In Her Image: a Pokémon RP

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Venamoth's Psybeam sent Skylar spiralling into the bleachers. The long necked pokemon raised its head from the broken stands and flapped its wings a few times before jumping into the air and flying around Kayla and Frankie.

Fear! Fear! Fearow!

"No abuse here kid! Just brainwashing done by the brass to keep these things in line until they're no longer needed. Whacha gonna do 'bout it? Eeeeh?"

Kayla stared at at Frankie in disbelif. How could someone allow that to happen to their pokemon. Just the thought of doing that to one of her friends made Kayla tear up.

Quickly wiping her tears away, Kayla yelled at Frankie,

"I can't believe that you would do such a thing. Pokemon are supposed to be our friends. Our allies. They are supposed to be there when we are sick and we need to be there when they are hurting. They comfort us in our times of need and they watch over us when they sleep. They laugh with us when we are happy and they cry with us when we are sad. They protect us from harm and we heal them when they are injured. There is no one closer to us then our pokemon."

Kayla remembered feeding King day after day when she was a child and found it lost outside of Cherrygrove City. Day after she left food for him. At first he was hesitant to come out to her but after a while he approached her as she put the food down though he still hid in the forest to eat.

After a few months he started to come out to eat even though he was still wary of Kayla. The one day she didn't show up for a couple of days. Following her scent he came to her house and when someone left it, he ran for the door and ran to her room to find her lying in bed, very sick. He refused to leave her and every time someone tried to pull him out he ran back in. After a couple of days Kayla recovered and when she woke up the first thing she saw was King lying on the floor, waiting for her. Ever since that day the two of them were always together.


"I'll save them," Kayla whispered. Kayla faced Frankie, full of determination, "I'll show you the bonds between a pokemon and their partner. Skylar use Hyper Beam!"

Skylar was more than happy to comply, gathering energy around her beak and letting lose a large blast at Frankie, that left a trail of destruction down the stands, across the stadium floor and up the other side.

"King use Flamethrower! Adelpha! Follow with Steel Wing!" King opened his mouth and let lose a long trail of fire at Venamoth, Adelpha flow above it, her wings glowing and when King's Flamethrower stopped,Adelpha charged in and struck at Venamoth with her wings.
 

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'Duskull Confuse Ray on Poliwhirl and then use Will-o-Wisp to make a barrier of flames between you and him'

"Poliwhirl, use Water Gun on the Duskull! Then the same again to get rid of those Will-o-Wisps!"

"Swalot, start with Sludge, then Body Slam!"

Poliwhirl went first, shooting a spray of water at Lee's Duskull, damaging it somewhat. Octillery would've been next, but it seemed content to just sit there and tease its opponent.
Duskull did as asked and shot a peculiar looking ray at the foe's Poliwhirl, confusing the already possibly brain damaged creature. Swalot shot a blob of toxic Sludge at Octillery. Octillery however, just shot the attack down with a BubbleBeam.

Poliwhirl was now staggering back and forth with no idea where it was or where it should be going, eventually hitting its head into a nearby seat, hurting itself. Octillery kept on mocking its opponent while Duskull obediently summoned some Will-o-Wisps to serve as a barrier. Anything trying to physically attack him was getting burned.
Swalot jumped up to the skies and came down with a Body Slam. Octillery's beams couldn't stop such an attack and resulted in Octillery taking a hit.

"Bhah! That's what you get, you overinflated octopus! Now get serious before I make takoyaki outta you!"
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Meanwhile, Tom and Rupert were going to have to work together against their opponents. The two grunts sounded off, barking orders to their oblivious Pokémon.

"Voltorb, use Spark on that Feraligatr, then SonicBoom on the Cubone!"

"Tangela! Sleep Powder on Feraligatr, Absorb on Cubone!"

Voltorb went first. Charging up a decent voltage on its small body, it rolled towards Aeolus at a blinding speed. Feraligatr, being somewhat sluggish on the ground, had no chance of dodging. This would sting a bit.

*ZZZZBBBBZZZZZZTTT*

In the blink of an eye, Cubone had put himself between Voltorb and its target, taking the attack without any effect, due to its Ground type. Cubone then looked over his shoulder to a somewhat surprised Aeolus and nodded. Aeolus took off, whizzing by Cubone and bearing down on the enemy's Tangela with his massive jaw wide open, while his teeth froze over.

*GHOMP*

Tangela was effortlessly picked up by Aeolus, as it froze in the Water-type's maw. The Grass-type had already lost as Aeolus proceeded to toss it at the Voltorb's "owner".

"Whoa!"

The grunt managed to dodge the flying ball of frozen vines, which flew off into the raging Sandstorm in the middle of the arena.
It was Cubone's turn. Voltorb had already retreated to prepare its next strike as the Bone Pokémon wound up his Bonemerang and let fly.

"DODGE THAT ATT--!"

Futile. The Bonemerang smashed into Voltorb's face with the force of a small car, instantly knocking out the Electric-type. No need for a second hit. Cubone snatched his returning weapon, whirled it around in his hand a few times and got ready for his next opponent as Aeolus settled onto his side.

The grunts were taken aback by this turn of events. Not only did their advantage do no damage, but this tag team was showing some fearsome potential.

"Grh, screw this! Go, Piloswine!"
"Cacturne, yer up!!"



"Let's see you kids OHKO these two, eh?"
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"Set! Blast 'em with Signal Beam after a Sand Attack!"

Savannah disdainfully ordered her Pokémon to attack the pitiful looking Heracross, while keeping an eye out for Sprig, who was missing in action.

"Heracross! Leer. Horn Attack."

The Heracross went first, weakly Leering at Sutekh. The Trapinch was more intimidated by the ghostly look on his foes face than any attempt that it had made at a Leer. It was Set's turn however, and he obliged by spewing sand out of his gaping maw and into Heracross' face.
Heracross attempted to counter with Horn Attack but, blinded by the sand, managed only to destroy a couple of benches. Set wasted no time in shooting a Signal Beam into his foe's back. It made contact, but failed to do much damage to the half Bug-type. Her partner wasn't faring any better.

Remy was furious. He wasn't a saint and he'd be first to admit it, but the man standing in front of him was a cold blooded killer. Zangoose was beyond that, though. Staring at him was none other than a Seviper. Zangoose's blood boiled with expectation to be let loose at this despicable enemy.

"Hehehehehhhehh... Gimme a good show now... HABUNAKE! Start with a Glare! Then Poison Tail and Poison Fang!"

Remy snapped out of his rage to give Zangoose his orders.

"Zangoose, Swords Dance, then Quick Attack, finish with a Slash!!"

Even though Anton's Pokémon was clearly stronger than Remy's, Zangoose still edged Habunake out in speed. After a few moves, Zangoose setteled into a fighting stance and vanished, reappearing to strike Anton's Seviper from the left. Habunake countered by using Glare but Zangoose wasn't going to be taken out by such a poor attempt.
Zangoose then rushed at Habunake again, Slashing it upwards from the torso to the jaw, sending the venomous Pokémon reeling backwards. The Cat Ferret Pokémon the motioned his lifelong foe to "bring it"

Habunake was furious. It attacked furiously with Poison Tail, slashing Zangoose's forearm, and while the poison had no effect on him, Zangoose could still feel the pain.

"Zangoose, use Leer to lower its Defense, after that a Slash should do it"

The Normal-type complied, leering at his opponent. Habunake could feel the pressure. This one had guts. For a runt. The Poison-type then sprung forward, sinking its needle-sharp fangs into Zangoose's shoulder.

Z-Z-Zan...

Stifling a pained growl, Zangoose went to Slash Habunake, only to miss as the snake let go right on time.

"Hahhhhhahahahah! Not looking so hot there, is he?"

Remy squeezed his fists tighter as he tried to ignore Anton's piercing laughter.

"It's no good... The bastard's Pokémon are simply superior. I'm playing for time at best...

He then glanced at the storm raging in the arena.

I hope the kid's fine...
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"Flame Wheel!"

Spike replied weakly to his Trainer, only to have it disappear in the storm. Visibility was close to zero but there was no mistaking the gargantuan snake-like form in the eye of the storm. The tiny Fire-type used every last drop of energy in his body to rev up a flame and rolled forward and up and let himself be whisked away by the Sandstorm.

Matt was desperately trying to catch a glimpse of Spike, not knowing that his precious companion was whirling around in the air, when...

*BHWOHHH*

EEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLIIIIIXXXXX!!!

An ear shattering howl of pain, accompanied by a flare of flames up where Steelix's face would be signaled Matt that the attack had connected. Only, what the heck was Spike doing all the way up there?
As the little Cyndaquil started falling down, more tremors rocked the ground. It was Steelix. It was boaring its way underground, preparing to finish Spike off.
The Sandstorm slowly faded, granting Matt a clear view of what was going to happen.

*KRAKOOOM*

Steelix literally exploded out of the ground, aiming to crush its tiny opponent. It was but inches away from dealing the final blow when.

*WHOOSH*

A blur went by and Spike was gone. A second later Swell flapped his wings in front of Matt and placed the weakened Fire-type onto Matt's arms.

"Ooooooooi! Doncha think yer forgetting about someone brotha!?"


It was Jack. As Swellow returned to his side, the Hoennian boy pointed his finger at Eres, seemingly showing no fear.

"Yer a real prick, ya know that? Coming up in here with yer oversized bullshit and attacking a couple of already worn out guys who just wanted to have a good lil' rough n' tumble."

He then rubbed his finger against his nose and grinned.

"Well, while ya were busy pickin' on guys 1/12th yer size, I went ahead and healed up."

Slamming a thumb to his chest he concluded.

"Now yer dealin' with me brotha! Yo, Matt! Heal yer buddies up and let's take this bald asshole down togetha!!"
 

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"Now yer dealin' with me brotha! Yo, Matt! Heal yer buddies up and let's take this bald asshole down togetha!!"

As Jack's words rang out, Matt found himself pressing Spike up against his shoulder, a smile slowly stretching across his face. The cavalry was finally here!

"R-right!" he shouted back in reply, hastily (but carefully) laying the injured Cyndaquil on the ground so that he could handle his pack with both hands. As Spike slowly struggled back to his paws, Matt hurriedly fished a few items out of his backpack, barely noticing as his hat, snagged by a rogue gust of wind, was blown away.

