53. Getting Even With Dad Part Two
Chapter 53. Getting Even With Dad. Part Two.
Summary. Ash managed to battle his way to the break against Silver, going in on top. But with Gliscor and Lucario badly injured, and Tauros and Nightmare fainted, can Ash go on and defeat his own father?
"Well, that was exciting." Bond remarked, as he sat in his chair. "Ash Ketchum has the advantage going into the break. And Brandon, what has he done to get in front?"
"Well." Brandon replied. "He has seized the initiative, and made some great decisions. If his Pokemon have been at a disadvantage, he has switched them out. Not many trainers have the presence of mind to do that in the heat of battle."
"Norman, how can Silver get back in this? and can he?"
"Of course he can." Norman said. "If he gets the next knockout then he has a chance of overcoming Ash. If Ash gets the next knockout, I can't see Silver being able to recover. Even if he does save his best two Pokemon for last."
"Cynthia, what is going through these two trainers minds right now as they wait for the second half to start?"
"They will be frantically thinking through their strategies, and wondering how to either turn it around, or continue as they are. In a full six on six, what you do here is the most important part of the battle, as its the only time you get to think things through clearly. I mean, you can have a few seconds to debate over your next Pokemon in between battles, but it isn't a lot."
"Still going with your predictions for the winner?"
"Yes."
"Yes."
"Yes."
"And back to the stadium for the second half." Bond said, quickly.
Ash sent out Lucario and Gliscor to check out the damage to them. Brock and May helped out.
"I thought Gliscor looked in a worse condition than this." Brock remarked. "It looked worse from the stands."
"Scor?" Gliscor said, in confusion.
"Lu!" Lucario growled, as it meditated in a corner of the room.
"Ash, are you really in the right frame of mind for this?" Brock asked. "You made a couple of strange decisions in that battle."
"Of course I'm in the right frame of mind!" Ash shouted. "Just because he's my Dad doesn't mean I'm going to go easy on him."
"I'm sure that's not what Brock meant." May said, quickly, as the bell rang.
Ash jumped up and recalled Gliscor and Lucario.
"Look Ash." Brock said. "Good luck. I'm just telling you not to hold back."
"I'm not going to!" Ash said, as Brock walked out. "Honestly, what does he think I am?"
"I know you're going to do it." May said, as she squeezed his hand.
The bell rang again.
"I have to go." Ash said, quickly kissing her on her soft lips. "Goodbye."
"Good luck." May whispered, as he ran towards the arena.
"You took your sweet time." Silver muttered, as Ash took to his arena.
"Sorry, I was..."
"Never mind." Silver said, angrily. "Are we going to battle?"
"Of course." Ash replied.
"Drapion, go!" Silver shouted, sending out the Ogre Scorp Pokemon.
The crowd gasped.
"Silver chooses Drapion, and how will his son counter this?"
"Drapion's a poison type." Ash mused. "Gliscor, I choose you."
Ash sent Gliscor back out.
"How are you planning on playing this?" Silver wondered.
"Gliscor, Steel Wing."
Gliscor's wings started to glow with white light, as it flew at Drapion.
"Knock Off."
Drapion swung a claw and struck Gliscor in the face, knocking it away.
"Gliscor, Sandstorm."
Gliscor kicked up sand from the arena floor, and flapped its wings, creating a powerful storm.
"Drapion, Dark Pulse."
Drapion fired a blast of black energy from its mouth. Gliscor managed to narrowly evade it with the Sand Veil.
"Now's your chance to use Guillotine!"
Gliscor burst from the sand storm, claws flashing, and aimed at Drapion's throat.
"Hyper Beam!"
Drapion fired a powerful beam of orange light from its mouth, forcing Gliscor across the arena and into the advertising hoardings.
"Oooh!" The crowd roared as Gliscor struggled to get up.
"Gliscor, are you okay?" Ash asked, as the Fang Scorp crumpled back to the ground.
