A Round of Victor
This is not going to be as exciting as Jin thinks, but it will be a lot of fun. His scyther is not as strong as Zantetsu, but he's not much faster, either. The scyther tries to dash behind Zantetsu and strike his wings to limit his mobility, but Zantetsu turns just enough to make the scyther miss and retaliates with a Metal Claw. And I don't even have to say anything.
What the hell is this? Are you kidding me? Jin's joining the fight?
Just after his scyther missed, Jin ran in for a strike against Zantetsu. Luckily, Zantetsu's reflexes are determined by mine, so he dodges those short swords anyway, but now it's a two-on-one fight. I know Zantetsu can handle it, especially with me as his trainer, but I'll feel better if I even the odds a little. I call out Liberty and signal for him to go beat the crap out of Jin directly. We'll see what kind of fighter he is when he has to face someone whose skin is even tougher than his swords.
Liberty's resisting me, though. He can see that jolteon over there fighting with Elden. Liberty wants to get a piece of the first creature that even knocked him out before the mutant machamp can kill it.
"Yeah, fine," I say. I can sense Liberty's excitement as he hovers off to battle the jolteon. He's going to make it tougher for me, but I'm certainly capable of splitting my attention three ways… because I still have one other Pokémon with me, and it doesn't matter what the odds are against him.
"Come on out, Palidor."
Little out there brings with the sheer power of a fully grown lugia, and no lugia is feared more than one controlled by my power. I guess Dad is fortunate that he built this dome to be so large. Palidor takes up more space than everyone else in this room put together. He'll probably break some things when he starts flying around. Oh well; such is life.
Jin doesn't look happy to see Palidor, which is really too bad because I know Palidor is thrilled at the opportunity of battling some of Jin's Pokémon. It's almost a shame he doesn't have that ho-oh. That would make a pretty fun battle. But Palidor versus a scyther and a human who thinks he's as strong as a Pokémon can also be fun.
"Musashi! Agility!" Jin is trying to make his scyther faster than a lugia? How ludicrous. Even if that bug manages to move faster than Palidor, where's he going to go in this room that Palidor can't track him? And judging from Jin's hands, he wasn't listening to anything Dad told him about the free use of aura energy. If I recall correctly, he's using the "ram" seal. I can see the flow of aura in his body flowing to his legs. No doubt to make up for that limp in his leg.
Hmm… I almost forgot that he limps. Maybe that's a good place to strike.
I start strong with a Whirlwind. With the power in those wings, it's like hurricane-force winds shoving into everything. It aptly does what I wanted—pushing Jin and Musashi across the room—but the crosswind also shoves me backward into the examination table. Now my back hurts from where I nearly bent in half over the table. Maybe I didn't think that one all the way through. At least Jin and his scyther look just as stressed, so it wasn't a total loss.
Maybe I should follow up with Hydro Pump and flood the room. Nah. Dad would hate that. He says the water attacks ruin the equipment. Maybe just a Psychic attack.
Rats! I guess I hadn't counted on that jolteon's speed being such an issue in here. And as a jolteon, he keeps drawing electrical energy away from the machines. Every time he appears to be running low on power, he just takes more and uses it against me. Elden has got to stop throwing that jolteon toward the machines. Gyro Ball provides a good defense, with the rapid spinning helping to disperse the electrical energy before it can do too much damage, but I can't seem to hit him because that jolteon is too fast. How does this jolteon know what to do all the time? It's just an electric fox; its intelligence is severely limited!
The steel exoskeleton protected me from any real damage during that Whirlwind. That means I can get the drop on that scyther with an Iron Head attack. One of those to the chest ought to inflict a good bit of damage. Damn it! He's too fast; he whips himself up and avoids the headbutt, leaving me to smack the wall. Let's see him get away from… He just swung his blade in a single swipe at almost invisible speeds. Was that a False Swipe? Why would he waste my time with that? It didn't hurt with an exoskeleton like mine.
