>>6331343>>6331358>>6332276>>6332232"Volta, Go! Fire Fang!" You order.
She appears in a flash and bounds at Thundurus as a bolt of lightning flashes down and slams down ahead of her, a wave of energy arcing out from the point of impact, rolling over Volta, before it washes back over Mien, Checkers, Dragonair and Krookodile, leaving the former three paralysed.
Then, Volta has dashed in, leapt up and bitten down hard on Thundurus's arm, shattering its lingering Protect barrier like cheap glass, leaving it burned and open to follow-up attacks by the others.
Unfortunately, Martha and Gareth let the opportunity pass by, ordering Dragon Dance and Sword's Dance respectively, which while still the right play usually, means that they can't capitalise on the opportunity that Volta just opened up.
Jacky and Holly meanwhile, waited a moment to see what Volta's attack would do to this extended Protect and seeing that she tore right through it, they're quick to capitalise, Jacky ordering Krookodile to use Smack Down, which deals another <span class="mu-i">heavy</span> blow to the Bolt Strike pokemon and sends it crashing to the ground in time for Checkers to follow it up with a Psybeam, which sends it skidding back across the ground to fetch up in a sprawl in a callistemon bush.
Despite all the trouble Thundurus has caused, you have to wince.
Negotiating bottlebrush sucks at the best of times, thanks to how sharp and prickly their leaves are, but falling into one is a distinctly uncomfortable experience. Even being able to fly, you're pretty sure Thundurus is going to be stuck for a bit.
Ominously, while its aura had dropped to bruised orange, it's already returning back to the green of health.
You definitely hurt it and it doesn't seem to be using a move or pulling an item trick like Darren's Aron did, which means this thing has some serious stamina.
>Throw a poke ball.>Run!>Use a move. (Latias and\or Volta)>Coordinate attacks with the others.>Play medic and use paralysis heals on the others' pokemon and trust Volta to fight independently.>Other 