Author's Note:
On June 26-28, I will be going back to Brookings to meet up with my college friends and participate in a weekend game jam. We did this last year, and it turned out to be a lot of fun, so we're trying it again. However, that means that my upload schedule is going to be corrupted. So for that weekend I will upload the chapter the previous Monday, and the possible bonus chapter will be uploaded the last Tuesday of the month.
Also, I realized I haven't mentioned something for you to keep an eye out for in this story. I first started writing this story in boring 3rd person, but when I realized I didn't have that "aliveness" I strive for, I considered switching to first person. However, I then came up with the narration idea I'm using now. It isn't just a writing style. There's a much bigger significance to it. I doubt you''l figure it out any time soon, but I thought I would at least make you aware it exists.
Now for the chapter I'm sure you were all waiting for!
Today is 6/13/2015 and this chapter is 600+ words.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, just dream it.
Chapter 5: A Hole to be Filled
Kieren and Kat raced to the scene, hind legs kicking front legs between each stretch for covered ground. They took a side route, climbing up the ramp of a cliff overlooking the battlefield per tribe policies for eevee in such situations. By the time the two reached their post, the battle was already raging full-force.
An arbok was being hurled by a torrential blast of water on top of a yelping mightyena, who noticed its fate too late. A second mightyena was blindsided by the arbok's tail.
"Arbok and two mightyena down!" called one of the watching eevee on a lower bank to the right of Kieren.
Three more mightyena were attempting to dodge a barrage of flamethrowers and thunderbolts while a second arbok attempted to coil around a jolteon. Big mistake. A sixth mightyena was struggling under the power of a thunderbolt from several jolteon. It managed to endure the entire attack, but didn't account for Celestia's son Solano, who violently rammed the mightyena against a tree, knocking it out. Behind the battle were three humans, unmistakably the poachers with their all-black dress and hats that concealed their faces. Despite losing and now having to return their defeated pokemon to their pokeballs, they showed no signs of panic nor care for their actions. The evolved Eon pack members gathered around the poachers, snarling and displaying their fangs and elemental energy. One of the poachers returned the pack's gesture with a sketchy smile.
The tallest of the poachers standing in the middle of the three reached for his side. Moments later a large white flash invaded the dense Eon pack causing several members to retreat. From the flash emerged a large, blue, futuristic-robot-like creature with four legs. The legs protruded from its body like an arthropod, and two intersecting lines were mounted on its face.
"Metagross!" it roared as a battle cry.
A vaporeon stepped forward and fired a swirling hydro pump at the creature, but the stream of water suddenly turned around midway to its target and slammed the vaporeon against a rock next to the shoreline. A couple of shaky glances diffused across the battlers. Several brave ones attempted to pounce on the metagross. Kieren looked on with shock as they stopped still in midair helplessly flailing their limbs.
"Psychic!" was what the poacher had shouted.
"This metagross-thing must be a psychic type," Kieren reasoned. He watched as his tribemates were flung into the surrounding trees by the psychic energy. More tribe members tried shooting down the metagross, but had to resort to shooting down their own attacks due to the immense psychic power it weilded. The remaining pack members began retreating.
"Now let's break up this bunch," the central poacher suggested. "Metagross! Flash Cannon!"
The metagross's face marking glowed a bright white before a beam of light blasted out at the pack. The Eon pack members in the beam's path successfully sprang out of the way, and to the poachers' surprise, the pack quickly and efficiently realigned itself into a single group.
"That was Flash Cannon. It must be a steel type!" a jolteon shouted.
Kieren grinned. No normal attack was going to slow down his tribe. He quickly shot a peak back for any ambush attempt. All clear.
"What do you say we do now?" asked one of the poachers. The voice sounded feminine.
"We wait for them to strike first," answered the poacher commanding the metagross.
"Perfect!" Kieren thought. Now the tribe actually had time to formulate a plan to stop that psychic beast! From his left he could see Celestia approaching the edge of another cliff slightly taller than the one he and Kat were on.
"Salvio!" Celestia shouted. Salvio was the Officer of Defense.
"Salvio is wounded!" a Vaporeon shouted back.
"Not good," Kieren thought, worriedly anticipating the worst.
"Boran!" Celestia called in earnest.
"Shit!" Kieren mumbled to himself, "If it's up to my father, WE'RE SCREWED!"
Author's Note: Since I'm pretty confident you want the next chapter, let me know if my pacing of the battle was good, considering Kieren's minor role in the event. Enjoy your awesome summer and the E3 hype (if you're into that)! ~Dreaming I'm Latios