Phantom Rider: Chapter Nine
A/N: Due to the delay in logging in to fanfiction.net, chapter 10 will be up next Friday. Please review.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.
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We glare at each other for several minutes before we turn and walk to our platforms without a word to each other.
The platform slowly rises, and I take a good look at the crowd, spotting the Johto Gym Leaders sitting in the top of the bleachers, watching my every move on the right-hand side of the bleachers, the other members of the Elite Four with them, all cheering for me.
Halfway through the scan, I see him.
Sitting in the bleachers right behind Lance, at the top a lone figure is sitting on the bleachers, his Pokemon League hat low on his head, his black sticking out, a Raichu perched on his shoulders.
When he sees me watching him, he smiles and gives up thumbs up sign, mouthing "good luck."
I salute him, and then continue my scan.
Tracy is sitting in the front row, watching the battle carefully, and gives me another thumbs up when he sees me looking at him.
I smile as I spot Officer Jenny close by, keeping an eagle eye on everything.
She did get my message.
Then, I spot the Kanto Gym Leaders.
Sitting at the top of the bleachers, directly across from the Johto Gym Leaders, some of them, like Sabrina glaring at me with hostility, some of them, like Misty, with hope.
All of them know that this is it.
This isn't just Lance vs. Sara.
It is...
Johto vs. Kanto,
Humanity vs. Cruelty,
and only 19 people out of the thousands of people in this stadium know this.
I pat Sue, the Arcanine who became mine when my parents died in a fire that the person I'm fighting ordered.
So much is riding on this.
So many lives.
I close my eyes, hoping that I will overcome the odds.
"READY?!" The ref shouts, completely oblivious to my mental conflict.
I open my eyes, taking a ragged breath as I nod, eyes glued to Lance.
"BEGIN!"
"Go Gyrados!"
"Go Sheep!" I shout, releasing my first pokemon, clearing my thoughts of everything except the battle.
The two opponents eye each other, eagerly waiting for their first orders.
"Thunder!"
"Show this amateur how fighting is really done! Roar!"
I roll my eyes, same thing as Karen, "Plug your ears!"
She does so, only to be thrown back several feet, and I wonder if she's going to stay in the boundaries.
She does, barely.
I let out the breath that I didn't know I was holding that was too close.
Then, she lets off her own attack.
A bolt of electricity comes down, putting the Gyrados into convulsions and making it paralyzed.
"Good! Now Swift!"
"Hydro Pump!"
The Gyrados tries to attack first, only to find the paralysis has totally set in, and it can only watch as the Swift attack hits before it faints.
I smirk as I watch Lance recall his Gyrados, "never underestimate my pokemon." I say threateningly.
Lance glares daggers at me, "and don't underestimate mine, Sara." He spits the last word out as a curse as he tosses his next ball into the arena.
Aerodactyl.
I shake my head in disapproval as I recall Sheep, "you never change, Lance."
He glares at me, "you haven't seen anything yet, Sara." He says threateningly.
'Watch out for his last pokemon.' Bruno's last words ring in my ears.
I have to keep my eyes open.
"Zelda! It's your turn!" I shout, throwing out a Lure Ball.
My Kingdra appears, letting out her battle cry.
"Waterfall!"
"Bite!"
Aerodactyl attacks first, jaws closing around Zelda before she has a chance to react, shaking her like a dog would shake a toy a few times before dropping her.
And she flinches.
I shake my head grimly, not good.
"You can do it, girl! Try it!" I shout encouragingly.
Lance snorts, "pathetic, finish it off with Hyper Beam!"
Zelda reacts quickly, sending the jet of water right up from the ground into its mouth, knocking it out before the beam is fired.
Lance snarls as he tosses out his next pokemon: "time to fight fire with fire! Go Kingdra!" I raise my eyebrows in surprise, okay, he does change his pokemon every once and a while.
"Zelda, return! Great job!" I quickly run a list through the pokemon that I'm carrying, cursing as I realize none of them would work in this situation.
Time for plan B.
I reach into my backpack, where the rest of my pokemon were waiting, digging around until I find it, trading one of my ice pokemon for the one I want.
"Are you done?" An impatient Lance asks when I straighten with my chosen ultra ball in my hand.
"Why? Are you that eager to lose?" I shoot back, ignoring the glare he gives as I toss out the ultra ball into the field.
"Go Cal!"
My Gyrados appears spreading himself out to full length with a roar, eagerly anticipating battle.
"Twister!"
"Counter it with your own!" I shout.
