I'm back, sorry for the late update. The other day at school, my bag was so full of homework, that I couldn't even bring my lunch box home. But hopefully more chapters coming soon.
Book 3: Colosseum Chapter
Round 37: Vs. Raikou 1
Spinal spent the rest of the afternoon training and thinking over whether he should bring Rui along. He didn't want Rui to get hurt, but he also knew that she was training right at this time as well, increasing her Plusle's, and new Teddiursa's, levels by more than 5 in one afternoon. Spinal didn't sleep very well. He did fall asleep, but his sleep wasn't a peaceful one, as it was plagued with nightmares. Nightmares of Rui being taken away, Spinal losing to Ein, Amber (with a different attire on; black jacket, blue headband, blue jeans) running away from police. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity of nightmares, Spinal awoke, cleaned up, dressed and headed outside to his bike. Rui was already there. They had planned to meet in front of the bike at 8:00 am, but Spinal realised he'd messed up and the time now was 8:30 am.
"Hey Spinal" Rui smiled and waved.
"Hey Rui. Ready to go?" Spinal asked.
"You bet!"
As they drove, Rui decided to ask Spinal something that had been bothering her ever since Spinal made the decision to go.
"Spinal, this is the first time we're hunting a Cipher Admin. The past two admins we've faced haven't been very kind to us and we barely escaped with our lives. If we're intending to take down this... Ein person, then we're going to need a strategy on entering his building and a battle plan when fighting him," Rui said. Spinal was quiet for awhile, but then eventually spoke up;
"Rui. This guy might not even have a legendary Pokemon aiding him, and anyway, who says we barely escaped?" Spinal asked.
"Well... I guess we used a strategy to escape both times..." Rui murmured.
"Besides Rui, my team have gotten even more powerful after training yesterday. We can take this guy" Spinal said, revving up the engine so it was too loud for them to talk.
...
By the time Spinal and Rui arrived at the place Professor Krane had talked about, it was already noon.
"Too much time already wasted. Let's hurry" Spinal murmured, getting off his bike.
"Spinal, what's our plan of entering?" Rui asked.
"Well, since this metal gates locked, we should probably jump it and go through a backdoor" Spinal suggested. He turned to Rui and grinned. "Piggyback?"
She hopped on his back, and then Spinal climbed his way over the gate and onto the other side. Rui climbed off his back and walked over to the front door. Locked. She walked over to another door. Locked as well. She walked around the building. All the doors that led inside were locked.
"All the doors are locked. How do we get in?" Rui asked Spinal.
"Hmm... hey, what's that?" Spinal suddenly noticed something behind one of the machines. It was a card.
"What is that?" Rui wondered.
"It's a card key. Somebody working for Cipher must've dropped it" Spinal realised. He walked over to the front door and tried the card key. The front metal door slid open to reveal a long dark passageway.
"Come on Rui, let's go" Spinal called, walking down the corridor, closely followed by Rui.
...
As soon as Spinal took the elevator down, Rui knew they were going to get lost. It turned out she was right. A few minutes after taking the elevator down, Spinal turned to Rui.
"Uh, do you know where to go perhaps?" Spinal asked. Rui sighed.
"I knew you didn't know where to go. Let's take that elevator down and then we'll see where we are" Rui said, leading the way. As soon as they took the elevator down, they were met by a about 10 Cipher Peons.
"Uh... hi!" Rui smiled.
...
For the next few minutes of travelling through the Lab, Rui and Spinal were pushed down corridor after corridor and elevator after elevator in cuffs. Once they finally reached their destination, 8 of the Peons left, while 2 led Spinal and Rui in, closed the doors behind them and stood guard on either side of the door. Spinal took in all of his surroundings. It was quite a big office, with a desk at the far back, a few machines set up next to walls, and a big space with a carpet leading to the desk. Behind the desk sat a man with greyish black hair with a white coat and sunglasses. In his hand he threw a poke ball containing a Pokemon and caught it, over and over again.
