Chapter 10: Elliot, Froakie and Malamar, a Conquering Battle!

Our little group of five walked down the sandy path on our way to Cyllage City, Chimchar was in his Poke-Ball at the minute (Much to Bonnie's disappointment) as he had been tuckered out from playing with a certain girl and Dedenne all day yesterday, when we had to deal with this horrible snooty princess taking a Poke-Flute.

"Let's see...the next Pokemon Centre should be at the end of this forest..." Serena said as she looked at the map.

As we reached a small hill we saw some large metal satellite dishes in the distance. "Wow! What's that?" Ash asked.

"That's the Radio Observatory." Clemont spoke up.

"Radio Observatory?" Serena echoed.

"Yes, it was specifically built to monitor radio waves from outer space and analyse them using the latest hi-tech technology." Clemont explained.

"Wow, I didn't realise there was something like THAT in Kalos." Natalie thought aloud.

"Luna." Nightrise agreed.

"I'm not sure what your talking about, but it sounds cool!" Ash admitted.

Suddenly we heard some rustling, and out of the bushes walked a very familiar, and injured Meowth. "Hey you lugs, help me..." He said before he collapsed.

"Meowth!" "Pika!" Ash and Pikachu said as the trainer picked Meowth up, he was badly injured.

"Meowth is hurt! Bonnie, get the first aid!" Clemont told her.

"Right!" Bonnie nodded as she searched through Clemont's backpack.

We laid Meowth against a tree. I sprayed him with a Potion as Ash rubbed a soft cloth on his wounds to soothe them.

"What could have happened to him?" Serena asked.

"Something bad..." I said more to myself.

"Froak..." Froakie agreed.

Then Meowth's eyes slowly fluttered open. "What's up...?"

"Your awake!" Serena noted.

"Pika!" "Froak!" The two pokemon hopped over to Meowth with concern.

"Ah! It's a ton of twerps!" He tried to stand up but just fell down again.

"You need to rest." Clemont told him as he held out a cup filled with water. "Here, drink this."

Meowth took the cup and gulped the water down quickly. "Yeah, that hits the spot." He sighed as he handed the cup back to Clemont. "You lugs saved my life, I owe you big time!"

'You can start by not calling us lugs...' I thought.

"Really? If you ask me, your just trying to trick us again!" Bonnie stated.

"It's a little WEIRD you just came to us." Natalie glared at him as Nightrise bore down on him.

"Pikapika!" "Denne!" "Froak!" The three pokemon agreed.

"Trick you!? Perish the thought!" Meowth defended himself. "That's on the lowest level! I came all this way to warn you that your in danger!"

"Danger?" Clemont repeated.

"I wanna know more." Ash pressed for information. I was a bit sceptical about all this, but I let him talk anyway.

"Just thinking about it gives me the creeps! It was like the worst nightmare ever!" His eyes stayed wide in horror as he spoke. "We was hanging out in this cave when all of a sudden this cloaked woman calling herself Madame X and her Malamar showed up! It got Jessie, James and all their pokemon with Hypnosis! I had to use Fury Swipes on my own face so I didn't get controlled too! So I ran and ran as fast as I could! I've never met someone so creepy and kooky!"

"That's awful!" Serena gasped.

I wasn't focusing on that though, I was focusing on a different part of the story. "...Meowth..."

"Eh?" He turned towards me.

"Did you say...a Malamar...that knew Hypnosis?" I asked slowly.

"Froa...kie..." Froakie gritted his teeth as he clenched his hands against the ground.

"Ellix, do you know something about this?" Clemont asked.

I forced myself to soften my expression and shake my head. "No, just clarifying..."

"Froakie..." Froakie copied me.

Meowth leapt to his paws. "We can't just keep standing here yapping! Madame X is coming to get her hooks in Pikachu next! You'd better scram!"

"Bla blah! I still think your just trying to trick us so you can end up catxhing Pikachu for yourself!" Bonnie pouted.

"Bonnie's right! But you can't fool us this time!" Serena agreed.

'Would he just bluff about...that Malamar?' I could only think.

"No way! This is strictly off the level!" Meowth put on the baby eyes. "Take a look at these peepers and you'll see I'm as honest as the day is long!"

Everyone just folded their arms at him, I on the other hand just kept turning it over in my head.

"Uhhh...Meowth..."

