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Part Three: Round Two

Glancing at the new chart the team had received, Eevee found himself unsure of the supposedly 'random' match ups for the team.
"Somehow, I don't see this as random." He commented as the others looked at it as well.
Charm smiled, "Well, maybe it isn't.  We don't know who picked so we can't be sure, can we?"
Gardevoir nodded, looking over it as well, "Charm is correct.  It may not appear to be randomly chosen, but the pairings are already in effect."
Eevee sighed, looking at the chart again.  He and Charm had been paired up for the next round, Gardevoir and Latias being the second pairing.  But Eevee was not concerned about his own team.  He was concerned about their chosen opponents.
Mewtwo walked over and took the chart quickly, examining their opponent match-ups, "A marowak and a wartortle.  This will not result in a good set of odds for your victory."
"A ground / water combo…" Charm stated sadly, "We can do this right?  I mean, we've faced off against these types before, right?"
"Yes, but not without your difficulties." Mewtwo stated bluntly, "Your primary weaknesses are to their main attacks.  I will leave it in your hands to come up with a plan to bring them down."
Eevee nodded and began pacing, thinking as his ears folded back in thought.  Suddenly, the eevee had an idea.  While it had never been tested in the field, Eevee and Charm had discussed a strategy a long time ago for just such an occasion.
"Charm, I have a plan." Eevee smirked.
*           *          *
"The time has come for the second round of the Championships!" an exploud shouted to the crowd, "The two-on-two matches!"
As the crowd roared for the battle to begin, Charm stood beside Eevee, his always apparent smirk still on his face.  Eevee, on the other hand, was examining their opponents on the opposite side of the arena.  The marowak was flipping its bone club in its hands, tossing it up and catching it as the wartortle stretched.
"As you all know, there were sixteen teams when we began yesterday!" The exploud continued, "Now, we have only eight!  Today, we see which teams make it to the four semi-finalists!  Both battles must be won for a rescue team in order to continue!  Any ties in the amount of battles won will be resolved with a tiebreaker round between the losing team members of one team against the losing members of another.  Now, without any further adieu, let's welcome today's teams!"
The crowd roared once more, the echoing cheers eager for the fight to begin.  The thunderous roar seemed to shake the arena itself as the exploud gestured to Eevee and Charm.
"To my left," the exploud shouted, "you know them as the team who saved our world!  Today we shall see if they still have that strength!  From Team Nexus, here are co-leaders Eevee and Charmander!"
As the crowd cheered, Eevee looked up at them as Charm lashed out with flame covered claws!  With that, Charm let loose a large, rolling ball of flames that dissipated quickly as the crowd erupted into their cheers again.  The playful display of power had been something the charmander had been working on for this fight, hoping it would psych out his opponents.
"On my right," the exploud shouted to the crowd, "are their opponents!  From the depths of the violent seas to the tops of the highest peaks, they have trained for this championship!  Here are Marowak and Sheldon, co-leaders of Team Wild Rapids!"
With that, Sheldon unleashed a blast of high powered water at his feet, launching himself into the air as Marowak lashed out with her club!  The wartortle landed behind his partner, glaring at Charm over his shoulder as Marowak crossed her arms, her skull headgear glinting in the sun light.
"Team Nexus, ready?!" Exploud shouted.
Eevee moved into a combat stance, his legs spreading equally apart as Charm's tail blazed with power.
"Team Wild Rapids, ready?!" The exploud asked.
Sheldon nodded as Marowak spun her bone club, pointing it back towards herself before nodding.
"Alright!  Same rules as before apply!  FIGHT!!" The exploud cried before leaping back.
Eevee felt himself become lighter as Charmander made the first move.  Charm rushed forward as Marowak charge at him.
"Charm, execute plan quick smoke!" Eevee ordered.
Charm nodded and took a deep breath as Marowak got closer.
When the two were close together, Eevee became a tan blur and shot forward, racing behind Charm as the charmander exhaled a cloud of black smoke!  Eevee charged into the smoke as Charm leapt aside, narrowly missing being caught by Eevee.  But before he could land, Charm saw a pillar of water racing towards him!  The force of the blast caught his side, sending Charm spiraling sideways as the charmander tried to catch himself.  Charm rolled to his feet quickly, leaping aside as another burst of water shot past where he had been just a second ago.
