desire. And it angered him.

Koin was, in truth and in all frankness, tired of having Delia play around with him as if he were her own personal pet. It sickened him actually, and after a grunt and a heave, the Jolteon swung himself upward, leaning heavily on his left side as his entire other fore leg continued to be soaked in a horrid red stain that he couldn’t even see. The eeveelution was just seriously tired of being the one thrown around at events he had no hold on. "Dante..."

Her whisper snapped something in him. Heck no was he going to be this ‘Dante’ for her any longer. Koin stuck his head upward, gathering whatever dignity he still had after all that had happened, and glared at Delia through the black darkness. “Delia.” He spat her name out this time, not even allowing a wince to pass his face as his leg twinged due to his injury. “You are as insignificant in my life as a dead body. Which you are, Delia!” At the last word, Koin unleashed a Thunderbolt directly at her.

(I fell asleep while writing this last night)


Blaze was feeling the effects of fatigue take place, her mouth had the taste of blood on it, she hadn't slept in so long, not since before she had met this 'group'. And in truth she'd only been brought several hundrend thousands steps backwards from her goal of finding Akira since this entire thing stared
'Would've been better to just have continued on on my own, garados be damned.' She could also blame the constant jolts of paralyzation taking place for slowing her down, she was going to have to get that fixed too, the typhlosion was also extrodinarly pissed off. When she found delia she was going to rip her head off just to calm herself.
She was following a very loose blood trail made by Delia carrying Koin around, and the smell of Del's flesh itself. Which was disgusting. As Blaze was made to go through all the boring rubble scenery again. The only fortunate thing about this entire trip was that no infected had come around to piss her off.
Finally she came to a destination, a pokemon center with the two outside, but something was very hunterlike about the way that Delia was now creeping up on Koin.

"Dante..." Who the fuck was dante? Why'd she mistake him for Koin? Was Delia really this crazy? Yes. Of course she was.

But what surprised Blaze was when Koin fought back “Delia.” He spat her name out.“You are as insignificant in my life as a dead body. Which you are, Delia!” At the last word, Koin unleashed a Thunderbolt directly at her.

Blaze didn't look to see if it had hit, she was mentally proud of Koin for fighting back in his weakened state but there would be no time for congragulations right now she was rrunning straight for the demented fox, fire blazing in her mouth. Blaze had the full intention of nocking her down and roasting her

((Blaze has been determined to be Harbed. Anyone in the team is allowed to kill her.))

His confusion had the world spinning around him. Cathal wasn't sure which of the many double vision clones was actually his real prey. He grunted and growled, scratching at his eyes until they were bloody, trying to focus on a target. But to no avail. It actually came to a point were he was so angry at the blatant disruption of his senses, he just started firing Flamethrower attacks in all directions, deciding taking out everything was better than aiming at just one.

He felt more than saw the lizard burst from the ground, aiming right for his throat. He was so busy firing random jets of flame that he, by shear luck, managed to turn in time to miss his throat being chomped on. He did, however, feel his wing being tugged by the locked jaws around it. Cathal was pissed. While there was no pain, his wing was being ripped apart by his prey's teeth. Thick, darkly colored blood was pouring out of the wound and he yanked it free, loosing most of it in the process. Now, where once a wing sat upon his back, was just a snapped piece of bone with shredded bits of patagium still clinging to it. His Fly attack would never work again.

Cathal was done with these shenanigans, and pulled himself away from the awful croc. He was hungry, and didn't want to waste any more time on these fools. Having seen the Seductress come back out from her hole, from whatever lay beneath the ground, he decided to go to her. Perhaps together they would be more effective, and she had already helped him once. Snarling at the red lizard and the bunny, Cathal turned and began scaling buildings, attempting to reach where he had last seen Delia go.

((OOC: And to be clear, I know no one was using a Double Team. He is just so dizzy in the first paragraph, due to being confused, that his eyes are crossed and he is seeing in multiple. lol. And for those who haven't had anatomy yet, 'patagium' is the leathery part of a bat, or a bat-like, wing.))

