Repercussions {Ruby and Alissa}

[ALISSA]

The situation had gone from bad to worse.

The initial snag had gone well. Skittles had distracted the rather feminine kid while Alissa, rolling in on roller blades, pretended to fall and catch herself on him. With a wink, she skated away, but not without a pokeball firmly grasped in her hand. Skittles and M had rejoined her, leaping onto her shoulders, a few meters away.

But it was the angry shout that told her that she had been discovered. The kid, she didn’t even know his name, was chasing after her. Liss rushed through the city expertly, weaving in and out of the people in the streets. She was good on roller blades, certainly faster than anyone running, or even sprinting. She smiled to herself, knowing that she had gotten something good in this job.

The shouts died behind her and Alissa relaxed. She pulled into an abandoned parkinglot. She couldn’t help but feel bad for the kid, but hey, he had a bunch of other pokemon. This pokemon would be going to an orphan who had nothing. Speaking of which… Liss inspected the pokeball in her hand, running her hand over the smooth surface. Skittles and M stared too, but they were rather uncaring. This kind of thing happened often enough that the two monkeys were used to meeting the stolen and disoriented pokemon. Alissa released the creature from the red and white capsule warily. Out popped a magnificent Swampert. The mud fish looked around, confused. It glanced back to Alissa, hate in its eyes as the Swampert understood what was happening. “Uhhh, Skittles, M, can you-“ She was cut off as the Swampert grabbed the girl’s throat, choking her and lifting her off the ground. The monkeys scattered from her shoulders and stood in shock a couple of feet away.

“Swamppp!” It growled right in the girl’s face. “Gahh!” Alissa sputtered, “Skittles- cugghhh- Leaf Storm, now!” The Pansage leaped away and twisted to face the Swampert. “Pan!” He cried as he let loose a large swirl of sharp leaves. They hit Alissa mainly but the Swampert took a few hits. It released Alissa and turned towards the taunting monkeys. With a gasp, Liss returned the great beast to its pokeball and lay on the pavement, gasping for breath. She didn’t even notice that the boy who she had stolen the Swampert had just come into the parkinglot…

[RUBY]

WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS

TO THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS!

“Oooohoooo, what a cute monkey!!!” Ruby exclaimed with a smile as he saw the Pansage dancing in front of him. It was definitely a foreign Pokemon… he had never seen anything like it before. Entertained by its hijinks, he almost didn’t notice the girl crashing ever so slightly into him. Before he could apologize she was off. He stared blankly as she skated off. It was such a quick accident, it seemed odd that she wouldn’t take a second to compose herself. Plus, did… did she wink at him? Oh well, at least he still had the entertainment of the cute little Gra-

“Where’s the monkey?” he said plainly, noticing the distinct lack of Pansage in the general vicinity. He starred at the now empty space for a moment, then looked around, noticing that the elemental monkey seemed to be running away. In the same direction as the girl who had run into him. Very curious. It would almost seem as if….

“PLEASE DON’T TELL ME SHE STOLE ONE OF YOU!!!” he yelled as he fervently looked through his Pokeballs. Yep, only five were there. Zuzu’s was gone. Holding back tears, Ruby decided to get serious, as he began trailing her. She was hardly within eyesight, and she seemed to be gaining ground fast. He would use his Devon Running Shoes, but this area was far too crowded for him to even dream of it. This girl was obviously very skilled in pickpocketing…. Ruby would need to find another way to track her, since he couldn’t even see her at this point.

“Ruru!” he said, releasing his Kirlia from her Pokeball. She had already noticed the disappearance of one of her friends, so she already knew what Ruby was going to ask, but he decided to encourage her anyway. “I want you to see if you can track Zuzu’s emotions. It might be hard with this many people, but I know you can do it!”

Ruru nodded, concentrating hard and jumping onto her trainer’s back, pointing towards the pickpocket. Running as fast as he could, he tried to push through the crowds in order to find him, not to mention make sure Ruru could concentrate. He was terrified of what would happen to Zuzu on his own, or what this girl’s intentions were, but he knew that he could not afford at any cost to lose one of the most precious parts of his team.

The bright glow from Ruru’s horns seemed to intensify as they were nearing an old parking lot. He could hear a crash and some fighting going on, and, very distinctly, heard his Zuzu’s voice. Overjoyed (And slightly gasping for breath), he turned the corner, immediately recognizing the girl and her elemental monkey. Well, technically monkies. He began running toward her, trying to make sure that she couldn’t get away.

“Give me back my Zuzu!” he yelled, having Ruru keep an eye out for any hidden Pokemon that she might have had.

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[ALISSA]

Looking this way and that, Alissa could not find anywhere to go. "Skittles, M, you know what to do." The two monkeys nodded and began to work. Meanwhile, Alissa tried to get out of her roller blades. All the while she was pondering what a 'Zuzu' was. Definitely not a pokemon she knew of.