"Gliscor is unable to battle. Drapion is the winner."
The crowd gave a quick round of applause for Gliscor.
"Thanks, Gliscor." Ash said, placing the Pokeball back on his belt. "Lucario, I choose you."
Ash sent out Lucario, who roared at Silver, clearly remembering the battle with Dusknoir.
"It can't move." Ash said. "Use Bone Rush!"
"Has Flint always been obnoxious?" Faith asked.
"Yep." Olly replied, as they walked through the hospital. "I remember the first time I met him."
"So, you are the trainer who has beaten two of my colleagues."
"So, you are the next guy I have to beat."
"You seem pretty confident."
"Why shouldn't I be? I am going to beat you."
"What happened?" Faith wondered.
"Cleaned him out with Garchomp and Empoleon." Olly said, as he opened the door.
The room was empty.
"Looks like Thompson flew the nest." Faith remarked. "Anyway, I'm going to go see Elias and Lucian."
"See you later." Olly answered. "I'm going to go train for my battle."
Torterra fired a powerful barrage of leaves at Alakazam. Or rather the spot where Alakazam had been.
"Focus Punch." Anabel said.
Alakazam reappeared and slammed a fist into the side of Torterra's head. The Continent Pokemon roared in surprise and pain, before falling to the ground.
"Yipes." Paul remarked.
"Come on!" Anabel shouted. "You can do better than this!"
"I feel like you should have German subtitles." Paul grinned, as he recalled Torterra.
She failed to see the funny side of his joke.
"Do you want to win, or do you want to crack jokes?" Anabel yelled. "As you are at the moment, you can't win!"
"I can!" Paul shouted back.
"Then show me!" Anabel said. "I'm not letting you out of here until you can beat me."
"In that case, Magmortar, standby for battle."
"Who are you going to use?" Cynthia asked.
"I think Empoleon, Dragonite and Charizard might be in my six." Olly replied, as he ran through a list of his Pokemon. "Other than that, who knows."
"Be very careful." Cynthia reminded him. "Paul has some very powerful Pokemon. This isn't going to be a repeat of your battle with Tyson."
"Nothing can be a repeat of that battle." Olly pointed out. "Anyway, shouldn't you be on TV?"
"Yeah, I came out for a moment." Cynthia replied. "I should probably get back there."
Cynthia left the Advanced Battle, to run back to the stadium.
Lucario slammed the staff of Aura into Drapion who moaned in pain.
"Come on Drapion!" Silver shouted. "You have to move soon."
"Force Palm."
Lucario aimed a fist at Drapion's face.
Drapion moved slightly.
"Use Bug Bite!" Silver shouted.
Drapion bit down on Lucario's hand. The Aura Pokemon barked in pain, as Drapion slammed it into the ground.
"Lucario is helpless in this state." Silver shouted. "Aura attacks need concentration to use, and while Drapion has its arm, it won't be able to do that."
"Lucario, try and break free!" Ash yelled.
Lucario struggled, but couldn't break free of Drapion's grip.
"Give up." Silver laughed. "Stronger Pokemon have tried to break free."
I'm so sorry, but if this is what it takes.
"Lucario, use Force Palm with your other hand, aim for the eyes!"
Lucario swung its other hand and hit Drapion between the eyes. Drapion instantly let go, and hissed in anger.
"Dragon Pulse!"
Lucario raised both hands and fired a powerful blast of blue grey energy that spiralled into Drapion and knocked it out.
"Drapion is unable to battle. Lucario is the winner."
The crowd yelled praise at Lucario, who took it with grace, but looked slightly uncomfortable.
Silver recalled his Drapion.
"Clever." He conceded. "Not many trainer have kept a cool head in that situation."
"What are you going to do next?" Ash asked.
Silver turned to the Chikorita on his shoulder. "Are you up for this?"
"Chika!"
Chikorita jumped to the ground, and growled at Lucario.
