Watching as Seth released Frillish, Rebecca instantly turned her attention away from the ghost jellyfish Pokemon and suppressed a shudder that threatened to run down her spine - even now in the heat of battle she was freaked out by that thing...she just knew that now something horrendously bad would happen to her, such as being hit in the face by a rogue Ember from the opposing Charmander and being set on fire or something...but no. Positive thinking in battles...positive thinking.
"No, Frillish won't be carrying anybody in this battle," said Rebecca with a slight frown, wondering if Seth thought that she couldn't hold her own because of her earlier freakouts over facing Brock. Yes she was worried about facing Brock...with good reason...but these so-called trainers weren't even worth breaking a sweat, or so Rebecca thought. "They're pathetic," she practically laughed to their faces, finishing her thoughts out loud, "I won't have any trouble beating them. I think," she said with a smirk, pulling a Pokeball from her belt after returning Hoppip with a red flash, "it's time to give my Magikarp a run."
Releasing the fish Pokemon, she watched as he levitated slightly above the ground as Water Pokemon being used out of water in battle situations do ((OOC:...I know. I cringed big style writing this, but it seems ridiculous to only be able to use certain water pokemon in water when there is no water around...so artistic license must be invoked =D) and watched the two opposing Pokemon. Suddenly, without being instructed to, he flew at the Abra in a wild Tackle, crashing into the ground by the other Trainers as the Abra Teleported instantly. Rebecca winced...great...maybe this wasn't such a smart idea...
"Magikarp! No, don't! You must only attack when I instruct you during a battle, okay?" she argued, knowing full well that as Magikarp looked round at her insolently he was about to disobey every syllable he spoke. However, having given up Abra as a bad job, Magikarp seems thankfully to have turned his attentions to the slower, type-disadvantaged Charmander, who seemed to have picked up on Magikarp's less-than-nice attitude and had paled somewhat. Maybe this aggression and disobedience, although too often directed at Rebecca herself, could be harnessed as a beneficial force...
"Right Magik- okay, Tackle if you want to, but you need to use your Water attacks! I won't tell you what to do, but Water attacks will be most effective!" she warned before realising, as the Magikarp was scratched not-so-effectively on his hard scales by the Charmander he had just barreled into, that he may not actually know how to summon Water attacks without having the water physically around him. Startled, she reached into her bag and pulled out a bottle of water, staring at it for a moment before looking up at Magikarp, who had again smashed into Charmander with his Tackle only to be hit with Ember for his troubles and had a brainwave.
Running forwards, she dodged a rogue Ember just as she had predicted and unscrewed the lid of the water bottle, ignoring the shouts from the opposing Trainers. "MAGIKARP!" she shouted, and as the fish glared round at her, she drenched him in water and kept some in the bottle for later. Feeling the water droplets, Magikarp almost drew them through his body, sucking them into his mouth before firing a jet of water point-blank at the Charmander, who was stuck against a rock nearby and pummeled with water until the jet ceased. The flame on his tail flickered feebly as Charmander attempted to stay awake, but Magikarp had sensed his advantage and looked round to Rebecca expectantly.
Throwing the water over him again, Rebecca watched as this time Magikarp kept the moisture on his surface and slammed into Charmander in another Tackle, the fire lizard slumping to the floor before Magikarp hit him again with a spurt of water from his mouth. Fire lamely flickering, Charmander finally succumbed and fainted, leaving Magikarp the winner. With a start, Rebecca watched, not quite sure if she trusted what she was seeing...had she...worked with Magikarp...successfully??