A Sinister Harvest!

[ulternnpc]

Once again the season for the Harvesting Bonds festival has arrived. All over the islands people and Pokemon were dressing up in colorful, autumn themed costumes for the occasion.

However the main event, down in Gilterrace Town had yet to be completed. There were still people out still preparing for the upcoming festival. The town was buzzing with activity, as last minute decorations were being made out of pumpkins. There were even a number of people fussing over where to place them among the other decorations that have already been set out.

From the laughter, and smiles from people they were all clearly enjoying their time together. Aside from decorating people could be seen helping out Pokemon into their costumes. A playful wind brushes by--carrying the scent of food throughout the town

Click.

A sudden sound that would only be audible enough if things were silent, went off. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, except one of the pumpkins seemingly lit up. Then another, and another, and then more.

"Huh, that's strange? Did someone put something in here?" One of the people in charge could be heard over by the decorations.

"Oh, maybe somebody already lit up one of the lanterns? Kinda early for lights don't ya think?" Another spoke up while walking closer checking out one of the glowing decorations in question.

"K…kyaaah!" Suddenly a scream pierced sharply, causing the festive atmosphere to grow quiet and still. Many eyes turned toward the scene. Before them a Parasol Lady is suddenly surrounded by a group of people holding her in place as a Malamar and a man approach in front of her.

The scene was peculiar, and unsettling as the Parasol Lady's fearful expression gradually grew blank--with her eyes seemingly vacant. An unsettling silence stretched as both the man and Malamar turned.

The man will raise his hand slowly, pointing directly towards them with a smirk on his face.

"Go, my faithful ones. Capture them all."

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[eadietheeevee]

"Kecleon knows you're not yourself," Eadie says. To Kecleon she says, "Try to go after them. I'll deal with Amy."

[ulternnpc]

"But I am very much myself. My mind is all clear now...I know what I need to do." Amy will swing her parasol before pointing to Eadie with it. "You will not stop us."

Kecleon on the other hand will take that moment to scurry past. Amy taking note immediately called out.

"He is getting away!"

[eadietheeevee]

"Maybe not, but I can give it a good college try," Eadie says, and activates Swift. She'll try to keep Amy busy and the others distracted too.

[ulternnpc]

"Kyah!" Amy lets out a scream of surprise as she held her Parasol out to block the attack. One of the nearby Malamar however moved away to chase after the Kecleon, grabbing it by its tail.

"Let go of me!" He'll fuss while swinging his arms around in an attempt to use Fury Swipes.

[eadietheeevee]

Eadie looks over in concern at this development. She would use Dig, but she doesn't dare do an attack that would take that long. She sends more Swift stars at Amy and then tries to use Tail Whip on the Malamar.

[ulternnpc]

"Help me!" Amy feigning distress sent a look over to her Kecleon. Her Kecleon momentarily stopped his struggle only to see it was just Eadie trying to fend off both Amy and the Malamar.

The Malamar clearly out numbered them, even if Eadie managed to hit some of them with her tailwhip.

"Somebody help us!" When Kecleon cried out--one of the Malamar is hit with a wing attack as trainer dressed in a pumpkin costume stepped in with a Ulternian Murkrow by their side.

"What the heck are ya doing?! Leave our friends alone!"

"Yeah what Kiyo said!" The Murkrow cawed while puffing up and spreading its wings out to try and look bigger than it was.

[eadietheeevee]

Eadie looks up in relief to see help arrive.

"These nuts want to make utopia and they're controlling this lady!" she says.

[ulternnpc]

"What!?" Kiyo lifted his gaze over to Amy and the Malamar. His expression changed into a worried frown as he recognized her face. "That's Amy...one of my neighbors. I don't understand, why would she..."

"Oh, Kiyo." Amy lowered her parasol with a smile. "Great timing, you should come join us and help serve Lord Z, and his Pokemon army. All you have to do is help me stop this Eevee here."

"No way!" Kiyo huffed, while rolling up his bright orange sleeves. "Krowy and I aren't letting anybody hurt any'a my friends!"

"Kraw!" Krowy, his Murkrow flapped his wings. Kiyo beamed wide as he nodded to Eadie, and faced forward. "Krowy--use Thunder Wave!"

Krowy spread out his wings before a zap of electricity will aim straight for any nearby Malamar--paralyzing them, giving Eadie a clear path forward. Kiyo in the meantime will take the moment to move in as well to reach for Kecleon, tugging hard as he could to untangle the scared Pokemon out from Malamar's grip.

[eadietheeevee]

Eadie is very pleased to have help. As soon as she sees Kecleon is being helped, she goes at Amy with Take Down.

[ulternnpc]

Amy of course was defenseless against the Take Down. She only really had a parasol as a means to protect herself, as she easily crumpled down. Kiyo frowned while a look of worry flashed on his face. He'll set Kecleon down, and placed a hand onto Kecleon's head.

"You should stay by Amy's side. Watch over her, okay?"

