Hermes - Pain sink

Hermes had had enough “Oof! Danny, Yellow, I’m sorry. I need to do it, otherwise you have no chance!”

“Do what?” asked Danny. He was just gaining the upper hand on Larxene’s clone when she poofed out of existence.

“Hermes, no! We can’t!” screamed Yellow, even as she withdrew Pika and sent Omny to take his place.

“I’m sorry girl. There’s no other way. He’d want it this way.” Hermes closed his eyes and concentrated.

In the corner, Gon’s body shivered, before going still again.

Now that Kumonga had his bearings, he was capable of holding his own against Yellow’s slower Pokemon. Larxene allowed him to handle Ratty as she focused all of her attention to re-engaging on Danny.

Both she and Kumonga were landing hits consistently, but now no one on the enemy team reacted to the pain. It was as if they had stopped sharing it, or outsourced it to...

Suddenly Bonesaw realized what Hermes had done. He had linked Gon back into their network, not as a real fighter, but as combination pain-sink and human shield. She balked at the brutality of it.

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Finals, SanityMeter