Chapter 2
Warning: Contains blood.Black Jack and Damien stood a distance away from each other on one of the cliffs of Mt. Frostbite. "What do you want with me this time, Tusk?" Black Jack asked darkly.
"Why ask questions when you already know the answer?" Damien asked back in response.
"If you lay one finger on any of my relatives…" Black Jack snarled.
"Who said that I wanted your relatives?" Damien replied smugly. "I want you and only you."
"Why are you so interested in me?"
"Don't you remember? You have high intention and desire to physically and emotionally hurt others in any way, Black Jack… or shall I call you Joseph?"
Black Jack became confused. "Who? What are you talking about? I'm not Joseph," he said.
"I guess you don't remember," Damien said smugly. "Let's just say that it's something to do with the past."
Black Jack's eyes narrowed in suspicion, thinking that it might some sort of trap. "I have no idea what you're planning," he said as he noticed his pokemon-contained pokeballs beginning to shake vigorously. "Quite frankly, I don't care what your plan is because I have five of my pokemon here, dying to smash your face in."
"Humph. Dying… dying is the correct word for you," Damien said darkly. "Coming to think of it, you have been dying since the day you were born like everyone else with the exception of myself."
"Oh yeah. You got this 'immune to age' thing, right. If your pokemon wasn't immune to pain last time I fought you, I take it that you're not either. Anyway, I didn't come here to chitchat. I want you out."
"Hohoho. How badly do you want me out?"
Black Jack took his pokeball off his belt. "After we're done dealing with your pokemon, we'll cripple every single limb of your body for good," he said. "We'll battle until one of us is out of pokemon."
"Huh, this shouldn't take long," Damien said before taking a pokeball of his own out of his pocket.
"Go!" they both simultaneously as they both tossed their pokeballs out, releasing their respective pokemon.
Meanwhile, Ash and his pokemon were flying above the mountain. Swellow flew down and placed Ash on top of the mountain. "Thanks, Swellow," Ash said before taking out his pokeball and zapping him back inside. "Take a good rest."
He and Pikachu shivered at the cold mountain air as they tried to look for the berry. "Well, Pikachu, we got to hurry," Ash said. "Chan's life is at stake."
"(Yep)," the little rodent squeaked as he leapt off his friend's shoulder. He ran over to a cliff and quickly spotted the berry they were looking for, the Puritay berry, to help cure Chan. "(Jeez. If only we spotted it earlier)," he cooed to himself before calling out to his friend.
Ash turned to his attention and ran over to him. Pikachu pointed downwards to where the berry was. It was a few distances downwards and Black Jack's battle with Damien was happening at the other side of the mountain. "Nice work, Pikachu" Ash said before taking his pokeball off his belt. "Now, I'll just…"
He suddenly stopped, starting to have second thoughts. He decided to let Swellow rest a little longer as he placed the pokeball away before starting to climb down. "(Ash! Are you crazy)!?" Pikachu cried worriedly. "(What if you get hurt)?"
"I'll be fine, old pal," Ash said, giving his long time friend a reassuring wink. "Keep an eye out in case something happens."
Back at the battle scene, Black Jack released Bluesky, his Salamence while Damien sent out a small black bird with yellow beak and talons, known as a Murkrow.
Despite how weak Murkrows appear to be to most human trainers, Black Jack was an exception because he knew what creatures like these are capable of, especially when one of them was trained by his nemesis. "Remember to use more than just your eyes, Bluesky," he said. "We faced a bunch of cheapskate Murkrows before but not this one."
"How right you are," Damien said. "The only pokemon you battled against before were Tombstone and Darkfire when you faced me. But keep in mind that I have been keeping my eye on you."
"(Jack)…" Bluesky growled, partly worried for his trainer yet just as angry he was when he noticed the angry and sadistic look on his face.
Black Jack gnarled his teeth out of anger. "I hate stalkers!" he snarled. "But then I like them for a reason… Bluesky! Dragon Claw! Slash that gutter bird down now!"
