Chapter 4
Struggle
The massive rock Pokemon appeared in a bright light before her.
Sarah quickly dropped her bag onto the ground behind her. There was no way she could run from an Onix, even in Pokemon form. Reasoning was always a good thing to try. She changed her voice to speak the Onix tongue. "Please, Onix. I am not your enemy."
"My master would not be wrong!" it answered. It had obviously been trained well. A loyal Pokemon would follow their trainer's orders regardless of anything.
She'd have to do this the hard way.
She hunched her shoulders forward, a massive shell and cannons sprouting from her back. A torrent of water shot out and engulfed the Onix. For a moment it flinched, but then held firm. Sarah stopped her Hydro Pump and stood, shocked that it was still standing. "But how? Rock types are extremely weak to Water."
"All but this one. I've trained my Onix is water environments. Its weakness to water is completely nonexistent. NOW USE DIG!" The rock snake vanished into the ground.
Too easy. She'd seen that move too many times and knew exactly how to counter.
She jumped into the air and became a Pidgeotto. She flew a lazy circle over the hole the Onix dug then changed into a huge Venusaur. In a moment, she charged a powerful Solar Beam and sent it straight down into the tunnel.
The Onix screamed from below and brought a smile to Sarah's face.
"NOW CHARGE IT!" The Onix ripped through the rock and smashed into Sarah's exposed stomach.
The air burst from her lungs as she was sent straight into a boulder. She fell to her stomach and coughed as she changed back. How had it been able to stand up to her Solar Beam? Grass was Rock's other big weakness. This Onix's defense must be off the charts.
She was in for a long fight.
"WRAP!" The Onix was suddenly around her. It made one loop and closed in. The big snake tightened, but there was nothing good. She'd vanished. He looked around confused.
Sarah materialized in front of his face as a Gengar. He stumbled back for a moment and she took the opening to hit him with a point-blank Psybeam.
The Rock Pokemon fell further back, so she shifted to a Venusaur once again and hit it with another Solar Beam.
"USE DIG AGAIN!" The Onix finally recovered and fled into the rocks below.
"Perfect." Sarah shifted her body into a Charizard and slammed her foot into the ground. The Earthquake quickly spread through the ground, even knocking the other trainer on his back. "There's no way he'd survive that."
The rocks below her splintered. She looked down and the rocks shot up. The Onix's snout rammed into her stomach again and sent her back through the air.
She looked back as she flew and then wished she hadn't. A large rock pointed sideways speared her back. Her body arched over it as it dug into her skin. At first, all she could do was writhe in pain. After a moment, she finally gasped in and let out a howl.
Something hit the side of her head. She realized in an instant and with a rush of fear that it was a pokeball!
Her body vanished around her and she was pulled away. After only a moment, she could feel a sort of cage enclose around her. She couldn't see anything, but she could feel everything. In fact, the weird state of being pure energy was somewhat relaxing. It completely removed the sting of the rocks in her back.
NO! She had to get out. She struggled, pushed out against the barrier, but it held firm.
She stopped for a moment as her mind raced. She was captured! A captured Pokemon! Everything was gone, over! She was never going to be able to help Oak!
"Wait. Slow down. No need to rush." She took a deep breath (how in her energy state she couldn't quite tell) and calmed her mind. As she did, her mind cleared of the fear. Instead, it was replaced with an anger that quickly grew into rage.
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The man in the red vest watched the pokeball suck Sarah into its depths. It fell to the ground and began to shake, the red light pulsing on its front. After several seconds, it fell still and the light died.
He ran over and picked it up. "You're gonna make me one badass trainer!" He smiled evily.
Suddenly the pokeball and began to crack and vibrate. He gave yelp and dropped it back onto the rocks. The cracks spread, covering the entire surface, until it finally exploded in a burst of light. He covered his face with his arm and several pieces of metal flew up and into his skin, bringing trickles of blood.
When he looked back, Sarah was crouched on the rocks in her human form.
She looked up at him with hatred. "I am not just some Pokemon to be captured." She came at him.
He took a step back but wasn't fast enough. A Hitmonchan fist drove into his jaw and threw him back. He hit the ground and slid to a stop. But she was quicker. Just as he stopped, she was beside him and driving her Hitmonlee leg into his stomach. The rocks below him fell in a crater around him.
The man coughed and drops of blood flew up into Sarah's face, pulling out of her rage. She stopped as he her body changed back to that of a human. He didn't move or seem to breathe.
She quivered at the sight of him, what she had done to him. She placed a hand against his neck and felt a very weak pulse. He was still alive.
But…what had happened? She'd never been that angry before. And she didn't even remember telling herself to attack him. It just happened.
Something felt very wrong.
The pain in her back returned redoubled. She cringed and reached up behind her. Her hand touched a very moist Morph Skin and when she brought it back forward, it was coated in red.
Her body felt very heavy. The loss of blood was getting to her. She let herself fall to her knees gently.
"Maybe I should have brought help."
The world vanished into darkness and her cheek fell to the rock.