(ACE) The UNDER Team

Blaze blinked as Cathal came into view, blood still dripping from where his heart should be. There was some romantic imagery or fancy words about this that she should be able to stay about this situation but she didn't care enough to find them. If Mercia had been here she'd probably be able to come up with something.
But Delia still didn't show.
"Come on, Blaze, I've been aching to take a piece of you ever since you interrupted me in my initial mean. And now that we're out in the open, I think it's time for us to finish that fight, now that the playing fields are more... favorable. Bring it, BITCH!"

Delia finally came into view a purple aurora surrounding her and then blasting from her. Blaze prepared to leap out of the way of the dark pulse but found herself unable to move.

"Fuck." she said and almost immediately from the ground came a lava plume that blocked the dark attack. As quickly as it came it went back under, ready to ally her when needed. The typhlosion glared up at Delia and the flame on her back blazed and the flames reached high. It was followed by a haze that spread around the small group, a special move known by all typhlosions. It give them a minute at least.

"Sai! Bunny!" she quickly snapped at the two brown ones, before Cathal could come down "We're taking Delia, if you need our help just holler." Blaze turned away and looked to Koin her voice low so they wouldn't hear.

"If at some point it looks like they're having trouble I don't care what position I'm in I want you to help them." Her voice was stern and it wasn't a suggestion but an order. Sai didn't seem the type to call for help and they didn't know anything about that lopunny. Blaze didn't know who to trust anymore, but she felt she could at least believe that the jolteon wouldn't let these two die.

"Now lets give her hell, spiky." she smirked and as the haze cleared she ran out of the haze. It clung to her and faded away, her speed returning. Forgetting the blood that trickled from her lips, the paralyze effect seemed to leave for a bit as she ran the circles on her back where lighting up and she spotted the fox again. Using the attack explosion four burning rocks where sent the fox's way. No one had yet to complain about her aim

"Come here you piece of scum!" She shouted.

Sai clenched his teeth as he saw the Charizard. He couldn't believe Delia had killed him, and now he was just like her. "Dame that fox." He growled. Why didn't everything have to turn out like this. He started to wish he was back in his desert with his own kind, where he didn't have to worry about any infection, only humans and food. He made a fist with his right hand, he just wanted nothing more then to punch something, and he was going to get his wish since he was going up against the Charizard. It was finally time he showed what he could do, cause all he had been doing was standing by and letting Blaze and Koin do all the work, but no more.

"Sai! Bunny!We're taking Delia, if you need our help just holler." Blaze called to him and the rabbit pokemon. He had completely forgotten that the rabbit was there, but he just nodded his head showing that he understood. He turned and shot the rabbit a glance, telling her not to interfere. This was his fight, his alone. Smoke began to once again steam out of his mouth. He could feel the burn in the back of his mouth, something he was going to have to get used to if he was to keep using this move. He opened his mouth and a column of flames bursted out heading right at the now undead Charizard.

"Brother, take the brown ones. The yellow and fire beast are mine," The seductress's words filtered through his mind. He didn't care that he had no idea how she did that, or that he heard words that were never spoken. He just simply nodded his head and looked towards the two aforementioned 'brown' ones. The bunny looked absolutely scrawny, hardly worth the effort it would take to kill her, but the reptile...He looked like he would be an excellent fight as well as meal. Cathal's mind was charged with the scent of blood given off by the Typhlosion, and it was all he needed to get pumped up to fight. The other reptile readied an attack and let loose.

Cathal just stood there as the flames washed over him, unchanging, unfeeling. The flames where...nothing. He felt his hunger gnawing at him and realized what the seductress had meant. They were invincible. Never minding the fact that even alive the flames would not have hurt him much, now they didn't hurt at all. He let out a loud, echoing roar that shook the walls around them and a bright light formed between his jaws. He charged head first at Sai, his Focus Blast releasing as soon as he got close enough. He wanted their blood to paint the ground, their flesh to sate his hunger. Nothing else mattered anymore. Nothing...

Finally. This was it. The climax of the adventure she had been enduring. She had wanted to kill that damn Blaze for too long now, and now... Now it was the time.

"Come here, you piece of scum!" Blaze shouted at her as she attacked, flaming rocks erupting from the ground as Delia flung herself at Blaze and little Koin. Delia could not help but cackle excitedly as she darted along the path that the rocks created. The fire had no effect; she could not feel the skin burning, nor the fur singeing. There was nothing to stop her now.

