Private/Closed Kanto league tournament

[Jagson]

The pidgeot flew towards Poli using wing attack knocking him back wards. " Hang in there poli." Drew said as he thought of what he might be able to do. " Ice beam." He said. Poli fired his ice beam and the pidgeot just dogged it with ease. " Keep on using wing attack." Sam said. The pidgeot nodded it's head as it continued to hit Poli knocking him to the ground. ' The things to fast for Poli to hit.' He thought. " Poli Ice takedown" He said. Poli nodded his head. Poli fired a hydro pump into the ground which propelled him into the air. " Just making it easier for me. " Sam said. " Brave bird." He said. The Pidgeot fallowed Poli up.

Poli stopped using hydro pump and used ice beam on the pidgeot freezing him. Poli grabbed hold of the pidgeot as they fell to the ground. Poli started to spin around with the pidgeot still frozen. He slammed into ground creating a crater. Poli waked away as pidgeot laid unconscious on the ground.
" Winner Drew." The announcer said. " return." Drew said as he walked towards Sam. "That was one hell of a battle." he said as he raised his hand for the man. " We should do this again sometime." He said
"Yeah we should." Sam said. as he shook the man's hand.

Dew was lucky that everyone who he considered a threat wasn't watching his match.

 

[Fishykarp]

Will took a deep breath, it was time.
He marched into the arena, to the Announcer's booming voice
"And next we have William Whitman and Thomas Patten!"

Will looked across the arena to his foe
"Hello, William Whitman!" Thomas called out "Nice to beat you"
Will raised an eyebrow, "beat?"
Thomas simply smirked "you'd better watch out, you're gonna get destroyed."
Will just picked up Blastoise's Pokemon, "lets show him, Blastoise!"
Thomas' smirk grew wider "take him down, Electabuzz!"

"Rapid Spin!" Will began, and Blastoise sped towards Electabuzz
"Thunder Punch!" Thomas retaliated, and Electabuzz's fist hit Blastoise's shell as he got close
Both Pokemon were sent flying to opposite sides of the arena.
"Hydro Pump!" ordered Will
"Thunder!" replied Thomas, and the two attacks slammed into eachother, the electricity coursed through the water and into Blastoise.

"Not good..." thought Will, he'd have to think of something soon
"Finish him Electabuzz, with Thunder Punch!" called out Thomas, and Electabuzz zoomed forwards. At that moment, and idea formed in Will's mind.
"Withdraw!" shouted Will, and Blastoise retreated into his shell. Electabuzz' fist slammed into Blastoise's shell, but most of the impact was absorbed. "Skull Bash"
Shooting out of his shell, Blastoise's head made contact with Electabuzz's chest, and it was sent flying.

"I'm only getting started!" Tom shouted, not even for a minute stopping to return Electabuzz to it's Pokeball. "Jolteon, go! Thunderbolt!"
"Dodge it!" Will shouted, but he was too slow, Blastoise was fried and fainted instantly.

"You did well" muttered Will, "now, take him out Pidgeot"
"A flying type?" asked Tom "stupid move. Thunderbolt!"
"Dodge it! Double Team" Will called out, and Pidgeot took to the skies, creating multiple copies.
"Pin Missile" ordered Tom, and Jolteon fired a series of pins at the copies, taking some down but not all, and not the real Pidgeot.

"Gust! Wing Attack!" Will called out, and a massive tornado picked up Jolteon, lifting it off its feet. The panic in Jolteon's eyes were evident as Pidgeot swooped into the tornado and slammed into Jolteon, launching it against the wall.
"grr, return!" called out Tom "Go, Magneton!"
"A third electric type?" asked Will
"Yes!" replied tom "Thunder Wave!"
The wave of thunder hit Pidgeot, paralysing it, and destroying the rest of the Double Team Clones
"Quick Attack!" called out Will, "Gust! Wing Attack"
The Barrage of attacks overcame Magneton, and it was sent sprawling
Will smiled "looks like i win, good job Pidgeot"
"Not quite" shouted Tom "Thunder Punch"

