The WHIRL Team

Eagle allowed Dr. Jorf to climb up his arm. Better patch up things before it's too late. And when the screeching came, mildly sounding like a twisted laugh, the Blaziken quietly nodded to this new found and steadfast teammate. Whether he liked it or not, he was stuck with them until he could find his trainer once again, but even then he might find himself sticking with these Pokemon. Once a teammate... always a teammate... A twinge of sadness crept up on Eagle, but he pushed them to the back of his mind, racing to a pile of rocks close to Jiru.

Taking a deep breath and Bulking Up, then letting out the air quietly, Eagle scanned the islands nearby, hoping for a source of life... or the undead. "Jorf, Jiru, everyone. From that roar it seems pretty powerful. So, on a base, we should try Bahamu-" It was one of the strategies his trainer used to love to use. "I mean, surround it if this thing were to be a single opponent."

Turning his head downwards to Jorf, he awkwardly was about to say something. He's a good Pokemon. You can count on him. Eagle sternly told himself. He had to amend his outburst from last time. He'd train himself to trust these Pokemon, and sooner or later, he would find himself relying on them without any effort. "Jorf... here. I think you'd hold this easier." He uneasily dropped an Oran berry atop the Shuckle. It was the last of his berries that he had stolen from the Moo Moo Farm on his run from the Miltanks, but it was more than nothing.

((OoC: I think I'm supposed to be after Eagle. Also, I don't know how long I'll be gone because of Irene.))

Ariel was determined not to make this a repeat of before. She had gotten a chance to redeem herself, so she wasn't going to blow it. Ariel climbed the rocks near the top of the mouth of the cave, ready to drop down onto the foe.

Ariel gathered her wits, preparing for whatever was coming. She, no, they couldn't risk having a paniced Sneasel on their hands. She ran scenarios through her head. If they attacked, she would wait until the right moment to drop down. While dropping, she would unleash an Icy Wind to slow their movement. If they were forced to flee, She would use her Agility to help her run.

Hopefully she wouldn't have to fight. But if she has to, she'll be ready.

Jorf was still on Eagle's arm, giving himself a good enough vantage point to get a close look of this thing. He quietly slide his head against the wall of the rock and extended his eye outward to where he wouldn't be seen. The sight was very horrifing, what seemed to used to be a Mr.Mime was now an evil demented clown-like power zombie. In his mind he thought "Hopfully he's as silent as the species name, and not as loud as what he looks." The creature looked at the rock we were hiding behind, not knowing he was looking straight at Dr.Jorf Jorf with that sharp tooth smile and those evil red eyes. Under normal circumstance would Jorf go out for the attack, but this of course wasn't normal. An uncoordinated attack and a regular Mr.Mime would be dead with no casualties. This Mr.Mime seemed to be mutated with power evolving into some sort of new infected. Jorf didn't like the idea of risking anyones life so signaled no attack for when the were ready to actually kill this.

Not noticing any of us the the clown went back deep into the cave for another chance at a meal. Jorf got off of Eagle's arm and went in front of the cave and said "We're gonna find that thing and we're gonna kill it before it can get of this island. So, who's with me?"

After the infected went back into the cave, Jorf stepped out, well more like crawled cause he didn’t think that was really walking, out into the front of the cave. He then turned to them and said something the Jiru didn’t really understand. “We're goanna find that thing and we're goanna kill it before it can get of this island. So, who's with me?” Jiru didn’t understand the little pokemon intentions. How could he possibly take on that pokemon, it was so much bigger then him, get he was so willing to try.

Jiru didn’t want to be scared any longer, he was going to fight this infected with the little shell pokemon. “I will, I don’t want to run away anymore. I wont get stronger if I do that,” he said as he walked out from behind the rock. Though he didn’t know what two small pokemon like them could do to that thing. If things got out of control, they could always flee to fight another day.

Eagle slowly approached the entrance of the cave, peering nervously towards the mouth where the infected had disappeared off into. He agreed with Dr. Jorf immediately- letting the thing take its sweet time to come over and have the preempt was a big no against the Blaziken's instincts. It was simply easier to bring the fight to them. Clutching his fists, he gave a small nod to his teammates.

