Some shocking battles!

Finally found some time to let you know how the fights with Surge went.

We were told that only his Raichu was battle-ready, so we would all be doing one on ones.
My battle was over fairly quickly. I convinced Joltik to get off my arm and go into battle without me, instead attaching himself to Raichu. With his natural ability to leech electricity from any source he's touching, and the move leech life, Raichu was running on two kinds of empty in a couple of minutes.

Sammy was next, she chose to use Clefairy and struck lucky with a Metronome. After getting Splash and Ember, Clefairy got an Earthquake, which devastated Raichu, who was then finished off with doubleslap.

Don did well too, Riolu had learnt Bulldoze in preparation and had mastered Force palm, which it turns out were the only moves he needed.

Doom only has Bulbasaur of course, but he was, as ever, awesome. Raichu leapt at him, and Bulbasaur grabbed his tail with a vine, and began slamming him repeatedly against the floor and walls amidst a storm of leaves. Another pretty short battle.

Maelstrom's was brilliant. We were all a bit worried, with him only having Wartortle, and I asked him if he wanted to borrow one of my guys.
'Nah, dude, but thanks. Don't worry, We've got a plan.'
Surge actually laughed when Wartortle strode out onto the match area. 'You think you stand a chance? You wish to take on my supercharged Raichu with a water type? And not a full grown one at that? I don't think this will last long.'
'Nope, don't think it will.'
It turns out Wartortle learnt Ice Beam. Raichu leapt up in shock as Wartortle coated the floor. We all had to jump as the Ice surged towards us, and skidded as we landed. The entire room was now an Ice rink, and Raichu slid around, trying to get a grip on the smooth, slippery ice.
'What is this? What are you doing? What do you hope to achieve? Raichu, use Thunderbolt!'
Wartortle leapt onto his stomach, sliding expertly on his shell, dodging the attack. He ended up against a wall, pressing his feet against it, taking aim.
'Anyone care for a game of Ice Hockey?' Maelstrom grinned.
'What?' Surge began to look genuinely worried, watching Wartortle, confused.
'Wartortle, Rapid Spin!'
Wartortle pushed off from the wall, spinning madly until he was only visible as a disc, a large tortoise-shell puck that shot straight at the still skidding Raichu, knocking him off his feet, sending him flying into the air.
'No!'
Wartortle kept going, ricocheting off a wall and speeding back across the floor, just in time to slam into Raichu again as he fell back down. This happened again and again, as Wortortle shot back and forth all around the room, and Raichu was repeatedly sent flying in every direction. I had to leap out of the way to avoid being knocked down myself.
'Sorry, I think he needed the angle!' Maelstrom was beaming.
The match ended when Raichu landed on Surge, swirly-eyed.

'That was impressive.' I congratulated Maelstrom as Charmeleon melted the ice in readiness for Rag's turn. Charmeleon was about to step into the match area, but felt a paw on his tail. Pichu had stopped him, and was glaring at Raichu. The rivalry he felt towards his final form was literally sparking around him. Pichu marched forwards, game face on.
'Well, what do we have here? Raichu's baby form, how cute.'
'Yes he is. Start with Charm!'
Pichu waved his paws excitedly, beaming an adorable smile. Raichu looked like he was trying to resist, but he smiled.
'Now Tail Whip!'
Raichu had now had both his attack AND defense lowered, and was gearing up to strike before he was weakened further.
'Raichu! Unleash your thunderbolt!'
Pichu was hit with the full blast of the attack, and winced, but then opened his eyes, confused, as nothing happened, except a small ripple of power seemed pass over him.
'Ha! Lightning rod! Pichu's ability converts your electric attacks into a stat boost for attack!'
'Blast! Then this is gonna be a draw. Raichu has that too.'
'Unless of course, Pichu decided that Electricity wasn't the only option.....Use Iron Tail!'
Pichu leapt into the air-
'piiiiiiiii-'
-and slammed his now metallic shiny tail down onto Raichu.
'-chu!'
Raichu reeled, then shook his head, clearing it.
'That's how you want to play it?! We've fought some of the best trainers my world has ever seen you know, and we've learnt a few tricks! Thunderbolt the ground!'
Raichu blasted the ground, sending chunks of floor exploding out towards Pichu, who quivered.
'You can do it Pichu! Iron Tail again!'
Pichu, nodded, determined, and his tail shimmered silver again. He leapt up, swatting chunk after chunk back the way they'd come. Raichu, wide eyed with horror, tried to run, but wasn't fast enough, and the makeshift rock blast slammed into him, throwing him down onto what remained of the floor. Pichu ran over and kicked him, then peered hopefully at his eyes. Raichu twitched and Pichu fled behind Rag, but Raichu's eyes turned to swirls. Pichu jumped up and down doing a little punchy dance, looking proud, and Rag got his thunderbadge.