The Golden Throne

Chapter 8: You win...

The next day Hilbert had breakfast and got ready. The food provided in the room was decent. Now that he and Ego have regained their strength, they were ready to take on their first challenge. Hilbert made his way through a few flights of stairs and hallways until he finally arrived at the challengers' waiting room. Here, he could hear people shouting and cheering at the current battle taking place. The walls and floors of this room were stained red. Bleeding challengers must've retreated into here after battles. Then all of a sudden, Hilbert heard the crowd outside scream louder, followed by the sound of a bell.

"You're up," one of Ramon's grunts said.

The door leading to the battle zone opened up. A trainer walked in, carrying the lifeless bleeding body of his Scraggy. He had tears in his eyes. Hilbert was disgusted at the 'business' Ramon was running. Pokemon should never be treated like this.

"I said you're up!" The grunt shouted this time.

Hilbert stepped out of the room and into the large arena. The bright light outside hurt his eyes for a moment. Out here, the crowd was going mad. It seems the size of the audience had doubled since yesterday.

"Today, we have a special challenger!" The announcer announced. "Oh, I'm sure you've heard of him. They said he's gone missing- vanished, into thin air. But no! That's right folks- believe your eyes! He who destroyed Team Plasma; The saviour of Unova! I give you- in the flesh: Hiiiilbert BLACK!"

The audience roared in applause. This reminded Hilbert of the time he was at his talk show and that people were going nuts over him. This time, however, the crowd wanted to see Hilbert spill blood.

"And in the other corner: You've seen him last week. You saw how his Pokemon bashed the Mienshao to death. You loved the blood and you want to see more! I give you: Jacob Winters!"

The guy who escorted me yesterday?  Hilbert thought. "Well isn't life full of surprises," the Unovan muttered sarcastically. "Ego, I choose you!"

"Embooaaarrrr," Ego bellowed as his flaming beard intensified.

"Chan, it's time!" A Hitmonchan emerged from Jacob's Pokeball.

"Challengers... FIGHT!" The announcer screamed.

*DING*

Without a moment's hesitation, Jacob gave out his first command "Chan, use Mega Punch!"

Emboar was quick enough to block his face from being pulverized. "Ego, Fire Blast!"

"Ice Punch!"

Their attacks collided and canceled each other out.  "Now Ego! Use Heat Crash!"

Ego jumped high into the air and- "Chan, Sky Uppercut!"

In a flash, the Hitmonchan gave Ego an uppercut while still in the air. Pain exploded at the bottom of his chin and he fell straight to the ground.

"He's on the ground, Chan! Use Mega Punch while you can!"

The Hitmonchan raced towards Ego who was still picking himself up. Just as Chan rotated his arms to strike Ego, Ego grabbed the Hitmonchan and locked his arms around him. "Headsmash!" Hilbert shouted, bashing his fist onto his palm.

Ego bashed his skull into Chan's but did not release his grip just yet. "Ego, use Heat Crash again!"

There was no escape now. With Chan locked in his arms, Ego leapt high into the air and surrounded his body in yellow-orange flames. He then crashed back onto the ground. The damage done by the move Heat Crash increases with the mass of the opponent. With Ego and Chan's combined mass and momentum-