Chapter 37! A fun battle is beginning!
Sky
I raced through the camp searching for Luke. I ducked under the flying body of a Growlithe who had unfortunately had his throat slit. I sent him a quick prayer before returning my attention to the task at hand. A Beedrill with a bronze band its arm, flew towards me. Without even thinking about it, my left hand spike ripped through his belly. He cried out once before hitting the ground. I spotted the Cougra girl fighting clashing uh, horns with another Absol. She didn't seem to need my help so I just ignored her.
"Sky!" cried Spark.
I raced over to Spark who was a couple feet away, ripping the heads off some Purity Organization members with her tail spikes. She pointed and I looked in the direction she was pointing. Whitefang was exchanging blows with someone I thought I would never see again after we took care of her. "Why the hell is Rin here?" I asked, jumping over a Charizard's sword before shoving my right spike into his neck.
"Her tails," cried Spark, "Look at her tails! Discharge!" She shocked the Purity members, before killing them.
I stared at Rin's tails in shock. She had tails again! Only this time, her tails were made from some type of metal. Artificial limbs. "Fake tails," I said, "God. How advanced is the Purity Organization!?"
"More advanced than we thought," Spark swung her tail again, ripping off a Golbat's wing. "You go help Whitefang. I'll be fine."
"Right," I nodded, before racing over to Whitefang. Rin saw my approach and one of her nine tails was flung at me. I sidestepped out of the way, "Whitefang! Get your rebels out of here! There is no way you can fight them! Leave it to us!"
"We can't back out now!" snapped Whitefang, "What will the rest of the rebels think!?"
"This is not the time," I snapped, "Look. I know this might be a bit weird but I know what it feels like. We are also fighting the Purity Organization. Your band of rebels need training. They need to become stronger." I pushed Whitefang out of the way just as Rin shot one of her tails in our direction.
Whitefang groaned, "Fine. I'll go." He disappeared into the sea of Pokemon.
I turned my full attention to Rin, "So. Want me to rip off your tails again?"
Rin growled, "You will regret saying that. If I could kill you…I'd…"
"So you can't kill me," I said thoughtfully. That proved one thing. They needed us. Great.
"But that doesn't mean I can't rip you up a bit," sneered Rin, "Flamethrower!" The hot flames shot at me but I jumped over them, trying to think of a way to fight her. I was still badly injured from my run in with Cerlena.
"Aura Sphere!" I cried, throwing the pulsing blue ball at Rin. Rin gracefully jumped out of the way and released another flamethrower at me. I jumped back, trying to figure out what to do.
"Purity Organization must die!" I saw Fang jump from behind Rin with his axe out, his eyes blazing. That idiot. Rin didn't even turn to face him. She just flicked one of her tails and it caught Fang in the stomach, sending the poor Gabite flying. I saw Fang hit the ground a while away. He coughed, sucked in air and was still. I could see he was still breathing though. At least he was still alive.
Rin smiled smugly before stepping closer in my direction, "Looks like you got hurt pretty bad. Naughty Cerlena. She wasn't supposed to try to kill you, but I guess it makes sense since she is so unstable."
My eyes widen and anger surged up from within me, "What did you do to her?" I snarled.
Rin chuckled, "Nothing I should be telling you!"
I really wanted to strangle her. I think I would have, if Rein hadn't come up next to me. He placed his hand on my shoulder, "Calm down Sky. Remember what Sensei told us. Keep your cool. Don't let your emotions get the better of you."
"Right," I whispered, taking in deep breaths. I had to stay calm, otherwise this would all end badly. "Thanks Rein."
"No problem," smiled Rein, "Now. Let's take care of Rin shall we?"
Rin backed up a step but she was still her attack stance, "No matter how many of you there are, I will defeat you!"
"Oh shut up," growled Rein, "We took care of all of your men with ease." I looked around and saw that Rein was correct. The rebels had all retreated, and everywhere were dead pokemon. In fact, I think only our group and Rin were the only Pokemon here that were alive.
"Cowards," spat Rin.
Spark ran over to us, as well as Luke. I saw Kyle and Sophie climb out of a small hole in the ground and rush over to Fang. "Luke. What is that?" I pointed to is chest, where he was bleeding from several wounds. From the wounds, I could tell he was hit by some arrows.
"It's just a flesh wound," said Luke, drawing his knives.
"You're…" began Rin. She paused and smirked, "What a fitting end for you Luke."
Luke didn't react. He just stood ready with his knives. I on the other hand was a bit curious, "What are you talking about?"
"The arrows have been soaked by a virus created by the Purity Organization," said Rin, with her head held high. She seemed proud to tell us this for some reason, "You will die soon. A very slow and painful death. In fact, you are the first Pokemon to be infected with it. Congratulations!"
I didn't know what to say. First my sister and now my cousin! Was the Purity Organization out to get me or is it my bad karma? "Luke. Don't worry. We'll find Mud again and we'll ask her. She will know how to cure you." The way he looked at me I knew, he knew that there was no cure. "Damn it."
"Now that I gave you information, time to come with me!" Rin charged towards us, her metal tails with their sharpened tips flew at us, trying to rip us to shreds. We jumped, weaved and did everything we could to stay away from the tails. Rein tried to cut one like we did last time, but his claws could not cut through the metal. Rin laughed, "Not this time!" Rein shoved his feet onto her tail and used it as a stringboard to jump away from her tails.
Rein flipped and landed next to me, "Sky. This is not a good situation. You're injured. Sensei always told us to fight together but I don't think you can fight at your full strength." I knew Rein was right. I ducked under a flamethrower before stamping my foot on the ground, but Rin jumped back, avoiding my Rock Tomb. "Also," said Rein, "I just figured out that it is close to that time…"
I froze. "Why does it have to happen now…is it today?"
Rein nodded, before jumping over a tail and landing on it. The extra weight made Rin stagger, leaving an opening for Spark and Luke. However Rin was able to get Rein off her tail by releasing a flamethrower in our direction. Rein jumped off and Rin sidestepped, Luke's knife barely nicking her.
"Spark!" I called, "It is that time!"
"You got to be kidding me!" groaned Spark, "Not now!"
"What are you talking about?" wondered Luke.
Spark zipped past Rin and told Kyle and Sophie something. "Luke," ordered Rein, "On the count of one follow us. One!"
Luke looked at us in confusion but he followed us as we bolted away from Rin. I think she was surprised as well. Rein grabbed Fang and flung the unconscious Gabite over his shoulder before continuing to run.
"What are we doing?" wondered Kyle.
"Don't talk!" said Spark, glancing behind us, "Just run faster. Rin is right behind us."
"Sky? What is going on?" Luke was keeping up with our escape well.
"It would be too hard to explain now," I said, "Aura Sphere!" I paused, turned around and flung the aura sphere at the ground in front of Rin, kicking up lots and lots of dirt, giving us enough time to get away.