CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
"Hello, is anyone here?" I called into door way. We finally reached the Saffron City Gym, but it looked deserted, no one wondered in the hallway we stood. There was a bunch of blue doors that lined the golden wall. The hallway was faintly lit and was very narrow and the curved ceilings made me feel claustrophobic.
"I don't think anyone's here," Owen observed as he poked his head into one of the rooms.
"Me either," I agreed.
"This place looks like a cheerful insane asylum," Owen joked looking into one of the many doors.
"Hey Owen, come look at this," I whispered. He jogged over and looked through the door window. In the room were many school desks and about ten people sat at them with spoons in their hands. "What do you think they're doing?" I asked. But before he could answer someone spun us around and scared us both.
"AHH!" we screamed at the sight of the man. He had giant glasses on that took up half his face. His long black hair was pulled back into a pony tail, and a white, dentist mask covered his mouth.
"What do you want?" he whispered angrily.
"I would like to challenge the Gym Leader, Sabrina," I shook nervously.
"So you wish to challenge the great Sabrina?" he questioned.
"That's right," I cheerfully smiled.
"What are those people doing?" Owen asked pointing to the blue door we stood next to.
"They are practicing their telekinetic powers," he told us.
"Telekinetic?" I stumbled over the difficult word. I've heard stories about people having these amazing powers, but I did not know they were real.
"Yes, you have never heard of telekinesis you pathetic children?" he mocked.
"Who are you calling pathetic! We aren't the ones sitting with spoons in our hands practicing magic like some four year old!" I rebutted, not being careful of what I was saying.
"You dare to question the magnificent powers of telekinesis?" he boomed.
"Ha, ha… I was just kidding," I took back, as me and Owen cowered down in fear.
"Alright prepare to wish you never stepped foot in Saffron City!" he warned. He guided us to this giant room that was painted golden just like the hallways. In the center of the room white lines were painted on the floor to create a pokemon battling field. On the far side of the room some small steps lead up to a red chair that looked like a king's throne.
"Look it's that little girl we saw before!" I pointed to the girl in the white dress and hat sitting on the chair.
"Have fun," the man wickedly laughed and left the room.
"Are you Sabrina the gym leader?" I asked the girl. Then a bright spot light turned on a revealed a girl in her twenties sitting on the chair, holding the girl in her lap. She had long green hair and a red, golden button up dress. Long, black boots clenched to her thin legs and she stood up from the bulky chair.
"I think she's Sabrina," Owen said.
"Right," I agreed. My heart started to beat like a bongo drum. I wasn't nervous about her psychic powers before, but now that I was here in front of her, I felt like fainting.
"Sabrina I want to battle you for the Marsh Badge," I told her.
"This will be a one on one battle, agreed?" she said monotonously.
"Agreed," I nodded with a serious face.
"And if you loose," the little girl's high pitched voice stung my ear drum. "You both have to play with me," the girl giggled.
"Sure, I love kids!" I exclaimed enthusiastically.
"Kadabra," Sabrina drearily said. A pokeball floated out to the center of the room and opened up. A gold pokemon with a large, thick tail and mustache emerged from the red light. It held a spoon in one of its hands. What is up with this place and spoons?
"Then I choose Charmander!" I shouted tossing Charmander's pokeball into the arena.
"Char-char!" he chimed.
"You can go first," the little girl giggled.
"Alright, Charmander use scratch!" I told him. Charmander charged at the sitting Kadabra, with his claws extended and ready to cut.
"Teleport," Sabrina muttered. Then her eyes began to glow blue and so did Kadabra, then he materialized from where he was standing. Charmander slid across the floor then looked around for the missing, psychic pokemon. He appeared right behind him and I had no time to warn him before he struck again. Waves of multiple colors went through Charmander and made an ear splitting screech. Both Charmander and I covered our ears as he winced in pain from the psybeam.
"Kinesis," Sabrina said dully.
All of a sudden, a blue glow shined from Charmander's body and he stood there with a blank stare.
"Are you alright Charmander?" I asked actually thinking he was evolving. But then he was suddenly picked up into the air by some force, then flung across the room and bashed into the wall.
"Your pokemon has left the field, that means you loose," the little girl snickered.
"I don't care, I give up!" I forfeited running over to Charmander. I held my injured pokemon in my hands and looked up at the Gym Leader who floated back to her throne.
"You lost, now you must play," said Sabrina effortlessly.
"Alright, a promise is a promise," I said.
Suddenly, Owen, Charmander, and I all started to glow blue! I looked back at Owen and we both had scared yet puzzled faces, then everything went black.