Krrrack! …Krrrack!

"Alright, who am I up against next?"

In the small community known as Tellur Town a small yellow rodent, a Pikachu, stands over his defeated opponent. He has overcome the challenged surmounted by facing against a Dragonite.

He had an air of attitude around him, clearly proud of defeating the mighty dragon.

"WOOOO! Yeah! You rock, Blitz!"

He glanced over to his friend Vix, a Braixen, who was spectating his matches. He flashed a toothy grin before raising his arms to the air around him. "Please, please, calm down everyone. I know, I'm awesome." He played off the display of moxie with a quick chuckle. "No, but really, who am I facing next?" He looked around as the winds around him kicked up harshly.

Blades of grass kicked up from the ground, leaves sailed from the ground. Blitz covered his eyes from the particles of dirt and dust that flew around the air.

The winds slowed, and soon all the material dispersed to the ground. Looking at the newcomer, Blitz grinned.

"I shall be your next opponent." Said the tall green lizard in front of him, a Sceptile.

"Alrighty, what're we waiting for then?"

Three, two, one…

FIGHT!

Blitz quickly approached, swinging his shining, iron tail at his opponent.

The Sceptile held his neutral standing position. Blitz, sensing something was wrong, quickly spun around and went for a kick in the opposite direction.

The reptile snapped its arm into place, grabbing Blitz by the foot. He pulled him back and chucked the rodent clear across the arena. He twisted himself during his flight, letting him land relatively unharmed on his feet.

Staring at him for a second, the reptile let out a hearty laugh. "I commend you for noticing that I was going to counter-attack." He moved one arm, revealing incredibly sharpened grass blades on his arm. "However, you should have ceased attack all-together. You could have then preformed your own counter-attack from there."

Blitz was finding it hard to follow. Why was the Sceptile giving him advice in the middle of the battle? Shouldn't they be, you know, battling?

'Whatever. It just gives me an opening to shut him up with.'

Rushing ahead, Blitz fired out two waves of electricity. The Sceptile jumped a short distance and fired seed bullets at them, dispersing them like a light fog. As he landed, Sceptile shot his hand to the ground, deeply rooting vines under the ground. They quickly wrapped Blitz up and stabbed at him, transferring some of his energy to Sceptile. Blitz dropped to the ground, but quickly recovered. He jumped and shot out electricity to the air. Multiple, small lightning bolts struck and seared their way towards the enemy. The Sceptile jumped and conjured up a giant leaf-turned-hang glider and flew past the lightning. Blitz jumped and met his opponent in the air, surrounding both of them in an orb of electricity.

Flipping back, the Sceptile landed on his feet. Some of the leaves on his body were singed from the electricity.

Blitz kept on with his assault with confidence, jumping and intending on slamming into him. Smiling, the reptile spat out a deep purple liquid from its mouth straight into Blitz's face.

Flinching, Blitz held off on his attack just long enough for the Sceptile to slice into the air with his leaf blades, knocking Blitz even higher.

The reptile jumped and kicked Blitz down with the back of his foot.

Blitz shakily stood up, the poison that had been spat in his face was eating away at him. It felt like millions of tiny stabbings going on at once. He had to hold back the bile that rose in his throat as it burned at his insides.

"You… dirty little…" He was interrupted by an intense coughing, paining his throat incredibly. He felt light-headed and his vision hazed.

The mysterious green figure before him strode towards him before striking him harshly in the gut. Just as quickly as the punch was delivered, he was gone in a flash, appearing right under Blitz.

He fired off his tail at Blitz, which drilled at him and flew him higher up. The Sceptile readied, and then struck Blitz with another lightning-fast punch to the gut, launching the poor rodent higher still.

As Blitz fell, the Sceptile jumped and grabbed onto him. Once more, the winds around them kicked up and propelled them spinning upwards. Halting the wind, the two dove back down head-first, where Blitz was smashed into the ground.

Gasps resounded in the spectating Pokémon. Vix shifted uncomfortably as she anxiously watched the dust cloud that had been kicked up gradually disperse.

