[PXFIRE] [RP] PXFIRE Roleplay - A Game of Storms

[Noblejanobii]

Athena Pallas the Decidueye
The Gracidea Order
The Blood Pit Arena
Affected RP'ers: @Death's Spook @Neo Emolga

Athena glanced up as the rain began to drop from the sky. She blinked as it struck her face and sighed. Hooray for low visibility! Because that's what they needed. Someone must have used rain dance, and given who was left, it was probably someone from the stands. Kako. Athena frowned, trying to think of how many more competitors they would have to eliminate to finish this thing. Candidly, Athena just wanted Phoebe's head, but she did have some information from that hydregion. Though what the heck "near Taiyla" meant was beyond her. Still, it was something, she supposed. Athena looked over at her two remaining teammates.

Saber was certainly worse for wear. The Lurantis was in desperate need of medical attention but Athena knew Saber, she wasn't leaving unless Athena was leaving with her. Shiva was of a similar mentality as well. No wonder they had such a healthy marriage. Now all they needed was a little baby girl that was just as sassy and stubborn as they were. Athena leaned against the wall beside her, gasping a little as pain wracked through her. If it wouldn't make her look completely insane on national television, Athena had half a mind to scold the unborn twins. Now was really not the best time for them to decide to throw a temper tantrum.

"Athena." The decidueye turned her head towards Shiva's voice. The magenta pokémon was still holding onto her wife, but in her other hand was a knife with a note on it. Removing the note from the knife, Athena carefully holding it. She raised her left black wing to shield the paper from the rain. Pregnant??? was scrawled on the outside of the note. Athena's eyes lifted to Shiva for a moment before she unfolded the note. Apparently either someone had been close enough to hear Athena's comment about her cramps or they had put two and two together. Either way, Athena was unsure if that was a good thing. She skimmed over the note, realizing it was from the Grand Lady of the Steel Scavengers. Athena felt her beak twist into a snarl. This had been the one that had killed Jackson if Athena recalled correctly.

"What does it say?" Saber asked in a weak and cracking voice. She pushed herself up slightly, leaning on Shiva for some support but also doing her best to stand on her own if she could.

"It's from the Grand Lady of the Steel Scavengers," Athena replied softly, "and she's offering a team up. Gracidea Order gets the win, all we have to do is help take out the Black Lotus members." Athena paused, examining her teammates' expressions for any signs of apprehension or distrust. Neither gave any indication of either emotion. "I normally would be a little suspicious of this kind of note. But with this," Athena showed them the front of the note, "scribbled on the front, something tells me she's being sincere. Even killers can have standards, after all."

"I am not opposed. We will need to keep on guard though, as it could always be a trap. But I would not be against such an alliance. It would allow you a chance at that charizard and practically guarantees us the win," Shiva answered, grinning at the thought. Saber nodded her pink head in agreement. Athena swiveled her head between the two a few times before folding the note and tucking it under one of the straps on her armor. Athena expanded her wings then said,

"Let us be off then." Athena would rather have rested longer but there was no time for that. Those land mines or whatever could go off any second, and she had lingered in one location for long enough. Plus, as much as she disliked wet feathers, the darkness of the pouring skies was too much of an opportunity for Athena to ignore. She took to the skies, flying high enough to gather some aerial view but also low enough that she would not risk a lightning strike. Not only is that a mistake you only make once, but she did not want to make that mistake while carrying either. Athena quickly dove back in the direction that she had last encountered the Black Lotus members. Perhaps the remaining ones were hiding somewhere. As she drew closer, Athena spotted the Grand Lady taking out Shandal. Athena started to draw closer when she heard the beating of wings nearby and saw the Black Lotus volcarona attempting to sneak up on the Grand Lady.

"Careful now!" Athena shouted at the Tsareena, dropping to the ground and firing an arrow at Vurden. It angled wide, missing the volcarona by a wide margin, but even with her decent eyesight in the darkness, this was becoming too much of an eyesight hazard filled terrain for her to effectively fire off shots. Athena drew closer to the Grand Lady and prepared to unsheath her knife. "I accept your offer. Victory is not a requirement for our cooperation. I would settle for taking the charizard's head." Athena heard Shiva shout in the distance before a Kommo-o's head went flying past her. Apparently, the Sentinel Corporation had thought it would be wise to try and double back after they had been given an explicit warning not to. The fools.

Julver the Kommo-o of the Sentinel Corporation has been eliminated.

"I have two allies remaining on the field from my side. One is critically injured but refuses to leave. How many do you have left from the Steel Scavengers?" Athena heard a shuffling nearby and notched an arrow, firing it and missing whatever it was again. Curses. "I have heard of you before, so I hope you are as true to your reputation as they say. You may never have heard of me, but I do not abandon those I ally myself with. I hope you can put that much faith in me."

Brunswick Pallas the Noivern
The Gracidea Order
His home in Jadebloom

Brunswick felt his heart seize up in his chest as Athena suddenly froze up in pain after killing the hydregion. It was the twins again. Brunswick had been worried about this. Prior to sending Athena in, the couple had paid for just about every relaxant they could think of in order to ease her pregnancy for these battles. Especially in a situation like the Blood Pit Arena, they could not risk her suffering like this. That pause in time could cost she and the two kids their lives.

The camera suddenly shifted its focus to the Grand Lady slaughtering the Luxray from the Black Lotus team. Good, good. One less individual that could strike down Athena. Brunswick chuckled a little to himself. He was really starting to get into this, sort of. He folded his red claws together and leaned forward, watching the crown-less Tsareena before realizing he needed to stop rooting for her. She was drawing a little too close to Athena for the noivern's comfort. Way too close.

"Leave her alone!" Brunswick shouted instinctively as he saw the unnoticed assailant drawing a knife. She was going to kill Athena. She was going to kill his two unborn kids. "No! No no no no no!" he screamed, his breathes starting to come short. But then, Brunswick realized his worries were for naught. The Grand Lady attached a note to the knife and then threw it at the ground. She took off before Shiva could even reach down to pick it up. Perhaps the Grand Lady was not as evil as they all spoke?

Brunswick let out a heavy sigh of relief, his heart pounding in his scaly chest. Putting his hand over his heart, Brunswick rested for a moment before taking another drink of his beer. He lifted his head as there was a knock at the door. He stood up and started over to it, wondering who it could be at this time of day with an event such as the Blood Pit Arena going on.