Vs. Phoebe
"Well guys," said May to both Beka and Edgar as the group made the next flight of stairs up in the Elite Four building, "ready to face Phoebe?"
"Well," said Edgar, "I most certainly am to meet and defeat Phoebe! How about you Beka?"
"Yeah," agreed with Beka, "I'm ready to battle her as well!"
The group, now reaching to the top of the second flight of stairs, approached the doorway that lead into the second Elite Four's room. The doors were painted in a purple hue with a lavender outline Pokeball crest upon the closed doors.
"Well," said Brendan softly, "this is it…"
"Then let's proceed," Benen said.
Beka softly nodded and then stepped up ahead to the double doors. With a push inwards, the doors creaked opened and revealed the second battlefield. The battlefield that lay before them had purple tiles with yellow border lines creating the official field, a tan and deep purple colored Pokeball emblem that was drawn upon the field, and green and gray colored brick sides that showed cracks and holes upon the bricked ground. The adventurous trainers stepped into the room and once all of them had entered inside, the doors creaked together shut and locked. The group of trainers then turned toward a soft female voice that spoke, in a calm, chiming voice:
"Welcome trainers to second match of your Elite Four Challenge."
The soft voice belonged to a young woman who stood before him. She had deep tanned skin with short spiky brown hair and bright blue eyes of the color of a tropical paradise. Her attire consisted of blue tube top, a blue cloth with white Pokeball designs printed on it that was tied around her waist and fell just above her ankles, covering the blue bottom part of her bikini, pink ankles, and two giant pink tropical flowers that rested upon the top of her ears.
'So that's Phoebe…' thought Beka, seeing the Elite Ghost Element trainer before her.
"Oh wow…" said Edgar softly, blushing at the sight of the trainer before him, "she's hot…"
"Oh really?" said Brendan, raising an eyebrow at the now infatuated trainer and gently tapping the back of Edgar's hand with a fist.
"My name is Phoebe," the Elite introduced herself, "and I am the second in line to accept your battle challenge. Are you both ready?"
"Yes I am Phoebe," said Beka, standing out toward the battlefield.
"Uh…sure…" said Edgar, still blushing at Phoebe, "…me too as well…"
Phoebe saw Edgar's expression on his face and giggled. Then, she pulled out two Pokeballs into both of her hands and threw them out toward the battlefield, calling out:
"Dusclops, Shedinja, go!"
The two Pokeballs popped opened and in flashes of white light materialized Phoebe's Dusclops and Shedinja.
"Dus-clops!" called out Dusclops in a deep voice.
"Shed-in-ja!" hissed out Shedinja in its cicada voice.
Beka pulled out her first Pokeball and threw it out onto the battlefield, calling out:
"Absol, I choose you!"
In a flash of white light, Beka's Absol appeared upon the battlefield.
"Ab-sol!" Absol called out in a deep voice.
Edgar, pulling out a Pokeball into his hand and throwing the red and white sphere into the sky as well, called out:
"Inferno, come on out and help us out!"
In another flash of white light, Inferno materialized and stood proud upon the field beside Absol.
"Char-i-zard!" bellowed out Inferno and sent out a blast of Flamethrower into the air.
Battle Situation:
Beka's Absol and Edgar's Charizard, Inferno, vs. EF Phoebe's Dusclops and Shedinja
BATTLE BEGIN!
"Dusclops, begin with your Toxic on Absol! Shedinja, use your Harden!"
Dusclops spreaded out its hands and from the extended reach came forth a blast of purple sludge toward Absol, while Shedinja's body began to shine and luster in a gleam of white light as its Defense status rose.
"Okay Absol, use Ice Beam on that Toxic!"
"Inferno, Flamethrower on Shedinja!"
Absol opened its mouth and a bluish-white sphere formed in its jaws, which was then released in powerful strands of white-blue lighting toward Toxic. The attacks hit and Ice Beam cancelled out Toxic; causing a incasing of ice to form and crash upon the battlefield. Meanwhile, Inferno opened its mouth and from deep within its throat came forth a stream of red, orange, and yellow flames that twisted together to form Flamethrower and to streak its way across the field toward Shedinja.
"Shedinja, dodge that Flamethrower with Agility!"
Shedinja, seeing the oncoming attack, suddenly vanished into the air and Flamethrower cut through the empty target. Shedinja then reappeared on another part of Phoebe's side of the battlefield.
