Koffing rushed forward at Waterking, blasting Smog at him. Waterking yelped as the smog covered him. I was about to go help him but I couldn’t because Zubat was about to use Supersonic. I hurriedly lunged at him and used Scratch before he could do anything. Waterking quickly backed out of the harmful Smog. I could tell that he wouldn’t be able to take Koffing on by himself.
“Can’t fight weakling?” Koffing taunted at him. “Maybe you-” I cut him off as I knocked him away with my foot. I landed on the ground and turned my head towards Waterking.
“Are you oka-” I winced and covered my ears with my small wings as a terrible sound hit my ears. I painfully peeked my eyes open to see that Zubat had used Supersonic after all. Once it stopped, the room was spinning around me. It was hard to concentrate on one thing.
I thought, There’s no way that Waterking can fight on his own. I tried to focus on where my vision told me Zubat was, and tried using Scratch. I, probably hilariously missed, getting a face full of sand. Koffing and Zubat’s laughter could be heard through the slight ringing in my ears.
Shaking my head forcefully, my vision went back to normal. Waterking had- Somehow- managed to knock out Koffing. “How did you do that?” I asked, keeping my eyes on Zubat.
“I guess my Pound is getting stronger.” He joked.
Zubat looked nervous as it was now a fight of two versus one. I jumped in front of him as he tried to make an escape to the exit. I could feel heat rising in my throat as I let out a ball of fire at my opponent, beating him.
“Woah!” Waterking exclaimed. “What was that?”
I searched my memory for what that was. “I think it was Ember.”
He thought for a moment. “Yeah… I guess you’re right!”
Padding through the sand, I stopped in front of Zubat, who was lying on the ground. “We won. Now according to the deal we made, you give us the stone back.”
He hesitated. “Oh- Fine!” He dropped Waterking’s strange stone on the ground in front of him. “We’re out of here!” He and Koffing swiftly left the room. I picked up the stone and handed it to the Piplup.
“Thank you!” He said, quickly taking the stone in his flippers. “I have to try harder to keep this. Who knows what other Pokemon might try and take it.” He put it away and looked up at me. “I-I’m sorry that I dragged you into this. Do you still want to be an Exploration Team?”
I took a moment to think about what I would say next and how it would affect both of us. Looking back up at him, I smiled. “Let’s go up to Wigglytuff’s Guild.”
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