Roberta
Brendan smiled. "Well it's nice meeting you and your partner" He said. "He seems so happy getting to know Sceptile!" He continued

Brendan looked at the view around him. *I could go back into training* Brendan though to himself. *But I promised May that I'd take a break* He continued to think.

Brendan then sighed. "I thought coming out here could distract me from battling but... I don't think it's working much..." He said quietly
Arnold
Sam chuckles, watching as Skipper climbs onto Sceptiles head happily.
"He used to hang out with a Sceptile during our time at school", she smiles turning to Brendan, "Nothing wrong with wanting to have a battle, isn't that what most people here known for?", she says rhetorically, "I mean, why not have a battle? Sometimes it's pretty cathartic to bathe in the aftermath after a good battle", she smirks, "Wanna take me on?", she leans forward with her sly smile.
Roberta
Brendan looked down at his fist and then clenched it. He then smiled proudly. "One battle wouldn't hurt, right?" Brendan replied with a grin. He seemed eager to battle. It's been quite a while
Arnold
Sam claps her hands together, "Sounds like a good challenge to me!", she looks to her Emolga, "Skip, you wanna do this or sit out?"

"Emo", he says bluntly, he doesn't seem to mind either way.

"This probably isn't too bad of a setting for a showdown, what you say?", Sam says as she looks around their forest mountain terrain.
Roberta
Brendan chuckled and then smiled. "You see, the thing about battles... They're a common thing in our lives! They could happen anywhere and you'd never see 'em coming!" Brendan exclaimed. He was excited to battle again

"Alright! We'll do 3 of our Pokémon, unless you plan on showing me your true potential and use all 6" Brendan said to her
Arnold
"You say that, but I may be saying that because I prefer this terrain", she says as she adjusts her glasses, "Would you like to go for the full battle then? A full on no holds barred full throttle battle?"
Roberta
"Sounds good to me!" Brendan replied. He was super pumped to battle again. Even though his friend, May, told him to take a break, he wasn't letting anything hold him back from the thing he loved doing the most. He glanced at his Six Pokeballs as he returned Sceptile. He grabbed one and held onto it. "Ready when you are!" Brendan called out
Arnold
"We're ready too then", Sam smiles and holds her arms out flat, almost t-posing as Skipper lunges off the Sceptile and uses his trainer as a landing strip and stands at the ready, "I'll open with Skip, we're ready when you are!"
Roberta
Brendan smiled. The first one he sent out was his Slaking. It slowly got up, battle ready. Before they could start, Brendan had one question to ask:

"Hey is it fine if the can use their held items? It kinda makes them go to their full potential" He asked. He didn't want to be rude and just make them use their items with no warning. It would make him look like a cheater, and he didn't like that
Arnold
"By all means, I wanna see you hit with your best shot!", Sam says as she flings her arm up, launching her partner into the air.
The Emolga launches forward toward the Slaking without a word of prompt from Samantha, his cheeks crackling with electricity as he attempts to **Nuzzle** His foe!
Roberta
With no hesitation, Slaking hit the Emolga with the Sheer force of its **Hammer Arm**. It was very powerful, so it lowered Slaking's speed as a recoil. "Nice shot!" Brendan called out. The fight hadn't even fully commenced, but Brendan was already feeling excited
Arnold
Skipper hits the ground with a thud, "Gaaa!"
"You okay Skip?", Sam asks, a little worried about her partner.
"Emo!", Skipper lunges up and grabs the Slakings face between his paws and presses his face to the Slakings and rubbing it roughly, sparks crackling as he paralyzes the Slakings with his **Nuzzle** Attack!

"Alright Skip, take a break!", Sam calls out as she holds her arm out, her teammate kicking off the Slakings chest and gliding upside down to his trainer, tail wrapping around Sams arm and starting to glow as he **Roosts**
Roberta
Slaking's Truant ability didn't allow Slaking to move for a consecutive turn, but now that Emolga used Roost, it was his turn once more. "A paralysis was just what we were looking for! Go for **Facade**!" Brendan ordered. Now Paralyzed, **Facade** Would do double the damage. Slaking lunged towards Emolga and hit it as hard as he could
Arnold
"Emo!", Skipper is bashed off Sams arm and slams into a tree, falling flat on his face.
"Skipper!", Sam calls out as rushes over.
"Gaaaaa...", Skipper gets to his feet, struggling to stay up.
"You okay?"
"Emo!", he raises a hand over his head and throws a small ball of electricity at Slaking, a puff of smoke exploding from the impact of the **Volt Switch** As Skipper vanishes and a new form takes his place on the ground: the hardened shell of a Drednaw raises up.
"Gnash?", Sam looks at her Drednaw who looks confused.
She shakes her head and looks at the dissipating smoke that hit the Slaking... So Skipper called her out then?

