CHAPTER TWELVE
This is from Neos' point of view
I looked up from my computer just in time to see Willy land in the courtyard. I was about to go outside and ask him if he succeeded when a voice from behind me changed my mind.
"N-Neos…W-what's up?"
I spun around. There stood Paco Taco. He had jet black, medium length hair and very tan skin. His blue eyes had a serious look about them and he wore a black leather jacket and jeans. At 18 years old, he was Team Rocket's spokesman and also a politician. Paco was the reason we had so much information about what the government was doing. He was calm in most situations and was good with anything logical.
At the moment he was covered in soot and had many long burns across his face. I noticed one of his Darkrais was helping him stand. The Pokémon also had many burns and its face looked like it had been deep fried.
"What on Earth happened to you?" I asked, stunned by his condition.
"I-I was," he began, but started to cough dryly. "I was chasing Latias when all of Route 221 was lit on fire. Neos, the Pal Park is gone."
"What the heck?" I said, stunned by the news.
"Yeah," Paco coughed. "Neos, she beat us. She's much stronger then she looks."
"You should get to the infirmary." I said, very disturbed by what he just told me.
Paco nodded and left. I looked back at my computer and saw exactly what I wanted. I went to go find Willy. I found him throwing up in the trash can outside my door.
"You ok?" I asked, concerned.
"I'm fine," he said, wiping his mouth. "Sunyshore was my home as a kid, that's all."
"Oh," I said at a loss for words. "Well, are you ready to go find Groudon?"
"You found it?" Willy asked, amazed at how I found it so quickly.
"Yeah," I said, amazed that he wasn't used to my quickness by now. "It's on New Moon Island. Let's go."
30 Minutes Later
I saw Groudon standing where Darkrai used to be. It had already dried up all of Sinnoh's oceans and I suspected it had dried up all other water on this planet. With no Kyogre around, its power had increased tenfold. It saw our ship coming at it and released a massive SolarBeam at us within a split second. It hit the ship head on, sending it crashing to the ground.
"Dang it," I muttered, climbing out of the ruined ship. "I just got that fixed."
I jumped to the side as another SolarBeam flew at us. I was about to send forth Magquaza when Willy threw a Pokéball into the air. Out popped a Lugia. He walked up to me and held his arm out in front of me so I couldn't move forwards.
"Let me handle this." He said, a serious glint in his eyes. "Try to fix the ship."
I nodded. "Be careful."
He nodded. I went over to the ship and began to try and fix it.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
This is from Willy's point of view
I looked over at Neos to make sure he was fixing the ship then looked back at Groudon. It seemed to be smiling, as if it thought I was a joke. That really got my blood pumping. I looked over at Lugia. It nodded to show it was ready. I looked back at Groudon, smiling back at it. It was about to learn I was a force to be reckoned with.
"Lugia!" I cried. "Hydro Pump!"
Lugia shot a torrent of water at Groudon. Groudon didn't even try to move. Instead it took the hit head on. I smirked, thinking it was over. Then, an echoing roar reverberated around the island. To my shock, Groudon was still standing. It didn't even look hurt. I got even madder.
"Lugia, use Aeroblast, Surf, and then Waterfall!"
Lugia charged at Groudon releasing a massive blast of air as it did so. Groudon managed to stay standing but was promptly knocked down by Lugia's Surf. Lugia, using the water left over from Surf, proceeded to go straight into Waterfall. Groudon managed to get up just in time to be knocked back down by the ferocious attack. I was sure the battle was over until I saw a giant beam of light explode out of the water, heading straight for Lugia. Lugia recovering from the combo attack couldn't get out of the way in time. I watched in horror as the beam ripped through Lugia's chest, puncturing the heart and killing it instantly. I watched as it fell to the ground, thumping wetly as it hit the dirt, and fell limp.
"Noooooooooooooooooo!" I screamed, morning the loss of my best partner and friend.
Groudon looked at me again and its smile had widened.
