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The ULG blitz

Castelia City had a lot to offer, so Alma decided to take the full week to explore it in its entirety. She went to visit art museums and saw street dancers throwing it down in the city square while people clapped and cheered.

Then she went to visit the piers that offered to ferry tourists through the sea (even though she had to end up settling on an economic trip since she couldn't afford paying the price of the more expensive ones), earned some money by working as a volunteer and taking surveys for the Passerby Analytics HQ, and so much more.

She even managed to snatch a prestigious Casteliacone, the local delicacy, for herself, after standing in line for at least two hours. She sighed in contentment as she sat on a pier eating some street food she had just bought.
She checked Castelia's map, gifted to her by the Passerby Analytics HQ, to check her last pit stops.

'Oh! How could I forget the Battle Company! It's the ideal place to train my mons a little bit, as well as get some interesting items if I manage to make it to the final battle.' Alma smiled and rose up, heading to the huge building with a big sign that said "Battle Company! Strong trainers, great rewards!"

Once inside, she was delighted to see just how many hopefuls had gathered there. There were people from all over Unova, chatting and sharing their battling experience.

She signed up for the challenge at the reception, and was handed a piece of paper. "When you battle the bosses of each floor, you'll receive a stamp. When you have at least 5 stamps, you can go battle the final boss at the 55th floor. You can check the floors where people will battle you on this paper. The other floors are either empty or there are people working there, so please do not make too much noise outside of the floors adapted for battles." the receptionist explained.

Alma nodded. "I understand. Thank you very much!" She took the elevator and headed to one of the battle floors.
She had no idea how much time had passed since the beginning of her challenge - she could barely breathe between a fight and another, in a test of both endurance and battling skills.

She took the elevator and was about to head to her last floor before facing the boss, when she heard it shake tremendously. Her heart jumped in her chest. 'An earthquake?' she wondered. No... it was different. Another sound echoed in the elevator, and Alma's blood seemed to freeze in her veins when she realized it was an explosion.

Something terrible had happened. And to her horror, the elevator shut down, trapping her inside. "Oh god. Oh god. Oh god." There was no third explosion, but she could faintly hear other people's cries and eerie sounds which she couldn't make out. "I need to get out of here. Fast." She tapped the help button repeatedly, but with the electricity having been cut, it was to no avail. "Gods... Ok, Alma. Don't panic. Don't panic. You still have your Pokémon with you."

She took out Marble, and the elevator screeched dangerously at the sudden increase of weight. "Oh god." Thankfully, the elevator held on, as Alma saw the sign "Maximum permitted weight: 300 kg". "Thank the heavens. Marble, I'm in a pinch. I need you to open the elevator door without using a move. Can you do that?"

The Boldore nodded and used its rocky limbs to separate the elevator doors, crunching them horribly in the process. "I'm so sorry. I'll pay you back for this." she said, to no one. "Alright, Marble, come back."

She withdrew Marble and took a deep sigh of relief when she realized the elevator was really close to one of the non-battle floors. She managed to land on the floor and she read "floor 29". It was pretty close to floor 35, where she was supposed to go next, but that was not important at the moment.

She looked around and saw no one, and even worse, she saw the devastation. The explosion probably happened really close to that floor - the ceiling was in shambles, and the entire floor seemed on the verge of collapsing.