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Note grimaced. He did not want to do this battle... but he didn't seem to have much of a choice now. "Don. Heel," he muttered, his voice hollow.

Don looked from him to Cherri and let out a frustrated whimper before jumping down from the ledge and running to his trainer's side.

Tunes bit her lip and ran to her brother. "Eli, do you really think you can do this?" she murmured.

He shrugged. "I have to try. I'm sorry, Emily... If I lose..."

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Cherri seemed a bit more relaxed, and after mumbling something under her breath, she called the young trainer over. "Joey, come on."

He went and stood under the ledge, glancing at the marowak holding Whimsy. It didn't seem to care about how she was at all. "You'll let Whimsy go? If I win?"

"You can leave with all your Pokémon." The marowak came to its owner, laying Whimsy at her her feet. The doctor put a heavy foot over the Pokémon, making sure it wouldn't blow away. She addressed all of the trainers. "I will use my marowak. Choose your Pokémon."

Joey hesitated. He wanted Note and Tunes to choose first.

Samuel turned to watch the doctor. If she hurt the little creature, he wouldn't let her live.

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Note pulled out his pokeballs, looking at them all nervously. The little Pokémon looked back at him, all except for Vivian, who was still unconscious, even in her ball. Finally he put them back in his bag and looked at Donetello. "Want to give it a shot, Don?"

With an obedient grunt Dontello stepped forward, facing the doctor boldly.

Tunes looked very confident as she looked down at her Pokémon. They were all much weaker than any of Note's Pokémon, and almost all of them had a type disadvantage. With a heavy sigh she finally released her Seviper. "Give it all you've got, Halloween," she told the snake Pokémon, making her voice strong.

Halloween looked back at her and dipped his head before facing forward again.

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Joey looked at the houndoom uncertainly. It looked so strong. He looked uncertainly at his Pokémon. Most of these Pokémon were new for him: gifts from family over seas. He was afraid to use his starter, as it had grown a bit disobediant. He had been warned that this Pokémon had a tendency to be that way. However, it was his strongest...

"Well, pick one." Cherri said impatiently.

He flinched away from her voice. "O-Okay! Rodney!" He threw the Pokéball.

A charmeleon appeared in the burst of red light. Under its sharp eyes were painted black marks like those of a football player, and one claw on each hand had the black paint, as well. The thing looked around, a bit irritated.

"Please listen, Rodney! If we don't win..." He looked up at the doctor. "Whimsy could get really hurt!"

"Hnph." Rodney crossed his arms at his trainer. "Weak. Not cool. At all." He looked at his opponents. "You all won't know what hit you. I'm bustin' you up!" He snorted a little flame.

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Tunes eyed the Charmelion pensively before she looked at her brother. "Um... which one do you want to take?"

Note glanced from her to their opponents, and then leaned over and whispered in her ear. After a moment she nodded and the two stood tall again. "Guess I'll start," Note muttered. "Donetello, Rock Smash!"

The Houndoom shot forward, his eyes fixed on the Marowak, and as he came near he skidded to a halt, spun around, and delivered a hard kick to the Pokémon's skull.

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Marowak fell backward not expecting the attack. The skull held however, and it quickly got to its paws. "Don't just stand there marowwak, brick break." The creature rushed forward, rising the bone club in its hand. It swung hard at the houndoom, aiming for its lower jaw.

"Okay, Rodney! Flamethrower!" Joey said, hoping to land an easy hit on the Seviper. The charmeleon opened it's mouth, but instead of flame, released a thick smokescreen that filled the room.

"What are you doing? This place is full of holes! Someone will fall in!"

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Donetello was hit square in the jaw by the attack. He hit the ground and growled, but got up.

"Donetello, Crunch!" Note called through the smoke, confident that his Pokémon would hear him.

Don looked around, his eyes watering as he tried to find the Marowak in the darkness. When he believed he saw the right shadow he leapt forward and sunk his teeth into something.

Halloween recoiled, but was pleasantly surprised when all that hit him was a smokescreen. He dropped to his belly, his eyes narrowing. His accuracy would be affected, but he could rely on his head vision, being that he was a snake.

"Poison Tail, Halloween!" Tunes called.

The snake Pokémon slithered through the smoke, his tail aglow in preparation for the attack, and he swung at the Charmeleon, aiming for his feet to knock him to the ground.

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The marowak cried out, but it had hoped things would be kept close in this dark haze. Dr. Cherri could tell from the length of the cry that the houndoom was still holding on. "Bonemerang!" Her Pokémon twisted, throwing the club. It whipped past the houndoom's head to dissappear into the dark, seeming to miss.

