OOC: Oh, is it my turn?
Hmm. I wonder what a Diglett looks like out of the ground...
IC: Duc and his Pikachu cheered everybody on as they battled Lt. Surge. He was a massive guy, probably one of the biggest he's ever seen. According to all of the previous battles he's seen with him, Surge apparently recently taught his Raichu some speed attacks. During all the battles, he noticed that the windows rattled. The tape was apparently there to keep the glass from shattering.
After the last battle between Skye and the gym leader, Brock showed up. For some unknown reason, Duc walked up to him and grabbed him by the ear and dragged him to sit him down on the benches.
He switched mindsets as he prepared to battle the gym leader as he was the only one left. Not taking any consideration that none of his Pok?mon have any resistance to Electric attacks, he took his place. Duc was so caught up in his training that he forgot to get a Diglett. "Humph! I'm not going to lose to another kid today!" said Lt. Surge as Duc took his place.
"The rules are simple," started the judge watching the upcoming battle. "Lt. Surge will only use one Pok?mon, that'd be Raichu. The challenger may use as many pok?mon he or she wants to. All the other rules follow the official Pok?mon League."
Oddly enough, Duc didn't have his usual headache. Ignoring this fact, Duc sent out his Pikachu. "A Pikachu, eh? This should be no problem for you, Raichu!" yelled out the gym leader as he threw his Pok?ball. When it came out, it was towering over Pikachu. Pikachu was quite intimidated, but it still prepared to fight.
"Pikachu, use your Thundershock!" Duc yelled. The Pok?mon let out an electric bolt.
"Do you really think you could defeat me using such a wak attack? Raichu, use your Thunderbolt!" Raichu let out a mightier bolt that easliy overpowered Pikachu's attack. The Thunderbolt struck home. Pikachu landed on its back as the attack blew it out of place.
"Pikachu, try a Quick Attack!" Duc yelled. Pikachu tried to move, but couldn't. The attack had Paralyzed it.
"Mega Punch!" surge yelled. The attack knocked Pikachu sky high. It landed, unconcious.
"Pikachu is unable to battle. Lt. Surge wins!" called the judge.
Duc ran up to his Pok?mon. "That was a good battle, Pikachu. you deserve a good rest." he said comfortingly.
After setting Pikachu on the bench where everybody was, Duc took his position. Man, I've got no other Pok?mon that's resistant to Surge's Raichu. Duc finally realized. Before choosing a Pok?mon, one of them popped out by itself. It was one of his Staryu. It pointed one of it's arms at Duc's vest. "Huh?" Duc said as he opened his vest to reveal the blue stone that Misty had given him. The Pok?mon snatched it. Suddenly, Staryu started to glow.
"Wh-What's happening?!" Duc said as the Staryu changed form. It grew what appears to be another set of arms on it's back. The glowing had stopped. Staryu had evolved into Starmie. Duc realized that the stone was a Water Stone. "Whoa, that's so cool!" he yelled. Thinking of his previous battle, Duc got a great idea.
"Huh, you're gonna use a Water Pok?mon against me?" said Surge in a deep voice. "Thank's for making my victory that much easier!" Raichu laxed off. It was overconfident that it would win this without breaking a sweat like its previous battle.
"Starmie, use your Water Gun!" Starmie stood there, doing nothing except look back at its trainer. It had forgotten how to use the move. "Oh great, what moves do you know?" he asked the Pok?mon. Duc got no response. Before saying anything else, Raichu had released a mighty Thunderbolt. "Quickly, dodge, Starmie!" The Starmie gracefully dodged the attack.
Irritated already, Surge ordered his Raichu to do a Swift attack. Stars flew from one Pok?mon to the other. Starmie's spun rapidly, thus flying in the air, and the attack was repeled. Raichu took some of the stars.
"Uh... Hydro Pump?" Duc yelled out to Starmie. It still did nothing. It's strong, but not that strong. Duc kept yelling out different Water type moves. Starmie landed trying to interpret its trainer. While listening, Raichu let out another Thunderbolt. This time, the attack came much faster than before, not letting anytime to dodge. "Starmie, you know what to do!" Starmie's back star spun rapidly. When the attack came close, the bolt was deflected. Duc learned that from Misty herself.
Giving up on the Water attacks, Duc ordered Starmie to Tackle the Raichu. It did so with breakneck speed, before Raichu could react. The Raichu slammed against the wall of the gym. Weakly, Raichu pulled itself out of the wall.
Finally, Duc came up with a Water attack that Starmie probably knew. "Use Bubblebeam!" Starmie gladly complied as a massive stream of bubble slammed into the still dazed Raichu. The attack knocked it out.
"Raichu's unable to battle. Starmie is the winner!" the judge yelled. "Duc from Saffron City is the victor!"
Lt. Surge walked up to Duc. "Nice battle there, kid! I like your style. You're the first trainer to beat me with a Water Pok?mon. Because of that, you deserve this!" He pulled out the Thunderbadge. "Thank you, sir!" Duc said as he saluted the gym leader and accepted the badge. "Hey, you don't have to do that, ya know. I used to be in the military."