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"Maybe he misplaced it somewhere he hasn't thought of and doesn't know why it hurts when he sits?" Amaranth asked, watching RC storm off in what looked like little more than a hissy fit. She could somewhat remember the events that led to the staff's disappearance, but the most that stuck out was having her second experience in the business end of a cave-in. Like most sequels, it was kinda lacking and painful to watch.

"Or at least don't get mad at us when we're dealing with a lot already..." she remarked after a moment.

RC would actually come to a stop. "Why? Because all i have learned so far is that they go into situations and leave them far worse than they arrive to it. And if it gets to be too much? They abandon it. I would be more willing to help if it didn't always end in explosions and fights against legends that leave regions torn asunder. They claim to oppose evil yet thier actions in doing so are just as vile. So yes, we have a major disconnect. One i am not sure can be bridged." The hybrid would respond to the other.

Odd crossed his arms and scowled at the hybrid. "There it is again. You're only seeing these events from your incredibly skewed point if view. You see us as some kind of group of villains instigating fights and leaving as soon as the getting's good." He pointed out, beginning to understand why the hybrid rubbed others the wrong way. "Have you ever actually been part of one of these events from beginning to end? We go in to stop things from getting worse and leave only when things have stabilized enough that we don't need to stay." Here, he tapped his chin a bit. "You mentioned Kalos before? Did you ever notice how what we did there was to help the oppressed people of the region to fight back against their oppressor? When we left, they were already organizing their new government. The fact they chose a psychopath to be their new democratically elected representative wasn't our fault. They did that to themselves. We never came I to contact with any of your legendary beasts then."

Thinking for a moment longer, he recalled another story. "this was before I joined the team, I think, but according to the records GRAY has of the events of the PlusPower incident, the Legendary Poke.on known as Zekrom was under the command of a power hungry tyrant and, if you didn't know, we had another Legendary Pokemon called Victini that saw what we were doing g and agreed with us enough to help us." He rattled off, silencing the hybrid with a slicing motion across his throat if he tried to cut off his rant before he was done. "And during all that, Cipher was creating their Chi Converters, which would have happened with or without us because they needed the power to create their evil little drug, which by the way, was fatal to Pokemon if overused, and they never bothered to tell this information to the public. And when we left, the damage that was done was not by our hand and most of it was beginning to recover already." Finishing off the abridged Saga of PlusPower, he continued before RC could get a word in.

"And now, in the present, when we learned about Zygarde becoming active, we also learned that Lysandre and Team Flare were after it. And we were trying to protect it from a group that we're well aware has some pretty messed up ideas of what to do with the world at large." He paused for only a brief moment to glare at RC before making one final statement. "Did we screw up at times? Of course we did because, more or less, we're all humans and we're prone to mistakes. Non of us are perfect little being who never screw up like certain hybrids with some kind of superiority complex and a thick enough head that they can't accept that we're not as bad as they seem to think we are. So if you, or anyone else, thinks we're so bad, then as far as I'm concerned, there's nothing left to be said about it to anyone and you can all go to Hell. I'll be sure to visit while I'm training." And with that, he'd walk off, back into HQ, through the man lobby and straight to the training room to blow of steam.

RC listens intently and tben watches Odd disappear. His gaze then turn to Amaranth. " Vic-, i mean Sub is the best person to lead your group. He can be a bit frustating to talk to at times, but he does well. And why do you all think i am infallable? You all honestly and truly believe i never make mistakes? That i have no regrets that haunt me? No skeletons that lurk over my shoulder? For that is a very dangerously wrong set of assumptions. You all also forget that being part of something bigger is something i have gone so long without, my way of coping with things isn't to lean on others. I keep my pains to myself. So sorry if my shoulder seems cold at times because of it." The hybrid says to her.

The Donphan would lay there as Lynnette rubbed its body while Audrey's cool healing energy washed over it and it was fed one of Cutie's Pollen Puffs. The combination of the healing moves gave the elephant Pokemon enough energy to stand up, though the Ground-type still seemed a bit wobbly on its feet. While still exhausted the Pokemon would show its happiness over being healed by letting out a 'toot' from its trunk and then proceeding to 'hug' Lynnette gently with it.

"That is a possibility." GRAY spoke up. "This particular Donphan doesn't show the usual signs of a mating fight, plus it's a female so yeah. I don't think it clashed with a Rapidash either, not only is that rare but Rapidash tend to hit and run away from Donphan due to type disadvantages. Furthermore it has no claw marks like it would when fighting a Sneasel, even though rarely attack Donphan even though they have the type advantage, preferring to target Phanpy. Whatever attacked it was not one of its natural predator or rivals." GRAY went on to state in response to Lynnette.

Giving a smile as he heard RC begin to concede to the reasoning he offered, Reno would nod to the hybrid. "There. Now, doesn't seem more polite? Now then, we are currently contending with Lysandre owning that Zygarde and the ramifications of that right now to look for the stick actively. However, you are free to see if we have anything from our general information collection."

"Strange thing is that Zac....er, Zygarde willingly went with Lysandre. So I don't know what that means but it never adds up to good things when stuff like that goes down." Reno told the hybrid, stretching himself out before looking back towards the horizon. Absent-mindedly messing with his left arm in order to make sure the thing was operating at top capacity, he eventually would speak again. "Do you actually know anything about that staff beyond it simply unlocking things?"

Lynnette would let out a giggle as she was hugged by the Donphan, giving it a gentle squeeze in return. Listening intently to GRAY's response, the girl would frown. "I suppose this just gives us even more reason to seek out what exactly is causing this spike in chi, then. If it's harming the Pokemon that are native to this area, then we could have a serious problem on our hands," Lynn would say, trying to keep her voice steady. She would pat the Donphan's trunk lightly before stepping back from it. "We should keep looking around though. This Donphan seems like she'll be okay for now, anyways."