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Aden nor Mareep were appreciative of the assault to their ears. He was quick to put his hands to his ears, trying to muffle the sounds if only slightly. Mareep, lacking this luxury, had braced herself. She couldn't really concentrate because of it, and stumbled when she went to move back.

Trying to issue a command to her was unlikely to be a good idea. Geodude, on the other hand, wondered what it was all about. It was heard to be sure, but it wasn't all that bad... maybe it just wasn't getting the full brunt of it. Still, it left some ideas, especially with what this tunnel had to offer.

"Geodude, try to shut one of them up, will ya!? Rock Throw!" He called over the incessant sounds, prompting the Pokemon to find the closest rock possible and hurl it at one of the Zubat. From there, Aden could've sworn he had heard something that amounted to "Shut up!".

"There goes one- eugh!" Even Aden found himself cringing at that effort. Sure, he wasn't the one behind it, but seeing that made his teeth hurt a little. "That looked like it hurt the Zubat more than Geodude..." Truth be told, he felt a little bad continuing any assault on this.

But then, it had tried to make a meal out of both his Pokemon. As far as he was concerned, it was better to take it out like the other one. "Mareep, are you alright?" He asked, seeing his Mareep try to recover. Her ears were still ringing from the Supersonic.

He tried to do something, though. "Okay... Mareep, get on Geodude."

Both of his Pokemon looked at him funny. "Just trust me on this." He said, and lifted Mareep to put on top of Geodude. Neither seemed to be hindered, but still didn't see what this was about.

"Okay. Mareep, I want you to build up what electricity you can and hold on. It shouldn't do much to Geodude." Aden started, noticing how things went earlier. "Geodude, you rush on at the Zubat while she's doing that. You'll be fine."

Nodding, he stepped back. "Now, go!" The two went on their assault, with Mareep charging up and Geodude... carrying. Both still didn't really understand this.

"Now, Geodude! Throw Mareep!" Aden called as Zubat went to attack. Geodude was hit soon after he hurled Mareep into the air, but this wasn't what he had in mind. What he did was while his sheep was in the air, startled as anything.

"Mareep, go! Thundershock!" She recovered enough to fire her attack at the Zubat, falling back to the ground.

"Better than I thought... sorry for that, but thanks. Return-" Aden looked at Geodude, then Mareep, then Blizzard... and noticed their stares. "...What?"

"Um. I..." I looked around then looked back at Aden. "...uh...am left to wonder. Was that. Really. Necessary?" I asked. I was a bit in a loss for words from what I just saw.

"Yea, well, word of advice. When battling, yea, you may have to go on a bit on the impractical side, especially in a double battle at times, keep in mind what your Pokemon is having to go through in the process. I'm not trying to chastise you or anything, but just keep it in mind, alright?" I said. "Anyways, come on." I said, starting off back down the cavern.

"Yeah, sorry... here, return." Aden didn't want to risk making any matters worse, so letting both of them rest a bit felt like a good idea. He was quick to resume his following, and made a mental note to be a bit less crazy in his tactics.

Once they are out, Ryan recalls Gardevoir. "Yep. Just need to pass the Slowpoke Well and then we are into town." he says.