Authors note: hey guys sorry there wasn't any action last chapter, I was a bit pressed for time so here is chapter 2 posted at almost one in the morning??

Thorns and branches tore at my shirt and scratched my skin but still I kept on running following the sounds of fighting. after a good five minutes of running I finally arrived in a small clearing where it looked like a full scale battle had taken place. 

The ground and trees were pockmarked with long gashes. However the culprits seem to have moved elsewhere. Stopping completely I focused on just my hearing searching for the sounds of battle.

For several moments nothing happened and after a minute I began to entertain the thought that the fight had already concluded. 

But just as I was about to give up the sound of a distant crash echoed not too far away.

Immediately I began the chase anew ziggzagging between trees and over bushes pushing my body to its limit trying to make it in time. 

Finally just as my legs felt ready to collapse beneath me the sound of several growls filled my ears. With the last bit of my strength I burst through the bushes to an unbelievable scene. Mighty tree limbs lay broken and scattered along the ground as if something had crashed into them. 

Next I noticed black and white furred creatures surrounding something in the center of the ruined branches. The creatures walked on four legs and possessed dog like features.

Mightyena, Pokemon, in that moment it all came crashing down in me. Any feeble denial still sitting in the back of my mind was banished. For a moment I could only stand there in shock unable to process what my eyes were telling me.

A beaten and bloody skarmory lay in the center of the broken branches three equally beaten mightyena stood in front of it staring down at it. The one in the center growled a command and the two at its sides obeyed leaping towards the downed skarmory.

The skarmory looked up as if excepting its fate. "Leave him alone!" That is until I barged in ramming my shoulder into one of the midair mightyena and knocking it into its companion.

Both mightyena went sprawling from the surprise attack combined with their injuries knocked them unconscious. Turning I stood between the injured skarmory and the mightyena leader. Seven threatening growls emerged from behind the leader as the weaker mightyena all took an aggresive stance.

The leader however simply stated into my eyes unconcerned by the weak little human before him. Slowly I raised my fists making my intention clear. "You wanna mess with him you mess with me you mangy mutt." 

Apparently they didn't like that as one of the grunt mightyena lunged towards me. Moving fluidly I grabbed it's open snout with both hands and used its momentum to drive it headfirst into the ground. The whole exchange was over in a second leaving the other grunts too stunned to act. 

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The leader however didn't waste anytime and snuck up on me from my blind spot. I only had a second to notice he was missing before a powerful headbutt sent me flying. The air left my lungs in a whoosh as my body went flying backwards. 

I landed with a thud on the ground right next to the skarmory. The skarmory turned to look at me and for the first time I noticed a long scar going from the top of its head over its right eye to the bottom. The eye however remained perfectly fine as it stared at me with a curious gaze.

I smirked at the hurt Pokemon, "well I got to look cool for a second there didn't I?" The skarmory made an odd sound that I could only assume was laughter. The moment was ruined by the mightyena alphas paw pressing down on my chest. 

A growl emerged from its throat as it stared into my eyes, it's teeth bared just inches from my face. "You've got some nasty breath my friend." The mightyena alpha paused in confusion for just a moment. A moment was all it took.

The skarmory's glowing beak slammed into the mightyena alphas side with enough force to send him flying with a single peck attack. Getting to my feet I watch as the other mightyena glance between the injured skarmory and their leader. 

Finally one decides to try its luck and runs towards us with its teeth bared three more join the first one in a single minded charge.

The skarmory raises up to its full height and spreads its wings to their full length before waving them forward causing a huge clout to burst forth and blind the charging mightyena 

That was sand-attack! The skarmory wasn't finished yet though as is closed in and delivered peck after peck to the blinded mightyena.

I was so distracted I almost didn't notice as a mightyena clearly larger than the rest stealthily snuck up behind the fighting skarmory. Almost.

The mightyena lunged forward its teeth turning black to signify it was using the move bite. Time seemed to slow down as the alpha mightyena crawled through the air towers the skarmory's ungaurded back.

I only had a single second to react and before I knew it I had the poke all in hand and was throwing it. The ball sailed through the air in a perfect arc before bouncing off the head in its target.

The skarmory only had a moment to look surprised before the ball opened and a red energy flew out engulfing the skarmory and dragging it into the pokeball.

The alpha mightyena crashed into the ground where its prey should have been. It's head snapped around to stare at a small ball as it rolled for a third time. A click resounded throughout the otherwise silent forest.

"Did I just catch my first Pokemon?"