Not one moment that Gwen had received the call from Robin and she was out of the door. She threw her jacket and bag over her shoulder while getting Gishath ready to go. The Gabit waddled along and broke into a full sprint as his trainer began to run over towards the direction of her not so psychic buddy. They weren't too far from it, but it would take a few minutes to catch up to Robin in full.

Gwen had eventually had trailed Robin's path and caught up to her by the street corner that had been agreed upon. She called her friend again, pokemon team at the ready and with a faint tone of concern for the woman.

"What's going on? I've never heard you sound so serious before..."

No way! Gwen was just stunned at a mere human, no, the person sitting in front of her, had just met some kind of wild god! Just like that!

"Uh, yeah! Tons! I don't even know which one to ask first!" Gwen said, nearly bouncing off the cave walls from excitement at the prospect of talking to somebody as experienced as Lars. "How big was it exactly? I imagined it was the size of a couple of buildings together, but it could be smaller! How does it suck the life out of things? And what about-whup!"

Gwen tripped over a Golett in the midst of freaking out about a legendary. The ginger haired trainee face planted and rolled forward. At landing back upright, her pokeball would open to reveal the Gabite that she had mentioned before. Gishath sniffled at his tripped trainer before looking back at the fussy Golett.

He dove towards the poor thing with a sudden DRAGON CLAW and cut it down to size. Once Gwen picked herself up from the crash, she saw Gishath having managed to get into trouble again.

"Darn it, I told you that it's dangerous for you in this cave, Gishath. I don't want you frozen or anything!"

The Gabite let out a growl, as if to bicker with his trainer. Not to let a free capture pass her by, Gwen tossed out a spare pokeball to capture the Golett.

"Still, meeting a legendary in person like that...Did it feel weird? Like you're face-to-face with a being that could just destroy you in an instant. That has to be at least a little scary for people. Not you though, I bet!"

[attempting catch on Golett]

Little steps outside the comfort zone? It was something she was already doing, considering how she had a little bit of extra meat and muscle on her bones from a year ago when she first came here. She had even thought about switching out her glasses for contacts, given how often her spectacles slid down her nose.

"I've been going on hikes and getting outside more. Used to be a homebody, but I'm starting to bulk up. I may need new pants and shirts anyway, these are getting tight..."

She even gave a little flex in jest, snicking to herself. Gishath continued to stare at the Venusaur and its trainer in thought while wagging its fin around and trying to mimic the sensations of the vines surrounding Shalin. Gwen had never really been one to guess how fast vines could move, especially moreso if a Sygna Suit was being used.

"How fast? Probably faster than us both, that's for sure." The ranger grinned. "Anyway, I haven't been in the Chasm before, this is a first for me. Going deeper sounds risky, but if it'll make me confident enough to be like you..."

Gwendolyn hesitated for a moment, as if to question if what she was doing was far above her level, but then shaking her head with a scoff.

"I'll do it."

The revelation that they wouldn't be going off anywhere was like a sudden kick in the stomach was enough for Gwen to look surprised. Gishath, however, seemed just as mildly annoyed as he normally did. The Gabite hissed along and waddled up to the Venusaur as if to inspect it. The little guy grumbled to himself and was curious about how the vines coming from it had been lifting, as if jealous.

"Really?! We're just going to stay here?"

Gwen let out a soft sigh, but some time away from HQ and some rather boring duties as always welcome!

"Well, it's still an important duty. And I meant questions about you, not really the assignment. It's hard to explain..."

There was a moment of silence while she tried to sum up what was on her mind with what she wanted to tell Shalin. Gwen couldn't just start spilling the beans there and then. But she couldn't really be vague either. There was a fine line to step in tow with here.

"I wanted to ask how...How would I be like you more? Like more confident and brave. I'm trying to improve myself for somebody I like and want to protect but I don't know where to even start."

"Ready to go, Gishath?" The Gabite hissed, waving its claws around in anticipation while the ginger laughed at her partner's anticipation and would head on out with Shalin into Area Zero. Once fully ready and inside of the area proper, she waved towards Hoenn's Most Sane Ranger. She was faring well than last time, that was for sure.

"Hey Shalin! Glad we're paired together again. I've been meaning to ask you a couple of questions."