We all turned to see Jessie, James, and Wobuffet. But...that distant look in their eyes... "What are you doing, Meowth...?" James said.

"You'd better hurry and catch Pikachu..." Jessie said.

"Team Rocket!" Ash yelled as everyone stepped forward, but Meowth recoiled in fear.

"So you ARE trying to catch Pikachu!" Clemont accused Meowth.

"No! You got it all wrong! They're working for Madame X! Look at they're dopey eyes!" To prove Meowth true the two groaned zombie-like.

"Let's move!" Ash said.

"Pika!" Pikachu agreed.

We turned around, but..."It's them!" Meowth said.

Standing in front of us was a woman wearing a large brown cloak showing only her mouth...and floating next to her...was Malamar.

"Froak..." Froakie glared at Malamar as he leaped onto my shoulder.

"That's Madame X!" Meowth said as he poiinted at her.

"What kind of a name is X?" Serena asked, me and Froakie knew the truth though.

"So that's Malamar! Let's see..." Ash said as he got out his Pokedex.

'Malamar, the Overturning pokemon, and the evolved form of Inkay. Possesing the strongest hypnotic powers of any pokemon, Malamar can compel them to do anything it wants them to do.'

"So that's the famous Pikachu...A strong looking pokemon indeed..." 'Madam X' smirked.

"Pika..." Pikachu growled.

"I think I'll make you my servant right now. Malamar!" Madame X called.

"Malamaaar!" Malamar's body was glowing!

"Froakie!" I yelled to my partner.

"Froak!" He nodded and threw Frubbles in Pikachu's face, blocking Malamar's Hypnosis.

"Ah!" "Pika!" Both yelled.

"No! That's good! Keep your eyes away from it!" Meowth said.

"Pikachu! Stop it with Electro Ball!"

"Froakie! Hit Malamar with Water Pulse!"

"Nightrise! Use Stone Edge!"

"Piiiiikapikachupi!" "Frooooakifroakkie!" "Luuuuunaaaatoooone!" The three attacks caused a small explosion.

"Let's scram whilst the scrammings good!" Meowth yelled.

"Come oooon!" Clemont yelled as we ran as fast as we could.

"Leaving so soon...?" Damn it! Malamar used Psychic to move Jessie and James in front of us! "Pikachu will now become a member of our pokemon patrol."

"Pokemon patrol?" Ash echoed.

"Designed to take control, and place Madame X on the throne of the world..." James said. Me and Froakie gritted our teeth, so THAT was Malamar's plan...

"Wobuuuu..." Wobuffet approached Bonnie from behind!

"There is no way we're gonna let you take over the world!" Bonnie retaliated.

"Using Pikachu to take over the world is just plain wrong!" MEOWTH said, really!? "Your nuts!" Then he pursed his lips, I think he finally registered his own words.

Suddenly Pikachu glowed blue and was picked up! "Pikaaaaaa!" Pikachu cried as he floated next to Malamar and Madame X.

"Now they're using Malamar's Psychic!" No duh, Clemont! James, Jessie and Wobuffet were picked up as well!

"Nice try you fools! Hahahahaha!"

"Pikapiiiii!" And with that they flew away.

"Stop! Pikachuuuu!" Ash yelled as he tried to give chase, but they were already gone...

"We've got to do something!" Serena yelled.

"Where are they heading?" Natalie thought aloud.

"I'm sure Madame X has to have a hideout somewhere!" Clemont nodded.

Madame X, Madame X, MADAME X! It's Malamar! MALAMAR!...Me and Froakie...we were the only ones who stood a chance against it.

Clemont's glasses flashed, and I knew what was coming. "The future is now, thanks to science! Clemontic Gear on!" He suddenly got out what looked like a robotic version of Pikachu. "I thought we'd encounhter a situation precisely like this one!"

"You diiid?" All the females gaped. Clemont came prepared, I'll give him that.

"Awesome!" Ash just yelled with sparkly eyes. "It's a Pikabot!"

"It s pretty cool!" I praised it as Froakie croaked in agreement.

"I call it my Automatic Pikachu Retrieval Device!" Why not just call it the APRD?

"So cool..." Ash marvelled.

"Pikachu Retrieval Device?" Serena said sceptically

"You'll get no points for good names..." Bonnie sighed.

"Denne..." Dedenne sighed also.

