SC: I don't own Pokemon.*sigh* I do own all the nicknames of my Pokemon
though. ^__^
This is the chapter where all of the mystery Pokemon are revealed, including three who haven't appeared yet! Plus, at the end of the chapter, the main plot line is revealed. (The whole point of this fic is not to fight!) Prepare for the ultimate battle!
Warning: This is a very long chapter. Sorry, I'm just a wordy kind of person. ^__^
Chapter 3~ Arrivals and Adventures
They came.
Out through the bushes they crashed. Typhlosion found himself facing six fearsome Pokemon. Blaziken was standing in front of the line, flanked on both sides by two more Pokemon: Slipher and Thundra on the left, and Falco and Razorfon on the right. Furaigon was hovering just above Blaziken.
"So," Blaziken said, glaring down at his prey, "I have finally found you. You really weren't that hard to find."
The five Pokemon advanced on Typhlosion; leaning forward and making themselves look more threatening. They looked as though they might have attacked had not Blaziken held up his hand.
"No. It is I who must defeat this oaf and establish my rein of power." He might as well have been using Glare attack: the look he gave his lackeys made them all shudder with terror.
Typhlosion used the opportunity to speak out. "Why did you join him? Can you not see that he will oppress you once he does defeat me?"
Slipher looked down at the ground. "I'm sorry," she said sadly. "We have to obey. Allie put him in charge of us for the day." She gave Typhlosion a look of pity.
"I understand," Typhlosion comforted, giving way to a fraction of a smile on Slipher's face.
"Enough of the nobility," Blaziken huffed. "On to the battlefield."
The seven of them went back to the site of the original battle. The large crater Typhlosion had created earlier was still there, with an imprinted silhouette of Blaziken in the middle.
"This is it Typhlosion. I'm gonna' do to you what you did to me." Blaziken flexed his muscled ruthlessly, and once again assumed his deadly fighting pose.
Typhlosion was breathing heavily, and in a lot of pain, yet he knew that he must do this task. He posed.
Blaziken charged.
Typhlosion didn't have enough time or energy to get out of the way. He stood and braced himself for impact, knowing that this was the end. Blaziken was nearly upon him, claws wide, teeth bared, eyes glaring. He jumped, and just when he was about to connect, he stopped.
Blaziken was frozen in mid-air.
Just floating directly in front of Typhlosion. There was a faintly glowing purple outline around him, suspending him from gravity. Blaziken squirmed and fidgeted, but he couldn't get down nor move at all.
Ka-SHIK!
A shadow burst out of the bushes and collided with Blaziken directly into his stomach. Blaziken couldn't dodge the attack, and he cried out in pain. The shadow turned and raced towards the five soldiers, now a black blur, and tackled them fiercely.
Typhlosion smiled. "I thought you'd never show up, Megan."
The blur pivoted and raced towards Typhlosion, stopping just in front of him. Its edges became more solid as it slowed down, making it look less and less like a shadow. Once it had fully stopped, it opened its eyes and looked up at Typhlosion.
"I'm glad to see you're okay," he said. Megan turned towards Blaziken once more, his golden rings aglow. He had never sounded so angry in his life.
"How DARE you take us for fools! You should never have challenged us Blaziken! You thought you would get a simple one-on-one fight eh? Well that's never the case. You're dealing with a one on-five-there, buster." Megan's blood-red eyes were even redder with hatred.
Blaziken was thunderstruck. / How could he just appear out of no where? There wasn't enough time for Halsemon to tell him, and Typhlosion couldn't have either, so how.? /
He continued to struggle, trying to free himself from the purple light. Megan growled and yelled up at the open sky:
"Turn up the power brother!"
Instantly, the purple light grew brighter. Its intensity doubled, tripled, quadrupled every second. Blaziken was screaming in agony, doubling over in pain. Megan stepped up and focused, the glowing ring on his forehead sparkling even brighter. He let out a roar and the built up energy escaped, engulfing Blaziken. His golden light combined with the purple one and became so bright there was nothing visible where Blaziken once stood. Only his agonizing, bloodcurdling screams could be heard.
"That's enough!" Typhlosion hollered, not wanting to hear those screams again. Megan's rings stopped glowing, and the golden light faded. The purple light diminished, dwindling down until there was nothing left. Blaziken dropped to the ground like a sack of potatoes.
He was breathing heavily, and twitching slightly as the echo of pain overshadowed him. Blaziken spoke in barely more than a hushed whisper, "Attack them you fools!"
Slipher and the others were hesitant, but then they surged forward as one. Heading straight for Typhlosion, they screeched and hollered like Indian warriors on the attack.
GURGLE-GURGLE-SPLOOSH!
A wide, fast-moving stream of water spilled down from an unknown location above them. It blocked the advancing Pokemon from reaching their target.
Typhlosion looked up just as the water stopped and a light blue Pokemon leaped down from Halsemon's back. With a thud she turned and fired another Water Gun. The other Pokemon scattered, trying to avoid her aim.
"Great timing Halsemon!" Typhlosion called up to her as she flew down to land. "I knew you'd find Quagsire in time."
"How could she not find me? We're like sisters!" Quagsire said, happily wagging its rounded tail.
