Tory was thrown from his sleep by an ear piercing scream. He sat up, eyes wide open. Tory noticed that his nose was extremely cold from the cave and clasped his hands around it. It didn't work. He looked around and saw the soft glow of his Magcargo. "Hey, bud," he said. "You can have some rest now. I'll get one of my night-seeing Pokemon." He reached for a Pokeball and Magcargo was sucked into it. Tory was shrouded in darkness. He reached for a Pokeball and held it out. A beam came from it and revealed his Noctowl. "Hey, can you guide me through here? Try to find a ladder or something." Noctowl nodded in the dark and tugged on Tory's shirt in the direction it wanted Tory to go.
"Noct," it said.
"What?" Tory felt a dull pain in his head and he realized he had walked into a low overhang. "Ow," he said rubbing his head. He saw stars in the darkness. He went to sit down and Noctowl jumped off his shoulder. "You have to give me more of a notice," he said.
"Noct. Noctowl," he said, stretching its wing under the low ceiling. Tory got on his hands and knees and crawled under the low hanging rock. "Noct," it said again.
"Huh?" Tory ran his head into a cold iron ladder. "Ow," he said. He sat back and rubbed his head again. When he was done, he felt the bottom of the ladder to see if it went down. It didn't. Noctowl jumped on Tory's shoulder and Tory began to climb it. He climbed until he hit his head on the rocky ceiling. He jumped off and rubbed his head again. "Which way?" he asked. Noctowl gave a soft hoot and nudged him in the direction. In the background, he could hear little mumbles. "Noctowl, find where the mumbles are coming from," said Tory. If the mumbles were from people, then he could get out of the cave faster. Noctowl changed the direction of the nudges.
The soft mumbles soon became louder. He turned the corner and could hear them loud and clear. The voices didn't come from people, but Pokemon. "Slow, slow, slow, slow, slow, POKE!" There was a flurry of noise. When the flurry of noise ended, a Slowpoke began, "Slow, slow, slow, slow, POKE!" Another flurry of noise.
Tory was watched through the darkness, making out faint outlines of the Slowpoke. He couldn't believe that the Slowpoke were playing Duck, Duck, Goose. He backed away slowly. "Noctowl, find a way out of here." The Noctowl began to tug and lead the way out. The Slowpoke could still be heard. "That was just weird," Tory said.
Tory was far enough away to not hear the Slowpoke anymore. He noticed a slight decline in the ground. Suddenly, the increased in the angle and Tory slipped. He slid to the bottom and bumped into rocks, or what he thought were rocks. "Shellder!" said one of them. Then another screamed, and another and another, until they broke out into a frenzy. They were clamping at Tory's feet and legs.
"Ow," he said. He tried to walk back up the way he came but slid back down. They clamped harder on Tory's legs and feet. "Noctowl, do something!" he screamed. Noctowl left his shoulder. Squeals of pain echoed throughout the cave. After two Shellder let go of his feet, Tory made his way across the frenzy to the other side, where he might be able to escape. Tory figured he was about half way through there until a blue beam lit up the cave and revealed, that he was in a pit. The beam missed him by inches and he could hear a piece of rock being frozen. Tory gulped.
"Cloyster," said a Cloyster. There was another blue beam and Noctowl screeched. A chunk of ice hit the cave floor. Tory knew what happened and his first reaction was to whip out another Pokeball. Tory didn't know what he pulled out, so it came as a slight surprise when he saw the shape of his Exeggutor come out. "Exeggutor, Egg Bomb these Shellder, and try to avoid the Cloyster's Ice Beam." Exeggutor growled which stirred up the Shellder more. One Shellder clamped onto Tory's leg so hard, that the snap of his shin could be heard over the din. Tory collapsed and gasped for breath.
A bright flash followed by an explosion, shook the cave and threw about twenty Shellder into the air. The sight was almost humorous if it hadn't been for Tory's broken leg. Another explosion and more Shellder were thrown into the air. A blue beam streaked across the pit, but another explosion assured Tory that his Exeggutor was not hit. A faint green light started to glow around all the Shellder. The screaming quieted. The only threat that was left was the Cloyster. Another blue beam streaked across the pit. A black blur flew over Tory and crashed into the rock. "Cloyster," it moaned. The black blur flew over head again. "Cloyster," it moaned weaker. Tory didn't get to see the rest of the battle because he blacked out.