Episode 7: Eliminate and Survive
Chapter 1
Black Jack and his associates were standing on the beach of Kindle Road, waiting for the enemy to approach. The place had huge and small rocks placed in different parts and Ash, Pikachu, Brock, Max, May, Christie, Jerry, Alice, Keith, Cassandra, Wally, their respective Gardevoirs and Tattoo, who was carrying a folded steel chair, were amongst the group willing to battle. "Okay, how long do we have to wait?" Jerry complained impatiently.
"Just cool it, Jerry," Brock said. "They'll show up."
"And if they don't?" May asked.
"Then their reputations as 'tough' criminal organisations would be in jeopardy," Black Jack replied with his arms folded. "Not to mention having their organs busted."
Ash's clenched fist shook angrily. He wasn't able to sleep the other night, all night long he was thinking of doing a lot of damage on both teams because of what did but he wasn't the only person who deeply desired to do that. Keith, who also couldn't sleep, wanted to do damage on the opposition, mainly on Team Ocean for their past sins against him and his father.
Soon, two vehicles came onto the scene. One appeared to be a red helicopter with the Team Molten symbol on the side and the other was a blue car with the Team Ocean symbol on the bonnet. They stopped a short distance away; team leaders, Ross and Maxwell, and their troops exited their respective vehicles. Some of them were recognisable; Pierre and Kenzo of Team Molten were there along with Ruth who was a member of Team Ocean.
"Hail, Team Black Jack," Ross, leader of Team Ocean, called towards the opposition. "And welcome to defeat."
"Defeat, Ross?" Black Jack called back. "The battle hasn't even started yet. Remember what the rules are. Five-on-five battle, two trainers battle each other until two minutes are up, two new trainers enter and it goes on until all five trainers from both sides take part. Last team standing wins. Got it?"
"Understood," Maxwell shouted softly and calmly. "So, shall be the referee for this match."
With a sly smile on face, Black Jack stepped forward. The villains were shocked with dismay while Black Jack walked onto the battlefield. "Surprised? You should be, Ross surprised me last night," Black Jack said. "No one has the guts to disobey the rules while I'm around. I have feeling you guys are going to pull off some stunts but don't worry about getting disqualified. You should be more worried about your five opponents."
As he got into the centre he looked at both sides. "Who's up first?" he asked.
Maxwell looked at Kenzo and motioned his head towards the field. Kenzo nodded and walked onto the battlefield. "I'm up first," Jerry said as he did the same.
"Jerry may not be the strongest trainer alive," Black Jack thought to himself. "But he may be able to find some weak spots on the enemy… plus, he did say he had some new tactics he thought up the other day. This better be good or else his pokemon will be literally toasted or drenched in no time flat."
Jerry and Kenzo were now standing a distance away from each other, ready to do battle. "Trainers, select your pokemon now," Black Jack ordered. Both trainers simultaneously took their pokeballs off their belts. "Release them now," he ordered, making the two starting trainers release them.
Jerry threw out his pokeball, releasing his Hitmonlee, Jacky while Kenzo let loose his masked Charizard, No.1, the strongest of his group. They both stood in their fighting stance waiting for their respective masters to order a command. Jacky looked at No.1 with curiosity in his eyes. "(Is that a thong you're wearing)?" he asked quizzically.
"(It's a mask, you fool)," No.1 growled bitterly. "(Be ready to be scarred)."
"(Fine, if you don't fear any of Black Jack's pokemon or any of his buddies, then bring it)!"
"(You're that Blaziken's student, aren't you? Where is he? I don't see him)."
"(Oh, he's… around)," Jacky replied back cheekily.
"Let's get it on!" Black Jack yelled as he hand chopped downwards.
"No.1" Kenzo yelled. "Rage Dragon Claw attack! Slash him to bits!"
"Make him slash some air, Jacky! Dodge!" Jerry commanded.
No.1 dived towards his opponent as he claws glowed energetically yellow, aiming his attack while powering up his attack. He did an upward slash but missed as Jacky barely dodged to his side.
