Yikes, really late! Eek.. anyway, I've been busy. So, just enjoy this chappy.
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~~~Larissa's p.o.v.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I was sleeping with my head tucked behind my broad wing atop an elm tree when they attacked. The sun hadn't even cast its bright corona over the mountains yet, just a mild brushing of reds, oranges, and yellows over the dark but quickly brightening sky.
"Attack!" yelled the all-too-familiar voice of Rachelle. My head
snapped up just as a huge net sprang from a bazooka being held by a...ROCKET!!
The net expanded, and trapped everyone who was in the middle of the clearing or
close to it, which was Flameheart, Shadow, Rokon, Blade, and Kirin.
"Everyone, battle ready!" Calypso yelled as she ran over to the net
along with Lunar and Aquafire to try and free everyone who was trapped. I
immediately took off from my sleeping tree as twenty Rockets burst through the underbrush, scattering leaves and
broken tree branches everywhere.
"Pokémon, attack!" yelled Derek, throwing two pokéballs at our
direction. Out came a monstrous Nidoking and a Raichu. Both had that blank look
in their eyes, an unnatural grey. All fifteen of the Rockets sent out six
pokémon each.
"Everyone! They have even more pokémon!" I yelled down from the sky.
From one Rocket came six bird pokémon, two Pidgeot, a Fearow, two Pidgeotto,
and a Farfetch'd. All six came flying up to challenge me.
Awww crap! I thought. How am I supposed to beat all of these
pokémon? Fireburst has her own problems, I thought, glancing over to where
Fireburst was fighting a Venomoth.
The Fearow attacked me first with its Drill Peck attack. Its wickedly sharp
beak was spinning and whirring in the air. It lunged at me, hoping to impale me
on that beak, but I barely managed to dodge it by flying up quickly. I charged
up one of my powers, my power of fire. I felt my insides grow burning hot and
my eyes glow a firey shade of bright red. I opened my mouth, and blew out a
steady stream of scorching flames at all of those pokémon, my Flamethrower
attack. I heard the horrifying shrieks and cries of the six pokémon as the
flames scorched their feathers black. The Farfetch'd was burned the most
severely. Its entire body was burned, and that strange leek it carried in its
mouth was on fire. The idiotic pokémon wouldn't let the thing go even as the
flames travelled up into its mouth, burning its mouth as badly as its body.
Finally, that Farfetch'd fell to the ground, right at its master's black boots.
That left the Fearow, the two Pidgeots, and the two Pidgeottos, and they were
all seriously pissed at me. Now they were triple teaming me, the Pidgeots and a
Pidgeotto attacking me simultaneously. I was barely able to avoid the
onslaught. But then, the Fearow attacked out of nowhere, using its Drill Peck
on me. This time, the attack connected with my left wing, drilling right
through the muscle and out the other side.
"Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh!" I cried out in pain as blood, my blood flowed from the wound. Suddenly, a strange feeling
overcame me, one of suppresed rage, anger, and power. I immediately calmed down
to this strange level of tranquility, oblivious of the piercing pain in my left
wing. A strange, dark power gathered inside my body, my very soul. The five
birds were continuously attacking me with various Pecks, Wing Attacks, and the
such, creating nasty cuts and gashes, but I didn't feel the pain, at least, I
felt it only numbly. (A/n: think dentist
with Novacaine) Finally, that dark energy was ready. I felt the energy
start flowing from my body in huge waves. I looked on in interest as the dark
waves flowed through the attacking pokémon, paralyzing them and hurting them
badly. I could tell that it was painful because the pokémon were convulsing,
like a seizure, unable to stay level in the air. All five glided haphazardly to
the ground, still convulsing. The Rocket recalled them, and shot an icy cold
glare at me. Now that my rage and anger were gone, I felt the full pain coming
from my injuries. That Fearow had Drill Pecked me in my other wing, so now both
wings were dripping with blood, and the cuts burned with a fury. I was forced
to glide down the best I could into a tall tree, devoid of any leaves, and
forced to watch the other battles from the sidelines as blood dripped to the
ground far below.
~~~Arbiter's p.o.v.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My arm was cut and leaking blood on the cool, green grass. I had been able to defeat five of the six Rocket's pokémon, two Parasect, a Weepinbell, an Exeggutor, and a fat, pink Clefable, but I was having a tough time with the Sandslash in front of me. No matter what fire attacks I used, that d@mn Sandslash was nearly unaffected! So my futile attempts were rewarded with a nasty Slash attack from the Sandslash. As it gave me another wicked Slash which opened up a bad gash on my back, I heard the Rocket chuckle.
"Give up alrady," he said in an evil voice. "You know you can't
win."
Yeah, but I know I can win! I wanted
to yell as I started gathering up my dark powers. The Sandslash was as haughty
as its master.
