Chapter no.232 The Seawave City Incident

[ POV Change ]
Austin and a red-eyed yellowed walked out of the inn only to stop as they saw everyone in the lobby standing there looking at the Television screen intently.
It should a live scene in Seawave City.
The sound of the helicopter blades blared through the speakers as someone turned down the volume.
The video was shot from a helicopter and a woman was trying to give commentary but she was barely audible.
Seawave City was a big city with big skyscrapers sprouting from the street white beaches and fancy-looking palm trees.
Or Austin assumed that Seawave City would like that because right now it was a battlefield.
I don't know what you call a group of Gyarados, a swarm. A school?
Another appropriate name would be a bloodbath.
Austin couldn't see how many Gyarados there were but from the helicopter, it looked like a can of worms had been released into the city.
The entire shore of the city was flooded with murky, brown, and slightly reddish water which allowed the Gyarados to swim through the streets, the water flooded at least a good mile into the city, drowning everything in its path.
Most skyscrapers that were too close to the sea had collapsed, either by the waves that continuously slammed into them or by the Hyper Beams, the Gyarados was firing.
Entire city blocks were leveled, and other parts were visibly buried into the ground by seismic attacks.
Gyarados was a very scary Pokémon on its own but with an entire swarm of them, they were a nightmare.
Whirlpools and tsunamis rose from the sea and crashed into the parts of the city that were not destroyed yet.
Among the destruction, there were small islands created by toppled skyscrapers and buildings that hadn't collapsed yet.
The Gyarados was rampaging through the city but not without any resistance.
People and Pokémon were fighting back, or at least they tried to.
Pokémon trainers had gathered on the small islands and were firing ranged attacks at the hostile Gyarados with their Pokémon.
Lances of light, lasers, and psychic waves met the Gyarados and caused a lot of them to go under.
People flying on bird Pokémonm circled to draw the Gyarados away from the vulnerable parts of the city, all the while they had to dodge the Hyper Beams that were thrown at them.
Bigger water Pokémon moved people and other Pokémon around to safer areas, evacuating those in need of help.
One would say it was amazing to see Pokémon and humans working together, but that would be a lie.
Because the people and Pokémon who tried to stop the rampage were losing.
No knight in shining armor magically wished the monsters away or a protagonist who changed the tide with heroism.
The camera angle didn't provide Austin with a lot of details but the overall picture was grim.
For every violent Gyarados, they managed to take down two more roses from the water to take their place.
Strategy wise the Gyarados should've been at a disadvantage because they were attacking from the sea.
But the people and Pokémon defending the city were no match, they were scattered everywhere and the constant barrage of waves allowed the Gyarados to swim through the city and slither through the streets.
There seemed to be no coherent plan on either side, the Gyarados was bent on causing havoc and the defenders were trying to take down as many Gyarados as they could.
The situation in Seawave City was no joke or a children's show.
The people and Pokémon who tried to fight back were dying, and not in a heroic way either.
Tidal waves tore through the hasty defense lines people had managed to set up. The water was not clean seawater instead, it was filled with glass, cars, and big pieces of concrete that had been torn out from the buildings and turned seawater into a meat grinder for whoever got swallowed by it.
Mangled bodies, both Pokémon and human, floated on the water, coloring it red.
Austin immediately turned to shield Yellow from the gore only to find her sound asleep.
Some Pokémon survived the initial wave but that didn't mean they were safe yet. There were water Pokémon like Tentacruel and Slowpoke who tried to rescue the ones that had fallen into the water.
Being in the water was risky, even for water Pokémon, the tidal waves constantly tried to slam them into other objects and buildings, turning them into a red splash on the wall.
People and Pokémon in the sky weren't safe either.
Friendly fire was off and people who tried to get close to the Gyarados in the water risked being hit by their allies.
Buildings and huge skyscrapers collapsed around them and buried anyone unfortunate to be underneath them.
And whenever a Pokémon or trainer fell into the water, they were consumed by it.
Rain and thunder made flying hell and the weather could change any second.
The helicopter allowed Austin to see multiple city blocks that had different weather systems, one was entirely frozen in ice with a blizzard in the sky while not even a block away there was a sandstorm razing through the streets.
I am a human after all and I can not look away from a train wreck.
Austin considered briefly.
Pikachu was mostly unfazed by it, he watched the video with more morbid curiosity but he didn't seem to be afraid, yeah he kept hugging Austin's arm but Austin suspected that the video was an excuse and not the reason.
No matter how bad the situation in Seawave City seemed to be, situations like this were nothing out of the ordinary in the world of Pokémon.
As if the cameraman had heard Austin's thoughts he changed the angle of the camera and panned out.
This time it showed the battle closer to the seashore.
"It's still unknown who or what caused the Gyarados to become this angry," the reporter cried out, "There has been no official response from the Johto League yet, besides raising the threat level and-"
The helicopter swayed and the woman screamed, underneath the helicopter, a huge tidal wave had formed and headed towards the city and in the process almost caught the helicopter out of the air.
The helicopter stabilized and the woman tried to continue as if nothing had happened, "But it's clear that the situation is grim."
Talking about grim, the camera angle changed again and this time it focused on a much bigger Gyarados.
It had the size of a small skyscraper and it swam through the shoreline as if it was a big earthworm, slithering around torn-down buildings, or sometimes it swam straight through them, seemingly unhurt by the falling debris.
The Gyarados in question were times bigger than a normal one and were glowing faintly red.
The giant Gyarados was angry, that much was clear.
It lashed out with its entire body, sending tidal waves everywhere and tearing through everything on its path.
The Gyarados themselves also had a weird weather effect surrounding him, a red sky was above him and made it look the creature came from the depths of Tartarus.
"Impossible," Austin muttered, "What a joke."
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶-𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆, 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 – 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗹-𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘆, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻, 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻. 𝗜𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻. 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱. 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 – 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 – 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆, 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗔𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻, 𝗵𝘆𝗽𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.