The Rebellion of Instinct - Part 1: The Rise of Team Instinct

Chapter 7: The Instinct Base

Three days had passed. The day of the fight for the world had just begun. And it didn't start how the four friends expected.

Shell had told the friends about the scientific compass. They followed it, but they had been walking for 10 minutes, and the compass didn't move one bit. To their side, the sun was just beginning to dip its rays into the horizon.

"What are we going to do?" Quinci asked frantically.

"Ohh!" Shell said, "I got it!" She pulled out a great ball, and threw it into the air. Blue light flashed. Gyarados appeared.

"We can ride our pokemon there!" she said. Soon, Quinci was on her ponyta, and Bell on her zwelious.

"Guys," Ravisu said, "I don't have a pokemon to ride."

"What?" Quinci asked.

"Yeah, all my pokemon are too small. My largest is a absol... " Ravisu explained.

"You can walk." Shell said.

"WHAT?! NO WAY!"

"Haha." Shell said, "JK. You can ride with me, on my gyarados."

Soon, Ravisu and Shell were on Shell's steed.

"Bell! Which direction is it in?" Shell asked. She tossed Bell the Instinct base direction thingy. Bell pulled up her phone and opened the compass.

"Uhh," she said, "North-east. Oh, and here," Bell gave Shell her iphone. "Use the compass app. Quinci and I can share one."

" 'Kay!" Shell said "RACE YOU GUYS!"

"Uh," Bell said, looking at her gyarados, "That is water-type. How is it gonna move on land?"

"Gyarados," Ravisu said, pokedex mind at the ready, "is both water and-"

"THREE TWO ONE GO!" Shell kicked her steed lightly, and grabbed its horns. Shell yelled, "Haaaaanngg on!" They flew up into the air. Even though gyarados have no wings.

"Whheeeee!" They fell back down again, and then bounced back up.

"Oh yeah," Quinci said, as she and Bell looked up at the sky, a dark blue serpent cloud arching around. "It's a flying type too. Though it can't fly... Just can use the move bounce."

"Well," Bell said, "Let's get going!" She tapped zwelious, and she began to move forward, Quinci quickly catching up on her ponyta. (In the end, everyone hitched a ride on Shell's gyarados, since the base was on a mountain and yeah... )

"Ponyta, return!" Quinci said. She held her pokeball up, and ponyta vanished into red light. She turned around. Behind her was Ravisu, Bell, and Shell. Bell was fiddling with the Instinct compass.

They on top of a mountain. Snow covered the area, and Ravisu shivered. "It says we should be right in front of it!" Bell said. "There should be like a door right here!"

"Hmmm," Quinci said. "Maybe it's underground!"

"Okay then," Ravisu said, "Vivillon!" Ravisu threw a violet pokeball in the air, and in lavender colors, and an elegant-patterned vivillon appeared. "Use gust!" Vivillon began to flapping its wings. Snow brushed aside, and a wooden trapdoor appeared.

"Woah." Quinci said. She opened the door, revealing a spiraling staircase. Little balls of electricity were trapped in glass spheres, as lanterns on the walls. Despite the lanterns however, it was still dark. The four friends began to walk downwards. Inside, it smelled like fresh dirt. That's odd, Shell thought, Shouldn't it smell like stone or something?

"AHHH!" Quinci yelled. The floor had suddenly disappeared below her and Bell. Ravisu grabbed Bell's hand, and Shell grabbed Quinci's. Quinci and Bell were now hanging above a dark hole, that lead to who knows where.

"The floor was an illusion made by the zoroark!" Shell exclaimed, "And it smells like fresh dirt because they just dug this pit!"

"Okay!" Ravisu yelled, "Not helping!" 

She moved her hand slightly to get her pokeball to summon out her espeon, just before Bell cried, "NO!"

"Why not?"

"You need the strength of both hands to held me up! If you only use one, you'll fall in too!" Bell yelled. Ravisu moved her hands a little to tighten her hold.

"Well, I might as well! I can't hold for much- ARGH!" Ravisu's hand slipped, and Bell and herself fell down into the pit.

"Shell! Hold on to me! DO NOT LET GO!" Quinci commanded, heart racing. She tried to press her foot against the wall, but slipped on the dirt. This wasn't how it was supposed to be. Mystic and Valor... vs. Team Instinct? And they were losing.

"Don't blame me, I was sucked at PE!" Shell cried. She dug her fingernails in Quinci's skin, who tried not to complain. Shell suddenly cried out, "Wait! Dig your feet into the side of the wall! It should be dirt so you can get more support!"

"Are you sure?" Quinci asked. Shell said, "Just do it!" So Quinci dug her foot in the dirt. It was a little moist. With the extra support, Shell used one hand to get out her lunatone. She fumbled a little and reached inside her bag. Just as her hand closed around the pokeball, Quinci yelled, "WATCH OUT!" Shell felt a robust push on her back.

"No!" Quinci cried. And they fell into darkness.