"Sparky!" Ritchie calls out to his Pokemon. "Thunderbolt again!"

"Pikaaa-chuuu!"

"Dragonite! Avoid it!" Lance yells out.

Sparky fires off several powerful electrical blasts at the flying dragon.

"Extreme Speed," Lance mutters.

His Dragonite flies in at blinding speed.

"Double Team!"

Sparky splits into several copies. Dragonite slams into the ground so hard the shockwaves blows all the copies away.

"Pikaaa!" The force of shockwave even blows back Sparky.

"Sparky!" Ritchie yells.

"Use Ice Beam!" Lance orders.

"Block it with Thunderbolt!"

Sparky fires a Thunderbolt to meet with Dragonite's Ice Beam. The two clashing attacks explode, leaving large crystals of ice all over the field.

"Impressive," Lance smirked.

"I don't remember Sparky matching Dragonite in terms of power," Cynthia comments.

"Like I said!" Ritchie interrupts. "I haven't been slacking in my training!"

"And here I thought my Dragonite would win just by flicking its tail," Lance mocked.

"Hey!" Ritchie yelled. "Now you're asking for it, Sparky! Use Quick Attack!"

"Extreme Speed," Lance quietly orders.

Sparky and Dragonite charge towards each other, Dragonite's larger physique easily overpowers Sparky. The Pikachu is sent flying into the air, Dragonite stops itself on its feet.

"Thunderbolt!" Ritchie calls out.

Sparky fires a powerful electric blast at Dragonite. Dragonite twitches from the damage.

"Don't let up!" Ritchie encourages his Pokemon.

"Dragonite!" Lance voices out to Dragonite. "You can break out of this can't you?"

Dragonite's eyes narrowed.

"Sure you can."

Dragonite flies upwards, powering through the Thunderbolt, his fist ignited.

"Sparky!" Ritchie worries.

Dragonite flaming uppercuts the small yellow animal.

Cynthia face palmed, "Really Lance? That reference?"

Sparky hits the ground hard, but manages to get up soon after, though injured. He gives Dragonite a determined look. The Dragonite panted hard, it is visibly fatigued from tanking Sparky's attack.

"That dealt more damaged than I thought," Lance noted. "Dragonite! Ice Beam!"

"Double Team Sparky!"

Sparky split up into several illusions. Dragonite's Ice Beam hits one of the Pikachus, he turned the beam to sweep through the field, hitting several Pikahus while leaving behind crystals of ice.

"Hit it again Sparky!"

One of the Pikachus unleash a strong electric bolt at Dragonite.

"Avoid it with Extreme Speed!" Lance reacts.

Dragonite evades the large electric bolt. It dives down at breakneck speeds.

"Perfect," Ritchie smiles. "Sparky! Use Quick Attack to keep away and hit the ice!"

"The ice?" Lance questions Ritchie's action.

"Interesting," Cynthia places a hand under her chin.

Sparky is covered in a white aura as he runs away from Dragonite. Dragonite flies low to the ground as it chases Sparky through the field. The Pikachu rams through several ice clusters, sending their broken shards to Dragonite. The damage of the ice shards accumulates as Dragonite pursues Sparky.

"Dragonite! Fly up!" Lance orders, noticing his Dragonite is slowing down from the damage.

"Not so fast!" Ritchie taunts. "Sparky! Send that crystal into the air!"

Sparky hit a large cluster of ice, breaking it off the ground and sending it skyward.

"Now, Thunderbolt!"

"Piikaaa-CHUUU!" Sparky's Thunderbolt pushes the large ice chunk, ramming it into the Dragonite. Dragonite falls back to the ground.

"Dragonite!" Lance worries.

The dragon has trouble getting up.

"Alright Sparky," Ritchie encourages his partner. "It's all or nothing here. Use Electro Ball!"

"Pika!" Sparky's body exploded with electrical energy. He sends that energy to gather above himself, creating a huge sphere of light.