"Taunt time!" Jerry called out.
"(High five)!" Jacky cried as he gave his opponent a quick pat on his paw before playfully jumping away. "(Five low)!" he called out as he showed the palm of his paw, seemingly allowing No.1 to hit him.
Like everyone else, apart from Jerry, No.1 was puzzled of what Jacky was planning. He shook it away before leaping a great height before he attempted another Dragon Claw on him. Jacky saw this coming as his eyes expressed his cheekiness. "Counter him with your Mega Kick!" Jerry yelled.
Just centimetres away from getting hit, Jacky yelled, "(Too slow)!" before withdrawing his paw and slamming his foot in his gut, causing a lot of damage and sending his opponent flying until he fell, crashing into one of the big rocks making them crumble into pieces. "(Who's the mon! The student of the great Blaziken, master Chan)!" Jacky yelled triumphantly as he got himself down on one knee and spread his arms out. "(This one's over! This one's over)!"
"Jacky, don't get cocky yet. We still got four more guys to go through," Jerry warned before he and the others noticed No.1 moving slowly underneath the pile of rubble. "…Or five still," he said nervously.
No.1 let out a loud angry roar while light energy burst from within him, blasting away the small rock that crowded all over him. Jacky and the others looked on in shock while the masked Charizard looked at him with anger in his eyes. "Well, Kenzo did say Rage," Black Jack thought to himself.
"Take Down," Kenzo ordered, which No.1 obeyed to as he rushed towards his opponent at blinding speed. It was too late for Jerry to order his next attack because of his and Jacky's hesitance as No.1 slammed his head on his opponent's gut, sending flying and crashing into another rock, which crumbled into pieces.
Jacky quickly sat up, shaking away his dizziness before getting onto his knees begging for mercy while No.1 slowly walked towards him. Jerry placed his hands into a shape of a letter T. "Okay, can we have a time out please?" Jerry cried pleadingly. "Can we just settle this over some milkshakes and beers?"
Almost everyone had a mixture of emotions towards Jacky and his trainer. "I have never seen this side of Jerry and Jacky before," Max said in shock. "Has he become soft or…?"
"I hope not," Christie said. "Let's see what happens."
"No.1! Flamethrower attack!" Kenzo yelled pointing at the begging pokemon.
The Charizard held his head back, breathing in some air into his lungs. "Jacky!" Jerry yelled, quickly putting his game face on. "Mach Punch attack!"
Jacky stopped his fake begging and zoomed towards his opponent. He leapt a small height and quickly punched him in the eye making him stop his attack. The masked Charizard became blinded, stumbling away from his opponent while covering his hurt eye. "Now where have I seen this before?" Black Jack thought to himself, putting on a small smile.
"Hey! A sneak attack like that's illegal," May complained.
"It isn't when Black Jack's around," Brock said. "Almost everything goes in his book."
"Now, while he's stumbling!" Jerry yelled pointing at the opposition. "Body Slam attack!"
Jacky ran towards No.1 until he was at a good distance as he leapt into the air, putting his body at risk as he aimed it for his head. "No.1! Duck!" Kenzo commanded.
Still blinded, No.1 crouched down making Jacky miss his attack and accidentally slammed into a rock face first. The rock was still in one piece but Jacky mind wasn't as he slowly moved his face from the rock, feeling the dizziness going on inside his head. "(My makeup's ruined)," Jacky whimpered dazedly.
"Okay! Two minutes' up! Next trainer from each side! Let's go!" Black Jack ordered after feeling the vibration and hearing the beeping from a pokegear placed in his pocket. He borrowed this device from one of his associates.
Ruth placed her hand on Pierre's chest while taking pokeball out of her pocket, signalling that she wanted to go first. Seeing what she was doing a distance away, Keith stepped forward as he took pokeball of his own. They were staring each other down for some time before the timer relapsed, feeling their hatred towards each other while having the urges to beat each other down to a pulp. At the same time, they both threw out their pokeballs, calling out the names of their pokemon.
