Okay, ladies and gents, pencils down. OC submission is over! Thank you everyone for submitting your OCs and trusting me to use them. I'll do my best to use all of them, but please be patient and keep reading. If I need anything involving an OC you have sent, I'll be sure to ask you. Also, if you still have an OC, be sure to PM it to me anyway, I might do another OC fic one day.

Wait, I'm still supposed to be evil...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You all submitted your OCs to me, fools! Now I have complete power over them! They shall suffer! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Well, in the end, they'll be happy and all, so... Well, hahahahahahaahaha?

I need to go find the guide to pure evil at the library. Otherwise, I'll won't be very threatening.

Hey, anyone think a Digimon OC fic would be cool?

Er, anyway, here's the chapter.

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FOOLS! MWAHAHAHAHA! AHAHAHAHAHA... Cough... Ah, man, I'm gonna pay for that someday... Where's the allergy medicine?

With a grunt, a growl, and a sigh all rolled into one negative sound, Venom glared at the map, at the earth in front of him, and then back at the map. "This is getting stupid," he muttered as he stared at the setting sun as it began to sink under the hills. Cotton looked paralyzed on the spot as the darkness began to creep over the land, while Aero, looking impatient, tired snatching the map away from Venom again. "There's no rock formation that looks like that anywhere around here!"

They had been following the map very closely all day, precisely walking (or slithering) down every path it had shown, climbing every hill, and even going through a small river (which had frightened Cotton imensely). It had finally led them to a large field, that seemed to stretch on forever as they searched high and low for a large rock pile that marked the way to the treasure.

"Can we go home now?" asked Cotton, who was afraid of the dark (among many other things).

"By all means, go ahead," Venom said, staring at the map. he glared at Aero. "You might as well go too," he said.

"Not without either my map, or my share of the treasure!" Aero replied, sticking her tongue out.

Venom sighed. "Of course," he said. "Well, I hope you're ready for an all nighter then."

Aero was dead tired, and she had a feeling that Venom knew it. Still, if she left, she knew he would take all the treasure for himself, so she stood fast and held her ground. "I am not leaving," she said, making every word loud and clear.

Venom glared at her. "Then shut up and let me read the darn map!" he shouted. He glanced down at the paper again. "Now, if that tree was over there, and that lake is to the west..."

Aero made a sour face. "This stinks!" she said, kicking a rock in anger.

"Ouch!" a voice said, surprising them. "What was that for?"

Cotton squealed and hid behind Venom as a pair of arms extended from the rock, and it turned around to face them. Venom sighed. "It's a Geodude, you baby," he informed Cotton.

"Eh, sorry about that," said Aero, hoping she didn't just start a fight.

The Geodude smiled. "Nah, no big deal, little lady. Barely even felt it. So, what're you folks doin' 'round these parts?"

"We're looking for-" Cotton began, before Venom cut her off.

"We're looking for an old picnic spot that my father showed me," he said. "I have a map, but there seems to be something on the map that is missing spot holds such happy nostalgia for me, and I wanted to share it with these two." He showed the map to the Geodude, who examined it.

"That big funny rock?" asked the Rock Type. "Well, I'll be! You're lookin' for the Geodude's matin' grounds!"

Venom blinked. That didn't sound like something he wanted to see... "Uh, we are?"

"Sure, ya are!" the Geodude said. "Ya see, when we Geodudes, along with Gravelers and Golems, get together, we all climb on each other and form that huge rock. It's so big that no one thinks twice 'bout bothering us while we pair up and bury our eggs in the dirt."

"Fascinating," Venom said. "So, basically, this map was made while you were all clustered together like that?"

"Sounds 'bout right!" the Geodude said.

"And you were clustered were?"

"Right over there!" said the Geodude. "See, it's the spot that's really sandy! One of the reasons we like it so much, I suppose."

"Hey! Pop!" another voice shouted. Another Geodude, smaller than the first, rolled up. "Ma says it's time for dinner!"

"Oh, thank, Junior!" the older one said. He turned back to the others and said, "Well, here's hoping you find your ol' picnic spot! Seeya 'round!" he called, as the two Rock Types rolled off into the distance.

Venom looked back at the map. "If that spot is over there..." he mused.

"Even if it doesn't have the rocks," Cotton said.

"Then that means the treasure has been here the whole time!" Aero said, delighted.

Venom stared down at that map, and then at the plains. "West!" he announced, slithering off as fast as he could. Aero and Cotton quickly followed.

