Beyond the Adventure - A Pokémon Story

Chapter 17: Endgame pt2

                Darius freezes.  I can practically see his heart stop beating.  I feel the panic well up inside me.  Can it be?  Has it happened again?  I cannot bear to think so.  I reach for Brawny’s Great Ball and throw it.  I refuse to believe it is true.  I HAVE to do something!

                Brawny leaps out and flexes.  “Brawny!” I shout.  “Save Sylveon!  Beat the ever-living snot out of that monster!”  Brawny roars and charges for Deoxys.  I realize this is a terrible idea.  If Deoxys really is a Psychic-type, Brawny may very well get destroyed.  However, I cannot see another one of Darius’ Pokémon perish.  Brawny leaps onto Deoxys’ back and starts pounding into its thick skull.  Deoxys swings its beefy arms around, trying to knock Brawny off.  Brawny grabs Deoxys by the face, leaps off its back, and pulls it away from poor Sylveon.  Dust from the tussle kicks into the air, shrouding Sylveon.  I cannot see her.

                “No…” Darius says, tears streaming down his eyes.  “Not again…  not again…”

                I grab Darius by the collar.  “Come on, dude!” I shout at him.  “Snap out of it!”

                Darius just stares off into nothing.  “Please… not again…”

                He is so out of it, though understandably so.  Desperate times call for desperate measures.  I slap him across the face.  He blinks and looks at me.  “Darius,” I say calmly.  “I understand your pain, but listen.  Amidst the noise, what can you hear?”

                Darius stops and listens carefully.  He is silence for a moment, then looks at me.  I believe he hears what I hear; the faint whimpering of Sylveon.  She is still alive.  I look back, and sure enough, from the cloud of dust, Sylveon appears, dragging herself across the ground.  She is badly beaten and her back is bent at an unnatural angle, but she is still alive.  Deoxys seems to have broken her back.  That must have been the awful snap we heard.

                Darius looks at me and wipes his eyes.  I look at him square in the eyes.  “Now quickly!” I say.  “Pull her into her ball!  In there, she will be in a stasis.  She will survive long enough to get her to a hospital, okay?”

                Darius nods.  He aims the ball at her and fires.  The beam connects and Sylveon is pulled in.  Darius pockets the ball.  I look at him.  “Are you okay?” I ask.  He nods.  “Good.  Let’s finish this!”

                Darius grabs another ball.  In his eyes is a fire I have only seen once before, back in the Ruins of Alph.  Darius is furious and is eager to get revenge.  He releases his pride and joy, his beautiful and powerful Talonflame.  She soars into the air, wings spread, surrounded by a fiery aura that matches Darius rage.  “Talonflame!  Let’s destroy this thing!”

                I nod and turn back to Brawny and Deoxys.  To my surprise, Brawny is holding his own, dragging Deoxys around.  Deoxys is locked in a death grip.  Brawny has it pinned with two of his arms, and the other two are pounding the back of its head.

                Darius wastes no time.  “Talonflame!” he shouts.  “Flamethrower!”

                Talonflame dives toward Deoxys, squawking loudly.  She opens her beak and a large stream of fire erupts toward Deoxys.  Brawny grabs hold of Deoxys with all four hands and ducks behind it, using Deoxys as a shield.  Talonflame keeps up the assault, concentrating the flames on Deoxys’ face.  Deoxys’ face appears to melt, its glowing white ooze blood pouring down its arms and over Brawny’s hands.

                “Now obliterate it with a Flare Blitz!” Darius commands.  “Make that thing explode!”

                Talonflame glows brightly and bursts into flames.  Her entire body becomes engulfed in fire as she dives toward Deoxys at amazing speeds!  She screeches triumphantly as she aims straight for Deoxys’ chest.  For a moment, it looks like we may beat this thing, but I do not hold my breath.  It can regenerate, so we must be cautious.