"Together we stand a larger chance," he whispered just enough so that their small group could hear. With any luck, they could scare it with the large and quite rare quantity of living; but with the luck the living had, it would most likely be a fight. Eagle glanced bended his knees to prevent his large height from giving their place. We can do this. His pep talk made him glance at his new friends, and he narrowed his eyes. Of course they could! It was, hopefully, one against many.

The fire type unclenched his fists, and widened his eyes back to normal. "I'm ready when you are." His heart was heavy with new responsibilities. Eagle knew he could share the burden, but it always seemed to him that in the end, he would give his life to his friends. He would really; he had lots of adventures and escapades, and he wanted others to have such things. If his life were up at this moment, he hoped that it were to save his new team.

Dr.Jorf looked at his comrads with satisfaction, flexing his brows and noding his head. "Now that we're in agreement, Jiru will handle the lights with Eagle supporting, and I'll take the front as defense, I can take a hit." It was true, Jorf could withstand anything with his sturdy body and focus band, these were procaution for him if he ever decided to become the sword instead of the shield. Jorf walked inside along with his friends following in his asked for position. Jorf could only see about five feet ahead of himself and asked Jiru if he could show a brighter illumination. "Hey would you be able to make that more bright?" With that the flame gotten bigger revealing the entire room, and everthing in it. Zubat, Krabby, Seel, and Golbat awkening from the flash of light and seeing their breakest being the first to appear in front of them. "Well now, this'll be 'fun'."

Jiru walked into the cave following Jorf. His tail flame providing light so it wasn’t so dark. “Hey would you be able to make that more bright?” Jorf asked him. He made his flame burn a little brighter, but the Shuckle probably wasn’t aware how tiring this was. The flame was his life, so forcing it to burn brighter took a lot out of him. But the sudden flash of light from his tail seemed to alert all the infected pokemon that lived where around them. “Well now, this'll be ‘fun’.” Jorf said before the infected pokemon started to attack.

“Oh joy.” Jiru said as they attacked. A seal tried a Water Gun on him, but he managed to dodge it with ease, but it was to close for comfort. Then a bunch of Zubat came at him, so he used his Ember to shoot them out of the sky. But before he could blink a Golbat snuck up behind him and used a wing attack on him. “There’s to many of them!” He called to the others, who where just as busy with the swarm as he was. Jiru was a clear target with his tail, so maybe he could lead them away. But if he did that there was a close chance that he wouldn’t make it.

Everything was happening to fast, they couldn’t die here. He couldn’t die here. But what was he supposed to do. He was just a weak little pokemon who was a burden to everyone he met. Even now he would just be a burden. It was because of his stupid tail flame that they were even in this mess. If he kept thinking like this, then he really would be a burden, but no more. He would no longer be a burden to anyone! “I’m not a burden! I’ll fight for my friends!”

Then something happened. Upon saying that he became bathed in a glowing white light, his body felt like it was getting stronger. W-What is this. He was unable to speak, he could only think. Then the light started to dim. Everything around him seemed to have changed. He looked down at his claws, which where now longer, and with luck, stronger as well. He turned his attention back to the infected, who seemed to be have been shortly blinded by the sudden flash of light, but soon started to advance once again for another attack. Jiru raised his claws to them, ready to fight. “I’m ready for you now infected, so come and get me.”

Upon entering the caverns of Whirl Islands, Eagle felt himself tense up. He had always hated close quarters, feeling the walls closing in on him all the time. He followed the doctor, with Jiru in between for light, precariously, glancing at whatever his eyes could catch.

Suddenly, the light intensified, and hordes of Pokemon were staring at them blankly. "Well now, this'll be fun."

"Back to back everyone!" Eagle yelled instinctively, inching a little closer to Jiru and Doctor Jorf. The Pokemon were upon them now, and the Blaziken Bulked Up before letting out a Brick Break on a Krabby. Eagle launched a roundhouse Blaze Kick against a row of Golbats, but as fast they were came another reappeared.

