Chapter 3
Warning: Contains blood. Viewer's discretion is advised.
Black Jack and Damien tossed their pokeballs out, releasing one of their remaining pokemon. In this situation, Black Jack had two pokemon remaining after three of the six were knocked and one of them badly injured, badly in need of the cure. Damien on the other hand had three pokemon left, leaving him with the advantage over his opponent. Damien wished to face Black Jack in this pokemon battle after seeing him fight many trainers throughout the years, and kill him if he lost. Black Jack badly wants to cripple his nemesis after what he did to his blood parents and his friend Chan.
Bright energies were blasted out of their opened pokeballs. Spike the Nidoking materialised after being released from Black Jack's while a large blue jellyfish like creature with brown tentacles and red orbs emerged from Damien's. "A Tentacruel," Black Jack murmured to himself.
For as long as he could remember, Tentacruels were dual water and poison type pokemon while Nidokings were poison and ground types so their defences would be weak against any water type attack. But having trained Spike in harsh environments for a very long time, Black Jack knew that his friend wouldn't go down easily. But he also knew that any pokemon trained by his nemesis would not be so easily beaten.
"What's wrong? Not wanting to start, Joseph?" Damien sneered. "Allow me then. Bloodbath, whip that pitiful Nidoking down."
"Dodge those tentacles, Spike," Black Jack ordered warningly.
The huge Tentacruel raised his front tentacles up and then slammed them down, aiming for the Poison Pin monster but missed when he dodged each one. Spike kept on running, dodging each incoming tentacle until he was at a good distance to land a punch on his opponent. But it turned out that landing this attack was futile as the jellyfish pokemon dodged out of the way, making Spike smash a small piece of the wall instead. "Behind you!" Black Jack warned.
Spike turned around, saw more tentacles coming his way and dodged them as well. He kept on dodging until one of them caught his leg, tripping him over, making him hit the ground face first. Spike quickly recovered and saw the tentacle wrapped around his leg. Black Jack spotted it also and sensed great danger coming.
"Stand your ground, Spike," Black Jack commanded. "Don't let that Tentacruel throw you about. Throw him around instead."
"(You got it)!" Nidoking growled loudly as he grabbed hold of the tentacle that was holding his leg before Massacre got the chance to dismember him. They both now caught in a tug-of-war, where they would have to pull to gain advantage on the weaker pokemon.
Damien couldn't help but snigger. "Have you forgotten that Tentacruels have more than just one tentacle at his disposal?" he asked. "If you're having trouble with one of those, I'd love to see how your Nidoking deals with the others. Bloodbath, if you please."
Black Jack and Spike let out their small grunts, mentally cursing this situation before Bloodbath lashed and stretched out his tentacles at Spike. At the last split second, Nidoking released his grip on the tentacle that was already wrapped around his leg to defend himself from his opponent's attack.
The Nidoking knocked away each tentacle that was coming at him, defending himself while still using his lower body strength and weight to help keep from being thrown about by one of tentacles that was already holding his leg.
"[Hmm… both of these guys are giving a great deal of energy," Black Jack thought after seeing Spike blocking the speedy attacks for a while. "[I need to think up something…"
He looked at Nidoking's caught leg and smiled, snapping his fingers, sounding as though he figured it out. He knew that Bloodbath was trying to pull Spike towards but Spike was pulling back also, trying to not get thrown and slammed about. So if, Nidoking was to let go…
"Spike, Horn Drill!" he commanded.
"(It's about time)!" Nidoking roared, as he leapt forward, aiming his horn at Bloodbath with great velocity thanks to the momentum of both battlers.
"Oldest trick in the book," Damien said with a smile. "Dodge and slam him, Bloodbath."
Bloodbath did as his master told him to as he swung Spike towards the wall. "Bounce off that wall, Spike!" Black Jack yelled.
"(Got it)!" Spike roared back as he was using his strong paws and arms to bounce back at his opponent. With lightning speed and both of these battlers current momentum, he gotten himself closer to him, ready to spear him in the face.
But suddenly, he stopped in mid-air. Before he realised it, Bloodbath's other tentacles caught his arms and legs. "Oh crud," Black Jack said, knowing what was coming next. Spike growled the same words but in his native language.
As they expected, the cold Tentacruel lifted his heavy body high up into the air, almost as if he was taunting him. "Well done catching him, Bloodbath," Damien said with an evil smile on his face. "Now crush him."
Bloodbath swung Spike into the mountain wall, making him crash into it. A huge of rubble above the Nidoking crumbled and fell right in top of him, completely covering his entire body.
