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Chapter 7 pt. 2 will be up soon, I'm going to my friends pool today so I know it won't be today, but it will be soon.
 
Here we go, Chapter 25!


Chapter 25: Part 1:Burning Maelstrom: Wind VS Fire


Newrock Town
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Caleb pulled out another PokeBall. "That Chimorror... Go, Torrano!!" Caleb threw his ball. A
swirling funnel of steam blasted out of the ball, followed by a crackle. A tyrannosaurus-shaped
Pokemon lept through the clouds of smoke, smoldering them together in wisps as it landed on the
rocky ground.

"TTTToorrrrrrrr!!" Torrano smashed its foot into the crust. Its jaws were lined with canines, ready
to gnash. Its menacing eyes squared down on Ulter's Chimorror, who opened its mouth evily.

Ulter looked at the Torrano, which seemingly glared back. "I'll admit, it has been quite some time
since I last clashed with your Torrano."

Shandon stared at it, too. "Good to have an ally like him on our side, eh, Caleb?"

Caleb ignored him. "Ulter, you're going down! Torrano, Tornado Jet!!"

Torrano galloped at Chimorror, then morphed into a spinning, cylindrical sphere of winds and
launched itself at the demon.

"Strafe sideways, then Flamethrower!" Ulter commanded. Chimmorror slammed its left feet down
to thrust to the right, letting Torrano's bullet body fly by.

"Garchomp! Iron Head!" Shandon sent Garchomp running at Chimorror's backside with a
gray-colored head. Chimorror started up an orange engulf of flames around it unexpectedly.

"Release Delta Inferno!" Ulter revoked his Flamethrower order and instead let Chimorror
exonerate a ring of burning flares several feet high in all directions. A part of the wave negated
Garchomp's incoming assault, then a second ring blasted it towards Shandon. Another part
seared its way towards Torrano, who clawed down the first wave, hurdled the second, but an
extra part of the second wave shafted its way left and threw Torrano backwards right after it
landed.Then it came towards Ulter's Infernape, who was able to flip and somersault over every
part of the flares coming its way.

"Torrano! Gale-Force Winds!" Torrano got up at Caleb's urge and conjured up several gusts the
power of tropical storms and fired them at the waves of flames, blustering them into the atmosphere
and out of the way of a nearby meadow. The rest of the gusts picked up earthen matter and flung
them at Chimorror.

"Infernape, intercept with Brick Break!" Ulter ordered Infernape into the fray, chopping at lightning
speed to smash the rocks into dirt.

"IIInnn!!" Infernape put up its arms like a boxer.
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Minerock Town Center
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Derrick stood by as Skag rampaged through the center, knocking Smog grunts everywhere.
"Well, this'll show Smog who their messing with!"

Grunts everywhere fled the scene, leaving dozens of PokeBalls sitting there, probably dropped.
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Brodie's Office, Smog Base at Mt. Flame
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X leaned against a bookcase. "...Hmm... Y'know, Brodie? I've been wondering how Ulter's doing
in Newrock Town. Maybe we should check."

Brodie put his head back up, with a small smile. "You're right... And Narcissus and Triton left for
Newrock Town earlier. Maybe their already there." He pressed a few buttons on the control board
next to him.

"Now... To activate the HoverCam. Let's see..." Brodie's desk shifted sideways to the right wall and
a small pedestal with a glass-like casing on it rose from the floor. His hands rubbed against the
glass semi-circle and bits of dust smeared off.

X walked to Brodie's side and peered in. "..."

Brodie activated a switch on the control board as picturing appeared inside the glass. "Looks
like they're there."

X looked closer. "I thought there was a slave auction there..."

"There was... Now who's this?" Brodie pointed to 3 figures duking it out near the outskirts.

"Hmm... The top one is Ulter, but who are the other 2?" X wondered.

"...!" Brodie's eyes widened. "Shandon?! How did he get there?!" He instantly recognized the
Garchomp of his. "And who is that white-haired guy?"

X thought back to his time working with Ulter.
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X's Past
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A silver-lined shoe hit a metal walkway. "Joseph, let's go!"

Joseph turned the corner and ran after another man. "Stop, Ulter!"

A searing inferno blazed through the the corridors, scorching the walls bear.

Ulter looked back. "Joseph! We have to get out of here! That Combusken is going to torch us!"

Joseph ducked under a fallen rail and ran farther. "I know! That Caleb's not going to quit, is he?!"

