Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Pokemon: Elemental Legacies: Olemenun Academy

You have some really good dialogue in places--I really enjoy reading these!
I do, however, find that the dialogue tags are a bit distracting. (e.g. he "commented" he "explained").
 
PokeMart - Yeah, in school I was taught to use as much variety as possible and avoid using "said" wherever possible, and I just recently found out that that is not, in fact, correct. Still, that's what shaped my writing style, and I find it hard to do it any other way. That's something I'm going to try working on, though.
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Chapter 19​

The group of students, teachers, and Gym Leaders arrived in Hanaero Town, landing their flying Pokemon outside the hospital.
"We'll be right back out." Mrs. Searle informed the rest of the group that had gone to Hanaero Town. The three teachers entered the tall building and were surprised to see Chey, Emily, Chris, Paris, Brandon, and Dave already in the lobby.
"So what's up?" Dave asked.
"Professor Maple wasn't there," Mrs. Searle replied, "But I called Procter, and he told us to meet him in Balankou City."
"And we have a new addition to our team," Mr. Lawson added, "My student Nicholas found us in Roccane Town."
"Wasn't he one of the staff thieves?" Emily recalled.
"Hardly!" Mr. Lawson exclaimed as if greatly offended. "He was kidnapped by those hooligans!"
"We don't have time to stay here and chat," Mr. Pennington interrupted, "For all we know, the black staff could have already activated."
"Right," Mrs. Searle agreed, "Are you coming with us?"
"Spencer has decided to stay here, but the rest of us will go with you." Brandon answered. With that, the group headed out of the hospital and met up with the others outside.
"Let's go." Chey said as the trainers released their flying Pokemon.

David and Geraldo landed in the middle of the Ghost Plains, near several large rock formations. They had already been wandering the plains for some time, and David had caught a Serafimask a while back.
"So, what's that map say?" He asked. Geraldo did not answer. "Fine. Be that way." He reached for a Pokeball on his belt and threw it into the air, releasing his Gallade. The Pokemon began to glow with a faint purple light, and Geraldo's map did the same. The map was lifted from Geraldo's hands and landed in David's.
"Ten ghost Pokemon need to be knocked out by a ghost Pokemon for the temple to appear? Is that all?" David looked around, and quickly spotted a group of Gastly floating nearby. "There must be at least ten there... Time to see if this thing was worth my time." He threw a Pokeball into the air, releasing the blue and white angellic Pokemon. It outstretched its arm, and a sword made of light appeared in its hand. It dashed forward, wasting no time as it slashed at one of the Gastly, knocking it out in a single hit. The other Gastly began to crowd around it, but it knocked them out as easily as it had done in the first. In a matter of seconds, the Gastly had all disappeared, afraid of being damaged further.
"There. That's done. Now where's the temple?" David looked around. Suddenly, the thick fog of the Ghost Plains began to disappear, and an ancient stone temple became visible between two large rock formations. "Bingo. Now then... looks like that's all we have to do. Our prize should be waiting for us in the temple." He began to walk towards the temple, but soon realized that Geraldo was not following him. The freshman's Aerodactyl was several feet off of the ground, and was flapping its wings lightly as to not make any noise.
"Nice try, kid." David threw a Pokeball into the air, releasing a Pokemon that was obviously the evolved form of Farfetch'd. It had grown to be nearly six feet tall, and consequently had a rather large wingspan. Its feathers that had been dark brown were now a brownish red, and its beak was colored green rather than yellow. In each of its wings, it held thick leeks that had been carved into swords. The V-shape on its head had grown larger as well.
"Believenge, stop him." David commanded. The Farfetch'd evolution flew forward, quickly catching up to an unsuspecting Geraldo. It slashed at Aerodactyl's wings with its leek swords, causing the pterodactyl Pokemon to fall to the ground. It then swooped over to Geraldo and picked the boy up in its large, almost claw-like feet. It carried Geraldo into the temple, following David. After a short walk down the hall, the two trainers, Gallade, Believenge, Serafimask, and Scizor entered the temple's main room. Sure enough, in the center of the room was the sixth legendary titan: Regiside. Its body was perhaps the most humanoid of the titans, but still looked inhuman. Like with the other titans, there was no real seperation of head from body. It was a ghastly shade of lavender, and fog flowed from the top of its body like hair. Where its face would be, there were seven blue dots, arranged in an X, with the two sections of the top half being two dots long while the sections of the bottom half were only one dot long.
"You're no challenge for me," David said, "Meerklaw, Venampute, attack!" He threw his final two Pokeballs into the air, releasing two Pokemon that were obviously the evolved forms of Zangoose and Seviper respectively. Meerklaw had grown bigger and fiercer, and the red patterns on its body and face had grown in size and changed shape. Its claws were now incredibly long, even longer than its arms. Venampute had also grown longer and larger, and its patterns and markings had grown and changed shape as well. Its fangs and the blade on its tail had grown larger in comparison to its body, too.
"Take it down." The two Pokemon dashed forward with blinding speed, slashing at the titan with their sharp body parts and doing major damage to it before it even knew what hit it. It retaliated with a Shadow Punch aimed at Venampute, but Meerklaw jumped in the way, and the ghost-type attack did nothing to the normal-type.
"I thought Zangoose and Seviper hated eachother!" Geraldo commented, surprised by the Pokemon's team work.
"They do," David replied, "But under the command of a strong trainer, even mortal enemies will work together." As they spoke, Regiside fell to the ground, defeated. Before Geraldo could throw a Dusk Ball, David whipped out one of his own and quickly captured the fallen titan.
"Now then... One left." He smirked as he began to walk out of the temple, his Pokemon making sure that Geraldo followed him.

The group of students, teachers, and Gym Leaders arrived in Balankou City, landing their flying Pokemon just outside of Team Rocket's headquarters. Sebastian was leaning against the side of the building, as he had been awaiting their arrival.
"They're already inside, talking to the receptionist," Sebastian explained, "We just got here five minutes ago." He walked into the magnificent building, the large group of people following him.
"Listen, we need to go upstairs!" Dan shouted in the receptionist's face. It was a different person than the last time that the group had been to Team Rocket Headquarters; this time it was a young woman in a pink dress. Unlike the previous receptionist, this woman would not budge, even when Dan threatened her with his staff.
"Dan, that's no way to ask! You have to be nice!" Tatiana exclaimed, trying to calm her husband down. As they fought in the background, Bobby walked up to the counter where the woman sat.
"Listen. My friend here was a little rude about saying it, but he's right. Five of us wield the legendary staves that summoned the Elemental Pokemon... and we really need to talk to the Draconic Knights."
"I told your friend, unless you have a meeting, you're not going anywhere." The receptionist countered.
"Look," Bobby leaned in closer, "This is a matter of national security. If we don't speak to them, all of Olemenun could be in danger."
"Then you can tell me, and I'll give them the message." The woman replied. By now, her hand was under the counter, her finger hovering just over the small red button that would alert security.
"You guys are idiots." Dave walked up to the counter, pushing Bobby aside. "Hey... I'm afraid these guys were just trying to be a little dramatic."
Meanwhile, while Dave spoke to the receptionist, the staff wielders recognized a member of the group that had just entered the building.
"Paris?!" Bobby wondered.
"Yo." Paris replied with a small chuckle.
"What are you doing here?! You're supposed to be dead!" Dan exclaimed.
"And our enemy!" Matt added.
"Nope, he's on our side now." Mrs. Searle replied.
"That doesn't explain how he's alive!" Dan responded.
"That'd be my doing," Brandon answered, "After all these years, I finally figured out a way to bring him back, even though... he... had destroyed the body. That's why he still looks like he's fifteen."
"But... he... this doesn't make any sense." Matt shook his head and turned back around, not in the mood to try and make sense of the situation.
"Let's just let it go," Paris suggested, "I'm on your team now, and any of these guys can vouch for that." Several teachers and students nodded their heads.
"... Fine." Bobby accepted it.
"You see, we're really here to pick up some new shipments of badges." Dave was still talking to the receptionist.
"... All of you?" The receptionist asked skeptically, looking at the vast crowd of people in the lobby.
"Yeah, there's a lot of badges," Sean replied, "Every Gym except the one in Poisawa Town ordered some." After a short pause brought on by great skepticism, the receptionist finally caved in.
"Alright," She sighed, "Floor thirty-six."
"Thank you!" Dave exclaimed. The large group of people crowded into all four of the building's elevators, and the doors closed. The receptionist looked to a computer screen on her desk - the elevators had not stopped moving at floor thirty-six.
"Security!" She cried into a walkie-talkie that she had pulled out from her pocket. "Get to floor eighty-seven, now! Some intruders are going after the Knights!"

