"It's working! The comms are up again!"
Nice one, Jarvis. You are the MVP.
We wasted no time in helping Noland transport the pokemons out to the Hoenn League via the pokeball transfer system while our pokemons stood guard around us in case more magmas and aquas appear.
"Alright, last batch!" Noland said as he wheeled in a trolley of pokeballs. "Let's finish this and then screw those fuckers over!"
"Language, Noland!" Scott berated him as he hit Noland upside the back of his head. "There are kids here!"
"Don't worry, I didn't hear anything." I reassured Noland and Scott, much to Dad's amusement.
"You are Vance's sister, aren't you? We could have been colleagues if you had accepted Scott's offer."
"I supposed so, but it's nice meeting you anyway. Name's Velda, just call me Vel. I wanted to challenge your facility but then this happened."
"Don't sweat it, we can always have our battle later." Noland said good-naturedly as we made small talk while transferring the pokeballs batches by batches to the Hoenn League. The pokemons will be safe there until the mess here has been cleaned up.
"Done!" Noland exclaimed the moment the last pokeball disappeared in a bright flash of light. "Mawile, destroy it!"
Noland's mawile released a massive Flash Cannon and obliterated the computer system in the room, much to our bewilderment.
"I don't know how they hack into our network, but with the hardware destroyed like that, they cannot do anymore damage by accessing the network in the Battle Factory. Computers can be replaced, lives can't."
Should I tell him that Jarvis had probably ensured that everything is alright in regard to everything IT-related and that Noland destroying the computers is a wasted move?
Probably not.
"Let's move out." Dad suggested to the group. "Is there anything else that we need to do here before leaving?"
"No. The Battle Factory is just an empty building now. Let's just go."
Holly's eyes glowed a psychic blue and she immediately brought in Bigblue, tropius, and Lily with Teleport. They look fine, much to my relief.
"Hold on tight, we are returning back to the harbour!"
We braced ourselves for another Teleport ride upon Mum's words and Holly brought us back to the harbour. There are still people waiting to board the ships and the intensity of the battle between the trainers and the terrorists have heightened.
We need help. Badly.
"SOMEONE STOP THAT GYARADOS FROM FIRING A HYPER BEAM! IT IS AIMING FOR THE SHIP!"
We turned around at that shout and saw a ferocious looking gyarados charging a Hyper Beam and sending it blasting towards a ship filled with passengers and halfway out of the harbour.
Damn it! We are too far away to help!
"Ice Beam."
A huge blast of ice intercepted the Hyper Beam before it could reach the ship. A mere second later, that same gyarados got itself frozen completely in ice.
Even Chill cannot manage that. Who saved the ship?
A small team of ice type pokemons emerged from the waters with a lady riding on one of the walreins. Despite how chaotic the battlefield is, she looked extremely calm and collected. In fact, she looks as if she is taking a surfing trip with her pokemons instead of heading straight into a pack of more than twenty gyarados all by herself.
She is crazy, definitely crazy. Who will just charge straight into a pack of enraged gyarados just like that? It's suicide!
"Isn't that Glacia? Glacia of the Elite Four?" Mum asked aloud as she squinted her eyes to get a better look. "Not that I am complaining, but why is she here? She had definitely just arrived."
"Maybe someone called her once the comms are up again?" Noland suggested. "In any case, it seems our little navy army has all the help it needs with Spenser and Glacia there. We need to stop the invasion the magmas had instigated from the land."
We all agreed with Noland's statement. Dad turned to Mum before speaking.
"Hanna, you need to get out of here now. This is not like what we just been through in the Battle Factory, you are not well-equipped for this."
"Griff!"
"Listen to me. Get onto the ship. Now."
"And Vel-"
"She will be with me. She will be fine."
"I will, Mum." I reassured her as I gave her a hug. "Dad and I will return back to you safe and sound. Vance too. We will make sure of it."
"You three better keep your promise." Mum mumbled out with tears threatening to spill out of her eyes.
"Scott, no offense, but you need to make yourself scarce too." Noland added from beside him. "Leave this to us trainers. The seven of us will show them the might of the Frontier Brains."
"Make sure you do. Make them regret for even having the audacity to try and invade the Battle Frontier. I will help to coordinate with the evacuation efforts in the meantime. Stay safe, everyone."
With that, our group separated. I released my entire team out and jumped onto Flamel's back. Dad climbed onto tropius and Noland released a rhyperior.
"I need to go and search for survivors and wipe out the magmas and aquas on the other side of the island. I know for sure that these bastards are there doing whatever. I need to stop them." Noland said to us before we made our move. "Can you two handle yourselves?"
"We can." Dad nodded in affirmation. "Don't worry about us."
Dad and I joined in the fight with our pokemons the moment Noland ran off to another section of the Battle Frontier to do his job as a Frontier Brain. The trio are happy to see us back again the moment they spotted me and increased the intensity of their attacks.
I spot a few trainers among the remaining Frontier Brains. Why are there so few left to defend the harbour?
