Chapter 51
Locked in a battle against the remnants of an evil organization long since disbanded, our heroes fight to retrieve stolen Pokemon belonging to the Celadon Gym, and its leader Erin.
KOBI
Kobi, Heracross and Magmorter stood across from their opponents. The steel Pokemon looked big and strong but Kobi felt that was just a front.
"Okay, lets play it safe you two, stick to defense for now. But be prepared, there is more to them than meets the eye." The two Pokemon nodded then bumped fists together.
Durant scurried about, before he dug a hole underground and hid himself. Bronzong added to that by using flash, and temporarily blinding his Pokemon.
"Lock arms you two, then Heracross use endure to take the shot." The two locked themselves together back to back then the blue bug used endure, trying to detect the digging ant Pokemon.
The second the earth beneath them bulged Heracross yelled at Magmorter. The large fire type used his powerful legs to jump high into the air. He then took this time to ignite the area around them in fire, trying to do any damage to their opponents.
They landed and had regained a small amount of vision, but in mere moments an evil ringing was ripping through their skulls.
Bronzong was floating in the air, his bell faced toward them using metal sound. This allowed Durant to charge up a flash cannon several times and just paste Kobi's Pokemon till they were barely able to stand.
"Heracross, unleash counter." He stood straight up and unleashed a blast of energy out at Durant.
The large metal bug took the hit, but came out relatively unscathed. Its jaws started chomping, then he latched onto Magmorter and started to use thunder fang. Heracross tried to help, but Bronzong forced him to the ground with psychic.
"Heracross get up, you need to help Magmorter." Kobi yelled. The beetle Pokemon tried pushing himself up, but Bronzong would just add more pressure. Then all of a sudden the bug's two boney arms shined a light blue. He rolled to his back and used them to deflect psychic.
He then jumped and hit Durant off of Magmorter, then held him up when the shock wore off. "That was focus punch..." Kobi thought, "Okay I know how we can finish this."
Bronzong and Durant both started charging flash cannon. "Heracross use focus punch on the ground, and stir up as much dirt and dust as you can." The bug nodded and started pounding away on the turf. "Now Magmorter, watch carefully and take your shot."
Using the dust for cover, the giant fire duck held out his arms, took a deep breath then bang he sent two concentrated balls of fire off like bullets. The pained screams of their opponents rang in their ears.
"Use Megahorn Heracross. Magmorter throw him for more speed." The bugs horn grew bigger in a white glow.
Then Magmorter grabbed him around his torso and launched him across the battlefield. Heracross hit Bronzong in the center of its body. Its body rung loudly as it fell harmlessly to the ground unconsciously.
"thats one down, now where is Durant." Kobi asked himself. At that instant Magmorter was struck from beneath his feet by Durant. He fell to the ground out cold. "Shit, watch out Heracross. He is faster then we thought."
The two turned back and Durant was gone again. "Take your time and feel it out Heracross, he's coming for you. Now we just need to jump him before he strikes."
Heracross closed his eyes, unclenched his fists, and sat there in a state of calm. His fingers swayed back and forth lightly touching the ground, then in a moment he tensed up, shuffled to his left and threw a barrage of focus punches as Durant popped his head out of the ground.
Durant lay there bludgeoned out cold, and Heracross stood above him victorious and wiped out. "Good job buddy, you have come a long way in such a short time." Kobi praised. "Parasect, two Pokemon ready for capture."
Miracle's mushroom Pokemon came out of the shadows and safely secured Bronzong and Durant. "SECT!"
"Good, now its time to get the freak in the long robes."
SAKINAH
Saki stood there facing down the large boulder Pokemon Golem, with her two pint sized fighters Ralts and Duskull. Ralts had a serious look on her face, and took the situation as a dire one. Duskull on the other hand was dancing about enjoying the fact he would get to battle.
"Hey you two, this is what Mike has been training us for. Golem will not be taken down with much planning, so we need to use our attacks to over power him." The trio took a position and circled Golem. "Lets set things up, Duskull use torment. Ralts use helping hand."
The ghost turned around and started patting his butt, then did a dance around Golem's head. Ralts then began clapping, and the rhythm increased the power of torment.
The rock Pokemon became enraged and and folded himself into his body and attacked using roll out. "Ralts use protect." The little psychic set up her orb of protection and deflected Golem's attack. But when he turned to continue he was forced out of his attack by torment. "Duskull shadow ball. Ralts psychic."
The attacks converged into one, but it was destroyed when Golem used Dynamic punch. He roared then set up for a stone edge. The attack scattered and hit Saki's Pokemon. They took a great deal of damage but were still ready to go.
