Two Days ago: Mt. Chimney
"I have to be going now." Light said. "I wish you all luck and Godspeed."
With everything having been said and the plan in place to take Mauville, Light activated his magnet lift technique and flew off toward Fortree City.
"Do you think he stands a chance?" Nate asked.
"If anyone stands a chance, it's him." Momo declared. "Now, we need to get the troops ready for tomorrow's attack. We march at 0800 hours, got that?"
"Yes Ma'am!" Nate and Grunt replied in unison.
The following day outside Mauville
"OK boss, we're just outside the city." Grunt said. "How long until we attack?"
"It's only 11:40 so we have another 20 minutes before we make our move." Momo replied.
"Are you sure that it's OK for us to be this early?" Nate asked. "Remember what happened at Mt. Chimney?"
"I've made sure to grill into each and every soldiers head the protocols for this mission. Without Light here we can't afford a mishap like Mt. Chimney especially given how little information we have about the commander here."
The bulk of the human forces sent to fight in the Battle for Mt. Chimney were sent from Mauville City, as it is the closest held city to the volcano. Mauville's own commander was even sent to coordinate their effort against the Pokemon.
After reporting that Light's technique disabled the entirety of his forces with a single electrical blast, the commander was stripped of his rank and someone new was put into command. Since they were just promoted, little was known about the new commander other than the fact that she was a female AK pilot and a long time veteran of the human military.
"OK everyone, it's almost time to attack." Momo said trying to emulate Light. "I know there are a lot of unknown quantities associated with Mauville right now but we have the upper hand with our victory at Mt. Chimney and the bulk of their forces being destroyed there. If we play it safe and fight like we always do, victory should be ours. Now prepare to attack!"
"YEAH!" many of the soldiers yelled, in response to their leader's speech.
"And everyone.." Momo began, dropping the 'Light' act, "Good Luck."
"It's twelve o' clock people!" Grunt yelled eagerly. "Let's blow some stuff up."
"Is that all you think about?" Nate replied following his comrade into battle.
"No." Grunt responded, oblivious to the joke Nate had just made, "I also like shootin' things as well."
"Enough small talk guys." Momo cut in. "Focus on the battle."
From there the battle commenced with both sides going at it with everything they had. At first both the NAA and the humans were evenly matched, but once the battle began to wear on, the advantage of numbers that the NAA possessed became more pronounced.
After two hours of hard battling, Grunt asked the question that was on everyone's mind. "Hey, any idea where the Commander might be?"
"I don't know." Momo answered truthfully. "I'm surprised she has been able to keep herself hidden for this long. Nate you have any ideas?"
"Maybe." He replied as he cut through yet another Knight that had come near. "I've been picking up some weird signals from our forces in the western part of town."
"What kind of weird signals?" Momo asked.
"Rapidly fluctuating temperatures and spotty communication mostly but I think it's the only lead we have."
"OK. Nate, Grunt come with me over to the western portion of town. We'll all check it out."
"All three of us?" Grunt exclaimed. "Isn't that overkill?"
"This, coming from the guy who uses a giant rocket launcher as his primary weapon?" Nate remarked sarcastically.
"Maybe it is overkill." Momo replied. "But we have next to no information on this commander and I'd rather play things a little on the safe side so yes, all three of us are going."
As the three of them made their way to the western end of town, defeating enemies along the way, the sky began to turn darker, giving the city an ominous air.
"This can't be good." Nate said.
"What makes ya say that?" Grunt asked. "Is it the dark sky or the relative ease of this attack?"
"Both." He responded.
As the leaders of the NAA approached their destination, they observed a lone AK surrounded by clouds vigorously attacking a squad of their allies through the use of both fire and lightning.
"Grunt, Nate, I'm pretty sure that's the commander." Momo said quickly taking charge of the situation. "You two distract her while I get that squad out of here."
All three of them raced to protect the squad of Pokemon who they called their allies. Momo ran directly to the group and began using her energy manipulation technique to absorb the destructive attacks. Meanwhile, Grunt and Nate began a light attack barrage on the enemy pilot and slowly lured her attention away from the squad she was attacking to her more pressing threat.
"Why are you helping them?" the enemy pilot said with a cold sharp tone, her roughly cut black hair accentuating the effect by covering her eyes.
