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Dunsparce felt fear, then felt pressure, as the city began to collapse around him.[break][break]

Mid-spin, the pokemon is only stopped when something pins him to the ground. A weight, a force, had crashed against him so suddenly that there was no time to comprehend the pain, or the reality of the situation that he was in. Gump can only register that he was no longer moving, and that he could not feel his back or the flutter of his wings.[break][break]

He had lived in caves before. He knew what to do when everything was collapsing around him. On some level, he was able to register that this was worse than anything he had ever experienced, but the orders of Bailey Cooper still ring true in his mind. Even if he was a simple pokemon, he still knew that he had to come back—and that this could not keep him from returning to her.[break][break]



With ancient power activated, the hunk of rubble was heaved from his body—and with that release, there came pain, as Gump felt his wounds breathe and burn. Without pressure, everything oozed, and the soreness seemed to suggest that he was lucky to have not been fatally crushed. With little energy, the Dunsparce closed his eyes and focused on breathing, focused on closing what had been done to him as his body was enveloped with a soft, glowing aura.[break][break]



It was a bandage to his wounds. Even if a portion of his pain was alleviated, and the blood stopped its ooze, there was still a sense of weakness as Dunsparce vibrated his tail, burrowing it into the ground as he descended under the surface, digging backward. He had to find his trainer. He was too injured to continue on his own.[break][break]

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Bailey Cooper felt fear, and then felt weightlessness, as she was propelled away from the Guzzlord moments after the Zebstrika was devoured; jaws snapping as blood sprayed.[break][break]

The sergeant does not have the chance to wince, but she does have the chance to curse at the realization that persephone amavi had just lost a pokemon...but then there was light. Bright and blinding. It interrupted the suction. She had to shield her eyes from the radiance as the mysterious pokemon was conjured into existence. She cannot see arian coin or Lucas Lane as gravity dragged her downward.[break][break]

But she had to do something.[break][break]

The sergeant grabbed a capsule from her belt, deploying the only pokemon that could stop her fall. Araquanid. Bailey Cooper latched her good arm around the insect as it materialized from the red light. "Get us out of here!" And that was all that needed to be said as the bug type pokemon held her with two of its limbs while its webbing was deployed.[break][break]



The shot landed on the closest object—a building that had been cleaved in half, but still standing. The moment it connected, their bodies swayed at a downward arch. The bug-type pokemon took the brunt of the landing, keeping Bailey suspended from the ground as they skidded across the street. Fire and lights scorched the sky, and as Bailey felt her feet touch ground, the Guzzlord was already engulfed in flames.[break][break]

"Good. Fuckhead," and that was when she felt something sticky latched to her limp arm. Araquanid had turned its attention to her injury, weaving the webbing around her elbow and forearm. It may have restricted movement as it gradually hardened, but it was better than letting the limb sway without control. "Thanks, bud."[break][break]



And that was when a voice graced her mind, the same voice she had heard earlier from that strange, ethereal pokemon. Was that the source of the fire? How the hell did that scientist get his hands on a pokemon like that?[break][break]

Her good hand fetched two pokeballs from her waist as the battle turned. Attacks were being fired from every direction, aimed for the bulking monstrosity as it burned; two red shapes appeared by her sides as her Steelix and Sylveon materialized. "Aight. Fuck 'em up. We're doing this for Pailard."[break][break]





And as those two attacks were executed, she withdrew Araquanid. The bug-type was best kept from the fray, considering its inexperience and mobility...even in the heat of the moment, the Sergeant is able to draw in a breath and get her mind back into the moment. Her eyes scanned the battlefield, discerning the various attacks and from which direction they were thrown.[break][break]

She had never been a strategist, but at least she had experience when it came to not dying.[break][break]

There was a rumble beneath her feet--concrete caving in as a yellow tip revealed itself. A drill. She knew what was on the other end. "Gump?"And one brief glance was all it took to confirm her worst fears. The injuries were extensive, but he... had dug all the way back to her, using his senses to try and pinpoint where she was in this madness.[break][break]

