PM: I didn't wanna keep you all waiting with such supreme suspense you went mad, mad I say, MAD, so I made the next Chapter ASAP. Enjoy!
Chapter 6:
Delma Dilemma Pt. 2
We left off after I kicked Cipher Grunt Todd's butt and grabbed his Shadow Grimer. With May and Brendan following my lead, we soon came upon... another Grunt, a female with flowing chestnut hair.
"HA! I have the targets in my sights!" she exclaimed.
"Put a shoe in it. Just tell us your name, battle, and run away." I said in a rushing tone, crossing my arms.
"NEVER interrupt a lady!"
"But you're only an idiotic Cipher Grunt who probably couldn't even create a scheme if your life depended on it."
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP, SHUT UP, AND SHUT UP! I am here to battle one a' ya, Mr. High and Mighty Man!"
"NOW IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO SHUT UP!" I yelled as an anger cross popped up on my head.
"GRR! ...Um, I shall battle the girl. And don't call me any funny names, got it? The name is Toddette."
'Huh, that and Todd's name remind me of two characters of a certain franchise back home...' I thought.
"Oh, you wanna battle me, do you? Well, you'd better prepare for this battle, Toddette!" May antagonized.
The two females walked a large space from each other, and they both pulled out a Poke Ball from their belt/hip pouch.
"You ready?" May asked.
"Oh, of course! And now... Let's show 'em whatcha got, Magnemite!" Toddette threw her Poke Ball.
With a burst of white light appeared a Magnemite, a Steel/Lightning-Type with two gray u-shaped magnets with red over blue and vise versa tips attached to a silver spherical body with one large, black-pupil eye.
"Mag-ne-mite..." it droned in a computer-like voice.
"I choose you, Kabuto!" May shouted.
In another flash of light appeared Kabuto.
Battle statistics: This is a two-on-two battle with no substitutions or time limit.
May's Kabuto vs. CG Toddette's Magnemite
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Kabuto, start with Harden!" May said.
Kabuto's yellow legs retracted into its brown shell as a line of metallic coloring came across the shell, boosting Kabuto's Defense status.
"And now use Shadow Blitz!"
Kabuto detracted its arms and used them to jump toward Magnemite. He began to glow in a purple aura as the connection was made. While it was super effective, Magnemite's slightly high Defense reduced the damage slightly.
"Nice try, May! Magnemite, Thunderbolt!"
At the tip of Magnemite's magnets appeared a yellow spark of electricity, which burst out at Kabuto in the form of two lightning bolts. They joined to form a thicker one.
"Kabuto! Dodge!" May cried. Kabuto used its legs to hop inches away from the Thunderbolt's target site. A black splotch appeared on the zapped piece of ground.
"Now use Shadow Blitz again!"
Glowing in a dark aura, Kabuto rammed into its Electric/Steel foe again, which, regardless of Defensive powers, knocked it out!
"Aw, yeah!" May cheered. "Congratulations, Kabuto!"
"Ka-bu!"
"Hmph..." Toddette grunted as she recalled her fallen Pokemon. From the Poke Ball's center shot a red energy beam. When Magnemite, whose eye had turned swirly, was touched by it, he became red energy, and was withdrawn into the sphere's confinements.
"Well, you beat Magnemite, but can you beat my other Pokemon! Let's go, Voltorb!" Toddette tossed out a Poke Ball, and with a flash, appeared on the field a much larger Poke Ball with angry, large eyes, without the center dot.
My antennae and the attached visor came out from my Snag Machine, and flipped in front of my eyes.
"Voltorb. Level 13. Electric Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Blitz and Shadow Rush. SHADOW POKEMON." it said.
'Awesome! An all-out offensive Shadow Pokemon!' I thought.
"Okay... You got the Snag Machine ready, Pat?" May asked.
"Oh, yeah!"
"Then let's battle!"
May's Kabuto vs. CG Toddette's Voltorb
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"I'll start this. Voltorb, use Shadow Rush!"
Just like when Blitz is used, Voltorb became illuminated in a dark purple color. Only this time, a clear dark expression was on its face as it bashed into Kabuto, causing some damage, as it was more powerful than Shadow Blitz.
'Ooh... I love this... Especially Voltorb's face... Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh...' I thought as a smirk appeared on my face.
"Kabuto!" May cried out when she saw her Pokemon hurt. "Can you still battle?" Kabuto nodded its head/shell weakly.
"Okay, then. Use Shadow Blitz again!"
Kabuto became illuminated like Voltorb only seconds ago, minus the evil expression as he slammed into Voltorb. Kabuto was lucky that moment, as he scored a critical hit. This brought Voltorb down to the low greens.
"Voltorb, Spark!"
Voltorb, with Kabuto still near him, became illuminated in an electric yellow color, and sparks began to flow from him. He rammed into Kabuto, causing his HP to drop to the lower yellows.
"Kabuto!" May shrieked.
"Now, Voltorb, finish it with your Sonicboom!"
Even without a mouth, Voltorb stirred up a sonic boom, causing small, white waves to hit Kabuto. Even though it was a Normal attack vs. a Rock Element, it did a good 20 points of damage as usual, knocking Kabuto out.
"Oh... Return Kabuto." May said, pulling out a Poke Ball. From it shot a red beam of energy, which connected to the fallen Pokemon and sucked him inside.
"Let's go, Chinchou!" May shouted as she threw out another Poke Ball.
In a flash of light materialized May's Water/Electric Element, Chinchou.
"YEE! But it's part Water, May!" Brendan screamed.
"Brendan, don't forget that it's part Electric as well. Besides, May, well, may have a plan..." I mumbled quietly.
"Oh, sure."
May's Chinchou vs. CG Toddette's Voltorb
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Chinchou, Shadow Blitz!"
May's Chinchou became illuminated in a dark aura and charged Voltorb. The attack barely scratched it.
"Voltorb, Shadow Rush!"
Voltorb became illuminated in the same color (again) and slammed into Chinchou with an evil expression.
Chinchou Blitzed mercilessly in retaliation to Voltorb's Rushes, and vice versa, as Brendan and I discussed May's situation.
"Do ya think there's any way May (Heh-heh.) can get outta this, Brendan?" I asked.
"I'm not sure..."
"Well, I do..."
"Ya do?" Brendan queried.
"Yes... But it requires this item I got from... uh... Someone... It can be put on humans to make 'em look good, but I never wore it. It doubles the power of Shadow moves like Shadow Blitz for the holder." I held up a dark amethyst colored neckerchief and threw it at May. It floated to her, more likely and curled around her neck...
"Huh?" May's eyes widen as she saw a moving piece of cloth. "AAAAAAAHHHH! WILD PIECE OF CLOTH! HELP!" she screamed.
"MAY! Get a hold of yourself you fool!" Brendan bonked me in the head with a cartoony mace. (It was a blow-up weapon. No actual maces were harmed during the process of making this fic.) (In other words, I broke it.)
"May, tie that around Chinchou's neck! It doubles Shadow attack power!"
May did so. She ran to Chinchou and tied the neckerchief, increasing Chinchou's power... well, two-fold. What else?
"Chinchou..." May started to say as she ran back to her spot. "Use Shadow Blitz!"
Chinchou, with a dark aura, rammed into Voltorb for the 52nd time or so. Only this time, everyone could see it did a lot more damage.
"Voltorb is weak enough. It's now ready for capture. Go! Snag Ball!" I yelled. I threw (How exiting. This is only the 12th time you've read this.) a Poke Ball with a red glow at the Poke Ball-shaped Pokemon. Voltorb was drawn in with red light, and the Ball fell to the ground. With three shakes and three SHK-SHKs, it was locked inside. May withdrew her Chinchou and grabbed Voltorb's new home.