"Dusclops, use Ice Beam on Charizard! Shedinja, use Solarbeam on Absol!"
Dusclops' single red eye began to glow in a misty white and blue hue that soon followed up with a powerful blast of its own Ice Beam toward Charizard, while Shedinja, raising up the crescent moon halo on its head, began to collect sunlight from an unknown source into the halo.
"Absol, use Shadow Ball to stop Ice Beam!"
Absol opened its mouth and a black sphere began to form within and then, with the attack fully charged, sent out the Ghost Element attack toward Ice Beam. The two attacks hit, causing Shadow Ball to be incased in ice, thus deflecting Ice Beam, and drop and shatter on the ground.
"Thanks Beka," said Edgar and then called out: "Now Inferno, use Flamethrower again on Shedinja!"
Again, Inferno craned back its neck and threw out its head with mouth opened wide; unleashing another powerful Flamethrower toward the Ghost/Bug Element.
"Again Shedinja, dodge with Agility!"
Hearing its trainer's call, Shedinja disappeared from its position on the battlefield as Flamethrower slammed into another missed target. Then, Phoebe called out:
"Now Shedinja, unleash your attack!"
"Huh?" questioned Beka, scanning the field for Phoebe's now hidden Pokemon, "Where is it?"
As her question came forth onto the field, Shedinja suddenly appeared behind Absol. Beka tried to warn Absol about the attack from behind, but was too late as Solarbeam slammed into Absol and caused a massive drop in Absol's HP toward the low yellow zone. Seeing the attack done, Shedinja returned back to its side of the field as Absol crashed to the ground.
"Absol!" exclaimed Beka, "Are you okay?"
"Ab," Absol said nodding, getting back up upon its white and black clawed paws.
Beka breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile:
"Good job Absol…I know you wouldn't let me down!"
"Ab-ab-sol," Absol said, nodding to its trainer and staring into her emerald gaze.
Seeing her Pokemon ready for battle, Beka called out:
"Absol, use Aerial Ace on Shedinja!"
Absol suddenly vanished from its side of the field and then suddenly reappearing behind Shedinja.
"Not so fast!" called out Phoebe and then said: "Dusclops, stop Absol with your Night Shade!"
Dusclops' eye suddenly flashed in a spark of dark energy and then followed by a massive surge of black and purple lighting that shot out toward Absol.
"Inferno, stop that Night Shade with your Flamethrower!"
Inferno, opening its mouth again, unleashed another Flamethrower that sliced into Night Shade and stopped the attack from reaching Absol. Seeing its chance, Absol lunged at Shedinja and slammed the critical hit into Shedinja, causing the Ghost/Bug Element to automatically faint from the one attack.
"Shedinja is unable to battle," called out the referee, "Absol and Charizard are the winners!"
"Wow," said May softly on the sidelines, "that Shedinja was pretty weak for an Elite Four member…"
"Well," said Brendan, "Shedinja isn't a weak Pokemon, unless you know its one weakness."
"Huh?" asked May, "Where are you going with this Brendan?"
"Okay, let me explain," said Brendan, "first of all, Shedinja has an ability called Wonder Guard, making it prone to all attacks that would cause it normal damage. However, since it is a Bug/Ghost Element, it is weak to Fire, Flying, Rock, Ghost, and Dark Element attacks and since Aerial Ace was a Flying Element attack, the attack worked over Wonder Guard's ability. Now you maybe wondering…why does Shedinja need an ability like that? Reason, because its HP is so small, that it would be defeat much more easily to other attacks without this ability."
"Oh," said May, "now I get it."
Phoebe recalled and thanked her Shedinja for a job well done and then turned back to the battlefield, seeing her female opponent giving praise to Absol by scratching the top of its white head and thanking it for a job well done. With a smile upon her face, Phoebe threw out her next Pokeball into the battlefield and called out:
"Banette go!"
In a flash of white light, Phoebe's Banette appeared on the battlefield beside Dusclops.
"Ba-net-te!" called out Banette's voice from its golden, zipper-like mouth.
Battle Situation:
Beka's Absol and Edgar's Charizard, Inferno, vs. EL Phoebe's Dusclops and Banette
BATTLE BEGIN!
"Dusclops, use Will-o-Wisp on Absol! Banette, use Screech on Charizard!"