After a few, tense moments, the cloud had almost cleared up. The crowd resounded in confusion as they saw no silhouette of a Pokémon there. Sceptile observed the situation, and quickly shot out vines from his hand into the ground. They searched around, and instantly found a small, artificial cave. Reacting, Sceptile slammed the pointed end of his tail into the ground, hoping to skewer the rodent.

No luck. Retracting his tail he felt around with his vines some more. He felt digging going on… somewhere. The vines split up, searching around the whole arena. Strangely, the reaction weakened as the vines spread about.

It didn't take long for him to figure out what Blitz was doing. He made his vines shoot back towards him, racing at his opponent. Unfortunately for him, the vines weren't able to make it back in time.

Blitz broke free from the ground, scattering dirt and rocks everywhere. He slammed into Sceptile with Iron Tail, upper cutting the unfortunate lizard.

As he flew, Blitz quickly rubbed his red cheeks, creating friction and storing vast amounts of electricity. As Sceptile fell, Blitz jumped and grabbed onto him.

In a strange display of non-affectionate affection, Blitz rubbed his cheek against the large lizard, sending out shocks of electricity throughout his body. Blitz then kicked himself away towards the ground.

"You're too much trouble, y'know that?" He called out before electrically charging his fist.

He struck the fist into the gut of his opponent.

"ELECTRIC!"

He slammed his other fist into his face.

"WIND!"

He then struck his electrical fist into the reptile's chin.

"ARCEUS!"

The punch's friction increased intensely, the very Earth quaked from the power.

"FIIIIIIIIST!"

Blitz sent his opponent flipping into the air and crashing down into the ground.

"Nnngh… But… I poisoned you." The Sceptile said, painfully. He looked at Blitz, and noticed an opening on his right arm. A sickly redish-purple liquid oozed out from it. He chuckled while shakily standing himself back up. "I must commend you. I don't usually see such bold methods employed by my opponents."

"Heck yeah you don't! I'm one of a kind, baby!"

"I will concede defeat, for you have bested me. Thank you for the battle." He turned and walked off. The barrier around the arena deactivated, turning it into a normal area of ground.

Vix approached Blitz and the two exchanged a high-five. "Oh my gosh Blitz, that was SO cool! How you tricked him and then that uppercut and just… OH MY GOSH!"

Vix had always been the excitable one compared to Blitz relatively cool-headed attitude. He responded with a small chuckle. "Yeah, well, it ain't that hard when you're like me." He grinned and brushed back his ears. Vix attempted to hide a giggle. "What're you laughin' about?"

"Oh, nothing. It's just that you're so cute when you act all cool."

"Hey! You and I know that I'm cool! I'm the best fighter in Tellur Town. That's gotta mean somethin' right?"

"Yeah, I guess."

"Bah, it ain't that big of a thing now that I think about it. You know what I need to do?"

"What's that?"

"Enter the Ferrum League! Yeah, that'll really put me on top! Defeating a buncha different Pokémon. I bet you that I can reach the top."

"Well, you gotta enter first."

"I know that, ya dummy! When I enter, I'm gonna give everyone a beatin' they ain't ever gonna forget! You can count on it!"

"Well, when you do, I'll be right behind you. You can count on that."

The two said their goodbyes for the day. They had to get back to their trainers soon. On his own, Blitz started seriously thinking about what it would be like to win the Ferrum League. He'd get it all, "The Three F's", as he called them. Fame, fortune, and most importantly, fans. It'd be the perfect life, and he was confident that he could win. And why couldn't he? He had beaten every opponent that came his way for the past year, which has to mean something.

A sharp pain spiked in his arm. Looking down on it, he saw that the place he had cut himself at was a bit too well-cut.

'Probably shouldn't have cut that deep. I gotta get back home.'

Once there, his trainer noticed his cut and got to immediate medical care for him, providing needed medication and a good bandaging. He hugged Blitz and patted him on the head, telling him to be more careful in his future battles. Blitz nodded, not that he'd actually follow up on the orders.

