(( Surely there's a better way of restraining darks than saying "Psychic magically affects them" >:| If nothing else you could say we have to be brought there and leave it up to us to figure out a way how; RPers should have some level of imagination, right.
Well. Too late since I took so long replying. ))
Even after scanning every inch of the walls as thoroughly as possible, Scar was unable to determine any weaknesses. This didn't deter him, however. If the walls were equally strong, they were also equally weak.
"Burn the bars to weaken them," he ordered, "and attack."
"Sure."
Scar backed away to a corner, allowing Blazen to attack without fear of harming him. He stepped in the now-cool puddle of urine, and frowned. He'd have to clean that. He moved to the other corner and groomed his foot with his rough tongue.
Meanwhile, Blazen inhaled as deeply as he could, then blasted the bars with a stream of orange flames, turning his head to weaken all of the bars. He then darted forward, throwing a flurry of punches and kicks at the bar. He leapt back, pausing and closing his eyes to meditate, and flames leapt from his fists and feet. Again, he attacked the bars furiously, each fiery hit connecting with a bar.
Yet Scar could see that Blazen's efforts were futile. "Halt," he said, and Blazen leapt back. The flames on his limbs flickered and died.
Scar walked over and inspected the bars closely, but could not find any sign of damage. No melting, and the bars were perfectly straight.
"It's no good, isn't it?" Blazen sounded resigned.
Scar inclined his head. "It appears this cell is well-reinforced."
It was then that the door was pushed open, and an absol walked in. Silently, the absol walked over... and easily sliced through the bars. Scar was about to speculate out loud that the bars were reinforced with psychic energy, but the very energy he was thinking about encased him. He found himself totally unable to move save for breathing.
Still silent, the absol turned and walked out. Scar's body moved against his will, forcing him to follow. Knowing that struggle would simply harm him, he willingly moved his limbs with the psychic force. It then suddenly released him, and the absol glanced back, nodding. As it continued, however, Scar felt a strange shackle around his leg, and knew he must continue forward.
He was marched into a larger stone room. He glanced around, noting other pokemon guarded by absol. Rasputin, Scar noted in surprise, was also present.
Blazen, however, was not.
The pink orb in the centre of the room, which Scar had not paid much attention to, moved - or rather, Scar sensed movement from it, and a long, pink, feline pokemon formed within the orb. Scar could feel its great psychic power resonating through his mind. He was unharmed, but he was aware.
"This is the apprehension?" it asked. Its voice was surprisingly soft for one so powerful. The absol nodded as one and bowed their heads. Only more proof of the pink pokemon's great strength, if the pokemon of darkness obeyed a psychic.
There was no doubt that this was Mew.
"Take them to the training rooms," it said, and the absol led the captives away from each other. Scar ignored the shackle tugging at him and turned to Rasputin, intending to hail his leader. However, the psychic energy encased him once more, and he was pulled away from Rasputin; instead, he was forced down a dark hallway with another pokemon he did not recognise - a houndoom, yes, but he had never interacted with this houndoom personally.
Scar and the houndoom were forced to enter the same room. Oddly, they appeared to be outside; the field, tree, and sky were an impressive resemblance, but the walls were not hidden and the sky was obviously a ceiling.
The psychic energy and even the ghostly shackles suddenly vanished. The door, however, was closed by an absol, while the other stepped forward, announcing its intentions with a cool, commanding voice.
"The doors can only be opened by our will. You will fight each other in a match."
Scar extended his claws, narrowing his eyes. It was much brighter here, so his eyes were closing to slits, but the process was incomplete. A houndoom... Scar had no particular wish to fight a canine, but he would do so if necessary, if only to survive. But the dark pokemon that had capture him and his leader, and slaughtered his team-mates... he would destroy them.
Dark... houndoom controlled dark energy, did they not? Had the houndoom also been forced here with psychic energy? That ought to be impossible, but there were various methods to remove their immunity. If the houndoom was forced here against her will, Scar could possibly have used that if he had learned to use his mind so powerfully. However, he had not.
Many of his more powerful attacks would not greatly damage the houndoom, as she resisted the effects of dark energy. In fact, the dark energy would weaken his attacks, as they would form a sort of barrier between his claws and her flesh. Yes... dark energy would be useless, so he could only rely on his claws and his fangs. He'd bite the houndoom's legs to slow her down, without the use of dark energy, and his claws would at tear the houndoom's face and rake across her eyes.
In truth, he could use a more potent weapon against the houndoom, one of the few projectiles focused through his mouth rather than his lost charm. However, he had no wish to do so, as his claws and fangs would strike true most often, and were more easily controlled. Water also was not as effective on absol as houndoom, so there was little point in practising with it. His true target was not the houndoom, but the absol, but the houndoom would allow Scar to discover an effective fighting strategy against the absol.
While the houndoom would likely rely more on flames than the absol, houndoom and absol had a similar body structure, and their physical attacks and movements would likely be fairly similar. If Scar could defeat the houndoom without the use of water, he would likely be capable of killing the absol. This meant a physical battle barring strategic use of projectile attacks, and houndoom were naturally stronger than meowth.
As were absol. It only meant that Scar must remain wary.
The houndoom had another quality the absol did not - a strange gold colouring on her neck-charm and her horns. They would make excellent prizes, when Scar defeated her. His entire hoard had been lost when he was sold, again when he was released, and a third time after capture. He could collect treasures once more, beginning anew. The small golden skull appeared the most valuable, and they would complement the two absol-blades.
[ Nasty Plot: special attack +2 ]