Before anybody knew what was happening, the previously forgotten Electabuzz had appeared behind the Paralysed Pidgeot. Pidgeot was, with her Paralysis, too slow to get away and was sent sprawling across the ground

"What? That isn't fair" said will "well, i'll beat you anyways, King Karp, finish him!"
A Golden Magikarp popped out of the Pokeball
"A bit cocky, are we?" asked Tom, obviously trying to bait Will, Will decided to take the bait
"Finish him with Bounce!" Will ordered
"Thunder Punch!" Tom retaliated
The punch connected.
"And, i've won!" Tom shouted
"Not. Yet" Will muttered "FLAIL!"
"What?" Tom asked, and it was at that moment he noticed a long red scarf wrapped around King Karp, and tied to Electabuzz's fist

The rope reached its full length and King Karp recoiled back. The full force of Electabuzz's punch was slammed into its already weakened body as the sash unravelled and went loose. Electabuzz's was sent sprawling at Tom's feet, defeated

Staring in disbelief, Tom shouted with an unimaginable anger
"HOW? HOW DID YOU BEAT ME? I HAD ALL THE TYPE ADVANTAGES AND YOU HAD A MAGIKARP AND YOU STILL WON!"
"That's for me to know, and you to find out. That was a great battle and a great tactic too" complimented Will "I hope to see you at the next tournament and battle you again"
And with that, he turned away and exited the arena

 

[Jagson]

A man walked threw a building in goldenrod. He has a smile on his face as he looked around. The place was blooming with people. He walked into his board room. He looked and saw ten people in it. " Good day." He said as he sat down. " Let's get this staff meeting over with. I'm pretty sure we all have better things to be doing." He said. He tapped on a key board and showed the agenda for the day. the letters RSF plastered on the first slide. "Marric how is that equalizer project coming along?" He asked. He looked at the man. He understood why most of the women threw themselves at him. The guy was as much of a genius as he was handsome.

" It's in it's final stages of development." He said. " Soon the Equalizer will create well developed soil." He said. " Soon this planet will have a self sustaining food source for both humans and pokemon." he said. " There will be no more need to fight over land." He said. The man nodded before looking at the most beautiful person in the room. " How's the Johto project coming along?" He asked as he smiled at her.
"It's coming." she said. " I just need some more parts." She smiled at him before rubbing her stomach.
"Take all the time you need." He said. " Soon if everything goes correctly we will usher in a time of true world peace." He said. " If you all excuse me I have to talk to an investor." He said as he stood up.
"Who might the investor be?" Marric asked.
"I don't know." The man said. " From what I got all I know is that he wears a mask."

 

[Retro Master]

Riley didn't even hear Zack since he was rubbing his head and not paying attention. The rain also blocked his range of hearing. "Wait, what did he say?" Riley asked Layla as he watched Zack run off in the distance. "Anyways, hopefully I'll be alright tomorrow. It's the quarter finals, so I can't lose this early because some stupid injection. If I do lose, which I won't, I'm going to go straight for the people who injected me. I'll make sure they get a cure for whatever this is." Riley stated as he looked at Layla.

Every few seconds Layla would try to hide her shivers from him. Riley would do the same if part of his body was getting soaked. He felt grateful that he was wearing a jacket. Even though it wasn't a rain jacket, it still helped to atleast keep him warm. However, he felt bad for Layla because she would probably catch a cold since she was helping him. "Here, have my jacket." Riley said as he stopped walking to take off the jacket. "You're helping me so the least I can do is not let you get sick or something." He said to convince her to take the jacket.

