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Evolved Episode 4: The Guild

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Nerelia takes in a deep breath as she leans against the plastic railing of the porch. Tom steps outside and notices her. “Something wrong, babe?”
Nerelia continues to stare down, where the grass meets the wooden stairs. “I don’t know what’s going on. Who would do such acts against us? Who have we angered?”
Tom wraps his arm around her. “It’ll be okay. We’ve got to hope so.”
A Typhlosion appears in front of them. “Tom, Nerelia?”
Nerelia lifts her head to her voice. “Emily? What brings you here?”
“I heard what happened to the base,” Emily says. “Is everyone all right?”
“We’re okay,” Tom replies. “It’s good to see you.”
“You too.” She smiles. “Where are the others?”
“Inside,” Nerelia says. “Finishing with the rennovations of the base.”
“Is it okay if I enter?”
Tom nods. “Sure. I bet Nick will be excited to see you.”
“I don’t think so,” she says. “You remember what happened, right? Besides, I’m married with children.”
Tom’s smile disappears. “Oh, you’re married… that’s… good. Come on in.” He leads her into the base. Nerelia follows.
Melissa emerges from the kitchen and notices the three Pokémon. “Tom, Nerelia, who’s this?”
“You remember Emily?” Nerelia asks.
“Oh! Emily!” She steps to her and hugs the Typhlosion. “It’s good to see you!”
Zach appears from the hallway with Nick beside him. “So, yeah. I was just-” He notices the Pokémon with Melissa’s arms wrapped around her. “Emily?”
Emily turns to him. “Hi, Zach!” She spots the Shiftry with red tribal markings. “Hey, Nick!”
Nick’s eyes widen. “Emily?! What are you doing here?!”
“She wanted to see if we were okay,” Tom adds. “She’s concerned about us.”
Melissa takes her arms back and steps two paces away from her. “You knew about our base being ransacked?”
“Well,” Emily starts. “Yes. Do you know who did that?”
Zach’s mouth turns into a frown. “We have no idea. The marks show that it was a bear Pokémon.”
Nerelia steps towards him. “It was probably an Ursaring. The marks were like the ones found on Krista’s body, remember?”
Nick turns to her. “Right! So another Ursaring could be behind all of this.”
“I heard there was a band of Ursaring hiding here in Mandelberg,” Emily says. “They’re in some sort of guild.”
Zach clenches his paws. “I’m going to kill them for what they did to Krista! I swear!”
Melissa wraps her arms around Zach. “Honey, calm down. Don’t let your anger get the best of you.”
Tom’s smile turns upside down. “Don’t worry, Zach. We’ll avenge Krista.”
Nick nods. “We’re with you.” His EVA wristband beeps. He presses the button and examines the screen for a minute before deactivating it. “Looks like we’ve got trouble!”
“Trouble?” Tom steps forward. “What kind of trouble?”
“The Mandelberg storage warehouse by the waterfront,” Nick answers. “Some type of gang related activity. Suspects are bear Pokémon. Maybe there’s the same culprit that wrecked our base.”
“That could be helpful,” Nerelia implies. “We better head over and investigate.”
“Yes,” Zach agrees. “Staking this out will bring us closer to what’s really going on.”
“We should be careful,” Melissa says. “It might be a trap.”
Emily steps forward. “I’ll come with you guys.”
Nick turns to her. “It’s too dangerous. We can’t risk another Pokémon getting hurt or killed.”
“Don’t worry about me, Nick,” Emily responds. “I can take care of myself really well. Let’s go!”
Zach sighs. “That’s what I was afraid of.”
***