Skittles and M&M looked at one another and leaped closer to the trainer and Kirlia they had stolen from. The Pansage tapped his foot to an unheard beat and threw up his hands with a smile. Suddenly, he started dancing his Taunt, moving this way and that, swaying with his imaginary music. This, he hoped, would keep attention on him as M dashed forward. Without tripping once (which was unusual for the monkey), he Low Swept the trainer, not hard, just enough to knock him down.

While this was going on, Alissa finally got the straps undone on the rollerblades. She grinned confidently as she threw out another pokeball. But her smile faded as she saw what it was. Instead of Pepsi, like she wanted it to be, out popped the murderous Swampert. She realized with a shudder that she must have put its pokeball in her Scrafty's normal place. "Shoot," She whispered to herself as she backed away slowly, So much for her fast getaway. Alissa was trapped and she knew it. But she was far from done. Her now-shoeless foot hit something squishy and smelly. She glanced down into the eyes of a Trubbish. "Trub?" The trashbag asked, but Alissa knew exactly what to do. She leaned down and picked up the pokemon by its... top-thing. The trash arms dangled limply and the girl wrinkled her nose at the smell.

"Step back! Now! I have a Trubbish and I'm not afraid to use it!"

[RUBY]

WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS

TO THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS!

Ruby really hadn’t been looking to get into a fight. Really, his Pokemon might get dirty, or even worse, scratched if they started to fight. He was going to protest as the monkeys began to run toward him, but they had already set up a strategy against him. Ruru fell for the first monkey’s taunt, jumping off Ruby’s shoulder and using a Confusion attack on the Pansage. Ruby had really wanted to use Hypnosis in order to end this fight quickly, but that seemed far out of the option by this point. He was so focused on Ruru that he completely forgot about the other monkey coming toward him, tripping him off his feet.

As he hit the ground with a thud, one of his Pokeballs fell from his pack to the ground, releasing the Pokemon inside. The Delcatty looked at Ruby with confusion, realizing that this was not a normal situation, nor a contest. Ruby grabbed her Pokeball so the monkeys couldn’t steal that either, and was going to return Coco to her Pokeball, but he then got a devilish idea.

“Coco, use Attract!” he said, smirking at his own idea. Posing, the Normal-type cat let loose a barrage of hearts, which, if touched, would hopefully immobilize the other Pokemon with their unending love for his wonderfully cute Coco. Ruru was hit, but it did nothing since she was a girl anyway. Ruby was so proud of himself that he didn’t even notice at first when Zuzu came out of his Pokeball. But as soon as he heard the girl scream out, he looked over, noticing his beloved Swampert. His eyes filled with glee for a second, happy to see his Pokemon safe and sound… until he heard what the girl was saying.

Trubbish? What could that be? He thought, getting up through all the confusion and looking around Zuzu. What he saw shocked him to no end. A Pokemon that was nothing more than a pile of trash. How was it even possible for something that repelling to even exist? It would have absolutely never win at a Pokemon Contest, that’s for sure. So what use was there for it? All he knew was that under no circumstances, he couldn’t allow Zuzu to touch that thing. But he couldn’t just give up his “tough” Pokemon to that girl. Speaking of the Swampert, Zuzu had turned around and was overjoyed to hear his trainer’s voice, but was forced to watch the pickpocket to try and avoid being recaptured in the ball.

“Put that thing away! It’s an absolute monstrosity! I can’t even believe how you can manage to hold that ugly Pokemon! Whatever you do, keep that trash away from my darling Zuzu! I beg of you!” he said, almost crying from how repulsed he was by it. If only Sapphire was here, she could definitely deal with that thing. But there was no way Ruby could allow his Pokemon to be tainted by the poison type… he need to think of a way to get Zuzu away from it safely. He considered using Ruru’s Psychic abilities, but she was too far away at the moment…

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[ALISSA]

M and Skittles were out for the count. Alissa was cornered by a scary-large Swampert. Things were not looking good. But when the going gets tough, what do you do? You send out your explosives-loving Scrafty of course. And the crazy Aipom-Chimchar duo that could deal with the other problems. She quickly withdrew her love-struck monkeys away from that villainous cat. She wasn't exactly playing fair but she did NOT want to be caught by this kid. He just gave off this crazy vibe...

Of course, withdrawing her Pansage and Panpour broke the Kirlia's Taunt. And now she'd have to deal with that. Pepsi stayed right next to Alissa to protect her from the wrath of the Swampert. Cinamon and Ari landed near her as well, taking up guarding stances around their trainer. She didn't exactly trust them to deal with the Kirlia and Delcatty on their own, both opponents had proven to be strong pokemon. And so the monkeys leaped up and down in around their trainer but both kept away from the Swampert.

