Disclaimer- ahhh! Help! (gets chased by swam of midges) stupid midges! (gets bitten one million and one times) ouch! (runs off while the midges form the words sisno2200 does not own Pokémon before giving chase)
Tournament rocks the deck!
Liz's POV
"Lizzy hurry it up would you the others will be here soon!" Billy demanded
"I'm trying this Shellder is hard to understand!" I yelled back rather pointlessly seeing as I had turned into a Pichu and he couldn't understand me. "What's your name?" I asked the newest member of Billy's team for the tenth time.
"Eye tolf u! Mai nam ish Lawla!" Shellder replied struggling to speak probably because of her giant tongue.
"Lawla?" I repeated confused
"No noa Lawla! Law-ra!" Shellder said loudly
"That sounds like more or less the same thing…."I said in despair causing the Shellder to bounce angrily. "Hang on… do you mean Laura?" I guessed
"Yesh!" the Shellder, or Laura, yelled happily.
"Oh finally!" I yelled happily writing the name Laura on a piece of paper.
"So her name is Laura?" Billy questioned causing me to nod. "I can't see how it would take that long to figure it out…." He said trailing off as I glared at him "Well welcome to the team Laura. I'm Billy the Pichu is Liz and that Nidorino that caught you was Nicolas. I'll introduce you to the rest of the team later." Billy said smiling
"U don eem too baf." Laura said looking at Billy and me. "Ohey al giv u a chanf."
"I have no idea what you just said but it sounded good." I said giving Billy a thumbs up making him grin.
"There you are!" a familiar voice cried and the three of us turned (well I spun Laura around as turning for her would probably take years) to see Luke, Shadow, Red, Kane and Paula all heading in a big group towards us. "We've been looking for you." Luke said grinning.
"Sorry I was just getting acquainted with my new Pokémon." Billy said lifting up Laura into his arms.
"You caught a Shellder Billy?" Paula questioned sounding astonished looking at the Pokémon. "It's kind of cute in a weird way…"
"Eye don no whefer toh beh insufited oar noft…" Laura said doubtfully looking at Paula.
"Don't take it personally." Shadow said shrugging
"Yep." Billy said happily obvious about the Pokémon's conversation "Her name's Laura."
"So you've finally given her a nickname? Don't see why it took so long." Kane said grinning.
"Nice to meet you Laura." Paula said reaching her hand towards the Pokémon
"Ah I wouldn't do that if I were you!" Luke and Billy cried in unison but it was too late as Laura clamped down on Paula's hand.
"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!" Paula cried unhappily with tears forming in her eyes. "Help! Get it off!" She cried waving her arm about.
"Return Laura!" Billy cried returning Laura back to her Poké ball causing Paula to sigh with relief. "Apparently she doesn't like hands getting close to her body a lesson Luke and I not too long ago learnt." Billy said showing Paula his red hand.
"There you are little trouble maker!" A voice cried and next thing I knew I was pinned down by an Arcanine
"Ouch what's going on?!" I questioned attempting to lift the big Pokémon off me but to no joy.
"What do you think you're doing to Liz?!" Billy demanded and I noticed that the one controlling the Arcanine was the security guard we had seen when we were first boarding the ship.
"Liz?" Red and Kane questioned in confusion.
"So you're the mastermind behind the destruction huh?" the security guard questioned
"Destruction? I haven't destroyed anything…" Billy said trailing off
"Don't play innocent!" The guard yelled "You may not have but you defiantly ordered your Pichu to!"
"I don't remember breaking anything on the ship either..." I pointed out even though no one could understand me but Luke.
"I don't understand… Billy's been with us all day and he's only just released that Pichu…" Red pointed out
"You've even deceived your friends!" The guard yelled not listening to Red. "You ordered that Pichu to sneak on board the ship and injure the passengers!"
"Why would Liz need to sneak on board when I already have a ticket?!" Billy questioned pulling the ticket out off his bag "See? You even let us in yourself!" he said pressing the ticket into the guard's hands. The guard looked at it with a frown checking it over several times.
"I don't understand I defiantly saw a Pichu in that cargo hold and Arcanine's nose led me here..." the guard said in confusion looking at me. "Now that I have a closer look at you those two Pichus looked different from this Pichu!" The guard cried in realisation.
"Um… what are you talking about?" Paula questioned.
"Arcanine let that Pokémon go it's the wrong Pichu!" The security guard ordered
"If you cause any trouble on board this ship I'll be attacking you faster than you can say 'thunderbolt'" The Arcanine growled before releasing me.
"Sorry you guys it was a case of mistaken identity." The guard said regretfully "But if you see two strange looking Pichus, one shiny and one normal looking but with a spiky ear and a strange shiny Buneary let me know! They should be around here somewhere and they're very dangerous!" the guard warned before handing Billy back his ticket and walking away causing an awkward silence.
"Well that was weird..." Kane said breaking the silence.
"I wonder what's so dangerous about those Pokémon?" Luke pondered frowning.
"I don't want find out." Paula said shuddering
"I can't believe Pokémon would be dangerous without a reason!" Red proclaimed "There must be some kind of reason! "
"Unfortunately not all Pokémon are friendly." Billy said frowning playing with Kyra's Poké ball.
"I know! But I don't know something feels off somehow…" Red said frowning.
"I'd hate to see what he'd do to the real culprits. I mean how many strange looking Pichus can there be?" I said standing up dusting myself of.
"Ah! Are you okay Liz?" Billy questioned quickly causing me to nod.
"Your Pichu is named Liz?" Kane questioned "Isn't that the same name as the girl travelling with you?"
"Erm… yer I named her before I met human Liz… it's just one of those strange coincidences…" Billy lied badly
"Know that you mention it… I remember you having that Pichu in Mt. Moon!" Kane cried in realisation somehow buying the lie causing Billy and me to sigh with relief.
"It's a shame human Liz is going to miss out on the tournament." Red said narrowing his eyes at me. It didn't seem like he was very convinced by the lie…but what were the chances of him guessing the truth?
Bubbles' POV
"Hey look at this it's another strange looking Pichu!" Sparkette cried with excitement pointing through the ventilation grate
"Wow you're right." Sparky said in amazement looking over Sparkette's shoulder. "I wonder how many strange looking Pichus there are in the world... and to think three of them are on board this ship!"
"Never mind that Pichu unless it can turn into a human we're not interested!" I reminded them pulling them away from the ventilation grate.
"Awww…" They cried in unison.
"Bubbles?" Sparky questioned "How will we know if they are any people like you here?" he asked causing me to blink.
"Erm….." I pondered "I don't know… I thought I'd get some kind of feeling… I guess…"
"And are you feeling anything?!" Sparkette questioned eagerly. I closed my eyes and concentrated for any indication of a direction to go.
"Nothing..." I said and all of us sighed with disappointment.
"Well if you can't feel anything and there are others on board…. I guess that means you can't sense others like you…" Sparky deduced.
"I know! I know!" Sparkette cried eagerly "We're in a ventilation system right?! Any noise we make will be carried throughout the ship and only people who can understand Pokémon will be able to hear us and act on our message!"
"You're a genius…" Sparky said in amazement
"I know." Sparkette said smugly.
"But… what if the bad guy hears it?" I questioned worried "We don't know if he'll be able to understand us…"
"Come Bubbles chillax what are the chances of him being able understand us?" Sparkette questioned
"Stranger things have happened." I said stubbornly folding my arms
"Well then we'll cross that bridge if/when we come to it." Sparkette said waving casually.
"…fine…" I muttered bitterly causing the two Pichus to cheer.
Eric's POV
"Are you ready Aiden?" I questioned the Vulpix on my shoulders
"Don't worry Eric we'll thrash these tournament guys and go straight back to searching the ship." Aiden said grinning arrogantly "That is if you don't get distracted by any more Pichus."
"Hey I was just trying to help that security guard out!" I protested causing Aiden to roll his eyes.
"HELLO CAN ANYONE HEAR US?!" some strange voices echoed throughout the ship.
"What on earth is that?" Aiden questioned looking around for the source of the noise.
"I don't know…" I replied looking around the ship as well.
"Can you hear some Pokémon?" I heard a passenger questioning another
"It sounds like they might have got suck in the ventilation system." The person replied before the two of them walked off.
"WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANY PEOPLE WHO CAN TURN INTO POKÉMON!"
"What?!" I questioned loudly in surprise causing several people to look at me.
"Well that's surprising." Aiden said blinking "but whoever these guys are they have bad timing!" He said scolding "We have to join the tournament in a few minutes!"
"Shush!" I hissed listening out for the Pokémon again.
"WE NEED YOUR HELP!" The voices cried
"I FOUND YOU!" A different loud voice echoed throughout the ship.
"AHHH! NOT AGAIN! RUN AWAY! SOMEONE HURRY IT UP AND HELP US!" They cried before the echoes stopped.
"Aiden…" I murmured to the Vulpix on my shoulder.
"Don't worry I'm on it." Aiden said and I put him in the air vents. "You better hope that you don't get into a 6v6 battle or you're screwed." He said
"I'll cross that bridge when I come to it." I said stubbornly
"Your choice." Aiden said before going through the vents searching for the voices.
Luke's POV
"AHHH! NOT AGAIN! RUN AWAY! SOMEONE HURRY IT UP AND HELP US!" The strange voices cried and Liz and I looked at each other.
"What do you think?" Shadow said looking at us.
"I don't know what to do…" I admitted quietly.
"What are you talking about?" Kane asked grinning
"There are so many people around its hard to have a conversation!" Liz complained while I pretended I couldn't understand her.
"Nothing." I said quickly causing Kane to blink at me.
"ATTENTION THE TOURNAMENT WILL NOW BEGIN PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE STAGE." The speakers sounded throughout the ship
"Well it's too late to do anything now..." Liz said climbing into Billy's hood. We headed out onto the stage and stood in a small crowd.
"After all that hype there's only about 15 people actually competing." Red said looking around.
"Hello and welcome to the SS Anne 2 battle tournament!" the announcer cried causing the crowd to cheer loudly. "The person who wins will receive a bike voucher and some free passes to the Safari zone!"
"With a bike voucher you can get a free bicycle from either Cerulean city or the Cycling road near Celadon or Fuchsia. Plus the Safari zone is an area where you can catch the rarest Pokémon!" Paula said with excitement.
