Chapter 14
Into the Breech
Randy and Jeff looked at me with a bizarre look in their eyes, wondering what I was doing. Then, Jeff had suddenly realized what I was doing.
Juno wants to fight the battle himself Randy said in disbelief, Ive never seen anything like this before.
Well, if he really wants to suffer too, thats fine with me. Randy growled.
Then, Latias had looked at me, with an odd look in her eyes.
Youre crazy! She told me, You cant enter this battle yourself!
Yes I can. I told her, Its better we both go down at the same time then letting him crush us one by one. Hes already obliterated my Ninetails! You saw what he did!
But this is extremely dangerous. Latias warned me, You must be sure this is really what you want to do.
Ive made up my mind already. I told her seriously, The two of us working together is the only chance we have at winning this battle. I cant afford to lose this battle, but if I do, I want to know that I tried the best I could, the best we could
Then, Latias looked forward. It was going to take both of our greatest efforts to take down two of the nastiest Pokmon of all time, two of the strongest legendary Pokmon Ive ever encountered.
Boy, is this going to be fun. Randy said with admiration, Groundon, lets show Juno how painful a Storm Chasm attack is!
With pleasure, my master. Groundon spoke in a low growl.
I began to look frantically for a way out, but I saw none. Then, Latias frantically leapt off the ground, and flew toward me.
Get on my back, or youre finished! Latias shouted to me.
I then quickly jumped off the ground, and landed on Latiass back, and held on tight. We then flew off the ground and went up into the air. Groundon slammed his foot onto the ground, shaking the ground tremendously, but we were untouched. We circled around Groundon until we were able to see his back.
Go for his head. I told Latias as we flew at an intense pace, Hit the back of his head with a Cyber Dragon Slash attack!
And then, Latias flew at Groundon, and everything became a blur. After I focused through the blur, everything around us began to move slowly again while we kept flying at normal speed, just like when I fought Nidoking. It seemed like Groundon couldnt even move, and then Latias moved in for the strike. For a split second, I heard an ear-splitting shriek as Latiass claws sunk into Groundons rocky armor, and tore into it effectively.
Groundon attempted to try and hit us by wildly swinging his arm. Latias dodged with finesse as he encircled around Groundon again.
Lugia, get after those two! Randy shouted furiously, Destroy them both!!
Then, Lugia spread his giant white wings, jumped off the ground and flew into the air, vigorously flapping his wings to stay afloat. It didnt take Lugia very long before he was on our tail. Latias had looked behind her for a moment, and saw we had serious trouble right behind us.
Youre going to have to get rid of Lugia. Latias told me, Youre the only one who can.
And then, we attempted to move at blitz speed again, only Lugia had been catching on and easily kept up the pace. I didnt think he would be able to follow us at this tremendous speed.
It felt like we were going to need a miracle to win this one
Lugia was now attacking on his own free will. He had been blessed with Randys intensive Ultra Nova Blast, and he was already preparing to unleash another beam of destruction on us. He had an extremely aggressive look in his narrow eyes, and he almost seemed to smile while the extreme onslaught he was about to let loose upon us was only growing more powerful and intense by the second. Then, I saw he was about to fire another devastating beam. And it was aimed right for us
Pull up! I shouted to Latias frantically.
We ascended just in time, as a giant torrent of white, blazing energy blasted below us at a thunderous pace. A moment later, there was an intense explosion, sending dirt and debris scattering everywhere.
Again and again we circled around the stadium at a feverish pace. If I wanted to get Lugia off our tail, I was going to have to return fire, and now. But how was I going to do it when I needed to hold on?
I slowly turned around, holding onto Latiass wings tightly with my hands, now facing Lugia straight in the face. I knew that if we got struck by just one of those beams, that was going to be the end of everything real fast. Already, Lugia was fully charged with another shot.
Bear right! I shouted to Latias.
She did just that, and just in time. Just only five feet away from us was a torrent of absolute carnage. We made it just in time.
Youre going to have to make these calls sooner! Latias complained, still flying around the stadium furiously.
I then looked at Lugia, trying to think of an idea. The only way we were going to get Lugia off our back was if I kept attacking him. I gritted my teeth, held on tighter, and my cheeks began to flare up with intense electrical power. Then, I looked toward Lugia, and aimed for the area between the eyes. I then let loose a powerful Thunder Strike that forked its way violently toward Lugia, and struck him right on target. It stunned him for a moment, but he was able to get back on target very easily.
