Chapter 2

Black Jack, Max, May and Isaac sat in spectators' gallery of the coliseum, waiting for Meowth and Mysterious to battle in the first round, while Centurion and Brutus stood at the other side of the coliseum with a gong between them.

Mysterious was first of the two to make his way out into the arena, and then it was Meowth who was still looking very nervous.

"Don't worry, Meowth!" Isaac yelled, encouraging him, as did Max and May. "You'll do fine! Just be a little confident and do your best!"

"I can hear a lie detector exploding," Black Jack said smugly. Suddenly, he heard his cell phone ring and answered it. "What?" he asked in an uninterested tone, knowing who it was.

"Pursue victory with honour!" Centurion yelled as he raised his lance. "Begin!" he yelled as he pointed at the two combatants.

As Brutus sounded the gong, starting the match, Meowth still stood scared while Mysterious confidently looked at him.

"I'll offer you to make the first move," Mysterious said.
"Gee… tanks," Meowth replied nervously.

Meowth then gathered up his courage as he ran towards while Mysterious still stood where he was. Meowth leapt into the air, as he was about to make his attack, much to Isaac's need to shout out…

"Meowth!" he yelled. "Don't attack straight ahead!"

"Oh no!" Meowth thought nervously, as he knew what was coming next.

Mysterious swung his gigantic spoon to knock Meowth out into the air like he was a baseball. "Looks like I'm blasting off alone!" Meowth cried, as he became out of sight. But he fell back into the stadium and crash-landed on a spectator seat behind Black Jack, who was still on his cell phone, much to the shock of Max and May.

"Hmm? Oh, it was only Meowth losing a battle," Black Jack said, still speaking into the cell phone. "But unfortunately, Jenny, he'll be fine. See you, later."

"The winner… Mysterious!" Centurion yelled as he pointed his lance to his comrade while Black Jack placed away his cell phone.

"I'm next," Isaac said as he got off his seat, looking at the unconscious Meowth.

A few minutes later, Isaac came onto the battlefield, as did Brutus. Showing no fear, Isaac took out his pokeball off his belt. "Go! Heracross!" he yelled as he tossed it out.

The blue horned insect pokemon materialised out of his pokeball and yelled out his name, getting ready to battle. "Pursue victory with honour!" Centurion yelled as he held up his lance. "Begin!"

Mysterious hit the gong, letting the battle commence.

"Heracross!" Isaac yelled as he pointed at the opposition. "Megahorn attack!"

Heracross opened his wings and quickly flew directly towards Brutus, aiming his horn as it glowed vigorously.

Brutus also charged at Heracross, ready to swing his axe. He swung his axe at Heracross but missed as Heracross flew up high into the air.

Brutus looked up at Heracross, predicting what he was going to do next. Heracross dived at Brutus using his Megahorn attack but missed as Brutus moved out of the way.

"Right," Isaac thought as he clenched his fist in a determined way. "New strategy."

"Heracross!" he yelled. "Do the runner!"

Heracross nodded at his trainer's instructions and charged at Brutus once again. Brutus prepared himself to counter what attack that Heracross was going to use. As Heracross got closer, Brutus attempted to slam his axe on top of Heracross but missed as Heracross flew passed him, making him hit the ground instead.

As Brutus turned round, Heracross stuck his tongue at him while pulling a funny face, which made Brutus angry and began chasing him around the arena.

As the chasing continued, Heracross turned out to be faster than Brutus, who couldn't catch up with him.

"Come on, Brutus, you're more slower than a Slakoth," Black Jack said, getting a little bit bored while Meowth was still unconscious.

Knowing that he couldn't catch up, Brutus threw his axe. "Heracross! Look out!" Isaac warned.

Heracross heard his trainer's voice and looked back at the incoming axe. But to his surprise, the axe went over his head, missing him. Heracross let out a small laugh with closed tight eyes but ended slamming into the pole of the axe that landed in front of him.

Heracross became dizzy as he walked away from the axe. Brutus saw this as an opportunity to knock him out.

"Heracross!" Isaac yelled. "Look out!"

But Heracross still stumbled as he walked towards Brutus as Brutus swung his fist towards him but missed as Heracross fell to the floor, inadvertently hitting one of Brutus's legs, making him lose balance and hitting his body against the arena walls.

Heracross shook away his dizziness and saw Brutus in his weakened state. "Now's your chance!" Isaac yelled. "Megahorn attack!"

Heracross's horn glowed more vigorously than his last Megahorn as he charged at the staggered Brutus. With great impact, he slammed Brutus through the arena walls. Brutus slowly stood still feeling dizzy and then falling to the floor unconscious.

Both Mysterious and Centurion looked through the hole of the wall and saw Brutus knocked out on the floor. "The winners… Isaac and Heracross!" Centurion yelled as he pointed at Heracross.

"Way to go, Heracross!" Isaac yelled happily.
"Heracro!" Heracross yelled, also being happy.
"Well, well," Black Jack thought in an impressed tone. "Impressive strength."

Knowing that it was Black Jack and Centurion next, they both looked at each other with narrowed eyes.

"This is it," Black Jack thought. "To save the kids, I gotta beat this guy."
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