"Rest," and she withdrew him back to his capsule, knowing that this had to end.[break][break]

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tldr: dunsparce is pinned beneath the rubble and uses ancient power to lift the largest chunk of debris from his body. Upon lifting the rock, he notices the damage and the excessive bleeding that comes from removing the rock—uses roost to stabilize his injuries, but a visit to a pokemon center will be a necessity to fully treat his wounds. he burrows, using dig to try and find his way back to bailey while underground.[break][break]

bailey cooper manages to escape from her fall by summoning her araquanid and using spider web to web-sling to the closest remaining building, allowing them to swing down to the street without suffering any additional damages. araquanid uses spider web again, focusing on his trainer's broken arm to create a hard, temporary cast to keep her from worsening her injury. she summons steelix and sylveon as victini's voice plays in her head—araquanid is withdrawn.[break][break]

orders steelix to use gyro ball and sylveon to use moonblast; at this time, dunsparce manages to find bailey and emerges from the tunnel that he created. after seeing his injuries, bailey returns dunsparce back to his pokeball.

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the drampa buckles - she can feel the strain of his muscles as they descend. the landing is rough but persephone knows he tried to keep her mounted. he tried to keep her safe. even with his blood-mattered fur, even with scales torn away, the drampa turns first to look to her with his milky, blank eyes.

she can't ask him to withstand any more for her so the dragon is returned to his capsule.

at least the voltorb was spared as seemingly the drampa soaked up most of the damage. only some thin scratches on its red and white surface indicated indicate that it had been nicked by flying debris.

a brilliant flash of light from near the beast and the others envelops them, and is quickly followed by an unseen voice that reverberates around her as though magnified by an unknown power. persephone doesn't stop to question the source. she knows its mysticism to be true, she knows its warmth to be kind.

she knows this is their chance.

there's no fear, only adrenaline, as she begins to move toward the howl of the alien beast, releasing lucario to run at her side.

"this is it," she says aloud, her tone unnaturally level even as she struggles to breathe through the dust. "perhaps it's the end of the world. i want to face it together."

the lucario's reply grates in the back of her skull not unlike the sound of groaning steel beams, and totally different from the voice of whatever pokemon spoke to them all earlier.

i'm with you.

the voltorb floats along at her shoulder, covering itself with a mirror coat that is adopted by the lucario through copy cat. the two pokemon guide their way through the ruins with alternating aura spheres and swift until they reach an outcropping that will serve as a vantage point.

she reaches one hand to touch the lucario's shoulder and another to the voltorb's shell. no fear, only focused determination. leaping several yards ahead, the lucario performs a swords dance and unleashes a volley of aura spheres, aimed directly for the beast's head.

the voltorb follows suit was a burst of swift. it floats laconically overhead and glances down at its trainer once. when it comes down to it, it has one purpose and one fate. it has accepted it. now it's just a waiting game.

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through the power of team work and friendship, arian coin 's pokemon are able to bring forth a TWISTER that grows into an increasingly vicious cyclone that tears down and picks up anything in its path. that includes the debris and concrete, threatening to tear down anything in its way.
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the others follow victini's suit, leading the charge with the rest finding a vindictive confidence behind the stammering giant. it hits first and the guzzlord is sent backward dizzying, screaming with a shrill, pained scream as it starts to glow with a bright red aura. the victini doubles down and takes off to the sky, circling for another go around, behind the various attacks thrown out. [break][break][break]