"Dragonite! Draco Meteor now!" Lance cries out.

Dragonite gathers energy in front of his gaping mouth. The two energy spheres increase in size and power.

"FIRE!" Lance and Ritchie yell out.

"PIIIKAA!"

Both Sparky and Dragonite launch their attacks towards each other. The two attacks collide, intact, while continuously pushing against each other and sending it out energy waves. The ground beneath them craters, dust and earth fly, shards of earth break outwards. Ritchie, Sparky, Cynthia, Dragonite and Lance all shield their faces.

Ritchie tries his best to keep an eye on the field. "Sparky! Get ready!"

Sparky dropped on all fours, cheeks sparking.

The Electro Ball explodes, creating a large dust cloud in the middle of the field.

Lance and Dragonite stare into the cloud, awaiting anxiously. Lance sees Sparky burst out of the cloud headed straight for Dragonite. At the top of the cloud burst out several small energy beams, it was Draco Meteor, and it's bending around to aim for the Pikachu as it races across the field towards Dragonite.

"Sparky! Quick Attack!" Ritchie calls out to his partner.

Sparky is covered in a white aura and speeds up towards the dragon as the Draco Meteor follows from above.

Dragonite is too weak to get away in time! "Dragonite! Ice Beam! Stop that Pikachu!"

Dragonite launches a blue beam that the Pikachu sidesteps. Dragonite fires off more Ice Beams that Pikachu evades while dashing forward. Draco Meteor begins to rain down around Sparky. Still, Sparky charges forward, through the raining meteors and the Ice Beam barrage.

"Dragonite! Fire Punch!"

Dragonite's fist ignites. It rears up as Sparky jumps. The dragon howls as it sends his fist forward. The illusion disappears.

"Double Team?" Lance frantically scans the area, he sees Sparky clinging onto Dragonite's tail!

"Thunderbolt with everything you have!" Ritchie yells triumphantly.

"Pika-! CHUUU!"

Dragonite is covered in electrical energy, it howls and swings its tail around. Then the rest of the Draco Meteor bombards him.

"Dragonite!" Lance looks on, worried.

As the Draco Meteor ended, Sparky is swung off of Dragonite's tail. Sparky skids on two feet and one hand then he looks up confidently at Dragonite. The dragon stares him down, breathing hard, then topples over.

"And the winner is Ritchie and Sparky!" Cynthia announces.

"Yes!" Ritchie runs up to meet and celebrate with his Pikachu.

Lance walks towards Dragonite's head and pets him. "You did great, it's time to rest." Lance pulls out a Pokeball and recalls Dragonite. "I must say Ritchie, I'm impressed."

"Hehehe," Ritchie giggles. "I told you I haven't been slacking."

"That just makes those challengers even more amazing," Cynthia tells him. "This generation is growing faster than we anticipated."

"Compared to Ritchie, may be," Lance adds.

"Hey!" Ritchie reacts.

"Heeey!" Mia screams at a distance, waving at them.

"Hey!" Ritchie waves back.

"Here she comes," Cynthia smiles. "Looks like Bianca and Latias are here too. But who is that?"

"One of her friends from Unova, Sonica."

"Are those-?" Mia starts.

"Former Champions Lance and Cynthia!" Sonica finished.

The two former Champions waved to greet the two girls.

"I was wondering who's been making those huge explosions," Mia commented. "It's good to see you again Lance, Cynthia."

"It's been a while," Lance replies. "At least this time we don't have any excruciating circumstances."

"Hmhmhm," Cynthia giggles. "I've heard of the Tyranitar rampage that was stopped by many brave trainers. You were there?"

"I just battled the Tyranitars with several other people," Mia answers. "Lance was the one that stopped that crazy machine."

"What about when Dialga was captured and controlled?" Lance questions. "You both were there weren't you?"

"I was only trying to destroy the control rings all over Dialga while Cynthia distracted it."

