DISCLAIMER: I do not own Pokémon. Pokémon is published and owned by Japanese video game company Nintendo, and was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996.
Tetch growled lowly as he dropped down onto the roof of Team Risen's headquarters, a rather large building in the middle of a group of mountains, off the back of his Aerodactyl. Recalling the Fossil Pokémon, he entered the building with Mew, who was still contained within the electrified energy dome.
Making his way through the base, Tetch passed by several Trainers, all dressed in similar trench coats with Dragonite pins. Eventually, though, he came to a large chamber with a holding pen hooked up to a satellite. Standing before it was Trask, looking unhappy as Tetch entered the room.
"Get it inside, NOW!" Trask ordered, Tetch quickly placing Mew inside the holding pen. "Activating the machine is going to require time, and we have VERY little! You should've made absolute sure the target was ready for safe transport!"
"As I recall, your orders were to prioritize the mission's success!" Tetch argued. "And anyway, how soon could they possibly have a sizeable force ready to storm this place?!"
Trask didn't say anything. Instead, he pointed to a large viewscreen, which showed not one, not two, but twenty-seven helicopters entering their airspace, all marked with the emblems of Teams Valor, Instinct, and Mystic. Tetch felt the blood in his face turn ice cold at this.
"...Right," Tetch muttered. "I'll gather the troops. They won't make it to the central chamber."
"You'd better be right about that," Trask replied as Tetch headed out to gather up the other members of Team Risen. "Or there'll be no place in the new world for you…"
Thea, Marie, Harmony, and Jaros watched on from the inside of their helicopter as they flew over the mountains. Ahead of them was a large building, most likely to be Team Risen's base. Based on the signal they were getting from Mew's psychic cries, Tetch had only arrived a few minutes ahead of them.
"Man, sure is lucky these choppers are top of the line!" Jaros yelled over the helicopter blades' spinning. "Otherwise, I don't think we'd have made it here so quick!"
"Spark says that Team Risen is getting their Trainers set up around the outside of the building!" Marie reported, listening to the bluetooth in her ear. "He says they're usually pretty fond of Dragon-types, but to expect a lot of Flying, Fire, and Water-types, too!"
"So go with Pokémon that are good against them, then!" Harmony responded. "Otherwise, we should probably try to stay with the other Trainers and go for group attacks!"
"So Grimer and I should probably do that!" Thea suggested. "And the last one to beat the bad guys buys the pizza!"
"That's probably gonna be me…" Jaros muttered, albeit with a chuckle.
"HANG ON!" Marie shouted, just in time for the helicopter to swerve out of the way of a pair of Fearow attempting to skewer the side of the chopper with their large beaks. "Charizard, give us some air support!"
Marie hurled a Great Ball out the side of the chopper, releasing her Charizard into the air. The Fire/Flying-type let out a mighty roar before flying after the Fearow, beating both across their sides with his wings. They quickly righted themselves as a Gyarados and three Koffing joined them. Luckily for Charizard, though, he soon found himself backed up by Eotto, Haunt. R, and a few other sky-worthy Pokémon from the other helicopters. Within moments, it was chaos in the skies as the two sides went at it, both getting progressively more back-up, though it ultimately left the helicopters unhindered in their attempts to land a few yards away from Team Risen's HQ.
Getting down on the ground, Jaros looked ahead. Standing before them were at least three dozen Trainers, all with their own teams. While they were varied, the majority of the ground forces were made up of Dratini, Dragonair, Seadra, and Gyarados. Luckily, more than a few of the allied teams had Fairy-types, as Clefairy, Clefable, Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff, and Mr. Mime were already being sent out. Seeing this, Jaros immediately called out Wiggle E., as Harmony likewise summoned Fabalé. Meanwhile, Spark had joined up with the other team leaders, Blanche and Candela, and sent out their aces: Jolteon, Vaporeon, and Flareon.
