A World Where Pokemon Rule
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon.
Chapter 7:
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Sierra dropped the phone and ran out of the house. She knew that she had a very low chance of making it to the Pokemon Police Force HQ before Leon started the course, but she had to try. The only thing she could do was hope that the course Leon was running didn't have any electrical traps on it. According to Blissey, that bone had left some sort of powder in Leon's leg. The crew who had been sent to clean up the mess took a sample of the bomb and studied it. Any electric current could cause the powder to explode. It wouldn't kill Leon, but it could easily take off his leg.
Back at the course…
"Begin." Alexia shouted. Both Leon and Burner took off down the hall in the pokemon forms.
They came to the first room. It was filled with web. Leon wasted no time and jumped right through the openings. Burner just burned his way through. Without any timers placed inside the course, Leon and Burner had no idea how time they had left. They each moved as fast as they could down the next hall.
The judges used cameras to view parts of the course. They could see most of it with out them, but the cameras gave them the ability to see the course at different angles. Each one was used a computer and microphone to make notes about Leon and Burner.
Leon and Burner ran into the next room. The room was filled ice. Several pillars were spread out along the floor. A sign on the top of the room instructed them to find they key.
"Great, how do we find a key in here?" Burner asked.
"The same way you raid a house." Leon charged forward slamming his flaming hand into a pillar. It shattered on impact. "I knew learning those elemental punches would come in handy."
Burner followed Leon's example. He charged forward and used Iron Tail to smash into a pair of pillars. Leon used focus punch on another pillar and found the key.
"Got it." Leon shouted as he headed for the far side of the room. As Burner followed Leon, the room filled with sleeping gas.
"Gas trap." Burner shouted. Leon unlocked the door and forced it opened. Once it was, the door was locked in place. The next room was filled ropes that were tied randomly around the tall room.
"The door's up there." Leon pointed. "We got to move or the gas will fill this room." Leon jumped up and landed on a rope. He ran along it until he jumped onto another rope. Burner just jumped from rope to rope using his four hands and tail. Burner made it to the top first. Leon was almost there when he slipped. Burner used his tail to grab Leon's hand.
"Thanks." Leon said as Burner pulled him up. Burner and Leon ran through the door and closed it. The door locked itself afterward while Leon and Burner took off down the hall.
They entered the next room. It was filled with water. Burner changed back into his human form.
"Perfect, I always did like a good swim." Burner's was filled with sarcasm.
"Let's just get going." Leon jumped in headfirst. The water was freezing, but Leon didn't mind. He had been in colder places. Burner however was not the least bit amused. As they swam toward the bottom, the water picked up a circular current. Leon motioned for Burner to follow as he let the current take control. They were pulled along into a pipe. A few seconds later, the pipe opened to reveal that it let the water flow freely over a cliff.
"This is not my kind of course." Burner shouted as he went over the falls. All sorts of vines were spread around the room. Leon grabbed one as he fell. Burner did the same. Leon looked down. A net was set up to catch them, but he knew that it meant failure if touched. Leon landed on a cliff side. Burner changed back into an Infirnape before he hit he cliff as well.
Leon and Burner climbed the cliff. A sign above the next door informed them that they had reached the first checkpoint. They charged on. They easiest section of the course was now over. Everything after this would be a real test. Several targets lined the next room. Some were wooden and had to be lit on fire for them to count as hit while the rest were metal.
"You got the wooden ones and I'll take the metal." Leon fired a pair of Aura Spheres off from his hands. They each hit a target. A green light above them lit up. Burner launched fireball after fireball at the wooden targets. With each one he hit, another green light lit up. After most of the targets had been lit up, a door opened. Leon and Burner moved on. The next room was filled moving targets. Just like before, Leon took the metal ones while Burner took the wooden ones. Once most of the green lights were lit, the next door opened. This time, instead of them shooting targets, they were the targets. Several automated paintball guns opened fire. A large red switch in the center of the room was the off switch. "I'll cover you." Leon shouted. He fired off a few Aura Spheres at little targets below the paintball guns, they were shut off for a few seconds.
Burned rushed forward. He hit the button and the paintballs stopped, but no door opened. "Where's the door?" Burner asked. Several bricks in the moved inward. A large section of the roof of the room was raised.
"Up there." Leon pointed toward a small platform at the top of the room. Burner began to climb up while took a different, much faster approach. He jumped back and forth between the walls gaining several feet with each jump since the walls were placed so close together. "Show off." Burner shouted as he climbed.
Once Burner joined Leon by the door, they charged forward once again.
The judges were all giving Burner and Leon good scores for the rooms they passed except for Alexia, who was still in a bad mood from that wounds she had incurred a week ago.
The next room was filled with jets of flames. "Stay with me and you'll be fine." Burner took the lead. He used his hands to redirect the flames from the jets while Leon ran past them. They ran down the next hall and came up to a pair of doors. The word checkpoint was above the doors.