"Alright Gnash, let's go with **Razer Shell!**"

"Gnaw!", the Drednaw charges forward, the horn on her head glowing blue as she headbutts Slaking in the stomach as hard as she can!
Roberta
After recovering from the Razor Shell, Slaking was past the Truant and ready to fight. Only now it took quite a bit of damage. In response, Slaking ate the Oran Berry it was holding to restore health. "That's it" Brendan cheered. *Slakk* The Pokémon yawned out. "Let's push through! **Hammer Arm**!" Brendan cried out. Slaking went for the attack and slammed the Drednaw
Arnold
The impact of the Hammer Arm sends shockwaves through the trees as it collided with the ground beside the Drednaw.

"Hold nothing back!", Sam calls out, "**Razor Shell** Again!"
"Naw!", Gnash roars as she stabs into the Slaking again before dragging the glowing horn down the body before clamping her mouth down on the Slakings leg with **Jaw Lock** To stop Brendan from switching out the Slaking
Roberta
Slaking wasn't able to move again due to Truant, which gave Sam the chance to go again. "Don't give in, Slaking!" Brendan called out. *Slakk* The Pokémon replied with a nod. It was becoming quite a close first round
Arnold
"Keep it pinned!", Sam cries out, "**Jaw Lock**!"
Gnash releases her grip and clamps down again on the Slakings other leg, holding it still with her Strong Jaw
Roberta
Brendan wanted Slaking to go for **Slack Off** To restore health, but it was too late. Exhausted, Slaking fell down as the first Pokémon to be eliminated. "Don't push yourself, you did great, friend" Brendan said to his fallen Pokémon. *Slakk* His Pokémon faintly replied. He grabbed another ball sending out Manetric
Arnold
"Ah, an electric type", Sam smiles, "Then I'm gunna switch"
She raises a Pokeball and Gnash vanishes in a flash of red.
Sam snaps the ball to her belt and whips off a Dusk Ball, "Alright, Verre! You're up!", she opens the ball and a form lands on the ground with a *Thud*

The Sandaconda unfurls on the ground, his tongue flicking out as it turns to face the Manetric with a dreary smile on his maw
Roberta
Anticipating a Ground type move, Brendan called back Manetric in place with Swellow. The Great bird Pokémon flew high in the sky, capable of evading any ground type attacks and pulling his own as well
Arnold
"Let's go Verre! **Rock Tomb**!", Sam raises her fist to the sky as suddenly the rocks surrounding the area suddenly raise from the ground and start to encase the Swellow in a mid-air rock prison and force it to the ground with a crash. The crumbling rocks cause damage to the flying types wings, reducing its speed as well
Roberta
Although it was Super Effective, it didn't bother Swellow much. "Go for **Double Team**! Try to run a phase of maneuvers!" Brendan called out. Swellow began to move fast and create after images of itself, raising its evasion
Arnold
"Nicely done", Sam grins as the Swellow splits into copies of itself, "Welp, **Rock Tomb** Again!"

The Sandaconda hisses loudly as the rocks from before raise into the air to try and catch this slowed target once again
Roberta
Swellow was easily able to avoid the rocks. Feeing Successful, Brendan ordered Swellow to go for another **Double Team**, now making it even more difficult to hit. "Swellow could be hard to catch if you underestimate his Double Team!" Brendan informed her
Arnold
"True, so let's get them all at once", Sam turns to Verre, "**Rock Slide!**"

With a more vicious hiss, the rocks from earlier shoot high into the air and wash over the air like a tidal wave of stone trying to envelop all the Swellows above.
Hopefully this can thin out those numbers a bit, otherwise all this is going to do is drag out the battle. 
Sometimes an all in battle ends up that way huh?
Roberta
Brendan looked to see that Swellow was still fine. "**Air Slash**!" He called out. Swellow swept down and fired shards of wind hurling at the Sandaconda, damaging it quite a bit. "Swellow is quite the aggressor!" Brendan said
Arnold
The sharpened wind strikes Verre, causing him to cry out in pain from the hit. He coughs something up... Sand? He coughs a few more times before his mouth opens wide and sand pours from his throat. The sand swirling into the air and his Sand Spit causes a violent Sandstorm.

