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Vic Angelo~

"Watch and learn," Millie said back to Vic. She tossed a pokéball up and down in her hand, once, twice, three times. Then she threw it out into the field, shouting in anger "Go Barboach!"
A wormy little fish came out of the pokéball and splatted onto the ground. It lifted the forward part of its body and snarled at the giant man at the opposite end of the field.
"Hmph! I choose... Emolga," Surge said. He threw his pokéball forward and, in a flash, a cute little black, white and yellow pokémon appeared, curled up in a ball.
"Aww," Lizzy cooed. "It's so~o~o~o cu~u~ute."
"Hmph! You'll see. Emolga, ten-hut!" Surge ordered.
His pokémon jumped up to attention, even saluting. "Emoh!"
"Awwwww~ Loo~oo~ook at it, Vic!" Lizzy cooed again, tugging her brother's sleeve.
"Emolga, use light screen," Surge ordered.
"Barboach, now's your chance to use dragon dance," Millie said.
As Emolga let out a pink-purple flash, Barboach wiggled around ferociously. ...Well, it wiggled around. Ferocious didn't really come into it.
"Now Emolga, U-turn!" Surge called.
With Barboach still wiggling around, Emolga leaped up, spread its little arms and glided through the air. It smashed into Barboach, then pulled up into a loop-the-loop.
"Barboach, ice beam while it's close!" Millie ordered. Her pokémon lifted its head back, forming a ball of intense cold in its mouth, and then Emolga disappeared into its pokéball. Millie's expression dropped. "Wha!?"
"Go Luxray," Surge called. He threw out his next pokéball and a vicious pokémon appeared in Emolga's place. It snarled at Millie's barboach, and the fishy pokémon recoiled in fear, releasing the ice beam all askew.
The shot of cold barely grazed the side of Luxray's face as it subtly tilted out of its way. "Lu~u~ux..."
Millie was quick to react. "Hang in there Barboach! Use earthquake!"
"Bar~boach!" her pokémon replied. It leaped up into the air, then corkscrewed itself to build up speed, before smashing into the ground for devastating damage.
Luxray had to steady itself as the vibrations travelled up its legs and disrupted the flow of electricity around its body.
Vic found himself leaning forward. The battle might actually be closer than he'd first thought. In fact, he thought he might even learn something from watching.

Vic Angelo~

"Hmph. Electro ball," Surge ordered.
Manectric immediately formed a ball of fizzing light in hits mouth, then fired it straight at Misdreavus. It hit hard enough to visibly affect Millie's pokémon, but there was still plenty of fight left in it.
"Misdreavus, imprison," Millie said. Her pokémon was enveloped in a sort of pink forcefield, which then flickered off and reappeared around Manectric, as though it had teleported across the battlefield.
"Man~eh?"
"Try to get out of that one," Millie snickered.
"Too easy. Manectric, flamethrower," Surge replied. His pokémon bared its teeth, took a deep breath, then let out a ferocious breath of fire.
The flames blasted toward Misdreavus and smothered it, burning its very core.
"Misdreavus~" the ghost-type wailed.
"Damnit! Misdreavus, use thunder wave," Millie ordered.
Misdreavus disappeared, then reappeared behind Manectric. It touched it on the back of the electric type's head and a static charge transferred, intermittently causing paralysis.
"Now Misdreavus, get away from it, then use shadow ball."
"Manectric, charge while you're immobilised. The second you can move use electro ball," Surge responded.
Misdreavus reappeared a few feet from Millie and formed a big ball of dark energy. Meanwhile, Manectric was charging itself up, increasing its special defence and getting ready for a big attack.
"Now! Fire it!" Millie screeched. "Follow it up with a thunderbolt!"
Surge laughed. He could probably tell that Millie was panicking. She knew she had to take down Manectric while it was paralysed.
The shadow ball hit the immobile pokémon and the thunderbolt was right behind it. For all their power, though, Manectric stayed standing through the both.
"Our turn," Surge said. "Fire at will!"
Manectric formed a massive ball of electricity, twice the size of the previous one, and fired it at Misdreavus.

