The Battle Club
Chapter 4
-Excalorium-
1:06 A.M.
Pewter City
Battle Club
"But come on, Grant, I'm so tired…"
"So?"
Chester glared at the older boy for a second before continuing running laps around the dojo with his Butterfree and Jigglypuff behind him.
A knock came at the door. "Keep running, Chester," Grant growled, as the boy had stopped to look.
Grant opened up the door, and smiled. "Good to see you."
"Yeah, it's great to see you too. Mind telling me what happened?" The girl asked.
"ZICKS!" Chester cried, running up to and tackling the girl.
Grant slapped his forehead. "Chester, I was meaning to introduce you. This is Samantha, Zicks' twin sister. Also, one of the people who will be helping us find her."
Chester jumped up, his face turning bright red. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to… Um…"
Upon closer inspection, Chester saw the difference. This girl had the same hair color, but it was longer than Zicks' shoulder-length cut. Her face was a bit leaner, and she had more muscle.
She dusted herself off, and spoke in the same bored drawl as Zicks. "Do you mind telling me what happened? I'm a bit worried."
Grant nodded. "I'll explain everything. Chester, keep running, and Butterfree, learn from Chester. That was a better Tackle attack than you've been doing."
Butterfree sank to the floor, moping.
Unknown Time
Live Headquarters
Zicks awoke in a cold sweat. She could still hear the sickly sweet, forcibly manipulative tones of the woman.
"What am I doing here…" She muttered. Zicks pulled herself up, and grabbed her Poke Balls.
The window opened up again.
"Hello, 127. I take it you enjoyed your time with 1?" 6 sneered.
"That was 1? And no. Oddly enough, I'm not too fond of losing control of my body. Just how does she do that?"
"What do you mean? Nobody controlled you. Everything you've done has been of your own free will. Maybe deep down you do want our utopia."
"Bullshit." Zicks growled, and winced as the current flew through her. "That wasn't normal. A Slowpoke could tell that."
"Regardless, I came to inform you that later today you will be accompanying 1, along with your squad members, on a mission. I believe you are familiar with the location… And the target."
"And who would that be…" Zicks asked, eyes narrowing.
6 chuckled. "The location of your mission is Pewter City. The target, the only witness to us bringing you and 132 to our headquarters. His name is Chester."
"Wait, what? He's alive?"
"Oh yes, alive, and spreading false rumors on the nature of your departure. Rumors that will end up hurting Live's reputation and goals. He will be forced to choose, just the same as you did: Erasing or Elimination."
"You're a sick f… You… You disgust me. He's just a kid."
"He's a threat to our utopia."
Zicks glared at him.
"I think that with enough of 1's good influence, you'll come around to our way of thinking."
"Never."
11.23 A.M.
Pewter City
Battle Club
"This is ridiculous. We have to go find her now!" Samantha sat up from her position on one of the recliners on the third floor of the battle club. "I can't just sit here and wait while some creeps have their way with her!"
"I don't think we have a choice. Judging from the size of the crater I examined, the foes we're going up against are powerful. Additionally, Chester said that there were a lot of them. If they're all that powerful, which is inevitably the situation we're going to have to plan for, we need more backup."
She shook her head, her wildly red hair flying back and forth. "Damn it Grant, this plan is too slow. I need to act, now."
"Act by spamming Aaron's PokeGear inbox with messages telling him to get here. I mean, where the heck is he?"
"Probably training."
"Yeah, probably."
Chester jogged up on the stairs. "So what are we going to do next?"
Grant sighed. "I suppose we could go out and get some fresh air. Sitting here worrying about Zicks isn't doing us any good, we might as well move around and worry about her."
"Screw that. She gets like 20,000 channels here… If you want to go and walk around, go ahead. I'm watching the Mightyena and the Mamoswine game."
"Oh. Go Mightyena."
"If you watched baseball at all, you'd know that they suck."
Grant shook his head and walked down the stairs, Chester following close behind.
"So do you actually have a plan for doing something right now?" Chester inquired. "Because I could go train some more."
"Actually, that's a better idea than the visit to Pewter Museum… How about you go and see if there's any beginner trainers around you can challenge, and I'll go find a way to amuse myself. Make sure you keep that PokeGear I gave you close."
"No problem!" Chester smiled, turned around, and jogged off.
Just as he turned the corner, a green flash of light billowed out from nowhere, and a man came staggering out. His once-proper coat was torn in several places, and one side of his head looked a little crisp.
"Umm, hello there young man. Would you happen to know where a certain Zicks Rothel is?"
