Hello, I'm back with the next chapter! I was supposed to update this on Friday, but my computer had been mega-slow because of a virus and I had to wait until my dad came home to fix it! Anyway, I don't own Pokemon; but this one based on the episodes "Abra And The Psychic Showdown" and "The Tower of Terror"; I've heard that those episodes have only been aired once and not shown again since of 911, but luckily I had backup information! Enjoy!
Chapter 24: Stormy Saffron, Ghostly Lavender
Angelina had taken a short cut from Ash and his friends. It was longer to travel by foot towards Saffron City than it did to Vermillion City. She was almost to her destination when the skies turned to a dark gray and thunder rolled.
'Uh-oh, not good!' Angelina thought. She had to make a run through the fog that led right into a thunderstorm located near Saffron City. Rain poured out of the dark clouds and lightning flashed. Angelina was worried that she wasn't going to make it through this storm and she'd have to find shelter until the storm stopped.
Angelina looked up at the dark storm clouds, her eyes widened in fear as she saw a bolt of lightning coming towards her. She closed her eyes and felt herself trip and fall, she screamed until she couldn't hear her voice and everything around her blackened. When she opened her eyes, she found herself laying on a bed in a room that looked similar to many rooms she stayed in at Pokemon Centers. She sat up and got off the bed, she grabbed her backpack that seemed to have been sitting on a chair. Then she walked out of the room and done the hallway, she saw Nurse Joy seated at the reception desk.
"Nurse Joy, how did I get here?" Angelina asked, confused.
The nurse turned to Angelina and smiled. "Oh, you don't remember?"
Angelina shook her head. "All I remember was walking to Saffron City and trying to get through a thunderstorm. I know I screamed because I thought I was gonna get struck by lightning, but then I blacked out and woke up here."
"Well, I remember yesterday, there was a bad thunderstorm and I was in the back making sure all the Pokemon were okay." Nurse Joy replied. "And then…."
"I can finish the rest." Came a monotonous feminine voice. Nurse Joy and Angelina turned to see a young woman with long dark green hair and cold dark blue eyes. She wore a red button up dress with yellow buttons on the front that went down in between her hips and knees. Long, black boots clenched to her thin legs and she was holding a little girl with long teal hair wearing a white dress and a large white hat. "I was able to save you from being struck by lightning."
"Excuse me?" Angelina asked.
"There was a bad thunderstorm heading toward Saffron City. I saved you and your Pokemon from being killed, Angelina."
"How do you know my name?" Angelina gritted her teeth.
"I am sorry. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Sabrina, the Psychic Mistress of the Saffron Gym."
"Y-you're the gym leader?" Angelina gawked in surprise.
"Yes. You see, Angelina, I have Psychic powers. I can predict when things can happen. I saved you."
"How?" Angelina asked.
Sabrina responded, "I teleported you to the Pokemon Center. Nurse Joy found you unconscious and managed to heal your Pokemon in the meantime as well."
"But," Angelina said, confused, "Why me?"
"Because three years ago today I had a prediction that you would come here, and challenge me. I knew that you had great strength, Angelina, and-" Sabrina was cut off by the young girl.
"So you saved me so I could challenge you to a gym battle? Is that it?"
"….Yes, Angelina," Sabrina responded. "Any more questions?"
Angelina smiled. "Now that you mentioned it, may I battle you for a gym badge?"
"As a gym leader, I accept," Sabrina replied. "Our battle will be tomorrow. For now, you need your rest."
"Oh, okay," Angelina nodded, she was about to say more, but Sabrina had left the room.
The very next day, Angelina decided to call Professor Oak, since she hadn't talked to him for a while.
"Hello? Hi, Angelina!" came the cheerful voice of Professor Oak.
"Hi Professor. How are Victreebel and Azumarill?"
"Oh, they're fine." the professor said, although he looked concerned. "What's the matter? Have you lost to the gym leader already?"
"Well, I-wait! How'd you know I was in Saffron City?" Angelina demanded.
"Caller I.D.!" Professor Oak answered with a grin. "Oh, dear, look at the time! I've got to go! Goodbye!" The screen flashed blank and Angelina left. But as she was walking out the door, she thought, 'Why the heck does everyone have to go, right when I'm trying to talk?'