"Cynda... cyn..."

"Hold on, buddy," the trainer muttered as he wrapped a protective arm around his friend, his free hand lifting up an orange spray bottle. "This'll help you feel better."

With a few quick squeezes, Matt sprayed the Super Potion all over Spike, grinning in relief as the sparkling vapor washed over the Cyndaquil's bruised and battered body. They didn't call it Super for nothing, it seemed; dozens of tiny cuts and scratches, inflicted by Steelix's Sandstorm, were healed in a matter of seconds, and the flames that covered Spike's back surged back to full strength as the Fire-type let out a revitalized squeak. "Cynnnnnndaquil!"

"Heh, glad to hear it."

Brought back up to nearly full health and ready for action, Spike turned to face his master, awaiting Matt's instructions. Uneasily, Matt lifted his head, nervously scanning the scene before him. There was no denying that Eres was a serious threat, and was probably a trainer of the utmost skill. There was no way in hell the lad could possibly take him all on his own; that Steelix would probably be enough to wipe his entire team!

But, now that Jack was entering the fray...

"Alright, Spike, here's the plan! You need to go back up Swell, okay? While the two of you are fighting Steelix, I'm going to get Ventus back up. Got it?"

"Quil!"

Matt's hands trembled slightly as he watched his friend charge back into battle. He was still afraid, terrified even, there was no doubt about that. But he didn't have time to let that stop him now, not when Jack, Spike, and Ventus were all depending on him. Taking a shaky breath to help steel himself, the lad snatched up the other two items he'd removed from his bag, a Revive and another Super Potion, as well as Ventus' Pokeball. The Pidgeotto was going to want to get back into the fight as soon as possible, and he needed to be in top condition when he did.

Healing Items: 5x Potions, 3x Super Potions, 5x Fresh Waters, 5x Lemonades

Status Curing Items: 10x Full Heal, 2x Paralyze Heal, 2x Antidote, 1x Burn Heal

Revives: 2x Revives

Vitamins: 2x Irons, 2x Calciums

TMs: Aerial Ace, Sunny Day, Dream Eater

Pokeballs: 2x Pokeballs, 7x Great Balls, 1x Lure Balls, 2x Friend Ball, 2x Speed Ball

Items: 1x Charcoal (Held by Cyndaquil), 1x Spell Tag (Held by Gastly), 3x Escape Ropes, 1x Exp Share, 2x Repels

Misc: Bike, berries, food, clothes

21,000P
 

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"Whoa."

Rupert's eyes were wide as he got up from his crouched position. He had instinctively dropped down on one knee when the K.O.-ed Vine Pokémon went sailing through the air past him, caught by the sandstorm that now dominated the arena behind him. Aoelus and Cubone had utterly destroyed the Tangela and Voltorb, finishing them in seconds. This had all gone far more smoothly than Rupert had expected. Neither of the two combatants had taken a single blow, and this despite their opponents having type advantages. Rupert was especially proud (and just a bit surprised) at how Cubone had proven himself a capable team-player by protecting Aoulus.

"N-nice work, Cubone! Just keep it up."

Nothing. Cubone offered absolutely no response to his trainer's mild encouragement. If anything the few feet of distance between them started feeling more like an impassable void. Cubone still refused to look at him.

He... he really is mad at me, isn't he?

The Kanto trainer's thin lips contorted into a grim little smirk. Rarely had he felt more ashamed as a trainer. All his talk about becoming a proper trainer seemed utterly ridiculous right now. When the attack happened Rupert had, to use a popular phrase, lost his shit. He would probably have let the suited goons take his pokémon without resistance, paralyzed as he was. This had forced Cubone to take action. The little Ground-type had once again taken it upon himself to protect Rupert, the team, and himself. What other choice did he have with a trainer like that?
Rupert's smile faded as he realized that this might finally be it. This might have been the final straw for Cubone. Maybe he had finally grown tired of waiting for Rupert to pull himself together. Maybe he had finally given up. Rupert remembered how Cubone had taken Voltorb's attack, so that Aoulus would be spared an electric attack. Rupert had never ordered that.

"Grh, screw this! Go, Piloswine!"
"Cacturne, yer up!!"


The suits looked less than pleased as they threw their second pokéballs towards the mismatched Water/Ground duo. As the Cacturne and Piloswine materialized Rupert was faced with the by now familiar problem of not really knowing what exactly they were. The scarecrow-like Cacturne was obviously some kind of Grass pokémon, which was slightly worrying. He found it hard to care right now though. After all, what was his input in the fight really worth? Cubone had proven that he could take care of himself. Rupert was more liable to get his team hurt.

"You could... you could try a Dig against the wooly one," Rupert offered lamely. "I-I mean, Aoulus has that Ice Fang. He can p-probably take the Grass one. Maybe try a Headbut if Ground attacks turn out to be ineffective..."

Cubone made no sign that he acknowledged his trainer's meek suggestions.
 

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"Heracross! Leer. Horn Attack."

The glassy eyed Heracross had failed with it's attack on Set, the sand finding it's target causing it's Horn Attack to collide harmlessly with some arena benches. Sutekh's counter-attack however had also proved ineffective, the normally powerful Signal Beam being shrugged off by the same-typed opponent.

"Damn it! There's nothing in Sutekh's moveset that can even remotely damage this guy! He doesn't stand a chance..."

Savannah almost seemed to resign to her fate, her normally determined look seemed to slowly fade from her face, her adamantine posture softening in the wake of imminent defeat.The brainwashing psychopaths had won. There was nothing in her repertoire that she could use to counter the Heracross, the typing was all wrong, Sprig was nowhere in site, which left...

Sav's eyes focused on the enemy in front of her, her feet finding firm footing once again, her hand instinctively moving to her Pokeball on her hip. She only had one final trick up her sleeve, and she prayed to Arceus that it would work.

"Set return!" she cried, letting loose a red beam of light that engulfed the waiting Trapinch. Sav then replaced the ball onto her belt, producing another in the same fluid movement, this one coloured light blue with white spots, a Dive Ball.

"You're my last shot!" Sav said, giving the ball a kiss for good measure.

"Go... Feebas!"

The flash of light revealed the feeble-looking Fish Pokemon, seemingly unaware of it's surroundings nor of the importance of the battle it had just become a part of. There was something that seemed to have it preoccupied, it's rocky scales seemed to almost gleam in the bright arena lighting.


" Bass... "

The Heracross looked to be giving Feebas any leeway however, the switch having not delayed the action, it seemed to charge forward to attack the fresh target. Savannah screamed out in warning at her friend, determined not to let it end up as a fish stick.

"Quick Feebas, use Attract!"
 

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With the usual wide smile he had during a battle, Tom shouted out to Aeolus,

"So you cleared out all that rust yet buddy?"

With a similar grin that nearly spooked the pants out of Rupert The water type nodded and crouched, ready to take off into the next enemy. He didn't have to wait long.

"Grh, screw this! Go, Piloswine!"
"Cacturne, yer up!!"


"What? What's that pointy looking pokemon? Definitely not from anywhere I know of.. But then there's a Piloswine too and those are tough. Hey! Rupert! Be careful, That thing is part Ice and Cubone's gonna be at a disadvantage!"

Aeolus looked back at Tom

"Gator?"

"Huh? Oh yeah that spikey thing! Um, try not to stay in its range, so dash behind it and uh... It looks like a grass type, so give it a good ice fang? Try not to hurt yourself though ok? No biting the thorns!"

"Gator."

Aeolus' eyes narrowed, his teeth began to glow blue again, and he blasted off towards the Cactus like pokemon.
 

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Lee wasn't happy to say the least about octillerys complete disregard for orders but what was he expecting given the pokemon's record, he decided to focus on duskull as at least then he could make a impact on the fight 'now that its confused, give it something to fear, ominous wind and night shade' duskull liked the sound of that, he aimed ominous wind at poliwhirl's spine and went to do the night shade as close to poliwhirl's face as it could, he also decide that if he got close enough he would throw his will-o-wisps at poliwhirl.

Octillery did not appreciate swalot's attack he didn't do anythign to swalot, in fact when given orders to attack swalot he denied them, while this swalot did not do the same for him, he didn't even retaliate to swalot's first attack. Octillery decided to blast a psybeam into swalot's mouth if swalot's next attack would allow for that if not he would just blast him with a psybeam.
 

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"...IIIIIIIINTERESTING!!"

"Mmh?"

Anthony raised his brow slightly as there was a lull in the action and Daria recalled Gemini.

"GOOD SHOW, SILVER! Only things I've seen KO Gemini like that are a Fissure... ...And ME. You trained that Electabuzz well; where ya from?"

Giving the tracksuited man no time to formulate a response, however, The Pewter Fist promptly gave her two combatants their next orders.

"Spiegel, lay down a cover Smokescreen, then hit him from the air with Dragon Rage! Slagger, you go on a Rollout, zig-zag through the smoke and come out for a quick shot, and lay on the pressure until he goes down; got it?"

"Hmph! Electabuzz use Thunderbolt on the Charmeleon, avoid that Dragon rage and Low Kick Golem before he rolls out. Then Thunderpunch Charmeleon again!"

Spiegel went first, drowning the area in thick, black smoke. Electabuzz was blind, but fired at what it thought was a flicker of the Charmeleon's tail flame. While the battle raged on Anthony started answering Daria's question.

"Hmph... Did I ask for your opinion? They call me The Saffron Jaguar. I've been Eres-aniki's enforcer for over 8 years."

Electabuzz missed, and Slagger spun into a second Rollout. The smoke gave no quarter and before he knew it, the Electric-type was taking another 660lbs of hard rock to his gut.

"Hell, I could beat down anything with these two fists... But... This shitty world we live in, where anything is handled with Pokémon... I've got little choice but to make sure that mine are AT LEAST half as tough as me."

Last but not least, Daria herself made a move towards Anthony's Pokémon, who was on his last legs after Slagger's attack. Surprised, the Electabuzz hastily grabbed the girl's ankle and prepared a Discharge just for her. As the smoke gradually cleared, it became clear to anthony what was going on.