Damien chortled. "So basic," he said. "Raven, Double Team and Slash attack."
"(With pleasure, master)," Raven squawked with satisfaction in his voice. At blinding speed, he flew up into the air with several newly created Murkrows following him. Shock appeared on the faces of Black Jack and his Salamence as Raven and his clones quickly hit their talons, beaks and wings on him, allowing no time to do anything but defend himself and leaving with nothing but small gashes on parts of his body.
Bluesky looked down on his hurt parts and saw three gashes on his forelegs. "[Those illusions can do damage too, huh?" Black Jack thought in a surprised way before seeing the other Murkrow clones coming in for their share of the Salamence's flesh at the speed of a shot out bullet.
"Blueksy! Protect yourself!" Black Jack yelled.
Bluesky's eyes glowed as an energy sphere surrounded him, defending him from any further harm. "[Humph. Stalling won't help him," Damien thought, "[Soon, that Protect will disappear."
"[Stay calm, Black Jack," Black Jack thought to himself. "[Getting angry won't help you this time like it usually does." He looked at the speed of Raven's flying, gnarling his teeth with frustration while Bluesky continued defending himself with his Protect move. They faced many pokemon that used Double Team before but never had they faced one that created illusions that could cause such damage and move at such speed.
"(Can't hold it much longer)," the blue dragon growled to himself as he saw his shield beginning to slowly fade away.
"[He's going to get vulnerable," Black Jack thought.
He was correct. One of Murkrows slashed Blusky from behind after the shield vanished completely, causing him a lot physical pain while he let out a roar in pain.
A distance away, Aurora felt a shocking pain in her heart before quickly falling to the floor while clasping her chest. She quickly stood up looking at one of the mountains. "(Bluesky)!" she cried before taking off into the air.
Back at Ash's location, he slowly took a few steps downwards towards his target. Pikachu twitched his ears as he sensed something was about to occur. It turned out that he was correct because suddenly a strong wind and blizzard blew in their direction. Ash quickly reacted by holding tightly to the edgy rocks in the hopes of not letting go but Pikachu's weight couldn't stand the strength of the wind that had occurred, which blew him off the top of the mountain.
With a cry of fright and shock, Pikachu was falling from a very tall height that had a very high possibility of getting him killed. Ash saw this. He quickly reached out and caught his friend with one hand. "It's okay, buddy, I gotcha," he said loudly before bringing his friend close to his chest and tucking him into his jacket while still holding onto the walls. He then looked for the berry again but the blizzard was making things for his sight and movement. He would have to wait until the blizzards ends.
More slashes later, Bluesky was on the verge of passing out from the pain he was suffering from as he fell and crashed to the ground. Covered with scars, cuts and gashes, he slowly stood up to his feet looking at Raven and his illusions still flapping their wings in the sky, ready to attack.
"[I never got this many bad scars since our days in Team Rocket," the blue dragon growled to his friend, panting between words.
"I'm surprised that that Murkrow still have that Double Team move still showing after a long while," Black Jack said. "What's up with that?"
Raven and all of his illusions began diving down on the Salamence. "Bluesky, Endure and concentrate to find the real one," Black Jack commanded quickly. "And power up your next attack."
Bluesky closed his eyes, attempting to sense the real one while tensing and hardening his body the damage the Murkrow was about to cause. Black Jack also closed his eyes and concentrated in order to help his friend find the real one. Despite that Bluesky kept on getting hit continuously, with each cut getting more painful than the last, he still remained in his calm and concentrating state.
Suddenly, they both opened their eyes at the same time. "Bluesky, you know where it is!" Black Jack yelled. "Punk out that Murkrow with your Hyper Beam!"
Bluesky turned around, facing the real Murkrow behind him, releasing a gigantic energy blast out of his mouth. The blast clashed onto the body of Raven, causing an explosion on impact.
Despite that he was wearing shades, Black Jack covered his eyes, shielding them from getting blinded while Damien stood at his spot with no worry or concern on his face. "That was expected," he said with a small smirk on his face.
