[color=black]"Stubborn...!"[/color] Mori gritted his teeth as the Zorua scrambled off, injured. Quickly Mori began to pursue it, not planning on letting the Pokemon escape. It was too injured to survive out here alone, and with the stamina it showed despite being so hurt... He wasn't going to give up on it that easily. He quickly stepped past the trees in his path, shuffling through bushes as he remained in hot pursuit; At least until the Zorua cried out, causing Mori to skid to a halt. 

The Zorua was laying on the ground, twitching. It had seemingly tripped, though, as he approached he realized this wasn't the case. From around them, a bunch of hungry wild Pokemon were appearing; Bugs, mostly. It wasn't until Mori was close that he realized there was webbing around the Zorua's legs; It had been tripped and now it couldn't push itself back up. Giving the amount of bugs in the trees, he had two options. Fight it out, or run. 

A mixture of both, a plan C, was devised. 

[color=black]"Mankey! Mimikyu!"[/color] Mori called, Pokemon being released. As the two appeared, Mankey was swinging it's fists and Mimikyu was studying the situation. Seeing the bugs, Mankey cried out, ready to rumble. Which was good, giving that they'd have to fight their way through. Mori dove down and snatched up the Zorua, some of the webbing sticking to him as he did so, though it wasn't strong enough for him to get stuck down there. with a command to follow, he began to run away, his Pokemon in tow. 

Noticing a few different but small bugs lowering themselves from the trees, he sent Mankey to take action. [color=black]"Climb into the trees and slash their web strings with your Fury Swipes!"[/color] Mori commanded, with his Mankey doing just that; It quickly climbed up a tree, hopping across the branches and cutting the webs of the bugs as it went along; Causing them to fall and smack against the ground. While Mankey did that, Mimikyu slammed it's body into the bugs, knocking them away as she progressed with Mori on the ground; This combined teamwork knocked the bugs in their path out of the way, for the most part; But wouldn't work as something a bit bigger appeared in front of them.

Mori and Mimikyu stopped as a Pinsir came out from behind some trees, it's, well, pincers clacked, as if it was ready to snap them in half. [color=black]"Shit--"[/color] Mori swore, uncertain of what to do. The Pinsir, however, took action; It swung it's claw-created fist at Mimikyu, directly scoring a hit to it's face. The Pinsir grunted confidently, but it's eyes widened in confusion as the Mimikyu seemingly broke, half of it's body falling limp in one direction. It was her Disguise ability! 

Mori decided the best course of action was to just try and barrel it down, with the opening they had. [color=black]"Mimikyu, Astonish!"[/color]

Directly in front of the Pinsir, Mimikyu raised back up and let out a startling shout; One that even threw Mori a little off guard, as he wasn't used to it yet. At this, the Pinsir winced, taking a step back as it hadn't expected it. This was a good time to consult Mankey, who was sill up in the trees. [color=black]"Mankey! Jump down and give it a good kick!"[/color]

Leaping from the branches, Mankey let out a war cry as it extended both of it's legs, arms raising into the air. The Pinsir glanced upwards, just in time for both feet to connect with it's face, the Mankey delivering a harsh blow, enough to knock it over, even. The Pinsir momentarily flailed, grabbing it's face due to the pain.

He wanted to catch it, but now wasn't the time. Mori quickly continued to run now that it was distracted by the pain, his two Pokemon beside him; They couldn't fight off the approaching swarm, so they made their way back to the main road and ran a fair distance up; Gasping for air by the end of it. Despite the fact they had gotten through without getting too hurt, they still had been running for awhile.

Wiping some sweat from his brow, Mori sighed, looking at the Zorua he held in one arm. It was breathing, he could tell that much. He decided not to try and waste a Pokeball on it, yet. He'd give it a little time to recover and take in the situation first. They needed to focus on getting to the Capital anyhow; Otherwise this poor Zorua would never get patched up.

He stopped momentarily, deciding to return his Pokemon. [color=black]"You two did some decent work. Take a rest."[/color] He insisted, the two partners of his returning to their Pokeballs. He wasn't done for today; He had a lot of walking to do, and prepared to rush himself to the Capital as quickly as he could with this Zorua. It just needed to hang on; He'd get it some help as soon as he could...