Zombie jinked around the battlefield like a clunky machine, continually avoiding streams of gas or sludge by only a hair´s width. The look of hyperactive terror plastered on his face and Maya´s cursing revealed that this wasn´t born out of skill, however.

"Zombie, six o' clock!" she shouted, sprinting. Teaching your pokemon to face certain directions was a basic part of being a good trainer. Unfortunately for Maya, she had only taught Zombie a couple. His head swerved to look behind him as per her instructions, quickly enough to notice the wad of contamination arcing towards him and drop to the ground with a hard thud to dodge it. Maya pumped her fist in celebration and threw several rocks at the grimer to help him out. 

Just as she had begun to think that the battle was turning in their favor, she heard the pained gasps of one of her teammates within the turmoil. It was Aro, swarmed by grimer. 

Maya cursed loudly. "Rock throw!" she barked. If there was a silver lining to this, it was that grimer huddled together made for easy pickings. Zombie attacked repeatedly, far less focused on having the perfect shot now that it wasn't necessary. The sight of a large sword threw a wrench in her plans, though.

"What the hell?" she shouted. Maya and her pokemon kept their distance from it despite its closeness to Aro. There was no telling what that could be. She faced them both tensely, unsure of what either had planned. 

The next few moments were a disaster. Khelfin revealed himself to be in leagues with a rival company, and both Ms. Amy and Cooper crashed down to join the battle. Zombie hobbled over to Maya at her command, even more bewildered than she was. 

"Can´t really say I trust this is antidote right now, no offense," said Maya. She walked over to Aro and administered it, only just now realizing he had left a message in the dirt. "It beats doing nothing though... petros?"

She cocked her eyebrow at Cooper. She didn´t know who this man was, but his insistence on leaving her to die sure was an introduction. "Y'know, I was kind of hoping Ms. Amy's personal life wasn't gonna get in the way of making some money." Maya wasn't in the mood to respect her either, as her aerodactyl had come close to incinerating Zombie.