Important: First read chapter 16 which is the previous one again ;)
Enjoy !
"Okay you stupid brat, I'll do this stupid interview for your stupid newspaper, but don't you and your spoiled little buddies use this for anything but that stupid little paper thingie you have or I'll (The writer has decided to leave this to your imagination). So ... what ? You want to ask me about enemies ? (Gardenia laughs) I have many enemies, hell, most of the brats that manage to defeat me are either deathly afraid of me or hate me to death .. yes .. enemies are so damn common around here .. you brats just can't handle some of the friendly words the sailors invented anymore .. pity .. brats"
Gardenia, Interview with Gymleaders Today (26th of October, 2532 )
Chapter Seventeen
Battle between giants
I swore I would have fainted if it wasn't for the fact that Amber might just end up killing me while I was out, Josh stepped back and actually grabbed Paul's pokéball, seeing as he was the only pokémon capable of hurting someone, and I glanced at Goliath and I saw Ed doing the same with his team while Amber just grinned. "Never expected that huh ?" she began "Yes I killed my damn teacher, yes I have stolen most of my team, so what ?" she nearly spat the words out in anger. "Because I rock at battling, because I just need one more frigging badge before I can challenge miss Champion and rule this region !" she yelled while waving her arms in the air. Then Ed spoke up "How can ye challenge Gyms when a'most evereh Gymleader 'round here knows yer face ?" Amber smiled a sickenly sweet smile at that "Oh dearie, you've got brains under that hat of yours, how sweet ... but to answer your question .. I just steal them of course !" she happily chirped the whole sentence while looking at us as if we're dumb before continuing "This stupid region here isn't as perfect as you think it is anymore, no .. it'll soon be just like the others for he-" her voice was cut of by a brilliant spark of light followed by a roar as two pokémon stepped from the shadows. I focused my eyes and soon recognised them, one was a Luxray and the other a ... a Tyrantitar ?
"Amber," a cool voce said as a person stepped from behind the Luxray "I heard your voice all the way from Snowpoint" and then I recognised the person the voice belonged to, it was the blonde girl from Eterna. "You" Amber hissed, "It's always you isn't it ?" before throwing a pokéball on the field "Esther finish off that stupid girl with your Hydropump !" The pokémon she released appeared to be a Blastoise as it's cannons started making weird noises sounding a lot like water running through a sewer before the blonde girl yelled her own order "Flash, I want that Blastoise gone !" and with a mere flick of her wrist her Luxray began to spark around it's body before it released wave after wave of cackling electricity at the Blastoise, rendering it unconscious or even dead before it could fire it's own attack and that's when reality hit me. We. Were. In. A. Cave.
One that could very well collapse on us thanks to their battle, oh crap ..
"Err ... say .. we are in a cave right now .. yeah .. so can you .. like .. kill each other outside please .. I don't want to die .. yeah ?" I said, afraid to say something that would anger either of the girls into firing their attacks at me, but instead of killing me they just glared before Amber's happy-personality piped up again "Great idea Jaky-Jake we don't want you or Joshie to get hurt now, come on now, let's end this outside " she chirped with the same sickenly sweet smile as before before grabbing my and Josh's arms and dragging us with her to the now visible end of the cave, Ed and the other girl following behind us.
Once outside, in the dark for it was probably around midnight now, Amber released us and pushed us to the side with a "Whatch how a real trainer defeats the little girl" while the other girl just glared at her before saying in a mock-sweet voice "Say Amber-dear how about an all-out battle, just like old times" while trying to calm down her once again roaring Tyrantitar that was probably itching to kill off either Amber or one of her pokémon, Tyranitar is like you probably imagined on of these 'must be registered etc' pokémon, they are even allowed to be shot trough the head (multiple times for they are so strong) when going on a rampage. There once was another mountain in Sinnoh untill a wild Tyranitar went on a rampage and completely dissolved it into naught but rubble in less than two hours, it was higher than Mt. Coronet .. the Tyranitar was not seen again, nor was the mountain.
"Let's do it" Amber spat, "I'll win" at which the blonde girl just smirked and shook her head before grabbing her own bag and picking up a pokéball. "Shall we then ?" She asked pleasantly, "The weakest may begin, is it not ?" at which Amber said "How nice to hink about yourself" and the blonde girl grimaced before taking a different aproach "You begin"
Amber grinned her cruel smile as she grabbed a ball from her belt and threw it in the air, out came a big ... big pokémon made completely out of steel, a Steelix.
