Ask to Join Captured by the Evil Team! (part 2: new RPers weclome)

[Hecotoro]

The Aegislash once again attacked with sacred sword. This time Lucario used metal claw to fight it back.
"Again dark pulse!" Azumi called.
Anakin fired his dark beam, but Aegislash used king shield.
"You don't learn do you!" Winstrom called out.
"Actually, that's what I've been doing this whole time, extreme speed!" Azumi responded.
Anakin, using an unbelievable speed, disappeared from sight.
Winstrom looked at Azumi disappointed, "Normal attacks don't hit ghost types."
Azumi just smiled as Anakin appeared behind Aegislash. "Dark pulse!"
The Lucario pressed his paws on the sword's back and fired of his dark pulse, sending it flying against a wall on the other side of the room.
Winstrom watched in amazement. Azumi smiled and said "King's shield only works on the front side, that's why your Pokemon always turned towards the incoming attacks."
The dust settled and Aegislash could be seen unconscious, planted on the wall. Anakin let out a victory roar.
"Well I wind." Azumi said looking proudly at her opponent.
"I don't think so..." Winstrom said as he took another pokeball out.
"We had a deal." Azumi said, glaring at the knight.
"I'm afraid I can't let you all get away..." Winstrom was cut off by Lucho, who used karate chop on his back to knock him out.
Azumi took a deep breath, order some grunts to tie Winstrom up, and rushed back to Ray.
"Are you ok?" She asked as she sat next to him.


"Bring it on hobo!" Maker called out, "Let's use that boost Eve! Fire spin!"
Eve jumped in front of Infernape and created a fiery vortex around themselves.
"Now mach punches!"
Infernape again began to fire the punches in the air, which combined with the fire around them, turned into flying fiery fist.

 

[Brecker]

Ray was extremely impressed by Azumi's use of tactics.
"I-I'm fine..." he responded to her as she sat down.
"But I have to ask: was that guy from the pokemon leaugue? Now that I think about it, his face seemed kinda familiar..."
He watched as the rocket grunts tied Winstrom up at Azumi's command.
"Oh god, I have NOT been a good influence on you, have I? Tying up elite 4 members..." he laughed to himself. "But in all seriousness, thanks for taking care of that... That was pretty damn cool."

A moment later a grunt entered the building to notify everyone that the risky pincer maneuver that they'd performed had paid off, and that despite being massively outnumbered, they'd actually managed to rout tempest's northern troops. This came as a pleasant surprise to Ray, who honestly expected the northern assault to be nothing more than a diversion, and a suicide mission... The rocket members within the building cheered as they heard the news, and others took to celebrating in the streets just outside the building, which were now devoid of any (uninjured) tempest soldiers.

* * *

"Mightyena, Houndoom, reap the benefits of the fire!" Enisuss barked.
In a move that would perhaps surprise Maker, Mightyena and Houndoom both charged toward the flaming shock waves that her pokemon had created: Mightyena, who was now intentionally burned, gained a significant amount of speed due to its Quick Feet ability, and continued to rush toward Eve using Crunch; Houndoom, on the other hand, possessed Flash Fire like Eve, and used this ability to absorb the flames directed at Zoroark, allowing the fox-like pokemon to use its Extrasensory on Infernape undisturbed.

* * *

Levan and his gang finally arrived at Tempest's base, which was severely under-defended due to the various battles being fought throughout the city, and began to mow down its occupants. Levan was glad that no one besides his gang appeared to have followed him, because it made it much easier for him to fulfill his current objective... Despite the fact that the rockets showed no mercy to the tempests inside the base, they seemed strangely preoccupied with keeping the base itself intact...

 

[Hecotoro]

Azumi blushed a little because of the compliment, "I got lucky really. I'm sure in a real elite four battle I wouldn't stand a chance."
She watched with a smile as the rockets announced their victory and began to celebrate. But she soon came to her senses, got up, and began scolding them since there were still injured people and Pokemon who needed attention. After a few minutes of helping out, Azumi went to the office workers.
"Listen, there is no more tempest grunts on this side of the city. You can go." She told them and left without waiting on any comment they had to make.
She had managed to get some water and granola bars. She went to Ray and handed over some to him. "Here. So, what's next captain Ray?"