Grant stared for a second, bewildered, before answering. "Well, if I did, I wouldn't be waiting to go and find her."
"Go and find her? But that means that…" A look of horror crossed the man's face. "Oh dear, everything is going wrong…"
A child's voice echoed around the street. It crackled with static, causing Grant to partly cover his ears. "Arthur, you have to come back. Do you have her?"
"No, you fool! We're too late! Bring me back!"
In a flash, he was gone.
Unkown Time
Live Headquarters
"It's so good to see all of you again so soon!" 1 bubbled. "We have a very important mission to carry out today!"
"I can't wait!" 130 said with a grin.
"Yes, yes. Today, we are all going to Pewter City. There, we will find a boy named Chester. He misunderstood something that he saw concerning our family, and so we have decided to kindly show him the light!"
"Wow! I'm very excited for him!" 127 smiled, thinking of just how happy Chester would be when he arrived.
"Now, we have an Aerodactyl ready for everyone to ride on. Are we all ready?"
"Yeah!"
12:32 P.M
Pewter City
"Well, the authorities have been notified. If these guys show up in Kanto or Johto, they'll be apprehended immediately. And Lance will be there to haul them in if necessary."
"It's good to hear that this is being taken seriously. Thanks a lot for your work, Brock." Grant walked out of the gym, waving to the recently returned Gym Leader. He picked up his PokeGear, and clicked on Samantha's name. "Any luck yet?"
"You'd think that after nearly 200 messages, he'd bother to answer one," came the grumbled reply. "I'll keep trying."
"Alright. I'll walk around town waiting for the lazy idiot to show up."
"The Mamoswine won, by the way." Samantha snickered.
"Who cares…?" Grant said with a roll of the eyes, and he ended the call.
It was then that he noticed something strange out of the corner of his eye. A strange dark blob in the sky. Headed straight for Pewter City.
12:32 P.M
Pewter City Park
Chester held up his Pokeballs to the sun. "Maybe if you get enough Vitamin D, then you'll be stronger. Because there's absolutely nobody around here to battle." He sighed, and went over to one of the benches. "Maybe instead of a Pokemon Trainer, I could be a Singer…"
"A singer… Everyone loves me… I'd be famous, you know…"
The stage lights flared and the crowd cheered. An explosion of pyrotechnics circled the stage as out of the center rose the most respected man in the world.
Coincidentally, the most masculine one too.
"CHESTER, CHESTER, CHESTER, CHESTER, CHESTER, CHESTER, CHESTER, CHESTER, CH-"
With a raise of his hand, they all fell silent. Not a word spoken. Not a muscle moved.
"Today, I have a new song I'd like you to listen to."
The crowd uttered an earsplitting roar, but were once again silenced by the raise of a hand.
"Jigglypuff in the Field."
The crowd didn't cheer at all. Instead, they started to make wooshing sounds. Chester looked around, confused.
"Chester."
None of their faces moved, but one person was speaking to him.
"Chester, wake up."
His eyes snapped open.
Standing over him was one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen. Her golden hair hung softly over her shoulders, and her eyes gazed at him with warm, calm intensity.
"Hello. My name is 1. And I'd like to bring you with me to experience Live."
Chester stared up at her, transfixed.
"You look like such a nice young boy. Won't you come with me?"
"Umm… No…. Stranger danger and all that."
He saw a look of surprise flash across her face, but it was gone in an instant, replaced by the calm, kind, hospitable demeanor. "But we want you to go with us, so very badly."
"We?" Chester asked, clearly confused by the situation. 1 moved aside, revealing six figures in black robes.
The same black robes as the other night.
His hand instantly flashed to his Pokeballs, and both Jigglypuff and Butterfree arrived in a flash of red light. "You took Zicks."
"Dearest child, we helped Zicks. And we're here to help you. I'd like you to meet my friends, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, and 132."
They all took their hoods off. Six bright, smiling faces.
Zicks' bright smiling face.
"ZICKS! YOU'RE HERE! OH MAN, WE WERE ALL SO WORRIED! WE HAD THE POLICE AFTER YOU AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS CAME AND WE WERE ALL TRAINING UP AND WORKING TO FORM A PLAN TO SEARCH FOR YOU, BUT NOW IT'S ALL COOL! NOW GET OVER HERE!"
She stared at him for a moment. "I'm deeply sorry, Chester, but… Who is Zicks? I am 127."
He moved his mouth without making any sounds, until he blurted "What?"
