It's only natural that when a villain comes to terrorize, a hero will naturally spring forwards to save the day. Xenon expected nothing less as she calmly sidesteps a kicked Raticate flying off the deck of the boat, head inclining to look in Oliver's direction and lips bending into a mocking sneer. "Well as much as I love to disappoint others' expectations, I suppose I've just gotta follow through on my threat this time huh?"
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Her hand cuts through the air and points to the sky, fingers clicking together in one succinct snap to bring the Iron Jugulis to life as an Electric Terrain deploys through the area. She wasn't here to play games this time around, she would bring nothing less than her best. The machine's Quark Drive hums to life within its chest as it draws in the electricity suffusing the atmosphere, the lights all across its body burning crimson as it once more lets out its metallic screech of hate, all six eyes focusing on the skybound Dragonite as it reaches the peak of its ascent and dives down to assault the mechanical beast with a furious Thunder Punch.
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And then.
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It.
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Moves.
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Mach One is broken in a fraction of a second as its antigrav thrusters deploy, where it was there one second, the next it simply wasn't as the war machine ducks out of the way of the Thunder Punch and circles around to the Dragonite's flank, all three mouths opening in unison and unleashing a blast of Flamethrower. And while its draconic hide could tank the mortal flames, Oliver's Dragonite would easily be able to notice that this fire was at least twice as hot as anything a natural fire type could produce under normal circumstances, hot enough even to singe the scales of a proud dragon. This would not be a fight easily won.
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+ - Oliver Shrakes

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They all run and scream, hiding from her little minions while she preoccupies herself with the biggest and baddest of targets aboard, such delightful terror was simply outstanding, truly ultramodern in its aesthetics even as the carnage dies down and all eyes focus on them. A distant tune reaches her ears and her eyes flutter for a moment as the siren song tries to lure her to the land of dreams, but the steady thump of boots on deck is more than enough to grab her attention as her eyes snap towards Oliver stalking towards her, combat baton held by his side to attack her directly like she was some kind of neophyte who could be beaten with a single strike to her skull.
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Maybe if she were some kind of lowly grunt the idea of a physical confrontation with a trained ranger might have put the fear of Arceus into her, but Xenon Civitas Antheil is an Elite. A duel was right up her alley~
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It might surprise Oliver to see Xenon reach for the hilted sword by her side, drawing the blood stained blade free and pulling it into both hands as she faces down the ranger with a confident smile. "That's a nice little stick you got there. Mine's bigger." She would be the first to make a move as she takes a wicked step forwards and sweeps her sword straight for his heart, the sound of the wind screaming as her blade tears through the air physically palpable as she puts her all into the strike without hesitation.
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Rhodium had no problems taking the powerful Hurricane head on, cutting winds etching minor scratches and nicks into its metal plating while its mechanical eyes bounce back and forth with the efficiency of a supercomputer calculating its next move. It knows where the Dragonite is going to be before the Pokemon itself even does, aiming just ahead of the dragon with a roaring Dark Pulse from its triplet heads in staggered firing patterns, never letting up on the barrage and giving it the opportunity to strike back.
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+ - Oliver Shrakes

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A strike aimed to debilitate, most likely followed by a strike aimed to finish her. She would be offended if she weren't so busy considering the angle she'd need to jump to avoid this, ending the game so soon was such a waste. But using the momentum she had already built from her running start made her next move all too easy as she leaps over Oliver's strike, leaps over the man himself as he ducks low, and plants a hand on his back to push him forwards and stabilize her landing. It takes an extra half a second to spin around and strike at his defenseless back, but that's a precious half a second when a full strike from a sword to the spine could easily cripple you for life.
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Meanwhile in the battle between Pokemon, Rhodium's processors are in full overdrive as angles of attack and retreat are calculated and discarded just as quickly, the Dragonite was more than adept in defying all expectations to pull truly outstanding acrobatic maneuvers to avoid its Dark Pulses with bare inches to spare. Even when it began overcompensating to try and fire just forwards of where the Dragonite was calculated to be, the pseudo-legendary manages to halt its momentum and reverse in less than a fraction of a second, taking the valuable time to move even closer for a charging Thunder Punch. At least that's what the building static electricity in the air told Rhodium as it analyzed the environment thoroughly through its connection the Electric Terrain.
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Soon enough the decisive strike is landed, or at least that's what should've happened as the Dragonite flies in close and throws a full powered Thunder Punch right at the Iron Jugulis's body to shut down its systems and render it defenseless. Landing one Dark Pulse against a beast of this caliber wasn't enough to swing the battle in its favor, a sacrifice play would need to be made. Its left head swings into the path of the punch and absorbs the force of the blow entirely, completely disabled as one thousand volts jolts through its systems and leave it swinging limp as it tries to reboot its systems. But there's a reason that Iron Jugulis has three heads, it's a deliberate design decision meant to add redundancy to the systems, relying on only one head for decision making and processing power is a fool's move.
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The Dragonite is too close to dodge out of this cleanly as the other two heads open wide, a glint of silver energy building in its throat as a full powered Steel Cannon erupts from its twin maws and slams right into its opponent's face, a clean blow for blow trade that the Paradox Pokemon could be satisfied with.
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+ - Oliver Shrakes