I prepared to strike again, this time aiming for Lugias abdomen, hoping it would hurt him more if I hit him there. At the same time, Lugia was preparing another Ultra Nova Blast. It was going to all come down to who hit first
I let loose my attack, and the blazing thunder struck Lugia furiously. I thought he was going to go down for sure but he just fought off the pain. And then, he fired his beam of destruction, and I didnt even have half a second to warn Latias
It blasted its way right under us, and for a sickening moment it felt like we were riding on top of it. I could feel the intense heat even stronger now. And then, Latiass had started to lose control of her flying, and all I could think was that she just got hit by the beam. We had done a barrel roll almost three times, and I looked ahead to see we were about to crash right into the ground.
Latias! Are you okay!? I shouted frantically, Pull up, or were going to crash!
But there was no response. I tried to get her attention, but she didnt say anything. All I could do was just watch the ground get closer and closer to us.
LATIAS!!! I screamed loudly
I couldnt believe this was how it was all going to end. It was going to be so quick and furious, even we had been doing so well. We blazed faster and faster toward the ground, and I could tell the impact was going to be extremely painful for Latias, as well as myself when I was going to go flying right off of her.
But then, at that last critical second, Latias slowly began to arc upward, but I realized it might just be too late. Just as she regained control of her flight, we made contact with the ground, and I heard a loud scrape. Latias shut her topaz yellow eyes and winced with pain. At that moment, we started to head upward again. But I could tell Latias was hurt.
Latias I said in dismay, hoping she wasnt injured too badly.
Im fine, She told me, But were going to have to keep moving if we want to win.
Thank the heavens above Latias was alright. I saw my life flashing right before my eyes at that moment. I turned back to face Lugia, who hadnt given up the fight at all. I was furious at that moment. Any ally of Randy was my worst enemy, and right now Lugia was my worst enemy, trying to take away all of our freedom and trying to keep us bound in this forsaken world. I was not going to let him do that to us, not after all we had done to try and get out of here
Now was my chance for revenge. As we flew at a furious pace, I kept my eyes steadfast on my target, and Lugia had no chance for my forgiveness. It was time for him to be punished
Lugia then began charging up one more Ultra Nova Blast, trying to make it as huge as possible. I waited patiently for the moment to arise. Then, as the white, glowing sphere of energy was large and filled with tremendous amount of glowing, white power, I focused hard on my own energy, and my cheeks flared up with more electricity than ever before, and I could feel the intense power surge throughout me. Lugia was within moments of firing off a beam that was so giant that we had no chance to avoid it. It was now or never. I released the most powerful Thunder Strike attack I could, and aimed for the one spot that was going to change everything. I aimed right for Lugias mouth. When the intense thunder and lightning clashed with the charging energy Lugia was storing for his attack, there was a massive explosion, starting from Lugias mouth.
The white explosion was so massive that Lugias entire body looked like it had exploded, and the wave of white energy slowly crept toward us as we tried to race away from it. Moments later, the explosion died down, and Lugia recklessly slammed right into the ground, violently tumbling over and over several times as white fire blazed all over his body. When Lugia stopped tumbling, we saw he lay unconscious, never suspecting his own intense power would be turned against him. He absolutely refused to move, and Randy had no choice but to recall him.
Nice shot! Latias congratulated me.
I turned around and then faced the same direction Latiass was facing. And then, seemingly out of nowhere, a giant, spiked pillar made of chrome metal with razors on its end suddenly threw its way upward, and forcefully slammed right into us. Latias was struck in the head hard, and I was immediately thrown off of her, and then I crashed into the pillar head first, which hurt tremendously.
I shut my eyes from the pain, and all I could feel was a soft wind blow from underneath me as I kept falling and falling. Then, moments later, I slammed right into the ground hard, and I was pulsing with hot, burning pain all over my body. I rolled over a few times, and lay on my back. I opened up my eyes slowly, and gazed up at the stars in the black sky as hot pain continued to cripple my body. I couldnt move it was so bad. Then, seconds later I heard Latias cry out in pain as she hit the ground and tumbled close by. Then, I heard the tumbling get closer, and she stopped only a few feet away from me. I could hear her moan in pain.
When I slowly turned my head, I saw it was Groundon who was responsible for hitting us. He had hit us with his tail, right at the point when he has used a similar attack to Iron Tail, only it felt like we crashed into something far more durable and stronger than that. I was breathing hard, hoping I could get back up and try fighting again, only it seemed so distant. Jeff had just looked at the two of us fallen on the ground, and he just smiled.
Juno and Latias are unable to battle! Jeff shouted out with hideous glee, The victory goes to Groundon, making Randy the winner!
After I heard those sick words, there wasnt any sting of pain that was going to stop me from getting back up and continuing this. I slowly rolled over onto my chest, thrust my hands firmly into the ground, and pushed myself off the dusty floor, and stood right back up again. I was going to enter the fray once more