Earth's Protectors IV: Blast to the Past

by nld200xy

Two dangerous villains, Dialga and Palkia, have gone to the past to a time when the heroes of the world would not be strong enough to oppose them with the soul intent of wiping out the entire hero population. Thus Shaymin creates a time machine and gathers the heroes of Edmonton to follow them and stop them. Can they pull it off?

31. Chapter 31

While the match had started in Vaporeon and Scorbunny's favour, both had fell victim to two powerful holds. And since each one required electricity to have a full effect, the blue fox was suffering far more than her partner.

"Well, I gotta say, we were right not to share any glory with you guys," Toxtricity grunted, "We weren't trying to, yet you've already proven to be awesome. But as awesome as you are, you're still not us!"

"Okay, that's it!" Scorbunny retorted before she ignored the pain dealt to her and lit her feet on fire, "Drizzile was right! Every time you say it, it sounds more obnoxious! I'm sick of it!" thus she swung her feet backward before sending them forward into Sutorinda's gut before she spat, "BURNING PENDULUM!"

This was just enough for the blue lizard to release her hold as the rabbit sent a roundhouse into her cheek and caused her to spin backwards into the ropes, the spikes covering her in small holes. The crowd cheered when she lost her balance and fell on her cheek. And when the rabbit landed on the mat, she launched herself back into the air and lit her feet on fire a second time.

Toxtricity was unable to responded in time when she descended toward him and shouted, "SCORCHING ANVIL!" planting her heels into his face.

Blaziken clapped her hands above her head and exclaimed, "YEEHAW! WAY TO GO!" Machoke, Gardevoir and Zeraora staring awkwardly at her while she chuckled, "What? She used one of my moves to pull that off."

"I get that, but since when do you say 'yeehaw'?" Machoke remarked before Blaziken tensed up and bit the lower half of her beak.

Toxtricity released his hold on Vaporeon before she stepped forward and panted heavily. Just from this one hold, she already felt weak. But when she remembered how much worse her friends had suffered to these two, she shook her head, sported a serious look and said, "Thanks, Scor. Let's show them a taste of our first team move, eh?"

Scorbunny nodded with a big smile and leapt into the air. Vaporeon then jumped behind her and flipped herself upside-down, wrapping her arms around the rabbit's midsection. After she formed her ice sphere, both proceeded to spin vertically toward Toxtricity and shout, "MELTING ICE WHEEL!"

The yellow lizard's eyes widened and his teeth gritted when he took the blue fox's ice to his skull. But of course, it did not end there as she continued to spin and allowed Scorbunny's feet to strike the same spot, forcing his head downward. The two kept this up and delivered six more strikes until he leaned down so far that his face hit the canvas.

Sutorinda was about to strike back only for Scorbunny to fly away from Vaporeon and kick her in the face. She then latched her legs onto her neck before Vaporeon leapt toward the rabbit and took hold of her shoulders. Blaziken's eyes widened when the blue fox leaned backward, lifting Scorbunny up over her head.

"ASTEROID FRANKENSTEINER!" the Steaming Boilers yelled before they planted Sutorinda's skull in the canvas, the crowd cheering wildly. Blaziken blinked and thought, 'It's just like my Asteroid Suplex. I wish I'd thought of something like that. But then again, my Asteroid Suplex did put me at a huge disadvantage, hence why I never used it again.'

Scorbunny and Vaporeon both smiled at one-another before the Electric Metal Heads rose to their feet and breathed heavily. Toxtricity smirked and said, "Not bad, not bad at all. But we're just getting started. You still got a long way to go before you reach our level!"

With that, Sutorinda leapt up onto her brother's shoulders and leaned forward before she grabbed onto his ankles. Their frills lit up and released sparks as Vaporeon smiled and said, "That's just predictable," the lizards rolling toward her and her partner and shouting, "LIGHTNING WHEEL!"