"Now we're all here," Megan said, and called out again to the open air. "Alright! You can stop hiding now! The sneak attack's over and we're all here!"
There was a shimmer of silver and lilac as a slender Pokemon emerged from behind a tree. It walked over to join Megan and the others, yet it was so smooth and refined it seemed to glide just above the ground.
"Thanks for backing me up Espeon," Typhlosion said, awed by his splendid battle performance.
"Anytime," he replied. His voice seemed to ring through the air like a freshly played flute melody upon the wind. "'Twas only a simple Psychic attack. I'm sure you would have done the same for me."
"I would do that for anybody." Typhlosion's reply made Espeon smile, his eyes shining like heavenly lavender diamonds.
The battle was evenly matched, five on five. Two sets of Pokemon formed rows, facing each other about twenty feet apart. All of Hades was about to break lose when Typhlosion suddenly yelped in pain. He staggered, then collapsed to his knees.
"Typhlosion! What's wrong buddy?" Megan asked, dismayed. "I don't think I've quite recovered from that last battle," he choked. "You'll have to fight without me." When Megan gave him a look of shock he continued, "Don't worry. You'll do fine. The four of you combined are almost indomitable. Teach these youngins' what it's really all about." He grinned, even though his side felt like he had been stabbed.
Megan nodded, then turned to face the battlefield. Sparks flew between their eyes until everything was still and tense, like a rubber band about to be shot.
Let's just say someone fired it.
Halsemon flew up above the battle, wanting to avoid as much contact as possible and swoop in unexpectedly. However, Falco and Furaigon followed her into the air and chased after her. They pulled off some stunning combinations of Falco's Aerial Ace and Furaigon's Faint Attack. Halsemon had to dodge each time as they popped in and out of sight.
Back on the ground, each Pokemon had chosen another to battle. Quagsire was battling with Slipher, Espeon was ravaging Razorfon, and Megan was having an all out melee with Thundra.
Slipher reared her black head and attempted to use Poison Fang on Quagsire. She struck, landing a hit on her tail. Quagsire looked at Slipher expectantly and blinked, not feeling a thing.
/ What? This was supposed to devastate her! / Slipher thought frantically.
Quagsire merely grinned, and leapt up into the air, Slipher still attached to her tail. She landed on the ground with a thud, creating another Earthquake attack, just as Typhlosion had done. Slipher was sent reeling from the shock waves and landed in a heap next to Blaziken. She had been knocked out.
Meanwhile, Razorfon had stopped tackling Espeon and frozen in its tracks. He lowered his head, and the leaves on his back began to glow, particles of light gathering on them. Espeon thought quickly of a way to lessen the attack. He turned to Quagsire.
"Hey Quagsire! You're done battling, so why don't you help me?" Espeon cried. Quagsire studied the situation quickly and carefully before nodding in agreement.
"Use Rain Dance!"
Quagsire closed her eyes and put her arms out in front of her. What came next was probably the cheesiest dance you've ever seen. She waved her arms around stupidly and performed odd movements with her feet.
"Quagsire! Quagsire! Quag Quag Quagsire! Quagsire! Quagsire! Quag Quag Quagsire!" she chanted in the native tongue of Pokemon.
Almost instantly, rain clouds began to form in the sky, and soon after a heavy downpour of water rushed over them. Not a moment too soon for Espeon, because right then Razorfon fired a Solarbeam straight at him. He didn't even try to dodge, and the feeble flashlight of sunshine faded away quickly.
Razorfon was taken aback by their teamwork, and Espeon chose to fire a powerful Psybeam. Rocks shattered as the beam of rainbow energy rushed past, surging forward and applying a critical hit to Razorfon. He too was knocked out. Team Silver was 0 for 2.
Megan was not doing nearly so well. Quagsire's Rain Dance was helping Thundra, making her electric attacks devastating. She let lose a Thunder attack, and with the rain raising its accuracy it struck Megan hard.
Halsemon was still fighting one-on-two, still dodging Falco and Furaigon's swift barrages. She could see Megan below her, paralyzed by the Thunder attack. This gave Halsemon a brilliant notion. Between dodges she flew until she was directly above Thundra. There she hovered, waiting for her foes to take the bait.
Falco took the opportunity and charged for Halsemon. Below, Thundra was about to use another Thunder attack on Megan. Halsemon dodged Falco just as Thundra unleashed the attack. The lightning bolt came down from the sky, but it never reached Thundra. It collided with Falco in midair and blasted him to the ground. He gave an almighty wheeze before fainting.
Furious about losing his partner, Furaigon fired a powerful Dragonbreath at Halsemon while she wasn't looking. It struck her in the back and knocked her out of the air. She hit the ground with a thud. Halsemon wasn't knocked out, but she had been tired out to the point where battling would be pointless.
Blaziken had been watching the squall for quite some time now, and chose to rummage around in the knapsack where the Pokeballs were originally. Inside he found three Full Restores and a Max Revive. He used a Full Restore on himself, and the Max Revive on Slipher. Then he got up and jumped into the battle between Thundra and Megan.