After the dust had cleared, everyone found Raven lying unconsciously and motionlessly on the floor. The Salamence legs weakly shook after taking all the beatings he received. He soon passed out, collapsing to the floor after taking all that pain. After noticing that, both trainers zapped their pokemon back into their pokeballs.
"Not bad, old friend. Not bad," Damien said, still showing his smirk.
Black Jack just remained silent while he angrily took out another pokemon-contained pokeball.
"What? No compliment? Still cold-hearted like always," Damien said as he took out his. At the same time, they both tossed out their pokeballs releasing their respective pokemon. This time, Black Jack sent out Mike, his Feraligatr while Damien sent out an Alakazam who was holding a giant spoon as though it was a staff while he had several black markings on his face. Both pokemon glared at each other with high intentions of beating the other down.
"Black Jack, meet Pallbearer," Damien said smugly, introducing his Alakazam.
"I know other ways of introducing my pokemon. Mike, Mega Punch!" Black Jack ordered.
"(You got it)!" Mike growled with determination in his voice as he began running towards his opponent while swinging his arm in a circular motion.
"Psybeam, Pallbearer," Damien commanded calmly.
"(Yes, master)," the Alakazam growled in a monotone voice as the tossed his spoon up into the air. It spun round until it halted, pointing at the blue crocodile, much to his puzzlement. Pallbearer quickly aimed his paws towards his opponent and at the same time, he and his spoon blasted out multi-coloured beams at him.
"Roll forward to dodge!" Black Jack yelled.
His Feraligatr did as he was commanded as he did a forward roll, barely avoiding the attack. He quickly stood up and ran towards his opponent, circulating his arm again winding up for his attack. "Reflect, Pallbearer," Damien said.
Still in his same position when he blasted his Psybeam attack but his eyes glowed dark purple for a split second while Mike was centimetres away from slamming his fist into one of Pallbearer's anatomies. "That glow," Black Jack said to himself in suspicion. "Mike, wait!"
It was too late. With raw force, the move connected but it was on an invisible barrier instead Pallbearer himself, who jumped backwards to keep his distance away from his attacker. The barrier shattered, exploding into a white flash, knocking the blue crocodile up into the air. "Now, Pallbearer, teleport and dominate his mind and body," Damien commanded.
"Mike! He's coming at you! Get ready!" Black Jack warned.
Pallbearer quickly surrounded himself in dark energy before jumping to grab his spoon and teleporting right in front of Mike whop was still airborne. Mike quickly retaliated by swinging his fist, aiming at this face but the Alakazam teleported again, this time he was behind him. Mike sensed his presence and quickly swung at him missed as he teleported again, this time he was a distance away. Feraligatr saw him and quickly blasted a huge fountain of water out of his mouth at him but he teleported again.
This continued as Mike kept on swinging his punches and shooting out his Hydro Pump attacks until he landed on the ground. The Feraligatr growled angrily after putting in his efforts in an attempt to knock out the psychic pokemon, which appeared to be futile so far. Pallbearer stood in his spot, not showing his tiredness but confidence despite using his psychic powers multiple times.
"Your Feraligatr displayed some powerful moves, Joseph," Damien said. "But they're proven useless if they don't hit."
"It's Black Jack," his opponent said angrily, correcting him. "Your Alakazam can move fast… but he won't escape the next one."
Mike pounded his fist into his paw with even more determination than before. "Mike!" Black Jack yelled. "Give it your best shot! Whirlwind Uppercut!"
With his powerful arms, Mike swung them both upwards; both so powerful and so quick that he created a huge tornado, much to Pallbearer's shock. "Impressive," Damien. Pallbearer tried to use his weight and whatever strength he had to stand his ground but the tornado was so strong that he got sucked in. Black Jack and Mike used their weight and strength to stand their ground while Damien had his feet glowing vigorously, keeping his feet on the ground.
"We got him, Mike!" Black Jack shouted. "Go after him! Smash his face in!"
"(Way ahead of ya, Jack)!" Mike bellowed before leaping into the whirlwind.
