a sacrifice for a sacrifice. 

alexander watches onward thoughtfully. the severity of this battle shining within his eyes in a genuine furrow. small but mighty is forced into defeat by the blizzard. although momentarily relieved, holly struggles between the poison wavering within.

she rears upwards as the desolating earthquake cascades towards them like violent waters. the timed collision takes the full force of the advance — one burst of dust obscuring the pair in an immediate current of icy winds. 

the floors shudders in the descent. the veil of roused earth revealing the fallen ice type. one unheard click! brings back the unconcious friend and vale (still standing) glares towards diggersby.




she considers the previous and devastating move. quickly rethinking the possibility that her opponent would find some way out. leaving her subject to harm in the unavoidable fatigue. 

beautiful blue is gradually tainted by red. the essence lingers over her glimmering form before vale lunges forward. surprisingly more agile than expected, the dragon rage throttles into the other. 

unrelenting and determined.

ALEXANDER STONE

surging into the eventual clash is met by a near collapse against broken ground. the heaviness of one limb fixated atop the other is not perceived. 

shining pools tainted by the brutality see nothing but an advance. rage gathers unbearably, spilling over in the intense aura exuding from her form as vale looks around, frantically and ready. 

"beneath you!" alex shouts out — the chance for avoidance already gone. he can only grit is teeth together as the impact makes itself known, rearing the ice type upwards as she shifts against the floors. 

outrage does not end that easily however. the sacrifice to the full force had left her a bit livelier than the rest. it wasn't as if that truly had any definite meaning to the battle. as things were currently — both were on equal terms of strength.

what mattered was how they used it.

vale changes her approach this time. the length of the tail whips outwards suddenly and all at once. hoping to slam the diggersby backwards before the eventual confusion would serve a prominent threat.

ALEXANDER STONE

the excessive force of the tail slugs diggersby backwards and for a moment alexander had pondered upon overcoming. however that is not the case. he can hardly feel surprise in that regard as a once motionless figure stands back up. 

vale's brutal shade disappears as her eyes spin. the large form rotates, hardly managing to keep steady. one last powerful earthquake collapses towards the swaying ice type in another explosive swarm of dust. 

he grips onto the railing of the sidelines, shielded by the thin lining of his gloves. hope pleas with the drawback in the rise of the other. instead, as the cover dissipates, so does that notion.


laying sprawled out against the fractured earth, definite by the layer of beautiful ice, the beast has fallen. alexander returns his companion with one click of the button, smiling upon the object. "you fought well. both of you." he says quietly. 

just as quickly, he starts to approach the other pair, making note of the destruction that would eventually be mended by his pokemon.

after a well deserved rest. 

"that was a close battle." once within closer range the silph smiles as always, never finding malice in defeat. there had been something to take from it. "but i guess i shouldn't expect anything less from a fellow gym leader." one hand fishes into the pocket of his coat. eventually revealing a beautiful gem.

three shades conjoined into the shape of a triangle. 

"congratulations." he says, handing stone the well deserved badge. the symbol of determination. 

ALEXANDER STONE