//------------------------------// // Conflicts resolved...maybe...not really...FIGHT! (Day 2) // Story: A New World, A New Conflict // by Evowizard25 //------------------------------// The Hyena Dogs sized up the new, two legged creatures. They had such tiny arms, but their heads were large and filled with teeth. They’d have to watch out for them. Still, they were obviously young things. Youth meant inexperience and that cost many a creature their life in this cruel world. Well, cruel Zebrica outlands far from civilization, but that’s being too specific. The two creatures were currently poised and at the ready to strike. The dogs would have to be swift in this kill. Thankfully, they had spears and years of killing experience. The leader of the small group lunged forth with his spear, missing one of them by hair’s breath. The two creatures were quicker then he thought. They put themselves at a distance, keeping close to one another. The lead dog could tell they were of blood and that they would fight to death for one another. He couldn’t help but grin. He knew that they would fight that much harder because of that. ‘Gives me a challenge.’ He had killed many creatures during his lifetime. Many of them were deadly creatures and would have given most others the scare of their lives, but he was a Hyena dog. They didn’t back down. They loved to fight and to kill. This fight would go no different than any of the others. One of the strange lizard whelps charged at him. Given his size and strength, a simple backhanded slap sent the creature mewling to the ground. He laughed. ‘Stupid thing. Dogz too tuff fer chargin’ at.’ He turned to gaze at the other and wasn’t surprised to see it angry. What surprised him was its roar. He had been roared at many times by creatures far more dangerous, yet this one sent shivers of fear down his back. His hair stood at end and he gripped his spear tighter. He kept his ground, like all good dogs would have. The creature charged…. _________________________________________________________________ Matilda was scared and that wasn’t an easy thing to do. Yeah, she knew she could take the dogs on, she was a great fighter, but her brother was there to. He….wasn’t as great as her when it came to fighting. That made squabbles over food so much easy for her. So facing off against all these strange new creatures with just ‘him’ to help…. ‘Stupid brother with his stupid fighting.’ To prove her point, he just stupidly tried to ‘Tackle’ the dog. It wasn’t surprising when he was sent to the ground with a quick back-handed slap. Nor was it surprising that Matilda’s blood started to boil as the strange dog laughed at his failure. “NO ONE KNOCKS MY BROTHER DOWN, EXCEPT ME!” She ‘Roar’ed. The attack obviously spooked the dogs. Some of the yelped and other jumped in fright. The leader tensed and Matilda decided to try her luck with her own ‘Tackle’. The dog raised his spear in a blocking manner, but her head was far stronger than some wood. She easily broke it and smacked into the dog’s chest, knocking him off his feet. She tried to use ‘Bite’ in an attempt to crush his neck, but the dog used his hands to keep her mouth from himself. She could see the fear in his eyes as he tried to push her large jaws away. She loved it. Unfortunately, there were other dogs about. One of the pushed smacked her in the side, sending her crashing to the ground a short distance away. She growled. “Stupid dogs.” “Ya ‘kay, boss?” One of the dogs asked the leader. The leader growled as he got back to his paws. His glare matched Matilda’s own. “Fine.” “Not for long,” Matilda rose to her feet. Terrance rushed to her side and stood at the ready. The siblings glared at their opponents, ready for anything. Matilda thought up a few of her own moves and smirked as one came to mind. ‘You stupid dogs are going to regret messing with me.’ “Stealth Rock,” Matilda said. Suddenly, several white lights appeared around her. Within seconds, they grew until they became large, jagged rocks that littered the ground around her. The dogs gasped. “She’s got magik.” The leader hesitated with his attack. He looked at his other dogs and pointed to one with two sickles. He was smaller than most and didn’t have any armor, but had enough scars to prove he was adept fighter. “You, attack.” The dog barked in challenge and rushed to the Tyrunts, ready to spill their blood. Unforunately for him, the Tyrunt’s attack stopped him. The rocks littered around Matilda rose up and raced to the dog, sending him flying backwards as the jagged rocks crashed into his chest. With a resounding thud, the now dead dog laid against the tree. Matilda was a bit surprised by that. Pokémon usually were able to withstand attacks like that. Well, most anyways. ‘Guess I’m stronger than I thought. Not surprising.’ “I call dibs,” Terrance said, eyeing the corpse. “Nu-uh,” Matilda growled. “I killed it, so I get to eat it.” “Not fair,” Terrance whined. “You always take my kills, why can’t I take this one.” “Because I’m stronger,” Matilda growled. “That’s why.” Before the two could argue some more, the dogs finally drew themselves out of their stupor. With a resounding howlish cry, they charged. The two Tyrunts yelped as they tried to weave through the bunch of dogs. Given their statures, it was proving to be difficult. Terrance smacked one of the dogs with a ‘Tail Whip’, before another dog slashed a sword across his thigh. It wasn’t a terribly deep one, but it made him cry out in pain none the less. Matilda paid the dog in kind when she used ‘Bite’ on his tail. She quickly let go and jumped back to avoid another swing from a dog’s club. Matilda let out another ‘Roar’, before tackling the stunned dog. She rolled out of the way of one of their blades and growled at her attacker. The dog lunged at her and instead of dodging, she jumped. Landing on top of the dog with one of her feet, she performed a perfect ‘Stomp’ move. The dog yelped in pain as the air was forced out of its lungs. Matilda smiled in victory before a fit smacked into her jaw. She stumbled sideways, caught off guard by the attacked. Another fist smacked into her side and then she felt one of the dogs actually grab her off the ground. Before she could retaliate, she was thrown right into her brother, who wasn’t doing good either. As the two tried to untangle themselves, the lead dog stood over them. His spear pointed dangerously in their direction and hate seemed to pour out of his eyes. “You’z gonna get it now, strange….” His sentence was cut off when a large white ball of energy smacked into him. The dog was sent careening into the forest before ‘kaboom’. No more dog. Everyone present looked over to the attacker. The twins gasped, smiles adorning their faces. “DADDY!” Their father roared in anger at the dogs. It should be known that attacking the kids of two fully grown Tyrantrums, while they’re nearby, is probably the worst idea in the history of worst ideas. (Well that and attacking Arceus with a rock.) The dogs, seeing both their leader bite the big one and this huge monstrousity glaring daggers at them did the only thing that came to mind. They ran away, yelping in fright. Their father roared as he took chase. Their mother on the other claw stood protectively over them. She nuzzled her little ones. “Are you okay? Did those creatures hurt you?” Terrance nodded and showed his cut leg. Sue gasped before licking the wound. “Don’t worry, sweetie. It’s just a flesh wound. You’ll be better in no time.” Terrance whimpered in pain. “Big baby,” Matilda rolled her eyes. “Now Matilda,” Sue started. “Your brother just so happens to be a bit sensitive. It’s not everyday you get slashed across the hip. It’s not a nice feeling.” “I could take it,” Matilda stated. “We’ll see,” Sue said, attending her son’s wound. _________________________________________________________________________________ *not that far away* “Seven minutes,” Sev said as he eyed his opponent. “Seven minutes is all I have time to play with you.” Kickstompa growled and stomped the ground in anger. “Seven minutes aint gonna ‘appen, snakey thing. You’ze be beaten in less time.” “I am trembling in my scales,” Sev chuckled, much to the Alpha’s frustration. “But you are right. Seven minutes is far too gracious a time limit. I have places to be, humans to slay. I’m booked. If you would simply roll over like a good dog that would be great.” Kickstompa slammed his fist into the ground and roared. “Not yet,” Sev rolled his eyes. “I am not ready.” He turned his head. “Begin the great Commander Sev’s cheer.” “Okay,” Felicia and Lia happily cheered. Them and Alice were wearing cheerleading outfits, pom-poms and everything. Alice was obviously angry about the whole thing and mumbled darkly to herself. “Five, six, seven, eight,” the three of them cheered, waving their pom-poms about. Alice was rather slow and stiff with her movements, with no emotion other than reluctance in her voice. “Commander Sev is so great. One, two, three four, he’ll kick you right out the door.” Felicia and Lia jumped into the air. “YEAH!” “Yeah,” Alice growled, lazily waving one arm. “Woo-hoo.” “I’m not seeing your team spirit, mercenary.” Sev glared at her. “Maybe you don’t want your fortune. Maybe I should give it all to Felicia.” “Don’t