Chapter 6 – Battle in the Slums

A/N: Okay before we get into the story, I have a small thing that I would like to retcon really quick. When I was thinking over my characters, I wanted to change their teams a small bit. Mainly their Starter Type Pokémon. Nero has no change as the Froakie line works, so no change there. But, I've referenced a Cacnea and a Larvitar as members of his team, those are retconned, but I'm not saying what they've been changed to. Percival however, I was thinking more about his backstory and saw that the Fennekin line works for him. So, with two out of the three character's Pokémon being from Gen 6, I also changed Lucille's Starter to the Chespin line. So, in other words, Percival no longer has a Monferno, he has a Braixen instead named, Oracle. While Lucille no longer has a Grovyle, but instead has a Quilladin, name (Theros) still works.

Also, this is a original Pokemon Fan Game, made by Amethyst. if you wish to check it out and play the game download it at Reborn Evolved. search for it on your web browser if you want to get to the website.

Time: 14:00

Location: South Obsidia Slums

Obsidia Ward, a part of Reborn City that was currently under siege by an attack of plants. The plants had been destroying Obsidia at an alarming rate. While Percival and Lucille were going there to try help, they met with Florina. Who explained the situation of the city and the epicenter of the plant outbreak? But while heading to the park the plants had broken a part of building causing part of it to collapse. Separating Lucille from Percival and Florina. With wanting to reunite with her friend and try to stop this plant attack, Lucille found herself heading south of Obsidia Ward, following Florina's instructions.

While going through the southside of Obsidia, she ran into a familiar face. A girl with black hair and her kimono. "Lucille!"

"Victoria!" Lucille smiled at seeing one of her other friends.

"I heard that the main Road is blocked! By a falling building!" Victoria shouted. "are you okay?"

"Yeah." Lucille admired Victoria's caring nature. "I'm fine."

"Wait. Where's Percy?!" Victoria noticed the boy whom Lucille was traveling with was missing.

"we're close to where the building collapsed, and Percy got trapped on the other side…" Lucille had a small laugh.

"And the only way through is through the Obsidia slums, down this way." Victoria realized where Lucille was going. Victoria had tried to get through that way as well. "I went in there, too, but it's dangerous! Lucille, are you going to go through the Slums?"

"… I am." Lucille responded to her friend.

"I was worried you would say that." Victoria looked perturbed by Lucille. "Isn't there anything I can say to stop you? It's really not safe."

"I'd risk my own life to help another." Lucille said something she's heard from someone say hundreds of times. "So, no. there is noting you can say to stop me."

"Those are some strong words… Though if you think you're strong enough to say them, then prove it to me!" Victoria tossed out a small Ralts, Victoria stood with a pose ready to fight.

"So… If I lose you won't allow me passage, will you?" Lucille asked, not wanting to fight her friend.

"I will not." Victoria answered determined to protect Lucille from danger.

"Fine then, Theros!" Lucille decided to battle, tossing out a Quilladin first. "Bite!"

"Ralts Disarming Voice!" Victoria commanded. With the Quilladin charging in biting the Ralts, it then brought the Ralts 20%. While the Voice of the Ralts landed critically on Theros' ears bringing him to 85%.

"Theros! Bite again!" Lucille stated. Theros' followed absorbing the Health of the Ralts, bringing its own health back up to full. "Good job. Though you're not fighting her fire type again."

"I see," Victoria nodded, bringing out a Pichu. As Lucille switched out her Quilladin. "I see that Percy has been training you. Though let's see if that will be enough!"

"Luna!" Lucille shouted as she brought out a Munna. "Luna, use psybeam!"

"Pichu, Fake out!" Before the Munna could project its beam of psychic energy the Pichu ran up to the Munna clapping its hands on the Munna's head. Causing its health to fall to 88% and flinch.

"ah…" Lucille gasped seeing how her Pokémon flinched. "Come on, Luna. Don't be shaken! Psybeam once more!"

"Pichu, Nasty Plot!" Victoria commanded as it raised its special attack two stages, it was hit with the psychic energy and it's hp fell to 34%. "Pichu Thunder shock!"

Victoria's command happened before Lucille could react, Luna the Munna was hit and brought to 61 percent and Paralyzed.

"What? Why isn't synchronize working?" Lucille cried in confusion as Munna's ability was to allow any Pokémon that gave it a status condition, also to be affected by the same status condition.

"Electric types can't be paralyzed." Victoria took control of this part. "Pichu, Thunder shock once more!"

With another bolt of lighting it was aimed to hit Luna dead on, but Lucille had other plans. "Luna Return! Helios, absorb the lightning!"