It took very little time to reach the spot. Venom checked his map, then the spot where they were standing, and then at the map again. "We're here," he announced quietly.

"We are?" asked Cotton. "But where's the treasure?"

"It's underground, stupid," Venom said. "We'll have to dig it out." He turned to Aero. "Can you use Dig?"

Aero shook her head. "Well, not exactly..."

Venom rolled his eyes. "Of course. I just have to do all the work around here." He sighed before nosing his way into the ground, his purple body vanishing into the dirt within seconds, leaving a large hole in the ground.

Aero growled. "'I just have to do all the work around here!'" she said, mimicking Venom's voice. "Who does that snake think he is?"

Cotton shook her head. "Do you think there's really treasure down there?" she asked.

Aero shrugged. "If there is, he'd better not try to get away with it without us."

Cotton paled. "Uh, do we have to go down there?" she asked, timidly. "It'll be dark," she muttered.

Aero smiled. "Don't worry. Mawile live in caves. My eyes can see pretty well in the dark."

Before Cotton could reply, she heard Venom gasp from inside the tunnel. Then, he screamed, and in a second they heard a 'THUD' and everything went quiet.

Aero and Cotton stood up and stared into the tunnel. It was deep, and pitch black. Neither of them could see the bottom. "Venom!" shouted Aero. "Are you okay?"

They recieved no reply, so Aero shouted again. "Venom! Answer me if you're okay!"

Again, no reply. Aero growled. "He's probably being quiet so he can sneak off with the treasure when we go to get help!" she said, suspiciously.

Cotton looked down the hole. "Are... sure? What if he's... I don't know... Dead?"

Sighing, Aero leaned into the hole once more. "Venom, are you oka-! Who-whoa!" The Mawile lost her balance, and nearly fell into the pit before Cotton grabbed her leg, keeping her from falling into the darkness.

Aero looked up. "Th-thanks!" she said, breathing a sigh of relief.

"Don't... Mention... It...!" said Cotton, struggling to hold onto the much heavier girl.

"Alright, now just pull me up, nice and gently now... Slowly... Slowly..."

Cotton pulled as hard as she could, struggling against the weight that tortured her young muscles. She was just starting to pull Aero up when she heard a crumbling, cracking sound. She looked down, and her eyes widened. The ground was giving out!

With a scream, Aero and Cotton fell down the hole, the Ratatta still clinging to the Mawile as they plummeted into the dark pit, clinging to her friend like a child clings to her mother when scared of a lightning storm.

Thankfully, something soft lay on the bottom of the pit, and the two managed to land on it, bouncing off and hitting the cold stone floor.

"Owowowowowow!" said Aero, jumping up and rubbing her back. "That hurt!"

Cotton groaned and sniffled as she stood up. She looked up to the hole, which was the only thing providing them light. Other than that, it was almost pitch black.

"Whoa," Aero said, looking at the light. "We must've fallen at least twenty feet! Good thing we landed on something soft!"

"If by soft you mean my spine..." a voice croaked.

The two turned to see a bruised, bleeding and battered Venom sprawled across the floor. The snake was clearly in a massive amount of pain, and he was struggling to rise.

"Venom!" shouted Aero, genuine concern in your voice. "Are you okay?" she cried, struggling to help the snake up.

Venom groaned. "Reach into my bag... See if any of my oran berries were squashed..."

Aero nodded and grabbed the green bag, searching in it. "I found one!" she said, pulling a round oran berry out. "Here," she said, feeding it to the snake.

Venom didn't smile, but his frown faded as he took the fruit, it's highly caffeinated juices energizing his sore muscles. With a grunt, he pulled himself up, shaking his head. "Ugh..." he muttered. "There was a pit underneath the dirt," he said, groaning. "I fell right in."

Cotton froze. The room was begining to get dark. Sunset was almost over. "Oh, no!" she moaned. "We're going to caught in the dark all alone!"

Aero froze. "How are we going to get out in the dark?" she asked, terrified.

Cotton glared. "I thought you could see in the dark!" she shouted.

"I can! I just don't want to be trapped in it!" Aero retorted.

Any further argument was cut off by a bright light. Venom had pulled a stick with a flammable blast seed at the end, and struck the seed against a rock, making a handly torch.

Aero blinked. "Where did-?"

Venom rolled his eyes. "Like I said, if I'm going, I'm going to be prepared." He used his tail and tosses the torch to Aero. "Let's go," he ordered.

"Go where?" asked Cotton.

