Season 2, Episode 4.2 - Dawn of the Second Day

[fallers_npcs]

“Today’s meeting is in order,” said the man at the front of the table as the assembled members, staff, Champions and representatives sat down. “We’re all here to discuss the situation our two governments have proposed. Commander Morrison, you have the table.”

Jack Morrison stood at the circular table, clearing his throat. “Thank you Councilman. I am Jack Morrison, Commander of Overwatch. Our Earth’s government has requested that due to the state of the interdimensional flux, coupled with numerous intrusions of Pokemon, Ultra Beasts and the consistency of Team Rainbow Rocket incidents incurring on Alola, it can no longer, in good faith provide aid without a means of reparation. Our requests are as follows:

Article 1: Return of the Overwatch Members, Staff and Aid on site in Melemele Island effective as of January 15th.

Article 2: Access to Aether Foundation Research and Development on Interdimensional Travel, and Technology.

Article 3: Access to the Inter-spacial items known as Arceus Plates, and securing them for study in the Overwatch Technological Bay.”

At the end of the last bit, several members looked ready to protest as Jack laid down the folder. The man looked older than expected, a veteran of years and he seemed very much pained despite his order.

“Thank you Commander Morrison. The terms have been heard. A retort?”

“A retort is probably a bit of an understatement.” came the voice of Cynthia. “Access to the Arceus Plates would simply not do. These items are of interest towards those who worship Arceus itself and find the idea of those who were deemed unchosen to hold them to be… sacrilegious? Might be a bit harsh, but still…”

“Please, they’re just power generators,” scoffed one of the Representatives, a weedy man with a thin face and red hair. This made several of the Sinnoh reps beat their hands on the table angrily. “I’m only saying the truth! One of those could power an energy station for centuries and you’re just letting it whittle away in a church!”

“Representative Justin Hammer, that is clearly out of line,” said the officiary.

Justin Hammer shrugged. “Glomgold sees it my way.”

“Ye darn right I do!” Glomgold said. “Half of the stuff Aether is keeping locked up could do anything! I mean, even that ridiculous boot those soldiers brought back has enough power to light up a town and the one who wore it pretends to be a ‘superhero’!”

“We are not going to start converting everything those Fallers have into oddball power sources.” Cynthia said, sighing.

“And why the hell not.” said Justin, scowling. “I can do it. I have the tech, the means, I’m smarter than the Tony Stark they have on staff, I made all of those troopers, I can outwit anything they throw at us!”

“You’re out of line Rep Hammer, cool down,” said the officiary and Hammer bit down but sat down, if angrily.

Jack stood up again, trying to smooth over the situation. “Overwatch was meant to be a peacekeeping group. It’s in our charter, but this… this is out of line, even for us, and I take full responsibility.”

“If you intend on taking full responsibility, Mr. Morrison, then perhaps alternate plans are in order.” came the voice of Lance, Kanto’s champion. “We simply have no idea what will happen if the items are removed from this world. It could go far beyond than simple angry protests.”

“Eh, consequences, schmonsequences…” Glomgold said, dismissing Lance’s warning.

“You can’t honestly mean that!” Exclaimed a young voice from the side, Unova’s newest and most recent Champion, Iris who stood up, slamming her hands on the table. “I’ve seen what happens when a Legendary is upset! It can cause a whole lot of trouble, right Ash?”

“I’m gonna have to agree with Iris,” said Ash, nodding. “I’ve seen, battled, rode on, and commanded too many Legendaries into battle to even think of trying such a stunt. Even Arceus himself at his full strength is a frightening thing to have at your fingertips. Imagine what would happen if someone had half his power to run a city, let alone a third of it.”

Glomgold’s response? Daydreaming. Cackling like a loon at the idea.

“He’s a lost cause…” Cynthia said, sighing.

Flint, Sinnoh’s own Elite Four member, folded his hands. “What do you intend to do, Commander Morrison? You want to make amends, and yet you’ve been stonewalling us. What is it that you really want?”

