Penny Lepiter; Trainer Ranking—Unranked
June 10th. Union Cave, 2nd Floor.
Both the Raticate and Electabuzz where struck - by the Sigilyph and Tauros respectively - but held on with a trained poise; the normal-type rat snarled, flipping itself mid-air to land on its feet and, overbite snapping away, move in for another vicious bite at the psychic avianoid.June 10th. Union Cave, 2nd Floor.
Electabuzz, meanwhile, took the Tauros's headbutt to the gut and held its ground surprisingly well. Although the rampaging bull was pushing it back with pure, furious force, the electric type grabbed onto the Tauros's right horn for grip and to sturdy itself, all while rearing back with its right hand and swinging down with a crackling Thunder Punch at the bull's right side.
"God there's a lot of you little buggers!" the scarred poacher growled, annoyed, as Penny and Colored got themselves ready—the latter with her Heliolisk and Snivy, the former letting Heracross out of its PokeBall while she retrieved the still-carelessly-floating Ditto as it drifted over to the other side finally.
He and his orange-haired companion pulled at another pair of PokeBalls clipped to their belts, setting loose a Poochyena and a Stunky. Meanwhile, the third poacher took his chance to come out of hiding, moving in from the side toward Penny and Colored; he was also releasing a pair of Pokemon—the contrastingly adorable Purrloin and literal-garbage-pile Trubbish.
"Stick with me. Those two can handle themselves, but so can we if we work as a team," Penny whispered to Colored, trying to stay confident, even though she was about as inexperienced as her new, younger companion. "Mirror! Transform into...Tauros! Theseus u-uh, oh!—"
The Poochyena had leapt forward, sinking its teeth into Heracross's arm without hesitation. Letting out a pained cry, Heracross retaliated on its own with a trio of kicks to the dog's belly, sending it flying back.
As that happened, Mirror the Ditto completed its transformation into Reina's Tauros, and the orange-haired poacher's Stunky let out a poison gas that the clueless blob Pokemon breathed in before it had realized what was happening.
"K-keep on the Poochyena, Theseus, Fury Attack!" Penny called out, her voice still trembling. "Mirror, headbutt Stunky!"
Unimpeded by any of the action to that point, Purrloin and Trubbish turned their attention to the equally unbothered Heliolisk and Snivy. Purrloin sought to slow down the Snivy with a speedy Fake Out, charging in for a quick swipe at the grass-type's sides before circling around back to its partner. Trubbish, meanwhile, swept its arms out as if making two, massive backhand motions—caltrop spikes glowing purple like a poison flame flew toward the Penny and Colored's feet, and that of their Pokemon as well.