Wait! What's that stance he's doing? A quick thrust to the shoulder, another to the groin, and a third to the face… I feel like I've been hit by a wrecking ball, and all because a scyther hit me with a Brick Break attack. Maybe I should just sit here for a minute.
There's Jin… still climbing to his feet after slamming into the floor. It looks like the aura energy drained from his leg already; he's favoring it even more than usual. That should make him an easy target. Is it enough to kill him with a Psychic, or should I eat him? That would be nice and painful, but those swords would wreak havoc on Palidor's throat. It's decided; with an open mouth and aura energy focused into my throat, Palidor expels a powerful wind tunnel straight at him. An Aeroblast ought to knock him down for good.
"What the hell?" What is that blue thing? It suddenly zipped in front of Jin and put up a Light Screen. Now the Aeroblast just splits when it hits the blue thing and smacks the wall in two places.
Now a green thing seems to fly into the air by expelling aura energy from its feet, then it grips onto Palidor's back and Crunches onto his neck. It's not all that damaging, but it's enough to stun my lugia and cause him stumble. He has to whip his neck around quickly to fling the green thing off, yet the green thing simply flips in the air and lands on its feet with relative ease. It looks like a man-dragon of some sort. And so does that blue thing that protected Jin, although this man-dragon is much smaller.
"It can't be…"
Deborah is standing by the containment units with her hands just inches away from the switch that opens each of the units. She's got a smug look on her face, probably something she learned from Team Rocket, and says, "I found it." She let those four trainers who wanted to kill my dad out of their cells and into the lab. They may not be as powerful as the legendary Pokémon they somewhat resemble, but they still gained a bit of power during the transfusion. And there are four of them, which will make this more difficult.
But then again, I do enjoy a challenge, and there's no way four human freaks can measure up to the power of a lugia.
Now it's time for Hydro Pump, no matter what Dad says. I lock on to Rayquaza-Omar and let him have it. The force of moisture being released from my belly is powerful enough to force even a body as big as his off its feet and pin him to the wall. I follow up by channeling my aura into dragon energy and plowing straight into him with a Dragon Rush. The action jams my neck slightly when I hit Omar and he hits the wall, but that should have killed him.
Ow! Zapdos-Remy actually figured out how to expel that electricity in her body without shocking herself? She's on Palidor's back, but Zantetsu can see her just fine. Those wings of hers aren't big enough for her to fly for extended periods, but she can still make her way into the air, it seems. All she had to do was land on my back and let the natural flow of electrical pressure Discharge the electricity into my flying-type body. The best way to rid myself of that pest is to release the nitrogen gas my body compresses and freeze the room. The temperature in my body drops significantly as soon as I start to release the gas, and that should be enough to hurt Remy and get her off my back.
Oh, great. Now that jolteon has a partner. The Entei-Olivia wants to help him out, and her fire aura is a problem for me. She's not very good at it, but that Fire Spin she's starting can really melt my circuits. I'm a little bit lucky that she's still mostly human, but Liberty is strong enough to resist the fire when he starts spinning. And let's see how Olivia can handle a Flash Cannon; she's not nearly as fast as that jolteon. One good blast knocks her on her quadruped ass. And because the jolteon had to avoid the beam, he set himself up to be struck by a double Cross Chop from Elden. This fight is almost over.
That scyther is still putting up a fight, but I'm stronger. I may not be able to hit him with every attempt, but he hardly does any damage when he hits me. And I'm starting to figure out his attack patterns—it helps that I can see him from multiple angles. He starts fluttering his wings and does an Aerial Ace; that means an Air Slash is next. I just have to time it…
Got him! I caught one of his blades in my claw! Now he can't go anywhere. It's reminiscent of the tournament when Olivia's dragonite caught this scyther's arm and threatened him with a Hyper Beam. But I don't want to risk such a high-power move in such closed quarters. Instead, I'm going to make this scyther look a little more like his trainer with a Slash attack.