The gang arrives at the warehouse. Its large steel structure is supported by iron beams sticking out of the ocean water. A large door slides close from the inside.
Nick peers from behind stacks of crates. “Looks like we’re in the clear.”
“All right,” Zach whispers. “Let’s go. Up the ladder.” The gang grabs onto the metal ladder one by one, up to the roof of the warehouse.
“Be careful,” Nerelia says. “Don’t strain yourself, Tom.”
“I won’t,” Tom replies. “I’m okay.” Zach stands on the roof, offers his paw to the team climbing up, and pulls them to their feet.
Melissa stands. “Thanks, dear.” They crouch and sneak over to the skylight. Through the transparent glass, they notice five Ursarings sitting at a round table.
“This must be the guild,” Emily whispers. “What do we do?”
“Yield a minute,” Zach answers. “We need to see what’s going on.” He leans on the glass. Cracks stretch from the ends to the center because of the pressure of his weight.
Tom notices them. “Uh oh.” The glass shatters and the gang falls onto the five members of the guild.
Zach and the others push themselves off the ground. “Everyone all right?” They realize they’re surrounded by the Ursarings of the guild and raise their arms.
“Surrender now and you will not be harmed!” Nerelia shouts with her scallops in her paws. The Ursarings laugh. They start to point at her, but before they can say anything, Tom pushes them against the wall with his water pulse.
Tom takes out his scallops. “No Pokémon makes fun of my girlfriend!” The Ursarings stand and fire their hyper beams at them.
Nick gets in front of everyone and blocks the attacks from the Ursarings with a solar shield around them. “Stay within the shield!” One Ursaring charges and claws at it, breaking it. “Gah!”
Zach rushes to the front. “I got this!” He hits the Ursaring with his force palm and uppercuts him up into the ceiling. As the bear Pokémon descends, Zach jumps and roundhouse kicks it into the wall. He gets back into his fighting stance. “Who’s next?!” Three Ursaring sprint towards them while one pulls a switch. A loud shrilling siren fills the air.
One Ursaring swings its arm at Melissa, but she grabs it and flips the Pokémon over. “Hiya!” She freezes it with her ice beam, trapping it in an icy prison and then wipes the dust off her paws. “Well, that was easy.”
Two Ursarings swing their claws at Tom and Nerelia, but they dodge them.
Tom turns to Nerelia. “Ready, honey?!”
Nerelia nods. “You bet!” She grabs his paw and he tosses her into the air. Extending their scallops out, they spin around and fire their water pulses, developing a razor water blade move that push the Ursarings into two stacks of crates.
Tom catches Nerelia after they stop spinning. “Whoa, you okay?”
Nerelia giggles. “That was fun!” She plants a kiss on his cheek, causing him to chuckle.
More Ursarings surround Nick and get their claws ready. Nick kneels down, places his hand on the ground, and generates thousands of leaves to fly around him, slashing the Ursaring and pushing them away in multiple directions.
Emily turns to him. “What was that?!”
“My leaf tornado!” He shouts. “I finally got the hang of it!”
“Nice!” Emily faces her Ursaring foe. “Watch this!” She spits flames into her adversary, burning him to ashes that sprinkle to the ground.
Nick’s eyes widen. “Whoa, that was powerful.”
Zach takes down the last Ursaring with his force palm and hammers it to the ground. He gets out of his fighting stance. “All right! Good job, everyone!” He picks up the Ursaring by the wall. “What’s this operation about?”
The Ursaring pants. “I can’t tell you… they may cut me off.”
Zach clutches his chest and holds him close to his face. “You better talk or something else will be cut off!”
“All right! It’s the organization of an army!” His heart rate increases. “We were persuaded by an Ursaring that told us he’d promise anything!”
Zach’s eyes clench. “Who’s in charge?!”
The Ursaring shakes his head. “I was only recruited by one of his commanding officers! It’s all I know!”
Zach lets him go and drops the Ursaring. “Be lucky I spared you. Get out of here before I change my mind!” His eyes start to glow blue. The Ursaring turns and sprints out of the door.
Melissa wraps her arms around him. “Zach, calm down.” Zach shuts his eyes quickly and shakes his head. His eyes turn back to their normal color, brown.
Emily stares at him. “Whoa, Zach…”
Tom examines the scattered bodies of bear Pokémon across the warehouse. “So, now what? We don’t even have a clue.”
“Yes we do,” Nick says. “From what the Ursaring told us, he said there’s an Ursaring that’s building up an army.”
“What is he looking for, exactly?” Nerelia asks. “There must be some explanation for the attacks in Mandelberg.”
Zach clenches his paws. “We’ll ask the bear Pokémon when we meet him.” He turns to the gang. “In the meantime, we’ll have to repel any other attacks that happen in this town. If we find any more clues, we’ll bring them back to base and analyze them.”
So, the team picks up more clues on the attacks in Mandelberg. What shall be thy fate of the next episode? 

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Nicky24512's avatar
Excellent chapter my friend :3.