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The bone would wizz through the air and before Venomoth could do anything about it the bone would connect with it, right smack on the head, knocking the moth out cold in an instant as the bug hit the ground with a hard thud. Janine would just sigh as her Pokemon fell, the girl jumping down from the ceiling, landing on her feet as she recalled her Pokemon.

"A ninja accepts defeat with honor. I am humbled by having faced such a powerful opponent, I thank you for this learning experience." Janine said as she got on her hands and knees and bowed to Reno. The girl would soon stand up and take something out of her pocket. "This is the Soul Badge, a symbol of the honor of this gym. Take it." She said as she flicked the badge to Reno like a shuriken.

(I would like to play a game. 1 hit, 2 miss.)

"Oh! Right! I almost forgot." Janine said with a laugh as she stepped on a tile on the floor, the tile sinking into the ground as a panel opened up on the floor in front of Reno, revealing a glowing circle big enough to stand on. "It's easier to get in this place than it is to get out. Just step on the warp panel in front of you and you'll be taken back to the entrance. Sabrina supplied me with this, to kind of prepare challengers for her gym. Which by the way...please stomp that Jynx looking hag." She huffed, obviously she did not like Sabrina.

The next gym was in Saffron City, led by the infamous Psychic master named Sabrina. The Gym Guide would meet Reno at the entrance, as per usual. "Yo, champ in the making! While she was only the sixth gym leader in line, Sabrina is renowned for her emotionless demeanor and ruthless battle strategy. Many challengers face Sabrina and walk away not only from her gym, but also the entire gym circuit, their will broken by her. Be warned, she is as Psychic as her Pokemon! Step on the warp panel behind me and you can begin your challenge...provided you find your way to her." The man laughed.

Reno would appear in an empty room with four more warp panels on the floor. There was a single Psychic man waiting there for him. "Welcome, challenger. To get to our leader you must use your intuition to guess which panel will lead you to her, or rather your luck. One panel will lead you directly to Sabrina, the others will lead you to a gym trainer which will battle you in hopes of weakening you before you can challenge the gym leader. Can you predict the future? I can not, but our leader can. Think about that one." The Psychic said with a grin.

(Pick panel 1, 2, 3, or 4.)

Unfortunately Reno would pick wrong as he appeared in a room containing another Psychic, a male one yet again. "I've predicted your arrival, the cards foresaw it." He declared with his eyes closed. Without a word he released a Slowbro, the pink creature letting out a loud yawn and staring blankly into the ceiling. "You won't make it to Sabrina, not in one piece that is. Defeat me and I'll give you a hint on which warp panel takes you to her." He promised.

The Slowbro was shocked harshly, however it just stood there with that blank expression on its face for several seconds until it finally moaned in pain, its face still expressionless however. "I can not make such a promise, your fate has already been decided. I do know that the ingestion of my Slowbro is not in the cards. Slowbro, as he foresaw, please."

The Psychic apparently didn't have to saw much to give an order as the Slowbro stomped on the ground once with great might, causing the room to shake violently as it executed its Earthquake, that blank stare never fading.

The Psychic would shield his eyes from the resulting explosion of energy that the Thunder created, his Slowbro engulfed in the ball of electricity. Once the flash faded away Slowbro could be seen just standing where it had always been, that blank expression on its face. It remained like that for about a minute until it slowly tipped over and fell to the ground, knocked out cold with its eyes still open and that blank stare never fading.

"Yes, your destiny has already been determined, as has mine." The Psychic said as he recalled his Slowbro. "I knew I would lose, but I served my purpose still. That said, I can not see how your battle with our leader will go, her aura is far too powerful for my own powers to penetrate." The man admitted. "Now then, your reward for defeating me. "There are four panels composed of all probability, only one is true, while three is surrounded in mystery. Two will lead to disaster." The Psychic would say nothing else as he then assumed a meditative position.