the beams hit first. HYPER BEAM, DARK PULSE, MOONBLAST. they're near instantaneous and pierce through arian coin 's TWISTER, continuing on and landing with a solid thud against the pokemon's protective cover. they're not the only ones who know how to PROTECT. both chomping appendages radiate their own barriers, used as shields to PROTECT the pokemon's main body.
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the SHADOW BALL, GYRO BALL, AURA SPHERE, and SWIFT come soon after. they managed to finally place several cracks on the barriers and it shatters. the pokemon seems as durable as it is destructive but even it cracks under their combined efforts. the flames too die down, blown away by the approaching TWISTER. it is the DRACO METEOR and its splintering shrapnel that deliver the final blow. the bombardment staggers the pokemon further back.
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however, the TWISTER is unpredictable. the ferocious gale doesn't discern between friend and foe. as the DRACO METEORS split off they lose mass and become subjected to the winds. once they pass into the TWISTER itself, several of the offshoots get caught in the cyclone and thrown out in different directions. pieces end up en-route to crash into arian coin , Bailey Cooper , and Lucas Lane . [break][break][break]

the victini charges again with a frontal assault. there's still a very visible, brown burn mark on the pokemon's head. however, the time the pokemon's prepared and intends to re-compensate it's assailants with a deadly PAYBACK. each arm FLAILS in place before straightening out and aiming straight toward everyone's general direction. the glow of a miniature sun radiates from behind the guzzlord's guttural void. [break][break][break]

the pokemon is a representative of a blackhole, an endless void that never ends and swallows everything whole. from within is an inescapable prison. death too, is inescapable. a big bang means the start and end of creation. everyone is given 30 seconds to stare in amazement, to be blinded by the very essence of life before the raw energy detonates. [break][break][break]

HYPER BEAM. [break][break][break]


a full powered, altered HYPER BEAM encompasses the entirety of the pokemon's huge maw. anything the light touches disintegrates. Bailey Cooper faced it and lived by the skin of her teeth. what she witnessed afterwards was absolute annihilation. anything caught in its path ceased to exist. this is the end.
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arian coin . Bailey Cooper . freya morningstar . Lucas Lane . marcel maeda . persephone amavi . @zerker . @triss . [break][break][break]

rest in peace.[break][break][break]

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• arian coin releases his pidgeot, which catches him and sets him down safely. they land on the roof and he lets out his starmie, talonflame, and eevee. his eevee uses HELPING HAND on all of his pokemon and they use their various moves to create a giant TWISTER. the large tornado picks up speeds and heads straight for the ultra beast.
• with her dragonair's help, freya morningstar manages to recall her injured pokemon. she latches onto the still healthy dragonair and land roughly on the ground. she resummons her salamence to inspect his injuries. her krookodile joins back up with them too. together, the trio fire off their respective attacks: DRACO METEOR, HYPER BEAM, and DARK PULSE.
• Bailey Cooper 's dunsparce manages to dislodge the piece of concrete above it by using ANCIENT POWER. after a moment's respite of ROOST, the pokemon DIGS its way back to its trainer.
• Bailey Cooper brings out her araquanid and uses it as a grappling hook to slow their descent. they land with a skid and the pokemon creates a make shift cast for her with SPIDER WEB. with the mysterious pokemon distracted, she takes the opportunity to bring out her steelix and sylveon and orders them to attack with GYRO BALL and MOON BEAM.
• Bailey Cooper recalls her araquanid and dunsparce.
• Lucas Lane lands safely in a broken building. he brings out his aerodactyl and cofagrigus. they use SHADOW BALL and HYPER BEAM respectively.
• persephone amavi replaces her drampa with her lucario. with her voltorb, the trio approach with MIRROR COAT, unleashing several blasts of AURA SPHERE and SWIFT. they navigate to another point where they can visibly see their enemy. the continue to try and pelt the beast with attacks.
• persephone amavi replaces her drampa with her lucario. with her voltorb, the trio approach with MIRROR COAT, unleashing several blasts of AURA SPHERE and SWIFT. they navigate to another point where they can visibly see their enemy. the continue to try and pelt the beast with attacks.
• the victini lands a solid FLARE BLITZ to the pokemon's head and it staggers backwards, enveloped in a red aura. victini loops around for another attack.
  
