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This would prove to be a bad move, Aden bracing himself for the abrasions to come. Mareep wouldn't be able to escape this one so easily. She'd have to hold her ground. But he had an idea. As the dust blew through, small pieces of wool came off the victim...

"Mareep, run towards him as much as you can. Don't worry about your wool, just keep your eyes closed and keep moving until you tackle him!"

It seemed like an odd request at first, having her try and tackle Scizor despite the dust making travel difficult. The point, at least to Aden, wasn't really to try and hit Scizor at all. As she moved closer, those small pieces of wool coming of could serve as another way of slowing him down, if any of it came in contact that was. At best, it was a reckless, crazy idea... but if he learned anything from the mental journey he went through, it was that the crazier ideas might be the best shot at success.

"Mareep, change of plans! Veer to the right and stop yourself!" Aden called at once, watching her do just that and barely avert contact with Scizor. Bits of her wool came close as a result, if nothing else, on top of the smallish cloud that was in the air from the earlier dash. A crude attempt at best, but he found it best to try everything. "I'm not that reckless, Blizz. Letting her actually come in contact with that Scizor would be suicide, but I can still find other ways to keep it slowed down."

Okay, Aden hadn't thought of that possibility. She wasn't getting out of the way of that... "Mareep, Thundershock!" It was his only remaining option short of switching her out, or at least the only one he could readily see.

Mareep tried to run anyway, firing off a jolt just before being slammed and flying a short distance from the impact.

"Mareep?"

Aden could hear her panting, watching her look to Scizor, then to him. He could hear a soft voice following, perhaps her trying to speak. It almost sounded like she was pleading "No more".

"Okay. You did really good for your first time, Mareep. Here, you go ahead and rest." He was quick about recalling her, knowing not to push things further by keeping her out. Someone else would have to come in. "Let's keep from where she left off... Raticate, you're up!"

And at once, his Raticate took her place on the field. Admittedly, Aden didn't know what Blizzard had in mind, so he figured to just get someone else out there to be safe.

"Lesse if I remember this right... Raticate, Pursuit!" Aden wasn't too keen on letting Scizor get into the air so easily. If he wanted to so bad, it'd be with a rat careening at him for the price. He did have other ideas in mind, but using them so soon could be a bad move on his part.

"You know, Blizz, there's another who can play the game you tried on Mareep." Aden spoke up, as the attacks connected. Scizor's quickly overcame Raticate's attempts, but it wasn't over by any means. "Give him your Counter!"

Immediately, Raticate jumped into the air again upon landing and went to strike back at full force.

"Almost forgot what that move could do... Alright, Raticate, you get yourself ready too. Focus Energy!" Raticate might not have had the same focus in his power, but the deep breath he took was enough to keep him pumped for this fight. "He's not that intimidating, now is he?"

Raticate nodded in agreement, but he wondered what might've prompted such an unusual question in the first place.

"Quick Attack!" And yet another clash, one Aden was hoping would work a little better. Only, punches were met with repeated tackles. It made sense in context, at least to him. And Raticate had some speed on his side.