Pokémon - The Final Journey in Fenyuu
Chapter 50: The Beautiful Battle
Final Movement
The large glowing creature's original shape finally commenced to take a different form. The light being emitting was blinding. Matt and Lizzie couldn't see anything from this form. Suddenly, the light began to dim gradually, before finally stopping. Matt shut both of his eyes and rubbed them, trying to recover from the blinding light. He blinked several times, his eyes still suffering from the blasting light. They recovered as much as humanly possible for the moment, as Matt finally saw what was in front of both himself and Lizzie.
"Blastoise..." Matt looked on. What he saw was a giant turtle-like Pokémon. This Pokémon had increased in size so significantly, he hardly believed how small he once was. He thought of Squirtle, and then Wartortle.
The Blastoise pulled itself up and examined its new body. The cuts and bruises were hardly noticed. He then looked at the two large water guns from its shell. He then looked at both Matt and Lizzie.
"Zenigame...you...you remember me, right?" Matt asked, his voice displaying anxiety.
Wartortle looked at Matt in the eyes for a few brief moments, then nodded. Matt released a sigh of relief, as Lizzie sat still, not moving since releasing Wartortle from her grasp.
Lizzie looked around for the Nyxing Bird and Giovanni. She noticed the Nyxing Bird continuously flying around as if it was out of control, and Giovanni standing still, with the cold, ravenous look that was always in his eyes.
"Guys, I still think he has control of it," Lizzie stated, pulling herself to her feet.
"Okay then. I'll just have Zeni use Ice Beam and--wait, I forgot; it won't work. What else is effective on that thing...?"
"Matt, it's charging another beam..." Lizzie pointed out.
"Oh, damn it, not again. Okay, Zeni, I need you to trust me on this. I want you to spray your shell with water just enough so there can be a bright reflection on it, okay? Then I want you to aim it back at the Nyxing Bird."
"Matt, that's too risky; there's no way that--"
"Desperate times call for desperate measures, Lizzie. Do you have any of your other Pokémon with you?"
"Well, I brought Val, but--"
"That'll do. Keep close watch on Giovanni. Whatever happens to us, I don't want him to get away."
"Why would he run away...?"
"Trust me. Plus, this is the man who changed your life for the worst. If you see any, and I mean ANY signs of fleeing, I want you to go after him full swing."
"Matt, the Nyxing Bird will attack me if I attack him!"
Matt grinned in response. "If this works, the Nyxing Bird won't be able to move."
"But, I don't know if--"
"Lizzie, listen to me!" Matt grabbed Lizzie by both arms and harshly pushed them to her waist. "You have to trust me on this. You told me yourself that we have to do this together. Please, Lizzie, if we're going to work together, we have to have complete trust in each other. Now, I'm trusting you to get the job done, can you trust me to do mine?"
Lizzie looked up at Matt's face. She stared into his eyes. How infamous, these eyes, she told herself. Staring into them glimmered confidence, desire, and strangely enough, hope. Regardless how silly these old folktales state, about how hope is the only thing mankind needs to survive, without it, what was the point of life?
She gently pushed Matt's hands down and pulled out a Pokéball. Then she stared into his eyes one more time. "This had better work...I'm getting tired of having to jump in and save your butt all the time," she winked, then smiled.
Matt also smiled. "Get going."
"Fire! They're off their guard!" a feint, yet sharp voice cried.
Matt looked up, and noticed the Nyxing Bird with a fully charged beam within its beak. Quickly he gave a nod to Blastoise, as he covered itself with water. He then stood square to the Nyxing Bird, preparing for its blast. Suddenly it jolted its head back and then launched it forward, releasing the beam. Blastoise recoiled and angled its shell to reflect the beam. Matt ran as far as he possibly could from the attack.
The energy beam struck the shell of Blastoise, as a somewhat smaller portion launched itself back towards the Nyxing Bird. Blastoise was sent rolling inside his shell, eventually exiting out to stop himself along the grass. The Nyxing Bird as quickly as possible flew out of the way of the oncoming beam. It increased its speed and targeted Blastoise for a hard collision.
"Challenge it, Blastoise! Absorb the hit, and clutch it!"
Blastoise prepared itself for the oncoming strike. He quickly moved aside to evade its large beak, but was able to clutch its hands around its neck, causing it to spin around in circles several times, squawking out in frustration.
