A risky return to Sabrina

You spent all of yesterday training with Golduck. Even though that’s not a lot of time, it really felt like you connected with her, and you got the hang of things right away. She’s already strong, so you feel good about your chances of winning.

You retrace your steps to Sabrina’s Gym, only to find the surrounding area looking like a battlefield. Traffic blockades are set up to keep people from driving into the debris in the road. You thought it would have been cleaned up by now, but there’s even more junk lying around than you saw on TV. Maybe nobody wants to clean it up for fear of getting squashed. B-But Sabrina seemed to like you, so she wouldn’t crush you with a bookcase, right? You take a deep breath, and sprint to the Gym!

Phew… You survived.

*CRASH*

A desk lands right next to you and practically explodes into pieces like shrapnel. Fortunately, you’re completely unharmed! Yup, aside from the years that were just shaved off your lifespan, you’re fine!

You carefully step inside and find the same eerie hallway as before. You follow it to the end, and open the door to the huge room you found Sabrina in last time. The lights slowly turn on, revealing… nothing. The elevated throne at the other end of the room is empty. No sooner than you process this, something latches onto you from behind, dragging you into a tight embrace.

“EMILIA!” A cold shadow starts to descend on your mind, quickly filling you with numbness. You lurch forward, breaking free from the stifling darkness before wrapping your arms around yourself and shivering.

“Tch. *ahem* Emilia! You came back! I was worried I’d never see you again. But of course you came back! You’re my best friend, after all.”

Turning to face the terrorizing girl, you find that she does not look okay. Her hair is a frazzled mess, her eyes are bloodshot, and her smile is uncomfortably wide. Scary! You want even less to do with Sabrina than you did before!

“Then again, I guess it was inevitable. It’s not like a pokemon trainer could get very far without these!” She puts out her hand, showing all the badges she stole from you. Provoked, you move to rip them out of her hand, but you can only take a step before being **** to your knees by her psychic powers.

She may be scary, but this is do or die. “Sabrina, I challenge you to a pokemon battle to get my badges back!”

“HUH? We already had a battle! Why do we have to do that again? I’m just bringing you back to my bedroom and-”

“You’re not being a very good friend!” you accuse.

“Kuh…!” Sabrina staggers back, as though struck by a fierce attack. “F-Fine. Fine! I’ll just stomp your pokemon into the dirt, and then make you my best friend forever!” Somehow, her smile finds a way to get even wider. “Try whatever you want, Emilia. I’m not letting you leave here again.”