Chapter 32- Attack on Yureyu

Time: 15:30

Location: Yureyu Building

It was the inside of the old Yureyu building. It was a huge mess, distorted tiles ran across the floor, lights in need of maintenance flickered across the ceiling. It would be quite if it wasn't for the noise of battle between the Black Demon Nero and Marie Whitehall, Percival's sister.

"Wait Percy stop!" Lucille shouted trying to protest and go back outside. "What about Marie?!"
"Yeah… You do make odd decisions, but that guy isn't really the nicest guy for a girl her age." Cain added thinking that Marie was in trouble.

Percival however tossed those worries to the side. "Believe me when I say it, she's more powerful than me. She's also the smartest of our family. I think she's one of the last people I need to worry about. Besides, she'll only have trouble if he has a ground type. And he doesn't have one." [A/N: I.E. I retconned his only ground type.]

"Well, Percival, I'll follow your lead here then." Cain sighed, knowing Percival was telling the truth.

"…" Lucille bit her lip and looked out the window, knowing the more time wasted here, less time they had to save everyone. "Fine… Let's just get everyone and get out."

"Right, Let's get going." Percival said leading everyone to the stairs heading to the next floor.

Meanwhile the battle outside had just barely started. Nero had started the battle with his usual lead against people who have never fought him before, his usual Zoroark. Meanwhile Marie with her Electric-Type mastery, chose her Eeveelution of Jolteon, Sparky.

Other than the preemptive attack from Marie just moments ago, no move was made into this battle yet. Nero though being the one to analyze the situation. "Tell me shrimp, why haven't I seen you sooner. You're definitely stronger, than any of those three. If you came sooner, I might have actually been unable to cause any trouble for them."

"Well. I just got to Reborn recently." Marie said. "And stop calling me Shrimp! Sparky, attack with Volt Switch, Take out that Honchkrow!"

"Dodge." Nero said, his illusioned Zoroark moving to the side as the volts of electrical energy just missed its mark. But that wasn't what Marie saw.

"What the?! How'd that do no damage?!" Marie saw the Volt switch hitting the illusion, but as it stood, it somehow missed or did not affect the Pokémon before her. "Tch… I guess you're better than I thought."

"Please, moves like that are of no issue to me." Nero smiled dastardly.

Back inside the building Percival, Lucille, and Cain were staring across from two Meteor Grunts holding Shelly hostage. One of the grunts had their Golbat out, and it had its wing right on Shelly's neck. "Now, don't take another step closer or we'll cut her throat."

Shelly was visibly shaking scared of what's to come. "I-I'm scared…"

"Just keep moving, and we'll pretend we didn't see anything. Got it?" The other grunt said to Cain, Percival, and Lucille.

"You wouldn't hurt her like that!" Cain shouted at the grunts

"Orders are come from the boss: If anyone tries to interfere," The Golbat brought it's wing closer to Shelly's neck. "We kill her."

"H-hey, now…" Cain said, disbelief that this was actually happening.

"…" Percival was quietly biting his lip, determined to try and think of something, but to no avail.

"I-it's okay…" Shelly called to them trying to be brave. "J-just… go on… Forget about me… It doesn't matter what happens t-to me… okay?"

"Ugh…" Cain groaned grabbing his head. "I'm sorry, Shelly. We'll come back for you! I promise!"

"We'll definitely save you!" Percival shouted as well, and the two of them headed to the next floor. Unaware that Lucille was left behind.

As Cain and Percival got to the next floor, they found Charlotte with two grunts as well. "Charlotte!"

"It's about time you showed up, Princess, Elitist." Charlotte remarked obviously annoyed how it took more than a day to come save them.

"It wasn't exactly easy getting here." Percival commented.

"I came as soon as I could…" Cain said then realizing what he did. "Not in the usual way."

Which responded a face palm from both Percival and Charlotte. "…"

But it didn't take long for one of the Grunts to shout. "Now back away or we'll kill her!

Charlotte was not really surprised but still exasperated on that. "Really, guys? You're still on that?

