The Pokemon Odyssey (PG-16) {BestVeteranJuly2011/BestRookieMay2011}

As the Excadrill were about to start digging, Hydra heard a huge bang. He knew that the Hyper Beam Cannon had been shot. The sound rang through the ears of the army. "Quickly, we must move!" "Machamp, Excadrill, Dugtrio, get moving!" Hydra shouted down the hole. The hole was already coming around nicely now. Hydra could hear his own echo bouncing around it, and the Excadrill and Dugtrio were almost out of sight. The Machamp helped only a little, their main purpose was to take out the building and any other creatures trying to stop the army.
At the sound of Hydra's voice, all Excadrill and Dugtrio started working double time, even the Machamp started helping more. After about half an hour, Hydra found that the hole had already covered the length of half the city. Although he wanted to congratulate them for their excellent work, Hydra exclaimed "Move it you lazy women! We don't have all day!" Hydra also realized that the recharging of the cannon would give the army a huge time gap. But they couldn't hinder for too long. "Come on! Just because the cannon is recharging dosen't mean you can slack off!" exclaimed Three, whom Hydra had only just noticed was there.

After about another half-hour, the hole looked like it was ready to near the city. "Alright, you dolls! Dig a right hole into the city!" exclaimed Hydra. Immediatly, there was silence. Each of his heads acted as a sort of ear. Hydra's right head was gone, so if he was facing anywhere but right with either his left or his main head, he would not hear a sound coming from the right direction. It was like having very bad hearing, and only having one ear.
Hydra faced right and realized he had been thinking for almost fifteen minutes. The Excadrill and Dugtrio were coming along nicely with the right-turned hole. Some Dugtrio were stationed on the hole's cieling, to both stop it from collapsing and also to keep it intact. It was very annoying for the Dugtrio to stay focused, but they kept it together and held tight. "You have to commend their bravery." whispered Three into Hydra's left head. Who hardly ever talked since right head had gone. "Yes." replied the main head. Seemingly more concerned about if that bravery could be put to good use.
Finally, a Machamp shouted "If those Flying types were right, we shuld be directly next to the building that has the cannon atop it!"
"Fantastic! Make the break through!" exclaimed Three in response.
The cieling shook, the Dugtrio took their stations back on ground and a big ray of light entered the hole, wich may aswell have been called a cave by now. "MACHAMP! CHARGE! DESTROY HE STRUCTURE!" Exclaimed Hydra. "CHAAAAARGE!" Shouted the lead Machamp. Who found a miracle on the surface, there were no defenders. They started punching with all four arms at every single wall they could find, causing it to crumble. "Destroy the ground floor and we destroy the building!" exclaimed one Machamp. The building started to rock now, everyone atop it started to scream. "What in the hell is going on?!" Hydra heard someone shout. "Whaaa!" came a cry from another. Finally, the building... started to fall.
"REATREAT TO THE CAVE! RETREAT TO THE CAAAAVE!!" Exclaimed Hydra. Every single Machamp around the building started to retreat, watching as many Pokemon fell from the building.
Most of the Machamp had made it back to the cave, some had been killed by other Pokemon or by falling rocks. Finally there was a large "BANG!" and a giant "CRASH!" and finally, silence. With only a few terrified cries in the background. The army emerged. "Take the cannon, NOW!" commanded Hydra. The cannon was heavy, it took four Machamp to carry it, they let it fall into the big gap and slid down it themeselves. It was made of Steel. But there were no Fire-types available at the time. "DESTROY IT!" exclaimed a Machamp, and the whole lot of them started chipping at it, the Excadrill joined in. Even Three tried his Tri-Attack. Wich seemed to make a large-but-not-effective dent in the machine.

Finally, Hydra had enough, this was only working half the time. Three saw the look on his face, he was about to realease Outrage.
"Everybody clear! Everybody step back!" commanded Three. The Pokemon stepped away. And Hydra's eyes turned Red. His left head started screaming, and the place where his right head should've been started bleeding itensly. "GRAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Exclaimed Hydra at the top of his voice, and then, it began.
Hydra smashed at the cannon, causing dents every time. Hydra knew he wasn't all powerfull, and that it would take many hits to even make a hole in the thing. Hydra concentrated as hard as he could for each hit. Ignoring the pain of his right neck. He kept hitting in the same place. His left Head acting as a headbutter. "GRAAAAAAAAH!" he exclaimed maniacly. Then, a hole, smoke, and a small explosion. Smoke covered Hydra, when it cleared, he realized he'd destroyed the cannon. And then fell over, his last ords being "Victory...the cann...destroyed...retreat...retrea...." he could make out his army reteating and his friend Three heading for him before total blackness.

OMFG! WRITING FRENZY!

On the side, a building collapsed. Dragonheart was too focused on the side that he didn't see as the Order infiltrated right under their noses, and took the cannon. Dragonheart cried out to the Pokemon around.

"Get the Hyper Beam Cannon back! Don't let the Order take them!" Pokemon from the walls retreated to retrieve the cannon, but they were holding them off, and traveling too deep into the tunnel they made. The cannon was long gone by the time they would get to it. Dragonheart roared.

"Damn it! Go back to your posts! It's no use! Seal the cavern. They're no getting back into the city from there!"

The ground Pokemon on the Alpha Alliance side did as he commanded, and the cavern was sealed. But there was another problem. As Dragonheart went back to the wall, his eyes widened. The one army of Pokemon wasn't attacking anymore. Everyone was moving. It looked like the very Earth was on fire, and the fire was spreading to them. The largest single gathering of Pokemon in a single location.

"Arceus help us all." Dragonheart said. The defenses would slow them down. The Gold Tribe would take on dozens, the tact of Ho-Oh would help, the barrier would crush many, but would it be enough? They were on their final lifeline. Dragonheart couldn't help but think that his might be his final stand, here in Cape City, the city of his birth. He spoke to himself.

"It'll be good to die at home..."

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General Galleon saw it. The cannon was taken. He assumed Hydra succeeded.

"That's it! The cannon is out of the way! Full army....MARCH!" The army roared and charged at the wall. The largest gathering of Neoverse Pokemon, now charged at the walls. Many were swept up by the surrounding defenses, but some still went on. They were tougher than the initial army. The rest of the army was not only tough, but also quick and full of endurance. The army poured at the wall, trying to crush it with all kinds of attacks. The Pokemon of the Alpha Alliance on top of the wall returned fire. In a matter of minutes, hundred fell...and still they kept coming.