"Observe." Clemont said as he pushed a button and the satellite dish rose. "This tracks Pikachu's unique power and tracks it to the farthest corners of the region, the bottom of the ocean, or the expanse of the sky!"

"Great! Now we'll find Pikachu for sure!" Ash cheered.

"It's incredibly inspiring that the steady progress of science could never be stopped!" Clemont cheered.

"Pika! Pika!" The Pikabot suddenly beeped.

"It's picked up a signal!" Clemont acknowledged. "Go, Automatic Pikachu Retrieval Device!"

The Pikabot suddenly lurched and sped off. with us in hot pursuit. The Pikabot suddenly leaped into a wire fence. "I, think it's stuck..." Serena said with a sweatdrop, and then, the inevitable explosion happened.

"Oops, another failure..." Serena sighed as we all had poofy hair, Bonnie coughed a small puff of smoke out.

"Failure is the mother of success...I so want to believe that..." Clemont mumbled as he passed out.

We sorted ourselves out as we looked at what was beyond the fence, the Radio Observatory. Luckily the Pikabot had left a big hole in the fence.

"Okay, that should so it." Clemont said as he finished tinkering with the Pikabot. "Now, why don't we see how you wqork?" Clemont pushed the button, but the robot pokemon just began rocking from side to side. "Odd...perhaps a loose wire..."

"That's the Radio Observatory we saw before..." Serena said.

Bonnie pointed over to the main base. "Look! Isn't that Officer Jenny's motorcycle?" We looked and saw that it was indeed. I put the pieces together in my head and looked at Froakie, who nodded, he understood too.

"Your right, I wonder what she's doing here?" Ash thought aloud.

"Y'know, if that Pikabot of yours is on the friz, maybe this is Madame X's hideout!" Meowth spoke up.

"How could Madame X have gotten such an important place as her base of operations?" Natalie thought aloud as Nightrise frowned.

"Could be, Officer Jenny could have gotten a report and went to investigate. I'd say that the probability is quiet high..." Clemont agreed.

"Okay, let's go in!" Ash said.

"Right!" Bonnie agreed as we started walking.

I knew this was the time to make my move, me and Froakie had to confront mMalamar...alone..."Hey, what if we go round the back way?" I spoke up.

"The back way? Are you sure, Elliot?" Clemont asked as everyone turned to me.

"Yeah! We can get Madame X in a sneak attack!" I pushed.

"Froak!" Froakie copied me.

"Sounds like a plan!" Ash nodded.

"I'll come with you." Natalie said as Nightrise nodded.

Yeah, emphasis on the ALONE. "I think we'd better do this ourselves." I defended.

"Elliot, you should have someone go with you." Serena told me.

"Please Ellix?" Bonnie begged.

...I'd ditch her the first chance I got. "Your right, come on then you two."

"Good luck." Ash nodded.

"And stay safe." Clemont added.

OCXY

Me and Natalie found a back entrance and walked into the base, the corridorsd were dark and eerie and I had no idea how long we'd been walking until Natalie spoke up. "So what's the deal with you and this Malamar?"

"...What?" I feigned ignorance.

"You can't fool me, there's something going on between you and this Malamar, so tell us." She nodded.

I looked at her with a stern expression. "It's private."

"Froakie." Froakie glared at Nightrise.

We stayed like this for a while until Natalie sighed. "Fine, be like that."

I just looked forward, I couldn't tell anybody about Malamar...

Anybody...

OCXY

It happened a few days after I received Froakie from Professor Sycamore. Me and Froakie where training by ourselves, when an Inkay appeared, so I decided to battle it.

"Froakie! Use Pound!"

"FrooooooaKIE!" Froakie tried to hit it with its glowing palms, but the Inkay just swerved around to dodge.

"Now use Bubble!"

"Froakiekiekiekiekie!" Froakie blew energy bubbles all over the Inkay, knocking it back.

"Awesome! Way to go Froakie!" I praised my starter.

"Froakie!". He grinned.

"Inkay..." The Inkay said as it glared at us. "Inkaaaaayyy!" Suddenly the Inkay's chest started glowing yellow.

"What are you...doooooiiiiinnnnggg..." Was all I could say as I felt control over myself slip away, and I blacked out.

...I remember waking up to light pouring on my face, and I tried to lift a hand to shield myself from it. I then realised that I was in my own bed, and mum, Alexa and Viola were sitting beside me.

