We've Got That Boom Boom--OH GOD A WILD POKEMON

[Catilena1890]

Celeste looked up in the sky and saw the stars begin to come out. Behind her Vulpina yawned rather loudly, crawling over to her trainer to weakly paw at her leg. Celeste smiled and pulled out Reso's pokeball, tapping his head with the button and calling him back in to sleep. She then picked up her Zorua and helped her onto her shoulder before skipping over to Pendra, who looked down for letting the opponent get away.

"Aww, we all lose every now and again. You`ll get the next one." She promised, scooping up the Venipede in her arms before turning to Sawyer.

"I think that would be a great idea. Let's get going." She said, walking into the forest. Pendra stayed alert and twitched her antenna every now and again, watching for enemies. By this time Vulpina had all but completely fallen asleep on Celeste's shoulder, awake just enough to hold on. Soon the group had made their way into a small clearing. The group began to set up camp and had begun to eat, chatting excitedly about their wonderful day.

As they settled down to sleep, Celeste cuddled her Zorua and Venipede close. Her eyes were slowly beginning to shut when Pendra's antennae began to vibrate, prompting the pokemon to stand up and start hissing. Celeste tilted her head at the bug as she and Vulpina stared up at the sky strangely. She looked to Sawyer to see that Luca the Axew was also studying the sky closely, though not with the same level of apprehension as the others.

"What's going on?" She asked. Suddenly Vulpina leapt up and flipped backwards, her appearance growing larger until she had turned into Celeste. Before any questions could be asked, Vulpina grabbed Celeste and Sawyer's arms and pulled them to the largest tree in the area.

"Rua!" She called behind her, rallying the pokemon to follow. The ground shook violently and it was all Vulpina and Pendra could do to shield their trainers, Vulpina looming over Celeste with her own body while Pendra used defense curl on Sawyer's head, shielding her and Luca from any debris.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!" An erie voice rung out, not seeming natural at all. The air felt thick for a moment or two before all was calm. With the aftershocks aside, Vulpina and Pendra tentatively let go of the two girls, carefully steeping forth from the safety of the tree. Vulpina had turned back into a Zorua by this time and stood next to Luca as they and Pendra carefully walked to their camp, finding almost everything but their equipment scorched. Celeste and Sawyer walked back to their campsite, saying nothing until they figured out the answer to the one question they were both thinking.

"What happened?" Celeste said finally, voicing the question they both had. Sawyer blinked for a few moments before noticing something by the sleeping bags, pointing in the space between them.

"What are those?" She said. Upon closer inspection, the girls found two eggs. One was easy to see, as it was mostly white with some bright red at the bottom. Its brother next to it was a bit tougher to see, since it was black and had a blue bottom. Celeste carefully approached the eggs and touched the white one. Seeing nothing wrong with it, she picked it up and turned it over.

"I wonder where these came from. Obviously someone wanted us to have them, since they just left them here in the middle of our campsite. I`ll take this one, since it was closer to my bag. You take the other egg." She said, cradling her new white egg.

Eggs Obtained:

Celeste:



Sawyer:

[Bayhound]

Sawyer was nearly asleep, Luca's soft heartbeat helping to lull her into dreamland. She was soon asleep, Pendra's hiss falling upon deaf ears - she didn't even realize her Axew had gotten up and was staring at the same place Vulpina and the Venipede were. Next thing she knew she was being drug around by her sister in her dream, stumbling after the Zorua and only waking up when she felt Pendra curling up on her face. What really woke her up was the shrill cry, and then suddenly it was over.

"AXEW!" Luca cried, literally smacking his trainer's face to snap her into her senses and force her to follow Celeste as they returned to camp. Still rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, once they entered the camp, she was really able to only focus on one strange thing. Or two things, rather. In a short moment of time both she and Celeste were holding eggs - very strange ones.

"I... have no idea."

She cradled the black and blue egg in her arms, staring at it in wonder. That had been a powerful force back there - one attack, or maybe it wasn't even an attack.. maybe it had just landed or opened its mouth to cry out some sort of warning - and if it wanted them to have these eggs... what did that mean? Tracing the mysterious pattern with a finger, Sawyer looked down to see Luca staring at the mystery egg with the same amount of wonder he had when looking at the stars. Even if this pokemon wasn't going to be super powerful, large, shiny, speaking... it would still be special. Looking towards Celeste and her egg, the trainer tilted her head.

