As the darkness of the night started to creep into the sky, Aro started to think about how he was going to defend himself and his partners during the night. It was well documented that most of the Pokemon population had become nocturnal after the apocalypse and the last thing Aro wanted was to have another incident like before.

He sighed as he started to realise how unprepared for his solo adventure he was. Maybe he had been a bit too hot headed with Maya and Khelfin, at the end of the day regardless of wether he trusted them he knew that as a trio they had more chance of survival.

Aro’s attention shifted back to Apollo and Red who both seemed engrossed in getting to know each other, inspecting each other’s physical appearance. Red seemed at ease around Apollo which was strange, Aro had problems getting Red to be calm around anyone other Aro. Normally Red would be defensive of Aro regardless of who or what it was. Red clearly could sense that Apollo was not a threat to Aro.

“You guys are funny...” he chuckled 

All of a sudden Aro heard what sounded like his name being called out in the distance. He couldn’t make out whose voice it was. Red and Apollo had both sensed the noise too, looking out in the direction the sound came from.

“Whose there?” Aro said rather loudly 

He then signalled for Apollo to come to him, which he did.

“Apollo I want you to go check that noise out, and report back to me. It’s too dark to see from here but don’t engage them though! We don’t want bandits ruining our night. Me and Red have got our eyes on you just in case buddy ok?...” He whispered, to which Apollo spun around in agreement, heading out a bit to find the source of the noise.