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It's not a bad play on his part, moving in so close for a proper gut punch. It denies her the ability to properly swing her sword, undoubtedly her most dangerous weapon right now, and leaves her in a position where she needs to retreat and gain ground to recover. Ground she simply doesn't have on a boat with limited movement space, especially when so much of it is being taken up by the Pokemon battling scant yards away. The blow lands solidly in her gut and knocks the wind out of her, vision going blurry for a moment before she bites her cheek to snap herself back into focus, the taste of iron bitter on her tongue as blood pools in her mouth. It's just what she needs as she gathers it up in a sticky wet blob of drool and spits it into Olivier's eyes, blinding him for just a second as she lowers her center of gravity and rams her shoulder under his guard and up into his body, trying to throw him overboard with some fancy footwork.
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The war machine was getting absolutely thrashed in this fight, even with the Electric Terrain powering its Quark Drive it was still uncomfortably close and Rhodium needed to pull a trick out of its hat if it wanted to come out of this on top. A fire punch scorches the metal of its center head and knocks its systems into disarray for a brief moment, it scores one fleeting hit on the Dragonite's flank and takes an Aquatail to the chest for its efforts, sending it skidding backwards across the deck and effectively resetting the battle to neutral as the two warrior stare one another down. A battle of attrition wouldn't favor it, the opponent had a type advantage over it and Rhodium didn't have any particularly effective moves against the beast that could break him in one blow.
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So just like its owner would do in this situation, it would change the game entirely as it aims its side heads at the civilians on the sides and begins blasting them with gouts of flame. If this was a Ranger's pokemon, then there was a high probability that it would drop the battle to prioritize saving civilian lives rather than continue to engage in a battle of attrition. In the mean time it could divert the resources from its Quark Drive to charging a proper blow to strike down the noble dragon, a ignoble and dishonorable move that only a dark sentinel could think of without any shame. It was simple arithmetic in the end, anything it took to achieve victory.
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+ - Oliver Shrakes

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She doesn't have the momentum she needs to throw him all the way overboard, even with the element of surprise their weights are just equal enough that she can't produce the force necessary to lift him up into the air and over into the briny deep. In fact all she gets for her troubles is a hard elbow to the spine that's definitely going to be bruising later, but she doesn't even mind that. She digs the claws of her right hand into his side as a token for his efforts, clawing out a bloody gouge with razor sharp metal claws that would definitely be scarring up in the future, even if it wasn't quite deep enough to be fatal. After that she lets herself get thrown overboard as she pushes her feet off the deck of the ship and feels her body sail through the air, a manic cry of joy in her wake as she briefly observes the chaos of the ship from her aerial perspective.
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And what joy, what chaos it is! Fire is blocked by screens of light from either side, a staredown between the dragon kings of their respective eras, primal rage facing off against the harsh future that Xenon promises. The flames cut without warning as Rhodium focuses all power to its central head, a blinding white light building in its throat to match the Dragonite's as it opens wide and matches Hyper Beam against Hyper Beam! The clash hardly even lasts two seconds before the metal deck beneath crumples under the force of the shockwave, detonating and sending everyone still on the ship flying through the air, and pushing Xenon even further away as she rides the current and hits the ocean hard. It feels like she just slammed into solid concrete as she briefly skips across the sea's surface, until she comes to a stop against some piece of debris splashing into the ocean.
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"Oof... yeah, that's gonna leave fucking mark." She laughs, though she's definitely hurt as she clings to the steaming metal and waits for Rhodium to swing around to pick her up. It didn't make it out of the fight unscathed either, but the point was never winning in the first place. It was just to cause as much chaos as possible, something she thinks she's thoroughly succeeded in by this point. Another score against the Lilycove government, another score for Team Rocket~
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+ - Oliver Shrakes

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