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Thunder strikes, the sound resulting to be far more powerful than the actual attack that hits the Aggron’s iron hide. Or, is it perhaps that no matter how powerful the Dragonite’s
THUNDER PUNCH, the Shadow pokémon’s defences truly are impenetrable at this point in time? Again and again, Pez strikes, claws closed to fists and charged with electricity and flames alike. Right hook,
THUNDER PUNCH. Left hook,
FIRE PUNCH. No matter what the Dragonite does, it seems as if he and the other rangers’ pokémon are no more than annoyances to the increasingly powerful Aggron.
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The same can be said for the Krookodile.
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It’s in horror that Vic watches as the shadowed Intimidation Pokémon takes down
Orion Lykos’s Decidueye, his concern only increasing the moment he sees the Elite Ranger charge forward to rescue his companion and friend.
”Orion! Wait!” Too little, too late.
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Claws. Blood spilt upon hallowed ground. A plethora of well-spoken curses coming from
CJ Mizikar.
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”Dude! What the hell! Don’t get yourself killed out here!” He too rushes over to check on his fellow ranger, but as much as Vic may have certain mandatory knowledge when it comes to first aid, those things are left in CJ’s hands. Everyone has their tasks, and Vic himself needs to focus on the battle – that much is clear.
Focus on making sure all this ends quickly, before anyone else gets hurt...[break][break]
So, it’s carefully that emerald eyes watch the ongoing fight, paying close attention to everything from the moves themselves to the pokémon’s demeanour and their surroundings. He sees how Keldeo and
Hailee Jacobs’s Mienfoo are trapped in a
SAND TOMB created by the Krookodile, the Martial Arts pokémon fainting thanks to one of the Aggron’s attacks. Just like
Orion Lykos before her, Hailee too rushes to her pokémon’s aid.
”Hailee!” Needless to say, it goes just as poorly as it did for the Elite Ranger.
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She hits a boulder. Hard. Thoughts of broken bones and worse come to mind. A concussion? Perhaps. She probably shouldn’t be moved, but she’s too close to the battle, and if she’s left there she might get hit by another attack.
”Hailee, stay with me!” Stay awake. ”This might hurt, but I need to get you out of here.” He picks her up, as carefully as possible despite the dangerous situation they’re in, making sure to get her out of harm’s way – or as close as possible to that, at least.
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Thunder strikes. Again, and again, and again.
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Keldeo cries out, shooting a
HYDRO PUMP to keep the Krookodile away from the spot where it still finds itself trapped.
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It works, or at least it seems to work. The Krookodile steps back to avoid the pressured water, digging down into the ground in a way that even causes the earth beneath the ranger’s boots to lightly tremble with every moment. Emerald eyes widen with realisation there and then.
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”The ground!” Vic calls out to the rest of the rangers, both loudly and through comms alike.
”It’s unstable! At this rate we can probably get them to slide down the side of the mountain to drive them off!”[break][break]
Is he crazy? Is he desperate?
Maybe so. Or, maybe he just knows that properly using terrain to one’s advantage can turn the tide during a battle.
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But, do they have the strength leftover to do so? They have lost too many pokémon. Vic’s own Arcanine is faraway, helping with the evacuations, and his Dragonite only seems to be getting more and more frustrated with every attempt to harm the empowered shadows.
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And right then, as if to confirm Vic’s worries, just as he gets
Hailee Jacobs to a spot higher up in the mountain where it’s safer,
it all takes a turn for the worse.[break][break]
The ground trembles, a maw of countless sharp fangs surfacing right beneath Keldeo. All too close they come to biting down on the colt, but its
SECRET SWORD strikes at just the right moment, cutting through canines and incisors. Still, the Shadow Krookodile persists, jaws closing with force around Keldeo’s horn. Fangs piece though keratin as if it were nothing, the colt screams and cries, attempting to break free, and then, loud and clear,
a snapping sound rings through Mount Pyre. [break][break]
Blood.
There’s so much blood.[break][break]
It paints Keldeo’s small body in crimson shades. It drips onto these hallowed grounds. It flows, as if painfully weeping for the loss of the colt's horn.
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Perhaps it’s Keldeo’s suffering that is as if the last straw for the Dragonite. Perhaps it’s all that frustration that had been piling up with every meaningless attack. Perhaps it's his cantankerous nature truly coming to light. Whatever the answer may be, its with a raging roar that Pez makes it clear that
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The dragon's attention turns from the Aggron to the Krookodile, and empowered by his
OUTRAGE, he grabs onto the shadow’s maw. Claws cut through maroon scales, and with incredible strength, the Dragonite begins to pull the Krookodile’s body out from beneath the earth – causing the ground beneath them to shake with every movement. It resists, but if only for a moment, Pez is proven to be stronger, Krookodile being lifted over his head and then promptly hurled away. It hits a boulder.
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But, in being preoccupied with one shadow, the Dragonite is left defenceless against the other…
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”Pez!”[break][break]
Retaliation comes in the form of a
METAL BURST, and coated in steel, it's the Aggron’s claws that pierce through golden scales… Through muscle… Through bones… Through vital organs. It happens in a matter of seconds, but those mere few seconds prove to be fatal.
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”NO!”[break][break]
The Dragonite is motionless, a bloodsoaked claw stabbing right through his chest, and in his dark eyes, light fades.
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”NO!”[break][break]
Within
Victor Wexler, something snaps just like Keldeo's horn had, nails digging into skin as his hands close into fists, and when he speaks his next words, they're full of a rage that is all too unlike the often chipper ranger.
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”WE NEED TO GET THOSE THINGS OFF THE MOUNTAIN NOW!”[break][break]
Before anyone else dies.[break][break]
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NOTES
[break]- Azul wrote a big post...
[break]- Dragonite attacks and attacks but it does little harm to the shadow pokémon
[break]- Vic tell Orion not to get himself killed
[break]- See Hailee get hurt too, goes to help her and carries her out of harm's way
[break]- Notices the ground trembles when Krookodile digs and lets the others know the ground is unstable and that they can cause a landslide.
[break]- Krookodile resurfaces to bite Keldeo, Keldeo uses Secret Sword and ends up getting its horn bitten off
[break]- Dragonite falls into a state of OUTRAGE, it pulls Krookodile out of the ground (more shaking) and tosses it against a rock
[break]- Aggron's METAL BURST claws pierce right through Dragonite's chest
[break]- Dragonite is DEAD
[break]- Vic is not okay
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[break]PROMPTS
[break]✔️ Keldeo will have its horn broken and torn off by a SHADOW POKEMON.
[break]✔️ Keldeo must lose this battle.
[break]✔️ At least 1 pokemon must die against the SHADOW POKEMON. (Dragonite)
REPORTS FROM YOUR FELLOW RANGERS reveal that something has headed toward mount pyre. hot on the heels of whatever escaped from the league barracks, these rangers are in a race against time to pacify whatever has found its way up the mountain. not only must they navigate treacherous terrain, they must also consider the numerous trainers that have come in the pursuit of unown.