Dinner came and went, and Blitz relaxed as he curled up on the floor of the house, next to a heater. His trainer wished him a good night and retired to his room for the night. It wasn't long for Blitz to drift into unconsciousness.

Awakening from his slumber, Blitz stretched far outwards. He smacked his lips and rubbed his nose. Looking down on his bandaged arm, he stood up and walked to the front door. Exiting through the small exit reserved for him he took a deep breath, fully alerting him once more.

He was excited for the new day. His victory against that Sceptile had invigorated him. It still meant that someone could pose a challenge to him, and he was eager to fight more. He ran towards the battle arena.

ARENA CLOSED
UNDER RENOVATIONS

There goes that plan.

He grumbled. It always ticked him off whenever the arena was closed. He was born for fighting, and being restricted from it wasn't always the best thing.

Opting to go and see what Vix was doing, he started towards her house, only to immediately remember that he woke up much, much earlier than she did. Earlier than most of the humans in the town, actually.

He sat on the side of a dirt path, thinking of what he could do for the day. He soon opted to simply walk around the place. It wasn't usually his thing, but when you literally have nothing to do, what else would you pick?

The town was similar to how he always saw it. There was a three-way argument between a Magneton, Dugtrio, and Dodrio, who, almost every day without fail, would get into arguments over who could use Tri-Attack the best. One kid raced by on his bicycle, followed by his Volcarona. He had been working on hatching a few eggs for the past week, always getting up way too early and working himself to death, just to hatch a few eggs. He was a weirdo, that was for sure, always ranting on and on about "perfect IVs" or "shiny Pokémon" or something equally as ludicrous. Blitz kept on walking, pretending not to see him at all.

Feeling like he had already explored the entire town, Blitz asked a Pidgeot for the time. The bird confirmed the time to be 7 am, not even an hour had passed.

Blitz groaned. He wanted something to do. The town was tranquil, and he wanted something to break that tranquility. Climbing up to the top of a house, he looked around and sat at the edge of the structure, sighing.

Even if he wanted it broken, he had to admit, the tranquility was nice in a way.

Maybe it wasn't that bad.

…

The air of peace in the town shattered as a massive quake seized the ground, followed by screams piercing the air. Everyone's heads turned towards the source. All they saw was dense black smoke rising from somewhere in the town.

Except for Blitz, whose face had contorted into utter horror.

The town was burning.

Not only that, but it wasn't an accidental fire, the town was under attack.

"Oh no oh no oh no oh no!" Blitz launched into action, he ran towards the fires, warning everyone along the way of the attack.

The town spiraled into a frenzy, people and Pokémon alike ran and screamed. Word of the attacks soon spread. Houses were vacated as fast as possible.

As Blitz got closer and closer to the fires, the strewn about bodies of guardian people and Pokémon lay, lifeless. Blitz was sickened, but he pressed forward. He knew exactly who he needed to save.

His trainer and Vix.

The fires wouldn't be much of a problem for Vix, but his trainer would not fare as well. He rushed towards his home.

The smoke's density intensified, the smell of ash filled his lungs. What in the world caused these fires?

Just as he neared his house, he finally realized the massive tree that was blocking his way to it. He would have to take the long way around.

Dashing through the town, the fire filtered the sky around him, leaving the town with an evil red glow from the inside. As the fires grew in number, Blitz started to feel the very Earth itself quaking, threatening to break apart. Something was moving, and whatever it was, Blitz knew he wanted to stay as far away from it as possible.

He rushed away making his way towards the destination. His blood pumped throughout his body, rushing adrenaline to every vein. His heart was working double-time, making sure to invigorate him enough to let him reach the home.

Blitz's rush was halted immediately as the side of a house blasted open in an explosion of wood. A huge, hulking figure had jumped out.

Blitz's eyes followed the silhouette in the resulting cloud of dust. He recoiled when he was able to fully make out what was happening.

