"From there, you will see a big gate leading into the said place. Enter inside and investigate the cause behind it. I'm counting on you!" Hung up Egeus.
That evening, Shin and his Pokémon headed out hastily into the pinpointed area. Step by step, he ran through the stoic concrete stairs until a big, steel gate appeared before them. Upon quick surveillance, it was surprisingly quiet, for how they've yet to find any activities in the site as if it was deserted for good. With curiosity, Shin entered the scene by elevating himself through the gate with the help of the Nocturnal Pokémon. Now landed onto the other other side, the Power Plant was just several meters ahead of him.
However, before he stepped in to enter the facility in order to check and activate the electric flux, Shin took another quick look from the outside. Was it an old-aged building? Check. Swarthy atmosphere? Check. Sheer helplessness in the dark? Check. Flock of Murkrow hanging out on the top of the building? Check. Obvious hidden danger? Possibly. Realizing that the facility was absolutely a must-no-go to place, he nervously stepped back and turned back with a reluctant feeling to investigate what was going on inside.
"Where are you going?" Asked Noctowl defiantly.
"...Forget it, let's just save it for tomorrow morning." Replied Shin.
Flabbergasted by his sudden timidity, Noctowl pecked his hair to snap him out of his unusual cowardly act.
"Ow! What was that for?" Complained the Trainer, rubbing his head.
"Don't you remember what we need to do?" Reminded Noctowl.
"I know, our task is very simple and all." He continued, "But I never said I agreed on visiting places like this."
"Are you telling me...that you're being chicken?" Teased the Nocturnal Pokémon.
Pointing at the pitch black entrance waiting for somebody to enter in, he bluntly said, "Are you kidding me? I mean, look at that dark thing. Have you ever visited a place this big, turned out to be a very lonely building and then you heard some creaking noises crawling on every corners that you don't even know what that is?!"
"You're exaggerating, so what if there's spooky stuff inside?"
"Shut up." He denied, "Besides, we don't have Flash, you dolt."
"Hah, craven coward. Let me show you how it's done."
Cockily hopping from his shoulder, he flew inside with a taunting smirk. Entering the building with a reverberating noise of mockery, Noctowl heard a faint voice in the midair. At first he thought it was his Trainer pulling out such cheap pranks, but he realized that he wasn't even following his lead. Looking back at him, the voice became louder as seconds passed, imitating the sound someone makes when they chuckled out loud. Breaking some unintended sweat, everything turned very distant. Between the dim light from the outside and the shrouded darkness inside, the urge to pull back got to him, and so he took the path aback with a drastic expression change. Trembling like after having a thorough inappropriate inspection, Shin was unimpressed at his failure on proving himself as a brave figure.
"On second thought, you're right. Let's call it quits." Stated the Pokémon.
"Serves you right." Scoffed the Trainer, "Though we both share our fear, we're not going to turn back away now because we have two towns in need. Didn't we want to become heroes for everyone's sake?"
"I've got a bad feeling about this." Said the Nocturnal Pokémon.
Taking his pessimism as a mark of encouragement regardless of the situation they were in, Shin decided to enter in the Power Plant. He did several preparations before entering the building. Holding a spare candle obtained somewhere prior to his current initial visit, dimly lit by a weak ember from the Anteater Pokémon. Melting an ounce or two of the topmost candle to serve as a safe standing point onto the inclined side of a piece of rock he picked right after, he firmly took a hold of it and advanced forward into the depths of the black abyss of machinery.
Traversing through several blocks and sides with a piece of candle as their own only lighting, static noises from the dead machines on the walls can be heard closely.
"...mi...mi..."
Staying steadfast in the way they walked in, the familiar faint noise was heard again. With his Pokémon shuddering all the sudden, Shin remained tough and asked him, "What's wrong?"
"I...I heard that familiar voice again. It's as if someone's calling out for...someone." Explained Noctowl.
"I don't hear anything other than my footsteps. Must be your imaginations?"
"Sheesh, don't be so loud now." Hissed the Nocturnal Pokémon, "It can probably hear us."
Proceeding with caution, the two went deeper into the corridor of electronics. The fiery spirit pointed at the opposite direction they were heading for, giving them a little warning on what would come before them implying that they should turn back instead of pressing on. However, the Trainer responsible for the embarking in the first place won't just return back and do nothing when there's somebody and uninformed people required his help. With a simple task shouldering him and his Pokémon, Shin yawned and move onward.