"I don't know if a Body Slam is listed as one of your special moves...I'm somewhat absent minded. But who says you need to learn certain physical techniques in order to get the job done?! Zenigame, when you have complete control, slam the Nyxing Bird into the ground!"
Blastoise firmed up its grip on the Nyxing Bird, and was then able to perform the task commanded by Matt. Quickly, he raised his arms and then lowered the Nyxing Bird harshly into the ground. The Nyxing Bird squawked in pain, as its cuts and bruises received from the large energy blast previously and the cut received from the water stone responded with pain. It desperately tried to flap its wings in order to escape, but Blastoise responded with crashing its body into the ground several more times.
There was little movement left in the Nyxing Bird. What happened? Matt asked himself. Did we knock it out cold? Or is it just giving us a false sense of security? Matt looked closely, and noticed strange waves in the air close to Nyxing Bird's beak.
"Oh no...not that attack again!" Matt exclaimed.
The Nyxing Bird freed itself from its grasp as soon as Blastoise slightly loosened his grip. It flew high into the sky, and pointed its charged beak at both Blastoise and Matt. It began to grow larger and larger, the exact same attack it was to use before Articuno switfly knocked the Nyxing Bird right into it. However, this time there did not seem to be that luxury.
"It's too close!" Matt shouted.
Giovanni, in the distance, watched on as the Nyxing Bird was prepared to use one of its specialty attacks. Giovanni's face was beaming with excitement, and pleasure. Finally, his arch-nemesis, a sixteen-year-old kid was finally going to be put out of his misery, along with his Pokémon.
"A valiant effort, my friend, but no matter how much damage my bird sustains, until it breathes its last breath, it will not cease on bringing my dreams into realization! Go ahead, maim it! Remove its wings, cut off its feet and its tail...you can even remove its heart! Nyxing Bird cannot be stopped! At last, you have met your end!"
Matt would not allow fear to freeze him. He began looking around. "Nothing...there's nothing..." Matt stated quietly, his voice lost by what is to come. "I...I can't do anything."
Giovanni began to laugh hysterically. "Yes, yes! Look on helplessly, that is all you can do! Say your prayers, your final goodbyes! Nyxing Bird, fire!"
The Nyxing Bird jolted its head back, prepared to release the large ball of pure concentrated energy. The ecosystem originally suffered from this attack, along with the Nyxing Bird itself, however this time, it had now found a new victim.
Giovanni's grin became larger. "Yes--AAGH!" Giovanni screamed in horror. It looked at its leg, as he noticed a Vulpix was sinking its fangs into it. "You little runt! How dare yo--" The Vulpix jumped from its leg and began to claw at Giovanni's face. "You fool!"
Matt looked at what had happened to Giovanni. "Lizzie?!" He then looked up as the Nyxing Bird had shifted its position. It had jolted its head back once again, and fired the large concentrated energy ball directly at both Giovanni and Vulpix.
A harsh wind blew as the energy ball passed by, knocking both Matt and Blastoise off their feet. "What's happening?!" Matt then looked on as the Nyxing Bird shot itself after the blast. He looked around in confusion.
Giovanni continued to struggle with Vulpix, as moments later, a red glow surrounded it, and shifted off to his right. He looked and saw Lizzie holding out her Pokéball. "How dare y--" before he could finish, he noticed something at the corner of his eye, the energy blast that was supposed to be fired at both Matt and Wartortle. "No!" He shielded himself, realizing Lizzie's plan.
Lizzie turned around and dashed behind a large rock and ducked, covering herself afterwards.
A large, thunderous explosion shook the earth around. Matt and Blastoise ducked for cover, as a large mushroom cloud grew over where Giovanni was standing. Matt pulled himself up and stared into the smoke cloud. He then looked around for the Nyxing Bird, wondering where it was. Then he realized what had happened.
"Lizzie...she used Vulpix to attack Giovanni knowing the Nyxing Bird would react! It had sent the energy blast right at its master, then hurried to catch up with it! She did it! She really did it!"
As the cloud settled, Matt noticed Giovanni laying flat on the ground, the only injuries being from the collision. However, around Nyxing Bird, the grass was covered in its wretched blood. Many cuts grew larger, as other portions of its body suffered from severe burns. Matt was surprised that after two of those blasts it was still in one piece. However, he noticed that neither one of them was moving.
