Mind Games
"Alright, lift your right arm up," Red ordered, crouched down in the Pokemon Center.
-"It feels fine,"- Pikachu said, raising his arm. He made circles in the air with that arm as to show Red it was fine.
"So you're feeling mostly good?" Red sternly asked.
-"Yup, better than before,"- he nodded.
Red gave him a smile that showed his relief. "That's great to know but I'm still going to have to keep you out of our next gym match." He gave Pikachu more of the antidote just in case.
-"Fine with me. I am willing to take a break after our last little adventure,"- Pikachu replied before being sent back into the pokeball.
Red sighed and took a look out of the buildings window. The streets were now full of people that were trapped in their houses the day before. News reporters were all over the place, talking to every person who they assumed were residents of this city.
After news of Team Rocket had left Saffron city, People rushed into the streets, celebrating and hugging their loves ones. People began to connect back to the outside world with cell phones, calling their family and friends, getting on the internet and telling the world their stories. It was all just a big happy reunion for Saffron City and the world.
News quickly spread and reporters from all parts of the world flocked here to report the incident. That would must likely end up to be a cluster of mixed up details due to no one really knowing what happened, all except Red and his companions.
Red and his group from before separated with Blue leaving the city and Emily decided to be with her Grandfather for a while. Red just went to the Pokemon center to help his Pokemon and managed to convince her to help him who thought he was somehow part of Team Rocket. He told her that fought against them but didn't tell her the whole story on what happen.
Red went outside and had o pushed his way through the crowd. He wanted to quickly get to the Gym of Saffron so he could get the heck out of here.
"What's your name, sir?" a female news reporter jumped onto Red. She nearly jabbed the microphone into Red's eye.
"Uuhh...Red...Ketchum," he mustered out surprised.
She didn't seem to notice his surprised expression and continued to bombard him with questions. "Well, you seem to look like a trainer am I right?"
Red gulped as he looked into the camera which he could feel focusing on him. He had to get out of this fast but the woman made seem that she didn't want to let him get by that easily.
"Of course you are! With, the traveling clothes, backpack, and Pokeballs on your belt, I'll be dumb to not call you a well prepared Pokemon Trainer," she chirped. "Now, let the people of the world hear your experience on this whole incident that just occurred."
"I just got here and I am quite in hurry," he quickly lied. "I need to go look for someone and it just can't wait." With that, Red walked away.
"Wai-" The crowd thickened increasing the number of people that stood between Red and that news reporter lady.
Sticking to the sidewalk, Red recalled from the map in the Pokemon Center that he had to keep on this path until he reached the third block to make a left. He tried to avoid the journalists who were trying to get to the bottom of the biggest mystery. Why Team Rocket was here and why did they leave?
After what seem like an eternity, Red made to the corner of the block of his next turn. He looked to his left sure enough there was a large building with words Gym painted in bold, red letters on the top. This Gym looked like a complete dump compared to the one in Celadon City. B\
Red also noticed another building similar in structure as the Gym was right next to it with a ten foot gap in between and a low metal fence marking the division line. It had the word Gym written on the top as well only it was fading with a large 'X' through it. Below the words was a large wooden sign saying it was "The Fighting Dojo."
It seemed quite odd to Red but he went to the first building he saw. At the front entrance there were two people standing there. Red instantly recognized them as new reporters. The large camera on the man's shoulder and the man with a microphone trying to peek through the glass doors of the Gym gave it right away. If Red didn't know any better, he guessed that these people wanted to interview the City's Gym.
After a while they seem to have given up and decided to go back to where there were many people to get their stories. Red didn't want to be one of those people so hid behind a sign that showed a detailed map of the city. He took out a look from behind the large sign to see if the way to the gym was clear of nosy reporters.
Seeing it was empty, Red took the opportunity to reach the Pokemon Gym. He thought it was closed for the reporters tried to get in with no success. He however thought made himself think that maybe the Gym Leader just didn't want to open his or her door to a couple of new reporters and perhaps would allow a challenger in.
