Red had to rest, he and his Pokémon were exhausted… when he woke, he saw on TV that all of Kanto knew he had beaten Giovanni! Reporters interview Team Rocket's victims.
Red opens the door, getting pictures snapped of him wherever he goes, newspapers all over printing the same things, headlines like "Boss Rocket Unmasked" or "Rocket Blasted Off Again"
Red called friends from all over, Sammy talking about a super strong trainer who left Viridian as his Beedrill flew off, either he never came back or came back unrecognizable…
Blue already left Saffron, annoyed by the lack of recognition he got. Reporters follow Red to the Saffron Gym. Recording the battle for the world to see.
"I had a vision of your arrival! I have had psychic powers since I was a child. I first learned to bend spoons with my mind. Now I bend more than tools…" Sabrina's psychic power let her block stimuli, bending Red's mind until he could only see her and her Pokémon, only hear her and her Pokémon… a Kadabra sent first, Rick, being a ghost type was reached…
She sensed it… Trainer Red is about to use Gastly… just before Night Shade is fired she switches to Venomoth… Venomoth strikes with Psybeam, defeating Rick
Jas was up, Venomoth created doubles, hoping to evade, and fire Psybeams, a Wing Attack clearing the duplicates… Sabrina was about to switch to Mr. Mime… Red sensed it… he let it happen, but knowing they often know Thunderbolt, he switched to Rhyhorn.
Barrier protected physically but Surf was not physical, it looked like she switched back to Venomoth but Red would know if it was real, one more Surf… the illusion was broken and Mr. Mime was down…
No more toying with her foe… "If you wish to keep fighting, I will show you my true power!" Sabrina turned off his senses… he could sense the incoming Venomoth, switching to Jas, he felt the bird become poisoned but won with a final Wing Attack!
She blocked out his ability to predict her switch, but he got off an attack anyway, Recover let her Kadabra stall until poison caused Jas to fall…
Horn Drill into her Kababra… it was down… senses restored, "Kadabra is unable to battle! The winner is Red from Pallet Town!" Announced the ref!
The crowd cheers! Sabrina walked forward, holding her badge "I'm shocked! But, a loss is a loss. I admit I didn't work hard enough to win! You earned the Marsh Badge!"
Red silently commanded a Horn Drill, targeting the ref, revealing it to be an Alakazam! The real ref materializes as the illusion is broken! "Alakazam is unable to battle! The winner is Red from Pallet Town!"
The crowd cheers for real! Sabrina wordlessly gives her badge…
Red notices an unlabeled TM in his bag, when he goes to rest at a Pokémon Center, he notices in his reflection, words written on his forehead "Psywave is a gamble, it can hurt like a Combee sting or a Hyper Beam" as soon as he read it, the words vanished.