"I'm so sorry, you must be mistaking me for someone else. I have always been, and will always be, 127."
"What did you do to her?" He wheeled on 1, giving her the meanest glare he could muster. "What have you done?"
The look of kindness and compassion was gone. 1 leaned over and whispered in his ear.
"She has been erased. And you're next, you filthy Excalorium."
"Exca-what?"
She ignored him, changing her attitude as she turned to her six friends.
"Dearest ones, it seems as though Chester does not wish to come with us. I'm afraid that for the good of his soul, he needs to be forced. Pokemon at the ready!"
Slugma. Whismur. Koffing. Lunatone. Seviper. Snorunt. Oddish.
Jigglypuff and Butterfree took a nervous shimmy back.
"Butterfree, Sleep Powder! Jigglypuff, Sing!"
All seven Pokemon were instantly put to sleep. Grant smiled. "Now, Butterfree, String Shot while Jigglypuff uses Defense Curl!"
The seven Pokemon remained sleeping while they were wrapped tightly in silk. Jigglypuff curled up into a ball, a stance that raised its physical defense.
"Slugma, Ember!" 132 shouted. The silk was immediately incinerated, and the scorching flames flew out to sear Butterfree and Jigglypuff.
"Whismur, Uproar!" Sound waves pulsed out of the silken cocoon that contained the Whismur, blasting Jigglypuff, Butterfree, and Chester back.
None of the Pokemon were asleep anymore.
"Oddish, Sweet Scent!"
"Koffing, Poison Gas!"
"Snorunt, Powder Snow!"
"Lunatone, Confusion!"
"Slugma, Ember!"
Butterfree and Jigglypuff didn't stand a chance.
1 waited patiently for Whismur to quiet down, and the spoke again. "Perhaps you'll reconsider…"
"Whatever you did to Zicks, I don't want it done to me."
He looked at her once again. "She was my first friend, and you made her forget me.
"She never knew you." 1 scoffed.
He glared at 1. "She was the first person who was nice to me."
"She is nice to me, and was never nice to you."
"She was the only person I've ever looked up to."
"Well then respect her decision and join us at Live."
Chester looked back at Zicks' face.
He saw a tear roll down her cheek.
"CHESTER!" 1 and the boy turned to see Grant and Samantha running toward the park.
1 turned back to her friends. "It would seem that the mission has become a bit more complicated. I will ask you to return to base."
Six Aerodactyls swooped down, scooping up each person. And just like that, they were gone, leaving only 1.
Chester returned Butterfree and Jigglypuff to their Pokeballs. "She's trying to get me to go with her… And she took Zicks."
Samantha's nostrils flared, and she grabbed a Pokeball from her belt. "So you're one of the dumb-asses who decided it would be a good idea to abduct my sister? Well, you're about to find out why that was one hell of a stupid fucking idea!"
Chester took a step back. "She's just as scary as Zicks can be…"
Grant sighed. "Samantha, don't be rash. We have no idea what kind of Pokemon she'll be using, or what strategies."
"Who gives a damn? What's going to happen is you're going to get on your Charizard, and fly after those Aerodactyl's. I'll stay here and destroy her Pokemon, and then beat her within an inch of her damn life!"
"Or you could take your own Aerodactyl. They're naturally faster than Charizard is, so it'd be easier for you to catch up to them."
She sniffed. "Fine. I'll go. But if you don't defeat her, and then beat her almost all the way to death, then I'll finish the job and do the same damn thing to you."
"Got it."
She threw her own Aerodactyl out, and then was gone.
"So you're Grant. What a poor choice of allies you've made. She will never succeed."
"You don't know her. Now, shall we?"
"Well, of course." She reached into a leather pouch and pulled out a Pokeball.
Grant took one from his belt.
"Lopunny, please assist me!" She called out sweetly.
"Raichu! I need your help!" He yelled with grim determination. "Chester, I need you to go and get Brock! Tell him what's going on!"
12:41 P.M
High above Kanto's Ocean
"Judging by their current trajectory, I'd say that they're either headed for Hoenn or Orre. However, I can't assume anything. They could be trying to trick me," Samantha thought as she gazed intently at the group of Pokemon she was quickly catching up to.
Aerodactyl grunted softly. Samantha understood the meaning.
"Look right"
Her heart dropped.
Six more black figures rode on six more Pokemon.
Six Dragonite.
12:41 P.M.
Pewter City
"Raichu, Double Team!" The electric mouse split into two different copies, each running in a different direction.