"Dad! Vel! Why are you guys here?! Get to the ship!"
"You know damn well that we can help!" Dad shot back at Vance as Fang unleashed a massive Dark Pulse that took out a group of aquas. "Why are there so few of you left anyway?"
"Most of them had boarded the ship to get out of here! The ships need some protection too on their journey to who-knows-where!"
"There is no end to this." Anabel, the Salon Maiden, grumbled as her lucario blasted a horde of golems into pieces. "Where are they coming from anyway? They have an entire army of pokemons!"
"Incoming bombs from above! Look out!"
"Kratos! Sand Shield!"
Kratos raised a shield of sand over us and prevented the dropping bombs from blasting us into unrecognisable pieces of meat. It seems that training him to be the pokemon's version of Gaara was the right direction to take. His defensive powers are extremely useful in a battlefield as chaotic as this.
"Nice thinking, Vel!" Tucker shouted as he annihilated a group of crawdaunts on his side. "But we need to do something about their air strike tactic! It's too dangerous to even fly in the sky thanks to the bombs!"
'Leave that to us. We will take care of the bombs. Focus on your battles.'
"Hey, did you guys just heard what I heard in my head?" Greta, the Arena Tycoon asked aloud as her breloom knocked a shiftry away with a well-placed punch. "Or am I hallucinating?"
"I heard it too." Lucy confirmed as her seviper slashed at a pack of zangoose with a swift Poison Tail, bisecting them into two.
"Above us! Look!"
Brandon's shout got us looking up as a fast streak of white light dashed across the sky, taking out all the falling bombs in one fell swoop.
'Mistress, it's Steven and his team! They are here!'
How did Steven reach here in such a short amount of time?!
Despite our noisy chattering, our ragtag group of Frontier Brains and volunteer trainers, who are all definitely Elite level in skill, had managed to put a temporary stop to the horde of pokemons that we were fighting against.
"That's it? This is fishy."
The comment from one of the trainers standing near me got me nodding in agreement at his words. There's no way the magmas and the aquas will retreat so quickly and silently, not after all that they had invested into this invasion.
"INCOMING!"
A huge number of golems, gravelers, geodudes, electrodes, and voltorbs began rolling towards us and gaining speed as they do so. To make things worse, they are starting their roll from a higher elevation towards us, who are at the bottom. They are increasing the speed of their advance with the help of gravity.
"I don't want to think what they can do if all of them uses Explosion at once." Vance muttered his thoughts aloud for everyone to hear. "We need to stop them before they reach their firing range."
"Leave this to me, I have an idea." I cut in as I swiftly commanded my team to get ready. "Bigblue! Kratos! Snap! Ness! Lily! Quicksand!"
The combined efforts of my team immediately turned the ground where the hordes of exploding pokemons are currently at into quicksand, stopping their advance instantly and making them sink lower into the ground.
"Everyone, attack! Take them out!"
The rest of the group did not hesitate and commanded their pokemons to fire their own attacks at the now immobile group of pokemons from afar.
"Incoming Draco Meteor!"
Can't we just take a god damn break?
Our worries were dispersed when a massive amount of Dragon Pulses destroyed the incoming Draco Meteor that were heading for us. A large group of dragons roared and headed straight for a sizable group of magmas that are located near the northern part of the Battle Frontier. A salamence flew down with his rider and all of our eyes widened at the sight of the trainer in question.
"Commander Drake?"
"Griff? Boy, it's been a long while!" Drake laughed out in his booming voice and used a hand to pat Fang on the head, who had run up to him to say his hello. "Hello to you too, Fang! How have you been? Have you been a good boy?"
"Uh…" Greta raised a sceptical eyebrow at how relaxed Drake seemed to be. "No offense, but we are at war here."
"Take it easy, girl. Someone had sent a timely message to the entire Hoenn. Don't know how he or she managed it, but everyone will be coming here to help. ACE forces are on their way as well, I'm just a little early." Drake waved off our concerns as we watch the group of dragons under his command decimating their opposition. "Sidney and Phoebe are on their way to take care of the disruption that prevented anyone from teleporting in and out of here directly. They will join us once they are done."
My shadows suddenly enlarged and Dolly reappeared and join us. It's good to have her back.
'Mistress, Jarvis is asking you to check your xtransceiver.'
I did as I was asked and my eyes widened in disbelief. Jarvis had outdone himself.
Or should I say, overkill. I don't think all of them will really come here but calling the entire Thirteen Pillars here is definitely overkill. I think I need to have a discussion with Jarvis about the definition of overkill after all this is said and done.
"If you have things handled here, then we will move to start searching for any survivors that may need our help and to clean out any magmas and aquas along the way." Brandon cut in as his pokemons regrouped around him. "Trainers, thank you for your help, but please head for the ships and get out of here. We need your help in escorting the remaining ships to safety. Frontier Brains, we need to go and clean up this mess. Vance, you might as well stay here with your family. We need someone to remain here at the harbour just in case anyway. We are finished if the harbour is destroyed."
