The top-secret laboratory flashed bright white for just a moment as the League-owned Abra teleported the two battlers and their referee inside. As Keldeo and Lilypad put their hands to their stomachs, battling a brief wave of minor nausea before each other, The Omskivar stepped forward, long having gotten used to teleportaion. He shook the hand of the facility's head scientist, Dr.
(REDACTED), who eyed the Psychic Pokemon with scrutiny. Eventually, he led them all into the serum application chamber.
The room smelled like a dentist's office; The Omskivar began breathing through his mouth. Keldeo released her Zubat, and Lilypad, her Meowth, as researchers and technicians filed in to perform physical evaluations. The Omskivar politely requested a black coffee from an intern. Finally, the Pokemon settled onto their respective gurneys as the serum, codenamed
(REDACTED), was wheeled in. Two syringes met two arms (well, in Vesper's case, the analogous portion of his wing) and the Pokemon were met suddenly with a rapid, myriad succession of bizarre sensations.
Rex began to sweat as he felt the blood flowing through his veins turn white-hot, then gasped audibly as it seemed almost to solidify. Vesper stared at her wing intently (though she didn't have eyes) as the same phenomenon came over her. Freezing cold, thick like tree sap--even the brief, horrifying feeling that it was crawling through them. Finally, as the drug coursed through their entire bodies, there came an instant of clarity. They had the power. They could do
anything.
As Band-Aids were applied to cover the needle marks (Batman for Vesper, Hello Kitty for Rex), The Omskivar led the way into the battle-ready, pure white testing room, and directed the Trainers and their Pokemon to their sides.
Round 1
Team Keldeo
OO
Vesper ♂
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: Feeling no more poison-filled than usual.
Team Lilypad
OO
Rex ♂
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: Poking his arm gingerly.
As per instructions, Vesper gave a hiss and swooped down to her opponent. Rex, seeing this, bounded out of the way, wondering how he was going to actually tap into the serum's power. However, he had only just thought about it when he felt it. The possibilities. The
endless possibilities. Closing his eyes, he let the drug control him, and he threw his arm out and began to spin in place, faster and faster, until the wind picked up and spun with him. With a soft swishing sound, grains of sand appeared from thin air, and Vesper, nearing her foe at last, quickly tried to back-flap, hissing again as the stinging sand spread throughout the room. Rex stopped spinning, then immediately shielded his eyes from the needle-like weather. Vesper glared as well as she could without eyes. It was her turn.
Having a natural knowledge of poisons, the drug in her system was easy to access. She concentrated on her opponent as she felt the power welling up within her. Except...nothing happened. At least, not to her foe. Unseen, the serum seemed to wrap around her limbs, strengthening them, and focusing her mind. Now she was ready, right? She screeched and continued her pursuit.
Rex squinted in the sand, and upon seeing the large, imposing bat gunning for him once more, tried to make his escape. But the drug had other ideas. No sooner had he turned away than his eyes shut, then shot wide open, glowing blue. Vesper's flight came to a standstill as she was also enveloped in a blue glow, and she howled in pain as that
dreaded Psychic energy probed through her. She was thrown backwards, and though she was able to right herself before she crashed into a wall, her head
really hurt.
The Zubat flapped her wings indignantly, calling upon the chaotic power once more. Suddenly, she felt a mass of something burbling from her stomach. Being a Poison-type, this didn't bother her as much as you would expect, but as it rose to her mouth, it felt...somehow alien. Definitely nothing familiar, and definitely off-putting. She spat the somewhat-spherical mass at the ground, and it unfurled, revealing a large, intricate white web. When it hit the white floor of the facility, it almost seemed to disappear, adhering to the flat surface easily. Rex tried to see where it was; it was a little easier a few seconds later, as the harrowing sands stuck to it, giving it a slight outline. He turned back to his opponent, summoning the chaos once more--this was getting easier!
Rex began to spin again, this time in the opposite direction of his Sandstorm summoning. The winds picked up again, but this time, they were much more...
powerful. They howled, they whistled, and they lifted the tiny Rex into the air atop an enormous, barely-contained tornado. Finally, with a yell, Rex's arms and legs snapped out straight, releasing the pure Flying energy in a powerful blast...
...straight into the wall.
Falling harmlessly to the ground, panting, Rex cursed his rotten luck as Vesper swooped in at last. Grinning around her enormous teeth, the Bat Pokemon let her bedlam energy exert itself however it liked, this time as an electrical current around...her face? No matter. She collided with the tuckered Meowth, who winced as the electricity zapped him and he fell over with the force of the blow. When trying to get up, he realized he couldn't; his limbs had locked up. Hissing gleefully, which sounded remarkably like a giggle, Vesper took to the skies once more, then winced herself as a residual spark stung her just next to his nose.
As the referee waved his flag, Rex gave a sharp cry, feeling a sudden pinprick of heat on his arm. He inspected the area, to find that part of his Hello Kitty bandage had been singed.
Round 1 End
Team Keldeo
OO
Vesper ♂
Health: 80%
Energy: 93%
Status: Weirded out at using electricity for the first time. +1 Attack, +1 Special Attack
Attacks used:
Work Up~Sticky Web~Nuzzle
Team Lilypad
OO
Rex ♂
Health: 88%
Energy: 82%
Status: Finding it hard to move. Paralyzed (moderate; 18% chance of full paralysis, -2 Speed)
Attacks used:
Sandstorm~Psychic~Hurricane
Calculations
Sandstorm- 5% energy; 2% damage/action on Vesper and Rex
Work Up- 2% energy
Psychic- 12% damage, 5% energy
Sticky Web- 3% energy
Hurricane- 10% damage, 8% energy (miss)
Nuzzle- 4% damage, 2% energy, paralysis (critical)
Notes
-Sandstorm is in effect for 3 more actions.
-Technician didn't apply to anything that Rex did.
-Rex hasn't hit the Sticky Web.
-At the beginning of the round, Rex was much faster than Vesper; at the end of the round, he's...still faster. 70 > 55
-Psychic did not lower Sp.Def.
-Hurricane missed.
-Nuzzle was a critical hit.
-Drugs are bad guys!
-Lilypad commands next!
Vesper the female Zubat <Inner Focus> @ Black Sludge
Toby the male Pancham <Iron Fist> @ Life Orb
Bumblethree the female Combee <Honey Gather>
Poochyena the male Poochyena <Quick Feet>
Cyndarella the female Cyndaquil <Blaze> @ Charcoal
Twitchwing the female Fletchling <Gale Wings> @ Sharp Beak
Rex the male Meowth <Technician> @ Silk Scarf
