uphill climb, r

[battle]

The warehouse had a smell that reminded him of mold mixed with dew, clinging to tree leaves after recent rainfall. Most of all, it reminded him of cold nights spent at the house with his brother, and when he thought of that, he remembered those first nights spent alone, the ones that felt like eternity.

He wasn't supposed to be here - he didn't want to be here, but Marill had gotten sidetracked while they were touring the city, chasing a wild pokemon into the dim building before he could tell it otherwise. Nothing about this place boded well, from the smell to the lighting to the sounds he thought he heard, but wasn't ever sure about. Weren't there also wild pokemon here, supposedly hostile?

Aiden frowned, narrowed his eyes and searched harder for Marill, more for the pokemon's sake than his. There were other pokemon that would back him up, but Marill was all alone, and he worried for its safety above all things.

CAEDMON