Pokemon : The Timeless Journey

Chapter 38 : Evolutions

The change immediately caught everyone's eye. A smile appeared on Orion's face while Rhyhorn and Machop looked on curiously. Secretly, even Gardevoir observed Abra properly. 

Orion softly said, “Rhyhorn, Machop, ensure that no one disturbs Abra.” 

Rhyhorn and Machop nodded. They quickly stood on the opposite sides of Abra, ready to intercept anyone who might bother him. 

Evolution was a delicate process. If a Pokemon was disturbed while it was evolving, the evolution would be stopped. While the Pokemon could always evolve later, such disturbance could leave behind hidden injuries. That is why, the safest way to prevent Pokemons from evolving was using Everstones.

Orion didn't want to take any chances. He looked at Abra with excitement as he thought, ‘It's the first time my Pokemon is evolving.’ 

Abra closed his eyes as he felt the changes happening to him. He was shimmering with a soft glow. Soon, a faint light enveloped him. He could feel that his Psychic Energy was rapidly increasing in quantity and was improving in quality at the same time. His body also started to slowly increase in size. 

He recalled Orion and Sabrina's words about what to do during evolution and focused on the Psychic Spoons he was holding. He had already absorbed some energy from the Psychic Spoons in the last week and a half. 

However, as he was evolving, his body began absorbing the energy inside the Psychic Spoons at an incredible rate! The energy he absorbed was mixing into his own Psychic Energy and body. Generally, this process was incredibly slow. Abra would have needed more than a couple of years to absorb all the energy in the Psychic Spoons. 

However, during Evolution a Pokemon could absorb this energy at a rapid rate and incredibly efficiently. Abra could feel himself getting stronger every second! 

In half a minute, all the energy from the Psychic Spoons was absorbed. During this time, Abra's form had gradually shifted, transforming into the more composed and sleek figure of Kadabra. Soon after, the faint light enveloping him faded away. 

With a wide smile on his face, Orion said, “Congrats, Kadabra! You have evolved!” 

Rhyhorn and Machop moved closer and congratulated him as well. At the same time, both began anticipating their own evolutions. Orion had already informed them that both of them were very close to their respective evolutions as well. They were both just a couple of levels away from their respective evolutions. 

Orion quickly returned back to the city and entered the training area inside Saffron City. He began testing out Kadabra's improvements and the new moves Kadabra had learnt due to the evolution. 

When he tested Kadabra's Psychic Energy, Orion was shocked. He thought, ‘Damn! His Psychic power is more than ten times greater than what Abra had!’ 

Orion quickly began testing out the moves and was pleasantly surprised once again. Kadabra had instinctively learnt 5 moves! They were Disable, Kinesis, Psybeam, Reflect and Ally Switch. 

Orion quickly analyzed how useful every move would be and concluded, ‘Kinesis isn't very useful. Though lowering accuracy is a good debuff, high level Pokemons won't get distracted by something so basic. As for weaker Pokemons, I can just knock them out. 

Psybeam might be useful, but not too much. Once Kadabra levels up, my goto attacks will be Psychic and Psyshock. I doubt I'd ever use Psybeam. Its only advantage is that it can confuse the opponents. Hmm, I'll improve it up to the Expert level. For now, Confusion will remain Kadabra's main attack move. 

Disable will be helpful to shut down opposing Psychic Pokemons. It could also help in catching Psychic Pokemons who know Teleport. Reflect is very good. I'll work on it. Ally Switch will only be useful in official tournaments and battles. I can leave it for later.