"Yeah, go on. Don't let this old man delay you any longer, go to where you are needed. Leave the magmas to me and the aquas to Glacia. I will make sure that the harbour remains standing." Drake said as he made a shooing motion with his hand. The trainers wasted no time in heading for the ships. There are only a few left and the ships also needs some trainers to help protect them if any Aquas give chase. Like what Brandon said, someone needs to escort the ships to safety. Someone also needs to be here to guard the harbour. Without the use of Teleport, the sea route is our best option in leaving this place in one piece if things do go south.
"Thanks guys." Vance said as his fellow colleagues made their move to leave.
"Don't mention it." Anabel reassured Vance before she joined the rest of the Frontier Brains and took their leave, leaving us behind with Drake to guard the harbour.
"So, these are your kids? Man, how time flies."
"The older one is Vance, he was in ACE and just quitted recently to be a Frontier Brain. My girl here is Velda."
"Hah! I know that name! Made quite a stir back at Ever Grande with her proposal! Good job, kid! Finally! Someone who is capable enough to whip the lazy and cowardly officials into shape! You actually got them working!"
"Uh… thanks?" I replied in an unsure manner. How am I supposed to respond to his words?
Fang gave a low growl and we all looked at what got his attention. A new group of magmas and aquas appeared and is storming their way over to us. At least a hundred of them, by my estimate.
This is like a repeat of what had happened in Lilycove, except that this time, we only have four people instead of a defence force to help in repelling them.
The Frontier Brains really left at the wrong time.
"Griff, my boy! What do you say to fighting alongside each other again like old times, eh?" Drake boomed out as he slung an arm over my Dad's shoulder.
"Let's go, commander."
"Hey, we both quitted a long time ago. Stop calling me that."
"You are still my commander. Vance, Vel, get ready."
"I will handle the aerial stuffs. You guys be careful on the ground." Drake said as he climbed back up onto his salamence and his dragons began to regroup around him. "I will fire the opening attack. That will be the signal."
"He means a Draco Meteor." Dad whispered to me the moment Drake flew off with his dragons into the air. "He is like a human Fuzzy when it comes to battling with all the showy stuffs he like to do."
A human Fuzzy? One that is strong enough to command packs of highly trained dragons?
Save me from this stupidity.
There's no end to them.
Ricky Osman is just an intermediate level trainer who visited the Battle Frontier for the fun of it. He doesn't know what he was expecting, but he certainly wasn't expecting to find himself right in the middle of a war and fighting for his life.
Everyone knew that staying at the Battle Frontier is a one-way ticket to the afterlife with how fierce the battles there are. That is why the top priority of the LSDF there is to ship everyone out of the island so that hopefully, at least some of them can survive to tell the tale. He is now on board a ship and is helping to defend the ship from the onslaught of attacks from the aquas' pokemons that had given chase. Spenser was there to help protect the ships at the harbour, but he is also just one person and there aren't many water types on their side to begin with to help with the harbour's defence. They are on their own the moment the ships made their great escape from the Battle Frontier. He is really giving it his all, but there is just too many of them! They will all get wiped out at this rate!
"Nuzleaf, watch out!"
Ricky's nuzleaf was slammed onto the floor from the attacks of a feral looking hariyama. Ricky was forced to recall his companion and it was just in time too. Nuzleaf will have been turned into mincemeat if he was a second slower in doing so.
But that also means that only his azumarill is left to help him defend the ship. The rest of his team had already been taken out or were too tired to continue. Already, hostile pokemons are climbing up the ship and beginning to wreck havoc. The trainers and LSDF officers on board are doing their best to defend everyone, but this is a ship. There is a limit to the damages that the ship can take before it sinks into the bottom of the ocean.
"Play Rough! Take out the hariyama!"
Azumarill smacked the hariyama back into the ocean, but another group of makuhitas replaced the hariyamas and punched azumarill back with an Arm Thrust. Azumarill was sent flying and collided into Ricky. The both of them came to a forceful stop the moment they crashed into a wall.
A crazy looking floatzel opened its jaws and leapt towards them, intending to maul them to death. Azumarill tried to get up, but she is too heavily injured from the battles she has been experiencing since the start of the invasion on the Battle Frontier. Instead, azumarill decided to use her body as a shield and stood resolutely in front of Ricky with her arms spread out. At the very least, it is the best option she has to ensure that her trainer stays alive.
"Azumarill! NO!"
"Moony, Psychic!"
The floatzel was pushed back into the sea forcefully by an unseen force as a lunatone hovered in front of azumarill. Ricky immediately ran up and gave his azumarill a hug. She's safe. His azumarill is safe!
"You alright?"
A crack of Teleport was the only indication of the arrival of his saviour. Ricky's eyes widened the moment he recognised who had just saved him.
It is Liza! She is one of the two gym leaders of Mossdeep! How did she know about their predicament? Wasn't the comms down?
