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Chapter 23: Fightin' For Glacier
The following day, Angelina removed the bandages from her leg to see that the injuries she'd suffered had already healed, which surprised her since some of them were a bit severe. After they ate breakfast, they went to the Mahogany Gym for Angelina's seventh gym badge.
"The gym isn't too far from here," Jeremy said, folding away his map, "Let's get going."
The duo made their way to the Mahogany Town Gym; they walked through a gate that surrounded the building and stepped inside the empty lobby.
"No one is here," Jeremy said as he walked into the lobby. "It says it's open."
"Hm.…" Angelina walked to the counter and pushed the button on the bell, causing a light ding, a woman walked through the double doors on the right.
"Yes?" the woman asked, she was kinda short and dressed in red overhauls and a green shirt, with long curly brown hair, probably in her early fifties.
"Hello, I'm here to challenge the leader," Angelina replied.
"Oh so you want to challenge my buddy Pryce?" the woman winked, "My name is Sheila, I'm the official judge of this gym."
"Cool," Angelina smiled, "I'm Angelina Murakami, from Pallet Town."
"And I'm Jeremy Cretonne from Goldenrod City."
"Nice to meet ya'll," Sheila winked, "Follow me and we'll get your battle underway."
They entered into the arena, with benches on the side and two trainer boxes. The arena it's self was all frozen with ice spikes and frozen boulders, except for the middle which was a pool of water. Standing at the end of the room was a man with grayish-white hair and an old and wrinkly face. He wore a blue trench coat with tan pants and a white scarf hung drapped loosely around his neck, supporting himself with a cane.
"Which one of you is my next challenger?" Pryce asked, looking none too pleased as his cold blue eyes darted from Angelina to Jeremy.
"I am sir," Angelina said, stepping forward. "I'm Angelina Murakami from Pallet Town, and I've come for a gym battle."
Pryce nodded, "You certainly wouldn't, assuming you only need two more badges for your collection. I have trained with Pokemon since before your parents were even born, and I will not be easily defeated."
"I wasn't planning to under estimate you either," Angelina said, she and Pryce took their respective places on the battlefield while Jeremy sat on the bench and Sheila walked in the judges box next the arena.
"Three Pokemon each," Sheila announced, "The challenger may switch, the leader can not! When one trainer is unable to battle the other one will be the winner!"
"Go Charcoal!" Angelina threw her Pokeball and summoned the fire lizard into the icy field.
"A fire-type? How typical. You're disadvantage will be your downfall." Pryce warned coldly and threw out a Pokeball. "Go Cloyster!" the white light revealed a purple spiky-shell Pokemon with its head and face resembling a black pearl.
Angelina took out her Pokedex and scanned the creature. "Cloyster, the Bivalve Pokemon. Once it slams its shell shut, it is impossible to open, even by those with superior strength."
Angelina puts away her Pokedex as Sheila raised her right hand to begin the battle. "Charcoal, use Flamethrower!"
Charmeleon released a red-orange flame from its mouth at the bi-valve Pokemon.
Pryce closed his eyes at this, then called, "Withdraw, then Harden!"
"Cloyster," the Water/Ice Pokemon stoically grunted and shut it's shell like armor, then it glowed in a whitish color. The flames struck but as it died down Cloyster was un-harmed and protected by it's shell.
"No way! Cloyster's armor is protecting it from Charmeleon's flame!" Angelina gasped.
"That's because Cloyster has traits of both Ice and Water. So Flamethrower will have to hit directly to do any damage." Jeremy explained.
"Cloyster, come out and use Hyper Beam!" Pryce ordered.
"Cloy!" the shell finally opened up, a bright orange orb charged in front of it's mouth, "Ster!" it roared as the orb formed into a beam, smashing into Charmeleon and knocking the fire type into an icy rock, smashing the rock upon impact.
"Charcoal, are you okay?" Angelina asked.
From the icy dust Charmeleon merged and shook it's head, shaking off the damage. "Char!" it nodded.
"Yes!" Angelina smiled, "Don't let it use another Hyper Beam! While it's recharging, use another Flamethrower!"
Charmeleon bellowed out another quick magma jet, hitting the panting pearl which was Cloyster's head and blowing the whole Pokemon back into an icy rock, breaking it as the shell smashed into it.
"How predictable," Pryce said, "Hitting my Pokemon when it least expected it." He then called to his Pokemon, "Cloyster, get up and use Spike Cannon!"
"Cloyster," the Bivalve Pokemon slowly hovered back up about half a foot from the icy platform and began to glow after shutting its shell, spraying a rain of tiny, thin, spikes going across the center pool and straight for Charmeleon.
"Jump up!" Angelina responded, "Use Fire Punch!"