Dusclops, with its eye now glowing in a light blue aura, spread opened its gray-tan fingers and soon, tiny flickers of eerie blue flames began to dimple around its hands. Then with its ghostly psychic ability, it sent out the tiny flames of blue light out toward Absol. Banette, opening up its mouth, unleashed a powerful screeching pitch from deep within its throat toward Inferno.
"Absol, use Hidden Power on Will-o-Wisp!"
"Inferno, use Heat Wave!"
Absol, with its body glowing for a brief moment in a flash of white light, began to have tiny spheres of white light dance around its white form as they grew and then unleashed themselves toward Will-o-Wisp after they were fully charged. The spherical attack knocked into and took out the blue flickers of Will-o-Wisp. As this was going on, Inferno had opened its mouth and sent out a powerful wave of intense heat that slammed into Screech and backfired upon Banette; causing both the Ghost Element's Defense to drop and be hit by a Fire Element attack. Seeing, feeling, and hearing the two attacks combined together reminded Beka of a hot humid day with loud screeching of insects in dry fields of brown and yellow grass.
"Dusclops, use Ice Beam on Absol! Banette, use Night Shade on Charizard!"
Dusclops, with its eye glowing again in a flash of white light, sent out another Ice Beam; this time aimed for Absol, while Banette's golden eyes flashed in a black light and soon sparks of black electricity zapped out toward Inferno.
"Absol, use Blizzard!"
"Inferno, use Bite on Banette when Blizzard dies down!"
Absol opened its mouth and from within, the Dark Element unleashed a powerful blast of snow, wind, and ice toward the two oncoming attacks. When the two attacks hit, a slight explosion occur, sending dust and smoke to surround the battlefield. Then, from the smoke came forth Inferno, who had taken flight when Absol unleashed Blizzard, with its teeth bared in a dark aura as it prepared to sink its attack into Banette.
"Banette, use Double Team!"
Banette, glowing for a second in a white flash, suddenly became a group of many. Inferno had clamped down on a Banette, but then snarled a dragon growl when its saw it only caught an illusion as the fake Ghost Element disappeared. The other Banettes circled the battlefield and began releasing ghostly laughs and taunts at Inferno as the Fire/Flying Element took back to the sky.
"Now Dusclops, use Icy Wind!"
Dusclops' red eye again flashed in a white light, only for a wind of ice to come spiraling out and heading its way toward the two opponents before it.
"Absol, use Aerial Ace to dodge and strike Banette!"
"Inferno, use Aerial Ace as well and strike Dusclops!"
Absol vanished into thin air as its Aerial Ace began to flow into effect while Inferno rose into the air, did a graceful loop, and vanished as well as its own Aerial Ace took effect; leaving Icy Wind to blast at the empty targets of the challenger's side of the field. Then, Absol and Inferno reappeared behind the two Ghost Elements and charged at them, but Phoebe cut in with:
"Dusclops, Banette, use Protect!"
The two ghosts sent up a thin golden aura around their forms and caused their two opponents to slam into the shields and deflect off the protective barriers. Seeing their chance for a strike failed, Absol and Inferno returned back on their sides of the field and awaited orders.
"Dusclops, now use Attract on Absol! Banette, use Body Slam on Charizard!"
Dusclops' eye began to glow again, this time in a light pink light, and a tiny heart of pink light floated out toward Absol, while Banette began to make its levitating charge toward Inferno in order to hit it with its Body Slam.
"Absol, leap over Attract and use Bite on Dusclops!"
"Inferno, use Bite as Banette gets close to you!"
Absol, leaning against the back of its legs in a charge for power boost, leapt into a powerful, yet graceful run toward Dusclops; leaping over the Attract attack and making its attack hit an empty target and break into pieces of pink glass before it dissolved away. The Dark Element then continued its charge at Dusclops and leapt at the ghost with its teeth gleam in a dark aura. As this was moving through, Inferno awaited the coming of Banette and once it saw that the Ghost Element was coming in close, Inferno opened its mouth with teeth bared in hopes of hitting a Bite on Banette.
"Dusclops, use Astonish on Absol! Banette, switch to Screech on Charizard!"
Dusclops charged at Absol, sending a full power blow to the Dark Element and even though the attack was a Ghost Element attack, it didn't mean that Absol flinched at Astonish's hidden ability and disgruntly leapt back to its side of the field. Banette, being a couple of feet away from Inferno, skidded to a halt and unleashed another powerful blast of noise in Inferno's eardrums, causing the Fire/Flying Element to wince at the Defense lowering attack. Then, after their damages done, the two Ghost Elements stood back on their side of the field and awaited word from their trainer Phoebe.