"Get'm, Darkness!" Keith yelled as he released his black skinned Dragonite.
"Go! Tidal Wave!" Ruth yelled as she released her Golduck.
While Jacky and No.1 were recovering, their respective partners were getting ready for battle as they stood in their battling stances. "Darkness! Wing Attack!" Keith yelled, pointing at the opposition. Darkness zoomed towards the blue duck at great speed, aiming his attack towards Tidal Wave.
"Counter with your Ice Beam, Tidal Wave," Ruth commanded with evilness in her voice. Tidal Wave did as he was commanded, he glowed vigorously blue before a large stream of blue energy was shot out of his beak.
"Keith, don't attack straight ahead!" Ash warned. "Tell Darkness to dodge."
"Darkness, dodge out of the way!" Keith yelled. Despite that he quickly ordered his Dragonite to move out of harm's way it was too late, the attack was too quick for him to dodge. The move connected, hitting Darkness in the chest and concealing him in a block of ice.
"Darn it! Dragon types are weak against ice attacks," Max said worriedly. "Keith must be so ticked off with Team Ocean that he's letting his anger get in the way."
"If this continues, Keith won't stand a chance and we'll be at a disadvantage," May said.
"Er… I wouldn't be too sure about that," Brock said, spotting a small crack on the ice that was covering the black Dragonite.
"Darkness, Outrage!" Keith yelled.
Darkness's eyes glowed red while his entire body glowed the same colour. The crack on the ice became bigger and bigger until he broke free from his cold prison, showing his anger as well, much to everyone's shock. "On the other hand, I think this anger stuff may work for them," Max said nervously. "I guess Black Jack must've done some 'psychiatry' on them."
"Honestly, everyone, did you actually that an ice attack can beat against a ticked off dragon?" Keith asked in a sinister fashion. "I didn't."
"Why didn't that idiot Black Jack tell us that that pestering Dragonite was defeated after I froze him?" Ruth thought crossly as she looked over to him, also thinking about the sneak attack Jerry and Jacky pulled earlier. "He must be planning something."
"No.1!" Kenzo yelled after seeing his Charizard recover from his momentary blindness. "Grab that Dragonite and hold him there."
The masked Charizard nodded before he did as he was commanded. He rushed up towards his target from behind and grabbed him by the arms, holding him for Tidal Wave to attack. "Tidal Wave! Attack with your Water Gun!" Ruth yelled pointing at her opponent.
The Golduck breathed in, powering up his attack. Just seconds before he could release it, Darkness found the strength to break the masked Charizard's hold and throw him over his shoulder upon Keith's command. No.1 crashed on top of Tidal Wave stopping his attack. "Jacky! Body Slam!" Jerry's voice yelled.
After Tidal Wave and No.1 struggled to get to their feet, they saw Jacky in the air diving towards them. He used Darkness for extra height to gain momentum into his attack. Unfortunately for him, he got caught into the arms of both his enemies but that didn't stop Keith calling out his next attack. "Give them an Extremespeed attack!" Keith yelled.
Faster than the speed of sound, the black Dragonite sped towards his two opponents. While the opposition were still holding Jacky, they and their trainers weren't able to do anything because of Darkness's blinding speed as he slammed his tail onto their faces knocking them down.
"Okay, another two minutes up!" Black Jack yelled after the pokegear vibrated and beeped. "Send out the next one!"
Alice and Pierre from opposite sides were next up as they ran onto the battlefield while reaching for their pokeballs. "Go get'm, Pyro!" Alice cried as she tossed hers out releasing her large black and yellow fire-type monster, Typhlosion. He let a loud roar while flames engulfed around his shoulders and back.
"Pyro!? Now a Typhlosion!? When did this happen?" Wally said in surprise.
"Alice and Pyro must've trained really hard last night after being picked for this team," Cassandra replied.
"Aw! I wanted to see him evolve," Max complained.
