"Defend it!" yelled a man in his 60s, "Steelix, stealth rock!" Up ahead, the shadows staggered as they walked over prickly rocks
"Easier said than done." murmured woman about that age, "Starmie, hydro pump!" The shadows fell back, but rose again.
8 people had formed a ring around a chest. They all were skilled trainers, it was just that they were getting old.
In front of them were their Pokemon, pokemon who had been with them since they were all 10.
"I would die defending this!" yelled a man with a Raichu. "Thunderbolt!"
A Golbat skid across the floor, but soon more hoards appeared.
"Well. I feel like we are going to. Alakazam! Psychic!" More pokemon flew across the room. Others took it's place.
"I don't feel right." a woman with a Bellosom said, "These pokemon are merely tools for them, and when a tool is used to do evil, it is not evil. The wielder is evil."
"But then you rather them have the chest instead?" A man with an Arcanine countered, "Fire Spin!"
"We can't keep this up guys. Rhyperior, drill run!" The huge rhino's horn spun and smashed through Exeggutors and Slowbros.
"Well, did you all send the package?" a man threw a ninja star, but the ninja star was really a pokeball contraption surrounded by spikes. A Weezing popped out and used sludge bomb, showering the enemy in poisonous mud.
Everyone nodded.
"Sabrina, get the chest away. Brock, Erika, and Misty, try to make a decoy. Lt. Surge, Koga, Blaine and I will try to protect the decoy. This will be our final stand." the man with the Rhyperior yelled
"You got it Blue."
And so, with heavy hearts, Sabrina and Alakazam teleported the chest away to somewhere safe. Earlier, they had tried to all be teleported at once with the box, but Alakazam couldn't handle the strain since teleport was only meant for one person at a time. Tragically, there was not any time for that so it was an unanimous vote for Sabrina to go with her partner. Each gym leader and his/her pokemon wanted to fight and die together.
"MACHAMP!" bellowed an army of them. They punched Blaine, who skid across the room, and never got up. Arcanine howled, and used fire blitz, doing a noble sacrifice as he fell next to his master. This bought time as the decoy was half way finished.
"Starmie, psychic!" Misty abandoned the decoy chest to knock out all the Machamp, but a Beedrill flew up and stabbed her from behind.
"Bellosom, poison powder on the enemies!" Erika and Bellosom spread some fragrance together for the last time as Butterfrees rained poison powder on them.
"Come on Steelix. WE FIGHT TOGETHER!" Brock and his powerful pokemon managed to defeat a few but were soon overrun by the hoard.
"The Lightning Lieutenant will prevail even after death! Raichu, electroweb! Then, wild charge!"
The tough trainer and his bulky Raichu fought their last battles as Dugtrios surrounded them and Flygons swooped in from above, all immune to Raichu's attacks.
"It was an honor, Blue." Koga and his Wheezing floated above the pokemon, "SELF-DESTRUCT!"
Koga's limp body fell with Wheezing, and Blue was left alone. Come on Sabrina. Come on.
Sabrina came back to late.