Chapter 7- Total Devastation

~It has come down to this… the final desperation move of Team Rocket, Giovanni is the last one left. With his ultimate weapon, this mechanical steel giant, he will try to crush us in one final effort, or die trying. To think that he would go this far against us is surprising… and perhaps that crushing and humiliating defeat from Sky Render only fuelled his hatred (frankly, I don’t blame him for that one… that was pretty freaking humiliating). Now, this will be our final battle with Team Rocket… with my friends by my side, and the Super Fiends fighting alongside us, we shall put an end to the organization… once and for all…

-Ash Ketchum

(Location- Emerald Jungle)

“Holy…” Everyone stared up in horror at the giant metal monster that stood before them… nothing could have prepared them for this sight. The machine was impossibly huge… to them it looked as tall and wide as a mountain. Compared to this titanic mech, all of them looked like tiny insignificant ants…

Up in the mech, Giovanni looked down and growled. He could see those people who have fought against him were like ants. Giovanni smiled to himself, just like he did when he was a child, using magnifying lens to fry the ants, this is what he was gonna do. Taking control of the laser cannons, he aimed down on his enemies…

“WATCH OUT!” Twin Dreamer exclaimed as a giant laser shot down on them “TWIN DREAM!” Twin Dreamer fired a beam of energy to counter the laser. The Twin Dream attack hit the laser dead on… but it wasn’t strong enough! The psychic beam was completely overpowered by the laser cannon!

“MOVE!” Goth grabbed him by the back of the shirt and pulled him before the laser shot him. The laser was gigantic and completely incinerated the ground and left a large burnt crater, a crater that could’ve been Twin Dreamer

“I can’t believe it! My attack did nothing to it!” Twin Dreamer was in a state of shock

“Quit whining! It’s no time to panic!” Jolt said as he pulled out the bazooka and fired a huge missile at the giant. It crashed and exploded, but didn’t even scratch the paint, “Okay… now’s a good time to start… AGH!” He exclaimed as everyone dove for cover when another giant laser was fired

“EBI SHIELD!” Ebi leapt forward, the shield orb surrounded his body and clashed with the beam. Both the shield and beam cancelled out one another, and Ebi stood there unharmed… “Everybody! We can’t win like this! We need a strategy! RUN!” Everyone retreated for cover in the thick jungle.

Giovanni laughed, he would have no trouble getting to them this way “Take this!” Giovanni fired another beam of laser from the cannon

“Laser weapons are all fire-based, meaning it’s no different from a pokémon’s attack! CAPTURE!” Ash shouted as he fired an EC ball at the beam. The beam was absorbed into the ball and Ash grabbed it, “Heh! I think I’ve got the solution to our… AGH!!!” Ash exclaimed as the fire attack ball grew unstable and exploded in his hand “What was that!?” he gasped, having let go of it before taking any damage

“The beam was too strong!” said Ebi, “That’s why the EC ball can’t take it! Hurry! Let’s get back to Jolt’s Base! We’ll be safe there!”

“But if he knows where we are, he could find my base and break it open!” said Jolt

“Not if I can help it!” Said Ebi as he pulled out the EbiDex, “Let’s go! LONG RANGE EBI FLASH!” he shouted. From the EbiDex, a small rocket flew through the air, towards the head of the giant mech, attaching itself to the front window.

“What’s this?” Giovanni asked, seeing the strange device sitting outside in front of him… “AAAAAAGH!!!!” he screamed as it suddenly flashed a bright light, like a sun in the night sky, completely blinding him!

“Now let’s get out of here!” They all ran

(Location- Jolt’s Bunker)

“Misty…” Ash said happily, seeing her for the first time in days.

“I’ve already given her the medicine. She’s unconscious, but she’ll be okay” said Ebi

“That’s a relief” said Ash, holding onto Misty’s hand. Looking at her now… knowing that she was gonna be all right… it almost brought tears to his eyes…

All of the sudden the lights dimmed. Ebi had used the EbiDex as a projector and he showed a holographic picture of the giant mechanical monster.

