Pokemon X & Y Reimagined

Chapter 13: Froakie vs Frogadier! An Aura Battle!

"Big brother!" Bonnie wailed, tears in her eyes.

"Hold on, Clemont!" Ash grunted as he stood between Serena, Bonnie, and the squad of Team Flare members along the route. The admin chuckled with his grunts, who held Clemont and his pokemon at the point of guns and electric batons.

"Sorry, brat, but your friend is coming with us. We have plans for those with his skillset. Needless to say, he shall be putting them to far greater use under us." The admin's three Toxicroaks all wore exoskeletons of cybernetics, wires, and other machinery, enhancing their strength, speed, and movesets. Pikachu, Charizard, and Fletchinder all gasped for breath but grimaced with Ash when they saw tubes full of hyper potion attached to the cybernetics spray over the Toxicroaks, restoring them despite the team's efforts.

"Incredible!" Clemont beamed with stars in his eyes before he saw Bonnie and Serena's glares. "I mean, horrible, that's basically cheating!"

"Get that brat out of here. I'll deal with this one. He's been causing us all kinds of trouble, according to Xerosic."

"Yes, sir!" The grunts ran off, and Clemont's screams faded as they disappeared.

"Hang on, Clemont! Playtime's over! Let's go Mega Evolution!" Ash touched his keystone, and Charizard roared with fiery delight as a colorful sphere surrounded him. Within moments, Charizard Y appeared and shook the air with his wings.

"Grauu!"

"Mega evolution, eh? Well, I have been wondering just how strong our cybernetics are. Toxicroak use Venoshock, Thunder Punch, and Toxic!"

"Heat Wave!" Ash threw his hand out, and his eyes flashed blue alongside Charizard Y's. The Mega pokemon unleashed a firestorm through the air, engulfing all three attacks and forcing the Toxicroaks back.

"That's it, Electroball, Flame Charge!"

"Pika chu!!"

"Fletch!" Fletchinder and Pikachu added their attacks in and pinned all three Toxicroaks together.

"We're coming, Clemont!" Serena raced after the grunts with Fennekin. However, Ash threw out his last two Pokeballs when he saw her.

"Forakie, Riolu, help her!"

"Froak!"

"Grou!" The two followed Serena, with Riolu pushing himself to keep ahead of Froakie. Together, they closed the distance with the grunts, two of whom stopped to aim their guns.

"Water Pulse!"

"Flamethrower!" Fennekin and Froakie blasted the two gunners, who yelped, one spitting out water with Duckletts dancing around his head while the outer threw her gun away after it almost melted.

"Grou!" Riolu forced himself ahead of them with a wide grin. He arched his arm back, ready to strike. However, the world slowed around him and Ash, too. One of the Toxicroaks leaped over several dozen yards with the aid of his cybernetics. A burn heal, and hyper potion sprayed Toxicroak, and Riolu just managed to see the poison frog's insidious grin before a brick break slammed him backward. Ash did not have time to react, for the admin lunged forward and followed his pokemon's example. The punch lifted Ash off his feet, and onto his back, all the air knocked from his lungs.

"Pika!"

"Grauu!"

"Hmp, I can't wait to tell the boss how well his cybernetics work." The admin laughed and whipped his jacket open to reveal an exoskeleton around him, just like the Toxicroak.

"Ash!" Serena and Bonnie screamed. Ash struggled to breathe and looked over towards Riolu. He reached out, but Clemont was already gone, and Toxicroak loomed over Riolu before turning his eyes on Serena.