"Woa that's creepy!" Maker said as mightyena took the flames head on. "Ramon detect! Eve curse!"
Infernape dodged the extrasensory skillfully, while Eve took the crunch head on but began raising it's attack and defense while lowering it's speed.
"You're in the wrong side of town mightyena!" Maker said with a smirk.
Infernape positioned itself behind the mightyena, while Eve looked at it directly.
"Ramon close combat! Eve use quick attack to stop it from escaping!"

 

[Tudor21G]

As Alejandro knocked out some of the grunts,he noticed that the Tempest guy and Maker had a really tough battle.He thought"Ugh,I need to help her.But...I can't use Magmortar,because he'll probably anticipate it.And I can't use Sharpedo,there's no water nearby.But I know who would really help!"He whistled at a high note,and looked in the direction he came from.As Pangoro heard the whistle,his ears perked up.He immediately dashed towards his trainer,quicly arriving at the destination."Good,you're here!Quick,use Focus Punch on that Houndoom!Magmortar,return!That Houndoom has Flash Fire,so you need to come back."Pangoro quickly ran and hit the Pokemon square in the face."Hey,jerk bag!Give up already,we've got your team covered!"He said with a smirk,as his Pangoro rushed back to his side.
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"Ugh....I need to help..."Michael said with coughs.He got up and rushed to his Pokemon,while dragging his leg.He got next to his Blaziken and said"Blazi...use Flame Kick....on that...Breloom...That's heading for...Oti'...."Blaziken nodded and knocked out the Breloom pretty quickly.Michael cheered a little,but then he fell to the ground,while coughing.Meanwhile,his BFFs,Jodi and his parents were knocking out grunt after grunt.

 

[BoredSnowglobe]

Spirit quickly slithered over to Michael, and picked him up before he fell to the ground. “Serppperior!” She then noticed a huge Emboar running towards them, it’s fist ignited. Spirit placed Michael on the ground softly, and gathered up lots of sunlight. Once the Emboar was close enough, Spirit shot a thick Solar Beam right at it’s face. The Emboar was knocked away quickly.

 

[Tudor21G]

"T-thank you Spirit...."Michael said with coughs.Then,the grunt with the Harriyama sent out a Garchomp and strolled towards Otis.Michael quickly ran while dragging his leg and got in front of her."Hey,douchebag....Can't you...pick on someone*cough*else...?"The grunt got angry and sent his Garchomp to attack them.Michael quickly pushed Otis out of the way and ducked,but he was too late and the Garchomp cut a chunck of his hair.When Michael saw this,he wasn't happy."You can mess with my region,you can mess with my friends,but messing with my hair is TOO MUCH!!!WEAV,BLIZZARD!!!!"Weavile jumped in front of him and let out a snowy air,which froze the grunt and his Pokemon."BLAZI,FLAME KICK!!!"Blaziken kicked the 2 icy boulders so hard that they flew into the air.As Michael was raging,he suddenly said in pain"Ow,my legs!"And he fell to the ground.Weavile helped him up,and Michael thanked her.She then strolled over to Otis and asked"Hey Oti'...Are you.....okay?"

 

[Brecker]

Ray thanked Azumi as she gave him some food.
"Well, I wasn't exactly expecting to make it out of here in one piece," he said half-jokingly "so I never really considered what to do in the event of a victory..." He contemplated the matter for a moment.
"I think the best course of action would be to join my brother's assault on the HQ. Not sure how many of them made it there, but they'd probably appreciate some help, regardless..."
Ray shakily rose to his feet, using the wall behind him as a brace.
"Ugh. This has always been a problem for me - could never just hang back in battle like the other admins... Sometimes, they'd even have to transfer my squadron to a different leader, mid-battle, 'cause I'd gone and gotten myself too injured to continue..." he chuckled to himself as he reminisced.
"I-I think I'm okay now, though... to ride Typhlosion at least. But you're gonna have to help me lead the gang..."
With considerable difficulty, Ray made his way onto the street outside the building and began to rally the troops, and inform them of the plan:
"Indomitable trainers who stand before me: your attention, please!" the celebrating rockets quieted down and turned to listen to him.
"Not since the battle of Thermopylae, thousands of years ago, has such a magnificent military triumph occurred in the face of such dire odds! If this isn't indicative of our immortality, then I don't know what is!" The crowd cheered. "We have them on the run! The end draws near! So join me in one final charge, to drive a stake through the heart of this monster; let us join up our comrades, and make rubble of Tempest's base!"

