A/N: Sorry for short chapter, will edit later, gotta go, bye!

Chapter III – Vs. Team ShadowBlaze!

The first thought that crossed my mind was: Oh, great. Here we go again. I supposed that was my human response, because the second was my Mudkip instincts kicking in. They said: OH-MY-GOSH-TOUGH-POKEMON-ARE-ATTACKING-WE'RE-GONNA-DIE-GOTTA-RUN-GOTTA-HIDE-GOTTA-RUNRUNRUN AAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I gulped and stammered, "Uh… guys? Y-you can keep the rock. We'll just be on our way then…"

I turned around and began tiptoeing out of the immediate area, then froze dead when Charmeleon growled and Sneasel said dangerously, "Oh, but see, honey, it's not the stone we want. Not now that you know our plans. It's your lives."

Kylos and I exchanged glances and gulped in unison.

"And don't even think-" she practically tuned into a gray-black blur and appeared behind us- "about escaping."

"Okay, okay! We surrender!" I whimpered.

"Wh-" Kylos started, then caught his tongue.

"Good, good. But there's no need to put your paws above your heads. We'll finish you off first!"

Sneasel started advancing on Kylos, and Charmeleon toward me. I rolled onto my back and squeezed my eyes partially shut, waiting for the moment to strike. But Kylos was quicker.

"Rapid Spin!" Right before the Dark Pokemon sliced at him, he became a turtle-y whirlwind of awesomeness. He spun toward me, grabbing my headfin in his sharp beak.

"Ow!" I winced, but he didn't loosen his grip and instead continued spinning toward the exit. This might have been a good idea if Charmeleon hadn't been right next to me.

"Fire Punch!" he barked, and quickly slammed one of the Turtwig's unprotected back legs burning into the ground.

Now it was Kylos' turn to howl in pain, and when he opened his mouth to do so, a very dizzy Mudkip went flying into a wall.

Sneasel and Charmeleon took advantage of this to use Ice Shard on me and Flamethrower on my friend. I shielded my face with my paws and managed to hang on, due to the Ice attack having a reduced effect on Water-types, but through the gap between my short blue arms I saw Kylos. To sum it up quickly, he was in a bad way. The super-effective fire was blazing, setting his body alight. Charmeleon laughed at his pain.

"N-no!" I felt myself go rigid. Vivid images flashed through my mind as quickly as the ice spears barraging me. Red. Heat. Darkness. Fire. Fire. Now I was going limp. The world was fading to black.

"What's wrong? You look a little pale," Sneasel jeered, momentarily halting her attack.

A dim Charmeleon snickered and stopped breathing fire. His claws came together in a glowing red fist, and he prepared to crush the little turtle's trembling head. No! I thought numbly, but everything seemed so far away…

Then there was a flash of blue light, and a voice as smooth and sharp as crystal spoke, "Enough! This ends now!" An explosion followed, and everything went dark.

At some point I remember coming to and feeling like I was running. A single gray-black paw was lifting me above the blurry ground. Then I felt the colorless abyss of unconciousness dragging me down. I fainted once again.