A Gym's Gameshow

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Luis: "I believe this is it..." The group stares up at the Gym. I can already feel the heat coming out from inside of the building.

Or maybe that's just me being nervous-

Rylee: "I cheer for you two during the battle!" Rylee opens the door and we walk in. Once inside we see a man about maybe in his 30s facing Blaine. Even though he has a Graveler, Blaine's Rapidash is able to skillfully evade the moves before landing a strong Fire Blast.

Graveler faints.

The two return their pokemon. The challenger than thanks Blaine for the battle and leaves with his loss.

Luis: "Damn..." "We got this, we'll be fine." The Camera Crew and Blanine then notice us. After going on a break, Blaine calls us over and heals up hid pokemon. Once done, Blaine starts the camera again. Blaine: "Welcome to the Cinnabar Gym! I will be your Host, Blaine." All three of us pause nervously as the camera faces us. "U-um, we came to battle." Blaine: "Alright- Excellent! Another Challenger!"

The crowd then claps and cheers as Blaine leads us to our podium. Rylee: "Er, should i sit in the crowd?" I shrug. "Well, too late now. We are on stage."

We all stand at our own podium, where a button sits. Blaine gets to his spot and points to the board. Luis: "Yeah... i can see what they ment by a game show."

Some theme song goes in and Blaine turns to the camera. People clap and cheer.

Maybe this is a game show.

Blaine: "Welcome everybody to the Cinnibar Gym! My name is Blaine- Now say hello to our contestants--" He then puts the microphone next to Luis's Face. Luis: "Oh, uh- I'm Luis." He then goes to Rylee. Rylee: "Rylee..." Then lastly he comes to me. "Ethan."

He then turns back to the Camera. Blaine: "There you have it folks! Ethan, Luis, and Rylee!" The crowd claps and he goes to a huge wheel. He then pauses for the camera to turn to him before he spins it.

...

It stops and opens the flap by removing the tap that kept it shut. Blaine: "Ok guys. So the rules here are simple, I am going to read a card and whoever gets the answer correct will recieve a Blaine Doll! I will give 5 question and whoever has the most in the end, gets to go on into the battle round with me, ok?" We all nod. Blaine: "Ok then, first question: What is the name of the Spitfire pokemon?"

We all stare blankly ahead at Blaine, unsure of the answer. I then notice a minute timer above us. It must be how long we have to think.

Well the Spitfire pokemon must be a fire type due to the word "Fire" in it. What could it be...?

I then slam the button the table and some lights turn on to show that I clicked it. "Charizard!" Everyone then laughs. Blaine: "Charizard?--" After a few suspensful seconds he chuckles. "--annd that iiisss, wrong!" Luis and Rylee then groan along with me. What other pokemon could it be?

...

Ding!

The timer rings and Blaine rips the card off the wheel. Blaine: "The time is up! And the answer waaaas- Magmar!" The screen then turns on and shows a Magmar. A pokemon I haven't seen, nor my group. Luis: "Well then... does that mean none of us gets a doll?" Blaine: "Haha, no, i'm afraid not."

Blaine: "Anyways, lets move on to the second round!"

He then spins the wheel and we all look at it in Anticipation. He then flips one open and reads it out loud. Blaine: "How many Gym Badges are there in total?" We all slam our hands onto the button but Luis's Lights turn on, showing he pressed it first. Blaine: "Oooh- All you guys knew that one. Ok, so what is the answer?" Luis: "There are 8 Gym Badges."

Ding, Ding, Ding!

Blaine: "Correct!" A hole opens infront of Luis's podium and a Blaine Doll pops up, showing that he has gained one point. Everyone claps and cheers. We wait for the clapping to the decend so Blaine can talk.

Blaine: "Congradulations Luis, you have gained one Blaine Doll. Now, Next round!" He spins the wheel and after spinning for a long while, it finally stops. Blaine: "Lets see... Ok! How Effective are Steel Type moves towards Fire type Pokemon?"

I then notice we all wince. Steel Type? There is no Steel Types! I reflect on any memory of a Steel Pokemon and after a few seconds a Magnemite appears in my head. Oh... so there are Steel Types.

Before anyone can press the button I click it and I take a educational guess. "Not very effective!" I believe Fire is super effective to Steel... so the other way around won't be effective.

Blaine: "Cooorrect!" The crowd claps and I sigh in relief as my Blaine Doll pops up infront if me. Blaine: "Aaand that is one Point for Ethan!" The crowd claps.

Ok, me and Luis are tied. I got this.

The crowd subsides amd Blaine spins the wheel again. Blaine then grabs his Question when it stops and turns to us. Blaine: "Does Tm28 contain the move Tombstony?"

Tombstony? Never heard of that move... It sounds like A Rock or Ground type attack, sorta like Rock Tomb and Sand Tomb. But none of those are Fire type attacks so it must be a fake Tm.

I look up and I go to press my button but it doesn't do the sound. I then turn to my side and i see Rylee's lights are on. Rylee: "False." Blaine: "Was she correct?" He turns to the crowd and smiles. He then turns to Rylee."Aand she was correct." A Blaine doll rises at her spot. Me and Luis glance at eachother, than Rylee who gives a grim smile at both of us.

We all have 1 point, and there is one more question left. Whoever gets this one correct, will face Blaine.

Everyone and everything goes quiet as Blaine walks over to the wheel and spins it slowly. It stops and he picks the card up and opens it. Blaine: "Last Question... Who is the person you are about to Challenge?" We all go to slap our button and shout out: "Blaine!" Blaine then throws the card and smiles. Blaine: "Correct!" We then look around as we look for the lights, trying to see who got the point.

Suddenly, my lights blink brightly and the crowd cheers loudly. A Blaine Doll pops up for me and some confetti flies out and about. I stand onto stage, next to Blaine.

Blaine: "Alright! Ethan, was it?" I simply nod. Blaine: "You must be excited... so you ready?" "Yeah." Be smiles and turns to the camera. Blaine: "Aannd we will be right back after the commercial break." The Camera shuts off and we both then walk to our spots and prepare ourselves for battle.

God Damn it- My hands are so sweaty! I have never battled infront of a whole crowd of people before-

I feel my heart pounding and everything goes slowly and quiet at the same time.

Calm down Ethan... you got this.

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