[Ooc: Skip :'o Sorry, nothing to say much, and really tired ;w; ]

As Delia watched her love struggle to stand, an odd look in his eye sparked her curiosity. Was that... hate? Defiance? What strange emotions for Dante to have, especially toward his own mate, his own sister. Her head tilted lightly as the houndour shifted into its evolution with no light, his horns large and raking toward the ceiling. He bared his fangs, and as he spoke her name, his form shifted once more, though not into some more powerful form of himself, but of a bloodied jolteon. Her eyes widened in shock as he continued.

“You are as insignificant in my life as a dead body," Koin snarled. "Which you are, Delia!” The thunderbolt he let loose was wild and full of rage, and in her surprise, Delia had no time to react. It hit her full in the stomach, her body refusing to respond for a moment. She let out a strange, strangled cry as she cascaded over the boxes and bodies that littered the place. However, as she struggled to recover, her attempt to get up thawrted by the unstable boxes and slippery blood, another form darkened the entrance of the building. A tall, bulky thing, the creature that had contested her power from the beginning of this fucking crusade.

Blaze.

The name itself gave Delia a small boost of excitement, her demented mind happily remembering the night she killed the granbull. This would be no different... including the outcome. The walls of the pokecenter shifted to the field once more, the fighting ring on that dreary, thundering night. A cackle escaped her, Koin forgotten, and she lunged forward as Blaze did the same, fire and blood dripping from her maw.

The two caught each other in a fray of teeth, claws and fire. Snarls and incoherent battle cries danced in the air, music to the infected fox's ears. Every moment they fought, Delia knew she was where she belonged. If only her love were at her side, but that didn't matter now. The giant bitch that had been spoiling her fun was finally there, in her grasp. Claws slashed, fangs bit, fire spewed. Thankfully, Delia was much quicker than the brute, and managed to avoid most of the attacks. However, a large forearm caught Delia in the middle, sending her to the roof of the building.

For a moment, she did not move. She sat there, watching Blaze as the other did the same. There was an intense moment of silence, neither party moving, studying the other; their weaknesses, their strength. For a moment, the two acknowledged each other as worthy, a strange moment in such a heated battle. Delia broke this silence first, lunging from off the building in a blaze of purple, crimson eyes now the same hue from her Extrasensory.

It seemed she surprised the typhlosion, and after a moment, the psychic attack pinned down the beast, belly exposed to the fox. She churred, happy to have finally won. "I told you I'd gut you one day, Blaze," her voice smooth with her triumphant grin. "Looks like you should have butted out... Your giant head's too big to not attract trouble..." Her gaze trailed down from Blaze's still fierce glare to her still heaving chest. There. Her prize.

Without another word, she drove her claws into Blaze's chest, fishing for the heart. She revelled in the sounds of pain and anguish that emitted from the typhlosion, who knew how many days of threats and cockiness being smushed back in her face. With a good pull, she retracted the organ, sputtering a little. Delia couldn't help a laugh. "Even in death you struggle!" she commented, her eyes going back to the recumberant form. The glare was still there, even as blood pooled out of her twitching mouth. "Don't worry though, Blaze..." she cooed before swallowing the now limp heart whole. "I'll put your power to good use..."

((OOC: ;n; Goodbye, Blaze... I'll miss you.))

The Thunderbolt had hit its target square in the chest, but the exertion had taken its toll on its user. Gah... Koin whimpered as he placed nearly all his weight on his left side, his right fore leg becoming numb from the tourniquet he had used. Taking it off would mean more blood loss, keeping it on could risk losing a limb. The Jolteon heaved large gulps of air, trying to grab a hold of the situation in the damp darkness. The crashing of boxes could be heard - that was Delia, he assumed - and the Lightning Pokemon knew immediately that staying in a single spot would be life-endangering, if not useless. The others could be in danger also.

