Pokémon - The Final Journey in Fenyuu
Chapter 49: The Beautiful Battle
Third Movement
Finally, after spending most of the evening running, Matt had arrived to the entrance of Pallet Town. Desolate, empty, these words are not enough to describe this once bustling town. Matt remembered all of the young kids with bright faces, eyes with 'hope' written all over them; this is the town that Matt had always remembered.
"It's unfortunate that everything had to come to this," Matt said aloud. He knew it was a little strange, as there was nobody else around, but he didn't care anyway. "I was just a simple Pokémon trainer with the same hopes and same desires as everyone else. Sure, I felt I had a bit of an advantage over everyone because I was the oldest trainer leaving that day. I arrived early just so I could get the best Pokémon available. Well, that and I couldn't get any sleep."
Matt held out his Pokéball which contained his Wartortle inside and looked at it. "It still doesn't make any sense to me about how Squirtle was always so hesitant to inside of his Pokéball. I'm not exactly sure if all of Professor Oak's Pokémon was like this, but regardless it certainly improved my interaction with Pokémon. I guess I'm not as good as I thought I was going to be."
Matt took a few steps and took a long look into the sky; the only light remaining was the slight orange colour left in the sky, for the sun had already set much earlier. "I've done so many things wrong to everyone. I've said the worst things at the worst possible times; I've even done some absolutely terrible things. But, no more of this 'why me' crap; I'm going to set everything right. Perhaps my going alone could come off as selfish, but at this point, I'm more concerned with how this final battle's going to go."
Matt found a pathway and began to walk down it, trying to remember how long it's been since he visited the port in Pallet Town. "You know, I don't remember why I didn't just come directly here from Cinnibar the first time. Didn't the ferry stop in Viridian City first? I can't remember..."
Matt continued to walk down until he had finally reached it. A short walk which only took a few minutes, but he was there. All he saw were the ocean waves crashing against the deck, however there was no Nyxing Bird. He took a look at his watch. "Hopefully it won't take too long," he said to himself.
"Nor do I," a voice replied, walking out from behind the lighthouse.
"Giovanni," Matt stated. "So you're not dead."
"I'm surprised to see you here myself. The instant the Nyxing Bird knocked you off, I was certain that that would be your end. Unfortunately you seem to have a burning desire to humiliate me time and time again. Adding insult to injury, your friend's Articuno which interestingly enough you had stolen from me had aided you to your temporary victory. The irony; for once Team Rocket has helped your cause."
"Team Rocket never did a damn thing for me," Matt replied. "All you've ever done was stalk me and try to kill me."
"And you've humiliated my each and every time," Giovanni responded. "The previous humiliations were a terrible embarrassment to my image for the whole world, but your last humilation, turning my own perfect creation, my most absolute potentially-omnipotent creation, the Nyxing Bird against me is above all the biggest abomination you could ever have contemplated."
"You did it yourself with your own stupidity," Matt replied shook his head in disbelief. "I don't understand why you're the one who is getting so offended. Giovanni, you have no idea how much pain and suffering you have brought into this world. You've destroyed the lives of far too many people. My best friend was victim to one of your monstrous attacks, and after I had completely given her freedom from your grasp, you continued your stubborn ways.
"I'm sick of having to deal with you, Giovanni. You've been nothing but sorrow and depression ever since I stepped out on my Pokémon journey. I'm sick of seeing Lizzie in pain after what you've done to her. It's unforgiveable.
"Giovanni, you can think what you want, you can create new means of trying to defeat me, but rest assured, and read my lips very carefully: I will not lose."
"Enough!" Giovanni cried, pointing into the distance. "The great beast king returns; the mighty Nyxing Bird!"
Matt turned around quickly enough to witness the Nyxing Bird fly in from the shore, with a beam fully charged in its mouth. It was prepared to fire! Matt thought to himself. Giovanni must have given him a quick command. Matt quickly dashed as far away from the attack possible as part of the dock was removed from the heavy blast of Nyxing Bird's beam.
"Your insulting path will not be tolerated! This is the last time I will have to deal with you! Go, Nyxing Bird!"
Matt held out the Pokéball and enlarged it. He held back his arm and threw it backward into the open field, away from the dock. "I shall defeat you with my first Pokémon! Wartortle...Zenigame, let's do this together!" As the Pokéball struck the grass, the ball sprung open, as Matt's Pokémon, Wartortle appeared on the battlefield.