“As you can see, this is Team Rocket’s final weapon, Devastator Titan. It’s impossible to determine exactly just how powerful it really is. Its armour’s a metre thick and it’s got heavy weapons all over. Its main weapons are the Heavy Laser Cannons located on the shoulders, while its secondary weapon is a nearly infinite amount of mini-missile stored all over. There are many more weapons located on the giant, but it would take days simply to scan it all, and even longer to give you the full information.” Said Ebi as the lights went on, “Right now… there is no strategy I can think of that can help us against an opponent like this”

“That’s the thing about this enemy. It’s such a slow and simple enemy, so much that no real tactics can be used.” A new voice spoke up… everyone turned around to see who entered the room… it was Sky Render! And that wasn’t all…

“We have to think of it as less a living being than it is a secure fortress. The only way to topple it is to overpower it” said Aquamarine

“WA!” Ash exclaimed and let go of Misty’s hand, getting up and preparing for a fight

“Hmph… relax, I’m not here to kill you… this time” said Aquamarine, “But even with the two of us around, I’m not sure if it’ll provide enough power. We need more of it, and I have more, but I need the right tool to bring it out” he said

“Right tool?” asked Ebi

“I need a trident,” said Aquamarine, “It is the weapon I’m by far the most proficient with, and through it I can focus my energy better and unleash my strongest attacks”

“Okay…” said Ebi, “I’ll make one, but only because we’re gonna take down this metal monster. Ebi turned to Ash and handed him his regular clothes, “Take these”

“Thanks Ebi” Ash moved into the next room, and came back dressed in his regular outfit. Gary as well

“Thanks for giving these back Ebi, but they feel somewhat different” said Gary, “Heavier”

“You noticed? You see, while you were gone, I had nothing to do, so I began to make armour out of your clothes” said Ebi, “With the help of Amaebi, we’ve opened them up and put in a mesh of tiny interlocking chains made of the same material as the QuickSilver in yours and Gary’s clothes. Sure, it’s a bit heavier, but that’s a small price to pay for protection. You can now take swords and bullets without getting injured. They’ll still hurt, but the pain only comes from the force of the impact and the maximum you’ll take will be simply bruises, so long as it hits a clothed spot of your body. Your hat especially is very good protection, because it’s got a thick layer and can even take sniper bullets and armour piercing weapons”

“Hey, thanks Ebi!” said Ash

“He also did the same for my clothes, as well as Misty’s (it was Amaebi who changed her clothes, so don’t kill Ebi!)” said Tracey

“I’m fine with what I got. Don’t need any help from four-eyes” growled Brock

“When will you let go of this stupid grudge?” asked Ash

“Never…” Ebi growled and he and Brock approached each other…

Before the two started fighting, Ash separated them, “Guys, now is not the time to fight. Just make a trident for Aquamarine so we can stop Giovanni once and for all!”

“Fine…” Ebi walked into another room

“I’ll help” Aquamarine stepped in with Ebi. Everyone else left to go to different rooms, leaving Ash with the sleeping Misty

“Well…” Ash sat on the bed next to the unconscious Misty, reaching over to her hand and holding it tight “all we can do is wait and hope he doesn’t find us. Most of all, I hope you get better.” Ash leaned over and kissed her on the forehead. “Just try to get better quickly, okay?” Ash got up and stretched. He felt a bit weird with his regular outfit being changed into armour, but it was gonna be beneficial…

BOOM!

The ground shook and Ash fell over to the ground

“What was that?!” Goth ran in

“Giovanni’s found the base!” said Sky Render

“I’ll come out and join as soon as I’ve completed Aquamarine’s weapon!” said Ebi

“Be careful everyone!” said Amaebi as the others ran outside

“Ash, one more thing!” Ebi stopped him and grabbed the QuickSilver. From the EbiDex came a screwdriver, opening up the board. He removed the Nitro Ball and EC Ball Transporters and put different ones in

“What are you doing Ebi?” Asked Ash

“These new transporters will give you the new versions of the Nitro and EC balls!!” said Ebi, “The new Nitro balls have twice the explosive power of the first, while the new EC balls are capable of capturing those beams! Use it!” said Ebi

“All right! Thanks Ebi!” Said Ash as they ran out to confront Giovanni…

***

(Location- Emerald Jungle)

“WHERE ARE YOU!?” Giovanni shouted, as two gigantic laser beams were fired down, scorching the earth and jungle below. “Are you here?! OR HERE? Wherever you are, I’ll find you! You can’t hide from me!”

“TWIN DREAM!” A voice shouted

“Hmm?” Giovanni wondered what was that he heard?

CLANG!

The sound of metal clashing rang through the air as the psychic beam hit and rocked the giant mech. “What is this?” Giovanni asked himself as he saw the group and Super Fiends down there, launching attacks at him

“All right! Attack with UNISTRIKE!!” Ash shouted. The four elements joined into a single element, flying through the air and slammed into the chest of the Devastator!

