Easier to Run [Jay]

[Admiral Striker General]

Things in the lab were quiet, for the most part. Kali had left some time this morning, which was to say a morning that was definitely some time in March and not the day before her birthday at all, headed to the capital to Pokemon hunt and wedding shop. Kaito and Jasmine were rarely around anymore, really, or were so quiet when they were. Vengeance.. had been spending a lot of time lately with Jack.

The bright side was that Yue Leon Alias had plenty of time to concentrate.. right?

Or he would have, if it weren't for the fact that his phone wouldn't stop vibrating. It hadn't stopped for more than a minute for quite some time.

[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/yuetable.png);color:#111111;width:492;height:400;line-height:14px;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][scrolly:h(230),w(271),sy,as(padding:9px;margin-top:130px;margin-left:204px;)]Zzzz....zzz.....zz...z... What no of course Yue Leon Alias was not asleep. No he was not sleeping standing up either-- he was just leaning on the counter that held the chemicals of his latest experiment. His eyes was closed because he was allowing it to refocus or something, obviously. Having only one eye did distort his vision, didn't it? Not that he had very many memories of when his sight could be considered normal, but that was far from the point. The point was he was not sleeping, obviously. Our favorite Shadow scientist was so close so very close to breaking through a new way to shadow pokemon and hadn't slept adequatly for the last few nights because of it, often enough waking up as an epiphany came to him and writing notes down before going back to sleep again. Compared to what he used to get by on, Yue sometimes found it ridiculous that he had gotten so used to a normal sleep schedule and often found himself craving sleep when he didn't get enough of it. That was preposterous! Ridiculous! Annoying, and all at the same time, he felt powerless to stop his own body. What...what was that sound? He knew pretty much all of the sounds of the machines by now, and none of them made that particular wavelength. A red contacted eye opened looking around at the blurry shapes and figures around him. Frowning, Yue pulled down his sleeve and proceeded to poke and press at his eye causing the contact to slip back into place with ease. That didn't solve the b-...... A hand raised and smacked a phone that was only about two feet away. Considering there was only one person who called him frequently, he didn't even bother to look to see who it was. "Mhm?" he asked trying to sound a bit more than straight up groggy. [/scrolly]

[Admiral Striker General]

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[atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]The voice that replied was at first no more than an incoherent whine; the sound of wind or some other sort of strong static threatened to drown whatever words were spoken. However, there was little chance of mistaking the eventual cry of "LEEEOOONNNNNNN." Kali had planned... well.. No, she hadn't been able to think that far ahead, really, but she did try to say more. Instead, all that followed was something that sounded like bawling, hyperventilating, or a mixture of both. [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
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[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/yuetable.png);color:#111111;width:492;height:400;line-height:14px;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][scrolly:h(230),w(271),sy,as(padding:9px;margin-top:130px;margin-left:204px;)]The crackling of the phone caused Leon to pull it away from his ear and look at it confusedly before setting it back to his ear before repeating the step up until the cry-bawl-shout of his name, which coincided oddly well with him bringing the phone to his ear again vibrated his eardrum viciously. Flinching, he mentally groaned but found the feeling of irritation at whatever had caused her to cry like that. Well, there better have been a reason. "Kali, what's wrong?" was all he said. His voice lacked the usual light tune and almost sounded ordering. Whether this was from fatigue or worry or whatever, only Yue knew. [/scrolly]

[Admiral Striker General]

[cs=3][atrb=style,height:87px;width:469px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:0 black none;border-radius:40px;-moz-border-radius:40px,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/kalitable2.png,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]The frantic crying continued for some time with the occasional random syllables strewn about before she finally managed, "Stormy." Breathe, breathe dammit. Thoughts. Straight. "I--" She choked. "I wa-... Storm--... She--" All the wind with this was doing nothing to help. Kali couldn't really help it, though. There wasn't much way to block it out while she was mid-flight. [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
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[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/yuetable.png);color:#111111;width:492;height:400;line-height:14px;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][scrolly:h(230),w(271),sy,as(padding:9px;margin-top:130px;margin-left:204px;)]Storm? There was a storm? She was caught in a storm? Did she mean a sandstorm? Well what else could she mean? What little there was of Yue's partial smile deterioration, and suddenly he was walking quickly through his lap stopping only to snag pokeballs as he went. "Kali, where are you?" was the question that still came off in an ordering tone. This was not what he was hoping to wake up to -- no of course he wasn't sleeping. He was just resting his-- oh fuck it. "Kali?" [/scrolly]

