01-04-2016, 04:38 PM
There was a brief, fleeting moment where everyone stood perfectly still and assessed this situation. It passed just as quickly, and in an instant the adventurers were all in motion.
The Onix struck first, swinging it's massive tail at the two unlikely allies. Brooke leaped backwards to dodge the stone appendage, hitting the ground on her stomach and launching a cloud of ash into the air. Baldur, meanwhile, braced himself and held both of his arms up. Onix's tail collided with the Goron, who managed to keep his footing. Pebbles flew exploded from from the point of impact between their bodies, though Baldur couldn't tell which being they came from. He paid it little mind, and instead shoved the tail away. The Onix roared and dove headfirst at it's fellow rock being, and Baldur leaped backwards while curling his hands into fists.
Brooke rolled to her back and sat up, watching in awe as the Onix pursued her Goron friend. She stood up and started to reach for her revolver, while instinctively looking around the area at the same time. It was fortunate that she did, because that was when she saw the Poliwrath rapidly approaching her. The water Pokemon swung a fist at the girl, who barely dodged to the side in time. With very little grace, she stumbled to the side and took a few steps to regain her footing. The Poliwrath missed it's punch, but readjusted itself and turned to face Brooke.
At the same time, Brooke rolled her shoulders back and let her coat fall down her arms. The Poliwrath kicked up more ash as it charged fowards again. Brooke threw her jacket forward, tangling the Pokemon up in it and causing Poliwrath to immediately begin flailing inside it's makeshift leather trap. While it struggled, Brooke ran forward and grabbed the arm of her own jacket in one hand, and immediately began to pummel the Poliwrath with a balled up fist. She aimed for what her best guess was the center of the swirl plastered across it's body, using it like a giant bulls-eye. Her aim wasn't perfect, but each blow connected with some part of it's body, so she saw no reason to stop.
While Brooke was in her scuffle, Baldur's battle was taking him all over the lava-filled arena they were occupying. He leaped backwards from platform to platform, trying to get enough space to take the offensive. The Onix snaked across the platforms, leaping in hot pursuit of the Goron. Realizing that he was getting nowhere, Baldur knew he'd have to push his luck. So, he landed on a protruding rock and slid to a stop. Already the Onix was descending upon him, so he threw a powerful punch that collided with the monster's snout. The Onix buckled forward and folded at the impact, letting out a painful roar as it quickly snapped back into a more natural posture. It then growled as it shook it's head and positioned itself across the lava from Baldur. It coiled itself up like a snake so that it would be ready to lunge forward at a second's notice.
Brooke continued her assault on the Poliwrath, as it continued to flail inside her coat. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her left thigh, and looked down to see that the Raticate had bit her on the leg and was latching onto her tightly. She let out a scream of pain as she let go of her previous opponent, and the Poliwrath finally was able to fall over. Brooke attempted to punch the Raticate several times, but the blows were weak and awkward from a combination of the pain and the angle she was approaching it from.
The girl collapsed to her knees while the Raticate sunk it's teeth further into her flesh. The blood stained her jeans and ran down her leg. She couldn't quite measure how deep the wound was, but it was definitely slightly more than a flesh wound. She used her hands to try and pry the creature off, but it held tight. She glanced over to the Poliwrath to see it emerging from the jacket, and realized she would have to go something quickly, otherwise this was going to go very poorly for her in a hurry. A surge of pain raced through her body as the Raticate shook it's head and tore a bit more skin.
Brooke retaliated, this time, by slapping her hands on both sides of the rat-like monster's head with open palms. She connected with both of it's ears, and as a result immediately ruptured both of it's ear drums from the sheer force of the impact. The Raticate released her leg and stumbled backwards as it howled in pain. Brooke stood up, ignoring the pain that shot through her leg, and then hobbled towards the recovering creature. Before the Raticate even noticed her approaching, Brooke delivered a powerful upward kick to the small Pokemon, effectively punting it across the lava-ridden battleground. Paying it little more mind for the time being, she grimaced in pain as she turned to look towards her original foe.
Having sensed something, just barely, in his peripheral vision, Baldur looked to his side and saw the Raticate flying towards him. This development surprised him, but he quickly responded by swinging a backhanded punch, knocking the creature out of the air and causing it to drop into the lake of lava with only a small splash. He didn't have time to enjoy that small win, as the Onix lunged down at him while he was distracted. The rock monster opened it's jaws and tried to bite down on him, utilizing the snake portion of it's obviously diverse DNA.
