Episode 11: Is it all worth it?
Chapter 1
"Let Black Jack change his pokemon!" Ash demanded. "If you had nothing to do with this attack on them, then you should let him do that. That is if you're not a coward."
"I refuse," Lawrence replied though the speaker. "Your friend must be either planning a trick or he turns out to be a coward himself."
"Takes one to know one," Wes said. "You hired out a bunch of lackeys to get rid of us and we whipped you every time. What are you afraid of?"
"I fear nothing!" Lawrence yelled in a frustrated tone. "Attack them my creatures!"
Meanwhile, near the prison cells where Misty and the others were kept, two grunts were walking down the corridors. As they turned to one of the corners, a Rhydon crept out of the shadows and slowly walked up behind them. He grabbed one of the grunts from behind and forcefully turned him around to hit him with his metal arm.
That distracted the other grunt, as he turned round to help his comrade but got hit from behind by a man in street clothing who performed a karate chop on him, knocking him out.
"Nice shot, Isaac," the Rhydon said.
"Thanks, Mech," Isaac replied. "But I gotta wonder where that blackout came from."
"Forget about it. We have friends to rescue."
With that, they ran down the corridor, hoping to find their comrades.
Back at the battle arena, the psychotic pokemon yelled out their battle cries and continued battling.
Black Jack was at a disadvantage against Samson and Shocker as Tyranitar and Chan were badly injured from their battle against Damien. Black Jack was about to take his pokeball out to return Chan back into it. But to his and Tyranitar's shock Blaziken, with great difficulty stood up, ready to battle.
"You sure you wanna keep on fighting?" Black Jack murmured to Chan, who turned his eyes towards him and nodded. Black Jack responded back with a smile, knowing what was at stake.
Shocker leapt into the air and let out a loud cry as he shot a huge spark of electricity towards his opponents, who quickly dodged out of the way upon Black Jack's command.
At Ash's part of the battle arena, Ash was beginning was becoming more determined to not only defeat his opponents but help Black Jack anyway he can. He planned to finish off his opponents quickly before helping his partner out.
He noticed that Black Jack looked at his direction and they both nodded as though they agreed on their 'plan'.
"Pikachu!" Ash yelled. "Use your Thunderbolt on Scar Maker!"
Electricity began to spark on Pikachu's red cheeks as he charged up his powers. He ten let out a huge cry, sending a huge bolt of lightning towards the green mantis while it, distracting its double team attack with Berseker against Scpetile.
Scar Maker turned its attention towards the yellow mouse and dashed towards it with its high-speed ability. "Pikachu!" Ash yelled. "Dodge!"
Pikachu leapt into the air to avoid Scar Maker's incoming attack. "Chan!" shouted Black Jack. "Use your Mega Kick on that green bug!"
"Scy?" Scar Maker cried in a puzzled tone as it advertently ran into the foot of the red Blaziken. The back of its head landed harshly on the steel floor, knocking itself out.
"One down," Black Jack thought to himself. "Five more airheads to go."
On Wes's part of the battlefield, Wes was having some trouble with his Espeon and Umbreon battling against Mincer, the seemingly unstoppable Aggron, and Rottwiler, the killer Houndoom. While the enemy were attacking the pokemon of the Snagem renegade, they barely dodged each attack.
"Darn!" Wes cursed as he saw Umbreon and Espeon surrounded by their opponents by both ends, with Mincer carrying a trashcan. "Somehow, they surrounded them and there's no way to escape them… unless…"
Rottweiler began charging towards his opponents while Mincer did the same. "Guys!" Wes yelled. "Dodge!"
Just split seconds away from being hit by the two running pokemon, the dark and psychic pokemon dodged out the way. As a result, Mincer accidentally slammed the trashcan on top of Rottweiler's head, knocking him dizzy.
Ash looked in the direction of the Aggron and saw an opportunity to increase their chances of winning. "Sceptile!" Ash yelled, attracting his attention as he knocked down Berserker with a trashcan lid. "Distract Aggron with your Screech attack!"
