There was a power plant worker bound and gagged. Liam rushed over and removed the gag. "Look out!" he blurted. Liam saw a Flare Grunt about to smack him with a lead pipe. A ball soared threw the air and smacked the Grunt in the side, sending him flying into the wall, The collision knocked him out. The ball uncurled into Sandshrew.
 "Sandshrew? You followed us?" Liam asked.