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"I'm fine." Kaya assured Keiko once he'd been cut free of the webs. He grabbed Ballast and held onto the little bug this time, not wanting to risk the little thing getting hurt.

When Ariados unleashed it's Night Shade, he stood stock still for a few seconds. "Think you could get that light going?" He asked of his Volbeat, whose nod that he would try was lost in the absolute darkness around them. The little Volbeat buzzed softly as he flew up just above Kaya's head and tried to spark his light into life. The most he got was a few flashes, however. The poor thing needed training. Tail Glow was still out of his skill range.

"Let me try something." Lykas suggested, having caught up just in time to be engaged in the darkness. He was starting to wonder if he should actually hurry sometimes. Pulling a Pokeball from his waist, he released Sphynx from her ball. "Roar." Was all he said. The result would come within seconds as the lioness opened her mouth and released a terrifying roar filled with an oppressive chi that should force her Pokemon foes to flee back to their Pokeballs or back into the wilds, should they lack them.

The Roar would instill fear in the Ariados, however it was too far away to be recalled, so instead, it fled. As for the Pokemon awaiting in the shadows, it was too far away to be affected. Either way, the path ahead was completely cleared, as far as the Snagems knew.

The Arbok wasn't shocked by Reno's heroic strength, but rather it was taken by surprise that a puny human human dared to grab a hold of it like that. With a quick whip of its tail, the mass of muscle quickly took hold of Reno, its grip more than capable of overpowering and constricting the human. Arbok wasn't stupid though, it knew the human's own Pokemon would save its trainer, so it had to take care of it before it took his meal away from it. "Bok!" It hissed as it cast a Glare at Volcarona.

As for the Rocket that got away, he quickly found his way into a hole in the tunnel walls. Should the Snagems find their way to this place as well and entered, they would find a separate tunnel dug out alongside the Underground Path's length, however much more slim, and lined with explosives. The Rocket went to work on preparing the detonator as quick as he could before anyone could stop him.

Keiko followed close to the two, and relaxed when she saw the enemy in his silky prison. Rita, however, thought this would be the perfect time to pull a prank. After making sure her mistress wasn't watching, the Gothita snuck over to the black-clad trainer and started Tickling him like crazy.

Leslie found herself following behind to see the explosive lined walls before getting and killing an idea. "Any attempt to remove currently would likely end with us made into chunky salsa.Best to simply hack detonator and send a kill signal to the triggers to short them out. Care to take care of it Church?" Leslie ciphered out, staring at the detonator the Rocket had previously been working on. Church simply buzzed in the affirmative and dove into the detonator, attempting to find a way to possibly prevent detonation.

With Reno, Nova withstood the Glare to the point of holding ground, but remained unable to attack the Arbok preparing to eat her trainer. The focus the Arbok placed into this move allowed Reno the freedom to maneuver one arm free, throw a Pokeball and clamp his hand over the Arbok's mouth. "Listen ta me, you crazy snake. You can take a bite out of me but I will survive to punish for that maneuver, as will the Volcarona and new arrival in this tunnel. And you won't be able to defend yerself. I see three choices: you can try ta eat me, try ta attack a Pokemon or run. I already explained why one is stupid, the second is equally stupid, with the third being the only one ta guarantee survival. Take your pick." Reno calmly spoke to the Pokemon attempting to constrict him, his eyes darting over to see he had managed to send out Tsuki. Well, at least he hadn't thrown Snips into this volatile situation.

Keiko had no idea what to do, so she let Leslie handle the bomb problem. She'd have Rita help with Arbok, but the Gothita was otherwise engaged.

Church stared into the code of the device, examining the three numbers it contained before noting the one frequently used number and returning to focusing on the other two. Deciding to commit to another idea rather than await the auto-dialer to show which number and trigger the other one before it finished, the Porygon hunted through the data before discovering the program for the dailer. Digging into its code and finally finding the phone number it would dial, Church rushed back into the outer layers of the operating system before finally activating the disarm number. Hopefully this would be the thing to do it and save them all.

Another teleporting Pokemon appeared to assist Mykel in the form of Kaiden, the Kadabra having managed to finally locate the entire group. The assistance rendered would hopefully allow the explosives to be removed if the trigger occurred. Of course, Reno appeared at this moment to state down the scene, unsure how to react at the moment beyond returning Nova.