"What happened?" I groaned.

My female family seemed to notice I had awoken. "Elliot!" My mum said as she hugged me tightly. "Oh Elliot, I thought I lost you!"

Alexa hugged me as well. "Elliot, you and Froakie were just found incredibly injured! We're at the hospital."

Viola almost crushed me with her hug. "We didn't know what we would do! We thought we were going to lose you!"

I had really been so badly injured? Was it all because of that Inkay?...I then realised something. "Froakie! Where's Froakie!?"

My family looked between themselves. "Come on Elliot, I'll show you."

They led me to the Pokemon Center where we met Nurse Joy. "Good morning Miss Vanette." She said to my mum.

I shakily walked forward with the help of Alexa. "Where's Froakie?" I asked in a scared tone.

She looked at me, I couldn't tell her expression. "Follow me."

She led us to the intensive care area and into a room, and I gasped in horror at what I saw.

Froakie was lying in a tube bed, completely covered in injury and burn marks, he was hooked up to a large set of complex machinery with an air mask as well.

"F...Froakie..." I gasped as I pressed my hands gently against the glass.

"When he was first brought in he was in a critical condition, luckily he has stabilised, and is on the way to a full recovery." Nurse Joy explained.

I saw Froakie open his eyes and look at me weakly as they brimmed with tears. "Fr...o..." Was all he could manage.

I felt tears fall down my face as I looked at my friend. "I'm sorry Froakie...it's all my fault...I'm so, so sorry..." I sobbed as Viola comforted me.

OCXY

That experience...completely shattered my confidence as a Trainer. I was the one who suggested we trained up for four extra years, the time I needed to get stronger...and stronger and stronger and stronger...so that I could beat that Inkay.

If this Malamar was that Inkay...then it is an evil pokemon.

We walked on in silence for a bit, until Natalie turned her head sharply. "What's up?" I asked.

"I thought I heard something...Nightrise, let's check it out."

"Lune." Her pokemon nodded as they cautiously approached a room and went inside, no sooner then they had then it slammed shut!

"Ah! Natalie! Nightrise!" "Froak!" Me and Froakie yelled in shock as we tried to pries open the doors, but they were sealed tight!

"Well, well, isn't this a surprise."

Me and Froakie stopped and turned to the voice, to find Madame X and Malamar standing beside us. "You'll make another good addition to the patrol." Madame X smirked.

"Malamaaaar!" Malamar said as he used Hypnosis again.

"Ah!" I covered my eyes as Froakie threw on his hood of Frubbles, cancelling it out.

"Stubborn one aren't you?" Madame X said.

"Enough playing around!" I yelled angrily. "You can't pull the wool over my eyes, Malamar!"

"What are you talking about?" Madame X demanded.

"This woman, Madame X...she's just Officer Jenney isn't she? Your the one pulling the strings here! YOUR the one who wants to conquer the world and your using her as a scapegoat! Answer me, Malamar!" I shouted.

For a moment, nothing happened. But then Malamar smirked. "You know a lot boy, almost too much..." The awful voice rang in my head, he was using telepathy. "Your too smart for your own good."

"I knew it, this Madame X is just a pawn used by you in your little game!" "Froakie..."

"You are correct." He nodded. "I will use her to take the heat from the forces of the region whilst I truly rule instead of her."

"I need to know!" I yelled suddenly. "Four years ago, where you an Inkay who battled me and Froakie!?"

"Hmmm?" He seemed to be deep in thought for a second before he grinned maliciously. "Why yes...now that you mention it I did have a lot of fun pummeling a boy and his Froakie to the ground back when I was an Inkay...so you are him. I suppose that explains your knowledge on me."

"So it WAS you!" I yelled in anger. "We're gonna make you pay for what you did!"

"Froakie!" Froakie agreed.

"Uh, uh, uuuuuuh." Malamar said. "I wouldn't move if I were you..." Three figures then walked out of the darkness, and I gasped.

"Serena! Clemont! Bonnie!" I yelled at my three friends, who's distant looks showed they had been affected by Hypnosis.

"You care about these three...don't you?" Malamar's right tentacle arm then glowed purple in a Night Slash, and he held it up to Clemont's throat! "Make one wrong move and I will finish them off here and now."