Baldur was quicker than he appeared, however, and caught the monster's mouth with both of his arms. Holding both it's upper and lower jaws in each arm, Baldur was still shoved backwards quite a ways from the impact. He held his grip, and continued to force the Pokemon's mouth open. The light burning on the heel of his left foot told him that he had been forced to the edge of the platform, and he had very little room for error, lest he end up joining the flying rat.
The Goron let out a roar of fury as he mustered up all his strength. Fighting against the Onix, and totally overpowering it, he lifted the thirty foot abomination completely off the ground. The beast grunted out in surprise as best it could, seeing as it's open mouth was the point of leverage. Baldur then turned and hurled it forwards. He had hoped to dunk it completely in the lava, but the massive beast rolled across the protruding stones, never hitting a deep enough section of the lava to fully submerge. Baldur still shielded his eyes and retreated backwards as lava splashed everywhere.
The Onix rolled itself upright, shaking the lava off of itself with a roar of both fury and agony. Drips of magma rolled off the creature's body, and the damage was now apparent. Each of the stones that the Pokemon's body was comprised of had suffered some degree of mutilation, some of which were very deep gashes. This did not seem to slow the creature down at all, as it abruptly began to rush back towards Baldur once it finished it's yell.
Meanwhile, the Goron was grinning wildly. This creature was the best challenge he'd faced in a very long time, and possibly ever. The seriousness of this situation had evaporated in from his mind. All that mattered to him was defeating this monstrosity. Not for any personal vendetta, or worldly goal, but simply because he wanted to defeat it in combat. It was exhilarating, and he was unable to prevent himself was letting out his own war cry as he charged at the approaching beast.
Brooke was having a far less enjoyable time with these proceedings, however. She watched as the battered and bruised Poliwrath stood up and tossed the jacket aside, and was silently thankful that it didn't land in the lava and destroy the various tools she had in those pockets instead of her belt. Without thinking too much further about it, she grabbed her revolver from it's holster and aimed it towards the water Pokemon.
Though Brooke was fast, the Poliwrath was faster. It raised it's palm and released a burst of water in her direction. With impeccable accuracy, the water jet collided with her gun as she was pulling the trigger. The end result was the gun being removed from her hand as it discharged, but the bullet went straight into the roof of the cavern. The gun landed several yards away from her, which was much too far to recover at this moment. Indeed, Brooke was stunned and disoriented from the burst of water that had also splashed all over her and forced her to close her eyes for several valuable seconds.
She shook her head and opened her eyes to see the Poliwrath charging forwards and approaching her at a terrifying speed. She knew better than to try and deal with this thing in a head to head confrontation, as she would be totally outmatched. Luckily, she still had one more tool at her disposal. She reached across her waist and drew her trusty bullwhip, extending it with a fast snap of her wrist. The Poliwrath immediately stopped in it's tracks, watching as the girl skillfully spun the whip around. Deciding to stick with the ranged approach, the Poliwrath began to raise it's hand so it could produce another water jet, but this time Brooke was the faster of the two.
She snapped the whip forward and connected with the swirl on the center of the water Pokemon. It recoiled in pain, twisting it's body just a little bit as it did. Brooke snapped the whip again, this time wrapping it around the creature's right arm. Before she could do anything else, the Pokemon exhibited a burst of energy and began spinning towards her. As it did, it was wrapping the whip around it's own body, preventing Brooke from recovering her final weapon. She was helpless to do anything when the Poliwrath closed the gap entirely and headbutted her with the open portion of it's body between it's two spread out eyes.
Brooke let out a surprised scream as she was thrown from the impact and landed on her back and jarred her head against the hard floor. She groaned in agony, but before she could do anything else, the persistent Pokemon landed on top of her, straddling her and preventing her from retreating any further. She twisted her upper body to dodge a powerful punch from the furious creature, and desperately grasped for anything that could be used as a weapon across the ash covered ground. She clutched a rock that was the size of a baseball, and decided it would have to do. The Poliwrath was already swinging it's other fist, confident that a flurry of punches would be the end of this troublesome woman. Brooke twisted herself back towards the creature, slamming the rock into the Pokemon's eyes when she came up.
