I was outmatched. Charmeleon didn't stand a chance against this thing, especially after fighting Absol. I decided I needed to stall him in any way possible until the others could come help. "So who are you?" I asked. "Oh, where are my manners?" the man said "My name is Andrew. I am the new leader of Team Flare." He took a step forward and his Charizard began to move towards Charmeleon. He looked at Madeline "Madeline!" he said sternly. She froze "Yes, sir?" she asked. "Get on top of one of these buildings and keep an eye out for our targets!" Andrew ordered. Madeline bowed and jumped onto Absol's back. Absol jumped and used it's wings to glide as it leaped from rooftop to rooftop. "Now we can begin" Andrew said, calmly, to me. I readied myself and Charmeleon assumed a fighting stance.

"Charizard, use Slash" Andrew said lazily. Charizard's dark claws extended and glowed white. It walked slowly towards Charmeleon.

"Charmeleon! Flamethrower!" I yelled without thinking. Charmeleon opened his mouth and bathed Charizard in a torrent of fire. When he stopped, Charizard hadn't even flinched. There was barely a scratch on it's scaly, black, hide. It suddenly dove at Charmeleon and slashed him with it's claws. Charmeleon was thrown into the wall of a nearby building.

"Charmelon!" I yelled. I tried to run and help him but something grabbed the collar of my suit. I looked back and saw Andrew effortlessly holding me back with one hand. Acting on impulse, I threw a punch at him. He caught my fist with his free hand. "I don't think so" he said. He suddenly let go and planted a kick right in my stomach. His kick knocked the wind out of me and threw me onto my back. I sat there, gasping for air. Could this get any worse? I asked myself.

The answer was yes, it did get worse. Mew's poke-ball popped open and she materialized next to me. "Mew!" she said and then flew to Charmeleon, who was still stuck in the wall of a nearby building. She tried to help him, but Charizard grabbed her. It tightened it's claw around her and growled. "Mew!" she screamed. "Put her down!" I yelled, trying to get back up. Andrew ignored me "I was wondering when we'd find you again." He glared at Mew.

"Charizard, Flamethrower" he ordered. Charizard opened it's mouth as blue flames appeared at the back of it's throat. It bathed Mew and it's own claw in an inferno of blue fire. When it stopped, Mew was covered in burns. She was still struggling, trying to get free.

"Again!" Andrew said savagely. Charizard prepared another Flamethrower. Before he could fire it, someone yelled "Sir!" Charizard snapped it's jaws shut and looked in the direction of the voice. Andrew looked too. I saw Madeline on the roof of a building across the street. She was on Mega-Absol's back. "Targets are approaching fast!" She said. "Excellent work" Andrew said to her. "What are you talking about?" I asked weakly. "Well," Andrew said "since you're barely an annoyance to me, I guess I'll tell you." He walked over with Charizard at his side. Mew was still trying to pull free from Charizard's claw. "I" Andrew started "came here to draw out you and your little friends. I knew that if you were here fighting my soldiers, then it would draw out those flying dolts who've been destroying my bases." "What flying dolts?" I asked. "Don't act like you don't know them!" Andrew yelled, for a moment he seemed to lose his composure but then he returned to his calm and collected personality. "Latios and Latias" he said "they've been flying all over Kalos, destroying my strongholds and then disappearing." I heard a familiar high-pitched whistling.

"Finally" Andrew said, looking up. "Charizard, forget that little piece of trash. We've got a much more entertaining opponent now" Andrew said "Or should I say, two opponents?" He laughed as Charizard threw Mew. She hit the exact same building Charmeleon had hit. She hit it and dropped to the ground, barely able to move. Andrew climbed onto Charizard's back. "Farewell, little hero" he said to me, laughing.

