Chapter 4

They looked up and saw a helicopter hovering over them, attempting to land into the coliseum. As they landed, one of the Team Dark grunts jumped out of the helicopter. "You are such a fool, Centurion!" he yelled, catching the weakened Centurion's attention, who was being helped up by Nidoking. "We have grown tired of you and your 'fighting with honour' stuff! You're working for Team Dark, not for justice! For that, you shall be punished for making a nonsense out of Team Dark!"

Centurion's eyes became widened with shock. Why did his human comrades attack him while he was attempting to defeat his enemy? Why was his enemy helping him get to his feet?

"Well, to tell you something," Black Jack shouted. "You punks are already a joke to me!"

"You dare insult us?" shouted the grunt. "Get them!"

Black Jack pointed his finger at his foes. "Metagross!" he yelled. "Blow them away with your Hyper Beam!"

Metagross's eyes glowed as he began charging up his powers to the fullest.

"So you want to play a shooting game, eh?" the grunt shouted. "Get ready to shoot them, men!"

Two of the grunts kneeled down to one knee and began charging up the powers of their bazooka weapons. "Ready…" yelled the leading grunt. "Aim… FIRE!"

"Shoot!" Black Jack ordered as Metagross shot out two humongous lights beams out of its eyes while the grunts also shot out their weapons. The two forces collided, creating a huge explosion upon impact.

"Now!" the leading grunt ordered. "While Metagross regains its energy, I need two more of you to open fire."

"Not so fast!" shouted a girl's voice. "Bulbasaur! Use your Razor Leaf!"

A bulbasaur jumped out of the smoke and shot out spinning leaves out of its back, knocking the weapons out of the grunts's hands as May ran into the battle scene, along with Combusken, Munchlax and Beautifly. "Now Combusken!" she shouted. "Flamethrower!"

Combusken jumped into the air and shot a lick of flame at the grunts, distracting them as they jumped out of harm's way as May called Beautifly out to use her Stun Spore. Beautifly as she flew up high in the air and fluttered her wings to scatter her dusts all over the grunts, paralysing them in the process as they inadvertently breathed in the dust.

"Thanks, May," Black Jack said. "At least you've saved some time for me. Now let's smash that helicopter apart!"

Before anyone made a move, they heard another helicopter hovering over them. "More of these?" May yelled in an annoyed tone.

"If they think that I'm going to pay for their medical bill, they can forget it," Black Jack, also feeling annoyed.

Meanwhile, back at the spectators' gallery, Meowth and Max were watching the action, with Max was yelling out encouragements to his sister. Little did they realise that two Team Dark grunts were creeping up on them from behind. "Heracro!" yelled a hissy voice, catching the grunts' attention.

That also caught Max and Meowth's attention, as they turned round. They turned to the voice's attention, as did the grunts and they saw Heracross standing on top of a pillar. Without warning, Heracross leapt off the pillar and landed his body on top of the grunts, knocking them down. "Nice body slam, Heracross!" Isaac said running from the battle scene and back to Max and Meowth.

(Author's note: () Pokemon translation)

While Black Jack and the others were still battling the grunts, Nidoking was tending to Centurion, who had his hand on his hurt back. He took his hand off his back, showing no pain as he stood up. "(I don't get it,)" Nidoking said. "(Why do you call yourself a warrior of honour when you are fighting for the bad guys?)"

Centurion looked at the curious Nidoking. "Like your friends, I also fought for the good of this world," he answered, much to Nidoking's shock.

Flashback-

IThis village was a peaceful place to us, full of love and friendship towards others. Brutus, Mysterious and I were the only protectors of this town and no one caused any trouble because of that. Until one fateful day…

Team Dark invaded our village, looking for riches and strong pokemon like us, destroying everyone and everything that came their way. Many have died or escaped during the raid. Brutus and Mysterious struggled against our enemies but I never surrendered. Soon, I came face to face with a powerful but psychotic Machamp. Even though I knew what a Machamp looked like, he was wearing a mask covering mainly his mouth.

I fought long and hard against this strong opponent, but he was ruthless, relentless and powerful. Soon, I was defeated…/I

End Flashback-

"The Team Dark leader acknowledged our strengths and used our DNA to increase our abilities," he continued. He then looked at his hands. "And turned us into monsters…" he whispered.

"(You guys ain't monsters,)" Nidoking replied. "(Those Team Dark punks are.)"

Centurion suddenly felt the pains on his back as he fell to his knees. Concerned, Nidoking intended to help Centurion. "I've been hurt worst," Centurion said, assuring him. "You better see to that your friends succeed in defeating the grunts."

Nidoking nodded in agreement as he ran to help Black Jack and the others to fend off the grunts.

As Centurion looked on with a smile on his face two familiar figures came over to him. "Centurion," said one of them.

Centurion turned his head round and saw two of his friends, Mysterious and Brutus, and showed a small smile. "Alive and kicking I see," he said.

"Indeed," Mysterious replied as he looked at the battle scene. "Alive is what we are, and the kicking is what we shall do!"

"My sentiments exactly," Brutus said. "We'll show everyone on this battlefield how real fighters fight!"