"Wartortle, this is absolutely crucial! This thing must be taken down at all costs! This thing that roams the skies is threatening every being on this planet. From man, to animal, to even Pokémon. We can win! Are you up to it?"
Wartortle nodded in response, his eyes burning with the same desire and passion as Matt's were. He knew the importance of this, and it was not just winning another battle. Everything is running on this battle.
"Nyxing Bird! The beautiful battle resumes! Fly in at full charge!"
Just passing the docks, the Nyxing Bird began to rapidly increase its flapping speed, as now it was moving in close on an attack on Wartortle. As it moved to attack, Wartortle swiftly managed to avoid it by plunging itself on the ground, as the grass and soil softened the impact. The Nyxing Bird quickly turned around and covered itself with its wings as it did previously before it was struck by Lizzie's Ice Beam. It quickly opened its wings as several shining stars were launched towards Wartortle at once.
Wartortle parried by throwing his arms in front of his face. Several of the shining stars struck his arms, causing Wartortle to lose his balance. Afterwards, the rest of his body was completely exposed. The remainder of the Nyxing Bird's attack completely surrounded Wartortle in a whole. Wartortle lay completely flat on the ground, as he was now covered in open cuts.
"My Nyxing Bird perhaps lost some of its edge since its previous endevors, however, its strength and capabilities are still completely operational!"
Matt thought that now would be a good time to use the same strategy that Lizzie used. The Technical Machine which was given to him by Rachel was exactly what was going to help him make it work. "Zenigame, Ice Beam attack!"
Slowly pulling himself to his feet, Wartortle charged a large beam in its mouth. Almost uncertain about this attack, he stumbled a little bit, but managed to regain his balance. Wartortle jolted his head forward and unleashed the powerful Ice Beam attack. Matt could feel the chills from where he was standing as the Nyxing Bird did exactly what Matt had hoped, and that was shield itself. Growing on its large, scaled wings were large ice blocks.
To Matt's surprise, the large blocks on the Nyxing Bird's wings were not as large as those created by Lizzie's Articuno. In a quick flash, the Nyxing Bird opened its wings, shattering the ice as if it was thin glass. Wartortle shielded himself as the shards were aimed towards him, cutting him even more.
Matt watched carefully as to how Wartortle would react. This battle was unbelieveably crucial. He would not let Wartortle go down in low spirits. Instantly the Nyxing Bird swooped down and struck Wartortle with another hard hit, which sent him back and colliding several times with the ground before landing flat on its stomach.
Wartortle wouldn't move. Matt was watching the Nyxing Bird take control of this battle. He then was beginning to doubt himself. Is this bird really that powerful? Does it have the capabilities to enslave mankind? If it does, then I don't even stand a ghost of a chance. No! I must not think this way! This bird is not invincible!
Matt's head clouded with mixed emotions and frustrations as Wartortle was still without movement. He couldn't understand what was happening. The Ice Beam was supposed to be the Achilles heel of the Nyxing Bird but it did not have the same effect as the Ice Beam from Articuno.
Giovanni stood still with a grin. "So now you see, you foolish boy. You thought this battle was going to be easy? The instant the Nyxing Bird receives an attack of any kind, it adapts to it so it will have even less of an effect the next time it is used. Since it has had to block two Ice Beam attacks, the third one will have little to no effect at all. Just dashing blindly into battle has lead to your downfall! The end has come! Nyxing Bird, unleash your most powerful attack; kill his Wartortle!"
"Damn it," Matt muttered, quickly dashing towards Wartortle. "If I use one of my Potions, then he'll be all right. He has to be...."
The Nyxing Bird covered its body with its wings, the same way it used when parrying. Matt couldn't tell what was happening, but he was too busy dashing towards Wartortle. He knelt down and started to shake him violently.
"Zeni, Zeni! Come on! This is too crucial for you to give up now! I can't believe I did this. I just threw you into battle without thinking of the consequences. Here, I'll make everything all right." Matt quickly flipped his backpack down onto the grass and began rushing through several other items crammed in there. He began to panic, as he had no idea how much longer until the Nyxing Bird would unleash its attack.
"Fool! You will suffer the same fate as your Pokémon! You shall both die together and I will give you a taste of the burning fires of the next world!"
