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38. A Game of Psychic Abilities

I opened my eyes and saw that I was in a normal bed.

I remembered we were being hosted by Ellis, Frank and Wesley.

We needed to pay them back for their gracious hospitality.

I sat up and found that Dratini was looking at me. I chuckled lightly.

It cocked its head at my reaction.

'How you doing?' I asked before I got out of bed to get dressed.

As soon as I was dressed Pikachu jumped onto my shoulder.

I strapped my belt to my waist, slung the bag on my back and picked up Dratini before walking downstairs.

I saw Brock and Rachel were already downstairs talking, but I couldn't hear till I reached the bottom of the stairs.

'…she needs to do it herself.' Rachel said. 'just because you have sudden outbursts to any pretty girl, doesn't mean she can do the same to any boy, besides she told us not to.' Rachel said.

'Hey guys.' I said.

'Hi, how much did you hear?' Rachel asked.

'Brocks sudden outbursts for women, not everyone shows affection like he does.' I replied.

'He hasn't done it for a while has he?' Camilla asked holding Cubone in her arms standing at the top of the staircase.

'Then again there haven't been any pretty girls recently, no Chatelaines, no nurse Joy's.' I added.

Camilla, Rachel and I laughed.

'I see you're all ready to go.' Ellis said as he Frank and Wesley came in to see us off.

'Yeah, but we want to repay you for your hospitality.' I replied.

'How about a quick battle since you didn't get one yesterday?' Ellis suggested.

'With you?' I asked.

'Sure, wanna use Pikachu?' Ellis asked.

'What do you say buddy?' I asked him although I probably already knew the answer.

'Pika!' He replied pumping his fists.

'Great.' Ellis said.

We all went outside and Ellis stood on one side of the battlefield as I stood on the other.

'Let's go Jolteon.'

'This battle will be between Ellis and his Jolteon and Jordan and his Pikachu, the battle will be over when one Pokemon is unable to continue.' Wesley said.

I would rather Brock referee the match, but he was taking care of my Dratini.

'Use electric terrain.' Ellis said.

Jolteon let a shock ripple away from him and the battlefield cackled with electricity.

'Use agility.'

Pikachu began to run around the field quickly.

Ellis was surprised. His Jolteon was having trouble keeping up.

'Use agility.' Ellis said.

'Pikachu, quick attack.' I retorted.

Before Jolteon could rush around the field Pikachu rammed into the side of him.

He skidded a few metres away.

'Jolteon, use shadow ball.'

'Pikachu, use thunderbolt.' I said.

Jolteon released a dark purple blob towards Pikachu, but Pikachu's thunderbolt just tore through it.

I was wondering if Pikachu had learned any new moves yet. I hoped it had, once I had checked the moves that Pikachu could learn. I decided to try one.

'Pikachu, use iron tail.'

Pikachu ran up towards Jolteon.

He jumped in front of Jolteon. His tail glowed before turning silver.

Jolteon got slapped in the face with an Iron tail, it made him fall down.

'Jolteon, use thunder.' Ellis smiled.

I didn't bother to say anything.

I waited until the last moment.

'Use iron tail on the ground.'

Pikachu's tail glowed before turning silver, he planted it into the ground.

The thunder hit Pikachu, but it was unaffected.

So that's two ways for an electric type to stop electric moves from affecting it: Have the ability Lightning Rod or make your Pokemon know a steel type move and plant that part of its body in the ground.

Metal conducts electricity and since Iron tail was metal, sort of thunder was attracted to that, but the iron tail was in the ground and electric does not affect ground.

Once Pikachu was sure that Jolteon had finished the attack it took its tail out from the ground.

I had an idea, I didn't know if it would work, but it was best to give it a shot.

'Pikachu, use thunderbolt on the ground.' I said.

He did it without hesitation, he obviously knew what I was thinking.

Ellis looked at me in confusion.

'That was a pointless attack, I thought you were better than that.' Ellis said.

Maybe it didn't work.

A few seconds later just before Ellis could call out an attack Jolteon crumpled on the floor.

Okay maybe it did work.

'Pikachu, use quick attack.' I said as Ellis was recovering from what happened to his Jolteon.

A few seconds later Pikachu hit Jolteon in the side.

As Pikachu got back to me Jolteon struggled to get up. I saw its legs were shaky.

Maybe that thunderbolt took a lot out of Jolteon.

Ellis looked like the battle was over, that was confirmed when Jolteon fell to the floor.

'Jolteon is unable to battle, the winner of this match is Pikachu and the victor is Jordan.'

Ellis returned his Jolteon as Pikachu ran up to me, we both embraced.

'Well done Pikachu.' I praised him. He cheered in delight.

I walked to Brock and took back Dratini.

'How was that, Dratini?' I asked. 'One day, you'll be able to battle like that.' I told him.

'Well done Jordan, as always a great battle.' Brock praised me.