worry, Alice.” Felicia smiled. “I’ll share with you and we can do all that buddy buddy stuff I always wanted us to do. We’ll go hiking, go on picnics….” “NOOOOOOO!!!” Alice started quickly waving her pom-poms about. Lia squealed. “Yay, team spirit for the win.” “Team spirit is a must,” Felicia cheered. “Only that you can trust.” Rio walked over and whispered into Sev’s ear. “Come on, Commander. Let me take him. Ah’ve been itchin’ fer a fight all day and that Ryhorn barely put up a struggle.” Sev scoffed at his general’s request. “I must show these…barbarians the might of the PLA. I will not just sit idly by on the sidelines while my soldiers bravely risk their lives. I will stand by you and all those who wish to cast aside the chains of humanity. These hyena dogs know not what they are trifling with.” Rio sighed and walked off. “Whatever ya say, Commander. Ah’ll just stand over there…not fightin’…Hopefully the big lug cheats and brings in his boys.” He muttered the last part to himself. Commander Sev chuckled and rolled his eyes. “If he does, I give you the direct order to kick their butts to the purple realm.” “Distortion realm,” his generals corrected. “Whatever,” Sev said. ‘Looks more like a purple realm.’ With that said, King Trotankhamun stepped in between the two combatants. Oddly enough, he was wearing a referee outfit. Ahmos grumbled darkly as he saw his king take part in the event. “Okay fellas, I want a clean fight, a fair fight,” Trotankhamun said in his best referee voice. “No weapons, just everything your parents gave you.” “Any fight against the great and powerful Commander Sev is unfair,” Sev hissed. “He is lucky I have not killed him already.” “You’z talk big,” the Alpha dog growled, poking Sev. “But you’z just a snakey thing.” Sev just stared at the finger. “You touched me without my permission?” He looked up at him with contempt. “You are unworthy of touching these blessed scales. I will make this fight as humiliating as possible.” Kickstompa laughed. “Just try it.” Sev smirked. “I’ll do more than try, inferior dirtworm. I just hope you can do the same, but I doubt that.” “Ready,” Trotankhamun raised a checkered flag and the lowered it. “Fight.” Alpha Kickstompa lunged forward, fists swinging. Given his inherent burrower lifestyle, his fists could pack a wallop that even would send an Aggron staggering. Sev knew this, but he also counted for Kickstompa’s fight style. He was just going fists a swinging, hoping to land a mark. ‘Barbarian,’ Sev thought. Sev was strong, oh yes he was. Yet he did not throw any strike the alpha dog’s way. Instead he weaved and dodged every single blow, keeping himself near his opponent. His slender body flowed around the dogs swings like water. It was obvious to everyone that he was toying with the dog, given his mirthful grin. “Wow,” Lighting Dust said in awe. “That snake’s got skills.” She herself could dodge, but this was on another level. It was actually kind of…hot seeing his coils spring around and around. ‘What the hay? I am not a xenophiliac…Am I?’ She thought with rosy cheeks. It didn’t help that Sev’s muscles were so well formed that she couldn’t help but remember their touch against her skin. ‘This is why I shouldn’t read those strange Neighpon comics. My head gets filled with ‘wat’.’ “Helps when you have some Milotic around to train with,” Ag grunted in annoyance. “Of course, if they would stop being so flirty with everyone, I might consider them good soldiers.” “Is this the best you cretins can offer?” Sev asked as her dodged a flurry of blows from the dog. Sev was renowned for his dodging skills, amongst other things. “I now understand why you stay underground. A hatchling could dodge this.” Kickstompa roared in anger and slammed his fists into the ground. Sev was shaken up enough to throw off his dodging tempo, only barely avoiding another swing. Sev was angered by this. ‘He knows Earthquake? A weak one, but still. Well, two can play it rough.’ Sev’s tail glowed purple as he turned on his poison tail. Said tail glowed a bright purple. Kickstompa didn’t notice in his attacks. “His tail is glowing,” Trotankhamun looked puzzled. “How the blazes is he doing that?” “Poison Tail,” Ag explained. “It’s a simple poison type attack. Useful in a jam.” “Poison attack,” Ahmos quirked an eyebrow. “What, are you saying that he knows a type of magic?” “Magic?” Ag asked. “You know,” Lightning said. “Magic. It’s like Lia’s psychic stuff except better.” “I HEARD THAT!” Lia shouted over at them. She was pouting up a storm, which just made her look adorable in her little outfit. “Awww,” Felicia patted Lia’s head. “Don’t let them get you down. I think psychic powers are awesome.” Back to the battle, Sev continued to dodge Kickstompa’s strikes. Except this time, whenever he dodged, he made sure to pull his body closer. His tail nicked the dog’s skin, drawing blood but nothing serious. His tail was glowing all the while. “He’s poisonin’ him,” Rio stated to the observers. “The Commander is a tough one, but he likes to play dirty and no, it aint gonna kill him. The Commander would have done that already. He’s tryin’ to slow him down.” “I would call foul,” Trotankhamun rubbed his chin. “But Kickstompa insulted Celestia…I shall allow this.” He didn’t notice Ahmos glared a hole into the back of his head. And it was working, but Kickstompa was pushing through the poison with his rage alone. Sev wasn’t helping matters when he kept skirting around his attack and putting his blade against the Alpha’s throat. “Dead,” he whispered. Another twirl and his blade was at the back of the dog's head. "Dead." Coil. "Dead." Spring. "Oh so very dead." Alpha Kickstompa wasn’t going to take this anymore. Pulling a large blade from his waist, he thrust it at the Seviper. “FOUL!” Trotankhamun shouted in anger. “I call foul!” “But there aren’t any birds anywhere,” Felicia scanned the skies. Alice facepalmed. Sev had enough at that point and with the dog’s thrust, wrapped himself along the arm. Quickly reaching the end, Sev chuckled as he squeezed his body tight. Tight enough to pull the hand back to smack the hilt of the blade against the dog’s own skull. “Stop hitting yourself. *smack* Stop hitting yourself. *smack*Stop hitting yourself. *smack*,” Sev laughed with all his might as he continued. “Now you face the might of Commander Sev. Fear my…” His speech was cut off when the dog grabbed him from beneath his head and threw him to the ground. Sev barely had any time to react to the blade. With a quick ‘Night Slash’, he blocked the blade and sent it flying out of the dog’s hand. The Hyena Dog alpha was taken aback by the attack and Sev capitalized on that. With a flurry of motion, he used ‘Wrap’ to tie himself around the dog’s body. He was long enough to do so and he was powerful enough to make the experience painful for the hyena dog. Kickstompa grunted in pain as he tried to get loose from the coils. “Snakey thing get off.” “Snakey thing has a name,” Sev hissed, tightening his coils. “I am the great and powerful Commander Sev, chosen warrior of Arceus himself. You are to remember that and tell your pathetic wormdogs that they are not to mess with my greatness. Do you understand?” Kickstompa grunted and tried to break free but relented. “Yeah.” “Good,” Sev uncoiled himself from the dog and slithered back to his forces. ‘I will most certainly be taking a long bubble bath to rid myself of this…stench.’ The Hyena Dog certainly wasn’t clean. “Alright,” Lightning sped up to him. “That was awesome. Not as awesome as me, but still pretty awesome.” Sev bowed. “You flatter me, madam. It brings my heart such joy to know you enjoyed the show.” Their talk was interrupted when Kickstompa roared and leapt at Sev. The attack would have made contact, if not for a Swampert that literally burst forth from the ground, most probably from a ‘Dig’ attack’, and smacked the dog in the chest with ‘Hammer Arm’. The attack sent the dog flying to the edge of the forest. The Swampert turned to look at them. He was wearing the uniform of the PLA and had a massive scar across his throat.   “General Pert,” Sev frowned, turning around to face his general. “You’re late.” General Pert waved his arms about. “Yes I know that we’re in a new land,” Sev hissed in agitation. “But that doesn’t excuse you for not finding me earlier. Why, I had to face these…barbarians that are so beneath me. Beneath us.” Pert pointed behind himself to the dog that was standing back on his paws. “We shall leave him in his pain,” Sev said. “He shall know the might of Commander Sev and live the rest of his days wishing he hadn’t.” “SNAKEY THING!” Kickstompa hollered. “I’ZE NOT DONE WITH YA! I’ZE DA BIGGEST, BADDEST DOG EVA! YOU’ZE TINK YA CAN BEAT ME!” In his rage he didn’t notice a bunch of his dogs running past him. “I’ZE GONNA CUT YER SKULL AN’ USE IT FOR MY….” With a loud roar, a fully grown male Tyrantrum burst from the forest and bit down hard on Kickstompa. Easily taking in half of the beast, the Tyrantrum shook its head back and forth until Kickstompa was dead. “The hay?!!” Trotankhamun cried in surprise. “Arceus above!” Nearly everyone else cried out. “I left the stove on!” Felicia cried out in anguish. Everyone gave her a questioning gaze. “What? I just remembered.” The