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The purple goop splashed on Beaker's breast-plate and she looked down at it curiously. It smelled terrible... Beaker's head raised and she stared at the little electric type before letting out a great roar. Glorious combat! At last!

"B-Beaker, Skull bash!" Nyx was intimidated by her Blastoise. She was battle hungry and large.

The turtle heard the command, but had a better idea. Roared again, but this time a ball of light blue light formed in her mouth and then shot out towards the other pokemon in an Ice Beam attack.

"Beaker, hey, listen to me!" This was frustrating.

(1-85 poison, 86-100 not)

Yes! She was victorious! Beaker roared in triumph, but her celebration was cut short when another challenger appeared. The Blastoise narrowed her eyes at the bothersome bird.

And then there was the twister to deal with. Beaker assumed sumo position once again and took the twister head on. It hurt, but when all was said and done, she was still standing.

What she didn't notice was the toxic seeping through her breastplate.

"Beaker, do that thing again! Ice Beam!" Luckily for Nyx, that was what she had been planning on doing, so it almost seemed like she was following orders.

As the bird took time to gain air and momentum for a fly attack, Beaker made preparations for a Skull Bash attack. Nyx watched as her Blastoise prepared to meet the attack head on. Literally.

Maybe it was better that she didn't command her pokemon. Most of them seemed to know what to do all on their own... Especially Beaker. Though, what Nyx didn't realize, was that Beaker's health was slowly waning due to poison. The Blastoise was too proud to show sign of weakness.

Nyx sighed. There was nothing to be done. Beaker was her last pokemon, and when it came to a battle between water pokemon, Vaporeon had a leg up.

"Beaker, don't hit him with water, Skull Bash!" It was sort of sad. Beaker was a proud and strong pokemon, even with the little training Nyx had given her.

The blastoise lowered her head in preparation for her attack, raising her defense at the same time. Hopefully she held on for that long... the poison was slowly taking its toll.

The charging tank of a turtle powered into the ice beam and kept on going, straight towards Aki. Little icicles hung from and broke off of Beaker's shell. She'd never admit to how close to defeat she was. The turtle's vision was cloudy. There would be no more attacks after this charge. The toxic had taken its toll.

Beaker stumbled and fell as the wave crashed over her. Nyx flinched when the water receded and all that was left was the island shell of a defeated Blastoise. She returned the pokemon to its ball and sighed. Defeat had been inevitable. Nyx's shoulders slumped. There was a reason, besides overwhelming fear, that she didn't battle.

"Mm..." Nyx seemed to whine and growl at the same time. How embarrassing, losing to Mau of all people! Not only that, but he saw her at her most vulnerable. She looked at his hand for a moment. Why did he have to be so nice after beating her? Her ego was damaged, she wasn't sure what to do.

"Fine." She said more to herself than to Mau. Nyx grabbed his hand with her right and shook it roughly and quickly, then let go and crossed her ams to pout. "Lets go."