They placed their weapons together in respect for each other. They then looked at the direction of the battle. "CHARGE!" the three creatures yelled simultaneously as they charged into battle.

Black Jack's Feraligatr looked at their direction. "Talk about crashing the party!" he thought as he raised his forelegs to defend himself.

"(Feraligatr!)" Nidoking roared as he helped Black Jack and the others knocked down one of the grunts. "They're not our enemies! Trust me!)"

That caught Feraligatr's attention. "(Not our enemies?)" Feraligatr thought. "(Okay Doke…)"

Having so much trust in his friend, yet cautious, Feraligatr slowly let his guard down and to his surprise, the three warriors ran passed him. The blue crocodile stood for a few moments with an anime sweatdrop on his head. "(That was weird…)" Feraligatr growled to himself. "(First, they tried to kill us, now they're fighting with us),"

He ran back into the battle. "(I wish they'd make their minds up)," He growled in an annoyed tone.

The warriors and Black Jack's team were dominant in fending off the grunts of Team Dark. But still being suspicious, Black Jack decided to test the warrior's trust. He spotted Centurion running towards another grunt with his weapon and saw as an opportunity to test Centurion's trust.

As Centurion was about to hit the grunt with his lance, Black Jack ran into the grunt's direction and knocked him down with a punch to the face. Centurion quickly noticed this and stopped his attack millimetres away his chest.

Black Jack showed a small smile, showing that he now trusted Centurion and his friends. He picked up the grunt that he knocked down. "This was yours, right?" he asked, much to the grunt's confusion.

He shoved the grunt towards Centurion and Centurion held his lance horizontally, hitting he grunt's neck with the pole of his lance, knocking him down.

"We've lost the advantage!" One of the grunts yelled. "We must retreat now!"

The other grunts did as they were instructed as they made their back to the helicopters. "Hey!" Black Jack yelled. "Let us help you out!"

"Hey!" May yelled. "Me too! Combusk…"

To her shock, there were two Blaziken sending the other grunts away. "Could it be that… my Combusken evolved into Blaziken?" May cried happily.

"Let's send those punks flying!" Black Jack said, which May agreed to.

"Blaziken!" they both yelled in unison. "Mega Kick attack!"

Both Blaziken engulfed in flames as they ran towards the two helicopters, much to the grunts' dismay. They both leapt into the air and kicked a helicopter each like soccer balls, sending them flying until they were out of sight.

"Victory!" Brutus yelled happily as he raised his axe in triumph while the others also celebrated their victory.

May ran over to her Blaziken and gave it a huge hug in happiness, which Blaziken also returned. Others also congratulated May's Blaziken with its evolution, with Max being the most enthusiastic. "One of us should come up with a nickname for one of our Blaziken," Black Jack suggested.

Black Jack's Blaziken held his paw up, signalling that he had a suggestion. He kneeled down and wrote down four letters that spelt out 'Chan'.

"Is that what you wanna be called from now on?" Black Jack asked, which his Blaziken responded with a nod. "I guess that's what his old man used to call him before he died," Black Jack thought to himself theoretically in a sad tone.

He then turned his attention to Centurion who was not showing a happy face, despite their victory. "Why the moody face?" Black Jack asked.

Centurion looked to the skies. "I know that this will not be the last time we meet Team Dark, as long as they exist, we'll never live in peace," he said.

"That's where we come in," Isaac said as he pointed his thumb to himself. "When we kick Team Dark's butt, you guys will be free from them meaning that you can do anything you want… except get in trouble."

"You guys are already free," Black Jack said. "But we haven't finished our match yet."

"There's more to life than battling," Centurion said. "For you have a mission that you must complete."

He opened up one of the ends of his lance and out slid a small orange crystal into his hand, much to Black Jack's team's curiosity. "What is that?" Max asked.

"I am not certain myself," Centurion answered. "We were ordered by the leader to search for this. Maybe he knows what this is."

He handed the crystal over to Black Jack. "At first, we trusted that Team Dark would bring peace to our world," he said. "But now that they saw us as pawns, instruments for destruction, we now leave you this. Help us save the world that we all belong in."

"You're not coming with us?" May asked, as Black Jack took the crystal.

"No," Centurion answered. "For we must protect… our home."

"Can't blame him, I'd never leave my yard unattended," Black Jack said.

"Don't worry, Centurion," Isaac continued as Black Jack tossed the crystal up into the air, catching it confidently and then placing it in his pocket. "We'll beat those Team Dark punks like there'd be no tomorrow!"

Everyone in Black Jack's team set off on Black Jack's motorbike again to the rendezvous point as they waved their goodbyes to the three former members of Team Dark. As they were out of sight, Black Jack kept on the wondering of how special this crystal could be…

Next Epsiode: Ash's team made it to the rendezvous point, where they'd found more of Team Dark's plan... not to mention more trouble from them.

Announcement: This fic will be put on hold for the next 2 - 3 weeks, as I'm going to be very, VERY busy due to university work. But that does not mean that I'm quitting on this fic!

In the mean time... reviews please!