The girls both nodded in agreement.

'How did you do that?' Ellis asked as he came over.

'Do what?' I asked.

'Managed to attack my Jolteon with an electric attack.'

'I saw the terrain was electric, since thunderbolt was also electric it would be camouflaged within the terrain, lightning rod only absorbs attacks it can see, right? So since Jolteon couldn't see it, the attack hit Jolteon from below.' I explained.

'That was definitely unorthodox.' Wesley commented coming up to join us with frank on his tail.

'That's the way he battles.' Rachel said. 'Since his first Gym battle.' Rachel told them.

'And now these guys also do it, as you saw yesterday.' I added.

'As we did.' Frank agreed.

'But they are no-where near as unorthodox as you are.' Ellis stated.

I saw Dratini yawn before it fell asleep.

'If you make it to the Pokemon league you can bet me and my brothers will come and watch you.' Ellis stated.

'Brothers?' I asked.

'Yeah, we are known around Kanto as the Eevee brothers because we all had an Eevee and they were powerful.' Frank responded.

'Anyway, see you around.' Wesley said before they went back into the house.

We all made our way to the Pokemon centre before I would go and have the Gym battle.

As soon as we entered Brock was at the counter before we knew it.

It completely skipped Rachel's mind and now we had to hear half of his heart-breaking speech.

'Nurse Joy, how is it fated that we meet, after so many years of searching I can finally say…' He was cut off as Rachel hit him on the back of the head.

I went up to nurse Joy, can you check up Pikachu please?' I asked.

Nurse Joy nodded as Chansey took Pikachu behind.

We all went to sit down at the table.

I stared into space. I was wondering what I would do in this Gym battle. I didn't know who the leader was what the type was. Liam had already won and he was on his way to his seventh win.

How was I supposed to go against it when I didn't have an idea in what type it specialised in, this was a situation I continuously found myself in, and I couldn't prevent it, maybe I should be able to find out somewhere or maybe it was like this for a reason. Maybe there was mystery for a reason, it was a challenge for trainers to test their skills at not just battling, but on the spot decisions.

I just remembered team rocket were out there and now my mother was in even more danger. I had to call Riley.

I went up to the phone, I felt my friends stare into my back.

I phoned Riley and he picked up on the third ring.

'Jordan!' He asked in surprise.

'Where you expecting someone else?' I asked. 'And that's a nice way to greet your nephew.' I said.

'Sorry, I thought your father would call.'

'My father was going to call you?' I asked.

'Umm…yeah, he found something important, it was a breakthrough in Pokemon development, but he won't tell me what it was.' Riley said. 'Blue called me and said that your father was going to call me to ask if I could come out and help him.' Riley told me.

'Can you cancel?' I asked. 'I need you to protect my mother. I faced them again and now I'm in a bigger hole. I need you to keep her safe.'

'What am I going to tell your father?' He asked.

'Whatever you have to, but you have to worry about my mother.' I replied.

'I'll just tell her my house had been caught on fire and if she could give me a place to stay until they rebuilt it.' Riley said.

'I can't help you with my dad then, sorry.' I replied.

'Okay, try not to run into them again, it's only going to get worse.'

'Tell my father.' I told Riley. 'He can stop them.'

Riley mused over that. 'I'll try, but he might not even come.' Riley told me.

'Thanks.'

'Now I'll go see your mother and make something up.' Riley said before he hung up.

The ding sounded for Pikachu's check-up, but he didn't wait for me to go get him, as soon as I stood up from the phone he was on my shoulder.

'How you feeling buddy?' I asked.

'Pika.' He said saying he was fired up.

'Jordan.' I heard brock call. 'We tried to talk to you ever since you sat down.' He told me.

'Sorry.' I replied. I was thinking about my Gym battle and what type it was and who I was going to use.' I told him.

'Any ideas?' Rachel asked me.

'Nope, not a clue.' I said.

'Well, you'll figure it out.' Camilla told me.

I knew she was right. I was always able to figure it out, especially after I beat brock. I had found a way to counter the Gym leader's attacks against me.

The Gym leader wasn't what I worried about it was the type they specialised in, but then I thought it wasn't just the type it was also their battling skills. I mean they were a gym leader, a powerful opponent, known for keeping out many trainers from entering the Pokémon league. It was supposed to be a challenge; my previous victories had proven that. In one Gym battle I had to dress up in martial art outfits. In another I had to resist scents that were alluring and impossibly intoxicating. In Cerulean I had to go to the lighthouse first. The only ones that didn't challenge me was Brock and Surge, they seemed to be at ease, but surge was overconfident, he believed that strength was the only way to win, until I battled him. And Brock, well he was the first Gym leader most trainers battled.

We all walked towards the Gym and saw it looked like it was closed down, it was a really dark purple almost black.

I was about to walk in, but a voice stopped us.

'Hey.' A voice called.

Naturally we all turned.