The elevator doors opened, and the group entered the unnecessarily long hallway that was familiar to only some of them. As soon as they stepped out of the elevators, though, an alarm began to sound above their heads.
"Crap." Bobby commented.
"Let's go!" Dan shouted. The group rushed down the hallway, and just like before, thick concrete walls began to crash down from above.
"Not again!" Tatiana exclaimed. The staff wielders and Nosfrostu quickly began destroying the walls in front of them, allowing the group to continue their sprint toward the Knights' room. They finally made it to the end of the hallway, and Bobby held the door open, motioning for the rest of the trainers to hurry in. Once they were all in, he too entered the small white room, closing the door behind him.
"Not this room again...how are we going to get that Gengar if all these people are in here?!" Dan was frustrated.
"Well, it can't be anywhere that people are, and pretty much the whole floor is covered with people," Tatiana realized, "So..." She aimed her staff upwards, and many small shards of ice shot out of it. The ice shards began zooming around above the trainers' heads, seeking out their target. Soon, one of them connected, and the Gengar appeared, then disappeared. The empty room faded away, revealing the real chamber of the Draconic Knights.
"Ah! Mr. Richard, Mrs. Richard, how nice to see you again!" The red knight exclaimed as if he had been expecting them. "And you've brought along several of the other staff wielders, too! What a pleasant surprise!"
"Cut the crap!" Dan shouted. "What the heck did you do to Michael?! How the heck are you tied to Vampyro?! And who the heck are you, anyways?!"
"We did nothing to Sir Michael." The yellow knight chose to answer the first question.
"Yes you did!" Dan responded. "He went all crazy and tried to attack us!"
"Was he not always like that?" The yellow knight asked. "If I recall correctly, even fifteen years ago, he had quite a deal of disrespect for you." Dan was speechless.
"Yeah, but he never attacked us after the encounter with the Elemental Pokemon! He even helped us on several occasions!" Tatiana replied.
"Maybe being alone with that Duskarrion for several years did something to his brain." The blue knight suggested. Dan snarled, but decided to let the question go, as the blue knight's explanation did make sense.
"Well what about Vampyro?! Bobby said that you guys had something to do with him!"
"If you're talking about how he was freed from Mount Rafalski, then yes," The white knight answered, "That was our doing. But any reckless behavior on his part is his choice... and we want nothing to do with it."
"What the heck are you talking about?! Why did you even free him from the mountain?!" Matt asked.
"We made a bargain with him," The white knight replied, "In exchange for his life, he gave us something we needed."
"What? What did he give you?!" Matt demanded.
"The white staff!" Chey exclaimed, pointing above the white knight's chair. The white staff was glowing brightly, and was floating several feet above the knight's chair.
"What the...?!" The white knight was greatly surprised by this. The staff quickly flew towards Chey, and she instinctively reached up, grabbing it.
"So...there was a descendant, after all," The white knight realized as she turned to Chey, "That just makes our job easier." She stood up and drew her sword, preparing for battle. The other knights followed suit, drawing their own weapons.
"Wait!" Elissa shouted. "Why are you fighting us?! Aren't the Draconic Knights supposed to be good guys?!"
"What are you talking about, girl?" The red knight asked.
"When Nitroneutra was first summoned, long ago!" Elissa replied. "The Pokemon went wild! But they were eventually calmed down by the power of five dragons... and those dragons' owners were the original Draconic Knights!"
"Foolish girl..." The red knight responded, "... We are the 'good guys'!" The white knight dashed forward, slashing at Elissa with her sword. A wall of flames sprung up in front of the defenseless Elissa, blocking the white knight's attack.
"All of you that don't have a weapon, get out of here!" Bobby shouted. Everyone except for the staff wielders and Nosfrostu exited the room, not wanting to get caught up in the battle.
"Chey, get out of here!" Tatiana exclaimed, noticing that the girl holding the white staff had not left the room.
"No!" Chey responded. "I have a staff! I can fight, too!"
"Chey, you don't know how to..." Dan was interrupted by a swing of the red knight's sword. The wielder of the green staff managed to block the attack with a wall of vines just in time, but he soon realized that that defense wouldn't work against this opponent. The broadsword began to glow brightly, and fire cloaked it. The fiery sword easily slashed through the wall of vines, and its wielder began to attack Dan again. Tatiana defended her husband with a high-pressured blast of water, sending the red knight flying across the room. The yellow knight jumped into the air and descended upon Tatiana, his scimitar over his head. Nosfrostu leaped into the air and blocked the attack with her snowflake chakrams, hurling the yellow knight into a wall. Matt followed up, dashing towards the wall and slamming the orange staff into the knight's abdomen.
"Fools!" The white knight ran towards Nosfrostu, but a horizontal pillar of flame slammed into her side, sending her towards a wall. Bobby and Elissa ran after her, launching attacks from their staves. The blue knight had, as always, decided to sit the battle out, and began to work on her nails with a nail file. The black knight, on the other hand, turned his head slightly in each direction and noticed that Chey was the only other unoccupied person in the room. He began to run towards the unexperienced staff wielder, holding his daggers out by his sides.
"Chey!" Tatiana exclaimed, noticing the situation out of the corner of her eye.
Shing!
The black knight's daggers were stuck in what appeared to be a wall of pure light. The knight let go of his daggers to shield his eyes from the bright light, even though his face couldn't be seen by anyone else. The daggers sunk into the light, and when the wall disappeared, so did they. The knight lowered his arms and began to look around for his daggers.
"Where?" He wondered.
"... Woah." Chey looked at the white staff, which was pulsating with energy. Everyone else in the room had stopped fighting, as they were all equally surprised by what had happened.
"Even though she just got it, the girl was able to do that... It looks like the white and black staves are the most powerful, after all." The white knight commented. With her opponents still shocked, she took advantage of the oppurunity and dashed forward, slashing at Elissa. Elissa barely managed to guard herself with her staff, and was sent flying across the floor.
"Elissa!" Bobby exclaimed, running over to his wife. The others had begun to fight once again as well, and the knights appeared to be backing the staff wielders and Nosfrostu into the center of the room, where Chey and the black knight stood. The black knight had wasted no time after his daggers had disappeared, and had already pulled a Pokeball out from his cloak.
"No! If that's his dragon, we can't let him send it out!" Tatiana shouted to Chey while continuing to fend off the red knight's attacks.
"Right!" Chey instinctively jabbed the white staff forward, attempting to knock the Pokeball out of the knight's hand, but she was too slow, and he threw the Pokeball high into the air.
"Yah!" While Bobby distracted the white knight, Elissa managed to send a lavender hand flying towards the center of the room. It caught the Pokeball, preventing it from opening. The hand then retracted back into the purple staff, and Elissa took the Pokeball in her free hand.
"Fool." The black knight said. Suddenly, the Pokeball exploded in Elissa's hand.
"Ahh!" Elissa screamed in pain as she fell to the floor, greatly wounded by the blast.
"Elissa!" Bobby quickly swung the red staff, landing a powerful blow and sending the white knight several meters away from them. He then dropped to his knees, catching Elissa before her head hit the ground.
"What the heck was that?!" Dan wondered, having seen the incident out of the corner of his eye.
"It was a trap!" Tatiana realized. Chey swung her staff at the black knight, and a bright blast of light sent him backwards quite a ways. The teenage girl then rushed over to where Elissa and Bobby sat.
"Stand back!" Chey exclaimed. She held the staff above her head and closed her eyes. An orb of light formed at the tip of the staff, and slowly floated to Elissa's hand. The orb exploded in a burst of light, and when the brightness faded, the hand was completely healed.
"How did you...?" Bobby was interrupted as the white knight descended upon him, swinging her longsword. Several blocks of ice came flying through the air, slamming into the knight and changing her trajectory, causing her to hit the ground near Bobby. He turned to see the Red knight pinned against the wall by vines, his sword stuck in the ground several feet away. The yellow knight, too, had been incapacitated; he was completely frozen to the wall. With the blue knight uninterested in joining the fight, only the black and white knights remained.
"Tch..." The white knight muttered, "Fine. It's time to end this. Auroryu!" She thrusted her sword into the air, and a bright light filled the room. When the light died down, all five knights sat in their chairs, and the vines and ice that had pinned the red and yellow knights had disappeared. Flying atop the white knight's chair was an immaculate white dragon, whose scales shimmered magnificently in the light. It was much more eastern in appearance than the other four dragons, and it had two shining rainbow wings shaped somewhat similar to a Flygon's. The only spike on its body was a shining rainbow horn on its head, somewhat resemblant of a unicorn's. It roared a mighty roar, and the room began to shake. The room was filled with light once again.