"Lizzie!" He dashed towards the rock where Lizzie buried herself, with Blastoise close behind him. He quickly pulled her to her feet and gave her a big hug. "I can't believe it, you did it! How did you think so quickly?"
Lizzie blushed. "Well, I--wait." She looked to her left, and saw Giovanni pulling himself to his feet. She and Matt watched in disbelief as the Nyxing Bird also began pulling itself up. "No...NO! That's impossible! It took two blasts of its own ultimate attack, and it's STILL moving?!"
Giovanni once again began to laugh hysterically. "Both of you are fools! Did you pay no heed to what I had already told you?! Until you have fully slain this beast, it will continue coming after you again, and again, and again until one of you is down! And believe you me, I will not be the one to lose!"
Matt began to shudder...how is this possible?! he thought to himself. He looked at both Lizzie and Blastoise, who were also dumbfounded at what had just occured.
"How is that beast still standing?!" Matt in frustration let out a large yell. "Why aren't either of you dead?!" He began to hyperventilate, not knowing what else could be done.
"Nyxing Bird, keep going after them! Don't stop now!" Giovanni pointed at Lizzie, Matt and Blastoise. "You all will die--"
As Giovanni looked to his left, Nyxing Bird was no longer there. "What?!" As he looked closely, a strange, brightly coloured ball had fallen to the ground, rolling slightly. It shifted a few times, but instantly stopped moving. "What is this?!"
"Oh, don't seem so surprised, Giovanni," a voice called off in the distance.
"Jordan...?" Lizzie called out. "Hey, is that Jordan?"
Matt looked carefully. "Hey...it is!"
Jordan slowly walked around the blood-stained grass and picked up the ball he had just thrown. "I believe your reign of terror on this world is over, Giovanni."
"How...how did you do that?!" Giovanni exclaimed, confused and frustrated.
"Oh, this?" Jordan replied mockingly, looking at the ball in his hand. "Well, you should know out of all people, Giovanni; as a matter of fact, you were the one who did most of the funding for this thing! Behold...the Masterball! Well, of course it's still just a prototype, but seeing as it worked so remarkably well on your abominable creation, I'd say it works, wouldn't you?!"
"Give it to me, give me my creature!" Giovanni lunged forward at Jordan with his remaining strength, but Jordan released a low elbow into Giovanni's gut, resulting in knocking the wind right out of him. He clutched himself, and fell quickly to the ground.
"It's over, Giovanni. The battle with the townspeople, the protestors, the ones who haven't been killed are all under arrest. You are expected to pay dues to the families who had lost their loved ones with the remaining money you have in your banks."
Giovanni looked up at Jordan in disbelief.
"Oh, quit with all of the surprised looks already. Your ultimate psycho plan of world domination back-fired. There, is that easier to understand?!"
"I don't believe you."
"Oh? That's too bad. Why don't we talk to the officers over there?"
"Officers...?" Giovanni looked in the distance, and saw many police cars, surrounded by many police officers. They were already descending down the hill, preparing to make their arrest. He then looked back up at Jordan, and then shifted it to Matt. "You! You did this to me! You will die!" He tried to jump to his feet, but was tackled by several officers. "No! Let go of me you morons, he's the one responsible! He ruined me! He killed my members, he destroyed my organization, he did EVERYTHING! No, let go!" Giovanni's arms were forced behind his back, as all he could hear was the clicking of handcuffs being properly secured around his wrists.
"Yeah, yeah, save it for the court...oh wait, we all know what you did; you're going straight to jail!" Jordan mocked with a smile. He was then greeted by Matt and Lizzie, who approached him from their hiding place by the rock. "Well, geez, you two are difficult to track, you know?"
"Your timing was unbelieveable..." Matt commented, his voice cracking.
"You okay?"
"Jordan, that stupid bird wouldn't die! What do you think?!" Lizzie replied with a smile.
"Well, I just didn't believe how much damage you two did to it. I'm also just as surprised that you did it in a secluded area. I had to have Ace tell me where you two were!"
"If Ace knew, why isn't he here?" Matt asked. "I'd like to know how nobody else came here either."