"Try to dodge it!" Lance shouts, knowing that Dragon attacks are super- effective against Dragons.
The Twister's both spin towards their opponents, barely missing each other by inches.
It strikes Cal first, and he lets out a roar of pain as the attack hurts him, but comes out of the attack in pretty good shape.
Kingdra, however, is a different story.
It tries to dodge the attack, but it comes too fast.
It squeals in pain as Cal's Twister strikes him, get massive damage as it continues, and at the end, it's almost fainted.
"Headbutt!"
"Finish it! Twister, again, and fast!" I yell, knowing that Headbutt has the possibility of having Cal flinch.
Cal strikes first this time, knocking out Kingdra before it can whimper.
Lance scowls as he returns Kingdra, "you think you are so smart, Sara, but you still haven't seen the full power of my Dragons." He says coldly, eyes glinting with madness.
I glare at him, showing equal hatred, "bring it on, Lance."
"Go Dragonite!"
Lance's Dragonite is next, letting out a wail that sounds almost peaceful compared to his eyes that are burning hatred.
"Cal, return! Excellent job! Go Celiste!"
My Jynx appears, making her signing cry that she's famous for.
"Fire Blast!"
"Make this fast, before you faint! Blizzard!"
Celiste acts fast, sending a torrent of ice and snow towards the Dragonite, hitting it hard, and...
almost knocking it out.
I curse as the "stick figure" flames strike Celiste, making her cry out in pain, just hanging on at the end.
I smile; she doesn't allow anything to stop her.
"Finish the pathetic thing off! Fire Blast!"
"Another Blizzard!"
Celiste attacks first, sending Dragonite reeling.
At the end of the attack, it didn't matter if it is fainted or not.
Lance wordlessly recalls a frozen Dragonite, replacing it with Charizard.
I grin, that was a mistake.
I return Celiste, praising her as she goes back into her ball. "Go, Mike!"
My Lapras lets out a soft wail, happily waving his flippers around.
I smile proudly, knowing that he's also one of my most powerful pokemon.
"Hydro Pump!"
"Rock Slide!"
Mike acts fast, shooting streams of water right at Charizard, aiming right between the wings.
He roars in pain, crashing to the ground after a futile escape to fly to safely.
"Get up, you stupid beast! You can finish it with one blow!" Lance says harshly, showing his cruel nature.
"Mike, take it out of its misery! Hydro Pump!" I shout, feeling sorry for the Charizard.
Mike complies, knocking it out with ease.
Then, an eerie silence falls over the arena.
I'm at Lance's last pokemon.
The one Bruno warned me about.
Lance slowly recalls Charizard, glaring daggers at me. "You made it this far, Sara, but this is the end here and now."
I glare at him, ready to take on anything that he throws at me, Mike wailing in impatience to battle.
Lance smirks, and it sends a chill down my spine, and I don't know why.
"You're lucky, most don't make it this far." He pulls out a remote, and all my pokemon and I tense for any attacks.
"My last one is never shown to the public, only the trainers." He says, pressing a button.
A sudden crackling around me makes my head whip around, and I watch horrified, as six-foot flames shoot from hidden recesses, cutting me off from the audience and a way out.
I hear screams coming from the audience, and I wonder if they're okay.
"BEHOLD! My own creation! CHARINITE! GO!"
I stumble back in shock at the sight of the nightmarish creature in front of me, something that would make Mewtwo flee at the sight of.
It looks like a combination of Charizard and Dragonite, hence the name. Its face has the gentle look of a Dragonite, with a slightly round snout, but with a sharp point at the end like a Charizard's. The eyes are the same as Dragonite's, but filled with a ferocity and lust of blood that makes me shudder. The head has the antennas of Dragonite, but the horn of Charizard's, and Dragonite's backbone, legs, and arms. With the Flying/Fire wings, legs, and tail, but not with the flame, instead, something that looks like a sharp spike at the end.
The thing roars, shooting flames everywhere.
I take another step back, only to feel the heat from the flames behind me, and swallow hard.
"Yes," Lance hisses to me, eyes gleaming insanely, "this is what I've been working on the past two years while you hid like a coward."
I wonder in the back of my mind how many trainers died with this monster as the last thing that they see in those years.
Charinite flies close to Lance, landing in front of him and leaning forward as he starts to pat him.
I glance at Mike.
Fainted.
In all those flames shooting around, one of my most powerful pokemon fainted to a attack that its strong against.
I swallow hard again.
Wondering what defeat feels like.
TBC...
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A/N: One pokemon to go, do you like the made-up pokemon? Please review.