The Poliwrath let out a very odd cry of pain, stopping it's assault to clutch it's now blinded eye. It still sat on top of Brooke, preventing her from fleeing. This still gave Brooke the time she needed, as she spied her revolver lying on the ground near her. She fully extended her arm and stretched like she never had before, touching the bottom of the grips with one finger. The Poliwrath looked down at her with it's one good eye, putting aside the pain for a moment. Water began to gather around it's fists, seeming to come from nowhere. It was about to definitively end this woman's life.
With a surge of strength that could only come from one's desire to live, Brooke pushed herself upwards just a bit, sliding slightly underneath the weight of the Pokemon. She didn't move very far, but it was more than enough. She grabbed the revolver and immediately swung it up at the unsuspecting monster. In only a second she had emptied the cylinder's remaining rounds into the creature. Blood and, surprisingly, water flew everywhere as the Poliwrath was riddled with bullet holes, and then unceremoniously collapsed on top of it's killer. Brooke could only groan from underneath the heap.
Baldur leaped upwards at the Onix as they closed in on each other, delivering a knee to it's face with his steel coated right leg. The Onix recoiled in pain, but at the same time swung it's tail from the side at the unsuspecting Goron. Unable to prevent this attack, Baldur was swatted out of the air, and slammed into a rock with such velocity that he created a small crater. The hole began to fill with lava, due to the compromised integrity, so Baldur leaped from it and quickly hopped to another clearing.
The time he took to preserve himself and find safe footing was utilized by the Onix for another offensive. The Onix slammed it's head downwards, but Baldur saw it coming just in time and side stepped the attack. He began to swing a punch at the monster's eye, but the Onix simply moved it's head to the side and knocked Baldur towards the pool of magma. Baldur grabbed the Onix's head and held tight to it's horn, startling the rock monster and causing it to shake it's head to try and remove the Goron. Baldur gritted his teeth and held tight with his arms while the rest of his body swung uncontrollably from the Onix's fury.
Fighting against the Onix and the inertia it created by shaking him in every direction, Baldur managed to bring his left leg up and stabbed the rock snake in the lower jaw with one of the small spikes on the shins his steel planted leggings. It wasn't easy to break through the rocks that served as this monster's skin, but Baldur certainly had the strength to do so. This allowed him to quickly drop down a relatively safe boulder that protruded from the lava cavern, while the Onix flexed it's jaw in clear discomfort.
Baldur looked backwards to see that they were at the edge of the cavern, and he had been backed up to the rock wall. He didn't like that, as it hampered his movement options by quite a bit. This monster's size obviously allowed it a great deal of control over this battle, and Baldur had to seize small opportunities. Distance and space were a key part of creating those.
His thoughts were cut short by the Onix lunging towards him, once again. Baldur side stepped the beast and grabbed it by the head, causing it to immediately fight his grip. The monster was too massive to contain like this, so Baldur quickly plowed it into the wall of the cavern, lodging it's face deep inside of it. To his shock, the Onix simply began to dig itself further into the wall, and within a few short seconds it had completely disappeared into the structure.
Baldur stared in disbelief of what he had just witnessed for a moment, but quickly realized that he needed to move away from here as fast as possible. Baldur crouched down and leaped to another platform just as the Onix exploded headfirst out of the rock wall directly behind him, sending stone shrapnel in every direction as it chased the Goron once more.
Baldur landed on one of the larger platforms, and turned around once he did. This one had enough space that he could work, as the Onix occupied most of the ground space on the majority of other rocks that were among the arena. The Pokemon rapidly approached, and Baldur spread his feet to take a defensive stance. The Onix moved as fast as it could, effortlessly crossing the rocks to approach it's Goron foe. Once more, it leaped at Baldur for a headbutt of colossal proportions. Baldur, at the same time, swung his right fist as hard as he could, connecting with the monster's forehead and causing another spray of pebbles from an indeterminable source.
The impact stunned both stone creatures. Baldur limped backwards from the sheer force of the impact, and the Onix was just as surprised to find it's entire body spun around from the energy behind the blow. Baldur shook his hand as he powered through the pain, but the Onix recovered faster and was already spinning back around. It collided with the Goron, and this time it quickly lifted it's head and hurled the Goron high into the air, sending it towards the roof.
