Eevy was having nightmares all night long; most of which woke Medira. She looked like she was going to burn up, and Medira was getting worried. When Eevy started murmuring, Medira burst out the door and slammed on Morty’s.

"Wake up, you lazy oaf!" she snorted, "Wake up, Morty! Come on!"

"What?" Morty cracked the door and moaned with a yawn, "What, Medira?"

"Something’s up with Eevy!"

"What?!" he bugged, being totally awakened, "What’s wrong?"

"What’s up?" Lisle pushed up behind Morty.

"Something’s wrong with Eevy. She’s mumbling in her sleep and she looks like she’s burning up," Medira gnawed on her thumbnail, "What do I do?"

Morty jumped out the door and into Eevy’s room, "Oh," he shrugged, "She’s fine."

"Fine?!" Lisle burst, "What do you mean fine?! She looks like she’s losing it!"

"No," he waved both Lisle and Medira away, "She’s just nervous. She’ll be shooting up in about three seconds."

Sure enough, Eevy shot up, panting and gagging for air, "Oh man…Oh man," she murmured.

Medira jumped to the bed, "Hey. Are you OK?"

"I’m fine," she answered with a stone face and whimpering mouth, "Just worked up."

"Seems she gets restless under pressure," Peter mused, "Poor baby. Just makes my job easier. But there’s still that little problem that she doesn’t drink."

"You gonna be all right?" Lisle asked worriedly, "You looked pretty upset."

"Yeah. I’ll be fine. Just not used to all this pressure is all. I’ll be perfectly fine after I beat the Elite 4 tomorrow and I don’t have this much on my mind."

"That’s what you think," Peter chuckled, "You’ll have more on your mind after beating the Elite then you ever could have imagined before."

*^~^**^~^*

The loudspeaker was going wild today, "Hello, Rainbow League fans and participants! Today is the day we send the Finalist Evangelina Hikoboshi of the Town of Rose in to face the Elite 4! She’s now making her way to Prisma Hall as we speak! She’ll begin with the Major Master of Alternate Colors; Jason Peruwa!"

"I don’t think I’m gonna make it!" Eevy wailed, "I might drop dead before I even get there!"

"You’re not going to drop dead," Morty pushed her forward, "You’re going to get there and battle like the champ you are!"

"Please don’t say champ."

"Sorry."

"There it is. Prisma Hall," Eusine said as the group stopped, "The last test for all trainers."

"It looks like a fort," Beth swallowed and whimpered up behind him, "I don’t want to go in," she whined as Eusine shoved her away and pulled Mizu between them.

"Don’t worry about a thing!" Skiff burst, "Eevy’s going to be there to fight!"

Eevy could have sworn she blacked out for a moment, "Hey. If somebody comes after you, fight your own way out."

"Thanks a lot!" Sooney drooped.

"You’ll survive," Tracey commented, getting a scowl from the group.

"Look!" Misty bugged and jumped behind Ash, "The doors are opening!"

The entire group whimpered back as the steel doors of Prisma Hall screeched open. The lights of the arena inside flooded the area in front of the door. The huge clock on one of the Hall’s many towers chimed 6:30, sending a chill worse than that from the morning air down everyone’s spines. Jason leaned up against the doorframe, waiting patiently for the automatic door to do its job. Even he was cold in his heavy white sweater, green pants and brown boots. The forest green hooded cape should have been helping, but it wasn’t. He envied Luri, Will and Lance as they sat up in the viewing box with the heater running. It took the doors a while to reach their final placements and he stood up, freezing cold.

"Come in," he boasted, "The arena’s all set up, but I will ask your audience not to step any farther than three feet from the wall."

"Why not?" Eevy scowled.

"You’ll see," he simply turned and walked away, staying silent to all but himself, "I can battle her. She’s not that tough. I just have to keep in mind what Peter could do to her if she wins," he took a moment to shutter before reaching his end and turning around to say, "This is my own personally designed field. I hope you can adjust to it."

"I’ve had to adjust to worse," Eevy snorted as she stopped on her platform, "I’ll be believing this is a six on six, take them all down match."

"Yes, it is," he snickered, "Think you can honestly defeat a Major Master?"

"I beat Lance once, I can definitely beat his tiny underling a few times."

Jason heard laughs coming from the viewing box and turned around, "Shut up!" he shouted up to them, "You can pester me later! Quit laughing at me!"

Will made a face at him, "Munchkin!" he shouted, laughing wildly.