 

[skycaptain]

Layla rolled her eyes a bit when Riley asked what Zack said. "Probably nothing." She was glad to see he was still as confident as ever at least. She smiled towards him. "I'm sure you'll go far." Layla was definitely a little chilly but she was just focused on helping him get to his room. Layla was surprised when he offered her his jacket, although she was cold she wasn't about to accept it. "Thanks b-but I'm fine, You need to keep it for yourself. We still don't know anything about what you were injected with, I can't let you get sick on top of that." Layla's mind started to wonder to the matches tomorrow. She hadn't seen the line-up. Not that it really mattered, she had made it this far on mostly luck alone. Everyone here on out is leagues above her which made her worry but gave her a small sense of accomplishment that her team even made it to the quarter-finals.

 

[Retro Master]

Riley thought about her response for a few seconds before realizing she was right. Being sick while also having to deal with the effects of the injection would be even worse. Riley was actually glad that she let him keep the jacket now. "Yeah, you're right." Riley said as he put his jacket back on. "Hopefully I don't have to face Zack next round. I want to face him in the finals and defeat him there. I think he might be a good rival." Riley said as he started to change the conversation. He started to realize that they might have to face each other pretty soon. "Um Layla, if I have to face you, please don't hate me when I win." Riley said, already believing he could beat her. As Riley looked ahead, he could see the hotel in the distance. If they got a little closer, he could send out Alakazam and just teleport in.

 

[skycaptain]

Layla was glad he didn't argue about the jacket and was surprised he quickly admitted she was right. She nodded along as Riley talked about facing Zack in the final round. "That would really be something else." She had almost forgotten that there was a chance she would have to fight one of them in the first round. She didn't like that thought, she knew enough about their teams to know they are champion material. Even though she fully expects to lose she doesn't want to go down easy, she wants to give whoever her opponent may be a good fight. Layla looked at Riley funny when he asked her not to hate him if he beat her. "Come on, I thought you knew me better than that. I battle for fun yo. I already made it way farther than I expected, losing won't really bother me at this point." Layla saw the hotel in the distance and glanced back at Riley. "Still gonna teleport in?"

 

[Hotshot14380]

Zack eyes were almost completely asleep. The ran, the darkness, the coldness, and on top of it all, he was tired. He wanted to sleep superbad, but luckily, right before he was about to give in, he saw to figures come over a hill in the distance. Zack sprung up, suddenly wide awake.
"YES!" Zack shouted, and ran out the door, forgetting it was raining, his smile turned to a frown.
"God dammit. Whatever, Riley is more important," Zack told himself. He started jumping and waving to try and get their attention. hopping they'd see him. When he thought they saw him, he put a thumb up in the air to ask, are you good?
"Hopefully they understand that," Zack told himself again, and then took a quick glance at the TV inside the hotel. It was showing quarter-final match-ups. Zack's eyes went as round as pokeballs when he saw who he was up against.
"Are you fucking kidding me? Why this soon?!" Zack asked himself in a panic. He couldn't be up against this person so soon, it would hurt him if he won. He thought if he did, the person would be scared of him again, and wouldn't want to be his friend.
"Fucking hell, as soon as I think things are getting better." Zack said, looking over to the two walking his way.

 

[Jagson]

Drew walked towards the labretory he went to the back alley. He looked around to make sure the coast was clear before picking the lock. " Thank you gramps." He said before opening the door. he walked in He wondered where anyone was at. He took a flash light out of his bag as he started looking.The place seemed to be abandon. " I wonder if the others shown up.... Then again I aint really with the crew so it won't be like they would care." He said. He shook his head. " your past that self loathing stage of your life Drew." He said.

 

[skycaptain]

Layla was starting to get exhausted after a long day of battling, worrying, and helping this reckless idiot. With Riley holding the umbrella Layla was pretty drenched at this point, it was really coming down hard. From the light of the hotel she saw a figure run out and give them a thumbs up. She couldn't tell who it was at first but she returned the thumbs up. As Zack approached in the downpour she tried to yell over the rain "Zack what are you doing? You're gonna get sick!" Layla pushed some of her wet hair out of her eyes. She didn't think it would rain this much.