"They're our allies, that's why." Nate responded, dumbfounded by the question.
"Their kind as killed so many of us." She responded once again. "It would sicken me to work with such barbaric creatures."
"Hey!" Nate responded. "Just 'cause some Pokemon have done some terrible things doesn't mean our allies have done anything.."
"BORING!" Grunt broke in, itching for some more action. "So are you the commander of this here city?"
"Yes." The enemy pilot responded. "I am the newly promoted commander of Mauville City, Tara."
"That's great an all but your troops have basically been wiped out." Grunt said in a matter of fact manner. "So are you going to surrender or do I get to have some fun?"
"I would never surrender to the likes of you." Tara replied coldly. "Those who ally themselves with those savages don't deserve to call themselves human anymore!"
"That's going a bit far don't you think?" Nate asked.
"All the more reason to stomp her into the ground!" Grunt replied. He pulled out a machine gun and began his assault on the enemy commander. But before the bullets could reach their target, they melted in mid air.
"You think you can beat me?" Tara said suddenly brimming with anger. "You can't even touch me?"
"Maybe he can't but I can!" Nate said rushing in with his Sword Resonance active.
"You aren't my concern now." Tara replied. "Go Away!"
With that, a blast of cold air suddenly manifested and stopped Nate in his tracks. While Nate was trying to break free of her attack, Tara began to form a cloud of icicles around her and launched them at Nate and Grunt simultaneously.
"Dude, I'm gonna need some help here." Nate said, still struggling to escape the stream of freezing air.
"No prob man." Grunt replied and began to shoot down any icicles that were approaching his comrade.
Another voice then broke over their communicators saying "Good teamwork out there guys but stay aware of your surroundings. Grunt you have incoming projectiles at your six and ten."
"Got it boss lady." Grunt replied and proceeded to dodge one set of icicles while shooting the others down.
"Nate use a Sonicboom and break up the air around you and you'll be able to escape."
"Good idea Momo!" Nate replied and put the idea into motion, ending Tara's onslaught.
With her allies safe from harm, Momo appeared on the battlefield and launched a Leaf Storm at her unsuspecting quarry.
"Ahh." Tara cried as the attack made contact. Quickly recovering she asked. "So is this your leader?"
"So what if it is?" Grunt replied.
"How can you allow yourselves to be subservient to one of Them?" She asked.
"That's because Momo is nice." Nate replied. "Contrary to the opinion of the human military, not all Pokemon are evil. Some are genuinely good people."
"Good people!? GOOD PEOPLE!?" Tara yelled, the air heating around her. "Would good people attack a defenseless town for no reason?!"
"Oh God." Nate said in disbelief.
"It was in the early part of the war," She began, "Before the intense militarization of towns. I lived in Solaceon Town in the Sinnoh Region. One day out of the blue, Pokemon forces came and attacked our village, completely destroying it. Women, children, armed, unarmed were all killed by those monsters. I was only able to survive by hiding in the nearby ruins until a retreating force of humans took me in. Since that day, I have devoted myself to destroying the Pokemon and making them pay for what happened on that day."
"I'm sorry for what happened to you," Momo broke in, "But killing the many won't bring back the few that you lost."
"Don't lecture me on morals you scum!" Tara spat and proceeded to launch a barrage of fire balls at Momo, which were easily absorbed.
"Your AK allows you to turn your emotions into weapons doesn't it?" Momo said calmly.
"How did you figure that out?" Tara replied.
"Your AK was still giving off a large amount of power even while you were talking about your past. Nate, Grunt pay attention to her mood and it will help to predict the type of move she is going to use."
"All of that and you aren't even going to fight me? Just gonna sick your dogs on me like some evil mastermind?" The air temperature continued to rise, "You're just proving my point here."
"No, we'll prove you wrong using our teamwork! Go get 'er guys"
"Yes Maam" Both Grunt and Nate replied before hopping right back into action.
"Grunt, launch a rocket to distract her." Momo commanded. "While she's dazed, Nate use some of your sound based attacks on her. Since sound waves travel faster in high temperatures, you shouldn't miss."
