PM: DOOMED! DOOMED! DOOMED I SAY! DOOMED!
Also, a term from a Pokemon online battle website is used in this chapter. "Ultra effective", which means a move does four times the usual damage. (For example, a Water attack on a Rock/Ground Pokemon).
…Okay, that's all from me.
CHAPTER 38:
Steven vs. Rose & Indigo
From Steven's Poke Balls materialized Steelix and Aggron.
"LIX!" roared Steelix.
"AG-GRON!" roared Aggron.
And from Rose's and Indigo's Dark Balls materialized two darker colored Pokemon than usual: a Claydol from Rose's and a Xatu from Indigo's.
"Clay-dol!" the Ground/Psychic Element howled.
"Xa-xa-xa-xa-xatu." Xatu grunted.
Battle statistics: This is a six-on-six double battle with no substitutions and no time limit.
Steven's Steelix and Aggron vs. Team Eon Leader Rose's Claydol and Indigo's Xatu
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Steelix and Aggron, begin with Iron Defense!" Steven shouted.
Both of the silver-haired trainer's Pokemon shone a brilliant silver color, increasing their Defense sharply.
"Claydol, use Earthquake! Xatu, attack with Psychic!" shouted the leaders of Team Eon in synch.
Claydol slammed its two sphere-like hands into the ground, sending out orange-brown shockwaves at Steelix and Aggron. Xatu spread its wings as its eyes began glowing blue, made a series of sharp movements with its wings, and sent a rainbow-colored beam out from between its wings above its head, shooting it so it stayed right behind the Earthquake blast.
"Steelix, Protect!"
Steelix formed a golden shield in front of its large head, causing the Earthquake and Psychic attacks to deflect away… But not before knocking the giant Pokemon back a few yards.
"What the…?! How could your attacks move Steelix if he was using Protect?!" Steven growled.
"Heh-heh-heh…" smirked Rose. "Dark Balls increase a Pokemon's power level to the highest amount possible for its current Level, and makes them evil…"
"Grr… Making Pokemon evil just to do your bidding… You guys make me sick! Steelix and Aggron, fire a Hyper Beam!"
In both Steelix's and Aggron's mouths formed golden energy balls, which grew as small dust-like energy particles appeared and swirled into the larger ball. After growing to a somewhat larger size, both spheres shot towards Claydol and Xatu in the form of golden beams. The force of the twin Hyper Beam attacks knocked Claydol and Xatu into the air, causing them to make impressions shaped like their bodies in the ceiling.
"…Wow." Steven gasped, wide-eyed.
"Grr… Claydol, use Earthquake!" growled Rose.
Claydol and Xatu fell down from the ceiling of the Eon hideout room, with Xatu staying in the air to avoid Claydol's next attack. The dual-Element Ground/Psychic Pokemon floated about two feet above the ground and slammed its small orb-like hands into the ground, sending reddish-brown energy waves in all directions, which was super-effective against Steelix and ultra effective against Aggron.
"Xatu, now! Strike with Psychic!"
Xatu's eyes began to glow a blue color. With a movement of its wings, the same blue color enveloped Aggron, and the bird-like Pokemon swung the Rock/Steel Pokemon about, slamming it into Steelix and sending both Pokemon into a wall.
'Grr…' Steven growled in his mind. 'These jerks are really just trying to hurt my Pokemon… They just want to hurt them. They don't care about winning or losing!'
"Okay, Aggron, use Thunderbolt on Xatu!"
Aggron began to glow a faint yellow color. From its silver mouth, it shot a yellow thunderbolt which hit Xatu, zapping the Psychic/Flying Pokemon out of the sky with a super effective attack.
"Uh…" gasped Indigo at the sight of his fainted Pokemon. "Return, Xatu!"
He held out his Pokemon's Dark Ball and recalled it, with a black laser beam from the Ball.
"Okay, no more fooling around…"
From a machine behind him, a Dark Ball rolled down a small tube and into his hand, the tube extending just seconds before.