“UNGH!” the robot shook violently when the beam hit. However, the mech was still standing, “Why you!” Giovanni took control of the arm and swung it down

“Watch out!” AntiArctic shouted

“GRAH!” Jolt raised his arms into the air as the giant hand swung down at them. Jolt growled as he pushed with all his might to fight off the giant’s hand. As Jolt was occupying with the hand, AntiArtic jumped onto it and began to run up the arm towards the head Jolt couldn’t keep this up, “AGH!” he let go and jumped to the side, panting, while AntiArctic continued to run up the arm, towards the head

“Get ready Giovanni!” AntiArctic pulled out his Ninja-to… he was going to break through the glass and finish off Giovanni directly!

“I think not! CLUSTER ROCKETS! FIRE!” Giovanni shouted. The missiles flew into the air, before turning back at the robots arm to where AntiArctic was

“AAAAGH!!!!!” He jumped off the shoulder, straightening himself up so he landed on his feet. “I can’t believe it! He fired on himself just to get rid of me!”

“Believe it all right!” said Twin Dreamer, “The armour’s so thick that it wouldn’t matter if he shot himself all day, those cluster rockets can’t do a thing to that giant!”

“Then what can we do?!” asked Tracey

“We attack together!” said Ash, “Keep it from moving, we disable the legs! CHAAAARGE!!!!!” Ash and everyone ran towards the legs of the giant

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

More of those cluster rockets rained from the air. Giovanni had a huge supply of them, and he wasn’t being stingy using them.

“AAARGH!” The mini rockets rained down on the group, stopping them in their tracks. They were all fortunate enough to have not been hit directly by any of them, and they were all able to endure the series of explosions thanks to either their armour or plain toughness. Ash, Sky Render, Goth, Bonsai and Cleft kept running, and had finally reached the legs.

“HA!” Goth swung his razor sharp scythe. It cut through the armour, but only left a tiny slit in the leg, nothing close to any real damage!

“RHAAA!” Sky Render roared as he swung his blade at full strength. His sword had cut right through the metal plating on the leg, but it was just so big that his weapon barely did any damage! “Damn… the thing was too well designed!” he growled. Seeing the thing’s size, it was obvious that everyone would automatically attack the legs, and therefore they had the thickest armour! “But it doesn’t matter how thick armour is… the weak points are always the joints! HAAA!!!” He whirled his sword through the air once more, and struck directly at the ankles… cutting right through the armour. The machine’s leg stepped again, but it was losing balance…

“GRR!” Giovanni growled and stopped the machine before it fell. That annoying Sky Render had damaged the leg! “I’ll show you!”

From around the ankles and shins, small turrets began to open up and dozens of laser guns aimed down at them. “WHOA!” Ash exclaimed. The lasers shot him and burned when they hit his arm. He crouched on the ground and tucked his arms and head in so that the lasers would only hit his back, the part on his body that was most well protected and didn’t burn so much, but he could still feel the heavy hits from the multiple laser guns.

“AH!” Sky Render moved back after one shot grazed his arm. Quickly he began swinging his blade and deflecting the rest of the beams

“ENOUGH!” Goth slashed with his scythe, slicing the guns apart

“SPIRAL CLEAVER!” Sky Render shouted as he swung his Katana in a circular motion, creating a razor sharp wind in the direction of the guns. The laser turrets were all destroyed, sliced by the wind.

“If we destroy just one leg, it shouldn’t be able to move!” Cleft said, punching it with his armoured knuckles. The shock from his strong punches passed right through the armour and was rattling the inner wirings and circuits! He was doing some real damage!

“NO!” Giovanni exclaimed “TAKE THIS!” He hit a button, and wires shot out of the robot, entangling Cleft, as thousands of volts of electricity surged forth.

“AAAGH!!!!!!” Cleft screamed, being electrocuted by the powerful current

“NO! CLEFT!” Bonsai exclaimed and ran over to help him, trying to cut the wires, “AGRH!” he gasped, getting thrown back… the voltage went right up his weapons and shocked him when he tried to help!

“CAPTURE!” Ash shot one of the new EC balls. It his the leg and the electric attack was absorbed into the ball, making it an electric attack ball

“GRR!” Cleft growled, his arms trembling. When it came to durability, he was the best among the fiends, and he hadn’t been knocked out yet “I’m not gonna let you get away with that… GROUND ZERO!” The powerful hit sent a shock through the entire leg of the giant, shattering it completely. “ALL RIGHT! TAKE THAT GIOVAN… eep.” Cleft sweatdropped, “RUN!!!” Everyone turned around and ran as the giant fell

“AGH!” Giovanni exclaimed. He took control of the arms to make them straighten up the giant. The right leg had been totally destroyed, but he was far from helpless! Even if he can’t move, he could remain stationary and still do some major damage! “Cluster Rockets! FIRE!” he shouted. From the multi missile launcher on the shoulders, hundreds of mini missiles were shot into the air and down at our heroes

“TWIN DREAM!”