Red grabbed the brass handle attached to the clear, thick glass door. It didn't budge by the teen's pull. He tired again and again and even pushed forward but it move a bit as if they were affixed to the ground. Red sighed as he let go of the handle. He really wanted to get his Gym Battle done by today or else the Gym would soon become full of challengers once this whole Team Rocket incident had died down.
The young trainer took a step back and took one good look at the building. He started to walk away but the groaning sounds of metal screeching stopped him from getting away. Red looked back at the gym doors and to his utter surprise, the unmovable glass doors where slowly opening with no clear reason on how it was doing so. Not person was seen pushing it open or at least a Pokemon that could belong to the Gym Leader was in the door way. It just opened on its own accord.
That's just silly, Red. Come one, doors moving on its own…well there were also the ghosts at Lavender Town so could this be the work of a ghost? Red pondered on it. Risky, but there is only one way to find out.
Red cautiously stepped into the darkness that was the inside of the gym. With the doors closing behind him, Red was reluctant to move any further. That was when the sound of a light echoed through the building followed by a single ceiling light turning on sending a single ray of light onto the ground illuminating a circle of eight feet. The same spot that light was shine upon was a white square. A 2-D box that looked very similar to the trainer box that every Gym battlefield had for the challenger to stand in. Marked with white chalk on a smooth wood surface, Red thought it was the challenger place.
He thought he had no other choice but step into the box which he did. Upon entering the rectangle the rest of the gym lights came on. The lights were dimmer than any other gym he been to. On the other side of the field, the lights weren't on leaving the area to seem dark and unknown.
Red almost yelped when he heard a voice.
"I been expecting you," a female voice called out to him.
Expecting me? Red thought confused as he looked into the dark section of the gym from where he heard the voice. How could they predict that I was going to come here?
"Because I have psychic powers." From darkness a women stepped into the light. She had long flowing black hair with short bangs that followed the frame of her pale house. She stared at Red with blue colored eyes and a neutral facial expression. Her top consisted of a sleeveless pink top and a pair of white pants for the bottom part of her body held together by a black belt. She also had on pink and white sneaker to compliment the rest of her attire.
"What sort of psychic powers?" Red nervously asked.
"Seeing into the future, mind reading, and…telekinesis." Sabrina used her telekinesis to lift up a Pokeball. Without a moving a single muscle, she threw the Pokeball into air and released her starting Pokemon.
On the smooth floor materialized to what appear to Red as a large cat standing on its hind legs. Covered in golden fur, Sabrina's Pokemon stood on its back legs while it carried a silver spoon in it's right hand that was slightly bent away from him at the top. A red star mark was smack dab in the middle of his forehead of his cat like-like face growing long two strands of yellow hair resembling whiskers. His bushy tail scrunched when he got ready for battle.
Red wanted to get more information on this particular guy and took out his Pokedex before proceeding.
"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 Pokémon is said to be limited to half the usual amount of its telekinetic powers."
Red didn't how to deal with this foe so just chose a random Pokemon from his belt. "Standby for battle, Pidgeotto!"
Shaking his head to remove the stray red strands of feathers on his head, Pidgeotto eyed his new opponent. His eyes met those of Kadabra's whose own gaze seem as if it he was trying to looking into the his soul sending shivers down his back.
-Ugh why does Red always have to pair me up with unusual Pokemon?- Pidgeotto sighed.
Kadabra raised an eyebrow and shook his head as if he was showing his disapproval for an ignorant comment.
"Red, you have the first move," Sabrina said.
"Okay Pidgeotto, be cautious as you perform your Aerial Ace since we don't know what he is capable of," Red warned.
Stretching out his wings, Pidgeotto went airborne. He circled around the gym eyeing his furry opponent who didn't move as he flew picking up speed. Pidgeotto didn't understand why haven't his trainer have called an attack nor seen him move an inch but decided to continue with his order. He finally reached a speed he felt comfortable, Pidgeotto went for the attack.
