Pokemon Godin Region

As the call came through Nix cradled her head in her hands. She wasn't particularly afraid of heights other than the very real fear of being dropped, but her anxiety and grief was directly stemming from the fact she should have prepared for this.

She'd SEEN things. They had her Pokemon. And now they'd directly targeted an innocent. She knew it would be arrogant to assume they were only after her, but she knew she was targeted.

Nix zoned out a moment while Casen answered the question. As he joined her to comfort her, her stomach twisted further.

"I'm so....so sorry, Casen. If it's who I think it is, they're definitely after me. And now.....they're targeting you, too."

She sniffed hard, her moment of emotion indulged, she knew she'd need to fix herself up now. She wasn't helping by crying, and wasn't getting Error back anytime soon that way anyway.

Noticing Casen's social media entry, she sniffed. "I appreciate the effort, but they're not silly. They'll have jamming tech on here for sure."

Looking up, she noticed the camera, behind a thick layer of plexiglass. "That's how they're watching us."

She wiped her eyes and waved, to let Saleme and presumably Det. Argyle know they were safe. For now.

"Yeah, the producers are smart. This will be filmed, and will definitely make the show, but they won't show it live. We could say or do anything, and they don't want that. Not if this conspiracy goes as deep as we think it does. And if Saleme fails-"

Her breath caught in her throat at that moment, but she continued. "We'll be a tragic accident. So sad, two promising trainers. More publicity. Our funerals on TV."

She shook her head sharply. "Sorry, Casen. You probably don't want me being negative like this. We need to get out of this, and uh-"

She gave him a smile and an eyebrow raise.

"And uh, get you back to those two girlfriends of yours. Let's hope Saleme's fact knowledge is equal to his overall lack of manners."

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His claws raked through the air, grabbing at the honey tendrils of hair that billowed just ahead of him. She was out of reach. Her, the heartless one, who had ruined him forever. Chuck was dead. The medication was blocking every instinct he had that wasn't killing. Everything about himself he was proud of. 

His paws pounded against the floor as he chased her down. He reached out wildly, desperately, and caught her. As she swung her around her hair turned scarlet and wrapped around his hands, trapping him and burning him. He screamed in silent pain as he looked into the sardonic smile of Evangeline.

Sweaty and gasping, Chuck awoke on the hospital bed in the lab, and struggled against his restraints. A drip was steadily loading his bloodstream with the strange black liquid drug that was eroding away at his personality. Each second the drip was in his arm, he felt more and more like he was sinking into molasses.

Eventually, his eyes drooped, he forgot his name, and all he knew was anger.

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Hillary gasped at the arrival of the Gallade. She listened, and nodded.

"Thank you. But....I can't leave. Chuck is....important to me. After seeing what they've done to him...."

Her voice grew stronger, and her tears grew hot as her blazing fury shone on her beautiful face.

"I want to see them burn. And I want him to know....that it wasn't me. And I want him to know that I love him."

The Gallade seemed to drop his shoulders. "I have the feeling the man you knew is no longer." He projected "I will notify my trainer that you refuse to leave. I will suggest you take great caution on what you do. You are after all a loose end and meaningless to them and they will show you no mercy." He hummed as he gave a bow and teleported away

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Casen hummed as Nix went on a negative thing and learned she was a target "a target huh..." He muttered "I know the feeling..." He stated then hummed as he thought "I better let Agent Kura know about her when I get out of this." He then hummed and put his voice to a low thing "anyway relax I got an escape plan ready to executed the minute they decide to drop us."

"Let them drop us Saleme." Casen thought to himself. "Picking Nix means they will get her and most likely make her disappear. Picking me will not allow Nix to escape... unless..." He hummed as he loosed his Starmie's ball from his belt. He hoped that if Saleme did pick Casen. He would leave Star and command for it to use Psychic on the dropping cable car to prevent it from hitting like a rock. He didn't want to say it out loud just in case someone could realize that he had a way out and try to prevent it.

“Fine I will pick!” Saleme voice was cut off from the broadcast when all of a sudden Nix and Casen would vanish from the cart and appear at the bottom of the canyon in front of a large sewer pipe going into a mountain.
On the phone Saleme was getting a much different outcome.
“Sorry, both are already plummeting to their deaths because I always WIN!” The voice cackled before hanging up. In the distance the sound of the cable cart could be heard snapping.
At the bottom of the canyon stood near the sewer pipe clutching her side Sophie stood staring at the two.
“Nix and life guard guy!” She shouted giving a smile.