"What do you think you're doing?" Thundra demanded, afraid that Blaziken would take the glory from her match. Blaziken merely smirked and used the second Full Restore on her. After that he leaped high into the air and aimed the last of the Full Restores at Furaigon. The remedies took effect and rejuvenated their energy.
Shocked, Quagsire, Espeon, and a badly injured Megan faced four fully recovered Pokemon, including Blaziken himself. It seemed like the end for them all, and Blaziken stepped forth with his acceptance speech.
"Well, it seems that all your valiant efforts have been in vain," he sneered, towering above them with strength and pride. "Your leader has fallen, and your friend has been downed from the skies."
"Not true." Three Pokemon turned to face Typhlosion, who had courageously stood up from his location and joined his teammates, despite his injuries. A rustling of feathers met their ears as Halsemon came into the fray. She smiled at them, and they saw the scorched feathers on her wings and back. She could not fly.
"Ha!" Blaziken chortled. "You think your righteousness will prevail over me, just like in the movies. I've already won, and you know it! The Silver Five have lost their first battle."
"You may defeat us as individuals," Typhlosion said, his eyes filled with the same kind of rage as the swirling flames on his back. "But you will never defeat our unified hearts!" Lightning from the storm crashed overhead as he spoke.
"Very well." Blaziken seemed not the least bit moved by Typhlosion's speech. "I shall make a note to remove whatever hearts you have once you're destroyed. Attack!" he commanded, and raised his fist into the air.
RASHOAR!!!
A courageous roar louder than the storm itself filled the dark sky. Blaziken and his troops halted instantly, and searched the heavens for whatever had made the sound.
KA-FOOSH!
A river of fire, strong enough to survive the heavy downpour of water, rushed from the sky and blasted the ground between the two sides. A dark, red-orange form flew past and landed heavily, causing the ground to shake. A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, shedding some light upon the awkward scene.
Five Pokemon, three of them injured, were across from four ready-to-go Pokemon, and all nine of them were in shock from what they had seen. There was another Pokemon in their midst. It was Stormfront. They saw a young girl leap off of his back and three Pokeballs flash in her hands.
"Let's teach these newbies a lesson, shall we?" she yelled through a smirk and tossed the three crystalline balls into the air.
A rush of diamond light filled their vision as the Pokeballs released their contents. Even before the Pokemon had fully emerged, the girl was giving them orders:
"Use whatever moves you want to take 'em down!"
"La-a-a!"
"Eee-eee!"
"CUNE!!!"
Various attacks were directed at Blaziken's war party, including an Ice Beam, Bubblebeam, and Aurora Beam. Blaziken was knocked back, and whatever was left of his troops was KO'd.
"What.how.who attacked us?" Blaziken questioned.
When the smoke had cleared, in front of Blaziken's fallen army was a Lanturn, a Lapras, and a rather ferocious looking Suicune. All three looked ready to annihilate, especially with the rain raising their fighting power.
The girl spoke up again. "Blaziken! How dare you cause such a ruckus while I'm away! I told you to train, not to conquer the world!"
Blaziken looked at the ground sadly, and Typhlosion and the others all smiled. Allie continued chewing out Blaziken: "You ignorant rookie! I've trained you to behave better than that! You deserve to be punished! I should put you in the PC for awhile!"
Blaziken looked up in shock. / No! / He screamed in his mind. / Not the PC! Noooooo! / Pokemon in the PC were sent to Professor Birch's research lab in Littleroot Town. Professor Birch was an incompetent slack-off loser, who never took care of the Pokemon he was in charge of and always spent the day out researching with his daughter, May.
"I would be enforcing this," Allie went on, "but I have terrible news and we all need to hear it."
Typhlosion, the other Silver Pokemon, and Stormfront looked up. They knew when Allie was serious and when she was not. Suicune as well looked worried. Layla and Lanturn looked ready to have some fun in the rain. Blaziken didn't care, and the rest of the Pokemon there were still knocked out.
"I think we should all rest up a bit before we discuss what's going on," Allie decided after eyeing her Pokemon's various injuries. Typhlosion nodded in agreement, and with that Allie returned all of her Pokemon to their Pokeballs, hopped on Stormfront, and flew away to the nearest Pokemon center.
~*~*~
And now, a short intermission from SC!
SC: Who-wee! That was a long chapter! And it's not over yet! I'll try to keep it short and simple while Allie explains the trouble to the others, but there's so much to tell, I might not be able to.
Here's a recap for anyone who doesn't quite understand yet:
As to where Stormfront went, he went off to find Allie, who is the trainer of all 15 of the Pokemon I've mentioned.
Layla is the nickname of the Lapras that came in a few paragraphs ago. Lanturn and Suicune were with her. All three of them are under the Crystal category.
With this category thing, it's mainly so I can refer to the different groups of Pokemon without naming them all.
The Silver category consists of Typhlosion, Halsemon the Pidgeot, Megan the Umbreon, Espeon, and Quagsire.
Stormfront is not officially in a group, but for this story he is with Silver. Stormfront is a Charizard. I hope you knew that at least.
Crystal only has three Pokemon: Layla the Lapras, Lanturn, and Suicune. There are only three because the others I normally have don't fit the story purpose or are duplicates. (If you really want to know, I have another Typhlosion and Pidgeot, plus a Houndoom.)