Black Jack and Damien couldn't see what was going on behind the thick cloudiness of the whirlwind. Damien still had look of arrogance while Black Jack gnarled his teeth, still angry with him. They both waited to see what the aftermath would be. Soon, the tornado started to slowly disappear. Soon the tornado became clear, allowing both trainers to see what was happening. What Black Jack saw made him shocked. He was expecting his pokemon to put a heavy beat down on his opponent's, but instead both pokemon were standing a small distance away, completely unharmed while staring at each other.
Puzzlement then came onto Black Jack's face. "[What's going here?" he thought to himself. "[Mike should've knocked the brains out of that Alakzam."
Even though they were standing at a distance away from each other, Black Jack was able to look at Mike's eyes, which appeared to be in some sort of trance. "[Damn! Hypnosis!" he thought, knowing that his pokemon was in big trouble. "Mike! Snap out of it!"
"[(Your mind is now under my power, friend)," Pallbearer sent in a scratchy voice as his glowing eyes glared down into Mike's. "[(You will move away)!"
Mike did as he was absentmindedly commanded, walking backwards and getting closer to the edge of the cliff. "[(Back away! You cannot resist me, you useless weakling)!"
"Mike!" Black Jack yelled to his pokemon, trying to snap him out of this Hypnosis attack.
Suddenly, a loud cry was heard from above, distracting everyone from their battle. They looked up and saw an orange winged dragon coming their way. "Hmm… isn't she a friend of yours, Joseph?" Damien asked smiling evilly.
"Aurora! No one told you to come here!" Black Jack yelled.
While he was distracted, Pallbearer used his psychic abilities to push his opponent off the cliff before releasing his power. Upon his release, Mike's eyes became from vacant to being puzzled. He soon found himself falling down a cliff, yelling out a shocked roar getting Black Jack's attention. "Mike!" he yelled desperately.
"Joseph," Damien called out to him before his opponent could run to where his Feraligatr started falling. "Aren't you forgetting someone?"
Black Jack quickly looked up and saw Aurora flying towards him, landing on her feet. "(Black Jack)," she cried, on the verge of tears. "(What happened to Bluesky)?"
"Aurora, now's not the time," Black Jack said, turning his attention to Pallbearer who glowing vigorously. "Unless you want to see if a hole in your gut will improve your figure."
Pallbearer quickly blasted a psychic energy beam towards them. Black Jack retaliated by tackling her down, dodging the beam also. He got on one knee with his hand on her chest. "Look, if you wanna help, Ketchum's looking for the berry to help cure Chan. Go look for him and that berry," he said before standing up. Aurora nodded, acknowledging his command before taking flight to look for her friend.
"Pallbearer, Psybeam attack on that pitiful dragon," Damien commanded. Pallbearer aimed his spoon again, powering up for his attack. "Aren't you going to save your friend?" Damien asked smugly.
"Nope," Black Jack replied smiling back.
Suddenly, a blue blur dashed from the edge of the cliff, heading straight towards the strangely marked Alakazam before grabbing hold of his spoon. It turned out to Mike, who quickly dug his claws into the mountains walls and climbed up to get himself back into the battle scene. "(I'm not done with you yet)!" he growled, trying to snatch the spoon away while allowing Aurora to get away.
"Pallbearer, hypnosis!" Damien commanded.
"I don't think so," Black Jack said with a small smile upon seeing Pallbearer's eyes glowing. His Feraligatr growled the same words the same time his trainer did but in his own language.
Mike slammed his face on his opponent's, stopping him from using his attack while staggering him. "Finish him off with those Mega Punches, Mike!" Black Jack shouted. "Do it now!"
His Feraligatr held his opponent around the midsection, pushing him into the wall with a great force upon collision. He then proceeded to hit him multiple times in the body, arms and face, each with a force of an anvil slamming onto a person's anatomy, smashing and breaking every bone and muscle in his body. All Pallbearer could do was spit out blood and feel the pain.