"You insist on fighting?" it said in pokéspeech. "Very well, but
you shall lose!" With that, it gave me another Slash, and this one again
on my injured arm, busting it open again. My blood flowed freely onto the
ground, staining it red. The dark energy I had been gathering exploded out of
me after this blow. A huge black-and-purple energy ball flew over to the Sandslash,
knocking it headfirst into a tree. It curled up into a spiny ball, a sign of
resignment and defeat. The Rocket recalled the battered Sandslash.
"We'll get you next time," he said coldly.
I was growing weak from loss of blood, but I knew that if I let my guard down
for even a moment, I'd be a goner, so I just stood there, exausted, and watched
the others and how were they faring.
~~~Redyan's p.o.v.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Heh, I had been able to String Shot four of the Rocket's six pokémon, rendering them immobile and unable to fight. The dark figure recalled those pokémon, but that still left a huge Blastoise and a Machoke. They both stared me down with those blank, expressionless eyes.
"Blastiose, attack and destroy that ugly bug," laughed the Rocket,
pointing at me.
Man, what's with all these idiots callin'
me ugly?! I thought. They ought to
look in a mirror sometime. They're so ugly the mirror would shatter!
The Blastoise started to charge at me, making the ground beneath me tremble and
shake as if I was in an earthquake. It lowered its head, and Headbutted me
hard. Think about beig hit by a tractor-trailer semi. That's what the pain felt
like. I was hurled right smack into a tree. The pain was almost unbearable. As
I lay there, the Blastoise was on its way to charging me again. I knew that
this next blow would surely kill me, but I was out of energy, totally unable to
move. Right when the Blastoise was about twenty feet away and quickly closing,
I saw Larissa divebomb the Blastoise and hitting it with a Psychic attack. I
could see blood running down her wings, but she kept on flying. This hurt the
Blastoise, but also enraged it even further. It turned away from me, and
started chasing after Larissa with a vengeance. Now, Arbiter appeared and Slashed
its soft underbelly as it ran past, creating three distinct, separate gashes.
Those gashes now spurted blood everywhere. Blastoise cried out in rage and
pain. It then collapsed in a bloody mess on the ground, about thirty feet away
from where I was. Its trainer recalled it, but that still left the Machoke.
Larissa and Arbiter collapsed from the effort, and i saw that both of them were
badly injured. The Machoke had a wild fire in its eyes, and I could tell that
it wanted nothing more than to destroy me. It charged at me just like Blastoise
did, its arms flailing around. I still couldn't muster enough energy to fight
back or defend, but then, I felt a strange light feeling run through my body. A
white glow surrounded me, and I felt myself change.
"Hey, you're evolving, Redyan," said Larissa tiredly, totally
exausted from the effort on the Blastoise. I felt my legs grow longer, and my
body bigger. My little horn became long and sharp, and my teeth became sharp. I
had evolved into an Araidos! The Machoke was not impressed. It continued to
charged at me. I shot a stream of sticky silk at it, my Spider Web attack,
which trapped the rampaging Machoke in a huge net. It furiously struggled,
trying to escape, but I then wrapped it up tight in some more silk in my String
Shot attack. The Rocket recalled Machoke.
~~~Calypso's p.o.v.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aquafire, Lunar, and I were trying to break the net holding Flameheart, Shadow, Rokon, Blade, and Kirin, but we couldn't, because the net was made of reinforced steel cables.
"Wait, I know what to do," said Aquafire, stepping back. His black
eyes glowed a sky blue, and so did the net. With one glance sideways, Aquafire
was able to get the net off and toss it to one side, useless. That freed
everyone in the net. But now, about ten Rockets surrounded us, forming a big
circle. Each of them sent out six pokémon to face us, making the odds sixty to
eight, seriously not good odds.
"This doesn't look good," I said to the group.
"Ya think?" said Kirin sarcastically. I could see and feel the
psychic and dark energy starting to gather in Aquafire, Kirin, Shadow, and
Lunar like a nearly-invisible aura of power. I also noted that Flameheart was
building up ice and fire power, because I could feel a cold-yet-warm flow of
air. Rokon was crackling with electricity, so I was doing the same.
"ATTACK!!" yelled all the Rockets at the same time. All their pokémon
lunged at us. We all did the same. I went charging into a huge Lapras who was
about to Ice Beam and released a gigantic Thunder at it. The electricity
coursed through its body, and its ear-piercing cry of pain shattered the mostly
silent rest of the forest, making a huge flock of Pidgeys alight into the air.