Sapphire has Blaziken, Slipher the Seviper, Falco the Swellow, Thundra the Manectric, Razorfon the Tropius, and Furaigon the Flygon.
Don't ask about the nicknames, they have sentimental value. ^__^
Yes, I know some of the names aren't gender coordinated (look at Megan!), but for most of them, I caught and named them before I noticed their genders.
Just so you know ahead of time, the main characters for this story are the six Silver Pokemon, Suicune, and Blaziken. The others are sort of minor characters, but will be important later.
Finally, for the Blaziken/jerk thing, that's explained at the very end of the chapter. (Ha, now you have to read it all! ^__^)
That's all I have to recap, so from now on, pay attention! I have to summarize everything for y'all! (Just kidding. Now on with the story.)
~*~*~
Once everyone had been returned to full health, Stormfront flew all of them, still inside their Pokeballs, to Allie's well hidden secret base. After they were all inside the rustic tree house, they sat down comfortably on her Fire Blast mat and prepared for the worst.
"Okay everyone," Allie said to all fifteen of her comrades, "the news I have is very grim indeed. A friend of mine uses Pokemon like spies for finding out hidden clues and catching crooks. This morning, after y'all had been let out to train, he contacted me and told me of a major operation he had discovered.
"As you know, Team Rocket has no executive power in Hoenn, and that two other teams, Aqua and Magma, have it under their control. Apparently, Giovanni had this scheme that would give him control over the world, but he couldn't pull it off alone. He contacted Archie of Team Aqua, who in turn contacted the leader of Team Magma. Eventually, they decided to work together to achieve their goal."
"Are you saying," Typhlosion inquired suddenly, "that all three of them have united?"
"I'm afraid that is true, Typhlosion," Allie replied sternly.
"What exactly is their goal?" Suicune asked.
"It's a very sinister one indeed. They have decided," Allie paused dramatically, "to capture every legendary Pokemon in existence."
There was a unified chorus of gasps that went around the room. Typhlosion and Suicune leapt up.
"This is serious! They could control the whole world with that kind of power!" Typhlosion roared.
"There could be lives at stake!" Suicune yelled.
"That's why he told me first. We're to meet him tomorrow at a secret location that I cannot tell you about right now. We'll have to leave immediately if we're to get there on time." Allie said, getting up and grabbing her bag.
"Wait, wait, wait! Does your friend just expect us to believe that we'll find a way to stop these guys?" Blaziken hollered. "I mean, why pick us over another trainer's Pokemon?"
"Because we have an advantage. We have something they're looking for." Allie smirked as she thought of their luck. "We have one of the legendaries."
All eyes in the room turned to face Suicune. Suicune looked down. He had chosen Allie to be his master, and now understood the responsibility that was bestowed upon him as a Pokemon of legend.
"Aha, so I'm like live bait aren't I?" he asked with a grin.
"Not exactly. I'll explain the rest when we get there. For now, all of you go back into your Pokeballs. We have a long journey ahead. Stormfront, go step outside so we can take off quickly.
Stormfront nodded and went outside to wait while Allie busied herself with getting her partners back into their Pokeballs. Once all were in but one, she turned to face Blaziken, who was the last one left. "What caused you to become so mental today?"
Blaziken eyed the ground for a moment, then said in a rushed manner, "You always talk about Typhlosion and the others. Typhlosion this, Megan that, blah, blah, blah. It gets rather depressing after awhile!"
Allie smiled a little before returning him to his Pokeball. She stuffed the Pokeballs, some recovery items, and her trusty Acro Bike into her bag before grabbing a set of keys and rushing out of the base.
Once outside, she locked the door to her secret base and jumped onto Stormfront's back. She turned back and stared at her lovely abode for a moment, wondering how long it would be until she saw it again. She sighed, then nudged Stormfront in the side, and together they took off into the horizon.
~*~*~
SC: AAAH! WHAT A HORRIBLE SCHEME! STUPID TEAM ROCKET!!!
Suicune: Yeah, that is a pretty evil plot. I'm ashamed!
Blaziken: . IT WAS JUST JEALOSY? That's why I was a jerk? That's stupid.
SC: I know. I was originally going to have you be brainwashed by Team Rocket, but that would be silly. ^__^
Suicune: I hope my legendary friends will be okay.
Typhlosion: Only one person knows.
SC: ^__^ *not telling*
Others: -_-'
Layla and Lanturn: *asleep* Zzzz.
SC: -_-'
Megan: Hey! It's not her fault she writes long chapters!
SC: I'm just a very detailed author! *is hurt*
Layla and Lanturn: Just kidding! We just got in the story! We won't fall asleep as long as we're in it!
Stormfront: You're turning me into a pack mule! All I do is carry Allie around on my back! You should at least give me a shrubbery for the trouble!
Knights Who Say Nee: Wait! We're now no longer the Knights Who Say "Nee!" We are now the Knights Who Say "Ekkie Ekkie Ekkie Ekkie Puh-kang ZOOT-poing grumble, grumble, grumble."
Pokemon: -_-'
SC: ^__^ Ha, I love those guys!
Blaziken: Anyways.
Suicune: On with closing the chapter.