The grunts looked at each other, not really liking that they said that. "Well, uh, you know, that's what the boss said to say, so…"

"Your boss… Sirius, right?" Charlotte sighed. "Yeah, whatever. Just set is aside from now. Come on, meet my friends. This is Percival, and this is Cain. Or Princess, and Elitist."

"When did you start calling me that?" Percival questioned.

"Recently." Charlotte said. "Now Elitist, Princess, meet Simon and Tara."

"We've met." The one called Simon said, looking at Percival with an upset expression.

"Yeah, Percival beat us before. I'm still mad about that!" Tara yelled also angry.

"To be fair, didn't you start it?" Percival asked in his own defense.

"Wait, wait, wait, no, what, Charlotte, you actually made friends with Team Meteor?!" Cain was the most confused by this.

"They're people too. They just happen to be on a different side from you." Charlotte said nonchalantly, as if it wasn't her problem.

"And you." Cain added.

"Yeah, well, it beats being tied up." Charlotte admits. Starts walking to Cain and Percival.

"Wait it's not like we can just let you go because of a casual conversation." Simon said.

"Oh, right. Well then." Charlotte looked to Percival and Cain. "Then do you guys wanna do the honors?"

"Do we have a choice?" Percival asked, but it was responded with a head shaking no.

As Percival and Cain started their battle against Simon and Tara. Down on the floor below, Lucille still stood in front of the two grunts and Shelly. "Hey, didn't you hear what we said? Come closer and we kill her."

"I did, but it's not like I haven't followed your instructions." Lucille answered, she had yet to make a step since she saw the state of Shelly. She also, knew that she couldn't just send out her Pokémon to attack them. though… she did think of a plan. "You said, your boss ordered this… Who is your boss?"

"Sirius is his name." The grunt answer… though confused to why Lucille asked this.

"Hm… I would have thought it to be that Nero guy." Lucille said, and as she said that the grunts became tense. "He is much more intimidating…"

"…" The two grunts looked at each other nervously.

"you know, Shelly is a good hostage against us…" Lucille drifted off, she didn't completely understand why… but she had this idea… to convince them to release Shelly. "Though, I think I would be a better one. What do you say about a trade? My life for hers."

"…Why would we do that?" One of the grunts asked, thinking that Lucille was stupid. "You seem strong, but she's more valuable."

"Really though… sure, she was at the wrong place at the wrong time. But has she even really done anything against Meteor?" Lucille asked. "Compared to I, who fought against you several times, and even now. Wouldn't it be better to have someone who is more threatening to your team as a hostage?"

"No, we know what, were doing!" The Grunts shouted, "stay where you are or we'll cut her throat!"

"…" Shelly shrunk back in fear… but also looked at Lucille in amazement from her bravery.

"You know… I think Nero would like you two a lot more, if I was captured. I don't know why… but for some reason he really hates me. I mean, in a battle against him. He made over half my Pokémon unusable. So, it's not like I can do much against you." Lucille bluffed, having only three pokeballs on her belt, while her fourth hidden in her sleeve.

"…" The grunts looked at each other, with a smile on their faces. "Fine drop your Pokémon, and come then we'll release her."

"Sure." Lucille removed the belt with her three Pokémon, and placed it on the floor. As the grunts thought her to be unarmed, she walked forward. Right to where Shelly was.

"L-Lucille!" Shelly cried hugging into her.

"It's all right. everything will be okay." Lucille consoled her, and as the Grunts dropped their guard completely. Lucille pulled Shelly away from them quickly and tossed out her newest member. "Livia, while their distracted!"

"Gyara!" The huge form of a Gyarados filled the room, the long serpent body of the water type, forced the grunts into the wall knocking them out.

As its job was complete, Lucille looked to Livia and bowed, "Thank you my new companion."

"Gya!" The Gyarados cried, quietly returning to its pokeball.

Then Lucille turned to Shelly, "Come on, the others are probably worried about you."

"W-Wait… that switch… It opens up stairs!" Shelly pointed out to Lucille,

"Okay." Lucille pulled the switch down, and led Shelly up to where Percival and Cain were fighting. It was just the end of the battle between Percival and Cain vs Simon and Tara.

