(November 5th)
As the battle of Anistar wages on, Diantha finds herself confronted by the brutal lieutenant Dragomir. Trapped within a dome of electricity, this battle will prove to be her most difficult and potentially her last.
"Im sure a former champion like yourself is familiar with the rules. We will use 3 pokemon each and whoever has all 3 rendered unable to battle first shall lose. However, let's just say this battle will have a few…twists if you will." Dragomir says calmly, letting out a slight chuckle.
"Bring it on you creep, Aurorus take to the field!" Diantha calls out as a large blue dinosaur with bright yellow frills down its back and blue diamonds along its body. A chill in the air results due to her ice typing.
"Aurorus, an ice and rock type. Ive dealt with plenty of ice types with my dragons and yours is no exception. Druddigon engage!" A medium blue dragon with red skin covering its head hits the field, its yellow eyes glare menacingly, a small purple orb rests around its neck on a black chain. "You may have the first move." Dragomir declares.
"Aurorus, use reflect and bolster our defense." The ice type dino cries out, its eyes glow as a wall of psychic energy pops up, aiming to reduce the power of incoming physical attacks.
"Such an amateur move. Druddigon, utilize superpower. The red headed dragon charges forward, its body glowing with a blue aura as it punches the ice type right in her head, dealing a considerable amount of damage. As this occurs, a bolt of electricity shoots down from the dome and zaps Diantha, causing her to stagger.
"Kyaaah!"
"Gihihi, how's that for a surprise. You see, every time your pokemon takes a hit, you shall feel the same pain they feel. However, the same goes for me. If you land a hit, then I take one aswell. The more damage that is dealt, the stronger the jolt will be. Let it be an incentive for you to win this battle because if you fail…. well let's just say your fate will be rather grave…. Hehehe." Dragomir states.
"So, this is how you've taken so many lives…. trapping trainers within this dome and then electrocuting them while beating their precious partners to near death. You truly are a monster!" Diantha shouts while recovering from the hit.
"Monster is such an aggressive term; id use tactically brutal to describe my techniques." Dragomir replies coldly.
"Whatever the case, I won't let you get away, aurorus use stone edge and then transition into blizzard." Aurorus first stomps the ground causing a stream of jagged stones to fly towards druddigon before freezing them with blizzard causing super effective damage which causes Dragomir to get zapped.
"Grrrrgh, a combination technique…. well played." Dragomir replies. "Druddigon, strike back with iron tail!" The red headed dragons tail glows white as it charges towards aurorus which is weak to steel moves by a huge margin but Diantha quickly counters with a refrigerate boosted hyper beam, blowing the dragon back and knocking it out.
"Nice work, aurorus." Diantha says to the weary ice type.
"Restrain your joy, this fight is only just beginning." Dragomir states, his eye twitching slightly. After recalling the downed druddigon, he tosses his 2nd poke ball out and a large dark blue dragon with black fur and 3 heads soars onto the field, its red eyes glowing viciously.
"A hydreigon! This is gonna be tough, Jarod told me that these pokemon are incredibly strong and have a very expansive move pool." Diantha says to herself.
"Hydreigon utilize flash cannon." The dark hydra soars towards aurorus with an orb of white energy in its mouth, aurorus tries to hit it with an ice beam but hydreigon is too fast and barrel rolls over the beam before blasting aurorus at point blank range. She collapses on to her side and faints, causing her trainer to be hit with a much more painful zap than before.
"Ahhhhhgh!" Diantha screams, dropping down on to one knee, her body shuddering from the shock.
"Already down are you? This will be over sooner than I thought." Dragomir says snarkily.
"…It will take more than that to keep me down, goodra come on out." Diantha shouts as a large purple dragon with a curled tail and two antennae extending back from the top of its head. Droplets of slime hang from various parts of her body.
"Goodra, a dragon type with mixed offensive capabilities and a strong defense against special attacks. A worthy opponent for my hydreigon." Dragomir states, analyzing the new foe.
"Goodra open up with ice beam." The purple dragon fires off a beam of freezing energy at hydreigon, which dodges the brunt of the attack but it knicks part of the hydra's wings, which slows it down. However, Dragomir fails to notice this.
