Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red

Charmander used Ember on Gloom! 318 damage! Gloom was defeated!

Pikachu used Thundershock on Poliwhirl! 295 damage! Poliwhirl was defeated!

Donphan used Tackle on Cubone! 87 damage!

Duskull attacked! Charmander takes 1 damage!

Cubone attacked! Donphan takes 2 damage!

Ninjask attacked! Donphan takes no damage!

Gloom used Absorb! Miss!

Poliwhirl used Water Gun! Super Effective! Charmander takes 76 damage!

Cubone attacked! Charmander takes 1 damage!

Ninjask attacked! Pikachu takes 1 damage!

Cubone used Bone Club! Super Effective! Pikachu takes 89 damage!

Charmander used Heat Wave!

After quite a bit of text, the Monster House is killed except for a lucky few Cubones and Poliwhirls who dodged the attack. You and your team start moving towards the stairs, killing anything that gets in your way. You collect an Apple, a Big Apple, a Sleep Seed, and 371 more Poke on the way, then eat one of your Apples. You can see the stairs when a Cubone pops up out of nowhere (Pikachu: "Damn b*st*rd!")! Here's what it looks like (Y-you P& D-team members c-Cubone =-stairs):

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You and Pikachu are both still weak from the Monster House (Charmander- 38/100 Pikachu- 31/105). If you move, you risk getting you or Pikachu killed, but the stairs are sooo close! What do you do?