It was just as Tara's Golbat fell. "Charlotte, tell your friends to stop being good!"

Charlotte just shrugged in response. "Why don't you just stop being bad?"

"Yeah, haha." Cain laughed along thinking it to be a possibility. "Quit Team Meteor, join the good guys!"

Simon was the one to answer. "I cannot."

This intrigued Charlotte. "Why?"

"When our work is done, I will have a new life—A better one." Simon spoke resolute in his way of thinking. As Lucille heard that… she thought of Nero.

Tara continued. "Team Meteor is going to rebuild the world! By throwing in with them now, we earn a place at the top later!"

"But what about this world?" Both Cain and Percival asked in surprise to this.

"It'll be erased. Vanished—gone. We know what we do is harmful, but once we succeed, all of this pain will never have existed." Simon answered. Knowing what he doing is wrong… but for the end.

"End justifies the mean…" Charlotte said, looking away from them.

"Exactly!" Tara shouted with excitement.
"Well… that's why he joined. Anyway, I'm going. Bye." As Charlotte walked away, Tara and Simon looked at her with a sad expression. "Don't give me that look, it's not like you can stop me."

"Well… That's one saved." Percival sighed to himself. Still unknown that Shelly and Lucille were right behind him.

"What do you mean?" Charlotte asked. "Didn't you guys save Shelly?"

"They were hold a Golbat wing to Shelly's neck. We couldn't even get close to her, otherwise they'd hurt her…" Cain said looking to the ground.

"…Uh huh." Charlotte said, point to Lucille. and saw the surprise on Percival and Cain, as they saw Lucille with Shelly.

"Wait what?! How?!" Cain screamed.

"You did that yourself?" Percival asked, impressed that she found a solution when he did not.

"hehe, I had help from Livia." Lucille smiled, more confident that the trade she made was correct.

"That's good but how'd you do it?" Charlotte asked, only thinking that Shelly had it worse than her.

"I just gave those they guys the thought that they had more control than they actually had." Lucille smiled.

"Nice." Charlotte smiled, point out her fist to Lucille waiting for a fist bump. "Come on, Heather and the twins are further up." They quickly went up to the next floor, and found Noel locked inside of a metal cage. "So, you're keeping them locked up like we're in a zoo. Classy. What kind of corporate building has cells like these in it anyway?"

"This hasn't been a corporate building for a long time." A Grunt laughed. "Surely, you've head how years ago, Yureyu was the centerpiece of Reborn's economy. Then when the earthquakes started, this place was destroyed and the company broke down… Right?"

"…" Lucille felt all blood drain away from her as the grunt explained. She remembered those earthquakes… it was then when she was hurt… when she met that Absol… when she almost died. "You caused those Earthquakes…"

"yes! We also infiltrated the company over time, and then shut them down from inside out." The grunt smiled.

"And it was the closure of Yureyu's Power Plant that led to the city's downfall." Noel shouted from the cell. "So, then Team Meteor was successful in destroying Reborn City the first time."

"Bingo, kiddo. And we were set to do it again by destroying Julia's Neo-Circuit Power Plant. But SOMEONE got in the way." The grunt pointed to Lucille and Percival

"Well, here we are? If you want revenge, so do I." Lucille said tossing out her Arcanine. "I once lived in this city. So, your information, those earthquakes almost killed me. So, come on then. I'll take you."

"Wait they took Anna upstairs. Heather, too, The Doctor is there, and the other weird guy."

"Uh huh, well, I'm sure it's nothing Elitist and Princess can't handle." Charlotte smirked as she continued to try and pick the lock on Noel's cell.

"You're really sticking with those names, aren't you?" Percival asked… sighing to himself.

"You earned it." Charlotte smirked.

"They also took something form Anna!" Noel continued. "It's an Amethyst Pendant. It's very important to her. It was a gift from our real father. When we were left at the Orphanage, all we had was Nomos, Nostra, and that pendant."