Just as Vaporeon suspected, the Steaming Boilers easily leapt to the side. But it seemed as if the Electric Metal Heads had something else in mind when Sutorinda released her hold on her brother, placed her hands against the surface and lifted him up. Electricity covered his entire body as she swung him around and he curled up into a ball.

"FLYING THUNDERBALL!" both shouted before Toxtricity was flung right into Vaporeon's face. The blue fox's eyes widened as just from this one hit, she already coughed up blood. No one else could believe it had been that easy, and of course, things were about to get a lot worse.

Sutorinda rolled up into a ball herself and bounced into the air before Scorbunny had a chance to retaliate. She then spun into her forehead and exclaimed, "MINI LIGHTNING SAW!" blood squirting from that exact spot.

Scorbunny fell hard on her back before Sutorinda retracted to her normal state and landed an axe kick into her gut. All the while, Toxtricity lifted up Vaporeon by her tail, swung her around and tossed her head-first into the turnbuckle. The crowd watched in amazement while Machoke and the others tensed up. After all, they knew how much this must have hurt with the iron underneath. And it certainly showed when the back of her head cracked open slightly.

Leafeon gritted her teeth and growled, "Dammit! They were doing so well!" Jolteon patting her on the shoulder while Raboot said, "I wouldn't count them out just yet. They've dealt with worse."

Even so, the Steaming Boilers would certainly need to get their second wind soon when Sutorinda lifted up Scorbunny by her neck and slammed her back into the canvas. She then picked her up again by her ears and flung her right into Vaporeon, she and the blue fox grunting in pain.

"Alright, now we got you where we want you!" Toxtricity stated with a smirk. He and his sister formed their electric strings from their knees up to their shoulders. They then started to strum them before shouting, "OVERDRIVE!"

Sure enough, the sound waves came out along with their lightning bolts, but what shocked the audience most was that the waves were not as wide as usual. In fact, they were almost as thin as bullets, and it was soon made clear why they took this approach when the Steaming Boilers were struck in the gut.

Both coughed up blood as dark burns formed in those very spots, the electricity cutting open the skin after a few seconds. Butterfree stared at this and stated, "It would seem the Electric Metal Heads have been hiding a few skills from us! They've purposely made the sound waves for their overdrive thinner in order for the move to deal more damage! And since their opponents are too winded to avoid it, that was the perfect time to dish that out!"

Sutorinda had a big open-mouth smile on her face while she exclaimed, "Look at that, bro! This works wonders!" before Toxtricity nodded and thought, 'That's right. We spent most of our time training our Overdrive ability so we could find ways to make it more effective. Drill mode was created so the attack could deal far more damage. It covers less ground, so it's more likely to miss, hence why we needed to set them up for it first.'

As if that was not enough, the force also sent the two heroes backward and pressed their backs up against the ropes. This put small holes in their backs as blood squirted out, the duo crying out in agony.

After a few seconds, the lizards stopped their assault before Vaporeon fell to her knees and Scorbunny placed her hand against her gut. She tensed up and uttered, "Oh my god, they're even worse than before. How long have they been able to do this?"

"Hey, we can handle it," Vaporeon replied with a smile while she slowly rose to her feet, "Come on, was that anywhere near as bad as Eternatus?"

Scorbunny blinked before she shook her head and readied herself. But just as she and Vaporeon were ready to fight back, Toxtricity smirked and nodded at Sutorinda. Both of them pounded their fists together and covered them in electricity. They then spread their arms apart and formed their axe-shaped guitars, shouting, "THUNDER AXE!"

Vaporeon turned to Scorbunny and asked, "You remember how this move works, right?" the rabbit nodding and replying, "Yeah. This shouldn't be too hard to avoid," both bracing themselves before the lizards raced toward them with their guitars held back.

The Steaming Boilers looked back to when Drizzile and Gallade fell victim to this move and why they failed to avoid it. With that in mind, Vaporeon curled up her tail like a spring and leapt high into the air before Toxtricity could strike her while Scorbunny leapt far to the side in time to evade Sutorinda.