"I wouldn't mind a free bike." Red said smiling "But I don't really need a Safari Zone pass…"
"Unfortunately seeing as we on a boat there is some restriction on the moves and the height/weight of Pokémon allowed." The announcer admitted causing the crowd to groan."Here is the list of moves that are not allowed." The announcer said and a list of moves appeared on the screen. Some were familiar like Earthquake, Dig and Surf but I had never heard of some like Frenzy Plant. I heard a few disappointed groans from trainers in the crowd. "If these moves are performed the trainer will be disqualified and it's likely that the ship will go down. So it's in everybody's interest that these moves aren't performed. Also Pokémon exceeding 5 Meters* are not allowed to be released otherwise the roof might collapse. Also Pokémon exceeding 50 kg cannot be released due to weight issues. Diglett and Dugtrio are also not allowed to be released. All details of which Pokémon or moves can and can't be used are kept on display at all times so you have no excuse for breaking the rules. Now that that's out of the way let the tournament begin!" The announcer cried causing the crowd to cheer. "Let's randomly shuffle all the trainers present!" she cried and all of our pictures appeared on the screen behind her before being turned around and mixed around the screen. "Alright our first battle is… Billy Derringer Vs Kane Humphries!"
"Alright!" Billy cried happily before pointing at Kane "You're going down!"
"That is if I don't defeat you first!" Kane argued back.
"Our second battle is…" The announcer cried regaining our attention "Luke Carlson Vs Katie!" She cried revealing my face and the face of a girl about my age
"That's our opponent?" Shadow questioned looking at the screen grinning "I can't wait!"
"The third battle! Paula Haring Vs Denise!" the announcer cried showing Paula picture next to a picture of a black haired boy in a red and white stripped sweater.
"This is so exciting!" Paula cried clenching her fist
"Fourth Battle! Chloe VS Zach!" The announcer cried showing two unknown people's pictures. "Fifth battle! Lucy Pennington VS Gary Levilus!" the pictures showed Paula's contest rival against Billy's and Red's rival Gary.
"I hope they take each other out." Paula muttered folding her arms
"Red Vs Gerald!" The announcer cried showing Red's picture and some random person's picture.
"So that's my opponent... You better not lose Gary because if we both win I'll get to battle you… and this time I won't lose!" Red proclaimed his fist clenched
"Aurora Vs Justin!" The announcer cried showing a picture a silver haired girl with red eyes and her opponent a plain brown haired boy.
"She has red eyes like you…" Kane said to Red astonished
"I bumped into her when I was exploring the ship!" Paula cried in astonishment.
"Wow…" Red said gaping "Small world…"
"And our final battle! Mick Vs Eric Ashbel!" The announcer cried showing a pale boy with blue hair battling against a confident looking boy with hair that looked like fire (literally it was orange in the middle and red at the end). "I hope all the trainers and Pokémon try their best!" The announcer said smiling causing everyone to cheer again.
"Right it's time to decide who the best trainer is Kane!" Billy cried clenching his fist
"I've improved a lot since our last battle!" Kane said smiling
"Good luck you two whoever wins will have to battle me." I said grinning
"That's only if you beat that Katie girl!" Red reminded me.
"No problem. It will be a walk in park." I said shrugging
"Don't count your Pokémon before they're captured." Red said grinning.
"This is going to be intense." Paula said and everyone nodded
"Let the battle begin!" Everyone (expect Liz) cried in unison.
Billy's POV
I stood on one side of the field facing Kane while Liz sat in my hood looking bored.
"Each trainer will use four Pokémon!" The referee cried "If you use a Pokémon exceed the height/weight limit you will immediately be disqualified. Also if you use any of the banned moves the match will be call off and we'll have to evacuate the ship! You can substitute your Pokémon at any time! Do you both agree to these rules?" the referee questioned causing both of us to nod. "Then let the battle begin!"
"Let's get going! My new Pokémon! Angela!" Kane cried releasing a Mankey.
"I'll use my new member as well! Let's get going Laura!" I cried in determination releasing my Shellder.
"Angela use Karate Chop!" Kane yelled
"Laura use Icicle spear to stop it getting close!" I instructed. The Mankey charged towards Laura her hand glowing as Laura fired several Icicles toward her.
"Jump on those icicles!" Kane commanded and the Mankey leapt from icicle to icicle before falling towards Laura her arm outstretched.
"Laura dodge!" I yelled as the Mankey fell toward her Laura made no effort to move before she was slammed with the attack causing her to cry in pain. "Laura! Why didn't you dodge?!" I yelled
"Shellder der shell!" Laura yelled sounding angry.
"Liz?" I questioned the Pokémon in my hood.
"Chu Pichu." She said pointing to her legs.
"So are you saying that she said she couldn't run away?" I questioned causing Liz to nod. "So that's why… I'm not used to a Pokémon without arms or legs… sorry Laura!" I apologised causing her to stick her tongue at me and when I glanced at Liz for her to shrug.
"I hate to irrupt you getting used to your new Pokémon but we are in the middle of a battle!" Kane reminded me "Angela use fury swipes!"
"In your shell Laura!" I yelled the Mankey swiped at Laura who just hid in her shell. Angela eventually stopped and looked at her claws wondering why her attack wasn't working. "Now Laura use Supersonic!" Laura's shell snapped open and she fired a yellow beam which engulfed Mankey making her confused. "Now use Clamp!" I ordered
"Angela use Scratch on its fleshy body!" Laura bounced slightly and clamped down on Angela's arm causing her to wince in pain. Then the Mankey tried to scratch Laura's body but ended up completely missing the attack due to confusion. "Angela keep using scratch!" The Mankey continued to swipe at Laura occasionally hitting herself until she landed a direct hit causing Laura to fall to the floor in pain. Angela shook her head rapidly clearing it of confusion.
"Laura use Tackle!" I cried
"Angela use Low kick!" Kane ordered. Laura bounced slowly towards Angela causing me to sigh. The Mankey merely stood there until Laura had reached her before kicking her away sending her flying.
"Laura go in your shell again!" I cried and Laura's shell snapped shut just before she slammed into one of the surrounding walls. There was silence and I stared at Laura until it was clear that she had fainted.
"Shellder has fainted therefore the winner is Mankey!" The referee declared "Billy now has three Pokémon left!"
"It was our first battle as well…" I said in disappointment before returning her.
"Don't be too worried about it you guys haven't got used to each other yet!" Kane reassured me causing me to frown.
"Well the next one has been with me from virtually the beginning! Let's get going Nicolas!" I cried releasing my Nidorino.
"Angela let's defeat this one as well!" Kane cried in determination causing Angela to smile. "Use Low Kick!"
"Nicolas use Horn Attack!" The Pokémon ran towards each other and Angela kicked at Nicolas who jumped over her leg and slammed his horn under her chin making her cry out in pain.
"Angela!" Kane cried out but his Mankey had fainted. "You did really well… I guess the damage from the last battle was just too much …" He said returning his Pokémon.
"Mankey has fainted! Each challenger has three Pokémon left!" The referee announced
"… Now it's your turn Charlie!" Kane cried releasing his Clefairy.
"Charlie?" I questioned "I was expecting you to use Josephine…" I admitted "No matter! Nicolas use Double Kick!" Nicolas charged towards Charlie eagerly.
"Charlie use Thunderbolt!" Charlie fired a powerful blast of electricity towards Nicolas who narrowly dodged the attack before hitting Charlie with a Double Kick sending Charlie skidding to the left.
"Alright keep the pressure up with a Horn Attack!" I yelled
"Charlie Protect!" Nicolas turned to attack Charlie but Charlie quickly put up a barrier stopping Nicolas in his tracks as he push fruitlessly against the barrier. "Now Double Slap!" Kane yelled.
"Counter that Double Slap with your Fury Attack!" The barrier broke and the Pokémon charged towards each other and Charlie swiped his hand toward Nicolas who blocked with his horn. Charlie used his other hand to attack Nicolas this time hitting his cheek. Charlie kept attacking with Nicolas too stunned to defend himself. "Poison Sting!" I yelled getting desperate. Nicolas fired a series of poison needles toward Charlie scoring a direct hit because of the close range between the Pokémon. Charlie cried out in pain and began to glow purple. "Alright he's poisoned!" I cried in delight. "Let's finish this with Horn attack!"
"We won't give up! Charlie use Ice beam on the ground!" Nicolas charged forwards his horn glowing while Charlie fired a powerful Ice Beam at his feet causing Nicolas to fall onto his stomach. "Now hit him with Thunderbolt!" Charlie fired a powerful Thunderbolt hitting Nicolas causing him to cry out in pain. Charlie began to glow purple, a sign of the poison, and winced stopping the attack.
"Nicolas stand up quickly before he has a chance to recover!" I yelled as Nicolas struggled to his feet "Alright!" I yelled happily "Fury attack!"
"Charlie Double slap again!" Kane ordered. Nicolas charged forwards (a lot more slowly due to the ice) and attacked Charlie using his horn. Charlie used double slap to block the attack and I had a sense of déjà vu as Charlie began to swipe his other hand towards Nicolas. At the last possible second, Nicolas pushed Charlie's hand away and blocked his second hand before slamming Charlie in the stomach. "Charlie!" Kane cried out in surprise while Nicolas breathed heavily trying to regain some of his energy. It was clear that Charlie had fainted causing the crowd to cheer and Kane to sigh in disappointment. "You did well." He said returning his Pokémon.
"Clefairy has fainted therefore the winner is Nidorino!" The referee declared "Kane has two Pokémon left while Billy has three!"
"You okay to keep going?" I questioned Nicolas who nodded stubbornly.
"There's a reason I left Josephine until now!" Kane revealed causing me to blink in confusion. "You see Josephine is basically my strongest Pokémon I realised she's about equal to your Nidorino in term of strength! I'm guessing he's also one of your strongest?" Kane questioned and I said nothing looking at my tired Pokémon. "So I thought if I can make your Nidorino tired and take him out the rest of your Pokémon won't stand much of a chance. That way I won't have to use my fourth Pokémon!" Kane explained.
"Even so she would have to take out Nicolas first and two other Pokémon at full strength. No matter how strong it is that's tiring on any Pokémon!" I shouted.
"It's worth a try." Kane said shrugging "Go Josephine!" he released a powerful Nidorina who looked at the exhausted Nicolas and turned away unimpressed. "Fury attack!"
"Counter with your Fury attack!" the Nidoran evolutions charged towards each other (Nicolas being noticeably slower) and the two of them clashed horns as if they were sword fighting. It was clear that Josephine was slowly overpowering Nicolas. I had to do something to stop it!