[Admiral Striker General]

[cs=3][atrb=style,height:87px;width:469px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:0 black none;border-radius:40px;-moz-border-radius:40px,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/kalitable2.png,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]"Ah--" Why did that..? "I-.." It shouldn't have mattered, but she just.. couldn't focus. For all that she had tried so hard to get ahold of him, all that really existed in her mind was what was immediately around her... and what she knew too well wasn't. "Shzhaiwhfiaf........." Really, just hearing his voice was a comfort... if a minuscule one. She needed more, though. The lab was in view, and she pushed Kjaerlighet harder. There was no 'landing'. The Flygon hit the sand in front of the door, then hit the door, busting it open (and knocking one off the hinges, um... oops.. <_<;; ..Kjaer made a note to fix that later..); the girl on her back flung off and hit the floor rolling. Kali's phone was discarded without even hanging it up, but the sound of her feet hitting the floor as she bounded down the hall. "LEON?" [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
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[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/yuetable.png);color:#111111;width:492;height:400;line-height:14px;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][scrolly:h(230),w(271),sy,as(padding:9px;margin-top:130px;margin-left:204px;)]The sound of crashing at the front door set off an alarm that was now blaring in Yue's ears. Looking around startled, he tensed wondering just what was going on. Starting to run then towards the front, he turned a corner only to ear Kali's voice. She was here? What? What exactly was going on? "Kali!" he called. [/scrolly]

[Admiral Striker General]

[cs=3][atrb=style,height:87px;width:469px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:0 black none;border-radius:40px;-moz-border-radius:40px,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/kalitable2.png,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]Kali gasped and turned on a dime at her master's voice. Two turns later, and she was barreling into him, clinging to his shirt with such force she threatened to cut into her hands with her nails even through the fabric. She wanted to bury herself completely within him and just never come out, never have to face this horrible world again; unfortunately for her, huddling against his chest was the closest she could manage. Still, she was threatening to hyperventilate-- really not helped by her panting from running now, too-- but she was starting to calm now that he was here. She wasn't so alone now. Wasn't so empty, wasn't so naked. She.. had a pillar to cling to, and she wasn't letting it go for a moment. Breathing now. Breathing. "ssstormizgon" she whimpered under her breath. "izhe..soztubid.. nevrzhudda... ztolen....." At the last syllable, her voice screeched up higher again, and the bawling came back a little. [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
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[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/yuetable.png);color:#111111;width:492;height:400;line-height:14px;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][scrolly:h(230),w(271),sy,as(padding:9px;margin-top:130px;margin-left:204px;)]Being barreled into nearly knocked Yue Leon Alias off his feet, yet he managed to take her force pretty well. As she clung to his jacket, he simply wrapped his arms around her. Between the alarms that were still sounding and his own fully awake but fully on guard pulse, Yue could barely hear what Kali was saying even as she grew louder. However, as she broke into the cry, all he could do was flinch a little before holding her tighter. "Kali, Kali it's alright...Kali, it's alright..." He still didn't understand what was wrong, but it would be alright... He'd make it right. [/scrolly]

[Admiral Striker General]