Ray got a bit light-headed just from speaking, but the troops didn't seem to notice, and began charging towards the centre of the city with enthusiasm. Ray slowly struggled to get on top of Typhlosion so that he could follow them.

* * *

Mighyena attempted to escape with its burn-boosted, and cybernetically-boosted speed, but the coordination between Maker's pokemon made dodging nearly impossible, and the hyena was sent flying backwards by the Close Combat.
As Houdoom staggered backward from the Focus Punch, Enisuss glared at Alejandro with a disgusted expression...
"Hmph. You remind me of someone who I'd rather not be be reminded of..." he spat.
"Zoroark, use Swagger!" The illusion pokemon gazed deeply into Pangoro's eyes and attempted to induce confusion...

* * *

Levan walked cooly and calmly through the halls of Tempest's HQ, his Feraligatr and his Tyranitar fiendishly shredding through anyone who dared to oppose him... The tempests in the base were vastly outnumbered, so for the attacking rockets this was a like a walk in the park. Levan continued to ascend the building, floor after floor, his sights set on Aldous's office...

 

[Tudor21G]

Alejandro chuckeld when he saw that Swagger didn't affect Pangoro"Really?Swagger?I'm going to let you know that it has a chance to fail!Pangoro,Focus Blast!"Pangoro roared and shot a blue sphere towards the Zoroark."And I tend to remind people of someone they shouldn't speak of....Ha!But out of curiosity,who do I remind you of?"

 

[Hecotoro]

Azumi walked behind Ray the whole time, making sure he didn't fall. She was impressed by the speech he gave. "That was quite inspiring." She said with a smile. She returned her Pokemon and took out Arcanine, following typhlosion close, to make sure Ray didn't fall off. They soon reached the tempest HQ.
There were some tempest grunts passed out on the floor, which caught Azumi's curiosity. She dismounted her Pokemon. "I will go ahead, in case something happens." Azumi told Ray as she pointed at another grunt, "You! Gather 8 more of you and follow me!"
Azumi entered the building, the grunts quickly catching up to her. She let Anakin out. "Anakin, concentrate and check the auroras above. Where do you sense them?"
Lucario closed his eyes. After a few seconds he pointed upward. "Good job, let's go team." Azumi told the rest.
They began going up the stairs. After a few floors, she saw the damaged server room and the hole she had made, covered up. Her breathing got more difficult the more they climbed.


Maker took advantage of the distraction and had Eve attack the houndoom with quick attack, while Infernape went after the mightyena.

 

[Brecker]

Zoroak dodged swiftly to the side, evading the incoming Focus Blast.
"You remind me of an annoying brat I had the misfortune of fighting not too long ago... Obsessed with Double Team..." Enisuss frowned to himself as he recalled the prior battle.
"But I can assure you, this battle will not turn out like the last one! Prepare to-"
Before Enisuss could finish, a communicator on his waist rang out and he promptly answered it.
"WHAT!?" he exclaimed into the device. He turned toward his troops.
"Our base is under siege! We need to defend it immediately!" He beckoned for his pokemon to follow him and the hoard of tempest warriors retreated toward the centre of the city, leaving Maker and Alejandro behind...

* * *

"It was a bit too bombastic, in my opinion... But you gotta keep the troops motivated - that's half the battle... Thanks for making sure I didn't fall during it" Ray smirked at her. "That would've been embarrassing..."

When Ray and Azumi arrived at the base it appeared as though a fresh squadron of tempests had just arrived, led by a man with a Houndoom.
Ray instructed the bulk of his remaining troops to distract them, and he gradually began making his way into the base, and up the stairs...

 

[Hecotoro]

Azumi kept making her way up until Lucario stopped at one of the doors. It was just two floors under the main office. She walked, only to find Levan and his crew finishing off some tempest grunts.
Azumi looked at Levan confused and asked "What are you doing here?"


Maker chased after her enemy, having her Pokemon protect her from any grunts. She reached the HQ, only to find rocket grunts fighting tempest.
"Hey you Hobo!" Maker called out to Enisus, "You coward! We have a battle to finish!"
Eve and Ramon stood in a battle stance, ready to fight.