Jack looked at the group of Champions, earnest eyes peering at them. “It was never our intent to occupy Alola, or force your people out. We were here to help, much like we said.”

“So?” asked Flint. “Why now? This seems sudden. To go about things so quickly.”

Jack seemed reluctant to reply, but then suddenly, Justin tossed a pencil on the table loudly. “Oh this dramatic tension! It brings tears to my eyes! You want to know the reason why he’s been forced to do this? It’s because his own best friend went MIA in a mission in your world. That’s right! And now his government wants to blame YOU ALL for it! Ain’t that great! My people, want to hold your people, responsible for the missing case of Gabriel Reyes… leader of Blackwatch.”

“And suddenly it all makes sense…” Cynthia mused. “Lose someone and demand a disproportionate consolation for it. This isn’t a means to work to further a goal, this is downright extortion!”

“Aye, and it’s quite glorious, too!” Glomgold said. “Needless to say, I don’t think there’s really any way to get around this. Matter of fact…!”

With that, the duck hops on the table, snapping his fingers. From the doors behind him and Hammer spilled out numerous other soldiers, wearing much more advanced Pokermors than before.

“I, Flintheart Glomgold, am taking over this operation as head of Blackwatch! Boys, it’s time to put away a bunch of champions!” the duck said. “Oh, and don’t think these are like the old ones, they’re much more stronger - you can thank your precious Guardians for that!” This was quickly met with the sounds of Pokeballs releasing various Pokemon to face them down.

“Ash, Iris!” Cynthia called out. “Take Mr. Morrison and get back to Alola! Warn Lusamine and the others we’ve been had!”

“No way, we can’t--!” Iris began to protest before Ash grabbed her arm.

“No time! Let’s go!” Ash said, leading the two out. As they left, they could hear Glomgold gloating in victory as Champions and Blackwatch soldiers begin their fight.

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BREAKING NEWS - Reactions

[fallers_npcs]

If you're watching TV, you're suddenly suddenly met with interruptions as news agencies go into breaking news.

"This just in - there has been an attack at the Sinnoh Conference meeting. Currently details are sketchy, but reports state that the meeting, meant to hash out problems between our world's governments and the governments housing the organization known as "Overwatch" was actually a plot by two of its benefactors, Justin Hammer and Flintheart Glomgold. According to both Ash Ketchum, Champion of the Alola Region, and Iris, newly-crowned Champion of the Unova Region, the recent actions were done as an attempt to smear the Aether Corporation to claim the Arceus Plates. Currently, the status of the other Champions have yet to be revealed..."

[luckydragonsfoot]

Katsuya, for his part, is just eating breakfast while the television is on. Is it breakfast time? That's a mystery at this point. Still, he's eating, the pokemon are eating, Rotom is...Roto-ing and filming him on the shared network without asking again and...

"PFFFFFFFFF-TT!" THERE'S THE NEWS!

And also a brief vision of a large bearded duck in the shower, he didn't need that, thanks visions. Katsuya chokes, and chokes, and-

"Th' heck!"

BROKEN ANGEL

[fallers_npcs]

This... this was terrible! How could Overwatch do something like this?!

Angela sat on a chair, watching the news reports in despair. Something didn't add up at all and it didn't sit right with Angela. But, what could she do?

If her organization was behind this, she couldn't rightfully go back to them...

But what could she do?

INVASION

[fallers_npcs]

As island took in the information, they were suddenly greeted by unwanted guests - the Blackwatch Soldiers under Glomgold's command. They were here for one thing and one thing only - to take control of the islands and anything Fallers-related. Then aim for Aether.

This is your time, Fallers. Their armors are tougher than before, strengthened by your previous battles and a few spare pieces of Faller-tech. They will not go down easy.

Protect the islands. Protect your new home.

