Heroic Redux
Chapter 1: The state of the world
My name is David Petraeus. The year is 2018. I'm a CIA agent. I spend most of my time behind a desk hacking terrorist websites for information, or in the firing range. It's a rather boring job. But, I've been on one or two assignments before. The first one, I infiltrated a Mexican drug cartel and sabotaged their operation, and the second; I was assigned to free some hostages taken in by a terrorist group. It would appear as though today, I'm about to begin my third assignment.
I step onto an airplane. My destination is the Kanto region. We've intercepted a message from a terrorist group there known as Team Rocket saying they're planning an attack on a Silph Co building. During this time, they'll take hostages, make demands involving cash, and then steal Pokémon. The Pokémon will then be used to supply themselves, or sold to other terrorist groups that may be hostile towards the US. For the final reason stated, CIA involvement was recommended.
Once I step off the plane, I look for a woman wearing blue clothing, and a white beanie with a jade necklace. I eventually see her. Her name's Jade, appropriately. She's Asian, has blue eyes, and black hair. She's a relatively new Pokémon ranger.
"Are you Jade Opal?" I ask.
"Depends…are you David Petraeus?" She responded.
"Well, I'm not allowed to lie to local authorities when it comes to such matters, so yes." I said.
She nodded her head and we left.
We left the airport and arrived in pallet town. Though the attack was going to happen in Pewter city, we were expected to get supplies and train in pallet town and prepare here where we can keep a low profile away from Team Rocket. We walked into a poke-mart and took a briefcase of supplies from a delivery man there and left to right outside town (so we wouldn't be overheard). We opened it up. Inside was a video chat phone. The screen came to life with a man speaking.
"Jade. You have recently received a promotion, so you are now able to have your own team of Pokémon instead of renting one from us. Here's that Charmander you asked for. As for you, David, I don't think we're gonna need anything special for this heist. Here's a silenced desert eagle with laser sight. There's also a switchblade, a kubaton, and a garrote if you need it. If you would be so kind as to notice there are too clips for your gun. One is steel bullets, the other's rubber bullets. Please try to use the ladder as much as possible. This message will now self-destruct. Nah, I'm just kidding. You can keep the phone if you want, by the way, we don't need it anymore."
We grabbed the tools given to us. "So, now what?" I asked.
She released the red salamander creature from it's poke-ball.
"I know…let's battle!" She said.
I lowered my sunglasses and stared at her as if to say "seriously?"
"Don't worry, it'll be fine. When we get our first Pokémon, we're supposed to battle someone. Now, typically this would be another trainer as opposed to an armed individual, but it'll do here" She replied. "Don't worry, Pokémon can make all their attacks non-lethal, and usually do for that matter"
"Eh, fine…let's get this over with." I said, loading my pistol with non-lethal rubber bullets.
And that, my friend, was the last time I underestimated a Pokémon.