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"I'll give you one more chance to leave!" Bugsy threatened.
"And I'll give you one more chance to bug off!" Sam shouts back.
"Was... that a pun?"
"MIGHTYENA SHADOW BALL!" Sam ordered, which threw Bugsy off guard, and without hesitation, a dark ball of energy quickly formed in the Mightyena's mouth and was shot towards Butterfree. The projectile crashed in front of it and sent dirt and rubble flying everywhere, obscuring its vision.
"BUTTERFREE, CLEAR IT WITH GUST!" Bugsy shouted and the Butterfree, akin to the Mightyena, did so without hesitation. It flapped its wings rapidly and violently, blowing all the dust away. Sam saw this as an opportunity and gave an order.
"QUICKLY ATTACK FROM ABOVE WITH IRON TAIL!" the Mightyena then leaped into the air and his tail began to glow a bright light. He then slung his tail down with great force. After the Butterfree cleared all the dust away, Bugsy discovered that he had little to no time to react.
"BLOCK HIGH WITH PROTECT!" Bugsy rushed and the Butterfree then looked up and quickly formed a thin screen to block the attack. The Mightyena's Iron Tail soon collided with the screen.
"Cmon put pressure on it!" Sam demanded as the Mightyena showed no signs of giving up. And to the Butterfree's dismay, the Protect screen was rushed and not properly formed. Cracks began to appear showing that it would be inevitably shattered.
"Cmon..." Bugsy had faith in his Pokémon, but that faith was lost when the Mightyena's attack broke through and the Butterfree took the full brunt of the attack.
"FREEE!" it cried as it was sent flying across the ground. Bugsy reacted with a slight growl but kept his composure.
"BUTTERFREE, RECOVER WITH A HYPER BEAM!" the Butterfly did as told and quickly shot off the ground and opened its mouth. Without a second delay a yellow light formed in the centre of its mouth then blasted towards the hyena. Before it had a chance to land, the Mightyena took the Hyper Beam dead centre and was also sent flying.
"RAAA!" the Mightyena howled in pain. A smirk grew on Bugsy's face but knew not to stop there.
"NOW FOLLOW UP WITH A SOLAR BEAM," he knew the risks of this move but he knew he had to end it now. A bright light slowly formed in between the Butterfree's antennae.
"CMON MIGHTYENA, SLOW IT DOWN WITH SHADOW BALLS AND RUSH IT WITH BITE!" Sam shouted as his Pokémon staggered to get up off the ground. The Mightyena regained his stability and shot a barrage of Shadow Balls toward the Butterfree while advancing himself. The Butterfree used common knowledge and flew around the dark energy projectiles but still maintained the partially charged Solar Beam. The Mightyena was getting closer and with all the dodging the Butterfree was doing, it still had a ways to go with charging its Solar Beam. The Mightyena leaped at the Butterfree with his bared fangs.
"BUTTERFREE, FLY HIGH TO DODGE IT!" Bugsy quickly ordered to save his Pokémon from danger. It flew up and dodged the Mightyena's attack just barely and positioned itself to what appeared to be a reasonably safe distance.
"USE SHADOW BALL AGAIN!" Sam shouts as the Mightyena recovers from his failed attack. He quickly turns and shoots a powerful Shadow Ball at the Butterfree. The speed and power even shocked Bugsy.
"Crap, Butterfree can't use protect and that move is moving too fast. Cmon Butterfree... BUTTERFREE!" Bugsy shouts at his Pokémon as the Shadow Ball was but inches away. And as if it was in sync with its trainer, Butterfree's Solar Beam was completed and a giant light beam blasted towards the Shadow Ball and intercepted. The Shadow Ball dissipates but the beam did not and with great speed, loomed closer to the dark type.
"MIGHTYENA DOD-" a second too late with his command, the Mightyena took the hit. His cries could not be overheard from the loudness of the explosion afterwards. The ground was covered by a screen of dust. Everyone sat there in anticipation. The final bit of dust clears and their gaze befalls upon the unconscious Mightyena.
"Should've just gone when you had the chance!" Bugsy shouted victoriously as his Pokémon returned to him.
"Freee!" it chanted excitedly as its trainer patted its head.
"Good job Butterfree, now rest," Bugsy smiled as he returned Butterfree into its Poké-ball.
"Ugh... Don't get cocky, we'll be back," Sam threatened as he walked towards his Pokémon, "Mightyena return." Sam then returned the unconscious dark type to his Poké-ball as well.
"You can come back, but be ready for the same outcome," Bugsy scoffed at the Glyph grunt who had an angered frown plastered on his face.
"Let's go Sam," the other grunt ordered and they both walked off without another word, only exchanged glances. The grunts then left over the fence from whence they came.
"Wow... That. Was. Awesome!" Nathan exclaims as he threw his arms in the air. But due to the sudden motion, a jolt of pain in his right arm shocked him out of excitement. He began to rub his arm to soothe the pain.
"Ow..." he moans. The Riolu just smiles at him reassuringly. Same goes for Bugsy.
"Nathan!" a feminine voice shouts from behind the trio. The three turn their heads to meet a concerned mother, whose wet hair indicates that she was in the shower. "What happened?!" Bugsy intervenes her to explain everything. While she was amidst panicking, Bugsy sweat dropped. As their conversation went back and forth, Nathan strikes a conversation of his own.
"So..." he starts, "You thought of a name yet?"
"It's kind of hard to think about that with the recent events," the Riolu replies, instantly shutting down the question.
"Oh," Nathan replies defeated.
"But..."
"But?"
"How 'bout... Genesis?" she smiles.
"Genesis huh... Kind of a mouthful don't you think?" Nathan teases slightly.
"Hey it's MY name."
"Yeah you're right. We can call you "Gen" for short."
"Sure thing... Nate," she teases back. He smiles back but it took him a bit to process what she said.
"Wait what?" Nathan questions as the Riolu laughs.
"... So please calm down, it's been handled," Bugsy could be heard trying to calm Lynn down. The two were tuned out amidst Nathan's and "Genesis's" conversation.
"Ugh... well thanks for helping him," she concedes. "Nathan," she calls out to her son who perks up out of curiosity for his mother, "Let's get you two cleaned up." Nathan nods and gestures Genesis to come along.
"Bugsy, would you like to come in to freshen up?" Lynn asks.
"I would love to," he accepts the offer.
"But there is still one question I've been meaning to ask," Nathan confesses out of the blue. Everyone then turned to him out of confusion and curiosity. "What does "rhetorical" mean?" He was then answered with laughter from all angles.
"What?"