"…Well… that doesn't make sense…"

"Why the hell would Meteor want something like that?" Charlotte questioned.

"Doesn't matter, Charlotte just get Noel out of there. Lucille get upstairs when you can!" Percival shouted as he and Cain ran to get to the next floor.

"on it!" Both yelled back at Percival.

Percival and Cain then reached the sixth floor of the building finding Dr. Sigmund with his Electivire using its wires on Heather. Percival could only curse to himself wondering how much Heather suffered. "fuck…"

Though that curse was enough to alert Sigmund to their presence. "You've returned."

"Like we would've left them?" Cain questioned the sanity of the Doctor.

"Why the hell are you with Meteor?" Percival question. "Or did the police finally notice your illegal tendencies?"

"I confess it was fortunate that Sirius of this "Team Meteor" came to me with the proposal that he did. He had the means to capture my fugitives, and for payment he needed only to remove this girl a single object—a Ruby Ring." Sigmund explained, and at the mention of the ring… Percival remembered how Corey said that it was important. "At his behest, I hold her captive here for questioning later. Though I doubt that will be fruitful, given that she has become withdrawn to the point of silence..."

"And who's fault does you think that is? After what you did to her, she may not even be able to speak at all!" Cain yelled at the doctor.

"Loss of speech is not among the effects of Electro-convulsive therapy." Sigmund explained.

"Yeah right…" Cain scoffed at that.

"If getting electrocuted made someone mute. Then Marie shouldn't be able to talk at all." Percival said to Cain.

"Right. She hasn't lost her ability to speak. Only her will." Sigmund said with a sickening smile. "Yet you present with such animosity. Do you really intend to fight me to reclaim her? Or perhaps you'll accept a different solution. Are you sure fighting is what you wish to do?"

"Anna must be on the floor above… what's to say to trust Sigmund?" Percival asked… He knew it wouldn't be right to abandon either Heather or Anna.

"That Electivire looks powerful…" Cain bit his lip. No way they could save both at the same time.

Percival looked around the room looking at the only one staircase. "Okay, it's not like they can easily flee. We rescue Heather then save Anna."

"right." Cain agreed with Percival's thought process. Both tossing out their Pokémon, Percival sending out his newly obtained Aerodactyl. While Cain sent out his Nidoking to the field.

"So be it. Musharna, Drampa" Sigmund responded sending out Pokémon to protect his Electivire.

"Aerodactyl, this will be our first battle. But I'll make sure you'll do good." Percival yelled to his new Pokémon. "Cain target the Drampa! Aero Ice Fang!"

"On it! Nidoking Throat Chop!" The two yelled both targeting the Drampa, taking it out in their combined attack. The Aerodactyl biting into it with an icy maw, while Nidoking struck the front of the Drampa's throat rendering it unconscious.

As the Drampa fell the room was then filled with pink psychic energy, it was easily noted that it originated from the Musharna. Sigmund stared at Percival half impressed. Returning the Drampa to its pokeball and bringing out a Floating Raichu "Your prediction ability proceeds you…"

"I just noticed the amplified rock." Percival smiled, "Cain, Poison types won't do well here."

"On it, Nidoking Return! Marowak!" Cain followed Percival's instruction and brought out

Percival smirked being familiar with this type of terrain, "Good thing Dark Moves aren't affected Aero Crunch the Raichu!"

"RAA!" Aero screeched as it went and bit into the Raichu, who had not expected to be attacked first. Instantly taking out another one of Sigmund's Pokémon.

"Mar…" Cain's Alolan Marowak jumped back as it was hit with a powered-up blast from Psyshock. Though despite struggling against the attack Marowak seemed to take the attack fairly well.

"Seems that your Aerodactyl proves to be more of a thorn than expected…" Sigmund said regrettably as he returned his Raichu to its pokeball. "Rotom, come to the field! Thunder Bolt!"

"Don't worry Percy! I got ya!" Cain called as his Marowak used its bone and drew in the bolt of electricity from hitting the Aero. "Now Marowak show this Musharna what you got, Shadow Bone!"

