The sun dipped below the horizon, its fading rays casting an ominous crimson glow across the devastated battlefield.
As Garchomp, destroying the ground with his steps, speedily reduced the distance to deliver a devastating blow with his [Dragon Claw], Kai Veynor's words seemed to hang in the air like a foreboding omen as Giovanni looked on in apprehension.
"Now, I think it's time to come out... Menace."
No sooner had the words left Kai's lips, a sudden white-bright flash illuminated between the dust, then-
-BOOOOMM!!
A Boom echoed throughout the surroundings, informing about Garchomp's devastating strike connecting with his target. And,
-Silence...
Pure silence. Everything seemed to turn quiet as Giovanni looked on in anticipation toward the cloud of dust in hopes of finding out the result of his companion's attack...
But, after a moment of silence, the ground and everything on the island, began to tremble and buckle on its own...
Garchomp felt it, the hard surface of the "thing" that he struck with all his might. Emids the dust covering his eyes, he saw a shadow of a big figure standing in front of him. But then in the next moment, a green light flickered between the particles of dust, and,
-BOOOOMM!!
A rock-hard heavy blow struck him on the face and propelled him flying back towards his master...
Seeing the flying Garchomp coming towards his direction, by quick reflex, Giovanni dodged it by a hair's breath, by quickly sprawling on the ground, as his companion speedily passed through over his head.
With a bam, the Garchomp's battered figure smashed through the remains of a collapsed structure, shattered stone and twisted metal raining down in its wake.
Giovanni slowly stood up on his feet, his focus on the cloud of dust in front of his eyes. Questioning the reason behind his companion's pitiful state...
Then,
-ROOOOOOAAAARRR!!!!!!!
An earth-shattering roar reverberated through the air, its power so overwhelming that even the dust swirling around it was blown away by the shockwaves.
An aura of pure, unadulterated madness radiated from the figure, as its immense form erupted from the thick dust, showering the area in dirt and debris, causing Giovanni's legs to tremble uncontrollably.
Many wild Pokemon, left alive after Thomas's massacre, including even the ground types, trusting their instincts, jumped into the ocean in order to get away as far as they could from this Incarnation of cruelty, without even caring about their biology...
At last, Giovanni finally saw the "thing"...
A large, bipedal dinosaurian Pokémon, that had a large and purple colored diamond-shaped scale on its belly and had a hard vibrant lime green-colored armor covering its entire body, with some holes on it.
Several spikes protruded from its body, while Its arms and legs were small and chubby with three sharp claws extending from them. It had a pair of sharp, pointed teeth on both of its jaws, along with a large powerful tail protruding from its back...
Giovanni's eyes widened in shock and primal terror as the massive Tyranitar rose before him, blotting out the sky with its staggering immensity. Vivid red eyes gleamed with bestial fury as the Armor Pokémon's mouth, revealing rows of serrated fangs, closed with a thud! after its ground-shattering roar.
"What is this cruelty?..." Giovanni breathed, his earlier bravado crumbling like ash in the wind.
He had never borne witness to such an avatar of raw destruction. This was no mere Pokémon - this was an ancient, ruinous force-given form, a tempest of annihilation that shattered his lofty ambitions and reduced his confidence to humbled disbelief.
Garchomp unsteadily stood up and hovered protectively before its master, but even the mighty dragon's composure faltered as it felt the oppressive weight of the Tyranitar's presence beating down upon it.
Its entire being flooded with atavistic terror as primal instincts screamed at it to flee from this supreme apex predator.
It was so laughable, that both of them were considered to belong to the same category.
Giovanni knew from the start as soon as he saw Kai's figure, that he couldn't even hope to defeat him no matter what. That's why he ordered his Garchomp to hurriedly finish him off without even letting him take out his Poke ball.
But he was so shocked to witness Kai's unbelievable skills, that he wasted his chance.
But even Giovanni has his own pride as a powerful Champion-level trainer and a war veteran at that. So, he hurriedly came out of his stupor and ordered his companion,
"Garchomp! Do not falter!" Giovanni's voice cracked like a whip, snapping the dragon out of its trance. "Use [Dragon Claw] again!! Bring that thing down!"
With a visible tremor, Garchomp forced itself to obey. Potent draconic energies coalesced around its forearms as it barreled towards the unmoving Tyranitar, jaws agape in a ferocious war cry.
-DUGUMMM!!
The Mach Pokémon's claws raked across Tyranitar's armored hide...and simply ricocheted away with a shower of sparks, not even scratching the beast's thick plating. Garchomp's eyes widened in shock and disbelief at the futility of its attack.
