Kiara remained focused on the Aron as she heard Dendra’s voice shouting behind her. She trusted Temira to handle the Croagunk, and for the most part, Temira came through with a snarl that drowned out her taunt. If any of the taunting did reach her ears, she was a dark-type and resisted the dark-type move.<br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(251, 160, 38)">“J, look out,”</span>she called out as Javen took the brunt of the attacks. Javen stood ready and could  have easily dodged either one of the attacks thrown at him, but not both. He dodged the string shot but took the double kick, first to the upper leg, then to his gut. That second kick knocked the wind out of him and caused him to stagger backwards and fall to the ground. It left him so dazed that he couldn't even hear Fang’s supersonic. Marcus did hear it, and although it rung in his ears and made it difficult for him to concentrate, he could deal with the normal move. He cast ember at the Zubat. Temira suddenly cringed, unable to cover both of her ears due to her injured arm. She could only watch helplessly as both the Croagunk and the Aron charged in Kiara’s direction.<br/><br/>Kiara had been ready to dodge Dendra’s attack while watching the Aron, but Fang’s supersonic suddenly rang in her ears, disrupting her balance. She had already steeled herself against Dendra’s taunting, leaving her wanting for will-power to deal with the noises. She yelled out in pain as she took the poison sting in her side. At the same time, she saw the Aron thrust her spear into the ground right in front of her. She was already dazed by the poison, and the earthquake on top of that was too much for her. She fell to the ground, unable to keep her balance, yelping in pain each time the ground violently struck her.<br/><br/>The earthquake subsided after what seemed like an eternity, and she mustered what little strength she had left to call out,<span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(251, 160, 38)">“Nightfire! Retreat! T, take the boys and get the hell outta here! Return to base. M, help J! Leave me! Don’t you dare try to rescue me! That’s an order!”</span>Tears showed in Temira’s eyes as she followed the order without protest. She called to the boys and they all fled into the woods, disappearing into the smoke on the side of the road opposite the grimer, seeing that the smoke was already clearing from that side. Kiara remained where she was, having had the wind knocked out of her by the earthquake, and with the poison starting to take effect. She had failed to plan for the Half-pints’ interference, and she had underestimated the guardian and her trainer, and she failed in her first mission as a result. She hoped she could be lucky enough to get off with some jail time.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(251, 160, 38)">“Well played, Guardian, Trainer,”</span>she said with her last ounce of strength before laying down in the rubble that used to be a road and closing her eyes.