SC: Oh yeah! The chapter's over. There! Now Review and Wait for the next chapter!
This is the chapter where all of the mystery Pokemon are revealed, including three who haven't appeared yet! Plus, at the end of the chapter, the main plot line is revealed. (The whole point of this fic is not to fight!) Prepare for the ultimate battle!
Warning: This is a very long chapter. Sorry, I'm just a wordy kind of person. ^__^
Chapter 3~ Arrivals and Adventures
They came.
Out through the bushes they crashed. Typhlosion found himself facing six fearsome Pokemon. Blaziken was standing in front of the line, flanked on both sides by two more Pokemon: Slipher and Thundra on the left, and Falco and Razorfon on the right. Furaigon was hovering just above Blaziken.
"So," Blaziken said, glaring down at his prey, "I have finally found you. You really weren't that hard to find."
The five Pokemon advanced on Typhlosion; leaning forward and making themselves look more threatening. They looked as though they might have attacked had not Blaziken held up his hand.
"No. It is I who must defeat this oaf and establish my rein of power." He might as well have been using Glare attack: the look he gave his lackeys made them all shudder with terror.
Typhlosion used the opportunity to speak out. "Why did you join him? Can you not see that he will oppress you once he does defeat me?"
Slipher looked down at the ground. "I'm sorry," she said sadly. "We have to obey. Allie put him in charge of us for the day." She gave Typhlosion a look of pity.
"I understand," Typhlosion comforted, giving way to a fraction of a smile on Slipher's face.
"Enough of the nobility," Blaziken huffed. "On to the battlefield."
The seven of them went back to the site of the original battle. The large crater Typhlosion had created earlier was still there, with an imprinted silhouette of Blaziken in the middle.
"This is it Typhlosion. I'm gonna' do to you what you did to me." Blaziken flexed his muscled ruthlessly, and once again assumed his deadly fighting pose.
Typhlosion was breathing heavily, and in a lot of pain, yet he knew that he must do this task. He posed.
Blaziken charged.
Typhlosion didn't have enough time or energy to get out of the way. He stood and braced himself for impact, knowing that this was the end. Blaziken was nearly upon him, claws wide, teeth bared, eyes glaring. He jumped, and just when he was about to connect, he stopped.
Blaziken was frozen in mid-air.
Just floating directly in front of Typhlosion. There was a faintly glowing purple outline around him, suspending him from gravity. Blaziken squirmed and fidgeted, but he couldn't get down nor move at all.
Ka-SHIK!
A shadow burst out of the bushes and collided with Blaziken directly into his stomach. Blaziken couldn't dodge the attack, and he cried out in pain. The shadow turned and raced towards the five soldiers, now a black blur, and tackled them fiercely.
Typhlosion smiled. "I thought you'd never show up, Megan."
The blur pivoted and raced towards Typhlosion, stopping just in front of him. Its edges became more solid as it slowed down, making it look less and less like a shadow. Once it had fully stopped, it opened its eyes and looked up at Typhlosion.
"I'm glad to see you're okay," he said. Megan turned towards Blaziken once more, his golden rings aglow. He had never sounded so angry in his life.
"How DARE you take us for fools! You should never have challenged us Blaziken! You thought you would get a simple one-on-one fight eh? Well that's never the case. You're dealing with a one on-five-there, buster." Megan's blood-red eyes were even redder with hatred.
Blaziken was thunderstruck. / How could he just appear out of no where? There wasn't enough time for Halsemon to tell him, and Typhlosion couldn't have either, so how.? /
He continued to struggle, trying to free himself from the purple light. Megan growled and yelled up at the open sky:
"Turn up the power brother!"
Instantly, the purple light grew brighter. Its intensity doubled, tripled, quadrupled every second. Blaziken was screaming in agony, doubling over in pain. Megan stepped up and focused, the glowing ring on his forehead sparkling even brighter. He let out a roar and the built up energy escaped, engulfing Blaziken. His golden light combined with the purple one and became so bright there was nothing visible where Blaziken once stood. Only his agonizing, bloodcurdling screams could be heard.
"That's enough!" Typhlosion hollered, not wanting to hear those screams again. Megan's rings stopped glowing, and the golden light faded. The purple light diminished, dwindling down until there was nothing left. Blaziken dropped to the ground like a sack of potatoes.
He was breathing heavily, and twitching slightly as the echo of pain overshadowed him. Blaziken spoke in barely more than a hushed whisper, "Attack them you fools!"
Slipher and the others were hesitant, but then they surged forward as one. Heading straight for Typhlosion, they screeched and hollered like Indian warriors on the attack.
GURGLE-GURGLE-SPLOOSH!
A wide, fast-moving stream of water spilled down from an unknown location above them. It blocked the advancing Pokemon from reaching their target.
Typhlosion looked up just as the water stopped and a light blue Pokemon leaped down from Halsemon's back. With a thud she turned and fired another Water Gun. The other Pokemon scattered, trying to avoid her aim.
"Great timing Halsemon!" Typhlosion called up to her as she flew down to land. "I knew you'd find Quagsire in time."
"How could she not find me? We're like sisters!" Quagsire said, happily wagging its rounded tail.
