Pokemon Godin Region

~Battle Network (behind the scenes)
“I didn’t I’m Barry Blake why hide when I can be in front of more cameras!” flashing a smile in her direction he brought up a video.

“See this has me working with the Pokemon Center and helping nurse joy with sick pokemon plus getting people to donate!” He explained giving her nod one thing was for sure you could trust Barry Blake to turn a bad situation into a publicity stunt.

~ Forest (South)
Saleme glared over at the young man that had approached him. “Nice to meet you and no you may not...” he denied this strangers request as his Arcanine begun making wisps appear.
“So who sent you? Only I Nix and a few select others knew about the cure. Plus you know I have had issues with Schism” he questioned stating his reasons for being suspicious.
The Arcanine just kept barking and growling protective of his trainer.

~ ‘Spectre Labs’
Sophie would look over at KC and frown. “You do realize that they probably planned for psychic type’s right?” She asked. “I think we need to just focus on getting out of here” She muttered as a projector came on in the room.
“You could or do you want to know the truth” A muffled and disguised voice came through the speakers.

~Forest (North)
“Now Lapras use surf!” A trainer ordered as a crack of ice could be heard and a tide of water shot up over the hill with a Lapras riding on it and heading straight for Deandre and Blaziken.

Casen hummed "I want to know the truth, what the H, E Double L is going on." He demanded "First berserk pokemon, then mysterious viruses then giant pokemon and Arceus knows what else then you even play with people's lives." Casen stated "You guy make some seriously cracked up tournament."

"Yes, you always were good at helping out when the cameras are there, aren't you?" Evanna smiled, and peered closer to the video. "And you chose that shirt, the one that washes her out and makes you the center focus. Was that planned, too? Remind me to consider whoever your PR is. Maybe fire the stylist, though."

She rose from the couch, and smiled at him once more. "Never change, Barry Blake. I'll see you later, I think we're hosting together soon, there's been a lot of solo work recently."

Evanna wandered to the door. "Do me a favor. Don't wear that shirt when you're in shot with me, and I won't wear anything revealing. Sound like fair game?"

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"Tubby...?" Hillary thought a moment, glancing at the Detective's own lithe form and remembering the old Chuck, who wasn't at but certainly wasn't skinny. Carry cameras had made him strong, but his love of doughnuts had also made him a little thicker. 

She smiled at the memory but was quickly taken out of it when the ice beam blast spooked Betty, making her rear and carry Hillary around the clearing.

"There's a Surf coming-" Hillary began, before looking at the Detective and the Blaziken, who were right in the line of the tidal wave.

"Quick, Betty! Lets Steamroller that tree!" She shouted, dismounting from Betty as the Scolipede rolled itself at highspeed into a nearby oak, sending snow hurtling to the ground, and felling the large tree in front of the Blaziken and Detective Argyle, making a dam.

The wave crashed into it, sending spray and dirt and melted snow everywhere. Hillary ducked, and remounted Betty, shivering as she did so- the water may not have hit them, but she'd still gotten wet, and it was cold out here.

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Nix stood stock still as she heard the voice. "Let's hear it, then."

She spoke softly, her face unreadable.

A projecter would flash on showing a slide of Saleme in a lab coat with several other scientists. The slides then showed several eggs being injected with needles and then finally a date.
“The day we attacked we had one goal retrieve a certain egg and a virus this mission was a critical failure. Saleme can’t take all the credit though. After all he only injected the egg we needed with the virus. It was you who took the egg from him Nix!” The voice shouted.

A slide began showing footage of Saleme and a brunette haired girl having a battle against a Machamp. It was only after it was defeated did the footage show Saleme giving her the egg.
“So now you got a choice tell us where it is Nix” The voice snapped as the doors slammed shut locking. “Or we will show you what this room is truly used for” The voice said as a counter began to be projected.

Seeing the video, Nix pulled out her camera phone and began taking pictures. Appearances be damned, she needed this evidence they were serving on a platter. Injecting eggs? Is this how they manufactured the Arbok? She shivered at the memory.