Still holding onto him, Bloodbath lifted him again, getting him out of the rubble, until he was a distance close to him and glared at him nastily while Spike tried to shake the dizziness out of his head. He was now at his mercy. After shaking away his dizziness, Spike glared back at Bloodbath. "(C'mon then, Sloppy)!" Nidoking snarled bitterly. "(I'm waiting)!"
"Let the torture begin," Damein said, before lightly clapping his hands once, signalling for the merciless beating to commence.
Black Jack could only watch with narrowed eyes, cursing himself while the Tentacruel blasted hundreds of small spikes of poison out of his mouth. Spike grunted in pain as the pins penetrated into his hard shell body. However, Black Jack wouldn't give up that easily. "Spike! Use your body strength to get rid of those pins!" he ordered.
Spike did as he was ordered as he found the body strength to get rid of them, making fall to the ground. "(You think you can just beat me with those small poison tacks)?" he growled, knowing that he was a poison type himself.
Suddenly, he felt a big sting in his arm, then his gut, and then other parts of his anatomies. He cringed and grunted at each numbing pain he suffered. "(What's going on)!?" he roared.
"This isn't right!" Black Jack yelled. "What are you doing, Tusk!?"
"Don't you know?" Damien said smugly. "There are many types of poison that can neutralise and dispose each other. As it turns out, my Tentacruel's poison has begun neutralising your Nidoking's, and putting the pain into his entire body."
"(Jack)!" Spike roared to his friend after he fell to his knees. "(Don't give in! We got out of tighter squeezes than this)!"
"I know that, Spike! Fight the pain!" Black Jack yelled.
While still holding onto the arms and legs of the Nidoking, Bloodbath blasted a huge fountain of water out of his mouth. The massive water attack splashed all over him. Spike had to close his eyes tightly, stopping the water getting into them. "(Huh! I may be a ground type but water attacks can't harm me)!" the Nidoking growled proudly.
"I'm afraid that this isn't just any water attack," Damien said smugly.
Spike soon felt the stings, more painful than the time he was hit by Bloodbath's Poison Pin attack. He roared painfully as he fell down to his knees, much to Black Jack's concern. "Spike!" he yelled.
"You see, Joseph, not only did this poisonous water sting the outside skin of your Nidoking but it also stung the organs when some of entered the parts where the pins struck," Damien explained.
Black Jack gnarled his teeth, seething with anger and frustration, after taking at Damien while he was explaining the water attack. Suddenly, he felt Spike's spark of emotion in his heart and mind. An angry type of emotion, much to his surprise. For as long as he had known him, Spike was the most concerned pokemon of the group and, and as much as Nidoking loved to fight, getting angry would be the last thing on his mind.
Feeling rather weak, Spike slowly stood up on his feet with his head hanging low because of the he suffered. He slowly raised it up, looking at Black Jack's direction. They both nodded before Spike turned towards his opponent. "(Like me, you're high on your loyal stuff and I'll give you that)," he growled sinisterly as a small spark appeared on his chest. "(Having said that… you're done)."
More electrical sparks flowed around Spike's body, signalling that he was powering up for his next attack. Shock and fear showed in Bloodbath's eyes. He tried to loosen his grip but Spike held onto them, still having the strength left in him. The tide had turned, now that he had him in his grasp. "(You know what happens when a jellyfish gets hit by lightning)?" Spike growled.
The Tentacruel looked at his master, who showed no emotion. "Pretty much the same thing as everything else," Black Jack replied, looking at Damien in disgust. "When you're done charging up… electrocute him."
Nidoking made his eyes thin as he glared at his upcoming victim. He let out a loud roar, unleashing his Thunderbolt attack from his body. The stream of lighting spread across Bloodbath's tentacles, electrocuting him into pain and then into unconscious.
The attack didn't only inflict pain and damage on the water type pokemon. Spike was also affected, thanks to water attack that was splashed on him earlier. He loosened his grip on the tentacles and dropped them to the floor. His mind was swirling and his eyes became blurry after taking in the pain he suffered from Bloodbath and himself.
"Spike…" Black Jack said worriedly.
"(Cuckoo)…" Spike managed to growl giddily before collapsing face first to the floor, becoming totally unconscious, passing out from the pain.
Black Jack took his pokeball out and zapped Spike back in while glaring at Damien, still in disgust that he doesn't appreciate the worth of his pokemon. Damien did the same, returning his respective pokemon.
"You know, you disrespecting your pokemon doesn't make me like you any better," Black Jack said. "Instead, I hate you even more."