Several steps forward from the spot they were previously at listening to the quiet ambience of the technology breakdown around them, they ascended through the stairs cautiously. The candle was now at its half length, one blow could always wipe out the very flame dancing amidst the pitch black site. Gently moving his legs upstairs, the present room itself is much more lit than the previous even if it was slight, and it was with the aid from the glimmering indigo skies.
Luckily enough, Shin managed to locate a room serving as the towns' power support. Walking past the stunned steel door placing the light nearby to carefully determine which switch goes where, he noticed something else that caught his attention instead. A pile of paperwork on the worktable at the side, branded by a complicated list of organizations of some sort. Thinking it was boring to read through certain things like terms of service and attendance, he skimmed past only to find something interesting, and somehow he came across upon a pink book with a flashy background.
As Noctowl flew back to inform his Trainer about which switch to flick, though acknowledging his sentences, Shin was busy reading out something that managed to get his interest. Peeking in to find out what he was reading, he pecked at him in the hair once more.
"Ow! Noctowl, what was that for?"
"Shin, this isn't the right time to read that!" Scowled the Pokémon.
"...Ehehe, so you did saw that." Blushing to his admittance, he closed the book, "But I'm gonna keep this book anyway. No comment."
Feeling careful, he blew the candle to prevent unwanted accidents. Now just a whiff, he hid the book behind his multipurpose vest and went straight to where the feathery Pokémon pointed at. Breathing in and out, Shin tried to grab the hold.
"What the heck?" Said Shin, as his hand suddenly bumped into something solid albeit unseeable. Like touching a wall, but the wall itself was nonexistent through normal sight.
"Hmm, that's odd. I don't think there's anything like a barrier or..." Stopping a bit from the first impression that the Pokémon guessed, he continued, "...A score in the first hunch! This is certainly the work of Pokémon moves. From the looks of it, it's a combination of barrier moves. We'll just need to find the user who casts those moves altogether."
"The host isn't in this floor, could it be that they're just below from us?"
"Of course, then it would be way too easy, huh?" Sighed the Pokémon, "Shouldn't have blown that candle yet."
Assigning themselves a new task to find the host of the protected master generator, Shin instructed his Floatzel to keep on guard upstairs if things go wrong before they descended back into the dark room through downstairs with a bright stone on hand. Step after a step, they tried to determine the directions based on the spot they're at before they descended down to find the cause. Following the path correctly, they found a steel door.
"Mimimi...mimi..."
"So it came from here..."
"Alright, come out team, we're gonna bust another door."
Predictably sending out his Pokémon to unleash their moves against the steel door, the door easily broke and they unraveled the source that turned the upper floor into a no go. What they saw was a lone, pink bipedal Pokémon facing upward with two of its hands raised toward the floor. Noticing the sudden intrusion that the group gave to it, it stopped and faced toward them with a grotesque smile, and obviously shining red pupils.
"What the heck is that?!" Said Shin.
"Mimimimi... Mimimimi."
"Sit on my...lap?" He reluctantly translated, "And spread your...uh..."
Focusing most of its psychic power into pink wall of imbued glass, the Barrier Pokémon pushed forward the barrier infused with pixie element toward them. Acting quick, Shin discarded the candle and withdrew all of his Pokémon inside, then he took a sidestep toward the side of the entrance. Almost hit by the attack from the suddenly turning aggressive Pokémon, he sent out the Pokémon back to combat out the lunatic Pokémon. The loudness has alerted Floatzel enough for him to follow the instructions his Trainer entrusted to him. Flicking the switch without hesitation, the generator started up immensely.
*Bzzt*
With the engine turned on, its massive power was enough to turn the entire Power Plant into a bright world. Distributed thoroughly from one into every sections and corners, the place is no longer out of order. The creepy Mr. Mime came out from the entrance levitating with electricity surrounding it. Rotating every of its limbs erratically discouraged some of his Pokémon to attack the target, but Heatmor was unhindered and rushed in with a chain of fire on his snout. The barrier, however rendered most incoming blows into nothing but useless attempt on offense.
"Is that even a Pokémon?" Asked Shin confusedly.
"I...I have no idea." Continued Noctowl, "I never saw a Pokémon being able to do all this."