Angelina left the Pokemon Center and made her way to the Saffron City gym. Though she was a rising star in the world of trainerisim; she had only been traveling for four months' time since she had already traveled around Johto, now she had three badges from the Kanto Gyms. She entered a room out of the many inside the gym with cold marble floors, lit candles on-top of tall round pillars that lined the walls, and a large platform where Sabrina sat in a chair and accompanied by the little girl.
"Hello Sabrina." Angelina greeted. "I have come to challenge you for a badge."
"Very well," Sabrina replied. "We shall battle one-on-one."
"And If you lose," the little girl's high pitched voice stung Angelina's ear drum. "You have to be my friend and play with me!"
Angelina shrugged. "Sure, I love kids." she smiled enthusiastically.
"Abra!" Sabrina said drearily. A pokeball floated out to the center of the room and opened up. A small dull-colored Psychic Pokémon emerged from the red light, which Angelina found to be odd because it looked to be sleeping.
"I choose you, Sparkette!" Angelina yelled, throwing a Pokeball into the arena. The electric mouse Pokémon emerged with a fighting pose.
Sabrina just gestured to her psychic Pokemon as it glowed with purple aura. As the electric Pokemon was taken off-guard, Sparkette was struck hard by the psychic powers and was sent flying. She growled at Abra after landing on her feet.
"Get Abra with Thundershock!"
Sparkette quickly launched electricity from her cheeks. Before the attack could reach Abra, however, it vanished and reappeared several feet away from where the Thundershock hits the floor. Blinking, Sparkette tried to repeat the electric attack several more times, but Abra kept teleporting away.
Angelina wondered how she was going to attack Abra with it always teleporting, she gasped at the brilliant idea she formulated "Use Quick Attack."
Sparkette nodded, and then shot another Thundershock at Abra to make it Teleport again. Then, Sparkette squinted, waiting for Abra's shadow to start forming. When she saw the Psychic-Type materializing just a few feet away, Sparkette immediately darted forward and crashed into it, catching it by surprise.
Abra tumbled backwards, landing in a heap on the floor. It managed to untangle itself quickly and tried to use Teleport again. Before it could, Sparkette hit it with another Quick Attack, abruptly followed by a Thundershock. The singed Pokémon once again landed in a heap, and this time, it didn't get back up, much to Sabrina and the little girl's dismay.
"Yes! I won!" Angelina said, jumping up into the air.
"Congratulations, Angelina. I predicted that you would win, but not so quickly as I thought. You have earned the Marsh Badge," Sabrina said, sticking her hand out, revealing a round orange-yellow badge. She made it levitate over to Angelina and into her hand.
"Thank you, Sabrina," Angelina said. She recalled her Raichu and walked out of the gym. 'Just three more badges to go and I can compete in the Indigo League!' she thought excitedly.
By the time Angelina had refreshed at the Pokemon Center and was well on her way to Celadon City, she knew something wasn't right and decided to head back to Sabrina's gym. When she walked in, she was confused by the many rooms, but she had finally found the room with Sabrina sitting in a chair with a little girl next to her.
"Hey Sabrina," Angelina waved. "Long time no see!"
"Greetings," Sabrina said in a monotone voice. "You have returned."
"Now you can play with me!" squeaked the little girl.
"What! No, I-"
A tingling sensation ran through Angelina's body, and she was transported to a house. She wasn't exactly sure where she was, but she looked around. She peeked in some rooms, then hearing the familiar voices of Ash and Misty.
Angelina knew it was time to put her reflexes to work. She dashed past Ash and Misty, and when she got to the dining room, she snuck passed Brock and ran out the open door to the next house. She was safe, and she watched through a window directly into their dining room. Ash and Misty had walked in and were talking to Brock, and then they ran outside.
Angelina stepped out, too; watching her friends leave the house. She ran over and slammed the door behind her, running into the dining room and looking out see where they were going. Brock, Ash, Pikachu, and Misty were now being chased by a giant ball. Then a man appeared before them, and Angelina ran outside; she chased after them, but they'd already disappeared.
Angelina knelt down with tears welled up in her eyes, but she blinked them back.
Then the same man materialized before Angelina, and he said, "I have come back to help you, but next time you won't be so lucky!"
Angelina felt the familiar tingling sensation run through her body. In a split second, she was teleported and now was sitting on the dusty road. The man started to walk away.
"Who are you?" Angelina called.
The man didn't answer. Angelina ran after him, but he pointed his finger at her, and she levitated. "You shouldn't go back to Sabrina's gym." Then she fell down.
