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CH 10 End of the Line:

Vermilion City:

Lance and I touched down on the ground before recalling our dragons. We had gotten a tip from Eldes and Lovrina that Ardos was in fact headed towards Vermilion. He most likely had a ship prepared for his retreat.

"Alex he's probably at the port, hopefully we can still get to him in time," Lance said before I followed him as he knew the way.

"You have the authority to arrest him?" I asked Lance.

"As a G-Man I do, as for what happens after his arrest I don't know. The organization may want to send him back to Orre for imprisonment."

"How much farther to the port?"

"Not long now," Lance said as we ran past the city gym. As we left the center of town the port came into view. However, there were no boats.

"Did we miss him?"

"No, a submarine maybe?"

"There he is!" I shouted as I saw Ardos off in the distance just standing.

"Ardos stand down!" Lance shouted at him as we approached the culprit.

"I was wondering if I'd be followed, wasn't running my plan enough?"

"Of course not, we can't let you get away and come up with a new scheme after all."

"How heroic Jhoto champion, but as you may see I'm stranded."

"What no getaway plan?" I asked him mockingly.

"There was a plan."

"Your grunts ditched you?" Lance asked surprised.

"It seemed there were more people allied with Eldes than I had suspected."

"So his moles managed to stop your underlings from bailing you out."

"Exactly Alexander, but don't think I'll be going quietly," Ardos said as released a Snorlax.

Battle, Champion Alex vs. Cipher Leader Ardos

"I got this, let's go Zeus!" I called out as I released my Jolteon.

"Is that a different team?" Lance asked me.

"Yeah, that's why I made that stop at the Pokémon Center."

"Snorlax Body Slam!"

"Zeus ramp up your speed with Agility and dodge it!" Jolteon effortlessly dodged Snorlax as his speed raised sharply.

"Snorlax Earthquake!"

"Zeus jump up!" Jolteon soared into the air as he dodged the impact which shook the ground violently.

"Snorlax Brick Break!"

"Zeus dodge and use Thunderbolt!" Jolteon side-stepped to avoid the strike and let out a powerful shock that hit Snorlax head on causing it to stumble a bit.

"Snorlax Rest!"

"Zeus use Agility once more!"

"What's the point?" Ardos asked me to which I smiled.

"You'll see, Zeus use Baton Pass!" Jolteon let out a cry before returning to his ball.

"Now go Helios!" I brought out my Flareon next.

"I see you used Baton Pass to transfer the boost in speed to Flareon," Lance correctly pointed out. Ardos' Snorlax woke up as Flareon came out.

"Up already then use Brick Break!"

"Helios dodge it and use Flame Charge!" Thanks to Baton Pass Flareon's speed was already ramped up quite a bit so he easily dodged the strike before colliding with Snorlax. As Flareon bounced off he was coated in a purple glow.

"A Toxic Orb?" Lance asked out-loud which made Ardos laugh.

"Why would you give that to your own Pokémon?"

"You'll see, Helios use Façade!" Flareon coated himself in a white light as he crashed into Snorlax dealing massive damage.

"Wait why does that do so much damage?" Ardos asked.

"Façade increases in power when the user is poisoned, burned or paralyzed. Plus with Helios' Guts ability he gets stronger when he has a status condition.

"I see you used Baton Pass to make Flareon as fast as you could and the Toxic Orb will greatly increase Façade's power, nice combo," Lance said to which I smiled in appreciation.

"An interesting strategy, I guess that's why you're the strongest in Alola."

"I don't need your flattery Ardos, Helios Facade!" Flareon crashed into Snorlax once more knocking it out.

"Snorlax come back," Ardos said recalling Snorlax," Go Magmortar!"

"Helios come back, go Aether!" I sent out my Sylveon, however unlike Lillie's mine was shiny.

"Magmortar Flamethrower!"

"Aether use Light Screen!" Sylveon materialized a light barrier that blocked the flames.

"Magmortar Fire Punch!"

"Aether Reflect!" Sylveon blocked the punch with a different screen.

"Dual screening huh, Magmortar Brick Break!" Magmortar broke through the screen as Sylveon jumped back.

"Aether Moon Blast!" Sylveon called out to the sky as a blast of light hit Magmortar.

"Tough it out and use Fire Blast!"

"Aether dodge and use Moon Blast once more!" Sylveon jumped over the blast and called down another blast that knocked Magmortar out.

"Magmortar return, go Flygon!"

"Aether come back, go Coeus!" I shouted as I let out my Espeon as Flygon appeared opposite me.

"Flygon Dragon Pulse!"

"Coeus dodge it and use Psyshock!" Espeon dodged the blast as it released purple waves that Flygon avoided.

"Flygon Hyper Beam!"

"Coeus dodge and while it recharges use Calm Mind!" Espeon once again dodged and while Flygon had to recharge Espeon began concentrating to build its strength.

