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Falkner hunger his head and recalled Pidgeot before the attack could hit. "That was not my call. Pidgeot was holding on for it's own pride." He commented as he looked at his side.

"Go on, Skarmory. Start your run with Autotomize." He instructed. The large steel bird nodded and stepped forward, metal feathers falling off as it walked, it's body becoming visibly lighter and more streamlined. "Skaaaar!" It cried as it took to the air, beginning to circle it's target in rapid, yet lazy circles.

"Act fast, Skarmory. Steel Wing!" Falkner called to his partner. Skarmory nodded and looped back around before diving down upon Monstressor with wings tucked in close to it's sides, glowing bright silver. The steel bird zoomed through Monstressor's Dark Pulse like an arrow through a bullseye before spreading it's wings and lashing out.

The ring of Dark energy exploded outward at that point, hitting the speedy steel bullet only while it was distracted. Wincing at the strike, flinching and drawing back up from it's dive at that moment Skarmory wasn't even sure if it had hit it's target yet.

"Skarmory, don't let it get you! Iron Head!" Falkner called out to his Pokemon. In spite of it's speed, the steel bird was thrown to the ground like a fly swatted from he air. The Tyrannitar's draconian rage flowing through it let it pound and pummel the metal bird relentlessly but it wasn't giving in. That same metal body gave it resistance to these blows and it used that to it's advantage by getting close and slamming it's glowing skull into the closest part of Tyrannitar it could reach.

Skarmory, still on the ground, threw a wing in front of itself to try and protect most of it's body from the Heat Wave when Pallas was released. "I'm not looking for compliments but I'll give you your dues. You're a powerful trainer in your own right." He said before calling out to Skarmory. "Air Slash!"

Skarmory would nod and flap it's own wings with great intensity, pushing air together into thin blades it sent flying at the Mandibuzz, cutting through the arid wind that assailed it in the process Taking to the air once more, Skarmory watched the enemy closely, knowing it wouldn't last long against more than one of those, it' blackened left wing evidence enough.

Despite the lack of actual damage done to it's stamina, Skarmory was easily driven back and downward from the relentless pounding of the Mandibuzz's bone on it's undamaged wing. Pushed downwards over and over again as it defended itself with it's good wing, trying to keep aloft with the other, it barely heard Falkner's order over the clashing metal and marrow,

"Autotomize again, Skarmory!" He called out, keeping calm. The Steel-type nodded, wincing slightly from the attacks against it, it soon shed a storm of steel plumage and zoomed off to get some distance between itself and the other avian.

And sadly, for Skarmory, that was all she wrote. The Steel bird plummeted downward as it was assaulted with another scorching blast of arid wind, crashing into the battlefield like a winged comet and skidding to a halt not far from Falkner.

The avian trainer sighed as he walked over to his Pokemon, rubbing along the heated wings of his iron soldier. "You fought bravely Skarmory but it would seem that today the fight is not ours." He told the Pokemon before recalling it to it's Pokeball.

"You fight hard, my friend. I haven't been challenged like that in quite some time and you have earned this fairly." The Gym Leader said to Sub as he returned to his feet from the crouching position he'd taken beside his Pokemon. "Please accept this Zephyr Badge as a symbol of your success here, today." Walking over to Sub, he pulled a badge from the interior of his shirt and presented it to the Dark Channeler.

"Wow.....That was....So amazing!" Trish called from the sidelines, having been left speechless through practically the entire battle. She couldn't recall ever having seen battles of such intensity before.

Falkner nodded to Sub's farewell before turning away to go and get his team healed up.

Trish jumped up from where she sat. "You know I'm going too. If all your battles are gonna be that intense, there's no way I can miss them!" She exclaimed.

"Dedededenne!" Dee agreed from her shoulder, where he'd been resting since she let him out to watch the battle with her.

"I'm not so sure about that." Trish muttered when Sub mentioned her singing praises of him and his skills. "I'm no writer, that much, I can guarantee."

At that point, she was Teleported to the next town on the gym circuit. Sub disappeared into the Pokemon Center while she was admiring the place and by the time she arrived, he was already sifting through however many Pokemon he had in storage to decide who he wanted to use in the next battle and was asking her opinion just as she walked up. "Um.....I would probably go with a Fire-type but I'm not a super strong trainer yet......" She admitted with a bit of a blush on her cheeks. She wasn't even sure why she was embarrassed about this admission given that it should be obvious by her skills.

Regardless, Sub seemed to have made up his mind already so she followed him to the Gym and stood back to wait for the Leader's response. She was determined that she would not be awed into silence this time.