Unfortunately, both lizards had expected this. Thus Toxtricity smirked and hurled his guitar up into the air, causing it to spin like a boomerang and strike Vaporeon's chin. Sutorinda also threw hers sideways before it flew into Scorbunny's cheek. Thus both opponents coughed up blood while burns formed on the spots that had been hit.

"You're not the only ones who have mentally prepared yourselves for this match," Sutorinda stated with a smirk before she formed her strings again, Toxtricity following suit and adding, "We knew at least you would pay close attention to our last match and find ways around our best moves, Vaporeon. After all, you've proven yourself to be an awesome strategist. That's why we came up with ways to work around any countermeasure that you may have come up with."

With that in mind, each one pointed at a different opponent before both exclaimed, "OVERDRIVE!" once again releasing sound waves. Luckily, Vaporeon and Scorbunny had enough energy to move this time, thus they shifted just far enough to avoid the incoming streams. Unfortunately, it seemed as if the lizards had psyched them out when the sound waves expanded to twice their original width, lightning once again striking them as they winced in pain.

'Nice try,' Toxtricity thought with a smirk, 'But this is our bass mode. It deals less damage than the other two, but it covers much more ground, making it harder to dodge.'

Because of the weakened power, Scorbunny was able to ignore the pain this time. The only problem was that because her ears were so sensitive, the sound itself was getting to her and keeping her from fighting back. Thankfully, though, the lizards ended their attack after half a minute once again.

But while this saved Vaporeon and Scorbunny from further pain, it did not change the fact that both already felt weak. Beedrill looked at this and said, "Things seemed to go well for the Steaming Boilers before, but now they can't even land a hit on the Electric Metal Heads, let alone dodge them."

"I hate to say it, but they're right," Blaziken grunted, "I still have faith in them, though. Lord knows we've been in these situations too many times to count. But they'll need to think up something fast."

Machoke nodded and replied, "Well, they have been friends for a long time. I'm sure they can handle it," Gardevoir nodding and squealing, "Come on! You can do it!"

But while Scorbunny was more than ready to make a comeback, Vaporeon did not seem so confident. It was just as Beedrill said. It was one thing for them to take in this much damage, but it seemed as if Toxtricity and Sutorinda had prepared a countermeasure for everything they had now. Would they be able to get the upper hand back?

It seemed unlikely when Sutorinda and Toxtricity locked arms and swung around with their feet above the ground. They then released their hold one each other and flew toward their own targets, Sutorinda kicking Vaporeon in the gut before Toxtricity struck Scorbunny. However, what happened next was even more shocking when the lizards formed electric bracelets around their wrists. Streams shot out of Toxtricity's and attached themselves to Sutorinda's, both pulled toward each other like magnets.

The crowd was confused at first until the Electric Metal Heads locked arms and spun around again. But when they launched themselves toward their opponents this time, each aimed for the opposite target, both shouting, "MAGNETIC FLYING KICK!"

Vaporeon took the strike from Toxtricity before she coughed up more blood, thinking, 'Oh my god! They were really prepared for this!' she and Scorbunny taking in three more kicks while Zeraora bit his lower lip. Even though it seemed unlikely, he could not help but wonder if things would have been different if he had been in the ring with the blue fox instead.

But as the lizards swung around again, Scorbunny frowned and grunted, "No! You will not win!" slowly staggering back to her feet while Sutorinda flew toward her for the third time. She then leapt forward and planted her feet into the blue lizard's chest.

Raboot nodded and said, "That's what I thought," while the female rabbit propelled herself toward Toxtricity just before he could strike Vaporeon. She lit her feet on fire, spun vertically and planted her heels into his face, barking, "INFERNO AXE!"

The yellow lizard gritted his teeth and fell hard on his back before Scorbunny landed in front of Vaporeon and enquired, "Hey, darling, are you alright?" resting her hand against her shoulder.