Matt looked up in terror as the Nyxing Bird uncovered itself, with a large bolt of energy surrounding it. It spread its wings, prepared to unleash this attack of pure concentrated energy. Matt was frozen; he simply couldn't move. If I look away, we can get out of here, Matt told himself. Come on, move it!
Suddenly a large shriek could be heard in the background; a noise that Matt had recognized before. As he looked on, a large blue figure collided itself with Nyxing Bird, knocking it into the large ball of energy it created. The collection of energy exploded, completely consuming the Nyxing Bird inside of it. Matt looked on, as he saw Articuno flying off in the distance. He then looked back at the large mushroom cloud which formed in the air; Nyxing Bird had just been struck with its own powerful attack.
Giovanni cursed under his breath and took a look to his left. He saw an oncoming Lizzie, who was waving to Matt after her successful attack.
Matt stood up. "Lizzie! That was unbelieveable timing!"
Lizzie caught up to Matt and gave him a hard hit on the arm. "What is wrong with you?! Why do you always feel that you have to do things on your own?!"
"I don't know, but...I wanted to make things right. I thought that if I could take out the Nyxing Bird that everything will be okay."
"You don't have to do everything on your own, Matt. I don't know where on earth you got this wild idea that you had to."
"I'm sorry...I just wasn't too pleased with myself with the way I spoke to Rachel, and then having to deal with one of Jess' lectures. I just couldn't take this anymore; this bird was getting to me, and I wanted to get to the bottom of it."
"Just running off blindly in hopes that you can defeat it on your own? This is completely typical of you, Matt! What happened to your promise of thinking through each tense situation carefully?"
Matt knelt back down searching for the potion to use from his bag. "Something came up."
After the large cloud cleared, The Nyxing Bird hovered very slowly. Large gashes and burns appeared as blood began to cover most of the Nyxing Bird's body. Once again, a plan of Giovanni had backfired.
"This is far from over!" Giovanni exclaimed. "Nyxing Bird clearly survived one of its own fatal attacks. It's not going to lose so easily to some other freak bird! Nyxing Bird, fly once more!"
Nyxing Bird, as if nothing had happened to it at all, switfly flapped its wings and struck Articuno at full force. Articuno was sent back roughly into the forest, colliding with pine trees.
"Matt, this is no time to argue; we need to get out of here NOW."
"Run away?! Lizzie, that's exactly what he wants us to do. If we cower in fear, it's almost as if we've just thrown in the towel and gave up!"
"I don't really CARE what it looks like; our lives are more important right now!" Lizzie quickly dashed towards Articuno's landing spot, pulling out her Greatball and preparing to call it back inside.
"You're nothing but ignorant morons if you think you can just come and go as you please! Nyxing Bird!"
Matt looked up as the Nyxing Bird had yet another beam charged in its mouth. "LIZZIE!" he exclaimed.
Lizzie looked straight up in time to see the beam be fired. In desperation, she clouded her face with her arms and screamed, as if that was all she could do. Several seconds passed, as suddenly she noticed that everything around her had quieted down. As if she dared to see if she was still in one piece, she lowered her arms and looked around. She appeared to be unharmed. She looked in front of her.
"...tortle..." was muttered.
"Wartortle?!" Lizzie gasped, holding her hands to her mouth in shock. "You...you took the blast for me?"
"Zeni!" Matt shouted, in disbelief. Wartortle shifted his head and looked at Matt eye-to-eye. He noticed tears running down Wartortle's face. Moments later, his eyes closed, as he collapsed on the grass.
"No!" Lizzie shouted, picking up Wartortle, sobbing. "No!"
Matt's face turned red, then looked at Giovanni. His first Pokémon, his most trusted partner on his trip just made a noble gesture and took the blast for a close friend of his. That had to have been the last of his strength, Matt told himself. Wartortle lay there, in the arms of Lizzie, who was now sobbing even louder.
Giovanni stood still, with the large grin still on his face. Now, finally everything is working, he told himself. Soon, it will all be done.
"You bastard!" Matt exclaimed, and began dashing full-force towards Giovanni. Seeing a large rock on the way, he clutched it with both hands and held it above his head. He unleashed a war cry as he drew even closer and closer to his target.