When the light faded, the staff wielders and Nosfrostu were in the narrow hallway, behind the other members of their group. The hallway, however, had now become a dead end: even the small white room was nowhere to be found. It appeared as though the weaponless members of the group had just finished a battle with security and had won, as the security force was running back towards the elevators. There was a huge hole in one of the walls, and a slight breeze flowed in from outside.
"What happened?" Mrs. Searle asked upon seeing the seven appear behind them.
"I'm... I'm not really sure," Elissa clutched her forehead, "What did she do? Where did the room go?!"
"She must've cast some kind of illusion or something..." Bobby guessed.
"I'm quite perturbed by something that the red one said..." Nosfrostu thought aloud, "He said that they were the 'good guys'... What could he have meant?"
"Good guys my butt," Dan responded, "They sent Michael off to become a crazy person without telling anyone, they helped Vampyro out of the volcano, and they attacked us! They're sure as heck not 'good guys'."
"Perhaps our next destination should be Michael's house." Procter suggested.
"We were just there!" Sebastian exclaimed. "He almost killed us, and Dan almost killed him!"
"Yes, but now we have confirmation that he's training one of the kids with the black staff."
"He is?!" This was the first Bobby had heard of the news.
"Yes," Nicholas replied, "I was there. He said he was going to train that Stephen kid."
"Is that the one with the Duskarrion?" Bobby asked.
"Yeah." Mrs. Searle replied.
"Then we need to warn Michael," Elissa decided, "If the black staff activates, then the Elemental Pokemon will become summonable."
"Perhaps some of us should make sure that the altars stay protected," Procter suggested, "In case the black staff does, in fact, activate."
"That's a good idea." Matt agreed, "Nosfrostu and I will go to Zen Island, where the black and white altars are."
"Elissa and I will go to Michael's house, to warn him." Bobby added.
"And the rest of us will protect the other six altars," Paris decided, "And while we're there, I'll teach Chey how to use the white staff."
"You know how?" Bobby asked, surprised because he hadn't yet been told of Chey's relation to Paris.
"Of course," Paris replied, "After all, it was my staff before it was hers."
"Your staff?" Tatiana was confused.
"We have a ways to fly before we spit up to go to our various destinations," Paris replied, "I'll explain it on the way."
"Ooh... um... actually, could you guys excuse me and Dan?" Tatiana looked like she had just remembered something. "I need to... talk to him... we'll catch up with you guys later, and you can fill us in then."
"... Sure." Elissa agreed. The majority of the group let out their flying Pokemon and flew out of the gaping hole in the wall.
"What did you want to talk to me about?" Dan asked once everyone else had left.
"... Follow me." Tatiana released her Meteoclips and boarded it as it floated out the hole in the wall. Dan followed on his Skarlord, and the two began to fly north towards a destination unknown to Dan.

"So, what does he think you're doing?" The white knight asked.
"Field training." The youth standing in the knights' chamber replied with a chuckle.
"So, how did you know to come here?"
"How else?" The youth raised his shoulder, displaying the Duskarrion perched upon it. "Same way I knew to come here the first time."
"So, the black staff has activated?"
"What do you think?" Stephen raised the staff by his side, and it began to glow with a dark aura.
"Excellent. Now we merely need to wait for our side's knights to deliver the altars."
"So, you still haven't told me what you plan to do," Stephen commented, "If you summon the eight Elementals, won't they just summon Nitroneutra?"
"Ah...so Sir Michael did tell you about Nitroneutra," The white knight sat back in her chair as a coy smile grew on her face, "But did he tell you what will happen when Nitroneutra is summoned for the third time?"
"What?" Stephen wondered.
"All I'll tell you for now... is that we're actually counting on Nitroneutra being summoned. But it must be summoned on our terms..."
"So let me guess," Stephen interrupted, "You don't want Michael interfering."
"Correct." The white knight confirmed.
"You know, you guys had better hold up your side of the bargain. You're telling me to incapacitate the man who trained me, and who is probably the person I can relate to best in the world. I should kick your butts right here and now." The white knight laughed.
"Enough jokes," She said, "You know that your prize will be well worth the trouble."
"I don't know what the heck convinced me to do this crap." Stephen was obviously pretty angry, but he left the room without another word.
"I do." The black knight said once he had left. He began to let out an evil laugh, and his eyes connected with Stephen's Duskarrion as it left the room behind its master.
"That's it." The red knight stood up after Stephen and his Duskarrion had completely left the building. "I demand to know what you two have been plotting."
"Why, what are you talking about?" The white knight asked innocently.
"Going behind my back, making deals with the other pieces... You're overstepping your boundaries. What are you up to?!"
"So, you're not as dumb as you act." The white knight stood up, and the black knight joined her shortly after.
"You want to overthrow me? Is that it?"
"Well, you're actually quite smart!" The white knight drew her sword. The yellow knight stood up to defend the red, but as always, the blue knight just sat back and watched.
"Let's see you try." The red knight pulled out his own sword and motioned with his other hand, taunting the white knight. "Come on!"
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Note: Since it's a tad obscure, I shall explain Believenge's name origin. Farfetch'd is based on a legend where a duck goes to get a leek for a human. The human then cooks the duck along with the leek it just got. Believenge comes from Believe (To go along with the name origin of "Farfetched") and Vengeance, as in, now that it has evolved, it can get vengeance on that human. =P.
Note: On a similar topic, Regiside's name is an amazing pun. Can anyone (other than Crimson Curse, who figured it out before the chapter went up) figure it out?
Note: Mmk, I'm not really sure what those little metal things that girls use on their nails are called, but I think they're called nail files, right?
Note: In case you didn't pick up on it, the white knight basically said that Geraldo and David are the white side's knights in the chess game, though you already knew about David. Wow, that sentence was kinda ironic.
 
