Liam went next. He readied a poke ball, however, a different Pokeball opened and Grimm the Duskull emerged.
 "Dus due kull!" He said.
 "You want to battle?" Liam asked. The Duskull shook in confirmation and floated out onto the stage as Sabrina's Alakazam took its place.
"Alakazam, use Light Screen." Sabrina commanded.
"Shadow Sneak!" Liam called. Alakazam put up a shield but, in the split second before Grimm got a super effective STAB move in before the buff.
"Alakazam, Shadow Ball." Sabrina called. Grimm took critical hit.
"Payback!" Liam called the physical attack was boosted from Grimm being hit, and was increased again due to Alakazam's weakness.
"Recover." Sabrina commanded.
"Shadow ball!" Liam cried. Grimm fired the ball of energy, but it did not reach Alakazam on time to hit before the healing. Grimm was in dire shape, due to the critical super effective hit from earlier. "Destiny Bond!" Grimm quickly made a connection to the psychic pokemon. Grimm was KO'd, and Destiny Bond made it a draw. Sabrina explained that in the event of a drawl the leader decides if the challenger gets the badge, and that Liam deserves the Marsh Badge.