"The only way we can go," Venom said, pointing with his tail. In the torch's light they could make out a tunnel, dark and lonely in the shadows.

"In there?" squeaked Cotton, shivering.

Aero nodded. "It's the only way we can go - unless you want to stay here alone."

Cotton winced as she followed the two into the tunnel. "I don't have much of a choice then, huh?"

"Nope," Venom replied. "Good luck, kid. We're heading right into it."

"Into what?" Aero asked.

Venom actually smiled, though you couldn't see it very well. "Into a mystery dungeon."

"'Hey, Violet! Let's go exploring! I'll bet we can find and ancient relic or something!' If by ancient relic, you meant, wandering in the middle of an empty field all day!"

"Oh, stop whining. You're the on who wanted to go exploring! Besides, you could use the exercise.

It took an immense amount of willpower for Violet to not backhand Lily right then and there. The Pachirisu had been a near constant nuisance since they had gone exploring in the first place. All she had done was chatter, chatter, and chatter. To be honest, Violet did not hate Lily; in fact, they had been friends for as long as either of them could recall. But that didn't change the fact that Lily, to be frank, was a bit of a ditz.

"Come on, admit it. You want to go home as much as I do," said Lily. "Let's head back, get some dinner, and take a long nap." Lily was clearly tired. She wasn't jumping about and flipping around like she usually did.

Violet shook her head. "Go home and give up? How are we going to do anything if we go home and give up? Did Team Ranier go home and give up when they had to scale the most treacherous-?"

"No, no, no!" Lily said. "Not another Team Ranier story! Please!"

Violet glared. "Oh, what, like you don't like those stories!"

"Not when you use them in every failed attempt of a stirring motivational speech I don't!" Lily retorted.

Violet glared. "Oh, shut it."

Lily stuck her tongue out.

Violet was about to retort angrily, when something caught her eye. "Hey! Look over there!" she shouted.

Lying across the field was a hole in the ground. Violet took of and peered down into the hole, a curious look on her face."This wasn't here before," she said. "I wonder were it leads..." A gleam came into her eyes. "It's perfect! I'll get some rope from Dragonite's Trading Post, and we can go explore down there! What better place to explore then a mysterious dark hole?"

Lily yawned. "Can we do it in the morning?"

Violet blinked. "Of course not!" she said. "We need to go now! What would happen if someone else would find this and explore that hole before us! Our chance would be ruined!"

"Our health will be ruined too," said Lily. "I say we're going home!"

"Who made you the leader?"

"Who made you the leader? I vote that I'm the leader!"

"Well I vote against you!" Violet growled.

"Well, that's too bad!" Lily said. "And my first order of business as leader is to order all exploration members home for bed!"

"Well, I'm not going!" Violet retorted.

"Fine!" said Lily. "Go fall down the pit! I might come looking for you in the morning."

Violet rolled her eyes. "Yeah, right. You won't come looking for me. We both know you're scared of the dark!"

Lily growled. "You take that back!" she shouted, pointing an angry finger at the Meowth.

Violet stuck her tongue out. "Why should I? It's no secret. Why else do you always want to go home before dark? You're scared."

"I am not!"

"Are too!"

"Are not!"

"Are too!"

"That's it!" Lily shouted, tackling Violet. The two tusseled around until, of course, they fell right into the the pit with a scream. The two plunged into the darkness until they the floor with a painful smack.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, Violet used some language that should never be written, followed by a simple, "Oww..."

They were silent after that.

"So," Violet said, breaking the silence. "Can we go exploring now?"

Lily glared at the Meowth.

"Oh, what?" asked Violet. "We're in here anyway! Besides, it's the only we we'll find an exit."

Lily growled. "Fine," she said. "Just... Let's take a quick break first."

Violet nodded, feeling faint after the fall. "For once, you have a good idea."

Both girls fell face first into the dirt.

Venom sighed, glaring as Cotton finally peeked out from behind the rock she had been hiding behind. "Are you done?" he asked, gesturing to the now out-cold Diglett that lay beside him. "I knocked it out," he said.

Cotton slowly crawled out. "B-but what if there's more?" she asked.

Venom sighed. "Aero and I can take care of them. Let's go."

Cotton winced and followed as the trio walked through the dark caverns, lit only by Venom's torch. Roots were poking out of the ceiling from the land above, the air was thin and musky, and every sound they made echoed through the tunnel.

Venom wanted to get this over with. The sooner he got his share, the sooner he could go home. And the sooner he could ditch the two annoyances. Neither had been incredibly helpful so far.

