AN: Hello all!
T: Can we talk about the Special Division Elites yet?
P: Trix, Shadow'll get to those eventually. After all, they might be crucial to the plot later.
T: All the more reason to talk about them now.
SV: Guys, calm down. You'll meet all of them later. For now, enjoy this chapter.
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Chapter 45.
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I watched as Spark flew towards the robot with Zephyr, grinning inwardly at her actions. She could be too dangerous sometimes.
"Right team." Bella instructed. "Start firing attacks at the robot. We need to distract it." Our Pokemon nodded, and started using their long range attacks against it. I grabbed my Pokedex, and Ash did the same as we swapped out the baby Pokemon we had obtained on the boat for the two Clefairy. Their Pokeballs arrived a moment later, and we brought them into the party too.
'Woah!' Lunar said, looking around us. 'What's happening?'
"To cut a long story short, the Dragonite is a robot, the people piloting it are in Team Rocket, and they stole an egg that's very important to us. Spark and Zephyr have gone to get it back, and we need to distract it so they don't get attacked." I quickly explained.
'Oh. Ok then.' Star shrugged. 'What's with the Tentacruel?'
"Not sure. It just arrived after an explosion wrecked an island." Star looked worried, and I rushed to reassure her. "Don't worry, no one was on there."
"Can you two help attack the robot?" Ash asked. They nodded, and joined the group of Pokemon that were causing a distraction. Ash looked at me. "So what now?"
"Now we wait." I answered. "And hope those two do ok."
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*Spark's POV.*
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"Hold on tight Spark, the rides about to get a little bumpy." Zephyr warned me. He had to suddenly turn right to dodge a Thunderbolt from the ground, most likely from Ash's Pikachu.
"They need to work on their aim." I muttered, adjusting myself to stay on his back.
"Maybe Alex can set up a target range in one of her worlds." Zephyr suggested.
"Except that Ash still doesn't know." I replied.
"Good point." He said, then sharply turned upwards, causing a Sludge Wave to fly underneath us. "I'll try and keep the ride smooth when we have the egg back. Try and hold it still." He swooped near the Dragonite.
"Aim for the left eye." I said. "That's the one I managed to shatter."
"You're on it Cap!" He cawed. I prepared a Quick Attack, ready to dive through the window the second we got close enough. He swooped past the eye a few times, letting me get a sense for the inside before I made the jump. "Off you go Sparky!" I jumped into the air, falling for a fraction of a second before using Quick Attack to dash through the window. I bashed into something, and it took me a moment to realise that it was the green haired guy that had looked like James when I had landed to smash the window. I didn't even bother to look round at the inside anymore than I already had done and let loose a Thunderbolt. The two in here fell to the floor, and I looked frantically for the egg. I spotted it in the corner, in a small cage. I would have let loose another bolt of lightning in my anger at the egg being put in a cage, but I knew I needed to hurry and get out. I ran over and used Iron Tail to destroy the cage, and pulled the egg out of it. I carefully wobbled over to the eye again, being very careful not to drop the egg. I swept my gaze across the sky, looking for Zephyr. I saw him a while away, using Air Cutter to distract the Tentacruel.
"Zephyr!" I called. "Time to go!" He turned, flying over to the eye and landing on the rim. I carefully climbed onto his back again.
"Hold tight." He warned me.
"Just go!" I rolled my eyes. He lept off and dove, heading back to Alex and the group. Zephyr kept readjusting the descent, trying to make sure that he didn't knock me and the egg off. We didn't bother to keep an eye on our surroundings, just focusing on getting the egg to safety. Which proved to be a bad idea around ten seconds later.
'Guys, look out!' Alex shouted to us both telepathically. Zephyr instantly started rolling left, and and another Sludge Wave went underneath us. I started slipping slightly, and struggled to move further along so as not to fall to the floor. Zephyr must have remembered that he had a passenger, and quickly straightened out again.
"Sorry bud. I had to move quickly so we didn't get knocked out of the sky."
"That's fine. Don't stress too much about it." I replied, settling back onto his back.
