Chapter 9: Sorcerous vs Pokémon Trainer!?
Majestic City Arc.
With no time to think, Ada dashes to the Gothitelle. She leaps into the air and claws at the Pokémon, but gets surrounded by a light pink aura.
"Hmm?" she says. The dressed creature's eyes are glowing blue, holding her arms out. The Gothitelle pushes Ada away with Telekinesis, tossing the girl around. She backflips onto the ground, glancing at the Gothitelle. She then takes her attention towards the robber, who's running away from the scene. "Oh no you don't!" She dashes towards him before getting coated in dark pink outline. The Gothitelle's eyes are glowing once more.
The teen is thrown back by the Psychic attack, slamming against a wall as she groans in pain. "Oh shit, Ada!" Justin shouts.
"I forgot that I'm weak to Psychic moves," Ada says to herself, wrapping her arms around her stomach.
As the robber runs off, a pain reaches his leg within seconds, him screaming and falling to the ground. A bullet hole appears in his bleeding leg, causing him to look at Clinton wielding a revolver. He aims the gun at the robber, gripping it with firmness. "Continue to resist and you will no longer breathe," the pale elder confirms.
The robber grits his teeth, covering his leg in response to the injury. Ada gets up, letting loose a sigh. "How dare you leave your Pokémon to fight by its lonesome? I thought the whole point of being a trainer is to bond with them and be by their side," Ada exclaims, eyeing at the robber. "But I suppose all of it is just old school to you, huh?" The Gothitelle glances at the ground, stroking her arm without hesitation.
"Don't listen to her," the robber says in a raspy tone. "Just do as I say and attack, now!" The humanoid creature prepares a DNA-like strand in her hand, firing her Psybeam at Ada. Ada sees the attack and forms a huge shield around her. As it hits the Mystical Shield, smoke rises from the Psybeam's contact. After the shield fades away, the Gothitelle appears in front of her with little warning, her hands glowing white.
"How did you-" Ada is cut off by the Gothitelle's Double Slap, the Pokémon swinging her hands left to right. Ada blocks the attack, the two escaping from the smoke. She winces as the robbed man hides behind his mailbox.
"Cindy! Use that move combo I taught you!" the trainer shouts.
"Move combo?" Ada is suddenly pushed away by Psychic, Cindy floating into the air afterwards. She claws the ground, the Gothitelle twirls in place while her hands remain glowing. The creature fires multiple Psybeams at Ada, causing her to claw at each and every one of them. Then Cindy rushes down to hit the human with Double Slap. Ada forms her shield in time, holding her hands out. Cindy hits the shield over and over, each 'THUD' pushing the teen back. Wow she's strong! the teen thinks, her hands being coated in Enchantment Claws again. She lets the shield fade away to swing at the Pokémon, seeing her dodge the move each time. Cindy grabs Ada's arm and throws her to the ground with ease, her coughing afterwards.
"Come on Ada, I believe in ya!" Justin cheers the girl on, forming two fists. Ada groans as she gets on her knees, smirking.
"Thanks, Justin. I needed someone to root for me in this tough batt-"
"Ada, look out!" Ramon shouts, the Gothitelle firing her Psybeams at the teen. Ada uses Mystical Shield once more, the Psybeams slamming against it. Then the Gothitelle hits the shield over and over with Double Slap.
"Thanks for the warning!"
Cindy jumps back from the shield, the girl rushes towards her with no time to think. Now's my chance! Ada's claws unravel, the teen swinging and slashing at the Gothitelle. Cindy dodges and dodges, moving in elegance and serenity. "Oh come on!"
Ada attempts to kick the Pokémon, leading her to jump from it. She grips her fist. "Oh dodge this while at it!" Ada shouts, lifting her arms and thrusts them forward in rapid sessions. She fires multiple Mystical Projectiles at Cindy, the beams screeching through max velocity. They go right past the Gothitelle, only hitting the ground and the walls. The robbed man yelps as one lands next to him, clinging onto his mailbox. "AAAH! STAY STILL!"
As Ada rapidly moves her arms, Ramon and Justin look at the teen in a peculiar manner. Then they look at each other.
"Can she always be frustrated about things?" the Zorua asks.
"Usually when my jokes tend to annoy her too much. This is the first I've seen her lose her marbles in fights," Justin replies.
"Oh."
Soon, Ada stops firing, smoke rising from the attack. Did I get her? she thinks, panting with aggression. Then something comes out of the smoke. That something is Cindy dashing towards her without a single mark. "How the hell did I not hit you!?" she shouts before spotting Cindy's glowing eyes. Ada holds her hands up and uses Mystical Shield, but it doesn't appear. She thrusts her hands in the air as if she's giving someone CPR. Nothing happens. "Oh-" she gets coated in a dark pink outline. "...No."
Cindy lifts Ada up with Psychic, slamming her to the ground. She then lifts Ada up again and slams her down. And repetition happens from there on as the Gothitelle continues the abuse on her.
"Ada!" both Justin and Ramon scream, their friend moving up and down at an uncontrollable pace. Ada is coughing out purple blood, some landing onto her face due to the liftings. Soon, Cindy stops and throws Ada towards a wall near Ramon and Justin. The girl rolls around before smacking against it, numerous cracks forming around her. The two stare at Ada for a brief moment, their eyes shaking in the land of terror. They rush by her side, Clinton gazing at the impact towards her.
The robber tries to crawl away with the bag before a bullet hits the ground in front of him, turning around afterwards. "What did I say about you moving?" Clinton says, aiming his gun at the trainer as a 'CLICK' noise is heard.