The figure was mauling another, much smaller figure. It revealed huge, commanding blades on its hands and began to tear into its prey. Blitz was utterly repulsed, and he had to look away. When the brutality ended, Blitz looked up to see that the figure, still obscured by the cloud, had its head raised and seemed to be trying to find something. It froze, and turned its head in Blitz's direction.

Blitz's blood ran cold as the monster fully turned towards him. Its massive tail dragged behind it. A low, guttural growl escaped its lungs and it started lumbering towards Blitz.

Blitz's mind commanded him to run.

It felt automatic, robotic. Blitz's arms and legs seemed to move on their own as he sped away from the beast. Blitz thought he had escaped it when its monstrous roar pierced the skies. Blitz could feel the Earth shake with each step it took. Blitz's limbs started moving faster than he could have ever imagined, it almost didn't even feel like he was touching the ground anymore.

Blitz ran and ran from his pursuer. He may have been one to fight, but going up against something that had so effortlessly smashed through a wall and proceed to slaughter whatever it had captured was undoubtedly suicide.

Blitz made a turn when he realized that the stomps of his predator had ceased. Blitz wondered for a moment if he had out-ran the monster.

His hopes were dashed when a large bladed hand slashed straight through a house near him. The top half of the house was flung at him. Blitz dove and just barely dodged being crushed flat by the projectile. He got up to continue running, but was immediately halted as the very thing he tried in vain to escape from slammed into the ground in front of him.

The hunter was revealed in full. Its giant blades were a deep crimson, its jaw was defined and powerful, its chest and legs were lined with spikes, and it towered over Blitz.

It was a Garchomp.

A mega-evolved one.

He roared in Blitz's face, screamed in his face. It brought down one of its blades and Blitz jumped to the side. He needed to run from it. The Garchomp wasn't too keen on letting him get away, and smashed one of his blades into the ground, spiking jagged rocks out of the ground. One slammed into Blitz's stomach, sending him flying.

It ran, creating indents in the ground with every step. Blitz rolled over and started to run once more. He wouldn't fight the thing, he couldn't.

The behemoth chased after him, getting ever so closer with each step. Jumping, it easily sailed straight over Blitz's head, and struck him with its tail. Blitz trembled as he stood up, he tried running again but one of his legs gave way right as he started, causing him to fall once more.

He jumped as the beast behind him started to walk towards him. Blitz tried desperately to get moving, but he could only very slightly drag himself through the dirt.

This was the end for Blitz. His pursuer was now standing over him, readying to slice into him at any moment. Blitz closed his eyes and prayed for it to be over.

… "PSYSHOCK!"

Multiple purple stone-like particles flew through the air together, surrounding themselves around the Garchomp. They floated aimlessly for a moment, before pointing their most sharp ends at the dragon. They flew and dug themselves into it.

The monster flinched and roared in pain, angrily stomping into the ground.

Blitz looked up and saw his savior.

"Blitz c'mon, let's get out of here!"

He took Vix's hand and she dragged him up. They ran together, with Vix supporting him for his injured leg.

"Vix, I need to get to my trainer's house."

"Why?"

"I need to save him!"

Vix's expression darkened before she looked away.

"Vix?"

"I'm not sure if he'll be alive when we get there."

"So!? I still need to try and save him! I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I knew that I just left him to die in the fires!"

Vix sighed. She pulled out her wooden stick and used magic to elongate it. She jumped on it, pulling Blitz up as well. A fire ignited on the back side of the stick and it then soared off.

It landed a short distance later. Blitz's heart had already dropped when he saw his house, being eaten from the inside by flames. He dropped to his knees, looking at the house with horror.

He tried calling for his trainer, but no answer came.

He called again, but the fiery expanse engulfing the village swallowed his words.

He screamed for his trainer.

There was no response.

Blitz began running towards the dying house. Vix hastily casted a Light Screen in his path, preventing him from moving.

"Blitz, what the hell are you doing!?"

He stayed in silence sitting on the ground. He somberly looked down to the ground. The trainer he had lived with ever since he hatched from his egg. The trainer he loved.

He was now gone.

Blitz had never cried before, and maybe it was all the ash and smoke in the air, but nevertheless he felt the sensation of tears rolling down his face.

