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"s**t," Isaac yelled, grabbing nearby chamber wall for support, as the whole room began to shake under the violent assault of the Minotaur's monstrous horns. Deep gouges were being imprinted one by one into the far wall, as the beast vented its pent up rage at the assembled Snagems and their partner Pokemon. As chunks of masonry began to crumble from the wall, Isaac's attention was directed towards the ceilings, as flecks of dust and chips of stone began to shake themselves loose as cracks rent their way through the ancient stonework ceiling. "Oh s**t," Isaac cursed under his breath as his eyes widened from the realization of what consequence would result from the repeated abusive onslaught that the chamber was suffering. "Angron! Look out above you!" He shouted as he tried to squeeze himself back into the chute from which he had emerged, "Bulldoze!"

His insight into the obvious proved accurate, as the stone ceiling finally gave way to the fury of the savage hybrid's outpouring of rage. Shards of worked tiles preceded large chunks of stone, all intermixed with smaller fragments and debris. Isaac braced himself inside the hidden passage, hoping that the structural integrity would hold, and he wouldn't find himself crushed or ground to paste underneath an endless sea of stone and earth. Through it all, he flicked his gaze across the room, desperately peering through the rising dust cloud for any sign of his Aron. It was hard to see at first, with the dust and debris obscuring all vision throughout the chamber, but eventually his vision settled on a pattern of stone, earth, and ... was that a Geodude... that were being tossed upwards and out away from a central charging point. The wave of earth and stone that Angron was kicking up as he ruched towards his target, fanned out like a protective bow wave before the steel Pokemon, catching trailing bits of stonework from the ceiling, before the whole ensemble crashed into the hind legs of the rampaging beast.

Damage = (1 x 10) x 0.5 = 5

Aron: 299/304 HP
Ability: Rock Head
Current Status: Healthy

As the monster toppled under the combined might of the varied onslaught from the Snagem's Pokemon, Isaac felt hope and elation well up in his heart; they might actually have a shot of defeating this beast. Praise for Angron's efforts, however, would catch in his throat with the words left unsaid as a more pressing concern caught Isaac's attention. The monstrosity's hand began to shine with the distinctive glow of chi before springing to life and snapping into shape with a speed and fluidity that astonished Isaac, to say nothing of the blade's enormous size. It would be almost impossible to dodge something of that size, which left only one option. "Angron, Protect!" Isaac yelled, projecting all the urgency he could, "Behind and above you!" The steel Pokemon raised its head, ending the spray of earth and stone, and spun around on his own momentum, already gathering chi in anticipation for the already swinging blade. Focusing that gathered energy through his steel plated head, Angron bellowed with a strength and ferocity befitting his evolutionary lineage as he projected that chi outwards into a protective barrier in the distinctive shape of the Aron's armored helm.

Isaac, meanwhile, tracked the wickedly deadly blade of fighting chi as it arced across the chamber, cursing inwardly as he watched Reno's Pichu and Arkelos' Houndour fall before the devastating strike. The hope that had so briefly sparked to life, now dimmed as he mentally adjusted the probable outcome of the scenario. The outcome wasn't good; it was likely that despite their combined efforts, this grotesque hybrid was probably going to smash through the assembled resistance that the trainers had assembled. The biggest advantage the Snagem's had was their numbers, but if attacks like that flailing, destructive swing were any indication, then they might not hold that for much longer. It was in their interest then, if they could retain that edge for as long as possible, Isaac concluded as he retrieved a spiky crystal from one of the multiple interior pockets that adorned his lab coat. "Reno," he yelled before throwing the Max Revive towards the Psychic channeler, "Heads up!"

[D'oh. Forgot to factor in Intimidate again. Redoing roll to accommodate. Forgot the Sharp Beak too, but as the new maximum would be the current minimum, a second reroll wouldn't make a difference.]

Diving as he watched the Sacred Sword come slamming into Nalu, the psychic channeler would barely manage to reach where the little Electric type would crash down to cushion his fall. Wrapping his arms around the Pichu as they both slid along the ground, Reno would roll a few times before eventually sliding to his feet. "Well, looks like we aren't helping any more." Reno muttered, staring down the strange hybrid and focusing himself to help with predicting what it might do next.

While this was a good strategy most days, it led to him ignoring something pretty obvious as he caught the thrown Max Revive in the side of the head. Scrambling to grab the crystal before it hit the ground, Reno would give a fist pump and a thank you wave to Isaac before stuffing the object into his Pichu's mouth. Watching as Nalu sprang back to life, Reno would hold the Electric type at arms length before yelling, "Thundershock!" Feeling a slight tingling in his left arm, Reno watched as the limb began to slowly have its lights fade while the Pichu directed out the Thundershock blast, now more of a Thunder, towards the Minotaur. This would work perfectly.

Aron would protect its self from the beast's terrible blow, however Isaac and his Pokemon might both notice that the Steel type's Protect shield was actually cracked by the monster, could they risk using it again? The aerial assault would come in again as Gale collected the residual energy leftover from the Sacred Sword and used it in the form of its own Mirror Move copied version of Sacred Sword, the bird racking it across the chest with its stolen move. The monster would attempt to swat at the bird but Cutie would come in with its annoying barrage of Bug energy infused rocks. While they didn't hurt that much it was plenty of annoying and just enough to distract the Minotaur in trying to smack it out of the sky, the beast completely ignoring the others for the time being. (Will roll in Minotaur roll thread to see if Cutie gets smacked. Low chance.)