"Alright. Let's go, Dodrio!"
From the Dark Ball's black burst of energy appeared Dodrio, a brown-feathered Flying/Normal-type with a spherical center body, red/pink legs, red and pink tail feathers, and three heads extending from its body via long necks; all had two black V-shaped appendages sprouting from their heads and yellow, long beaks, but their expressions were different. The middle head was happy, the left was quite angry, and the right head was sad.
"DO-DRI-O!" shrieked Dodrio.
Steven's Steelix and Aggron vs. Team Eon Leader Rose's Claydol and Indigo's Dodrio
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Dodrio, use Drill Peck on Steelix!" shouted Indigo.
"Claydol, use Earthquake after Dodrio finishes!" smirked Rose.
Around Dodrio's beak formed a spinning drill shape. The Flying/Normal Pokemon dashed towards Steelix and speared it with its beak, lowering the Steel/Ground Element's HP a little lower. After that, Claydol slammed its circular fists into the floor, sending orange-red shockwaves outwards from him. Dodrio jumped over the waves to avoid being hit, but Steelix and Aggron couldn't do that.
"Urgh… Use Protect!" Steven shouted.
Both of his Pokemon formed a golden shield in front of their bodies, protecting them from Earthquake.
"HA! TAKE THAT, YOU JERKS!"
Rose and Indigo simply chuckled.
"Claydol, keep using Earthquake."
Claydol kept on forming orange-red shockwaves, all of which dissipated upon hitting the Protect barrier, each hit making the shields weaken, until finally, they both broke.
"Oh no…!" Steven gasped.
"Now, Claydol! Full power Earthquake!"
Claydol once again slammed its hands into the floor of the Eon building, sending out one last shockwave, hitting Steelix and Aggron and KO'ing them with super effective and ultra effective hits.
"Oh…" Steven gritted his teeth as his Pokemon fell down. "Return, guys…"
He recalled his fainted Pokemon, and sent out two more Poke Balls.
"Let's go! Skarmory and Claydol!"
From Steven's Poke Balls appeared his Skarmory and Claydol.
"Skar...!" shrieked Skarmory.
"Clay-dol!" howled Claydol.
Steven's Skarmory and Claydol vs. Team Eon Leader Rose's Claydol and Indigo's Dodrio
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Skarmory, use Drill Peck on Rose's Claydol! Claydol, use Double-Edge on Dodrio!"
Skarmory's beak began to glow, and a spinning cone shape formed around it. With a swift ascent and even swifter descent, Skarmory swooped down and slammed its spinning beak into Rose's Claydol.
Steven's Claydol also attacked, slamming its large brown-colored body into Dodrio, knocking the Flying/Normal Element backwards quite a distance, and inflicting some recoil damage.
"Claydol!" called out Rose.
"Dodrio!" shouted Indigo.
"Team-up attack!" both said in unison. "Confusion and Drill Peck!"
The darker Claydol's many eyes began to glow blue, and the same color enveloped Steven's Claydol upon Rose's pointing at it with one hand.
"Humph. Good luck hurting Claydol and Skarmory with Confusion!" Steven smirked.
"Fool… Just watch."
Her Claydol also pointed at Skarmory, enveloping it in the same aura, making both of Steven's Pokemon immobile.
And then… With swift movements, Dodrio's beak began to glow a light color, with a spinning cone appearing at the tip like with Skarmory earlier. The three-headed Pokemon dashed for Claydol, hitting it with a powerful ram and continuously hitting it with Drill Peck. After nearly twenty hits, the same occurred to Skarmory.
"Oh…!" Steven gasped as his two Pokemon fell to the ground after being released from Confusion.
"Only two hits… Or rather a combined amount of nearly forty… No… I only have two Pokemon left…" he whispered to himself as he recalled his two Pokemon.
"Grr… No more fooling around. I was planning on making this go quickly, but your Pokemon are too strong for just deft blows with no strategy…"
"Aw, is the little baby gonna cry?" sneered Indigo in a baby-like voice.