"Ooh," Jason growled, "I’ll show them! Call your first Pokemon before I get laughed off the planet!"

"All right! I choose you! Sovo!" Eevy shouted, letting her Sun Ball fly onto the half sand/half dirt field, "Let’s go, Sovo! We can do it!"

"I choose you!" Jason called, letting out an unusually colored Seadra, "They don’t call me a Master of Alternate Colors for nothing! See if you can defeat my yellow Seadra!"

"Sure we can! Get in there, Sovo! Show it a Quick Attack, now!" Eevy burst.

"Seadra! Use your Agility, now!" Jason snapped.

Jason’s Seadra had a top quality Agility, being trained as long as he had been. He was pretty fast, even without using it, but it was still a good idea, considering how fast all of Eevy’s Pokemon were. Seadra dodged to the side, letting Sovo bolt past. Sovo skidded to a stop, turning around and launching a Skull Bash into Seadra’s side. Seadra flopped away, but seemed unharmed.

"Get in there and show them your Bubble!"

"Show them your own Agility!"

Now Sovo was moving at twice the speed of Seadra, making it nearly impossible to hit. Seadra’s Bubbles washed past Sovo time and again, with the Espeon jumping from side to side and avoiding each hit. Jason was getting annoyed and Eevy was getting fired up with each hit that missed.

"Great job, Sovo! Now give them a Sand Attack!"

"Seadra! Attack with Leer!"

Sovo turned for a Sand Attack, but wasn’t paying enough attention. Seadra’s Leer connected first, halting the use of Sand Attack. Sovo tried desperately to shake himself straight, but wasn’t having too good of a time with it.

"Great, Seadra! Now try a Twister attack!"

"Sovo! Light Screen attack, now!"

The Twister ripped toward Sovo as a slick, purple-tinted barrier shot up in front of him. The Twister struck and tore away at the wall, but hardly got to phase the Pokemon behind it. The Twister cleared and Sovo stood up, growling like an annoyed cat.

"Damn!" Jason stomped, "That was cruel! All my Seadra’s attacks are Special Attacks!"

"I know that," Eevy laughed at his idiocy, "I studied the style of all four of you! Every attack this Seadra knows is a Special Type attack! You have no Physical!"

"Ahh!" Jason shrieked, "You little witch! No fair!"

"It most certainly is fair," Eevy snickered, "Now, go! Sovo! Take Down attack, now!"

"Seadra! Try to keep it away with Hydro Pump!"

"Rage Take Down attack!"

Sovo sped up even more, causing Jason to flip out. The Espeon he so admired for its color plowed right through one of his Seadra’s strongest attacks. Sovo rammed Seadra in the chest, sending him flying backwards. He hit and skidded away, leaving a ditch in the dirt where he slid.

"Ah! I don’t believe it! No!" Jason flailed, "This is insane!"

Eevy gave him a snickering thumb’s up and smile, "Too bad. Send out the next one, Mister Major Master."

"Ooh," he growled again, "I choose you!" his next Poke’Ball went out, "Try my green Forretress on for size."

"Will do! Go, Sovo! Psywave attack, now!"

"Forretress! Tackle attack, now!"

Forretress dodged the attack, somehow, and rolled in for a Tackle. Sovo jumped back to avoid and came down on top of the spinning Pinecone Pokemon. He flailed to stay up, but after so much of Forretress’s spinning, he couldn’t do it anymore and flew off.

"Great, Forretress! Now use Rock Smash!"

"Sovo, Psybeam!"

Sovo stood up and shook off, but not before Forretress rammed in with his attack. He bounced up and down on poor Sovo’s back as the Espeon desperately tried to get up. Eevy cringed more and more with each hit. Finally, Forretress jumped away, allowing Sovo to stand with his eyes glowing, but only for the second it took him to fall over again.

"You were great. Return, now! I choose you! Zovo!"

"Oh great," Jason drooped, "Quick, Forretress! Before it attacks! Give it a Toxic attack!"

"Zovo! Ember attack, now!"

Before Zovo could launch his Embers, Forretress shot a string of Toxic. It slammed down on top of the Flareon, slowly draining his Hit Points. He still shot his Ember, however, and lit the ground below Forretress on fire. The Pinecone flipped out; jumped side to side, front to back, and up and down. After a few moments, he toppled over backwards.