Justin gets on his knees, the girl bleeding from her forehead as she coughs out more blood. She twitches, her vision fuzzling. "Ada, are you good!?" Justin says, the girl shifting herself and groaning.
"Ju...Justin?" Ada says, her tone being raspy and weak. Justin puts his hand onto the teen's chest, blue aura glowing on it. Ada's chest glows as well, but she yelps and screams from it. The boy pulls his hand back instantly.
"She's not good. Shit." He strokes his head. "She's too injured for me to heal her. She needs to go to the Pokémon Center, ASAP." Justin turns his attention towards Cindy, lowering his brows. He spreads his arms out and spawns two magical blades in his possession. "After I take care of this asshole, first." He gets in front of the girl as the Gothitelle walks towards him, her movement being sluggish.
Ramon takes a closer look at the Gothitelle's face, a somber expression sprinkles throughout it. Cindy's tears slid down from her cheeks, creating a trail behind her. "Wait Justin," Ramon says. "Something isn't right here."
"Well no shit: This Gothitelle just beat the hell out of Ada. And now she wants more of that beating, which ain't happening." Justin grips his Sorcery Blades, his red shirt swifts to the wind's gust.
"No. I mean, let me reason with the Gothitelle. The look on her face tells me there's something up."
"Reason!? Have you lost your marbles, too!? You saw her massacring Ada not too long ago! And now you want to reason with her!?"
"I know, but I also can tell that the Gothitelle doesn't look too swell about this fight."
"That's because she's serious, man. You don't look happy when you try to kill someone, do you?"
"Look, just let me talk to her for a moment, please?"
Justin sighs. "Alright fine. But if she pulls off any tricks, that's a wrap."
Cindy stops in her path, staring at the Zorua. Ramon nods before speaking to the Gothitelle. "What's wrong?" he asks, speaking in the Pokémon language with the words 'Nyar?'
"...I-" Cindy pauses for a moment, sniffling and wiping away her tears. "I want this to end."
"The fight?"
"Hey Cindy! What are you doing!?" the trainer yells, leading the group to turn towards him. "Don't just sit there! Finish these guys off, now!"
"SHUT UP!" she yells, a pole next to her becoming engulfed in pink outline. She uses Psychic to throw the pole next to the trainer, him and Clinton yelping from it.
"Oh crap!" Clinton yells.
Cindy glares at the trainer, seeing the world as red. She then turns her attention back to the Zorua, forming her fists. "It's not the fight: It's stealing from the poor."
"Steal?"
"Yes. And every time things go sour, he leaves me behind to take care of the mess..."
"...And you're not okay with this, are you?"
The Gothitelle shakes her head.
"Don't listen to what that Zorua said, Cindy!" the trainer shouts. Cindy looks at him and uses Psychic on the trainer's lips, sealing them. "Mmf!?"
"I wish I was captured by some competent, generous trainer...But instead, I get some robber who only sees me as an accomplice. Yes, I...have unfortunately ended a lot of people and Pokémon lives in the past. Just to defend him." Cindy glares at the trainer.
"Oh..." Ramon looks off to the side for a moment, gazing at the ground. He turns to face Justin, unsettling thoughts painting his world.
"What did she say?" Justin asks.
"Well..." Ramon translates the whole conversation to Justin, Ada and Clinton, the three glancing at the robber afterwards.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Justin says, keeping his blades intact.
"Yeah. I know that Pokémon Trainers are declining, but this isn't the way to revive that group!" Clinton exclaims. "I don't tolerate immoral ways to treat your Pokémon."
"Pokémon Trainer?" Ramon says, tilting his head.
"Same...here," Ada agrees, lifting herself up. Her legs shake in place as she holds her arm, glancing at the trainer. "That...Defect...deserves to be with a better Fault...trainer." Ada then falls over before Justin helps her up.
Defect? Oh right! The thing I read from the Project Transvian note. Wonder what's that about. And Fault, too!? Ugh, just when I thought my confusion ended! Ramon thinks before his ears twitch to several loud sirens coming from the side. Black and white vehicles are arriving at the scene, stopping dead in its tracks as multiple doors open. Exiting from the vehicles are a group of blue clothing individuals, all carrying handguns and pointing at the group. Speaking of confusion, who are they!?
"Everybody, freeze!" one cop yells from his vehicle, scanning the area as the rest of the officers scatter around.
"Don't arrest the Zorua, two teens, and the old man, officers! Arrest the robber and his Gothitelle instead!" the robbed man exclaims.
Soon, another cop exits his vehicle along with an individual who has a round, black hat and brown clothing. His light skin is the main course between his moustache and the rest of his appearance. "Oh what happened here?" the round man says, wielding a cane.
"That man stole the hiding-behind-the-mailbox man's money. And then his Gothitelle almost killed my friend," Justin says firmly.
"Oh I see then. Arrest the two, officers," the round man says as the officers nod, all heading towards the robber and Cindy. The man then takes his attention towards Clinton, raising his brow at him. "You can put the gun down, Clinton. We got the situation taken care of from here."
"Yeah, Chief. Or should I say retired chief now?" the cop next to the round man says, snickering at the comment. Clinton stares at the two, gradually putting his weapon away.
"Wait, Clinton was a cop!?" both Justin and Ada say, with Ada yelping from her movements.
"A cop?" Ramon asks, staring at the elder.
Clinton releases a small gust of wind, nodding at the three. "Yep...You guessed it."