A/N: Due to the delay in logging in to fanfiction.net, chapter 10 will be up next Friday. Please review.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.
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We glare at each other for several minutes before we turn and walk to our platforms without a word to each other.
The platform slowly rises, and I take a good look at the crowd, spotting the Johto Gym Leaders sitting in the top of the bleachers, watching my every move on the right-hand side of the bleachers, the other members of the Elite Four with them, all cheering for me.
Halfway through the scan, I see him.
Sitting in the bleachers right behind Lance, at the top a lone figure is sitting on the bleachers, his Pokemon League hat low on his head, his black sticking out, a Raichu perched on his shoulders.
When he sees me watching him, he smiles and gives up thumbs up sign, mouthing "good luck."
I salute him, and then continue my scan.
Tracy is sitting in the front row, watching the battle carefully, and gives me another thumbs up when he sees me looking at him.
I smile as I spot Officer Jenny close by, keeping an eagle eye on everything.
She did get my message.
Then, I spot the Kanto Gym Leaders.
Sitting at the top of the bleachers, directly across from the Johto Gym Leaders, some of them, like Sabrina glaring at me with hostility, some of them, like Misty, with hope.
All of them know that this is it.
This isn't just Lance vs. Sara.
It is...
Johto vs. Kanto,
Humanity vs. Cruelty,
and only 19 people out of the thousands of people in this stadium know this.
I pat Sue, the Arcanine who became mine when my parents died in a fire that the person I'm fighting ordered.
So much is riding on this.
So many lives.
I close my eyes, hoping that I will overcome the odds.
"READY?!" The ref shouts, completely oblivious to my mental conflict.
I open my eyes, taking a ragged breath as I nod, eyes glued to Lance.
"BEGIN!"
"Go Gyrados!"
"Go Sheep!" I shout, releasing my first pokemon, clearing my thoughts of everything except the battle.
The two opponents eye each other, eagerly waiting for their first orders.
"Thunder!"
"Show this amateur how fighting is really done! Roar!"
I roll my eyes, same thing as Karen, "Plug your ears!"
She does so, only to be thrown back several feet, and I wonder if she's going to stay in the boundaries.
She does, barely.
I let out the breath that I didn't know I was holding that was too close.
Then, she lets off her own attack.
A bolt of electricity comes down, putting the Gyrados into convulsions and making it paralyzed.
"Good! Now Swift!"
"Hydro Pump!"
The Gyrados tries to attack first, only to find the paralysis has totally set in, and it can only watch as the Swift attack hits before it faints.
I smirk as I watch Lance recall his Gyrados, "never underestimate my pokemon." I say threateningly.
Lance glares daggers at me, "and don't underestimate mine, Sara." He spits the last word out as a curse as he tosses his next ball into the arena.
Aerodactyl.
I shake my head in disapproval as I recall Sheep, "you never change, Lance."
He glares at me, "you haven't seen anything yet, Sara." He says threateningly.
'Watch out for his last pokemon.' Bruno's last words ring in my ears.
I have to keep my eyes open.
"Zelda! It's your turn!" I shout, throwing out a Lure Ball.
My Kingdra appears, letting out her battle cry.
"Waterfall!"
"Bite!"
Aerodactyl attacks first, jaws closing around Zelda before she has a chance to react, shaking her like a dog would shake a toy a few times before dropping her.
And she flinches.
I shake my head grimly, not good.
"You can do it, girl! Try it!" I shout encouragingly.
Lance snorts, "pathetic, finish it off with Hyper Beam!"
Zelda reacts quickly, sending the jet of water right up from the ground into its mouth, knocking it out before the beam is fired.
Lance snarls as he tosses out his next pokemon: "time to fight fire with fire! Go Kingdra!" I raise my eyebrows in surprise, okay, he does change his pokemon every once and a while.
"Zelda, return! Great job!" I quickly run a list through the pokemon that I'm carrying, cursing as I realize none of them would work in this situation.
Time for plan B.
I reach into my backpack, where the rest of my pokemon were waiting, digging around until I find it, trading one of my ice pokemon for the one I want.
"Are you done?" An impatient Lance asks when I straighten with my chosen ultra ball in my hand.
"Why? Are you that eager to lose?" I shoot back, ignoring the glare he gives as I toss out the ultra ball into the field.
"Go Cal!"
My Gyrados appears spreading himself out to full length with a roar, eagerly anticipating battle.
"Twister!"
"Counter it with your own!" I shout.