"And who do we have here?" Ein smirked, catching the Pokeball and walking up to Rui and Spinal. "Two children? Boy and girl? Aah, you two must be Spinal and Rui, the ones who keep meddling with our plans of creating Shadow Pokemon."
"That's us," Spinal said.
"Mhm. This young lady is... quite the well made one" Ein smirked, stroking Rui's hair. In return, she spat in his face.
"How rude!" Ein exclaimed, wiping the spit off his face. He walked back to his desk and took out two more Poke Balls from his drawer. He threw them, sending out a Starmie and a Crobat.
"I was going to spare you, girl, but it looks like I'll have to wipe you out as well. Starmie, Crobat, kill them" Ein said, waving his hands. Luckily, Spinal reacted fast enough, to push himself and Rui out of the way before Crobat and Starmie slashed at them. He and Rui rolled behind the cover of a table.
"Rui, we need to get these cuffs off. I'll distract these two Pokemon, while you go get the keys off the Peons" Spinal instructed.
"Okay. Be careful Spinal" Rui said, before charging into the Peons. Spinal stood up out of the way of the table.
"Hey Starmie, Crobat, come at me!" that got the two Pokemon's attentions. They charged Spinal, and barely missed him too. He jumped over Ein's desk just as Crobat slashed at the very spot where Spinal had been standing.
"Plusle, Thunderbolt!" a voice commanded. Spinal (being underneath the desk) did not see what happened, but he could tell that Rui had gotten the keys. He stood up to find Crobat and Starmie on the ground, with Plusle and Rui standing over them. Rui used the keys to unlock Spinal's cuffs. He flexed his wrists and looked over at Ein, who was just smirking in the corner of the room.
"What's funny Ein? Do you find your own team losing amusing?" Spinal taunted.
"No, I'm just thinking about what fun I'm going to have, beating the life out of you two. But I think we need a bit of fresh air for the real fight" Ein said, pressing a button on the wall. Suddenly, the room started to shake. Ein pushed the two unlucky Peons out the door, just before the room elevated to the surface. Once up in fresh air, the room literally unfolded and became flat, showing the lab in the background and the desert in another part.
"Get ready Spinal and Rui, this is the last day of your two miserable lives. Raikou, come out!" Ein called. Suddenly, the weather took an unfortunate turn and became dark and cloudy. Rain started to pelt down. Spinal caught a glimpse of a Huntail being recalled, before a flash of lightning blinded him and Rui. He felt the wind rush near him and realized Ein was attacking.
"Hariyama, protect us! Bulk Up!" Spinal commanded. Despite the increased defence, Hariyama was unable to withstand Raikou's powerful Volt Tackle, as Hariyama was sent flying. As soon as the brightness died down, Spinal and Rui both striked.
"Teddiursa, Take Down!"
"Pansear, Flame Charge!"
Both attacks connected, but did practically nothing.
"Raikou, Spark!" Ein laughed. Sparks flew everywhere, knocking both Pansear and Teddiursa out.
"No, Teddiursa!"
"Pansear!"
"Now Raikou, strike Rui and Spinal down with a Volt Tackle!"
I'm not sure I'm all that happy with the ending, but I think it's okay enough to keep.
Next Time: Gold, Emerald and Crystal head to the Pokemon HQ Laboratory to meet with Professor Krane as requested by Professor Oak.
Amber: Eevee (Ve-Ve) Lv 33, Simisage (Sa-Sa) Lv 34, Electabuzz (El-El) Lv 38, Alakazam (Al-Al) Lv 36, Skarmory (Ka-Ka) Lv 35
Spinal: Umbreon Lv 41, Espeon Lv 40, Hariyama Lv 44, Noctowl Lv 39, Pansear Lv 25
Kyanite: Swellow (Swell) Lv 31, Simipour (Pour) Lv 33, Voltorb (Volt) Lv 32, Lunatone (Luna) Lv 35
Rui: Plusle Lv 32, Teddiursa Lv 25