Well this was a real bastard to write. It took me about half an hour to decide if I was going to go from Flame's point of view or someone elses. In the end I flipped a coin and the outcome resulted in this Episode. Read away, and make sure to leave a comment or two.
Episode 106: Battle of Two Selves
Asmodeus charged, I'd obviously struck a nerve, strait into a nice punch. It knocked him clean to the floor and I glanced around at everyone.
"Don't just stand there, block the doors so he can't escape!" I yelled, untill Asmodeus pulled me to the ground via a tail pull.
"You won't escape me this time," he growled as he strangled me. I didn't bother trying to prise him off, just slugging him repeatedly in the gut. After twenty seconds of that, I realised that I wasn't getting anywhere. So I went with the only thing that my, oxygen starved, brain could think off and kicked out as hard as I could.
He let go pretty fast, getting your kneecap smashed does that, and I threw him off in order give me enough time to catch my breath.
"This is a lot harder than it looks," I muttered as Asmdoeus clicked his kneecap back in place and stood once more.
"Well at least you couldn't get any uglier if I punched you in the face," he snarled and launched a fireball strait for my face.
It wasn't even a good fireball either, didn't possess any force as I took the blow head on. I absorbed the blow without even having to take a step back, didn't even flinch.
"Let me show you how it's really done," I muttered and fired my own attack.
It was the best fireball I had ever launched. I'd even managed to give it a firey tail. And it had one heck of a punch to it, knocking Asmodeus to the ground. It was a shame he had the same fire proof scales that I did or the fight would have been over there and then.
None of the others got close to the fighting. I can't blame them really, none of them wanted to risk hitting the wrong Charmander. Asmodeus couldn't transform without revealing himself and allowing them to all join in, so he was stuck in my form. And I knew exactly what my body was capable of, giving me the home body advantage.
I spotted the Nido-horn laying on the ground nearby and slowly picked it up, keeping an eye on Asmodeus as I did so.
"You remember this, don'tcha?" I asked him as I slipped it around my neck, "I stabbed you with it once."
"No, I stabbed you with it!" He yelled as he dived fowards and tackled me to the ground with speed that no Charmander could have possessed.
I realised that he was shifting form again, mainly because he'd turned bright pink. It was damn weird, that the colour had changed before the form. I made a mental note to never dye myself pink, the colour didn't suit me. The pink ooze had pretty much covered me completely when everyone started moving towards me.
Then something solid connected with my back and I was flung through the air, flipping over once before landing on my stomach and sliding to a hald.
"Nice try, Asmodeus," I heard my voice call from behind me and I turned to see Asmodeus back in my form, with the Nido-horn around his neck.
"Oh shit," I muttered, realising what he had just done.
Everyone, even Cresent, started advancing on me. They all thought that I was the fake now, thanks to Asmodeus' little switch scam.
"Looks like I win this round," he smirked as they closed on me. I didn't move, there was no point.
"He's Amsodeus, not me!" I yelled, trying to buy enough time to come up with a proper plan.
"You expect us to believe that, we all saw you," Squirt said, "Scyther, he's all yours."
I could see Asmodeus laughing silently, behind everyone's backs, as Scyther stepped fowards and raised his blades. I was only seconds from losing my head when I realised how to prove my identity. I quickly moved the back of my hand across my throat and showed it to everyone.
"See! No brick dust," I called out, "Asmodeus disguised his scar with brick dust."
They all froze, finally believing me. Untill Amsodeus grabbed Spiral by the tail and hauled her backwards, holding the Nido-horn to her throat.
"I'm killing at least one of you today," he laughed as we all stared at him, dumbfounded, "either Flame dies or she does. Your call."
Everyone froze on the spot, trying to figure out what to do. Even Scyther was shocked by the turn of events. Then, things started to happen on their own. Things like the Nido-horn floating out of Asmodeus' hand and stabbing him.
"So much for not interfering," I whispered to Cresent as Asmodeus released Spiral and tried to fight off the floating horn.
"I'm not doing that," she replied with a chuckle, "but it sure is entertaining to watch."
Spiral ran clear of Asmodeus and stood near the wall. She was quivering non stop and breathing heavily as Blacky bounded over.
"You okay?" he asked.
"Fine," she stammered. For someone who was the mature one of the family, she really couldn't handle near death situations.
Her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fainted. As she hit the floor, the Nido-horn stopped it's assault on Asmodeus and dropped. He was covered in small cuts and a fair few larger ones but they seemed to heal nearly instantly.
"He's using his shapeshifting to fix any injuries," Cresent explained untill we all got distracted by a yellow glowing.
It was coming from Blacky's markings and he turned to Asmodeus. His eyes seemed to glow red for a second and he growled. It was a sight to behold. Asmodeus, rightfully, was shaking in his scales.
"This time, stay dead," Blacky snarled as he slowly stepped towards Asmodeus.
Asmodeus launched a fireball, a fairly decent one this time, at Blacky while backing towards the door. The Umbreon didn't move to get out of the way and the fireball hit its target. But it didn't do any damage. Blacky kept going, his fur smoking from the impact but otherwise untouched.
"A telekentic barrier, nice touch," Cresent praised as we watching Blacky leap fowards and cut Asmodeus off from the doorway, "your schitzo Umbreon there is pretty powerfull, considering his age and experiance."
"I'll ask what a schitzo is later," I replied as Asmodeus tried to use a smokescreen.
Blacky shot into the smoke and the two of them were hidden from his for a few seconds. Then Asmodeus reappeared as he collided with the wall beside the door. The smokescreen suddenly blew apart and revealed Blacky, his markings glowing again.
Asmodeus staggered to his feet and shot out of the door, Blacky chasing after him. Me and Squirt were right behind them, dashing after the two. Blacky was faster than Asmodeus but the fake Charmander was constanly throwing obstacles into the Umbreon's way and slowing him, and us, down.
Both Humans and Pokémon alike watched in awe and confusion as the chase continued through the corridoors. Squirt tripped over a broom that Asmodeus had tipped over and dropped out of the race. I didn't slow down to help him up, keeping my eyes firmly locked onto the back of Asmodeus' head.
Eventually we burst into the Center's lobby, where Moron and Joanne were talking to Nurse Joy. All three of the humans looked confused at the sight of 'me' getting chased by a pissed off Blacky, then they looked even more confused when they spotted the real me just keeping up.
Asmodeus belted out of the door and started legging it towards the forest. Blacky skidded to a halt in the doorway and watched as Asmodeus made half way down the street. I finally managed to catch up and was able to catch my breath.
"Ain't you gonna go after him?" I asked the Umbreon in between gasping for air.
"Nah," Blacky replied in that darker tone he used when he went crazy, "just watch."
I looked up just in time to see the Persian appear out of an alleyway and ambush Asmodeus. I assumed that it had been waiting for another shot at me and took down the faker instead. But I wasn't exactly complaining, Asmodeus deserved it as the Persian's teeth and claws ripped him apart. Me and Blacky sat there and watched as he screamed in agony.
"Evil destroys evil," Blacky muttered quietly, "good ridance."