Before he knew it, he suddenly felt a sharp pain to his ribs, the same spot where he was struck by the Nyxing Bird previously. As he took a quick glance, the Nyxing Bird moved itself from its neutral position and struck Matt hard. He watched as the rock fell from his grasp, onto the rocks below, as he was headed towards the lake. He braced himself as he had struck the surface of the water and was now underneath. As soon as he could, he began to surface, needing air.
"Finish him," Giovanni silently commanded. The Nyxing Bird quickly leaped from its position on the ground and dove underwater.
"NO!" Lizzie shouted in terror.
"War...wartortle..." Wartortle muttered, reassuring Lizzie that he was as a matter of fact still alive and breathing.
"Shh..." Lizzie said. "Don't speak, just relax." She then looked back out towards the lake again, unsure of what was happening.
As Matt was surfacing, he quickly saw Nyxing Bird swimming towards him with speed and precision. He was struck hard as the Nyxing Bird placed a tight lock around Matt, not enabling any particular hole from which he could make his escape.
Matt began to squirm and wiggle, in an attempt to free himself. This was his absolute last chance. If you're going to do something, do it now! He told himself loudly. He quickly threw both hands in his pockets, searching for anything. After clasping his hands around a rough blunt object, he whipped it out, and tried to pierce the Nyxing Bird's scales with it. As the item came in contact with the Nyxing Bird, a large cut began to glow, as many of its other injuries from the blast taken earlier also began to glow an eerie blue colour. Matt could hear muffled cries of pain and torment.
It abandoned its grasp around Matt and quickly began towards the surface. Matt looked for some place from which he could repel himself back towards the surface, he noticed a nearby rock, and quickly launched himself with that. With his air running out and his ears popping due to the sudden increase of high pressure, Matt made sure to breath consistently and not panic, due to potential lung implosion.
He quickly kicked his legs and pushed himself as he realized that he had finally reached the surface. Taking a large gasp of air, his head was forced back under due to rebounding from the original thrust to the surface. He then waited a moment and surfaced again, making sure that this time he would stay above water.
Matt looked around, and saw the Nyxing Bird flying around strangely in circles, continuing its large howls and cries of pain. Its wounds were still glowing, as Matt finally wondered what caused such a strange reaction. He took a quick look at the item taken from his pocket and examined it closely. Upon further inspection, he realized that he had pulled an evolution stone from his pocket. To be exact, a water stone.
"How in God's name did this get there?" he asked himself. Placing the water stone back into his pocket, he swam towards what was left of the dock as he climbed himself out of the water. He took a quick peek into the battlefield, and saw that Lizzie was still holding Wartortle closely. "He must be hanging on by a thread," he told himself, then quickly thought about the item in his pocket.
"If...if I use the water stone on Wartortle...it might save his life." He then stopped and looked back up. "But then...that would cause a forced evolution. That could really disturb my relationship with him." He stopped to think for a long moment. He then pulled the water stone back out from his pocket. "But if this is what it'll take in order for him to survive, then I have no other choice."
"Matt!" Lizzie shouted in surprise as he knelt down beside both of them. "Oh thank God...I thought he had--"
"Put Wartortle down," Matt commanded.
"Huh? Why?"
"You wondering why Nyxing Bird is acting so strange?"
"Yeah...why?" Lizzie replied, looking back up at it.
"It's because of this," Matt pulled out the water stone.
"What? How did you get that?"
"I have no idea, but it seems that the Nyxing Bird doesn't react well to evolution stones...or this one."
"Well, what are you going to do with it now?"
"I'm going to use it on Wartortle.
"What? And force an evolution?"
"Lizzie, I have no other choice; he could die!"
"Well...if you're absolutely sure." Lizzie slowly placed Wartortle down. "But...you realize the consequences of this."
"I know." He slowly knelt down even closer to Wartortle and began speaking to him. "I know this may seem like a strange situation, and I don't like this decision, but in order for you to stay alive, I need to use this evolution stone. Please, please let me do it."
Wartortle lay perfectly still, before finally releasing a slow nod, as if he himself was also thinking about it.
"Okay..." Matt picked up the water stone and looked at it one final time before finally placing it down slowly over Wartortle's stomach. The stone began to glow twice, before Wartortle's body began to glow a bright colour. Bright enough that no longer did his body contain any form whatsoever. Slowly his body began to expand, as the evolution was now taking place.
"Blastoise...."