Tyrantrum let the hyena dog’s body fall to the ground and started dragging its foot across the body, slashing and scrapping everything everywhere as he roared at the other dogs. All the while, it roared at the other dogs, who were too busy running for their lives at the moment. “Why’s he doing that?” Trotankhamun asked in disgust. “He’s a savage beast,” Ahmos grunted. “It does what it wants.” “Nah,” Rio spoke up. “He’s just markin’ his territory. Nothin’ says ‘stay out’ like the eviscerated remains of yer enemies.” “Sounds like something Roa would do,” Lia sighed, missing her savage friend dearly. “Roa sounds vicious,” Felicia said. “She’s really nice though,” Lia spoke up. “She’s my bestest friend in the whole wide world…but I’m her only friend.” “Well that won’t do,” Felicia made an extravagant pose and pointed to the sky. “I, Felicia the Goodra, hereby declare that when we find Roa, I’ll be her best friend for life, or BFFL for short.” Commander Sev’s eyes widened in disbelief, ignoring everything else around him. He had certainly heard of the fossil monster, but had only seen a handful of them before. This creature before him was far mightier than any of the others. ‘Best troop choice ever.’ Another Tyrantrum with two small Tyrunts skittering around her feet came into the clearing. She glared at everyone. A low growl escaped her lips. “Who are you?” Sev smiled. “Why, the Pokemon Liberation Army…and the zebras.” “Thanks for remembering,” Trotankhamun muttered in annoyance. “Never heard of you,” the female Tyrantrum looked to the other. “How about you, dear?” “No,” the male finished marking and walked over to her side. “Can’t say that I have.” Sev scowled. “How can you not have heard of our glorious cause?” “We kind of live out in the wilds,” the female offered. “Our creators were…hesitant about letting us roam free. Something about us eating people.” The male rolled his eyes. “You eat one human for trying to capture your mate and they label you as dangerous. Honestly, humans are strange like that.” “Now Viktor,” the female nuzzled him. “While I did appreciate it, I think you could have easily scared him off.” Viktor grumbled. “I was also hungry. Decided to kill two birds with one stone.” “Or jaws,” the female offered. “Stop correcting me, Sue.” He glared at her, but Sue just licked his snout in response. “Stop being so serious,” Sue smiled and glanced at everyone else. “We have guests.” “Do we eat guests, mommy?” The male Tyrunt asked. “No Terrance,” Sue said. “But where are my manners. I am Sue and this is my mate, Viktor,” the male Tyrantrum bowed his head. “And my lovely children, Terrance and Matilda.” “Charmed,” Sev bowed. “I am Commander Sev, my sister Lia…and the rest.” Everyone glared at him, except Lia and Felicia. Felicia giggled. “I’m part of the rest.” “Sometimes,” Alice spoke up. “I wonder how you even function.” “Through sheer positivity,” Felicia scooped her friend into a hug, much to Alice’s discomfort. Sue giggled. “What a lovely bunch you are? What brings you to our abode?” “Tree,” Lightning gestured to the tree blocking the train. “Dogs, no biggee.” “Your vocabulary is astounding,” Viktor scoffed. “I got the point across,” Lightning glared at him. Sev glared at Viktor too. He didn’t take kindly to anyone insulting his future mate. ‘Should be current, but mom’s always adamant that one should take their time…Which is meaningless when I am above time. Time fears me and my might.’ Elsewhere, Celebi, Dialga, and a certain brown stallion all couldn’t fathom why they couldn’t care less at that moment. “Anyways,” Sue gave her mate a glare, before smiling at everyone else. “We’ll be glad to help.” “Seriously?” Trotankhamun said. “Seriously,” Sue nodded and walked over to the end of the fallen tree. With a mighty shove, she pushed to over to the other clearing in less than thirty seconds. To say Commander Sev was impressed was an understatement. “Good work,” Sev marveled. “You would make fine additions to my cause.” “I’m a lover,” Sue said. “Not a fighter. So sorry, but me and my family aren’t going to join an army…which I don’t know anything about.” “You do not have to fight,” Sev explained. “The PLA has many spots open that cater to the less violent. Why, my mother is a great healer. The greatest healer that has ever lived in fact. Of course, she’s my mother. Her very existence is a gift to this world.” “I’ll take your word for it,” Sue chirped with a happy smile. “Now you all run along and be safe. There might be more dogs about.” “We will,” Lightning called out to them as everyone boarded the train. “The mighty Commander Sev wishes to thank you,” Sev smiled as