"I'll take it!" Brendan cried. He leapt over me and snatched the Ball from May's hands... Or tried to. She simply just turned to the left, making Brendan fall on the ground.
"May... Gimme! I want it! And my nose hurts! WAAAAH!" Brendan whined. He sounded like a silly baby...
"Must we go through this again, Brendan?" I asked impatiently. "May, give him the Poke Ball and he'll shut his mouth."
I began to walk up the next flight of stairs. May finally gave Brendan the Ball, so he cooed like a baby. What I would've given for a tranquilizer gun!
"COME ON, YOU INSOLENT INGRATES! I HAVE NO TIME FOR YOUR RIDICULOUS FOOLISHNESS!" I yelled.
"Comin' Pat..." May moaned. Brendan followed his girlfriend to me.
0o0o0o0o0o0o0
It was the fourth floor, and I didn't happen to see any entity in the foresaid premises. So we three walked toward the stairs with much glee, but then a male Cipher Peon with a yellow neckerchief came down to obviously battle me, and I've put in the "e" sound in this sentence too much, do you agree?
"Guess who's back!" the Peon called out.
"Oh, great... Naps, whaddya want now?" I asked. (You couldn't tell, could ya? I bet you couldn't!)
"Well, duh. I want to get your Shadow Pokemon! If I do, I get to keep my butt in Cipher's ranks, and may become an Admin! I'll also earn some respect from my sister!"
'Hmph... Like anyone could get respect from her... Except me, unfortunately!' I thought as I recalled events at the Cipher lab... I then switched to speech:
"Let's battle for the final time, I hope!"
"Well, Pat, I'm afraid I have to disagree with you. You see, I won't battle; I shall force you three to cough up all of your Shadow Pokemon and give them to me."
"Forget it, needle head." Brendan said.
"Well, then... I shall enforce what I said." Naps began to throw out a Poke Ball.
"Wait, stop! We'll settle this with a battle, otherwise you won't get the Shadow Pokemon, and I..." B and M glared at me. "Uh... We won't get a bunch a' bruises!"
"Oh, fine. Y'know, Pat, you would be a fine Cipher member. You always want to battle. And your strength puts you in an Admin position. So whaddya say? Would you join Team Cipher and so quit the hero lifestyle?" A grin spread across Naps' lips.
"Uh..." I said. Beads of sweat rolled down my head as I began to... stick out my hand to seal the deal with a handshake...
"Pat...!" May and Brendan cried out in shock.
I grabbed Naps' hand in a handshake as my hair shadowed my eyes...
"Well, Pat! You're an official Cipher Member!" Naps declared.
A smirk plastered on my face as I...
...crunched Naps' hand and flung him up the stairs. (You really think I'd turn out to be evil? Oh, wait... I am. HA-HA-HA-HA! But not in that Cipher way.)
"You really think I'd be fool enough to say yes to that Naps?" I asked as my eyes became un-shadowed.
"Yes." Naps groaned. He was slumped over on the stair case.
"Oh, really? Well, now you know." I walked a distance away.
"I told you he wouldn't do that, May." Brendan whispered.
"Aw, ya did not!"
"QUIET!" I shouted. "As we say in the biz... It's time to battle!"
I tossed out two Poke Balls and with a blast of white light appeared Totodile and Gastly.
"Oh, tough guy. NOT! Let's go, Magby and Elekid!"
From two Great Balls, Poke Balls with blue tops and two red crests, appeared in a bluish-white light a pair of baby Pokemon. One was the Fire Element Magby, which had several red bouncy things on its head, three white claws on each hand and two on the feet, a black neck, a yellow beak/cone-shaped mouth, a red tail, and a yellow flame pattern on its belly. The other was Electric Elekid, a yellow Pokemon with black stripes on its arms, a black thunderbolt and a line on its belly, small oval-shaped feet, three white claws on the hands, which were patterned to mimic a three-pronged electrical plug, and the classic two-pronged plug-shaped head.
"Oh, how cute!" May squealed.
Battle statistics: This is a two-on-two double battle with no substitutions or time limits.
My Totodile and Gastly vs. CP Naps' Magby and Elekid
BATTLE COMMENCE!
Before anyone could move, my visor came out of the Snag Machine. The white cursor on the screen hovered over to Magby.
"Magby. Level 16. Fire Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Shed and Shadow Rush. SHADOW POKEMON."
'All right; another Rusher!' I thought. But then the circular cursor went over to Elekid!
"Elekid. Level 16. Electric Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Blitz and Shadow Rush. SHADOW POKEMON!"
'And another all-out offensive!' I switched to speech.
"Okay, this will get interesting. Totodile, start off with..." I felt something clinging to my leg. It was... you'll never believe this... Totodile. How totally unobvious!
"Totodile, please battle..." He shook his blue head. "Oh, c'mon... You're the strongest Pokemon I have, and you won't battle..." I resorted to bribery. Yes, I can't believe I stooped so low either... OH, THE SHAME!
"Totodile, I'll give you some more food if you battle. Plus, if you win, as if you won't, a lesson in using your Water powers to the maximum."
"Toto... Dah..." Totodile nodded.
"Okay, then." He wobbled back to his position. "Totodile, start off with Crunch! Attack Elekid now!"
Totodile ran toward Elekid with teeth glaring in a purple color.
"Elekid, dodge that!"
Elekid, hearing Naps' cry, hopped out of Totodile's path before getting bitten. But Totodile and I had a back-up plan. I mean, that move was so obvious.
"Scratch, Totodile!"
Totodile's teeth returned to the right color, and then he slashed his way toward Elekid with his sharp fingers. Elekid was cornered, so the attack succeeded.
"Agh!" Naps cried out.
"And now, Gastly! Use Psywave on Magby!"
Gastly's half-circle eyes began to glow in a purple color as many blue circles appeared in front of Gastly. They rushed out at Magby in a wavy motion, and then hit.
"No!" Naps cried again.
"What's the matter, Naps? I thought Pokemon were just tools for battling?" I taunted, smirking.
"SHUT UP! Magby, use Ember and Elekid, attack with Thundershock!"
Magby began to blow out from its yellow cone-shaped beak small orange circles of fire, which shot toward Gastly. Elekid, on the other hand, (Oh, now this is gonna be funny.) spun its arms and hands (HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! OH, I'M A RIOT! OR NOT!) around to generate electricity, which was transferred to Elekid's plug-shaped head. Two sparks of yellow electricity appeared on the tips of the prongs, which shot out as two thin lightning bolts toward Totodile.
"Oh, right. Like those are gonna hit me. Totodile, get in front of Gastly and use Protect!"
Totodile appeared in front of my ghostly Gastly and put his arms in an X pattern. A golden shield illuminated from them, deflecting both Ember and Thundershock. Protect faded soon after.
"Great, Totodile! Now use Water Gun!"
Totodile opened its mouth and a blast of water shot out, aimed at Elekid.
"And Gastly, use Psywave!"
Gastly's eyes became blue again, creating circles of psychic energy to wave out toward Magby. Water Gun and Psywave hit their marks, bringing the targets' HP to the yellows...
"Well... Here we go! C'mon, Snag Ball number one!" I shouted. I threw out a Great Ball illuminated with red light from my "Snagger" hand at Elekid, who was vacuumed into the spherical body. The Great Ball, now on the ground, shook three times and stopped.
"Ha! Snagged it!" I cheered. My Snag Machine began to glow slightly, meaning it was charging its energy for the next Ball. I had to make a move.
"Gastly! Use Shadow Blitz!"
Gastly became surrounded by darkness, and then slammed into Magby. The attack caused little damage.
"Magby, use Shadow Rush!"