1) Lol
2) Regicide is a word that means... I dunno, something to do with a king, or is it suicide?
3) You're right


Great Chapter!
 
Quick Draw said:
1) Lol
2) Regicide is a word that means... I dunno, something to do with a king, or is it suicide?
3) You're right


Great Chapter!
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Regicide is the deliberate killing of a monarch. It's basically an assassination/murder/homicide of a king/queen.
 
Good, again. These are fun.
"said" is a free word--people tend to read over it. If used every time, though, it too can get a bit monotonous. And when you have as many characters as you do interacting with other, it's difficult because the dialogue has to tagged. What I try to do, this these cases, is use gestures and succinct narration to break and attribute the dialogue.

Good job though, I like your stories!
 
Chapter 20​

The red and white knights faced each other, standing on opposite sides of the room with their weapons drawn. By the red knight's side was the yellow knight, and next to the white knight was the black knight. As expected, the blue knight remained in her chair, uninterested in the battle.
"You want to overthrow me? Is that it?" The red knight asked.
"Well, you're actually quite smart!" The white knight taunted.
"Let's see you try." The red knight dashed forward, swinging his broadsword wide. The white knight easily met the red's swing with her shining white longsword, and the two blades remained locked in combat for some time.
"First, I'd just like to make one thing clear," The white knight said as she flicked the red away, "No dragons."
"That's fine by me," The red knight replied, "You're putting yourself at a disadvantage! Your partner doesn't even have a weapon!"
"Doesn't he?" By the time the red knight looked over, the black knight held a long black scythe with an incredibly large and sharp blade in his hand.
"Where did that come from?" The red knight wondered. The black knight dashed forward, slashing with his scythe. The red-robed man jumped into the air, avoiding the scythe's blade. Suddenly, another blade popped out of the other side of the scythe, and the black knight began to whirl around in the opposite direction. Just in time to avoid the red knight's decapitation, the yellow appeared in front of his ally, blocking the scythe with his sandy brown scimitar.
"Try to be a little more careful." The yellow knight said critically as he flicked the black knight away. The white knight had wasted no time, and was already closing in on the red and the yellow. As the blazing red broadsword blocked the white knight's attack, the yellow barely dodged a slash from the black knight's scythe.
"Would it kill you to choose a side?" The red knight shouted, directing his question at the blue knight. "Preferably ours, because it is the right one!" He pushed the white knight away and charged at her, only to miss with his slow weapon.
"No thanks." The blue knight replied as she continued to work on her nails.
"What do you possibly hope to accomplish by defeating us?!" The red knight asked the white. "Do you wish to control Team Rocket? To convert them back to the side of evil?"
"Team Rocket?" The white knight cackled. "Come on. You know they're just pawns in this... you know what I'm really after."
"... The balance." The red knight was fully aware of what the white wanted. As they continued to clash, the yellow knight's scimitar fell to the ground, and he was backed into a corner by the black.
"Exactly," The white knight confirmed the red's suspicion, "If you merely use them to restore balance to this world... you're not using them to their full potential. Their power, if used correctly, is infinite."
"Maintaining the balance is using their power correctly!" The red knight responded. "You're just suffering from delusions of grandeur!"
"And you're not? 'Oh, look at me, I am the all powerful leader of the mighty Draconic Knights! I shall defeat all who oppose me!' ... Please. You are weak." A quick maneuver knocked the broadsword from the red knight's hand, and it landed on the floor, making quite a clatter. Both the yellow and the red knights were now defenseless.
"You know, it's too late for this fool," The white knight called over her shoulder to the yellow, "But you can still join us."
"I'd rather stay on the winning side of this game," The yellow knight answered, "Even though all sides were abandoned long ago. Life isn't black and white, and neither are these people. The red knight and I realized that too late... but I just hope that the endgame shows you just how large of a mistake you've made."
"Shut his mouth." As the white knight's blade entered the red's abdomen, the yellow's head fell to the ground.
"Do you have something to say?" The white knight said after a few minutes, noticing that the blue knight had just been sitting in her chair the entire time.
"I really don't care what you guys do, and I really don't care that you just killed those guys. You know that there's only one reason I'm still part of your little team."
"Well, I certainly hope you'll be less apathetic and more willing to help us in the events to come," The white knight replied, "Or you may not be on our 'little team' for long."