"Nicolas use Poison sting!" I yelled as Nicolas fired the needles towards Josephine's eyes forcing her to shut them as the needles hit. "Get away from Josephine while she's blinded!" I cried and Nicolas ran away clearing some distance between the Pokémon.
"You're not getting away! Horn attack!" Kane cried eagerly
"Poison Sting! Keep her back!" Josephine charged towards Nicolas her horn glowing. Nicolas fired several poison needles but Josephine just knocked them away, being a poison type move the attack had little to no effect on her. Josephine slammed into Nicolas sending him flying away with a cry of pain. "Nicolas!" I cried with worry.
"Billy." Kane said sounding dark "I'm telling this to you as your friend that Nidorino looks exhausted maybe you should call it back."
"You're not my friend!" I snapped angrily "Nicolas! You okay?" I questioned as the tired Nidorino opened his eyes and stood up shakily making Josephine's and Kane's eyes widen. Nicolas roared defiantly before fainting. "Nicolas!" I cried with worry running onto the field.
"Mr. Derringer!" The referee snapped stopping me in my tracks "You're not allowed to go onto the field while a match is still in progress!"
"Right…" I muttered walking slowly back to my area and returning Nicolas. "Sorry." I said partly to the referee but mostly to Nicolas.
"You want to continue?" Kane questioned with concern on his face.
"Of course! Let's get going Steve!" I snapped releasing my Eevee, who grinned looking ready for battle.
"Josephine let's get the advantage and poison it!" Kane cried as Josephine a series of Poison sting attacks towards Steve.
"Steve use Quick Attack to dodge!" I cried quickly as Steve ran off in a burst of speed avoiding the attack (luckily the ice on the field had melted by this point).
"Running away again? I don't think so! Josephine keep using Poison Sting until you hit him!" Kane ordered. Josephine kept firing Poison Sting attacks as Steve dashed around the field sounding like he was laughing causing Josephine to roar sounding angry.
"Steve use Tackle and knock Josephine into the air!" I commanded
"Josephine use Poison sting and if it gets close use Horn attack!" Kane yelled. Steve charged towards Josephine narrowly dodging the onslaught of Poison Sting attacks. He had nearly reached her when he was hit causing him to grunt in pain but continue the attack so that he slammed in Josephine sending her into the air.
"Now use Bite!" I cried as Steve jumped up and bit Josephine in the stomach.
"Double Kick!" Josephine kicked out at Steve sending him flying. He landed wincing in pain before glowing purple.
"Oh no he's been poisoned!" I cried with worry and I noticed Liz rolling her eyes.
"Great now we can go on the offensive! Fury Attack, Josephine!" Kane cried delighted
"Well at least we don't have to worry about poison point now… Steve hit her with a Quick attack!" I yelled. Steve dashed towards Josephine and slammed into her before she had any chance to react sending her skidding at least a meter away. Then Steve glowed purple wincing as Josephine ran towards him slamming her horn into his side multiple times.
"It won't last much longer finish it with Horn attack!" Kane cried eagerly
"It's all or nothing! Use Take down Steve!" I ordered. The Pokémon ran towards each other again both were obviously exhausted as the last two attacks collided. Which Pokémon would come out on top?
Liz's POV
"Both Pokémon have fainted therefore this match was a tie! Both trainers have only one Pokémon left!" The referee cried causing the crowd to cheer.
"You did well." Billy said smiling returning Steve to his Poké ball.
"You too." Kane said returning Josephine and Billy looked very smug for some reason.
"How about we finish this starter against starter?" Billy asked grinning causing Kane to bit his lip.
"Do we have to?" I questioned but he obviously couldn't understand me.
"Well seeing as he's my only Pokémon left anyway… you're on! " Kane cried in determination
"LIZ!" Billy yelled causing me to jump onto the field.
"GO MARVIN!" Kane cried releasing his starter in a flash of light
"Karp."
"You've got to be kidding me." I said bluntly
"Karp. Karp. Karp. Karp. Karp. Karp. Karp. Karp. Magikarp. Karp. Karp. Karp. Karp." Marvin said as he flopped on the ground in front of me.
"Please tell me it's April fool's day or something." I said turning to Billy in despair.
"Liz you absolutely must defeat this Pokémon!" Billy cried pointing at the Magikarp.
"I absolutely must defeat a Magikarp?" I parroted questioning Billy sanity.
"Use ThunderPunch!" Billy ordered ignoring me
"Karp. Karp. Karp. Karp. Karp." Marvin flopped in front of me rather uselessly.
"….. I feel mean….." I said rubbing the back of my head feeling awkward. "He can't even talk…"
"Liz! Attack it!" Billy yelled in annoyance
"Seeing as you won't do anything we'll make our move!" Kane cried in determination "Marvin use Tackle!" The Magikarp flopped towards me trying to slam into me but I easily side stepped the Pokémon.
"Liz use Thundershock!" Billy yelled. I walked up to the flopping fish Pokémon and gave it a very light thundershock making it jump at least ten feet in the air.
"Karp! Karp! Karp! Karp!" Marvin yelled in pain flailing around
"Man... now I feel terrible…." I said feeling very guilty. Suddenly Marvin began glowing a brilliant white causing me to swallow in fear. "Uh-oh…"
"You know what this means!" Kane cried in delight
"It's evolving?!" Billy cried in surprise. Marvin began growing much, much larger soon towering over me. The glowing stopped revealing a very angry looking Gyarados which was cramped against the ceiling.
"Oh sh-" The newly evolved Gyarados roared loudly cutting off the rest of my sentence.
"Stop the battle!" The referee cried loudly causing lots of cries of protest to be heard. "Kane Humphries you are herby disqualified for using a Pokémon that exceeds the height limit!"
"What?!" Kane demanded in surprise
"Therefore victory goes to Billy Derringer by default!" The referee cried
"No fair! I didn't know Marvin would exceed the height limit if he evolved!" Kane protested
"Yer! I don't want victory just handed to me!" Billy also cried angrily
"Actually I'm fine not battling the giant blue dragon-like snake…." I said timidly as the Gyarados roared at me again making me jump in fright.
"Return your Pokémon now before the whole ceiling collapses!" The referee cried as Gyarados knocked a chandelier causing it to wobble violently.
"Return Marvin." Kane muttered bitterly causing the Gyarados to be absorbed back into its Poké ball.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Billy demanded angrily
"Well it's not like we could have continued battling anyway!" Kane resorted
"Argh! So frustrating!" Billy cried angrily stomping his foot.
"I bet you wouldn't be saying that if you got out of battling a giant dragon." I muttered annoyed at Billy.
"One day we'll have our battle then there won't be any silly things like height restrictions to get in our way!" Billy proclaimed pointing at Kane.
"I look forward to that day." Kane said smiling softly.
"Please leave the battle field so we can move onto the next battle." The referee said practically pushing us of the field causing us to bump into someone.
"Luke!" The boys cried in surprise
"Why do you sound so surprised?" Luke questioned blinking "You knew my battle was after yours."
"I forgot with all the excitement…" Billy admitted sheepishly and Kane nodded in agreement.
"It doesn't matter." Luke said shrugging. "Anyway Billy you better watch out because when I win this I'll be battling you! And the height limit won't help you with my team!"
"I don't need the height limit to help me!" Billy protested causing Luke to smile.
"Relax. I know you're a good trainer. I'm only teasing." Luke said sniggering
"I can't wait for our battle Liz." Shadow said grinning
"What makes you so sure we'll battle?" I questioned blinking
"Just a feeling." Shadow said shrugging.
"Anyway we've got to go!" Luke said running the field
"Wait for me!" Shadow cried chasing after him.
"Come on if we hurry back to the waiting area we can watch his match!" Kane cried eagerly causing the boys to dash off (while I clung onto Billy's hood for dear life) and burst into the room where our friends were waiting.
"Wow that's some entrance..." Red said in surprise staring at Billy and Kane while they gasped to regain their energy.
"This will be a 1V1 match between Luke Carlson and Katie!" The referee announced turning everyone's attention to the screen. "The person who knocks out their opponent's Pokémon first wins!"
"Harry snapshot!" Luke cried releasing his Hoothoot who, as usual, said nothing as he fluttered his wings to stay air born.
"GO! GO! GO! RADISH!" Katie cried releasing an Oddish who jumped in excitement.
"ohmygoshI'msoexcitedforthisbattle." The Oddish blurted causing me to blink.
"Harry use Hypnosis!" Luke cried quickly
"Radish dodge it!" Katie retaliated. Harry swooped down and his eyes began glowing a strange red. The Oddish attempted to run away but within seconds it had fallen asleep.
"Now use Peck!" Luke ordered
"Radish wake up!" Katie ordered desperately. Harry began pecking the sleeping Oddish and despite its trainers calls it kept sleeping until it fainted.
"Luke Carlson is the winner!" The referee cried causing the crowd to cheer.
"We didn't even get the chance to do anything..." The girl muttered bitterly returning her Pokémon before running off to who knows where.
"Now it's my turn to battle!" Paula cried eagerly "Just you wait I'll make it look as easy as Luke did!" She declared running off. Moments later she appeared on the television screen just as Luke walked back into the room.
"See I told you it would be easy." He said smugly
"SHUSH!" Everyone hissed in unison eager to see the battle.
"This match will be between Paula Haring and Denis! Each trainer will use one Pokémon!" The referee declared.
"Go Nasher!" Dennis cried releasing a Poochyena who sniggered mischievously.
"Alice show them who's boss!" Paula yelled releasing her Wartortle.
"Nasher start things off with a bite attack!" Denis yelled and his Pokémon charged forwards.
"Alice use Aqua jet!" Paula cried as Alice was surrounded with water and she flew towards the Poochyena knocking it into the air. "Keep up the pressure and use water gun!" Alice fired a powerful water gun knocking the Poochyena even further away slamming into one of the surrounding walls making it faint. "YES!" Paula cried happily "You were great Alice!" She said smiling happily causing Alice to smile softly.
"The next battle is Chloe vs Zack!" The referee announced as Paula left the stage.
Bubbles' POV
"I hate Arcanines!" Sparkette whined as we ran through the ventilation system
"Less moaning, more running!" I said quickly "Otherwise they'll catch up to us again!" we had a close call with the security guard and his Arcanine not too long ago while we were in the middle of trying to contact other people like me.
"Bubbles there has to be a better way to loss them than running throughout the ship!" Sparky said "we can't evade them forever!"
"I know!" I snapped causing the two Pichus eyes to widen. I hardly ever lost my temper. "I know…" I said more softly "but we don't have any other choice because no one seems to have responded to our message!"
