"Kingdra, come on out!" I yelled as I switched Pokeballs. Kingdra, my water dragon, popped out beside Arcanine. "Gary, run." I told him, letting go of his hand as I eyed the Kabutops. "He's out to kill you."
"No." Gary said, watching the Kabutops. He looked over at Arcanine and grabbed his Pokeball, as if to recall him. The fire dog saw this out of the corner of his eyes and barked at his trainer. Gary must have understood, because he nodded and placed the Pokeball back on his belt.
"Butops!" The Kabutops cried as it launched itself at Gary.
Please, Kingdra, hit it with a Dragon Breath. I mentally cried out to my Pokemon as she obeyed with Gary looking on astonished as he and I both jumped back out of the way of where the Kabutops was heading.
Dodge! I mentally yelled again as Kabutops countered, but it was too late. The Kabutops hit Kingdra with a powerful Slash attack, slicing her fin and down her side. I could see her vibrating in pain as the Kabutops bounced back, watching its prey. If I removed her, Kabutops would have a spot opened up between him and Gary. Frustrated, I bit my lip as I watched the battle in front of me.
"Sceptile, use Leaf Blade! Pikachu, get between Gary and Kabutops!" Ash yelled as Misty and he came running from behind Kabutops. She let out her Vaporeon and Psyduck next to her, ready to attack if necessary.
"Espeon, switch out with Kingdra!" I yelled as I released my Psychic Eevelution, the only non-dragon type on my team. "Use Iron Tail to block!" I yelled as Kabutops swung towards her.
"Espe!" She said as her twin tails grew silver in color as they connect with Kabutop's scythe like arms.
"Butops!" It yelped as it made its way past Espeon and lunged at Gary again. Gary pushed me back behind him as Arcanine protected his trainer. I fell back on my butt, hitting the ground with a thud as Gary placed his body before me.
"Canine!" Arcanine yelped as the Kabutop's powerful scythes collided with his body, slashing down its back leg. Espeon and Pikachu automatically distracted the Kabutops with a Swift and Energy Ball attack, both hitting the ground/water type. Gary took the opportunity and quickly switched out the sliced Arcanine and replaced it with Scizor.
"Scizor, X-Scissor, now." Gary said to his red bug/steel as it nodded at its trainer's commands.
"Scizor." It simply said, rushing in to attack the Kabutops while Pikachu and Espeon retreated. The two insanely fast and dangerous Pokemon went into one on one combat, no one else daring to attack, afraid to hit Scizor as it played a violent dance.
Gary looked around, frowning, keeping one eye on Scizor. "Rae, take Misty and get out of here. Ash and I can handle this."
I looked over to see Ash pleading with Misty, presumably over the same subject. She kept shaking her head in response, him becoming more downtrodden as the argument wore on. "No." I stated while watching Scizor slam the Kabutops to the ground. "Kabutops is almost finished." I said, watching as it struggled to get back up. "Wait a second." I murmured, looking at a black band on the Kabutops upper arm. "Gary, call off Scizor. Now." I demanded as he looked at me pleadingly.
"Rae, no."
"Gary!"
He sighed. "Scizor, back off." He said, defeated as the Scizor came and stood next to me. Espeon came to my side as I looked at her.
"We're going to try to catch it." I said to Espeon as she looked at me in confusion. Actually, everyone looked at me in confusion. "Espeon, use Psychic!"
"Espe!" My Espeon said, obeying my command. The Kabutops fell to the ground, its scythe's touching its head as it withered in pain. I cringed as I watched it, throwing an Ultra Ball at the Kabutops. Everyone waited without taking a breath, until the three clicks came. I walked and picked up the Pokeball, looking inside to see the Kabutops inside.
"How?" Gary asked, walking next to me and looking at the Pokeball. "I thought it was Drake's."
"So did I." I said as I released the Pokemon. It looked at me with sad eyes.
"Butops?" It questioned. I could feel Gary tense up beside me, hand on my shoulder. Ash and Misty watched, ready to attack.
"Kabutops, I'm going to release Garchomp to be an interpreter. Is that okay?" I asked it as I grabbed Garchomp's Pokeball. Kabutops nodded, stepping back a space.
"Garchomp, help me out please!" I asked, releasing my ground Dragon as the three looked at me curiously.
Garchomp, ask how Drake was controlling it.
Garchomp nodded its affirmative as it stepped closer to the Kabutops. After what seemed like a minute, Garchomp turned back to me.
It was controlled by the black band tied around its arm. When you caught it, apparently it broke the bond.
I nodded as I took a step closer to Kabutops. "I understand what you've gone through for about ten years, and I understand if you hate trainers, but I'd love it if you'd join me in taking Drake down. You are a powerful Pokemon who'd be a great asset to my team." I said, looking the Pokemon straight in the eyes. "Of course, whatever you say goes. I understand if you say no."
"Butops." It said, nodding. Garchomp turned towards me again.
She wants to join you to take down Drake, after that, she doesn't know.
I nodded as I returned Garchomp to her Pokeball. "Sounds fine with me." I said as I picked up her Pokeball. "Come back in here for a bit, we'll get you healed soon enough." She nodded as I returned her to the Ultra Ball and examined the three's faces. " What?" I questioned in confusion.
"What just happened?" Misty asked, returning Psyduck as Ash returned Sceptile. Gary kept Scizor out and right by his side. "One minute Kabutops is trying to kill Gary and Scizor, the next minute you caught it and added it to your team. I thought it was Drake's?"
"I don't think Drake really uses Pokeballs." I said, rubbing my temples. "I noticed a black band on its arm, and I think I saw one on Zapdos also. He controls them from there, making them captives and not friends like Pokeballs do."
"So, you're saying most likely then, Drake knows the band was broken?" Ash asked, picking up a broken black band from the ground. He put it in his pocket. "Professor Oak would be happy to look at this."
"I think he does." I said, looking at Kabutop's Pokeball.
Gary grabbed my arm, bringing me behind him, and slowly backing up towards Ash and Misty. I looked around his shoulder and saw that five Team Thunder grunts were waiting in front of us.
"Master said we'd find two teens here. One hopefully dead." A girl with a black tee-shirt, black pants, yellow trench coat, yellow belt and yellow headband said stepping out. Behind her, were four other girls dressed basically the same. "However," she started with a sneer, "We find four live ones, and the Kabutops gone. So you've figured out our Master's secret?"
"Master?" Misty asked, trying not to laugh. "Are you serious?"
The girl turned and glared at her. "Are you insulting the organization?"
"She may not be, but I am." I said with a smile, holding two Pokeballs in my hand. "Now how about we get this little skirmish over with so I can go relax?"
The leader snarled as she motioned for another girl to come up to her. "Fine. You versus us two, the rest of you, distract them as we beat her." She and the other girl each grabbed a Pokeball off their belts. "Go, Jynx!" She yelled as her partner sent out an Azumarill.
"Being in Team Thunder doesn't mean we have to have electric types," The other girl said with a smirk. "Think you can handle us?"
"Easily." I replied, sending out Charizard and Dragonite. "Salamance, Thunder Fang. Charizard, Flamethrower."
"Dodge!" They both yelled, but it was too late. My two quickly reduced them to nothing, effectively knocking them out in two hits. Misty, Ash and Gary had done the same, smirking at the Grunts.
"Take a message to your 'Master'" I started with a smirk. "Tell him I'm onto him."