"Now we're all here," Megan said, and called out again to the open air. "Alright! You can stop hiding now! The sneak attack's over and we're all here!"
There was a shimmer of silver and lilac as a slender Pokemon emerged from behind a tree. It walked over to join Megan and the others, yet it was so smooth and refined it seemed to glide just above the ground.
"Thanks for backing me up Espeon," Typhlosion said, awed by his splendid battle performance.
"Anytime," he replied. His voice seemed to ring through the air like a freshly played flute melody upon the wind. "'Twas only a simple Psychic attack. I'm sure you would have done the same for me."
"I would do that for anybody." Typhlosion's reply made Espeon smile, his eyes shining like heavenly lavender diamonds.
The battle was evenly matched, five on five. Two sets of Pokemon formed rows, facing each other about twenty feet apart. All of Hades was about to break lose when Typhlosion suddenly yelped in pain. He staggered, then collapsed to his knees.
"Typhlosion! What's wrong buddy?" Megan asked, dismayed. "I don't think I've quite recovered from that last battle," he choked. "You'll have to fight without me." When Megan gave him a look of shock he continued, "Don't worry. You'll do fine. The four of you combined are almost indomitable. Teach these youngins' what it's really all about." He grinned, even though his side felt like he had been stabbed.
Megan nodded, then turned to face the battlefield. Sparks flew between their eyes until everything was still and tense, like a rubber band about to be shot.
Let's just say someone fired it.
Halsemon flew up above the battle, wanting to avoid as much contact as possible and swoop in unexpectedly. However, Falco and Furaigon followed her into the air and chased after her. They pulled off some stunning combinations of Falco's Aerial Ace and Furaigon's Faint Attack. Halsemon had to dodge each time as they popped in and out of sight.
Back on the ground, each Pokemon had chosen another to battle. Quagsire was battling with Slipher, Espeon was ravaging Razorfon, and Megan was having an all out melee with Thundra.
Slipher reared her black head and attempted to use Poison Fang on Quagsire. She struck, landing a hit on her tail. Quagsire looked at Slipher expectantly and blinked, not feeling a thing.
/ What? This was supposed to devastate her! / Slipher thought frantically.
Quagsire merely grinned, and leapt up into the air, Slipher still attached to her tail. She landed on the ground with a thud, creating another Earthquake attack, just as Typhlosion had done. Slipher was sent reeling from the shock waves and landed in a heap next to Blaziken. She had been knocked out.
Meanwhile, Razorfon had stopped tackling Espeon and frozen in its tracks. He lowered his head, and the leaves on his back began to glow, particles of light gathering on them. Espeon thought quickly of a way to lessen the attack. He turned to Quagsire.
"Hey Quagsire! You're done battling, so why don't you help me?" Espeon cried. Quagsire studied the situation quickly and carefully before nodding in agreement.
"Use Rain Dance!"
Quagsire closed her eyes and put her arms out in front of her. What came next was probably the cheesiest dance you've ever seen. She waved her arms around stupidly and performed odd movements with her feet.
"Quagsire! Quagsire! Quag Quag Quagsire! Quagsire! Quagsire! Quag Quag Quagsire!" she chanted in the native tongue of Pokemon.
Almost instantly, rain clouds began to form in the sky, and soon after a heavy downpour of water rushed over them. Not a moment too soon for Espeon, because right then Razorfon fired a Solarbeam straight at him. He didn't even try to dodge, and the feeble flashlight of sunshine faded away quickly.
Razorfon was taken aback by their teamwork, and Espeon chose to fire a powerful Psybeam. Rocks shattered as the beam of rainbow energy rushed past, surging forward and applying a critical hit to Razorfon. He too was knocked out. Team Silver was 0 for 2.
Megan was not doing nearly so well. Quagsire's Rain Dance was helping Thundra, making her electric attacks devastating. She let lose a Thunder attack, and with the rain raising its accuracy it struck Megan hard.
Halsemon was still fighting one-on-two, still dodging Falco and Furaigon's swift barrages. She could see Megan below her, paralyzed by the Thunder attack. This gave Halsemon a brilliant notion. Between dodges she flew until she was directly above Thundra. There she hovered, waiting for her foes to take the bait.
Falco took the opportunity and charged for Halsemon. Below, Thundra was about to use another Thunder attack on Megan. Halsemon dodged Falco just as Thundra unleashed the attack. The lightning bolt came down from the sky, but it never reached Thundra. It collided with Falco in midair and blasted him to the ground. He gave an almighty wheeze before fainting.
Furious about losing his partner, Furaigon fired a powerful Dragonbreath at Halsemon while she wasn't looking. It struck her in the back and knocked her out of the air. She hit the ground with a thud. Halsemon wasn't knocked out, but she had been tired out to the point where battling would be pointless.
Blaziken had been watching the squall for quite some time now, and chose to rummage around in the knapsack where the Pokeballs were originally. Inside he found three Full Restores and a Max Revive. He used a Full Restore on himself, and the Max Revive on Slipher. Then he got up and jumped into the battle between Thundra and Megan.
"What do you think you're doing?" Thundra demanded, afraid that Blaziken would take the glory from her match. Blaziken merely smirked and used the second Full Restore on her. After that he leaped high into the air and aimed the last of the Full Restores at Furaigon. The remedies took effect and rejuvenated their energy.