[cs=3][atrb=style,height:87px;width:469px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:0 black none;border-radius:40px;-moz-border-radius:40px,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/kalitable2.png,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]Back at the entrance, Kjaer had recovered well enough and made a few attempts to set the door back in place, finally giving up with a sigh. She.. she hoped Kali was gonna be okay, but she'd gotten up quickly enough after that fall, and the Flygon knew by now there was no stopping her trainer when she set her mind to something. ... <_<;; Now where was that alarm.. thingy.. The thing with the buttons. She'd seen it once or twice. One of the Pokemon... was it Hades? ...Raira? ...Someone electric, Kjaer couldn't remember.. One of them mentioned a code to her once.. She wondered if she could remember... At last finding the pad whose name still escaped her, she tried a few combinations of numbers; when the one she thought she remembered failed, she began switching a few numbers that seemed plausible, and finally she got it. .. :D Oh hey cool! She made it stop! ^w^ So she failed at the door, but she still managed to help~ That was always good. ----- Meanwhile, Kali had just been sobbing into her lover's shirt, searching desperately for some way to force herself to believe him. This was even harder than forcing herself not to combat him on it, though the race was close. How could it possibly be okay? Upon realizing the alarms had stopped, the girl felt--... a certain peace, oddly. It.. Well, she knew what it was, really, somewhere in the back of her mind. Everything had been so hectic for the past few hours; it was hard not to feel calmed by comparison. The rush of flight for so long, the sand in her face, the anxiety when Leon wouldn't pick up his damn phone, the frustration when it was pointless when he did, the blaring alarms, the various pains of all varieties: all that was just on top of the emptiness in her. Though she still had the latter, a moment of actual peace and quite in Leon's arms was.. She couldn't express how badly she'd needed this. Again she had to stop and force herself to breathe properly, at least for a few breaths to catch hers. A little more coherently, she finally managed to sob, "I'z...." She huddled tighter into herself. "I wz robbed'n.... Stormy. ....stole Sto--" She choked again; her throat was on fire. It still didn't seem like this was even.. This shouldn't have been a thing that was even possible within the realm of this universe! [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
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[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/yuetable.png);color:#111111;width:492;height:400;line-height:14px;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][scrolly:h(230),w(271),sy,as(padding:9px;margin-top:130px;margin-left:204px;)]As the alarms fell silent, Yue relaxed if only a little. Kali was still crying, and he still didn't know what was going on, but at least the blaring in his ears had stopped. However, as Kali calmed enough to tell him more coherently what was wrong, he tensed again. Someone had robbed her? And of Stormy, her Electivire... Yue's expression scrunched up into something readily distorting his features but a bit harder to discern than an obvious dislike. However, this face didn't last long and instead became more thoughtful. "Kali, do you know who stole Stormy?" he asked. "Anything. What he ...she? Looks like? Any information?" Era was large, and the task of tracking down anyone was certainly daunting, but Yue wasn't of the average breed to give up when he actively set his mind to things either. If that had been the case, he would never have been a good researcher. As much as he would prefer to go back to his research that screamed of a break through,, Kali came first. [/scrolly]

[Admiral Striker General]

[cs=3][atrb=style,height:87px;width:469px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:0 black none;border-radius:40px;-moz-border-radius:40px,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/kalitable2.png,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]After a sharp breath, this seemed to silence her a moment. "I-....I don't-...." She swallowed. "I... think so but I.. didn't.. actually..." As much as she wanted to beat that bastard into a pulp herself, Kali couldn't shake the tiiiny nagging feeling of how horrible she'd feel if maybe, just maybe, however unlikely it was.. if maybe someone else- human or Pokemon or a team of both- actually stole her things... and Kelsy had just been trying to get it back...? :X God that didn't sound plausible in the slightest but.. She sighed. " 'e said 'is name's... Kelsy?" She'd long since forgotten whatever last name he gave. "Tall, red hair... kinda outta shape..." She'd finally loosened her grip on him a little, and now went kind of limp against him. "S-..sorry I... can't thinka much more.." [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
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[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/yuetable.png);color:#111111;width:492;height:400;line-height:14px;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][scrolly:h(230),w(271),sy,as(padding:9px;margin-top:130px;margin-left:204px;)]She thought she knew who had stolen her pokemon? Why did she not have a direct answer? Did it matter at the moment? Not to Yue at the moment. As she gave a name, Yue blinked. What kind of name was Kelsy? No of course he wasn't judging at the moment. He was just.... just thinking of the name. Red hair and out of shape... That... That was not a lot, and who knew if the name he had given was real? What no of course he wasn't suspicious due to the fact that he didn't give his real name to anyone right off. Suddenly a thought hit him, and Yue deadpanned. The only person he could think of that would be of much help, seeing as Adrian was...somewhere or something and never very useful anyways, would....Ugh why? Holding her a bit more tightly than before, Yue exhaled. "Any chance you have Nathan's number or something?" he asked dryly. [/scrolly]

[Admiral Striker General]