Magby's focused look became a dark expression as he began to glow with a dark aura. He tackled Totodile, causing heavy damage.
"Totodile! Are you okay?" I called out, seeing Totodile fall to its knees. It got back up and nodded.
"Okay, then. In that case... Snag Ball #2, capture that Magby!"
I threw another Great Ball with a red aura, only this time Magby was sucked up. After, you guessed it, three shakes and SHK-SHKs, it was clear I Snagged it!
"And there's number two." I saw that Naps had run off when he saw his Pokemon had been Snagged, so I had no trouble walking over to Elekid and Magby's new "homes" and picked them up.
"Alright. I shall be keeping Elekid. Who desires Magby?" I asked. Totodile and Gastly ran/floated up to me.
"Um... I do." May said. I tossed her the Ball.
"Very well. Brendan, no whining!"
"I won't whine this time!"
"Good. Now, let's proceed. Only one floor remains between us and the top floor... And the more I think about this place's floor arrangements, the more it reminds me of a certain place in Hoenn..."
"Really? What?" Brendan asked from behind me.
Recalling my Pokemon, I replied:
"Oh, uh, nowhere. Just thinking aloud, Brendan. Let's go." We walked up the next-to-final set of stairs to the fifth floor.
0o0o0o0o0o0
The final indoor floor of Delma Pillar was the same dirt-colored place like the others.
"Nothin' special here." Brendan mumbled.
"Yeah... For once, Brendan, you're correct. There's not a soul in sight that is interesting, unless I look in a mirror." I said, cracking a smirk.
"Oh, how true, Pat." he said sarcastically.
"BUT THEN THERE'S ME!" boomed a loud voice. I saw a shadow moving down the stairs, so I expected the worse: the boss of this place.
The person came down, and we saw he was... very large. Instead of regular Grunt or Peon clothing, he wore a white one-piece, triangle-ish topped suit that looked like armor with light blue fingered metal gloves and large metal shoes, a blue cape (At which my eyes popped out at.), a blue Cipher neckerchief. Last was a helmet that had two horns on the side, black eye slits, black holes for breathing, and black lines for the mouth, which lit up with red when the person talked, all colored light blue. The suit/armor had a black C on it.
"Boy, are you lost." I said to the large man. He had very big muscles that could be seen from his armor's arms.
"I am Gunnar." he said. He had a British-like accent, making his name sound like "Gonna".
"Gonna what? Go to a Viking convention at the civics center?" I asked. (Well, he had a Viking look!)
"I and Cipher are here to conquer this world!"
"No ya won't."
"Yes... we... will."
"No ya won't!"
"Yes we will!" he said in a taunting voice.
"Yes you will." I said back.
"NO WE WON'T CONQUER THIS WORLD!"
"Have it your way."
"Ooh, I will enjoy crushing you, boy!"
"Oh, yeah. Like that's ever gonna happen. I'm afraid you and Cipher will hafta pack your bags and go, 'cause this is a "No-Invasion" zone."
By now May and Brendan were laughing their heads off.
"YOU DARE!" Gunnar shouted at them.
"Uh... Yes?" Brendan answered, then hid behind May.
"THAT'S IT! I, Cipher Peon Gunnar, am fed up with your insolence! I challenge you to a battle!" Gunnar pointed at me.
"Oh, boy..." I mumbled. I don't want to say it, but I didn't want to battle. Gunnar stretched his body to pull into the scene a gold and black phonograph, and he put a disk on, then played it.
"AH-HA-HA-HA-HA..." Gunnar started to laugh. But then he noticed the lyrics...
...F-G...
H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P...
Q-R-S...
T-U-V...
W-X...
Y and Z...
Now you know your ABC's...
Next time won't you sing with...
Gunnar had been looking at the phonograph, and then stopped it, flipped it around, and played it again. It was dramatically evil music, which... I liked.
"HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!" Gunnar laughed evilly.
"Hey, buddy: that's my job." I said. I took out a Great Ball and tossed it out, and Elekid erupted from it with a white burst of energy.
"Elekid!" it cried out as electricity zapped between its prongs.
"Okay, here we go!" Gunnar shouted as he pushed the phonograph out of sight.
"I choose you Snorunt!" He threw a Poke Ball.
With a flash of white light appeared Snorunt, an Ice Element with tiny blue eyes, a large, white grin, and a black body covered in an orange coat-like object, which was rather pointy, clutched by small circular hands.
"Sn-o-o-o-runt!" it shivered.
Battle statistics: This is a three-on-three battle with no substitutions or time limit.
My Elekid vs. CP Gunnar's Snorunt
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Snorunt, begin this battle with Icy Wind!"
Snorunt opened its cone-shaped coat and blew out a concentrated icy cold wind, littered with hail, snow, and sleet.
"Elekid, deflect that with Thundershock!"
Elekid spun its arms to generate electricity, and then shot from its prongs a bolt of electricity toward the Icy Wind. The two attacks collided, causing a small explosion. Once the black smoke cleared, the two Pokemon were ready for their next orders.
"Snorunt, Headbutt!" Gunnar ordered.
Snorunt jumped toward Elekid with its body pointed so the pointed top was the first to hit Elekid. The attack succeeded, so Snorunt ceased its "flight".
"Perfect! Elekid, Shadow Blitz!"
Elekid, seeing its target hobbling over to Gunnar, became illuminated with purple light, and then tackled Snorunt, causing more damage than Headbutt had previously.
"Snorunt, Ice Beam that Elekid!"
A pale blue ball formed in front of Snorunt's mouth, which soon shot out in the form of a thunderbolt-style beam. Elekid was so close, the attack was critical, bringing him down to the low yellows in HP. However, I had one last trick up my shirt or whatever.
"Elekid... SHADOW RUSH NOW!"
Elekid became illuminated with purple again, only this time a dark expression appeared on its face. Another ram into Snorunt caused the Ice-Type to faint. It fell to the ground and rolled on its coat.
"Return!" Gunnar growled, thrusting out Snorunt's Ball. A red beam of light zapped out from the center circle and tapped Snorunt, making it become the same red energy. The beam withdrew Snorunt into the Poke Ball.
"Here's number two: Cloyster!"
Gunnar threw out another Poke Ball. From a flash of light erupted Cloyster, a Water/Ice dual mix with a purple pearl for a head with devious black eyes and a smirk with a light purple horn sticking outward above it, in a purple wave-edged clamshell inside a much larger one. The outmost shell had several bumps protruding from its surface, with some having a rounded of point, others being small. A clam "tail" was at the back.
"Cloyster..." Cloyster growled in a deep voice.
"Elek..." Elekid said in a slightly panicked voice. It saw its opponent was much bigger than it...
"Don't worry Elekid. That thing will fall if hit with a few Electric attacks." I said.
"Elekid..."
My Elekid vs. CP Gunnar's Cloyster
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Elekid, you start this time! Shadow Rush!"
Elekid's look became evil as well as the dark energy around him. He tackled Cloyster, causing a super effective hit. But barely any damage had been done!
"No way! That Cloyster must have good Defense to resist Shadow Rush!" Brendan gasped.
"Nice try! I've boosted Cloyster's Defensive power with items and stuff, making physical attacks petty! Now, taste his Icicle Spear!"
The larger spikes on Cloyster's shell became light blue as several sharp icicles shot from them. They hit once... twice... and three times. The Ice Element attack was weak with one shot, but stronger with three, meaning Elekid... was KO'd!
"No, Elekid!" I cried out as I saw Elekid fall on its side. I pulled out its Ball and recalled it, drawing it back with a beam of light.
"Okay... Elekid did well, but now it's time for my #2: Gastly!"