Not wanting to face Kadabra head on, Pidgeotto flew towards him from behind. He disappeared for a split second before reappearing with streaks of lights around his body in the wake of Kadabra. Pidgeotto was sure he would hit but was shocked when Kadabra disappeared right under his beak. He quickly broke off his attack and tried to fly back up.
An inexplicable force trapped Pidgeotto in his place. It looked like he was frozen in time in midair. His body above the ground not moving in the middle of a wing flap. Rolling his eyes back, he saw that Kadabra was a few feet from where he stood.
Kadabra's red star was glowing a bloody red while his spoon maintained a blue glow. With his outstretch free hand, he made a fluent motion that resulted in Pidgeotto spinning around powerless to his control.
"Pidgeotto, get away!" Red cried.
"He can't escape when he is under Kadabra's Psychic attack," Sabrina told Red.
Psychic! So that's what it was! Red realized. He helplessly watched as the Psychic Pokemon roughly threw Pidgeotto on to the ground. Red watched as he saw him do it again and again. Red gritted his teeth at the punishment and had to do something.
"Wait!" Red turned towards the Gym Leader. "Are you allowed to read my mind during battle?"
With an emotionless face, Sabrina answered. "Well, there aren't any rules that stop me from using it. I like to use my abilities to their fullest when needed."
No way! Can she also read my memories! My childhood, my nightmares, my weaknesses, and even my past crushes! Red exclaimed, clutching his head in horror.
"Do no panic. I'm not able to look into your memories as you apply," Sabrina assured Red.
"Really?" Red muttered. Glad his privacy was a safe returned his attention to a problem far worse than his own dilemma.
Pidgeotto was finally freed from his foe's deadly technique. –"Finally, I have control over my body,"- he grumbled, getting up. He didn't like the feeling of not having control of his body. He wanted to avoid the attack at all costs.
Red needed to make a comeback but it was going to be difficult with Sabrina being able to read his mind and quickly come up with a counter strategy. He figured that the only way to make it that she didn't have the advantage was to make so that even he didn't know what was going down.
"Pidgeotto, surround Kadabra with Double Team!" Red ordered.
Sabrina watched Pidgeotto create clones that all encircled Kadabra. "An admirable strategy I must say," Sabrina remarked.
Kadabra wasn't deterred by the many Flying Pokemon that surrounded him and simple raised his spoon. The silverware took on a purple glow this time as he moved around. With no verbal commands from his trainer, Kadabra spun to his left and raised a free hand. From the tips of his sharp, long finger nails, electricity was produced that engulfed the palm of his hand. He released the electricity that created a few streaks of lightning that struck one Pidgeotto.
Red didn't no if it was out of sheer luck but Kadabra manage to his the original one. It was confirmed by all of the other copies disappearing leaving only the hurt one to take the super effective move. He fell to the floor feeling his muscles fail him to keep him upright.
"However, my Kadabra can just use Mind Reader to detect the real one by simply trying to read the minds of each clone and strike with Thunderbolt once the original was found," Sabrina said.
Red was left speechless when he saw his plan failed. He thought it was the perfect strategy but it was easily taken care of. He didn't know what else he could do to deal with Kadabra that won't give his opponent the chance to counter it.
"And I assume you have the ability to communicate with your Pokemon telepathy," Red said.
"Yes," she replied with her tone emotionless as ever.
-Errrgh…I don't see my trainer helping me now since that freaky lady can just read his mind and have him ready to take care of my move,- Pidgeotto grimly thought.
-"Then I will take matters into my own wings,"- he muttered and shot towards Kadabra.
Pidgeotto surprised everyone including Red when he flew towards Kadabra and struck him with one Steel Wing across the face. He swung his metal wings again but Kadabra escaped by teleporting away. Pidgeotto quickly picked up on his new location and attacked him again only to have him teleport away.
