The NEW BARK Team

"We just got here a few days ago." Moudie said as Luna looked up at the twins. "Drifted here on a small life boat." Luna's ear's twitched. A life boat?! Maybe that life boat is where they left it. If it is we can leave Johto and head to Sinnoh or Unova and look for Kat. Luna thought as she went over what could or could not happen. She looked up at the Dewott's and spoke.

Do you two still think the life boat's where you left it? Luna asked as the ground start to shake. A buff of dirt smacked the Umbreon in the face. And it was gone. Just like that. As quickly as it came, it left. I wonder what that was? Luna said as she examined the ground around the hole.

The Aggron laughed, clearly amused by the Living. Again, she began to dig upwards, but this time, in a different direction and dislodged rocks right behind Luna. Now this is fun. She began to dig in a manner which made the Earth rumble.

Suddenly, she burst out of the ground, before diving back in. Sand sprayed all over the area as she chuckled.

"Do you two still think the life boat's where you left it?" Luna asked. The twins looked at each other a shrugged, they didn't really know if it would still be there or have drifted off. They had pulled it ashore to keep it from drifting off in case they had to get out of Johto fast. They had made the boat themselves, using there Razor Shell since all the real life boats had wholes in them. So if it wasn't they could always make another, but they weren't going to tell the Umbreon this, just to see how long they could keep the fun up. "Maybe, who knows what's become of it now." They said as the ground started to rumble once again.

Rocks behind Luna got dislodged and it felt like the shelter was going to cave in so they both got up and ran out the door. Atticus looked over to to his left only to see an Aggron jump out of the ground then dive back in. His eyes went wide as he turned to his brother. "It seems where dealing with a metal Haxorus Maudie." That's what it looked like to the twins, a giant metal Haxorus. They had never left Unova till now, so they knew nothing of pokemon outside of there own region. "So how do you think we should handle it?" Maudie asked as he stroked his chin in thought. "With ice of course, just cause its made of metal, it should still be a dragon type right." Atticus replied putting his hands on his hip. Maudie smiled and nodded. "So the next time we see it..." Maudie said, "We'll freeze fry it!" They said in unison as they prepared themselves for when the Aggron showed itself again.

Gaius stumbled into the town late into the night. He would have seen the moon shining overhead, had he the will or energy to look up. The only rest he had taken since... the incident... had been to sleep near Dark Cave on the way from Violet town. It was not his first time to New Bark, but it was his first time taking the path alone. His body ached of exhaustion as he stumbled into town, hoping that the place was so far away from everything else that it would be deserted.

Deserted of humans, it was. Pokemon, however, it was not. Almost immediately upon taking his first few steps into New Bark, Gaius was knocked flat by a rumbling in the ground. He barely had time to react before he heard it. An awful pounding, like wood on metal, and a voice that sent chills down his trunk. What have I gotten myself into... He thought to himself. For the time being, however, he krept into the bushes nearby. He didn't want to be around if any infected were here, but if by some tiny chance they were still alive, then he'd be better off here.

He could almost make out the shape of something in front of the ruins of a building. It's shape was dark and whispy, but it seemed to be a... doll? What could that mean? Then, as he stared, Gaius got a better angle to see the creature's glowing red eyes. What HAVE I gotten myself into...


((OOC: Ah... New character and a new region... Gonna have some fun here. :D))

"Maybe, who knows what's become of it now." The twins said at the same time. Luna just sighed. So there was no way to leave Johto and go looking for Kat. Luna was upset, so she just layed her head on her paws and tried to close her eyes.

The peace did not last. The rocks behind her moved as the Moonlight pokemon ran outside with the twin's. When she turned she saw the Aggron Jump out and jump back into the ground. But the twins said other wise. "It seems where dealing with a metal Haxorus Maudie." Atticus said to his brother. "So how do you think we should handle it?" Maudie asked his brother. Luna sighed as they continued. "With ice of course, just cause its made of metal, it should still be a dragon type right." Atticus said. Maudie smiled and nodded. "So the next time we see it..." Maudie said. Luna was getting irritated. "We'll freeze fry it!"

Luna just sighed as she did a facepaw. I hate to rain on your parade boys. But that is not a Haxorus. That. Points to the hole the Aggron left. That my friends is a Aggron. And it's a steel type. So fire, ground and water types, would do the best damage. Luna said as she slowly moved forward. Sniffing the air.

"With ice of course, just cause its made of metal, it should still be a dragon type right." Pan-Pan laughed underground. Dragon-type? She wished. With a innocent laugh, she pushed her way up a bit. She popped her head out of the hole, her armor head angled so any up-front attacks like ice beam would only affect her armor. She smiled. "Pah-pah-pah~ Pah-lah-pah-lah-pah~" She hummed, happily. She was genuinely happy that she was getting a reaction out of the living.