From a Poke Ball thrown from my hand appeared Gastly.
"Gastly..." it moaned.
My Gastly vs. CP Gunnar's Cloyster
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Gastly, use Shadow Blitz repeatedly!" I ordered.
Gastly began to glow in a purple aura as he slammed into Cloyster several times. Each time about less than 3 HP was taken off, so pretty soon Gastly was tired out. From all the Blitzes and Elekid's Rush, only about one fourth of Cloyster's HP was missing.
"HA-HA-HA-HA! YOU FOOL! I told you that physical might would do you no good! HA-HA-HA!" Gunnar cackled.
"Oh, man... Pat's in a tight spot..." May whispered worriedly as Gunnar laughed his evil techno-Viking head off.
"Yeah... Cloyster had three weaknesses, disregarding Types. They are its low Special Defense and low HP and Speed. Since Pat doesn't have a Grass or Electric Element besides Elekid, winning this battle's gonna be tough..." Brendan replied softly. "I mean, other Special attacks would work..."
"Gunnar... Cloyster's reign of terror ends here. For now, Gastly, use Giga Drain!" I yelled.
"What!" Gunnar cried.
"WHAT!" May and Brendan shrieked.
It was true; a green energy ball formed in front of Gastly and Cloyster. Several balls of energy formed around Cloyster, and they sped into the bigger ball, causing Cloyster to cry out in pain as half of the deducted HP with Giga Drain healed Gastly. Of course, being super effective... it KO'd Cloyster.
"Way to go, Gastly!" I cheered, watching Gunnar growl in frustration as he recalled his fallen Ice/Water Pokemon.
"That's enough... It's time to bring out the BIG GUNS! While I am an Ice trainer, Cipher gave me this Pokemon!" Gunnar roared, throwing out a Great Ball with extreme speed.
With a flash of bluish-white light appeared a Pokemon with yellow mouse-like creature with long yellow ears that had black-colored tips, red circular markings on its cheek under its deep hued colored eyes, and a lighting-shaped tail with brown markings at the start of the tail.
"Meet Pikachu!" Gunnar shouted.
"Pi-ka-chu!" Pikachu cried out.
"Wow... That's a cute Pokemon." Brendan said.
"It reminds me of a friend of mine's Pokemon... But I hope it isn't a..."
My visor shot up from the shoulder piece of my Snag Machine.
"Oh, great." Brendan slapped his head.
"Pikachu. Level 17. Electric Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Blitz and Shadow Rush. SHADOW POKEMON."
"Hmm... An Electric Element vs. Gastly... This could get tough..." I mumbled.
My Gastly vs. GP Gunnar's Pikachu
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Gastly, try a Psywave!"
Gastly's eyes began to glow blue, and with psychic power, Gastly formed tons of blue energy rings, which rushed toward Pikachu in a wavy motion.
"Pikachu, dodge that!"
Pikachu dashed out of Psywave's path with time to spare, so the Psychic attack simply dissipated.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu stood on its hind legs as his red cheek pouches began to spark! Soon several long, jagged, and wide lightning bolts flew out from Pikachu's proximity toward Gastly. The Electrical attack hit, causing massive damage to my Ghost Element.
'C'mon... Think, think, think... How am I gonna get outta this?' I thought.
"Tick-tock, tick-tock!" Gunnar taunted.
"Oh, shut up! Just move, already!"
"Fine. Pikachu, end this with Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu became surrounded by thunderbolts again, which blasted Gastly, KO'ing him...
"Sorry, Gastly... Return!" I shouted, holding out Gastly's Poke Ball. He was zapped back into his home to rest...
'Down to my last Pokemon...' I thought. 'Which one...? I don't have Ground Elements, and Aerodactyl would be destroyed by Shadow Rush... I have Totodile left if Aerodactyl is out, but then... AW, I'M JUST GOING TO GRAB A BALL AND GO!'
"I choose you, whichever one you are!"
I threw a Poke Ball and Aerodactyl appeared on the field!
"Well, there we go."
"R-r-r-r-rodactyl!" Aerodactyl screeched.
"Hmm... This might be interesting..." Gunnar sneered sarcastically.
"Oh, contain it!"
"CAN IT!" May corrected.
"Can what? I don't see any corn or peas or yams!"
"AUGH!" May and Brendan groaned, both falling anime style.
My Aerodactyl vs. CP Gunnar's Pikachu
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Pikachu, use Shadow Rush!"
Pikachu charged toward my Aerodactyl with a dark smirk on its face, illuminated with purple light.
"Aerodactyl, Agility!"
Aerodactyl, hearing my command, flew towards Pikachu, only to disappear with a flap of its wings and reappear by Gunnar. Pikachu's attack missed, and Aerodactyl's Speed stat was raised.
"Oh, yes! Now use Wing Attack!"
Aerodactyl's wings began to glow white, and with a powerful dive, he slammed them into Pikachu, causing some damage, since Flying was weak to Electric.
"Oh, pshaw. Use Thunderbolt, Pikachu!"
The little mouse Pokemon's cheeks flashed with electricity, and it sent a bolt of lightning toward the still close Aerodactyl.
"Aerodactyl!" I cried. "Dodge with Agility again!"
Aerodactyl saw the oncoming attack and vanished into thin air with a wing flutter. He soon reappeared with a further increased Speed stat by me, this time.
"Pikachu, don't miss again! Attack now! With... Shadow Rush!"
Pikachu's body became illuminated with dark energy again as a smirk plastered upon its face.
'Man, I LOVE THAT EVIL GRIN!' I thought.
My Electrical and sometimes shocking opponent dashed at Aerodactyl and hit, taking its HP down a bit.
"Aerodactyl, you can do this! Use..."
The battle came to a small stand still...
"Hmm..." May and Brendan said.
"Hm!" Gunnar scoffed.
"...IRON TAIL NOW!" echoed my voice.
Aerodactyl's tail began to glow in a faint metallic color. He flew over to Pikachu and landed its tail upon him, causing some dust to rise up.
When the dust cleared from the field, Gunnar and I saw Aerodactyl was fine, but Pikachu? It was close to being KO'd!
"Okay! Go Snag Ball! Do your thing!" From my Snag arm, I threw an illuminated Great Ball, which sucked up Pikachu with a red light. It shook three times, and then the locking mechanism activated!
"And... that's a wrap." I said smugly.
"Oh no! I can't lose! NO!" Gunnar screamed. He ran off so quickly he dropped his cloak.
"Ooh..." I said as I picked it up, after getting Pikachu's Poke Ball. "I like it. I suppose it shall do for now... But when we go to the next big city, I'm buyin' a cloak!" I put the blue cloth over my shoulder, and I asked for May and Brendan's opinion.
"I like your look, Pat." May said.
"Very cool. So... You keepin' Pikachu?" Brendan asked.
"But of course! AND THEN I SHALL CONQUER THIS WORLD! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!" I laughed. It was a mocking version of Gunnar's voice.
The others giggled, and then we went up the stairs to the roof... Where the boss was...
0o0o0o0o0o0
We had made it to the roof of Delma Pillar... And looked up to see a staircase. May and Brendan led me up there. (Hey, I need bodyguards!)
The wind was rather strong here. Some rocks on the floor had flew across to one side! But enough about that. A gruff, booming voice broke our concentration:
"So, you are here!"
I looked behind us to see a man who had... um... large red hair spiked up like a Super Saiyan (I know nothing about Dragon Ball GT or Z or regular. I just, uh, looked up Giga Bowser of Super Smash Bros. Melee and he was described as having Super Saiyan hair, along with a picture as proof.) and red marks on his face. His clothing was a white jumpsuit-like thing with strips of cloth on the bottom of the pants around the feet, which were bare, with gold marks on it in places. It all bulged out where his muscles were, which were large. A blue piece of cloth was around his waist, and a Poke Ball necklace was around his neck. Oh, and did I mention he was... Enormous? Gigantic? TITANIC?