Bobby and Elissa stood outside the mansion, noticing the large holes in the sides of the building.
"This must be the place." Bobby said sternly. The two staff wielders walked through the doorless entrance, unsure of what to expect inside the building. The interior had been practically destroyed, and large piles of debris blocked the majority of the hallways leading from the foyer. The stairs had also been destroyed, and there was only one relatively clear pathway. The couple cautiously walked down the hall, saying nothing and listening for noises. A red door covered in scorch marks stood at the end of the hallway, and Bobby gently tapped on it.
"Michael?" He asked.
"What do you want?" Came Michael's harsh voice from behind. Suddenly, a blast of lightning came shooting towards the two trainers, and they flew into the door, knocking it over. Bobby helped Elissa up and looked around the room. It was large and empty, and the only light was a small hole in the roof above. Michael stood in the doorway, the gray staff crackling with electricity and illuminating its owner in an almost scary way.
"So, they sent you to finish the job?!" A deranged look adorned Michael's face. "The coward didn't have the guts to finish me once his little girlfriend froze me there, so he sent you to do it instead?!"
"What the heck are you talking about?!" Bobby asked.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about... the five of you decided to gang up on me and kill me, since you couldn't fifteen years ago... you decided that I must be weak now that I've been in the mountains, so now's the perfect time..."
"Snap out of it!" Elissa interrupted Michael. "We came to warn you!"
"Warn me? About what?!" Michael didn't appear to be believing Elissa.
"The Draconic Knights have betrayed you! They want to summon the Elemental Pokemon using the power of the eight staves!" Bobby exclaimed.
"We know that they sent you out here!" Elissa added. "They didn't want you to interfere with their plans! And if the black staff activates, those plans will become a reality!"
"No... NO!" Michael swung the gray staff out by his side, and an expression of rage grew on his face. "The Draconic Knights are my loyal servants! Stephen is my pupil, and I taught him to use his power because he was just like me! And you... you just want to take away my only chance to bring her back!" He dashed forward with blinding speed, swinging his staff around wildly. Bobby and Elissa agilely dodged, but the wind generated by the power of Michael's swings sent them flying towards opposite corners of the room.
"Darn it, what's wrong with you?!" Bobby held up his staff, and it ignited in a blaze of flames. A pair of fiery wings grew on his back, just like the ones that had appeared in the fight against Vampyro. The intense fire illuminated half of the room, and the glow of Michael's staff as he created his hammer-shaped manifestation of electricity illuminated the other. As Michael charged towards him, Bobby flew to the center of the room and let loose a volley of fiery arrows. Michael held the large hammer in front of him, blocking the attack. The hammer disappeared, but just as soon as it did, the intricate pattern of the bow appeared in its place. Michael pulled back the thin string of electricity and let go, releasing myriad arrows aimed at Bobby. Bobby flapped his fiery wings, sending forth another volley of fire arrows that perfectly blocked Michael's attack. Meanwhile, Elissa had just been standing in her corner of the room with her eyes closed, as if concentrating.
"Stand back, Bobby!" She cried as she opened her eyes and let go of her staff above her head. It began to glow with a brilliant purple light, and suddenly, about three dozen copies of the wielder of the purple staff appeared around her.
"You're just full of surprises." Bobby commented as the clones ran toward Michael.
"What do you hope to accomplish with these stupid tricks?" Michael swung his staff wide, and a wave of electricity took out most of the clones. While he did this, however, he did not notice a large, semitransparent violet fist falling from the sky. The solid fist appeared to crush him, but instead surrounded him as it hit the ground.
"What the heck?!" He wondered. "I can't move!" Elissa's remaining clones disappeared as she focused all of her energy into keeping Michael immobile.
"Now, Bobby!" She shouted.
"Right!" Bobby held his own staff above his head, and the flames from his wings began to spread. His entire body became cloaked in flames, and they spread to create a shape around him even larger than his actual body. It soon became clear that the shape surrounding him strongly resembled a phoenix. By his will, the fiery bird opened its mouth, and just as the lavender hand surrounding Michael disappeared, it let out a blast of fire with a huge range.
"Crap!" Michael held his staff in front of him, but it was too late. The fire hit him head-on. Much to Bobby and Elissa's surprise, however, when the smoke cleared, he was still standing. His clothes were shredded and his body was badly scorched, but he was still standing.
"You... won't... kill... me!" He held the gray staff above his head, and a huge explosion of electrical energy shot out in all directions. Elissa protected herself with a violet shield, but Bobby's phoenix flew straight into the blast. The avian form began to disappear as he headed through the sphere of electricity, but he pressed on, holding his staff out in front of him.
"Snap out of it!" He cried as the phoenix disappeared completely and electricity began to scorch his own body. Just as his eyes closed and he began to slip out of consciousness, the pain suddenly disappeared completely. A bubble of psychic energy surrounded him, and he knew Elissa had created it.
"You have to knock him out!" She yelled over the roar of the electricity. "I can't hold this up much longer!" Bobby nodded his head and continued to descend towards the floor where Michael stood. The wielder of the gray staff's eyes were blank, and it was obvious that he would die if the limitless flow of power was not stopped. Bobby reached out and tapped him in the forehead with the tip of the red staff as he fell to the floor and Elissa's bubble faded. Suddenly, the flow of electricity stopped and Michael fell to the floor along with Bobby. Elissa rushed over the Bobby and helped him up, but it was obvious that Michael was unconscious.
"Forget it," Bobby grumbled, "He didn't even listen to us. I don't care what happens to him now." He shook Elissa off and exited the room. A look of concern grew on Elissa's face, but she knew that there was no way that either of them could get through to the stubborn and arrogant Michael. She ran after Bobby, helping him get out of the house and making sure he didn't fall.
"If Michael did help that kid get the black staff to activate..." Bobby struggled to speak, "Then there's only one thing left to do." Elissa nodded as they sent out their flying Pokemon.
"We have to make sure that the altars are protected." She agreed. The two of them flew off to the northwest, to Victory Road and Zen Island where the others were protecting the altars that the Elemental Pokemon could be summoned from.

"What did you want to talk to me about?" Dan asked. He and Tatiana stood in the shallow, murky waters of the Safari Zone's marsh. Small clumps of grass dotted the area, and a light breeze blew.
"Dan... lately, you've..." Tatiana struggled to speak, as it was obvious she had been emotionally hurt.
"What is it?" The tone in Dan's voice indicated that he didn't realize the pain that his wife was in.
"Wanting to kill Michael... threatening to kill random people that argued with you... Dan, I don't even know who you are any more!" Tears began to pour from the woman's eyes.
"Tati, what are you talking about?" Dan walked over to his wife. "I'm the same person I've always been!"
"No you aren't!" She shook him off. "You've been getting more and more violent... more and more like..." She sniveled, hesitant to finish her sentence.
"No... don't you dare..."
"More and more like... Michael!"
"No!" Vines began to sprout from the ground.
"See! This is what I'm talking about!" Tatiana sobbed as she began to back away from her husband.
"Don't you ever compare me to him!" Dan shouted in a fit of rage. Vines shot forward, entangling Tatiana and lifting her off of the ground.
"Dan! It's me!" She said between sobs. "Look at yourself! Look at what you're doing!"
"Shut up!" Dan waved his staff, and the vines flung Tatiana into a small pond nearby. The man walked over to the murky pond, looking into it and trying to locate his wife.
"Get up!" He waved his staff upward, and vines rose from the bottom of the lake, carrying Tatiana above the surface.
"Dan..." Tatiana cried, not even making the slightest effort to protect herself. The vines flung her onto the muddy ground, and dirt stained her clothes and her skin.
"Don't ever compare me to him... I'm nothing like him!" Dan yelled. Leaves came flying in from all directions, covering Tatiana and encasing her in a leafy cacoon. Vines grabbed the cocoon and sent it flying through the air, and it broke when it hit the ground again.
"Dan... please... listen to yourself... you have to snap out of it..." Tatiana continued to put up no resistance, taking the onslaught of attacks being launched at her. As her eyes began to close and she began to slip out of consciousness, a single memory flashed through her mind.

Fifteen years ago. Dan and Tatiana had encountered Michael inside the Denryel Power Plant, just outside Sparkiban City. A man in a suit, the owner of the plant, was crawling across the floor nearby. Several of the glass cells containing the Pokemon that powered the generator had been broken open, and electricity was flowing all around Michael. Dan's Leafeon had been easily defeated by Michael's staff, and the trainers were now virtually defenseless.
"Now to destroy your little girlfriend!" Michael shouted with a tone of rage. Electricity shot forth from his staff, breaking the glass of several more Pokemon cells. Energy flowed from the Pokemon in the newly broken cells to the gray staff, and it began to glow with incredible power. "Let's see you try to block this with water!" An incredibly large blast of energy shot forth, aimed at Tatiana and Dan, who were standing close to each other.
Crackle!
An enormous green shield appeared in front of the two trainers before anyone could realize what had happened. The wall of vines was as tall and as wide as the room, and the couple's view of Michael was totally obstructed.
"What?!" Came the wielder of the gray staff's voice from the other side of the wall. "So... the green staff has activated as well." The sound of crackling electricity was heard, and the wall of vines shattered. Michael's eyes widened as he realized that Dan was already charged towards him, swinging the green staff.
"Die!" Dan swung his staff, sending a cluster of vines flying towards Michael. Before Michael had time to react, they grabbed onto him, and sent him flying into the building's main generator. Another wave of vines grabbed the gray staff and threw it onto the ground.
"Tch..." Michael reached out for his staff, but even more vines responded by pinning all of his arms and legs to the generator. Dan slammed his staff into the ground, and gigantic vines began to sprout up, smashing everything in their path and destroying the inside of the power plant. Meanwhile, small but sturdy vines formed a cage around Tatiana, protecting her from the destruction. Finally, a single vine shot forth from Dan's staff and flew towards Michael, jabbing him in the stomach and knocking the wind out of him.
"... I'll never... I'll never let anyone hurt you..." Dan said as he fell to the ground, unconscious.