*           *          *
Inside the smoke, Eevee met Marowak.  The eevee dodged aside as Marowak blindly swiped at him, circling around behind her as the eevee rammed into her.  Marowak fell forward, still blinded by the smoke as she coughed, trying to strike at the eevee as he repeatedly struck her.
Suddenly, to Eevee's complete surprise, her bone club connected with him!  Marowak struck hard, sending the eevee rolling backwards as she stood up.  She coughed violently, unable to breathe well enough to fight as Eevee bolted out of the smoke, taking a deep breath before becoming a blur once more and re-entering the smoke.  With another hard hit to her backside, Marowak fell out of the smoke, gasping for air as she pushed herself off of the ground.
With an angry glare, the marowak leaped back, flinging her bone club into the smoke!  Eevee ducked down as the smoke dissipated, the bone club zipping over his head as the eevee began to charge at her again.  But as he tried, the eevee felt the club strike him from behind, rolling him forward before landing on his back.
"Forget that my club can boomerang?" Marowak giggled.
"Yeah…for a second there I did." Eevee groaned.
Eevee rolled to his feet as she spun the club in her hand quickly.  When she lashed out with it again, the eevee dodged aside, leaping to the other side when she tried to strike again.
*           *          *
Dodging several more bursts of water, a voice came into Charmander's mind, "I have been looking over the profiles of these two.  They are quite powerful and capable, but they have one major weakness."
"Give me an idea here, Mewtwo!" Charm growled, firing back at the wartortle.
His flames scorched the wartortle's back as the water type ducked down.  His tough shell had taken the brunt of the force, leaving little of it to harm Sheldon.  The water type stood back up and took another shot at Charm.
"The wartortle has a problem handling being taunted.  Use that to your advantage." Mewtwo stated in his mind.
"I'll try th-gah!" Charm cried out as the jet of water pushed him back again!
Unaware of the situation, Eevee rolled aside.  But as he did, Marowak lashed out, catching him by his mane!  With a quick spin, Marowak flung Eevee to the ground!  Eevee rolled as she struck down at him, narrowly missing the club!
Seeing what his partner was doing, Charm saw what Mewtwo meant.  With a smirk, Charm stuck his tongue out at the wartortle, taunting him!  Rage welled up inside Sheldon as he took a deep breath.  With that, the wartortle shot out a powerful Hydro Pump!
But as he did, Eevee leapt back, dodging Marowak again as the female ground type lashed out.  But as she did, Marowak saw what they had done from the corner of her eye.  A blue burst of water approached too quickly for her to avoid!  Within a second, the marowak was swept up by the force of the watery blast as Charm leapt aside just in time to dodge it.
Eevee smirked, "Nice work Charm!"
"Thank Mewtwo, it was his idea." Charm smiled.
Eevee nodded, "You finish her off and I'll handle the turtle."
Charm nodded and ran towards Marowak.  As he did, Eevee rushed towards the shocked Sheldon.  Charm saw that Marowak was a bit dazed and smiled.  Calmly, he approached Marowak as she sat up, shaking her head quickly.  Charm knew she did not have much energy left after that bit of friendly fire.
"Here, let me dry you off." Charm smirked, his tail flame increasing in size!
"Aren't you the gentlemanly type?" Marowak smirked, rolling aside as Charm fired a blast of flames.
Marowak rolled to her feet, standing up and lashing out with her club!  Charm leapt back, avoiding her swings as he tried to strike back with his claws.  Finally, Charm ducked down as Marowak's club shot over his head, with a smirk, Charm's hands became outlined in a steely color.
"Metal claw!" Charm growled, slashing upwards!
Marowak felt his claws connect, forcing her into the air.  For a second she hung there before slamming into the ground on her back.  As she tried to get up again, Charm placed his foot against her chest, his tail flame blazing hot.
"Concede?" Charm asked, his claws outlined in steel and covered by flames.