"Famous last words for a big piece of MEAT, Blaze!" she shouted back, suddenly in the direct vicinity of the typhlosion and yellow dog. She landed directly in front of them and released a dark pulse, trying to knock them over. She wanted their bellies exposed. She then thought to herself that it was too simple of a kill, that these pokemon deserved better than that... It would be too quick to just knock them over and kill them...

This fight, this war... it needed to be savored. She wanted to bask in it.

She cackled again and jumped back into the shadows to transform, blasting another dark pulse to confuse the other two. She wanted them disoriented. She was soon wearing the coat of Koin, and went near Blaze's side. The psuedo-jolteon looked to be in bad shape; bleeding and bruised. She limped a little before whimpering and collapsing. Her scent was well-hidden amidst the chaos, masking her identity.

Koin stared at Sai and the Lopunny just for a moment with concern, before he forced his attention back to his own battle against Delia - for that one moment, he stared into those dark red eyes, nothing but cold contempt and evil stirring from within them. The Jolteon propped his paws up as he began to growl once again, knowing that this fight would not allow anyone to escape unharmed. He gave a curt nod to Blaze as Delia darted forward.

Blaze's attack wasn't really what Koin expected. Oh no, it was certainly powerful, and utterly astounding if he weren't in the battlefield, but Delia ran right through the collision course and was upon himself and the Typhlosion in seconds flat. "Famous last words for a big piece of MEAT, Blaze!" Those wicked words sent shivers down the Lightning Pokemon's back, but he forced himself to charge up a Thunderbolt. The monster of a Pokemon however quickly let out a Dark Pulse, which swatted him away like a Ledyba.

"Oof!" He groaned as he landed, shakily getting onto his paws. I can't let Blaze by herself... It was dangerous, with the crazed Zoroark roaming in this darkness like liquid. Koin winced as he felt pain spike up his right fore paw, but he forced himself to ignore the pain and smelled blood. Tightening his Blue Scarf as a tourniquet, the Jolteon gritted his teeth. He was going to get back into the fight, whether he were to die or come out heavily damaged. Delia had been on the run for far too long.

"Blaze..." He grunted under his breath, beginning his awkward padding back to where he had last seen the other two combatants. Koin opened his mouth and allowed energy to store up, a colorful mixture of different colors accumulating and always shifting. After holding the energy hold up, he released the Signal Beam in a precise beam towards their vicinity, and began to limp towards his destination. I'm coming!

Blaze scowled as she realized fire wouldn't slow this mad creature down. Getting a better look at the coo coo fox she already sustained many wounds that didn't seem to be slowing her down. Infected didn't feel pain, but they weren't immortal. She'd been lost in snowpoint fighting infected that just wouldn't die, but imparing them wasn't impossible. Without eyes they couldn't see, without arms they couldn't use them, without legs they couldn't run. So tearing Delia to peices would yeild some results.

"Famous last words for a big piece of MEAT, Blaze!" Delia landed near them and used Dark pulse which gave the typhlosion a slap in the face not really enough to give her much pain but enough to make her step back and close her eyes. When she came to she noticed that Koin was missing and so was the fox. The ground glowed with the power of the earth's blood. She looked around her eyes burning with suspicion.

Koin stepped out from some rubble, looking bloody and beaten. Blaze blinked the lava subsiding.
"Koin?" He collapsed and she walked over she still looked around for Delia but didn't spot her figure leaping around in the shadows. The sneaky bitch. The typhlosion made her way to the jolteon when she noticed the scent, it was slight but it smelled like singed fur. Blaze was familiar with this scent, she'd helped cause and stop these kind of smells before. Her familairity had made her keen to the scent, she could be in a feild of skunktanks and she'd still notice the smell of burning flesh.

It was coming from Koin, she looked down at the eletric pokemon wondering when he'd gotten burned. Had she accidently hit him? No, there didn't seem to be any burn marks on him, and no flames near him.
The only one I've burned is Delia...

A signal beam shot inbetween them, and Blaze leapt back and she blinked as realization hit her, the zoroak didn't have light colored moves like that and she'd more then once used Koin's disguise. She snarled at Delia and let out lava plume.

