Chapter 8
Donphan and Houndoom lunged at each other for an attack, until Toby yelled:
“Donphan, Superpower!” Keel’s face went into shock as the Donphan rolled into a ball practically on contact, sending Houndoom flying.
“Smog!” yelled Keel, followed by Houndoom’s mouth sending out a poisonous smoke, which hid hit perfectly. Donphan landed back on his feet, but not before landing into the Smog. Suddenly several different Pokémon silhouettes appeared, slashing and pounding him as they passed, until finally the Smog cleared, and Houndoom launched a Heat Wave attack, straight at Donphan, but Toby didn’t let it end there,
“Use Earthquake! Quickly!” Donphan rolled into a tire, and began rolling, staying in the same space as he rolled. The rolling sent the ground into frenzy, sending out waves of earth in a pallet pattern to hit the dog Pokémon, while doing so destroyed the blue Heat Have,
“Jump and use Beat Up!” Houndoom’s eyes glowed a bright blue, as he jumped to avoid the waves, which had risen five feet in the air! However, just as the five silhouettes split from Houndoom’s body, Toby called out,
“Use Earth power to hit him!” Donphan jumped as he rolled, sending a rock wave up the slope, which flew several feet in the air! Houndoom watched as the giant piece of earth headed his way.
“Use Nasty Plot! Save yourself!” Houndoom closed his eyes, and as a black cloud appeared over his head, he got an idea. Suddenly his tail turned into chrome silver, which he then pointed down. As he fell, he sliced the rock in two down the middle, then caught Donphan by surprise by knocking him on top of his head, followed by an Icy slash by a small, black shadow, then a burning slash by a giant shadow with wings, hit by a shadow enveloped in water traveling at high speeds, then by a shadow that just exploded in darkness upon contact. Finally, a giant, dinosaur-like shadow launched and Earthquake, and since he barely used half his power, he followed it up with Ice beam. Toby stared down the sloping earth as the wave headed toward him.
“Use Rollout to ride the wave!” Donphan rolled up into a wheel and rolled up the wave. Houndoom looked in the middle as Donphan headed towards him, then Keel yelled,
“Dark pulse!” Houndoom’s eyes turned black, and then his body protruded a black bubble that curved the wave to the side,
“Spin!” yelled Toby. Donphan began to spin to the side as he rolled. This made the wave curb to the side, in which left a opening to hit Houndoom, but Keel didn’t let it stop there,
“Houndoom, use Roar!” Houndoom breathed in, then let out a howl that stunned the ears,
“DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!” as he roared, Donphan lost momentum, and was sent flying backwards. Houndoom’s mouth then filled with a blue flame, as he ran forward and bit his prey on the trunk.
“DUAAAAA!!!!” Toby had an idea,
“Donphan! Now’s your chance! Use Rollout!” Donphan got through the pain and rolled into a ball, but Houndoom couldn’t let go! Donphan began to roll, slamming Houndoom into the ground with each rotation.
“Use Reversal!” yelled Keel, and when he did, Houndoom’s last rotation landed him on his feet, where he then lifted Donphan off the ground by his trunk, and then began slamming him into the ground hardly. Toby, still using tricks up his sleeves, commanded Donphan,
“Use Earthquake as you fall!” Donphan heard, then, as he connected with the ground, let out pulses through the ground, one hitting Houndoom, then as he struggled to stay balanced, Donphan fell again, escaping to safety using Rollout, then, using the same ramp he made before, turned around, Toby then shouted, “Use Giga Impact as you roll!” Donphan’s body became surrounded in a pink, pixilated aura, as he rolled toward Houndoom, picking up speed by two fold. Keel then pointed and shouted,
“Houndoom, use Hyperbeam and Reversal!” Houndoom’s body became enveloped with that same white light as before, and while doing so, a black orb of energy sparked in his mouth, followed by the concentration being fired, waving force as the sheer pressure of the concentrated energy hit Donphan square on, but that didn’t stop him, as he just enveloped the Hyperbeam to strengthen his attack by double what it was,
“Donphan! Upon contact, use Earthquake!” Donphan kept on rolling, blazing through the black energy beam, until he made contact, at which point the pressure caused an earthquake to hit, leaving a dent in the ground. However, Houndoom’s reversal was fully charged, an as Donphan made contact, the energy released from his body, making a giant explosion bigger than the last! As it enveloped the field, Keel threw up another shield. Donphan and Houndoom sustained way too much damage, and were forced into their energetic forms, or orbs of red light, and returned to their balls, all during the explosion. Toby saw it coming, and looked back to make sure the others were alright, which they were, all at a safe distance at the height of a cliff. Ollette, Ace, Diana, Aipom, and Azurill feared the worse for Toby, as unlike Keel, he had no protection against the explosion.
“TOBY!!! RUUUNN!!!!” yelled Diana, while Ollette just stared in fear, and Ace knew the inevitable would happen,
“This…This is it, Toby’s a goner!” Aipom and Azurill closed their eyes, for fear of what would happen. Back on the ground, Toby stared the light in the face, as it was seconds away from stealing his life.
“Well, at least I died doing something I loved.” Said a solemn Toby, knowing even if he tried running, he would never make it. Just when all hope was lost, Toby felt two hands touch both shoulders, each with three fingers. Toby looked back and saw his rescuer, “Haunter!” yelled Toby in shock. Haunter then smiled, and went intangible. The light hit both the Ghost Pokémon and the boy, but neither was scathed! Haunter had saved him at the brink of death! The light disappeared slowly, and as the battle scarred beach became visible again. Ace, Diana, and Ollette looked down at the beach to see Toby’s dead body, but were surprised to see Haunter on his shoulder and Toby still alive! Diana hugged Ollette in excitement, while Ace cheered from above,
“Woohoo! Way to show Keel whose boss Toby!”
“Ah ah ua ah ah ah!” cried Aipom, as it jumped for joy. Toby looked back up, and gave a thumb up, then high fived Haunter.
“Nice save man!” cheered Toby, as haunter cheered while smiling,
“Haunter Haunt Haunt!” said haunter with a cheery face. Keel lowered his personal shield to see who had survived, and noticed Toby still standing, and his annoying Pokémon.
“So, your personal shadow rescues you again? That thing is way too attached to you for your own good.” said Keel sarcastically. Toby remarked,
“Yeah, well at least he WOULD save me! Yours would probably be better off without you!” Keel snarled, reaching for two balls this time. One was a Net ball, and another was a Pokeball with a green and dark green design. Keel threw the Net ball in the air first, releasing Sharpedo into battle,
“SHARRRR!!!!!” growled the angry Pokémon, as it bit the air. Then Keel threw another ball, this time releasing a torrent of black energy, inside a silhouette of a large dinosaur-like Pokémon stood with glowing yellow eyes. The torrent of shadows stopped, and there stood a giant, green Pokémon with holes in its body. The Pokémon opened its purple eyes and roared towards the sky,
“TYYYYYRRRAAANNNNIIITTTTAAAARRRR!!!!!!” roared the angry Tyranitar, the earth practically shaking from its voice. Ace looked down and freaked, running back to hide behind Aipom, shivering in fear. Diana and Ollette looked down to see Keel’s most ferocious Pokémon, Sharpedo and Tyranitar, staring down Toby and Haunter. Ollette frowned in disappointment,
“That cheater! It’s two against one!” Diana agreed,
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