Hey, guys! I'm back again with another chapter! Anyway, let's get straight into continuing the story!
They continued to walk down the barren hallways, taking a few moments to check for any Team Flare grunts when they passed by every door, only to find empty rooms.
"I think it's weird that we haven't come across any other grunts," Serena said, looking over at Ash.
Ash nodded as a response. "It is," he said before chuckling a little. "What are the chances that the twelve grunts we battled five minutes ago are the only ones here?" Ash asked Serena, making her giggle a little before they heard a deep voice.
"Very slim," the man said, walking out from behind the open door he was hiding behind, prompting four women to also step out from their covers.
Ash and Serena took a step back, a little shocked by the sudden appearance of five, powerful-looking foes.
The man sent out a Crobat and a Malamar, making Ash and Serena throw out their Pokémon, Serena releasing Delphox while Ash released Trevenant.
The women watched as Ash and Serena stared at Xerosic, their boss. Xerosic was the admin of the admins, the second in charge, meaning that he was one of the strongest, if not, the second strongest in the team.
"Use Air Slash on Trevenant!" Xerosic commanded, to which Crobat flew forwards, prompting Ash to shout at Trevenant to dodge and counter Crobat's attack with Feint Attack.
Trevenant struck Crobat before Serena started to attack Crobat, too, telling Delphox to attack with Psybeam, to which her starter complied, sending a beam of glowing purple energy towards Crobat, engulfing it for a few seconds, letting it emerge after losing half of his health.
"X-Scissor!" Xerosic exclaimed, pointing at Delphox, to which Crobat zoomed forwards, using its wings to slash at Delphox, cutting her a little.
"Finish Crobat with Shadow Claw!" Ash exclaimed before he watched Trevenant slide over to Crobat and smack it, stabbing the bat-like Pokémon through the chest with the dark energy, making it fall out of the air and land on the ground, fainted.
"Retaliate on Delphox!" Xerosic shouted, to which Ash and Serena looked over at him, a little shocked. Neither of them had an idea about how they were going to counter Malamar's attack without Delphox inevitably fainting.
"Use Flamethrower!" Serena exclaimed, deciding that if she were able to make Malamar faint before the attack would hit Delphox, it would be a valid way of preventing Delphox from fainting.
Ash, catching on to Serena's idea, ordered Trevenant to attack Malamar with Phantom Force, to which Trevenant complied and sent the attack towards Malamar as Delphox released her Flamethrower.
Both attacks struck Malamar and sent it flying backwards and into a wall, creating a dent in the concrete as the Pokémon fainted.
Xerosic grunted as he returned his two Pokémon, annoyed at the fact that he hadn't been able to make either one of his opponent's Pokémon faint.
"Don't worry, Xerosic," one of the women piped up before stepping forwards. "I'll take them down!"
"You better, Aliana!" Xerosic growled, walking over to a wall before slumping down next to it, eager to watch their opponents die.
"I'll join in as well!" Another woman shouted, rushing forwards before the other two agreed and joined their friends.
"Thanks, Bryony, Celosia, Mable," Aliana listed, smirking as she looked at Ash and Serena, who returned their slightly injured Pokémon.
"If you're all fighting us at once," Ash started, releasing Talonflame, Gallade and Goodra. "Then we're using four Pokémon each," he finished, letting Pikachu jump off of his shoulder and join his teammates.
Serena nodded before she released Roserade, Absol, Milotic and Nidoqueen, to which the four women released their Pokémon: Mightyena, Druddigon, Liepard, Bisharp, Manectric, Drapion, Houndoom and Weavile.
"How should we go about this?" Serena whispered to Ash, who shrugged before starting the battle.
"Goodra!" Ash exclaimed. "Use Dragon Pulse on Druddigon!" He finished, watching Goodra start to power up the attack while Serena decided on what she was going to do.
"Absol!" Serena started, looking down at her mega bracelet, hoping that it would work. "Help us beat them and save the world with your mega form!" She shouted. "Mega-evolve!"
A beam of light fired from Serena's mage bracelet, weaving through the air before wrapping around Absol, starting to engulf its legs before it made it to Absol's head, covering it.
After a second of waiting, the light exploded, revealing Absol's mega form; a beautiful figure, with large, white wings protruding from both sides, allowing minor flight if Absol wished to soar through the air a metre above the ground.
Ash and Serena looked at Absol, both of them pleased that they had the powerful Pokémon fighting for them.
"Drapion! Use Night Slash on Goodra!" Celosia commanded, to which Drapion started to quickly make its way towards Goodra, to which Serena noticed and reacted.
"Use Grass Whistle on Drapion, Roserade!" Serena exclaimed, watching Roserade whistle, sending small particles of grass flying towards Drapion which entered its nose and ears, tickling its brain until it fell asleep.
Drapion fell over, landing a few metres away from Goodra, making Goodra look at Drapion for a moment, smirking before looking and firing the Dragon Pulse at Druddigon, striking it in the head, making it fall backwards.
"Double Kick on Drapion, Nidoqueen!" Serena ordered, hoping that Nidoqueen would be able to deal enough damage to Drapion before it could wake up.
"Weavile! Use Ice Shard on Nidoqueen!" Mable shouted, pointing at Nidoqueen. "And make sure you're quick!"
Weavile conjured a few spikes of ice and proceeded to throw them at Nidoqueen, striking her and making her fall over, prompting Ash to give one of his Pokémon a command to help her.
