First Encounter

"What about the bad news?", asked Axel.

"The bad news is that I don't know what is causing all of this. You said that the Pokemons outside are being controlled in some way and now even the cave is being controlled. So, I can assume that this entire island is under someone's control, and as per estimation, that entity is living at the end of the cave.

But here comes the question? Why? Why is it living inside the cave?"

"What do you mean?"

"As we go inside the cave, the oxygen level decreases. That is the truth. The Pokemons that we will find here will only be on the middle level of the cave. At the end level of the cave, there will be too little oxygen to even survive. So, why would the leader of this island be at the end of the cave?

Since this entity controls the whole island, shouldn't this entity be living outside the cave, rather than at the deep end of the cave?"

"Absol, how sure are you that this entity is living at the end of the cave?"

"Almost 100%."

"Really?"

"Yes, I started to look around, and the cave was artificial. It is not man-made. I have leveled up my move 'Detect' to a higher level and I can feel all the energy inside this cave as I concentrate. I can tell that the energy is slowly being sucked deep inside the cave.

So, I can say that the entity is living at the end of the cave."

"Do you think that we will survive if we face the entity?"

"No, we will die. Besides, the entity doesn't care if we die or live. That is why we are still alive. Or it may have some hidden agenda. I can't be sure."

After talking with Absol, Axel came to realize that they were facing a bigger problem than he had thought.

"Absol, can you tell me if the cave's door will open after 3 months?"

"I don't know, Axel. I cannot be sure of that."

"Alright. You will invest all of your time researching this place. If you want the help of Meg, then you can take it. Your mission is to get us out of here. Try to find any hidden passage from where we can get out and if we cannot get out, try to know when the door of the cave will open.", said Axel.

Absol nodded and went to work. It was quite excited about this new situation. It had been living alone in a cave for far too long to be nervous about such unknown situations.

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It took them some time but everybody started to get busy with some things. Krishna was very efficient in managing such kind of work.

"Krishna, since we might be living here for at least 3 months, we need to do everything to survive for 3 months. All of our members know that we have come here. If we don't return for some time, they will notify Oak and Red.

They might even come here to help us. Till that time, we will have to survive.", said Axel.

Krishna started to plan and list all the things that were needed to survive for 3 months. Others also helped, especially Mandira. She was the one who had the highest survival skills and knowledge.

"Sir, a few years back, my hometown was destroyed by the Pokemon tide.", said Mandira.

"Oh, sorry about that."

"At that time, I managed to run away along with some of my friends and family. We have to travel 1000s of km in the wild to reach the next town. Most of us didn't make it. The wild forest was very dangerous especially at the time of tide. At that time, I learned a lot about how to survive."

"Good, I am happy that you are here with us. You will be in charge of keeping us alive. Anything that you need, you can ask me or Krishna. We will provide it to you."

"Sir, I have already made the list.", said Mandira handing down the list of all the things that they would need if they had to live in the cave for 3 months, or 6 months, or for more than a year.

Krishna had also made a list but his list was too simple compared to Mandira. He felt embarrassed knowing that Mandira was better than him in this thing. But this was the time for survival.

"Sir, the first thing that we need is food and water. We can get food by killing the Pokemons inside the cave. Till now we have not found any Pokemons but as per our intelligence, we will find them soon enough.

The problem is water. We do have water-type Pokemons with us but their supply of water will not be enough for us and also our Pokemons. Also, water Pokemons would need a lot of water to survive. Using water-type Pokemons is just a temporary solution for 4-5 days.

So, we need a source of water within that time."

"Any other immediate things that you require?", asked Axel.

"Yes sir. We also need to find plants and fruits to survive."

"But why? We will have meat from wild Pokemons."

"This is not for us but for our Pokemons. There are some Pokemons that don't eat meat. It is not that they don't like the taste of it, but it will cause them more harm than good because their body is specifically built to handle a plant-based diet.

Some of the Pokemons like Sunflora requires sunlight to survive. But fortunately, we don't have such Pokemons with us, so we don't require sunlight, at least for now."

"What do you mean, at least for now?"

"Sir, the sun is the prime source of passive energy for us. Pokemons might be able to survive without sun for some months because they have a strong body but our bodies will start to deteriorate without any sunlight for months.

It doesn't mean that we will die without sunlight. But in this unknown cave, filled with danger, having a weak body is a liability."

"Hmm, is that all you need?"