"They're here! They're here! I can smell them!" A familiar voice said causing the three of us to share panicked looks.
"Gah! That Arcanine never gives up!" Sparky complained
"Like Pokémon, like trainer." Sparkette said sighing
"Come one we've got to run!" I said dashing off before looking behind me "Make sure you guys stick close to me this time!"
"Don't worry we're not planning on going anywhere." Sparky said grinning as the three of us raced through the air vents.
Red's POV
After a very intense battle the Chloe girl won against Zack. Now it was my rival Gary Levilus battling against Paula's contest rival Lucy Pennington.
"This will be an 3 Vs 3 Pokémon battle with each trainer allowed to make substitutions at any time!" The referee cried causing the crowd to cheer.
"Dazzle the crowd Dewgong!" Lucy said sounding bored releasing a powerful looking Dewgong.
"Battle until you can't stand Ivysaur!" Gary cried releasing the green evolved form of the traditional Kanto starter.
"I didn't know Gary had an Ivysaur!" Billy exclaimed in surprise
"He must have brought it from a salesman." I said feeling angry "Poor Pokémon..."
"Dewgong start things off with Aurora Beam!" Lucy ordered as her Dewgong fired a multicoloured beam towards the Ivysaur.
"Ivysaur dodge that attack and use Razor leaf!" Gary yelled frowning at his Ivysaur, who visibly flinched (making me clench my fist) before complying. Ivysaur just narrowly dodged Dewgong's attack before firing a powerful razor leaf which hit Dewgong making it cry out in pain.
"Dewgong use Ice Beam!" Lucy yelled with a slight frown
"Ivysaur block that attack with Razor leaf!" Gary said
"He's clashing the attacks!" Kane cried in surprise "But that won't end well for Ivysaur!"
"He's probably testing his new Pokémon's strength." Luke mused sounding disgusted. The two attacks clashed and as Kane predicted the leaves of razor began to freeze and fall to the ground just before Ivysaur was knocked with the attack sending it skidding back as it cried with pain.
"Not bad." Gary said grinning as the Ivysaur struggled to its feet.
"Dewgong finish that Ivysaur off with Icy wind!" Lucy ordered
"Ivysaur dodge and use Synthesis!" Gary yelled. Dewgong fired a powerful icy wind towards Ivysaur who attempted to dodge but ended up getting hit slightly making Gary grit his teeth. Ivysaur began glowing and within seconds it looked in a lot better condition than previously.
"Dewgong use Signal Ice!" Lucy said her gaze calculating.
"A co-ordination move? Okay we'll use our own! Ivysaur use Sleep Leaf!" Gary yelled. Dewgong fired an Ice beam attack which was surrounded by a Signal beam attack. If that hit Ivysaur it wouldn't be able to get back up again. Ivysaur fired a group of leaves throughout the stage making itself invisible. The signal ice attack hit the leaves but the leaves were immediately replaced and there was no sign of Ivysaur. Dewgong stopped its attack for a moment looking around and its eyes began to droop before it fell asleep.
"Dewgong what happened?" Lucy questioned her sleeping Pokémon.
"How about I enlighten you?" Gary questioned grinning as his Ivysaur became visible "That was Razor leaf combined with Sleep power and it was spread all over the field. Sooner or later your Pokémon will fall asleep."
"A clever tactic." Lucy admitted sounding impressed. "I might just steal it for a contest. Return Dewgong!" She cried returning her sleeping Pokémon.
"You're not keeping it out?" Gary questioned sounding surprised "I did some research and that's your strongest Pokémon. Without it you don't stand a chance against me." Gary said sounding smug
"That's why I keeping it to fight another time! Besides I've learnt your Ivysaur's weakness! Go Emolga!" She cried releasing a Pokémon that looked like a flying squirrel.
"Isn't that Pokémon native to Unova?" Gary questioned raising an eyebrow.
"Yes. And it's quite rare there as well I'm sure you'll like to know." Lucy said sounding like she was gloating causing Gary to frown. "You're not the only one who has been doing research! Your buying habits are quite famous Gary."
"I'll have to make more of an effort to make my life private..." Gary mused "Ivysaur knock the squirrel out of the sky with Vine whip!"
"Emolga fly around in circles!" Lucy ordered sounding serious. Ivysaur extended its vines and swiped at the Emolga who merely flew over the vines. "Now Aerial Ace!" Emolga swooped down and knocked Ivysaur with an Aerial ace attack which was too much for the poor Pokémon making it faint.
Ivysaur has been knocked out Gary now has two Pokémon left while Lucy has three!" The referee cried and the crowd burst into cheers.
"You're too slow." Gary said sounding disappointed withdrawing his Pokémon. "Lucy Pennington I can see you're a worthy opponent!" Gary said breaking out into a grin "I won't go easy on you anymore! Go Scyther!" he cried releasing his green bug type Pokémon.
"Emolga I'll stick with you!" Lucy announced and her Pokémon nodded.
"Scyther Slash!"
"Counter with Aerial Ace!" Scyther ran forwards at high speed while Emolga flew towards Scyther just as fast. Scyther swiped at Emolga with its scythe who counted in an Aerial Ace attack. Scyther then swiped its other arm at Emolga and hit it dead on causing the Pokémon to crash into the ground.
"Scyther knock it out with Fury Cutter!" Gary yelled sensing he was getting the upper hand.
"Emolga! Use Spark!" Lucy retailed quickly. Scyther swiped down at Emolga who fired a powerful electric blast electrocuting Scyther causing it to cry out in pain as Emolga leapt back into the air.
"Scyther you go into the air as well!" Gary yelled as his Scyther took flight and Luke took lots of pictures.
"Luke stop taking pictures!" Billy complained
"Do you know how rare it is to see a Scyther in flight?!" Luke questioned sounding excited "I'm not missing this opportunity!"
"But Luke we can't watch the battle if you're taking pictures of the screen!" Kane complained "Surely it's not the same taking a picture of a screen anyway!"
"Your right…" Luke muttered bitterly "But I'll probably never get to see it again…"
Don't worry Luke!" Billy said patting his back "If I ever catch a Scyther you can take loads of pictures of it!" He said happily
"What do you mean if you ever catch a Scyther?" I questioned angrily causing Billy to panic.
"Chu pi." Liz sighed from Billy's hood.
"Now Scyther use Wing Attack!" Gary yelled interrupting us (probably for the best).
"Emolga use Double Team!" Lucy ordered calmly. Scyther flew towards Emolga rapid as Emolga split into multiple copies confusing Scyther.
"Just attack them all!" Gary yelled causing Scyther to nod. Scyther swept past each Emolga copy with its wing glowing and one by one they all disappeared leaving none of them left. "What?! Where's the real one?!" Gary questioned looking around
"Now Emolga Acrobatics!" Lucy ordered causing her Emolga to reappear and slam into the Scyther causing it to cry out in pain. Gary however, was unfazed.
"Now Scyther before it gets away use Slash!" Scyther managed to fight through the pain slashing at Emolga sending it crashing into the ground where it fainted.
"Both challengers now have two Pokémon left!" The referee yelled
"Who do you think will win?" Paula questioned everyone biting her lip.
"Not sure Gary's Scyther quite tired but Lucy's Dewgong has already suffered some damage and Gary said that was her strongest Pokémon. Gary's not going to be holding back either." Luke said looking at both trainers while I stared wordlessly at the screen.
"Go Butterfree!" Lucy cried releasing the large butterfly Pokémon.
"So a battle against bug types?" Gary questioned grinning "Should be interesting…"
"It will be." Lucy said matching Gary's grin.
"Lucy's actually showing emotion!" Paula cried surprised
"She must be enjoying this battle." I concluded
"Butterfree use Confusion!" Lucy ordered returning to her cool attitude.
"Scyther show me you've learnt from Sabrina's gym!" Gary yelled as Scyther nodded in determination and closed its eyes. "Use X-Scissor!" Butterfree's eyes began glowing blue and Scyther was surrounded by blue light. Scyther's eyes snapped open and it began running towards Butterfree, still surrounded by blue light.
"Impossible! It's resistant to confusion's control?!" Lucy cried surprised as Scyther leapt up and swiped both arms toward Butterfree sending it crashing to the ground.
"When we were at Sabrina's gym my Pokémon were tossed around like rag dolls." Gary said darkly "So I started training my Pokémon to resist being controlled by psychic types. But I have to say Lucy that confusion attack was much weaker than anything Sabrina could produce! I expected more from you." Gary said shrugging "Keep attacking Scyther use Slash!"
"Butterfree use Silver wind!" Lucy said calmly but her face looked panicked. Scyther swiped down at Butterfree who flapped its wings quickly, successfully blowing Scyther away. "Now use Psybeam!" Lucy ordered as her Butterfree flew into the air and fired a Psybeam at Scyther.
"Did you not just hear my speech about psychic type moves?!" Gary asked as the attack hit Scyther's scythe not damaging it at all.
"Oh I heard it alright!" Lucy called back "Butterfree use Psybeam and Silver wind!" She cried as Butterfree started flapping its wing unleashing a purple and silver wind. "I wonder if your Pokémon can stand up to that?!" Lucy called causing Gary to frown.
"Scyther take it head on!" Gary yelled
"What?!" everyone questioned in unison.
"Use Wing attack to power yourself through and when you get close use X-Scissor!" Gary clarified
"His Pokémon won't be able to take that much damage… will it?" Billy questioned looking at us. Gary's Scyther plunged head first into the Silver wind/Psybeam attack and began powering its wings.
"Butterfree full power! Don't let it get through!" Lucy yelled as her Butterfree increased the power of the attack. Scyther gritted its teeth and continued to flap its wings faster and faster until… it broke through the attack hitting Butterfree with a powerful X-Scissor attack. There was a moment of silence as Butterfree weakly fluttered into the air and Scyther collapsed out of energy.
"You should have been able to carry on through that attack." Gary said recalling his Pokémon and glaring at the Poké ball. "At this rate we'll never be ready to re-challenge Sabrina's gym..."
"Lucy now has two Pokémon left! Gary you are on your last Pokémon!" The referee cried as the crowd cheered and Gary nodded.
"Raichu you're up." Gary said darkly as the electric type walked onto the field. "Raichu. ThunderPunch full power."
"No way!" Paula cried in surprise "Lucy's Pokémon is on its last legs and he's still going to attack with all he's got?!"
"That's just the kind of trainer Gary is." I said as the Raichu ran up to Butterfree and hit it with a powerful ThunderPunch knocking it out.