"Well, because Ace noticed that the Nyxing Bird was here, he had the camp near Pallet evacuate to Viridian City. That's probably why you didn't see anyone. You make it seem like it was a bad thing nobody was here."
"It's not that, it's just...oh God, I am just completely glad this is all over. No more Team Rocket, no more stalkings, nothing. Giovanni is done, I...I can't believe it. It's finally over! WE DID IT!" Matt exclaimed, jumping up in joy, his arms in the air. He grabbed Lizzie's hands and started jumping around in circles with her. Both he and Lizzie were laughing and singing, remembering how much they had to do to get to where they were.
"Hey, what are you going to do with that thing anyway?" Lizzie asked, pointing to the Masterball.
"Hmm...I think I'll have it fully restored and keep it for myself," Jordan polished the ball, and looked back at Lizzie and Matt's surprising looks. "Hey, I'm joking! Calm down guys, you don't need to be so tense! You know me better than this; I'm going to have it destroyed. Don't worry, I'll make sure not to lose it."
Lizzie in reaction struck Jordan's arm repeatedly. "Don't ever joke about something like that!"
"Ow, OW! Okay, okay, okay, I get the picture. Stop it!"
Matt looked in the distance with Blastoise. He noticed that the sun was beginning to rise in the far distance. He then stopped to think for a moment. Wasn't the sun setting before I went off for this battle? Don't tell me the battle lasted all night long, he told himself.
"Hey Matt: Jess and Rachel are here!" Lizzie shouted.
Matt turned around and saw both of them on top of the hill. "Good," he replied, "then I can ask which one of them was rude enough to give me a water stone without my asking!" He smiled.
"Come on, let's go tell them what happened!" Lizzie said, already running up the hill to greet them.
Jordan minimized the new Masterball, pulled out a large plastic bag and placed it inside. He then tied it up, and put it into his pocket. Matt looked over at Blastoise, his first Pokémon. He thought back to when he first left, all the trainer battles, and all of the other times when he was bailed out by his first choice. Blastoise grinned, also remembering. Matt looked towards Lizzie and Jordan, who had already greeted Jess and Rachel.
"Yes...let's tell everybody what happened...."
Chapter 50: The Beautiful Battle
Final Movement
The large glowing creature's original shape finally commenced to take a different form. The light being emitting was blinding. Matt and Lizzie couldn't see anything from this form. Suddenly, the light began to dim gradually, before finally stopping. Matt shut both of his eyes and rubbed them, trying to recover from the blinding light. He blinked several times, his eyes still suffering from the blasting light. They recovered as much as humanly possible for the moment, as Matt finally saw what was in front of both himself and Lizzie.
"Blastoise..." Matt looked on. What he saw was a giant turtle-like Pokémon. This Pokémon had increased in size so significantly, he hardly believed how small he once was. He thought of Squirtle, and then Wartortle.
The Blastoise pulled itself up and examined its new body. The cuts and bruises were hardly noticed. He then looked at the two large water guns from its shell. He then looked at both Matt and Lizzie.
"Zenigame...you...you remember me, right?" Matt asked, his voice displaying anxiety.
Wartortle looked at Matt in the eyes for a few brief moments, then nodded. Matt released a sigh of relief, as Lizzie sat still, not moving since releasing Wartortle from her grasp.
Lizzie looked around for the Nyxing Bird and Giovanni. She noticed the Nyxing Bird continuously flying around as if it was out of control, and Giovanni standing still, with the cold, ravenous look that was always in his eyes.
"Guys, I still think he has control of it," Lizzie stated, pulling herself to her feet.
"Okay then. I'll just have Zeni use Ice Beam and--wait, I forgot; it won't work. What else is effective on that thing...?"
"Matt, it's charging another beam..." Lizzie pointed out.
"Oh, damn it, not again. Okay, Zeni, I need you to trust me on this. I want you to spray your shell with water just enough so there can be a bright reflection on it, okay? Then I want you to aim it back at the Nyxing Bird."
"Matt, that's too risky; there's no way that--"
"Desperate times call for desperate measures, Lizzie. Do you have any of your other Pokémon with you?"
"Well, I brought Val, but--"
"That'll do. Keep close watch on Giovanni. Whatever happens to us, I don't want him to get away."
"Why would he run away...?"