"Gallade, use Disarming Voice on Weavile!" Ash commanded, to which Gallade proceeded to shout at Weavile, making it stagger back a little from the noise. "Now, use Magical Leaf on Weavile to distract it!" Ash shouted before Gallade obliged and threw a handful of sharp leaves at Weavile, which surrounded it and kept slashing and cutting into it.
Ash turned to Talonflame, giving it a nod before ordering it to use Acrobatics on Weavile, to which Talonflame responded by obliging, flying over to Weavile before smacking it a few times, making sure to dodge the sharp leaves.
"Milotic!" Serena started. "Use Hydro Pump on Houndoom!" She shouted, making Milotic comply, charging up the powerful attack before releasing a cannons-worth of water from her mouth, sending it directly towards Houndoom.
"Bisharp! Jump in the way of the attack!" Bryony commanded, making Bishop do as she said, jumping in the way of the attack, making it so that none of the water touched Houndoom, but had damaged Bisharp a decent amount. It clung on to life, however, as it was a Steel-type going up against a Water-type attack.
"Pikachu!" Ash shouted, gaining the attention of his partner and best friend. "Use Thunderbolt on Bisharp to finish it off!"
Pikachu ran forwards before using Nidoqueen as a stepping stone to jump into the air, proceeding to perform a backflip as he charged up the Electric-type attack.
"Roserade!" Serena shouted. "Use Giga Drain on Manectric and use Grass Whistle on Druddigon!" She commanded, to which Roserade complied, attacking Manectric and putting Druddigon to sleep.
While Roserade was dealing a small amount of damage to Manectric, Pikachu's Thunderbolt made contact with Bisharp, knocking it unconscious, prompting the four women to take the battle a little more seriously than they originally were.
"Liepard!" Bryony shouted, gaining her final Pokémon's attention. "Use Slash on Pikachu!"
Liepard started to bound towards Pikachu, speeding up with every step before finally striking the yellow mouse, sending Pikachu flying across the room.
"Use Body Slam on Liepard, Goodra!" Ash shouted, a little concerned for Pikachu as he hadn't been in many battles recently.
Goodra jumped into the air before it came crashing down on top of Liepard, crushing it against the floor, almost knocking it out before Liepard kicked itself free.
"Flamethrower on Goodra!" Mable shouted to her Houndoom, watching the demon-dog take a deep breath before unleashing the flames from its mouth, sending them towards Goodra, engulfing it and giving Liepard some extra time to put some distance between them.
"Use Bubble on yourself!" Ash commanded, to which Goodra fired bubbles into the air, putting the fire out when the water fell onto Goodra.
"Milotic!" Serena shouted, realising that Bisharp wasn't there to protect Houndoom anymore. "Use Hydro Pump on Houndoom again!"
Milotic complied, sending water towards Houndoom, who lowered its head, accepting its fate, fainting when the water made contact.
As Houndoom fainted, Druddigon regained consciousness and set its sights on Goodra, to which its trainer, Aliana, noticed. "Use Dragon Claw on Goodra!" She shouted, to which Druddigon slid over to Goodra and slashed it, making Goodra cry out in pain.
"Absol! Use Psycho Cut!" Serena screamed when she saw what was happening, prompting Absol to rush over and slash Druddigon, dealing the last amount of damage that Druddigon could handle, making it faint.
Drapion, like Druddigon, regained consciousness and looked around for a moment before its trainer, Celosia, ordered it to make a move. "Use X-Scissor on Roserade!"
Ash and Serena noticed prompting Ash to have Pikachu rush over to Drapion and attack it with Iron Tail, slamming it on the head and making Drapion crash into the ground.
"Finish Drapion with Fury Swipes, Nidoqueen!" Serena commanded, to which Nidoqueen jumped over and slashed Drapion multiple times, making it faint.
"Who should we attack now?" Serena whispered to Ash, to which he chuckled a little.
"Liepard," Ash whispered back before Serena turned to Absol.
"Absol!" She started. "Use Razor Wind on Liepard!" She finished, watching as her angelic Pokémon glided over to Liepard and flapped its wings, creating vicious wind which stabbed and slashed at Liepard, making it slowly curl up until it fainted.
"Manectric! Use Thunderbolt on Talonflame!" Celosia commanded, to which Manectric obliged, charging the attack before sending it towards Talonflame, worrying Ash and Serena.
"Nidoqueen!" Serena exclaimed. "Jump in the way of that Thunderbolt!" She commanded, to which Nidoqueen ran over and dove in the way of the electricity, remaining unaffected because she was partly a Ground-type. "Now use Bite on Manectric!"
Nidoqueen sprinted over before clamping both of her jaws on Manectric's head, shaking it around before throwing it across the room.
"Use Iron Tail to bat it back, Pikachu!" Ash commanded, seeing that Manectric was flying in his direction.
Pikachu jumped in the air before his tail turned to metal, spinning around and smacking Manectric, sending it back to where Nidoqueen was.
Manectric landed on the floor, rolling over a few times before shakingly standing up.
"Finish Manectric with Dragon Tail, Milotic!" Serena commanded, watching Milotic spin before launching Manectric across the room again with her tail, making Manectric slam into a wall and slide down unconscious.
"We only have two more Pokémon to battle now, Ash!" Serena exclaimed, to which they both turned their attention to Aliana's Mightyena and Mable's Weavile.
There we go! Another chapter! Anyway, leave a review with anything you want in it, as I will approve. Yes, even 'hate.' It's merely constructive criticism, so I'll be happy to hear about what I need to improve. BYE!