A man who looked around the same age as flint with black cropped hair and brown eyes walked up to us.

'Are you going to battle the Gym leader?' He asked.

'I am.' I said stepping forward.

'can you help her?' He asked.

'Help?' I asked.

'She isn't the same person she was.' The man told us.

'Huh?' Rachel asked.

'Do you have a minute?' He asked.

We nodded. He took us around to the side of the Gym where a picnic table was.

'Can you tell us what's going on?' Brock asked.

The man sighed before nodding and telling us what was wrong. 'Okay, my daughter is the Gym leader and she is very powerful, but she is also non-emotional.'

'How?' Camilla asked.

'Well, about eight years ago she took an interest in psychic Pokemon because this was once my Gym and it was a psychic Gym, but she was more into the abilities they possessed, like telepathy, mind reading and being able to use telekinesis.'

'How does this make her emotionless?' I asked.

'Well one night she was training like she did every night, and there was an accident, she was practicing telepathy in her mirror, she was never able to use her telepathy until then, since she was using a mirror the telepathy bounced off the mirror and stopped her, her mind shut off, her emotions were trapped in her head, she can't let any out. As soon as she was shut off she has been training ever since, non-stop, now she is able to float and use her psychic abilities, they are powerful, but I want you to help her.' The man said.

'Why me?' I asked.

'I see the potential you have in you, you have the power to beat her, but you can do so much more, you have to help her, as a parent it kills me to not be able to see my child as she once was.'

'You're her father?' Rachel asked.

'Yes.' He replied. 'Now please help her.' The man said.

I nodded and we left him to his thoughts on the picnic table.

Now I knew what Gym this was, it would be a little easier.

I knew what I needed to do, but I had no idea to do it.

I stopped in front of the door and gave Dratini to Brock.

Dratini woke up as soon as Brock held it, but it didn't cry. It knew I was going to battle.

'Okay, Dratini, I am going to battle now and I want you to watch okay, this battle is what most battles will be like, so watch my Pokemon for how you are supposed to battle.' I told Dratini.

I didn't know if it understood any of what I said, but it needed to learn so why not learn early?

I opened the door and waked in with wary.

We came in and the doors shut.

This girl was definitely serious.

My friends and I stepped a few steps forward.

'Hello!' I called. 'My name is Jordan Hale and I would like to battle the Gym leader.'

'Hello.' I heard a little girls voice reply. 'I am Sabrina the Gym leader, before we battle can we play?' this was an odd request, but I stepped forward and saw a girl of about eight. This made no sense, the man outside said the Gym leader started training eight years ago, so either this girl was lying and she wanted to play before we battled or the man outside was crazy, but this was a psychic Gym maybe it was playing with our minds.

'Jordan, do you see the little girl also?' Brock asked me.

'Yes.' I replied.

The little girl stepped into the light, she laughed.

'Can we play?' she asked again.

'This is Sabrina? The emotionless girl?' Rachel asked.

I scanned the room.

I saw a girl around eighteen sitting down in a chair.

She was in darkness so it was hard to see her.

'No. that is Sabrina.' I said.

'Can you wait a minute please?' I asked the little girl.

She seemed content with that answer.

I walked up to Sabrina and asked her a question.

'Sabrina, I am Jordan hale of Pallet town, can I battle you.'

Sabrina didn't say anything.

'If you play with me first.' The little girl said.

I turned to see the girl looking at me.

'listen little girl I came here for a battle, not to play.' I said.

The girl shot daggers before yelling in a girl's voice who sounded like the Sabrina on the chair and not the little girls. 'Play. With. Me!'

As soon as she said that everything went black.

I woke up outside on the streets of Saffron, but something was off. Me and my friends were the only ones here. Everyone else was inside.

I took Dratini back from Brock.

'Did she kick us out?' Camilla asked.

'Um…I'm not sure.' I replied. 'I don't remember.'

I looked around, but I couldn't see the Silph. Co. It was said that you could see it from almost everywhere in Saffron it was the largest building in Kanto, not just Saffron.

'Can you see the Silph. Co.' Rachel asked a little worried.

'No, did Team Rocket destroy the top of it?' I asked.

'No, we saw the top of it from just outside the hospital before we ran in with you, unconscious. Team Rocket just fled the building.' Camilla told me.

'I don't think she kicked us out. I think we are still in the Gym.' I told my friends.

'How?' Brock asked.

'The little girl wanted to play with us?' I asked. 'And now she is playing with us.' I said pointing up emphasizing on the "is".

My friends and I looked up, we saw the little girl looking at us all huddled, she began to reach in the small replica of Saffron City in which were now shrunk in.

My friends and I scattered. This little girl was crazy, she wanted to play with us, literally we would be her play toys, we were going to be played with by her.

I checked the doors, but they were fake, the only people in the mini replica of Saffron where my friends and I.

This was not something I would call "playing with".

