Vice Versa (Book 2 of Déjà vu)

Chapter 18

Essentially, there was no reason for my absence, but hey, I'm back now. I'll make sure to finish this book soon enough...
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        Gold had once been Silver's most cherished friend. To be fair, Silver had betrayed him for what he thought was for his father's benifit, so it made sense as to why they didn't get along very well afterwards. But now, he and Gold were on good terms. When both of them went back in time to save (y/n) from that fateful day on the tower, they got back on good terms.

        Now Gold was risking his life for him a second time in a faceoff against Mewtwo. Not even Crystal was aware that Gold had tried fighting the psychic pokémon once before. Silver had not bothered to help at that time because Mewtwo had been after his life. The condition was the same with the only difference being where Silver's alligence was. He wouldn't let Gold get harmed, but something told him that it wasn't the time to step in just yet.

        For now, he could only watch, but just in case Gold would need his help, he let Crystal take his place to keep Red's stability. The girl had been oddly silent and watched Gold with worry as he stood up to such a dangerous pokémon. Mewtwo struck first sending several shots of Shadow Ball at him. Luckily, Reshiram negated most of the attacks with Flamethrower and Typhloshion dodged the remaining few that made it through.

        "Don't think you're going to win this!" Gold shouted as he took a few steps back to give his Typhlosion some room to battle alongside Reshiram. The Cyndaquil that he'd cherished so much had finally been allowed to evolve and was indeed a formidable force. "As amusing as it would be to crush you first, I have an order and you aren't of any interest at the moment. Move aside before I decide not to delay your annihilation," Mewtwo growled.

         "Your opponent is me right now. You're the one who'll be annihilated! Typhloshion, do that thing we practiced!" Gold said. Silver watched in surprise as Gold's pokémon used Double Team followed by Ember and then Double Team again. It was a brilliant tactic especially since no one could tell which after image was the real Typhlosion. Mewtwo was forced to dodge the continuous attacks or take the ones he couldn't predict in time.

        "Now, Reshiram, there's your chance!" Gold said. Mewtwo was aware that Reshiram was about to attack thanks to Gold, but it was all a trap. Mewtwo moved to avoid Reshiram's blast of fire. Typhloshion immediately followed up with Flame Wheel and hit Mewtwo without fail. The psychic type pokémon staggered back from the impact and glared at Gold, enraged by his success.

        "You're just a mere human! I will not fall to the likes of you!" Mewtwo retaliated with Psycho Cut. It wasn't aimed at any pokémon at all and Gold hadn't realized this until it was nearly too late. Much to Silver's relief, Gold managed to duck and roll out of the way to avoid any harm, but Mewtwo's actions had put everyone on edge. Mewtwo was not hesitant in directly attacking people with his power. That had been somewhat known before, but it was now clear as day.

        Silver kept his Totodile on hand just in case he'd need to join the fight. His pokémon may have been in its first evolutionary form, but he was strong enough to win some of the toughest battles. For the time being, it didn't seem like he would need to join in. Gold was holding Mewtwo off on his own with Reshiram's help. His Double Team paired with Ember was doing some pretty consistently gradual damage while Reshiram kept Mewtwo busy by drawing in most of the attacks and retaliating.

        In a rather remarkable standoff, Gold was forcing Mewtwo into backing down. The psychic pokémon attempted to attack Gold again, but this time Typhlosion purposely took the hit for his beloved trainer. Gold wouldn't have been able to dodge the attack, but he didn't seem very content with having avoided it that way. "You foolish human! I will not lose to you!"