“FIRE SPIN!”

“HYOHEN!”

“HELIX SWORDBEAM!”

“THUNDERBOLT!”

“STORM CANNON!”

Everyone did their attacks, whether it was themselves or calling their pokémon to do it, they detonated about half the rockets. But there was still the other half…

KABOOM!!!!

Sky Render had jumped high into the air, above the explosion. He looked in horror at the ground. The smoke cleared and everyone lay face flat on the ground. They were all knocked out, except for Ash “Ash!” Sky Render called down, “We need to take things up a notch! Use the power of one! Use it to heal your friends and make them stronger!”

“Sorry Sky… but I still haven’t really learned how to call it up!” said Ash

“Well I have!” Sky Render raised his sword into the air, bringing up a familiar golden glow. “I’m fine the way I am, I don’t need to use the power of one on myself, I’ll use it to heal my friends! If you don’t know how to use it for making them strong, then at least do it on yourself!” The golden glow surrounded the super fiends, then changed colours for all of them. A Green Glow on Bonsai, a brown glow on Cleft, an ice-blue glow on AntiArctic, a bright yellow one on Jolt, a silver glow on Twin Dreamer and a black glow on Goth. One by one they got up, being covered completely in light. There was a bright flash of colours from each one, and they each stood there, completely transformed…

Bonsai was now dressed in a new green outfit. He had a long green scarf, and vines covered with thorns were wrapped around his arms. Instead of war fans, there were two gigantic scythe blades on his arms. “Thank you Sky, I’ve been waiting for this moment… introducing, the new and improved, EDGE BLOSSOM!”

EBIDEX SCANNER
Name	Weapons	Techniques	Fighter Class	Stats
Edge Blossom	Arm Scythes ×2 Poison Thorns	Dance of Blades Thorn Ravage	Martial Arts Master Pokémon Trainer Rank A	Pokémon Battle Skill- High Strength- High Attack Power- Very High Speed- Legendary Fighting Skills- Superhuman Toughness- Average Endurance- Superhuman Mind Power- Average Intelligence- Average Determination- Average

Cleft’s yellow hardhat was replaced by a full helmet that covered his ears and had sunglasses attached. His arms were thicker than before, and his gauntlets were now outfitted with drills on the knuckles. “I feel like I can take on the world, ‘cus now I’m strong enough to break it in two! HA!” He punched the ground, and the mountains in the distance shook and crumbled. The new Cleft turned around and looked at the Devastator Titan carrying Giovanni “But I think I’ll start with that! You can call me, EARTHBREAKER!”

EBIDEX SCANNER
Name	Weapons	Techniques	Fighter Class	Stats
Earthbreaker	Drill Gauntlets	Giga Ground Zero	Grand Brawler Rank A	Strength- Very High Attack Power- Very High Speed- Average Fighting Skills- Average Toughness- Legendary Endurance- Legendary Mind Power- Average Intelligence- Average Determination- Average

AntiArctic was different as well. His outfit was now darker ice blue, and he now wore a mask over his nose and mouth. He also wore some sort of body armour made completely out of ice over his torso and parts of his arm, legs, feet and hands. His presence seemed to make everything colder. If you stood a few feet from him, it made this hot jungle feel like colder than Siberia. Every step he made left a frozen footprint on the ground and frost was starting to gather on the trees and leaves. This form was ten times colder than his previous. He was icier and spikier than before, he looked at himself and smiled under his mask “It’ll be a cold day in hell before we let you win… watch out Giovanni, because that’s right where I’m sending you” he looked at the Giant Robot, “I am Hellfrost” he took up a fighting stance

EBIDEX SCANNER
Name	Weapons	Techniques	Fighter Class	Stats
Hellfrost	Ninja-To	Ma-Hyoken (Demonic Ice Fist) Ma-Hyohen (Demon Ice Shards) Kogoeshinu (Freeze to death)	Ninja Master Rank A	Strength- Average Attack Power- Very High Speed- Superhuman Fighting Skills- Very High Toughness- Average Endurance- Very High Mind Power- Average Intelligence- Average Determination- Average

Along with the three new Shining Super Fiends Edge Blossom, Earthbreaker and Hellfrost, there were familiar faces, the shining G.I. Jolt, Grand Dreamer and Chaos Reaper. Only difference is that this time they had no intents of fighting Ash and his friends, they were here purely for defeating Giovanni.