Suddenly, a Combusken intercepted Joseph and stuck a claw into his stomach.

Ulter stopped and turned around. "Joseph! No!!!"

Joseph endured the pain. "Go! I'll catch up!" The Combusken then cut his stomach up in an
X-pattern, leaving deep wounds. "I'll be oka--" Joseph crashed onto the ground.
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X rubbed his stomach. A deep indent let his finger go farther. "... It's Caleb."

Brodie stared at X. "Caleb?! The kid who's Combusken cut your chest up?!"

X nodded. "Yep..."

Brodie looked back at the sphere's picture. "... And it looks like Ulter's starting to lose. Oh well,
I'll just have to do something..." He pulled out a Black PokeBall. "Orthrosion, outcha go."

The ball poofed to reveal a funnel of small clouds and a shadow of a canine. A 2-headed one.

"Use Perish Control..." Brodie whispered. Orthrosion barked and a giant outcast of purple and
black surround it. Its eyelids shut tight and it started to focus.

X pleaded. "Don't! Please, Brodie! Ulter is my partner!"

Brodie cackled. "His time is already up..."
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Newrock Town
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As the battle progressed, Ulter started losing his lead. His Infernape was taken down by Torrano's
Gale-Force Winds, which had slammed it backwards into a tree. And Chimorror had been weakened
by Garchomp's Ground-type moves.

"Torrano! Torpedo Jet!" Caleb shouted. Torrano ducked down and spun into a swirling wind mass.
It shot passed Chimorror, turned and fired again.

"Delta Inferno!!" Ulter's command had Chimorror let loose 2 more waves of searing flame masses,
albeit weaker than the previous ones, due to its weakened state.

"Garchomp, leap and use Iron Tail!" Shandon called. Garchomp lept over the first wave, then
smashed into the second head-first, as it was considerably weakened, allowing it to get through.
Then its tail metallized and became hard as steel. Chimorror turned and spewed some flames out
its dragon skulls, deflecting the impact. However, Garchomp was too powerful to stop, and its tail
overpowered the flames and smashed into Chimorror's masked face, throwing it into its own
maelstrom of cinders.

Torrano shot through the flames coming its way and met contact with Chimorror's back, sending it
flying to the rocky ground below.

Ulter panted. "Ughh...-HHHHRrrrruggggghhhh!!!!!" He started choking and gasping for air. A dark
outcast of energy spread over his body, blanketing the air above him in shadows. A twin headed
dog materialized and growled.

Shandon gasped. "What the?!"

Caleb gasped, too. "What is it?"

A familiar voice spoke from the darkness. "Shandon, Caleb. Let this be a word of warning to you of
what power I possess. If I can send him away this easily, don't think for a second you can avoid the
same fate as this faulty weakling. Now, begone, Ulter!! To the grasp of Orthrosion!"

The outcast surrounded Ulter and exploded in a flash of energy. After the dust cleared, Ulter was
nowhere to be seen. His Chimorror was gone, too.

Caleb looked at Shandon. "Who was that?"

Shandon stared at the ground, returned his Garchomp, and stood there. "... Brodie."
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25 is here. Enjoy. -David
 
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Don't worry, guys. Ulter will be back. I didn't kill him. He's just in Orthrosion's grip right now, but
he'll break free soon. Well, that's what's planned.

26 is in working. I'm getting some of it done now.

I'm extending the contest's date expiration to early Aug. because I have a tonsilectomy on the
26th. I won't be able to announce who is in. I'll give the exact date tomorrow.
-David
 
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Exact date is probably going to be the 5th/6th, though still deciding.

26 is getting there. Working out kinks and such. Also, less vigor and brutality. I've gotten some
"feedback" for that, but it didn't really count. I've heard some commendments for the exciting
tone recently. (Props to those who commended.)

If no one posts, I'll have 26 in this post shortly. (Someone post, so I don't have to wait till about
9:00 PM tomorrow to do it, if I do.)

-David
 
-posts cuz you asked me to LOL-

I'm still working out the kinks in my chapter too, I'll be posted soon. Just been so much in my summer that I can only find minimal time to write, no 4 hour marathons of writing anymore.
 
I hope to get 26 up tomorrow. Though, it will be a bit slow. Can't use my high-speed internet on
weekends.

Contest will end on Aug. 6th, thanks to my surgery. I just need more time to recover.

-David
 
I just got done with surgery a few hours ago, so I'm doing ok. I'm just not in shape to be doing it
today because I need rest.