"Trust me. Plus, this is the man who changed your life for the worst. If you see any, and I mean ANY signs of fleeing, I want you to go after him full swing."
"Matt, the Nyxing Bird will attack me if I attack him!"
Matt grinned in response. "If this works, the Nyxing Bird won't be able to move."
"But, I don't know if--"
"Lizzie, listen to me!" Matt grabbed Lizzie by both arms and harshly pushed them to her waist. "You have to trust me on this. You told me yourself that we have to do this together. Please, Lizzie, if we're going to work together, we have to have complete trust in each other. Now, I'm trusting you to get the job done, can you trust me to do mine?"
Lizzie looked up at Matt's face. She stared into his eyes. How infamous, these eyes, she told herself. Staring into them glimmered confidence, desire, and strangely enough, hope. Regardless how silly these old folktales state, about how hope is the only thing mankind needs to survive, without it, what was the point of life?
She gently pushed Matt's hands down and pulled out a Pokéball. Then she stared into his eyes one more time. "This had better work...I'm getting tired of having to jump in and save your butt all the time," she winked, then smiled.
Matt also smiled. "Get going."
"Fire! They're off their guard!" a feint, yet sharp voice cried.
Matt looked up, and noticed the Nyxing Bird with a fully charged beam within its beak. Quickly he gave a nod to Blastoise, as he covered itself with water. He then stood square to the Nyxing Bird, preparing for its blast. Suddenly it jolted its head back and then launched it forward, releasing the beam. Blastoise recoiled and angled its shell to reflect the beam. Matt ran as far as he possibly could from the attack.
The energy beam struck the shell of Blastoise, as a somewhat smaller portion launched itself back towards the Nyxing Bird. Blastoise was sent rolling inside his shell, eventually exiting out to stop himself along the grass. The Nyxing Bird as quickly as possible flew out of the way of the oncoming beam. It increased its speed and targeted Blastoise for a hard collision.
"Challenge it, Blastoise! Absorb the hit, and clutch it!"
Blastoise prepared itself for the oncoming strike. He quickly moved aside to evade its large beak, but was able to clutch its hands around its neck, causing it to spin around in circles several times, squawking out in frustration.
"I don't know if a Body Slam is listed as one of your special moves...I'm somewhat absent minded. But who says you need to learn certain physical techniques in order to get the job done?! Zenigame, when you have complete control, slam the Nyxing Bird into the ground!"
Blastoise firmed up its grip on the Nyxing Bird, and was then able to perform the task commanded by Matt. Quickly, he raised his arms and then lowered the Nyxing Bird harshly into the ground. The Nyxing Bird squawked in pain, as its cuts and bruises received from the large energy blast previously and the cut received from the water stone responded with pain. It desperately tried to flap its wings in order to escape, but Blastoise responded with crashing its body into the ground several more times.
There was little movement left in the Nyxing Bird. What happened? Matt asked himself. Did we knock it out cold? Or is it just giving us a false sense of security? Matt looked closely, and noticed strange waves in the air close to Nyxing Bird's beak.
"Oh no...not that attack again!" Matt exclaimed.
The Nyxing Bird freed itself from its grasp as soon as Blastoise slightly loosened his grip. It flew high into the sky, and pointed its charged beak at both Blastoise and Matt. It began to grow larger and larger, the exact same attack it was to use before Articuno switfly knocked the Nyxing Bird right into it. However, this time there did not seem to be that luxury.
"It's too close!" Matt shouted.
Giovanni, in the distance, watched on as the Nyxing Bird was prepared to use one of its specialty attacks. Giovanni's face was beaming with excitement, and pleasure. Finally, his arch-nemesis, a sixteen-year-old kid was finally going to be put out of his misery, along with his Pokémon.
"A valiant effort, my friend, but no matter how much damage my bird sustains, until it breathes its last breath, it will not cease on bringing my dreams into realization! Go ahead, maim it! Remove its wings, cut off its feet and its tail...you can even remove its heart! Nyxing Bird cannot be stopped! At last, you have met your end!"
Matt would not allow fear to freeze him. He began looking around. "Nothing...there's nothing..." Matt stated quietly, his voice lost by what is to come. "I...I can't do anything."
