Alec and Terra sat close, taking comfort in the others presence. The other militia members seemed to think this was all a game, or a big pokemon battle, and they all wanted to win. Alec felt sorry for them, the huge shock they would receive. Officer jenny was also there, with a squad of growlithe and almost 10 crowd controllers (Other cops) Mel hadn't had time to visit Alec, so he planned to talk with her after the battle. Terra was had prepared them both well, each carried a tank over their backs for spraying injured pokemon with Healing root juice, and both also had a long knife which she had kept in her bags. "We'll be fine", Alec reassured Terra. "Its not us I'm worried about". "Yeah I know". The 2 looked at the trainers who were all around them. Apparently 4008 trainers had signed up for the militia, and a group of 8 had been posted at each street corner. Alec and Terra were with 3 girls, about their age, a boy also around the same age, and a middle aged married couple. They were among the only ones who seemed to realize the drastic ness of the situation. They both just held each other, each dangling a pair of pokeballs at their wastes. Alec then looked at the other boy. He seemed to be meditating. His legs were folded and his eyes were close. At both his sides, 3 pokeballs could be seen. Without even opening his eyes, he stated, "We will win this, and then we will leave together, although in sadness". Then his eyes opened. "They come". Alec watched in horror as the Black Snorlaxs eyes glowed, and then it fired a hyper beam at a nearby building, disintegrating it completely. All except Alec, terra, and the strange boy who meditates seemed to lose their faith. Alec could hear the gulps. "Stay together", he yelled at his small group. "Psyduck, use barrier to protect us". Psyduck began to glow, and a blue barrier appeared in front of their five allies. "Psyduck is your biggest chance of survival, stay here". The 5 nodded, and Alec led terra towards the snorlax. The 3 trainers made their way. Alec couldn't explain it, but he felt like the strange boy belonged. As they walked, they each released a pokemon. Alec released Ursaring Terra Nidoking And the strange boy released Ariados. Alec watched, stunned, As Ariados disappeared up a building along a thin line of web, while ursaring began pounding the Black snorlax. The snorlax was easily twice the size of Nidoking, giving it a massive advantage. Nidoking and Ursaring pounded away at the beast, but snorlax just brushed them aside, and hyper beamed another building, causing it to fall. Just as Alec thought it might be time to run, a thin, purple web lassoed around Snorlax's neck. The web seemed to bubble as it hit, and then sink into its skin. Alec was sure he felt his hair singe, and the putrid smell let on what the attack was. Toxic. Spinaraks toxic attack was incredible. Snorlax began to suffer. Alec suddenly got an idea. "Is that stuff flammable", He yelled at the strange kid". "Highly", he replied, beginning to catch on. "Spinarak, soak him in poison". Spinarak obeyed without question, and began splashing poison over his foe as if it were a watergun. "Terra, leave it to me, magby has a certain advantage with fire". She nodded dumbly. Alec knew Magby was completely immune to fire, while Terra's fire dogs would still be injured, even slightly. "Do it Magby, fire punch". The three trainers returned their pokemon and ran backwards, while magby, grinning foolishly, slowly walked towards the groaning snorlax. There was a huge explosion and the trainers were thrown. The heat was tremendous, and Alec felt his hair singe, everywhere. He began to worry for his friends, but looked around to find them all in the same position. "SNORLAX", Alec heard inside the flame, and suddenly worried for Magby. The little pokemon would have no chance If snorlax didn't faint. Alec waited for the flames to die down, but they only seemed to get hotter. He pointed his pokedex at the flame, and it beeped. "Only an intense heat will give a magby the opportunity to evolve early, and to achieve this, magby sometimes will increase the flames heat himself". Alec began to wonder, until he heard a roar of success. "MAGMAR", came the voice from the middle of the fire. Immediately, the flames died down to reveal Magmar, and no trace of snorlax, except a pile of ashes. For some reason, Alec hoped Snorlax escaped. "Congratulations Magmar", Alec said as his pokemon approached. Magmar nodded, and returned to its pokeball. "That was great", The strange boy said. "I'm Auron, and iv never seen such a display of raw fire power. It was amazing". "Im Alec, and this is Terra. Look up". Auron looked up and saw the flying charizard. It spat a fire-spin attack at a nearby building, and immediately engulfed the building in flames. "We have to stop