She should have worn sunscreen. Summer was concerned about getting a weird farmer's tan on her arms. Her legs were luckily covered up. Her poor, fair skin never battled the sun and won out.

"They sent you... looking for a missing person?"

It may be rude to admit, but what use could Eris be searching for a missing person? Summer wondered. How smart was this little girl?

"It's not really top secret if you start telling me what you did, is it?"

She couldn't help but give a small laugh, shaking her head as they approached the field they were to investigate. Pulling back on the reigns, the Ponyta came to a stop. Summer climbed down before offering help to Eris.

"Looks like we're here..."

From first glance, it looked like the crops were parted, like an entrance to a tunnel. She furrowed her brow, stepping closer. She brought out her Emboar, Surtur, in case they needed protection.

"Shall we go in?"

"Who's Pa?"

Summer couldn't help but wonder if this "pa" was her real father or not. But, being dropped in Rocket wouldn't surprise her much if she didn't have one. There were a lot of misfits without family in Rocket, and they called the group their family.

She stayed away from that sort of shit.

At the mention of aliens, a tired feeling overcame Summer. She wasn't too keen on believing things like that, aliens and the like. But what did she know? Ghost-type Pokemon were a thing.

"I highly doubt that. These sort of look like a ground-type or some large kind of Pokemon could have made this pattern."

They entered, Summer taking the lead with her Emboar at the back to keep guard. The crops curved in an odd way.

"This isn't natural, that's for sure... do you think something scared a Pokemon in here?"

Chu-E? Like... the underboss Chu-E?

Summer opened her mouth to say something, but she didn't. She wondered how far in the ranks the girl was known, if an underboss decided to adopt her. Instead, she offered a tight-lipped smile.

"I'm not sure this is a drawing, Eris."

She was pretty sure it was all just random lines. It looked almost frantic, to and fro with no pattern to it. She was beginning to wonder if they were in danger.

As she was thinking that, she heard a rustle. Flinching, Summer turned toward the source, hidden in some of the stalks. She exchanged glances with Surtur, exchanging a mental message to prepare to attack if necessary. As she parted the grass, she saw-

"A Yamper?"

The poor, yellow dog was shaking, cowering back in the stalks. It looked terrified, small sparks popping off its body.

"It's certainly not big enough to cause this much damage..."

Eris was more invested in the well being of the Yamper. That didn't mean that Summer didn't care about it. The situation was just... peculiar. It only approached the girl when it was sure that she wasn't going to hurt it.

So, what frightened the dog so badly?

"Eris, I don't know if we should-"

Another rustling sound cut her off. Summer turned, looking around with furrowed brows. Her heart began to beat in her chest. Because if the Yamper was the innocent, scared creature, didn't that leave them with something chasing it?

When there was a lamb, there was always a wolf.

Her Emboar grunted, shuffling his feet as he got antsy. He could sense something out there. They just didn't know what.

"I think we need to get out of here."

As Summer said that, the rustling noise seemed to get closer, accompanied by what sounded like footsteps. The top of a Trevenant appeared. Yeesh. It was spooky.

"Okay, okay, let's go!"

Eris scooped the Yampers up. Okay, great, whatever.

That didn't solve the literal looming tree that was running toward them.

Summer glanced at her Luxray before he released his THUNDER WAVE. She covered her eyes to avoid the small flash from blinding her.

Then she took off.

While running, her own Emboar would throw a few FLAMETHROWERS at the pursuing Trevenant. While it made it angrier, it seemed to be doing damage enough to slow it down and injure it.

"There! Go that way, toward the barn."

Eris's Pokemon irritated the beast more, however it was clear it was growing weaker. They were almost to the barn...

"Can you do that?" Summer asked, looking over at Eris.

Meanwhile, her Emboar continued his assault on the Trevnant.