"Maro!" The Marowak embed its bone with shadow energy and lopped that energy at the Musharna, forcing it back.

"Aero help Marowak out with another crunch!" Percival took advantage of the attack, and followed through with another taking down Musharna with another Crunch into Sigmund's Pokémon.

"Rotom, Take out that Pesky Lighting Rod." Sigmund growled as the Rotom Hexed Cain's Marowak.

"Bzzzt!" the Rotom buzzed and shot off a large amount of ghost like energy managing to take down the Marowak.

"Marowak, no!" Cain called as his Pokémon was taken out. "Gah, you damn Geezer."

"Cain he still has an Electivire… and should just about…" Percival didn't need to explain as the Psychic Terrain finally faded, and the room returned back into the wasted office room… With wires and electrical panels lying about the place. "… this just turned back to his advantage…"

"Like he didn't have that before…" Cain sighed… "Okay, Nidoking time for your comeback! Shadow ball on that Rotom!"

"Aero, just like usual!" Percival called, and following along the Aerodactyl rushed forward, following Cain's attack and bit into Sigmund's Pokémon. Taking him down to just two Pokémon.

With that, Percival and Cain exchanged a smirk. Knowing this went faster than expected. "…"

"Your silenced does not eclipse your arrogance. Electivire! Hypno!" Sigmund called out sending out his Hypno from a pokeball, and his Electivire placing Heather down and reading for battle.

"Cain, be ready to cover me." Percival said, expecting an attack from the Electivire. "Aero again Crunch! This time the Hypno!"
"ohoh… not this time, Electivire!" Sigmund commanded. As Aero rushed to take on the Hypno it's jaw wide for another attack. Sigmund's Electivire caught it just as it was to reach Hypno. As Electivire stood right above an open electrical panel. "Electivire Thunder Punch."

The Electivire with its grasp still on Aero took its other arm punching into the panel causing electricity goring wild. BZZZT!

"ARRR!" aero screeched in pain from the electricity falling almost immediately.

"G… Nidoking Get Aero free! Poison Tail!" Cain called, his Nidoking rushing forward to try and get the Electivire to drop Aero. Managing to hit it, but the Electivire was able to just shake it off. "Are you kidding…"

"This is what you get for being arrogant. Hypno." Sigmund instructed, and the Hypno swung its pendulum. Sending Nidoking flying with a burst of psychic energy.

"…Tch… It's like the others were a joke…" Cain groaned, actually worried with these two final Pokémon out.

"…" Percival just analyzed the situation calmly. Then confidently smiled. "No, Tesla is stronger than that Electivire. Cain, can you hold off the Hypno?"

"… you do know asking a poison expert like me...?" Cain stopped as he saw the smile on Percival's face. Cain just shrugged as he still has his Alolan Muk up. "Right, gotcha."

"Okay then, Vee. Let's show the good doctor here, a good fight." Percival smirked, and bought out his Leafeon to the field.

"Your attempts are fruitless." Sigmund disagreed with their foolish beliefs of winning. "Electivire hit the Muk with Thunder Punch, Hypno Psychic on the Leafeon."

"Muk keep Leafeon Covered, then go for knock off!" As the Hypno and Electivire moved into positions to take out the according Pokémon. Cain's Muk Stretched it poisons form blocking all view that the Hypno had of Vee. Meanwhile Vee had easily jumped onto the Electivire prepared to take a strike.

"Vee, Leaf blade!" as Vee had perched onto the Electivire's arm. It was easy for Vee to strike down the Electivire before it could react.

"Now that's team work!" Cain exclaimed as he gave Percival a high five.

"Hrm…" Sigmund groaned seeing how much of a disadvantage was at now, and fled for the stairwell to the next floor. "Just as well. I'm sure we'll settle this shortly."

As Sigmund ran for the stairs Cain immediately to check on Heather. "Heather, are you okay?"
"…" She was as silent as ever…
"…" Percival bit his lip in wonder how much torment she was under.

