As Venomous descended slowly down the steep slope Forest had led them into earlier, she momentarily forgot about her rage toward the Sandslash, and once again laid adoring eyes on "The Crackpot".
"Now that i'm down here by myself, I can stay and look at it as long as I want!" Venomous exclaimed excitedly to herself, creeping up close the the formation and pressing her eye up against it to peer just inside the crack. The large, inquisitive eyes of a baby Zubat stared back at her, and a wide grin stretched out across her face as she began to wave. Suddenly, the baby's face disappeared and a much larger, viscious-looking adult Zubat's face leered back at her, letting off a warning hiss and slowly it began to flap it's wings.
"S-s-s-s-Stay away!" It whispered in a low voice, it's eyes beginning to glow an eery red. Shuddering,Venomous backed slowly away from the formation until her back was pressed up against the cave wall, and then turned and fled. She ran as fast as her little paws would take her, bolting away from the "Crackpot" and towards the place where Forest had first shown them the Geodudes and the gemstones. Her head swum with vivid storybook images of foolish young Pokemon who went traveling thick forests and caves at night, the time when they were most vulnerable and appealing to the active Vampiric Bat Pokemon Zubat, Golbat, and Crobat, and ended up becoming a bloody feast for the hungry creature. Whether this was actually true or not she didn't know and didn't really care, but she most certainly wasn't taking any chances.
As her tiny lungs stretched for air, Venomous only pressed herself on faster, hugging up close to the side of the path, up against the wall of the cave, and making a very fatal error in not allowing enough room for a sharp, unforeseen curve in the cave which she hadn't remembered being there before, her heart nearly stopping and all breath leaving her body as the cave wall dropped away, revealing a a huge drop-off, in which she fell off in all her panic. Wildly, Venomous glanced around for something, anything to grab onto, but all that passed by her in those brief few moments was sheer rock wall. Before she knew it, Venomous's frail little body had made impact with the hard rock of the cave floor at the bottom of a drop-off, and slamming into it, Venomous winced incredibly, throwing her head back and squeezing her eyes shut as pain jarred her tiny body. Meekly, Venomous opened an eye, her head swimming with excruciating pain as she dragged herself to her feet. Though her limbs ached terribly from even the effort of standing up, Venomous willed herself not to lie back down, as she knew that if she did, it would be very likely that it would be all night before anyone found her. Venomous knew she had fallen at least fifty feet, and hadn't realized how far down the cave actually went. One thing she did realize was that if she laid back down and closed her eyes, she would most likely fall asleep, and she knew unconsciousness for her right now wasn't the best of ideas.
As usual, you've managed to get yourself completely and totally lost. Venomous thought glumly, focusing all her energy into taking one step forward. Everything around her looked blurry, though she wasn't sure what everything was, as she was unable to even see anything surrounding her. All she saw was utter darkness, and she began to shiver, not just afraid for her injuries, but afraid because in darkness, she wouldn't be able to see what other kinds of creatures lurked around after her.
If I were an Umbreon, a cave like this would be no problem for me. Venomous thought irritably. I could at least see where I was going, and I could even use Moonlight to heal myself.
Venomous jumped, a sudden crashing sound sending a jolt throughout her body as the fur around her neck began to stand up on all ends.
That can't be good. She thought, shoulders slumping as the throbbing pain in her body only grew worse. She thought back to just a few days ago, when Blade had been helping her pack her bag for camp. He had been giving her one of his famous lectures on Camp Safety, this particular one being about Cave Exploration. Though she distinctly remembered tuning him out on this lecture, as she had grown sick and tired of them by now, one line in particular stood out to her.
"The deeper you are in a cave, the stronger, and bigger the Pokemon get." Venomous huddled into herself, keeping low as she stole along, wondering if what he had said held any truth in it. Suddenly, the monstrous roar of an Onix interrupted her thoughts, and letting out a tiny squeak, Venomous cowered blindly in the dark, glancing around her, realizing it was futile as an invisable Earthquake came ripping through at her. As the ground shook underneath her, Venomous was unable to jump up and dodge, as she couldn't see a thing. Biting back the urge to scream, she instead clenched her tiny fists together, bravely standing completely still, taking on the full attack of the Earthquake as she tried to sense where exactly the Onix was.
She didn't risk reasoning with it, for she hoped that there was a slim chance he hadn't located her yet. The Earthquake had made her critical injury even worse, and more than anything she dreaded fainting, for if she did, who knows when it might be when someone eventually found her. Finally, as the Earthquake ceased, Venomous grimaced, her mind racing as she quickly strategized on how to keep the Onix at bay. Ducking, she realized she had one important advantage over the mammoth Pokemon: Speed. Fiercely, ignoring all pain consuming her being, she darted at the Onix, her body colliding with a boulder making up it's form, and she cheered silently as her Quick Attack made contact, and sent a crack through the giant boulder.
Once again, the Onix roared, enraged now, as he sought out the tiny Pokemon who had just attacked him. Years of growing up and living inside a cave had given him the ability to see in dim light or even no light at all, and he realized that he had not only the advantage of his strength, but also that he could see the tiny Eevee, and it had no clue at all where he was. His magnificent and very legthy body rose then, rose nearly thirty feet into the air, towering over her, his eyes contorting with malice as he then slammed his body onto the ground, the impact of his colossal rock body with the hard rock of the cave floor, crushing the floor into a series of new boulders. Slipping back away from the harsh downpour, he sneered slightly, remaining motionless as he watched the Eevee glance blindly around her, panicking, oblivious to what was going on.
Miraculously, all the boulders had managed to miss Venomous, and as she finally realized what the Onix was doing, her heart nearly stopped, as he aimed not only to crush her, but to faint her as well. Venomous took a deep breath, and summoning up the last of her energy, furiously and rapidly began digging into the rock. It was slow work, a lot slower than if she had been digging in dirt, but the desperation building up in her caused her to dig harder and faster, as she struggled to escape before the Onix could Slam again. Venomous felt a tearing at the flesh surrounding her claws, and realized that they were bleeding from digging so hard at the rock. She felt like crying, but instead kept digging, finally managing to dig out a hole deep enough for her to throw herself in. Just as she was about to leap inside the hole, a boulder at least ten times the size of her smashed just insiches away from her face, and as the rock exploded, a slice flew into her eye, slashing across it as she felt something burst.
Screaming in agony, Venomous clutched at her eye, her body going into a state of shock as she pulled her paws away from it, and noticed them drenched in blood. She knew that she was a goner if she didn;t get into the hole soon, and quickly jumped into it, though the combined pain from the fall and now her eye was unbearable, and she only wished she could just end it all now. As she lay shuddering against the side of the hole, she suddenly sensed something slamming into it as a loud grinding sound filled her ears. And then... nothing. Slowly beginning to feel around, Venomous realized that one of the boulders had become lodged inside the tiny shelter she had just made, completely blocking it off from the outside.
At first, Venomous felt relief that the boulder would be hiding her from the Onix, and that with a little luck, he would think that he had crushed her and give up. But then, instant realization hit her that she was now trapped underground, and that the only way for her to live would be to try to dig out. Sobbing into her paws, Venomous felt weak, and defeated, desolation gripping her as she then noticed that her left eye was crying tears of blood.