"Okay Absol," said Beka, "are you still up for battling?"
"Ab," Absol nodded.
"How about you Inferno?" asked Edgar.
"Char," Inferno nodded as well.
"Okay then," said Beka, "Absol, let's try Double Team!"
"Inferno, use Ember on Banette!"
Absol, glowing for a brief moment in a white aura, began to form an alliance with its illusions on the field as Inferno, taking back up in the air, opened its mouth and sent out a barrage of fiery flashes toward Banette.
"Dusclops, use Blizzard on those Absol illusions! Banette, use Will-o-Wisp on Ember!"
Dusclops' eye once again glowed in an icy light as its third Ice Element attack was sent out while Banette, with its hands spread out, formed tiny flickers of blue light that danced and slammed into the oncoming Ember; deflecting the attack off.
"Okay Inferno, now use Fire Blast on Blizzard!"
Inferno opened its mouth and a powerful surge of flames shot out, taking the form of a five-pointed star as the Fire Element slammed into Blizzard and incarnated into the Ice Element wintry blast; causing a thick mist to form over the field.
"Now Absol, use Aerial Ace on Dusclops!"
Soon, the mist burned away, leaving the challenger's side of the field to be left of Inferno. The Ghost Elements scanned the field for the missing Dark Element and soon, they found it: slamming into the back of Dusclops in a powerful charge of Aerial Ace. Absol then returned back to its side of the field as its attack was blown into the Ghost Element.
"Not bad," Phoebe said silently, "and now: Dusclops, use Confuse Ray on Absol! Banette, use Hidden Power on Charizard!"
Dusclops eye, once again, flashed in a flare of light and this time the color was a purple-blue hue. Then from the glowing eye beamed forth a blast of blue and white light that streaked its way across the field toward Absol, while Banette, with its body glowing for a brief moment in a white light, began to have spheres of white light glow and dance around its form and when they reached maximum level, the attack was released and sent out toward Inferno.
"Absol, use Ice Beam on the ground!"
"Inferno, use Aerial Ace to dodge and hit Banette!"
Absol, opening its mouth, sent out a blast of Ice Beam toward the ground that rose up a small prism of ice that reached about three feet in height, causing Confuse Ray to hit the ice and for the beam of the dark light to reflect back and break in two beams of light, each slamming into the Ghost Element's eyes and both becoming confused. Phoebe gasped in shock to see what had befallen before her Ghosts, but was shocked even more to see her Banette was slammed by Inferno's Aerial Ace and knocked out while her Dusclops, being confused, caused damage to itself and fainted as well.
"Both Dusclops and Banette are unable to battle," called out the referee, "Absol and Charizard are the winners!"
"Incredible performance Absol!" called out Beka as her Absol came over for a scratch upon its head.
"You were incredible as well Inferno," said Edgar, giving his Charizard a thumb's up.
Phoebe recalled back her fallen Pokemon and thanked then both for a job well done. Then, turning back to the field, she said:
"Well, you two have gotten me down to half of my team. And now…a reflection of our past match: Dusclops and Banette, go!"
Two more of Phoebe's Pokeballs were thrown up into the air and from within came forth two flashes of white light, materializing into another Dusclops and Banette of Phoebe's.
"Dus-clops!" called out Dusclops.
"Ba-net-te!" laughed out Banette.
"Aw!" moaned Edgar, "Not these two Pokemon again…"
"Come on Ed," said Beka, giving her partner words of encouragement, "we took them down once, and we can do it again!"
Battle Situation:
Beka's Absol and Edgar's Charizard, Inferno, vs. EF Phoebe's Dusclops and Banette
BATTLE BEGIN!
"Dusclops, use Confuse Ray on Charizard! Banette, use Grudge on Absol!"
Dusclops' crimson stare began to flicker with a haunting hue that was soon elapsed into a beam of bluish-white, yet eerie light that shot out toward Inferno, while Banette surrounded itself in a ring of blue eerie flames and focused its golden gaze upon Absol.
'Banette's Grudge will cause a physical attack I use on it to not be useful anymore in this battle…' thought Beka, '…I better use a status move…'
"Absol, use Swords Dance!"
Absol, with its body glowing in a white hue of light, focused upon its chi as three swords of light materialized around it. The swords swished and spun around the Dark Element's form, causing its Attack strength to greatly rise.