"You idiot, don-!!"

Too late. Above the action, Spiegel fired his Dragon Rage, hoping that it would fry their foe before it fried Daria.

EEEEELLLLLEEEEEEE--BHUUUUUUUUUUUZZZHHHH!!!

The emerald flames engulfed Electabuzz as Daria flew away from the brief jolt she'd managed to recieve before being liberated in the nick of time. Electabuzz was down.

"Hahhah... HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! GOOD SHOW, DARIA PACE!!! SEEMS YOU AND I HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON!!! WOOOOO-OO!! Who gives a rats ass if you get fried, as long as they go down too, right?!?"

Anthony recalled Electabuzz and took out a Pokéball. What was an insanely ecstatic grin a second ago turned into a murderous scowl as he threw out his second Pokémon.

"But try that again, and you'll have to get by me."


URRRRRSAAAAAAARRRHH!!!

"GIGA IMPACT!"

UUUUUUUUUUUURRR... SSSSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRHHHHH!!!

Anthony's Ursaring made the entrance of a lifetime as the bear-like Pokémon used every last inch of strength in its massive bulk and charged at Spiegel, leaving a trail of crushed cement in its wake. The impact was brutal, as it sent Spiegel flying several rows down. Near to Kayla's and Frankie's position.

That was it. No struggle, nothing. Spiegel was out cold.
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At the same time, a few rows below, Kayla had just finished giving Frankie an earful about her views on Pokémon and their rights. Frankie just stood there, mouth slightly open. There was no reasoning with the guy. He was just a gorilla for hire who'd gladly throw himself into a grinder if that meant he was getting paid.

"I'll save them,", she whispered.

"Eeeh? Speak up lil' tyke! You and what army, huh?!? HEEEEHEHEHEHEHE!!"

"I'll show you the bonds between a pokemon and their partner. Skylar use Hyper Beam!"

...hehheheh--EEH!?!?

Too late. Skylar let loose the massive beam from her mouth, tearing through the stadium, right behind where Daria was standing before rushing down an Electabuzz, engulfing Frankie and sending him flying somewhere way past Goldenrod Bay.

"King use Flamethrower! Adelpha! Follow with Steel Wing!"

Kayla's Pokémon attacked immediately. King engulfed the zombified Venomoth in flames, as the Pokémon let out a dull screech of whatever rudimentary forms of pain it could still feel. It tried in vein to counter with a Psybeam, which went clear past King and bounced off the floor harmlessly. Adelpha then dove down, delivering the coup de gras with her razor sharp wings. Venomoth was down.

It was over. With Frankie gone and his Pokémon defeated, Kayla could go help her new friend, and as she spotted Spiegel lying limp on the stands next to King, Kayla realized that Daria could use all the help she could get.

But.

It wasn't going to be that easy. Skylar would detect the threat to her Trainer's safety, as 3 more zombified Pokémon, no doubt left behind by the launched Frankie, slowly approached to attack Kayla. With no one to guide them, they were feral and vicious, if a bit dull.




Things were looking grim...
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Meanwhile at the Eastern wing of the stadium, things had started rather swimmingly. Ryan and Mightyena were holding their own, having just defeated their opponent's Raticate. A Carnivine was to be their second hurdle.

Darius had dispatched his first thug with ease, and was now busy taunting the second one.

"Gah, keep that trap of yours clammed and fight ya damn clown!"

"Daffy Confusion and Water Pulse on the Linoone, Knuckles! Sand Attack, Crush Claw on the Goldeen! Make 'em know they're still Pokemon!"

"Linoone, Sand-Attack and Headbutt on the Sandslash! Goldeen! Supersonic and Horn Attack on Psyduck, NOW!!!"

The thug's Pokémon were hopelessly weaker than Darius' dynamic duo, and thus they would suffer Daffy & Knuckles' attacks before making their moves. Knuckles went first, spraying Goldeen's face with the sawdust it had at hand. As the Goldfish Pokémon struggled with visibility, Daffy tapped into his Psychic power, delivering a crushing blow to a glowing Linoone without so much as looking at it.

Linoone took quite a bit of damage, but did not become confused. It used the same trick as Knuckles and hurled the sawdust at Daffy's face. Goldeen however was not as lucky, as her blindness caused Supersonic to miss its target.

Daffy tried in vain to catch a glimpse of his target. Forming a ball of water inside its bill, the platypus-like Pokémon decided to "spray and pray". Unfortunately for him, the Water Pulse hit a bench, feet away from its intended target. Knuckles, however, was much more successful. He rushed towards Goldeen and delivered a crushing blow with both his massive claws. Goldeen was down. The grunt was unhappy. Discarding Goldeen's ball he took out a third.

"Go, Golbat!!"


"Golbat, use Supersonic and then Wing Attack on Sandslash."

Knuckles had quickly become the center of attention. As he measured up his next opponent, he could tell that this one was at least twice as strong as their previous challengers.

*BOM*

A hard Headbutt, hit Knuckles in the face and sent him sliding backwards. It was the first time that either of Darius' Pokémon were damaged. It wasn't bad, but it was a sign that it was time to up the ante.
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"How cute. Anyway Auron, begin with a Confusion."

Caleb's newest acquisition took to the stage, concentrating every ounce of psychic power into his attack. A blue glow enveloped the flopping Magikarp and sent it flying into the stands. The Magikarp flopped around haplessly for a moment before becoming still.

"Damn it... Even a lil' runt like that can toss 'em around like ragdolls. What a load..."

One of the thugs stopped laughing for a moment to poke some fun at his unlucky comrade.

"Hahahah, Just give it a rest Brian. Let the big boys take the-"

The incessant jeering was interrupted by the defeated Magikarp, still glowing. But this wasn't part of Auron's attack. This was an evolution. The glowing fish quickly started gaining a lot of size, growing into a huge serpentine form. As the glow faded, red, cruel eyes that seemed to have regained their lifelike glow stared down at the creature's assailant.

GYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRHHHHHHHH!!!


".......AWESOME!!!! NOW WE'RE TALKING!!! Gyarados use Bi-GBUH!!"

Brian's orders were swiftly ignored as Gyarados sent the thug flying down the aisles. The sudden evolution had erased the Pokémon's mind control and thus any loyalty it might've had towards its captors. Its will to destroy the opponents in front of it were still there though, and it wasted no time in using Thrash, going for Auron at reckless speeds.

*CRASH* *RUMBLE* *THOOOM*

The first attempt missed, and only sent Auron tumbling backwards with the rubble. As Gyarados got its head out of the rubble and its roar filled the stadium, Caleb would have to contemplate his next move.

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"You could... you could try a Dig against the wooly one, I-I mean, Aoulus has that Ice Fang. He can p-probably take the Grass one. Maybe try a Headbut if Ground attacks turn out to be ineffective..."

Cubone didn't even look at Rupert. He was busy measuring up his next foe anyway. These enemies were annoying. No feelings, no eye contact. Just numbly staring into space and attacking recklessly.

Cubone drove his bone into the ground, shoveling away at the concrete until he could burrow underneath it and leave opponents' lines of sight. That left Tom's Feraligatr as the only remaining target.

"Cacturne, use Absorb on the Feraligatr, once Cubone comes up, Faint Attack it!

"Piloswine! Ice Fang that Cubone until it's down!"

"Huh? Oh yeah that spikey thing! Um, try not to stay in its range, so dash behind it and uh... It looks like a grass type, so give it a good ice fang? Try not to hurt yourself though ok? No biting the thorns!"

Aeolus was off, fangs glowing a light blue as he dashed towards Cacturne. The Big Jaw Pokémon tried to get to Cacturne's back but the Grass-type was having none of that, as it kept up with Aeolus. Finally Aeolus decided to strike, catching Cacturne's leg in his massive jaws and delivering the freezing blow, as Aeolus' grip loosened, Cacturne retaliated by grabbing onto its opponent with all its limbs, causing the spikes on its body to bore into the Feraligatr's thick, scaly hide. A green glow accompanied Cacturne's Absorb as it sucked some of Feraligatr's life force, converting it into its own.

Meanwhile, Piloswine was busy trying to sniff out Cubone's whereabouts underground. Too late.

*CRUSHHH*

Cubone burst out of the floor, hitting Piloswine in the gut with a fierce uppercut that sent the Ground/Ice-type flying onto its back. It hit hard but Piloswine was quite resilient himself. It quickly regained its footing and charged at Cubone bearing its glowing tusks of ice. As much as Aeolus would've wanted to repay Cubone's favor, he had his claws full with a grab-happy Cacturne.

The attack hit Cubone like an icy freight train, sending him flying backwards to Rupert's feet. Catching a glimpse of Rupert, Cubone struggled to get back onto his feet, using the bone as support. It then drove it into the ground and dashed towards Piloswine head first.

*BASH*

The sound of hard bones hitting must've resonated all the way to Hoenn as Cubone's head collided with his foe's.

Piloswine staggered as it tried to get back up. It fell to its knees again as the attack had caused it to flinch.

Aeolus wriggled free from Cacturne's hug and went at it with another Ice Fang. It hit its mark again. Cacturne wasn't feeling so good. The Ice Fangs were doing much more damage than the Absorbs could heal. It was still in the game however, and spotting the limping Cubone making his way to his bone it vanished, only to reappear behind Cubone. Rupert couldn't get a full word out before his trusted partner took a blow to the back and collapsed next to his weapon. Cubone was down.
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Lee was doing quite well himself. The grunt's confused Poliwhirl was living moments of sheer terror as an Ominous Wind first blew through its body, followed by more confused shenanigans as it tripped over itself. As Poliwhirl got up, Duskull was already next to its face, projecting a massive presence over the brainwashed, confused and frightened Water-type, finally ending it by dropping the remaining Will-o-Wisps to torture and burn his hapless victim. Poliwhirl was down.

Right next to them, Swalot had been ordered to use Sludge. Swalot opened its mouth only for Quickdraw McOctillery to shoot a precise Psybeam right into his opponent's gaping piehole, causing it to faint as well.

That'll teach him to mess with this Octillery. Lee must've been quite satisfied with his team's performance too.

The grunts however, were not.