Nix gasped as she felt her body vanish and reappear. Seeing Sophie filled her with a little relief, but seeing the cable car falling through the air shook her again. They'd almost killed her.

Worse, they'd almost killed her and the innocent Casen. Taking a deep breath, she waved weakly at Sophie, as the cable car smashed into the ground a ways behind them, showering them with dirt. The emergency phone from inside the cabin flew overhead.

"Sophie....did you...save us?" Nix asked.

Sophie shook her head meekly. “Sorry wasn’t me I think your survival is just part of their game” She muttered before pointing up the pipe had a small security camera on it.
“I would suggest going back through this way but I got attacked by some kind of monster before…” She muttered.

Nix nodded her head, sadly. "Casen, promise me something. Promise me that as soon as you we get to a place where we can split up, that you get as far away from me as possible. You too, Sophie. I'm toxic."

She lowered her head, feeling utterly defeated. "It's dangerous to know me now. I'm sorry if I've put you in danger."

Casen grunted as he felt the teleportation and then reappeared in front of a sewer pipe. He grunted as the cable car snapped and crashed sending dirt and such on them causing Casen to guard himself

Casen sighed "well so much for going to an abandoned cabin..." He muttered "remind me never to take any mission quests from Saleme." He stated

He then pulled out his phone and sent an encrypted text to Agent Kura.

"Agent Kura, Saleme might be linked to whoever causing this trouble. Lures me to Cable Car only for him to tell us to board and then get into a death trap? What are your thoughts? Also there's this girl Nix who might have seen something she shouldn't she thinks trap was for her... should I tell her anything"

A few moment later he would receive a text back

"does seem suspicious but I warned you to be careful. As for the Miss Nix, try to keep close to her and figure out what she knows but don't tip any clues that you are working with me."

Casen replied with a quick "10-4." He then pocketed his phone and looked at Sophie and Nix "hey Nix, everyone is in danger here. There's been plenty of weird shit going on and I think it is best we stayed together or at least stay in contact. Splitting up is what they most likely want us to do so that they can pick us off one by one."

"Make sure that's an encrypted line, Casen." Nix muttered, her face away from the camera so her lips couldn't be read. "We're constantly being watched. I'll stick with you guys if you want, but you were warned."

Nix took a deep breath, considered her new plan, and muttered once more. "And now, showtime, I guess."

She turned around, gasping, and smiling, looking exhilarated. "Wow guys, that was pretty close one there, I was totally scared."

Channeling her inner Evangeline, she made a "poor little me" face to Sophie and Casen, making sure the camera could see her.

Sorry guys, I don't want you to think I'm insufferable, but this is my new idea. I'm going to play the game. The public barely know me like they know Raija, like they know Casen. I got this far, but my slate with them is still clean. So I'm going to make them love me. Kill me live on air with your entire region watching, Schism. I'm going to rip this whole conspiracy apart if it kills me. Which-


She let out an airy laugh that was entirely genuine. The scared part of her had snapped. There wasn't much left to lose.

-might well happen. But if it does, I'm taking down as many of them as I can with me.

"Shall we head into the pipe, then?" She spoke brightly, as if she could barely wait.


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Hillary tilted her head at the disappearing Gallade. "Let them come and tie me up then. I'm ready. I'm not a damsel."

With this, she headed over to her belongings, and packed a bag. Wrapping up warm, she slipped her taser into her pocket, the one she'd stolen from Evangeline's security when he wasn't looking. She felt it there in her pocket, heavy and guilty.

"It won't come to that." She spoke aloud, reassuring herself. Betty trotted to her shoulder, and nuzzled her cheek, before cantering out the door. 

Hillary sprinted after her, leaving the now empty cabin door open, and, running alongside her Scolipede, she swung herself onto Betty's back, and the pair galloped into the woodland, burning with determination.

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A dark shape hurtled back into the woods, staggering a few steps, strange images assaulting its brain. A red headed woman, dangerous and cruel, a black haired boy, almost a stranger to its eyes, and a blond haired girl.


The girl must die.


The thought was so strong and all-encompassing that it dragged him to his hindlegs, and he took off into the woods, picking up speed, slowly becoming translucent. 

Sophie shook her head.
“I just came from the pipe it is dangerous in there they got some kind of spliced scyther walking about” She warned.
“Granted if you want a lead I guess it’s our only one” She muttered.
Saleme was just staring at his pokegear for a few minutes before finally taking a breath and breaking the silence.
“I cannot help but feel like they are making this personal detective still sure you want to continue?” He questioned.