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CHAD THE CHOSEN’S Victory in Aquamarine Town Gym (by Michael Keens/ Exodus)  

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“There it is...  Aquamarine Town, and our second Gym.” stated Bert at the 
front of the ship.  
“Oh yeah! Another Gym Badge will be mine, CHAD THE CHOSEN!”  
“Yeah whatever.  You’re gonna have a much tougher time, you didn’t read up on 
type differences and this Gym Leader won’t be using Normal-type Pokémon.”  
“At least I’ve got three Pokémon, you’ve only got two.”  
“But at least I know their strengths and weaknesses, rather than making them 
fight and hoping for the best.”  
“Shut up Bert, Smith said I knew how to fight in the field, that’s gotta help 
me.”  
“He also told you to revise the type differences.”  
“And the skills of each move, at least I read those, so I know how to get 
around more attacks.”  
“But if you choose the wrong Pokémon, then it doesn’t matter if you know what 
attacks will look like, your Pokémon might go down in one hit!”  

We argued until we reached the town and I went straight for the Gym.  
It was basically a broken down lighthouse, the machines were hollowed out to 
build the arena.  

“Hey Gym Leader, CHAD THE CHOSEN is here to challenge you!”  
“Send him in then.” said a young female voice.  
“Um, I AM Chad the Chosen.” I corrected.  
“You?...  I thought Chad the Chosen would be someone cool.”  
“Oh Shut up, I’m here to challenge you!”  
“Whatever, I just returned from a long trip so I might not be at my best.”  
“Can we battle and not chat.”  
“Sure, but my Water Pokémon are hard work to beat.”  
The lights came on, the Gym Leader was a young lady with long white tights, 
black shoes and a pink dress, her hair was blue and sprung out to the sides in 
a strange fashion.  
“I’m Marina, the Aquamarine Gym Leader.”  
“Hey! This Gym Leader’s supposed to be a guy!”  
“My brother is away on holiday and I’m new to being a Gym Leader.”  
“This should be easy then.”  
“Don’t doubt me, my Water Pokémon shall wash the floor with you.  Two-on-two 
battle since I’m a little rusty, ‘kay?”  

