Disclaimer: This chapter might be horribly short. The project's due tomorrow and we're still trying to rush it out. Considering I actually have less than zero minutes to finish this chapter, it's safe to say I'm sorta washed up. Nevertheless, I shall keep writing; wouldn't like any of you to have to wait too long, now would I?

So… Chapter 28 of Pokémon Go! begin!

RJ and Dave stepped through the double doors, feeling the chill wind as they slammed shut behind them.

From their current altitude, it would be expected that the temperature dropped drastically.

And that was exactly what had happened.

The two of them shivered, winds whipping around their feet as they stood on the semi-sheltered rooftop, facing the two trainers who stood on a platform before them. Another steel-and-glass construct; they really didn't seem to have much else to build with.

They were definitely twins; the resemblance was remarkable. The boy stood on the right, the girl on the left. Both were clad in jackets and scarves; Dave shivered as RJ pulled him against the wall. He could almost detect a smile on the Gym Leaders' lips as they simultaneously pressed a button located to their sides.

A loud whirring sounded as Dave and RJ leapt back from the wall. A glass pane extended from a slot directly above them, meshing with several other panes which extended out from other walls; one by one, the glass roof came together, like a giant jigsaw puzzle. RJ looked in wonder as the last glass panes slid into place, secured by magnets attached to each one.

"This is…" both trainers were at a loss for words. Soundproof, impact-resistant, the winds were nothing more than a whisper outside the glass cage.

"You are…?" This from the girl.

"I'm Dave from Palladium Town," Dave spoke. Though they were across the room, he didn't even have to raise his voice. The acoustics were excellent.

"And I'm… RJ. From the Kanto Region."

At this, all the other trainers looked surprised; the Gym Leaders, however, merely shrugged it off.

"This will be a two on two Pokémon Battle; this Double Battle shall not allow human interference; should a trainer reach out and grab his or her Pokémon at any time throughout the battle, the Pokémon will be considered to have forfeited… is that fine?"

The boy who'd spoken this looked almost bored. He wore blue shades, dressed in an outfit that was almost entirely blue and gold. His sister wore red shades, dressed in a red and orange ensemble.

"Let's begin, then…"

The two trainers tossed their Pokéballs in the air simultaneously, releasing their Pokémon. In the air there hovered a Magneton and a Skarmory. Dave looked toward RJ; the two of them nodded.

"Go… Machop!"

The humanoid Pokémon harrumphed in anticipation. Dave weighed his options, and then nodded to Espeon. The Pokémon took her place eagerly, though Dave noticed the fatigue showing, just a little bit.

"Don't try too hard… Machop's still better rested than you."

Espeon turned to him, seeming to look at him in a new light. Then she nodded.

"Skarmory…! Spikes!"

The command from the male Leader Lyam was unexpected. The Steel-type flying Pokémon dive-bombed over their heads; Espeon and Machop ducked just in time, getting up again to see the Pokémon flying off.

"Eh…? Machop; there're spikes all around you!"

Machop glanced around and found himself cornered; the Spikes were everywhere around him, with next to no space to manoeuvre at all.

A/N: That was all I got up to before Project Work swamped me yesterday. That's right, with a capital P and W. Anyways, R'N'Rer, if you do feel like asking me questions, it'd be ok to send me an email? Whatever it is, I'm in the +8 region over here. If you haven't checked my profile yet, I'm from Singapore. I'm sorry for the disappearance of yesterday's update, and I'll try to do two today!

"Machop…" RJ tried to think of a plan.

"Espeon; clear the field of Spikes with a Confusion attack…!"

Espeon nodded, bounding out of the spiked zone with her jewel glowing. The spikes began to shudder as Espeon's power levitated them into the air…

"Magneton! Zap Cannon…!" the female Gym Leader, Leya, called out.

RJ tensed as the attack was released. The great power of the attack, however, caused Magneton to lose control over it as it sailed through the air, missing Machop by inches.

But hitting the Spikes.

As one, the Spikes conducted the massive electricity, forming an electric field around Machop. At the last second, Espeon withdrew her power on the spikes and bounded away from the spread of the blast. A blinding white light ensued as all four trainers covered their eyes.

Machop was still standing, but just barely; he was kneeling, his breathing laboured. As RJ watched him, he realized that the strong electric attack had paralyzed Machop. But he was still standing. Surprised, RJ removed the PokéNav from his pocket.

Machop's Ability, Guts, allows it to gain strength even as it suffers.