"There's too many of them!" Jiru's voice came, and Eagle couldn't help but grunt in agreement. The Blaze Pokemon had always avoided using his third attack if possible- Earthquake could literally bring the house down on them. But it was the most effective. As he was pondering it while going onto defensive, light flashed from all around. What? Narrowing his eyes, Eagle turned around abruptly to face a Charmeleon. The light fizzled out, and the other fire type Pokemon stood exactly where Jiru was once at. He... evolved!

Eagle gave a nod of congratulations for the newly evolved Pokemon, then whirled around and jumped into the fray. The evolution, at any other given time, would be a time to celebrate, but at the moment it was only their key to survival in this raid. The Pokemon were still dazed from the light- of course they would, they haven't seen so much light in all their life. All the better. They would need to attack on their own for now; focusing on a single one together would only take time, and really, time hated them right now.

Whirl Island Caves, Morning(6)

No, no, no, no! This couldn't be happening! Ariel knew this was inevitable, but still! Now, of all times? They had just had a close encounter.

Ariel was snapped back into reality when a large, powerful Crobat attacked her with a well aimed Zen Headbutt. It did nothing more that slightly stun Ariel, thankfully. Areil used her Agility to gain distance from the Crobat. She ran circles around it, knowing that stopping would give it a chance to attack. It was fast as well, however. It was gaining on Ariel.

Ariel willed her legs to move faster. Not now! Can't lose! She did her best to lead the Crobat away from her friends. The Crobat, with a cry that sounded straight out of hell, lunged at Ariel with an Air Slash. Ariel tried to slow the Crobat's advance with several ice shards aimed at it's wings. Just as she started her attack, a blinding light flashed. It seemed to come from the direction of Jiru, but Ariel wasn't sure.

What she was sure of, was that the light had temporarily blinded her, causing her Ice Shards to be off target. They flew toward Eagle, to Ariel's horror. "Eagle!!!" Ariel cried. Thankfully, the heat from Eagle's attacks melted the ice before it could hit him.

While Ariel was distracted, the mantic Crobat had an openning. It readied an X - Scissor as it approached. Ariel heard the growling of the beast and her head snapped back to it.
"No!"

Jorf looked behind himself to discover a group of Krabby charging towards him. The doctor decided to go for a rollout attack with each hit being more powerful than the last. First few only fainted, the next had their shells split in half, and the last few resemble somthing like chowder in thier crushed up state. He looked towards the pool again seeing tons of Seel and their undead Dewgong leader. A flash of light came through the room coming from Jiru that was almost blinding. This gave Jorf a one shot advantage to kill all these water beasts if his usumpsions were right.

Jorf grabbed a Krabby claw and ran up towards the blinded leader and cut the top of its skull. It immediately noticed and started to shake Dr.Jorf off. Jorf hung on while trying to figure out the funtions of the thing. He then remebered a time where he accidentaly made a Sandslash brain dead a long time ago, and now used it on this. "Ahha, here it is." He removed part of the brain leaving an empty shell of this once chaotic creature.

"Now for phase two." Although the Dewgong was unable to move Jorf could still send comands through it brain, but he needed to be fast and sure. "Lets hope this is it." He pulled part of the brain making the Dewgong perform a powerful Ice Beam in the water, freezing all the creatures inside of it. Jorf quickly jumped towards where he left the Krabby bodies and heard Ariel in peril. She was about be attacked by one of the Golbat, but before it could happen Jorf quickly reached for a pair of Krabby claws and threw them towards the Golbats wings, bringing it down to the ground.

Jorf saw two paths that lead to other parts of the cave, but only one reinforced the zombies with more Zubat and Golbat from the loud sounds and lights of the battle. "Well, at least we know that clown not over there."

Now that Jiru had finally evolved he was much stronger then he used to be. His scratch attack was so much more useful to him then it used to be. He felt stronger, he now had the strength he needed to protect his friends. But even so, the infected just kept coming. They kept coming from one of the split caves, drawn in by the noise. He had to find a way to block that entrance, but how? He decided he would use his Ember, that way maybe he could dislodge some of the rocks and cause that entrance to cave in.