EDIT: I can't write for maybe 2 days thanks to complications. Sorry.

-David
 
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Okay, I'll see what I can get done. Been having some trouble lately with my surgery.


Chapter 26: Reunion


Fields of Newrock Town
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Caleb shoveled his foot in the dirt beneath him, hands in pockets. "Wow, that was weird. I've never
seen someone just disappear like that."

Shandon had his arms folded as he stared at the ground. "I know. It is odd that Brodie would try
to "terminate" his own men. Such as Ulter."

Caleb returned his Torrano with a flash. "Still, I wonder where Ulter is now."

"I fear the worst for him. Brodie seemed pretty mad." Shandon started walking towards town.

"I'm coming, too. I guess I don't have anything to do now." Caleb dashed after him.
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Smog Base at Mt. Flame
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Brodie stepped down a narrow corridor and turned. His feet made random echoes as he walked.
"I need to see how Heatran's doing..."

He stepped past an on-duty guard and opened a vaulted chamber. Its spacious ceiling gave way to
overhead rock mounds, probably several yards thick. The walls lustered in metallic shine. A great
orange glow radiated from the center of it all, from the scorching spectacle of lava. Several
machines of all sorts cluttered the walls near the floor. Most of them seemed to be functioning
around-the-clock. Some scientists ran about, carrying documents, files, and all sorts of lab sheets.
Others worked on the machines, all while taking various notes and jotting them down. A giant crane
was attached to a hollow part of the wall, excavating for something of Smog's interest.

At the heart of the lava pit beneath the dome, A sort of statue lay frozen, standing on a piece of
pumice rock, floating on the lava. A flooring made of stainless steel floated over the hot gump and
encircled the "statue." Scientists were clustered around it, seemingly "constructing" it. Problem
was, the head wasn't even made.

Brodie stepped down a staircase and peered over the squadron of scientists. "How's it going?"

"Oh, Master Brodie!... We've gotten almost halfway done with Heatran. 3 of the 7 Burning Enigma
pieces have been retrieved, along with the Lava Orb, the heart of Heatran." The scientist stuttered.

"Good. I can't wait..." Brodie smiled maliciously.
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Minerock Town
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Derrick returned Skag and looked around the wreckage. Several of the grunt's PokeBalls were
scattered in the grass. The last of the grunts was getting when he started to leave town.

"... Guess I've got to go wherever I haven't been." Derrick walked off, towards Newrock Town.
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Center of Newrock Town
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Shandon stepped over a thornbush and peered over the wreckage. "Smog sure messed this place
up, eh, Caleb?"

Caleb felt against the wall of a crumbled house. "Yep... The structures here aren't that sturdy, no
offense."

"I've had a history of that. My last 3 homes crumbled down just like that one."

Caleb stood up, wondering. "Speaking of which, where's your's now?"

Shandon lit up. "Mom! I have to find my house! It has a blue smokestack!"

They both dashed about, looking for any clue of where Shandon's house could be.
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Smog Base at Mt. Flame
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Brodie paced back and forth between 2 machines, waiting for any news. "Anything yet?"

A scientist working the shovel arm turned around. "No, sir. But, I have a feeling we're getting
close."

Brodie hung his head down as he paced again. "I don't..."
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Smog Base Upper Corridors
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X turned a corner and walked down a hall. He was steamed as ever from "losing" his partner. "Huh...
Ulter, I miss you." He stared up at the ceiling.

A door opened ahead of him and a grizzly man walked out.

X ran up to him. "Cronus! Am I glad to see you. How are you doing with those injuries?"

Cronus kept walking. "Just fine, Joseph. Just fine. I have some business to attend to, so just... man
your post."

X dashed back the way he came. "Yes. sir!"
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Newrock Town Outskirts
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Derrick walked up a dusty road/trail, which seemed to be lacking livelyness after the Smog attacks.
"I wonder where this leads..." He turned a corner at a fork.

Around the trail he walked, grass was scarce. The ground was bone-dry from a heat wave sweeping
over the southern part of Rennto for about a week. Trees hung lop-sided on their trunks from
dehydration, as well as the big shrubs turning gray and leaves burning up in the roasting sun.

At last, Derrick had come upon a gate. Giant, neon blue. "I've never been here, I know that." He
walked inside the doors and was immediately confronted by 3 Smog grunts. "Hi?"

"Costs 1500 DP to enter here! Hand it over!" The leader swung out an arm.