Sai clenched his teeth as he saw that his Incinerate had done nothing to the Charizard, but he didn't expect it to do much harm anyway, as he had used a fire type attack on a fire type pokemon. Sai held his ground anyway as he prepared for the fire dragon to counter. Do your worst! He though to himself just as Cathal used a Focus Blast. The Krookodile held his arms up to stop the attack from hitting any vital points on his body, but something that he wasn't expecting happened. His eyes widened as the rabbit stepped in front of him and took the full force of the attack. He watched in blind horror as she was flung into one of the buildings, his mouth wide opened to what just happened. "Rabbit!" He shouted after her, but heard nothing in return, nor did she even seem to move. Sai clenched his teeth once again, anger now flared in his eyes as he looked to the dragon once again. His hands where clenched into fists as he stared up at the flying undead. "You will pay for that Cathal." He said before jumping and diving into the ground. A cloud of dusk lifted up where he was before disappearing, though where he should have been was now a whole.

Sai moved through the ground like a shark in water. He was faster in the ground then he was on land, thus the reason why he was a desert croc. Though he moved much faster in sand then earth, he was still especially quick. Soon after going into the ground, Sai burst through the ground and into the air behind the fire type, jaws wide and sparking with electricity as he prepared to use his Thunder Fang on one of the Charizards wing, where he planned to do enough damage that the dragon would be unable to fly. He hoped to turn this into a fair fight where they where both grounded.

The stupid rabbit took his Focus Blast, which left Cathal completely open to the red croc's attack. A Thunder Fang bit into his only good wing and he roared as the current passed through him. But it wasn't out of pain, it was out of anger. The electricity slowed him a bit, but he didn't feel any pain. He wrenched his wing from the creatures bite, leaving a huge chunk of skin with him, and whirled on the offending creature. He let loose a close range Dragon Pulse to retaliate.

After releasing his attack he went to the bunny who got in his way the first attack. She was injured, which made her weak. Weak made easy prey so it was simple logic that she would be the first to be devoured. He came across her prone form and looked down, blood from his neck dripping down. It would be so simple to just reach down and...A sudden flash of blonde crossed his vision and Cathal paused. What was that? He growled and shook his head. No matter, it was feeding time.

((OOC: Shadow, one wing is already broken. From the fall when fighting Delia. He already can't fly, lol))

For a couple of moments, Shiloh felt uncomfortable, feeling the darkness and cold surround her. Well she was knocked out cold afterall. The Lopunny felt a bright light engulf her when a voice called out, "Rabbit!" Sai's voice seemed to just have woken her up. Thank Arceus, she didn't want the Krokodile to fight the Charizard alone. She grabbed her head, the lights of the Under being a tad bit too bright for her eyes, despite the fact they were dimly lit.

That was when she noticed the Charizard in front of her face, he would eat her! Shiloh acted quick, trying to push away all the fear that was building up inside of her, 'I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I don't want to be eaten! I'm not brave! I want to run away!'

The rabbit ran off to the side and toward Sai, readying another one of her Fire Punches, in case that the Charizard were to grab her or anything related to that. She hardly noticed the fact that she had her defenses lowered as she ran.

[Ooc: If Phoenix wants, Cathal could grab Shiloh by the leg :o]

Delia cursed as her ruse was dismissed so quickly; first by Koin's stream of light, and then by what seemed to be her scent... Though the zoroark thought she was safe from the dead scent, it looked to be that she was wrong. Blaze cursed and aimed an attack right at her, which she barely escaped.

She flung herself between Blaze's legs, merely singing herself from the Earth Blood that arose around the damned bitch. She whirled and saw the cavern's floor weaken more from the Earth Blood, and then grinned.

That was how she would eliminate them.

Though not as romantic as her tearing out Blaze's heart like she had the Dragon's, it would do. She scurried higher, back in her own skin, up onto a building. "Blaze, I know you would follow me to the far reaches of Hell, as I would do for you. How about we go there, huh? Let's go see Hell for ourselves!"

With a loud, manic cackle, she jumped back down to the floor, her body careening downward stories, her body algow from her many attacks she powered up. Her Dark Pulse, Her Extrasensory, her flamethrower; they were all aimed at the epicenter of the lava, to destroy the floor.

She let loose, and the floor began to crumble into the deep abyss below.