"No!" Suddenly, a burst of blue energy shot forth from Tatiana in all directions, destroying all the vines that threatened to kill her. When the light died down, she stood atop a pillar of ice and looked down at Dan.
"So you've finally decided to fight?" Dan's tone was completely different from normal. It was full of hatred with a hint of sarcasm, much like Michael's.
"The Dan I know would do anything to protect me..." Tatiana muttered, "And he wouldn't let anyone hurt me, even himself!" Icicles shot forth from the blue staff, and Dan raised a shield of dirt and grass to block them. A pillar of vines formed beneath his feet, but before he knew it, Tatiana had already launched several powerful streams of water at him. Large vines blocked the streams as Dan sent forth a volley of leaves, which were countered by a wave of small icicles.
"Bring back the Dan I know and love!" An enormous tidal wave appeared behind Tatiana, growing in size every second. She jumped up and landed on top of it, and began to ride it as if it were a solid platform. As the wave crashed down upon Dan and the shield of vines he had conjured, Tatiana swung her staff, and it connected with Dan's in midair. While Tatiana was still suspended in air, the two exchanged several blows with the staves before gravity caused Tatiana to descend. With a wave of her staff, a stream of wate appeared beneath her and carried her right back up to Dan's level, where they fought once again.
"Please forgive me!" She shouted as she jabbed her staff forward. It connected directly with the center of Dan's forehead, causing him to fall back off of the pillar of vines. A large bubble appeared and caught him, but it was obvious that he had been knocked unconscious by the blow.
"Tatiana..." He muttered as he slipped out of consciousness, "... I'm sorry."
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Note: Bah, I hope the Dan/Tati thing didn't seem sudden. I was *trying* to make stuff build up to it, but I'm just not good at emotional character development and that sort of thing. Meh. And yes, I know it's EXTREMELY corny. >___<.
 
ok since u guys are talkin about Micheal Jordan, why not throw kobe brynat in the mix eh ???
kobe's REALLY good too......:thumb:
 
Stupid spammers.
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Chapter 21​

David and Geraldo stood outside the temple in Sinnoh's Snowpoint City, where the final legendary titan rested. A light snow fell from the sky, coating the city's buildings with a white blanket. A black-haired, white-robed woman stood in the entrance, outstretching her arms as if to tell the boys that they could not enter.
"Only the pure of heart may enter this temple!" The woman guarding the entrance shouted. "You will go no further!"
"I'll be blunt, lady," David replied, "If you don't let us in, I'm going to kill you." A shocked look grew on the woman's face.
"No!" Geraldo exclaimed. "You don't benefit from killing innocent people! Why would you do it?!"
"Quiet." David drew his sword and pointed it at the woman.
"Placodire, stop him!" Geraldo threw a Pokeball into the air, which opened to reveal Placodire, the evolved form of Dermiarch. It had grown larger, and its scales had become a bluish-teal. Instead of having a sinuous portion like Dermiarch, the portion of its body beyond its hard, slightly boxlike head was somewhere between fleshy and scaly. In some ways, it resembled a shark. The water-type Pokemon let loose a blast of water from its mouth that knocked David away from the temple's guardian.
"Fool." David threw a Pokeball of his own into the air, which contained the red bug Pokemon with steel claws, Scizor. It dashed towards Placodire and slammed it against the side of the temple, grasping its tail fin with its claws. While David had been focusing on this, however, the woman guarding the temple had run away, fleeing for her life.
"Darn, she got away," David said as Geraldo returned the defeated Placodire to its Pokeball, "Oh well, let's go." Scizor flew behind Geraldo as they entered the temple, to ensure that the boy would not run away like the guard did. They descended lower and lower, passing through floor after floor in the frigid building. They eventually made their way to the bottom floor; a floor covered in ice and dotted with rocks. On a platform in the center of the room was their target, the unmoving, moss-covered, yellow and white behemoth that was king of the legendary titans: Regigigas.
"And there he is," David grinned, "Send out one of your fire Pokemon to melt this ice." Compelled by a push from Scizor, Geraldo sent out the Typhlosion that Michael had given him. A stream of fire emitted from its mouth, melting away the ice on the floor and clearing a path to the monstrous titan. The two boys approached the central platform, and Geraldo couldn't help but marvel at the amazing creature.
"We have to send out the other titans." David threw a Dusk Ball into the air, releasing the titan that he had captured himself; Regiside. Geraldo reached for the balls containing the five titans that he had caught, which he kept in a small bag by his waist, but the bag was gone. Scizor had already removed it using its claws, and had handed it to David.
"Just in case you were going to try to pull something and escape," David answered before Geraldo could ask his question, "Now, to awaken the king of the titans!"
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that." Came a familiar voice from the staircase. There, at the foot of the stairs, stood Hector, with a Metagross by his side.
"Hector!" Geraldo exclaimed.
"You're too late!" David shouted, but by the time he looked back to the bag that contained the titans' Dusk Balls, it was gone. He soon realized that it was floating through the air and being carried over to Hector by his Metagross' power.
"Somehow I knew you'd be here," Hector said, "Is revenge really that strong of a motivator to you?"
"What?!" David didn't know what Hector was talking about.
"The Draconic Knights. You agreed to help them so that you could get revenge on that teacher."
"How did you know about that?!"
"I'm a hacker. There are video cameras on every floor of the Team Rocket Headquarters building. Do the math," Hector smirked slightly, "Now, I'll ask you again. Is revenge really such a strong motivator?"
"Why the heck do you care?!" David was beginning to get angry.
"I'm doing research, you see, on the emotions of humans and Pokemon," Hector replied, "It's for the assignment that Michael gave me."
"Michael... hah," David chuckled, "If you were watching the Draconic Knights' security cameras, then surely you know what's happening to him right now."
"What...?" David's statement came as a surprise to Hector.
"Oh, you probably stopped watching as soon as you heard about what I was going to do, didn't you?" David grinned an evil grin as he realized that he had an upper hand in the battle of information. "But they told me... right now, Stephen is probably killing Michael."
"... What?!" Both Geraldo and Hector were surprised.
"You're a logical man, Hector. Geraldo's going to live. So what's more important? Trying to stop this early stage of the Draconic Knights' plan yourself... and standing a very good chance of failing, by the way... or saving the life of the only man who stands a chance of stopping that plan when it comes into fruition? Don't worry! The others are standing guard at the altars, they'll stop me!"
"Tch!" David had completely and correctly predicted his thought process. While he knew that the fact that David had predicted it meant that something was wrong with it, he couldn't think of any other options. "Sableye!" As soon as the purple dark-type Pokemon appeared from its Pokeball, it disappeared, reappearing on Geraldo's head. It disappeared along with the boy, and they reappeared once again by Hector's side. The two boys quickly ran up the stairs, rushing to save Michael in time.
"What an idiot." David smirked. While Hector had been commanding his Sableye, he hadn't noticed that Regiside had also disappeared, and had stolen the bag containing the other titans' Dusk Balls, as well as its own Dusk Ball. He threw the five occupied balls into the air, releasing the other five titans.
"Now... Awaken, Regigigas!" He shouted. The yellow and white titan began to glow, and slowly, it began to move. It let out a cry that caused the room to rumble, but David was prepared. The other six titans let loose various attacks, and because it had just woken up from a long slumber, the king of the titans was disoriented and unable to fend off the attacks. The combined might of the first six titans quickly felled the seventh, and it was defeated within a matter of minutes.
"I suppose now would be as good a time as any to use this." With a smirk, David pulled a purple and pink Pokeball out from his pocket. In the center of the front of it was the letter 'M'.
"Master Ball, go!" The boy threw the Master Ball, which engulfed Regigigas in a bright red light. Once the titan had disappeared, it rolled around for a few seconds, but it was successful in capturing the legendary creature.
"Now... to get those altars." David let out a maniacal laugh.

