Mightyena roared and the mighty Heracross was startled to no end. The big bug ran off and tossed one of his cronies into his place to try to finish off the ferocious dark-type. Little did Heracross know that sending out Talonflame in his stead was a bad idea. Talonflame took immense damage from the floating rocks in the area, losing its ability for speedy aerial maneuvers.

Heracross was stunned by the strategy. "What is this battle style?" he said bewildered. "It's seems so unorthodox, yet it somehow works!"

Talonflame tried using Flare Blitz to take down Mightyena, but the big dog had an ace up its fur-covered sleeve. Talonflame struck not Mightyena, but rather an illusionary clone. Mightyena then pounced atop the confused bird and depleted its remaining energy with a shocking Thunder Fang.

Heracross groan anxiously and reentered the fight. All his team members were done for and Mightyena still had a squad of three. "How?" asked the stag beetle.

"It's because you don't know how to use your Pokemon," announced Mightyena heroically. "Banning all forms of evasion and stat passing was your downfall. As you can see, my team is looking pretty crisp and hefty."

Herocross knelt down and lowered its pointy head. "I concede. Your moves are just too funky fresh for me and my team…"

Mightyena ran up to Heracross and landed a flaming chomp, burning the bug-type immensely. "You won't get off the hook that easily…" Mightyena said as it traded places with the deal-sealer.

Wailord made his way onto the field and bellowed deeply. "So this is the gang of punks from the illegal labs, eh?" He said with anger in his beady little eyes flaring up.

Mightyena nodded. "No love. Just individual values crafted by the computers they use over there. Something so evil deserves a righteous death."

Mimikyu toddled over to Mightyena and shivered. "Do they really deserve this, Pack Leader?" he asked shyly.

"Why, of course. Every idiot knows that someone who cheats at a serious battle such as this is worse than a murderer. Wailord's position is totally justified!"

"Just give me a second…" said Wailord. He began setting up stat boosts. Each turn, Heracross kept on Close Combatting, but Wailord was just getting bulkier and bulkier, eliminating any progress. Wailord went to sleep and Heracross finally saw his chance. Heracross Mega Evolved and darted toward its foe to deliver the final blow.

But then… the Chesto Berry activated.

Heracrossed screamed in terror as Wailord launched itself into the sky and crushed the tiny ant with a Heavy Slam.

Mimikyu unhid his face and looked over at Wailord. As the dust settled, he could see the unmoving husk of the cloned beetle. Mimikyu began to weep over the violence. Mightyena patted the disturbed ghost guy.

"It's okay, Mimikyu. We were saving him," said Mightyena solemnly whilst smiling. "Heracross and his gang didn't ask to be a part of this world. We all did our part and saved them. The real problem is the king and his gang of evil Poke-Scientists that keep imposing their metagame agenda. They are the ones we need to stop in order to prevent stuff like this from ever happening again."

Mimikyu tearfully nodded and collected himself. The three then returned to their journey to Smog Castle.