“How are we going to beat Pokemon this dangerous?” asked Bianca, clearly frightened.
“I don't think we can. We couldn't even beat the grunts.” said Cheren.
“But we have no choice but to fight!” exclaimed White.
“Your last words are have no value to Team Plasma. Thundurus, use Thunder! Tornadus, use Hurricane!” commanded Giallo.
“Dodge!” commanded White, Cheren, and Bianca to their Pokemon all at once.
Thundurus sent a huge bolt of lightning down on Tranquill, which he tried to fly away from, but the attack came down in less than second. Tranquill quickly fell out of the air.
“Tranquill!” said Cheren, returning his Pokemon to its Pokeball before it could crash down.
Tornadus then created a huge hurricane, which absorbed Scolipede and Munna into it, then the hurricane quickly disappeared, and Scolipede and Munna came falling down out of it, unconscious.
“Scolipede...” said White, returning Scolipede to it's Pokeball.
“Return, Munna...” said Bianca, returning her Pokemon to it's Pokeball.
“Now you shall hand your Pokemon over to me.” said Giallo.
“Never!” exclaimed White.
“I guess we're going to have to do this the hard way.” said Giallo.
Giallo approached White and her friends, with Thundurus and Tornadus close to the ground, to his sides, and Landorus a few feet above his head. As he approached them, a huge, inferno scarlet of flames crashed down on Landorus, Thundurus, and Tornadus, flattening them into the ground. In front of White and her friends was now a small, floating Pokemon, covered in yellow fur, had ears shaped like a V, red fur on its ears, and big blue eyes.
“So you've come, Victini.” said Giallo, as his Pokemon got back up.
Victini glanced over its shoulder, looking at White and her friends, then pointed off into a distant direction.
“I think it's telling us to escape while we can.” said Cheren.
“So, Victinis come to save us?” asked Bianca.
“Thanks, Victini! We owe you one!” said White, as she and her friends ran away.
Angie, Brad, and Mei then ran over to Giallo.
“We are sorry, Sage Giallo! When we broke open Victini's basement, it flew away before we could do anything!” aplogized Angie, with a bow.
“Help me defeat him, so we can take him with us. If we can't defeat him, then he will just fly away again.” said Giallo.
“Right! Go, Seviper!” said Angie, sending out her Pokemon.
“Serperior, go!” said Mei, sending out her Pokemon.
“Go, Magnezone!” said Brad, sending out his Pokemon.
Victini looked at Giallo's three Pokemon. They had angered expressions on their faces, then looked at Seviper, Magnezone, and Serperior. The odds were against him, but if he tried to fly away, then Landorus, Tornadus, and Thundurus would just fly after him. His only option was to fight.
“Seviper, prevent Victini from escaping with Glare!” commanded Angie.
“Magnezone, help Seviper out by using Thunder Wave on Victini!” commanded Brad.
“Serperior, help out by using Wring Out!” commanded Mei,
Seviper glared at Victini, while Magnezone sent a small bolt of electricity down towards Victini, and Serperior jumped towards Victini, trying to wrap its giant body around him. Victini swiftly flew away from their attacks, but turned around to see Thundurus, Landorus, and Tornadus right behind him.
“Thundurus, use Thunder! Landorus, Stone Edge! Tornadus, use Thrash!” commanded Giallo.
Thundurus sent a giant bolt of lightning down towards Victini, which Victini managed to quickly avoid, then Landorus sent sharp stones from out of the ground up at Victini, which Victini managed to dodge by flying to the side, but as soon as he dodged this, he was hit by Tornadus, who was trashing it's tail around wildly. The attack hit with such force, it knocked Victini onto the bark of a tree, which Victini slowly slid down, landing on the ground.
“We've got you now, Victini! Magnezone, use Flash Cannon!” commanded Brad.
“Seviper, use Crunch!” commanded Angie.
“Serperior, use Hyper Beam!” commanded Mei.
Magnezone and Serperior both shot their attacks at Victini at the same time, but Victini quickly got up and flew away from their attacks. Seviper then jumped in the air, leaping towards Victini, with its fangs bared. While Seviper was approaching, Victini's head suddenly became engulfed in a hot flame, and he then hurdled himself at Seviper. Seviper fell out of the air, crashing down, hard, on the ground, now unable to battle.
“Seviper, return!” said Angie, returning Seviper to its Pokeball.
As soon as Victini was done with Seviper, he flew over to Magnezone and Serperior, and caused an inferno of scarlet flames to torch down on them. Magnezone and Serperior were now unable to battle.
“Serperior return!” said Mei, returning Serperior to its Pokeball.
“Magnezone, return!” said Brad, returning his Pokeball.
“Victini, just come with us peacefully and we won't have to hurt you!” said Giallo.
Victini flew back up in the air, where Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus where, ready to face them.
“Foolish Pokemon.” said Giallo, disappointed. “Tornadus, again, use Trash!” he commanded.
Tornadus swung it's huge tail around wildly and rapidly at Victini, but Victini was managing to dodge each hit from Tornadus's tail.
“Now, Thundurus, use Thunder while Victini is distracted!” commanded Giallo.
Thundurus sent another giant bolt of lightning down towards Victini, but Victini flew behind Tornadus, and quickly pushed Tornadus into Thundurus's attack. Tornadus screamed in pain, as he slowly fell to the ground. To make sure Tornadus wouldn't get back up, Victini flew down after Tornadus, surrounding his body in a huge amount of electricity, then crashed down on Tornadus. Tornadus then fell to the ground much quicker, and could not get back up. With Tornadus down, the heavy wind settled down.
