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"Poliwhirl, move!"

A simple command, but a bit necessary. Damage really had to be minimized now if at all possible. However, the sheer speed kept him from being fully safe, still getting hit and sliding back from the impact. He looked somewhat fine still, though. "So much for that... okay, let's leave a little more ice!"

Poliwhirl reared back...

"Ice Beam!"

...and fired what he had left into a chilling beam aimed straight at Skarmory as it soared.

"Finish it!" Aden wasn't about to stop his momentum now. He had too much going at this point. "Body Slam!"

Poliwhirl did as well, getting himself closer and springing into the air. He was soon over Skarmory, poised to land on top of the metallic, frozen bird.

"W-whaaat!?" If he thought Skarmory was bad enough, this was surely going to be the one to cause hell. Poliwhirl wasn't quite at his best after the few attacks taken, and being left to only him, this was going to suck no matter how one looked at it.

If there was ever a time that a ground game was going to have to roll out something, it'd have to be now. He didn't want to chance another Rain Dance, useful as the move would be. Aden was going to need a much different tactic, and recalling the swirl on Poliwhirl's stomach gave an idea that just might be crazy enough to work. Knowing what to expect from his moves helped.

"I think rough is the biggest understatement I can ever say... Poliwhirl, let's try something a little different here. Hypnosis!" He called, aiming to buy a little time.

His Poliwhirl moved in a more rhythmic fashion, accentuating the swirl he boasted with each move. This, combined with a slight illusion as to make the swirl itself move, was kept in Pidgeot's view. It was perhaps the most he did know on such an odd technique, but if it had a use...

"If I had power, I'd use it. If I had speed or a way to fight back on your own turf, I'd do that. I don't have those. But that doesn't make me less than anyone else. Alright, Poliwhirl, now let's try to turn these tides a bit. Rain Dance." Aden made it a point to keep his voice a little lower, to decrease his chances of outright ruining things by being a loudmouth.

Likewise, Poliwhirl moved around some more, summoning a downpour once more.

"Now let's give it a bit of a wakeup call, Poliwhirl. Water Gun!" Aden didn't want to go for ice too soon here, knowing that the rain wouldn't provide much help towards it. It would, however, be a lot more useful if a similar attack was used.

When Poliwhirl sent off his attack, some of the rain seemed to be attracted to it, adding a little more punch to the attack. The stream of water grew as it reached Pidgeot, culminating in a facial wash from hell.

"Gust? That's-" Aden decided to shut up when he found what a simple attack like that was from Pidgeot. He soon made a mental note to never even think of taunting something like that again. There was little room to dodge something like that, and Poliwhirl found himself trapped in the winds.

"Poliwhirl!" He knew there was no easy way out of that, not until it died down on its own. He was going to have to try and attack somehow, do something that the wind couldn't stop as easily. Only one thing came to mind. "Just try and bear it. Try to get an Ice Beam going!"

While Poliwhirl was able to get the attack fired, he was thrown back to the floor after the winds ceased. The attack's trajectory took a hit as a result, potentially grazing Pidgeot at best. The Pokemon was quick to get himself ready after getting up, but the damage was beginning to take its toll.

Aden only moved enough to ensure he didn't get caught in the crossfire. His Poliwhirl didn't move an inch. With that Pidgeot diving like it was, it may have given just the opening he needed. "It's now or never, Poliwhirl. Let's see how brave it really is!" He hoped his Pokemon kept a little bit left for this, and trusted that he did.

"Make this one count... another Ice Beam!" A second chilling beam was fired, this one being a bit weaker than the last shot. It went against Pidgeot's path, with Poliwhirl falling back to brace for whatever impact would happen.

Though the rain from earlier was dying down, Aden was cooking up an idea. If that attack couldn't be avoided and otherwise trapped Poliwhirl, maybe it could be pulled differently. He wondered if maybe it was a bit cheap, or if it would be utterly useless past fueling the attack even more. But there wasn't any time to think, not with his Pokemon being trapped again.

"Alright, we can't go with ice too well... let's go for this, then! Water Gun!" Aim wasn't as much of a concern in this scenario, and in fact, he wasn't going for the Pidgeot anyway. He wanted to see what the winds would do with this introduction.