'Don't settle down too soon.' Alex came in again. 'The Tentacruel looks really mad, I recommend… watch out!' Zephyr started moving again, but the giant Pokemon must have foreseen that, because an attack hit Zephyr directly, knocking both of us out of the sky, and separating the egg from me. I started preparing a Quick Attack to get over to the egg, but the Tentacruel hit me too, causing me to black out.
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*Alex's POV.*
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I saw that Zephyr was hit by the attack, and three of us burst into action.
"Grace, catch Spark with Psychic!"
"Sukima, fly up and stop Zephyr!"
"Tele, grab the egg!"
'On it!' The Pokemon chorused. Grace glowed a vibrant pink, which surrounded Spark and slowed her descent. Sukima lept into the air, and flew with significant speed towards the knocked out bird. Tele looked a little unsure as he was surrounded in a blueish aura, using Confusion.
'Don't worry. I'll help out with grabbing it.' I told him.
'Thanks. I wasn't sure I'd be able to get it.' He replied. My eyes glowed a very small pink colour as I activated my own Psychic, and joined in Tele's attempt to catch the egg and stop its descent. Sukima dropped down next to us with Zephyr, and went over to leave him next to Leo.
"Thank you Sukima." He said to her, returning Zephyr to his Pokeball and reattaching it to his belt.
'No problem.' She said, walking over to Grace, who was still floating Spark down from to air. 'Keep her still, I'll grab her.' Grace didn't have the time to reply before Sukima jumped back into the air. I focused on the egg, which was glowing a faint blue, and caught it as well. I carefully pulled it back towards us, and could tell that Tele was too. Sukima landed next to us again, and put Spark down next to me. She didn't talk to me before she took off again, heading towards the robot again to try and destroy it. As the egg got closer, I stopped using my own Psychic, relying on Tele to hold it, and reached out to grab it. I felt the Confusion weaken, and quickly took it from the air.
'Ok Tele, I've got it now.' The very vague blue outline vanished completely, and the full weight of the egg was dropped onto me. I immediately handed it over to the twin Lugia. "Go, take the egg back to the house. We can handle this from here." They nodded, and Lillian took the egg from me and held it carefully. "Tele, Jade!" I called over my shoulder. The two Pokemon floated over to me. "Go with them and help keep the egg safe."
'Ok.' Jade said, fluttering over to Lillian and landing on her head. Tele floated over, still a little tired from catching the egg, even though I had helped.
"Thanks guys." I said to them. "Now go!" They nodded, and sprinted towards the house, with the small Pokemon behind them. I turned away from the four, bringing my attention back to the huge battle in front of us.
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Chapter 46.
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*Lillian's POV.*
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I ran with the egg, Lucas on my left and Tele floating on my right. Jade was sitting on my head, looking around for any attacks. Luckily for us, none of the Pokemon had attacked us yet, leaving us free to keep running.
'Why do you think they were after the egg?' I asked my brother telepathically, as I had no breath from running.
'Your guess is as good as mine.' He replied. 'Though didn't the three from Team Rocket say they were Elites? Maybe they were ordered to get the egg?'
'If so, how did they know about the egg?' I retorted. 'None of our friends would have said anything, after all.'
'Remember, Umiko said about an egg that looked like ours. Maybe that Team Rocket Agent that captured her was the one that brought this egg over.'
'You think it's the same one?'
'Could be. It's impossible to know for sure.' He said, looking at me. 'You still good to keep running?'
'I'll be ok. We just need to get there.' He nodded. I felt the small weight move off my head, and a gust of wind flew to our right. I looked over and saw two Tentacool be blown into the water.
'Good save Jade. I missed that one.' Tele said as the Butterfree settled back onto my head.
"You're really powerful Jade." I praised her. "It's clear Alex did a good job training you."
'Thank you.' She said. Her tone changed quickly. 'Tele, watch out!' The Abra teleported forwards, causing a Poison Sting to barely miss him. Jade flew from my head again as another four Tentacool climbed up. 'You guys keep going, I'll get rid of these.' Tele floated back, and used Confusion to knock them away.