We then focused our flashlights on the blonde girl to see what she'd do when she suddenly grabbed a different one and released a red pokémon with dots, at which Ed mumbled it was a 'Ledyba' and ordered it to do a Flash and to keep it up, we then were able to turn off our flashlights and just watch this battle between two obviously strong trainers, one crazy and one rather .. well .. just weird. Then she picked the ball she had been holding and just said "Let's clear the stage for your teammate, Pyro it's up to you !" and out came a pokémon I recognised from the commercials on TV, it was a Magmortar. It hissed as it looked at the Steelix with glazed over eyes as if intoxicated before it breathed in, held its breath, and released a beam of red-hot fire straight at the Steelix. "Dig !" came the frantic command from Amber as the Steelix dug it's head in the ground and appeared to actually eat the ground when the blonde girl suddenly recalled her Magmortar. "Good" she just said, "Rex !" and the Tyranitar stepped on the make-shift battlefield. "Earthquake, shake it good." And with another loud roar the Tyranitar lowered its head to the ground before stomping on the ground with a force that shook my bones, I hope it didn't break anything important, and soon the world was shaking.
Earthquake was one of the moves forbidden from use when in battle or training, only allowed to be used when being supervised by a League Official or a Gymleader, here there were none and it appeared to be on full power. Rocks began to shake, trees fell and Josh, Ed and I quickly did what we were told when in school, make yourself small and hind under a table of some sorts, sadly enough we didn't have those so we just made ourself small and hoped for the best outcome, and then when I least expected it did the Steelix resurface, it raised its big steel head and let out a pitiful whine before reaching out with its massive tail to hit the Tyranitar-Rex- that actually grabbed the tail with his tiny forepaws to brace himself against the hit before releasing another roar, and doing the exact same thing the Magmortar did before. He released a beam of fire, not as red-hot as the other, and burned the Steelix badly causing molten steel to drip from its body as it let go another pitiful roar.
The blonde girl sighed as she watched the Steelix trash around before making another simple hand gesture with a sigh before giving one simple order "I want it gone" and Rex snarled at the Steelix before opening its mouth, showcasing lots of sharp teeth in the process, and tiny flecks of orange energy flew around and after a very slow minute he shut his jaws, opened them and released both a roar and a beam of pure destruction at the Steelix and with a 'thud' it came down, shaking the earth where the earthquake hasn't, as it fainted.
Amber's mouth was open, eyes wide in the light of the still ongoing Flash that came from the Ledyba as she started firing up a string of curses that would make a sailor proud before shouting "You stupid insufferable child ! You are such a .. argh ! I hate you, I really do and when I get back I'll kill you" she hissed the last part before turning to Josh and I "Joshie-poo, I'll come back for you, promise !" she blew him a kiss and glared at me before a red beam of light came from one of the pokéballs on her belt and she teleported away with an Alakazam.
And with that she was gone, and I hoped for good.
Then the blonde girl walked over to us with her pokémon shadowing her every move as she shook our hands. "Joanna White, or Ann as I prefer to be called, I hope Amber hasn't given you any trouble ?" She introduced herself as she looked at the three of us. "Ed" Ed said without making a move to get up. "Josh, you were fantastic out there" Josh said with sparkling eyes and then she looked at me. "I know you from Eterna !" I blurted out.
Blonde girl, or Ann, raised an eyebrow and shrugged "Don't remember you" and I scratched my head before mumbling "Yeah .. and my name is Jacob" and I could feel my head getting red in embarrasment. Her Luxray looked at us with a disdainful look and then regarded our pokémon, it completely ignored poor Lola and his gaze landed on Que as it growled lightly at which Que just stared at the Luxray. Ann then lightly tapped the Luxray on its head with a frown before stating "I have to take my leave now, Goodbye" and she returned both of her pokémon before releasing a Fearow and hopping up, leaving in the nightsky.
Leaving us with a fainted Steelix and a Ledyba hovering above us.
But yeah, things are just peachy.
Disclaimer: I own (partially) a cute puppy that has given me many nice scars and eats my shoes, I own my shoes, I own a rabbit, and I still don't own pokémon .. Flash and Rex are mine though, so hands off !
haha, honestly didn't expect pdating this quick so don't get used to it, but then again compared to the previous one it is rather short at 1856 words ;)
This is the longest battle-scene I've ever written, didn't expect it to be this long so I hope it's do-able ... I kind-off liked it.
The first REAL update in quite some time now .. jay ;) *Does a little dance* I actually posted this just to get you read chapter 16 .. which I wrote and posted yesterday and thereby removed the silly authors note.
Explaining stuff:
1. Is Joanne/Ann a love interest ? Dunno.
2. Is Ed a cowboy ? Yes, if he was real I'd marry the guy.
3. What will happen to the Steelix and the Ledyba ? Don't know yet ..
Reviewers:
Omega The Omniscient:
They are most certainly right, trust no one indeed ! French people usually are cool but here, they are Evil, EVIL I SAY ! MUAHAHAAa
Happy you caught up to 'Orange Blur' .. poor Ryan ..
Glad you liked the Amber twist, she was evil from the beginning !
IMPORTANT: As mentioned before there is a Steelix and a Ledyba left and I honestly have no idea what to do with them .. give me a suggestion please and I might just use it and NO the Steelix isn't level 100, seeing how an Onix can level up at any given time when given a Metal coat to hold ;d
Next update might just be quick, If I find the time I might even update this week .. keyword being MIGHT for I have many ideas for the next one and this was mainly a way of 'readying' things for chapter 18.
Please leave a review ^^