"Victor and Gloria's trek through a second mine led to Victor train with the Gym Leader Kabu and his Centiskorch. But when a battle erupts with Paul and Jean of Team Yell, our heroes are separated from Scorbunny, Sobble, Toxel, and Sirfetch'd."

"Taking Care of Toxel"

In the Galar Mine No. 2, Victor and Gloria stand in front of the cave-in wall, with their hands on the debris.

"Sobble! Sirfetch'd!"

"Scorbunny! Toxel!"

Then both Trainers hold up a Poké Ball, before throwing them.

"Go, Rookidee!"

"Dottler!"

Rookidee and Dottler appear from red energy, before Centiskorch quickly positions itself in front of them, blocking them from the cave-in wall.

Kabu walks over to the two Trainers, "You must be careful. If you act too reckless, you could risk worsening the situation and endangering all of us. Not to mention the wild Pokémon that lives here."

Victor and Gloria look at each other and downward slightly.

"You right, Mr. Kabu," Victor says.

"It's just Kabu," Kabu approaches the cave-in wall, with Centiskorch turning slightly to look at it. "Our only option is to find a way around."

"Right, of course," Gloria says, before she and the Pokémon start to follow Kabu.

Victor stands back, watching the cave-in wall, "We'll find you… I promise…"

Victor starts to follow the others.

"Scor…" Scorbunny's eyes open up, before it slowly pushes itself up and looks to the side to see Sobble, who keeps on putting its hands together.

"Sobbl, Sobbl, Sobbl, Sobbl…" Sobble keeps on saying to itself.

Scorbunny comes over to Sobble, "Scor?"

"Sobbl, Sobbl, Sobbl…" Sobble quickly says, as it things about first meeting Gloria, of being in Gloria's bedroom, and of being carry in Gloria's arms. "Sobbl, Sobbl…" Sobble looks down, with tears in its eyes. "Sobbl…"

Sobble lowers its head, with Scorbunny placing a hand on its shoulder, "Scor, Scor, Scor." Scorbunny starts to imagine them finding Victor and Gloria and jumping into their arms, happily, as Scorbunny smiles, "Scor, Scor, Scor!"

Sobble, still with some tears in its eyes, smile slightly, "Sobbl."

"Sir, Fetch."

Scorbunny and Sobble turn to follow Sirfetch'd's glance as they see Toxel is standing in front of the cave-in wall, sadly touching it, "Toxe…"

Scorbunny and Sobble look at each other for a moment, before hurrying over to Toxel.

"Scor, Scor, Scor," Scorbunny talks to Toxel, waving its arms, as it imagines Victor looking left to right.

"Sobbl, Sobbl, Sobbl," Sobble talks to Toxel, holding its hands out slightly, as it imagines Victor finding Toxel, holding it in his arms.

Sirfetch'd walks over to them, rubbing the back of its head with its free hand, "Sir, Fetch, Sir, Fetch… Sir, Fetch?"

Scorbunny and Sobble look at Sirfetch'd with sweat drops, as Toxel looks in the opposite direction.

"Toxe, Toxe," Toxel walks away, with the other three watching it, before seeing Toxel approaching a tiny Poké Ball.

While imagining a Galarian Stunfish, Scorbunny and Sobble start to panic, before running over.

"Scor!"

"Sobbl!"

As Toxel approaches, a Stunfish bursts out of the ground, "Stun! Fis!"

"Scor!" Scorbunny shoots a series of fireballs from its mouth, hitting the Stunfish.

"Stun! Fis!" Stunfish, knocked back, spins around and runs away, disappearing in the distance.

"Scor," Scorbunny sighs.

"Sobbl," Sobble falls down, exhausted.

"Sir! Fetch!" Sirfetch'd yells at the two, as it imagines striking Stunfish with its leek.

Scorbunny and Sobble look at Sirfetch'd, annoyed, with Toxel happily waves its arms, "Toxe!"

Shortly later, Scorbunny, Sobble, Toxel, and Sirfetch'd are walking through the mine.

After a few seconds, Toxel's stomach growls, with Toxel rubbing it as it looks sad, "Toxe…"

Scorbunny and Sobble look at Toxel, before they look over to Sirfetch'd's leek. Sirfetch'd quickly holds the leek, tightly.

"Toxe!"

The three look ahead to see Toxel happily approaches a pile of berries.

As Toxel picks up a berry and starts to eat it, the other three jump over and start eating berries.

At that moment, a Drednaw takes a step around a corner, as a couple berries fall off its head, "Dred! Naw!"

Scorbunny, Sobble, and Sirfetch'd look at the berries in their hands, and back ahead, while imagining Drednaw gathering berries by picking up one in its mouth and throwing it onto its head. Scorbunny then sweet drops as Sobble looks terrified.

