The retreat
Seeing the enemy beginning to regroup, and no doubt being aware of their presence there, the group decides to call it quits while they're still ahead. Grabbing all they do have, and beginning their escape. Though perhaps having allowed the enemy to begin grouping up in the first place had been too much, as it became evident they wouldn't reach the rallying point without a fight. And as several Godslayer pokemon took the front, and grunts and soldier behind it stood at the ready, the trainers had little choice but to force their way through, or risk yet more reinforcements coming in.
The results meant coming under heavy fire as they fought their way through, even if they knew what to do. Haley and Jeremy's tanky pokemon took the charge and took most of the fire, while Alex and Isabella's destroyers pummeled their way through. A strategy that seemed to work brilliantly.
Right up until reinforcements appeared from behind.
Torn between two fronts, the trainers are forced to try keep pushing ahead, while being pelted from the back, something wearing heavy on all of them. Though it would wear heaviest on Isabella, who tried to block some of the fire, only to give a sickening cry moments after a hefty blast. A blast from behind taking down Isabella, Jeremy crying out with more confidence than any of the trainers had ever heard before that day. And as he works to grab the girl and continue, hopefully with some help, they manage to beat their way through the worst of it.
Isabella has been badly injured
But even as this one big setback happens, the group breaks through the worst of it, even if more are already reassembling, with a seemingly endless amount of manpower.
Holding the gate
This is something Koa too would experience, as smaller groups of grunts occasionally tried to pester them, keep them occupied, though they seemingly realized they'd need a bigger assault force to take them down. One they wouldn't get before the others were finally catching up, though behind them they'd see the worrying sight of researcher, soldiers, and grunt meatshields assembling in the hallway... Being led by no one else but Euler this time around. And while the man himself might not bring too much worries, the overwhelming force he was carrying would, as the group rushes past the door.
"Close it, close it!" Luna calls out, Jeremy already doing just that, doors closing with the first of the assault forces only meters behind them.
"Ok we should run, I can't actually keep them locked out from here, so they'll just-" Jeremy started, though Grimm already had sought his own solutions. Aiming at a couple "important looking" parts of the doors, pistons and gears, and punching it to smithereens with a couple well aimed strikes.
"That should do it. Now, time for our retreat," Grimm notes. Ahead of them, the tunnel stretched forth. Behind them, started the beating of their enemy trying to break through. It was a sturdy door, though, it'd take them at least a bit...
And Koa did have one good insight he wanted to check as well, wondering if there'd be anything they could use to track them on Ruby; a robotic voice seeming to give them an answer.
"A very good question! It seems there are a couple of components that could potentially be used to track her down... But, they won't be working if you teleport to you know where."
"I would still recommend you scan her with the pokedex once, so I may analyze the data to verify with certainty."
(Suggestions:
>Head to the lava sub dock
>Head deep enough in the tunnels to safely teleport out )