More crackling sounds of Teleport happened around the ship and numerous trained psychics made their appearance known. The group of psychics started to beat back the group of pokemons that belong to the aquas and throw them back into the sea.
They are saved!
"The hull! They broke through the hull! The ship will start sinking soon!"
Ricky gulped. This is really bad! All the aquas' pokemons are still down there! They will get themselves eaten alive!
"Tch." Ricky can hear Liza giving a frustrated click of her tongue the moment she heard of this bad news. "TATE! WALLACE! JUAN! YOU GUYS BETTER HURRY!"
"Relax, Liza. We are already here."
Juan appeared in a Teleport with Wallace, who were brought in by Tate as they hovered in mid-air with the help of a solrock's psychic powers.
"Theo, wash them away."
"Elise, you too. Take out the aquas."
Juan and Wallace commanded their kingdra and milotic respectively and a tidal wave was created that pushed the entire force of Team Aqua back. Some of the aquas' pokemons tried to shoot their attacks at them, but it was for naught as a xatu teleported itself in the way and deflected it with a Psychic. A Solar Beam from the solrock killed a huge group of the Team Aqua's pokemon, turning the tide of the battle back into their favour.
A large gyarados appeared from the sea and Ricky tensed. However, this gyarados seemed different from the ones the Aquas used as it attacked the submarines that belonged to Team Aqua instead.
"Hey, calm down. That is Wallace's gyarados. Everything is fine now."
Ricky turned back to look at Liza, who is putting her hands on her hips as her pokemons destroyed any remaining aquas in the background. She couldn't be older than him. Actually, is she even older than him? How is she so strong at her age?
Tate appeared beside his twin in a Teleport.
"Liza, we need to get everyone out of this ship. It is not going to hold. We also need to start searching for other ships that may need our help."
"I know. We can read each other's thoughts, remember? Are you doing the Teleporting stuffs or am I?"
"How about a race? The slowest one to bring everyone out will be stuck with gym leader's duties for the next month. Deal?"
"Deal."
Ricky didn't even have time to react as at the next moment, he had already found himself at Mossdeep. He looked around and saw that people from the same ship as he are starting to appear via Teleport one by one around him in the clearing that they are at.
The gym leaders of Mossdeep are saving everyone from the ship by using Teleport to get them to safety.
The speed of their Teleport is pretty insane too. A few people will appear every time he so much as blink. Is this the power of a Thirteen Pillar?
They are so damn strong.
But there's hope now. With trainers as strong as them protecting Hoenn, Hoenn can be saved.
Team Magma and Team Aqua can be stopped.
"YEEHAW! TAKE THIS!"
Drake's salamence destroyed a large group of skarmorys with a Flamethrower before moving on to the next group of flying types. Drake himself is punching excitedly at the air in front of him on his salamence's back as his salamence unleashed his fury at our enemies.
"COME AT US! WE WILL DESTROY YOU! MUAHAHAHA!"
I facepalmed from where I am on Flamel's back as we charged into the thick of the battle with the magmas and aquas. This is embarrassing. This guy was the previous Hoenn Champion before Wallace? This guy was Dad's superior in ACE? This guy is the Dragon Master of Hoenn and the current strongest Elite Four member Hoenn has to offer?
He certainly doesn't act like one with how he is acting like a cowboy on his salamence's back. All he needs now is a lasso to complete the image.
Despite that, I cannot deny the power that Drake wields. We wouldn't have it as easy as it is now if it wasn't for Drake and his team decimating a large number of our enemies like they are newborn pokemons. The firepower that a member of the Thirteen Pillar has is no laughing matter. I finally got to see for myself what they can really do in a life-or-death battle.
If only someone like that was there in the Lilycove invasion, many people could have been saved. They need not have died.
Fuzzy, Archer, Kel, Rena and Joy are positioned near me as we continued our charge, taking out any enemies that stand before us with ease. Ever since I knew about the prophecy, I had made the main focus of our training sessions in training my team to be able to handle situations like this, where huge group of pokemons will be attacking us and we have to defend ourselves in return. Competitive battling is very different from a battle that you have to fight with your life on the line. Death is a very real possibility here.
Chewy provided aerial support from where he is with Snap and Toothless. They are a great help in suppressing a large bulk of our enemies with their AOE attacks. Vance himself is at another corner with his team and is breaking through their ranks at a rapid pace.
"Electivire! Supercharge!"
A large Thunder crashed down onto electivire, who suddenly increased its speed by at least tenfold and became a yellow blur on the battlefield, knocking every foe away that is foolish enough to stand in its way.
Is that its Motor Drive ability in effect? It has to be. I cannot think of any other reason why electivire is able to power up so quickly in such a short time.
I heard Kratos giving a loud roar as he impaled our enemies in waves of stone spikes. A subsequent Dark Pulse from him created an open path for us to charge through. Ness is underground and launching surprise attacks of her own from below, taking out enemies in places that would be hard for us to reach otherwise.
Fuzzy suddenly started squeaking and pointed at a direction with his little paw. I turned my head and saw two figures in the distance who are making their escape. I recognise them immediately. They are some of the most wanted criminals in Hoenn.
