As Toorop and Machop were getting psychologically ready to go, a trainer walked up and jumped right into the smack talk and seemed as if he would be a good addition to their side of the battle.  He let loose his Tentacool which seemed ready to go.  Just as it seemed they were going to start, a random Torchic popped into the bunch from where Toorop thought he had seen someone in the bushes... coincidence, probably not, but it wasn't the time to dwell on it.  As the group formed up the group of thugs sprung into action attacking the group.<br/><br/>Machop took a little damage and of course was targeted by Mismagius which  he was not very happy about, but he chose to focus on the Honchrow first and go from there.  Toorop reminded Machop to stay on guard and try and keep them both in front of him.  Machop threw a low kick that hit the Honchrow square for 8 points of damage.<br/><br/>Toorop decided he needed to be more involved that just yelling from the sideline and saw his opportunity when the Houndoom took a poison sting to the throat and completely let its guard down.  He ran and gave the Pokemon a boot to the side and then made sure to get out of the mix before he caught any residual damage from the Pokemon's flames.