Galleon and Lex now began marching toward the city somewhere in the middle of the army, surrounded by troops. Behind them were the three cages the Emperor delivered.

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Kent swallowed hard. He wasn't as much nervous for himself as he was for the others on the wall, and the rest in the caverns, the underground city. He looked at Alex, desperate to find some way to help them.

"Alex, isn't there anything else Ho-Oh can do? We need all the help we can get in this one..."

EDIT on Xilfer's request: Toning it down. Editing more.

When the Kaiser asked him that question, Alex smiled.

"There is definitely something we can do, and Part One of this plan should destroy this charge." Alex smirked. This was so exciting, this may actually work. He motioned for Sol to come towards him. "It's time. Remember that plan I told you? Send them the message."

Sol closed her eyes and began to focus. The plan began with Entei. She pulled up the images in her mind. A smaller cave, bright red lights, glowing crystals. There was intense heat, but a more sophisticated Kirlia could handle it. After practicing, Sol could easily contact the three great spirits. She was there. Sol began to think, fire, heat, magma. She answered her contact with a strong voice.

"Hello again, love. Is it time for the attack now?"

Sol mustered up her energy, "Yes. Are you prepared? Thank you for your time, and the entire Gold Tribe is thankful."

"Yes, dear. Now, move everyone into the underground. This will get messy."

Sol told Alex the orders. "Everyone, into the Underground City! Now!" he yelled at the top of his lungs. He watched to make sure everybody was inside before heading in himself. The Neoverse was just getting past the last barrier. Alex turned to the West. There he saw the glowing, a Fire Attack more deadly than the Hyper Beam Canon. An Eruption came from Entei, but no ordinary attack, an intense volcanic fury would overwhelm the Neoverse. Even Fire Pokemon will not be able to survive this. Alex hurried underground and looked through the small window. Success. Some Pokemon began running back, others were destroyed. They vanished right off the face of the Earth. The Neoverse seemed stunned, but there was so much more army left. The attack hadn't hit hard, but had left the incoming army surprised.

Alex's smile changed to a frown, "What if there isn't enough?"

I thought you said we had to limit the power that the legendaries could use? That's...a little too much, doncha think?

When he awoke, Hydra found himself in a small carriage being pulled by two fire-typed Pokemon. He looked up, he could see the remains of a lava flow, chared ground, where no life sprouted. It looked like it had cut into a part of the main army. "I thought we took out the Hyper Beam Cannon?" Hydra thought to himself. "Soldiers, what happened?" asked Hydra, adressing the soldiers pulling his carriage. "Commander Hydra, sir!" they both said. "You fainted after destroying the Hyper Beam Cannon. Captain Three saved you and assigned us to you. After that, we came out of the now-sealed cave back there to find that a huge chunk of the army has been taken out by some mysterious Fire-typed attack coming from the west. "I don't like this. Someone must do something." said Hydra, trying to get up. "Please, sir. You should rest. Captain Three's orders." said the Magmar pulling his carriage. Despite the fact that Hydra wasn't about to let Three tell him what to do, he appreciated Three's concern for him. Of course, Three did owe Hydra some gratitude, if it was not for him at the battle of Poseida, Three would've still been a lowly spy. "Alright. But I want someone sent into that city to destroy whatever is creating these attacks. Not a Flying-type, they will never survive under these weather conditions." Said Three. "Send a spy. A lone, unsuspectfull spy that can dig his own tiny hole into the city. Send a Drillbur to do it." said Hydra. "I want him to report his findings." he added.

Bert the Drillbur was just minding his own business and marching with the army, when a soldier came up to him. "You've been selected for something." he said, he was a tall Magmortar. "What?" asked Bert. "I dunno, but Commander Hydra wants to see you." replied the Magmortar. Bert followed Magmortar over to the carriage that the Hydreigon was in. "Alright, Drillbur. I want you to infiltrate the city, find what's causing these strange events and report back to me." said Hydra. "Yes, sir!" said Bert sternly. As he started walking away from the rest of the army, who was now going to join the main army. Bert started digging his way into the city. The wall was high, but not deep. It was only deep enough for it not to be overturned. After Bert infiltrated the city, he looked around and saw Kent Reed.... with the traitor Alex!
"Hmmm, i wonder if he has something to do with this." wondered Bert. As he hid behind a nearby tree and listened.

(OOC It is a bit much, let's not go totally overboard here, guys. Power are restricted. That being said, you can expect no attacks like that anymore. Also, I'm going to have to adjust the power of that attack. You may wish to change your post a bit accordingly. :D )

Kent got up to the top after the ground shook. He was in awe at the destructive force of the blast just sent. He traveled back down and into the underground city, looking at Alex in a bit of shock. He nodded at him in approval.

"That was some attack."

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Dragonheart just witnessed another destructive power attack at the army. The powerful fire blast wasn't as huge or destructive as the Hyper Beam Cannon, but it still proved to be a major dent in the operations of the Order of Neoverse. He shook himself out of his delirious state, and continued to command on top of the wall. The battle was shaping up, it seemed. He attacked with a powerful Dragonbreath at a few Pokemon who were reaching the wall. Other Pokemon on the wall attacked with their long-range attacks, acting as death from above. The Order of Neoverse charged blindly at first, but now were proceeding with a bit more caution and tact. They started bringing in heavier Pokemon, and began attacking parts of the wall. If they managed to destroy the wall, they could pour into the city, and begin their attack on the underground city from there. That wasn't a problem, as the remained of the army could begin attacking from there as well, those with closer range attacks like Kent Reed, for example. For the moment, it seemed that the city's wall was secure.

Or perhaps not.

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Galleon could only watch as a powerful fire attack decimated part of his army. He roared in anger, charging towards the wall with the rest of his army. Lex floated casually next to him. He spoke.

"General Galleon, why don't we release the pets of the Emperor to help make a dent in the wall. We could counter Ho-Oh with them. I don't doubt they were the caused of that large attack."

Galleon nodded, releasing the cages around the three Pokemon. Three legendary Pokemon came out of their cages: Regirock, Regice, and Registeel. The Emperor had legendaries of his own.

