Pokemon Rusted Shield/Sword

Royal Guard

The group rushed to the Battle Tower where the front door was guarded by Piers and Team Yell grunts, most of whom were injured as six knights attacked. One in green armor with a flail, another in purple armor with two daggers, a third in yellow armor with a bow, a fourth in brown armor with a lance, a fifth in red with a sword, and finally, a sixth in blue with a shield. All their outfits very vibrant to say the least.

Victor exclaimed, "Shielbert? Sordward? What the heck! I thought y'all changed!"

The red and blue knights laughed and Shielbert explained, "We are the same side, Victor, as you will see in due time."

Sordward added, "Us and our cousins have business to attend to."

"You're not entering this tower," Piers growled, "I can take you!"

"One of us mayhaps," the yellow knight taunted.

The green knight added, "But all six?"

The brown knight chuckled, "I dare say not."

"We're going to stop you," Leon growled.

"Ah if it isn't mother's little lapdog," the purple knight chuckled, "It's to late, Leon. We have already won."

"It's not worth the trouble to take the tower," Sordward chuckled, "Gentlemen..."

Two knight in white armor with swords and shields revealed themselves from beyond the tower.

"Do stall for us won't you?" Shielbert requested, "We must be going to see that our mother completes the plan."

The two knights nodded and drew their blades.

"Who are these guys?" Bede demanded.

"They're the Royal Guard!" Leon demanded, "Grant, Victor, we'll go inside and make sure Rose and the others are safe. Can you take these two?"

"Easily," Grant chuckled.

"Of course," Victor added.

"Please be OK dad..." Bede muttered as he dashed inside and the others followed.

The duo attacked...

Royal Guard Knights would like to battle!

The knights sent out their first Pokémon, a Sirfetch'd and a Perrserker. Grant sent out Wick as Victor sent out Rillaboom.

Sirfetch'd made the first move, suddenly dashing forward in the blink of an eye and impaling Rillaboom with First Impression before any other Pokémon could react to the advanced tactic that fainted the drummer.

Grant, however, faired better, as the flame in Wick's body intensified and blasted forward, melting Peerserker's  body with Flamethrower. The knight sent out Duoblade as Victor sent out a Cinderace.

Cinderace made the first move, kicking a small rock into the air, causing it to build up speed as the pebble was juggled around until the ball was lit ablaze and kicked rick at the Duoblade, who split to avoid the attack and reunited, ready to counter attack.

However, Wick was faster than them and once more the flames in its body grew bright and were blown out at Sirfetch'd, which deflected the flames with its surprisingly flame resistant shield before charging full force at Cinderace with Meteor Assault, impaling the rabbit through the chest. It fainted from the stab wound.

Doublade was not far behind, the ghostly creature's eyes began to glow with dark power which manifested in a sphere in front of it that flew right at Wick, dousing the flame with Shadow Ball and slamming her into the ground, fainting her.

Grant sent out Rook next as Victor sent Inteleon. Grant ordered Rook to strike, the bird flew into the air, diving in a corkscrew that pierced Sirfetch'd shield and stabbed the bird in the chest with Drill Peck, fainting it.

Meanwhile, Inteleton took a deep breath and extended its legs into a very balanced, steady stance. As it exhaled it fired a precise ball of water at incredible speed that pierced the metal body of the enemy Duoblade, fainting it with Snipe Shot.

The guards sent out Corviknight and Poltergeist. Inteleton made the first move, once more taking aim and shooting a second aqueous bullet through the Corviknight's chest, which shattered the outer layer of metal that shielded its body before it flew into the sky, injured but still standing.

The Corviknight soared into the sky, but Rook was faster than his foe, and with Steel Wing, stabbed his sharp feathers right into the place where the shell cracked for a critical hit. The enemy Corviknight fainted. Gallade was out next as Poltergeist tried to strike with a ghastly energy that supernatural pierced Rook's armor and injured him, but by this point it was to late. Rook flew high into the sky and dove down. Gallade tried to dodge the attack as Rook began to spin, but the Drill Peck tore into the Pokémon's stomach and fainted it with ease as Inteleton, with a final bullet from its finger, shattered the pot that contained Poltergeist, which fainted it.

The guards kneeled to Victor, "We expect no less from you Victor, but we must confess we are shocked one of peasant blood holds such power."

"What do you mean?" Grant demanded.

One of the knights chuckled, "Oh it matters not now. You are likely already to late to stop the return of the one who rightfully rules..."

The guards fled and the duo entered to see Bede talking to Rose and Oleana.

"Rose!" Bede exclaimed, "Oleana!"

Oleana suddenly hugged Bede suddenly, "I'm sorry. This wasn't the plan. It wasn't supposed to be this way."

"Plan?" Bede asked.

Rose nodded, "We have much to discuss. First, this is Anabel, and Looker, of-"

"Looker International Police," Looker explained, "We thank everyone for coming here today. We have a matter of international security on our hands. Rose? Take it away."

Rose nodded, "As you may recall I revived Eternatus. A Pokémon of immense power unmatched in Galar. The motive I presented was a lie, and in truth the energy crisis is already upon us, but not because of a lack of energy but because of where it goes. Eternatus was not meant to be used to make energy. This was a front to avoid the eyes of the Queen. Queen Liz, who endorsed Leon and gave him his Charmander when he was six. My plan was thus: Revive Eternatus with this fake motive, let Leon catch it, and convince Leon to help me defeat Liz and her Royal Guard."

"Why is Liz doin' all this?" Marnie inquired.

Leon sighed, "In truth, she told me when I met her when I six. All those years ago when I got my Charmander from her. To her it all boils down to a false idea of blood ties and blood family. She believes those of royal blood to be superior to everyone else. She's strong armed all of Galar from the shadows for decades, as did her mother, and her parents before her. This has gone on for generations even after the monarchy lost power hundreds of years ago. She's, again, been stealing energy causing the energy crisis and outages. She was the one who ordered me to make sure you lost. She ordered me years ago to make the Endorsement System. This System was designed secretly, not because of fear of to many entries, as they would be weeded out in the early gyms so they would be of no issue no matter how many entered, but so only those of royal bloodlines of the days of old could realistically get endorsed. The wealthy who rule from behind the curtain with Liz. The Endorsement System is nothing more than a front to benefit the rich and royal and keep everyone else Liz does not see as worthy at the bottom."

Anabel added, "She's awoken Eternatus and is planning something that could threaten not only Galar, but Kanto, Unova, Alola, all regions. We are going to raid her castle which is on an island just off the coast. Is everyone ready?"

"Let's show her what us so called 'peasants' can do when we get loud," Piers chuckled.

"We're ready when you are," Hop smiled.

"You better be prepared Grant," Looker explained, "When we enter there's no turning back."

Grant nodded, "I'm ready. Let's overthrow Queen Liz..."