"Lucy now you are on your last Pokémon." The referee said.
"I figured." Lucy said rolling her eyes returning her Butterfree. "Go Dewgong!" She cried releasing the water/ice type who had now woken up but still looked quite tired.
"Raichu use Thunderbolt!" Gary called out arrogantly.
"Signal beam!" Lucy cried. Raichu fired a powerful thunderbolt and Dewgong (despite its tiredness) managed to fire a signal beam which was just as powerful and the two attacks collided cancelling each other out.
"Raichu Quick attack!" Gary called quickly.
"Let's turn the field to our favour! Dewgong use Ice beam!" Lucy ordered. Raichu dashed forwards as Dewgong fired an Ice Beam causing it to slip and slide and its feet to get frozen in place. "Now Dewgong slide forwards and use a close range Icy wind!"
"Raichu use Iron Tail to break free!" Dewgong slide forwards perfectly at home on the ice as Raichu's tail began glowing and Raichu slammed it onto the ice sending several shard into the air making Dewgong flinch. Then Raichu ran forwards (now free of the ice) and slammed its tail onto Dewgong's head knocking it away. Dewgong sat up and roared at Raichu making Lucy smile softly. "I enjoyed this battle at first. It was enjoyable to battle someone who is at least somewhat challenging. But I'm afraid I have to end it here. RAICHU USE THUNDER!" Gary yelled cockily
"I wouldn't count me out just yet! Dewgong Ultimate Combination!" Lucy called causing her Dewgong to straighten up a bit "Signal Ice Wind Beam!" Lucy blurted out quickly
"She really needs to shorten the combination name down a bit…" I said raising my eyebrows
"To what? S.I.W.B?" Billy guessed causing me to laugh
"Shut up you guys!" Paula hissed her eyes wide in amazement. Dark clouds began to gather on the stage over Raichu and you could see the lights flickering on and off. At the same time Dewgong closed its eyes and began charging up what look like a Signal and Ice beam attack but instead of firing it the Dewgong continued charging up the attack and small snowflakes began to fall from the 'ultimate attack'.
"Fire now!" Both trainers cried in unison. A huge lightning bolt came crashing towards Dewgong who fired a powerful beam which was multicoloured and had snow falling off it making the crowd gasp. The attacks collided and battled for dominance before Dewgong's Attack broke through hitting Raichu. There was silence as the mist causing from the attack cleared revealing Gary's Raichu had fainted.
"Gary had lost all his Pokémon! Therefore the winner is Lucy!" The referee cried and the crowd roared and cheered.
"We still couldn't perfect that ultimate attack…" Lucy muttered bitterly making me blink. It had seemed pretty ultimate to me… "But at least you won." She said returning her Dewgong before walking away.
"I lost…" Gary said in surprise holding his Raichu. He frowned fiercely standing up. "We'll just have to train even harder from now on." He said walking away.
"He shows no concern for his fainted Pokémon…" I said sighing for the poor Raichu.
"Isn't it time for your battle?" Kane questioned
"Right! I forgot!" I said standing up making my friends laugh. "See you guys in a few minutes!" I said running onto the battle field and I noticed my opponent was already standing there.
"Red and Gerald!" The referee cried attracting my attention. "This match will be a 1 VS 1 Pokémon battle!" The referee announced.
"Go Dratini!" Gerald cried releasing a small blue dragon Pokémon.
"That's a really rare Pokémon..." I said raising an eyebrow
"Yep I caught it just for this tournament!" Gerald said happily causing me to frown.
"So you took a Pokémon miles away from its own home just to compete?" I questioned in surprise.
"Of course!" Gerald proclaimed placing his hands on his hips. "All of my other Pokémon are too good to be thrashed around in battle!" He said causing the Dratini to look glum
"How could you hurt your Pokémon's feelings like that?!" I questioned angrily "Pokémon aren't just characters in some video game! They have thoughts and feelings!" I shouted
"What's with you?!" Gerald questioned putting his hands up in defence. "It's what all trainers do, catch Pokémon. It's a given in life." He said shrugging.
"Well my Pokémon chose to come with me!" I said "I'll defeat you using a Pokémon which trusts a respects me! Then you'll see why it's important to respect your Pokémon! Go Dewott!" I cried releasing a medium size otter like Pokémon with a shell on each leg. Dewott looked at me and sensing my anger glared at my opponent.
"Dratini use Slam!" Gerald ordered and Dratini jumped towards my Dewott.
"Dewott could you use Water gun?" I asked calmly as Dewott fired a powerful water gun blasting the Dratini away. "Razor Shell."
"Dodge it!" Gerald yelled as Dewott dashed forwards Dratini who dodged most of the attack but still got slightly hit."Now Dratini use Dragon Rage!"
"Please Dewott use Water Pulse." I said. Dratini began shaking and glowing red and it fired a powerful dragon rage attack which Dewott narrowly dodged. The Dewott fired a powerful water Pulse attack damaging Dratini greatly also confusing it. "Now Dewott, please use Aqua Tail."
"Dratini dodge it!" Gerald yelled desperately but either because it was confused of it didn't want to obey Dratini didn't comply getting hit with the powerful water attack knocking it out. "No way…" Gerald said in surprise staring at the Dratini "I knew I shouldn't have caught this stupid Dratini!" He cried crushing its Poké ball before running off.
"Hey you can't just abandon this Pokémon!" I cried in protest "You're hurting its feelings!"
"Just watch me!" Gerald said sniggering before disappearing into the crowd.
"Red won..." The referee said quietly not knowing what to do and I ignored him.
"For the time being I'll take you back to the others." I said smiling at the Dratini who opened its eyes weakly. "We'll find some way of getting you back to your home wherever that maybe." I told it as it fell asleep in my arms. I smiled before walking back into the waiting area
"Horary!" My friends said in unison crowding around me.
"What?!" I said in surprise
"You showed that trainer who was boss!" Paula said happily "It's sad that he abandoned Dratini... but I can't help thinking it will probably be better off anyway." She said looking at the sleeping Pokémon.
"Here." Luke said passing me a small bottle "It's only a potion but it will make the Dratini feel better." He said smiling passing me a Potion which I quickly sprayed onto Dratini.
"I only wish I could have thrashed that guy as well." Billy proclaimed clenching his fist.
"What are you going to do with that Pokémon?" Kane questioned me and I looked at it.
"I promised to find its home so that's what I'm going to do." I said in determination "No one else is going to hurt this Dratini." I promised and it might have been my imagination but I thought I saw it smile at these words.
Aiden's POV
"Stupid ventilation system what kind of annoying Pokémon hides in here?" I grumbled as I crawled along. I was just about small enough to fit through the vents but it was uncomfortable as hell. I sniffed and nodded to myself. I was getting closer to the Pokémon that had left the message. I needed to find them before Eric's battle because if it's a 6 VS 6 fight he'll need me. Then again I noticed only one of the competitors had six Pokémon… Billy something or other… As long as Eric doesn't face that guy he'll be fine.
"Run!" Voices cried and next thing I knew two very familiar Pichus slammed into me followed by a strange blue Buneary.
"What's a Vulpix doing here?" The Buneary questioned
"I know you two!" I cried pointing my paw at the Pichus ignoring the Buneary.
"You do?!" They questioned in unison.
"Yer Eric helped capture you in that plastic box! How did you escape?!" I questioned
"That was your trainer?!" The Pichu that look like a Pikachu growled his cheeks sparking. "Do you have any idea how much trouble he's put us through?!"
"Hey he was only trying to help the security guard out!" I defended
"Sparky!" The Buneary called "This is no time for fighting!" The Pikachu-Pichu sighed and relaxed no longer looking like he might attack me. "Now what's a Vulpix doing here?" She questioned me
"Did you try and sneak on board as well?" The Pikachu with the spiky left ear questioned curiously. This Pichu was obviously female.
"What? No!" I said amazed that these three Pokémon had somehow gotten on board. "Me and Eric we heard the voices through the air vents so I decided to see if I could find the source of the voices." I explained
"You and this Eric heard the voices?" The Buneary questioned sounding excited
"You're looking for the source?" The spiky eared Pichu said grinning.
"Someone responded to our message!" The females cried happily hugging each other
"Your message? You're the source?" I repeated doubtful.
"I can't believe there are actually others like you Bubbles!" Spiky ear said happily jumping around ignoring me.
"I know! I can see if these others have any information about the Pokémon who cursed me!" The Buneary cried also jumping around.
"You can turn into a human?!" I questioned blinking and sniffed the air. Yep this girl smelt like a human which meant either one of two things. Either she had a trainer and was just a crazy Buneary. Or she could actually turn into a human. They ignored me again and continued jumping around.
"Hold on!" The Pikachu-Pichu said suddenly "I don't trust this guy!"
"Sparky…" The Buneary said touching his arm.
"No what if you were right Bubbles?" He questioned the Buneary causing her to blink. "What if the bad guy could actually hear our message and he's sent this Vulpix as a spy to gain our trust!"
"What bad guy?" I questioned getting increasingly confused "Does this have something to do with what that Ninetails was talking about? The evil plot?" I questioned causing everyone to acknowledge me.
"What are you talking about?" the three Pokémon questioned in unison
"Well the Amethyst Ninetails... that's what cursed Eric… he was saying that there was a plot coming so big that might explode… he gave Eric a ticket to this ship-"
"-the Gold Buneary never gave us a ticket!" Spiky-ear complained and the other two shushed her.
"-and he said we needed to help stop the events that transpire." I finished "Of course he didn't give me any clue of what those events may be."
"The Gold Buneary mentioned something similar…" Bubbles said in realisation "She said that thousands of innocent people would need my help… but she didn't say why… or how I would help them."
"I guess we're on this ship for the same reason then." I concluded and the group fell silent.
"Okay I'll trust you." Bubbles said eventually.
"What?!" Pikachu-Pichu hissed
"Sparky. Sparkette." She said turning to the Pichus sounding serious. "This is a chance to find others like me. And maybe help that girl as well. And stop whatever's going to happen." She said "I'll need you guys with me now more than ever."
"Bubbles… I'm with you." Spiky-ear said holding Bubbles' hand.
"Sparky?" The two of them questioned in unison
"Don't worry I'm with you." He said grinning and the three of them hugged.
"As touching as this is we need to get a move on." I said.
"Right." The three of them said in unison breaking apart.
"Okay let's go back to Eric." I said determination attempting to move before realising I had got stuck. "Um... could you guys give me a push?"