Derrick looked skeptical, then saw a loophole in his "nasty little plan." A sign. "Free on
Wednesdays, you cheapskate! See ya!" He ducked on past the grunts and ran out the door.

The leader stomped his foot. "Darn!!!"
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Newrock Town Entrance
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Derrick looked around in devestation. "Wow... What happened?!" He looked around more. Crumbled
buildings. Overturned trees. Uprooted bushes.

Then, he saw a great sight. "Shandon!!" He looked over at Shandon, who was digging in a wrecked
cottage house. "Wait, who's that?' He saw a white-haired boy, also digging in a house. "Well, I
gotta find out somehow!" He ran towards the 2.
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Smog Base at Mt. Flame
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Brodie had stopped pacing, eyes wandering around the room. It was taking forever to get any good
news.

"Anything?" Brodie asked the scientist working the shovel.

"Wait... Wait... Wait... Yesssss!!!!" He was very excited. "We have a Burning Enigma piece, sir!"

Brodie grinned. "... 4 out of 7. Not bad..." His eyes narrowed further. "... And one more step closer
to Heatran..."
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Newrock Town
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Shandon yanked his head out of the wrecked building he was searching through, wondering who was
making those footstep sounds. "Caleb? That you?"

Caleb stood up. "No. Who is that over there?"

Shandon looked over to where Caleb pointed and gasped. Derrick was running towards them.
"Derrick?!"

Derrick came right up to Shandon, who stood up as he wiped some tears off. "Am I ever glad to see
you, Shandon!"

"Same here, Derrick! I thought you died when that building collapsed earlier." Shandon put a hand
on Derrick's shoulder.

"I thought I would, too. But luckily, I have Toxin with me at all times!" He pulled up the PokeBall
with Toxin in it.

Caleb then walked over. "Sorry to break up the reunion, but, who is this, Shandon?"

Shandon explained the entire experience he had with Derrick. Caleb nodded. "Okay. Nice to meet
you, Derrick. Name's Caleb Donovan."

"Same here, Caleb." Derrick smiled. "Nice to mee- Wait, what's that?!"

A giant whirring noise exploded in the atmosphere suddenly. Then, a jet with the S on it
zoomed overhead. It landed several yards away, though it seemed to touch down like a helicopter.
A door opened vertically out of the left side and held a ramp on which 2 people walked out and
stood in the grass.

Caleb stood in front of Shandon and Derrick, Pokeball ready. "What are they doing here?!"

Derrick put his hands on his hips. "They're Smog admins, it looks like. How do you know them?"

Shandon looked over at him. "He's from Smog."

"Narcissus! Triton! What are you two doing here?!" Caleb screamed over the unfurling engine of
the jet plane.

The taller and skinnier one, Narcissus, stepped forward. "For Shandon. That kid's been messing
with our leader, Brodie, and his henchmen for far too long!!"

The big, bulky one, Triton, agreed. "I concurr with Narcissus. Now out of the way, Caleb!"

Caleb stood back and stanced himself. "Get ready. We're facing some tough opponents here.
Narcissus is 2nd-in-command of Smog, and Triton is his top underling and the lone Water-type
user in the team."

"How do you know this, Caleb?" Shandon pulled out his ball, along with Derrick.

"I faced them both at once... And lost." Caleb was serious about it, for sure.
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Everything's up. Enjoy. -David
 
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I had a few entries, but 2 stood out. Congrats to Lucario EX, and an entry from awhile ago, Xuii2.
You can see his in the pages of this story now.

27 is good in my mind. I've got almost all of it done, so expect to see it soon.

-David
 
I know the lot of you are waiting for 27 to come real soon, but I have a problem. We just HAD to
plan a trip to S. Padre Island that I DIDN'T want to go on. Oh well. We'll be gone for 6 days,
starting tomorrow. Coming back on my B-Day, the 18th. (Early wishes, anyone?) I'll probably
write the weekend after we get back.

Wish me luck, -David
 
Hey David, this is Catfish (Beedrill person) using his friend's account. I love your fanfic so much, and keep it coming!
 
hey david thanks for picking mine
im trying to get all caught up on the story keep up the good work and I know you can become an author when you grow up
i hope ill see you next nats and happy b-day
 
Thanks, Xuii. I like that you came back. I'll put Tommy in a bit later.

Catfish, I had no idea you would come here. Surprise, surprise. Glad you like it.

I'm coming home on the 19th, rather, and I'll be able to post 27 on the 20th. I'm ready now,
but dinner's cooking in the hotel.

See ya, -David
 
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