Koin dropped onto his left paw, his other soaking with dark red blood. The stank rancid smell of his own blood hit his crinkled nose, and the Jolteon flinched, as he attempted to lick the blood off his paw. He noted that his breathing was labored, but at the same time, it was slowing down, a very dangerous sign. Arceus, this isn't good. Forcing himself to tie his Blue Scarf even tighter as a tourniquet to stop the blood flow, the Lightning Pokemon stood up unsteadily, his breath in huge gasps.

He hobbled forward, and in an odd revenue of sorts, Koin saw his life flash in front of his eyes. He was an Eevee, traveling Kanto with his trainer - his upbeat confidence as he succeeded through so many trials. The world turned black, and suddenly he struggling to escape the clutches of the undead, crashing blindly through unknown lands - his self-confidence in what he could do was diminished to close to nothing as he had witnessed his trainer killed in front of him. Koin winced at the painful memory, the unnecessary movement causing more blood to come out of his wound. The world in front of him began to become even more so fuzzier, blind spots coming into his vision.

He pushed himself forward, knowing that Blaze was in danger, that the more time he kept for himself the Typhlosion could be fighting for her life that very moment. I can't let her die on her own... He remembered that she was looking for her trainer... and he wanted her to. Although he had to admit he had grown to like the stern-faced Blaze and would be sad to see her leave, he knew the bond that can only be shared with Pokemon and trainer. I'll help... Koin grunted with the slow effort that it was taking for him to go to the real fight.

He was struggling; the Jolteon could barely see anymore, and all he could smell was his own blood. But he persevered, taking one step by one painful step. Koin fell to the ground just as he reached sight of Delia and Blaze, his eyes unfocused. He attempted to crawl forward with his good left fore paw, but it was useless, Koin wasn't going anywhere. The yellow canine lost consciousness as he felt the solid ground under him crumble, his limp body amongst the cracked earth. "Let's go see Hell for ourselves!"

Blaze's eyes widened as she realized the one careless mistake she'd made. Though the lava had always been there to save her as it done now, it could also serve as her distruction as she saw when Delia broke out of her costume and started to destroy the earth where the lava plume had weakened it.

"Blaze, I know you would follow me to the far reaches of Hell, as I would do for you. How about we go there, huh? Let's go see Hell for ourselves!"

She laughed like an evil villian right out of those after twelve specials that the eevee triplets had enjoyed watching. But this wasn't a show and Delia wasn't acting now, she was using every attack she had to destroy the ground they stood on and it was working throwing the typhlosion back but she could only form one word before the ground collapsed under her
"Koin!"

She spotted the yellow eeveelution, he was falling into the abyss and looked to be knocked out. That was the last glimps she got of anything before the unrelenting darkness came in. A wonderful addition to the deep plummeting fall.

Blaze couldn't tell if she had closed her eyes or not it was so dark and any reminiscent of the food she had eaten what seemed ages ago was flying to the pit of her stomach. She closed her eyes, thinking back on another day like this when she'd been dropped from the sky, the moment that Akira's words had shouted out a command that had saved her life.

Akira...

If she let herself die now she'd never see her beloved master again, Blaze clenched her jaw and opened her eyes. They glowed as red as those of the undead.

"I refuse to die here, I refuse to become a snack for you Delia!Or any infected!" she screamed. Blaze turned mid air her had pointed toward down and the fire on her back blazed bright blue and she used flamethrower.

The fire illuminated the caveren as she shot it for the dirt ground. The bright flames became a rocket her life line and her only chance, it was a desprate one and a needed one. The flames reached the ground before she did, the fall was eased and she hit the floor a lot easier then she would have otherwise, it still hurt like a bitch though. But there was no time to nurse her bleeding mouth or deal with the pain at her side. The debris and stone that Delia had released where coming for her and before they could get her Blaze used dig and went under.

She was safe, for now.

Sai felt sick as he tasted the charizards flesh on his tongue, as well as its blood that seeped into his mouth. Cathal managed to pull away from him, but not without leaving a chunk of skin in the Krookodiles mouth, which he quickly spat out and whatever blood was in his mouth before he mistakenly swallowed it. Before he could even think of what attack to use next he was pummeled with a Dragon Pulse, sending the croc backwards, but he stopped himself from flying by digging his foot claws into the ground. He was dazed for a few moments, and when he came to again he saw that the Charizard was now heading right to where the rabbit had landed. Anger flared in Sai's eyes now. 'Cowered' was the word to describe those who preyed on the weak.