With a tough clash between the two Pokémon, Boldore assisted the Anteater Pokémon with their respective moves by offensively attacking Mr. Mime. Launching multiple rocks consecutively, however to no avail, the attacks were blocked easily with barriers still guarding it. Sylveon tried to stare at the Barrier Pokémon with a saddened look, but with the constantly rotating head and unpredictable move pattern, it glared at the Intertwining Pokémon evilly, only to cause her to back off in fear. Noctowl joined in the battle by shrouding both of his wings into blades of air, but once again the barriers easily shrugged the attack away. With all attacks unable to damage the opposing Pokémon, they regrouped together in one spot to attack at the same time.
"Mimi?" It mockingly stared, cracking a finger to cast a barrier encasing all of his Pokémon inside a cubical psychic prison, effectively restraining them. His Floatzel descended down the stairs to see what was happening, but he couldn't get past the barrier that blocked the path with any of his moves. Approaching closer and closer, without his Pokémon able to help him, Shin was cornered. Rambling in panic at the direst time, Shin shouted, "Crap! Noctowl, what do I do now?!"
"Mimimi..." Curiously stopping its movement, it stared intently toward the ill-fated man.
"Oh, right! Use the gun!" Yelled back the Pokémon.
Remembering the object that he confiscated in the past days, almost forgotten but was there. he stood up with a provocative gesture. A quick draw from the holster, he pulled the trigger and a projectile was shot from the barrel moving forward past through the Pokémon, hitting no one but the walls--it was a miss. The failure of making a good comeback discouraged his restrained Pokémon greatly, for how he screwed that one job that he usually didn't suck at. Now that it's aware about the incoming attack from the Trainer, it materialized another psychic barrier in front of him and began to push it in hopes to crush him against the walls. Panicking even more, he rolled into the side corridor and ran away as fast as he could. It's all now a human versus Pokémon situation, with one being the helpless and the one who has the power that can be easily abused.
"Darn it, Shin!" He cursed to himself,
"With my strongest Pokémon being sealed away, who am I going to rely on now?"
Inside the warehouse room with the lights all bright, rustling all over the objects stored, he managed to find something usable--a pipe. No longer worrying if he will be charged for looting and Pokéabuse, between life and death, he hid himself at the side of the walls waiting for it to come over. When the barrier came close, he prepared himself by taking a battle stance carefully. Sweat falling over from the adrenaline to defend himself, the demonic Pokémon appeared behind him and glanced at him with a smile. With full force, he swung in with a mighty blow.
"Take this!" He shouted.
The powerful blow, however inconsistently hit the idle walls once again. Nimble tackled by the Barrier Pokémon, the Trainer was knocked down into the floor. With a repeated, child-like laugh, it slowly walked ever closer to him. Soaked in many cold sweats, he remained steadfast and instead gripped its head on its midway, then smashed the grappled head into the floor to keep it toppled down. It was made worse when it started to crawl away on arachnid-like limbs with an ugly ravaged plastic face, jumping into the walls nimbly teasing the Trainer for its swift movements ready to strike at any time.
Instead of being fazed by its demeanor, he took another spare Quick Ball given the ample time it wasted on him and threw it into the actively hopping Barrier Pokémon. Its carelessness cause to its containment inside the ball of yellow and blue, falling on the ground wobbling on its way, to the left, to the right. Stopping in the middle, a clicking noise was heard, followed with a loud roar coming from the inside with a shadowy aura engulfing the mechanical sphere, soon mysteriously vanishing for known reasons. He just caught a demon with physical defect.
With the barriers completely all gone, Shin sat on the cold floor and sighed in relief. His friends soon approached him to ensure that he was safe and sound, but apparently the recent happening that have just happened took a much bigger toll for him. He really couldn't look at the said species the same anymore, nor he'll even use the thing that he had just caught by now, sitting inside the PC System as its temporary prison. Feeling a bit aghast in both body and soul for the deed he has done, he put the weapon he picked up earlier back into the warehouse, then he curled to stare into nothingness.
"Shin! Are you okay?" Asked Noctowl worriedly.
"Happy little Skitty...flying with a Finneon...in a hurricane...they both flap away..."
