Bianca picked up Snivy. The two of them had been wandering around the cave for at least an hour now. She sat down against the wall, looking at her xtransceiver. She had no signal in the cave. She ended up dozing off. She jerked up, dropping her hat.

"Oh, I'm more tired than I thought," she said through a chuckle. Snivy stared at her and yawned. "I guess we're both pretty tired, huh." She noticed a flash of light further down the corridor. She got up and followed it. The hall ended in a large cavern. There were four vases on stands, and between them was an egg. Bianca snapped a picture and approached it. Snivy trembled. Behind the egg was a wall carving depicting some kind of pokemon. Bianca got a picture of it and inspected the egg. She set down Snivy and picked it up. "I-it sure is heavy!" Bianca stumbled around, squealing. Snivy ran in circles around her, freaking out.

"Be careful!" Someone yelled. She froze. The guy was standing at the entrance. He had short green hair. Bianca recognized him. She carefully set the egg down.

"Aren't you Andrew's brother?"

"Bianca?"

"Hey! It's been a while." The two of them chatted for a while. Bianca didn't know much about him, but she remembered him pretty well. She picked up the egg again.

"Where'd you get that?" Andrew's brother asked.

"I just found it," Bianca said between grunts. She thought for a moment and set the egg down. She let out her Audino. Audino picked up the egg without a thought. Snivy hopped into Bianca's arms.

"You've got yourself a motley crew," Andrew said with a chuckle.

"What?" Bianca smacked his arm. "That's a mean thing to say."

"I meant it as a compliment!" He insisted. "Anyway, I can show you the way out of here if you want." So he did. They made their way all the way back to the entrance. But something was happening there.

"Bianca!" Andrew looked past the champion, waving his arms.

"Oh, Andrew is out here too," Andrew's brother said. "Is that Alder?" Alder looked over at them.

"Hey!" Alder yelled. "Put that egg back where you found it. It doesn't belong to you!" Alder started marching over to Bianca. A man standing on the stairs let out a Cryogonal. Kenya let out Druddigon. Andrew sent out Pignite.

"Sheer cold!" Druddigon was frozen solid. Kenya screamed, trying to heal Druddigon. Pignite attacked the Cryogonal. Alder was paying the fight no mind. He approached Bianca. Nathan pushed past him.

"Hey, somethings happening," Bianca backed up.

"Give me the egg," Alder warned. "It doesn't belong to you."

"I found it, finders keepers!" Audino hid behind Bianca. Snivy growled at Alder.

"It's mine!" Alder tried to reach past Bianca.

"Back off!" Bianca shoved him away. Alder stumbled back, falling over. "Um. Are you okay?" The battle was over at the entrance. Andrew was talking with his brother. Kenya had healed her Druddigon. The weird guy had left. Alder whimpered. "Hey, aren't you, uh."

"Bianca," Andrew walked over. "What did you do?"

"I stole his egg, I guess." Alder was crying.

"Well, give it back!" Andrew said. Bianca hesitated. Kenya and Andrew's brother looked over.

"I can't." Bianca backed up.

"You can't just steal it!"

"It's not yours!" Bianca said. Andrew groaned. Alder started to regain his composure. Bianca and Audino walked past him.

"I'm so sorry, mister champion, I'll talk some sense into her." Andrew insisted. Alder wiped his eyes.

"It's been so long," he said quietly. "Volcarona." Bianca stopped. He started to laugh. Andrew backed up. Bianca turned around. Alder's laugh grew louder and louder until it suddenly stopped. "I really am losing it." He grinned at Andrew and walked over to Bianca. "That egg was very precious to me. It belonged to my late friend, Volcarona."

"I can keep it?" Bianca's face lit up. Alder frowned. The egg trembled.

"I suppose so."

"Sir!" Andrew cut in. "Please don't encourage her bad habits."

"It's fine." Alder patted Andrew on the shoulder. He nodded at Bianca and disappeared deeper into the corridor. Andrew and Bianca shared a look.

"You're a monster," Andrew said.

"Hey, that's mean." Bianca's smile grew. The two of them returned to Kenya and Andrew's brother.