Fifth had called me the originator because he didn't know the circumstances, but honestly, it still felt uncomfortable.
Oh well. I would think about the risks involved later.
"Ampharos, cover the whole field with Thunder!"
The clear weather had lowered its accuracy, but that wouldn't matter if the attack covered the whole field. My Ampharos could manage a trick like that.
"Staraptor, use that sword move, then dig a hole and escape underground!"
At her words, the sword began to dance...
Was that Mimic?
"Rooooar!"
Whoa, was this some kind of dirty movie? No, what was that supposed to be? Charizard certainly did something resembling Swords Dance, then dug a hole and disappeared underground.
"When did you learn that?"
"We trained after coming to this island!"
So that was it. They had been training somewhere I hadn't seen. They had only been on this island for less than a week, and had already picked that up?! Just how talented was that Charizard?!
While I was thinking that, lightning came pouring down.
"Ampharos's Thunder has struck all across the field!"
I had wanted Ampharos to be a modest special attacker, but this clever kid had a nature that raised Defense and lowered Special Defense. Rather than investing Effort Values solely in durability, I could put some into Attack and Special Attack as well and use a durable mixed-attacker strategy. That settled it.
Anyway, as long as there was love, that was enough. Those round eyes, and the way Ampharos played around without considering that big body, just like back in the earlier days, were adorable.
But enough of that.
The ground certainly didn't conduct electricity. So escaping underground to avoid Electric-type moves wasn't a bad idea. I taught that myself.
This time, though, flying high would have been better than escaping