The blue fox blinked and bit her lower lip. But when she saw what Scorbunny had just pulled off, she took a deep breath, sported a more serious look and replied, "Yeah, I am. They may have been way more prepared for this match than expected, but we can still win."

Scorbunny smiled and replied, "There's the Vaporeon I know," the crowd going wild as Leafeon uttered, "Wait, did Scorbunny just call her 'darling'?" the others' eyes widening.

Either way, the Steaming Boilers were more than ready now as Vaporeon grunted, "You've seen two of our team moves so far! Now take another one!" she and Scorbunny leaping backward into the ropes, ignoring the pain this dealt to their backs. Ice covered Vaporeon's tail again while Scorbunny's foot was engulfed in flames, and when they both bounced off, they pressed both together to form steam. This caused the tip of Vaporeon's tail to turn red and emit heat of its own.

"BOILING VOLCANO!" both shouted before Scorbunny rammed her heel into Toxtricity's gut and Vaporeon sent her tail into Sutorinda. The lizards coughed up blood and flew backward into the ropes, their backs coming open as the blue fox uttered, "I actually can't believe that worked as well as it did."

Of course, there was no way the duo would end it here, thus Vaporeon raced toward the lizards and rammed her arms into their necks before they had a chance to respond. She curled her tail like a spring and launched herself high into the air, leaning backward and shouting, "DOUBLE TRAMPOLINE SUPLEX!"

The crowd's cheers grew louder when the Electric Metal Heads had their skulls slammed into the surface. As if that was not enough, Vaporeon had used enough force to lodge their heads into the material. Thus she grinned and squealed, "Alright, Scor, let 'em have it!"

Scorbunny nodded and allowed Vaporeon to lift her up and fling her toward Toxtricity and Sutorinda with her feet ablaze. And when she rammed her heels into their backs, she barked, "SCORCHING ROCKET!" before a large burn mark formed on each one.

"Hell yeah!" Blaziken shouted with a big smile, "She's so cool!" Zeraora nodding and thinking, 'Yeah, she and Vaporeon really do seem perfect. I bet Vaporeon won't even need me for the rest of this tournament, not with an ally like that.'

Morgrem and Rolycoly watched this from the hospital and grinned at one-another. As much as they wanted to be there in person, they felt lucky just to witness this. And of course, Hitmonchan had the biggest smile on her face as she exclaimed, "That'll teach them not to mess with my beloved!"

She tensed up and blushed when a nurse poked her head into the room to shush her before she placed her hand behind her head and laughed nervously. But regardless, she had a feeling Vaporeon and Scorbunny had this match in the bag now.

Of course, both knew this alone would not be enough to end this match. So before Toxtricity and Sutorinda even had a chance to pry their heads out of the canvas, Vaporeon took hold of the blue lizard's legs and said, "Here, let me help you up." She then applied all of her might to pull her out and toss her into the air.

Scorbunny latched her legs onto Toxtricity's midsection all the while and signalled Vaporeon to come over. Thus the blue fox leapt over to her, took hold of her shoulders and swung her upward, allowing her to hurl the yellow lizard up to his sister's level without putting a strain on herself.

The Steaming Boilers then leapt above their opponents and linked their arms together with their upper backs turned to one-another. Once again, Vaporeon's tail was covered in ice and Scorbunny's feet were engulfed him flame as they spread their bodies out and shouted, "BAKED ALASKAN ANVIL!"

Sure enough, the lizards took in extreme pain when Vaporeon's ice landed on Toxtricity's chest and Scorbunny's feet hit Sutorinda's gut. And it only got worse for them when their backs hit the canvas hard, the area filled with cheers and applause.

Vaporeon breathed heavily and smiled at Scorbunny while Nori started the ten count. The female rabbit patted her partner on the shoulder as Butterfree stated, "To say the Steaming Boilers have made a comeback would be an understatement! Just as it looked like they couldn't possibly get the upper hand back, they manage to pull it off with three incredible team moves!"

