Chapter 188 - 68

Electabuzz looked at the sky and mumbled," The battle the past few days has been too frightening and difficult. It seems we became too relaxed with our increasing powers and forgot how big the world really is."

Slowking being the wise pokemon he was agreed," Indeed. The battle will end soon. Xatu has informed me that he took away pidgeot to heal from here because of his heavy injuries. Now that all the pseudo king on our side are out. Only elite level are left.

I think we can catch our breathe now and then join others to end this war quicker. I could use a big nap after all this."

Slowking noticed Espeon was way too quiet now and decided to ask," What happened, Espeon? Have you not recovered from the illusion effect even now?"

" I am fine. The thing I worry about is Alex. How will he be after this?"

" what about him? He will be fine. We won and all of us survived though some are more wounded than others." Electabuzz replied.

" I am not talking about that. I am talking about his mental health. How much he will change after the battle.

Claydol mentioned back then, the old man's son said that humans change after this kind of battle and it takes time to recover them, some are no longer the same as they were before the fight."

" What, old man? "Elect a buzz still wasn't sure who they talked about.

" The same old man whose Charizard completely destroyed you, you idiot." Espeon was angry worth his constant interruption and shouted at the muscled headed bipedal electric Pokemon.

Of course, electabuzz ignored her angry shout and said," Him. I remember him now. His son is a strong human, just like his father. As for Alex's change, I don't care." He said without a hint of worry.

" What do you mean you don't care? Are you not worried about him!" Espeon doesn't like his nonchalant words regarding Alex and thundered at him.

Slowking decided to interfere and tried to appease Espeon as he felt the same as electabuzz in this regard," It is not that he doesn't care. It is that he trust Alex enough to know he would not lose Alex to anything.

We , meaning I, pidgeot and electabuzz know him for more than six years. We saw him grow from a small boy who was scared of pokemons to the current fearsome trainer who can look into the eyes of some of the most fearsome pokemons without fear .

We saw him facing different obstacles and things that many kids his age would rather give up and try something else. Yet he didn't give up. He faced it head on and overcame it.

We have always known that Alex may change after this war and we have prepared ourselves for the change."

" Are you sure we cannot do anything? We can help him overcome this, can't we?" Espeon wasn't calmed just yet and tried to talk them into helping Alex more directly than just spiritual support.

" Some things are part of the growth. This is just another step for his growth in the long run. Before we started travelling he has already told us about some things.

We were there when he made the first kill. We saw how he was back then. It took him about months to recover the aftershock and he was only six back then.

He is way too strong mentally and stable minded to let these things affect him." Slowking said but this time it wasn't as calm as he normally was. Probably remembering how Alex was in the past.

" It was back then. How can you be sure he won't be affected much after so much death. We all have changed and we only followed his orders.

His orders have caused many casualties which may affect his psych." Espeon herself wasn't someone who can give up on something easily and her effort only increased every time the two try to calm her and not get too active in this situation.

" If it was before it may take time but not in the current scenario. The thing which help him overcome the first kill was neither his father, mother nor grandpa . Not even we could do anything to help him. It was actually his siblings who helped him out at that time." Slowking explained a bit about the past.

" What did his siblings, Clara and Ben did?" Espeon was confused what the two kids who only knows how to play do to help Alex.

" They reminded him of what he fought for and what he has to protect." Electabuzz added, "Before all these, I remember that the old man asked about Alex past adventure and how he handled the first kill and how he changed from his parents back at home?"

" We thought it was just for getting to know Alex better but after he became the leader we knew what was really the matter.

The old man is smart, very smart. He knew that Alex will change so he chose this time because no matter how deeply he is affected, he can overcome the guilt and his inner heart just like he did in the first kill.

Even without the external help it would only make him stay low for a year at most before he could stop himself from heading out.

There is a reason we follow him and this not just because of the loyalty we have towards Alex." Electabuzz said with such certainity that Espeon was confused where all of this come from.

" Then what is it?"

" It is his oath. He took an oath of reaching the peak and leaving his legend in the world so that people could remember him for many years to come.

This is his most sincere dream. He doesn't want to lose his identity and name in the sands of time, he yearn to be immortalised and the people to remember him for ages.

This dream is what fuel him to continue forward no matter what obstacle he face. And he will not give up, his dream won't allow that. " Slowking elaborated.

Electabuzz seems to remish the past and said," He often tell us during the tough training session when we thought of giving up ,' Legends can lose, can be injured but they cannot lose hope and they can never give up. The moment you give up, you lose your path to the goal of the future.'

He used it fuel our ambition and help us reach our current level. We didn't have the amount of resources you all enjoy back then. Every strength we gain is under his strict training or we could have become king Pokemon by now. His enthusiasm, will, dream and support is what guide us forward. "

" But he can still give up? He is still too young and most humans his age cannot withstand this level of pressure. They break down. I still say we should do something to help ." Espeon wasn't willing to let Alex beat down and recover on his own. Who knows if they don't do anything what may happen to Alex.

She cared too much for him and can't just stand and see him hurting, so she tried to force these two senior members of the team to help.

Electabuzz didn't take kindly to it and said harshly,"Enough. He would be alright. He doesn't need our babying. You don't need to worry. If he can't even handle this then I would be the first to leave the group."

Slowking and Espeon eyes widened in shock in hearing this but Slowking then sighed in understanding. Even though electabuzz joined to team later than him and pidgeot, he was closest to Alex.

No one could understand Alex better than him and this threat is enough to force Alex to speed things up if he really cannot handle the pressure and the shock.

" We should calm down and not fight within ourselves. We will return back to Floral Town in the next couple of days and we don't want his family to worry about us.

It would only increase the burden of Alex. We should also try to overcome our weaknesses that were revealed when we fought our opponents during this time.

We were lucky enough to win once but luck won't be on our side forever. We have to grow stronger and train even harder when he return so we can protect him." Slowking tried to change the topic to their training and spoke out with a hint of hardness daring either of them to retort his words.

Then Slowking gathered them around him and they teleport away to Alex.

With Alex,

Alex was lost in the fight. He was releasing all the pent up emotion, frustration and pressure he experienced in his time as the commander against his opponents. He had lost count of how many pokemons lost their life under his attacks in the past one hour.

His guardians made sure that he wasn't attacked when he wasn't looking .

The area around Alex was a miniature meat grinder in which any Pokemon who enters meet his end at Alex's hand.

Slowking arrived at Alex side via teleport startling Alex who retorted with a heavy staff swing which hit electabuzz hard on his head.

After the hit, the retaliating electric shock from the bipedal electric type returned him to his senses and he asked," Has your battle ended?"

They just nodded back or in electabuzz case glared at him for the hard hit.

" Then swiftly end things here, the battle has dragged for far too long."

Slowking and electabuzz went all out.

Slowking started needle rain , meanwhile electabuzz created a thunderstorm in which lightning fell wherever he wished in a hundred metre radius around him.

Under their brutal attacks, the wild Pokemons lost all hopes and finally decided to run into the forest to escape for their life.

The Pokemon tide had finally came to an end.

Next will be the aftermath of the Pokemon tide and Alex returning back home. Stay tuned...

To be continued....