Boyleland Volcano/Zrone's Lab

-Shinobi and his team try to stealthily advance somewhere plot related, either with Jacob, Crow or somewhere else-

-The cavern and lab layouts are confusing!  But Zrone probably did that on purpose-

-After some finagling, the group makes it to the steel hallway that leads to the lab-

-Inside the hall green energy lines pulse from the roaring cage down the pylons and flow into the hall towards a large chamber at it's end-

Jacob: Huh... wonder what we'll find when we get down there... You guys ready?

Zrone's Lab

Shinobi:  <As ready as I'm going to get>

Stark:  <Sounds like fun!>

Down:  <Then the villain is inside here?>

-He nods and the entourage walk down the hall, following the lines-

-At the end is a giant room, pipes and bundles of cords and power generating devices litter the room, and at the end of the room stands the man himself, in front of a 10 foot by 20 foot wall of monitors, some showing security footage of Illusion hideouts, some of Neo-Galactic, some showing the inside of homes of some J-Team members, others going over atmospheric data, some lines and lines of information that border incomprehensible. The other half are different iterations of Tetris-

-On one side of the room is a massive complex of pipes and tubes feeding down to a center container in which a glowing orb is-

Zrone: Well this is annoying. You're late. I thought you'd make it in time to delay me a couple of years.

-He steps away from the monitors, picks up a steel rod and walks over to the large device-

You all are pathetic and weak... relying on... such trivial means of attacking me.

-He withdraws the center glass container and sticks it on the end of the rod, at that point the rod flashes with green runes and lines, and Tagg's Adamant Orb would start acting up-

You can't stop me... not here.

Jacob: Well we already made it in so...

-He snaps and Argentum and Discord get ready to fight-

Forgive us for trying.

Zrone: -He giggles, then he breaks out into full maniacal laughter- You're right where I want you!

-He pounds the ground with his staff, and a green mesh creeps across the room, making everyone feel weighed down-

Illusion's greatest threats will fall here. But first... Let me test this new toy.... X! Havoc!

-The Aggron and Abomasnow are sent out-

Oh.. but will you really spend all this time fighting me when...

-And the wall behind Zrone opens up to reveal the outside of the island and a giant airship with a green beehive barrier up hovering directly behind him, several Pokemon with strange circlets on their heads move around, assisting with it's fueling-

Are you going to stop it?

Jacob:.... Arceus dammit.

Zrone: Did you think you could beat me??? Behold! The power of true brilliance!!

-He pounds the butt of the staff into the ground again, and another sickly greenish distortion overlays the existing one-

-X shudders and roars, the ground fragmenting-

-Havoc pounds her hands together and looks eagerly at the rest of the group-

Discord: <Ugh.... I'm not... feeling so hot...>

Argentum: <A-Alert... reality distortion localized in our area... severely weakens... trained or kind hearted Pokemon or Pokemon with... bonds to their trainers... Analysis dictates... our abilities are crippled...>

Jacob:: What??

Zrone:: -Laughs- Go on! Try and fight the master of time and space! X, crush them! Havoc, destroy them!

-The Aggron snorts and tries Heavy Slamming Shinobi with far more speed then any Aggron has any right to have-

-Havoc growls and throws a Blizzard at the group-

Shinobi  <Reality distortion...?>

-The Greninja is cut off from further comment by the Aggron bearing down on him, and barely fades into a Shadow Sneak before it lands, reappearing behind to attack.  And notices his lack of ghost-typing-

<What?!>

-Fortunately, his retained water-typing gives him a resistance to the damage from Blizzard-

Ammon  <Stay back!>

-The Arcanine growls and launches a Flamethrower at the insanely speedy Aggron, and takes reduced damage from the Blizzard as well-

-Down the Natu is hit hard by the ice attack, and sends a Confuse Ray at the Abomasnow as she flutters off Stark's back, while Stark the Larion charges the Abomasnow for an Iron head, taking reduced damage in the process-

Zrone: So naive... I thought you'd figure it out but... you disappoint me.

Havoc: <So... weak. Weakness... not... permitted.>

-She's hit by the Flamethrower, but catches Gogie as he tries to Fire Fang and throws him into Sundancer, evading away from the Confuse Ray, but is also pelted by some of the volcanic stones and rammed by Stark, retreating a few steps- <Urgh... pests...>

X: -Roars as he's bathed in flames, hit by the tremors, and attacked by Shinobi, but all these seem to do little than annoy him-

<I WILL TEAR THE FLESH FROM YOUR BONES!> -Roars again, and charges at Lepi with a Double Edge, knocking aside Shinobi and Discord as he does so-

Jacob: Argentum!!
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Argentum: <Affirmative.> -His eyes glow as he tries to pin the Aggron in place with Telekinesis-

X: -Roars again and is slowed down, but is not stopped, he continues trudging towards Lepi with murderous intent-

Zrone: -Laughs- Look at you all struggle!!! Heeheeh... AHAHAHAH!