Sai let out a roar before charging at the Dragon. It was inches away from the rabbit now, just about ready to sink its infected fangs into the helpless living. Knowing attacking was pointless he did the only thing he could think of at the moment. He reached out with his hands and grabbed the dragon by its tail. Sai let out a grunt as he used his strength to heave the Charizard away from the rabbit, tossing it into one of the nearby buildings with a laud crash. "Your fights with me Cathal!" He shouted at the fire type, his fangs bared, ready to sink is fangs to the Charizard again if it got back up.

((Had permission to toss Cathal into a building.))

Cathal leered down at his prey, and the hunger in him clawed through his chest in the form of a predatory growl. But just as he was leaning down to bite down into her flesh, the bunny hopped up and darted towards the croc. But she made one mistake, she lit a Fire Punch. It was a beacon to him in this darkness and he reached out grabbing her leg, trying to drag her back to him. She was the weakest. The weak are prey. She wasn't allowed to run.

His prize was within inches of him once again when, this time, the croc was the one to interrupt. He came out of nowhere, charging at him full speed. Cathal was too late to react as his tail was forcibly grabbed and used as leverage to swing him around and into the side of a building. Furious, he cracked his wings and forced himself to his feet, glaring at the wretched reptile. If looks could kill..."Your fights with me Cathal!" And he couldn't agree more. There was nothing else in his mind but revenge for ruining his meal, which was probably scurrying away right now. He lowered his head and bared his fangs, preparing another Focus Blast, but as he was about to release it the floor suddenly rumbled.

The shaking became violent, and he looked towards the seductress to find the source. She was causing the cavern floor to crack. Unsure of her motives he stepped to the side, prepared to head to her if she needed him, when the floor beneath her and her enemies vanished. The final quake was so epic, it caused the building he was tossed into to collapse. The force of his impact weakened the already unstable structure so it toppled right on top of him. He made no effort to get away, he just stared at the walls as they crashed around him. With one last glance at Sai, he smiled, and the rocks covered him. Not a sound could be heard.

((OOC: As per Skyro's last post, Cathal grabbed Shiloh's leg. And he's not dead, he just hid beneath the rubble. He'll be back in action next post.))

Orange claws grabbed Shiloh by the leg, the Lopunny fell over as she tried to run, faceplanting on the floor. She felt herself getting dragged slowly toward the Charizard as she felt herself slide across the cold floor. The Normal Type attempted to pull herself out of the Charizard's grip, feeling as if her death was near. She squeezed her eyes shut, afraid to take a grasp at what's reality; her dying. Expecting sharp teeth to chow down on your legs wasn't really that fun, but it was surprising to Shiloh - because really, she didn't feel a thing. She actually felt the grip of the Charizard disappear, only to open her eyes, to see Sai grabbing it by the tail, tossing the Undead to a building, "Your fights with me Cathal!"

The Lopunny felt something well up inside of her. Was it fear? Love? Jealousy? No... It was admiration. Shiloh knew one thing, and that Sai was definitely one of the few on the very top of her respect list, "You go Sai!" She yelled, unlikely of her, but she had to release that admiration.

The floor rumbled, giving a shake. Shiloh felt herself fall over, landing on her bottom instead, she glanced at the direction with the other Undead, and Blaze, and the Joltleon. Finding only a hole taking their place, she grimaced, taking a glance at what seems to be the bottomless hole. The Lopunny gave a worried look, "I wonder if they'll be okay..."

[Ooc: I'm assuming that the hole Delia made didn't swallow up Sai, Cathal and Shiloh xD]

Delia was in heaven, if she were to believe it existed.

As the debris fell, she saw that Blaze and Koin were joining her in the route to Hell, even that Koin was unconsicous. The Blaze monster cried out for her boon companion, and Delia could help but laugh the entire way down. She was so happy, so filled with joy and victory, that the laugh escaped on its own. She was going to win.

She hopped from piece of floor to piece to ease the impact of the fall. She managed to grasp the edge of a wall that traveled as far down as they had, and watched in strange fascination as Blaze used her flamethrower to ease the impact. Her body still hit the floor with a sickening thud, but somehow, the monster managed the strength to dig beneath the rubble.

