Cynthia stopped running and sighed, making Vincent look at his back for a moment before pulling out another Pokeball while gritting his teeth. While he found this action suspicious, Vincent Hardy felt like he could adapt to any situation thrown at him by a trainer with an abducted unevolved Pokemon and an occupied strongest Pokemon.
_I can do this... I can do this... For my daughter... For my family..._
While the ground shook repeatedly, his mind also swirled with these thoughts as if a broken vinyl record. Vincent even became a generic Team Rocket grunt, thinking that Cynthia is still just a kid no matter how strong. Cynthia sighed at this while holding a Pokeball in one hand and a mask on the other.
"That's not my fault anymore... after all, no one will die."
In truth, Cynthia was angered by herself and by her enemy, the man named Vincent. Herself because she wasn't able to anticipate what Riolu might do; after all, if you're a Pokémon trainer, everything that would happen to your trainee will be your fault, just like how every victory of theirs would be to your credit. Obviously, Cynthia is angry with Vincent because he abducted Riolu and seems to be ready to put it in further restraint when any sign of recovery is seen from the said Pokémon.
Of course, Cynthia won't let that happen; thus, she released a Pokemon before turning on the open com. on her phone in order to talk to all the members of Interpol that are currently starting to block the manholes and raid the place.
"I advise all of you to retreat. Also, you may also want to call the Pokemon Center for nurses for the Pokemons. Riolu is being held hostage; I will end this immediately."
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"Haaaa.... Haaaa..."
Around 300 meters away from the sight of Garchomp and Tyranitar's battle is a woman occasionally sucking in large amounts of air, slowing down before going full speed once more. Her form is terrible, looking like a ninja wannabe by leaning too much forward, yet for some reason, the woman was still able to shuttle through the sewers swiftly, evading tasers and other catching equipments from Interpol as if they were mere paper planes.
If Anthony was here, he would wonder if the woman would soon say, 'Okay guys, let's do this one last time. I'm Hana Hardy, I was bitten by a radioactive spider, and for the last 2 years I've been the one and only, Spider-Woman. However, even without her saying something so cringy and out of this world, one child is still madly in love with the acrobatics that Hana Hardy has been doing.
"YEAH, MOM! YOU'RE SO COOL! HAHAHAHAHA!"
Felicia Hardy looked at the angered expressions of their pursuers while hugging the neck of her mother tightly. The little lady had not been exposed to any kind of danger and had only seen tasers in movies and didn't know how it felt, while Hana Hardy didn't regret spoiling her daughter; this still made her grit her teeth.
"Hush it up for a second, dear, mommy's focusing."
Hana said before again jumping up and dodging a taser that zapped with a more intense current than before. She then grabbed their groceries tight and flipped 160 degrees before putting her tippy toes in the ceiling of the sewer and then kicking hard, making her plunch down into the sewer water before again going to the sides and running at full speed. In the ceiling she just kicked, a taser wire was embedded and seemed to be stuck.
"YEAH TAKE THAT SUCKERS! HAHAHAHAHA!"
Hearing such a borderline vulgar word from her precious daughter, Hana suddenly snapped her neck while continuing to either run, dodge, or flip through the air as if she were not lifting a child and a bunch of groceries.
She didn't say anything and instead continued what she was doing, dodging full-powered tasers while protecting her child.
_I may not want to say this, but thank god Interpol has a soft spot for protecting children; these fuckers usually come with the big guns. If Vincent and I are the only ones being chased down, then this place would've been filled with Arcanines, Ariados, and Garvantulas the second Interpol feels our presence here. I would've been turned into spider food if my daughter's not here... good thing I have been dodging faster things back in the day and even today, I still got it._
Indeed, Hana Hardy was able to dodge Pokemon, wild and hostile Pokemon moves coming her way when she was still a young and very active Team Rocket grunt, and even until now, she uses some of her Pokemons (which are now all with Vincent) to make sure that her edge will remain sharp.
While Hana is thinking and amusing herself to not go insane from all the things she has to consider while dodging tasers that would surely paralyze them, Alexandra also panted while realigning the taser in her hand, for a moment checking the battery before charging the wires and shooting it at Hana, their prey's direction once more. Alongside her were other agents who also did the same and also failed horribly, the same as before.
"Furckssshaarrghhh! So annoying!"
"Stop resisting!"
"Fuck you, bitch!"
"Hey, language, there's a child!"
"Alexandra's a child too, you know, and yet she can curse!?"
Censored words and profanity reverberated in the sewage system, causing Meowths, Persians, and other inhabitants of the sewers to be startled and run away in different directions. While retracting her taser wire, Alexandra can't help but curse in her mind, of course.
_Darn, how can this woman be so agile! No grunt moves like that and usually just throws Zubats! And she didn't even throw out a single Pokeball! We have to finish this quickly; that large quake and the still ongoing occasional tremors seem to come from Cynthia's side... Is her Garchomp forced to go out and fight a similarly strong Pokemon? We have to help her..._
Just when Alexandra was about to reload her taser gun, their earpiece suddenly lit up simultaneously, and as if their feet were animated by minds of their own, all of the members of the Interpol, which are around 5, stopped dead in their tracks, their faces full of shock as they looked at each other with increasing confusion and later on, fear.