The larger of the two groups that had split up to protect the altars stood in the main chamber of Victory Road, where six of the Elemental Pokemon had been summoned fifteen years ago. The chamber remained virtually unchanged; the six color-coded walls stood intact, protecting the altars that laid behind them.
"One more time!" Paris exclaimed. He and Chey stood a short distance away from the rest of the large group, as he was instructing her on how to use her staff.
"Hyah!" Chey swung the white staff upward, and several shining spikes ascended from beneath the ground. She then jumped into the air and swung her staff out in front of herself, sending a wave of white energy towards a wall. Finally, as she began to fall back down to the ground, she jammed the white staff into the hard, rocky floor, and caused a small explosion, creating a crater about two feet deep and about four feet in diameter around her.
"Very good," Paris congratulated his daughter, "Now, let's practice animation." He began to look around the room, and quickly spotted a pile of rocks in an unoccupied corner.
"Alright, now, what you want to do is try to make those rocks move... if you can, make it seem like a living creature of some sort."
"I'll try." Chey nodded as she lifted the white staff with one hand, pointing it at the pile of rocks. She closed her eyes, and a small, soft-looking orb of light shot out of the tip of the staff. It slowly floated over to the pile of rocks and moved to the center of the arrangement. Moments later, the rocks began to form around the orb and take the shape of a Geodude. The replica of the rock-type Pokemon looked nearly perfect, other than the fact that white light shone through the places where the eyes and mouth would be.
"Very good!" Paris clapped his hands, as did several other trainers who had been watching Chey. "Now, make it use an attack."
"Right," Chey nodded once again, "Let's see... how about a Mega Punch?" She moved her staff slightly, and the fake Geodude moved along with it. She quickly swung her staff towards the wall where the pile of rocks had initially sat, and the Geodude began to fly towards the same wall. It thrust its arm forward, slamming it into the wall with great force and breaking a small hole open.
"Amazing!" Paris clapped his hands much more rapidly than before. "You've made incredible progress!"
"Thanks!" Chey opened her eyes, and moments later, the light orb inside the makeshift Geodude disappeared, causing the pile of rocks to fall to the floor, inanimate once again.
"Oops... I guess I broke my concentration." Chey scratched the back of her head and smiled innocently.
"Don't worry about it, you did great." Paris walked over to his daughter and put his hand on her shoulder.
"Only one of the staff wielders is here? How disappointing!" David's voice echoed throughout the cavernous chamber.
"What?!" Various teachers and Gym Leaders began to look around, alerted by the voice. David stepped out of the dark hallway on one side of the room, repeatedly throwing and catching a Dusk Ball in his hand.
"You!" Nicholas immediately identified the boy and turned to Mr. Lawson, "It's David!" David needed no introduction; the teachers already recognized him as the boy who Nicholas had failed to save from expulsion. Nicholas immediately reached for a Pokeball on his belt, afraid that David would attempt to attack him with his sword.
"Don't worry, Nick, I'm not here for you. Although, if you were to be killed in the process, that would be quite an added perk."
"Everyone, send out all of your Pokemon!" Mrs. Searle shouted, wanting to take no risks against the boy with the sword. She threw six Pokeballs of her own into the air, releasing her Claydol, Drifblim, and Crobat as well as a Roserade, a Xatu, and a Bronzong. Three other Olemenun Academy staff members joined in; Mr. Ebipese sent out Internele, Izaguiraze, Mawile, PorygonX, Schemustel, and Tyrannitar; Mr. Lawson sent out Aggron, Golem, Pelipper, Poliwrath, Probopass, and Victrebell; and Mr. Pennington sent out Alakazam, Diviso, Linoone, Multie, Pidgeot, and Tangrowth. The only staff member who did not send out all of their Pokemon was Procter, who only sent out his Rhyperior. The rest of the students and Gym Leaders sent out all of their Pokemon as well, revealing that some of the children's Pokemon had evolved.
Chey's Ivysaur and Electabuzz had evolved into Venusaur and Electivire respectively.
Emily's Umbrellad had evolved into Umbrellady, a Pokemon that looked similar to Umbrellord but more feminine, and its parasol was white and pink instead of white and red. Her Xatu had evolved into Solatu, and its appearance had changed quite drastically. A half-closed third eye now rested in the center of its forehead, three long violet feathers stuck out of the back of its head, and smaller red feathers stuck out of its neck like the sun's rays. A red-pupiled eye design adorned its green chest, and white feathers arranged like a skirt surrounded its black torso. Its six-feathered, white wings with black stripes on them stuck out of its back, and it had a small yellow tail. Its yellow beak was longer than before, and its feet were orange-red. Lesard had evolved into Femidoph, and had grown larger. Among the several changes to its body, the most significant was that it now had four tails instead of one. The fourth and final evolution among Emily's Pokemon was Jynx, who had become a Kogaluv. Its skin color had changed from purple to dark tan, and its hair color had become closer to orange. Its red dress no longer reached the floor, and in fact, the lower portion of it now resembled a skirt. Its legs were quite thick, and it appeared to be wearing black platform boots. Small, silver, almost star-shaped designs now adorned its cheeks.
Two more of Chris's Pokemon had evolved, as well. His Umbrellad had evolved into Umbrellord, and his Mr. Mime had evolved into Mime Sr. Its body was now covered in white and red horizontal stripes, and its large, circular red joints were now smaller and colored black. A small black beret now adorned its head, and its face was pure white, except for a small black design on each of its cheeks where red circles had once been. A thin black mustache now rested above its upper lip.
Jeremy's Evapord had evolved into Surmast, Dragonair had evolved into Dragonite, and Electrode had become Magnetorb. Its evolution had obviously involved a member of the Magnemite family, as its body was now colored like a Magnemite's, even though its face remained virtually the same. Three small red, blue, and gray bar magnets floated around it, and its blue magnetic field was faintly visible.
Three Pokemon of Troy's had evolved; Possilver had evolved into Opold, Snailodium had become Eschlorigo, and Pocus had evolved into Ephphatha. Ephphatha greatly resembled Avada, but its skin was a much lighter shade of yellow. Its cloth garments were white instead of black, and it had a white heart shape on its forehead instead of a black spade. Its eyes were not glowing red, but its entire body let off a faint white glow, giving it the overall appearance of a light type.
Nicholas sent out all six of his Pokemon, two of which had evolved, and three of which had not yet been seen by the others. His Pokeballs opened to contain Noctowl, Slowking, Forretress, and evolved forms of Ponyta, Dandilyon, and Lanturn. Ponyta's evolution, Frightmare, had black hair and glowing red eyes. It was surrounded by a ghostly aura, and the fire on its back seemed more ghostly than that on Ponyta or Rapidash. Dandilyon's evolved form was Raxacarn. It was larger and fiercer looking, and its mane was now made of both white and yellow dandelion petals. It now had two tails, both of which had a relatively large dandelion clock on the tip of it. Lanturn's evolution, Luminare, had grown much larger, and its front fins were much larger proportionately as well. Its previously blue scales were now white, and its yellow designs had changed. In place of its blue fin with glowing spheres on it, there was now a semitransparent yellow glowing pyramid shape.
"Hah... those pathetic Pokemon are no match for me... legendary titans, attack!" David threw the six Dusk Balls into the air, releasing the first six of the legendary titans.
"Those are... the legendary titans!" Mr. Lawson exclaimed.
"Now... destroy them!" The six titans began to walk forward, causing the earth to tremble as they moved. The teachers', students', and Gym Leaders' Pokemon ran forward and launched their own attacks, attempting to fight the legendary Pokemon.
"We cannot lose this battle!" Paris shouted. "We must protect the altars!"