"I stole the egg?" Nix wondered aloud, completely surprised. As she watched the footage, she saw the girl that looked like her, and realized who it was.

They still think I'm Catherine, she thought. Or that Catherine is me. How do I handle this situation?

"I- that's not me!" Nix shouted, scouring the video for details. Catherine never let her face be seen by the camera. Then, she saw it. A large mole, clearly visible, on Catherine's shoulder blade, visible as her longer hair swept away.

"Look! I don't have that birthmark!" Nix shouted, pointing to her own unblemished shoulder blade. "No mole! I'm not her! I don't know anything about any eggs. Don't hurt us!"

She made herself sound desperate and panicky, like a wrongly accused person would sound, but inside, she kept herself calm. She couldn't rumble Catherine, and she needed to try and keep Casen and Sophie safe.

Casen had his phone out recording what was going on and when the doors slammed shut. He knew he was in trouble and when Nix revealed that she and her look-a-like were not the same, Casen knew things were about to turn ugly. He wasn't exactly sure he wanted to be around to find out what the room they were in did but he figured it had to do with something with viruses.

"My responses are limited. You aren't asking the right questions," K'oueh teased Saleme flashing a toothy grin. He paced back and forth in front of him. "I digress," He spoke with a gentle shrug, quitting his pursuit of the pokegear. "Say, are you any good at chess?" K'oueh boldly approached Saleme, disregarding Arcanine and his wil-o-wisps. Without so much as a change in facial expressions, he passed the two. "From the data I've gathered, your team doesn't look so hot. I'd offer my assistance... but it would cost you. A lot more than I think you're capable of at the moment," He said with a chuckle. K'oueh stopped approximately 10 feet from Saleme. He looked over his shoulder, "I'm not your enemy right now, so no need to get riled up. I didn't think we'd meet until much further into the game but by happenstance we met today. Consider yourself lucky! It's like receiving notice before your test. Now you know what to study." K'oueh spun around and smiled toward Saleme and bowed. "Ta-ta," He said before shimmering away. A couple seconds following, they could spot a twilight occur in the distance.

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Deandre and Blaziken took cover behind the felled tree. He smiled and called out to Hillary, "You're a lot quicker on your feet than I was giving you credit for! When I was chasing the title of Champion, I'd always run into a pair of News Journalists similar to Chuck and yourself. I'd mop the floor with 'em on a regular basis so I assumed all Journalists were equally weak." He smiled sheepishly and rubbed his head, "I'm sorry for underestimating you. Let's work together. Does your Scoliopede know any grass moves? I'm sure Gen. Tso has enough gusto left to keep Lapras entertained and busy so you can nab him with an Ultimate technique." Mega Blaziken grunted in affirmation. His wrists and ankles flared brightly with his response.

The detective poked his head over the tree and scanned the battlefield for Lapras and his Trainer. "Saleme is out there too. I wonder how he's faring," Deandre muttered.

~Spectre Labs
“See now we really wish you hadn’t just said that Nix. See the only reason we kept you alive so far was because we thought you were that girl with Saleme...” The voice explained calmly. “See now that we know you are not there is no reason for the two of you to ever leave this facility” The voice stated.

The door to the exit opened. “Shame really Nix I liked you” Sophie stated before pulling out a dart gun and shooting at Casen with it. “A special virus we made causes rapid mutation and rage see now even humans can become just as dangerous as Biopokemon” Sophie stated before walking out and slamming the door behind her and locking it.

~ Woods
Saleme gritted his teeth as Kou invaded his space he raised his hand ordering Woof to keep the willo-wisps exactly where they were. “My team may not have a lot of pokemon on it. But I settled for quality over quantity.” He hissed back before pulling out his pokegear.

“So you aren’t with Schism and from what you are saying that suppose to be some kind of threat...” Saleme muttered turning around to see Kou shimmering away.
Woof sniffed the air trying to get the scent only to have no luck. He barked shooting his Wisps in the direction of the light in the distance.