Vix tried to comfort him, but they needed to leave the town as fast as possible.

"Blitz, it's time to go. We need to get out of here before that monster finds us again."

Blitz breathed sharply. He sat, motionless for a few moments. He then shakily stood up.

"Yeah, yeah… Let's go."

Vix brought out her stick once more and the two boarded it. With the fire from behind it soared into the air.

They broke away from the cloud of smoke. They were finally able to breath clean air again.

Blitz looked back, and all he saw was the burning ruins of his hometown. The roads lined with bodies, the buildings destroyed or about to be consumed from the inside. He hated the sight, loathed it, but he couldn't tear his eyes away.

And maybe it was for the best, as a massive torrent of water shot into the air, extinguishing the fire on the back of the stick.

The two plummeted to the ground.

"Ugh… what was that?"

"Something shot us down."

They were recovering from their fall when they felt a familiar stomping.

Their hunter had found them again.

Panicked, the two scrambled to get up and get out as fast as they could. They would have to run on foot, as they would just be shot down by whoever had fired at them in the first place. But even then they knew they couldn't out run the monster.

It was already upon them as they stood up. He looked different now, like a regular Garchomp. He had gone back to his normal form.

For the first time, its guttural sounds formed themselves into words.

"You two won't be escaping. I've destroyed your pitiful town and I will not allow you to be the weak links!"

"You…" Blitz's body flared in anger. "You KILLED my trainer. You destroyed my home. You've killed everyone here!"

"THEY DO NOT MATTER! They never would have amounted to anything in the first place! It was necessary to eradicate this town! My lord commands it!"

"Who is this 'lord' of yours!?" Vix said, stepping in.

"I will never speak his name in the presence of such lowly beings such as yourselves! Even if I did, you won't live long enough to use it!" He slashed his arm at Vix, who quickly jumped back. Blitz responded by slashing the beast's head with Iron Tail. He was barely fazed by it and grabbed onto Blitz's tail, swinging him around and throwing him into Vix.

Vix got up and propped up a Light Screen as the dragon drew in air, breathing deeply. She had anticipated a line of flames to assault them.

Instead, the Garchomp released the fire onto his fist and slammed it into the barrier, completely shattering it and launching Vix away. He was about to deal with Blitz when he saw the rodent had dug into the ground.

"GET OUT OF THERE!" He slammed his foot into the ground with full force. The Earth began to break apart, slamming multiple rocks into Blitz.

Blitz held steadfast and jumped out of the ground and slammed into the hunter, headfirst. Blitz jumped away right as a pillar of fire spiraled towards them, engulfing the dragon. He roared in pain as his body itself was burned. Consumed by rage, the dragon ran towards the two, his body covered in flames. The two jumped out of the way as he dove for them, causing intense vibrations in the ground.

Almost immediately a massive blast of water was launched at the Garchomp, extinguishing his flames.

The perpetrator of the blasts revealed itself. It swiftly moved across the Earth as though it was walking on water. Its bright crystal shone in the light of the day as it stood beside the Garchomp, looking sharply at Blitz and Vix.

"S-Suicune!?"

Vix stepped back, fearful of the mythical Pokémon.

Blitz had heard many things about the legendary Suicune. Legends in Ferrum talked about its affinity to water, and how it saved a town from a similar fiery demise.

But here it was, standing with the monster who had laid waste to the entirety of Tellur Town.

"You two would be wise to surrender yourselves to him. You are in a battle you cannot win. It would be easier."

"Suicune, why are you helping him!? Aren't you supposed to save towns from fires!? Why are you helping this monster!?"

"I do not concern myself with the plights of lowly beings such as humans. Unlike the Suicune of past, I am not a protector who has sworn to defend an endangered species such as they are. If this world is to have a sustained order, humans must be eradicated. It is how our master commands it."

"But you'll be putting the entire world into chaos by killing so many people! Not just the Ferrum region, but others too!"