"Let's go, Arcanine A," Pierre cooed in a confident tone, tossing his pokeball out and letting loose his masked Arcanine.
Ash heard some deep and quick breathing coming from Tattoo and looked into his direction. Tattoo knew that he was staring at him but he didn't care. He wasn't breathing to calm neither his nerves nor his excitement; he deeply wanted to go into battle despite his injuries he suffered previously. Whether he hated Team Ocean, Team Molten, both or neither, no one would ever know.
"Pyro! Mega Punch attack!" Alice yelled pointing at the enemy Arcanine. The highly determined Typhlosion did as he was instructed as he ran towards his target.
"Flamethrower, my precious," Pierre cooed towards Arcanine A who did as he was commanded as he quickly shot out a huge lick of flame at Pyro.
"Duck under it, Pyro!"
The monster quickly and barely ducked down just before the flames were about to hit him in the face. Despite his quickness, Pierre still had his confident smirk on his face. "Combine Iron Tail with your Extremespeed," Pierre commanded calmly. His Arcanine dashed towards Pyro at blinding speed while his bushy tail glowed energetically, powering up his attack. He swung his charged up tail with great velocity. No one battling was able to catch him at this speed as the move connected on the Typhlosion's head with a booming impact. Almost everyone showed hurt expressions.
Despite that the direct hit caused some heavy damage, the Typhlosion did not move an inch let alone knocked off his feet. The energy faded away from Arcanine A's tail and he soon discovered that his tail was caught by the Typhlosion's small but strong paws, much to his shock. He slowly moved his tail away from his face, revealing a huge bruise on it where the tail hit.
"That hurt," Alice said with narrowed eyes. Pyro said the same words in unison with her but in his own language. "Pyro! Slam and then Seismic Toss!" she commanded.
The huge Typhlosion tightly grabbed hold if the tail and harshly yanked it over his shoulder, slamming the Arcanine's back on the beach. Still holding the same tail, he tossed him up into the air. He then took the time to recover, placing his paw on his hurt head to nurse the injury.
"Darkness!" Keith yelled. "While everyone's down, catch that Arcanine and throw him down!"
After Darkness knocked down the masked Charizard, he saw the airborne Arcanine A and flew up towards him with the speed of a shot out bullet. He caught him in mid-air and tossed him down face first, making sure that he won't land on his feet.
"Now Dragonbreath!" Keith yelled. Darkness blasted out numerous energy waves out of his mouth, directing his attack towards the Arcanine but missed as the large dog rolled out of the way.
"Darkness, look out above you!" Keith yelled warningly.
The Dragonite looked upwards, seeing two red fisting smashing into his face. With great velocity and force, Darkness was sent falling and crashing head first into the ground. The impact was so great that upon crashing, the grains of sand were sent flying and a large hole was made.
Darkness clasped his paws onto his head in pain while No.1 slowly and safely landed on his feet. With a smirk, he looked down on the hurt Dragonite. "No.1, finish him off with your Dragon Claw!" Kenzo yelled.
"(With pleasure)," the Charizard growled as he held his claws up high, unaware of an upcoming attack.
"Jacky, Mega Kick on that Charizard," Jerry yelled. "Aim for the chin!"
Suddenly stopping his focus on his prey, No.1 looked up and found himself getting a kick in the anatomy his enemy was targeting with a great force. He fell violently with the back of his head hitting the sandy ground first. Hitmonlee posed in a martial arts stance, celebrating the knockdown.
"Jacky! Behind you!" Alice yelled warningly.
Jacky turned around, only to get hit in the abdomen with an icy blast attack. He was covered in ice, with a shocked expression on his face. "Now for the kill," Ruth said a smirk. "Tidal Wave, shatter him to pieces!"
"Hey! Wait! You can't do that! Jerry yelled out of fear of losing Jacky for good after imagining the merciless Golduck shattering the ice to small pieces, along with one of his most cherished pokemon.