Koin forced himself to limp forward, but exhaustion overtook the Jolteon and caused him to collapse on the ground, just in time to see Delia zone in her eyes on the Typhlosion before him... Blaze?! Oh no. Not her. The Jolteon shivered, though the area was not nearly cold enough to cause it. Useless and unable to move, Koin was forced to watch as the two Pokemon clashed with undeniably powerful attacks, awe seeping into him along with fear and anger at his inability to help. The mighty fire type threw Delia upward, and for a moment, the Jolteon thought that move had done it. But one look at the stoic Typhlosion’s face and he knew it was not.

What is she- The black figure of the Zoroark fell downward, and suddenly Blaze was on the ground, defenseless as he was. Koin struggled onto his feet again, but it expended all his energy just managing to hold himself up. Before he knew it, he saw Delia holding an organ, a gaping hole in Blaze’s chest.

“... Blaze! B-Blaze!” This... no... Koin pounced from his position and neared the corpse of the Typhlosion, pushing Delia away as tears blurred his vision. This shouldn’t have happened... The Lightning Pokemon pushed his face into her limp fore paw as he had done to his dying trainer, wishing that some sort of life would surface from the Typhlosion... but, like his trainer, he received none. Forgetting about his own injury, Koin looked at the blood covering Blaze’s entire body - it was a disgraceful death, something that didn’t fit Blaze. Oh, Blaze.... why...

Despite in the back of his mind a voice was yelling that a bloodthirsty Zoroark was behind him, the Jolteon couldn’t find himself to care. At the moment, Koin was just a frightened Jolteon who had just lost a comrade he had begun to feel was family. And now... she’s gone... A sob broke through him, and the tears fell unmercilessly. Koin began to lick the blood off his friend, trying to make her look presentable in her death, but the steel tang of the red liquid forced her to stop. I’ll miss you, Blaze. Although he had never told her, Koin received an almost motherly vibe from the Typhlosion - loyal, and did everything in her will to protect her friends.

He felt the heartache that much more. You were like the mother I never had, Blaze...

Sai had missed his target, the Charizards neck, though it wasn't a waist for he did manage to grab its wing. He could feel Cathal tugging, trying to get away from the Krookodiles grasp, but his jaws where far more powerful then the dragon, they where strong enough to crush even a human car.

He could see it felt no pain as it tried to strip free of his grasp, though when it did manage to get away, it left its wing still in Sai's mouth, now truly taking the Charizards flight. Sai tossed the wing to the side and was ready to use another attack when the fire type turned tail and ran. Sai didn't bother to give chase, he was already tired that he needed to rest. He could hear his breath coming out in rasps, as well as feel the dragons blood drip from his jaws before he spat it out, hoping none of it had managed to sink its way down his throat.

Sai looked around, seeing Shiloh he slowly walked over to her. "You all right?" He asked as he looked at her. He was really breathing heavily, and he wanted nothing more then to lay down right there and sleep, but he knew he couldn't right now, they had to go find Blaze and Koin. "We should get moving." Sai said as he began to walk to where he believed Blaze and Coin to be fighting Delia.

When he finally reached the point where Coin and Blaze where he saw something he wished he hadn't. Coin was crying over the bloody form of the Typhlosion. The Krookodiles eyes widened in fear at the sight of the blood, but he couldn't bring himself to look away. Blaze had a huge whole in her chest where her heart should have been, much like Cathal. Delia had managed to kill her. Though he didn't know the Typhlosion as well as the Jolteon, he still felt the stab of sorrow at losing her. He had spent only a few moments with her when they first got here as they searched for the others, and now she lay in front of him bloody and dead. He thought it wasn't possible for the fire type to lose a battle, she seemed to strong, a fitting leader.

Sai could feel his anger once again grip his heart, much like the time so many months ago when hunters came and took his friend from his tribe. He hated the sight of blood, for it meant death. He prayed that Blaze would not come back as an undead like Cathal had, he didn't think Coin or himself would be able to kill her a second time. He hoped she had found her way to a better place, free of all this pain and sadness.

