Roxie tossed out two occupied Great Balls, the only ones she had with her. Out of them appeared two muscular, almost human-shaped Pokemon with large electrical antennae that also acted as ears and light, bushy yellow furs with black stripes shaped like thunderbolts. Shadow attacks were nothing new to her, Wes recalled many a tale about battling them in his stories, but figuring out how to work around special needs like calling them back from Hyper Mode was something else entirely. At least she had time to figure out the Pokemon's moves, devices such as the Pokedex, the Pokenav, or the PDA could do such things while linked up to an occupied Pokeball. Roxie had no time to make the first attack though.
Whiteon, on her feet and was smug about Roxie's confusion, shouted out, " 008, Shadow Morph the Electabuzz on the left!" The little blot of purple goo looked as if it was not even controlling its body while it hopped up in the air and let part of itself fly off, then onto S: 001. That little blob did nit land anywhere near its target, the Electabuzz was protected by the aura that closed him of from nearly all feelings. Whiteon stared in her own confusion, but Roxie knew she didn't have anymore time to think.
Roxie also knew that a Shadow attack would not be very effective against another Shadow Pokemon; she had just seen it first hand. So, the smartest thing to do in this situation would be using the first attack that Electabuzz unlocked after the massage that he got. Hoping that the Colorons hadn't shared enough information to stop Whiteon's disorientation, Roxie said, "S: 001, let there be light," while trying to restrain a giggle. It didn't help at all that the Shadow Electabuzz started dancing around in something that looked like organized chaos. When the little ditty was done, it was noticeable brighter on the deck of the ship.
Whiteon had gathered her wits back up, but Roxie was much to fast for her. The attack that Roxie was about to ask the Grass and Steel type Electabuzz to perform next almost sent her into a state of shock when she first saw it. Normally Electabuzz could come nowhere close to figuring out this special little trick, but Roxie then remembered that the scientists of Holon had started to design special Technical Machines to teach moves to Delta Pokemon that wouldn't naturally come to them. The only annoying thing about these 'Delta TMs' were that Pokemon could only know one Delta TM move at once. "I have a feeling that Ditto's going to give us problems… Try a Solar Beam out on it Buzz," Through its antennae, Electabuzz absorbed as much solar power as it could, and that was only helped by the Sunny Day. Out of the antennae came to beautiful yet dangerous green beams that hit 008 right in the stomach… or did its organs even consistently stay in one place?
Whiteon was no longer confused now that she knew which ugly yellow rug thing was a Delta and which one was a Shadow. "Shadow End, 007!" demanded the scantily dressed villain as Roxie remembered about James Bond and chortled. The little puff of pink curled up into a ball with a blank stare on its face. Soon it gained a 'force field' of pure Shadow Power around it and started ferociously rolling toward D: 001, or Buzz as Roxie had earlier called him. Luckily the 'rug's' reflexes were about as sharp as a pin head and he was able to send the Jigglypuff rolling back with no more than a poke to its belly.
With a sly grin, Whiteon said, "Eh, no worries, now you get to see the real power of," and she took a pause for emphasis and to confirm to the Ditto that she wanted it to attack ," Shadow Morph!" The Ditto was not at all idiotic enough to not know that if it tried the same attack on the same Pokemon it would fail, so this time when it jumped and detached a blob from itself, its aim was at Buzz. Buzz may have been quick on his feet, but the blob was to big for him to run from. The liquid seeped into his skin, and for a moment it looked as if nothing would happen. In a few moments, however, the Electabuzz looked like a puddle of purple goo with eyes.
Roxie panicked and linked the Great Ball that had held D: 001 to her PDA. Under the status section, she noticed that there was a special condition, but it was "Unidentifiable". When she looked over to the attack and type columns, though, she was baffled. It seemed that the only attack that Buzz knew anymore was Transform. The type readout said that he was Normal type… but it also had the word 'temporary' before it. This could just work to Roxie's advantage…
There were other things to concentrate on though, like what a Shadow would do against other Shadows that were practically immune to his attacks. Figuring that it would better to do something rather than lose a turn, Roxie asked, "Wanna try a Shadow Mist, S:001?" The first Pokemon in the S-Series grinned and let out a breath of an odd substance that dulled the reflexes of his opponents, thereby lowering their evasiveness. Although she didn't know it, Roxie was setting herself up far a prosperous next turn.
Now Roxie was going to make the second link to that amazing turn. Roxie knew that having a Ditto Transform into a Ditto would be completely boring and fruitless. That would leave Jigglypuff… or, maybe, "Buzz, Transform into your partner," she said, confident in her choice, but not completely sure about what would happen. Buzz suddenly took the form that he had before, and a new readout appeared on the PDA. There was still a 'temporary' next to the type, but the type was now Thunder. Buzz's attacks were now Sunny Day, Thunderbolt, Dynamic Punch, and Thunder Wave. Could these attacks be S: 00's after he was purified?
Whiteon blushed, feeling almost too stupid to go on. Now that Buzz was morphed, she couldn't work the attack again and it would just slide off of the Shadow. At least she could do same damage with 007. "Give that Morph another Shadow End!" screeched the blondie. It absorbed the dark energy, and this time successfully rolled into its target, and unluckily for both Pokemon, Buzz was critically hit. Bond flew back and took one eighth of the damage that it inflicted while Buzz took an attack that did four times the amount of damage that it was intended to. The peon used her turn with 008 to heal Agent Bond with a potion.