 

[Brecker]

Levan looked over at Azumi, a bloodthristy gleam still lingering in his eyes.
"What am I doing here? It was our job to attack Tempest's base, was it not? The others just fell behind..." He casually and apathetically swept aside a downed grunt with his foot, and continued on toward the stairs. Feraligatr and Tyranitar followed him closely, looking eager to tear something up.
"Why don't you join us, Azumi? We're almost at the top, y'know..." He smiled somewhat sinisterly, and made a swift hand motion for his crew to follow him up the stairs.

* * *

Enisuss and his squadron of tempests were quickly getting overwhelmed... Their attempt to retreat and defend the HQ was pretty much just cancelled out by Ray's troops, who'd arrived at the same time as them.
He glared over at Maker frustratedly...
"What is it with these brats?" he cursed to himself, and sent his pokemon after hers:
"Mightyena, use dig on the Flareon!" the mechanical hound tore its way underneath the concrete with its metal-encrusted claws, and charged towards Eve underground...
"Zoroark, use Extrasensory again!" the illusion pokemon took at another shot at Ramon with its psychic-type attack...

 

[Hecotoro]

Azumi noticed something odd in Levan, but she thought it was normal for a crimelord to look that way. "Fine, let's go finish this." She followed behind him, her group of grunts joining the rest.
"You still don't look like a crimelord. We should change your outfit if we get the chance." Azumi was trying to make small talk, "Don't you want to wait for Ray? He shouldn't be far behind..."



Maker smiled, "Take the hit Ramon! Eve use curse again!"
Infernape was thrown back by the impact of zoroak's attack. While Eve increased it's attack and defense one more time. The dig attack hit it, but barely did any damage. Both of Maker's Pokemon got up. Something was different in the Infernape. The flames on it's head had gotten bigger and turned blue. The Infernape roared in anger.
"Thanks for activating our blaze!" Maker called out, "Eve sunny day!"
Eve shot a beam of light towards the sky, causing the sun rays to intensify.
"Now! Doble flamethrower!" Maker yelled proudly.
Both Pokemon shot an inmense cloud of fire towards the enemies.

 

[Brecker]

"Ray?" Levan's ears perked up. "He's still alive, is he? Hmph. I should've expected no less of him, I suppose... And I presume you had something do with this, as well?" He continued walking, now looking a little concerned for some reason... "He can be quite charismatic, can't he? Hopefully my troops will still be loyal to me when I get them back..." he muttered, half to Azumi, half to himself...
"But enough of that! Ray will arrive when he arrives... no need to wait for him - this shouldn't take long..."

Levan and Azumi finally came face-to-face with Aldous office door and Levan promptly kicked it in. Aldous could be seen sitting at his desk, frantically rattling off commands over a handheld radio; the old man looked extremely nervous, and nearly jumped out of his chair as the two entered...
Levan smirked, lifting the man up by the collar and tossing him to the floor.
"Gig's up, old man" he said as he towered over the snivelling figure. "The base is ours, now." Aldous just continued to cower helplessly...
"Ha! So the rumours are true, eh? The leader of Tempest: a politician and a scientist, but never been in a battle in his life! Pathetic..." Levan walked over to the desk and took up the radio:
"Hey there! Not who you were expecting to hear? Your leader's crumpled up in a ball on the floor where he belongs - pass the word along, would you? Tell your friends that they can either join me, or die!"

Levan put the radio down and nonchalantly exited the room, rolling his neck back as if to get out a kink. He passed Azumi without a word, leaving the defeated Aldous behind in his office...

* * *

Enisuss planned on countering any of Maker's fire-type move with his FlashFire houndoom, but the cybernetic hellhound was in the midst of being ganged up on by a slew of Ray's troops...
Without any way to defend his pokemon, the double flamethrower was a direct hit, and Mightyena and Zoroark were knocked unconscious.
At that moment Enisuss's communicator went off again, and as Levan's voice spoke to him through the device, his face went pale...

 

[Hecotoro]

Azumi was happy when they walked in and took down Aldous. But, her expression changed when she heard Levan's words. She ran after him and followed behind, asking him questions.
"What do you mean by your base? Why did you ask them to join you?"
She got desperate when he wouldn't answer her, she grabbed his arm.
"Answer me!"


Maker celebrated her victory, jumping up and down. Infernape fell to the floor exhausted while Eve celebrated with her trainer. Then, Maker began helping out to clear the remaining tempest grunts.