"Which makes things more interesting," Damien said as he took another pokeball out.
Meanwhile at the pokemon center, Ash, Pikachu and Aurora were arriving back to that location. Their friends ran out of the building to welcome them back. "I got the berry! Ash announced.
"Wait, Ash!" Alice said, noticing that someone was missing. "Where's…"
We got to get it to Nurse Joy right now!" Ash said as he ran through the crowd.
As fast as he could, he quickly gave it the nurse, who promised that she would do as best as she could to help Chan recover after announcing that they had little time left. As she quickly walked back into the emergency room, Ash' friends walked up to him, with Alice in front. "Ash…" she said worriedly. Ash slowly turned around with great concern. "Where's my uncle?" she asked.
"He's out there fighting," Ash replied. "It must be the guy who hurt Chan."
Alice placed her hand over her mouth, and shook nervously. She was on the verge of tears. "I have to go after him," she said, turning towards the exit.
"No!" Ash said as he grabbed hold of her hand, stopping her from going. "He doesn't want you to get hurt like Chan did."
"But… my uncle… I promised my parents…" Alice murmured.
"Don't worry, Alice!" Jerry said with encouragement. "The boss and his pokemon are the toughest guys around. I have no doubt that he'll beat that twisted freak!"
"I agree. We have to be strong for him," Keith said. "Don't forget, Black Jack took out that Team Missile base when you were you were held prisoner there."
"I know… but he's fighting out there…" Alice sobbed, struggling to speak out. "Against someone who hurt Chan badly. I just… I just can't live with myself if something happens to him."
"Let's give him time," Ash said. "If he's not back in fifteen minutes, we'll go get him."
"Hey, guys," Misty whispered to her friends. "I think there are more reasons for Black Jack to fight all alone out there."
"I guess so," Brock said. "Maybe Black Jack has some grudge against that guy. Maybe a big one."
"Do you think he's going to be okay?" May asked.
"All I can say is that this place could some more emergency rooms available," Max replied.
Misty let out a small sigh of concern. "Yeah… there are a lot of things I'm wishing for right now. Black Jack to be safe, Alice to know that he's safe…" she said.
"Good idea, fellas," Isaac said with an optimistic smile. "Let's keep on wishing."
Meanwhile, two pokeballs opened releasing two more pokemon back at Mt. Frostbite. They turned out to be two Tyranitars, one, named Snake, belonging to Black Jack and the other was Damien's. Damien's Tyranitar was different in appearance compared to Black Jack's. Apart from having a green hard shell body with a purple chest, he was brown-skinned with a green center, along with a scar across his chest.
"I'm sure I don't need to introduce Tombstone to you," Damien said smugly.
"True. Snake broke his skull open the last time they met," Black Jack replied.
They both noticed that the two Tyranitars walked towards each other until they were close enough to stand face to face. They too remembered their last battle against each other. The intensity between them was so thick that the atmosphere could be cut down with a Slash attack. They stared each other down for long seconds until their trainers simultaneously ordered out their next command.
"Take him," Black Jack said.
"Kill him," Damien said.
Snake and Tombstone began heavily and viciously pounding each other's faces with their hard stone paws with neither trainer telling them to stop. That was until Snake became first to become a little dizzy allowing his opponent to relentlessly pound him even more. Soon, Snake's hit the wall after much staggering. Tombstone pulled his clenched paw back, ready to deliver the final blow.
His next devastating attack connected indeed but into the wall, making a hole in it when Snake ducked down, hitting him in the back and into the wall. Tombstone tried to get his paw out of the wall but it was stuck.
Behind him, Snake's eyes glowed energetically dark as he showed a sinister smile, slowly moving his paws up readying his next attack. Tombstone struggled to pull his paw out of the wall but it was stuck. "You're now gonna see why I'm called Snake," the green Tyranitar growled.
Despite that it was quite a distance between Snake and his opponent, Snake's short arms stretched out like a Seviper that would stretch out to attack and kill a small Pidgey at a fast pace. With great velocity, strength and sharp claws, he relentlessly hit Tombstone in the back constantly from the start. Tombstone grunted in pain a number of times after taking the hits.
Soon, Tombtone had bruises and cuts all over his back. He flopped down to the floor and the wall after taking a heavy beating from Black Jack's green dinosaur, with his paw still stuck inside the hole.
