The Dragon Master V: Chapter Twelve

	"What's the matter," William asked me as I ran to Duplica's aid, and sat 
down by her side.
	"I don't know," I said, slightly panicking. Erika went down and opened 
Duplica's eyes with her fingers.
	"She's out cold," Erika said. "It seems to be some sort of poison." I 
thought back to the Gym. I remembered what Aya had said about making her 
bleed.
	"Aya's blood," I said. "It got all over the bows, and when Duplica picked 
one up, she got poisoned."
	"We need to get her to a PokeCenter quick," Erika said.
	"No," William cut in. "If we do, we'll be found out. We have to do 
something else."
	"Well we have to do something," I shouted at my companions. "We can't just 
let her die!"
	"What do you propose that we do," Erika shouted back.
	"I DON'T KNOW," I shouted at Erika. "FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT 
TO DO, AND I ADMIT IT!" I looked at Duplica's unconscious body.
	"We have to do something," Erika said. "The longer we sit here and argue, 
the less time Duplica has."
	"I realize that," I replied softy. A thought clicked into my head. "Erika, 
help me lift her." Erika did as I said, and we ran into Saffron City. Erika 
and William didn't know where we were going, but I knew exactly where we 
were going.
	We were running through the streets of Saffron City, people staring at us 
because we were holding a lifeless figure wearing bright pink clothes.
	"SABRINA," I yelled, bursting through the doors of the Gym. Two guards 
blocked our progress through the halls by stepping in front of us.
	"What's the matter," one of the guards asked.
	"I need to see Sabrina," I puffed.
	"Do you have an appointment," the second guard queried me.
	"No," I said. "But-"
	"I can't let you through," the first guard said to me.
	"Let me through before I make you," I said, eyes glowing silver because of 
my rage. Erika and I set Duplica down, and I called my teal cloak. "I won't 
ask you again."
	The two guards parted to let us through. I picked up Duplica again, and we 
ran through the twisted halls, and into a huge room. Sabrina was sitting on 
a large purple throne-looking chair in the middle of it. She had done some 
redecorating since I had last been there.
	"SABRINA," I shouted. Her eyes opened, and they were already a deep purple, 
because she was evidently meditating. We carried Duplica to Sabrina, whose 
eyes turned normal again. She was looking at us with that same expression 
that she always did, except, this time she had a hint of confusion in her 
look.
	"Sabrina," Erika said. "It's us. Please help us. Duplica has been poisoned 
badly. You're the only one that can save her. Please help us." Sabrina 
looked at us intently, as if she was still wondering why we were here.
	"Be on your way," Sabrina said, pointing at the door. I was shocked. This 
was not the Sabrina that I had known when she had helped us take on the 
League.
	"What," I exclaimed. "You're just going to let Duplica die? She helped us 
take on the League! She's our friend!"
	"Your friend, perhaps," Sabrina said. "I am one hundred percent loyal to 
the League. You, on the other hand, are not and shall never be. However, we 
were friend at one point in time. For that reason, I am sending you on your 
way without contacting the League about you being here."
	"Why won't you help a dying person," I asked.
	"Go to Bill's grandfather on Cerulean Cape," Sabrina said. "He should help 
you."
	"She's not going to make it that far," I protested. "Why won't you help 
her?"
	"Why should I," Sabrina queried me.
	"Out of the goodness of your heart," I pleaded.
	"Leave me be," Sabrina requested, her eyes turned deep purple as she went 
back into meditation.
	"HELP US," I shouted. Sabrina pointed her palm at me, and I flew back at 
fifty miles an hour into a stone wall.
	"Don't threaten me," Sabrina said in the same tone that she always used. 
"You have no right." I got up, and started walking back towards her.
	"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT DO THIS TO US," I shouted at her. She held out her hand 
again, and once more, I was thrown back into the wall.
	"Be on your way," Sabrina said, pointing to the door again. "There's the 
door, in case you can't find it."
	"WHY WON'T YOU HELP US," I shouted at her.
	"Why should I," Sabrina asked me again. I was getting frustrated now.
	"HYPER BLAST," I shouted, shooting a tiny beam of energy at her. The attack 
zoomed towards her, but she flicked her wrist once, and it rocketed back 
towards me. Right before the attack hit me, it erupted into a powerful beam, 
just as I knew that it would do. I was thrown back into the wall again.
	"BOB," Erika yelled, running towards me.
	"I'm not quitting," I said, wiping some blood off of my lip and walking up 
to Sabrina once again.
	"You really want me to help her, don't you," Sabrina asked, with a flicker 
of a smile flashing across her face.
	"Yes," I said. "I will not give up until you do."
	"So be it," Sabrina said. She got up off her chair and crouched down by 
Duplica. Sabrina put her hands over Duplica, and started to mutter some 
words.
	"What's she saying," Erika asked me. I simply shrugged my shoulders.
	"STATUS REVERSAL," Sabrina yelled. Purple energy flowed both ways between 
Duplica and Sabrina. Once they stopped, Sabrina stood up and looked at us.
	"What happened," Erika asked.
	"I took the poison from her and put it into me," Sabrina said. "Recover." 
Sabrina's form blurred white for a second, and then it stopped. "And now, 
you may be on your way." I walked up to Sabrina.
	"Thank you," I said, holding out my hand. Sabrina extended hers also, and I 
shook it.
	"You're welcome," Sabrina said. "Now, I'm sure that you have many things to 
accomplish before you finally bring the League to its knees."