Marowak looked up at him and closed her eyes, "Concede…"
With that, the charmander signaled to the referee.  The exploud nodded as Charm ran back to help his friend.
*           *          *
Eevee became a blur!  Within seconds he had struck the wartortle several times at high speed, but each time he found himself ramming into the pokémon's hardened shell.  As he tried to strike again, Eevee pushed himself off of the wartortle, flipping before landing in front of Sheldon.
The wartortle smirked, "Can't get past my defenses?"
Eevee panted tiredly.  He knew that he couldn't keep attacking like this.  But suddenly, the eevee saw something.  Quickly, Eevee leapt aside as Sheldon was knocked onto his stomach by a blast of hot flames!  But before Charm could attack again, the wartortle had withdrawn into his shell, making him impossible to hurt.
Suddenly, the wartortle began to spin!  As he did, Sheldon shot toward a startled Charm, knocking the charmander on his rump before shooting towards Eevee.  Eevee leapt aside, dodging the attack and rolling quickly to avoid it as Sheldon shot past again.  The wartortle spun out further from the two, leaping to his feet with a grin.
"We can't hit him like this!" Charm panted, getting to his feet, "He's too well protected."
"No kidding." Eevee agreed, panting as well, "I think it's time for that plan."
Charm looked shocked, "Eevee, we've never tried it in the field!"
Eevee grinned, "What better place to test it than here?"
"What if it backfires?!" Charm asked.
"No time to think about that, just fire at my mark" Eevee ordered.
Charm sighed and nodded.
*           *          *
Sheldon smirked.  Taking down his partner had only strengthened his resolve to win against this duo.  Now, he felt the power within himself growing as he touched a necklace he was wearing.
"Marowak was right about this thing." Sheldon thought, "With it, my attacks and defense are so much stronger!  Those two don't stand a chance."
But then, Sheldon noticed something.  The charmander seemed to be holding onto his partner by the eevee's mane.  There was no way the eevee was strong enough to carry the charmander on his back, was there?  To his surprise, the eevee became a blur once more, rushing right at him with the Charmander holding on tight!  Sheldon braced for the impact, but was surprised once again when he saw the blur change course!  Instead of attacking him directly, the eevee was circling him.
*           *          *
Wondering what these two were doing, Sheldon failed to notice when Charm unleashed a plume of thick, black smoke.  As Eevee circled him, Charm kept breathing out the smoke screen, slowly enveloping all three of them in the thick smoke.  But as he did, Charm waited for eevee's mark.
"Now!" Eevee finally cried.
With that, Charm let go, launching himself forward out of the smoke from the force built up while riding his partner.  As he flew out of the smoke, Charm's whole body glowed with a fiery light.  The charmander landed, skidding a couple of feet before leaping up and unleashing a powerful Fire Blast!
The pillar of flames erupted out of the charmander's mouth, shooting into the cloud of smoke that his partner was still keeping the wartortle's attention inside.  Within seconds, the flames blasted through the smoke with an intense heat, lighting up the cloud from within!  The seconds seemed like hours as Charm felt his energy being drained from his body, the major attack taking so much of his power.  But it was not for himself that Charm worried.  His best friend and partner was still caught in the crossfire!
When the flames shot out the other side, the wartortle was launched out with them, unable to defend himself from the intense power.  While Charm had fired off the attack, Eevee had struck from all sides, making sure that Sheldon could not defend himself from the final strike.  Now, what had happened to Eevee all lay in how good their timing had been.  If it was more than just a second off, the little ball of fluff was as good as gone.
Sheldon hit the ground hard, the flames dissipating into the air as Charm watched, his feet rooted to the ground.  The smoke screen was still in place, slowly dispersing as the referee announced that Sheldon had been knocked out.  Unable to wait any longer, Charm ran to the smoke screen.
But as he searched the smoke, he couldn't find Eevee.  Either he had been hit and thrown aside by the blast as well or he was still in there.
"Eevee!  Say something!!" Charm cried out from within the smokescreen.
"Charm, get out of there." A voice said with a chuckle, "You know that stuff's bad for your health."
Charm walked out and found Eevee sitting just a foot away, a smirk on the eevee's face.