Galleon directed the three legendaries through the barriers of electricity. For many Pokemon around, it slowed them down, but for the legendary Pokemon, Galleon and Lex, it didn't do much. Plus there were now many "enhanced" Pokemon running around for the Order.

Regice went right up to the wall, activating it's immense Ice abilities and calling forth a large blizzard. The result froze a large portion of the wall around Cape. Then, Regirock and Registeel came forward. They activated their abilities, and gathered their energy, activating Superpower. The ice-gathered portion of the wall collapsed, the Pokemon on top of those parts of the wall fell to their deaths. A hole was made in the wall, and the entire army made it's way to the path the legendary golems have made.

Galleon smiled, pleased with the work of the golems. He motioned at the golems now.

"Go now! Find the cause of that large attack from before and prevent them from doing such a thing before. Fight legendary with legendary! I want no interferance from them in this fight!"

The legendary golems departed from the wall, heading towards an unknown location.

The Order of Neoverse had broken through the walls.

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Dragonheart watched from another part of the wall as the wall began to crumble. Satisfied and aware that nothing more could be done to protect the walls of the city, he sounded the retreat, and all Pokemon across the walls headed for the underground city. The battle would be decided there. They knew the streets of Cape were too much in the open to let it continue here.

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Kent heard a loud boom and felt something crumble. He knew it couldn't be good. Something told him the fight for the underground would commence soon. Just then, Dragonheart and the others scattered across the wall slowly poured in from the surface into the underground city. Dragonheart addressed Kent.

"Kaiser, they have broken through the wall! Nothing more could be done. I had to retreat."

Kent nodded in understanding. He stretched his claws and cracked his neck, preparing himself for the upcoming battle. Across the underground path he looked as his Gold Tribe were scattered among the thousands of Pokemon prepared to defend their home, their city. He looked upon the faces of his friends, old and new, at Alex, Ambros, Dragonheart, Cannon Arms, and the hundreds upon hundreds of others around. In the eyes of the select few, nothing but determination and confidence resonated. But even among the normal Alpha Alliance soldiers, Kent spotted the same look. They were all the same, and here for the same reason. It was time to defend Cape City.

"Gold Tribe! Alpha Alliance! Here is where we'll make our stand! Remember what we fight for. Not just stone and brick, but people, those who can't defend themselves, our family, and our friends. Prepare!" What Kent heard next was perhaps the loudest roar of cheering he had ever heard. Perhaps it was because of the echoes of the underground, but the very ground shook as the Pokemon shouted. Kent turned to Alex and Ambros.

"I want to tell you two, that no matter what happens here today, it was my pleasure to have met and fought by your sides. Both of you. And to my Gold Tribe I say the same!"

Dragonheart nodded in approval. Nightwing fluttered it's wings, prepared for combat. Leaf Fist, who had made his way a while back into the underground, cracked his knuckles. Cannon Arms kept his enduring smile. Alex and Ambros stood closeby as well. All of them, and the others, had been his comrades for many years. Some for short times, but comrades nonetheless. Next to them, he could face death itself. Kent was prepared for anything now, even Oblivion.

(Ok, Let's just forget Bert the Drilbur.)

Unnoticing to anybody, Jonah had also taken a stand. He had found suitable armor and had retreated to the underground when the Neoverse broke through. Kit had also wanted to join the fight, but he was completely unprepared and innexperienced, so Jonah urged him to stay with the family. "Heh, it's been a long time since I've battled like this. Hope i haven't gotten rusty." thought Jonah to himself. He wasn't just doing this for vengeance, he was doing this to protect everything. This was it, all or nothing. This was the final battle.

The order came charging, towards the underground, and the Alpha Alliance and the Gold Tribe were flushing out of the big hole in the ground, doing the same. Finally, they clashed! Jonah saw an Armaldo heading for him, a Bug/Rock type. This would be easy. As it charged, Jonah jumped out of the way, kicked it once and made it fall over. He then proceeded to attack it with Ice Fang, dodging its pincers as it used them to punch. The Ice Fang got the Armaldo's neck and killed him with a twist. Jonah looked around, nobody else was ready to attack him, so he ran, trying to look for the murderer they called Galleon.

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Hydra got up, feeling better. He knew it was time to rejoin the main army, as they had already infiltrated the city. "Rejoin the main army! Rejoin!" exclaimed Hydra. Everybody started running over to the front of the wall. When they got there, there were no more defenses and a huge crack had been made in the wall. "ATTAAAACK!" exclaimed Hydra. His army made a right turn towards the crack and entered the city, soon, they were fighting alongside the rest of the army. Hydra charged into the battle too. He saw an Alpha Alliance Rhydon attacking Three, and immideatly proceeded to kill him out with Dragon Rush. Hitting the Rhydon straight on the head, he managed to kill it with a blow. "Haha, be carefull, now, friend. You might get hurt." said Hydra. "Are you sure you're alright, Hydra, you're still bleeding." said Three. "Don't worry about me. Just do your part and try not to get killed. Otherwise who will i boss around?" joked Hydra. The both chuckled a little and parted ways.

Short Post, Edit More Tomorrow.

Entei stared at the wake of destruction she had made. She wished she could help more, maybe one Confuse Ray. That would be all. A tear rolled down her head as she watched her beloved city go under attack. She was raised here, a small Pokemon nobody knew what to do with. She was born into a family of Normal-types, who hated her. She was taken to the Cape to be dealt with. There, she met sparky Raiki, and cool Sui-Sui. She missed those days. Now, after thousands of years, she was brought back here, by Ho-oh. She looked out at the Neovers and saw something strange. Three... three strange looking Pokemon. They were composed of some element, but she had never seen them before. She could sense their strength. Maybe they would come for her, they could try. She wasn't the smartest of the three, but she was the strongest. Together, they seemed unbeatable. Individually, they seemed powerful. Power does not equal immortality. But then again, she hated the thought of not being able to fight back. Fate had made it so. At the end of this battle, her spirit would be summoned back to its resting place, asleep for the next battle. Now, she would wait. She would contact Sui-Sui later for assistance. Entei would let them come to her. Then, it would be her in the spotlight.

Neptune
Cape City <- WHATTT....???
Ice Lands


"Alright, look. I didn't mean to spy on you, I was just walking around in the woods getting some fresh air away from the city when I saw you. I was curious and decided to watch for a little while before showing myself. Now, are you going to help me out of here or what?"