"Mis..." the ghost-type murmured. Then it dropped to the floor, unconscious.

Vic Angelo~

Surge's final pokéball pinged.
"Raaaai~chaaaaaaaaaaouuuuuuu!"
The pokémon was magnificent. It stood tall, proud, powerful. It swished its tail around, making whipping sounds with each rapid movement.
"Raichu, body slam," Surge ordered.
"Raaaaaaaaaaiiiii~" the pokémon responded. It charged forwards. It spread its arms, then leaped up into the air.
"Uh-- Sneasel, use, uh-- Dig! Dig now!"
Sneasel dug into the ground as quickly as it could. Dust kicked up and shrouded the area. Then there was a thud, as Raichu's body slam hit.
"What happened? What happened Vic?" Lizzy pressed.
"I can't see," Vic replied. He leaned forward, urging the dust to clear.
"Rai?"
"Raichu, jump!" Surge shouted. But it was too late. Sneasel broke up through the arena floor and threw Raichu away.
"Sneaaaaa~sel!
"Rai~ai~ai..." Surge's pokémon cried. Then it smashed into the ground. "...Chuuuuuuu..."
"Haha! Go Sneasel! Now you've only got one pokémon left too, and it's weak to ice. You underestimated me, Surge!" Millie cackled.
"Emolga, aerial ace," Surge said.
"Emoh~"
"Wait! What!?"
Emolga smashed into Sneasel head-on and knocked it down. The ice-type didn't even try to dodge.
Surge held out his pokéball. "Emolga, you fought well. Now return."
"What!?" Millie blurted.
"You need to learn to concentrate, Little Miss. Your sneasel was paralysed on contact with my raichu. That was all the opening I needed to finish you off. You were too busy gloating to notice your pokémon was in trouble. You put your own pride ahead of your pokémon's wellbeing."
"I did not!"
"Yes you did!" Surge shouted. "I am here to test you. I am here to tell you when you get things wrong, and you Little Miss got things terribly, terribly wrong. I suggest you listen to me when I appraise your tactics, listen to me when I put you down and listen to me when I give you advice. If I even feel like giving you advice, after such insubordination. Do I make myself clear!?"
Millie returned her sneasel to its pokéball, then turned and walked away. Her head was bowed, but unless Vic was mistaken, there were tears in her eyes.

Vic Angelo~

Vic didn't want to talk about his past. "That's my little sister Lizzy. We're going out to route eleven, to train up the gligar we just caught. Maybe you could join us after you've been to the pokémon centre to get your pokémon healed up?"
"Hmph. I guess I could teach you a thing or two. Since you seem so desperate," Millie said. She stood up and kicked some wet sand off her shoes, then turned and started to walk away.
"Don't have to put yourself out," Vic groaned.
Millie glanced back, smugness pasted on her face. "No, it's fine. I'm a very charitable person."

Once Millie had left the grounds of the gym, Vic went and got Lizzy and Shuckle from the steps outside the building. "She's going to meet us on route eleven, I think. What do you say we go and find a good spot?"