"NO I'M NOT!" Steven growled as he grabbed his last two Poke Balls. "I choose you two! Metalmantis and Metagross!"
From the two Balls appeared Steven's Metagross. Also beside it was a Scizor, nicknamed Metalmantis, a Bug/Steel Element with a slight mantis-like red body, with almost crab-like claws with yellow and black dots on them, two transparent wings, a tri-pointed head, and two-clawed feet.
'I never used Metalmantis… He was too powerful because of that weird disease…' Steven thought. 'But now's the time!'
"Meta-GROSS!" bellowed Metagross.
"Sci-zor!" grunted Scizor in a shrill voice.
Steven's Scizor, Metalmantis, and Metagross vs. Team Eon Leader Rose's Claydol and Indigo's Dodrio
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Metalmantis, begin with Agility!"
Metalmantis dashed around in circles, fast enough to produce illusions of itself while it did, increasing its Speed stat sharply.
"Metagross, Iron Defense!"
Metagross shone in a silver hue all over its spider-like body, upping its Defense two levels as well.
"You believe defensive moves will win? Heh-heh-heh…" Indigo smirked. "Dodrio, attack that poorly-named Scizor with Fly!"
Dodrio jumped up into the air, somehow staying afloat without wings, and then zoomed down at Metalmantis at a high rate of speed.
"Metalmantis, counter it with… Well, Counter!"
Metalmantis crossed its arms in front of its body, forming an orange protective shield. This bounced the force of Dodrio's Fly back at it, at double the power. Counter broke, sending Dodrio flying backwards a long way.
"Urgh…" Indigo growled.
"Claydol, use Earthquake!"
'While Scizor takes normal damage, that Metagross will still feel pain!' she thought.
Claydol slammed its hands into the ground, sending orange shockwaves outwards at all Pokemon, which were, of course, dodged by Dodrio.
"Metalmantis, Protect!"
Crossing its arms again, Metalmantis formed, this time, a golden shield, which protected it from Earthquake, as well as keeping the shockwave away from Metagross.
"Argh!" Rose gritted her teeth.
"And now, Metagross! Hit Claydol with Fury Cutter!"
With its outermost claw on its left arm glowing a green color, Metagross charged towards Claydol and slashed it, with a green light following its claw, hitting with a weak but super effective hit.
"And Metalmantis, use Silver Wind on Claydol!"
Metalmantis shot a gust of silver energy from its claws, which slammed into Claydol for another super effective Bug attack, finally knocking Claydol out.
"Argh… Claydol has fainted…" Rose muttered, recalling the Ground/Psychic Pokemon.
As with her partner, a Dark Ball rolled down a chute into Rose's hand.
"Time for number four: Pelipper!"
From the Dark Ball materialized a darker colored Pelipper.
"Pelipper!" squawked the Water/Flying Element.
Steven's Scizor, Metalmantis, and Metagross vs. T.E.L. Rose's Pelipper and Indigo's Dodrio
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Pelipper, use Wing Attack on Scizor!"
Pelipper's wings began to glow white, and with a downward swoop, it slammed its wings into Metalmantis.
"Metalmantis, unleash a Hyper Beam!"
In its right claw, Metalmantis began forming a golden energy sphere. The sphere grew and grew as tiny particles appeared and were absorbed by the sphere like a sponge and water. After growing a little bit more, the Bug/Steel-type unleashed the Hyper Beam attack, shooting a golden-orange energy beam, striking Pelipper and sending it crashing into the ceiling.
"That's gotta hurt…" Steven groaned. "Metagross, get Pelipper with Psychic, then slam it into Dodrio!"
With its eyes glowing blue, Metagross enveloped Pelipper in the same blue aura, then swung it about the room, eventually striking Dodrio. Since both Pokemon had been weakened before, both were knocked out.
"Can this be?! Some idiot Steel Trainer defeating not one, not two, but four of our Pokemon?! Well, it's time to stop fooling around…" Indigo growled as he and Rose recalled their Pokemon.