I clenched my fists and gritted my teeth, what else could I do!? "Why do you care about this one? A friend? Such a simple reason..." Malamar smirked.

He then floated over to Bonnie and held his Night Slash under her chin! "What about this one?" My eyes widened in horror and rage. "Oh? Angrier? Is it because she is a child? Why would you care if it is not your own sibling?"

Finally, he floated to Serena. "And what about...this one?" I was so mad, he was threatening everyone I cared about! "Oh yes, very angry indeed, a childhood friend? How...foolish."

"Shut up!" I yelled as I ran forward, trying to pry Serena out of his filthy grip, but he just floated into the sky.

"I cannot allow you to expose my secret, boy." Malamar glared at me. "Since I cannot control you, I shall dispose of you!"

On his command Serena, Bonnie and Clemont began walking towards us. "Fro! Froakie!" Froakie croaked at me.

I nodded with gritted teeth. "Your right, we can't break through Malamar's Hypnosis and we can't fight them, run for it!" Me and my partner made a break for it around a corner. "We've gotta face Malamar on his own!"

"Froakie!" Froakie agreed.

OCXY

Me and Froakie walked cautiously through the corridors, looking for Malamar, until we came to a large square set of sliding doors that looked different from the others. "What's this?" I thought aloud as I walked in with Froakie on my shoulders...and both of us stared in horror.

The room was dome-shaped and lit red, and stuck to the walls, roof and floor were pulsating red cocoon-like things, that entwined themselves around the whole room.

"W-What are these things?" I gaped as I examined them closer.

"Froak..." Froakie gasped.

Suddenly we heard the sound of a door opening, and we turned to see Malamar fly in before the door closed! "Malamar!" I heard Ash yell from the other side of the door.

"Come out, Malamar! You've got nowhere to run!" I heard Officer Jenny call.

Malamar glared at the door. "I take it your Hypnosis failed." I made myself known.

He turned to me with dark eyes. "You...boy..." He then turned to me and smirked. "Indeed...but, this is merely a minor setback, I have a much grander plan then the pokemon patrol."

"Is it to do with these things?" I gestured to the cocoons.

Malamar looked at them with an evil smile, if you can smile with a beak. "Ahhh...do you like them? these are specifically created to drain power from both the Radio Observatory and the people and pokemon here...I was actually planning to place a few of your human friends in them and drain them dry."

I glared at him with hatred. "We won't let you do as you please, Malamar! It's time to settle the score form four years ago! Froakie!"

"Froakie!" He nodded and leaped off of my shoulder, completely ready to defeat him.

"It's time you knew your place boy..." Malamar said as he floated off the ground. "I will deal with you here and now!"

"MALAMAR!" "FROAKIE!" Me and my partner yelled as we got ready for battle.

The normal VS. screen shows up with the top half absent. Suddenly red lightning flashes throughout the whole screen, the background turns red, black and purple as Malamar invades the whole screen with a red and black VS. underneath him.

Elliot and Froakie VS. Malamar

"Know your place! Hypnosis!" Malamar's body glowed yellow.

"Froakie! Throw on your Frubble Hood!"

"Froak!" Froakie covered his face with a hood of Frubbles, cancelling out Hypnosis.

"I suspected you would do that...predictable." Malamar sneered.

"Froakie...be careful...Use Bubble!" I pointed forward.

"Froak! Frooooooooakiekiekiekie!" Froakie blew energy bubbles at the overturning pokemon.

"Psychic!" The bubbles all glowed a different blue and were thrown back at Froakie, hitting him repeatedly!

Froakie just shrugged it off though, getting hit by his own attack was nothing. "Froakie! UYse Quick Attack!" Froakie charged forward in a white light.

"Night Slash!" Malamar's tentacle glowed purple and he knocked Froakie back with a heavy slash.

"Froooo!" Froakie cried as he skidded along the ground. "Fro...Kiiiiie!" Froakie backflipped off of the ground and in front of me, reducing his damage, he brushed himself down and checked his Frubble Hood for damage.

"Malamar's strong...Use Water Pulse!"

"Froooooooakie!" Froakie leaped into the air and generated a watery orb in his hand, which he threw at Malamar.

"Psychic!" Malamar stopped the Water Pulse and threw it back at Froakie.

"FroaKIE!" Froakie generated a second pluse and threw it, the tow countered each other out with a big explosion.

