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Brian would beam the Golbat with rock, said rock hitting it square in between its eyes and causing it to fall backwards, tripping over its own feet, and hitting the ground hard instantly knocking itself out. Golbat fainted.

Riley would shake off the ringing in his ears and recall his Lucario to help it recover from its confusion before turning his attention back to Brian. "You got a mean arm on you, nice throw." He complimented Brian. "The wild Pokemon will likely get more aggressive the deeper we go so keep an eye out. Let's get back on track." Riley warned Brian before setting off.

The two humans and their Pokemon would walk for several minutes, coming across plenty more mining equipment along the way. They'd also pass by a hiker that was apparently taking a break from his trek, Riley giving him a wave in passing. As they continued Riley spoke to Brian. "Tell me, Brian, are you familiar with the Pokemon Chimchar?"

"Ah, that's interesting. I used to do a lot of cave exploring as a child myself, especially these." Riley said as he gestured around the general area. "And you're correct, the wild Pokemon here don't like guests, but what wild Pokemon do?" He chuckled softly. "Either way, I ask about the Chimchar species because not only do I having a mining and training operation on this island but I also have a contract with the region's professor, Professor Rowan, that is I aid him in the reproduction of the starter Pokemon Chimchar. As you may know like most starter Pokemon Chimchar are rare or functionally extinct in the wild and require special breeding environments to assure a supply to provide new trainers with. On the backside of this island is such a place. Would you be interested in visiting it?"

"Excellent, then we will take a little bit of a detour before we go deeper into the mine. Follow me, it will get a little dark so stick close." Riley said as he proceeded forward. The man would work on the typical path for a few minutes before he suddenly took a turn down a narrow corridor, just wide enough for them to walk through, a little over an inch of space from their shoulders to the walls. As warned this corridor was dark, the only light provided from the lights outside of the corridor, no lights in it. They would walk down this corridor for what seemed like an eternity, going deeper and deeper into the darkness until their human eyes would fail them, seeing nothing but blackness but that didn't seem to bother Riley.

"You can't see, can you?" Riley called out to Brian behind him. "What if I told you I can? That is, through aura." He informed the trainer as they walked through the darkness, Riley not once bumping into the walls in the dark. "With aura you can scan the area around you within a limited range, similar to radar. Our Lucario can do this naturally but with enough training we can too, I can. This is but one ability you can also learn. Where eyes fail aura doesn't. I've heard tale of blind monks that live completely normal lives thanks to their aura abilities."

They would walk a few minutes further into the darkness before Riley stopped and declared. "Here we are. Stand back." The next thing Brian knew he heard a click sound and then the sound of a rising door as light began to pour in from in front of him, the smell of the sea blowing in. Riley would step through this 'door of light' and once Brian did as well he'd find himself standing in a grassy field surrounded by tall jagged rocks that shielded this place from the outside. Littering this field were numerous trees and in those trees were countless Chimchar, playing with each other and running around joyously. A small building was erected off to the side as well, just big enough to house a single person.

"Welcome to what I call Chimchar Paradise." Riley said as he gestured at everything in front of them.

"Thank you, I've invested a lot of time and money in making sure it was just that for the Chimchar. Here they want for nothing as they prepare to one day set out to be paired out with their destined trainer." Riley said with a smile as he watched the Chimchar happily play, a couple ceasing their play after taking note of the strange human with Riley. By they knew it several Chimchar were gathering around Riley and climbing up him, trying to get his attention as he pet them while a couple leery ones approached Brian, hesitantly sniffing them and one trying to poked his leg. They were curious.

"Chim?" The bravest Chimchar muttered as he poked Brian a few times before pulling on his pants leg, as if to get his attention as it looked up at him.

"Looks like that one has taken a shine to you. Go ahead, pick it up, I've never known these guys to bite." Riley offered Brian to pick up the babe.

Riley smiled as he watched Brian pick up the Chimchar and hold him in his arms, the little Chimchar proceeding to put its hands on Brian's face and touch him, the baby curious about this strange human. The other man would go to say something but before he could a loud explosion rocked the entire island causing the many Chimchar to panic and flee into the trees, the one Brian holding burying its face in his shirt, shivering all the while.

"What was-...that..." Riley began to question what happened but he quickly saw what it was as an Aerodactyl descended from the sky, a man on its back. The man was dressed in what could only be described as a fusion of a Team Rocket grunt's uniform with a classic trope of a stereotypical archaeologist with a stylistic image of a Helix fossil on the chest. "Who are you!?" Riley demanded to know as he gripped a Pokeball, the Aerodactyl landing on the ground and growling at Riley as its rider got off.

"Who am I? It's not who I am it's who we are! We are Team Eolith, reborn!" The man said as he took out a magnifying glass and raised it to the air for a second before putting it over his eye. "And you appear to be the famous Riley, owner of Iron Island! Well mister Riley, I've been given the pleasure of informing you that your island is now a protected dig site underneath the care of Team Eolith! I suggest you and your friend immediately vacate the area before anymore priceless historical artifacts are damaged. Otherwise you'll become historical as well, got it?" He said, pointing his magnifying glass at his Aerodactyl who roared defiantly at Riley and Brian.

"...Brian, think you can take care of this one while I go see what that explosion was?" Riley asked his friend as he kept his eyes on the Aerodactyl. "The Chimchar here must be protected but I have to ensure the safety of my workers became in the mines."

"Never heard of us!? Well today will be- hey!" The grunt started speaking, winding up for a long tangent no doubt, however Brian and his Lucario would cut him off as sharp pillars of rock jutted out of the ground all around the Aerodactyl, stabbing into it and holding it in place. "Gah! So you want to fight, huh!? Well it's time we make you extinct! Bulldoze!" The Eolith grunt commanded.

With a defiant cry the Aerodactyl would gain a coat of Ground energy before flailing around with its wings and head, shattering the rocks that held it in place before it reared backward and slammed down on the ground with its wing hands, unleashing its stored up Ground energy into the Earth and sending it flowing towards Lucario. The Ground would begin to churn up and fold into itself like a small wave of rock and dirt, rushing towards Lu as it built up mass collected from the destroyed rocks. By the time it made it to Lu it was about the same size as the Lucario, threatening to slam right into him.

The Water Pulse would crash into the incoming Bulldoze, the two attacks cancelling each other out. In that moment the grunt would note the sudden shift to Extreme Speed and correct deduce that Lu would follow up with another attack and proceeded to command his Aerodactyl. "Wing Attack!" The grunt commanded.

The first of the Aura Sphere barrage would slam into the Aerodactyl, the prehistoric Pokemon letting out a pained cry before it finally got off the ground and sent itself on a collision course of Lu. The Pokemon would dodge the next Aura Sphere, now it would turn back around to follow it but it didn't care, it had a plan. Aerodactyl would quickly close the gap before finally slamming into Lu wing first, taking them both to the ground with the other Aura Sphere following it still. If it timed it right the dinosaur would attempt to snatch the smaller Lucario in its mouth and throw him at the Aura Sphere at the last second.