What happened was expected, yet it still managed to provoke our emotions.

"My Arceus." I failed my duty as the guardian. Although, to be honest, it was guaranteed something would slip through. I quickly took my eyes off Spruce's light wound and back at the Purrloin waiting to pounce again. Gregory seemed to be contemplating how to attack, hiding behind Celes while I was about a meter away from everyone else. Meanwhile, I was trying to make sure that would be only Pokemon assaulting us at the moment. "Back off, you stray puss!" I commanded, standing my ground and forming an arc between two of my magnets.

It was getting more frightening to stay in the fog. Not only were there more shifting figures, but sometimes they were just waving branches. I had to keep an eye on not just the Purrloin, but anything else around us. A diversion couldn't be ruled out, after all.