"Bleh, she still won't speak." Cain looked over to Percival, then back to Heather, worry in his voice. "What's wrong…"

"I'd like to know as well, but we still need to get Anna." Percival called. Cain nodded and the two of them quickly headed up to the top floor. Where they found Anna near by the wall looking scared. While Sigmund was warning Sirius of what's to come.

"Is that so, Doctor?" Sirius asked it was clear that he was irritated that the enemies had managed to get this far,

"Percy! Cain!" Anna cried out in surprise as she saw the two of them.

"So, you failed to defend your patients, and now you expect me to bail you out?" the agitation in Sirius' voice was unperturbed.

"I was simply informing you." Sigmund replied.

"Doctor," Sirius was frustrated with him. "It was your goal to keep the captive- not mine, nor Nero's. All was sought was to obtain a certain artifact."

Sigmund was surprised to hear this. "But had you not said—"

Sigmund was cut off by Sirius, raising a Ruby Ring and Amethyst Pendant in the air. "of course, I hadn't expected to find two of them. Strange, isn't it? We needed only ensnare Ruby, and we caught Amethyst, too."

"?" Cain and Percival were confused on what Sirius meant. But all they really cared about was Anna's safety.

"That's my Pendant!" Anna yelled. "Give it back, please! It's the only thing I have left of my father…"

"Your father gave this to you?" Sirius snickered. "He was always a fool."

"You knew my Dad?!" Anna exclaimed in surprise.

Sirius however ignored the question. "heh, I have what I wanted. I'll be leaving now. Doctor?"

"Right." The doctor said, Sirius threw a smoke pellet to the ground, the room filling up with smoke, the next thing heard was a crash and then seeing that the two escaped on the back of a bird Pokémon.
Anna however looked extremely pale, Cain was the first to rush to her. "Anna, are you okay?"

"Y-yeah, but he... he has my pendant... Daddy's pendant... I don't even remember my father... and that guy does? How is that fair!?" Anna cried, then tried to go for the window. "I'm going after him!"

"Woah!" Both Percival and Cain shouted as she almost jumped out of the window.

"Calm down, it's okay! It's okayyyy~" Cain tried to console her.

"Right, we aren't letting Team Meteor get of easily." Percival interjected. "With as much as Team Meteor gets in trouble, we'll meet him again. Besides, for the sounds of battle Maire is still fighting someone from…MARIE IS STILL FIGHTING NERO!"

"…That is not good." Cain concurred, and picked up Anna and started to rush down the stairs

Now Striking back the clock to when it was Percival and Cain vs Sigmund. To the ground level, just outside the building. The battle between Nero and Marie just got to a halfway point. After Realizing that her volt switch didn't work. Marie changed her tactics. And though her Jolteon, Ampharos, and Rotom had all fallen. She was on her next Pokémon Lanturn. While Nero was also three Pokémon down, his Zoroark's illusion was discovered, his Honchkrow didn't fare well against the electric types, and most recently his Greninja. Nero just tossed been brought to his Houndoom.

"Hades, Sunny day." Nero smiled and the area grew hotter as beams from the sun shone down on them. It was just intime to reduce the damaged from a burst of a Bubble Beam from the Lanturn. "Nice try."

"Tch…" Marie clicked her teeth, so far in this battle. Nero had practically read her every move, and using it to his advantage. "Shuckie! Signal Beam!" [A/N: If you know why I named the Lanturn Shuckie. You are awesome.]

"Ah… that is a good move… But not good enough. Hades Solar Beam." Nero smirked, and as his Houndoom absorbed the light energy of the sun, and shot it at the Lanturn knocking it out as well.

"Ff… well…" Marie was surprised a bit worried. She only had two Pokémon left, she felt it too soon for her to use Helios, so left in the PC for this fight. The only Pokémon she had left on her was her ace, and… "Geissler your turn!"

As the newly evolved Eelektross came onto the field. Nero looked upon it in an awe curiosity. "…wasn't that Shiro's Pokémon?"

"Shi… you have a terrible naming sense!" Marie remarked, noting how that Shiro was a nickname for Percival. "Besides, I gave him Geissler to make sure he was safe. But now I can do that from here."