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Brendan screamed in a girly manner, hiding behind his romantic partner.
"Ah, what are you scared of? A weird, muscle bound guy who probably has air in his suit?" I said, looking at Brendan from the corner of my eye.
"Oh, yeah... That's right! HA-HA! You don't scare me, you evil butt man!" Brendan walked up to the large man and started poking his muscles.
"You don't scare me, Mister Big, I'm-So-Big doo-doo head! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-ha-ha-ha-ha..." Brendan's laughter died off as he realized the muscles were real, and met the cold, angry, and merciless stare of...
"YOU DARE MAKE FUN OF ME, THE GREAT CIPHER ADMIN DAKIM!" he boomed.
Brendan screamed once more and hid behind May again.
"Grr, his is such a wimp!" Dakim growled.
"Believe me, I know." I agreed, getting beside him.
"Really? So, how do you work with incompetents?"
"WE'RE NOT INCOMPETENTS!" May and Brendan shouted.
"Yes, you are." Dakim and I said back.
"Hey, this is getting totally twisted!" May cried, seeing a Cipher Admin and me agreeing.
"She's right." Dakim said.
"Oh, now don't go siding with me!" May said.
By now, I had walked over to my incompetent comrades. "So, Dakim, you wanna battle or... battle?" I cocked an eye brow.
"Um... I'll battle. No, wait! I'm gonna battle. Or... No, maybe battling would be better?"
"WOULD YOU MAKE UP YOUR MIND?"
"ARGH! TASTE MY PURE POWER!" Dakim shouted, disliking the fact I yelled at him. "You defeated my apprentice Gunnar, but not me!"
"If the teacher's student is that weak... Yes... we... will." I said, sounding like Gunnar.
"GRR! THAT'S IT! I CHOOSE YOU TWO, ARON AND DONPHAN!"
Dakim threw two Poke Balls into the air (VERY high.) and with a burst of light appeared an Aron.
"Arrr-on!" it growled.
Beside it appeared a Donphan, a Ground Element with an elephant-like body. It had a black back and tail with three bumps at regular intervals, as well as ear-like objects and a truck-like tip, white tusks popping out of its face, a slate-colored body, white clawed-feet, and black rings around its legs.
"Do-phan!" it cried out.
"By the way, this is gonna be a six-on-six battle." Dakim said.
"...Ooh. I don't have that many Pokemon, Dakim. Um... Brenda! I need some much appreciated assisting!" I shouted.
"Don't call me Brenda! I'll help you if you don't call me that anymore today!" Brendan walked up to help me with the battle.
"Fine. I guess I'll stop calling you that for good..."
"GYACK! Really? YIPPEE!" Brendan screamed gleefully. Don't think his annoyance with stop here though... Mwee-hee-hee-hee-hee...
"Just throw your Balls!" Dakim roared.
"Okay, okay, D." Brendan mumbled.
"D?" I asked with a dull look.
"Never mind... Let's go, Anorith!" Brendan tossed a Poke Ball out and his Anorith materialized.
"Nor-or!" it grunted.
"Now it's my turn... Come forth, my Gastly!" I shouted, tossing Gastly's Ball. The foresaid Pokemon appeared in its usual floating position.
"Gastly..." Gastly moaned. That's when I noticed a red aura around it... Reverse Mode!
"Oh, great." I moaned, slapping my head. "Reverse Mode!"
"Isn't that good? It'll help Purification." Brendan said.
"Oh, yeah."
Battle statistics: This is a six-on-six double battle with no substitutions or time limit.
My Gastly and Brenda's (AGH!), er, Brendan's Anorith vs. Cipher Admin Dakim's Donphan and Aron
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"All right, Anorith! Start this thing with Shadow Blitz!" Brendan ordered.
Anorith's scorpion-like body became surrounded with purple energy as the creature rammed into Donphan, causing some serious damage.
Since Gastly was in Reverse Mode, I decided to call it.
"GASTLY!" I shouted.
"Ga-gas?" Gastly moaned, shaking its body. The red aura dissipated as Gastly became one more step to being purified... Just a little while longer...
"Pitiful! Donphan, Earthquake!" Dakim roared.
Donphan stood up on its hind legs and when it came down, it slammed the ground, causing a powerful orange-brown wave of energy to rise up and come toward Gastly Anorith, and Aron quickly.
"That big, bumbling idiot! He'll KO his own Pokemon and he won't scratch yours, Pat, because of its Levitate ability!" Brendan called to me. However, I wasn't so sure...
'Hmm... I don't think he'll do that, Brendan.' I thought, remembering a Cipher Admin from Pokemon XD and Dakim's strategy from Pokemon Colosseum.
"Now, Aron, Protect attack!"
"I knew it!"
Just in time, Aron formed a golden shield around itself that protected it from the super effective and powerful Earthquake. Nevertheless, Anorith wasn't so lucky... It took a lot of damage, being a Rock-Type. While the Bug-Type part helped cover, it still didn't perfect the resistance.
"Take that!" Dakim roared as his throat filled with deep, raucous laughter.
"Easily beaten." Brendan growled.
"Oh, really? You mean by ME!" I shouted.
"No, me."
"I!"
"Me."
"I!" I snarled.
"Would you two just hush?" May yelled at us, getting annoyed.
"Wait, we need a male-bonding moment." Brendan said.
"OH, YOU IDIOT! THAT'S IT! GASTLY, SHOW YOUR WRATH WITH SHADOW BLITZ!" I yelled loudly. An anger cross popped up on my head as I glared daggers, swords, and knives at Brendan.
Gastly charged at Donphan with a purple-surrounded body. The attack was super effective as usual.
"Anorith, you too!"
Anorith tackled Donphan with a purple aura as well, causing some more damage. Overall, the Ground Element's HP had dipped into the low yellows.
"Oh, yeah, tiny tot? Short stuff? Small shrivel?" our opponent taunted.
"HEY! Using same-first-lettered insults are MY OCCUPATION!" I growled at Dakim.
'Sheesh, can he lose his temper...' May sighed in her mind.
"Oh, whatever. Aron, your turn to Earthquake! Donphan, Protect when ready!"
Aron raised up its legs and came down, thrusting a wave of tectonic energy to spread across the field. It hit Anorith, went under Gastly, and went toward Donphan, who used Protect and formed a golden blockage. That part of the wave was eliminated once it hit the shield.
"Hmph, we'll find a way to get that oaf to break down, as well as his shield." Brendan mumbled.
"I've already started calculating a plan you fool." Brendan frowned at me.
"In the meantime, Gastly, use Psywave this time on Donphan."
Gastly's eyes began to glow blue, and he formed several blue circles of psychic energy. They waved in a very bouncy yet single-file way into Donphan, bringing his HP down more.
"And Anorith, use Water Gun!"
Anorith's mouth opened up to shoot a blast of water at Donphan, which would be a super effective hit.
"Donphan, Protect! And this time, hold it until I say so!"
Donphan formed a shield again, only this time it was slightly smaller. The Water Gun was deflected.
"Now, Aron, use Earthquake!"
Aron again stomped the ground with its front paws, sending out a shock wave. But this time, I had a plan.
"Quick, Gastly! Get in front of Anorith and use Protect!" I shouted. Gastly floated over to Anorith and formed a large golden shield, which destroyed their part of the attack. For Donphan... well, Protect gets weaker the longer it's held, so... Donphan's shield shrank more and more as the shock wave from Earthquake got closer... Well, as you can guess, the Protect shield was destroyed, as was Donphan from Earthquake. The elephant toppled over as his eyes became swirls.
