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Chase stood at the rendezvous point. All preparations were complete. Now he was waiting for his teammates to arrive. He was also dying to try out his new Power Suit in a mission. If X were restored, it would mean another ally against the Starvia. Then he spotted a small figure approaching. That small figure turned out to be a walking suitcase.

Wait, what?

The Mii blinked. Well that was something you didn't see everyday. "Greetings Master Chase, I'm Stuffwell. The Professor sent me because he thought I might be of service to you and your teammates," the suitcase explained. "How much longer before they arrive?" Chase asked. "By my calculations, they should be arriving any second now," Stuffwell answered. The Mii smirked. "Perfect."

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

The sounds of silence was only shattered as zero came into the picture, having been doing nothing but setting up his current skills and looking for good stuff.

"I hope I'm on time to this. I must help my partner X before anything bad happens." Zero said as he stopped next to the mii. His Z saber out so he could slice into some mavericks.

[Mari]

"Finding lost tech is the Hunter's Guild's specialty!"

A young lady's voice was heard from nearby. Ashe approached, a carefree smile on her face. She waved with one hand, her impossible ponytail bouncing along in defiance of gravity behind her. "I'm Ashe, and I'm here to help with the search!" she explained. She had a buster pistol at her hip, but perhaps more interesting was the biometal at her side. Model A was floating silently nearby, just waiting to merge with his biommatch. "So do we have a good idea of where in the city the booty is located~?" Ashe went on to ask, ever so casually.

[Coolshaymin]

Shaymin flew the huge city looking for Zero and the other two they were helping to help Zero's friend. He really should not be coming out so much with how his body reacts to Starvia but it is not like he can refuse helping people. The city looked calm so far but that was always bound to change at some point. They always seemed to come out of nowhere like how Shaymin's Grotto came to this wasteland of a planet. Even his ability to create massive fields of flowers in a barren and ruined land seemed impossible here.

Shaymin looked down to see the cool appearance of the Maverick Hunter Zero... Even if he did not fully understand the title at all. There was also 3 other people from the looks of it as well. Before Shaymin could think of landing though their body gave a burst of purple as they gave a shout of pain. The Starvia was harming their body again from them negating it and Shaymin was forced into a Jade Glow back into Land Forme.

Now flightless, Shaymin was forced to plummet to the ground in a moment of pain as their body slowly stopped glowing purple. Shaymin's pain was an entrance at least as she fell to the ground unless someone caught her.

Shaymin
Damage: 0%
Status: Normal
Equipped: Nothing
Current Forme: Land Forme.

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"Actually, I'd say you're right on time," Chase told Zero, who was first to arrive. Then Ashe arrived. Before Chase or Stuffwell could respond, Stuffwell spotted something in the sky. "What is that up in the sky?" he wondered aloud, prompting Chase to look up. There was something falling from the sky. He took a running start and leaped forward, catching whatever it was before landing on the ground. Now that Chase had a closer look, he studied it. A Pokemon? And it's not infected either, he noted. "Master Chase! Now is not the time to be taking a nap!" Stuffwell chided, oblivious to the fact that Chase was on the ground because he caught the Pokemon. The Mii placed the Pokemon on the ground, wearing a rather annoyed expression for reasons obvious to just about everyone but Stuffwell.

"Judging by the looks of the Pokemon that just fell from the sky, either this is a coincidence, or the Professor and X sent 3 people instead of just two," Chase pointed out. "The latter assumification would be correct," Stuffwell told Chase. The mii gave an irritated sigh. Oh well, there wasn't anything he could do change it. At least the Pokemon was small enough to fit in some pretty tight places. That meant either Chase or Ashe was the least qualified member of this team as Zero had plenty of experience fighting other androids. "Now that we're all here, I'm Chase. The suitcase here is Stuffwell. If I had to guess, he's an assistant to Prof E Gadd," Chase told everyone. As the Mii went on to introduce themselves, Stuffwell fell over and opened up, and a satellite dish extended out of him.

The dish pivoted around as Stuffwell began scanning the area in an attempt to answer Ashe's earlier question. Chase noticed this and watched with curiosity. Soon enough, the dish pivoted skyward and made a humming sound as it projected a blue hologram of the city. Soon after, three buildings were highlighted in orange, including a warehouse, a small factory, and the hardware store. "I calculate a 99% chance of one the key components needed being located within each of these buildings," Fi-I mean Stuffwell informed the group. "Huh. In that case I say we split up. We'll cover a lot more ground that way," Chase stated. 

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

"this kinda reminds me of that botched infiltration mission at gigs city, and if there are any interconnected paths or switches always be sure to be on guard for enemies. And to be on the safe side, finders keepers for any goodies." Zero said as he knelt down to let the shaymin, despite appearances he had both the feeling that this was deja-vu and the feeling they were being watched.

Either way, there were four of them alongside an anthropomorphic talking suitcase and a biometal, zero would proceed to take a step towards one of the buildings to start his search for parts, as well as mow down some lesser mavericks to help further his reputation as a maverick hunter.

