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Reno plucked himself off the floor after his haphazard impact with the solidified chi, sighing under his breath already knowing things would be going bad. Looking to the group of thugs with a scrutinizing eye, Reno reached into his pack and drew out another two Pokeballs, tossing them skyward. Two bright lights would surround Reno as he drew his nightstick and extended it to bo staff length, revealing Linkara the Marowak and Tsuki the Sneasal to now be flanking Reno, with Tsuki brandishing an extension on her one set of claws. The trio would pose with their respective weapons in an open attack stance, an intimidating sight to any of the less willful thugs. "Come take me on if you think you're hard enough, ya punks. I'll return anythin' you throw at me a thousand fold and make sure it impacts." Reno roared out, a small amount of his bloodlust translating into a similar roar shared by his Pokemon to add to the fear factor.

For once Arthur's fear ended up saving him from embarrassment. As everyone went down the staircase, they'd find themselves smacking into a hard wall. Even the Mew as powerful as she was ended up bouncing off it. That was enough to keep Arthur away from the stairs. Backing away, he found himself bumping into something that wasn't a wall. Slowly glancing back, he saw the thugs and nearly had a heart attack. Jumping in surprise, he ran to hide behind the closest person, which was Eliel. Lava did the same, which wasn't exactly a good look for Arthur's team as a whole.

"W-why are you guys here?" he stammered. Though everyone else was preparing for a fight, he was too scared at the moment to give orders. Plus even if he did his Pokemon would probably be too scarred to follow.

As the Dunsparce emerged, Alex's HUD shut down so she pushed the goggles back onto her forehead. The first thing she noticed about it was that drill like tail that was far from the norm. "Look at that tail. It's huge!" she commented just as it disappeared underground. She glanced around, waiting for it to reappear and signaled for her Porygon to get ready. Once it popped back up, she pointed at it and called out a command. "Signal Beam!" The colorful beam fired toward the yellow menace, attempting to knock it off path from hitting Marowak.

Reno watched the Dunsparce disappear, already smirking as he knew what was likely to happen next. "Track and attempt to avoid his attack. Best to simply watch at this point, Linkara." Reno muttered to his nearby ally, already preparing to have to evade the drill himself. Linkara would close his eyes, listening to the vibrations of the earth that were almost screaming at him in comparison to the taps Reno had trained him to listen for. Diving to the left with ease, Linkara would be surprised when the sheer size of the drill caught his legs as they trailed behind, sending him flying around from the sudden increase in motion. Int his case, he went flying towards Reno, who managed to catch the hard headed Pokemon with a soft grunt along with a loud crack that resonated through the room like a gunshot.

Wincing in sympathy for her trainer, Tsuki decided to take matters into her own hands, watching the flurry of attacks heading towards the Dunsparce. Disappearing from her position without a sound, Tsuki appeared directly across from where she had been, the trail of her shining claws leading to where she had attempted to slash the Dunsparce with a Quick Attack.

Eliel tilted his head, looking at everyone rushing the dunsparce. "This seems a bit unfair to the little guy don't you think?" He glanced over at the men, wondering when they were going to send out a pokemon with any real natural power.

Eliel smiles, glancing down at Pidove and raising his black card. Pidove lifted up in the air, following Dunsparce around careful to stay far enough to avoid getting suprised. He began to use Growl, slowly chipping away at Dunsparces attack power.

Lykas looked at Eliel as the boy asked if they were being unfair. "Kid, this thing could kill us all without even breaking a sweat and you're concerned with being fair to it?" He asked, not believing what he was hearing. "We don't have time to concern ourselves with 'fair' right now."

With that, as Chinami caught her scalchops, he issued a new command. Releasing his Milotic, Nuregami, the two worked in tandem. "Chinami, Water Pulse! Nuregami, Ice Beam!" Rather than both attacking Dunsparce, The Dewott sent a surge of water flying towards Dunsparce while Nuregami froze it solid.

"We should probably get out of here while we can!" Lykas called as he recalled his Pokemon, attacks already released. If Dunsparce carved through that, it should release enough ice into the air to mask an escape.

Dunsparce would indeed carve not only through the ice, but the Bonemerang as well. The Growl seemed to do little to mitigate the assault, and it looked like the group wouldn't be the only one thinking to take advantage of cover. Some of the thugs made it a point to escape then, if only to get to another part of the lab. A couple of others released a pair of Voltorb, both of which were giving off even more chi than the Dunsparce was.

If anyone happened to be able to see through the mist, those two Voltorb also looked like they'd be glowing slightly.

Needless to say, it was more than enough to trip Cera's senses and decide to make a hastier retreat. "I dun think we're safe here anymore! We'll have to explore later..." At this point, she was thankful to be able to keep in touch with the HQ, and quickly to boot.

It wasn't long before Sol's Xatu teleported in, Cera finding it quicker in such a pinch. The thug that let Dunsparce out, though, noticed the errant Pokemon as the mist began to clear.

"No escape for you... clip the bird's wings!"

Dunsparce would soon fly at Xatu in an attempt to drill a hole into her, but she was able to teleport herself and the group out of the lab moments before it'd have hit. Or worse, whatever those Voltorb could've done.

Muttering something about lucky dodges and ensuring that there wouldn't be a second case of it, the remaining thugs recalled their Pokemon and returned about their business. The group was gone in any case.