"Why not?" Angelina asked. "I already won her badge, it's my friend that wants to battle her."
The man turned to her. "Sabrina has psychic powers. That's how she was able to teleport you and your friends to her toy box. If you can't break my telekinesis, then you don't stand a chance against Sabrina." He started to walk again.
"Wait! There's got to be a way!" Angelina cried. She planted her hand firmly on his shoulder.
"There is one way; to capture a Ghost Pokémon from Lavender Town. But no one's ever captured a Ghost Pokémon!" the man said without turning around.
'That's what you think,' Angelina smirked. She ran to a Poké Mart and bought some Revives, Super Potions, and Pokéballs. Then she got out her blue ten-speed bicycle and pedaled off fast to Lavender Town to catch up with Ash and his friends.
Lavender was a gloomy old town and known as the gravesite for Pokemon. Angelina found the Pokémon Tower quickly because the building looked like mix between a prison and a graveyard gate, not to mention the windows and doorway looked like a glaring face. It made sense why this was the playground for Ghost-type Pokemon. Angelina cautiously stepped into the tower. She went upstairs and peeked in the rooms. She stepped into another room, where Ash and friends were looking around. Heavy drapes covered the windows and the room was pitch-black.
"Hey, ghost Pokemon." Brock called out. "If you're in here, say hello!"
Angelina giggled and just couldn't resist, "HI!"
"What are you doing here, Angel?" Ash asked toward the direction hearing her voice.
Suddenly, the room was filled with light. Candles flickered all around.
"Who…. Who did that?" Misty wondered.
"I'm not sure." Brock's voice was shaky.
"Just so you know," Angelina replied. "It wasn't me."
Ash stepped further into the room. "Yeah, it doesn't matter who it was," he said. "Look at this stuff!"
There was a long table in the middle of the room. The table was covered with plates filled with all kinds of delicious food.
"It looks like a party," Misty said.
"Yeah," Brock agreed. "But who's it for?"
"The ghosts that live here, maybe?" Angelina suggested, which got scared looks from Brock and Misty. "Nah, maybe it's just for anyone."
A round ball hung from the ceiling. A string dangled down from the ball. Ash grabbed the string. "Check this out. There's a card attached. It says, 'Pull This.'" Ash yanked on the string.
"Ash, no!" Misty cried.
The ball broke open. Ribbons and confetti poured out on top of Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu, and Angelina. A long banner unrolled in front of them.
"'WELCOME'" Ash read. "But who's welcoming us?"
At Ash's words, a cold wind swept through the room. The plates of food flew off the table. The wind picked up the chairs in the room. They danced wildly in the air.
"Whoa!" Angelina felt herself being lifted into the air. She went flying through the room, dodging plates and turkey legs and apples.
Angelina tried to stop, but she couldn't. Around her, Pikachu, Ash, Misty and Brock flew around like they were in a tornado.
"Help!" Ash cried.
As suddenly as the wind started, it stopped, everyone crashed to the ground.
"Let's get out of here!" Angelina cried.
"There's no way I'm going back inside that tower!" Misty cried.
"Me either!" Brock agreed.
"Scaredy cats." Angelina muttered.
Ash, Misty, Angelina, Brock, and Pikachu stood in the courtyard outside the tower. Ash looked up at the spooky stone building.
"We've got to go back," Ash said. "It's the only way to capture a Ghost Pokemon. Right, Pikachu?"
"Pi?" Pikachu grabbed Ash's ankle and hid it's face.
Ash knelt beside the Electric Pokemon. "Come on, Pikachu. Don't you want to beat Sabrina as badly as I do?"
Pikachu looked thoughtful. Then it nodded its head. "Pika!" it said in a brave voice.
"Then let's go!" Ash said, running ahead.
"Hey Ash, wait up!" Angelina called, following.
Misty and Brock didn't move.
"Have a nice time!" Misty said nervously.
"We'll both be waiting for you right here," Brock added.
Ash shrugged. "That's fine. Pikachu, and I can do this."
"Yeah, and I'm helping, too!" Angelina replied.
Ash and Angelina walked through the door to Pokemon Tower.
"Hello, everybody!" Ash called out. "We're back! Why don't you come out and show us who you are?"
The room was quiet. Then a form began to suddenly appear in front of them.