"Inferno, evade Confuse Ray!"
Inferno, spreading out its red and blue membrane wings, took to the air and evaded the oncoming Confuse Ray as the Ghost attack hit the ground.
"Dusclops, now use Attract on Charizard and Banette, use Taunt on Absol!"
Dusclops, with its eye glowing in a pink light, sent out a heart-shaped piece of light out toward Inferno as Banette began waving its hand out toward Absol as if to say: Come and get me.
"Absol, use Leer!"
Absol's ruby eyes narrowed and began to shine in an illuminate red hue that pierced through Banette's own gaze and caused the Ghost Element to shake at the Dark Element's gaze; stopping Taunt and for its Defensive status to drop slightly.
"Inferno, use Aerial Ace to evade and attack Dusclops!"
Inferno, with a mighty blast of its dragon wings, rose higher in the air, did a graceful loop in its flight, and then suddenly vanished; causing Attract to blow through the empty target and hit the wall, thus breaking and dissolving into pieces of pink sorrow. Then, Inferno reappeared behind Dusclops and proceeded with Aerial Ace, only for Phoebe to call out in time:
"Dusclops, Protect!"
Dusclops surrounded itself in a flash of golden light that protected it as Inferno slammed head first and negated off the shield. An angry draconic snarl escaped from Inferno's lips and then with a powerful blast of its wings, returned back to its side of the field.
"Dusclops, use Shadow Punch on Charizard! Banette, use Screech on Absol!"
Dusclops' hands began to glow in a deep gray hue and then threw out its hands out of its body in the form of fists. As it did, the aura surrounding Dusclops' hands flew off in the form of flying fists toward the Fire/Flying Element as Banette opened its golden zipper mouth and unleashed a powerful blast of sound toward Absol.
"Absol, take Shadow Punch!"
Absol leapt in between Inferno and Dusclops, receiving the Ghost Element attack that Dusclops let out. Absol wasn't hardly affected by the attack and this gave Edgar the chance to call out:
"Inferno, use Aerial Ace to attack Banette!"
Inferno, once again, made a graceful show of flight before it disappeared into the air and then reappeared behind Banette; slamming into the Ghost Element and for it to stop using its full powered Screech on Absol.
"Dusclops, use Ice Beam on Charizard!"
Dusclops' red eye gazed out toward Inferno and then unleashed streams of blue and white light that struck Inferno's right wing and incased it in ice; causing Inferno to lose balance in the sky and to crash back onto the ground of the battlefield.
"No! Inferno!" called out Edgar.
"Now Banette, use Double Team!"
With a flash of white light surrounding its form, Banette soon became multiple over the battlefield and surrounded the down Inferno, who was gazing at the illusions, plus the real, Banettes around it.
'Great,' thought Edgar, gritting his teeth, 'Inferno's wing is frozen solid and is now unable to use its flight moves. Even if we get the ice melted, we're still easy targets…'
Suddenly, Edgar heard Beka shout out:
"Absol, use Aerial Ace to find the real Banette!"
Edgar saw that Absol had suddenly appeared behind a certain Banette and slammed into the Ghost Element; knocking out the illusions and exposing the real ghost Pokemon.
"Thanks Beka," said Edgar and then called out: "Inferno, use Flamethrower on Banette!"
With Absol leaping out of the way, Inferno unleashed a streaming blast of flames toward Banette. Phoebe called out:
"Dusclops, get in front of Banette and Protect!"
Dusclops, coming out of nowhere, slided in between Banette and Inferno; setting up a shield of protection and deflecting off Flamethrower.
"Nice try," smiled Phoebe, "but no dice!"
"True," said Edgar, "but now Inferno is ready for flight again!"
"Huh?" questioned Phoebe.
Phoebe looked out and saw that Protect was acting like a mirror to reflect off Flamethrower and for the Fire Element attack to strike Inferno's frozen wing and melt the ice surrounding it. With wings out spread and ready for flight again, Inferno let out its Charizard roar for battle.
"I see," said Phoebe, and then called out: "Dusclops and Banette, combined your Return attacks on Charizard!"
Since the two Ghost Element were in close range, they charged at Inferno and prepared to take down the Fire/Flying Element with their Return attacks; until:
"Absol, use Protect!"
Absol leapt in-between the oncoming ghost and Inferno and set up a golden shield around it that caused the two Elite's Pokemon to stop when they slammed into Protect.