"Lopunny, Dig." The dainty rabbit quickly burrowed underground.
"Agility, Raichu!" The real Raichu and the doppelganger streaked around the hole where Lopunny had disappeared.
The Lopunny barreled out of the ground, straight into the real Raichu.
"But… How? There were two, and they were going so fast…"
"Simple tricks cannot fool me and my Pokemon. I'm excited to see what you have next."
Grant glared, sending the unconscious Raichu back into it's Pokeball. "Exeggutor, go. Sleep Powder!" The fine powder released from the leaves made contact with the Lopunny, sending it to a deep slumber. Quickly, Grant returned his Pokemon. "Now go, Snorlax! Rollout!" The massive Pokemon crashed into Lopunny, sending it flying. Snorlax turned around, and rammed it again. And again. And again. Each hit was stronger than the last.
"Lopunny! Bounce!" The rabbit woke up and leaped into the air. Snorlax barreled through underneath, and Lopunny streaked down, slamming into the Pokemon. Snorlax crumpled, slamming through a few trees before coming to a stop.
"Now Focus Punch, Lopunny."
"Snorlax! Crunch to stop her!"
Snorlax moved to interrupt the attack, breaking through the paralysis induced by the Bounce attack. However, he was stopped cold when he looked at the Lopunny. With love.
"Cute Charm…" Grant growled as the Focus Punch slammed into his Snorlax. He returned the Pokemon, and grabbed another.
"Kabutops! I need your help! Aqua Jet!" The ancient Pokemon emerged from its Pokeball, surrounded itself with a jet of water, and shot forward, slamming the Lopunny into the ground.
"Well, well. You actually managed to eliminate one of my Pokemon," She raised her eyebrows in surprise. "What an accomplished young man."
Grant smiled. Then, he wondered why he was smiling.
"Why, if you came with me, imagine how much stronger you could get."
"Yeah… She's got really powerful Pokemon. Imagine how easy the Pokemon League would be if I trained under her. Maybe I should…"
"I'm sure you have a flying Pokemon. I'll show you the way to Live's headquarters, and together, we'll create a utopia."
"GRANT!"
He shook his head. "Where are these thoughts coming from?"
"Grant! I brought Brock!" The Gym Leader ran behind Chester, already pulling out a Pokeball.
1 smiled. "I see he's back. And when I was so close. Oh well… Go, Roserade!"
"Onix, I choose you!"
12:43 P.M.
Above Kanto's Ocean
"Blastoise! I choose you! Clefable! Ride Blastoise's back! Aerodactyl, get down lower!" Samantha yelled. Blastoise fell through the air as Aerodactyl dived, switching to it's cannon mode. Clefable held on to the shell. As soon as the turtle hit the water, he shot forward, still following the group of enemy Aerodactyl.
The six Dragonite followed closely.
"Clefable, set up Reflect and Light Screen to protect us! Aerodactyl, use Agility!"
Out of the corner of her eye, Samantha saw movement. The Dragonite were surrounding her in what seemed like a near perfect hexagonal shape.
"Ninetales, come out!" The Pokemon appeared behind her on Aerodactyl. "Hit as many as you can with Confuse Ray!"
Blasts of flashing light crashed into the Dragonite, causing them to slow down and drop altitude, one by one.
"Good! Return! Now, Tangela, Bind them all together!"
Ninetales was replaced by Tangela, who whipped out six vines that wrapped around each Dragonite. They were forced into a single spot.
"Clefable! Hyper Beam!"
Clefable braced herself against Blastoise, a light forming between her hands. It exploded outward in a brilliant beam of white energy that slammed into all six Dragonite, sending them catapulting into the water.
"Well, turns out I didn't need those screens after all." She reached to her Pokeballs to return all of her comrades, but then noticed something odd.
The water was turning red.
12:43 P.M.
Pewter City
"Onix, Rock Polish!" Brock's Pokemon concentrated, smoothing out it's edges.
"Kabutops! Swords Dance!" Grant's Pokemon spun in circles, crossing its deadly scythes.
"Roserade! Wipe them out with Leaf Storm!" A mass of furious leaves gathered in billowing cyclones around Roserade, and then shot toward the two opposing Pokemon.
"Aqua Jet to the side!" Kabutops streaked to the left, barely managing to make it out of the way of the powerful attack. Onix took the full force of the attack though, and crumpled to the ground.
"Aerodactyl! Wing Attack!" Brock yelled, sending out his next Pokemon.
"What is it with everyone and Aerodactyls?" Chester wondered.