The Krookodile kept his distance as he let Coin have his moment to morn his friends death.

((I apologize everyone for the late post DX I had completely forgotten it was my tern cause I'm so used to going after Echocave.))

He arrived in time to watch the Seductress tear apart one of her greatest foes. She had been taunting the bulk of muscle since he woke, and was sure that the victory was pleasing to her. Perhaps she might even let him feast with her upon her kill. Cathal approached the Zoroark carefully, paying no notice to the bright yellow dot mourning over Blaze's body. He needed to see her, she was the only one who could help him.

"You...bested her," the words were short, concise, but for some reason he was struggling to put the small sentence together. While in his mind the words fit together, when he tried to say them it broke in the middle and he had to force the last bit out. He looked to Delia for answers, for surely she had some. He saw that horrid Krookodile approaching him once again, and he growled low in his throat. He walked away from that nonsense for a reason. Surely, he wasn't stupid enough to attack two invincible creatures?

He and Seductress would be unstoppable, if he tried.

"You all right?" Sai asked, Shiloh blinked, oh dear Arceus the Lopunny has done it once again! She dozed off, probably out of tiredness from this stupid battle. It actually felt like it's been going on for months. Nonetheless she gave a small nod, "Doing fine, thank you Sai." The Krokodile was breathing heavily, giving Shiloh an excuse to worry deeply for him, hopefully he was doing fine. She should really go try to contribute to the group more rather than stand around like an idiot. "We should get moving." He commented, once again, the normal-type just gave a nod, following him to where the supposed Joltleon and Blaze were fighting the Zoroark.

That was when her heart dropped. At the sight of the Joltleon sobbing over a battered, bloodied figure of a Typhlosion limply on the ground, it made the humanoid Pokemon... cry. They were complete strangers, sure, but... Blaze was the one that encouraged her to be strong, it wasn't directly, but Shiloh felt overwhelming energy that past few hour, and really, it was all thanks to that Typhlosion and Sai.
The Lopunny gagged a bit between her sobs, but that was because of this weird sensation of hunger chewing up her insides, the Joltleon mourned for Blaze, they must have been close friends really. Sai kept his distance, it seemed that the Electric-type and the Fire-type shared a closer bond.

Shiloh never really experienced death besides her trainer's, but this was unlike it. A complete stranger, yet it was a Pokemon that changed her motives dramatically. Rather than being a contest gal, she'll be a battling gal, side-by-side with her friends to fight off those that were bad!
Nonetheless, she gave a slight pat to the Joltleon, wiping away her own tears quickly so that he would notice how Shiloh felt for Blaze, "I-I'm Shiloh." She introduced herself hoarsely, she never really did introduce herself due to this crazy battle, even though now seemed not the best of times.

Absinthe sat in a shadowed alleyway, licking his fur clean from all the grime and dirt that caught on as he walked. The rank stench of blood caught his attention and in swift leaps, he made his way up a building and looked upon his surroundings. A fight was going on ways away from his location, and in curiosity, began to bound towards the fray. It took longer than expected, trying to keep his fur from dragging, but he made it.

As he reached them the feud had already ended, and he gave a puff of annoyance. Instead the Typhlosion lay dead in the clearing, heart ripped out and a Jolteon mourning over her. A Krookodile and a bunny-thing were also there, the latter patting the electric-type on the back. From the corner of his sight he spotted two Pokemon, a Charizard and Zoroark, both smelled of death. He scrunched up his nose in distaste, before slowly padding out towards the other living.

Purposely clicking his claws on the ground to make his presence known, he swept his tail on the ground and sat. The Absol softened his harsh gaze, not wanting to gain a negative impression. "Hello." Absinthe murmured, calm. Although inside he couldn't stand the sight of the dead body before him, it reminded him too much of the dark thoughts humans have said. "What... Has happened here?" he asked, wary of the undead in the area.