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Dusk drew near, signifying the incoming nighttime phase for the day. From an eagle-eyed view, a twinkle shone in the mountainous civilization, soon followed tremendously by the others until there were no more lamps to join in the party. Shin managed to reactivate the offline Power Plant for the towns in the mountains. Still taking time to recover from the disturbing occurrence back then, he soared down toward the nearest town known as Tethely Town. Bristling brown feathers falling in front of the Pokémon Center, he stomped down the road and quickly rushed in to check on his PC System so he can withdraw the monster of animosity out for purging reasons.
"Welcome to the newly-opened Wonder Trade! You may put a Pokémon you wish to trade with one of the Trainers found around the Diminia Region in here." Explained the attendant.
"Yes please, I'll put this 'daunting' one in here."
He hurriedly placed the Quick Ball of pure darkness into the advanced warping machine, just wanting to banish the thing out from the realm his living on for now. For a minute, the attendant took a look at the horribly ominous Quick Ball he hastily placed on, but she failed to see anything suspicious in it, therefore shrugging it off although everyone in the Pokémon Center can listen to its angered snarling. Watching the Quick Ball to vanish within the air, a Dive Ball appeared in return. His first thought that he was getting another Water-Type Pokémon whereas he has too many of them remaining unused. Still better than nothing, he picked the light blue Poké Ball and left with a happy grin--an expression showing how glad he was when he managed to get rid a nightmare material.
"Now let's see what surprise lie before us!" Exclaimed Shin, throwing the newly acquired Pokémon onto the air to reveal the Pokémon inside. As the enveloping watery effect faded to reveal a long blue body, with an odd spherical head and three claws on the rear, it appeared to be the obvious Iron Ball Pokémon--Gengar!
"Noctowl, where's the nearest Name Rater available?" Asked Shin in dissatisfaction.
"I thought you can't nickname someone else's Pokémon?" Continued the Nocturnal Pokémon, "And I think Gengar is a great name. Very deceptive."
Levitating on the midair docilely, Gengar blinked and gave a happy robotic nod as Shin squinted at the intentionally misnamed Pokémon closely. Upon close inspection, Shin noticed a mail with zigzag pattern hung on its socket joint, he took the mail with him and read the crudely handwritten letter out loud.
"Jokes on you! It's Beldum! ...and there it goes."
"This region is getting weirder as it gets."
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Leaving the place to find an interesting hot spot, the two thought on visiting the local garden to continue their absorptive reading. Beautiful flowerbeds scattered along the road with various Bug-Type Pokémon flying around the garden enjoying the flowers, the two sat on an empty bench with the pink book on hand. With all the street lights turning bright again, they felt accomplished even though no one thanked them. Yawning from the tiring work they did, he opened the book into the page where he last read it along with his Nocturnal Pokémon sitting beside him.
"What are you two reading?!"
Startled by the sudden loud voice coming from behind, the two jumped and immediately closed the book. They turned around to find a girl in a simple brown and beige dress with an innocent smile. Feeling awkward, he tried to reason smoothly, "It's an education book about...Pokémon."
"Education? But I thought you were reading a no-"
"Oh, hey! That Pokémon looks so small and actually cute!" Interrupted Shin in order to avert her attention. Though usually despising them, he spotted a certain Pokémon that caught his attention and he readied a spare Quick Ball on hand to make it genuine.
"Oh! That's a Cutiefly! They usually hang around at night with the other Pokémon following the sweet scents of an Illumise!" Explained the girl.
"I see! I should catch it!" Clutching a Quick Ball on hand to aim at with precision, Shin threw the Quick Ball determinedly toward the Pokémon he wanted. The speed of the ball managed to knock the Bee Fly Pokémon inside, soon falling down into the grassland. Wobbling several times, the very favorable clicking noise was heard. Still vanishing mysteriously for a known reason, the girl spun herself again and posed cutely in conjunction of his successful capture.
"...You look weird." Stated Shin.
"It's a victory pose! Every Pokémon Trainer I met so far does this! Don't you have one?" Asked the girl curiously.
"...Well I do...no, I don't."
"Don't be so modest! You should show it to me!" Begged the girl, then she pulled a threatening tone, "Or I'll take this toy gun and shot you with it!"
Surprised by the instantaneous act from the crazy girl snatching the dart gun he had without feeling anything, he asked worriedly, "When and where did you get that?"
"Oh. c'mon now. It won't matter where I took it. I mean you just need to show me your pose. Easy right?" Said the girl, spinning the dart gun intentionally waiting for him, "I'll count from one to three, teehee."
"Crap, what do we do, Noctowl?"