"Okay!" Kecleon nodded before he rushed over to the now unconscious Amy. Kiyo moving his gaze turned to Eadie.

"Miss Eevee, let's go! I bet that Lord Z, or whoever it is Amy mentioned--we can put a stop to this mess!"

[eadietheeevee]

"Alright!" Eadie says. "If we can stop him soon enough, Amy should be normal again when she wakes up," she says to Kecleon.

[ulternnpc]

"Really? Please help Amy!" Kecleon spoke up tearfully. From the way he stuck close to his trainer he really cared about Amy.

Kiyo upon seeing the two, his expression softened. He'll then look over to Eadie, nodding his head to her.

"She's right. Just hang tight, Kecleon! We'll be back in a flash!" Kiyo made a fist pump. He'll then dash forward, certain both his Murkrow and Eadie could keep up with him.

[eadietheeevee]

"I'm sure," Eadie says with a kind smile.

She hurries after Kiyo, easily keeping up.

[ulternnpc]

Kiyo with Krowy's help as he used Thunderwave to slow down any oncoming Pokemon finally spotted the trainer at the epicenter of the commotion. His track immediately came to a halt as the look of determination slowly drained.

"N...no...it can't be..." he's uttering to himself. "That's...that's Dr. Unoya..."

Krowy too stopped to perch onto Kiyo's shoulders. He'll let out a caw, also recognizing the man with red eyes up ahead. Both the man and Malamar seemed to not notice them yet. In fact he seemed busy giving orders to other people who were busy stacking pumpkins. A seemingly harmless task, admist the chaos.

[eadietheeevee]

Eadie stops running and frowns. "Who?"

She should know everything possible about their enemy before launching an attack.

[ulternnpc]

"He's...well..." Kiyo hesitated at first. It was clear he didn't want Eadie to have a negative opinion of the man. Krowy will nudge at Kiyo to encourage him. "He's a Pokemon Doctor who works at this Pokemon Center. He wouldn't do anything to hurt people or Pokemon."

His brows knit together.

"He must be being controlled like Amy! That's gotta be it! If not then...then he wouldn't have helped me...right...?"

"Kraw!" Krowy chimed in agreement.

[eadietheeevee]

"Then he's still not the Big Bad," Eadie frowns in confusion. "We need to get to whoever's controlling everyone."

[ulternnpc]

"You're right..." Kiyo frowned with his gaze glancing around. "They haven't noticed us quite yet...do you think maybe we can pretend to be a part of them and sneak closer?"

[eadietheeevee]

"It doesn't hurt to try," Eadie says. She tries to casually move closer like she's one of them.

[ulternnpc]

Kiyo nodded as he whispered to his Murkrow.

"Play along Krowy."

"Kraw!" Krowy flapped his wings a little before perching on Kiyo's shoulder. Meanwhile Kiyo did his best to put on a blank expression as he too walked over to the others. It seemed none of them paid them any mind. He quietly felt relieved while daring to send a glance in Dr. Unoya's direction. He didn't recognize that Malamar, and it sure stood closely to him. Something about it made Kiyo uncomfortable, but he couldn't put a finger on as to why.

"You there." Kiyo froze upon hearing a monotoned trainer calling out to him. Kiyo slowly turned to face them.

"Yes what is it?" He hoped he sounded convincing enough.

"Here put this device into the decoration."

They're holding out a strange, metallic device that gave a bright orange glow. He couldn't help but wonder what it was as he reached out for it.

"Yes of course." He of course had zero intentions of listening! Instead he turned away while his heart was pounding a mile a minute. He's daring a glance to Eadie, hoping she had an idea on what to do.

[eadietheeevee]

Eadie stares at the device. It must be some kind of brainwashing device. But how to do anything about it with this Trainer close by? She ponders, then goes behind a tree and throws a small rock in another direction, hoping to distract the Trainer into going to check it out.

[ulternnpc]

Eadie's plan is successful as the brainwashed Trainer's attention is diverted. Turning away from Kiyo he's wondering off to investigate the sound. Relieved Kiyo's quick to in trying slip away from the scene with the glowing device. What was this for? Just how many more were there?

Glancing to Krowy he'll quickly hand the device to him before sending him off in Eadie's direction. If push comes to shove he can defend himself with another Pokemon after all!

[eadietheeevee]

Eadie is glad that worked. "Let's see if we can find any more of those," she says. "There must be more! And I wonder if there's anyone around we can take them to who can deactivate them...." Or they could just break them, but that would probably be a bad idea without knowing how it works.

[ulternnpc]

"Good idea! It'll be easy for me to move around instead of Kiyo." Krowy spread his wings apart. "The trainer wanted Kiyo to put this inside a pumpkin decorations... so maybe we should take a look around the nearby ones too."

[eadietheeevee]

"Good idea," Eadie says, and moves over to some other decorations. She tries to go cautiously, not wanting to get brainwashed herself by another device.