The Final Showdown
Ash and Gary stepped slowly through the double doors, advancing down the long corridor.
At the end was a huge steel door with a small sliding window in it. Ash slid the small
window open. He saw a gigantic red shape flying around a massive chamber. Then he turned
to Gary. Gary took a look, before closing the window.
"This could be tricky." Ash nodded, reaching into a secret pocket inside his jacket.
"Thank God I brought a secret weapon." As Ash pulled a pokeball from his pocket he realised
Gary was also holding a pokeball.
"You smuggled a pokemon in too?" Gary nodded.
"I thought it might be useful." Ash smiled.
"Let's go, then."

Melkor was bored. He'd been in this dungeon for years but had neverhad a single victim.
No warrior had ever been able to get far enough. As Melkor was thinking this the metal
door in the far wall suddenly exploded outwards. Then two huge beasts flew out of the
destruction.

Ash flew out into the main chamber, riding on his Charizard's back. Gary followed close
behind on a Dragonite. Gary's Dragonite began to circle the arena, recharging after the
Hyper Beam it had used to destroy the door while Ash and his Charizard went into the attack.
"Charizard, Flamethrower!" Charizard drew breath, shooting a massive stream of fire at
Melkor. The red dragon dodged easily, retaliating with it's own firey breath. The blast
singed Charizard's tail, but this only made it more determined to win. It shot two huge
fire balls at the dragon. Melkor dodged the attack, shooting a glowing red beam of evil
magic out at Charizard. Charizard barely managed to dodge. Then, a wall of energy shot at
Melkor as Dragonite launched an attack. Melkor angrily breathed it's incandesant flames,
trying to turn Gary into a human barbecue.
"Dragonite, Dragon Rage!" Melkor sailed out of the way of the attack, blasting Dragonite
with mocking easiness. Then it fired a One-Eyed Smart Bomb at Charizard. The bomb homed in
on Charizard, scoring a direct hit. Charizard roared in pain as it began to fall. Acting
entirely on instinct, Ash jumped, landing on Melkor's back and quickly recalling Charizard.
Stopping a minute to get his bearings, Ash drew his red sword and began to hack at Melkor's
neck. Melkor roared angrily and began to buck and thrash, trying to throw Ash off. Ash held
on tight, continuing his onslaught on the dragon's neck and head. As he did this, Dragonite
flew underneath and Gary slashed at the beast's throat. Melkor roared in pain as Ash's sword
began to cut into his flesh. Gary took another swing at the throat, his sword cutting into
the scaly skin. Then, as Ash plunged his sword between Melkor's shoulder blades, Gary
stabbed his sword into the beast's heart. Melkor Howled in agony. It's wings failed, and
it began to fall. As he plummeted, Gary flew past. Ash jumped, landing in Garys arms. Both
boys watched as Melkor slammed into the ground with a deafaning boom, never to raise again.
Dragonite flew down, landing near the dragon's corpse, Ash and Gary jumped down off of
Dragonite's back. Gary recalled his pokemon. Then, he and Ash slowly stepped forward.
Melkor was dead. His body was completely lifeless. Ash and Gary embraced. They held each
other for a long time. Finaly, Gary spoke.
"We did it...we really did it..." He kissed Ash gently. "We've done what no-one else has
ever managed. We're champions." Ash smiled up at his lover.
"Nobody does it better than you."
"Us" Gary corrected. "Nobody does it better than us." Sliding an arm round Ash's shoulder,
Gary turned and began to guide him towards the exit that had appeared. They stared down a
long tunnel and Gary could just see alarge door at the end. The two boys began to slowly
walk down the corridor. As they walked, Ash accidentaly stepped on a pressure plate, setting
off Baron Sukumvit's final trap. A crossbow bolt shot out of the wall, embedding itsself
in Ash's thigh. Ash cried out and fell to the floor. Gary quickly crouched down, cradling
Ash in his arms. Ash closed his eyes tightly as Gary reached down, gently tugging the
arrow out. Ash winced, biting back the scream. Gary softly kissed the tears away. Then
he gently lifted Ash up, carrying him in his arms. He stepped up to the door, frowning as
he realised there was no handle. Then, tightening his arms round Ash, he lifted his boot
and gave the door a vicious kick. The door shook slightly and Gary pulled back for
another shot, kicking the door brutaly and with all his strength...