Roxie decided that this turn was going to be completely offensive. She knew that it wouldn't do much damage, but to the Shadow Electabuzz she said, "Ready to zap that marshmallow?" It seemed that S: 001 liked the little puns that Roxie had for its attacks as much as she did. Through its antennae, the Electabuzz drew in pure power similar to the Jigglypuff's and sent it right into the balloon Pokemon with a ripple of electricity, but it hardly effected the Pokemon.
This was where the Shadow mist and transformation would help out the most. Roxie had loved using this attack with Blaze, and she hoped that it would be just as adequate as it had been with the fowl. "Spin Jigglypuff with a Dizzy Punch!" squealed Roxie energetically. Buzz ran straight up to the Jigglypuff, he obviously had a different way of performing this attack Blaze did. Ad the last second, Buzz slipped to the side and delivered the punch that sent the spherical Pokemon spinning. Once it finally stopped (after it ran into a metal bar) the Jigglypuff wobbled back to its proper spot. The attack most likely would not have hit without the substance that Shadow Mist emitted last turn.
Nothing spectacular happened on the skank's turn, however. When the Jigglypuff tried to use a Shadow Rush attack, it slammed itself in the face. The Ditto spat out a little puddle of slime onto S: 001 that did absolutely nothing at all. That turn spelt the end for her career in crime.
Although Eric had not noticed in the least, Roxie too was wearing a morph suit with a Snag Machine linked into the selves. She was able to throw two Pokeballs in one turn, not because her Snag Machine did not have to charge, but because there was one machine in each arm. Each capture device trapped the misused Pokemon and flew right back into Roxie's hands. This time, the Peon would not get away. Buzz let out a weak jolt of electricity to paralyze the girl, and she fell to the floor. Roxie complimented both of Electabuzz and returned them to their proper Great Balls. Buzz's readout was finally normal… or at least as normal as a Delta Pokemon's statistics could be.
Although this showboat had bedroom for its employees, it did not leave dock and contained no bedding for guests. Roxie let Buzz back out so that he could carry the white latex-clad girl into the police station. She turned the girl in, and so that they would have a better chance at government funding for this mission, Roxie revealed to the police that she was part of Wes's company. The officers that such a pretty and fragile looking girl was able to take down a powerful criminal, against Shadow Pokemon nonetheless.
Roxie did not forget about the Pokemon though. After her long visit to the police station, she rushed over to the Pokemon Center, not because she needed a certified nurse's help, but because she needed the right equipment to hurt two badly damaged Pokemon and two Pokemon with minor cuts and bruises. Luckily the nurse in Gateon Port knew her fairly well and let her go right on into the back room. It took nearly forty-five minutes for Roxie to heal all of the wounds, but the Pokemon were all as good as new.
Just as she was walking out of the Pokemon Center, it dawned on Roxie that she had probably missed the beginning of Eric's show by now. As fast as she could, she dashed onboard the showboat and into the theater. There was barely any trouble because almost every living being on board was in the theater to see the show that Eric was in. When Roxie finally burst through the doors, Eric and Florina were just taking their places on stage. She waved to them, and they didn't wave back, but they both looked one thousand times more relaxed.
And so Eric went on, sinning a tune about how to get rich in his brilliant black suit (which Roxie could have sworn was the morph suit and not his real costume) while swinging around a cane and tapping it on the stage. The funniest part, though, was that Florina was copying all of his movement and she too was wearing a suit and a cane. She was also wearing one o the smallest top hats that Roxie had ever seen. After their performance was over, the whole audience clapped like there was no tomorrow… except a group of ten that was sitting way up in the back of the theatre… but no one really cared about them.
After the entire show was over, Roxie ran backstage to congratulate Eric and Florina. Much to Eric's surprise, she smothered him in one enormous hug. "You were amazing!" she praised, "and in front of all of those people!" She finally let go of Eric and took Florina off his shoulders.
"Ugh, don't remind me. I still think I might throw up," said Eric as he carefully rubbed his stomach. "I'm glad you got back in time to see it though," he said with a delighted grin. "What took you so long? Where were you?" Eric asked with a suspicious eye.
Roxie took out all four of the Pokeballs that she possessed that actually contained Pokemon. "It's a long story, but I think that we're one step closer to figuring this all out," she said with a satisfied smiled pulled around her face. And so, Eric leaned in close as she told him about the battle, selectively excluding the fact that the peon was a girl and why she got into the battle in the first place.
By the next day, Whiteon spilled out her guts about the 'Rainbow Armada' as it was called; everything but locations since she supposedly had only been a member for a week and did not have that information. Wes's company was also hired to continue this mission they had to stop the Color Armada and given all the information that the peon had leaked out. In turn, he gave his praise to Roxie and Eric, along with the information that he gathered in a new e-mail. This time they were going to what was thought to be the heart of all crime in Orre, Pyrite City. They decided to quit their singing jobs, and hop of onto the hover scooters into the city and read what Whiteon had disclosed later.
Side Notes:
-Don't thing Roxie is evil too because she calls Shadow Electabuzz S:001 or 001, remeber, Shadow Pokemon's names can't be changed until they're purified.
- D:001
Sunny Day
Thunder Wave
Sloar Beam
- S:001 (aka Shadow Electabuzz) (after purification)
Sunny Day
Thunder Wave
Thunderbolt
Dynamicpunch
(right now)
Shadow Mist
Shadow Bolt
-S:008 (aka Shadow Ditto)
Shadow Morph-(turs attacked Pokemon temporarily into a Ditto. effect ends when Pokemon is returned)
-S:007 (aka Shadow Jigglypuff)
Shadow End