We threw our Pokéballs.  
“Tentacruel!”  
“Gela!”  
My trusty Tangela that sis gave me.  
“A Grass Pokémon, don’t you know Tentacruels are part Poison?”  
“Who cares, my Pokémon always win.”  
“You Should care, Tentacruel, Poison Sting!”  
“ENTWINE! VINE WHIP!”  
The two attacks spiralled around each other and hit their targets.  
“Tenta!”  
“Geee-Laaa!”  
“Entwine!”  
With his vines so close, he had the possible advantage.  
“PULL YOURSELF TOWARDS IT AND USE VINE WHIP AGAIN!”  
He did so and tangled up the Tentacruel to provide support before pulling 
himself over.  
“Poison Sting!”  
“Tenta!”  
“Gela!” he squealed swaying from side to side, totally avoiding the onslaught 
of needles.  
“Yeah!” I cheered, “NOW TRY YOUR SLAM ATTACK!”  
“Geeee... La!”  
Entwine bounced off the now dazed Tentacruel.  
“Its not over yet,” said Marina, “We’re on even odds here, Grass beats Water 
but Poison beats Grass!”  
“What are you talking about?”  
“Type differences you dummy! Or don’t you know about them?”  
“Huh?”  
She signed, “Tentacruel-”  
“ENTWINE, ABSORB ITS STRENGTH!” I interupted.  
He restored some health, more than he usually did, he must have been doing 
extra hard today or something.  
“Good, but not good enough, Constrict!”  
Tentacles wrapped around Entwine and rose him into the air, then threw him down 
to the ground.  
“ENTWINE! FIGHT BACK! ABSORB AGAIN!”  
“Gela... Gel-  Tan!!!”  
Something shot threw Entwine...  Poison.  
The Tentacruel threw him down again.  
“Sorry Mr Chad, but I’m winning this one.  I’m not a simple Water Trainer.  All 
my Pokémon have other types of attacks.”  
“Your Pokémon have the what-now?” I asked.  
“All Pokémon are classified as a type, your Tangela is a Grass-type Pokémon 
with strengths and weaknesses, you shouldn’t send a Pokémon out with a type 
disadvantage, it’ll make the battle harder.”  
“Entwine...” I muttered, worried.  
“I suggest you catch up on your studying, Mr Chad.  Tentacruel, finish it.”  
“Tenta...”  
“ENTWINE, HYPER BEAM!!!”  
“What?!”  
“GE-LA!!!”  
She was very surprised by Entwine’s hidden power, as well as the Tentacruel 
that was blasted at point blank range.  
It slammed into the wall and collapsed.  
“Gela! Gela! Ge-  La...” squealed Entwine before he got sick from the poison.  
“Return, Entwine.”  
“I didn’t think he had it in him.  Tentacruel, Return.  Go Psyduck!”  
“Psyduck!”  
It had wide open eyes and was clutching its head.  
“Hah! That doesn’t look too tough.  Ragecage’ll do the job quickly.”  
“Mankey!”  
“Bad move, Mr Chad, Psyduck’s Psychic attacks shall make short work of it.”  
“Huh?”  
“Type difference you dummy, the type difference! Psyduck, Confusion!”  
“Psyduck!”  
“Mankey!” shouted Ragecage diving to the side.  
“Even your Pokémon knows when its beat!”  
“RAGECAGE! SCRATCH ATTACK!”  
“MAN-KEY!” he screamed charging forward and giving it a good hit.  
“KARATE CHOP!”  
“Disable!”  
Ragecage’s fist was frozen above the Psyduck.  
“Confusion!”  
“Key!”  
Ragecage was knocked back.  
“Psyduck, another Disable!”  
“LEER!”  
“Psy-”  
He was quivering from Ragecage’s scary face.  
“FOCUS ENERGY...”  
He glowed with power while the Psyduck recovered its sense.  
“... NOW FURY ATTACK!”  
“Scratch it!”  
He dealt the hit then the Psyduck followed up.  
“Now, use Confusion!”  
“THRASH ATTACK!”  
“Key?”  
“Oh, Dodge it!”  
It leaped out of harms way.  
“You can’t expect a Mankey of that level to learn its most powerful attack.” 
patronised Marina.  
“And if I don’t try and make him, he never will.” I retored.  
“Finish it off, Psyduck, Confusion!”  
“RAGECAGE! FURY SWIPES!”  
He flew forward and dealt the hit before the Psyduck could.  
But it was quickly getting up.  
“NOW TRY YOUR SCREECH ATTACK!”  
He screamed out and wailed a deafening cry.  
“Psyaiyai!”  
“OKAY, RAGECAGE, FINISH IT OFF WITH YOUR SEISMIC TOSS!!!”  
“Man-Key!”  
“Psy!”  
Lifting up the Psyduck, he leaped into the air, then spun down.  
The Psyduck glared at Ragecage and extended a hand.  
“Psyduck! Quickly, try your Fury Swipes!”  
They both crashed into the waters of the central pool and we both waited in 
anticipation.  
The Psyduck rose from the water staring forward, I shivered for a moment.  
But underneath him was Ragecage, lifting up his defeated body.  
He threw it to the floor and there it lay, eyes still open wide, but otherwise 
defeated.  

“Man, I really am getting rusty to get beaten by you!”  
“Hey!”  
“Well, there’s nothing else to do but give you your badge.”  
It was shaped and coloured like an explosion lifting waves and shooting them 
at many angles.  
“Its the Wave Badge.  Your Pokémon were quite stunning out there, but can I 
suggest you read up on type differences?”  
“Hey, Smith said that too.”  
“Maybe you should listen to him, we have a library you know.”  
“Okay, I’ll try and pass by.”  

I left the Gym and held out my badge, Bert was angry.  
“How?! How do you keep doing that?!”  
“Skill.”  
“More like luck.  I’m going in, where will I find you?”  
“The library I guess.”  
“Okay then.” said Bert stepping in.  

I was about to go to the library, really I was, but I heard carnival 
attractions and I hadn’t played a video game in months, my Pokémon needed a 
good rest too.  

Bert was angry having waited at the library for some time, he found me in the 
arcades later on,  but laid off me because at the time I was on the Pokémon 
simulations which made more sense to me in that it told me when something was 
super effective or not.  
Perhaps this type difference thing could work for me.  

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