 

[Retro Master]

Riley thought about what Layla said as she yelled at Zack. "Just because you've reached a certain point doesn't mean you should be satisfied for where you are. I think that's what separates the champions from regular trainers. A true champion is never satisfied at the level they're at. They keep trying to go even further beyond. Some people set their goals to beat the Pokemon League or even become a champion. But if you really want to be the best, you have to go even further beyond." Riley stated. Riley didn't know why but what Layla just said got his competitive spirit up.

"If I win this tournament and then defeat Lance to become the champion, I'm not going to say I accomplished my goal and then stop trying to get better. I'm going to set my goal even higher. I'll go to Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos and and everywhere else. Even I somehow manage to win in every region, I'll still keep pushing my limits." Riley finished off and took a breather after that long statement.

"Um, sorry about that. I went a little overboard just now. I know you're just doing this for fun but you should still go for the win. Don't just be satisfied for where you are." Riley told Layla before looking in the distance. He pulled out Alakazam's pokeball and sent him out. "Zack has been waiting a while for us so let's just teleport straight to him." Riley stated as he pointed to Zack so Alakazam knew what to do. One second they were standing a good amount of distance away from Zack and a second later they were right behind him. "Hey man." Riley said as he tapped Zack on the shoulder.

 

[Jagson]

Drew walked around the labatory. He took out his camera and started to take pictures. ' Alright' He said as he looked around. he let out a breath as he continued. He walked into the a closed room. " what the fuck." Drew said as he looked inside.

 

[Bleach#2]

Nion got off his Dodrio and returned it and he waited like 25 mins but then he realized Zack wasn't coming. "Fine then I'll save Rileys life so he can have kids with Layla one day."Nion said jogging to the entrance of the building. He finally got there. He entered and saw a ton of gaurds and he hid from them. "Holy shit those are a lot if people"Nion whispered to himself. Then he took them all out quickly but scilent he then went to the lab which was filled with people but he took them all out quietly too and then that's when he saw abunch of antidotes. Nion looked through them all when he found one for TS-01. He grabbed it and put it in his pocket. He then saw a door and for some reason decided to go in it he stepped in through the door and saw the peace guy. Nion looked around the room and saw nobody he took them all out. Nion then had a sadistic smile." You know my mother always said you can't inflict pain on anybody but yourself.... but when it's inflicting pain on people like you... WHY THE HELL NOT!"nion said walking up standing right beside him. Nion grabbed the peace guys head and started banning in into the table but then he heard a voice. He heard it and it sounded like Drew. "Hey Drew I'm back here"Nion screamed and hr banning the peace guys head into the table. Nion forced the guy out of his chair and he threw him on the ground looking at Drew. "I got him but we still need to stay on the lookout"Nion said looking at drew.

 

[Jagson]

"Cortez." Turned his head all the way around his body as he looked at the man. " ditto." He said before turning into one. He then turned into an Voltrob getting ready to explode.

Drew saw the voltrob and ran towards Nion. He grabbed the guy and pushed him out of the way before it exploded. " You okay." Drew said.

 

[Hotshot14380]

Zack jumped a bit and turned around.
"Holy shit, what the fuck?!" Zack shouted, turning to see Riley and Layla. He calmed down.
"Oh god you fucking scared the crap out of me," Zack said, snickering at how scared he just was. Layla had called something to him from the hill, something about getting sick. He was only outside for a few minutes, so he didn't worry much about catching a cold. He then looked at Layla and flinched, immediately breaking eye contact and looking at his feet.
"Anyway uh, we should get inside, everyone agree on that?" Zack asked his soaking friends, mostly directed to Riley, and starting to walk inside.

 

[Bleach#2]

"Yeah... I knew there was something fishy"Nion said. "I got the antidote we need to hurry fast"Nion said sending out his Dodrio. Nion got on his dodrio and started riding to the hotel where Riley was suppose to be. When he got there he jumped off returning Dodrio. He saw Riley Layla and Zack. He ran up to the three. "Hey I got the antidote"Nion said to the three. Nion reached in his pocket and pulled it out. "Here you go"Nion said giving it to Layla. "I'd suggest you put it in a cup first"Nion said.