-Desperate he has become- Kadabra thought as he reappeared seeing Pidgeotto trying to get a hit on him. –"Fury will only worsen your chances of winning"- Kadabra echoed his thoughts into Pidgeotto's head.
-"I'm not attacking in anger!"- he yelled back, hopping towards him with another Steel Wing.
-"Defeat shall be the end of your aimless assault,"- Kadabra said appearing right behind Pidgeotto this time and struck him with another Thunderbolt at pointblank range. Pidgeotto yelled as he was electrocuted and met the floor once more.
Red couldn't handle Pidgeotto's beating and had to step in. He didn't care if he gave Sabrina time to respond to his moves but he needed to help Pidgeotto.
"Pidgeotto, please stop attacking him head on with Steel Wing and please listen to me!" Red shouted. Barely conscious, Pidgeotto shifted his head towards his trainer giving a small smile before getting back up. "Alright, buddy this is all you have to do. Use your Quick Attack and Aerial Ace combo!"
-Combine speed with accuracy,- Pidgeotto thought cocking his head to face Kadabra. Tensing his already sore legs muscles he pushed himself into the air at an incredible speed. He went invincible for a second and successfully landed a heavy blow on Kadabra with his Aerial Ace and Quick Attack combination.
Kadabra was thrown into the air but he managed to escape a nasty landing by teleporting to safety. He immediately responded with Psychic attack that fired a strong wave that struck Pidgeotto and threw him into the building wall. Having endured a lot, the last move was his end. He collapsed on the ground with no signs of moving.
Red accepted the defeat and returned back into his Pokeball. "Thank you for you great effort Pidgeotto. This battle was lost because I wasn't prepared but you helped gained great information," he whispered to his Pokeball. "I think I have determined the perfect opponent to fight against Kadabra."
Sabrina didn't say anything for she already knew what he was going to send. Red released his only Dragon Pokemon onto the battle field.
Kadabra had never faced this particular Pokemon before but he knew his dopey looking face shouldn't make him seem as an easy opponent. He decided to gain further information by trying to read his new foe's mind.
-What is this?- Kadabra's eyes jumped open in shock.
-He has a mustache. I'll call him Mr. Mustache Guy!- were the thoughts of Gible jumbled with a bunch of more miscellaneous thoughts.
Sabrina had Gible's strange thinking process informed to her. "I see. You thought that your Pokemon's erratic mind would prevent Kadabra predicting his movement."
"Exactly what I thought would happen," Red proved her assumption was right.
"As clever as that is, I will still be able to deal with it," Sabrina declared.
"Lets find out. Gible use Dig!" Red shouted.
Gible went underground out of Kadabra's sight. He began to make his way through the ground to where he sensed his Psychic enemy by using his natural senses.
Kadabra decided to concentrate and use Mind Reader to determine where Gible was. He found the Dragon's mind and what he found wasn't what he expected.
-Diggy hole, dig, dig, dig, dig, diggey diggey hole!- Gible's singing rang through Kadabra's skull. The terrible singing forced him to close the telepathic connection.
-"What a terrible song,"- Kadabra clutched his head for the headache he got. He looked down and saw the ground bulge.
Before he could do anything, Gible popped from the ground tackling Kadabra. He knocked back the fragile foe a few feet. Gible hopped back and awaited his next command.
"Alright Gible, that was excellent. Try to get him again but go for a Bite attack this time," Red praised his little dragon. "And don't forget to dodge any of his attacks by going underground."
"Attack him while you can with Psychic, Kadabra," Sabrina's telepathic voice resonated in her Pokemon's brain.
-"I shall do it, mistress,"- Kadabra smoothly replied. His red star began to glow as he prepared to launch a Psychic. His attempt was noticed since Gible disappeared underground, frustrating him.
"Calm yourself, Kadabra. A clear head is what you need to succeed," Sabrina relayed wise words to him.
