章 1373: Traitor?

Julian 'Wait, something's not right,'

Julian thinks when he is suddenly attacked once again. A thunderbolt comes shooting at him, but Julian is agile enough to move out of the way.

The Thunderbolt strikes the sand and instantly turns it into glass.

The member that just attacked right now is wearing yellow armor, and the Pokemon beside him is Manectric, an electric-type Pokemon that is known for its speed and special attacks.

Julian 'They were waiting for me to ambush me. How did they know I was here already?'

He questions.

Julian 'It can't be Eldes. I am certain that I was not followed.'

Julian thinks. If someone was following him, he would have immediately known.

These six cipher members knew that he was coming here and were ready to attack him on sight. And there is only one person who knew he was coming here, Vander.

As Julian comes to this conclusion, he jumps back once again as another attack is thrown at him. This time the attacking member is wearing green armor and his Pokemon is Cacturne. It used Pin Missiles to overwhelm Julian, but he was swift enough to dodge them all.

Purple "What are you idiots doing? You are all missing so badly."

The purple member speaks up in frustration seeing they can't take down a single man.

Julian 'Is Vander lying about working with the Resistance?'

Julian questions as he dodges a Sludge Bomb. The blob of poison touches the sand and starts hissing.

Frustrated with his teammate's failure, the purple member took charge and attacked Julian with his Muk, but he, too, failed.

Blue "Sir Eldes said that he will be hard to kill. We need to attack together."

The blue cipher member says.

Julian 'Eldes? So it is him! But how did he know I was coming here?... There can be only one answer. Vander told him. Looks like this Vander is not really on our side.'

Julian thinks and looks at the six cipher members.

Julian 'Four of them have attacked and all four of these attacks were similar in strength, meaning all six of them are almost equal in strength.'

Julian concludes and calls out his Marshadow.

The six color rangers see Julian's Marshadow and immediately get excited.

Brown "That's a Marshadow! We will get a massive reward from Sir Eldes if we hand it over to him after we are done killing this man."

The brown cipher member says with excitement. His feelings are reciprocated by the other five as well. A mythical Pokemon that is the master of shadows is definitely something their boss will be interested in.

Red "Let's all attack together!"

Red, who is the leader of the bunch, orders and they all immediately command their pokemons to use their best moves to attack Julian and Marshadow.

Julian "Counter with shadow balls"

Using Julian's signature thought move, Marshadow conjures multiple shadow balls and shoots them like bullets from a Gatling gun at the incoming hoard of attacks.

Each shadow ball easily cancels the opposing attack, but Marshadow isn't done. He continues to shoot his shadow balls at the six colored cipher members.

The shadow balls cause devastation as they make contact with the hoverbikes. Each of them explodes and sends the members riding on it crashing into the ground along with their pokemons.

Due to the strong armor they are wearing, they only get first-degree burns from the explosion as they all are back up on their feet.

Yellow "Shit! His Marshadow is too strong. We need to coordinate our moves and plan out an attack"

Yellow suggests, but it is too late for suggestions.

Julian "Use Shadow Sneaks"

Now that all of the pokemons are on the ground and grouped up, Marshadow is able to show off one of his core abilities.

With a flash, Marshadow disappears into the shadow, appears behind Magcargo, and blasts the back of its head with a powerful strike. And the very next instant, Marshadow is back inside his shadow before appearing right behind Muk and knocking it out with the same move.

Within seconds, Marshadow uses Shadow Sneak multiple times and knocks out all six of the cipher pokemons. These pokemons didn't even know what hit them before they were out cold.

As for the six colored cipher members, they just watch all this happen dumbfounded.

Green "This is bad. We are completely outmatched and out-skilled. Sir Eldes sent us here to die,"

The green member starts to panic, causing a chain reaction, and others start shouting frantically as well.

Red "Shut Up!"

Red, the leader, shouts and shuts all of them up.

Red "Did you forget who we are? We are the Hexagon Squad. We are the strongest six-member team in cipher. And we are definitely not going to lose to this punk. DO YOU ALL UNDERSTANT???"

His speech immediately motivates them, causing them to calm down.

Red "And let's not forget. We still haven't used our secret weapons,"

Red says and grins as he envisions Julian's doom.