Ink's Notes:
Been a while since I updated this one. Let's just get right on it.
Day Five - Part 2
The passageway almost seemed to be vibrating as the sound of footsteps drew closer. Team Rangers adjusted, moving into some form of battle stance and preparing themselves for the opponent that they knew was coming.
"You intend to fight?" Black asked, eyes moving behind his sunglasses to trace over the assembled Pokémon.
"Of course," Pink smiled, cracking her knuckles (did Clefairy even have those?) as the sound got closer. "This thing won't just let us leave after we woke it up like we did. We'll have to knock it out before we can leave freely."
Black wondered if anyone could see the look of disbelief he was giving Pink behind his glasses. Somehow, he didn't think that was the actual reason - at least, not if the feral, anticipatory grin on her face was any indication. He sighed and floated down so he was level with the other Pokémon. "...Then I will help."
Blue blinked a few times before his face lit up in a smile. "Great! This'll be your first fight as a part of Team Rangers!" he laughed, attempting to slap the Shuppet on the back. 'Attempt' being the key word, as his hand simply phased through the Ghost-type, resulting in him comically spinning around in place a few times. Blue looked from his hand to Black and back again, pouting in childlike disappointment.
Black glanced over as Red, Yellow and Green each attempted to stifle their laughter, to varying degrees of success. He paused as he actually took in Green's appearance, hovering over to the Treeko. "You." The Treeko stopped laughing as he was addressed, narrowing his eyes and tilting his head ever so slightly. "You resemble someone I know."
"Now's really not the time," Green pointed out, spawning a leaf and gently tapping Black over the head with it. "We have a Registeel to beat the snot out of." Black decided he could press the uncanny resemblance to an old friend later, since Green did have a point with that one. He also decided to object to the leaf-pap later, since that was just plain rude.
"Hey, guyzzt," Yellow put in as the sound of Registeel approaching continued to get louder and louder, "Izzt it really a good idea to be getting ready to fight this thing in a narrozzt hallway?"
Simultaneous silence draped over the group as they realized just how bad of an idea waiting for their opponent to come to them was, though by that point it was far too late. An especially loud thump cut into their thoughts as the behemoth turned into the hall they stood in, head turning slowly so its glowing red eyes could scan the Pokémon before it. The Registeel turned to face its opponents, releasing a screeching roar that echoed off of the metal hallways, forcing all Pokémon present to cover their ears from the reverberating sound. With its opponents temporarily paralyzed, it brought one arm upwards, the arm seeming to gain more of a shine than normal as the golem brought it down towards Pink in a Metal Claw.
"Watch out!" Blue called, evidently just in time as Pink reacted, pushing off of the ground to the side in time with Registeel's movements. She flipped over to the wall, planting her feet onto it and pushing off of it, flying forwards as she brought her hand back. When she got close enough, she slammed her palm into the Registeel's face in what Black could swear was some sort of Force Palm, sending the golem reeling back. As it did so, she flipped in midair and slammed a foot onto its face in the same spot she'd just hit, using the impact and momentum to push backwards and backflip over to where the group was. Taking this as a cue, Blue turned to look over at the others. "Green, Yellow, see if you can paralyze it! Red, full force!"
Each of the three nodded, and Green moved first, wrapping a vine around Yellow and throwing her at Registeel. When she got close enough, she sent a static charge of a Thunder Wave into it, causing it to spark a few times as it attempted to move. Red moved forwards shortly afterwards, inhaling deeply before putting all the fire he could muster into a Fire Blast attack, which Black barely had a chance to register in order to dodge it as it flew through the narrow space and nailed the Registeel in the chest just as it finally managed to push itself to its feet.
Blue grinned, then inhaled himself before releasing a steady stream of water in a Water Pulse attack, hitting the still superheated metal golem and effectively welding its joints together. While Registeel struggled for movement again, and Black regarded the team with a healthy dose of respect, he decided to strike the finishing blow. A glowing purple eye seemed to appear in the air around him, and before long the eye was shooting strange beams of energy in the form of a Hex attack at the Registeel. The golem screeched in pain, its paralyzed condition only making the attack hurt even more as they pierced its form. Its screeching slowly died down to a hopeless wail, and it fell backwards, hitting the ground in a state of unconsciousness.
Team Rangers stood there in silence for a moment, before collectively releasing a sigh of relief. They exchanged glances, then Blue stretched and motioned back the way they'd came. "Let's get out of here. We can talk more to our new teammate outside."
Black chose to ignore the fact that he'd apparently been recruited to this team against his will, largely on account of the exasperated looks that the rest of the team was giving him, and instead focused on the fact that they'd apparently come looking for him. "...You want to speak with me?"
Pink nodded. "Let's just... go outside first?" she asked, and he slowly nodded, wondering why she'd suddenly taken charge of the questioning. It was only once they had relocated themselves to just outside of the Iron Cavern that he got his answer.
"Bangladesh told you to what?!"