Zrone: GAH! -Tries retreating from Aya-

Reaper: -Drops from the ceiling on to Aya, clamps her mandibles around the bird's neck and starts chewing a Thunder Fang into her-

X: -Roars as he's Paralyzed and recoils from the Scald, then turns to glare at Kamella- <You first then..!!> -Roars as his body sparks and he fires a Thunderbolt at Kamella-

-Meanwhile, the giant airship in the hole that just opened up has spotlights that light up and center down on Crow and Shinobi-

-Then two holes open up in it's barrier as cannon fire rains down on the group-

Jacob: Son of a...!! Is he trying to kill us all??

Zrone: -Giggles- Yes~!

Zrone' s Lab, sometime in August

-Sundancer has to stop her attack, but is able to avoid the flying Mightyena by doing so-

Gogie: <...This happens far too often.>

Akim'bleer: <You need some better distance attacks, Dude.>

Gogie: <Well, guess I can do this.>

-He raises his head in some sort of pose and, as he does, the light from the computer screens becomes more intense, feeling like a hot day-

-As for Shinobi, this light is probably not like sunlight as much as just intense light-

-Akim'bleer then uses another Flamethrower on Havoc-

Sundancer: <I suppose I might as well take advantage of this.>

-Sundancer uses Flamethrower on the Abomasnow as well-

-Crow manages to dodge the cannon fire-

Murcrow: <...I'll see what I can do about that.>

-He uses Double Team to form two clones of himself and he and his clones start flying in confusing patterns which might put X and Havoc in the cannon's line of fire-

-Pulling out a pair of sunglasses-

Well this is annoying.

Aya: -Immediately tries rushing for the staff again-

Amoprha: -Gets poisoned- <Ugh...>

-Fires off a Dragon Pulse at the ceiling around Reaper-

Lepi: -Sends out Powder at X-

Aaron: -Goes for a Brick Break-

Kamella: -Follows up with another Scald-

Sue: -Attacks Havoc with Dragon Tail-

-Is currently trying to Aura Sense out the energy source-

-Pulls out the Mudkip scarf and wraps it around my nose and mouth-

Aya: -Is still suspended in time-

Aaron: -Gets slashed- <Ack!>

-Tries slamming X out of the chamber-

Sue: -Is frozen to the ground- <Argh!>

-Uses Earthquake to break out-

Lepi: <I got this!>

-Uses Aura Sense to determine the weakest spot of the room we're in facing the power source chamber and runs towards it-

Zrone, can't you fight without some stupid hax staff?

Zrone: What you call "hax" I call innovation! No rules that say I can't use my own tech!

-The wall directly behind the device the staff's top was in would be a good wall to break to get back to the main chamber, if Tagg didn't want to walk all the way back down the hall, the main power source being the giant cage that was constantly being iced by the drones and suspended by the power pylons-

X: -Is knocked back and roars, sees Gogie, and becomes infuriated, and rushes at Aaron with a Fire Punch, but hits a wall and knocks himself out instantly-

Havoc: -Staggers from the Earthquake- <Ughh... so... powerful...>

-Flushes as Sundancer whispers to her- <H-HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT>

Zrone: -Regards Crow with annoyed grunt- Sorry... you're not beating us that easily...

-He waves his staff and the area around X shimmers, then almost, resets-

-It looks like he had never taken any damage at all, but he also looks slightly confused-

X: <How did... when did you all... no matter!!!> -Roars and rams at Aaron with a Double Edge-

Reaper: -Glowers at Akim'bleer- <... Try again, maybe never.> -Tries jabbing Akim'bleer with a Poison Jab-

Jacob: Okay, let's try this again, Argentum, Discord, focus on Zrone!

Argentum: <Acknowledged.> -Tries pinning him in place with telekinesis-

Discord: <WHOOHOO!> -Tries charging down at Zrone when a Bastiodon pops out and slams Discord back with his face-

-At the same time, a Dragonite shows up and bathes Argentum in flames-

Zrone: Heehehehehehhhhh!!! Keep trying, maggots!