 

[Jagson]

Cortez watched the guy leave the base. " Did he really think it would be that easily." He said as he leaned against his chair. " Just cough syrup." He said as he smiled a little bit. He then cocked his head a little bit as he noticed the guy who was still there . " Interesting he's still there." He said.

Drew walked back to the room he was at. The top of the room had the letters RSF on it. He walked around the room and picked up a picture. It had a guy who looked like the world peace guy in the front of it with a woman right beside him. Behind him were various other guys. He took another picture of it as he continued to walk around.

 

[skycaptain]

Layla listened to Riley go on his tangent, even though he essentially called her a regular trainer she listened to what he had to say. Layla wasn't quite sure why he thought that would all apply to her but she admired his gusto all the same. He was clearly very passionate in what he believed in. When Riley told her his plans to win every tournament she chuckled. "Slow down buddy, Let's go one tournament at a time." When Riley finished his speech she kinda felt like she was just scolded for being relaxed about the tournament. They teleported behind Zack and now Layla was a little dizzy from the sudden change in location. She locked eyes with Zack, soaking wet and she raised an eyebrow when he flinched and looked away. She was confused for a second but followed him inside. She was drenched and after looking down she thinks she realized why Zack looked away. Her wet clothes were sticking to her body, which albeit was embarrassing but she decided to act like nothing was wrong because there was nothing she could really do about it right now. Layla escaped from under Riley's arm for a second to try and make it so her hair wasn't a complete mess when Nion ran in claiming he has the antidote for Riley and handed it to her. She paused for a second not wanting to give him another strange substance that could potentially make things worse. She stared Nion in the eye. "Are you sure?"

 

[Retro Master]

Riley chuckled at Zack's reaction when they scared him. "Well that was the point." Riley teased him. "Yeah, we should get inside." Riley said before they walked in. Riley shivered once they were inside mainly because of the air conditioning inside. "Can someone please turn on the heat?" Riley complained. He could feel a headache coming on and stumbled his way over to one of the seats in the lobby once Layla let go of him.

Riley jumped out of his seat when Nion said he had the supposed antidote. "You're a life saver Nion!" Riley exclaimed as he walked over to Layla to get the antidote. "You must've had to go through hell to find this. I have no idea why you actually risked your life for this but thanks." Riley thanked Nion, eternally grateful at the moment. "C'mon Layla. Just give it too me already. I've dealt with so much pain already, so this has to be it. Nion literally fought through their base for this so there's no way it's not the actual thing." Riley told Layla, desperately wanting the antidote as soon as possible.

 

[skycaptain]

Layla stared at the antidote and then to Riley as he coaxes her to give it to him already. Honestly she was really nervous and really didn't trust it but she wasn't going to keep it from Riley if he was sure. She reluctantly handed it to Riley. "Fine just, I dunno.. Take it if you want." She didn't want to deny him that hope but she was extremely skeptical of the cure.

 

[Hotshot14380]

"Riley, are we sure it's safe? Last time Nion offered us a strange item it turned out to be drugs are you 100 percent sure this will fix him? If not we aren't taking the risk." Zack said, worrying of what worse could happen to Riley. He still didn't feel comfortable near Layla, so he simply looked at the ground. He couldn't believe he'd have to battle her. He was scared of beating her, and losing to her.
"I-I gotta get some air..." Zack finally said quickly walking outside, luckily there was a little coverage from the rain under the roof. He stood there thinking to himself, as he sat down watching the rain fall.
"If I win to her, people will hate me for beating a girl, and if I lose, people make fun of me. No way out of this," Zack told himself. On top of it all, he was going to have to fight his friend. He shivered at the cold air.
"Things just get worse and worse." He said, again to himself.

