Rick
Tuesday, June 14th - Relic Castle, Unova
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Staring at the Volcarona that was now flying high in circles, Rick heard Iris neighing from the bottom of the room, lying down under the bridge, probably hurt from the fall that she most certainly didn't see coming. "Go help her. I'll get the Meteonite." Rick said to Zephir. The cat nodded and started leaping down the many balconies towards Iris, while Rick rushed to the bridge. The Volcarona started spinning, spreading several fireballs into the air that showered across the room. Zephir avoided the fireballs for the most part, save for one that hit right behind him and flip him over on his head into a sit position, fortunately towards the bridge, where he would be in relative safety from another airstrike like this. He shook his head and walked towards Iris, putting his paws on her injured leg as he used Refresh.
Meanwhile, the Volcarona turned its attention towards Rick, who was running across the bridge to try and get the rock. He leaped forward to avoid the flamethrower launched at him. However, he was then forced to roll to the side and off the bridge to avoid a second one. Fortunately, he hanged on to the edge, although now he was in a terrible position. Seeing this, Iris fired off Swift projectiles that homed in at the Volcarona. While she didn't expect those to do any harm, she did hope to at least divert its attention off her trainer. Upon getting struck on the back by the projectiles, the Volcarona flew backwards to briefly stare at the two pokemon down at the floor. It then somersaulted while cloaking in flames and darted at them. Iris pointed her horn and fired a Hyper Beam, which the Volcarona dodged. Zephir then turned and charged at the Volcarona, clashing with it with a Giga Impact. This stoped the Volcarona in its tracks, but Zephir was shoved against Iris.
The Volcarona followed up with a flamethrower. Iris grabed Zephir by his nape and jumped up to the bridge. She then droped him next to her to grab Rick by the collar and pull him up. "Thanks!" Rick said, before pointing at the Meteonite. "You go grab it!" He told her. As the Volcarona rised up, Iris ran towards the Meteonite. Seeing this, the moth rushed towards the Meteonite, scooping it up first. Iris leaped forward and nabbed the Volcarona by a wing, pulling it down. Once on the floor, she jumped onto the Volcarona, pinning its wings with her hooves and taking the Meteonite off the moth's little feet, her flames flaring up as soon as she grabbed the rock. Rick was peeking from the bridge. "Damn, I've never seen her flames like that, even during an Overheat." He muttered, before Iris jumped back to the bridge. "Girl, tone down those flames, please!" He shouted, covering his face with an arm.
Suddenly, the Volcarona burst out from below the bridge, smashing at Iris on her chest and knocking her on her back, as well as knocking the Meteonite out of her mouth. Rick sighed. "You're really persistent, aren't you." He said. The Volcarona stared at the group before grabbing the Meteonite again, putting it back in its pedestal before rising high into the air. Then, with a high pitch cry, its body burst out in bright flames as it started releasing massive heat waves and spreading flames all across the room with each flap of its wings. Meanwhile, the temperature of the room started increasing exponentially, and it became hard to breathe. Rick gritted teeth. "Everyone, stay close and hold up Protect for as long as you can." Rick said to his pokemon. The two raised a protective dome, and now they could only hope the shield would hold long enough for the Volcarona to cease the attack.