Okay it was next floor time and yet again June kind of just stood there and let the others take care of it but the difference is that Kyle volunteered to take care of the problem. She wasn’t really sure what he was doing but she figured it was time for Marowak to shine………..again.

This poor Pokémon was probably so tired of dealing with them but she was going to need it again. She’d return her last Pokémon that she sent out and then brought the Alolan Marowak back out.

Its Lightning Rod ability would allow it to absorb the perish song and get that Special Attack boost.

”I guess that’s it?” She shrugged.

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Despite Kyle’s attempt at calming her down the other two did not help June’s worry at all. ”You guys are a real comfort.” She scoffed, watching carefully as their plan played out.

And thank Arceus that it played it all well and the Marowak was safe and sound, June quickly returned the Pokémon to its capsule once they were all done.

The next floor was a bit of a dozy, and June yet again was questioning whether or not what they were about to participate in was on the up and up. She’d shrug it off for now and think about which Pokémon to use and luckily this time she had her own to use.

The cadet released her Nidoking but she quickly discovered that there was much less for her to do except well stand there.

”Uh, just stand there and look pretty I guess?” June shrugged.

Mateo and Kyle took care of the poisoning and the spikes and Fernando took care of making the Salazzle targetable so all she had to do was make sure she had a poison type on the field that wouldn’t get affected.

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So they had a plan and while it was pretty simple June had some issues with it. The others, Kyle, Fernando, and Mateo would go first in offering their Pokémon up to the lift of block. But the idea was that their Pokémon would be too heavy for the bird to take off with, okay that sounds fine. So she assumed she would play that angle as well but instead they had a different plan for her.

They wanted her to use the Alolan Marowak from earlier and let the Braviary take it up. While the bird was in the air the other three would be able to strike it with electric attacks and not harm June's Pokemon thanks to Marowak’s LIGHTNING ROD ability.

Once they were done letting their Pokémon go up and tried to be lifted it was finally her turn. She had returned the Shellder from earlier and brought out the Alolan Marowak.

”Are you guys sure about this?” She’d ask, looking to the others to get some sort of confirmation. Even if this worked she really didn’t like the idea of it but didn’t seem like she had much of a choice.

”Alright then just let the bird carry you. You’ll be alright; they’ll be able to shoot it down.” She whispered over to the Marowak to try and give it some comfort.


She’d then watch as the Pokémon was lifted into the air. ”You guys better be right about this.”

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The next challenge was a bit more complicated than the other ones, or at least it had her thinking about it longer than the others.

When she put the pieces of the puzzles together, and the others were beginning to attack as well, she quickly returned her last Pokémon and sent out a Shellder.

”Alright little buddy, use Icicle Spear.” She’d give the small Pokémon a thumbs up for encouragement.

The Shellder would turn to its target and then use ICICLE SPEAR and with its SKILL LINK ability it would fire numerous spears at the challenge Pokémon from a good distance.

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The Boltund’s attack had whiffed; the Beheeyem spotted the canine before it could make contact and teleported away. ”Shit! Where’d it go?!” Both June and her Pokémon looked for the disappearing Psychic-type. The Pokémon reappeared above them, firing off a PSYBEAM in their direction before TELEPORTING again. It hadn’t been for Touma’s warning bark June and her Herdier would have most certainly gotten hit.

”Okay change of plans boys. Lowen, I want you to try and hit it with a Crunch next time it pops up and Touma when it teleports again wait for it to reappear and as soon as it does hit it with Wild Charge that you put everything into.” The two dogs nodded at their orders.

And their plan went as discussed. When the Beheeyem reappeared Lowen went for the CRUNCH only for the attack to miss again due to the TELEPORT but when the Psychic-type reappeared it was greeted to a lunging Boltund. Unable to teleport again in such quick fashion the Beheeyem was struck by the Boltund’s attack and went down.

Despite all that power, they had the Pokémon was surprisingly frail. Now they’d have to find something to do with the sheep stealer. Though before that June looked over to see how their friend was doing.

”Well at least he’s enthusiastic about his work?”

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”Well I’m glad you agree but it doesn’t seem like anything we do is making the situation any better.” Because despite how many ghost Pokémon they seemingly take down another one took its place. If that was the case, it was hard for June to tell because as one went “down” it simply faded away.

For all, she knows the Pokémon was feigning defeat and just coming back a second later. The never-ending horde was getting tiresome, there had to be something they were missing that could turn the tide in their favor. Examining the room June spotted something odd.

It was a shadow that didn’t belong and on that moved when she spotted it. It then sported a bright toothy grin and red eyes as it seeped out of the wall to reveal itself as a Gengar. June assumed that was the head honcho but before she could make a move the ghost attacked, firing a SHADOW BALL at her.

There wasn’t elsewhere June could move before it’d make contact so she braced itself for the attack but it never hit her. Without a command, her Shelgon had popped out of its Pokéball and used PROTECT, the barrier keeping June safe.

”Good save.” June let out a sigh of relief before turning to Thea.

”I think if we take out that big nasty bloke right there the others might bugger off.”

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She was ready to punt this little bastard into the stratosphere but suddenly they weren’t alone. June was concerned at first but after seeing it was only Fernando Silph she loosed up a bit.

”Oh it’s just you.” She’d sigh, taking note of the beast at his side. She almost jumped out of her skin looking at that thing, she’d never seen a Pokémon that looked like that. But he had asked her a question which snapped her back to reality.

”Uh what? Wait a minute, no! I caught this mutt he’s not one of Kyle’s.” June said, answering the question.

There were wild Pokémon nearby but June paid them no attention, despite her Poochyena barking at the psychic one. No, her focus was more on Fernando’s weird helmet dog.

”What the hell is this wicked beasty?”

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When she was told that this was some sort of challenge training dojo tower she expected more traditional battles than climb up a floor and each one just smack a Pokémon around with a specific move. She was slowly beginning to question the ethics of all of this but hey if no one else was asking questions then she wasn’t going to be that guy and ask.

She’d return her last Pokémon and send out Pinsr. With its STORM THROW and MOLD BREAKER it’d be able to take care of this challenge. That and everyone else was doing it so why not.

”Okay then do the storm toss thingy please.”

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”Pokédex entries?” Even as a child June barely ever paid much attention to those things so if one talked about Cubone’s and moms then she’d have no idea and have to go by his word. But seeing the way he said that she was extremely skeptical any of that was true. The next floor was yet again run by some weirdo wearing their bathrobes.

But instead of attacking a Pokémon this time they had to wake it up. Easy enough she supposed but these challenges were weird to her. And again she’d shuffle through the Pokémon at her disposal and found one that could help.

Another of Kyle’s that the man lent her to use for this tower and she’d have to make sure to thank him properly but given the current challenge and the Pokémon being used there was no way in hell he was going to hear here.

Or anything for that matter, which these thoughts reminded her to check if she brought her earplugs.

”Ah hell, of course, I would forget.” She growled to herself after shuffling through her pocket. Well, she’d have to do it the old fashion way, which she knew wasn’t going to help much but beat going deaf.

She’d release Kyle’s borrowed Chingling and much like the others, she ordered the Pokémon to use Uproar, covering her ears to protect herself. But having four Pokémon all making a shit ton of noise in the way of screeching cries would definitely overpower her just covering her ears with her hands.

This sucked and if her ears didn’t bleed afterward she’d be surprised.

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