Delia's near constant chuckle continued at the incredulous notion. They were in her world, her domain, even more so now than before. There was nothing but darkness and the floor they stood on, barring a door in the distance. She could see clearly, her eyes well adapted to the dark. Blaze would have to come out sometime, or else be crushed beneath the rest of the falling debris.

Her intrest piqued, however, when she thought of little Koin. She had wanted to save him for dessert, but maybe he would do better as an appetizer... After all, Blaze, at the moment, was her prize kill in this dark hole. She scurried across the craggy wall, her crimson talons easily keeping traction. "Koin, Koin, dear Koin, no use hiding, I saw you," she sang in a sing-song tone, her voice resounding and bouncing off the walls and debris. It was nearly impossible to figure out where he voice was coming from; it was as if her voice were sounding from the very walls and earth themselves. "Koin, Koin, Koin..."

Koin yowled in pain as he crashed onto the cold hard ground on his side, grinding his teeth as he attempted to yield the pain. What a miserable... time... He grunted, bracing his bleeding leg as he righted himself slowly. The entire world seemed woozy, unfocused, yet his entire body avoided rest. He imagined the sleek form of Delia creeping through the shadows, her eyes glistening with the utter need for blood. The very thought of that Zoroark bursting through the liquid black and diving her claws into his yellow fur jolted whatever drowsiness he had felt. He was in danger; no, all in danger as long as Delia was out there.

Wherever they had fallen from, the Jolteon could tell it was a widely spaced, but other than that, he was clueless. The Lightning Pokemon forced himself to limp forward, his own blood creating a horrid stench. Blaze... Sai... that bunny... He had to make it out of this hell alive, as the blasted Delia had put it. The Pokemon that had stood by him before, they had stories, backgrounds, lives prior to their meeting back within Johto. Koin couldn’t help but wonder when exactly had he grown to love these Pokemon as if they were his lifelong teammates, but upon further thought, he didn’t have to think. The gentle adventure he had with his trainer had a slow and developing relationship; when compared to this fight for life, the Jolteon saw that it demanded instant teamwork and reliability. There was no time for second thoughts.

"Koin, Koin, dear Koin, no use hiding, I saw you...” The Lightning Pokemon bit back a yelp of surprise, recoiling at her voice as it echoed throughout the chamber. Where could she be hiding? Or was she already on the move? He crouched even closer to the ground to appear smaller than before, his eyes widening with fright. His heart had never beat so fast before, drumming against his ears. Pressing his ears upon his head, Koin felt as if this were his closest brush with death yet, but he knew that the nightmare was far from over. "Koin, Koin, Koin..." Stop, stop, stop. He pleaded in his mind, his name being rolled over by her tongue. The Jolteon darted his eyes back and forth, barely even daring to take a breath. Delia. Death. Delia. Death.

Within a few moments, those two words held the same meaning, had the same embodiment. The darkness seemed to nip at him, unforeseen figures shifting in the black, reaching into his soul and creeping upon his mind. Shivering from the traumatizing, Koin could only stare with wide eyes and a blank stare as he awaited Death. The very air around him seemed to hold its breath, sensing the darkness holding Delia. Death. Delia. Death.

Blaze knew the safety that darkness provided, and now she was wrapped in it. Her heartbeat sounded too loud and made her nervous. She needed silence, the debris made the ground shake as it crashed to the ground over her. The typhlosion licked her side and spat out the blood in her mouth. It was the best she could do for now, she needed to get to the other two. Still using dig she went forward listening carefully

"Koin, Koin, dear Koin, no use hiding, I saw you, Koin, Koin, Koin..." she was speaking in a singsong voice. Blaze was finding it hard to pinpoint the source. The zoroak's voice was bouncing off the cave's wall. Blaze opened a small hole and stuck her nose out sniffing the faint smell of the crazy fox's burning stench was faint and all over, just like her voice. So instead she followed the smell of Koin, he seemed to be bleeding heavily.


'I should get him somewhere to hide.'

It would be the most logical course of action, but knowing Delia she'd find a way to get to Koin and probably just eat him then. If there was one thing Blaze didn't need to see it was ripped in half or infected Koin. She needed to kill the fox, who was now heading for the electric eeveelution.

Blaze headed toward him too, and she would wait for Delia to show. She could feel the earth's lifeblood prepare itself. One advantage to being surrounded by the earth, was that the lava didn't only have to come from below.