"Barely a scratch, hydreigon utilize dark pulse!" The brutal pokemon unleashes a stream of dark energy waves which hit goodra. While the damage is negligible, the dragon finds itself unable to strike back due to being flinched. As a result, Diantha receives another jolt, but this one is rather light.
"Urrgh, goodra are you alright?" Diantha pleads to her partner as she endures another dark pulse before finally hitting back with a dragon pulse, which does some serious damage to the hydreigon and causes another bolt to strike Dragomir."
"Hydreigon you imbecile! how did you let that slime coated heathen hit you?" He says as his mental state begins to deteriorate.
"It's quite simple, that ice beam may not have made full contact but it did manage to freeze your partners wings. That's why hydreigon isn't moving as fast."
"Blast you. Hydreigon end that goodra with draco meteor!". The injured hydra launches a ball of draconic energy into the air which fragments into multiple projectiles that rain down on the battlefield.
"Goodra, counter with your own draco meteor." Diantha calls out as goodra does the same, the two attacks collide as both dragons vanish in a cloud of smoke as the sheer number of projectiles cover the field. When it clears, the two pseudo legendaries are seen covered in wounds, staring each other down.
"Hydrei…."
"Goo…draaaa…"
Both of them collapse to the ground, down and out and both trainers get electrocuted once again, but Diantha doesn't take it well and almost falls down, but she stays standing.
"Aggggggh…. urgh…... looks like we're down to one pokemon each." Diantha pants.
"Heheheh…. GahahaHAHAHA!" Dragomir begins cackling maniacally. "You have no idea what you've gotten yourself into."
"You still have a chance to surrender Dragomir, this battle isn't worth it anymore."
"This battle was over from the start and my final pokemon will seal your fate, salamence unleash hell!' A huge blue dragon with red wings,4 legs and a thick tail, slams down on to the field. Its entire body is covered in pure silver armor. Its head is covered by a helmet which has two blood red lenses on it the cover the eyes. On its back sits a pair of cannons that are wired to the armor. Its claws are sheathed with red blades that increase their lethality. Lastly, its tail armor is covered in those same red spikes with a large axe like blade on the end.
"What the…. what have you done to that pokemon!?" Diantha exclaims in disgust and horror.
"With this battle armor system, salamence has had its offensive and defensive abilities boosted to levels you couldn't even comprehend." Dragomir declares as the beast roars loud enough to shatter nearby windows, but it also shows a hint of pain.
"I can't even describe how atrocious your actions are, Gardevoir lets end this." Dianthas most loyal partner hits the field and is also appalled by the sight of the armored salamence.
"Unbelievable…."
(Back at the battle maison…)
"Urrgh" Anubis growls
"Whats the matter my friend?" Jarod asks.
"Its Serenity…she's in serious danger and so is Diantha." He explains.
"Where are they?" Jarod asks.
"From what I could see, there was a large crystal in the background where they 're fighting.
"That's gotta be the Anistar city sundial, we had better move." The champion replies as the two board Spectra and begin racing towards Anistar.
(Back at the sundial)
"Gardevoir, open up with moonblast!" Gardevoir charges a orb of mystical energy and fires it at salamence. It scores a direct hit but salamence seems completely unfazed despite the attack being super-effective.
"Impossible, that attack should have been a major blow!" Gardevoir exclaims before getting shot at by salamence' s cannons.
"Looks like we'll have to power up a bit, Gardevoir lets show them our bond!" Diantha declares as she tries to mega evolve her partner but to her horror, nothing occurs.
"Heheheh, sorry to say but this energy dome prevents you from being able to mega evolve. Not only that, but my salamence' s armor renders fairy and ice attacks useless." Dragomir states.
"That can't be!"
"it is and I can also dish out serious pain. Salamence utilize iron tail. Dragomir calls out as the armored beast swings its bladed tail around and almost hits gardevoir dead on but she dodges the majority of the swing but gets cut in the face by the axe like blade, causing her to bleed slightly.
"(This isn't just a normal battle; this is a fight for survival.)" Gardevoir says to herself.
"You are sickening. Drawing blood in battle." Diantha says in disgust. Gardevoir successfully fires back with a thunderbolt to the helmet on the dragon's head, destroying it. However, this causes Dragomir to finally snap.
