(The name problem has been fixed. The Eevee's nickname is Huan, not Juan.
CyberfrogX, I thank you!
Okay, now that that's settled, Chapter six!)
In a matter of minutes, the trio found themselves outside Peacock Gym again. The same guards were flanking the doors; they took one look at Elvina and locked their axes together in front of the door.
"We're here to challenge the Gym leaders, and she's here to watch." Sara growls at them, a little louder then she should have. The guards exchanged glances before nodding, and permitting the three inside the Gym. Star had agreed to return to her Pokeball, to surprise Mitch and Laura.
Elvina joined the crowd, getting in as close to the battlefield as possible. The referee, wearing a perfectly tailored suit, announced the rules like the last time. Four Pokemon on each side, no time limit. And when he was done with his speech, the referee raised two flags to signal the battle's beginning.
Mitch and Laura let out the same two Pokemon as before, a Fearow that looked in pretty bad shape, and a Pelipper. Sara started with Vulpix, Drake with Horsea.
"Horsea, Bubblebeam the Fearow!" Drake calls out, his Horsea nods and shoots out a stream of bubbles that hit their mark. On orders from Mitch, the Fearow strikes back with a Fury Attack that hit Horsea twice before he rolled out of its way.
"Vulpix, knock the Pelipper out of the sky with Quick Attack!" Sara exclaims, and watches as her Vulpix slammed her body at a breakneck speed onto the Pelipper's back. She went, as Sara had hopped, flopping to the floor with a victorious looking Vulpix on her back. "Now you can give it the hot foot!" Vulpix nods and blasts an Ember at her captive's feet before being sent flying off of the annoyed Pelipper.
"Water Gun, Horsea!" Horsea blasted a jet of water flying Fearow, which also hit its mark and shot the soaked bird out of the sky.
Sara took advantage of this, "Vulpix, use Confuse Ray!" Her Vulpix's eyes glowed a ghastly grey for a moment, until Fearow caught sight of them and was thrown into a fit. The confused Fearow took flight awkwardly, and when Mitch ordered him to use Aerial Ace, he did attack… Pelipper.
It appeared that the Pelipper took offence to this, because she hit Fearow with several Water Guns before Laura took control of her again. Fearow still was confused though, but in a very bad condition.
"Vulpix, finish the Fearow with Quick Attack!" Sara calls, and her Pokemon slams into the Fearow's chest, causing it to flop over onto the ground, motionless.
"Fearow is unable to battle!" The referee exclaims, and cheers broke out from the crowd, "Mitch is down one Pokemon! If the battle is to continue, he must…"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Got your next Pokemon right here!" Mitch growls with an evil grin, before tossing a Pokeball to reveal another bird Pokemon, a Chikpea.
"Chikpea, the grass fowl Pokemon. Nobody knows if it's a plant or animal." Sara's Pokedex says in its male computer voice. The Chikpea looked to be a normal sized chicken, the only exception being that she has green feathers and vines curled around her talons.
"This'll be simple! Vulpix, use Ember on the Chikpea!" Sara exclaims to her Pokemon, who nods and sends a small jet of flame headed in the grass bird's direction. The Chikpea let out a mournful cry.
Pelipper used Water Gun on Vulpix then, soaking her and putting out her flames. Horsea used Bubblebeam on the Pelipper, causing little damage. Chikpea pecked Horsea, she wasn't able to fly over to Horsea, her wings were too short. Horsea had enough then, as he fainted from the Peck attack. Drake recalled him and sent out Dorovi in his place.
Sara told Vulpix to attempt Flamethrower, and with a slight struggle to get her flame lighted again, Vulpix succeeded in dousing Chikpea with a torrent of flames that knocked her out. The referee blew his whistle. "Mitch is out of this battle! It is just Laura's two Pokemon left against three of the challengers'!" The crowd went into hysterics just then.
Laura wasn't afraid though, "Pelipper, it's time you knocked that pain Vulpix out! Use Water Gun!" Her own Pokemon soaked Vulpix thoroughly. Vulpix, letting out a small squeak of a cry, flopped over and fainted.
"So, it's just your little Taillow left, isn't it, kid? Ha, she won't last long this time either!" Mitch shouted from over the battlefield. Sara shot him a glare that could melt paint off of a car, then pulls Star's Pokeball from off her belt.
"You'll see." Sara mutters calmly as she tosses the Pokeball and Star appears in a burst of light. She could see Mitch's face twist in shock. Star trumpeted loudly as she glares at Pelipper.