Kadabra agreed and stood to wait for Gible to pop up. A still silence swept the room as everyone waited for Red's Pokemon to make his move. Kadabra didn't attempt to read Gible's location for he feared the sanity of his precious mind. This dragged on for almost a minute before Gible decided to strike.
Gible appeared to the right of Kadabra and sprang at him. Kadabra quickly raised a hand towards Gible which happened to be his right hand with the spoon. The metal glinted in the light which alerted Gible's attention. The Dragon Pokemon clamped his giant mouth right onto Kadabra's right hand engulfing the entire forelimb.
-"Let go of me you buffoon!"- Kadabra fired his Psychic attack at Gible with enough force to throw him off his arm. The only negative effect of his act was that it left him spoon-less. Gible managed to take his spoon with him in his mouth. This greatly shock Kadabra for he needed that spoon.
-"Bleh!"- Gible coughed up the silverware in to his tiny hands. He gleefully held the spoon high as to show of his trophy. –"I can now eat rocks more easily with this!"-
-"My psychic power enhancer would not be used for mere trivial tasks!"- Kadabra showed his anger to Gible. He went right to retrieving it with his psychic powers and grabbed a hold of the spoon.
-"No, this is my spoon I won!"- Gible cried tightening his grip on the spoon. Without his spoon, Kadabra didn't have enough strength to pull it out of the little guy's hands and so had to resort to damaging him first.
-"I will get it back one way or another,"- Kadabra proclaimed. He struck Gible with a few Confusion attacks before attempting to immobilize him. He concentrated very hard to get a good control over Gible's body which took him a while for Gible struggled to escape but soon trapped his body. He than began to repeatedly slammed him into the tough floor.
Red figured that Kadabra wanted his spoon back and thought he would probably free him if he let go of the spoon. "Gible, you go to drop the spoon!" Red said.
-"But-I-Don't-Want-To-!"- Gible replied after each collision with the ground but ultimately gave up after he got sick of being used like a basket ball. He loosened his grip on the spoon and it fell right onto the ground.
Kadabra almost instantly released Gible when he saw his precious metal drop to the ground he pulled back the spoon that wobbled under his shaky psychic powers. Kadabra's facial expression turned relieved once he felt the cold metal touch the fur in his hand.
"Dragon Rage him now!" Red shouted.
Gible jumped up and released his Dragon Rage. Kadabra almost didn't escape the fire but he managed to escape after snapping out of his moment of gratitude. Teleporting out of the way, Kadabra reappeared a few feet away from Gible ready to attack.
"I keep telling you that relying to much on that silly spoon of yours will weigh you done in battles," Sabrina told her Pokemon who mentally rolled his eyes. "Well, let's make a come back and use Future Sight."
Kadabra understood and stood perfectly stood. Closing his eyes, Kadabra prepared for his next move.
Red noticed Kadabra's vulnerable and state and saw fit to attack. "Gible, trap him with Sand Tomb."
Gible spat sand that floated towards Kadabra and trapped him in a sand vortex. Kadabra face cringed when he felt the dirt scratch his hide but stayed focused on his task. Gible decided to fire another Dragon Rage seeing he wasn't moving. However, Kadabra finished whatever he was doing and opened his eyes to see the incoming Dragon Rage.
Dodging like has been doing for the entire battle, Kadabra rematerialized right in front of his trainer. Sabrina hadn't shown a single sign of emotion on her face for the whole battle, even less some concern for her Pokemon.
The Psi Pokemon began to show signs of extreme fatigue as the Sand Tomb took its tool on his weaken body. Kadabra fell to his knee but painfully returned to his standing position. He knew he hadn't much time before the damaging sand would take him out so he had to do some more damage before fainting. He got his final order which was to use Psychic once more.
Kadabra was going to fire another Psychic but Red order Gible to use Dig once more. He missed his chance leading him to accept darkness. Before he fainted, Kadabra smirked towards Red for he knew what was going to happen next even though he wasn't going to be there to see it happen.
