Yay, 'nuther triple update for you. And they are all reasonably sized too. I guess I got so caught up in this arc that I couldn't stop.
Anyway, the three starters put their plan into action. But first, they have to take down the rest of the Greens. Mayhem, that is the best way to describe this Episode. Pure mayhem.
Episode 120: Melee
Of course, the rest of the Greens were not going to get in the way of Mew. They were not that stupid, unfortunatly. But they definatly were not going to let us go without a fight and they surrounded the four of us. Tate put Roco on the floor and the three of us made a circle around him, shielding him from any attacks, as we stared down our opponents.
"Get the hell out of our way," I growled as the Jolteon from before stood before me.
"Still think you can take us all?" It asked, chuckling as the Greens closed in.
"Oh no way," Tate replied, "that would be silly of us."
"We know that we can take you all," Fervo added and I finished it off by launching a stream of fire into the enemy.
The Greens charged and chaos kicked in. I fireballed one and a second one took its place, which I took down with a punch to the head. Fervo was ripping anyone who got near him to pieces with his claws while Tate was more methodic, keeping most Greens at bay with water attacks while finishing them off one at a time with punches and headbutts.
The unconsious and wounded were starting to pile up and still they kept coming, I was using every single bit of fire I could summon up to keep them at bay so I wouldn't get overwhelmed.
"They're wearing us down!" Fervo yelled, grunting as he must have smacked something.
"Just how many of these bastards are there?" I called back, headbutting a Machop back and taking it down with a fireball.
"Over a hundred, probably one-fifty!" Tate answered, launching a blast of water strait over my shoulder and taking down another Green that had been sneaking up on me.
I had only taken down around twenty, and I was tiring fast. It didn't help that some of the Greens kept getting back up, no matter how many times I flattened them. There was no way that I was going to last much longer, Fervo was in the same boat as we were pretty much back to back. Tate was still going strong, his stamina was much higher and he was pelting the Greens with everything.
"We can't keep this up," Fervo muttered during a respite that lasted a few seconds.
"We have too, Mew won't last forever against that Bayleef," I replied as I fireballed another Green and caused two more to take a step back.
The noose was tight now, they were just piling in. I barely had time to breathe between fireballs. Untill luck decided to shine once more and they were blown to the side by a shockwave from Mew's battle with the Bayleef. As I caught my breath, I realised that I had dropped the white berry and it was laying right in front of me.
I knew that I wouldn't last much longer on my own. If the berry was poisoned or something, it wouldn't be any different than if I ignored it. So I picked it up and ate it in one. It was tasteless and I didn't feel any different after a few seconds, untill I noticed that everyone else seemed to be moving slower.
'Or, I have gotten faster,' I thought with a smirk as I dived into the Greens, lashing out with claws and fireballs before they could react.
"I love these berries," I laughed as the Greens fled from me, allowing me to turn and switch places with an exausted Fervo.
The higher reaction time and speed that the berry had given me allowed me to force those back too, without taking a scratch. Many of the Greens were running away now, realising that we had the advantage again.
"Come back here," the Jolteon yelled after them, "cowards!"
Me and Tate saw off the rest, leaving the Jolteon standing on its own.
"Now you're the one outnumbered," Tate laughed, "and we know that you can't pull a stunt like Flame's."
"No matter, I'll take you all down myself," Jolteon growled.
"That's odd, because you were avoiding the melee. Something you aren't telling us, coward?" Fervo taunted, claws at the ready.
As the Jolteon replied, I noticed that I was exausted again and my breathing was heavy.
'I guess the berry wore off,' I thought with a mental curse.
"Shockwave!" The Jolteon yelled, snapping me back to the battle at hand as electricity flew in every direction.
"Shit," Fervo yelled, diving in front of the prone Roco and taking bolts for him, "argh!"
"Damnit!" Tate muttered before screaming out as several bolts caught him.
I was luckier, I managed to avoid two and a third only grazed me. The forth managed to get me right between the ribs but the rest missed. So I was the only one still standing, it helped that I had become used to being elecricuted.
"So, the Charmander is the only one that can take it?" The Jolteon laughed, "well, let us see if you can take a focused attack."
Sparks flew off of its fur as I tried to move, but I was still stunned from the bolts. Luckily, Fervo managed to get back up and fire small seeds at Jolteon's head. Jolteon spun to face him and sent the Thunderbolt after the Treecko instead, which caused him to scream out again.
But it gave me enough time to recover and when it turned back to me, I was in mid-punch and knocked it to the floor. I punched it again, making sure it was out cold, just in time for the other two to recover enough to be able to stand.
"We still have to get the Shadowstone off of that Bayleef," Fervo yelled over the explosions that Mew's battle was causing.
"We attack from three angles, it can't beat us all," Tate called back, "especially with the attacks that Mew is throwing at it."
Fervo nodded and we agreed on where to attack Bayleef from. Tate and Fervo got dibs on the sides, leaving me with the frontal assault. Apparently they deserved the easier job because they were more injured than I was and didn't have a type advantage againt it. Bastards.
So they set off while I escorted Roco, who was able to stand again, towards the sleep caverns before turning back to the battle at hand. Just as Mew was knocked away with a shadow ball, the three of us charged fowards. Fervo leaped onto Bayleef's back and grabbed hold of the ropes that attached the Shadowstone.
"You fools!" Bayleef yelled as he threw Fervo off without any hassle, fending off Tate with a shadow ball while two vines went after me.
"Damn strait, we are," Mew muttered as he appeared before me and caught the vines before they could stop my charge.
"Thanks!" I yelled at him as I shot past and tackled the Bayleef head on, hooking my claws onto the Shadowstone and pulling upwards.
The Bayleef used its leaf to knock me away, slicing a nice gash in my side as it did so. But Tate was back and leaped in from the side, latching into the Shadowstone and using his momentum to swing to the otherside. The sudden weight caused Bayleef to dip its head and the ropes slid free of it.
So Mew blasted the vines into oblivion as Tate was left holding onto both the Shadowstone and the green crystal.
"Now, where were we?" Mew asked the Bayleef, who was looking very scared right then. Well I would have been if I were the Bayleef, seeing as I had just lost my immunity to one of the most powerfull Pokémon in the world.
"You are a fuckin' moron," Mew told the Bayleef as a purple energy ball formed, "goodbye."
The Bayleef was hidden in a small explosion when Mew fired the attack and, when the blast faded, there was nothing left.
"I hate cultists, especially when they try to kill me," Mew muttered as he turned back to us, spotting the Shadowstone and grinning, "but you lot showed up at the right moment. Although I would have worn it down eventually."
"I'll take your word for it," Fervo said with a chuckle while Tate just stared at the black stone in his claws, "so, what now?"