Beyond the Adventure - A Pokémon Story

Chapter 17: Endgame pt3

                Darius wastes no time.  He points his finger at Deoxys.  “Talonflame, rip that beast to shreds before it can regenerate again!  Steel Wing!”

                Jess follows suit.  “Articuno!  Use Blizzard!”

                I look at Brawny and Jaws.  Neither of them can really join the fight, given Deoxys is hovering over a boiling pool of magma.  I look around to see what we can work with.  I spy a giant boulder, and it has me thinking.  I doubt it would work, but it is something.  “Brawny,” I say.  “Can you lift that boulder?”

                Brawny looks at me like I just asked the dumbest question in the history of questions.  He stomps over, grips it with all four hands, and rips the sucker right out of the ground.  He holds it over his head and grins.  “Machamp!”

                “Great!” I say.  “Take aim.  You’re going to throw it at Deoxys when I say so, got it?”

                Brawny nods.  I turn to the fight and watch carefully as Darius and Jess’ birds zip around Deoxys.  Talonflame unleashes a barrage of steel feathers that slice into Deoxys’ body.  Articuno whips a frenzied icy whirlwind around Deoxys, causing the magma still stuck to its body to solidify.  Deoxys takes a savage beating and seems to be unable to focus on regenerating.  Finally, Deoxys lashes out with its good arm.  It stretches out, palm open, and grabs Talonfalme by the face.  It pushes Talonflame down toward the flowing lava.  Jess spots this and commands Articuno to use Ice Beam on Deoxys’ elongated arm.  She hits the arm in the middle.  It freezes solid, then snaps right off!  The arm falls toward the lava, taking Talonflame with it.  Articuno then fires Ice Beam at the lava below Talonflame, solidifying it.  Talonflame bounces off it, shakes her face from Deoxys’ severed arm’s grip, and takes off back into the sky before the solid magma melts again.

                “Now Talonflame!  Flare Blitz!” Darius commands.

                Talonflame starts spinning toward Deoxys, wrapping herself in flames.  Deoxys turns to Talonflame and its crystalline orb begins to glow.  I spot this, noticing Talonflame and Articuno’s position, and point my finger.  “Now Brawny!” I shout.

                “Maaaaa-CHAAAAAMP!” Brawny roars as he hurls the boulder with all his might.  The boulder flies through the air with incredible speed.  It slams into an unsuspecting Deoxys, launching it toward the rock cliff.  Deoxys struggles beneath the sheer velocity of the boulder.  Then the boulder shatters and a giant beam of light fires into the sky.  Deoxys stops its movement just before slamming into the rock wall.  As it hovers there, it begins to rapidly regenerate.  Its legs reform, its limp arm rises back to life, and its broken arm grows a new hand.  All burn marks vanish, leaving it looking like it did before we even started this fight.

                “Oh man…” I hear Darius groan.  “What does it take to defeat this thing?”

                “I don’t know,” Jess says, “but I don’t know how much more our Pokémon can take.”

                I frown.  She is right.  Most of our Pokémon have taken severe beatings, even come close to death, yet this alien has not even a scratch!  It keeps regenerating and I do not know how we can compete with it.  I do not know how much longer we can last.  What is taking Steven so long?

                Deoxys wastes no time.  It dashes straight for Articuno.  Articuno tries to dive out of the way, but Dexoys slams hard into her back.  The bird squawks in pain, but recovers and fires an Ice Beam at it.  Talonflame joins in, firing a Flamethrower at Deoxys.  Deoxys throws up some kind of barrier, causing the two beams to swirl around its body.  It then releases the beams, directing the Flamethrower at Articuno and the Ice Beam at Talonflame.  Both birds get caught off guard and screech in pain.  Deoxys then grabs them both and flies toward Brawny, Jaws, and me.  We all dive out of the way as Deoxys slams both birds into the ground.  It drags them several feet, creating deep trenches, before letting go and flies up into the air.  It then lands near the edge, overlooking the magma pool.