"Now's our chance Inferno," called out Edgar, "use Heat Wave!"
Inferno opened its mouth and unleashed another blast of hot intense heat toward Dusclops and Banette; slamming the two Ghost Elements back to their sides of the field.
"Okay Dusclops, use Double Team! Banette, use Shock Wave on Charizard!"
Dusclops, flashing for a brief moment in white light, became one of many and surrounded Absol in a circle of reflections as Banette rose up its now glowing yellow arms and from the arms shot out blasts of sparking waves. The waves came together, forming a cloud, and then, thousands of lighting bolts came raining from the cloud and striking Inferno and causing a critical hit.
"Inferno!" exclaimed Edgar.
"Now Dusclops, use Hidden Power on Absol and Banette, use Psychic on Charizard!"
The Dusclopses held out their hands toward Absol and soon the group began to form white spheres around their grey bodies that grew and were prepared to shot out toward the Dark Element in the center of the ring. Meanwhile, Banette's golden eyes melted in a glow of blue and then trapped Inferno in the crushing grip of Psychic.
"Absol, use Aerial Ace!"
"Inferno, break free of Psychic!"
Absol disappeared from the ring of Dusclops and reappearing outside the circle, it struck the real Dusclops and sent it knocking down to the ground, however, since Hidden Power was ready, the real Dusclops sent out the attack without hesitation upon Absol and the close-range blasts of the attack sent Absol flying across the battlefield. Absol slammed into Inferno, who was now broken free of Psychic, and caused the two Pokemon to crash into the ground. When the battle was over: Phoebe's Dusclops, Beka's Absol, and Edgar's Charizard all fainted from the attacks.
"Dusclops, Absol, and Charizard are all unable to battle," called out the referee, "Banette is the winner!"
All three trainers recalled their fallen Pokemon back into their Pokeballs, thanked them for jobs well done, and returned to proceed with the continuation of the battle. Phoebe unleashed her final Pokemon onto the battlefield, calling out:
"Sableye, go!"
In a flash of white light stood Sableye, a Ghost/Dark Element that had purple skin, spiked ear-like appendages on the sides of its prism-shaped head, a ruby embedded in its chest, miscellaneous jewels that glowed on its back, and haunting aquamarine colored jeweled eyes, beside Banette.
"Sa-bl-eye!" Sableye crackled under its voice.
Beka took her next Pokeball into her hands and threw it out into the battlefield, calling out:
"Altaria, I choose you!"
In a flash of white light materialized Beka's Altaria upon the battlefield.
"Chi-dor-ia!" called out Altaria in a series of high-pitched chirps.
Edgar also threw out his next Pokeball and called out:
"Luna, come on out and help us out!"
In a flash of white light came forth Edgar's shiny Absol Luna.
"Ab-sol," called out Luna.
Then, seeing its trainer behind it, Luna charged and jumped onto Edgar's chest; knocking the male trainer off his feet and onto the ground. There, Luna began giving him friendly kisses upon his cheek as Edgar laughed and said:
"Come on Luna! Ha-ha-ha! Come on…ha…th-th-that tickles! We have a battle to…ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"
Beka mustered off a soft giggle, seeing how affectionate Luna was toward its trainer. Then, after a few seconds, Luna leapt back onto the battlefield as Edgar stood back to his feet.
"Heh," chuckled Edgar, "my apologies Beka."
"It's okay," Beka laughed, pressing on a smile.
Battle Situation:
Beka's Altaria and Edgar's Absol, Luna, vs. EF Phoebe's Sableye and Banette
BATTLE BEGIN!
"Banette, begin with Calm Mind! Sableye, use Hidden Power on Altaria!"
Banette closed its sinister gold eyes and began to focus quietly on its chi, with a thin outline of blue light around its form as its Special Attack and Defense status rose. Sableye, its purple form outlined in a white light, began to have tiny spheres of energy dance around its form and as they rotated around the Ghost/Dark Element, they grew bigger in size. Once they reached full capacity, Sableye unleashed the spheres of light out toward Altaria.
"Altaria, dodge and use Astonish on Banette!"
"Luna, use Bite on Sableye!"
Altaria spreaded out its white cloud wings and with a few powerful beatings of its elegance wings, the Dragon/Flying Element took up into the air and easily evaded the oncoming spheres of light. Then, seeing its target in sight, Altaria folded its wings close to its body and made a dive toward Banette; while Luna made a powerful, elegance dash at Sableye with its teeth bared and hinting in hues of a black gleam.