'No. You keep going. I can hold these off for a bit.' He said stubbornly. 'You're more powerful than me, so you'll be better to keep with these two and look after the egg.' Jade stared at him, then shook her head.
'Fine, I'll go. You'll keep being stubborn if I don't leave, so I'll go.' She fluttered over to me, taking Tele's spot to my right, before looking back. 'Good luck my friend.' He nodded, and started fighting off the Tentacool with Confusion. I smiled slightly at his determination to fight. Alex was really good with training her Pokemon. Though, I assume she had assistance from the rest of the group. Maybe not Ash, considering that he still wasn't aware of the existence of hybrids, but I'm sure that the others would be helping at every moment they could. I shook my head and started running again, hoping to outrun them and get back to the house.
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It was only a few minutes before Tele joined us, having knocked out the Tentacool that had attacked us.
"Are you still ok?"
'Yeah, I'm fine. They were a bit of an annoyance to take out, but it's nothing I couldn't handle.' He said. I glanced at his aura, careful not to slip while running. It was flickering slightly, showing that he was getting tired.
"Don't stress yourself too much." I said. "We'll need your help to get back."
'I'll be fine, don't worry about me.' He said. He glowed blue again as he used Confusion, and Jade went a fairly bright pink colour. Something exploded behind us, and I turned, seeing that Poison Stings were heading through the smoke cloud. Lucas reacted quickly, using Psychic to create a thick shield in front of us all. The poison attacks bounced off, not even scratching the shield. Jade flew off my head, and used Silver Wind to blow away the smoke from the attacks, as well as damaging whatever Pokemon were there. As the smoke cleared, a few Tentacool were sent flying back from the attack, but two Tentacruel were left standing. They launched themselves at us, one heading towards the two Pokemon while the other headed for me. I turned around, holding the egg near me so it wasn't damaged, and saw a thick blue cloud surround me. A thud showed that the Tentacruel had bounced off, and the cloud disappeared.
"You ok sis?" Lucas asked, the bright blue in his eyes dieing down.
"Yeah." I said, shifting my hold on the egg. "What about those two?" I looked at the two Pokemon, who were now fighting both of the Tentacruel. Tele was using Confusion to block the attacks from hitting him and Jade while she did most of the fighting. I smiled, seeing that they worked well in a team together. But that sight of the two was off cut pretty badly. While Tele was focused on blocking an attack from one, Jade was hit by a Poison Sting by the other. Tele growled slightly.
'Don't hit a lady while her guard is down!' He shouted, moving the focus of his Confusion onto the Tentacruel. 'Take this!' He smashed them together repeatedly, and as Jade started getting up, he glowed a bright white. The blue aura holding the Pokemon got stronger, and by the time the white light faded, a Kadabra had taken his place. He threw the Poison types away, and they hit a building. Tele released his hold on them and walked to us. 'Are you ok Jade?'
'Yeah.' She said, fluttering up and into my arms and sitting on top of the egg. Unfortunately, we all had our guards down, and while Lucas was looking at Jade, a Tentacruel launched itself at us. It let out a cry, but by the time we turned it was too late to put up a Psychic shield to stop it. I closed my eyes, instinctively curling around the egg to try and keep it safe.
"Serperior, Leaf Tornado, quickly!" My eyes shot open as a familiar voice gave a command, and a small grass attack hit the Tentacruel into a building and knocked it out in one. Rosa ran over to us as the Serperior settled into a defensive position around us. "Are you four ok?"
"Yeah." Lucas said, recovering from the surprise the quickest. "We're all fine."
"Good." Rosa looked critically at the two Pokemon. "I didn't know that you had a Butterfree and Kadabra on your active team."
"We don't." He replied. "These two are from Alex. She had them come and be extra defense so we could bring back the egg."
"I didn't know you still had a team Rosa." I said, looking fleetingly at Serperior.
"I still have my entire Unova team. I just don't really use them any more. I stopped battling when I came over here. I didn't like the publicity."