She had really wanted to step out of Robin's shadow, and actually take some of the spotlight for herself. And the only way to do that was to get the run down on how to build self confidence from the most wild woman in the region. Gwen would do it if it meant that she could make something of herself, especially with the Rangers.

"Ready to get going?"

Those darn Wingulls and Pelippers had started to unleash rapid fire WATER GUNS at the both of the rangers. It had been pretty chil so far, and Gwen had thought that the birds would be scared away by that previous THUNDER WAVE. But that would appear not to be the case now! Emmett had given them some cover thanks to some pretty quick thinking and left them somewhat undoused.

"You jerks! Now this means war!" Gwen said, motioning to the Magneton by her. "Fire another warning around and try to get them to clear away!"

The Magneton buzzed along, creating a sphere of electricity in front of it. It crackled with a fierce might before launching it in the direction of the swarm of birds. Some indeed did fly away to avoid its direct path, while some others would receive a shock for their efforts and flee the scene.

"Keep it up! Let's blow enough out of here to send a message!"

"No way! You got a mega stone?!"

Gwendolyn's eyes popped out at seeing the mega accessory strapped around Robin's wrist. Her envy for this woman went up three notches. How could she get something so sweet this easy? Her Snorlax received a huge power up from the energy swarming around it from the bracelet, changing into a new form that seemed...very fitting for a Snorlax.

The two of them climbed on top while he grew and grew, making their way to the tippy top of the branches while Gwen continued to marvel at her psychic pal. How lively and proud she was when she wanted to show off. It had always made Gwen smile a bit, watching her be confident in herself with her family's talents influencing her.

"Cool? That's putting it lightly! You're amazing!"

Her hand was still latched onto Robin's, as Gwen blinked and found themselves directly underneath that fleshy thing that was beating. Up close like that, it was almost like a heart of some kind...

More importantly, Gwen smiled at Robin and fiddled with her glasses some, though looked down at Mun once she realized she was staring again.

"When we get back, do you wanna...u-uh, hang out?"

She laughed a bit, bouncing up and down while hugging Robin some. The adrenaline was rocket high in her nerdy little body and this was only the real sort of out she had to get rid of it all. Gwen was far too excited to get as awkward and timid as she was, too caught up in the moment.

"Ah-I know! I've been training with a few and thought that if it looked remotely dragon-like, maybe it could work like some. If there's only one leader in a pack of smaller guys, they're generally protective since its a vulnerable pack. So it won't pick fights it may not be able to walk away from."

One nerd out session later, Gwen had led the both of them across the open area once more. It was a pretty uneventful walk, aside from some Pokémon eyeing them from the shadows or others scuttling around to give them room. Regardless, some time later, her eyes had caught a peculiar sight.

There was a strange tree-like shape, if it even was a tree, that carried a strange fleshy...thing that was beating steadily. It was creepy, although she pointed it out to Robin.

"Look at that." she said, pushing her glasses back up her nose. "Any idea what it could be?"

"No kidding. This is like if a kid decided how the laws of psychics work." Gwendolyn said, watching the twin Jellicent float away off into the blue abyss. Despite the horror of being the smallest fish in the pond now, there was something alluring about the different kinds of Pokemon here, even if the Sharpedo may or may not have been in pain from its corruption.

Before she could start speaking sweet about the scenery with Robin, two new additions to the party revealed themselves, being a new type of purple colored, hovering Pokemon that didn't seem too happy to see them both here. They shot some kind of substance at the two Rangers while Robin would send out Mun to take care of the two. It wasn't until Gwen turned around behind them as she found more of them hovering from above.

"It might be a little late for that. Come on!"

With numbers like that, they wouldn't last long before either being eaten alive. She tugged Robin along the open area, leading the way towards a small narrow sand bar, leading back into the opening of another cavern entry point on the floor. Her head went back to the mass of Poipole just in time to catch sight of a massive Nagandel letting out a fearsome cry as it lowered itself to meet them. She thought back to her dragon taming training with Freya. This species wasn't listed in the most up to date version, but it did look dragon-like. So Gwen smirked to Robin with that little flash in her eyes.

"I know this sounds crazy, but trust me for a bit. I think I can get us out of trouble. Help me get up on Mun real quick."

