Another fight

A.K.A

Round 2

The next time Tony woke she found herself in a room with a rocky floor with several boulders of varying sizes strewn throughout it. They'd apparently decided she was she was still able to fight, though she had a sizable headache and more than a few bruises. Rolling off her back onto her hands and knees, then getting to her feet she looked around cautiously for her opponent, her ears perked for the sound of movement and breathing. Someone was out there, she could tell that much. That orders weren't being given now that she was up, likely meant she wasn't dealing with pokemon. That the arena was rocky likely meant they were trying to give her opponent a terrain advantage.

They'd started trying to find ways to give her opponents better chances when she began to win on a regular basis. Ways like unfair numbers and starting battles before she was fully conscious. She'd once woken up to being pounded on by a Machoke morph. The Machoke morph managed to break a few bones before Tony took him down, and she spent a long time healing afterwards.

A shifting rock drew Tony's attention to one of the larger boulders. This morph, if that's what it was, was being cautious. How wise of you, Tony thought to herself with a not-so-friendly smirk. Don't think that will keep you safe. She slowly slipped off the back of the boulder and picked up a rock the size of her palm, thinking up a plan. Sure, she could just go look for her opponent, let it attack her first and possibly get in a good hit, but these weren't just battles for her, they were training. Training for the day she'd escape, and brute force would only get her so far.

Tony heard another shifting rock and chanced a peek just in time to see something duck behind a boulder that was closer to her. Now she knew where her target was for certain. She threw the rock, aiming for the side farthest from her, guiding it with her psychic so that it swung around the rock. She frowned as it flew out , having hit nothing. She quickly scanned the arena in case it was coming at her from another direction. That was when she noticed the ground begin to vibrate beneath her. She launched herself sideways, away from her boulder as the ground began to rise where her feet had been. The rocks landing on her shoulder and back would leave some bad bruises, but by this point, pain was pain, and it would take a lot more than that to distract Tony. She got to her feet in time to see a rock covered figure heft the boulder she'd woken up on and threw it at her. Holding out her hands as if to block it, her psychic caught the boulder. Just as she was getting ready to throw it, a motion caught her attention and she threw up a barrier, the distraction causing her to drop the boulder. The impact from the blow was fast enough the barrier didn't block it completely but while it sent Tony flying, she was grateful it prevented any bones from breaking. Using her psychic to catch herself, she skidded along the rocky ground to a stop, leaving two furrows where her feet braced. The morph was charging at her again, and this time she got a good enough look to realize it was a combo morph. He was what appeared to be an onyx and a tyrogue mix. Using her psychic to give her a boost, she leapt over the morph as he charged past, and onto another boulder. Turning swiftly she readied an energy ball and hit him as he turned to face her again. He ducked behind a boulder of his own and now Tony could hear rock shifting again and she realized he was burrowing again. She leapt for another boulder, using her psychic to soften her landing in hopes he wouldn't sense her change of position, and for good measure lifted a small rock and sent it flying the other direction. Then slowly she lifted one of the smaller boulders, gritting her teeth with the effort. She heard the ground rumble and saw some rocks begin to shift where she'd thrown the rock, he'd fallen for her trick. She moved the boulder so that it was right above where he was surfacing just in time as he burst through the ground and rammed into the boulder, which she now dropped on him.

Tony wondered if she'd managed to knock him out but was hesitant to check. After a minute of not hearing anything she cautiously, slowly approached the boulder and put her hands on it to move it when a hand burst through the ground and caught her ankle. Tony tried to jerk away and fired off a ball of energy from her hands, but his grip stayed strong as he rose from the ground and used her leg to pull her close to punch with his free hand. Tony threw up a barrier to block the blows, but it only worked so far, the blows were landing, and they hurt. Tony realized what was going on, They're reducing my power again. They want me to lose. The thought left her feeling smug and frustrating. Smug, because they feared how powerful she'd grown, despite the collar, and frustrated because it would make it harder for her to win this fight. The grip on her leg tightened and she closed her eyes to draw on the little power they left her to focus it into her fist, leaving just enough to block the blows from breaking bones. Tony knew she'd be covered in bruises after this, and probably wouldn't be able to move for the pain for a few days, but that didn't matter now. Drawing back her fist she launched all that she had into the punch. It worked, knocking out the morph, but Tony struggled to stand, taking several tries before managing, and when she finally did, she had to lean on the nearby boulder to help her stay up. A shock from the collar quickly sent her to the floor again however, and all too soon, Tony found herself back in her room.