Sceptile nodded and made a loud and hideous screech towards Mincer, distracting him from Wes's pokemon. "Now! Use your Slam attack!"
With Aggron distracted, Sceptile ran towards him and performed a thunderous jumping kick on the trashcan that the steel-like rhino held on to; making the trashcan hit him on the face.
As Ash gave a small smirk, he heard some cries of pain, catching his attention. He turned his attention towards Black Jack's pokemon.
Black Jack's pokemon were losing to Shocker and Samson as they were suffering the pain and damage they received from their battle against Damien.
Ash and Wes tried desperately to help their teammate but to no avail as the opposition repeatedly got in the way. After Chan was knocked down by Shocker's Thunder Punch, Shocker and Samson began to focus their attack on Tyranitar.
Chan struggled to get to his feet to help his friend but to no avail. His spirit was strong and undying but his body was becoming weak. Still, he kept on trying.
Tyranitar was putting up a valiant effort to try and defeat his opponents, but somehow the opposition found a way to counter back.
"Darn!" Black Jack thought as Tyranitar was getting by Shocker's Swift attack, which caused explosions after each light energy star hit him. "Right now, they're one step ahead of us."
Tyranitar was knocked down again by Samson's tackle attack. Tyranitar shook his head to shake away the dizziness and tried to get to his feet. Without waiting for him to fully stand up, all four of the psychotic Machamp's fists began to glow vigorously.
As he charged towards to give him the finishing blow, Black Jack instinctively ran onto the battlefield and tackled him away, stopping his attack, much to the green dinosaur's shock.
"You okay?" Black Jack asked in concern. Tyranitar nodded in reply but felt a lot of pain in almost every part of his body.
Before his trainer and friend could say another word, Black Jack was knocked down from behind by Samson and Shocker.
As the injured Tyranitar looked on, both Samson and Shocker grabbed hold of the dazed Black Jack and took him to a near electric box connected to a wall and smashed his head into it, breaking the box as it was sending over a thousand bolts through his head and body. That caught everyone's attention in the arena and the prison cells and they were shocked to see what was happening.
Black Jack yelled in pain as he felt the bolts surging through his body until the electricity flow stopped. He became motionless and his forehead began to bleed before Samson and Shocker threw him to the floor.
Chan looked on in horror as the green dinosaur slowly picked himself up. He walked over to him and placed his paw on Black Jack's chest, hoping to feel a little heartbeat… but he felt nothing… and that meant one thing. Tears came running down on Tyranitar's face.
"He can't be…" Ash mumbled as tears began to form in his eyes. "He can't be…"
Tyranitar let out an angry roar and ran at the psychos, as did Chan. "Team Dark!" Ash yelled. "You're gonna regret this!"
"You're right, Ash!" Wes yelled, who also had tears in his eyes. "Nothing's gonna stop us after what you did to him!"
The pokemon that belonged to Ash and Wes also let their tears from their eyes, saddened by their friend's death and angry at Samson and Shocker as they yelled out their cries, promising to avenge his death.
Four pokeballs that were attached to Black Jack's belt began to shake violently and the pokemon released themselves from them. They looked round to see what was going on as they felt Tyranitar's rage.
They looked down on Black Jack's motionless body. Their emotions became from shock to sadness and anger as they yelled out their loudest battle cries, loud enough to make the whole world hear it. They charged into the battlefield to beat the living out the creatures that hurt their dearest friend. In that case, it was Samson and Shocker.
Suddenly, a number of grunts came running in with various weapons. "What's going on here?" Ash demanded.
"Just get back to your battle, shrimp!" one of the grunts yelled. He turned his attention to Samson and Shocker while the other grunts dealt with Black Jack's pokemon. "You two little dogs! Go and finish them off!"
Ash turned his attention to the pokemon that hurt his friend in a bad way. "C'mon!" he snarled as he beckoned them. "Show us what you got!"
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