"[Dark Pulse]" Hidden behind the massive Pokemon, Kai ordered with a simple command in his calm voice.
An instant later, Tyranitar retaliated with a violent beam of swirling dark energy emerging from its gaping maw.
The blow pushed Garchomp with the force of a freight train, sending the dragon hurtling backward in a crumpled heap, as he landed on his feet and slid across the ground, coming to a stop just in front of his master.
Kai watched the display with his trademark dispassion, utterly unfazed by the shockwaves and debris swirling around him. But a slight smirk played across his lips as his Menace blew away the Garchomp, fixing Giovanni in its sights as the man gaped in stunned horror.
Fractured skull, burned and battered skin, and many bloody claw marks from Jessie's Mawile... Garchomp is in pretty bad shape despite him using a potion when Kai ordered his team to retreat.
Seeing his beloved companion breathing heavily in such a condition, Giovanni decided to through away the little pride he had left without an ouch of shame. As he said with a self-ridiculing smile,
"I surrender..." Giovanni, lifting his hands, voiced his surrender, causing his Garchomp to look back at him in anger. But Giovanni held his gaze firmly with his Pokemon and said with a tone filled with reassurance,
"I know, you have your pride and all that..." he said and took a little moment, and, "But, look at your state. You can't continue this anymore... Y-You are my first friend, Garchomp. My starter Pokemon, my first companion. I can't lose you like this, just because of something as worthless as pride. I am sorr-" But, emids his heartfelt confession,
"Gaarchomp!!"
"Huh?"
Garchomp interrupted him with a loud roar causing him to look baffled, as in his life, his first heartfelt words towards his old companion were interrupted abruptly.
"Gaar! Garchomp! Chomp! Garchomp!" His companion talked restlessly in his own language, which was only understandable by Pokemon. He talked, but not looking towards Giovanni, but towards the front, where his opponents were.
"Hey, please, we need to surren-" Without understanding what his companion was trying to say, Giovanni tried to persuade him further, but,
-Clap!
A sudden clap reverberated through the surroundings, bringing a stop to his words. Then,
- Clap!... Clap!.. Clap! Clap!...
Looking towards the direction the sound came from, Giovanni saw Kai clapping his hands and giving him an applause.
"Bravo... What a heartfelt confession. You made me impressed...
To think that even an infamous criminal organization's leader like you had a soft spot for a Pokemon... who was rumored to treat Pokemon, like tools... You really made me impress..." Kai applauded with his stoic voice, his face plain as a sheet.
He didn't look impressed at all, unlike his words described. It sounded like he was ridiculing Giovanni, making fun of his words.
But Giovanni begrudgingly ignored the tone and the expression and concentrated on the words. After all, who was he to criticize others when his own face looks scary as fuck?
"T-Thank you, I wil-" But before he tried to say his part, a sudden interruption came,
"But, I think there is a misunderstanding here..." Kai said, a small smile slowly forming on his lips. And after taking a pause and looking at Giovanni's confused eyes, he continued -
"Infiltrating your base, taking away your Pokemon, Destroying your house... Did you really think, that we did all this only to let you go at the end?...No.. No, No, No, No... " Kai, with his kind smile, continued repeating "No" like a madman, bringing a bad premonition into Giovanni's thoughts,
"No... Look, even your Garchomp can feel it in his instincts..." Then Kai took a short pause, the smile vanishing from his face, turning into his old stoic self, and continued,
"...I came here to kill you, Giovanni. Nothing more, nothing less." Kai finished, as silence filled the air...
"...Why?" Giovanni, breaking the silence, voiced his lingering question, his serious face looking like he had given up on everything.
"It's quite simple... Because, you are weak." the reply came causing Giovanni's fists to buckle up. Nails dug throw the flesh, causing a drop of blood to come out of his hand as he clenched his teeth in pure anger.
"You!!" He screamed, full of hatred, "How dare you!!!.."
This made Garchomp to start preparing for his assault by his master's orders, as the loud and angry command came at last, that he had been waiting for,
"Aaaahh!! Garchomp, use [Dragon Rush]!!"
-GAAAAARRRRHHH!!!!
With a deafening roar, Garchomp raged forward, covering his whole body with a bright blue draconic aura, that transformed into a majestic dragon.
Each earth-shaking step spawned miniature earthquakes and fissures in its wake as it advanced on the last scion of Team Rocket's crumbling empire...
Kai's eyes narrowed as Garchomp charged recklessly toward Tyranitar, desperation and fear fueling its frenzied attack...
Then,
His lips parted, uttering a deadly incantation, that seemed to make the air itself, as heavy as it could get. And, it was,
"Sigh~... [Muto's Execution]."...