As Grunt's rocket exploded against the wall of heat that developed around Tara, Nate launched an equivalent of Uproar, reeking major damage against their foe.
"You think a simple combination will stop me? Face one of my ultimate attacks, Never ending Desert Sun!"
The wall of heat that had previously been surrounding Tara exploded outwards and began to encompass the entire battlefield.
As Nate was knocked backwards by the sheer force of the attack, Momo yelled into the communicator, "Grunt, it's your turn, go on the offensive!"
"I'm trying boss but my machine isn't responding."
"What?!"
"Allow me to explain." Tara broke in, "I've just super heated the air so that the resistance of the wiring in your Knight, is too high to function. In addition to that, the machine itself will soon begin melting in the ground leaving the pilot only two options: die of dehydration, since he's probably sweating up a storm in there or die from contact with the superheated metal around him. Face it, its probably game over for him."
"NO!" Momo cried. "Nate, up the intensity of your attacks, if we can't stop her soon, Grunt is going to die!"
"We'll stop her, don't worry." Nate replied, trying to calm his commander down.
With Grunt out of commission and nearing death, Momo joined the fray and began to attack Tara with everything she had: Iron Tails, Leaf Blades, even Pound attacks but nothing seemed to get through her guard.
"Wow, you really can't stand the thought of losing can you?" Tara said, dodging a Dragon Tail attack. "You're really riled up right now."
"I'm not angry about losing." Momo replied angrily. "I'm angry that your forcing my comrade to undergo a slow and painful death!"
"You can drop the act sister. Your other dog is out of earshot. Besides its just what he deserves for working with one of you."
This statement caused what little control Momo had left to disappear and she began a renewed and even more furious assault on the enemy AK which was uninterrupted until Grunt said. "Hey guys, if you're going to save me, you better do it soon. I think I'm running out of time."
"You're gonna be fine buddy." Nate said trying to cheer up his friend with a hollow reassurance.
"Na, I'm pretty sure that when you start seeing a dancing Mariachi Band of water bottles, you're pretty close to death. It's been real guys."
"No, Grunt!" Momo cried before being struck by Tara due to her break in concentration.
"Looks like your buddy is finally kicking the bucket, my only regret is that it wasn't you." Tara said menacingly.
"Ironically, I had the same thought." Momo replied, nearly in tears. "Now, Mega Drain!"
As the temperature began to drop a few degrees, Tara picked up on her strategy. "You plan to absorb all of the energy from the air, good luck with that."
"Nothing is impossible if you put your mind to it. I just need a little more power. Giga Drain!"
With the increased power intake of Giga Drain, the temperature of the air began to drop at a noticeable rate until it reached normal levels and Momo glowed a bright green with all of the excess energy.
"How did you..?" Tara began.
"The will to help one's friends can make even the impossible, possible. Nate check on Grunt for me."
"You did all this for a human?!" Tara exclaimed as storm clouds began to swirl behind her.
"He's hangin' on by a thread but he's still with us. It's a good thing you lowered the temperature when you did, otherwise Grunt would surely be a goner right now." Nate reported in.
"Good now let me finish this. Solarbeam!"
Momo poured all of the absorbed energy from the Never ending Desert Sun into this attack in the hopes of ending the battle right there but fate had other plans. Before reaching its target, Tara yelled, "You did all this for a human, it doesn't make sense. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!" and the storm clouds that had swirling behind her condensed into a cocoon with her at the center creating a torrential rainfall that began to engulf the city.
"We'll be swept away at this rate!" Nate said.
"Tell.. everyone to.. retreat into a building." Momo replied, winded after her large exertion of strength.
"Yes Maam. All troops are to retreat into a nearby building at once! We're being put under siege by torrential rainfall. Retreat and await further orders!"
AN: Here's a new chapter..but it's not like I wrote it for you or anything baka. But seriously here's a new chapter with action, suspense and a new OC submitted by one of you! Thank You PsychicEevee0103 for the submission of Tara. Next chapter will bring the end of the battle with Tara and then we will reunite the entirety of the main cast. Until next time, feel free to review or leave an OC of your own.
PS: The next new chapter may take a while to write as I have decided to go back and reboot chapters 2-5 to increase their quality and/or at the very least switch them to third person POV. Thanks for understanding.