Saffron Gym Challenge (Part 4)

Alex's eyes were locked onto the television, his gaze didn't waver.

'Is this how battles are?' Alex thought.

They were very different from the battles he was used to watching, this was a heated match in which no one wanted to lose- After all, the fate of Saffron city gym hung in the balance and that was enough motivation for him to keep going. Suddenly the doorbell rang, Alex wasn't going to let his eyes off the TV, no missing even a single second of this was suicidal in the highest.

"It's me, Sam!" Sam shouted out.

"Open it and come in, I ain't gonna miss this match!" Alex shouted too.

[Saffron City]

Machoke's right hand was deeply engraved into the ground and even Sabrina's eyes widened in surprise as Gardevoir was barely able to dodge the attack in time. Her eyes fluttered to Chuck but he was giving a wide smile, a smile of mockery which made Sabrina's eyes glow.

'Alright, Use Future Sight!'

Gardevoir raised her hands into the air and a bright burst of Psionic energy appeared in the air, Chuck noticed that the aura the attack gave off wasn't going to spike any time from now.

'Future Sight is a pain in the ass,' Chuck thought, even if Machoke beat up Gardevoir and they switched her out- Future Sight would still strike.

"Machoke, Bullet Punch!" Chuck exclaimed while pointing toward Gardevoir. To the surprise of everyone in the audience and the people watching this from the comfort of their own homes… Machoke took out it's right hand from the ground and moved toward Gardevoir once again.

Sabrina bit her lips, Gardevoir could only use teleport three times in a battle… Wasting all their teleports at this point in time would not help her win this battle. Her eyes glowed as she communicated two words to Gardevoir.

'Psionic Chains,'

Gardevoir gave a small nod as a bright vibrant aura covered her entire body and chains made out of Psionic energy protruded from the ground and held Machoke tightly within their bulky frames.

Gardevoir exhaled, not only did this technique utilize her Energy reserves but her stamina was being drained as well.

'Now give Machoke a blast of Psionic energy!'

Psionic energy gathered behind Gardevoir as the chains tightened around Machoke, yet the fighting Pokemon's gaze didn't waver.

"Revenge!"

Machoke's murderous intent leaked into the chains that bound it and slowly they creaked, Gardevoir fortified her mental reserves but it did little to help against the pressure of Machoke's aura.

'What kind of aura is this?' Sabrina thought.

It had been honed for years and even the energy of a Psionic Pokemon couldn't hold it down much to Sabrina's discomfort.

Gardevoir was barely able to gather any more Psychic energy as cracks started appearing on the chains that bounded Machoke, Machoke only exerted a little more power and the chains shattered like glass, their pieces falling upon the ground.

Machoke landed on the ground and Chuck gave a small smile.

"It's over," Chuck said and Machoke pushed forward.

The ideal movement for closing the distance between itself and other Pokemon was the speed of Bullet Punch- despite being a Steel type move, it was faster than most attacks and ideal for closing in the distance between Machoke and it's opponents.

Sabrina clenched her fist but a sudden spike of energy occurred mid-air causing a grin to appear on her face, Machoke who was near to Gardevoir was struck by a multitude of Psionic attacks which cracked the ground beneath it.

"Future Sight," Chuck groaned out in annoyance.

'Unleash it!' Sabrina yelled through the telepathic link that existed between her and Gardevoir.

The psionic energy that Gardevoir was gathering grew more focused as they all gathered into a single orb behind Gardevoir yet the Pokemon was attempting to add more power to the attack…

Machoke pulled itself off the ground and onto it's knees, it had already expended a great deal of power into releasing constant Murderous Intent and barely had any more energy to get up. Gardevoir relaxed a bit, the murderous intent that had initially surrounded the battlefield was rapidly diminishing and her confidence was slowly returning. Power seeped into every vein in her body as she released a burst of psionic energy toward Machoke.

"Redirection!" Chuck called out.

Machoke closed its eyes and focused the tremendous power of its aura and murderous intent into its right hand. The energy flowed into Machoke's right palm and to the astounded audience, Machoke quickly slapped away Gardevoir's attack, smashing it against the ground and kicking up a great deal of dust which threatened to swallow up the entire battlefield.

Sabrina was completely taken by surprise but Chuck let the wind blow against his face.

"End this with Close Combat!" Chuck cried out and punched the air.

Machoke dashed through the dust and it was then that Sabrina quickly realized that Gardevoir had been swallowed up by the dust too.

'Prot-'

There was a crunching sound as Machoke's blows crashed against Gardevoir, despite Psychic Pokemon being strong SP Attackers, when they were forced into a Close-combat fight- They were relatively useless.

Machoke didn't give Gardevoir any time to rest, each punch sending a resounding crunch through the battlefield until the distant slumping of Gardevoir's body was heard. Sabrina quickly raised her Pokeball and withdrew the fainted Pokemon to it's Pokeball.

Sabrina clutched the Pokeball tightly, Chuck was surely a formidable opponent with his fighting types and Sabrina could admit it but the fact that she hadn't brought out her strongest yet was going to turn the tides of the battle- She was sure about that.

'Thank you for being a great partner,' Sabrina thought as she hooked Gardevoir's Pokeball back to her waistband and took an Ultra ball.

'It's time to show them our true power, a power enough to defeat even the Elite 4 Agatha!'

Chuck gave a little wince seeing Machoke's shape, it had been struck by not only a powerful point-blank Psybeam, it was also hit by a future sight attack too but Machoke did it's best to do some stretches to alleviate it's pain and stress. Chuck could only hope that Machoke was able to defeat the Pokemon that lay within the Ultra Ball.

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Author's Note:

I think the battle will end finally by the next chapter, and then we can head back to Alex~

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