 

[Tudor21G]

"Oh,that was my little brother!"Alejandro said laughing.Then,he stared at Maker who just dashed after the Tempest Admin."Woah,she's fast...."He immediately got his phone and messaged Michael.

Mikey,there was a Tempest grunt with a Houndoom that said he battled you before.He's heading to Tempest HQ.That's where your friends are,right?You need to hurry there.

Then,he took off running after Maker.When he arrived,she was celebrating and Enisuss had a pale face.Pangoro got him by the collar and threw him into a weirdly placed boulder.

When his phone rang,Michael got it out and read the message his brother sent him.As his eyes went wide,he sent back.

Oh,no!!!That maniac again?Ugh....WHY???!!!I'm heading there right now!!!

Michael quickly went and explained the situation to his family and BFFs,and they all said they would stay behind and fight.He went over and told Jodi,Oliver and Otis"Guys!This is bad!We need to hurry to Tempest HQ right now!!!"
"But why?"Jodi asked worried.Michael showed her the messages and she gasped."Oh,no!"She yelled in terror.The two friends called Blaziken and Dragonair to their side.They got on their backs and turned to the others."If you want to come too,take Tropius.She'll take you there."
"Yes,we'll see you there."They took off,Blaziken jumping and Dragonair expanding it's ear-like wings to fly.When they arrived,Michael dashed to his brother and friend."Guys,you're okay!!"Then,he began coughing."Ugh,dang it,I forgot about that...And I forgot about my legs!"He collapsed into Alejandro's arms.
"Woah,I've got you!But...what happened to you?"
"Long story.But I need to take this...and that."He grabbed the Z-Ring and a branch so he won't fall to the ground."We need to go in.Ready,'Odi?"
"READY!!!"Jodi roared determined.They rushed to Aldous' office,passing by some knocked out grunts and some empty cells"It's good that the other people escaped..."Michael thought with relief.When they finally reached the top floor,Jodi was about to run towards Azumi and Levan,but Michael stopped her.
"What is it?"Jodi asked curious.
"Look at Levan.He seems too...odd.Even for a criminal.Let's wait here...."They hid behind a wall and tried to listen in on their conversation.

 

[BoredSnowglobe]

“WHAT?! That guy is here now?!” She exclaimed when Michael explained the situation. Memories flashed in her head about the huge battle between Michael, Otis, and that really powerful man. “We got to get there fast!” She quickly followed the group to Tempest’s HQ. Otis hid behind a wall like everyone else with her, deciding to listen in as well.

 

[Tudor21G]

When Michael looked at his left,he saw Otis standing right next to him.His face went red,but he managed to whisper to her"When did you get here?Where you behind us the whole time?Huh....I guess I just thought you would stay behind,like you always do....."

 

[Brecker]

Levan smirked at Azumi:
"Who else's base would it be? It sure as hell doesn't belong to the pokemon league... I was my gang who conquered it, after all."
He yanked his arm back from her and continued to stroll through the hallway toward the stairs.
"With regards to asking them to join me... You're right; it's not the best idea. Anyone who's willing to turn on their old leader on a dime like that has no place in my military... but given the circumstances, I'm going to need as many troops as I can get. I'll give those coward-traitors a proper end after we... use them for a bit."

* * *

Soon enough news of Tempest's defeat had spread, and the battle in and around the base became even more hectic as half of the remaining tempest grunts began to turn on their comrades, and fight alongside team rocket in an attempt to display allegiance to their new leader. The tempest grunts that remained loyal to Aldous were so outnumbered and so helpless, that the act of finishing them off out had become more of a sick celebration than a battle... Rockets ran through the halls hooting and hollering victoriously, and they began to break down doors and hack into Tempest's computer networks to take them over...
Ray, who'd barely even managed to make it up two flights of stairs in his current condition, looked on horrified at the frenzied crowds:
"WHAT HELL ARE YOU DOING!?" he shouted at them, but no one was listening...

 

[Tudor21G]

"Ugh.....That made no sense at all...."Michael whispered when Levan finished talking.He decided to not go after them and to just leave instead.He didn't even finish going down the stairs,because there was a hoard of grunts celebrating.Michael and Jodi almost suffocated in that room,so they decided to run.They almost reached the bottom floor when they bumped into Ray."Ow!Ugh....Now my chest hurts....Thanks for tha-RAY!!"He yelled when he saw his old "friend".He immediately hugged him and hurt his back a little"Oh my gosh!I can't believe you made it!"He said as he pulled back"I thought you would die!Or at least lose a limb..."
Jodi watched shocked as Michael was happy to see Ray"Who are you and what have you done with Michael??!!"She asked with wide eyes.
"I dunno.I think I hit my head on that tree really hard...Eh,who knows!"