Silver answered, and Neptune watched as he wriggled, his blade stuck in a rock. Curiosity killed cat Neptune wanted to say, but he stayed silent. It wasn't the right thing to do. He thought for a while. Pulling the blade right out of the rock might hurt Silver, so he stepped back focused his eyes on the large rock. Then he pointed at the rock with his right hand and blasted the boulder with a water beam. The boulder vibrated for a while, then crumpled to bits.


"There." Neptune answered and helped him up. Then he felt a little earthquake, which made him frown in confusion. A lot was happening, and he didn't know where Kaiser and the others were, which made him even more concerned. But how could he go back? He was humiliated. Defeated by two hydro cannons and a rock wall. He was so weak and small. He wasn't worthy. Not worthy at all.


"You should go back now, Silver. They'll need you." Neptune spoke coldly then turned to his father, Triton, which was still surrounded by a water tornado. The tornado was still growing in size, a size so big that Neptune thought he was dreaming or hallucinating. But he soon knew he wasn't. The tornado suddenly exploded, and the water from the tornado formed huge waves, ten feet tall, charging towards all directions. If Neptune wasn't a water type, the wave could drown him. But fortunately, he was, and the water didn't harm him. The water went right through him like air, but Silver wasn't fortunate enough. The water pushed him back into the jungle.


Triton, finishing his move, turned back and looked at Neptune. He was panting slightly, but he was still standing straight, full of satisfaction and pride. "Not as strong as before, but it works." He laughed, a little water tornado under his feet propelling him back to Neptune. Only now did Neptune realize how powerful his father had been. He had always thought that his father was someone unreliable and weak, but apparently, he was wrong. Triton looked into his eyes and smiled as if he knew what he was thinking, and patted him on the shoulder.


"I'm not that good of a father, Neptune." Triton said, looking at the ground, "If I'm a good father, I wouldn't have left Poseida, and I could protect you from the Order...but I was afraid...and I ran...far, far away...to this Ice Land...I didn't realize that you were going to be danger after I had left, and I didn't come back despite that..."


"It's okay, dad." Neptune spoke, nodding, "You didn't want me to get hurt."


Just then he heard a large boom and he turned, only to see a large explosion. Neptune frowned, and it wasn't because of the explosion, but where it was from. The explosion did sound familiar, but it didn't ring a bell. Then it hit him. The Hyper Beam cannon.


"They've managed to open fire." Neptune smiled, "With the Hyper Beam cannon the Order wouldn't stand a chan-" Then he stopped. That was it. No more explosions. What happened? The Hyper Beam Cannon could shoot more than once, that's for sure. He had a bad feeling about this. Did the Order cut the cannon's power source? That wasn't good. Neptune was about to run back when Triton held his hand, pulling him back.


"Where are you going?" Triton asked, looking at him straight at the eyes.


"i'm going back to Cape City. They need me!" Neptune wailed, but Triton didn't loose his grip. Neptune tugged once again, but Triton's strength was stronger than he thought. What was he doing?! Silver was leaving so he couldn't see him. He needed help. He wanted to shout so his father could let him go, but suddenly Triton jabbed him from behind with his arm, and Neptune tumbled onto the ground. Triton grabbed Neptune by the neck and smirked.


"After I had left the Alpha Alliance. The Order told me to join them." Triton pinned Neptune onto the ice ground by holding his neck, "And now you're my threat."


"S-SILVER! HELP!" Neptune cried as Triton sharped the claws on his other hand, ready to strike any moment.


(TWISTS FTW)

Kent silently stood with the army while above him, he could hear the stomping and shouting of the Order of Neoverse Pokemon. They had not known about the underground city, so it being deserted would be a surprise to them at first. Them they'd stumble in this cavern, and all hell would break loose. They most likely won't come all at once, as they probably won't know right away they were here. But now they had to make their stand. Soon, waves upon waves of Neoverse forces would be upon them, and Kent would do his best to crush all of them.

The first batch arrived. Not much, just a few dozen. Kent charged, using Slash on a few while the other Pokemon annihilated the others. Never stood a chance. The last Pokemon that fell let out a loud shriek. This was a scouting party, alerting the Order where everyone was. Kent knew now they were coming. Soon, he could see from the surface as hundreds started pouring in, some had strange energy around them, Chaos Forms, as Alex mentioned before. The Pokemon of the Alpha Alliance unleashed hell on the Order of Neoverse. The Gold Tribe struck, and the battle in the underground city began. Kent used Swords Dance, and charged forward, determined to make a big impact right away. Across the cavern now, all sorts of Pokemon began to battle. Dragonheart engaged with a dozen different types, launching a Dragonbreath on them, propelling them away, dead upon impact. Cannon Arms wrestled with a pair of Hariyama, but his strength was far too much for them. Kent struck at multiple Pokemon, slashing at them with all his force. He cut many down like they were paper. But still, more Order of Neoverse Pokemon poured in like water down a drain.

This was going to be a long night.

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The three legendary golems could not speak. They didn't have the ability how. All they knew was to serve the Emperor and to kill the Alpha Alliance. Now, they went to take out the threat of another Pokemon. They didn't know the name, they only knew the location.

Upon reaching an area, the three legendary golems found a dog-like Pokemon, fire type. They were like robots, no hesitation, just immediately, they began their attack. Regice used a Blizzard, While Regirock used Rock Blast, and Registeel used a Flash Cannon. The golems attacked in unison.

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General Galleon's smile vanished as he saw an empty city, with empty streets. He thought to himself.

Had they really had a chance to retreat from the city? No, too many refugees. The feat would be impossible. So where were they?

Suddenly, a patrol discovered a hole, leading to the ground. Looking at Lex and Galleon, who nodded at them to proceed. The other portion of the army poured in through the city, covering it within a matter of minutes. Suddenly, a loud shriek was heard. They were in the underground. Galleon shouted.

"To the underground! Everyone! Show them the ferocity of the Order of Neoverse!"

The entire army charged toward the underground city. The real battle had begun. There, Galleon expected to see the Gold Tribe, as well as the rest of there army. That underground path would be there graves. Galleon proceeded towards the underground path. Lex floated closeby him.