"Dad! Vance! That is Shelly and Courtney! They are escaping!"
I can see Dad trying to get to the two criminals, but he is blocked by the waves of pokemons that he is currently facing. Vance is trying to get to them as well, but a garchomp intercepted him and he have to devote his attention to it instead.
"HAVE NO FEAR! FOR DRAKE THE DRAGON MASTER IS HERE!"
I need to keep my distance from this old man after this war is over. He is a combination of Fuzzy, Vance, and Wattson in the worst possible way.
Drake flew down with his dragons and I can see his altaria blasting Dragon Pulses at Shelly and Courtney. Drake should be enough to handle the two presumed leaders of the magma and aqua remnants. We need to do something about their pokemon army.
Fuzzy suddenly start to squeak excitedly again as he waved his arms. What is it now?
'Mistress, Fuzzy says that he wants to try that.'
Really?
In usual circumstances, it will be very dangerous for Fuzzy to do what he wants to do right now. But Fuzzy is pretty well-trained all things considered. I am not sure if he can pull off the series of moves that I taught him to chain up in quick succession, but if he is confident that he can do it, I will place my trust in him. The rest of the team are nearby. We can pull him out if things get too hot.
If Fuzzy can really pull off the insane, suicidal, stupidly dangerous combo, we can wipe out a large group of our enemies.
"Alright, let's do it. Rena, get the team to lend Fuzzy the support he needs. If all goes well, we can all go home by night-time."
'YAY! VEL FINALLY GAVE ME PERMISSION TO DO IT! WOOHOO!'
'Shut up, Fuzzy. Just get it started.'
'Kel~~ Why so mean? But okie dokie! One supersized Charge coming right up!'
Fuzzy concentrated on using Charge to boost the potency of his electric type moves to the maximum and used an Ion Deluge to convert all normal type moves to electric ones. This is the first step.
'A step to the left! Two steps to the right! Wave my furry paws in the sky three times in a circular motion and then a graceful acrobatic backflip to complete the ritual! Fuzzy Rain Dance version three! Activate!'
Storm clouds began to form at a rapid rate as the team defended Fuzzy from any stray attacks that might get too near to him as he began his preparations. He needs the conditions to be as favourable to him as possible.
A Gravity from Joy pinned a pack of linoones down just long enough for Hulk to smash them into paste with his fists. Ness emerged from the ground and pushed back a flock of dustox with a Thunderbolt in an effort to protect Fuzzy. Anytime now.
'Fuzzy, are you sure about this? Remember the last time we tried this out? It didn't go so well.'
'Aww~~ Rocky! You do care about me!'
'Shut up.'
Kratos fired another beam of Dark Pulse at an approaching group of houndours, blasting them sky high. Snap shot them down with Laser Breaths. The houndours dropped back down onto the ground and never stood up again.
A Brine would have gotten Fuzzy if it wasn't for Archer standing in its way and intercepted the attack on Fuzzy's behalf. Dolly appeared behind the starmie that fired the attack and unleashed a Shadow Ball Barrage at close range, taking it out.
'I AM THE CHILD OF LIGHTNING! THE INCARNATION OF THUNDER! I AM THE UNSTOPPABLE FORCE OF NATURE! WIND BENDS TO MY WILL, THE STORMS MOVE AS I COMMAND! BEHOLD! I AM THE-'
In an unexpected show of teamwork, the entire team cut Fuzzy off at the same time with the same words.
'Just. Get. On. With. It. Fuzzy.'
'GUYS! Don't ruin my perfect introduction!'
The team ignored Fuzzy's whining as they continued to decimate the enemies around them. Flamel shot breaths of fire with Vel riding on his back. Rena released a huge wave of psychic energy, ripping the ground from under and allowing Lily to pick off their targets with perfect ease. Bigblue took advantage of the rain clouds to use his Rain Pulse combo, dropping his version of aerial attack on a large group of numels and camerupts. Kel stood near Flamel and Vel as her Prediction combo took out any foes that got too close to their beloved trainer. It is the perfect combo to ensure her safety.
Lightning flashed and streaked across the sky as Fuzzy's combo finally advanced to the later stages. Toothless flew up high and prevented any of the magmas' and aquas' pokemons from dispersing the rain clouds that Fuzzy had painstakingly set up. Hulk charged through the mass of enemies and made his way to Fuzzy's side.
'Ready, Fuzzy?'
'As ready as I will ever be! Behold! You are witnessing the birth of-'
Hulk didn't have the patience to continue listening to Fuzzy's nonsensical introduction as he unceremoniously picked Fuzzy up with a paw and cocked his arm back.
'Don't die, Fuzzy.'
Hulk threw Fuzzy forward in a powerful throwing motion, allowing Fuzzy to speed through their enemies.
'WHEEEEEE!'
Fuzzy flew through the air in a streak of white and yellow and landed deep in the middle of a group of hostile pokemons.
