With a small victory now in his pocket and the noticeable signal of electric currents flooding the beast's body, the swordsman wasted no time in TELEPORTING away, positioning himself back, midway between the legendary and his party. During this, the rest of his images fell victim to the burst of flames, burning beneath the FIRE BLAST until each and every one of them shriveled up into dust.

Hatterene, on the other hand, was struggling beneath the urshifu's switch of attack. Moving from a water strike to a heavy IRON HEAD swing, the psychic type could only do its best to defend by creating a thick plate of PSYCHIC energy to fight back against the attack. She pushed and pushed back, but after the sound of the first crack, the Pokémon knew it wouldn't hold. Down came the IRON HEAD swing, lessened in strength, thanks to her hampering its momentum, but still not completely left without power.

The Rocket Admin wasn't looking to hide. As his fainted Charizard's SMOKE SCREEN faded, the mountainous man was almost impossible to miss. With one hand hovering over his pistole's handle, and the other over the several coated knives he kept strapped around his chest ( a gift from Elisabeth Fiorelli ), he moved to meet the prowling opponent.

Of course, it was MATIAS SILPH .

Whose else would it be?

"Having fun?"

Normally a mute, after a series of long, tiring battles, the question naturally found its way crawling out from his throat, just as dry as the arid air.

@tag

"Tch."

His hand twitched, ready to reach for a knife, when a PSYCHIC message screamed in his mind.

Hatterene's body, battered and ruined, came into his mind, reminding him of both her dire situation and the lack of time they truly had left on this battlefield.

Felix clicked his tongue again.

With one hand, he slammed into his side pocket, reaching for the Pokeball belonging to Hatterene to return her before the Urshifu's SURGING STRIKES sliced her into threes. With the other hand, he grabbed the pistole he was originally gunning for (ha pun), pulled it out, and aimed its muzzle straight for the center of MATIAS SILPH ' temples.

He squeezed the trigger without hesitation, sending a barrage of bullets toward him.

All the while, the Gallade continued to dance around the legendary, weaving and waving around the incoming THUNDER with his boosted MEGA STONE SPEED, only stopping to send an arc of PSYCHIC toward one of his eyes -- a move that bounced off a singular swipe of his arm blade.

MATIAS SILPH

Upon the impact of the initial wave of EARTHQUAKE, the Gallade eyes widened in the realization that the Hatterene he'd left behind was gone and his trainer, who'd thought it wise to approach the other, was left out in the open. Exposed to Urshifu and his hydro strikes.

His arms move into an X over his chest and then, with a flash of pink, he TELEPORTED to his trainer's side, prepared to create a WIDE GUARD around both of them to shield against the incoming EARTHQUAKE.

Let's go, the Gallade mentally told Felix, noting the timer of his mega evolution was slowly dwindling down.

"Fine."

He looked back at the wall in front of them, squinted, then turn back toward the gallade, ready to start making an escape.

MATIAS SILPH