"Use Lick!" "Froaklie!" Froakie whipped his long tongue at Malamar, who just dodged it.

"Do not insult me with such weak attacks." Malamar sneered, this wasn't working! We'd have to play our trump card early.

"Froakie! Confuse Malamar with Quick Attack!"

"Froooooakie! Froakie Froak! Fro! Fro! Fro!" Froakie glowed white and hopped around Malamar so fast he was a blur.

"What!? What is this!?" Malamar shouted in anger.

"Froakie!" Froakie yelled as he suddenly rammed into Malamar.

"Yes!" I cheered.

"As foolishly over confident as always..." Malamar snorted. "Psychic!"

"Froa?" Froakie said as he glowed blue, he tried to resist, but he just got slammed into a wall!

"Froakie! Are you okay!?" I called.

"Froa...kie!" He croaked as he hopped to his feet.

I sighed with relief. "Then let's keep it up! Use Bubble!"

"Psychic!" Malamar once again stopped the bubbles.

"Follow up with Water Pulse!"

"Frofrofroakie!" He threw a water orb at Malamar, bypassing the bubbles and hitting him head on!

"Ungh!" Malamar grunted.

"Now Lick!"

"Froaklie!" Froakie whipped Malamar with his long tongue.

"Enough! Night Slash!" Malamar hit Froakie with a dark tentacle. "Psycho Cut!" Malamar swung its tentacle as it released a crescent shaped purple wave.

"Fro!? Fro-! Froakiiiiiie!" Froakie cried as he was hit full on and thrown back at my feet.

"Froakie!" I gasped in shock. "Get up! Please!"

"Froa...k...kie..." Froakie was struggling to stand fully.

Malamar grinned maliciously. "You are nowhere near my level of strength, it's time to end this! Psycho Cut!" Malamar sent another Psycho Cut at Froakie!

"Fro..." Froakie said as he was hit.

"FROAKIE!" I screamed.

"This is what happens when you interfere with my plans..." Malamar cackled.

I really thought we had lost to Malamar again...but when the smoke cleared Froakie was still standing! "Impossible!" Malamar gasped.

"...Fro...Fro...FROAKIIIIIIE!" Suddenly a column of powerful water rose around Froakie and slammed into the roof of the room, raining water down on us until it was ankle deep.

It was Torrent, Froakie's Special Ability.

"Fro!" Froakie said as his eyes glowed blue and he gained a watery aura.

"Froakie...that's right! We'll fight until the very end!" I declared.

"...This Froakie...its power far exceeds its evolutionary level...and that Torrent is not normal..." Malamar mumbled more to himself. "Your Froakie and that boys Pikachu will be my most powerful subordinates in my conquering of Kalos! And then the world!"

"Like we'll let that happen!" I yelled.

"Froakie!" Froakie nodded as he threw on a new Frubble Hood in the pouring rain only inside this room.

"Okay! Froakie! Use Bubble!"

"Froak! Frooooo..." Froakie leaped into the air and spun rapidly. "KIIIIIIIE!" He stopped spinning and spat what looked like little blue comets at Malamar, hitting it full on with multiple small explotions.

"Yes! Your so strong, Froakie!" I praised him.

"Froak!" He croaked as he full back into the knee deep water with a splach.

"Psycho Cut!" Both me and Froakie narrowly avoided the the surprise attack.

"Use Lick, Froakie!"

"Froakie!" He whipped Malamar with his tongue multiple times.

"You! Psychic!" Froakie glowed a different blue once again, but this time he was slammed into the ground!

"Oh no!" I gasped as Froakie's limp body was thrown into the wall, as the dust clared Froakie was struggling to even pick himself up.

"Psycho Cut!" Malamar threw another crescent wave at Froakie!

"FROAKIIIIE!" I completely acted on impulse.

Without thinking I ran in front of froakie and spread my arms wide.

I took the Psycho Cut head on, it really felt like I was being cut in half.

"FROAKIE!" Froakie shouted in shock.

Black dots were dancing in front of my arms as I swayed too and fro from the damage., "Are you okay...Froakie?" I asked as I collapsed into the cool water.

"Froakie! Froakie Fro Froakie!" Froakie's voice sounded so distant as I thought I felt him shake me.

"What a foolish move." Malmar's evil voice rang loud and clear in my head. "Protecting others is a fatal weakness! You will fall and your Froakie shall becopme mine!"