Shocked, Quagsire, Espeon, and a badly injured Megan faced four fully recovered Pokemon, including Blaziken himself. It seemed like the end for them all, and Blaziken stepped forth with his acceptance speech.
"Well, it seems that all your valiant efforts have been in vain," he sneered, towering above them with strength and pride. "Your leader has fallen, and your friend has been downed from the skies."
"Not true." Three Pokemon turned to face Typhlosion, who had courageously stood up from his location and joined his teammates, despite his injuries. A rustling of feathers met their ears as Halsemon came into the fray. She smiled at them, and they saw the scorched feathers on her wings and back. She could not fly.
"Ha!" Blaziken chortled. "You think your righteousness will prevail over me, just like in the movies. I've already won, and you know it! The Silver Five have lost their first battle."
"You may defeat us as individuals," Typhlosion said, his eyes filled with the same kind of rage as the swirling flames on his back. "But you will never defeat our unified hearts!" Lightning from the storm crashed overhead as he spoke.
"Very well." Blaziken seemed not the least bit moved by Typhlosion's speech. "I shall make a note to remove whatever hearts you have once you're destroyed. Attack!" he commanded, and raised his fist into the air.
RASHOAR!!!
A courageous roar louder than the storm itself filled the dark sky. Blaziken and his troops halted instantly, and searched the heavens for whatever had made the sound.
KA-FOOSH!
A river of fire, strong enough to survive the heavy downpour of water, rushed from the sky and blasted the ground between the two sides. A dark, red-orange form flew past and landed heavily, causing the ground to shake. A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, shedding some light upon the awkward scene.
Five Pokemon, three of them injured, were across from four ready-to-go Pokemon, and all nine of them were in shock from what they had seen. There was another Pokemon in their midst. It was Stormfront. They saw a young girl leap off of his back and three Pokeballs flash in her hands.
"Let's teach these newbies a lesson, shall we?" she yelled through a smirk and tossed the three crystalline balls into the air.
A rush of diamond light filled their vision as the Pokeballs released their contents. Even before the Pokemon had fully emerged, the girl was giving them orders:
"Use whatever moves you want to take 'em down!"
"La-a-a!"
"Eee-eee!"
"CUNE!!!"
Various attacks were directed at Blaziken's war party, including an Ice Beam, Bubblebeam, and Aurora Beam. Blaziken was knocked back, and whatever was left of his troops was KO'd.
"What.how.who attacked us?" Blaziken questioned.
When the smoke had cleared, in front of Blaziken's fallen army was a Lanturn, a Lapras, and a rather ferocious looking Suicune. All three looked ready to annihilate, especially with the rain raising their fighting power.
The girl spoke up again. "Blaziken! How dare you cause such a ruckus while I'm away! I told you to train, not to conquer the world!"
Blaziken looked at the ground sadly, and Typhlosion and the others all smiled. Allie continued chewing out Blaziken: "You ignorant rookie! I've trained you to behave better than that! You deserve to be punished! I should put you in the PC for awhile!"
Blaziken looked up in shock. / No! / He screamed in his mind. / Not the PC! Noooooo! / Pokemon in the PC were sent to Professor Birch's research lab in Littleroot Town. Professor Birch was an incompetent slack-off loser, who never took care of the Pokemon he was in charge of and always spent the day out researching with his daughter, May.
"I would be enforcing this," Allie went on, "but I have terrible news and we all need to hear it."
Typhlosion, the other Silver Pokemon, and Stormfront looked up. They knew when Allie was serious and when she was not. Suicune as well looked worried. Layla and Lanturn looked ready to have some fun in the rain. Blaziken didn't care, and the rest of the Pokemon there were still knocked out.
"I think we should all rest up a bit before we discuss what's going on," Allie decided after eyeing her Pokemon's various injuries. Typhlosion nodded in agreement, and with that Allie returned all of her Pokemon to their Pokeballs, hopped on Stormfront, and flew away to the nearest Pokemon center.
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And now, a short intermission from SC!
SC: Who-wee! That was a long chapter! And it's not over yet! I'll try to keep it short and simple while Allie explains the trouble to the others, but there's so much to tell, I might not be able to.
Here's a recap for anyone who doesn't quite understand yet:
As to where Stormfront went, he went off to find Allie, who is the trainer of all 15 of the Pokemon I've mentioned.
Layla is the nickname of the Lapras that came in a few paragraphs ago. Lanturn and Suicune were with her. All three of them are under the Crystal category.
With this category thing, it's mainly so I can refer to the different groups of Pokemon without naming them all.
The Silver category consists of Typhlosion, Halsemon the Pidgeot, Megan the Umbreon, Espeon, and Quagsire.
Stormfront is not officially in a group, but for this story he is with Silver. Stormfront is a Charizard. I hope you knew that at least.
Crystal only has three Pokemon: Layla the Lapras, Lanturn, and Suicune. There are only three because the others I normally have don't fit the story purpose or are duplicates. (If you really want to know, I have another Typhlosion and Pidgeot, plus a Houndoom.)