Pepsi just lounged next to his trainer. With a lazy stare, he attempted to Poison Jab the Swampert right in the gut. That would teach that thing not to mess with his trainer. Liss herself hefted her Trubbish. Wait a minute, this trainer seemed to be desperate to get away from her new-found friend. "What's this? You don't like..." She thought of a name quickly, "Jolly Rancher? No?" The theif laughed out loud mockingly. She was having too much fun with this. "Well, I'll tell you what. You see, I'm not leaving here empty handed. So, you now have a choice because I respect your sheer audacity to stand up to me. You have two options. Option One: You give a pokemon to me and my cause and then you let me out of here. Option Two: If you choose not to follow Option One, you or your 'Zuzu' here get a Trubbish in the face. It's your choice." She had a devilish grin. "What do you think about this Jolly?" The Trubbish let out a little squeal and held both trash arms out to hug her new Swampert friend.

[RUBY]

WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS

TO THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS!

Ruby was stuck in between a rock and a hard place. This girl had demands that he hand over not just his Zuzu, but another one of his Pokemon as well. The sheer frustration he felt from his situation was killing him, and he thought as hard as he could to find a way out. He glanced over to Coco, who looked just as confused as he was. Maybe he could try using her Attract on the Trubbish? No, it was too much of a risk. He only had a 50% chance of it being male. He could try having Zuzu attack, but at that close a range, the Trubbish could dirty him easily. He disregarded Ruru’s Hypnosis, since it was far too an inaccurate attack for him to leave to chance…

His anger only built as the Scrafty had the audacity to jab Zuzu in the stomach. Ruby clenched his teeth, thinking of anything he could do. There had to be a way that he could get his Pokemon back safely. A million options went through his head, one by one being eliminated because they were too risky. He was considering taking her up on her offer, until a most brilliant scheme came into his head. He tried to hold back a devilish smirk so it would ruin his façade, and put his hands in the air.

“Okay, okay. You win,” he said, motioning for his Pokemon to stand down. He took another Pokeball out of his pack and threw it, revealing his wonderful Mightyena, Nana. “ You can have my Mightyena. Just keep that thing away from my Pokemon.”

Nana looked on the urge of crying, but obeyed her master’s orders, walking slowly toward the girl who had stolen poor Zuzu. As she had gotten close to the pickpocket, Ruby finally let his smirk show, knowing that he had won this round.

“Nana, use Roar on that pile of garbage!” he yelled, the Mightyena, while surprised, immediately reacting, letting loose a terrifying growl. Since that Trubbish had not been actually captured, it would be forced to flee at the sounds of the fierce Dark-type, hopefully saving his Pokemon. The coordinator knew that it was now or never to take the offensive, knowing he needed to get Zuzu’s Pokeball back.

“Zuzu, use Muddy Water” , he yelled again, hoping to catch the girl and her Pokemon off guard. She had made the mistake of bundling all of her Pokemon together around her, and he purposely used this attack in order to have a wide area-of-effect. Ruby looked on, hoping that he could find a chance to take back what was his.

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[ALISSA]

"Come on kid, fork over the pokemon." Alissa growled. A Mightyena? Not what she expected but hey, she didn't really mind. But the boy had some kind of trick up his sleeve and the dark-type Roared.

"No, Jolly!" Liss cried as the poor pokemon was flung from her hands. She had grown quite attached to her Trubbish in those brief minutes. Now, all that stood between her and that crazy kid was a Scrafty, an Aipom, a Chimchar, and a bag of explosives. The odds were against her.

"You're gonna pay for that!" She growled but the Swampert was already gathering up a Muddy Water. It hit the group hard, making them fly backwards. Liss hit a wall with a thud and her head lolled to one side. She had been temporarily stunned by the blow and was now almost helpless to attacks from her opponent. He was a good trainer, she would give him that.

With their trainer out for the count, there was a bit of confusion at first. Then, Cinnamon went over to her trainer and released one of the pokeballs on her belt, the ball of Licorice the Mandibuzz. Licorice took one look at Alissa then glared at Ruby. She took charge of the situation, screeching commands to the soaking wet pokemon around her. Though Chimchar was rather weakened by the water, she shook this off and charged at the Mightyena with a howl and a Brick Break. Ari launched herself at the Swampert, teaming up with Pepsi. The Scrafty tossed a small explosive at the Mudfish before he rolled into a vicious Drain Punch. Ari attacked from the other direction, running up behind Zuzu with a Double Hit. Out of the gloom of the dumpster in the parkinglot, Jolly Rancher the Trubbish looked out. She didn't appreciate being knocked out of the way. And so, she gathered up as much garbage as she could and sent out a wild Gunk Shot towards the trainer that had ordered her misfortune. It wasn't very accurate but it was something.

Licorice stayed next to Alissa but still sent out a Mean Look that affected any who looked at the vulture. All chaos was breaking out and the Mandibuzz was at the center of it. She liked that.