It was weird for Delia that all of these other pokemon, even her Dragon and a new figure coming out of the woodworks for Blaze. It made her Cheshire grin widen, her blood-stained claws clicking as she thought. Now was the time to eat little Koin, something she had promised herself in that first cave which they all sat together; her, Blaze, Koin, the delicious blue thing and Chivalry, the strange gallade. Yes... she remembered those days well, and even with the appearance of all these new people, she and Koin were the last of that first group, the remnants of the survivors from Mt. Mortar.

She stared down at the sobbing form of Koin, and a strange feeling stirred within her. Her grin fell as it washed over her, a stabbing in her chest she couldn't recognize. Remorse? No, that couldn't be it. She had just killed her behemoth, her tower of muscles. Surely... surely she couldn't feel bad for that. After all, Blaze was still alive; she had eaten her heart. She would carry the typhlosion's power with her for the rest of eternity...

...so why was guilt plaguing her?!

She hissed at herself, then directed her gaze to the still weeping jolteon. "Don't be sad little Koin," she found herself saying, "We'll all be together... Right here." She motioned to her stomach, then reached slowly for him with Blaze's blood still dripping from them. "With me... Together..."

He didn't know how long he stayed like that, mourning and weeping in the valley of death. But he knew that he had to quit moping around - Blaze wouldn't have enjoyed it much if he died crying over her death. With a half-heart chuckle, she'd more likely be annoyed by it than anything else. May you have the rest you deserve, Blaze. He nuzzled her paw once again, the warmth long gone and the smell of death beginning to replace the Typhlosion's scent. Koin listened in gentle acceptance as others gathered around him, Shiloh introducing herself in quiet sympathy. "Koin. I'm Koin."

The Jolteon's voice was coarse, like he had not used it in a long time, although just a few minutes ago he had shouted at Delia. Koin closed his eyes, and stayed like that until a new voice reached his ears, and he opened them to find himself looking at an Absol. "What... has happened here?" The Lightning Pokemon flicked his ears, but at the thought of what 'happened here', his throat clenched and he visibly flinched; the blood, the heart, Delia's blood red eyes... It was too much to handle right now. The Jolteon found that he was shivering, and with a shaky breath, he stood up. Whether he was traumatized by... Blaze's death or by Delia's kill, he wasn't sure. Koin chose not to answer the newcomer. ... too soon...

Why was someone coming to replace Blaze in his life already? It was too soon. Too soon. Too soon to accept.

The electric type found it slightly ironic how so long ago, Blaze had saved his life because Delia (as a puny Zorua, imagine that!) had offered to eat him as Chivalry held him down. Hours, or even days or weeks later - who knew anymore? - Blaze lay dead on unknown ground, killed by none other than Delia, and he had done nothing to stop it. Koin shook his head in regret, but the deed had been done, the action unable to be taken away. The grotesque image of Delia holding up Blaze's heart flashed through his mind once again, and Koin winced, accidentally placing weight on his right leg.

Whimpering to himself, the Jolteon started when the voice of a certain Zoroark spoke his name. "Don't be sad little Koin. We'll all be together... Right here." Delia directed his eyes to her stomach, and he felt himself trying to hobble backwards, but to no avail. Koin watched in horror was that same claw moved from her stomach and towards him, a melancholy act that might have touched his heart (dear Arceus, don't let her touch his heart!)... if it were any other person. "With me... Together..." Koin let out a soft whimper, his eyes darting to hers, to her outreached claw, and to even the others in the vicinity. His breathing had sped up, and he was positive that his heart had also, and everything was beginning to get woozy from the hyperventilation.