Sapphire has Blaziken, Slipher the Seviper, Falco the Swellow, Thundra the Manectric, Razorfon the Tropius, and Furaigon the Flygon.
Don't ask about the nicknames, they have sentimental value. ^__^
Yes, I know some of the names aren't gender coordinated (look at Megan!), but for most of them, I caught and named them before I noticed their genders.
Just so you know ahead of time, the main characters for this story are the six Silver Pokemon, Suicune, and Blaziken. The others are sort of minor characters, but will be important later.
Finally, for the Blaziken/jerk thing, that's explained at the very end of the chapter. (Ha, now you have to read it all! ^__^)
That's all I have to recap, so from now on, pay attention! I have to summarize everything for y'all! (Just kidding. Now on with the story.)
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Once everyone had been returned to full health, Stormfront flew all of them, still inside their Pokeballs, to Allie's well hidden secret base. After they were all inside the rustic tree house, they sat down comfortably on her Fire Blast mat and prepared for the worst.
"Okay everyone," Allie said to all fifteen of her comrades, "the news I have is very grim indeed. A friend of mine uses Pokemon like spies for finding out hidden clues and catching crooks. This morning, after y'all had been let out to train, he contacted me and told me of a major operation he had discovered.
"As you know, Team Rocket has no executive power in Hoenn, and that two other teams, Aqua and Magma, have it under their control. Apparently, Giovanni had this scheme that would give him control over the world, but he couldn't pull it off alone. He contacted Archie of Team Aqua, who in turn contacted the leader of Team Magma. Eventually, they decided to work together to achieve their goal."
"Are you saying," Typhlosion inquired suddenly, "that all three of them have united?"
"I'm afraid that is true, Typhlosion," Allie replied sternly.
"What exactly is their goal?" Suicune asked.
"It's a very sinister one indeed. They have decided," Allie paused dramatically, "to capture every legendary Pokemon in existence."
There was a unified chorus of gasps that went around the room. Typhlosion and Suicune leapt up.
"This is serious! They could control the whole world with that kind of power!" Typhlosion roared.
"There could be lives at stake!" Suicune yelled.
"That's why he told me first. We're to meet him tomorrow at a secret location that I cannot tell you about right now. We'll have to leave immediately if we're to get there on time." Allie said, getting up and grabbing her bag.
"Wait, wait, wait! Does your friend just expect us to believe that we'll find a way to stop these guys?" Blaziken hollered. "I mean, why pick us over another trainer's Pokemon?"
"Because we have an advantage. We have something they're looking for." Allie smirked as she thought of their luck. "We have one of the legendaries."
All eyes in the room turned to face Suicune. Suicune looked down. He had chosen Allie to be his master, and now understood the responsibility that was bestowed upon him as a Pokemon of legend.
"Aha, so I'm like live bait aren't I?" he asked with a grin.
"Not exactly. I'll explain the rest when we get there. For now, all of you go back into your Pokeballs. We have a long journey ahead. Stormfront, go step outside so we can take off quickly.
Stormfront nodded and went outside to wait while Allie busied herself with getting her partners back into their Pokeballs. Once all were in but one, she turned to face Blaziken, who was the last one left. "What caused you to become so mental today?"
Blaziken eyed the ground for a moment, then said in a rushed manner, "You always talk about Typhlosion and the others. Typhlosion this, Megan that, blah, blah, blah. It gets rather depressing after awhile!"
Allie smiled a little before returning him to his Pokeball. She stuffed the Pokeballs, some recovery items, and her trusty Acro Bike into her bag before grabbing a set of keys and rushing out of the base.
Once outside, she locked the door to her secret base and jumped onto Stormfront's back. She turned back and stared at her lovely abode for a moment, wondering how long it would be until she saw it again. She sighed, then nudged Stormfront in the side, and together they took off into the horizon.
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SC: AAAH! WHAT A HORRIBLE SCHEME! STUPID TEAM ROCKET!!!
Suicune: Yeah, that is a pretty evil plot. I'm ashamed!
Blaziken: . IT WAS JUST JEALOSY? That's why I was a jerk? That's stupid.
SC: I know. I was originally going to have you be brainwashed by Team Rocket, but that would be silly. ^__^
Suicune: I hope my legendary friends will be okay.
Typhlosion: Only one person knows.
SC: ^__^ *not telling*
Others: -_-'
Layla and Lanturn: *asleep* Zzzz.
SC: -_-'
Megan: Hey! It's not her fault she writes long chapters!
SC: I'm just a very detailed author! *is hurt*
Layla and Lanturn: Just kidding! We just got in the story! We won't fall asleep as long as we're in it!
Stormfront: You're turning me into a pack mule! All I do is carry Allie around on my back! You should at least give me a shrubbery for the trouble!
Knights Who Say Nee: Wait! We're now no longer the Knights Who Say "Nee!" We are now the Knights Who Say "Ekkie Ekkie Ekkie Ekkie Puh-kang ZOOT-poing grumble, grumble, grumble."
Pokemon: -_-'
SC: ^__^ Ha, I love those guys!
Blaziken: Anyways.
Suicune: On with closing the chapter.
SC: Oh yeah! The chapter's over. There! Now Review and Wait for the next chapter!