Hydra only heard it faintly, but he heard an order to charge to the underground city. He finished off the Grotle he was fighting and charged, ordering his troops to do so as well. Everyone charged. But when they got to the underground, there was nobody. just some commoners retreating to the buildings, wich were covered with diamonds. "What?! Nobody?!" exclaimed Hydra.
He watched as a few unloyal grunts of the order went in to grab some diamonds and went back out, there was a pause. Then Hydra found the Generals. Also stunned, but what was that? A black and blue blur heading straight for Galleon. Hydra readied a Dragon Pulse attack to kill it.

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Jonah had already killed quite a few Pokemon before the army started heading to the underground. "Oh, no!" thought Jonah. He rushed over to the edge of the hole in the ground to stop any POkemon from entering, he took most by surprise until he saw...a Garchomp. It was Galleon. As fast as he could, he lunged at Galleon readying his Ice Fang. But then, a Dragon Pulse attack hit him right in the stomach. It had been fired by a Hydreigon who looked rather important, but he had lost his right head. Jonah and the Hydreigon looked at each other, and then lunged, the Hydreigon was preparing another Dragon Pulse while Jonah was readying Ice Fang.
Hydra lunged at his foe, releasing Dragon Pulse, it missed as Jonah made a right turn and tried to get in with Ice Fang, but also missed. They immideiatly lunged again, this time, Jonah hit Hydra with his back leg hard, and then got in with a headbutt. Not the Headbutt attack, just a headbutt. Hydra fell to the ground, but just as Jonah was about to finish him off, Hydra got in close with Dragon Rush, making for critical hit. Jonah was repelled right into the air before hitting the ground. He grunted a little, before getting up. Hydra launched another Dragon Pluse, but it was dodged and replied with Thunderbolt, wich managed to hit Hydra and pin him to the ground when the Luxray got a paw on him. Finally, the last thing Hydra saw was black and white.

Now, it was Galleon's turn. Jonah was not stupid, he knew Galleon would most certainly kill him as he had killed his brother, so if Jonah was going down, he was going down with Galleon. With nobody else to stop him, Jonah surprise attacked him by lunging at him, sending them both tumbling into the underground path.


Don't worry, Hydra's not dead. Just knocked out.

Hey! Great to have you back Aura Lucario, havn't seen you in a while!

Silver grunted in thanks when Neptune helped him get unstuck. Then he thanked him again, the raced off towards the city to see what was going on. Suddenly he heard Neptune cry out for help. Silver skidded to a stop and looked back. The dense foliage already covered what he could see of Neptune, but his sensitive ears picked up on what sounded like a struggle. What on Earth could Neptune be struggling with? I left him just half a minute ago! He raced back to help, then his instincts kicked in again and he went into a low crawl, silently moving thruogh the underbrush. When he could suddenly see, he saw...! It was Neptune fighting against his dad, and Neptune seemed to be loosing. Silver was confused, but he launched himself out of the bushes and started to claw at Neptune's father. Silver did not want to use any of his attacks because he was afraid he might hit Neptune as well, so he continued to claw at his foe.

Galleon entered the underground path, with General Lex closeby him. Galleon was initially startled by the attack from the Luxray, only to see it intercepted by Hydra with a Dragon Pulse. For the next few minutes, Galleon silently observed as the Pokemon went at each other. He smiled, and crossed his arms. General Lex lost his patience, and floated off towards the battle. Galleon turned to look at him, and as he turned, he was caught off guard as the Pokemon lunged at him, and they both went tumbling down the underground path, in a different section.

They wrestled while falling, and eventually both landed with a thud on the ground. Galleon slowly got up, looking around to see only the Pokemon, and no one else. They must have fallen in a different part of the caverns, and isolated part. Galleon angrily looked at the Pokemon and charged, screaming.

"Looks like I'll start with you!"

Galleon charged at him with a Dragon Rush.

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Kent moved just in time to avoid an oncoming Rhyperior, in Chaos Form. The bastard was tough, and Kent was having a tough time maneuvering. Kent eventually decided to charge up front. The Rhyperior accepted this challenge and the two Pokemon charged at one another. Kent prepared with Swords Dance as he charged, and right before they impacted, Kent jumped over the Pokemon, causing it to crash into the cavern wall, his head dizzy. Kent used Slash on his back, striking at him swiftly and with all his force. The Rhyperior fell, unmoving.

Kent panted. That was a high class Pokemon, and the Chaos Form ability made it even stronger. But he expected to run into a few hundred more Pokemon just as strong. And even worse was Galleon and Lex, the two commanding Generals, who he was sure to encounter eventually as well. Kent lunged himself at a group of Order Pokemon, knocked them all down. He proceeded to attack all of them with Close Combat, the impact of the punches so severe, bones could be heard being crushed. The group of Pokemon impacted fell, and Kent stepped over their bodies, continuing his attack towards the never-ending wave of Order of Neoverse soldiers.

Jonah and Galleon restled as they fell into the cavern, they could not see each other, but were simply punching randomly. Then they finally reached steady ground. Jonah got up and stood steady, despite being ruffled up by the fall. Galleon got up too, and exclaimed "Looks like I'll start with you!"
Galleon prepared Dragon Rush, and Jonah did some of his own preparing with his secret weapon, Substitute.
Now, Galleon came charging with Dragon Rush. Jonah stood his ground, waiting for the right moment, and then, a Substitute was created, Galleon's Dragon Rush hit the substitute, causing it to dissapear. But jonah was already right behind Galleon, Galleon was not amateur, though, he had seen this coming and made a counter to it. However, the Ice Fang that was intent for his neck, still got his arm. It had punctured through Galleon's rock-hard scales because of Galleon's 4x weakness to it. Galleon looked at his arm, it had punctured, not too deep, but still punctured. And a tooth was left there. Jonah felt his teeth to find that he had lost a fang. It was one of his main four fangs. "Damn." thought Jonah. Galleon looked rather angry, so Jonah expected him to be more wary than before, making this battle all the more complicated.

Sorry for that bit of bunnying right there, hope you don't mind.

As Galleon charged, the Pokemon stood his ground. Galleon smiled.

"So you have some guts. I like that. This won't take long!"

Galleon charged right at him, and as he struck with full force, the Pokemon disappeared. It took Galleon a few seconds to realize it was a Substitution, and turned to see him charging at Galleon with an Ice Fang. Galleon motioned his arm to take the impact, feeling the punctures of the attack through his thick skin nonetheless. Galleon was angry now. He removed a tooth stuck in his skin, and threw it on the ground.