TO BE CONTINUED.
Chapter 49: The Beautiful Battle
Third Movement
Finally, after spending most of the evening running, Matt had arrived to the entrance of Pallet Town. Desolate, empty, these words are not enough to describe this once bustling town. Matt remembered all of the young kids with bright faces, eyes with 'hope' written all over them; this is the town that Matt had always remembered.
"It's unfortunate that everything had to come to this," Matt said aloud. He knew it was a little strange, as there was nobody else around, but he didn't care anyway. "I was just a simple Pokémon trainer with the same hopes and same desires as everyone else. Sure, I felt I had a bit of an advantage over everyone because I was the oldest trainer leaving that day. I arrived early just so I could get the best Pokémon available. Well, that and I couldn't get any sleep."
Matt held out his Pokéball which contained his Wartortle inside and looked at it. "It still doesn't make any sense to me about how Squirtle was always so hesitant to inside of his Pokéball. I'm not exactly sure if all of Professor Oak's Pokémon was like this, but regardless it certainly improved my interaction with Pokémon. I guess I'm not as good as I thought I was going to be."
Matt took a few steps and took a long look into the sky; the only light remaining was the slight orange colour left in the sky, for the sun had already set much earlier. "I've done so many things wrong to everyone. I've said the worst things at the worst possible times; I've even done some absolutely terrible things. But, no more of this 'why me' crap; I'm going to set everything right. Perhaps my going alone could come off as selfish, but at this point, I'm more concerned with how this final battle's going to go."
Matt found a pathway and began to walk down it, trying to remember how long it's been since he visited the port in Pallet Town. "You know, I don't remember why I didn't just come directly here from Cinnibar the first time. Didn't the ferry stop in Viridian City first? I can't remember..."
Matt continued to walk down until he had finally reached it. A short walk which only took a few minutes, but he was there. All he saw were the ocean waves crashing against the deck, however there was no Nyxing Bird. He took a look at his watch. "Hopefully it won't take too long," he said to himself.
"Nor do I," a voice replied, walking out from behind the lighthouse.
"Giovanni," Matt stated. "So you're not dead."
"I'm surprised to see you here myself. The instant the Nyxing Bird knocked you off, I was certain that that would be your end. Unfortunately you seem to have a burning desire to humiliate me time and time again. Adding insult to injury, your friend's Articuno which interestingly enough you had stolen from me had aided you to your temporary victory. The irony; for once Team Rocket has helped your cause."
"Team Rocket never did a damn thing for me," Matt replied. "All you've ever done was stalk me and try to kill me."
"And you've humiliated my each and every time," Giovanni responded. "The previous humiliations were a terrible embarrassment to my image for the whole world, but your last humilation, turning my own perfect creation, my most absolute potentially-omnipotent creation, the Nyxing Bird against me is above all the biggest abomination you could ever have contemplated."
"You did it yourself with your own stupidity," Matt replied shook his head in disbelief. "I don't understand why you're the one who is getting so offended. Giovanni, you have no idea how much pain and suffering you have brought into this world. You've destroyed the lives of far too many people. My best friend was victim to one of your monstrous attacks, and after I had completely given her freedom from your grasp, you continued your stubborn ways.
"I'm sick of having to deal with you, Giovanni. You've been nothing but sorrow and depression ever since I stepped out on my Pokémon journey. I'm sick of seeing Lizzie in pain after what you've done to her. It's unforgiveable.
"Giovanni, you can think what you want, you can create new means of trying to defeat me, but rest assured, and read my lips very carefully: I will not lose."
"Enough!" Giovanni cried, pointing into the distance. "The great beast king returns; the mighty Nyxing Bird!"
Matt turned around quickly enough to witness the Nyxing Bird fly in from the shore, with a beam fully charged in its mouth. It was prepared to fire! Matt thought to himself. Giovanni must have given him a quick command. Matt quickly dashed as far away from the attack possible as part of the dock was removed from the heavy blast of Nyxing Bird's beam.
"Your insulting path will not be tolerated! This is the last time I will have to deal with you! Go, Nyxing Bird!"
Matt held out the Pokéball and enlarged it. He held back his arm and threw it backward into the open field, away from the dock. "I shall defeat you with my first Pokémon! Wartortle...Zenigame, let's do this together!" As the Pokéball struck the grass, the ball sprung open, as Matt's Pokémon, Wartortle appeared on the battlefield.