Pikachu was getting tired of running so it jumped onto my shoulder. I didn't mind, but I was also getting tired of running.

If this was some sort of Gym challenge I did not like it one bit, what I also didn't like was that my friends were also involved in this challenge, I mean, I was the one who wanted to challenge Sabrina not them, they were being punished for my persistence. I slowed down and immediately felt guilty.

Suddenly I found myself at a crossroad. It was exactly where we started, where I had woken up.

A massive hand came down and blocked one of my exits a second hand came down a blocked a second exit opposite to the previous one.

The exits that were blocked were the ones in front of me and behind me.

I either had to run left or right.

I picked left, this was a split second decision. I had no time to ponder over this decision. Every time I came to a crossroads I picked a random exit not in any sort of pattern, if this girl somehow knew which way I was going next it would be game over and I'd probably get kicked out the Gym, but for real this time.

I had to think of a way to get out of this.

I suddenly realized that there was nothing covering the small replica of Saffron City.

What if I used Charizard?

I decided it was the best shot I was going to get, or I'd be stuck in here forever.

'Charizard. I choose you.' I threw Charizard's ball up into the air. 'Get us out of here.' I said.

Charizard landed in front of me. I climbed on his back and he flew off immediately.

I needed to warn my friends that I was up in the air and that I was going to get out of here. I also hoped this would help them.

'Charizard, use flamethrower.' Charizard let out a roar as flamethrower shot out from its mouth.

If my friends did not see me fly up in Charizard or the flamethrower, they must have heard the roar, it was ear-deafening.

The only reason why you wouldn't hear it would be because you were already deaf.

Charizard managed to fly away from the Saffron City replica.

As soon as we were in enough space for Charizard to land without it hitting anything we enlarged and both stood in front of the older Sabrina.

'Playtime's over.' I stated. In a tone that said that was it.

As soon as I said that three small flying figures came from the replica of Saffron.

I returned Charizard so that they could all land with ease.

The first to enlarge was Rachel on her Pidgeotto.

It did a swoop to the right side of the room before circling around and landing next to me.

Rachel got off and returned her Pidgeotto, she gave me a hug, glad I was safe.

The second to enlarge was Brock who was dangling on his Golbat's feet, as soon as they enlarged brock dropped down and landed behind us with a soft thud, he then proceeded to return Golbat before standing next to Rachel.

He gave Rachel a hug and he gave me a silent acknowledgement with a nod which I returned.

Last to enlarge was Camilla and her Fearow, her Fearow flapped its wings before it landed. Camilla jumped off before returning it, she then gave all of us a hug.

'Now can I battle?' I asked a little irritated giving Brock my Dratini.

'I accept your challenge.' The older Sabrina said with a monotone voice.

The younger Sabrina vanished as did the small Saffron replica and the stand it was on.

'This will be a two on two battle. The battle will end when both Pokemon from on trainer are unable to battle.' Sabrina stated in the same monotone voice.

She sent out a Pokemon that I hadn't seen before.

At first it looked like a small human, but then I got a real look at it.

It had a round white body with a magenta spot in the middle, its thin arms and legs are connected by magenta spheres. On its knees are white bands. It has navy blue jester shoes on its feet. It looks like its wearing white gloves on its hands each of its fingers has a magenta round print on it. It has a light pink face with a magenta circle on each of his cheeks. It has small tufts of navy blue what looks like hair each side of his head.

I took out my Pokédex to scan it.

'Mr. Mime, the barrier Pokemon. Mr. Mime is a master of pantomime. Its gestures and motions convince watchers that something unseeable actually exists. Once the watchers are convinced, the unseeable thing exists as if it were real.'

'Pikachu, use quick attack.' I started.

Pikachu sped towards Mr. Mime, as soon as Pikachu started to speed towards Pikachu, Mr. Mime also used quick attack.

I didn't know a Mr. Mime would be able to learn quick attack. I'm not sure it would have enough speed for that.

Both Pokemon crashed into each other, both pushing the other one back.

I just noticed that Sabrina didn't call out an attack, it just used an attack at its own will, or Sabrina talked to it telepathically.

If that was the case, I would never be able to beat her, when she was on the offense, I would be destroyed, unable to know what move she was using, when she was going to use the move, and since I didn't know the move I wouldn't know how to dodge or prevent it.

The only thing I could do to help me with Pikachu was make sure it was faster, that might give me an advantage.

'Pikachu, use agility.'

Pikachu, started running across the field.

I saw Mr. Mime a pane in front of him, soon that pane appeared and it turned purple before disappearing.

Almost as soon at that disappeared Mr. Mime did the same again, but instead of the pane turning purple it turned green instead.

Pikachu stopped running as soon as the second pane disappeared.

I expected Mr. Mime to do another one of those panes, but it just stood there.

'Pikachu, use thunderbolt.' I said.