 

[skycaptain]

Layla was glad Zack was on her side about the antidote, they have no idea what it is. It's another hopelessly reckless move. Layla caught another uncomfortable look from Zack and she started wonder if he just didn't want to be around her. She was very concerned when he rushed outside claiming he needed some air. She glanced back at Riley and Nion with a weak smile. "I'll be right back.." She went after Zack and found him just sitting in the cold by himself. She shivered, being wet didn't help with the cold. She lightly placed her soft hand on his shoulder, still standing. With sympathy in her voice. "You've been acting strange, is something up?" She sat down next to him. "What's bothering you?"

 

[Retro Master]

When Zack mentioned Nion's drug problem before going outside, Riley hesitated for a moment. He didn't want to believe it but Nion might've just found something that looked like the antidote and taken it. Riley looked at the antidote then at Nion. "Okay then, Nion, are you absolutely, positively sure that this is it?" Riley asked him. Riley realized that he shouldn't have asked it that way because it sounded like he didn't trust him. But Riley had to make sure it was the actual antidote.

 

[Hotshot14380]

Zack jumped a little bit when someone touched his shoulder.
"Ah! Oh. Sorry Layla I didn't know it was you," Zack apologized. Apparently she'd caught on that he'd been acting wierd, which sucked. He hoped she wouldn't notice, but there was nothing he could do but tell the truth.
"It's just... I have to battle you next round, and you're my friend. I don't want to win against you because I thought you might get scared of me or something and everyone would be mad at me for beating a girl. And I don't want to lose either, cause then I get made fun of by everyone. Either way, I get the short end of the stick. I just didn't feel comfortable being around you knowing I had to battle you." Zack explained shamefully. He looked back at the ground, his hair falling over his face.

 

[Jagson]

Cortez looked at his opponent. He closed his eyes as he memerised what this man's plan of attack will be. " Go Magniton." He said.
" Come on out Nidoqueen." He said. " Earthquake." He said as he immediately Koed the man's first pokemon before he had a chance to respond. " Go Hitmon...." The man tried to say. As soon as the hitmonchan appeared it was shot by a thunder bolt Koing him immediately.

" Wow." The announcer said. " It's as if this guy is reading glenn's mind.
"Come on." Cortez said as he walked foreword a little bit. " Send out that charizard of yours. I know you want to." He said. " Do you even have another pokemon with you are do you think oh these three are popular at the moment and I should only use them because bigger and better trainers are using them." He said taunting the man.
"Shut up." Glenn said. " Go Chari..." The charizard appeared only to be hit by surf causing him to crash into the wall Koing him immediately. Everybody cheered and shouted Cortez's name. Cortez put on a fake smile as he waved to the audience.

 

[Bleach#2]

"Are you calling me a drug attic? Because on your note that was the first time I ever took drugs and I plan on not taking any again"Nion said."and the antidote was labeled TS-01 Antidote."Nion said. "I fought threw hell for it and almost got exploded by a fucking ditto"Nion said. "I'm sure it's it"Nion said.

 

[Retro Master]

Riley burst out laughing when he that Nion almost got exploded by Ditto. "That's actually funny!" Riley exclaimed as he tried imagining the scene. "But I do believe you Nion. You look like you went to hell and back so I won't argue that fact. Anyways, it's time to use this thing." Riley stated before realizing something. Since it was a pill, it would be best to drink some water with it. However, Riley didn't have a bottle of water and he also had no money to buy any since it was stolen. "Nion, do you have an unused bottle of water I can use?" Riley asked.

 

[Bleach#2]

"Yeah"Nion said giving Riley an unopened bottle of water. Nion then realized maybe that wasn't the antidote. Nion then looked at the battle tree wich he was facing Riley Nions eyes widened. "Hey Riley apparently I'm battling you..."Nion said. I'm fucking screwed Nion thought to himself.

 

[skycaptain]

Layla recoiled in surprise, she didn't know who were match-up was until now. She was a little sad she had to fight her friend first round but it is what it is. She smiled at Zack happy he considers her a friend, trying to console him. "I know you well enough now to know you aren't a frightening person, you act with best intentions in mind even if you have an aggressive way of going about it. I don't think everyone will be mad when you beat me, it's a tournament things happen. I'm sure people will understand that.. I'm sorry that it makes you uncomfortable, but when it comes time for our battle you better not pull any punches. I want to face you at your best." She smiled standing up and offering him her hand to stand up. "Let's give em a show, yeah?"

