Chapter 4- Nowhere Close
Such was a powerful scream, that close to all the previous spectators, and friends rushed in to see what had happened, and some almost fainted.
Roseanna had attacked Julia and after pinning her down, used Cut so powerfully that Julia's shoulder cap was dripping in blood despite it only scathing a little. "You didn't think that this would be over did you? I'm a lot stronger than I look. And as much as you are strong, you are too lazy, and getting weaker each day." Roseanna yelled.
"B...But this was your special attack! How could you expect this not to deter me, let alone being painful?" Julia stammered. Physically, she was pretty weak at this stage. This was just getting worse. Roseanna had mysteriously pinned her down and she was being pummelled for sure. It was hurting her like hell.
"R...Rosa! Get off me! It hurts!" Julia wailed. "What kind of battler are you?" she retorted. "You're a Pokémon! Be strong! What's the matter; all your big talk can't save you now, can it?"
All the young spectators were horrified. Was Julia really that weak? She was practically begging for mercy now. "Please Roseanna! Just let me go!" Julia begged, now in tears for the pain was too much. Petunia herself wept tears of grief. This was too much to bear and half of them closed their eyes.
"And now prepare for the final attack!" Roseanna then flung Julia in the air, used Absorb, but was cut off by Julia, who did the same and then in a last attempt, tried using Pound again, but missed. Then in seconds, Roseanna tackled her and then she flew to the ground and landed hard.
Julia was writhing in pain. This definitely was an intense battle, but too much for her, despite being fairly strong. She was still weeping and all the spectators rushed to her side. "Am I glad she didn't use Poison Sting!" she remarked and lay absolutely still, close to fainting.
"Now, it's over!" replied Roseanna. The other Pokémon were frantically trying to find a healer and promptly. This was a really bad situation. Even Roseanna felt awful and tried to help.
While in her sorry state, Julia suddenly felt something strange. In minutes, she found herself jerking for no reason. "Jules! What's happening?" All the Pokémon backed away and saw her suddenly kicking the air. Then, she abruptly stopped doing so and pointed her hand at a nearby Cheri tree. Soon, a Cheri berry started twisting and it levitated in the air. It was slowly inching towards Julia and all the other Pokémon were petrified.
It alighted downwards and Julia wasted no time in grabbing it and ate it. She was cured of paralysis but was still in a lot of pain. " Aah!" she sighed " I feel relieved."
"J...just what happened here?" Roseanna was in a state of shock. "Huh?" Julia was puzzled. "I...I mean, that berry just plucked itself and flew here."
"It did...? That's nice." Was all she could answer.
"But... it was coming to you! You were... controlling it?" Roseanna said rather pale on seeing it.
"Petunia... Call my mom." Julia commanded. Petunia raced with Chatot. " Aargh! The pain!" Julia seemed totally oblivious to what happened. Then tired from that long, intensifying battle, she fainted.