"Sorry to break your heart, Dakim, but I'm afraid we've broken more, like your strategy! MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!" I laughed.
"GRRGH! Donphan, return!" Dakim held out a small-in-comparison-to-his-hand Poke Ball which shot out a red laser that grabbed Donphan and vacuumed him up.
"This time, I shall not use my so-called EarthProtect combo!" Dakim shouted, throwing a Great Ball this time. A red Fire Element with a chameleon-styled body appeared. It stood on its hind legs, had white claws on its arms, a yellow belly, an appendage shaped like a stick coming out of its head, and a tail with a flame on its tip.
"Char-mel-eon!" it grunted in a shrill voice.
"Wow, a Charmeleon!" I cried, seeing the Kanto 1st stage Evolution starter before me.
"Yeah, that is cool!" Brendan agreed.
My Gastly and Brendan's Anorith vs. CA Dakim's Aron and Charmeleon
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Anorith, use Water Gun again!"
"Gastly, use Psywave!"
Anorith's mouth opened to shoot out a blast of blue water as Gastly's eyes began to glow blue, and soon the Ghost Element shot a blue psychic beam toward Charmeleon. Anorith's Water Gun was launched in Aron's direction.
"Charmeleon, Aron, Protect!" Dakim shouted.
Charmeleon and Aron waved their arms/front legs around and formed a golden-hued barrier in front of the two, which deflected the offensive attacks.
"Hmm... Brendan, keep up Anorith's attack. I have yet another plan."
"Oh, wow. I'm sure it'll work." Brendan said sarcastically. "Anorith, keep it up!"
Anorith's Water Gun kept on going. Charmeleon crouched behind Aron, who kept up Protect. After Aron's barrier nearly broke, Charmeleon began Protect with a fully charged barrier, and the two switched regularly.
"Perfect." I whispered. I motioned for Gastly to come over to me, who did.
"Gastly, when Charmeleon stops using Protect, disappear. Then reappear behind him and use Shadow Blitz, okay?" Gastly nodded its head.
Soon the event happened. Charmeleon leapt behind Aron for cover. Gastly disappeared in its ghostly way, appeared behind Charmeleon and tackled it with a purple aura, and returned to my side of the field. But no one noticed except me and of course the two involved. That is until Aron's Protect began to waver.
"Okay, Charmeleon!" Dakim growled, but nothing happened. "NOW, CHARMELEON!" Still nothing! Aron's shield broke, allowing Anorith's Water Gun to hit, causing extreme damage to a certain Rock/Steel Element. Finally, Dakim noticed the KO'd body of Charmeleon, plus spiral eyes.
"WHAT! HOW'D THIS HAPPEN!" Dakim roared.
"Easy, Dakim. While Brendan and you were so focused on the battle, my Gastly floated behind Charmeleon invisibly. It then planted a super effective Shadow Blitz, which musta been strong enough to KO it!" I explained. Gastly cackled meanly.
"GRARGH! YOU SHALL PAY! Return Charmeleon!" Dakim clutched Charmeleon's Great Ball, which shot a red beam out. Charmeleon was touched by the beam and became the same red energy, and was returned to the Ball.
"Now, I call upon you, Hitmonlee!"
Dakim tossed a Great Ball and with a white flash, a Hitmonlee, a Fighting-Type with a brown body, a small nose, long, flexible arms and legs with white tape on them, white claws and a yellow dot on the feet, and dark brown eyes.
"Mon-lee! Hit-mon-lee!" Hitmonlee grunted in a raspy voice, flailing its legs about in fancy kicks.
"Wow, D. You're decent enough to have an impressive Pokemon?" Brendan taunted.
"HEY! I WAS GONNA SAY THAT, ONLY MEANER AND MORE PAT-ISH!" I yelled.
"GRR!" Dakim growled.
"AAH!" Brendan screamed.
"Eep!" I squeaked.
"Aha, so the 'Great Pat' is afraid of something!" Brendan said.
"I was just, uh, testing you, Brendan! Now, on with the battle!"
My Gastly and Brendan's Anorith vs. CA Dakim's Hitmonlee and Aron
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Gastly, go for it! Giga Drain that pestilential Aron!"
"Anorith, use Swords Dance and then Shadow Rush that Hitmonlee!"
In front of Gastly formed a large green ball of energy as well as Aron. Aron began to groan as several energy streams bolted from Aron's ball to Gastly. Half the energy taken from Aron healed Gastly as Aron tumbled about, its HP down in the red zone.
Meanwhile, several white swords formed around Anorith, and then they slashed together creating red sparks, boosting Anorith's already formidable Attack. Finally, while surrounded in a dark violet aura, Anorith charged toward Hitmonlee, ready to deliver a devastating blow.
"Hitmonlee, use Hi Jump Kick!" Dakim growled.
Hitmonlee saw the attack coming, so he leapt up high into the air, and with its left leg stuck out and right one bent back, he came down quickly toward the Rock/Bug fossil Pokemon, gaining red meteor-like streaks from the friction. The counterattack hit, automatically knocking Anorith out of the battle.
"Aw man!" Brendan groaned. He then pulled out Anorith's Ball and recalled his fallen Pokemon.
"Hmm... Good job, Anorith. But now, it's time for my next Pokemon! So, come on out, Omanyte!" Brendan threw a Poke Ball onto the field, and his Omanyte appeared.
"Oman!" it grunted.
My Gastly and Brendan's Omanyte vs. CA Dakim's Hitmonlee and Aron
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"MY turn to attack first! Hitmonlee, use... Grr... EARTHQUAKE!" Dakim roared.
Hitmonlee crouched on the ground, and then it slammed it with its foot, causing an orange shockwave to blast across the field.
"Aron, Protect!"
Aron formed a golden shield in front of itself that deflected the shockwave away.
"Omanyte, use Protect as well!"
Omanyte wiggled its blue tentacles and created a shield that also deflected the Earthquake attack. And of course, Gastly wasn't even hit. The shields of Protect disappeared once the Ground move ceased to exist for the moment.
"Aron, use Rock Slide!" Dakim growled.
"HUH?" Brendan asked, dumbfounded at the reaction time of our lumbering opponent.
Aron stood on its hind legs and then slammed its front ones down, causing several large rocks to fly up at Gastly and Omanyte's faces. Omanyte was resistant, but Gastly got the full force.
"Gastly, you can take it! Go and use Shadow Blitz!"
Gastly became surrounded in a large purple haze as he began to charge toward Hitmonlee.
Right before Gastly struck, Dakim shouted:
"HITMONLEE, COUNTER WITH METRONOME!"
A white orb with a yellow question mark on it appeared in front of Hitmonlee, and soon something came out...
A HUGE WAVE OF WATER! Metronome had become Surf!
The wave of blue liquid hit Gastly, and critically too, as well as Omanyte. Both took so much damage, they fainted.
"Agh!" Brendan cried out.
"Grr..." I growled.
"HA-HA-HA! Looks like a Double KO to me!" Dakim gloated.
"I wouldn't get my ego filled with, uh, egotistical nonsense yet, Dakim!" I shouted as Brendan recalled his Omanyte. I did the same with Gastly.
"You're one to talk." Brendan muttered.
"I HEARD THAT!"
"Hmph... Now, time for my last Pokemon... Come on out! BAYLEEF!"
"What?" I said with a questioning look.
Brendan threw a Poke Ball and with a white flash of light appeared a Bayleef, a Grass Element with a tan-colored body and crimson red eyes. A ring of large green leaves floated around its neck, as well as a leaf on its head with a circular indent and a sharpened edge. The Pokemon had a tail and a white claw on each foot.
