An Ill Foreboding
They were woken by sounds of Windy and Dragonair clawing at the tent opening, but it was the yelling that had caught their attention and made them get up. Danny quickly put on some clothes and got out of the tent her and Miz were sharing. She ran over to Jason's tent and undid the zipper and shook him awake. He woke up surprisingly easy and heard the yelling in the distance. He quickly put on some shoes and sprang out of the tent without a shirt on. Danny followed behind him and they ran to Miz who was standing in the clearing with the two dragons.
"Windy see if you can feel out the sound waves and see if you can figure out a general direction." Miz commanded.
"It sounds like two people fighting." Jason said, "But who would be having a battle in the middle of the night?"
Miz shrugged and looked over at Jason, and was glad only the faint moon was the only light. She felt the blood rush to her cheeks as she looked at Jason's body in the light. He was surprisingly built with an amazingly defined stomach. She was broken out of reverie by Danny poking her in side and coughing. It was lucky Jason was to focused on the yelling to even notice.
"So…umm…any ideas Windy?" Miz stammered.
The large, green dragon was still for a moment then pointed to the left with one of its small arms.
"You guys stay here I'll go check it out." Jason said, and before the girls could protest he dashed into the woods.
The girls stood there in silence with their ever vigilante dragons at their side. After a few moments of silence Danny spoke.
"You know you should really try and be a little—"
"Not a word."
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Jason ran as quietly as possible through the trees. The moonlight broke through the branches sporadically and lit up a path that he followed. The yelling got louder as he ran, and he slowed as he saw an area that had fewer trees and formed a small clearing. He ducked behind a thick bush and peered through its branches. In the small area were two people. One was a young boy Jason guessed around twelve or thirteen. In front of him was a rather beat up looking Manectric. It had numerous cuts across its body that were bleeding quite heavily and its left eye was swollen shut and also bleeding. Facing the Manectric was a menacing looking Seviper. Poison dripped from its fangs and tail and looked as if it had been untouched the whole battle. Behind the snake a was a person in a black cloak and Jason could not make out any features. The most bizarre thing about this scene was not the actual battle, but what floated above the field. Jason saw what looked like a clear floating pokeball in the center of the area. It seemed to be emanating a strange blue light that covered the area.
"Please" The boy said, "you have us beat just let us go."
"You know I can't do that," said a masculine voice from within the cloak, "when the ball went in the air I said you couldn't leave or risk losing you Pokémon. By all means though forfeit and the ball will simply give me your Manectric as a prize."
The boy simply frowned and tears formed in his eyes.
Dammit! Jason thought, I should brought my pack!
"Seviper!" The cloaked man said, "Wrap around the Manectric!"
The snake moved at lightning speed and quickly wrapped around the electric dog. It put up almost no fight.
"Use Discharge!" the boy yelled
The dog tried to release the energy but to no avail. It was beaten. The Seviper released its grip and went back over to its master. The boy ran over to his dog. It was breathing hard and still heavily bleeding, it was definitely nearing death. Jason was ready to burst into the opening to intervene when the ball in the air started to glow. The boy knelt next to the Manectric and began to cry, the tears falling on the animal's body.
"There it is…" the man said, "capture now!"
The ball in the air opened and a white beam shot out at the boy and Manectric. The dog was engulfed in the light and taken into the ball. Followed by the dog was a blue aura. It came from out of the boys mouth and into the ball along with the dog. He fell to ground eyes wide open, not moving.
He just…what? Jason thought.
The cloaked man released an Alakazam and they teleported away along with the body of the boy. Jason backed away from the bush and ran back to the girls as fast as he could muster.
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When he returned he told the girls what he had witnessed. The girls simply stared at him confused, and he could not really blame them he could hardly believe what he was saying himself. The dragons also seemed to understand the confusion and paced around the trio.
"So," Danny said, "what do we do? I mean how do report something like this?"
"I have no idea. This…this is unreal." Jason said
"Most we can do at the moment is sleep till morning—" Miz said
"Doubt I could do that." Jason interrupted.
