Pride Brings You Down(Bad End)

The tentacles keep Nina from moving around and prevent her from getting any attacks to her captor. The Vulpix growled as she recalled that he looked down on her for her age, something that she plans to make him eat his words.

Some tendrils started to snake their way towards her mouth, but before the Malamar could try anything, she opened her mouth wide and sank her fangs into a couple as hard as she could. She can hear the Malamar growled in pain as you see the tendrils spasm a bit. She smirks at the reaction as she tries to lunge herself away, but the tendrils continue to remain firm.

“You really think that a little bite of yours would affect me?” He asked, staring at her as her shock turned to horror as the tendrils now started to pry her jaw open, letting those in her mouth slide out.

“R-Rea-mmmph!” Before Nina could call out for the Buneary, he quickly wrapped the tendrils around said mouth, leaving her to only muffle the words, but they didn’t catch the rabbit’s attention.

Nina tries to open her mouth to unleash her fire attacks, or at the very least to cry out for help, but the Malamar’s tendrils bound her mouth tightly to where she can only make muffled noises. She can’t even reach for the mouth because they too are bound.

“Too proud of your strength I see?” He asked, squeezing her painfully, “Did you really think that you could make me lose my grip with a dark type move?” He started to lift Nina up, as he does, all the tendrils that are remaining all wrapped up around her, keeping her from struggling. “Well, at least you won’t be around long enough to remember that mistake.

Meanwhile, Rachael was dealing with the Jynx who has been launching attacks at her, but the Buneary’s been dodging them with little trouble.

"You just had to be so slippery!” the Jynx spouted in frustration. “Well, I’m far from getting tired, physically I mean.”

Rachael rubbed her forehead to rid it of sweat. Despite not getting hit so much, she can’t just waste too much time dealing with her. She needs to attack her more than she has. As she looks towards the Jynx, she notices something odd behind her. When she looked up, her face turned into a look of shock and horror at seeing the Vulpix up in the air, wrapped in tendrils and squirming helplessly at her predicament.

Rachael gritted her teeth as she hopped a couple times and then bounced up into the air, preparing to land on top of the Malamar and free Nina. Just as she was about to complete her landing, a beam shot up right in front of her. It didn’t make contact, but it did disrupt her attack and **** her back, landing on her back hard. She heard a terrified cry as in the corner of her eyes, Kate was shaking with her paws covering her mouth.

Rachael slowly went to her hind paws and just as she was about to get herself up, she felt an odd energy surrounding her and before she could think about it, her body was lifted up into the air. She cried out in shock and found her body frozen in place as she saw the Jynx’s eyes glowing.

Nina’s eyes widen in horror as she sees Rachael being put in a helpless situation just as bad as she was in, her eyes roamed towards Kate who was watching the scene in pure horror. ‘Not good… If we fall here…!’ Nina struggles harder in a **** attempt to free herself from the tendrils, but all her effort has got her was a strong strike from all over her body, leaving her limp, but still conscious as she saw something particular about the stone blockage.

The counterweight of the stone was starting to rise upwards slowly. Sounds of intense struggle can be heard from the other side. “Come on! Get up you oversized block!” Your voice grumbled in frustration as Kate looked down and can see you and Vargus' hindpaws underneath.

“Kate, get out of here!” Rachael's voice spoke out, “Crawl under there and go!”

“M-Maybe I can do something, I-” she couldn’t finish as she just noticed, and barely went low enough to dodge one of the Malamar’s Tendrils lashing at her.

‘Just go!’ “Just go!” Nina thought as Rachael shouted out the words.

The Pachirisu then scurried on the floor, squeezing her small body through the crack of the hole as the Malamar’s tendrils tried to snake under, though just as he saw them slip under, the stone dropped to the ground with a rumbling quake, making the Malamar cry out a deafening shriek in pain as he desperately struggles to pull them out from under the mass.

During that, Nina fell to the ground and she groaned from the impact. The Vulpix made a last ditch effort to stand up, but the beatings were too great and she’s unable to continue the fight.

“Kate, stay back! Now, let’s lift this up again and-” You cried out but Rachael interrupt you.

“No, they’re after Kate! Just go!” she cried out.

“Rachael, we can get you and Nina out of there, just hold on and-”

“Rai, please! Get your sister out of here!” The Buneary pleaded, just as she felt the Jynx’s large hands gripping her shoulders as she looked up and felt the psychic energy forcing her head up to see the Jynx opening her mouth wide.

Nina hasn’t fared any better as she felt her legs being wrapped up by the Malamar’s tendrils once more, her few moments of freedom only granted her enough energy to be more conscious enough to realize her legs were lifted off the floor and were just resting outside the maw of the victorious Malamar.

Nina squirms in the grip as she felt the toothless maw of his clamping down on her, giving taunting nibbles as the tongue wrapped and suckled on the spicy flavor Nina sported on her fur.

Her stubborn struggles soon gave way to whimpers of defeat as she felt her legs pass the mouth. She doesn’t hear any struggles of lifting the stone outside; leaving no to doubt that you and the others took Rachael’s advice and retreated, the Exeggutor too cowardly to put up a fight knowing full well how it went for them, Neku and Felix don’t know what’s happening, and even if they do find out, it will be far too late to do anything about it.

Nina started to feel the throat muscles squeezing around her legs as her hips and waist entered his maw as she remembered what the Zoroark told her when they barely got out of the infected group at the door. Nina’s eyes quiver as she closes them. Her mind brought up the words he said to her about how her pride and overconfidence could get her or someone killed, and it’s coming true.

Her body was squeezed around due to the Malamar’s throat muscles pressing around tightly, making his throat bulge out due to accommodating for the large meal. As her head was the last to enter his mouth, She saw a couple of the Malamar’s tendrils moving and pressing against her face, pressing her down deep into his gullet before retreating and sealing the Vulpix into her final fate.

Nina’s paws landed on the bottom of the stomach as the rest of the body joined up and curled to contain her. She doesn’t struggle at all, knowing the futility of fighting back at this point. She promised herself that she would survive this and bring her parents back and reunite with her grandma, but in the end, she couldn’t escape mere cultist.

The Malamar let out a loud belch as he lets out the air that was in his belly, ensuring that the Vulpix would soon pass out from lack of oxygen. He turned to the Jynx who has a similar bulge in her belly, with the Buneary clearly inside. They turned towards the Exeggutor, who witnessed the entire scenario without lending any assistance and the two of them looked at each other.

'Well, can’t say you didn’t do your best, though now one of you will get an extra companion to join you in their bellies. Wanting to win with your own merits is understandable, but when it comes to lives being on the line, seeking help from those who can provide it can mean a difference being a victorious team, or extra padding for your opponent. Ignore the temptation of pride and you can convince someone to stand up for you.'

That’s how it all came to an end. I thought my training and skills was enough to turn around a hostage situation, only to end up not only a hostage, but me and Rachael becoming victims to mere cultists. I’ve been told not just by Neku, but my grandmother that trusting others is a strength, but I’ve ignored it, and now it’s too late.