LIGHTS OUT

[bloomingdespite]

Zahra slams their boba smoothie down on the table, sighing. After all the effort they'd put into being good, all the times they'd resisted the urge to throttle any Overwatch goonie within grabbing distance, after watching the situation continue to deteriorate... they were finally coming after them. Personally.

"Really, guys? When Jenny's in the bathroom? Classy." Zahra stares down the two Overwatch troopers in front of them with cold eyes, slowly gets up... and throws their chair into one's face, using their other hand to throw out a standard ball and a Premier Ball. "Horakhty. Hideo. Let's go."

But what's this? The Toxel, trembling, stands on two feet and snarls at the two troopers, her entire body glowing and changing and growing until... from the dust, the outline of an Amped Toxtricity can be seen alongside that of a Type: Null.

Aaaaaand said Toxtricity immediately begins blaring "Lights Out" by Mindless Self Indulgence from her speakers.

This is what we're doing then. Okay.

that's what we ALL call entertainment

[improvking]

As Zahra's Toxtricity takes over center stage, something dark skims past along the ground - and abruptly looms up behind one trooper, something-possibly-eyelike gleams from deep within the darkness, glinting in time with a whispery-hissing. That trooper whirls and skitters back from the sudden!Mimikyu.

These troopers are better trained than the mooks from before, and their partner swiftly moves to cover them - but then the Ring-Spirit pounces out of a bush (how long was he in there, why was he in there) and gets the second one into a chokehold. But can he maintain it?

...The Spirit is more interested in fiddling with the trooper's armor-fastenings than a proper fight.

Re: LIGHTS OUT

[fallers_npcs]

It seems like Zahra has the upper hand.

But then, suddenly...

"Such lackluster spirit, all of you."

A massive, terrifying presence swept through the area as a crimson blade flashed and everything was bowled over. A tall man, eyes glowing red stood there, a katana, no, a single Mega-Evolved Aegislash in his hands was being sheathed like a samurai sword as it returned to his side.

Zenos yae Galvus, had arrived, even within his Elezen form. Deprived of his original form, he was weaker, yes, but no less powerful.

Bored out of his mind at the chaos around him, he tilted his head. "A spirit and a child, fused as one. My how the tables seem to turn, doesn't it? Tell me... for what do you fight for child?"

Zenos yae Galvus wants to battle!
Stormblood OST - Triumph

Ready to Rumble

[crazy_d_healing]

Josuke may be new in this area, but this situation is at odds with his sense of justice, learned from his mother and grandfather, and he's not about to take a backseat and let these people just get away with things.

He didn't have any pokemon yet, but that wasn't stopping him either. With Crazy Diamond beside him he is lashing out at a few off the mooks, focusing on getting CD's punches in to reshape parts of their gear so that it was useless to them, even falling off. He managed to get a few bits of the armor, twisted loose with it's new shape, and pushed a couple of the back a step. "You don't have the right around here." He stated, knowing that much at least.

As he does so a pokemon he hasn't really seen before comes charging out, and headbutting one to force him another step back. The furfrou shook itself out and moved next to Josuke with a growl at the offending people, ready to fight beside the teen.

OH BOY

[shadowslipping]

Malarmar soldiers. Dark and Psychic type, and it's making her combat against them rather difficult to say the least. "NHG..!" At least right now, while cloaked in the shadowy, almost ghostly element of the Raven.

Yuume is typically a strong fighter. Decesive, brutal even. But the life here...it's been so calming, and been rocked so thoroughly. So many things have happened that she feels powerless against, and the despair eats at her heart.

It makes her pause in the fight- question her decisions, what they can do- and it's putting her on her last legs. "NH...Get out of here!" she finally shouts to her pokemon, the crowd of them pausing for but a moment. "Run, you're at the disadvantage!" Well. One of them isn't but all the same. Yuume fights- throws her sword clashing against attack after attack as the pokemon- Hatenna in particular- flee...

