Rigel walked slowly with his friends through the cave, guided only by the dim glow of Gauss's eye, and staying completely silent so he would not draw the attention of anything living there. He could hear the chirping and clicking of Zubat and Woobat around him, and every now and again he could see one flying overhead. He had been walking for several minutes, and the red light casting shadows of rocks on the cave wall began to make him nervous as he imagined things moving in the corner of his eye and stalking him in the darkness. "Maybe this wasn't a good idea." he thought to himself. "What if there's something in here? Something bad, like Durant." He then shook his head to try and get that thought out of his mind. "No, there are no Durant in here, I can't think about that. I've got to stop being paranoid." Rigel tried to stay calm, but he couldn't help but feel like he was being watched by the red eyes of large insects, causing him to start breathing heavily and darting his eyes around quickly, searching the shadows for things that weren't there.

"Rigel, are you ok?" he heard Meissa whisper, sounding just as nervous as he was.

"Uh, yeah, I'm fine." he lied, not wanting his sister to know just how scared he was getting. "Let's just find this rock and get out of here. Hey Gauss, how close are we to the Aura Stone?"

"Sensors indicate tha-"

"Quiet down." said Rigel. "Do you want everything in this cave to hear you?"

"Apologies. Adjusting volume to approximately 25 decibels. Sensors indicate that the source of aura radiation is nearby. They also indicate that the source has moved from it's original position."

"What in the world are decibels?" said Rigel. "Never mind, how could the stone have moved?" He then stopped short as he saw something in the dim red light. It was a dark, hunched figure, a little shorter than Rigel, looking away from him and holding a blue gemstone. The figure was dark purple in color, with what looked like crystals on it's eyes, back, and chest.

"That's it!" said Aludra, unable to contain her excitement. "That's an Aura Stone!"

Upon hearing Aludra, the figure quickly turned and fixed it's gaze upon her, before opening it's mouth, revealing a set of large triangular teeth, and shrieking loudly. It then turned and retreated with the gemstone into the darkness ahead, completely disappearing from sight.

"Come on everybody, after that thing!" said Aludra as she began to run.

"Aludra, wait!" yelled Meissa. "You don't know what's in this cave!"

Ignoring Meissa, Aludra entered the shadows beyond Gauss's light, closing her eyes and following the energy of the Aura Stone.

"Oh shoot!" Rigel said before running after Aludra. "Gauss, Meissa, let's go, we need to catch up to her before she gets herself hurt!"

"Affirmative." said Gauss. "Beginning pursuit."

Aludra could feel the stone getting closer as she began to catch up with the creature carrying it, and could hear it's footsteps on the cave floor ahead. "Finally, I'm going to be a Lucario!" she thought. "I've just got to catch this thing and get the stone." But the creature showed no signs of slowing down, and it let out another shriek as it went around a corner. After turning the corner herself, Aludra began to feel the Aura Stone's energy getting fainter. It was not getting farther away, but something seemed to be drowning out the stone's emanations, strange feelings of malice and hatred. She then stopped as the malicious feelings began to feel like they were coming from all around her, and she could hear the movement of things lurking in the deep blackness of the cave around her.

"Aludra!" Rigel yelled. "Aludra, where are you?" He ran through the cave as fast as he could while still staying in Gauss's light, with thoughts racing through his head of what might happen to his friend. After a few minutes of tripping over rocks and moving around stalagmites, he felt a great sense of relief when he saw Aludra standing in the middle of a large open chamber of the cave, but that feeling quickly left him when Gauss arrived in the chamber, it's light revealing several sets of large crystalline eyes staring down from ledges on the cave walls. Rigel could see the creatures all around him, with the one holding the Aura Stone standing behind another, much larger one wearing a scrap of cloth around it's neck. The larger creature glared at Rigel for a few seconds, then let out a screech that made Rigel feel sick to his stomach before it and about a dozen others descended from the ledges and rushed towards him and his friends with wide, toothy smiles on their faces.