'COME AT ME! I AM THE FEARLESS-'
Fuzzy's introduction was interrupted once again as he was batted away by an Iron Tail from a rude lairon and then hit into the ground from an exploud. Fuzzy used an Endure to withstand the beating that he is experiencing from the hordes of hostile pokemons while maintaining his hold over Bide. Bide is a normal type move that is in a way, similar to Counter. The user has to endure hits for a short while as it stores energy. The more damage the user receives during this period, the bigger the damage Bide will do when the user finally releases the stored energy.
Fuzzy is currently taking a crazy amount of damage from the hordes of hostile pokemons that is attacking him. He would have been dead if it wasn't for his use of Endure.
That also means that the energy he will be releasing will do a LOT of damage.
Fuzzy had already used an Ion Deluge beforehand to turn all normal type moves into electric type ones. He had also used a supersized Charge to boost his electric type moves and the weather condition is just perfect for him. He had never once miss any of his electric type attacks as long as there are storm clouds in the sky.
Right now, Fuzzy is a living ticking electric bomb.
'BEGONE, YOU HEINOUS CREATURES! FALL BEFORE THE MIGHT OF THE AWESOME, HANDSOME, DASHING, ELECTRIFYING SHOCKING FUZZY!'
The energy released from Fuzzy's Bide immediately unleashed itself in a massive explosion that rocked the entire battlefield in a violent earthquake. This is the Nuclear combo that Vel had devised for him. The more opponents Fuzzy faced and the more damage he took, the stronger his Bide attack will be. Since Fuzzy's species is one who lacks power naturally, he converts it to an electric type move via Ion Deluge so that he can boost the effects of Bide with Charge and Rain Dance. However, it is not that useful in a single battle where his team is not around to help him. He will be momentarily helpless whenever he starts to chain up the moves needed for him to use the Nuclear combo.
Also, this combo leaves him very weak after all is said and done. If it wasn't for him using an Endure to brace himself, he might have got himself killed even before he can unleash his Bide.
A group of crawdaunts snapped their pincers viciously and head towards him to finish him off. Fuzzy is barely standing as it is. His health had dropped to drastically low levels after the effect of Endure had ended.
However, Vel had also thought of a way for him to get around this.
Fuzzy raised his tiny paws into the sky as he began his chant.
'WITH MY RIGHT PAW I SUMMON THY LIGHTNING! WITH MY LEFT PAW I SUMMON THY THUNDER! LIGHTNING AND THUNDER, I COMMAND YOU! COME TO MEEEEEEEE!'
A large roaring column of Thunder crashed down from the sky and struck Fuzzy. Fuzzy let a maniacal laugh escape his mouth as he felt himself healed up from the Thunder attack.
Vel was very surprised that he possesses the Volt Absorb ability, the ability to heal himself from electric type moves. Since he wasn't any good at it even during the Ever Grande Conference and he didn't show any signs of being able to use it, Vel had always thought that he possesses another ability like the Run Away or the Pickup ability that are more commonly seen in his species until they found out about his Volt Absorb ability a few weeks ago. According to Vel, Volt Absorb is a really rare ability for his species. However, it is also even harder for his species to use since they aren't naturally suited to use it, hence the rarity. Pachirisus can utilise the Volt Absorb ability given enough training, but no one trains a pachirisu on a competitive level and finding one with the same Volt Absorb ability is even harder. Vel and Fuzzy are on their own to invent a new way to utilise his Volt Absorb ability to its fullest potential.
Vel had thought up of a suicidal way to do it. She taught him how to safely turn himself into a living bomb, and then taught him how to heal himself back up by taking advantage of his Volt Absorb ability. With that, Fuzzy can now chain the Nuclear combo repeatedly without rest. This combo may be near useless in a competitive setting with all the stuffy rules in place, but it is the perfect way to take out a large number of enemies in a fight to the death with help from the team.
To be able to even think of such a way to help him get stronger is unbelievable. Vel is truly one of a kind.
'COME AT ME! I AM THE REAPER! I AM THE MANIFESTATION OF YOUR FEAR! GROVEL BEFORE MY FEET AS I SEND YOU TO MAKE YOUR MAKER!'
Fuzzy squeaked out a roar of challenge as he dove into the crawdaunts and start to beat them senseless with sparks of electricity. Any damage he suffered can be healed up by the streaks of lightning he called down from the skies. Right now, he is invincible. Right now, he is a force of nature.
Right now, he is the strongest pachirisu in existence.
"Vel, what the fuck?! Just what did you feed Fuzzy with?!"
"Language, Vance." I chided my brother as we continue to mow down the large group of Magmas and Aquas although I cannot help but reply him in a smug tone. "What will Mum say if she hears you?"
Another large electrical explosion shook the very ground itself as a column of lightning struck down at where Fuzzy is. A yellow streak of light flew about the battlefield, taking out any water type pokemons that the Aquas are using against us from where he is at the far back.