The Ice Beam hit Remy head-on. She doesn't freeze, though; she's too close to Olivia's Fire Spin for that to happen. But she's not going to be able to avoid an Aeroblast if she can't move any faster more than a little slow twitching.
Geez! Now that annoying little Latios-Fell is trying to sneak around behind me with Dragon's Rage. How'd he figure out how to use his aura energy so quickly? It's good he's not any stronger yet or his move might be upgraded to a Dragon Pulse, but at least I can see him coming in time to use Light Screen to deflect his attack straight over to his half-rayquaza friend, just in case he's not already dead. A quick change of energy to smack Fell with an Iron Tail gets him out of my way. Now Olivia is open for an Aeroblast to put her down for good.
What everyone here doesn't seem to realize is that I can take complete control of my Pokémon when they battle, but I still have control over myself. That means everything one of them senses, I can sense as if it happened to me. Whatever they see, I see; the same goes the other way. As long as one of us can see the opponent's moves, we will all know how to avoid them. I don't care how good Jin's training was; he can't face the unbridled might of a lugia with four sets of eyes. As a trainer, I am unstoppable.
"Hey, Pokéboy!" I turn my human body to see Jin standing by the doorway. He's still got blood drenching his shirt, but he's acting like it's no big deal. He doesn't even have his swords drawn. He's just holding a purple Master Ball in his hand. Did he find that ho-oh? That won't do much to tip the battle in his favor.
"How far along do you think Zamia's research was when he created you?"
I don't get it. "What does that mean?"
"You have the DNA of three legendary Pokémon inside you," Jin reminds me. "You have since birth. So tell me… Are you more human or Pokémon?"
I grit my teeth and growl at him. This is no time for stupid philosophical quandaries! Doesn't he realize his life is at stake here?
"I am both!" I cry out.
"We'll find out," he mutters. Then he hurls the Master Ball straight at me. Why? It doesn't matter where the ball opens for it to release the Pokémon inside. I could understand throwing the ball if he's standing on top of a platform and he wants to summon his ho-oh across the field, but why throw it when it's only going to open twelve yards away? The Master Ball lands near my feet and just sits there for a second before it finally opens.
And suddenly my entire body feels like it's being sucked through a vacuum. Thousands of particles in my legs at a time disappear beneath me as they are drawn electromagnetically toward the low-pressure system within the Master Ball. It doesn't hurt, exactly; it feels like standing next to an open airplane door and sticking my body through one limb at a time.
Then everything goes red.
I can't fall for this. I want my freedom! I try to rebel and start channeling my aura in every way I can think of to short circuit the Master Ball and alter the air pressure, but it exhausts me greatly, and the Master Ball seems to push back even harder than I can.
And all of a sudden, I can't muster any more aura energy. I hear a "click" that signifies the locking mechanism outside the ball, and I'm stuck here, powerless to fight back anymore. It's not an unpleasant feeling, though. I actually feel pretty relaxed, and I think the energy is actually relieving some of my previous pain.
Unfortunately, the last thing I can remember is that look of satisfaction on Jin's face. Oh, how I'd love just one more chance to smack it off of him. Just wait…
How many of you saw that coming?
This was both a lot of fun and the most difficult chapter yet. Have you ever tried to write a first-person view of someone who takes four simultaneous perspectives?
In my mind, this scene is chaotic and last maybe six minutes. But if you think it's too short, give it the anime treatment: Add a lot of pauses, staring at each other, repeating the same battle strategies, and rearrange the paragraphs to have only one battle happen at a time (I guess everyone else just stands back and watches).
Unless I'm mistaken, there are three chapters left in this story. My plan for the moment is to conclude the story from Jin's perspective and maybe add some one-shots later that fill in the little gaps from everyone else's perspectives. Anyone vehemently opposed to that idea?
Credits:
Emily....sunshine5991
Anfernee....watts63
Lady Sunday....Happy2BMe
Fell....Happy2BMe
Shawn....Jack Krieg and James Crusade
Jess....Imagination Domination
Everyone else....YamiRuss