he was about to board. “Your services will not be forgotten for I never forget anything.” “What’s my birthday?” Ag asked. “SILENCE!” Sev shouted and raced inside. It didn’t take long for the train to take off. “I do so hope we meet them again,” Sue said. “They were nice and it certainly would do our kids good to meet other mon.” Viktor snorted. “So long as they’re not like that snake, I’ll be fine with that.” “Dearie,” Sue chided him. “He may have been strange, but he had a good heart.” Viktor scoffed. “Good heart, or a selfish heart. Pokemon Liberation Army, HA! He knows the humans aren’t going to let him have his way no matter what he does. He’s better off hiding.” “Hiding from a problem does no one any good,” Sue pointed out. “Now come along. We need to get you three a bath.” “Awww,” Terrance and Matilda whined. Viktor grumbled in agitation. “Don’t be so grumpy,” Sue nuzzled underneath his chin. “I’ll help you get cleaned up.” “How is that helping?” Viktor said. “We’ll just get dirty again.” Sue blushed. “Not in front of the children.” She nicked him with her teeth. Viktor flinched. “You did it.” “I’m the woman of this forest,” Sue snorted. “I get to decide who makes sexual comments around my children.” “What’s sexual?” Matilda asked. Sue and Viktor were silent for a moment. “Let’s just go take a bath,” Sue relented. ____________________________________________________________________ *Cairo* A lone Flareon walked the streets of the capital city. It hadn’t been easy for her these past couple of days. Everything turned topsy turvy, what with waking up in a new place inhabited by strange pokemon and even turning into one herself. The Flareon was downright flabbergasted.  Not to mention that she was worried about her pokemon and grandfather. ‘I’m sure they’re fine,” the Flareon reasoned with herself. So far the native creatures had been…distant. Many of them simply glared at her, called her out and tried to chase her away. The pokemon she did recognize simply minded their own business. Simply put, she was on her own. She heard some screams and dozens of the local striped ponyta fled out of a store. She was both curious as to what scared them off and excited at the prospect of a battle. She may not be human, but she was still a gym leader. Dog garn, she was going to act like one. Racing inside, she quickly caught sight of an Excadrill. He was currently raiding the pantries. Foods of all sorts were currently in one of his arms while the other stuffed his mouth with everything on the shelves. Of course, that wasn’t the only thing she noticed. His uniform was exactly like a group of pokemon she had met before. “Hey,” the Flareon called out. “What do you think you’re doing? Stealing from these pokemon like this?” The Excadrill squealed in surprise, dropping his food and turning to look at her. “What the…A Flareon? Hey, I am not stealing. I am taking samples for the Commander.” “To my knowledge, taking samples doesn’t mean stuff your face like a Snorlax,” the Flareon pointed out. “Hmph,” the Excadrill started grabbing as much food as he could. “Shows what you know about leading an army. We march on our stomach.” He used his metal head gear to open up a can and gobble the insides. “And what a big stomach you have,” the Flareon smirked. “If you meant offense,” the Excadrill muttered through bites. “Then you’re stupid. I pride myself on my big belly.” He patted his stomach. “Helps me hold in more food.” “Well maybe you should go on a diet,” the Flareon chuckled at the look of horror on the Excadrill’s face. “Anyways, you’re in big trouble as it is. Just come queitely and I’ll try and get a light sentence.” “What human would listen to a Flareon?” The Excadrill pointed an accusative finger at her. “What chance would I have with the humans? I’m a member of the PLA. They don’t take kindly to us.” “Maybe it’s because you’re a bunch of lunatics,” the Flareon growled. “I mean, you blew up a ship for no good reason.” “It was an aircraft carrier,” the Excadrill, that she knew to be General Drill of the PLA, defended. “The humans were gearing to strike us down with it.” “No we weren’t,” the Flareon got into a fighting stance. “You just see threats when there isn’t any.” “Helps keep us alive,” General Drill stated. “Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some ‘shopping’ to do.” “Not on my watch,” the Flareon took a step closer, making Drill flinch and take a step back. He was weak to fire types. “Who are you anyways?” Drill stated, stuffing his face with some popcorn. “The name’s Flannery,” Flannery said. “Gym leader of Lavaridge Town and the one who’s going to kick your butt.”