Rodney jumped up, dodging the glowing tail, and to his suprise he landed on it, pinning the snake. "Heh heh, I've got the moves like Jagger, huh?" He said, playing it off like he had meant to. He balled wis fist, looking at the outline of the snake in the smoke like it was a punching bag.

Joey looked into the smoke, unsure what to do. He couldn't see a thing. "Er, slash!" He wasn't even sure if Rodney would listen.

The charmeleon unballed his fist, snorting in irritation. It was easy bto tell the noise was a habit. He raised his claws in the air and swung them down to slash at the snake.

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Donetello started as the bone whipped by his head, but he had been in enough battles to know that it was coming back. He planted his paws and flung the Marowak into the smoke before turning, trying to decide in which direction he should turn. Finally he turned but he had not taken ten steps when he fell down one of the Onix holes with a surprised yelp.

Note's eyes widened. "Donetello?" He had no idea what had happened to the Houndoom.

"Poison Fang!" Tunes cried desperately into the smoke.

Halloween ducked, barely missing the Slash attack and then sprung forward, sinking his long fangs into the Charmeleon's shoulder.

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The marowak tumbled into the smoke, and its bone club didn't find a target as it whirled back, bouncing off the ground and into a hole as well.

Dr. Cherri paced the ledge. The sharp blows of the bone club had been how she was keeping track of her Pokémon, and she could tell marowak didn't have it anymore from the lack of noise. She had liked the smokescreen, but she had little choice now. "Marowak, blizzard!"

Freezing air and snow blew across the room, clearing the smokescreen and showing the houndoom's lack of attendance. It quickly died down into an ashy snowfall. Marowak felt extremely exposed without its boneclub, and was immediantly looking around.

Rodney fell back, losing his balance as the snake's tail moved under him. He tried desperately to yank the snake from his shoulder. He could feel the poison seeping into his flesh. "Sonuva..."

Joey heard the thud as his Pokémon fell, and as the snow replaced smoke, he could see the outline of his Pokémon wrestling the snake. "Flamethrower, Rodney! Flamethrower!"

The order seemed like a great idea to the charmeleon, and he turned his head, his nose brushing Holloween's face as he opened his jaws, letting loose the flaming attack at an extremely close proximity.

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Note looked around wildly for Donetello, but once he had fallen into the hole he had not come back out. "Donetello?" he said, looking around anxiously.

"Eli, Halloween can't do this for long!" Tunes cried desperately.

As she spoke the snake Pokémon was torched by the Charmeleon's flamethrower. He pulled his fangs out of Rodney's shoulder and slithered back, hissing in pain. His scales were black and he was badly injured.

"Donetello!" Note called desperately.

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"I-I'm sorry!" Joey said as his charmeleon pull itself back to its feet.

Rodney was breathing heavily and in pain as he got to his feet. The poison was already taking its toll on him, and his shouler didn't just have the two holes of a snake bite, but two jagged gashes where he had tried to pull the snake away. "This is nothing." He said, gritting his teeth. But the flame on his tail was bluish whit from the effort.

Dr. Cherri was scanning the ground as well, but instead for the bone. Without it, her marowak couldn't attack much. "Underground! It's underground." She said to the desperate creature.

The marowak nodded, jumping into the nearest hole. It followed its gut instinct, knowing it would find its too if it did.

Cherri wasn't sure she would win. She was stalling for time, waiting for Sherman to regain consciousness. She didn't know what the jolteon had done to him, but she hopped he would wake up soon.

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Suddenly Donetello jumped from the hole behind Rodney and tackled the Charmeleon to the ground. He bit down on his neck in a Crunch attack, and Halloween jumped back in surprise.

Note and Tunes whooped as they saw the canine, both in relief and jubilation. "Halloween, follow that Marowak," Tunes ordered. "Use Poison Fang on it!"

The Seviper obediently crawled into the nearest hole and disappeared inside. He slithered around the hole for a while in complete silence but long before he found the Pokémon he found the bone. Puzzled by it, he grabbed it and kept looking, unaware of its significance in this fight.

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"Rodney!" Joey cried as his Pokémon hit the floor.

The charmeleon struggle, trying to hit Donetello with his strong tail, but with no success.

Marowak was looking intently for the bone, and saw that Holloween had it in a spot where light was shining into the tunnel. It hid, ducking around a corner. Even thoug it was angry to see its precious tool being held by a stranger, it knew it couldn't do much, but it had to devise an attack.

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Donetello took a step back from the Charmeleon, his eyes fixed on him as he waited for another attack. Rondey was sick; Don could smell it on him. He couldn't survive too much longer that way...

Halloween turned, slithering past the Marowak. Then he stopped as he sensed him and backed up. He let out a surprised hiss, still holding the bone, and backed back into the light of the hole.