Back to being attacked AGAIN. Lots of people want Havok's ass on a spear apparently.
The helo and I stared at each other some more. Then I took an initiative and brought Swanna out.
Swanna leapt into the air and I grabbed on as it used Fly. She took off. The helo swung about and gave pursuit.
I was freaked out that I was flying without a harness and Swanna between me and the ground. The wind chilled and my fingers went numb. Swanna steered towards a large mountain beyond the Celestial Tower. That looked like Twist Mountain.
The helo fired its Bullet Seed and Swanna weaved back and forth until we came to the entrance of Twist Mountain. Both of us dashed inside and tried to outlast it.
No dice, a missile struck the entrance and boulders tumbled down.
Now they can wait out there until doomsday.
There's definitely more than one way out of here. I called out Larvesta and she blew a steady flame that dubbed as a light. The eerie looks of this mountain did nothing to soothe my worries. The worse thing was that I saw no Pokémon around. Even hostile Woobats had not even attacked me yet, like they did in Wellspring Cave.
The air got even colder as we traveled along. Larvesta was even shivering, so I picked her up to share warmth. I put on a light jacket that did little to ease the shivering. Larvesta breathed out more fire and scared a curious Pokémon that I had a slight glimpse of before disappearing.
Light flashed from outside and more flashes as I heard what seemed like a Pokémon battle. I sprinted to the opening and watched.
It looked like a bowl shaped area covered in snow. I saw a bright light flash as something out of my view fired an Ice Beam at a cornered Excadrill. Excadrill burrowed under the ground and I saw its opponent slide into view. Looking around I saw dozens of Pokémon that resembled Casteliacones and larger variants as well. Upon scanning, I noted that they were Vannilite, Vannilish and Vanniluxe. The Pokémon battling the Excadrill was shaped like a giant snowflake. It had orange eyes and chains that resembled a moustache, I flipped through the Pokedex and it told me that it was a Cryogonal. The one displayed on the pad looked slightly different than the one I saw before me. The body was more of a cyan than a dark blue. Upon further inspection, it told me that it was a rare Pokémon called a shiny.
Upon hearing an uproar of cries from the peanut gallery, Cryogonal wrapped chains around the fallen Excadrill and carried it off somewhere. I pressed against the hole to look further, but the rock gave and I slipped, letting out a yelp of shock and falling down the bowl. All the Pokemon looked angry. Especially the Cryogonal.
"You wanna fight?" I taunted it. "Be my guest. Zoroark, come on out!"
Zoroark took Serperior's form and snarled at Cryogonal, who looked pleased to have a type advantage.
Sorry bitch, today's your unlucky day.
"Get to work." I simply stated. "Serperior" shot out a lethal Flamethrower that clearly caught Cryogonal off guard. In unison, all the ice cream thingys shot various ice attacks at Zoroark. "Serperior" morphed back and Zoroark looked at them, daring one to hit her. One Vanniluxe did, shooting Zoroark with a Mirror Shot. Zoroark retaliated with a Dark Pulse that had everyone, including me cringing. Then I flicked my wrist at her and she understood, taking off through the hole followed by a lot of angry ice cream cones.
Too bad Zoroark can't learn Lick. I sent out Escavalier, Larvesta and Axew to help deal with the rest. Escavalier and Larvesta took on Cryogonal's lackeys. In the background I saw Escavalier launch Larvesta, who flew through the air delivering powerful Flame Charges. Vannilish and Vannilite shouted in confusion and pain as my Pokémon plowed through the whole army of ice cream cones.
I teamed up with Axew, facing the Cryogonal. I still had a surprise for it.
"Axew, use Bulldoze!" I had taught Axew to stomp the ground and shake things up a little.
Cryogonal remained smug because of its Levitate, getting it overconfident is what I was aiming for.
In response, Cryogonal wobbled side to side and lost a little speed. That wasn't right. Axew was supposed to miss. Axew must have mold breaker as its ability.
Cryogonal hovered closer, a white sphere forming in front. After having it grow for a while, the Flash Cannon accelerated toward Axew, who would've cowered in fear like most of its kind, but this one had the aura of confidence. I was glad I picked him up on the plane.
"Evade it!" Axew dropped flat on the ground, making the shot pass over harmlessly. Axew had now gained precious ground and was nearly on top of his snowy opponent.
Axew was poised for an attack and I didn't let him down. "Hit it with Dragon Claw!"
I expected Axew's glowing red shredders to hit, but instead he bounced back and landed in front of me. Cryogonal was covered in a thick viscous substance.
Damn it, Cryogonal's Acid Armor is going to make it impossible to weaken this thing. I suddenly wondered if my other Pokemon needed help and quickly dispatched Swanna and Serperior to search for their comrades. Cryogonal sprayed an Ice Beam in a wide arc, catching Axew and myself off guard. My leg was trapped under a three inch layer of ice and I was awkwardly pinned to the ground. Axew shook off ice on his body and looked at me to see if I was okay.
I sure was. "How dare you touch Havok! I just bathed for first time!" Axew gave me a puzzled look.
Cryogonal's spiked ends sprouted spheres of energy and they launched towards Axew. I had an idea in mind.
"Axew, grab as many as you can!" He did so, catching the orbs with relative ease. This Axew worked really hard for whoever had him last. He bundled up all the Hidden Power bits he had and I commanded him to get close to Cryogonal.