"No! Forretress!" Jason wailed, "I don’t believe this!" he snorted, "I’m losing! Get in there and fight! Now take my black Electrode on! He’s never been defeated!"

"We’ll just have to break that record, hmm? Try a Fire Spin, Zovo!"

"Finish that Flareon off with a Thunderbolt!"

Zovo was way too tired to stand up against the paralyzing pain of a Master’s Electrode’s Thunderbolt. He swayed side to side, front to back, and fell face first to the floor, moaning a bit.

"You can do it, Eevy!" Brock called, "Go win this!"

"Come on, Eevy!" Ash jumped up, "Beat him!"

"What’s he doing here?" Lance snorted, "He should be out of the City."

"Someone sounds jealous," Luri snickered, "Big boy Lance afraid little baby Ash is stealing his crush?"

"Shut up!" Lance snapped, shoving her away a bit, "That’s not funny!"

"Sure it is!" Will laughed at him, "That was really funny! Lance is jealous of Ash Ketchum! Let’s spread the word. Lance is jealous of Ash Ketchum!"

"Shut up, I said!" Lance slammed his hand over Will’s mouth, "Do you want them to here you? Keep it down!"

"What are they going on about up there?" Morty tilted his head.

"Nothing!" Jason answered quickly, "Come on! Send out your Pokemon!"

"I choose Yovo!" Eevy called, "Let’s battle! Go in with a Pursuit attack, now!"

"Electrode! Sonicboom attack!"

The Sonicboom caught Yovo head on, shoving him away. The Umbreon shook a bit and charged forward, slamming into Electrode and rolling him away. Yovo jumped back as Electrode rolled to a stop and straightened with a spin. He looked quite a bit angry now, and rolled in for a Roll-Out attack. Yovo jumped away, letting Electrode tumble past. Electrode arced and came back from behind with Yovo turning to attack. Yovo’s Faint Attack was put into play and he came flying down on top of the Electric- type. He caught the Pokemon just right that he ricocheted away, bouncing off the ring of the arena and back again. Yovo jumped away and Electrode hit the barrier between the halves of the arena, throwing him into the air. He came slamming back down into the sand with an angry grunt.

"Get job, Yovo! Really great!" Yuu-Yuu jumped, "Yahoo!"

Jason nearly toppled face first to the ground, "No way! There’s no way she just beat Electrode!"

"We’re all doomed," Will whimpered, "Doomed to sped eternity under the Champion from Rose Town. Cool!"

Luri rolled her eyes, "Falling for her now? Thanks a lot."

"Could you two please not start such things here?" Lance begged, "I’d rather not see where it leads."

"Yeah, whatever," Will snorted, "There he goes."

"Go! I choose you! This is my purple Scizor. He’ll be sure to cut you down to size!" Jason boasted.

"Whatever. Go, Yovo! Use Bite attack!"

"Hit it with a Metal Claw!"

Yovo started in for a Bite attack, but Scizor slapped him away with a heavy Metal Claw straight across the face. He slipped along the sand, crying nastily and hissing before standing up and growling.

"Try for a Tackle!"

"Show it your Slash!"

Yovo toppled backward with Scizor’s Slash attack crashing across his face. He rolled away and stood, just about ready to go for more, but tipped to his side and fell over with a grunt.

"Well done, Yovo. Now get in there, Novo!"

"Let’s keep this up, Scizor! Use your Cut attack!"

"Novo, use Water Gun!"

Novo fired his Water Gun with Scizor slicing through it time and again with his Cut attack. He broke the water into what could only be called slices and sent it ricocheting off his metallic claw and into the dirt behind him. Both Pokemon stopped attacking and stood poised.

"Now, Scizor! Use Pursuit!"

"Now it’s time for your Hydro Pump, Novo!"

Novo sent a roar of water towards the oncoming Scizor with all the power he could manage. Scizor went flipping back and down onto the ground. He landed with a hard thump in a puddle of mud from the preceding attacks. He struggled to stand up, but the heavy mud was too much for him.

"Great job, Novo! Now use Skull Bash!"

Novo charged forward, ramming into Scizor’s side and rolling him away. Scizor rolled through the mud, coating him in wet dirt. Jason screamed like a banshee at the sight of his beautiful purple Steel- type being covered in crud.

"No!" he wailed, "Stop that! Stop, stop, stop it!" he took out his Poke’Ball.

"Don’t like mud, huh?" Eevy teased, "Then why did you make an arena of half dirt?"

