"That's a good idea. As long as we freeze the Aerodactyl..." A Hen was about to agree, but before he could finish, the rest of his words caught in his throat. The frozen Aerodactyl was thawing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Having been unconscious a moment ago, the Pokémon was now full of life again, flapping its wings and charging at them with a roar.
"What do we do?" Liu Qing and the other three were now in a bind. Clearly, they could not reach the temple without dealing with these Aerodactyl.
"What if you used Poké Balls?" Seeing the four of them fall silent, Max offered his own idea.
"Oh, good idea! That might work!" Max's suggestion was not guaranteed to succeed, but it undoubtedly gave them a way forward. Cynthia, A Hen, and Caitlin all turned their eyes toward Liu Qing.
"Why are you looking at me?" For a moment, Liu Qing could not understand.
"Who else among the four of us would want these Aerodactyl?" Caitlin said with a small smile.
"Uh, fair enough!" Liu Qing nodded with a wry smile. With other Aerodactyl, A Hen and Caitlin, aside from Cynthia, might have considered catching them. But no one knew what would happen with these particular Aerodactyl, so naturally, they were "leaving" them to Liu Qing, the specialist.
At Liu Qing's command, Salamence and Latios joined forces again to freeze an Aerodactyl. He then threw a Poké Ball straight at the ice encasing the Pokémon. The Aerodactyl immediately turned into a mass of red light and was drawn inside, and the ball returned to Liu Qing's hand. Its red light flashed rapidly as it shook violently, drawing the attention of all five of them.
Click! After an indeterminate stretch of time, the relentlessly shaking