"Silver Ketchum sends out a grass Pokemon to battle a part steel type Pokemon. What is this wily old trainer planning?"
"After you." Silver said.
"Lucario, Force Palm."
Lucario charged at Chikorita, fist raised.
"Grass Knot!"
Chikorita tapped the ground, and a root erupted in front of Lucario, tripping it up.
Lucario sprawled to the ground in front of Chikorita.
"Body Slam."
Chikorita jumped into the air, and landed in the small of Lucario's back. The Aura Pokemon grunted in shock, before jumping to its feet.
"Dragon Pulse!"
"Leaf Storm!"
Lucario fired another swirling vortex of blue grey energy. Chikorita fired a powerful blast of leaves from the leaf on its head.
The leaves cut through the vortex and landed several cuts on Lucario.
"Caaarrrrrrrrrrrr!" Lucario roared in pain.
The vortex created by Dragon Pulse carried on going, despite the lack of control from Lucario.
It was Chikorita's turn to complain when hit by the attack.
"Don't worry, Chikorita." Silver said. "It can't take much more of this."
Noland was sleeping, when something started beeping. He woke up and started searching for the source. After rifling through his bags, he found what was causing the noise.
"It can't be." He muttered. "That hasn't worked since..."
He grabbed the item, and ran out of the room.
"Lucario, Extremespeed!"
Lucario ran across the ground, and crashed into Chikorita.
"Stop your fall with Vine Whip!"
As Chikorita was thrown backwards, it used Vine Whip to grab hold of the ground.
"Throw yourself forward!"
Chikorita used the vines to fling itself forward and smash into Lucario's face.
"Chikorita, use Solar Beam."
Chikorita started to charge up sunlight for the attack.
"Lucario, use Force Sphere."
Lucario created an Aura Sphere, before charging over at Chikorita and smashing its fist down on the small green Pokemon.
Chikorita screamed in pain, before unleashing the powerful Solar Beam. Lucario was thrown across the ring by the attack, twitching in pain.
"Is this the end for Lucario?!"
Lucario looked offended at the thought, as it jumped back up. It was also looking exhausted by the extertions.
"Lucario can't cope for much longer." Silver remarked. "Giga Drain."
"Use Close Combat!"
As the green tendrils of energy grabbed Lucario, the Aura Pokemon swiped them away and made up the distance between it and Chikorita in a single bound. It then proceded to land several punches and kicks on Chikorita, who looked less than comfortable with the assault.
As Lucario retreated, Silver could see that Chikorita was starting to look weary.
"End it with Razor Leaf!"
Chikorita swung the leaf on its head and sent a few sharp leaves at Lucario, who tried to knock them away with its fists.
"It's preoccupied, use Take Down!"
Chikorita charged at Lucario, and hit it on one of its knees. Lucario fell on its back, and couldn't move.
"Lucario is unable to battle. Chikorita is the winner."
"How about that. Lucario was just too exhausted to continue battling against the plucky little Chikorita."
Ash recalled Lucario.
"Thanks for your help." He said. "That was an awesome effort."
He replaced Lucario's Pokeball on his belt, before taking out another one.
"Glalie, I choose you!"
Ash sent out his Glalie.
"What is it?" Volkner asked, as he, Flint and Phoebe looked at Noland's device.
"It's something I invented a long time ago." Noland replied. "I don't quite know how or why I made it, but it started beeping earlier this afternoon. It has only done it twice before."
"When?"
"One time was about ten years ago, around the same time that Giratina was rumoured to have appeared in Sinnoh. The other time was a few weeks ago."
"What does it do?"
"It senses that there is a disturbance in the fabric between dimensions."
"Can you pinpoint where the signal is coming from?" Phoebe asked.
"Of course." Noland exclaimed. "Why didn't I think of that."
He grabbed a map of Starburst Island, and started pinpointing areas on it.
"Glalie, use Ice Beam!"