	"Yes, we do," I said, letting go of her hand. Duplica started to stir. I 
knelt down beside her.
	"Bob," Duplica said, regaining consciousness slowly. "What happened?"
	"You were poisoned by Aya's blood on the bow you used," I said. "Sabrina 
healed you." I helped her to her feet.
	"Thank you," Duplica asked.
	"You're welcome," Sabrina said. "After all, I couldn't just let you die."
	"But-but-but-but," Erika stuttered, not understanding. William did however, 
and put his hand on her shoulder, quieting her. Sabrina suddenly grasped her 
head with one hand.
	"You must leave," Sabrina said. "League guards are coming. Ash Ketchum is 
coming with them."
	"Can you teleport us out of here," William asked.
	"No," she said. "Ash has created a Dark Shield surrounding my Gym. I 
couldn't get myself out."
	"Get out of here," I said to her. "We don't need to be dragging you into 
all of this mess."
	"I'll go by my trainers," Sabrina said. "Teleport." With that being said, 
she flashed and was gone. Right after she had left, five League guards burst 
in.
	"DROP YOUR WEAPONS," a guard said.
	"What weapons," William asked, holding his cane behind his back, twisting 
and turning it. He turned it a quarter turn, withdrawing his cane and making 
it a foot and a half long rod. Twisting it another quarter of an inch, it 
changed into the three-feet long staff. William twisted the middle a half 
turn, and the staff bent, making his bow.
	Ash entered the room with a look of victory on his face. It was as if he 
knew the outcome of this fight. I called my katana, Duplica called her bow, 
William pulled his out from behind his back, and Erika called her ebony 
staff.
	"Bob," Ash said, his smile fading. "Give it up now, so you don't get killed 
in the fight."
	"Why should I give it up," I asked. "This is the fun part!" The four of us 
whipped off our cloaks at the same time, and threw them in front of us. The 
cloaks exploded into lots of smoke, the same color as the element of the 
Master whose cloak it was. Duplica changed into a small insect, and flew up 
on the rafters in the ceiling. William changed into pure ice, and dug 
through the ground. Erika dug through the ground using plants, and I 
followed William through the ground.
	The smoke cleared, and Ash and the League guards were left with nobody to 
fight.
	"WHERE'D THEY GO," Ash shouted. "DON'T JUST STAND THERE! FIND THEM!" The 
guards scattered the area, which just made it easier for us to pick them 
off. I was digging my way out through the door, so I could fight Ash one on 
one. When I emerged from the ground, Ash was standing with his back to me, 
and his guards were wandering around the "empty" Gym.
	In the distance, I could see guards getting sucked under by vines that were 
obviously Erika's. William was also freezing guards solid. He must have 
heard their footsteps through the ground. Duplica was flinging pink arrows 
from the rafters. I chose this as my time to attack Ash.
	"Ash," I said. He flipped around, forgetting all about his tens of guards 
being beaten by the second.
	"Bob," he said with hate in his voice. I called my katana, and he called 
his. "Are we going to finish this?"
	"Only if you don't disappear like you did last time," I said. "You never 
could take a real fight."
	"Let's do this," Ash said. I nodded, and the two of us went together and 
started to clash out swords collectively. I knew that this would soon turn 
into an elemental fight, so I started it off.
	"DRAGON SLICE," I shouted. I swung my katana repeatedly at Ash, sending 
beams of vertical rotating energy at him. Ash counted by doing flips and 
maneuvering his way through the mass of attacks.
	"You wanna play this way, Bob," Ash asked. "Fine by me. SHADOW BURN!" He 
held his katana down in one hand, and held up his other at me. Black flames 
shot out his hand, and I started running towards Sabrina's huge chair. The 
flames kept on following me, but I ran to the chair, put one foot on the 
seat, and another on the back, and pushed off. I could see Ash upside down.
	"HYPER BLAST," I shouted, pointing a simple finger at him. A thin beam shot 
out of my finger, and it headed directly at Ash. He must've not been ready, 
because it hit him full boar, the explosion of the impact throwing him back 
thirty feet into a wall.
	"You bastard," Ash swore at me. "Take this! SHADOW BLAST!" He shot an 
identical beam at me, except his was black. I did a back flip, and the 
attack missed me, blowing out a wall that it hit. We were causing sever 
damage to Sabrina's Gym, but nobody really cared.
	"TWISTER," I shouted, sending a full-boar tornado at Ash. He stood his 
ground, and was sucked into the tornado. When he came out, he came out 
directly at me. He tackled me, and we both were sprawled out on the ground. 
However, neither of us would turn our backs on the other, so we immediately 
got up again, not giving the other a free shot.
	The two of us circled around each other, katanas raised. At the same 
moment, we charged at each other, and started swiping and parrying, swinging 
and blocking at each other.
	"THIEF," Ash shouted at me. Suddenly, my katana glowed black, and then it 
was transported to Ash's hands.
	"HYPER BLAST," I shouted, holding both my hands together and pointing them 
at Ash. A thin beam of white energy shot out of my outstretched hands.
	"SHADOW BLAST," Ash yelled, dropping both katanas and shooting an identical 
beam to mine, except his was black. The two beams collided, each exploding 
into a monstrous attack. Black and white fused together, and a huge 
explosion took place. White and black energy shot everywhere, and I saw one 
such black beam hit Ash in his face. Defeated by the beam that he sent, I 
thought. That was my last thought until a white beam of my own origin pelted 
me in the side of the head, rendering me unconscious...
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