The last Dark Balls of the battle rolled into Indigo and Rose's hands.
"I call forth Gardevoir!" shouted Rose.
"Let's go, Salamence!" Indigo yelled.
From Rose's Dark Ball appeared Gardevoir, a Psychic Element with a humanoid body dressed in a white, elegant ballroom dress, dark green arms, dark green, curled hair on her head, a white face, dark red appendages on her chest and back, and thin dark green legs. And from Indigo's materialized a Salamence, a Dragon/Flying-type with a blue dragon body, having four legs with white claws, a grayish underside, dark red wings, four blue points on its head, and dark eyes.
"Gard…" spoke Gardevoir.
"MENCE!" roared Salamence.
"This Salamence…" Indigo said quietly. "…Is the first Dark Pokemon that Team Eon was able to obtain. It is also the strongest, so prepare for your end, Steven Stone!"
Steven's Scizor, Metalmantis, and Metagross vs. Team Eon Leader Rose's Gardevoir and Indigo's Salamence
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Salamence, use Dragon Dance."
Salamence began to dance about with smooth, graceful movements while glowing an orange color, upping its Attack and Speed.
"Gardevoir, Calm Mind."
Gardevoir closed her eyes and began to glow a faint purple color, heightening its Special Attack and Special Defense.
"Metalmantis, now! Attack Gardevoir with Silver Wind!"
Metalmantis put its claws together and shot a gust of silver powder at Gardevoir.
"Gardevoir, dodge!"
The Psychic Pokemon dodged the attack.
"Now, use Fire Punch!"
With her fist glowing a red fiery color, Gardevoir ran towards Scizor and punched it, delivering an ultra effective Fire attack.
"Metalmantis, no!" Steven cried out. "Okay, that's it… Come here for a minute."
Rose and Indigo questioned Steven's actions as Metalmantis jumped over to Steven.
"Here, take this."
Steven pulled out a somewhat bottle-looking object, with a red cap and a red liquid inside.
Steven pulled the cap off and held it up to Metalmantis' mouth, allowing the Pokemon to drink the liquid.
"What is that, Stone?" Indigo asked.
"It's an X Attack. This raises my Metalmantis' Attack power… Or should I say nearly makes it double?!"
Metalmantis finished the drink, and briefly glowed in a red aura while striking an attack pose.
"Now, use Silver Wind again! Metagross, use Meteor Mash!"
Metalmantis again unleashed a gust of silver energy, this time hitting Gardevoir, the attack super effective. Metagross, with its left arm glowing red, it ran towards Salamence and slammed its fist into the Dragon/Flying-type. Both of the Eon Leaders' Pokemon were knocked back several feet by the powerful blows.
"Gardevoir, Fire Punch!"
"Salamence, Dragon Claw!"
Gardevoir jumped over to Metalmantis with her fist glowing a red fire color, and Salamence slashed at Metagross with its claws glowing a dark red color.
"Metagross, Protect! Metalmantis, Double Team!"
Metagross formed a golden barrier in front of its blue body, negating Salamence's Dragon Claw, and Metalmantis formed at least thirty holographic copies of itself, surrounding Gardevoir and dodging the attack, with Fire Punch only making a copy disappear.
"And now, Metagross! Hyper Beam!"
Metagross deformed Protect, then began to charge up a sphere of golden-colored Hyper Beam energy. After doubling its size, the Steel/Psychic Pokemon shot the attack, hitting Salamence from only three feet away with a powerful orange and gold Normal-attack Hyper Beam attack. The Dragon/Flying Element was knocked back into a wall, but was still conscious.
"Salamence…" Indigo growled. "…Use Fire Blast."
With a flash of flames from its mouth, Salamence sent a blazing red, yellow, and orange star-shaped blast of fire at Metagross, hitting its blue body and forcing it back several feet, charring its body as well with a super effective Fire Blast attack.
"Metalmantis, Silver Wind now!"
Metalmantis opened its claws and sent out a gust of silver energy, blasting Gardevoir with a super effective attack.
