Saliva dripped off of its fangs in long tendrils as it snapped its maw rhythmically, its tail slowly drummed the ground in low, monotonous thuds and its eyes searched every crevice of the room with an almost playful demeanor.
Gammit slowly moved back, the warm breath of the beast coming down in heavy heart pounding pulses, and slowly drew his blade.
The creatures body arched and its tongue lolled out, the leviathan panting softly before licking its lips as its head panned the room once more. The muscles on its legs fired like pistons then, launching it airborne before Gammit could react. Rocks came falling in sheets from the roof as the monster hit the cavern wall on all fours before erupting from it in a spray of debris and roaring.
Gammit ducked as the missles of stone came flying forth, they skirted the air above him but did no damage. He forced himself to move, body quivering with a mixture of excitement and fear as another beast from the Hunters world presented itself to being captured... or slain.
Sin swept a fist up low, the blow driving into the Tigrex's jaw as it slid to a halt before the Pokemon. The hit shook the creature and caused it to tilt, but the monster rolled with it and swept its tail at the Nidoking, pinning Sin to the wall with the force. The Tigrex's head turned to see its quarry, slowly it drug Sin up the wall against his back using its tail as pressure.
Sin brought his claws down on the monster's tail again and again to no avail. The beasts skin was as hard as metal.
Gammit regained his composure enough to look for the Hunter. Amongst the explosions of stone and dust that accompanied the beasts assault, gleams of light kept glinting along the shadows. Gammit moved towards them, keeping his head low as something large flew overhead and slammed into the wall with an audible crack. He couldn't even see the Pokemon anymore, to much dust.
Sin felt the hit before he actually landed, it was like his body was saving him the trouble of having to wait. The blow struck him low in the back and when he finally hit the wall his vision shot black. His body rolled onto the floor and he couldn't bring himself to move. "Nido..." He whimpered, trying to see, to feel.
Gammit found the Hunter on the other side of the cave, preparing his gear. He looked different suddenly, his body adorned by armor. Each piece was jagged and red, very similar to the massive fire dragon Gammit had seen at the opening to the mountain.
"What's the plan?" Gammit said. Suddenly another rock flew overhead and exploded on a nearby wall, hiding the Hunter in the dust of the debris.
"We hunt." He growled, the glint of his blade disappearing into the fog of war.
Gammit swallowed hard and followed after him, feeling very small in what little armor he had. But he felt swift... maybe that would be enough.
Sin sat there, unmoving for what felt like an eternity. Then he felt something lifting him off of the ground. He knew he should feel fear, but he couldn't feel at all. Something had stopped that. Partially he was grateful, he knew the pain would be unbelievable.
Gammit ducked the tail the first time, but he wasn't so sure about the second. As he went down the beasts claw came up and he barely had enough time to bring his blade to his breast to parry the blow. The thing moved like lightning, rapidly exchanging blows between its two resilient targets. Gammit watched the Hunter move with ease among the strikes, head bobbing left and right as he scantly dodged a slash, then a lunge. He rolled away from each trample with little to no effort, his face a mask of lifeless concentration. Gammit on the other hand was barely keeping up, his muscles burned intensely and he felt like if he made one slight error he might die.
Then the beasts mouth appeared behind the dust, reaping forth a spray of spit with audible snaps of its powerful jaws. Inches away from Gammit. Yeah, if he messed up, he was dead.
Sin's eyes came back into vision slowly, the distant rumbling of battle echoed in his ears but first he searched the room for his captors. He could move his head, but nothing else... this was worrisome, but he put it off for now. In the corner he saw the Golem and Graveler from earlier talking to one another and then to some hidden third party. He sighed, if he couldn't move he'd be no use to Gammit and these chickens were far to afraid to fight. Sin wanted to do something, hit something, anything- but his arms wouldn't respond. So he laid there and tried to discern what the other Pokemon were aiming to do.
