#Penny: Returning to the crater alone without telling anyone is fine :) Penny a half day later: I WAS WRONG I WAS SO WRONG))

[starchanged]

angry ... ANGRY...!

Lawless primeapes in his den..! AGAIN! He hasn't rested in peace since he was FORCED here by HEEDLESS WARM BLOODS thinking him a novelty!! Dragging him away from the times of primal paradise, warm jungles and simple pleasures!!

FORCED INTO STRANGE EON...IMPRISONED IN A TINY ORB CAGE...FREEDOM FROM CAPTORS ONLY WHEN HE BROKE FREE AFTER A BATTLE OF CLAWS AND TEETH AGAINST HUMAN PETS SOFT FROM EONS AND EONS OF DOMESTICATION...

But not him; prowling cover with silent tenacity only the primitive knew. Reptilian eyes dialated and adrenalin made a savage heart beat fast; locking on familiar query.

Something shook up his crater home again! Somethings been in his territory, making things shake, disrupting the little peace he had and leaving a mess! THEY DID IT. THEY WERE THE ONES TO DO IT. THEY DID IT BEFORE, THEY PROBABLY DID IT AGAIN. NO MORE. END IT HERE. TEACH THEM THEIR FINAL LESSON!!!

Tracked her scent down ... could never forget the heinous pack of hairless apes down in his den...the four of them and his two legged captor who reeked of oil and alloys beneath it's fake skin. The metal one is gone and the other three will come later.

This one....NOW!!!

But he was too eager on approach. It wasn't quiet or unheard. His claws made too much noise on his leap forward; snapping wood and knocking over objects. Talons missed her head with just a scratch before slamming onto the opposite wall with a battering thud.

But Apex shakes himself off with a guttural hiss.

The Guardian of Paradise has a grudge to see through. Better do something fast--

Returning to the crater was idiotic, Penny knew it was. Doing so alone was even more foolish. If any of their friends had suggested Penny would've called them mad and tried desperately to talk them out of it or at least volunteer to go with. Perhaps that's why they didn't mention this little excursion to their friends or anyone else for that matter. They knew at best their friends would try to talk them out of it and at worst would try to come with. Their goals for returning were purely selfish, if not even a little suicidal. There was so much technology left down there, so much data that could be put to such better use then just rusting or rotting away into nothing. If Penny could retrieve even a sliver of that data imagine what they could offer their Porygon...

So they snuck from their dorm late one Friday night giving an excuse to all they knew for their sudden absence over the weekend and ventured forth. The only companions at their side were their loyal team of Eeveelutions, safely sheltered away in their pokeballs. While they faced the possibilities of the crater alone. Acting far braver then they'd ever imagined they had in them.

They went from outpost to outpost trying to save as much information as they could onto zip drives, their laptop, external drives, anything they could fit into their backpack to carry with them. The moments in between the outposts kept their heart racing, eyes locking onto everything that dared make any noise and finger quivering over the button of their beloved Sylveon's Pokeball. They didn't dare keep her out of the ball for fear of her being randomly attacked or of being randomly attacked herself. But she kept it by her side, waiting in fear.

Just as they left the third outpost they heard it. The sound of wood breaking like the base of a tree being snapped by lightning and metal poles falling from their secure place by the movement of something large. They turned to look just in time to see claws larger then their head aimed directly at them. There's enough time to either scream or move and luckily Penny's body moves before their vocal chords can catch up.

They lunge to the ground as a claw manages to tear the flesh of their skull right above their left eye. The sound of metal crushing against itself rings out mixing with the rushing of blood in their ears. Drives, USB's and computer parts fall out of their bag scattering to the jungle floor. But more importantly the Pokeball from their hand rolls from their hand with a flash of red.

Sylveon stands before the Apex predator as though he were not more then twice her size and eons her elder. Fur stands on end with ribbon like tendrils extended out to make her seem bigger and sharpened teeth, that might be threatening to something of it's own caliber, bared. There is no fear in the blue eyes that glare at the Apex only the look of a Pokemon determined to protect it's home.

Before she has any time to act however Penny is back on their feet grabbing their beloved Fairy in their arms and gunning for the Outpost. This is not a fight they wish to see, not one they even wish to test. They'd rather take their chances waiting in an enclosed space for however long Koraidon lingered then dare take this fight. With a leap into the open doors they scramble to slam the button to shut the doors, eyes momentarily catching Koraidon's and silently praying the metal will hold the beast at bay.