Sai watched at the Charizard got buried under the building, waiting to see if it would come out again before turning to the large whole that had been made. The fight between Blaze, Koin and Deliah must have been more intense then the Krookodile had first thought. He didn't bother going to see if they where all right, he just had a gut feeling that they where and didn't need any help.

He shot another glance at the toppled building where the fire dragon lay underneath it, something was telling him that the fight wasn't over yet, no, it was only just beginning. He turned to the rabbit, reaching out a hand to help the long eared pokemon up. "I wonder if they'll be okay..." It said as it looked at the seemingly bottomless hole.
"I'm sure they are." He said as he to took a glance at where his friends once where before turning back to the luppony. "You should get someplace safe, this fights far from over."

Cathal waited, he waited and he watched. He watched through a small hole in the rubble he had made. They would turn, yes, they would forget he was there. Let them think of themselves safe, then, when they least expect it, he would spring on them and finally have his feast. He was starved. Seductress, he couldn't hear her anymore, he didn't have her giudance. He would have to do this one on his own.

"You should get someplace safe, this fights far from over." the Charizard growled deep in his throat. The stupid croc was mocking his efforts. Why couldn't the stupid creature just accept his death already? Cathal was the superior creature now, what harm had the stupid sand lizard done? None. Cathal had felt nothing it had done to them in their battle so it obviously hadn't done anything. He waited, again. If the croc wanted a fight then he could come to the dragon. He would wait. Yes. He would wait.

Wait...wait...Wait? He had been told to wait once...flashes of something assaulted his mind in the darkness of his self-made tomb. Of blonde hair, glimmering in the sun, as long as the one who bared it. What was this he was seeing? Himself, with the blonde on his back, soaring high into the air, smiling. He stretched his wings at the memory and was sad to realize that neither wing worked anymore. They just hang limply on him now. He growled and banished the images away, shaking his head fiercely.

Now was not the time for fairy tales. Now was the time for blood. Charging up a Focus Blast, he let it loose, blowing away the chunks of building that remained and sending the ball of light straight towards Sai. "Die!" he roared.

"I'm sure they are." Sai said, Shiloh perked up her ears, glancing back at the Krokodile's direction, only to see a claw in front of her to help her up. With a smile she nodded, getting up as she got a hold of the claw, feeling some of the dirt and some pebbles fall from her fur. "You should get someplace safe, this fights far from over." He glanced at the hole and back, the Lopunny gave a frown, "I'm not as weak as I look," she pouted, she was weak at actually getting the courage to attack. Actually, the normal-type did much better when she was in competitions rather than arenas, but this was much more different, she was in a race with undead that want to eat her, rather than a friendly rivalry.

Realization smacked her as she realized she had never introduced herself, not once in this madness. Though that could be used as an excuse, she gave an awkward smile, "The name's Shiloh by the way, excuse me for not saying anything earlier..." She was socially awkward, surprising for a Lopunny that was usually surrounded by a teamful of Pokemon and usually in the stage.

"Die!" The Lopunny quickly turned at the direction of the voice, only to see a ball of light heading toward them. It seemed mostly focused at Sai's direction, but it could hit Shiloh as well. She winced as she remembered taking the earlier attack, if she were to take this one again, she would faint. Sai could dodge it, right? She felt numb at her legs, but knew where the Charizard is. Shiloh was unable to do anything for Sai, but perhaps could take one for the team. With her usual, 'stage' smile, she sent a Sweet Kiss at the Undead Charizard's direction, she hoped it would hit. Though awkwardness churned in her stomach as she realized the move's name and how she sent it to the Charizard, really she's just thinking too deep.

Delia scaled the walls and debris easily and made her way quietly to the shivering little yellow pup. She licked her lips in anticipation of the sweet blood that would soon follow, anxious for a taste of the meal she'd been hunting for nearly as long as her beautiful Dante. She heard his little heart racing, his blood pouring from his wounds in a delicious fountain of power. She could smell the very fear seeping from him like it was his sweat.

She found it even more entertaining as she slowly positioned herself above him, ready to strike. Without a word, she popped right into his vision, crimson eyes aglow and illuminating her hungry, excited grin, and above him.

"Boo."