"Gah! Damn it Terry, you suck! Why'd they pair me with you anyways?"

"Shut yer trap Clay! I'm not the one who's Pokémon got KO'd in one darn hit! Go, Tyrogue!"

"Whatever, Delcatty!"


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Down south, things were looking grim.

Savannah had just recalled Sutekh, her Trapinch, seeing as his attacks weren't affecting her opponent's Heracross. With Sprig missing (and not that useful in the match-up at hand anyway), she had finally opted to rely on...

Basss...

The grunt she was facing was the stoic type, but even he had to let out a bit of a cocksure grin. Feebas, on the other hand, just floated there, eyes vacant and mouth open. Savannah might've been grasping at straws at this point but she was not about to give up now.

"Quick Feebas, use Attract!"

"Hmph... Useless. Heracross, Horn Attack, Brick Break. End this farce."

Heracross complied and rushed at Feebas, bearing its impressive horn at the dull witted Water-type. Savannah couldn't help but bite her lip.

*WHOOOOOSSHHH* *CRASHHH*

Heracross missed. It missed. In all of Sav & Feebas' sordid history, not once had an opponent missed when attacking her. But this time, as unbelievable as it might sound, Feebas had dodged the attack. She the turned to face her assailant, jumped up in the air, her scales glistening in the spotlights before winking at Heracross.

The brainwashed Bug-type was too brainwashed for Feebas' attempt to have any chance of working (if it did to begin with) and in no time the Grunt's Pokémon resumed its assault. It dashed into flight, first veering up and the spinning down with incredible force, crashing into the ground where Feebas was and sending her flying up into the air


Savannah watched on in horror as her Pokémon flapped about helplessly in the air. It seemed this was it. But then.

Everything rushed into Feebas' mind. Memories of her Trainer, the girl that would not give up on her, always trying to bring out the best in her. Feebas' brain was on the verge of imploding. Beauty, wisdom, power. Everything she lacked, the power to finally help her Trainer, to become all she could be, was in front of her, glistening like the scale she'd been given not long ago.

Then, the glow enveloped her.
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Remy was not faring well. Zangoose was exhausted. Anton's Pokémon was clearly superior. And he wasn't above making it abundantly clear to his opponent.

"Ahhhhahahahahahah! Oi, oi... What's the matter, can't keep up with ol' Habunake here? Oi, finish off that mangy filth, Crunch!"

Remy looked towards Zangoose expectantly. the Cat Ferret Pokémon simply nodded.

"Okay then, use Slash! End this!"

Zangoose took off, running as fast as his legs could carry him. Once he'd closed the distance, Zangoose jumped at his despicable foe and Slashed it across the face. It wasn't over though.

Ssssssssssssssssevvvvviiippppaaaaarrhh!!

Anton's Seviper quickly shot backwards to catch Zangoose who tried to avoid the counterattack, sinking its fangs into him with vicious force.

Z-Zanghh...

With one last pained growl, Zangoose fell to the ground, unconscious.

"YAAAAHAHAHAHHHOOOO! Seviper 1, Zangoose 0! But let's not end it here... C'MON! Gimme your next shot!"

Remy silently called back his companion and reached for his Dusk Ball.

"Slice him up, Sneasel!!"

Sneee!

"Sneasel, use Ice Shard, then Faint Attack!"

Sneasel complied faster than Anton could react, breathing ice cold air onto the concrete in front of him and then clawing it into razor sharp shards of ice, hurled at Habunake at blinding speeds.

Habunake hissed in pain as its master tried to give it the next batch of orders.

"Habunake, use Pois-!"

VIIIIPPPPAAAAA!!

In the blink of an eye, Sneasel had already vanished and re-appeared behind Habunake, having slashed it in the neck. Habunake was down.

"He might not be the most resilient, but my lil' fella here sure is fast. Faster than your garden variety belly crawler anyways..."

Anton's cavalier expression twitched ever so slightly as he realized that he hadn't managed to maintain his lead for very long. Recalling Habunake, he dug out a Dusk Ball of his own.

"How's about we put claws against claws, eh? Go! Yamime!!"

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"Hold on, buddy,"

Jack's intervention gave time for Matt to attend to his injured friend. Meanwhile, this crazy boy from Hoenn seemed to have no qualms in berating a hardcore criminal with a Steelix.

"Yeah, ya think ya got anything on both of us? Look at that! While yer lookin' at me with that ugly mug o' yers, my brotha over there's already healed his fireball right up!"

"Alright, Spike, here's the plan! You need to go back up Swell, okay? While the two of you are fighting Steelix, I'm going to get Ventus back up. Got it?"

Signaling for Swell to come to him, Jack continued.

"Yer goin' down pal, nhihihihiii, yeah! Okay, Swell! Yer job is to fly around that big ol' vermin, while Fireball over there lays on the damages, got it?"

Sweeeee!

Swell squawked in agreement and joined Spike in flanking Eres' Steelix from both sides. The gangster himself, however, appeared as calm as a meditating Meditite.

"Mhahah... Hahhahahhahahhaahhahahah! Such guts! Well done boys! Well done!"

Eres laughed and clapped.

"I really like ya both. So young, and you probably got more guts than all my guys combined. Haaahhhh... Ain't gonna help ya though. See I got a job to do, and I'm not the type 'a guy to do a half assed job."

He dug Steelix's PokéBall from his jacket pocket. As well as another PokéBall.

"Come on back boy."

As the beam shrunk the colossal Steel-type into a portable form, Eres prepared to send out another Pokémon in its stead.

"Sorry kids. It's been fun, but now it's time for y'all to give up yer Pokémon. Don't be sad though, I'll give you a hell of a show for 'em. GO! GARCHOMP!!



GAAAARRRRHAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

The light dissipated to reveal a Garchomp. Identical to the one tattooed on Eres' head. It looked more vicious than anything either of the boys had ever seen. Jack found himself gulping.

"Uh-oh!"

"C'MON KIDS! LET'S RUMBLE!"
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Far away from the veritable battleground that the Goldenrod Stadium had become, on Route 34, a young woman stood outside the Silversong Daycare. She was in her early twenties, with long brown hair that fell to one of her shoulders, tied up with a pink ribbon. She wore blue overalls, cut at the thigh with a red sweater underneath. Constantly at her side was one of her most treasured companions. A Marill.

Marill! Mari, Marill.

"Yeah, you're right Marill, that is quite the storm approaching... Better start getting the Fire and Rock-types inside."

The young lass hurried inside to get the Pokémon with aversion to water inside, and the ones with affinity to it outside.

"Aeden! Aeden! Where is that boy...?"

Aeden Shay was a 19 year old boy from Orre, who had moved to Johto a few years ago. He was working as an assistant at the Daycare. It wasn't like him to go missing like this in the middle of the workday. The woman finally found him in the kitchen, transfixed to the TV.

"Oh, so this is where you've been hiding, huh? Watching Fuschia Shore while old Lyra herds a dozen Torkoal, is that it? Well? Answe- Hey, what's going on."

What had Aeden spaced out was a emergency report from Goldenrod Stadium where a group of criminals had attacked everyone inside. One brave cameraman had evaded them and was now transmitting the gruesome action using the stadium's own cameras.

"What on Earth is happening over there. I hope HE'S alright..."

*KRAKOOOOMMM* *RUMBLErumble*

Thunder clapped with a tremendous sound as water started pouring down. The heaviest rain Central Johto had had in months. Soon the stadium was being showered as well.

I doubt that I need to tell you that this rain is obviously going to affect the battle. Water, Grass, Electric are now stronger. Fire, Rock and Ground types are not doing so good anymore.
 

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Knuckles staggered backwards, the blow having hit his sensitive nose. He held his claws in front of his face and rubbed it before he stopped seeing spots. In a ready position now, claws poised over the dirt, facing his opponent Golbat.

"Slllash"

Daffy was blinded and staggered a moment himself, before squirting water into his hands from his bill and washing the sawdust out. But although the offending material had been washed away, the damage had been done. His now red eyes fumed behind his monstrous bill at the Linoone that had pulled the dirty trick.

"Psyduck!"He laughed,as he realized the joke he had made""Psy-psy-psy-psy,"

"Daffy, you're not on stage right now, focus."

The Psyduck stopped just as suddenly as he had begun laughing, now holding his head as another pain flashed through it.

"Knuckles, switch. Finish the Linoone, Crush Claw. Daffy, Confuse the Golbat. Both of you switch again, Knuckles, Swift on that Golbat, Daffy, drench this Rocket with Water Sport. Cool him off. There's gotta be something still in there that's Pokemon!"
 

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"GIGA IMPACT!"

Daria's eyes went blank as Spiegel's frame went careening past her, blasting flat against the stands back a ways. The battleground was momentarily silent as Slagger's vision darted between his downed comrade and his motionless trainer. "G-Gol?"

Daria's had slowly reached down to her belt and retrieved Spiegel's Pokeball from the clip. Her eyes leveled with Anthony's... and she smiled.

"Saffron Jaguar, huh? Neat!" A red beam of light caught the limp salamander and recalled him to his ball. "Never heard of ya!"

She re-clipped the ball, taking out a Revive and feeding it into Gemini's Pokeball. "Never heard of your boss, either. Maybe I'll take him next, after I whup your ass into next week." She unclipped the ball, tossing out Gemini, hurt but not down for the count yet. "Recover, girl."

Her Staryu complied and brought itself back to fighting speed. Coordinating with Slagger the pair slowly stepped in front of their trainer, keeping a healthy buffer between her and the gigantic bear in their path. Their growls were low and fierce. Try a single thing against their trainer, and Ursaring would regret it for the rest of its very short life. Daria opened her mouth wide to shout a challenge. Then the arena shook. A cry of draconic rage rippled through the air and stood the hairs on the back of her neck on end. She looked down and the arena. A Garchomp--half shark, half dragon, all bad attitude. And facing off against it was--

Oh shit, Matt!

She glared back at her opponent, the Saffron Jaguar. Her eyes then slid back to Kayla, facing off against the Pokemon circling around her. A three-way split visualized itself in her mind. Matt's face was screaming at her in the silence of her mind, berating her. All she'd wanted to do was help. Ventus was giving him so much trouble, that--

This isn't helping!

