Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon: Here Comes The Hydroflames

Et tu, Nuzleaf

"...Was this part of the plan Suicune?" Ampharos asked.

"No, this was definitely not."

Ampharos, Mawile, Faith and Suicune stared at what was hundreds if not thousands of ice shards sticking out from the walls of the cyan blue chamber. At the center, was a slick, metallic grey pillar, glowing a faint blue in the middle of all the sharp ice.

The AMDRO was protected under thick layers of ice. Ampharos said to himself. The lighthouse Pokemon reached out his harm to touch one of the sharp ends of the ice shards and instantly regrets it the moment his skin came into contact with it, he felt a sharp pain as he immediately pulled back his hand. There was no way they could get through this ice.

"Someone's definitely been here." Suicune said.

"What makes you so sure?" Mawile asked.

"These ice shards are my security measure for protecting the artifact." Suicune explained, as she paced back and fourth around the entrance of the room. "It works on proximity sensor."

"Proximity sensor?" Faith asked.

"When an unauthorized Pokemon enters or is near this room, the security measure activates." Suicune explained. "...However given this is the first time this has ever happened, I have no idea how to deactivate it."

"Well that's just flipping fantastic." Ampharos retorted.

"But that's a good thing isn't it?" The Expedition Society doctor commented. "That means no one can destroy it now."

"Yeah, but I'm more worried about the shards accidentally destroying the artifact if they fall down on top of it." The aurora Pokemon said. "Now the problem is clearing the shards."

Mawile took a few steps closer to one of the shards and began knocking on it to test the thickness of it. It was then she realized that the single knock she made had caused a minor crack in the ice, taking the deceiver Pokemon by surprise.

Wait... how the heck did I-

She lifted her hand and examined the Looplet strapped around her wrist, looking at the dark purple Emera, light glistening from the ice shards onto it.

"So that's what you do huh..." Mawile whispered to herself.

"What was that Mawile?" Ampharos asked his second in command.

"Stand back!" She yelled. "I'm going to try something risky!"

"And what might that be?"

"Probably the stupidest idea I'll ever think of."

As Ampharos and the others took a few steps back as told, Mawile looked at her hands once more and gripped them tightly, her knuckles facing the ice.

Hope this doesn't break my arm.

The deceiver Pokemon took a deep breath, and in a blink of an eye, sprung into action. She dashed forward and gave the ice shard block the entrance the hardest punch she could muster. When she made contact with the ice, she felt her hand pushing through the hard ice, eventually shattering into countless pieces and scattering all over the floor. She lunged forward again, breaking the other shards in quick succession. With each punch Mawile felt a sharp pain on her knuckles, as well as the coldness of the ice, but she kept pressing on, not stopping until the job was done.

But was the really the reason? You seem to be hitting harder and harder with each one.

She began noticing it as well, even with the sharp pain, she continued punching and punching, gritting her teeth as she did so, as if she had something eating away inside that she wanted to vent out her frustrations on.