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Chapter 8 – Gym battle in Saffron City After he had left Vermillion City, Andy just followed the road ahead, sometimes walked through a forest, sometimes walking on the road. Sometimes he took his Butterfree out, sometimes he walked alone. He did as he pleased and was happy that way. In the forest he took time to observe the world of the Pokémon, on the road he accepted a challenge if it was given to him. The first city his travels got him to was Saffron City, where he walked around in the city, eating a hotdog he had just purchased. He stopped before a tall building with glass doors. The gym of Saffron city. As he finished his hotdog, he examined the building, trying to decide if he would challenge the gym leader or not. “It should be interesting,” he said to himself and full of confidence entered the gym, where he looked around in the large empty hallway. He shrugged and walked on over the blue floor, viewing the brown wall and pillars with lights. He noticed some people, but when he asked about the gym leader, they just pointed what way he had to go. Finally he arrived at a double blue door, which revealed the battle area of the gym after he pushed them open. “Hello there! I want to challenge the gym leader of this place.” A woman with long greyish-blue hair stepped forward and examined him. “I am Sabrina, the gym leader of the Saffron City gym. You want to challenge me?” “That’s what I’m here for,” Andy replied, cheerful as ever, not in the least intimidated by her expressionless face. “I’ve had a vision of your arrival. You should know I have had psychic powers since I was a little child.” “Nice. Did you wait in anticipation for my awesome person to finally arrive here?” “Are you mocking my powers?” Andy laughed. “No, I wouldn’t dare. Your powers don’t scare me away, on the contrary, I wonder how this battle will go. I’ve never dealt with a psychic before.” “I dislike fighting, but if you wish, I will show you my powers,” Sabrina said to him and Andy grabbed his Pokéball.” “Show them to me. This battle is getting more and more interesting.” “Very well. We’ll each use…” “I’ve only got one Pokémon,” Andy interrupted her. “I can’t battle with more.” Sabrina nodded as she took her Pokéball. “Very well. Come to the field, Kadabra!” As Sabrina’s Kadabra materialized on the field, Andy called his Butterfree to the field. “We’re up against a gym leader here, Benny. Give it all you got!” The two Pokémon stared at each other, Kadabra holding his spoon and Benny hovering in the air, just beating enough with his wings to stay in place. “Alright Benny, use tackle!” As Benny flew towards Kadabra as fast as he could, the Kadabra suddenly disappeared and Benny had to move his wings fast to stop him from crashing in the ground.” “What the…” Andy looked at the Kadabra who had appeared on another side of the field and pointed to it. “Benny, try it again.” As Benny flew towards Kadabra again, he teleported away again. “Behind you, use gust!” Benny flapped his wings and produced a gust of wind, but Kadabra teleported out of the way again. “Why does he move without any orders?” Andy asked Sabrina. She looked at him with her expressionless face. “I have psychic powers, Kadabra and I are connected. He knows what I want him to do.” “I’m glad that is solved. Benny, use stun spore!” Benny flew higher and released the spore from his wings. The Kadabra watched it, his eyes flashing red and the spores around him were stopped, surrounded by alight blue light. “Confusion,” Andy sighed, recognizing the light from when Benny used that move. “Psybeam!” Sabrina suddenly said out loud and Kadabra’s eyes started to glow red, releasing multi-coloured circles, hitting the Butterfree in the chest. Flapping wildly with his wings, Benny managed to stay in the air, panting a bit. “Benny, are you alright?” Benny nodded. “Let’s try and fight fire with fire, I mean psychic with psychic. Use confusion!” Benny’s eyes started to glow light-blue and a similar colour surrounded Kadabra. With his confusion, Benny knocked Kadabra on the ground, but as Kadabra got back on his feet, it was Benny who got surrounded by the familiar blue light. “Fr-eee,” Benny said with some effort, trying to move. Then he got slammed in the ground, only to be lifted up and slammed in the ground again.” “It’s over,” Sabrina simply said. “It sure seems that way,” Andy sighed as he took his Pokéball, aimed it at the fainted Butterfree and called it back. “If you want, you can come back for a rematch.” Andy sent an amused look in Sabrina’s direction. “One defeat is enough, thanks for the offer though. To win from your Kadabra… it’ll take more then what Benny can offer. It was an interesting experience nonetheless.” “Don’t you want the Marsh badge?” Andy shrugged. “I wasn’t planning on joining the league. Maybe I’ll return one day to show you how awesome Benny can really be, but I don’t have my mind set on defeating you. I just want to have a good time really, I can’t have that if I dwell on defeat. But I’ll consult Benny when he feels better again and let him know about your offer.” Andy winked and an eyebrow of Sabrina rose in surprise. “I’m afraid you’ll have to miss me, dear Sabrina, but maybe I’ll pop up in one of your visions again.” A confident grin appeared. “It was an interesting battle, maybe we’ll come back sometime, but I can’t promise.” With that, Andy walked away, whistling a happy tune as if he didn’t just lose. “Oh, hey, before I forget.” Andy turned around. “If Henry from Rhando Island comes by, tell him I said hi, ok?” With a happy smile, Andy walked through the double door, through hallway and left the gym, leaving a surprised Sabrina and Kadabra behind. After Andy left his Butterfree in the caring hands of nurse Joy, he wandered around in the city, reading a travel guide for trainers. “Let’s see… Pewter City is out of the question, as is Cinnabar Island. Oh hey, Fuchsia City, Benny will be at a disadvantage there, but Henry will like it. Maybe Celadon, Benny should stand a chance in there, and it’s close by.” He flipped through the pages as he was walking, barely noticing the city he was in. “But Lavender Town has this haunted tower. That I’ve got to see!” When it was time to collect his Butterfree, Andy returned to the Pokémon Centre, where he collected his Pokéball, thanked nurse Joy for her care and he continued on his way.