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Lykas and Odd trailed behind at this point, both having stopped at some point to catch their breath. They figured they'd just catch up in a few minutes, once they could breath properly once again. "I have no idea what we were thinking. We both have Hoverboards. Why aren't we using them?" Lykas asked after a moment or two of deep, heaving breaths.

"I have no idea." Odd replied. "We should do that this time."

It was another minute or two before they took off again, by now only just barely ahead of Blizzard and Tristen, albeit on their respective hoverboards. They missed the old man's shouting at the others, not like either of them would know why he was doing it to begin with as they took the roads through town rather than peoples' yards and neither, as far as they could remember, had been in Kalos except that one tie in Aquacorde Town a few months back.

By the time they caught up with the others, Allen was about to become a Poison Pop, ala Ice Fang from a wild Piloswine. "Not today!" Odd exclaimed as he went to throw out an Ultra Ball. Instead, he found the most recently inhabited Dusk Ball in his bag popping open against his will to reveal Fermata, flapping diligently in front of him.

"Rooooooow!" The tiny owl hooted as he flapped ever harder, a small barrage of dart-like leaves scattered from his wings, racing towards the Piloswine.

"Not you, Fermata!" Odd yelped, snatching the owl back to his chest as he released his Ultra Ball, Adagio appearing at his side. "Inferno!" He ordered, watching the lantern Pokemon quickly conjure a ball of indigo flames and send it flying, admittedly slower than he'd have liked, towards Piloswine.

Lykas, on the other hand, raced in and fired of a Water Spout from his forehead jewel, washing Allen out of the line of fire and dousing the flaming clothes at the same time. "Looks like we got here just in time." He quipped, cocking a grin as he stood back up from his crouched position.

Freth would soon make it on scene, taking note to the carnage right at the Frost tunnel entrance. "Why?" Freth said, taking out a Pokeball herself. "Seriously, what's with everyone and acting stupid near Ice types? And who in the hell blocked off the..." Freth had to stop and collect herself for a second. "Yea. Okay. Walrien!" she shouted, tossing the ball out.

In a sparkling flash, the Walrien was out of the ball, giving a bellowing roar announcing its presence. "Walrien! Roar!"

"WAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!" It bellowed, demanding its presence to be respected by the wild Icy Pokemon onslaught. Perhaps hopefully make the Snagems back the hell off too and think. The whole situation was nothing short of asinine.

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Tristen and I was rushing off to join the others. Tristen then caught wind to something. A unique smell in the air. "Blizz, wait!"

I stopped and looked back. "Tristen, we're kinda in a hurry, you know?" But then, something tripped my senses just ahead.

"You sense it now, don't you?"

"...why am I not surprised? But then, freakin' hell, how did she get here so fast? We just got here."

"Should we stop her?" Tristen asked.

"We got no choice. Better to cut her off now than cause another situation like the Battle Chateau, come on." I said, rushing off.

Keiko and I were about to continue chasing after the remnants of Zygarde when we noticed the three Ice-type Pokemon. Then, we noticed that Odd and Lykas had caught up to us and I facepalmed. Why do I always forget about those things?

"Come on out, Angeal," I sighed, releasing the crestless Torchic from his ball.

"What the- oh. Hey, Boss. So, what poor unfortunate soul am I sending to the next world this time?"

"You see those three giant Ice-types over there?" I asked simply.

"Uh... yeah?" Angeal responded, seeming less than confident.

"Use Ember." I told him.

Despite how unsure he felt about how effective his power would be against these monstrosities, Angeal complied, spitting tiny flames at the three Ice-types.

"Natalie, throw the enemy off-balance with your Confusion!" Keiko chimed in, the Natu under her command flinging warped psychic energy at the three ice-types.

Oh Allen... oh sweet delusional Allen. Barred from nearly getting gored after that mistake, his day only got worse when he was set on fire. It wasn't like he didn't expect that, he just, well, didn't think too much about that at the time. Before he could throw off his hoodie, the boy found himself being drenched in water. "Th-thanks!" He started, now definitely throwing it off to avoid straight up freezing in the cavern of ice.