"Chikorita, dodge it!"
Chikorita jumped out of the way, and Ash cursed inwardly as the arena froze over.
"Razor Leaf."
Chikorita fired several leaves at Glalie.
"Blow them away with Icy Wind!"
Glalie did so.
"That Glalie has some tricks." Silver remarked. "Blow this away. Leaf Storm!"
Chikorita fired hundreds of leaves at Glalie.
"Uh oh." Ash said. "Icy Wind again."
Glalie tried to blow them away, but there were too many to do so, and ended up with several scrapes.
"Glalie, Headbutt!"
Glalie flew across the ground, and smashed its head into Chikorita, who flinched.
"It can't move, use Ice Beam." Ash shouted, sensing a knockout.
Glalie blasted Chikorita with the full force of its ice breath. Chikorita was frozen solid and couldn't move.
"Chikorita, no!" Silver shouted.
"Chikorita is unable to battle. Glalie is the winner!"
"And Glalie overcomes Chikorita."
Silver walked onto the field, and picked his Chikorita up.
"I'm sorry." He said, rubbing some Ice Heal on his Pokemon. Chikorita was instantly defrosted, and rubbed against his leg in gratitude.
"Well done, Ash." Silver remarked. "It is a long time since I was put in a corner like this."
He pulled a Pokeball out, and pointed it at Ash.
"But this is where your tournament ends. Salamence, I choose you!"
Silver sent out his Salamence, who roared at Glalie.
"And Silver sends out a powerful Salamence to test his son's courage and ability to the max. This Pokemon will be sure to decide who goes through to the next round."
"So what do you have in mind?" Mark asked, as his Infernape launched several punches at Toxicroak.
"Thought I might try knocking all his Pokemon out, before he can knock mine out." Olly replied, as Toxicroak weaved under one of the punches, and slammed a powerful Poison Jab into Infernape's stomach.
Infernape grunted in pain, before unleashing a Fire Punch into Toxicroak's face.
The scream was heard throughout the building.
"Let's make the first move, use Ice Beam!" Ash shouted.
Glalie fired a beam of ice at Salamence.
"Evade it." Silver said.
Salamence flew out of the way.
"Flamethrower."
Salamence opened its huge mouth and launched a powerful blast of fire at Glalie.
"Dodge it and use Icy Wind."
It was Glalie's turn to fly out of the way of a super effective attack. Glalie flew up and fired a cold wind at Salamence, who shivered in pain, despite the thick scales.
"That cuts out the speed advantage." Ash said, aloud. "Headbutt!"
Glalie launched itself at Salamence.
"Dragon Claw."
Salamence's claws started to glow, as it brought one of its forelegs down on Glalie's head.
The crowd winced as Glalie fell out of the sky after the powerful hit. It landed on the ground with a sickening thud.
"Follow up with Dragonbreath!"
Salamence fired a powerful beam of green energy at the grounded Glalie.
"Protect!" Ash shouted.
A field of energy formed around Glalie, protecting it. The energy attack bounced off, and the Face Pokemon was unhurt.
"Now, let's get back to the battle." Ash said. "Use Ice Beam."
"Flamethrower!" Silver shouted.
Glalie launched ice. Salamence launched fire.
The two attacks met in the middle of the air, and cancelled each other out. The fire melted the ice, and created water which doused the fire.
"Glalie, Headbutt."
"Double Edge!"
Glalie and Salamence charged at each other.
The crowd held its breath, anticipating a collision.
"Ice Beam while charging."
"Double Team!"
Salamence created several copies of itself, causing Glalie to fire the beam of ice wide in surprise.
"Oh no." Ash said.
"Use Flamethrower!"
Every Salamence fired flames at the stranded Glalie.
"Dodge it!" Ash screamed, as the fire headed for his Pokemon.
Glalie flew above the flames which crashed into each other and faded out.
"What the...?" Ash said.
Silver coughed.
