Chatper 9: Lace the thief
Tank:
Now that I have hold of 2 of the 4 files, stopping Team Galactics evil plan should be easier and if this girl is willing to help, as doubtful as it sounds, then maybe us 3 can defeat the large organisation. The thief smiled and stared at the foes in front of us, finally she told "I've come a long way to find out more than if rumours are true, where can I find giratina?" I was puzzled and Mars along with Jupiter was strangely angry by the question. Mars snapped "that has nothing to do with you girly, why don't you head back to where you came from and return those files" with a smirk the thief turned to Mars and replied "this is my leverage, either you tell me both why you're after the pokemon in these files and how I can get my hands on giratina, there is no negotiation, rumours only go so far so what will it be?" Mars rage grew while Jupiter became nervous. The same question filled everyone's mind, how did she know about giratina? And what will she do? She continued "we all know how this will play out, me and my partner here will battle the last 4 pokemon you have which we'd win and we'll end up getting away because we defeated everyone else on the 3 floor's before we go here. So what do you say?" Mars rage grew and she shouted out "Skuntank, smoke screen " unexpectedly the skunk like Pokémon filled the room with black smoke, it caught me and the thief by surprise. In the smoke we heard Jupiter call out "Purugly, use shadow claw, you're right there us no negotiation, we won't be telling you anything" Incineroar had some damage as he was slashed and landed next to the thief. Things aren't turning out how either of us wanted, sounds like the story of my day.
The thief seemed to be control even with the odds stacked against her, she told "Incineroar use flamethrower " I knew how I could help as Incineroar gathered fire in his mouth. As Incineroar shot the flamethrower, I called out hastily "spear use whirlwind the fire flew to Skuntank and was amplified by the sudden gust of wing, dealing significant damage to the Skuntank and the Purugly. The damage was good but not enough to defeat either one of them. They were pushed back and may have left an opening to leave. Looking at Mars and Jupiter then said "we're clearly winning, one more hit and they won't be able to fight us" they grinned and just laughed, as if they had a trick up their sleeves. They kept laughing and it was getting me and the thief next to me annoyed. In rage I shouted "use wing attack" spear flew to attack but Mars was expected that and said "use night slash" it moved its claw and it faded into shadows before striking spear to me, fortunately I caught him. Spear started to glow and he started to change shape and size, it was surprising as Starly started to evolve in my arms into Staravia. He learnt new moves and grew stronger, this was odd since Pokémon evolved after battle when experience is gathered.
With new found power I told "use aerial ace" Spear moved faster and slashed with great force at Purugly knocking it out with a gaping wound. The thief took advantage of the confusion to tell Incineroar "use dark lariat" Incineroar glared and span to the Skuntank and punched hard into the walk behind Mars and Jupiter. Skuntank was knocked out and left cracks on the wall. They called their Pokémon back and both sent out their Golbats. The elite of Team Galactic was on their last legs meaning victory was in our reach and their evil plans to catch legendary Pokémon will stop here. I told them "seems like we were right and your pride as the best in this organisation won't let you see how badly you've been beat, just give up and we won't interfere with you anymore"
They looked ready to attack when the thief next to me objected "I'm not leaving until they hand over info on Giratina, that is why I'm here and Lace doesn't run away when I've set my mind to it" she was irritated, greatly. I tried to reason with her "why are you even after it?" she scuffed and replied "I like the look of it and its a rare pokemon, like my Pokémon, I like rarity so who wouldn't want Giratina the Pokémon of gravity" I could follow her line of thinking but Pokémon are more than just rare items to collect, this Lace didn't get it and based on the files neither does Team Galactic. Looking at, I feel there's more to her than this and something inside told me to keep trying to see what she is about. Lace walked forward and extended her arm, petting Incineroar on the head. He purred as she told him "it doesn't look likely they'll talk so we'll need to go find out somewhere else " Incineroar nodded as she continued "use flare blitz" fire gathered up hot and fast then exploded breaking the windows and the walls, making a hole in the wall with cracks. Fortunately me and Umbreon with Eevee ducked to avoid damage and I called Spear back before doing the same as Lace. Using it as cover to escape and defeating Mars and Jupiter at the same time. I could tell both Mars and Jupiter were angry from such an embarrassing defeat, since it was warned. Me along with Umbreon and Eevee headed East to leave Eternal City.
Mars and Jupiter called Saturn, the current leader, demanding for more Pokémon to eliminate Lace and myself. Saturn was informed of me, Josh and Lace interfering with the plan and agreed to get more Pokémon for all the leaders of their projects. With 2 files in my possession, completing both will be hard, I need to find someone I can trust to stop the plan in the file I just stole.