• the mysterious pokemon brings up a PROTECT with each tentacle. their combined attacks managed to pierce the PROTECT. the DRACO METEOR makes it pass the broken shield and pelts the pokemon.
• several pieces of DRACO METEOR get caught in arian coin's TWISTER and end up flying straight at arian coin, Bailey Cooper, Lucas Lane.
• the victini charges again with another FLARE BLITZ but the pokemon attacks with PAYBACK, unleashing a HYPER BEAM that obliterates everything in its path.
  

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STORED POWER becomes HIDDEN POWER. every ounce of mysticism comes into play. it grasps toward the natural order to bring out as much potential as it can despite being newly formed. the grace given to it by its name becomes its own matching star. light entangles into light and the victini tries to choke out the ultra beast's destruction. [break][break][break]

LIGHT SCREEN. [break][break][break]

"WE." [break][break][break]

SAFEGUARD. [break][break][break]

"WON'T." [break][break][break]

PROTECT. [break][break][break]

"LOSE." [break][break][break]


survive. that's the only thought that the victini can digest. it had been right about the pokemon monster they face. this thing isn't natural. neither is the power. it spells of disaster and only now does victini realize the depth of the pokemon's might. [break][break][break]

the HYPER BEAM engulfs it and the barrier holds. everyone behind victini is safe. struggling until the bitter end, the HYPER BEAM implodes with an impact that sounds off with a cataclysmic boom. those within the city limits are left blinded and deafened. discord becomes irrelevant as they can neither hear nor see. [break][break][break]

when their senses return they can catch sight of victini slumping, barely ENDURING the attack as it plummets to the floor.[break][break][break]

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the mysterious pokemon seems fatigued but shakes it off with some effort. it screams again, elevated, pitch raised to match the harshest of winter howls. [break][break][break]

exhaustion. [break][break][break]

"we can't lose." [break][break][break]

trauma. [break][break][break]

"not like this." [break][break][break]

suffering. [break][break][break]

"we have to win — to protect the world." [break][break][break]

these are the emotion that compass all that dare exist within mossdeep. even the enemy feels it. but there's a distinct difference. victini ignites once more, struggling, but optimistic. it hopes, not because it believe they have a reasonable chance of winning but because it has to. without hope there is only despair and victini will not allow them to succumb to misery. [break][break][break]

"give me your hope, your dreams, your desire to protect those you love." the mental thoughts wheeze out, pained. "please! i need your strength!" [break][break][break]

the other pokemon shares no sentiment. all that propels it is the returning hunger that composes its very being. it must eat and there is nothing tastier then the odd energy radiating from the tiny little morsel before it. [break][break][break]

unrelenting, it charges, acting as an unstoppable STEAMROLLER, eager to scoop up its well earned prize. [break][break][break]

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• victini uses LIGHT SCREEN, SAFEGUARD, and PROTECT to shield everyone.
• the HYPER BEAM hits and causes a huge explosion. it blinds and deafens everyone in the area.
• victini falls, barely able to ENDURE the attack.

the light. the light. the light.

it burns her retina, passes through until trainer and pokemon are lost in a sea of white.

persephone braces for agony, for unimaginable power to tear her apart at the seams. the howl of a charging HYPER BEAM swells, deafening and blinding her, but the pain never comes. death eludes her for now.

the only thing she can hear are the words of the mythical pokemon echoing once more. how much would she give to save them all? how much would she sacrifice? more than this.

the voltorb can hear its trainer's cry; its SOUNDPROOF ability allows it to keep its senses.

"go," persephone implores the spherical pokemon, as her knees give way and her ears ring with the sound of a thousand overlaid bells. "please believe that i'm sorry."

the voltorb knows. casting a single long glance toward where she stands, it bids a farewell that she will never hear.

the pokemon shoots forward like a bullet leaving a gun's barrel, hurtling directly toward the beast and its eternally gaping mouth. the voltorb pauses at the cusp of entering its mouth and SELF-DESTRUCTS. its steel bends, its screws come loose. the explosion's shrapnel and fire are staggering.

at persephone's side, lucario COPYCATS the guzzlord's own HYPER BEAM, aiming squarely for the creature's charred head through the smoke left in the wake of voltorb's self-destruct.