Glalie turned and saw the real Salamence a few feet behind it.
"Hyper Beam."
Salamence blasted Glalie with a powerful blast of orange energy, knocking it out of the sky and back into the ground. Glalie created a small trench as it was forced across the surface of the arena.
It couldn't get up.
"Glalie is unable to battle. Salamence is the winner."
Ash sighed as he recalled Glalie. He put the Pokeball back on his belt, before turning to Pikachu.
"You are my last hope. Are you ready for this?"
Pikachu nodded, and jumped into the arena.
"Ketchum Jr. has gone with his Pikachu to battle the mighty Salamence in the decider for who will get to the next round."
"Are you ready to finish this?" Silver shouted.
"Oh yes." Ash replied. "Pikachu, Quick Attack."
"Do we have to run across the Island?" Flint said, as he, Volkner and Phoebe followed Noland through the forest.
"Of course." The Factory Head replied, as he saw the ruins in the distance. "That's where the signal is coming from."
In the Hall of Origin, he wasn't used to getting visitors. Not since the Jacobs' woman had left. But there was something about the unexpected visitor that unnerved him.
The being that called himself Arthur Chaos had seen what she was intending and wasn't happy.
"What do you want?" He demanded. "Leave this place at once."
"I'm sorry." She replied. "I don't take orders from anyone. Let alone false images. Show your face."
Arthur sighed, as he reverted to his Arceus form.
"That is better." She smiled.
"Now, get out of here!" Arceus demanded. "Before I cast you out."
A malevolent glitter in her eyes was clearly present.
"You cannot cast me out." She smirked. "Because I have this."
She held her hand out, and Arceus flinched at what she held.
"Where did you get that?" He demanded, feeling nauseous.
"This?" She replied, cruelly. "Took it from the unconscious body of Cynthia Jacobs. I believe it's one of yours."
As she moved closer to him, Arceus felt weaker. "What have you done?" He coughed.
"The regular gem would be red." She said, watching Arceus' skin start to crack. "Using Devon technology, I corrupted it. And because you are connected to this, you are feeling the effects of what is now corrupting your body. How does it feel knowing how completely helpless you are within your own kingdom?"
"Claudia, stop!" Arceus bellowed with some of his remaining strength.
"No." She replied, in cold fury. "I want your power."
"It would kill you." Arceus muttered, as sweat covered his body.
"Which is why I still need you." She laughed, as he fell into unconsciousness.
Pikachu charged across the ground.
"Stomp."
Salamence raised a foot, waiting for Pikachu to arrive.
"Now, go into Volt Tackle. Aim for the head!"
Pikachu quickly covered itself in electricity, and charged at Salamence's head.
"Crunch!"
The crowd gasped, as Salamence opened its mouth.
"This is going to get dangerous."
Pikachu crashed into Salamence's mouth, causing the Dragon Pokemon a huge amount of damage. Taking this amount of pain made it difficult for Salamence to complete the Crunch attack.
"Go for an Iron Tail."
Pikachu used the momentum to slam its glowing white tail into Salamence's head.
"Double Edge."
Salamence raised its head and crashed it into Pikachu. Pikachu was thrown backwards by the force of the attack and landed in a heap.
"Pikachu, are you okay?" Ash shouted.
Pikachu jumped up and gave him a thumbs up.
"Great, then let's use Thunderbolt."
Pikachu launched a powerful blast of electricity at Salamence, who roared in discomfort.
"Dragonbreath!" Silver shouted, but Salamence didn't response. "Oh no!"
"And Salamence is paralyzed. Could it have been the Static, or the repeated electric attacks? Either way, it looks like Silver might have problems."
"Pikachu, use Thunder!"
Pikachu fired more electricity at Salamence who could only roar in pain.
"Salamence, use Hyper Beam!" Silver roared.
Salamence fired a powerful beam of orange light at Pikachu.
"Is this the end for Pikachu!"