'Unfortunately.' Serperior said. 'We all liked battling.' Lucas translated what he had said, and Rosa smiled.
"I'm sorry. But I'd rather not be followed by cameras constantly. I know the rest of you feel the same."
"Yeah." I replied. "If the world knew about the half and halfers, I don't think anyone who could understand Pokemon would ever be left alone. Whether they were hybrids or not." Half and halfers was another term for hybrids, mostly used before that first war. It was changed to hybrids after, though I couldn't say why. My thoughts drifted to Alex and Bella down near the beach. They lived quite close to the Grand Library back home, and had read through most of it together. I made a mental note to ask them.
"Right. Serperior, can you head down to the beach and collect them. Those two won't be fighting for much longer." Rosa instructed. The grass snake slipped away.
"How can you tell?" Lucas asked.
"Because you'll be able to beat them both. Head up and use an Aeroblast to get rid of them." Lucas looked worriedly at me, then nodded, heading towards the beach to transform and attack. "Lil, come on. We should get the egg back to the house." I nodded, a little worried about my brother revealing himself. Rosa went to her belt, taking another Pokeball. "Stoutland, I'll need your help." She said. Jade fluttered to my head, and Tele took to the opposite side of me, leaving Stoutland and Rosa on one side. "Come on, it's time to go." We took off to the house.
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*Alex's POV.*
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I looked over the Tentacruel, checking its condition. I glanced at the robot too, and saw it had taken much more damage than the giant Pokemon. Either way, both would be down soon, so I focused my effort on the Tentacruel, slowly making my way over to Leo.
"Leo, I have a very dumb idea. Wanna try it?" I asked quietly once I got to his side.
"Probably not. What is it?"
"Get to a roof and throw a Judgement at them. Psychic for the Tentacruel, and maybe fire for the robot."
"What a horrible plan. I'm in." He grinned. I smirked back, and teleported us both to a roof near the fighting giants. "Ready?"
"I'll get the robot." I said, reaching for the plates on my chain. I touched the fire on, focusing as I formed a glowing red orb in the palm of my hand. I slid a glance at my twin, who had a bright pink orb floating there. Once it was big enough, I threw it, guiding it with Psychic to its target.
"And boom." The two of us said. Leo took the teleport this time, putting us back where we had disappeared from. The orbs lit up, then exploded into more tiny orbs, which flew right into the fight and exploded again. An orange beam then sparked between them, firing upwards before splitting off and hitting them again. The Tentacruel was knocked out, and glowed a mild pink before vanishing, but the Dragonite exploded, sending two people flying out.
"Lots of explosions today, huh?" Crystal chuckled, standing next to me. "You should probably have said before you chucked a mini bomb of Arceus at them, but it worked so oh well."
"We should head to the house." Bella said, appearing next to Crystal. "Just to keep an eye on the egg."
"Sure." Ash said, surprisingly mature for once. Though, compared to Amy, he's great. Bella lead the way, with Amy and Crystal next to her. Ash stayed next to me, and Leo walked to his other side. I saw a small blue glow cover his eyes, almost transparent.
'I'm sure you don't need to keep a scan.' George laughed in our heads. 'I'm just above you, so I'll mention any danger.'
'Sure thing.' I replied.
'I'll meet you all back at the house.' Lucas said, flying over us. 'By the way, thanks for the help.'
'No problem. How's the egg?'
'Seemed fine when I left. Lil thinks it'll hatch soon, so we should hurry a little.' The five of us that could hear him let a small grin spread, and we picked up the pace slightly, ready to get back to the house on the hill.
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AN: Things were done today!
P: And the egg is going to hatch soon, right?
SV: I'll do it next chapter, along with a very special challenge.
T: Ooooo! What is it?
P: I want to know too, but I guess we'll have to wait until next time.
SV: That's right Pix. Anyway, I'll get everyone moving on soon, we've spent too much time in this city already. Oh, and the Tentacool and Tentacruel got rid of Nastina and Brutella. See everyone later!