Justice Hero Scootaloo

As the group progressed, Scootaloo noticed Aaron was pratically agonizing Throsten to continue taking the lead as they passed several automated defense systems such as a large security bot, and a complex machine.

"Is there a reason your dealing with Throsten the way you are?" Scootaloo asked.

"He may say that he wants to be brave, but it's one thing to be brave and another that to actual do it while overcoming your own weakness by yourself. I'm just making sure he'll be ready to make that jump." Aaron said.

"...I just hope it doesn't backfire." Scootaloo said. The group soon came up to a large door, with Crusader trying to slash his way inside.

"Destruction of United Nations Property is inexcusable." Aaron said, turning his gun on Crusader. "I've already got you for murder of United Nations personal." The commander added.

"...You might change your mind, when you see what's behind this door." Crusader said, before motioning to a palm scanner. "My prints don't work, but yours might." He added.

"...Very well." Aaron said before pressing his palm to the scanner unarmored. The door soon swung open. The group entered a large chamber with a bit of lava in it. "What am--" Aaron said.

"Whoa! What's that thing?!" A solider exclaimed.

Scootaloo, Throsten, the rest of the soldiers, and Aaron looked at where the soldier pointed. They saw what appaered to be a huge version of Groudon.

"What...is that?!" Aaron exclaimed.

"It's the artificial Pokemon this ship was creating." Crusader said. "It's technical name? Experiment GR0U-D0N." He added.

"What on earth..." Aaron said.

"It's only a prototype, but it has enough strength to destroy over half the ship." Crusader said. "It's thankfully dormant right now." He added.

"Not for long." Delinquent's voice cried out before the man himself entered the room and started throwing switches. "Sorry, but I ain't about to let you stop me from activating the onboard ray device. Ciao!" Delinquent said before fleeing.

The giant artificial Groudon started to spring to life. "Crap, that thing is going to take out half the ship." Crusader said. "And there are Pokemon pens in the back past this thing." He added.

"How long do we have before it becomes able to do what you said?" Aaron asked.

"I'd say about three hours." Crusader said.

"Are you for real? That's not enough time to get all the pokemon in those pens out of this room and to safety!" Aaron said.

"Then we'll just have to stop it, right?" Scootaloo asked.

"Good luck. This thing was designed specifically as a weapon of mass destruction." Crusader said.

"What are we supposed to do then?!" Scootaloo exclaimed.

"It's all up to me then huh..." Throsten said. He then shook his head. "Gotta stay strong...gotta do what's needed." Throsten said.

"Throsten, are you crazy?! You can't go up against that thing. That's not bravery, that's just foolishness." Aaron said.

The Groudon suddenly roared at the group, but Throsten barely flinched. "I'm done running away. I've been running away my entire life. It's time to stop running away." Throsten said. "This time I fight. I don't care how stacked the odds are against me, I'm not about to let innocent lives be taken on this day." He added.

The Groudon started to get free from it's chains. "If your planning on defeating that thing, you better be ready for the fight of your life." Crusader said. Groudon suddenly broke off one it's chains.

"I'm not scared. I'm not scared." Throsten said. "I can do this!" He added as the Groudon got completely free.

Artificial Abomination
EXPERIMENT GR0U-D0N

Experiment GR0U-D0N slammed a fist down at the platform the group was on, but Throsten not only flip dodged it, but he started climbing the beast, before leaping off the arm and hitting the backside with a Shadow Ball. This suddenly made the beast become very agitated as Throsten landed on a platform on the other side. The arificial Pokemon unleashed a barrage of meteors before trying to smash Throsten again, but the Umbreon dodged it, and repeated his action from before.

"Whoa. Go Throsten." Scootaloo noted.

After doing this a third time, the plating fell apart, revealing a large crystalline beast. "Now you see this thing's true form!" Crusader noted.

Throsten then suddenly leaped up into the air. "Right...time to stop running away..." Throsten said. "Take this you artificial copy! SHADOW BALL BARRAGE!" He yelled out before launching a whole bunch of Shadow Balls that took out the crystals that made up the beast and soon, it began to thrash in the lava as the crystals slowly faded away.

The artificial pokemon after all it's crystals fell away, started to be melted by the lava, and as it did so, it surprisingly gave a thumbs up before it fully submerged into the lava.

"...He...he did it...he actually did it." Aaron said, stunned.

"...Huh. Not bad." Crusader said before leaving.

"That was something else." Scootaloo said as the group started getting all the Pokemon in the back to the rescue boats, and then Rob came up with some more rescued Pokemon.

"Rob, your okay!" Throsten said.

"Of course I'm okay." Rob said. "By the way, was that rocking of the boat as I passed by this indoor lava area because of you." He added.

"Ha! You'll never believe me, but I took out an artificial giant Groudon!" Throsten said.

"Had help, no doubt." Rob said.

"Nope. He did it all by himself." Aaron said.

"Yeah...yeah I did didn't I? I did it all by myself." Throsten said. Suddenly, part of the boat began to open up as Crusader showed up.

"No! That idiot just activated the laser machine!" Crusader said.

As Delinquent came out, he was suddenly electrified and blasted off into the horizon at the same time because of some strange commutation of electricity. "What is that?!" Aaron exclaimed.

"The very reason why I'm here." Crusader said before parts of the ship started to get drawn towards more commutation of electricity out in the water.

"Quick Aaron, get those Pokemon into the boats!" Rob said before an electrical blast shot towards Aaron. Rob jumped in front, and took the blast, which destroyed the suit he was wearing. "...Well, I just hope my body is up for dealing with whatever this is. Crusader, what am I looking at?" Rob asked.

"It's a demon that can manipulate electronics. My tribe calls it Haywire." Cruasder said. Much of the boat had become a part of this mysterious demon.

"In that case, we're going to have to call truce again." Rob said. "And this time, you are helping if you want to save those Pokemon." He added.

"...Fine." Crusader said. All it took really though, was Rob powered up into his Maximum Overdrive state, with his power being directed through Crusader's special sword to end the demon in question, though before that, nothing they did even effected the demon.

"Phew..." Rob said, landing in the main boat. "I hope I don't have to do that again any time soon." He added.

Crusader suddenly appeared and branded his sword at Rob. "I still want an answer. Why do you do what you do? What purpose do you fight for?" Crusader asked.

"...Why don't you look over there." Rob said, pointing to a boat where a Ninetales female was nuzzling a Vulpix kit.

"Does that kit belong to that Ninetales?" Aaron asked.

"Yes, yes it does." Rob said. "If you can't see my reason based on that, then allow me to spell it out Crusader: I do what I do to make sure those who have yet to have their own future are able to do so. That's what I fight for: I fight for the future of the innocents." He added.

"...I see...I think I finally understand..." Crusader said. He put away his sword. "...It seems I owe you an apology." The robed man said.

"Actually you owe me several." Rob said. Suddenly, a strange human came out of the water, and the next thing Scootaloo knew, Rob was hit by a strange blast from a mysterious cannon before the strange human vanished.