Vic Angelo~

"My first pokémon will be Gastly," Vic said. He threw the pokéball up and it popped open. A second later Gastly faded in from the nothingness.
"Gaaah~" she wailed.
"Good," Surge said. "Galvantula, use thunderbolt!"
"Gastly, dodge it. Sneak in and use hypnosis," Vic ordered. Gastly disappeared and the thunderbolt from Galvantula hit the metal floor with a buzz and a spark.
"Try to sense it, Galvantula, then let off another thunderbolt!"
Vic watched intently as Gastly appeared behind the big, yellow spider and let off a ghostly, hypnotic wave.
Galvantula's eight legs wobbled for a moment, then it collapsed to the floor, fast asleep.
"Good work Gastly. Now dream eater," Vic ordered. He wanted to get the first hit in, just to help his and Gastly's confidence.
"Gaaah~" Gastly murmured. She glowed pink and absorbed some of Galvantula's energy.
"Follow it up with a confuse ray," Vic said.
Gastly let off the attack just as Galvantula woke up. "Galvaaa~antula?"
"Galvantula, thunderbolt," Surge ordered. His pokémon was already confused when it got the order, but Gastly was so close the attack would never miss. Gastly cringed as the electric bolt hit her and fizzed around her gaseous form.
"Gastly, attract!" Vic shouted.
Gastly pulled a sorry expression up, then pouted at Galvantula.
"Ha! Your gastly's a girl?" Millie called from the stands.
Vic ignored her. "That's it Gastly, keep it up!"
"Tula~? Galvantula?"
"Gastly~" Vic's pokémon replied.
"Galvantula, don't fall for it. Hit it with another thunderbolt," Surge ordered. His pokémon was swooning, though. Gastly's alluring expressions had sucked it in.
"Now hypnosis again," Vic called.
Gastly tried to send off more hypnotic rays, but they missed. Thankfully Galvantula wasn't going to let off any attacks, and even if it did it was just as likely to hit itself as it was to hit its opponent.
"Back to your senses, Galvantula!" Surge demanded. "On your feet!"
"One more time, Gastly," Vic ordered. This time Gastly's hypnosis hit the electric spider and sent it back off to sleep.

Vic Angelo~

Ampharos glowed a strange orange colour, then roared again, releasing a dozen glowing orange orbs from its body. They fired at Trapinch at an astonishing speed and smashed into her with amazing power.
"Tra~"
Vic looked at his pokémon and blinked a couple of times. She'd survied the attack. "You did it! Trapinch, dig now!"
"Traaaa~" Trapinch said. Then in a cloud of dust, she smashed through the metal floor of the battlefield and disappeared underground.
"Aha. That's some Trapinch, Angelo," Surge said.
"I can't take credit for that," Vic smirked. "But I can take credit for the orders I give it. Trapinch, break out now!"
"Ahhhhhhhhmp!" Ampharos roared. Trapinch smashed up through the metal floor again, right beneath the electric type, and knocked it off its feet. It smashed to the ground and its electric charge was disrupted. That was all it took to wipe it out.
"All right. Great work, Trapinch. Get back over here, ready for the next opponent," Vic ordered. Thankfully the rain was starting to die down, so Shuckle wouldn't have to worry about any thunder attacks, if he was needed. With Trapinch's immunity to electric attacks though, she might be able to fight through to the end.
"Impressive. But let's see how you handle something a little different," Surge smiled. He returned his ampharos, then tossed his third pokéball out. "Go, Lanturn!"
"Lanturn?" Vic blurted. The water pokémon appeared in a flash, and just as it did a part of the floor opened up, revealing a pool of water. Lanturn splashed into the pool and dived down, out of the rage of most attacks.
"Trapinch, try a giga drain," Vic said. He knew that would be effective against Lanturn if it hit, but he had to admit, he didn't know whether ground moves would hit it at all.
"Traa~" Trapinch said in response. She tried to suck some energy from the lanturn, but with it being under water, the attack failed.
"Lanturn, dive," Surge ordered. His pokémon leaped out of the water with a splash.
"Trapinch, try to dodge!" Vic shouted. He wasn't quick enough though--Lanturn smashed into Trapinch, with a lot of splashback hitting too. It was probably that which Trapinch couldn't deal with. He knew that they hated water with a vengeance. "Trapinch, return. I'm sorry. That was my fault."
"Disappointing, Angelo," Surge said. He seemed to have lost some of the enthusiasm he'd had for the match. He might even have thought Vic was defeated already. And he might have been right--both Shuckle and Gligar were weak to water too. Lanturn might bring about the end of the match.
"I believe in you, Shuckle. It's going to hurt, but you can do this. I know you can," Vic said to his third pokéball.
"Prep talk?" Surge asked, chuckling. "A lot of good that'll do."
Vic nodded. "We'll see. Go, Shuckle!"