Brooke, meanwhile, finally managed to shove the dead Poliwrath off of her. She limped to her feet, untangling her whip from the Pokemon's corpse in the process. She looked over to see the battle between the two golems, but also noticed that Davin was watching the battle silently. She didn't know what, but she also knew he was likely looking for a way to intervene on his Pokemon's behalf.
Baldur began to descend downwards, and the Onix leaped up towards him. The rock monster opened it's jaws so that the Goron would fall right in them, to be either eaten or badly maimed, whichever the Pokemon would find easier. Baldur had different plans, and laced his fingers tightly together. As they approached each other, Baldur swung his balled up hands downwards and connected with the top of the Onix's head.
More rocks flew everywhere, and the giant horn snapped from the Pokemon's skull and flew to the side, stabbing into the ground. The Onix, itself, did not have the same luck, and it was thrown downwards, at an angle. That slight alteration in it's trajectory for the trip back down proved to be fatal, as it fell straight into the pool of magma below, completely disappearing with a large splash. Baldur landed near the shattered stone horn, and held his arms up just in case any of the lava rained in his direction. It would still hurt, but better that it affect his arms than his head. Fortunately for him, the falling lava didn't make it to him, and though there was a wave that covered several of the rocks that had served as safe footing, his was not one of them.
Davin could only stare in disbelief. His small fighting force had been utterly defeated. He watched Baldur with caution and terror as the Goron turned to make eye contact with him. Davin moved a foot back one step, though he wasn't sure where he'd run to. Instead, he looked over to Brooke, who he believed was still recovering from her battle.
"Where did you-"
Davin's question was cut short when Brooke raised her freshly loaded revolver and fired a single round between his eyes. The Pokemon-less trainer fell to the ground unceremoniously; dead before he even knew what had happened. Baldur flinched, having not expected such a display from the woman he'd been accompanying. Brooke simply opened her revolver back up and topped off the gun with another bullet before closing and holstering it.
While Brooke picked up her coat and put it back on, Baldur ripped the fallen Onix's horn from the ground, inspecting it briefly. He then watched as Brooke slowly hopped from rock to rock towards the ruined droid. Fortunately, that platform had been one of several to not see any action in the battle. With nothing better to do at this point, the Goron began to make his way towards his limping human companion so he could get some answers.
The Onix struck first, swinging it's massive tail at the two unlikely allies. Brooke leaped backwards to dodge the stone appendage, hitting the ground on her stomach and launching a cloud of ash into the air. Baldur, meanwhile, braced himself and held both of his arms up. Onix's tail collided with the Goron, who managed to keep his footing. Pebbles flew exploded from from the point of impact between their bodies, though Baldur couldn't tell which being they came from. He paid it little mind, and instead shoved the tail away. The Onix roared and dove headfirst at it's fellow rock being, and Baldur leaped backwards while curling his hands into fists.
Brooke rolled to her back and sat up, watching in awe as the Onix pursued her Goron friend. She stood up and started to reach for her revolver, while instinctively looking around the area at the same time. It was fortunate that she did, because that was when she saw the Poliwrath rapidly approaching her. The water Pokemon swung a fist at the girl, who barely dodged to the side in time. With very little grace, she stumbled to the side and took a few steps to regain her footing. The Poliwrath missed it's punch, but readjusted itself and turned to face Brooke.
At the same time, Brooke rolled her shoulders back and let her coat fall down her arms. The Poliwrath kicked up more ash as it charged fowards again. Brooke threw her jacket forward, tangling the Pokemon up in it and causing Poliwrath to immediately begin flailing inside it's makeshift leather trap. While it struggled, Brooke ran forward and grabbed the arm of her own jacket in one hand, and immediately began to pummel the Poliwrath with a balled up fist. She aimed for what her best guess was the center of the swirl plastered across it's body, using it like a giant bulls-eye. Her aim wasn't perfect, but each blow connected with some part of it's body, so she saw no reason to stop.
While Brooke was in her scuffle, Baldur's battle was taking him all over the lava-filled arena they were occupying. He leaped backwards from platform to platform, trying to get enough space to take the offensive. The Onix snaked across the platforms, leaping in hot pursuit of the Goron. Realizing that he was getting nowhere, Baldur knew he'd have to push his luck. So, he landed on a protruding rock and slid to a stop. Already the Onix was descending upon him, so he threw a powerful punch that collided with the monster's snout. The Onix buckled forward and folded at the impact, letting out a painful roar as it quickly snapped back into a more natural posture. It then growled as it shook it's head and positioned itself across the lava from Baldur. It coiled itself up like a snake so that it would be ready to lunge forward at a second's notice.
