CHAPTER 36:
Vs. Regirock
"Here we go, guys... We're taking on a Legendary Pokemon!" Melanie said to her two faithful Pokemon, who nodded and grunted in reply.
The three prepared for battle... Two tough Water Elements versus a strong Rock Element Legendary.
'You're going down, you ignorant twit.' Maxie thought, smirking evilly.
'You're going down, Maxie!' Melanie thought, growling in her anger.
Tabitha, who had taken his place alongside the battlefield, thought with a smirk:
'Foolish brat... If you think you can beat Maxie when you're staring down the Rock Peak Legendary, Regirock, you are in need of a mental institution!'
Melanie's Sharpedo and Swampert vs. TML Maxie's Regirock
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Regirock, begin with Iron Defense!"
Regirock put its arms in front of its body and began to shine a metal color, enhancing its Defense sharply.
"You forget even the coolest and most powerful Pokemon have weaknesses, Maxie! I studied Regirock while I was in Pokemon Trainers' School, and I know it may have high Attack and Defense..." Melanie said with a smirk. "But its Special Defense is slightly low! So, Swampert and Sharpedo, use double Surf!"
Swampert and Sharpedo both summoned large tidal waves of water, and, riding atop them, crashed into Regirock, sending the Rock Element scraping the ground backwards.
"Hmph. Regirock, use Mega Punch!"
Regirock stood back up and, since Swampert and Sharpedo were close, swung its rocky fist at them, which was glowing a white color. Regirock hit, knocking Swampert into Sharpedo, also forcing them back to where Melanie stood.
"Ah! Guys...?" she asked worriedly.
Swampert stood back up, a look of anger showing on his face. Sharpedo was angered as well.
"Okay... Sharpedo, use Crunch!"
Sharpedo zoomed towards Regirock, its teeth glowing a dark color.
"And Swampert, use Water Gun!"
Swampert opened its mouth and blasted out a watery blast towards Regirock.
"Regirock, stop those two with Lock-On and Zap Cannon!"
"ZAP CANNON?!" Melanie cried out.
Regirock held out its arms, and formed a red circle. This circle went towards Sharpedo, enveloping the shark-like Pokemon in a red aura for a brief moment. Then Regirock formed a glowing blue ball of electricity between its hands, which shot towards Sharpedo.
"Uh... Uh... DODGE IT!" Melanie shouted.
Sharpedo tried to evade the oncoming cannonball of electricity, but it followed him. Zap Cannon finally hit, creating a small explosion. The explosion knocked Sharpedo to the ground, also turning Swampert's Water Gun to steam.
"Heh-heh-heh... Child, you are in over your head. Give up now, and I won't have Regirock here stomp you flat."
Melanie growled, then said: "I will NOT lose, Maxie! GOT IT?! It's time we used those super-powerful moves..."
Swampert and Sharpedo, hearing this, got up and stood/floated beside each other.
"Swampert, Hydro Pump! Sharpedo, use Ice Beam!"
Swampert shot a much larger beam of water from its mouth, this time having two beams, one twisting around the other. As this occurred, Sharpedo formed a small blue sphere in his large mouth, which shot towards Hydro Pump as a thunderbolt-like blue blast. It turned one of the twisting water beams to ice. The attack hit Regirock, knocking the Rock Peak Pokemon onto its back, seriously weakened by the Ice and Water attacks.
"Grr... That's it. Time for a... HYPER BEAM!" Maxie yelled.
Regirock stood back up and held out its arms again. This time, a golden energy sphere formed between them, with tiny golden energy balls going into the larger one, making it bigger. Once it grew to massive proportions, the golden energy transferred into kinetic energy, making a large golden blast, also with orange strands coursing through it. This hyperactive energy beam slammed into Swampert and Sharpedo, sending them both back to Melanie.
"Oh... Oh... Come on guys, get up..." Melanie whimpered. "We've been through so much together..."
Her two Pokemon groaned in pain, many bruises on their body. But still, they managed to get up, though straining to stay up.
"Yeah! Swampert, Sharpedo... DOUBLE HYDRO PUMP!"
Sharpedo and Swampert opened their mouths, forming blue water balls. The spherical forms shot forth beams of water, which twisted around each other, looking like a DNA strand.
"Regirock, Protect."