"Char!" the fire-lizard jumped with his hind legs into the air, the spikes smashing another frozen rock. Charmeleon's fist becomes surrounded by red-orange flames and it flies towards Cloyster.
"Knock it into the water!" Pryce countered.
Cloyster closed its shell again and came spinning at the lizard Pokemon, he hit Charmeleon right above the center pool and knocked him into the pool.
"Oh no!" Jeremy gasped, "Charmeleon can't fight in the water!"
"Charcoal, come out of the water!" Angelina ordered.
Under water, Charmeleon's tail flame had almost died down, but as he lay motionless, his body weight finally brought him above the water with X's in his eyes.
"Charmeleon is unable to continue, Cloyster wins!" Sheila announced.
Angelina withdrew her Pokemon and shrunk down the Pokeball and whispered sincere words when latching it to her belt. She enlarged another Pokeball, smirking. "Cloyster won't like this. Go Sparkette!"
"Chu!" the electric rodent smiled as she formed from the white light, on the spot where Charmeleon stood.
"Use your Quick Attack!" Angelina directed the electric Pokemon.
"Spike Cannon!" Pryce replied.
Cloyster shut his shell and began to glow, spraying another rain of spiky needles, Pikachu got on all four and became a yellow blur, dodging every single needle, she jumped over the pool and landed on Cloyster's shell.
"All right, Sparkette!" Angelina smiled, "Finish it with a Thunderbolt!"
"Chu!" Sparkette held on tight to Cloyster's shell as she scrunched her red cheeks, charging up sparks around her body. "Piii-kaaa-CHUUUU!" the mouse yelled and jumped into the air as a blue lightning bolt formed and electrocuted Cloyster.
The Bivalve Pokemon slowly opened his shell as Pikachu landed behind him, "Ster.…" he faintly cried with swirls in his eyes.
"Cloyster is unable to battle, Pikachu wins!" Sheila informed, raising everyone as a picture of the clam faded out.
Pryce recalled the knocked out Pokemon and enlarging another Pokeball. "Seems you are skilled, but still immature as you are not planed out. Go, Jynx!" he threw out another Pokeball that revealed a bulky humanoid Pokemon wearing a red gown with long blonde hair and pink lips.
Angelina smiled as this Pokemon reminded her of the one her Aunt Vicky owned. "Sparkette, start with Quick Attack!"
Pikachu runs across the field towards its opponent in a blur, leaving behind a silvery-white trail.
"Jynx, use Ice Punch!" Pryce ordered.
Jynx's hand becomes surrounded by an icy glow and punched in Pikachu's direction, hitting her with force of power before she could even reach her, and fell backwards onto the floor.
"Are you okay, Sparkette?" Angelina called out. Pikachu stood right back up and nodded. "Great! Now use Thunderbolt!"
Yellow sparks form around her tail and cheeks as Pikachu launched a powerful bolt of yellow electricity and directly hits Jynx. The humanoid Pokemon stumbled around for a minute, but still stood afterwards.
"Use Psy-Shock!" Pryce ordered. Jynx closed her eyes as three thick masses of light blue and purple energy form in front of her body, then she fires the orbs at Pikachu and fell to the ground soon as the attack hit.
Pryce shouted, "One more Psychic attack, Jynx!"
Angelina looked worried, but then smiled as she remembered something that could help her. "C'mon Sparkette, use that new move I taught ya!"
"Pika!" Sparkette nodded, and she proceeded to use her paws to dig into the ice-covered ground.
"Hold on, is that-"
"Yep!" Angelina said, grinning as Jeremy wondered what Pikachu was doing. "I knew it would come in handy from all that training we did!"
Jynx launched another Psy-Shock, but Sparkette had burrowed under the ground, so the attack had missed.
"Finish it off, Sparkette!" Angelina shouted.
Sparkette shot up from the ice under Jynx, and sent the Psychic-Ice Pokemon flying in to air. Once Jynx fell to the ground, Sparkette fired a massive beam of electricity that knocked her out cold.
"Good job, Sparkette!" Angelina shouted, hugging her electric mouse.
"Pi-pikachu!" Sparkette responded back. (Thanks, anytime for you)
"This battle is not over yet!" Pryce recalled his Jynx, then hurled his final Pokeball into the water.
"Dew-gong-gong-gong!" a large white seal like creature with a small horn on it's head jumped out of the pool and then back into it, causing a big splash.
"Dewgong," Dextette started up after Angelina pulled it out, "This Pokemon is the evolved form of Seel, it likes to take long naps in cold water."
"So, a Dewgong," Angelina smiled as she put up the pokdex. "Sparkette return," she withdrew the mouse with her Pokeball and enlarged her final choice. "Since it's under water, I'll choose Spritz!" Angelina threw the Pokeball, the white light formed and the aqua-rabbit appeared.
