Axel was surprised to hear such a command. A normal trainer or a criminal would tell his Pokemons to fight the opponent to death in such a situation but the command of this guard was opposite. If he was a neutral person, Axel would have recruited him but that was not the case. He was a criminal and he was already dying.
When the second guard gave his command before his death, he had only seen a king rank Shedinja. He didn't know about Axel and others as he didn't have time for it.
Shedinja used another 'Night slash' and Gengar was dead. Sableye and Banette who were around the second guard earlier didn't know what to do. They saw that their trainers were already killed and the Poke balls and master balls of those trainers had already been seized. They were put under a storage box where the Pokemon could not come out.
This was one of the inventions of the league. However, it only worked for pseudo-king rank and bellow and it could only be activated for a day. Yet, it was a valuable resource in a mission like this. Gatr family had sponsored this box and Axel was happy about it. This made the mission a lot easier.
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Pokemon POV starts,
"Raichu, run!!! Now!! I will hold them off. Run with all the others.", shouted Arbok.
"What nonsense are you spouting? They killed Gerat. We are going to take revenge.", said Raichu.
Simple anger could not be described as what it was feeling right now. Raichu was the first official Pokemon of the poor guard. It was the closest to him and now its trainer had died. It wanted to take revenge.
"Don't you see? We have no chance. Run, hide, and then build up your strength and then take revenge. GO!!!", shouted Arbok again as it used 'Sludge bomb' towards Shedinja which it easily dodged while also fighting against Sableye and Banette.
All of these happened in an instant and Raichu had to make a decision in a few seconds. Gerat, the poor guard may not know but Raichu could see Axel and other trainers staring at them. Raichu could tell that these humans were very strong and they must have a lot of strong Pokemons like Shedinja. They stood no chance.
It wanted to take revenge but it also knew that Arbok was right. It gave a last look at Arbok and told all of them to run into the forest.
Pokemon POV end.
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"Axel, what should we do about them?", asked Lolita.
"Leave them. We don't have much time. Marcus finish the battle fast.", said Axel.
Shedinja was able to take care of Gengar as it had not expected to be attacked. But now, all 3 Pokemons, Arbok, Sableye, and Banette were aware of its presence. So, it would naturally take some time. However, Axel was confident that Shedinja could handle them. Sableye and Banette were in pseudo-king rank whereas Arbok was in elemental rank. Shedinja was a tier 2 king rank Pokemon.
"Marcus, finish them off, and then come underground. You will catch us.", said Axel and left Shedinja to fight with these Pokemons. They didn't have the time to fully invest in these 3 Pokemons.
Shedinja nodded its head and took the battle a bit far from the hideout. Since the place was underground and Envy wanted to hide this place, the sound coming from outside would not come inside. Axel had thoroughly checked it.
However, since they were going inside, they had to open the door and the battle sound would interfere. So, Shedinja took the battle far away from the hideout.
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"Axel, do we go inside now?", asked Michael.
"Yes, we are. Let's go. Put on the mask.", said Axel and called out Venusaur.
They opened the door. The door was very hard to open but with Zoro's Machoke, it was doable. It was a pseudo-king rank Pokemon.
"Venusaur, use 'Sleep powder'.", said Axel hurriedly.
Lolita's Vileplume also started to use 'Sleep powder'. However, the area was too big and those 7 guards were all around the place. Using 'Sleep powder' would not cover all of them. So,…
"Venusaur, now use 'Multi Flowers'", said Axel.
2 flowers rose from the ground at different places and then they started to release 'Sleep powder'. This was highly effective as Venusaur was a king-rank Pokemon.
The group waited for all the guards to fall asleep including the Pokemons. 10 seconds went by and their ears started to buzz from loud alarms that were going all around the hideout.
"Shit!! We have been found out.", shouted Zoro and there was no need to hide now.
"Don't worry. We expected it. Gavin and Lolita. Both of you will go to secure the eggs. Make it fast. Others will join me and we will finish these guards."
Almost 3 guards had already fallen asleep but due to the alarm 2 of them woke up. Now, they were facing 6 guards. Shedinja went towards the guard that was sleeping and made a quick work of him.
There were 3 trainers facing 6 guards. If Axel was not here, then it would be a problem as they were fighting with overwhelming odds. But such was not the case and the terrain was helping them too. Those 6 guards would have 6 Pokemons each. That was a total of 36 Pokemons. This was a hideout, not the forest. So, the place was too narrow for 36 Pokemons to come out and attack at the same time.
Gavin and Lolita had king-rank Pokemons. Having king-rank Pokemons was very advantageous in this mission as only the executives have king-rank Pokemons. So, Axel told them to go forward and guard the eggs.