Snake moved his clenched paw backwards ready to deliver another blow, hard enough to knock his opponent out. He quickly went for it after Tombstone fully stood after a small struggle but missed after Tombstone quickly ducked down after sensing his opponent coming close to him, making him slam his paw into the wall instead. Tombstone quickly grabbed around Snake's midsection from behind and lifted him up into the air and over his head, shaping his body into a bridge before slamming his head and neck onto the ground, almost breaking his neck.
The impact made Snake's upped body bounce off the ground. He held on to his head in pain after feeling the crash. Mercilessly, Tombsone picked him up and swung him around in a horizontal circular motion before throwing him into the wall again. Snake crashed into it and a huge pile of rocks crumbled above and fell on top of him.
Quickly taking the advantage while Snake struggled to get out of the rubble, Tombstone powered up his next attack, Hyper Beam, as a glowing ball of energy grew inside his jaws. Soon, he blasted his fully charged beam at the rubble. The attack connected causing a huge explosion upon impact. He smiled sinisterly, confident that he finished his opponent. Suddenly, he felt a fist slamming underneath his chin, courtesy of Snake who managed to escape while Tombstone was shooting out his attack.
Both Black Jack and Damien just stood their grounds, watching their pokemon fight each without giving any orders. Their respective Tyranitars were more than capable enough to beat each other senseless.
That hard shot knocked him down, flat on his back. He then saw his opponent jumping into the air, about to hit his next attack. Tombstone quickly turned to his chest, slamming his tail into Snake's face before the Body Slam attack could reach him.
Snake staggered, holding his dizzy face in reaction to getting hit by Tombstone's Tail Slam attack. The opposition took advantage as he ran towards him before grabbing his neck, trying to choke him out. "I'll rip your neck out!" Tombstone growled.
"(Not if I break yours first)," Snake growled back. Using his great strength, Snake managed to pull Tombtone's paws away from his neck. He then hurled him over his shoulder, sending him flying until he crashed into the ground face first.
Tombstone quickly stood up on his feet, holding his hurt face. Snake took his chance as he ran towards him, wanting to smash his clenched paw into his face. Tombstone snapped into recovery seeing Snake coming his way. At the last second, he ducked down making Snake miss his shot and then he used the strength of his own body and Snake's momentum to lift and tossed Snake into the wall. Snake's back crashed into the wall before his head fell and harshly hit the ground.
Snake roared in pain after taking those two bad hits as he clutched onto his head. Smiling sinisterly, Tombstone grabbed hold of his enemy's head and started pounding on it, causing more damage to it. Soon, Snake's body became motionless, unable to defend himself. His eyes became vacant-like.
"(Pathetic)!" Tombstone growled before shoving his head to the ground after he realised this. He turned towards Black Jack with a sadistic smile, knowing the stipulation of having him killed if all of his pokemon were defeated.
Black jack was smiling too but for a different reason. "You're not done yet," he said before pointing behind Tombstone. "Look."
Tombstone looked behind him, seeing Snake's motionless body lying prone on his back. He suddenly sat up, now showing his angry eyes before he slowly stood up on his feet.
Snake and Tombstone had locked eyes once again before slowly walking towards each while Black Jack and Damien looked on, still not giving any commands. The two Tyranitars exchanged blows to the head a number of times before Tombstone became dizzy again, staggering backwards.
Snake took the opportunity of this staggering as he hit Tombstone a few more times for good measure before he jumped backwards. He slid across the floor and was about to deliver the finishing blow to Tombstone's head. The attack missed however when Tombstone ducked down, split seconds away before he could get hit.
Snake quickly turned around to attack again but Tombstone grabbed him by the throat, trying to choke the life of the green dinosaur. Snake retaliated by doing the same as he grabbed Tombstone's neck, also trying to choke him out.
For long minutes, both behemoths were on the verge of passing out after squeezing each other's air out using their bare paws. Their eyes glowed energetically, as they summoned up their next attack while holding on. Soon, sparks of electricity showed up on both of their bodies. Soon, they were fully powered up. With both monsters up close and personal they both let a loud roar blasting huge sparks of lighting out of their bodies. Both attacks collided, causing a huge explosion upon impact.
Both Black Jack and Damien had their eyes shut tightly, protecting them from the blinding light, dust and dirt from the explosion. When the battle scene became clear, they both saw their respective Tyranitars lying motionlessly on the floor. It came to no surprises between the two trainers. Damien showed a small smirk while Black Jack showed no emotion.
Then, to their surprise, Snake slowly started moving to stand up on his feet, not showing any signs of giving up. Black Jack smiled. He had always been proud of Snake's guts and strength since childhood. In fact, he was proud of all the pokemon he carried on his belt because they fought their guts for him, like what they did in this battle.