"Kabutops! Find an opening and Slash!"
"Roserade! Shadow Ball!" A blob of dark energy shot out and hit Aerodactyl, pushing it back in the air. Aerodactyl retaliated by streaking toward the Roserade, wings extended and glowing.
Roserade took the attack, but was sliced from behind by a powerful Slash. It lurched forward, but still stood firm.
"Roserade, take out that Aerodactyl with Extrasensory!" With the command of psychic force, Roserade slammed Aerodactyl into the ground, rendering it unconscious. However, it too was knocked out with another strong Slash.
"Tch. Return Roserade, and go Lapras."
"Graveler, I choose you!"
"Well, how terrible for you. A water type versus two Rock types."
"And a Psychic type, you forget."
Grant, Brock, Chester, and 1, all looked to where the voice came from. A young man stood on top of a tree, smiling a sideways smile. Behind him stood a regal Alakazam, its spoons still purple with the psychic power used to Teleport.
"Aaron! You made it!"
"I wouldn't hang you guys out to dry for too long. But where's Samantha? And who's this?"
"Samantha went to follow a group of people who are on their side. This is who they left behind to take Chester."
"Hmm… Chester, is it?"
Chester nodded, in awe of the air of command Aaron brought with him.
"Well, Chester, don't worry. This person here will go down easy, and then I'll catch up to Samantha and reprimand all the other dirt bags."
"One of those "dirt bags" is Zicks. They're using mind control to keep her with them."
"Oh? All the more reason to take care of this one faster."
Grant sighed. "Aaron, she's pretty tough. She's taken down two of mine already, and one of Brocks's. She's only lost two herself."
Aaron laughed. "Have you forgotten me, Grant? I feel a bit insulted that you don't think I can turn the tides of battle in our favor."
"Your friend is right to be worried," 1 giggled. "Lapras, Sheer Cold. Eliminate the Kabutops."
Deathly cold ice rushed toward Kabutops, but in a flash of purple light, he was gone.
"What… What?" 1 looked around, confused. Kabutops was where Alakazam had been, and Alakazam was behind her Lapras.
"First, I'll use Ally Switch if you try to attack one of my friends' Pokemon. Then, I'll use Teleport to immediately get Alakazam out of the way of your attack. Keep in mind that Alakazam has an IQ of over 4,000, so this can all be done in the blink of an eye. Then despair, because I'll tell you something else. My Alakazam is considered a genius by its kind." Aaron explained with an air of triumph. "Give up now. You've already lost."
"Kabutops, Swords Dance again!"
"Graveler, Rock Blast!"
"Lapras! Hydro Pump on Graveler!"
Graveler was already gone. The Hydro Pump blasted into the tree it had been in front of, and Lapras was slammed by a barrage of rocks from behind.
"Kabutops! Slash!
"Graveler, Rock Blast once more."
1 was breathing heavily. "Lapras Fissure! Send them into the earth!" Cracks opened up under Alakazam, Graveler, and Kabutops, but they were gone in an instant. Kabutops slammed down its scythe on Lapras' head while another barrage of rocks hit it from behind.
Lapras crumpled, unconscious.
An Aerodactyl swooped down out of the sky, and 1 hopped onto its back. "Aaron, was it? Well, Aaron. I think you're the one we need to watch out for the most." With those words, she swooped up into the sky.
"Damn it! She's getting away!" Grant yelled angrily.
"What? What makes you think that?"
"Well, your Dragonair still has to evolve, right?"
"Yeah…." Aaron answered.
"And my Charizard is too slow to keep up!"
"Well, I have another solution to aerial combat. You track down Samantha with your PokeGear, and go and help her. I'll take care of this joker."
Aaron and Alakazam were gone in an flash of purple light.
"Wow! He's fantastic!" Chester yelled enthusiastically.
"Yeah. He sure is…" Grant yelled, pulling out his PokeGear and pushing a few buttons. All of a sudden, he stopped cold.
Chester stared inquisitively for a moment. "What's wrong?"
Grant slumped to the ground.
"What is it?"
"Samantha's PokeGear signal… It's… It's gone."
12:45 P.M.
Kanto's Ocean
Thunder crackled as a maelstrom ringed by fire raged below.
"Aerodactyl, use Agility and then get the hell out of here! You need to keep a tail on those criminals!"
The Aerodactyl let out a worried roar.
"I know, but I have to stay here to cover your escape. Here, take my PokeGear and…" She groaned. Her PokeGear was destroyed by the water from the fall she'd taken to avoid a Hyper Beam. "Never mind. Just go. I'll catch up to you eventually."
