Chapter 9 (Justice Served)
*Narration*
Left off from the previous chapter, Ethos entered the airship to save the abducted spirits. However, his plan was discovered by Drake and was repeatedly shot at by him.
As Drake continued to fire his stun gun, Ethos felt weaker and weaker. However, just as his stamina was about to run out, he exploded with a dark energy burst, discharging a great deal of power which blew Drake backwards. His fur turned black, his eyes rage with fury and his power overwhelmed with darkness.
Just before Drake had a chance to make a move to send out Houndoom, he zoomed towards him and launched a fist at his face, knocking him out, giving him a heavy concussion.
Utilising his discharge of power, he pounded heftily on the ground with his Stomp attack, breaking all the chambers simultaneously.
Reverting back to his original form, he hugged Espie and asked her "I'm glad you and the rest are okay! Now what do we do with this old criminal?"
"Let's trap him in a chamber like how he did to us!"
"Great idea!"
Using magic, Espie enlarged the small chamber into a large chamber, big enough for only one person. Shutting Drake in the capsule, the Spirit Duo felt contented, finally giving him a taste of his own medicine, trapping him like he did to the spirits.
Leaving Drake in the airship, the Spirit Duo led the group of emancipated spirits out, seeing his three accomplices already arrested by Officer Jenny and her other associates while they were in the airship.
The two trainers stood alongside the group of officers, already standing tall and proud after managing to defeat the three accomplices.
The liberated spirits ran back to their respective homes for freedom, relieved that they were no longer controlled by Drake and the syndicate.
"We have apprehended their leader, officers," the Spirit Duo showed Officer Jenny to their 'catch', pulling her up on the airship with their paws.
Espie, being slightly mischievous and vengeful with Drake, pressed a red button on the chamber and zapped him, shocking him awake from his concussion. He groaned in pain as he got shocked.
"There you go! One geezer captured in his own capsule!"
"Great job, you two. Now, we just need to fly this ship with this criminal and bring everyone back into our dimension. Give me a moment to speak with your two friends for investigation first."
They emerged from the airship and walked towards Nero and Callie.
While Officer Jenny enquired into the two trainers, the Spirit Duo played tag with each other until they were done.
"One more thing. So how did you get here Officer Jenny? I mean, there's no ground in the dimensional space," Callie inquired out of curiosity.
"Well, we borrowed Psychic Pokémon from Professor Sycamore to allow us to drift all the way here swiftly."
"Then, why isn't the professor here?"
"He was busy and just sent the Pokémon to us in their Pokéballs. Anyway, lesser talk, it's time to go. You two, follow me aboard the airship so that we can travel back altogether."
"Wait officer, just let us have more time with this two! I've got one final request for them. Can we just stay for awhile?" Callie requested.
"Sure, but not too long. We've got justice to serve - hot and spicy justice."
Both trainers went towards the Spirit Duo.
"Hey you two, before we leave to return to our dimension, I want to sort of…"
"Yes Nero?"
"Can we use you two for a battle? I just want to try it out!"
"Sure. Let's go. Callie will be my 'trainer' while Nero, you'd be his 'trainer'. Callie, let me tell you all my moves before you 'use' me."
Espie started to list down all her abilities, Callie closely noting down each and every skill she had, working out strategies for the friendly battle.
"Shall we go now? We're ready to go!" Callie announced to Nero and Ethos, who were on stand-by.
"Let's do this, but let's do it under the Spirit Tree. There're some open meadows fit for our battle," Ethos accepted the challenge, holding up a fist and smiled. Walking to the Spirit Tree meadows, the Spirit Duo felt the adrenaline pump - an appraising battle of magic vs might, Light versus Dark.
*Narration*
Preparing for a friendly battle, the Spirit Duo are going to clash. Who will win? Find out in the next chapter.