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It was coming; the sky rained with the shattered fragments of Draco Meteor that the Twister had displaced.[break][break]

The Sergeant does not retreat, does not flinch, as the fragments fly in her direction. Light Screen was raised; its rainbow light casting over her party as they prepare for the worst. “Hit and run tactics will be our best bet. First sign of trouble, we relocate. I'm thinking plan Wack-a-Mole,” a classic.[break][break]

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Bailey Cooper had watched the cataclysm of attacks, wondering if this would be their moment of triumph. Would the tide turn? Would they finally have a chance to subdue this beast before another hyper beam? The Sergeant does not feel hopeful—does not feel swayed—despite the damage done by the small, orange glowing marvel that had unleashed such a powerful attack.[break][break]

It took more than this to take out Regirock—and this unknown pokemon seemed far stronger. It was why her stomach turned. It was why she cast her gaze to the tunnel burrowed to her left, where her Dunsparce had emerged moments earlier.[break][break]

If there was another hyper beam, she could withdraw her pokemon and seek shelter; that thought registered just as the beast opened its maw, charging the attack that would spell their demise. It made her heart skip its beat as time slowed to a dangerous crawl.[break][break]

When she heard the familiar sound, that hum of destruction, Steelix and Sylveon were immediately brought back to the safety of their capsules. There were no words exchanged as their trainer sought shelter; it was done without a moment of hesitation.[break][break]

It was fear.[break][break]

She ran, tearing across the ground as if that tunnel was her bomb shelter. There was no time to comprehend the scale of the attack—no time to contemplate the destruction. Bailey Cooper could only focus on the urge to stay alive. The opening was wide enough for the Dunsparce; thus, it was large enough for her as she threw her body into its opening. Flat against the ground, she has to crawl with her good arm while the other was limp by her side.[break][break]

That quick escape had allowed her to flee from the falling debris from the Draco Meteor. Filtered by the Light Screen, the attack splaying across the ground where she had stood; the crackling of purple infused energy was droned out by the screech of the hyper beam.[break][break]

Bailey Cooper kept her head pressed to the ground after throwing herself into the opening; the one hand clasped to her ear doing little to cut the howl that shattered her hearing. She could only detect a ringing. She could only detect a wet, goo-like sensation from her ears, spelling their rupture.[break][break]

“Fuck,” but she had avoided being blinded by the overwhelming light.[break][break]

It took the Sergeant time to crawl out from the hole, just in time to see that the city was still standing; the falling shell of protection visible to her eyes as she sough its source. Her eyes focused on the orange marvel; crumpled to the ground in exhaustion.[break][break]

Its words still rang in her mind, despite her inability to hear the rest of her surroundings... and the dark monstrosity was still standing, ready to make its approach.[break][break]

Eating made it stronger... she remembered the red sheen after it had made a meal of the fleeing citizens of Mossdeep. “FUCK!” Another burst of energy as her legs pushed her off from the ground—the crumpled pokemon that had held back its blast must have looked like a tasty morsel.[break][break]

"please! i need your strength!"[break][break]

“I'll fucking show you strength!” Was what she roared, unable to hear her own voice despite the strain that pulled at her vocal cords; her only hand throwing a capsule back into the depths of the hole, releasing her Steelix into the tight, confined space. “Remember my orders! Wack-A-Mole! WACK A FUCKING MOLE!” And there was not enough time for her to turn and see if her Steelix understood.[break][break]

Thankfully, he did—he was familiar with this tactic.[break][break]

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The Steel-Type descended only a foot beneath the blacktop, burrowing as he followed Bailey Cooper's frantic pace. “Wait for the safe word!” Another scream as her voice filled the silence—it had to be shouted for her pokemon to hear while underground.[break][break]