Giovanni began to laugh hysterically. "Yes, yes! Look on helplessly, that is all you can do! Say your prayers, your final goodbyes! Nyxing Bird, fire!"
The Nyxing Bird jolted its head back, prepared to release the large ball of pure concentrated energy. The ecosystem originally suffered from this attack, along with the Nyxing Bird itself, however this time, it had now found a new victim.
Giovanni's grin became larger. "Yes--AAGH!" Giovanni screamed in horror. It looked at its leg, as he noticed a Vulpix was sinking its fangs into it. "You little runt! How dare yo--" The Vulpix jumped from its leg and began to claw at Giovanni's face. "You fool!"
Matt looked at what had happened to Giovanni. "Lizzie?!" He then looked up as the Nyxing Bird had shifted its position. It had jolted its head back once again, and fired the large concentrated energy ball directly at both Giovanni and Vulpix.
A harsh wind blew as the energy ball passed by, knocking both Matt and Blastoise off their feet. "What's happening?!" Matt then looked on as the Nyxing Bird shot itself after the blast. He looked around in confusion.
Giovanni continued to struggle with Vulpix, as moments later, a red glow surrounded it, and shifted off to his right. He looked and saw Lizzie holding out her Pokéball. "How dare y--" before he could finish, he noticed something at the corner of his eye, the energy blast that was supposed to be fired at both Matt and Wartortle. "No!" He shielded himself, realizing Lizzie's plan.
Lizzie turned around and dashed behind a large rock and ducked, covering herself afterwards.
A large, thunderous explosion shook the earth around. Matt and Blastoise ducked for cover, as a large mushroom cloud grew over where Giovanni was standing. Matt pulled himself up and stared into the smoke cloud. He then looked around for the Nyxing Bird, wondering where it was. Then he realized what had happened.
"Lizzie...she used Vulpix to attack Giovanni knowing the Nyxing Bird would react! It had sent the energy blast right at its master, then hurried to catch up with it! She did it! She really did it!"
As the cloud settled, Matt noticed Giovanni laying flat on the ground, the only injuries being from the collision. However, around Nyxing Bird, the grass was covered in its wretched blood. Many cuts grew larger, as other portions of its body suffered from severe burns. Matt was surprised that after two of those blasts it was still in one piece. However, he noticed that neither one of them was moving.
"Lizzie!" He dashed towards the rock where Lizzie buried herself, with Blastoise close behind him. He quickly pulled her to her feet and gave her a big hug. "I can't believe it, you did it! How did you think so quickly?"
Lizzie blushed. "Well, I--wait." She looked to her left, and saw Giovanni pulling himself to his feet. She and Matt watched in disbelief as the Nyxing Bird also began pulling itself up. "No...NO! That's impossible! It took two blasts of its own ultimate attack, and it's STILL moving?!"
Giovanni once again began to laugh hysterically. "Both of you are fools! Did you pay no heed to what I had already told you?! Until you have fully slain this beast, it will continue coming after you again, and again, and again until one of you is down! And believe you me, I will not be the one to lose!"
Matt began to shudder...how is this possible?! he thought to himself. He looked at both Lizzie and Blastoise, who were also dumbfounded at what had just occured.
"How is that beast still standing?!" Matt in frustration let out a large yell. "Why aren't either of you dead?!" He began to hyperventilate, not knowing what else could be done.
"Nyxing Bird, keep going after them! Don't stop now!" Giovanni pointed at Lizzie, Matt and Blastoise. "You all will die--"
As Giovanni looked to his left, Nyxing Bird was no longer there. "What?!" As he looked closely, a strange, brightly coloured ball had fallen to the ground, rolling slightly. It shifted a few times, but instantly stopped moving. "What is this?!"
"Oh, don't seem so surprised, Giovanni," a voice called off in the distance.
"Jordan...?" Lizzie called out. "Hey, is that Jordan?"
Matt looked carefully. "Hey...it is!"
Jordan slowly walked around the blood-stained grass and picked up the ball he had just thrown. "I believe your reign of terror on this world is over, Giovanni."
"How...how did you do that?!" Giovanni exclaimed, confused and frustrated.
"Oh, this?" Jordan replied mockingly, looking at the ball in his hand. "Well, you should know out of all people, Giovanni; as a matter of fact, you were the one who did most of the funding for this thing! Behold...the Masterball! Well, of course it's still just a prototype, but seeing as it worked so remarkably well on your abominable creation, I'd say it works, wouldn't you?!"
