"Delphox, Flame Charge!"
Both immediately gave their orders. Dazzling magical light flared, but Delphox used Flame Charge not to attack, but to flee.
Aqua Jet, Dazzling Gleam, Dark Pulse—if Delphox didn't run now, was it supposed to stay there and wait to die?
That Dazzling Gleam held almost all of Gardevoir's power. Both Mismagius and Beartic were sent flying by its force.
Dark Pulse? Aqua Jet? Neither mattered. Before the release of Gardevoir's full power, they were as flimsy as paper.
Although Dazzling Gleam wasn't a move with particularly high base power, the terrifying force of unleashing all that energy at once only grew as the Pokémon became stronger.
After using Dazzling Gleam, Gardevoir collapsed helplessly to the ground. Having discharged all her energy in one go, she didn't have a shred of strength left.
Yet that lasted only an instant. The next second, a strange aura rose from her body, and a faint white light enveloped her. The power she had just exhausted was miraculously restored.
"What? How is that possible?!" Jefferson stared at Gardevoir, his face filled with disbelief. He couldn't even spare a thought for his badly injured Mismagius.
"It must be Wish, right? She used Wish at the same time as Dazzling Gleam, so after she exhausted her energy, the delayed Wish activated and began restoring the energy inside her!" Anna said after a moment's thought.
"With Psychic Field in place, Mismagius's stealth never meant anything anyway. Gengar already proved that. They're too strong. We don't stand a chance."
"Shut up! You've already lost!" Jefferson roared. Anna opened her mouth, but said nothing. She recalled her badly injured Beartic, turned, and walked off the Battlefield.
All three of her Pokémon were unable to battle. The rest of the fight had nothing to do with her, and