The roar definitely made Zest return herself, the fire type squeaking before going back into her Pokeball. Well, at least Allen was on the other side of the Ice types now, soaking wet or not. Sending out Beck, he began backing up deeper ino the cave. "Hit one of the bears with a Gyro Ball, let's finish this up." He said, the Koffing swinging around towards a Beartic with Steel chi infused within him.

Aile would continue onward with Clara until she got to the edge of Dendemille Town, where she thought she saw a pink spec in the sky. Squinting and standing still as it got closer, she would soon realize that it wasn't merely a lost balloon that managed to make its way all the way out here, and that the creature was making its way over towards them. Her way over towards them. "That pink furball wasn't kidding about not hiding anymore..." She'd bring out a Great Ball and send out Kayvaan, who looked around before turning to his trainer. "Kayvaan, get ready, we're going to have company."

The frog would tilt his head before staring behind them pointedly, his trainer grumbling angrily after noticing it. "You're joking... And here, I thought that they'd just move as a singular pack. This way, let's go." Aile would grab Clara's upper arm and pull her in a direction still trying to go towards the cavern, but now trying to swerve out of the incoming Cera. The pace would pick up, too, Aile was now running to create more distance with those behind her.

Aile would soon hear a voice enter her mind, a loud mental screech prefacing it. "Aw, did someone forget about me so soon? I thought I told you to never show your face to this team again. But, oh well," Cera spoke up, immediately using a small bit of psychic force to shove Aile's legs. She was moving at a blistering pace and quickly catching up.

"I guess you just couldn't wait to die by our hand. By MY hand." As soon as she was done, another mental screech would ring through Aile's mind as several Aura Spheres began to form, the Mew noticing Kayvann's presence and not taking a single chance.

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Back in the cavern, Amaranth would stop as she saw the cores and cells, but not to watch what they were doing. The vibrations and slams meant she needed to be mindful of any chunks of ice that fell. Following them was also slow for other reasons, trying her best to follow through the tunneling they were doing. "Come on, can't you just tell us what's wrong!?" She asked, realizing she wouldn't be getting an answer. At least, not one she understood. Her Doduo tried to keep following, the two heads complaining about the best way of doing that all the while.

Once Allen was out of harm's way - well, direct harm's way, at least- Odd rushed over to his side with Adagio. "Dry him off." He told he Fire-type, who conjured a giant ball of indigo flames via Inferno. She'd keep it far enough away not to burn him but the heat would help him to dry out pretty fast. Afterward, he recalled the Fire ghost and released Chorale, his Froslass. "Make sure this place doesn't melt too much." He told her, indicating the places where water and fire alike had damaged the icy structure of the cave. She quickly blew a Frost Breath across the melting structures to refreeze them and then returned to Odd.

"Looks like we should be going down." He pointed out to Allen and Lykas who had, by now, come over to them.

"Ya, it sounds like those little bugs are smashing the place apart." Lykas agreed.

"I thought you said they were cells?" Odd asked as he began to walk, recalling Chorale.

"Cells. Bugs. Same thing when they're swarming like that, really." Lykas replied, full of confidence.

"That's..... Nevermind." Odd resigned the argument before it could begin, choosing instead to lead the way down, following after everyone else that had gone ahead of them. When he got down, he could only stare in amazement at first. These things were so coordinated to be described as "cells". Could that really be all they were?

"Huh.... Looks like they came looking for a friend..." Lykas said as they emerged from the wall they were digging into with what appeared to be a larger than average Cell with them. Was that what the Cores looked like? "I can't help but wonder what they're so riled up about, though." There had to be a reason they were so eagerly collecting the pieces of themself, didn't there? It was unusual to see a Pokemon described as a Legendary Pokemon acting so irrationally, after all. Most of them served a very particular purpose and only acted out aggressively if their purpose was challenged or whatever they protected was threatened.