Lucy turned her head toward the bushes and immediately re-equipped her arm cannon, charging it up on instinct. "Show yourself!" she commanded at the bushes, ready to fire. "And prove to me you aren't a threat!"
Sylvia blankly stared at the trophy behind her. "Well, there's another Subspace war going on after, what? ten years of peace, and now we Miis are being involved in it, too. No one asked for it, not even the villains, I don't think, and we have no clue what's happening, then there was a Rayquaza somehow? I got hit with a shadow version of myself, specifically my own sword, and now here we are."
"There's more now," Red spoke up quietly, but instead of actually telling what it was like a normal person, he simply walked away.
"Oh, that's helpful," Sylvia groaned sarcastically, dramatically out of character because of her pain and exhaustion. "Thanks, Red."
Red ignored Sylvia's snarky comment and tapped Blue on the shoulder, before pointing at Sylvia and the others and sitting on the grass, happily doing nothing, while Blue rolled his eyes and walked over to the group.
"Okay, since Red obviously is allergic to explaining things or just talking in general," Blue said, sending a slight glare to Red, who smiled innocently as though this was normal. "I'm gonna have to explain it for him. THANKS, RED!"
He gave Blue a sassy thumbs-up, as though to say, "No problem!"
"Ugh," Blue groaned, turning back to the group. "Anyway, Gramps said something about the Shadow Bugs from the old Subspace Army having gotten an upgrade of some kind. Back in Pallet Town, all our friends, family, and fellow townsfolk became weird zombie things when the Shadow Bugs infected their minds. Now that I think about it, we left Gramps to suffer the same fate when we promised we'd save the universe and left via Dialga and Palkia." He sighed before continuing with the story. "We don't know who's causing this, but it seems like the villains are on the move again. I don't think staying here will do us much good. We should probably try to increase our numbers before making a move to fight the Subspace Army actively, or else we'll get overwhelmed. That's how Sylvia got that wound and Jack ended up in the stratosphere, ain't that right?"
Sylvia winced and turned away, unwilling to speak.
"So when we've kinda settled ourselves, we should probably get going. And we should bring the trophies along, as well. We don't know what'll happen and we don't want them reviving and turning against us," Blue continued. He turned to Red, who was watching the sky. Rolling his eyes, Blue called Red's name and gestured for the Pokemon Master to join the group. "There, I did it. Can I go back to my research?"
Red shook his head. "Danger," he said. "Let's go."
Annoyed, Blue jogged to his spot and collected his belongings. Jack who was finally stirring awake, was startled by the sound of Blue commanding Arcanine to pick Jack up and carry him on its back, and was finally jolted awake by Arcanine scooping Jack's torso in its jaws and casually plopping him on its furry spine before standing up and trotting alongside Blue, who ran on foot.
Lucy, who had initially been pointing at a concealed Serena, suddenly pointed her gun into the air and shot at a figure she didn't recognize in the sky. It was a masculine, godlike figure, with dark skin, wavy hair, and a seemingly snarky attitude.
"Oh look! Humans! I mean, they're Miis, and they look ridiculous, but they're still humans," the figure in the sky said. "I wonder what would happen if I ate their souls early?"
"EAT YOUR HEART OUT, HADES!" came a childish voice in the sky. Then there were lots of nature-ish creatures flying at the man...? A dark angel of some kind? It seemed confusing to even try to make sense of.
"Keep up, Pit-stain!" Dark Pit shouted. "It's been, like, three minutes!"
"Technically, Palutena's the one controlling his flight," the childish figure said. "But yeah, Palutena, hurry up. At least I support my angel warrior properly."
"We can't afford to lose our time! There's a bigger issue happening here! Even you have to see that, Hades!" Dark Pit groaned.
"Aw, but I like me a little bit of drama," Hades sneered. "Besides, adding in my army just makes it more fun. Now I get to take part, too!"