As soon as Pikachu used thunderbolt Mr. Mime also used it.

Even with Pikachu using agility to get faster Mr. Mime was still as fast and had somehow learned thunderbolt also.

It was starting to get infuriating. Sabrina was definitely the hardest Gym leader I had to conquer, neither she or I had taken any damage yet, and I was still struggling to keep up.

Her psychic abilities gave her the advantage, she could communicate telepathically and I had no-way to counter that. I had no way to beat her.

The way I was trying at the moment was not a way I was going to beat her. Even if I had a chance I had no clue.

Normally I would wing it against a Gym leader. And normally I would add in knowledge from battles I've watched, battles I've been in, and sometimes I even strategize, but I had winged it to start with by using quick attack, but that didn't catch her off guard so I decided to strategize, using a special attack, but that also failed.

I started to wonder how many moves Mr. Mime could learn from Pikachu, it couldn't possibly know all of them, could it?

Mr. Mime didn't look powerful, it looked like it was good for a laugh, but this one was anything but fun. It still had that happy expression strewn across its face which infuriated me even further, either that was its natural face and it wasn't infuriating me on purpose, or it liked me angry and wanted to infuriate me, it wanted to see me lose it.

I had to remind myself that I couldn't lose it, not with a Gym leader, it might disqualify me from entering the Pokemon league and the Kanto league will inform all the other leagues, I wouldn't be able to compete in any of them, that would crush my dream. I would never become a Pokemon master.

I had to think of a way to beat Mr. Mime and stop dwelling on thoughts that didn't include this battle or anything to do with it. This matter at hand was far more important than anything else. If I kept dwelling Sabrina would catch me of guard, and that could be catastrophic.

'Pikachu, use agility.'

Pikachu started racing across the field.

Mr. Mime just stood there, did Sabrina not have anything else for it to do? I suddenly had an idea, something that Mr. Mime would never be able to learn.

'Pikachu, use iron tail.'

Pikachu swung its tail towards Mr. mime as soon as it was close.

Mr. Mime was hit across the side of its face.

Mr. Mime sailed a few feet before skidding a few more across the battlefield.

Sabrina didn't look fazed, but she was expressionless, she had no emotion on the outside.

Now I had an attack that had surprised Sabrina. I needed a few more of those, she probably wouldn't fall for the same move twice so I would not be using that one. I needed another move that Mr. Mime would never be able to learn.

Since Mr. Mime didn't have a tail, I knew it would have been impossible for it to use a move with a tail involved. Now Sabrina and Mr. Mime had experienced the move they already had a way to counter it, I had to think of another way to catch them off guard and quickly before they could counter.

Mr. Mime got up without much trouble.

It rubbed its hands together before its pushed them towards us.

I saw a purple field go around it. It slowly disappeared before Pikachu was thrown up into the air.

I had an idea, Pikachu had more power in the air with a few moves. I needed to have a move that would deal massive damage.

'Pikachu, use thunder.' I said.

A grey cloud formed over Pikachu and from this cloud was a massive bolt of lightning that headed straight for Mr. Mime, since it was so fast it hit Mr. Mime before it could even comprehend what had happened.

Mr. Mime fell, and now was my chance to keep it down for a little while longer.

'use iron tail.' I said.

Pikachu ran to Mr. Mime, as soon as it got up Pikachu jumped top hit an iron tail to its face, but Mr. Mime skidded across the floor back a bit, so Pikachu missed by a few feet.

I had no idea that Mr. Mime could slide backwards on its feet across the floor, its balance was not an issue.

It did have many years of training with Sabrina. I bet they had managed almost everything to do with psychic abilities and the mind.

I wondered if Sabrina could read mine and that is why she made Mr. Mime move as soon as Pikachu was close, but then again, she never anticipated the first time I used iron tail.

It was really hard to understand Sabrina, she was so unpredictable and I had no idea how to counter her. I only had use of one more Pokemon other than Pikachu and I couldn't decide who I would use. I mean I could switch now and try to end the battle against Mr. Mime, but that would mean that I could only use Pikachu as well as who I sent out, and after I picked the Pokemon I would be using, there was no way I could change it. I would have to stick by it.

I had an idea of who to use, he had two fast moves, but I didn't know if they would be enough to faint Mr. Mime.

Sabrina never said I couldn't switch, but she also never said she couldn't, but she would probably abide by Pokemon league rules and not switch Pokemon. If Gym leaders did switch they would forfeit the Pokemon they switched out. I remembered that from Professor Oak's camp.

'Pikachu come back.' I told him.

If I needed Pikachu. I would use him later.

Pikachu came and sat by my side.

I cannot remember the last time I switched Pokemon when either one was fine.

I smiled as soon as I picked up the Premier ball.

'Wartortle, I choose you.'