He took his pokeball out, and aimed it at Snake. He zapped him back into his pokeball. "Tombstone is wiped out. Leave the rest to me… my friend," he said. He felt that it was now his turn to do the same as his pokemon did.
"You're returning your Tyranitar?" Damien asked, slightly surprised. "You're admitting defeat? That means that you have no more pokemon, therefore you lose and must pay the ultimate price of your life: Death."
Black Jack smiled evilly. "You're not returning yours?" he asked as he placed Snake's pokeball away while Damien stared down on his injured Tyranitar still showing his confident smirk. "Tombstone can't go any further like Snake can. Besides, just because I'm out of pokemon, it doesn't mean I'll go down that easily, Tusk."
He unzipped his black leather jacket and took it off, tossing it aside, revealing a tight black t-shirt… and a steel sledgehammer. He had his weapon tucked in between his belt and jeans while keeping it hidden underneath his jacket. He pulled his weapon out and rested it on his shoulder, glaring down on the back of Tombstone while he struggled to get to his feet while Damien looked on.
When Tombstone fully stood up, Black Jack was standing behind him as he held his up sledgehammer up into the air. Tombstone looked at his master, who still showed his smirk. Dazed and confused, he turned around and saw the weapon smashing into his face with a thunderous impact of a car crashing into a wall, courtesy of the man who was showing no remorse throughout this whole battle, Black Jack. Tombstone laid prone and motionless on the ground after being knocked down and out. "Pretty much expected from you, Tusk," Black Jack said, very disgusted. "Not protecting your pokemon that acted like your messengers, spies, bodyguards and all that garbage," he continued bitterly, remembering Damien allowing Tombstone to get beaten down the last time they battled.
"I granted them their powers," Damien said. "They're nothing but my pawns."
"You make me sick," Black Jack said angrily resting his sledgehammer on his shoulder again. "Get Darkfire out here so I can make a feather duster out of that stupid bird."
"As you wish," Damien said as he took his pokeball out before throwing it out. "Come out, Darkfire," he commanded.
Dark energy materialised into Darkfire after being released from his pokeball. He stood with his arms folded, looking at his upcoming opponent with confident eyes. "(So… now I'm your opponent, Black Jack)?" he growled before noticing the sledgehammer. "(Are you so pathetic that you're using a weapon)?"
In response, Black Jack tossed his weapon aside. "(I see. So you decided to give up on yourself)?" Darkfire growled.
"No, Darkfire," Black Jack replied as he placed his clenched fist into the palm of his other hand, making some small bone breaking sounds. "I only used a sledgehammer to help finish off Tombstone… but I don't need it to beat your ."
They stood a distance from each other, staring each other down for a few seconds. Black Jack decided to move first, taking a few steps towards him before slowly speeding up and started to run. Darkfire waited while going into his fighting stance, ready to counter any move Black Jack was about to use. With a mighty yell, Black Jack swung his fist at his opponent's face but Darkfire dodged the attack as jumped and grabbed hold of his wrist. He flipped over, aiming his kick on Black Jack's but missed after the attack was dodged. Despite missing his target he landed on his feet releasing his enemy's wrist.
Darkfire quickly turned around, seeing Black Jack's fist coming right towards his face with great speed. But the attack missed as the dark Blaziken dodged out of the way with a sly smile on his face. "[(An opening)," he thought as he aimed his Slash attack towards the opposition's arm.
Black Jack quickly retaliated as he kicked him in the lower leg making him grunt with hurt and move slightly backwards. The man in black jumped backwards awaiting his opponent's next attack, also aware of Darkfire's poisonous abilities.
As he did that, Darkfire dashed forward and attempted to land a bunch of kicks on him, each with a speed of shot out bullets. Despite this incredible speed, Black Jack kept moving backwards while carefully but speedily dodging each one. He took one more skip backwards to give himself room between himself and his enemy. "[Gotta counter one or else I'm dead meat," Black Jack thought to himself. He relied on gut instinct to find which one of Darkfire's kicks would land. "[Face!" he thought forming his arms into an X in front of his face a split second away before the kick landed.
Black Jack smiled after blocking the attack, much to Darkfire's surprise. Black Jack shoved the leg down while slamming his shoulder into the enemy's midsection, sending him flying but Darkfire quickly recovered when he safely landed on his paws before doing a back flip "([He moves quickly despite what's happening to him)," Darkfire thought before landing on his feet. He saw Black Jack rushing towards him again and prepared himself.