Axel called out Beedrill, Nidoking, Shedinja, Venusaur, and Alakazam. He had other Pokemons like Charizard or Mamoswine but he didn't call them out for 2 reasons.
The space was not so big to call all of them out. Secondly, Pokemons like Charizard and Mamoswine had AOE effect attacks and these types of attacks affected the environment which was not good in such a tight space.
Michael and Zoro also called out their Pokemons. Their Gengars were already out.
The guards called out all of their Pokemons but they soon realized that it was a mistake. So, they recalled their Pokemons and now Beedrill was fighting against Arbok, Nidoking was fighting against Golduck, Shedinja was fighting against Gengar, Alakazam was fighting against Ampharos, and Sudowoodo and Venusaur was helping them.
Michael and Zoro had their own fights and Axel was busy with his own fights.
This might have been the easiest fight that Axel since a long time. All of the Pokemons that were facing his Pokemons were only pseudo-king rank and all of his Pokemons were in king rank.
Venusaur used the power of 'Field control' and restrained all of their movements. Most of them like Gengar could move but others were tied down. Then his other Pokemons started to attack without holding back. Nidoking used 'Sand construct' and then threw spears made of sand toward Ampharos and then it used 'Dig' to take Ampharos under the ground. All of them could hear a loud boom and shaking from the ground.
Nidoking came out without any injuries. One of them had been dealt. The guards started to call out his other Pokemons but Venusaur was fast. It used the move 'Multi flowers' again and this time with the help of 'Deep forest emergence'. The move started to spread out poisons and sleep powder which made all of the guards fall asleep.
Before, they didn't want to create any noise, so Venusaur had not used its full power but now since their covers were blown, there was no need for it.
After 2 minutes all of them were dealt with and Axel's Pokemons started to help Zoro and Michael.
"Marcus can your substitute tell where the executives really are?", asked Shedinja.
Shedinja closed its eyes and then its substitute that was in the camera room disappeared.
"They are in a different room with a bunch of other trainers. The room is big, very big. It is like a hall. I think they are waiting for us. I can feel that there are traps in that hall.", said Marcus.
"Good. How many other guards are with them."
"8 guards and 2 executives."
"OK. Both of you go and assist Gavin and Lolita. I will handle those executives.", said Axel to Marcus and Zoro.
All of them were surprised that Axel had 5 king-rank Pokemons. What they didn't know was that he many others who were as powerful as these 5 king rank Pokemons.
"Axel, that is suicide. There are 10 of them in that hall and 2 of them are executives. They could have a couple of king-rank Pokemons. I think we should go there together.", said Zoro.
"No, I will be able to handle them. Get ready for an ambush from ghost-type Pokemons. They are going to be very hard to deal with. No time to waste, get going.", said Axel and started to run towards the direction that Shedinja had pointed out.
He didn't have the time to explain to them had he had powerful Pokemons and that he could handle all of them alone.
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"What the hell are we facing?", asked a tall man with black hair. He had a strong build, was at least 6 feet tall, and looked very angry. He was questioning the guards. He was an executive.
"Sir, we are being invaded."
"Oh, and you think that I don't know that? Tell me the number of people and their strength.", said the tall man.
"Sir, we cannot."
"What do you mean you cannot? Tell those camera guys to tell us. Call them."
"Sir, I called them but they are not answering. I think that they have been compromised."
The tall man got so angry that he punched that guard with full force. The guard was flown off and then he was plastered on the wall. It could not be said if the guard was alive or dead.
This man was very powerful and he was very angry too.
"Gaga, don't bother. I can feel that some of them are coming here. We hold the position and then attack.", said another man. This man was not as tall or sturdy as the previous one, but his voice showed authority.
"Kevin, you don't understand. Sir Alex is going to kill us if we screw this up.", said Gaga.
"I know that he would. He is not benevolent."
"Then why are we sitting here? Shouldn't we go to the eggs room and confirm that they are safe?"
"Those eggs are not going anywhere. I have already contacted Alex and he said he would send reinforcement in a few hours. They could not transport that number of eggs in such a short time.
We need to be careful and kill as many as we can. So, we need to have a good terrain for that. This is the perfect place to be in.", replied Kevin.
Both of them were executives of Envy. They normally would not have a king-rank Pokemon but due to some circumstances, the main leader of all the seven criminal organization, started to change his strategy.
Better resources, better Pokemons for those who deserve them and now they had some king-rank Pokemons even though they were just executives. However, their responsibility had also increased.
"I will trust you but if something happens, you are to take responsibility for it.", said Gaga.
"I will take a major portion of it but you also know that you cannot come out unscathed if this mission fails.", said Kevin with a smile.
"Damn, you and your brains. Let's see how it goes. I hope that we can finish all of them or hold them off till the reinforcement arrives.", said Gaga.
"Then you thought wrong.", came a voice that startled both of them.