[cs=3][atrb=style,height:87px;width:469px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:0 black none;border-radius:40px;-moz-border-radius:40px,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/kalitable2.png,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]That caught her rather off-guard; Kali blinked. "..Of course?" She didn't realize he didn't. ..... She cringed a bit. "..Though I left my phone back in the... by the door. ..heh?" It was a good idea, though. If anyone knew... everyone, really. It was definitely Nathan. [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
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[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/yuetable.png);color:#111111;width:492;height:400;line-height:14px;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][scrolly:h(230),w(271),sy,as(padding:9px;margin-top:130px;margin-left:204px;)]The explanation was met with a quiet nod as Leon slowly released Kali, though keeping hold of her hand, and starting to tug her down the hallway towards the front. "Then let's go and give him a call," he hummed trying to sound light but coming off more weak than intended. "And we'll see what we can do." As if he needed to add the last part, but some part of Yue was trying to keep talking. Upon coming back to the front and seeing the door, Yue's single eye widened, and a startled smile followed by a smiling look of irritation followed. That was expensive damn it. However, his mind quickly returned to the situation at hand. [/scrolly]

[Admiral Striker General]

[cs=3][atrb=style,height:87px;width:469px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:0 black none;border-radius:40px;-moz-border-radius:40px,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/kalitable2.png,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]Kali didn't even really notice the door, but was clinging to him enough that she noticed him twitch, and looked up to see him looking uneasy. .. Why...? ... OH. Oh, right, uh-- "..Right! I-..I'll fix that." That meant her Hitmontop would fix that, like they did most things. >3> Ssh. Looking around, she finally spied her phone and stared at it hesitantly. She realized the back had come off, too; well, it looked to be okay otherwise. ...She finally darted to the phone, gathering up the pieces before rushing back to Leon's side. Only once she was touching him again did she put them back together and ensure the phone was working. "Yeah, here.." She handed it to him. [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
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[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/yuetable.png);color:#111111;width:492;height:400;line-height:14px;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][scrolly:h(230),w(271),sy,as(padding:9px;margin-top:130px;margin-left:204px;)]Yue waited as Kali put the phone back together before taking it and going through contacts and rather quickly finding Nathan's. Mentally sighing, he hit the talk and then set the phone to his ear, forgetting that there was such a thing as speaker on the phone. For a brief moment there was ringing, yet the voice that came was clear enough. "Good afternoon, Yue," Nathan hummed a little causing Alias's face to twitch. This was Kali's phone, and he didn't really want to know why Nathan knew it was him instead. "Nathan, there's been a robbery,' Yue forced his voice into some lighter form only for it to fall downwards again as he finished with 'robbery'. "Oh? What was stolen?" "Pokemon, Kali's pokemon," Yue stated. "I s-..." Nathan's voice cut off as sudden static took over. 'Kaliiiiiii can you hear me?' Ami didn't even know how she had managed to project that through a cell phone of all things but she was never very technical to begin with. The shout from Ami caused Yue to pull the phone away from his ear rather quickly. 'We'll be right there! Don't you worry!' [/scrolly]

[Admiral Striker General]

[cs=3][atrb=style,height:87px;width:469px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:0 black none;border-radius:40px;-moz-border-radius:40px,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/kalitable2.png,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]Kali was pretty confused, but ended up just nodding slowly, even if she wasn't sure why. A few moments later, she found herself looking around, sort of expecting them to just materialize. She couldn't think of a reason why they'd have any other method of transportation, anyway.. [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
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[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/YueNathan3.png);color:#8c6666;][atrb=height,310][atrb=width,447][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][scrolly:h(235),w(255),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-left:90px;)]Yue looked back at the phone only to find that the call was over. Holding it back to Kali, he found himself looking around more than just a little suspicious of what was going to happen. Suddenly a white light materialized before fading rather quickly into the two familiar forms of Ami and Nathan, the Gardevoir leaning casually against her beloved human who appeared to be carrying a few books under one arm. After a moment, Ami stepped sideways before rushing quickly over towards Kali and throwing her arms around her. 'Are you alright? You're not injured are you? Don't worry, we'll fix everything' she psychically projected towards the girl. Yue looked at Nathan. Nathan looked at Yue. Neither one said anything. [/scrolly]