Pokemon Adventures: The Red that shouldn’t be
The air trembled with heat and psychic energy, the battlefield shrouded in smoke and dust from the relentless clash. At the heart of it, Red stood firm, one hand gripping the brim of his cap, the other clenched tightly at his side. His eyes never left the small, floating figure ahead Mew whose bright, innocent appearance betrayed the immense power radiating from it.
Beside him, Charizard’s wings beat the air in slow, measured motions, the mighty dragon’s chest rising and falling as it steadied its breath. Both trainer and Pokémon were nearing their limits. Sweat trickled down Red’s temple, his expression unreadable except for the faint furrow in his brow.
“This is tougher than I thought,” he muttered under his breath, almost to himself. “If we keep trading blows, we’ll burn out before we land a decisive hit…”
There was no room for hesitation. His mind was clear this would be the deciding moment.
He lifted his head, voice ringing out over the chaos.
“Charizard! We’re ending this! Blast Burn full power!”
Charizard roared, the sound echoing off the surrounding cliffs. Flames began to gather deep in its throat, the glow building until it was almost blinding. The heat rolling off the dragon made the very air waver.
Mew’s large eyes narrowed, its playful expression vanishing. It rose slightly higher, a faint hum filling the air as psychic energy swirled around it, pulling in raw power from the environment. Sparks of pink and white light danced around its form, growing more intense with each passing second.
Then both moved at once.
Charizard unleashed the inferno it had been holding back, a massive torrent of flame erupting from its jaws like the wrath of the sun itself. At the same instant, Mew thrust its small paws forward, releasing a dense sphere of blinding psychic force.
The two attacks met in midair.
For a heartbeat, the world was silent, the energies pushing against each other in a brilliant, burning stalemate. Then, the pressure broke.
The explosion was cataclysmic shockwave tearing through the battlefield, a blinding flash swallowing everything in sight. The very mountain beneath them shuddered, rock splintering as the peak was leveled in an instant.
And in that single moment, both victory and survival became uncertain.
Note: Red has died in his original world and been reincarnated into the Pokémon Adventures manga universe, replacing its version.