"Wartortle, this is absolutely crucial! This thing must be taken down at all costs! This thing that roams the skies is threatening every being on this planet. From man, to animal, to even Pokémon. We can win! Are you up to it?"
Wartortle nodded in response, his eyes burning with the same desire and passion as Matt's were. He knew the importance of this, and it was not just winning another battle. Everything is running on this battle.
"Nyxing Bird! The beautiful battle resumes! Fly in at full charge!"
Just passing the docks, the Nyxing Bird began to rapidly increase its flapping speed, as now it was moving in close on an attack on Wartortle. As it moved to attack, Wartortle swiftly managed to avoid it by plunging itself on the ground, as the grass and soil softened the impact. The Nyxing Bird quickly turned around and covered itself with its wings as it did previously before it was struck by Lizzie's Ice Beam. It quickly opened its wings as several shining stars were launched towards Wartortle at once.
Wartortle parried by throwing his arms in front of his face. Several of the shining stars struck his arms, causing Wartortle to lose his balance. Afterwards, the rest of his body was completely exposed. The remainder of the Nyxing Bird's attack completely surrounded Wartortle in a whole. Wartortle lay completely flat on the ground, as he was now covered in open cuts.
"My Nyxing Bird perhaps lost some of its edge since its previous endevors, however, its strength and capabilities are still completely operational!"
Matt thought that now would be a good time to use the same strategy that Lizzie used. The Technical Machine which was given to him by Rachel was exactly what was going to help him make it work. "Zenigame, Ice Beam attack!"
Slowly pulling himself to his feet, Wartortle charged a large beam in its mouth. Almost uncertain about this attack, he stumbled a little bit, but managed to regain his balance. Wartortle jolted his head forward and unleashed the powerful Ice Beam attack. Matt could feel the chills from where he was standing as the Nyxing Bird did exactly what Matt had hoped, and that was shield itself. Growing on its large, scaled wings were large ice blocks.
To Matt's surprise, the large blocks on the Nyxing Bird's wings were not as large as those created by Lizzie's Articuno. In a quick flash, the Nyxing Bird opened its wings, shattering the ice as if it was thin glass. Wartortle shielded himself as the shards were aimed towards him, cutting him even more.
Matt watched carefully as to how Wartortle would react. This battle was unbelieveably crucial. He would not let Wartortle go down in low spirits. Instantly the Nyxing Bird swooped down and struck Wartortle with another hard hit, which sent him back and colliding several times with the ground before landing flat on its stomach.
Wartortle wouldn't move. Matt was watching the Nyxing Bird take control of this battle. He then was beginning to doubt himself. Is this bird really that powerful? Does it have the capabilities to enslave mankind? If it does, then I don't even stand a ghost of a chance. No! I must not think this way! This bird is not invincible!
Matt's head clouded with mixed emotions and frustrations as Wartortle was still without movement. He couldn't understand what was happening. The Ice Beam was supposed to be the Achilles heel of the Nyxing Bird but it did not have the same effect as the Ice Beam from Articuno.
Giovanni stood still with a grin. "So now you see, you foolish boy. You thought this battle was going to be easy? The instant the Nyxing Bird receives an attack of any kind, it adapts to it so it will have even less of an effect the next time it is used. Since it has had to block two Ice Beam attacks, the third one will have little to no effect at all. Just dashing blindly into battle has lead to your downfall! The end has come! Nyxing Bird, unleash your most powerful attack; kill his Wartortle!"
"Damn it," Matt muttered, quickly dashing towards Wartortle. "If I use one of my Potions, then he'll be all right. He has to be...."
The Nyxing Bird covered its body with its wings, the same way it used when parrying. Matt couldn't tell what was happening, but he was too busy dashing towards Wartortle. He knelt down and started to shake him violently.
"Zeni, Zeni! Come on! This is too crucial for you to give up now! I can't believe I did this. I just threw you into battle without thinking of the consequences. Here, I'll make everything all right." Matt quickly flipped his backpack down onto the grass and began rushing through several other items crammed in there. He began to panic, as he had no idea how much longer until the Nyxing Bird would unleash its attack.
"Fool! You will suffer the same fate as your Pokémon! You shall both die together and I will give you a taste of the burning fires of the next world!"