[Mari]

Ashe just sort of blinked as an unfamiliar creature dropped from the sky. She hadn't even been paying attention, and suddenly it was raining sentient shrubberies? Duuuude... She took a step forward, approaching Chase to get a better look at Shaymin. "...Well hey there~! I didn't know our reinforcements were going to be so cute!" Ashe remarked light-heartedly. There were like... flowers and grass and stuff! Ashe would reach out to Shaymin as if to pet her only to stop herself at the last moment, leaving her hand hanging there. ...As much as she did want to know what that hedge felt like, she somehow suspected it wouldn't be appreciated. "Y'mean like, alone?" Ashe wound up asking. Somehow, she questioned this. Who would look after her booty while she was booty hunting? "There's probably infected around. Might be a good idea to at least search in groups of two." Ashe continued without really waiting for a response.

[Coolshaymin]

Shaymin thought they were done for as she fell towards the ground. However, they felt something grab hold of her and change her direction of falling completely. Shaymin opened their eyes to see the weird looking man and smiled appreciatively at his help. "Thank you," Shaymin said telepathically as they were placed on the ground. Luckily no one questioned that little episode so Shaymin did not need to explain anything.

Shaymin looked at the suitcases as there was a briefing. Shaymin was distracted though by the comment of the woman in the group. "Thanks, you are not half bad either," Shaymin said to Ashe. Shaymin looked between Zero, Chase and Ashe while trying to decide. Even if they all split up, someone was going to have to go with someone else. As much as Shaymin wanted to accept Zero's invitation for a ride, she felt he could handle himself the best. Shaymin would probably just slow the maverick hunter down.

"Thanks but I think you are the best of us at going alone," Shaymin said before transforming with a jade glow and flying up to transforme back and land on Ashe's head if she let her. "I think if anyone teams up, me and this girl might be best. No offense, of course. She does seem the most concerned about going in a group so I might as well. So... What is that weird floating thing you have?" Shaymin asked as they finished their proposal.

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"With any luck, this won't go as badly," Chase told Zero. "Unfortunately, there's five of us if you count Stuffwell, so someone will have to go alone if we we go in groups of no more than 2. If we had another member, then we could all go in pairs," he pointed out. He was surprised the Pokemon had telepathy. He wished that Pichu he met a while back did too. He listened to its proposal to team up with Ashe. "In that case, I guess I'll take Stuffwell," Chase told them.

"Now as for where we head off to, I'll take the warehouse, and then once we've each found a part, we'll meet up..." He paused as he scanned the map before point at a dilapidated building. "Here." Then something occurred to the Mii. "Er.. Stuffwell, did you bring any sort of communicators with you?" Chase asked.

"Actually, yes. According to X, Zero already has a built-in communicator, so I made sure to bring three," the suitcase replied. Chase then noticed three ear pieces clipped to the inside of Stuffwell. He unclipped them, sticking one on his head and then tossing the other two to Ashe, the other being for the Pokemon.

"Now it would probably be best to tell each other what we each can do before we split up, especially incase we get into too much trouble and have to call for backup, or if we end up in trouble at the rendezvous point," he pointed out. 

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

"While I might be able to tell you what I can do, it would be safer to show you guys something that I save for when I need to pull out a chilling move" Zero said activating his special transformation, promptly turning from the red armored plating, to what was known as a 'bad fanfic made real' in Absolute Zero.

"Hopefully I don't give off the impression that makes people think that dracula came fashionably late to the party disguised as a robot, otherwise there would be some freaky robot belmont waiting to kick some ass." zero said, glancing towards the factory, seeing it as a possible location to find one of the parts needed to bring his buddy back.

[Mari]

Ashe would giggle at Shaymin's response. The sentient shrubbery was talking to her, and it was complimenting her looks! ...And it was a girl! There was just so much to love about this entire situation. It was enough to completely distract Ashe from the mission at hand, at least for a moment. As amazing as her biometal and her hunting skills were, she was still a young girl with a young girl's sense of wonder. Ashe seemed welcoming to Shaymin's presence upon her head, her very long silvery hair mostly tied up in a ponytail that defied even the most basic rules of gravity, all while looking pretty good while it was at it.

"Thanks~ I'm Ashe and this is Model A." Ashe replied with a big grin on her face. "He helps me when I need to fight by mega-merging with me to make me stronger. He provides armor, speed and my laser shots--which pack a much bigger punch than my regular buster. Ashe explained, glancing at Model A for a moment. The biometal returned her gaze, but his telepathic voice was strictly limited to the biommatches he and his kind were designed to merge with. "Probably the neatest thing he can help me do is called A-trans, though. It lets me transform into anyone if I can get a sample of their DNA." Ashe happily explained, turning her attention to chase now as he offered her a communicator.