Brooke continued her assault on the Poliwrath, as it continued to flail inside her coat. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her left thigh, and looked down to see that the Raticate had bit her on the leg and was latching onto her tightly. She let out a scream of pain as she let go of her previous opponent, and the Poliwrath finally was able to fall over. Brooke attempted to punch the Raticate several times, but the blows were weak and awkward from a combination of the pain and the angle she was approaching it from.
The girl collapsed to her knees while the Raticate sunk it's teeth further into her flesh. The blood stained her jeans and ran down her leg. She couldn't quite measure how deep the wound was, but it was definitely slightly more than a flesh wound. She used her hands to try and pry the creature off, but it held tight. She glanced over to the Poliwrath to see it emerging from the jacket, and realized she would have to go something quickly, otherwise this was going to go very poorly for her in a hurry. A surge of pain raced through her body as the Raticate shook it's head and tore a bit more skin.
Brooke retaliated, this time, by slapping her hands on both sides of the rat-like monster's head with open palms. She connected with both of it's ears, and as a result immediately ruptured both of it's ear drums from the sheer force of the impact. The Raticate released her leg and stumbled backwards as it howled in pain. Brooke stood up, ignoring the pain that shot through her leg, and then hobbled towards the recovering creature. Before the Raticate even noticed her approaching, Brooke delivered a powerful upward kick to the small Pokemon, effectively punting it across the lava-ridden battleground. Paying it little more mind for the time being, she grimaced in pain as she turned to look towards her original foe.
Having sensed something, just barely, in his peripheral vision, Baldur looked to his side and saw the Raticate flying towards him. This development surprised him, but he quickly responded by swinging a backhanded punch, knocking the creature out of the air and causing it to drop into the lake of lava with only a small splash. He didn't have time to enjoy that small win, as the Onix lunged down at him while he was distracted. The rock monster opened it's jaws and tried to bite down on him, utilizing the snake portion of it's obviously diverse DNA.
Baldur was quicker than he appeared, however, and caught the monster's mouth with both of his arms. Holding both it's upper and lower jaws in each arm, Baldur was still shoved backwards quite a ways from the impact. He held his grip, and continued to force the Pokemon's mouth open. The light burning on the heel of his left foot told him that he had been forced to the edge of the platform, and he had very little room for error, lest he end up joining the flying rat.
The Goron let out a roar of fury as he mustered up all his strength. Fighting against the Onix, and totally overpowering it, he lifted the thirty foot abomination completely off the ground. The beast grunted out in surprise as best it could, seeing as it's open mouth was the point of leverage. Baldur then turned and hurled it forwards. He had hoped to dunk it completely in the lava, but the massive beast rolled across the protruding stones, never hitting a deep enough section of the lava to fully submerge. Baldur still shielded his eyes and retreated backwards as lava splashed everywhere.
The Onix rolled itself upright, shaking the lava off of itself with a roar of both fury and agony. Drips of magma rolled off the creature's body, and the damage was now apparent. Each of the stones that the Pokemon's body was comprised of had suffered some degree of mutilation, some of which were very deep gashes. This did not seem to slow the creature down at all, as it abruptly began to rush back towards Baldur once it finished it's yell.
Meanwhile, the Goron was grinning wildly. This creature was the best challenge he'd faced in a very long time, and possibly ever. The seriousness of this situation had evaporated in from his mind. All that mattered to him was defeating this monstrosity. Not for any personal vendetta, or worldly goal, but simply because he wanted to defeat it in combat. It was exhilarating, and he was unable to prevent himself was letting out his own war cry as he charged at the approaching beast.
Brooke was having a far less enjoyable time with these proceedings, however. She watched as the battered and bruised Poliwrath stood up and tossed the jacket aside, and was silently thankful that it didn't land in the lava and destroy the various tools she had in those pockets instead of her belt. Without thinking too much further about it, she grabbed her revolver from it's holster and aimed it towards the water Pokemon.