With a quick mid battle switch, the Lightning rod Blitzle appeared on to the field absorbing the shock of electricity. Victoria recognized the Blitzle Lucille tossed out. "ah, so the Pokémon you caught earlier… I have no moves for it…"

"Yeah! Go my little lighting rod! Quick attack!" Lucille cheered, as her Blitzle named Helios, ran forward knocking out the opposing Pichu.

"I see you are good, Lucille." Victoria started to acknowledge Lucille's strength. Switching to her final Pokémon. Torracat. "If you can't handle this, there's no way you can get through there safely! Torracat Fire Fang!"

The Torracat launched itself at Helios, biting it with powerful flames, critically injuring it. Causing the Blitzle to faint at once. "Helios! Ah… Okay then Time to fight Fire with Water! Simon!"

Lucille tossed out a Panpour into battle. "A smarter choice, compared to our first battle. But even still, Torracat Fire Fang once more!"

"Simon, Water gun!" The Torracat rushed forward biting into the Panpour bringing it to 71%. Though with The Torracat at point-blank range the Water Gun was strengthened knocking the Torracat to 50%.

"That was my mistake…" Victoria said as the Torracat jumped back. "Okay, Lick attack!"

The Torracat ran in and at close range licked the Panpour causing its health to fall to 49%, and again paralyzing the Pokémon.

"Come on Simon! You can move through it, Water gun Once more!" Lucille called, the Panpour managed to move through the Paralysis and hit the Torracat with another Water gun brining it's HP to 25%

"I see. But this is your Panpour final attack!" Victoria was confident as the Torracat rushed in once more with a fire fang! Bringing the Pan pour to 20%. Where the Panpour was unable to move due to paralysis. "Torracat once more!"

And with that Simon fell. "Simon…"

"Now what are you going to bring back your Munna, or switch to your Quilladin?" Victoria asked, thinking victory was in her grasp.

"Theros, you can do it. I don't want Luna to fight while she's already injured, and you are the same right?" As Lucille tossed out her Quilladin once more, it nodded in understanding. And readied itself to bet the battle on one attack. "All right then. Let's not give up. Theros! Bite!"

"That's if you can survive our own. Torracat Fire Fang!" Theros ran forward charging at the Torracat Getting hit with Fangs full of fire. Though Theros' took the brunt of the attack HP falling to 42%, then biting into the Torracat itself, knocking it to the ground. As the Torracat fainted and hit the floor. Victoria stood surprised and silently said. "Ah... Maybe you'll be all right."

"Of course, I will." Lucille smiled in response to Victoria. "I know you have a right to be worried, but I'll be fine I promise."

"Fine..." Victoria reluctantly agreed. "Just promise me you'll be careful, okay? Keep a sharp eye. And, good luck."

"Thanks, I'll be fine." Lucille smiled.

But unknown to the two, someone on the rooftops above them was watching their battle. A boy with pitch-black hair… looking down at the two, boy with black hair smiled. "So, blondie is separated from Shiro… what luck I have. Let's see what Blondie's limits are. And if anything, else… see what her Absol is like."

Time: 15:00

Location: South Obsidia Slums

Sometime had passed since Lucille's battle with Victoria. Lucille was now traveling her way through the underground slums. She had faced some random trainers on her way through, some being drunk or high. She found some odd glowing disk, which she learned had the properties when touched, it will heal the Pokémon that one carried. Among other things Lucille found a Moon stone, which she could use to evolve her Munna, though she thought best to wait a while before doing so. But, while Lucille was traveling through the Slums, she felt a presence, as if someone was watching her. Though checking she found no one, though from time to time she found some boxes that randomly moved. Those boxes seemed to also be making noises, noises like "Scrag… Scraggy… gy."

Lucille continued to wander her way through with some feeling of uncertainty until she reached a final room. There she saw a bunch of boxes lying about. And two Pokémon standing there, A Scraggy and a Scrafty.

"Scr…agg…Scr-aggy!" The scraggy cried to the Scrafty. The Scraggy then walked beside the Scrafty, before other Scraggy started to appear from boxes around it. One, two, three… three Scraggy and a Scrafty were in the room with Lucille.

"Scr… Scrafty!" The Scrafty commanded with two of the Scraggy headed towards Lucille ready to attack.

"Woah!" Lucille dodged two headbutts that were aimed at her. "Okay… this won't be easy… Helios, Simon! Come out!"

Once on the floor a Scraggy gave an intimidating stare lowering Helios and Simon's attack by one stage. Leaving Lucille with a disadvantage. In the corner of the room, stood a boy hidden by an illusion of his Zorua. "(Wonder how blondie will fair with these guys…)"

"Simon water gun! Helios Shock Wave! Both on the one to the left." Lucille had been warned by Percival about the dangers of Pokémon with Intimidate. And to try to attack with special moves. Another thing with Double Battles tries to aim for one at a time, and whittle the other ones down. With Helios and Simon teaming up on the weakest Scraggy the Scraggy easily fell to 37% in one hit.