Wartortle came out and he looked happy and extremely pumped. I knew exactly what I needed to do to get rid of Mr. Mime as long as Sabrina didn't expect it, then I would be onto her last Pokemon which would be harder than Mr. Mime and I would get really angry, it was annoying that a Pokemon could cause so much infuriation in such a short amount of time I had only gained damage from it once.

'Wartortle, use aqua jet.'

This move was almost unmissable. I knew one person who avoided it, one Pokemon who had avoided it and I hadn't a clue how she did it, but I could dwell on that now. I had to focus.

Wartortle shot towards Mr. Mime.

It wasn't as fast as Pikachu's thunder attack, but it still struck Mr. Mime, he wobbled and before he could recover I had a second attack, hoping that would finish him off.

'Follow up with skull bash.'

Mr. Mime had no time to recover and it got hit square in the stomach with Wartortle's head before it fell back onto its back side.

Wartortle ran back onto this side to make sure Mr. Mime could use any physical attacks that would counter skull bash.

I saw Mr. Mime struggle to stand up, he w doing so slowly and shakily. The smile that was on his face had been cleaned off, it only shoed determination now. Maybe it had not lost in a while, I wondered how Liam had gained this badge, maybe Mr. Mime was tired of losing and it promised Sabrina it would not lose to the next trainer that came through that door, unfortunately for me or Mr. Mime, that trainer was me.

'Wartortle, use water pulse.'

I saw Sabrina move at least an inch, her hands clenched against the chairs arms. Sabrina couldn't do anything because Mr. Mime was struggling to stand upright, when a psychic Pokemon is struggling to do something then its psychic abilities are reduced drastically.

Mr. Mime fell, but this time he didn't get up.

Sabrina returned Mr. Mime, but before she could send out her second Pokemon, Wartortle began to glow.

Now it was evolving, all my Pokemon aside from Dratini since it had recently hatched had now evolved.

Once the glowing stopped I saw that what Wartortle was now was anything but. It was a much larger and muscular tortoise or turtle.

This Pokemon was dark blue mostly, but it had a large brown shell on its back, protruding from each side at the top were water cannons. On its big brown shell, it had a few scratches, they must have been battle scars from when it was a Wartortle that had enlarged along with the rest of its body.

Its arms and legs were now thick and muscular. It had three claws on its hands and four on its feet, three were at the front and one was at the back. Its underside was cream and separated from its brown shell by a white ridge. It had two triangle ears, with black insides, and it also had narrow brown eyes. Separating the cannons and the most upper part of its arms was a white ridge, this suggested that the water cannons could retract inside its shell. The lower jaw and below was cream. Its tail was short and thick.

I took out my Pokédex to scan it.

'Blastoise, the shellfish Pokemon and the evolved form of Wartortle. Blastoise has water spouts that protrude from its shell. The water spouts are very accurate. They can shoot bullets of water with enough accuracy to strike an empty can from a distance of over 160 feet.'

Blastoise looked roughly about the same size as me, but I did not want it to hug me, or fall on me, it was definitely stronger than me and heavier than what I was able to lift.

'Well done Blastoise, you evolved.'

It looked proud of itself. I was very happy with it.

Sabrina let out her next Pokemon.

It was primarily yellow. On top its head were two pointed ears. It also has a red five pointed star on its forehead, and wide cheeks that lead down towards a thin snout, on each side of the thin snout were two tufts of yellow fur that almost represented a moustache. Its eyes are deep inside its face; they are also narrow. The Pokémon's torso was segmented. It has bulky shoulders, a thick brown chest and a small abdomen. On the front of the abdomen are three horizontal wavy lines. At the back of this Pokémon's abdomen is a thick large tail encircled with a brown band near the base. Its arms and legs are thin. Its arms have brown elbows and three fingered hands with white claws whereas it has large three toed feet, but they also end with white claws. This Pokemon was holding a silver spoon in its right hand.

I took out my Pokédex to scan Sabrina's trump Pokemon.

'Kadabra the psi Pokemon. Kadabra holds a silver spoon in its hand. The spoon is used to amplify the alpha waves in its brain. Without the spoon the Pokemon is said to be limited to only half the usual amount of its telekinetic powers.'

Kadabra opened its eyes and they were white. I looked up to Sabrina briefly and saw her own eyes were also white.

Oh, no! was my first initial thought.

What the heck was I supposed to do now?

That was until Kadabra started to levitate, then I knew this battle was already over.

I had lost, but I had vowed to enter the Pokemon league and I was going to do everything to at least try and beat Sabrina

How the heck did Liam beat Sabrina? She was so intimidating and her psychic powers were beyond belief.

'Blastoise, use Hydro pump.'

Two jets of water shot out of Blastoise's cannons they shot straight for Kadabra.

They were as fast as Pikachu's thunder maybe only a tiny bit slower, but the two hydro pumps stopped as soon as they reached Kadabra, they were not even and inch from its face, they looked as if they were suspended in time, that was until Kadabra shot them back twice as fast.