Miz let out a sigh of irritation and continued, "Sleep till morning and when we get to Shownee at some point tomorrow when can go to the police station."
"Oh, I don't think you'll be getting that far."
The trio turned in shock to see a man in black standing behind them with an Alakazam at his side. His face and body were still covered in a black cloak. The girls' dragons stared as well not understanding how he went un-noticed until he spoke. Jason ran at him, ready to tackle.
"Confusion!" he yelled.
Jason was picked up and held in the air and then thrown across the opening and into his tent. He landed with a hard thud as the tent collapsed around him. The two dragons raced to put themselves between the man and Jason.
"Oh, you are so dead!" Miz yelled, "Windy, brace yourself!"
"You too Dragonair!" Danny yelled.
"Oh this is hardly fair." The man said and he released a Seviper from a ball. "There we go."
Alakazam teleported over to the Seviper's side and they faced the dragons. Jason groaned as he picked himself out of the tent. There was silence as Danny and Miz stared at the hooded man, and then it was broken.
"Windy, Sand-Attack! Take out their eye sight!" Miz yelled
The Flygon let out a mew and gave its wings a great beat and sent a dust cloud towards their enemies.
"Alakazam, Reflect! Send it right back at them!"
A large pink shield appeared in front of the enemy Pokemon. The sand cloud hit and was ricocheted back at the dragons.
"Dragonair, Twister!"
The long dragon opened its mouth and a swirling whirlwind of air shot out. It went through the cloud, dissipated the sand, and went straight at the Alakazam. The twister broke through the shield and hit it square in the chest and sent it flying across the grass. It skidded to a stop and created a small trench a little distance away. The cloaked man ran a little distance away so as to get a better view of the battle.
"All right, divide and conquer! Dragonair wrap around that Alakazam!" Danny yelled.
Miz followed with her orders, "Windy, Faint Attack on Seviper!"
The green dragon disappeared in a in a cloud of brief smoke. The snake stood its ground without a move.
"Seviper! Free battle!" The man yelled.
Miz and Danny had no idea what he meant, but they quickly understood. A cloud of smoke appeared right behind the snake and it suddenly sprang away, its tail glowing purple. Windy came tearing out of the smoke and slashed at the air completely missing Seviper. The snake quickly turned around slammed its tail right into the dragon's neck, causing a deep gash that started to ooze purple goo.
"That thing just got a direct Poison Tail while avoiding Faint Attack." Miz said in awe. "It fights without being given orders…Danny watch out this guy has decades of experience over us!"
"Got it!" Danny said and ran over to were Dragonair had wrapped around Alakazam and was now squeezing it to unconsciousness. The hooded man followed her.
"Dragonair, Slam that thing into the ground!"
The long dragon surged into the air and wriggled the Alakazam until it was holding it by the ankles only. It bent its body and with the full force of its muscle slammed the psychic into the ground creating a small crater. Dirt and rock scattered upward as Dragonair landed back on the ground. It leaned its head into the crater cautiously checking the enemy. Danny came up beside it. She leaned down to see the Alakazam was not there but a broken wooden doll.
"When the hell did it use Substitute?" She yelled.
"Psybeam!"
A multi-colored beam came from the woods and hit Dragonair just below the back of the head. Danny screamed as the dragon as sent head-first into a tree and slumped to the ground. She ran over to the dragon as it was shaking its head to regain stability. After a few short moments it straightened its body and went into a defensive curl around Danny glaring at the oncoming Alakazam and hooded man.
Miz was right, Danny thought, this guy is in a completely different league of strength than us.
Miz watched in dismay as Windy's health degraded in front of her from the Seviper's poison. The snake stared at her dragon menacingly, its fangs dripping with poison. She averted her gaze quickly to see that was not faring much better against the Alakazam. She was now cornered against the forest edge and Dragonair needed the room of the empty field to get around. Her gaze went back to the snake that was now opening its mouth. A black haze started to pour into the area and it disappeared from view. The haze spread to cover most of field they were occupying. It enveloped her as well and her eyesight was greatly diminished.
"Keep, steady Windy. Try and stay focused on the air waves. Remember when they change that means it's moving."