Mike then held him by the neck as he moved his fist backwards, swinging his arm in circular motion, looking to deliver the final blow to knock him out. Pallbearer's eyes glowed again before some black energy slowly surrounded him out of nowhere. Black Jack's eyes widened with suspicion. "Mike, wait a minute!" Black Jack yelled in alert but it was too late.
With a mighty roar, Mike slammed his fist into the face of Pallbearer, knocking him down to the floor and able to move afterwards while the black energy around slowly disappeared and his eyes stopped glowing. Mike smiled as he turned towards his brain-bashing friend. "(What's there to wait about, Jack)?" he growled, happy with his victory.
Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain inside his gut. "(What in the)…?" he growled as he clutched tightly to his stomach in shock and in pain. He felt another sharp pain, this time in his arm, followed by his other arm and then his chest. The stinging, wrenching, cramping, and numbing pain was so horrible that he fell on his knees. "(Jack! I'm getting dizzy here)!" Mike growled in pain, holding onto his hurt anatomies and coughing out blood. "(I'm feeling numb)!"
"Destiny Bond," Black Jack said. "After you knocked Pallbearer out, you're suffering the same thing he had. But don't give in! Fight it!"
Mike did as best as he could, trying to withstand the pain. He looked at his friend, with his eyes on the verge of tiredness while the eyesight began to become blurry. "(Jack… can't stay)…" he managed to growl weakly before collapsing to the floor, now totally unconscious.
Black Jack let out a small growl of his own, after seeing his Feraligatr getting beaten up. He and Damien zapped their pokemon back into their pokeballs. "A fine display of surprises there, Joseph, wouldn't you say?" Damien said, showing a bitter smile.
Black Jack glared his narrowed eyes at him in annoyance and still in anger. They both took out their pokeballs, glaring at each other with sadistic eyes before throwing them out. "This will be the Cure to a disease we call 'life'," Damien said.
Back at Ash's location, he was still hanging onto the rocks while getting breezed away by the strong harsh blizzard, trying to avoid letting go and fall at a very long height. He had Pikachu tucked inside his jacket to not only stop him also from falling but to keep him warm. "(Ash)!" Pikachu cried, deeply concerned for his friend's well being.
"Pikachu… I don't know how much longer I can hold on," Ash said, gnarling his teeth with struggle in his voice. His hands and fingers became numb and cold. What was worse than that was that they were on the verge of slipping away.
One of his hands slipped downwards, which was caught by a pokemon's paw, much to his surprise. "Who's there?" he shouted.
"(It's me)!" cried a familiar voice.
"Aurora!?" Ash cried. "How did you…?"
"(Let me help you)!" she cried as she quickly struggled to climb to cover Ash's body after placing his hand back on the rocky walls.
"Aurora, what about you!?" Ash asked loudly through the loud winds.
"(I'll be okay. This is the least I could do)," Aurora cooed reassuringly as she completely covered him with her large body, protecting him from any further harm from the cold and harsh snowstorm.
Suddenly, an explosion occurred, much to their shock, followed by two objects speeding past them. "(What was that)?" Pikachu cried.
"I think I can guess," Ash replied.
As they had guessed, Hardshell the Metagross was chasing a shelled bug-like creature called a Shedinja, named Cure, in the air around the mountain, neither of them getting fazed by the blizzard. Without their trainers to control them when they were at a different location, it was hard for their pokemon to see what the opposition's plan was.
Hardshell was blasting a number of black energy balls out of its eyes to do some damage on the ghost bug to no avail as the Shedinja kept on dodging the attacks. "(Hey! You're really speeding things up)," Metagross growled as it kept on following the opposition. He blasted out his Shadow Ball attack again, this time hitting the enemy causing an explosion upon impact.
"(Got ya)!" the Metagross growled with triumph in its voice. He quickly sensed an energy incoming attack coming from behind at a fast pace. He had no choice but to use his Protect move, which he had to summon up a barrier to protect himself from harm. The dark energy collided on the barrier, causing a big bang and shattering the barrier in the process. It quickly turned around to see if the enemy was there, which wasn't there anymore.