Charm smiled in relief, "You scared me there, Eevee."
"I told you everything would be fine, didn't I?" Eevee replied with a smile.
"No, you didn't." Charm stated, "You said 'no time to think about that'."
"Oh.  Well, everything will be fine.  There, now I've said it." Eevee nodded, "Great work partner."
Charm shook his head with a smile.
*           *          *
That night, Eevee sat on the hill again, looking out over the small, makeshift town for the championship.  After watching Latias and Gardevoir fight against another team, Eevee felt that, together, they were a very strong team.  Now, there was only one round left before the final fight.  With four teams left, a full team on team fight would begin the next day.  The two winners would be the finalists.  Needless to say, the eevee was feeling nervous.
As the night breeze blew through his fur, Eevee sighed glancing down at the torch lights below him danced in the makeshift village.  The eevee realized that the lights had decreased once more, showing that the defeated teams had already left.  But still, the quiet night provided him with a relaxing sense that things would be fine.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" A voice asked from behind him.
Eevee turned to find Latias hovering behind him, her white and red body seeming to glow softly in the light of the full moon above.  With a smile, the dragon/psychic type laid down in the cool grass beside her friend.
"Yeah, it's definitely a calming sight." Eevee agreed, his tail flipping from side to side slowly.
Latias smiled and nuzzled the fox-like pokémon gently.  Eevee smiled back and nuzzled her in return.  As he did, Latias giggled fondly and laid her head on the eevee's fluffy mane.
"I really was afraid we would not make it this far." Latias admitted softly.
Eevee smiled, "Well, we have.  Now all that's left is to defeat one more team and we're in the final two."
Latias nodded and buried her nose in the eevee's soft mane, "Can we really do it that easily?"
"That all depends on who we're up against." Eevee replied, "But we're pretty tough.  Together, we stand a pretty good chance."
With a silent smile Latias agreed.  As unusual of a team as they were, the Nexus Rescue Team had already more than proven themselves capable of a win.  Now their ability to fully work together was about to be put under pressure once more.
With that thought in mind, Latias and Eevee watched the lights below once more.

Description
Part Three: Round Two

Glancing at the new chart the team had received, Eevee found himself unsure of the supposedly 'random' match ups for the team.
"Somehow, I don't see this as random." He commented as the others looked at it as well.
Charm smiled, "Well, maybe it isn't.  We don't know who picked so we can't be sure, can we?"
Gardevoir nodded, looking over it as well, "Charm is correct.  It may not appear to be randomly chosen, but the pairings are already in effect."
Eevee sighed, looking at the chart again.  He and Charm had been paired up for the next round, Gardevoir and Latias being the second pairing.  But Eevee was not concerned about his own team.  He was concerned about their chosen opponents.
Mewtwo walked over and took the chart quickly, examining their opponent match-ups, "A marowak and a wartortle.  This will not result in a good set of odds for your victory."
"A ground / water combo…" Charm stated sadly, "We can do this right?  I mean, we've faced off against these types before, right?"
"Yes, but not without your difficulties." Mewtwo stated bluntly, "Your primary weaknesses are to their main attacks.  I will leave it in your hands to come up with a plan to bring them down."
Eevee nodded and began pacing, thinking as his ears folded back in thought.  Suddenly, the eevee had an idea.  While it had never been tested in the field, Eevee and Charm had discussed a strategy a long time ago for just such an occasion.
"Charm, I have a plan." Eevee smirked.
*           *          *
"The time has come for the second round of the Championships!" an exploud shouted to the crowd, "The two-on-two matches!"
As the crowd roared for the battle to begin, Charm stood beside Eevee, his always apparent smirk still on his face.  Eevee, on the other hand, was examining their opponents on the opposite side of the arena.  The marowak was flipping its bone club in its hands, tossing it up and catching it as the wartortle stretched.
"As you all know, there were sixteen teams when we began yesterday!" The exploud continued, "Now, we have only eight!  Today, we see which teams make it to the four semi-finalists!  Both battles must be won for a rescue team in order to continue!  Any ties in the amount of battles won will be resolved with a tiebreaker round between the losing team members of one team against the losing members of another.  Now, without any further adieu, let's welcome today's teams!"
