Sherlock says, "Random number between one and four, please," to his Pokétch.
It displays 3.
Sherlock tosses Mycroft, who copies the Rapidash complete with mimicking her attitude.
Fireflower is offended. She's fierce when offended. There is considerable stomping and attempts at poisoning involved. Fireflower's also the one holding the Leftovers, which is a slight edge, and more so in a prolonged fight.
"Rapidash," snorts Fireflower, and she hits the ineptly nicknamed You with a gout of flames.
Fireflower goes down, but not without a fight. Bella's next toss is Branch. Branch knows a self-healing attack and can hang in there for a good long time, especially against You's defensively-oriented attack array. Long enough. Branch has no commentary on the situation, besides the occasional "Saw!" that roughly translates to "Rar! Gonna get you!"
Bella's next toss is Rachis. "Here's hoping your last toss is Irene and not Watson, but either way I can make you work for it," she says, and because You was most recently pretending to be Grass type to resist Horn Leeching, an Air Slash makes short work of the Porygon-Z.
Rachis does her best to stay out of range, but her timing's not perfect, and a Thunder Wave leaves her grounded when Watson Thunderbolts her, and it only takes two instances of that before she's out of commission.
"Almost," says Bella ruefully. "Rachis could've taken Irene."
"Mean old random number generator," laughs Bella. "Stuck my flier with your zapper. Oh well."
"I already told you guys how I got Zag, right?" she asks.
"He was Renée's. Renée doesn't do a lot of battling, though, and Zag was always scrappy, and when I was eight he started following me around whenever she let him out of his ball, probably because I'd read him books and pet him and generally treat him like a stuffed animal except worth talking to. I got him as a present because Renée noticed he liked me, and I gave him the most juvenile possible nickname, and went off with nobody but him to start training when I was ready. Where'd you guys get your first? I guess that would've been Candle as a Charmander, and Mycroft? Correct me if I misremember."
"Dad imported Candle for me because I thought Charmanders were the coolest thing," volunteers Tony. "And I called him Candle because I'm not very creative."