Hardshell looked around trying to see where the enemy was. He saw another Shadow Ball coming his way, coming out of the blizzard though it knew who was blasting it out. This time, it dodged the attack by flying upwards. He sensed another fast Shadow Ball coming his way at a different angle, quickly yet barely dodging the attack.
This continued on for a small amount of time until Hardshell thought up of a plan. Its eyes glowed vigorously red, attempting to catch Cure behind the thick blizzard while still dodging the Shadow Ball attacks. His Foresight move could see through many hidden places and find the real enemy in case of a trick, catching his opponent out. This was no exception as he saw his opponent hiding away from him. He quickly blasted two more of his Shadow Balls out of his eyes towards the ghost bug. The move collided, causing an explosion on impact but Metagross was sure that it wouldn't finish it off. He quickly turned around sensed that the Shedinja was behind him and turned around to fire another double Shadow Ball attack.
Meanwhile, the blizzard was starting to clear as Ash, Pikachu and Aurora were hanging on for dear life. "Great, the blizzard's going," Ash said calmly. "That means it'll be easier to find that berry."
"Shedinja," buzzed a voice.
They turned to the voice's attention and saw a Shedinja floating behind them as it began to glow vigorously dark. "Get away from it Aurora," Ash warned quickly realising that it was about to do.
"(I don't think so)," growled another pokemon's voice.
This time it was Hardshell slamming his body onto Cure's, sending him flying. He knew that Cure was up to something.
"Thanks!" Ash yelled after letting out a small sigh of relief. The pokemon said the same word but in their own language.
"(Get the berry)!" Metagross growled loudly before zooming at his opponent while the blizzard became totally clear.
Aurora looked down and saw a white berry attached to a white stem, which grew out of one of the cliffs. "(There it is)!" she cried in.
"(Then let's go get it)!" Pikachu cried.
Back at Black Jack's location, he and Damien looked up to the sky watching Hardshell and Cure battle. The Metagross swung its legs, knocking his opponent about. It knew that Shedinjas are invincible against all attack unless they're super effective against it, thanks to their Wonder Guard ability. It also knew that the different types of attacks Shedinja were weak against were fire, ghost, dark and rock. Despite all that, Hardshell was enjoying smashing its opponent up physically for long minutes, much to Black Jack's hidden glee.
Because they were so high up, neither trainer could yell out their commands because they were out of hearing distance. But Damien had his own way of commanding. "[Double Team again, Cure," Damien said telepathically to his pokemon. "[Circle around your prey."
Hardshell aimed his steel leg one more time at his opponent. It missed when Cure barely dodge out of the way before glowing energetically and a number of Shedinja illusions began appearing, forming a ball around the steel-bodied monster. "(That's fast)!" the Metagross growled in surprise.
Ash was on the cliff with Aurora and Pikachu, pulling off the berry off its stem. "Got it," Ash said.
"(Great! Now we can help Black Jack)," Aurora cooed.
"(We can't do that right now, Aurora)," Pikachu squeaked. "(Chan needs that berry right now)."
"He's right," Ash said. "Besides, if I know Black Jack, he doesn't want our help."
"(Why's that)?" Aurora cooed.
"Black Jack is Black Jack. He always does things his way. Another thing is that the guy can be dangerous. You wouldn't want Bluesky see you hurt, would you?"
Aurora looked down in shame, saddened that he couldn't help Bluesky and his friends in this battle scene, feeling quite useless. Seeing the sadness on her face, Ash placed on her shoulder to comfort her. "C'mon. We got to take this berry to Chan to get him healed," he said.
"(I'll take you back there)," she cooed as she lowered her body to the ground to allow Ash and Pikachu to get on her back.
Ash was about to get on her back but he saw the ball of Shedinjas, surrounding the surprised Metagross. "Oh no," he said with worry in his voice, catching the attention of his friends. "Hardshell…"
Black Jack couldn't believe his eyes either, as he saw a giant ball of Shedinja illusions beginning to form around his Metagross at a fast pace. "[Damn it! Without me to help him, he's in big trouble," Black Jack he thought to himself. "Get yourself out of there, Hardshell!" he yelled in desperation.
