gateway [c/wild]

[attr="class","smdbody"]he was hoping whatever they'd encounter would not have a type advantage over mira. she was still fit for battle but he did not want to push her too hard. he did not want a repeat of what happened before. he's learned his lesson.

their first encounter in the cave was something he was not expecting. it was a heart shaped pokemon that he has never seen before, only read about. the pokedex illuminated as it scanned the pokemon.

"no more water attacks,"he laughed. mira slithered forward and stood in front of liam, ready for a battle. he wondered if twister would cause too much ruckus but the only other move mira knew was a fairy type, which was almost just as disruptive. 

"use twister," he said. with one swift movement the milotic swept her tail forward, creating a strong stream that rattled the poor luvdisc. it was shaken but not down yet. it used agility to boost itself first and then went in with a take down attack. 

"try a disarming voice," he ordered. mira took the take down and retaliated with a fairy attack. the luvdisc almost went down but managed to use one last take down attack. mira took that one as well and finished it off with another disarming voice attack.

no pokeball was used but one potion was used. that would be enough to keep mira healthy, he thought.

[attr="class","smdbody"]there was no need for the pokedex after he saw the next pokemon that would bump into them. a grass monkey that he was sure knew a move that could take down mira in one or two hits. he contemplated his choices here for a moment.

"i don't think you can fight this one," he told the milotic who just had her curious eyes on the grass monkey. liam wasn't going to capture it either and a battle would end quite badly for them. so flee? there was so little room to run or even attempt an escape. 

so he pulled out another potion and sprayed it onto mira, restoring her to almost full. the tender pokemon seemed healthy and ready to go again. 

"watch out for the vine whip," he said. the milotic slithered forward. "twister," he ordered. mira would once again flick her tail to create a violent wave sent right at the monkey. liam was hoping for a flinch but that didn't happen. the monkey returned a vine whip attack which connected. 

he could see how much damage it did to mira so they'd have to be extra careful with the next attack. but still, he hoped for the flinch. 

the tender pokemon flicked her tail once more, violent waves echoing through the cave. this time it managed a flinch, which allowed mira to use a disarming voice attack to finish it off. 

and when that battle was done he healed the milotic up with yet another potion. he was down to his last one.

[attr="class","smdbody"]he could pretty much smell fresh air as he walked around the corner. there was still another corner to go but he could feel an eerie presence lurking. maybe it was just his imagination but he saw the lights flicker ever so slightly.

he looked over to his milotic. "did you see that?" he asked, referring to the flickering lights. mira shook her head, but pointed forward with her nose at something blocking the route. a pokemon... but it seemed off.

he took out his pokedex and scanned it. "weird..." he whispered to himself as he read. whatever. he returned his attention to the espurr and pointed at it.

"scald should do," he said. mira shot out a stream of hot water at the espurr. it hit dead on and liam could tell that it was hurt. but still, it showed no emotion; stone cold. it was spooky to say the least.

the espurr used light screen and followed that with a psybeam attack. liam knew mira could take a few more attacks, especially from that espurr. so he didn't say a thing, instead he let mira take charge.

two more scald attacks and that was it. liam threw an empty pokeball at the fallen espurr, but it still seemed like it had its eyes open. "let's get out of here," he whispered, feeling creeped out at the final encounter.