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Caleb followed Colton and Maddy outside. He blinked a bit as the Trapinch was sent out and started digging. At least he didn't need his own. That one still seemed to be going through her teething phase and those teeth hurt! He let his Chinchou out though as he prepared to head down into the tunnel.

Together Charmander and Trapinch dug and dug downward as exactly a 45 degree angle until Trapinch's teeth landed squarely on a metal door handle. "I think this is our stop." Colton smirked as the door was uncovered. Colton tried the door handle but it wouldn't budge. However, words started to glow into the metal surface of the door.

What force and strength
can not get through,
I with a gentle touch can do,
and many in the streets would stand,
were I not as a friend in hand.

"Arceus' beard, what does that mean?" Colton said, puzzled.

"I think we have to answer the riddle." Colton said as he looked at the stability of the door. It didn't look like the door could be knocked down.

As the two Aqua members said the word "Key" The door busted fell inward and a bright light bathed the group as a large room was laid out before them.

The room had giant stone platforms raised out of steaming hot water. On each platform stood a single Pokemon, growling menacingly. To give an idea, some of the platforms had Charmeleon, some had Slowbro, Torkoal, or a variety of other Pokemon that would enjoy the hot springs. and On the far side of the room, a treasure chest could be seen out of the fog. The based on the thermal convection, the group could tell that the temperature of the water increased as they neared the chest. A misstep into the water near the far wall would certainly be painful. The group could see some of the platforms moving around the room "I assume those will try and stop us if we get too close to the chest." he noted to the others as he pointed at the platforms.

"Wow! So this is a Ruins." Colton exclaimed as he hopped on to one of the three empty stone platforms in front of him and the Charmeleon across the gap immediately let a Flamethrower attack right towards him.

"Looks like we'll have to fight our way across. A minimum of three battles each should be able to get us there." He said as he turned to Maddy and Caleb.

Maddy looked towards the first platform and found herself face-to-face with a Charmander. She sent out her own Charmander, to see which of the two was the stronger. The two Pokémon jumped across the platforms at each other, showering each other with fire. Neither of them were phased by the attacks, but kept at it anyways. It seemed they had quickly established a rivalry.
After a few intense moments, the two Charmanders came to a stop; standing on opposite platforms and breathing heavily. Maddy decided it was finally time to give some guidance.
"Slash attack!" She barked.
Her Charmander nodded and leapt forward slashing at his foe with sharp claws. The other Charmander stumbled backwards, almost falling off the platform. It regained it's footing somehow and blasted Charmander in the face with a Flamethrower attack. Normally, the attack wouldn't hurt much, but both Charmanders were weak, so Blaze had come into effect and in his exhaustion, Maddy's Charmander didn't quite have the strength to defend himself.
"Hang in there, Charmander. One more Slash should do it!"
Charmander weakly nodded and attacked once more, sending the other Charmander flying off the platform and down below. He almost fell and tumbled off the platform himself, but Maddy recalled him.
Maddy jumped onto the first platform. It was quite sturdy. On the next platform was a Camerupt. She sent out her Greninja to face this one.
"Surf!"
A powerful wave of water rushed over the field, drenching the Camerupt. The Pokémon nearly slipped off the platform, but managed to hold it's ground. It responsed with a Take Down, jumping platforms and hitting Greninja hard in an attempt to knock the frog off his own platform. Camerupt took a bit of damage itself.
"Finish it off, Gren. Water Pulse!"
Camerupt went flying off the platform and down below. Maddy recalled Greninja and hopped forward a platform. The next one was a little smaller and sway a little, but it was nothing the ex-thief couldn't handle.
The last opponent was a Charmeleon, so Maddy sent out her Sliggoo.
The Charmeleon started the battle off with a Dragon Claw attack, it's claws glowing with a bloody light as it slashed Maddy's Sliggoo. Luckily, her Sliggoo was holding an Eviolite, so she had boosted Defenses.
"Muddy Water!"
A wave of brown water washed over the Charmeleon, which hastily rushed to protect it's tail. The attack was strong and reduced the lizard's accuracy, but it still had enough energy left to fight. It rushed forward with another Dragon Claw attack, but missed and almost fell of the edge of a platform. It glared angrily in Sliggoo's general direction. It couldn't afford any more reckless attacks like that.
"Rain Dance!"
Sliggoo turned around in a circle and waved it's little arms in the air (it couldn't really do much else for a 'dance') and it began to rain, increasing the power of Water-type attacks. Charmander growled furiously and shot a powerful Flamethrower at the small Dragon-type. The attack hit but didn't hurt her very much.
"Another Muddy Water!"
The attack was much stronger this time, washing Charmeleon off it's platform and finishing the battle.
Maddy crossed the gap and awaited her partners.

The group stood at the far end of the room. The Ruins were defeated, so the stone pillars rearranged themselves to cover the boiling hot water and lay out a flat floor like surface. The water has disappeared and all that was left was the stone tiling the floor and the treasure chest.

"So... who wants to do the honors?" Colton shrugged as he looked at the ornate chest. There didn't appear to be a lock on it and it seemed to just open right up.

"Hah!" Maddy laughed. "I bet it's trapped somehow. Someone else can open it."
She stood back a ways, her arms crossed.
"Colton, you brought us here. How about you open it?" She said with a smirk.