Without any further words, Arkanine started to dash towards Snivy, ready to attack the snake Pokémon. He coated himself in Flames, before growling. "Flare Blitz!". Charmander and Cyndaquil were watching the buildup of the attack, Cyndaquil was startled by that sight. As the legendary Pokémon got within reach of Snivy, she jumped out of the way. "Keep trying…" She sneered, while in midair , then she prepared her counter attack "Slam!" the little grass type muttered , before running her whole body into the big Fire type , the attack was even stronger , as gravity increased the speed of it. The clearly surprised Arcanine groaned as he felt the attack . He quickly turned around and in his anger , he charged at Snivy who had just landed on the ground . " Take down!" he roared , as he ran into Snivy who was sent flying , still Arcanine had received additional bruises from the attack. He seemed to be out of breath , Snivy slowly got up , but she still looked all right. "Was that it ?" Snivy provoked the fire type.
Meanwhile Numel watched the excitement, he couldn´t believe, and that a grass type would be able to put up such a fight. Then the legendary Pokémon jumped high into the air, before pouncing on Snivy. Even though she tried to dodge it, Arcanine was just a little too fast. " Ready to lose? " he said, grinning at the grass type, who was once again on the ground. He opened his mouth, probably ready to finish the fight with a deadly fire attack. Then Snivy made her Ivy leaf glow brightly, without Arcanine noticing it, then she hit the legendary Pokémon from underneath . Even though he was a fire type, a blow this close and critical, could be devastating. Arcanine was sent flying to the side, and as his body hit the ground, he sled a few more feet then he stopped. " I hope that leaf blade answered your question." She muttered at the fire type, who had fainted.
It took a while for Snivy to realize, that she had won the first fight. Numel had quickly left the room, probably in order to find the opponent for the second fight. Meanwhile Snivy was walking over to Charmander and Cyndaquil. "One down, who´s going to be next ?" Snivy said, looking at her friends. "I´d say Charmander, he´s a little braver then I am." Cyndaquil said, looking at her lizard partner. Snivy nodded, as the fire mouse Pokémon made her suggestion. Meanwhile Arcanine had gotten up and staggered to the side of the hall. Then the door opened once again, Numel came in , along with a big Monkey following him, he had flames on his head, and he seemed rather jumpy and fast.
Charmander walked a few steps to the center indicating , that he was going to challenge the fire type and fighting type. "Good luck!" Cyndaquil said in trembling voice. She knew, that if Charmander would fail, that it would come down to her to make the difference… "Here I come!" Infernape yelled, jumping into the air . " Mach Punch " he yelled , his right fist started to glow bluish. Charmander wanted to jump out of the way and as he leapt into the air, a stinging pain on his right foot reminded him of his broken leg. But the monkey Pokémon had carefully analyzed the angle of the jump, then he adjusted his attack, which hit Charmander in the stomach. The lizard was sent flying. "Nooo!" Cyndaquil yelled, hoping that her friend would get up. After a few seconds Charmander got back up, but he was felling very dizzy and his belly had a big bruise on it. Infernape was starring at the lizard and as he spotted him getting up, he got ready for another attack. "Flamethrower" he screeched. As the Cloud of Fire was sent from Infernape, towards Charmander, the lizard Pokémon quickly evaded to the side, then he ran at Infernape, ready to counter. "Slash!" The lizard yelled, then he struck the Flame Pokémon with his sharp claws, leaving behind a deep wound on his chest, Infernape was almost knocked of his feet, due to the power of the attack.
The fire on the Pokémon's head got brighter, then Infernape took aim at Charmander. "Close Combat!" He whispered, before he started to unleash an uncountable number of Punches, they were so fast and powerful , Charmander couldn´t do a thing about the attack, as it totally surprised him. Jab after jab hit Charmander, then he was struck by one final blow which hit him right in the face. Then the lizard fell over . There was no Chance he was going to get up from that, his view blacked out. Cyndaquil ran over to the downed Pokémon. "Charmander ?" She whispered , as the fire type slowly opened his eyes " Owwww…" he groaned , as he felt the pain all over him. "Don´t worry , I'll win this last one for you." Cyndaquil said, igniting her back. Then Infernape exited the room.
"Your final Opponent will be me." Numel interrupted, "I´m going to kick you out of here personally, after I win." the Numb Pokémon said. Cyndaquil was nervous, but nonetheless she got ready. Charmander was dragged aside by Snivy. "Quick Attack!" Cyndaquil said loudly, then she dashed towards her challenger. "Flamethrower!" Numel yelled, but the Attack was to slow, as the hedgehog used her speed to dodge the Attack. A rather powerful blow struck the fire and ground type, Cyndaquil quickly ran away from Numel, to avoid any counter attacks. "You asked for It, Magnitude!" The creature with her volcano on the back said, and seconds later the earth around Cyndaquil started to shake. The little quakes knocked pieces of earth out of the ground and Cyndaquil was hit by them. "Smokescreen !" She yelled, blowing a cloud of ashes at Numel, somehow the ground attack did not seem to do that much damage. A loud coughing sound in the Smoke revealed Numel´s position. Cyndaquil was determined to win this, she was thinking about the two Pokémon she had learned to trust. "Flamewheel!" The little fire type yelled, coating herself in a lump of fire and charging at Numel, at least she hoped she would. A big and sudden collision was heard. Cyndaquil ran away from the cloud. As it vanished, a staggering Numel was seen. "Swift!" The fire mouse Pokémon yelled, ready to attack Numel again, who could just gaze at the stars Cyndaquil unleashed, the rapid attacking of was just too tough to deal with... As the stars hit Numel face on, she just fell over, she had clearly surrendered as she didn´t even bother to get back up .
Snivy was looking at Cyndaquil, she was actually a bit stunned, as she didn´t think, that a Pokémon so shy and small, could have such a strong will. "We win!" Cyndaquil said happily, while starting a little dance, then she walked over to Charmander . "It´s over." She whispered into his ears.
-End of chapter 16-