"Scraft!" The Scrafty commanded the two who were fighting, both of them had the same Strategy as Lucille, with both scraggy hitting Helios with a Feint attack. With these two attacks Helios fell.

"Helios… Theros!" Lucille knew that a psychic Pokémon wouldn't last against a dark type switched to her Quilladin. "Theros Vine Whip, same one as before! Simon Water Gun on the second one!"

Theros moved first whipping the weaker Scraggy of the rest of its power, having it fall to the floor. While the second Scrafty Health fell to 78%, due to the Panpour's water gun. Nero watched silently in the corner "(Hm… not bad… but this battle is far from over.)"

"Scrafty! Scraft!" The Scrafty cried out again, sending a third Scraggy into the fray, while the second Scraggy hit Simon with a Feint attack bringing them to 70%.

"Theros, Simon target both attacks onto the second one!" Lucille commanded, as this was pretty much her only choice, if the second scraggy survived the attack it was obvious it would team up on Simon. Leaving her with just Luna and Theros. With similar tactics of before Theros and Simon rushed in attacking the Second Scrafty taking it out of the battle as well.

"Scrag!" The third Scraggy cried as their friend fell going in with another feint attack at the Panpour. Bringing Simon to 28%

"Scraft! Scrafty!" The Scrafty angrily cried out, finally entering the fray as well.

"… this doesn't look good…" Lucille worried looking at her situation. But this wasn't' the time for her to give up! "Come on! Theros Vine Whip once more! Simon Water gun Again!"
With luck on her side, the two attacks carried critical damage on the third Scraggy, brining it down with one hit. Though this only angered the Scrafty more. It charged straight at Simon with a Low kick. "Scraft!"

With that hit Simon was sent to the floor, unable to battle as well. and in the situation that Lucille was in. At most Luna could only be used as a Shield for Theros. "Luna, please I need your help."

"Munn!" The Munna understood the severity of the battle.

"(…)" Nero stood silent, wondering what the girl could be planning.

"Scr…" The Scrafty growled at the two Pokémon looking to aim at the Quilladin.

"Theros Pin Missile!" Lucille called out, with her Quilladin shot out pins towards the Scrafty. Three pins Hit into the Scrafty, leaving it at 68%.

"Scraft!" The Scrafty retaliated with a Feint Attack, brining Theros to 65%.

"Luna Hypnosis! Theros Pin Missile again!" Lucille planned, this The Scrafty was hit with the beam of sleep. Meanwhile with the consecutive five pins landed into the Scrafty bringing it to 16%

"…" The Scrafty fell to the floor, in slumber.

"…" Lucille stood hesitant to attack the Slumbering Pokémon once more. Then she had Percival's voice echo through her mind. "(Don't underestimate a wild Pokémon. Even if you brought it to sleep, once it wakes up it will continue to attack with all of its fury.)"

"…" Nero stood quietly watching her hesitate. Deciding best to end this, Nero clicked a button on a remote.

Klink, Clunk, Clunk, Clunk.

Lucille's eyes were taken off of the Scrafty to see a Metal door open up. No one stood on the other side, but it was Lucille's only exit. Taking it in for a second. She looked around the room warily, until her eyes landed on a corner.

"…?" Nero stood silently surprised, that she noticed his presence. Although his Zorua, Hela, made him invisible. Lucille was staring straight at him. This was the first time, Nero actually studied Lucille's appearance. Her Blonde hair, and Grey eyes, something all far too familiar to Nero.

Before either of them could make a move, the Scrafty started to move. "Scr…"

"Theros, Luna! Return!" Lucille decided that it wasn't best to stay around. She hurriedly ran through the door that just opened.

Once Lucille ran out of earshot, Nero dropped the Invisibility. And clutched a gold pendant around his neck. "… She… is going to be more annoying than I thought."

"Scra…" The Scrafty noticed that it's master's mood just turned fowl. It nervously approached.

"Don't worry, you and your brothers did well." Nero smiled placing his hand on the Scrafty's head. "Besides, this proves that I'm going to need to be wary and well-guarded against her."

"Grr…" Hela came out of the shadows, angry that she was unable to do anything.

"Sorry, but this was partly a waste of time. She may have a Mark, but whoever is watching over her. Clearly saw that this wasn't worth it's time." Nero responded to his Zorua. Yes, this was a battle Nero set up. A way to push Lucille, and try to see what her Absol was like. Though this plan clearly didn't work.