Burrowing was made easier by the Dunsparce's pre-existing tunnels—he widened them as he ripped through.[break][break]

And she ran to the collapsed pokemon, keeping her gaze over her shoulder as she watched Guzzlord's approach. “You wanna win this shit or not?!” And she'd use her only good arm to try and scoop Victini from the ground, under her armpit as if the legendary were a pile of laundry. “Get some pep in your step! Where's your dumbass trainer?! We're all fighting this thing! This ain't time for a nap! Get your shit together, hot shot! You're our only hope!”[break][break]

Steamroller. It was coming.[break][break]

If jumping over the Guzzlord had failed, then why not go under?[break][break]

“PECHA MARMALADE!”[break][break]

And that was when Steelix broke the ground underneath her feet—his teeth roughly snagging onto her legs and ripping Bailey Cooper underground. She does not care if the skin would break beneath the pressure—all that mattered was speed as he ripped her down into the opening he had made.[break][break]

If her other arm wasn't broken, she would have flipped off the Ultra Beast—she settled for a crazed, death-defying smirk before a horizon of concrete and mortar obscured her vision.[break][break]

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tldr: MONKAS FUCK[break][break]

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the voltorb is the shot heard around the world; the first to stand against the ultra beast as it continues on its absolute rampage toward devouring the legendary pokemon. instead, it offers itself as a martyr, staring into the void as it implodes with SELF-DESTRUCT. its very core becomes unstable as a burst of electricity sets it off one last timer. for a pokemon known for detonating, there's something unsettling about knowing that this'll be the last time. [break][break][break]

regret. [break][break][break]

spite. [break][break][break]

the voltorb doesn't blame its trainer. it knows better, having seen the terror this odd pokemon's brought. it cries, ionized tears sliding across its smooth surface as it unravels entirely. it does this because it must be done. anything to save their world. [break][break][break]

BOOM. [break][break][break]

the voltorb transcends, entering a form of pure energy. the volume and release of its potential energy generates heat strong enough to combust, tearing into the pokemon's mouth from inside. anything to tear into the pokemon, anything to stop it, anything to kill the beast that's already caused them to lose so much. [break][break][break]

but hope does not promise results. reality is often disappointing. the attack is no more then a pop rock crackling inside the mysterious pokemon's mouth. it stings, it hurts, but the flesh does not crack. the pokemon burps, flames snorting out from the spicy appetizer. what's left of the voltorb's remains become thorns embedded into the pokemon's mouth. it may hurt but it doesn't stop it. [break][break][break]

it looks like nothing will. [break][break][break]

persephone amavi 's lucario retaliates, avenging its fallen comrade with a precise HYPER BEAM to the pokemon's unprotected head. the COPYCAT cannot hope to capture the gravity of the ultra beast's intensity. but it gets the job done, spearing into the pokemon's bruised head, pushing the small outcrop of flesh back as the main body continues to charge forward. [break][break][break][break]

it doesn't stop. [break][break][break]

not even when arian coin has both his bird pokemon hit the pokemon from above with a pair of HYPER BEAMS. the attack land, searing the pokemon's hide but not preventing it from charging at an increasing speed. [break][break][break]

Lucas Lane has his full pokemon team out and is pulling all the stops to slow down, if not outright stop, the approaching ultra beast. his cofargrigus sets up a multi-layered TRICK ROOM. translucent psychic walls construct a wide perimeter, tampering with the laws of physics and space-time. the ultra beast's incredible speed will also be its downfall! paint chips and start to flake off as the ghost pokemon's coffin starts to perspire from the exertion. [break][break][break]

his aerodactyl lands a HYPER BEAM, making four that home in among the pokemon's top side. his claydol's EARTH POWER strikes from below, rupturing and scratching against the pokemon's underbelly. neither attack adds much to everyone's combined assault. [break][break][break]