The dragon gave a weak mew of agreement. Miz winced at the weak sound knowing she had to tie this up fast or Windy was going to be in some bad shape. They were too far away from Shownee City for Windy to get the care it needed for the poison before it developed into something more severe. She thought back to the antidotes that had been lost when she and Jason were lost in woods, and cursed the Aipom that had started that misadventure. A loud hiss broke her train of thought.
"Windy, watch it!"
A black blur moved in front of her and she heard the dragon yelp in pain.
Damn, Night Slash…admittedly a good combo with Haze. It's amazing this thing can fight like this without the guidance of a trainer.
The dragon yelped in pain again.
"Windy, HM Defog now!"
The dragon started to beat its wings at a furious rate and a great was created. The haze slowly started to lift and the snake became visible.
"Now off to your left, Dragonbreath!"
Windy quickly turned and purple flames burst from its mouth. They engulfed the snake as it hissed in pain and started to roll on the ground. The flames were quickly put out and it regained its stance and stood quietly with its eyes closed.
"Oh crap! Windy quick close your—"
Seviper's eyes snapped open and a brief red light was cast on Miz and Windy. Miz suddenly found she was unable to move.
Shit—shit—shit! We're wide open! This thing is unreal!
Seviper reared up on the back part of its body and slammed down on the ground. A black colored wave of energy was sent towards the dragon. The wave hit it square in the stomach and went sprawling backwards. Miz, unable to get out of the way was hit by the dragon and they both landed on the ground in lump.
Danny turned just in time to see Miz and Windy hit the ground. In a few short minutes things had gone from bad to worse. Dragonair was no covered in bruises and bumps from protecting her from the attacks sent by Alakazam. She could feel that her dragon's strength was starting to wane and she needed to end this fast--for better or worse. She hated having to resort to it moves like this were meant to be used in limited capacity and not at this close range, but she was literally backed into a corner.
"Dragonair," she whispered, "gather all your strength that's left."
The dragon nodded and tensed its body bracing for the next command, it could sense what Danny was about to say.
"Dragonair, Hyper Beam!"
The dragon reared back and a small orb of light appeared over its mouth. Its head snapped forward and a massive yellow beam shot towards the Alakazam and the hooded-man.
"Ha! Pathetic last shot! Alakazam Light Screen!" the man yelled.
A large pink rectangle appeared in front of them as the beam hit, and it bent inward slightly. The Alakazam was pushed backwards as it concentrated on keeping the shield up. Dragonair kept the attack going full force. The shield started to crack slightly as a light suddenly filled the sky.
"Alakazam, time to go! Teleport us out of here!" the man yelled.
In a flash the hooded man and his two pokemon were gone. The beam went forward and leveled a chunk of the forest before Dragonair ceased the attack.
"What the hell?" Danny muttered.
Miz had picked herself up and returned her waning dragon to its ball. She looked into the sky and realized with horror that they needed to find cover. She ran over to Danny and Dragonair.
"We need to cover Jason now!"
Without question Danny and Dragonair followed her to the collapsed tent. The balled up next to Jason, who was just now starting to come to.
"It's Future Sight!" Danny realized, as the light intensified. "Dragonair Protect now!"
The white shield went up around them as the area was enveloped in bright light. The sound of crashed and explosions continued for several moments and then all at once it stopped. The shield around them went away, and Dragonair laid on the ground panting heavily.
"Good girl," Danny said, "return."
The dragon disappeared. Danny looked around at the field and the surrounding forest. The entire area had been demolished by the Future Sight craters were everywhere in the grass and the trees had been shredded and uprooted.
"Jesus Christ what the hell happened?" Jason yelled.
The girls spent the rest of what was left of the night telling Jason about the battle. After the three of them started exchanging theories at what it all meant they decided to get to Shownee as quick as possible and go straight for the police station. Jason did not expect much to come of it, but it was the best they could do. They packed up what was left of the tents and made their way down the road where just on the tip of the horizon they could make out Shownee City. It was that moment of staring at the horizon that Jason realized that not only did a visit to the police station wait for him there, but also his first Cosheen gym battle.