I don't know how, but getting struck with electricity makes Fuzzy experience a high. I guess it is kind of similar to experiencing a sugar rush. His speed will be temporarily boosted, a sign that most electric types exhibit temporarily when they consume electricity. I saw that many times observing electric types when I was in New Mauville although these symptoms usually last for only a few seconds to a minute at the most. Only pokemons with Motor Drive ability are able to effectively use this phenomenon in combat. In Fuzzy's case, he absorbed the full force of natural lightning several times. His 'sugar rush' must be akin to feeling the effects of eating a can of steroids right now. He can last for quite a while in his 'sugar rush' state the moment he uses his Nuclear combo.
"You know what? I am going to give Fuzzy the nickname of 'The Yellow Flash' after this stupid invasion is over. He earned it."
"I guess he does look like a mere flash of yellow." Vance agreed as we ride upon our pokemons side by side and commanded them to take out our enemies. "Want to have a fight between my electivire and Fuzzy after this is over? Motor Drive versus Volt Absorb. That will be fun to watch."
"Yeah, sure. Why not? I think Fuzzy will like that."
Dad and Fang took out another group of magmas before Dad called out after me from where he is on tropius's back.
"Vel, can you get Fuzzy to the right side of the battlefield? We need to thin out their numbers over there."
"Got it, Dad. Dolly, switching manoeuvres! Rena, tell Fuzzy of the change in plans!"
Dolly disappeared into the shadows and appeared at the right side of the battlefield where more Magmas and Aquas had appeared. To be honest, I don't know why these scums are still sticking around when there's nothing left in this place for them to stick around for. But I won't complain if this allows us to uproot them for good.
Dolly used an Ally Switch and switched places with Fuzzy, who immediately sped around the area with a combination of Spark, Quick Attack, and Magnet Rise. The Magmas and Aquas fell like dominos the moment Fuzzy made his appearance.
I think my trio is now very interested in fighting Fuzzy from how they are destroying their opponents with increased eagerness. I will need to prevent that from happening. I want my hair to remain blonde, not grey.
"Vel, we have thinned out their numbers enough. I think we can take the remaining Magmas and Aquas down in one strike if we round them up and then unleash our strongest attack. Let Fuzzy coordinate with my electivire. They are fast enough to round them up and herd them where we want to be."
Without further ado, I let Vance take the lead as Dad and I supported him in forcing the Magmas and Aquas to where we want them to be. Chewy continuously spew different range attacks from his three heads without rest, herding the terrorists to our desired location. Fuzzy and electivire ran circles around them, keeping them in within an imaginary circle and not allowing them to get out.
"Bigblue! Lily! Ness!"
Walls of stone rose out from the ground at a rapid rate and box the entire group in. The only way for them to escape is up.
But that is also where our attacks will be coming from.
"Kratos, Hyper Beam! Snap, Draco Meteor! Toothless, Blast Burn!"
"Chewy, Draco Meteor! Frosty, Blizzard! Tropius, Solar Beam!"
"Macky, Shadow Ball! Metagross, Hyper Beam! Salamence, Draco Meteor!"
The attacks from our strongest members of our team produced a violent mass of energy that nearly blew us away from the resulting shock wave. The good thing that came out of it is that we succeeded in wiping them out.
"Finally." Dad grumbled as tropius slowly landed back onto the ground. I am sure that there are more Magmas and Aquas at the other parts of the Battle Frontier, not just here at the harbour where we are currently at. However, the Frontier Brains had went off to finish them. Flannery is also somewhere out there as well doing her best in demolishing them. Drake had also mentioned that help will be arriving soon.
Although it seems like we didn't need the help after all.
"Vel!"
Liza appeared in a Teleport and went to glomp me.
"Liza?"
"Sorry we are a little late! But we were busy trying to Teleport everyone we can find on the sea to safety before coming here! Juan and Wallace are combing the seas for any Aquas that they might have missed out and Tate is on his way to Teleport Sidney and Phoebe here! They just took down whatever is preventing us from teleporting in and out of the Battle Frontier! ACE forces will be making their way here soon! In fact, I think they are appearing in about-"
The repeated sounds of crackling of Teleports cut her off as a huge number of masked operatives in uniform appeared around us. The leader of the group gave a wave of his hand and the operatives split up and swiftly made their way to the different parts of the island. Some of the places are still experiencing explosions from what I can see.
"Well, you have done enough, Vel. Leave it to the League to clean this up. Take a break. I think I sense a few people that may need my help, see you!"
Liza gave me a reassuring pat on the shoulder before she waved me goodbye and disappeared in another Teleport, presumably to save whoever she had just sensed with her psychic powers.
"Everyone alright?"
Drake made his presence known again as he landed beside us with his salamence. However, there is an obvious absence of two people.
"Where are Shelly and Courtney?"
"This sounds embarrassing, but they gave me the slip." Drake grumbled as he jumped down from the back of his salamence. "Who even uses Smoke Ball nowadays?"
A familiar trill rang through the air that got my head turning to find Chill. Chill skidded on the ground and came to a stop beside me. She is injured in several places, but the injuries aren't too serious. She is fine.