"Someone, or somePokemon? I don't think people could have caused this much damage and ran away in such a short time. And that cry... creepy huh?" There was a curious twang to her voice, and a small smile crept upon her face as she looked back down at her egg. "Wonder what it means..."

Still, excitement or not, there was a mess to be cleaned up. Moving over to her sleeping bag, Sawyer made a makeshift nest and placed the egg inside, patting the shell before starting to clean up a bit. Something about going to sleep so suddenly in a recently burned forest made her skin crawl. Both she and Luca began stamping out smoldering ashes and still red-hot grass blades, making a game out of it after a while. This shouldn't take too long, especially since most of their stuff had managed to be spared by the inferno.

[Catilena1890]

While Sawyer and Luca put out the fires around their camp, Celeste doted on her new egg, setting it inside of her sleeping bag so she could cuddle it when she laid down. Something about it filled her head with warm, fuzzy thoughts. Celeste chuckled as she continued to love on the egg, cooing when Vulpina wrapped herself around it. Celeste looked at Sawyer and Luca behind her and rolled her eyes at them, yawning loudly.

"Do you really need to do that? If there was any real danger Ranny would come and put out the fire. I see her do stuff like that all the time." She said, opening her sleeping bag and crawling inside. Pendra tucked herself under Celeste's head, seeing as how Vulpina was busy.

"Let's get some sleep Sawyer, it's been a long day and we need to get up early if we wanna train our pokemon and make it to Gustella before nightfall." Said Celeste as she pulled her Zorua and egg closer. She picked the egg up fro Vulpina's embrace and held it over her head, turning it over and over and smiling at the odd patterns.

"What do you think is in them? Maybe mine is a Torchic! A cute little fluffy Torchic. Torchic are very adorable." She exclaimed, putting the egg back into Vulpina's curl and hugging them both close to her.

"Goodnight you guys." She said, letting herself drift to sleep.

[Bayhound]

"You do? I mean, she does? Huh. Well, wish I would have known that before I went through all this mess" Sawyer scoffed, tugging at the bottom of her shirt to see exactly how much ash had covered it. Not a lot, but it was still enough to make her want to change. By the time she got to her sleeping bag though, changing seemed worthless, and in a matter of moments she'd carefully picked her egg up and snuggled down in the now surprisingly warm covers, Luca burrowing towards her feet.

Sawyer giggled at both Celeste and Luca, the latter tickling her legs as he tried to find a comfortable sleeping position. "A Torchic? But your egg is so white!" She slowly pulled her egg up from under the blanket, now even more curious as to what was inside. "Mine... kind of looks like it would be a Deino or Riolu. I wonder if the pokemon inside will get mad if we're guessing wrong." That particular statement made her laugh, but when she tucked the egg back into the sleeping bag, her eyes felt rather heavy. Soon she found herself snoozing away, somehow managing to mutter a "Night~" to the group before she was completely lost.

TIME SKIP HOORAY

The next morning Sawyer was awakened by Luca storming out of his nest, scrambling up her chest and carefully avoiding hitting the egg to scare off Pidgey and Spearow that had been picking around their campsite. Letting loose a mighty yawn, the trainer sighed and shook her head. "You're an Axew Luca, not a Growlithe! Honestly." Luca seemed confused but shook his head, continuing to chase the flying types around.

"Morning guys! We'd better get up and start going now if we wanna get to Gustella today." She could see Celeste stirring, but not knowing how the other girl reacted in the mornings, Sawyer decided to let her be as she gathered her things.

[Catilena1890]

Celeste groaned as she turned over in her sleeping bag, snuggling into her Zorua's soft fur.

"Five more minutes Mommy, I don't wanna go to school today." She mumbled. Vulpina and Pendra seemed to share her sentiment, continuing to snore. A surge of heat burst forth from the egg, making Celeste and Vulpina yelp and jump up.