Tidal Wave smiled sinisterly with his clenched paw glowed, powering up his upcoming attack and ran towards his target. "Pyro! Thrash attack on Tidal Wave!" Alice yelled.
Typhlosion looked up at the enemy who was running towards the frozen Hitmonlee. Anger showed in his eyes and ran towards him like a charging Tauros. The Golduck was inches from shattering Jacky to bits with a strong punch but Pyro tackled him in the side, knocking him down. He quickly placed Tidal Wave on his back and sat on top of him, still with anger in his eyes as he began pummelling his face like a punching bag.
After numerous shots to the face, Tidal Wave was too helpless and dizzy to counter. Pyro raised his clenched paw, ready to deliver the final blow to finish him off. But suddenly, he was knocked down by Arcanine A's Extremespeed, knocking him towards Jacky, who was still frozen inside the icy prison.
"Arcanine A, Flamethrower," Pierre cooed, targeting towards Pyro. The huge dog let out his stream of flame at the Typhlosion but he ducked out of the way, making the attack collide on the icy structure.
The block of ice melted, freeing Jacky from his imprisonment. "(Fr… fr… freezing)!" Jacky whimpered, now shivering from the coldness while wrapping his arms around his body before falling to the floor.
"Okay, next one up!" Black Jack called out after another bleep from the pokegear occurred again. Tattoo, from Ash's side, ran straight onto the battlefield with a steel chair and a kendo stick in his paws. He tossed the steel chair aside as he decided to use his stick first. But, much to everyone's surprise, no one from the opposite team was going into battle.
"Hey! I said next one up," Black Jack said, with slight impatience in his tone, while Tattoo started smashing everyone of the enemies' side on their heads or any other anatomy with his kendo stick. While the pokemon on their side were yelling their screams of pain, no one from Team Ocean or Team Molten was sending out their next battling pokemon. Not even their leaders were taking part.
While Tattoo, the homicidal and suicidal Medicham, was thrashing on the opposition, his team mates decided to take a short breather to recover from their injuries.
"So, that's it?" Ash yelled. "You give up already!?"
"What are they planning?" Black Jack murmured to himself.
Tattoo unfolded the steel chair and placed it on the ground before skipping a distance. He aimed his next attack towards Tidal Wave, who struggling to get to his feet after taking a beating he received from him. Tattoo ran towards the chair and leapt on it. "Tidal Wave! Behind you! Counter with your Water Gun!" Ruth yelled desperately.
Her Golduck quickly turned around, shooting out a quick and powerful spray of water out of his mouth towards the suicidal Medicham. The attack collided, the water attack splashed him the face, making fall and crashed onto his weapon. After the thunderous impact, Tattoo clasped his paw onto his back as he rolled onto his front, wriggling his feet about in pain. His team mates shut their eyes tightly after somehow feeling the pain Tattoo felt.
"Now, while everyone's distracted, attack Black Jack with your Mega Punch!" Ruth yelled, pointing at the referee.
Tidal Wave smiled knowing what Ruth's intention was. He powered up his attack as his clenched webbed paws vigorously glowed as he aimed his attack at Black Jack's face. With an expressionless look on his face, Black Jack easily grabbed his paw, stopping the attack by centimetres. He slowly moved it away from his face, showing his trademark frown even though no one could see it because of his dark sunglasses. "What are you doing?" he snarled bitterly. "You impudent brat."
He shoved the surprised Tidal Wave's fist down before slapping him in the face, much to Ruth's shock. The force of his slap made the Golduck turn around, holding his hurt face while feeling dizzy from the impact. As soon as he turned around, his face was painfully met by a chair smashed into his face, courtesy of Tattoo.
After being knocked down, Jacky stood by his head after he help took down No.1 and Arcanine A for the time being. "You got the idea, Jacky! Dizzy Punch attack!" Jerry commanded.
Jacky bent over looking into Tidal Wave's vacant eyes. "(You can't see me)!" he yelled while waving his paw between his and the Golduck's face. He stood up straight before dropping his fist right into his forehead.