She looked towards Luna, blinking. "Espeon dieeeeed~" Pan-Pan rumbled, delivering the news. She suddenly noticed the presence of others, other than just her, Luna, and the twin Dewotts. One of them seemed almost invisible, but was apparent by the chill that crept up her spine. The other seemed to be a large Pokemon, a ground type.

"Lunaaaaa." she whined, carefully pronouncing the Umbreon's name. Up until now she only used a harsh, rough voice to say it. It felt interesting to say it in such a gentle voice now. She turned to the Dewotts, whom she learned of their name by eavesdropping. "Atticus and Maudiiiie." she murmured, testing each of their names.

Soon, she popped back into her hole, digging a bit farther then popping up, right at the entrance of the shelter. A screeching sound hit her ears and a new voice. "Hide and Seeeeek, Hide and Seeeek~ Come out, come out, wherever you areee~~~" It was from the ghost, a Bannette. The Agrron stared for a moment, before frowning. This one was an enemy. "WHO ARE YOU." she snarled viciously. She didn't mind the other living, she could make them understand her, but she was not sure with the ghost. The sound he had already made had set her danger alarms off.

"An Aggron? Weak to water attacks?" The twins said together and grinned at each other at the news they where just told. They where water type pokemon, and they both knew water type attacks. "We are water types, Luna." Maudie said as he looked back at the Umbreon. "So we can take that, Aggron, without much trouble." Atticus added before giving his brother a high five. They stopped when they noticed there shadows start to dance when they weren't moving. There eyes where wide while watching it, and they where no longer smiling, but rather astonished. They looked back at Luna to see her rings glowing brighter and saying something they didn't catch, before she fell to the ground.

The twins ran to her, both on ether side of her. "I'm never going to get used to that without Kat around." Luna said between breaths, obviously tired from doing whatever it was she did. "That was incredible." They said in unison. They wondered who this Kat person was, but they weren't able to ask before they heard this eerie sound over by the old houses. They covered there ears as they looked over in the direction it was coming from. And the voice they soon herd sent a shiver down there spines, "Hide and Seeeeek, Hide and Seeeek~ Come out, come out, wherever you areee~~~" They where about to run and hide and hope that thing wouldn't find them, but they couldn't leave Luna so they picked her up then started to run into one of the houses.

Gaius was scared. He recognized the dark creature, the Umbreon, but the rest of these creatures... What were they? He'd never been out of Johto, and none of the other pokemon he'd battled even resembled these... things. His long trunk began to move on it's own, and he got his first whiff of the largest of the group. It smelled... off. He didn't want to get any closer to it than he had to. Especially not with it so near to the doll-thing. That scared him the most. He had never been fond of ghost types, which this one most likely seemed to him.

Gaius couldn't see much more than the rings on the Umbreon as they moved away. Before his mind was made up, however, his body had moved. Slowly, ever so slowy, he trailed the trio, following them near to the next house. At least there were no ghosts there, he hoped. He stayed in the bushes, not making an appearance, but watched carefully. Ever-so carefully.

"Espeon dieeeeed~" Luna stared at the Aggron. Are-are you telling me the truth infected? Luna said as the twins picked her up and ran toward a house before she got her answer. The twins put her down and went into the entrance and waited. Luna could just sit there in depression. What the Aggron said did make sense. Sun had not come back from hunting. So it must be true.

She could feel the shadows around them grow as two new pokemon showed them self's. But, she did not care. All she wanted was Sun. Someone was watching her and the twins. She nudged Atticus. I think someone is watching us. But, she keep her distance. She layed in the corner, hoping that the Aggron was wrong and that Sun was still alive.

"Malo. Malo de Vigny, pleasure to meet you." The Agrron gave a numb nod, staring at the Banette's hand. "Tell me... What is your name, Miss...?" She cleared her throat, gently shaking his hand with her own. "Pan. They can me Pan-Pan." she rumbled in the most sophisticated voice she could muster. If one treats you with respect, treat them back.

She too, had ignored the running living. She couldn't care less about what they were doing now, especially when the two Dewotts had completely ignored everything she said and done. She could feel the presence of that other living still, as she turned her head towards the source.

Soon, she shrugged it of, looking at the house the twins and the Umbreon went to. "Shall we?" she asked the Banette, motioning to the house.

Atticus looked over his shoulder when Luna nudged him. "I think someone is watching us." She said, keeping her distance from Atticus and Maudie. He didn't say anything, only nodded before going back to keeping watch with his brother.
"Luna says someone is watching us, see anything that could be?" Atticus asked without turning his head.
"Not really, just a bunch of run down houses and dried up blood." Maudie replied.
"What do you think that thing was earlier, you know, the one that thinks where playing Hide and Seek?"
"Dunno, could be anything really, but we have other things to worry about right now."
The twins looked at each other, a worried look on both of there faced as they looked back out the door. They hadn't seen that Aggron since it jumped out of the ground like a fish, so they had to keep and eye on the ground as well as the sky so no flying infected come looking for an easy meal.