"Try to dodge it!" Lance shouts, knowing that Dragon attacks are super- effective against Dragons.
The Twister's both spin towards their opponents, barely missing each other by inches.
It strikes Cal first, and he lets out a roar of pain as the attack hurts him, but comes out of the attack in pretty good shape.
Kingdra, however, is a different story.
It tries to dodge the attack, but it comes too fast.
It squeals in pain as Cal's Twister strikes him, get massive damage as it continues, and at the end, it's almost fainted.
"Headbutt!"
"Finish it! Twister, again, and fast!" I yell, knowing that Headbutt has the possibility of having Cal flinch.
Cal strikes first this time, knocking out Kingdra before it can whimper.
Lance scowls as he returns Kingdra, "you think you are so smart, Sara, but you still haven't seen the full power of my Dragons." He says coldly, eyes glinting with madness.
I glare at him, showing equal hatred, "bring it on, Lance."
"Go Dragonite!"
Lance's Dragonite is next, letting out a wail that sounds almost peaceful compared to his eyes that are burning hatred.
"Cal, return! Excellent job! Go Celiste!"
My Jynx appears, making her signing cry that she's famous for.
"Fire Blast!"
"Make this fast, before you faint! Blizzard!"
Celiste acts fast, sending a torrent of ice and snow towards the Dragonite, hitting it hard, and...
almost knocking it out.
I curse as the "stick figure" flames strike Celiste, making her cry out in pain, just hanging on at the end.
I smile; she doesn't allow anything to stop her.
"Finish the pathetic thing off! Fire Blast!"
"Another Blizzard!"
Celiste attacks first, sending Dragonite reeling.
At the end of the attack, it didn't matter if it is fainted or not.
Lance wordlessly recalls a frozen Dragonite, replacing it with Charizard.
I grin, that was a mistake.
I return Celiste, praising her as she goes back into her ball. "Go, Mike!"
My Lapras lets out a soft wail, happily waving his flippers around.
I smile proudly, knowing that he's also one of my most powerful pokemon.
"Hydro Pump!"
"Rock Slide!"
Mike acts fast, shooting streams of water right at Charizard, aiming right between the wings.
He roars in pain, crashing to the ground after a futile escape to fly to safely.
"Get up, you stupid beast! You can finish it with one blow!" Lance says harshly, showing his cruel nature.
"Mike, take it out of its misery! Hydro Pump!" I shout, feeling sorry for the Charizard.
Mike complies, knocking it out with ease.
Then, an eerie silence falls over the arena.
I'm at Lance's last pokemon.
The one Bruno warned me about.
Lance slowly recalls Charizard, glaring daggers at me. "You made it this far, Sara, but this is the end here and now."
I glare at him, ready to take on anything that he throws at me, Mike wailing in impatience to battle.
Lance smirks, and it sends a chill down my spine, and I don't know why.
"You're lucky, most don't make it this far." He pulls out a remote, and all my pokemon and I tense for any attacks.
"My last one is never shown to the public, only the trainers." He says, pressing a button.
A sudden crackling around me makes my head whip around, and I watch horrified, as six-foot flames shoot from hidden recesses, cutting me off from the audience and a way out.
I hear screams coming from the audience, and I wonder if they're okay.
"BEHOLD! My own creation! CHARINITE! GO!"
I stumble back in shock at the sight of the nightmarish creature in front of me, something that would make Mewtwo flee at the sight of.
It looks like a combination of Charizard and Dragonite, hence the name. Its face has the gentle look of a Dragonite, with a slightly round snout, but with a sharp point at the end like a Charizard's. The eyes are the same as Dragonite's, but filled with a ferocity and lust of blood that makes me shudder. The head has the antennas of Dragonite, but the horn of Charizard's, and Dragonite's backbone, legs, and arms. With the Flying/Fire wings, legs, and tail, but not with the flame, instead, something that looks like a sharp spike at the end.
The thing roars, shooting flames everywhere.
I take another step back, only to feel the heat from the flames behind me, and swallow hard.
"Yes," Lance hisses to me, eyes gleaming insanely, "this is what I've been working on the past two years while you hid like a coward."
I wonder in the back of my mind how many trainers died with this monster as the last thing that they see in those years.
Charinite flies close to Lance, landing in front of him and leaning forward as he starts to pat him.
I glance at Mike.
Fainted.
In all those flames shooting around, one of my most powerful pokemon fainted to a attack that its strong against.
I swallow hard again.
Wondering what defeat feels like.
TBC...
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A/N: One pokemon to go, do you like the made-up pokemon? Please review.