Journey Towards Greatness

The girl comes to an abrupt stop seeing Julian and looks at him suspiciously.

"Who are you? Are you the one responsible for all this chaos?" the girl shouts at him in her high-pitched pitch annoying voice.

Julian "I guess. Who are you?"

Julian asks. Even though he suspects this girl to be some higher-up in Cipher looking at the uniform she is wearing, it is better to be more informed.

"How dare you trespass into our Cipher base? I am going to make you regret ever stepping foot inside this lab," she yells and sends out her Mismagius to teach Julian this so-called lesson.

Julian studies the girl in front of him and realizes that she should be about the same age as him physically, but her behavior is that of a spoilt child.

But the pokemons she is using would easily make her a top contender amongst the elite fours of any region. A near champion-level Pokemon.

Julian "Are you in charge here?"

Julian asks noticing her strength. She is the strongest Pokemon trainer he has come across in this region till now.

"Of course, I am in charge. I am Lovrina, an admin of Cipher. You should surrender to me right now by getting on your knees and begging for mercy, and maybe I will spare you the pain that will come after. Plus, you are very good-looking. You might get lucky enough to become one of my henchmen."

Lovrina says and lets out an annoying laugh.

Julian "You think too highly of yourself,"

Julian says and sends out his pokemon into battle, Marshadow.

Since he is facing off against a near champion-level pokemon, Julian believes that it will be great for Marshadow to battle against. And now that Professor Krane is safe, and he has found the person in charge of this facility, he is in no hurry to end this.

Lovrina "Is that a Marshadow?"

She yells with enthusiasm. She remembers hearing about some of their members trying to catch a Marshadow in Alola, but they failed miserably because of some dude. Alola is a sore topic for the higher-ups of Cipher, but Lovrina doesn't care much about anything going on. She doesn't even realize that the person standing in front of her is the reason behind their failure in Alola.

She is just an incredibly strong trainer, but very simple-minded and has a very shallow view of the world. Cipher recruited her and gave her everything she wanted because of her strength. Even handing over the title of Admin to her.

But they are not foolish to keep her in the inner circle of what is happening inside Cipher.

Lovrina "Today is my lucky day. I am going to capture your Marshadow and get myself something nice in exchange."

Lovrina's words are filled with greed

Julian "Now, now, don't be so confident. How are you so sure that you are going to win this battle?"

Julian finds her overconfidence laughable. He can tell that this girl has never suffered a setback ever in her life.

Lovrina "Hmph, I am the strongest trainer in Cipher. No one can defeat me."

She brags, but Julian doesn't believe a word coming out of her mouth.

Julian "Then stop wasting my time by being a brat. Let's settle this quick,"

Julian provokes her, and he easily gets a response.

Lovrina "What did you call me? Unforgivable! Mismagius, teach him a lesson, use Phantom Force,"

Lovrina decides to deal with Julian first, finding his comment insulting. She orders her Mismagius to attack Julian directly using Phantom Force. A move that allows a Pokemon to enter the phantom zone and completely disappear from the battlefield, making them immune to all types of attacks when in it, and once the coast is clear, they can reappear and deliver and devastating blow to their opponent.

This move is similar to Shadow Sneak, but the power behind the attack is much greater because the pokemons get a boost by entering the phantom zone.

Julian "I can do that too, you know. Marshadow, counter with Phantom Force,"

Julian orders.

Marshadow too enters the phantom zone.

As soon as Marshadow enters the phantom zone, he notices Mismagius and gives chase.

Mismagius sees Marshadow and immediately goes on the attack, thinking that it can overpower Marshadow. Like trainer-like Pokemon.

What Mismagius doesn't know is that Marshadow is a much more capable user of the Phantom Force, as he has directly trained under Gengar.

Both Matshadow and Mismagius' bodies charge up by feeding off the phantom zone as they rush toward each other.

And when the clash, the phantom zone cracks. The power output from these two Pokemon is too much for this small pocket of a phantom zone that was created.

As the phantom zone cracks, both Julian and Lovrina back in the real world see a purple crack appear in thin air.

The crack then immediately expands like shattering glass and explodes, releasing a lot of energy. Julian covers his eyes and plants his foot to stabilize himself.

Lovrina, too, does the same as her pigtails flail violently.

Suddenly, both Marshadow and Mismagius appear in the real world and get pushed back from the recoil of their clash

Mismagius gets sent flying way further, almost crashing into Lovrina while Marshadow easily stabilizes himself.

Lovrina "What??? How is that possible?"

She is in shock as her Mismagius has never been the one to get pushed back in a battle, ever.