"Good, now Duskull I need your biggest shadow ball. Ralts again I need helping hand." Ralts began cheering her head off, sending a power to Duskull. He started charging up shadow ball , but when it got big enough Golem barreled in with another roll out. "Toss it up in the air and use substitute."
At the last second the purple orb was thrown into the air, and Golem ran over his doppelganger. Golem unfurled his body and looked about irritated as anyone could be. "Crash it down on him with psychic." Ralts caught the orb in her blue aura, then with all her strength pulled it down on Golem's rock hard head.
Ralts was sapped of most her energy, and dropped to her knees. But her reprieve was short lived, as Golem again rose from the rubble and threw a dynamic punch right at her. Duskull saw this and immediately raced to his friends aid.
"It wont work, it will go right through you." Saki yelled. Duskull ignored her and pressed on. He planted himself in the punches path. His fists crackled in frost and his body was engulfed in a white glow.
The strikes exploded, the ensuing winds knocked Golem back, but when the dirt settled, Duskull was no longer there. But there literally stood a newly evolved Dusclops, using ice punch.
Ralts stared up at her savior, she was a bit red in the face at his new form. He turned around and held his hand out to her. She hesitantly took it, and he pulled her to her feet.
"CLOPS!" He laughed pointing at her red face.
Ralts snapped out of her stupor and in a fit of anger whacked him in the head. Then she to was enveloped in the white glow of evolution, and Kirlia appeared in her stead.
"Okay, we have a two-fer," Saki smiled. "Kirlia, Dusclops, its time to show that overgrown boulder who's the boss."
Dusclops unleashed a barrage of ice punches, as Kirlia empowered him with helping hand. Golem used roll out to block most of the damage. Kirlia decided it was her turn and created a barrage of rainbow colored leaves, they danced around her until she sent them after Golem. Both attacks hit and Golem was down for the count.
"Now that is what I call power," She smiled.
ERIN
"That bastard crossed the wrong gym leader," Erin said, "Sceptile, I do not care how, but I want him beaten...Quickly."
"Sceptile!" He laughed.
Caracosta started things with ancient power. The rock hit the ground and out flew dozens of smaller rocks.
"Destroy them with Dragon Claw," The lizards claws turned orange and he systematically crushed every rock that came near him. "Now use energy ball."
He created a green orb in his mouth and spat it toward the turtle. Caracosta felt it get close and used rock smash to destroy it, But he was then hit hard by arial ace.
The large sea turtle grabbed Sceptile and slammed him to the ground, and used rock smash to pummel him as hard as he could. After a few hits Sceptile grabbed Caracosta's arms, he looked the turtle straight in the eyes and was hit in the face by another energy ball. That distraction allowed Sceptile to push him off.
The water Pokemon shook it off and used surf. "Use energy ball to break the wake, then hit him with arial ace." The lizard blew a hole in the attack, and easily flew threw the hole and again hit Caracosta hard with arial ace. "Grab his head with dragon claw and knock it into the ground."
The water Pokemon tried hitting him but came up short. Sceptile jumped into the air, and grabbed Caracosta's head with dragon claw and drove it hard into the ground.
Caracosta kept getting up, and this drove Erin mad. "Just stay down." She yelled. That outburst caused her to shoot what she thought was something akin to solarbeam out of her mouth. It hit and like that she had won.
Sceptile stared at her, then at Caracosta, then back to her. He was convinced it was over and just shrugged his shoulders. Parasect scurried in and finished the job.
Erin looked around and amazingly everyone was finished with their fights as well. She looked up to see that the cloaked man was nowhere to be seen.
"Hey you guys see where he went?" Erin postulated.
Miracle and the others looked up to see he did in fact go missing.
"Kobi can you use your aura to to locate him?" Miracle asked.
"Sure, give me a minute." He closed his eyes and used his powers to carefully follow the mans trail till it reached the outside. "He got outside, but he would have run right into Mike and Odila."
The four strolled outside to see that he had in fact run into the elder states men.
"Why couldn't I have taken him down?" Mike asked.
"Duh, its because he tried to take me hostage. And frankly you were a little slow on the delivery there champ." She told him.
"You...You did not say that last night, or this morning." He smiled.
"If I didn't love you...I would have cracked you in the nose with my canes instead of him...Who ever the fuck he is."
"Parasect, tie him down." Miracle said.
When all was said and done, the group went back through and cleaned up the incapacitated members.
"Where are all the Pokemon?" Erin said worried, "I need them back." She was about to break down when Miracle pointed over her shoulder.
There was Murkrow flying out of the building holding a big ole bag filled with what they thought was pokeballs. "He has them."
They praised the small bird, and Miracle for her plan, Erin grabbed Kobi and fell into his arms in exhaustion. "I'm getting too old for this shit."
