Route 1- Mio
Mio stepped forwards with the rest of the group, although his skates made him a little off-balance. He wobbled slightly, arms out for balance, when he heard the tell-tale click of the XTransceiver's camera app. He whipped around on one foot, eyes wide in disbelief. There was no way Bianca had just--
Mio has received 'An Adventure Begins!' (Photo)! Added to Photo Library!
She had. Wincing, he opened the photo library and chanced a look at the picture. Sure enough, he looked like an idiot. His face burned in embarrassed horror for what seemed like the millionth time that day.
Shaking off his shame, Mio turned his attention back to Bianca, who was in the middle of giving some much-needed advice. Relief washed over him as she mentioned "smaller groups;" this way he could keep Meena as far away from Jack's team as possible.
Seemingly taking her own advice, Bianca led the three younger kids off, leaving behind a disconcerted Mio. He hadn't actually considered how much autonomy he was going to have in this journey, and as someone used to having a teacher breathing down his neck, he was a little nervous at how much power he was being given. Jason spoke up, however, apparently taking the leader role. Mio tried not to feel relieved.
Jason was cut off by the sound of an obnoxious honk, and Mio stumbled backwards in surprise. He slipped around on the smooth dirt for a good half a minute before he regained his balance, just in time to hear a woman with a strong accent explain her issue to the group.
A gang of Patrat? Mio supposed that wasn't particularly unusual; Patrat were a social species and tended to form large packs. But raiding a truck like that seemed a little bold, even for a such a large group.
Mio hardly had time to ruminate on the issue before six Patrat popped out of the bushes. Jason and Alecks were the fastest to bring out their Pokemon and send them into the fray, but even as their attacks landed, one Patrat let out a shrill whistle. Mio caught on fast, tossing Loam's pokeball in front of him just as four more patrat popped out from all sides. Loam stood ready for orders, and Meena dislodged herself from her scarf pose and dropped to the ground, looking at her trainer expectantly. He'd said she wouldn't fight until they'd had a talk, but this wasn't a situation to hold back in.
"Meena, help Loam get up into the truck bed. Loam, once you get up there, stand at the very back and use water gun to support everyone and keep the Patrat away from the food. Meena, you go help Apollo and Gomez; use scratch on that one near Gomez as soon as you're done!" Mio grimaced. He really didn't want to use Meena, but with a group as large as this, he didn't have much of a choice.
Immediately, Loam and Meena took off for the truck bed. Loam stepped on Meena's head for extra height, then scrambled to the position she'd been ordered to. As soon as Meena saw she was up, she took off towards Gomez, leaping at the leering Patrat with claws outstretched.