Aero leaned over and whispered, "Don't be so rude to her. She's just a kid."

Venom rolled his eyes. "So are you."

"Hey!" Aero said, not whispering anymore. "I am not just a kid! So don't treat me like one!"

"Then give me a reason to treat you like an adult. All you've done is act like a little girl who wants a piece of candy but isn't getting any!"

Aero growled. "At least I don't act like an old man!"

Venom blinked. "Excuse me?" he asked, turning to the Mawile.

"Yeah! You can't be much older than me, but you act like an old guy! 'You dang kids, get off my lawn!'"

"I do not sound like that!" Venom retorted.

"Do too!" Aero said. "But what do I know? I'm just a kid. A kid with spirit and youth, and the ablilty to see clearly! Have fun drinking your fruit juice, gramps!"

"Don't call me gramps!" Venom shouted, his voice echoing through the cave.

Aero stuck her tongue out. Venom smacked her in the back of the head with his tail, earning a growl. Before she could fight back, Venom froze. "Look down," he ordered, lowering his torch to make out what they seeing.

A large pool of water lay underneath them. Venom gave the torch to Aero and poked his head under the water. He surfaced a moment later. "It's not too deep. We can swim across easily."

Aero folded her arms. "An underground lake?" she said. "Never knew one of these was down here."

"That would be because you never were down here, child." Venom slowly dipped his tail into the water, before sliding the rest of his body inside. "Come on," he said, slithering into the water.

Cotton began stuttering incoherently.

Venom growled. "What is it now? Don't tell me you're afraid of water!"

Cotton nodded rapidly.

"Well, too bad," Venom said. "You're stuck down here with us, and this is where we're going."

"Hey!" snapped Aero. "She's scared! Have some sympathy!" She turned to Cotton. "It's okay. You won't have to swim." She jumped onto Venom's head, earning a grunt from the cobra. "Come on!" she said. "He's like a boat! A big, ugly, grumpy, old boat."

Before Venom could yell back, Cotton slowly joined Aero on his head. Unhappily, Venom shoved off, slithering through the water.

"See?" Aero said. "Is this so bad?"

Cotton was very pale, but she managed to nod.

"Glad to see you're enjoying yourselves," Venom muttered. "Don't expect me to serve snacks."

"Of course not, gramps," Aero said.

Venom growled. "Don't call me gramps!"

Before Aero could think of a clever reply, she heard a sound. A small, moaning sound, from the ceiling. "Shh..." she whispered, holding up the torch to get a better view.

On the roof of the cavern, there were Zubat and Golbat. Dozens of them, clinging to the ceiling, each one asleep.

Venom blinked. "Quiet..." he muttered. "We need to get through here quick. The Zubat line can be very territorial, and it's almost night time. They'll be waking up soon." He began slithering through the water, quickly but quietly. "As long as we stay quiet, we won't wake them."

Aero and Cotton nodded, eager to avoid any trouble with the nocturnal flyers.

The trio silently glided through the lake, any quips about Venom being an old guy gone. Silence reigned.

Cotton was very pale. She could barely breath. Here she way, facing two of her fears, water AND darkness. She simply sat there, frozen. Staring into the blackness and trying to forget where she was. However, her fear began to bubble when she found herself staring into a pair of orange, staring right back at her. The owner stared right back at her, before two other pairs joined the first pair. Six pairs of eyes gleamed at her, before vanishing.

Cotton couldn't hold it in. She screamed loudly, her screech echoing through the cave.

Venom and Aero winced. "What... did... I... say?" whispered Venom.

Before Cotton could reply, an angry, shrieking sound filled the cave. The Zubat and Golbat had awakened, and they were not happy.

Venom growled as the Bat Pokemon began to swarm them, "Hold on!" he shouted, swimming faster than before.

Aero and Cotton began panicking and swatting at the airborn creatures, as they swarmed the trio, screeching and flapping as they charged and bit Venom's neck, as he struggled to keep his head above water.

Aero pointed foward, her keen eyes catching sight of a rocky shore. "Head that way!" she shouted. "Land!"

Venom nodded and shot foward. Land would let them plan their counter attack and actually fight back.

The Zubat and Golbat didn't let up for a second. Biting, screeching, and ramming into the trio as they swam for the rocky shore. Venom managed to burst out of the water, onto the shore. Unfortunetly, a Zubat had rammed into Cotton just as he got out of the water, knocking the terrified Ratatta into the water. Cotton began sputtering and thrashing in the water.