Next Galleon prepared an attack. He took in a deep breath, and released a Dragonbreath at the Luxray. The entire area was covered in his attack, as he did his best to hit him. Next Galleon, not satisfied that his previous attack finished him, stomp the ground, and activated Earthquake. The force of the attack could be felt across the caves in other locations. Galleon looked and admired his word, the caverns in this area now looking a bit unstable. He smiled, and then checked to see if the Luxray was still around, or if he got buried by the last two attacks.

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Kent bent down to have a Water gun from a Starmie miss him by a few inches. He tackled the Starmie to the ground, and as he was surrounded by a group of Water Pokemon, Kent smiled, and activated Thunder. Instantly, all of them dropped to the ground, motionless, and a bit fried up.

Kent didn't rest for a second. He continued to push through the waves of Pokemon that came at him. He saw Cannon Arms to the right of him, grabbing Pokemon by the pairs of 2, and tossing them like they were insects. He admired his strength. But this wasn't working. If this was about endurance, the Gold Tribe could hold on, but could the rest of the Alpha Alliance troops? The Order Pokemon fell by the dozens, and soon hundreds, but they just kept coming. Whenever an Alpha Alliance soldier fell, there wasn't someone to replace him. They had a limited number. Still great, but not anywhere close to the size of the Order Pokemon.

The Gold Tribe would have to make up for that.

After Galleon and the Luxray had their backs and forths, Galleon stood his ground, preparing his next attack. He looked over the Pokemon for the first time since he began to fight him. He smiled, and spoke.

"You know, you remind me of this one Gold Tribe member I killed in Eternity City. Strong lad, but he died like all the rest. It was easy too. I pull him apart like a toothpick."

Galleon wondered if they were perhaps related, and if the resulting insult would provoke him to charge at Galleon, like it did so many other Pokemon in the past. Galleon awaited him to attack, preparing an attack for the charge.

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Kent engaged a group of normal Pokemon. A few Raticates, some Furrets, and couple of Slaking, all of them fell pretty quickly to a few Close Combats. Around him, Pokemon were dying. Many were from the Order, but a lot were from the Alpha Alliance as well. But Kent couldn't worry about the dead right now, he had to worry about those that were living, that they were protecting.

Nightwing swooped in and took out a Machoke right next to Kent, and Cannon Arms threw a Sandslash like he was a marshmallow. Dragonheart burned down a few grass Pokemon as well. The Gold Tribe, all around him, battled with all their might, determined not to let Cape City become the next Eternity City. They poured everything they had in them onto the battlefield. There was a few moments where Kent fell a little bit bad for the enemy.

But that moment passed instantly as Kent charged forward again, attempting to take down anyone who go in his path. A group of Weepinbell and Vileplume attempted to poison and confuse Kent, but he Slashed at them before he could get a chance. Cannon Arms took a hit from a dozen different attacks, some fire, some water, some electric. He stumbled back for a moment, covered in burns and blood, but charged forward again, taking down those that attacked him. Leaf Blade was badly burned by a large group of Fire Pokemon, but managed to use Leaf Blade to take out those, with some help from closeby Alpha Alliance soldiers. Kent almost felt like crying. He had come up with a realization a while back, but now, it looks like it might almost be certain. The Gold Tribe, the pride of his father, the closest thing he had to a family, would probably not make it through this war. There were too few of them now.

Kent felt a tear come down his eye as he lunged forward at a group of Ekans and Arbok. If this was going to be their end, Kent would make it count. He would make the Gold Tribe a name worthy of remembrance.

And then he saw him. The Grand General Lex, the Alakazam responsible for the death of General Manchu. Lex's eyes turned to Kent, and he floated in his direction, ignoring all of the other Pokemon around. Kent prepared himself for what would most likely be the toughest fight of his life.

WALL OF TEXT!!! man my hands hurt.


That was Unexpected.


Neptune struggled as he was pinned onto the icy ground, his father's claws pressing his neck downwards with the force of an anvil, and Neptune wasn't strong enough to face his own father one on one. His father had figured that out too, judging by his sinister smirk on his Empoleon face. Neptune looked at Triton, his eyes full of fear and confusion. His father didn't look like someone that could do something this evil. In fact, his father looked rather friendly.


Looks can be deceiving. Neptune reminded himself and he scowled at his father, trying to wriggle away from his claws. It was no use. If Silver wasn't there to save him, he would had died by now. An Absol leaped out of nowhere and started to claw Neptune's father. Neptune watched, hoping to see some damage done, but there were none. Silver must be holding back. He didn't want to hurt Neptune in the process. Triton's grip loosened for a few seconds, but it wasn't loose enough for Neptune to break free of his grasp. The grip meant something else though. He was changing his target. Gulping, he shot a glance at Silver and tried to warn him, but the strangling and the pinning had made him speechless.


"Pathetic." Triton growled and whacked the Absol away, sending him flying to who knows where, and Neptune felt uncomfortable in the inside. If Silver continued to help, he might die. The last thing Neptune wanted was to make another Alpha Alliance member die because of him, and he wasn't going to let that happen. Neptune's voice was dry and weak, but he spoke anyway. Glancing at Silver without turning his head, he coughed.


"R-Run Silver. Help the others. This is a father and s-son b-battle......" Neptune stammered as Triton turned back to him and used even more force onto his neck. For a few seconds, no air had went through his bronchi and trachea, and it was going to stay that way, if Neptune hadn't yanked Triton from below with his knee, temporarily disabling his father. When Triton loosened his grip, Neptune slid on the ice, sliding between his father's legs, tripping him with one of his arms before getting up from behind, his breathing a little unstable as he did.


Triton did trip, but when he did, he spun around and got up even faster than he had fallen. Before Neptune could react or poise an attack, Triton turned and did a roundhouse kick, kicking Neptune on the chin, nearly cracking his neck. The neck didn't crack, but Neptune's eyes widened as blood shot out of his mouth. How could an Empoleon leg contain so much power? It was abnormal. His yank was as strong as a hitmonlee's, even stronger. Triton didn't see his suspicious eyes, and with his palm, he blasted Neptune away from him with a strong water pulse. Stumbling back for a few meters, Neptune balanced himself and charged towards his own father. Surprised, Triton placed his hands before himself, ready to block his son's attack. Neptune, however, saw that coming, and with one strong hydro pump aiming at the ground, he propelled himself into the sky like a rocket leaving the ground with its thrusters.