"Banette, use Body Slam on Altaria! Sableye, use Aerial Ace!"
Banette, seeing Altaria coming down at it, leapt into the air toward the majestic swan-like dragon as it lunged itself for Body Slam; while Sableye vanished from its spot on the field, causing Luna to skid to a halt and quit using Bite.
"Altaria, use Ice Beam!"
Altaria opened its white beak and from within came forth a frosty glow and followed by strands of icy light flashing out toward Banette.
"Banette, Protect!"
Banette immediately set up a golden shield around its form, causing the Ice Beam to become useless as it hit the barrier. Meanwhile, Sableye had suddenly reappeared behind Luna and slammed the Flying Element attack into the Dark Element's back; causing Luna to crash to the ground.
"Luna!" exclaimed Edgar.
"Now Sableye, use Secret Power!"
Sableye's jewel that imbedded in its chest began to glow in a white light and prepared to send out Secret Power until:
"Altaria, help out Luna with Aerial Ace!"
Coming out of nowhere, Altaria slammed into Sableye and caused the ghost Pokemon to recoil back to its side of the field and await Phoebe's next orders.
"Banette, use Shadow Ball on Altaria! Sableye, use Ice Punch on Absol!"
Banette, with its hands close together, formed a sphere of dark ghostly energy that was then shot out toward Altaria with trails of black and purple electricity crackling around its form, while Sableye came at Luna with its left fist balled up and glowing in an icy white hue.
"Altaria, use Aerial Ace to dodge!"
"Luna, use Aerial Ace as well to evade Sableye!"
Altaria, rising and doing a majestic loop in the sky, suddenly vanished as well as Luna; leaving the two Ghost Elements to ponder on the where-abouts of their opponents. Suddenly, Altaria and Luna reappeared behind the two ghosts and were about to unleash their attack upon them until Phoebe, knowing the same move happened before, called out:
"Banette and Sableye, Protect!"
Both Banette and Sableye immediately set up two shields of golden light around their forms and caused their opponents to slam into and deflect off of them. Seeing that nothing else could be done, Altaria and Luna returned to their side of the field and awaited the next move.
"Okay, now Banette, use Night Shade on Altaria! Sableye, use Water Pulse on Luna!"
Banette's eyes, glowing within the deep purple hue of a Ghost attack, shot out a series of black and purple electric currents toward Altaria, while Sableye, with the ruby on its chest glowing in a blue hue, shot out from the embedded jewel three rings of blue, watery light as they rippled their way toward Luna.
"Altaria, use Mimic at Banette!"
"Luna, use Rock Smash on Water Pulse!"
Altaria, seeing the attack of Night Shade coming toward it, quickly scanned over the attack with its deep gray-black eyes; tracing the attack and imbedding it into its mind. Then, when the attack was copied into its mind, the Dragon/Flying Element opened its white beak and sent out its own version of the black and purple static of Night Shade toward Banette's. The two Ghost Element attacks slammed into each other and once they hit, an explosion occurred that left a veil of smoke over the point of the attacks' impact. Meanwhile, Luna, seeing Water Pulse beating towards it, opened its mouth and unleashed a powerful, star-blast mark of reddish-brown light toward the aquatic attack. The two attacks, just like the two Night Shades, meet and made contact mid-air and exploded in a blast of water and vapor.
"Banette, use Night Shade again on Altaria! Sableye, use Aerial Ace on Absol!"
Banette, once again, unleashed another blast of Ghost energy toward Altaria as Sableye vanished from its spot from the field in preparations for Aerial Ace.
'Here we go again,' thought Beka and then switching to speech: "Altaria, use Mud-Slap!"
"Luna, await Sableye to come to you!"
Altaria, seeing another blast of Night Shade coming toward it, clawed its delicate blue feet into the battlefield and kicked them up toward the Night Shade; causing a stream of mud to slam into the Ghost Element attack and for the attack to negate off. Luna, hearing Edgar's call in its battle phase, simply nodded its head and closed its sapphire eyes; as if to sense change in the air around it. Suddenly, Sableye reappeared right beside Luna's right side and was about to unleash its Aerial Ace upon the Dark Element when Edgar called out:
"Now Luna, turn to your right and use Bite!"