Toxel holds up a berry to the Drednaw, happily, "Toxe."

After a few seconds, Drednaw yells, "Dred! Naw!"

Sobble, carrying Toxel, and Scorbunny, pushing Sirfetch'd as it madly swings its leek back and forth, are running, as Drednaw angrily chases after them.

Meanwhile Victor and Gloria are following Kabu and Centiskorch through the mine.

"I hope we find them soon…" Gloria starts. "Sobble can get so nervous…"

"What about Toxel… it has only been a couple weeks since it had hatched…" Victor says.

"You shouldn't worry too much about them," Kabu suddenly says, causing the two young Trainers to look up at him. Kabu looks over his shoulder. "They seem pretty strong, especially Toxel."

"Toxel?" Victor asks.

Kabu and Centiskorch stop walking, as they turn to face them, "Remember when Toxel used Acid? That itself proves how much power it has. It just needs help to control its aim and power output."

"Its aim and output?" Victor says to himself.

"Skorc."

Kabu turns back to see a split in the mine's path.

"Great, it will take forever for us to find them…" Gloria says.

"Not necessary," Kabu starts. "I trained in this mine for years, even before becoming Motostoke's Gym Leader. I know this mine's different paths and turns as well as my own hometown… And we need to go right." Kabu turns back to the two Trainers. "It will take us right to your Pokémon."

Victor takes a step past Kabu, looking down the path, "Right to them."

Sobble and Scorbunny are seated next to a wall, catching their breaths, with Toxel standing next to them, waving its arms, "Toxe! Toxe!"

Sirfetch'd stands in front of Scorbunny, "Sir! Fetch!"

Scorbunny gets up, "Scor! Scor!"

"Sir! Fetch! Sir! Fetch!" Sirfetch'd starts yelling, while imagining swinging its leek at the Drednaw. "Sir! Fetch!"

"Scor! Scor! Scor! Scor!" Scorbunny imagines Toxel before Drednaw, before all four of them are chased by Drednaw. "Scor! Scor!"

Sobble stands in front of the two of them, trying to push them apart, "Sobbl! Sobbl! Sobbl!" Sobble then turns to where Toxel was, but finds it missing. "Sobbl?"

Scorbunny, Sobble, and Sirfetch'd look side to side, up and down, before hearing a splash, then looking to the side.

"Toxe," Toxel is swimming around a pond, as the other three run to the side of the pond.

"Scor?" Scorbunny starts to think about seating on Victor's back, as he swims around the pond.

Then Scorbunny watches as Sobble swims with Toxel to the side of the pond, before the two climb out of it.

"Toxe!" Toxel happily says.

At that moment, an East Sea Gastrodon comes from around a boulder, "Gastro!"

"Scor?!"

"Gastro!" Gastrodon starts to shoot a pulsing blast of water from its mouth. "Don!"

Scorbunny grabs Toxel, as it and Sobble jump out of the way of the attack, as it hits the ground.

"Sir! Fetch!" Sirfetch'd jumps at Gastrodon, before swinging its leek back and forward across Gastrodon.

"Gastro…" Gastrodon says, as the damage doesn't appear to have done any damage.

"Sir… Fetch?"

"Gastro…!" Gastrodon calls out, as rocks start to levitate around it and it holds its head high. "Don!"

The rocks shoot forward, hitting Sirfetch'd and knocking it back.

Sobble runs pass Sirfetch'd, dragging the Pokémon as it goes, as it runs with Scorbunny, who is carrying Toxel, before it realizes Gastrodon is jumping over them. Scorbunny and Sobble stop, with Gastrodon crashing down in front of them.

Scorbunny then look over to Sobble, while imagining Sobble standing in front of Toxel and Sirfetch'd, "Scor, Scor, Scor."

"Sobbl," Sobble nods its head.

Scorbunny jumps up and starts to shoot small fireballs from its mouth, "Scor!"

"Gastro!" large rocks start to levitate around Gastrodon, before flying ahead. "Don!"

The large rocks collide with the small fireballs in midair. Scorbunny then starts to reach Gastrodon, before it starts to spin around. But Scorbunny's attempted kick misses a couple inches away, causing Scorbunny to fall down.

Scorbunny looks up to see Gastrodon looming over it, "Scor?"

Suddenly a pulsing blast of water flies toward Gastrodon, but it jumps over the attack. Gastrodon is jumping toward Sobble, who has its arms forward, Toxel, and Sirfetch'd. Sobble looks up at the approaching Gastrodon, with a terrified expression, as Sirfetch'd starts to get up and looks up.

Then Sirfetch'd pushes Sobble and Toxel out of the way as Gastrodon slams down on the ground.