"There it is!", Sam calls out over the whipping sands.
"Let's for **Rock Slide** Once more!" From the sand, comes another hiss as the rocks are raised once more in an attempt to catch the Swellow again
Roberta
Swellow avoided the Rock Slide once more, but it was close call. "Show them your strength, buddy!" Brendan called out. Swellow, with all of its strength, went in with **Steel Wing**, hoping to take down the Sandaconda
Arnold
The Sandaconda appears to be eating, the Leftovers providing him so extra energy from that powerful blow before.
As the Swellow comes down for its strike, a blue barrier envelopes Verre to **Protect** It from the attack. Forcing the Swellow to endure the storm once more.
Roberta
"This is a tough one," Brendan quietly says as he returns Swellow. He begins to think which one to send out next. Luckily, he knew exactly who. With a deep sigh, he sent out his Crawdaunt, ready for action. "Okay, Crawdaunt! Use **Harden**!" Brendan orders. Crawdaunt nods in response as she **Hardens** Her Armor, raising her Defense
Arnold
The snaking snake continues to eat his Leftovers, regaining more strength.

"No more bird flying high?", Sam smiles, "Welcome back to ground level, but it's a little more hazardous than you remember! **Sand Attack!**"

Verre hisses and the sand collecting on the ground around the Crawdaunts feet suddenly launches into the air and rains down on it, getting in the water types eyes to make it harder to see.
Roberta
It didn't bother Crawdaunt much, and while it did lower her accuracy, her moves had quite a chance of hitting. Still, Crawdaunt awaited Brendan's instructions. He called out to use Crabhammer, since it had a chance to land a Critical hit. Crawdaunt leaped forward and hit the Sandaconda, and while she didn't land a Critical hit, it was still Super Effective
Arnold
Sam can feel Verres pain as he's struck down painfully by the Crabhammer, spewing more sand into the air due to Sand Spit. But with an angry hiss, the sand around it raises up again to blind the Crawdaunt with another **Sand Attack** While being whipped by the sandstorm
Roberta
Brendan knew that the leftovers Sandaconda was holding were going to be a problem, so he thought fast. "Crawdaunt, use *Knock Off*! Get rid of those leftovers!" He called out. She lunged forward, and because of her Black Glasses (which powers up Dark type moves) and the fact that Sandaconda was holding an item, **Knock Off** Dealt a HUGE amount of damage. "I think that's gonna hurt tomorrow..." Brendan quietly said with a grin
Arnold
"What's gunna hurt?", Sam asks as the heavy swinging claw bashes against a blue barrier once more as her Sandaconda happily eats his Leftovers some more.

The plan with Verre is pretty straightforward and annoying to battle against: he gets hit and starts spitting out sand with his ability, creating a sandstorm to start. Then using the sand created by the sandstorm, he uses Protect to regain his energy with Leftovers some more and Sand Attack to reduce his targets visibility while he heals further. Once their targets sight is hindered as much as possible, Verre uses Rock Slide mostly to try to cause flinching and draw out the battle even more. Then once the storm's ended, Verre usually has enough energy to survive another heavy hit if his opponent can land a blow. IF, but he hasn't had a chance to properly lay in the sand attacks enough to make it near impossible to hit. Hopefully the sand so far has been enough to stop the next swing...
Roberta
Brendan like their strategy. He cheered in excitement. "Finally! A real Challenge!" He cried out. He told Crawdaunt to go for **Knock Off** Again, sure that another Protect would fail. She lunged forward, but missed the Knock Off. It didn't matter. Her defense was as high as a tall building at this point, so it would be tough to bring her down
Arnold
"Let's keep on the pressure! **Sand attack!**", Sam calls out over the whipping storm. The chipping damage from the storm also helps, making sure Verres opponent is always taking damage even when the Sandaconda isn't attacking.

With another hiss, the sand on the ground coats over the Crawdaunt once more to continue blinding it further while the sandstorm damages it and Verre eats his Leftovers.
Roberta
With one last attempt, Crawdaunt goes for another **Knock Off**....And successfully lands it! It knocks away the leftovers. Brendan then cheered as he returned Crawdaunt. "You need to rest for now!" He said to her as she returned. Brendan then stood back and sent out his Salamence. It gazed down at the Sandaconda, Intimidating it and causing its Attack stat to drop
Arnold
Verre looks up from his Leftovers as the Crawdaunt had collided with the **Protect** Barrier again before his foe is swapped out for a Salamence.

Another flying type, Sam might have to change her Pokémon too. "You've held up well Verre, you can take a break too!", Sam calls out over the howling sandstorm, holding up the Dusk Ball.