Right above his own father, Neptune did an aerial somersault and landed behind him. With one quick turn, his claws glowed and slashed Triton horizontally, leaving a large three-line scratch mark along his waist. Scowling in pain, Triton unleashed a flurry of attacks before him, his claws curling into fists, attacking with fast strong punches. Neptune was able to block his attacks with his own at first, but then he looked into Triton's eyes. They were yellow. Yellow? And they were glowing. Something wrong was going on.


When thinking, Neptune's guards had been lowered, and Triton saw his chance. Extending his claws like a Wolverine extending his claws from his body, Triton lunged, his claws stabbing right into Neptune's stomach position. Neptune's eyes widened in horror as pain channelled through his body. The pain was too strong and too painful for words, but Neptune knew he had to stand strong. He had to fight his father no matter how sad or heartbroken he had to be. When Triton pulled his claw back to himself, his claw was full of blood, Neptune's blood. Neptune's vision blurred for a few seconds, but he didn't give up. Placing his claw onto his wounds, he tried healing it with his own power. And it was working. The wounds were starting to close with the help of ice beam.


Triton looked surprised. But he looked even more surprised when Neptune smirked, pointing his finger at his father with a confident snicker on his face. Neptune prodded his father's body, and unleashed a strong current of ice power through his claws. A layer of ice expanded on Triton's body, starting from the point where Neptune had touched him. The layer of ice continued to grow, spreading like water in a bath tub, reaching his legs as well as his head. Triton screamed, trying to break the ice with his own claws, but he couldn't do it in time. The ice had reached his head, and Triton stopped moving. He was trapped in a block of ice. Frozen.


Finish the job, Neptune. Finish him. Break the ice into pieces. That'll kill him.


A voice rang from deep inside of him, urging him to kill his own father. Neptune looked at Triton, which was stuck inside the ice, his yellow eyes still starting at him, never letting go. He couldn't. He couldn't kill his own father. He had once swore to the Alpha Alliance that he wouldn't kill his own family or relatives. Killing him was just...wrong. Shaking his head, Neptune sighed. "I can't. I just can't." Then he looked at the block of ice, "Maybe he can just stay there. He won't die in the ice. Yeah. Goodbye father."


Neptune turned and started walking away. Nothing happened. The battle was over. Or was it. When Neptune turned to see his father one last time before going back to the town, Triton glowed, right inside of the ice, the ice block shaking violently like a washing machine gone mad. With one strong, mad cry from his father, the block exploded ever so violently, shaking the land around him. The explosion created a large wind current, pushing Neptune onto the ground with one sudden burst of power. The battle was far from over. Triton stepped out, his whole body glowing yellow and blue, his eyes were even more yellowish and golden than they had been. The glowing was really familiar, but Neptune couldn't figure what it was...


"FOOL!" Triton boomed as he twirled his hands, a large trident like Poseidon's appearing in his right hand. Neptune was still startled from the blast, and was on the ground, confused and dizzy. Triton raised his trident and brought it down, hitting Neptune with the other end (without the spikes). The strike wasn't one ordinary strike. When Triton's Trident landed onto Neptune's body, the pain was unbearable. Neptune felt like he had been hit by a thousand needles, a thousand of thunderbolts, a thousand of stings. His feet were weak and wobbly, and he realized that he was panting for breath. The Trident wasn't just dealing physical damage. It was doing mental damage, it was draining Neptune's power, making him strong.


The Triton turned his Trident, the spikes facing him now, and Neptune didn't want to know what they could do. If the blunt side of the trident could do so much damage, the sharp side would...he didn't want to know. Triton lunged his weapon forward, and Neptune rolled to one side, dodging the thrust. In that millisecond, Neptune was in thought. If Triton could pull back, he was going to strike again, and he might not be that lucky. Reaching for the Trident, Neptune pulled it back to himself, snatching the Trident as he jumped back, getting up to his feet. The weapon of Power was with him now. He had nothing to fear-


"End these childish games!!" Triton shouted, his body glowing in power, "FEEL THE POWER OF MY CHAOS FORM!"


Chaos Form. That's it. My dad's corrupted and i can't do anything about it...


Triton spread his arms and currents of wind started surrounding his body, with Triton being the center of the circle. A tornado was formed in the next few seconds, the diameter six meters across, and unfortunately, Neptune was right in the middle of it. A strong gust of wind lifted Neptune upwards, and Neptune couldn't claw onto the ice quick enough. Triton laughed manically, and Neptune couldn't see the 'father' inside of him anymore. The twister was slowly turning into a water tornado, and Neptune couldn't breathe as he was flung around and around at high speeds.


I can't die now. I can't die now!!


Neptune closed his eyes and focused. There was no way to stop the tornado. The water currents were too quick and they would break the Ice Beam before it could freeze. Looking at his right hand, Triton's golden Trident was still with him glowing dimly in the swirling waters. Then Neptune had an idea. The eye of the storm is the weakest and the most silent, peaceful area of the storm, and Triton was standing right there, controlling the water tornado around him, the water walls at least twenty meters high. There was his chance.


With one strong yank, Neptune yanked himself out of the water tornado, and found himself at the eye of the storm, ten meters above of his father. Holding the trident, he turned to the blunt side, and let himself fall right on top of Triton, his trident pointing straight at his head from above. Before the impact, Neptune closed his eyes....


When Neptune's eyes opened once again, he sat up instantly, glancing around nervously. How long had he been out? Then he began to worry. It was too quiet in the ice land. No battling sounds. No sounds of running watter. No anything. Standing up, weaponless, he scanned the ice lands. Where was his father? Then suddenly his mind was full of images. Scenes, his battle with his own father. Neptune raising his trident, falling towards his father from above like diving...the large blast of blinding light...


The Order forced me to be in Chaos Form...and now...i can finally be free...you have learned and improved a lot, Neptune...Thank you for freeing me...thank you for releasing me from the Chaos form...thank you Son...f-farewell...