"Owowowow I`m up! I`m up!" She snapped. looking down at the egg, she saw it glow for a moment, and she thought at that time it would hatch. However the glow went away and it was just a normal egg again. She tilted her head as she reached out to touch it, feeling nothing wrong with it. Tilting her head to the other side, Celeste dismissed it as she picked the egg up again, holding it against her chest with one hand while she cleaned up her part of the campsite with the other. Vulpina scurried over to investigate the black egg, poking it with her nose. Her fluffy fur stood at attention and she shook her head, staring at the egg with wide eyes. Pendra yawned as she crawled over to Celeste, scrambling up her back and clutching her neck to look like some sort of Venipede backpack. The coordinator laughed at her cuddly bug and pat its head, keeping a firm grip on her egg. She looked to Sawyer and smiled, patiently waiting for her.

"Ready to go?" She asked as Vulpina rejoined her.

[Bayhound]

Did Sawyer just hear someone say mommy? Slinging her backpack over her shoulder, she cast a confused and humored glance towards Celeste, who was still rolling about in he sleeping bag. Oh Jumpluff. She was one of those types huh? Mentally noting the other girl's morning routine, Sawyer held her egg close and started staring at it again, flomping down to sit on the ground as she waited for lazy butt to get going. The pattern was still so unusual... she found herself tracing it again, Luca peering towards it with the same odd expression from last night. It.. kind of put her in a trance.

Then there was a yowl and a scuffling of legs and paws to break her out of the lulled state, her head whipping around in alarm. "What the Houndour, Celeste?!" Sawyer kept her mouth shut from then on out as she watched the girl clad in purple touch her egg over and over as if something was wrong. Things seemed to be fine the next moment, though, and they both carried on with their business, Luca and his trainer staring at Vulpina when she came to see the black egg.

"Our pokemon keep acting oddly around this egg, Celeste" she said as she got up, replying to the statement beforehand. "It's sort of weird. And yep, ready when you are!"

[Catilena1890]

Celeste chuckled at Sawyer's comment about the egg and she looked down to her own egg as it was pulsating gently.

"Well, they must be very special! I wonder what they could b---" She stopped mid-sentence when she heard some rough voices up ahead. Pendra and Vulpina growled at the voices as the small fox jumped down, her eyes glowing momentarily. A few ribbons of power extended from Vulpin and wrapped around the group before disappearing. Before Celeste could question what was happening, two figures appeared. They were both odd, as they were dressed in long, dark cloaks. When they turned to face the girls Celeste gasped and clutched her egg tightly. They wore white skull masks and their chests had a strange emblem on it. The emblem was an 'N' made out of bones. Behind them, duskull floated and Celeste was tempted to take out her pokedex only to be stopped by Vulpina.

"What was that?" Asked one of the men as he approached Celeste and Sawyer. He seemed to not notice them as they stayed still, holding their eggs protectively.

"Probably a patrat or something. Come on, we need to find those eggs!" Said the other. The one in front of the girls stared for a little while longer and then tore his gaze away, joining his companion.

"I think she went over that way. Good Arceus, she's huge! How can we not find something as big as a legendary?" He moaned. His friend smacked the back of his head and continued onward.

"Just find it! We need to recover the body and get those eggs! Its important for our research!" He said. Celeste's eyes burned as she listened to their conversation, understanding what they were implying. She pinched Vulpina, making the Zorua yelp and break the illusion.

"What research?! You killed a pokemon for the sake of research? A LEGENDARY Pokemon? Tell me everything now!" She yelled. The two men were startled by her voice and turned around, seeing the eggs she and Sawyer carried. They looked back and forth to each other and then called their Duskulls.

"How about you hand over those eggs and we'll let you keep your other pokemon?" Said the one who had stared at them. Celeste got into a fighting stance and shielded her egg from them.

"Over my dead body!" She said defiantly

"That can be arranged, little girl. Duskull let's do it!" They both yelled.

"Pendra, come down and protect the eggs! Sawyer, I need your help! Let's do this Vulpina!" She asked.

Health:

Vulpina: 22/22
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Duskull Lv. 5: 23/23
Duskull Lv. 6: 24/24

[Bayhound]

Sawyer was just as confused as Celeste was when the random creeps stared right at them and continued on their way, but her confusion turned into hatred soon enough. They'd injured a legendary, and not only that... a mother?! Normally she would have huffed at the other girl for breaking their protection like she did, but she was just as enraged. And besides, if they beat them in battle... maybe they would talk. As they approached, she narrowed her eyes and glared at the men.