"The Aquas had retreated." Spenser said as he regrouped with us as he took a ride on his arcanine's back. "And nice to see you, Drake. It has been a long time."
"Howdy, Spenser! You are here too?!"
"Don't forget about me." Glacia of the Elite Four announced her presence with a team of ice types around her. "Hello, Drake. I see you are still as lively as ever."
A metagross landed not far from where we are and Steven walked up to us. His hair is still a little messy from his aerial battle in stopping whoever is up there in the sky earlier and dropping bombs on us, but otherwise, he is fine.
"Everyone alright? Anyone need medical attention?"
"We are fine." Drake waved Steven's concerns off. "What's the situation now?"
"I have given Fire Company full rein to do whatever they see fit. Commander Burner will be overseeing the cleaning up and assisting the Frontier Brains. We need to hurry and track down where the Magmas and Aquas had retreated to. We don't need them to stage a third invasion on Hoenn."
"Umm… about that…"
"I suggest we tracked them with psychics and flying types." Drake probably didn't hear me speaking as he cut me off. "They couldn't have run too far, even with Secret Power at their disposal."
"Actually…"
"We should track them down by the sea route. The Aquas had submarines." Glacia offered a different opinion to Drake's suggestion.
"Dark types may work too."
Sidney appeared in a crack of Teleport with Phoebe and Tate. Tate gave me a small smile before he teleported away once more to go to wherever his duty requires him to be, leaving the last two members of Hoenn's Elite four to join our little group.
"Dark types are capable of tracking down nasty thoughts, the same as ghosts."
"What Sidney said." Phoebe contributed to the discussion with a hand on her hip as her dusknoir floated beside her.
"Excuse me…"
"Dark types are better."
"Ghosts are better, you goon." Phoebe argued with Sidney with an annoyed expression on her face.
No one is listening to what I am saying.
'Rena, can you grab their attention for me?'
Rena used a brief Echoed Voice and let out a high-pitched yip, catching everyone's attention.
"I know all of you are experts in your respective fields, but I do have some valuable information to offer." I said in a half-annoyed tone. Jarvis had just returned to my xtransceiver with some really valuable information and I need to share it with people who can undertake this job. "My porygon-z had managed to track down the various hideouts that the Magmas and Aquas are most likely hiding at. With the help from the ACE forces, we can take them out for good."
"Splendid!" Drake said happily as he gave me a large pat on my back that nearly got me tumbling down. "Why didn't you tell us earlier?"
I can feel my eyes twitching in annoyance at that remark. Just who was ignoring me earlier?
"Oh, and where are they?" Sidney asked curiously with a cacturne beside him.
"In many places. They have split up their forces to prevent a complete wipe-out of their little gang. From what my porygon-z had found out, they have little bases in almost every town and city in Hoenn. We will need the aid of everyone who we are able to gather. However, their main base where the bulk of their forces had probably congregated is probably somewhere off the East of Pacifidlog. That is the main problem."
"If you don't mind me asking, why will that be a problem?" Glacia asked in a genuine confused manner as she looked at me. "We just have to surf there."
"Because according to my porygon-z, that place is most likely Mirage Island. Unless you are telling me that someone here has a way to pinpoint its exact location, I have no idea how we are going to find that elusive place."
AN: Since Vel is no longer officially an advanced level trainer like what she is back at Lilycove, I had made the battles easier for her in this arc. The Battle Frontier is an area where trainers will congregate and after much thinking, I think it seems more reasonable that Vel will have an easier time trying to repel the attacks since her team is so much more stronger now. Furthermore, she isn't alone. Her family is there with her and Jarvis did call for help. That is not considering the number of strong trainers there.
I wasn't planning on writing about Fuzzy's growth and increase in strength, but I think this adds some humour into the otherwise grim chapter. Hope it lightens the mood a little.
I am a little too lazy to check through this chapter considering it is 3am on my side here and I have to wake up by 8 at the latest. Let me know if you guys spot any mistakes that I have to correct.
The next chapter will be about Mirage Island and more about the Magmas and Aquas. There are other things that I have in mind as well. Hopefully they are interesting enough.
As usual, I hope you enjoy the story.
Character and pokemon list:
Velda Vera, Age: 13, Female, Pokemon Trainer, Runner-up in the 528th Ever Grande Conference
Pokemon on hand:
1) Rapidash (Flamel), male
2) Swampert (Bigblue), male
3) Banette (Dolly), female
4) Flygon (Snap), male
5) Absol (Kelsa), female
6) Charizard (Toothless), male
7) Cradily (Lily), female
8) Espeon (Rena), female
9) Pachirisu (Fuzzy), male
10) Tyranitar (Kratos), male
11) Cleffa (Joy), female
12) Nidoqueen (Ness), female
13) Pangoro (Hulk), male
14) Porygon-Z (Jarvis), genderless
15) Scizor (Archer), male
16) Lapras (Chill), female