"Interesting…"

RJ reflected on the battle he had had with the Nidoran; at that time, Machop had also managed to pull through despite the poison. His one chance; now to seize it.

"Machop; Karate Chop Magneton, now!"

Machop attempted to rush Magneton, but the paralysis slowed it down.

"Magneton… finish it off with a Thunder attack…"

Magneton erupted in a flash of light as Skarmory flew off to a side to avoid the impact radius. Dave hid his eyes under a hand.

"Espeon; Confusion!"

The cry died in his throat as the attack arced through the air, light without sound. Only the echoes of their shouts could be heard as the attack came crashing down.

"Ugh…"

A/N: This may sound out of point but I began listening to Vestige by TM Revolution (yes, it's a Gundam Seed Destiny song) about here.

Magneton crashed into the glass panel, slammed back by what seemed to be an incredible force. As the dust cleared from the thunder attack, Machop appeared through the dust.

He stood there, panting, directly in front of where Magneton had been floating just a few seconds ago. A dark circle of soot behind him demonstrated the power of Thunder's attack.

Dave punched the air and whooped.

"Good work, Espeon!"

Machop lowered his arm, the Karate Chop which had contained enough strength to knock the Magneton out.

RJ looked from Machop to Espeon.

"How…?"

Dave shook his head, his gaze turning serious again.

"It's not down yet…!"

Magneton rose, shaking the damage off; while it was too weak to try another Thunder or Zap Cannon, it still had more than enough to keep itself up.

"Magneton; good. Now… Magnet Body!"

"Skarmory…! Fly!"

Magneton latched itself onto the silver bird Pokémon as the two of them took flight. RJ held an arm out behind him, bracing himself for the moment.

"Machop… get ready to Counter…!"

"Espeon…"

Their adversaries began to descend upon them with astonishing speed. RJ's body tensed, as though to receive the blow in place of his Pokémon.

"Magneton…! Lock-On!"

The three eyes on the Electric Pokémon seemed to focus on a single target. Machop.

"Thunder!"

The attack coursed along Skarmory's body, but the Pokémon was left almost entirely unharmed.

"Skarmory; release it with a Steel Wing!"

"Espeon…!"

Skarmory spread its wings as it flew like an arrow toward Machop; all present knew that the Lock-On was too good to miss. The electrical energy turned the wings a bright blue colour as they began to hum with a powerful resonance. Machop raised his arms in a small attempt at defense. The light entirely engulfed the Pokémon, leaving him no place to hide…

"What…?"

Skarmory and Magneton discharged their energy just inches from Machop. Dave grimaced as Espeon fell to the ground, entirely exhausted.

"A Light Screen…" Leya said aloud, obviously astonished.

"That's… really quite strong…"

Lyam shrugged.

"No matter; Skarmory! Attack with an Air Cutter…! Finish them both off!"

Machop shrugged off the paralysis which afflicted him; there wasn't time for that now. He and his trainer both knew that. RJ ran his fingers through his hair as he issued his next command; it barely made a dent in the hair.

"Darn it; Machop… time to try that stunt we did…"

Machop turned to RJ, who nodded quickly; there wasn't any time left.

"Now… Karate Chop!"

In that instant, Skarmory released a series of slicing winds.

"Magneton; Lock-On!"

The beams of slicing air curved in wide arcs around the two Pokémon as they shot towards them from all angles. With one last look at his trainer, Machop jumped into the air.

And began to ride the blades of air.

"If they're solid, they can hurt you… but if they're solid, that also means…"

He had told him that a year ago now. RJ had always been one to think out of the box.

And now it would possibly save them.

A/N: Oh by the way I'm listening to Bokutachi no Yukue now. Might have something to do with my writing.

Lightly he landed from one to the next, the numbness rapidly leaving his legs. As blades began to come from the side he somersaulted over them, landing nicely on the next available swing.

RJ watched proudly.

"Not too bad, eh…?"

Lyam cursed, ordering Skarmory to stop. Quick as thought, the attack ceased.

But not quick enough.

Machop was above it, and on the way down.

"That's it!"

"Magneton; Sonicboom!"

"Machop, dodge it!"

But the attack wasn't aimed at Machop; it wasn't even aimed at Espeon. The Sonicboom acted like a cushion of compressed air, leaving Skarmory bruised but intact.

"Your Machop has some pretty nice moves…" both Leaders nodded, impressed, "… and your Espeon's pretty powerful too; but that won't be enough to stop us."

"Magneton; Sonicboom one more time!"

"Skarmory! Spikes!"