"As much as I bemoan repetition I will say it again to hopefully get it past your thick skull. I do not care if the humans are thrown into chaos, they are chaotic beings in and of themselves." Blitz was about to retort when the mythical beast cut him off. "I will provide no more explanations. You both are a dreadful waste of my time. Carne, I leave them to you." The Garchomp nodded as he turned and walked away.

Blitz was overcome with anger, and hadn't even realized the lightning storm he had instinctively caused. The lightning routed straight for the legendary beast, striking him upon the back. He stopped for an instant and then vanished in a cloud of mist.

Blitz and Vix looked around, worried.

"You arrogant worm!" Blitz felt two tendrils wrap around him, squeezing him as tightly as was possible, crushing his insides. He was picked up and then slammed into the bare Earth below. He rose up again only to be smashed into the ground once more. As the cycle repeated, he could hear an intense cracking sound as pain spiked in his entire being.

After what felt like an eternity, Blitz was let go and thrown down to the ground. Suicune then used his crystal summon a huge ball of water, which then launched brutally down onto the rodent.

"This is why you should have simply surrendered." Suicune was about to walk away once more when a huge blast of fire was launched at him, smashing into his side.

He tanked the attack, not even moving the slightest of distances. He looked to the attacker. Vix, who, despite her quaking feet, had a deep-rooted gaze of hatred in her eyes.

"Have I not told you that you are in a fight you cannot win? Why do you resist, even with how I have shown you how quickly you will fall."

His gaze sharpened, chilling Vix to the very core of her being.

"No matter. You two were only a minor inconvenience." A familiar ball of water formed and then fired at Vix.

A large cloud of steam surrounded the impact sight. Not wanting to waste any more time, Suicune made a quick dash around it, kicking up winds to blow the steam away. He had a subdued reaction when he saw that his target was still standing. She had cast a Light Screen. It was cracked and dripped water as steam radiated off of it, but it still held up. She took a deep breath.

"LEAVE THIS PLACE RIGHT NOW OR I SWEAR ON ARCEUS THAT I WILL DESTROY BOTH OF YOU!" She screamed.

"You dare try to command us!? We are above you, you have no right to try and give us orders!" Carne screamed back, as he reared his arm and struck Vix upside the head, sending her a distance away.

She got up quickly and then launched a pillar of fire at the dragon. It was quickly extinguished by Suicune.

"Enough! I have had enough of you!" He turned towards Blitz, who lay motionless on the floor. A large, razor-sharp icicle formed in the air and was aimed at him.

"STAY AWAY FROM HIM!" Vix screamed. Her eyes began to glow a piercing blue. She flipped her stick and pointed it towards the two. It let loose a massive blast of psychic energy at the two. The icicle shattered as it hit them. Carne flinched, but Suicune simply walked towards her, wading through the psychic energy. As he neared, she tried putting more intensity on the stick. He was right in front of her as one of his tendrils wrapped around the stick, cutting off her attack. He cast it aside before ramming his head into Vix and then stomping on her stomach with his hind leg.

"You're foolish. The both of you."

He stepped off of her, leaving multiple broken bones in his wake.

"I do believe we're done here, Carne. Let's head back."

"Of course."

The two sped off, leaving the unconscious Blitz and Vix to die in the fields.

"Horrible. This is simply tragic."

A figure was walking through the ruins of Tellur Town, surveying the destruction. She was looking for possible survivors in the most hardly hit areas, but the search was coming up empty. She was disgusted at how much the community had been destroyed. By now, she should have been desensitized to the sight of death and destruction, but she still couldn't bear to see it all.

No survivors turned up, whoever attacked had done a horribly good job at eradicating all life they could.

"Another failed rescue." She mused. She left through the northern side of the town, towards the plains.

She noticed something strange in the grass. Squinting her eyes, she was able to make out two figures. Gasping, she rushed toward them.

They were a Pikachu and a Braixen, they were brutally attacked, no doubt by those who had destroyed the town. She checked their vitals, they were both still alive, just unconscious.

With her psychic powers, she lifted the pair up and carefully removed them from the scene.