At a split second, Black Jack surprised him again as he jumped backwards. Black Jack motioned for him to attack. "Come and get me if you got guts," Black Jack said.
"(With pleasure)," Darkfire said a sly smile on his face before quickly vanishing into thin air.
"He's pretty speedy," Black Jack whispered to himself. "And he's right behind me!" he yelled as he quickly spun round attempting a back fist punch but missed, much to his bewilderment after he noticed that he wasn't there when he should've been. "What? I'm faster than that. And he was right behind me," he said to himself.
"(Correction)," Darkfire growled. "(I'm still behind you).'
Black Jack let out a confused grunt before seeing a clenched fist coming into his face. That fist slammed into his face, making Black Jack let out a painful grunt while staggering. Darkfire then continued his assault by slamming his slamming his foot into the human's gut, making him lose a lot of breath and bend over, before grabbing him by the head, digging his claws into his head and slamming it to the ground with thunderous impact, engulfing him in dark purple flames.
Black Jack quickly and instinctively rolled around, putting the flames out of his body before getting into a kneeling position, looking angrily at Darkfire, who slowly walked towards him with a bitter smile. He began to breathe heavily as his eyesight became slightly blurry before he gave his face a small rub with his fingers. He looked at them and small a droplet of blood. To him, that meant one thing. "Poisoned," he said to himself. He remembered that he was being puzzled when he attempted his attack on Darkfire, why he was confused and slow simultaneously. He looked at his arm and saw a few scratches. He remembered having to counter Darkfire's Slash and kick attacks. "By claws and talons," he said to himself with a smile. "Smart."
His head began to feel incredibly numb and dizzy, forcing him to instinctively place his hands on his head in pain letting out some growling. His legs shook as he tried to stand up on his own two feet. When he stood fully up and shook away the pain, he looked up and saw Dakrfire diving towards him, aiming his claws at his face. Black Jack blocked his incoming claws but it turned out to be a decoy. Darkfire did a handstand cartwheel manoeuvre before getting into a seated position on his enemy's shoulders. "([Break your neck)," Darkfire thought sinisterly when he went to quickly wrap his legs around Black Jack's head, in an attempt to twist and break his neck but they were both blocked. Darkfire then attempted to his paws to grab Black Jack's head from above but that too was also blocked, much to his surprise.
Using great force, Darkfire used his arms to spin Black Jack around before leaping off him and landing on his feet. He then proceeded to leap towards him, relentless, violently and repeatedly kicking him in the chest while in mid-air, each hit with a force of a heavy metal object crashing violently into a random anatomy, until his last kick sent him crashing into the mountain wall with a grunt of hurt.
After having his back crashing into the wall, Black Jack fell to his knees, placing his arms on his chest with his eyes tightly shut in pain. Despite having a strong ribcage, the muscles and lungs were badly hurt, thanks to the poison and damaged caused by Darkfire's kicks.
He struggled to get his feet until he stood fully up, now with his back leaning against the wall, quicker than the last time he tried to get to his feet. He immediately saw Darkfire's talons coming to his face, attempting to smash his face into the walls. As quick as a blink, Black Jack ducked down, dodging Darkfire's attack before slamming an uppercut underneath his beak, knocking him away.
After a short moment's stagger, Darkfire rubbed his hurt lower beak. "I like it when guys like you second guess me," Black Jack with an arrogant smile.
"(You're still)…?" Darkfire growled in confusion, surprised that Black Jack could still keep going after taking a lot of damage and poison.
"That is what to be expected from him," Damien said to himself with a smirk. "This is something I've been waiting for. Now, I want to see it… his other side… again."
Black Jack motioned for Darkfire to come and attack him. "Why are you standing there?" he asked impatiently, feeling the blood flowing from out of his gashes, which somehow made him feel energised. "Come and get me, stupid!"
Darkfire's eyes turned towards his master's direction and smiled. He knew what he wished for and vowed to himself that it would be delivered no matter what the cost. He turned his eyes back to his opponent before rushing at him.
Back at the pokemon center, Alice was frantically walking from one side of the corridor to the other, deeply concerned for her uncle Black Jack and his pokemon while everyone was waiting patiently, yet eagerly, for the operation to end and for Black Jack to safely return.
Tears began to form in her eyes; she felt that if anything happened to him she would never forgive herself, no matter how firm, angry and strict Black Jack was with her. "I can't let him do this anymore!" she screamed before rushing to the exit.
That outburst caught everyone's attention with shocked results. "Alice! Wait!" Jerry yelled as he, Keith and Ash quickly followed her.
