Chapter 8 – Overgrown Tangrowth
A/N: 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: 18:00
Location: Obsidia Ward
"Where is she?" A boy with white hair, Percival asked himself in a worried tone. It had been around five hours since he last seen, his blonde friend Lucille. She was just a blossoming trainer, she definitely had battle skill, but it was still unrefined. Plus, that hearing around that the Obsidia Slums were fairly dangerous, and the possible fact that the plants could be affecting that area as well. As Percival once again glanced at his pokegear for discerning the time. "Still not here…"
"Hm… The Police on the South Entrance, might not have believed the truth of Lucille." Florina who Percival was with, noted. "With that the possibility. Lucille was denied access, and is currently stuck in Coral Ward."
"You just thought of that now?" Percival questioned.
"Though if she finds the person who said to meet here, Lucille should have no problem accessing the area then." Florina meant, if Lucille found Amaria she could gain access to the park area of Obsidia.
"So… something that has a low probability…" Percival sighed.
Right as two girls came over. Amaria was the first to exclaim. "Oh, Rini! Glad to have found you!"
"Yes. Greetings." Florina stated, she looked as if she didn't care that Amaria showed up late. "Your arrival was not at the appropriate time."
"I'm sorry!" Amaria bowed in apologies. "Just a lot of things happened, we had to save a Popplio."
"Oh," Percival interjected surprised. "So, did you catch it?"
"Nah, Cain got in the end." Lucille answered.
"Cain, ah… seems like you got all of the fun." Percival smirked.
"S-shut up!" Lucille blushed and shoved Percival.
"We have been here waiting for your arrival." Florina scolded the two girls. "Now that you are present, it would be best to continue with our task."
"Ah, the trees are blocking the path!" Amaria noticed that the entrance of the park was blocked by moving plants and some small shrubbery. "But it seems like they can be Cut down. Here, Lucy. Mind leading the way?"
Amaria handed Lucille the TMX1, also known as Cut.
"Um… sure." Lucille agreed to the task.
"TMX1, can only be used outside of battle with the Volt Badge. Amaria, this should be known to you." Florina prevented Lucille to something that she couldn't do. "Percival, if you may."
"Sure thing." Percival kindly took the TM from Lucille. And taught the move Cut to his Braixen, Oracle. In teaching the move Cut, Oracle forgot the move Tail Whip. "Okay Oracle, Cut on the Tree!"
"Brai!" The Braixen listened to its owner's instructions and cut down the tree.
"Very well. Let us proceed." Florina stated, moving forward, through the cut down tree. With Amaria and Lucille following.
"What? Aren't you coming?" Lucille asked.
"I believe in Ladies first." Percival said.
"awe, how polite." Lucille laughed. And followed after Amaria and Florina.
But soon as those three entered there was noise, Amaria was the first to notice. "H-hey, what is this?! No, no, stop! Ah-! AAaaaaaah-!"
"Ahh!" Lucille also screamed.
This alarmed Percival causing him to rush forward. When he did so, he found the three girls, Amaria, Florina, and Lucille all tied up by vines. "What the hell?"
Percival asked as other than the girls who were tied up in vines, he saw a man with black hair and a hood. Standing in front of a strange machine, inside that machine was a Pokémon, a Pokémon that looked a lot like a Tangrowth yet also very different.
"I TOLD you they would get here too soon! If you had made this machine go faster..." The man yelled, he seemed to be really angry.
"No! Tangrowth wouldn't be able to take anymore!" The man's voice changed, as if it that of a girl. This voice shown real care for the 'Tangrowth'
Again, the man spoke in another female voice, though this time it was more calculative voice. "The speed has already been optimized. Be glad the Pokémon was able to capture those three girls."
"You're really strong to be able to do everything so well, Tangrowth!" It was the second voice again, she seemed to be very pleased with the Tangrowth.
The man looked over in Percival's direction, upon noticing him the first voice reacted, and he started to snarl. "Hey! How much longer are we gonna ignore the other problem?"
"Oh, hello. Um, my name is Lumi—" The second voice Lumi was interrupted.
"Only four of you entered? We expected more." It was the third voice interjected.