 

[Hecotoro]

Azumi got upset. She felt as if she had been used for Levan's convenience. She wanted to attack him, but she was too outnumbered and in a narrow place. She decided to go along and hope something will come up. She walked faster to keep up with Levan.
"What about the league? They are here you know. You won't stand a chance against them." She kept talking to him, it kind made her calm down. "And did Ray know about this? Did he use us too?


Maker walked over to Alejandro, she was beginning to feel uncomfortable around the rocket grunts. "Hey Alejandro, stay close to me ok? I don't like how this looks."

 

[Tudor21G]

"I know."Alejandro told Maker"I feel...uneasy.We are helping criminals....We should probably do something about them in the future...Just,if one of them does something shady,we attack."He then whistled at a really high note,and his Pokemon that were left behind to fight came to his side"Just...Keep an eye out."

 

[Hecotoro]

Charo had arrived where Maker and Alejandro were.
"Let's go somewhere more safe." Maker told Alejandro. She got on Charizard and returned her Pokemon. "Up on that roof." She said pointing to a building in front of the tempest HQ. Charo spread his wings and flew his trainer to the roof she pointed at.

 

[Brecker]

Levan continued to descend the base, looking dead ahead; his body language barely even acknowledged Azumi's presence, but he continued to respond to her in an indifferent manner:
"Let's just say I brought more troops than I initially let on... there's about 200 left in my crew: and with the addition of the leftovers of Ray's crew, and the defecting tempest grunts, I think we'll be able to handle it... Plus, we do have me" Levan smiled menacingly.
"But don't you worry about Ray: I think you've genuinely gotten to that guy's head... It's a shame, really - he'd be a great leader if he learned to regulate his emotions...
I thought it very convenient when he volunteered himself for the suicide shift - the diversion to the north, that is. I figured I'd underman his group: get rid of him, and his stupid new ideals... But now that I've learned of his survival, I can't say that I've completely given up on him. Who knows? maybe I'll be able to convince him, yet..."
They reached an internal balcony near the bottom of the base, looking out over the first few floors. Levan leaned over the railing and watched the rockets running around with pride...

* * *

Ray was surprised by how happy he was to see Micheal again. He wasn't even mad that Micheal almost knocked him over due to his injuries...
"W-whoa! Micheal! I didn't think I'd ever see you again, either!" Ray patted him on the back. "It's true, I haven't lost a limb yet! but at this rate, it won't be long..." he said glancing down at his leg.
"You're not lookin' too great yourself, jeez..." he laughed.
He then turned towards the hoards of grunts, running wild throughout the halls...
"On a more serious note, though, I can't say that I like the look of this... Maybe we should look for my brother? See what the hell's going on..."

 

[Tudor21G]

"Alright!"Alejandro said determined.He called back his Pokemon and quickly grabbed Charo's tail."Phew,that was quite the ride."He said when they landed.
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"Yeah,I know,a Harriyama threw me into a tree,!"Michael said with chuckles."And also,a Garchomp cut my hair...I'm surprised that I didn't knock down a tree!"Then,he listened to the more 'serious note',and his smile turned into a frown.
"I don't know about that...."Jodi said worried."When we saw him,he appeared more sadistic than usual.It's probably because he defeated Aldous...."
"Yeah,it did not look good...."

 

[Hecotoro]

Azumi stood behind Levan on the balcony. She clenched her fist. She was angry. This man didn't care for his brother. He just wanted to use him to run his gang. Azumi looked back, they were the only two on the balcony, Anakin was at the door and the grunts in the hall talking among themselves. She was in the perfect position to push him off. She could end it all right now, with just one push. What would happen after though? She would kill Ray's brother. She would be a criminal for committing murder. But, she would stop a second take over and save Ray from his brother's grip.
Azumi took a deep breath and decided to ask Levan more questions to make her decision, "What if Ray doesn't want to join you? What about your mother? What will happen to me?"



Maker tugged Alejandro's arm, "Look over there. That's my sister with a man who looks like Ray..." She pointed at the tempest HQ, "I wonder what their talking about..."