"Don’t pester me!" he spat, "I choose you! Rapidash!" he looked side to side and whispered, "Negative on the nicknames for a while, Sapphire."

The blue Rapidash looked across the arena, spotting Medira and desperately containing her bliss with a cry of somewhat annoyance. She drug her hoof, trying to look tough and angry, but Eevy, for some reason, felt like she knew this one personally.

Eevy shook herself straight, "Go, Novo! Use Agility!"

"Rapidash! Go! Use Fine Spin to stop him!"

The fire lashed out and wrapped around the arena. Even if Novo was a Water- type, he couldn’t run through it without slowing down at least a little bit. He slowed to a quick walk and tried to avoid the flames as much as he could.

"Good, Rapidash! Now that he’s slowed down, use Stomp!"

"Novo! Try a Bubble attack, now!"

The Bubble attack flew over the fire and towards Rapidash. Rapidash was charging when it hit and stopped short. She reared, coming down with a stomp on Novo’s tail. Novo went shooting into the air in pain. He flopped back down, eyes spiraling wildly.

"You tried. Return, Novo! Go, Lovo! Thunderwave attack now!"

"Rapidash! Agility, now!"

Rapidash jumped away to the side, sending the Thunderwave into the ground. She ran and sprang in for a Take Down. Lovo dodged to the right and lit into her with a Thunderbolt. She cried out nastily as the electricity roared through her. Jason nearly fell over and Medira had to look away. The light was almost blinding bright, but Eevy and Jason kept their eyes on the battle to ensure they didn’t miss anything. The electric current cleared and Lovo slammed to the ground with Rapidash slamming to her side in front of him.

"No!" Jason broke down, "My Rapidash!"

"Nobody’s ever beaten Sapphire before," Luri whimpered, "He’s only got one Pokemon left."

"Yeah, but he saved the best for last," Will nodded, "He’ll get her yet. She only has two left, and one’s half out already."

"I can’t decide who to cheer for," Lance twitched, "If she wins, maybe it could work out, but if she loses, she’d be a lot safer. I don’t know what to do any more!"

"How could you be so cruel to such a magnificent Pokemon?" Jason snorted, "Well? I asked you a question!"

"Yeah, I heard you!" Eevy snapped, "I’m here to win, not show sympathy!"

Jason growled and started turning red, "Go, Poke’Ball!" his League Icon broke from the Poke’Ball, "Go, get ‘em!"

"A white Gengar?" Eevy stepped back, "His mark on the Elite Icon. Great."

"Nifty…" Morty and Lisle swayed side to side as everyone else sweatdropped.

"Let’s go, Gengar. You’re my last Pokemon. Let’s do it! Lick!"

"Hurry, Lovo! Thunderwave now!"

Gengar dodged the Thunderwave as it roared past, letting it zip away. He then charged in for a Lick attack right upside Lovo’s head. The Jolteon’s skin started crawling and shakily stepped away, paralyzed from the Lick. He turned around and fell face first to the ground, shaking like a leaf.

"Good. This is very good," Eevy nodded, surprising everyone.

"What do you mean good?!" Morty bugged, "All you’ve got left is Vovo! Normal against Ghost is NOT good!"

Eevy turned slowly and blew a two-fingered kiss and wink to the unsuspecting boys behind her, "Shh," she motioned, "You’ll see."

Misty growled as Ash drooped with a huge smile, but knew Eevy was just playing games, "Go, Eevy!" she burst.

"Stop that," Lance snorted, though only Will and Luri could hear him, "Don’t do that!"

"Go! Star Ball! I choose you!" Eevy’s last Poke’Ball tore forward, "Let’s play!"

"Not the Eevee! Anything but the Eevee! I don’t care if I am at an advantage!" Jason flipped, "Oh, get out there, Gengar!"

"Let’s take this one, Vovo!"

"You’ll never defeat Gengar! Go, Gengar! Use Dynamic Punch!"

"We’ll just see! Go, Vovo! Use Agility!"

Gengar swung past Vovo and fell to the ground. Vovo continued his Agility with the stunned Gengar standing in the middle of the circle he was creating. He was looking dizzier and dizzier as the seconds passed.

"Gengar! Use Thunderbolt!"

"Keep that Agility up, Vovo!"

Gengar shot around the arena with lightning flying everywhere. Each time he launched, Vovo would simply run past. He came close a couple of times, but that only caused Vovo to run faster.

