As much as Angel hated to admit it, that first attack took it's toll. The dark blue avian had torpedoed into Calamity before she could even sense the attack and sent her skidding across the rock. The quadruped had to dig in her claws to stop her motion and immediately threw her head back to summon a Stone Edge that prevented the honchkrow from landing another Drill Peck.
The bird shot skyward and Angel bid Calamity follow. The absol jumped from stone to stone, power accumulating in her mouth for when she got a clear shot. The honchkrow had to slow to avoid a floating piece of debris and got pelted with shards of ice. It cawed in pain and feel as its wings froze over. Calamity followed after, jumping from her ledge to free fall after the avian. Her horn glowed and, in synchronization with Angel's guiding arm, she rammed it into the back of the pokemon as it made contact with the ground. Calamity jumped off and waited to see if its opponent would rise.
It didn't.
Cyrus returned his honchkrow to its ball and dislodged another one. A weavile is next. It stares sinisterly and lets out a boastful cry at the child. Calamity growls at the insult.
"Don't let it bother you Calamity." Angel soothes. "Go."
The shiny pokemon doesn't hesitate for a second. She bounds toward the weavile, who blinks in surprise at its speed, and rams it over the head with an Iron Tail.
The weavile hisses in pain and digs its claws into the absol tail before pulling a claw back and delivering an ice punch to the throat. Calamity gurgles in pain and Angel stumbles slightly as her pokemon's pain seems to pulsate throughout her body. The disaster pokemon is recalled into her pokeball before she faints.
"Diadem, curtain call."
The arcanine roars angrily and glowers at the ice type before it. The weavile takes a cautious step back before lunging forward, a glowing, purple rod held in its claws.
Diadem absorbs the Night Slash with relative ease and latches his fire cloaked teeth onto the struggling pokemon's shoulder. He hurls it at Cyrus, where it collides against one of the spiny trees before falling to the ground.
"You feel your pokemon's pain. How very interesting. Tell me, why do you have a connection with these tools? Why do you want to save this pathetic world?" Cyrus asks as if it were any normal small talk and releases a houndoom.
"Arceus. You're as bad as my uncle. What is with you delusional people and thinking that the world needs to end because it isn't perfect? The fact that it isn't perfect is its ultimate perfection. Pokemon aren't tools. They are perfect creatures whose beauty will long outlive humans."
Diadem is called back, Angel knew that houndoom could posses Flash Fire and Destin took stage. It took the Crunch that sunk into it and barely flinched at the Flamethrower.
"Your perfect creature doesn't pack much of a punch." Cyrus insults as the sliggoo is forced back with a Dark Pulse.
Angel smirks and brings an arm to her face to shield the light resulting from the Bide. The beam flings the surprised pokemon into the air and the houndoom gives a surprised yelp when it starts falling back to the ground. A red beam encases it and it dissipates into its pokeball.
Destin doesn't survive the Dragon Pulse that the large gyarados releases and is forced to retreat.
Angel stares up at the blue pokemon's angry features and silently gulps as the face contorts into an angrier scowl. Her fingers tremble over her pokeballs and she throws out the first one to leap into her palm.
Mystic swirls into the air and stares at the raging serpent below him, hindered to the ground. He somersaults to avoid a Dragon Pulse and releases one of his own. The multicolored beam explodes on contact and the gyarados roars in anger. He catches the hand motion in the corner of his eye and dive bombs into the water that the water type was called out into. His three sets of fangs, all cloaked in sparking electricity, sink into the neck of the pokemon. The sea serpent coils in pain and throws Mystic off as energy crackles around it. It launches its head at the dragon.
"Now Mystic, Dark Pulse!"
The plasma beam is fired into the gaping mouth and a boom is heard as it makes contact. The gyarados falls into its pool of water.
Angel furrows her brow at Cyrus' last pokemon. It's medium size body hovers above the ground and its purple hue matches the Distortion World's backdrop nicely.
"You told me that you don't care about your pokemon, but obviously they don't think so."
Cyrus glances at his crobat, who turns to look at him. His blue eyes spark slightly for a moment before he motions the pokemon forward.
A small light circles Mystic who automatically starts swirling in confusion. His eyes darken as he starts releasing random attacks and ramming into the floating boulders.
The dragon is called back into his pokeball and Calamity takes center stage again. Crobat jibbers at the child before it claps its wings together and hits Calamity square in the ruff with an Air Slash.
Angel nods slightly. Cynthia isn't sure to who, for Calamity didn't immediately make a move afterwards. She does notice however, how Angel and Calamity decide to defend more than attack. The opposite of the duo's normal damage oriented battle style. It's a vocal fight too. Calamity and the crobat cry at each other. An oddity because of Calamity's serious nature in battle and overall mute tendencies when she isn't talking to Angel. The platinum doesn't seem to mind either. Her violet eyes bright with a mysterious curiosity.
The absol catches the bat creature in its mouth with a Bite when it comes in close with a Cross Poison. It's thrown into the air and thrown back to Cyrus with a Psycho Cut.
Cyrus stares at his crobat's pokeball before pocketing it and digging through his jacket. He throws an object at Angel and she reaches up to grasp it from the air.
"If you desire to destroy my one joy so much go ahead. I feel that that beast will give you a piece of its mind." He stalks off onto an invisible land mass and leaves the girls alone.
Cynthia approaches Angel and gives her head an affectionate pet. The child smiles up at her and opens her palms to reveal the object thrown at her. The item seemed to be a small orb. It was an odd gold color, had angular points, and smooth sides. Angel runs her fingers over the orb.
"What is it?"
Cynthia offers her open hands and feels the object get dropped into her palms. She examines the orb for a moment before giving it back to Angel.
"I believe it's that orb Cyrus was talking about. In fact, it reminds me of the Lustrous and the Adamant orb. Although, much smaller."
Angel rotated it to see all of its sides and her eyes narrowed in on the small red jewel stuck to one side. She stuck a nail under it and examined the jewel. Calamity growled at it and, taking her advice, Angel threw it over the edge into the abyss below.
The orb in her hands glowed as the red shard disappeared and quickly grew in size, taking up almost all the child's arm space.
"That red piece must've been part of the red chain. It diminished its power and allowed Cyrus to control it." Angel muttered, remembering her notebook hidden away in her room at the League between the box spring and the mattress. Angel freezes as the realization hits her like a rampaging Bouffalant. "That thing's free now."
Cynthia pulls Angel to her when the large shadow blocks the small amount of light when it passes overhead. They both look up at the large serpentine dragon. Its golden crown glints and its neck appendages flare out when it sees its orb. The pokemon's red eyes stare at the two and a piercing screech creates visible waves of sound that pushes the two blondes' hair back.
The platinum gulps and buries her face in Cynthia's jacket. Cynthia tightens her grip on Angel as Giratina stares down at them.