Luke's POV
"Now it's the 1 VS 1 match of Aurora VS Justin! Let the battle begin!" The referee cried
"Go Cyndaquil!" Justin cried releasing the small fire mouse Pokémon.
"Adolfo…" The girl muttered softly and the black fox leapt from her arms.
"That's a Zoura…" Red said in amazement "They're really rare…" He said patting the Dratini in his arms.
"Is it just me or does that girl not look too well?" Kane questioned.
"I got a glimpse of her when we boarded the ship and she looked a lot better than she does now…" Paula said biting her lip.
"The Zoura doesn't look too great either..." I noticed
The two Pokémon faced each other but the Zorua looked like it just wanted to go to bed and not battle.
"Cyndaquil use Flamethrower!" Justin yelled
"Adolfo… Night daze…" Aurora said quietly. The Cyndaquil fired a powerful flamethrower straight towards Zoura. The Zoura unleashed a powerful dark energy which instantly put out the flames and knocked out Cyndaquil.
"That Zorua's strong." Shadow said in amazement and I nodded.
"Aurora is the winner!" The referee cried and Aurora and her Zorua walked away leaving the boy to run off with his injured Cyndaquil.
"Now its time for our last battle of the first round!" The announcer/referee cried "Please welcome Mike from Slateport city and Eric Ashbel from Cinnabar Island!" he cried as two boys walked in one with blue hair and one whose hair was tall and spiky and looked like fire it was orange in the middle and red at the end. The fire hair boy was also wearing fire them clothes wearing a red t-shirt with a orange jumper and smoky gray trousers. He was also wearing a huge backpack which didn't really fit into his outfit and a red headband.
"Go Ditto!" Mike cried releasing the pink blob Pokémon.
"Go Su!" Eric cried releasing a Torchic.
"I'm going to burn you up!" The Torchic proclaimed puffing up its chest.
"Su. Don't get over confident." Eric warned causing me to blink but I quickly shook the feeling off. Lots of trainers got impression of what their Pokémon was saying after gaining a close bond. The chances of him actually understanding the Torchic were low.
"Ditto Transform!" Mike order and the Ditto changed so it looked like they were now two Torchics on the field.
"You should have kept it as a Ditto." Eric said grinning. "I want to be the ultimate fire type trainer so you just made a huge mistake change into a fire type which is my Torchic at that."
"We'll see Ditto use Ember!" Mike cried but Ditto looked at him confused.
"Ember? My Torchic forget that weak fire type move ages ago." Eric said shrugging "Su use Aerial Ace!"
"Counter that Aerial Ace with your Aerial Ace!" Mike ordered. The Torchics ran towards each other glowing white and clashed into each other. However, one Torchic took it worse than the other and fell to the ground in pain. "Ditto!" Mike cried somehow knowing the difference.
"Ditto is unable to battle! Eric and Torchic are the winners!" The referee cried switching into 'announcer' mode. "The first round for the tournament is now complete! Here are the battles for the second round! First battle Billy Derringer Vs Luke Carlson! Second! Paula Haring Vs Chloe! Third! Lucy Pennington Vs Red! And last but not least! Aurora Vs Eric Ashbel!"
"You better get ready to lose Luke!" Billy proclaimed his fist clenched
"Because apparently we stand a chance of beating someone who has been training for three years." Liz said sulking
"Luke did spend most of those three years taking pictures." Shadow pointed out. We walked onto the battlefield and each took one side of the field.
"This will be a 3 VS 3 Pokémon battle with each trainer allowed to make substitutions!" The referee cried.
"Let's do this thing Steve!" Billy cried releasing his Eevee.
"How about we let these two battle their rivalry out?" I questioned picking up a Poké ball off my belt. "Blaze Snapshot!" I cried releasing my Charmander.
"We're not working together are we?" Blaze questioned with despair clear on his face. I shook my head softly causing him to grin broadly.
"You're going down!" Steve proclaimed
"You won't know what burnt you by the end of this battle!" Blaze said grinning arrogantly.
"Steve start things off with a Bite attack!" Billy ordered
"Blaze use Brick Break!" I yelled. Steve charged towards Blaze his teeth glowing as Blaze swiped his glowing arm towards Steve he jumped and bit Blaze's arm. Blaze winced and tried to shake Steve off his arm before hitting Steve with a Brick Break attack using his other arm sending Steve flying.
"Steve you okay?!" Billy questioned as Steve stood up and shook his head.
"I'm good to go Billy!" Steve yelled grinning
"Great! Hit Blaze with a Quick attack!"
"Use Flamethrower!" I commanded
"With pleasure!" Blaze yelled unleashing a huge Flamethrower straight towards Steve. Steve went into a quick attack narrowly dodging the large fire and slammed into Blaze causing him to grunt with pain.
"Blaze use Slash!" I yelled. Blaze managed to swipe at Steve hitting the Eevee's head.
"Steve Tackle attack quickly!" Steve recovered from the Slash attack and slammed into Blaze sending him falling backwards.
"You call that an attack? It barely hurt." Blaze said standing up gasping obviously tired
"Shut up stupid name!" Steve resorted also gasping
"What?!" Blaze growled
"Those boys never learn do they?" Shadow questioned sighing as Blaze's tail fire turned blue.
"I'll teach you not to make fun of my name once and for all!" Blaze cried unleashing a powerful Dragon Pulse attack. Steve yelped and narrowly dodged the attack.
"Steve use Take down!" Billy ordered
"Blaze keep using Dragon Pulse Attack!" I commanded "Even though you would even if I didn't order you to…" I muttered softly. Steve ran forwards glowing red as Blaze fired several powerful Dragon rage attacks. Steve narrowly dodged each attack until he was hit dead on.
"Steve!" Billy cried and Steve gritted his teeth and continued running forwards slamming Blaze with the Take down attack before fainting.
"Blaze are you okay?!" I questioned my Charmander who was swaying violently.
"What are you talking about? I'm completely… fine…" Blaze said giving me a thumbs up sign before also fainting.
"Return Blaze… you did well." I said returning my stubborn Charmander.
"Steve come back." Billy said returning his Eevee. "You've gotten a lot stronger." He said smiling softly. "Now it's your turn! Let's get going Daniel!" He cried releasing his small Cubone.
"Mama?" He questioned looking around causing Liz to sigh and Daniel's face to light up when he saw her.
"I'm sure your Cubone is smaller than its average size…" I said taking a few pictures of it causing Daniel to blink at me confused.
"Luke we're in the middle of a battle here!" Billy protested angrily
"Right…" I said sheepishly putting my camera away while laughing. "Harry Snapshot!" I cried releasing my Hoothoot.
"Daniel use Bone club!" Billy ordered as Daniel ran forwards with his club raised.
"Harry fly out of range." I ordered calmly. Daniel leapt towards Harry who flew up slightly making Daniel's eyes widen. Daniel landed on the ground and looked up at the flying Hoothoot. "Now use Peck!" Harry swooped in close and started pecking at Daniel who winced at each attack.
"Daniel use Headbutt!" Daniel slammed his head forwards connect it with Harry's head making him fall backwards slightly. "Now use Bone club!"
"Harry use Uproar!" Daniel attempted to swipe his club towards Harry who started screeching loudly making Daniel flinch and back off covering his ears (he has ears?).
"I hate it when you use that move." Shadow whimpered also covering his ears.
"I try not to make a habit of it…" I muttered feeling dizzy as Harry continued to screech.
"How can a Pokémon who can't even speak make that much noise?" Liz complained burying her head in Billy's hood.
"That's a good point." Shadow muttered as Harry's screeching stopped. "Oh finally! We'll have to ask Harry about it later."
"Daniel use Bone Club!" Billy ordered
"Harry go into the sky!" I yelled as Daniel attempted to swipe his club at Harry who flew into the air dodging the attack.
"Argh! This is frustrating!" Billy yelled "Daniel just throw your club at it!" Surprisingly, Daniel complied throwing his club towards Harry. The club spun around like a boomerang heading straight towards Harry.
"That's Bonemerang!" I cried in realisation as Harry was hit by the club which flew back into Daniel's hands. "Harry use Hypnosis!" Harry's eyes began glowing red and Daniel's eyes began drooping until he had fallen asleep.
"Daniel wake up!" Billy cried frustrated
"Use Confusion Harry!" I yelled. Harry's eyes began glowing blue and Daniel was surrounded by blue light. Daniel was lifted up into the air and thrown multiple times into the ground until he had fainted.
"You're my last hope Liz!" Billy cried and Liz jumped into the field.
"This should be fun." She said sounding extremely bored
"Liz hit Harry with a Thundershock!"
"Harry dodge and use Hypnosis!" Liz fired and powerful Thundershock and Harry attempted to flutter out of the way but still got hit making him fall to the ground and faint.
"Well that was surprisingly easy…" Liz said blinking as I returned Harry.
"You did have a type advantage… but now it's my turn!" Shadow said running onto the field eagerly.
"Liz use ThunderPunch!" Billy ordered as Liz ran forwards her fist sparking with electricity.
"Shadow use Faint attack!" I yelled. Liz reached Shadow and swiped her fist at him but he disappeared causing Liz to crash on the ground. Then Shadow reappeared behind Liz slamming into her making her cry out with pain.
"Liz use Sweet Kiss!" Billy commanded and Liz kissed her hands and blew towards Shadow making a heart which hit him causing him to stagger around and his eyes to go cloudy.
"Shadow are you okay?!" I questioned
"Why are there four of you Mater Luke?" Shadow questioned struggling to stay upright.
"Liz use Thundershock while Shadow's confused!" Billy yelled and Liz fired a powerful thundershock hitting Shadow dead on causing him to cry out with pain.
"Shadow use Quick attack!" I ordered. Shadow ran forward in a burst of speed... in the completely wrong direction before he fell over hurting himself.
"Now Liz use ThunderPunch once more!" Billy yelled grinning
"Shadow, close range Shadow Ball!" Shadow's eyes cleared as Liz ran forwards her fist sparking and he fired a Shadow Ball hitting Liz and sending her flying. Liz landed painfully and struggled to her feet. "Now Shadow finish her with Snarl!" I yelled as Shadow snarl loudly blasting Liz away causing her to fly in the air and crash into the ground several times before coming to stop. Liz had swirls in her eyes revealing she had fainted.
"Billy has run out of Pokémon therefore the winner is Luke!" The referee cried loudly and the crowd roared loudly.
"Are you okay Liz?" I questioned running up to my friends.