...But Hatenna pauses. Pauses, tears in their tiny eyes.

And the next thing they know, something glowing is charging forward- type advantage be damned, on all accounts, a hattrem flails their beady little hair-fists and SCREAMS with a Brutal Swing.

"H...Hatti..?" Despite all the odds...despite the obvious...

Yuume swallows, and with renewed vigor, roars. "HHHHHOOHHHHHH-!"

Soon enough, the goons are sent packing. Yuume may match their type, but ultimately her shadow and her pokemon are plenty enough for that!

She can be found, therefore, in the Aftermath. Wiping dirt from her Hattrem's 'hair'.

"You did so well, Hatti... ....I'm proud, neh?"

"Treeeee~"

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

Aw. What a heartwarming moment. It's very sweet and everything, little Hatti learning to face their fears and start fighting back. Very valiant. The two of them could almost be in their own world. Honestly, they probably are.







And then an Inkay goes whizzing past them at blinding speed, not stopping until it hits a nearby tree trunk.


...


It's splintered.

FIGHTAN' AND EVOLVIN'

[devilish_chrysanthemum]

Alice rotates her shoulders, loosening up as she confronts a squad of Blackwatch Soldiers with all three of her Pokemon in front of her. Her expression is serious but doesn't appear to be especially angry.

"Be grateful, will you? My daughter's a good girl, so I'm going to try to avoid making her sad, so I'll just break some of your bones."

The squad of Arbok Troopers she's facing down don't appear to appreciate her mercy, but OH WELL. Alice might not have her Arc with her, but it's not like she needs it to pull off a Dive. The sheer power packed into her leg muscles lets her yeet herself directly at the troopers, placing her in the middle of their formation before they can react. From there, a flurry of clearly untrained but hard hitting blows from her fists and feet put them down as her Pokemon take out the Ekans they had with them - Liddell smacking one into unconsciousness with a hammer of psionic energy (a Calm Mind boosted Stored Power) before using Baton Pass to give Yarn a massive boost, letting the Mareep take out another one with an Electro Ball.

Bullet, meanwhile, simply waded through the Ekans' Acid blasts before battering it into submission. As Alice finishes knocking out the Troopers, she glances over at her team and smiles before blinking in confusion as Bullet starts to glow.

When the glow dies down, Bullet is a Metang.

Re: FIGHTAN' AND EVOLVIN'

[fallers_npcs]

How sweet of her to hold back on their accounts.

Suddenly, it began to rain in the battlefield as Rain Dance soaked the area, changing the environment as a man dressed in blue strode forward. "Well this is interesting," he said, chuckling as his Sharpedo floated next to him, along with a Tentacruel and a Walrein next to his other side. "You lot can't handle a single woman with your armor, and your so-called trained Pokemon can't handle their Pokemon."

"Lucky for me, I'm on loan."

Team Rainbow Rocket Admin Archie Wants to Battle!
Battle Ultra Sun - Aqua/Magma Leader Theme

"Sharpedo, Ice Beam on Metang! Tentacruel, Sludge Bomb on Indeedee! Walrein, Rock Tomb on Mareep!" Commanded Archie.

EVENING - the 17th

[fallers_npcs]

Maxie stood at the entrance of Aether Foundation as it had been locked down for the attack. Standing with him were several Blackwatch members dressed in armor signifying Pokemon of Garchomp and Haxorus. Clearly these were the strongest they had.

He sighed, pushing his glasses up as he looked at his companion. "Agon, you know our mission. Correct? Secure the Plates."

Agon, a young man who stood next to Maxie, nodded as he released three Passimmian. "I've got it covered."

"Very well. Let the operation commence."

On cue, the Blackwatch men blew the door and stormed inside.

=====

On Melemele, closest Island to Aether Foundation, a storm was whipping up. A solid thunderstorm with pelting rain as the attackers continued to flood in.

But help has arrived finally.

