Silver and Alain had already visited the Safari Zone in Fuchsia City and were awestruck by all of the exotic and native Pokémon. They had explored the rest of the city as well, before deciding to challenge the Gym Leader, Koga.
Silver's Glaceon and Tyrantrum had easily defeated him.
Now it was Alain's turn to battle Koga, but he became nervous when the Gym Leader announced he would not hold back this time. It was a double battle, so the teen sent out his Charmeleon and Gabite against Koga's Venomoth and Weezing.
Neon green and bright red surged forward from Gabite and Charmeleon as they released their Dragon Tail and Flamethrower moves. Venomoth and Weezing countered with the pale blue and purple of Psychic and Smog respectively.
Silver watched as his friend continued to battle, getting a sinking feeling Alain would lose when Venomoth finished Gabite with its Venoshock. For a moment, when the odds were against Charmeleon, Silver became overjoyed when the fire lizard overcame his limits and evolved into Charizard. But the redhead's face fell seconds later, when not even evolution could save him and Charizard fainted from a well placed Poison Fang from Venomoth.
Alain cried.
Silver walked to his friend's aid as Alain sagged into the sofa in the Centre after he had handed Nurse Joy his partners for healing.
"… I lost… How could I lose?" He heard Alain muttering as he sat beside him. His own partners could wait a little for now.
Silver rubbed his friend's back in an attempt to reassure and calm him. "Alain," he murmured low enough for Alain to hear him. "It's okay you lost. I know it wasn't what you wanted, but Koga did allow you to rematch him. And hey, I'll probably lose the next battle."
A/N: It hurt so much for me to make Alain lose. I almost cried myself. And Silver will lose a Gym battle, but it won't be the very next one like he thinks.
Challenges: Alphabet Prompts #3: crevice.