But just as Nori reached nine seconds, Toxtricity's eyes widened before he flipped himself back onto his feet. He then took a deep breath and helped his sister up before she managed to recover herself. A smirk then formed on her face as she said, "Okay, I gotta admit, that was pretty damn badass. But no matter how awesome you two are, you're still not-"

"Don't you dare!" Scorbunny retorted with her eye twitching, Toxtricity sighing, "Impressive comeback aside, you're still going down. We spent hours working on our Overdrive to make it as versatile as it is now, and we're gonna take full advantage of that."

And so, both lizards formed their strings once more before the yellow lizard said, "Hey, sis, I just came up with a new song. We may not have been able to use it for the entrance, but we can use it now."

Sutorinda grinned and replied, "Hell yeah! I think I might even know the lyrics to it!" Vaporeon uttering, "How does that make an iota of sense?"

However, she shook her head and turned to Scorbunny with a nod of her head. They knew exactly how to avoid all three of Overdrive's modes after seeing them in action. There was no way they would fall victim to it again.

But Toxtricity and Sutorinda seemed fully confident when they barked, "OVERDRIVE!" and strummed on their electric strings. Sure enough, Vaporeon and Scorbunny easily jumped over the sound waves, but what happened next was truly shocking, for when the waves hit the ropes, they split up into five separate segments each and bounced off in random directions.

Sure enough, one wave struck each Steaming Boiler in the back while Toxtricity chuckled and sang, "You look rather shocked, but I don't blame you one bit! This forth and final mode of ours can pack a nasty hit!" more waves running into them, "It may be the weakest of the four, but that's 'cause it will not miss! By the time this round is over, it's our asses you will kiss!"

Since Vaporeon and Scorbunny were vulnerable, the lizards switched to the drill mode before Sutorinda added, "I'll admit that together, you make for an awesome team, but you'll never measure up to us! You understand just what we mean!?" a burn once again forming on each opponent's gut, "You may be awesome dudettes, but you never could be us! No doubt in the end, you both will turn to dust!"

Both ended their song as Vaporeon and Scorbunny knelt down and clutched onto their guts. Both felt weak from all the electricity they had succumbed to throughout this match, Scorbunny whimpering, "You know, if Zeraora had fought them, he probably could have resisted this."

The cat bit his lower lip when he heard this, Toxtricity nodding at Sutorinda before both leapt backward into the ropes, ignoring the pain this dealt to their feet. The two faced each other sideways and held onto one-another before they bounced off and spun like a wheel toward the Steaming Boilers. Their frills had sparks around them as they shouted, "LIGHTNING SAW!"

But just as it looked like the attack would land, Zeraora removed his fedora, stood up and spat, "COME ON, GUYS! DODGE IT! I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT!" Vaporeon and Scorbunny's eyes wide with shock. Sure enough, this gave them just the confidence they needed, thus they ignored the pain dealt to them and leapt into the air.

Scorbunny lit her feet on fire while Vaporeon formed her ice ball, the duo flipping vertically and planting both into their opponents' sides while shouting, "BOUNCING INFERNO MACE!"

The Electric Metal Heads coughed up blood and fell hard against the canvas as the crowd cheered wildly, Beedrill blinking and saying, "Well, it would seem whatever Zeraora's business was is finished as he's here to give his teammate the support she needs." Butterfree and Nori simply turned to one-another and shrugged their shoulders.

Vaporeon breathed heavily and smiled at Zeraora with a light tear in her eye. She could not believe he had come back to support her, but even so, this was all she needed. Thus she grinned at Scorbunny and said, "Let's finish this."

The blue fox ran over to Toxtricity and lifted him up. She then flipped him upside-down and curled her tail into a spring, she and Scorbunny leaping high into the air before the female rabbit wrapped her arms and legs around the yellow lizard from the front. To make things even worse for him, Vaporeon wrapped her tail around his neck and formed her ice ball to send a cold chill down his spine while Scorbunny lit her feet on fire to fill him up with intense heat.