He took a breath preparing to use it, but what came out wasn’t Ember, it was some kind of new attack. It was Dragon Rage, a dragon type attack. Jiru was in shock as well as amazement. It had been so long since he last learned a new attack, and now he had a dragon type attack. That attack did its job, it managed to block that entrance stopping the infected from coming through, and maybe, crushing some of them as well.

Now that the infected numbers has shortened, this was their chance to get out of there. He turned to his companions and shouted, “now’s our chance! We can get out through the other tunnel!” He didn’t know if the others had heard him, but he ran through the infected using his scratch and flamethrower, making a path for his friends. “This way! Follow my flame!”

Eagle was now starting to gasp with breath, tired from attacking relentlessly. How long had they been fighting? Too long, it seemed to him. Bulking Up, the Blaziken aimed a Blaze Kick at another Golbat, the force taking out a Krabby in the process. We can't keep going on! He thought desperately.

"Eagle!"

He turned towards Ariel's voice, only to find a Crobat diving at the younger Pokemon. Holy Arce- His silent curse was cut off when Krabby claws flew threw the air and sliced the Crobat's wings. Eagle took a quick glance at Dr. Jorf, nodding in recognition, before focusing at the task at hand. Dropping a Brick Break on an unexpected Seel, the Blaziken landed on its dead body and jumped upwards, before darting down onto a Crobat and stabbing a fist into its mouth. A few moments of struggle, and the undead fiend died.

"This way! Follow my flame!"

Eagle heard Jiru's call- it was slightly deeper than before, but it was definitely still the same fire type. The dark caves of the Whirl Islands were difficult to see through, and the only visible light was, of course, Jiru's lit tail. Brushing off a swarm of Golbats, Eagle ran towards the Charmeleon. One stride, jump over this, dodge that attack... The Blaziken instructed himself, making his way towards the light. The infected Pokemon thinned out as he grew closer to the exit, and watched Jiru slowly take care of the surrounding attackers.

The Blaziken drew up close the the Charmeleon, taking on a defensive pose. "Quickly guys!" He threw his voice into the fight, hoping his teammates would hurry.

Whirl Island Caves, Noon(7)

Just as Ariel thought it was all over, the Crobat was dead. It took her a minute to register this. She looked over into the direction of her savior and saw Dr. Jorf. She smiled in thanks.

"This way! Follow my flame!"

Ariel heard Jiru call. His voice was a bit... different. Was that light...an evolution? Ariel wondered. She soon found that she was right, as the cave lit up with Jiru's powerful Flamethrowers.
Ariel ran along with the group, actually having to slow down from her usual sprints to stay with the party. While running, an idea struck her. "J-Jiru! If we combine your... Flamethrower with my Icy Wind... we could create a...a mist that could hide us from... the infected!" She said, panting from the non-stop running.

((Sorry for the short post. I'm having a writers block))

"J-Jiru! If we combine your... Flamethrower with my Icy Wind... we could create a...a mist that could hide us from... the infected!" Jorf heard what Ariel said but didn't want her to use any more energy than she already was.

"Good idea, but how about I make my own ice." Jorf ran and jumped above the frozen pool and slammed into it with an Earthquake. Jorf, shards, and body parts flying in the air as Jorf grabbed a few shards and threw them at the front line of infected. In mid air Jorf retracted into his shell to protect himself from the rest of the ice. Once Jorf and the ice were on the ground Jorf ran as fast as he could away from the infected, accidentally cutting himself along the way from some of the ice. In the last stretch he rolled into his shell and hit a wall in front of the rest of the team. He popped his head out to speak to Jiru. "Now, do it now!"

Upon hearing the command he turned around as fast as he could and used his Flamethrower. It hit the shards of ice causing them to melt into a mist, so in case it wasn’t enough he also used him Smokescreen. Now concealed from the infected he turned back around and continued to run at the back of everyone. “We need to find a place to hide ourselves for the time being.” Jiru called out to the others in front.

Then they came to another fork in the tunnels, he didn’t know which way to go. “I smell fresh air coming from this way,” Jiru said pointing to the left tunnel. “I think we should head back to the surface and recover from that battle before we attempt to take on the infected mr.mime.” He hoped the others would agree with him, cause he was going that way if they followed him or not. He didn’t want to take on anymore infected when everyone was so tired from the previous one.