She cackled loudly, enjoying whatever reaction Koin was sure to have. She didn't give him long though, since she took the opportunity to grab him and bite heavily into his shoulder, pinning him to the ground with her strong, lithe arms. Almost vampiric, she lapped up the gushing blood eagerly, enjoying the jolteon's warmth in her arms. Her eyes spotted Blaze crawling nearby and her bloodied grin grew.

"Blaze, better not. Any attack to me would probably finish little Koin off... he's just so weak and tired... unless you're into that sort of thing..." she said coyly, and began to climb the wall with Koin, completely ready to just leave Blaze to rot in the hole until she had properly finished her meal. The muscle beast was particularly adept at ruining her fun. "Have fun down here... I'm sure I will."

((Neg, I hope it's ok I started carrying him off. However, you can totally get out of the grasp if you wanna. :D And the shoulder wound isn't fatal... I think. :) ))

Perhaps he was hallucinating and back in Mount Mortar, Koin told himself with a mind numb with fear, as Delia stalked forward with confidence and grace. But no, back within that mountain her eyes had not glowed with that horrific blood red, nor of her larger stature - Death had come and stared him right in his face, causing him to jump back in a mind-blowing shock. “Boo.” The small, simple word held so much meaning in this liquid darkness; it meant death was here, it meant that he had lost his fight for survival.

His flinch to her earth-shattering cackle hurt, his eyes widening as he attempted to imagine how she and Blaze had warned each back in Mortar not to go overboard; before he could think of anything else, sharp fangs dug into his shoulder, pushing him onto the ground viciously, his sharp fur digging into him. Just like in Mount Mortar... Koin’s eyes unfocused and focused slowly, shifting between consciousness and a dull mind. What was happening to him? Was there even a reason to keep fighting? The monster upon him had got him cornered, so was there any chance of him living through this? “Any attack to me would probably finish little Koin off...”

She lifted him along with her, carrying him by the scruff unceremoniously. Blaze was still down... there, wherever that would be... And the Lopunny... And Sai... ’Think for yourself!’ His trainer’s voice spoke vibrantly, speaking of courage and optimism, two virtues Koin felt he lost long ago. Delia had intent singing in her entire body, and even with his closed eyes the Jolteon could sense what she was going to do with him. But... I can’t. Shoot him now, but Koin couldn’t bring himself to hate the Zoroark who planned on eating him, much less kill her. He scrunched his eyelids closed even further in shame, but he had too large of sympathy to kill Delia.

The dark type continued to ascend with quiet agility, and with a heavy heart Koin opened his eyes. Her bite had left his shoulder bleeding, and leaving his entire right leg drenched in the staunch red blood, but Koin refused to acknowledge it. He was going to get out of this, and with a tightening on the makeshift tourniquet that he had made, he took a deep breath. Stay alive, get out, don’t die. Stay alive, get out, don’t die. The Jolteon felt as if his mind had stopped thinking, that fear had kept its clutch around his mental psyche for far too long, and it was only with this mantra that he could get it working once more. Stay alive, get out, don’t die. Easier said than done.

Mustering whatever energy he had left in him, he forced out a Thunderbolt, knowing that if she were to let him go, he would fall down back to the abyss with a sickening thud.

This was getting more and more insane by the minute, with Delia calling her out and using the eletric eeveelution as a meat sheild to protect from any of the typhlosions attacks. Delia was a little bitch wasn't she. Doing all this to two pokemon who would have nearly considered her a friend before.

"Bloody worthless coward." she hissed at Delia 'I bet ehr brain is rotting as I stand here' hopefully it was, and would hurry up with its process.

Blaze felt fury fill her as Delia taunted her, she kept her face carefully neautral though and gave an uncaring look at Koin. She would get him away from the coo coo fox, and after she got him out of there she would rip the fox's head off and then rescrew it on right and then beat her so she would actualy feel it this time. For now blaze kept a poker face as she used lava plume to rise the lava on the cave roof over Delia's head. She preparred to streak it soley at the demented creature when Koin somehow in his weaken beaten state found the energy to use thunderbolt.
Blaze's eyes widened, it Delia dropped him she would run ahead and snatch him. He couldn't continue in this battle in the state he was in and a crash to the floor was the last thing he needed.
But if not she would take the shock as a chance to attack the undead head on and still attempt to steal Koin away and then let the lava deal with the annoying infestation of Delia.