"I had full confidence in your capabilities," Cynthia comments. "I saw the connection you had with your Pokemon, I knew you would be able to succeed."

"Hehehe," Mia blushes, scratching the back of her head in embarrassment.

"Hmph," Sonica glares at Mia.

"Wh-what?"

"It sounds like you had some really exciting adventures," Sonica answers. "I'm jealous."

"I-I swear I wasn't looking for anything crazy like that! They just happened!"

"Hahaha," Ritchie laughs. "What is it with you and your father getting sucked into crazy situations?"

"Just another thing that she inherited," Lance says with a smirk.

"I wonder what kind of adventures you would've had if you continued into Kalos and Alola," Cynthia begins to wonder.

"I don't want to think about it," Mia sighs. "I don't know how my father could handle being in the center of so many end of the world events."

"I didn't hear anything in Unova," Sonica thinks.

"We usually just keep the situations as secret as possible," Lance explains. "But we do have to report them to the Association whom then informs every Champion, current and former, as well as Elite Four and Gym Leaders. If the public knew-"

"Miiiiaaaaa!" a young girl calls out, followed by several other people.

"Huh?" Mia leans forward. "Wanda?"

"Wanda?" Sonica repeats.

"And Uncle Bugsy, Aunt Winona!" Mia waves just before she's glomped on my Wanda.

"We saw the explosions," Lucian starts. "And hurried over. Is everything alright?"

"There's no problem," Cynthia explains. "Just a friendly match."

"Cynthia?" Lucian notices her presence.

"It's nice to see you again Lucian."

"Everyone seems to be on edge." Lance observes.

"We thought it was Team Comet again," Melody replies. "They just don't give up. You're here for the match?"

"Of course," Cynthia answers.

"Where's Verity?" Melody looks around. "Busy?"

"Unfortunately," Cynthia answers. "But she promised to be here to see the battle in person."

"It's been so long Mia," Wanda lets go and happily smiles wide.

"It really has," Mia smiles back. "Auntie, Uncle. You made it."

"Of course we did," Bugsy smiles.

"We wouldn't miss this for anything," Winona adds.

"Jol!" Jolteon barks.

"Hey Ashana," Wanda kneels down to pet the Pokemon. "Heeheehee, you've gotten a lot stronger. I'm stronger too."

"I'd like to see it,"" Mia replies.

"Same here," Sonica walks forward with her hand out. "Sonica, Sonica Strumm. I'm a friend of Mia's from Unova."

"Wanda, Wanda Marvell." Wanda shakes Sonica's hand. "It's nice to meet you."

"I feel the same way," Sonica smiles. "Mia told me about you. You're… smaller than I thought."

"Uh oh," Mia's eye's widened.

"I… get that a lot," Wanda smiles while producing a menacing aura.

XXX


In a shadowy hanger, a man walks towards an airship. On either side of him are armies of minions.

"Sir!" a man in a lab coat rushes up to him. "Sir! It's too dangerous to use it now! The artificial genetic enhancement we made to your Pokemon were rigorously tested so we're excited to see the results of our work. But this isn't ready yet. We need to-"

The first man stops and turns around. "Load it! Its power will be directed against those trainers. Even if it breaks free, we can just capture it again, while we capture all the rare and powerful Pokemon gathered there."

"But do we really need every available unit just for this operation? It's madness!"

"Madness? Our reports indicate not just the Mythical Pokemon, but strong veteran trainers as well. Think about it, if… when we take those Pokemon and defeat those trainers, everyone will know how powerful we are! The world will be ours!"

The small army roars out. The leader turns around and continues walking to the airship and begins talking under his breath. "The world can burn for all I care. My true goal is revenge. Ash, you and your daughter will pay for what you did to me."

XXX


Author: Yep, another chapter where essentially nothing happens. The battle between Lance and Ritchie was recycled from the previous version of this fic, I thought it a waste to just toss it away and brought here.