"I'm... fine… I just need a little sleep…" She said before falling asleep in Billy's hood making me smile softly. "You were great Shadow." I said patting my friend on the head causing him to grin. Together we walked back to the waiting area were our friends greeted us.
"That was intense battle!" Kane said in amazement "We were on the edge of our seats!"
"I can't believe I lost though..." Billy muttered bitterly before looking around "Where's Paula?"
"It's time for her battle." Red said grinning with the Dratini around his neck.
"This will be a 1 VS 1 match between Paula Haring and Chloe!" The referee cried from the T.V. screen.
"Go Ponyta!" Chloe cried releasing a flaming horse Pokémon.
"Let's get going Felicity!" Paula yelled releasing her Growlithe.
"Ponyta let's start thing off with Flamethrower!" Chloe ordered as Paula grinned.
"Felicity you know what to do!" She cried as Felicity jumped into the fire and it got absorbed in her fur.
"So you Growlithe has Flash fire as its ability?!" Chloe questioned sounded surprised "When I first caught Ponyta I hoped it would have that ability but instead it just has run away..." She said and Ponyta looked disappointed.
"Felicity use Fire Spin!" Paula yelled as Felicity unleashed a huge fire spin which engulfed Ponyta making it faint.
"Paula is the winner!" The referee cried causing Paula and Felicity to jump happily as Chloe walked off somewhere.
"She'll be battling you in the next matches wont she?" Red questioned me
"You're right!" I realised.
"Battling more of our friends…" Shadow said sighing.
"It was going to happen sooner or later." I muttered while Red looked at me before shrugging.
"Anyway I'm off to battle Lucy." Red said standing up and leaving
"Good luck!" all of us cried in unison.
Eric's POV
I stared at the vents before sighing what was taking Aiden so long?
"This match will be Lucy Pennington Vs Red!" The referee cried attracting my attention. If I won against Aurora I would be facing either of these two in the next match. "Each trainer will use three Pokémon and can switch Pokémon at anytime!"
"Go Butterfree!" Lucy cried releasing a flying bug type.
"I would use Munchlax but he's too heavy… instead I'll use… Quilava." Red said smiling releasing his Pokémon in a flash of light.
"What's that Dratini doing here?" He said pointing to the Dratini on Red's shoulders who attempted to hide.
"This Dratini was abandoned by its trainer. When we get off the ship we'll help it find its home." Red said patting his Pokémon on the head as Quilava's face became serious.
"Okay I've got it." He said nodding "You don't need to worry little guy!" He said giving the Dratini a thumbs up. "Red's a good guy and so am I!"
"Butterfree start things off with Confusion!" Lucy ordered as Butterfree's eyes began glowing a dark blue lifting Quilava up into the air.
"Quilava use Flamethrower!" Red ordered causing the Quilava to fire a powerful Flamethrower straight towards the Butterfree hitting it causing it to cry with pain and Quilava to drop to the ground.
"Butterfree use Psybeam and Silver wind!" Lucy ordered calmly
"Quilava use Lave Plume!" Red yelled. The Butterfree sent a strange purple/silver wind straight towards Quilava. Quilava's back flames seemed to increase and fire exploded throughout the field and couldn't help feeling grateful that the ship was made of special reinforced metal. The attacks collided and pressed against each other. Then all of a sudden the Silver wind/Psybeam combo burst into flames probably because Silver wind is a bug type move. The fire spread straight towards Butterfree exploding in its face making it faint.
"That's only to be expected seeing as its weak to fire types…" Lucy muttered returning her fainted Pokémon.
"Lucy now has two Pokémon left while Red has all three!" The referee cried
"Quilava come back!" Red cried as he returned his healthy Pokémon. "I'll save you for later…" He said smiling. "Go Grovyle!" He cried releasing the evolved form of the green Hoenn starter who merely glanced at Dratini before focusing on the battle.
"Go Emolga!" Lucy cried releasing the flying electric squirrel.
"Grovyle use Leaf Blade!" Red cried his arm outstretched.
"Emolga Aerial Spark!" Lucy said placing a hand on her hip. Grovyle ran forwards its arm looked it had a green scythe on it as it slashed at the Emolga who flew over the attack. Emolga then hit Grovyle with an Aerial Ace attack causing it to cry out in pain as its whole body began showing signs of static electricity.
"Grovyle you okay?!" Red questioned.
"I'm fine Red." Grovyle said standing up straight as the electricity disappeared.
"Okay then use Slam!"
"Emolga use Double Team!" Grovyle leapt up and attempted to slam the large leaf on its head into Emolga but the Emolga just split into multiple copies surrounding Grovyle.
"Bullet Seed!" The Grovyle fired lots of green seeds at the copies making them all disappear until the real one was hit causing it to fall to the ground in pain. "Now use Leaf Blade!
"Emolga Acrobatics!" Lucy ordered. Grovyle swiped its arm down at Emolga who disappeared causing Grovyle to blink in confusion. Next thing Grovyle knew Emolga slammed into its back causing it to fall to the ground with pain. "Now Emolga finish it off with Aerial Spark!" Lucy yelled as Emolga flew towards Grovyle glowing white and sparking.
"Grovyle stop that attack in its tracks with Slam!" Grovyle threw its large leaf forwards clashing with the flying/sparking Emolga and sparks began to run through Grovyle's body causing it to wince with pain. Emolga got thrown backwards from Grovyle and it gritted its teeth with annoyance. Grovyle grinned happily before collapsing due to exhaustion.
"Grovyle has fainted therefore the winner is Emolga! Red now has two Pokémon left!" the referee announced
"You did well Grovyle take a rest." Red said returning his fainted Pokémon. "I'll use…" Red said thinking as Dratini slid onto the battle field. "Huh? You want to battle?" He questioned and the Dratini nodded. "Okay then I'll use Dratini!" Red said smiling a bit.
"Emolga let's defeat this one as well use Spark!" Lucy cried
"Dratini, please use Dragon Rage." Red requested
"Keep going with Spark attack but break up into Double team!" Lucy ordered. Dratini fired a powerful Dragon rage attack as Emolga split into several copies. The Dragon rage attack destroyed the copies one by one until the real one was hit causing it to cry with pain and crash into the ground.
"Emolga is unable to battle! Lucy you are n your last Pokémon while Red has two Pokémon left!" The referee declared.
"Dewgong claim the spotlight!" Lucy cried releasing her Dewgong who looked at at Dratini making it flinch. "Dewgong use Icy Wind!"
"Dratini use Twister!" Dewgong fired an icy wind attack towards Dratini who started glowing red and a twister appeared out of nowhere swallowing up the Icy wind attack and hitting the Dewgong making it cry with pain. "Now Dratini use Slam!" Dratini slide towards Dewgong rapidly and jumped into the air.
"Now Dewgong use Ice Beam!" Lucy ordered quickly and her Dewgong fired a powerful Ice beam attack hitting the Dratini.
"It's super effective…" I muttered quietly
"Dratini!" Red cried with worry as the Dratini opened its eyes slightly before fainting.
"Dratini has fainted! Red you are on your last Pokémon." The referee said casually
"You did well…" Red muttered picking up the Dratini and placing it by his feet. "Go Quilava!" Red cried re-releasing his fire type Pokémon.
"Dewgong use Signal Beam!" Lucy ordered
"Quilava use Smokescreen!" Red yelled. Dewgong fired a powerful Signal beam attack straight towards Quilava just as it covered the stage with smoke. It was unclear whether the attack had hit or not. "Now Quilava Swift and Lava Plume!" Out of the smoke came lots of stars which looked like they were on fire hitting the Dewgong making it moan in pain.
"Dewgong use Icy wind on the whole field!" Lucy yelled. Dewgong breathed in heavily and blew ice of over the field getting rid of the smoke revealing Quilava. "Now use Aurora Beam!"
"Counter that with Flamethrower!" Red yelled as the Dewgong fired a powerful beam of ice towards Quilava it countered with a powerful flamethrower which slowly pushed the Ice beam back.
"Dewgong use Signal Ice Wind Beam!" Lucy blurted out.
"Quilava heat things up with Flame Plume Wheel!" Red yelled. Dewgong began charging up an Ice/Signal/Aurora beam while Quilava jumped into a Flame Wheel attack and started using Flamethrower and Lave Plume making the Flame wheel a lot bigger but also making it look like it ahad spikes and every so often fire would explode from out.
"Fire!" Lucy yelled as her Dewgong fired its ultimate attack straight toward the giant spiky flame wheel. At the same time the Quilava dived into the ultimate attack and to Lucy's surprise started powering through it landing a direct hit knocking Dewgong out.
"Lucy has lost all her Pokémon! Red is the winner!" The referee cried and I switched off the TV.
"Eric it's your turn to battle." one of the tournament organisers said to me.
"Right I'm coming now." I told them and the person nodded before walking away. Where was Aiden? Surely he had found whoever was doing that message by now? I sighed and turned around getting ready to leave the room.
"Aaahhh!" some voices cried and next thing I knew Aiden landed on me followed by two familiar Pichus and a strange Buneary.
"Aiden? Who are these Pokémon?" I questioned looking at them rubbing my head
"These, believe it or not, are the voices we heard." Aiden said sitting upright.
"There you are!" a voice cried and we turned to security guard who looked very tired and frustrated with his Arcanine standing next to him. "I've caught you red handed!"
"What are you talking about?" I questioned blinking.
"Those Pokémon attacked a girl in the cargo hold! And you're their trainer!" The guard accused me.
"We didn't attack anyone it was the bad man!" the Pichus protested
"I am the only one who's lost here?" I questioned out loud but everyone ignored me.
"I'll be taking you into custody!" The guard announced "Arcanine use Flamethrower!" I yelped and ducked with the fire sailing above my head. I grabbed the four Pokémon and ran out of the room.
"What did I do?!" I questioned running away.
"Nothing but I think these Pichus are back luck!" Aiden cried looking over my shoulder.
"You haven't had to deal with them as long as I have!" The Buneary protested.
"We're not bad luck!" The Pichu with the spiky ear protested.
"Tell me that when I'm not being chased by an Arcanine!" I yelled running away.
Paula's POV
"What's taking this Eric guy so long to battle?" Billy complained loudly staring at the television screen.
"Attention everyone!" The referee cried turning everyone's attention to the TV screen "I've just received word that trainer Eric Ashbel is associated with the dangerous Pokémon on board the ship. As a result he is now also wanted and he is disqualified from the tournament. The trainer he was meant to be battling, Aurora is automatically in the next round." The referee explained. "So the next matches are Luke Carlson Vs Paula Haring and Red Vs Aurora."