Though Brooke was fast, the Poliwrath was faster. It raised it's palm and released a burst of water in her direction. With impeccable accuracy, the water jet collided with her gun as she was pulling the trigger. The end result was the gun being removed from her hand as it discharged, but the bullet went straight into the roof of the cavern. The gun landed several yards away from her, which was much too far to recover at this moment. Indeed, Brooke was stunned and disoriented from the burst of water that had also splashed all over her and forced her to close her eyes for several valuable seconds.
She shook her head and opened her eyes to see the Poliwrath charging forwards and approaching her at a terrifying speed. She knew better than to try and deal with this thing in a head to head confrontation, as she would be totally outmatched. Luckily, she still had one more tool at her disposal. She reached across her waist and drew her trusty bullwhip, extending it with a fast snap of her wrist. The Poliwrath immediately stopped in it's tracks, watching as the girl skillfully spun the whip around. Deciding to stick with the ranged approach, the Poliwrath began to raise it's hand so it could produce another water jet, but this time Brooke was the faster of the two.
She snapped the whip forward and connected with the swirl on the center of the water Pokemon. It recoiled in pain, twisting it's body just a little bit as it did. Brooke snapped the whip again, this time wrapping it around the creature's right arm. Before she could do anything else, the Pokemon exhibited a burst of energy and began spinning towards her. As it did, it was wrapping the whip around it's own body, preventing Brooke from recovering her final weapon. She was helpless to do anything when the Poliwrath closed the gap entirely and headbutted her with the open portion of it's body between it's two spread out eyes.
Brooke let out a surprised scream as she was thrown from the impact and landed on her back and jarred her head against the hard floor. She groaned in agony, but before she could do anything else, the persistent Pokemon landed on top of her, straddling her and preventing her from retreating any further. She twisted her upper body to dodge a powerful punch from the furious creature, and desperately grasped for anything that could be used as a weapon across the ash covered ground. She clutched a rock that was the size of a baseball, and decided it would have to do. The Poliwrath was already swinging it's other fist, confident that a flurry of punches would be the end of this troublesome woman. Brooke twisted herself back towards the creature, slamming the rock into the Pokemon's eyes when she came up.
The Poliwrath let out a very odd cry of pain, stopping it's assault to clutch it's now blinded eye. It still sat on top of Brooke, preventing her from fleeing. This still gave Brooke the time she needed, as she spied her revolver lying on the ground near her. She fully extended her arm and stretched like she never had before, touching the bottom of the grips with one finger. The Poliwrath looked down at her with it's one good eye, putting aside the pain for a moment. Water began to gather around it's fists, seeming to come from nowhere. It was about to definitively end this woman's life.
With a surge of strength that could only come from one's desire to live, Brooke pushed herself upwards just a bit, sliding slightly underneath the weight of the Pokemon. She didn't move very far, but it was more than enough. She grabbed the revolver and immediately swung it up at the unsuspecting monster. In only a second she had emptied the cylinder's remaining rounds into the creature. Blood and, surprisingly, water flew everywhere as the Poliwrath was riddled with bullet holes, and then unceremoniously collapsed on top of it's killer. Brooke could only groan from underneath the heap.
Baldur leaped upwards at the Onix as they closed in on each other, delivering a knee to it's face with his steel coated right leg. The Onix recoiled in pain, but at the same time swung it's tail from the side at the unsuspecting Goron. Unable to prevent this attack, Baldur was swatted out of the air, and slammed into a rock with such velocity that he created a small crater. The hole began to fill with lava, due to the compromised integrity, so Baldur leaped from it and quickly hopped to another clearing.
The time he took to preserve himself and find safe footing was utilized by the Onix for another offensive. The Onix slammed it's head downwards, but Baldur saw it coming just in time and side stepped the attack. He began to swing a punch at the monster's eye, but the Onix simply moved it's head to the side and knocked Baldur towards the pool of magma. Baldur grabbed the Onix's head and held tight to it's horn, startling the rock monster and causing it to shake it's head to try and remove the Goron. Baldur gritted his teeth and held tight with his arms while the rest of his body swung uncontrollably from the Onix's fury.
Fighting against the Onix and the inertia it created by shaking him in every direction, Baldur managed to bring his left leg up and stabbed the rock snake in the lower jaw with one of the small spikes on the shins his steel planted leggings. It wasn't easy to break through the rocks that served as this monster's skin, but Baldur certainly had the strength to do so. This allowed him to quickly drop down a relatively safe boulder that protruded from the lava cavern, while the Onix flexed it's jaw in clear discomfort.