"That's it!" I cried. "You're toast!"
I threw the rest of my Pokéballs into the air. Out popped a shiny Eevee, a shiny Charizard, a Crobat, a Luxray, and a Flygon.
"Eve!" I called over to the Eevee. "Quick attack!"
Eve shot at Groudon, hitting it in the stomach. Groudon flew backwards, crashing into the side of a cliff.
"Now Blaster! Use Flamethrower!" I called to my Charizard.
Blaster nailed the stunned Groudon with its most powerful Flamethrower yet. However, Groudon got back on its feet, looking as if it had barely felt the attacks.
"Crobat, use Air Slash!" I yelled in desperation. "Blaster, use Flare Blitz! Eve, use Last Resort! Flygon, use Hyper Beam! Shocker, use Crunch!"
All my Pokémon flew into action. But each one was swatted away like flies. Then, Groudon glowed orange. It released an Eruption that had the power of the very sun itself. Eve, Blaster, Crobat, Flygon, and Shocker disappeared in the raging inferno. I screamed in anguish and anger before I was swept into the Eruption as well.
The pain was agonizing! Everywhere I looked was orange. Then black spots appeared in the fire, swelling rapidly until all I saw was black. Then, all of a sudden, the pain was replaced by a tingling sensation and I fell into blackness. I struggled to stay conscious. The blackness faded for a second and I looked out across the island. I saw the inferno fading and Neos screaming in rage. He started to run towards me and I tried to yell for him to get away, but my jaw wouldn't move. I looked back towards Groudon. It was downright grinning at me. I felt another surge of anger and tried to move towards it, but the darkness started to overwhelm me. I closed my eyes and let the darkness take me.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
This is from Neos' point of view
I looked over at Willy when he screamed. What I saw would stay with me for the rest of my life. Willy was being burned alive along with his remaining Pokémon. He looked the worst. All of his hair had burned off and his skin was cracked and oozing. I screamed in terror and rage at the gruesome sight. I started to run forward in a desperate attempt to help him. But as I ran, he became worse. His lower jaw burned away right as he tried to say something. As I watched, his body disintegrated into ash. The same fate quickly befell his Pokémon. I was about to engage Groudon when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around to find James, Paco Taco, and Metaxas standing behind me.
Metaxas was a man of few words. He was feared by everyone and was a stereotypical bad man. He had dark brown, jaw length hair and white skin. His eyes were a swirl of blue and green which were almost always hidden behind his gray hood. We wore a white shirt and ripped jeans. At age 26, he was the commander of most of Team Rocket.
Without a word, Metaxas threw six Pokéballs into the air. Aerodactyl, Arcanine, Jolteon, Gardevoir, Blastoise and his signature shiny Metagross came out. With out even wait for a command, they all attacked Groudon. After about five minutes, Groudon started to overwhelm all six of them. Without a word, James and Paco sent out their Pokémon. James' shiny Lucario and Blaziken joined in the battle as well as Paco's two Darkrais, Kyogre, shiny Giratina, shiny Rayquaza, and normal Rayquaza. Kyogre alone looked like it could change the battle's outcome, especially since it started to rain with its appearance. One short SolarBeam from Groudon later changed my mind about that. The hole in Kyogre's head was smoking slightly as it fell to the ground.
"Kyogre!" Paco screamed, falling to the ground. "Why? Why did it have to die?"
The sun came out again with Kyogre's death. Groudon let loose another SolarBeam which punched through both Blaziken and one of Paco's Darkrai's chests. The both crumpled and fell, only to be trampled seconds later by Lucario and Giratina dodging one of Groudon's SolarBeams. James and Paco both cried out in surprise and anguish. The remaining Darkrai nailed Groudon with a Dark Pulse. Groudon stumbled backwards and crushed Lucario underneath its feet. James screamed in fury and ran at Groudon, only to have his head removed seconds later by another SolarBeam.