Of course, it tried to stop him, by firing an Ice Beam and activating Acid Armor in case Axew did a physical attack. I had no intention as Axew leapt on top as Cryogonal covered itself in the gel.
"Hit it with its own Hidden Power!"
Axew held on as Cryogonal shook itself to get him off. Axew found leverage and slammed his ball of Hidden Power into the snowflake. The Acid Armor did nothing to protect it from the point blank shot.
It surprised me that the bitch was still standing. I must have put a dent in it already. Axew ran over to me and dove into my backpack.
"Hey!" I yelled at him, dodging a Flash Cannon in the process. "Get the hell outta my pack!"
Axew threw something in the air and I caught it. It was an empty Ultra Ball.
Seeing what he wanted me to do, I stepped forward as Axew jumped down. The Ultra Ball slid across the snowy ground and the shiny Cryogonal was sucked inside the vaccum of the capsule. Both of us held our breaths. Axew had a red Dragon Claw prepared in case the shiny Pokémon escaped.
After what seemed like an eternity, the Ultra Ball clicked. I captured a Cryogonal, better yet, a shiny one.
Larvesta appeared on top of Escavalier as they returned, battered and bruised from a previous fight. Swanna dove from the sky and Serperior slid from his hiding spot.
"Where's Zoroark?"
As if on cue, a Vanniluxe, readying a Shadow Ball appeared. Everyone tensed…then it morphed into Zoroark and she fired it in a random direction. I know this because Axew was hit by a knocked out Woobat.
"Something must have agitated all of the Pokémon." I muttered as I saw footprints. Axew took out Cryogonal's Ultra Ball and handed it to me. I threw him out and I stared at them before realizing that the prints were my own shoes. I'm such a dumbass. Cryogonal was a bit surprised that I was his master now. It apparently never had one. However, it did lead me through a nexus of tunnels for an hour. I was confused if it was trying to get us lost. Finally it stopped in front of several frozen Pokemon that it had claimed. There were Foongus, Boldore, Roggenrola, Woobat, Swoobat and that Excadrill.
"Oh there you are Cryogonal!" I heard the voice say. I peered around the corner to see a Plasma Grunt.
"Plasma." I muttered, finally on the trail of something. He looked past Cryogonal to see me.
"Well, well, well. A curious visitor."
I stepped from my hiding place, as it was no longer needed.
"Looks to me that you're not freeing these Pokémon. Plasma." I spat the last word like it was something disgusting.
"I have other plans, thanks to Cryogonal. Since my op is discovered, I must take my leave." He pressed a button and a controlled explosion blew out the cave to see the outside.
"You're no match for me one on one, so don't try anything."
"How about a two on one?"
Both of us flinched at the female voice that projected behind me. I turned around, seeing a determined looking Touko with a grin on her face, a Lilligant and Zebstrika by her side.
She has a habit of appearing at the best times.
The Grunt saw the compromise and attempted to run. I nodded to Cryogonal, who betrayed his contract and struck him with an Ice Beam. He was in a hilarious pose with his hands poised to his mouth halfway open in a scream. Both of us laughed along with our Pokémon at the sight.
"We probably shouldn't leave him here." I said to her. As much as we both hated Team Plasma, a death by two trainers would hurt both our reputations.
"Good idea." She responded, by giving me a peck on the cheek. Which was completely fine, we were going to make out later anyway.
An hour passed, warming up the frozen captives with Larvesta and Touko's newly evolved Simisear.
The Pokemon seemed grateful and disappeared into the caves.
"How many badges you got?" I asked. Touko opened her badge case. She only had two left, like I did.
"You're a faster one than I expected." She rolled her eyes. "Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I can't kick your ass."
I laughed gently, "Shall we go m'lady?" I asked in a formal tone, helping her up. We agreed to travel to Icirrus together, challenging our seventh gym. I needed some training first, I beat Skyla by a hair and I bet the next gym was much tougher.
We stood and exited the mountain.
"Hey there's Mistralton!" Touko pointed to a cluster of buildings and a couple of jets taking off in the distance. "That's where I went in!" I saw an open entrance and closer was an entrance that was clogged with rubble.
I had only traveled maybe three hundred meters from my start in Twist Mountain.
Isn't that stupid/ He went all the way seemingly around Twist Mountain, only to be three hundred meters higher than where he started. On the good side, he met his hot girlfriend again and they trapped a Team Plasma Grunt, ceasing one of Ghetsis' "Black Operations"
He also caught a Cryogonal, a shiny one too! I've been getting a lot of PMs about his current team. Since you are all curious and confused which Pokémon learned what, I'll just summarize it below. These are all of Havok's Pokémon. Including the ones he has in reserve.
Serperior: Leaf Tornado, Leaf Blade, Coil, Aerial Ace
Zoroark: Captivate, Dark Pulse, Flamethrower, Shadow Ball
Larvesta: Bug Bite, Flame Charge, Incinerate, Take Down
Escavalier:, Swords Dance, Poison Jab, Headbutt, Iron Defense
Swanna: Fly, Surf, Aerial Ace, Roost
Axew: Dragon Claw, Bulldoze, Dragon Dance, Slash
Cryogonal: Flash Cannon, Hidden Power (Rock), Acid Armor, Ice Beam
Krokorok: Dig, Crunch, Brick Break, Rock Slide
Liepard: Cut, Fake Out, Foul Play, Torment
Sawk: Brick Break, Bulk Up, Counter, Payback