"I think I got a good idea."
From a quick whisper between the two, they agreed on doing their pose. Firstly, Shin grabbed him with both of his hands and lifted him in the middle of the streetlight, in which the Nocturnal Pokémon responded by spreading his wings and began to flapping away, somehow carrying Shin from the grounds into the midair majestically. Not quite amazed by the pose he did, she went closer and aimed the barrel at him.
"Wait, I already did mine. Aren't you entertained enough?" Questioned Shin.
"I'm just bored, do you have a spare so we can play gunfight?"
"Hold on, lady! You don't know what you were holding right now! You could've hurt someone with it!" He warned awkwardly.
"Oh, a roleplay! I love roleplaying!" She misinterpreted jollily, "Boop."
Through a gentle pull, a dart was already stuck at his left arm. Nausea and sleepiness struck him so fast, Shin abruptly collapsed down with a seizure and stopped moving. Spontaneously approaching his Trainer, Noctowl plucked the dart away and inspected his condition.
"And that's a victory for Sergeant Jane!~♪" " She posed once more.
"Shin, wake up! You can't just lay down like that!" Echoed the Nocturnal Pokémon, with his Trainer closing his eyes out of dizziness.
"Now it turned into an emotional moment! Impersonating a Pokémon voice is really difficult, but you somehow nailed the gesture perfectly. You must be a really good roleplayer!"
"...He's not breathing."
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"Ugh...am I dead yet? Where am I?" Shin thought to himself,
"My body feels so stiff, I can't even move my left arm."
In the early bird of time, time passed way too quickly during his unconscious sleep. When Shin opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a clear blue ceiling. When Shin tried to wake his body from the rock hard sofa, the first realization he realized was that his left arm was bandaged with a scrim fabric, very tightly. When Shin tried to undo the torturing bandage, the first scream was heard after he discovered his zombie-like colored hand from pulling his black, covered in dirt tunic sleeves.
"What was that loud sound... Oh, you're awake. *yawn* What a relief."
When Shin heard the lazy reaction coming from someone familiar, the first person he saw was the same girl in brown and beige cloth who shot him with his own weapon last night. When Shin stared at her for a minute, the first thing he saw was a can of RedTauros. When Shin tried to look for the properties that he had, the first object that he saw was the dart gun. When Shin glanced back at the girl who've yet to introduce herself, the first expression he saw was a modest smile.
"Aren't you feeling better now?" Asked the girl, sipping the drink.
"Who...who did this?" He asked back.
"I did."
"Oh, I know you meant well but who'd use an adhesive duct tape for wounds?" He said bluntly, "And I don't think you're supposed to drink that..."
While hearing his complain, her eyebrows immediately puckered into a frown. Squeezing the can firmly until it literally break somehow freaked him out as she stepped onward, clenching her fist tightly. In his crippled state, the blue-haired man can do nothing but to take the knuckle which will bump into him hardly--a score in the face. It seemed that the energy drink has started to kick in to carry its brutal effect on.
"Ouch! What was that for?!" Asked Shin, still touching his nose.
"I forgot that I had a lot of battles to do today!" She yelled out jollily, "See you later!"
She energetically left and slammed the door shut into the outside world in the loud morning, and the pain from the unnecessary hit made him groan way too hard. Few minutes trying to endure the pain, he stood up and tried to undo the disabling bandage with his remaining hand after inserting tissues to stick on his bloody nostrils. Peeling it over from his cloth to free some blood circulation, he slowly regained mobility over his left arm. Scratching his dirty butt full of dirt, he sat back onto the sofa to read the somewhat subtle pink book.
"Shin, you're fine! I was worried sick that I have to perform CPR on the mouth 5 times to make you breathe again."
"Nope, my limbs are breaking apa- wait what?" Stopped the worn out Trainer for the disturbing words he said.
"Oooh...oooh...uh...it's obviously not me, silly! W-what makes you think a Pokémon would do that?" He ambiguously denied, "...Um...Shin?"
"...Pe oh pe pe why...that's me..." Whimpered Shin, curling on his own very spot.
----
Deviating too much time from his supposed journey on collecting gym badges, Shin snapped out and actually took his crap together along with his Pokémon for real. Thinking about challenging the town's gym so he could rise in advanced levels way faster, he hastily ran toward the destination area in the middle of the morning where everyone in the town started to lift their limbs. In front of the gym, he hid himself between the walls when he saw a girl with a badge on hand already.
