Just How Strong I Am
"This isn't over!" The leader turned to the scientist. "Activate the superweapon!"
Superweapon? Thought Kyle. He suddenly figured out this might not have been such a good idea.
"Hahahaha!" The leader cackled insanely. "You die here and now!"
"We'll see about that," Kyle said, angry with himself for falling into this trap. Well, he thought, I'll just have to fight my way out. He jumped out into the room where the superweapon was.
The gigantic thing appeared. It was purple colored, with a large platform-like back, and two arms, one with a gigantic superlaser. Its head resembled a skull with a barrier on its neck. That must be its weak point. The sensor array. I'll have to destroy the barrier somehow.
"Go, Marowak, Cloyster, Flareon, Machoke, Electabuzz, and Salamence!" He sent out his entire team, ready to take this thing down. "Attack that barrier with everything you've got!"
Flareon used its Flamethrower, Machoke used Dynamicpunch, Cloyster used Blizzard, Marowak used Bonemerang, Electabuzz used Thunderbolt, and Salamence used Dragon Claw! And Kyle summoned his amulet's power again, boosting the attack power. But, the attack did nothing!
"Haha!" the leader cackled, "You think that pathetic amount of power can destroy it? Now we will see the results of man versus machine!"
The weapon pointed its laser downward, charged up, and fired the deadly laser!
"Everyone move!" Kyle yelled, jumping out of the way. His pokémon did as told, and got away just in time. Kyle jumped on his Salamence's back.
"Return!" He called back all his pokémon except Salamence. How to do this? That thing was unstoppable…they got close enough that the weapon stopped firing its laser.
Then, Kyle saw it. His key to victory. He saw four generators on the back of the machine. Maybe, if he destroyed those…
"Salamence! Land there!" The Salamence did so, and Kyle jumped off. Then he realized it was a bad move. Smaller lasers on the back of the weapon began to fire at them. They moved just in time. I'll have to do this quickly, he thought.
"Go, Flareon, Electabuzz, Machoke, and Marowak!" He sent out the four pokémon. "Flareon, use Flamethrower on that generator! Electabuzz! Iron Tail on that one! Machoke, Cross Chop on that one! And Marowak, Bone Club on that last one!"
The pokémon did as told and attacked the generators. Kyle used his amulet again. They were gonna need all the power they could get to survive this one.
The attacks hit the generators, and they were destroyed!
"Return!" He called back the four, jumped on Salamence's back, and flew into the air. Kyle looked down at the sensor array, expecting to see no barrier. But…
Darn, he thought, it's still there…there must be more generators.
"Why don't you just make it easy on yourself," the leader taunted, "And let it kill you!"
"Because I can't die yet!" Kyle yelled back. "I still have a goal to accomplish!"
He looked around again. Now, where were those generators?
There! He saw two more right under the skull head. But there were more lasers down there…he had to attack from a distance to keep himself, and his pokémon, out of danger.
"Salamence," he said, calling his amulet's power, "Use Flamethrower on those generators!" Salamence aimed, and fired, hitting one generator, and destroying it! The lasers began to fire, but in the air, they were much easier to avoid.
"Fly around the head of the machine, and attack the other one with another Flamethrower!" Kyle used his amulet, and Salamence flew around the head. It saw the generator, blasted the flames at it, and destroyed it! Kyle looked at the sensor array again, but the barrier was still up…
"Very good!" said the leader. "We may learn something after all!"
"Yeah, you'll learn that it was a mistake to mess with me!" yelled Kyle. The leader simply laughed at the comment.
Now, where were the other generators? He looked around, but had a bit of a hard time with Salamence dodging the lasers…wait a minute. Kyle looked toward the window he came through.
There, he thought, the last four generators. Right on the catwalk under the window. "Salamence! Fly over there!"
Salamence did as commanded. It turned and flew towards the generator in the right corner of the room.
"Fool!" the leader yelled, cackling again. "Activate the laser!"
Darn it! I forgot about that! He looked back…and saw the machine pointing its laser at them! It fired off the enormous beam!
"Salamence! Use Flamethrower on that beam!" Salamence turned around, and shot its fire at the beam! The two blasted collided, and struggled against each other! Kyle took the opportunity to jump down to the generator.
"Machoke, destroy this thing with a Dynamicpunch!" Kyle used the amulet; Machoke came out, howled its mighty howl, and punched the generator as hard as it could, destroying it!
Kyle looked up at Salamence. The beam had fought its way almost all the way to Salamence…
"Return, Salamence and Machoke!" He called back the pokémon, getting them out of harm's way just in time. He ran to the left, narrowly avoiding the beam himself. Then, an idea hit him.
"Hey! I'm over here, you overgrown lawnmower!" The machine's laser followed him down the catwalk! Perfect, he thought. He continued to run down the catwalk, not looking back. But, he heard the explosions on the way.
"No! Stop!" the leader cried out. So, he had figured it out, too. But it was too late. The laser stopped, and Kyle looked back.
It had worked. The laser had destroyed the remaining generators. Kyle looked at the neck of the machine. No more barrier. He grinned.
"Go, Salamence! Fly towards the sensor array!" He called out the dragon pokémon and jumped on its back.
"No! Reactivate the laser!" the leader commanded. "They must not survive!"
The machine pointed its laser at them again, and fired! Kyle watched the beam. This was it.
"Salamence, dodge that beam!" Salamence flew to the side, under the beam, and began to circle it. In the air, Salamence was more maneuverable than that laser any day. They got in range…
"Go, team!" He sent out all his pokémon at once. "Use your strongest attacks on that sensor array!"
Flareon used Flamethrower, Marowak used Bone Club, Salamence used Flamethrower as well, Machoke used Dynamicpunch, Electabuzz used Thunderbolt, and Cloyster used its Blizzard! Kyle called all the power his amulet had to offer. The Blizzard froze the sensor array, and the other attacks hit it, destroying it! It began to explode!
"Return!" He called back everyone except Salamence, and they flew back towards the window as fast as they could. When they got there, Kyle jumped off Salamence's back, called it into its pokéball, and landed in the room. Kyle saw the shocked look on the leader's face as he stared out at his beloved weapon.
"Now you know just how strong I am," Kyle said. "I'll be leaving now, unless you've got more tricks like that."
The leader simply stared at the machine as it was blowing up. Kyle took that as a no, and he left.
Outside, the sun was rising. Had he really been down there that long? Well, he thought, that was the best training I've had in a while. But I guess now it's back to freezing mountaintops.
He walked away from the cave and grinned again. Hiroshima wouldn't stand a chance.
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Author's Note: Yep, that's right. Kyle's the kind of person who just saved all of Hoenn, and couldn't care less. Anyway, sorry it took so long for the update. I didn't feel very motivated because I lost two out of three reviewers. But, I gained two as well!
Vyser Adept of Dragons: Well, I'm not allowed to e-mail people I don't know. Anyway, Blake could be in the story, but he'd be nine years old, he wouldn't be a trainer, and he'd live in Hoenn. If I used the trainer Blake, there would be slight continuity issues (Seth's only thirteen in this story, whereas he's seventeen in yours). So, if you wouldn't mind me putting Blake as a kid, then yeah.
CerrinwynBradhadairWyver: Holy crap. I didn't expect you to review my story! Well, thanks! And I like the picture you drew.
JackOfBlades: Seth'll be back next chapter. I wanted to do this little sub-story because I think the villain being the underdog is cool.
Anyway, I'll try to get chapters up more often from now on. Oh, and if anyone can guess what I based the superweapon off of, you get a cookie!