"As if we'll just hand them over! Bring it on!"

Sawyer hissed and pressed the button on the pokeball at her hip, her Mareep entering the battlefield and letting loose a loud cry. Before she could scrape her paw against the ground and charge at the strange figures her trainer tapped her side, grabbing her attention. "You're to stay here and help Pendra protect the eggs, you feisty ball of wool. Only attack if they are in danger." Not knowing what these eggs were that she spoke of, the electric type glanced up at Sawyer and Celeste's arms, eyes widening at what she saw. "Maaaaaaaah!" was her reply after a few moments, acquiring a defensive stance as she stood tall against the opponents.

Just then Luca stepped forward and Sawyer realized she had a problem. She may not have been the most skilled trainer, but even she knew that her Axew's only move, Scratch, wouldn't work at all against those Duskull. Now she was stuck for sure. But Celeste still needed her help! Not knowing what to do, since Paisley's only move was a normal type as well, Sawyer looked around for some kind of relief.

Suddenly, she felt the egg in her hands warm up, vision getting blurry. For no reason at all she looked in the opposite direction, spotting something shiny in the dust and ashes from last night. In a flash Paisley ran to it, grabbed it, and brought it back to her trainer, shaking her head and looking at the black egg as if she didn't recall doing what she just did. Sawyer took the disk from her Mareep's mouth and proceeded to read it.

"TM 59... Incinerate?" Dumbfounded, she flipped the disk over once, and then twice, unsure of what to do. Luca tapped his paw and cleared his throat, looking at her with an arched brow. Oh, duh! Beaming, she leaned down quickly and did what she needed to. A light 'click' could be heard and then the Axew chirped in delight, facing the cloaked people with determination in his eyes.

"You might wanna watch out guys" Sawyer whispered to her side, backing up a bit. "Alright Luca - Incinerate those Duskull!"

[RESULT: Miss]

The Axew puffed up and then used all of his effort to try and surge forward a plume of fire, but all that came out was a puff of smoke. "Oops..."

Vulpina: 22/22
Luca: 21/21
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Duskull Lv. 5: 23/23
Duskull Lv. 6: 24/24

[Basile]

It had been an interesting day, yes it had. Yesterday, Lesa had gone to Professor Conifer, encountered a suicune, she still couldn't believe that, and obtained not one, but two wonderful pokemon. Her cyndaquil, who had taken to the name Kale and quite liked it, was currently resting in his pokeball. He had refused to sleep during that first night on the road, instead taking it upon himself to stand guard and protect his new lifemates. So it made sense, really, that he was resting now. It was her eevee's turn, by the name of Aunia, to keep Lesa company. The little creature was chattering away next to her trainer's ankles, her tail swaying and her ears perked up happily.

The little brown ball of fluff was extremely bouncy and full of energy, even having nosed out two old, forgotten cases. They had confused the girl at first, as covered in dirt and grime as they were. Of course, after she'd taken the time to clean them up, the breeder to be had boggled at what she now held in her hands. Two TM cases! Such a rare find! TM cases were precious things in this region, though she'd heard that in some they were as common as caterpie. And to make matters all the more unbelievable, each dispenser still had an MP hidden away deep in the bottom, marvelously untouched by the dirt that had splattered the outer case.

One, which had the numbers 66 emblazoned on the top of it, contained a move called payback, which was at the moment entirely useless to her. So Lesa had tucked it away into a pocket of her bag, intending to refill it for later use. The other, possessing of the number 30, contained a move called shadow ball. Upon hearing what was inside, Aunia had jumped up and down, running in circles as she exclaimed excitedly that she could learn that move! She just knew she could, if only Lesa would give her the chance! Well, there was still a single MP in the container, and she could always refill it in the next town with the other. The MP were easy to come by, as all MP were the same. It was the TM containers that were rare and activated the MP within. So it really couldn't hurt.

She'd popped it open, offered the MP to her eevee, and then set the empty container in her bag. Aunia had gobbled it up, and sense then had been sending dark little balls in every direction, trying to get a handle on the move. That had been several hours ago, and she seemed to now have some control over her attack.

Good thing, too. She was about to need it.

