Surge smiled as he returned Pikachu. "You got lucky with that Psybeam, but this is where your luck runs out." Surge said as he threw his last Poké ball which revealed Raichu. Brian was about to return Gothita, but the latter stopped him and gave him a confident look. "You sure Gothita? Alright, you got it. Have at him with Psybeam!" Brian shouted, Gothita let out another Psybeam. "Thunderbolt!" Surge responded. Raichu let out a devastating Thunderbolt which went through the Psybeam and directly to Gothita. The latter struggled to get up.
"Are you okay Gothita?" Brian asked. Gothita responded with a confident nod despite her clear injuries. "Alright, use Double Slap!" Gothita ran forward to use said move. "Intercept with Thunderbolt!" Surge said, Raichu started to shoot bolts of lightning toward Gothita, but the latter dodged them and successfully Double Slapped Raichu who shot one last bolt of lightning directly at Gothita and caused her to faint.
Brian shook his fist in slight anger. Before he returned Gothita, Kirlia came out of his Poké ball and ran to Gothita, clearly concerned for her health. "She'll be fine Kirlia, Gothita, thank you so much for your hard work, take a good rest." Brian said before he returned the latter to her ball. "It's all up to you now Kirlia, let's do this!" Kirlia responded with a determined look and pounded his chest twice. "Your Pokémon are a determined bunch, I like it." Surge said with a smile. "But this is the end of the line. Thunder Wave." Raichu let out a shocking Thunder Wave (no pun intended) toward Kirlia. "Dodge it and use Magical Leaf!" Kirlia back flipped away from the Thunder Wave and threw a series of leaf like projectiles directly at Raichu. "Now, use Confusion!" Brian shouted. "Thunderbolt!" Lt. Surge shouted in response.
Both Pokémon used their commanded attacks which caused a huge cloud of smoke upon impact with each other. Kirlia looked back at Brian who nodded to him as he knew what to do, Kirlia then jumped into the smoke and seeming vanished. Raichu however tried to search for his target. Brian eventually held his hand out and snapped his fingers. Kirlia appeared right behind Raichu and prepared a Magical Leaf attack, by the time Raichu found Kirlia, the latter had already swarmed him with leaf like projectiles and defeated Raichu.
Once the smoke cleared, it was clear that victory was Kirlia's. As such, Brian had won the battle. "Yes! We did it, well done Kirlia." Kirlia ran back to his trainer, jumped up and hugged him. Brian hugged back as Lt. Surge returned his Raichu and walked toward Brian. "You have a spark of determination within you, that's what helped you win the battle and the Thunder Badge." He said as he gave the latter to Brian who he took with a smile.