"Is that so?" Nero could careless, as his Houndoom hades had rushed forward reading a burst of flames aimed at Geissler.

"If it's a game of distance, Geissler won't lose easily." Marie smiled, and Geissler took aim at the Hades, "Zap Cannon!"

BZZT! FSSH! BOOM!

The meeting of the two powerful attacks caused a miniature explosion knocking the two Pokémon backward. Thankfully for Marie since Hades was already damaged from Shuckie. Hades easily had fallen from the explosion. Though it did also cause heavy damage for Geissler.

"Heh, now this is interesting… I'm on my last two." Nero smiled, as he reached for Grim's Pokeball. "Oh come, oh come, my Grim Reaper."

"Sol!" The signature known Pokémon of The Black Demon. The black Absol known as Grim, had reached the field.

"kr…kr…" Geissler looked worried at the sudden appearance of the Absol.

"!" As Marie heard the worried cries of Geissler, red flags alerted her. Marie reacted very quickly "Geissler Volt Switch!"

As Marie Commanded Geissler engulfed itself inside of a ball of electricity, and just as quickly Grim stoped his first attack. As the electricity quickly disappeared, Grim took its chance and sliced down on his new target. "Arrr!"

"Vire!" The electricity faded, showing Grim's horn being blocked by the bulky yellow arm of an Electivire. Though it lasted for a moment as Grim twisted his body and pushed the Electivire back.

"Tesla!" Marie shouted, as her Electivire was forced back. Though Tesla stood back up unhurt from Grim's attack.

"That's some Electivire…" Nero looked at it, trying to calculate chances. Nero glanced and met his eyes with Grim.

"…" Marie looked on in wonder as she saw a small light reflected in Nero's eyes.

"*Sigh*… that's not good. Grim Return." Nero called returning Grim to his pokeball. Reaching for his final Pokémon. Nero smiled, "What luck you have Shrimp, this his first battle."

"First battle?" Marie was confused by Nero's actions.

"Come ruler of the underworld, Orcus." Nero tossed out his final Pokémon. It slithers out, with its three heads. Two heads connect to its arms… though the pressure of this Pokémon was not as great as Grim, it still remained. Nero smiled, as his Hydreigon glowed yellow, cracks in the ground formed, energy poured out slowly towards… "Orcus, Earth Power."

"Drei…GON!" The Hydreigon screeched, as the cracks ran towards Tesla, and as the crack stopped energy poured straight at Tesla knocking it backwards.

"Tesla!" Marie yelled again; Tesla managed to get back up again… though… this time it obvious that he could not take another hit. "We got to counter attack, Ice punch."

"Elec! Vire!" Tesla got back up, focus ice into his fists. Charged toward the Hydreigon swinging. Though the two heads at its side, easily caught and grabbed Tesla's punches.

"Heh, you still think you can win." Nero smirked, "Orcus finish—"

"No… Ahhhh!" A voice screamed out alarming both Marie and Nero. Both looked over Percival, Cain, and Lucille were successful in rescuing the orphanage kids. So, everyone was down on the ground level, though everyone stood still as Lucille screamed at the sight Orcus… all but passing out.

"What the…?" Nero asked himself, confused to the reaction. Though then judging that he was at a serious disadvantage. "Orcus return!"

"Hey, on no you!" Charlotte shouted, though Nero tossed a Smoke bomb. Allowing himself to escape into the night. Along with the other, Meteor members.

A/N: okay, that was a long chapter… and a lot of stuff happening simultaneously… sorry for any confusion it may have cause… but still, this will happen for future battles. I'll try to be clearer on chapters like these, in case it wasn't.

Other things to be announced, is that if your interested in this story please check out the original fangame of Pokémon Reborn, and try playing it. Download is at Reborn Evolved. Reason for this shout out is that I kinda haven't been giving Reborn, and it's creators the credit of it's due while I create this story. So in other words, notes like this will be added at the start of each chapter from now on. as some may have seen, I have edited previous chapters to add this type of note. Have a pleasant day, and enjoy the story.