Rio jumped back, swinging his staff as he did. He managed to block most of the glass rocketing towards him, but some still made it through his improvised defense. What got through grazed his skin, but one small piece logged itself in his thigh. The Riolu grimaced as he fell back.
The adrenaline dulled the pain as he got a better look at his new enemy. It floated towards him, towering over even Scales. Its white fur was still wet from the nap it seemed to be taking, and its purple tail flicked what goop remained on it off. Its eyes burned with purple light, its anger pulsing off of it in waves. The Riolu had never felt such an engaged Aura.
Rio pointed his Bone Rush at the towering figure, focusing on the staff for a bit.
Long, he thought, and the bone responded. It quickly extended, spearing the cat in its purple stomach and sending it flying back. Before it hit the ground it started to float again, its glare and Aura even more angry.
A second later his staff flew out of his paw and towards his opponent. It floated in front of the towering figure for a moment, and was tossed away with a flick of its thoughts. In response, Rio made another one, which was taken just as quickly.
Then he saw Pana appear, sensing an opportunity. The creature did too, but it was too late as her flying Sucker Punch smashed it in the face. The thing stumbled, black blood coming from the slits Rio assumed was its nose.
He watched as his sister started glowing purple and was lifted into the air. It didn't hold her for long, as the light seemed to seep into her. She landed on her feet, now glaring at the apparent psychic. The creatures glowing eyes widened as Pana leapt to attack. Rio felt one of the tables fly over his head and zip towards the two.
Pana crashed into the floating piece of furniture, smashing it to pieces. Rio cracked the ground as he leapt at the cat, but unexpectedly crashed into what felt like a brick wall. He finally noticed the transparent Barrier the thing put up. Soon he was glowing, and thrown backwards into a wall, slightly cushioned by the books that remained.
He slid down the wall slowly, vision blurry, but still awake. He summoned another Bone Rush and shot it at the thing once again. It dinged off the Barrier and the abomination didn't even bother to rip it out of his hands that time. Just has Rio hoped.
He focused on the staff, and did his easiest alteration yet.
Burst.
The Bone Rush flashed once, and exploded.
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The sudden boom roused Blue from his involuntary sleep. He felt himself bleeding, but couldn't see anything. And something reeked! It smelled like day old berry juice and dirt. And what was that jingling?
Scales?
"You up?" he heard the dragon ask. He felt something touch his paw, a berry by the looks of it. He maneuvered it the best he could, eventually managing to pop it in his mouth. The sweet juices of the Oran berry immediately made him feel better as the Hakamo-o let him go. When he saw what was left of the lab he wanted to cry.
The books were in total disarray, some completely destroyed in the battle taking place. Some shredded, some some torn in half, and some were blown to bits, along with a part of the wall and floor. Rio crouched, standing in front of a scorch mark and bits of fluttering paper, glaring at the creature he just blew up. The transparent bubble that separated the two was severely cracked, but it wasn't even looking at him.
Pana was its primary concern, pelting her with debris, vials of goop and enough knowledge to put several teachers out of business. It was all the Pancham could do to dodge each object. Rio had stood up now, glaring at the monster.
The Bidoof watched as Scales ran at the creature, claws glowing purple. He slashed at the barrier, cracking it even further. The abomination glared at him, and suddenly he was floating. He had never seen anyone use Psychic before, so this was mesmerizing.
With its focus changing the debris that was keeping Pana away dropped. She didn't waste time, becoming a black blur as she crashed into the cracked Barrier once again. It splintered further, but still held.
Rio rushed in, jumped off Scales's head, and slammed his glowing palm into the creatures protected face. His palm erupted into a blue explosion, finally shattering the barrier. Blue was stunned. He didn't even have time to react. Could he even help?
The strange Pokemon raised both of its hands in the air, and another Barrier quickly solidified around it, this one smaller. The rest of his team wasted no time in attacking the new forcefield.
Then the abomination pushed his arms out, and the Barrier followed. It expanded, slamming into its attackers and sending them flying back. Rio landed right next to Blue, making him jump. He groaned in pain, but was still awake. Thank Arceus.
The creature turned its attention back to Pana, slinging more of the most educational debris on the planet at her. Pana was able to keep dodging, but she had notably slowed down. Scales didn't seem as hurt as he flung himself back at the creature, burying his glowing claws in the Barrier and making small cracks. It didn't even look at him, completely focused on the Pancham. She needed help.
Blue felt another tug at his stomach, and water gathering in his cheeks. Not expecting to do much damage, but hoping for a distraction he fired his Water Gun at the mutant. Compared to his previous attempt this was a cannon shot, the half-foot wide stream of water barreled at the monster, slipping past its barrier and slamming into its chest. The Bidoof had no time to contemplate how he did that, or why it had slipped past the forcefield, because it looked like the creature barely felt it. He did succeed in getting its attention, at least for a bit.
Without warning the Bidoof was lifted into the air, flipped over, and slammed down. His vision went white for a bit, but when it cleared enough for him to see Rio standing in front of him, clutching something. The cold embrace of unconsciousness followed.
…
Rio wasn't sure why he grabbed Blue's treasure. When it landed next to him, he just snatched it. The Riolu stared at the creature that had attacked him, his friends, his family, and seemed to be doing its best to kill them. Pana was slowing down, Scales wasn't making any progress, and Blue had just done his best.
He glanced down at the stone he clutched, wondering what to do. The Barrier was the issue, and getting through that would take too long. It could just remake it after too, and they'd be back to square one.
He realized they needed one attack, one strong enough to break the bubble and the psychic all at once.
As that thought crossed his mind, his body acted on its own. The Riolu inserted Blue's stone into his own bracelet without even realizing what he was doing, still watching the battle taking place. He was so lost in the fight he didn't even notice as he crossed his arms and his borrowed stone lit up.
Power flowed through Rio as his entire body flashed with a bright light. It was all so clear to him all of a sudden. All he had to do was put his arms down, thrust them forward, drag them down to the floor, put one back up, then cross his lower arm over his stomach and his higher over his forehead and-
The power exploded within Rio, and the light coming off of him brightened even further. He had never felt so full of energy. It felt like he could run for miles!
So he did.
The creature turned his attention back to the Riolu just as he charged at it. There was no time to prepare as the blue and black blur barreled into his enemies Barrier, obliterating what was left of it and slamming into its creator. He felt something break in the monster's body as he barreled into it.
The wall behind them crumbled under the force of the super tackle, barreling through the layers of books, rock and metal that stood in Rio's way. He couldn't stop even if he wanted to. He could only hear the crumbling rocks, and the creatures groans of agony as he went.
Then, the resistance just stopped. Rio felt the boundless energy leave him as he plummeted. He just managed to glimpse the blue sky as he and his opponent fell into the lake below.
The cold shock of falling into the lake made the Riolu let go of his hopefully beaten opponent. He turned his head towards it, only to see it shoot out of the lake and into the sky, its Aura scared once again. Rio couldn't call that a win, but it wasn't a loss either.
That was his last thought as that boundless energy left him, and he fell unconscious.