Those words actually snapped my mind back into reality, my vision cleared as I shakily picked myself up. "Froak..." froakie croaked worriedly.

"...Your wrong, Malamar..." I huffed.

"Hm?" He raised a non-existent eyebrow at me.

I looked at him. "We...are fighting not just for ourselves...but for each other! To protect those we care about! Ash! Pikachu! Serena! Bonnie! Dedenne! Clemont! Natalie! Nightrise!...And if you take over the world, others will be endangered. Mum, Alexa, Viola, Joanne, Joshua, Leon, Soul, Victor, everyone!" I stood tall and looked him in the eyes. "Fighting for others gives you strength! And you will NEVER understand that Malamar! Because of your selfish desires!"

Malamar just stared at me with a dropped beak. "...You think helping others makes you STRONG!? What an idiotic idea! The only way you can thrive in this world is to become strong and go on your own so that other weaklings don't hold you back! I shall show you how the world works now!"

This battle was now a clash of ideals, on whether friendship helps you become stronger or drags you down. And to protect the people we cared about...and to restore our injured pride from four years ago!

"Froakie! Use Quick Attack!"

"FrooooooooaKIIIIIIE!" Before Malamar could react Froakie slammed into Malamar full force.

"Glarck!" Malamar shouted in shock as he was thrown back into the wall.

"...Froakie." Froakie turned to me with a grin.

I smiled back. "Alright! Let's finish this Froakie! USE WATER PULSE!"

"Froakie!" Froakie generated two Water Pulse's as big as himself in each palm. "FROOOOOOOOOOOAKIIIIIIIIIIIIE!" Froakie combined the Water Pulse's above his head, twice as big as himself, then using all of his strength, he threw the Water Pulse across the water.

"N...NOOOOOO!" Malamar screamed as the attack hit him full on, completely obliterating the wall in a giant tidal wave.

And through the smoke, me and Froakie could clearly see...that Malamar had swirled eyes.

"...Fro...FroakieFro!" Froakie turned to me with a massive smile as his watery aura disappeared and it stopped raining.

My mouth turned up into a giant smile as well. "Froakie you did it!" I knelt down and hugged him. "Thank you Froakie...you...you are the greatest partner I could ever ask for!"

"Froakie!" He agreed.

"You..."

We whipped our heads towards a completely battered Malamar, barely floating in the air. I then realised that the roof was beginning to come down from Froakie's final attack! "How...DARE you!? I...will rule the world!...I cannot lose to you!"

"Face it, Malamar! You lose!" "Froak!" We yelled at him.

Malamar glared at me. "Lose? I think not...Elliot...like I stated, I have a much grander plan. And soon you, and the whole Kalos region, will see the power of it!" And without warning he flew out of a hole in the roof!

"Malamar! Come back here!" I yelled.

Then the door opened and everyone ran in. "Elliot! Froakie" Ash yelled.

"Where is Malamar?" Officer Jenny yelled.

"He's getting away! We have to go after him!" UI yelled, I tried to climb on the rubble but I felt Officer Jenny grab me from behind. "Let me go!"

"It's too dangerous! We have to get out of here now!" She told me as she threw me on top of a Scolipede, I noticed a lot of other pokemon as well, they must've been the pokemon patrol when they were controlled.

We all narrowly escaped the building as it came crumbling down. The Scolipede let me down as we looked to the sky to see Malamar's retreating figure.

"He got away..." Clemont sighed.

"In the police department, Malamar is known as the Terrible pokemon." Officer Jenny told us.

"Malamar...a Terrible pokemon..." Ssh said.

Ma and Froakie stared at Malamar's fading form...and then glared as one last message resounded in our heads.

"When we next meet...you will bow before me, Elliot..."

Next Time: The gang arrive at the Battle Chateu for battles galore! There they meet a boy with a Braixen, a guy obsessed with rock climbing, and Elliot's sister Viola! Who will win? Who will lose? Who cares? As long as we see some great battles!

This, THIS episode is the one I've been waiting to do! And now it's for your viewing pleasure! Talking about viewing, I've FINALLY fixed up my settings so that I can have other guest reviews as well! Yaaay!

So, here's my question for this chapter: What did you think of the battle between Froakie and Malamar, and their past with each other?

So now, I move on to write the next chapter! The OTHER one I've been waiting to do!