A purple Pokemon floated in the air! The Pokemon looked like a giant head, with bulging eyes and a wide mouth. Two large, clawed hands floated in the air in front of it. For a second, Ash and Angelina were too stunned to move.
Ash slowly takes out his Pokedex. "What is it?" he asked in a hoarse whisper.
"Haunter. A Ghost Pokemon. No further information available." Dexter said.
Haunter stared at Ash and Angelina with it's big eyes. It cackled.
"We can do this!" Ash said. "Pikachu, Thundershock!"
Pikachu stepped beside Ash. It concentrated on Haunter. Small sparks began to fly from it's body. But before Pikachu could attack, Haunter vanished!
"Huh?" Ash asked.
"Where'd Haunter go?" Angelina looked around.
"Not now, Pikachu." Ash said. "We've got to find Haunter." He and Angelina turned around. It wasn't Pikachu at all. It was Haunter!
The Ghost Pokemon was inches from Ash's face. It stuck out it's long, pink tongue. It's eyeballs popped out of its head.
Ash jumped back. Then he composed himself. "I'm not afraid of you," he said. "Just wait until I capture you!"
Ash reached for a Pokeball at his belt, then stopped. Something was coming up through the floor.
It was three more Pokemon! They were floating through the floor like it wasn't there.
One Pokemon was a round, black ball with two eyes and a wide mouth. A cloud of gas surrounding it. The next Pokemon was purple like the first, but it had pointy ears, arms, and legs. The third Pokemon was purple-ish blue with yellow eyes and red irises, long flowing hair coming off of her head with the ends tipped in red, a redish-pink beaded necklace around its neck, and a flowing dress beneath her head.
Ash pulled out Dexter. "Better find out about these guys!"
"Gastly, the Gas Pokemon. Gengar, the Shadow Pokemon. The final evolution of Gastly." Dexter reported. "No further information available."
"But how am I suppose to catch them?" Ash wailed.
Angelina sighed while the Ghost Pokemon were cackling as though they thought Ash was very funny. She laughed when the feminine-looking ghost nudged her lightly.
"Misdreavus!" (Hiya!)
"Oh! Hello there." Angelina said, taking out her Pokedex.
"Misdreavus, the Screech Pokemon. It likes playing mischievous tricks such as screaming and yank people's hair from behind without warning, just to see their shocked reactions. ."
Angelina smiled. "Well I don't think you're like that."
"Mis, Misdreavus!" (Thanks, I'm real friendly actually)
Gengar grabbed a rolled-up newspaper. It thumped Ash on the head.
"Hey!" Ash cried. "Cut it out!"
"Gengar, Gengar!" the Shadow Pokemon laughed and laughed. Haunter and Gastly joined in, Angelina and Misdreavus giggled.
"Are you guys trying to be funny?" Ash asked. "Well, I don't think there's anything funny about it."
"Gengar?" Now large tears rolled from Gengar's eyes.
"Haaaauuuuunter," the other Ghost Pokemon sobbed.
Angelina frowned. "Oh Ash, lighten up. You can't even take a joke once in a while."
"Mis!" nodded Misdreavus. (Yeah)
The three Pokemon began to sink back into the floor.
"Hey! Don't go. I've got to capture you!" Ash leaped into the air.
The Ghost Pokemon sank into the floor and disappeared, Misdreavus shook her head disappointedly and also left. Ash slammed into the floor. Pikachu and Angelina ran to Ash's side. The vibrations from Ash's collision sent the chandelier rocking above them. It fell from the ceiling and landed on Ash and Angelina, and Pikachu. They blacked out.
§To Be Continued§
*This chapter is based from "Abra And The Psychic Showdown" and part of "The Tower of Terror"
*Angelina arrives in Saffron City, Sabrina saves her from getting killed in the thunderstorm.
*Sabrina had a vision three years ago that Angelina was strong and would come to challenge her.
*Angelina battles Sabrina, the Saffron City Gym Leader and wins the Marsh badge.
*Angelina finds out Ash lost to Sabrina and are stuck in her tox box until a mysterious man teleports them to safety saying to get a Ghost Pokemon in Lavender Town.
*Ash and Angelina go inside the Pokemon Tower, Misty and Brock are too scared to follow.
*Ash was unable to get information on the ghost Pokemon but Angelina was able to identify Misdreavus with her Pokdex since she went to Johto.
Hopefully if I'm not too exhausted from high-school marching band camp this week, I might update the next chapter. Until then, thank you for reading!