Blastoise was pushed back by its own attack. I didn't think the force would be able to push a Pokemon like Blastoise back, but apparently the psychic abilities that Kadabra and Sabrina had, were powerful enough.

I would never be able to win, if Kadabra could stop attacks like that and send them back, Blastoise would not dish out any damage, it would just gain it.

'Use aqua jet.'

Blastoise began to use aqua jet, but was stopped by Kadabra's Psychic abilities before it could move.

Kadabra then let go of Blastoise and held its spoon up. Its spoon had a blue glow around it before it stopped.

I was confused, what was that supposed to do?

'Blastoise, use aqua jet.'

Blastoise attempted to use aqua jet, but it was unable to produce the power.

Did Kadabra suck away Blastoise's power to use a specific attack?

Suddenly Kadabra motioned with its hands to pick up Blastoise.

Blastoise was lifted into the air and thrown back down before being lifted up again and thrown again a few more times, the last throw was to the wall.

Somehow Blastoise was able to stand.

I issued an attack before Kadabra could do anymore damage.

'Blastoise, use water pulse.'

A large blob of water headed straight for Kadabra.

Kadabra rubbed its hand together like Mr. Mime did before pushing its hands out towards where Blastoise was.

Kadabra was not fast enough to stop the water pulse from hitting it.

Even so Blastoise was still hit by Kadabra's attack, it looked like the power was being drained from it.

Blastoise fell and I knew it had fainted.

I knew that once it was back to full health it would feel as if it didn't help me as much as it would have liked to, it did help faint Mr. Mime. Pikachu was unable to, because Mr. Mime was just too quick for it, it could do anything that Pikachu could. It even evolved after it had beaten Sabrina's first Pokemon.

I returned Blastoise before I looked at Sabrina. Her eyes were no longer glowing and neither was Kadabra's.

'You ready to finish this buddy?' I asked.

He answered by getting back on the field, his cheeks sparked with electricity. He was full of determination; he knew that Kadabra was just a pushover.

'Use agility.'

Pikachu began to run across the field at amazing speed raising the same stat.

Kadabra just stood there, he was looking into space as if he couldn't move his head.

I saw Sabrina her face as expressionless as ever, she was probably debating with Kadabra on what move to use next, but I didn't want to give her the chance.

'Pikachu, use quick attack.'

Pikachu ran towards Kadabra at blinding speed, knocking him down.

He got back up slowly.

It wasn't like Sabrina to let her Pokemon get hit like that, at least not on purpose. I wondered what she was doing, since she was expressionless it could be anything.

'Pikachu, use agility.' I said, getting to raise its speed stat again. If I was going to use a special attack I didn't want Kadabra to stop it, I wanted it to be too fast for him to stop.

Kadabra and Sabrina were both frozen.

What was Sabrina telling Kadabra, was she even communicating with it?

'Pikachu, use thunderbolt.' I said. I wondered if Sabrina would react to this kind of attack.

Pikachu stopped running and released a thunderbolt towards Kadabra, who did not move, it just let itself get shocked as if it was already paralysed.

'Why can't I communicate?' I heard Sabrina ask herself.

I didn't know if she expected a response or anything, especially since there was no tone in her voice as she asked.

Sabrina couldn't communicate with Kadabra through the mind? I wondered why that was. What had caused her Kadabra to freeze, why did the communication between the two become disrupted?

I didn't expect this to happen.

Sabrina didn't seem fazed she didn't seem anything.

Maybe that was why I could attack Kadabra and it did nothing but stand like a statue.

I didn't want to waste the chances.

'Pikachu, use thunderbolt!'

I collapsed as soon as those words left me. It's like a heavy bubble was pushing me to my knees. It was like a weight was literally put on my shoulders weighing me down.

Pikachu released a thunderbolt straight towards Kadabra. I felt something leave my body as Pikachu released the thunderbolt.

Kadabra did not fall, it just stood there still paralysed.

Sabrina decided to take matters into her own hands and speak to Kadabra since their psychic abilities had been suspended.

'Use psycho cut.' Sabrina said in the same monotone voice.

Kadabra ran towards Pikachu.

'Dodge.' I thought. Before I could say anything Pikachu had moved away from Kadabra's attack and Kadabra slashed the ground.

How did I do that? I just asked Pikachu to dodge in my head and it did that.

I decided to try it again.

'Thunderbolt.' I thought.

Pikachu released a thunderbolt that hit Kadabra in the chest it was sent sailing backwards.

'Kadabra. Psybeam.' Sabrina said.

Kadabra moved its hands in a wave like motion as soon as it stood up.

I couldn't see anything, but I felt a pain go around my stomach and I felt it crush me, this brought me to my knees. I then felt like my head was on fire.

Was this the pain that Pikachu had to endure? We used Pokemon for this, it was unacceptable. I would not let my Pokemon get hurt again.

I had to end this. Now.

