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Victory High is under attack? Let's find out…
Neutral P.O.V
At the other end of the Hyper Beam that was fired on Tyler's classroom, a Garbodor is happy. Then, another explosion ensues in the student council room at the third floor. To make things worse, Garbodor's trainer calls it back from a distance and jumps in the school yard before shouting the following words in a talkie-talkie: "Men! Commence the attack!"
And thus, the invasion began…
Meanwhile, in Tyler's classroom, the Special teacher's Alakazam used Protect and it protected the students from harm. But the class itself was blown away and a big fissure was visible from the outside that extended from the first floor to the ground floor. As for Tyler and Skyna, they fell through the cracks from the attack and must be at the ground floor. The students are starting to lose their cool.
"Everyone, keep calm, I'm here!"
Brock, Whitney and Cheren take a peek through the broken floor.
"Stay with me! I can't protect you if you go this far from the Protect barrier!"
"It's okay. We can't stay on the defensive like this, anyway." Brock replies.
"No! It's too dangerous for a kid!" The teacher screams.
"I'm still A class. I'll be alright. I'll go and see if Tyler is alright."
"I'm coming with you." Whitney declares.
"No. I want you and Cheren to go and check the other classes. And to measure the extent of damage and the nature of the situation. We need to know exactly what's going on." Brock says before preparing to jump down.
"No! Come back here!" The teacher shouts.
But Brock pays him no heed and jumps down. Whitney and Cheren then head for the corridor.
(Dammit! I can't chase after them while I'm protecting everyone!)
"Um, sir?" Bianca says behind him.
"?"
"Another student went out of the class while you were talking with them."
…
During Brock's planning, on the ground floor, Skyna is slowly opening her eyes.
She finds herself wrapped inside Tyler's arms. His face is a few centimeters from hers. Luxray was used to cushion the fall with its powerful muscles. Skyna reflexively wrapped her own arms around Tyler during the fall.
"… W-what's going on?! Let go, pervert!"
"Stop squirming! We don't have time for this!"
"A-anyway, I could've stopped my own fall with Altaria's wings!"
"Well, my body just… Moved on its own." Tyler says before letting go of her.
"… I-idiot…" Skyna stays quiet and blushes.
He takes her hand and drags her away.
"Come on, let's go! We have to get to the bottom of this!"
"N-not so fast, idiot!"
They then went through the cracks towards the playground.
A few seconds later, a big form landed from the place the two fell from.
A Rhyperior lands with noise with a young man, standing on its shoulders, arms crossed. Brock gets down from the Ground Type and calls it back.
"Good job Rhyperior."
Brock looks around a few seconds.
"They went that way."
He follows the two through the big wall crack.
…
As Cheren walks along with Whitney, he mutters.
"What a big bother."
"We need to find out what's happening. But how? We have no idea who is attacking us, their objective, their numbers or even if they're attacking us at all!"
Cheren stops by a window.
"Looks like we'll find out soon enough."
"?"
Curious, Whitney peeks at the window.
"But I already know that that it IS an attack."
"!"
They both react to the horror they are seeing from the window showing the school yard.
"I can tell it's going to be a real bother…"
…
Hundreds. Hundreds and hundreds of guys in thug clothes are assaulting the school. They broke down the front grid and are now using their Pokémon to wreak havoc inside the school. Normally, the schools security cameras would have seen the thug activity before they attack and an alarm would have rang because of the commotion. But because of the power outage, it could not happen. A whole school of Golbat is using their Air Cutter attacks to break constructions. A few students, all years and ranks altogether, are currently trying to repel them. However, they won't last another moment. But then, reinforcements came. A powerful Thunderbolt attack did short work of the Golbat group before shocking one of the thugs nearby. A Stone Edge move blew away the Poochyena group and a Dragon Pulse smote down most of the Koffing floating in the area.
"Mad Skills! That's my Luxray!"
"… Be careful, Rhyperior. More are coming."
