"Confusion! Fire Fang!" A voice broadcast from somewhere issued the commands, and all the Shadow Pokémon immediately launched their assault! Powerful psychic waves rolled in, layer upon layer, followed by a pack of Houndoom with flames flickering between their fangs! Yet Abe's two Pokémon showed no fear. They remained where they stood, poised for battle, waiting for the attack to reach them!
"Houndoom! Snarl! Foul Play!" A larger dark figure burst from a broken pipe, its chilling howl ringing out beneath jet-black horns. With that single howl, Abe's Houndoom shattered the layers of psychic waves! When the Houndoom controlled by Team Rocket charged in, their flaming fangs bit through nothing but a substitute formed from shadows. The real Houndoom had already leaped into the air, and with a flurry of lunges, knocked all three attackers to the ground!
"Scizor! Night Slash!" Four black hounds with demonic horns wrestled on the ground. A red flash streaked past, and the three hounds wreathed in shadows suddenly collapsed. "Hypno! Focus Blast!" The broadcast rang out again, but the two Hypno could not respond. Unnoticed, Weavile had already used Feint Attack to take down the Hypno supporting the others from the rear!
"What? Impossible! Bat squad! Shadow Ball! Swift!"
"Too slow! Crobat! Free your own kind! Return!"
At some point, Abe's Crobat had appeared in the midst of its fellow bats, its body wrapped in streaks of holy light utterly unlike their shadows. With a sweep of its wings, it struck the other bats, knocking every Shadow bat to the ground in a single blow!
Gengar slowly rose from the shadows on the floor with Abe. His well-trained Pokémon formed an outward-facing circle around him without being told. Abe stroked Crobat, but it did not respond. Its sharp eyes remained fixed on the darkness