Weathering The Storm... (A Pokemon OC Story)

Chapter 39: Battle for the Falls!

"It's Team Storm!", Lucas yelled as Ellie looked at him with shock, while Seijo just cursed. Then, he let Crobat out of its Pokeball. The grunts had began to file in through the doors of Meteor Falls, with their army of Pokemon all around. Some of the inhabitants of the falls had begun to take action against Team Storm, gathering that they were not here with good intentions behind their actions. Seijo looked around, then hopped onto Crobat's back.

"I'm going to help those people on the ground floor. You guys find a way to protect these people.", Seijo said as he began to take off.

"Wait!", Lucas yelled as Crobat suddenly stopped and Seijo turned around. Seijo found a strange stone flying towards him, that he caught and inspected.

"Its a stone I found in the caverns. I trust you more with it more than myself.", Lucas said. Seijo nodded and put the stone in his bag then waved them off, flying down to the bottom floor to begin fighting the grunts. Meanwhile, there was the entire tour group around Lucas and Ellie, most of them without any Pokemon on them. And, the couple that did have Pokemon seemed too terrified to see their precious pets be destroyed by Team Storm. Ellie looked around and said to Lucas,

"We need to get them to safety."

"Right.", Lucas said as he shouted to the rest of the group loud and clear, "Alright, we need to get to safety now! Follow me and Ellie!"

Lucas scanned his environment for a way out and found a bridge along a large valley of water. Lucas helped the people over the bridge, but found they were already taking fire from a couple of grunts that were sitting on the roof of the place, firing inwards from a hole in the roof.

"Pin Missile!", one of the grunts commanded their Beedrill. A thousand pins and needles rushed towards someone who was crossing the wooden bridge, and as they saw the attack coming, they cowered as they begged for mercy.

"Ember, now!", Lucas yelled and Torchic spat a giant Ember at the pins, reducing them to ashes within a second and saving the person for a second. They opened their tear-filled eyes and Lucas yelled at them,

"Run, get to the other side!"

Ellie launched a Water Pulse through the hole in the ceiling at the Beedrill, striking it with a critical hit and stopping it from attacking for long enough for the rest of the group and Lucas and Ellie to cross over the bridge. From there, there was a map with a couple of emergency exits that they could use in case of disaster. Lucas looked at the map with more confusion than answers, but Ellie managed to look at it and create a plan within seconds. She marked her finger across it and yelled to the group,

"Alright, follow me!"

Lucas ran alongside her as they dodged attacks from grunts from every side, with Mudkip and Torchic providing shots at the grunts that would at least delay their attacks for a few seconds. A couple from the tourist group were hit with the occasional attack, with one getting an acidic sludge bomb right on their back. They screamed in pain as the sludge bomb hit them hard, but Lucas doubled back to help them back up.

"Alright, keep on going!", Lucas yelled as everyone seemed to stop to see if the person was okay. Their pace quickened as they finally came across the emergency exit, underneath the cavern, but found that there were a few grunts guarding the exit. Ellie began to look at them and wonder what they should do, but Lucas wasted no time in rushing straight at them.

He swung hard with a kick at one of them first, aimed at the knee. One of the grunts fell and Lucas kicked their head upwards with surprising athleticism. The grunt slumped against the wall and the other grunt immediately brought out their Pokemon, a Magmar that immediately kicked Lucas back to the wall. Ellie then appeared and Mudkip struck Magmar with a Water Pulse when it wasn't expecting it. Magmar screamed, then was hit out of it by the grunt smacking it on the head hard,