Return of the defeated (on hold)

/Part 11/

Ash let his aura flow and could feel the same but couldn't understand what was causing it. "Ok guys let's keep moving down the path." Just as they were about to continue walking an explosion rocked the area and with that a multitude of Geodudes and Gravelers surrounded them.

"Ash, I don't like the looks of this."

" I agree, they are extremely aggravated for some reason. It's almost like something is causing them to act out." Ash said as he reached for his poke balls. "Lucario can you pin point the cause?"

"I'm trying master, if can you buy me a little more time I'll find it." replied Lucario.

"We can do that, and stop calling me master." Ash said as he tossed his poke balls into the air calling out Sceptile, Samurott, Noivern, and Areodactyl. He choose to leave Sandshrew in his ball being he was so young and inexperienced. Pikachu and Meowth jumped in line with their friends. May copied Ash's actions and called out her pokemon as well. Blaziken, Glaceon Sewaddle, Venusaur, Sawsbuck, Florges, Wartortle, and Swanna stood side by side prepared for anything that may come at them.

"Ok everyone, no sudden movement only attack if they do and only do enough to incapacitate them." Ash said to the assembled pokemon in front of them. Lucario stood behind the group with his eyes closed and the appendages on his head floated in the air trying to locate the source if the problem. The wild rock pokemon seemed to become even more agitated as more time passed and the suddenly launched into a viscous series of attacks. May and Ash instantly went into defense mode calling out dodges and counter attacks as fast as they could. Even though they were out numbered and the wild pokemon had terrain advantage May and Ash slowly pushed them back and started to get the upper hand. Suddenly the Geodude began using Self Destruct catching the pokemon and their trainers of guard. Pikachu and Glaceon were caught in the explosion as they were up front leading the battle, they were sent flying backwards. Ash jumped with lightning like reflexes catching them in midair, he tucked and rolled to the side holding the pokemon close. He gently set them down making sure they weren't seriously injured, once he was sure they were ok he turned back to the battle. He saw that even though the Geodude and Graveler were using Self Destruct May had taken charge of the battle while he made sure Pikachu and Glaceon were safe. He ran back to her side to help call attacks, Glaceon and Pikachu charged back into the fray eager to get some payback for a cheap attack.

Everyone was so focused on the battle that none of them noticed that a Graveler had snuck around the pokemon and was making its way to Ash and May. As Ash was directly Meowth and Sceptile with some combo attacks May saw the Graveler barreling down on Ash and she made a snap decision. She quickly jumped and shoved Ash to the side taking the Roll Out attack which threw her back towards the ledge. Time seemed to slow down, as Ash watched May fly through the air over the edge, Lucario stopped his search to try and catch her but wasn't quick enough. Ash ran as fast as he could and hurled himself after May, the pokemon cried out in shock as they watched the events unfold. Although he was still young, Sandshrew could sense his new trainer's distress from inside his ball and he manged to let himself out. As he touched the ground he saw Ash jumping off the cliff after May. He turned to the pokemon responsible and charged bent on defeating the wild pokemon. He was young but he was determined to prove himself, he charged a Crush Claw attack striking the Graveler head on sending it back to the other wild pokemon. Jumping at the opportunity, Glaceon used Blizzard with all the power she could to freeze the rock types in their places while the others ran and used what ever effective attack they could to knock them out. As the pokemon attacked the frozen rock types, Areodactyl flew as fast as she could after her trainer and new friend over the edge.