30 The sound of laughter (1/2)
The mysterious Pokemon had grabbed the Bellsprout on its head with its own silvery claws and stopped it from moving any further. The Bellsprout struggled to break out of this confinement and threw its leafy arms at its enemy - but to no avail.
The mysterious Pokemon strengthened its grip around the Bellsprout, shifted its hips and shoulders into a pitcher's stance and ... flung that yellowish Pokemon over everyone's heads into the far distance!!!
”Brrrrroooorrrrrr!!!!”, an odd scream escaped the Bellsprout's mouth as its image became smaller and smaller in Arthur's eyes.
”Hooomeyyyyyy!!!”, Chestnut shouted desperately as he witnessed his partner being handled like a baseball. His eyes burned wild, full of worry and rage. For a moment his frustration was set on Arthur but then quickly returned to the Bellsprout still in the air.
”Damned bitch, consider yourself lucky, tch!”, he cursed at Arthur and decided to run after his Pokemon and try and save it.
Yet, before he could do that, before anyone even realized and processed what had occured seconds ago, the next shocking thing happened.
The mysterious Pokemon, seemingly dead set on finishing the Bellsprout, dashed suddenly towards a tree, climbed up the bark like a ninja and vanished from their vision inside the sea of green. While the people on the ground still wondered where it went to or wether it would come back, a shadowy figure was seen moving in between the tree's verdant curtains.
”It-it it's following the Bellsprout!”, Hazel recovered his voice again and determined the destination of the mysterious Pokemon. The Pokemon jumped quickly from one tree to another as if it was the king of forest hiding in the shadows, reigning in the dark. Only the rustling of leaves and glimpses of of its shape proved its existence.
But when the Bellsprout apparently reached the highest height in its forced flight, the king of the shadows showed himself personaly!
The mysterious Pokemon jumped out of a tree and perfectly intercepted the Bellsprout in its trajectory! However, instead of a chaotic collision, the unknown figure pulled back its two extended claws to gather force and then ... started a wild swiping massacre!
The two claws scratched and swiped at the Bellsprout's body in an infinite loop, a never-ending bloody feast! The Bellsprout tried defending against this torrent of hits but his small resistance was broken through as soon as it was established!
”NOOOO! STOOOPPP!”, Chestnut cried out in disbelieve at the horror his partner had to experience, at the same time a slight pain attacked his mind making his face slightly paler.
”Damn, do something you imbecile! Order your stupid Pokemon to attack back, idiot!”, Hazel shouted at Chestnut, awakening him from this short trauma.
Shortly before the two fighters neared the ground again, the dark Pokemon used the Bellsprout as a springboard and narrowly escaped the impact neatly to a safe spot. The Bellsprout on the other hand didn't have so much luck and hit the earth with its heavy head first causing a small wave of dirt to be thrown into the surroundings.
Silence covered the battlefield for some moments before a heavy cry resounded in the forest:
”NOOOOOOOOOOOO!”, Chestnut sprinted towards the small bowl that formed after the impact. He fell onto his knees and pulled the Bellsprout's body into his arms,
”NOOOOO, what have you mothafuckas done??!!!”, Chestnut became his hysteric and his breathing turned heavier.
The Bellsprout was covered with tons of cuts, green liquids leaking out of those wounds and showing no reactions to its partner's shaking or shouting.
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On the other side of the battlefield, Arthur still questioned his sense of reality:
”What the heck did just happen?”, he was almost standing before death's doors again and then an unknown saviour appeared out of the blue and defeated the Pokemon he struggled so hard with?
Speaking of unknown saviour, his head moved towards the place where the dark figure landed before. It was still vigilantly observing its target, the Bellsprout, making sure that it didn't make an unexpected comeback.
At first Arthur's eyes were quite hurt and covered with dirt and dust from the falling and fighting against his now defeated enemies. But now he had enough time to clean his face and recover a bit of his vision. His sight set on the mysterious figure, he recognized the body outline somehow but still couldn't make out the identity of his saviour. Then an image flickered in his mind. The image of a Pokemon he attempted to find and bring back home since the beginning. This image and picture in front of him overlapped and suddenly a light went on in his head:
”Sniebel *cough*!!!”, Arthur gasped, his chest and lungs still hurting. But it was true! He finally discovered his first supposedly Pokemon Partner! Was it a coincidence? Fate? Whatever, he was happy he got rescued anyway.
”Shit, and here I thought you would be easy game. This Pokemon is yours? What a nice specimen of a Sniebel. It would be great to sell it for a high price, nobles and rich people love exotics like these. It's getting harder to smuggle their kinds because of increasing species protection laws nowadays. It must be my lucky day I presume kyakakaakaka!”, a familiar mad laughter echoed in Arthur's ears.
The Sniebel either felt the hostility Hazel sent in his directions or knew he was talking about him. No matter what, the prey had changed in the Sniebel's eyes and he sent glares back at Hazel.
”Kriiiiiier!”, it tried making a threatening sound.
”What, you want to attack me? Kyakakaak, know your place you vile beast!”, Hazel provoked the Sniebel, pulling its attention all on himself.
Arthur felt something was wrong. Hazel suddenly got an air of confidence, but where did that come from? His partner's Pokemon was unconscious so what could he ...
”No, *cough cough*, Sniebel you have to ...”, but before Arthur could give voice to his doubts the unpredictable took place.
”Super Sonic!”, Hazel barked out an order, but who was the receiver?
The Sniebel was confused but his attention was still fixed at the human in front of him. Then all of a sudden, he heard a scream from an unknown direction:
”Triiiieeeerrrhhhh!”, his visions began turning blurry and the images doubled and superimposed with each other repeatedly! A weird laughter came out of that human's mouth:
”Kyakakakaka!”, but this time it resounded from all directions and clashed inside Sniebel's head! His senses were in complete chaos and it was difficult for the Sniebel to gain even balance on the ground!
Arthur could only see Sniebel tumbleing on its two feet but when he remembered Hazel's command he would be an idiot if he didn't understand what had happened. As if to confirm his thoughts, a small blue-ish flying creature appeared, leaving its secret hideout within the shades of the trees to fly circles above their heads.
”Kyakakakaka! What's with that stupid face, little boy? Did it dawn upon you? Did you finally realize your own stupidity? Kyakakaka, you never had chance here boy! Let me tell you an advice, always keep a trump card and never reveal it too early, kyakakakaka! This Zubat here is my precious companion! Did you think I wouldn't have one as well? Too late now, but like I said you never stood a chance, even if you escaped that dumb Bellsprout. You were like a Pokemon playing on a plate we had on our hands all the time, kyakakaaka!”
”And now, let me surprise you once more, kihihihihakakaka!”, an omnious feeling swept over Arthur as he heard Hazel's hideous cackling laughter.
”Houndour, reveal your majesty! Grace these primitives with a Fire Spin!”, and in response a wild roar filled Arthur's ears and his world suddenly took on a red colour.
”GRRROOOOUUUURR!!!”
A Houndour appeared from the side stepping out from the shadows of the trees and announced its presence loudly.
It was a Pokemon walking on four paws with short, black fur and a red underbelly and muzzle.
Its ears and tail were both short and pointed. Two fangs protruded from its upper jaw, and there were white bands on its ankles, and rib-like ridges on its back. Its forehead appeared to have a sort of skull with the eye orbits creating eyebrow patterns above its actual eyes.
(A/N: Description from Bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net)
It opened its mouth wide, but instead of a cry, a fiery red energy gathered and shot forth in Arthur's direction!