As she reached the exit, she kept on running into the forest, not caring who was following her. "Alice! Wait up!" Keith yelled. "You can't do this…"
Alice suddenly stopped after hearing those words and stood in that spot for a few seconds. She quickly turned in anger with tears flowing from her eyes, looking as though she would lash out on anybody at any second. "What made you think I can't do this!?" she yelled.
"I'm saying that you can't do this alone," Keith said. "That's why we're here to help you and Black Jack."
Aurora flew into the scene after Keith said those words. Everyone agreed to that small speech. They all noticed how dangerous this enemy was after seeing Chan's defeat, even by Black Jack's calibre, maybe more.
"Guys... thank you," Alice said with a smile.
Meanwhile, Black Jack let out a loud yell when he swung his fist towards Dakfire's face but missed when Darkfire dodged out of the way before viciously slamming his fist right into his gut before hitting his brutal uppercut right underneath his chin. After a grunt of hurt, Black Jack quickly retaliated by hitting his enemy in the neck with a hard-hitting spinning back kick. They both staggered away from each other, their bodies showing dirt, bruises, cuts and gashes. Their insides were also badly damaged, thanks to this fight.
Darkfire's back hit the wall while Black Jack fell on one knee. They both spat out blood to the ground after receiving high damages from each other before holding their hurt anatomies. "[He's almost done," Black Jack thought while panting heavily. "[Just one more move."
He quickly rushed to his dark feathered nemesis, attempting to end it when he aimed his punch to his face. Darkfire quickly ducked down at the last second, making Black Jack slam his fist into the wall, smashing a hole in it with his fist stuck inside. Darkfire quickly slammed his foot at the back of Black Jack's, forcing his face to smash into the wall.
Black Jack, utterly battered and weakened, collapsed to the floor, with his fist slipping out of the hole. He rolled onto his front he struggled to get his feet, much Darkfire's and Damien's surprise. "He's got more spirit than I thought," Damien said noticeably.
"(I agree, master)," Darkfire growled.
Dazed, confused, poisoned, battered, bloodied and bruised, Black Jack struggled with all his might to get to his feet. But so far, he managed to get his knees. His eyes were vacant as he stared down to the ground and he was seemingly on the verge of passing out.
Darkfire, who was panting out of tiredness, took his stance ready to finish Black Jack off. With massive swiftness, he aimed his kick towards his head… but it was caught. Black Jack quickly caught his leg with his hand split seconds before the move could connect. He started to glow a dark purple aura around him before he slowly raised his head, glaring his evil, sadistic eyes at Darkfire.
He shoved his foot away, making him spin, before quickly standing up and harshly grabbing him by the neck. He looked into his eyes sadistically, choking him out with one hand. Darkfire grabbed him by the neck, attempting to choke him out but Black Jack's force was too much for him, making him release his grip from his neck and tried to use his strength to loosen his enemy's grasp but that too was futile.
While still having him in his physical clutches, he lifted him and slammed him into the wall with great strength and velocity. With a loud roar, vast anger and flat out brutality, he began pounding his entire body with his fists. The first blow had the speed and impact of a high-speed vehicle crashing into a human body, and each blow became harder and faster than the last one. Relentlessly, Black Jack kept on pounding him, crashing the bones and organs inside Darkfire's body, forcing him spit to out blood from his beak and receive a huge number of bruises.
After long seconds, the man in black stopped his vicious attack and took a couple of steps back. Completely stunned after several beatings, Darkfire stumbled towards Black Jack with no clue was going at that moment. When he got close enough Black Jack slammed a quick and strong uppercut underneath Dakrfire's lower beak.
Darkfire staggered until his back hit the wall. He shook his head to shake away the dizziness, surprised by Black Jack's quick comeback after he gave some of his devastating attacks. When he came to, he saw a big fist rushing into him. The fist slammed into his face, driving his head to crash into the wall with sheer force. Darkfire became unconscious after receiving that devastating blow, courtesy of Black Jack. He fell to the floor after his opponent slowly moved his fist away from him.
The aura around Black Jack began to slowly disappear and he fell to his knees after it disappeared completely. He panted heavily out of pain and fatigue, clutching to his hurt body parts.
Damien smiled bitterly. "All this time and this is what you got to show me?" he hissed as a dark energy ball engulfed on his open hand. "I can't wait an eternity for you to get to your full potential, talent and power… it's over, Black Jack."