Champion Ash has arrived with Champion Iris and their Pokemon. The teachers have managed to get people carefully inside the school before returning to the fray, and the Kahuna are holding the line.

"This doesn't look good," said Jack, punching out a soldier. "They're not going to let us go are they?"

"Keep battling," said Ash, his team tired already from their escape.

"There's got to be something we can do!" Exclaimed Iris.

As for you Fallers, you've been all pushed to the school as well. It seems that it is time for the Break Down.

But then, suddenly, a wall of shimmering light appeared, rippling reality as it passes through the ranks as a group of colorful men and women in bright blue uniforms appears. At the head of the ranks, a woman wearing a shimmering chestpiece stood there with a giant ape in bright armor.

"Cheers luv, the calvary's here!" Exclaimed Lena Oxton, releasing her Pokemon, a speedy Togedemaru as Overwatch raised a battle standard of the Pokemon World.

With the storm at their backs, push the enemy back till the dawn.

The Cavalry

[thekingofkamenriders]

A man dressed in a black suit with a pink dress shirt walked in behind Lena, his hands idly played with a small, magenta camera. He sighed slightly as he looked down into the lens and snapped a quick photo.

"I hope you know that I'm not doing this out of the kindness of my heart." He looks around, "You're going to owe me for this."

Tsukasa Kadoya, the Destroyer of Worlds, had arrived, into this strange world of Pokemon.

At the moment, he decided to hold back, and with his hand he reached into a pocket to pull out a Pokeball and idly toss it into the air.

Re: The Cavalry

[bloomingdespite]

"LET'S GO, MOTHERFUCKERS!"

Zahra stands against the tide, barely-restrained murder blazing in their eyes. It's a wonder that they've managed to repress the Seal with the waves of pure rage emanating off of them.

Notably, the Millenium Puzzle isn't around their neck.

"HORAKHTY, NECRO, HIDEO! OBLITERATE THEM!"

A storm of stars and sound washes over the opposing force as Necro and Horakhty bombard them with an endless wave of Swift, and Hideo plays an absolute thrashing song on their Overdrive.

[cureofmanyworlds]

"You leave everyone alone!"

Nozomi had already transformed into Cure Dream, her Tepig using Flamethrower to push back the soldiers the best it could. She was getting drenched here, fists flying. She wanted to use her powers from Valkunthia, but that would be too much... wouldn't it?

"There's so many...!"

[lucky_peni]

Thwip, thwip, thud. Two more enemies fell as a Ariados, SP//dr and Peni slammed into them with webs and flying kicks. "There are! I haven't seen this many in ages! You think they managed to dig up so many guys at once! This is insane!"

She grinned as Bewear crashed down next to them. "Kuu." she said, pointing to Nozomi's belt. As if to say, it's time.

The Bewear swiftly waded into the crowd as Peni grinned. "I think it said to cut loose! Ariados, Poison Sting!"

Aether Foundation

[withoutcontrolofmyself]

Wes had been at the Aether Foundation investigating. With Sena starting up a team and the Aether Foundation being the core source of secret funding, Wes wanted to go look around and see if he could find anything useful. He didn’t know what he was searching for. He just knew he would know what he was looking for.

However, the form didn’t come up in documents or secret files. It comes from an explosion. Wes glances over the side of the railing and he goes to the elevator, pushing it up.

Wes glares at the group. Without a word, he tosses his two Pokeballs out and reveal his Morpeko and his Koffing.

“Koffing! Use Dark Pulse! Morpeko! Use Outrage!” Raid battles in Galar had gifted him this TR and damn was he going to use it. Morpeko yells and flares up with blue energy while Koffing provides cover with dark energy in perfect double battle fashion.

But that’s not all. Wes flares himself with shadow energy and charges using Shadow Rush, intending on also attacking the various armoured dragon goons. They’re strong but so was Wes and his team!

