It was the first week of the winter season and many were predicting this to be one of the harshest on record. This meant little to the Rescue Team Guild of Yuna City, who were still on active duty to maintain the lead on stopping crime. Of course, this meant the criminals were also attempting to exploit the increase of supply convoys en route to the city that were preparing for the cold conditions.
A convoy carrying over a dozen crates of food, fresh water, booze, hides and furs and many other supplies had been attacked by a group of six bandits led by a Blastoise, who were planning on taking the shipment for themselves. So far, everything was going smoothly, as they were planning on disposing of the Pokémon that were tasked with moving the supplies (a squad of Machoke), by tying them all up like cocoons against a tree using a Pinsir's String Shot attack.
As the Pinsir finished his job, a dark figure leapt down from the tops of a snowy tree and moments before landing struck the Bug-type with an Aerial Ace attack, performing three slashes in a 'Z'-like movement. The figure was only on the ground for a second, grabbing the Pinsir by the horn and jumping back up into the treetop, leaving nothing but the Pinsir's footprints in the snow.
Hiding and lurking within the plant life, stalking the Blastoise gang would be Team Void, a Rescue Team that had recently established themselves and were known for completing missions quickly. The Second-in-Command of this team, Phoebe, a shiny Mightyena, now covered in a thin layer of frost that coated her golden fur as she laid low inside of a hollowed out tree, a location that granted her perfect vision over the gang, the prisoners and the cart that was carrying the supply crates from the holes within it. She peered out of one of the holes, looking up from where the Machoke sat to gaze at the top of the tree, spying her teammate that took out the Pinsir earlier. Kerra, a Zoroark, had just finished placing the knocked-out bug against the tree, sitting him on a branch with his arms tied up. Kerra jumped down, her body lighting up with a black aura with a violet outline, her ability, Illusion, activating as she then took the shape of the fallen Pinsir and proceeded to blend in with the rest of the gang.
Phoebe began to move out of her hiding spot, preparing for the next stage of the attack, which would involve a coordinated take down with Inok, a Drapion, who was currently burrowing underground with his Dig move and positioning himself below an unsuspected gang member. She would then tackle the nearest target towards Inok and he would then grab both targets and disappear underneath the dirt once more.
Phoebe moved without a sound, the very snow she trod on not refusing to make a peep. Her peanut coloured eyes focusing on her target, an unaware Thievul that was meant to be lookout for anyone attempting to reclaim the loot, but had no idea that a vicious canine lurked only inches behind him.
The serene atmosphere was suddenly broken by a blistering yell of pain, which caught the attention of both Phoebe and the Thievul, who turned simultaneously turned their heads like meerkats.
The Blastoise was wrestling with a Liepard that had latched her claws deep into the face of the turtle-tank. A bright, electrical current flickered out of the paws of the cat Pokémon like a strobe light. A Thunder Wave move, which travelled through the Blastoise, causing paralysis which made him squint with pain as his muscles began to lock up.
Using his massive arms, Blastoise reared his body back and threw the Liepard off his face, but not before she could leave a Night Slash which barely just missed his eyes, but left two deep cuts across his cheeks and snout, spraying a splash of crimson into the crisp, winter air.
Saelyn was the name of the Liepard who had sunk her razors into the gang leader. Needless to say judging by how off guard Phoebe herself was caught, Saelyn was not supposed to do that.
Realising things have now escalated, Phoebe reacted instantly by spinning around on the spot, swinging her tail which became coated in a Steel-like energy, striking the Thievul over the head with Iron Tail, knocking the fox unconscious. With the Thievul and Pinsir down, that left four other bandits and the Blastoise.