The crowd roared once more, the echoing cheers eager for the fight to begin.  The thunderous roar seemed to shake the arena itself as the exploud gestured to Eevee and Charm.
"To my left," the exploud shouted, "you know them as the team who saved our world!  Today we shall see if they still have that strength!  From Team Nexus, here are co-leaders Eevee and Charmander!"
As the crowd cheered, Eevee looked up at them as Charm lashed out with flame covered claws!  With that, Charm let loose a large, rolling ball of flames that dissipated quickly as the crowd erupted into their cheers again.  The playful display of power had been something the charmander had been working on for this fight, hoping it would psych out his opponents.
"On my right," the exploud shouted to the crowd, "are their opponents!  From the depths of the violent seas to the tops of the highest peaks, they have trained for this championship!  Here are Marowak and Sheldon, co-leaders of Team Wild Rapids!"
With that, Sheldon unleashed a blast of high powered water at his feet, launching himself into the air as Marowak lashed out with her club!  The wartortle landed behind his partner, glaring at Charm over his shoulder as Marowak crossed her arms, her skull headgear glinting in the sun light.
"Team Nexus, ready?!" Exploud shouted.
Eevee moved into a combat stance, his legs spreading equally apart as Charm's tail blazed with power.
"Team Wild Rapids, ready?!" The exploud asked.
Sheldon nodded as Marowak spun her bone club, pointing it back towards herself before nodding.
"Alright!  Same rules as before apply!  FIGHT!!" The exploud cried before leaping back.
Eevee felt himself become lighter as Charmander made the first move.  Charm rushed forward as Marowak charge at him.
"Charm, execute plan quick smoke!" Eevee ordered.
Charm nodded and took a deep breath as Marowak got closer.
When the two were close together, Eevee became a tan blur and shot forward, racing behind Charm as the charmander exhaled a cloud of black smoke!  Eevee charged into the smoke as Charm leapt aside, narrowly missing being caught by Eevee.  But before he could land, Charm saw a pillar of water racing towards him!  The force of the blast caught his side, sending Charm spiraling sideways as the charmander tried to catch himself.  Charm rolled to his feet quickly, leaping aside as another burst of water shot past where he had been just a second ago.
*           *          *
Inside the smoke, Eevee met Marowak.  The eevee dodged aside as Marowak blindly swiped at him, circling around behind her as the eevee rammed into her.  Marowak fell forward, still blinded by the smoke as she coughed, trying to strike at the eevee as he repeatedly struck her.
Suddenly, to Eevee's complete surprise, her bone club connected with him!  Marowak struck hard, sending the eevee rolling backwards as she stood up.  She coughed violently, unable to breathe well enough to fight as Eevee bolted out of the smoke, taking a deep breath before becoming a blur once more and re-entering the smoke.  With another hard hit to her backside, Marowak fell out of the smoke, gasping for air as she pushed herself off of the ground.
With an angry glare, the marowak leaped back, flinging her bone club into the smoke!  Eevee ducked down as the smoke dissipated, the bone club zipping over his head as the eevee began to charge at her again.  But as he tried, the eevee felt the club strike him from behind, rolling him forward before landing on his back.
"Forget that my club can boomerang?" Marowak giggled.
"Yeah…for a second there I did." Eevee groaned.
Eevee rolled to his feet as she spun the club in her hand quickly.  When she lashed out with it again, the eevee dodged aside, leaping to the other side when she tried to strike again.
*           *          *
Dodging several more bursts of water, a voice came into Charmander's mind, "I have been looking over the profiles of these two.  They are quite powerful and capable, but they have one major weakness."
"Give me an idea here, Mewtwo!" Charm growled, firing back at the wartortle.
His flames scorched the wartortle's back as the water type ducked down.  His tough shell had taken the brunt of the force, leaving little of it to harm Sheldon.  The water type stood back up and took another shot at Charm.
"The wartortle has a problem handling being taunted.  Use that to your advantage." Mewtwo stated in his mind.
"I'll try th-gah!" Charm cried out as the jet of water pushed him back again!
