Soul gasped, putting her hand over her mouth, though she knew it was a bluff and was respnding with her own. "well, Omen will put it out," she said, putting a desperate tone in her voice. Inwardly, she grinned, let's see if he really is all that,

Omen growled and woke up, glaring at the houdnour, "Totodile, to!" she barked out angrily, waving her short arms at the pokemon.

Soul was about to answer back with her own comment on his doings when she stiffened, looking stragiht pas Rune like he had done nothing. Her mouth opened slightly as she watched what was outside.

Omen squeaked and leapt out of Soul's arms, rushing to the door with a happy look on her face. "To, to!" she shrieked happily.

((kk goodnight ^^)) 

Rune's eyes darkened. This girl was amazingly annoying, what's worse was she seemed to be able to get under his skin. Maybe because what she said was basically true. He took a deep breath before replying.

"Fine," he said. He tried to sound calm but his voice was shaking, from fear or anger he couldn't tell. He knew a Houndour facing a Houndoom was a disadvantage but he didn't care. 

"Creed, use Toxic!" He shouted.

Creed let out a howl as if to say "finally!" and spat a purple glob of acid right at Nightmare's face. 

((Night Det!))

Sandy noticed the sudden change in his mood, she didn't do much other than sigh with a bored ex
pression on her face. She knew she was annoying, and she was pretty proud of it at this point. She wasn't fond of people like this guy, and she knew how to handle them for the most part. Although, she did have a bad habit of being firey herself.

Sandy just plain rolled her eyes at his tone of voice, knowing he probably probably going to give Creed a command at this point, noticing he was shaking so much. Sandy didn't even have to give Nightmare a command, she was ready and waiting for Creed's attack, and flew right over the glob of toxins with an effortless leap. She knew his pokemon looked powerful, but she wasn't a weakling either.

Nightmare landed behind him, whirling to face him.

"Alright Nightmare, Will-O-Wisp!"

The canine spat blue flames at Creed, aiming right for him. 

Creed was ready for this, and had already began shifting his weight away from where he knew Nightmare was going to land. He sidestepped to avoid the flames by mere inches, feeling their heat as they flew past his face.

"Creed, go for the throat!" Rune growled. 

Creed flinched at his master's mistake. Close combat was not the best strategy in this situation. Obviously, Rune was not thinking clearly. Still, his hesitation didn't even last for a second. He lunged for Nightmares throat, claws extended in the hope that he could use them to keep a grip on his opponent. 

(( I don't intentionally mean to autohit, so if I do, please correct me :3))

Nightmare stopped, and without a command from Sandy, she whirled around to face Creed. Just recovering from her landing, she made haste moving her head off to one side just as Creed made impact. The canine got ahold of Nightmare's neck, immobilizing her for a few seconds.

"Big mistake..."

Nightmare shifted all her weight to one side, trying to bring herself down to the floor, attempting to knock Creed into the floor. The odd thing was, Sandy really wasn't giving Nightmare any commands, only an attack here in there. This trainer had confidence that her pokemon could make her own choices, and that she really only had to step in to turn the tides, or when Nightmare was too dizzy to think straight.

((I don't see any autohits, so don't worry ^^))

Creed felt his teeth sinking into Nightmare's neck and gripped on hard, not wanting to be shaken off. Even when Nightmare crashed him into the floor, stunning him, his instincts kept him holding on.

Instincts? He hadn't relied on them since he met Rune. Rune had always commanded him in battle and Creed had always relied on him. Now with Rune not thinking straight, Creed felt like he was fighting blind.

Snarling he squeezed his eyes shut and bit down as hard as he possibly could, thankful Rune wasn't giving any commands for the moment. If he could wear out Nightmare he could win.

Nightmare got up and continued to attempt to knock the other canine into the floor. Sandy realized that her houndoom may tire out quickly, so she had to think of something fast. Nightmare was growling, not liking the fact that Creed was latched onto her neck, the extra weight kept her head low.

"Nightmare, swing your head."

The canine was a bit confused by the command, but she did as she was told, swinging her head from left to right hard. It was then she realized what her trainer was doing, it was hard for her to move her head not to mention painful, but she managed to keep on her paws.

"Now use bite!"

Nightmare swung her head in attempt to swing the lower half of Creed's body, trying to bring him over enough so she can attempt to latch on to his hind leg with her sharp fangs. 

(( Night, I'd say I'm ready to crawl into bed too ^^))

Keeping a hold of Nightmare became a lot more difficult as she began to swing her head violently back and forth. Creed felt his grip slacken to the point that when Nightmare grabbed onto his hind leg, she was easily able to pull him off. He dangled helplessly in the air, thrashing and trying to get his claws or fangs into something.

On the sidelines, Rune stood helplessly. Rune was a very experienced trainer, but he had never had to face a Houndoom before. If the fact that the types put him at a disadvantage, the fact that Nightmare was much bigger and stronger than Creed did, For the first time he felt completely at a loss.

"Creed, Fire Spin directly at her chest!"  He shouted desperately.

Creed's eyes snapped open, although he still wasn't sure if Rune was capable of giving orders, he still obeyed, spinning around painfully and sending a spiral right at Nightmare's chest.