"Come on, Altaria, let's show them. As class rep, I won't tolerate that bastards mess with my school and get away with it."
Finally, this holy trinity has shown up.
But lending a hand isn't going to help much if the whole problem isn't settled at its source. Tyler takes the shocked thug by the collar.
"Where are you bastards from?"
"R-rock Academy." He says before collapsing.
(Those thug losers are trying to wreck our school? Why?)
Having heard it too, the two others frown.
"If only I could talk to the student council president, we could come up with a countermeasure. Especially when almost an entire school is attacking us. The principal sure took a fine time to be absent from the school premises!"
"The student council room is at the third floor. We have to take the stairs over there!" Skyna says.
"Let's go!" Brock shouts.
But then a Gust of unknown origin blows away the part of the building where the stairs were supposed to be.
"THOSE BASTARDS!" Tyler yells.
"No problem, just use the flight of my Altaria to get there." Skyna suggests.
But suddenly, another unknown Gust knocks Altaria down.
"We're afraid we can't let you do that." A voice says.
It was him. That guy. The one that was sent to retrieve Ernest that fateful night. It's Falkner from Elysium.
"Y-you!" Tyler rages.
"Missed me?" He smiles.
"What is Elysium doing here?"
"Can't you see? This attack is under Elysium's command. Using the entire Rock Academy and the spies we have at our disposal."
"Why?"
"Why?" Falkner asks, surprised. "Did you think you could freely mock Elysium with impunity?"
"You dumbass! This is a criminal act!"
"You have no proof! Rock Academy are the known culprits after all. Seeing me doesn't matter since this is the end for you and your school."
"We'll see." Tyler says before reaching for a Poké Ball.
"TYLER!" a voice shouts.
It's Whitney from a nearby window.
"Whitney?"
"There is a small bridge that links the old building to the third floor of the school! You can go from there!"
(How does she know that? Well, no time to think about that, I can get there and end this shit!)
"Thanks, I'll be going!"
"Do you think I'll let you? You're not going anywhere!" Falkner shouts while sending out his Pidgeot.
He narrowly avoids a hail of Stone Edge. Brock blocks his path.
"We'll handle this. You keep going!" Brock shouts.
"Janine! I need some help over here!"
The young female ninja gets out of hiding.
"Don't you guys think you're a little out of your league?" She says with a scornful look on her face.
"Pelipper, fly away!" A Pelipper comes out. "If you think we're outmatched this time, you got another think coming!" Skyna says with a glare.
Tyler then runs towards the old building and sees Cheren who jumped out from the first floor.
"Cheren!"
"Let me accompany you. You might need help. Let's nip in the bud this bother of an attack together."
"With pleasure."
They run to the old building.
But it's just to find Roxie, dangling on top of the building entrance door.
"OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH! Tyler! I missed YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU! Too bad I can't let you past here. Ever."
"It's that insane sow again." Cheren says, irritated.
"She can't beat us anyway, Cheren. Let's just get past her. When the president helps us, this attack is pretty much over."
"… …"
Roxie's face shows the expression of having heard the most ridiculous thing ever.
"KYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAAAAAAA!"
Cheren and Tyler put themselves on guard.
"How do you think we managed to get in so easily? Why do you think security was disabled just BEFORE the attack was carried out?"
"…"
"What are you trying to say?"
"Did you really think that I was the only spy? Elysium needed someone with authority too!"
"… You don't mean?"
Roxie smiles sadistically.
…
The two guys were on the roof. After the surge of energy from each of them opening their Balls, the student council room was blown to smithereens.
The vice president's Nidoking was breathing hard just like the opposing Armaldo of the president.
"Hah hah hah. I had doubts all along! But I was hoping it wouldn't come to this." The tired vice president says.
"…"
"Why! Why did you betray us?! I respected you; we brought this school on a new level, you and me! Why in the world would you do something like this?! Are you insane?! What is your problem?!" Connor now has tears welling up in his eyes.
"…"
"Answer me already, Carl!"