Once on the shoulders of the Snorlax, Gwen would look up at the army of Poipoles and their leader as it settled its eyes on them. Gwen carefully stood up and never broke eye contact with the predator. Her heart was racing as fast as it ever had. It was like staring a Tyrantrum in the face as it was charging at them.

"Easy Mun. Just slowly lower yourself down and don't look away. No sudden movements."

With Robin's help, she was able to get the Pokemon to lower itself while her doing the same. Her glasses were ajar and nearly slid off of her face while her eyes remain locked onto the Nagandel. It was an eerie silence that fell on the party. But just as the pokemon seemed ready to attack, it would let out a huff and then lower its stinger aimed at the two, then speed away. The mass of Poipoles followed save for the two from before that would stare at Robin and Gwen before zooming away.

Gwen breathed a sigh of relief, putting a hand on her chest.

"Sorry to spook you. It was a wild guess, but I thought they were similar to some dragon-types that believe anybody passing on its territory are threats. I almost thought we were going to be stuck here."

Somehow, feeling Robin's hand in her own was a high that no drug or anything could compare to her. Gwen squeezed Robin's hand firmly enough to keep track of it as her walking speed matched Robin's almost instantly. Their journey continued on and on...

This led them into a new area as the plants from before would continue to shower the area with enough light to make out what they were doing. Before Gwen could speak her relief that everything was fine, a sudden blur in front of them had caught the two off guard. It had almost struck Robin, with Gwen's eyes looking around proactively for whatever had just attacked.

"Robin! You okay?"

She grit her teeth at whoever would dare to hurt her friend. The Snorlax behind them waddled on before Robin had instructed him to use SURF to get them out of this area sooner. The four were washed away by the attack, Gwen clutching onto her Gabite while it seemed happy at the speed they had picked up.

After a bit, they came into a wide-open area out of the caverns, where only the endless blues seemed to be there to greet them. They had not a moment to recover from the rush before the ground beneath them would begin to shake. Loose sand drifted off of the area as a pair of Jellicent the size of giants, male and female, would begin to unearth themselves from the ground and begin to float away.

"The Jellicent, they're huge!" Gwen gasped, "What's with everything in this freaky area? That Sharpedo, these two, this is all so freaky..."

So this was Ultra Space, huh? Gwendolyn marveled at the sights waiting for them just out of the portal leading them home. As a little nerdy ranger., she had never been one to imagine what it was like outside of their little region of Hoenn.

"Whoa...This is so cool, Robin!"

She squeaked, nearly bouncing up and down while the calmer of the pair led her further into this strange aquatic abyss. There were some areas where Robin had to physically pull the girl away from the sights and vistas around them. Gishath waddled beside Gwen and seemed to be just as curious about his surroundings as she was.

He was probably searching for his next fight rather than enjoying the scenery, though.

Robin led the way to what was a dead end, lit up by some of the flora around the caverns except for one small hole that was clad in darkness. Gwen was a little taken aback by how insanely black it was with their way forward to go. She looked to Robin with a conflicted expression while Robin showcased her optimism that Gwen loved.

"Right. No dark tunnel's gunna defeat the both of us!" Gwen smiled and reached out to Robin hesitantly. Her hand was offered to her while the dragon lover would look away with a soft expression. "J-Just in case we get separated. We don't know how dark that tunnel's going to get."

The Gabite was staring at Robin when she woke up, the rough skinned pokemon never once blanking as its golden hues focused in on the sick individual holding onto her. The day had gone by Robin as the afternoon now showed to be around the early evening time.

Gwen sat down on the couch, busy working on repairing some of her Ranger tech that had been damaged from her expedition with Noah. Parts laid out on the table as the redhead continued to tweak and fiddle with the base framework. The television was tuned to a news station that was doing a story on some parade being planned for the summer, the volume turned down low.

At Robin waking up, the ground type let out a small huff and nudged Robin's head. Gwen looked over at the two with a soft smile.

"Good morning, Sleeping Beauty. I got back and you were sleeping soundly, so I let you get some rest. I'll get you some water."

She walked to the kitchen to pour Robin a cold glass of water, clad in shorts and a white tank top now. Robin might also notice that hair hair was appearing curlier and volume-heavy now. No longer the wirey and straight edge that it always had. By the time that she walked back to her, Gwen had held out the water for Robin to take.

"Here."