[ EU ] In Pokemon Zubats are annoying but laughably weak . Write a story that makes them absolutely terrifying .

Pokemon were n't well studied beyond their growth patterns. Sure we knew which moves they could make or learn, sometimes we could make them prettier with a few berries but rarely did we understand their behavior in the wild. Most especially the common ones, it turns out they spend most of their activity time hidden. They defecated away from humans, ate away from humans, and mated away from humans. The only people that had seen pokemon mate were the strange Daycare owners in various parts of the world, and they were n't talking about it. 
 
 As much as we know about these beasts that rule both our economy and our way of life, how could we not understand the fundamentals of theirs? So here I am, working under Professor Birch with two other interns. He's walking around with a hat to determine our selection of assignments- one of us will study Zubats and spend two weeks in the caves with them, another studies Miltanks by living on a farm and sleeping outdoors with them, and the last one gets to ride Professor Birch's kids pokemon through various flights. With my luck i'll be sleeping under cow udders for two weeks. Birch started the hat off with Zach, the first intern who was far too pretty to be a researcher. His hand fondled the paper and he was trying to disguise a smirk by blushing `` ah... sorry Rick, I know how you love to fly...'' Zach showed off the paper, acting ashamed. Birch moved to Dawn the other researcher. She was already dissappointed before her hand left the hat, she had wanted to fly too. A Miltank was on her cut of paper. 
 
 `` Better than Zubats at least. Sorry Rick- enjoy the caves, it'll smell as dank as Zach.'' Dawn giggled. 
 
 `` Well- you all have a great time on your projects. I'll see you in two weeks time, now I do n't expect any issues but if something comes up you can always reach me on the Pokedex, or you can try and ride your bike while swimming and I'll come and tell you it is n't the time or place for that.'' Have a great trip and learn something!'' With that, Professor Birch practically pushed us out the door. He handed Dawn and I a map while Zach strolled next door to meet with Birch's kid, Birch's wife had cooked him a warm tray of cookies, oatmeal raisin ones too, my favorite. 
 
 The cave only took me two hours to get to but Dawn was right, it stank. Not just the regular stench of rocks and nature, it was something much worse. Closer to the true smell of Stunky. I could hear the little Zubat bastards flapping and chirping around in the cave. It must have been tens of them, maybe even a full clan of one hundred. I pumped my notebook closer to my chest and put down my goggles, flicking on the lights on either side of them. I left the tent outside of the cave, there was n't anything in the world that would make me sleep with the Zubat's, or in a cave that smelled so strongly. Professor Birch would never know anyway. 
 
 The first night brought me nothing. The little blue rats flapped and screeched, and, as expected- left the cave for the majority of the night. I had to swat a few away but for the most part they let me be since I had no pokemon out. I always carried my Totodile but he hated dark caves and I could n't deal with his frightened state right now. As they flew out, I took to my tent, setting an alarm on the Pokedex for just before sunrise. 
 
 That was my first mistake. The alarm was a song by some pop band and the bats hated it. They had eaten my entire tent by the time I woke up. All I had was the sticks holding the frame together and the piece of cloth I was laying on. Birch would be reimbursing me for that I suppose, I snapped a picture on the Pokedex. The smell had just gotten worse too. It had to be coming from something the Zubats were doing in the cave, I lit up my glasses and headed into the abyss. 
 
 They had started to group more heavily towards the center of the cave, but as the grouping increased they seemed to be focused around a central point, even Golbat's were more frequent here. I followed the clumping of population, there were so many more than I'd originally guessed. Even a few Crobats were here. I took smaller steps, Zubat's were everywhere. The trail was crunching beneath me but a little elevated rock was completely surrounded by Golbats and Crobats. They were flapping their wings in perfect harmony, it was rather beautiful, until I witnessed what they were flapping around. There was three Zubats and one Golbat eating a trainer, still living and breathing but he was laid out on the rock. Their mouths were covered in the blood and a single note was being emitted by all the surrounding members of the family. As they each continued to devour the boy they began to glow a clear white- they were evolving. I must have touched one of the wings of the surrounding ring of Crobats and Golbats, they all suddenly turned and the beady red eyes glared at me. They kept their wings high and other groups began to turn towards me as well. My head sank, you never look an angry Pokemon in the eyes, and i started to back away. I realized what the crunching was, bones of trainers and other Zubats that had been sacrificed. I sprinted, fuck my research. I stumbled a few times, but the sound of flapping wings behind me just sped me up. I got closer and closer to the cave entrance, to the remnants of my tent but the flapping just got more furious. 
 
 There it was! The entrance. I was nearly safe. A bite took me on the shoulder. Then a few more on my legs and arms. They tore through my clothes. I saw the pokeball Totodile was in ripped from my back pocket, one of the Zubat's swooped down and grabbed it, flying far away. I started to feel the blood spouting out of my various limbs and the light from the cave entrance blotting out.