“Tornadus, return!” said Giallo, as he returned Tornadus to it's Pokeball. “Landorus, use Earthquake while Victini is still on the ground, Thundurus, use Thunder if he tries to fly away!” he commanded.
Landorus set off a powerful earthquake, but Victini quickly flew up in the air to avoid the attack, then Thundurus shot down another giant bolt of lightning on Victini. This time, Victini wasn't fast enough to avoid the attack, and fell back down to the ground, shrieking in pain.
“Give up now, Victini! You can not possibly win!” exclaimed Giallo.
There was no quit in Victini. He got back in the air, and flew towards Thundurus, then blew an intense, yet beautiful blue flame towards Thundurus.
“Thundurus, counter attack with Focus Blast!” commanded Giallo.
Thundurus threw a huge blast at Victini, which hit him, knocking him several feet back, but he remained in the air, while at the same time, Thundurus was engulfed in the flames. Thundurus was now screaming in pain. The rain was not enough to put the fire out.
“Landorus, now, use Hammer Arm!” commanded Giallo.
Landorus flew over to Victini, then hammered its heavy tail down towards Victinis head. Victini, however, was prepared. He engulfed his head in a huge, hot flame, then hurled himself at Landorus, while at the same time, being hammered on the head by Landorus's tail. Both Pokemon fell back to the ground. They both then got back up, breathing heavily. Victini was covered in cuts and bruises, had one black eye, and was bleeding. Landorus's tail was on fire from Victini's last attack, and Thundurus was still in the air, burning away in the blue flames.
“You're much stronger, much smarter, much more resilient than I expected, Victini. With your power, none shall be able to stop Team Plasma!” exclaimed Giallo. “Now, Landorus, end this with Earthquake!” he commanded.
Landorus then flew back in the air, trying to ignore the agonizing pain in its tail, then created another powerful Earthquake. Victini quickly flew back in the air, then sent scarlet flames torching down from the air on Landorus. The impact was so strong, it knocked Landorus to the ground, where it was then hit by it's own Earthquake. Landorus was now unconscious.
“Landorus, return!” said Giallo, starting to think he can't beat Victini. “Thundurus, end this with Thunder!” he commanded.
The flames on Thundurus's body had finally been put out by the rain, and it then sent yet another giant bolt of lightning down on Victini. At the same time, Victini sent another inferno of scarlet flames down on Thundurus. Both attacks hit at the same time, and both Pokemon shrieked in pain at the same time. Thundurus slowly fell out of the sky, while the thunder storm slowly settled down. Thundurus was no longer able to battle. Victini stayed on his feet for several seconds, then collapsed.
“Thundurus....return.” said Giallo, returning his last Pokemon to it's Pokeball.
“Sage Giallo was defeated...?” asked Mei, quietly.
“He wasn't defeated....it was a draw.” said Brad.
“You may have beat my Pokemon, Victini, but you're no longer in fighting condition. We'll just take you with us and go from there.” said Giallo, as he walked over to Victini.
Giallo picked Victini up by the fur on his back, and started carrying him back to Team Plasma's boat, but Victini still wasn't ready to give up. He bit Giallo's hand as hard as he could.
“Ouch!” he screamed in pain.
“Sage Giallo!” exclaimed the three Grunts at the same time.
Victini then used the last of his energy to fly to the top of the tallest tree he could find, then lay down on, crying himself to sleep.
Meanwhile....
N had been wandering around on Liberty Garden the whole time. He just so happened to be on the opposite end of the island from where the battle took place.
“The storm's finally settled down.” said N, as the storm now completely ended.
“That was an unusually strong storm.” said Zorua.
N nodded in agreement. As he continued walking, he suddenly stopped, and his jaw dropped.
“Is something wrong, N?” asked Zorua.
“I can sense the heart of a badly injured Pokemon...” said N, as he quickly ran off to where he could sense Victini's heart.
After about twenty minutes of running as fast as he could, he arrived to where Victini was, but couldn't see him.
Victini opened his eyes, and looked down from the tree at N. There was something about N that Victini naturally trusted. Resting in the tree had restored enough of his energy for Victini to fly, which was more like falling down from the tree, into N's arms. N's eyes widened at just how hurt Victini was. He was in even worse condition than Zorua was the day Ghetsis brought him home to N.
“You're the injured Pokemon who's heart I could sense. What's your name? What happened to you?” asked N.
“Vi-Victini...” said Victini He was in such bad condition, it hurt to speak.
“You're Victini?” N asked, shocked.
“You can understand me?” Victini asked.
N nodded. “Don't worry, I'm gonna fix you up.” he said, as he took a bottle of medicine out of his Pocket, and helped Victini drink it. A few moments later, Victini fully opened his eyes, and began flying around N's head, smiling.
“What happened to you? You looked like you were going to slowly die away if I hadn't showed up.” asked N, stroking Victini's fur.
“I...battled..-”
But their conversation was interrupted by a very loud scream. It was the scariest scream any of them had ever heard in their lives. It sounded like the scream of someone going to war, a scream that seemed to travel faster than sound normally can, and seemed to surround N. It felt as if the scream grabbed him by the throat, causing him to be gripped by so much fear, he could barely control himself.
N grabbed Victini in his arms, with Zorua on his shoulder and Servine wrapped gently around his head, and ran as fast as he could in a random direction, just trying to get the hell away.
To be continued....