Gible popped back onto the field and witness Sabrina recalled back Kadabra. Seeing he managed to take out a strong Pokemon, Gible roared in joy. He expressed his Dragon side by letting out a weak roar that just seem like a baby Growlithe trying to bark like an Arcanine. He hopped up and down waiting for his next opponent to materialize which also happened to be a Psychic type.
A yellow humanoid Pokemon appeared. It had the structure of a person with hands, feet, and a head but was missing a visible mouth. A white mane of hair grew around his neck hiding a vital part of his body. He also had an instrument that could help him with in battle which was a pendulum it held in his hand by the string, dangling it at Gible to which the small Pokemon saw as a new challenge.
Gible was ready for battle but all of a sudden a few purple thunder bolt beam appeared from above and went straight to Gible. The mysterious force struck Gible hard who felt like he was being struck at multiple places by Kadabra's Psychic. The psychic energy was enough to knock out Gible.
Red was stunned by his Pokemon going down to some sort of mystical power. He looked towards Sabrina who didn't seem at all deterred by what just took place. He then got the idea that maybe she had something to do with this. She could probably be using her own power to attack his Gible. Red was interrupted as he tried to recall Gible.
"I had nothing to do with the defeat of your, Gible," Sabrina said reminding the trainer she could read minds. "It was all Kadabra's doing. He used Future Sight which is a move that allows the user to look into the future and pick a moment to where he fires a psychic-type move."
Red finally understood to why Kadabra didn't move for awhile when Red had Gible attack him. He was to busy looking into the future to attack him. He smirk before he fainted also made sense to him.
He knew that Gible was going to be knocked out by his Future Sight! Red realized. He needed to make a comeback for he only had one Pokemon left. Sabrina still had two healthy Pokemon which lead Red to send out his most powerful Pokemon that he thought he had at the time.
"Nidoking, standby for battle!"
Released for the first time for battle in his final evolved form, Nidoking couldn't help but released a loud roar that shook the room. He flexed his newly formed muscles but it felt quite odd. Standing onto two legs also felt new to him. Having all of his weight on his two legs wasn't that quite hard to do since he also had a heavy tail that acted like an anchor for his body. The thing that intrigued him the most was his arms.
-I can finally grab things with my claws instead of always using my mouth,- Nidoking thought, closing and opening his two claws. He stomped on foot on the ground and managed to the shake the floor before him a little. The new power he now wielded had also totally changed Nidoking's personality. He was far more powerful than his old form and thought he could now beat anyone that stood in his way.
-"Don't get to over confident or you might end up getting beat for your ignorance,"- Sabrina's Pokemon warned and received a glare from his foe to which he shrugged off. He couldn't read minds like Kadabra but saw it in his body language that felt quite cocky.
-"Don't tell how to feel or I'll crush you,"- Nidoking hissed. He took one heavy step forward and managed to keep his balance, ready to commence battle.
Red first got some information on the new Pokemon.
"Hypno: the Hypnosis Pokémon. Hypno holds a pendulum in its hand. The arcing movement and glitter of the pendulum lull the foe into a deep state of hypnosis. While this Pokémon searches for prey, it polishes the pendulum."
"Alright, Nidoking let's begin with a simple Ice Beam," Red said.
Nidoking really wanted to take care of his opponent with his own body but reluctantly decided to follow his directions for now. He fired a light blue beam from the tip of his poisonous horn that Hypno took head on, not even attempting to dodge it.
Hypno shook his head and scattered the ice that was stuck in his white mane. He then held up his medallion-wielding hand to fire a rainbow colored beam at Nidoking. The beam struck Nidoking who roared in pain and felt straight forward afterwards.
"Wow, he didn't even flinch from that attack!" Red exclaimed. Must be very powerful to take nothing from that Ice Beam!
"It's great special defense that Hypno has that contributed to his bulk," Sabrina explained. "He can take many special attacks as apposed to my more fragile Kadabra."