"Thanks for the rescue." Lucian said.
"No problem." Faith replied.
"And thanks for coming to see me." He continued. "I know you don't have to, but I appreciate it."
"No problem." Faith repeated. "What happened to you?"
"I was beaten up by a Blaziken." Lucian replied, favouring the bruises on his face. "You do not want to get kicked by one of those creatures."
"Any idea who it belonged to?" Faith asked.
"None." Lucian answered. "I saw that crazy woman with the brown hair, and she kept referring to someone she called James, who I think owned the Blaziken. I was too busy getting beaten up to recall much detail."
"Fair enough." Faith said. "I'm sorry, but I have to ask."
"For the G-men?"
"Yes." She replied. "The Coppingers are proving to be a problem, and anything you can provide would be helpful."
"Sorry, I can't remember anything."
"Agility!" Ash shouted.
Pikachu dodged out of the way of the Hyper Beam, before continuing to run around.
"Wait for an opening and use Iron Tail!"
Pikachu's tail started to glow with white light as it jumped in the air and brought it down on Salamence's head.
"Grab it in your jaws!"
Salamence bit down on Pikachu's tail.
"Thunder!"
Pikachu sent a wave of electricity through its tail and shocked Salamence into letting go of it. The Dragon Pokemon still had the chance to throw Pikachu in the air.
"Volt Tackle from the sky!
Pikachu covered itself in electricity and fell through the air at a high speed.
"Dragonbreath."
Salamence fired the beam of green energy into the sky at the oncoming Pikachu.
Unfortunately, Pikachu had the greater momentum and the force gathered from falling through the sky was enough to force through the Dragonbreath back towards Salamence.
"Uh oh." Silver said, as the attack was forced back into Salamence's mouth, causing tremendous pain. Then Pikachu hit it in the same place.
The roar of pain was heard several feet away, causing several people outside to wonder what had happened.
As the smoke cleared, Salamence was laid on the ground. Pikachu was laid a few feet away.
Both Pokemon were struggling to get up.
"Come on Pikachu!" Ash shouted, as Salamence got up and glared.
Pikachu looked like it was struggling to shake off its injuries.
"Come on, Pikachu." May whispered.
All around the stadium, people started to chant Pikachu's name. It was very repetitive, causing the small electric Pokemon to get to its feet.
"And Pikachu is back up! Let the match continue!"
Pikachu glared at Salamence, who took several steps towards the much smaller Pokemon.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt."
Pikachu launched a powerful blast of electricity at Salamence, who shuddered under the force of the attack, but continued moving.
"Salamence, Flamethrower."
Salamence opened its mouth with difficulty, before coughing up a burst of smoke.
"What the...?" Silver shouted, as his Pokemon crashed to the ground.
"Salamence is unable to battle. Pikachu is the winner, and the battle goes to Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town!"
The crowd exploded, as Pikachu jumped into Ash's arms.
"We did it!" Ash shouted.
"PiPikachu!" Pikachu cheered.
Silver looked slightly shocked, before breaking into a smile. He walked over to his badly beaten Salamence. "Thank you, my friend. You battled well."
He recalled the huge Pokemon, before turning to his celebrating son.
"Well done, Son. You deserved this." He said, as he applauded his offspring.
The quartet of G-men arrived at the ruins.
"What are we doing here?" Phoebe asked, as she looked around.
"Who knows?" Noland replied. "The machine led us here."
Flint saw some writing on the walls of the ruins.
"Hey, this is in English." He remarked.
The four trainers looked at the writing.
"The Corruption Of The Creator." Phoebe read. "It looks to be some kind of legend."
Author's Notes. What's that I hear? Oh it's the plot thickening.
Thanks to everyone who has reviewed. I hope you liked the battle.
The legend will be in the next chapter.
If anyone has any ideas on how to improve the storyline, or any criticisms of the plot, then put it on a review. Any plot ideas, likewise.
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