Baldur looked backwards to see that they were at the edge of the cavern, and he had been backed up to the rock wall. He didn't like that, as it hampered his movement options by quite a bit. This monster's size obviously allowed it a great deal of control over this battle, and Baldur had to seize small opportunities. Distance and space were a key part of creating those.
His thoughts were cut short by the Onix lunging towards him, once again. Baldur side stepped the beast and grabbed it by the head, causing it to immediately fight his grip. The monster was too massive to contain like this, so Baldur quickly plowed it into the wall of the cavern, lodging it's face deep inside of it. To his shock, the Onix simply began to dig itself further into the wall, and within a few short seconds it had completely disappeared into the structure.
Baldur stared in disbelief of what he had just witnessed for a moment, but quickly realized that he needed to move away from here as fast as possible. Baldur crouched down and leaped to another platform just as the Onix exploded headfirst out of the rock wall directly behind him, sending stone shrapnel in every direction as it chased the Goron once more.
Baldur landed on one of the larger platforms, and turned around once he did. This one had enough space that he could work, as the Onix occupied most of the ground space on the majority of other rocks that were among the arena. The Pokemon rapidly approached, and Baldur spread his feet to take a defensive stance. The Onix moved as fast as it could, effortlessly crossing the rocks to approach it's Goron foe. Once more, it leaped at Baldur for a headbutt of colossal proportions. Baldur, at the same time, swung his right fist as hard as he could, connecting with the monster's forehead and causing another spray of pebbles from an indeterminable source.
The impact stunned both stone creatures. Baldur limped backwards from the sheer force of the impact, and the Onix was just as surprised to find it's entire body spun around from the energy behind the blow. Baldur shook his hand as he powered through the pain, but the Onix recovered faster and was already spinning back around. It collided with the Goron, and this time it quickly lifted it's head and hurled the Goron high into the air, sending it towards the roof.
Brooke, meanwhile, finally managed to shove the dead Poliwrath off of her. She limped to her feet, untangling her whip from the Pokemon's corpse in the process. She looked over to see the battle between the two golems, but also noticed that Davin was watching the battle silently. She didn't know what, but she also knew he was likely looking for a way to intervene on his Pokemon's behalf.
Baldur began to descend downwards, and the Onix leaped up towards him. The rock monster opened it's jaws so that the Goron would fall right in them, to be either eaten or badly maimed, whichever the Pokemon would find easier. Baldur had different plans, and laced his fingers tightly together. As they approached each other, Baldur swung his balled up hands downwards and connected with the top of the Onix's head.
More rocks flew everywhere, and the giant horn snapped from the Pokemon's skull and flew to the side, stabbing into the ground. The Onix, itself, did not have the same luck, and it was thrown downwards, at an angle. That slight alteration in it's trajectory for the trip back down proved to be fatal, as it fell straight into the pool of magma below, completely disappearing with a large splash. Baldur landed near the shattered stone horn, and held his arms up just in case any of the lava rained in his direction. It would still hurt, but better that it affect his arms than his head. Fortunately for him, the falling lava didn't make it to him, and though there was a wave that covered several of the rocks that had served as safe footing, his was not one of them.
Davin could only stare in disbelief. His small fighting force had been utterly defeated. He watched Baldur with caution and terror as the Goron turned to make eye contact with him. Davin moved a foot back one step, though he wasn't sure where he'd run to. Instead, he looked over to Brooke, who he believed was still recovering from her battle.
"Where did you-"
Davin's question was cut short when Brooke raised her freshly loaded revolver and fired a single round between his eyes. The Pokemon-less trainer fell to the ground unceremoniously; dead before he even knew what had happened. Baldur flinched, having not expected such a display from the woman he'd been accompanying. Brooke simply opened her revolver back up and topped off the gun with another bullet before closing and holstering it.
While Brooke picked up her coat and put it back on, Baldur ripped the fallen Onix's horn from the ground, inspecting it briefly. He then watched as Brooke slowly hopped from rock to rock towards the ruined droid. Fortunately, that platform had been one of several to not see any action in the battle. With nothing better to do at this point, the Goron began to make his way towards his limping human companion so he could get some answers.