Fortunately for them(and Unforunately for Knuckles), They had other methods of attack. As such, the red Echidna found himself a moving target in a six-way shooting gallery. Knuckles frantically rolled and flipped out of the way as flames, electrical blasts, streams of water, and a pair of vines all lashed out at him, forcing him to drop the Chaos Emerald.
Pikachu was the first to recover fully, and ran at Knuckles as fast as he could.
0.2 seconds later, Knuckles dodged his charge.
Pikachu skidded out of control, crashing into a nearby tree.
Ash blinked. Pikachu was one of the fastest Pokemon he knew of in a fight, but he had never before shown this level of speed. Apparently, it also came as a shock to Pikachu, who was currently picking himself up.
Knuckles knocked back a vine and looked around for the Chaos Emerald. It had just been scooped up by the greenish-skinned girl who was presently reeling her own vines back in. "Oh no you don't!" Knuckles cried, leaping at her. "That's mine!"
"Oh no you don't!" Pikachu cried, getting it right this time as he shoulder-checked Knuckles away from Bayleef. Knuckles skidded to his feet, only to get knocked down by a blast from Totodile. He sloshed along the ground, coming to a stop at Rouge's feet.
"Enjoying yourself?" The bat asked sarcastically.
"Why don't you just either shut up or help!" Knuckles snapped back, jumping to his feet.
Rouge straightened out her glove and smiled. "Watch this!" She swept her hands forward, aiming at the girl with the Emerald. "DARK WAVE!"
A swirl of black energy appeared around Bayleef, suddenly sweeping inward and knocking her off her feet. The Chaos Emerald flew away from her.
Knuckles quickly dashed forward and grabbed the Emerald, dodging attacks by the strangers. A black, and apparently bald, Echidna ran up alongside him, trying to catch up, but Knuckles was a little faster. The black Echidna, however, made up for his lack of speed in literal firepower, spewing streams of flame at him. Knuckles was able to dodge the attacks still, but was unable to make a clean getaway.
Ash moved over to the still-unconsious Noctowl, keeping one eye on the battle as he picked his friend up. A white Bat-like ex-Pokemon had just joined into the battle alongside the red one who attacked them, and was handily keeping Bayleef and Totodile busy. The red attacker had taken the Emerald, while Pikachu and Cyndaquil kept after him.
Ash growled helplessly, realizing that he presently had no way of helping his Pokemon. They were learning quickly, but still had little idea of how their new bodies worked, or how many of their abilities and attacks they retained. The others, however, seemed to know exactly what they were capable of. He hadn't felt so useless since his first loss to Brock two years ago...
Ash looked up to where Misty was helping Brock to his feet. "That's it! Brock, Misty, use your Pokemon to help Pikachu and the others!"
Misty nodded. "Okay Ash!" She reached into her backpack and pulled out two PokeBalls. "Poliwhirl, go help Bayleef out!"
"Onix, stop that thief!" Brock called out, bringing his massive rock snake into play.
Knuckles stopped in suprise as a massive 20-foot length of living stone appeared in front of him. His suprise left him open just ong enough to be swatted away into a large tree, the Emerald bouncing off a boulder, and tumbling into the bushes.
(Posted Mon, 28 Jul 2003 02:51)
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