"Is that it?!" Davin asked himself, excitedly.
He checked his Poketch to make sure. "It is! Fulgetra City!"
Without wasting time, Davin took off towards the gym.
Davin opened the doors to the gym. "Hello?" He called. "I'm here for a gym battle."
"Well, you've come to the right place." A male voice said. With the sound of a clap, the gym lights turned on to reveal a regular battlefield.
"Welcome to the Fulgetra gym!" The male voice turned out to be a 24 year old man. "I'm the gym leader, Vistello."
"Nice to meet ya. My name's Davin." He took his place on the battlefield. "I'm ready when you are."
The ref. stood in the center of the field. "The battle between Gym Leader, Vistello, and the challenger, Davin, will now begin! This will be a 3-on-3 battle! Only the challenger may substitute!" He raised both of his flags. "Begin!"
"Before we start, Davin, I just want to let you know that I'm not a pushover like the other gym leaders you've fought."
Davin was confused. "What do you mean by that?"
"You'll see." Vistello threw his Poke ball. "Let's go, Rotom!" An orange creature with lightning bolt-shaped plasma rods levitated in mid-air when it came out. Davin opened his Pokedex.
"Rotom, the Plasma Pokemon. Its electric-like body allows it to take control of electric appliances to cause mischief."
"I've never heard of a Pokemon that can do that." Davin threw his Poke ball. "I choose you, Aduro!"
"Char!" It said, ready for battle.
"Rotom, use Charge Beam!" It rubbed its lightning rod shaped hands together and released an electrical beam.
"Aduro, counter with Will-O-Wisp!" The Charge Beam was so fast that Aduro was hit before it could attack. Davin gasped. "Are you okay?" It was a bit stunned, but it was fine.
"Rotom, Confuse Ray!" A ball of light appeared over Rotom's head and it was thrown at Aduro, making it sway in confusion.
"Oh no!" Davin said.
"Uproar!" Rotom screeched loudly as blue sound waves erupted into Aduro's ears.
Davin covered his ears. "Aduro, fight back!" It was still confused and it just swayed mindlessly.
"Now! Dark Pulse!" Dark circles escaped from its body and Aduro went flying, hitting the ceiling and fainting when it fell.
The ref raised his right flag. "Chimchar is unable to battle! Rotom wins!"
Davin was speechless. "Wow. I've never seen Aduro get taken down so easily." He held out its Poke ball and it disappeared inside. "Now that I've seen Rotom's power, I know who to send out next!" He threw a Poke ball. "Let's go, Bark!"
"Gro." It said.
"Rotom, use Confuse Ray!"
"Bark, dodge it and use Leaf Storm!" With a flip, Bark evaded it and used its move, which hit Rotom. "Now use Quick Attack!" Bark dashed towards Rotom, but he passed right through it like it was thin air. "Oh, that's right. Normal attacks won't work on Ghost types like Rotom."
"Use Uproar!"
"Don't let it succeed, Bark! Focus Punch!" Its right fist glowed and it punched Rotom in the face, making it fall down and faint. *A/N: Just this once, let's just pretend Focus Punch worked despite the fact that fighting moves don't work on ghost types*
The ref raised his left flag. "Rotom is unable to battle! Grovyle wins!"
"Excellent work, Bark!" Davin praised.
Vistello returned Rotom. "That Grovyle's somethin'. Rotom has never been defeated that quickly." He threw his next Poke ball. "Okay, Electrode! Show em' what you're made of!"
"Elec-trode." The Poke ball shaped Pokemon said when it came out.
Davin wasn't worried. "If we defeated Rotom, Electrode shouldn't be no different! Bark, use Pound!"
"Electrode, Sonic Boom!" The large ball started to spin rapidly as multiple shock waves were released at Bark.
"Use Quick Attack to dodge, then use Focus Punch!" Bark sprinted from one side of the field to the other, jumped up, and dived down with its fist out.
Vistello smirked. "Hyper Beam!"
An orange ball formed in Electrode's mouth and transformed into a beam that struck Bark directly.
"Aah! Bark, can you stand up?!" Davin cried. It tried and was almost successful, but it immediately collapsed and fainted.
The ref raised his right flag. "Grovyle is unable to battle! Electrode wins!"
Somewhat disappointed, Davin returned Bark. "You were great. Take a good rest." He took out his last Poke ball. "I'm counting on you." Throwing it, he said, "Come on out, Quake!"
"Phanpy, Phan." She said.