"Oh, that same Trainer from Erest Town already won." Shin thought to himself,
"Now that I think of it, it's been a while ever since the last time I've seen that no-joke-clown..."
Standing in front of the entrance of the gym, he entered in with a serious manner. With all the plains looking simple and nice, he finally discovered that the same girl that has just punched him in the face was actually a Gym Leader all along.
"Ah! You came!" Greeted Jane eagerly, "Sorry for the unexpected intrusion in the morning. Let me rephrase my line formally! I'm Jane, the Gym Leader of Tethely Town!"
"And I'm Shin, a Pokémon Trainer who has been dragged into an unwanted onset without knowing the clear reason. As a payback, I'm going to challenge you in a Pokémon battle."
The Trainers took their usual stances, both readying their Poké Balls in their grasps. The referee unfortunately left to do some business in the toilet, and this is where Jane took the opportunity to set up her own rule.
"I'll be the one to decide the winning conditions and how we do the battle." Instructed Jane, "I really like the way how everyone can go all out, with the Trainers giving instructions here and there causing a confusion among the combatants. That said, we're going for a Triple Battle!"
"Playing triplets, huh?" Asked Shin, "Are you sure you're up to the challenge?"
"Hey, that's unfair! I should be the one who said that!" Shouted Jane.
Picking the three Pokémon of his choices he had in his belt, he threw all three into the battlefield--revealing an Anteater Pokémon on the left side, a Nocturnal Pokémon on the middle and a Sea Weasel Pokémon on the right side, all standing by his side. On the opposing side, Jane giggled and swiftly threw all three Pokémon to accept his challenge. The first three Poké Balls from the left to the right, exposed a large, wingless, tri-headed avian Pokémon standing on the ground with his powerful legs. Facing at three different directions, he released a loud cry of joy to battle the challenger. The second Poké Ball released a sleepy Pokémon that appeared to be hugging a short wooden log. The last and not the least, showing a big, menacing looking Pokémon letting out an intimidating ursine roar.
With the two factions ready to fight, Shin instructed them beforehand, "Listen up, it'd be very obvious for them to target at one Pokémon at the time instead of spreading the damage caused. We too, have the same plan which is to focus on one at a time, but we're going for a surprise before they do. For now, I'll give you the roles and the what to do things."
"Heatmor, you will be the physical shield since none can really get past your Fire Lash without taking damage. Keep them on bay at all cost. Noctowl, you'll be the one to hack and slash the foe, stay near with Heatmor in case things go awry. Floatzel, although you have the leeway to use Surf, it should be advised to not go overboard." He continued lecturing them, "As for the surprise part, we're going to create the field into a molten world. Those who are airborne or unaffected by the heat will benefit from this greatly. Understand?"
"Hey, what's taking you so long?" Asked Jane impatiently.
"Alright, here it goes!"
As the referee returned from his business, he left again to see that he's a needless substance in the gum right now. Jane took the first turn to start the battle.
"Ursaring, toss Komala toward that Water-Type Pokémon!" She commanded.
Picking up the Comatose Pokémon whose charging its wooden log into a big green hammer, Ursaring threw it away toward the Sea Weasel Pokémon at high speed. On the last second, Heatmor came in and swatted the attack away with his chain of flames, effectively knocking it away. However, this distraction gave Dodrio an opportunity to use Drill Peck toward Noctowl. Unfortunately, he was kept busy by Komala as it continuously swinging its log as an offensive presence, soon joined by Ursaring and so was unable to reach the two birds.
On the other side, Noctowl managed to use hypnotize Dodrio to sleep before the attack connected. Thinking about focusing toward the other Pokémon for how he managed to cripple one of its combatants, however, Dodrio was long gone and he was struck from a powerful kick from the rear.
"Guys, stick to the plan!" Shouted out Shin.
"Oh, I wonder what plan it'd be? Wouldn't it be a shame if you can't execute it at all when there's no time for a set up?" She mocked.
His side was in a rather tough spot--Noctowl was wounded by the unexpected Jump Kick from a Pokémon that was supposed to be asleep, Heatmor facing two foes at the same time, both sides trading blows toward the one in front of them, and Floatzel who can't really do much. The Nocturnal Pokémon executed his escape route and went closer toward Heatmor for safeguard, but Heatmor was more hindered by taking three Pokémon at once. From here, Shin decided to do the plan with the low amount of time given for breathing.