'Pikachu, jump.'

As soon as Pikachu was high enough I delivered the final attack.

'Thunder.' I said simply.

Pikachu released a powerful shock of electricity from a grey cloud above its head.

The bolt struck straight down and struck Kadabra who fell to the floor.

As soon as Kadabra fell so did i.

The bubble that was pushing me had disappeared, but so had my energy, why had fighting been so energy sucking? It had never been so hard before.

What was the presence I felt with Pikachu when I could speak through my mind?

My friends were at my side as I slowly sat up.

'Take it easy.' Brock said handing me a canteen of water.

I took a few gulps before I struggled to get up.

Camilla put my arm around her and supported me.

I walked a few meters to get Pikachu who was sitting down on the ground, he also looked really worn out.

'Congratulations.' Sabrina said holding out the badge to me.

I picked up Pikachu and put him on my shoulder before taking the badge from Sabrina.

It was two circles, both the same colour, of gold, one encircling the other. I took it before placing it in my badge case.

'That is the Marsh badge.' Sabrina said.

I nodded in thanks.

She probably acknowledged that, but she didn't show it.

I know I promised to try and help Sabrina's dad, but I didn't know how to help him. What was I supposed to do to get Sabrina to how even the slightest bit of emotion?

Brock handed be back Dratini.

'You see that Dratini?' I asked. 'that is like the battles you will one day be in; you will battle alongside me in one of those kind of battles.' I promised him.

Dratini seemed to like the idea of battling alongside me, it chirped in happiness.

I then heard something I never thought I would hear, not ever.

'Daddy?'

Me and my friends turned.

We all looked at Sabrina.

'Did?' I asked.

'She?' Rachel continued

'Say?' Camilla added.

'Daddy?' Brock concluded.

We turned back, standing in the doorway of the Gym was Sabrina's dad.

I didn't understand what had caused Sabrina's hostile nature to just dissolve. A few seconds ago she was giving me the badge with no emotion, the next minute she asked "daddy", seeing her dad in the doorway of the Gym.

She ran past us and towards her dad, they both embraced each other.

'This is weird.' Rachel was the first to come over the shock.

'Was he playing with us?' I asked.

'Not at all.' Sabrina's dad replied. 'Sabrina didn't act this way for no reason, your Dratini helped her.' He explained.

'How?' I asked.

'How did it look at you when it first hatched.' he asked.

I had to think about yesterday. I would never forget the first time it laid its eyes on me, it was a happy moment, it was the moment I knew I would have to take on a responsibility, I would have to care for someone besides myself, I would have to give them my full attention whenever I was not in a battle.

'With its big, cute, beady eyes.' I replied.

'How did that make you feel?' He asked.

'Like I was a…oh.' I realized why Sabrina had that sudden outburst.

Dratini had looked at Sabrina the same way it looked at me the first time we saw each other.

That must have triggered a memory of Sabrina's childhood and she had responded like anybody would.

Sabrina started to cry into her dad's shoulder, apologizing for the way she acted, but her dad just shushed her.

'What happened to Jordan in the battle?' Camilla asked.

I was wondering the same thing, why was I able to communicate with Pikachu through my mind.

'He has the ability of Aura.' Sabrina's father replied.

'Aura?' I asked.

'Yes.' He replied. 'Much like your father and uncle.'

'Riley knows aura?' I asked rhetorically.

'Not just that…he can control it.' Sabrina's father told me.

He and Sabrina headed off to their house.

Me and my friends left. Millions of questions swam in my head.

What was aura? Why did I have it? Why did my dad and Riley have it, what was so special about it? Just why?

Questions I needed answers to, but if I asked questions and gained answers, I would just have more questions. I would just wait to ask Riley; it wasn't that important right now.

'Congratulations Jordan.' Brock said. 'I saw the frustration you had the whole way through that battle. I'm glad you got it together.' Brock said clapping me on the back.

'You looked like you could punch someone.' Rachel agreed.

'Honestly guys, that was the hardest battle I ever had to conquer.' I replied. 'Even harder than the battle when I lost to you, Brock.' I told them.

'You were an inexperienced trainer.' Rachel reminded me.

'Well the battles are only going to get harder.' Camilla told me.

'Speaking of which our next battles are in Cinnabar.' I replied.

'Why don't we rest and then we can set out tomorrow?' Rachel asked.

It was a good idea, but I was dreading tomorrow, it was not a day I was looking forward to, I had been dreading tomorrow, hopefully, only Rachel knew about it, besides my mother, Riley, my dad and Rachel's mother.

So this is up earlier. I wanted to get it done quick because my updates have been slow lately. I apologize if it seems to drift towards the end of the chapter. It was really tough to write this chapter. Also my longest chapter whoop, whoop! Next chapter should be up by next weekend, unless I can get it up earlier.

Chapter thirty-nine: The Seafoam's Arctic Call