Down three paths lay three different outcomes. She could focus on her own opponent, she could assist both of them, or she could assist only one. The results of all of them were... not pretty. He's not a child. He can handle things on his own. But... a freakin' Garchomp! That's not right!

Pace took a deep breath. It wasn't an easy decision, but she knew what she needed to do.

"Yo!" Both of her soldiers looked back at Daria, pointing over her shoulder at the situation in the other direction. Kayla was surrounded by three very nasty-looking Pokemon, and they were closing in fast. "Ganging up on a lady isn't nice," she said with a cheeky grin. "Go even things out Gemini, okay?"

She then pointed down into the arena, at the dragon squaring off with the young boy. "Slagger, you're Matt's until this is over. Ya don't let that thing touch a hair on the boy's head. You're not allowed to die, even if he kills you. Got it?"

Both of her team looked very uncomfortable with the idea of leaving their trainer's side. Daria was a powerhouse. But then again, so was a ten foot bear. She belayed their worries with a single glance. "Go," she commanded more firmly. "I've got this."

The pair hesitated another moment but ultimately relented. They charged off to battle, Slagger leading off with a Rollout crashing down through the stands, rocketing off from the side of the ring and speeding towards the Garchomp. Gemini swooped into the other skirmish, leading with a Swift on the Kingdra. That left Daria alone, arms crossed and her eager smile gone as she sized up her competition.

"You've got a good Ursaring, Silver. It looks like you've trained it well. But you and your folks have just gone and made a big mistake by putting my friends in danger. So if you'll excuse me, I'll have to beat your ass into the dirt fast so I can go back them up." She stepped towards the Saffron Jaguar, and glanced over at his Pokemon. "But don't worry. Your bear will have a playmate."

She looked up, over Anthony and Ursaring both to the stands above. Specifically, at the Hitmonlee leaning over the railing, glaring at the crooks below. "Jet! Waste these jerks!"



"LEE!"

Jet flipped from the stands, flinging down at the Ursaring and winding up a Rolling Kick the whole way down. Daria's feet shuffled at such speed they could well have caught fire as she slid around and past the bear, moving straight for Anthony with a mean left hook. "Let's see what you've GOT, Jag!"
 

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"Mhahah... Hahhahahhahahhaahhahahah! Such guts! Well done boys! Well done!"

The back of Matt's neck was sent crawling as Eres' laughter rang across the battlefield. The empty Revive and Super Potion containers clattered to the ground as the young lad looked up, unable to keep his hands from trembling with trepidation and fear. Why was he laughing? His Pokemon had just become outnumbered and flanked; he should be cursing or scheming, not laughing! Why was he laughing?

"I really like ya both. So young, and you probably got more guts than all my guys combined. Haaahhhh... Ain't gonna help ya though. See I got a job to do, and I'm not the type 'a guy to do a half assed job. Come on back boy."

Matt's heart plummeted as he watched the gangster withdraw a pair of Pokeballs, one of which the Steelix was quickly sucked into. Eres was acting like his next Pokemon was an ace in the hole, and the boy couldn't help but shiver as he imagined the foe he was about to face. He had already faced a literal ton of living steel; what could possibly top that?!

"Sorry kids. It's been fun, but now it's time for y'all to give up yer Pokémon. Don't be sad though, I'll give you a hell of a show for 'em.

"GO! GARCHOMP!!"



GAAAARRRRHAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

Unconsciously, Matt rose to his feet and began to stagger backwards. His breath caught in his throat, and his knuckles whitened as they reflexively clutched at Ventus' Pokeball. This was... What even was that monster!?

"I... I..."

Unable to even verbalize his fear, it was all Matt could do to remain upright and conscious. The roars and shouts that filled the rest of the stadium faded into the background, and pure blackness started to appear on the edges of his vision. He was supposed to fight that? No, there was no way; that was impossible. He had to... Going to lose... Couldn't run...

What the hell was he supposed to do!?

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Letting out a terrified scream, the young trainer clasped his head in both hands, barely noticing Ventus' Pokeball as it dug into his skin. Clenching his eyes shut, Matt willed himself to wake up from this horrendous nightmare. He wanted to find himself in his bed, heart pounding, drenched in sweat, and mercifully safe. He didn't want to be here anymore, he wanted to forget that this had ever happened. He wanted to-

"Quillllllll!"

Matt's eyes shot open as Spike's pained cry tore through his ears. Desperately, the lad scanned the battlefield for any sign of the Cyndaquil, finally spotting the familiar bundle of fur and flames cowering behind some rubble. Spike's physical state may have been almost fully healed by that Super Potion, but there was no way the healing could have prepared the Fire type for this; his back was barely lit, only the slightest hint of embers showing that he was still conscious.

[small]"Spike..."[/small]

The whisper had barely escaped Matt's lips before the trainer clenched his eyes shut again. But there was no silent begging, no terrified pleading this time. Instead, after giving his head a vigorous shake, the lad forced his eyes open, staring at the chaotic scene before him with a mixture of terror and desperation. There was no way he was going to get rid of his fear, but still... Eres had threatened to steal his Pokemon. Spike, Ventus, Persephone, even Ditzy... As much as he wanted to run away, he didn't think he'd be able to live with himself if he did so.

Which only left him one choice: Fight.

Stowing Ventus' Pokeball, Matt scrabbled for another two. "Spike!" he called out, extending the engraved, red and white sphere in his left hand. "Return!"

The Cyndaquil vanished in a flash of red light, just as the trained hurled his other Pokeball. "Persephone, I need you to stay calm, okay?!"


"Ga-gas..." the Ghost type stammered in response, trembling as she stared up at Eres' Garchomp. Please, Persephone, Matt thought, clenching his empty fist, hold on.

"Alright, use Hyp-"

"Gooooooolem!"

Matt found himself cut off as a massive sphere of rock crashed down next him, leaving a small crater in the stadium. A small tingle of relief tickled the back of the trainer's skull as he realized he recognized the Golem; it looked like he would be in control of Slagger for a little longer. Thinking back to the previous night, Matt tried to remember the moves Daria had taught the Rock type, attempting to formulate a strategy on the fly.

"Alright, listen up!" he cried, barely noticing that his voice was cracking. "Persephone, hit that thing with Hypnosis until it passes out, okay? I mean it; don't let up until it's out! Slagger, hit it with a Smack Down, then with a Brick Break!"
 

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Kayla gritted her teeth as Frankie's three remaining pokemon advanced on her. She wanted to finish this fast and help Daria but the mindless pokemon had to come first. They were a danger not only to themselves but anyone who was in their path. They had to be knocked out or put back in their balls.

Just then a barrage of stars flew over Kayla's head, flying towards the Kingdra.
"KING! Use Ember on the Dustox! Skylar use Sky Attack on Kingdra!"

King opened its mouth and let loose a furry of small fire balls at the Dustox, shortly before the Golem hit it.

Skylar flew high into the air, gathering silver energy around her body. Flipping in the air she dove back down charging at the Kingdra, beak stretched out to attack.

Kayla spun around looking for the balls that Frankie had dropped. A large Ursaring was roaring over Daria, with only a Hitmonlee ready to fight it.

"Adelpha! Use Flash Cannon on that Ursaring!"

The Pincer pokemon turned to face the large bear, ready to attack. She bobbed her head around, mixing it in with her claws, trying to confuse the Ursaring. She gathered light around her two claws and fired twin beams of energy at the Hibernator pokemon.

Turning once again Kayla saw a red top lying on top of a pile of rubble. Racing to it, she began to dig out ball, only to find that it had been broken off from its bottom half. Franticly looking around she saw two more balls lying to the side of the rubble, diving towards it she grabbed them. One had a crack across its top, the other thankfully was in perfect condition. Pivoting she saw the Pelipper advancing on her, it's beak open, its dead eyes staring at her.

"Milan!" Kayla yelled, "Use Spark!"

The young, blue lion pokemon just sat there, licking its paws, ignoring it's owner's orders, watching the Pelipper attack it's trainer.

"Come on Milan! King would have attacked! And he would have taken this pokemon down with ease!"

The Luxio's fur stood on end as Kayla taunted it. It WAS stronger than that stopped Puppy pokemon. And if that stupid woman didn't think so, then it would prove it. Blue electricity jumped up from its fur, charging it up. It ran at the Water Bird Pokemon, jumped up and tackled it, surrounding the two of them with electricity.
 

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Caleb watched as Auron was focusing his psychic talent, enveloping a bright blue glow over the seemingly defenceless Magikarp and then sent it flying into the stands, flopping around aimlessly for a moment before becoming eerily still. The grunt who was commanded it look like he was silently cursing himself.

"Damn it... Even a lil' runt like that can toss 'em around like ragdolls. What a load..." He said in a annoyed tone. One of the jokers from before stopping their incessant howling for a moment to taunt his unlucky associate some more.

"Hahahah, Just give it a rest Brian. Let the big boys take the-" His insults were cut short almost instantly as the supposedly defeated Magikarp was glowing, but it wasn't blue like the Confusion from Auron. Caleb however knew what this it meant, it was evolving. The Fish Pokémon was rapidly increasing in size, becoming more snake like in the process.

"This isn't good, not one bit." Caleb said to himself, also sounding scared, but remained confident as the red glow of evolution faded, and what was originally a rather useless Magikarp, now stood tall as a menacing Gyarados.

GYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRHHHHHHHH!!!

".......AWESOME!!!! NOW WE'RE TALKING!!! Gyarados use Bi-GBUH!!" Brian was trying to order, but got quickly shoved aside with a quick and simple flick of the Gyarados's tail, which soon began to charge towards Auron, who would no doubt get crushed under the colossal weight of the Atrocious Pokémon, let alone the rubble it was firing out due to its uses of Thrash.

*CRASH* *RUMBLE* *THOOOM*


The first strike missed, only serving to send Auron tumbling backwards into the rubble. As Gyarados managed to get its head unstuck from underneath the debris, it sent out a mighty roar throughout the entire stadium, or what was left of it by this point. It then charged straight ahead to Ralts again, this time intent to finish the job. Caleb quickly grabbed Auron, and rolled out the way to avoid more rubble that was being thrown about. He soon looked at the little Feeling Pokémon with a smile.