With its blue eyes flaring open to Edgar's call, Luna turned its head and immediately sank its Bite attack upon Sableye; causing the Ghost/Dark Element to become hit with Bite's critical hit and for it to flinch.
"Banette, use Shadow Ball on Altaria!"
Banette formed another Shadow Ball in its hands and sent out the attack out upon Altaria.
"Now Altaria, use Dragonbreath!"
Altaria unleashed a powerful stream of green draconic flames out toward the direction of the oncoming attack; breaking through Shadow Ball and slamming the fiery attack upon Banette which caused the ghost Pokemon to become paralyzed.
"Luna, now use Shadow Ball on Sableye!"
With Sableye now being close to the shiny Dark Element, Luna opened its mouth and began to form a black sphere of light. Once the attack was formed, Luna shot the attack out and slammed the attack into Sableye, causing another critical hit to the duel Element opponent. Both Pokemon of Phoebe's were sent back to her side of the field, still standing their ground, but now shaking with weakness as their HP levels had dipped into the red zones.
"Guys," asked Phoebe in a soft voice to her Pokemon, "can…you both still battle?"
Both of her ghosts nodded and gave out voices of reassurances that they would continue. A soft smile broke upon Phoebe's soft face as she saw that her Pokemon where going to help out their trainer, no matter how bad the situation looked. With a nod of confidence, Phoebe called out:
"Okay…Banette, use Hidden Power on Absol! Sableye, focus your Shadow Ball on Altaria!"
Banette performed its Hidden Power attack and sent the full results of the attack out toward Edgar's Absol while Sableye formed Shadow Ball within its purple grasp and sent out the sphere of ghost energy out toward Altaria.
"Altaria, use Ice Beam on Shadow Ball!"
"Luna, evade and use Bite on Banette!"
Altaria opened its mouth and shot out blasts of icy blue and white light toward the direction of the Shadow Ball, hitting the attack and freezing it in midair. The attack then dropped, due to a new weight placed upon it, and crashed upon the battlefield; breaking away and dissolving into hundreds of energy particles. Luna, however, had began to charge at Banette and graceful leapt and evaded the oncoming Hidden Power spheres. Then, when it reached Banette, Luna sank its Bite attack into Banette and caused the Ghost Element to immediately faint.
"No! Banette!" cried out Phoebe and then yelled out: "Sableye, use Brick Break on Absol!"
Sableye, hearing Phoebe's cry, turned from Altaria to Luna and then charged at Luna with its left fist glowing in a red-brown light.
"Altaria, use Drag-" Beka was about to call out when she was stopped by Edgar who, with a smile on his face, said:
"Allow me to finish this battle up…Luna! Receive Brick Break!"
'What!' exclaimed Beka in her mind, 'What is Ed doing!'
Beka watched at Sableye was gaining closer and closer to Luna and when it was a few feet away, it threw out the attack…
"Now use Shadow Ball Luna!"
Immediately, a flash of dark light emitted between Sableye and Luna and the moments after that light came a massive blast of dark light into Sableye's chest; which sent the Ghost/Dark Element to crash into the ground and for it to faint.
"Both Sableye and Banette are unable to battle," called out the referee, "Altaria and Absol are the winners! The victors of this battle go to Edgar and Beka!"
"Oh yeah!" exclaimed Edgar, throwing out a punch into the air, "We won our second Elite battle!"
"Altaria!" cried out Beka, extending out her arms, "You did an awesome job! Thank you!"
Altaria glided down and gingerly landed in front of its trainer as Beka wrapped her arms around the dragon's blue head in a loving hug.
"Luna!" exclaimed Edgar, "You did an awesome conclusion to this battle! Thanks a million!"
Luna, perking up to Edgar's praise, leapt at the trainer and slammed into his chest where it then gave the black-haired trainer another series of Absol kisses all over his face as Edgar laughed at how they tickled him. Beka simply laughed at the two as Brendan, Benen, and May came up to congratulate the trainers on a battle well fought. Phoebe, who had recalled her fallen Pokemon and thanked them for a job well done, walked up to the two trainers and gave out her about the battle.
"That was perhaps one of the best battles that I have ever participated in as an Elite Four member," stated Phoebe, "congratulations to the both of you and may you both have the luck and courage to prevail over the next half of the Elite Four and finally the Champion himself…"
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Next chapter is the showdown between Elite Four member Glacia and her freezing Ice Elements…