"Cotton!" shouted Aero, turning to Venom. "We have to get her out!"

"I'm a little busy over here!" Venom shouted, swatting at the Zubat and Golbat with his tail, trying to hit the fliers.

Aero, seeing that Cotton was begining to sink, made a quick choice, jumping into the water. She wasn't a super skilled swimmer, but she could do the basic Poochyena paddle. She splashed over to the drowning Ratatta, only to realize that the water wasn't even up to her knees.

Aero rolled her eyes, stood up, and said, "Cotton!"

Cotton kept struggling. "H-help!"

"Cotton! You can stand! The water is shallow."

Cotton stopped struggling, felt the bottom of the shore, and blinked. "Oh," she said, still scared.

Aeor nodded. "Come on," she said. "Let's get out of here before-!"

An ear splitting shriek cut her off. Everything became blurry and disoriented. Aero stumbled about, eventually stumbling over.

The Zubat began to swarm her, pounding her poor eardrums with Super Sonic, confusing her. With that done, the bats began to pierce her body with their fangs. Aero was a steel type, and the attcks weren't much, but they were painful, and bringing her down. The Mawile struggled, confused.

Cotton paled. Aero was being killed, and Venom was busy, Body Slamming the Golbat and Zubat who were swarming him. If no one helped Aero...

Cotton swallowed, and did something she never thought she would do.

She leaped onto a Zubat, and bit its wing. Hard. The Flying Type screamed in agony, struggling to break free, only to hit the ground, the attack knocking him out. The other Zubat charged, but Cotton attacked again. Jump, bite, chew, hold, and repeat. The Zubat fell, one by one.

Soon, a pile of blue and purple bodies lay in the water, and Cotton helped the disoriented Aero up. "Aero? Can you hear me?"

"My, what big ears you have..." Aero slurred, still confused.

Cotton sighed. "Come on," she said, helping the dazed Steel Type to the shore, ducking under a flying Golbat that had been knocked out by a powerful blow of Venom's coils.

The two walked up to the rocky shore, barely able to see in the darkness, now that thier torch was gone with the water. The Zubat and Golbat were all knocked out, and those who were waking up quickly flew away, eager to avoid an further pain.

Venom gasped in pain and fatigue. "Well..." he muttered. "That wasn't so bad." Before he could say anything else, he looked down to find Aero hugging him.

"You have beautiful eyes," she said, still confused.

Venom rolled his "beautiful eyes" and swiftly dunked Aero's head in the water multiple times, until she shouted, "I'm fine, I'm fine!"

Venom pulled her out. "Good," he said, earning a glare he couldn't see. He winced in pain. He had lost his bag when the Zubat and Golbat had attacked them in the lake, and Aero was now the only one who could see in the dark. "Alright," he said. "You take point, girl." He turned to Cotton. "Keep holding onto her. Let's go!" he ordered.

They soon found a tunnel, and traveled down it, eager to find the treasure (or an exit) and be done with it.

As they walked along, Aero, keeping her eyes out in front, asked, "Cotton? Did you... save me, back there?"

Cotton slowly nodded. "I guess I did," she muttered quietly.

Aero smiled. "Thank you," she said.

"As touching as that was," Venom said, "we need to keep moving. Save your breath and thank yous for when this adventure is over."

Aero growled. "Can't you shut up and let us compliment one another for once, you big, over sized-!"

Cotton screamed. Again.

Looming in front of them was a massive figure. Eyes glaring down at them, claws outstretched and mouth gaping open.

Aero jumped back, Cotton stared, frightened, and Venom sighed. "It's a Kangaskhan rock, you idiots!"

"A... A what?" asked Aero.

Venom slithered p. "A Kangaskhan rock is a statue of a Pokemon called Kangaskhan. Despite their ferocious appearence, they tend to be gentle, and are wonderful mothers. These rocks are modeled after them, scaring the feral wild Pokemon, and acting as a beacon, and resting place for adventurers."

Aero raised an eyebrow. "How do you know that?" she asked.

Venom looked away. "I read," he said, plainly. "Anyway," he added, seeing as how we're all dead tired..." He trailer off, and then fell to the ground, almost instantly falling asleep.

Aero blinked, and then yawned, not realizing how tired she was. Cotton began to doze off and Aero leaned against the Kangaskhan rock, yawning again. Soon, sleep overtook them all.

Well, glad that I got this in. Stay tuned for next time folks, when Venom, Aero, and Cotton find the treasure!

And who has been watching them in the caves?