On command from Sara, Star took flight and shot off like a lightning bolt, her wings colliding smoothly with Pelipper's forehead. The Pelipper lets out a pitiful squawk as she, too, was sent plummeting to the ground. Laura's face twisted with fury as she recalls her fallen Pokemon. The referee announced matter-of-factly that the Gym leaders only have one Pokemon left, fighting two nearly fresh Pokemon from the challengers' side.
Laura didn't care, actually, she was laughing. "Poor Pokemon. Too bad you're placing them in a battle they can't possibly win." With another couple of laughs, Laura tossed her last Pokeball to reveal what looked to be a giant… peacock.
"Pekadatle, the peacock Pokemon. Male Pekadatle are known for their long, beautiful tail feathers." Sara grimaced at this. Laura's Pekadatle must be male then; by the way he had spread long, glistening tail feathers and was strutting in front of Star, who didn't look amused.
"Show off." Star mutters before the referee said something that the crowd must have believed, because they gasped loudly.
"Laura has used this Pekadatle in most matches. Only three of the many challengers have defeated him. I must warn the challenging trainers, what you see is not what it appears to be." He said all this with a grim look on his face, the whole of the crowd was staring at the Pekadatle like it would explode any time now. "Let the match continue!"
"Go Star! Use Wing Attack!" Sara exclaims to her Swellow, who chirrups loudly before flapping off in the Pekadatle's direction quickly, wings outstretched.
"Metal morph." Laura says simply and the blush colored feathers on Pekadatle's chest turned a steely grey. Star hit his chest with a metallic clunk. She turned around to stare at Sara, looking slightly startled.
"Dorovi, use Water Gun!" Drake says, and Dorovi soaked the metallic colored Pekadatle with a stream of water.
"Thunder morph." Laura states, and waits for her Pekadatle's feathers to turn an electrified yellow, then exclaims, "Type Ball!" Her Pokemon stiffened for a second, before opening his beak wide and shooting a ball of thunder directly at Dorovi. It hit him with a slight hiss of thunder.
When the attack had cleared, Dorovi lay on his side, twitching slightly but making no move to get up. "And challenger Drake's Dorovi is unable to battle! That means that it's just the challenger Sara verses Gym leader Laura! Can the challenger beat such horrible odds?"
"You bet your tail feathers she can!" Star snaps at his irritably. She circles around the battlefield a couple of times before diving to hit Pekadatle in the head. He dodges it quickly, and gives Star a whack across her head with one yellowish wing.
"Use another Type Ball!" Laura orders, and her Pekadatle began the process of making another ball of thunder and hurling it at Star. It misses her by inches as she back wings out if it's way.
It was then that Sara heard Elvina whispering, "Sara! Psst!" And turned to see Elvina impersonating Pekadatle when he was first sent out, she was attempting to strut, using her arms as two long tail feathers. She waves her left hand at Sara, then pulled it away from her 'backside' and pretended the tail feather was in her mouth. Sara watched as she repeated that with the other arm, before realizing what she was trying to say.
Sara called Star over to her, and whispered what she wanted the Swellow to do. Star looked overjoyed by the time she'd finished, and flapped away happily to obey Sara.
Pekadatle sent another Type Ball hurtling towards Star, which she avoided yet again, before swooping down over him, talons extended. There was a loud exclamation of pain from the Pekadatle as Star did what she was intending to do… rip out two of his tail feathers. The rest of his feathers almost immediately turned back to their original blush color.
"Star, finish him with another Wing Attack!" Sara exclaims and Star, still clutching the two long tail feathers, slams her right wing across Pekadatle's back. He stumbles, lets out a small squeak, and falls motionlessly onto the ground. The crowd stared at him for a long while, not making a sound, before bursting out into overwhelming applause.
"We did it! We did it!" Sara and Drake exclaim, jumping up and down happily.
Laura was shaking her head as she recalled Pekadatle, "I don't believe it." She grumbles before placing two badges in Star's beak and walking away, followed by Mitch.
Star wasted no time; she presented Drake with his badge, and gave Sara one of the feathers and her badge. The Pekadatle feather was elegant, its many colors whirling in a vivid pattern. No unlike the rainbow stone set in the center of the Peacock badge, complimented with the four pointed copper star it was embedded in. Like the Opal badge, it was quite small, with the copper molded to bed up from the tips.
Elvina got to them before the rest of the crowd, carrying the other Pekadatle feather and grinning from ear to ear. She embraced Drake, then Sara, during which time Sara got the chance to mutter in her ear. "You don't make a very good Pekadatle." Elvina chuckled at that.
The crowd then swarmed them, picking Star and the trainers up and carrying them out of the Gym. They all wanted to touch Star's glossy feathers, and she let them because of her good mood. Then, still cheering, the crowd let the four of them down in front of the Pokemon Center and turn away with wide smiles on their own faces.