Chapter 4: Nothing Goes As Planned
Sitting in the crowd was boring. During the appeals round, Drew could easily tell who was going to make the cut and or see the little mistakes that the judges would dock points off for.
The arena was interesting though. Mirrors made up the walls which led to a collapsible roof. He hasn't seen anything like it before.
"Come on…" Drew thought with boredom.
"Next are contestants 21 and 22!" exclaimed the MC with enthusiasm.
Drew leaned forward at the sound of May's number being called.
He could hear her call out her Pokémon with the usually phrase, and Brendan doing the same.
May sent out her Beautifly, while Brendan sent out his Shiftree. The crowd awed at the sight of the brilliant shine of Beautifly's wings, and the fierceness in Shiftree's eyes.
To start off their appeal, Brendan instructs his Pokémon to use Bullet Seed, while Beautifly flew off to the other side of the stage. Immediately following the move, May told her Beautifly to use Psychic.
The Bullet Seed circled Beautifly, leaving a stencil in the shape of the Pokémon. The duo did this for a while until the crowd noticed the finished product. May and Brendan's goal was to use the small Beautifly stencils, to create a huge Beautifly on stage! The walls added a beautiful reflection on both sides causing the crowd to look in awe.
Soon after, the crowd cheered at the stupendous display, but the show wasn't done yet.
May ordered her Pokémon to use Morning Sun, making the huge Beautifly stencil shine like a Solar Beam on full blast. Almost directly after, the seeds burst into mini fireworks, which bounced from the walls like sparklers.
Drew smirked at the appeal as it was very May-esque.
Next was the battle round. Not quite as boring, but not quite attention grabbing either, for the rose obsessed boy.
His mind dosed off easily, but when he heard someone plop down beside him, his eyes opened in disbelief.
Harley.
"Hey Hun~~!" exclaimed the Cacturn themed man.
Drew stared back at him with a discontented look.
Breaking the two's silence, Harley said "You know what! I haven't seen my little May in forever!"
"But tsk, tsk, who's that boy with her?" Drew slowly drew his eyes toward the stage, not realizing it was May's turn.
"His name is Brendan." Drew said with a little too much malice.
"Ohhh~! Is someone a little jealous of someone's little partner~!?" The tone in his voice was quite distracting, and annoying, to Drew, who was trying to focus on May's battle.
Harley took note that Drew was trying to ignore him. "But you're the little one in this situation." he added in a low, taunting voice.
Drew would not take Cacturn fanatic's bait and let him drabble on, while he focused his mind on the competition.
May chose Munchlax for her Pokemon. As for Brendan, he had picked Castform. Only now, Drew noticed the ceiling opening.
Their opponents brought out Scizor and Skarmory. From the first couple of seconds, the plump, cute Munchlax and Castform duo contrasted with the cool, sharp image of Scizor and Skarmory.
And so it began.
"Scizor, use Agility!" The red Pokemon pranced around the arena getting elegantly, getting closer and closer to their opponents.
May quickly returned the attack. "Extreme Speed Munchlax, let's go!"
"Ha. That sack of Poke-block will never catch up to my Scizor's speed." said the trainer. His condescending tone earned him a few boos from the audience.
As Munchlax dashed around to catch Scizor, Skarmory was called into action.
"Steel Wing on Castform Skarmory!" But before Skarmory could prepare its move, it was disrupted by a high speed chase!
"It seems like before Skarmory could use his Steel Wing, Scizor has accidently run into his partner! That's definitely going to dock some points!" The MC announced the event as the audience cheered for Munchlax.
Drew looked proudly at May. Harley piped in "So that girl planned to chase Scizor into his partner when it was about to attack Castform… how smart."
"Tch. I don't need you explaining every little thing." Drew knew very well what May was intending.
The match went on with back and forth. May's opponents were easily dubbed as newbies a minute into the round.
Their attacks are disorganized and their appeals are so very unoriginal. Drew sat back and waited for May to win her round… with Brendon.
Brendon hasn't accomplished much in the round. Under the spot light, his movements were just above amateur. May definitely was the force pulling her team forward in his opinion.
"And Scizor is down! Will he get back up or will this be then end?" Drew's eyes snapped into focus to see that Castform had successful landed a graceful Weather Ball onto Scizor.
"Castform, Sunny Day, here we go!" Brendan shouted his attack as the crowd matched his enthusiasm.
Brenden nodded at his partner.
May took the signal and shout: "Munchlax, Solar Beam!" Thanks to the open roof above, Sunny Day enhanced the weather's affect by ten folds and the attack as well.
While Munchlax was preparing for his attack, the opponents started getting flustered. Their obvious nervousness was affecting their Pokemon.
"Oh no! What are they going to do now!" The MC reared the crowd.
Munchlax was set. "Solar Beam!" A brilliant stream of energy and light started its way toward their opponents.
"Skarmory, Scizor, DODGE!" The trainers yelled frantically. Scizor desperately tried to stand up but did not have enough energy to do so.
The match was finally decided until-
"Look everyone! Skarmory is picking up his friend Scizor into safety!"
"Huh!" Drew's eyed narrowed. Skarmory indeed, although barely, got Scizor out of the reach of the Solar Beam.
The super charged attack blew past the Pokemon and trainers and hit the mirror wall behind them, but without anything to absorb the blast, it bounced back!
Munchlax's own attack was running to hit him and his partner!
"Castform, no!" Brenden ran from his area to help defend his Pokemon. But he was too late. The attack hit Munchlax, Castform, and Brenden.
The crowd went silent.
"Hurry, we need to get him to a hospital quick!" EMTs everywhere were rushing to aid Brenden's still body.
"Brenden!" May ran with the gurney as it was loaded into the ambulance. "I'm sorry Miss. You're going to have to wait here."
Drew ran out of the stadium towards May. "May! What's wrong?"
"What do you mean 'what's wrong?''! You saw it! Brenden got hurt! Munchlax and Castform too. Cause of my stupid idea!" May sprinted towards the Pokemon Center in tears.
Drew turned his head towards the screen to see that the contest in fact did go on and was now crowning their winner. He shook his head in dissatisfaction and ran after May.
A few days later, Drew was still in Ambrosia Town. May was constantly blaming herself for Brendon's condition.
Knock. "Hey May. You want to go visit Brendon today?" Drew asked nervously through the door. The young coordinator had locked herself in her room after the accident and refused to come out.
There was no answer.
"Come on May. We should really check up on him. He's probably dying to see some company. "
Brenden had been in the hospital for a couple days and May has declined to visit him at every chance.
Drew tried coaxing her more. "As his partner, shouldn't it be your duty to see him, right? You don't want to be selfish-" The door cracked open.
"Ok…"
A/N: Hey guise... Please point out any mistakes nicely :) Uhh.. I hope this is good. Adds drama and all that. I'm not too good with action...