"Flygon charge in and use Dragon Claw!"

"Coeus jump above and use Psyshock!" Espeon jumped high above the charging Flygon and retaliated hitting the mark this time.

"Flygon Steel Wing!"

"Coeus Dazzling Gleam!" Espeon produced a blinding light that hurt Flygon and caused it to lose sight of where it was flying. Flygon managed to land on the ground still unable to open its eyes.

"Psyshock!" The attack was enough to take out the blinded Pokémon as it landed with a loud thud.

"Flygon come back, go Ampharos." The Ampharos Ardos sent out appeared to be a Shadow Pokémon.

"Shadow huh, let's go Helios!" Flareon took the field again still poisoned by the Toxic Orb.

"Shadow Ampharos Mega Evolve!"

"Wait what?" Both Lance and I shouted as the Shadow Ampharos mega evolved.

"Yes behold my Shadow Mega Ampharos, my secret weapon and final Pokémon!"

"Shadow Pokémon have their hearts closed off so how can he mega evolve it without a strong bond?"

"Alex he must be using some sort of a device to force it to mega evolve!"

"Lance is right, with this technology even Shadow Pokémon can mega evolve like normal Pokémon can."

"Helios be careful we don't know what this one is capable of," I said to Helios who nodded in agreement.

"Ampharos Shadow Pulse!"

"Helios charge through with Flame Charge!" Helios surrounded himself with fire as he charged through the blast of dark energy.

"Ampharos Shadow Tail!" Ampharos charged its tail with dark energy before knocking Flareon back as it was approaching.

"Helios use Rest!" The poison had become too much so Flareon needed to get its strength back.

"Helios Sleep Talk!" Flareon used Façade despite still being asleep.

"Ampharos dodge and use Shadow Bolt!" Ampharos dodged the attack and struck Flareon with black lightning. This woke Flareon up.

"Helios use Façade!" I shouted as the Toxic Orb took effect once again.

"Ampharos dodge and use Shadow Rush!" Ampharos dodged the attack and retaliated by slamming into Flareon.

"You okay?" I asked my Pokémon as he regained his balance before nodding.

"Ampharos Shadow Charge!" Ampharos charged itself with dark energy obviously gearing up for a big attack.

"Helios let's go for it!" I said as I slipped a Firinium Z Crystal into my bracelet.

"Alex is that.." Lance trailed off realizing what it was.

"Ampharos Shadow Surge!" Ampharos cloaked itself with black electricity before charging towards Flareon.

"Now Helios let's go," Flareon and I started doing the movements for our Z move," raging fires become one and set our hearts ablaze with the flames of victory. Z-Move Inferno Overdrive!" Flareon was coated in a large blazing flame as he charged at Ampharos who charged as well. The two large forces met creating a large explosion that shook the ground. As the smoke and sparks settled I looked to see both Pokémon unconscious.

"Snag Ball go!" I took the chance to snag the Shadow Ampharos as it stayed in the ball.

Battle Over, Winner Champion Alex

"To think I could lose after everything." I recalled Helios before approaching Ardos along with Lance.

Lance quickly took action and knocked Ardos down to the ground and handcuffing him.

"By order of the G-Men you're under arrest Ardos."

"So what there will always be someone to take my place."

"Not once we bust all of your followers, Cipher is done for."

"Like a phoenix Cipher will rise from the ashes when you least expect it."

"We'll see about that," Lance said before turning to me," you heading back to Alola?"

"I may actually see if I can catch back up with Lillie and go with her and her companions."

"What about your duties in Alola?"

"It's off-season for the Island Challenge right now, my Elite Four can handle things while I'm away."

"What about Scott?"

"I'm sure he'll understand waiting just a bit longer. Once Lillie makes it to the Indigo Plateau I can meet him there. I've decided I want to be there for her during the last parts of her journey."

"Good to hear, I have a feeling Scott will understand and what he wanted to talk about."

"You do?"

"I do but it's a secret, you'll find out soon enough. Now I need to get going but take this." I caught the mega stone Lance threw to me.

"Ampharosite huh," I said looking at the stone.

"Maybe you can make better use of it once Ampharos has been purified."

"Yeah I'll send Ampharos over to Professor Krane in Orre once I get to the Pokémon Center."

"Well this is where we part ways," Lance said as I saw a ship approaching with the other champions on board.

"Yeah thanks for everything."

"From one champion to another keep up the good fight."

"You too Lance," I said as I watched him board the ship with Ardos in tow. I waved them off as the ship began to sail away.

"Okay first stop is the Pokémon Center then back to Celadon." I said aloud as I walked back towards the center of town.

That's all for now and the end of this arc. Just so you know all the nicknames for the Eeveelutions are based off of Greek Gods, Titans and other primordial beings. New things begin next chapter, time skips may be included. Thanks for reading and see you all again soon.