"Sorry Auron if this isn't what you had in mind for your first battle. Anyway, time to return." Caleb remarked as he pulled out Auron's Pokéball, and watched as the little Psychic type disappeared in a red light. He then stood up and dusted himself down before pulling out another Pokéball.

"Raiden, I choose you!" Caleb said as he hurled the ball in the air, and out came the Luxray who already had sparks coming off of it.

"Sorry to pull you out of rest so soon Raiden, but we have a bit of a situation. That Gyarados is out of control, and we need to stop it. Take care to avoid the rubble its creating from its use of Thrash, and when the time is right, call down a mighty Thunderbolt." From the moment Caleb finished speaking, he could hear the sounds of thunder and lightning coming from outside, and soon saw the rainfall.

"Perfect." He thought. "Looks like luck, or rather the weather is on my side."
 

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Lee felt that the will-o-wisp was excessive but duskull merely cackled away as it watch the pokemon burn. Octillery sat smugly, not that anyone could tell by the soulless stare it had. 'all right duskull confuse ray and will-o-wisp barrier again' don't mess with what works, thats what lee was thinking. Octillery decided that if tyrouge decided to even try to get close he would knock him off balance or path with bullet seed.
 

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*CRUSHHH*

Cubone punched through the concrete floor itself to deliver a direct hit to the Piloswine's gut. It was as impressive a display as ever, convincing Rupert that Cubone could handle this. This didn't abate his sense of guilt though. Cubone shouldn't have to handle this. Not like this.
Even through his cloying self-condemnation, however, Rupert heard Tom's warning shout.

"Hey! Rupert! Be careful, That thing is part Ice and Cubone's gonna be at a disadvantage!"

"Part Ice?!"

Too late. The Piloswine's white-glowing tusks smashed into the Ground-type's small body, sending it hurtling to Rupert's feet. That smarted.

"Cubone!"

Rupert instinctively dropped down to help his pokémon up, to help in any way. Cubone wasn't simply fighting a match right now; he was trying to save Rupert, the team, and himself from forces that wished to harm them. He was stepping up to a challenge that Rupert had been unable to, and the Kanto trainer's sense of guilt was damn near debilitating.

"Cu!"

Cubone swatted away his trainer's hands and got back up on his feet, though not without a barely suppressed whimper of pain. In their close proximity, however, trainer and pokémon couldn't help but catch a glimpse of one another. Cubone turned immediately and started rushing the Piloswine right back, a low battle cry reverberating inside the skull mask.

What was that?

Rupert had seen something in Cubone's eyes in that instant they locked eyes. The Ground-type had refused to look at Rupert ever since the battle began, and the trainer had assumed that Cubone was furious with him; that Cubone might even have given up on him once and for all. That wasn't anger Rupert had seen in the Lonely Pokémon's eyes though.

Cubone, what are you...?

*BASH*

Piloswine flinched in response to Cubone's Headbutt. The mammoth-like pokémon had a thick skull, but it was no match for Cubone's two layers of cranium. The Ground-type allowed itself a small sigh of relief as its opponent was down for the round - which was exactly when the Cacturne struck. Cubone never saw the Faint Attack coming and fell to the ground.

Damn it. Damn it, damn it, damn it, damnit, damnit, damnitdamnitdamnit dammit!

Rupert was working fast. Even as the pokeball was flying through the air to retrieve Cubone he was digging through the bottomless pocket of his greatcoat for Haunter's pokeball. His eyes were watery and his mind was full of fear: he feared for Cubone, who had been harmed by his ignorance; he feared about controlling the unruly Haunter in battle; he feared about what he was going to do if the ghost-type was defeated too, as Pineco and Hoothoot weren't experienced enough for these combatants. Most of all, even more than losing his entire team to the goons, he feared disappointing the downed pokémon who had taken up the fight when he couldn't.
All these fears were, however, expelled immediately at the sound of the great *THWAK* that resulted from the meeting of pokeball and thighbone. Cubone hadn't returned. Instead, against all reason, he had risen again and had then smacked the metal sphere out of the air with his bone club. His pokeball was resting at his feet now, open and with a noticeable dent in its upper half.

"Cu... Cubone, what are you doing?"

Rupert felt numb at the sight of his Cubone. The little Ground-type was utterly wrecked. He shouldn't be able to stand, let alone continue fighting as was seemingly his intention. The only thing keeping him up was sheer power of will. He was staring at Rupert.

"Cubone, s-stand down! You're not going to keep fighting like that. Y-you could get s-seriously hurt... o-or worse! I'm not letting you... I..."

Rupert fell silent as his insides suddenly felt icier than the heart of a Froslass. Cubone was finally looking directly at him, and he saw what was in those eyes. It wasn't anger as he had feared. It was much worse: it was resentment, bitterness even. Quiet, seething bitterness aimed at the trainer that forced the small pokémon to act on his own due to Rupert's own lack of spine. Cubone didn't say a word but his eyes spoke volumes to the pale trainer. 'If you can't take charge then I will. If you're not willing to put yourself on the line then I will. But that also means that I'll be roughed up from time to time. If you can accept that then let me do what I do best. If you cannot, then man up and do something.'

Cubone turned from Rupert and started limping back to where Aoulus was fighting the Cacturne and Piloswine on his own. Rupert was in shock. He had been a neglectful, even involuntary, trainer for years. This had led to Cubone taking charge numerous times over their partnership. But he had never suspected that Cubone resented him for it. Nothing like this had ever happened before, but then they had never faced opponents against whom failure was not an option. They couldn't go on like this. He was losing Cubone.
If Rupert let Cubone fight then he would lose, and Cubone would be taken from him. Even if Cubone by some miracle came out on top in this fight his resentment would build, fester, and then he would truly be lost to Rupert. There was only one course of action for Rupert, no matter how it ran against his nature: he would have to take charge.

The pokéball flew over Cubone's head, and the next second he felt himself lifted up into Rupert's embrace where he soon went limp. Rupert's eyes were watery, but they held a steely conviction not unlike that usually seen in Cubone's own. Out of the pokéball came not Haunter, but Pineco who went spinning and careening into the battlefield.


"Pineco! Don't worry about damage! Just keep Aoulus safe, so he can finish this! Protect, Bug Bite Cacturne, and Protect again!"

I really hope Pineco is as sturdy as Caleb said. I'm taking charge, Cubone. This could go horribly wrong, but I would sooner lose you in battle than lose your respect.
 

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Savannah watched on, as her beloved Bass Pokemon stood resolute in the face of crippling adversity, in the form of the imposing figure of the brainwashed Heracross as it lowered its horn, poised to attack.

"Hmph... Useless. Heracross, Horn Attack, Brick Break. End this farce."

The Single-Horn pokemon complied dutifully, stampeding towards Feebas with all its speed and strength, the Fish all but but doomed to take the hit...

Or not.

*CRASHHH*

Whether it was the light reflecting of Feebas scales, or the comatose Pokemon momentarily coming to its senses, this singular instant of non-focus was it all it took for the rampaging Heracross to miss , it's massive horn burying itself in the ground meters behind it's intended target.

Either out of recognition of her foes misfortunes or out of sheer sluggishness, Feebas took this moment of opportunity to mount its counter-offensive. Obeying it's Trainer's orders, Feebas summoned all the wealth of charm and allure at her disposal, launching herself glistening into the air with uncanny grace, eventually culminating in an unprecedented last-ditch effort, all in order to Attract it's opponent.

"BASS...! "

It was sadly not to be. All the cajolery and bedroom eyes in the world was not enough to Attract the zombiefied Heracross to the tatty Fish-Pokemon. Feebas sunk in a bout of disappointment, as its foe collected itself to continue the assault.

The thug's Heracross showed no mercy, dashing towards the Pokemon in a burst of speed, before crashing down right in front of Feebas, sending it hurtling through the air flapping it's fins like an impromptu flying fish.

The look on Feebas face was not one of terror however, for beneath its seemingly glassy eyes stirred an all too incomprehensible cocktail of emotions and epiphanies, bubbling over to overcome the Bass in dazzling light that emanated from the fin holding the Prism Scale.


The fish in the midst of the blinding glow did not merely flop to the ground.
As the profound metamorphosis occurred, the figure slowly descended like an angel, gently coming to rest hovering a few inches of the ground.

As the light began to fade, shards of mirror-like scales fell to the earth, revealing the evolved Pokemon's heavenly serpentine form.

Savannah stared at her now breathtaking companion. It's amazing transformation not only dumbfounding her, but also becalming the thug and his Heracross.

"Feebas... You're beautiful..."

Milotic gazed back at her trainer with the kind of insightful look that meant nothing more need be said. As it did so, a clap of thunder reverberated around the arena, before bringing with it a bout of rain that poured over the battleground, slowly increasing with intensity. The squall intensified the power of Water and Electric type moves. It seemed that everything was now on Sav's side.

However, Milotic's calming influence was not enough to restrain the brainwashed Heracross forever, it's addled mind was still focused on attacking the target at hand. The thug commanded, and the puppet obeyed.

"Feebas watch out!"

The sprinting Heracross lunged forward with a glowing horn, aiming a Brick Break right at the Tender-Pokemon. Milotic noticed it's attacker, reacting in an instant, whipping it's tail to fling an orb of wind at it's opponent, forming into a powerful Twister mid-flight.
 

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The thunderclaps outside made Aeden tear his eyes away from the TV. He looked outside to where he knew the stadium was. A few moments passed as the water drummed out a steady rhythm on the roof before he made his decision. "Come on Lyra, let's finish herding the Pokemon out of this rain." He had towards the back door when his Golbat flew over and started tugging his shirt in the other direction. "Flit! Cut it out, I have work to do." The Golbat didn't stop, only flapped his wings harder. Soon, his other two Pokemon had joined in, pulling and pushing him in the direction of the front door. It wasn't long before he knew what they wanted. With a sigh, he stopped resisting. "Sorry Lyra, it seems like I've got to blow off work today! I'll make it up to you, I promise!" Without waiting for a reply, Aeden was sprinting out the door, his Pokemon keeping pace or jumping on for the ride. Whatever was happening in the Stadium, his Pokemon didn't want to miss out, and as he jumped over the quickly forming puddles and splashed through the mud, he realized he didn't want to either.
 