The Flying and Steel-type flew over Magneton as it released a hail of Spikes across the field. With a screech of grinding metal, Magneton released a second Sonicboom, this time larger and more intense than the first.

As Dave saw the Spikes hurtling towards them, he already knew what was going to happen. But he couldn't stop it.

"Espeon…"

"Machop! Get Espeon to safety first!"

Dave looked to RJ as Machop hefted Espeon and leapt to a side, the spikes barely missing them.

"If we're going to win this, we need two Pokémon, not one."

Dave nodded, his brow creased in worry.

"We can't lose this…"

And Espeon seemed to feel the same. Even as he spoke the words, a strange light began to emanate from her body, bathing both Espeon and Machop in the white glow.

"What's… that?"

A/N: And now it's Pride (also GSD, I know). Wow I'm getting really confused about writing styles. Be happy I'm listening to action-packed music and not romantic tunes.

RJ flipped his PokéNav open excitedly.

"I think I know… or at least I hope I'm right…"

The PokéNav blipped once again. RJ looked up from its display as both trainers called another attack.

"Magneton…! Magnet Body!"

"Skarmory, Spikes!"

Wish… this attack allows its user to heal all Pokémon in its vicinity by dint of willpower; however, this attack may only be used in extremely desperate situations.

"That's it!"

Dave watched in wonder as a blue light washed over the two Pokémon, their wounds and injuries healing miraculously. Even now Espeon was getting to her feet, Machop dusting himself off.

"Thunder, Magneton!"

Before either trainer had time to react, the attack was coming straight at them. Electrified spikes spun toward them like missiles.

A/N: Last time I'll say this, it's Vestige again, and so expect my writing style to keep changing as my playlist does.

"Espeon; Light Screen!"

The gem on Espeon's head glowed a bright red as a gold sphere surrounded the two of them.

"Machop… Focus Energy…!"

Even as the Spikes clattered ineffectually as their electric charges dissipated against the Light Screen, Machop closed his eyes and began to concentrate.

"Ugh… Magneton; Sonic Boom!"

"Skarmory; Fly!"

The dual attacks from the land and the air cut through the light screen as though it wasn't there. Machop's eyes flickered open.

"Now; Counter!"

In a swift motion, Machop jumped into the air, grabbing Skarmory around its wing and using its forward motion against it.

"No…!"

Even as Skarmory plummeted to the ground, RJ still had one plan left to enact.

"Seismic Toss!"

Machop flung Skarmory with a flick of his wrist, sending it straight into the Sonicboom attack.

"Heh… that's done it."

Skarmory flapped its wings, getting to its feet slowly.

"RJ, you ready?" Dave asked.

"As I'll ever be."

Both of them nodded as they watched their adversaries; both were weak and close together.

Easy meat.

"Espeon; Light Screen one more time!"

"Machop, Karate Chop! Let's go!"

The two Pokémon raced forward under cover of the sphere of light; Magneton's attacks were entirely useless against them, as lightning attack after lightning attack dissipated against their shield.

"Now…!"

The sphere flickered off as Espeon and Machop both leapt into the air, avoiding a point-blank Air Cutter.

"Espeon; Psybeam!"

Espeon's entire body seemed to glow with a reddish tinge as she released her newfound attack.

"Karate Chop, now!"

Machop's focused energy was discharged in that single, ferocious attack. Somersaulting behind their opponents, both Pokémon landed neatly as the knocked out Pokémon crashed to the ground behind them.

Dave and RJ held their breaths, wondering if it was the end.

Lyam and Leya recalled their Pokémon. The two of them broke into grins.

"We've done it…!"

Ash and Erynn left the sofas placed around the room and approached the two trainers as they walked down the stairs. Their faces were expectant.

"Did you win…?"

The expressions on their faces were obvious, though. A mixture of delight and relief.

"It mustn't have been too easy then." Ash noted.

Erynn looked from Ash to the two of them.

"If they had trouble, then I shudder to think how we'd do."

"Nah…" RJ shrugged, "I don't think you'll do too badly."

And then the two of them had approached a fourth elevator built into a side. With the Synchro Badge placed into a slot by its side, it allowed trainers direct access down. With a good luck handshake and a nod of encouragement, the two trainers were on their way down.

Erynn took a deep breath.

"Think it's time, then…?"

Ash nodded, and together, they walked up the stairs.

A/N: Chapter 28's finally done! I hope to finish 29 by today, but it probably won't be done so soon. Projects are over at last, so while I still have my commitments, I will probably get back into my normal writing schedule. Hope you enjoyed this chapter, though!