Ashe accepted the communicator, but turned her head slightly and tapped at a white metal curvature affixed to both sides of her skull where one's ears ought to be. The girl would wink at Chase, seeming to hint that it was a communicator of some nature. Regardless, the offered communicator would help Ashe tune into whatever frequency the group was on. "Hands-free" Ashe explained rather briefly. The lack of a need to free her hands to use a communicator could come in serious handy during a firefight.

And then Zero said ... a thing.

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The reference seemed to fly way over Ashe's head. Was a Belmont like, an enemy? And maybe Dracula was a fashion thing? She had no idea what was going on, and just sort of awkwardly smiled in response to avoid embarrassing herself.1d20+2

[Coolshaymin]

Shaymin was interested in Ashe's abilities quite a bit as she said them. So she fused with the flying thing to become stronger? It reminded her of her mental connection with Sky that allows her to swap back and forth at will with the use of the Gracidea Flower. The ability to transform into anyone if she had the DNA was the most interesting part however. Shaymin briefly pondered what it would be like to explore with another Shaymin. She did kind of like Ashe's personality and Sky seemed okay with the idea.

Shaymin then remembered that they were the last to give out their skill tree. "Oh right! I can do some cool things I guess. I am capable of firing off magical leaves that home in on people, create really soothing smells, use light for self defense, I also know how to persuade people into fighting for me as well as lift things with my mind," Shaymin explained as they grabbed her ear piece with blue glowing eyes and a blue aura around it before bringing it closer to attach to her flower. She purposely left out her suicidal healing technique since she really did not want to use that unless she really had to. "My greatest power though is to change into our Sky Forme with the help of the Gracidea Flower. He is much faster than me and also stronger and... braver... Compared to me he focuses more on the offensive and is capable of flight. I tried to teach him how to heal and use cuteness but he just kind of... made it more rough than necessary to be honest," Shaymin explained with a bit of a sigh at the end.

Shaymin quickly cheered up before speaking to Ashe again though. They really did want to be helpful to her and she could spare some DNA. Also the idea of seeing her turn into another Shaymin sounded way too cool and amazing to see. "If you want, Ashe, I can give you some of my DNA. I am happy to share my form and powers with you.... As long as it does not hurt much," Shaymin added as the thought popped into her mind.

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"Yeah, that armor does look like it has kind of a vampire look," Chase admitted. "As for me, I have a new suit of armor for when I get into tight spots. I suppose now is a good of time as any to test out what I use to summon it," he told them. He then pressed a button on his bracelet. Then he raised his hand skyward. In the distance, a blue streak of light could be seen shooting into the sky from Life Sphere's direction. Soon after, it came crashing down on Chase, briefly engulfing him in Blue Light before revealing his Power Suit. "If you can copy the suit too, you take my DNA as well in case you need a little extra armor," he told her. "If we're all set, then let's get going. X doesn't exactly have all the time in the world."

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

"You won't need any DNA from me or X if you still have that ZX a-trans from your neck of the Mega man universe, no point in getting to much beyond what you can gain beforehand." Zero said, reverting to his normal form so he could get to searching for parts.

The reason zero wasn't planing on doing a DNA transmission was a verifiable fact that his genetic makeup would still contain the maverick virus inside of him and if he did give his DNA, then ashe would probably wind up going maverick and he didn't want that.

[Mari]

Ashe listened to what the others had to say. It sounded like there was more to this cutie on her head than met the eye! She was silently glad she has chosen not to underestimate the other. That would've made her look like a jerk~ "I don't think it'll hurt one bit~" Ashe replied, rather surprised with the offers she was being given. She would reach up and gently scritch the bridge of Shaymin's nose in a friendly manner. Model A would drift into Ashe's free hand. "I've never had someone offer before! Thanks!" Ashe would go on to reply, seemingly directed at both Chase and Shaymin. However, before she could megamerge Zero said something that drew her attention.

Ashe hesitated a moment, puzzled by his comment. How could this old series reploid she'd just met know about her and her fight with Vent? It was a puzzling moment for Ashe, but she promptly dismissed the question as her own reputation preceding her. She had saved the world after all! Apparently her powers weren't quite a mystery anymore. "I actually, uh... Don't have any DNA currently." Ashe corrected in response to Zero, just sort of shrugging her shoulders helplessly at the situation. There had been an incident leading to this, but she had decidedly refrained from explaining that right then and there. It wasn't the time or place for that story. Regardless, she would not ask for Zero's DNA. It seemed like she would be pushing her luck if she did. Instead, Ashe got ready to move out.

"Megamerge!" Ashe called out, a magical transformation ensuing that was oddly friendly towards the guest on her head.

Ashe would gratefully accept the DNA from Shaymin and Chase, a vaguely defined exchange of no consequence to either of the two donors. The DNA sample appeared as a glimmer of light escaping the two of them before entering Ashe's body. Just like that, it was over.

"Ready, steady, go~!" Ashe remarked cheerily, making sure Shaymin was comfortable where she sat before moving off to begin her search--assuming she wasn't stopped by anything. Her curiosity towards Shaymin's form was already getting the better of her, though. She'd have to find a chance to test out that new form soon.