Matt looked up in terror as the Nyxing Bird uncovered itself, with a large bolt of energy surrounding it. It spread its wings, prepared to unleash this attack of pure concentrated energy. Matt was frozen; he simply couldn't move. If I look away, we can get out of here, Matt told himself. Come on, move it!
Suddenly a large shriek could be heard in the background; a noise that Matt had recognized before. As he looked on, a large blue figure collided itself with Nyxing Bird, knocking it into the large ball of energy it created. The collection of energy exploded, completely consuming the Nyxing Bird inside of it. Matt looked on, as he saw Articuno flying off in the distance. He then looked back at the large mushroom cloud which formed in the air; Nyxing Bird had just been struck with its own powerful attack.
Giovanni cursed under his breath and took a look to his left. He saw an oncoming Lizzie, who was waving to Matt after her successful attack.
Matt stood up. "Lizzie! That was unbelieveable timing!"
Lizzie caught up to Matt and gave him a hard hit on the arm. "What is wrong with you?! Why do you always feel that you have to do things on your own?!"
"I don't know, but...I wanted to make things right. I thought that if I could take out the Nyxing Bird that everything will be okay."
"You don't have to do everything on your own, Matt. I don't know where on earth you got this wild idea that you had to."
"I'm sorry...I just wasn't too pleased with myself with the way I spoke to Rachel, and then having to deal with one of Jess' lectures. I just couldn't take this anymore; this bird was getting to me, and I wanted to get to the bottom of it."
"Just running off blindly in hopes that you can defeat it on your own? This is completely typical of you, Matt! What happened to your promise of thinking through each tense situation carefully?"
Matt knelt back down searching for the potion to use from his bag. "Something came up."
After the large cloud cleared, The Nyxing Bird hovered very slowly. Large gashes and burns appeared as blood began to cover most of the Nyxing Bird's body. Once again, a plan of Giovanni had backfired.
"This is far from over!" Giovanni exclaimed. "Nyxing Bird clearly survived one of its own fatal attacks. It's not going to lose so easily to some other freak bird! Nyxing Bird, fly once more!"
Nyxing Bird, as if nothing had happened to it at all, switfly flapped its wings and struck Articuno at full force. Articuno was sent back roughly into the forest, colliding with pine trees.
"Matt, this is no time to argue; we need to get out of here NOW."
"Run away?! Lizzie, that's exactly what he wants us to do. If we cower in fear, it's almost as if we've just thrown in the towel and gave up!"
"I don't really CARE what it looks like; our lives are more important right now!" Lizzie quickly dashed towards Articuno's landing spot, pulling out her Greatball and preparing to call it back inside.
"You're nothing but ignorant morons if you think you can just come and go as you please! Nyxing Bird!"
Matt looked up as the Nyxing Bird had yet another beam charged in its mouth. "LIZZIE!" he exclaimed.
Lizzie looked straight up in time to see the beam be fired. In desperation, she clouded her face with her arms and screamed, as if that was all she could do. Several seconds passed, as suddenly she noticed that everything around her had quieted down. As if she dared to see if she was still in one piece, she lowered her arms and looked around. She appeared to be unharmed. She looked in front of her.
"...tortle..." was muttered.
"Wartortle?!" Lizzie gasped, holding her hands to her mouth in shock. "You...you took the blast for me?"
"Zeni!" Matt shouted, in disbelief. Wartortle shifted his head and looked at Matt eye-to-eye. He noticed tears running down Wartortle's face. Moments later, his eyes closed, as he collapsed on the grass.
"No!" Lizzie shouted, picking up Wartortle, sobbing. "No!"
Matt's face turned red, then looked at Giovanni. His first Pokémon, his most trusted partner on his trip just made a noble gesture and took the blast for a close friend of his. That had to have been the last of his strength, Matt told himself. Wartortle lay there, in the arms of Lizzie, who was now sobbing even louder.
Giovanni stood still, with the large grin still on his face. Now, finally everything is working, he told himself. Soon, it will all be done.
"You bastard!" Matt exclaimed, and began dashing full-force towards Giovanni. Seeing a large rock on the way, he clutched it with both hands and held it above his head. He unleashed a war cry as he drew even closer and closer to his target.