 

[Brecker]

"What happens to you and Ray will depend on your actions...
You know what? if Ray doesn't want to join me, I'll give him the opportunity to leave - he's my little brother after all... And since he seems to be so fond of you, I'll even be so generous as to extend that same opportunity to you. But if either of you are, for whatever reason, inclined to oppose me... well, then I'm sure you can imagine what would necessarily ensue.
As for my mother: I'm sure that even you can agree with me that it's better for her to think that I'm dead... What, you think I'm just going to drop by for tea, sometime? Ha! She wants a son, and I'm nobody's son - I never have been, and I never will be! The Moirai, ancient weavers of fate, have predestined me to be something far greater than that! And even so, I've been honing my skills at the loom, so to speak; it's only a matter of time before I usurp their throne as well!"

* * *

"W-wait! Did you just say that my brother already defeated Aldous? Then why the hell are all these rockets still here? I thought we agreed that, as soon we achieved victory, they were gonna sneak out before the pokemon league showed up..."
Ray was growing increasingly concerned...
"I'm going to go look for my brother; something's not right here..."

 

[Hecotoro]

Azumi looked down disappointed in his answer. She made up her mind, but there was one more thing she needed to do.
"Levan..." She looked down at the floor, "There's something I've been wanting to ask you. If you can answer this. I will leave quietly." She took a deep breath, "During the radio tower take over in Goldenrod, a woman was killed in the south underground entrance. Do you know who was responsible for that?"



Maker kept looked in the direction of Levan and Azumi. "Hey Alejandro, try to call Michael, see if he knows what's going on." She leaned forward to get a better look.

 

[Brecker]

Leven sensed a shift in Azumi's tone of voice and smiled to himself, although Azumi wouldn't be able to see it as his back was turned towards her...
"Pffft. As much as I'd like to take credit for that, I can't remember who killed who, where, and when... Could've been me; could've been Ray, even... Who killed Samuel? Like I give a damn. It's all the same. People died today, y'know. People are always dying."

 

[Hecotoro]

Azumi couldn't take it anymore. She felt it was her responsibility to deal with someone like that. She knew Ray wouldn't do it, neither would the league or any other authority. She took a deep breath, getting ready to betray everything she believed in.
Anakin looked over at his trainer as he noticed the change in her aurora. But he didn't react fast enough. Azumi charged at Levan. She tackled him towards the edge of the balcony.

 

[Brecker]

As soon as Azumi charged at him Levan spun around and grabbed her by the wrist, preventing her from pushing him all the way off. He had anticipated her charge, as it was precisely the reaction that he was trying to elicit from her... A smile of pure malevolence crossed his lips for a fleeting moment, before promptly disappearing as Ray arrived on the scene.

"W-what the hell is going on here!?" Ray exclaimed in surprise. He'd gotten there just in time to see Azumi's assassination attempt...

"D-did you see that, Ray? Azumi just tried to kill me!" Levan feigned distress. "She was going on about how 'rocket is no different than tempest' and how 'we all deserve the same fate', and then tried to push me off! Christ... and I thought we could trust her..."

"W-what!? Wait, no, that can't- no...no..." Ray's expression was mixture of shock and heartbreak. He didn't want to believe Levan, but he'd seen Azumi's assassination attempt first-hand... And in addition, he recalled the circumstances of her mother's death, and the story seemed to make sense...
"A-Azumi, I thought- wait, was this all just a setup, then!?" Ray asked frantically, as all his future prospects of returning to Johto with her and seeing his mother again seemed to come crashing down...

If Azumi were to look out from the balcony where Levan had been standing, she'd see that Levan would've been able to see Ray approaching the entire time that they'd been talking... Levan needed Azumi out of the picture if he was to get Ray on board, and so he'd manipulated the situation accordingly...

 

[Hecotoro]

Azumi tried to free herself from Levan's grip, but he was strong and she was weak. Azumi got on to Levan's plan when he saw him play the victim with Ray. She should've acted sooner. The only thing she could think of was, telling the truth.
"Of course I tried to kill him!" She began to give her explanation, trying to sounds as calm as possible, "He was aiming to take over the whole time and taking you with him!"
She tugged at her wrist again, but it was no use and it was beginning to hurt. "I'm sorry I didn't..." For once her mind was having trouble choosing the right words. "I wouldn't betray you... He doesn't care..." So much feelings that she wanted to express, that she was not able to speak right. "You can't trust him!" Was all she could say.