Hana looked at this in confusion, but still decided to run as fast as possible.
"I advise all of you to retreat. You may also want to call the Pokemon Center for nurses for the Pokemons. Riolu is being held hostage; I will end this immediately."
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Tyranitar and Garchomp's fight without commands from humans immediately reached a stage of being on the verge of getting out of control as their anger and excitement had reached a point where they considered using Hyper Beam. Of course, Pokemons are not always so volatile; however, these particular Pokemons are very hostile in normal and uncontrolled environments, and even now, only their trainers can contain them.
Even then, all of the battles with their Pokemons retained their aggressive and confident natures, making them believe that one Hyper Beam at least and 2 at most can end the fight in their favor. However the Pokemons, like any other ones have intelligence of the same or one level lower than humans, thus they naturally knew that they would get hurt by the thick debris that would fall out of the ceiling as it was meters thick to ensure the safety of the underground if they were to use such devastating move, after all there are Pokemons heavier than a car or several of them that could be casually walking around.
"GAAAARRRR!"
"Tryaaaaa!"
While entangled, Garchomp and Tyranitar exhaled simultaneously, channeling great amounts of the mysterious energy within them and pushing it up their mouths before unleashing it once more. This energy then started to coil towards their target whilst their tip morphed into those of a dragon's head before colliding with each other, making the whole sewage system tremble before the Dragon Pulses, creating a bigger shock whilst also making rubble splatter on the sides and waterways of the sewage. At the same time, Tyranitar and Garchomp were blasted away from each other, making them bounce a few times before finally falling to the ground.
"Garr... Gar..."
"Tyy... Ty..."
However, their pride as pseudo legendaries won't let them stay down; with heavy breaths, they put their hands into the murky water and pushed themselves up. Their eyes looked into each other with a glare.
This glare, however, was abruptly interrupted by a gentle wind carrying a thick amount of golden powder that turned into smoke. Garchomp's and Tyranitar's faces were filled with shock before their whole body got enveloped in faint sparks of electricity, rendering them stuck in their positions, unmoving.
The two pseudo-legendary Pokemons had been paralyzed.
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"Riiiurghrour! roouhhhh!"
After Riolu woke up, Vincent immediately put it on a tight fiber rope as well as a suppressor, an illegal piece of equipment only scientists of the Pokemon world can use. Of course, Team Rocket has some of it smuggled or intercepted. It's not a perfect technology and is a disposable device after 24 hours, but it's working, so it should be fine for now to not let Riolu use any of its attacks.
However, this is not the one that Vincent is worrying about.
_Where the fuck is Cynthia Celestica!? What Pokemon did she release after she stopped running!? Damn it, did she give up on this Riolu? I'm slowly feeling like I'm making a fool of myself! I have been running for 30 minutes!_
Indeed, for 30 minutes, Vincent felt like two giant eyes were looking at him silently, ready to devour him in revenge for his taking its master's Pokémon. Yet, up until now, no signs of vengeance from Cynthia Celestica could be seen. Well, good for him; that is about to change because thick yellow powder being carried by soft winds suddenly crawled towards him, which he didn't notice until both his feet up to his ankles felt as heavy as lead, making him look down in confusion.
Though what does looking down do? The spore continued to stick into his skin and that of Riolu's, creating small sparks all over his body until not even Vincent's head was movable.
_Oh boy... do I have to jynx it..._
Vincent grimaced as he helplessly tried to get out of his paralysis.
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All of the members of the Interpol that has been dispatched either as a main force or backup, as long as they have entered, about to enter and plans to enter the sewers retreated without a second thought as Cynthia Celestica before closing the lid of the manhole they're using, their most silent yet also the most potent force they have in the city right now has suggested them to retreat. While most of them are older than Cynthia, they also knew that she was experienced in exploring places more dangerous than a sewage system because of her being a good friend, official assistant, and research co-author of Professor Rowan in archeological expeditions.
In the world of Pokémon, you should still be absolutely afraid of metaphorical or literal ghosts and should absolutely avoid places with them in it, so they were particularly impressed when a 13-year-old is calling herself and is a licensed archeologist.
Not only did the agents try to retreat, but also the Pokemons; however, they were shut down by the closing of the manholes, causing them to run away as fast as possible. In the end, they were not able to outrun the looming yellow-colored spores that were infesting the manhole at the moment. Alongside these Persians, Garbodors, Muks, and Grimers being frozen in their spots as soon as they were touched by the yellow spore are Hana and Felicia Hardy, who were also frozen on the spot as wafts of the stary bullets of the yellow spores clung to their skin.
"...Fuck... so that's why... they retreated..."
While every living being is currently being paralyzed against their will, somewhere in the middle of it all is a green Pokemon with moderate height, with facial patterns that resemble a mask, with stylishly messy hair atop its head. It has red and blue flowers resembling roses as hands that're currently swaying while Roserade is currently dancing alone, and in those flowers are thick fumes of spores, golden in color, being spewed out almost endlessly.
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"Phew... I just need to wait for Interpol to vacuum up all the spores, and Riolu would be safe already."
Cynthia sighed as she sat down before continuing the huffing of her lungs as she slowly covered her face and then clutched it with the edges of her fingers whilst she gritted her teeth.
"Oh god, Riolu's also paralyzed..."