"Stand down!" Candela yelled to the Team Risen Trainers. "This doesn't have to end in violence!"
"Like hell it doesn't!" a familiar voice yelled, revealing itself to be Tetch. He quickly called out his Gengar, Alakazam, and Aerodactyl, who formed up around him. "Mew is ours, and no one will take it from us!"
"Mew is NOBODY'S!" Thea screamed, balling a fist before bringing out Grimer. With that, everyone else on both sides called out the rest of their Pokémon, all taking sides. Members of both sides couldn't help but be in awe as nearly every kind of Pokémon, except for Legendaries, was present, from Bulbasaur to Dragonite.
"...Well, this is another fine mess you've gotten me into," Harmony muttered to Jaros and Marie.
Jaros smirked. "Like you aren't loving this."
Harmony shrugged, returning Jaros' smirk. "...Well, maybe I'll rank up a little after this."
"Stay frosty, guys," Marie said to the two before glancing back to her daughter. "Thea, stay close to us, okay?"
Thea nodded to her mother just as the two sides started walking toward each other. Within seconds, their walk turned to a run, and soon enough, the two sides clashed, each aiming attacks at the opponents weakest to them. Grass-types like Bulb A. and Electric-types like Elebelé struck at Team Risen's Seadra. Fairy-types like Wiggle E. and Fabalé launched attacks at the squads of Dratini and Dragonair. Poison-types like Tetch's Gengar, though, launched assaults on the Fairy-types, exploiting their vulnerability to poisonous attacks, and his Aerodactyl began flying around and smacking them with Steel Wing. The Seadra likewise began unleashing harsh Blizzard attacks on the Grass-types. And all the while, the other Flying-type and levitating Pokémon battled it out in the skies above.
Almost right away, Harmony lost track of Jaros, Thea, and Marie as the battle got to be so chaotic. As such, she quickly sought out the biggest target on the field and focused her efforts on it: The Dragonite. The fully evolved Dragon/Flying-type was wreaking havoc on the allied teams' Pokémon. If victory was to be theirs, Dragonite needed to go down.
"Cucubo, use Bone Club on Dragonite!" Harmony shouted. "Melelon, hit her with Flamethrower!"
Harmony's Cubone and Charmeleon nodded before rushing into action. Melelon unleashed a wave of flames from his mouth at the Dragonite, while Cucubo leaped up and hit her in the forehead with his bone. Neither attack was all that effective, but they did their intended job of getting Dragonite's attention.
"Blast them away with Dragon Pulse!" Dragonite's Trainer, a Team Risen Grunt, ordered.
Dragonite opened her jaws wide and released a powerful purple and orange dragon-shaped beam of energy at the two, knocking them aside. However, as she did so, Poreore managed to hit her hard in the back with a Water Gun, soaking her, before Elebelé leaped onto her back and fried her with a harsh blast of electricity. Seeing this, Spark sent his Jolteon to join in with an Electric attack, as did all the other friendly Electric-types nearby. After a few moments, Dragonite finally fell, knocked out cold.
"Great job, everyWHOA!" Harmony shouted just as she ducked under Aerodactyl, who swooped down low and hit anything that came close to him with his wings.
"Paul E., Bubblebeam on Aerodactyl!" Jaros ordered from nearby, his Poliwhirl managing to ground the Fossil Pokémon with a powerful barrage of bubbles.
Tetch growled as he saw this, making his way through the battle around him until he found himself squared off with Jaros and his team. "Back for more?! Surprised your head is still in one piece after last time!"
"Dude, you have NO idea how thick my skull can be!" Jaros replied with a grin. "Bulb A., Power Whip!"
"Aerodactyl, Ancient Power!" Tetch commanded. Aerodactyl beat his wings hard as they glowed orange, somehow actually managing to will slabs of rock out of the ground and fling them at Bulb A. Meanwhile, the Bulbasaur swung a single vine coated in brilliant energy, which managed to smash straight through the rocks before catching Aerodactyl between the eyes, knocking him out.