Regirock held its arm out in front of its body, forming a green shield, which deflected the duo of oncoming Hydro Pumps.
"And now, use Lock-On and Zap Cannon!"
A red circle formed in front of Regirock's seven-dotted head, which floated towards Sharpedo, enveloping its shark-like body in a red aura for a brief moment. Regirock then held out between its rocky hands a glowing blue sphere of electricity, which shot off towards Sharpedo much like a cannonball shoots out of a cannon. The electric cannonball zoomed through the air, slamming into Sharpedo and causing him to scrape along the ground, now crackling with electricity.
"No! Paralysis... Grr..." Melanie growled. "Swampert, go! Water Pulse!"
A glowing water orb formed in Swampert's mouth, which shot out at Regirock.
"Regirock, use Mega Punch on that!"
Regirock's left fist began glowing white, and with a powerful punch, the Rock Element sent it flying back towards Swampert.
"Swampert, send it back with Ice Punch!"
Swampert's fist began glowing an icy blue. The dual-Type Pokemon slammed its fist into Water Pulse, making it harder and icy, and now going back towards Regirock.
"Regirock, you use Ice Punch!"
Regirock's fist began glowing once more, the same shade as Swampert's. It did the same thing; punching the icy Water Pulse back. This went on for some time...
"What is this...?" sweat-dropped Melanie. "Pokemon Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire or something...? Swampert, deflect it with HYDRO PUMP!"
Opening its mouth, Swampert shot a large blast of water towards the oncoming "Ice Pulse", which propelled it in its original intended direction, now with water powering it.
"Hyper Beam, Regirock! Go!"
Putting its hands close together, Regirock began forming a glowing, golden energy ball between its brown-orange hands. Once this energy orb grew larger, it shot out in the form of a golden beam, having orange energy course throughout it. This beam slammed into the icy Water Pulse/ Hydro Pump beam, both sides of this now one beam not giving an inch. But then...
...The Hyper Beam split in the center, allowing the ice-fronted Hydro Pump to zoom through, and run into Regirock's hard body, disintegrating the Hyper Beam and knocking the Rock Peak Legendary all the way into a wall, knocking it out.
"We..." gasped Melanie. "Won. Swampert, Sharpedo! WE DEFEATED REGIROCK AND MAXIE!"
Both bruised, with one of the two still crackling with yellow electricity from paralysis, Swampert and Sharpedo came over to Melanie and joined in her cheers of victory.
"Grr..." Maxie growled, his facing showing extreme anger. He still held the Poke Ball that contained Regirock in his hands, and, in a true performance of stupidity, crushed the Poke Ball in his hand.
"...Oh, dear." Maxie groaned. Regirock, now standing on one of its legs, shone in a brilliant white color. It then angrily turned towards Maxie, forming a golden ball in its hands.
"NO! STOP, REGIROCK!" Maxie cried out as the ball shot out as a Hyper Beam.
But before it could reach him, Swampert dashed in front of the beam and formed a Protect shield, deflecting the beam away.
"I may hate you..." Melanie said to Maxie. "But even you shouldn't be Hyper Beamed by that thing. Go back to wherever you come from, Regirock!"
Regirock looked towards Melanie, ceased its attack on Maxie, and began walking off into the distance, punching a hole in the wall of the cave.
"And now... The Orb, Maxie...?" Melanie smirked.
Maxie smirked as well, replying with: "Child, you believe I play fair when my life's dreams are on the line? NEVER!" Maxie pulled out the glistening Red Orb from his coat, and held it out in the air, snickering evilly.
"Groudon... Your powers are mine." he smirked as he began walking towards the ancient gray stone statue of Groudon.
'No!' Melanie thought. 'He can't do that!' The red-haired ex-Aqua Grunt made a dash for Maxie, hoping she'd get to him in time to either destroy the Red Orb, or just get it away from him.
Meanwhile... Somewhere in the Northern Portion of Hoenn...
Steven, now approaching the ground on his Skarmory, had his sights set on the large building in front of him; a large building looking slightly like an airport's main buildings with a large blue and red E on one of the buildings.
'Here we go... The Green Orb will be claimed!'
PM: Yes, the next chapter will be all Steven. I'm sorry for me, having to type such a thing, but I know... Certain people... Will love a Steven-only chapter. R&R.