Chance's heart nearly leaped out of his chest as the booming roar rattled his bones.

"The crap was [i]that?[/i]" he uttered, just moments before the blazing lightning streamed across the skyscrapers, sending showers of sparks on pedestrians below. Immediately, hordes of city-goers began to scream and run around in panic. Chance's heart raced even faster, and the blonde seemed almost frozen amid the chaos.

A sharp peck to the head snapped Chance out of his trance. Mentally urging himself to calm down and [i]think[/i], Chance dashed to the double-doored building Ace gestured toward. What looked to be a middle-aged employee of the place was holding one door open for a sea of people and Pokemon who nearly trampled the guy in their rush to reach supposed safety indoors. Chance pushed his way through some of the mob, only to pull the other door open and hold it. The employee noticed the people spread out and sighed in relief. As the last of the stragglers walked through, the man smiled lightly to thank his mystery helper. But the blonde was already gone, jogging down the street...

Ace ruffled his feathers and growled lightly to express his disapproval as Chance ran in the direction of a massive cloud of smoke. In the back of his mind... actually, in the front, as well... Chance knew he ought to listen to the Pidgey. But the teen had never seen anything like this before, and he might never again, and some morbid part of his mind yearned to see what could cause this much chaos.

About four blocks away from the Pokemon Center, Chance lurched to a stop as he spotted it in the spaces between skyscrapers. The mere sight of the monstrous Pokemon numbed his mind. The teen barely had enough sense to stumble shakily to a shadowy hiding space. After that, Chance and Ace could only gape at the beast in a mix of awe and terror.