"Well, I think we are going to have to attack him from physical defense side. Nidoking, Rock Slide!"
Nidoking had to redeem himself after his embarrassing tumble mostly due to him not being able to correctly shift his weight yet. He slowly picked himself up with a bit of trouble. Red was starting to see that sending Nidoking right after evolving into a body that he wasn't used too was a bad idea but he had faith that he still can pull a win.
-"Take this you freak!"- The powerful Pokemon struck his muscular arms straight into the ground but stopped himself from toppling over again by using his tail to keep his balance this time. He learned form his mistakes and managed to pull off the attack. Large chunks of the floor broke and hurled themselves at Hypno.
The Psychic Pokemon jumped back to dodge the two first boulders and large hop to his right to avoid the third. He however jumped straight into the last one which collided into Hypno's chest knocking his back onto the ground.
-"Ugh, I have to admit, that really hurt,"- Hypno groaned and tried to ignore the blow to get right back up.
Red saw this as a chance to get prepare his Pokemon for rest of the battle. "Nidoking, raise your Special Defense with Amnesia and you'll be more than ready to take on Hypno," Red ordered.
-"Blah, I don't need to buff up anything,"- Nidoking snarled. –"I can take him on right now as I am now!"- Red was taken back by Nidoking's refusal to follow his command. His own Pokemon shot him a dirty look but that was when Nidoking saw his trainer's frightened look.
-Ugh what am I doing! Why am I being so hostile to my own Trainer? The one helped me managed to achieve my final form,- Nidoking cursed himself for letting the power go to his head. Even though he had gained some new confidence, he still retained some of his old personality. He quickly gave Red a nod to show his conformity to Red's order. Turning back to Hypno, he began to increase his defense.
Hypno knew it was time to do the thing he was best since Nidoking was quite vulnerable. He got closer to Nidoking who was in deep concentration but was still sort of aware of his surroundings. He extended the pendulum holding it by the chain and slowly began to wave it back and forth. Red didn't understand what he was hoping to accomplish by this but didn't feel that it was anything good for Nidoking. The swinging of the pendulum was starting to gain speed as well as the psychic powers it emitted increased.
Red's eyes were drawn to the pendulum which he couldn't help. He was just drawn to the swinging item with no reason explain why. As this prolonged, Red began to feel a bit tired. Thoughts of taking a nap right there and now were running through his mind. His eyelids felt heavier as if pounds were hanging from them. He nearly convinced himself that he could fall asleep and let Nidoking handle the battle from now on but then he remembered about Hypno's hypnotic powers.
"Nido…Nidoking! Look away from Hypno and-and use Thrash!" Red awoke himself from his hypnotic state. He felt as he just woke up from a night sleep and just wanted to go back to sleep again but that wasn't going to happen anytime soon.
Red's only fully evolved Pokemon heard his trainer's words and looked away from. He too was feeling a little drowsy but managed to stay awake. He closed his eyes and struck his claws together as if he was channeling up all of his energy. A harsh, red glow began to surround Nidoking to which Red didn't know if it was part of Thrash or Hypno was controlling him with Psychic.
Red figured it was Thrash for Nidoking let out a thunderous battle cry before sprinting towards his foe. His speed was increased and so was his strength for he left large footprints from the sheer power of his legs. He stilled moved a bit awkwardly but kept a steady movement pattern. He threw his whole body at Hypno and had more than enough power to throw the Hypnosis Pokemon across the gym.
Hypno felt pain stretch throughout his body after feeling Nidoking's overpowering tackle. He felt the ground shake as his foe went on the move again. He looked up and saw Nidoking's eyes were pure white and felt the pure anger in his roar. He was definitely out of control, even failing to follow his trainer's orders of stopping. Fearing he was going to get squash like a bug, Hypno took it in his own hands to stop this monstrosity.
-Calm down Hypno and take a good aim at him,- he tried to tranquil himself. He felt his heart race as the beast got closer and closer. He focused all of his psychic energy into a single powerful blast that he carefully aimed at the charging foe.