Right after I was done shocking the Lapras, a Wartortle Skull Bashed me from
behind, shooting me right towards a tree. I positioned myself in a way that
when I hit the tree, I immediately lunged back towards the Wartortle, and
headbutting it back. It somersaulted in the air and landed with a hard *THUD*
right onto the ground. Its trainer recalled both Lapras and Wartortle. That
still left a huge Pinsir, two Beedrill, and a Dugtrio which kept on popping in
and out of the ground.
Pinsir charged at me, its claws snapping open and shut, aiming right at me. The
Beedrills also attacked me with its sharp needles. I barely managed to dodge
the Beedrills before the Pinsir grabbed me with its sharp claws and started to
squeeze! It squeezed harder and harder. I felt like my bones were all about to
break, when a huge fireball appeared and flamed the Pinsir along with the pair
of Beedrill, making the Pinsir's back and the Beedrills' wings catch on fire.
Pinsir released me, and started running around and around with no purpose,
along with the Beedrills. The Rocket recalled them all. That left the Dugtrio,
which kept on popping up and down. I launched two Water Guns at it, but missed
both times because it was just too fast for my Water Guns to hit. I was totally
ticked off now. I let out a rush of water even bigger than my Water Guns, my Hydro
Pump attack. Now, even when the Dugtrio went underground, the water flowed
right in after it. The water formed a little pool there, and the Dugtrio
surfaced, totally waterlogged and dizzy. The Rocket recalled it. Now I had to
go help the others.
~~~Rokon's p.o.v.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I don't know how much longer we can last!" I gasped, launching a Flamethrower at a Victreebel who was trying to launch a whole ton of burning Acid at me. My flames burned it a nice shade of crispy black.
"You got that right," replied Blade, using his sharp, blood-covered
scythes on an Ivysaur. I was hurt in a
dozen different places, mainly cuts, but there was one nasty gash on my side
which wouldn't stop bleeding. Blade was also covered in cuts sustained from the
various pokémon we had to fight.
There was only a Seadra left. It was devastatingly powerful, though. It shot a
blast of black ink right into Blade's face, blinding him. He tried to scrub the
ink off with the blunt of his scythe, but couldn't. Then, the Seadra turned to
me. I felt the blank eyes seem to bore into my mind, my very heart. It shot a
stream of water right at me, which struck me in the face. Being part fire-type,
the attack was devastating. I collapsed in a heap to the ground, a waterlogged
Vulpix. Seadra started advancing towards me. But I felt a warm light fill my
body, and a white glow surrounded me. Seadra stopped in amazement.
I stood up and felt my legs and body grow longer. My tails now numbered nine,
and I knew that my eyes were a nice shade of red. I looked at my fur, and found
that it was a yellow with red streaks running around. I had evolved! Seadra
looked on in amazement and terror. I flared up and felt a new sense of power. I
charged up my electric powers, and found that it was even quicker for me to
charge up than before. I launched a ball of electricity at Seadra, and found it
was twice as large as when I was a Vulpix. Seadra could only look on in horror
as the orb of electricity hit it, shocking it into unconsciousness. I went over
to Blade, who had been able to get the ink out of his left eye.
"We'd better go help the others," I said, amazed that my voice was
more airy and light. Blade nodded in agreement.
~~~Flameheart's p.o.v.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A ring of three pokémon surrounded me. It was a Graveler, a Dodrio, and a Nidorina. I was cut up and slashed up, and my light blue fur was stained crimson, both my opponent's blood and my own. Then, the Graveler attacked me! I shot out an Ice Beam at it, freezing it into a ball of ice, but unfortunately, the momentum carried it right towards me! I leaped up, and looked on where I landed as the frozen, still-rolling Graveler 'chased' the Dodrio and the Nidorina right towards their trainer. The Rocket quickly recalled the Graveler. Then, the Nidorina and Dodrio turned to me, pure humiliation and fury in their blank eyes. They charged at me, and I shot my fire/ice beam at them, both freezing and burning them both. The Rocket recalled them, and went behind Roy, Derek, and Rachelle, awaiting orders. I went to stand beside Aquafire, along with everyone else.
~~~Aquafire's p.o.v.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Everyone was beat up badly and had dozens of cuts and gashes on them. Everyone of course included our escorts, Mewizard, MJ, Boneguard, and Shineshower. We had been able to defeat the Rockets, but we were all hurt. Now, all of the Rockets were grouped behind Roy, Derek, and Rachelle, pure hate and fury in their eyes.
"You beat us this time, but how will you fare against this?" said
Roy, throwing two pokéballs out. Out came a gold tinged and a normal Arcanine.
I looked on in horror and amazement.
These were my parents! I could barely
contain my excitement, but at the same time, I knew they were permanent slaves
of the Rockets. Roy must've seen my reaction.
"Ah, so you realize that these are your birth parents," Roy laughed.
"Arcanines, attack!"
I could only stare as my parents charged at me, rage in their blank eyes.