"Noctowl, lift Heatmor upward!" Ordered Shin, "Floatzel, use Surf! Turn the whole grounds wet then propel yourself into the air!"
"Then, Ursaring! Use Earthquake to create a fissure!" She countered.
Standing on the grounds with his stubby legs, soon on the midair. Heatmor's battle proficiency in keeping away physical attacks is top notch for a seemingly average Pokémon, even not on the grounds. They stopped focusing on the Anteater Pokémon, for now they're trying to deliver all of their attacks toward Floatzel. Intuitively, Floatzel dashed through with a weak Aqua Jet then released a big wave toward the three while flying on his rapidly rotating twin tails, but Ursaring was still there, doing its job to create a wall made of rocks draining the water away leaving them unharmed.
With some puddles of water in most areas, the battlefield was now drenched in water and someone can always slip through and fall down. Given the chance before he had to deflect the flying Komala away, Heatmor spitted several balls of flames throughout the field to engulf the area into a scalding, foggy high-temperature field like a sauna. Due to the heat, Jane's Pokémon who happened to be standing are alternating their legs awkwardly for the hotness of the area. The three Pokémon on the opposite side though owned by the challenger started to carry an all-out assault with the positively sound plan.
"My Pokémon are suffering from the heat! That was your plan all along?!" Said Jane, seemingly unable to accept the pain from hers.
"Since the arena here is exploitable unlike most indoor gyms, might as well to do what I want without worry." Smirked Shin, "You could've figured it out easily but we'll just have to finish the confusion now. Go on, focus on that troubling Dodrio!"
His command was heard by all three, squinting their eyes to perform their strongest moves against their foe they're currently focusing at. Komala and Ursaring stepped in to block their way, reading their big hammers against the charging three with burning feet. However, Noctowl simply flew past them and released Heatmor against Dodrio who happened to be idle on the spot, bickering over the three heads over the pain. Orange flames were exhaled from his snout, swiftly swinging his head from below to the upward, he defeated Dodrio with an uppercutting Fire Lash.
"Two left! We're gonna focus on that Komala!"
"Komala, jump onto Ursaring's back! Ursaring, mitigate the heat by breaking the grounds!"
Still feeling hot on their toes, Komala jumped onto his back and shielded himself with its big body. Ursaring then obediently proceeded to smash the grounds, raising some rocks and rubble into the field. The temperature has dropped slightly, but that also made them unapparent toward the attack approaching them. Noctowl was still on the midair, with white gleaming wings ready to cleave through the air with a blade made of entirely air also. He threw the first blow against Ursaring and then doubled the attack by throwing the second saber.
"Argh, how am I the one who'd struggle now?!" She sweated.
The more times the Hibernator Pokémon was hit, it eventually toppled down for being sluggish to avoid most incoming attacks. Now only the blushing Komala seemingly to enjoy its sleep on the back of a fainted Pokémon, the three Pokémon stopped as Shin decided to not go way too further. Jane was dumbstruck for being defeated by technically below average Pokémon, especially when this battle format is her's most favorite as opposed to the standard three against three Single Battles, but she swallowed it and decided to admit her defeat with glee.
"I lost! I thought you were such a goof from the start. Turns out to be an outstanding battler too!" She congratulated.
"With this, victory is ours! Excellent job, everyone!"
----
Still on the morning, he glanced upon the Grey Badge he has just won during the Gym Battle. Much more enjoyable compared with the one that he fought in the Power Plant. He then shoved the badge back into the pocket and move on afterward, but a loud, familiar voice called him from the back.
"Hey, Trainer!"
"What is it?"
"Here, you left it in my house. This belongs to you, right?" She flashed upon the pink book he previously acquired, in which Shin responded with widening eyes. Putting an awkward smile, he quickly snatched it and left without saying anything. The girl who cheered him from the back seemed to be not that bad.
...
...
"Oh yeah, since you're going to nickname that blue ball Gengar back into something more pleasant to say, how about giving me a name too? Don't you think calling me Noctowl sounds way too literal as it can refer to anyone other than me?"
"If so, what nickname do you want?"
"Okay, if you insist, I'd like to call myself...Raven, as in Raven the Menace! How does that sound?"
"Now that I think of it, Gengar suits you better."