Episode 10: Death Wish Granted
Chapter 1
Black Jack was about to finish off Samson and Shocker when suddenly a blackout happened. He and his pokemon weren't able to see what was going on but after a moment later they were surrounded by grey rocky mountains and black skies.
"What's going on here?" Black Jack whispered. "Is this one of Gartner's tricks?"
"I'm afraid not," said a voice, attracting the attentions of Black Jack and his pokemon. A man, with silver hair, dressed in black clothing with a long purple jacket over them stepped out of the shadows.
"Who are you?" Black Jack asked in uninterested tone. "Another one of those Team Dark idiots?"
The man gave a small snigger. "The name is Damien Tusk," he replied with an evil smile. "I have nothing to do with those idiotic fools. I've summoned you here so I can challenge you to a battle."
"Great, another guy who thinks he can take me down one-on-one," Black Jack thought in a bored tone. "But what's this feeling I have about him?"
"Want to know the reason of your rage within you?" Damien asked as he gave another evil snigger, while Black Jack showed a small shock on his face. "Perhaps I should give you some clues about myself. I have killed many people, just to relieve my boredom and I can tell you that I have lived more years than you have wins on your past winning streak."
Black Jack looked up and down on Damien. The last winning streak he had before he drew in his battle with Ash was over 2000. "This isn't right," he thought. "He looks around twenty."
"Curious if I'm immune to ageing or not?" Damien asked smugly. "Perhaps I can reveal the murderer of your parents."
Black Jack's eyes widened behind his trademark sunglasses as he figured out who the murderer was. "You?" he yelled in shock. His pokemon also yelled out in shock.
"Yes, and the reason was quite obvious," Damien said. "That is, until I found out more about you.
"Yes, I did murder your mother and father when you were just a little boy. The reason, as previously said, out of boredom but that was before I discovered you, a young boy who instantly hated the man who did such a thing, in this case, me."
"Wait a minute…" Black Jack thought with his eyes widened as he looked at Damien's face. "Maybe I have seen his face somewhere before."
-Flashback-
Years ago, at a cemetery a group of people wearing black clothing surrounded two empty graves. Many of them had tears leaking out of their eyes, as they were relatives or friends of the two corpses, most noticeably were two children, the sons of the corpses.
As two coffins began to lower inside their graves, one of the children began to notice that one of the people in black didn't look or feel sad during the whole thing… in fact he was smiling nastily at him, which made slightly him quiver in fear. Still, the boy chose to ignore as he had this angry feeling towards the murderer, not knowing that it was that man.
-End Flashback-
"I had my suspicions that it was you," Black Jack thought deeply.
"Each day, you're pure hatred and anger increased ever since that day," Damien continued. "Only the pokemon that you're carrying kept you calm, making you slightly weak."
Chan and Tyranitar looked back at the shocked and angered Black Jack. "Tar tar!" Tyranitar growled loudly, which meant, "Don't listen to him, Jack!"
Black Jack nodded in response; he instinctively knew what his pokemon was trying to say while Damien continued.
"One time, you teamed up with Team Rocket, making you even stronger… but after you left, you've done some things that made you somewhat a hero… even though you saw yourself as a so-called SOB."
"You drew against Ash Ketchum, who you called your so-called most respected adversary, and defeated William Mane, the man who captured your family. The main reason why that is because of the evilness inside you… which is why I thought that you would be the one worthy enough to challenge me."
Almost everything that Black Jack heard was true, but something inside his mind tells him that there was a lie in Damien's 'speech'. His shocked face turned into a small smile.
"Say whatever you want," Black Jack said. "Fine, you've convinced me that you're the one who killed my parents, and now you wish to challenge me to a pokemon battle… well, you're wish is gonna come true… a death wish that is!"
"My sentiments exactly," Damien said as he also took out two pokeballs of his own. "I propose that the loser of this battle is to be killed."
"Done," Black Jack snarled, who obviously had a hated look in his eyes, looking at his already released pokemon. "Ready, boys?"
Chan and Tyranitar looked at each other and nodded. They then yelled out their battle cries, as they stood ready for battle. They knew that they could possibly be in a fight of their lives. They both knew how Black Jack was feeling at that moment, since they stood by each other's side for such a long time. Having a strong sense of loyalty for each other, letting each other down were the very last thing on their minds.
"Interesting," Damien said as he looked at the opposition while taking out two pokeballs of his own. "Two of my pokemon are quite similar to yours."
He tossed out them and two of his pokemon became released from their pokeballs, letting out their battle cries. They were both similar to two of Black Jack's pokemon. One of them was a brown-shelled skinned Tyranitar with a green center with a large scar across its chest. The other was a Blaziken but with dark purple fur and a light purple mane.
"Be careful, you two," Black Jack warned. "Those two sideshow freaks could be dynamite."
"And it's your pokemon who'll look like sideshow freaks," Damien replied. "And you're going to be next on my death list."
"Tyranitar! Chan!" Black Jack yelled.
"Tombstone! Darkfire! Damien yelled.
"Go!" They yelled in unison.
Upon hearing that command, all of the pokemon ran at the opposition, engaging in a high-staked battle…
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