"Since Quake's a Ground type, Vistello's electric attacks won't work against it." He frowned for a second. "Though I'm a bit worried about his non-Electric attacks..."
Vistello pointed foward. "Electrode, Use Rollout!"
"You use Rollout too, Quake!"
Both Pokemon rolled towards each other, but with Electrode being bigger in size, it sent Quake crashing into the ceiling. When she fell back down, Quake shook herself to try and stay strong.
"Quake, use Rock Smash!" She twirled her trunk rapidly, rocks flying out from it.
"Sonic Boom!" Both attacks canceled each other after each hit.
"Now's my chance!" Davin thought. "Use Attract!" Quake whipped her trunk, sending a heart out. It exploded into multiple hearts when it made contact, but Electrode was unaffected.
"Ha!" Vistello chuckled. "I thought even you knew that Electrode is genderless, making moves like Attract useless against it."
"That was a part of the plan!" smirked the boy.
"Huh?"
Davin pointed foward. "Quake, use Last Resort!" With a sudden blast of light, Electrode flew backwards into Vistello and knocked him down with it.
The ref. raised his left flag. "Electrode is unable to battle! Phanpy wins!"
"Worked like a charm!" Davin thought.
Vistello returned Electrode and held his final Poke ball in his hand. "You've made it this far, Davin. But now... it all ends here!" He threw the Poke ball. When it opened, a mouse-like Pokemon appeared, having red spots on its cheeks with pointy ears and a tail shaped like a lightning bolt.
"A Pikachu!" Davin said. He took out his Pokedex for more info.
"Pikachu, the Mouse Pokemon. By storing electricity in its cheeks, Pikachu can release powerful electric attacks."
"Well, electricity isn't going to work on my Phanpy! Quake, let's end that Pikachu with Rollout!"
Vistello smirked. "Pikachu, use Double Team!" It split into copies of itself, and when Quake made contact with one of them, it disappeared.
"Quake, use Rock Smash to find the real one!" She slammed the ground, one time after the other, every Pikachu copy disappearing. The original, however, was no where in sight. "Where'd it go?" He looked around to try and find it.
"Quick Attack!" From out of the blue, Pikachu hit Quake with full force.
"Amazing." Davin silently complemented.
"Now use Swift!" Pikachu's tail glowed and multiple stars were released from it.
"Counter with your Rock Smash!" The stars destroyed every rock that was thrown and Quake was bombarded by them. "This Pikachu is strong. I don't know how much longer Quake can last."
"Now, Pikachu, Grass Knot!"
"Grass Knot?!"
Pikachu's eyes glowed green and grass suddenly appeared underneath Quake's feet. Two blades of it tied themselves into a knot and constricted her feet, making her unable to move.
"Use your Rollout to get out of it!" The knot suddenly tossed her towards Pikachu, where the mouse caught her in its hands.
"Swift!" Pikachu hit Quake with its tail with stars added as a bonus.
"Ugggh!" Davin thought. "None of her moves are getting through!"He clenched his fists. "I guess... maybe I should throw in the towel too save myself the embarassment." His thoughts were interrupted when Quake was knocked into him by Pikachu's Quick Attack. He looked at her sternly.
"Listen, Quake... How about we forfeit and go to the next gym?"
"Phan?!" She asked in shock.
"It's obvious that this Pikachu is a lot stronger than we anticipated... I don't think we can win here." Hearing this, Quake stared angrily at Pikachu and jumped out of his arms. "Quake! It's over. There's no way we can win!"
Quake let out a cry and slammed her foot into the ground, causing a white energy beam to slice open the ground and head straight towards Pikachu.
"What the?!" Vistello said in shock. Pikachu was hit by the strange energy beam and it immediately fainted.
The ref raised his left flag. "Pikachu is unable to battle! Phanpy wins! The match goes to the challenger, Davin!"
Davin just stood there, mouth hanging open. "Quake... how did...?" The Phanpy ran up to him and jumped into his arms. "Quake? How were you able to learn Fissure at that exact moment?"
"Phan. Phanpy, Phan." She responded happily.
Still dumbfounded by his lost, Vistello returned Pikachu and walked up to Davin. "Well... I can't believe i'm saying this, but...you defeated me."
"I'm just as stunned as you are." Davin admitted.
Vistello reached into his pocket. "Well, nonetheless, I hereby grant you..." He revealed a badge that was in the shape of a storm cloud. "The Static Badge!"
Davin took the badge from him. "Thanks alot, Vistello!"
He held the badge into the air. "Surprisingly... I got the Static Badge!"