Eagle had charged soon after the mist and Smokescreen came onto the scene, the adrenaline pushing him onward. We actually escaped! The Blaziken thought in his mind, as he jumped over a bolder or two to come to the fork. His companions gathered along with him, and they looked at either of the caves. Eagle peered at the left one, then to the other, then back again. Where should they go? Which direction should they take? Upwards towards the open air, or downwards in the black darkness?

"I think we should head back to the surface and recover from that battle before we attempt to take on the infected Mr. Mime," Jiru decided, and the Blaziken nodded absentmindedly. The Charmeleon certainly grew a backbone since evolving... But Jiru did have a point- recuperating was their best option if they were to be in best form against that Psychic infected.

He'd follow. But... Eagle glanced towards the others. It'd be wise to make sure the rest of the group came along too.

“I think we should head back to the surface and recover from that battle before we attempt to take on the infected mr.mime” Jiru said. Ariel agreed. Even as a group, they wouldn't stand a chance against the Mr. Mime right now. She followed Jiru, happy to finally be away from the fighting. If it were another time, she would have been excited at the thought of a battle, eager to show her parents that they had raised her well. Now, she just wanted to eat. Eat, and rest. All of that running had tired her.

Reaching the light, she noticed they were underneath some sort of overhang. Good thing, too, for it seemed as though the sky had become grey, like it would pour any second. Ariel could already hear the thunder in the distance. Well, it could be worse.

Jokermime as ventured deep into the darkness, of the caves, he had found a good spot to rest and sleep, besides having large rage, bloodlust, sadism and gluttony, he was actually very lazy too.

He heard a great fight in the caves from where he came...It seemed survivors fighting against infected of the depths of the cave...Should he go play? Naaaaaaah...he was too tired and lazy for that. He would let them live...for now.

Dr.Jorf came out of the cave where everyone else was to recollect himself, wiping what little blood he lost from his minor cuts, he realized this place was familiar. Jorf looked over and knew he was here before because of the berry plants that had finished growing. He looked around some more and found his Pigeotto friend drifting back and forth on the shore. Jorf picked him up to introduce Picker to his friends. "All right Picker, these are our new friends Eagle, Ariel, an Jiru. Everyone this is Picker my zombie specimen I'm studying. Now, I hate to ask this but Picker here is hungry and needs some live flesh to snack on, so... any volunteers?" Everyone looked at Jorf in confusion not wanting to lose any part of themselves. "Nah I'm just kidding, he'll eat anything I give this sucker whether he likes it or not." Jorf pulled a Dewgong brain from earlier that he snuck out, removed Picker's muzzle, and threw him and the brain away from everyone else to enjoy his meal. "Ugh, nasty little things they are, now how about our lunch?" Befor getting some food Jorf went to wash off in the ocean for clean uninfected hands. He then proceded to his plants and grabbed a few berries. "Do you guys want them like this or should I blend them.

Jiru didn’t like that Jorf had an infected friend, even if it was tied up and unable to attack them. He didn’t even find the Shukles little joke the least bit funny. “Sorry, but why do you have an undead? I know you called it a specimen, and that your studying it, but why?” Jiru would have killed it without much of a second thought. It was pretty obvius that infected do nothing was eat, he didn’t even think they slept at all. And there was no way he was going to hang around with that thing close by.

When Jorf offered them some berries, he decided to wait. He didn’t realize how hungry he was until now. And evolving pretty much made him a little hungrier. “I’ll just take my berry like that.” He said. He was to hungry to wait for them to be blended. So Jorf handed him one of the berries, he didn’t even care what kind of berry it was, he just bit into it and let his hunger be satisfied. He would tell Jorf how uncomfortable he was around the infected later, right now he would just eat.

Eagle couldn't help but come up to the Pidgeotto and poke it as it ravenously ate the Dewgong brain. Of course it revolted the Blaziken, and made him want to throw up from the stink it was letting out, but curiosity always got the best of him. Picker had a blank look on its face, despite having been tied up. Now what made you become infected, little guy? He thought as the doctor asked if they would like their berries blended or as they were.