it is the MEGA GLALIE that reacts the strongest to the ultra beast's presence. holding onto the little lingering power it has, the MEGA GLALIE transforms the atmosphere around them, brings an abrupt chill before firing off a FREEZE DRY. the attack lands on one of the pokemon's legs and coats it in solid ice. it takes another step forward and the ice shatters, freeing it but coloring it in a lighter shade of grey. the attack continues, reapplying the ice but it shatters with every step the pokemon takes. [break][break][break]

the ultra beast enters the vicinity and trespasses within the boundary of Lucas Lane 's TRICK ROOM. and, for the slightest moment, it looks like it works. the ultra beast is unable to negate the space-time effects of the mystic perimeter—so it does what its always been doing, destroying everything in its way. that momentary pause is broken by the sound of glass cracking. the mass and speed of the pokemon become a steadying battering ram as it throws itself straight into the TRICK ROOM, breaking past each layer, unhindered. [break][break][break]

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Bailey Cooper 's mad dash would have gotten her to the victini with time to spare if she didn't have to enter Lucas Lane 's TRICK ROOM to do so. even with her speed being inversed, as long as that also applies to the ultra beast, she still has a good amount of buffer space to escape. except, it doesn't. there goes her hope as each wall of TRICK ROOM fragments into shards of nothingness. [break][break][break]

the ultra beast is within grabbing distance now. Lucas Lane 's aegislash, the last line of defense, holds strong with its KING'S SHIELD. the technique is known far and wide as being an impenetrable shield, a testament to how strong the royal bulwark is. and even that becomes paper against the ultra beast's BRUTAL SWING. one swipe of its appendage manages to uproot the pokemon, not quite breaking the shield, nor causing lethal damage, but FLINGING the lighter pokemon into a broken building several blocks away. [break][break][break]

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but that split second is enough for operation: wack-a-mole to succeed. Bailey Cooper 's trusty steelix manages to nab her by the thigh, reeling her back into the ground. unfortunately, bailey is more akin to bait on a fishing line then anything else. the ultra beast won't let the serpent retreat that easily, tearing into the ground with both slithering appendages with a crushing CRUNCH. [break][break][break]

if only that TRICK ROOM hadn't delayed her for so long. [break][break][break]

with both of the ultra beast's claws sunken into the steelix's STURDY frame, it snaps the pokemon out from the underground tunnel, threatening to behead it as it pulls the pokemon apart. it continues to WRING OUT the large snake, occasionally slamming it against the ground repeatedly, denting and cracking each iron section. unable to resist, the steelix cries out in pain, releasing Bailey Cooper and victini straight into the guzzlord's open mouth. [break][break][break]

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• freya morningstar lets out her kommo-o. they let victini know that they haven't given up with a resounding NOBLE ROAR.
• persephone amavi bids farewell to her voltorb that charges straight at the STEAMROLLING ultra beast. it lunges into his mouth, EXPLODING. her lucario uses the distraction to COPYCAT the ultra beast's HYPER BEAM and nail it in the face.
• arian coin returns his eevee and starmie before jumping off the building. his pidgeot catches him with his talonflame right behind him. the trio ascend, high into the skyline, pausing to watch the ultra beast's HYPER BEAM fail. after arian realizes that he's still alive, he has both his pokemon use HYPER BEAM.
• Lucas Lane brings out his aegislash which shields them from the stray DRACO METEORS with its KING'S SHIELD. luckily, his victini manages to PROTECT all of them from the ultra beast's HYPER BEAM. after the attack, he brings out his claydol and MEGA GLALIE. with a full roster, Lucas Lane has his all of them attack except his cofargrigus that sets up a TRICK ROOM and his aegislash which tries to protect the legendary pokemon.
• Bailey Cooper returns her steelix and slyveon, running for her life and jumping into the hole her dunsparce made earlier and therefore dodging the DRACO METEOR fragments. she then summons her steelix into one of the tunnels, commanding it to retreat into the ground.
• in a spurt of crazy desperation, Bailey Cooper lunges for the victini, picking it up before calling for her steelix. the steel snake pokemon erupts from underneath, pulling her underground and away from the surface and hopefully guzzlord.
• the guzzlord changes straight through the TRICK ROOM, breaking it. it manages to catch Bailey Cooper 's steelix and beats it against the ground, causing it to drop bailey and the victini right into its mouth.

