Doctor Doom pointed at the Lapras. "Xavier! Ravage!!"
The Omastar let out a volley of spikes from its shell aimed for Lapras's head.
"Lapras, Ice Beam!" Misty shouted as a response.
The spikes were met mid-air by a light-blue beam that instantly froze all of the spikes causing them to fall harmlessly into the water.
"Interesting. It seems that not every move you make is the incorrect one."
If Misty was wounded by the taunt she did not show it as she folded her arms against her chest. "Lapras, Ice Beam!"
Xavier did not wait for Doom's command a second time and launched an Ice Beam of its own. The two beams met in the middle of the gym mere feet above the water. Neither Pokemon relented and, after several moments, the air began to chill as the beams came close and close to the water. Finally the beams went into the water and almost instantly the giant pool of water froze over and the beams of energy ceased with both Pokemon now on top of the ice.
Misty rubbed her arms to try to warm herself. She wasn’t properly dressed for the change in climate.
Meanwhile Doom had barely registered the change in temperature. From his always keen observation he had noticed that the Pokemon, a Lapras apparently, had a strong affinity to ice given the power behind its attack just now. Omastar was strong, for it was Doom’s and Doom demanded nothing less than strength, but if not for the water to halt the attacks Doom knew with certainty that Lapras would have overpowered his Pokemon. Doom was a proud man, and he had every right to be for he was Doom, but he was also smart. He now knew to avoid a battle of ice with Lapras, and like everything else in this world he would use such knowledge to his advantage.
“Xavier. Ice Beam,” Doom said calmly.
Omastar obeyed its master and a moment later Lapras had fired its own Ice Beam to meet the challenge easily.
On the other side of the arena Misty fought hard not to smirk. She had Doom right where she wanted him. He was good, she could see that, but he hadn’t done enough research prior to this battle. If he had, he would have known that Lapras was an ice type and particularly strong in using attacks of that nature. He was too stubborn for his own good, she thought, and that would lead to his Pokemon’s downfall.
Doom smiled as he saw the very brief look of triumph in Misty’s eyes. The little girl thought that she had deceived one who could not be deceived. The look of horror in her eyes that was to come would be satisfying. The fly did always think itself clever before it was eaten, after all.
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