"Doesn't seem to be much of a threat. He'll be easy to deal with." The first voice Laughed.
"Um, it might be more polite if we introduce ourselves. I'm—" Lumi was once again interrupted
"You've already introduced myself, Lumi." The first voice yelled. "Needlessly, at that! I, however, am Zero."
The third's voice then started. "I am Eve. Collectively we are referred to as ZEL."
"Oh, and you are?" Lumi asked as soon as she could. {A/N: Ahem, when going through the voices for my story I think it would be clearer slash easier to write out their actual names… though when referencing the body, it will be named ZEL.}
"…Percival Jeramiah von Decibel Leonardo De Whitehall III" Percival hesitantly said.
"Percival?" Zero said as if remembering something. "Oh, so you're the brat that Nero fought with in Mosswater. Well We're not goon let you touch the PULSE!"
"PULSE?" Percival asked questioningly
"But that's probably what you came here for, right?" It was as if a smile could be heard in Lumi's voice. "All of the growth here is a result of this machine. And Eve built it all by herself!"
"Correct. The Link System is a simple hybridization-amplification mechanic." Eve spoke.
"So, with that machine behind it, it can manipulate even the smallest root into a massive arbor wrecking ball!" Zero smiled. Percival readied for a battle. "Think you can stop it? Just try! It'll only end the same as your last fight with Nero! Tangrowth!"
The Giant Green Pokémon moved from the machine and in front of ZEL. The Tangrowth had one eye and its arms were covered in metal. Percival saw this massive beast, he figured with whatever happened to it… it was probably a lot stronger than a regular Tangrowth leaving his strategy a very risky one. Sending out his Milotic first. "Phoebe, Help me out here."
"Heh. As if that will be any help! Tangrowth! Vine Whip!" Zero yelled with a vicious smile. The plants of the park around the Tangrowth gathered up and hit into Percival's Milotic, Phoebe. Phoebe's health fell to 59%
"Much slower than I thought…" Percival analyzed the situation. "Phoebe can you continue?"
"Mi!" Phoebe had agreed with its trainer, where Percival nodded in response.
"What not attacking, to afraid? Tangrowth Vine Whip again!" Zero laughed, as this time the Tangrowth managed to fell Phoebe, with a critical.
"Thanks, you did well my friend." Percival smiled, and returned Milotic to it's pokeball. "Vee, it is your turn!"
"Heh, you think this can do much!" Zero laughed again. "Tangrowth, Acid Spray!"
As the spray of acid hit the Leafeon, Vee, its health was brought to 83%. Watching this Eve was confused. "That should have done more… What did you do?"
"My perspective, it should be fine... I mean Phoebe, really held the Tangrowth Captivated. But still a normal Tangrowth would have done more." Percival knew that Tangrowth's specialty was with Special attacks. That's why Phoebe was sent out, to lower its attack.
"Oh, I thought the Milotic was pretty dazzling as well!" Lumi added. "Though this Tangrowth is also Poison, that's why everyone is surprised!"
"Lumi!" Zero shouted. "He shouldn't be knowing that! Tangrowth Acid Spray again!"
With another spray of acid hitting Vee, her health fell to 58%, and her special defense dropped down to the fourth level. Vee shook off the acid once more with its tail pointed at the Tangrowth. "(Wonder how long I can keep this up…) Vee, Prepare for the next attack!"
Vee listened and rushed around the Tangrowth moving through the Vines. Eve thought it was strange that Percival was still not commanding his Pokémon to attack. "Zero, I think we should make our next moves carefully."
Zero didn't care however, and continued to yell commands. "Tch, as if we have to against this brat! Nero didn't even break a sweat against him, and neither will we! Acid Spray!"
"Leaf!" Vee yelped as it got hit once more. This time her health fell to 14%, Percival looked at her with worry, but Vee refused to fall down.
"alright." Percival nodded and continued to distract ZEL, from his intentions. "You know, Zero, right? It's your mistake to think that after I was beaten by Nero, that I would stay at the same level. As such you've been very easy to trick, Vee Tail Whip!"