Unaware of the situation, Eevee rolled aside.  But as he did, Marowak lashed out, catching him by his mane!  With a quick spin, Marowak flung Eevee to the ground!  Eevee rolled as she struck down at him, narrowly missing the club!
Seeing what his partner was doing, Charm saw what Mewtwo meant.  With a smirk, Charm stuck his tongue out at the wartortle, taunting him!  Rage welled up inside Sheldon as he took a deep breath.  With that, the wartortle shot out a powerful Hydro Pump!
But as he did, Eevee leapt back, dodging Marowak again as the female ground type lashed out.  But as she did, Marowak saw what they had done from the corner of her eye.  A blue burst of water approached too quickly for her to avoid!  Within a second, the marowak was swept up by the force of the watery blast as Charm leapt aside just in time to dodge it.
Eevee smirked, "Nice work Charm!"
"Thank Mewtwo, it was his idea." Charm smiled.
Eevee nodded, "You finish her off and I'll handle the turtle."
Charm nodded and ran towards Marowak.  As he did, Eevee rushed towards the shocked Sheldon.  Charm saw that Marowak was a bit dazed and smiled.  Calmly, he approached Marowak as she sat up, shaking her head quickly.  Charm knew she did not have much energy left after that bit of friendly fire.
"Here, let me dry you off." Charm smirked, his tail flame increasing in size!
"Aren't you the gentlemanly type?" Marowak smirked, rolling aside as Charm fired a blast of flames.
Marowak rolled to her feet, standing up and lashing out with her club!  Charm leapt back, avoiding her swings as he tried to strike back with his claws.  Finally, Charm ducked down as Marowak's club shot over his head, with a smirk, Charm's hands became outlined in a steely color.
"Metal claw!" Charm growled, slashing upwards!
Marowak felt his claws connect, forcing her into the air.  For a second she hung there before slamming into the ground on her back.  As she tried to get up again, Charm placed his foot against her chest, his tail flame blazing hot.
"Concede?" Charm asked, his claws outlined in steel and covered by flames.
Marowak looked up at him and closed her eyes, "Concede…"
With that, the charmander signaled to the referee.  The exploud nodded as Charm ran back to help his friend.
*           *          *
Eevee became a blur!  Within seconds he had struck the wartortle several times at high speed, but each time he found himself ramming into the pokémon's hardened shell.  As he tried to strike again, Eevee pushed himself off of the wartortle, flipping before landing in front of Sheldon.
The wartortle smirked, "Can't get past my defenses?"
Eevee panted tiredly.  He knew that he couldn't keep attacking like this.  But suddenly, the eevee saw something.  Quickly, Eevee leapt aside as Sheldon was knocked onto his stomach by a blast of hot flames!  But before Charm could attack again, the wartortle had withdrawn into his shell, making him impossible to hurt.
Suddenly, the wartortle began to spin!  As he did, Sheldon shot toward a startled Charm, knocking the charmander on his rump before shooting towards Eevee.  Eevee leapt aside, dodging the attack and rolling quickly to avoid it as Sheldon shot past again.  The wartortle spun out further from the two, leaping to his feet with a grin.
"We can't hit him like this!" Charm panted, getting to his feet, "He's too well protected."
"No kidding." Eevee agreed, panting as well, "I think it's time for that plan."
Charm looked shocked, "Eevee, we've never tried it in the field!"
Eevee grinned, "What better place to test it than here?"
"What if it backfires?!" Charm asked.
"No time to think about that, just fire at my mark" Eevee ordered.
Charm sighed and nodded.
*           *          *
Sheldon smirked.  Taking down his partner had only strengthened his resolve to win against this duo.  Now, he felt the power within himself growing as he touched a necklace he was wearing.
"Marowak was right about this thing." Sheldon thought, "With it, my attacks and defense are so much stronger!  Those two don't stand a chance."
But then, Sheldon noticed something.  The charmander seemed to be holding onto his partner by the eevee's mane.  There was no way the eevee was strong enough to carry the charmander on his back, was there?  To his surprise, the eevee became a blur once more, rushing right at him with the Charmander holding on tight!  Sheldon braced for the impact, but was surprised once again when he saw the blur change course!  Instead of attacking him directly, the eevee was circling him.