"I'd like Leppa and Chesto blended together please," Eagle said as he turned away from the little infected. He always had a love for the spicy berries, but if he wasn't in the mood, Chesto could make the broaden the taste. The Blaziken kicked a small boulder into the ocean, looking out to sea. How were they going to get across this wide open water? They could wait until Jiru evolved and he could carry Doctor Jorf, while Ariel and himself swam, but that could take a while, if not forever.

"So Doctor, have any plans after we beat that psycho infected? I take it that we're not only banding together only for that one cause." Eagle said to the Shuckle, digging his hands into the sand. What were they going to do? Become the Zombie Busters and make the undead disappear from the area? Maybe the isolation of being on the islands is starting to get to me.

The undead Pidgeotto unnerved Ariel to no end. What if it broke free? They could defeat it easily, but the thought was still worrisome to her. She was snapped out of her reeling thoughts buy the word 'berries' that came from Dr. Jorf. "I'll have what Eagle's having, please." Ariel needed the pick-me-up that the berries offered.

She sat and listened to the waves lap at the shore. Was this her new home? It would be a nice place if it wasn't for the infected everywhere." So Doctor, have any plans after we beat that psycho infected? I take it that we're not only banding together only for that one cause," Eagle said. That was a good question. What were they going to do in the long run? There were no visible means by which they could easily leave the islands. "Perhaps we could find a way to leave?" Ariel offered. She was unsure of what was in the deepest parts of the islands, but she wasn't so keen on investigating anytime soon.

"By the way, I think we should rest here for tonight. We could take turns keeping watch," Ariel said, feeling the sleep creeping into her.

Yawning the lazy Mr.Mime got up stretching and cracking loudly his bones and articulations, he started to walk through the caves and noticed the large ammount of dead infected or just members laying around. He grumbled annoyed that he lost all the fun.

But he could hear something well...even if his senses weren't as great as a Ninetails or a Mightyena, he could hear well something outside, he sneaked close by and poked his head out of the entrance he saw the group of Survivors. He grinned happily and giggled, but than an idea appeared through his mind...Why wouldn't he say hi to them?! What great idea that would be! But he couldn't prank them this easily...they would recognize him as an infected...Enough noise should attract them to his presence and the most hot head would charge and attack him.

Quietly he stepped a tiny bit closer and waved his arms to make an invisible Barrier, than went back to the entrance of the cave and whistled loudly to get their attention and waved grinning. His plan was some one charge at him although bash their heads on the Barrier, or even better, throw an attack and just watch it ricochet back to them. While awaiting for their move, in his mind kept echoing the same sentence Tee-hee...This is gonna be so awesome!>w<

“Sorry, but why do you have an undead? I know you called it a specimen, and that your studying it, but why?”

"What do you think? See what makes these things tick, how far they'll go, what to use against them. And while I haven't really uncovered much, it's still nice to keep trying." Jiru took one of the Oran berries from Jorf wanting it plain. While the Eagle and Ariel on the other hand wanted some Lepsto smoothies. "Thats the spirit, coming right up." Jorf activated his Power Trick move to obtain lots of stregnth in order to punch out some of the island to make rock cups. Jorf then proceeded to put two of each berrie through his shell to come out nice and blended. "Ah yes, delicious berry drinks just what us Shuckles were made for." Jorf handed them thier drinks and began to answer Eagle's question. "Well you see Eagle for all we know as long as this thing hasn't found us we have the-" Jorf was cut off by a loud whistle coming from the cave. "No one else is alive on this island right?" With quick reaction Jorf threw a rock directly at the cave which evaporated the second it hit a barrier from Jorf's power. "So much for that plan."

Jiru turned his head quickly at the direction he heard the whistle. Jorf threw a rock but it merely bounced off, so there had to be an invisible barrier blocking the entrance. “You think it’s that pokemon? How nice of it to come to us, instead of the other way around.” Jiru said with a grin. He raised his claws, ready to attack once the pokemon showed its ugly face.

(Sorry for the short post, I didn’t really know what else to put.)