"Excellent job Anahita. Now, Bubble!" Samantha commanded.

"Horsea!" Anahita said, firing bubbles from its mouth and hitting Geodude and sending it firing back.

"Gedoude tackle!" Brock ordered.

"Anathia smokescreen now!" Samantha said.

"Horse!" Anahita cried out, covering the field in smoke.

'A smokescreen. What is she planning to do now?' Cody thought, looking at the smoke covering the field.

"Anahita Water Gun!" Samantha shouted.

"Geodude, Rollout to deflect the Water Gun!"

"Horsea!" Anahita fired a powerful blast of water and sending Geodude flying out of the smoke and hitting the ground hard.

"Not a bad play creating the smoke t make it harder for Geodude to land an attack, but clearly, Horsea's senses are well tuned to find Geoddude in the smoke.

"That's right, and this is over Anahita. One more Water Gun!"

Geodude attempted to get up but was immediately knocked out by Anahita's incoming Water Gun attack.

"Geo..dude," Geodude whimpered as it fainted from the attack, unable to battle anymore.

"Geodude is unable to battle. The winner is Anahita!" The referee announced as the smoke began to clear on up.

"Anahita, good job. Take a rest for now," Samatha said, returning her Horsea.

"Geodude return as well," Brock said, returning his Geodude.

"Alright, come on out, Ceaser!" Samatha said, sending out Tangela.

"Tangela!" Ceaser cried out, ready to battle.

"Rhyhorn, let's go!" Brock called out as he tossed a Pokeball, and out came a grey rhinoceros Pokemon.

"Rhyhorn!" It cried out.

"I see you decided to switch to a grass type next," Brock commented, looking at the Tangela.

"Yes, and you chose a Rhyhorn,"' Samantha said as she took out her Pokedex and scanned the pokemon before them on the battlefield.

"Rhyhorn, the Spikes pokemon. Its massive bones are 1000 times harder than human bones. It can easily knock a trainer flying. A pokemon with a one-track mind. Once it charges., it won't stop running until it falls asleep."

"Rhyhorn, use Horn Attack!" Brock ordered.

"Rhyhorn!" Rhyhorn cried out as it charged forward, with its horn sticking out.

"Alright, Ceaser, grab its horn with Vine Whip and toss it in the air!" Samantha said.

"Tangela!" Ceaser cried as it released blue vines and grabbed Rhyhorn's horn, and tossed it in the air.

'Incredible that Tangela is strong for a new capture.' Cody thought, looking at Ceaser with an impressed expression on his face.

"Rhy?" Rhyhorn cried out as it hit the ground.

"Rhyhorn!" Brock gasped at Samantha's strategy.

"Go, Anna!" Cody cheered, seeing his twin sister was doing fantastic against Brock.

"Rhyhorn!" Rhyhorn cried out, getting on up from the ground.

"Alright, Rhyhorn Dig."

Rhyhorn used its horn and started digging underground.

"Caesar, send Sleep Powder down under the hole!"

"Rhyhorn, get out of there!" Brock shouted.

"Tangela!" Ceaser cried out as it sent green powder down under the hole.

"Now, let's finish this off with Vine Whip," Samatha commanded.

"Tang!" Ceaser cried out, lowering its wines into the hole and tossing Rhyhorn into the air as it crashed onto the ground next to Brock.

"Rhyhorn!" Rhyhorn cried out in pain as it passed on out.

"Rhyhorn is unable to battle. The winner is Ceaser the Tanglea which means the match goes to Samatha from Viridian City!" The referee announced.

"Ceaser excellent job. Get a nice rest after doing such a good job out there," Samatha said, returning Tangela to his Pokeball.

"Rhyhorn return," Brock said, returning his Rhyhorn.

Samatha then placed the Pokeball on her belt as Cody came down the stairs and gave her a thumbs up.

"That was a great battle. Your strategic skills never cease to amaze me," Cody said.

"Thanks; I didn't know for sure if they would pull it off even with a new move," Samatha said, hugging her brother.

"I got to say your Horsea and Tangela are both trained well. They might of seem small and weak, but they definitely pack more power than you think, but Cody was right. Your strategy skills are quite something," Brock commented, walking over to the twins.

"Thank you. We might be twins, but we're different types of battlers, "Samatha said.

"I see that here Samantha. You earn yourself the Boulder Badge," Brock said, handing the badge to Samatha.

"Thank you. Come on, Cody, let's heal it, pokemon, and get something to eat for them," Samatha said, walking towards the four and putting her badge away in her case.

"Good idea. I wonder if Ash and Misty are done at the Pokemon Center," Cody said.

"They probably are by now since it's been a while since we left to challenge the Pokemon gym," Samantha said with Kitsune climbing onto her shoulder.

"True," Cody commented.

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As they arrived at the Pokemon Center, they saw Ash retrieving his pokemon.

"Hello, Ash, your pokemon are fully healed now, I see," Cody said.

"Yeah, how the Gym goes, you two?" Ash asked.

"It was good we both won the badge," Samantha said as she and Cody headed to Nurse Joy. There are pokeballs and Kitsune who climb off of Samatha's shoulder."Good luck. We will join you soon as we're done here healing and feeding our pokemon."

"Alright!" Ash shouted.

"Hey, wait, where did Misty go?" Codh asked.

"I don't know. She just left all of a sudden," Ash replied.

"Oh," Cody said.

"Well, if we find her, we bring her to the gym. See you later," Samatha said.

"Right, see you!" Ash shouted, running off.

"He got too much energy," Cody commented, walking over to the bench to wait for their Pokemon.

"Agree," Samatha said, joining her brother.

Soon as their pokemon were healed, they both with to the cafeteria to eat with their pokemon after an intense Gym battle.

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Hello Readers!

I hope you enjoyed chapter 12 of The Tale of Two Twins. In this chapter, Samantha wins her Boulder badge from Brock, just like her twin brother Cody but did much better with strategy than he did. Feel free to let me know your thoughts on the story so far.

Q: Should I show Ash's gym battle are just describe what happened?

Thanks for reading!

Cody's Team:

Charmander [Kaji] (M) [Growl, Ember, Scratch]

Mankey [Alvara] (F) [Low Kick, Scratch, Leer]

Nidoran [Aruthr] (M) [Tackle, Horn Attack, Leer, Double kick]

At Professor Oak's lab

Samantha Team:

On Hand

Vulpix [Kitsune] (F) [Tail Whip, Ember, Swift]

Horsea [Anahita] (F) [Bubble, Ice Beam, Smokescreen, Water Gun]

Tangela [Ceaser] (M) [Constrict, Vine whip, Absorb, Sleep Powder]

Professor Oak's lab

Word Count: 1088