*           *          *
Wondering what these two were doing, Sheldon failed to notice when Charm unleashed a plume of thick, black smoke.  As Eevee circled him, Charm kept breathing out the smoke screen, slowly enveloping all three of them in the thick smoke.  But as he did, Charm waited for eevee's mark.
"Now!" Eevee finally cried.
With that, Charm let go, launching himself forward out of the smoke from the force built up while riding his partner.  As he flew out of the smoke, Charm's whole body glowed with a fiery light.  The charmander landed, skidding a couple of feet before leaping up and unleashing a powerful Fire Blast!
The pillar of flames erupted out of the charmander's mouth, shooting into the cloud of smoke that his partner was still keeping the wartortle's attention inside.  Within seconds, the flames blasted through the smoke with an intense heat, lighting up the cloud from within!  The seconds seemed like hours as Charm felt his energy being drained from his body, the major attack taking so much of his power.  But it was not for himself that Charm worried.  His best friend and partner was still caught in the crossfire!
When the flames shot out the other side, the wartortle was launched out with them, unable to defend himself from the intense power.  While Charm had fired off the attack, Eevee had struck from all sides, making sure that Sheldon could not defend himself from the final strike.  Now, what had happened to Eevee all lay in how good their timing had been.  If it was more than just a second off, the little ball of fluff was as good as gone.
Sheldon hit the ground hard, the flames dissipating into the air as Charm watched, his feet rooted to the ground.  The smoke screen was still in place, slowly dispersing as the referee announced that Sheldon had been knocked out.  Unable to wait any longer, Charm ran to the smoke screen.
But as he searched the smoke, he couldn't find Eevee.  Either he had been hit and thrown aside by the blast as well or he was still in there.
"Eevee!  Say something!!" Charm cried out from within the smokescreen.
"Charm, get out of there." A voice said with a chuckle, "You know that stuff's bad for your health."
Charm walked out and found Eevee sitting just a foot away, a smirk on the eevee's face.
Charm smiled in relief, "You scared me there, Eevee."
"I told you everything would be fine, didn't I?" Eevee replied with a smile.
"No, you didn't." Charm stated, "You said 'no time to think about that'."
"Oh.  Well, everything will be fine.  There, now I've said it." Eevee nodded, "Great work partner."
Charm shook his head with a smile.
*           *          *
That night, Eevee sat on the hill again, looking out over the small, makeshift town for the championship.  After watching Latias and Gardevoir fight against another team, Eevee felt that, together, they were a very strong team.  Now, there was only one round left before the final fight.  With four teams left, a full team on team fight would begin the next day.  The two winners would be the finalists.  Needless to say, the eevee was feeling nervous.
As the night breeze blew through his fur, Eevee sighed glancing down at the torch lights below him danced in the makeshift village.  The eevee realized that the lights had decreased once more, showing that the defeated teams had already left.  But still, the quiet night provided him with a relaxing sense that things would be fine.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" A voice asked from behind him.
Eevee turned to find Latias hovering behind him, her white and red body seeming to glow softly in the light of the full moon above.  With a smile, the dragon/psychic type laid down in the cool grass beside her friend.
"Yeah, it's definitely a calming sight." Eevee agreed, his tail flipping from side to side slowly.
Latias smiled and nuzzled the fox-like pokémon gently.  Eevee smiled back and nuzzled her in return.  As he did, Latias giggled fondly and laid her head on the eevee's fluffy mane.
"I really was afraid we would not make it this far." Latias admitted softly.
Eevee smiled, "Well, we have.  Now all that's left is to defeat one more team and we're in the final two."
Latias nodded and buried her nose in the eevee's soft mane, "Can we really do it that easily?"
"That all depends on who we're up against." Eevee replied, "But we're pretty tough.  Together, we stand a pretty good chance."
With a silent smile Latias agreed.  As unusual of a team as they were, the Nexus Rescue Team had already more than proven themselves capable of a win.  Now their ability to fully work together was about to be put under pressure once more.
With that thought in mind, Latias and Eevee watched the lights below once more.