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Tom watched in astonishment as Cubone took a thrashing. That skull was tough, but it wouldn't be much help against two pokemon at once. Cubone had other plans however, and started limping up to where Aeolus was frantically dodging an assault of attacks.

Rupert, you gotta do something! You can't let Cubone do that! I know you care, Stop him please!

As if he had heard Tom's imaginary shouting, Rupert dashed up to Cubone and grabbed him. The Boney pokemon collapsed in his arms, completely wiped out. Even though Aeolus had the benefit of being fully evolved, he was still Cubone's level, and Tom could tell he was starting to wear down.

"Pineco! Don't worry about damage! Just keep Aoulus safe, so he can finish this! Protect, Bug Bite Cacturne, and Protect again!"

"Rupert! Thanks!" Tom's huge grin came back over his face.

"AEOLUS! THROW PILOSWINE UP IN THE AIR AND GIVE IT A GOOD ICE FANG ON ITS STOMACH! THATS ITS WEAK POINT!

Aeolus Vaulted over the fluffy brown pokemon and grabbed its tusks, preparing to life the ice type

"GATOR"
 

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"Yo! Ganging up on a lady isn't nice, go even things out Gemini, okay?"

"Slagger, you're Matt's until this is over. Ya don't let that thing touch a hair on the boy's head. You're not allowed to die, even if he kills you. Got it?"

"Go, I've got this."


Hearing the resolve in their Trainer's voice, both Slagger and Gemini complied, leaving their master's side to help their new friends.

Anthony simply waited to see what the girl from Pewter had up her sleeve.

"That Hitmonlee of hers is her last Pokémon. I'm sure she's gonna use it against Ursaring..."

"You've got a good Ursaring, Silver. It looks like you've trained it well. But you and your folks have just gone and made a big mistake by putting my friends in danger. So if you'll excuse me, I'll have to beat your ass into the dirt fast so I can go back them up. But don't worry. Your bear will have a playmate. Jet! Waste these jerks!"

"UP THERE!! Ursaring, dodge!!"

Too late. Jet wound up a devastating Rolling Kick from quite the height, crashing down onto Ursaring's thick neck. If this were a videogame, a critical hit message would no doubt come up, as the Bear Pokémon crumpled to its knees from the intense pain it was now feeling.

Ur- Ursssah...

That was Daria's cue. She rushed at Anthony and let fly with a left hook aimed straight at the Saffronite's jaw.

"Let's see what you've GOT, Jag!"


"Hmph!"

The Saffron Jaguar dodged with only a millimeter to spare. He then grabbed Daria's arm and used a reversal, throwing the girl's lithe frame to the ground. Every ounce of strength she had put into that swing was turned against her. She could feel the wind escaping her lungs.

"Fool... Take this! ORRAAAHHHH!!"

An elbow aiming to take Daria out of commission. She put a hand out to grab it and use it to get out of the way, quickly getting back to her feet. Then she jumped at Anthony, winding up an axe kick. The attack hit Anthony in the shoulder. Unfortunately though, it didn't seem to hurt him as much as Daria thought it would've.
The thug proceeded to strike Daria's exposed abdomen with an open palm, but the girl adapted to the situation quickly by wrapping herself around the man's arm, dropping down and using a low kick to drop him to the ground.

*THUD*

"Ghhh..."

As Daria got up, Anthony did too.

"Feh... You're not half bad, kiddo. Looks like you put your money where your mouth is."

Anthony nodded towards the battle behind them. Despite Ursaring's advantage in level, Jet was making quick work of his foe. Ursaring tried Giga Impact first, but had missed. After Jet's Rolling Kick counter, Ursaring couldn't move due to having to take a breather after such a strenuous attack. A dumb move but it wasn't trained to fight without its Trainer.
Hitmonlee proceeded to jump into the air. The first kick landed into Ursaring's gut, it began to crumple onto the ground. A second kick to the back of the head slammed the opponent's face into the concrete.

That was for Spiegel.

Anthony closed the distance between him and Daria in a flash. Daria had no time to react before a savage headbutt slammed her face first to the ground.

Jet's eyes widened considerably as he saw his Master go down. Lying there, unconscious.

"Stay down there for a while, girl." He snarled.

"I'll have a chat with your Hitmonlee."

Anthony returned to his spot in the battlefield, recalling Ursaring and calling out to Jet.

"Oi, you! Good job with Ursaring. Gotta say, you exceeded my expectations! Ya know, I love you Fighting-types? Yup, sure do! And I'd hate for you to get all fucked up with that brainwashing shit. So tell ya what."

Anthony dug out a PokéBall and summoned its contents.


JOIN ME.

The words rung in Jet's head.

"Join me now and I'll let her go. I'll even spare her other Pokémon. Or fight Ringstar here. And lose to your second Hitmonchan today. Except then you'll lose more than a tournament. You'll lose yourself."

Anthony took a look at the unconscious Daria behind him, then turned back towards Jet.

"So? What'll it be?"
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A flurry of bright star-like particles flew over the overwhelmed Kayla's head and hit the Kingdra in front of her.

"KING! Use Ember on the Dustox! Skylar use Sky Attack on Kingdra!"

King barked as he showered the mindless Bug-type with small balls of fire, causing massive damage to his opponent. Meanwhile, Skylar flew up high above the stadium, onlookers might've caught a glimpse of a glowing shape shooting upwards towards the skies.

"Adelpha! Use Flash Cannon on that Ursaring!"

The Scizor in question complied with haste, taking aim and firing a metallic beam at Jet's assailant, hitting the Ursaring in the shoulder and making it miss its Giga Impact, later granting Jet an easy win.

As the girl from Cherrygrove frantically searched for Frankie's lost PokéBalls, she stumbled upon the brainwashed Pelipper.

"Milan! Use Spark!"

After some cooing, convincing and psychological warfare, Kayla's pigheaded Luxio finally relented, tackling the dead-eyed Pelipper with a Spark. Instantly KO'ing the dual Water/Flying-type. He looked very proud of his achievement too.

Meanwhile the other two drones were on the move, starting with Kingdra, who began to spin at blinding speed until it had created a massive Twister that, mixed with the rain and stormy winds, wreaked havoc for Skylar up in the air. She was so high up it was impossible to say whether she'd been KO'ed or not. Dustox attacked as well, shooting a Psybeam that hit King, damaging him somewhat but not taking him out.

Kingdra was about to attack again, this time setting its sights on Gemini but...

RRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOWWWW!!!

A glowing Skylar descended from the stormy skies like a thunderbolt, slamming her beak into Kingdra with such force, it projected the Dragon-type clean through a wall into the hallways behind it. Kingdra was down. Only a half fainted Dustox remained.

HYA! HEYA!

Gemini used her newly learned BubbleBeam on Dustox, taking it out. It then turned towards Kayla and her Pokémon to flash them a thumbs up. With no thumbs. It then looked up only to be faced with utter shock. Daria! Lying on the ground unconscious and Jet alone against Anthony and his newly revealed Hitmonchan. On the other hand Slagger, helping Matt on what was sure to be a lost battle. What was a Staryu to do?

What was a girl to do? Kayla was faced with the exact same conundrum. On the one hand Daria, down with her only remaining Pokémon defending her. On the other, her new friend's friend, who looked like he could use all the help he could get.

This was going to be a *****.
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In the East wing, the now pouring rain had put out Darius' pipe. Knuckles didn't much care for the rain, although Daffy seemed to be energized by the downpour.

"Knuckles, switch. Finish the Linoone, Crush Claw. Daffy, Confuse the Golbat. Both of you switch again, Knuckles, Swift on that Golbat, Daffy, drench this Rocket with Water Sport. Cool him off. There's gotta be something still in there that's Pokemon!"

Golbat was off first, letting off a Supersonic screech at Darius' Sandslash. Only to fail. Knuckles' turn. He dashed towards the Linoone, coming down on it with his claws with crushing force. The Normal-type buckled under the attack and fainted. Only the second grunt's Golbat remained.

Daffy was about to change that. Concentrating all of his Psychic abilities, he let loose another Confusion, enveloping the part Poison-type in a blue aura, and slamming it to the ground. The damage was visibly massive, but not enough to take it out. Knuckles spun around, releasing a Swift at the battered Poison-type, taking it down.

The Grunt had been defeated, but Daffy couldn't resist carrying out his Trainer's last order, soaking the already soaked thug with a Water Sport.

"Hey! You lil'! Why I oughta-!"

"Get outta the way runt!"

Darius' last opponent made himself known. He was a mean looking bastard. Burly with a big scar on his face.

"Go on ya critters."



Last round for Darius and his team. Could he score a flawless game?
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Nearby things were looking bright for Caleb and his Pokémon. Yes, the hapless grunt's second Magikarp had evolved mid-battle into a most imposing foe, but with Raiden back out on the field and the storm now in full swing, this battle seemed poised to go Caleb's way.

The bewildered Gyarados was on the move once more with its Thrash attack, careening towards Raiden. The Electric-type was too agile for such a clumsy attack, though, and easily avoided both the attack and the rubble being flung about by Gyarados. As he landed behind his opponent Raiden turned to face him, electricity fully charged and ready to go, when...

GYAAAARRRRAAAHHHRRRHH!!!

*CHOMP*

Gyarados had turned in the blink of an eye and dove toward Raiden, snatching him in its jaws. Stifling a pained roar, Raiden struggled to keep it together as he charged up again.

*BRRRRRRZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZTTTT*

Taking advantage of the painful point blank range he'd been afforded, Raiden discharged every ounce of juice from his body into Gyarados. Thoroughly frying the bastard in one hit. The foe's mouth opened, releasing Raiden, who just about managed to land on his feet before faltering slightly.

One of the two remaining grunts stepped up, visibly angered by Caleb's victory.

"Yer one luck sonnabitch, ain't ye! Let's see ya take on these!"