With the beast distracted just enough it wouldn't see the Thunder attack coming...however it would appear the super charged electric attack was too much for the tiny Pichu as the powerful bolt of electricity flew on by and disappeared into the darkness of the room that once contained the Minotaur. (Mystery roll in Minotaur roll thread. Did Nalu screw up?) One could thing would come of it as the missed Thunder startled the Minotaur into ceasing its swatting at Cutie and snarled at the Pichu, the beast getting up to its feet again as it prepared to punish the mouse. At least, that's what it was planning to do.

The monster's plans were cast aside as an explosion went off above it, the fragmented ceiling above it coming crashing down thanks to Fermata's Energy Ball arrow shot. Things could become awfully quiet after the roof came down on the creature, a huge slab of stone now pressed on top of it and other smaller rubble. They couldn't see the beast inside the pile of stone, but they knew it was still there. The idea of its defeat would be hard to dismiss as it was a good minute of silence, just nothing. Did they win? Did they really win?

"Graaaah!" The monstrous roar would come from the rubble as the entire hallway began to shake, a fierce glow of brown energy coming from inside rubble, the chunks of stone beginning to levitate off of the Minotaur, the giant slab now floating above the beast's head as it stood up, its rage fueled gaze staring down the Snagems. The Minotaur was utilizing Secret Power to take command of the stone, the massive slab that once crushed it now being flipped over and used it as a shield, the beast seeming to be gathering energy in its horns as they began to glow.

The rest of the stones would just fall down as it didn't intend to attack with them, in fact that would be a bit of a bluff for the real assault to further distracted the Snagems while it prepared for something nastier. The ground throughout the hallway would begin to crack and burst open as geysers of molten rock would shoot up out of the ground, summoned forth from the depths of Mt. Silver's magma chambers. Soon would this hallway be turned into another corridor of the underworld as the relentless assault continued.

(You may use a move that increases Speed or otherwise causes the Pokemon to move 'quickly' such as Quick Attack to try and avoid damage. 10% dodge chance per 1 Stage of Speed increase. 20% dodge chance for priority moves. Any others, ask. Roll between 1-10 to attempt dodge.)

Damage Rolls:

Aron: 236-280
Pidgeotto: Missed!
Pichu: 124-148
Decidueye: 18-21 (Sp. Def -1)
Cutiefly: Missed!

"Cutie, come back!" Keiko shouted, urging her Pokemon to get away from the giant beast they were hunting.

Keiko was quick to use a Super Potion on Cutie once she was out of the Minotaur's range. "We gotta do something to keep this thing from hurting anyone else," Keiko said after the potion was spent. As if struck by inspiration, Cutie flew up to the ceiling and started charging her body with Fairy-type energy, eventually firing off a Dazzling Gleam that was aimed at the Minotaur's face.

"Cover your eyes!" Keiko yelled before doing so herself.

Health Restored from Super Potion: 60

Cutie//Cutiefly 202/284HP
Ability: Shield Dust
Current Stats: Healthy

Luckily, Gale was distant enough to evade the attack, but Amaranth would see the molten rock begin to shoot from the ground. Backing to a wall in a vain effort to avoid being swallowed by it, she called to her Pidgeotto to try and keep her safe. "Gale, Quick Attack! Stay alert!" She yelled at once, Gale racing close enough to slam into the Minotaur before zipping around in the air, trying to weave in and out of the rocks.

(Ignore roll if the dodge roll isn't necessary.)

As the Minotaur reached the end stages it readied its stone shield to protect against the oncoming attacks, however a certain owl's annoying arrow would prevent the hybrid from moving his makeshift shield, the beast having no time to think of something else as the Snagem Pokemon closed in.

Right after the arrow passed through him a bright flash of light would go off, the beast dazzled by the bug's pretty lights. Next up would come something slamming into the monster's forehead, the bull man having no idea what it was as he was temporarily blinded so instead it just swatted around wildly a bit.

Next up would come a tiny electric rodent made into an electric bullet. With the beast shield-less, blinded, and distracted by an annoying bird, Nalu would have an easy time closing in on the hybrid's vulnerable points as the Pichu bolted around the stone slab and rammed its self into the beast's gut.

As soon as the mouse hit the beast would cripple over a bit and grab its stomach in pain. The conga line of pain wouldn't end there however as the grand finale was next, a slightly bigger creature (but not by much) charging up at it and ramming its steel hard head into its shin, the beast losing its balance again as it fell to its knees.

"Graaah!" Heavily damaged, winded, and annoyed by this fight the Minotaur would let out a horrible blood curdling roar. While the Snagem's combination made it cut short the charge up of its next move it still had plenty to hurt them with. With another roar the beast would conjure up the energy stored in its horns, said energy forming in its open mouth in the shape of a ball, the once white energy quickly taking on a blue color.

With another shout the beast would fire off a relatively large (though not nearly as big as it could have been) ball of Water based energy at the Snagem Pokemon as it executed its Hidden Power.

Damage Rolls:

Pichu: 46-55 (Took 21 recoil damage, already accounted for in HP post.)
Pidgeotto: 79-94
Cutiefly: 88-104
Aron: 176-208
Decidueye: 26-31

(Hidden Power explodes on impact! Rolling for splash damage. Result x10 is damage taken by all Pokemon sans Minotaur.)