AN: Here's another chapter for you guys. Like I said, I have another story I am working on that I update ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH.
Chapter 19
After the little trip to the park and what Yang did to Team Rocket (Note: Never insult Yang's hair), our four heroines and Barry make their way towards the mine. At the entrance, they meet Terry. Who is taking a little lunch break with some of the miners and has a big smile while holding a holo caster. "Hey!" he says while waving with a sandwich in one hand. "Hello." the four said in unison while approaching. "Yang," Terry says to Yang with a little chuckle, "you are amazing!" Yang looks puzzled, "What did I do?" Terry showed a little something on his holo caster and shows a security footage of Yang beating up the Team Rocket members and throwing them into the air in their drilling machine. Then Terry bursts out laughing with some of the miners laughing as well. Ruby, Weiss, and Blake are completely embarrassed by what Yang did with their faces all red. Ruby just hid her face in her hood, Weiss just facepalmed herself, and Blake just looks down.
Yang is flabbergasted, "W-w-wait a minute! They just...I...They were insulting my hair!" "I have never seen anyone get so made from a few insults and go all out in my entire life." says Barry, who is still a little shocked. "And seeing it up close in person is wa-ay more terrifying than watching it on a holo caster. You get what I'm saying bro?" Terry just laughs, "But it is very hilarious!" Then he finally stops laughing, "Anyways, welcome to the Rushgold Mine! Here, you can not only find fossil pokemon, but also a few other treasures deep in the mountains. But unfortunately, we have to close off one section due to Aron." "Aron?" Weiss says as she pulls up her megadex.
"Aron. The iron armor pokemon. This Pokémon has a body of steel. To make its body, Aron feeds on iron ore that it digs from mountains. Occasionally, it causes major trouble by eating bridges and rails. With one all-out charge, this Pokémon can demolish even a heavy dump truck. The destroyed dump truck then becomes a handy meal for the Pokémon." After hearing that, Ruby says, "Sounds very dangerous." as Weiss puts her megadex away. "No kidding," Terry's says with a stern expression, "Those things are nasty when in a swarm. We accidentally stumbled into a nest of those things and they start eating our equipment. So we have to shut down that section of the mine off for good. So we get to dig another section. Not just that, there is an aggressive Aggron mother down there too. Right now, we have a few tourists looking for something on the surface." "So where are we going?" Blake asks.
Terry turns towards Blake, "Follow me." As they follow Terry, Weiss asks a question. "So how much do you usually charge?" "500 Pokedollars. Which we use to fund the research and the dig sites. Plus we use 45% of those funds for Prehistoric Park." Then Weiss asks another question. One that is always on her mind, "How do you bring the fossil pokemon to life?" Terry turns his head and smirked, "You'll see once you find a fossil."
A few minutes later, they finally made it to the dig site...along with meeting a familiar face. It is Rusty! "Hey there!" he greets them with a smile and a wave after putting down his pickaxe. "Oh, joy." Weiss says with a deadpan expression, "It's the idiot." "You know him?" Terry asks while holding a large sack. "We do." Blake responds.
Weiss: "Unfortunately."
Yang: "Oh come on, he's not that bad."
"Well anyway." Terry opens the sack and gives Team RWBY their explorer kit. "Here you girls go. Plus you get to keep them for free!" "Sweeeet." Yang says as she holds her new shovel. "And please be careful. You never know what might pop up. Plus there are other treasures that can be found so keep an eye out." And so, Terry leaves as Team RWBY get to work on finding fossils and other treasures.
While shoveling, Ruby asks Rusty how is he doing. "Oh, I'm doing fine. I've been winning battles, caught two pokemon which one of them is shiny, and the first two pokemon I've caught have evolved." "Really," Ruby became interested, "what are they?" "Well my Weedle evolved into a Kakuna. My Pikipek evolved into a Trumbeak. And the pokemon I caught are Bidoof and Crabrawler. I was supposed to catch a water-type, but I use a water-type TM on my Crabrawler. I just need a water-type or grass-type fossil pokemon to beat the gyms." Ruby then stopped as she noticed a red glimmer in the hole she is digging. She bends down and picks it up. What she is holding is something red and stone-like. "What is this?" Ruby says while examining it. Rusty drops his shovel and looks at what Ruby found.
"Holy Milktank!" he says with excitement, "I heard about those things. That's a shard! You can use them to pay move tutors to teach your pokemon special moves and you can trade them for a fire stone, a fire-type TM, and certain types of berries." After hearing that, Ruby realize the type of treasure she is holding in her hand. "As for me, I haven't found anything yet." Ruby then continues to dig to find some more treasure. Yang dug something round and golden. "Hey, Rusty!" she shouts while holding the golden orb. "What is this thing?!" Rusty approaches and examines it. "That's a nugget! But it's a little too big so it is worth a lot of money. 30,000 to say the least." "Awesome! I hit pay dirt!" Rusty just stands there for a moment, "...Was that a pun or something?"
Team RWBY managed to find a few shards, yet no fossil. They continue to find fossils until something happened. Blake decided to dig a new spot and the ground sank with her on it. Everyone runs up towards the sinkhole to check on Blake. "Blake!" Yang shouted all worried into the hole, "Are you okay?!" "I'm alright!" Blake yelled back, "I just fell in and-" The ground under her started to sink again. "Oh no." she says before falling in again. "Blake! BLAKE!" Everyone started to get worried and run off to tell Terry about what happened.
Blake then started to get up after falling in a second sinkhole under the first. She uses the flashlight in her mining helmet of her explorer kit to get her bearings. Then she started to look up and sees that she has fallen in pretty deep. She tries to jump out ninja-style, but the dirt is too lose and falls back in. "This is bad." she says to herself. She then noticed a glimmer of something on the wall as she pointed her flashlight at it. "What is that?"
She takes out a small chisel and dug out a bright multi-colored gemstone of some sort. After examining it, she then noticed some sort of black helix at the center of the stone. "What is this?" Then the wall came crashing down to reveal a tunnel. She noticed how long it is and went, "Well, hope this will lead me somewhere." Can Blake make her way out of the cave? Or is there something else going on? Find out next time!