"That was tough." Hex said, fluttering lower, her wings shuttering to a stop. "Those Mawile must've been pretty strong."

Hex lowered herself onto the craggy, rough ground. Beige dust blew up in thick clouds around her as she landed, her insect wings shuttering to a stop. The Mawile were surprisingly strong, and that was only one of the many pokemon located in the chasm. Who knew what else they could deal with in Crystal Chasm? Sinister pokemon, waiting in the shadows to lunge out at them, twice as strong as the Mawile that had nearly just sweeped their entire team. However, there were pokemon down there, that could use their help. It was quite a predicament. They could go down now, but risk losing their entire team. Or they could wait, and train, but risk the pokemon in the chasm getting hurt or another explorer team coming down to help instead of Team Scarab.

"So, what do you guys think we should do?" Hex asked, looking between her bruised up team. "I think that we should take our chance now, while we can, while it may it be dangerous."

She slowly fluttered back into the cave. "I'll just scout ahead for a moment. I'll be back in a flash." She announced, turning to the cave. Hex held her breath, hoped that she wouldn't snatched from the air, and flew into the cave. She made sure to stay high, far away from any hungry wild pokemon moping about in the cave. She spotted a fair couple of pokemon on her way in. There were several Geodude surrounding a glowing crystal. There was a group of Mawile, which she noted as a problem, relatively close. There was a Gible who seemed to be climbing one of the crystals. That was about the extent of her trip. There didn't seem to be many other pokemon beside that. However, the pokemon that were there were strong, and most of them could rather easily sweep the entire team, so they had to be careful. She no

As she began to fly back to the entrance, several pokemon around the bottom spotted her. "There she is, the little snack." A pokemon purred from the darkness. It's eyes glowed. The Sableye had returned. "Take her!" Several Geodude from the bottom made potshots of gravelly rocks at her, luckily missing due to the darkness. Some Mawile growled, their second mouths snarling and drooling, but they were much too low to really reach her. The only threat was the Sableye. The little mad pokemon had climbed onto a crystal, and was leaping gracefully from one bioluminescent quartz to another, aiming for the ones that were high and jutting out of the craggy walls. He was gaining quickly. He was beginning to be quite the annoyance. As he leaped once again, right in snatching distance of Hex, she blew up a quick, strong gust, which interrupted his little game and sent him flying back down to the bottom once again.

Hex came breathlessly back to the entrance. "I think our best bet is to stick to the darkness." She panted. "Probably safest when they can't see us."