Verre nods and returns to his ball. "Alright, aerial time! Let's go Fletch!", Sam throws a pokeball out and in an explosion of embers and ash, a Talonflame cries out and takes to the air. 
He beats his wings proudly as he levels himself with the Salamence, staring at his foe through the Safety Goggles. Sand bouncing off the goggles and leaving the Fire type unaffected by the raging storm around them.
Roberta
Brendan looked at Salamence and then at Talonflame. "I see yours has safety goggles as well, huh?" Brendan said to her, with his eyebrow raised. Salamence growled with Intimidation. "Let's go with **Thunder Fang**!" He ordered. Salamence roared as it quickly dashed towards Talonflame, automatically locking his electric jaws onto the Fire Bird
Arnold
"Meet it halfway: **Brave Bird!**", Sam calls out over the storm with a fist to the sky.

"Flaaaaa!", Fletch cries out as he charges forward toward the Salamence at full speed, his body becoming enveloped in a silver aura as he collides with the Salamences electrified jaws to trade his strongest recoil damage attack with his weakness typed attack from his foe!

Fletch was always Sams most reckless pokemon: Sam usually has a plan for her Pokémon, just Fletch just charges in without thinking and Sam wasn't going to change him if that's what he prefers
Roberta
Salamence was getting some good hits in. It continued with another **Thunder Fang**, this time Paralyzing Talonflame. "Good hit!" Brendan cheered. Now Salamence was getting serious. Brendan's Salamence never took defeat as an option. It wasn't planning on losing today
Arnold
The two collide again: Fletch is moving slower but his **Brave Bird** Collides with the crackling open maw of the Salamence.
The two trade blows in the air again as the sandstorm dies down.

Sam tips her glasses and the sand rolls off her lenses before she puts them back on, "Your Pokémon are all incredible, well done", she says without looking to Brendan
Roberta
"They still have more to work on... And I guess I do, too" Brendan replied, slowly beginning to doubt himself a bit. He told Salamence to continue with **Draco Meteor**! While it would harshly lower its Sp.Attack, it didn't matter considering that Salamence was more of a Physical type. He was like Godzilla but with the Predator's personality and ambition to hunt. He was what you might call a "Force-of-Nature"
Arnold
And a force of nature he is as the powerful Draconic attack slams Fletch into the ground heavily.
"Fletch!", Sam cries out and rushes over to her fallen friend. He's out cold from that attack.

Sam bites her lip and returns him, looking up at the Salamence.
"Okay...", she sighs and snaps a Ultraball from her belt, "Alright Sandy, you're up!", she announces as she throws the ball. The ball opens in a flash of yellow and a large form hits the ground before Sam. The sand from Verres battle suddenly kicks up into a vicious sandstorm as Sams Tyranitar roars proudly.

"Let's do it Sandy! **Rock Slide!**"
With her eye glowing blue, Sandy roars once more and the rocks from earlier suddenly washes over the flying type like a crashing wave!
Roberta
Salamence was hit, but it didn't keep him down. "Rock type? That's fair" Brendan called out. He then ordered Salamence to use a powerful **Earthquake**. Salamence snarled as the ground shook around them
Arnold
"Woah!", Sam wobbles as the ground beneath them trembles, Sandy taking the heavy attack and growling painfully. 
That attack really did do a number on her...
But that damn thing has taken so much damage, it shouldn't be standing too much longer!

"Once more! **Rock Slide!**"

With an enraged roar, the rocks around Sandy shoot into the air again to collapse around Salamence. Hopefully this is enough to take it out!
Roberta
Salamence was able to avoid the Rock Slide at the last possible moment since it had 90% accuracy. "Yes! Finish it, **Earthquake** Again!" Brendan called out. Salamence roared as it flew up and crashed onto the ground, causing another **Earthquake**
Arnold
Sandy whines in pain from that attack... She can't take this much more...

"You've done well Sandy", Sam can tell this will be her Tyranitars last hurrah so she's going to make it count for the rest of the battle.
"**Stealth Rocks**!"

Sandy lets out a pained howl as some of the rocks on the field raise into the air and suddenly turn invisible.
If Sandy was going to be taken out next turn, she's going to at least make sure she leaves her mark on the rest of the battle...
Roberta
Salamence smiles and cackles as it sets up his last **Earthquake**. Hitting the ground with enough force, making it one of the most powerful Earthquakes Salamence has ever created. "Feels as if the whole world is shaking apart! That's true strength!" Brendan calls out. With a final strike, Salamence brought down Tyranitar