"that was weird" Scorch muttered quietly and shrugged. He then went
down a path and looked around for the staircase. "Is that it over
there?" Scorch asked and nodded to a strange staircase in the area.
"Unless it's for a secret bazaar, that should be it." Aki agreed
cheerfully, scampering toward it. He looked around. "Oh, we lost
Flair." He mused in surprise. He hadn't no noticed her leaving.
"Wonder where she went? Ah, whatever, let's just get to the next
level."
"Nah," Aki said cheerfully. He held up his Explorers badge. "As
long as she hasn't dropped it, she should be warped to the next
level with us. It's really helpful, especially when we get split up
in a difficult dungeon. If one of us finds the stairs, run for it
and the other with be teleported." He explained.
"Really?" Aki asked in surprise. He offered it to Scorch. "D'you
think you had one before you wound up in treasure town?" He asked
curiously, nearing the staircase.
Scorch examined the badge and frowned he tried to think clearly.
"Hm I think so? But I'm not sure" he said with a sigh. He then
thought for a second and grabbed a badge that was old and rusty
from the fur on his shoulder. "Oh it's here, I'm not sure who's
badge it was but. I had it when I woke up in Taiyo City" he said
quietly. The badge had the team name PetalFall carved into it. "Not
sure who PetalFall was, but maybe it was an older team?"
Aki frowned as he looked at the badge. "I've never seen a badge
with that name. Uh.." He paused. "I don't think I've heard of a
team called PetalFall either. The badge looks really rusty.. It's
probably super old. Uhhhnn.. I bet Spring or Hina know something
about it! They always know. I hope. After you." He added, gesturing
to the stairs.
Scorch nodded and put the badge away before walking onto the next
floor. He looked around and listened slightly as if he were trying
to find the Caterpie. He then heard a faint call for help.
[Fun fact saving a Caterpie after an earthquake is the first
mission in Red and Blue rescue team]
Aki soon followed after, and with a faint flash, Flair joined them
with an annoyed grumble, muttering something about 'monster houses'
as she'd brushed herself off.
Aki shushed her. "Hear anything? This is supposed to be the floor."
He said quietly.
"Dude. Theres nobody looking, you can do your hand thing." Neric
said. "Fine..." Zare reluctantly agreed. A large shadowy arm
(Mimikyu arm) came out of the cloth and tapped on the badge. It
shinned and teleported Caterpie off.
"That was fast." Neric said. Zare teleported off like Caterpie too.
"Uh, alright then..." he wasn't sure what was happening anymore,
but then, he teleported off too.
Aki's ears pricked. "D'you hear that?" He asked in surprise,
turning. "Maybe another Pokémon in trouble?" He asked worriedly.
"We should go check it out."