 

[Tudor21G]

As Alejandro watched the whole thing,his mouth fell to the floor."Wow,things are getting pretty intense!Should we go stop it?"He asked Maker worried.
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Michael clenched his fists as everybody kept talking"YOU LIAR!!!!"He yelled at Levan"You're a douchebag!A pathetic one,too!"He looked at Ray with an intense look in his eyes."Do you really think that Levan,a criminal master mind would really act like a coward in this situation?If he wouldn't want something,he would seriously just kill 'Zumi!And that something,is you!!!!"
Jodi nodded and then said"Who would you trust?Your brother that faked his death,and also wants this whole base to continue doing evil,or the girl that was there for you from the begining??!!"

 

[Hecotoro]

Maker walked from side to side like an angry tiger in a cage. She could feel what her sister was going through, but was unable to attack or do anything because of the location they were at. "Of course things are serious!" Maker snapped back at Alejandro, "I have no idea why, but I'm feeling a lot of hate towards that man!" She started to stomp her foot out of frustration, "Dammit!"
Charo roared and shot out fire, expressing what Maker was trying to. "If that idiot does anything to my sister.... I swear..." Maker kept looking towards the balcony, her fist clenched.

 

[Tudor21G]

"Woah,someone's cranky."Alejandro said.He was surprised to see Maker so angry.But he just decided to be the calm one and said"Being angry won't solve anything.We need to make a plan to take Team RR down.Like,that guy seems a little too full of himself.Maybe we can use that to our advantage.Because seriously,I haven't seen an ego that big since Michael was born!"He chuckled and then turned to Maker''So,what do you say?"

 

[Hecotoro]

"Of course we are taking them down!" Maker began to walk back and forth, throwing her hands in the air like if she was in a big argument, "I'm gonna beat every single one of them!" She stopped and pointed at the balcony, "But that is my concern right now! We can't attack them and that idiot is grabbing my sister like if she was some rag doll! And Ray is just watching!" She stood at the edge of the roof and kept looking at Levan, "If I could just somehow get him from all the way here with one quick movement..."
She bit her lip as she thought of what could be done. Then, she smiled. "I got it!"
She released her Infernape again. "Ramon! Would you be able to hit him with a machine punch?" She asked her pokemon.
Ramon stood next to her, he held his hand before him, making a shape of an L with his finger and thumb, taking aim at the balcony. He turned to his trainer and nodded. "Great! We just need to time it perfectly." She walked to Alejandro, "Hey, as soon as we attack, you take Charo and behind attacking them, just don't hurt my sister, got it?"

 

[Tudor21G]

"Hmmmm...That could work...But I don't know....If maybe he uses your sister as a human shield,or if he gets out of the way and it hits Michael and Jodi,that wouldn't be good...."Alejandro said,analazing the situation."Just....Maybe we should wait.Until it's the right moment.Because he might see it coming....Hm....Ugh...Maybe I could send a message to Michael so he could get himself,your sister and Jodi out of the way....What do you think?"

 

[BoredSnowglobe]

Otis had remained silent, following Michael and Jodi to wherever they were going. She was thrown back into a short memory of her and Lily, her mother. But, Lily seemed to be only a blur in the memory, which confused Otis for a brief moment before she snapped back to reality. She looked towards what was happening, and the scene in front of her was self explanatory to what had happened. “Hey! Let’s all not try to kill each other right now... okay?” Otis didn’t want to watch one of her friends and Ray’s brother try to kill each other.

 

[Tudor21G]

"Let's not try kill each other?!Are you serious?!"Michael yelled at Otis irritated"This mad man of a criminal tries to get Ray on his side,and you try to remain peaceful???!!!!Unbelieveble!Ugh....Levan,you're not escaping with this!!!!"

 

[Hecotoro]

Maker stood still, biting her lip, while she thought about what Alejandro said. "If Michael made any movement towards him, it could end in the same result." Maker looked around, trying to figure things out. Then something a few blocks away caught her attention. There were some league members fighting some grunts. Maker grabbed Alejandro's arm and pulled him to the edge where she was.
"Look! If the league gets here, that Levan guy is gonna do something stupid! We need to either stop the league or get this resolved quick!"