With that said, he tossed his projectile towards Black Jack's back at a speed of sound. "Never!" Black Jack yelled as he quickly turned around, slamming a backhand punch on the fireball with his strength, sending it straight back towards Damien, much to his shock as he had no time to block or dodge. The energy ball exploded on impact. Black Jack shielded his eyes away from the flash and dust. The next thing he heard was some wood crashing sound from the bottom of the mountain while the smoke was clearing.
He assumed that Damien crashed into the abandoned hut he saw earlier. He turned towards the motionless Darkfire and slowly walked towards before grabbing him by the head and lower back. With the last ounce of his strength, he dragged him and threw him off the edge of the cliff, thinking that Damien might've been knocked off that part of the cliff. Sure enough, he heard another wood crashing sound. He slowly walked towards the end of the cliff, still holding his injured parts while panting.
Black Jack looked down from the edge of the cliff to see if Damien and Darkfire would move after taking that fall. He couldn't see them because it was too far down for him to see, yet he didn't care what happened to them. He covered his some of cut parts with his hands to stop the bleeding. His legs felt weak and shaky, along with being badly injured, bloodied and poisoned, physically forcing him to collapse to the floor of the cliff.
He began to struggle to get to his feet. With the strength he could muster, he crawled over to the walls of the mountain. He grabbed hold of the wall and used it for support as he slowly picked himself up, trying to get to his feet. He successfully did it. He attempted to walk but his legs were feeling weak because of the poison as he collapsed again, this time on his behind before resting his back against the wall.
"Maybe we ought to take five minutes, boys," he said weakly, trying to breath before his eyelids were beginning to feel tired and heavy. He tried to keep them open but to no avail, allowing his eyelids to drop down, making him see nothing but darkness. The next thing he knew, he couldn't feel a thing.
"Uncle! Uncle!" cried a desperate voice, sounding as though as the person was on the verge of tears. A pair of eyes slowly opened, seeing a young girl in tears. She had blond ponytail hair and a small scar underneath her left eye.
"Alice…" the uncle said weakly with a smile. "You didn't have to come here."
"Stop it!" Alice cried in sadness and fear as she held him by the shoulders. "We got to get you to the pokemon center!"
Behind her were her friends, Ash, Keith, Jerry, Alice, Aurora, Darkness and some of the dragon pokemon they had saved during the Team Molten and Ocean situation. They were all looking at Black Jack in shock. "Some underhanded sleaze ball knocked the boss out!" Jerry said.
"You wouldn't say that, Jerry," Keith said. "Not to that guy's face, whoever he is."
"Move out of the way for a second, kids," Black Jack said as he gave Alice a light push, trying to give himself some space. The others moved away a little. He struggled to get off his backside to no avail. He felt totally weak; his entire body was numb with aches and pains. He reached his arm upwards and grabbed hold of the rocky walls, using them for support to pick himself up while using the other arm to ease the pain in his stomach. He placed a lot of effort into getting up and managed to stand on his two feet, despite putting a lot of pain in his arm.
"Uncle! What are you doing?" Alice cried. "You can't do this by yourself!"
Black Jack ignored her as he walked with a limp towards the edge of the cliff while holding on to his badly injured anatomies but suddenly stopped. "The other guy," he said. "Where is he?"
"He's not here anymore," Ash said answering his question. "When we got here, he was already gone."
"Huh." That was Black Jack's bitter response as he continued walking to the cliff. He slowly stopped as he began to feel dizzy again. "Gotta… get to…" he managed to say before he collapsed. Aurora caught him before he could hit the ground.
Everyone rushed to his aid. Alice was first to get there and hugged her uncle tightly, tears still flowing. "Uncle… I'm sorry," she cried. "I should've been here! We promised that we look out for each other!"
Black Jack groaned in pain because of the tight hug, which increased the pain he already received. Alice loosened her hug a little, reducing the pain. "Uncle… please don't die…" she sobbed softly.
Keith placed her hand on Alice's shoulder. "Alice, we need to go now," Keith said. He slowly dragged her away from Black Jack. Alice turned around and gave him a hug.
Jerry and Ash placed Black Jack on Aurora's back. "It's alright, boss," Jerry said softly to him with a smile. "We have all been there."
Keith and Alice got on Darkness's back. Ash and Jerry got on the backs of the other dragons. One of them had Black Jack's bike and sledgehammer in his paws. They all took off, soaring high into the sky, flying towards the pokemon center.
While Black Jack was being held on by Aurora's clutches, he looked at his niece, who cried tears out of her eyes. He had his skin gashed and burned, his blood poisoned, his head damaged, his bones broken, and most of his organs busted.
But seeing the sad tears coming out of her eyes… that hurt him the most.
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