Up ahead, commotion caught the attention of both girl and pokemon. They had been traveling through a region that looked to have suffered a recent burning. It was unfortunate, but fires were good for the environment in the long run, allowing nature to restock, so to speak. Lesa had been in the midst of explaining this to Aunia when the sound of voices halted their conversation. The words were jumbled, but the breeder got the gist of it. Killed mothers, and the killers were trying to steal the eggs from two girls who had found them, and were protecting them. Good for the girls!

Reaching for her belt, Lesa extended Kale's pokeball as quietly as she could, calling out the cyndaquil as she and Aunia ran forward. Just in time to see what looked to be an axew sputter in an attempt at flames. Next to him was a zorua, though it seemed to be young and not have learned any type moves yet. Behind them stood their trainers with their eggs, and a mareep. "Kale, go help protect the girls. Take them this." She reached into her bag and produced the 66 TM payback. The cyndaquil took it and ran to Sawyer and Celeste, the flame on it's back erupting as it dropped the TM at their feet and placed himself between them and the caped attackers.

And while he was doing that? Well, Lesa decided to get a piece of the action. "Shadow ball, Aunia!" The eevee nodded and aimed her new attack at the closest duskull, putting as much power behind it as she could.

[RESULT: 7]

The practice seemed to have paid off, for the attack was good, it's aim true. Of course, there was the little bonus that ghost types were weak against that particular attack.

SuperEffective: +1

[Catilena1890]

The larger duskull bounced on the ground from the impact of the shadow ball, and its trainer gritted his teeth. This gave Vulpina just enough time to grab the TM and take it to her trainer.

Celeste bent down and took it from the little fox, tilting her head at it before it clicked. They had a fighting chance! She popped the last MP from the case into the mouth of her Zorua, looking at her determinedly.

"Chew Vulpina! Chew as fast as you can! Our lives depend on it!" She urged. Vulpina swallowed the pill and her eyes glowed, turning to the duskull behind her.

"Vulpina, PayBack!" She commanded.

[RESULT: 7]

Supereffective + 1

"Zo!" She cried. Celeste stood up as she found that the odds were no longer in her favor, for a third masked man had shown up with his own Duskull. He glared at his companions and sent out his pokemon against them.

"Hidden Power on that Eevee!" He commanded.

[RESULT: 9]

"You use Astonish on the Axew!" The owner of the smaller Duskull would not be outdone, chuckling at his easy prey.

[RESULT: 0]

"Use your hidden power on the Zorua!" Said the last one to his own Duskull.

[RESULT: 7]

Vulpina: 22/22
Luca: 21/21
Aunia: 22/22
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Duskull Lv. 5: 23/23
Duskull Lv. 6: 16/24
Duskull Lv. 6: 22/22

[Bayhound]

Great, now they were sitting Psyducks! Sawyer couldn't help but panic as her Axew continued to try and send forth fire from his maw, but all that did was cause the little pokemon to choke. "Try to focus and, um... find the fire within. I don't know how you're supposed to be doing that exactly, but it sounds right, doesn't it?" Luca stared up at her sheepishly. Well... kind of, he guessed. Taking in a deep breath, the dragon type tried his best to meditate and drown out everything that was going on around him.

Even though her little buddy was trying his best, there were still two formidable opponents before them that were after their eggs, and there was little they could do about it. Paisley snorted when one of the ghosts floated closer teasingly, and Sawyer cast a doubtful glance over to Celeste. She wasn't giving up, but... she certainly didn't have any ideas. Then, without any further ado, another trainer burst in on the scene and ordered her pokemon to help them out, a Cyndaquil taking something to Celeste. Within the next few minutes another crony had showed up, and the lot of them were firing attacks at each other.

Thankfully the Duskull whom was instructed to attack Luca had missed terribly, probably because it had taken advantage of the lizard by thinking he was weak. Well, true, his fire attack may have missed, but the Axew still had a pair of legs. After snapping out of his 'meditation' and evading the Astonish, Luca braced himself and tried using Incinerate on the two Duskull closest to him.

"AXEEEEW!"

[RESULT: 0]

Apparently he didn't medidate long enough, for yet again, nothing but smoke came out...