"THAT TEARS IT, SALAMENCE TEAR THAT GARDEVOIR APART AND DO NOT GIVE THEM A SINGLE CHANCE TO ATTACK OR DEFEND!" Salamence immediately slams gardevoir with a slash attack before firing a hyper beam from its cannons, throwing gardevoir into the electric dome causing her to take a massive amount of damage. Diantha winds up being zapped violently."
"Kyaaaaaaaaah!" Her teammates can hear her screams but are helpless to assist.
"That was Diantha screaming!" Steven says
"We have to find her and fast, whatever is taking place is putting her in great danger." Wikstrom says.
"Let's move towards the sundial, we have no time to lose!" Siebold says and the elite 4 race towards the battle zone.
(Meanwhile, to the west)
"Arrrgh"
"Jarod, are you alright?" Spectra growls worriedly."
"I can sense Diantha' s pain, we have to hurry Spectra! Jarod says.
"Hold on tight!" The renegade pokemon replies as she increases her speed by straightening her serpentine body.
"(Whoever is responsible for this is going to regret the day they came into this world!)" Jarod growls as he begins to tap into spectral fury once again.
(Back at the sundial)
"Urrgh…. you…. you fiend!" Diantha pants out wearily, barely able to stand.
"GYAHAHAHAHA, this is amazing, the amount of pain I can inflict only grows as long as you keep resisting!" Dragomir gloats sadistically.
"I…I won't give in…not to someone like you…!" Diantha replies.
"Suit yourself Gihihi! Salamence, fire blast. The large dragon fires off a kanji symbol made of flames at gardevoir which scores another direct hit, another bolt of electricity strikes Diantha, causing her to fall onto her back and pass out, her outfit smoldering.
"Kyaaaaaaaaah…. ugh."
"Mistress, please get up!" Gardevoir pleads as she tries to rush over to her injured trainer but salamence intercepts her.
"Hold back salamence, I don't want this to end just yet…Heheheh." Dragomir cackles, as the dragon continues to slowly beat gardevoir down; every hit inflicting more and more pain to the embrace pokemon.
"Urrrrrf…. I can't fall…not like this…" Gardevoir says to herself, blood seeping from various wounds across her body and her vision slowly becoming hazy.
(In Dianthas mind)
"Urgh…. what…. where…am I?
"My lady…you can't give up, not like this." Jarod says appearing in her mind.
"…. I can't….my strength is gone…. that monster…zapped it out of me…"
"You can do it, you kept me alive when I was about to give up by reminding me of my reasons to live and fight. Remember what you are fighting for and make that your strength!"
(Back in the real world)
"(He's right…. I can't give in…. or everything will be lost)" Diantha says to herself as she opens her eyes and slowly begins to get back up, a powerful blue aura starting to appear around her.
"What?! Impossible, you were completely unresponsive…how the hell are you able to stand!" Dragomir exclaims.
"Unlike you Dragomir…I have reasons... to keep fighting. For my home, my pokemon, and most of all the one I love with all my heart!" Diantha yells out as a powerful psychic energy floods the battlefield and Fantasia spawns in to deflect an incoming attack.
"Looks like I just made it. Diantha, gardevoir are you alright?" Fantasia asks.
"Im hurt, but I can still fight." The actress replies. Fantasia turns to face the enemy and her face immediately turns hostile as she recognizes Dragomir.
"Dragomir! I should've known it was you behind all of this. Seeing as you love to torture people and pokemon for your own diseased pleasure." Fantasia snarls.
"Well, looks like you decided to come back, Mewtwo."
"Im going to put an end to your atrocious acts here and now, and once my companion gets here, you will wish you never sided with team infinity!"
"You may be powerful, but im your creator and I could easily end you If I wanted to." Dragomir sneers.
"How wrong you are! That arrogance will be your downfall. Diantha, gardevoir let us team up and end this madness!" Fantasia says and powers up.
"Alright then, gardevoir use calm mind, mewtwo use psystrike! The injured gardevoir focuses her mind and bolsters her special attack and defense while Fantasia conjures a wave a psychic energy that targets the physical defensive side of salamence, dealing decent damage despite the armor.
"Even with the two of you together, I will not fall. Salamence, use dragon claw!
