Scizor POV

I sat up and pushed a bunch of metal off of myself, I glanced to my side to see the kids are fine. I sighed and stood up, hearing heavy breathing. The Haxorus was struggling on the ground, coughing up a mixture of water and blood.

"You finally dead?" I asked as it slowly drowned to death with the water still left in its lungs.

"You little-!" Darkrai stopped himself and tried calming himself down.

"Well, you don't have anything over me anymore. Want to finally fight mon-to-mon?" He recoiled at my question with his eye twitching. He looked to his goons.

"What are you waiting for?! Get him!" He shouted with a furious voice. Gigalith, Froslass, and Heatmor reluctantly stepped forward. They all attacked at the same time, but it was pointless as I tanked everything they threw at me and Bullet Punched all three of them, sending them soaring backwards. Darkrai breathed heavily and he formed a Shadow Claw, but didn't move as a Golurk landed in front of him.

"Looks like you may need help!" Malamar yelled, to which Darkrai did nothing.

"You should retreat with your underlings, I will stall them for you." He said, getting a slow nod in response as Darkrai turned to leave.

"Let's go you three." He said as they all began leaving.

"You think I'll just let you leave?!" I yelled, starting to run after them, but the Golurk stepped in front of me, blocking my path.

"I don't think so." Malamar said from on top of its shoulder. I looked back at the kids.

"You two should take your friend and leave, this is too dangerous for you." I said, to which they nodded and ran in the opposite direction. I turned back and we stared each other down... until that Lurantis landed next to the Golurk.

"Ugh... I still got my ass kicked, but I'm glad to see I was still able to get a few good hits in." She smiled and stood up.

"So is that our cue to leave?" She asked, Malamar looking behind me. I turned and saw Gothitelle covered in cuts from head to toe, some pretty deep, and Lopunny with scratches and bruises with her left leg looking completely crushed.

"What the fuck happened?!" I yelled at the sight of them. Something zipped past me, and I turned to see a Ninjask and Chatot above Malamar.

"Yes, I think it's our time to leave." He stated, picking up Lurantis and putting her on the Golurk's other shoulder with Psychic.

"Goodbye rescuers. You all have won this time, or... based on the small 'loss' you've experienced, you may not feel that way!" He shouted as they flew away.

"Scizor... where's... Gallade?" Gothitelle asked in between breaths. I closed my eyes and looked away.

"He's..."

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Frost POV

I sat in complete darkness, barely able to see my own claws. I don't know what happened, and I'm a little afraid to know based on how my body moved while I was sort of 'unconscious'. My body went limp after it tried breaking free from... something. Debris? Rocks? Ice? Who knows? I don't. The last thing I remember was Cream being blinded in one eye... more like stabbed in one eye... she was covered in blood... please Arceus let her be alive...

"I should've been faster..."

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"Seems... normal... possibly..." I could hear another voice, though I could only hear a few words. It was someone I didn't recognize.

"Will... okay..?" That one I did recognize, Taki. Was she asking if I was okay? Then was the last voice a doctor or something? I have no way of knowing... at least until I wake up.

"Up..." Speaking of waking up...

"Wake... dammit..!"

"Careful... trying... hurt..?"

"I... care..! Wake... Frost..!"

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I opened my eyes to see Marshadow, Taki, and a Grimmsnarl wearing a lab coat that looked a size too small, most likely a scientist. I glanced around and saw I was in a hospital room.

"You're awake! Uh, not that I was w-worried of course..." Taki muttered and finished with a fake cough. I looked towards Marshadow and Grimmsnarl.

"So... what happened?" I asked, getting weird looks from the three of them.

"You don't remember?" Taki asked with the other two silently asking the same thing.

"No, I've got nothing past- holy shit! Is Cream okay?!" I shouted, quickly being shushed by Marshadow.

"She is fine, but she has lost her left eye." He answered. I hoped she would be perfectly fine after some treatment, but things never go the way you want I guess.

"And as for what happened, you turned feral, just like the wild Pokémon, but your expression was mostly blank. You killed Metagross and Garchomp while in that state, then you attacked us, though you only hurt Rush. Do not worry, his wound is treatable, but it will take some time." Marshadow, again, answered. It took me a second to process it, but when I did-

"WHAT?!"

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Spec POV

I groaned. Opening my eyes, I saw Judo, Shine, and Sylvee, all sitting next to my hospital bed with their heads down.

"... h-hey guys, why so gloomy..?" I asked, gaining their attention.

"Thank Arceus you're okay, I was actually starting to worry!" Judo said with a smile.

"You did something stupidly reckless right? I guess we've all done something like that at some point." Shine shook her head with a sigh.

"Spec! I thought you were gone! I'm never leaving you again okay?!" And Sylvee was crying her eyes out. I patted her head to calm her down.

"... relax, I'm still alive, right..?" That seemed to stop her tears, but she was still sniffling.

"Y-You promised you wouldn't get hurt..."

"... yeah, I'm sor-"

"So I won't share my chocolate with you anymore!" She suddenly yelled, making the other two start chuckling.

"... h-hey, we don't need to go that far..! I'm still hurt..." I said, trying to persuade her, but she wasn't having any of it.

"No! You broke your promise, so I'm not giving you a crumb!" She yelled at me. Dammit, I really messed up...

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Psych POV

The first thing I noticed when I woke up was that I couldn't feel my right arm. Jolt and Lila told me that it had to be amputated thanks to that Krookodile. I told them it wouldn't make much of a difference, as it would not hinder my psychic abilities, I only throw my hand out while using them because it's a reflex. Jolt had bandages covering half of his body, but he said it wasn't hurting, so it must not have been that serious. I've been awake for awhile, but was told to stay and rest, so I did. I talked to Jolt and Lila until Taki walked in.

"Is Frost okay?" Lila asked, getting a nod in return.

"Yeah, but that Grimmsnarl guy says it might happen again, so he wants to try some things, he says he might be able to prevent it from happening again." She replied.

"That sounds good." I said, Lila nodding in agreement. Jolt leaned closer to Taki.

"So... you like him, right?" And it only took two seconds for him to be on the ground with a burn mark on his cheek.

"I think that's a new record." I said with a small smile as he groaned in annoyance.

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Doll POV

"Cream's injury was an easy fix, and so is yours, but it'll take a lot longer." I said, making Rush pout.

"So I'm gonna be stuck in here for a few days? Great." He mumbled out with a huff.

"A-At least it's not t-that serious." Gem mentioned, causing Rush to realize it could've been way worse if Marshadow didn't save him. So while Gem tried to stop Rush from having a panic attack, I went over to Cream.

"It doesn't hurt anymore?" I asked, making her look up.

"No, it doesn't. I just don't think I'll get used to it..." She answered with an uneasy voice.

"Hey, it won't be so bad. I mean, losing depth perception isn't ideal... but you can definitely get used to it." I said, trying to cheer her up.

"Yeah... I guess you're right." She said with a smile.

"At least all of this stuff is done, I don't think I could take much more." I thought while looking out the window. The sky cleared up, and the sun is shining.