Growling loudly, his teeth grit hard, Tetch sent his Gengar and Alakazam to attack Bulb A. 2-on-1 while he tackled Jaros to the ground, clutching his throat with one hand and trying to choke him. Hypen O., who had just knocked out a Weepinbell, tried to rush in to help, but was cut off by Tetch's remaining Pokémon, a Machamp and a Golem.
"Did you really think you could beat me?!" Tetch yelled, raising a fist in the air with the intent to bring it down on Jaros' skull.
"...Nope," Jaros gagged, still grinning. "Just...distract you…"
Tetch blinked, confused, before finding himself with mud in his eyes. He tried to wipe it away, but quickly found himself getting kicked in the face by Thea while Grimer helped Jaros' Hypno deal with Golem and Machamp, smacking them aside with Mud Slaps as Hypen O. blasted them with a Shadow Ball.
"That was for blowing up my room, you jerk!" Thea shouted as she and Paul E. helped Jaros up. "Grimer, use Sludge Bomb!"
Grimer took in a deep breath and spat out a large brown glob of sludge at Golem. The sludge blew apart hard all over Golem's face, sending him tumbling back into Machamp. Tetch glared at Thea with rage, until he saw something swoop down from the sky toward him. It was Marie's Charizard, who grabbed Tetch by the coat and swung him backward into Alakazam. Charizard then swung his tail hard, sending scorching embers from it to burn Gengar hard. Tetch slowly got back up as his team gathered around him, just as Marie stepped up to face him.
"...So, you're the one who broke into my house and attacked my little girl?" Marie asked as Charizard landed next to her. "I've been looking forward to meeting you."
"Machamp, Cross Chop!" Tetch roared in rage, his Machamp rushing forward with all four of his arms crossed in an X.
"Dragon Claw!" Marie shouted to Charizard, his claws beginning to glow with a violent green energy. The two struck at each other, but Charizard was too fast, slashing Machamp hard. He then grabbed hold of Machamp's arms, flew up into the air, did a quick somersault before hurling him at Golem, knocking the two out.
Tetch had had enough at this point, about to rush Marie himself. Before he could, though, Licki T. got right in front of him. The Lickitung then gave Tetch one giant lick with his giant tongue, causing Tetch's whole body to shiver and freeze up before he fell to the ground, completely paralyzed.
"Good job, Licki T.!" Jaros commented, high-fiving the Normal-type before looking around at the other Team Risen members who had been watching the battle unfold. "Anyone else feel like becoming a lollipop today?!"
The grunts of Team Risen, who were already on the losing side of the battle, clearly found themselves with zero chance at this point. One by one, they each recalled whatever Pokémon that they had left and raised their arms in surrender. Jaros and the others smiled in relief, Harmony running up to meet them while the remaining Flying-types came down to the ground in victory.
"Looks like we won!" Harmony cheered.
"Not yet," Jaros pointed out. "We've still got the head honcho to deal with."
"Then let's pop in and say 'Hello'," Candela suggested as she, Blanche, and Spark joined the quartet and their Pokémon.
"Everyone else, round up the Team Risen Trainers for transport!" Blanche ordered all the other Team Mystic, Valor, and Instinct Trainers before addressing Thea and the others. "You're with us!"
"Right!" Thea exclaimed as the seven of them entered the base. "Let's go get Mew back!"
AUTHOR'S NOTES: I WAS originally gonna have Jaros beat Tetch one-on-one, but in the end, I decided that didn't make a lot of sense. Tetch totally wiped the floor with him AND Harmony before, so beating him here would be weird. Also, it felt more important to show everyone working together as a group to save the day from a legitimate threat.
Anyway, that's about it for this chapter. Next time, the gang heads into Risen HQ to face Trask, who will be more than a little prepared for the team. Ja né!