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Chapter 20: mind games
Waking up, I once again found Leaf and Red gone, so I decided to have breakfast. About half way through, the two stumbled in, looking exhausted.
"What the heck have you two been up to?" I asked.
"We challenged the Gym…it didn't go well" Leaf said, leaning on Red for support.
"What do you mean it didn't go well?" Aqua asked "did you guys lose?"
"Well…yes and no" Red said "I challenged her first, and I won pretty easily, but Sabrina…she's not very fond of losing"
"Well, I doubt anyone is" Zain said
"Yea…" Leaf said "only problem is, she decided to get revenge through a game…it didn't end well for us"
"I didn't have to challenge her again, but Leaf ended up too exhausted to command her Pokémon, and Sabrina barely had to work at all"
Me and Aqua looked at each other "and this is why I don't challenge Gyms" Zain said.
"Come on, you can go first so that you're more likely to win" I said to Aqua "see you guys later!"
We went to the Gym, and saw tele-pads everywhere. The guide wasn't there, so we explored on our own, and got to Sabrina pretty quickly. She seemed upset, and didn't really notice us "uh, hi" I said, getting her attention.
She snapped her head towards me angrily, then her expression softened "sorry, lost in thought" she said "I am Sabrina, leader of the Physic gym"
"I'm Alex, and this is Aqua" I said
"Ok" she said, then turned to me "ready to battle?"
"Actually, Aqua will battle you first" I said
"Ah, a gentleman, are we?" she said teasingly. If I didn't know any better, id say she was a teenager from her attitude. She faced Aqua and threw a poke ball "go Kadabra!"
"Kadabra!"
"Go Haunter!" Aqua called, throwing a poke ball of her own
"Haunter"
"Kadabra, use confusion!" Sabrina called.
"Haunter, hypnosis!" Aqua said. The Kadabra was asleep before it could attack "now use dream eater!" the Kadabra was out cold.
"Go Mr. Mime!" Sabrina called, anger showing through
"Mr. Mime!"
"Shadow ball!" Aqua called. The Mr. Mime didn't stand a chance.
Sabrina took a deep breath, then smiled "congratulations Aqua, you beat me" she said.
Aqua blinked in confusion "don't you have other Pokémon?" she asked
Sabrina shook her head "they wouldn't stand a chance against you" she said, smiling
Aqua was still confused "thanks, I guess" she said, returning her Haunter
Sabrina returned her Pokémon "here, the Marsh badge" Sabrina said, giving Aqua the badge "now, I have something I want to show you" she pulled Aqua to the back room.
I waited outside for a bit, and Sabrina came back with Aqua…who looked ready to pass out. I caught her in my arms "she'll be fine…if you can beat me" Sabrina said, shimmering eyes. "If you can't, it'll be a long day ahead of you both" she threw a poke ball "go Kadabra!"
"Kadabra!"
Man, Red and Leaf weren't kidding when they said she doesn't like losing "go Gengar!" I called, throwing a poke ball
"Gengar!"
"Gengar, shadow ball!" I called. The Kadabra was knocked out immediately
"Go Venomoth!" she called, throwing another poke ball
"Venomoth!"
"Shadow ball again!" I called, once again the Venomoth didn't stand a chance.
"Go Mr. Mime!" Sabrina said, throwing another poke ball.
"Mr. Mime!"
"Use shadow ball again!" I called. If it works, why not?
"Mimic!" Sabrina called. The two attacks collided.
"Sneak attack!" I called. The Mr. Mime was out
"That's it" I barely heard Sabrina mutter "go Alakazam!"
"Alakazam!"
"Use confuse ray on him!" Sabrina called. My first thought was how Sabrina knew Wartortle was a boy, my second thought was the fact that she didn't.
"Use shadow ball!" I quickly called out, but just as Gengar attacked, I felt my mind go fuzzy. Suddenly I couldn't recognize anything, and my thoughts wouldn't straighten
"How does it feel Alex?" someone said
"How does what feel?" I asked, as confused as ever.
"Just as I thought" the same voice said "use hypnosis!"
I had no idea what was going on, but I knew she wasn't supposed to be doing this. I was suddenly knocked back by something, which cleared my mind "Gengar, mimic!" I called. Luckily, Gengar knew exactly what I was talking about. Sabrina stumbled backwards, feeling the same confusion I had moments before.
"Finish with Shadow ball!" I called. The Alakazam flew into Sabrina, and she blinked in surprise.
"You just used a move on me!" she accused
"Yea, so did you" I shot back equally "and you may be the gym leader, but if you decide I broke the rules and you didn't, I can get you removed"
I was as angry as she was, and I WOULD find a way to do what I said "ugh! Fine, here!" she said, throwing the badge at me. She also tossed me a disk "nothing unusual happened, ok?"
I nodded, knowing no one would believe me anyways, and dragged the half asleep Aqua out of the gym. Aqua recovered as soon as we got to the Pokémon center "ugh…what happened?" she asked
"Don't worry about it" I said "you're safe now"
"Last thing I remember is a purple light…" Aqua said, still sleepy
"You won the battle and one of Sabrina's Pokémon attacked you on accident" I said, which I don't think was entirely untrue.
"And you saved me?" she asked
"I sure did" I said, again, not entirely untrue.
She hugged me "thank you Alex!"
I smiled, and carried her to her room so she could rest. I saw Zain sitting nearby, and he told me Red and Leaf had gone off somewhere, so I decided to get an early nights rest. I kept thinking about what lay ahead, and my mind wondered to the legendary bird Pokémon. Articuno was soon, and Zapdos wouldn't be far from it…oh well. My thoughts soon faded as I drifted to sleep…
Yay! Another chapter done! This one was supposed to be a bit different from other gym battles, so I had a whole different attitude. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!