A familiar voice filled the air, and Neptune's heart missed a beat. Did he...he did. He had killed his father, Triton. He had released him from the chaos form, but he was dead. Because of him. Neptune thought about the Alpha Alliance oath, how he had sworn not to kill his relatives and friends. He had failed. Kneeling onto the ground, crying, he let his emotions take over. Her mother had been dead when he was two, and now, his only family, had died because of him. Neptune. His sobbing echoed across the land, but he didn't care. Tears of sadness rolled down his cheeks, his feet and arms trembling. Why...why did he do it.


"WHY?!" Neptune screamed, pounding the ground below him, the ice cracking, but he didn't care. Suddenly, he noticed an object, and item, on the ice, not far away from him. Walking to the item gingerly, he picked it up. His father's trident. It was golden in color, and it had a T below the Trident part, glowing in blue. When Neptune picked it up, thoughts and feelings channelled through his body. His father's thoughts. The Neptune saw everything. How Triton was threatened to leave, how Triton was forced to be in Chaos Form, to fight his own son. To die in his own son's hands...


"GAH!" Neptune cried, throwing the Trident away. It was too much. And it was a murder weapon. He had used it to kill his father. But the Trident glowed once again, as if it was urging him to pick it up. Slowly, Neptune picked it up once again, and his body was filled with warmth and power. A strange feeling. He had no idea what. But he did know one thing. The Gold Tribe needed him. Turning and looking at Cape City, Neptune took a deep breath. Vibrations could be felt under the ground. A battle was happening underground, and he was needed. Looking at the golden trident in his hands, he held it tight. It was the only thing he had to remind him of his father.


Neptune's walking slowly turned into running as he headed towards Cape City. Underground...Underground...When Neptune had arrived, he stood there quietly, his ears trying to pick up as much as possible. He listened. The vibrations underground were stronger at the left, and Neptune ran towards that location, his ears acting as a gold finder. When the vibrations were strong enough, Neptune started digging. Digging into the mud and rocks, his claws started to tire as well as his arms, but he continued. Soon, shouts and cries could be heard, and he was getting close. Suddenly there wasn't anymore land to dig, and he fell into a tunnel. Looking around, he couldn't believe his luck. Kaiser was there.


"Kaiser!" Neptune smiled, the first time in the past few hours, glad to see his buddy here, then when he turned to see who he was facing, his face darkened, "Lex."


Holding the Trident tight with his right arm, he poised for an attack, his trident holding horizontally in front of him, glowing brightly with power. I'm fighting for you father. And i'm going defeat the Order of the Neoverse with your Trident. For Poseida!


Neptune pulled back his trident, and as if he was stabbing someone at front of him, he jabbed forward, thrusting the air in front of him. The thrust generated a large wind current, sending the enemy Pokemon tumbling backwards for a meter or two, startling them. For Poseida. For you, father.



~2500 words. i think it's a record....my last record was like 2000... *pants, then faints*

Way to show us ALL up Lucario. :P

Adriadne watched as the first quadrant of Neoverse battlers headed into war. Her group was composed entirely of chaos forms. They would be the last battlers to enter. She watched as the three golems they had been keeping secret had been unleashed to the caves where the legendary Entei stood. She would stand no chance. Adriadne shook her head. Of course she would, those were thoughtless robots. They were given an attack and that's what they would continue to do. They would attack and attack without tactic. Soon she would give the orders for the Regigigas to be released into the Cape City and they would succeed entirely. She wondered if her pupils, Sol and Ambros, would be okay. She wanted to take them under her wing again. Any Psychic Pokemon that could contact Entei was worth recruiting. She put on her battle helmet and began to lead her quadrant into the war. There were three left, her's, another General's, and the one in battle now. The Alpha Alliance would break as easily as the wall did.

"Let's see what you've got." Adriadne charged in, the purple aura from her group flowing off the Pokemon behind her.
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Alex looked to see Lex being confronted by the Kaiser. He wondered if Lex would be able to handle the strong force that was the Zangoose. He saw the challenge of this group. It was Galleon. Though as thick-skulled as he may be, he was a strong fighter. He could take down mountains, but this time, it would be him being taken down. A Luxray was battling valiantly against the beast. He looked over at the Hydreigon. He had passed out from fighting. But he seemed to be getting better quite quickly. He looked back over at the Luxray, who was facing quite a challenge with the Garchomp. Alex had to help. He wouldn't let a brave fighter like him die in vain. He looked a lot like somebody he had seen at another fight involoving Galleon, and the latter had gone down. Alex heard Galleon taunting the Luxray into attacking. He charged full speed into the monster with a Petal Punch and prepared for battle.
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Ambros watched as Alex charged into Galleon, Sol holding on to him as tight as she could. She was fragile, and quite scared. Alex would be able to hold Galleon off, but he knew the battle that awaited all three of them would be tougher. Adriadne. She was coming. Would Alex be able to fight along their side? Or would he stick to helping the Luxray, Jonah, who looked quite tired. Galleon had taken a strong hit and Ambros awaited the result. They were evenly matched. Although Alex was not as physically strong as him, he was more tactical. He could find a way to trip up the Garchomp, hopefully. If not, Ambros would lose a dear friend.

Alex felt proud after receiving the thanks from the Luxray, yet he could sense some uneasiness in his words. Then, the question he asked him. Could he move the boulders up on the ledge above Galleon? Yes. He could use his Psychic. He began to rattle one small one from underneath causing the monolith of stones to fall on top of the General. Galleon was toppled by those stones, thus allowing Jonah to rest for a few seconds. Galleon wouldn't be easily detained. It was mere moments before the rocks began to rattle.

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Sol held onto Ambros as the Chaos Forms began to march into the dust. Some were affected by the blinding shield, others weren't. Sol used her Psychic to try to hold them back but they were too powerful. There were three main ones. There was a Salamence. A Rhyperior. A Honchkrow. Whenever Sol tried to use a Psychic move, Honchcrow would duck in fron. Ambros put her down gently and sent out a Razor Wind. Honchkrow was hit, shook it off, and then headed back to the sky. The Salamence launched balls of dragon energy into the sky and they were about to fall into the ground but Sol was able to maintain them in the air. She was using as much energy as she could. If those fell on the ground, they could expose the underground. The Honchkrow launched a Dark Pulse which Ambros attempted to absorb. Dark vs. Dark.

Ambros would try to take care of Honchkrow. Sol managed to throw the Dragon Attacks back and went to hold off the Salamence. She jumped on its back as it began to take off. Maybe she could deactivate the Chaos Form somehow.