"Sir, the final thing that we need is protection. With our intelligence, we have come to find out that the cave starts to expand as we go deeper. Till now we don't know how many Pokemons live inside the cave. But what if we face their attacks? This cave is their home and they have the natural advantage.

So, I believe that we need to set up a camp and a vantage point to face them."

"Thanks, Mandira. You can go now and help others. I will think about this issue."

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Axel had a lot to think about. He could understand about meat and getting them from wild Pokemons inside the cave. They had not found any till now but there were reports specifically saying that there are wild Pokemons here.

But what was he going to do about water and plants?

He could tell Venusaur to use the move 'Deep forest emergence' but they don't produce fruits. Only leaves and woods and flowers were all filled with different kinds of poisons and sleeping powders.

A lot of thing was happening right now. Axel thought to first solve the easiest problem.

"Krishna, set up a team with as low members as possible. I will go on a hunt with them. You are coming too. Your help will be necessary.", said Axel.

Yes, he was going to solve the problem of food first.

Axel, Krishna, Makunda, and Suresh decided to go on this mission. They had already covered some distance into the cave and found out about the traps. He was going to let Absol do its own research and Gyarados create an artificial pool while the other Pokemons would be going with him.

Gogoat, Venusaur, Slowemperor, Nidoking, and Salamence. These were his team. It was not the strongest line up but all of them had their uses.

As they started to go inside the cave, Axel started to notice that this cave was very different. He could already tell that this cave was artificial. Everything seemed to be in its perfect place for some reason.

"Sir, this is the furthest we have reached till now.", said Suresh.

"Suresh, thank you for your hard work. Now we will have to focus on traps. Get ready. Tell your Pokemons to sense if there are any other Pokemons inside the cave. I feel that we are very close to them."

As they started to walk inside, the cave started to expand. Before, only 2 of them could move at the same time but now all of them with their Pokemons could move at the same time.

"Rooar!!!"

"Sir, I think that we have found something.", said Makunda

"Yeah, I think they have found us too.", sighed Axel.

Makunda's Pokemon, Arcanine, was happy to have found something. But it had alerted the enemies too. But that didn't matter. They would have found them, one way to another.

There were actually 8 Golems and 2 Geodude. The Geodudes were not a problem. They were just a common rank Pokemon but these Golems were different. All of them were at pseudo-king rank and one of them, probably their leader, was at tier 1 king rank.

 Since they had been walking for hours, they had not expected such a sudden clash. But these Golems were ready to fight. Axel could tell that they were not surprised to see them. But why?

Axel didn't have time to think as 5 of the Golems started to use the move 'Rock throw'.

These were pseudo-king rank Pokemon and they were in a place where they could find huge rocks.

The speed of the rock was incredible. These rocks were almost half a meter wide and a meter tall.

Thankfully, Makunda's Magcargo came to rescue.

It used a powerful 'Stone edge' generating big pointy rocks from the ground blocking all the 'Rock throw' but a single move like 'Stone edge' could not handle all the power of those 'Rock throw'.

Yet, those 3 seconds were all the time that Axel and his team needed. They were still tide battle specialist. All of them set up their Pokemons to deal with these Golems.

Krishna directly used his Blastoise and it used a powerful 'Hydro pump' to directly take out 2 of the pseudo-king rank Golems. Just one hit was enough.

This Blastoise was a tier 3 king-rank Pokemon. The power of a tier 3 king-rank Pokemons was huge.

But these Golems were not going down so easily. They could already tell that they were going to die here. So, 2 of them used the move 'Magnitude' and one of them used the move 'Earthquake'.

Both of them were different moves but they basically did similar things. They shook the ground. Now, one might think, just the shake was not going to harm powerful Pokemons.

But the power of this move was on a quite different level. The mix of 2 of these moves seemed to have created some sort of synergy effect and the power of the move had more than doubled.

All of them were affected including Axel and his friends. He didn't know what was happening because they were so close and his head was spinning. Fortunately, some Pokemons, most be one them protected all the rocks that were raining on them.

But what Axel had not expected was for the leader Golem to use the move 'Dig' to go underground and attack Arcanine with a powerful blow.

But this was the mistake that the leader was made. Just when it was about to celebrate a small victory, it was hit by a powerful yellow beam.

This was 'Solar beam' from Axel's Venusuar. Since it could not use 'Sunny day' inside the cave, it had to charge it for some time. But the power of the move was very high.

BANG!!!

The king rank Gloem was flown out as it crashed down on the ground. It was not moving but Venusaur could tell that it was still alive.