She smiled one last time, and then dived off of his back.
He was gone in a streak of grey.
"Blastoise! I need you!" She called out, sending her most reliable Pokemon out once again. They landed on the water in a huge splash. Samantha grabbed another Pokeball, and sent out Clefable. "Reflect and Light Screen"
A huge blast of fire came out of the ring that surrounded the maelstrom, but Blastoise shot forward to escape it. Clefable surrounded them in the screens as they circled around the center of the whirlpool.
"Return for now!" Samantha though furiously, racking her brain for a plan. "Which of these is the biggest threat? Probably the Whirlpool. I could maneuver out of this if it wasn't there… The Dragonite is probably underneath it, so if I used Blastoise's Focus Blast… But he's moving… I could use Tangela's Stun Spore, but… That would affect Blastoise too, because of all the wind…. I know!"
"Ninetales! Go! Confuse Ray in the middle of the whirlpool!" The flashing lights once again shot toward their target.
The depression that the whirlpool was causing gradually lost its slant. In half a minute, it vanished completely, leaving only angry disturbances in the current, something Blastoise could easily handle.
All of a sudden, a rain of big, sharp stones came flying down from the clouds.
"So one of them knows Whirlpool… One knows Stone Edge… One knows Fire Blast… Judging by the storm, I'd say one knows Thunder…"
All of a sudden, she was jolted from her thoughts. A Dragonite shot out from under the ocean, grabbing Blastoise by the head. She tumbled off into the ocean, as it rose up and up. Then, it dropped.
Blastoise could endure high falls into the water, but this was going to hurt.
All of a sudden, a Blizzard shot down from the clouds. It encased Blastoise, freezing her in a jagged chunk.
"So the fifth one knows Sky Drop, and the last one knows Blizzard."
Blastoise slammed down into the ocean, unconscious.
The Dragonite flew down and surrounded her in the same hexagonal shape.
"And I get the feeling that I know a move that they all have," She said out loud.
A familiar white light began forming in their open mouths.
"Hyper Beam."
12:48 P.M.
High Above Kanto
"Alakazam! Focus Blast!"
"Altaria, Fire Blast!"
The bundle of fighting energy slammed into Altaria, but the Fire Blast shot through thin air.
Aerodactyl flew as fast as it could, 1 urging it on with what was at first commands, but was now threats. Her Altaria defended against Alakazam's attacks.
They were coming from all sides.
The boy and Alakazam would appear behind her, falling for a split second that Alakazam used to attack. Then they were gone again, doing the same thing from a different side. Her Altaria was quickly weakening.
But they were far enough away from the Excalorium. "Why don't you stop attacking and appear in front of me?"
Alakazam and Aaron appeared in a flash of purple light.
"Ready to surrender?" He asked with an amused grin.
"I must say, I am impressed with your skill. Perhaps you should send out another one of your Pokemon to defeat me with."
"Yeah! Go Arcanine! Extremespee-" Aaron's eyes widened as his Arcanine fell through air.
"Now, I think you should just watch your dear partner fall."
Aaron watched his dear partner fall. He didn't want to. But at the same time, he did.
"You see, Aaron, this is the power of Live. Without your Excalorium friend here to help you, you are powerless against me."
He looked up at her.
"NO." She yelled. "I would suggest you look down. Watch your dear Arcanine fall to its death."
He wanted to look away.
But he didn't want to.
"What… Is an Excalorium?"
She looked startled, and then burst out laughing. "You're even more clueless than I thought! Let's just say that they have opposed our utopia for a very long time. Now why don't you be quiet?"
His eyes were fixed on Arcanine. He didn't wanted to be quiet now.
"In fact, I'm feeling a bit charitable today. I'll let you fall with your Pokemon. Why don't you return your Alakazam to it's Pokeball?"
In a flash of red light, Alakazam was gone. Without the psychic forces holding him, Aaron began to fall.
Thank you for reading / A review would be quite nice / So just get on it
I would actually appreciate a review of the action… Did it flow? Or was it just a big jumble? I was a bit worried about including a lot of action in this chapter, because I wasn't sure of my action-writing skills. If you could give me some constructive criticism, I would appreciate it.
Also, I really enjoyed writing this chapter. I was looking through my documents the other day, and realized that I had forgotten this completely. I hope that my writing skills have improved a bit over the few months 'break' that I took.
I'm pretty sure Pokemon isn't owned by me…. I'll have to double-check that, though.