 

[Hotshot14380]

Zack thought for a second, and then took her hand, getting up. Zack felt better knowing that Layla wasn't frightened of him anymore.
"Yeah, you're right, I hope. And don't say, 'when I beat you', because I believe you can win too. I just wish that we didn't have to go head to head so soon you know?" Zack responded, feeling better. Well, mentally better. He still felt horrible out in the rain.
"I suggest we head inside now... Oh, and, sorry about my 'little joke' back there when you were walking with Riley, the comedic douche bag in me came out full force," Zack said, snickering a bit. He was surprised how fast Layla was able to help him, he already had his horrible comical part of him back in action.

 

[skycaptain]

She was glad when he accepted her hand and her words. She giggled lightly when he said he thinks she can win too, although she didn't agree she wasn't going to argue about. "Yeah, it's still cold as balls out here." Layla paused for a second trying to remember what joke he was talking about. "Oh! Yeah don't worry about it, it's all in good fun." She smirked getting an idea and glanced at toward Zack seductively. "Besides, you know your the only one for me." She kept up the act for a few seconds hoping to get a rise out of him.

 

[Hotshot14380]

"Haha, funny joke," Zack said rolling his eyes. Zack understood what Layla was doing was a joke, until he noticed she wasn't stopping, causing him to panic a bit. Zack did a worried laugh, fake smiling.
"You ah, are joking right?" Zack asked, a little more concerned this time. Pull yourself together, of course she's joking idiot. Zack told himself, but still wasn't sure, and tried to release his hand from Layla's just in case.

 

[skycaptain]

Layla barely kept a smile from creeping onto her face when he got a little flustered and she held onto his hand tighter. She took a step closer to him held her forlorn look for a few seconds and then finally smiled wide and mischievously failing to stifle her laughter"Gotcha." She rubbed the back of her neck with a nervous giggle. "Sorry I just couldn't resist.." She took a step back from him to give the poor guy some space. After thinking about it for a second she didn't expect to be feeling embarrassed after that. "Well, anyways let's head back inside."

 

[Hotshot14380]

Zack got really scared when she wouldn't let his hand go, giving him weird looks. Then she laughed and stated she'd gotten him.
"Oh thank Arceus, you are way to convincing. At least you got me back," Zack said, letting out a giant breath of relief. He then had a really weird thought, but decided it was best he not share it. He didn't mind it too much attention, and shook off the thought.
"Yes. Please, let's go inside. That was way too uncomfortable" Zack said, still a bit shaken.

 

[Jagson]

Drew continued to look threw the lab. He had to make sure to bring all of this intel he gathered with him. He continued to look threw objects until he found a small journal. He looked at the last page. " September twenty. I now see how foolish I was." He read. " I can't keep thinking that peace is a free commodity. it's paid with blood. the only way I can achieve peace is to become the villain the world will despise. Have them rise against me." He said. " Though there is another..." Drew looked at the page. The rest of the journal appeared to be smudged. " Another what?" He thought.

 

[Retro Master]

While Zack and Layla were outside, Riley decided he was going to take the supposed antidote. "Well I hope this works for your sake, Nion, as well as mine. If not, then I will make sure to obliterate you in the tournament." Riley said to himself before he put the antidote in his mouth. Then he started to drink the water right after. Everything seemed fine and Riley felt no difference. That had too mean it worked. Riley had to go tell the others.

When he was going outside, Riley saw Nion watching something. From Riley's angle, Zack and Layla were holding hands and she was also starting to get really close to Zack. Since Riley wasn't close enough to hear, he just watched as Zack looked really uncomfortable in that position and eventually got free. Riley tried not to laugh as they walked back in. "Sorry for interrupting you two but I think it worked!" Riley exclaimed, not noticing Layla was just playing with Zack. Riley then turned to Nion to thank him. "That's twice you've saved my life Nion. I'll repay you by going easy on you tomorrow so you have a chance to beat me." Riley told him before he went to sleep. Little did Riley know that the effects of this drug starts about fifteen minutes after the person takes it.