“This battle is over… now that I have arrived” Aquamarine spoke as he entered the scene. Over his shoulder he held a trident. Smirking, his feet shifted and he moved into a fighting stance, “Now it’s my turn”

EBIDEX SCANNER
Name	Weapons	Techniques	Fighter Class	Stats
Aquamarine	Harpoon gun Multi javelins Fishing net Coral Mace Trident	Ocean Lance Tidal Spear Harpoon Strike Javelin Rain Black Squall Deep Skewer Capture net Coral Cudgel Terror of the Deep	Warrior Pokémon Trainer Level II Chosen One Rank S	Pokémon battle skills- High Strength- Superhuman Attack Power- Superhuman Speed- Very High Fighting Skills- Superhuman Toughness- Very High Endurance- Superhuman Mind Power- *&^$% Intelligence- @$#!@ Determination- Legendary

Sky Render pulled out his sword. Not the wooden one, but the real one, the SkyFall Katana. It was the moment where he was going to fight for real. Giovanni and Devastator Titan were no regular enemies. “It’s not often there would be an enemy where you need all the Super Fiends, including myself, along with the one who’s supposed to be my greatest enemy” Sky Render looked at Ash, “But now’s not the time to think about these things. Be careful guys.”

EBIDEX SCANNER
Name	Weapons	Techniques	Fighter Class	Stats
Sky Render	Wooden Bokuto Skyfall Katana	Blade Storm Helix Swordbeam Spiral Cleaver Sky Diving strike Rising Render	Samurai Chosen One of Wind (Level III) Rank SS	Strength- Very High Attack Power- Superhuman Speed- Very High Fighting Skills- Legendary Toughness- Very High Endurance- Superhuman Mind Power- Very High Intelligence- Superhuman Determination- Legendary

Ash stood there. He took a deep breath. He had never seen this many powerful beings in one place before. Even if Giovanni in the Devastator Titan was far bigger than them and armed with god knows how many guns, Giovanni didn’t have a purpose, and they did. Ash’s thoughts flew over to Misty. He was going to make sure they both come out of this alive, and no one was gonna stop that. Not Aquamarine, not Giovanni, no one! Ash looked at his right arm, he could see The QuickSilver beginning to glow gold, and he could feel strength running through his body. Armed with the power of one, and the knowledge that he was fighting for the one he loved, Ash prepared himself, for a real battle.

“All right” Giovanni adjusted the controls of the Devastator Titan “I’ve never heard of this ‘Power of One’ hoo-ha you keep blabbering about, but I don’t care. For all I care, it can turn you all into monsters a hundred feet tall with millions of claws, gnashing teeth and a baboon’s butt, it makes no difference to me! There’s more to this war machine than meets the eye. There is nothing in this world that can match this marvel of technology! Now… COME AND GET ME!”

“All right…” Everyone stood ready before the Devastator Titan. This was for real, they were gonna defeat Giovanni, and it was now or never. “CHAAAARGE!!!!!”

“LASER CANNONS FIRE!” Giovanni shouted and hit the button. The laser cannons on Devastator’s shoulders fired the deadly beams.

“Heh… laser guns, how cute. GRAND DREAM!!!” Grand Dreamer fired the gigantic beam of psychic energy. The two beams collided in mid-air and cancelled out

“Watch out! There’s the other one!” Ebi called

“I’m on it!” Edge Blossom jumped into the air and began to spin rapidly, “DANCE OF BLADES!” he spun in the air, his arm blades acted like a mirror to the beam and sent it breaking off in different directions, “Heh! I’m good!” Edge Blossom landed on the ground and smirked

“CLUSTER ROCKETS! FIRE!” Giovanni shouted and the machine responded to his voice. In the air, hundreds of mini-missiles and cluster rockets flew

“I’ll take care of this!!! MAHYOHEN!” Hellfrost shouted. Pulling out tons and tons of icicles, he threw them like darts to the missiles in the air. Not one icicle dart missed their targets and they each blew up. After taking out about, three hundred of them, there were still more coming at them.

“Let me show you how a pro does it! BLACK SQUALL!” Aquamarine spun his trident through the air. The winds blew violently as he controlled the weather. The missiles were caught in gust and not one escaped, “Go back to the sender!” Aquamarine aimed it at the Devastator Titan. Hundreds of small explosions rang through the air, shaking the giant mech violently.

“Now this kind of battle I like!” said Jolt as he pulled out the Big Shot, “THUNDER MISSILE!!!!” He fired out a gigantic missile crackling with electricity at the robot. The missile exploded with a blast that run through the air like thunder!