"Get... get away!" He managed to squeak out, forcing himself to step over Blaze to put distance between Delia and himself. His injured leg left a long red line of blood along the deceased body, and Koin felt the need to retch. With eyes wide with fear, the Jolteon looked up at the closest Pokemon nearby in desperation, which happened to be Sai. "Sai, g-get me away from her!" Delia was going to eat him next, another casualty in her reign of darkness and stealth. Delia. Death... Koin fell on his side, a blank stare as he looked on in darkness. "Delia...

"Death..."

Sai turned to the new pokemon, an Absol, he reconized it cause a few trainers that passed through his desert had one. He didn't bother to pay it any mind, it wasn't the time right now to exchange plesentries, not when a member of there group just died. Cathal didn't seem to like him showing up again, but if he didn't attack the Krookodile, then he wasn't going to bother attacking back.

Sai let out a growl as Deliah reached her blood covored hand to Koin, saything he, Blaze, and herself could be together in her stomach. He was going to say something, but held his tongue since this was a problem between old friends, something he didn't have any part in, even though the sight of that blood was starting to make him sick, he wasn't going to leave the Jolteon on his own.

"Get... get away!" He heard Koin say as he draged himself over the Typhlosions body, leaving a trail of his own blood behind him. Sai could see the fear in the Jolteons eyes as he looked up at him, and sorrow gripped the Krookodiles heart. He wondered how many friends the yellow pokemon had lost since this epidemic started, and now he just lost another one. "Sai, g-get me away from her!" He said to the Krookodile, and Jiru bent down to pick the wonded electric type up.

"Don't worry Koin, I'll get you as far away from her as possible." He said, hoping he could hold to what he just said. He looked at the Zoroark, hate flashed in his eyes, wondering what could have made her so distorted. He took in a deep breath then fired an Incinorate at the Zoroark and Charizard before retreated with the wounded Jolteon, trying to get him as far away from the dark type as he could.

((Sorry for any grammer or spelling errors, currently using a computer that doesn't check for those.))

Everything seemed to be moving in slow motion to him. All anyone was doing was standing around. Seductress didn't even seem to notice his presence, and that confused him. Was he there? Could anyone see him? The croc seemingly glared at him for a moment, so he knew he wasn't invisible, so what was everyone doing? They seemed to be mourning over the beast Seductress killed. That seemed strange, as she was prey and prey is meant to be eaten.

Seductress made her move towards the Jolteon, claws extended, and everyone turned hard on her. The skittish fox backed away in fear and the annoying croc let loose another stupid fire attack. It washed over him uselessly, and Cathal just shrugged. There was no point in going after them, there were sure to be easier meals elsewhere. He moved away from the group and found himself in some kind of tunnel. Wherever this tunnel went, he would surely find food on the other side.

((OOC: This is Cathal's leaving post, and Ardere will introduce herself once Lute posts with her Absol. In case anyone is wondering, he is leaving out the Under Subway tunnel. Time to float him to Hoenn!))

Shiloh, once again, drifted off as things began to unfold. Her thoughts being broken of by the sound of the Zoroark's voice, "Don't be sad little Koin, We'll all be together... Right here." She reached out for the Joltleon - Shiloh now figured as Koin - then motioning to her stomach,[i] "With me... Together..." Well nice way to leave Shiloh out of the party, not that she wasn't glad she was, but to abandoned Koin was like, a sin she could not commit!
"Don't worry Koin, I'll get you as far away from her as possible." Sai defended the Electric-Type. Shiloh nodded with agreement, staying close to the Krokodile as much as possible as well as attempting to protect her new-found friend, "Just stay away! You... You MONSTER!" Shiloh hissed at the end, she had never done that before, even to those she held a grudge against to. She never knew this Zoroark, but she was obviously being a pain in the ass to the group.

She glanced at the Absol, giving an apologetic look, 'Coming at a bad time too...' Then again, the Lopunny came into the group at a bad time too. When the Charizard recently died. Now at the thought of the Charizard... Where did he go? Shiloh pushed the thought away, if he was gone, then they're at peace. Now if the Unovian Undead was gone, everything would be all handy dandy perfect!