Re: Aether Foundation

[fallers_npcs]

"Mightyena," commanded Maxie calmly, tossing out his Pokeball as a Crowbat swooped in as well from out of the shadows to counter the Dark Pulse and Outrage with a pair of Air Cutters and a powerful Foul Play of their own.

At the same time, the goons were knocked away but several of them were nodded at. "Go, I will handle him," said Maxie, pushing his glasses up calmly as the goons dispersed across the hallways in all directions amidst sirens, some of them pausing to be waylayed by Aether Foundation workers but others pushed past them.

"Well this is a surprise. If I had known that Miror B's old friend had joined up with the Fallers, I would have been more inclined to be more proactive." said Maxie, pushing his glasses up again. "Tell me then... how much humanity have you regained since you've been here, Wes?"

friday night football

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

Pushing against the storm, huh? Playing a hard game in the rain is nothing new, there was practically a hurricane bearing down in one of his hardest football matches to date.

But that's neither here nor there. Who knows how Sena managed to slip past the lines, but his main priority is getting to the Aether Foundation. He'd promised to Lusamine to help her explore the worlds, and they couldn't do that without Aether Foundations or the plates!

But then...the person standing in his way is...

"Eh...?" That guy, commanding those Passimian... "It can't be...Agon?"

tired? come be tired.

[blue_ice]

Kaiba is a very cranky boy today.

He slept through most of the initial commotion, but it's grown too loud for him to continue to ignore. He's learned from his previous failure at charging in unprepared, so he's taken the time to heal his team, gather up his supplies, and make sure he's prepared first.

And everything's...a big mess. He can't find anyone in this dust cloud, so he climbs on Wheels, boosts Kisara on his shoulder, and moves in with a bag full of berries and potions.

Little does he know that he's pretty much sealing his doom.

Re: tired? come be tired.

[inadvertentdadfigure]

"I have to go." said Tony, suiting up at Jenny's house when the attacks started. "This is on me, Hammer's stuff is out there I..."

"Tony," said Pepper, catching him on the shoulder. "Be safe. Okay? Hammer's not your fault. Head to the Aether Foundation, check on Lusamine like you planned first. All right?"

Tony nodded. "Love you 3000."

Rocketing off towards the building in the distance, he noticed Seto zooming towards it on Wheels as he said, "Friday, connect me to Seto's bike would you? Push through the interference from the storm."

"Link established boss." replied Friday.

"Hey, Kaiba. You with me on this? I'm reading multiple hostiles in the main lobby of the Aether Foundation. What say we touch down in the employee entrance to avoid most of them. Get down to the labs so we can get to the Ultra Launch Bay."

[justakamenthief]

"What a waste of time..."

On top of Aether Foundation, Kaitou sits, taking in the spectacle around him. People fighting everywhere.

"All this over a treasure he can't fully grasp or comprehend..."

Kaitou flips the Draco Plate in his hand, before slipping it back into the long pocket of his bag.

"Ms. Lusamine probably hasn't had time to properly spread the word. Perhaps its time to step out of the shadows again."

Taking aim at a group of Blackwatch goons, he fires on them.

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

So under normal circumstances, Sena's wayward team wouldn't strike at a guy who's apparently on their side. After all, he's firing on the Blackwatch goons, right? Clearly this person is an ally!

However, Taka senses something familiar about him. They had guarded something close to them for a long time before Sena had caught them, and now this man...has stolen one of them! That energy is unmistakable!

So uh. Watch out, dude. There's a Pheromosa coming in from the sky intending to dropkick you outta nowhere.

how & why RS is There

[improvking]

The Ring-Spirit saw the news when it broke.

He fought a few of the invading troopers... stole some armor off the ones he knocked out... heard some interesting things over the radio in 'his' newly-acquired helmet...

And now he's at the Aether Foundation. Disguised in his stolen armor, attempting to blend in with the break-in.

~ There was a point where (SOMEONE??) needed to stop, but now everyone's past that point. So lets keep going and see what happens. ~