THE BLACK LEAGUE
By d2kfuture
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The Black League

Chapter 9

I stared, unmoving for a few moments at the empty corridor and the twisted 
mass of metal that had been the immovable metal doorway.  One word 
immediately sprang into my mind.  'Eon'.  The destruction reeked of his 
powerful mind.  I told Amanda of my suspicions and we decided to continue 
through the doorway.  As soon as we entered, Eon appeared.

'Was it you that destroyed the doorway?' I enquired.

'No'.  He seemed terrified and kept darting quick, impulsive looks into the 
locality.  'It was a monstrous being, over 10 times my size and with 
blood-red skin.  As he walked up to the doorway, it just melted from the 
immense heat emitting from his body'.  Eon stopped speaking and began to 
quiver involuntarily.  'As he approached, I teleported Mike and the injured 
Scizor to safety inside here.  I only hope that that creature does not find 
them'.

'Take us to them', I ordered.

Eon quickly complied, and, a minute later, we were lying down beside a rocky 
outcrop discussing what to do.  Mike and Scizor had seen the thing and 
quickly confirmed all that Eon had told us.  Amanda suggested that we find 
the gym leader and get help from him.  We quickly agreed and Eon teleported 
us to a vast underground chamber.

It was a magnificent place.  The vast walls sparkled with all the colours of 
the rainbow and more, and shone like glass while reflecting everything we 
did magnified hugely.  The place itself was enormous.  10 Indigo Stadiums 
would have fitted in there comfortably.  Everything we said was magnified a 
thousand times.  As we stared, awed at this fantastic structure, a stern, 
grey-haired man strode across the hall to us.  Mike was the first to notice 
him and nudged us.  We all stopped gawking around us and walked to greet the 
man, who was obviously the gym leader.

'Who are you?' he asked.

'We wished to challenge you', I replied, acting as spokesperson.

'Wished?'

'Yes.  There is a huge creature after invading this underground palace', I 
informed him.

'What kind of creature?'

I described the creature exactly as Eon had.

'This could be difficult', he sighed.  Then, as if suddenly coming to a 
decision he stood up even straighter and ordered, 'I will subdue this 
creature with some of my pokemon and then we will extract some information 
from it'.

We quickly agreed and offered the services of our pokemon too.  However he 
waved them away, saying that his pokemon would be sufficient.

Mike enquired timidly, 'Could you fix me and Jack's Scizor up.  We were 
paralysed by a Team Rocket member's Jumpluff'.

'Team Rocket are here?'

'Yes'.

'Dammit.  This complicates the situation even more.  If they catch sight of 
this pokemon then the place will be swarming with Grunts.  We must ensure 
that the pokemon is not seen by any Team Rocket members'.

He then released a selection of powerful pokemon in the form of Rhydon, Onix 
and Golem.  Ready to take on the strange pokemon, we set off.

After a few hours hike, we caught sight of the creature, stomping loudly 
through the cave.  It seemed to have some definite purpose in mind, though 
we could not fathom what.

'That trail leads to the Sacred Cave', Montgomery informed us.  'There is 
located a nest of the legendary bird pokemon, Sacremento.  It is part rock 
and wields huge power.  However, the father left a few weeks ago and has not 
yet returned.  I fear that he may have been captured.  The mother is having 
a lot of trouble taking care of her nestlings on her own.  I fear that if 
that creature reaches the cave, that Sacremento may be wiped out.  We must 
prevent the pokemon from reaching the cave'.

With new resolve, we set off after the creature.  It did not seem to hear us 
following it and, as soon as possible, Montgomery ordered his pokemon to 
attack.  The battle that ensued was extraordinary.  The creature opened it's 
mouth and a burning wheel of flame spewed forth, fainting all of 
Montgomery's pokemon immediately.  We were shocked, especially since Rock 
pokemon should have had some advantage over Fire types.  Montgomery's mouth 
set into a grim line and he released a new array of pokemon.  With small 
flashes of light, three Magnix emerged, followed by four extremely large 
Donphan.  The Magnix, who are the evolved form of Steelix, began to barrage 
the creature with Rock Slides and Earthquakes while the Donphan assaulted it 
with Rollout's.  It should have been a massacre against the creature but it 
merely flew up and conjured up a monstrous Whirlwind.  It looked like a 
Whirlwind, but it was more like a Typhoon.  All of Montgomery's pokemon 
immediately fainted.

Then, Eon returned.  He had disappeared soon after we began the hike but now 
began to viciously attack the creature.  Barrage upon barrage of attacks 
issued forth from him.  Surf, Flamethrower and Ice Beam were used to no 
effect.  Thunderbolt had equally useless results.  The creature floated away 
from Earthquakes and caught and flung back Rock Slides.  When Eon tried 
Psychic, it was Mirror Coated ferociously and Eon fainted.  I was shocked by 
such power.  The pokemon roared loudly and we slumped to our knees in 
defeat.  Montgomery had used up all his pokemon and we realised that ours 
would be useless.  The creature made as if to continue onwards.

Suddenly, like a breath of fresh air, a heavenly song floated through the 
air.  Then, a flash of pure white light exploded around the corner and......