"Azumarill should be able to keep with Dewgong," Jeremy smiled confidently. "That Dewgong is tough, I can tell by it's silvery white skin. Plus Dewgong can handle cold waters, Azumarill is cold blooded.…"
"Under water!" Angelina commanded.
"Azu!" Azumarill squeaked and ran to the water, jumping head first and swimming to the right, finding Dewgong.
"Dewgong use Headbutt!" Pyrce ordered.
"You too, Spritz!"
Dewgong swiftly moved it's upper and lower body in a swift motion as Azumarill came charging head on with his head, both Pokemon smashed into each other. Azumarill was flown back more than Dewgong, but quickly waged it's arms and caught balance in the pool.
"Aurora Beam!" Pyrce smirked, "From the air!"
"Dew-gong!" Dewgong swam to the bottom of the pool and started to wave his tail, it gained speed and jumped into the air, unleashing a rainbow beam from his horn into the water quickly, after words diving back down into the pool.
"Azu!" the Azumarill squeaked and swam to the right, dodging the multi-colored blast from the seel Pokemon.
"Don't get scared," Angelina reassured her aquatic Pokemon, "We can do it!"
"Dewgong, use Take Down!"
"Swim up," Angelina's stern look evolved to a smile, "Then use Hyper Beam!"
Dewgong got up speed underwater and came charging after Azumarill, who swam up quickly and dodged Dewgong's attack then the small rabbit summoned a small glowing ball in her mouth and released a goldish-silver beam that knocked Dewgong dead on, but recovered.
"Dewgong, Blizzard!" While Azumarill was recharging from Hyper Beam, a huge, swirling gust of ice chunks and bitterly cold wind blew from Dewgong's mouth and fell full speed towards Azumarill.
"Spritz, watch out! Use Water Gun!" Azumarill sprayed the blizzard with a blast of water as it approached; the water attack had dispersed the Blizzard, although several droplets of it had been transformed into chunks of ice in the impact.
Pryce seemed to struggle for a moment as he tried to think up a suitable attack. "Dewgong, charge with Headbutt!" he finally bellowed, and Dewgong lowered his head and slid across the ice frighteningly fast while Azumarill charged into a Double-Edge, recoiling in some damage herself as Dewgong was knocked out cold.
"Azu-ma-rill!" Spritz swam to the top and jumped on the icy arena.
"Gong.…" the icy Pokemon appeared with his back in the water on the top of the pool, X's in his eyes.
"Dewgong is unable to battle, Azumarill wins!" Sheila smiled. "The winner of this battle is Angelina Murakami from Pallet Town!"
"Yeah!" Angelina smiled and ran to her Azumarill, grabbing the Pokemon in her arms and hugged her happily.
"Amazing," Jeremy gasped with surprise as he stood up.
"Hmm... it seems my luck has run out." Pryce said as he recalled his Pokemon. He carefully walked across the icy arena and met Angelina, then reached into his pocket and handed over a small, octagon-shaped blue badge. "And I suppose you are worthy of this badge."
"Awesome, I won the Glacier Badge!" Angelina said, placing the badge inside a box that contained her other six badges.
"You have demonstrated a rare prowess today," Pryce said, somewhat impressed.
"Thank you, Pryce," Angelina smiled. She and Jeremy waved goodbye to Pryce and Sheila, leaving the gym and heading back to the Pokemon Center. While the Pokemon were being healed, Angelina and Jeremy sat at a table plotting out their next adventure.
"So I did a bit of poking around, and the next gym's over in Blackthorn City." Jeremy said.
"Blackthorn City!" Angelina replied as she viewed the map on her Poke-Gear. "It looks pretty close to here, right?"
"Well actually, I got a better look at the map they have up in the lobby, and there's this tunnel called Ice Cave between here and there. I heard it takes about a day to get through it unless you feel like rushing, and judging from its rather uncreative title, rushing through a place like Ice Cave does not sound very smart."
"So what should we do until then?" Angelina asked sarcastically.
Jeremy shrugged. "I'd say wait here and get up early again tomorrow morning."
"But what are we supposed to do between now and this evening? There's nothing here."
"We could always go to bed after dinner," Jeremy suggested.
"All right, that sounds like a plan."
§To Be Continued§
*Angelina battles Pryce at the Mahogany Town Gym for her seventh badge.
*Angelina wins the Glacier Badge using Azumarill, Pikachu, and Charmeleon.
*Pryce using Jynx and Cloyster is from his line up on Pokemon Stadium 2.
*The only way Azumarill can learn Hyper Beam is through TM15.
*Psy-Shock, is a Generation V move that Jynx can learn through TM03.
*Sheila is the official judge for Angelina and Pryce's battle.
Thanks for reading, there are 7 chapters left. Hopefully I will update the next two chapters soon!