"Bay-bay!" it called out.
'Oh... Brendan must have evolved Chikorita! But, I don't remember it...' I thought.
"Don't ask, I'll tell ya. Since you did most of the battling, Pat, May and I have been training our Pokemon a lot when you're gone or asleep." Brendan explained.
"Ah... Okay. Well, time for my second Pokemon! Let's do this, Pikachu!"
I threw a Great Ball and my newly acquired Pikachu appeared with a bluish-white flash.
"Pi-ka-chu!" my Electric Mouse cried out.
"Time for my... Uh, our conquest to be complete!" I said.
"Whatever." Brendan mumbled sarcastically as a sweat drop dripped down his head.
"I'll act like I didn't hear that."
My Pikachu and Brendan's Bayleef vs. CA Dakim's Aron and Hitmonlee
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Bayleef, use Razor Leaf!"
Bayleef tilted its head back, and then lurched it forward and sent out several sharp, crescent-shaped leaves in a spinning motion from the leaf on its head. They went towards both Hitmonlee and Aron.
"Aron, Hitmonlee! Protect!" Dakim exclaimed.
Aron brought its head down to form a large golden shield as Hitmonlee crossed its arms to do the same. The Razor Leaf attack dissipated once thy hit.
"HA!"
"Agh..." Brendan grumbled.
"Pikachu, Shadow Rush!"
Pikachu's yellow body became illuminated with purple energy, complemented by an evil look. He then rammed himself into Aron, caused a super effective hit, and finally brought upon the knockout of the hard and hardy Pokemon.
"ARON!" Dakim growled loudly, seeing his long-lasting Pokemon topple over onto its back.
"RETURN!" Dakim thrust out Aron's Ball and withdrew him.
"Time for my fifth Pokemon... AND MY STRONGEST!" Dakim roared, throwing an Ultra Ball into the air.
'Sheesh! Must be good if it's in an Ultra Ball!' I exclaimed in my head.
"Me-tang!" came the cry of the Pokemon. It was a Metang, a blue Steel/Psychic Element with a blue discus-shaped body, two spider-like legs with three white metallic claws on the ends, a sharp, horizontal, white cone-shaped nose, two spikes on the sides, and black eyes with a red iris.
"Oh, now this is gonna get interesting..." I said quietly with a tone filled with intrigue.
"Yeah..." Brendan agreed in a half moan, knowing Bayleef won't do very good against the Steel-Type.
My Pikachu and Brendan's Bayleef vs. CA Dakim's Metang and Hitmonlee
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Bayleef, use Body Slam on Hitmonlee!"
Bayleef began to run toward Hitmonlee, but about halfway, he stopped and jumped up high then landed onto the Fighting-Type. Bayleef soon leapt away and returned to Brendan's part of the field to await its next command.
"Hitmonlee, use Jump Kick!"
Hitmonlee jumped up, and then flew in towards Bayleef and delivered a powerful kick to the chest of the Grass Pokemon, then retreating to its side.
"Pikachu, use Shadow Rush on... Metang!"
Pikachu rammed its yellow body into Metang with a purple haze around it and an evil smirk plastered on its face, causing a good bit of damage. The Electric Mouse returned to my side of the battlefield afterwards.
"Metang, use Metal Claw!"
Metang's two blue arms became a sparkling metallic color at the end and claws. He floated over toward Pikachu rather quickly and slashed it with both arms, then retreated.
"Grr..." I growled.
"And now, Hitmonlee! Use EARTHQUAKE CONTINUALLY!" Dakim roared.
Hitmonlee began to stomp its feet into the ground, sending waves of orange-red energy out towards Metang, Bayleef, and Pikachu.
"Metang, Protect!"
"Bayleef, Protect!"
"Pikachu, Protect!"
All of the aforementioned Pokemon formed a golden barrier in front of their bodies, deflecting off the Earthquake attack. However, Hitmonlee kept on using it!
"Metang, when you get the chance hover above the Earthquake ringlets!"
Metang, once he had enough time, ceased Protect and hovered up above the "danger zone".
Brendan and I were sure that Dakim would keep using the Ground attack, so we had our Pokemon do a similar stunt.
"Pikachu, stop using Protect as well and jump when the drifts come!" I shouted.
"Bayleef, you too!"
The shields of Pikachu and Bayleef disappeared, and when the shockwaves came towards them, they simply hopped over.
'This will get us NOWHERE!' I snarled in my head. Before I could figure out a strategy, an attention-getter happened.
"PIKACHU!" cried out my Electric Element. It had gotten tired from jumping and was hit precisely by Earthquake, automatically KO'ing it.
"PIKACHU!" I exclaimed. A deep growl escaped my lips...
The mouse was recalled to its Poke Ball, and the quakes stopped. DAKIM HAD PLANNED THIS!
"Now, Cipher Admin Dakim... I shall show you no mercy."
'Yeesh... Looks like someone cares about that Pikachu...' Brendan thought. 'Maybe he's got a lot of pressure on his mind. After all, it has been him that's done all the battling and stuff...'
"Come out, Totodile!" I shouted, summoning Totodile to the field.
"Toto-dah!" it said, doing a jig-like dance. Then it realized it was battling and... Well, you ought to know. He ran back to me and clutched onto my legs...
"TOTODILE! I AM OFFICIALLY FED UP WITH YOUR RIDICULOUS ATTITUDE! I DO NOT WANT A POKEMON THAT HIDES EVERY TIME IT BATTLES!" I yelled, clenching my teeth.
"Pat... Maybe that was a little harsh..." Brendan said, seeing my Totodile's now scared look.
"I don't care, Brendan. I need a Pokemon who isn't a coward. You solve your own problems, YOU IDIOT!" I roared. A large gust of wind began to blow at Brendan, knocking him back.
"PAT!" May cried out, seeing my eyes beginning to flash... Soon they reverted to an emerald color... And laid on Dakim.
"Now, where was I...? HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!" Totodile's eyes had become like mine. "I remember... THRASHING A CERTAIN CIPHER ADMIN! GACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK!" I laughed again.
My Totodile and Brendan's Bayleef vs. CA Dakim's Metang and Hitmonlee
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"B-Bayleef, use Strength attack on Hitmonlee!" Brendan ordered with a slight stutter, seeing me.
Bayleef hardened up his muscles and first tackled the Fighting Element, head butted it second, and lastly lowered its yellow head and rammed like a bull, all bringing Hitmonlee's HP down into the reds.
"Metang, avenge Hitmonlee! Use Fury Cutter!"
Metang's left claws began glowing a faint green color as the Steel/Psychic "dashed" toward Bayleef and slashed it, causing a super effective blow to the Grass Pokemon. The claw used had a small strand of green running behind it.
"Bayleef!" Brendan cried.
"You fool. It's only a scratch! Totodile, use Crunch!" I shouted in my deeper voice.
Totodile's teeth began to glow a dark color as he ran toward Metang, clamping down on the metallic Pokemon. After a few seconds, Totodile let go.
"Excellent, Totodile." I said.
"BUT NOT EXCELLENT ENOUGH! GRR!" Dakim growled. "Hitmonlee, use Hi Jump Kick on that stupid alligator!"
"LIKE I SAID EARLIER TO A CIPHER GRUNT, HE IS A CROCODILE!"
"Whatever...!"
Hitmonlee used its leg power to jump up, and then he came in toward Totodile with one of its legs stuck out.
"Totodile, dodge that."
Totodile hopped out of Hitmonlee's path, and the Fighting Pokemon crashed to the ground, causing some damage from the force.
"And now, Totodile, Water Gun!"
Totodile opened its jaws again to shoot a blue water beam at Hitmonlee, knocking it out!