Vulpina: 15/22
Luca: 21/21
Aunia: 13/22
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Duskull Lv. 5: 15/23
Duskull Lv. 6: 16/24
Duskull Lv. 6: 22/22

[Basile]

Lesa nodded to herself, please at the attack her little Aunia sent flying towards the duskull. It connected well and true, and the zorua soon had another duskull on the ropes. The axew was still having trouble with it's fire, but that was alright. It would get there soon enough. The breeder in training just hoped it would get the hang of it soon, because out of nowhere a third man showed up, this one evidently better trained. For he sent an amazingly powerful attack that sent her eevee sprawling.

This, of course, just seemed to enrage Aunia.

"Why you little pest!" The eevee snapped, trembling with rage as she geared up and sent another attack flying, this time towards the one who had hit her.

[RESULT: 4]

Her anger made her slightly less effective than she was before, but still, she hit her mark.

SuperEffective! +1

Vulpina: 15/22
Luca: 21/21
Aunia: 13/22
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Duskull Lv. 5: 15/23
Duskull Lv. 6: 16/24
Duskull Lv. 6: 17/22

[Catilena1890]

Vulpina cried out at the hit from duskull's hidden power, but she quickly regained her composure, tilting her head as if cracking her neck.

"Zo!" She cried as she used yet another Payback.

[RESULT: 3] Super effective +1

Her opponent groaned as it dodged most of the attack, firing another Hidden power at her.

[RESULT: 7]

The attack made her cry out once more, but still, the little fox wouldn't give up, standing again though a bit more wobbly this time.

"You can do it Vulpina!" Her trainer cheered, willing her to keep trying. They had eggs to save!

Luca's opponent laughed mockingly at him, its trainer just as entertained.

"Listen kid, why don't you take that little runt and get out of here? Just leave the egg and you`ll be fine." He taunted. Duskull nodded in agreement before floating in for one more Astonish attack.

[RESULT: 0]

The newest grunt glared at Lesa and clenched his fist angrily.

"You shouldn't stick your nose where it doesn't belong, little girl! Hidden Power again Duskull!" He commanded as the ghost obeyed.

[RESULT: 2]

Vulpina: 8/22
Luca: 21/21
Aunia: 11/22
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Duskull Lv. 5: 11/23
Duskull Lv. 6: 16/24
Duskull Lv. 6: 17/22

[Bayhound]

C'mon Luca, you can do this... we're all depending on you now! Vulpina and that Eevee can't fight this battle alone, and what about the eggs? I know you can do it. I know you can. You believe in yourself, don't you?

The Axew was very aware of the situation and where everyone stood, especially himself. So far the odds were bad and beginning to stack against them, but he wasn't going to let that distract him or take away from the courage coursing through his veins. He was a dragon pokemon! He could, and he would, perform this move, even if it was a small hit! Anything was better than nothing, although he'd try his hardest to hit with everything he had. The taunting man and his Duskull only made him want to rise to the challenge more, and as he prepared himself, he could hear Sawyer backing him.

"Runt? Ha! Your pokemon isn't doing any better!"

"AAAXEWW!"

[RESULT: 1]

Finally, a hit! The third time must have been the charm. The attack may have been mostly blocked, but Luca's confidence soared, and he dodged back and forth to mock the ghost type, his trainer cheering.

Vulpina: 8/22
Luca: 21/21
Aunia: 11/22
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Duskull Lv. 5: 11/23
Duskull Lv. 6: 16/24
Duskull Lv. 6: 16/22

[Basile]

Lesa smirked at the newest man as his duskull set out another attack. He may have had the advantage of surprise the first time, but not anymore! No, Aunia twisted and twirled around the attack he sent this time, it barely touching her. The eevee barked with laughter and wiggled.

"It is my fight!" the little one answered. "You're trying to hurt eggs! That is wrong!" She may be small any young, but anyone could see that going after defenseless eggs was wrong.

"We won't let you take them," Lesa added somberly. "Show them we mean business, Aunia."

[RESULT: 9]

The eevee let loose a fierce attack, putting all of her power behind it. These duskull would not harm those eggs! Not while she could stand!

SuperEffective! +1

Vulpina: 8/22
Luca: 21/21
Aunia: 11/22
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Duskull Lv. 5: 11/23
Duskull Lv. 6: 16/24
Duskull Lv. 6: 6/22