 

[Jagson]

Cortez checked his watch a small heart monitor and an image of a skeleton showed. " Subject seems to be recovering from the first wave of symptoms." He said. He turned the image of the skeleton around to show a small snake like creature attached to the man's brain. "It appears TS-01 has fully integrated into the man." He said. he sighed as he laid back. He then pressed a button and saw and heard everything the test subject was saying and doing.

 

[skycaptain]

Layla laughed it off finding it funny how flustered Zack got. They met back up with Riley and he apologized for interrupting them and said that the antidote worked. "Interrupti- Oh no we weren't.." She stopped for a second. Damn maybe I am, way too convincing. Layla was going to finish her sentence but she then pieced together what Riley had said. She stared at him all the humor washed away from her face. "I really hope you're right. If this turns out to be another bad idea, you can expect a viscous 'I told you so'." She yawned and looked at her phone to check the time and saw several missed calls from home. She cursed under her breath having completely forgotten to call them, she figured they were probably asleep by now so she would call them in the morning. She shifted her weight a little starting to get pretty tired.

 

[Hotshot14380]

"Uh, Riley it wasn't what it loo-" Zack stopped hearing what he said.
"Wait, you feel fine? Like, perfectly ok, I-haven't-been-injected-with-anything ok? Awesome!" Zack cheered, happy his friend was feeling better. Hopefully, nothing would go wrong and he'd be ok for good. Zack shivered a bit after coming back inside, then starting warming up again. Zack also noticed Layla was looking tired.
"Hey, Layla you're looking pretty worn out, you should head to your room and get some sleep, you need to be on your A-game tomorrow after all," Zack suggested, giving her a smile. They did have their battle tomorrow, and he didn't want to be fighting a sleeping trainer, that would make him feel even worse about winning.

 

[Retro Master]

"Yeah right and I'm blind too." Riley said sarcastically, not believing that nothing was happening between them. But he didn't feel like going on about that subject and decided to respond to Layla's comments instead. "Well my brain hasn't exploded yet, so I think I made the right decision." Riley said, with a grin on his face. Besides, if something bad were too happen to me, go blame Nion because he's the one who got it. He literally broke into their base and fought through guards just to get an antidote which is why I believe." Riley told Layla, who looked pretty worn out. "Anyways, you look tired as fuck. I'm sorry you had to deal with me for like half the day." Riley said before he walked a few feet over to Zack to talk to him.

"I just wanted to let you know that the way the bracket is set up means that me and you might meet in the next round. I wanted to meet in the finals but we'll have to battle before then. As for your match with Layla, don't worry about going all out against her. I can promise you that she won't hate you for it." Riley said before he went to whisper something in Zack's ear. "Here's a good idea. Be a gentleman and walk Layla to her room." Riley whispered so quietly that she wouldn't be able to hear. Riley turned around and smiled at Layla. "Um, anyways, thanks for the help today Layla. I really appreciate it. I'm going to go get out of your ways now so good night." Riley said before he turned to walk away.

By the time Riley got to his room, he started to feel a bit drowsy. He thought it was just because it was a long, exhausting day so he decided a nice, refreshing shower should help. Once Riley got out the shower, he could feel his head starting to hurt, except this time it felt like it was getting worse every second. "Wh-What the fuck is going on?" Riley asked himself as he put on his night clothes. A few minutes later, Riley's head felt like it would explode. Then he started seeing things. He was now hallucinating. Riley stood up and he started walking in circles as he grabbed his head. Riley started to feel so dizzy and he just dropped to his knees and hands as he was starting to have a hard time breathing. "Damn you Nion." Were the last words Riley said before he collapsed on the floor.