"ARGHHHHH!" Dakim roared, seeing his most impressive Pokemon faint. He held out its Ball and recalled it.
"That's it... Now I shall summon my last Pokemon... Seviper, I choose YOU!" Dakim threw an Ultra Ball and his last Pokemon appeared.
"Se...VIPER!" hissed Seviper, a Poison snake-like Pokemon. It had a long dark blue body with several golden markings on its back and along its lower sides, a purple thunderbolt-like mark on its neck, and a purple stripe below the tip of its tail, which was scythe-like, having a red edge. Its head had a golden lower jaw, a large mark on its upper jaw as well as another gold one with a bump, two large red fangs, and last two red, glaring eyes.
"S...S...SNAKE!" I cried out, seeing one of my worst fears.
"Pat, it's just a little serpent thingie." Brendan said angrily, still sore about me nearly blasting him off the pillar with a gust of wind.
"A Shadow 'serpent thingie'." I corrected, mocking Brendan's previous 'description' of Seviper.
My visor had popped up in front of my eyes, and it read and blared:
"Seviper. Level 19. Poison Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Rush and Shadow Blitz. SHADOW POKEMON!"
"Even more of a reason to be scared of it, you imbecilic and insolent ingrate!"
My Totodile and Brendan's Bayleef vs. CA Dakim's Metang and... Brr... Seviper
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Metang, use Psychic on Bayleef!"
Metang's eyes flashed a blue color, and the same color illuminated Bayleef. He was thrown about for a moment, guided by Metang's arms.
"And Seviper, use Shadow Rush!"
Seviper, surrounded by a dark purple haze, began to smirk evilly as he rammed his body into Bayleef, causing some serious damage. Just like that, Bayleef was KO'd.
"No... Bayleef!" Brendan cried out, seeing he had lost his last Pokemon usable in the battle. He let a growl escape his mouth before recalling his fallen Grass-Type.
"Hmph, I see I'm left alone. No matter; I shall defeat both of your Pokemon, Dakim! HA-HA-HA-HA!" I shouted.
"You wish." Dakim mumbled.
My Totodile vs. CA Dakim's Metang and Seviper
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Totodile, use Ice Beam."
Totodile opened it mouth again and formed an icy blue sphere in its mouth, which beamed out at Seviper as a thunderbolt-like blast. Seviper was encased in an ice prison, meaning Ice Beam's full effect took place; Seviper was Frozen!
"Grr!" Dakim growled. "Metang, use Take Down!"
Metang folded its arms to make its body even more discus-like and aerodynamic, and began to spin toward Totodile.
"Totodile, counter with your strongest move: HYDRO CANNON!" I yelled.
A ball of water formed in front of Totodile's mouth, which grew and grew... After it charged up slightly Totodile unleashed the aquatic fury in the form of two blasts twisting around each other, which stopped Metang and automatically knocked it out, the attack was so immensely powerful!
"Whoa..." Brendan, May, and I gasped at the extreme power.
"Well, it is the most powerful Water attack." Brendan said.
Dakim growled again and recalled his fallen Metang to its Ball. Now it was just one-on-one...
My Totodile vs. CA Dakim's Seviper
BATTLE COMMENCE!
Since Hydro Cannon required the user to rest for a while, Dakim got his chance for a free shot. He pulled out a bottle with a blue liquid in it and a spray top. He aimed it at Seviper and pulled the trigger, releasing a blue gas that melted the ice around it.
"Se-viper-r-r-r-r-r..." Seviper trilled, now free from the ice-cold encasing.
"Seviper, now's our chance! Use Shadow Rush!"
Seviper became illuminated in a dark purple color as his grin widened into a smirk. He charged toward Totodile as fast as a snake could.
"Totodile, block it!" I shouted. Totodile was still immobile.
"NOW, Totodile!" Nothing happened!
Suddenly, Totodile began to flash white.
"Hmm?" I pondered, peering at the puzzling sight before me.
Totodile had mutated, in a manner of speaking, into a larger, more plump crocodile with a blue head and yellow lower jaw, a yellow belly with blue spots and inlets, more fearsome eyes, sharper claws, two white teeth popping out from the lower jaw, and three red spikes on the head, two on the neck, and one on the tail. The newer Pokemon caught Seviper before he could strike and blocked the attack!
"He evolved... Totodile is now a Croconaw!" I cried out.
"Wow..." May said, seeing my new Croconaw fend off Seviper.
"URK!" I screamed, feeling the strange power retreating from my body and mind. My eyes had returned to normal as well as Croconaw's, and my voice had too.
"Ugh..." I moaned.
"Pat! You okay?" Brendan asked.
"Just fine, Brendan. Croconaw, are you still okay to battle?" I fell to my knees, holding my head. An enormous headache had developed.
"Croc..." Croconaw nodded.
"Good. Use... uh, Surf!"
Croconaw leaned back as water formed on the field. He suddenly lurched forward with his mouth open, his tongue flicking furiously, releasing the water in a wave-like form. It hit Seviper, knocking him back a little bit, and the water disappeared.
"Alright! Even when he's injured or something Pat's still strong!" Brendan cheered. Then he noticed May was missing. She had walked over to meand helped support my weakened body. She put her arm under mine, and a tint of red appeared on my cheeks.
"Pat? Do you have a fever? Your face is a little red."
"Huh? What? Who? Uh... I'm fine, May." I stuttered. The red disappeared.
"GRRGH!" Brendan growled, seeing May "embrace" me. I sent him a look that said I wasn't stealing his girlfriend, and he calmed down... Slightly.
"Now, on with the battle, Dakim." I said.
"Precisely. Seviper, use Shadow Rush again!"
Seviper began to rush toward Croconaw as it became illuminated with purple and started to smirk wickedly. He managed to hit Croconaw, causing his HP to dip into the low greens.
"Grr... Croconaw, now! Scratch it!"
Seviper was still in Croconaw's proximity, so Croconaw landed a critical and dead-on attack, dipping Seviper's HP into the low yellows.
"And now, finish it with your Brick Break!"
Croconaw then flattened its palms, which began to glow a reddish-brown hue. He hit Seviper twice, bringing Seviper's HP down even more with the not-very-effective strike.
"And now... SNAG BALL GO!" I yelled, slipping a Great Ball into the Snag Machine. It became surrounded by red, and I threw it at Seviper. It hit him, sucked him up with red energy, and fell to the ground, where it shook several times. I crossed my fingers it would work...
The shaking stopped. Dakim had been DEFEATED! I walked over to the Great Ball that held Seviper and picked it up. I threw it to Brendan, who caught it.
"You take it, Brendan. I don't really want a Pokemon with a snake-like body. Brr..." I shivered. Turning to Croconaw, I said:
"Can you forgive me for what I said, Croconaw? I'm truly sorry, and I wasn't myself..."
After scratching its head, Croconaw grunted and nodded his head!
"YAY! THANK YOU!" I recalled my still faithful Pokemon to his Ball to rest.
"GRR! THE GREAT DAKIM WILL BE BACK!" Dakim ran/lumbered toward me with his fist in a hitting position, so I ran to the edge. At the right moment, I dodged him, making him fall, as well as scream as manly as he could. The tower widened out at the bottom, so he slammed into it, emitting an "Ow..." He fell all the way down by sliding, but miraculously survived. He then scampered away as we threw our heads back in laughter and left for Gateon...
PM: Sorry this took so long, but this is a HUGE Chapter, 182 KB. I hope this is the last time I say this, but THIS IS THE LONGEST CHAPTER IN PATINATOR HISTORY.
Please note that this story will be on hold for the next month at least. I'm very sorry, but I need to tend to other things.