At that moment, the yellow lizard opened his eyes and grunted, "No!" before he wrapped his arms around Scorbunny and covered them in electricity as he barked, "HIGH VOLTAGE GLOVES!"

But while this sent a powerful surge through Scorbunny, she ignored it with a smirk before she and Vaporeon descended toward Sutorinda's gut. Toxtricity panicked and spat, "Sis, roll to the side, now!" only for her to just barely regain enough focus to see this.

Sure enough, the yellow lizard's skull made contact with her as she coughed up blood, the Steaming Boilers exclaiming, "ALASKAN ERUPTION!"

Sutorinda coughed up blood while her brother grimaced in pain. He then uttered, "Well, you're definitely not us. You're better," his eyes rolling to the back of his head before Scorbunny and Vaporeon released their hold.

Sure enough, the lizards were out cold, thus Nori started the ten count while Beedrill exclaimed, "And with another incredible team move, the Steaming Boilers knock the electric duo out cold! But let's see if this is for good!"

Zeraora smiled and shouted, "Way to go! I knew you could do it!" Vaporeon and Scorbunny smiling sweetly at him. And of course, the others joined in with their own cheers, Raboot shouting, "Yeah! That's how you do it! She really is a chip off the old block, that Scorbunny!"

"You do know what that saying actually means, right?" Blaziken uttered as Leafeon and Jolteon pursed their lips.

Nori reached ten seconds and rang the bell, exclaiming, "After one of the most intense matches so far, our winners are The Steaming Boilers! These two powerful warriors will compete in the finals!"

The area erupted with cheers and applause while Dialga stared wide-eyed and growled, "Dammit, I should have come up with a gimmick that would hinder them specifically. I was too focused on our own match to even consider that."

"It's fine," Palkia replied with a shrug, "If we can beat Machoke and Gardevoir, those two will be easy pickings," before the blue dragon sighed, "You're right. At least your idea's actually creative. Seriously, spiked ropes? That's too obvious."

Zeraora got up from his seat and ran toward the ring before the others got up and did the same. And of course, from the hospital, Morgrem and Rolycoly both clapped lightly so not to make too much noise. Now they really wished they could be there and cheer as loud as they wanted to.

And of course, Hitmonchan smiled sweetly at Gallade, rested her hand against his and said, "They did it, honey. They won," before leaning over and planting a kiss on his forehead.

Blaziken grinned at Scorbunny and exclaimed, "Wow, that was badass!" Machoke and Gardevoir patting Vaporeon on the back. And of course Raboot grinned and said, "Well, any relative of mine has to be badass. It runs in the family, you know," waving his hand through his ears as if they were hair.

Leafeon and Jolteon chuckled as they thought something similar, Vaporeon turning to Zeraora and saying, "Thank you so much for coming back. I thought you left," only for the cat to retort, "I never said I was leaving. I just said I needed time to think."

The blue fox blinked and uttered, "Wow, I really misread that," grinning nervously before the cat sighed, "I thought hard about it, and honestly, I have no reason to be mad at you. Like I said before, you shaped me into the fighter I am today. You gave me a purpose, another reason to keep on living. Besides, I only agreed to train under you so I could get revenge. I kinda used you for my own benefit too. And honestly, the fact that I won three matches in this tournament is incredible."

"Well, we could increase that number to four," Vaporeon replied only for Zeraora to sigh, "I dunno. You and Scorbunny work really well to-"

At that exact moment, Scorbunny's eyes widened and her body twitched. She then fell to her knee and grunted, "What's going on?" clutching onto her chest before she fell forward and passed out.

All went silent as Machoke immediately called for a medic to come over and inspect her. No one knew what had happened, but they all hoped the female rabbit would be okay.