A small, swirling black vortex appeared in front of Michael's house, and Stephen stepped out of it, the black staff in one hand and Duskarrion perched on the other shoulder. Without saying a word, he entered the house and began to look around for Michael.
"Where are you?" He asked, even though he knew there would be no response. Suddenly, something caught his eye. Light was dancing around in a room whose door had been broken down. Stephen entered the room, and sure enough, Michael was propped up against the far wall. His eyes were barely open, but he was conscious.
"There you are." Stephen approached the man that had taught him how to use his staff.
"Ste... phen?" Michael looked up. He was still very weak from his fight with Bobby and Elissa.
"Geez, what happened to you?" Stephen inquired, feigning interest.
"Bobby... and... Elissa... attacked.. me..." Michael struggled to speak.
"Oh, really? Why would they do something like that?"
"They said... that the Draconic Knights were betraying me..." Michael let out a weak laugh. Stephen laughed too, but his laugh and expression were much more nervous.
"Heh, heh, heh... and you didn't believe that, right?"
"... Right..."
"Well..." Stephen lifted his staff, "That was a mistake." He slammed his staff into the ground, and dark bars shot up, surrounding Michael.
"What?!" Michael immediately became alert. With a flick of his staff, lightning shot forth and destroyed the dark cage, allowing him to stand up.
"You know, I must thank Bobby and Elissa the next time I see them," Stephen sarcastically, "By weakening you, they've made this so much easier!" He waved his staff, and nigrescent spikes shot up from the ground. Michael jumped out of the way just in time to avoid the spikes, and the gray staff quickly adopted its bow pattern.
"Zeus's arrows!" He shouted. Dozens of electric arrows shot forward, but Stephen wasn't even fazed. Dark arrows shot from the tip of the black staff, and matched all of Michael's arrows, destroying them in midair. The black arrows were more powerful, and continued to fly at Michael, even after losing some force when colliding with the electric arrows. Michael attempted to avoid the dark projectiles, but several of them hit him. Stephen began to approach him, but he quickly held up his staff as it transformed into the large electric hammer.
"Thor's Hammer!" He yelled as he swung it at Stephen. The boy disappeared in an instant, and reappeared behind Michael. Dark hands exended from the tip of the black staff and grabbed onto Michael and the gray staff. The darkness expanded, enveloping all of Michael except for his head and removing the gray staff from his hand. The cocoon rose into the air, and stayed about four feet off of the ground.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to kill you," Stephen said as he walked up to his former mentor, "You may still be of use to us in the future. I'm just going to make sure you can't interfere with our plans."
"No..." Michael struggled to break free of the nigrescent cocoon, but he could not.
"You know, I was a little disappointed when I discovered the reason why they sent you up here," Stephen was now mocking Michael as he circled around the floating cocoon, "It's not that I was surprised. I was just disappointed that you never told me, your pupil!"
"What are you talking about?" Michael obviously wasn't in the mood for games.
"You know, the mental instability," Stephen pointed to his own head and tapped on it a few times, "Your top advisors, the Draconic Knights, decided that, because of your deteriorating mental condition, you were unfit to run Team Rocket... so they sentenced you to solitary confinement out here in the Chasm Mountains." Michael's eyes widened, surprised by how much Stephen knew.
"And yet you still trusted them more than your supposed 'friends', who were trying to save you!" Stephen chuckled. "You really are an idiot! No wonder they didn't want you leading Team Rocket!"
"You...!" Michael struggled even more, but it was still just as futile.
"Ah, man, you're making me laugh so hard that I'm crying," Stephen wiped a tear from his eye, "But enough of this. That's enough teasing for now. Begone." Stephen flicked the black staff, and the darkness surrounding Michael engulfed him completely. A few moments later, the mass of dark hands disappeared, and Michael was gone along with it.
"Man, that was too easy." Stephen said to himself as he exited the room and walked back to the foyer. Much to his surprise, Hector and Geraldo were standing in the middle of the foyer, staring straight at him.
"Ah! Hector, Geraldo! Good to see you!" Stephen greeted the boys nonchalantly. "How are you doing with the jobs that Michael assigned you?"
"Cut the crap," Hector immediately saw through Stephen's façade, "Where is Michael?"
"What do you mean?" Stephen asked.
"David said that you'd be here, trying to kill Michael!" Geraldo responded.
"Ah, David, David... what a fool. Probably sold me out to save his own hide."
"Where is Michael?!" Hector repeated himself, this time with more of a sense of urgency in his voice.
"He is safe," Stephen answered, "But I think you should be more worried about your own safety." He pointed in between Hector and Geraldo. Both boys looked back, falling for the trick. Stephen quickly shot a wave of small dark hands from the tip of his staff that grabbed all of Hector and Geraldo's Pokeballs and removed them from their belts.
"Hey!" Geraldo exclaimed as he and Hector turned back around.
"Too slow, too slow," Stephen mused, "Now then. If you've already met up with David, I suppose that means that Geraldo has played his part... but Hector, I think you still have some work to do, don't you?"
"Hey! Don't change the subject!" Hector responded. "And I'm not going to work for you anyways!"
"Oh, no, not for me," Stephen replied, "For the Draconic Knights. They're in charge now. And trust me, working for them will be much more... rewarding... than working for Michael was."
"What the heck are you talking about?" Hector asked.
"With the power that the Draconic Knights will acquire with our help... they can make our wildest dreams come true!" Stephen exclaimed. "I'm sure you two want revenge, don't you? Of course you do! That's the entire reason we decided to steal the black staff! And with the Draconic Knights, we can get that revenge!"
"Tch... but..." Hector struggled to think of something to say.
"Don't worry! Michael is safe! You'll be doing the same thing you always were, just think of it as having a new boss! Come on, you've got nothing to lose!"
"Tch..." Hector muttered as he turned to Geraldo, "I don't like the idea of this, but without our Pokemon, we're defenseless..."
"I guess we should go with it for now, so we don't die." Geraldo suggested.
"Very well," Hector turned back to face Stephen, "We'll help you."
"Excellent, excellent!" Stephen exclaimed. "Now then, Hector, the computer room is still intact, so you can get to work on that." Hector began to carefully walk up the broken stairs.
"And Geraldo... well, I suppose we still have some preperations to make back at Headquarters, so you can come with me." Geraldo nodded his head. Stephen slashed the air with his staff, and a swirling dark portal opened. Geraldo stepped into the portal, followed by Stephen, and the portal disappeared.
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Note: Yeah, yeah. He used a Master Ball, he didn't need to weaken it. I know. But David enjoys showing off his power, and he knew that he could easily defeat Regigigas. So there. =P
 
There won't be any new chapter until August 5th, due to things going on in BT's life, and stuff. Word.
 
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