"Fantasia, counter with ice beam to its exposed head." Diantha calls out as mewtwo fires a beam of icy energy, freezing salamence solid.
"Curse yoooooouuuuu!" Dragomir roars angrily.
"Gardevoir, this is our chance!" Fantasia says.
"Mewtwo, use flamethrower, gardevoir use moonblast with everything you ve got!" Diantha bellows out as mewtwo fires a stream of powerful fire which combines with moonblast to form a devastating combination attack that envelopes the frozen dragon.
"Scorching lunar crush!" The two pokemon yell as the huge blast hits. The sudden temperature change causes the armor to shatter into pieces, which causes salamence to take the full brunt of moonblast. The resulting blast covers the field in smoke.
"This…This cant be!" Dragomir yells out.
"You're finished Dragomir, its over!" Fantasia says as the smoke clears to reveal an unconscious salamence laying in a crater. Dragomir gets zapped one more time as the electric dome dissipates.
"…...We did it…. we actually defeated Dragomir…." Diantha pants wearily.
"You did it mistress…you overcame your self-doubt and pulled through…." Gardevoir says.
". yes…I suppose…I did…. nnngh…." Diantha barely gets out before collapsing to the ground, the strain of the battle aswell as being zapped numerous times having taken its toll on her.
"Diantha….no…" Gardevoir calls out as she falls to her knees, but before she hits the ground, a familiar set of blue arms wrap around her, stopping her fall.
"Serenity…. Im here." Anubis says worriedly
"A… Anubis…? is that really you?" Gardevoir asks wearily and the jackal kneels down, holding her close.
"Yes, it's me….im sorry I couldn't get here sooner." Anubis growls bitterly before she reassuringly places a light kiss on his cheek.
"You're here now…and that is all that matters…." At that moment, the rest of the team arrive, immediately rushing to the aid of the wounded diantha and gardevoir.
"What did you do to her Dragomir? Answer me now!" Wikstrom bellows harshly.
"Just a little bit of electric shocking here and there…. she won the battle so you shouldn't be worried. I could have easily killed her you know. Dragomir says without a hint of remorse.
"Your soulless wretch, harming a female without regret, I ought to unleash my dragons on you for doing something so vile!" Drasna yells.
I may have lost, but at least I got to enjoy her screams of agony. GahahaHAHAHA. Dragomir cackles maniacally. At that moment, a piercing aura of killing intent fills the area, freezing Dragomir on the spot.
"YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY WITH THIS ALIVE!" Jarod yells with wrath lacing his voice as he lands on the ground, spectral fury blazing.
(Ginyu Transformation by Bruce Faulconer begins to play)
"You must be Jarod, the one leading this little rebellion. Dragomir sneers. She was tough enough to beat me, However I can gladly say I enjoyed every moment of her pain and suffering. GahahaHAHAHA…. Aaargh!" Dragomir says cackling before finding himself impaled by a blade of pure shadow.
"YOU HAVE MADE A FATAL MISTAKE BY ATTACKING THE ONE I LOVE SO MUCH! NOW, I SHALL SEND YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL!"
"No…. No…. please…spare meeeeeeeeaaaahhhhhhh!" Dragomir screams as the blade is pulled up through his upper body and skull, bisecting him as Jarod swiftly fires a burst of ghostly flames that completely burn him to nothing, body, soul, and all.
"Jarod! breathe and clear your mind, dont let it take you over, he's gone!" Spectra booms to him as he acknowledges her before breathing in deeply and dispelling the deathly aura. He quickly runs over to Wikstrom and the others, taking the twitching Diantha in his arms.
"…Jarod…. you…you…just!" Wikstrom gasps in shock but is cut off.
"…. I know…" Jarod says, his voice laced with regret and self-loathing. As he gently lifts his injured girlfriend, she appears to slowly relax in his arms.
"Look, Diantha appears to have stopped trembling, it's like she knows that you're here with her." Siebold says.
"You two have a beautiful connection with each other." Malva quips.
"…I hope that wont change….as a result of what just happened…." Jarod says somberly.
"Lets head to the pokemon center and rest up. Wikstrom declares and the team head for the building with Anubis carrying Serenity, while Jarod carries Diantha.
"(My lady…..i hope you wont think of me as a monster….after what ive done…)" Jarod whispers somberly.