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The Magnemite took immediate notice of the newcomers. Several of them broke ranks to go after the trio and their Pokémon, but Talen managed to dodge them by running around the Center.

Meanwhile, the Pokémon left outside the Center by the original team continued their fight, but many were showing signs of fatigue. They weren't in the best condition to begin with, and between dodging electrical discharges and trying to attack, they were getting pretty tired. Regardless, they battled on, managing to reduce their numbers to about two dozen Magnemites and a handful of Magneton, half of the starting total.

Fenice the Fletchling had managed to take out a couple on his own. However, a Thundershock with his name on it struck, throwing him to the ground in an unconscious heap. His comrades stood in front of him and tried their best to continue combating the horde.

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On the other side of the yard, the tow truck backed down the alley in an attempt to ram the horde again, but two Magnemite swooped in, going after the battery. A couple shots from the driver's rifle dispatched them, but not before a column of thick black smoke began to rise from the engine.

"Great." he grumbled, as he kicked the door open and jumped out, a Psyduck and a Gible following out of the cab. He tried to slam the door shut, but it merely fell off its hinges and landed on the ground with a thunk. "So much for the urban assault vehicle. If Pops was still alive, boy would he be pissed." For the first time, the folks from the Center are able to get a good look at the young man. He wears a simple mechanic's uniform, with the same Talonflame emblem emblazoned across the back. On the breast, a sewn-on nametag reads "Cardin".

Looking at the Center, he sees that a group of obviously human-trained Pokémon were fighting the mass of Magnemites and Magnetons. "What kind of coward leaves their Pokémon to fight off a group like that alone?" he mumbled. But Cardin didn't have much time to grumble, as several Magnemite, seemingly insulted, fired off Thunder Waves, causing him and his Pokémon to dive behind the truck for cover.

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Hearing a racket from behind, Kyosuke turned to see Silver barreling towards him in an attempt to clear the door. "Shit!" he yelled, grabbing Bergen and diving to the side just before the crazy pirate and his Pokémon crashed through the rocks, sending them flying into the backyard. One flew straight towards Talen, but Ash the Riolu managed to jump in the way and crush it with Force Palm before it hit.

"The fuck do you think you're doing?!" Kyosuke yelled at Silver, who was sprawled out in the center of the courtyard. "I swear, you kids keep getting more and more fucked up by the second!" Able to look father this time, he spotted Cardin's truck a ways away being attacked by the Magnemites. "I hope that isn't the entire calvalry. But with any luck, that crazy guy out there might have given us the distraction we need."

With the assitance of Mikail the Luxio, Luna made a makeshift defribrulator and shocked Amet's chest. His entire body leapt with the jolts as the electricity coursed through his body, until he once again passed out. However, Luna checked again, and, luckily, his heartbeat had stabilized. A cooling rain began to fall, splashing onto Amet's face.

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"Hey! Don't talk to my sister like that, ya creep!" In the hallway outside the electrical closet stood the same girl who had run down the stairs to the basement to alert Nurse Joy of the power outage. "If you need protection, I got it right here." With that, she held up a Pokéball and released a Charmander. With an obvious scowl on its face, it turns to face its Trainer, revealing a ragged, only partially healed gash across its face, cutting across an eye that Charmander holds closed.

At that moment, the Rain Dance that Silver had whipped up poured into the hallway, drizzling into the electrical closet. The exposed wires sparked and flashed, and began to burst into flame. "And it looks like you guys need it right about NOW!" With seemingly inhuman strength, the blonde girl yanked Nikolai out of the closet by the scruff of his neck and sent him sprawling to the floor, then grabbed Ruby and her Ralts bodily and dived into the hallway just as the entire closet exploded into a fireball.

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Frost the Shellder's Ice Beam flashed towards the generator, encasing it in ice. It seemed that the generator would be halted, but only for a second, as the ice suddenly shattered. It had hit the long-forgotten Light Screen that Haruhi the Fennekin had put up around it.

The Magnezone, who had yet to attack, slowly rotated in position as it noticed Emily and Sven standing near a corner. It set its sights on the largest creature in the vicinity, Emily's Onix, Tecton. With malice in its large red eye, the Magnet Area Pokémon released a humongous Flash Cannon, which knocked Tecton back across the parking lot, gouging out long ruts in the pavement. Tecton was badly injured, but remained standing.

Flare the Torchic's first attack simply bounced off the Magnezone, not doing much. But it was prepared for the second attempt, along with Drago the Charmeleon's Flamethrower. It directed a group of six Magnemite and a Magneton to form a literal shield, taking the hit for their seeming leader. While the Magnezone escaped unharmed, half the Magnemites and the Magneton thudded to the ground, unconscious.

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"Magnemite and Magneton...around the Generator..." Nurse Joy paused during her treatment of a Piplup to think. "They must have been attracted to the electricity. That would explain all of the Electric-types having their energy drained! If we could only shut down the power, even for a little bit..." As she said this, the sound of another explosion rocked the Center, but the lights in the ICU stayed on.

Eyes wide and face pale, the nurse quickly ran over to a monitor on the wall and brought up a small screen, hitting a button on the display. Instantly, the room where Emily and Sven had been working appeared, though it was deserted. "Rats!" Nurse Joy exclaimed, unable to summon a worse expletive. "With the Pokémon in this condition, I can't leave the room, but we can't contact those near the door with the power out!" She examined a few bars in a readout too detailed for Kara to understand. "It seems like they managed to divert a fair amount of energy to the Center's backup batteries, though. The ICU can probably survive for ten or so minutes before the power goes out."

She turned to Kara with a grim look on her face. "I'll take care of things here. Get to everyone and tell them they need to get to the Generator and shut it down manually! The access panel is on the west side, the code is 0844. You won't have too long before we need to turn it back on, but they must defeat the Magnemites and Magnetons within those ten minutes!"