[Dracorion]

Blaziken was reluctant to leave Pierce and return to his pokeball, but Metagross made a good point. All of the enemies' heavy hitters had the advantage over him: Phantomere, Omnisroth and Pulverot, and the two psychic Pokebrids.

Pierce was caught up in his train of thought, but he couldn't help but miss the show as Chizuru taunted and damaged both Ruin-types. She landed next to him, so he tried to give her some sort of praise but all he could get out was "You- that... wow." Realizing he had just made a fool of himself, he returned to his thoughts and barely noticed that Metagross had redeployed and Blaziken had reentered his pokeball.

Then he finally got his thoughts together and spoke to the rest of the team. "I've been thinking, maybe Phantomere is like the Mononokes. When he dies, the lifeforce he stole returns to where it originally came from. Which wouldn't be all that useful if their bodies are all in pieces. So, if at all possible, could everyone try not to destroy the corpses?" He pleaded everyone. Being stripped of free will and forced into subservience was a gruesome fate, and whatever kind of people Wyatt and Whitney were, no one deserved that.

Then Metagross turned around and gave Pierce a meaningful look, trying to communicate it's idea. Maybe it was Metagross's telepathy, but Pierce understood. "Hell no." He told it. "I'm not making you explode again." Metagross' counterarguments popped into Pierce's head. Smart bastard. "Goddamnit. Metagross, Explosion on Phantomere! Kingdra, finish Omnisroth with a Dragon Pulse!"