Aerodactyl was flying around Groudon's head, attacking its eyes whenever it could. Eventually it went too far. Hitting Groudon in its left eye, it put itself right in front of Groudon's mouth. Its body was vaporized as a SolarBeam hit it point blank. The head fell, hitting the shiny Rayquaza's tail, stunning it. It wouldn't have mattered much except for the fact that it was dodging Groudon's feet. When it stopped, it had been under Groudon's right foot. The foot came crashing down, squashing Rayquaza. It managed to stay alive for two seconds, before it burst. Paco was beyond words. He just sat down and began to cry. His Giratina looked over at Paco, worry clearly etched on its face. Its loss of concentration cost it its life. Groudon had fired a SolarBeam at it and it was about to counter with a DragonBreath. But it hadn't fired the attack because Paco had distracted it.
The SolarBeam punctured its side, ripped through its stomach, and exited out the other side. Giratina let out a strangled roar then fell, dying seconds after it collapsed. Metaxas' Jolteon released a powerful Shadow Ball which managed to hit Groudon's injured left eye. Groudon roared in pain and shot a Fire Blast in a random direction. The fiery star hit the remaining Darkrai full in the face. Its head was heated up to a temperature of 1,000 degrees before it exploded. Smoke momentarily blocked Groudon's view of everything. Then, the normal Rayquaza burst through the smoke and hit Groudon with a Dragon Pulse. Groudon fell down; crushing Arcanine who had been about to burn Groudon's feet. Rayquaza flew straight at Groudon's head, preparing to use ExtremeSpeed. It was two inches away from Groudon's pointy teeth when its head was blown off by another SolarBeam.
Paco completely lost it. He ran at Groudon, screaming like a madman. He got halfway to the beast before it used Earth Power. Walls of soil rose up in front of Paco, then came crashing down, crushing him. Blastoise shot a Hydro Cannon at Groudon right as it was getting up, knocking it back down. Groudon roared in defiance and shot a SolarBeam at Blastoise. Blastoise withdrew into its shell in a ditch effort to protect itself. The SolarBeam punctured the shell, ripping it to shreds; the pieces were then propelled on the beam of energy into Blastoise's fleshy stomach. Blastoise roared in pain as its skin was sliced up by its very shell. It was silenced half a second later when the SolarBeam ripped through its stomach and liver. It fell right in front of Jolteon, blocking its Thunderbolt. The now electrified corpse was propelled towards Gardevoir. It looked up in time to get hit full in the face. The electricity killed it before its skull was crushed in by the weight of the turtle Pokémon.
Jolteon ran at Groudon, releasing Shadow Ball after Shadow Ball at the ground Pokémon. Groudon roared in pain and tried to crush Jolteon under its feet. Jolteon dodged its feet and shot up its tail onto the beast's back. It then proceeded to bite one of Groudon's head spikes. Groudon bellowed in pain and swung its head, dislodging Jolteon. The electric Pokémon flew 50 feet before its life was extinguished by a SolarBeam. Groudon turned to face the shiny Metagross.
"Metagross, use Meteor Mash, then Zen Headbutt!" Metaxas called calmly to his final Pokémon.
Metagross shot up into the air then came back down, slamming into Groudon. The monster was pushed back into a cliff, which collapsed upon it. Metagross jumped back then shot forward, glowing with psychic energy. Groudon was tossed into the air like a rag doll. 500 feet in the air, Groudon let loose another Eruption. Metagross got the full blast of it. Right before it died, Metagross shot a hyper Beam at Groudon. Groudon was finally knocked out as Metagross turned into a puddle of molten metal. Metaxas stood still, stunned that his team had been defeated. It wasn't until a whistling noise brought him back to his senses.
"Where's Groudon?" He asked coldly.
When I didn't answer he looked up at the sky. Right above him was 2094.4 pounds of skin, teeth, and claws. He had just enough time to open his mouth before he was crushed. I just stood there stunned for what felt about an eternity. Finally, I tossed a Pokéball at the massive behemoth and turned towards the ship. It was time to get back to HQ.