Hardshell found itself in the center of trouble, for he found himself surrounded by the ball of Shedinjas. "(This is going to get rough)," he growled to himself.
He was correct. The real Shedinja and its illusions began blasting their Shadow Ball attacks. Metagross had no choice but to dodge them. However, dodging them proved to be futile as the numbers game caught up with it. One of the attacks hit it from behind, forcing him to let out a grunt in pain while the other dark energy balls followed the first Shadow Ball's example.
Black Jack, Ash and their pokemon friends looked on with wide shocked eyes, hearing more explosions. Soon, the exploding sounds stopped. The bottom of the ball opened, releasing the motionless and burnt covered Metagross while it unconsciously fell through the air, face first, while all the illusions that Cure made disappeared.
Hardshell sensed the disappearances as it opened quickly opened one eye before quickly turning around blasting out his Shadow Ball attack. Cure couldn't react to the high speed of the incoming dark energy ball. The attack smashed onto Cure's empty shell body, causing an explosion on impact. It fell down from the smoke, now also covered with burnt marks.
Hardshell was first to crash to the ground of the mountain's cliff, then it was Cure's. Black Jack rushed towards Hardshell to check on him. "Hardshell, talk to me," Black Jack said.
"(Don't take me out, coach)," Hardshell growled weakly.
"You did good there, bud," Black Jack said, taking his pokeball out and zapping his Metagross back inside. "Back inside."
"Not so sentimental, eh, Joseph?" Damien asked while zapping Cure back into his pokeball. "Still, I sensed your heart was saying more words of great concern to your pokemon and they felt it… pity that your heart will be your downfall after all of this ends."
"Don't count on it," Black Jack said as he stood up. "Sure, you have three pokemon left and I have two. Still, each round we had ended in a draw. Also, you might get a little surprise afterwards."
"First time for everything but I doubt that."
"Black Jack!" yelled a voice from above.
Black Jack and Damien looked up and saw Ash and Pikachu riding on Aurora's back. "We got the berry!" Ash yelled.
"Don't just float there, Ketchum!" Black Jack yelled being impatiently angry. "Get back to the pokemon center already!"
"Hmm… perhaps I could add more to the taste in this situation," Damien said as he took out his pokeball.
Sensing the danger, Black Jack ran towards him and leapt in the air. He attempted a jumping kick but the opposition jumped out of the way, avoiding the kick. "Temper, temper," Damien said smugly as Black Jack landed on his feet. "Can't I have a little fun?"
"You're dealing with me, ain't ya!" Black Jack snarled angrily before turning to his associates. "Ketchum, get out of here!"
"You got it! Go! Go!" Ash yelled before they flew out of the scene. He looked back one more time, seeing the man who was once a criminal and now a changed man but still had his sadistic attitude yet someone who people and pokemon alike respect. "Good luck, Black Jack," he whispered.
Black Jack and Damien looked at each other with different eyes. Black Jack looked at him with angry, and sadistic eyes filled with hate, showing that he wouldn't think twice about crippling the enemy and his pokemon, or just anything to see the last of him. Damien on the other hand had a look of smugness and confidence; he had intentions of killing Black Jack after seeing how angry he was when he learned about the death of his blood parents when he was child; that included of how cold, sick, maniacal and twisted he was during his Team Rocket years.
At the same time, they both took out their next pokeball. "Wait a second," Black Jack said. "Can I ask you a question just in case either one of us don't get another chance?"
"Go on," Damien replied.
"If you do manage to kill me, what are you going to do next?"
"I think you can guess."
Black Jack's eyes widened in shock, knowing what that meant. He looked down to the ground for a number of seconds. "Heh," he grunted before laughing an evil chortle. He held his head up, looking more evil than usual. "Bad move," he said darkly with an evil smile.
They both stood in their spots for long seconds. "You're cracked," Black Jack said as he and Damien simultaneously threw out their pokeballs.
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