Then I saw them, Latios and Latias. They rocketed into sight and stopped above us. I saw their mouths light up a second before they fired two beams of white and blue energy at Charizard. It barely dodged them. Charizard roared and leaped into the air. It spread it's black wings and flew up to the two eon pokemon. I heard Latios and Latias cry out in their musical voices and then they blasted off with a resounding boom as they broke the sound barrier. Charizard flew after them with Andrew on it's back. Madeline and Absol jumped to the ground and rode off after them.

Once they were gone, I tried to get up from the ground. I got to my feet and my knees buckled. I dropped back down to the ground. "Grotle, I need you" I said as I weakly threw his poke-ball. Grotle materialized next to me. "Grotle" he said as he walked over to me. "Thanks buddy" I told him as I put my arm over the back of his neck and let him help me up. he supported me as I walked over to Charmeleon and Mew. "Grotle, can you get Charmeleon out of that wall?" I asked. Grotle nodded as a vine extended from under his shell. It stretched to Charmeleon and wrapped around his waist. With a gentle tug, Grotle pulled him free. I dropped to my knees and crawled to Mew. She was barely conscious. I picked her up, tears were running down her cheeks.

Charmeleon stirred. Grotle sat him on the ground and he limped over to me and Mew. "Char?" he asked. "Yeah, I think she'll be okay" I told him. Mew reached towards him. Charmeleon nodded at me and held out his arms. I sat Mew in his claws and he gently carried her over to Grotle. Another vine extended from Grotle's shell and picked them up. He sat them both on his shell in between the two bushes. "Good boy" I told him weakly.

I managed to stand up this time. "Let's go find the others" I said. Grotle walked over to me and stood in my way. "What is it?" I asked him. He used his head to gesture towards my leg. "You don't think I should walk on it right now?" I asked. Grotle nodded and lowered himself until he was laying on the ground. I sat down on the back of his armored neck and he stood back up and started trotting down the dirt road looking for the others.

As Grotle searched, I looked back and saw Charmeleon leaning against one of the bushes on Grotle's shell. Mew was still in his arms. She had fallen asleep. He was watching her like a guard. Not gonna mess with him right now. I thought to myself.

Grotle rounded a corner and Blastoise came into view. Aaron was right next to him. Blastoise was in his normal form. As Grotle walked over, Blastoise and Aaron turned and saw us. "Clayton!" Aaron said and he ran over. "What happened?" he asked as he helped me off Grotle's back. "I had a nice little meeting with Team Flare's new boss" I answered. "Why didn't you send a distress signal?" he asked me as he sat me down on the ground. "Forgot that I could do that" I muttered. "Oh, for the love of..." he grumbled as he pressed a button on the side of his mask. My visor started flashing red and a voice in the earpiece said "Aaron has requested help from all available team mates."

Within minutes, Robby and Gengar arrived. Naomi was right behind them with Venusaur. They saw me and started running in our direction. "What happened to him?" Robby asked Aaron. "He got attacked by the new head-honcho of Team Flare" Aaron answered. Robby looked me over as Naomi walked over to my pokemon. "They need medical help soon" she said quickly. "Where are Braden and Gallade?" Braden asked. "They're running off the last few grunts" Robby answered. He took Grotle's poke-ball from my shoulder and recalled him. Naomi carried Mew and Charmeleon over to me. she sat them down next to me and looked at Robby. "Use Salamence to fly ahead and get them to the lab" she told him. Robby nodded. He recalled Gengar and called out Salamence. I was then hoisted onto Slamence's back. "We'll take care of what's left to do here" Naomi said. "Okay, see you guys in little while" Robby said as he jumped onto the back of Salamence's neck. Naomi handed me Charmeleon and Mew. Salamence jumped into the air and started flying towards Lumiose City.

As we flew, I started to fall asleep. My last thought was, What can we do against something that strong?

And so ends chapter 11. After writing Chapter 10 I couldn't contain my excitement, so I went ahead and made chapter 11. Anyway, a new villain revealed, Andrew! Latios and Latias are trying to help the Kalos Defenders? The evil Mega Charizard X! What will happen to our heros? Find out, next time, in Pokemon Adventures!