"Scor!" Scorbunny gets back up, as Gastrodon turns back to face the others, with rocks levitating up. "Scor!"

The rocks fly against, before a large glowing wall of light appears in front of Sobble, Toxel, and Sirfetch'd, with the rocks smashing against it.

"Scor?"

"Dee!"

Scorbunny looks up to see Rookidee flies past it, before Dottler walks up to it.

"Dott-er."

"Scorbunny! Toxel!"

Scorbunny turns back to see running toward them is Victor, who is with Gloria, Kabu, and Centiskorch.

"Sobble! Sirfetch'd!" Gloria calls out as the group approaches the Pokémon.

"Scor!"

"Sobbl!"

"Sir, Fetch!"

"Toxe!"

Victor stops running, "Wait, is that a Gastrodon?"

Victor's Rotom Phone rises up, "Gastrodon, East Side, the Sea Slug Pokémon, Its body is covered in a sticky slime. It's very susceptible to dehydration, so it can't spend too much time on land."

"Gastro!" large rocks levitate around Gastrodon.

"That's Ancient Power," Victor starts. "Rookidee, gets in close and uses Power Trip!"

"Don!" the large rocks start to fly ahead.

"Dee!" Rookidee flies forward, dodging each of the passing rocks.

"Gastro!" Gastrodon turns slightly, throwing a slob of mud at Rookidee, knocking it back.

"Rookidee!" Victor calls out.

"Dottler, quick, attack with Confusion!"

"Dot… er!" Dottler's body glows brightly, before small orbs shoot from it.

"Gastro!" Gastrodon jumps up, with the small orbs shooting past it.

Dottler jumps back, as Gastrodon slams down, barely dodging the attack.

Victor is kneeling next to Rookidee as it shakes mud off its face, before standing up, "Gastrodon is part Water Type, perhaps Pikachu could help…"

Kabu crosses his arms, as he and Centiskorch watch.

Victor holds up a Poké Ball, before noticing Toxel walking over to Gastrodon, "Toxel…"

Kabu turns, "Remember when Toxel used Acid? That itself proves how much power it has. It just needs help to control its aim and power output."

Victor lowers his Poké Ball, before he looks ahead, "Toxel… Use Nuzzle!"

"Toxe!" Toxel happily says, before it rubs its hands on its cheeks, before a small amount of electric flies off its body, hitting Gastrodon.

"Gastro…" Gastrodon appears annoyed, before rocks levitate up and shoot down at Toxel.

"Toxel, dodge it!" Victor calls out.

"Toxe!" Toxel starts rolling around on the ground, as the rocks slam into the ground, none of which touches Toxel. "Toxe! Toxe!"

"Toxe!" Toxel stops rolling, finding itself in front of Gastrodon.

"Toxel, quick, use Acid, straight ahead!" Victor calls out.

"Toxe!" Toxel starts shooting a spray of acid at Gastrodon.

"Gastro!" Gastrodon is knocked backward onto its back.

"Alright, Toxel!" Victor picks up Toxel.

"Toxe! Toxe!" Toxel happily waves its hands.

"Scor," Scorbunny looks up at Victor and Toxel.

"Sobbl," Sobble adds.

"Hum, Victor…" Gloria says, causing Victor to turn and see Gastrodon rolls back upright.

"Gastro."

"There's nothing to worry about," Kabu walks over to Gastrodon. "Gastrodon here is my regular sparring partner, although it can be kind of battle hungry."

"Sir, Fetch…" Sirfetch'd looks downward, with its face turns red.

Later, Kabu and Centiskorch are leading Victor, who is carrying Toxel, Gloria, Scorbunny, Sobble, Rookidee, Dottler, and Sirfetch'd through the mine, until they see an opening through a part of the cavern.

"You sure you don't want to be carried, Sobble?" Gloria asks.

"Sobbl," Sobble nods its head, before it looks to Scorbunny, with both smiles.

"Here we are," Kabu says, before he turns to the young Trainers and their Pokémon.

"Skorch."

"And I promise, Victor," Kabu starts. "Centiskorch and I will be ready to face you with all we got."

"Look forward to it," Victor gives a nervous smile. "But seeing how powerful Kabu and his Centiskorch really are, can I really beat them?"

"Toxe!" Toxel waves its arms.

Victor looks at Toxel in his arms, "But Toxel seems to be so excited. And although it was young and inexperienced, it did well against Gastrodon." Victor looks back ahead. "So maybe… maybe we can win…"

Victor smiles, as the group watch the blinding light coming in from the exit.

"After a horrendous experience through the mine, our heroes had reached the end, with Toxel giving a chance to show its strength. But the question remains. When the time comes, will Victor and his Pokémon be able to claim another Gym Battle win?"

"Find out, as the journey continues…"