The Charizard cornered Jasper up against a tree. He advanced slowly, but suddenly fell to the ground as Kaleb shot a dart into its back with the blowgun.
The masked men then came out and attacked. Kaleb pulled a knife out of his bag. He stabbed one and threw his body into another. He shot one with a dart, and dodged a spear. Luke got up and punched one in the face, then kicked another over. Killian flipped one over his shoulder. Kaleb turned around, and dropped his knife at the sight of his friends losing.
Three men ran at Tes, one holding a blowgun, the others holding spears. The Charizard got back up and flew towards JC, who was unconscious on the floor still. Luke and Killian were overwhelmed by masked men. Grubbin has managed to break free, but was surrounded by Pidgey. Gible and Metang tried to fight, but were also surrounded. Ron was nowhere to be seen, and neither were Duskull or Gastly. Trevenant hadn’t showed up yet. Ace was surrounded. Kaleb rushed to help, but got hit in the leg by his own knife and fell to the ground. He cried out in pain.
Grubbin used Spark, hitting multiple Pidgey, and broke out of the circle. Trevenant appeared and picked up the man who hit Kaleb with the knife, tossing him into the air. Gible and Metang both attacked vigorously, and finally broke free. Luke rushed through the barrage of masked men and dove to save JC from the Charizard. Kaleb shot a dart, knocking the Charizard out of the sky.
Kaleb saw Spade amongst the group. “Long time, no see, Spade,” he said as he fought of the masked men. “I see your starter is Noibat,” he said as he pointed at the tiny bat Pokémon.
Luke rushed and shoved a man into the campfire. Killian jumped and did a backflip over one of the man, and grabbed him in midair, throwing him to the ground when he landed. Gastly reappeared and used Confuse Ray on one man, causing him to run straight at Kaleb, who impaled him with the spear.
Kaleb’s leg was bleeding. He returned Gible and Metang, and tried to run off into the forest, only to be surrounded by more masked men. He tried to back up, but he was jabbed in the leg by a spear. He cried out in pain yet again.