Before he knew it, he suddenly felt a sharp pain to his ribs, the same spot where he was struck by the Nyxing Bird previously. As he took a quick glance, the Nyxing Bird moved itself from its neutral position and struck Matt hard. He watched as the rock fell from his grasp, onto the rocks below, as he was headed towards the lake. He braced himself as he had struck the surface of the water and was now underneath. As soon as he could, he began to surface, needing air.
"Finish him," Giovanni silently commanded. The Nyxing Bird quickly leaped from its position on the ground and dove underwater.
"NO!" Lizzie shouted in terror.
"War...wartortle..." Wartortle muttered, reassuring Lizzie that he was as a matter of fact still alive and breathing.
"Shh..." Lizzie said. "Don't speak, just relax." She then looked back out towards the lake again, unsure of what was happening.
As Matt was surfacing, he quickly saw Nyxing Bird swimming towards him with speed and precision. He was struck hard as the Nyxing Bird placed a tight lock around Matt, not enabling any particular hole from which he could make his escape.
Matt began to squirm and wiggle, in an attempt to free himself. This was his absolute last chance. If you're going to do something, do it now! He told himself loudly. He quickly threw both hands in his pockets, searching for anything. After clasping his hands around a rough blunt object, he whipped it out, and tried to pierce the Nyxing Bird's scales with it. As the item came in contact with the Nyxing Bird, a large cut began to glow, as many of its other injuries from the blast taken earlier also began to glow an eerie blue colour. Matt could hear muffled cries of pain and torment.
It abandoned its grasp around Matt and quickly began towards the surface. Matt looked for some place from which he could repel himself back towards the surface, he noticed a nearby rock, and quickly launched himself with that. With his air running out and his ears popping due to the sudden increase of high pressure, Matt made sure to breath consistently and not panic, due to potential lung implosion.
He quickly kicked his legs and pushed himself as he realized that he had finally reached the surface. Taking a large gasp of air, his head was forced back under due to rebounding from the original thrust to the surface. He then waited a moment and surfaced again, making sure that this time he would stay above water.
Matt looked around, and saw the Nyxing Bird flying around strangely in circles, continuing its large howls and cries of pain. Its wounds were still glowing, as Matt finally wondered what caused such a strange reaction. He took a quick look at the item taken from his pocket and examined it closely. Upon further inspection, he realized that he had pulled an evolution stone from his pocket. To be exact, a water stone.
"How in God's name did this get there?" he asked himself. Placing the water stone back into his pocket, he swam towards what was left of the dock as he climbed himself out of the water. He took a quick peek into the battlefield, and saw that Lizzie was still holding Wartortle closely. "He must be hanging on by a thread," he told himself, then quickly thought about the item in his pocket.
"If...if I use the water stone on Wartortle...it might save his life." He then stopped and looked back up. "But then...that would cause a forced evolution. That could really disturb my relationship with him." He stopped to think for a long moment. He then pulled the water stone back out from his pocket. "But if this is what it'll take in order for him to survive, then I have no other choice."
"Matt!" Lizzie shouted in surprise as he knelt down beside both of them. "Oh thank God...I thought he had--"
"Put Wartortle down," Matt commanded.
"Huh? Why?"
"You wondering why Nyxing Bird is acting so strange?"
"Yeah...why?" Lizzie replied, looking back up at it.
"It's because of this," Matt pulled out the water stone.
"What? How did you get that?"
"I have no idea, but it seems that the Nyxing Bird doesn't react well to evolution stones...or this one."
"Well, what are you going to do with it now?"
"I'm going to use it on Wartortle.
"What? And force an evolution?"
"Lizzie, I have no other choice; he could die!"
"Well...if you're absolutely sure." Lizzie slowly placed Wartortle down. "But...you realize the consequences of this."
"I know." He slowly knelt down even closer to Wartortle and began speaking to him. "I know this may seem like a strange situation, and I don't like this decision, but in order for you to stay alive, I need to use this evolution stone. Please, please let me do it."
Wartortle lay perfectly still, before finally releasing a slow nod, as if he himself was also thinking about it.
"Okay..." Matt picked up the water stone and looked at it one final time before finally placing it down slowly over Wartortle's stomach. The stone began to glow twice, before Wartortle's body began to glow a bright colour. Bright enough that no longer did his body contain any form whatsoever. Slowly his body began to expand, as the evolution was now taking place.
"Blastoise...."
TO BE CONTINUED.
