Research Assistance (Mission, Solo)

Sakura noticed three things upon entering Doctor Ramos' home: First, the air was thick with clashing scents, probably all good on their own but together they were gross. Second, the man was very eager to see her. Three, there was stuff to steal everywhere, but she had no idea how much the stuff was worth, or if it was worth her time.

"It's no problem, I don't mind. As long as I get paid, I'll help out as much as you need." She really wasn't here to make friends and she certainly wasn't here to give a shit about anything other than getting paid.

Dr. Ramos began his long ramble about bringing pokemon back to life. Sakura zoned out a little during his speech. She got the gist though, bring Pokemon back to life, blah blah blah, he doesn't know how it will act, blah blah blah, and that's what she's here for, blah blah blah.

"Sure, I can't wait to 'bring the past back to life'. What do we do?" Sakura was bored already. An ancient pokemon wasn't a moderate danger, it was just a really old pokemon. Despite her apathy towards this experiment, Sakura was a little eager to see what it would be. Maybe it would be something that would wake her up a little. She thought she was going to fall asleep in a strange smelling room. 

Levers. He needed her to pull levers. Wow. This was such a dangerous experiment. Nevertheless, it would be easy pay for her. "Okay. I pull this lever at the same time you pull that lever, and the machine starts working, right?" Wrong. Turns out the machine needs to charge. How long? Who knew. 

On the count of three, the two pulled the levers. Sakura wasn't sure if she should let go of it in case it would switch itself back up, but once Dr. Ramos did, Sakura followed suit. Now, they played the waiting game. Dr. Ramos carefully cleared some of his equipment off of his couch, providing her a place to sit. She declined, so he took the seat. "Do you mind if I use the bathroom while we wait?" He didn't. So, she walked down the hallway into the second door on the right. Easy. Once she had finished in there, she took a peek around. Taking items small enough to fit in her pocket. He shouldn't notice anything missing with all of this clutter.

Sakura returned to the living room and stood a safe distance from the machine. Believe it or not, she wasn't quite sure the doctor had put the machine together properly. It wasn't that she saw any flaws in the machine, but she worried that he may have put the wrong parts in it due to how cluttered his home was. 

Sakura made small talk with her temporary employer. She wasn't really a big fan of the guy, but then again, she wasn't really a big fan of anyone. She waited for what felt like forever, but upon checking her phone it had only been forty-five minutes. "How's it coming, Dr. Ramos? Almost done?"

The machine finished its loud noise, and the doors started opening to reveal an aerodactyl. Sakura had only ever seen one in picture books, or rather books that just happened to have pictures. She couldn't afford picture books when she was a kid. That didn't matter though, she had to deal with the prehistoric pokemon, who was already destroying Dr. Ramos' home.

In a swift motion, Calypso stood at Sakura's feet. Aerodactyl was too preoccupied with angrily flailing about to care about the two. Sakura shouted over the commotion, "Calypso, use Surf!" The fish summoned a massive amount of water, destroying some equipment in the process of slamming it into the pokemon. Immediately, aerodactyl's eyes were on the girls. Sakura could only think of one thing to say as the pokemon charged at Calypso with electricity charged fangs: "Shit." Before she could even finish the word, aerodactyl's jaws clamped tight on Calypso, the pokemon shrieked before collapsing. Sakura retrieved Calypso, summoning Belladonna. The prehistoric pokemon's jaws were stained with Calypso's blood. Sakura hoped her pokemon would be alright. The Pokemon moved his neck to clamp down on Belladonna, she screamed and shook out a powder on the pokemon. The aerodactyl's eyelids flited close and he swiftly fell asleep. Petilil squeezed herself out of aerodactyl's jaws. Belladonna's leaves began to release a bright light and the sunlight that was coming in through the hole in the ceiling seemed to grow brighter too. Oh! Sunny Day! 

"Smart girl. I assume you already know what to do." The plant pokemon winked in response, before standing under the rays of light coming in through the ceiling. Her leaves started to glow, responding to the light, a pillar of light forming from above her. Belladonna brought it down upon her prehistoric opponent, the ray of light searing his skin and his eyes immediately opening. His jaws flashed with fire and charged at Belladonna. The plant had no chance to dodge before aerodactyl snapped its claws shut on her pokemon's body. Sakura withdrew Belladonna, and even with all of the candles that were burning (which were put out by Calypso's Surf) the most overpowering scent was burnt plants. Sakura launched a Pokeball at the aerodactyl. Sakura was filled with pure rage, and she was ready to unleash it.

With the aerodactyl distracting itself, Sakura took this as an opportunity to release her anger. Her face was bright red and she glared down at the man. "Shut the fuck up! If your dumbass hadn't decided to bring 'the past back to life' or whatever dumb shit it was you said, we wouldn't be doing this right now. I swear to god, if you much as think about not paying me, I will flatten you, your house, and everything you love. Hell, I may even take your pokemon. I might even use it against you. Don't fuck with me." Her blood boiled under her skin, she wanted so badly to punch this cowering lump of a man. She resisted the urge and turned her attention back to the aerodactyl.

Crucible. He was the next strongest pokemon on her team, and he was most likely to beat this thing. She had never felt any hate towards pokemon before, but she wasn't entirely happy with the aerodactyl right now. She blinked, gathered herself, and sent out Crucible. His form materialized next to her. Sakura directed him to use Night Slash. The Pokemon followed orders, shadowy claws slicing through her opponent. The pokemon screeched in pain, but Sakura didn't care, she just wanted to end it. 

Aerodactyl used his stony wings to slam a powerful blow into the pokemon. The Wing Attack hit Heatmor, who made a loud 'oof' before preparing to attack again. "Same move. I want this thing to grovel." Sakura's eyes were locked with the aerodactyl's as her heatmor sliced through its opponent. Sakura threw another Pokeball. She hoped that one worked. If it did, Dr. Ramos and she were going to have a chat, if not, well they'd still talk, except it would be over aerodactyl's dead body.

Aerodactyl was caught. He was safely tucked in a Pokeball in Sakura's hand. For a moment, a very short moment, she didn't care about her temporary employer. Then he spoke.

His house was an electrical fire waiting to happen. All he would need is a small mishap and BOOM up in flames. "Let's get one thing straight, I don't care. I don't care about you or your house or your things." He opened his mouth to speak, but Sakura cut him off, "I'm taking aerodactyl. Don't try to stop me or I will bring you to your knees. It won't be hard. I came here to get paid, but I honestly doubt you're going to pay me now. Come on Crucible, let's get out of here." Sakura moved towards the door, opening it before Dr. Ramos' hand grabbed her arm. Crucible was prepared to strike, but it was unnecessary. Sakura whipped around and delivered a swift blow from her knee to his crotch. The man cupped himself, crashing to his knees. Sakura punched him in the nose.

"I told you. Now let's be very clear, you and I will never see each other again, or I will end you. I will turn you into salsa if I have to. For your own good, stay down." She walked out of his house, returning Crucible to his Pokeball, and walking home. She didn't care.