Gammit hit the ground for the fourth time, his body tucking and rolling along the rock surface as shards of rock kicked up around him, flying in the air from the impacts of the enraged monster. Across its face were red scars, the Hunter had landed very decisive blows. However the creature seemed to have a pattern of attack that it didn't want to break.
Gammit had easily deciphered it, it would attack him twice and then the Hunter once for some reason. So if he could kite the creature near the Hunter while it struck, he could help him get hits in. Unfortunately Gammits body hurt, the whole of his being shook with exhaustion and they'd only been fighting for something like twenty minutes.
The Hunter dodged the next blow like it was nothing, but the cave suddenly shook and threw him off balance. The Tigrex's face was jammed in the wall! Gammit ran, sweeping his blade back and took a swing at the beast, cutting it deep along the leg, blood spilling. The next blow laced red slashes across its thighs and the third slash almost landed before the monster jerked away. Gammit rolled, his body tucking trying to carry him and the blade through the momentum of battle.
The Tigrex roared again, rocks tumbling from the cave of the roof as it lashed out into the dust at invisible targets, the Hunter rolled around to its flank and delivered a painful wound, slicing the webbing between its arms and its body with grievous accuracy.
Gammit rolled to his feet and spun, bringing his blade about face to take on any oncoming blows. Only dust met his gaze, however, and he stood nervously trying to listen for the sounds of approach over the sound of his own heart beats.
Sin flexed his fingers and looked to the Chansey who had just revived him. She smiled and winked, "Chansey!" She chirruped, pointing towards the direction where the roaring was coming from. It looked like a deep tunnel and dust was easing out from it. "Chan." She barked, glancing over to the other two Pokemon.
Graveler smiled and Golem nodded before they shared a glance with Sin. He gave them a curt nod and rose, all three of them popping their knuckles as they sprinted back into the cave with the beast.
Suddenly footsteps filled Gammits ears, but it sounded like more than one pair- and not heavy like the Tigrex's feet. Sin rushed from the wall of debris with one hand over his mouth and the other Pokemon behind him. They flew past the trainer and into the cloud where the sound was escaping, in pursuit of the enemy.
"Sin!" Gammit shouted, sprinting after the Pokemon into the haze. The shadowy figure of the Nidoking faded as he raced ahead when suddenly a tail swiped out of the air at Gammit's head.
Gammit dropped before he knew what was happening. The tail collided with the wall and recoiled, the beast growling in satisfaction from its own power. Sin rushed to the shaded figure and delivered a punch to its flank, causing it to turn. Sin reset and beckoned the beast forward.
The Tigrex did not hesitate. Its maw sprang wide and it launched forward with tremendous force, pushing with the intent of killing onto Sin.
The Nidoking waited until the last possible moment to spring away, revealing Golem behind him.
The Pokemon balled up as the bite came, the beasts ferocious teeth latching onto the rock with incredible force. Golem reached out and held onto those teeth, locking himself in the monster's mouth.
The Tigrex kicked and whinnied, shaking its head in long thrashes. The Hunter did not allow it a moment to regain its composure. Quickly he moved, delivering strike after strike to its body, each blow more devastating than the last.
Finally the monster toppled, writhing on the ground, but the blows did not cease. Blood coated the floor as red lines of fire erupted along its stomach. Graveler rushed forward in a roll-out and slammed into the leviathan's lower jaw, cracking it in between him and Golem. The Tigrex tried to roar but no sound escaped.
Gammit moved forward as well, rushing to deliver punishing strikes to its lower body. Each cut opening more and more of the hide.
Then the Hunter drew back his blade, light consuming him from the toes up as each pulse of power moved through him and into the weapon. The strike fell hard, sharply into the belly of the monster as its remains were scattered to either side of the weapon.
The struggling stopped, the dust settled, and the monster stopped moving- eyes glassed over in pain.
The Hunter set down his weapon, drew his knife, and began to carve.