it", Terra suddenly declared. "I know, but how"? "I have an idea", Alec suddenly declared, and he released Sneazle. "Sneazle, I need you to use Snowstorm over the entire city", Alec said. Sneazle looked a little worried, but nodded as if to say it would try. Clouds began to gather in the sky, Dark clouds. Lightning and thunder boomed, and snow began to fall, softly at first, then a little harder, until charizard seemed to lose balance in the air as snow landed on its wings. Finally, it landed. Immediately, it turned to Alec and his 2 friends. "What now", Terra asked. "I didn't get this far", Alec replied sheepishly. "get us away from here", Auron suddenly said to an abra he had just released. Immediately they found themselves almost a hundred metres behind Psyduck and its Barrier. Just as they went to move forward however, a building fell, right on top of the force field and its inhabitants. Alec couldn't believe what he was seeing. The little psyduck he had saved was gone, and all those people. Right before his eyes they had been crushed underneath a building. He fell to his knees, and moisture filled his eyes. "Alec, we have to move, Charizards coming this way, And Abra wont be able to move us again". "Psyduck". "I know, but.......theres nothing we can do now, we have to go". "No, I fight". "Me too", Terra said, backing him up. "Fine", Auron said, although he appeared to be anticipating his death. The plan was simple. Sneazle would distract Charizard while Nidoking, nidoqueen and Ursaring used their hyper beams on it over and over until it fainted. When charizard showed up though, everything went wrong. It seemed to know the plan, as it immediately used earthquake, and all the pokemon lost their balance. All 3 hyper beams missed, and Sneazle fell over, knocked out. Alec also fell over, and felt a snap in his leg. He screamed out in his mind, and feared when he felt heat engulf him. He knew he was dying. He suddenly wished he knew how his pokemon were doing. What's that drumming, ba bum ba bum ba bum....... A heart beat? Mine. Yes its mine.... Ba bum ba bum ba bum....another heart beat, but whose. "Mag....mar"......is it magmars. Another, and another. Ursaring and sneazle, they live. But whats that last one. "Duck duck duck duck duck duck". Terra heard the sound as she sat next to the unconscious Alec, splinting his leg for when he woke up, injecting him with Saxonee weed to take away the pain. "What is it", she wondered aloud. "Duck duck duck duck duck". The sound was annoying, wont it ever end. I need concentration. "Duck duck duck duck duck.......GOLDUCK". The ground began to shake, and rocks everywhere rose from the earth into the air. The ground shook, and light emerged from a hole to the west of them. Then, all of a sudden the boulders flew past them and straight into charizard. The light faded to reveal a group of 5 people and a silver pokemon. "Psyduck", Alec murmured, waking up. "No Alec, Golduck". Golduck was angry. Alec was injured, dying, and it couldn't help. Alec had saved his life back when he was a psyduck, and he couldn't repay the favour, all because of that flying destruction dragon, Charizard. It would pay, dearly. Golduck flew, straight towards the Charizard. Its anger was feeding it power. Golduck wasn't normal, he knew that now. He had a purpose, Lugia had given it to him in a dream. But the prupose needed his trainer and friend, Alec. He sent the rocks all flying at the red dragon, and followed up with bits of buildings. When everything had run out, Charizard was now the one buried alive. Carefully, Golduck reached out with its mind, and translocated Alec, the girl, the other boy, Sneazle, Ursaring and all his other friends to a hill outside town. Then, seeking life anywhere in the city, he translocated every living pokemon and person to that same hill, leaving the pink haired nurse near Alec. Sweet revenge would now come. Golduck reached out, and picked charizard up out of the ground with his mind. Charizard looked confused as it floated into the air, unable to move. Golduck charged up a psybeam, and sent it straight at charizard who roared with pain. The humans would have heard it up on the hill. Then, he threw a ice beam at the beasts arms, freezing them solid. Golduck though he saw tears cross the charizards face. A hyper beam slammed into the Black pokemons stomach, leaving a bleeding cut, deep, and painful. Finally, Golduck had had enough. "You killed many", it said with its mind voice to the charizard. "Your master ordered you to do it, but you still wanted to. Your death will be painful". People as far as saphron city heard charizards screams that night. The following day, a wing was found either side of the city, while the head was staked on a pole on the top of the tallest building left. Golduck had his revenge <<<