"Shieldon use Smack Down! Growlithe charge at 'em and use Take Down! Dratini, Dragon Rage! Let's go!" Wes' shouts echoed across the arena as his partners began their assault once more on the newly stuffed sack dummies. After nearly thirty minutes of the onslaught, the dummies weren't looking to good. Each one had its share of scratches, singe marks, missing limbs, and indentations to last a sack's life time. Wes grinned at his Pokemon while his eyes couldn't help but observe their obvious power. Growlithe tackled the bag with such a force from its glowing body that it flew across the arena and hit the opposing fence, stuffing flying. Shieldon's Smack Down pierced through its dummy, leaving a clear hole through the dummies torso while Dratini's Dragon Rage burned the sack to a fine ash.
"Good work, guys! That was the best attack, yet!" The Pokemon turned to him, eyes aflame and breathing heavy. They each answered with a cry as if to say, "what's next?", in their own primal language. A toothy grin played out across his face before he pointed towards another set of dummies across the battlefield.
"Last set before its time to go! Make it your best!" he shouted before making a fist and commanding his next attacks, "Dratini use your Twister against all three dummies!" The serpent-like Dragon reared up to its maximum height of nearly five foot and cried it's fierce battle call. Dratini began coiling itself round and round, a powerful cyclone appearing around it. The blue-tinged twister was finally released with a whip of Dratini's tail and it flew over to the dummies with a purpose. The cyclone ripped through the dummies tough sack-like skin and sent fluff flying through the air. The tornado dissipated and the serpent Pokemon lay flat on the ground with a fierce flame in its eyes, breathing heavily.
"Good work, Dratini!" Wes yelled in encouragement to his partner who was slowly slithering back to him. As it reached him, Wes picked up the tired out Pokemon and draped it around his neck. The battered creature smiled and rested on his shoulders as he called the next move,
"Time to show your stuff, Shieldon!" he called and pointed to the next set of dummies.
"Shield!" the Pokemon answered with a determined tone to its voice.
"Use Smack Down on all three!" Wes commanded. Shieldon lifted its front feet high and then suddenly stomped into the ground below. The vibration it caused allowed fractures in the ground to carve out stones for it to use as ammunition. Some dozen fist-sized stones levitated from the earth as the Shield Pokemon had willed. With a mighty roar, the Smack Down stones were sent hurdling towards the dummies. Each rock found a target and pierced through the weak dummies with ease. After the assault, nothing remained except for loose fluff and a tired Shieldon. Wes clapped lightly and chuckled,
"Amazing work, buddy. It's your turn, Growlithe!" Wes shouted as Shieldon crawled its way back to him with a similar gleam in its eyes. Growlithe barked loudly in agreement and readied itself in a fighting stance. Wes pointed at the final set of dummies and yelled,
"Go, Growlithe. Use your Ember!" The Puppy Pokemon cried with great force and opened its maw as a crimson, glowing orb started to grow inside. The orb of pure flame grew larger within the creature's mouth before finally being released as a writhing fireball. It was not Ember that burnt the dummies to crisps in moments and continued to melt and singe the fence, it was a powerful Flame Burst attack. Growlithe stood for some moments after the fire went out on the battlefield, but finally collapsed as a ball of singed fur. Wes and his partners ran to the Pokemon as he fell weakly.
"Growlithe, you did great." he soothed the battered Pokemon. Growlithe opened its eyes and revealed its own flame-like pupils to his trainer. Breathing heavily, the trio of creatures joined together as a group and congratulated each other on such a great, yet tiring, training session. Wes smiled proudly at his team and crouched down to their level before saying softly,
"We're ready." His Pokemon looked at him for a moment before crying out and gathering around him. Wes enveloped them all in a bear hug. He finally released them, stood, and stated,
"It's time to head to class, take some much needed rest, guys. You all showed your true power today!" The trio of creatures glowed as one bright mass of crimson light before returning to their capsules. Wes looked around at the damage they had caused the arena.
And then, he left silently with a faint smile upon his sweating face.