"SHUT UP, YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" Carl yells.
"!"
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW?! I NEVER GAVE A SHIT ABOUT THIS DUMP! I WASTED ALMOST THREE YEARS IN THIS SHITHOLE!"
Connor is taken aback by these words.
"… I can't believe what I'm hearing."
"I don't care about what you think of that. BUT IT'S THE FUCKING TRUTH! THE ONLY REASON I WENT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE IS BECAUSE I WAS REFUSED TO ENTER THE SCHOOL OF MY DREAMS!" He yells before calming down. He keeps going with a broken voice. "I… Wanted to enter Elysium… But I was refused… Too weak, they said… But during the third year tournament… It's been rectified. They said that if I somehow messed up my game before the tournament, they would let me in Elysium. I only care about my dream, and not for this second rate school."
"So… The traitor was you?"
"Just who do you think would be able to sneak Roxie in the school? Or have the authority to disable the security for that matter, not to mention easily cause a power outage?"
"But why did you challenge Tyler?"
"He tainted the reputation of the school of my dream! So I put that snot in his place!"
"… I thought you and I were friends."
"I never once regarded you as a friend." Carl replies bluntly.
"… Then nothing else needs to be said."
"… Let's put an end to this."
And so, the fight resumed…
…
Cheren and Tyler couldn't believe what Roxie was saying. The student council president, Carl Johnson, was a traitor.
"That bastard!" Tyler says.
"…"
"You realize now? You never had hope since the beginning!"
"… I'll stop him then. I'm going to the roof."
"Whoa. Not so fast! Now then Tyler, let's enjoy our little reunion. It will be a very painful reunion. I WILL GET BACK AT YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TO ME LAST TIME! I'LL FUCKING TROUNCE YOU AND RAPE YOU WHILE YOU DIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEE!"
The vengeful girl reaches for a Poké Ball and dives straight for Tyler. But nothing happens. Because a Hydro Pump grazes her and she falls to the ground nearby. The sender is an Azumarill. And by its side stands… Jimmy Donald.
"? Jimmy? What are you?"
"… Let's say that she is not the only one that wants payback." He mutters.
"…"
"I came here when I saw you guys by a window. Boris and Daniel went in the school yard to help fend off the thugs."
"I see."
"Go now, Tyler! I'll take care of her."
"Don't be foolish! Remember what happened last time?"
"It's a chance I have to take. I still don't get the whole situation, but knowing you, I bet it has to do with getting past here. You'll just waste time if she blocks your path. I'll make it through somehow. Now go!"
"But…"
Cheren grabs Tyler's arms.
"Let's respect his wishes. We have to go now."
Tyler stays quiet for a few seconds, then finally talks.
"Very well. Let's go Cheren."
They run inside the building and close the entrance door.
"There's no telling what she'll do to you if you lose! Good luck!" Tyler shouts behind the door.
Jimmy smiles.
"Leave it to me."
He now turns to Roxie.
"So… It's just you and me now."
Roxie gets up. She looks at Jimmy with a coldness that would make one think she's looking at dirt. However, that cold look is full of a frightening hostility. Yet Jimmy stays unfazed and adjusts his glasses.
"… So a C class trash like you wants to get in the way? You must have a death wish. DON'T GET IN THE WAY WITH MY PLAYING WITH TYLER YOU LITTLE SHIT! I'LL POISON YOU BEYOND SALVATIOOOOOOOOONNNN! WHEN I'M FINISHED WITH YOU I WILL CRUSH THEM TOOOOOOOOOO!"
"I'm afraid you won't get any farther. Because I will have you lose to me. End of story." He says, still calm.
"…"
"…"
Roxie then sends Azumarill's opponent.
And that's it for this week. On a separate note, I published this chapter earlier than usual because I will be busy this week-end with a certain Pokémon game. If you liked, reviews and impressions are welcome. See you next week… Maybe… (For Jimmy vs Roxie, yeah!)