"I'll go left, you go right." Leon said. He opened the left door. The room looked like a dance floor. Several colored tiles made up the floor. Leon threw a rock on the floor. It landed on a red tile. The tile burst into flames before returning to normal. He pulled a pipe off the wall. He slammed the tip onto another red tile and just like with the first one, it burst into flames, then returned to normal. Leon slammed the piped down on a white tile this time and the tip of the pipe froze over. The door on the far opened up. A switch next to the door lit up.
Leon slammed the pipe down on a yellow tile and the whole pipe filled with electricity. A sharp pain filled Leon's leg.
"That hurt." Leon said as he stepped on a purple tile by mistake. Nothing happened. Leon began to run across the only stepping on the purple tiles. He hit he button the lit up by the door and walked into the next room. This time, the room had no floor. A series of ropes hung from the ceiling. Leon passed this room with ease. He hit another button by the door in this room, but his door didn't open.
"Burner must not be done with his room yet." Leon guessed. Seconds later, the door lead into the next room opened. This room was filled with ice yet again, but this time, two things were different. One, the columns of ice led upward and two, there was a blizzard in the room. Leon started to use his aura view to make his way up the tower of ice. He slipped upon landing on the first big column and fell back down to the start. He tried again, but this time jumped immediately after landing. It was a slow process, but Leon made it up to the top. The door was open when he got there and he hit the switch next to the door.
He raced into the next where Burner greeted him. A single unopened door lay in front of them. The word checkpoint was written above it. Leon and Burner opened the door and walked in. They entered the arena. Several Machamp, Jinx, and Pideot were waiting for them. A large timer above the arena read eight minutes and forty-three second left on its timer.
Leon and Burner took off ready to quickly deal with the opponents in the eight minutes time, only they never got the chance. A large air ship look something like an Aircraft Carrier appeared in the sky. Several weapons were placed all around it. The sides of the ship were decorated with large red R's. Several Flying type Pokemon were trying to attack it, but large streams of electrify zapped them out of the sky. Leon used his Aura View to get a closer look at the ship. Eighty or so Raichu were standing on platforms. Each of them had a large backpack on with a power cord attached to it. Whatever it was, it was amplifying the natural electrical output of the pokemon. One of the beams of electricity made its way downward striking Leon, Burner and all of the pokemon in the arena. The powder that was still inside Leon's leg ignited. The leg flew several feet before hitting the wall. Leon grabbed the stump of what was left of his leg in pain. Then he started to float up into the air just as Sierra charged into the arena stands. Her shoulder was bruised.
Leon transformed into Deoxys seconds later. His leg was completely restored. He was in the Deoxys attack form. His eyes were not his own. They showed nothing but raw anger. He stretched his four arms out in the shape of an X in front of himself. Four large streams of energy came forth and gathered before Leon. Sierra had never seen him do this before, but then again, this was only his third that he ever became Deoxys. As the orb of power grew in front of Leon, the Rocket's attack grew more brutal. They fired missile after missile, but none of them could make contact with Leon.
"Leon stop." Sierra shouted. Leon ignored her. All at once, hundreds of very small psychic orbs less then an inch in diameter shot out of the ball of energy that Leon had gathered. Each of them seemed to be on a random course, but their target was very clear. All of them charged the Rocket's attack ship. As the orbs made contact with the ship, they exploded. It was a very big explosion, only a two or three feet big, but the sheer number of them more then made up for the small amount of damage each one caused. The stream of orb started to flood the attack vessel. Within seconds, it was falling out of the sky, but Leon did not stop the attack. The stream of orbs plowed threw the ship and came back around for another strike. Leon was still sending more orbs in to attack the ship. Sierra was still crying for Leon to stop. The ship looked like a large snake was flying through it as it passed through the attack vessel for a second time splitting the entire ship in half.
Finally, Leon stopped. He slowly reverted back to his human from, only he was several hundred feet in the air. He plummeted back to earth. If not for Alexia, Leon would have fallen into icy tower he had climbed earlier.
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Leon awoke hours later.
"What happened?" Leon had no idea what had come to pass hours ago. Sierra explained. Afterward, Leon seemed concerned.
"That's why I hate that form. I'm not the one who is controlling it. It's much too dangerous." Leon said.
"It was the best attack I have ever seen." Alexia praised. "If we can get you to the Rebellion base, you can destroy it for good." Alexia began working out a plan. "We'll need you to practice that attack, but I think that you will win us this senseless war with the humans."
"Are you even listening to me? I wasn't in control. That thing could've killed you all." Leon shouted.
"That's why you need to practice. And on a side note, you passed the course. Congratulations on your promotion." Alexia walked off.
Once out of earshot, Leon whispered something to Sierra. "Do you think the Rebellion would get mad at me if I beat her some?"
"As much as I hate to say it, we need her alive." Sierra whispered back.