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the victini is absolutely drained. it can move no further as Bailey Cooper approaches, the only person willing to put her life on the line to save the legendary pokemon. the sound of freya morningstar's NOBLE ROAR lets the pokemon know that they haven't given up but even that doesn't spur the pokemon to move. it can't. [break][break][break]

not until Lucas Lane releases his MEGA GLALIE. the peculiar energy coming off the pokemon is one long lost to time, hidden deep within the reserves of shoal cave, untouched. the victini gasps at a sudden idea, dubious, but unable to do anything else as its lugged around underneath Bailey Cooper's arm. [break][break][break]

'they're not ready—but we have no choice!" [break][break][break]

the victini doesn't have time to spare as the guzzlord mercilessly beats Bailey Cooper's steelix. with a pained groan, the steelix finally lets go of the duo, dropping them straight into the guzzlord's mouth. [break][break][break]

"i can't do this. i'm too weak." [break][break] [break]

victini's final hope, the last bitter flame of resistance is snuffed. the pokemon closes its eyes as it enters the pitch black expanse of the ultra beast's mouth. [break][break][break]

"i leave this to you, humans. i'm sorry." [break][break][break]

a burst of TELEKINESIS ejects Bailey Cooper from the pokemon's mouth, shooting her straight into the sky and on course to crash land somewhere else. just in time too as the mysterious pokemon closes its mouth, eager to chew on the tasty treat. [break][break][break]

but the mouth never closes, not completely. within the small gap in guzzlord's mouth is victini, struggling to hold apart the numerous teeth that line the the roof of the pokemon's mouth and tongue. numerous spikes tear into the smaller pokemon, causing it to bleed profusely. [break][break][break]

"your hope." [break][break][break]

CHOMP. [break][break][break]

"your dreams." [break][break][break]

MUNCH. [break][break][break]

"your love and ambition." [break][break][break]

the legendary pokemon screams. a high pitch, innocent voice radiates across mossdeep. victini is dying, being eaten alive as the guzzlord continues to try and chew its way into the pokemon's core. [break][break][break]

"your despair, your desperation, your anguish. I ACCEPT IT ALL!" [break][break][break]

ON NOM NOM NOM. [break][break][break]

the sound of victini's crying, its short, ragged sobs pouring from every incisions of guzzlord's barbed tongue, radiate through the minds of everyone. [break][break][break]

"I BELIEVE IN ALL OF YOU. THE REST IS UP TO YOU. WIN, NO MATTER THE COST!" [break][break][break]

much like the guzzlord's previous HYPER BEAM, victini starts to glow, super heating as it creates its own big bang. [break][break][break]

"VVVVVVVVVVV-CREAAAAAAATTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" [break][break][break]

a stream of raw energy gushes from the victini's body, ripping the guzzlord's mouth openn as it fires off into the sky. [break][break][break]

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the intensity of V-CREATE dissipates every cloud in the skyline, painting mossdeep in a warm, hot orange. it halts when it reaches the edge of the stratosphere, fracturing into minuscule grains of lights before exploding into a billion pieces, splintering off in every direction as the remains rain over hoenn. the most sizable pieces descend right back onto mossdeep, homing in on anyone still alive. [break][break][break]

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that last burst of power leaves the victini unconscious, void of energy, void of life as the V-CREATE channels its life force into another form. with that, the ultra beast finally gets to swallow the empty shell, creating a vacuum of PRESSURE as the red aura manifest in a fierce flare. Bailey Cooper had been correct about her assumption but now they have to factor victini being absorbed. [break][break][break]

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