Vee rushed in making the Tangrowth's Defense fall for the fourth time. This surprised all three personalities of ZEL. Though Zero was the most surprised. "What?! No, you're lying… Acid spray!"
With the final hit from the Acid Spray Vee had fallen. Percival was gracious to his fallen Leafeon. "Thank you, my friend… your strength has never been more appreciated. Oracle, finish this. Flame Charge!"
"BRAI!" with flames of rage for it's fallen comrades, Braixen encircles itself with flames and charges at the Tangrowth. With just one hit, The Tangrowth's Heath fell to 50%!
"What?!" Zero shouted. "Tangrowth! Regain Health with Mega drain!"
Though Due to Phoebe's help, Oracle only lost 5% (Oracle is now at 95%). And the Tangrowth only healed up 2%. While Zero was surprised by this, Eve lectured. "Zero, you idiot! His Milotic Lowered the Tangrowth's special attack by four stages. This isn't good."
"Oracle once more!" Percival commanded, where Oracle once again encircled itself with flames and Burned into the Tangrowth.
Though as soon as the Health of the Tangrowth hit 0%. The Tangrowth's color faded into a dull grey, similar effects happened to the plant life around them.
Eve was the first to speak, through the body of ZEL "Zero, next time, rather than showing off the mission's keystone, let's fight with our own Pokémon."
"I'm sorry, Tangrowth... I should have intervened." The voice of Lumi was next heard, she sounded sad at the Tangrowth's fall.
"Stop yelling at me! You said this machine was supposed to make it stronger!" Zero angrily yelled into the air.
"Your misjudgment was the key factor." Eve sounded angry as well, though looking around the Park seeing that all of the vines were turning grey like the Tangrowth. "Regardless, with Tangrowth incapacitated, the malignant growth will now regress."
"So, it's all going to go back to normal?" Lumi sounded happy at that.
"Correct." Eve responded. "So, there's no longer any purpose to remaining here. Recover the model, and escape at once."
"Hey, Percival, right?" The voice of Zero sounded, he stared at Percival with an angry look. "Don't think this is over."
With a small pellet in their hand ZEL threw it to the ground. Smoke filled the area that they were, and when the smoke cleared. Neither ZEL, or the machine were there. Although the Tangrowth was left on the ground with its body crumbling into dust.
Crack!
There was a cracking sound and with that, the girls who were being held by the vines fell onto the ground. All of them gasping for air. Percival quickly ran over to his friend. "Lucille!"
"I'm *huff*… Fine *huff*" Lucille gasped for air as she lied on the ground.
"…Ah! I can breathe!" Amaria gasped as soon as she could. "Those vines grabbed us as soon as we got close… They were chocking me the whole time. I'm sorry I wasn't much help."
"It's fine… rather, I was the one going first I could have probably warned you guys." Percival answered. "It's my fault that you got caught."
"But you defeated that 'Tangrowth' all by yourself!" Lucille exclaimed.
"yeah, I'm impressed!" Amaria nodded along. "Though the person you were fighting seemed strange."
"Presumably that person, if they can be referred to as a single subject, was an operator of Team Meteor." Florina who seemed to be unaffected stated.
"Those 'three' mentioned knowing Nero. So, I believe they are." Percival added.
"I project that our observances do not compose the entirety of their assault." Florina continued.
"I think so too!" Amaria cheered. "A lot of bad things have been happening lately. Between the Jasper and Beryl Wards, Azurine Lake, Grandview Station and now this… Team Meteor might be a bigger threat than any of us had imagined."
"That doesn't sound good…" Lucille looked sad, with how little power she had here.
"I'm going to go report this to Ame, and Hopefully we'll figure out what to do." Amaria said, "Thank you so much for your help! We couldn't have done it without you! Bye, Rini!"
"Very well. The immediate crisis is resolved." Florina said, turning to Percival. "I will be returning to my Gym in the Onyx Ward. Percival, your attendance will be expected at your leisure. Farewell."
With that the rest of the Malicious floral dying off, Amaria and Florina both leaving. Percival and Lucille were left alone in the park.
Percival glancing to his companion. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"I'm fine…" Lucille said, though upset that she wasn't able to help at all.