Nidoking did have a good amount of Special Defense to take the Psychic which he could have taken it weren't that this move managed to score a critical hit. He groaned in pain and lost his balance crashing into the ground, face down. A rough ending it was for Nidoking who had had his red glow disappear after he finally lost conscious.
Red watched in disbelief as he saw his Pokemon fell straight into the ground and clearly wasn't showing any signs of getting right back. He knew that a Psychic attack was what hit him but he didn't figure it would be that powerful against his Nidoking.
"You are forgetting that your Nidoking is a Poison-type, which has a crippling weakness to Psychic moves," Sabrina told him.
The was something that Red didn't know and wished he knew that earlier but he shouldn't have done so in the first place since in this battle Nidoking clearly showed he lacked proper control over his body. He was doomed to lose ever since he released Nidoking to fight, not very experienced against a foe that had the type advantage as well as a hold on his abilities.
Powerful were her Pokemon and combined with Sabrina being able to determine her opponent's next move is a deadly combo. She could have probably taken on the entire Team Rocket group including Giovanni.
"Why didn't you help Saffron when Team Rocket took over?" Red told her his question. He returned his Pokemon but kept his gaze focus on the female Gym Leader who still had her emotionless face even to the end of the battle. "You are far more powerful than me so you could have easily taken on them!" Red had begun to raise his voice. He felt anger on why the Gym Leader, also position that placed the person in charge at keeping the city safe, didn't even try to help the people.
"Don't you raise your voice against me," she replied with a harsher tone but kept a blank face, something that mystified Red even more. "Don't accuse me of not helping my people when you weren't there to witness what actually happen. The reason to why I couldn't step into Team Rocket's business was because I was held as a prisoner in my own Gym. Unable to interfere as long as I was guard by three people."
"Don't tell me that you couldn't have taken out three simple grunts," Red mocked.
"But these weren't any old underlings of Team Rocket but exceedingly powerful Trainers that reduced me useless by there Dark Type pokemon, the only kind of Pokemon that aren't affected by psychic powers, and raw strength," she admitted to being weak at the time. "During my time of being incarcerated, I found out that they were part of a group that is made up of strong, ruthless Trainer up for hire for almost anything. The Xclus Clan is what they are part of and was most likely hired by Team Rocket to keep me at bay as it allowed them to do whatever they pleased."
Another organization they I will have to probably worry about, Red thought in dismay. If they are as powerful as Sabrina said, then most likely he would be crush by them if Giovanni ever employ them to take care of him.
"And another reason to why I didn't try to stop them is because I saw a vision…a vision of you," Sabrina spoke up. "I saw you-Red. A vision of you fighting off the grunts as well as your triumph over the leader of Team Rocket."
"Really?!" Red stupidly said but right away rephrased his statement. "And you thought that after seeing these 'visions' you would soon be free from the three Xclux Clan Trainers?"
"Yes I did and so I waited for your arrival and even set up the doors to open at the exact moment that you would arrive," she further said.
Wow, she is really something, Red thought. And that is why I lost to her. She was way more prepared than me.
"Do not be bothered by your lost this match and come back when you're ready to re-challenge me," Sabrina said to which Red agreed. She bade him farewell and opened door for him with Hypno's Psychic powers.
"Young Red Ketchum, you don't know have a clue on how intricate your path is going to get in the future," Sabrina said to herself out loud after her challenger has left.
-"Hehe, so this kid is the one that mistress has been fussing about in her visions,"- he chuckled. –"To be honest, he didn't seem like much too me but looks can be deceiving."-
"Let's hope that looks are deceiving us for now and this battle was just lost due to his overconfidence for he is the one that may be able to deal with the catastrophic future I have been seeing," Sabrina finally made her first facial expression which was a deep frown that was further expressed in her depressing tone. Hypno simply nodded in agreement and went back into his Pokeball.