This grunt was certainly not playing fair. A double battle would be in order. The type combinations, however were not to Caleb's favor. Could Raphael be the answer, or would the rain and the presence of a Psychic-type be his downfall? What would Caleb do next?
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"Pineco! Don't worry about damage! Just keep Aoulus safe, so he can finish this! Protect, Bug Bite Cacturne, and Protect again!"

"Rupert! Thanks! AEOLUS! THROW PILOSWINE UP IN THE AIR AND GIVE IT A GOOD ICE FANG ON ITS STOMACH! THATS ITS WEAK POINT!

Pineco spun onto the battlefield with a ferocity one would hardly expect from such a low level Pokémon. Especially when that species is usually content just hanging from trees all day. As Cacturne moved to attack Aeolus again, Pineco rushed in to block the Grass/Dark-type's assault and deployed Protect precisely as ordered, slamming into the concrete and enveloping himself in a wide barrier, which completely absorbed and nullified Cacturne's attack.

That was the cue for Aeolus to get moving. Although a beast of his size and mass could not exactly "vault" over a Piloswine he sure as hell did a fine job of toppling the Ground/Ice-type as he tried. Not that it mattered. Piloswine was in Aeolus' cluches. The Water-type flung his opponent up into the air and prepared to chomp down on its stomach with his icy maw.

*GAWMP*

Tom's Feraligatr let go of his quarry, a fainted Piloswine, as Pineco spun towards Cacturne at high speed, bearing the spike on the top of his head at his foe. The Bug Bite connected with Cacturne's side as Pineco's spike drilled its way into the last opponent. The Grass/Dark-type had already taken quite a beating from Aeolus. That, coupled with its crippling weakness to Bug-types resulted in a somewhat surprising result for Rupert, as Cacturne fell. The boys had defeated their first two Grunts. Only another pair to go.

The other two quickly took the place of their defeated comrades.

"Well, looks like you kids got some moves!"

"Yeah... They do. But it ain't gonna do squat against us two!"

The second pair of thugs wasted no time in pleasantries before two new Pokémon were on the field.



Jolteon seemed to be more or less on par with Rupert and Tom's stronger Pokémon, although it was clear that Bronzor was quite a bit weaker.
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"All right Duskull, Confuse Ray and Will-o-Wisp barrier again"

"Delcatty, use Payback on that sucker!"

"Tyrogue, use Tackle on Octillery!"

Delcatty proceeded to run towards Duskull, who'd already put up a spinning wall of ghostly fireballs around him. Delcatty was not about to be fooled, however. It jumped up into the air and came down from above, hitting Duskull with its claws and pouncing away from him unharmed. Duskull tried to use Confuse Ray on Delcatty as a counter but it failed as well. His old tactics weren't working on this new and troublesome foe.

As Tyrogue was running towards Octillery to Tackle him, a Bullet Seed hit it in the foot, causing it to fall and hit its face in the ground. A nice distraction but not terribly damaging.

Between Duskull's recent failure and Octillery toying with his enemies, Lee wasn't getting much headway in his battle.

"Feh... Finish this already, Delcatty! Use Payback on that Ghost-type again!!"

"Use Tackle again, Tyrogue! Beat that Octillery!"
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In the South side yet another serpentine Dragon-like Pokémon had joined the ever growing collection. This one, though, was a thing of pure serenity and grace. Savannah must've been holding back tears of pure joy as she contemplated on how that trade with Luvdisc was now probably starting to pay off.

"Feebas watch out!"

The tender moment didn't last long, as the thug's Heracross tried a sneak attack at the recently evolved Milotic. The beautiful Water-type didn't hesitate to showcase her new-found power, however, and swiftly released a powerful Twister that quickly caught the attacking Heracross and spun it around in its gale, before dropping it down to the ground. The Bug/Fighting-type wasn't down for the count just yet, though.

"Heracross, keep going at it with Brick Break."
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Nowhere were things as grim and hopeless as in the center stage, where Eres had just unleashed Garchomp, his most powerful Pokémon onto Matt and Jack. With both the boys paralyzed with fear, it seemed they were moments away from saying their farewells for good.

But then.

"Spike! Return!"


Matt had snapped out of his near-catatonic state and recalled Spike, sending Persephone out instead.

"Persephone, I need you to stay calm, okay?!"

Matt's new-found resolve had also had an effect on Jack who'd also decided he wasn't just going to lay down and lose.

"Swell! Get in here!" He yelled, returning his Swellow in to his Pokéball. "Kip, yer up brotha! Keep yer distance from that creep wit' Water Gun and Mud Shot. If ya get a chance give 'em a good Mud Bomb!"

On the other side Matt was about to give his instructions to Persephone when Slagger came careening in with a Rollout. Matt wasn't so much surprised as incredibly relieved at the sight of one of Daria's powerhouses.

"Alright, listen up! Persephone, hit that thing with Hypnosis until it passes out, okay? I mean it; don't let up until it's out! Slagger, hit it with a Smack Down, then with a Brick Break!"

And they were off! Eres seemed to not give Garchomp any orders whatsoever. Probably just taunting his adversaries by "giving them a head start". Kip went first, shooting Mud Shot at the Dragon-type to keep it occupied as it tried to fend off the annoying barrage of muck. This afforded Slagger the chance to get close to it, rolling straight at his fearsome foe and managing to smack it in the knees and roll to relative safety before it could counter.

Persephone then rose from the ground, having opted for a covert approach. Kip relented his muddy assault just so Garchomp could open its eyes straight into Persephone's. A faint blue glow emanated from the Ghost-type and captivated the ferocious Dragon's gaze. The lull was unbearable for a moment until...

"ZZZZzZZZzzzzZzZzzz"

The two boys couldn't believe their luck. Garchomp fell asleep.

"YYYYYYEAH! That dere's the ticket!! Kip use that Mud Bomb, GO!!!"

Kip was off, bulldozing a ton of dirt into his flippers and shoveling it all into his mouth. He mulled it all around for a while before spitting out a big ball of condensed mud and flung it straight at Garchomp, covering it in dirt.

While Persephone hovered around in wait for Matt's next orders, Golem rolled towards Eres' ace in the hole again, this time jumping up into the air and coming down and landing on Garchomp's head.

The boys were doing good. Amazing even. At this rate this battle was going to be over in a flash! They were going to save the day!! But... Something was off. Matt could feel it in his gut. I couldn't possibly be this easy...

ERES! He hadn't even flinched when Garchomp fell asleep! Even now with the veritable beating it was taking, he just stood there... Smiling!

Matt tried to get a warning out but it was too late.

"GARCHOMP!!! TIME TO PLAY!!!"


Garchomp's eyes flew right open and before Persephone even noticed it, her foe had ripped her gaseous form to shreds with a Fire Fang. Matt's heart might've sunk for just a second before Persephone's body re-appeared at his feet. She was alive, if KO'd.

"Kip, same tactic! Keep yer dista-!"

Too late, Garchomp was already rushing towards Kip at what must've been at least Mach 2 speeds, leaving behind a trail of rubble before coming down on the helpless Water/Ground hybrid with a vicious Dragon Rush. Kip never stood a chance. Jack recalled his downed partner and hurriedly sent out Chopper.

"Damnation, this guy is strong! But not even big feller like him can stand up to the power of good ol' fashioned FRIENDSHIP!! YO MATT!! WHAT NEXT!?!?" Garchomp had turned away from Jack for now. It now eyed Matt and Slagger with anticipation. What did they have for him next?
 

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"So? What'll it be?"

The question rang in Jet's mind like the tolling of a heavy bell. Backed against the wall. Daria was the strongest human the Hitmonlee had encountered, and she was on the floor, out like a light. His first thought was revulsion aimed towards Anthony. A cheap shot to win his match. He was confident the pathetic creature would be under his trainer's bootheel if he hadn't done it. And that Hitmonchan, glaring at Jet, mocking him. A petty thing. A win for an individual wasn't a win for the species. No honourable fighter would willingly join a man like... this. What was it Anthony had said? About brainwashing? The Hitmonlee wasn't particularly excited about the fate in store for him under people like these, even if protection was, supposedly, offered.

But Daria... it was his duty as a Pokemon to ensure the safety of his trainer. No matter the cost to himself. As the slimeball postured, Jet could see movement behind him. Gemini had made quick work of its opponent, and was there alongside some girl, likely the one Daria had been chatting up. The Staryu looked unsure of what was happening, or what to do. With a glare, Jet held it in place. He couldn't be interrupted. He looked back at Anthony and was silent for a time.

"Hitmonlee."

He stepped forward, head bowed. There was nothing he could do like this. Anthony's malicious grin sunk into Jet's sullen eyes, and he let out an unpleasant chuckle. "Fehehe. I knew you'd see reason. Now c'mon and--"

Jet shut him up with a single finger, raised up. With all the hatred and accusation he could pack into his eyes, Jet fixated a gaze on him and raised up his hand. He wanted more than his slick words. He wanted Anthony's honor on the line. Neither Daria nor Jet's friends would come to any harm. They would be let go. Anthony shrugged, blowing off the seriousness of the moment with a cool expression. "Yeah yeah, whatever. All right, if it'll make you feel that much better."

He stepped forward and grabbed Jet's hand firmly. And then Jet grabbed him back harder. Much harder. Silver was first aware something had gone wrong when the Hitmonlee flipped him over its shoulder and slammed him as hard as it could into the floor.


When dealing with a crook, Jet could play dirty too.

Stunned, Anthony was brought back to his feet and felt a hand cup around the back of his head. He was yanked down into a rising kick and took it straight in the jaw. Released, he was flung backwards and took the second half of Jet's Double Kick attack right into his abdomen, lifting up from the ground and catapulting away, rolling on the hard floor of the stands. Jet wasn't quite sure if humans counted as Normal-types, but that certainly looked super effective. Maybe just this one was Dark-type.

No longer even bothered to look Anthony's way the Fighting-type Pokemon sprung off the ground and came down with a Brick Break against the Hitmonchan. It was time to teach this smug fool a lesson about the variances in power between different members of a single species. And how Jet wouldn't get a fluke loss twice in one day.

Even distracted as he was, Jet wasn't particularly concerned about the battered trainer off to his right. At the moment, Gemini was speeding through the air, screaming its odd battlecry and spewing bubbles at him.

"HYAAAA!"