Tidal Wave stood straight up, now holding his hurt head. "(I'm not a Psyduck or anything)!" he moaned
"Tidal Wave, look out!" Ruth yelled in a desperate tone. But it was too late, as the Golduck got throttled by the throat, courtesy of the paw of Pyro upon Alice's command.
"Body Slam him, Pyro!" Alice yelled.
Pyro turned his head towards his trainer and nodded, acknowledging her command. As he was about to lift him to deliver a thunderous slam, a black paw also grabbed Tidal Wave by the throat. Pyro turned to his partner Darkness, who smiled at the fact that they were finishing off one of their enemies. Darkness turned his head towards his human trainer who held his thumb out horizontally, with a small smile on his face. He then immediately changed his expression into a serious look while pointing his thumb down.
Seeing the signal, both Pyro and Darkness lifted Tidal Wave up by the throat, choking some the air out of his body before violently slamming him onto one of the hard rock smashing it to pieces, along with the bones and organs inside his body.
Black Jack looked down on Tidal Waves motionless body. Convinced he was unable to battle, he pointed his finger out to Team Molten and Team Ocean. "Tidal Wave's eliminated! He's out!" he announced, much to Ruth's shock and dismay.
As much as she hated to admit it, she had no choice but to zap her pokemn back into her pokeball. She looked on with hatred in her eyes towards Black Jack and his cubs, who she claimed that they had cost her this battle.
The combination of Team Molten and Ocean were now at a disadvantage. Two battling pokemon from their side, No.1 and Arcanine A, were facing four members of the opposing team. Despite that, Ross, Maxwell, Pierre and Kenzo still had their confidence, so did their pokemon.
They moved to their second plan for this battle. Pierre and Kenzo ordered their pokemon to keep dodging the attacks of the opposition to wear out their energy. The plan didn't last long as the pokegear bleeped and vibrated in Black Jack's pocket.
"Alright! Fifth and last guys in!" Black jack yelled. "Release them now!"
"This is what we've been waiting for! Right, Pikachu!?" Ash cried, determined as usual.
Pikachu let out a loud cry, also of determination, as he ran into battle before leaping into the air. "Pikachu!" Ash yelled. "Thunderbolt attack!"
Sparks appeared on the red cheeks of the yellow rodent, showing that he was powering up his attack. He let out a loud scream while shooting out a number of huge electric blasts out of his body. From afar, a huge spark could be seen and heard followed by an explosion.
After that powerful attack, Arcanine A and Charizard No.1 laid on the sandy ground motionlessly. Pikachu's team mates were not hurt but had unpleasant surprised looks on their faces, impressed by the power of his electric attack. They had to dodge his sparks after he unleashed his attack as sparks were flying almost everywhere. Pikachu still had the determined look on his face while small sparks were still showing on his cheeks while he stood on all four of his legs.
"That was… shocking," Jerry said, showing his surprised expression.
"Now there's a pun that doesn't need explaining," Keith said.
Out of all the members of the enemy side, Pierre and Kenzo were the most shock. "The Charizard and the Arcanine are out," Black Jack announced while pointing to their masters.
Admitting their defeat, Pierre and Kenzo returned their pokemon back into their pokeballs. "Well, look who's left," Jerry shouted across the field with confidence in his tone. "Five-on-two. How do you like that?"
"Is that all you got?" Ash yelled. "Is that the best you can do?"
Maxwell and Ross were showing off their little smirks. They took their whistles out of their pockets and blew into them, causing some loud noise. In response, everyone heard a loud roar along with a bird screeching.
"Oh… this can't be good," Cassandra said nervously.
At a far distance, some people spotted a huge four legged running into the scene while others saw a gigantic bird flying into the battlefield, safely landing on its talons. Everyone gasped with awe while seeing two of the most powerful creatures they would ever have to face. "No… they can't be," Alice said in shock.
Ash let gnarled his teeth while letting out a small snarl. "I was afraid of this…" he said as his clenched fists shook angrily.
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