"Give it to me, give me my creature!" Giovanni lunged forward at Jordan with his remaining strength, but Jordan released a low elbow into Giovanni's gut, resulting in knocking the wind right out of him. He clutched himself, and fell quickly to the ground.
"It's over, Giovanni. The battle with the townspeople, the protestors, the ones who haven't been killed are all under arrest. You are expected to pay dues to the families who had lost their loved ones with the remaining money you have in your banks."
Giovanni looked up at Jordan in disbelief.
"Oh, quit with all of the surprised looks already. Your ultimate psycho plan of world domination back-fired. There, is that easier to understand?!"
"I don't believe you."
"Oh? That's too bad. Why don't we talk to the officers over there?"
"Officers...?" Giovanni looked in the distance, and saw many police cars, surrounded by many police officers. They were already descending down the hill, preparing to make their arrest. He then looked back up at Jordan, and then shifted it to Matt. "You! You did this to me! You will die!" He tried to jump to his feet, but was tackled by several officers. "No! Let go of me you morons, he's the one responsible! He ruined me! He killed my members, he destroyed my organization, he did EVERYTHING! No, let go!" Giovanni's arms were forced behind his back, as all he could hear was the clicking of handcuffs being properly secured around his wrists.
"Yeah, yeah, save it for the court...oh wait, we all know what you did; you're going straight to jail!" Jordan mocked with a smile. He was then greeted by Matt and Lizzie, who approached him from their hiding place by the rock. "Well, geez, you two are difficult to track, you know?"
"Your timing was unbelieveable..." Matt commented, his voice cracking.
"You okay?"
"Jordan, that stupid bird wouldn't die! What do you think?!" Lizzie replied with a smile.
"Well, I just didn't believe how much damage you two did to it. I'm also just as surprised that you did it in a secluded area. I had to have Ace tell me where you two were!"
"If Ace knew, why isn't he here?" Matt asked. "I'd like to know how nobody else came here either."
"Well, because Ace noticed that the Nyxing Bird was here, he had the camp near Pallet evacuate to Viridian City. That's probably why you didn't see anyone. You make it seem like it was a bad thing nobody was here."
"It's not that, it's just...oh God, I am just completely glad this is all over. No more Team Rocket, no more stalkings, nothing. Giovanni is done, I...I can't believe it. It's finally over! WE DID IT!" Matt exclaimed, jumping up in joy, his arms in the air. He grabbed Lizzie's hands and started jumping around in circles with her. Both he and Lizzie were laughing and singing, remembering how much they had to do to get to where they were.
"Hey, what are you going to do with that thing anyway?" Lizzie asked, pointing to the Masterball.
"Hmm...I think I'll have it fully restored and keep it for myself," Jordan polished the ball, and looked back at Lizzie and Matt's surprising looks. "Hey, I'm joking! Calm down guys, you don't need to be so tense! You know me better than this; I'm going to have it destroyed. Don't worry, I'll make sure not to lose it."
Lizzie in reaction struck Jordan's arm repeatedly. "Don't ever joke about something like that!"
"Ow, OW! Okay, okay, okay, I get the picture. Stop it!"
Matt looked in the distance with Blastoise. He noticed that the sun was beginning to rise in the far distance. He then stopped to think for a moment. Wasn't the sun setting before I went off for this battle? Don't tell me the battle lasted all night long, he told himself.
"Hey Matt: Jess and Rachel are here!" Lizzie shouted.
Matt turned around and saw both of them on top of the hill. "Good," he replied, "then I can ask which one of them was rude enough to give me a water stone without my asking!" He smiled.
"Come on, let's go tell them what happened!" Lizzie said, already running up the hill to greet them.
Jordan minimized the new Masterball, pulled out a large plastic bag and placed it inside. He then tied it up, and put it into his pocket. Matt looked over at Blastoise, his first Pokémon. He thought back to when he first left, all the trainer battles, and all of the other times when he was bailed out by his first choice. Blastoise grinned, also remembering. Matt looked towards Lizzie and Jordan, who had already greeted Jess and Rachel.
"Yes...let's tell everybody what happened...."