"It's time for our battle." Luke said to me grinning.
"I know I can't wait!" I said and the two of us went onto the field.
"This match will between Paula and Luke Each Challenger is allowed only one Pokémon!" The referee declared causing me and Luke to nod.
"Shadow Snapshot!" Luke yelled and his Umbreon ran into the field.
"Alice let's get going!" I cried releasing my Wartortle.
"Shadow use Shadow ball!" Luke ordered
"Alice you use Water Pulse!" I commanded the two spheres collided with both of them becoming destroyed.
"Shadow use Faint attack!"
"Alice listen out for him! Then when he gets close use Aqua Tail!" Shadow disappeared and I looked around nervously for him. Alice was much more relaxed closing her eyes she was completely still expect for her ears twitching every so often. Shadow reappeared behind her and I gasped just as Alice's eyes snapped open and she swung her tail at Shadow landing a direct hit.
"Shadow while you're close use Bite!" Luke yelled.
"Go into your shell for protection!" I screamed. Shadow attempted to bit Alice's arm but she just hid inside her shell.
"Shadow use Snarl on the Shell! Send it flying!" Shadow snarled loudly causing me to wince and place my hands over my ears. I could only imagine what it sounded like to Alice because sounds echo in her shell. The power of the voice sent Alice flying into a nearby wall.
"You okay?!" I questioned and she stood up dizzily before nodding. "Okay Alice use Skull Bash!" Alice tucked her head in her shell before jumping towards Shadow.
"Shadow dodge with Quick attack!" Luke yelled. Shadow dashed off in a burst of speed narrowly dodging Alice's attack. "Okay close range Shadow ball!" Shadow fired a powerful Shadow ball hitting Alice in the middle of her attack sending her crashing into the ground.
"Alice!" I cried and then I sighed with relief as Alice stood up again.
"That Wartortle can really take a beating…" Luke said amazed getting his camera out causing Shadow to growl. "I know now's not the time or the place." He said sighing with disappointment putting his camera back.
"Alice use Aqua Jet!" I cried desperately.
"Shadow meet it head on with Quick Attack!" Alice burst forward surrounded by water while Shadow ran forward in a burst of speed surrounded by whit light. The two Pokémon crashed in the middle with neither showing any signs of weakness until Alice's eyes began to droop and Shadow pushed her away sending her once again into the ground.
"Alice!" I called filled with worry but I knew the battle was over before I saw her.
"Wartortle has fainted! Luke Carlson is the winner!" The referee cried causing the crowd to roar and cheer.
"You did your best." I said smiling softly returning Alice.
"That was an intense battle." Luke said grinning holding out his hand which I shook.
"Come on let's get back to the others." I said smiling as we walked back.
"We're back!" We called
"Hi!" Everyone else shouted
"That battle was awesome!" Kane exploded.
"Shush Red's going up now!" Billy demanded and we all turned to the TV.
"This will be a two on two match with no substitutions!" The referee announced
"Dewott go!" Red cried releasing his Dewott.
"Go Adolfo…" Aurora said quietly and her Zoura jumped onto the field.
"Dewott use Razor Shell!" Red ordered
"Adolfo use Roar…" Dewott ran towards Zoura a shell in each hand as Zoura roared loudly causing Dewott to flinch in fear. Dewott then got absorbed in a red light of a Poké ball as another Poké ball burst open.
"Munchlax!" Red's Munchlax cried happily and the referee blew his whistle loudly.
"Red you are disqualified for using a Pokémon that exceeds the weight limit!" the referee cried
"I didn't choose to send Munchlax out!" Red protested
"Therefore victory goes to Aurora!" the referee yelled ignoring him. Within minutes Red was back with us in the waiting room sulking.
"That's too bad Red…" Kane said patting his back feeling sympatric as he had been disqualified from his match as well.
"At least now I don't have to battle Luke." Red muttered happily as Luke appeared on the TV.
"This is it! Our final match of the tournament! Luke Carlson Vs Aurora!" The referee cried and the crowd cheered loudly.
Aurora's POV
"This will be a one on one match!" The referee cried and I stared at my opponent and nodded.
"Aurora." A familiar voice said through my ear piece causing me to freeze. "It's time you know what to do. Remember even if you don't comply I'll just do it myself." The voice said darkly but all was silent.
"Aurora you don't have to do this." Adolfo said from my arms.
"Even if we don't he will." I said sadly "I hate feeling so powerless!" I muttered angrily.
"Aurora…" Adolfo said sadly looking at me.
"You know the drill." I said pulling myself together "Everything from this point is an illusion… all these trainers will see is us getting absolutely trashed."
"In the mean time we'll set up Question Mark's machine." Adolfo said sounding bored but looking sad. "Then we'll be living in a nightmare."
"I know…" I said sadly "But Question Mark promised not to kill anyone apparently he needs everyone on this boat alive. Plus I can't lose anymore family members."
"I know." Adolfo muttered bitterly obviously angry that we were powerless to do anything in this situation.
"Remember everything from this point is an illusion." I repeated
"Expect the bit when the black fog will take control of thousands of innocent people…" Adolfo muttered sadly. "Though I wish that bit was an illusion…"
No one's POV (but with Billy, Paula, Luke, Liz, Red and Kane)
"Harry Snapshot!" Luke cried releasing a Hoothoot.
"Go Oshawott!" Aurora cried releasing a small blue otter
"Harry let's start things off with Hypnosis!" Luke ordered as the Hoothoot's eyes began glowing red.
"Oshawott use Dig to dodge!" Aurora cried as the Oshawott burrowed into the ground to avoid getting sleepy. "Now Double Team!" Lots of Oshawotts ran out of the hole causing Harry to look confused.
"Harry blow them away with Gust attack!" Luke commanded as his Hoothoot flapped his wings blowing all the copies away including the real one sending it crashing to the ground.
"Oshawott recover from that hit and use Cut!" Aurora cried as her Oshawott stood up and picked up its shell and started running towards Harry.
"Harry use Confusion attack!" Luke yelled and his Hoothoot's eyes began glowing blue surrounding the Oshawott with a blue light and picking it up.
"Oshawott use Hidden power!" Aurora cried quickly as her Oshawott fired several dark spheres (because its hidden power was a dark type move) which hit Harry dead on forcing him to drop the Oshawott. "Now Oshawott use Cut!" The Oshawott picked up its shell again and jumped up.
"Now Harry! Peck attack!" Luke yelled and the Hoothoot pecked the Oshawott fiercly causing it to fall to the ground and faint.
"Aurora's Pokémon has fainted therefore the winner of the tournament is Luke Carlson!" The announcer cried and the crowd burst into cheers. No-one noticed a single tear drop from Aurora's eye…"Here's your prize Luke!" The announcer said handing Luke a single bike voucher and several Safari Zone tickets.
"Alight I won the bike voucher and the Safari zone tickets!" Luke yelled happily waving the tickets in the air.
"Great job Luke!" Billy said grinning running onto the field.
"I'm so happy for you." Paula said happily.
"AHEM. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME IS THIS THING ON?" An unfamiliar male voice who sounded bored questioned over the speaker causing everyone to look at each other in confusion.
"What's going on?" The people questioned each other.
"AH. JUDGING BY THE SOUND OF PEOPLE TRYING TO BREAK INTO THE ROOM I'LL ASSUME EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME THAT'S GOOD. I'D LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT IN A FEW HOURS THE WHOLE SHIP WILL BE UNDER MY CONTROL AND WE'LL BE GOING ON A SLIGHT DETOUR TO THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN."
"What?!" Everyone in the room (except Aurora) questioned in surprise.
"BUT DON'T WORRY. MOST OF YOU WILL BE JOINING OUR SIDE IN A FEW MINUTES REGARDLESS THOSE THAT DON'T… WELL LET'S JUST SAY IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A FUN TRIP FOR YOU."
"What the hell is this psycho blabbering on about?" A plump man demanded
"Why would we join some stranger that's hijacked a boat?" A woman questioned obviously confused.
"OH I FORGOT TO MENTION. YOU WON'T HAVE A CHOICE ABOUT JOINING OUR SIDE. UNLESS YOU HAVE A STRONG WILL YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO RESIST OUR CONTROL. EVEN IF YOU DO HAVE STRONG WILL BY THE END OF THIS TRIP YOU'RE GOING TO WISH YOU DON'T." The man said darkly as an all too familiar black fog substance began to pour in through the vents
"What is this?" several people demanded at once and a few people ran out of the room only to back slowly in.
"It's everywhere!" the people cried as several of them began coughing.
"It's burning my lungs!" They cried
"Everyone hold your breath!" Billy demanded "Otherwise you'll turn into a mind controlled zombie!"
"We can't hold our breath forever!" Kane cried beginning to cough
"JUST DO IT!" Billy snapped causing everyone to take a lungful of air. The room filled up with fog and nothing was visible for a few minutes. Suddenly out of the darkness a pair of glowing eyes opened followed by hundreds of others.
"It's-no good-I can't-last…" Red said coughing violently in taking a lot of the fog.
"Red!" Billy cried releasing his breath before coughing
"Don't you start breathing!" Kane cried shaking Billy's shoulder's violently before beginning to cough himself.
"It's too much I need to breathe..." Paula cried gasping for breath
"Guys?!" Luke questioned worried gasping for air "what's going on?!" he cried looking at the group but he was unaffected by the fog. More and more red eyes became visible through the fog as the ship became pitch black.
* This may not seem like a lot but according to Bulbapedia a Lugia just exceeds 5 meters along with a few other Pokémon 5 meters is over 17" for those who don't like meters. Underneath it say Pokémon exceed 50 kg can't be released which is the equivalent of over 110.2 lbs.
I'm back from holiday! And I now hate midges I swear they are more annoying then Zubats! I got millions of bites when on holiday Thank god I've finished this chapter though… I think this one is probably going to be the longest out of the arc… Fun fact! Gyarados which is apparently taller than Lugia being over 6 meters. Snarl is a dark type move which Umbreon can learn Via TM. Oshawott can learn Dig, Double team and Retaliate via TM and Cut Via HM. Interestingly Zoura can learn all these moves too….
Another fun fact! All of Eric's Pokémon's names mean fire
Aiden is a variant spelling of English Aidan meaning "little fire."
Su is a Basque name meaning "fire."
The next chapter's the last in the SS Anne arc... look out for: Black Fog on the High Seas.