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"Ha! You're braver than most of the people I've come to know over the years!" Ceramew laughed as she summoned up an Earth Power, a ring of lava surrounding her, shielding her from the Flamethrower and the Crunch. As the Earth Power faded, Ceramew was gone, having Teleported away into the air, her powers greater than they were before she was possessed. "So that machine over there, it was a chi reactor wasn't it? You used it to siphon out the fragments from the others and combine them with your own, using the other chi reactors scattered over the islands to power it. Makes sense I suppose...but one question if I may, how did you get the other Stone Society members to help you if they knew they were going to lose their powers, and life?" Sub asked the body snatcher.

"Oh they didn't know. They all thought we were trying to remove our fragments and become normal again, you see, we've all be haunted by a strange voice, influencing our thoughts. I however was strong enough to overcome this hindrance, they on the other hand began to come made, they were desperate, they would do anything I said." Ceramew said as he laid back in the air. "So all this was just to obtain more power for yourself?" Sub asked. "Hm...yeah, pretty much." The stranger responded. "But why? What's your goal?" Sub asked. "Goal? Why do I have to have a goal? I'm just in it for the hell of it!" Ceramew laughed, having grown tired of talking as she flicked down an Aura Sphere which whizzed through the air, following the Houndoom where ever it went.

"This isn't good, we have a body snatching Manaphy hybrid with half of the entire meteor in its possession, and on top of that it has no goal other than chaos it would seem. I'm sorry Sol, but if me and Blizz learned anything in our encounter with Kareem, the Banette kid, is that removing a meteorite fragment means death. The fragments are parasitic and feed off the host's chi, eventually the host completely relying on the fragment, and once it's removed..." Sub didn't say anymore, he felt bad for Sol, and Ceramew too.

Veronica called her pokemon back as the glow began, leaving only her Monferno out. So then... The scene freaked her out. Ceramew is being controlled? The conversations were a bit entertaining, she had to admit. But the last piece of information from Io was so expected and common of villains, after all, if they would die then what would any piece of information matter? That made her laugh lightly for a second, it was curious to see such a parasite at work - there was always something advance for pokemon and trainers to reach that she only wished would be found in books. However, attacking Sub was a whole other thing. Veronica took steps closer, Chi whined with uncertainty but remained by her. Of course it would just seek a form of entertainment once it has gotten its power. How would we kill the hybrid anyways? Having another ghost or something to take out the fragments would be much easier. She sighed, sending her Monferno to use Mach Punch against Aura Sphere frequently, until the fighting moves would null out.

Ceramew just yawned as Sol rushed towards her and the Heat Wave was unleashed, the body snatcher utilizing Ceramew's Protect in order to shield its self with a green bubble of energy. "Is that all?" She scoffed, her Aura Sphere however was destroyed, not that she seemed to mind. "This is kind of boring. Hey, I got an idea! Why don't I show you that move she kept trying to use! Yeah that sounds good! Draco Meteor!" Ceramew cackled as she pointed a finger up into the air, a dark 'portal' opening up as a giant ball of sinister energy appeared from it, shaped like a Hydreigon's head almost, the dragonic energy flying down towards the island, threatening to destroy all on it. "...well, this fight just escalated quickly." Sub remarked.

Sol wasn't able to stop his assault fast enough to avoid bouncing off the aura, but he was able to land and recover. Just in time to see hell unfold in a form that should've remained elsewhere. That was the true form of that move... no. For someone like that, maybe, but otherwise, this was a terrifying development.

His first instincts was to get Amaranth out of there, somehow. "Xatu, get Amaranth out of here, now!" He called as he let his Xatu out, long enough for her to attempt the command.

"Now, back to you, I'm amazed at the kind of power exhibited. However, I've a better idea." Sol said, before letting out his Gallade. "It involves far less moving. Gallade, Imprison!"

Perhaps a futile effort, but it might allow a focus on the matter just as bad, having Gallade unleash a strong round of Celestial chi, attempting to bind Ceramew. Or at least stop a tiny bit of her assault. Sol himself focused as much as he could to try and strike the meteor with a strong Psychic burst.

They succeeded in destroying the Aura Sphere, though it was so minor compared to the list of problem they had at the moment. The large meteor in the sky however was quite major. Dan's first instinct was to protect Alex and Freya, sending out Diva to provide a Protect over them. It wouldn't make a difference if they couldn't destroy that massive rock but if they managed that, the psychic could protect them from debris. The trainer swapped out Shark for Goliath, instructing a Hyper Beam at the meteor.

It was fortunate that Xatu was able to escape with Amaranth to safety, given an attack of that magnitude. Even Sol, Xipil, and Gallade were flung about, suffering a lot of damage... but they were still kicking, taking a moment to get back to their feet.

"Oh, just fine, I always wanted to fly through the air after a meteor strike." Sol commented. At this point, he could say one thing safely. Age wasn't an issue at all with what that little hybrid could really do; those punches were being held back a lot, and he wasn't sure if it was awareness of being unstable, a lack of desire to fight, or both. "It's a wonder what a lack of inhibitions can do, isn't it?"

It didn't help that the only help that existed was, well, nothing. Black City was easy by comparison. "If anyone's got a plan, I'd love to hear it. I believe it's safe to say either we die here or she does, hard as that choice is. But if we don't do something, I can assure you it'll be us before her."

For him, it was an even harder choice, one he still wasn't sure of. To say he was conflicted was like saying grass was green. But he had his blade in hand, pouring as much fire chi into it as he could. If he had to go through with it, he would.

"Are you guys just going to stand around and talk? Really, if that's the case then maybe I should head on over to the main land and see if there is anymore more interesting to try my powers on." Ceramew sneered. Her comment startled Sub, he couldn't let this freak of nature make it to Kanto and endanger thousands of people, they had to stop Ceramew's 'guest' as soon as possible.

"Listen up guys, I do have a plan. I may be a novice with my Dark Channeling, but it seems that with what little ability I possess I'm still able to withstand the influence of the meteorites. We'll do what me and Blizz did to Kareem, restrain this thing and pull the fragment out. Sol, attack Ceramew head on with everything you got, force her to use Protect. When she does, have Trapinch, and you have Houndoom, Chaos, use Feint to shatter her Protect, that should leave it down for awhile. I'll then have Nevermore use Quash to restrain her, then I'll move in and rip that thing out with my Snag Machine, I had GRAY unlock the chi converter earlier. Granted, this might take a good bit of my own chi to pull off...but I'll do whatever it takes to end this here. Sol, in case we succeed and I fail, I'll let Ceramew know you loved her." Sub told the hybrid, his implication obvious.

"What are you guys mumbling down there? You know what, I'm tired of waiting, here I come!" Ceramew cackled as she used her telepathic power via Secret Power to summon up a geyser of water from the ocean, shaping it into several tentacles, the water tentacles swinging around, attempting to crush or smack away the Snagems.

"Problem with that," Chaos interrupted. "Deathgiver doesn't know that move. Guess he could hold her with an extended Crunch, though."