"Sickening old--" Dark Pit was cut off by Lucy's shot in the air. He nearly missed getting hit the first time, but the second time, Lucy got Dark Pit's wing, causing him to lose his balance and fall through the air.
"Dark Pit!" Viridi exclaimed, having lost her hold on his wings.
Sylvia gasped at the falling figure. It was too late when Lucy realized that Dark Pit was the "danger" she had just struck down from the air and regretted it. Without warning, Sylvia abandoned her sword at the trophy's side, rushed to the shadow of the falling angel, ignoring all of her pain and fatigue, and stood there, unsure of what to do next.
"Alakazam! Psychic!" Blue exclaimed.
The dark angel boy suddenly halted his rapid descent and gently fell into Sylvia's arms. However, Sylvia was quick to grow weak and lowered him to the ground, cradling his head until the last minute.
"Ugh..." Dark Pit groaned, opening his ruby eyes. The first person who watched him was Sylvia, whom he instinctively glared at upon realization. "Get off of me," he growled.
Sylvia flinched away, clearly hurt, but didn't say anything. Instead, she turned back to glance at her sister, who held her gun guiltily. "Lucy," Sylvia said, sounding casual but with clear, deeper meaning behind her tone.
Lucy nodded and trudged forward, ready to face the fire. "I-I'm sorry for... shooting you out of the sky. I-I thought you were a bad guy..."
"Yeah, well, no one cares what you think," Dark Pit snarled. "Thanks to you, Pit-stain's up there by himself and now there's no one else to stop Hades from wreaking havoc! Congratu-freaking-lations!"
Sylvia stepped forward to defend Lucy, who was now on the verge of tears. "E-excuse you! You were high up! There was nothing we could've done!"
"So what?!" Dark Pit yelled. "You should've paid more attention!"
"To the sky?! We just finished fighting a sky dragon, to which my brother passed out, putting himself in danger's way for everyone, by the way!" Sylvia yelled, temper rising.
"Good for him!" Dark Pit countered, eyes boring into Sylvia's. "No one cares! That was just one dragon! I've felled tons of those! Has your brother ever faced GODS?! I don't think so."
"Rayquaza IS a god!"
"A Pokemon god with limitations! Hades has no limits!"
"We get it! You've been through a lot! It's not our fault you look like an evil angel!"
That was when Dark Pit snapped. "THEN MAYBE I'M NOT WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE! You can't judge someone just by appearances! If you'd paid close attention to the fight, you'd've noticed I was fighting the BAD GUYS!"
Sylvia completely backed down. "Y-you're right..." She glanced down at the ground, doubting herself now. "I-I should've... oh goodness, you're completely right... I-it doesn't give you a reason to attack my sister, but still..."
"SHE'S YOUR SISTER?!"
Sylvia couldn't take anymore emotional drama, especially since now their fighting was trivial, but the conflict was cut off (thankfully, Sylvia couldn't believe to have found herself thinking) by the sharp wound in Sylvia's side. Soon, blood began pouring out of her side again, the sealed wound suddenly opening back up. "A-augh...!" Sylvia fell to the ground, clutching her wound. Dark Pit, noticing that this fighting was going nowhere (and realizing he wasn't the only one in pain, as he glanced at his bloody, broken wing), sighed and turned away. Lucy ran to Arcanine, where Jack was finally getting off of the Fire-type's back and was completely healed.
"J-Jack...!"
"Get Sylvia's sword. Find Red and Blue and get them to help Sylvia. If we can't do anything, Arcanine will have to carry Sylvia until we can find another way to patch or heal her up," Jack delegated instantly, declaring his powerful leadership. "As for Dark Pit, he can still walk, but he won't be flying for a while. We need to especially keep an eye out for him and Sylv."
Dark Pit heard Jack, but scoffed and turned away, watching as Lucy ran to Red and Blue for advice.
(OOC: Sorry this took so long and sorry for more awkward action; I'm kinda low on inspiration lately.)