"Follow with Steel Wing!"
Metalmantis' wings began to glow a silver metal color. With a quick dash, the nicknamed Scizor slammed its two wings into Gardevoir, sending it into the air. Upon hitting the ground, Gardevoir let out a groan and fainted.
"Oh, yeah, baby! Way to go, Metalmantis!" Steven cheered.
Scizor turned to Steven and grinned.
"Grr… Listen, Indigo! Do not fail!" Rose growled as she recalled her Pokemon.
"I won't… Dear sister…"
Steven gasped. "SHE'S YOUR SISTER?!"
"Idiot! Yes, of course, she is! Otherwise, why would we share the Boss rank, you fool?"
Steven sweat dropped. "Okay, that stings."
Steven's Metagross and Scizor, Metalmantis, vs. Team Eon Leader Indigo's Salamence
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Salamence, use Flamethrower!"
Salamence once again shot flames from its blue draconic mouth, this time the fire in a concentrated beam, towards both Metagross and Metalmantis.
"Deflect it, Metagross! Psychic!"
Metagross' eyes turned blue, and the same Psychic energy enveloped the Flamethrower, stopping it in midair. Metagross turned the beam around and released Psychic, making Flamethrower hit Salamence, albeit only doing a bit of damage.
"Salamence… You cannot lose… Double-Edge!"
With its body glowing a faint orange color, Salamence rammed into Metalmantis, knocking it into the air. The attack did only a little damage to Metalmantis, the same with the recoil.
"Metagross…" Steven groaned. "…Use Meteor Mash! Metalmantis, use Metal Claw!"
Metagross' left arm and Metalmantis' right claw both began glowing, with Metagross' arm red and Metalmantis' claw silver. With both right beside each other, the two dashed through the air at Salamence, both slamming their Steel-type attacks into the Dragon/Flying-type. Both forcefully knocked Salamence up into the air and then down to the floor, knocking it out.
"…We won. We actually won this intense fight… Yeah!" Steven cheered.
Indigo let out an angry growl as he recalled his Salamence. "Stone, you will regret this… Just wait until we unleash the fury of Latios, Latias, and, if all goes well, Rayquaza! MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!"
Indigo grabbed the Green Orb from its pedestal and ran into a back room, Rose following him.
"Argh… Metalmantis, stop them!"
Metalmantis nodded and jumped up to the ledge, smashed through the door, and from there, Steven could only listen to the loud crashing and banging sounds.
"…I hope they have health, life, and home/base insurance…" Steven sweat-dropped.
After five minutes of brutal noises, and Steven recalling Metagross for a good rest, Metalmantis emerged bruised and battered even more than from the battle, holding the Green Orb in its right claw.
"Yeah! Let's get out of here!" Steven said. He and his Steel/Bug Pokemon ran out of the Eon Base as quickly as possible.
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…But in the room where Indigo and Rose had been beaten up by Metalmantis, only their cackling and the sound of a roaring engine could be heard.
Both were leaving the base in a red and blue Eon hovercraft.
"The base will be detonating in a mere five minutes, dear brother…" Rose smirked. "Unless that idiot had blasted a hole in the wall somewhere, he won't get out alive…"
"And…" Indigo sneered as he switched his aircraft to autopilot. "…We still have the Green Orb. That one was merely a fake! We can still control Rayquaza!"
From behind his cape, the male leader of Team Eon pulled out the real Green Orb. Both laughed evilly as their hovercraft rose up and went south from their soon-to-be destroyed base.
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Five Minutes Later…
Since Steven had blasted a hole in the Eon base, he was able to get out from the building before it exploded, a safe three hundred feet away.
Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately, all Team Eon members had managed to escape, getting word of the explosion.
'I just hope Lovrina and Roy are okay…' he thought as he rushed to the nearest Pokemon Center.
PM: Do not, I mean it, do not mention the long wait. I had other stories to write. Also, updates will be slow because I will have things to do; things that will grab my attention instead of this fic. However, one more update has squeezed in.