"Shit!" Jason stomped, forgetting there were younger kids in the Stadium, "I can’t hit it! It’s too damn fast!"

"Geez," Luri commented, "He must be really mad if he’s letting his words fly like that."

"Eh heh," Will nodded, "He sounds pretty annoyed. He usually watches his speech."

"Go get that thing!" Jason ordered, "Don’t let him run circles around you! Get in there!"

Eevy was laughing wildly, "You’re hilarious! Screaming like a baby because you can’t hit one little Eevee."

Jason started burning red, "Shut up!" he burst, "Stop laughing! It isn’t funny! Go, Gengar! Psychic! Lift it up and throw it!"

"Vovo! Iron Tail attack!"

Vovo slid to a stop behind Gengar, stooping low and jumping. He came across the back of Gengar’s head with an immense Iron Tail. Gengar stumbled forward and reached back to rub his head.

"You little rat!" Jason burst, "Gengar! Turn around and use Headbutt!"

"No chance! Vovo, Take Down attack!"

"Stupid!" Jason teased, spitting out his tongue, "Normal- type attacks don’t hit Ghost- type Pokemon!"

"Oh contraire," Eevy snickered, "After Foresight they can."

"Foresight?" he whimpered and leaned away with one narrowed eye, "When?"

"Just before Sovo fainted, did you see his eyes glow? You may not have heard me order any such attack, but he did. Bye, Gengar."

Gengar went flying, landing with a snort and standing up to shake off. Jason was bugging out now, not knowing his Gengar would actually be the one in the disadvantage.

He turned red hot and growled, "Get in there, Gengar! Show it your Thunder!"

"Don’t let him get you, Vovo!" Eevy jumped and shouted, "Show that thing your Bite attack, now!"

Vovo’s Agility was still powering him, sending him into speed mode. Gengar’s Thunder slammed down behind him with an explosion of sand. Vovo charged forward, jumping and chomping down on Gengar’s ear. The Ghost- type flailed around the arena with Vovo holding tightly. Gengar tripped and slipped face-first into the world of eye-spirals.

"Ahh!" Jason wailed, "I lost! No! Kratos is gonna kill me!" he flailed before dropping face first onto the ground and pounding with his fists, "I’m gonna get it good. I'm done for."

"Oh, shut up, ya’ big baby," Eevy shook her head, "I though Masters and Mistresses were supposed to be strong and brave."

Jason choked, "Uh," he jumped up, "Yes. We are."

"Could have fooled me," Medira muttered.

"Looks like I’ll have to pick up where you left off…again," Luri shoved Jason back to the wall, "Guess it’s you and me, Evangelina," she paused, "But first. An arena change."

"Arena change?" Eevy questioned from her platform.

"OK," Will walked along the wall, "Please keep every inch of your person and personal belongings within a three foot distance from the wall. Luri and Eevy, please stay put on your platforms. Here we go," he pounded one of the bricks in the wall.

A panel on the wall broke open with six buttons. It started with forest green, then ice blue, deep purple, midnight blue, bright red and black. The ice blue button was the one to be pressed with Will jumping to sit right after. Every person in the arena let out slight screams as the entire building started shaking. Luri stood without even slightly moving. Metal panels slammed out over the dirt and sand of the arena and parts of both trainer platforms dropped and moved beneath the remaining portions. Eevy sat down and tried to stay steady as the floor, from three feet from each wall and in, dropped and rotated. Another arena, this one round, slammed up into place. The metal panels over this arena pulled away, revealing a part tile, part water and part ice Stadium. The group along the wall was overly happy they had listened to Jason and Will when they told them to keep only three feet from the wall.

"What was that?" Eevy shook and stood up as Will and Jason walked back to the stairs leading to the viewing box.

"That was the arena change," Luri pushed in, "This is my personal arena. Designed by me to fit my Pokemons’ needs for battle. You have no dealings with Jason any more and you have to get through me before you get to Will. So, let’s begin."

Notes
OK, I admit that this isn’t one of my best chapters, but I like the way it turned out all right. I’m still being evil, and I’m going to stay evil for a while. Muahaha! Hahaha!

Pyrexio/Charizard (Male)
Lvl-58, HP-193, Atk-135, Def-124, Sp.Atk-156, Sp.Def-129, Spd-151
Item-Amulet Coin, Exp-194301
Dragon Rage, Flamethrower, Dig, Fire Blast
From: Bred from Charmeleon from Yellow and hatched in Crystal