The two of them sat down, bored at keeping watch when nothing interesting was happening. "We need something more fun to do." They said in unison as they both let out a long sigh. They hadn't eaten since they landed in Johto, so they where very much hungry, but they kept it to themselves for the time being.
"Say Luna, have you ever thought about leaving this town?" Maudie asked as he looked over his brothers shoulder.
"Yeah, I mean, this place is nice and all, but its a little boring." Atticus added, as he and his brother waited on a reply.

((Please skip my turn. There's nothing Gaius can do here, since he's just kinda... in the bushes. :x Soz. >.<))

Luna lays in the corner as the twins try and make a conversation between them. Maudie spoke first. "Say Luna, have you ever thought about leaving this town?" Luna looked at up the twins and Atticus spoke before she could think about it. "Yeah, I mean, this place is nice and all, but its a little boring."

The Umbreon looked at the twins, puzzled. I really don't know. I just got back to New Bark a few days ago. I was born here and I plan to stay here a bit longer. Why do you ask? Luna asked as she tilted her head.

Them all of a sudden something jumps though the window and lands on Luna! She huffs and the new pokemon get's off her and speaks. "Sorry about that! But there are two nasty looking pokemon coming this way!" Luna shook herself and layed back down. It's alright. Just watch were your going. My name is Luna. Luna sat up and used her sensitive ears to hone on the other pokemon.

"Well then... Nice to meet you Miss. Pan-Pan." His hearty smile looked cute on his puppet face. She smiled back. "Remember to greet them with utter respect, we shall be playing a fun game tonight." Pan-Pan nodded. "Of course."

"And of course, ladies first." She gave a wry smile, gently digging through the Earth towards the house. She occasionally looked back to see Malo.

When she reached the house, a yellow.... Thing darted into the window of it. She heard a thump. Pan dived down and broke some of the wooden flooring, arising withing the house. She blinked before waving.

[Please skip me, I'm not feeling to well right now to do anything. Just say the twins took up a defencive position againsed the Aggron.]

The suspense was killing him. Gaius watched in horror as the... Aggron, was it?dug it's way towards the house. He noticed a Pikachu jump into the building nearby him, but he knew they'd still have trouble. He didn't relish the idea of meating up with the ghost type, but he heard the Umbreon say that Aggron was a ground type. Gaius could help with her...

He was scared, but he wasn't very good at waiting. Besides, he felt sure that at least some of the others had noticed him. He prepared himself, and rolled quickly into the side of the house, breaking a small hole in it, and landing himself on the other side. He got in just in time to see the Aggron jumping out of the ground and... waving? And the ghost was standing next to her... This was just too odd... "I'm a friend." he mumbled to the smaller pokemon. He faced the Aggron and, growling, waited.

(OOC: Please skip my turn. Luna is still sulking in the corner.)

"Greetings, we want to play a game~" Pan-Pan nodded cheerfully. "A game, a game~" she chanted as Malo vanished into the ground. Suddenly, a Donphan rolled into the side of the house and began to growl at her. The stupid Pikachu growled too. "We don't want any part of you little game!"

'Papa, Mama, why don't they want to play the game?' she frowned as she remembered exact quotes from her past, when her family was actually happy and they all played tag and hide and seek. She narrowed her eyes. 'This isn't the past anymore.' she bared her teeth at the Pikachu and Donphan.

"Well too bad... You'll die if you don't!" her shout didn't sound scary, it didn't sound as menacing as one would expect. Instead, her voice sounded pleading, as if begging them. She dove into the ground, digging.

"We love games, but where not playing any with you." The Twins said pointing at the Aggron before it disappeared into the ground once again.
"Now would be a good time to freeze the ground, that way when it tries to come up it will hit nothing but a sheet of ice." Moudie said to Atticus as he pointed to the ground, a grin showing on his face.
"It wont hold it for long you know, and we will still have that ghost to deal with." Atticus said as he looked around for the Banette who has disappeared into the shadows.
"Even so it would leave one less to deal with while he try and make a run for it"
"Then we don't have anything to worry about."
Shards of ice began to form at Atticus' mouth into a orb of ice before it was fired as an Ice Beam at the ground. He made sure not to hit Luna or the Pikachu as well as the Donphan. The ground became a smooth sheet of ice, though it wasn't thick enough to stop the Aggron completely, they could at lest slow it down, at lest, that's what they hoped.